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At twelve, Julie stared at a clawed arm at the end of her bed for seven seconds and then went back to reading, and the two decades that followed are why a UFO investigator spent weeks taking her statement.DEEP-DIVE ARTICLE about Archer Avenue & Resurrection Mary: https://weirddarkness.com/resurrection-mary/EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/EncountersOfJulieREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtepz5jcFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: If you've listened to Weird Darkness for any length of time, you know that I will often suggest someone who has had a paranormal disturbance in their home or life, reach out to a pastor or priest for guidance. But what exactly happens when the Catholic Church starts investigating the paranormal? (When The Catholic Church Goes Ghost Hunting) *** Many states around America say they have the most haunted road in the country. And while the words “most haunted” are somewhat subjective, it's hard not to see why people outside of Chicago consider Archer Avenue not only the top spooky street in America, but the most haunted on the planet. (The Anguish Of Archer Avenue) *** After allegedly murdering her husband in 1960, Sharon Kinne shot her lover's pregnant wife. Then, she evaded justice and escaped to Mexico only to kill again — before vanishing without a trace. (The American Murderess Who Disappeared in 1969) *** Modern courtrooms aren't equipped or knowledgable enough to determine whether or not ghosts are real, but that hasn't stopped ghosts from appearing in several court cases! (Court Cases Involving Ghosts) *** When you hear of a two-headed creature you typically think of two heads side-by-side growing from the neck and shoulders area. But have you ever heard of a creature growing another head on the very top of it's other head? It happened… and not to just any creature. It was a human boy who lived much longer than anyone expected. (The Bengal Boy With Two Heads) *** Buried alive inside the castle walls, the Finnish Maiden immured still haunts the medieval building of Olavinlinna Castle. (The Maiden of Olavinlinna Castle) *** The case of “Julie” from Carlisle in the United Kingdom is an intriguing one not only because it unfolded over many years, but because it appears to straddle the line between apparent reptilian entities and paranormal activity. (The Encounters of Julie)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:03.125 = Show Open00:03:46.357 = The Encounters of Julie00:21:34.557 = The Bengal Boy With Two Heads ***00:26:40.964 = When The Catholic Church Goes Ghost Hunting00:38:00.163 = The Anguish of Archer Avenue ***00:50:12.310 = The Maiden Of Olavinlinna Castle00:55:15.646 = The American Murderess Who Disappeared In 1969 ***00:1:03:06.483 = Court Cases Involving Ghosts01:13:33.193 = Show Close01:14:40.612 = SONG: “Archer Avenue” by Dark Weirdness01:18:51.465 = Bloopers*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:SONG: “Archer Avenue” by Dark Weirdness: https://weirddarkness.com/music“When The Catholic Church Goes Ghost Hunting” by Mariel Loveland for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5b5y7fyc“The Anguish Of Archer Avenue” by Sabrina Ithal for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/x6sy6fxa“The American Murderess Who Disappeared in 1969” by Neil Patmore for All That's Interesting:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/429crjvz“The Bengal Boy With Two Heads” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet (includes photos):https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3s3dpwme“Court Cases Involving Ghosts” by Jim Rowley for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtpfhf5v“The Maiden of Olavinlinna Castle” posted at Moon Mausoleum: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ybfsypnj“The Encounters of Julie” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4696c2yx(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: March, 2022LIKE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://weirddarkness.com/OFFICIALWeird Darkness looks at a clawed arm at the foot of a child's bed in Carlisle, a boy born in Bengal in 1783 with a second head growing atop his own, the Vatican office that vets miracles and demonic possession, the Chicago road that produced Resurrection Mary, a Finnish maiden entombed alive in a castle wall, a Missouri housewife who killed at least three people and vanished, and the court cases where ghosts turned up as evidence.It opens with the woman investigators call Julie, twelve years old and reading in bed in Carlisle, England, in 2000 when a black arm ending in white talons came over the foot of her mattress. Dave Hodrien of the Birmingham UFO Group interviewed her in early 2022 about twenty years of reptilian sightings, poltergeist activity, and shadow figures that followed her from that bedroom into the hospital wards where she later worked as a senior nurse.From there comes the boy born in the Bengali village of Mundul Gaut in May 1783 with a second head sitting inverted on top of the first, an upper head that wept and tried to nurse while its expressions ran independent of the child's. A cobra killed him at four, a salt agent for the East India Company robbed his grave, and his skull still sits in the Hunterian Museum in London as a specimen of craniopagus parasiticus, a parasitic twinning that occurs in two or three births out of five million.The Vatican's paranormal caseload runs through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the Consulta Medica, a board of Italian Catholic physicians who rule on whether a healing has any natural explanation, with Michael O'Neill of MiracleHunter.com estimating that 99.9 percent of investigated miracles are medical. Father Lampert puts genuine demonic possession at one case in five thousand, and the Vatican's revised 1999 guidelines require priests to consult mental health professionals before any exorcism is approved.Archer Avenue follows, the old Native American trail southwest of Chicago where Resurrection Mary has hitchhiked between the O'Henry Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery since the 1930s, and where police answering a call on August 10th, 1976 found the cemetery bars bent apart and scorched with handprints. The same stretch carries phantom monks at St. James of the Sag, a cloven hoofprint outside Kaiser Hall, a driverless hearse, the Maple Lake ghost light, and Red Gate Woods, where the world's first nuclear reactor lies buried from the Manhattan Project.Olavinlinna Castle, built on a lake island in southeastern Finland in 1475, holds the legend of the lord's daughter who opened the gate for her Russian lover and was condemned for treason and immured alive in the courtyard wall, with a rowan tree of white flowers and red berries said to have grown where she died.Sharon Kinne told police in March 1960 that her toddler had shot her husband, collected $230,000, and was acquitted of killing her lover's pregnant wife before fleeing to Mexico City, where she shot a man in a motel room and earned the nickname La Pistolera; she walked out of Iztapalapa prison during a blackout on December 7th, 1969 and has never been found.The episode closes on hauntings that reached a courtroom, from the 1917 Ouija-board novel Jap Herron credited to Mark Twain's ghost to Stambovsky v. Ackley, the 1991 Ghostbusters ruling that made a Nyack house legally haunted, and Gerald Brittle's $900 million suit daring Warner Bros. to prove the events behind The Conjuring actually happened.

The podcast's Finnish correspondent Marko Silanterä returns with some gorgeous quirks of his language for polyglot Dave Moore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutinative_languageTo listen to Dave on the radio check outhttps://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732To see Neil on tour check outhttps://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tourhttps://www.neildelamere.com/neils-on-wheels-tourYou can watch the podcast on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@WhyWouldYouTellMeThatpodcastPresented and Produced by Neil Delamere and Dave MooreEdited by Diarmuid O'BrienMusic by Dave MooreArtwork by Ray McDonnell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bonjour! It's time for another MONSTER EPISODE of Jay of the Dead's New Horror Movies, The Berserk Baboon of Horror Podcasting! Here in Episode 186, Jay of the Dead and his fellow Horror Avengers bring you several new Horror movie reviews, including Send Help (2026), Luc Besson's Dracula (2026), Passenger (2026), and Surrender (2025). We also revisit (yet again) that age-old Horror debate about identifying Horror. As usual, we have three Horror-themed Specialty Segments that are running wild: Mackula brings a very special Horror in Black and White review of the Finnish film The White Reindeer (1952). GregaMortis continues his journey through the Showa-era Godzilla films with Godzilla Raids Again (1955) for his Monsters on the Mantle segment. And Gillman Joel and Dr. Shock wade back into the Horror Lagoon for the low-budget, techno-Horror flick Horrorvision (2001). Dr. Walking Dead leads our latest John Kenneth Muir group review with the fascinating cinematic oddity, Equinox (1970). And finally, Jay and Spawn of the Dead close things out with The Final Cut: One for the Road, reviewing Welcome to the Jungle (2007) during Spawn's first remote podcast recording from wild and wonderful West Virginia! Join us, we're spooky!

This week, we're diving into the Shudder original Nightborn! Starring Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint as new parents who relocate to a decaying home deep in the Finnish forest, the film digs into the unraveling of new motherhood and postpartum depression, layered with Finnish folklore and body horror. Miriam also talks about her recent breast cancer diagnosis and how important it is to do self exams and go to the doctor if you suspect anything. ♥️Tangents include: Project Runway, getting a real one-wish willow, and how Cat's Eye traumatized Miriam about smoking.Nightborn (2026)Director: Hanna BergholmTawny: 3/5 Miriam: 3/5 Send us Fan MailSupport the showAll things TCHF: https://linktr.ee/twochicksandahorrorflickSupport the Show:Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/twochicksandahorrorflickTCHF shop: https://twochicks.threadless.com/designs/podcast-cover-art/Connect with Us:Join our horror community on Discord: https://discord.gg/8WBByTQPFXWatch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twochicksandahorrorflickFollow us on Social:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twochicksandahorrorflickFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/twochicksandahorrorflickTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twochicksandahorrorflickTwitter: https://twitter.com/twochicksHF Send us your reviews, thoughts, and recommendations: twochicksandahorrorflick@gmail.com or visit our site https://www.twochicksandahorrorflick.com/

Petri Burtsoff takes us to Finland’s oldest building, which has become a symbol for Finns and is one of the most visited sights in the country to this day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1983, Maini Schildt competed in the first Ultimate Frisbee World Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden. Maini was a teenager when, as part of the Finnish women's national team, she reached the final against the USA. Ultimate Frisbee was developed in the late 1960s in the United States before spreading to Canada and beyond. Maini Schildt tells Maddy Savage how it felt to compete at the tournament, the first of its kind in the history of the sport. Produced by Carys Wall. A Bespoken Media production.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive and testimony. Sporting Witness is for those fascinated by sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes, you become a fan in the stands as we take you back in time to examine memorable victories and agonising defeats from all over the world. You'll hear from people who have achieved sporting immortality, or those who were there as incredible sporting moments unfolded.Recent episodes explore the forgotten football Women's World Cup, the plasterer who fought a boxing legend, international football's biggest ever beating and the man who swam the Amazon river. We look at the lives of some of the most famous F1 drivers, tennis players and athletes as well as people who've had ground-breaking impact in their chosen sporting field, including: the most decorated Paralympian, the woman who was the number 1 squash player in the world for nine years, and the first figure skater to wear a hijab. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the tennis player who escaped the Nazis, how a man finally beat a horse in a race, and how the FIFA computer game was created.(Photo: The Finnish and American Ultimate Frisbee teams after the 1983 Ultimate Frisbee World Championship. Credit: Maini Schildt)

The Friday Huddle team is abuzz because it's The Chief's birthday! - But what are his plans for tonight? The boy roll through their favourite headlines of the week - including the one thing hotel workers hate their guests doing the most, and our old mate Chris Judd popping up on Sky News. Howie had an interesting experience using Facebook Marketplace, then Chief has two new movie monologues - both with very heavy accents. Superstar producer Herbie has discovered a new idea in a Finnish supermarket she thinks the Chief might be interested in, and our digital guru Jasper comes in to give the boys some fashion advice. Browny had an issue at the park with his dog, and Chief is all across the story of a man with a very well-used Landcruiser. Browny's Health Hotline looks at the foods most likely to give you food poisoning, and to celebrate the Logies Chief has a quiz about classic Aussie TV shows. Josh Fraser has firmed as the favourite to land the Carlton senior coaching role after officially applying this week, and there are media wars all over the place. Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir calls in ahead of their clash with the Crows tonight, then Browny lists his top 5 goal hungry players - and surprise surprise... they're all small forwards. Finally, it's not just Chief who's celebrating a birthday this week, Herbie has also made it another full year around the sun - but who of the Huddle team would she invite to her party?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1800s, Finland was still a part of the Russian empire. Much like in other places in Europe, a Finnish national consciousness was taking shape. But it was complicated. One complication was the competing visions for what that nation should be like. Another, was the fact that the Russians weren't having any of it.

What does it mean to be "3 Percent Finn" yet feel deeply connected to Finnish sauna culture? For Sauna Talk Episode 137, Glenn sits down with Michael Nordskog, author of The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition, recorded live at Sauna Days 2026. Michael grew up in the heart of North American sauna country, and his work has helped document a sauna tradition that runs deep through northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the greater Lake Superior region. In this conversation, Michael and Glenn get into Finnish ancestry, Northwoods sauna culture, the traditions that took root around Lake Superior, and the way sauna gets passed down through families and communities. It's also a conversation about place, identity, and why authentic sauna has endured in this part of the world long before the current wave of sauna popularity. For those of us who believe sauna is more than a hot room, Michael's perspective is an important reminder: the buildings matter, the löyly matters, but so do the stories and the people who keep the tradition alive. Recorded live at Sauna Days 2026. This episode of Sauna Talk is brought to you by Homecraft, makers of quality sauna heaters and sauna equipment. Homecraft has been building sauna products for generations and continues to support the culture of good sauna across North America. Learn more about Homecraft at homecraftsaunas.com.

Winging It On Location – Days 4-6-Helsinki: Our First Sauna, Trendy Coffees and Dancing On The StreetIn this on-location episode of Winging It, I continue the Estonia-to-Finland road trip and spend three packed days exploring Helsinki — a city that quickly became one of my favourite capital cities in Europe.From the ferry across the Gulf of Finland to trendy speciality coffee shops, a free walking tour, and our first proper Finnish sauna experience, this episode captures the atmosphere of Helsinki in real time. I share practical travel tips, food recommendations, transport advice, and the honest reactions that make these live-location episodes feel like you're travelling alongside us.We start with the Viking Line ferry from Tallinn, settle into central Helsinki, and dive straight into the city's café culture. After a crash course in Finnish history on a free walking tour, the trip becomes increasingly local: a Saturday morning ParkRun, doing laundry in a quirky neighbourhood café, and then the highlight of the weekend — a two-hour waterfront sauna session at Löyly.The evening turns into an unexpected night out filled with live music, dancing in a closed-off bar street, and one very unusual encounter involving a stranger with a glass of wine.On the final day, we slow things down with outstanding coffee and brunch before taking the ferry to Suomenlinna, Helsinki's UNESCO-listed sea fortress, for coastal views, cannons, history, and gelato by the water.If you're planning a Helsinki weekend trip, looking for sauna recommendations, or want a mix of food, coffee, nightlife, and history, this episode is packed with ideas and real-world travel insights.Places & Activities MentionedViking Line ferry from Tallinn to HelsinkiHotel Finn (central Helsinki)La Torrefazione specialty coffee caféGreen Cap Tours free walking tourHelsinki Central Library OodiRestaurant Khao Tip (Thai food)Tokoinranta ParkRunCafé Tin Tin Tango (laundry + café stop)Löyly waterfront saunaPute's Bar & PizzaMummotunneli nightlife areaSt George's CaféLazy Fox brunchFerry to SuomenlinnaEsplanadi ParkHelsinki CathedralSenate SquareSupport Winging It Travel PodcastIf you enjoyed this episode:⭐ Leave a 5-star rating or review on your podcast app☕ Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/wingingit

Episode 2014  Brought to you by our incredible sponsor: Mars Men - For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at Mengotomars.com 00:00:00 Timestamps 00:03:00 The Patriot Games are taking place on ESPN+ and are not great 00:10:45 New alarming trend with dudes publicly gooning at chicks at Dollar Tree stores  00:22:30 FDA recalls blood pressure meds, Argentine beef recalled and Taylor Farms guac  00:26:40 Someone has seen a live playthrough of Elder Scrolls VI 00:30:20 Finnish man builds 20k solar yacht that requires no fuel and goes forever  00:32:30 A lab in China has invented night vision contact lenses For more head over to patreon.com/hardfactor for weekly bonus episodes and most importantly HAGFD! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauri Lassila is one of the greatest moguls skiers in Finnish history. Lauri finished 5th at the Olympics in 1998 and was top 3 in the world 3 different times. He is a 2 time World Championship Medalist, with a silver and a bronze in 1999. He had 5 World Cup podiums, 17 top 5 finishes and 37 top 10 finishes. He was also a Junior World Champion. He was a part of the greatest run in Finnish mogul skiing history with some of his teammates Janne Lahtela, Sami Mustonen, Mikko Ronkanien and Tapio Luusua. Lauri is married to Olympic Gold, Bronze medalist and World Champion Lydia Lassila and in this episode we discuss their family and the next generation of Freestyle skiers. We go through Lauri's career, the lows, highs and what continues to drive him to succeed. Enjoy! #whatdrivesyou #success #freestyle

Annukka Svanda is a design researcher that has been working on service design in collaboration with the city of Espoo, in Finland. She is doing his doctoral studies in Aalto University. In this interview she tells us about the creation of a service in which she was involved to support highly educated immigrants in their search for jobs and about a future project on education. Employment services need a lot of design and care in countries like Finland where the unemployment rate of people with a foreign background was 16.7% in 2024. This interview was done as part of the Government Design Finland weekly meetings. The idea is that public servants, researchers, and practitioners can access these discussions later.You can read more on the service KoskeArticles by Annukka and her colleagues in Aalto University:Whom do we include and when? participatory design with vulnerable groupsIntentional Action at the Margins : Unpacking Agency in Public Service Ecosystem DesignThis interview is part of the lists: Immigration, Education and design, Design Research, Finland and Design, Service design, Finnish design in Public sector and Government Design. The lists are the way I have to organise the materials in this podcast.

Sam-Erik Ruttmann has spent decades in hospitality, working his way from a 24-hour shift hotel receptionist in a small Finnish town to regional leadership roles with Hyatt, Dusit International, and Langham Hospitality Group. These days, he channels that global perspective into hotel design, working with a Helsinki-based architecture studio built around a nature-first philosophy, and hosts "The Social Hotelier," a podcast that has reached listeners in over 100 countries. Susan and Sam talk about crossing continents, conscious design, and what's next for global hospitality. What You'll Learn: - How a 24-hour shift in small-town Finland became the ultimate crash course - What thirteen years in Thailand taught about guest loyalty and staff pride - How an elephant welfare crisis turned into an award-winning foundation - Why one blog post relaunched a stalled career back home in Finland - What "nature-first" design actually means when you refuse to clear the trees - Why most sustainability claims don't hold up to a closer look - How more women in leadership became hospitality's biggest bright spot - Why lighting is the detail most hotel rooms get wrong - What Sam predicts for the next big hotspot in global travel - How climate shifts are quietly redrawing the vacation map Key takeaway: The best hospitality isn't about bigger resorts or flashier design, it's about building a genuine connection to place. Sam-Erik Ruttmann on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-erik/ The Social Hotelier https://www.youtube.com/@thesocialhotelier Studio Puisto Architects http://www.studiopuisto.fi  Join the Top Floor Mail Club https://www.topfloorpodcast.com/mail-club

In this episode of the 30 Screams or Less podcast we review “Nightborn,” directed by Hanna Bergholm, written by Hanna Bergholm and Ilja Rautsi, starring Seidi Haarla (Saga) and Rupert Grint (Jon). The plot of the movie is in Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a... The post 30 Screams or Less 163: Nightborn appeared first on Shining Wizards Network.

TEATIME WITH MISS LIZ SERVES: Liisa KovalaAugust 11th | 3 PM EST Title: Like Water for Weary Souls: Sisu, Sisterhood & the Courage to Seek Truth Tagline: When justice is silenced, courage becomes the voice that refuses to be forgotten. Description: On August 11th at 3 PM EST, Teatime with Miss Liz welcomes Liisa Kovala—award-winning Finnish Canadian author, book coach, podcaster, and champion of historical storytelling that honors resilience, heritage, and the strength of the human spirit. Liisa's acclaimed novel, Like Water for Weary Souls, has been recognized as a Silver Winner in the 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) for Canada-East Fiction, adding to its growing list of honours, including the Global Book Award for Women's Fiction and the BookFest Award for Historical Mystery. Inspired by her Finnish heritage and Northern Ontario roots, Liisa brings readers into 1933 Sudbury, where one determined woman refuses to accept injustice after the mysterious death of her sister. Through unforgettable storytelling, Like Water for Weary Souls explores grief, courage, immigration, family bonds, and the Finnish spirit of sisu—the quiet determination to keep moving forward when every obstacle says otherwise. As a respected book coach and mentor, Liisa also empowers writers to discover their own voices and bring meaningful stories into the world. Join Miss Liz for an inspiring conversation about historical fiction, family, resilience, Finnish heritage, storytelling, and the enduring power of women who refuse to give up. Opening: Welcome everyone to Teatime with Miss Liz, where stories have the power to preserve history, inspire courage, and remind us that every voice matters. Today, it is my pleasure to welcome Liisa Kovala. Liisa is an award-winning Finnish Canadian author, book coach, and podcaster whose passion for history and heritage shines through every page she writes. Her newest novel, Like Water for Weary Souls, has earned international recognition for its compelling blend of historical mystery, emotional depth, and unforgettable characters. Drawing inspiration from her Finnish roots and the landscapes of Northern Ontario, Liisa reminds us that the stories of ordinary people often carry extraordinary strength. Her T-E-E is Reading, Writing, and Mentoring—a beautiful reflection of her dedication to preserving stories while helping others discover the confidence to tell their own. Liisa, welcome to Teatime with Miss Liz. We are honoured to share your remarkable journey today. Closing: Today's Teatime reminds us that history is more than dates and places—it is the lived experiences of people whose courage continues to inspire generations. Liisa's storytelling honours those whose voices might otherwise be forgotten, reminding us that perseverance, family, and truth can outlast even the greatest hardships.Her commitment to mentoring writers and preserving history ensures that important stories continue to be shared for years to come. Thank you, Liisa, for bringing the spirit of sisu to readers around the world and for reminding us that determination, compassion, and hope never go out of style. Liisa Kovala is a Finnish Canadian author, award-winning book coach, and podcaster based in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. Author of Like Water for Weary Souls, Sisu's Winter War, and Surviving Stutthof, she writes powerful historical fiction inspired by Finnish heritage while mentoring writers to bring meaningful stories to life. Miss Liz Reflection:“The strongest stories are not always about heroes—they are about ordinary people whose courage refuses to be washed away by time. Their truth becomes our legacy.”— Miss Liz #TeatimeWithMissLiz#LiisaKovala#LikeWaterForWearySouls#HistoricalMystery#Sisuhttps://www.liisakovalabookcoach.com/

In this episode of the 30 Screams or Less podcast we review "Nightborn," directed by Hanna Bergholm, written by Hanna Bergholm and Ilja Rautsi, starring Seidi Haarla (Saga) and Rupert Grint (Jon). The plot of the movie is in Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth.Sponsored By:

Trying to come up with a translation for the Finnish term sisu is a bit of a lost cause. Rotten Tomatoes described it as “a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds.” while the BBC has defined it as “strength, perseverance in a task that for some may seem crazy to undertake, almost hopeless”.  It's not exactly resilience, because that comes after a setback. And it's not perseverance either which is more linked to a long term goal, whereas sisu really relates to a given moment in time. It could be finding the strength to have a complicated discussion with a superior at work for example, or attempting to resolve a conflict. Sisu is based on honesty and respect, to oneself and towards others.  So where does it come from? What are some examples of people who personified sisu? To listen to the last episodes, you can click here : ⁠What does Mercury in retrograde mean?⁠ ⁠Does the Mediterranean diet lower risks of dementia?⁠ ⁠How to make the most out of hybrid working?⁠ A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance. First Broadcast: 30/3/2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode the guys break down 5 easy ways to fix obesity that are sustainable long term — injecting more movement into your daily life in small ways, avoiding hyper-palatable drug-like processed foods, lifting weights occasionally (even just once or twice a week is enough), connecting through activity with friends and community, and turning off social media an hour before bed. They also discuss the obesity epidemic now hitting Italian kids as processed food arrived, the milkshake study on how belief changes physical response, Adam's internal battle between ego and caution while squatting, Sal's dad performing CPR for 15 minutes on a motorcycle accident victim, pneumatic gym equipment and why it beats traditional machines for explosive training, the Brick phone device Sal and his wife are using to block social media before bed, the sauna temperature and longevity data deep dive, and Butcher Box egg bites and the best things in their lineup. Then they answer questions from Instagram.   Paleo Valley (organ complex): https://paleovalley.com/mindpump 15% off automatically applied at checkout. Organ complex discussed on air — freeze dried liver, heart and kidney capsules, nature's multivitamin.   Butcher Box: https://butcherbox.com/mindpump No code needed. Free ribeyes, NY strip steaks or filet mignons in every order for a year plus $20 off first box. Egg bites and tater tots discussed on air.   Our Place (non-toxic cookware): https://fromourplace.com Code: MINDPUMP for 10% off sitewide. Always Pan replaces 8 pieces of cookware. Forever chemical free, 100-day trial, free returns.   LINKS   Mind Pump Store: https://mindpumpstore.com Maps Fitness Products: https://mapsfitnessproducts.com Instagram: @mindpumpmedia   SPOTIFY TIMESTAMPS   0:00 - Intro 2:15 - 5 easy ways to fix obesity for the long term 2:46 - Tip 1: Walk more — pair it with habits you already have instead of scheduling workouts 10:57 - Tip 2: Avoid drug-like foods — processed food eaters consume 600 more calories per day in studies 16:03 - Tip 3: Lift weights occasionally — even 1-2 days a week produces dramatic results 19:31 - Tip 4: Connect through activity — community is the number one predictor of consistency 22:02 - Tip 5: Turn off social media an hour before bed — the Brick device Sal is using 32:33 - Paleo Valley organ complex — nature's multivitamin and who Sal recommended it to 34:28 - Italian kids obesity epidemic — how processed food arrived late and hit hard 38:03 - The milkshake study — how belief changes physical response 40:16 - Adam's internal battle under the bar — ego vs. caution vs. longevity 45:43 - Pneumatic gym equipment — why Kaiser machines are better for power training 49:58 - Adam cheated on Katrina in her dream and she's still processing it 56:24 - Sauna temperature and longevity data — the Finnish study and what the data actually shows 1:09:41 - Q&A: Best way to come off a GLP-1 and reverse diet 1:14:15 - Q&A: Can you gain mostly fat instead of muscle during a bulk if you overtrain? 1:15:32 - Q&A: How much training volume is optimal in a calorie deficit? 1:18:15 - Q&A: Best advice to remain patient and trust the process

Elle Cordova, Jarvis Johnson and Jordan Adika face questions about Finnish flags, worker wellness and fashion finances. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Mateja and Nora, Nate, Crashington, Mistycle, Antara Ballal, Alan Hitchin. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pennsylvania's history reaches far beyond the founding of the United States. Long before Europeans arrived, the region was home to the Lenape, Susquehannock, Erie, and other Native peoples. Rivers such as the Delaware, Susquehanna, and Allegheny served as travel routes, hunting grounds, fishing areas, and centers of trade. Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English settlers later established communities in portions of the region. In 1681, King Charles II granted the land to William Penn, who planned a colony where Quakers and members of other religious groups could live with greater freedom. The colony eventually attracted German-speaking settlers, Mennonites, Amish families, Scots-Irish immigrants, Welsh Quakers, and people from many other backgrounds. Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the United States Constitution on December 12, 1787. Its cities, farms, forests, mountains, mines, lakes, and battlefields have since produced an enormous collection of legends. Some Pennsylvania folklore grew from the dangers people faced. Sailors feared sudden storms on Lake Erie. Families remembered soldiers who never returned from war. Old burial grounds inspired stories about spirits guarding the dead. In other cases, a frightening tale was repeated so often that separating history from fiction became difficult. Here are several of Pennsylvania's best-known legends. Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/american-folklore-pennsylvania/ Ancestral Findings Podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast This Week's Free Genealogy Lookups: https://ancestralfindings.com/lookups Genealogy Giveaway: https://ancestralfindings.com/giveaway Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Follow Along: https://www.facebook.com/AncestralFindings https://www.youtube.com/ancestralfindings Support Ancestral Findings: https://ancestralfindings.com/support #Genealogy #AncestralFindings #GenealogyClips

The Department of Education is preparing to review primary school hours for the first time in decades, with changes to the school day for younger pupils among the issues under consideration.    While many parents would welcome an end to staggered collection times, others argue the focus should be on reducing pressure in the classroom rather than increasing time spent there.   Chair of the Oireachtas Education Committee, Meelick Fianna Fáil TD and former teacher Cathal Crowe has been advocating for a school system inspired by the Finnish model, with more regular breaks, a streamlined curriculum and less homework.   Earlier, Alan Morrissey spoke with Cathal to discuss the review and the future of primary education in Ireland. Photo (c) Monkey Business Images via Canva

Dustin Nielson is steering the ship alongside Joaquin Gage for another loaded edition of 2 Guys & A Goalie!   On Today's Show: Reid's Victory Lap: Reid Wilkins, host of the aptly named Reid Wilkins Show with Jason Milne, joined the fellas in studio fresh off his victory in the EST "On-Screen" Deaths Draft. The boys brush over the results. Did anybody get relegated? Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review: Dustin, Reid and Gage have all seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day and are ready to break down the latest Spidey adventure. What did they think of the movie, which moments stood out, and how does it stack up against the previous Spider-Man films? Penguins Signed Who? 23-year-old Finnish forward Ville Koivunen inked an eight-year $32M extension in Pittsburgh, with the RFA recording just 14 points in 47 career games. Will this be the new norm in the NHL? What if the Oilers did this, say with Ike Howard? Gager and Nielson discuss!   2 Guys & a Goalie is presented by GS Construction!

The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor's Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Mark Kermode assesses Eli Roth's gory horror Ice Cream Man, about an ice-cream van whose treats turn kids into homicidal monsters. He also reviews French drama Love Me Tender, starring Vicky Krieps as a mother whose divorce and sexuality trigger a brutal custody battle. Staying abroad, Mark then covers The Summer Book, a Tove Jansson adaptation set on a Finnish island, featuring a standout turn from Glenn Close as a grandmother helping a grieving child and her withdrawn father. And Simon Mayo chats to Taika Waititi on adapting the New Zealand novel Wild Pork and Watercress into the much-loved Hunt for the Wilderpeople as it returns in a 10th anniversary 4K release. Plus, the Box Office Top Ten jumps back in time to 1976. As does the Laughter Lift for that matter…. You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Our Christmas Movie Spectacular is back! It's in Bristol this year on Sunday 6th December. Don't miss it! Here's the link for tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Timecodes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:11:52 Ice Cream Man review 00:21:32 Box Office Top Ten (1976) 00:33:37 Taika Waititi Interview 00:47:23 Love Me Tender review 00:55:01 Laughter Lift 00:59:52 The Summer Book review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Anjel gets to have a wonderful conversation with author and teacher Niina Niskanen on Finnish Witchcraft. In this discussion, we talk about Finnish mythology, how it is very anamistic,  and goddesses who have been continually worshipped for 10000 years. We touch on the importance of saunas in spirituality in Finnish Culture as well as some of the important plants and animals in Finnish Folklore. Niina's book will be available for preorder in December of 2026 and hosts classes on Finnish Witchcraft on her Patreon. Show notes and transcripts available here.

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There is something strange in the space between languages. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it's fun to explore. It poses a question and presents a challenge…what am I actually trying to say here? When I started work on a video about the relationship between sensitivity and creativity for this year's HSP Gathering in Oulu, Finland, which happened a few days ago as I’m recording this, I didn't really think about the process of translating it from English into Finnish for the subtitles. I assumed it would be a straightforward part of the process, which it could have been on one level, given the technology we have at our fingertips these days, where language translation can happen more or less instantly. But it doesn’t take much for meaning to go adrift in the basic translation these tools provide. I was grateful for human assistance, as my friend Tuula was on hand to translate. My gratitude was not only because of her bilingual skills, but because I know she understands what I'm trying to say beneath and beyond the words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3wHlXyQ6E Good Translation is About More Than The Right Words It seems obvious that translation requires far more than vocabulary, grammar, and syntax across multiple languages. An idiom or joke in one language might be complete gobbledegook when translated directly into another. But when the translator understands the two cultures, including the soul of their humour and their general relationship with tone and subtext, they can find appropriate options to bridge intent so it makes sense across the linguistic surface. Even with its sophisticated capabilities, there were a bunch of times when an initial chatbot translation missed the heart of my words. It made several incorrect assumptions and predictions about my intended meaning without any basis or clarification. Fortunately, Tuula felt this too, and we were able to hone our way to better ways of expressing what I meant. This was extra challenging when some of the original ideas and wording were intentionally poetic and infused with ambiguity. Machines are often eager to sand down nuance and replace it with familiar clichés and well-worn turns of phrase. The whole process showed me the importance of having someone who knows me and understands my ‘thinking’ for a task like this. This principle might apply to a range of contexts and situations in life. Who we are can get lost in a bad translation and found in a good one. Translating The Highly Sensitive Experience I believe this is one reason so much of the creative coaching I do is with highly sensitive and more introverted people. It’s a translation issue. In a world that makes many assumptions about what ‘normal’ looks like and assumes the goal is to fit the mould to get on in life, I tend to work from the premise that it’s not us that doesn’t fit society; it’s usually society that doesn’t fit us. I don’t do this to cultivate an ‘us versus them’ mentality. Quite the opposite, in fact. We are attempting to translate across a bridge, which so often leaves us misunderstanding one another. Likewise, I am very aware of the language used to describe the trait of high sensitivity. In the introduction to the HSP Gathering film I shared on Saturday, I talked about how adopting language around sensitivity has helped us better understand ourselves and our experiences alongside others. But while we have the trait of sensitivity in common, it also takes unique forms for each of us. That shared language can only take us so far, and we don’t want to overdo it. High sensitivity isn’t an identity or a personality type, nor does it dictate what we should like, value, or create. Over the years, I’ve noticed how easily one person’s experience of sensitivity can become the dominant narrative, leaving others wondering whether they’re a “proper HSP”. The Balancing Act in Translating Our Experiences The translator plays an important role in bringing their cultural understanding and experience, without letting it outrun the intention behind the person’s words. And as highly sensitive people, I think we’ve got to be aware of this in the way we listen to and interpret HSPs. To put the person first. That’s why I’m drawn to stories and anecdotes individuals share about their experiences of sensitivity. Not to universalise the experience or assume it’s the same for everyone, but to open the door so that each of us can feel at home with our differences. Which is what I wanted to do with the film I shared at the gathering. “It Just Sort of Happens” is a series of stories about the relationship I’ve noticed between my sensitivity and creativity, and how they have helped me make sense of the world, my personal experiences, and myself throughout my life. I wanted to use the stories as examples to help others map their own experiences and notice what they hear beneath the surface of my words. If you’d like to watch it, I’ll be sharing it in The Courtyard on Sunday, when we’ll also chat about any comments and questions afterwards. Learn more about it and register for your free Courtyard Membership (there will be a replay for those who can’t make it live). If you have any questions or comments in the meantime, please drop me a message and let me know.

Join Chris Winquist, Co-Founder and CEO of Groundhawk, for a compelling look at the digitization of critical physical infrastructure. Infrastructure construction remains one of the world's least digitized sectors, where billions of dollars in underground assets—like fiber optic conduits and power lines—are still documented using paper maps, hand scribbles, or delayed post-backfill estimates. Drawing from his career spanning McKinsey, Nokia, radar satellite unicorn ICEYE, and Groundhawk, Chris breaks down how AI-powered spatial intelligence and smartphone 3D photogrammetry allow field crews to capture centimeter-accurate 3D as-built data while trenches are open, solving a decades-old mapping challenge before the dirt goes back in.

