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In today's chapters, Fanny receives a BUNCH of letters. First, from Mary, in which we get confirmation that Mary and Edmund are not yet engaged; then, from Edmund, in which we hear all about how conflicted he is and learn that the Grants are going to Bath; and finally, from Lady Bertram, in which we learn that TOM IS DYING. Topics discussed include Mary's return to London society, Fanny's bitchcrackers, why unrequited love is a tough trope, the tea from the Crawfords' party, Fanny's new return date, emotional fluffers, and Lady Bertram's letter writing skills.Patron Study Questions come from Angelika, Avi, Ghenet, and Maddie. Topics discussed include Mary's true feelings for Fanny, the various sibling pairs in the book, why Mary starts drama between Maria and Henry and why she tells Fanny about it, and the comparison between Fanny and Edmund's potential love interests with questionable morals. Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include the separation of characters in this section of the book, why Tom is dying, and what would happen if Tom died.Funniest Quote(s): She must have something to write about, even to her niece; and being so soon to lose all the benefit of Dr. Grant's gouty symptoms and Mrs. Grant's morning calls, it was very hard upon her to be deprived of one of the last epistolary uses she could put them to.Questions moving forward: Is Tom gonna die????Who wins the chapters? Tom!Glossary of People, Places, and Things: You Belong With Me, Lizzie McGuire, A Cinderella Story, Pretty in Pink, When Harry Met Sally, Made of Honor, My Best Friend's Wedding, Dawson's Creek, New Girl, The Sixth SenseNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapter 14 or Chapter 45Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Not all “filler” is actually doing the same thing—and knowing the difference can save you from booking the wrong injectable. In this installment of The Glossary, we break down the increasingly confusing world of HA fillers, collagen stimulators like Sculptra and Radiesse, and skin boosters like Skinvive, plus why crosslinking matters and how filler differs from Botox and other neuromodulators. We're also getting into reversibility, longevity, leftover filler, and why the treatment you think you want may not be what a great injector recommends. Consider this your beauty-editor cheat sheet before your next consultation.Watch our episodes!Shop our episodesInstagram: @glossangelspod | TikTok: @glossangelespodEmail: glossangelespodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's chapters, HENRY COMES TO PORTSMOUTH!!! He meets the parents, befriends Fanny's sister, and reveals that he's been on some real good-boy behavior lately. Then, he joins the Prices at church and takes Fanny on a slutty little walk, and offers to take her home at the drop of a hat. Topics discussed include the distinction between “bois” and “boyz”, Darcy's behavior at Pemberley in relation to Henry at Portsmouth, Henry on the ha-ha vs. Henry now, the best kind of third wheel, whether doing good changes you, Henry's appreciation of nature, and Fanny as Henry's guiding light.Patron Study Questions come from Avi and Maddie. Topics discussed include what Henry's actions say about his character, and what Henry can do to prove himself to Fanny. Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include why Jane Austen has Henry visit Portsmouth, whether Henry is just better by comparison to his old self, why Jane Austen uses multiple POVs in this set of chapters, Henry's manners with the Bertrams vs. with the Prices, Henry as Logan, the motions of courtship, and Henry treating Fanny as a moral compass.Funniest Quote(s): “Fanny was most conveniently in want of rest. Crawford could not have wished her more fatigued or more ready to sit down; but he could have wished her sister away.”Questions moving forward: Are Edmund and Mary engaged? Will Fanny write to Mary asking for her and Henry to pick her up?Who wins the chapters? Henry Crawford

Join Rupert, Britt, and Lazlo as they discuss everything from the retro 8mm home film market, and The Housemaid through to the newest Spider-Man, and Tequila Sunrise.   Can YOU get from Sam Neill to Lupita Nyong'o?   Also - don't ever use your phone speaker in public.

Your Running Glossary With Coach Lydia O'DonnellWhat do "tempo," "fartlek," and "recovery run" actually mean? Coach Bennett is joined by Nike Running Pacific Head Coach Lydia O'Donnell to break down the running terminology that can feel intimidating to new runners and explain why it doesn't have to be.Coach Lydia shares how her mom and high school coach sparked a lifelong love of running, why community has shaped every step of her coaching career, and how her own experience with RED-S inspired her to co-found FEMMI, a global women's running community focused on education, confidence, and sustainable training. Together, Coach Bennett and Coach Lydia discuss the importance of understanding your body, building confidence through running, and why easy runs are just as valuable as hard workouts.They also dive into the purpose behind recovery runs, tempo runs, intervals, fartleks, and long runs, plus Coach Lydia shares the workout she dreads most and the one pair of shoes she never travels without.CHECK OUT COACH LYDIA@lydiaodo@femmiCheers and thank you for listening to the episode,Coach BennettSend us a messageMy book This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. is now available for pre-order!USA readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. FREE POSTER CAMPAIGN for US residential pre-orders GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence.________________________________________________________________________AFTER DARK TOUR SERIESIf you have a question or story for the special After Dark Tour series of episodes please leave me a voicemail by tapping this sentence. __________________________________________________________________________Be sure to send any and all questions and comments for Coach Bennett to the mailbag:Coach Bennett's Podcast 57 South Main Street #215, Neptune, NJ 07753Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! - https://twocoachbennetts.com/merch...

This synopsis provides a comprehensive breakdown of the July 30, 2026, IPS DEPROGRAM, a broadcast centered on the intersection of media manipulation, the “Meta Script,” and the emergence of a high-tech dark age. The session serves as a foundational deconstruction of how modern reality is manufactured through a blend of news and entertainment.Glossary of Terms* Auto-Hoaxer: A media deconstructionist who assumes an event is staged or simulated until proven otherwise, rather than the reverse.* Controlled Opposition: Entities in alternative media that appear to fight the establishment but operate within its closed system of logic and narratives.* Conspiratainment: The use of conspiracy theories (such as “Mud Flood” or “Satanic Cabals”) as a form of escapist entertainment that distracts from the mundane reality of government-led psychological warfare.* Kayfabe: A term from professional wrestling referring to the “fake” nature of the performance that is presented as real to the audience; the host applies this to politics and news.* Media Gnosticism: The practice of being a “knower” rather than a “believer,” relying on pattern recognition and facts rather than faith in media sources.* Meta Script: The pre-written timeline of future “fake” historic events that are performed as news and eventually recorded as history.* MSM Minus (The Subtractive View): A perspective that removes simulated elements from the news cycle to find truth, rather than adding new conspiracy narratives.* Predictive Programming: The use of movies and entertainment to “prime” or condition the public to accept future scripted events as they happen in the news.* Visual Illiteracy: A state of dependency created by AI where the public can no longer distinguish between real and fake imagery, requiring authorities to tell them what is real.* World Stage: The manufactured, fictional universe created by the media-driven paradigm, operating like a movie franchise or a series.Key Topics and Analysis1. The New Illiteracy and the High-Tech Dark AgeThe host argues that generative AI and the perfection of digital fakery have condemned the public to a state of visual illiteracy. This has effectively undone the gains of the Enlightenment and the Reformation. In this new “Dark Age,” people can no longer rely on their own senses to determine reality.* Topic Insight: This illiteracy creates a state of abject dependency on “priesthoods” (fact-checkers and media authorities) to designate what is real.* Direct Quote: “We can no longer rely on our eyes to let us know what is real, what is fake. It's indistinguishable at this point... it requires that we, the illiterates, need the authorities to tell us what is and what isn't real. It's put us into a state of dependency.”2. The World Stage as a Fictional UniverseThe sources suggest that the “World Stage” is not a series of random events but a singular, interconnected timeline of simulations. This “fictional universe” functions like a movie franchise where all actors must stay on the same “sheet” to maintain the illusion.* Topic Insight: This stage is built on a duopoly of mainstream and alternative media, both of which are identified as “establishment”.* Direct Quote: “The world stage functions, like a fictional universe... they exist as a fictional universe. Sort of like a TV show. Or a series. Or even a movie franchise... They just can't contradict it because everyone has to be on the same sheet.”3. Media Gnosticism: Knowing vs. BelievingThe host advocates for Media Gnosticism, where the individual refuses to “believe” headlines or sources regardless of bias. Instead, the goal is to be an informed non-believer who recognizes patterns of fakery.* Topic Insight: Belief is characterized as a “loser position” that relies on prejudice, whereas knowledge is based on the suspension of judgment until facts are present.* Direct Quote: “The difference between a knower and a believer is that the believer has accepted the questionable ethics of trusting something... even if the facts don't support it... This is media Gnosticism. Media Gnostics. And if you don't know, you don't have to believe.”4. The Meta Script and Predictive ProgrammingA core concept of the IPS is that history is written in advance. Entertainment acts as “product placement” or “conditioning” for future news events. This process creates a “News Testament” that eventually settles into a “distorted version of history”.* Topic Insight: The host provides specific examples of characters in movies (like Biff Tannen or Donnie Darko) serving as “proxies” for public figures like Donald Trump.* Direct Quote: “Movies are there to set the stage, to prime the audience, Conditioning you to accept what's coming. It's like product placement and advertisement for future fake historic events.”5. The New World Religion and Secular SuperstitionThe broadcast posits that mass media has replaced traditional religion with a new monotheism centered on “God constructs” like Gaia, Space, and Science Fiction. Secular concepts like “the virus” are described as updated versions of original sin, requiring a new “priesthood” to divide the saved from the unsaved.* Topic Insight: Space has replaced Heaven as a unifying myth, allowing different religions to disagree on theology while agreeing on the “scientific” paradigm.* Direct Quote: “Mass media has replaced religion... it's certainly a religion full of superstition and full of God constructs... Gaia, God construct, space as the new heaven. Sin has been updated... they've been given a secular replacement in the virus.”6. Case Study: The “Christification” of Political FiguresThe host analyzes the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump through the lens of scripted roles. He notes that Trump's survival and the “head wound” mirror symbolic elements from both Biblical prophecy (Revelation 13) and cinematic “Trump proxies” who have been killed or shot in 2024 films.* Topic Insight: The host suggests “blading”—a wrestling technique to produce blood—as a potential explanation for the ear wound, noting Trump's status as a Wrestling Hall of Famer.* Direct Quote: “Trump counterparts in entertainment have all been dying... Caesar Catalina, based on Trump, Getting shot in a failed assassination attempt... The Butler, Pennsylvania event was right out of Revelation 13, where the Antichrist... sustains a head wound, but he miraculously survives.”7. Case Study: Christopher Nolan and the Nuclear NarrativeA significant portion of the broadcast deconstructs Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (referenced in the source as a 2026 film) as a “secret sequel” to Oppenheimer. The host predicted the movie would contain nuclear subtext and that the trailers would reinforce this theme with “nuke smart” messaging.* Topic Insight: The host uses this as proof of concurrent programming, where government-linked directors (like Nolan) use art to reinforce the “Atomic Age” mythos and prepare the public for a “fake nuke” or “end war”.* Direct Quote: “Odysseus equals Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan is making a statement with this movie about nukes... I correctly called the movie would have a major subtext about nukes before the movie came out, and I correctly predicted the trailers would reiterate the main theme.”8. The Failure of “Trutherville” and ConspiratainmentThe host critiques the “Truthers” for being more ignorant than mainstream “Normies” because they accept a heavier dosage of propaganda disguised as rebellion. “Mud Flood” and “Tartaria” theories are labeled as “conspiratainment”—fantasies that keep people from noticing the real-time manufacturing of history.* Topic Insight: By focusing on “ancient resets” and “parasites,” the conspiracy community wastes a “cognitive surplus” that could otherwise be used to deconstruct the Meta Script.* Direct Quote: “The truthers are something of a joke... you're actually more ignorant than the mainstreamers. Because you've been given a heavier dosage of propaganda. And you've been set up to be the heel.”Conclusion: Auto-Hoax AccelerationismThe broadcast concludes with a call for “auto-hoax accelerationism,” urging an informed audience of “media gnostics” to directly confront the manufactured paradigm. The host emphasizes that the IPS is not just a channel but an “objectivist think tank” designed to inoculate the mind against “mind viruses” and “mind AIDS”—the compromised mental immune systems created by the state educational and media apparatus. The goal is to move from the “fringe” to the “cutting edge” by making the deconstruction of fake events more entertaining than the fakes themselves. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit infiniteplanesociety.substack.com/subscribe

