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Featuring new music from Afro-Peruvian group Novalima, Japanese-American guitarist Mei Semones, the French-British band Francois & the Atlas Mountains + more!

Unearthing the story of the woman who documented Charles de Gaulle's liberation of Paris in 1944. The impact of climate change on alcohol content in wine, and how French consumers are reacting. And the reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral, five years after the fire.  A few days before General Charles de Gaulle was due to make his triumphant entry into Paris, the three French war correspondents lined up to cover the event were captured. A young French-British journalist was chosen, in extremis, to replace them. Her name was Marcelle Poirier but despite being de Gaulle's official reporter and AFP's first female war correspondent, she and her work somehow fell into oblivion. When AFP journalist and photo editor Laurent Kalfala stumbled on a photo of her in military uniform, he embarked on a long paper-trail to dig up her fascinating story. His documentary reveals a feminist with a flair for strong human stories, and who mysteriously waited 40 years to tell her own. (Listen @1'50'')Warmer summers in France's wine-growing regions have pushed up the sugar content in grapes, which is leading to more alcoholic wine. Wines that used to be 11 or 12% alcohol even a decade ago are now pushing 15% today, and customers are taking notice. Winemakers and visitors to a recent wine fair talk about the tension between the impacts of global warming on wine and a trend towards drinking less alcohol. (Listen @21'30'')As Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral reopens to the public, five years after the 2019 fire that destroyed much of its wooden and metal roof and toppled the spire, Ollia Horton meets local residents and business owners who are looking forward to things going back to normal. (Listen @14'15'') Episode mixed by Cecile Pompéani. Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International. Find us on rfienglish.com, Apple podcasts (link here), Spotify (link here) or your favourite podcast app (pod.link/1573769878).

“Everywhere in southern Anhui they are eating people.” — Zeng Guofan“Infants but recently born were torn from their mother's breasts, and disemboweled before their faces. Young strong men were disemboweled, mutilated, and the parts cut off thrust into their own mouths…” — A British testimony on the Qing treatment of POWsIf I were to ask you which is the deadliest conflict in history, you'd probably answer WW II. But if I were to ask you, which is the second deadliest conflict ever—at least according to most historians—I'd bet the number of raised hands would shrink quickly. And I'd also bet that a good percentage of those taking their chances with an answer would probably be wrong. So, welcome to the wildest, weirdest, biggest conflict in history that few people have heard about (that is…unless you are quite knowledgeable about Chinese history). Millions of troops took part in this war. Something in the neighborhood of 600 cities changed hands over decade and half of fighting. Conservative estimates place the dead around 20-30 millions (some estimates go as high as 100 millions.) For frame of references, this is deadlier than the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, the Spanish American War, the American Civil War and the American Revolution put together. We can also throw in the 7 Years War, all three Punic wars and all of the Crusades for good measure. In light of this, it may begin to make sense why several historians believe this is the bloodiest civil war of all time. It all began with a Chinese man who, in the mid-1800s, dreamed of becoming a scholar and receive a government job. Seems like an innocent start, right? Well, our wannabe intellectual, a certain Hong Xiuquan, experienced a major crisis when he realized that no matter how much he studied, he would not succeed at passing the imperial exams, that were the prerequisite to getting the career he dreamed of. The fact that he failed was more than a personal tragedy for Hong. Rather, this failure would trigger a sequence of events leading to the death of millions. This was easily the most costly F in the history of education. Broken to the core, he had a mental breakdown, and began to experience visions. These visions revealed to him that he was God's son, and Jesus' younger brother, and he was tasked by his heavenly relatives to clean China off any demonic influences in order to create the Kingdom of Heavenly Peace. His efforts to create this Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace heralded a bloody civil war with a body count that would make most video gamers blush.In this episode, we run into Christian missionaries floating on a river of death, Hong's descent into further layers of madness, the Second Opium War, Zeng Guofan's comical pessimism, the wavering French-British policy, the Empress Dowager Cixi being a gangster, the battle for Shanghai, the Ever Victorious Army, a cholera outbreak, the asexual crusader Charles Gordon, the death of a Christian kingdom in China, and much more. If you feel generous and enjoy History on Fire, please consider joining my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historyonfire to access plenty of bonus content. All the links to History on Fire social media can be found at https://linktr.ee/danielebolelli Including the HOF YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCiqHbWJO26nFzUP-Eu55Q Substack: https://substack.com/@danielebolelliInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyonfire/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyonfirepodcast Throughout history, people have used mushrooms (such as Lion's Mane, Turkey Tail, Cordyceps, Reishi and Chaga) for their medicinal properties. My friends started https://purestmushrooms.com/ where they offer some of the best quality mushrooms you can find on the market at affordable prices. Use code historyonfire at checkout for a discount.Bison is some of the healthiest meat you could possibly eat. Get yours at https://dakotapurebison.com/ History on Fire listeners get a discount by using the code HOF10 at checkout. A big thank you to the sponsor for today's episode, Factor, America's #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Delivery Service. Head to FACTOR MEALS dot com slash historyonfire50 and use code historyonfire50 to get 50% off. https://factormeals.com/historyonfire50 Millions of people struggle with premature hair thinning and hair loss. If you are among them, you may want to address this by getting 10% off at https://proviahair.com/HOF

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Welcome back to ParaPower Mapping—to tide you over until the next part of the Rosicrucian Road Trip drops in a few days & to build anticipation for the next installment of the "Fin De Siècle Symbolists, Satanists, & French-British Sex Trafficking Networks" miniseries, it's the very first unlocked EP from the Boston Brahmin Watch Premium Feed! Make sure to subscribe to the Patreon to access the full version of Pt. II & Pt. III when it drops next week. patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping This is Part I of a multipart descent into the Decadent Symbolist, Rosicrucian, and Satanic underground of fin de siècle Paris and Victorian London, as well as the related sex trafficking & pedophilia networks that catered to the abhorrent appetites of the monstrous aristocratic elite of the time. This EP covers: the Symbolist writer, son of diplomats, and possible-occultist Marcel Schwob; Aleister Crowley's connections to Schwob; Oscar Wilde + Schwob once again; J.K. Huysmans; Maurice Maeterlinck; Sar Peladan; Peladan's Catholic Rosicrucian order and "Salon de la Rose + Croix"; Robert Louis Stevenson; Schwob's "syphilitic rectal sores"; Wilde's play Salome (which Schwob translated); the Biblical story of Salome, Herod, & John the Baptist; Crowley's assimilation of Salome into Babalon/ Scarlet Woman and his "Jezebel"; the influence of Decadent & Symbolist misogyny on Crowley's writing and occultism; aristocratic traditions of taboo-breaking and pederasty; Crowleyian Thelemic ideas of "justification by sin"; proto-surrealist Alfred Jarry; Ubu Roi; his semi-Satanic closet play Caesar Antichrist; the first-and-only production of Ubu Roi during his lifetime, which devolved into a riot; the fact that W.B. Yeats was in the audience, demonstrating the interconnectedness between the Victorian British & French occult scenes at the time; Crowley's formative time in France; sonnets for Rodin; Schwob connections; shitting on Oscar Wilde; callback to Levenda; Maeterlinck's connection to the French symbolists & his play serving as inspiration for Sheffield Edward's PROJECT BLUEBIRD (MK-ULTRA predecessor); H. Montgomery Hyde—former spy, protege & biographer of Sir William Stephenson (Little Bill), Ulster Unionist MP, and cousin of Henry James... plus H. Montgomery Hyde's strange proclivity for writing book-length works on pederasts, pornography, and homosexuality; the fact that he was deselected around the time of the Wolfenden Report when calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality in the U.K.; Hyde as the source of the rumor that Marcel Schwob died from constipation caused by syphilis from his book The Love that Dared Not Speak It's Name; Joris-Karl Huysmans apostasy and odyssey from Naturalism to Symbolism to Decadent Satanism to Mystic Catholicism; feuding b/w Symbolist occultists & Emile Zola; J.K. Huysmans' A rebours (Against Nature) and its influence on Wilde's Salome and The Picture of Dorian Gray; especially Huysmans' handling of Gustave Moreau's Salome series; preparation to descend into the Satanic underground of Huysmans' Là-bas(The Damned); and finally, Wilde's allusions in The Picture of Dorian Gray to Thelemic, Rabelaisian "Do What Thou Wilt" hedonism and the Cleveland Street Scandal (a scandal where numerous aristocratic men including Lord Arthur Somerset, Earl of Euston Fitzroy, and Prince Albert Victor of Wales were discovered to be frequenting a male brothel that employed young boys)... Songs:  | Kate Bush - "Waking the Witch" | | Alan Tew - "The Detectives" | | Alain Goraguer - "Ten Et Tiwa" | | Françoise Hardy - "Mon Amie La Rose |  | Nicolas Godin - "Quartier General" |  | Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Lemon Incest" | 

Welcome back to ParaPower Mapping. It's another Boston Brahmin Watch Premium Feed teaser, folks—the second installment in our ongoing Fin De Siècle Symbolists, Satanists, & French-British Sex Trafficking Networks series. Speaking of which, free trials have been activated over on the Patreon, so if you'd like to access the full versions of this series, head on over to: patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping ... Let me be your Virgil today, dear listener, or your Orpheus, as we descend into another infernal circle of the fin de siècle Satanic scene. The attendant TWs, folks, this is another dark one. This episode includes: Our cont'd mapping of the overlaps & interconnections b/w the Symbolist, Decadent, Rosicrucian, Theosophical, & Satanic scenes in London; a closer look at J.K. Huysmans's transition from Naturalism to Symbolist & finally Decadent Satanism, as well as homoerotic & pederastic themes in his novels Against Nature & The Damned; Huysmans's occult apprenticeship under the Satanic Abbé Boullan, at least one of the prototypes of the Satanic Priest Canon Docre in Là-bas; his beliefs in "expiatory suffering" & Dolorism; his predecessor Eugene Vintras; the Mystic Substition of Pain—antecedents of Crowley's later philosophies of "initiation through sexual transgression"; Boullan's reputation of holding Satanic orgies & child sacrifice, and fellow occultists Stanislas de Guaïta & Papus's investigation into his cult & misdeeds, which led to a black magic duel (that Huysmans's maintained took Boullan's life); contemporary French depictions of the devil (Dr. Bataille, Michelet, Bois); Sar Péladan's Salon de la Rose + Croix; his Catholic Legitimist & Bourbon Restorationist father, who founded his own Catholic sect; his crazy alchemist brother who OD'd on strychnine; Péladan's claim that he could utilize remote viewing for espionage purposes (which he declared to French President Félix Faure); Péladan's connections to many prominent artists, poets, & composers—Erik Satie, Debussy, Wagner, Christina Rossetti, W.B. Yeats, etc.; his many collaborations w/ the Satanic painter Felicien Rops; his Eastern & Catholic Mysticism; the Moonchild; Marcel Schwob's depictions of witchcraft & Satanism in his stories "The Embalming Women", "The Faulx-Visaiges"; & "The Sabbat at Mofflaines"; Schwob's literary & aristocratic networks; first mention of Aleister Crowley's favorite "upstairs" club, Le Chat Blanc (The White Cat); more of Crowley's time in Paris; a brief foray into Italy to discuss a few anecdotes from Crowley's Abbey of Thelema; academics drinking cat blood & dying; a murderous prostitute named "Tiger Lady"; Crowley's bloody ties & Ripper story; Kenneth Anger; the "sexually transgressive" wall murals; getting kicked out of Italy by Benito Mussolini (prefiguring our later discussion of Crowley's expulsion from France); Affaire des Poisons & the La Voisin trial; the black magic black market of King Louis XIV (the Sun King); La Voisin & Guibourg's Satanic rites; various assassination attempts with poison; a brief Israel Regardie bio; his time as secretary to Crowley; Aleister's World War I counter-espionage stories in interviews w/ Paris-Midi; his exile from France; and the curious fact that a terrible rail accident occurred on the exact same Brussels-bound line exactly 3 hours & 32 minutes (or 333?) before Crowley was to depart for Belgium via train (and the obligatory wonderments about this all together too coincidental fact). Music: | Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner - "Satan's River" | | Camille Saint-Saëns - "Danse Macabre" | | Brigitte Bardot - "Le Diable est Anglais" | | True Detective Season 1 - OST "You Should Kill Yourself" scene | | Iron Maiden - "Moonchild" |

