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In this episode of The Snug Wrestling Podcast, it's time for another hard-hitting segment of The Bludd Drop! Mr. Bludd dives into the latest on Seth Rollins' injury status following his recent shoulder setback. Rollins made a surprise appearance on a football broadcast—decked out in full Chicago Bears mascot gear and sporting an arm brace—where he finally broke his silence on how long he'll be out of action.Mr. Bludd breaks down what this means for WWE's championship picture, potential storyline shakeups, and how Rollins' recovery timeline could impact upcoming events. Whether you're a die-hard Rollins fan or just love the drama of the squared circle, this update is one you won't want to miss.

In this week's fiery one-on-one TikTok Live session, Edgar and Mr. Bludd dive deep into the latest bombshells shaking the wrestling and combat sports world. First up: the legendary D-Von Dudley's candid comments about WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross. The duo breaks down the claims surrounding racially insensitive remarks allegedly made by JR during the Dudley Boyz's rise in the late '90s. What was said, how did D-Von respond, and what does this mean for JR's legacy? Edgar and Bludd leave no chair unturned.Then, things get even wilder as they tackle the headline-grabbing announcement that UFC will host an event at the White House to celebrate President Donald Trump's 80th birthday. What does this mean for WWE's relationship with politics, and could we see crossover appearances or a shift in how wrestling stars engage with major national events?

Mr. Bludd is back and he's bringing the heat in a brand-new segment of The Bludd Drop – and this one's got fans buzzing. In this episode, he dives deep into the backstage drama surrounding Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker and their sudden removal from the World Heavyweight Title picture.

Edgar and Tommy are back in the Performance Center and back in the booth for their weekly one-on-one deep dive into this week's episode of WWE NXT! Fresh off the chaos of Halloween Havoc, the Snug duo tackles the burning questions left in the wake of the PLE: What's next for Ricky Saints after his standout moment? Where does Tatum Paxley go from here? And who's stepping up in the ever-shifting NXT landscape?From surprise returns to storyline twists, Edgar and Tommy break it all down with their signature snug style—sharp takes, passionate debate, and plenty of laughs. So tune in, get comfortable, and get snug as we relive all the action from this week's WWE NXT.

The Snug crew is fired up and ready to roll into WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend! With four confirmed matches and a possible fifth looming after Friday Night SmackDown, Edgar, Tommy, and the gang break down every storyline, every twist, and every title on the line.Who's walking in with gold and walking out with regret? Who's poised for a breakout moment, and who's about to get caught in the crossfire of a bigger story? The crew dissects the build-up, predicts the winners, and throws out some wild cards that might just come true.

In this week's episode of the Snug Wrestling Podcast, the crew huddles up for their signature deep dive into WWE Monday Night Raw — the go-home show before Saturday Night's Main Event. But did Raw deliver the hype and heat you'd expect before a premium live event?

In our final hour, we were joined by Anthony Broome from theWolverine.com to get his thought's on Michigan's win over MSU. He and Huge talked about how Michigan looked in that game, talked about some of the improvements they would like to see moving forward, and much more. We were then joined by Graham Couch from the Lansing State Journal. He and Huge broke down that loss to Michigan, talked about the poor Coaching, gave their thought's on Jonathan Smith, and more. We wrapped up the hour talking with Rob Bentley who is the voice of the Ferris State Bulldogs. He and Huge talked about a big win for Ferris over Grand Valley in the Anchor-Bone Classic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Rob Bentley who is the voice of the Ferris State Bulldogs. He and Huge talked about a big win for Ferris over Grand Valley in the Anchor-Bone Classic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on the show, we're talking all about Michigan beating Michigan State as we were joined by some of our great guests. We kicked off the show talking with Chris Balas from theWolverine.com so we could get his thought's on that win. He talked about what he liked in that game, gave his opinion on improvements he would like to see, looked ahead on the schedule, and more. Jim Comparoni from SpartanMag.com then joined us to give us some MSU perspective on Saturday's loss. He talked about some positives he saw, as well as all the negatives he noticed, he and Huge gave their thought's on how much longer Jonathan Smith is the Head Coach, and more. In our second hour, we were joined by Doug Karsch who is the voice of Michigan Football. He gave us his thought's on how the Wolverines looked in that win over MSU, talked about what he liked and disliked about that game, and much more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He gave us his thought's on how the Spartans looked in that loss, gave his opinion on how much longer Jonathan Smith is Coach, and more. In our final hour, we were joined by Anthony Broome from theWolverine.com to get his thought's on Michigan's win over MSU. He and Huge talked about how Michigan looked in that game, talked about some of the improvements they would like to see moving forward, and much more. We were then joined by Graham Couch from the Lansing State Journal. He and Huge broke down that loss to Michigan, talked about the poor Coaching, gave their thought's on Jonathan Smith, and more. We wrapped up the hour talking with Rob Bentley who is the voice of the Ferris State Bulldogs. He and Huge talked about a big win for Ferris over Grand Valley in the Anchor-Bone Classic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

¡Bienvenidos a otro electrizante segmento de Snug en Español! Esta semana, Edgar y Erick Padilla del SDN Podcast se sumergen en lo más reciente del mundo de la lucha libre profesional. El episodio arranca con el análisis de un misterioso video publicado por WWE en su cuenta de Twitter: unos zapatos elegantes caminando, sin contexto ni descripción. ¿Quién será? ¿Qué significa? Nuestros anfitriones desmenuzan las pistas y teorías detrás de este enigmático paquete promocional.También discuten el caos que rodea el contrato de Andrade, el inesperado giro al lado rudo de Jade Cargill, y cómo una noche que prometía celebrar la tradición mexicana en la lucha libre terminó en desastre para el doble campeón Dominik Mysterio.No te lo pierdas — deja tu calificación con estrellas, escribe una reseña y... ¡vamos a ponernos snug!

What are the most effective ways to teach surgery to the next generation of ophthalmologists? In this podcast, renowned teacher Dr John Ferris delves into that topic and with his extensive experience with surgical simulators, wet labs, didactic teaching, and direct mentorship he offers keen insight that can help you become a better surgeon. I've had the pleasure of working with him in multiple small projects and I have always been impressed with his top notch teaching ability. We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.

One of the joys of being a kid is when a carnival shows up in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center. The rides, the games, the noise, for youngsters. It's a lot of fun, and you usually never know when it's coming. But often, in the spring or the summer, a small carnival will appear in a shopping center nearby. But I saw something the other day that surprised me. Driving down the road a few miles from our house, I saw the lights of a Ferris wheel, and as we got closer, I could hear the music blaring. I've never seen one in October, and while it's not cold during the daytime, after school hours, it can be chilly... Click Here To Subscribe Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicGoogle PodcastsTuneIniHeartRadioPandoraDeezerBlubrryBullhornCastBoxCastrofyyd.deGaanaiVooxListen NotesmyTuner RadioOvercastOwlTailPlayer.fmPocketCastsPodbayPodbeanPodcast AddictPodcast IndexPodcast RepublicPodchaserPodfanPodtailRadio PublicRadio.comReason.fmRSSRadioVurblWe.foYandex jQuery(document).ready(function($) { 'use strict'; $('#podcast-subscribe-button-13292 .podcast-subscribe-button.modal-68fffd017c1b9').on("click", function() { $("#secondline-psb-subs-modal.modal-68fffd017c1b9.modal.secondline-modal-68fffd017c1b9").modal({ fadeDuration: 250, closeText: '', }); return false; }); });

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The Snug Crew is back to break down this week's Friday Night SmackDown as WWE gears up for their next big Saturday Night Main Event. In this episode, we dive deep into all the action, including:The return of Ilja Dragunov as he defends the United States Championship in an open challenge. What does this mean for the title picture and the SmackDown roster moving forward?A shocking surprise return that comes with a devastating heel turn. We unpack the moments, the implications for the faction, and what this signals for the SmackDown brand's direction.A no disqualification main event that delivered chaos, high stakes, and unforgettable spots. Was it a turning point for any wrestlers involved? We discuss the storytelling, psychology, and in-ring work that stood out.We also cover:How SmackDown is positioning itself for the upcoming Saturday Night main eventHighlights, standout performances, and surprising twistsWhat to expect next week and what to watch for on future episodesTune in, get snug with the Snug Crew, and don't forget to leave us a star rating and a review so more fans can join the conversation. Your feedback helps shape our coverage and brings more warmth to the squares and rings we love.

Blake and Ferris helm the pod while Ron is out being a rad dad. All is well, because Ferris needed the extra time to talk about his Man United finally winning two in a row, against no less than their dreaded rivals Liverpool at their home in Anfield. Love the beer, cherish the game. The Brewtiful Game Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, and please leave a rating/review.** You can also listen to our show on Spotify. **If you leave a rating and review on iTunes, please take a screenshot and send it to us via email or social media, and we'll send you one of our new The Brewtiful Game koozies.**  