This synopsis deconstructs the IPS DEPROGRAM broadcast from July 31, 2026, which details the transition of the Infinite Plane Society from a separatist movement into an active “occupying force” within the alternative media landscape. The session focuses on the “Meta Script,” the predictive programming of a future nuclear event, and the methodology of Media Gnosticism.Glossary of Terms* Auto-Hoaxer: A term formerly used as a pejorative but adopted by IPS to describe someone who recognizes patterns of systemic fakery and assumes news events are simulations until proven otherwise.* Casualty Simulation Drill: A precise term for what is commonly called a “hoax” or “false flag”; it refers to a scripted exercise presented to the public as a real, spontaneous tragedy.* Concurrent Programming: The practice of intensifying specific media themes (such as mushroom clouds in movies) at the same time as related real-world news events to prime the public's subconscious.* Crate Training: The process of using past lockdowns (like 2020) to habituate the human race into self-policing and accepting future restrictions without resistance.* Hoax Indicators: Specific “glitches” or patterns—such as the presence of drills, smiling witnesses, or copy-pasta manifestos—that suggest an event is a simulation.* Media Gnostic: An individual who refuses to “believe” news based on authority and instead relies on direct “knowledge” (gnosis) through pattern recognition and evidentiary deconstruction.* Metascript: The overarching pre-written timeline of future history, which includes staged events, scripted characters, and predictive programming intended to steer the collective paradigm.* Mind AIDS: A compromised mental immune system, created by state education and media, that makes a person susceptible to “mind viruses” and psychological manipulation.* Off-World Stage Perspective: A state of situational awareness where an individual sees the “World Stage” as a fictional universe and is no longer emotionally or intellectually trapped by its narratives.* Realville: The base of operations established by IPS to directly confront “Trutherville” and provide an objective, subtractive analysis of the news.* Squib: A miniature explosive used in special effects to simulate a bullet hit; the host argues this was used in the Charlie Kirk “assassination” simulation.* Trutherville: The realm of alternative media and conspiracy theorists who, despite doubting the mainstream, remain trapped in “psyop soap operas” and “MSM Plus” narratives.* Westworld Syndrome: A condition where “normies” or “synths” live in loops of scripted news cycles without any sense of continuity between past and present fake events.Key Topics and Detailed Analysis1. The Shift to Direct Confrontation: Establishing RealvilleThe host announces that IPS is no longer a separatist movement; it has moved into a phase of “direct confrontation” with the propaganda mules of both mainstream and alternative media. The goal is to establish “Realville” within the heart of “Trutherville” to force content creators to account for their adherence to scripted narratives.* Analysis: This strategy uses “polarization” (Saul Alinsky's Rule 13) to frame the conflict in moral terms, distinguishing between those who serve the “Meta Script” and those who seek the truth.* Direct Quote: “As of July 5th, we've actually decided we're no longer a separatist movement. We're actually establishing what I call Realville right in the middle of Trutherville... This is the point where we engage in direct confrontation with these useful idiots, the stooges, the propaganda mules who are lining up behind controlled opposition narratives.”2. The Trojan Horse: Nolan's The Odyssey and the Nuke EventA major focus of the broadcast is the analysis of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026) as a “secret sequel” to Oppenheimer. The host argues that the film uses the Trojan Horse as a metaphor for the nuclear bomb, preparing the public for an “incoming nuke event”.* Analysis: IPS claims to have predicted this subtext before the film's release, viewing Nolan as a “metascriptor” who coordinates with the government to prime the public for future “fake historic events”.* Direct Quote: “The conversation of late has really been around the Odyssey, the Trojan horse as a metaphor for the nuke, Odysseus as Oppenheimer... Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan have been producing a lot of PSYOP prep for the incoming nuke event. Which is incoming. It's inevitable.”3. Lockdowns and the “Crate Training” of HumanityThe broadcast warns that the predicted nuclear event will serve as an excuse for new lockdowns, similar to those in 2020. The host refers to this as “crate training,” where the public is taught to run into their “FEMA camp” (their own home) voluntarily.* Analysis: By removing the “emotional impact” through situational awareness, the IPS listener is intended to witness these events without the drama or fear that paralyzes the “normie” population.* Direct Quote: “They used 2020 to crate train the human race... your home is your FEMA camp. The purpose of the lockdown is basically the same thing... instead of having a prison warden, you become your own prison warden.”4. Case Study: The Charlie Kirk “Squibbing” SimulationThe host provides a detailed deconstruction of a reported assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk, arguing that visual evidence (such as a bulging “fake neck”) reveals the use of a “squib” and fake blood.* Analysis: The host posits that Kirk—and related figures like Candace Owens—are “actors” and “agent provocateurs” whose personas and deaths are entirely scripted to maintain the “counterculture” of conspiracy theorists.* Direct Quote: “What you're seeing here, the swollen part is not real skin. The neck bulges, fake neck... My explanation is it's a squib. The exploding microphone is disinformation. They don't want you to know he was a crisis actor. They don't want you to know his entire persona was staged and fake.”5. Media Gnosticism: The Difference Between Knowing and BelievingThe session emphasizes the philosophical distinction between “believers” and “knowers.” Believing is characterized as a “submissive” act of trust in authorities, while Gnosticism involves suspending judgment until facts are verified.* Analysis: The host argues that both mainstream and alternative audiences are “believers” who merely mirror each other's prejudices, whereas the IPS perspective seeks to be “skeptical” and “off-world stage”.* Direct Quote: “If you don't know, but you believe, you're a believer... Belief is an inferior way to process the news. It just means that I'm not actually relying on facts. I'm just trusting. It's actually very submissive.”6. The Meta Script: Engineering History Decades in AdvanceUsing Donnie Darko (2001) as an example, the host argues that the “Butler, Pennsylvania” event (referring to a Trump-related incident) was planned at least 24 years in advance. He notes that the director's father worked for NASA, which he calls a primary “shaper of inner space”.* Analysis: This “history bending” creates a “News Testament” or “Meta Scripture” that synchronizes the world's population into a singular, manufactured paradigm.* Direct Quote: “Donnie Darko... contains 9-11 references... and the father says to the mother, ‘Our Donnie dodged a bullet, Rose.' ... 24 years before he was shot, it was already on the docket. It was on the program.”7. The Spiritual Mind War: Consciousness as the Final FrontierA significant portion of the broadcast (sparked by a debate with a listener) explores the idea that “mind is spirit” and that psychological operations are actually attacks on human consciousness. The host argues for “panpsychism” and the idea that the universe is “participatory”.* Analysis: The “Materialistic Paradigm” is viewed as a tool of the state to keep people at the “bottom rung of consciousness” and ignorant of their own “higher nature”.* Direct Quote: “If mind is spirit, and is there a difference?... if it's mind control, how is it not spirit control? How is it not... maintaining you as a sheeple, as an animal... and to suppress the expression of consciousness?”8. The “Monolith” and the Fusion of Real and FakeThe host interprets Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and the “X” (Twitter) logo through the lens of the “Monolith,” symbolizing the monolithic control over human perception.* Analysis: The “eclipse” over the monolith represents the fusion of waking consciousness (solar) and the subconscious (lunar), or the merging of news and fiction into a single “scripture”.* Direct Quote: “The monolith is the monolithic control over perception. It's the worldview monopoly... the eclipse... represents the fusion of real and fake as we are processing through the screen or the monolith.”Conclusion: The Inoculation against “Mind AIDS”The broadcast concludes by offering the “off-world stage perspective” as a “cure for mind AIDS”. By understanding the “Meta Script” and the mechanics of media manipulation, the individual is said to be “inoculated” against future psyops and emotional triggers. The host announces that the Intro to Metascript course is now free and serves as the fundamental training for this new “pattern literacy”. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit infiniteplanesociety.substack.com/subscribe

Are you chasing every trend that hits the market — or curating the ones that actually align with your brand? And if you're a consumer, are you buying into a trend because it works for you, or because everyone else is wearing it? Image consultant and stylist Mikara Reid of MIIEN Consultancy defines what a fashion trend actually is, how fast fashion accelerates the cycle, and why knowing the difference between following a trend and owning one changes everything — for retailers and consumers alike.#WhatIsAFashionTrend #FashionTrend #TrendAlert #FastFashion #FashionRetailer #DTCFashion #BrandIdentity #TrendVsStyle #ImageConsultant #PersonalStylist #MikaraReid #MIIEN #FashionIdentity #RetailerTips #ShopWithIntention

Not every piece in your wardrobe should have an expiration date. Image consultant and stylist Mikara Reid of MIIEN Consultancy defines seasonless fashion and what it means to own pieces that work regardless of what the calendar says. From white t-shirts and denim to pointy toe pumps and gold accessories — these are the pieces that form the foundation of a wardrobe built to last beyond any single season.#SeasonlessFashion #WhatIsSeasonless #YearRoundStyle #WardrobeEssentials #TimelessStyle #PersonalStyle #ImageConsultant #PersonalStylist #MikaraReid #MIIEN #GlossaryAtMIIEN #FashionBasics #DressWithIntention #FashionIdentity #IntentionalWardrobe

Portsmouth is worse than Fanny could've imagined, and in these chapters, she tries to find a friend among her family. Mary sends a gossipy letter to Fanny, and Fanny kind of likes it. Fanny buys a knife for her little sister AND joins a library! Topics discussed include regency era dentistry, Fanny's llama mama, Mrs. Price's resemblance to her sisters, the social status of the Ward sisters, Spicy Susan, the Saturday half-holiday, the comparison of Portsmouth to celibacy, Mary poking the bear, Baron Wildenhaim's courtship of Julia, what qualities in a person are innate, and luxurious and daring wealth.Patron Study Questions come from Avi, Kate, Ghenet, and Linnea. Topics discussed include how Fanny's sisters could've benefitted if she'd come home earlier, Mrs. Price as a tragic figure, and Fanny's lack of a female friendship, where Fanny truly belongs, whether Portsmouth is an enticement or warning about marrying Henry, and Maria as a warning.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include the picture Jane Austen is painting of the lower classes and how Susan complicates that picture, what role Susan plays in the narrative, whether Fanny really misses Mansfield, why Maria is unhappy, and predictions about our former main characters. Funniest Quote(s):“As to the little irritations, sometimes introduced by Aunt Norris, they were short, they were trifling, they were a drop of water to the ocean, compared with the ceaseless tumult of her present abode.”“I hope she will recollect it and be satisfied, as well she may, with moving the queen on a palace, though the king may appear best in the background.”Questions moving forward: How close will Fanny and Susan get? Will we go to the Rushworths' party? Will Edmund propose?Who wins the chapters? Mary Crawford!Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Arthur (Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone), High School Musical, Is Your Mama a Llama?, Mean Girls, Rugrats, the White Lotus, Dr. Johnson, the Office, Money with MelNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapters 10-11 or Chapters 41 and 42Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