Welcome back to ParaPower Mapping and the first episode of the BOSTON BRAHMIN WATCH Premium Feed! I'm chuffed, Brahmin Watchers, because the Patreon has finally launched, I managed to relocate the keys to the Boston Brahmin Watch Office, and I'm really excited for y'all to get your hands on this newest research (as dark, enervating, & soul-crushing as it may be). Here's the first half of the first premium feed EP for you to enjoy; and here's hoping your interest is piqued! If you're dying to listen to this EP in its entirety, go to Patreon and subscribe to ParaPower Mapping to unlock it and all sorts of extracurricular goodness. This is Part I of a multipart descent into the Decadent Symbolist, Rosicrucian, and Satanic underground of fin de siècle Paris and Victorian London, as well as the related sex trafficking & pedophilia networks that catered to the abhorrent appetites of the monstrous aristocratic elite of the time. This EP covers: the Symbolist writer, son of diplomats, and possible-occultist Marcel Schwob; Aleister Crowley's connections to Schwob; Oscar Wilde + Schwob once again; J.K. Huysmans; Maurice Maeterlinck; Sar Peladan; Peladan's Catholic Rosicrucian order and "Salon de la Rose + Croix"; Robert Louis Stevenson; Schwob's "syphilitic rectal sores"; Wilde's play Salome (which Schwob translated); the Biblical story of Salome, Herod, & John the Baptist; Crowley's assimilation of Salome into Babalon/ Scarlet Woman and his "Jezebel"; the influence of Decadent & Symbolist misogyny on Crowley's writing and occultism; aristocratic traditions of taboo-breaking and pederasty; Crowleyian Thelemic ideas of "justification by sin"; proto-surrealist Alfred Jarry; Ubu Roi; his semi-Satanic closet play Caesar Antichrist; the first-and-only production of Ubu Roi during his lifetime, which devolved into a riot; the fact that W.B. Yeats was in the audience, demonstrating the interconnectedness between the Victorian British & French occult scenes at the time; Crowley's formative time in France; sonnets for Rodin; Schwob connections; shitting on Oscar Wilde; callback to Levenda; Maeterlinck's connection to the French symbolists & his play serving as inspiration for Sheffield Edward's PROJECT BLUEBIRD (MK-ULTRA predecessor); H. Montgomery Hyde—former spy, protege & biographer of Sir William Stephenson (Little Bill), Ulster Unionist MP, and cousin of Henry James... plus H. Montgomery Hyde's strange proclivity for writing book-length works on pederasts, pornography, and homosexuality; the fact that he was deselected around the time of the Wolfenden Report when calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality in the U.K.; Hyde as the source of the rumor that Marcel Schwob died from constipation caused by syphilis from his book The Love that Dared Not Speak It's Name; Joris-Karl Huysmans apostasy and odyssey from Naturalism to Symbolism to Decadent Satanism to Mystic Catholicism; feuding b/w Symbolist occultists & Emile Zola; J.K. Huysmans' A rebours (Against Nature) and its influence on Wilde's Salome and The Picture of Dorian Gray; especially Huysmans' handling of Gustave Moreau's Salome series; preparation to descend into the Satanic underground of Huysmans' Là-bas (The Damned); and finally, Wilde's allusions in The Picture of Dorian Gray to Thelemic, Rabelaisian "Do What Thou Wilt" hedonism and the Cleveland Street Scandal (a scandal where numerous aristocratic men including Lord Arthur Somerset, Earl of Euston Fitzroy, and Prince Albert Victor of Wales were discovered to be frequenting a male brothel that employed young boys)... Songs: | Kate Bush - "Waking the Witch" | | Alan Tew - "The Detectives" | | Alain Goraguer - "Ten Et Tiwa" | | Françoise Hardy - "Mon Amie La Rose | | Nicolas Godin - "Quartier General" | | Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Lemon Incest" |

Dans ce podcast, Aline et Elise ont le grand plaisir de recevoir Lyes Toualbi de FBI – French British Improvisation.  Il nous présente cette ligue d’improvisation francophone basée à Londres et nous fait découvrir leur projets en cours. Lyes parle également de sa passion pour le stand-up et l’improvisation. Avec Aline Bavister et Elise Lines. ... Read more

In episode #126 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Franco-British pianist and composer RIOPY to discuss his new album, THRIVE. RIOPY came to music in an extraordinary and unusual way. Escaping to the UK following a childhood spent in an oppressive French cult, his fortunes changed when he was given an opportunity to study at Oxford Brookes University and then gifted a Steinway piano by Coldplay's Chris Martin, who recognised his need and potential. He has since channelled his troubled past – which included drug and alcohol abuse brought on by depression and anxiety – into his music, which now serves as a source of solace to millions around the world. RIOPY's preceding trilogy of albums, RIOPY (2018), Tree of Light (2019) and Bliss (2021), have accumulated 600 million streams worldwide and achieved significant chart success, with more than 120 weeks for Tree of Light on the US's Billboard classical chart. Lana Del Rey recently announced that she has adapted one of RIOPY's compositions. His meditative piano playing and melody will feature on a track on the American singer-songwriter's new album, Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd? When announcing the new album, the singer thanked RIOPY "for lending me your subtle piano compositions that are infused with melodies I only wish I could dream up". Details will be confirmed at a later date. THRIVE marks the beginning of a new chapter for RIOPY. It will be the first of his albums to include strings alongside his evocative and powerful pianism, which has earned him an ever-increasing international following. In this interview, RIOPY talks about writing and recording the album, Lana Del Rey using his music on her new album, live shows, meditation and lots more. Check out the article on XS Noize - https://bityl.co/IBN3 Please also subscribe and follow XS Noize on the social media links below: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/xsnoizemusic Twitter - https://twitter.com/xsnoizemusic Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/xsnoizemusic/

Air pollution has blighted Serbia for years. This is due to the country's heavy reliance on coal, which in 2021 powered around 70% of its electricity.  Old diesel-powered vehicles and authorities move to tamper with air pollution criteria have also been part of the problem. In turn, activists have taken to the streets and courts.Our correspondents Lizi Auskery and Milivoje Pantović discuss the situation with activists, whistle-blowers and health workers in order to assess the scale of the problem. In addition, Boris speaks to Mirko Popović, the programme director of Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute (RERI), an organisation that conducts environmental and climate lawsuits in the Balkans. The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for n-ost and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

Growing up as a a child of immigrant parents, Mehdi Tounsi did not feel like he belonged - neither in the country he lived in, nor in the country his parents were from. He always felt “different”.   This really resonated with me, so I invited him on the podcast!

It's been a year since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.The war has killed hundreds of thousands both sides included and displaced millions of Ukrainians, while plunging the rest of Europe into an energy crisis.  Its environmental impacts have also been devastating, ranging from military chemical contamination and emissions to nuclear threats. In Russia, the government's swing towards totalitarianism has taken a severe toll on the climate and environmental movements. One silver lining: Europe's rush to cut historic energy ties with Russia appears to have accelerated the continent's green transition.Tune in for a special episode on this sombre anniversary for a discussion between Angelina and Boris on all of the above points.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for n-ost and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

The Eurasian Climate Brief team gets together to look back on the top climate stories that have taken place during 2022 across Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. From to the consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine for the global energy market and climate movement, to the hopeful rise of Ukrainian climate activism and low-carbon strategies in Central Asia, join us for unique analysis of the region's trends and what they might hold in store for the year ahead.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for n-ost and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

A little more than two weeks after the end of COP27, the Eurasian Climate Brief team takes stock on what the summit in Sharm El-Cheikh has achieved, and where it fell short: How significant is the deal on the ‘loss and damage' fund, aimed at compensating developing countries for irreversible climate impacts? And what progress has made, if any, in the fight to phase out fossil fuels? Needless to say that all of this is to be read against the background of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the terrible consequences of which influenced much of this conference.We discuss this with Svitlana Romanko, an environmental lawyer and the founder of the Ukrainian NGO Razom We Stand. Svitlana will also brief us on her powerful protests and campaigns in the past months, from calls for a total ban on Russian fossil fuels imports to confrontations with Total's CEO and Russian delegates.To find out more about Razom We stand, visit https://razomwestand.org/en.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for n-ost and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

As COP27 draws to a close, we take another deep dive into the impacts of Russia's war against Ukraine on the climate negotiations and climate action at large. What were Moscow's priorities this year? How has the Russian delegation been treated by the rest of the climate community throughout the summit? Maria Pastukhova, a senior policy analyst at the climate think tank E3G, and Anna Korppoo, a research professor from the Fridtjof Nansens Institute in Norway, discuss these questions, and much more.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

This week on Skip Intro we head back to uni for Mindy Kaling's comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls which returns for a second season this week, and discuss the brand new French/British period drama Marie Antoinette.  John and Ali trade recommendations with the Australian crime drama The Kettering Incident and feature doco Icahn: The Restless Billionaire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last time we spoke the first time the British and French armada attacked the Taku forts it was a literal cake walk. Reminscent of the first opium war, the Qing cannons proved inept at hitting the European ships. Elgin's coalition made their way to Tianjin where they were met by the Emperors emissaries who began the same old tired procrastination strategy. Elgin was simply fed up and left the job to his brother Bruce who thought he got the deal won and done, but little did they all know the Qing had no intention of following through with the new treaty. A rebellion broke out at Canton and now Bruce was left with a new coalition force to fight yet again to get to Beijing to force the Qing to heed the treaty. However this time the Taku Forts were led by Prince Seng and he served the Europeans a truly nasty defeat. The tides of war were turning in favor of the Qing dynasty.    Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. #22 This episode is Part 4 of the Second Opium War: The March to Beijing   When news came back to Britain about the loss, Lord Derby's government fell on June 10th 1859. Lord Palmerston returned to power at the age of 75 and wrote to the foreign office  “We must in some way or other make the Chinese repent of the outrage. We might send a military-naval force to attack and occupy Peking.” Elgin sat in on a cabinet meeting as Palmerston had appointed him Postmaster-General in the new Whig government. Elgin proscribed a moderate response, fearing that if Britain toppled the Manchu government the new masters of China would become the Taiping who lets just say were not great friends to capitalism and especially not towards the opium trade. For those MP's who still sought diplomacy, a recent event had hurt their cause. American ambassador John Ward made an attempt at diplomacy, agreeing to go to Beitang around 160 miles north of Beijing before heading to the capital. Yet instead of traveling in a sedan chair like any respectable Qing official, Ward accepted the humiliating Chinese offer to use a wooden cart without springs or a cushioned seat. The Chinese it turns out slyly told Ward this was the preferred method of transport the Russians took when in reality it was the typical transport for tribute bearers. Apparently the trip was so bumpy and painful, Ward chose to walk the last few miles. The Qing were delighted at the sight of the western representative entering Beijing on July 27th on foot like a common peasant. Ward like so many before him, ran into the kowtow situation. Ward said he was willing to bow but “I am accustomed to kneel only to God and women” to which some Qing court official said “but the emperor is God'. Another absolutely ridiculous war about the logistics of Kowtowing emerged. Ward was unwilling to do the full blown deal and kept trying to cut corners. The Qing officials asked if he could touch the floor with his fingertips instead of his head, he said no. They then asked if he could hide his legs behind a curtain so the emperor thought he was kneeling when in fact he wouldnt be. Many letters went back and forth trying to find a way to accommodate Ward's kowtow, but at the last moment Emperor Xianfeng came out of an opium stupor and upon receiving the recent news about the grand victory at the Taku Forts demanded Ward do the full blown kowtow. The Emperor added, since the Americans decided to break neutrality at the Taku Forts it was the least Ward could do, ouch. If you can believe it, the kowtow argument went on for 14 days. The Emperor eventually ordered Ward and his entourage to be expelled from Beijing. Though this all looked horrible on the surface, in truth Ward went to Beitang without interference from the Emperor and signed a treaty with the Qing officials on August 15th of 1859. Wards success was due to the fact, unlike his British and French counterparts, America was not insistent on signing the treaty within the capital. The American experience made Bruce look bad and Palmerston was fed up with the Qing protocols, kowtowing and such. The British newspapers were calling for blood after hearing news about the Taku fort disaster. Yet the situation was delicate. 10% of Britains tax revenue came from the opium trade in China. As Elgin put it in a letter to a colleague “If you humiliate the Emperor beyond measure, if you seriously impair his influence over his own subjects, you kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. [You] throw the country into confusion and imperil the most lucrative trade you have in the world. I know that these opinions are not popular. The general notion is that if we use the bludgeon freely enough we can do anything in China. I hold the opposite view so strongly that I must give expression to it at whatever cost to myself.” Then some international actions stirred things into motion. Italy suddenly seized the Austrian controlled territory of Lombardy. Rumors began to spread that France was mustering 12,000 infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, 6 batteries of artillery and 20 gunboats most likely to hit Beijing….or perhaps Britain. It does seem to all be hysteria, but one thing was for sure, the British needed to take action to secure their interests in China. The Foreign Secretary on October 29th ordered Bruce to demand an apology for the lives lost at the Taku forts, for unspecified reparations and an agreement to respect the terms of the Treaty of Tianjin. The Qing would be given 30 days to respond, no more tactical delays allowed, if they failed to meet the deadline Bruce would block the Bei He River. Bruce received the orders in January of 1860, but there were problems. The idea was to starve out Beijing, its been an idea tossed around a few times at this point. However blockading the Bei He river would result in just rice crop not getting north, those living in Beijing could simply sustain themselves on the other crops found abundantly at the time in the north, corn and beans for example. On top of this Admiral Hope needed to furnish the warships and it would take until April, thus Elgin began to showcase the issues and it was agreed to extend the deadline until March.  The Qing responded surprisingly quickly to Bruce's ultimatum on April 5th with a no. Instead the Qing officials invited Bruce to negotiate with some imperial commissioners, not the Emperor and at Beitang. It seems the Qing remained ever emboldened by their victory at the Taku Forts, they also ended the response off by telling Bruce the barbarian representatives in the future should be more respectful, ompf. Bruce was out of his depth and many officials in Britain knew it. Instead of replacing Bruce outright they simply superseded him with another British emissary…his brother Elgin, double ompf. Thus Bruce was to remain in China to help his brother. Elgin had spent his entire time in Britain trying to stop the escalation to war and was extremely reluctant to take the diplomatic role again. None the less he felt he had to defend the treaty he had built and was being stamped upon. En route back to China, Elgin stopped in Paris at the Tuileries to speak the Napoleon III to ask what Frances territorial ambitions were in China. Napoleon III said the major drive was for Indo-China and that France was more than happy to leave Britain the pesky nation of China to deal with. If anything, weakening China would just help France more so in Indo-China, une gagnon-gagnon.  Baron Gros caught up to Elgin en route to China and both steamed out of Sri Lanka aboard the Malabar. The pair were in for a real fun time, as a brutal storm hit their ship and it sunk taking with it Baron Gros's uninsured plate and Elgin's top secret instructions from Britain. Eglin and Gros were delayed 2 more weeks to retrieve their lost stuff, those documents Elgin had lost by the way held some brand new demands of China such as the annexation of Kowloon, something that might have distressed the French. Again, a rumor had been spread to London that Napoleon III sought to seize Kowloon. This prompted some panicky British officials such as our old friend Harry Parkes to negotiate a permanent lease over Kowloon with the Chinese Viceroy of Canton. In a bizarre fashion while the British forces were mustering for an expedition, this was occurring indifferently and the viceroy of Canton accused because he was bankrupt.  The international force sent to China was staggering, 18,000 men, 7000 being French. Because of Kowloon easily going over to Britain, this allowed Sikh cavalry to perform military exercises on their large arabian horses terrifying the locals. The Sikhs and British brought with them a terrifying new toy, the 25 pound Armstrong fieldgun. It held the accuracy of a rifle with the destructive power of a cannon. It was designed to scatter large armies by firing a shell that burst into 49 angular fragments, making it one of the most brutal antipersonnel weapon in existence. I can't state it enough here, this one piece of military technology is what will destroy the Qing forces, it performed tremendously. The French were armed with an outdated Napoleon gun for their own artillery. 2500 Chinese coolies were hired by the British at 9$ a month + rations and 2 uniforms. Ironically crime in Hong Kong declined dramatically after the British left with these men, seems they got all the criminals on the island haha. General Sir James Hope Grant led the British forces and commanded a special loyalty from the Sikhs as they served under his fair leadership during the Indian revolt. Grant got the job, not because he was particularly gifted, just merely the closest General in the east. An allied force of 2000 British and 500 French were sent to seize Chusan island allowing them to assert dominance over the Yangtze and its critical use as a supply road to Beijing. The residents of Chusan were so traumatized from the last invasion they gave up without a fight. 50 miles north of Chusan was Shanghai whom welcomed the allies also without a fight because the mayor desperately needed help fighting off the Taiping rebels. The Taiping had recently seized Fuzhou and were on their way to claim the grand prize of Shanghai. The mayor of Shanghai pleaded with the Europeans to help despite the fact they literally were going to war with other parts of the Qing dynasty. The mayor offered to secretly report the ongoings of Beijing to the Europeans. The French counterpart to Grant, General Cousin de Montauban hated the chinese in general but really hated the Taiping rebels particularly because they were protestant. The French general wanted to annihilate the Taiping menace once and for all, but the British held the mans bloodlust back agreeing to use forces just to defend Shanghai against any Taiping invasion. Even Baron Gros went against his General agreeing with the British. At Shanghai the Europeans helped augment the outdated Chinese cannons that could not aim properly to be placed as swivel cannons on the walls, which could fire outward and inward, a notably helpful feature against residents who might lend their support to the Taiping. They sold some pieces of artillery to the delight of the mayor of Shanghai. As Elgin approached Shanghai he was falling further into a spiral of depression, he had this to write in his diary “If I had been anything but the greatest fool that the world ever saw I should never have been where I now am. I deserve to suffer for it, and no doubt I shall do so.” Meanwhile the guy was getting letters from the Whig government saying if he did not conclude the China mission by the next meeting of parliament, their government would most likely fall and it would be his fault. Rumors had spread in London that Elgin's overly appeasement of the Chinese was dragging the conflict on. On July 26th, 150 British ships steamed up the northern coast to land near Beitang, just 8 miles north of the Taku Forts on the gulf of Zhili. The French fleet soon joined them and for 5 days they began to unload troops from more than 200 warships, if I was the Qing dynasty, already facing the Taiping horde I would be peeing my pants. None of the wall guns in Beitang fired upon the Europeans as they approached and as they opened the gates they soon figured out why, the garrison literally had run away. They also found out a lot of the wall mounted artillery turned out to be fakes made out of wood, and I just know theres a great embezzlement story for that one. The 20,000 residents of the city welcomed the invaders like liberators and even began to point out where the forces of the infamous Prince Seng had buried mines inside and outside the city. A lot of those kind residents were rewarded with rape and looting by the troops. It is alleged many of the women of Beitang escaped the rape by poisoning themselves with opium, strangaltion or drowning, my god. Many residents sought refuge fleeing to a fetid marsh outside the city. General Grant blamed the hired coolies who he said “were for the most part atrocious villains…the robberies and crimes they committed in the town were fearful”. But it is most certain all the groups present took part in the orgy of plunder and rape, war never changes. British Provost-Marshal Captain Con ordered 30 soldiers flogged for looting and military discipline was restored the next week. The march from Beitang to Tianjin was a mud filled nightmare, an advance company of 1000 British and 1000 French eventually crawled along a stone causeway for 4 miles until they finally spotted Tianjin in the distance and a large horde of Prince Seng's cavalry blocking the way. As the Europeans drew closer, hundreds of Manchus, Han and Mongol cavalry became visible. Their sheer numbers were intimidating at first until the Europeans saw their weaponry. Most were utilizing bows and arrows, spears, some 18th century flintlocks and of course Gingalls. The allies lacked enough cavalry to fight even such an under equipped force and pulled back for the time being. A Qing commander upon seeing the Europeans peel back away sent a letter immediately to Beijing proclaiming a grand victory had already been won. Then on August the 12th of 1860, Grant assembled 800 cavalry to march around the Qing blockading the causeway and to take them from the rear. The main allied forced would hit the Qing head on using 3 Armstrong guns. When the frontal units were within a mile of the Qing horde they open fire with the Armstrongs. The Armstrong shells exploded and tore to piece the Qing cavalry, but the defenders were truly fearless, even as their comrades at either side were literally blown to pieces, they charged at the invaders. The Qing forces got within 450 yards when the effectiveness of the invaders guns simply halted them in their tracks, creating 25 minutes of terror. The suicidal valor of the Qing impressed many of their opponents, Major General Sir Robert Napier commanding the second division under Grant wrote “they bore unflinchingly for a considerable time such a fire as would have tried any troops in the world”. The Sikh riflemen gunned down the Qing with enfields and pistols while they were met mostly bow arrows. Lt Col G Wolseley recalled “never saw men come on so pluckily”. The better armed but widely outnumbered Sikhs managed to force the Qing to break and flee. The Punjab cavalry would have caused an even larger bloodbath pursuing the fleeing Qing, but the mud trapped their horses. Many of the Qing fled all the way to the safety of the Taku forts.  