1. INTRO Music bed: Upbeat country intro music J.R..: “Tampa Bay's hometown morning krewe — J.R., Launa, and Kevin here on Commercial Free New Country, 99.5 QYK!” Kevin: “Big news today, folks — and this one's stirring up some opinions!” 2. TOPIC INTRO — THE BIG NEWS J.R.: “The observation wheel over water has officially been approved by the Tampa City Council.”Kevin: “That's right — Tampa's getting a giant Ferris wheel downtown!”Details: $20 million project, built over water, privately funded. 3. INITIAL REACTIONSJ.R.. (playful): “Launa's pumped — she'll be first in line to ride it, right?”Launa (flatly): “Nope.”Launa's take: Thinks it'll look “trashy” and “out of place.”Kevin: “To be fair, it's privately funded — no taxpayer money.”J.R..: “Still, not sure it fits the downtown vibe.” 4. THE DEBATE — AESTHETICS & VALUELauna: “They just cleaned that whole area up — it's trendy, classy, modern — and now we're adding a carnival ride?”Kevin: “Exactly. Feels kind of Carney.”J.R.: “And it's probably going to be, what, $25 a ride?”Launa: “Right! For $20 million, they could've built something really cool.”Kevin: “Like, something unique to Tampa instead of copying Orlando's Eye.” 5. COMPARISONS & CONTEXTLauna: “If we wanted a Ferris wheel, we'd just go to Orlando.”J.R.: “Or wait for the Florida State Fair.”Kevin: “True. Wonder how many people actually ride the one in Orlando these days?”J.R.: “Good question — I'm sure they did the research.” 6. WRAP-UP & FINAL THOUGHTSLauna: “Sorry, still think it's dumb.”J.R.: “A Ferris wheel over water — downtown Tampa — you're not sold?”Kevin (laughing): “Guess not. But hey, it's happening!”J.R.: “We'll see how it looks once it's up. Maybe we'll all eat our words.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael Stroe (@Plus3Happiness) is a phenomenologist and “happiness concierge.” Through a combination of the Buddhist Fetters & somatic practices, he's allegedly reduced his suffering by ~90%. He claims to consistently live at 9/10 life satisfaction and has skillfully guided others into similar transformations. Today we demystify his journey and discuss concrete practices for oneshotting procrastination, reducing reactivity and permanently raising the floor of your happiness (seriously).Watch on YouTube:Transcript — Michael Stroe​[00:00:00] Daniel Kazandjian: Michael Stroe, welcome to the Metagame.Michael Stroe: Well, thank you for having me. How you doing?Daniel Kazandjian: I'm doing great. I'm really excited for this conversation. You famously, through a combination of Buddhist practices and somatic practices reduced your suffering by around 90%, whichMichael Stroe: Even more these days.Daniel Kazandjian: And now you're teaching other people how to do that, which is fantastic. How did you figure that out? Like what, what's the story there?Michael Stroe: As many great things happened by mistake, it's a total mistake. I was on a more or less sabbatical in like 2023 in Barcelona. Uh, not in a great place in life, honestly.Daniel Kazandjian: Hmm.Michael Stroe: and towards the end of the trip, someone actually, someone that, someone being Frank Yang, which you might be familiar with,Daniel Kazandjian: Mm-hmm.[00:01:00] Michael Stroe: Shared, Kevin Schanilec's website, which I've messaged, and he was very succinct as like, “try Liberation Unleashed” being a Liberation Unleashed being this forum for, for these practicesDaniel Kazandjian: Can you say that again? LiberationMichael Stroe: unleashed. Yes,Daniel Kazandjian: Unleashed. Yeah.Michael Stroe: Yes. And very quickly realize that the way they're doing it is one practice at a time and it's months of work. My ADHD Mind, uh, was like, yeah, but what if we do everything all at once? Um, instead of doing one practice at a time, I basically did eight of them daily for a couple of hours.'cause that's how you do it. Uh, in a bunch of days I had a perceptual shift, which was very interesting, and a bit of a honeymoon for like two days. Uh, that was something that I found funny that um, some people speak of these, uh, awakenings or whatever in terms of like, oh, months of bliss. And I just had two days and on the second day I was in an airport delayed for like five hours, which I was chill about.[00:02:00] But that wasn't necessarily like, whoa, I'm so alive. They're like, yeah, that's not happening. It was a bit better than usual. That perception shift coincided with a bit of a, what should I put it? Less? Uh, stress, let's call it initially. ‘cause I didn't know what was happening. Just less stress, less, uh, overthinking, less, chatter.And actually one of the, one of the few things that I found really interesting somehow coincided with great sleep. I don't know how to explain it seconds to sleep.Daniel Kazandjian: Wow.Michael Stroe: I found it very interesting because I used to get like one hour, two hours, three hours to get to sleep. And I just have ideas and sit in bed for just 30 seconds. I was out and I'm like, okay, this is an interesting benefit. Not gonna lie. Uh, I don't even care about all these benefits, I'm sleeping. Like that's, that's enough. And from then on I sort of returned to simply the scene, the, the initial website where I was guided, uh, to Liberation Unleashed.And I've done the practices on attachment and version. Okay.[00:03:00] And I should mention that immediately after stream entry, which would be the first shift that I had where it kind of, you notice that there's just the body mind, there's no little guy driving this, uh, body around. Um, you start to be aware of the fact that you kind of don't like a lot of the things that are happening.You're trying to pull out experience to such an extent. And, I had 10, 15 years of anxiety and other things on and off. Um, when I started looking at them, uh, I sort of noticed that I had a sort of a version towards so many things even after the first shift in like two more weeks had another one where, oh, like I, my, my, like that was the point where anxiety got reduced both in size and intensity and that was a big deal, even more of a big deal than the first one. ‘cause the first one is, like I said, it was nice, I was sleeping better, but also realizing how much you hate your experience,[00:04:00] let's call it, put it into a certain perspective and realize that from whatever anxiety I used to have or whatever intensity, it went down by like 60, 70%, at least in duration.Michael Stroe: One of the things I've noticed is actually, I used to have anxiety for days and weeks at a time about some stupid thing, or in general, like a generalized anxiety. And I realized that I couldn't. Get anxiety going for more than 30 minutes. As in, if someone distracted me, I forgot I had anxiety, and I'm like, huh, don't understand what's happening.Why do you mean like, I forgot I had anxiety. What do you mean? Like that makes no sense. And sort of like this continued, uh, after a bunch, uh, more time, a few other shifts, but this one especially, were like, oh, there's a dare there. Which for me, there were years of trying self-development, failing at meditation, um, or is nothing working actually.You sort of like, you do all these self-development things.[00:05:00] You, you're gonna do your finances and orders, like you're not happy. You're gonna get a great job, not happily encouraged to do these things. It's like, okay, but like what works? Um, and I had a notion that there's a debt there, but I didn't have a notion about what's possible.It's sort of like more of a faith, even though I'm not religious, more of a fate that it's possible. I didn'tDaniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: I feel like maybe some of the people that I was following were somewhat trustworthy in this sense.Daniel Kazandjian: So, you just, so to recap, you had 10, 15 years of suffering with like, maybe above average levels of anxiety, is that what you're saying?Michael Stroe: Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: Were months at a time where I was to be okay. And the, the moments where I was okay were just the moments where I wasn't doing anything. As you know, I was mostly taking sabbaticals, which is not necessarily a great thing in the sense of like, if you're not active in society, you're feeling great.It's like saying, oh, I'm feeling great on vacation, but I hate my job.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So from that, the practices at On Liberation Unleash, the first thing,[00:06:00] Daniel Kazandjian: the thing that allowed you to sleep fast and stuff was, was that stream entry.Michael Stroe: Yes. That would be stream entry. Yeah. AndDaniel Kazandjian: So just,Michael Stroe: Obvious. Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: Just to bring people on board with that, what is stream entry?Michael Stroe: Stream Entry, if I am to take away from the woo stuff, it's like realizing there's no self, but the problem with realizing there's no self, it's so, uh, abstract, but we, no one, no one know what it means, but it's provocative.But if I'm to be a very mundane phenomenologist, it's just the sense that I'm no longer the little guy in the behind the eyes. I used to call it behind the eyes or behind the, an experience that sort of looks like a watches experience from afar a bit.Daniel Kazandjian: Mm-hmm.Michael Stroe: So realizing that, oh, I guess there's nothing separate from the body, mind world. There's just the body and mind. And my identity is more so that of a witness, uh, not of the tour, let's call it. And it's very simple. Like it's mundane. One of my, uh, most treasured experiences, right? When someone says, uh.[00:07:00] Is it almost disappointing that there is not more there? Because that's what you kind of know. Like, okay, like yeah, they got it. And it's like, of course, like after enlightenment, it's just, just ordinary experience. Um, and yeah, basically just the sense of no longer identifying as the doer. It'sDaniel Kazandjian: Mm-hmm.Michael Stroe: There's no one moving the body mind, just the body mind moving itself. Uh, it doesn't need a do or it's all conditioning. And so,Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: freeing.Daniel Kazandjian: So, so, uh, we might get into more details on this, but what's interesting to me is what you said after that was when you realized that you had a lot of aversion to things.Michael Stroe: Yes.Daniel Kazandjian: So is it that stream entry kind of brought awareness to the suffering that was already, like, you weren't feeling your suffering fully, and then something shifted in terms ofMichael Stroe: Yeah. Um, what happens prior to stream entry? You take all these things as identity. This is mine. Then through stream entry,[00:08:00] You start seeing them as more of an objective, uh, phenomenon or objective processes. Basically what I used to call, uh, um, what I was seeing afterwards as, oh, you know, like some contractions and so on, it used to be like my anxiety, my social, whatever. And it was, it was getting, uh, caught up as identity. And once I was able to see these processes, just those objective processes that I'm able to watch, uh, there is, uh, a subtle detachment. I don't mean detachment in, uh, sort of like going away, but they're actually going towards them.What I'm able to see them for whatever, which is a bunch of thoughts and sensations and that has a very interesting side effect of actually realizing that these are happening, these are conditions and they've been happening for so long. And if beforehand they used to be like, oh, uh, it's me, it's, I'm, I'm bad like this. I'm bad like that. I'm not good enough for whatever. It's like, oh, there's this process. Of these sensations appearing and this story about not being like this or not being like that?[00:09:00] Daniel Kazandjian: Do you have a personal anecdote about that? really illustrates this point?Michael Stroe: Uh, yes, actually, I can tell you how, uh, we, the weakening of a version happened.Daniel Kazandjian: Hmm.Michael Stroe: Uh, there was this particular day I was in my parents' house in the countryside and for some reason, some of my friends, not just one, were not answering my messages. And I used to have anxiety about this thing for, uh, both relationships and of both kinds of friends and, and anyway, about people not responding.And I used to have three friends and it's like they were not answering my messages and I was kind of going in a loop. What did I do? What did I say? Did I say something? And I was just, I had the moment of watching. I was like, okay, there's this weird process. There are some sensations that are kind of like, not pleasant, but I'm going through all these thoughts.And what happens is that I'm making it worse, but what is this? I was like, there are some sensations I had the moment. The sensations are not that bad. And also, I don't know how I'm making this. Like they're just here.[00:10:00] And that was the moment, like, oh yeah. It's like, why, why am I, what, why am I doing this to myself? And I was moments like, ah, yeah, it's okay. Oh, it's like, I best I'm gonna like if, if this is how bad it feels not to, uh, receive, uh, attention or whatever it was at the time. Like, I don't even remember fully what I was like, it's not that bad. was like, huh. A bit of like, oh, this is no big deal.Yeah. I can just go about my day. Like, I thought it was gonna be worse. The anticipation of this being so bad was what I was amplifying but the sensation themselves was like some amount of contraction in the stomach area. Like, uh, one out of 10. Not a big deal.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah, so it's almost that there, the raw sensation itself is relatively benign, but then there's some sort of mental content, some story at adding to it.Michael Stroe: Yeah. The mental tension. Like a rat, like basically a rat in a cage.[00:11:00] Michael Stroe: Um, and going through all these stories, going through all these machinations in order to, and this is very important in order to seemingly try to change the sensation, like what should I say for this person to respond to me?Michael Stroe: And then it dawned on me that actually I was not trying to have them respond. I didn't think it was gonna sound bad, but also I didn't necessarily care about them responding. I actually cared about me not having the sensations. And this is one thing that I usually show to people, which is like, if this sensation would be the same, but you were happy, you wouldn't care about the sensation.If you were content with how things are. Whatever happens, happens, you can still be pretty, pretty okay with it. But the problem for me was not the situation, which is like all these people not responding to my messages, like the, the, the anxiety or the amplification was just happening. It's like, I just don't like how I feel right now.I hate this and probably this is the reason why. It's like, is this the reason why it's like, not just some conditioning there. But Yeah.[00:12:00] Daniel Kazandjian: And so what were the practices that allowed you to create a little bit of distance with those sensations and stories?Michael Stroe: I think at, at, at the time I didn't necessarily like I had the materials, right, but the materials were something like, oh, notice in this moment that what you're trying is to look for some other reality than the one you have. Basically that moment I had these people that were not responding to my messages, and the thing that I was was like, oh, I don't have a reality where they're responding to my messages.In current practice, I would frame it like, oh, I didn't get a response from my friends. It's like, oh, I'm looking for this reality somehow. It feels differently and things are different. So it's like, not necessarily that I wanted things to be different, I wanted to feel differently. Oh, I don't have friends that respond to my message quickly.So like, sure. I guess.But when, when, when we were seeing that actually the practice was just seeing things and just feeling a bit to it, it's not a big deal.[00:13:00] And definitely, my practice was a bit different from the one I, uh, show to people right now. Uh, at the time I was doing more inside Heavy, which would be staying that mental tension and seeing that it's just a sensation that we can do something about it.Right now. I ask people to do both that, but also like just sitting with a so-called pain and letting it dissipate.For me it was just sitting in that tension. It's like, okay, I'm sitting in that tension. So what? And it's like, okay, it's not that pleasant, but also. There's no other reality available.There's no other Michael. Sometimes I, I, when I see people being stuck in, it's like, what is your quantum duplicate that somehow has some other sensation? They're not. It's like, okay, so I guess this is what you have right now. Is it that bad? And sometimes I make these weird analogies, which is like, imagine you've hit your leg very badly in the furniture.Would you trade these sensations for those sensations? Like, no, you go. Then sit with these ones. Maybe you appreciate them more,[00:14:00] Daniel Kazandjian: Hmm. Um, I wanna get back to your story, but one thing I'll, I'll, highlight is what your practice wasn't. It wasn't trying to understand why you happen to be so sensitive to people texting you and it, and like going into the deeper reasoning for your emotions. It wasn't that at all. It was focusing on the sensations themselves.Michael Stroe: Yeah. And what I found is there are cases where the, let's say the story unbundling, which I would call it, is helpful.For the sake of reducing suffering, there is minimal need for that. You need to see that the story is a story, which is a bunch of thoughts, and the sensations are conditioned, arising and the like.The impression is that, oh, this anxiety, for example, right now for me, it's happening because of what's happening. But the reality, no, it's happening because all the baggage from the back, all my priors that are being, uh, involved in this particular situations, out of which, let's call it this gate out, which, the anxiety comes up is through this situation,[00:15:00] it's actually the baggage that's to blame, let's say for this. One of the things I usually do, um, lately is, uh, to ask people to, okay, has some meaning, whatever story, right? My story, I was like, there's meaning, and my friends are not pointing my messages. Okay, why is there more meaning to that particular thought compared to my body? 70% water?It's like. Uh, somehow one is more meaningful than the other, but they're both, let's say language markers.They're both tokens and somehow one has more meaning than the other. It's like, is it the meaning or they're just both neutral, but the charge is just because of the conditioning and it helps a bit putting on the per circuit. Like you have two stories or you have two sentences. is charged, one is not charged.It's like, how exactly is the story charged experience wise? What exactly is the charge? Oh, some sensations. Yes. So it's not the story. And through just sitting with them, they eventually were like, oh, I guess the story.[00:16:00] It was the sensations that I was resisting.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah. maybe it'd be worth spelling this out a little bit more. It's like there's a storyMichael Stroe: Yes.Daniel Kazandjian: And then there's a sensory experience in the body, like some, some knot in your gut or something like that, or like a buzzing sensation somewhere. And then those two things are very tightly coupled or correlated. And so the story itself feels charged.What's the process of disentangling those two things?Michael Stroe: Well, the first step is usually to take away from the story as in, oh, this thing happened, this thing happened, this thing happens. It's like, okay, all those things happen, but what's happening right now? It's like me, I'm looking for some other reality in the one available. It's like, okay, um, I don't have this reality that I'm looking for where this other thing happened.So it's like, okay, in this moment, right now, what you have, uh, this sensory reality and some thoughts, it's like, okay, that brings you a bit further, into the present, right? So it's like, okay, you make a sentence,[00:17:00] and that sentence is almost like a summary of what happened, but in a very factual way.Right. Like very factual. It's like they didn't say this, okay, so I don't have this experience where I'm looking, I'm looking for them to be different. The next step would be putting the sensations into perspective. And actually that's a very big one.of the things that I notice is if I ask someone, which I have a lot of track questions during my inquiries, I, I need to mention that, uh, I usually ask them, it's like, okay, on a scale of one to 10, how bad are these sensations?And I've gotten some weird responses for some very meaningless situations. Like this email being an eight out of 10, right? Um, it's like, okay, that like an eight out of 10, an email, like he, that torture, that torture level pain, right? So if you ask people, uh, in, in that way, they're gonna, um, compare it with the ideal, how they would prefer to feel in this moment.So it's like, okay, okay, put it in a bit of a perspective, like compared to some actual pain, which is a breaking leg, I think breaking leg is the one I use most often.It's painful enough. And if you try to imagine it's like.[00:18:00] That would be a bad one. It's like compared to breaking a leg, how bad is this pain?It's like, okay, it's one or two. It's like, oh, now we got some perspective. Now we got a foothold to just sit with the sensations. Right? And, and going through these a few steps, uh, you've basically taken away from the story. You've reduced it to something, you are looking for some other reality, and then you have the intensity dropping a bit.Quite a bit actually. And then the last thing is like, okay, I want you to see with the sensation, it's called being called staying in the gap. And what I mean by staying in the gap, it's you tone descendants. I didn't get the response from my friends, right? Some sensations are appearing and being in the gap.It means seeing with those sensations until the thoughts that are happening, the thoughts that are happening somehow it seems. They can, uh, act upon these sensations somehow seem to be about these sensations. And the more you stay in the gap with a sensation, with thoughts,[00:19:00] eventually it's such a, uh, a long time between the sensations appearing and the thoughts that it's like this couldn't be connected.Michael Stroe: It's there's no way that these, there's a way for, for these sensations to be changed by this thought that happened a minute later. Like there's no way of causality in such a way. So it's like,Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: There's two channels. You have the channel of the thoughts, you have the channel of sensation, and it might seem initially that they're glued somehow, but then it becomes, uh, obvious that no, the sensations are conditioned in a certain way.The thoughts are conditioned a certain way, but there is no, uh, uh, glue in between. There is almost one of the metaphors I use lately actually, the, the channel of sensation is the basketball game the channel of, uh, thoughts or stories is the sports commentary. No amount of sports commentary will change the basketball game.Whoever is your favorite basketball player, whether it's LeBron or whatever, it doesn't even matter. It's like he's not gonna suddenly start shooting trees just because the sports come. It's like, oh, you're shooting wrong. It's like, yeah, that's not gonna happen.[00:20:00] And it's a bit of a, of a more immediate, um, metaphor that it's helped is like, oh, I'm trying to change the game by just commenting on it.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah, yeah, I love that image. Um, you used the word, uh, conditioning a few times, so like, because of conditioning, there's the glue between the sensations and the thoughts and the stories. How, what do you mean by conditioning here? How does that process work?Michael Stroe: Yeah. By conditioning, I mean all the situations and experiences that have left an imprint on the body mind, they've made a, they made a dent, whether it's in personality, whether it's even in the body. We have a discussion sometimes about VA computation, like.The body does keep the score right. and that conditioning is basically everything you would, uh, actually both, uh, uh, positive and negative. You can have positive conditioning, right? Uh, both, uh, pleasant and negative experiences that make a mark in that condition.[00:21:00] Future experiences based on prior experiences. If you wanna use priors, because we're more in rational spaces, we can use priors, but I'm mostly speaking about the priors at the level of, uh, memories oftentimes and bodily, uh, contractions.Michael Stroe: That's what we use mostly for this.Daniel Kazandjian: So is that like, let's say when I'm younger and I have less awareness,Michael Stroe: Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: Something happens to me, you know, maybe I feel a sense of social rejection, um, because I don't know, the girl I like didn't text me back or something like that. And then it prompts a really big physiological response that I know.Michael Stroe: Yes.Daniel Kazandjian: Correlate with the story of like, girls not texting me back, and then that's conditioning. That's like the prior.Michael Stroe: Yes. That's basically the pairing of some sensations with some stories.Daniel Kazandjian: Mm-hmm.Michael Stroe: Often, whether the stories can be like a visual memory. Like myself in that situation where I used to feel this way, and it's like, oh, when that happens,[00:22:00] this is, uh, this is the thing. And, and also like when I have that, those pairings, those pairings actually create a certain amount of one unidimensional response.When I feel the sensations, I need to double text them or I need to say, I need to say, I need to say something. I need to say something to them. Right. Um, there is a sense where the degree of freedom is being traded for, uh. A sense of apparent control, right. In that case, uh, the one we mentioned for like, uh, not receiving a message.When I, when this happens, then I do this. But by having, just when a then BI have a degree of conditioning or a degree of conditional, uh, response that actually prevents me from seeing there are maybe 10 other options. And that tends to shrink our personal freedom to such an extent that we often don't realize that we're doing it.[00:23:00] Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah. So let's come back to your story. You got, you got the stream entry. Then you start to recognize the conditioning and all the ways in which you had aversion to your experience. What happened after that?Michael Stroe: Um, I found a guide, a lovely lady in Italy that was recommended to me by some other guide in fairs. She had some availability and we started working together and I started working on the big issues. Right now, when I work with people, I think I work a bit differently.We used to work, we used to work directly with big stuff. One of the big things I had the most directly, which was something like some past relationship thing, and then I started working with a bunch of them. But the reality is, looking back, like I had a certain degree of buy into the processWhen I used to guide the same way with folks that weren't necessarily as bought in or[00:24:00] believing in the process, I can say I had like 25 to 30 people quit after the first month because, um, instead of having more of an upstream, slowly gliding your way to more wellbeing, it's more abrupt. It's like you, you have reactivity that happens in two stages, weakening and breaking.With two big issues, you're gonna have the weakening and then the breaking. But if you don't go with the biggest ones and you just go with. You, you can, you can have more of a smoother path.Okay, what's the biggest thing I can think of? Like, oh, there's this, uh, memory from a relationship. And because I have this memory, I won't have happy relationships in the future. Right.And to work with this, and I can definitely tell you that between getting a weakening of reactivity or a version by myself and dropping, it's been like a month and a half where I cannot necessarily say that was progress.And I, uh, at the level of pedagogy,[00:25:00] I found that actually to be a big issue because I was crazy enough to believe because I got the benefits fast, let's say, and I was on my own. So it's always easy to believe in the process, but I can definitely understand someone being like, I wanna stop.So, and then in another month and a half, um, I kept working with bigger and bigger things. Right now, I, sorry, I separate things and things. Keeping you up at night, which is like immediate short term things that are causing suffering at the moment. And then the next one would be, uh, big goals and desires.The second category. And by starting to work with Maria, I was already working on the big stuff, which is not necessarily ideal if I'm gonna be honest. I don't have the emotional capacity right now. I feel that I end up in a point where I actually help people build the emotional capacity as we're dropping a version.Otherwise it can feel very jarring and that can make people not want to keep the process until finished. Right.[00:26:00] I'd say like a month and a half, beginning of December, 2023, I started noticing that things were kind of like, uh, water of a duck spec. That's what I would call it. Things were smoother. That was kind of where I started noticing. I kinda cannot say, and this is so like a bigger discussion, but. I cannot say I have bad days. A version basically is this mental chaining, uh, of some pain that happened and, and keeping it with you during the entirety of your day, even though it was like two minutes or five minutes of unpleasant sensation.So when that no longer happens, a version by the way, dropping a version is called dropping into non-conceptual. That's basically when you drop the associated between, uh, stories and sensations. And once that, that was dropped, it's like, yeah, you can still feel pain, you can still feel unpleasant sensation, but you're no longer chained as your day goes on into a big feeling that basically colors the entirety of your 24 hours.[00:27:00] And that was the last, so like the, the last days where I've noticed, uh, bad days. So I cannot say that I have had bad days since then. Okay. I hadDaniel Kazandjian: Wow.Michael Stroe: unpleasant situations for a few hours or whatever, but the amount of pain was actually low and there was no suffering. Even once, like, I had someone, like almost lost a friend a bunch of months ago, and there was crying, there was pain. There was no way of me imagining that there are some other sensations available and I fell through it. I cry. Uh, just what seemed natural there was necessarily suffering or resistance and it's, it's also a very point to be, it's not relatable.I cannot explain it for it to make sense. If someone doesn't have it almost seems like I'm trying to sell someone on these. Grant benefit, uh, uh, by now, uh, where it's like, oh, it's so amazing. It's like drugs.[00:28:00] It's like, it is amazing, but also it makes no sense how this could, uh, be experienced. Right?And then when that happened in a few more weeks, I dropped into non duality again. It is a very fast process. I think there is a certain extent to which all these shifts are happening fast when someone really wants it. And I know that the Buddhist say desire is the root of all suffering, but that's a mistranslation.Was the root of suffering. And that's a different, more moment to moment, uh, thing. being open, it's like, yeah, I really want, this has led to very fast progress. And I think actually, um, suffering wise, actually this one actually made the most, uh, difference just dropping a version. I used to have so much of it.It's to color my days to such an extent, days, months, years, whatever you wanna call it, that once it drop, it's like, okay, yeah, I did not expect this was possible.[00:29:00] It's easy to say that it's not possible or there could not be something like this. Okay. It's not perfect, but it's amazing. It's sort of like, that's how I would call it. No, it's amazing. And, and luckily right now, I, I, I feel like I'm not speaking from a standpoint of just me at, with her, there are a bunch of friends, some of them that you already know that have gotten the same experience and they have the same experience or like, no, it's pretty great.Michael Stroe: No,Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah,Michael Stroe: great. Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: I know you, you also tried to make this a little more legible for people by like mapping it on to commonplace positive experiences.Michael Stroe: Yes.Daniel Kazandjian: You know, and I know it's a totally imperfect process or whatever, but it gives people a sense.Michael Stroe: Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: maybe you can tell the listeners that, like how different stages mapped onto like the, these commonplace positive experiences.Michael Stroe: I was trying to do this with a friend a bunch of times ago because I was thinking,[00:30:00] what's the marginal value of the next dollar? But actually it was more so what's the marginal value of the next million dollars? It's like, what do you even buy with a bunch of money that gives you happiness? I put my own happiness into, okay, what would I trade this for?And it's for, for as much as it's gonna sound, it's farfetched, I would say, like, I don't know, tens of millions to be like, you have no physical worries for the rest of your life. You would still end up in the place where you're pursuing this.It's already that good. Like there's no convincing. Like I would rather take my pain from years ago just to have it. Yes. So the first, the first steps, treatment three, first one to three. I've humorously, uh, called it getting a free sandwich daily. Um, which is okay. It's nice. Like there are some days when, when a sandwich can, can make you feel a bit better.Uh, it's, it's nice. Um, you got a sandwich, you have a bit of a brighter day, right? There are days where a sandwich does not do anything.[00:31:00] I'm gonna throw that off, right? Uh, and I'll be experimenting, weakening. Um, it's a bit of a, a bit, uh, higher and I would call it almost like having a very relaxing massage daily, right?And it's great. Like you go to have a massage, it's great. You, you are relaxed now, you enjoy your day more. Maybe you are smiling more. It can make most days a bit, uh, sunny, right? also like when, some really bad things are happening and massage probably won't be enough. And there are certain categories of things where.A massage won't do anything like, you know, loss and so on. Um, but the real, the real, uh, thing happens with the dropping of reactivity. And the reason why I call that, um, basically, um, being in a, a, a pretty good vacation all the time is because you no longer want or expect to always feel good.[00:32:00] But that has the interesting side effect of making most days pretty amazing. Dropping reactivity or no longer, like I know, don't want to feel good all the time. And because I don't necessarily want or try to feel good all the time, I'm actually feeling good most of the time.It was the suffering or other, the resistance to those few moments. We were feeling some pain that was coloring all these other moments negatively, let's call it.But when you no longer want that, it does feel pretty, uh, vacay vibes, uh, it's okay. I'm on vacation most days. I don't necessarily need to be somewhere, I don't necessarily need to have a fancy dinner. A lot, a lot of what humans imagine they would feel during a vacation where they're away from work.You can have here and now with work, with life, with all these, uh, trappings of daily life, and it's pretty amazing. And that would be what we spoke so far, which is the trapping already. [00:33:00] And there's a bit of a, there's technically two more steps, but I usually, I only, uh, speak about the first, uh, uh, one, uh, in this, in this, uh, next, uh, in next year row, which is like the fourth, uh, range, I would call it, uh, dropping form and formlessness.And for those that are familiar with Buddhist, uh, terminology, that would be non-duality. And “I-ness”. I-ness probably it's a bit less, uh, common, but no is very obvious. uh, or getting into no. Minus the stories that, uh, were all one and so on. it's a, it's a small, actually a small gain in, in pleasure.You have more of a sense of connection with everything or everyone. You no longer have the sense of things or people being distant from you. You have the sense that you're in one world simulation, which is interesting, but I found it compared to not having a version not as consequential.[00:34:00] I have expected, based on how all the spiritual people are selling nonduality to feel amazing, connected. It's like you do feel connected or actually it's more correctly framed, disconnected. Like, I'm not, we are not all one necessarily, which is like, uh, further inside it's like, okay, we're all in one.It's like we're close by distance is an illusion. Pretty great. Pretty great, right? But in terms of suffering reduction, I would've expected it to be more, but it was like 5%. A cool 5%, right? But not what I expected and this wouldDaniel Kazandjian: You're like, disappointed.Michael Stroe: I'm gonna be honest a bit, a bit.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: I would've expected more people to have sold it to me as this grant thing where everything is amazing. It wasn't necessarily, and this would correspond with the third six, right?And I actually feel that third seven is more impactful, which would be “I-am-ness” consciousness and so on. Uh, the reason why this one actually was, um, profound, I would start with the sense of time.[00:35:00] Sense of time kind of goes away and you realize there were a bunch of sensations and thoughts. When that happens, you have to be a bit more clumsy with your appointments. I'm gonna give people that warning.That's gonna happen, but you no longer have the time pressure. I need you to do this, I need to do that. If you heard people speak about timelessness or the experience of timelessness, this is basically what they were speaking of just now. Just now, just now. And it's pretty amazing. That's just one aspect.The second aspect that I've seen, um, this actually has to do with, um, almost, um, dropping the notion that somehow things are existing in opposites. Where it's like, in this case, it's ugly and beautiful you're dropping the opposites as real categories when, when the opposites seem to be integrated as neither this nor that, neither ugly nor beautiful.I found that everything is more beautiful.[00:36:00] Very few people will be able to relate to this, but there was a joke going around on Twitter a bunch of time ago, which is like, Would you rather get plus three to your own, uh, beauty, or would you give plus three to everyone?And this is in a way giving plus three to everyone's beauty. course, beauty being in the eye of the beholder, uh, but everything from a wall to a flower to whatever you want to tends to become way more, uh, beautiful by, um, via negative, which is no longer saying, saying it's mundane or, uh, boring or whatever you would project upon it.That cancellation of the extremes makes it way more likely that everything is like, has a certain beauty, has a certain vividness to it, that I. I actually wasn't told that it's gonna happen. Uh, but I found it very, very obvious and I'm sometimes, uh, I'm, I'm being caught in, in the metro and[00:37:00] I'm just looking at people with a certain fascination regardless of how they're looking or whatever their gender is, because there is a sense of, wow, look at all these ways that the reality is happening.All these ways that, uh, things have manifested, right.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: And I guess, uh, the last one, which is very interesting and some might relate it, um, is no longer making things out of images. Here's what I mean. You're looking around the room or you're looking around something. You're noticing, let's say, uh, a basket.The mind or the brain is like, oh, that's a basket. It makes a thing almost like the image that you would see it and gives it a thinness, uh, substantiality. When you just take things as they are, it's an image or if you want to interact with it you can go touch it and so on. But when you compulsively make it a thing, the mental chatter drops a lot.[00:38:00] Michael Stroe: I used to have problems where I used to work in advertising, like outdoor advertisements and I was like Coca-Cola, and it's like, oh, I like, like all these, uh, ads I used to see in the brain were automatically naming them. That goes down because okay, I'm seeing an image, but I don't necessarily need to make it a substantial thing.That drops a lot of the mental chat and also like the compulsiveness of interacting with the world. Um, the benefit of this mostly is that life tends to become very movie-like at this point. When you no longer imagine that things have very distinct boundaries and everything becomes more fluid in that sense, you no longer have the image, the, the, the image that somehow you are outside of the world somehow.You, you, it's one big singularity, if you wanna call it. Um, that tends to make things very easy to move around. If you ever heard, and this is a bit of a, I'm not sure I would give it a trigger or warning,[00:39:00] but I would be mindful that sometimes when in Buddhist, a lot of people know this, know that they're actually very dumb ways of giving insight. For example, if you heard that there is no body, that's one of the dumbest ways of framing it.The actual framing would be the body arises together with everything else. And that wouldn't necessarily give people any type of, uh. Scaries. It's like, oh, okay. So the body is just part of the Raja. And the sense of the body as a thing, as a monolith was just the brain taking a bunch of this junk, uh, sensation and constructing a mental model of what the body would look like.With the seven photos, you no longer need to construct a body as a monolith. You just take sensations as different pings. I used to call it the same way that rain drops. That's how you feel. You no need to hold the frame of there is a body in, in a very, um, uh, experiential way or like one big block of stone.[00:40:00] Have this, the sensations, the body's still there, the organ is still there. You no longer hold the concept of it being a monolith and that I've actually found very relaxing and super easy to do, uh, hard things, physical hard things, or go without sleep for a long time because the body seems to be way, uh, way easier.To process. It's like, oh, there is some unpleasant sensation from tiredness. Okay. Like, it's not that the whole body is tired, it's like tiredness, uh, expresses itself as just this one muscle in the back that it's aDaniel Kazandjian: Yeah, yeah.Michael Stroe: You're no longer like, oh, the body is tired. It's like, no, it's just some sensation. It's not pleasant. That's it. So it's easy to bounce back.Daniel Kazandjian: Um, so this reminds me of a meditation prompt. Uh, it's like a direct pointing prompt of just experiencing the body. Just see, see if you can experience the body as a cloud of sensations as opposed to. The, the mental map or like, maybe a simple one that, that I noticed was if someone says, pay attention to your hand, the sensations in your hand,[00:41:00] you might think you're doing that, but then you'll notice that often there's also an image of the hand and like a sense that you're up here and you're looking down at your hand and like there's a bunch of other stuff happening quite habitually that isn't just the raw sensations of the hand and the raw sensations of the hand are something like, like texture and, and heat and tension and like these more, uh, simple constituent elements.And then the same applies for pain. Or I've noticed when I've had issues with chronic pain, if I just do this type of exercise, it just gets deconstructed into a bunch of neutral sensations.Michael Stroe: Yeah. Direct pointers of this nature are very useful because we tend to interact with the word via abstraction or via fabrication.[00:42:00] But once you see, like into the, let's call it, you realize that, oh, it's actually easier to bear. And as you mentioned, there are a lot of these small pointers that you can give someone that make actually a big dent in your experience, uh, especially are of suffering and pain they finally see experience as is not through the conceptual map.And one of the, because you mentioned the one with the conceptual map, one of the things I actually ask people during the stream entry conversation is, uh, can they imagine an actual tactile sensation? Like, okay, let me try to imagine my feet standing on the floor. So it's like, are you really imagining a sensation or are you imagining the mental body map and where it would happen, is like, oh yeah, no, I'm, I'm imagining the mental body map.There's no way for me to. Imagine a sensation the same way. It's like Exactly. So that helps put things into perspective between what's direct sense experience and what's abstract experience. And you can use abstraction.[00:43:00] It's just though you never confuse abstraction, if you want to call it, the abstraction would be context, right? And enlightenment is just untangling more and more of the context of identity or of concepts into the components of, um, what we would call experience, like context and content. Like that's, that's like the more you take, uh, context and make it content, that's the more enlightened you are, if you want.Michael Stroe: Call it like that.Daniel Kazandjian: I wanna see if we can help people on this a little bit. Obviously, you know, reducing your happiness by 90 or reducing your suffering by 90% orMichael Stroe: Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: Nine outta 10 happiness is like a pretty good sell. But one of the things you've mentioned, and it's also implicit in the stories that you shared, is this idea of freedom. How there's actually just more degrees of freedom around different areas of life.[00:44:00] And so I wonder if you can speak a little bit more about freedom and then some of the other kind of tangible benefits that you've discovered through this journey.Michael Stroe: Yeah. Um, the biggest degree of freedom, I would say, does come from aversion attachment.I used to have this notion that I should make this amount of money by this age, and I would say that's very common for type A. Uh, once I was no longer held by that attachment, I could actually work toward that direction.Well, in the past I used to be very contracted around not having, that would actually mean and turn, uh, into procrastination. And that's a very common experience where it's imagined that procrastination is somehow. An issue of the situation. I don't have this, I don't have that, but most often with the people at work, we end up seeing that procrastination is just an emotional issue.Procrastination being just the resistance to how I'm feeling and most often how I'm feeling is not that bad.Freedom, it turns out, is a very common conversation for me. It's like, if meditation takes away my ambition?[00:45:00] It's like, wouldn't that be bad? It's like, well, let me frame it differently.Uh, if you were to lose some of these things probably you weren't interested in, but you're gonna do way more of the things that you actually want to do. And none of the people that I know have gotten, uh, this far have somehow lost their ambition. They will have families, they're still doing things, they're doing more things.They're no longer imagining that things should look a certain way and they're not looking a certain way. Turns out that the freedom of choice increases and. From the standpoint, like prior to stream, I imagine that I'm, I have agency in this, uh, frame of, uh, I sort, I control the body mind and I'm me, the self controlling the body mind.It's gonna act on the world. It's like integrating, seeing just the body mind, working with the world. I now see that there are more choices by degree of not denying that there are actually some limitations. Like, I cannot[00:46:00] I cannot, uh, suddenly start, uh, in some language. I haven't spoken before.And, but by seeing the limitation, you actually gain the freedom by denying the limitations that are inherent to, to experience. I'm actually not seeing freedom because I keep holding on to my ideas of what I should be able to do instead of seeing what I'm able to do. So without shooting the experience, you can see the things that could be happening and it becomes, uh, pretty easy.Uh, a pretty, pretty obvious experience after you get it, but before it's sort of like cloudy. in, in terms of freedom, I would say the biggest freedom I found was to, to take on projects or, or, uh, do things that I previously seemed to be unapproachable. Uh, it's my identity, like, oh, who's little me?[00:47:00] Like, uh, imposter syndrome. oh, look at all these people. Um, they're, they're from a big, this big, uh, university. How can I work with them? Right? All these notions of, of importance, it's like, who? Little me.That's from a small town in this eastern European country. Uh, so when you drop identity, it's like, okay, whenever I had that, it's like, oh. They're gonna see that I'm an imposter. Can you see how that is just a sensation in this moment right now, that being an imposter is just a sensation that's all there is to, and some thoughts, but what bothers you is not as much the thought level as much the sensation level. How does feeling an imposter or rather being an imposter, because it seems like I'm being an imposter and it's very common for prior to experiment to have the experience of I am this, I am that, versus, this sensation appearing there is this pattern occurring.So when I no longer make this about some me, some, some, uh, constant identity and adjusting as a pattern, I'm able to actually clean it out because I don't feel every time I'm doing healing that I'm somehow, uh, attacking myself.[00:48:00] Almost a lot of people try to do healing and it goes nowhere. And this is my opinion around therapy.The reason why therapy actually doesn't work is because they have this view of this monolith called self Instead of being a bunch of almost decentralized projects, um, when someone gets stream entry, they finally realize that all those were processes and they weren't necessarily constant and they weren't necessarily owned and they weren't necessarily present.Oftentimes, like the memories Hmm.We identify as, or with any memory, if I, I would invite the, the listeners, any memory they have, if they bring it out, I want them to realize that the experience of a memory, it's a bunch of thoughts and sensations happening now and. I hope they see that this means that the past can only be experienced as a bunch of thoughts and sensations happening now.They cannot experience the past in any meaningful way other than sensations and thoughts happening now. So when that happens, you no longer get lost that much into the thoughts, uh, of the past or into memories, or[00:49:00] you keep identifying with this version of you from 10, 15, 20 years ago that is actually not here. So you're able to be with a, with a, you have the, the freedom to be here now and realize that you have some references to some other so-called past experience. But what you have is just, uh, an, a reference to some memory, some thoughts happening now. that brings you to, like, you need, know, the whole power of now, right?You, to do something to be in the power of now. And this is the funniest one, which is I ask them to, okay, try to imagine the, the, the past and it's just a bunch of thoughts and sensations now. And then imagine your favorite meal in a bunch of hours and see that there are a bunch of thoughts and sensations happening now.And then I asked them, is there some other place other than, than now to be like, do you need to do something to be now? It's like, no. You just have the impression that somehow you are not now. And that opens up a lot of, uh, opportunities to clean up. I think that's the most important when I no longer, um, think that somehow I'm the same guy was five years ago in that relationship,[00:50:00] It brings the possibility of me being like, oh, wait, that relationship, it's a bunch of thoughts and sensations happening now.And that's not something I do. It's just when, when a thinking of the memory occurs, sensations come up. It's like, I did not make those sensations. I did not do the sensing somehow, I didn't do the feeling as much as the feeling happened. And there are a few, uh, pointers for these that make it immediately obvious, but at each level as you go to a pad, you realize almost, uh, in a way actually find that the Buddhist path is very consistent with the Keegan stage.Instead of like me, uh, having this experience, you make everything an object and you basically make more and more of your identity on an object that you can work with.Uh, eventually you make all of your identity. Actually, Reen enlightenment would be a bit past even Kegan five because you make everything,[00:51:00] you make everything an object that can be worked with and you no longer see it as a subjective context.Michael Stroe: Um, yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: Let me let, let, no, that was great. I, so we're talking about freedom and then, um, the, the freedom from. You're past in a way, and I, I kind of wanna sharpen up this therapy thing ‘cause you said something very provocative, which is the reason why therapy doesn't work is the way I understood. It's almost like it's reifying the self.Daniel Kazandjian: Right. It's a discursive practice that's assuming the self actually exists.Michael Stroe: Yes, and it's assuming that identity is an experience instead of like, what's experienced is just a bunch of thoughts and sensation.The way I would frame it, it actually, it, it actually applies both to stream entry and work with reactivity. For stream entry is assuming that somehow you, you can have the experience of the memory or your, uh, basically bringing up something from the past and it's like, oh, that's still happening, that's still active, that's still real.The memory of being this age and having this experience instead of seeing the experience for what it is,[00:52:00] it's like, oh, a bunch of thoughts and sensations happening now, and that's the first one. They're making a thing out of something. That's another experience, and that's the first aspect of considering identity a constant.Right? The second aspect of the, the reason why therapy doesn't work is because action therapy always works after the gap. If I want to, if, if I should, uh, remind people what I mean by the gap. The gap being the space of just sensations. No dots have started to try to change your experience. So let's say I go to a therapist and I wanna speak about this thing that happened to me in a relationship.I'm gonna draw on and on and on and on and on about what happened. But I'm already into the experience of trying to justify the sensation or change the sensation. I'm past the gap, and at no point I'm actually feeling my, my feelings. Feeling my feelings does not mean sobbing and going through this, oh, this person did this to me and they, this, this, to me.It's like, that's not what, staying with the sensation, that's not feeling your emotion, feeling your emotions or feeling your sensation is just the act of sitting with the initial sensation.[00:53:00] The one with the, the, this issue just started, the ones that you feel without needing to add the layer of, or conceptually the layer of thoughts or the layer of judgment.And because most therapies working in the space of reactive already, they're past the gap. They're the inner version already. Hmm.Most people don't make meaningful progress. Because they're actually not feeling their emotions. They are more or less feeling the amplified sensation, but not the, the, the, the crux or the core of the issue.They're feeling all the fabrication around the issue.Daniel Kazandjian: Let's see if we could apply this to an example. Like let's say, um. Uh, just totally random example, let's say I had a very critical father who whenever he was in the room, his presence, um, warranted like a hyper vigilance in me and my siblings because, and, and he's a bit volatile.[00:54:00] So we just have to be on edge, you know, whenever he's around. And then, so something at a young age developed to protect myself from, from that mechanism or from the potential of attack or something like that. And then it's still latent in the body. And maybe, maybe it's influencing the way I relate to authorities as an adult.And I come to therapy, I come to you who you're like, therapy doesn't work, but we got this other approach.Daniel Kazandjian: How would you,Michael Stroe: therapy for what is, what is me teaching? not trying to take the clients from the therapist. I'm just saying what works and what doesn't.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah. What, what would work to, to deal with a situation like that?Michael Stroe: First it would be bringing up the memory. And when you bring up the memory, it's immediately coupled with a bunch of sensations, right? Like, it's very obvious that like, you might tell there's something, there might be a lock in, right?Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: So where it's like you have the grand story that they were this, they were there.It's like, okay, but like, that's not happening right now. Me and you, let's say we're in the same room. We're just sitting on a couch, just vibing.[00:55:00] So it's like, oh, what happens right now? It's a bunch of mental phenomena, stories, thoughts, images, and some sensations. It's like, okay, take away the whole, he was this, he was that.He was like, what's happening here at this moment? Oh, a bunch of thoughts. Okay. I want you to notice that. Regardless of what happened in the past, that's not what is happening right now. You might behave as if it was a real, real thing, but if you foresee that your memory of it, it's a bunch of thoughts and some not so pleasant contractions in the body happening right now, you first gain a bit of distance from it.Distance in a good way, not trying to dissociate.There are some sensations in my body right now. I have a mental image of what that happens. And I would ask, okay, you notice that in this moment you're thinking of that story and imagine that reality should be a certain way for you right now.Almost like trying to, um, rewrite the past, which is in a way, making a sentence or what we describe. It's like, oh, I didn't have a father that was,[00:56:00] let's say, uh, warm and I'm just making it up right now. Right? It's like when you tone that, is that the thing that you actually wanted back then?It's like, yeah, I wanted to, it's like. what you have right now, even though you didn't have then, it's just a bunch of sensation. And I ask them, okay, if you feel those sensations, but like, don't go into thoughts that are just chatter now. At this moment. You have those crappy sensations, but are they that bad?That's why I make the framing around like compared to an actual pain, how bad they are, and I ask them to stay with it. And if they get lasting thoughts, I bring them back. It's like, no, no, no, no. You're in this room right now. Your father, whoever it is, it's not here. You're safe. You're with me. Like, or even if they're in their, in their own room, they're safe.What do you have right now? It's a bunch of sensations. Like, do you need to do something about those sensations? Can you just relax a bit into them? Can you give them 1% at a time to just be there and let them dissolve?[00:57:00] And over time that decreases, they're not here, not an experience. Would be the point of imagining, oh, it's this, this created this problem. This problem is this problem. if you wanna untangle, but at the level of suffering, most often. I've seen, uh, I, I'm not gonna give a percentage. Most people end up not having the benefits that I want because they're going like, oh, he was like this and he used to do this.And you, it's like if they, if they lock into the past, they're already not in the room with you. They're basically like lost in thoughts that they're already passed the gap in a space of just fabrication and this, just seeing the difference between what's here right now and what's fabrication or constructionDaniel Kazandjian: You know, the concept of memory reconsolidation and like, uh, therapy literature.Michael Stroe: Yeah.Daniel Kazandjian: Do you wanna do a quick summary of that?Michael Stroe: Uh, yes. I'm not super technical and I can, I best tell you myDaniel Kazandjian: Well, let, let me actually just say how I mean it. ‘cause like, we don't need to get academic about it. It, but it's this idea that like, uh,[00:58:00] There's all these different therapeutic healing modalities, inner work modalities, and to the extent that any of them are effective, they seem to share one thing in common at, at least this is the thesis, which is they allow you to reconsolidate refactor negative memory memories into positive ones by presenting. or neutral ones by presenting disconfirming evidence. So you're having, we're having a conversation in a safe environment about something that happened when it felt unsafe. Maybe we spend time with the sensations instead of the story,And then the system changes. It's a prediction because you're predicting something bad's gonna happen,but it doesn't. And then if you just see that very clearly, then your system updates and then you no longer have activation around that.Michael Stroe: Oh, uh, yeah, definitely. I feel like in a therapeutic sense, they kind of try to change the story as well, if I'm not mistaken.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: like in our approach, it would be mostly just.[00:59:00] Sitting with the sensation and they become neutral and then the story, it's like, okay, he did that. It is probably process wise, we would stay a step, uh, closer to experience. We wouldn't necessarily try to change the story.Daniel Kazandjian: Yeah.Michael Stroe: What it's worth, I want everyone to know that I actually don't think that enlightenment, Buddhism, or fairs have the answer to all the problems. And I think some, uh, therapeutic modalities should be used, especially after stream entry, but stream entry is super fast.But I think if you want to change your patterns, you would first do the feeling and then okay, what would ideally do here? Right. Funnily enough, funnily enough, there is a degree to which feeling your sensation about an issue changes behavior immediately. Even though we are not necessarily doing, uh, a change in the story, uh, this oftentimes actually happens with issues around procrastination.That's the one I actually have seen the most when you no longer have this, oh, this is gonna suck if I'm gonna have to do this. immediately like, oh, I, I feel okay, I'm just gonna do it.[01:00:00] Uh, and we, we in this case with, let's say, let's be less than pleasant with, uh, a parent that happens, but less to a degree. Whereas I would say that, oh, the people that I've worked with necessarily all of a sudden go and all of them repair their relationship. They feel they are if they choose later to work on this and process this and change the relationship. That's almost, um, a side process that it canBut I wouldn't say that this one actually solves it like that.Daniel Kazandjian: Um, I think it'd be nice if we did like a very concise, uh, procrastination protocol, so. Let's say someone listening to this is like, fuck, there's that thing I gotta do, and I keep putting it off step by step. How might they deconstruct it using your method?Michael Stroe: Yeah. So it'll be like this. Oh, I have this thing. Let's say I have, I have this project and there is a deadline on Friday, right? Let's say today is Wednesday. Sorry.The reality is like all those grand stories, like, oh, if this is, if I'm not gonna do this, my boss, my this might be like, okay, okay.[01:01:00] Okay. Right now what you have with this situation, you have some sensation, you have some thoughts, and you're also like some resistance to how the sensations feel. But let's take a step back and all of the, the stories we can sum it up as, I don't know if I finished the project by Friday, that's the, the thing, it can be either, uh, uh, a, a, an uncertainty problem, right?That I usually frame, I usually frame it on two things. Procrastination, especially either something that you feel like it's missing or something that you don't know.It's the first one where you feel like something is uncertain, like I don't know if I have the time to be or if I know if I'll finish the project by Friday.Okay. How does that feel in the body? Oh, it's a sensation in my gut. It's a four out of 10. It's like, whoa, we have a big one. Right. And that's when I asked them, it's like, okay, but compared to breaking, like how bad is that sensation? It's like one. Oh, okay. Yeah. So it's like, oh, it's a one out of 10 for the fact that I don't know if I'm gonna finish the project by Friday, or I don't know if this task will get done.Okay. Or I, or, or the other framing is I haven't done X project.[01:02:00] Maybe the deadline is not there. Especially for personal projects, I work with a bunch of people that are self-employed. It's like, oh, I haven't done this project. And there's no one, there's no boss to tell them to do this. So in those cases, it would be like, oh, I haven't done X project.Okay. How does that feel in the body, that sensation? It's not that, that it doesn't even bother you that you have done or haven't done that situation. What bothers you is this sensation? So give it like 30 seconds. Okay. Oh, I haven't done this project. Does it feel that bad? Oh no. It's like, and it's like so fast, like two minutes.For most people, if it's not a big deal, it's like a two minute thing, like feeling your sensations. Like, okay, are you gonna do the thing? Yeah, I'm gonna do the thing, whatever. That's it.Daniel Kazandjian: Step one, you, you, you notice that you're procrastinating because I think sometimes you don't even realize that you're doing it. You're just like avoiding your life and then you're like, oh shit, I'm procrastinating. It's due tomorrow. Okay. You notice it.[01:03:00] You just sit and feel what's happening in your body, like what's the,Michael Stroe: I would actually, first, the next step would actually be putting things into perspective. It's you looking for some other reality than the one you have available. And it's very because sometimes like, oh, but what you're initially feeli

Today we're broadcasting from Ferris State University as it's Anchor-Bone week and they've got a big game against Grand Valley this weekend. Throughout the show, we were joined by some of the great folks connected to Ferris State so we could talk about that game, other sports and more. We kicked off the show with a "Moving Ferris Forward" interview as Huge spoke with Ferris State University President Dr. Bill Pink. He and Huge talked about what a big week it is for Ferris State, talked about what's happening with some of the other sports, talked about some of the other things happening on and off campus, talked about the growth at Ferris, and much more. We were then joined by Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com so he and Huge could preview Michigan/Michigan State. Clayton and Huge talked about what the keys to winning are for Michigan, and more. Jim Comparoni from Spartanmag.com then joined us to give us some Spartan perspective on Saturday's game. He filled us in on what he thinks the Spartans need to do to win, talked about some of their stand-out players, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

During our "Moving Ferris Forward" interview, Huge spoke with Ferris State University President Dr. Bill Pink. He and Huge talked about what a big week it is for Ferris State, talked about what's happening with some of the other sports, talked about some of the other things happening on and off campus, talked about the growth at Ferris, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In our second hour, we were joined by Head Football Coach Tony Annese so he and Huge could preview Saturday's big game. They also talked about how the season has been going for the team, talked about some of the stand-out players, discussed the great culture they have, they talked about Trinidad Chambliss and the impact he's making at Ole Miss, and more. We were then joined by Sandy Gholston who is part of the Ferris State Broadcast team. He and Huge talked about what a big week this is for Ferris and Grand Valley, gave their thought's on the match-up, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Sandy Gholston who is part of the Ferris State Broadcast team. He and Huge talked about what a big week this is for Ferris and Grand Valley, gave their thought's on the match-up, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today we're broadcasting from Ferris State University as it's Anchor-Bone week and they've got a big game against Grand Valley this weekend. Throughout the show, we were joined by some of the great folks connected to Ferris State so we could talk about that game, other sports and more. We kicked off the show with a "Moving Ferris Forward" interview as Huge spoke with Ferris State University President Dr. Bill Pink. He and Huge talked about what a big week it is for Ferris State, talked about what's happening with some of the other sports, talked about some of the other things happening on and off campus, talked about the growth at Ferris, and much more. We were then joined by Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com so he and Huge could preview Michigan/Michigan State. Clayton and Huge talked about what the keys to winning are for Michigan, and more. Jim Comparoni from Spartanmag.com then joined us to give us some Spartan perspective on Saturday's game. He filled us in on what he thinks the Spartans need to do to win, talked about some of their stand-out players, and more. In our second hour, we were joined by Head Football Coach Tony Annese so he and Huge could preview Saturday's big game. They also talked about how the season has been going for the team, talked about some of the stand-out players, discussed the great culture they have, they talked about Trinidad Chambliss and the impact he's making at Ole Miss, and more. We were then joined by Sandy Gholston who is part of the Ferris State Broadcast team. He and Huge talked about what a big week this is for Ferris and Grand Valley, gave their thought's on the match-up, and more. In our final hour, we were joined by former Detroit Lion Lomas Brown and Josh Garvey from Doeren Mayhew for our weekly "Inside the Lions" segment. During that time - Huge, Lomas, and Josh gave us their opinions on how the Lions looked in that win over Tampa Bay, talked about all of the injuries, talked about some of the stand-out players, talked about how many wins they think the Lions will have this season, and much more. We were then joined by Ryan Hodges who is the Senior Defensive Assistant/Executive Director of Bulldog Football. He and Huge talked about how the season has gone for the Bulldogs, talked about what's really impressive about the team, looked ahead to Saturday, and more. Anthony Broome from theWolverine.com then joined us. He and Huge talked about the Michigan/Michigan State game on Saturday, talked about keys to winning the game for Michigan, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Today we're broadcasting from Ferris State University as it's Anchor-Bone week and they've got a big game against Grand Valley this weekend. Throughout the show, we were joined by some of the great folks connected to Ferris State so we could talk about that game, other sports and more. In our first hour, we were joined by Head Football Coach Tony Annese so he and Huge could preview Saturday's big game. They also talked about how the season has been going for the team, talked about some of the stand-out players, discussed the great culture they have, they talked about Trinidad Chambliss and the impact he's making at Ole Miss, and more. We were then joined by Brody Keiser who is the voice of Ferris State Hockey. He talked about how Coach Riley, his staff and team have been doing in year one, and more. Throughout our second hour, we were joined by Mitch Lyons from Mitch Lyons Wealth. During that time, he and Huge previewed this weekend's Michigan/Michigan State game, gave their thought's how that game will go, gave their opinions on the leadership at MSU and if things need to change, and more. They also talked about Ferris State Football and the impact that Coach Annese makes on the team, and how he builds teams to be Champions, discussed the culture at FSU, and more. We wrapped up the hour talking with Kurt Westendorp who is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Ferris State. He talked about what goes into developing a team, talked about the roster, told us about the importance of culture, and more. In our final hour, we were joined by Rob Bentley who is the voice of Bulldog Football. He and Huge talked about the foundation of the Anchor-bone Classic and the rivalry between Ferris and Grand Valley, talked about players that have left as well as players that have had to step in, talked about the offense and defense, discussed the leadership of Tony Annese, and more. We were then joined by Drew Burton who is the Offensive Line Coach at Ferris State. He talked about why he wanted to come to Ferris State to Coach under Tony Annese, talked about the importance of the right relationships, told us about developing the players, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Rob Bentley who is the voice of Bulldog Football. He and Huge talked about the foundation of the Anchor-bone Classic and the rivalry between Ferris and Grand Valley, talked about players that have left as well as players that have had to step in, talked about the offense and defense, discussed the leadership of Tony Annese, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In our final hour, we were joined by Rob Bentley who is the voice of Bulldog Football. He and Huge talked about the foundation of the Anchor-bone Classic and the rivalry between Ferris and Grand Valley, talked about players that have left as well as players that have had to step in, talked about the offense and defense, discussed the leadership of Tony Annese, and more. We were then joined by Drew Burton who is the Offensive Line Coach at Ferris State. He talked about why he wanted to come to Ferris State to Coach under Tony Annese, talked about the importance of the right relationships, told us about developing the players, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: The Ferris Wheel Enigma: Unraveling a Friendship Mystery Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sv/episode/2025-10-22-22-34-02-sv Story Transcript:Sv: När solen sakta sjönk bakom Stockholms hustak, vilade en tyst men intensiv nervositet över Gröna Lund.En: As the sun slowly sank behind the rooftops of Stockholm, a silent but intense nervousness rested over Gröna Lund.Sv: Den stora Pariserhjulet reste sig mot skyn, ståtligt men kusligt stilla, omgiven av höstens gyllene och röda löv.En: The large Ferris wheel rose towards the sky, majestic yet eerily still, surrounded by the golden and red leaves of autumn.Sv: Lukas stirrade upp mot den.En: Lukas stared up at it.Sv: Hans hjärta bankade.En: His heart pounded.Sv: Hans bästa vän hade försvunnit här för bara några dagar sedan, och Lukas kunde inte uthärda ovissheten längre.En: His best friend had disappeared here just a few days ago, and Lukas could no longer endure the uncertainty.Sv: Maja, med sin vassa blick och snabba tankeförmåga, stod bredvid honom.En: Maja, with her sharp gaze and quick wit, stood beside him.Sv: Hon älskade pussel mer än något annat och det här mysteriet var det största av alla.En: She loved puzzles more than anything, and this mystery was the greatest of all.Sv: "Vi måste undersöka det", sa hon bestämt.En: "We have to investigate it," she said determinedly.Sv: "Jag är säker på att lösenordet ligger inom det hjulet."En: "I'm sure the key is within the wheel."Sv: Erik, vanligtvis skeptisk, höll sig tyst i bakgrunden.En: Erik, usually skeptical, stayed quietly in the background.Sv: Han hade varit med den kvällen, men sagt väldigt lite om vad som hänt.En: He had been there that evening but had said very little about what happened.Sv: Lukas själv hade haft svårt att tygla sina rädslor, men nu visste han vad han måste göra.En: Lukas himself had struggled to control his fears, but now he knew what he had to do.Sv: "Vi måste gå tillsammans", sa han, med en beslutsamhet som han inte känt förut.En: "We must go together," he said, with a determination he hadn't felt before.Sv: Trion begav sig mot det tysta, stilla Pariserhjulet.En: The trio headed towards the silent, still Ferris wheel.Sv: Bladen knastrade under deras fötter när de närmade sig metalljättens skugga.En: The leaves crunched under their feet as they approached the shadow of the metal giant.Sv: Maja började noggrant inspektera varje del av strukturen.En: Maja began to carefully inspect every part of the structure.Sv: Det var hon som först upptäckte en liten, nästan osynlig, dörr på sidan av en av vagnarna.En: She was the first to discover a small, almost invisible, door on the side of one of the carriages.Sv: "Här", viskade hon intensivt.En: "Here," she whispered intensely.Sv: "Det finns något här."En: "There's something here."Sv: Med Erik och Maja som stöd öppnade Lukas försiktigt dörren.En: With Erik and Maja supporting him, Lukas cautiously opened the door.Sv: Inuti låg dammiga papper och en karta över nöjesparken.En: Inside lay dusty papers and a map of the amusement park.Sv: Kartan hade en stor röd cirkel vid ett specifikt ställe.En: The map had a large red circle at a specific spot.Sv: En plötslig viskning av spänning och frykt gick genom honom.En: A sudden whisper of excitement and fear went through him.Sv: Erik, som inte längre kunde hålla sin hemlighet, bröt in.En: Erik, who could no longer keep his secret, broke in.Sv: "Jag vet något om platsen", erkände han.En: "I know something about the place," he admitted.Sv: Detta var det ögonblick Lukas väntade på.En: This was the moment Lukas had been waiting for.Sv: Med kartan i handen och Erik vid sin sida, fortsatte gruppen mot det markerade området som Erik pekat ut.En: With the map in hand and Erik by his side, the group continued towards the marked area that Erik had pointed out.Sv: Det visade sig vara ett gammalt förråd, bortglömt av de flesta.En: It turned out to be an old storage room, forgotten by most.Sv: Inuti hittade de fler ledtrådar - en mössa som tillhörde deras försvunna vän och en anteckning med ett meddelande som bara deras saknade vän skulle kunna skriva.En: Inside, they found more clues—a hat belonging to their missing friend and a note with a message that only their missing friend could have written.Sv: Med deras nyfunna bevis gick de till polisen som snabbt kunde återförena dem med deras vän.En: With their newfound evidence, they went to the police, who quickly reunited them with their friend.Sv: Den osäkerhet som lagt en tung vikt på Lukas axlar lättades, och han kände sig stärkt av sina vänners trofasthet.En: The uncertainty that had placed a heavy burden on Lukas's shoulders was lifted, and he felt strengthened by his friends' loyalty.Sv: Han hade varit modig, men hade också lärt sig vikten av att tänka framåt och göra kloka beslut.En: He had been brave but had also learned the importance of thinking ahead and making wise decisions.Sv: När den stjärnklara natten föll över hans hemstad Stockholm ekade ljudet av deras framgång genom Gröna Lund.En: As the starry night fell over his hometown Stockholm, the sound of their success echoed through Gröna Lund.Sv: De hade löst mysteriet, och även om hjulet fortfarande stod tyst och tomt, hade det blivit en symbol för deras osvikliga vänskap och mod.En: They had solved the mystery, and although the wheel still stood silent and empty, it had become a symbol of their unwavering friendship and courage.Sv: Sanden under hjulet fångade det sista ljuset från dagen, och i det ljuset knöt Lukas, Maja och Erik om sina vänskapsband starkare än någonsin.En: The sand beneath the wheel captured the last light of the day, and in that light, Lukas, Maja, and Erik strengthened their bonds of friendship stronger than ever.Sv: Tillsammans hade de överkommit rädslan och hittat sanningen, och därmed inleddes en ny början för dem alla.En: Together, they had overcome fear and found the truth, marking a new beginning for them all. Vocabulary Words:rooftops: hustaknervousness: nervositetmajestic: ståtligteerily: kusligtendure: uthärdauncertainty: ovisshetensharp gaze: vassa blickquick wit: snabba tankeförmågadeterminedly: bestämtskeptical: skeptiskcontrol: tygladetermination: beslutsamhetshadow: skuggainspect: inspekteraalmost invisible: nästan osynligwhispered: viskadecautiously: försiktigtdusty: dammigawhisper: viskningexcitement: spänningsecret: hemlighetstorage room: förrådforgotten: bortglömtclues: ledtrådarreunited: återförenaburden: viktloyalty: trofasthetstrengthened: stärktstarry: stjärnklaraunwavering: osvikliga

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Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 178-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 27,480 on turnover of 8.6-billion N-T. The market tumbled nearly 350-points on Friday, but still managed to close the trading day above the 27,000 point mark, as investors reacted to a decline a Wall Street overnight driven by concerns over the loan portfolios of some of America's biggest banks. NSB boosting anti-drone systems and monitoring extremists to protect leaders The National Security Bureau say it's taking steps to better protect the president, vice president, Cabinet members, and other top officials by boosting counter-drone capabilities and closely monitoring political extremists. According to the bureau, security threats are on the rise amid what is says is "a complex, hazardous (危險的) landscape and sophisticated U-A-V technology." The N-S-B says it has purchased new anti-drone guns and drone jammers, with the aim of enhancing its countermeasure capabilities, while at the same time is enhancing information sharing among police and local intelligence agencies. The N-S-B's latest report on improving security for political leaders is slated to be reviewed by lawmakers on the Legislative Internal Administration Committee later today. 30 riders rescued after 40 minutes on stalled Ferris wheel in Taipei And, The Ferris wheel at the Miramar Entertainment Park in Taipei came to a halt on Sunday afternoon trapping more than 30 people. The Taipei City Fire Department says sent firefighters to scene at around 2:30PM following an apparent mechanical failure on the Ferris wheel in the Zhongshan District. According to the department, 30 people trapped in 10 gondolas on the Ferris wheel … and they were there for about 40-minutes. There were no reported injuries or illnesses. The cause of the malfunction (故障) is still under investigation. Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge to respect ceasefire Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge (保證) to respect a ceasefire after more than a week of deadly fighting AP correspondent Julie Walker reports US Trump Mulls Buying Argentinian Beef President Donald Trump says the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers. He made the statement to reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight Sunday from Florida to Washington. Trump promised earlier this week to address the issue as part of his efforts to keep inflation in check. U.S. beef prices have been stubbornly high for a variety of reasons, including drought (乾旱) and reduced imports from Mexico due to a flesh-eating pest in cattle herds there. Trump has also been movingt to bolster Argentina's currency ahead of midterm elections for his close ally, President Javier Milei. Venezuelan Doctor Canonized as Saint Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's “doctor of the poor” before tens of thousands of people. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, known for his dedication to the poor, became the South American nation's first saint on Sunday. Thousands of Venezuelans poured into St. Peter's Square for the Mass. As a doctor in Caracas into the early 1900s, Hernandez refused to take money from the poor for his services and often gave them money for medication. He was killed in a road accident while crossing a street shortly after picking up medicine for a poor elderly woman. In all, seven people will be canonized (冊封為聖人) in a ceremony that Pope Francis put in motion in some of his final acts as pope. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

During our "Moving Ferris Forward" interview, Huge spoke with Steve Brockelbank who is the Athletic Director at Ferris State University. He and Huge talked about a big game between Ferris and Michigan Tech, looked ahead to the Anchorbone Classic next weekend between Ferris State and Grand Valley, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Dan Metlach who is the Head Football Coach at Michigan Tech University. He filled us in on how his team has been playing this season, previewed this weekend's game against Ferris State, and more. We wrapped up the show with a "Moving Ferris Forward" interview as Huge spoke with Steve Brockelbank who is the Athletic Director at Ferris State University. He and Huge talked about a big game between Ferris and Michigan Tech, looked ahead to the Anchorbone Classic next weekend between Ferris State and Grand Valley, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In our final hour, we were joined by Ahmed Fareed from NBC Sports so he and Huge could talk about a big weekend in College Football. They gave their thought's on Michigan/Washington, MSU/Indiana, talked about some of the storylines surrounding the Big Ten, and more. We were then joined by Dan Metlach who is the Head Football Coach at Michigan Tech University. He filled us in on how his team has been playing this season, previewed this weekend's game against Ferris State, and more. We wrapped up the show with a "Moving Ferris Forward" interview as Huge spoke with Steve Brockelbank who is the Athletic Director at Ferris State University. He and Huge talked about a big game between Ferris and Michigan Tech, looked ahead to the Anchorbone Classic next weekend between Ferris State and Grand Valley, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on the show, we're talking about the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Michigan and Michigan State Football, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. We kicked off the show talking about Michigan/Washington as John Borton from theWolverine.com joined us. He and Huge talked about what improvements they would like to see with the team, gave their thoughts on the coaching, talked about what Michigan needs to do to win, and more. Jim Comparoni from SpartanMag.com then joined us to talk about Michigan State/Indiana. He and Huge previewed how they think that game will go, gave their thought's on what happens with Jonathan Smith, and more. Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com then joined us to talk more Michigan/Washington. He and Huge talked about the key things Michigan needs to do to win that game, looked ahead on the schedule, and more. In our second hour, we were joined by George Blaha who is the voice of MSU Football. He and Huge talked about that bad loss to UCLA, talked about what needs to change with this team moving forward, talked about Jonathan Smith, and more. We were then joined by Jake Butt from the Big Ten Network. He gave us his thought's on Michigan/Washington, MSU/Indiana, Cignetti staying at Indiana, the rest of the Big ten, and more. We were then joined by Steve Goff from the Lansing Sports Network. He gave us his thought's on MSU, talked about if Jonathan Smith is on the hot seat, and more. In our final hour, we were joined by Ahmed Fareed from NBC Sports so he and Huge could talk about a big weekend in College Football. They gave their thought's on Michigan/Washington, MSU/Indiana, talked about some of the storylines surrounding the Big Ten, and more. We were then joined by Dan Metlach who is the Head Football Coach at Michigan Tech University. He filled us in on how his team has been playing this season, previewed this weekend's game against Ferris State, and more. We wrapped up the show with a "Moving Ferris Forward" interview as Huge spoke with Steve Brockelbank who is the Athletic Director at Ferris State University. He and Huge talked about a big game between Ferris and Michigan Tech, looked ahead to the Anchorbone Classic next weekend between Ferris State and Grand Valley, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Back to ordinary programming this week, Ferris gets into some upcoming gigs and releases. Tributes offered to fallen gods Michael Herrell of Today is the Day and Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem. Thanks for listening!

Back to ordinary programming this week, Ferris gets into some upcoming gigs and releases. Tributes offered to fallen gods Michael Herrell of Today is the Day and Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem. Thanks for listening!

Back to ordinary programming this week, Ferris gets into some upcoming gigs and releases. Tributes offered to fallen gods Michael Herrell of Today is the Day and Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem. Thanks for listening!

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In our struggles is where God's sanctifying grace meets us. In this message, Dr. Clem Ferris shares 5 things grace does for us in our battles.

Here's more from the Times area's sidelines in Week 6 of the 2025 football season, including looks at standout players from Marquette, Seneca, Ottawa and Streator.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.

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Fluent Fiction - Danish: Halloween Magic: Finding Connection in Tivoli's Glow Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/da/episode/2025-10-04-07-38-19-da Story Transcript:Da: Tivoli Gardens var en fest af farver.En: Tivoli Gardens was a festival of colors.Da: Græskar i alle størrelser lyste op i de krogede stier, og lyset fra pariserhjulet kastede glinsende skygger på de mange mennesker i kostumer.En: Pumpkins in all sizes lit up the winding paths, and the lights from the Ferris wheel cast shimmering shadows on the many people in costumes.Da: Mikkel gik langsomt med hænderne i lommerne.En: Mikkel walked slowly with his hands in his pockets.Da: Skæve smil og høje grin fyldte luften, men han trak vejret dybt og mindede sig selv om, at han var her for at nyde det.En: Crooked smiles and loud laughter filled the air, but he took a deep breath and reminded himself that he was here to enjoy it.Da: Han havde besluttet at komme til Halloween-eventet på opfordring fra sin ven.En: He had decided to come to the Halloween event at the urging of his friend.Da: Mikkel ønskede noget mere.En: Mikkel wanted something more.Da: At føle sig forbundet.En: To feel connected.Da: Han stoppede for at beundre en gruppe mennesker, der lavede en scene foran en lille scene, klædt ud som alverdens sære væsner.En: He stopped to admire a group of people putting on a scene in front of a small stage, dressed as all sorts of peculiar creatures.Da: Der et sted i mængden så han Emil, som vinkede entusiastisk.En: Somewhere in the crowd, he saw Emil, who waved enthusiastically.Da: Emil, altid en kilde til sjov, skubbede en energisk pige frem.En: Emil, always a source of fun, pushed an energetic girl forward.Da: "Mikkel!"En: "Mikkel!"Da: råbte han gennem mængden.En: he shouted through the crowd.Da: "Mød Sofie."En: "Meet Sofie."Da: Sofie smilede bredt, og hendes øjne strålede i skæret fra lygterne.En: Sofie smiled broadly, and her eyes shone in the glow of the lanterns.Da: "Hej Mikkel, jeg har altid elsket Halloween," sagde hun glad.En: "Hi Mikkel, I've always loved Halloween," she said happily.Da: "Det er sådan en vidunderlig anledning til at forsvinde ind i en anden verden, ikke?"En: "It's such a wonderful opportunity to disappear into another world, isn't it?"Da: Mikkel, lidt genert, nikkede.En: Mikkel, a bit shy, nodded.Da: "Ja, jeg elsker kreative kostumer.En: "Yes, I love creative costumes.Da: Jeg arbejder faktisk som grafisk designer," svarede han og forsøgte at virke rolig.En: I actually work as a graphic designer," he replied, trying to seem calm.Da: Netop som de snakkede, begyndte paraden.En: Just as they were talking, the parade started.Da: Trommerne buldrede, og en farvestrålende karnevalsvogn rullede forbi.En: Drums thundered, and an colorful carnival float rolled by.Da: Mikkel tøvede, men så på Sofie, der begejstret klappede i hænderne og lo.En: Mikkel hesitated but looked at Sofie, who clapped her hands excitedly and laughed.Da: Noget inde i ham sagde, at dette var øjeblikket.En: Something inside him said that this was the moment.Da: Han tog en dyb indånding og begyndte at fortælle om en speciel kostumeidé, han havde arbejdet på.En: He took a deep breath and began to talk about a special costume idea he had been working on.Da: Sofies øjne lyse op af interesse.En: Sofie's eyes lit up with interest.Da: "Det lyder fantastisk!En: "That sounds amazing!Da: Måske kunne vi en dag arbejde sammen på et projekt?"En: Maybe we could work on a project together one day?"Da: Den tanke fyldte Mikkel med glæde, og han mærkede varmen sprede sig i kinderne.En: The thought filled Mikkel with joy, and he felt warmth spread in his cheeks.Da: De fortsatte med at tale, opdagende fælles interesser og beundrende hinandens idéer.En: They continued talking, discovering shared interests and admiring each other's ideas.Da: Da paraden sluttede, sad de stadig sammen på en bænk omringet af raslende blade.En: When the parade ended, they still sat together on a bench surrounded by rustling leaves.Da: Da lyset begyndte at svinde, byttede de telefonnumre.En: As the light began to fade, they exchanged phone numbers.Da: "Vi burde mødes igen," sagde Mikkel, hans stemme nu mere sikker.En: "We should meet again," said Mikkel, his voice now more confident.Da: "Ja!"En: "Yes!"Da: svarede Sofie, og hendes smil var ægte.En: replied Sofie, and her smile was genuine.Da: "Det vil jeg se frem til."En: "I would look forward to that."Da: Da Mikkel forlod Tivoli den aften, var han ikke længere bare en del af mængden.En: When Mikkel left Tivoli that evening, he was no longer just part of the crowd.Da: Han gik med en nyfunden tillid, vidende at når man tør række ud, venter der utrolige forbindelser.En: He walked with newfound confidence, knowing that when you dare to reach out, incredible connections await. Vocabulary Words:winding: krogedeshimmering: glinsendecrooked: skæveurging: opfordringpeculiar: særeenthusiastically: entusiastiskenergetic: energiskfloat: vognhesitated: tøvedeclapped: klappedeconnections: forbindelserrough: ruconfident: sikkeradmiring: beundrendeparticipate: deltagebroadly: bredtfade: svindebench: bænkbroaden: breddelanterns: lygternefarewell: afskedcostumes: kostumergraphic designer: grafisk designerparade: paradethundered: buldredesketch: skitseglow: skæropportunity: anledningurge: tilskyndedisappear: forsvinde

During our "Moving Ferris Forward" interview, Huge spoke with Dr. Greg Gogolin who runs Ferris State's Artificial Intelligence Program. Greg filled us in on what the FSU AI program, how it can be use productively with security, told us about job opportunities you could have if you go through the program, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fluent Fiction - Danish: Whispers of Autumn: A Tivoli Romance Unfolds Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/da/episode/2025-10-01-22-34-02-da Story Transcript:Da: Den kølige efterårsluft fyldte Tivoli.En: The cool autumn air filled Tivoli.Da: Blade dalede blidt ned, farvet i varme nuancer af rav og karmin.En: Leaves gently drifted down, colored in warm shades of amber and carmine.Da: Solen kastede et gyldent skær over de brostensbelagte stier.En: The sun cast a golden glow over the cobblestone paths.Da: Freja og Lars gik sammen gennem parken.En: Freja and Lars walked together through the park.Da: Det var deres første date, og begge havde sommerfugle i maven.En: It was their first date, and both had butterflies in their stomachs.Da: Freja elskede de små, rolige steder i parken.En: Freja loved the small, quiet places in the park.Da: Hun nød at observere de smukke detaljer, som de gamle forlystelser og de mangefarvede blomsterbede.En: She enjoyed observing the beautiful details like the old rides and the colorful flowerbeds.Da: Lars derimod var ivrig efter at prøve hver eneste forlystelse.En: Lars, on the other hand, was eager to try every single ride.Da: "Vil du prøve pariserhjulet?"En: "Do you want to try the Ferris wheel?"Da: spurgte Lars med et smil.En: asked Lars with a smile.Da: Det kunne give dem en fantastisk udsigt over hele København.En: It could give them a fantastic view over the whole of København.Da: Freja så på pariserhjulet.En: Freja looked at the Ferris wheel.Da: Det var stort og larmende.En: It was big and noisy.Da: "Måske senere," svarede hun forsigtigt.En: "Maybe later," she replied cautiously.Da: "Lad os gå en tur i de mere stille dele først."En: "Let's walk in the quieter areas first."Da: Lars forstod hendes ønsker.En: Lars understood her wishes.Da: Selvom han elskede spænding, ønskede han også, at Freja skulle føle sig godt tilpas.En: Although he loved excitement, he also wanted Freja to feel comfortable.Da: "Selvfølgelig," sagde han og guidede hende mod en af de mindre stier langs den stille sø.En: "Of course," he said, guiding her towards one of the smaller paths along the quiet lake.Da: Mens de gik, fortalte Lars en historie fra sin barndom.En: As they walked, Lars told a story from his childhood.Da: Det var første gang, han åbnede op for en mere personlig del af sig selv.En: It was the first time he opened up a more personal part of himself.Da: Freja lyttede opmærksomt og smilede, da han fortalte om dengang han byggede sin første computer.En: Freja listened attentively and smiled as he talked about the time he built his first computer.Da: Tiden gik hurtigt, og solen begyndte at gå ned.En: Time passed quickly, and the sun began to set.Da: De stoppede foran den oplyste karrusel, som kastede farvestrålende lys på omgivelserne.En: They stopped in front of the illuminated carousel, casting colorful lights on the surroundings.Da: Lars tog en dyb indånding.En: Lars took a deep breath.Da: Deres samtale havde ført dem tættere sammen, men nu var det tid til at tage skridtet videre.En: Their conversation had brought them closer, but now it was time to take it a step further.Da: "Freja," startede han usikkert, "jeg har altid haft svært ved at åbne mig op for folk.En: "Freja," he started uncertainly, "I've always had a hard time opening up to people.Da: Jeg er bange for at blive afvist."En: I'm afraid of being rejected."Da: Hans ord hang i luften et øjeblik.En: His words hung in the air for a moment.Da: Freja så på ham med sine blide øjne.En: Freja looked at him with her gentle eyes.Da: "Jeg er glad for, du fortæller mig det," sagde hun oprigtigt.En: "I'm glad you're telling me this," she said sincerely.Da: "Lad os udforske flere af de her øjeblikke sammen."En: "Let's explore more of these moments together."Da: De gik langs stien tilbage mod udgangen, hånd i hånd.En: They walked along the path back towards the exit, hand in hand.Da: Tivolis magiske stemning havde åbnet dørene til deres hjerter.En: Tivoli's magical atmosphere had opened the doors to their hearts.Da: Lars følte sig mere tryg ved at være sårbar.En: Lars felt more comfortable being vulnerable.Da: Freja havde fået et glimt af de mere livlige aspekter af samvær.En: Freja had caught a glimpse of the more lively aspects of companionship.Da: Da de forlod de magiske haver, var de begge enige.En: As they left the magical gardens, they both agreed.Da: Dette var begyndelsen på noget særligt.En: This was the beginning of something special. Vocabulary Words:autumn: efterårcobblestone: brostensbelagtefantastic: fantastiskcautiously: forsigtigtattentively: opmærksomtilluminated: oplystecarousel: karruselunsettled: usikkertcompanion: samværvulnerable: sårbarpath: stiobserving: observerenuances: nuancercompanionship: samværexplore: udforskequiet: stilledrifted: daledeatmosphere: stemningcolored: farvetflutter: sommerfuglerides: forlystelserflowerbeds: blomsterbedeeager: ivrigexcited: spændingwishes: ønskerlistened: lyttedechildhood: barndomdetails: detaljerrejected: afvistaspects: aspekter