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Have you ever had anything made bespoke — or have you always worn what was already made? Image consultant and stylist Mikara Reid of MIIEN Consultancy defines bespoke and what it actually means to have a product or service designed from scratch with one person in mind. From men's tailoring to personal style, bespoke is the highest level of customization — and more people should know what it means.#WhatIsBespoke #BespokeFashion #BespokeStyle #CustomTailoring #MensFashion #PersonalStyle #ImageConsultant #PersonalStylist #MikaraReid #MIIEN #FashionIdentity #TailoredStyle #BespokeSuit #FashionBasics #DressWithIntention

Are you using sale season as a strategy — or just following what everyone else is doing? And if you're a shopper, are you buying because you need it, or because the price made the decision for you? Image consultant and stylist Mikara Reid of MIIEN Consultancy defines sale season from both sides of the transaction — what it means for the retailer and what it really costs the consumer — and why understanding both perspectives changes how you approach it entirely.#SaleSeason #WhatIsSaleSeason #RetailStrategy #ShopWithIntention #FashionRetailer #DTCFashion #BlackFriday #EndOfSeasonSale #IntentionalShopping #ImageConsultant #PersonalStylist #MikaraReid #MIIEN #FashionIdentity #RetailerTips

News and Updates: AI Glossary for Everyone: TechCrunch published a plain-English glossary defining essential AI terms like LLMs, tokens, hallucinations, agents, and RAMageddon, helping everyday readers keep pace with the industry's evolving vocabulary. Cyber Insurers Prioritize Speed: Insurers now evaluate how fast companies detect, patch, and recover from breaches rather than just static defenses, as AI shrinks the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation. Big Tech Flips on AI Jobs: CEOs who once predicted massive AI-driven layoffs now emphasize job creation and productivity, with executives expecting significant headcount cuts dropping from 46% to 20%. Free AI Computing Credits War: OpenAI and Anthropic are showering startups with millions in free credits, letting some founders delay fundraising as model makers battle for future enterprise customers. Anthropic Fable Ban Lifted: The Trump administration reversed its weekslong export ban on Anthropic's Fable model, igniting fierce debate over how much the federal government should control frontier AI access. Claude Sonnet 5 Launches: Anthropic released Sonnet 5, a cheaper agentic model approaching Opus 4.8 performance with default cybersecurity safeguards, fewer hallucinations, and stronger resistance to prompt injection attacks.

Fanny's in Portsmouth! We meet all the Prices, and they do not live up to our expectations; but more importantly, the Thrush has gone out of harbor. Fanny starts to feel that Portsmouth is not going to be all that she'd hoped for. We also learn that Fanny had another sister, Mary, who died while she was at Mansfield.Topics discussed include Fanny and William's dream home, the Crawfords' love letters, Fanny's rose-tinted glasses for Mansfield, the return of the fire symbolism, dirty martinis, the lack of good servants in Portsmouth, knife fights, and toasted cheese.Patron Study Questions come from Ghenet, Avi, Angelika, Linnea, and Sarah K. Topics discussed include our impressions of Fanny's family, whether Austen's portrayal of the Prices is fair, Fanny not fitting in with either class, all the new characters we've met, whether Fanny would be a different person if she'd grown up with the Prices, and a comparison between Henry and Frank Churchill. Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include a comparison between Fanny's first day at Mansfield and her first day at Portsmouth, Fanny's shift in status, Mr. Price in comparison to Sir Thomas, and what's going to happen with the characters we've left behindFunniest Quote: "But though she had seen all the members of the family, she had not yet heard all the noise they could make."Questions moving forward: How long will Fanny last here? How long will William stick around? Will Fanny befriend Susan?Who wins the chapters? Betsey!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Sally-port (n): dock where boats picked up or dropped off ship crews from vessels anchored offshoreGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Toy Story 3, The Three Sisters, Lord of the RingsNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapters 8-9 or Chapters 39 and 40ALERT ALERT!!!! Come see us LIVE for a talkback after the 2 PM performance of The Betrothed on July 26th. The Betrothed is an absurdist comedy of love, ambition, and social expectation set in the 19th century and performed by an all-women cast. When her brother's broken engagement disrupts Kitty's plans to secure a suitor, she's forced to confront the rigid expectations placed upon her and schemes to restore order and ensure everyone gets their happily ever after. As romantic entanglements unravel and betrayals come to light, The Betrothed queers the classic marriage plot. After the 2PM performance on July 26th, we will be chatting with members of the team about rom-coms and marriage plots. ****Get your tickets HERE!****Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Do you know which silhouettes work for your body — or are you still guessing every time you get dressed? Image consultant and stylist Mikara Reid of MIIEN Consultancy defines what a silhouette actually is in fashion — it's not about fabric, color, or print. It's about the outline shape your clothes create on your body, and understanding it changes everything about how you get dressed.#WhatIsASilhouette #SilhouetteInFashion #BodySilhouette #DressForYourBody #PersonalStyle #ImageConsultant #PersonalStylist #MikaraReid #MIIEN #FashionIdentity #StyleTips #DressWithIntention #KnowYourBody #FashionBasics #StyleIdentity

When was the last time you looked at your style with a completely new pair of eyes? Image consultant and stylist Mikara Reid of MIIEN Consultancy defines the evolution of personal style — what it means to embrace your image development and discovery with openness and intention. Also covered in depth in her book What's Your MIIEN!?#StyleEvolution #PersonalStyleEvolution #ImageDevelopment #PersonalStyle #StyleIdentity #DressWithIntention #ImageConsultant #PersonalStylist #MikaraReid #MIIEN #FashionIdentity #StyleTransformation #StyleGrowth #WhoAreYouBecoming #WhatsYourMIIEN

Fanny is going on a trip! Edmund has plans to go to London and propose to Mary, William returns to Mansfield, and Sir Thomas offers to send Fanny back to Portsmouth with him. Fanny hopes to get over Edmund while she's gone…good luck, girl.Topics discussed include Edmund's pride spinoff, Mary's daddy issues, the sexiest instrument of all time (the harp), whether Fanny is the type of person to adopt her man's opinions, Sir Thomas's real reasons for sending Fanny to Portsmouth, and Fanny's relationship with her family.Patron Study Questions come from Avi and Angelika. Topics discussed include Fanny's relationship to her mother and what it will be like for her at Portsmouth, and whether Edmund is willfully misunderstanding Fanny's emotions.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include how Fanny's status will shift at Portsmouth, why Jane Austen is sending her there, why Sir Thomas sucks, the parallels between Edmund/Mary and Fanny/Henry, and what Portsmouth itself will be like. Funniest Quote: "It had, in fact, occurred to her, that though taken to Portsmouth for nothing, it would be hardly possible for her to avoid paying her own expenses back again. So her poor dear sister Price was left to all the disappointment of her missing such an opportunity, and another twenty years' absence, perhaps, begun."Questions moving forward: What will happen in Portsmouth? What will happen if/when Edmund goes to London? Who wins the chapters? Fanny!!! Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Vicissitude (n): the quality or state of being changeable Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, JASNA New York MetroNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapter 7 or Chapter 38Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

In this episode, Stewart Alsop sits down with Aaron Lowry, founder of Circulatory Fidelity, to dig into some genuinely mind-bending territory — from Aaron's framework for measuring load-bearing dependencies between things, to the multi-agent AI lab he's built to do cross-domain scientific research, to the surprising parallels between entropy, ontology, and hand-wrapping a wiring harness on a vintage car. They also get into abductive reasoning, the problem of combinatorial explosion, why consensus is the secret engine of civilization, and what it actually means to build a system with an explicit ontology versus just winging it. Check out Aaron's work at circulatoryfidelity.com.Timestamps00:00 — Aaron explains his framework of abduction as a third mode of reasoning alongside induction and deduction, describing his approach as "cataloging shadows" of things we can observe but not yet define.05:00 — The conversation shifts to consensus mechanisms, measurement systems, and how shared definitions in language and commerce reduce friction in civilized society.10:00 — Stewart and Aaron discuss communication loss in human language, how close-knit groups develop lower-loss protocols, and the parallel to business relationships and trust.15:00 — Aaron breaks down Circulatory Fidelity as an algebraic measuring tool for load-bearing dependencies between things, connecting it to relevance realization and combinatorial explosion.20:00 — Aaron describes his multi-agent AI lab, including domain tiers, inter-domain translation using semiotics, and how he coined the term complexity to replace the ambiguous word "synergy."25:00 — Discussion of ontologies, Poincaré discs, and how Aaron's lab explicitly structures relational primacy versus reductionism through a theology agent and an adversary agent.30:00 — Aaron walks through how his agents manage circulatoryfidelity.com and how the adversary functions as a generative tension mechanism against overclaiming.35:00 — The episode closes on Aaron's work in vintage car restoration, tying craftsmanship, wiring harnesses, and the philosophy of participatory creation back to his broader research posture.Key InsightsAbductive reasoning is the overlooked third pillar alongside induction and deduction. Drawn from C.S. Peirce, it works with less firm structures — more intuitive, more shadow-tracking — and Aaron sees it as the right tool for discovering patterns that conventional scientific measurement tends to miss.Cheap factorization is powerful but dangerous. Most of reality can be broken into parts and measured accurately, but some things lose all their relevant information the moment you separate them. Knowing which is which is the whole game.Consensus is infrastructure. From a gram to a traffic light to a shared definition, civilization runs on agreed-upon measurements. The moment consensus breaks down — as the French discovered after their revolution — entire systems become unstable and costly to operate.Constraints are affordances. Entropy and gravity aren't just limitations — they're the ground on which everything is built. Aaron argues that persistent laws of nature are tools, and ignoring them doesn't make them go away, it just makes your model wrong.Ontology is always present, whether you name it or not. Every agent, every system, every framework has one built in. The question is only whether you've made it explicit and intentional — or left it implicit and unexamined.Generative tension is a design principle. Aaron built an adversary agent specifically to challenge overclaims in his lab, mirroring the way opposing forces in nature and tradition keep systems honest and prevent overfitting to comfortable conclusions.Creation is participatory. Whether wrapping a wiring harness for fifty hours or building an agent network, Aaron sees making things as an active, relational process — posture, attention, and intent are what turn potential into reality.