At the same time Grant had launched an attack on the Qing cavalry guarding the causeway leading to Tianjin when quite an unfortunate event unfolded. A drunk Irish sergeant who had recently took too much rum that he was literally ordered to delivery to the troops and got lost and stumbled into what he thought was a pack of friendly Sikh cavalry, it turns out they were Manchu. The Manchu cavalrymen seized the man and a few unfortunate souls who were following him. The Manchu ordered the Europeans to kowtow and they all did except for a Scottish private named Moyse who was beheaded on the spot. The Irish sergeant and other survivors were allowed to make their way back to camp to tell the others what had happened and they got back safely a week later. Their story made it into The Times which published a poem about the man, though it got his nationality wrong, typical English “Let dusky Indians whine and kneel,/An English lad must die./And thus with eyes that would not shrink,/With knee to man unbent,/Unfaltering on its dreadful brink,/To his red grave he went.” Two days after the kowtow incident the Europeans made their way up the causeway coming to a village called Sin-ho where they found the defenders had recently fled from. Further past the village was a large outpost called Danggu and unlike Sin-ho this was defended by Qing forces. Prince Seng had abandoned Danggu leaving behind Green standard troops. General de Montauban wanted to attack immediately, but Grant cautioned that the men needed rest. In a typical French-British rivalry fashion, de Montauban decided to attack without the British, but they found themselves quickly overwhelmed by the mud-walled fortification's 45 wall cannons. This setback humiliated the French general who had personally led the assault, but it did not lessen up his pursuit for glory. De Montauban came up with a wild plan to attack all 4 of the Dagu forts at the same time. Grant insisted on singling out the most northern fort as it was the most vulnerable. De Montauban made a mention of the situation in his diary on August 20th “I shall nevertheless send a French land force to work conjointly with our allies. The object of my observations is, above all, to free myself from military responsibility with reference to my own government.” On August 14th, the British and French took Danggu using 36 guns and two rocket batteries before the infantry swept in. As one British Lt said to his commander “the Armstrong gun is a great success”. By taking Danggu, the Europeans were now in a great position to attack the northern most Dagu Fort that Grant had singled out, it was just a mile from Danggu across the Bei He River. There was a 6 day delay at this point as the Europeans were bringing the rest of their supplies and equipment along the causeway and the French garrison in Shanghai had a nasty situation leading them to burn some of the city's suburbs in an effort to drive out Taiping rebels. On August 20th the Europeans set up 6 artillery batteries within half a mile of the northernmost Taku Fort and called in for 8 gunboats to attack it from the south. Just before sunrise of August 21st the Taku Fort opened fire on their position. The Europeans responded by performing a rolling forward bombardment all the way up to 500 yards from the Forts walls. The European Armstrongs, 8 inch mortars, 24 pound howitzers and French 12 inch cannons rayes absolutely smashed the forts wall cannons until the Qing were only left with Gingalls to operate. At 6:30am a powder magazine blew up inside the fort causing a massive explosion, but the defenders kept the fight on. Once the Europeans were 30 yards from the fort, a French force led by General Collineau began to scale the walls, but there was a moat in the way. The French General forced a detachment of coolies to stand in the moat up to their necks while supporting the scaling ladders on their shoulders for the French to climb up and my god is that a heinous act. Apparently Grant felt so terrible upon seeing what happened to the coolies that he gave them all an extra months salary as bonus. Once the French got atop the walls they launched bayonet charges that scattered the remaining defenders while the British blew a small hole in the forts wall allowing their own troops to charge single file through. The Qing commander of the fort showed more bravery than many of his men. When he was cornered he refused to surrender until an agitated Captain named Prynne of the royal marines pulled out his revolver and shot the man dead. Prynne then took the commanders peacock feather cap as a trophy of war. It took a few hours for the fort to be secured. The casualties were quite heavy, the British and French reported losing about 200 men, the Chinese were said to have over 1000 dead and another 1500 had fled the scene. 9000 surrendered to General Collineau, kneeling at his feet. The inside of the fort was a horror story. Thomas Bowlby described the devastation caused by the Armstrong guns to the defenders inside the fort “a mass of brains and blood smelling most foully”. Grant awarded 6 Victoria Crosses to celebrate the taking of the first Taku Fort. The taking of the northern most fort meant the other Taku forts were now uselessly outflanked, they had all been built to withstand attacks only from the river and were open from behind. The psychological effect was very apparent as within 5 hours, two emissaries from Heng Fu and the Viceroy of Zhili province turned up to negotiate. They were met by the ever xenophobic Harry Parkes who at this point was quite famous to the Chinese for being so xenophobic. Heng Fu's emissaries offered to remove the booms blocking the Bei He River and to allow the European ships safe passage to Tianjin where peace negotiations could resume. Parkes proceeded to crumple heng fu's letter and threw it right in the face of one of his emissaries, a man named Wang who happened to be an anglophile and fluent in English. Parkes he personally knew the guy, what an asshole. Parkes then began screaming that if the other 3 Taku Forts did not surrender within the next two hours they would suffer the same fate as the northern one. One European present at this parley described Parkes to be “harsh and unnecessarily violent towards Wang. This was not customary among European nations and the envoys should be treaty with the courtesy common to civilization”. Long before Parkes two hour screamfest had elapsed, white flags were already waving amongst the 3 other Taku forts without a single shot being fired.  The path to Tianjin was now open and as of August 23rd, Grant took the armada unchallenged up to the riverway with the infantry as the cavalry made its way overland on the twin banks of the river. By August 27th the Europeans had an encampment just outside Tianjin and the ambassadors prepared to negotiate yet again. This time the Qing court sent the senior official Guilian who had previously negotiated the treaty of Tianjin, but this time he carried plenipotentiary powers. Elgin and Gros were notified of his authority beforehand and discussed amongst another the best strategy going forward. Both men presented new demands much harsher than the previous ones. The Qing were asked to make a formal apology for the casualties caused by the first battle of the Taku Forts in 1859; to pay double the original amount in reparations of 4 million taels of silver; the right to station ambassadors in the capital and to confirm the treaty of Tianjin. The Europeans would occupy Tianjin, which controlled the flow of food to Beijing, giving them the power to starve out the capital if the Qing did not agree. The Taku Forts would also be occupied and they demanded admission to Tongzhou, a suburb only 15 miles away from Beijing. Now Guiliang did indeed have carte blanche from Emperor Xianfeng, but he found the new terms so unacceptable he resorted to the classic Chinese ruse that he did not in fact have plenipotentiary which completely contradicted his original claims. Elgin recognized the classic Chinese stalling tactic because it had occurred so many times at this point. Elgin wrote in his diary “The blockheads have gone on negotiating with me just long enough to enable [Hope] Grant to bring all his army up to this point. Here we are with our base established in the heart of the country, in a capital climate, with abundance [food] around us, our army in excellent health, and these stupid people give me a snub which obliges me to break with them,” Elgin at the same time wrote to his wife “I am at war again! My idiotical Chinamen have taken to playing tricks, which give me an excellent excuse for carrying the army on to Pekin.” Thus Elgin and Gros both agreed the time had finally come to simply march on Beijing. After the fall of Beitang and the Taku forts came so easily, Prince Seng was prepared to commit suicide. However he was ordered to retreat north to the city of Tongzhou just outside Beijing. Tongzhou stood on the road between Tianjin and Beijing and it was there he would prepare a last stand. He had sent 10,000 of his infantry and 700 Cavalry from Danggu and 40,000 Mongolian troops towards Tongzhou where he was amassing an army of 60,000. His instructions were not to attack, but to simply ensure peace while protecting the capital. As the Europeans marched, the Emperor dispatched more envoys and countless letters to Elgin and Gros to delay them. They kept saying that Guiliang had been confused and that in fact the Emperor had accepted all the terms if the Europeans would just stop their advance they could ratify the treaty. It seemed the closer the European force got to Beijing the high the frequency of letters and envoys became. But Elgin was fed up with the Chinese delaying tactics and told them all they would not stop until they reached the  suburb of Beijing, Tongzhou. Many of the frantic envoys made a counteroffer asking the Europeans to go to Hesewu which was between Tianjin and Beijing. Grant liked the offer because in truth, the military force was having a hard time keeping up their logistics. In a kind of humorous way, when Grant began to press Elgin about the logistical issue, Elgin began to blame the troops for quote “the difficulty of getting our army along is incredible; our men are so pampered that they do nothing for themselves and their necessities so great that we are almost immovable. I was disgusted to find out the troops refuse to drink their daily ration of grog unless it is iced.” I love the 19th century its so wild.  On September 14th Elgin sent Harry Parkes and Thomas Wade to negotiate with two new emissaries the Emperor sent to Tongzhou. Their names were Zaiyuan and Muyin, Zaiyuan was also the emperor cousin and both men held real authority. On the very first day of negotiation at Tongzhou, after 8 hours of discussion which is light speed it seems for the Chinese, they accepted all terms. They also agreed to a protocol for ratification, the European forces would be allowed to advance to a place known as Zhengjiawan, just 6 miles from Tongzhou. From there Elgin would leave behind the majority of the forces and proceed to Tongzhou with an escort of 1000 men to sign the treaty. After that Elgin and his escort could continue to Beijing to meet Emperor Xianfeng for a formal ceremony of the treaty ratification. Harry Parkes traveled back to Elgin to report the great news and by September 17th he came back to Tongzhou to tell the Qing emissaries Elgin was preparing his arrival. However by the time Parkes got back, the Emperor had secretly instructed Prince Seng to destroy Elgins party when he came to sign the treaty. The Qing forces at Tongzhou were all hard at work preparing artillery batteries and surprise attack launching points such as millet coverings to conceal units. When Parkes began talking to the emissaries they suddenly began an argument about Elgin needing to Kowtow, it was all a ruse to delay. Prince Seng meanwhile counseled his Emperor to save face by going on a “hunting expedition” near the northern border. Seng did not want the Europeans to take the Emperor hostage, though there were many who believed it was actually a secret ploy to grab the dragon throne himself. Emperor Xianfangs concubine turned consort, Cixi urged him to remain in Beijing. The Emperor proposed to march out of the capital at the head of a huge army, make a feint attack at the European force and then flee to the safety of his hunting lodge at Rehe over 100 miles away near the Great Wall. The European military officials told Elgin and Gros to go to Tongzhou with such a small escort was suicide and they believed it to all be a trap. On september 18th as Parkes was riding back to Tianjin to report to Elgin, he noticed Prince Seng's cavalry massing behind these rows of millets. The cavalry were beginning to occupy Zhengjiawan and now Parkes suspected it was all a trap. Parkes dispatched Henry Loch, Lord Elgin's private secretary post-haste to rush back to Elgin and report all of this. Meanwhile Parkes alongside two Sikh's returned to Tongzhou to confront Zaiyuan and Muyin. When Loch got to Elgin it turns out his warning was unnecessary, Grant had sent scouts who had spotted the force at Zhengjiawan. Loch showing true courage quickly rode back to Tongzhou to report back to Parkes with only a single body guard. Both men were captured by Qing cavalry units and they alongside Parkes were offered safe conduct to meet with Prince Seng too which they agreed, I mean they had no real choice. Once they reached Seng they were both arrested alongside 19 Sikh, Thomas Bowlby and 3 British officers.  Parkes remained fearless as he confronted what he described to be “a acne plagued, short, fat Prince Seng”. Despite being in no position to reject such an order, Seng ordered Parkes to kowtow. Parkes refused and was met with his head being smashed into the marble floor multiple times. Qing soldiers pinned Parkes down as Seng screamed  “You have gained two victories to our one. Twice you have dared to take the [Dagu] forts. Why does not that content you? I know your name, and that you instigate all the evil that your people commit. It is time that foreigners should be taught respect.” Parkes managed to free his head to look up at Seng and screamed “we came to you under the flag of truce and you promised safe conduct”. Seng laughed and had his men slam Parkes head back to the floor before he responded “write to your people and tell them to stop the attack”. Parkes replied “I cannot control or influence military movement in any way. I will not deceive your highness”. Suddenly European artillery could be heard and Seng ordered Parkes and the rest of the prisoners to be tossed into wooden carts and sent to Beijing. Parkes and Loch were shackled and incarcerated in the board of Punishments awaiting an execution. The prisoners hands were secured with leather straps that were moistened so they would shrink and cut into the victims wrists. Some of the POW's were sent to the Summer palace for private inspection and public humiliation by the Emperor. It was Prince Seng's intention to showcase these prisoners as such so the Qing who witnessed them would see they were not invincible and stop believing the Chinese could not win the war. The prisoners were forced to kneel in the palace courtyard, bound without food or water for 3 days. Their hands swelled and many became gangrenous. Disease and dehydration led to deaths. Parkes and Loch at the board of punishments were placed in separate cells and interrogated and tortured. After days of this they were demanded to write back to Elgin to plead for better terms. Meanwhile Prince Seng had his men continue to dig in and for the first time the Qing forces held a lot of firepower, 70 guns in all. Seng had a 3 mile wide force of cavalry at Zhangjiawan serving as a road block between the Europeans and Beijing. Seng had over 20,000 troops and. approaching them was a force of 1000 French and 2500 British. Yet again the Qing were relying upon bow and arrows for the mounted cavalry and antiquated firelock muskets and gingalls for the, versus the British Enfield rifle, French Minie gun and the deadly Armstrong guns. Seng was using a strategy of encirclement before going in for the kill, something more akin to medieval tactics that had the serious flaw of stretching Seng's lines out making them easier for enemy penetration.  The smaller European force fought its way forward to meet head on with the bulk of Sings army just outside Tongzhou on september 21. The swift Mongolian cavalry charged in a broad wave at the left flank of the approaching European force which was moving in three columns, cavalry to the left, artillery in the center and infantry to the right. The British and French cavalry quickly split and pulled aside as the artillery in the center wheeled their guns around to fire upon the incoming Mongolians. The Armstrong guns poured salvo after salvo deep into the ranks of the charging cavalry to terrifying effect. The Mongolians pulled up in confusion then the British cavalry of Sikh and Spahi being led by De Montauban smashed into Seng's left flank, breaking through the lines and scattering them into a chaotic retreat. Then the true slaughter came as one British officer put it “Our artillery opened fire upon the retreating forces with good effect. Firing slowly, every Armstrong shell bursting amongst them and bringing down the enemy in clumps”. A Qing eye witness had this to say about the same event “Our cavalry went out in front, but they were Mongolian horsemen who had never seen battle before. As soon as they heard the sounds of the foreign cannons, they turned back. The foot soldiers behind them scattered ranks, and then everyone trampled one another.” French infantry assaulted the town of Zhangjiawan as Seng's Mongolian cavalry's ponies were being crushed by the larger Sikh and Spahi horses using their more advanced rifles. As De Montauban's cavalry penetrated the Qing lines, they retaliated as best they could with gingalls and firelock rifles all the while Armstrongs kept blasting. When the Qing cavalry began to rout and flee the Sikh and Spahi chased them down bayoneting stragglers. Despite the absolute carnage of the artillery and bayonets, Seng lost only 1500 men during the battle, but the Europeans reported only losing 35, a staggering difference. By the end of the day the Qing forces were broken and their remnants were in a full retreat to Beijing. Elgin worried about the consequences of their victory writing in his diary “I rode out very early this morning, to see my General before he started, and to give him a hint about the looting which has been very bad here. He disapproves of it as much as I do”. General Grant had allowed the troops to sack Zhangjiawan, he considered it reparations rather than vengeance and thievery. Many of the women at Zhangjiawan feared rape, and many of the looting europeans were shocked to find countless women and children committing suicide by opium overdose. One man named Swinhoe recalled ‘the more conscious of them, beating their breasts, condemned the opium for its slow work, crying out, ‘let us die; we do not wish to live'”. Some British army surgeons began pumping the victims stomachs with such success only one of the victims still alive when the army got there died. Baron Gros shared Elgin's disgust over the looting, he wrote in a communique to the French foreign minister  “J'ai le coeur serré par les actes de vandalisme que j'ai vu commis par nos soldats, comme par nos alliés, charmés de pouvoir rejeter mutuellement les uns sur les autres les actes abominable dont ils se rendaient coupables.” (I was heartbroken by the acts of vandalism that I saw committed by our soldiers as well as by those of our allies, each delighted at the chance of heaping upon the other the blame for abominable deeds for which all deserved punishment.)” After the looting was done the force began to march towards Tongzhou. While the Europeans were marching over at Baliqao where 2 large bridge went over the Bei He River towards Beijing a Qing army was forming. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me.  The coalition forces served Pring Seng a bunch of nasty defeats and it seems it was impossible to stop them from marching upon Beijing. All that was left in their path was the great bridges at Baliqao where Pring Seng would make his last stand.

Just a year ago, in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow, we published the first Eurasian Climate Brief episode. With this year's COP on the doorstep - this time in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt - we are now bringing you the first installment in our special COP27 series.Angelina and Boris speak to Baktygul Chynybaeva, a journalist and communicator with CAN EECCA, the Climate Action Network in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. What are the delegations coming to this conference with? What is expected to be high on this COP's agenda? And what about civil society?The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

The fifth episode of Composing Myself sees Wise Music CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham convene with French-British composer Josephine Stephenson for an illuminating and insightful meander through the fertile meadowlands of conversation. Topics covered include;- a formative introduction to the works of Mahler (“powerful music for a tiny child”)- how you really know when something is finished- collaborations with Damon Albarn, Arctic Monkeys and Radiohead- redressing the balance in COVIDAs ever, this is a chat full of interesting and thought-provoking insight into the creative process and nuance of the life of a professional composer. Not to be missed!----------Josephine Stephenson is a composer, arranger and performer working across contemporary classical and indie music. "A bewitching combination of dissonance and sweet-toned cantabile" (Bachtrack), Josephine's music has been commissioned by insitutions such as the BBC, Radio France, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, Nonclassical and Spitalfields Music, and broadcast on France Musique and BBC Radio 3. She has written for acclaimed performers including the London Sinfonietta, Aurora Orchestra, s t a r g a z e, Miroirs Étendus, Explore Ensemble, The Hermes Experiment, Tenebrae, the Maîtrise de Radio France, tenor Allan Clayton, gambist Liam Byrne and guitarist Laura Snowden.Interested in harmony, sonority and dynamic immediacy in her music, she has collaborated with theatre companies La Raffinerie, L'Éventuel Hérisson Bleu and FellSwoop Theatre and filmmakers Julia Hart and Scott Vickers. She also regularly works as an arranger for songwriters and bands, which have included Damon Albarn, Daughter, Lisa Hannigan, Benjamin Biolay, NZCA LINES, James Righton, Ana Silvera, Evergreen and others.She studied composition with Giles Swayne while an undergraduate at Clare College Cambridge, before completing a Masters in Composition at the Royal College of Music under Kenneth Hesketh, graduating with Distinction. She was a Britten-Pears Young Artist in 2015-16 and a London Sinfonietta 'Writing the Future' composer for 2017-19.In 2021-23 she is composer in residence at the Opéra Grand Avignon.https://josephinestephenson.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The six Western Balkan countries are struggling to embrace the EU's plan on green energy. Albania produces almost all its electricity from hydropower plants, but at what cost to the environment? The construction of hydroelectric plants in the Librazhd area is destroying the ecosystem of the Shebenik-Jabllanice National Park. Some of the country's hydroelectric power plants have been established without thought for the environment and in protected areas. Arlis Alikaj investigated the story in Albania.We also spoke to Rana Adib, executive director of renewable energy think tank REN 21, about their recent report on the development of renewables worldwide. We focused specifically on Eurasia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy & ecology.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Arlis Alikaj, an accomplished Albanian investigative journalist with critically acclaimed reporting on environmental and social issues in the Balkan region. During his Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Arlis wrote an in-depth investigative article into illegal logging in Albania's largest national park, Shebenik-Jabllanice, the last virgin forest trees along the green belt in Europe, which was published regionally in eight languages. He won the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2019 for his investigation, which is meant to acknowledge his courageous reporting and the importance of the work of young local journalists. He has also worked with CiFAR, a global civil society organisation based in Berlin fighting the theft of state assets. Here he led a cross-border investigation on illegal working permits in the UNESCO site of Lake Ohrid, which is shared by Albania and North Macedonia, in which he documented the corruption and the arbitrary decisions of certain powerful local figures taking place on both sides of Lake Ohrid.Podcast production by www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

In late September, four leaks were detected in the gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe, Nord Stream 2 and Nord Stream 1. The incidents, were, in all likelihood, an act of sabotage. In a joint letter to the UN Security Council, Denmark and Sweden declared that they were caused by "at least two detonations" with "several hundred kilos" of explosives, causing major leaks of natural gas into the Baltic Sea. In this episode, we discuss the leaks' environmental and geopolitical impacts with Sascha Müller-Kraenner, the CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Environmental Action Germany), a leading environmental, nature conservation, and consumer advocacy organisation.  In 2020, his NGO filed a lawsuit with Germany's Higher Administrative Court against the construction of Nord Stream 2  over its potential methane leaks, including as a result of acts of terrorism. Although Müller-Kraenner lost that legal battle, he has now won the argument.We check in with him whether the leaks are the methane bomb we might fear, and what can we do to fix them. Moreover, could these events prompt governments to take climate security - as well as energy security - more seriously?The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and the European Climate Foundation, and made by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation.  A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire (CLEW). Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

Energy prices were rocked by the Russian invasion, with Aluminium and Nickel prices increasing sharply in the first two weeks after the conflict began with the latter up by more than 100 percent.  Fears around the disruption to supply and concerns about soaring energy prices that could halt production in Europe are being blamed for the hikes. Other metals of interest in this war include titanium, scandium, and palladium.In this episode we discuss the issues around the production and supply of rare earth minerals with Robert Muggah, a political scientist, urbanist and security expert and the co-founder of the Igarape Institute, a think tank dedicated to climate security based in Brazil.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and The European Climate Foundation, and made by:• Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation. She is also a MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire CLEW. Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.•Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Support our work on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/EurasianClimate. This podcast is produced by https://www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk/

In September 2019, Russia formally joined the Paris Agreement,  raising hopes the world's fourth emitter would finally throw its weight behind global decarbonisation efforts. The move followed years of lobbying from European governments, including Germany, France and Scandinavian countries. Nearly 3 years later, the Kremlin's war on Ukraine appears to have severely undermined climate action and international collaboration over climate science.  In an interview with Boris Schneider, Maria Pastukhova, a senior policy advisor at E3G climate think tank, assesses the  state of the ecological transition and advises on how the West can limit the damage.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. This episode is supported by n-ost, The Moscow Times and The European Climate Foundation, and made by:• Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation. She is also a MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire CLEW. Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.•Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.Support our work on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/EurasianClimate. 

Bonnie Banane, HSRS, Sébastien Forrester, Photay and QuinzeQuinze's Tsi Min discuss downloading ideas, why music is like a dish with an infinite number of ingredients, and the importance of not drowning in words. Tsi Min formed the French-Tahiti group QuinzeQuinze with a bunch of close friends who met at art school in Paris. Their music is electronic in nature, but draws on the sounds and traditions of their French-Polynesian heritage. French alt-pop star Bonnie Banane has a unique experimental sound that blends R&B and electronic music, and is known for some pretty eccentric music videos. Julie Bessard, otherwise known as HSRS, is a transgressive pop artist from France who started singing and producing in 2004 under the moniker BESSA. Sébastien Forrester is a French-British drummer and composer who was formerly known as Holy Strays. After spending lots of time in Gabon growing up, he developed a passion for percussion, particularly the Bwiti ritual drums. Photay is an electronic music producer based in New York, who is a master of combining natural and synthetic sounds. Being introduced to Aphex Twin at the age of nine provided him with the foundation for his musical journey, and he's also a member of the Afro-Latin electronic collective WEMA.

The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.In this episode, we're speaking with Bill Hare, a physicist and climate scientist with 30 years' experience in science, impacts and policy responses to climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion. He is a founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, which was established to synthesise and advance scientific knowledge on climate change and provide state-of-the-art solutions to global and national climate change policy challenges.This episode is made by:•Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation. She is also a MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire CLEW. Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.•Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.

The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.In this episode, we're speaking with one of the world's top Russian energy experts, Thane Gustafson. How has the war in Ukraine has reshaped the global energy trade? And, could it help accelerate the energy transition?Thane is a professor in Russian politics and the politics of Government in the Soviet Union at Georgetown University in Washington. A former professor at Harvard University, he is the author of many books, amongst them, The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe and Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia, as well as most recently Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change.This episode is made by:•Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and English-language editor for The Conversation. She is also a MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, European Journalism Project Manager at Clean Energy Wire CLEW. Prior he has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for navos Public Dialogue Consultants and the German Economic Team. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin with a M. Sc. in Economics and is interested in the intersection of political economy and ecology in Eurasia.•Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting. Angelina left Russia in March 2022 and is now a fellow of the journalistic programme Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) in Berlin.

This week, Bedroth is joined by his two youngest daughters, Flare and Luna. The kids have been very excited to do their first podcast, and after a lot of back-and-forth, decided to talk about one of their favorite games to play together: Pikuniku. The game, released in 2019 by Devolver Digital and developed by French-British indie collective Sectordub, stars a strange, red, ovoid creature named Piku (whose orange counterpart, Niku, is the avatar for player 2), as he takes on the megalomaniacal Mr. Sunshine, who wants to strip the land of all its resources, which he will use to hatch an even more nefarious plot. The single-player mode is a puzzle-platforming adventure, while the two-player mode includes both a cooperative adventure and competitive mini-games. The clever, lighthearted soundtrack by Calum Boen (sometimes known simply as Bo En)perfectly complimentes the simple, childlike art style designed by Arnaud De Bock (also the game's creator) and the quirky, humorous story by Remi Forcadel. You can find Calum at https://www.youtube.com/user/calumbowen and http://bo-en.info/, and you can check out (and purchase!) the Pikuniku soundtrack at https://calumbowen.bandcamp.com/album/pikuniku-original-soundtrack. For more about the soundtrack, check out Kate Remington's interview with Calum on Music Respawn: http://www.respawnshow.com/home-1/2019/2/7/calum-bowens-funny-lighthearted-soundtrack-for-pikuniku Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways: Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you! Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! Playlist: The Mountain Village Free Money! El Bunko King of the Dancefloor Run! Underground Friends Mother's Lullaby Don't Fall! The Sun Is Shining Everything's Gonna Be Okay Bonus Track: Enter The Mine Special thanks to our Patrons: Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint "Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube SprintCade The Mysterious Nathan Artist Links: Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vgmvgm/message

Russia's aggression against Ukraine has changed everything. At the time of writing, there have been more than 900 Ukrainian civilians and 1300 soldiers killed since the start of the invasion on 24 February. At least 7,000 Russian have died - a greater death toll than that of American troops over 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.The conflict carries risks for the environment, too. On 4 March, Europe held its breath after Russian forces shelled the continent's largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia, igniting a fire at a training building. In this instance, firefighters succeeded in extinguished the flames and catastrophe was averted.But the conflict also threatens to unleash chemical hazards. On 21 March, another shelling caused an ammonia leak at a chemical factory near Novoselytsya, in the West of the country on the border with Romania. Residents scrambled to take shelter.Join us, as we discuss the environmental dimensions of the conflict with Wim Zwijnenburg, a project leader for the Dutch peace organisation PAX.  A long-time analyst of the nexus between conflict and the environment in the Middle East, Zwijnenburg has been monitoring the environmental impacts of the conflict in Ukraine since 2014. This episode is made by:•Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, a climate and environment lead at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe.•Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting.

If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be? When Alienor Salmon was asked this question, she realized nothing would make her happier than to leave her job at the United Nations and travel through Latin America, learning from locals the dances of every country she visited along the way. On her journey, she saw how we humans constantly prioritize things that do not make us happy. But when we use happiness as a baseline for all our decisions, we can come alive. Rooted in wisdom from ancient Greek philosophers and positive psychology, Alienor comes bearing proof that happiness will not passively wander into your life. Instead, you must actively pursue it. Listen in for the inspiration to reject complacency and live the life you've always dreamed. Aliénor is a French-British author, speaker, and consultant. She is the founder of Bailando Journey, and the author of Finding Rhythm: An International Dance Journey. She seeks to help others incorporate happiness science into their daily lives by exploring their values, habits, and beliefs, and create a roadmap to design their happiest life and follow their dreams through personal development and enhanced well-being. So, are you ready to map out your happiness journey? [00:01 - 12:30] Opening Segment Aliénor talks about her background and story Working and living in Thailand The decision to feel free and alive Quitting her job to learn how to dance in Latin America Testing happiness through dance Developing what is non-negotiable We can always say no to anything and to anyone Everything is a choice Choosing to be happy now Her desire to understand think deeply and have a social impact Social and emotional development Growing outside of the comfort zone is really important for happiness [12:31 - 26:11] We Are Much More Than Our Title Keep in mind that everything you have done is meaningful Your experience never goes away Embody the science of happiness The importance of understanding your values Feeding your soul Focus on the competitive advantages as human beings Aliénor's outlook about the working models People quit jobs because their work is not making an impact People are being micromanaged Feeling stressful and depressed There must be a change in the workplace Have more empathy and a sense of belonging Encourage more happiness to help people be more productive Do business with people who you are grateful for Aliénor shares how to make decisions and choices Developing self-awareness to question our choices E.g. What are you doing with your time? Where are you? Who are you? Let yourself imagine without any limits There is a place on the internet created to bring out our best impulses and our collective genius. Visit Goodness Exchange and get unlimited access to exclusively news and bonus content! [26:12 - 40:14] Map Out Your Happiness Journey: Dancing Through the Americas Aliénor explains the concept of redesigning the way you are doing things Free ourselves from original notions Always question things and be intentional Having a Happiness Day Evaluating what matters the most How people have helped to contribute and make a meaningful impact Being continuously touched by the amount of kindness Forming connections with strangers give us more faith in humanity Aliénor's level of fulfillment by sharing with other culture Having a positive connection Being surrounded by people who bring you alive Anything is possible and we can learn anything if you put the time and effort Open your eyes and experiment [40:15 - 56:26] Closing Segment Aliénor's perspective of hope for the world Happiness is a human right Looking beyond the economic outlook Education, mental health, etc Finding happiness locally Aliénor's daily routine to build a sense of happiness Meditation, journaling, gratitude How to connect with Aliéoir and her work Links below Give a review and rating, and share this episode with others Final announcements Tweetable Quotes: “We are not our jobs. We are so much more than that. We are creative humans.” - Aliénor Salmon “You never get your time back, but you can always make more money. Have a happiness budget and be very intentional.” - Aliénor Salmon “We have to believe that there is so much goodness out there. And that people aren't out there to get you. And when we do we realize there is so much there and we get a sense of belonging.” - Aliénor Salmon Resources Mentioned: Books: Finding Rhythm: An International Dance Journey Links: Bailando Journey Connect with Aliénor on Instagram. Go and visit Bailando Journey and embark on your journey to happiness! Conspiracy of Goodness Links: The Goodness Exchange https://goodness-exchange.com/ The Goodness Exchange - Become a member! https://goodness-exchange.com/pricing/ Goodness Exchange Social Media Links: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/goodness_exchange/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/exchangegoodness Twitter https://twitter.com/goodnessxchange LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodness-exchange/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBu-Bo4CG6V7PGq8QOANEg

10 Hands, 5 Chefs, 1 Night, Experience gastronomy on a whole other level exclusively at Expo 2020 Dubai. #chefstable #gastronomy #expo2020dubai #hozpitality https://www.hozpitality.com/Gates_Hospitality_FZ_LLC/read-article/jubilee-gastronomy-brings-together-5-award-winning-chefs-for-a-10-hands-fusion-dinner-featuring-the-best-of-french-british-amp-pan-asian-cuisine-6870.html

In this episode the Eurasian Climate Brief team are looking into the impact of China's oil and gas ventures in Central Asia. “What?” I hear you ask? “I thought China was going green and aiming to reach net-zero before 2060.”Take a listen to find out more about this huge story and hear the latest on the impact that China National Petroleum Corporation's is having on Kazakhstan.We'll also be bringing you the latest climate headlines from our region at the end of the episode.This episode is made by:•Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, a climate and environment lead at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. •Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting.•Stephen M. Bland is a freelance journalist, award-winning author, researcher and editor specialising in post-Soviet territories. His book on Central Asia, “Does it Yurt?”, was released in 2016, and he is currently putting the finishing touches to a book about the Caucasus.

On 25 January, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan suffered from a mysterious series of electricity power outages, plunging the region into chaos. For several hours, skiers lay perched on lifts and planes grounded while traffic lights, heating district and tap water pumps ran idle. The incident comes after Kazakhstan, the world's second largest bitcoin producer, faced a similar outage in November 2021. The culprit according to the government? Unregistered cryptocurrency miners.While the exact cause of the 25 January power shortage has yet to be pinpointed, it is now established crypto-mining is piling pressure on the countries' creaking soviet energy infrastructure.Join us as we discuss the carbon footprint of crypto in Central Asia and the rest of Eurasia. Our reporter Stephen Bland talks to residents and experts about the industry's impact on Kazakhstan, while Boris Schneider asks economist and campaigner Alex de Vries whether there can ever be such a thing as green crypto-mining.We'll also be bringing you the latest climate headlines from our region at the end of the episode.This episode is made by:•Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.•Boris Schneider, a climate and environment lead at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. •Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting.•Stephen M. Bland is a freelance journalist, award-winning author, researcher and editor specialising in post-Soviet territories. His book on Central Asia, “Does it Yurt?”, was released in 2016, and he is currently putting the finishing touches to a book about the Caucasus.•Production by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

The Eurasian Climate Brief is a new podcast dedicated to climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe and Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. This episode is dedicated to the crackdown on environmental activism, almost one month after Russia's oldest human rights group, Memorial, was liquidated.Our correspondents Anastasia and Ivan Shteynert report on the impact of the so-called foreign agents' law on ecological activism in St-Petersburg and beyond.  Vitaly Servetnik, a campaigner at Russia Friends of the Earth and the Russian socioecological union, takes us through the nuts and bolts of the legislation and explains why environmentalists are set to be the next targets of the Putin regime after human rights activists. Plus we'll be bringing you the latest climate headlines from our region at the end of the episode.This episode is hosted by:* Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.* Boris Schneider, a climate and environment lead at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. * Angelina Davydova, an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting.* Anastasia and Ivan Shteynert, two radio journalists based in St-Petersburg.Follow the Eurasian Climate Brief now in your favourite podcast app.Find more news from us at: www.twitter.com/EurasianClimateThis podcast is co-hosted by Brussels' thebattleground.eu and n-ost, a Berlin based network for cross-border reporting.

It is one of the fiercest environmental disputes on European soil in decades: Warsaw and the Prague have spent the last year sparring over the future of a lignite coal mine located in Turów, southwest Poland, at the frontier with the Czech Republic and Germany. The Czech government argues the recently expanded mine is affecting local groundwater levels and polluting its environment, while the PiS-led cabinet claims the coal mine is essential to its energy security.Our Polish correspondent,  Bartek Sieniawski, reports live in Bogatynia over the tussle, while Natalie Sauer and Boris Schneider talk to Milan Starec, a Czech resident campaigning for the closure of the mine. The Eurasian Climate Brief is a new podcast dedicated to climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe and Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. This episode is hosted by:Natalie Sauer, a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider, a political economy and energy expert at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Bartek Sieniawski, a journalism student at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He is currently carrying out an internship at Euractiv Poland. Follow the Eurasian Climate Brief now in your favourite podcast app.

In this special New Year episode, we take you behind the scenes of the production of the Eurasian Climate Brief and brief you on the biggest climate stories of the year for our region. Natalie Sauer unpacks Eastern European climate politics, discussing how Poland and other Visegrad countries have locked horns with the EU over climate legislation and forest conservation measures. The spat between the Czech Republic and Poland over an open-pit lignite mine on the border also gets a mention.On Central Asia, Boris Schneider discusses the impact of energy-hungry cryptomining in Kazakhstan as well as the water disputes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Commenting from her kitchen in St-Petersburg, Angelina Davydova closes in on Russia's climate 2060 net-zero climate target, the country's mounting environmental protests, and the recent coal mine explosion in Keremovo, Siberia, which left 51 dead.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a new podcast dedicated to climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe and Russia down to Caucasia and Central Asia. This episode is hosted by:Natalie Sauer is a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider is the climate and environment lead at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Angelina Davydova is an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting.Join us for a regional perspective on this historic climate summit. Follow the Eurasian Climate Brief now in your favourite podcast app.Find more news from us at: www.twitter.com/EurasianClimate

Join the COIN Collectors as we continue our journey into the 1700s with our discussion of Liberty or Death by Harold Buchanan.  (00:00) - War report (03:25) - Factions (13:25) - Map (23:35) - Faction relationships (33:40) - Battles (39:45) - Leaders (47:44) - Brilliant Strokes (50:40) - Events (54:25) - COIN system fit to the American Revolution (56:10) - Historical context of larger French/British conflict (58:40) - Scenarios (1:00:20) - 2 Player C3i scenario (1:01:15) - Interplay between factions (1:09:15) - Winter quarters and game arc (1:11:25) - Endgame and victory conditions (1:17:40) - Overall thoughts and wrap-up (1:21:15) - Next game http://www.dadsonamap.com Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

Rio Tinto, the world's second biggest mining company, has spent the last years coveting a lithium mining project in Serbia. Exploratory drills have already produced leaks, soiling crops and underground water in their wake. Meanwhile, president Aleksander Vučić has been one of the mine's most fervent cheerleaders, attempting to force through a law facilitating expropriations and weakening referenda standards.But Serbian citizens are increasingly mobilising against it. Last week, mass demonstrations led the president to suspend such laws. Despite this, people are continuing to pour into the streets of Belgrade to demand the laws be dropped.Our Serbian correspondents, Milica Šarić and Jelena Knežević, report live in Belgrade on the growing backlash against the project, while Natalie Sauer and Angelina Davydova talk to Savo Manojlović, the campaign director of one of the protests' organisers, Kreni Promeni.At the time of recording Rio Tinto had not returned our requests for comment.The Eurasian Climate Brief is a new podcast dedicated to climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe and Russia down to Caucasia and Central Asia. This episode is hosted by:Natalie Sauer is a French British environmental journalist and MA student in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, University College London. A former reporter for Climate Home News, her words have also appeared in international media such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Politico Europe, Open Democracy, Euractiv and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.Boris Schneider is a political economy and energy expert at n-ost, a Berlin-based network for cross-border reporting. Boris heads initiatives to boost climate journalism in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Angelina Davydova is an environmental journalist from Russia. Angelina has been writing about climate change in the region for Russian and international media and attending UN climate summits since 2008. She also teaches environmental journalism and environmental and climate policy and communication in a number of universities and regularly organises training for journalists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus on environmental and climate reporting.Milica Šarić is a journalist for the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS)Jelena Knežević is a radio journalist in Belgrade.Join us for a regional perspective on this historic climate summit. Follow the Eurasian Climate Brief now in your favourite podcast app.Find more news from us at: www.twitter.com/EurasianClimate

Markets rebounded on Monday after being rocked on Black Friday by fears of the Covid-19 Omicron strain. Boom Bust's Christy Ai and Octavio Marenzi of Opimas LLC join the program to discuss the sell-off and offer their forecasts for market performance. And the Nord Stream 2 pipeline could soon see operations start as controversy continues to swirl. Boom Bust's Ben Swann breaks down the state of pipeline as winter sets in. Then we move to the English Channel, as tensions continue to grow between the UK and France. Hilary Fordwich of the British-American Business Association lends her insight into post-Brexit issues and lingering fishing disputes.

This week, Colin & James discuss Insulate Britain glueing themselves to roads, COP26 gets underway in Glasgow, Dune sequel greenlit, reviews of The French Dispatch and the TV series Taken, trailers for Uncharted and Lightyear, Alec Baldwin, French-British fish fight, Facebook rebrand to Meta - and having to wear a vest to school.

Ariel continues unpacking the ghosts of Old Fort Niagara all while going on some side topics. Thanks for unpacking. Sources Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 17 The Native American Government that Inspired the Constitution https://www.history.com/news/iroquois-confederacy-influence-us-constitution Youngstown, A Village Steeped in History http://youngstownnewyork.us/about/history-of-the-village-of-youngstown/ Old Fort Niagara - History and Collections https://www.oldfortniagara.org/history Revolutionary War https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history French and Indian War - Seven Years War https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war Haunted Fortress Presents the Dark Side of Old Fort Niagara https://www.oldfortniagara.org/news/article/current/2016/10/31/100049/haunted-fortress-presents-the-dark-side-of-old-fort-niagara-october-15-and-22 Old Fort Niagara Celebrates its Long and Haunted Past https://buffalonews.com/news/local/old-fort-niagara-celebrates-its-long-and-haunted-past/article_5f9e2f7f-bce2-56b9-936c-2699034d0814.html Old Fort Niagara: Quick guide to historic site and, possibly, a headless Frenchman https://www.newyorkupstate.com/western-ny/2016/01/old_fort_niagara_quick_guide_to_historic_site_and_possibly_headless_frenchman.html French and Indian War/Seven Year's War, 1754-63 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war The Iroquois Confederacy's role in the French-British rivalry https://www.britannica.com/topic/Iroquois-Confederacy/The-Iroquois-Confederacys-role-in-the-French-British-rivalry --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rustbeltbaggage/support

Episode 3! AND we do our first 2 Parter... Not because we planned on it, but actually because we don't shut up when we are together, and decided to spare you a 2-hour episode (for now). WARNING: If you don't like swearing, you're probably not going to like us. Ariel tells Andrea about the history and hauntings of Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, NY over a box of wine. Ariel remembers her childhood and we unpack some personal thoughts on energy/spirits/ghosts and start planning our field trip to Old Fort Niagara. We test out our new technology - please spare us - remembering to talk into a microphone is hard - I promise we will get it next time - Maybe. Sources: Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 17 The Native American Government that Inspired the Constitution https://www.history.com/news/iroquois-confederacy-influence-us-constitution Youngstown, A Village Steeped in History http://youngstownnewyork.us/about/history-of-the-village-of-youngstown/ Old Fort Niagara - History and Collections https://www.oldfortniagara.org/history Revolutionary War https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history French and Indian War - Seven Years War https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war Haunted Fortress Presents the Dark Side of Old Fort Niagara https://www.oldfortniagara.org/news/article/current/2016/10/31/100049/haunted-fortress-presents-the-dark-side-of-old-fort-niagara-october-15-and-22 Old Fort Niagara Celebrates its Long and Haunted Past https://buffalonews.com/news/local/old-fort-niagara-celebrates-its-long-and-haunted-past/article_5f9e2f7f-bce2-56b9-936c-2699034d0814.html Old Fort Niagara: Quick guide to historic site and, possibly, a headless Frenchman https://www.newyorkupstate.com/western-ny/2016/01/old_fort_niagara_quick_guide_to_historic_site_and_possibly_headless_frenchman.html French and Indian War/Seven Year's War, 1754-63 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war The Iroquois Confederacy's role in the French-British rivalry https://www.britannica.com/topic/Iroquois-Confederacy/The-Iroquois-Confederacys-role-in-the-French-British-rivalry --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rustbeltbaggage/support

The Battle of Saratoga occurred in September and October, 1777, during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a critical turning point in the Revolutionary War. It was the first major victory for the colonists and led to the signing of The Treaty of Alliance with France on February 6, 1778, creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain. Benjamin Franklin had been in Paris working to secure the alliance and the Battle had help swing opinion to the side of the Americans and exhibited their ability to take the fight to the British. So, it then happened that on August 10, 1778 a slow moving hurricane headed up the east coast of the Colonies. The storm resulted in extensive damage in eastern NC, and then moved up the coast offshore. At the time the French and British were ready to square off in a pitched naval battle off the coast near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. This is was to be one of the first battles that the French took an active part in after the signing of the French-American alliance. As the Hurricane battered the ships the French ships were larger and sustained the heaviest damage. The smaller British ships had a chance to capitalize on the situation avoiding the worst of the storm by their greater maneuverability but because of the severity of the storm they were blown away from the French fleet and had to re-group over the next few days. The severity of the hurricane cost the British precious time to press their advantage of maneuverability and greater numbers. By the time the British squadron had come back together on the 13th more French ships had arrived on the scene and an opportunity lost,. The French now controlled that part of the coast in a significant aide to the American Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Father is a 2020 drama film co-written and directed by Florian Zeller, in his directorial debut; he co-wrote it with fellow playwright Christopher Hampton based on Zeller's 2012 play Le Père. A French-British co-production, the film stars Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, and Olivia Williams, and follows an aging man who must deal with his progressing dementia. It is the second adaptation of the play after the 2015 film Floride. The Father had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 27 January 2020, and was released in France on 26 May 2021 by UGC Distribution and in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2021 by Lionsgate. It grossed $20 million on a $6 million budget and was acclaimed by critics, who lauded the performances of Hopkins and Colman, as well as the production values and its portrayal of dementia. At the 93rd Academy Awards, Hopkins won Best Actor and Zeller and Hampton won Best Adapted Screenplay; the film received six nominations in total, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Colman). At the 78th Golden Globe Awards, the film received four nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and it received six nominations at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Actor (Hopkins) and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition, Hopkins and Colman were nominated for Outstanding Leading Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actress respectively at the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popcorn-junkies/message

A few days in New York. Have you ever been to New York ? Is it on your list of things to do ? Do you like big cites ? Do you live in the USA? What do you think of tourists to your country? Listen to this podcast in which Laura, a French-British young women talks to Sue about her holiday, or vacation as they say in American English. If you are learning English listen very carefully to how Laura talks about her trip. She is half way through her holiday so notice how she describes actions/events in the past and then actions/events in the recent past and then actions/ events in the future. This podcast is a great way to see all these grammatical structures. Notice the use of the Simple Past tense to indicate something that Laura did in the past.  I booked the hotel on line. I bought a Tourist pass before I came  Sue asks Laura; How did you cope with the jet leg when you arrived? Notice the use of the Present Perfect tense which Laura uses to describe something she has done recently, within the last few days but without mentioning the exact day. I have been to see the Statue of Liberty. I've done so many things.  I have taken a cab. I've been to wrong places. I have been to Five Guys. I've spoken to quite a few people from new York.  Notice the use of the Present Continuous tense to describe a current situation. Sue asks Laura: How are you getting around ?  People in the street are all carrying a cup of soda or coffee. Notice the use of the future tenses. Sue asks Laura: What are you doing after this diner? When are you heading back ? I'm going to visit Brooklyn Bridge and the Highline later this afternoon.     To learn more vocabulary don't forget to do the New York Skyline Quiz... it's awesome ! #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz p:not( .fca_qc_back_response ):not( #fca_qc_question_right_or_wrong ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_correct_answer ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_response ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_hint ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_item p ), #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz a:not( .fca_qc_share_link ), #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div:not( .correct-answer ):not( .wrong-answer ){ color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.correct-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.correct-answer { background-color: #abdc8c; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.wrong-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.wrong-answer { background-color: #f57484; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item p { color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz{ border: #151515 0px solid; border-radius: 0pxpx; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question { color: #151515; border: #151515 2px solid; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question:hover { background-color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button { background-color: #58afa2; box-shadow: 0 2px 0 0 #3c7d73; color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button:hover { background-color: #3c7d73; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div { background-color: #dbdbdb; border: #dbdbdb 0px solid; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div.fakehover, #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:active { background-color: #8dc8bf; } #fca_qc_quiz_215669.fca_qc_quiz span.fca_qc_answer_span { color: #151515; } The New York Skyline Quiz The New York skyline is world famous, but how well do you really know it ? Start Quiz Question Your answer: Correct answer: Next

n this episode we welcome actor and incredibly gifted voice over artist JB Blanc to the show. Jean-Benoît “JB” Blanc is a French-British actor. He portrays Barry Goodman in Breaking…

Aliénor Salmon is a French-British writer, researcher, and communications consultant. After graduating from King's College London with a master's degree in war studies, Aliénor worked as a field researcher studying issues related to education in Mongolia and along the Thailand/Myanmar border, before eventually settling in Bangkok where she worked for UNESCO. https://bailandojourney.com

Alexandre Holroyd was the candidate of La République En Marche! at the 2017 legislative elections for the third constituency for French residents overseas. He won the second round against former Hollande minister Axelle Lemaire on 18 June 2017. His constituency of Northern Europe covers all French citizens living in ten countries in Northern Europe - specifically, Iceland, Norway, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Sweden, Finland (including Åland), Ireland, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It contains roughly 140,731 registered French voters. By far the greatest number of these (113,655) are living in the United Kingdom, the country with the third greatest number of registered French residents in the world. Alexandre himself is French-British and was brought up in London and attended a French school. Having attended University in both UK and France, he began a career in consultancy in London. When Emmanuel Macron founded En Marche, Alexandre quit his job to found the overseas arm and campaigned vigorously for a Macron victory. In this episode we discuss French politics, French identity, the rise of Rassemblement National and the future of En Marche.

“Everywhere in southern Anhui they are eating people.” — Zeng Guofan“Infants but recently born were torn from their mother's breasts, and disemboweled before their faces. Young strong men were disemboweled, mutilated, and the parts cut off thrust into their own mouths…” — A British testimony on the Qing treatment of POWsIf I were to ask you which is the deadliest conflict in history, you'd probably answer WW II. But if I were to ask you, which is the second deadliest conflict ever—at least according to most historians—I'd bet the number of raised hands would shrink quickly. And I'd also bet that a good percentage of those taking their chances with an answer would probably be wrong. So, welcome to the wildest, weirdest, biggest conflict in history that few people have heard about (that is…unless you are quite knowledgeable about Chinese history). Millions of troops took part in this war. Something in the neighborhood of 600 cities changed hands over decade and half of fighting. Conservative estimates place the dead around 20-30 millions (some estimates go as high as 100 millions.) For frame of references, this is deadlier than the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, the Spanish American War, the American Civil War and the American Revolution put together. We can also throw in the 7 Years War, all three Punic wars and all of the Crusades for good measure. In light of this, it may begin to make sense why several historians believe this is the bloodiest civil war of all time. It all began with a Chinese man who, in the mid-1800s, dreamed of becoming a scholar and receive a government job. Seems like an innocent start, right? Well, our wannabe intellectual, a certain Hong Xiuquan, experienced a major crisis when he realized that no matter how much he studied, he would not succeed at passing the imperial exams, that were the prerequisite to getting the career he dreamed of. The fact that he failed was more than a personal tragedy for Hong. Rather, this failure would trigger a sequence of events leading to the death of millions. This was easily the most costly F in the history of education. Broken to the core, he had a mental breakdown, and began to experience visions. These visions revealed to him that he was God's son, and Jesus' younger brother, and he was tasked by his heavenly relatives to clean China off any demonic influences in order to create the Kingdom of Heavenly Peace. His efforts to create this Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace heralded a bloody civil war with a body count that would make most video gamers blush.In this episode, we run into Christian missionaries floating on a river of death, Hong's descent into further layers of madness, the Second Opium War, Zeng Guofan's comical pessimism, the wavering French-British policy, the Empress Dowager Cixi being a gangster, the battle for Shanghai, the Ever Victorious Army, a cholera outbreak, the asexual crusader Charles Gordon, the death of a Christian kingdom in China, and much more. If you feel generous and enjoy History on Fire, please consider joining my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historyonfire to access plenty of bonus content. All the links to History on Fire social media can be found at https://linktr.ee/danielebolelli Including the HOF YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCiqHbWJO26nFzUP-Eu55Q Substack: https://substack.com/@danielebolelliInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyonfire/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyonfirepodcast Throughout history, people have used mushrooms (such as Lion's Mane, Turkey Tail, Cordyceps, Reishi and Chaga) for their medicinal properties. My friends started https://purestmushrooms.com/ where they offer some of the best quality mushrooms you can find on the market at affordable prices. Use code historyonfire at checkout for a discount.Bison is some of the healthiest meat you could possibly eat. Get yours at https://dakotapurebison.com/ History on Fire listeners get a discount by using the code HOF10 at checkout. A big thank you to the sponsor for today's episode, Factor, America's #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Delivery Service. Head to FACTOR MEALS dot com slash historyonfire50 and use code historyonfire50 to get 50% off. https://factormeals.com/historyonfire50 Millions of people struggle with premature hair thinning and hair loss. If you are among them, you may want to address this by getting 10% off at https://proviahair.com/HOF

 On August 10, 1778, a slow moving hurricane moved up the east of the Colonies. The storm resulted in extensive damage in eastern NC, and then moved up the coast offshore. As the Hurricane battered the ships the French ships were larger and sustained the heaviest damage. The smaller British ships had a chance to capitalize on the situation avoiding the worst of the storm by their greater maneuverability but because of the severity of the storm they were blown away from the French fleet and had to re-group over the next few days. The severity of the hurricane cost the British precious time to press their advantage of maneuverability and greater numbers. By the time the British squadron had come back together on the 13th more French ships had arrived on the scene and an opportunity lost. The French now controlled that part of the coast in a significant aid to the American Revolution.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee joins Rendy in the studio to discuss everyone's favorite French-British production turned American animated classic, Doogal!

Ne vous fiez pas à son pas sciemment nonchalant, ni à son allure séraphine, encore moins à sa belle gueule d'ange, c'est tout le contraire qu'on trouve à l'intérieur. Pour vous donner un aperçu, c'est une personne qui quand elle prend des initiatives elles sont majoritairement 243, quand elle donne de la voix c'est l'AAME qui s'exprime et sur le terrain légal c'est du team management qu'elle fait.  Elle a dans son quotidien l'imme,se privilège de pouvoir convoquer la trinité French-British-Congolese ou de switcher habilement entre les trois (l'équivalent gastronomique d'une quiche lorraine au rost-beef avec du pili-pili !). Bon appétit ! Elle est juriste, elle est chantre, elle est impliquée dans l'associatif, mais elle est humaine avant tout et c'est à ce titre là que je l'invite, qu'elle accepte gentiment quand entre deux contrats, deux concerts et deux voyages elle a trouvé le temps pour deux nuits en terre normande, faisant fi des grèves inopinées de nos amis les cheminots. Bienvenue dans ce voyage intérieur dans la vie de Nancy Ntubu. Crédits : Habillage sonore (générique et tapis) : I Believe in you - Lokua Kanza Choix musicaux de Nancy :  Reconnaissance - Marie Misamu I'm yours - William McDowell Ba kombo ebele - Michel Bakenda & Deborah Lukalu Les extraits : Pitié - Tabu Ley Si je savais ça - Madilu System Parking ya ba Baba - Koffi Olomide Le Dieu que je sers - Aimée Dikitele Tango yang'oyo - Charles Mombaya Bondela - Runo Mvumbi Nzambe malamu - Charles Mombaya En ton nom - Aame  

Adam talks with French-British actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg about pretentious hotels, overcoming her diffidence as a singer, Kanye West and separating the art from the artist, and her collaborations with Beck and film director Lars Von Trier, plus other important business.The conversation was recorded in London in December 2018.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing.RELATED LINKSCHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - 'REST' (MUSIC VIDEO)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwgL_PrQYQCHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - 'REST' (ALBUM ON SPOTIFY)https://open.spotify.com/album/5nalJu58LJj7AMMyHwtbLX?autoplay=true&v=LCHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG & BECK - 'HEAVEN CAN WAIT' (MUSIC VIDEO)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrWN0-MuK38'CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG CONFRONTS FAMILY GHOSTS AND SEXUAL POLITICS ON SOUL SISTERS'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Eyg4L42nc&t=1406sSERGE & CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - 'LEMON INCEST' (YOUTUBE)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE06lqT0Y2gJANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG - 'JE T'AIME,…MOI NON PLUS' (YOUTUBE)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Fa4lOQfbASERGE GAINSBOURG - 'HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON' (YOUTUBE)https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5JF5i-v4BuR1BFcrlczn7qB06WTYOMN9THE ADAM BUXTON APPhttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-adam-buxton-app/id1264624915?mt=8 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dave's formative years in the arthouse cinema scene of Toronto come back to haunt him (in a good way), as he and Ryan deep-dive into a sumptuous banquet of lust, murder and French/British black comedy. Michael Gambon is terrifyingly charismatic as one of film's most memorable gangsters, while Helen Mirren carries herself with a grace and intelligence that's seasoned with just the right amount of sexual allure and vengeful feminine savagery. In addition, Ryan works on his soprano singing voice to limited success, while Dave educates us on the finer points of French cuisine and kitchen etiquette. Surprisingly enough, shirts are a must. Next week on the show, your hosts return to the local Cineplex to take in Ryan's next choice - "Spider-Man: Homecoming"!

When it comes to period ultra-violence you need not look any further than Black Sails and/or Vikings, both of which are currently airing on Amazon Video. Both shows are now well into their 3rd and 4th seasons and are maturing quite nicely it must be said. While Black Sails flirts with history, it's really a mash-up of Robert Louis Stevenson lore. Vikings however is much more true to it's historic roots and seems to be broadening it's scope this year with a double length season which is taking in not just the plight of those scandalous Scandinavians, but the French & British too! We're getting medieval(?) on your ass in this week's #NOTwatching Podcast!Black Sails http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375692Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582House of Cards http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856010Vikings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpodYou can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.ukIf you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review!To Check out other shows in the Collection visit:http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com

On this episode of the show all of the stories take place in the 1800's along with a brief news report at the top of the show.  First up is my audio book review of Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith as we take a look at a very bloodied past of a former US president.  Then it is a retro movie review as I give my blu-ray review of Wild Wild West (courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment) starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline. Kenneth Brannagh & Selma Hayek as the west gets a steampunk look.  Then it is the wild frontier of North America as I give my DVD review of Hawkeye : The Frist Frontier the Complete series (courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment) starring Lee Horsley and Lynda Carter as ro as mance & adventure blooms  while the French & British fight it out in the Hudson Valley.  I wrap things up with a very Canadian feel as I givemy blu-ray review of Murdoch Mysteries Series 3 (courtesy of eOne Entertainment) as crimes are solved in turn of the century Toronto.  Music for this episode features the songs Youv'e Got Me by Johanna Chase, Wild Streak by Becky Bishop & Southwest Serenade by David Connolly, all songs can be found at www.podsafeaudio.com along with the intro song Let's Get Ramblin by Dynamo Snackbar. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns (www.mrburnsmusic.com). As always your comments and suggestions are welcome

In this week's podcast: The preparations for the G20 meeting in South Korea, President Obama's high-profile return to Indonesia and the new 'entente cordiale' between Britain and France. Presented by Gideon Rachman with Chris Giles in the studio, Anthony Deutsch in Jakarta and Josh de la Mare and James Blitz in London. Produced by LJ Filotrani Please note James Blitz talks to Josh de la Mare on the French/British treaty not Josh Noble as stated on the podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who among us has not experienced a loss in our lives? Whatever it is, whenever it was, the way through it is a journey. Join us for a conversation about what works to find comfort (and what doesn't), when in the midst of a tough time. the place of ritual in loss instant comfort from unexpected places tactile comfort emotionally enhanced memories the importance of acknowledging someone's distress Marie Lachèze is a French/British national who worked as a management consultant in several countries before returning to France when she retired. She is the author of a new book, Consolation: Finding Comfort When Times Are Tough. Marie has gone through many tough times dealing with cancer, multiple bereavements and family upheaval. So, she writes from the heart in the hope that by sharing her personal experience as well as her research, she can bring comfort to her readers. Consolation follows the publication of her acclaimed Choices for Later Life. Marie can be reached via email at consolationintoughtimes@gmail.com and found on Facebook. Laurie can be found at The Baca JourneySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wisdom-talk-radio/donations