Sometimes the best insights about learning don't come from research studies or professional development - they come from the stories we see in pop culture. In Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a high schooler skips class for one unforgettable adventure across Chicago. But beneath the comedy, Ferris is doing something educators talk about every day: he's owning his learning. His day is filled with exploration, curiosity, and authentic experiences — the kind that research shows actually drive deeper engagement and motivation. He chooses his goals, designs his own path, and orchestrates moments that are memorable and meaningful. So what does Ferris Bueller have to do with education today? His story reminds us that when students are given agency, when they feel trusted to take risks and explore, learning becomes more than memorizing content - it becomes an experience that sticks. On this episode of the Better Learning Podcast, we take a closer look at what Ferris Bueller can teach us about student voice, ownership, and the environments we create for students to live, explore, and discover who they are.   Takeaways: When students have ownership over their learning, they're more motivated, curious, and invested in outcomes. Just like Ferris designing his own day, students thrive when they can set goals and make choices. Real-world experiences, exploration, and hands-on challenges can teach skills that traditional lessons alone can't. Schools that provide flexible, authentic opportunities create lasting learning. While Ferris' day was spontaneous, there's a lesson for educators: students flourish when they have a mix of guidance and autonomy, scaffolding their growth without limiting exploration.   About Nathan Strenge: Nathan Strenge is a Senior Learning Designer at Fielding International and the co-founder of Exploration High School in Minneapolis, a public school for public good. He also serves as co-president of the board at What School Could Be and is a Community Lead at HundrED. In all his work, he helps advance learner-centered education that prioritizes authentic experiences, deep learning, holistic safety, and trusted relationships. With over a decade as a teacher and now years of global design and leadership work, Nathan brings both heart and strategy to reimagining schools as places where joy, curiosity, and connection are at the center of every learner's experience.   Learn More About Nathan Strenge: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-strenge-3232b326/ Twitter: https://x.com/nathanstrenge   Learn More About Fielding International: Website: https://fieldingintl.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fielding-international/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fieldingintl/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldingintl/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ5Wzn_wGRNs99rDD8EH3lg?       Connect with host, Kevin Stoller: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinstoller/   Learn More About Kay-Twelve: Website: https://kay-twelve.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kay-twelve-com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kay_twelve/     Episode 247 of the Better Learning Podcast Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com.     For more information on our partners: Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) - https://www.a4le.org/ Education Leaders' Organization - https://www.ed-leaders.org/ Second Class Foundation - https://secondclassfoundation.org/ EDmarket - https://www.edmarket.org/ Catapult @ Penn GSE - https://catapult.gse.upenn.edu/ Want to be a Guest Speaker? Request on our website

Episode #87 of 55.Today's topic is a show report from Slayer's mini-festival in Hershey, PA 20 September 2025. It was their final show of the year, lucky #6.The full day of kick-@ss featured sets by Exodus, the Cavalera Conspiracy, Power Trip, Suicidal Tendencies, Knocked Loose, and F.N. Slayer. And I tell ya all about it. Get ready for the sights, the sounds, the scene, the smells, and all the hot sensations.This is a long episode, nearly 60 minutes. If you just want to hear the Slayer part, jump to the 29-minute mark.This week, Ferris is not reading from his newly, extensively overhauled and expanded Slayer book, "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked F*kin' @ss," which is available in three different lengths / sizes, plus a mostly-color ebook. In most of the other episodes, that's what he does. Mostly.This is the final episode of Talkin' Slayer, Season 2. We'll return with season Four in early 2026. And when we do, we might not be on Spotify, because of Spotify's various and sundry f*kery and assorted acts of f@keration. So keep your antenna up.You can keep updated for free at Patreon: Patreon.com/SlayerBookUntil season 4, Patreon supporters can hear season 3, weekly, for less than $1 an episode. Until now, free listeners got every other episode. For season 3, free listeners get none.DEEZ NOTES... things referenced in the showPHOTOS: Like 80 pictures I took at the show, randomly shuffledVIDEO: Slayer's full setVIDEO: Exodus' set... someVIDEO: Cavalera Conspiracy's full setVIDEO: Power Trip's full setVIDEO: Suicidal's full setVIDEO: Knocked Loose's full setAUDIO: Exodus' Let There Be Blood, a re-recording of Bonded, featuring Rob Dukes on vocalsAUDIO: ⁠Let There Be Blood album on Spotify⁠AUDIO: Knocked Koose's “Mistakes Like Fractures”VIDEO: Slayer cover Exodus' "Strike of the Beast" in 2013⁠The new & improved & updated & embiggened book Ferris reads from every week, "Slayer 66 2 /3: A Metal Band Biography..., or, How Fkin' Slayer Kicked F*kin' @ss"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — all four versions.Free listeners miss every other episode.Patreon supporters get an episode every week, plus more bonus Slaytanic content. Packages start at less than $1 an episode. Premiums include stickers, a shout-out on the show, and a free version of the audbiobook when it's finished.Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .If you want to drop some ducats in the virtual tip jar... or you'd rather make a one-time payment for a VIP all-access pass, you can do it at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/slayerbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . You can order autographed books here, or pre-order the audiobook.GRATITUDE.

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Rekindling Childhood Magic: A Night at Tibidabo Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2025-09-28-07-38-20-ca Story Transcript:Ca: La tardor a Barcelona pintava el Tibidabo amb colors càlids i fulles que dansaven amb el vent.En: Autumn in Barcelona painted the Tibidabo with warm colors and leaves dancing with the wind.Ca: El parc d'atraccions brillava amb llumetes i banderoles per La Mercè.En: The amusement park sparkled with lights and banners for La Mercè.Ca: L'olor de xurros i fulles seques omplia l'aire, fent que cada racó fos una abraçada de records.En: The scent of churros and dry leaves filled the air, making every corner feel like a warm embrace of memories.Ca: Júlia, Pau i Marçal caminaven pel parc.En: Júlia, Pau, and Marçal walked through the park.Ca: Amics des de la infància, havien decidit retrobar-se en aquest lloc màgic.En: Friends since childhood, they had decided to reunite in this magical place.Ca: Júlia mirava tot amb ulls brillants.En: Júlia gazed around with bright eyes.Ca: Per a ella, cada cantonada del parc era una pàgina d'un conte de fades.En: For her, every corner of the park was a page from a fairy tale.Ca: Volia sentir altra vegada la màgia d'aquells dies feliços.En: She wanted to feel the magic of those happy days once again.Ca: En Pau, però, estava enganxat al telèfon.En: Pau, however, was glued to his phone.Ca: Les seves obligacions laborals el mantenien lligat a una realitat que Júlia volia que oblidés, almenys per un dia.En: His work obligations kept him tethered to a reality that Júlia wished he could forget, at least for a day.Ca: Marçal, que feia poc havia tornat a Barcelona, portava a sobre preocupacions sobre el seu futur a la ciutat.En: Marçal, who had recently returned to Barcelona, carried worries about his future in the city.Ca: —Veniu, anem al vaixell pirata! —va dir Júlia, brillant d'entusiasme.En: "Come on, let's go to the pirate ship!" exclaimed Júlia, shining with enthusiasm.Ca: Pau va aixecar la vista de la pantalla, una mica irritat.En: Pau looked up from the screen, a bit irritated.Ca: Marçal va fer un somriure tímid, però va assenyalar la barra lateral de monedes.En: Marçal gave a shy smile but pointed to the coin side bar.Ca: —Podem fer una cosa més tranquil·la? —va suggerir Marçal amb poca convicció.En: “Can we do something more relaxing?” suggested Marçal without much conviction.Ca: Però Júlia no es va deixar desanimar.En: But Júlia was not discouraged.Ca: Els va arrossegar cap al vaixell.En: She pulled them towards the ship.Ca: Les seves rialles van començar a sonar mentre la nau es movia amunt i avall.En: Their laughter began to ring out as the boat moved up and down.Ca: Pau, després d'un inici de rigidesa, va començar a gaudir del moment.En: Pau, after a rigid start, began to enjoy the moment.Ca: Marçal no podia evitar somriure amb la llibertat de l'instant.En: Marçal couldn't help but smile with the freedom of the instant.Ca: Després van anar a les cadires voladores, la nòria gegant i, finalment, a la icònica atracció del Tibidabo, l'Avió.En: They then went on the flying chairs, the giant Ferris wheel, and finally, the iconic attraction of Tibidabo, the Airplane.Ca: Cada moment va ser una bretxa oberta al passat, un túnel del temps que els portava casualment a la seva infància.En: Each moment was a gap open to the past, a time tunnel that casually led them back to their childhood.Ca: Quan la nit va caure, el cel es va il·luminar pels focs artificials de La Mercè.En: When night fell, the sky was illuminated by the fireworks of La Mercè.Ca: Els tres van quedar embruixats, el món al seu voltant parat.En: The three were enchanted, the world around them paused.Ca: Pau, per un moment, va deixar caure el telèfon i va oblidar els correus electrònics i les trucades pendents.En: Pau, for a moment, let his phone drop and forgot about the pending emails and calls.Ca: Marçal, mirant les estrelles artificials al cel, va sentir un pes alliberat de les seves espatlles.En: Marçal, watching the artificial stars in the sky, felt a weight lifted from his shoulders.Ca: Els tres amics, en silenci, van contemplar el cel lluminós.En: The three friends, in silence, contemplated the bright sky.Ca: Julià va sentir una alegria pura al veure com tots estaven presents, vivint el moment.En: Júlia felt pure joy seeing them all present, living the moment.Ca: Quan l'últim coet va explotar en una sèrie de colors, Pau es va tornar cap a Júlia, amb un somriure honest.En: When the last rocket exploded in a series of colors, Pau turned to Júlia with an honest smile.Ca: —Necessitava això, Júlia, gràcies —va dir Pau, sentint la importància d'equilibrar les seves responsabilitats amb moments com aquells.En: “I needed this, Júlia, thank you,” Pau said, feeling the importance of balancing his responsibilities with moments like these.Ca: Marçal va sospirar profundament, sabent que el seu retorn a Barcelona estava ple de possibilitats, no de preocupacions.En: Marçal sighed deeply, knowing that his return to Barcelona was full of possibilities, not worries.Ca: La música dels focs va acabar, però l'eco dels seus riures va quedar-se al parc.En: The music of the fireworks ended, but the echo of their laughter remained in the park.Ca: L'aire fresc de la nit els embolicava mentre sortien del Tibidabo, més units que mai.En: The cool night air enveloped them as they left Tibidabo, more united than ever.Ca: Així, gràcies a la màgia d'una nit de La Mercè, van descobrir que la criança i l'amistat eren les claus per retrobar l'alegria perduda entre les responsabilitats adultes.En: Thus, thanks to the magic of a night of La Mercè, they discovered that nurturing and friendship were the keys to rediscovering joy lost among adult responsibilities. Vocabulary Words:autumn: la tardorleaf: la fullachurro: el xurrocorner: el racópage: la pàginafairy tale: el conte de fadesreality: la realitatcoin: la monedaboat: la nauferris wheel: la nòriaairplane (attraction): l'aviótunnel: el túnelfireworks: els focs artificialsshoulder: l'espatllahonest smile: el somriure honestresponsibility: la responsabilitatjoy: l'alegriamagic: la màgiaembrace: l'abraçadaenthusiasm: l'entusiasmelaughter: la riallastart (beginning): l'inicifreedom: la llibertatpossibility: la possibilitatworry: la preocupaciómusic: la músicaecho: l'ecotethered: lligatenchanted: embruixatrefreshing: fresc

What inspired George Ferris to create the first Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893? How tall was the original Ferris wheel, and what impressive structure did it aim to surpass? What unique challenges did engineers face to build the Ferris wheel, and how did they ensure its safety? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: jake1oo6, rhomboidus, ez_does_it, demderdemden, thrashingmadness, iammagnuslol, black_magic_m-66 and 1poongoon3. To the community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/eli5ThePodcast/ or send us an e-mail: ELI5ThePodcast@gmail.com