Tokenisation represents an “operating system upgrade” for the investment industry, says Theo Golden, Baillie Gifford's new head of digital assets. In this episode, they explain what it involves and how it should deliver a better experience, both by reducing the number of middlemen between you and your investments and making your holdings more “useful”. Background:In this conversation, Theo Golden tells Short Briefings… host Leo Kelion about how tokenisation can reduce costs and complexity – and pave the way for providing clients with new services that better fit their needs. Tokenisation means taking an asset – such as a fund – and turning it into a line of code. This lives on a blockchain: a shared digital record that no single party owns or controls. The investment itself doesn't change, but what does are the ways that ownership is recorded and transferred. Instead of a chain of intermediaries, each keeping their own set of books, everyone can work from one shared record. As Golden puts it, it's “the same but better” – the same investments, on faster, lower-cost, more flexible rails built for the internet age. It also paves the way to new capabilities. Among those Golden discusses are making it much easier for clients to use the funds they invest in as collateral for loans, and the development of “agentic wealth management” – AI bots that autonomously plan and, potentially, update an individual client's portfolio based on their risk appetite and changing circumstances. Baillie Gifford's first steps with tokenisation involve fixed income, but in time the ambition is to “build across our investment universe,” Golden says. “So be ready for Baillie Gifford on chain.”  ResourcesBaillie Gifford digital assets hubDr Ian Hunt: Replicating Legacy is Squandering the Promise of Tokenisation: We Are Building a Faster HorseShort Briefings on Long Term Thinking podcast archive Timecodes:00:00  Introduction01:40   “A world with less friction”02:15   The lesson from losing it all04:50  From Bloomberg to bonds06:35  Defining tokenisation and the blockchain08:20  Same assets, better system09:35  One golden source of truth12:35   Making assets more useful16:10   Turning assets into “Lego bricks”19:20   Stablecoins, regulation and new decision-makers24:00  Managing crypto risks26:25  The ‘same but better' rule28:00  Starting with fixed income29:20  Meeting clients where they are30:27  Book pick Glossary of terms (in order of mention): Trading volumes: The amount of buying and selling taking place in a market over a period of time. Blockchain-based tokenisation: The use of blockchain technology to create digital tokens that represent ownership of assets. Self-sovereign: Controlled directly by the owner, rather than depending entirely on a bank, platform or intermediary. Custody: The safekeeping of assets. Self-custody means holding and controlling the asset directly yourself. Counterparties: The other parties involved in a financial transaction or agreement. Multi Asset: An investment approach that can invest across several asset classes, such as shares, bonds, currencies and infrastructure. Catastrophe bonds: Bonds that transfer insurance-related risks, such as natural-disaster losses, from insurers to investors. FX rates: Foreign exchange rates. Smart contract: Computer code that automatically carries out agreed rules when certain conditions are met. Token: A digital representation of an asset or ownership right on a blockchain. Walled garden: A closed system where users can only operate within the rules and limits of one provider or platform. Fixed income fund: A fund that invests mainly in bonds or other debt instruments that typically pay interest. Growth equity fund: A fund that invests in companies expected to grow faster than the wider market. Vehicle for transfer: The system or method used to move ownership or value from one party to another. Rails: The underlying infrastructure that allows transactions or transfers to take place. Reconciliation: The process of checking that different records match each other. Shareholder registry: The official list of people or organisations that own shares or fund units. Transfer agency register: A fund-administration record that tracks investor ownership and transactions. Wallet: A digital tool used to hold and manage blockchain-based assets. Finality: The point at which a transaction is considered complete and cannot easily be reversed. Unitisation: The process of dividing a fund into units so investors can buy and sell a share of the fund. Inert: Hard to move, transfer or use in other financial activities. UK gilt: A UK government bond. Margin call: A demand for more cash or collateral when the value of an investment or position has fallen. Interoperability: The ability of different systems, assets or pieces of software to work together. Composability: The ability to combine digital assets or software components, like building blocks, to create new services. COBOL: Common Business-Oriented Language – an older computer programming language still used in some legacy financial systems. AI agents: Software that can act semi-independently to carry out tasks on behalf of a user. On-chain books and records: Official ownership and transaction records kept on a blockchain. Stablecoin: A digital asset designed to track the value of a traditional currency, such as the US dollar or pound. Fiat currency: Government-issued money, such as pounds, dollars or yen, that is not backed by a physical commodity such as gold. USDC: A stablecoin issued by Circle that is designed to track the value of the US dollar. FCA: The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK regulator for financial services firms and markets. Burn a token: Permanently cancel or destroy a digital token so it can no longer be used. Remit a token: Re-issue a token to a new wallet. Neobank: A digital-first bank, usually operating mainly through apps or online services.

Fanny Price remains unknowable to the people around her. Edmund tries to get Fanny to talk about her feelings, Mary and Fanny have a heart to heart and we learn that Mary's friends have all wound up in bad marriages. For the first time ever, Fanny reveals what she saw happen between Henry and Maria. And then, the Crawfords are no more. Topics discussed include being “taken in” to a bad marriage, the truth about the necklace, and Bare Minimum Twitter.Patron Study Questions come from Linnea. Topics discussed include the way Janet Fraser is used to warn Fanny about the possibility of a bad marriage.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Edmund's treatment of Fanny's choice to reject Henry, the moments of friendship vs. manipulation between Mary and Fanny, Mary's love of ALL the Bertrams, and what's next for Fanny at Mansfield. Funniest Quote: “Miss Crawford made us laugh by her plans of encouragement for her brother. She meant to urge him to persevere in the hope of being loved in time, and of having his addresses most kindly received at the end of about ten years' happy marriage.”Questions moving forward: Who's going to London? Is Mary ever coming back?Who wins the chapters? Fanny!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Exigeant: French for demanding, strictGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Fiddler on the Roof, SleepoverNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapter 6Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Have you ever loved something your partner just won’t try? For years, Andrew’s wife said no to baseball. In this bonus episode, he finally gets her to the ballpark and finds out what she really thinks. Listen along to learn some vocabulary that will help make your English more natural and to improve your listening fluency. Study resources: Become a Culips member: Join the Culips Discord server: Get the interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary here: Glossary expressions: To brush something off To prod To level with someone To put yourself in someone’s shoes To come around To look the part To pay through the nose A who’s who Nosebleed seats To be priced out

This week on Raising Kids on Your Knees, we're diving into five simple summer habits that can transform your child's spiritual legacy. In a world full of noise and distraction, your home is still the greatest influence on your kids — and small, intentional choices can shape their faith for years to come.In this episode, Tina shares five powerful rhythms every Christian parent can begin today:Prayer — creating a sacred space and letting your kids hear you prayWorship — filling your home with praise and spiritually nourishing musicThe Word — making Scripture a daily habit for you and your childrenRepentance — modeling confession, humility, and freedom in ChristCommunity — building relationships that strengthen your family's walk with GodThese simple practices can shift the atmosphere of your home and help your children grow in faith, confidence, and spiritual stability. Whether you're a new mom, a seasoned parent, or somewhere in between, this episode will encourage you to lead your family with purpose this summer.✨ Mentioned in this episode: • Rest Refresh Renew Retreat – October 16–18, 2026https://RaisingKidsOnYourKnees.org/rest-refresh-renew-retreat• Raising Kids on Your Knees Spotify Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pRySXy6xcAQVlpUpTVjnr?si=5a678a0084b048a6• Little Ones on Their Knees Prayer Journalhttps://mapglobal.regfox.com/merch-page• Glossary for Identifying Sin Areashttps://raisingkidsonyourknees.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Glossary-Identifying-Sin-Areas.pdf• Prayer Tribe subscription + free download: Five Easy Ways to Pray Daily for Your Children https://mailchi.mp/24bba9787d3e/raisingkidsonyourknees Legacy - A Mom Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7gUlB9MmhN1cTJT3RqYt2o?si=c57c3d8c56054f20If you're ready to strengthen your walk with God and shape the legacy you leave behind, this episode is for you.Flying Arrow Productions

Henry Crawford perseveres, despite Fanny's repeated rejections, and the aunts learn about the proposal. Edmund returns, and he has opinions about the proposal as well. Henry reads some Shakespeare aloud, and Fanny thinks it's hot.Topics discussed gray morality, growing out of being Team Jess, Sir Wobbles's gender, surprise proposals, Shakespeare as a part of English society, and actions speaking louder than words.Patron Study Questions come from Avi and Angelika. Topics discussed include Lady Bertram's offer of a puppy for Fanny, gender-neutral icon Mx. Wobbles, the significance of Henry VIII, and Edmund's behavior after finding out about Henry's proposal.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include the aunts' response to the proposal, Fanny's enjoyment of Henry's acting, and what Henry means about his actions speaking for him.Funniest Quote: Lady Bertram took it differently. She had been a beauty, and a prosperous beauty, all her life; and beauty and wealth were all that excited her respect. To know Fanny to be sought in marriage by a man of fortune, raised her, therefore, very much in her opinion. By convincing her that Fanny was very pretty, which she had been doubting about before, and that she would be advantageously married, it made her feel a sort of credit in calling her niece."Well, Fanny, I have had a very agreeable surprise this morning. I must just speak of it once, I told Sir Thomas I must once, and then I shall have done. I give you joy, my dear niece.” And looking at her complacently, she added, “Humph, we certainly are a handsome family!”Questions moving forward: Will something happen with Julia? Will Henry go away? Will he prove himself?Who wins the chapters? Lady Bertram and Mx. WobblesGlossary of Terms and Phrases:importunity (n): persistence, especially to the point of annoyance.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Schitt's Creek, The Good Place, Gilmore Girls, Henry VIII, The Thing About AustenNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapters 4-5Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

The US public's tastes and habits are fragmenting, leading to new consumer behaviours. The shift from a handful of TV networks to an endless supply of streamed shows and social media clips is just one of many causes. Investment manager Dave Bujnowski discusses the characteristics that determine which growth companies should thrive in the resulting ‘high entropy' environment.Dave Bujnowski is an investment manager in our US Equity Growth Team and co-manager of the Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund and our American Fund. In this conversation, he tells Short Briefings… host Leo Kelion about his work with anthropologist Dr Grant McCracken, studying the causes and effects of the fragmentation of American culture. They believe that US culture is a system that has entered a ‘high entropy state' – meaning that tastes and habits no longer change in an orderly manner. The result is “tremendous instability” and a sense of “continual pandemonium”. This shift, they argue, has implications for growth companies and helps explain why some are struggling to maintain mass-market appeal. But the disorder also plays to others' advantage, and they have sought to identify which will thrive and why. Portfolio companies discussed include:·      Cloudflare – the service that protects websites from attack and optimises their performance·      DraftKings – the sports gambling platform that lets Americans bet on sporting events·      Samsara – the Internet of Things specialist helping companies track and make sense of data·      SharkNinja – the home appliance company behind the CREAMi ice-cream maker·      Shopify – the ecommerce platform serving merchants ·       Resources:Dr Grant McCrackenShort Briefings on Long Term Thinking podcast archiveThe Long View collectionThinking in SystemsWhen systems fragment: entropy, cultural change and the next great US companies  Companies mentioned include:·      Alphabet (Google)·      Amazon·      Cloudflare·      DraftKings·      Meta·      Netflix·      Samsara·      SharkNinja·      Shopify·      SpaceX Timecodes:00:00  Introduction02:05  System-level thinking03:20  How change happens06:10   Entropy and fragmentation08:15   A conversation with Cloudflare's CEO10:20   Ants and anthropology13:25   Grant McCracken on North Sea culture15:15   The causes of splintering culture17:05   New consumer behaviours19:15   Challenging times for lululemon21:00   Shopify and agility23:10   Agentic commerce25:40  SharkNinja and new niches28:30  DraftKings and cultural anchors30:40  Samsara's entropy antidote32:10   Finance and space: systems to watch33:50  Book choice  Glossary of terms (in order of mention): Entropy: In this podcast, a metaphor for systems becoming more fragmented, varied and harder to predict.Cash flows: The money moving into and out of a business.Market cap: The total stock-market value of a company: share price multiplied by number of shares.S&P 500: A major US stock-market index of large companies.Second law of thermodynamics: A physics principle often simplified as the tendency of energy in a closed system to spread out over time. Mainframe: A large, central computer used by organisations to process major computing tasks. Big iron: Informal technology term for large, powerful central computers. MMA: Mixed martial arts, a full-contact combat sport. Delulu: Internet slang for optimistic or unrealistic self-belief. Short for ‘delusional'. Traffic aggregation: Bringing together large numbers of users or customers in one place, often online. Total addressable market (TAM): The total potential market size for a product or service if it reached all possible customers. Prediction markets: Markets where people trade contracts based on the likelihood of future events. Internet of Things: Everyday equipment connected to the internet so it can collect and share data.     

Description: "When joint pain is present, the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis needs to be made as soon as possible, ideally within six months to limit joint inflammation" Dr. Vinod Chandran mentions as he discusses efforts to identify a diagnostic test for those at risk of developing psoriatic arthritis.          Join host Jeff Brown as he speaks with leading rheumatologist and clinician scientist Dr. Vinod Chandran, Director of the Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network and the Departments of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto to learn more about the progress and promising results towards developing a psoriatic arthritis diagnostic test through multi-omic assays and identifying the distinct differences between psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.  This episode provides an update on the progress to date of the NPF PsA Diagnostic Test grant initiative which has shown promising results with a potential test entering prospective study in multiple sites soon.   Thank you to Johnson and Johnson for their support of this program activity. Timestamps: (0:00)          Intro to Psoriasis Uncovered & guest welcome rheumatologist Dr. Vinod Chandran.    (0:52)          It is challenging to diagnose psoriatic arthritis with many factors leading to a delay in diagnosis. (4:56)          The start of Dr. Chandran's involvement with the PsA Diagnostic Test Grant project.   (7:55)          The different types of omics and the definition of multi-omic. (9:57)          How the multi-omic approach is used to find biomarkers relative to a specific disease pattern. (11:08)        Development of a predictive or prevention-based test using gene expression.      (13:46)        First year results identify 200 markers across different omic approaches that distinguish psoriatic arthritis from psoriasis.    (14:58)        The significance of MRNA vs mIcroRNA's use in development of a diagnostic test and how critical that is to dissemination of a                     potential test. (17:08)        Identifying the skin-joint axis in relation to different types of arthritis. (20:20)        Next steps to moving the diagnostic test research forward as a prospective study in multiple sites and the cost effectiveness of                  delivering the test.   (23:13)        If you have psoriasis, musculoskeletal, back, and joint pain think of psoriatic arthritis and be diagnosed early to maintain a good                 quality of life. Key Takeaways: ·       Given challenges associated with diagnosing psoriatic arthritis and the impact on quality of life, in 2019 NPF launched the PsA Diagnostic Test Grant project with the goal of developing an early stage test that would identify and diagnose those with psoriatic arthritis before debilitating  joint damage begins.   ·       Progress towards a PsA Diagnostic Test includes the study of multi-omic data sets where 200 distinct biomarkers have been identified leading to a greater understanding of the different pathways between psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and the skin joint axis.  ·       A potential diagnostic test is now moving towards the prospective study phase. Until the test is available and if joint pain is present and you have psoriasis, ask your health care provider if it could be psoriatic arthritis and treat appropriately.  Guest Bio: Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD is a rheumatologist, clinician scientist, and Director of the Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network and the Departments of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto where he is also a Professor of Medicine. His specialties include internal medicine, immunology, rheumatology, and genetic epidemiology. His research focus is on the development of biomarker-based strategies to improve early diagnosis and prognosis of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, identification of new treatment targets especially for those who do not respond to current therapies, and strategies to reduce the impact of disease. Dr. Chandran is a Co-Vice President of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis or GRAPPA. He is an active collaborator in a multi-center research consortia such as the International Psoriasis and Arthritis Research Team and the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada. Dr. Chandran is the recipient of research funding from the National Psoriasis Foundation for his work in identifying a "Multi-omic Diagnostic Test for PsA in Psoriasis Patients". Resources: "Understanding the NPF Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnostic Test Grant Outcomes" Advance Online. February 18, 2026.  "Managing Chronic Pain with Psoriatic Arthritis" Psoriasis Uncovered podcast episode with physiatrist Dr. Erin Maslowski, LB Herbert who lives with psoriatic disease, and moderator Susan McClelland-Tobert, a retired pediatric cardiologist who also lives with psoriatic disease. Glossary of terms: mRNA: Messenger RNA carries protein information or instructions from the DNA in a cell's nucleus to the cell's interior where the sequence is read and translated into corresponding amino acids for growing protein chains. Micro-RNA (miRNA):  Micro-RNA act as the regulator. They are short and bind to specific target mRNA's to degrade or inhibit production of protein. 

In this episode of The Ross Simmonds Show, Ross breaks down findings from the B2B Backlink Intelligence Report, an analysis of 12,154 pages across 24 B2B brands and 11 verticals, to reveal why 44.8 percent of thought leadership content fails to earn meaningful backlinks. He exposes the 9.5-point performance gap hiding inside most B2B content strategies and shares the three underutilized formats that consistently generate authority, links, and compounding growth. Key Takeaways and Insights: 1. The 44.8% Failure Rate of Thought Leadership - Thought leadership accounts for 37 percent of B2B content but earns only 27 percent of backlinks. A 9.5-point performance gap signals massive resource misallocation across the industry. - Most teams never audit whether their executive POV content actually earns links. The data exposes a problem most marketing leaders are actively ignoring. 2. Inside the B2B Backlink Intelligence Report - The study analyzed 12,154 pages across 24 B2B brands and 11 verticals using two core questions: what format is it and how many referring domains does it earn? - The most published format turned out to be the worst performer on a per-page basis. Data replaces opinion. The receipts are in. 3. Why Thought Leadership Underperforms - Thought leadership sounds strategic but internal applause, Slack praise, and LinkedIn likes create a false sense of traction. Teams rarely check backlinks, citations, or amplification metrics. - Most brands overestimate how much the market cares about executive opinions. Journalists and analysts want citable data, clear definitions, and practical insights. Not hot takes. 4. When Thought Leadership Actually Works - It performs best when the brand is already famous. Authority compounds authority and mid-market brands rarely break through on opinion alone. - Unique data paired with a strong perspective outperforms pure POV every time. The question is not whether thought leadership works. It is whether it will work for you. 5. The Link Magnet Trifecta - Three formats consistently outperform thought leadership with higher efficiency rates, lower fail rates, and compounding backlink growth over time. - Most B2B teams are dramatically under-allocating to these formats while continuing to invest in the one with the worst returns. 6. Stats and Data Roundups: 4.25x Efficiency - Stats pages carry a fail rate of just 5.3 percent and a breakout rate of 42 percent to 1,000-plus referring domains. Journalists constantly search for consolidated, up-to-date statistics. - One well-maintained stats page can outperform a year of blog posts. Keep it fresh. Rankings and relevance drive long-term link velocity. 7. Glossary and Definition Pages - Writers link to the clearest definition available. Definitions age better than predictions or trend pieces, making these pages durable link assets. - Own the terminology in your category and you own the citations. This format remains powerful for links even as organic traffic patterns shift. 8. How-To Content Independent of Your Product - The highest-performing how-to content solves tasks even if your product did not exist. Avoid product documentation disguised as SEO content. - Utility-driven tutorials earn links because they help the broader ecosystem. Top performers covered tools and topics like Google Drive, HTML, Fiverr, and Alibaba. 9. Backlinks Still Matter in the AI Era - Google still runs on links even in AI mode. Authority signals matter more now, not less. Backlinks are infrastructure for search visibility across both traditional and generative engines. - The compounding effect rewards long-term operators. Every link earned today is a signal that shapes AI visibility tomorrow. 10. Think Like an Investor, Not an Artist - Backlinks compound after publication. Audit your content strategy before publishing another thought leadership piece and reallocate toward formats with asymmetric upside. - Invest more. Guess less. The brands that treat content like a portfolio will outperform the ones treating it like a creative outlet. Resources & Tools:

Si and Desi discuss a range of digital forensics topics, from writing forensic reports that juries can actually understand, to whether AI is coming for "button pusher" DFIR jobs. They explore plain language standards, the classic confusion between forensic "images" and pictures, and Brett Shavers' provocative blog post on AI and job security — leading into a wider discussion about the distinction between technicians and analysts in digital forensics. Si shares highlights from the Leica Geosystems Conference, including fascinating audio forensics research by Henry Vega on deriving vehicle speeds and weapon calibers from sound recordings, and Swedish police reconstructions of a mass shooting using audio evidence and Unreal Engine walkthroughs. The pair also explore the forensic challenges of AI-generated code, agentic processes on endpoints, and the security risks of consumer AI tools. #DFIR #DigitalForensics #AI #PrivacyParadox #AudioForensics 00:00 Welcome 00:34 Writing Clear Forensic Reports 01:20 Visual Timelines and Storytelling 06:52 Jargon Pitfalls and Glossaries 10:50 Old Media and Blu-Ray News 12:16 UPS Backups and Failing NAS 16:58 AI Will Replace Button Pushers 18:58 Technician vs Analyst Debate 25:54 Backlogs, Privacy and Evidence 34:39 Privacy Paradox and Distrust 42:45 AI Writes Podcast Intro 43:52 Copyright Lawsuit Talk 45:24 Claude vs ChatGPT Coding  48:48 Forensic Traces of AI 50:16 Agentic IR Attribution 53:43 Consumer Agents Security Risks 59:13 Leica Conference Highlights 01:01:09 Audio Forensics Breakthroughs 01:06:44 Image Forgery History 01:12:58 Chunnel Travel 01:17:36 Wrap-Up