[00:00] Introduction — what's new in rotator cuff research [00:39] Breaking down the new JAMA Internal Medicine paper: a Finnish population-based study of 600+ patients (ages 40–75) who received bilateral shoulder MRIs [01:00] Key finding: imaging findings were nearly identical between asymptomatic (96%) and symptomatic (98%) patients; full-thickness tears were the only finding more common in symptomatic patients (14% vs. 6%), and even that difference lost statistical significance after adjustment [01:32] What it means: most rotator cuff MRI findings are normal, age-related changes — and MRI may be overused when the clinical diagnosis is already clear [02:22] The "hair loss" analogy: a tear is often a normal part of aging, not automatically something that needs fixing [02:55] The "50-to-60-year-old house inspection" analogy for interpreting an MRI report [03:41] Can you just watch a rotator cuff tear? Reviewing natural history data out of Washington University (Yamaguchi, Keener) [04:02] Partial-thickness tears: roughly one-third progress over 5–7 years. Full-thickness tears: roughly half progress over 5 years [04:50] Bottom line: if a patient is asymptomatic and fully functional, there is no indication to intervene — annual reassessment is reasonable [05:27] Physical therapy as first-line treatment — does it actually work, and how? [05:47] The mechanism: rotator cuff strengthening counterbalances the deltoid, maintaining subacromial space during overhead motion [07:21] PT success rates by diagnosis: ~70% for full-thickness tears, ~95% for impingement/tendinopathy and partial-thickness tears [07:55] When is surgery the right answer? Distinguishing acute traumatic tears from degenerative tears [08:10] Acute traumatic tears (e.g., a fall) are generally treated surgically [08:26] Degenerative tears that fail 6–12 weeks of non-operative management are reasonable surgical candidates [08:53] Tear location matters — tears involving the "rotator cuff cable" carry more biomechanical load and may be more likely to fail non-operative treatment [09:07] Timing is rarely urgent — most degenerative tears can be addressed within 6 months to a year without changing outcomes [10:22] Acute traumatic tears in younger, active patients: counsel surgery within 2–3 months; short delays (including during COVID) didn't appear to change outcomes [10:59] Injections: is a steroid shot still a good first option? [11:15] How corticosteroid injections work — and why they're different from narcotics (reducing inflammation vs. masking the pain signal) [13:05] General guidance: one or two injections is reasonable; by the third without improvement, it's time to discuss surgery [14:00] The data linking 5+ injections to higher retear rates — and why confounding by sicker, more chronic patient populations makes this hard to interpret cleanly [15:15] PRP (platelet-rich plasma): does it actually work for the rotator cuff? [16:11] Referencing this month's American Journal of Sports Medicine review — PRP shows mixed, short-term pain relief for impingement and partial-thickness tears, roughly comparable to physical therapy [16:52] The cost consideration: PRP is cash-pay, often $3,000–$4,000, for benefits similar to physical therapy alone [17:48] Deciding on surgery: introducing the Rotator Cuff Healing Index (age, tear size, muscle quality, bone quality, and shoulder demand) as a clinical decision tool [19:22] Why not just jump straight to a reverse total shoulder replacement for everyone with a good repair success rate? [19:57] Repair vs. reverse: repair typically preserves better strength and function for younger, active patients; reverse offers excellent pain relief but carries bigger stakes if complications (dislocation, infection) occur [21:37] The mystery of imaging that shows a tendon hasn't fully healed — yet the patient feels great and the shoulder functions well [23:23] Tendon transfers as an option for irreparable tears in younger, active patients without arthritis [23:50] The lower trapezius transfer explained — how it works and its ~80% success rate [24:53] Wrap-up and where to subscribe Key Takeaways • A positive MRI finding does not automatically mean a rotator cuff tear needs to be fixed — most changes seen on imaging are normal, age-related findings, and imaging findings are similar in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. • Natural history data suggests roughly one-third of partial-thickness tears and about half of full-thickness tears will progress over 5–7 years — most do not need urgent intervention. • Physical therapy — specifically targeted rotator cuff strengthening — is genuinely effective, not just a placeholder step, with especially strong success rates for impingement and partial-thickness tears. • Surgical timing is rarely an emergency for degenerative tears; acute traumatic tears in younger patients warrant a shorter window (2–3 months). • Corticosteroid injections are safe and effective for short-term relief when used judiciously (generally one to two); repeated injections (5+) are associated with higher retear rates, though this is confounded by patient population. • PRP is safe but not regenerative for the rotator cuff — its benefit is comparable to physical therapy, at a meaningfully higher out-of-pocket cost. • The Rotator Cuff Healing Index can help predict repair success and guide the choice between repair and reverse total shoulder replacement, particularly in older patients. • Lower trapezius tendon transfer is a strong option for younger, active patients with irreparable tears and no arthritis, with roughly 80% success in appropriately selected patients. 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On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin chats with award winning singer-songwriter and progressive artist Richard Dawson. Hailing from England's northernmost city, Newcastle upon Tyne, Richard doesn't much like being pigeon-holed or for his music to be put into a genre, but across this chat he just about surrenders to Martin's insistence that he's a folk musician, and proudly avant garde.Starting with his 2017 album Peasant in particular, he has been on a near decade long run of writing, amongst other things, detailed, tender, thought-provoking story songs as a solo artist, along with experimental jazz as a member of the band Hen Ogledd and experimental rock music with Finnish band Circle.In addition to talking about his career so far and the changing nature of an artist's life in the 21st century, this conversation ranges from family stories of haunting to personal experiences with a UFO, and chats about aspects of Northumberland's folklore including The Laidly Worm of Spindlestone Heugh and the Simonside Dwarves plus much more besides. So gather in close around the Three Ravens campfire for a chat with one of Martin's favourite musicians, who also just happens to be a Three Ravens listener!Three Ravens is a Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on a historic county, exploring the heritage, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?REGISTER FOR THE TALES OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND TOURVisit our website Join our Patreon Social media channels and sponsors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are very excited to be joined by our colleague from the University of Jyväskylä, Bonn Juego. Bonn is a political economist, Senior Lecturer in International Development Studies, and the four-term Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR).Above all, Bonn considers himself a “student of capitalism”—investigating its political-economic, geopolitical, socio-ecological, and technological dimensions. His work bridges global political economy, heterodox economics, and post-colonialism, offering critical insights into the phenomena of “authoritarian neoliberalism” (i.e., a neoliberal economy embedded in the politics of authoritarianism) and “authoritarian populism” (i.e., the popular legitimacy given to anti-democratic personalities and practices), while contributing to conceptualizations of “securitization” (i.e., the dominance of security institutions and agents over societal spheres) and “just sustainability” (i.e., sustainable futures firmly grounded in the principle of justice).In this wide-ranging conversation, Bonn shares his personal and intellectual journey from the Philippines and Malaysia to Estonia, Denmark, and Finland, reflecting on his consciousness formation through lived experiences, progressive mentorship, and pivotal moments that shaped his worldview. He also expands our understanding of extractivisms today by sharing ideas from his contemporary endeavors and writings: examining rent-seeking and extractivist activities of governance elites and the oligarchic class; interrogating the historical-structural link of capitalist development with war and conflict, whereby valuable nature and human beings are prematurely disposed of and profitably transformed into wasted lives and into wasteful things; drawing on his recent policy study on worker and data extractivism in the interplay between labor and technology under conditions of competition-driven AI and other new technical innovations; and reflecting on his ongoing project studying the transnational recruitment and migration of Filipino nurses to the Finnish healthcare system—exposing the contradictions, devaluation, racialization, and inequalities in extractive transnational care relations and the crisis of social reproduction in both a Global South nation and a Nordic welfare state.Confronting complex global crises, Bonn leaves us with a reflexive framework for activist scholarship, taking a cue from Gramsci's “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” He makes an inspiring appeal to treat development studies as a prefigurative discipline of conscience—emphasizing means-ends consistency, everyday ethical action, and the indispensable power of collective movements in making a difference.Want to learn more about Bonn's work? Check out his academic profile here: https://www.jyu.fi/en/people/bonn-juego

