Podcasts about grandmothers

Visionary Activist Show 8.27.26 2 pm pt “Warning &Guiding”: Honoring Jerome McGeorge, with one of his bestest buddies, Eddy Nix Eddy Nix “plays a bookseller in real life and has many projects operating in the dream world. He is founder and operator of Driftless Books and Music in Viroqua, WI; was a founding teacher at Youth Initiative High School; and has a radio show on community radio station WDRT every Sunday. He identifies as a rhizome, or a verb, depending on circumstances. He has been many other things also.” For Eddy and me, Jerome was/is most Beloved accomplice/ally….. We play a long clip of the last show, (of 9!) on which Jerome and I co-cahooted…. (And we animate ) the back-stage party of Priestess Miriam, honored last week, Jerome and Dolly Parton   From 8.29.2024: Honoring Indigenous Prophecy – teased into guiding pertinence for us now… Caroline re-re-re-welcomes Jerome McGeorge, for Part 2 of Indigenous Prophecy, warning and guiding – “Indigenuity.” He will put much of his worthy cred on the table, inviting him to be a messenger, from the Kogi, the Hopi, the Wolf Teaching Clan, (into which he was initiated by Twylah Nitsch) – the Council of Grandmothers…. and more… Inviting into our world guiding sane reverence, that we may protect as much FloraFaunaFungi as possible…(that it may dissolve the cuckoo cartoon of cruel crackpot humanity) Jerome McGeorge, fellow anarcho*astro*animist*enviro-farmer-wizard, co-founder of Organic Valley; Jerome, a long-time ally of the Kogi in Columbia- with whom he spent much time, was chosen by them to be their guide on their first trip to America… October 20th – Nov 5th, 1999, sponsored by Organic Valley, an investigative mission of discovery; bringing messages of wisdom, warning, and mutual aid…         The post Warning & Guiding appeared first on KPFA.

Today is a good day to die.Which means it's a good day to come alive.In this reflection on Psalm 51, John Ortberg explores an old Christian word that doesn't get used much anymore: mortification.It sounds miserable.But properly understood, mortification isn't about becoming miserable.It's about becoming free.John describes two selves within us: the impulsive self, driven by whatever we happen to want right now, and the valuing self, shaped by what we most deeply believe matters: love, joy, peace, patience and generosity.The goal of the spiritual life isn't to spend every day desperately resisting everything we want.It's to increasingly become the kind of person who is no longer controlled by destructive desires.Drawing from Psalm 51, Romans 8, and Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find, John explores Jesus' strange invitation to die in order to truly live.To mortify is to liberate.And it can begin with one very small act today.In this episode: What “mortification” actually means  Jesus' paradox of dying in order to live  Samuel Johnson on how death clarifies life  Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find Psalm 51 and David's prayer of repentance  The impulsive self vs. the valuing self  Why following Jesus isn't endless miserable resistance  How destructive desires lose their power  Mortification as liberation  A simple practice for becoming more free today Scriptures: Psalm 51 • Romans 8:13 • 2 Samuel 11–12 • Matthew 16:25#Psalm51 #JohnOrtberg #Psalms #SpiritualFormation #Freedom #DyingToSelf #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #Jesus #Transformation

Amy Leigh Mercree is a bestselling author of nineteen books, journals, and card decks. She is the creator of Atomic Healing™, a media personality, holistic health expert, and world renowned medical intuitive. She instructs internationally sharing Meet Your Goddess Guides, Ancestral and Karmic Shamanism, Spirit Writing with the Grandmothers of the Seven Directions, and the Atomic Healing™ Method: Medical Intuitive Certification.Amy is an internationally acclaimed medical intuitive with 24 years of experience. Using a combination of spirituality and science, Amy's job is finding the root cause of imbalances in the body. She's helped thousands of people find the root causes of numerous mild and moderate medical conditions and uncover their bodies wisdom to heal permanently.Mercree has been featured in Glamour Magazine, Women's Health, Inc. Magazine, Shape, The Huffington Post, Your Tango, Soul and Spirit Magazine, Mind Body Green, CBS, NBC, Hello Giggles, Reader's Digest, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, ABC, First for Women, Country Living, CW, FOX, Bustle, Well+Good, Refinery 29, Hello Glow, She Knows, Thrive Global, Spartan, Poosh, Parade Magazine, Oprah Daily, and more.Mercree is the author of “The Spiritual Girl's Guide to Dating,” “Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life,” “The Compassion Revolution: 30 Days of Living from the Heart,” “A Little Bit of Chakras: An Introduction to Energy Healing,” “The Chakras and Crystals Cookbook: Juices, Smoothies, Sorbets, Salads, and Crystal Infusions to Empower Your Energy Centers,” “A Little Bit of Meditation: An Introduction to Mindfulness,” “Recipes for Natural Living: Essential Oils Handbook,” “Recipes for Natural Living: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook,” “A Little Bit of Mindfulness: An Introduction to Being Present,” “The Mood Book: Crystals, Oils, and Rituals to Elevate Your Spirit,” “A Little Bit of Goddess: An Introduction to the Divine Feminine,” “Guided Journal A Little Bit of Chakras: Your Personal Path to Energy Healing,” “Guided Journal A Little Bit of Meditation: Your Personal Path to Mindfulness,” “Guided Journal A Little Bit of Mindfulness: Your Personal Path to Awareness,” “100 Days to Calm: A Journal for Finding Everyday Tranquility,” “The Healing Home: Your Room-by-Room Guide to Positive Vibes,” “Blissful Baths: 40 Rituals for Self-Care and Relaxation,” “Aura Alchemy: Learn to Sense Energy Fields, Interpret the Color Spectrum, and Manifest Success,” and “The Atomic Element Healing Oracle: A 44-Card Deck & Guidebook.”In This Episode, We Explore:How ancestral energy shapes our current reality and deepens self-understandingThe way our internal energy, including both light and shadow, shows up in our auraWhy humans act as projectors, with the external world reflecting our inner stateHow energy projection influences our relationships and daily interactionsThe power of awareness and mindset shifts to transform our reality and life experiencesLearn more about Amy Leigh Mercree on her website: www.AmyLeighMercree.comFollow Amy Leigh Mercree on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyleighmercree/Follow Amy Leigh Mercree on Facebook:https://www.instagram.com/amyleighmercree/Follow Amy Leigh Mercree on Pinterest: https://nl.pinterest.com/amyleighmercree/Follow Amy Leigh Mercree on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamamyleighmercreeGet Amy's Grounding Joy Bundle for free here: https://amyleighmercree.com/amazon-review/Stay Connected:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whitneyaronoff/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/starseedkitchen/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@whitneyaronoffTikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@starseedkitchenLearn more about Starseed Kitchenhttps://starseedkitchen.com/Shop organic spiceshttps://starseedkitchen.com/shop/code STARSEED for 10% offShop Chef Whitney's favorite source for organic regenerative meats at StarWalker Organic FarmsUse code CHEF for 10% off your online order of $150 or more. Get an additional 10% off for a total discount of 20% when you choose a subscription. https://www.starwalkerorganicfarms.com/discount/CHEFSave 20% off on the healthiest beef sticks by Artemis. 100% organic grass-fed & grass-finished beef sticks. Regeneratively raised with the added bonus of organ meat, heart & liver. Use code STARSEED20 for 20% off. https://bit.ly/4aHDKFlThe 36-pack Subscribe & Save plus my code saves you about 36% off retail.Work with a personal chefhttps://form.typeform.com/to/CGDu08tEBook a 1-on-1 callhttps://bit.ly/4smXWUfFind more of Chef Whitney's offerings herehttps://linktr.ee/whitney.aronoff

Hour 3 (8.21) L.A. County's own report puts the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal at 4,500 film and TV jobs lost over three years — on top of the 52,000 the region has already shed since 2022. And that's if the studios stay. 8:05 PM — Attention, Angelenos. A report to the Board of Supervisors this week from the county's Department of Economic Opportunity and CVL Economics says the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger would cost roughly 4,500 direct film and TV jobs in the county, with more than 10,000 total job-years and billions in economic activity at risk. That's the version where the merged company stays here. David Ellison is threatening to move operations to Texas or Tennessee if Rob Bonta won't come to the table by October 1. Bonta and eleven other attorneys general are suing to block the deal, and trial isn't until March. Then a burglary suspect in a Honda Accord led LAPD for over an hour through the Valley — through a CSUN parking structure, through a gas station, T-boned by an innocent driver in Granada Hills — before pulling a U-turn on the 405 and going head-on into a CHP SUV in North Hills. He ran. He didn't get far. 8:20 PM — Leveling Out: come meet Stu Mundel at Dave & Buster's in Orange. Plus the Los Feliz water main that let go at 11 o'clock last night at Commonwealth and Avocado — a six-inch cast iron line that buckled the sidewalk and flooded a restaurant patio. Crews had it back in service by 8 a.m. LADWP says the city averages two to four of these a day, which is either reassuring or the opposite. 8:35 PM — End of week WHIP. Then the tipping point, and we mean it literally: one survey has the average American leaving about $38 a month in tips they didn't want to leave in the first place, and Toast's data across 171,000 restaurants puts the overall average tip at 18.8%, dropping to 13.7% on takeout. Nearly three-quarters of Americans say they're being asked to tip in more places than five years ago. Skip the tip? We take your calls. Plus another chase, this one out of Woodland Hills. 8:50 PM — SeaWorld San Diego turned its Bayside Amphitheater into a Y2K block party. Ying Yang Twins opened the run, Ginuwine, Bow Wow, E-40, Ashanti and Jordin Sparks followed, and Too $hort and Warren G closed it out — all included with park admission, all going viral on TikTok, all with the bay behind the stage. Grandmothers, parents and kids at the same show. How a marine park accidentally built the best throwback series in Southern California. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

By the end of this century, half of the world's 7,000 languages could be gone. On this episode of Unpacked, host Aislyn Greene hands the mic to travel writer Lucy Kehoe for a conversation about saving language with journalist Sophia Smith Galer, author of the new book How to Kill a Language. For Sophia, saving language is personal: her Italian grandmother spoke Emilian, one of Italy's Indigenous tongues, and it's quietly slipping away. To understand what we lose when a language dies, Sophia traveled from the mountains of Oman to the hills of California, seeking out endangered languages and the communities fighting—or grieving—for them. She and Lucy get into why these languages matter to every traveler, how language and landscape are woven together, and what it means to travel thoughtfully to a place whose language is at risk—beyond learning a few phrases. It's a conversation about treating language as part of the culture we come to experience, and about meeting it with curiosity and respect rather than as something quaint. THIS WEEK'S GUESTS Sophia Smith Galer is an award-winning journalist and author whose new book, How to Kill a Language, traces the forces—colonialism, globalization, migration, and war—pushing thousands of the world's languages toward extinction. Multilingual in English, Spanish, Italian, and Arabic, she reported it across California, Oman, Ghana, Ecuador, Italy, and Greece, meeting speakers of critically endangered languages in person to capture not only their words but their connection to a place. Lucy Kehoe is a London-based journalist who covers travel, food, and the environment, with a particular interest in how people relate to landscape and place. IN THIS EPISODE The statistic that stopped us cold: by 2100, up to half of the world's 7,000 languages could vanish, and the rate of loss is expected to triple over the next 40 years Why a language is far more than a way to order coffee—Sophia's case that it holds the past, present, and future of a people connected to a place, from Oman's Jibbali (with distinct words for animal versus human shelter) to a California tribe down to 12 adult speakers What it really asks of travelers: not memorizing phrases, but bringing respect and dignity to an endangered language, and asking who profits from "language tourism" and whether speaker communities are truly part of it Where to find language on the road—Planet Word in Washington, D.C., the Armenian alphabet monument outside Yerevan, a Ukrainian language tour in Kyiv, and Oman's frankincense heritage experience The range of feelings Sophia found among speakers themselves—pride, determination, and quiet resignation—and why she believes the fate of each endangered language belongs to its own community to decide 00:00:00 A Grandmother's Vanishing Tongue 00:04:00 Why Endangered Languages Matters 00:06:00 Words Shaped by Place 00:10:00 Tourism Done Respectfully 00:16:00 California's Last Speakers 00:24:00 Ladino, Museums, and Hope LINKS & RESOURCES How to Kill a Language by Sophia Smith Galer — buy on Bookshop Sophia Smith Galer's website Lucy Kehoe's website Planet Word, the language museum in Washington, D.C. Armenian Alphabet Monument, outside Yerevan Museum of the Frankincense Land, Oman Stay connected Be sure to subscribe to the show and sign up for our podcast newsletter, Behind the Mic, where we share upcoming news and behind-the-scenes details of each episode. And explore our second podcast, Travel Tales, which celebrates first-person narratives about the way travel changes us, and View From Afar, where we spotlight the people and ideas shaping the future of travel. Unpacked by Afar is part of Airwave Media's podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's storyteller reflects on her relationship with her grandmother against the backdrop of a family deeply marked by cancer. As relatives fall ill and pass away, truths are hidden and grief moves quietly through generations.This conversation explores memory, cultural silence, substitution and survival, what it means to be mistaken for someone who is gone, and how presence itself can become an act of love. It's a meditation on mortality — and on what it means to remain.More about Esther: https://www.instagram.com/estheryumiko/https://paragraphsandpixels.substack.com/More about iRise Above Foundation: https://www.iriseabovefoundation.org/https://www.instagram.com/irise_above/Buy the MBC: Paradox issue: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-mbc25Shop Wildfire merch & more: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shopBuy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today's Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860Get the free Wildfire “Hot Flashes” email newsletter: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/newsletter?rq=newsletterLearn about Wildfire writing workshops: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/workshops*Free* Get Wildfire and The Burn freebies here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/freeMore about Wildfire Journal: https://www.wildfirecommunity.orghttps://www.instagram.com/wildfire_bc_magazine/https://www.facebook.com/wildfirecommunityInformation on submitting your story for consideration to be published in Wildfire Journal: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/submissions

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Juno Temple! Juno talks about growing up between Los Angeles and rural Somerset, and the Grand Canyon inspiration behind her name. She shares memories of childhood trips to Peru and Machu Picchu and the Galápagos, summers in the South of France spent thrifting and exploring flea markets, and her lifelong love of vintage fashion. Juno also reflects on growing up around Glastonbury, and her early experiences on film sets, including working on Tom Petty shoots as a child. Plus, she talks about the return of Ted Lasso! Watch this episode on the Family Trips YouTube or Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 00:00 Introduction with Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers 07:00 Joshua Tree Game Weekend 14:52 Juno Temple Joins 23:17 Growing Up LA to Somerset 31:53 Family Trips Galapagos Story 36:21 Flea Markets in South of France and Vintage Finds 45:08 Girls Trips 49:15 Machu Picchu to Punk Roots 55:17 Grandmother and Growing Up 58:30 Glastonbury Memories 01:00:57 Joe Strummer Stories 01:09:04 Grand Canyon Goodbye Support our sponsors: Fitbod Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://Fitbod.me/trip Avocado Go to https://avocadogreenmattress.com/trips to check out their mattress and furniture sale. Mint Mobile To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://MINTMOBILE.com/trips. That's it there's no catch. Upfront payment of: $45 for 3-months, $90 for 6-months, or $180 for 12-months, plan required, $15 per month equivalent. Taxes & fees extra. Initial plan term only. Greater than 50GB may slow when network is busy. Includes up to 20GB hotspot. Capable device required. Availability, speed & coverage varies. See https://MintMobile.com Song Title - Ms. Vintage Finds | Parody Of - Mr. Brightside by The Killers Josh Meyers performs “Ms. Vintage Finds,” a parody of The Killers' “Mr. Brightside,” weaving Juno Temple's adventurous childhood and lifelong love of vintage fashion into a playful musical memoir. From family trips to the Galápagos and Machu Picchu to Glastonbury, South of France thrifting, and her obsession with iconic designers, the song celebrates Juno's eye for giving one-of-a-kind pieces a whole new life. Family Trips is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Theme song written and performed by Jeff Tweedy. About the Show: Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters! New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday. Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson Video Editor: Josh Windisch Mix & Master: Josh Windisch Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, poet and ornithologist J. Drew Lanham shares how his grandmother's personal names for the birds helped shape his own relationships with birds. Names such as “redbirds” for Northern Cardinals, “rain crows” for Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and “cat owls” for Great Horned Owls help him feel personally connected to these species. Through developing one's own ornithology and personal names for birds, he says, anyone can strengthen their bond with birds. More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks.  BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: After the shocking discovery of six dead bodies, police claim that a custody battle caused the deaths of four young children, along with their mother and grandmother. According to authorities, Amy Steadman and her daughter, Sarah Myers, conspired to kill Myers' four children, Harper Harmon, Hudson Harmon, and twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon, before taking their own lives.Imran Ansari joins host Ana Garcia.

Two listeners. Two gentle hauntings. And the old folklore that reveals what they really were.Gemma's 1880s terrace near Whitby Abbey came with a presence they called the Captain: pipe tobacco by the window, wardrobe doors opening slow and deliberate like someone choosing what to wear, keys vanishing for a week. Then her partner wakes to a dark figure on the end of the bed, back turned. Not frightening, just sad.Then Danielle's family home in Savannah always "had company," as her grandmother put it. A porch rocking chair that moves on windless nights. An old hymn hummed right beside her in an empty hallway. And the week of the funeral, the chair started up again.Producer Dom unpacks the darker folklore: the drowned "unhoused" who don't know they've died, and the low-country "kept" spirit - a guardian named and passed down mother to daughter.What happens when the house wasn't what your grandmother left you… but the company inside it?A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a great-grandmother, Beth probably wouldn't describe herself as an influencer, but what else do you call it when videos of her go viral and prompt people to follow her?Longtime podcast listeners may remember episode 754: (Aunt) Trish Ellis and (Niece) Evelyn Wallace, part 1: Not Even Cancer Holds Her Back. We mentioned Beth, Evelyn's mom and Trish's sister. All three of them took the workshop. Beth and Evelyn also took my leadership and initiative courses that I offered to workshop alumni.Beth's initiative project was to pick up litter daily, but not just pick it up. She was inspired by an initiative she'd seen to restore pride in a community. For example, I pick up litter, but I just do it to clean where I walk. Her goal was bigger: to restore and inspire pride in where she lives, Mérida, Mexico. She planned things like a sign to invite favorable attention, what to wear, when to go out, how to talk to people.She's been picking up litter since. Then last month, at an alumni online lunch, she shared that someone secretly recorded her, posted the video, and by then the video had been seen over 1 million times. Plus, attention was leading to people joining her movement, opportunity to work with government, and more. I posted about it on my blog: Secret video of Beth picking up litter goes viral in Mexico.I invited her to share here. Listen for what happens when you persist.Beth's community page: Yo ❤ Mérida limpia. ¿Y tú?My post on her, linking to her videos and some media coverage: Secret video of Beth picking up litter goes viral in Mexico Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when a journalist who hates the cold decides to spend three years immersing himself in one of the most extreme athletic subcultures on Earth? In this fascinating conversation, Darin sits down with award-winning journalist and author Chris Ballard to explore the world behind his book The Plunge. After a hip replacement at just 42 forced Chris to rethink his identity as an athlete, cold water initially became a tool for recovery. But curiosity eventually pulled him much deeper, from cold showers and plunges to competitive ice swimming in water below 41°F and ultimately representing the United States at the Ice Swimming World Championships. Together, Darin and Chris separate cold exposure hype from reality, explore what actually happens to the body in freezing water, and reveal why the greatest benefits Chris discovered weren't necessarily physical. They dive into resilience, emotional regulation, mental health, community, our increasingly comfortable modern lives, and why voluntarily doing difficult things may provide something many of us desperately need. What You'll Learn How a hip replacement at 42 led Chris into the world of cold exposure What officially qualifies as ice swimming and why 41°F is the threshold Which popular cold plunge benefits may be overhyped Why community became the most surprising theme of Chris's research How body composition and genetics influence cold tolerance The real dangers of extreme cold and the 1-10-1 survival rule How repeated cold exposure may train emotional regulation and resilience Why cultures in Finland and Denmark treat cold exposure completely differently than Americans How cold swimming has helped some people navigate grief, depression, and isolation Why deliberately doing hard things may matter more than ever in a world built around convenience Chapters 00:00:00 – Welcome to SuperLife 00:00:33 – Sponsor: Alkemis 00:03:24 – Introducing Chris Ballard and the world of cold water swimming 00:04:29 – The hip replacement that changed Chris's life at 42 00:05:40 – How NBA recovery techniques led him to cold exposure 00:07:34 – Going from cold plunges to competitive ice swimming 00:09:40 – Inside the extreme subculture of swimming below 41°F 00:11:01 – The challenge that convinced Chris to compete himself 00:12:17 – Ice swimming and the original spirit of the Winter Olympics 00:13:21 – How to safely begin training for cold exposure 00:15:14 – What officially qualifies as ice swimming? 00:16:20 – Separating cold plunge science from hype 00:17:15 – The most surprising benefit wasn't physical 00:18:05 – Why cold swimming creates such powerful community 00:19:29 – Cold exposure, loneliness, and human connection 00:20:45 – Sponsor: Shakeology 00:22:33 – Why actually getting in the water changed Chris's reporting 00:23:47 – The surprising body type advantage in cold water 00:25:19 – Grandmothers, elite athletes, and the mental side of ice swimming 00:26:09 – When cold water becomes genuinely dangerous 00:27:02 – The 1-10-1 rule for surviving cold water 00:29:41 – Chris attempts an ice kilometer 00:30:28 – Has modern comfort made us weaker? 00:32:19 – Why Finland laughs at America's cold plunge protocols 00:33:36 – The cold plunge benefits that may be overhyped 00:35:51 – Can you train your body to generate heat? 00:36:51 – Anticipatory thermogenesis and extreme cold adaptation 00:38:12 – How three years of cold exposure changed Chris's body 00:39:44 – Training emotional regulation through voluntary discomfort 00:40:48 – Building resilience one difficult moment at a time 00:42:02 – Why modern life is starving us of accomplishment 00:44:13 – AI, shortcuts, and why difficult work still matters 00:46:30 – Why Chris believes experiential storytelling can't be replaced 00:48:55 – The extraordinary people Chris discovered while writing The Plunge 00:49:57 – Cold water, grief, and finding a reason to keep moving 00:50:52 – How cold swimming became a mental health lifeline 00:52:09 – A global community united by challenge 00:53:51 – What Chris's cold exposure routine looks like today 00:54:27 – Why swimming may be the perfect lifelong sport 00:55:05 – Making the U.S. Ice Swimming National Team 00:56:05 – Could ice swimming become an Olympic sport? 00:57:17 – Why swimming through freezing water feels completely different 00:58:01 – Cold water forces you completely into the present moment 00:58:29 – Cold swimming, men's mental health, and escaping your thoughts 00:59:13 – What's next for Chris Ballard 00:59:35 – Accomplishment versus scrolling 01:00:00 – Final thoughts and making cold exposure accessible Thank You to Our Sponsors Alkemis: Go to https://alkemispaint.com/ and use code DARIN10 for 10% off your order. Shakeology: Get 15% off with code DARINO1BODI at Shakeology.com. Join the SuperLife Community Get Darin's deeper wellness breakdowns — beyond social media restrictions: Weekly voice notes Ingredient deep dives Wellness challenges Energy + consciousness tools Community accountability Extended episodes Join for $7.49/month → https://patreon.com/darinolien Find More from Chris Ballard Website: chrisballardwritings.com Instagram: @chrisballard33 Check Out His New Book: The Plunge Find More from Darin Olien: Website: darinolien.com Instagram: @darinolien Book: Fatal Conveniences Platform & Products: superlife.com New Show: Roadmap to Happiness Key Takeaway "In a world engineered to remove discomfort, voluntarily doing something difficult can give us back something we've lost. Cold water forces you into the present moment, gives you something tangible to overcome, and when you do it alongside other people, that discomfort can become resilience, accomplishment, and genuine human connection."

8.12.2026 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Crowley Wins Wisconsin. Trump Threatens Election Emergency. $900M White House Construction Chaos Black Democratic David Crowley defeats Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin governor primary... we'll tell you why his victory is so important to Democrats defeating Trump in November. A campaign rooted in legacy, grassroot efforts, and social justice... candidate for U.S. Representative for Texas 25th Congressional District Dione Sims and her grandmother Dr. Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" will join us to discuss taking back the House. The organization Grassroots Speaks has done extensive research into election interference. We'll tell you about the report and what was found in it that dates back to before the 2016 election. Black Star Network Partner: Chapter Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. ____ Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a recipe and a short story that I wrote about six years ago, which you'll find out listening as to what it is and why, I hope you will enjoy it!Love,The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes!https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Tuesday, August 11th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed Canada euthanized Christian grandmother against her will The nation of Canada continues down the dark path of euthanasia. This time, comes this shocking story, where the state euthanized Brigitte Stegemann, an 83-year-old Christian grandmother, against her will and the will of her family. On the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition blog, her granddaughter said,  “One of our greatest ethical concerns is that GG had explicitly declined [Medical Assistance in Dying], stating it violated her Christian faith. Once a vulnerable patient explicitly declines this path, the facility should never have targeted her for re-evaluation behind closed doors while her primary advocate was away.” More than 5% of all deaths in Canada are attributed to Medical Assistance in Dying. It is the fifth leading cause of death there. Psalm 94:4 and 6 cries out: “How long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? … They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.” Severe drought in Europe and blazing hot July in America God has brought a severe drought on Europe. Since 1836, the month of July was the driest for England and Wales in recorded history, reports Reuters. Similarly, the United States experienced the hottest July since 1895.  Also, March 2026 was the hottest March ever — 9.4° above the 20th-century average. Ukraine drone attack killed 13 Russians, injured 75 Ukraine's drone attack on Russia's oil hub killed 13 citizens and wounded another 75 over the weekend, reports PBS.  Russia says they shut down 450 drones. In addition, Russia killed 21 people in Kyiv in this ongoing drone-based tit-for-tat warfare. The changing military alliances overseas Internationally, nations are lining up in allied positions. Just last week, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia signed a pact, in which all three nations agreed that an attack on any of the three nations would be taken as an attack on all. Pakistan's relationship with China has also warmed up considerably.   China supplies Pakistan's military weaponry and Pakistan strongly supports Beijing on Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea. If we include China's growing relationship with Russia, this axis of powers now holds 6,100 nuclear warheads in total, almost exactly the same number held by the allied powers of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, India, and Israel.  Keep in mind: God is over all the armies of the Earth. Isaiah 13:4–5 states that “The LORD of hosts musters the army for battle. They come from a far country, from the end of Heaven, the LORD and His weapons of indignation, to destroy the whole land.” Columbia hit by major earthquake Another devastating earthquake hit Colombia yesterday morning, killing 111 people, reports the Associated Press. It was 7.4 on the Richter scale. This follows another 7.5 earthquake in Venezuela a few weeks ago, that killed 5,000 people. Colombia produces 80% of the world's cocaine.  However, Friday marked the first day in office for Colombia's new president —  Abelardo de la Espriella. He is an admirer of President Donald Trump and had promised an "all-out war" on the drug cartels. South America has swung to the right over the last few years. Now eight countries are led by presidents who would align more with President Donald Trump. Only three South American nations are led by presidents that bend towards the left including Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela. Two-thirds of Americans support the death penalty Pew Research has found that Americans favor the use of the death penalty for murder convictions, in line with Genesis 9:6.   A full two-thirds of Americans say they favor the death penalty, and only 32% oppose it.  The numbers have remained about the same for the last seven years. Yet, in the first half of 2026, capital juries chose not to execute the murderer at least 19 times, more often than to execute. Murders in America average 15,000 per year, yet on average, only 23 murderers are put to death.  That's one-tenth of one percent!  And this year, only 19 murderers have received the death penalty.  Genesis 9:6 says, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.” Network for Hope shut down for its immoral organ donor system The Department of Health and Human Services has decertified Network for Hope, an organ transplant organization that was exposed for unsafe and immoral practices. Heidi Klessig of Life Site News explained, “Removing Network for Hope's certification was absolutely necessary, but will not address the most pressing problem underlying our current organ donation system: organ donors must be biologically alive in order to donate viable organs.” Attorney General Todd Blanche eager to end mail-order abortions And finally, newly appointed Attorney General Todd Blanche has pledged to work towards solidifying pro-life gains across the country, as well as to end mail-order abortions. Not surprisingly, all Democrats voted against Blanche's nomination.   According to Americans United for Life, “Through his statements and actions as Acting Attorney General, Mr. Blanche has shown himself to be a sincere advocate for human life and a faithful servant of President Trump's pro-life agenda.”  And Blanche himself has stated, “If states have said, ‘We are going to protect the unborn and we're going to protect every life from the moment of conception,' we're putting practices and policies in place so that other states and other organizations can't attack that. They can't do things like they're doing with mailing in mail-order drugs.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, August 11th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ. Print story United States exits United Nations Livestock group The United States government is pulling out of the United Nations' Global Plan of Action for Sustainable Livestock Transformation, The New American reported.  The decision, announced by the Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Paul Welcher, comes because the declaration promotes climate change, so-called equality, and other radical policies.  Per Politico, “The plan, which is completely voluntary, was finally adopted by delegates on Friday [July 17]. It advises countries to address issues such as biodiversity, animal welfare, emissions and how to prevent the spread of disease.”

“You got to come first from a giving standpoint rather than from a taking standpoint.” – Bret Ridgway Today's featured bestselling bookcaster is a 25-year veteran of the speaking industry, marketer for small businesses, and entrepreneur, Bret Ridgway. Bret and I had a fun chat about his new kids' book, “Games Animals Play (When We're Not Looking)”, transitioning from writing business books to children's books, and his mission to donate 1,000 copies to schools and communities in 2026, and more!!Key Things You'll Learn:How Bret's grandchildren and the phrase "crickets playing croquet" inspired his new children's book seriesWhat's the difference between writing for children and adultsThe fastest way to feel better about yourselfWhat one skill has he learned and sharpened since his last appearance on the showBret's Site: https://laughandlearnlibrary.com/Bret's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004WEH2Z6/allbooksThe opening track is titled, “Unknown From M.E. | Sonic Adventure 2 ~ City Pop Remix” by Iridium Beats. To listen to and download the full track, click the following link. https://www.patreon.com/posts/sonic-adventure-136084016 Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmonThe Going North Advancement Compass: https://a.co/d/bA9awotYou May Also Like…645 – How to Build a #Profitable Speaking Business with Bret Ridgway (@bridgway): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-645-how-to-build-a-profitable-speaking-business-with-bret-ridgway-bridgway/327 – The Go-Giver Way of Elite Performance with Bob Burg (@BobBurg): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-327-the-go-giver-way-of-elite-performance-with-bob-burg-bobburg/979 – From Anthills to Authorship with Ron Kinscherf (@Papatellmeabook): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-979-from-anthills-to-authorship-with-ron-kinscherf-papatellmeabook/586 – Flipping Bad Situations into Joyful Children's Books with Violet Lemay (@violetlemay): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-586-flipping-bad-situations-into-joyful-childrens-books-with-violet-lemay-violetlemay/793 – How to Bounce Back as a Children's Book Author with Rella B. (@RellaBBooks): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-793-how-to-bounce-back-as-a-childrens-book-author-with-rella-b-rellabbooks/559 - Picky Patrick With Eleni Fuiaxis (@EleniFuiaxis): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-559-picky-patrick-with-eleni-fuiaxis-elenifuiaxis/1032 – A Grandmother's Fight for Disability Representation in Books with T. L. McCoy (@BlueRoundBG): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-1032-a-grandmothers-fight-for-disability-representation-in-books-with-t-l-mccoy-blueround/1075 – From Classroom Bells to Children's Books with Kirsten Telan (@ktelan1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-1075-from-classroom-bells-to-childrens-books-with-kirsten-telan-ktelan1/1087 – Becoming a Multi-Genre Author and Creative Force After 50 with Teri Brown (@TeriMBrown1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/becoming-a-multi-genre-author-and-creative-force-after-50-with-teri-brown-terimbrown1/835 – Turn Words Into Wealth with Aurora Winter, MBA (@AuroraWinterMBA): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-835-turn-words-into-wealth-with-aurora-winter-mba-aurorawintermba/

James talks about both of his young granmothers, Bertha and Mitzi!

In Part 2 of this 2023 episode, criminals are running the grandparent scam all over the San Diego area. Often crimes like this go unsolved, but FBI agent Brady Finta and his law enforcement partners believe this situation is unique. There is a video and an eyewitness. Arresting the messenger who took Susan's $9,000 might just bring down an entire criminal operation. But investigators must proceed carefully.

Disclaimer: This episode and article are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or trauma history. If you're in crisis, please contact a licensed mental health professional or crisis line in your area.TL;DR* Generational trauma isn't just a psychological concept — it's biological, written into a layer of chemical “tags” on top of your DNA called the epigenome.* A landmark 1997 quantum entanglement experiment out of the University of Geneva showed two particles can stay instantaneously connected across nearly seven miles — a finding that reframes how connected biological systems, like families, might really be.* Studies on Holocaust survivors, lab mice, and Syrian refugee families all show that trauma experienced by a parent or grandparent can alter stress hormone systems and gene expression in children and grandchildren who never lived through the original event.* Symptoms like a hair-trigger stress response, unexplained anxiety, chronic inflammation, digestive issues, and difficulty feeling safe can all be signs your body is carrying inherited survival programming.* The good news: epigenetic changes are reversible. Therapy, breathwork, meditation, nature, sleep, and nutrition have all been shown to create measurable biological change — meaning your healing doesn't stop with you.* Ready to map out your own healing roadmap? Book a complimentary Metabolic Blueprint session.The Patient Who Started It AllA patient — I'll call her Maria — came into my office anxious, trembling, dealing with night tremors, sleep problems, digestive issues, and a stress response that fired at the smallest provocation. Nothing catastrophic was happening in her life. She had a good job and a loving family, yet she lived like she was waiting for something terrible to happen.When I asked about her family history, she mentioned it almost in passing: “My grandmother survived the war. She escaped with nothing. She never really talked about it.”That's when it clicked. I'd been deep in the epigenetics literature — the science of how experience changes the way our genes express themselves — and here was living proof sitting across from me. Maria wasn't broken. Her body was running a survival program written by someone she never met.The Physics of ConnectionBefore we get to the biology, it helps to understand just how connected things can be — even across vast distances.In 1997, physicist Nicolas Gisin and his team at the University of Geneva ran one of the most mind-bending experiments in the history of science. They entangled two photons at the quantum level, then separated them — sending one north through a fiber-optic cable toward the village of Bellevue and the other south toward Bernex, roughly seven miles apart. When they measured one photon, the other responded instantaneously — faster than light could travel between them. Einstein famously called this “spooky action at a distance” because it violated everything he believed about how the universe should work. The finding has since been replicated many times over, and in 2022 the Nobel Prize in Physics recognized the pioneering work of Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for demonstrating and harnessing quantum entanglement — the same phenomenon Gisin's Geneva experiment helped bring out of the lab and into the real world.So what does quantum physics have to do with your anxiety? If two particles can remain deeply connected across physical distance, instantly sharing information, what does that suggest about biological systems — families that share DNA, a womb, a developing nervous system? The universe appears to be far more entangled than we were taught, and the idea that your grandmother's terror ends cleanly with her story doesn't hold up under the research.The Biology: Epigenetics, Explained“Epi” is Greek for “on top of.” Epigenetics is the layer of biological information that sits on top of your genes and tells your DNA what to do — and it can be changed by your environment, your experiences, and your stress.Some of the most compelling research in this space comes from studying Holocaust survivors and their descendants. Dr. Rachel Yehuda at Mount Sinai, a pioneer in this field, found that children of Holocaust survivors had measurably different stress hormone profiles — altered cortisol systems and stress-response machinery — not because of what they experienced, but because of what their parents experienced. Her 2016 study went further, identifying epigenetic changes on the same region of a stress-related gene in both Holocaust survivors and their adult children, one of the first demonstrations that a parent's trauma before conception can leave a measurable epigenetic mark on their offspring.In 2014, researchers Brian Dias and Kerry Ressler at Emory University trained male mice to fear the smell of cherry blossoms by pairing the scent with a mild shock. Their offspring and grandoffspring — mice that had never been exposed to the scent-shock pairing — showed heightened sensitivity and fear responses to that same smell. The learned fear had been encoded epigenetically in sperm and passed down two generations.More recently, a 2025 study published in Scientific Reports by researchers including a team affiliated with Yale examined three generations of Syrian refugee families, looking at DNA methylation patterns across the genome. They found altered epigenetic markings not just in grandmothers directly exposed to war violence, but in grandchildren who never experienced war at all — including epigenetic age acceleration in children whose mothers were pregnant during violent exposure. As the researchers put it, “the experience of violence is preserved and embedded in the genome.”What Generational Trauma Can Look Like in Your BodyIf any of these sound familiar, it's worth paying attention:* A hair-trigger stress response. Your HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) — your stress command center — may be calibrated for a threat that no longer exists, keeping you on high alert without a clear reason why.* Unexplained anxiety or fear not tied to any specific life event — just a low hum of dread that's always been there.* Chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation, since epigenetic changes can affect the genes that regulate inflammation.* Digestive issues — the gut is exquisitely sensitive to stress signaling, including inherited stress patterns.* Difficulty feeling safe even in safe situations — you have everything you need, and some part of you is still scanning for danger.None of this makes you broken. It makes you human — carrying biological information from people who loved you and survived things you'll never fully know.The Part That Matters Most: It's ReversibleEpigenetic changes aren't permanent. Dr. Yehuda's research also found that combat veterans with PTSD who went through cognitive behavioral therapy showed measurable changes in their epigenetic markers after treatment — the healing showed up in the biology, not just the mindset.Other research points to meditation, breathwork, time in nature, safe social connection, quality sleep, and proper nutrition as genuine epigenetic interventions — not just wellness trends, but practices that change the chemical tags sitting on your genes. And here's the most important part: if you do this work, you may be changing the inheritance of the generations that come after you. Your healing isn't just for you — it's for your children, your grandchildren, and people who haven't been born yet.Five Things to Do This Week* Do a family history audit. Write out what you know about two or three generations back — not just medical history, but life history. War, famine, displacement, loss, abuse, addiction, poverty. You're not doing this to assign blame, just to understand the inheritance.* Name what's not yours. Next time an irrational fear or outsized stress response shows up, try saying: “This may not be mine. I'm going to feel it, and I'm going to let it move through me.” That simple reframe starts to change your nervous system's relationship to the sensation.* Start one epigenetic healing practice. Pick one: daily meditation, five minutes of diaphragmatic breathing, cold exposure, a phone-free walk in nature, or journaling. These aren't luxuries — they're medicine.* Consider trauma-informed therapy. If this episode resonated and you're carrying weight you can't explain, look for an EMDR specialist, a somatic therapist, or an internal family systems practitioner — modalities that work at the level where generational trauma lives.* Share this episode. Ask yourself who in your life needs to hear this today — a parent, a sibling, a friend who's struggling. Understanding is where healing begins.Ready to Go Deeper?If today's episode stirred something in you — if you're sensing there's a layer of your health you haven't fully explored — I'd love to support you. We'll take a complete look at your picture, map out your top three priorities, and figure out whether the Metabolic Momentum Accelerator, the Cellular Reboot Accelerator (where we work on emotional clearing down to the epigenetic level), or the Total Health Restore program is the right fit for you.Book your complimentary Metabolic Blueprint session here.Thank you for spending this time with me. This wasn't easy material, but you showed up for it — and showing up is always the first step in healing. Until next week, be well and aloha.References* Salomon, R. et al. “Quantum correlations with spacelike separated beam splitters in motion: experimental test of multisimultaneity.” Physical Review Letters / Gisin, N. et al., University of Geneva Bell test experiments (1997), demonstrating quantum entanglement over ~10 km (Bernex–Bellevue, Switzerland).* The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 — awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.” NobelPrize.org* Yehuda, R. et al. “Holocaust Exposure Induced Intergenerational Effects on FKBP5 Methylation.” Biological Psychiatry (2016). Summary coverage: Scientific American; Mount Sinai* Dias, B.G. & Ressler, K.J. “Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations.” Nature Neuroscience (2014). Coverage: Emory University News* “Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees.” Scientific Reports 15, 5945 (2025). Nature.com | PMC* Yehuda, R. et al. Epigenetic changes associated with CBT treatment in combat veterans with PTSD — referenced in Yehuda lab research overview, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. labs.icahn.mssm.edu/yehudalab* Wolynn, M. It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. Viking, 2016. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tripleplaydoc.substack.com/subscribe

Drawing on Dogen's instructions for the monastery cook, this talk unpacks three orientations that Dogen considered essential to wholeheartedly engaging the way — the happy heart that finds joy in vacuum lines and borrowed victories, the fierce nurturing love of grandmother mind, and the vast unbiased ocean of magnanimous mind that meets every turn of fortune with "we'll see." ★ Support this podcast ★

A Weekly Candid Conversation About Gambling Addiction Craig is joined by Tiffany, who had a Grandmother with a gambling addiction. Tiffany discusses the toll it took on her life, her Grandma's life, the life of her family, and much more.

Grandmother Lott and I have played Tennis together and more. 

In this 2023 episode, when Susan gets a frantic call from her "grandson" saying he's been in a terrible accident, she doesn't waste any time. She rushes to get him the $9,000 he requested for legal fees, but as soon as she hands the money to the courier, the phone line goes dead. She knows instantly that it was a scam. Similar crimes are popping up all over her area, and the stack of case files is pretty big by the time it lands on FBI agent Brady Finta's desk.

Listen to learn how to move an audience with a character who never changes. Do characters need to change for you to have a satisfying story? That's a question we've been asking since, like, episode five of this podcast. And we're finally talking about it! In this continuation of our deep dive into character arcs -- Stu, Chas and Mel break down MOANA, APOLLO 13 and THE DRESSMAKER to work out what carries a story when a character arc doesn't. If your protagonist isn't going to change, the drama has to come from what they do to everyone else. We do manage to figure out some tools that carry a steadfast story: doubt and wobble (a character with no doubt isn't steadfast, they're a psychopath), emotional events between characters, and a distinction borrowed from operant conditioning — additive rewards (you gain something) versus subtractive ones (something is taken away). The subtractive reward is why a happy ending can still feel like loss... and it's the thing we reckon that'll matter most when we get to negative arcs. We also wibble-wobble over WILLOW, TAKEN, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, THE MARTIAN, PROJECT HAIL MARY, THE GREY, ALL IS LOST, STAR WARS (as always), GREY GARDENS, PRISCILLA, and how many tampons NASA sent to space. As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes. LIKE THIS EPISODE? Discuss with our Patrons on Patreon. Watch and comment on YouTube. Send us feedback. Thanks to our Patrons, especially Khrob, Theis, Sandra, Jesse, Randy, Paulo, Thomas, Jennifer, Malay, Alexandre & Natalie and Lily. → Read the transcript for this episode. ——— "If your characters are not going to arc, if they are going to remain steadfast, then creating multiple smaller emotional events is really important to keep the story dynamic." — Mel Killingsworth @ 02:32:01 ——— CHAPTERS 00:00:00 – Cold Open 00:00:18 – What Is a Steadfast Character Arc? 00:04:24 – › Character as habitual action and setting up payoff 00:05:56 – › Operant conditioning and additive versus subtractive rewards 00:09:14 – › Zero-context takeaways on steadfast emotional stakes 00:10:33 – The Questionnaire for Analysing Character Arcs 00:12:18 – MOANA 00:13:31 – › Credits and the hero's journey plot summary 00:16:12 – › The I Want song and being pulled versus pushed 00:20:14 – › Moana's steadfastness causes her own low point 00:22:47 – › Steadfast belief that changes others, not the self 00:25:57 – › Multiple challenge types needed to dramatize resilience 00:27:25 – › Maui's arc contrasted as genuine positive change 00:29:38 – › Skills and rewards versus true character transformation 00:36:22 – › Grandmother and father relationships deepen audience intimacy 00:41:15 – › Disney princess genre expectations for character arcs 00:45:27 – › Tracking when and whether Maui and Moana change 00:48:36 – › The reluctant ally pattern across MOANA, STAR WARS, WILLOW 00:52:10 – › Contrast, theme, and the audience's emotional event 00:53:08 – APOLLO 13 00:55:50 – › Plot summary and the docudrama's technical problem-solving 00:57:38 – › Riveting problem-solving without any character value change 01:00:56 – › Emotional events replace arcs in the Jack and Jim relationship 01:09:12 – › Emotional tension versus arc as a structural framework 01:14:42 – › Disaster movies compared across steadfast and positive arcs 01:16:23 – › Do any characters change their relationship to themselves? 01:20:02 – › Working the steadfast questionnaire against APOLLO 13 01:33:53 – THE DRESSMAKER 01:39:16 – › Debating Tilly's true objective in returning to Dungatar 01:44:51 – › Steadfastness as being the agent of change for others 01:48:37 – › Teddy's death punishes the belief that she isn't cursed 01:52:16 – › Subtractive reward and removal of burdens versus true change 01:57:00 – › GREY GARDENS as a parallel study in steadfast protection 02:02:18 – › Tilly's revenge tactic transforms the town around her 02:11:55 – › Fairy tale logic and heightened melodrama in the film 02:16:29 – › Debating whether Tilly is steadfast or an agent of change 02:20:11 – › Subtractive rewards and how the ending should feel 02:24:23 – › How the story world punishes and rewards transformation 02:27:01 – › Was this steadfast, a positive arc, or both? 02:31:45 – Key Learnings & Wrap Up FILMS MOANA (2016) — (w) Jared Bush, Ron Clements, John Musker, Chris Williams, Don Hall, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell (d) John Musker, Ron Clements THE DRESSMAKER (2015) — (w) Jocelyn Moorhouse, Pj Hogan, Rosalie Ham (d) Jocelyn Moorhouse APOLLO 13 (1995) — (w) William Broyles Jr, Al Reinert, Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell (d) Ron Howard RELATED EPISODES DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston DZ-126: Secrets and Clues DZ-128: What even is a Character Arc? ——— More Draft Zero is brought to you by our awesome Patreons. If you enjoy the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, a rating on Spotify, or a review on Podchaser. We are @stuwillis, @mehlsbells and @chasffisher on Twitter. You can find @draft_zero and @_shotzero on Instagram and Twitter. Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-129/

His father rejected him. His grandmother changed everything. Brad Ryan spent seven and a half years driving across America with his 85-year-old grandmother, visiting all 63 national parks, and quietly healing the wounds his coming out left behind. What started as an adventure became something neither of them expected: a reckoning with family, identity, and the stories gay men tell themselves about who will ever truly accept them. Brad joins Rick to talk about what happens when you stop waiting for the people who hurt you and start showing up for the ones who show up for you. Key Takeaways: Why Brad didn't come out until college and what his father's reaction cost himHow a camping trip in the Smoky Mountains became the turning point with his grandmotherWhy gay men build elaborate stories about rejection that don't match realityWhat intergenerational connection offers gay men that their own community often can'tHow curiosity instead of judgment transforms even the most broken family relationshipsWhy healing doesn't always look like confrontation — sometimes it looks like a road trip About Brad Brad Ryan is a veterinarian, wildlife conservationist, social media influencer, and writer from southeastern Ohio. He earned his BA from Miami University in Ohio, an MSc in mammalian biology from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and a DVM/MPH combined degree from The Ohio State University, specializing in wildlife medicine and veterinary public health. For Brad, storytelling is a vehicle for healing—rooted in empathy, inspired by nature, and driven by a desire to help others feel seen and connected. As a keynote speaker, he champions LGBTQ+ inclusion in the outdoors, eliminating stigma around mental health, and the protection of wildlife Connect With Brad Website Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Hey Guys, Check This Out! Are you a guy who keeps struggling to do that thing? You know the thing you keep telling yourself and others you're going to do, but never do? Then it's time to get real and figure out why. Join the 40 Plus: Gay Men Gay Talk, monthly chats. They happen the third Monday of each month at 5:00 pm Pacific - Learn More! Also, join our Facebook Community - 40 Plus: Gay Men, Gay Talk Community

Across the country, families are dealing with households full of stuff that no one wants to inherit. This is causing stress between generations as young people often don't have room for that full dining room set, the silverware, or antique hutch, to the chagrin of older generations. We dig into how to cope with all that inherited stuff and make a plan.

Before there was a wellness industry, there were grandmothers. Long before supplements, subscriptions, and five step morning routines, our grandmothers already knew how to care for a body without needing permission from an industry to do it. In this episode, we sit with the wisdom we quietly let go of, the moringa growing in the yard, the bissap steeping on the stove, the food that was medicine long before it had a label. We talk about what got lost when healing stopped being communal and started being something we handled alone. And we talk about how returning to that wisdom does not require guilt, only remembrance. This is not about rejecting modern life. It is about remembering that you come from women who already knew.

The race for a coveted Senate seat in Maine is set. A Grandmother was allegedly shot Friday in Avon, Maine while helping her son pick up his children from the family of his ex-wife. Ever find yourself getting sucked into a cat video online? Now you can make plans to enjoy those videos on the big screen. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two sisters flying to Puerto Rico to clear out their grandmother's house find a shoebox of bloodied feathers in the kitchen cupboard, and thirty handwritten journals hidden under a loose tile in the garage.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-grandmothergrimoireSOURCES and RESOURCES: “My Grandmother Left Behind Some Really Dark Secrets” by Evelyn Bertrand: https://tinyurl.com/yy8gx627WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: July 24, 2026

A deep woods horror narration and terrifying first-person account of a cryptid encounter involving Louisiana's legendary Rougarou. If you love southern gothic horror, supernatural first person accounts, and genuinely scary podcasts to sleep to, this anthology horror story is for you.#Rougarou #dogman #werewolf #scarystories #creepypasta #cryptidencounters I Found My Great Grandmother's Rougarou Cure. I Wish I'd Never Used It!Story Credit - Acceptable_Raccoon27

In this episode, the Queen of Code! Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper was the third-ever programmer for the world's first programmable computer, the Mark I. Through her years of service to the U.S. Navy and private business, including during World War II, Grace helped push the boundaries of the new computer industry by developing key innovations in computer programming. Known today as Amazing Grace, the Grandmother of Programming, and the Queen of Code, Grace's contributions to computing continue to shape the way computers operate around the globe. [This episode originally aired January 2021.] About the Narrator Randi Zuckerberg likes to call herself “a professional mom to entrepreneurs”. She currently works with more than 20 early and mid stage companies as an advisor, investor, or board director, the vast majority started and run by female founders. Randi also has a passion for producing and creating media content that celebrates strong, smart women and girls. Through her company, Zuckerberg Media, she is the best selling author of four books, producer of multiple television shows and theater productions, and hosts a weekly radio show, Randi Zuckerberg Means Business, on SiriusXM. Randi has been recognized with an Emmy nomination, two Tony awards, a Drama Desk Award, and a Kidscreen Award. Prior to founding her own company, Randi was an early employee at Facebook, where she is best known for creating Facebook Live.  Credits This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It's based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Executive Producers are Jes Wolfe and Katie Sprenger. This episode was produced by Isaac Kaplan-Woolner. Sound design and mixing by Luis Miranda. Corinne Peterson is our Production Manager. This episode was written by Alexis Stratton. Proofread by Ariana Rosas. It was narrated by Randi Zuckerberg, who you can learn more about in the next Get to Know episode. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. For more, visit Rebel Girls dot com. Until next time, stay rebel!

We are setting the table with Recipes for Cobblers, Jam, and Pie made from fruits of the season. Guests include: Farmers Susan and John Keller have been farming in Blount County, TN, on their family farm in continuous operation since 1890. UT Extension awarded John Keller Tennessee Farmer of the Year in 2014. Susan Keller shares a recipe for Miss Lily's Blackberry Cobbler. This recipe comes from her Grandmother (Lilian Bays Hitch). Dee Dee Constantine (happily retired former food writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel) sets us straight on all of the terminology used in the arena of cobblers. She examines culinary terms such as brown Betty, cobblers, buckles, crisps, grunts, and slumps. I (Amy Campbell) share a recipe for Blackberry Jam from that classic “Minnie Pearl Cooks” cookbook. And an encore Farm and Fun-Time Heirloom Recipe segment recorded during the Farm and Fun Time Program at Radio Bristol - from storyteller Toni Doman sharing memories and her Grandmother's recipe for cherry pie.

AP's Lisa Dwyer reports that a federal agency says the driver in a deadly Texas Tesla crash is at fault.

The Problem: They’re all iconoclasts. (Recorded on July 13, 2026.)

It's a throwback to a one of Ry-Guy's favorite Christmas movies.! ABOUT TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO When twins Sarah and Julie feel like their mom is tired of them, they take off on an exciting adventure to their great-grandmother's house and encounter a pair of villains along the way. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO December 6, 1992 | ABC CAST & CREW OF TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO Director: Jeff Franklin Writers: Jeff Franklin, Boyd Hale Cast: Ashley Olsen as Julie Thompson Mary-Kate Olsen as Sarah Thompson BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We meet five-year-old twins Sarah and Julie. They are little stinkers and give their single mother Rhonda plenty of trouble. She is also actively annoyed by this delivery driver named Eddie who is very into her. The next day, they're out trying to make a snowman with the little snow that's on the ground but Eddie comes by and steps on it when he gets out of his truck. He delivers a present from their grandparents. On the outside of it, there's a note about them coming for Christmas for a carnival. Julia says they can't go there for Christmas. Eddie is not thrilled to find out that Rhonda is a mom. After overhearing their mom admit that she desperately needs a break from them, the girls decide to run away and spend Christmas with their grandparents. Their plan quickly goes off the rails when they realize they can't cross the street. So they decide to hop on the bus but it only travels downtown. So they start wandering around the city and end up finding Eddie. They secretly climb into the back of his truck cuz surely he's going to grandmother's house. But they need to use the restroom and that's when Eddie discovers them. Eddie enjoys hanging with the girls and ends up buying a lottery ticket using the girls' birthdates as his numbers. Back home, the girls' babysitter realizes they've disappeared and calls Rhonda. Eddie calls Rhonda and says he's gonna bring them home. But just as he's about to do that, his delivery truck is stolen—with Sarah and Julie still inside. The thieves, Harvey and Shirley, are shocked to discover two little girls in the back of the truck. Seeing an opportunity to make real money, they decide they're gonna try to get a ransom for the girls. They convince the girls they're taking them to grandmother's house. Shirley calls Rhonda and demands $10,000 in cash, arranging the exchange at the ice rink in Edgemont and instructing Rhonda to wear a red hat. Rhonda and Eddie pawn the contents of the delivery packages Eddie was supposed to deliver to get the $10,000. A detective hears about all these pawns and assumes that Eddie and Rhonda must be the criminals they've been looking for that have been stealing stuff. Turns out, they're really looking for Harvey and Shirley. Harvey accidentally reveals that they aren't actually taking the twins to their grandmother's house, so they run away just as Rhonda shows up to pick up the girls. The girls race off in a carriage, so Eddie hops on a horse like a cowboy to rescue them right outside of grandma's house. The detective shows up to arrest Eddie and Rhonda, still convinced they're the kidnappers, but Harvey confesses to everything to free them. They make it to the lottery drawing and they win big bucks and Eddie and Rhonda kiss. They use the money to return every pawned package to its rightful owner and spend Christmas together. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Not Today... Jenn and Eddie discuss their trips home.  Eddie did a lot of house work. Jenn celebrated her Grandmother's 103rd birthday.  There's also a town they're both familar with... South of the Border.  Eddie may or may not work at Hooters now. Plus, Florida Man Friday!

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Greetings friends and welcome to my convo with the glorious Brigid Kennedy! Now, Brigid has so many miracle stories this week, and the treasure map is just one little piece of a life lived with conviction, belief in the adventure, but Brigid's unassailable belief in herself! Growing up isolated (because of a health crisis), Brigid never stopped asking herself what else in this life was possible...and because of that, she has crafted a life dedicated to telling the world about the magic of Family and Legacy!So, if you're into stories about magical Grandmother's, treasure maps from the past, and giving up your life and heading to the Amazon, this is the human for you!To check out Brigid's website, click here. Her Insta, click here! Her super fun YouTube, click here! And then, to buy her fab book, "Lost: The Lost City of Incan Gold," click here! Dive into this human and her tales of family and daring!PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP, I WOULD LOVE RATINGS AND REVIEWS! Thanks so much!And your bit of beauty is this: an article titled, "Machu Picchu Alternatives: 17 Inca Ruins That Will Blow You Away." Read a bit more about this astonishing civilization and the architecture and magic they brought (and still bring) to the rest of us!Hooray for our ancestors!!

Grandmothers say the darnedest things. Kid Fury | Crissle  Thisistheread.com Patreon Fury: patreon.com/kidfury Patreon Crissle: patreon.com/cw/CrisslesCouch Merch: shoptheread.com/ IG: @thisistheread Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send us Fan MailNationally Certified Life and Relationship Coach, Tyrone Dixon discusses the transition of his Grandmother, Minnie Jewel Robinson:The power of prayer. Life Lessons learned. Keep God 1st!Shares the quote of the weekEmail your questions to TQLP20@gmail.comDonate to The Quality of Love Podcast - https://www.patreon.com/userUse our Code KingDixon1 for $10 off of anything on the Humble Fit Lifestyle Brand Website:https://www.etsy.com/shop/SairronHumbleFit?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1030625872Subscribe to The Quality of Love's YT Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoDSuc0qgocDhlW4bGmnRgQInspiration For The Nation Interview: https://youtu.be/dAgu6vdyGdsSupport the showYour quality of love = Your quality of life #Peace&LoveEdit This EpisodeEpisode is LivePublished:Oct. 17, 2024 @ 9AMEditAdd a TranscriptAdd Chapter MarkersCreate a Visual SoundbiteMid-Roll PlacementsShare Link to EpisodeEpisode Share URLCopyView in websiteDirect Link to AudioCopyDownload MP3Embed Audio PlayerWhat's NewSupport the showYour quality of love = Your quality of life #Peace&Love

Ready your undergunt! We're about to explain why your grandmother was catastrophically, diabolically wrong!Nashville family! Duncan is coming this week! He'll be at Zanies Comedy Night Club, June 25 & 26. Click here to get your tickets now!Check out Mystery Boys with Duncan and Kurt Metzger on YMH Studios!This episode is brought to you by: Visit Amentara.com/go/DTFH and use code DUNCAN11 at checkout for 11% Off! Start low. Pay attention. It's one of those things you dial in for yourself. Buy two months of BlueChew Gold and get the third FREE with promo code DUNCAN. You also get an additional 10% OFF + Free overnight shipping on your first order.  Go to Quince.com/duncan for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too!

As a child, she was incredibly close to her grandmother. When she was suddenly sent away for the summer, all she wanted was the chance to hear her voice again.Then one afternoon, the phone rang.The conversation felt completely real—loving, comforting, and strangely final. Hours later, her family shared devastating news that turned the call into a mystery she still can't explain.Because the grandmother she had just spoken with had already been gone for nearly two weeks.Decades later, she still remembers every word. And she still wonders who was really on the other end of the line.#RealGhostStories #GhostPhoneCall #AfterDeathCommunication #ParanormalPodcast #TrueGhostStory #UnexplainedMysteries #VisitationStory #SpiritualEncounters #LifeAfterDeath #SupernaturalExperience Love real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

In honor of Father's Day, we're sharing several hilarious chapters from the audio version of Peggy Rowe's bestselling book About Your Father, currently on sale for Father's Day at https://bit.ly/MomsAudiobooks, along with a bundle of all three bestsellers from America's Grandmother, aka Mike's Mom, for just $30. Enjoy! Tip o' the hat to our excellent sponsor PureTalk.com/Rowe Pure Talk is matching donations dollar for dollar until they hit two hundred fifty THOUSAND DOLLARS for America's Warrior Partnership, who is on the frontlines of supporting our veterans.

Our lifestyle choices can profoundly influence our everyday health as well as our long-term outcomes. And for better or for worse, daily health habits like diet and exercise can often become normalized within families and passed down through generations. Luckily, we hold the power to create this blueprint for our own families with intentional choices and behaviors.  On this episode of The Model Health Show, I'm sharing three valuable health and wellness lessons I learned from my grandmother. You're going to learn the science behind these valuable principles and how to put them into action for better health and connection.  We're going to cover essential habits like eating real food, spending time outdoors, and eating with your family. These principles will inspire you to create generational health for your family with realistic, science-backed lifestyle choices. I hope you enjoy this episode of The Model Health Show!  In this episode you'll discover: The importance of eating fresh, real food. (0:43) How your metabolism reacts to whole foods vs. processed foods. (4:03) The influence marketing has on our food choices. (7:19) What percentage of the average American child's diet is ultra-processed foods. (9:30) How the rates of childhood obesity have changed in recent decades. (10:41) A simple ratio you can use to eat more whole foods. (13:39) The importance of making food fun. (15:42) What we can gain from being in a natural environment. (24:30) Why you should mandate more outdoor time. (32:03) How shared family meals can improve health outcomes for your children. (38:02) The science behind how shared family meals can lower stress. (39:27) How many days per week you should aim to share a meal. (41:30) Items mentioned in this episode include: Wildpastures.com/model - High-quality, responsibly sourced meat—delivered right to your door. Wild Pastures makes it easy to eat clean without overpaying. Get 20% off every box + $15 off your first order. Peluva.com/model - Most shoes weaken your feet—these rebuild them. Peluva barefoot shoes are designed to restore natural movement, improve strength, and support long-term health. Get 15% off with code MODEL. Eat Smarter Family Cookbook - Transform the health, fitness, and connection of your entire family with the Eat Smarter Family Cookbook! Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube  This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Wild Pastures and Peluva.  High-quality, responsibly sourced meat—delivered right to your door. Wild Pastures makes it easy to eat clean without overpaying. Get 20% off every box + $15 off your first order at wildpastures.com/model. Most shoes weaken your feet—these rebuild them. Peluva barefoot shoes are designed to restore natural movement, improve strength, and support long-term health. Get 15% off with code MODEL at peluva.com/model.

Today's story is adapted by Daniel Hinds from a classic fable. Three soldiers leave a war and make a deal with a magical dragon. In exchange for seven years of wealth and freedom, they must serve him for seven years afterward unless they can solve his riddle. Will the soldiers be able to solve the riddle? Listen and find out! Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.