We have a PROPOSAL (Graham, the sound effect)!!! We learn the real reason Henry went to London, Fanny doubts Henry's intentions, Henry comes to dinner, and Mary and Fanny exchange letters. Topics discussed include the Crawfords' breeding and capacity for change, Fanny's sleep paralysis demon, leaving unpleasant conversations, Lady Bertram's privilege, Fanny's OOO message, and the ultimate question of why Henry is in love with Fanny.A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms spoilers 39:55-42:15!!!Patron Study Questions come from Avi, Linnea, and Emily. Topics discussed include Mary's intimacy with Fanny and whether it's genuine, William's promotion and whether Henry is using it to manipulate Fanny, and whether the family will find out about the proposal.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include how this proposal is different from other proposals, why Henry proposed at this moment, what William's promotion means for Fanny, and the end of Volume II.Funniest Quote: While her heart was still bounding with joy and gratitude on William's behalf, she could not be severely resentful of anything that injured only herself; and after having twice drawn back her hand, and twice attempted in vain to turn away from him, she got up, and said only, with much agitation, “Don't, Mr. Crawford, pray don't! I beg you would not. This is a sort of talking which is very unpleasant to me. I must go away. I cannot bear it.”Questions moving forward: Will Henry try again? Will he change? What will happen with Mary and Edmund?Who wins the chapters? Fanny AND William!Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Mandalorian, Aladdin, Falling For Christmas, The Good PlaceNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapter 1Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Slushies, you could be forgiven this week for thinking you've tuned in to a different podcast. One about gardening, maybe? Or perhaps you've stumbled across a punctuation pod? But it's just your usual team ranging wherever the poems might take us.    Today we're discussing poems by Annie Kantar. The first, “Wolf Peach,” has us pondering folklore, the toxicity of nightshades, and dreaming of our favorite shakshuka. We draw on Dagne's well of gardening knowledge. The second poem spurs our deep regard for an overlooked punctuation mark with charm and humor. How many ways can you appreciate an apostrophe, that little curve that lets us skip syllables? Lisa cracks open her copy of Edward Hirch's The Essential Poet's Glossary to share a definition. Kathy thinks PBQ readers are similarly language-obsessed and will appreciate the extent of our punctuation celebration.    We end the episode with a cliffhanger. You'll have to keep listening to hear how it all plays out. Sam signs off with a recommendation of the latest from Ben Lerner, Transcription. Join us in offering a big PBQ welcome to our newest co-op, Reese Pfunder! Thanks, as always, for listening.   At the table: Dagne Forrest, Tobi Kassim, Samantha Neugebauer, Reese Pfunder, Kathleen Volk Miller, Lisa Zerkle, Lillie Volpe (sound engineer) Author Bio: Annie Kantar is the author of Means to Be Lucky (Poets & Traitors Press), translator of the Book of Job (Koren), and of Leah Goldberg's collection of poems, With This Night (University of Texas Press), which was shortlisted for the ALTA Prize. Her work has appeared in journals such as The American Literary Review, Barrow Street, Bennington Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Cincinnati Review, Forma, Gulf Coast, Literary Imagination, On the Seawall, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poetry Daily, Poetry International, Rattle, Smartish Pace, Tikkun and Verse Daily, and anthologized in Plume Anthology (Canisy Press), The Art of Poetry (Classical Academic Press), and elsewhere.   WOLF PEACH Once deemed capable  of turning people   into monsters, the inside    of the tomato is dark,  no matter how vivid,    how vitamin-rich.   Darkness is everywhere and they say if I open    my eyes to the shadow,    I'll see reality as it is. Even war has its beauty,   cruelty its place;    learn to live with it,  don't be fooled:   the Peach that bursts   in its own sugars, disappearing in cobblers and pies,   could beget a tomato,   and has made horrors of unsuspecting gardeners.    Know its fat blank face,    its bloodthirst, lest you end up like   the Good Egg,    conjurer of casseroles  for funerals and bedsides, that storybook apple   of everyone's eye. All the darkness in the world    surrounds her sunny inside,   but she loses every time. Still the peach is a peach, and the shakshuka shakshuka Mar. 2026, after Aharon Shabtai APOSTROPHE Shape of an ear in the corner  of a word, a speck  frequently misplaced;    signal of elision,  shortcut to what's been said  or couldn't have been   otherwise, a desire for cadence, synonym for address (don't forget where   you're headed), receptacle for a voice, oracle, or friend;  informal; a way of getting    to the point; a getting-of-drift, destination; a means an end a hand's    c'mon, teardrop, side eye;  infinite yet contained, say,  if God were part person    or sea; the sea; syllable skipper,  well-wisher, absent entity, substitute, metonymy    for knowing, a wild guess, an exclamation implicit for is and its opposite. OLD STORY  What was it, the word she loved, what she called the most important thing?  Incapable of saying   whether it continued through th- - - or ended    in a lisping omission,  her grandson my grandfather the doctor    learned to nod: yes, of course, it's all that matters.   She had soft hands, they walked beside it: sometimes it seems no more than a surface    you could walk across, but then you step in    and the water drops off, deeper than you imagined. . .  Whether he was talking about the lake or    her old world accent, I can't say; either way,    you know how it goes—soon it was too late to admit he didn't understand.   Their walks followed the entire circumference,    whose center was that one inscrutable truth  she'd put on repeat, blurred by an inaudible h or e   (or was it an i)? He was a big boy, and by the time       he had to go, as faith or fate would have it, he no longer needed to know.

Niki and John wrap up their doubles set by discussing what happens to your soul if/when you die in space, seeing dangerous animals in the wild, hunting Big the Cat, Niki's legally relevant total lack of opinions on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the Glossary of terms in our Discord server, movie remakes they haven't done yet, and if you can believe it, somehow even more.Welcome to If You're Driving, Close Your Eyes, a listener-supported comedy podcast where three noble explorers chip away at the crumbling foundations of reality, five or six simultaneous topics at a time. Hosted by Niki Grayson, merritt k and John Warren, and produced by Jordan Mallory, with music by Jordan and art by Max Schwartz.Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ifyouredriving.bsky.socialSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ifyouredriving Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fanny has the post-party comedown, Edmund and Mary maybe break up, and HENRY CRAWFORD IS IN LOOOOOOVE! Topics discussed include Mr. Wobbles at the party, cribbage, Edmund and Mary as the regency era Ross and Rachel, the threat of the Owen girls, and of course, Henry's feelings for Fanny and whether they're pure.Patron Study Questions come from Emily, Avi, Spring, Angelika, Emily, Linnea, and Flying Cupcake. Topics discussed include the fact that Edmund has never written Fanny a letter, the Crawfords' kindness, Edmund's affection toward Fanny, whether Henry Crawford can be redeemed, "I can fix him" vs. "She can fix me," whether Henry's love is lasting, Mary's POV, and why Henry thinks Fanny loves him.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Mary's jealousy, whether Henry will make a better husband than his uncle, why Henry fell for Fanny, Henry's perception of Fanny with the Bertrams, and whether people can change.Funniest Quote: "Oh yes! missed as every noisy evil is missed when it is taken away; that is, there is a great difference felt. But I am not fishing; don't compliment me."Questions moving forward: Will Henry propose? Will Fanny say no? Will Edmund and Mary ever see each other again?Who wins the chapters? Henry!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:alacrity (n): promptness in response : cheerful readinessGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Lord of the Rings, Wishbone, Friends, Artemis II, Project Hail Mary, The GrinchNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 13-14Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

God Man: The Word Made Flesh is a classic esoteric work exploring the hidden relationship between human anatomy, spiritual symbolism, and consciousness.Written by George Washington Carey and Inez Eudora Perry, this audiobook examines the idea that sacred religious texts are allegories for esoteric anatomy, describing the spiritual processes occurring within the human body.Continue listening in the Atlantis & Lost Civilizations playlist →    • Atlantis & Lost Civilizations (Source Texts)  Key themes explored include:The symbolic meaning of esoteric anatomyThe concept of the sacred secretionSpiritual physiology and inner alchemyBiblical symbolism interpreted through the human bodyEarly metaphysical Christianity and occult scienceRather than a literal religious text, God Man presents the idea that “the Word made flesh” refers to internal spiritual processes, a concept echoed in Hermetic, Gnostic, and ancient mystery traditions.This audiobook is ideal for listeners interested in:Esoteric ChristianityOccult anatomySacred symbolismHidden meanings in religious texts00:00 – Introduction2:40 – Chapter 14:12 – Chapter 29:53 – Chapter 313:57 – Chapter 421:37 – Chapter 525:04 – Chapter 628:33 – Chapter 71:03:18 – Chapter 81:05:25 – Chapter 91:45:34 – Chapter 101:57:46 – Chapter 112:00:57 – Chapter 122:04:30 – Chapter 132:12:02 – Chapter 142:15:26 – Chapter 152:25:02 – Chapter 162:31:13 – Chapter 172:36:55 – Chapter 182:41:27 – Chapter 192:47:10 – chapter 202:48:55 – Chapter 212:52:5 0– Chapter 223:06:20 – Chapter 233:11:57 – Chapter 243:27:03 – Chapter 253:31:33 – Chapter 263:41:07 – Chapter 273:45:01 – Chapter 284:00:22 – Chapter 294:07:16 – Chapter 304:11:03 – Chapter 314:13:10 – Chapter 324:33:07 – Chapter 334:36:38 – Chapter 344:54:57 – Chapter 355:06:48 – Chapter 365:10:02 – Glossary

Clare Vickery, of OZ Needle & Thread, joins us to talk about how she developed her painted/printed needlepoint canvas business, share some insight into the dynamics of today’s needlepoint world, and offer her thoughts about the business side of needlepoint. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America at egausa.org. Check the show notes for a link to an interesting free EGA download. Clare Vickery also talks about the tremendous Needlepoint Angels program and the LA Stitch Club she organized. Follow her. She offers so much more than painted-canvas designs. For Fiber Talk Patreon members, Cindy and Gary recorded our thoughts about our conversation with Clare. That video is posted at Patreon.com/FiberTalk.–Cindy and Gary Listen to the podcast: This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses. Here are some links: Embroiderers’ Guild of America website EGA “Glossary of Embroidery Terms” download OZ Needle & Thread website Clare Vickery on YouTube Clare Vickery on TikTok OZ Needle & Thread on Instagram Needlepoint Angels website Needlepoint Angels on Instagram LA Stitch Club We hope you enjoy this conversation with Clare Vickery. We're always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show. To add yourself to our mailing list and be notified whenever we post a new podcast, provide your name and email address below. You won’t get spam and we won’t share your address.

LPs. GPs. Carry. Waterfalls. Pari passu. The unlock. Quantum. De-Risk. Niko originally thought one of these was a French dish. Liz wants to ban another from all future meetings. In their PE Funcast debut, ParkerGale Associates Liz & Niko join Devin to demystify the private equity alphabet soup, breaking down everything from formal vocabulary to finance bro speak. Whether you're a first year Associate or a founder looking to sell, this is the lingo you should know.

It's the day of the ball! Edmund gifts Fanny a SECOND chain, and Fanny decides to get over Edmund just as Edmund starts to doubt his feelings for Mary. Henry offers to take William to town and flirts up a storm with Fanny (respectfully). Fanny is the belle of the ball, despite her wishes. Topics discussed include pasta necklaces, our In Defense of Edmund Drinking Game, Fanny's cup size, what Mary Crawford sees in Edmund, pros and cons of Henry and Edmund, and Regency ragers.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include angel hair vs. bucatini (or the Mary necklace vs. the Edmund necklace), Edmund's feelings about Mary's flaws now vs. the beginning of the book, Fanny's coming out, whether she's softening on Henry, and whether Edmund and Mary are over.Funniest Quote: "She had all the heroism of principle, and was determined to do her duty; but having also many of the feelings of youth and nature, let her not be much wondered at, if, after making all these good resolutions on the side of self-government, she seized the scrap of paper on which Edmund had begun writing to her, as a treasure beyond all her hopes, and reading with the tenderest emotion these words, “My very dear Fanny, you must do me the favour to accept” locked it up with the chain, as the dearest part of the gift."Questions moving forward: Is this the end of Mary and Edmund? What will happen between Henry and William on the carriage ride?Who wins the chapters? Fanny!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:a la mortal (phrase): to the deathchequered (adj): marked by fluctuations in fortunenegus (n): a beverage made of wine, hot water, lemon juice, sugar, and nutmeg,Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dawson's Creek, Hamilton, Hot N ColdNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 11-12Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

The families gather for a game night, and shenanigans ensue. Henry pays a visit to Edmund's future home, which sparks some feelings in Fanny and Mary. Sir Thomas catches on to Henry's intentions with Fanny and decides to throw a ball. Mary gives Fanny an unexpected gift.Topics discussed include falling in love for the bit, Molly's competitive side, whether Henry can change, predictions for William's hotness, Sir Thomas's Pinterest board, our first male pre-proposal POV, and team Hanny vs. team Fanmund.Patron Study Questions this week come from Avi. Topics discussed include William's cross being modeled off a gift Jane Austen received from her own brother.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Sir Thomas's interest in Henry and throwing a ball, the discussion of Edmund's estate, Edmund's internal monologue, the purpose of the ball, and why Mary gave Fanny her chain.Funniest Quote: “No, I never inquire. But I told a man mending a hedge that it was Thornton Lacey, and he agreed to it.”Questions moving forward: Who will dance with each other at the ball?Who wins the chapters? Sir Thomas!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Avarice (n): extreme greed for wealth or material gain.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Ten Things I Hate About You, She's All That, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady, Cruel Intentions, Catan, Heated RivalryNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 9-10Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

In this episode of Podgap, Mohsen and Hanie explore one of Iran's most fascinating archaeological treasures: the Hasanlu Golden Bowl. Discovered in 1958 in northwestern Iran, this remarkable artifact dates back more than 3,200 years and is covered with symbolic engravings that reflect ancient myths and beliefs.We talk about the discovery of the bowl, the ancient civilization that lived near Lake Urmia, and the stories behind the figures carved on its surface. In the episode, we explain each character and symbol on the bowl. To make it easier to follow, the images of these figures are included in the Patreon transcript for free. you can just join to the patreon.com/podgap in order to access the transcription of this episode. If Podgap makes your Persian learning journey easier and more enjoyable, share it with your friends — it truly means the world to us!We'd also love to hear from you: drop us a message anytime at podgapp@gmail.comBy subscribing to us at www.patreon.com/podgap you will get access to Persian Transcription & Glossary list of all the episodes that were published.

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk about their commentary travels. Did John get his usual table in Madrid? Are English teams underperforming in the Champions League? The guys have their say on the Premier League title race and Igor Tudor still being at Tottenham Hotspur. Plus more unintended pub names, a royally good Clash of the Commentators and more of your Glossary terms and phrases. Messages, questions and voicenotes on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk03:30 John's special table in Madrid, 05:50 Have English teams underperformed in Champions League? 09:40 John's Spanish sherry tip-off, 12:30 Will we get more singing on the pod? 15:45 5 Live commentaries this weekend, 20:45 Surprised Tudor is still at Spurs? 24:30 Ali makes fool of himself at Wrexham, 31:10 Unintended pub names, 35:35 Clash of the Commentators, 40:25 Great Glossary of Football Commentary.5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries: Sat 1500 Burnley v Bournemouth on Sports Extra with Ali Bruce-Ball & Leon Osman, Sat 1500 Sunderland v Brighton on Sports Extra 2, Sat 1730 Arsenal v Everton with Conor McNamara and Pat Nevin, Sat 1730 Chelsea v Newcastle on Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Man Utd v Aston Villa with John Murray & Dion Dublin, Sun 1400 Forest v Fulham on Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Palace v Leeds on Sports Extra 2, Sun 1415 Women's League Cup Final Man Utd v Chelsea on Sports Extra 3, Sun 1630 Liverpool v Spurs with Vicki Sparks & Clinton Morrison.Great Glossary of Football Commentary: DIVISION ONE Agricultural challenge, Back of the net, Back to square one, Booked, Bosman, Bullet header, Channel of joy, Coupon buster, Cruyff Turn, Cultured/educated left foot, Dead-ball specialist, Draught excluder, Elastico/flip-flap, False nine, Fox in the box, Giving the goalkeeper the eyes, Grub hunter, Head tennis, Hibs it, In a good moment, In behind, Magic of the FA Cup, The Maradona, Off their line, Olimpico, Onion bag, Panenka, Park the bus, Perfect hat-trick, Put his cap on it, Rabona, Roy of the Rovers stuff, Schmeichel-style, Scorpion kick, Spursy, Stick it in the mixer, Sweeper keeper, Target man, Tiki-taka, Towering header, Trivela, Where the kookaburra sleeps, Where the owl sleeps, Where the spiders sleep. DIVISION TWO 2-0 can be a dangerous score, Asterisk, Back on the grass, Ball stays hit, Beaten all ends up, Blaze over the bar, Business end, Came down with snow on it, Catching practice, Camped in the opposition half, Cauldron atmosphere Coat is on a shoogly peg, Come back to haunt them, Corridor of uncertainty, Couldn't sort their feet out, Easy tap-in, Daisy-cutter, First cab off the rank, Giant-killing, Good leave, Good touch for a big man, Half-turn, Has that in his locker, High wide and not very handsome, Hospital pass, Howler, In the dugout, In the hat, In their pocket, Johnny on the spot, Lackadaisical, Leading the line, Leather a shot, Middle of the park, Needed no second invitation, Nice headache to have, No-look pass, Nutmeg, On their bike, One for the cameras, One for the purists, Played us off the park, Points to the spot, Prawn sandwich brigade, Purple patch, Put their laces through it, Queensbury rules, Reaches for their pocket, Rolls Royce, Root and branch review, Row Z, Screamer, Seats on the plane, Show across the bows, Slide-rule pass, Staving off relegation, Steal a march, Straight in the bread basket, Stramash, Taking one for the team, Telegraphed that pass, Tired legs, That's great… (football), Thunderous strike, Turns on a sixpence, Walk it in, We've got a cup tie on our hands.

Surprise, bitch, bet you thought you'd seen the last of Henry Crawford. Fanny goes to dinner at the parsonage, it's revealed that Edmund will be taking his living sooner than Mary thought, and Henry decides he's going to woo Fanny. Plus, the return of William Price! Topics discussed include Fanny's place in the parsonage, how many cats Fanny will have in her Brooklyn apartment, whether Henry is a dog person, and the danger of horseback riding vs. being in the navy.Patron Study Questions this week come from Avi, Ghenet, Linnea, AngelikaTopics discussed include Fanny's new position at Mansfield, Mary and Maria's situations, Mary's culpability in Henry's plan, whether Henry has met people like the Prices before, Henry's jealousy, and sibling pairs.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Henry's POV and Henry's sincerity. Funniest Quote: "No, I will not do her any harm, dear little soul! I only want her to look kindly on me, to give me smiles as well as blushes, to keep a chair for me by herself wherever we are, and be all animation when I take it and talk to her; to think as I think, be interested in all my possessions and pleasures, try to keep me longer at Mansfield, and feel when I go away that she shall be never happy again. I want nothing more.”Questions moving forward: How long is William staying? Will Henry and Fanny fall in love? Will William and Mary fall in love?Who wins the chapters? William!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:menu plaisirs: minor pleasuresGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Oh, Mary!, How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days, 27 DressesNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 7-8Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

In this powerful episode of Legacy, we talk about spiritual triage—learning how to identify sin at the root instead of just managing symptoms. Many Christian parents want to help their children walk in freedom, but don't feel equipped to recognize what's really going on beneath fear, pride, anger, anxiety, or deceit.Drawing from Scripture, personal testimony, and years of discipleship, we unpack:Why naming sin matters for real spiritual freedomThe difference between symptoms and root issuesHow parents can identify sin in their own lives firstHow to gently and biblically help children confess sin and walk in freedomWhy unaddressed sin can become generational strongholdsHow humility, confession, and submission to Jesus break cycles and change a family's legacyThis episode is especially for Christian parents who want more than behavior modification—who desire true heart change in themselves and their children. Freedom doesn't come from ignoring sin or renaming it. Freedom comes from bringing it into the light and letting Jesus deal with it at the root.If you've ever felt stuck in the same patterns, or wondered how to disciple your children beyond rules and consequences, this conversation will give you clarity, courage, and practical biblical insight.Freedom was always the point.Glossary for Identifying Sin Areas (free download) https://raisingkidsonyourknees.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Glossary-Identifying-Sin-Areas.pdfA Flying Arrow Production

Henry is gone, and a gloom falls over the house. Sir Thomas suspects that Maria doesn't want to marry Rushworth, but she marries him anyway. Fanny and Miss Crawford start hanging out, and Fanny secures a dinner invitation. Topics discussed include Fanny's glow-up, how Fanny and the Bertrams feel about the slave trade, Maria's revenge plot, flirt-harping, the Brontës' use of the word "ejaculate," Fanny's love of nature, the Doge at the court of Louis XIV, and Edmund and Mary's fundamental incompatibility.Patron Study Questions this week come from Avi and Linnea. Topics discussed include Fanny's question about the slave trade and our characters wanting to change each other.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Fanny cozying up to Sir Thomas, the retiring of the WTF Maria Tracker, zeroing in on the love triangle, and Mary and Fanny's friendship.Funniest Quote: "It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly dressed; the two bridesmaids were duly inferior; her father gave her away; her mother stood with salts in her hand, expecting to be agitated; her aunt tried to cry; and the service was impressively read by Dr. Grant."Questions moving forward: Is this the last we're seeing of the Bertram sisters? What will happen between Mary and Fanny?Who wins the chapters? Maria!Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Heated Rivalry, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, the Doge at the court of Louis XIV, Schitt's CreekNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 5-6Want an alternative to marrying rich? Try learning to invest your own money and grow your own wealth! Molly's partner Mel is teaching an online investing workshop for beginners on March 7. Tickets and details can be found at https://moneywithmelmarch7.eventbrite.com. And follow her on instagram at @money.with.mel. Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

From new cancer drugs to batteries and robotics – China's top-tier growth companies are forging paths of their own rather than following in the west's footsteps. Investment manager Sophie Earnshaw names companies that have caught her eye and explains why being a long-term stock picker differs in China from elsewhere. Background:Sophie Earnshaw is a decision-maker on our China Equities Strategy and joint manager of the Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. In this conversation, she tells Short Briefings… host Leo Kelion about a select group of Chinese companies breaking new ground, supported by the state's efforts to become self-sufficient in more of today's critical technologies and a leader in some of those of the future. Earnshaw also details how the “phenomenal rate” at which companies are born, scale and die in the country makes stock-picking a challenging task – making the access we have to company leaders, academics and other local expertise core to our mission of finding the best firms to invest in on behalf of our clients. Portfolio companies discussed include:- CATL – the battery maker whose products power electric vehicles worldwide and increasingly support the renewable energy sector- BeOne and Innovent Biologics – pharmaceutical firms developing the next generation of cancer drugs - AMEC and NAURA – semiconductor equipment makers enabling China to develop increased self-reliance in computer chips - Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent – China's ‘big tech' companies, whose artificial intelligence tools are becoming embedded into people's daily lives- MiniMax – the AI startup rolling out video and agentic tools at a fraction of the cost of western counterparts- Horizon Robotics – the automated driving tech provider with its eye on an even bigger opportunity. Resources:Baillie Gifford podcastsChina: a tale of two storiesChina investment strategy hub (institutional clients only)House of HuaweiPrivate investor forum 2025: investing in great growth companiesTrip notes: on the road with Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust  Companies mentioned include:AlibabaAMECASMLBeOneByteDanceCATLHorizon RoboticsInnovent BiologicsJiangsu HengruiHuaweiMiniMaxSamsungNAURATencentTSMCXiaohongshu Timecodes:00:00  Introduction01:55   Joining the China Equities Strategy02:40  Intense competition04:00  The government's influence06:10   CATL, the electrification champion08:45  Investing with a 5-year time horizon10:25   Shanghai office, local expertise11:45   Regulations and geopolitics14:30   China's next Five-year Plan16:15   Innovent Biologics' new cancer drugs18:10   Lower-cost clinical trials19:45   Being selective in semiconductors21:25   Investing in chip equipment makers23:00  China's ‘big tech and AI'25:10   MiniMax making AI like ‘tap water'27:45  The road to robotics29:35  A market you can't ignore30:30  Book choice Glossary of terms (in order of mention): Third plenum: a major policy meeting of China's ruling Communist Party, often used to set big economic/political direction.Sovereign bond issuance: The government raising money by selling bonds (IOUs) to investors.Opportunity set: the range of investable companies available to choose from.Capex: capital expenditure – money spent on long-term assets like factories, equipment, or data centres.Fiscal deficit target: how much more the government plans to spend than it collects in revenue (taxes plus other income), expressed as a share of the economy.GDP: gross domestic product – the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year.Market capitalisation: the total value of a company's shares (share price × number of shares).ESG: environmental, social and governance – how a company manages environmental impact, people issues, and corporate oversight.Large-form batteries: big battery packs used in things like electric vehicles and grid storage.Energy storage systems: large batteries that store electricity for later use (helping balance the grid).Generic drugs: copies of medicines whose patents have expired; usually cheaper, same active ingredient.Bi-specific (bispecific) drugs: drugs designed to bind to two targets at once (often to direct immune cells to cancer).ADC drugs: antibody–drug conjugates – antibodies that deliver a toxic payload to cancer cells.Out-licensing: selling rights to your drug/technology to another company (often for upfront + milestone payments).EUV machines: extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment used to make the most advanced chips.Foundry: a factory business that manufactures chips for other companies.Etch and deposition: steps in chipmaking – etch removes material to form patterns, deposition adds thin layers.Picks and shovels: a metaphor for companies that sell essential tools to an industry (rather than end products).Digitalisation: moving processes and services from offline to software and data-driven systems.Compute: the processing power (chips and servers) used to train/run AI.Large language model (LLM): an AI trained on lots of text to generate and understand language.Margins: how much profit a company makes per pound/dollar of revenue (after costs).Cloud business: selling computing power/storage/software over the internet instead of on a local machine.Algorithm layer: the method or software logic that makes the AI work (as distinct from the hardware).Gross margin: revenue minus direct costs (before overheads), a rough measure of product profitability.Assisted driving: features that help a driver (lane-keeping, adaptive cruise control, etc) but don't fully replace them.Autonomous driving: a car driving itself with minimal or no human input.Software attachment rate: the percentage of customers who add paid software features and/or subscriptions.

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HEATED RIVALRY SPOILERS 4:40-5:00!!!!!Volume 2 starting off uncomfortably with Sir Thomas's return and the shutting down of Mansfield Theatre. Plus, Henry Crawford's farewell tour. Topics discussed include Sir Thomas's change of heart about Fanny, rowing across the Atlantic, how to pronounce Antigua, and partiality.Patron Study Questions this week come from Marija, Avi, and Angelika. Topics discussed include whether Maria's hopes for a proposal from Henry are realistic, divorce in the 1800s, how Sir Thomas's time in Antigua influenced his behavior toward Fanny, and the departures of Henry Crawford and Mr. Yates.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include the children's reactions to Sir Thomas's return, why Lovers' Vows was a thing, and predictions for the rest of the book.Funniest Quote: "And then he would have changed the subject, and sipped his coffee in peace over domestic matters of a calmer hue; but Mr. Yates, without discernment to catch Sir Thomas's meaning, or diffidence, or delicacy, or discretion enough to allow him to lead the discourse while he mingled among the others with the least obtrusiveness himself, would keep him on the topic of the theatre, would torment him with questions and remarks relative to it, and finally would make him hear the whole history of his disappointment at Ecclesford."Questions moving forward: What will the young people do to entertain themselves? Will Tom stick around? Will Maria and Rushworth get married? Will Yates come back for Julia?Who wins the chapters? Yates! Glossary of Terms and Phrases:bespeak (v): order or reserve (something) in advanceeclairissement (n): a clarification, explanation, or the clearing up of something obscure or mysteriousingenuousness (adj): showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidnesspartial (adj): favoring one side in a dispute above the other; biasedreproof (n): blame, disapprovalGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Heated Rivalry, The World's Toughest Row, Taryn Smith, The Parent Trap, It's A Wonderful LifeNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 1-2Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Rehearsals continue for Lovers' Vows! The cast starts in-fighting, but Fanny enjoys watching rehearsals...until she ends up in the middle of one.Topics discussed include anonymous valentines, justice for Julia, Henry Crawford as Molly's type, morally grey characters, ASMs, lazy insults, and SIR THOMAS'S RETURN!Patron Study Questions this week come from Flying Cupcake, Marija, Avi, Spring, and Angelika. Topics discussed include Fanny's fun side, why Mary is a better friend to Fanny than her cousins, Fanny's refusal to act, everyone's moral compromises, morality vs. indulgence, and why Mary actually sought Fanny out to rehearse.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Henry as the best actor of the group, where we've been and what we've learned so far, and where we stand on the characters at the end of this volume.Funniest Quote: "It is about Lovers' Vows!"Questions moving forward: What is Sir Thomas going to do when he sees the house? Does Rushworth understand that Maria is into Henry?Who wins the chapters? Fanny!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:behind hand (adj.): late or slow in doing somethingcipher (n): a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own.festoon (n): a chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decorationGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Gaia Music Collective, Kenter Davies, Sex and the City, Alanis Morissette, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Waiting for Godot, Lizzie McGuireNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 1-2Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Drift off with a calm bedtime reading that gently supports sleep and helps ease insomnia through quiet learning. This calm bedtime reading is designed for sleep, offering a peaceful focus for minds affected by insomnia and restless nights. Tonight, Benjamin explores the baseball term “battery,” explaining the unique relationship between pitcher and catcher in a slow, soothing way that helps you relax while you learn. His steady cadence and fact-filled delivery create a comforting atmosphere with no whispering, just gentle education meant to quiet the mind. This episode is ideal for listeners navigating insomnia, stress, or anxiety who enjoy drifting off while absorbing something interesting. Settle in, press play, and allow the calm rhythm to guide you toward rest. Happy sleeping! Read with permission from Battery (baseball), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(baseball)), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read with permission from Glossary of baseball terms, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_baseball_terms), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theatre kids, rise up! Today we meet John Yates and the young people decide to put on a play. Edmund is NOT a fan of this idea. Julia finally gets her answers about Henry's feelings.Topics discussed include the pettiness of theatre kids, Edmund and Tom's power struggles, Jane Austen's involvement with theatre, Edmund's overall wussiness, the plot of Lovers' Vows, and Julia's comeback.The young people of Mansfield Park are making theatre, and so is our very own audio producer, Graham! Come see him in a brand-new work called The Marble in My Mouth on January 9th and 10th at 7:00 and 8:30 PM! Performances are at Stella Adler Center for the Arts in New York City. Get your tickets HERE! Patron Study Questions this week come from Judith, Diana L., Kaitlyn, and Avi.Topics discussed include the modern equivalence of Lovers' Vows, theatre kids flirting with each other, the characters' feelings about the play, and Fanny's reaction to the play at the end of the chapters.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include how theatre is moving the story along and the scandal of Maria's participation in the play.Funniest Quote(s): “As he said this, each looked towards their mother. Lady Bertram, sunk back in one corner of the sofa, the picture of health, wealth, ease, and tranquility, was just falling into a gentle doze, while Fanny was getting through the few difficulties of her work for her.”“If I must give my opinion, I have always thought it the most insipid play in the English language - I do not wish to make objections, I shall be happy to be of any use, but I think we could not choose worse.”Questions moving forward: Who's watching this play? Will Julia participate? Will Fanny try to stop the play? Will Fanny try to stop it?Who wins the chapters? Julia!!!Glossary of Terms and Phrases: baize (n): a coarse, typically green woolen material resembling felt, used especially for covering pool, snooker, and billiard tables.by the ears: to cause to dispute or quarrelGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Austenland, Only Murders in the Building, Spring Awakening, Spring Awakening, Hair, Rent, Prince Faggot, The Vagina Monologues, ZanessaNext Episode: Mansfield Park Chapters 15-16Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Conor McNamara joins Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball to talk travel, football and language. Ian & Conor give their take on Salah after the drama unfolded with them at Elland Road. They look ahead to the Wear-Tyne derby, it's Ali vs Ian in Clash of the Commentators, there are yet more unintended pub names, and which commentary phrases will end up in our Great Glossary? Suggestions welcome on WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk00:35 Why we all love San Siro 04:10 The Bruges or Brugge debate returns 07:15 Salah story unfolds with Ian & Conor 09:20 Has Salah played his last game for Liverpool? 16:25 John Murray's message from Madrid 20:45 Wear-Tyne derby among Premier League commentaries 27:05 Unintended pub names 40:20 Clash of the Commentators 46:35 Great Glossary of Football Commentary5 Live / BBC Sounds Premier League commentaries: Sat 1500 Liverpool v Brighton, Sat 1500 Chelsea v Everton on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Burnley v Fulham, Sun 1400 Sunderland v Newcastle, Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Man City on Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Tottenham on Sports Extra 2, Sun 1400 West Ham v Aston Villa on Sports Extra 3, Sun 1630 Brentford v Leeds.Glossary so far (in alphabetical order):DIVISION ONE Bosman, Couldn't sort their feet out, Cruyff Turn, Dead-ball specialist, Fox in the box, Giving the goalkeeper the eyes, Head tennis, Hibs it, In a good moment, The Maradona, Off their line, Olimpico, Onion bag, Panenka, Perfect hat-trick, Points to the spot, Rabona, Schmeichel-style, Scorpion kick, Spursy, Tiki-taka, Where the kookaburra sleeps, Where the owl sleeps, Where the spiders sleep. DIVISION TWO Ball stays hit, Business end, Came down with snow on it, Catching practice, Camped in the opposition half Cauldron atmosphere Coat is on a shoogly peg, Come back to haunt them, Corridor of uncertainty, Easy tap-in, Daisy-cutter, First cab off the rank, Good leave, Half-turn, Has that in his locker, High wide and not very handsome, Hospital pass, Howler, In their pocket, Johnny on the spot, Leading the line, Nutmeg, One for the cameras, One for the purists, Played us off the park, Purple patch, Put their laces through it, Rolls Royce, Root and branch review, Row Z, Screamer, Seats on the plane, Show across the bows, Slide-rule pass, Steal a march, Stramash, Taking one for the team, Telegraphed that pass, That's great… (football), Thunderous strike, Walk it in. UNSORTED 2-0 is a dangerous score, After you Claude, All-Premier League affair, Aplomb, Bag/box of tricks, Brace, Brandished, Bread and butter, Breaking the deadlock, Bundled over the line, Champions elect / champions apparent, Clinical finish, Commentator's curse, Coupon buster, Cultured/Educated left foot, Denied by the woodwork, Draught excluder, Elimination line, Fellow countryman, Foot race, Formerly of this parish, Free hit, Goalkeepers' Union, Goalmouth scramble, Good touch for a big man, Honeymoon Period, In and around, In the shop window, Keeping ball under their spell, Keystone Cops defending, Languishing, Loitering with intent, Marching orders, Nestle in the bottom corner, Numbered derbies, Opposite number, Park the bus, PK for penalty-kick, Postage stamp, Put it in the mixer, Rasping shot, Red wine not white wine, Relegation six-pointer, Rooted at the bottom, Route One, Roy of the Rovers stuff, Sending the goalkeeper the wrong way, Shooting boots, Sleeping giants, Slide rule pass, Small matter of, Spiders web, Stayed hit, Steepling, Stinging the palms, Stonewall penalty, Straight off the training ground, Taking one for the team, Team that likes to play football, Throw their cap on it, Thruppenny bit head / 50p head, Towering header, Two good feet, Turning into a basketball match, Turning into a cricket score, Usher/Shepherd the ball out of play, Walking a disciplinary tightrope, Wand of a left foot, We've got a cup tie on our hands, Wrap foot around it, Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

Recorded 19 July, 2025 for The Oxford Comedy Festival - Oxford, England "Everyone here is aware that he's just gonna read from a book about a Star Wars character?" - Steve On our first ever LIVE Gleep Glossary, the Cerveza Crystal is flowing (not really, unfortunately) as the guys go all the way with Darth Vader, learning almost everything about his long, and rich life. But even after all that, can you ever really know someone like Darth? The gang did their best, playing to a sold-out crowd in England, to try and find out. PLUS: That little kid in the Kenner toy commercial got his ass kicked, right?  We're releasing this HUGE Gleep Glossary episode over here on the free feed as well to give folks a taste of our Star Wars sideshow that they may not have yet checked out! There are currently over 80 other Gleep Glossary chapters available on our Patreon right now for you to enjoy! So click through and sign up today! Gleep Glossary: A Star Wars Story is a show where the guys try to honor the history and legacy of Star Wars characters, most of whom we've been told don't matter anymore! It releases once a month on their Patreon. Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.