Podcasts about gemstones

Yay! I was able to have a wonderful guest back on the podcast today! High Priestess Traci Chambers and I chat all about intuition, focusing on how she uses gemstones not only in the beautiful jewelry she makes, but also as a source to guide her intuition. Traci is an Intuitive Life and Business Mystic, and helps spiritual entrepreneurs awaken to their higher intuition, align to their divine calling and activate their spiritual gifts.  You can find Traci on Facebook - Traci Chambers Or on Instagram -  Traci Chambers Jewellery  And you can listen to her podcast here - The Magic of Intuition Or if you would like to grab her book, go here - The Magic of Intuition: How to Transform Your Life by Stepping into Your True Purpose   I'd love to connect on Facebook in The Change Gang Group!  The Change Gang Group And you can find me on Instagram here - Laura Ordile Here's the place to grab the fun freebies!!  All the things, FREE FOR YOU!   Thank you so much for joining me this week! And I hope you had some fun listening. If you have the opportunity to do me a great favor and go leave a rating and review, I'd be grateful!  Happy day to you!   Laura 

Jay Boyle is 75 years young and happily married to the love of his Life, Lenora Spatafore Boyle with two children, Grace 37 and David 34. After returning to America from Vietnam, he went to college, learned to meditate, and became a wholesale, colored gemstone dealer. It was a difficult business to succeed in, but his career took off after he learned about the ancient, esoteric use of gemstones which came out of India and decided to bring loose gemstones to the world, on TV, in 1989. 43 years later, he is still employed by Jewelry Television and also running his own company specializing in gemstones for astrology. Learn more at astrologicalgemstones.comPlease rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe

The Roys, the Lyons, The Righteous Gemstones, who's your favorite TV family dynasty? ‘Even the Rich' hosts Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams join Ashley to discuss real and fictional family dynasties, the worst actor on Sex & the City, and Hulu's current obsession with turning everything into a docu-series. They also get into why the Big Brother live feed is so addictive. Follow Brooke and Aricia on Instagram@brookesiffrinn@ariciaskidmorewilliamsss Donate to Hollywood crew members in need at The Entertainment Community Fund. If you have 2 minutes, please help TV I Say grow by filling out this survey: podsurvey.com/tvisay Wanna join TV Club? Get our official merch on Podswag or join our Patreon to tell Ashley what to watch!

On the Shelf for September 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 267 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Book ShoppingGoodman, Ruth. 2016. How to be a Tudor: A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Tudor Life. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-1-63149-253-2 Cleland, Elizabeth & Adam Eaker. 2022. The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ISBN 978-1-58839-692-1 Ball, Krista D. 2012. What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank. Tyche Books, Ltd, Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9878248-9-9 Ndiaye, Noémie & Lia Markey. 2023. Seeing Race Before Race: Visual Culture and the Racial Matrix in the Premodern World. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Press, Tempe. ISBN 978-0-86698-842-1 Leonardi, Camillo (trans. Liliana Leopardi). 2023. Speculum Lapidum: A Renaissance Treatise on the Healing Properties of Gemstones. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park. ISBN 978-0-271-09539-4 Hindley, Katherine Storm. 2023. Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-82533-5 Warr, Cordelia. 2023. Medieval Clothing and Textiles 17. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-78327-598-4 Not Just the Tudors (podcast) Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Deanne Williams Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionEmber of a New World by Ishtar Watson Sanditon: The Lesbian Solution by Garnet Marriott and Jane Austen Where Pleasant Fountains Lie (The New Countess #3) by Lady Vanessa S.-G Haven's End (Daughters Under the Black Flag #2) by Eden Hopewell The Birdwatchers by Louise Vetroff The Haunted Diamond by Becky Black He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor #2) by Shelley Parker-Chan Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant For Love and Liberty by Eden Hopewell Her Duchess by Brooke Winters Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix (Remixed Classics # 8) by Cherie Dimaline Other Titles of InterestThe Girl Who Fled the Picture by Jane Anderson The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield What I've been consumingThe Great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details. This month we interview Rhiannon Grant and talk about:The appeal of a Neolithic setting Worldbuilding in archaeological settings Exploring spirituality Publications mentioned:Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant Between Boat and Shore by Rhiannon Grant The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss Ember of a New World by Ishtar Watson Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel This month we interview Katharine Quarmby and talk about:The historic inspiration for the story The work of turning archives into fiction Finding queer relationships in the historic record Fiction and non-fiction as reflections of each other Reclaiming marginalized histories Publications mentioned:The Low Road by Katharine Quarmby The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph Gentleman Jack (tv series) The Fascination by Essie Fox A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Rhiannon Grant Online Facebook: Rhiannon Grant TikTok (main): @ rhiannonbookgeek TikTok (books): @ sapphicprehistory Twitter: @bookgeekrelng Bluesky: @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social Mastodon: >@rhiannongrant@mastodon.org.uk Links to Katharine QuarmbyOnline Website: katharinequarmby.com Twitter: @KatharineQ Facebook: Katharine Quarmby (writer)

THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 3 REVIEW Everyone's favorite dysfunctional, evangelical, family is back here to separate you from your disposable income… you know… for Jesus or something. This season, the siblings (Danny McBride, Adam DeVine, Edi Patterson) are at odds over running the kingdom now that dad (John Goodman) has “retired.” We're also introduced to… Read More »Screener Squad: The Righteous Gemstones Season 3

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It's a miracle. You're healed. Oops. Nope. How about a feather instead? See, God loves you. This week we talk about the religious phenomenon of gold dust at Bethel Church, angel feathers, and miracle fillings. If these are the miracles God is into, I'd prefer the cash payout instead. Thanks. Please Rate and Review. It means so much! Thank you. Learn a new language or further your vocabulary with Babbel. We have a P.O. Box! Deconversion Therapy 188 Front St. STE 116-79 Franklin, TN 37064 Episode donations can be dropped here. ❤️ Check out our MERCH! Find us on Instagram, TikTok, and our secret den on Facebook. Support us   We do a monthly Zoom meeting with sponsors! And, finally, send us your true, funny stories for us to read on the podcast.

THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 3 REVIEW Everyone's favorite dysfunctional, evangelical, family is back here to separate you from your disposable income… you know… for Jesus or something. This season, the siblings (Danny McBride, Adam DeVine, Edi Patterson) are at odds over running the kingdom now that dad (John Goodman) has “retired.” We're also introduced to… Read More »Screener Squad: The Righteous Gemstones Season 3

I have always been a big fan of the Jason Bourne movies because it is a Hollywood version and fore structuring of what can be called MK Ultra fiction. Jason Bourne is a covert intelligence operative who survives an intense mind control “reprogramming” process to become a government assassin. After being shot while on an assassination mission, he forgets his identity and tries to rediscover his true past.Originally Broadcast On 8/01/2016This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4878838/advertisement

Editors - Justin Bourret ACE, Todd Zelin, Dave Canseco and Joseph Ettinger If THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES editors ever tire of working in postproduction, perhaps they can get a job at Cinnabon, because their cutting rooms have the unique distinction of being located in a mall.  But considering how much fun the quartet has working on the show and with one another, that career change might just have to wait awhile.  For now, audiences can enjoy three seasons of their hilarious work on MAX. THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES are living proof that worship pays dividends in all sizes. Patriarch Eli (John Goodman), the man most responsible for the tremendous success of the family's megachurch, is in mourning over the loss of his wife. Jesse (Danny McBride), the eldest of the three grown Gemstone siblings, looks to lead in his father's footsteps, but finds his past sins jeopardizing the family ministry. Next in line comes middle sister Judy (Edi Patterson), who secretly lives with her fiancé and dreams of escaping the Gemstone compound. Rounding out the dysfunctional trio is pseudo-hipster Kelvin (Adam DeVine), the youngest of the preachers and a thorn in Jesse's side. As the family battles numerous threats to their renowned religious empire, they continue to spread the good word... and make a solid buck doing so. JUSTIN BOURRET, ACE In addition to his editorial duties, Justin also serves as co-producer on THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES. He is also known for his work on FOR ALL MANKIND (2019) and VICE PRINCIPALS (2016). TODD ZELIN New Jersey native Todd is an editor and producer, known for FRESH OFF THE BOAT (2015) and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003). DAVE CANSECO David Canseco began his journey with THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES in Season 1 as an assistant editor, before working his way up to editor on Season 3.  He has also worked on THE GOLDBERGS (2013) and POOLMAN (2023). JOSEPH ETTINGER New to the Gemstones team in Season 3, Joseph is also known for ROAR (2022) and DEAD TO ME (2019). Editing THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES In our discussion with the "GEMSTONES" editing team, we talk about: Setting up shop in Sears Walking the tonal tightrope Going to editing summer camp Mining the gems from all that footage Fun with full frontal nudity The Credits Visit Extreme Music for all your production audio needs Go get an Avid Media Composer of your very own Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube

THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES director of photography Paul Daley breaks down his visual approach to season 3. We discuss the various camera movement, lighting, and lensing tricks he used to advance the latest season. Find out how the lotus scene was shot practically, how Paul makes studio sets look real, and so much more. Subscribe Now! What you will learn in this episode   Shooting the Locust scene practically (02:26) Visual approach to season 3 (07:45) Using both Signature and Supreme lenses (16:35) Camera movement and lighting (20:35) Approach to night exteriors (25:33) Practical locations vs sets (29:12) Filming the racecar and monster truck scenes (36:43) Paul's favorite scene in season 3 (41:14) And more!   Subscribe + Follow Go Creative Show Twitter Facebook Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play Podcasts iHeart Radio YouTube Show Links The Righteous Gemstones on MAX Follow Ben Consoli BC Media Productions BenConsoli.com Twitter Instagram  Follow Connor Crosby (producer) Ignition Visuals' website

Upon a very special stop on their tour, I was lucky enough to meet & connect with one of the most amazing Indie Folk music duos ever! A married couple from NYC, who lives & tours out of their conversion van with both their cat Oakley and dog Cuda, sharing their uplifting music with the world - talks about the ins and outs of their inspirational story of writing, recording, and sharing music, creating a beautiful life traveling, touring, and making a beautiful impact doing what they love. From how they met as roommates / bandmates to developing their romantic relationship and deciding to invest in a van and tour together, Trevor and Nyna have been living a beautiful dream of theirs sharing their healing and supportive music everywhere including right here on this podcast episode. Tune in to listen to these two play some tunes LIVE - and share their inspiration behind them! You can check our their latest record, Land of the Gemstones, or any of their previous works streaming on all major platforms :) I purposely did NOT edit anything out of this podcast to give you the entirety and rawness of this experience and conversation. This was also recorded virtually via zoom so you might here some glitches etc and if you want to check out the real, FULL experience of fort vine and their beautiful music check it out via https://fortvine.com/ & follow their instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/fortvine/ You can also support Fort Vine in their mission by sending them a tip, purchasing merchandise or even hosting them for a concert in YOUR backyard, coffee shop, event, venue etc! There are so many golden nuggets within this episode. Take a listen :) If we haven't yet, lets connect: visit https://www.candywheelerofficial.com https://www.instagram.com/candy_wheeler/ https://www.facebook.com/candywheelerofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/@wordsofawarrior https://www.tiktok.com/@candy_wheeler

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Episode 435: The Righteous Gemstones (S3) Review -- Tyler starts off the episode by discussing his thoughts on the latest season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Pat shares his thoughts on the new film Theater Camp! Tyler leads the discussion on the latest "Nerd News" (including The Last Ronin video game adaptation). The Nerds then review the new season of the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones! They end the episode with a "Nerd Favorite"...favorite John Goodman performance?   Timestamps:   What We are Into: 4:49-23:33   Nerd News: 23:33-31:40   Righteous Gemstones Review: 31:40-58:12   Nerd Favorite: 58:12-1:02

JJ Gordon tells you what to see in the theater, what to stream at home and what to skip altogether! In this episode, he will discuss Gran Turismo, The Last Voyage of the Demeter & The Righteous Gemstones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, I have a very special guest! Long time listener and friend of the show, John, from Gemstone Mine Podcast. Join us as we talk about everything from teaching new players to the application of lessons learned from cEDH. Find their podcast feed on MTGCast here, as well.Support on Patreon, here: Patreon.com/CadPopCast. There are a bunch of great benefits associated with being a patron. Especially if you're into altered-art cards!Big thank you to the official sponsor of Commander ad Populum, Fusion Gaming for making this episode, and future episodes possible!They can be found online at: https://www.fusiongamingonline.com/

In this week's episode of "Chilled Monkey Brains," charismatic hosts Neal and Jojo bring listeners an exhilarating blend of entertainment updates. The episode kicks off with a buzz as the boys discuss the latest casting revelations for the eagerly anticipated "Fantastic Four" movie. Moving into the galaxy far, far away, they dissect the news surrounding the upcoming "Ahsoka" show in the "Star Wars" universe. Special guest Nate Schaller joins the conversation, adding his insights on the third season of "Righteous Gemstones." The show gains momentum as it reaches its conclusion, featuring a lively review of "Oppenheimer," where podcast regular Ricky M shares his thoughts. With movies, TV shows, and a touch of humor, this episode is a pop culture extravaganza that leaves listeners eager for more. Follow the Pod on Instagram: @chilledmonkeybrainspod Follow Neal on Instagram: @NeazyNeal Follow Joe on Instagram: @Josefwithan_f