Unruptured intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations are frequently discovered incidentally on neuroimaging, presenting complex decisions around monitoring, referral, and treatment. This episode highlights key risk factors for rupture, the role of imaging in evaluation, and practical approaches to triage and management, including when specialist intervention is warranted. In this episode, Gordon Smith, MD, FAAN, speaks with Edgar Samaniego, MD, FAAN, authors of the article "Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Malformations" in the Continuum® June 2026 Cerebrovascular Disease issue. Dr. Smith is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a professor and chair of neurology at Kenneth and Dianne Wright Distinguished Chair in Clinical and Translational Research at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Samaniego is a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and radiology and the director of the vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Additional Resources Read the article: Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Malformations Subscribe to Continuum®: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @GordonSmithMD Guest: @esamaniego Full episode transcript available here Dr Smith: Have you ever ordered an MRI of the brain and found a coincidental unruptured aneurysm or perhaps an arteriovenous malformation? If so, are you up to speed on how to manage this common situation, how to monitor, when to refer, and how to counsel your patients? If your answers to these two questions are yes and or no, then please keep listening.  Dr Jones: This is Dr. Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. Be sure to visit the links in the episode notes for information about earning CME, subscribing to the journal, and exclusive access to interviews not featured on the podcast.  Dr Smith: This is Dr. Gordon Smith. Today, I'm interviewing Dr. Edgar Samaniego about his article on unruptured intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations. This article appears in the June two thousand twenty-six Continuum issue on cerebrovascular disease. Edgar, welcome to the podcast, and maybe you can briefly introduce yourself to our listeners.  Dr Samaniego: Yeah. Thank you, Gordon. So, I'm an interventional neurologist. I'm practicing at the University of Iowa. I've been in Iowa for the last ten years. I'm originally from Ecuador. Did my residency in Wisconsin, and then I went to Stanford for neuro critical care and stroke. And then I did my neurointerventional fellowship at the Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute in Miami.  Dr Smith: You're a triple threat in the world of vascular and critical care, which I want to get to later. But your article's really great. I'll admit one of the first things I do when I read an article for Continuum Audio is I see how long it is. I saw yours was as long as the rest, and I was a little surprised because this sounded like a simple topic. But having read it, it's anything but simple. This is really important and complex stuff. I wonder if maybe you can orient our listeners to the importance of this. We frequently find unruptured aneurysms or vascular malformations on brain imaging that we order for something else. I mean, how common is that, and why do you think our listeners need to be particularly attentive to our conversation today?  Dr Samaniego: It's pretty frequent that we see patients with unruptured brain aneurysms. A lot of times, you know, we do imaging like CT angiograms, or magnetic, resonance angiography. Patients come to the ER with headaches, and we find an unruptured aneurysm. And you know, the question always comes, "What should we do with this aneurysm that we found?" We know that a lot of these aneurysms will not rupture, but the caveat is that when they rupture, like fifty percent of these patients may die or have bad outcomes. So, it's always a puzzling question, you know. What should we do with the aneurysm?  Dr Smith: Well, thanks, Edgar. I mean, this is certainly something that I come across. I'm glad to hear that other people struggle with this as well. What actually is the prevalence of aneurysms in the general population? How common is this?  Dr Samaniego: It's more common than what we think, you know. The, the estimates talk about like one in every fifty people have a brain aneurysm, and about every eighteen minutes an aneurysm will rupture. In the United States, there's approximately thirty thousand ruptures per year. So, there's a significant number of, of patients affected by brain aneurysms. And, and the key thing is that affects usually younger patients who are in the most productive years of their lives. So that's why it shouldn't be ignored, and once we find an aneurysm, we have to have all the information for triaging and deciding on treatment of these aneurysms.  Dr Smith: Well, it's a great way to begin our conversation. I mean, this is not a rare problem. It's a common problem, and there's actually a really great section of the article I'll refer people to about medical malpractice and the importance of recognizing and dealing with this thoughtfully. It's an empowering section, not a scary one, but this is important for our listeners to know about. Pretty high-stakes stuff. Maybe you can orient listeners like me or maybe simple neuromuscular people. What different types of aneurysms are there?  Dr Samaniego: That's the interesting question because there's multiple types of aneurysms, and there is a whole spectrum of aneurysm. When we say aneurysm, you can be talking about a fusiform versus a saccular aneurysm. We tend to classify them based on shape, also location. But the two main classifications for brain aneurysms will be saccular, which, you know, has a sac kind of morphology shape, and then you have the fusiform aneurysms. Those are the main morphological classifications. Then on top of that, you have two other subtypes that you see quite often. The one that we see is mycotic aneurysms that is like a misnomer because it's not a fungal aneurysm. It's just an infectious aneurysm that most of the time we see on the setting of endocarditis. These behave a little bit different than the typical saccular or fusiform aneurysms. And then also you have other more rare types of aneurysms like blister aneurysms that are sometimes located in the anterior wall of the carotid artery. So, you know, within this spectrum, we have those main aneurysms. The typical aneurysms, which can be fusiform or saccular, and also the more atypical, which can be mycotic and also blister-like aneurysms.  Dr Smith: I wonder if you might comment a little bit on the relevance of the type of aneurysm, fusiform, saccular, blister, and then location on rupture risk or prognosis.You have a really great figure about anatomic classification in the article actually that I encourage everyone to check out when they hopefully read it. But what do these characteristics imply for risk?  Dr Samaniego: Yeah. This is very complex question because, you know, entails different characteristics of aneurysms such as shape, the location, morphology. So, we know that some locations, for example, the anterior communicating artery has a high risk of rupturing as opposed to patients such as the part of ophthalmic aneurysm, which are usually located at the origin of the ophthalmic artery in the internal carotid artery. So, by risk of rupturing, the highest risk is usually the anterior communicating. Then you have posterior communicating artery aneurysms, which are usually located in the internal carotid artery, but because of their proximity to the origin of the posterior communicating artery, they're called posterior communicating artery aneurysms. Then you have the posterior circulation aneurysms on top of risk of rupturing is the top of the basilar artery location. Those three are the highest risk for rupturing: ACOM, PCOM, and top of the basilar. In terms of morphology, I always tell my patients, you know, if it's like a nice-looking aneurysm that has this rounded shape is a benign morphology. If you have the aneurysm that's having these Mickey Mouse ears that has these blebs or daughter sacs, those are aneurysms that usually scare us because those are the ones that usually rupture. So that's another criteria, morphology. And then the other criteria would be size. There is this magnificent study called ISUIA, which was published several years ago, and basically what it demonstrated was that aneurysms that are seven millimeters or larger are more likely to rupture versus smaller aneurysms. So those are the three criteria that I'm looking into when talking to patients about morphology, location, size, and the, the shape or morphology of the aneurysm.  Dr Smith: So, let's say a general neurologist or comprehensive neurologist practicing in a community setting in a rural area orders a, let's just say a CT or CTA for a patient with a TIA and finds what looks like an aneurysm. What's the next step in terms of imaging? What's the best next step? I mean, there are a bunch of different imaging modalities. Do you get an MRA? Is it time-of-flight, contrasted? You know, when do you get a DSA and so forth?  Dr Samaniego: Yeah. The first thing to do is to better characterize the aneurysm. Order of more accurate imaging that we can obtain without being invasive with a diagnostic cerebral angiogram. The rest will be a magnetic resonance angiography with contrast that, you know, gives you really good detailed information about the aneurysm. Similar in terms of quality and precision will be a CT angiography. The caveat there is with CT angiography is that, you know, you use radiation, and the patient has to get iodine. And then under those two, you will have a time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography, which doesn't use any contrast, but then you lose a little bit of quality in terms of the imaging and some morphological features you might miss. So usually what we do in my practice, I don't wanna do a diagnostic cerebral angiogram, and somebody has to refer an unruptured aneurysm. I try to do CT angiogram as a baseline, see how the aneurysm looks, and then for follow-up, I usually do magnetic resonance an- angiograms with with contrast. If there is a concern that the aneurysm has some dangerous features like it's irregular in shape, it's, it's larger, it's in one of these high-risk locations, might be better just to refer the, the patient to a specialist for a diagnostic cerebral angiography.  Dr Smith: So, you know, there are these scales that you talk about in the article. There's phases in the UIATS that are used to predict rupture risk and guide decision-making. Are these scales that general neurologists or non-vascular neurologists can use to guide care? I'm thinking of like Chad-Baskin, ASBAD, which, you know, all our residents know about. Should we all be familiar with these scores?  Dr Samaniego: I think they're very helpful in the sense that it will give us some guidance. Some of the characteristics of the scale might be up- outdated. For example, like ancestry. Although it's been described more in Japanese and Finnish populations, and North American, not as much as these two other populations. We do see a lot of aneurysms in people from North America and other backgrounds. For example, one of the biggest critiques for the phases is that doesn't take into account smoking history. Smoking that we know is a risk factor. And the other critiques for phases is that, for example, if you are older than seventy years old, you will score one point, which will increase your risk of aneurysm rupturing. Having said that, we do see like tons of aneurysms on younger patients, actually the most productive years of their lives that they rupture. So, it gives you some parameters like the presence of hypertension, the size, as I said, seven or larger, previous history of subarachnoid hemorrhage, and the location of the aneurysm. But it doesn't take into account other factors like smoking or morphological features of the aneurysm. Dr Smith: Now, you mentioned size. I'd like to maybe go back and talk about a case from your article, which I found really impactful. For our listeners, this is a sixty-four-year-old woman who had a five-millimeter ACOM aneurysm. She was imaged serially, didn't change over the time period, and then two years later ruptured with devastating consequence, right? And so that's a small aneurysm. Most aneurysms, I guess, are small aneurysms. I just wonder, when you see a patient like that, how do you handle the discussion regarding risk? And how do you decide when to refer them for an intervention?  Dr Samaniego: Yeah. It's always puzzling when we see these smaller aneurysms. And this example is a typical example of a patient that doesn't follow the rule of seven or larger aneurysm size for rupturing. We see that quite often on aneurysms located in the anterior communicating artery. Just this last week, I treated two patients with similar characteristics, with smaller aneurysms, like average size between four and five, that rupture, and both were located in the anterior communicating artery. So, we know that there is definitely a linear relationship between size and risk and rupture, but we do see a lot of patients that have smaller aneurysms, like three, four, five millimeters that rupture, and we don't really understand very well the, biology of these aneurysms. So, when we see these aneurysms, we try to maximize the characterization of the aneurysm with better imaging, try to see the morphology. And usually when an aneurysm is discovered, what we do for follow-up is a six-month follow-up with some type of imaging, CTA, MRA with contrast, and see if there's has been any change in, on the aneurysm.  Dr Smith: So, is it fair to say that a knowledgeable non-vascular neurologist can safely manage these patients, follow them over time using what they learned from reviewing your article, identify patients who have higher risk aneurysms based on the characteristics you summarize, and refer them to a tertiary center? When I get these, it's easy for me to have our vascular neurosurgeon see them or a vascular neurologist, right? But in a community where you may not have ready access to that subspecialist, is it still important to get all of these patients to a tertiary center? Are there select instances where a community-based general neurologist can follow them and then refer if there's change in size, for instance?  Dr Samaniego: Yeah. I think that everything else that we do in neurology, it's important to do some type of triage in referring some of these patients for further studying and  expert opinion. I think age and size of the aneurysm, age of the patient and size of the aneurysm are huge factors. For example, if we have an older patient in their nineties and has incidentally found two-millimeter aneurysm in a low-risk location like the parathalmic, that patient probably needs to be seen locally. I don't think merits a full workup. As opposed to a younger patient with a three-millimeter aneurysm located in the ACOM. I think that type of patient probably needs to be referred to a tertiary s-stroke center for workup. I mean, most of the time what's gonna happen is that if it's a small aneurysm with benign characteristics, you know, it's gonna be seen by the specialist and they're gonna determine some type of follow-up, which can be done locally.  Dr Smith: So maybe we can pivot a little bit and talk about AVMs, if that's okay. What's your approach to a coincidentally discovered AVM, right? I mean, presumably, we need to think about symptomatic AVMs a little differently, I would think. So maybe we can start with the same scenario we've been talking about. You get an imaging study for something else, and, well, we find an AVM. What's the approach to that situation?  Dr Samaniego: Yeah. AVMs are fascinating vascular lesions because they're very complex, they're very heterogeneous. If we're talking about the morphological features with aneurysms, this, in the case of AVMs, is way more complex in terms of location size. The complexity added to AVMs is that you have a feeding artery, you have a nidus, and then you have draining veins. So, all of these can be very heterogeneous. In case of AVMs, I think those definitely need to be referred to a tertiary center because the management of AVMs is multidisciplinary, even in the tertiary centers. You know, we don't have a magic wand that will say, you know, all these AVMs need to be treated this way. Sometimes they don't even need to be treated because we know from some studies that just watching them will be good enough.  Dr Smith: You raised management of AVMs. Maybe we can go back and talk a little bit about what's the latest in management of aneurysms. You manage aneurysms from soup to nuts and as an endovascular interventional neurologist. What's the latest in management of aneurysms?  Dr Samaniego: The latest is that, which falls within management, is that we have tools that they have not really been validated a hundred percent because we're still understanding the biology of some of these aneurysms. But high-resolution MRI will help us to define if there is some enhancement of the aneurysm. There is the thought that if there is enhancement after the administration of contrast, might be more of an inflammatory process. So that can be used for management, triage, and follow-up of some of these aneurysms. In terms of endovascular treatment, it has been really a revolution of how we treat these lesions. You know, we have a lot of new devices, better catheters to access the aneurysms.There is devices that you can place inside the aneurysm sac and it'll completely shut down flow into the aneurysm. There is other special stents called flow diverters that can take the flow away from the aneurysm and bypassing the aneurysm. So, all of these things have really revolutionized how we treat them. Having said that, you know, there's always a risk with any of these procedures, and that's why we gotta be mindful when we decide to treat these patients with unruptured incidentally found aneurysm.  Dr Smith: I've got just one more question, Edgar, which I kind of led with. You've got training as a vascular neurologist, a neurointensivist, and an interventional neurologist. And you know, Ralph Sacco, as you probably know, used to like to talk about the neurologist, and part of the neurologist was interventional. I wonder what wisdom you have to trainees that are listening to us right now who might be interested in pursuing a career as a neuroendovascular neurologist. What wisdom do you have for them about how to go about doing that?  Dr Samaniego: It has been really rewarding to be part of this process and evolution of treating a stroke and aneurysms and AVMs because I remember when I was a resident at the University of Wisconsin, we only had, like, thrombolysis and only one device for, retrieving some of these clots. But now we have, like, 10 different devices. We have two different indications or two, two different thrombolytics. So, my best advice for trainees that want to pursue neuroendovascular is to get engaged early on, understand very well the biology and the thought process because it's not only a technical field. You have to have really good judgment on when to do and when not to do the procedure, and try to find mentorship. You know, there is a lot of neurointerventional neurologists out there right now. Having a good mentor will really facilitate your career choices and getting into training.  Dr Smith: Well, Edgar, thanks so much. What an exciting conversation. It's just another great example of how exciting neurology is these days. Many exciting advances and innovations, and we just scratched the surface. I encourage all of our listeners to read the article. It's actually really, really informative. So, thank you very much.  Dr Samaniego: Thank you so much, Gordon.  Dr Smith: Again, today I've been interviewing Dr. Edgar Samaniego about his article on unruptured intracranial aneurysms and AVMs. This article appears in the June 2026 issue of Continuum on Cerebrovascular Disease. Be sure to check out other Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues, and thanks to you, our listeners, for joining us today.  Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use the link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. 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Glen Hansard died in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a motorcycle crash in the Strawberry Beds area of Dublin. He was 56. He was one of Ireland's most well-known musicians who leaves behind an incredible musical legacy from a career that took him from being a teenage busker on Grafton Street to winning an Oscar for the song Falling Slowly. A lifelong activist, he was also a husband to Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa and a father to three-year-old Christy.Irish Times writer Patrick Freyne once played in a band and they supported Hansard's first band The Frames in the early 1990s.Freyne traces Hansard's career; talks about his ability to bring musicians together, his deep well of charisma and why he thinks the Dublin man had become the unofficial national bard.Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Aideen Finnegan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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James Hollis, Ph.D., was born in Springfield, Illinois. He graduated from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He taught humanities at various colleges and universities for 26 years before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zürich, Switzerland, from 1977 to 1982. He is currently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He served for many years as Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas, and was Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington until 2019. He now serves on the Jung Society of Washington's Board of Directors. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was the first Director of Training at the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. Additionally, he helped create the Jungian Studies program at Saybrook University in California, where he served as a professor. He lives with his wife, Jill—an artist and retired therapist—in a suburb of Washington, D.C. Together, they have three living children and eight grandchildren. He has written a total of 23 books, which have been translated into Swedish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, Korean, Finnish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Farsi, Japanese, Greek, Chinese, Serbian, Latvian, Ukrainian, Czech, Estonian, and Arabic. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Exploring loneliness, isolation, and solitude (00:03:48) James's journey into Jungian Psychoanalysis (00:09:36) Navigating life's forks: decisions and changes (00:15:18) Understanding the face of suffering (00:19:03) Discipline in creative practices (00:33:23) Understanding and embracing anxiety (00:37:59)  Facing childhood fears and emotional growth (00:43:43) The significance of dreams in self-discovery (00:46:27) Finding meaning throughout life's journey (00:52:10) artistdecoded.com jameshollis.net

We dive deep into the rise of the modern surveillance state, exposing the "Flock cameras" that are tracking your every drive and building digital profiles of your life. We also unravel the disturbing ingredient lists hiding in your favorite junk food, from the bizarre chemicals in Hostess Orange Cupcakes to the alleged petroleum-derived vegetable fat in Lindt chocolate truffles. Plus, we recap the biggest MCU reveals from San Diego Comic-Con 2026, including Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider and the brand new Black Panther. Finally, Walter tackles the realities of dating after 50, exploring why singles are ditching the dating apps to find love in the wild—whether that means carrying a pink "single" basket at a Finnish supermarket or taking a retirement job as a cashier at a New Jersey ShopRite. Tune in for an unpredictable mix of pop culture, privacy warnings, and late-night life advice!

Oulu, Finland has a reputation for doing winter differently, and after talking with local guides Minna and Marika, we get why. This northern seaside city isn't just “survivable” in the cold, it's designed for real life outdoors, from maintained winter bike routes to sea ice adventures and sauna culture that turns warming up into a daily ritual. If you're planning Finland travel and want a city that blends nature, culture, and practical design, Oulu belongs on your shortlist. Oulu region tourist guides:https://www.oulunseudunoppaat.fi/en/home/O is for Organic, Oxygen, Oulu, and OrganizationEssential Oxygen Helps you Minimize and Organize by reducing the amount of cleaning products needed in your home or travel bags.EssentialOxygen.com use code ROAM10 to get 10% off of your orderOulu as European capital of culture 2026:https://oulu2026.eu/en/City of Oulu:https://www.ouka.fi/enAir Guitar World Championships in Oulu (since 1996):https://airguitarworldchampionships.com/en/home/The Sami museum, Siida, that Rory and Alexa visited in Inari:https://siida.fi/en/Finnish architect couple Alvar and Aino Aalto -> swimming pools in CAL -> Nike sneakers:Finnish architect Alvar Aalto inspires newly-released Nike sneaker | Yle News | Aalto designs for UNESCO world heritage list:See Alvar Aalto's works that just gained Unesco World Heritage status | Yle News | YleAlvar's MIT dormitory that he designed:Finnisharchitecture.fi | Baker HouseAlso mentioned on this episode:A is for AIrbnb Alexa's Organic Tea Company: VegabondTeas.comM is for MinimalismThe One Minute Cure: https://amzn.to/4bj6lkNWe share our own quick-hit impressions, including the market hall area, canals, bridges, and that cozy “mini Helsinki” feel, then we go deeper with local insight. We talk about what to do in Oulu in winter and summer: Northern Lights tours with dinner by an open fire, snowshoeing, kick sledding, skiing routes, ice fishing on the Baltic Sea, and even ice-hole winter swimming. When the days stretch long, Oulu opens up into beach time at Nallikari, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, and easy ways to explore the city's islands and waterfront. Culture matters here too. We dig into museums, theater, ice hockey, and Oulu's role in showcasing Sami culture, plus the fun, slightly wild spirit that produces the Air Guitar World Championships for world peace. We wrap by connecting our “roam to home” theme to our sponsor, Essential Oxygen, and why we like their simple, travel-friendly oral care and multi-use cleaning approach. If this sparks your next trip planning or your next home reset, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review so more travelers can find us.Wanna hit the road? Get 10% OFF your own roadsurfer adventure!https://link.roadsurfer.com/roamiesCODE: ROAMIES10And it means the world to us when you subscribe, rate and share our podcast.Alexa and RoryThe ROAMiesFollow us at:http://www.TheROAMies.com@The ROAMies: Facebook and Instagram YouTube and X.

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Looking for your next favorite indie horror movie? This week on Tomb of Terrors, Old Man Brad takes you to the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival to dive into 5 films. Find out what you need to add to your watchlist!04:30 Ancestral Beasts - An atmospheric, Indigenous-led psychological horror creature feature.07:17 Sour Minnows - A very bizarre, surreal indie horror film.10:20 Dagnabbit - A bite-sized, horror-comedy short film that packs a punch.11:47 Unholy Night - An absolute blast of a holiday horror-comedy.14:31 Nightborn - An unsettling Finnish horror nightmare.Follow Fantasia International Film Festivalhttps://www.instagram.com/fantasiafestival/https://fantasiafestival.com/en/Come out to Frightful Fridays on the 3rd Friday of each month!https://www.esquiretheatre.com/If you love horror cinema, movie reviews, and all things Tubi, make sure to support the show!Follow on Socials: https://linktr.ee/oldmanbradhttps://letterboxd.com/OldManBrad/Leave a Review: If you enjoyed this episode, please drop us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help the tomb grow!Support the Show:https://www.patreon.com/OldManBrad https://ko-fi.com/oldmanbradNew episodes drop every week. Step inside the tomb... if you dare!A huge thank you to my patrons: Gerald Morris, Dustin Elkins, Nerdrovert, Brett Parker, KaraMusic:Ghoul by Carl Kasey @ White Bat AudioDisclaimer:All audio clips, images, and titles featured on this podcast belong to their respective owners. Tomb of Terrors and Old Man Brad do not claim ownership of copyrighted material.

Producers of mokuhanga prints who also teach art at the academic level have always intrigued me. The balance between the solitary work of a printmaker and the responsibilities of teaching a wide range of artistic disciplines must be both complex and, at times, challenging. It raises questions such as: How much of my own creative journey can I pursue while also dedicating myself to students who look to me for guidance as both an artist and a teacher? On this episode of The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast, I speak with Melissa Schulenburg—an independent printmaker, member of the Mokuhanga Sisters collective, and Charles A. Dana Professor of Art & Art History at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Our interview explores Melissa's work as both an educator and a practicing mokuhanga printmaker. We discuss the role of tradition in her practice, how her visits to Japan, participation in MI-LAB, and involvement with the Mokuhanga Sisters have shaped her artistic development. We also take a look inside her printmaking toolbox, discussing the papers, pigments, and tools she relies on, as well as her deep connection to nature and the influence it has on her work. Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own mokuhanga work on Instagram @andrezadoroznyprints or email me theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Artists works follow after the note if available. Pieces are mokuhanga unless otherwise noted. Dimensions are given if known. Print publishers are given if known. Melissa Schulenberg - Instagram  note* Melissa's website is under construction at the time of publishing. harimaze-e (貼交絵) is a format of mokuhanga that was particularly popular during Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). It consists of a single sheet of paper onto which multiple separate images were designed and printed. These compositions could include individual scenes arranged together on one sheet, sometimes functioning as diptychs or triptychs. Harimaze-e were commonly produced in a chūban format, measuring approximately 24.8 × 36.3 cm. Cutout Pictures of The Tōkaidō Road (1848-49), Published by Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō), 26.5 cm x 39cm.  The Adachi Institute of Woodblock Prints - is a print studio located in Tōkyō. Established in 1994 in order to promote and preserve the colour woodblock print of Japan. More information, in English and in Japanese.    MI Lab - is a mokuhanga artists residency located in Awatabe Town, Echizen City, Fukui, Japan.  More info can be found, here.    floating kentō - is like the traditional kentō registration technique but is carved on an "L" shaped piece of wood, and not onto the wood block.    Shōichi Kitamura - is a woodblock carver and printmaker based in Kyoto, Japan. Shoichi has been involved in MI Lab through his demonstrations on carving. More info can be found, here.    Bravery Matched With The Twelve (Zodiac) Signs by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) - A Modern Edition (ca. 2017) 4" x 11.4"  carved by Shōichi Kitamura    International Mokuhanga Association Conference - is a conference dedicated to mokuhanga which started in 2011 by the International Mokuhanga Association. Each conference is themed.  More information can be found, here.   The Mokuhanga Sisters - are a mokuhanga collective consisting of Yoonmi Nam, Mariko Jesse, Lucy May Schofield, Melissa Schulenberg, Kate MacDonagh, Katie Baldwin, Mia-O, Patty Hudak, and Natasha Norman. More info, here, and here.    Snake and Moon - was a print project created and assembled by The Mokuhanga Sisters in 2025. 9 individual prints created with red sumi ink from Nara, Japan and assembled in a decorative box. More info can be found, here.    Tuula Moilanen - is a Finnish mokuhanga printmaker and painter based in Finland. She lived and studied in Kyōto from 1989 to 2012, where she learned her printmaking at Kyōto Seika University and from printmaker Akira Kurosaki (1937–2019). Her work can be found here. Her interview with The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast can be found here.   Dream Seller (2012) Ed. 22 25cm x 35cm    Keiko Kadota (1942-2017) - was the director of Nagasawa Art Park at Awaji City from 1997-2011, and then of MI Lab at Lake Kawaguchi from 2011 until her passing.   Tōsai Pigment Paste - is a brand of pigments manufactured by Holbein, Japan. They were conceived by mokuhanga printmaker Richard Steiner. Tōsai is the name given to Richard by his teacher. Richard's invteriew with The Unfinished Print can be found, here.   Masaban - was a Mokuhanga Sisters exhibtion exhibited in Echizen, Japan in 2024 during the 2024 International Mokuhanga Association Conference held in Echizen that year. More info, here.    Katie Baldwin -  is a contemporary mokuhanga printmaker, illustrator, book maker, and artist based in Huntsville, Alabama.  Her work can be found, here. Her interview with The Unfinished Print can be found, here.    April, woodblock (2007) 17" x 25"   Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - born in Edo, Hiroshige is famous for his landscape series of that burgeoning city. The most famous series being, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-1859), and the landcape series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834). His work highlights bokashi, and bright colours. More info about his work can be found, here.    Returning Sails at Otoro from Eight Superb Views of Kanazawa (mid-1830's) 11.6 cm × 17 cm   Ralph Kiggell (1960-2022) -  was one of the most important mokuhanga practitioners. Originally from England, Ralph lived and worked in Thailand. Ralph pushed the boundaries of mokuhanga with extremely large pieces, jigsaw carving, and by using fantastic colour. He also worked with the International Mokuhanga Conference to promote mokuhanga around the world. He will be greatly missed. Ralph's work can be found, here. His obituary in The Guardian can be found, here. His interview with The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast can be found, here. Giant Chiamera II (2021) ed. of 10, 127 cm  × 90 cm    Hara Shobo - is a gallery with locations in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. They specialize in ukiyo-e and shin hanga. More info, here.    Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892) was a renowned Japanese woodblock printmaker and one of the last great masters of the ukiyo-e tradition. He is best known for his dramatic and emotionally intense imagery, particularly in series like One Hundred Aspects of the Moon and Thirty-Six Ghosts. Working during a time of cultural upheaval in the Meiji period, Yoshitoshi blended traditional techniques with modern themes, Yoshitoshi is famous as a print designer for his expressive linework, rich colour, and innovations in print design during this period of Japanese history.   Eight Battles of the Modern Era (近世八戦争, 1868-1869) 26cm×36cm   shōmen-zuri (正面摺) - "front burnishing," is a deluxe mokuhanga technique used to create black-on-black pattern which creates a contrast. Unlike standard printing, where pigment is rubbed from the back of the paper into the fibers, shōmen-zuri applies heavy friction directly to the front face of a dried, printed sheet—often over a carved relief block—using a hard burnishing tool like a polished boar's tusk or agate. The intense pressure compresses and polishes the ink, producing a glossy, light-reflective pattern against a matte background that beautifully mimics silk damask, lacquered armor, or fine textiles as the print catches the light.   Gotō Hidehiko - is a master baren maker and printmaker based in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. His interview with The Unfinished Print can be found here. More into at the  Baren Kikuhide website.     Distance of Night (1991) 55 cm × 40.5 cm   Sarah Brayer - is a visual artist who is based in Kyoto, Japan. Her works are predominantly poured Japanese paper (washi). Sarah was the first Western artist to work at the Taki paper mill in Echizen. This is where she currently make her paperworks. Sarah have worked continuously in Echizen since 1986 as the only Western artist to do so. Sarah Brayer has also produced mokuhanga in her career. More information can be found, here. Sarah's interview with The Unfinished Print can be found, here.      Ebb and Flow (2025) 29 cm × 44.5 cm   hangitō - a Japanese carving knife which is primarily used for mokuhanga and comes in a variety of blade sizes.  McClains has a varied assortment, here.   © Popular Wheat Productions logo designed and produced by Douglas Batchelor and André Zadorozny  Introduction music while working - Another Land by Dave Holland. Edition Records (2021) Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :) The opinions expressed by guests on The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast do not necessarily represent the opinions or beliefs of André Zadorozny.             

A.M. Edition for July 23. Oil futures are rising again today, after Iran-backed Houthi militants claimed attacks on a pair of Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, and as the U.S. surges special-operations forces to the Middle East. Plus, Alphabet and Tesla shares tumble as the big-spending tech giants turn cash-flow negative. WSJ reporters Meghan Brobowsky and Becky Peterson break down the numbers and what to make of Elon Musk's most boring earnings call ever. And the FDA investigates a new outbreak of cyclospora. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

J-P Valkeapää's Dogs Don't Wear Pants This week Mr. Chavez & I explore Finnish Cinema with a look at J-P Valkeapää's Dogs Don't Wear Pants. A brave and troubling look at emotional trauma, BDSM, and auto-ertotic asphyxiation, Valkeapää's 2019 erotic black comedy is an exploration of the erotic underground subculture of dominance and submission. There's a great deal to admire in this film including the lead performances of Pekka Strang as a widowed single father struggling with death of his wife seven years earlier, and Krista Kosonen as the woman he meets and whose dominatrix skills he  becomes consumed by. A film that is not for the squeamish or prudish, but one that gives insight into - some of - the workings of this sexual subculture. Not all of the film works, but what is there speaks louder than the majority of American films that claim to tackle sexuality. Take a listen, give the movie a watch, and let us know what you think. As always, we appreciate the continued love and support. We continue to be available to you at gondoramos@yahoo.com. Many, Many Thanks.  For those of you who would like to donate to this undying labor of love, you can do so with a contribution at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/watchrickramos - Anything and Everything is appreciated, You Cheap Bastards.

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Episode Highlights With ConnieWhat makes infrared different than traditional saunas How infrared combines light energy with heatWhat infrared actually is (we also get this from the sun!)Light and heat as energy medicineHow this can help with emotional resilienceWhat we know about the sympathetic nervous system and how sauna can influence thisFIR specifically for entering a parasympathetic stateMood benefits and how infrared helps specifically with depression The cardiovascular benefits specific to far infrared heat Japan uses FIR sauna as a first line for cardiovascular problems Why you can get benefits from an infrared sauna as soon as you turn it on, even before they heat Does it matter what time of day we sauna?Finnish vs infrared and which is best? (data and my take)Consistency is more important than intensity with infrared What the pulse sauna is and what makes this super uniqueResources MentionedSunlighten SaunasHiyaHiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.LMNTI talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.

Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams; Within them dwells the Forest's mighty God, And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets. These lines are affixed to the first page of Sibelius' tone poem Tapiola, a piece that is mysterious in many ways and stands as Sibelius' last completed major work. You might be expecting me to say that Sibelius died soon after its composition, but this is not the case. Sibelius wrote Tapiola in 1926, but did not pass away until 1957. Over the course of Sibelius' final 30 years, he wrote almost no music, a creative silence that has never been properly explained. There are many theories about this silence, but the answer to why Sibelius stopped composing might never be found. So, we have this final major piece, Tapiola, written at the very height of the composer's powers. Tapiola, a piece of around 15–20 minutes in duration, is concentrated Sibelius at its very best. It is a piece full of mystery, atmosphere, and most of all, the immense and overwhelming power of nature. Tapiola directly translates to "The Realm of Tapio," Tapio being the forest spirit that is prominent in the Finnish national epic myth, the Kalevala. Throughout this piece, Sibelius uses an incredible economy of ideas to create something wholly unique. There is not a single composer who sounds like Sibelius, and furthermore, no piece of Sibelius' that sounds like this one, save maybe for the 7th symphony, written just before Tapiola. It is a piece absolutely at odds with modern life, with the speed and energy of a city, with the short, attention-grabbing dopamine hits of social media, and even with our modern understanding of nature. As the writer Jay Goodwin says, "Like all art, music is chiefly a humanistic pursuit, meant to provide us with a window to our world. In this piece, however, there is the hair-raising sense that the paradigm has been reversed and that we are the ones being watched. There is the sense that the music is listening to us." I would only change one word in that quote: during Tapiola, I think we have the sense that nature is listening to us, because this music is, essentially, nature. I can't wait to talk you through this wonderfully enigmatic work. Join us!

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Finland has once again been named the happiest country on Earth, but its success may not fit the usual American assumptions about Nordic life. The country ranks highly not just in life satisfaction, but also in freedom, education, and overall well-being. In this episode, Morning Wire looks at what Finland gets right, what the U.S. often misunderstands about it, and what lessons America might take from its model, with insights from author and Finnish education expert William Doyle. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 2851- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.DeleteMe - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/WIRE and use promo code WIRE at checkout. - - -Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices