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A new wave of student riots are bringing France to its knees, as the children of migrants torch their schools. Blake explains how these riots — heavily immigrant, pushed by the far left — represent a huge threat to America, and a warning of our potential future. Jonathan Keeperman then talks about the Indian immigration question and more broadly how to fix the "winning too much" problem on the right. Then there is a great AMA hour with subscribers, with Danny joining to answer questions on data centers, Charlie's favorite places in Arizona, how Charlie organized his day, and more. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

French students set fire to bins and erected blockades outside schools, as they protest against overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities. Hundreds of people have been arrested and dozens injured. Fires have broken out at some schools that are being blockaded. President Macron said concerns over funding and studying conditions were legitimate but do not justify violence. Also, from the US: the family of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, is suing the Trump administration. The Tennessee prisoner who survived a botched execution, Christa Pike, is critically ill in hospital. New York's Attorney General Letitia James is appointed to investigate the alleged Cornell University gang rape. British scientists launch a clinical trial for a vaccine to protect against lung cancer. And Cristiano Ronaldo walks away from the Portugal football team.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.ukPhoto: Clashes occur between riot police and demonstrators during a high school students' protest against education conditions in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, 01 October 2026. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock

Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today's episode of Impact Theory, the world feels like it's teetering on a knife's edge—and we're diving into the headlines shaping our future. The U.S. 10-year bond rate just hit a staggering 5.3%, making America's $40 trillion (and growing) deficit feel less like an abstract number and more like an economic noose tightening around our necks. Meanwhile, France is literally burning, with riots escalating far beyond what's being reported—schools torched, countless injuries, and political chaos deepening.But that's not all. From Pete Hegseth's controversial military shakeup and calls for a return to “warrior ethos,” to Trump's full-throttle push on nuclear energy and AI modernization, there's a real sense we're living through a moment of historic transition. Is the bond market signaling a ticking time bomb for the U.S. economy? Are runaway debt and a surging AI industry putting us on a collision course with hyperinflation—or mass austerity? What can we learn from the unrest in Europe, and does America run the risk of its own unraveling from within?We'll unpack these explosive topics, challenge ideological extremes, and get brutally honest about what it takes to survive and thrive in a world buffeted by political polarization, technological upheaval, and competing national priorities. Whether it's the future of America's military, the real drivers behind energy costs, or the wisdom (and the risks) of chasing innovation at all costs, we're cutting through the noise so you can figure out how these battles will impact your life, your freedom, and your future. Stay tuned—this is an episode you do not want to miss.What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here:Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To FounderSign up for my AI Masterclass: AI MasterclassFollow Me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeuThank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSeptQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpodCash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod*Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure.Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A.M. Edition for Oct. 2. A shift in the bond rout this week is dividing the world into winners and losers, with indebted European countries, particularly hard hit. Plus, WSJ investigative reporter Brenna T. Smith explains how Homeland Security is paying local police millions for even just one immigration arrest. And how spurning President Trump has given Mark Carney an unprecedented mandate to transform Canada's economy. Daniel Bach 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.

The French town of Lourdes is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics – this year even welcoming the Pope. This shrine in the Pyrenees Mountains is the site of miracles and Christian fervour, where the young shepherdess Bernadette Soubirous saw 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary and where many people believe they have been miraculously healed. The Feast of the Assumption is the most important date in the Lourdes calendar, when tens of thousands travel from all over the world, to drink and wash in the shrine's water, and sing and pray in huge candle-lit processions behind the white statue of the Virgin Mary. John Laurenson has joined them to hear stories of the faithful, and to meet a woman whose job description is unique in the world. Dr Giana Monami investigates miracles. Her ‘Bureau de Constatation' brings the cold analysis of science to claims of instant, otherwise-inexplicable, permanent healings. There have been 72 so far. Dr Monami talks about her investigations and the other miracles that happen here. Those that are healed in their hearts. That find God. That end addictions. And there is another Lourdes miracle: the extraordinary solidarity shown by the thousands of mostly-very young ‘hospitalier' volunteers who help the sick and disabled people who come – also in their thousands – to turn their pain into joy and their suffering into hope

William and Jordan are here to answer the question that everyone wants to know the answer to: How many penises are there on the Bayeux Tapestry? William also finally convinces Jordan to take on the NY Times Mini crossword and the boys discover the true meaning behind the 'sit down wee hammock'.--Want more Sexted in your life? Join Help I Sexted My Boss Out Of Office for exclusive episodes every WEDNESDAY on Patreon! Just head to sextedmyboss.com/patreon-- Want MORE Help I Sexted My Boss?:https://sextedmyboss.komi.io/--FOLLOWJordan NorthInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordannorth1William Hanson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williamhansonetiquetteTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@williamhansonetiquetteIf you want to get involved you can email us. You can follow us and DM on Instagram and TikTok, and watch the latest episode every Tuesday and Friday on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comEmily is a senior editor at the New York Times Book Review. She's also worked as a senior editor at The New Yorker, an ideas reporter for the NYT, a fashion features writer at Vogue, and a deputy editor of Lingua Franca magazine. Her new book is The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory.A polished transcript is here, including money quotes. Below are timestamps for the main sections of the pod:* 03:56: Emily's upbringing in a Francophile family* 14:27: The postmodern idea that language is everything* 31:05: The postmodern New Right* 41:14: The dark dysfunctional lives of many of the French thinkers* 103:27: The fatalism in pomo discourse* 117:14: How Emily became skeptical of postmodernismFor two clips of the episode — on the word games of postmodernists, and the screwed-up lives of Foucault and others — head to our YouTube page.More topics: Emily growing up in Indiana with regular trips to France; the country's post-war boom but drop in world status; colonial revolt in Algeria; Heidegger and Nazism; Barthes and Maoism; Derrida and language; Levi-Strauss and structuralism; Camus and existentialism; nihilism; bourgeois as an epithet; Lacan and the unconscious; Althusser strangling his wife to death; the Straussian cult; Allan Bloom; the Sokal hoax; Stanley Fish and deconstruction; John Boswell and homosexuality; Foucault deconstructing gayness; the AIDS crisis; the prison system; Orwell and Oakeshott; Sarah Bakewell on Montaigne; HR and pronouns; the fatalism of Coates; and Trump's exec orders on language in government.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy. Coming up: Michael Lewis on the bureaucrats who fought back against Trump, Evan Barker on how the Democratic Party got hijacked by elite activists, Sean Illing on the relevance of Camus and Nietzsche, Catherine Conybeare on Augustine, and Cyrus Habib on leaving politics to become a Jesuit priest. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

There have been violent scenes outside schools across France as a dispute over learning conditions continues. The French government has accused left-wing party La France Insoumise of stoking up the disturbances. One of the party's MPs tells us that the accusation is “absurd” and reflects the government's disdain for young people. Also on the programme: we hear from the lawyer of Renee Good's family as they file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over her killing during a Minneapolis immigration crackdown; and the Beatles album Rubber Soul is re-released with previously unheard studio tracks.(Picture: A protest over conditions in the education system in Montpellier, 02 October 2026. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)

More colleges have been damaged by fire in France as student protests continue, demanding more investment in education. Hundreds of high schools and colleges are closed. The French government has condemned what it called urban violence.Also, the hero Fly-Dubai pilot - who survived being stabbed by his colleague - describes how he fought to save the lives of all on board.And will Europe release diesel reserves as requested by the US? And what are the possible consequences?(Photo: French CRS riot police apprehend a protester during clashes outside the Lycee Deodat-de-Severac high school as part of nationwide protests by high school students to demand the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources and better learning conditions, in Toulouse as more than 400 schools remain closed following days of student protests that have escalated into violence in some places, France, October 2, 2026. Credit: Reuters)

Welcome to episode 499 of Growers Daily! Today we take a question about when the weeds take over the garden like a frustrating but fairly quiet rebellion. Then we visit our sweet potato harvest to talk about some good and some pesty stuff. And it's feedback friday, y'all.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Today we look at the crush lower in short term sovereign bond yields, especially in Europe, where Germany's bonds were bid while French and even Italian longer dated bonds remain stressed, a key focus for European markets and increasingly for the euro currency. The retreat in most sovereign bond yields has buoyed market sentiment today, but some underlying stress signs are still there, and credit spreads were wider yesterday elsewhere as well. Elsewhere, new geopolitical developments are worth paying attention to, including this weekend's election in Brazil. This and much more on today's pod, which is hosted by Saxo Global Head of Macro Strategy John J. Hardy. Links Is dynamic AI pricing a great way to optimize your business or will it just annoy customers into going elsewhere? Reuters covers McDonald's attempt to find out. Looks risky. KKGB notes the risk of a self-reinforcing negative spiral in the current French debt situation from local debt without some dramatic change of course. BBC says that Meta's Muse is about to make the internet more annoying. Read daily in-depth market updates from the Saxo Market Call and the Saxo Strategy Team here. Please reach out to us at marketcall@saxobank.com for feedback and questions. Click here to open an account with Saxo. Intro music by AShamaluevMusic DISCLAIMER This content is marketing material. Trading financial instruments carries risks. Always ensure that you understand these risks before trading. This material does not contain investment advice or an encouragement to invest in a particular manner. Historic performance is not a guarantee of future results. The instrument(s) referenced in this content may be issued by a partner, from whom Saxo Bank A/S receives promotional fees, payment or retrocessions. While Saxo may receive compensation from these partnerships, all content is created with the aim of providing clients with valuable information and options.

The DRC's cobalt industry is also moving uranium through global supply chains, creating a problem that extends beyond critical-minerals security. Researchers estimate that 2,000–5,000 tons of uranium may have left the country as a byproduct of cobalt production, raising questions about nuclear-security risks, environmental exposure, and the traceability of mineral exports. The challenge is persistent rather than catastrophic: uranium occurs naturally alongside DRC cobalt and can remain in cobalt hydroxide even when companies follow existing processing standards. Weak shipment-level monitoring and inconsistent reporting leave uncertainty over where the uranium goes and how it is handled after reaching China and other markets. Ryan Manzuk, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Program on Science and Global Security, joins Cobus and Geraud to analyze uranium contamination in DRC cobalt exports, including nuclear-security implications, environmental and worker exposure, and measures to improve traceability and local processing.

What happens when festival mud is not just mud?Story We Love: ACL Fest is staring down rain again, and Tricia reminds everyone about 2009, when Zilker turned into a giant mud puddle of treated municipal sludge known as Dillo Dirt. People rolled in it, then panicked about ringworm. Sandy and JB debate French drains, lightning delays, and the year Asleep at the Wheel finally lost their opening streak. Wear boots. Do not become the poo.If you love The JB and Sandy Show, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with an ACL survivor.

At 14 years old, Chef Diego Garcia left his family in Mexico and returned to New York alone. He barely spoke English. He wasn't going to school. He worked wherever he could, and for a period of time, he had nowhere to live. Diego slept in the New York City subway, cleaned himself up in restaurant bathrooms and helped people carry groceries while trying to save enough money to rent a room. His parents back in Mexico had no idea. But Diego's story didn't begin there. Growing up in Puebla, he worked alongside his family in street markets, unloaded trucks filled with produce and learned to slaughter goats and prepare barbacoa with his father and grandfather. Food wasn't a career yet. It was simply part of life. New York changed that. Restaurants became Diego's education. He learned English by reading newspapers on the train and learned his craft inside kitchens. French technique, Italian cooking, sustainable seafood and years of working alongside chefs from different cultures eventually gave him a language of his own. The road wasn't clean. As a teenager in Florida, Diego found himself selling drugs, stealing cars and dangerously close to a future he knew he didn't want. He left, returned to New York and made a decision that would alter the direction of his life: he was going all in on cooking. Today, Diego is approaching 200 events through his own private-chef business while working toward his ultimate goal of opening a restaurant built around seafood, Mexican heritage and the many cultures and techniques that shaped him along the way. But this conversation goes much deeper than food. Diego talks about homelessness, poverty, pride, family violence, bad decisions, abusive kitchen culture, leadership, fatherhood, healing from childhood trauma and finally learning to be proud of himself. For years, he was trying to make his parents proud. Only recently did he realize there was someone else he needed to make proud too. Himself. KEY TAKEAWAYS Survival came before ambition. At 14, Diego returned to the United States alone because he believed staying in Mexico offered him little opportunity for education or a future. When homelessness followed, he focused on getting through one day at a time. Food was part of his life long before it became a profession. Growing up in Puebla meant markets, produce, livestock and barbacoa. By 11 or 12, he was already helping his father and grandfather process goats and cook them using techniques passed through his family. Restaurants became his classroom. Without culinary school and with limited English, Diego learned inside kitchens while teaching himself English through newspapers, books, music and everyday conversation. His path could have gone very differently. As a teenager in South Florida, Diego became involved with drugs, stolen cars and other illegal activity. Recognizing where that road could lead, he left Florida, cut ties with that life and returned to New York. Cooking became the alternative. Returning to professional kitchens gave Diego a direction. What began as survival became a deliberate pursuit of culinary knowledge and eventually a career. He learned leadership from good kitchens and bad ones. Diego experienced yelling, humiliation, racism and physical mistreatment in kitchens. Rather than repeating it when he became a leader, he decided to pay closer attention to what the people working for him might be going through. His cooking reflects more than one home. Mexico remains central to Diego's identity, but New York is part of him too. French, Italian, Nordic, Asian and seafood-driven influences have become tools he uses to express his Mexican heritage rather than replace it. His restaurant vision is rooted in honesty. Diego ultimately wants a seafood-driven marisquería built around fresh ingredients, Mexican roots and genuine hospitality. His goal isn't to tell guests how impressed they should be. He wants them to leave genuinely satisfied. Success has become personal. For much of his life, Diego measured himself against whether his parents would be proud of him. Seeing his mother's reaction to his recent television appearance helped him recognize something he had rarely allowed himself to feel:   The Companies Helping Shape Hospitality Metro Foodservice Solutions - Commercial-grade storage, transport, and workflow systems that help professional kitchens operate efficiently. RAK Porcelain USA - Professional tableware built for performance, durability, and presentation at the highest level. TriMark USA - North America's largest foodservice design, equipment, and supplies provider, helping operators build smarter, more efficient kitchens. 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Succubus visits run from the days of a future pope and his secret lover, Meridiana, to a Bakersfield, California, bedroom recently, where a young man says something held him down and laughed at him. What are sex demons? And could your girlfriend be one?EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SexDemonsREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdzak2yvFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Succubi are female-appearing sexual demons that approach men in a variety of ways, usually while they are sleeping, then seduce them. Often men report that their experiences with succubi are positive and enjoyable, but just as often, they report that the pleasure had a thread of something evil running through it… and that thread leads to utter destruction. (The Deadly Allure of the Succubus) *** And the woman you are living with right now – your own wife or girlfriend – is it possible she is a succubus? We'll look a bit deeper into the signs of a succubus so you can be aware and on alert! (Is My Girlfriend a Sex Demon?) *** In recent years, stories of personal encounters with shadow people have flooded the Internet. So much so, that a subcategory of Reddit was created solely for those who have experienced a shadow person and wish to share their story. We'll share some of those reports. (Real Life Encounters With Shadow People) *** Many towns have tales of an old woman who might be a witch of some kind. Warrington, England had its own local, evil crone. She was known as Old Peggy Gronach and was described as being “evil, ugly and haggard.” But was she truly a witch? Many people thought so! (The Strange Tale of an English Witch)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:23.650 = Show Open00:03:40.413 = Real Life Encounters With Shadow People00:14:09.248 = The Deadly Allure of the Succubus ***00:30:04.307 = Is My Girlfriend A Sex Demon?00:40:11.988 = The Strange Tale of an English Witch ***00:47:33.051 = Show Close*** = 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:“Real Life Encounters With Shadow People” by Audrey Webster: http://bit.ly/2YvO77h“The Strange Tale of an English Witch” by Nick Redfern: http://bit.ly/2KdGAF9“The Deadly Allure of the Succubus” by Cheryl Adams Richkoff: http://bit.ly/2KdnDlJ“Is My Girlfriend a Sex Demon?” by Jacob Shelton: http://bit.ly/314rXdP(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: July, 2020LIKE 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/OFFICIALThis episode of Weird Darkness runs from shadow people and the succubus to a 1600s English witch whose neighbors believed she could turn into a horned beast.It opens with shadow people as Reddit users describe them, from five pitch-black figures drifting around a bedroom in the late 1960s to a man in a top hat who sat in a chair beside a bed and talked, and a voice in the dark that told one sleeper, "don't move", before hands closed around the sleeper's throat.From there the episode turns to the succubus, the female sex demon of legend, starting with the medieval tale of Gerbert of Aurillac, the future Pope Sylvester II, and his secret lover Meridiana, who is said to have predicted his death. The accounts carry on through French novelist J.K. Huysmans waking in a monastery cell, a young man in Bakersfield, California, held down in his bed in December 2012 by something that laughed and cried out, "Soon!", and an anonymous man who says he prayed to Lilith for a succubus and got one.Next comes a checklist for men who suspect the woman they're living with is a succubus, from a girlfriend with no family at all to friends who can't explain why they hate her and the drained feeling that follows their nights together.The episode closes in Warrington, England, in the 1600s, where a woman known as Old Peggy Gronach settled at a ruined farm after slipping away from witch-hunters in Norwich, and children who crept up to her cottage saw a hair-covered creature with red eyes and horns at the window just before Peggy came screaming out the front door. Years later, rumor had it that a skeleton with the body of a four-legged animal and a human skull had turned up half-buried in a field nearby.

The Napoleonic Wars saw naval combat as far away as East Asia. The Royal Navy may have had the upper hand, but it struggled against the French corsairs, who waged an unorthodox form of privatized warfare on British trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Jesuitical, Colleen Dulle joins hosts Zac Davis and Sebasian Gomes to discuss Pope Leo's recent visit to France, including his messages on assisted dying, European identity and the role of the Catholic Church in a secular country. Colleen also reflects on her experience of traveling with the pope for the first time. ⁠Sign up for Colleen's newsletter, Vatican Notebook⁠! Chapters: 00:00 First time on the papal plane! 4:02 Why Pope Leo went to France 6:45 Catholic revival? 9:43 Secularity in France 14:02 Pro-life issues in France 17:57 Is Europe a "Christian" culture? 24:55 Pope meets abuse victims 34:08 Liturgy and division Links: ⁠Pope Leo's trip to France won't be a victory lap—and that's a good thing.⁠ ⁠Vatican Notebook: Pope Leo navigates tensions between secularism and Catholic history on France visit⁠ ⁠‘More than a monument': Pope Leo's speech at the newly renovated Notre-Dame⁠ ⁠Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Mass in the heart of Paris⁠ ⁠Vatican Notebook: Pope Leo addresses French conversion boom, warns against complacency⁠ ⁠Pope speaks out against French assisted-dying and abortion laws in Lourdes visit⁠ ⁠Mother: Pope Leo's blessing of special-needs daughter recognizes ‘segment of humanity often set aside'⁠ ⁠Pope Leo meets with survivors of abuse in Lourdes⁠ ⁠Pope Leo: Europe must return to path of dialogue, not military buildup⁠ ⁠Pope Leo is not ‘in panic mode' about an A.I. catastrophe, but ‘we can't just sit back' and do nothing⁠ You can sign up for Colleen's 'Vatican Notebook' newsletter ⁠here⁠: ⁠https://www.americamagazine.org/sign-up-for-vatican-notebook-email-newsletter⁠ Follow Colleen on Instagram: ⁠@colleendulle⁠  Support the show by becoming a ⁠subscriber to America Magazine⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An investigation is underway by Israel into the apparent attempt by the co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv to bring it down. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it's too early to say if Iran is involved in the attackWe'll speak to one of the passengers, Adam Polovincik, about what happened, when the plane suddenly lost height.Also in the programme: Tennessee has called a temporary halt to executions after a female convict survives two doses of lethal injection; thousnads of French high school students are taking part in protests which are becoming increasingly unrul; and why do many Russians seem to want to pretend that the war in Ukraine isn't happening?(Photo shows a FlyDubai plane in the air near Tel Aviv on 30 September 2026. Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Plus: Demand for foldable phones is surging in China. And the Trump administration announces plans to cut Medicare costs. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for 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.

Edouard Touton is one of the most respected French architects working in the world of wine. Today, we speak with him about what goes into designing a space that must function as both a working winery and a destination for visitors. How do architecture, winemaking, and hospitality come together—and what is it like working with the personalities behind the vineyards and the wines?Don't forget to subscribe to SOMM TV at sommtv.com, where you can watch our upcoming original, The Taste of Art, coming soon.

Host Alexa (Learn French With Alexa) teaches guests Katie and George about the 1897 fire at the Parisian Charity Bazaar, putting their knowledge of French numbers to the test! Strengthen your A2/B1 French with Katie, George and Alexa in episode 3 of "Faits historiques macabres" !Join us on this journey where we practise our French listening skills, enhance our vocabulary and enrich our French cultural knowledge in fun, casual discussions!Want more practice? Check out the ⁠podcast page on our website⁠! There you'll find a support guide for the lesson and the audio file.If you're enjoying these podcasts and want more learning material, why not try out my amazing Complete French Course? You can get 15% using the code ALEXAPOD15 just from being a podcast listener!If you have any questions, please email our amazing customer support team at ⁠support@learnfrenchwithalexa.com

Welcome to episode 498 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking one of my FAV subjects (farm footwear), we talk planting garlic in the spring, and about a ground fit for a meadow.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Jenna Helwig is a food editor, a cookbook evangelist, and now novel writer. She's a culinary school graduate, and in 2025 launched, the Cookbookery Collective, a very successful Substack for cookbook lovers. Jenna has published 5 cookbooks herself focusing on everything from feeding a baby, to cooking on a budget.Her debut novel, 'The Foreign Correspondent's Wife' tells the story of reporter Kat Kelly, and her husband, a foreign correspondent. She lives in Paris in 1949, just a few years after the end of the war, at a time when the city is starting to find its joy again. When Kat finds the body of an old American classmate, she must race to solve the case, and save her marriage, before it's too late.We talk about what inspired her switch to novel writing, and how difficult she found diving into the story after so long focusing on food. You can hear about her incredibly focused research, and how she got into the mind of a half-French, half-American journalist living in Paris 70 years ago.Get a copy of the book - uk.bookshop.org/shop/writersroutineSupport the show - patreon.com/writersroutineko-fi.com/writersroutineThis week is sponsored by Philippa Hall's 'Quick Book Reviews Podcast', take a listen wherever you've found this.@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Jesuitical, Colleen Dulle joins hosts Zac Davis and Sebasian Gomes to discuss Pope Leo's recent visit to France, including his messages on assisted dying, European identity and the role of the Catholic Church in a secular country. Colleen also reflects on her experience of traveling with the pope for the first time. Sign up for Colleen's newsletter, Vatican Notebook! Chapters: 00:00 First time on the papal plane! 4:02 Why Pope Leo went to France 6:45 Catholic revival? 9:43 Secularity in France 14:02 Pro-life issues in France 17:57 Is Europe a "Christian" culture? 24:55 Pope meets abuse victims 34:08 Liturgy and division Links: Pope Leo's trip to France won't be a victory lap—and that's a good thing. Vatican Notebook: Pope Leo navigates tensions between secularism and Catholic history on France visit ‘More than a monument': Pope Leo's speech at the newly renovated Notre-Dame Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Mass in the heart of Paris Vatican Notebook: Pope Leo addresses French conversion boom, warns against complacency Pope speaks out against French assisted-dying and abortion laws in Lourdes visit Mother: Pope Leo's blessing of special-needs daughter recognizes ‘segment of humanity often set aside' Pope Leo meets with survivors of abuse in Lourdes Pope Leo: Europe must return to path of dialogue, not military buildup Pope Leo is not ‘in panic mode' about an A.I. catastrophe, but ‘we can't just sit back' and do nothing You can sign up for Colleen's 'Vatican Notebook' newsletter here: https://www.americamagazine.org/sign-up-for-vatican-notebook-email-newsletter Follow Colleen on Instagram: @colleendulle  Support the show by becoming a subscriber to America Magazine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cet automne, l'audio et l'écriture s'enrichissent mutuellement. Après un été consacré à la compréhension, la prochaine étape est l'écriture parce que quand on écrit bien, on parle mieux. One Thing In A French Day devient un atelier d'écriture pour trois mois. This podcast is made for French learners who want to improve their French through real Parisian life — carefully crafted French, with real grammatical sentences, even when the tone feels natural and spontaneous. The level of this episode is B1-B2, as it mixes everyday conversational French with more precise vocabulary around language learning itself.  This episode also answers the following questions: What is the One Thing In A French Day autumn offer for 2026? Why does writing in French help you speak better? What is the difference between understanding French and truly mastering it? What are "les lettres du podcast" and what do subscribers receive? How do you build good habits in French without grammar exercises? What did the summer French learners' survey reveal? Who is Dylan, and what advice did he give about learning French? What does a French "atelier d'écriture" look like for language learners? french stories, paris stories, french daily life, authentic french, real french, life in paris, spoken french, learn french, apprendre le français, écriture en français, atelier d'écriture, offre automne, lettres du podcast, One Thing In A French Day

//The Wire//2300Z October 1, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: CHINA HALTS ALL FUEL EXPORTS. MIGRANT STUDENT RIOTS CONTINUE IN FRANCE, HUNDREDS ARRESTED AS MOB ATTACKS REMAIN CONSTANT. ENERGY DEPARTMENT FILES CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 40 MILLION BARREL RELEASE FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----  -International Events-Europe: The fuel crisis continues to deteriorate. This morning the White House requested France and Germany to tap into their emergency diesel reserves, to ease high prices. The proposal as described would release around 120 million barrels of diesel from the strategic reserves of EU member states over the next 6 months. Analyst Comment: So far, this is not a formalized demand, but rather an indirect request made by the White House. No European nation has officially responded to the idea, but many mainstream media reports suggest that the indirect threat has been made of cutting off diesel exports to noncompliant nations.France: Mass riots continue around the nation. Several days ago, protests began at schools around the country due to long schooldays and declining infrastructure. After the initial low-level protests began in Paris, civil unrest spread throughout the nation. This morning, limited protests and arson incidents had spread to Belgium, with students beginning to conduct similar protests there.Analyst Comment: This initially started small but after some vandalism took place on the first night, the situation snowballed from there to be more of an African uprising than a simple school schedule dispute. Now, a substantial number of the participants of the attacks are visibly not of French ancestry...most of the arson attacks are being conducted by the children of African migrants. Throughout this afternoon, the riots have expanded to include other non-student migrant enclaves. The mayor of Saint Dennis, Bally Bagayoko (who is ethnically Malian) joined students in setting fire to a trash can in the street, encouraging them to destroy more infrastructure. Many school officials and police officers have been attacked by violent mobs, and several hundred arrests have been made so far nationwide. As it stands, this situation is already very violent, and is only likely to increase in severity over the next few days.Far East: Last night, China suspended all exports of fuel for the month of October, effective immediately. Hong Kong and Macau have been granted an exemption, but all other export partners will receive zero fuel from China in October.Analyst Comment: This move will probably affect the decision that the United States has been weighing regarding halting diesel exports. China is not a major exporter of petroleum products, but Singapore and the Philippines are major importers of diesel from China, which is now completely cut off. Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam are also likely to be heavily affected by the halting of Chinese exports.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: Yesterday the Department of Energy authorized an emergency release of 40 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This is an attempt to retry a sale that was initially offered in June, that did not pan out because oil companies did not want to commit to the sale when prices were at new heights.As a reminder, SPR releases are really loans. When a private oil company is given oil from the SPR to sell on the open market, they have to replace it with more oil than they took out. Now that the market is in a disastrous state, a lot of oil companies have not wanted to take on that obligation, because they think that by the time they have to re-fill that loan, it won't be financially viable (because oil will be more expensive than it is now). Since the SPR has been drained heavily over the past few months, the current levels sit at roughly 283.8 million barrels.As a result, if petroleum companies take up this contract for all 40 million barrels, and don't replace it soon enough, SPR levels will probably bounce below the Congressionally mandated limit of 252 million barrels. Whether or not companies will indeed take this contract is up in the air, but as it stands emergency levels are being approached, and concerns are growing regarding the structural integrity of the SPR caverns housing America's emergency oil supply.Analyst: S2A1 Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground NomadNet: 5fa68c88be727a0e1a250a75e5e79269 Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT//

“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8 NLT) The Bible doesn’t tell us how long Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden before temptation reared its head. The devil certainly had heard God’s warning to Adam: “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die” (Genesis 2:16–17 NLT). In narrative of Genesis, the tempter appears almost immediately with his wily pitch. His immediate appearance reminds me of Jesus’ parable of the Sower in Matthew 13. As the farmer scatters seed, some of it falls on the footpath. Birds quickly swoop in and devour it before it has a chance to grow. If you’ve ever dropped a French fry outside a McDonald’s in a heavily birded area, you can probably picture the scene. Birds suddenly seem to appear out of nowhere. If you live near a beach, you know there are seagulls that will swoop in and fly off with your lunch, your small dog, or your children. Jesus said, “The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts” (Matthew 13:19 NLT). This is one of the many reasons we need to pray for people who have just come to Christ. The devil will be at their door with temptation, doubt, and an onslaught of other things. Remember that wherever God is blessing, the devil will be opposing—immediately. He isn’t going to wait a year. He isn’t going to wait a month. He may not even wait an hour. You can be walking out of church when temptation suddenly strikes. You think, “What’s going on? Why here? Why now?” The fact is that Satan wants to undermine what just happened in your life. He opposes immediately. He always will. The apostle Peter wrote, “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8 NLT). The devil knows all too well the power of God’s Word. According to Matthew 4:1–11, after Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit led Him to the wilderness, where He fasted for forty days. The devil appeared to Him there in His weakened state. Three times the devil tempted Jesus to deviate from God’s plan. Three times Jesus responded by quoting Scripture. Finally, Jesus commanded the devil to leave, and the devil went away. The devil knows what will happen if the seeds of Scripture start to take root in a believer’s life. He knows that a heart in which the words of the Bible are hidden is hard to access. He knows that a life guided by the Word of God is hard to disrupt. Reflection question: How can you keep the devil from snatching away a nugget of wisdom from God’s Word in your life? Discuss Today's Devo in Harvest Discipleship! — The audio production of the podcast "Greg Laurie: Daily Devotions" utilizes Generative AI technology. This allows us to deliver consistent, high-quality content while preserving Harvest's mission to "know God and make Him known." All devotional content is written and owned by Pastor Greg Laurie. Listen to the Greg Laurie Podcast Become a Harvest PartnerSupport the show: https://harvest.org/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jerry Cedicci never says, "trust me." He builds trust, then lets the deal speak for itself. This is Part 2 of Kison's conversation with Jerry, The mentor who started with a French bakery and went on to build hundreds of millions in real estate across Chicago and Los Angeles.  Part 1 told the story.  Part 2 is the playbook:  How Jerry gets a seller to hand over a business with no down payment Why he never puts the first number on the table, and Why the phrase "trust me" is the fastest way to lose his Near the end, Kison brings Jerry a live deal: a competitor he's looking to acquire who won't share financials. Jerry works through it in real time, including what to ask for instead of the numbers, how to set a ceiling before you negotiate, and the exact offer he'd make. What you'll learn Remove the seller's downside before you ask for trust. Jerry structured his earliest deals so the seller kept all the leverage and could walk away anytime. He earned trust by giving it up first, not by asking for it. Never say "trust me." Jerry treats those two words as a warning sign. He'd rather let his track record and what other people say about him do the talking. Put a number on your ceiling before you negotiate. When Kison brought him a live acquisition target, Jerry's first question wasn't the asking price. It was Kison's own walk-away number and the value he thought he could create. Ask for the metric a target will actually hand over. When a competitor won't open their books, skip the financials fight. Ask for client count instead, then work backward from what those clients are worth. Treat a lender's "no" as a checklist, not a verdict. Jerry's response to every loan rejection was the same question: what exactly made you say no? Fix those things, then go to the next banker. Separate opportunities from deals. Jerry only calls something a deal once it's closed. Everything before that is an opportunity he has to seize fast, not overthink. Build at the high end so you stop competing on price. Jerry's rule on margin: build something nobody else can match, and you're no longer negotiating against 500 other bidders. --- Turn what you heard into a repeatable M&A practice. Explore the Buyer-Led M&A™ Certification for practical frameworks, tools, and decision-making habits you can apply on your next deal.

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David N. Gellman interviews Nicholas P. Wood on Let the Oppressed Go Free: Abolitionism in Colonial and Revolutionary AmericaIn Let the Oppressed Go Free, Nicholas P. Wood presents the opponents of slavery who sustained and expanded the antislavery movement during the American Revolution in the face of widespread hostility. These early abolitionists were inspired by antislavery theology: the view that slavery was a sinful form of oppression that would provoke God's wrath against slaveholding societies. These principles were first advanced by a handful of Quakers and Puritans as early as the 1600s, but they did not become widespread until the second half of the eighteenth century. Quakers embraced antislavery theology during the French and Indian War, which they interpreted as divine chastisement for the sin of colonial slavery. Citing the prophet Isaiah, they pledged to please the Lord by letting the oppressed go free.Antislavery theology became even more prominent during the American Revolution. When Parliament provoked an imperial crisis in the 1760s, abolitionists argued it was further evidence of God's anger over slavery. The outbreak of war in 1775 made these arguments increasingly persuasive. Let the Oppressed Go Free demonstrates that antislavery activism during the Revolution by Quakers, African Americans, and evangelical patriots was more sophisticated and influential than historians have recognized. The northern states that began abolishing slavery during the Revolution did so in response to tenacious agitation and generally described their actions as designed to earn God's blessing.Let the Oppressed Go Free challenges many common assumptions about abolitionism and the American Revolution. Wood demonstrates that religion remained central to abolitionism rather than being displaced by “secular” arguments about natural rights. And whereas some have argued that the Revolutionary War hindered antislavery progress and fueled racism, Wood shows that the war accelerated reform. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What would happen if you stopped rushing, paid closer attention, and let yourself take up a little more space? In Alex Durand and Tom Carles's Pardon Our French: The Parisian Way to a Happier Life, the French art of living offers lessons in curiosity, unhurried pleasure, and quality over quantity.⁠⁠ Then Jack Parlett's Flamboyance: The Power of Living Boldly reclaims flamboyance as a force of imagination, passion, resistance, and freedom.⁠⁠ Together, these books make the case for a life that's both more attentive and more expressive—one where happiness isn't postponed until the next achievement, and burning brightly isn't something you need to apologize for.

Isaiah 62:6-65:25, Phil 2:19-30, Ps 73:1-28, Pr 24:13-14

Kim sits down with Lauriane Blanc, a French woman who left the Loire Valley for New York City and went on to co-found Women Abroad Club, a community helping women build meaningful lives abroad.With Kim building a life in France and Lauriane building one in America, they compare what each culture gets right, from career ambition and education to food, fashion, friendship and the very different ways French and American women connect. Lauriane also shares what surprised her most about American life, what still makes her feel unmistakably French and why moving abroad can completely change your idea of home.They also get into the less glamorous side of starting over somewhere new: learning a language, finding your people, navigating work and putting yourself outside your comfort zone again and again. Lauriane shares why community and even one meaningful relationship can make such a difference when you're trying to create a life in another country.Resources:Women Abroad ClubWomen Abroad CastLauriane Blanc on LinkedInDon't forget to subscribe, rate & review and follow us on Instagram @coucou.pod Produced by NOVA

In the late 1800s, French physician and researcher Hippolyte Baraduc began experimenting with photography in an attempt to capture invisible forces surrounding the human body. His strange images appeared to show clouds, bursts of light, and mysterious forms that he believed represented thought, emotion, vital energy, and even the human soul. After the death of his wife in 1907, Baraduc became particularly interested in photographing what he believed might be evidence of her presence beyond death. His photographs remain some of the strangest and most unsettling images from the early days of paranormal photography.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

Tom Sniegoski & Jeannine Acheson Return to Comic Crusaders to Unleash Nothing Can Stop . . . The APE! WEPAAAAA! The Comic Crusaders Podcast is swinging into full cosmic chaos as Al Mega welcomes back the incredible creative duo of Tom Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson to discuss their new Papercutz/Mad Cave Studios graphic novel, Nothing Can Stop . . . The APE! This bold, energetic, all-ages adventure follows 12-year-old Maxwell Morgan, a young hero suddenly thrown into a world-shaking conflict involving ancient gods, elemental warriors, dangerous choices, and one very loyal French bulldog. When Maxwell's mother becomes possessed by Thuuna, a primordial goddess obsessed with order and perfection, Maxwell may have to make the worst decision imaginable: freeing Ghraagg'Endah, the Gorilla God of Chaos. Yeah. That is not a bad day. That is a cosmic-level "somebody please call an adult" situation. Joined by artist Craig Rousseau, colorist Tom Gaadt, and letterer Taylor Esposito, Sniegoski and Acheson deliver a story packed with Saturday morning cartoon swagger, mythic stakes, big laughs, and heartfelt adventure. It is the kind of graphic novel that knows all-ages does not mean "small story." It means big imagination, clear emotion, wild action, and characters readers can cheer for from page one. On this episode, Al Mega dives into the making of the book, the creative partnership between Tom and Jeannine, the balance between chaos and order, writing young heroes with real agency, and how the team built a brand-new mythology that feels classic, fresh, funny, and wonderfully explosive. Tune in, share the episode, and get ready because once the Ape is loose… nothing can stop him. Pre-Order Nothing Can Stop… the Ape! – Vol. 1 in Shops 07/21/2026 Now: https://papercutz.com/product/nothing-can-stop-the-ape-vol-1/ Follow Tom on: FB: Thomas Sniegoski Instagram: tsniegoski Threads: tsniegoski Twitter: @TomSniegoski Bluesky: http://bluesky.com/@tomsnig.bsky.social Website: sniegoski.com Follow Jeannine on: FB: Jeannine Thomas (Jeannine Surette Acheson) Instagram: jsuretteacheson (Jeannine Thomas) Threads: Jeannine Thomas (jsuretteacheson) Bluesky: @jsuretteacheson.bsky.social Thank You for Watching / Listening! We appreciate your support! Host: Al Mega Follow on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook: @TheRealAlMega / @ComicCrusaders Make sure to Like/Share/Subscribe if you haven't yet: Rumble/Twitch: ComicCrusaders YouTube: / comiccrusadersworld Visit the official Comic Crusaders Comic Book Shop: comiccrusaders.shop Visit the OFFICIAL Comic Crusaders Swag Shop at: comiccrusaders.us Main Site: https://www.comiccrusaders.com/​​​​ Edited/Produced/Directed by Al Mega

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unpolished feel because it was published in June of 1918 while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German POW camp. When he was captured behind enemy lines, the book was still a work in progress. The Armistice would not be reached until November of that year.Although he does not mention it in this book, Mr. Hall had already served the better part of 15 months with the British Expeditionary Forces, surviving the battle of Loos in Sept – Oct 1915, and upon which his excellent work “Kitchener's” Mob is Based.The US did not enter the war until April 1917, and Hall had already served nearly three years as an American with British and French forces, as a machine gunner with the British, and as a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille.Pilot training in the French Air Corps was primarily a matter of survival. Visualize if you will, a class of “Penguins”, aircraft with wings too short for flight scurrying about the airfield as student pilots learn to control these machines with no instructor on board, and for that matter in Mr. Halls case there was never an instructor on board. Their solo flight was their first flight. They learned by doing.The sheer joy and wonder of man's early experience of leaving the bounds of Earth in an aircraft coupled with the danger and excitement of air combat made “High Adventure” such a good read, I completed the narration ahead of schedule, because I couldn't put it down. Mike Vendetti, Narrator.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bestselling Turkish-British novelist Elif Shafak talks to John Wilson about her formative cultural influences. Renowned for epic stories that connect the past and the present, told from multiple perspectives, her novels explore marginalised communities and exiled people. An activist who has campaigned for the rights of women and freedom of expression, she faced prosecution in Turkey in 2006, accused for ‘insulting Turkishness'. Elif Shafak's 2019 novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and her 2021 novel The Island of Missing Trees was a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her books have been translated into more than 50 languages. In 2025, she was elected as President of the Royal Society of Literature. Her latest novel One Brief Moment All Eternity is a portrait of the French writer Gustav Flaubert told through the eyes of the women who shaped him.Producer: Edwina Pitman

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unpolished feel because it was published in June of 1918 while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German POW camp. When he was captured behind enemy lines, the book was still a work in progress. The Armistice would not be reached until November of that year.Although he does not mention it in this book, Mr. Hall had already served the better part of 15 months with the British Expeditionary Forces, surviving the battle of Loos in Sept – Oct 1915, and upon which his excellent work “Kitchener's” Mob is Based.The US did not enter the war until April 1917, and Hall had already served nearly three years as an American with British and French forces, as a machine gunner with the British, and as a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille.Pilot training in the French Air Corps was primarily a matter of survival. Visualize if you will, a class of “Penguins”, aircraft with wings too short for flight scurrying about the airfield as student pilots learn to control these machines with no instructor on board, and for that matter in Mr. Halls case there was never an instructor on board. Their solo flight was their first flight. They learned by doing.The sheer joy and wonder of man's early experience of leaving the bounds of Earth in an aircraft coupled with the danger and excitement of air combat made “High Adventure” such a good read, I completed the narration ahead of schedule, because I couldn't put it down. Mike Vendetti, Narrator.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unpolished feel because it was published in June of 1918 while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German POW camp. When he was captured behind enemy lines, the book was still a work in progress. The Armistice would not be reached until November of that year.Although he does not mention it in this book, Mr. Hall had already served the better part of 15 months with the British Expeditionary Forces, surviving the battle of Loos in Sept – Oct 1915, and upon which his excellent work “Kitchener's” Mob is Based.The US did not enter the war until April 1917, and Hall had already served nearly three years as an American with British and French forces, as a machine gunner with the British, and as a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille.Pilot training in the French Air Corps was primarily a matter of survival. Visualize if you will, a class of “Penguins”, aircraft with wings too short for flight scurrying about the airfield as student pilots learn to control these machines with no instructor on board, and for that matter in Mr. Halls case there was never an instructor on board. Their solo flight was their first flight. They learned by doing.The sheer joy and wonder of man's early experience of leaving the bounds of Earth in an aircraft coupled with the danger and excitement of air combat made “High Adventure” such a good read, I completed the narration ahead of schedule, because I couldn't put it down. Mike Vendetti, Narrator.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unpolished feel because it was published in June of 1918 while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German POW camp. When he was captured behind enemy lines, the book was still a work in progress. The Armistice would not be reached until November of that year.Although he does not mention it in this book, Mr. Hall had already served the better part of 15 months with the British Expeditionary Forces, surviving the battle of Loos in Sept – Oct 1915, and upon which his excellent work “Kitchener's” Mob is Based.The US did not enter the war until April 1917, and Hall had already served nearly three years as an American with British and French forces, as a machine gunner with the British, and as a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille.Pilot training in the French Air Corps was primarily a matter of survival. Visualize if you will, a class of “Penguins”, aircraft with wings too short for flight scurrying about the airfield as student pilots learn to control these machines with no instructor on board, and for that matter in Mr. Halls case there was never an instructor on board. Their solo flight was their first flight. They learned by doing.The sheer joy and wonder of man's early experience of leaving the bounds of Earth in an aircraft coupled with the danger and excitement of air combat made “High Adventure” such a good read, I completed the narration ahead of schedule, because I couldn't put it down. Mike Vendetti, Narrator.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unpolished feel because it was published in June of 1918 while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German POW camp. When he was captured behind enemy lines, the book was still a work in progress. The Armistice would not be reached until November of that year.Although he does not mention it in this book, Mr. Hall had already served the better part of 15 months with the British Expeditionary Forces, surviving the battle of Loos in Sept – Oct 1915, and upon which his excellent work “Kitchener's” Mob is Based.The US did not enter the war until April 1917, and Hall had already served nearly three years as an American with British and French forces, as a machine gunner with the British, and as a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille.Pilot training in the French Air Corps was primarily a matter of survival. Visualize if you will, a class of “Penguins”, aircraft with wings too short for flight scurrying about the airfield as student pilots learn to control these machines with no instructor on board, and for that matter in Mr. Halls case there was never an instructor on board. Their solo flight was their first flight. They learned by doing.The sheer joy and wonder of man's early experience of leaving the bounds of Earth in an aircraft coupled with the danger and excitement of air combat made “High Adventure” such a good read, I completed the narration ahead of schedule, because I couldn't put it down. Mike Vendetti, Narrator.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Fluent Fiction - French: A Day in Montmartre: Julien's Artistic Revelation Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/fr/episode/2026-10-01-07-38-20-fr Story Transcript:Fr: Sous un ciel gris typiquement parisien, Montmartre s'éveillait doucement.En: Under a typically gray Parisian sky, Montmartre was gently awakening.Fr: Les murs de la rue étaient habillés de fresques colorées, racontant mille histoires de vie, d'amour et de révolte.En: The walls of the street were adorned with colorful frescoes, each telling a thousand stories of life, love, and rebellion.Fr: La brise automnale apportait avec elle l'odeur des feuilles mortes, crépitant sous les pas des passants.En: The autumn breeze carried with it the scent of fallen leaves, crackling under the feet of passersby.Fr: C'était ici, parmi ces couleurs et ces textures, que Julien et Camille passaient l'après-midi.En: It was here, among these colors and textures, that Julien and Camille spent the afternoon.Fr: Julien, les yeux pétillants, émerveillé par les œuvres de rue, marchait à côté de Camille.En: Julien, his eyes sparkling, was marveling at the street art as he walked next to Camille.Fr: Elle, appareil photo en main, capturait chaque détail, chaque expression sur les murs.En: She, camera in hand, was capturing every detail, every expression on the walls.Fr: Son talent à saisir l'instant fascinait toujours Julien.En: Her talent for seizing the moment always fascinated Julien.Fr: Pourtant, aujourd'hui, son cœur battait la chamade.En: However, today, his heart was racing.Fr: Dans son sac, il gardait jalousement son carnet de croquis.En: In his bag, he was jealously guarding his sketchbook.Fr: Dessins qu'il avait réalisés dans le secret, rêvant un jour de les montrer à Camille.En: Drawings he had created in secret, dreaming of one day showing them to Camille.Fr: « Regarde cette fresque, Julien », s'exclama Camille.En: “Look at this fresco, Julien,” exclaimed Camille.Fr: Elle pointait du doigt une peinture vibrante d'un visage en contemplation.En: She pointed to a vibrant painting of a face in contemplation.Fr: Chaque trait était puissant, inspirant.En: Each stroke was powerful and inspiring.Fr: Julien acquiesça, le souffle coupé.En: Julien nodded, breathless.Fr: « Oui, c'est magnifique », répondit-il, ses pensées tournées vers son propre rêve.En: “Yes, it's magnificent,” he replied, his thoughts turning to his own dream.Fr: Un désir croissant était de présenter ses dessins à Camille.En: A growing desire was to present his drawings to Camille.Fr: Mais la peur le retenait.En: But fear held him back.Fr: Et si elle n'aimait pas ?En: What if she didn't like them?Fr: Que dirait-elle de son travail amateur ?En: What would she say about his amateur work?Fr: Tandis qu'ils continuaient leur promenade, le quartier retentissait de bruits d'artistes, créant dans chaque coin.En: As they continued their walk, the neighborhood resounded with the sounds of artists creating in every corner.Fr: L'inspiration était partout, un encouragement silencieux.En: Inspiration was everywhere, a silent encouragement.Fr: « Camille, j'ai quelque chose à te montrer », dit enfin Julien, rassemblant son courage.En: “Camille, I have something to show you,” Julien finally said, gathering his courage.Fr: Sa voix était faible mais déterminée.En: His voice was faint but determined.Fr: Il s'arrêta au pied d'un banc, entouré de feuilles rouges et dorées.En: He stopped at the foot of a bench, surrounded by red and golden leaves.Fr: Intriguée, Camille le suivit et s'assit doucement.En: Intrigued, Camille followed him and sat down gently.Fr: Julien sortit son carnet, le cœur battant.En: Julien took out his sketchbook, his heart pounding.Fr: Il hésita un instant, puis ouvrit enfin son trésor.En: He hesitated for a moment, then finally opened his treasure.Fr: Les pages dévoilèrent des croquis pleins de vie : portraits, scènes de rue, moments saisis à la volée.En: The pages unveiled lively sketches: portraits, street scenes, moments captured on the fly.Fr: Camille resta silencieuse, feuilletant avec soin.En: Camille remained silent, flipping through them carefully.Fr: Son regard était concentré, appréciant chaque détail.En: Her gaze was focused, appreciating every detail.Fr: Puis, elle leva les yeux vers Julien.En: Then, she looked up at Julien.Fr: Un sourire, doux et sincère, illumina son visage.En: A soft, sincere smile lit up her face.Fr: « Julien, c'est incroyable », dit-elle.En: “Julien, this is incredible,” she said.Fr: Sa voix était chaleureuse, porteuse d'admiration.En: Her voice was warm, full of admiration.Fr: « Tu devrais vraiment continuer.En: “You should really continue.Fr: Ton talent est évident. »En: Your talent is evident.”Fr: Emu, Julien sentit ses doutes s'évanouir.En: Moved, Julien felt his doubts vanish.Fr: Les mots de Camille étaient une mélodie rassurante à ses oreilles.En: Camille's words were a reassuring melody to his ears.Fr: Il se permit enfin de respirer pleinement.En: He finally allowed himself to breathe fully.Fr: « Merci, Camille », murmura-t-il, une nouvelle confiance envahissant son être.En: “Thank you, Camille,” he murmured, a new confidence filling him.Fr: Cette journée à Montmartre, parmi les œuvres de tant d'autres artistes, était devenue un tournant.En: This day in Montmartre, among the works of so many other artists, had become a turning point.Fr: Julien avait trouvé sa voie, et avec le soutien de Camille, il savait qu'il pouvait la suivre.En: Julien had found his path, and with Camille's support, he knew he could follow it.Fr: À la tombée de la nuit, alors que les lumières de Paris s'allumaient et que Montmartre brillait d'une nouvelle lueur, Julien et Camille continuaient leur chemin, l'un à côté de l'autre, prêts à explorer de nouveaux horizons, ensemble.En: As night fell, with the lights of Paris flickering on and Montmartre shining with a new glow, Julien and Camille continued their journey, side by side, ready to explore new horizons, together. Vocabulary Words:the sky: le cielthe fresco: la fresquethe autumn breeze: la brise automnalethe scent: l'odeurthe passerby: le passantto marvel: s'émerveillerthe sketchbook: le carnet de croquisto jealously guard: garder jalousementthe stroke (of a brush): le traitto be breathless: avoir le souffle coupéthe growing desire: le désir croissantthe fear: la peurthe neighborhood: le quartierto resound: retentirthe inspiration: l'inspirationto gather courage: rassembler son couragethe bench: le bancto hesitate: hésiterto unveil: dévoilerthe sketch: le croquisthe street scene: la scène de rueto be moved (emotionally): être émuthe doubt: le doutethe support: le soutiento explore: explorerto be fascinated: être fascinéto illuminate: illuminerthe talent: le talentthe horizon: l'horizonto breathe fully: respirer pleinement

Fluent Fiction - French: Émilie's Journey: Discovering Adventure in Everyday Heroism Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/fr/episode/2026-10-01-22-34-00-fr Story Transcript:Fr: Les feuilles rousses crissaient sous les pas des visiteurs.En: The russet leaves crunched under the feet of the visitors.Fr: Dans l'air, l'odeur de marrons grillés et le vent frais d'automne murmuraient des promesses de changement.En: In the air, the scent of roasted chestnuts and the crisp autumn wind whispered promises of change.Fr: Émilie, une infirmière au cœur tendre mais rempli de rêves de voyage, se tenait à l'entrée de l'hôpital de campagne près de Mont Saint-Michel.En: Émilie, a nurse with a tender heart but filled with dreams of travel, stood at the entrance of the field hospital near Mont Saint-Michel.Fr: Le Mont se dressait majestueusement à l'horizon, entre le ciel gris et les champs dorés.En: The Mont stood majestically on the horizon, between the gray sky and the golden fields.Fr: C'était la période de La Toussaint, et le village voisin s'animait du festival saisonnier.En: It was the period of La Toussaint, and the neighboring village was enlivened by the seasonal festival.Fr: Émilie, avec Marc et Sophie, ses collègues dévoués, s'activait dans un ballet bien orchestré pour accueillir les patients du jour.En: Émilie, along with Marc and Sophie, her dedicated colleagues, was busy in a well-orchestrated ballet to welcome the day's patients.Fr: Marc était un homme grand, toujours souriant, avec une voix rassurante.En: Marc was a tall man, always smiling, with a reassuring voice.Fr: Sophie, elle, était petite et vive, ses cheveux noirs flottant derrière elle comme une danse.En: Sophie was small and lively, her black hair fluttering behind her like a dance.Fr: Tous les trois formaient une équipe soudée.En: The three of them formed a close-knit team.Fr: Émilie avait initialement prévu de partir après une semaine.En: Émilie had initially planned to leave after a week.Fr: Son désir secret d'aventure l'appelait au-delà des murs familiers de l'hôpital, vers des horizons nouveaux.En: Her secret desire for adventure called her beyond the familiar walls of the hospital towards new horizons.Fr: Mais en regardant les villageois, jeunes et âgés, se pressant pour des soins, quelque chose en elle hésitait.En: But watching the villagers, young and old, hurrying for care, something in her hesitated.Fr: Le calendrier se remplissait de rendez-vous.En: The calendar was filling with appointments.Fr: La saison des fêtes apportait son lot de blessés et malades.En: The holiday season brought its share of injured and sick.Fr: Émilie décida d'étendre sa mission.En: Émilie decided to extend her mission.Fr: "Je resterai un peu plus", déclara-t-elle à ses collègues.En: "I will stay a bit longer," she declared to her colleagues.Fr: Marc lui tapota l'épaule, reconnaissant.En: Marc patted her shoulder, grateful.Fr: Un matin, alors que le vent soufflait plus fort, une urgence arriva.En: One morning, as the wind blew stronger, an emergency arrived.Fr: Un homme du village était tombé, inconscient.En: A man from the village had fallen, unconscious.Fr: Sophie et Marc s'affairaient déjà quand Émilie arriva, la sueur perlant sur son front malgré le froid.En: Sophie and Marc were already busy when Émilie arrived, sweat beading on her forehead despite the cold.Fr: Le chaos régnait.En: Chaos reigned.Fr: Les minutes semblaient des heures.En: The minutes felt like hours.Fr: Émilie devait choisir, agir rapidement pour la vie de cet homme.En: Émilie had to choose, act quickly for this man's life.Fr: Elle prit une profonde inspiration, étudiant les signaux vitaux, écoutant les conseils pressants de ses collègues.En: She took a deep breath, studying the vital signs, listening to the urgent advice of her colleagues.Fr: Elle fit un choix audacieux, réanima le patient.En: She made a bold decision, reviving the patient.Fr: À l'instant où l'homme ouvrit les yeux, Émilie ressentit un frisson d'accomplissement.En: The moment the man opened his eyes, Émilie felt a thrill of accomplishment.Fr: Ses mains avaient apporté la vie.En: Her hands had brought life.Fr: Elle comprit alors, l'aventure était là, dans ces gestes quotidiens, dans chaque vie touchée.En: She then realized the adventure was there, in those daily gestures, in every life touched.Fr: Quand le soir tomba, Émilie sortit admirer le Mont Saint-Michel éclairé par la lueur du crépuscule.En: When evening fell, Émilie went out to admire Mont Saint-Michel illuminated by the twilight glow.Fr: C'était un spectacle d'une beauté à couper le souffle, mais elle le ressentait désormais différemment.En: It was a breathtakingly beautiful sight, but she felt it differently now.Fr: L'aventure n'était pas un lieu, mais une action, un service rendu.En: Adventure was not a place, but an action, a service rendered.Fr: Réalisant que son travail était son propre voyage, elle retourna à l'hôpital, le cœur léger.En: Realizing that her work was her own journey, she returned to the hospital, her heart light.Fr: Loin des routes exotiques qu'elle avait imaginées, Émilie avait trouvé un trésor inestimable dans chaque sourire recueilli grâce à ses soins.En: Far from the exotic roads she had imagined, Émilie had found an invaluable treasure in every smile earned through her care.Fr: Elle était chez elle.En: She was home. Vocabulary Words:leaves: les feuillesto crunch: crisservisitors: les visiteursnurse: l'infirmièrefield hospital: l'hôpital de campagnehorizon: l'horizonperiod: la périodededicated: dévouésclose-knit: soudéeplanned: prévudesire: le désircalendar: le calendrierholiday season: la saison des fêtesemergency: l'urgenceunconscious: inconscientsweat: la sueurforehead: le frontchaos: le chaosminutes: les minutespatient: le patientthrill: le frissonaccomplishment: l'accomplissementtwilight glow: la lueur du crépusculebreathtakingly beautiful: d'une beauté à couper le souffleservice: le servicejourney: le voyagetreasure: le trésorexotic roads: les routes exotiquessmile: le sourirecare: les soins

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Between Robert Reid and Jean-Christophe “JC” Slowik, you have nearly 80 years of extraordinary restaurant history. From Roger Vergé and Raymond Blanc to Marco Pierre White, Harvey's, The Oak Room and some of the defining restaurants of their generation, the pair have witnessed first-hand the madness, brilliance and brutality of elite restaurants. They join us to share incredible stories from those years, including life inside Marco's legendary kitchens, the intensity of three-Michelin-star cooking and how London's restaurant world has transformed since the 1980s. Then, in their mid-50s, they decided to start again. During Covid, a phone call between two old friends became Les 2 Garçons, the tiny French bistro they built largely themselves, initially cooking with IKEA induction hobs, a £150 Argos oven and no dishwasher. What followed was extraordinary: huge demand, national acclaim and the creation of one of Britain's most celebrated neighbourhood restaurants, built around simple French cooking, great wine and the belief that a restaurant should above all be somewhere people actually want to spend their time. This is also a brilliantly funny and candid conversation about everything they have learned along the way. Robert and JC discuss why fine dining became too complicated, why chefs are returning to simplicity, whether Michelin stars still matter, what restaurants get wrong about wine, the importance of value for money and why getting older completely changes the way you think about cooking. After decades spent chasing perfection at the highest level, their conclusion is refreshingly simple: forget most of what you learned, keep the best bits, cook things people want to eat and enjoy the good summers you have left. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on NLR: The wine flows, Andy is trapped in a French school cafeteria, Elizabeth escapes a real-life horror film in Paris, the ballroom vogue scene is amazing, and much more! It's all covered on this week's Nobody's Listening, Right? Thanks to our episode sponsors: GOODR - Head to ⁠Goodr.com/NLR⁠ to claim $10 off your first order REMI - Go to shopremi.com/NLR and use code NLR  at checkout for 50% off with Remi Club Subscribe & Save. Support NLR Join Patreon for bonus episodes! Check out Elizabeth's Substack! Find us on Instagram Find us on TikTok⁠⁠ Watch us on YouTube Shop our Amazon recommendations Here Check out our True Crime podcast: BETH'S DEADLearn more at: https://www.patreon.com/cw/BethsDead ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:29 Now We're Cooking With Gas 02:41 Vegan Wine 03:06 Wine Tasting 03:56 Wine Bladders 06:01 Mead 06:38 Old School Canteens 06:58 Sleep-away Camp 07:55 Yucky Wine 08:21 When To Drink Sweet Wine 09:47 All Gas 11:47 Andy Goes Back To School 16:08 Funky Smell 23:01 Goodr 24:32 Like A Horror Movie 30:53 Andy Goes Back To School 34:00 Not A PTA Meeting 41:27 Remi 43:35 Bathroom Etiquette 48:44 Handwashing 50:51 Paris Vogue Ball 01:01:06 Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World 01:01:56 Elizabeth's Soundtrack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Formex holds a unique place in the Swiss watch industry. The brand was born in the early 2000s with a proprietary case suspension system and designs that expressed the origins of its name 'forme extrême' (extreme shapes in French). But the recession spurred by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 dealt a near fatal blow to the brand and it entered a period of relative dormancy.Then in 2016, Formex was taken over by a group backed by one of its suppliers, Dexel, a Swiss component maker specializing in bracelets, clasps and cases as well as dials at its subsidiary Cadranor. Raphael Granito, now in his mid-thirties, is part of the family business behind Dexel and led the take over and revival of the Formex marque. He has steered the brand's development ever since and a decade later, Formex is leveraging its manufacturing savoir-faire and research and development skills from Dexel to produce innovative and approachable-priced Swiss Made watches. The brand evolution culminated recently with the Aria, a high-end integrated bracelet titanium sport watch with an, ultra-thin, micro-rotor manufacture movement designed by Horage, priced below CHF 6,000. That's a significant step up compared to the CHF 1,800 average price point for its watches. Granito outlines how the brand has grown and connected with more customers, operating mainly outside the traditional retail structure. Still a family business, he hired his best friend from university to lead marketing and sales efforts. Formex has distinguished itself offering upscale finishing and components, including cases, bracelets innovative clasps and stone dials that include meteorite options. It's approach to design and engineering innovation, that Granito calls 'designeering,' has certainly struck a chord with a watch enthusiasts, particularly in the U.S., now the Swiss brand's largest market. Show Notes1:05 Raphael Granito (Instagram) 1:58 Formex (company website) 2:05 The Inner Workings of Formex's Case Suspension System (WatchGecko) 2:56 The Great Recession and its Aftermath (Federal Reserve History) 3:57 The Secret Sauce Behind the Value Proposition of Formex Watches (Timefiles) 4:08 Dexel (website) 4:12 Cadranor (website) 5:16 Formex Essence 5:37 Interview with Markus Wälchli, marketing director of Formex (The Watch Society YouTube) 12:17 Hands-OnFurlan Marri Disco Diamonds Onyx – A New Affordable Entry Into Subtle Gemsetting (Hodinkee) 13:52 How to Determine Product Pricing — The Complete Formula for Small-Batch Manufacturers (Stocksmith.io) 19:26 The Aria Manufacture Chronometer From Formex (Hodinkee) 25:25 Intersect, By the Brands, For the Enthusiasts

Send us Fan MailCybersecurity threats are becoming faster, more targeted, and increasingly difficult to recognize—but many organizations continue to neglect the fundamentals.In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Andy Syrewicze draws on 24 years in IT to explain how artificial intelligence is transforming phishing, Microsoft 365 security, and the responsibilities of MSPs. Andy serves as Principal Security Advocate for the MSP market at Hornetsecurity by Proofpoint and is a 13-time Microsoft MVP.Andy recounts a Black Hat demonstration in which locally hosted AI models produced personalized spear-phishing emails in approximately 90 seconds—even generating a well-written message in French. He also explains why businesses must stop treating security products as one-time fixes and continually reassess configurations, permissions, MFA, and evolving best practices.The conversation explores Andy's journey from configuring dinosaur mouse cursors and accidentally erasing an application share to becoming a respected security advocate. Andy also shares why technical professionals should be comfortable saying, “I don't know,” provided they are committed to finding the answer.