This Week, Gav & I (Noah) finally discuss/debate the much maligned HBO outing The Idol, Gav finally takes a bite of The Bear, and we both heap praise on Gemstones righteous 3rd season... Don't Forget to Send Your Suggestions for our upcoming 2X2 Retro Review mini season (2013, 2003, & 1993 films) Intro/Outro : "guA 11:23" by nARK Produced By : Noah Blanchard Released By : The ARK of E Network Support : www.patreon.com/thearkofe Contact : thearkofe@gmail.com , @thearkofenetwork

Amin, Tray, Big Jerv, and Jason Madison discuss the latest season of The Righteous Gemstones and react to Kai Cenat causing a riot in NYC. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1 Produced by John Jervay - https://twitter.com/johnjervay Sign up for The Athletic: TheAthletic.com/dings Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @countthedings @bommpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amin, Tray, Big Jerv, and Jason Madison discuss the latest season of The Righteous Gemstones and react to Kai Cenat causing a riot in NYC. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1 Produced by John Jervay - https://twitter.com/johnjervay Sign up for The Athletic: TheAthletic.com/dings Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @countthedings @bommpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What you'll learn in this episode:   Why all jewelers need to understand the durability of the stones they work with How Sally designed her book to be a quick reference for jewelers with minimal gemology knowledge Why consumer protections for gemstone quality are lacking, and why jewelers need to take up the mantle for this issue What Sally covers in her gemstones for jewelers classes Which unusual stones jewelers should take a second look at   About Sally Spencer Obsessed with jewelry and gemstones, Sally Spencer has been designing and making jewelry since 1995. Her love affair with stones started when she was small, spending many happy hours collecting pebbles on the beach. The stones may have become more expensive over the years, but she is still fascinated by them and has studied both colored stones and diamonds with the Gemological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A). As a Fellow of Gem-A, she continues to love researching about gems and teaching gemstone courses. She is the author of “Jewelers' Quick Reference Guide to Working with Gemstones,” written specifically for jewelers to live on the bench, ready to answer queries when designing or working on a piece of jewelry.   Additional Resources: Sally's Instagram Sally's Facebook  Sally's Website (Book available on her webisite)  Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com   Transcript: Gemology is such a vast field that it's impossible for a jeweler to understand everything about the stones they're working with. That's where Sally Spencer comes in. As an educator and author, Sally is passionate about teaching jewelers and consumers about the qualities of the stones they're buying—or think they're buying. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about the issue with mislabeled synthetic and treated stones; the one thing that every jeweler who works with stones must understand; and why she hopes to see more consumer protections and verification options for gemstones. Read the episode transcript here.    Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com.    Today, we're talking with Sally Spencer from the U.K. You may already know Sally if you're a jeweler, or at least know of her. We are all going to learn about the rest today. Welcome back.    You have different kinds of jewelry on your Facebook page and on your website. Did you design it and then have someone make it or did you actually make it?   Sally: No, I've made everything there.    Sharon: There's a lot. What is the symbolism or the importance of the marine life on everything?   Sally: My happy place is by the sea. I think that has influenced my work. The ammonites I use in my work, I found the originals of those on the beach off the South Coast of England. The others have evolved literally from my love of being by the sea, which is ironic because I live in landlocked Oxfordshire in the middle of England, a long way from the sea.   Sharon: I'm surprised you can still find things on the beach. In California, you don't find anything except litter. That's my understanding or my perception of it.   Sally: Particularly at Charmouth, the coast there is being eroded by storms. It's a clay beach, so every time there's a really high tide, it washes some of the clay away. That releases more material onto the beach, so it's continually being topped up with amazing things.   Sharon: Tell us about the classes you teach. What are the subjects and when do you teach them?   Sally: At the moment, I'm concentrating on gemstone classes. I teach in-person gemstones for jewelers classes where we go through a little about what gemstones are, what gemology is. I give them an understanding of that, give them a bit of background on how gemstones react to light, how gemologists use that information. I give them the opportunity to try some of the gemologists' instruments for themselves, the polariscope, the dichroscope, the spectroscope, so they can have a little flavor, a little feel for how gemologists identify gemstones.    Then we start looking into treatments and imitations and synthetics and man-made stones. I want them to be aware of what's out there on the market, so they are more aware when they're shopping and working with stones. I have boxes of stones that I take with me on these courses, so they get a chance to study not just the natural stone, but I also have contrasts. I have a natural and an imitation so they can see them side by side and understand the differences.    I have had so much fun with the online live Zoom classes, particularly with two wonderful ladies in Florida who were an absolute delight. I loved every second of my time with them. We do something similar. Obviously, I can't do the hands-on bit to show them the gems in person, but I give them an understanding of durability of gemstones, why that's important, why the correct identification of the gemstone is important. If you don't know what you're working with, you don't know what will or won't potentially survive while you're working with it or when the customers are wearing it, and you can't tell your customer what they're buying.    I think it's essential that we take more responsibility for that. In the U.K., we have hallmarking laws where you have to have pieces of jewelry independently assayed to determine exactly what pieces of metal are in there. Then they're stamped with the appropriate marks to say they've been independently attested, and you have the guarantee that's what the metal is. There's nothing at all like that for gemstones, so I think it's important for jewelers to take on the responsibility—maybe that's not the right word, but to take up the mantle to say, “O.K., we have this protection for consumers with the metal we're making the jewelry with, but what about the gemstones?”    I'm buying this gemstone cheap off the internet from who knows where. You say it's a ruby. Great, I'm going to put it in this 18-karat gold ring. I'll send the ring away to be assayed and independently tested to show that it's 18-karat gold, and then I put this ruby into it and sell it as a ruby. It might be a ruby. It might be a glass-filled ruby that's part glass, part ruby. It could be red spinel. It could be red tourmaline. All of them have different monetary values and different properties. There's no consumer protection around the gemstone side of jewelry. So, I'd like to try and get jewelers thinking about that and get customers more aware of what they could be buying and asking questions. I want people to be asking more questions.   Sharon: I think that's important. I usually don't buy things with stones, but if you buy something, you think, “Is it pink? Is it green?” That's what you think about. That's all I think about with a stone. How big is it? That is the dealer's responsibility.   Sally: It's interesting, because as a customer, you think, “I love that piece of jewelry. I love that pink stone in it. It says it's a pink sapphire. Great. The price equates to that quality of a pink sapphire. I love it. I'll have it. It's wonderful if it's a pink sapphire.”    The thing that really distresses me is when I see retail jewelers suggesting things like tanzanite for an engagement ring. Now, tanzanite is a soft stone, so it doesn't resist scratching very well. It's not the toughest of stones and it cannot withstand day-to-day wear, which, if you're fortunate in your marriage and you work hard at it, could be 40 or 50 years. A tanzanite just cannot survive that long being worn every day, whereas a diamond, everybody knows a diamond is hard. It's more durable. Sapphires and rubies are hard, durable stones, wonderful engagement rings. Emeralds, not so good. They are not as hard, so they will scratch. They're brittle, so they can get damaged. If you knock it, you're likely to chip it. All these things are just more information.   Sharon: That's important. Pictures of tanzanite are always gorgeous.   Sally: Just mouthwatering. Who wouldn't want a tanzanite ring? Come on. They're beautiful, but as a dress ring, what we used to call a cocktail ring, a going-out ring. Not an everyday, doing-everything-that-needs-to-be-done ring.   Sharon: That's interesting. I never thought about it. I didn't know that, but I've learned a lot and now I would think about it more. Your classes are very short. They're one day or two days. It's not like your signing up for six months. The picture you have online looks small, like they only have a few people in class, so they get individual attention. Is that true?   Sally: It seems. I wanted to keep them to a one-day class so if people needed to travel a distance, they didn't have to pay for overnight accommodation. They could do it there and back in a day. I also wanted to keep class sizes smaller because there is a lot to look at, lots of questions, and I want to give people the best opportunity I can to learn as much as they can in that one day. I want to give them value for money for their day with me or their Zoom class with me.    Sharon: That's good. I look at the classes and think, “Gosh, they look—not elementary, but wouldn't a jeweler know all this?” They don't, really. You teach the gemology or gemstone class. Do you teach any others? I can't remember.   Sally: I'm sticking mainly to gemstones at the moment. I do a diamond and pearl day for people who've done gemstones for jewelers because there's too much to include diamonds in that day. We touch on it briefly when we talk about synthetic gemstones, but you know how enormous a subject gemology is. It is vast. So, I've put together a diamond and pearl day to give jewelers an overview of that classic combination of gemstones as well.   Sharon: They would have to have the diamond class, but couldn't you just have a pearl class? There's so much to learn about pearls.   Sally: There's a huge amount to learn about pearls. I don't know a lot about pearls. Because gemology is such a vast subject, you tend to find that gemologists specialize in a particular area because it is so huge. You can't cover the whole range of the subject in any text. I don't think it's physically or mentally possible. Fine gemologists tend to focus on a certain area. For me, it's the more unusual stones, getting into gemology for jewelers, but also the less familiar stones. They're not necessarily the expensive stones that are coming onto the market, but things like Kyaikto granite, which is granite from Kyaikto Mountain. They weren't very exciting when they named it, but it has what appear to be ink spots within it. These are azurite crystals that developed in gaps in the granite after the granite formed. It's beautiful, and being a granite, it's hard-wearing; it's a tough stone.    Traditional gemologists focus on the traditional, crystalline, higher-value stones, whereas my interest, as much as I love them—I mean, who wouldn't? They are sparkly. But I do love these unusual stones as well, and the stones are more accessible price point-wise for jewelers just coming into the trade or who want to do it as a hobby. They don't want to spend a fortune on cut stones but want something a little bit different.   Sharon: That's interesting. I was reading through what you said. There are several stones I'd never heard of before, so I thought, “Oh, my gosh!” Now, if you told me something is Kyaikto granite, that sounds awful. I would probably say, “Thanks, but no thanks. It sounds awful.” When you explain it, it sounds very pretty, or at least worth looking at again. But it's the name.   Sally: It's interesting, isn't it? I think a lot of jewelers by their very nature are visual creatures. We have an appreciation, and we can see something better than we can understand if it's written down or explained further. We like the visual. If you saw or were glancing around wondering if I happen to have a piece of Kyaikto granite, I don't. They're all stashed away somewhere, unfortunately. Otherwise, I would have a piece here to show you.    I think for gemstones, particularly the more unusual ones, it's not just the stone itself, but it's the story behind it or where it came from or how it formed. There's usually something in the background that's a little bit different, an interesting combination of minerals that hasn't traditionally been thought of as a gemstone until someone thought, “Hang on a minute. That's quite pretty. If we cut it small enough and polish it in this way, that would look great in a piece of jewelry.”   Sharon: That's interesting. You might look at the visual. I like to hear the backstory. “O.K., it came from this fountain, and this is what it is.” Where do you find these stones? You exhibit or sell at about six shows a year. It seems like at least six, so where do you find all the material? Do you buy for other people, or do you have an inventory? What do you do?   Sally: I have a few dealers I work with. Over the years, I've started with the more affordable stones for those learning to make jewelry. I was thinking this year that I would like to change the focus slightly and focus on the more phenomenal gems. You can't necessarily sell these very easily over the internet because a phenomenal gemstone interacts with light in a particular way. It has a unique appearance. This would be something like a star stone. You have seen a star sapphire or a star ruby or a cat's eye stone, where if you tilt it back and forth, the cat eye moves across the surface of the stone. I like stones with unusual inclusions. There are some feldspar that have hematite and ilmenite inclusions, but when the light reflects off them, you get almost a rainbow effect off these particular, perfectly-shaped inclusions. I think you need to see these in person for them to show you what they do, which you can't really capture and sell over the internet.    I would like to introduce more jewelers to these types of stones and give them confidence to try them. I put some unusual stones in the “Jeweler's Quick Reference Guide,” some of the less common stones, because I wanted to give jewelers more confidence so if they came across them when they were out shopping for gemstones, they wouldn't walk by thinking, “Never heard of it. Don't know if it would survive. Don't know what I could do with it. I'll leave it. Thanks very much.” Whereas if they have an understanding of its durability and whether it may or may not survive, they might think, “That is a really unusual stone. Let's give it a go.” Then they can share that information with their customers. Once again, we're getting more information out. It's all about the information.    Sharon: I think of people who care about the stone and don't care about anything else. At the shows, are people mostly looking for gems for their own work? Why do they come?   Sally: These particular shows are a combination of jewelers, gemologists, crystal healers, and mineral and gemstone collectors, but they all have this interest and this passion in gemstones, crystals, rocks, minerals. I've been selling the stones, I would say, 40 percent to fellow gemologists who think, “I love that stone. I have to have it,” and 60 percent to fellow jewelers thinking, “I know what I'm going to make with that stone and it's going to be amazing.” It's interesting that I'm talking to and sharing with both sides of me. I'm a Gemini, and I feel I am a true Gemini because I am half jeweler, half gemologist.    Sharon: If people want to order the book in the States, they can't order it directly. Can you ship it directly to the States? I thought there was some catch.   Sally: We can ship it. I can ship it to a lot of countries. I'm delighted to say we have a distributor in the States now, so people can buy a copy direct from them. They are Brickyard Books. I'm doubting myself if that's what they're called.   Sharon: We'll list it with the podcast. I'll have the information.   Sally: Thank you. Also, we've just gotten a distributor in Europe in the Netherlands called Bijou Moderne. People can now buy copies in Europe without having to get them shipped across from the U.K. It's very exciting.   Sharon: So, you're ready for your next book. We'll have you back on when that one is published.   Sally: Thank you.    Sharon: Thank you so much. We've really learned a lot.    Sally: Thank you so much for having me. I've really enjoyed it.   Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.   Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.    

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What you'll learn in this episode:   Why all jewelers need to understand the durability of the stones they work with How Sally designed her book to be a quick reference for jewelers with minimal gemology knowledge Why consumer protections for gemstone quality are lacking, and why jewelers need to take up the mantle for this issue What Sally covers in her gemstones for jewelers classes Which unusual stones jewelers should take a second look at   About Sally Spencer Obsessed with jewelry and gemstones, Sally Spencer has been designing and making jewelry since 1995. Her love affair with stones started when she was small, spending many happy hours collecting pebbles on the beach. The stones may have become more expensive over the years, but she is still fascinated by them and has studied both colored stones and diamonds with the Gemological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A). As a Fellow of Gem-A, she continues to love researching about gems and teaching gemstone courses. She is the author of “Jewelers' Quick Reference Guide to Working with Gemstones,” written specifically for jewelers to live on the bench, ready to answer queries when designing or working on a piece of jewelry.   Additional Resources: Sally's Instagram Sally's Facebook  Sally's Website (Book available on her webisite)  Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com   Transcript: Gemology is such a vast field that it's impossible for a jeweler to understand everything about the stones they're working with. That's where Sally Spencer comes in. As an educator and author, Sally is passionate about teaching jewelers and consumers about the qualities of the stones they're buying—or think they're buying. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about the issue with mislabeled synthetic and treated stones; the one thing that every jeweler who works with stones must understand; and why she hopes to see more consumer protections and verification options for gemstones. Read the episode transcript here.    Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to The Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the first part of a two-part episode. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it's released later this week.    Today, we're talking with Sally Spencer from the U.K. You may already know Sally if you're a jeweler. You may have her most recent publication, “Jeweler's Quick Reference Guide to Working with Gemstones.” You may have that on your worktable right now. You may know Sally because, if you were a jeweler and you got into trouble with any kind of stone—and by that, I mean perhaps you accepted a stone from a client but you really didn't know about the stone—you might call Sally and ask her if it can be fixed or if they should buy a completely new stone, depending on what it is. You may have seen Sally at fairs she attends where she exhibits her wares. Perhaps you've taken one of her classes and know her through that. In any event, you've probably heard of Sally Spencer or at least know of her. We are all going to learn about the rest today.    Sally, you're the author of “Jeweler's Quick Reference Guide to Working with Gemstones.” I think I read that title several times. Did you think about writing the book for a long time before you actually wrote it?   Sally: I did. Thanks for having me on with you today. I'm looking forward to chatting gemstones with you.   Sharon: I'm so glad we connected.   Sally: I did think about the book for a while. It was in the back of my mind because, as I was teaching jewelers to make jewelry, I would occasionally see, out of the corner of my eye, that they were about to do something with a gemstone that was not going to land well for that gemstone. I kept thinking, “If they just had a little bit of gemological knowledge, they wouldn't attempt to do that.” I wanted to know, over the years, how many gemstones are inadvertently destroyed by jewelers not having that extra bit of information that could make their life easier, and potentially save them money as well by not having to buy a replacement stone.   Sharon: I'm surprised to hear you say that jewelers don't know that much about gemstones. I shouldn't be surprised. I've taken classes where they teach you about diamonds but nothing else. I am just surprised that jewelers don't know about gemstones, or at least they don't find out what they're working with before they use it. I would be afraid to give one of my precious pieces to somebody and say, “Fix it,” when they don't know what they're working with.   Sally: It is a modern field. I learned a lot about gemstones over the years, but there is so much more to learn. Even now that I have my qualifications, every day I learn something new. Every day I discover something about a gemstone, and that sends me down a different path to research something else, not necessarily about that gemstone. It might be about another one within its family. It's a massive, massive subject.   Jewelers don't need to be gemologists. They don't necessarily need to know crystal structures or how stones interact with light or different inclusions, but the one thing they really do need to be more aware of is the durability of a gemstone. That covers its hardness, which is its resistance to scratching; its toughness, which is its resistance to breaking under pressure; and its stability. It will all change if it's subjected to chemicals or heat or ultraviolet light.    I think, as a minimum, that should be taught to jewelers, particularly in the university courses where they're gaining a lot of information about making jewelry. That will take them to the next level and give them an even greater understanding and readiness for when they're out there making their own pieces of jewelry.   Sharon: That's a good point. I have learned about crystal structure at a top level, but I've never had to think about it, really. Would you say that writing the book has increased your business?   Sally: It changed my business. It changed my focus. It came about during all the lockdowns with Covid because, like everyone else, everything stopped. All my classes, all my shows stopped. I have worked all the time since I left school, and I didn't like being stuck, twiddling my thumbs wondering, “What do I do? I don't understand. What's going on?” I thought I needed something to focus on. While the world around us was going completely crazy, I needed something to focus on and lose myself in for a little bit of mental clarity and mental peace. I thought about this book I'd been thinking about off and on over the years, and I thought, “Well, let's make a start.”    Every day I would sit down at the computer and sit down with my books, do more research and start planning it out. Then I got all the information together and looked at how I wanted to lay it out. As a bench jeweler, what would be quick and easy to use? So, then I worked on the layout. There was a group of five of us who were all jewelers. I would say to the four other amazing ladies over Zoom or email, “Does this make sense?  Do you understand what I'm trying to say here?” None of them are gemologists, so I knew they were looking at it purely as jewelers. Then I had the entertaining time—entertaining is not the right word—it was especially frustrating and drove me absolutely crackers—of trying to photograph all the different stones I wanted to illustrate in the book because, as we were in the middle of Covid, I couldn't go anywhere or see anyone. I didn't know who to contact, and I thought, “I'm just going to have to get on and do this myself.”    By the end of the lockdowns, I had pulled together the quick reference guide. I still can't quite believe I did it, that I actually got to the end and got it printed and it's out there. The thing I find astonishing—and I almost have to pinch myself—is that it's being used in over 20 countries. I just find that mind-blowing. It's out there doing what I hoped it would do, sitting on jewelers' benches. If they're sat there working a stone with a bit of heat, if it's all going to go wrong, they can very quickly look in the book and have some reassurance of “No, just don't,” or “Yeah, that will work. That's fine.”    I still can't believe it, Sharon, but the whole experience during the lockdowns altered the course of the business. It took my focus away from making jewelry to thinking, “I really want to help other jewelers understand stones better.” Then taking it a step further, I want them to understand what they're buying. There are some absolute horrors out there being sold, where treatments aren't being disclosed. This is where a gemstone has been artificially altered by man to improve its color or its clarity or its durability, which is absolutely fine. I have no problem with that at all. What I don't like is when people do it and they don't disclose it. They don't tell the person who's buying stones from them, and that trickles on to their customer because if the jeweler doesn't know, they can't tell their customer. I would really like to get jewelers and their customers more aware of the big, wide world of gemstones and give them a little bit of insight into it. Sorry, that was an extremely long answer.   Sharon: No, it's a good answer. As reality settles in and you realize you wrote this book, have you been thinking about a second edition or a different book?   Sally: I am working on a book about buying gemstones. There are some incredible books on the market. I have bookshelves full of wonderful books about gemstones. The information that's in “Jeweler's Quick Reference Guide” is out there, but it's buried deep in lots of different textbooks. If you've sat at the bench, time is money, and even as a jeweler, you don't necessarily have these gemology books. You just want to know, “Can I do this?”    There are incredible books about buying gemstones, but I want to do a similar, quick-reference guide to buying gemstones to give people a heads up. I can't make them gemologists through osmosis through a book; I really wish I could, but I can hopefully give enough information that they will feel confident to say to somebody, “Is this gemstone treated?” and if the person they're buying it from says, “I have no idea. What do you mean?” or, “It doesn't matter,” that in itself tells me something about the person they're buying it from. They're making a far more informed purchase than just trusting and believing what they're being told what's in front of them. Without this little bit of background knowledge, they wouldn't necessarily know to question it.   Sharon: Do they sometimes call you before they purchase something? Do they call you and say they don't know?   Sally: No. It's more trying to get the information out there at the moment, writing magazine articles. You very kindly invited me on your podcast. Just trying to get this information out there to make people more aware. Doing talks. I love doing talks. I can talk for hours about gemstones. It takes a while to shut me up.   Sharon: We have a lot of time. You have an FGA and a DGA. Are they licensed separately? What are they?   Sally: When I wanted to learn more about gemstones in a more structured way, rather than doing bits of ad hoc research myself over the years, I looked into qualifications. I decided to study with The Gemological Association of Great Britain, and the FGA initials are a Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain. I studied and passed their colored stones gemology declaimer. The DGA is their diamonds declaimer. I studied and passed that one first because I don't like chemistry, and I knew there was going to be some chemistry involved in this. I thought, “Diamonds, carbon. I can cope with one chemical element. Let's go for diamonds. Let's give that a go.” They chucked in a little bit of nitrogen and a little bit of boron, and I thought, “Hey, I've tackled three. I'm doing well.”    I had the most amazing tutor. She gave me so much confidence and pleasure in my studying that I thought, “You know what? I'm going to tackle the colored stores. I'm going to tackle all these other chemical elements that I'm not very good at. I'm just going to go for it.” I was fortunate enough to have her as my tutor for the first year of that course as well. A wonderful, wonderful lady. I can't thank her enough.    Sharon: Did you have to go to the Gemological Association and take their basic course before the diamonds and colored stones?   Sally: I did online distance learning because I'm some distance from the physical building of Gem-A. That was quite a challenge. You had to be very disciplined and sit down and study the set material for the week because if you didn't, you could quickly fall behind. Then we did intensive lab courses where we went in and did an intensive week studying the stones, putting into practice all the theory we'd been learning. Then on Saturday, we had the exam. They were intensive weeks.   Sharon: I bet. I know here with the colored stone tests, they give you three stones, let's say—I don't remember—but you do it once and that's it. You get it right or you get it wrong and that's it. You don't do it again. It's that simple.   Sally: You can retake the exam again, but you have to wait. I can't remember now. I think you have to wait until the next round of exams, which for many means they have to wait six months. It reminded me why I disliked exams at school. When I got to the end of them, I must admit I said, “That's it. I don't want to do another exam again.” I find them quite stressful. I think that is the best way of putting it. I put myself under a lot of pressure, but I'm pleased to say I got through them all intact.   Sharon: It sounds like you accomplished a lot. I don't work in the business, so I can't imagine learning the stones without being somebody who works with them every day or, like you said, knows what the problem is. Were you already teaching classes when you did this?   Sally: At the time, I was teaching jewelry making in a school as part of a GCSE and A-level design and technology class. I was teaching 14- to 18-year-olds, which was so much fun. It made me look at teaching in a completely different way. Being around them as they discovered they could make something and it looked good, and then they could wear it with pride, was an incredible feeling. I think four or five of them have followed me into the industry. I cannot tell you how proud I am of them all. They are all amazing. It was such a privilege to be there as they discovered a shared passion for jewelry. It was incredible.   Sharon: I was taken by a word you used in your literature, that you had a passion for gems and gemstones. To me, that's interesting, but it's different than jewelry. Usually, people say they have a passion for jewelry and the gemstone comes along with it, but you just look at the gemstone. What's the difference between a gem and a gemstone, anything?   Sally: No. It's just an abbreviation, a shortened word. I'm generally not quite sure. I was trying to think back whether it was jewelry first or gemstones first. I think it was possibly gemstones first, then the jewelry started to overtake the gemstones. Then the gemstones fed into the jewelry and have now ultimately leapfrogged the jewelry in the cabinet.   Sharon: When did you start teaching courses on gems? After you wrote the book or during the book?   Sally: Before. I knew that jewelers needed a little more information, so I started trying to give introduction to gemology classes to raise their awareness. Oh, my word, I had so much fun with those, so I started doing that. It was pretty much as I finished my qualifications because I wanted to share the information and get it out there.   Sharon: When you say you had fun, why was it fun?   Sally: Watching them discover what gemstones do and how they react and interact with light. You've done your GIA, haven't you?   Sharon: I haven't taken the test, but yes.   Sally: So you know that when you look at a piece of glass through a polariscope—which is a piece of equipment that has a light source at the bottom, and then it has cross-polarizing filters so it makes the light wave go in one direction coming up through the bottom filter. Then you cross the top filter so it can't get through, and then you put a gemstone in between the two and move it around and see how it alters the path of light or interacts with light. It was hearing them saying, “Oh, wow, look at this!” To see a piece of glass in there, showing its strain with this anomalous extinction, if it's got those rising snakes of black going through, that is just amazing. And showing them dichroic stems with a dichroscope.   Sharon: That's probably why I didn't continue. I feel like some people will get the detail and some people don't. I just don't. Were you teaching experienced people?    Sally: They weren't experienced gemologists, but they were jewelers. Some of them were complete beginners at jewelry making; some of them were very experienced jewelers.   Sharon: They made things, but they didn't know anything about the stones that were in them.   Sally: Yes. They knew what they bought, but they weren't necessarily aware of the durability properties of the stones, whether it would survive being put in a ring or whether it was softer and less durable and it would better in a pair of earrings. They had to hope they bought from reputable dealers, that the stones were what they were being told they were.   Sharon: Do people call you afterwards and say, “I think I ruined this,” or “I did ruin this. What I should I do next time? What did I do wrong?”   Sally: I do get questions. The biggest question I get asked is, “I had a moment while setting the stone, and I've either cracked it or scratched it. What can I do?” The one thing I've resisted delving too deeply into is the black art of lapidary, the stonecutters craft, because I have a horrible feeling that if I did start delving into that, I would try to set up another workshop. I would get lots more equipment down there. So, I'm resisting it at the moment, but I don't have the knowledge to know how they could polish out a scratch in a particular material. At that point, I have to point them to a lapidary who is far more qualified to answer that question.    Sharon: Is that what you call a jeweler who also knows gemology, a lapidary? I know what a lapidary is. Yeah, you would need somebody who can look at something and be able to fix it.    We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to The JewelryJourney.com to check them out.  

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This week the I am reading from Shelley Kaehr's book 'Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories' and Gari Jones book 'The Denbigh Lights: A Truthful Argument For The Existence of UFOs'.Shelley KaehrPast Life Regression expert Dr. Shelley Kaehr shares her belief in past life regression and shares her RELIEF Method, step by step instructions you can use to transform your life using past life regression. In this enlightening book, you will:Learn the philosophies behind the past life regression healing modalityDiscover the steps to finding RELIEF from past life issuesRead fascinating case historiesPractice breathing and relaxation methods to help you reduce stress and create greater personal peaceTake past life regressions to clear current life challengesHeal Emotions using past life regressionExperience a Genealogical Regression to heal issues that happened to your ancestorsAnd more!BIOFor two decades, Shelley A. Kaehr, Ph.D. has worked with thousands of people around the world helping them achieve greater peace and happiness in their lives. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on energy healing and mind-body medicine, Shelley is author of numerous books, including Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories and Past Lives with Pets.A world-renowned past-life regressionist, Dr. Shelley's method of combining energy work with hypnosis has been endorsed by numerous leaders in the field of consciousness, including near-death experience pioneer Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Brian Weiss who called her book Lifestream, “An important contribution to the field of regression therapy.” Shelley coined the term Supretrovie to describe the externally induced past life memories of her clients. That information, along with her latest research into her RELIEF Method for Anxiety, is featured in her new book Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories.A world traveler and popular guest speaker, Dr. Kaehr (pronounced “care”) developed several healing techniques including Edgar Cayce's Egyptian Energy Healing, Pythagorean Healing, Binary Healing, Platonic Healing, Holographic Mapping, among others. She has trained thousands of energy healing practitioners during her many years in private practice and is also considered a leading expert on the practical use of gems and minerals to shift energetic patterns and frequencies, as discussed in her several books on the topic, including Edgar Cayce's Sacred Stones and Edgar Cayce's Guide to Gemstones, Minerals, Metals & More.A popular guest in the media on programs such as Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, and William Shatner's Weird or What, Shelley believes memories are stored holographically in the energetic fields around our bodies, and by combining hypnosis with energy healing, lasting change is achieved. Shelley received her Ph.D. in Parapsychic Science from the American Institute of Holistic Theology in 2001. 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When he's not doing that, Gari has spent the last ten years pursuing his interests in photography, art, and reading.With numerous sightings and paranormal/supernatural experiences throughout my life, I can't help but believe that something has led me to this strange and largely unknown reality in which I now find myself.Amazon book link http://rb.gy/stnjshttps://rumble.com/vjky8l-denbigh-lights-ufo-312012-denbigh-north-wales.htmlhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcast

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We’re going to Detroit as we pick up the new Justified: City Primeval. Plus, a penultimate Secret Invasion and an uproarious The Righteous Gemstones. 0:00 – The Righteous Gemstones (307)13:00 – Secret Invasion (105)20:45 – Justified: City Primeval (101-102) Next week: The Righteous Gemstones (308), Secret Invasion (106), Justified: City Primeval (103)Email the show at … Continue reading It’s Spoilerin’ Time 465 – The Righteous Gemstones (307), Secret Invasion (105), Justified: City Primeval (101-102) →

Next week: The Righteous Gemstones (308), Secret Invasion (106), Justified: City Primeval (103) Email the show at Cordkillers@gmail.comSubscribe, get expanded show notes, and past episodes at Cordkillers.com Support Cordkillers at Patreon.com/Cordkillers. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading The Righteous Gemstones (307) – It’s Spoilerin’ Time 465 →

This week I am talking to Shelley A. Kaehr, Ph.D. about her about her book 'Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories'.Past Life Regression expert Dr. Shelley Kaehr shares her belief in past life regression and shares her RELIEF Method, step by step instructions you can use to transform your life using past life regression. In this enlightening book, you will:Learn the philosophies behind the past life regression healing modalityDiscover the steps to finding RELIEF from past life issuesRead fascinating case historiesPractice breathing and relaxation methods to help you reduce stress and create greater personal peaceTake past life regressions to clear current life challengesHeal Emotions using past life regressionExperience a Genealogical Regression to heal issues that happened to your ancestorsAnd more!BIOFor two decades, Shelley A. Kaehr, Ph.D. has worked with thousands of people around the world helping them achieve greater peace and happiness in their lives. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on energy healing and mind-body medicine, Shelley is author of numerous books, including Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories and Past Lives with Pets.A world-renowned past-life regressionist, Dr. Shelley's method of combining energy work with hypnosis has been endorsed by numerous leaders in the field of consciousness, including near-death experience pioneer Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Brian Weiss who called her book Lifestream, “An important contribution to the field of regression therapy.” Shelley coined the term Supretrovie to describe the externally induced past life memories of her clients. That information, along with her latest research into her RELIEF Method for Anxiety, is featured in her new book Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories.A world traveler and popular guest speaker, Dr. Kaehr (pronounced “care”) developed several healing techniques including Edgar Cayce's Egyptian Energy Healing, Pythagorean Healing, Binary Healing, Platonic Healing, Holographic Mapping, among others. She has trained thousands of energy healing practitioners during her many years in private practice and is also considered a leading expert on the practical use of gems and minerals to shift energetic patterns and frequencies, as discussed in her several books on the topic, including Edgar Cayce's Sacred Stones and Edgar Cayce's Guide to Gemstones, Minerals, Metals & More.A popular guest in the media on programs such as Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, and William Shatner's Weird or What, Shelley believes memories are stored holographically in the energetic fields around our bodies, and by combining hypnosis with energy healing, lasting change is achieved. Shelley received her Ph.D. in Parapsychic Science from the American Institute of Holistic Theology in 2001. Always an optimist, Shelley insists we can all make positive changes and live the life of our dreams.Amazon book link http://rb.gy/i43d8https://pastlifelady.com/http://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

Swanner and Judd talk about: Drag Me to Dinner; The Bear; Fubar; The Righteous Gemstones; Claim to Fame; Bachelorette; 80 for Brady; Queer Duck; Barbie; and more! Left Click To Listen, Right Click Here To Download

Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this bonus episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemyMatt and Sam welcome their intrepid producer and great friend Jesse Brenneman back to the third mic to talk about HBO's The Righteous Gemstones. In addition to being a wildly entertaining entry to the Danny McBride cinematic and television universe, the show perceptively explores the culture of American megachurch, evangelical Christianity—and offers your hosts plenty of fodder to discuss where faith ends and cynicism begins, the relationship between evangelicalism and consumer capitalism, cheap grace vs. real grace, whether or not people can change, the pathologies of evangelical purity culture, and much more. Plus: Jesse takes us behind the scenes of his brilliant, very funny podcast Tech Talk and its surprising connections to Elon Musk, Eli Gemstone, and others.Sources:John Jeremiah Sullivan, "Upon This Rock," GQ, January 24, 2004Austin Considine, "Danny McBride Keeps It Righteous," New York Times, June 14, 2023Doreen St. Félix, "The Lost Sheep of Danny McBride's The Righteous Gemstones," New Yorker, January 17, 2022Matthew Sitman, "Speaking of New York: An Interview with Fran Lebowitz," Commonweal, February 7, 2019

Costume designer Christina Flannery joins us to talk about her work on The Righteous Gemstones season 3! She gives us all the deets about jumping off from the established blueprint created by season 1 & 2 costume designer Sarah Trost (who we had on the pod before!) and how she added in her own magic for this season. That magic, ahem, includes a watermelon jumpsuit, Smut Buster t-shirts, intricate Cape and Pistol uniforms, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it racetrack necklace on Judy, Hype Priest wizardry, dressing Uncle Baby Billy in the most GLORIOUS oyster-inspired performance ensemble, and even a JNCOS cameo, baby! If you're not watching The Righteous Gemstones this season, just WHAT are you doing with your life, babys?! Christina also talks about her work on the movies Fresh (you know we love that one!) and Cam, and the TV series The Chi. She also tell us about the time Sebastian Stan changed in her backyard, and the vintage shop she used to own, and then tells us where to cop the best discount Gucci. Get those ears ready and tune in! Follow Christina (xtinawhatever) on Instagram Past Episode Mentions: Our episode with costume designer Sarah Trost Our episode on Fresh (2022) -- *This episode was recorded prior to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and during the 2023 WGA strike. Makeover Montage Podcast stands in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA, WGA West and WGA East.  Please consider supporting the Entertainment Community Fund, a nonprofit which provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies and TV shows being covered on our podcast would not exist.  -- For visuals of the costumes, follow us on: Instagram at @makeovermontagepodcast TikTok at @makeovermontagepodcast Follow Marie on Instagram and Blaire on Instagram To request a movie for us to cover, DM us on Insta or hit us up at makeovermontagepod[at]gmail.com. Call us at our sexy new hotline: (323) 487-2383. We wanna hear from you!  Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Love 2 love u!

An emotional (anger is an emotion) Righteous Gemstones. A boring Secret Invasion. A Miami Vice that is anything but boring. 0:00 – The Righteous Gemstones (306)11:54 – Secret Invasion (104)20:28 – Miami Vice (412, “The Cows of October”) Next week: The Righteous Gemstones (307), Secret Invasion (105), Justified: City Primeval (101-102)Email the show at Cordkillers@gmail.comSubscribe, … Continue reading It’s Spoilerin’ Time 464 – The Righteous Gemstones (306), Secret Invasion (104), Miami Vice (412) →

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Next week: The Righteous Gemstones (307), Secret Invasion (105), Justified: City Primeval (101-102) Email the show at Cordkillers@gmail.comSubscribe, get expanded show notes, and past episodes at Cordkillers.com Support Cordkillers at Patreon.com/Cordkillers. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading The Righteous Gemstones (306) – It’s Spoilerin’ Time 464 →

Do you like spooky stories? Give a listen to The Carrefour Curse,  tale about the power of gemstones and family secrets. Readers from Atwater STEAM Elementary School in Los Angeles discuss the mystery with host Kitty Felde. Writer Dianne K. Salerni admits that she was inspired by a forbidden TV show. Our celebrity reader is Lost in Space actress Marta Kirsten.

Danny McBride and Adam Devine from the HBO series, ‘The Righteous Gemstones,' bonded with Stephen Colbert over their love of South Carolina, especially the food. (McBride Original Air Date: May 15th, 2017; Devine Original Air Date: August 15th, 2019). And unlike his character from 'The Big Lebowski,' John Goodman doesn't have much to brag about at the bowling alley (Original Air Date: December 12th, 2016).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next week: The Righteous Gemstones (306), Secret Invasion (104), Miami Vice (412, “The Cows of October”) Email the show at Cordkillers@gmail.comSubscribe, get expanded show notes, and past episodes at Cordkillers.com Support Cordkillers at Patreon.com/Cordkillers. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. … Continue reading The Righteous Gemstones (305) – It’s Spoilerin’ Time 463 →

We’re back in the past for the third time on Gemstones. What happened in Secret Invasion again? Miami Vice goes back to the ways of the samurai. 0:00 – The Righteous Gemstones (305)12:51 – Secret Invasion (103)21:25 – Miami Vice (409, “Rising Sun of Death”) Next week: The Righteous Gemstones (306), Secret Invasion (104), Miami … Continue reading It’s Spoilerin’ Time 463 – The Righteous Gemstones (305), Secret Invasion (103), Miami Vice (409) →

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Chris and Andy talk about ‘The Flash' flopping at the box office this weekend and what that could mean for the future of the DC Universe and superhero movies at large (1:00). Then they talk about the latest episode of ‘The Idol' (17:28) and the return of ‘Righteous Gemstones' for its third season (32:56), before they are joined by ‘Top Chef' judge Gail Simmons to talk about latest ‘World All-Stars' season of the show (38:55). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Gail Simmons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices