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There are no term limits, this allows these people to stay in their positions for a very longtime. Trump is now setting the stage to return the power back to the people. This is much bigger than a few arrests. Economy Average Electricity Rates by State, What Do You Pay?  Hawaii and California have the highest rates. Idaho the lowest. Average Residential Electricity Rates by State   Electricity Cost 10 Lowest States Be Prepared to Keep Paying More for Electricity The Wall Street Journal says Be Prepared to Keep Paying More for Electricity Source:  mishtalk.com  (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:18510697282300316,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-8599-9832"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="https://cdn2.decide.dev/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/2005964583727780156?s=20 https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2005751158149615698?s=20  Trump claims the project has overrun by $4 billion (he mentions $4.1 billion total for “a few small buildings”), calling it the “highest price in the history of construction.” He contrasts this with his own White House ballroom project, which he says is under budget and ahead of schedule despite its cost doubling to $400 million from an earlier $200 million estimate.  Yes, discovery could occur—if the case advances past initial hurdles. This would allow Trump’s side to subpoena Fed documents, emails, financial records, and testimony related to the renovations. This could effectively let them “look into” specific aspects of what the Fed has been doing, such as budgeting, contracting, and project management for the HQ overhaul. Discovery rules under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are broad, potentially uncovering internal Fed communications or decisions tied to the alleged incompetence.    Trump could request a GAO investigation into the HQ project overruns. Political/Rights Longtime Democrat George Clooney and His Family Ditch America, Move to France, and Secure French Citizenship Hollywood elitist and longtime Democrat activist George Clooney has officially joined the growing list of wealthy, left-wing celebrities who preach “American values” while quietly distancing themselves from the United States. Clooney, along with his wife, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children, has reportedly obtained French citizenship through a naturalization decree. The couple's 8-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, were included in the process.  Clooney went on to explain that he feared raising his children in Los Angeles. “I was worried about raising our kids in L. A., in the culture of Hollywood. I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life. France—they kind of don't give a shit about fame. I don't want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don't want them being compared to somebody else's famous kids.” Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/2005844962769064196?s=20 beliefs. Boycotting the Arts to show you support the Arts is a form of derangement syndrome. The arts are for everyone and the left is mad about it. https://twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/2005834821503705445?s=20 DOGE Geopolitical New Report Appears to Confirm Covenant School Shooter Audrey Hale Bought Guns With Student Loan Money The FBI has just released more pages from the manifesto of Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale, which suggest that she bought the guns used in the 2023 shooting with money she had from a Pell Grant. Hale's parents suggested this two years ago and this report appears to confirm that. The Tennessee Star reports: Latest FBI Release of Covenant School Manifesto Files Appears to Confirm Trans-Identified Killer Bought Guns with Pell Grant Money The FBI on Monday released another 230 manifesto pages written by Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the biological female who identified as a transgender man on March 27, 2023, when the 28-year-old killed six at the Covenant School in Nashville, the Christian elementary school she once attended. This latest journal appears to have been written sometime in late 2021, and includes lengthy sections about the weapons the killer planned to use to commit a mass shooting at a school sometime that year. Following multiple pages full of weapons to purchase, the journal includes a page labeled “Account Savings Record,” which appears to reference the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). It also records multiple payments received from Nossi during the period when Hale attended the Nossi College of Art and Design in Nashville. “FASFA [sic] grant checks started at $2,050.86,” wrote Hale at the top of the entry. The page then lists a series of apparent ledger entries, starting with, “$2,656.87 (x3 checks from Nossi).” The next ledger entry states, “+$530.00 (x1 check Nossi) ($3,186.87).” This reference to Hale's federal student aid, located in the writings next to her entries about guns she considered buying, appears to corroborate the claims made by her parents to Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) detectives in 2023, when they told law enforcement their child purchased the firearms using federal Pell Grant money.  Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/2005425950306263265?s=20 War/Peace https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/2005747398614847766?s=20 https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2005757621278761205?s=20 Trump clarifies that if Hamas do not disarm like they promised, that any number of the 59 countries who signed onto the peace deal, will completely wipe out Hamas.  Protests Erupt Across Iran As Angry People Flood Streets  The mullahs have ruled in Iran since 1979. So you had millions that went to helping to prop up the terrorist state. But the Iranians are a persistent people, it would appear, especially when you hurt them in their wallets and make it challenging to survive. We’re at another one of those moments in history where hope has sparked again in the country, and people are in the streets, calling for change. Nationwide strikes and protests by merchants continued across Iran, with shops shuttered in major commercial hubs including Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Lalehzar Street, Naser Khosrow and Istanbul Square. Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans calling for the downfall of the ruling clerics and demanding the leadership step aside. Video circulating online showed protesters inside a major shopping complex in Tehran's Grand Bazaar chanting, “Have no fear, we are all together,” while hurling insults at security forces and calling them shameless. Source: redstate.com Crushed by inflation, soaring living costs, and a future stolen by the regime, Iranians are back in the streets to protest. In a chilling echo of Tiananmen's Tank Man, one man defiantly sits down before the riot police. Desperation has met courage. Funds have been cutoff to the Mullahs/DS. They will lose control in the end and the people will rise up and take back their country. Cyber attacks ‘tipping point' warning issued after Harrods and M&S targeted Cyber attacks surged into prominence in 2025, inflicting significant financial damage on major British businesses and exposing widespread vulnerabilities across the economy. High-profile targets included automotive giant Jaguar Land Rover, retail stalwart Marks & Spencer, and luxury department store Harrods, underscoring how firms of all sizes are susceptible to sophisticated digital threats. Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, articulated his belief that cyber attacks represent one of the most substantial threats to UK financial stability, stressing the “critically important” need for collaborative defence. He stated: “Cyber attacks are far from new, but 2025 has shown just how deeply cyber risk is intertwined with economic stability and business continuity.” Source:  uk.news.yahoo.com  President Trump Responds to the 91-Drone Attack on Putin's Residence in Novgorod region During an impromptu press availability beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump responded to a question about a drone attack against the personal residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump noted that he was informed of the attack by President Putin during an early Monday phone call between the two leaders. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied the accusation that Ukraine carried out this particular attack.  The attack took place while Zelenskyy was in Florida meeting with President Trump. U.S. media have said the attack on Putin may be a lie; however, with physical evidence from the defense operation, it is less likely Russia just made up the attack.  At this moment in the conflict, Putin doesn't need domestic propaganda. CONTEXT: British intelligence previously confirmed their participation in the successful Ukraine drone attack against long-range Russian bombers.  That operation, highly controversial at the time, was previously confirmed by President Trump saying the U.S. was not informed in advance. The “coalition of the willing” has also expanded.  Outside the Ukraine regime, the current group making up the “coalition of the willing” includes: the U.K, France, Germany, Canada and Australia.  It is worth noting the additions are all part of the British commonwealth (U.K, Canada, Australia).   I suspect the British did it Source: theconservativetreehouse.com https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2005810672672624746?s=20   and utilities have materially underperformed the broader market over the last few years. This has been fueled by the outsized gains in the US technology sector. A similar pattern occurred during the 1990s, while the opposite took place during the 2008 Financial Crisis, when global defensive stocks outperformed. Defensive sectors are lagging. Medical/False Flags [DS] Agenda Soros family reportedly donated more than $71,000 to Letitia James campaigns Leftist billionaire George Soros and members of his family have donated more than $71,000 to political campaigns supporting New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James since 2019, according to a report published Sunday by the New York Post. The report, citing campaign finance records, said the total includes $31,000 contributed toward James' 2026 reelection bid. Soros personally donated $18,000 in July 2024, while his daughter-in-law, Jennifer Soros, contributed $13,000 in May. With earlier donations included, Soros and his family have provided James with roughly $40,000 more since 2019, the Post reported. The figure does not include the indirect support James has received through left-leaning organizations backed by Soros. The report said Soros' Open Society Foundations have given more than $865,000 to the New York branch of the Working Families Party since 2018. Source:  rsbnetwork.com  https://twitter.com/SteveRob/status/2005683753432351171?s=20 https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/2005361462580011272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2005361462580011272%7Ctwgr%5E084f3c4b7bd7fa1059f91dab99d5e9dce1ab3cec%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fnick-arama%2F2025%2F12%2F29%2Fthis-didnt-age-well-what-tim-walz-said-about-child-care-providers-during-2024-debate-n2197568 in Minnesota.” Yes Tim, you sure did make it easy for people to open childcare businesses. They don’t even need to provide childcare to get paid. https://twitter.com/amuse/status/2005702559239946273?s=20  admitted to the scheme and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the underlying fraud, with nearly $48 million ordered in restitution. Separate sentencing remains pending for the bribery conviction. https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/2005794263091798284?s=20   in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed,” a local said. About 20 kids were seen “streaming in and out” of the center, according to the Post. “You do realize there's supposed to be 99 children here in this building, and there's no one here?” Shirley said in his viral video. The owner’s son, Ali Ibrahim, claims Shirley came before they opened and is blaming their graphic designer for messing up the sign. “What I understand is [the owners] dealt with a graphic designer. He did it incorrectly. I guess they didn't think it was a big issue,” Ibrahim said https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2005812805786607882?s=20   children for the cameras. https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/2005766571487289395?s=20   citizens.” – MN AG Keith Ellison https://twitter.com/amuse/status/2005871452562555304?s=20  shootings the morning of Saturday June 13th at approximately 2:30am and 3:30am, in around [unclear] that I will probably be dead by the time you read this letter. I wanted to share some info with you that you might find interesting. I was trained by U.S. Military people off the books starting in college. I have been on projects since that time in Eastern Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa. All in the line of duty what I thought was right and in the best interest of the United States. Recently I was approached about a project that Tim Walz wanted done, and Keith [unclear] was also aware of the project. Tim wanted me to kill Amy Klobuchar and Tina [unclear]. Tim wants to be a senator and he doesn't trust [unclear] to retire as planned and this is meant to stay in the last mile with Amy & [unclear] gone. Tim would get one of the open senate seats, and [unclear] was to be VP, and Keith Ellison would be rewarded with a lucrative governing position. I told Tim I wanted nothing to do with it and that I didn't call off that plan I would go public. He said he would call it off himself if I didn't play ball. Then he set up a meeting with me and [unclear] and [unclear] to take care of me when I refused. They had some people waiting to kill me. I was able to get away by God's mercy. So I went back a short time later and shot back at [unclear]. You should notice how I didn't fire me rounds at any police officers and by God I have plenty of opportunity. Ask for the report on how many weapons and ammunition I had with me. Cops were pulling up right next to me in unmarked vehicles and I had an AK pistol across my lap. And I could have left a pile of cops dead but I did not. Short burst towards law enforcement. You can ask them. Because I snapped the police and chose not to see them hurt. But it may end up my wife and kids next time. I won't give them a pass. If you think I'm making this up just get on the phone and tell Tim you have a few questions for him. Then ask Tim Walz if he knows me and see what he says? If he says he doesn't know me, or never met me, look in the files and you will see that Tim personally approved me to be on his Governor's workforce. Bridges are the business representatives. He is probably trying to destroy that note but it is public record. Then ask Tim Walz why they kept the shots silent from the media when they first happened. Not a word in the press and I. Why? They needed to get their stories figured out. So everyone was on the same page about what happened. Tim is probably crapping bricks right now because I'm still at large and he knows what I can disclose and that I know about all the buried skeletons are. So I will be shot on sight you can bet on that. If you want me to turn myself in it need to be directly to you and then I need to be held at a military prison or in the Middle East, or at least on a ship. These guys have military backgrounds and can get to anybody. I am willing to spill all the beans. I just want my family safe. They had nothing to do with this and are totally innocent. This was a lone person https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2005811252409344411?s=20 Tim Walz is trying to bury the evidence of Somalian money laundering. His government website showing all the daycare licenses is having a mysterious “outage”. They are freaking out. https://twitter.com/feelsdesperate/status/2005736682100777121?s=20 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2005699538808697062?s=20 Trump fires 17 government watchdogs at various federal agencies President Donald Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs at various federal agencies late Friday, a Trump administration official confirmed to Fox News, as he continues to reshape the government at a blistering pace. Trump dismissed inspectors general at agencies within the Defense Department, State Department, Energy Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department of Veterans Affairs and more, notifying them by email from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, the Washington Post first reported. “It's a widespread massacre,” one of the terminated inspectors general told the Post. “Whoever Trump puts in now will be viewed as loyalists, and that undermines the entire system.” Source: foxnews.com Trump has been in office for 11 months. The Trump US Attorney has been in control of the Minneapolis Office less than that. These are programs the Biden DOJ did not investigate — they investigated “Feeding our Future” only. So the investigations of 13 other federally funded welfare programs started from scratch.   https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/2005764911427731459?s=20 THREAD https://twitter.com/Geiger_Capital/status/2005688449026908544?s=20 https://twitter.com/politico/status/2005765912167911931?s=20 https://twitter.com/StephenM/status/2005851479425310785?s=20  https://twitter.com/C_3C_3/status/2005864187575128397?s=20 President Trump's Plan https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2005816218226233847?s=20 The National Guard is building a “quick reaction force” (QRF) of some 23,500 troops trained in crowd control and civil disturbance that can be ready to deploy to U.S. cities by early next year, according to a leaked memo reported by multiple outlets Wednesday.  The Oct. 8 memo, signed by National Guard Bureau Director of Operations Maj. Gen. Ronald Burkett, orders the Guard from nearly every U.S. state, Puerto Rico and Guam to train 500 service members. States with smaller populations such as Delaware will have 250 troops in its force, while Alaska will have 350 and Guam will have 100, Task & Purpose reported. Attorney General Pam Bondi Directs DOJ to Investigate Obama-Biden Era ‘Lawfare' as Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy Attorney General Pam Bondi has confirmed that the Department of Justice is actively probing what she describes as a decade-long pattern of government weaponization and “lawfare” under the Obama and Biden administrations. Bondi has directed U.S. Attorneys and federal agents to treat these actions as an “ongoing criminal conspiracy,” potentially allowing prosecutors to bypass statutes of limitations and hold high-ranking officials accountable for alleged election interference and civil rights violations. Source: thegatewaypundit.com  child-like illogic. And if you want to jump in and comment on whatever your particular axe to grind is and how disappointed you are that axe did not get ground in 11 months, please refer to the preposterous, child-like illogic mentioned above. https://twitter.com/TonySeruga/status/2005766903579701465?s=20 Look at the structure itself. 435 representatives for more than 300 million citizens. One voice per 700,000 people. The founders envisioned one per 30,000. That ratio was frozen in 1929, locked by the Permanent Apportionment Act, ensuring the number would remain manageable. Manageable for whom? One hundred senators. 535 total legislators controlling the direction of the largest economy in human history. You do not need to purchase a nation. You purchase 535 people. Or fewer. Buy the committee chairs. Fewer still. Buy the leadership. A few dozen individuals, properly leveraged through money or blackmail (it's actually both), steer everything. The bottleneck is artificial. Engineered for efficient capture. The Federal Reserve arrived in 1913, transferring monetary sovereignty from the people to a private banking cartel. That same year, the 17th Amendment removed state legislatures from Senate appointments, severing the balance between federal and state power. The intelligence apparatus emerged after World War II as a parallel government operating beyond electoral accountability. The administrative state metastasized into an unelected fourth branch writing rules with the force of law. Layer upon layer. Each generation inherits chains from contracts they never signed, bound by compromises made long before their birth. Yes, the Founding Fathers intended for the House of Representatives to expand as the population grew. The U.S. Constitution’s Article I, Section 2 established an initial apportionment ratio of no more than one representative per 30,000 inhabitants (with each state guaranteed at least one), implying that the total number would increase based on census results every ten years. the framers expected regular adjustments to maintain proportional representation as the nation expanded.  James Madison, in Federalist No. 58, directly addressed concerns that the House might not grow, arguing that the Constitution’s mechanisms—such as decennial reapportionments—would “augment the number of representatives” over time, and that political incentives (e.g., larger states pushing for increases) would ensure it happened.  This intent is further supported by the proposed (but unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment from the original Bill of Rights, which aimed to set a formula preventing the House from becoming too small relative to the population.  However, the House was permanently capped at 435 members by the Apportionment Act of 1929, diverging from this original vision. https://twitter.com/CynicalPublius/status/2005740095979069669?s=20   attempt instead chase smaller game, run interference, attack each other, send you down rabbit holes, and offer limited hangouts that lead nowhere. The silence is bipartisan. The silence is the tell. If your enemy acts and your ally does nothing despite holding every lever of power, you do not have two sides. WAIT… THERE'S MORE… https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2005729994782466232?s=20   our walls, with Antifa and radical Islamic terrorist groups still at large, without Trump's people in position, without the public being informed of the treasonous conspiracy, without the wars around the globe being settled, without rogue Deep State elements like Iran's nuclear capabilities being shut down, all while the public are extremely emotionally charged after the election cycle and have been repeatedly brainwashed to believe that Trump is Hitler about to unleash a military dictatorship… There's levels to this shit. Many variables must be accounted for and many pieces must be in place before we can do something of this magnitude. But if you've been paying attention, you'd see that much of these things have already been taken care of over Trump's first year. I'm more optimistic than I've ever been, and frankly I don't understand how people don't see what Trump is doing. The price to pay for striking early, could result in mass civilian casualties, the entire operation will be ruined, the Republic will fall to the Deep State, and all of us will be tax/labor slaves forever. We can't afford to miss. Everything must be perfect, and Trump is putting the pieces into place to make it happen. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs");

TYPHOONS, KAMIKAZES, AND UNFORGIVING WARFARE Colleague Craig Symonds. Halsey's aggression led to disaster when he twice steered the fleet into typhoons, causing significant loss of life and ships. Despite inquiries recommending Halsey's removal, Nimitz retained him to maintain public morale. The war grew grimmer with the invasion of Iwo Jima, where Marines felt unsupported by naval gunfire, and the emergence of Kamikaze suicide attacks off Okinawa. Nimitz, now based in Guam, observed the terrifying effectiveness of the Kamikazes, which he noted was the only wartime development the Naval War College had failed to anticipate. NUMBER 7 1945 OKINAWA FLAME THROWER DUGOUT

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: THE DEITY AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST"Where Love Obeys and God Abides"John 14:19-24 AMPChrist's Bible Fellowship - Barrigada, Guam USASpeaker: Pastor Avery FerrerasSunday, December 28, 2025

Happy Holidays to all who are celebrating! I'm taking 2 weeks off, but just in case you need something to listen to on a drive, your walk, while you're wrapping presents, or in the kitchen... here's a replay of an episode from March 2023! Stephanie Jae Park grew up on Guam. Her mom is a professional opera singer. Stephanie started performing on Broadway, NYC in the days before Hamilton, when the roles she would be considered for were limited. The musical Hamilton changed all of that! I hope you enjoy this episode, no matter what you're doing this week!  Follow Stephanie @stephanieslaypark on social media. Give us a follow @infatuasianpodcast. Write to us at infatuasianpodcast@gmail.com. Please give us a rating and a review on Spotify or Apple!  

Episode 194 - Testimony Series: Being a Light on Set - with Don Warren This episode is part of our December Testimony Series. Don Warren shares his extensive experience in the film industry and his journey as a Christian. He recounts stories of times when his faith influenced those around him in the industry, including a moment of impact that led a director to embrace Christ. Don emphasizes the importance of being a light in the industry, and the subtle yet powerful ways one can inspire others towards faith.Bio:Don Warren is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a Mississippian and owner of Don Warren Film & Video. He has over 45years experience in the film and video business. He has extensive experience as a cinematographer and editor and has worked as Director of Photography on such projects as The Space Shuttle: An American Adventure, which won a gold medal in the 1985 New York Film and TV Festival and Prom Night in Mississippi, a Sundance Film Festival nominee in 2009.Don has produced national tv spots for Sanderson Farms and been involved in worldwide television distribution. He is a Southeastern Emmy Award winner for the Documentary film ‘Randy Bell: Radio Journalist'.His work on other documentary, sports, news, commercial, and reality based projects such as Bring It, Extreme Makeover; Home Edition, Trading Spaces, Cajun Pawn Stars, and NFL Network Super Bowl Week has allowed him to use the latest cameras and technology in the industry. Warren has traveled the world working on various documentary projects in Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Guam, Hawaii, Brazil, Sweden, England, Canada, and Nicaragua.Don currently produces, directs, and shoots video projects for various Clients.IMDb Don WarrenFAFF Association Online Meetups: https://faffassociation.com/#faff-meetingsVIP Producers Mentorship Program https://www.faffassociation.com/vip-producers-mentorship Jaclyn's Book - In the Beginning, Middle and End: A Screenwriter's Observations of LIfe, Character, and God: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9R7XS9VThe Faith & Family Filmmakers podcast helps filmmakers who share a Christian worldview stay in touch, informed, and inspired. Releasing new episodes every week, we interview experts from varying fields of filmmaking; from screenwriters, actors, directors, and producers, to film scorers, talent agents, and distributors. It is produced and hosted by Geoffrey Whitt and Jaclyn Whitt , and is brought to you by the Faith & Family Filmmakers Association Support Faith & Family Filmmakers Our mission is to help filmmakers who share a Christian Worldview stay in touch, informed, and inspired. If you would like to assist with the costs of producing this podcast, you can help by leaving a tip.Get Email Notifications Enter the Faith & Family Screenwriting Awards festival Faith and Family Screenwriting Academy: https://www.faffassociation.com/Script Notes and Coaching:

Send us a textIn the early 1970s a diverse coalition on Guam formed to challenge and protest the transferring of the Sella Bay Area in southern Guam over to the US military in order to build an ammunition wharf. This coalition included educators who largely came from the US, to members of the Guam Legislature by Senator Paul Bordallo and also a group of young Chamorus who publicly protested in the name of indigenous rights and protection of land. One of those protestors was Siñora Lani Tydingco Bordallo. She joined for this episode of Fanachu to talk about her life of Chamoru activism and how she brought her sense of community advocacy into the classroom as well. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and originally aired on April 19, 2023. The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

The Promise Fulfilled: Christ: Our Hope, Peace, Joy, and LoveJohn 15:13 AMPChrist's Bible Fellowship - Barrigada, Guam USASpeaker: Pastor Avery FerrerasSunday, December 21, 2025

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

Weil sich alles gerade mal wieder wettrüstet, holen wir zum Fest der Liebe und Militärpropanda auch diesen Klassiker unter den Netflix Weihnachtsfilmen aus dem frühen Fundus hervor. 1000 Dank an Andrew Collberg für unseren neuen weihnachtlichen Jingel, der uns schon so manch ohrwurmige Tage beschert hat. Und vielen herzlichen Dank an alle die Annika auf Patreon und Rebekka auf Steady unterstützen. _______Diesmal gibt's von Netflix produzierte Militär-Propaganda in Weihnachtsoptik samt Kolonialismus-Vibes. Mit "Operation Christmas Drop" steigen wir tief ein in einen quasi Image-Film des amerikanischen Militärs, in dem keiner darüber redet, was die Air Force eigentlich tatsächlich so in Guam treibt, weshalb der Stützpunkt so wichtig ist (strategisch gesehen), sondern die gesamte Militärbasis wird als riesige Weihnachtswerkstatt dargestellt, mit den Soldat*innen als Wichteln. Einer der Killertribute von Panem ist der romantische Held, der die harte Karrierefrau bezirzen und vom Geist der (militärischen) Weihnacht überzeugen muss.Wir liefern Kontext durch verstörende Statistiken zu Militäreinsätzen und der amerikanischen Präsenz in Guam, literaturwissenschaftlichen Exkursen zum kolonialen Topos des "edlen Wilden" und "compassionate conservatism".In diesem Sinne - Frohe Weihnachten, falls ihr feiert - und schöne freie Tage, falls nicht. In jedem Fall: Gute Nerven (und hoffentlich ein bisschen Ruhe.)Ho ho ho!

Addressing the Crew in Guam and Leadership Lessons: Colleague Thomas Modly describes his trip to Guam to address the USS Theodore Roosevelt crew over the ship's loudspeaker amid high tensions, reflecting on the fallout and sharing leadership lessons about empathy and communication, emphasizing that acting officials must exercise full authority rather than just "keeping the seat warm". 1905

Send us a textFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the tenth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.For this episode, Manny spoke to PJ San Nicolas, who was then an undergraduate at the University of Guam studying agriculture, about Guam's abundant water resources, the threats that development and militarization pose to them, and how we can develop industries around our water resources through independence. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on February 5, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they vent over Senate Republicans being far too generous in extending Obamacare subsidies, Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson calling America the “Great Satan,” and the mainstream media suddenly embracing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene now that she's feuding with President Trump.First, they shake their heads as Senate Republicans propose extending the “emergency” COVID-era Obamacare subsidies for adults making up to seven times the federal poverty level. The GOP plan does change how the subsidies are delivered and it's better than the Democrats' plan. But should there be a plan at all for an emergency that ended years ago?Next, they unload on Rep. Hank Johnson. Formerly just comic relief in Congress for asking things like whether a greater U.S. military presence on Guam would make the island tip over, Johnson is now openly calling the U.S. "the Great Satan," echoing terrorist groups and their benefactors in Iran.Finally, they marvel at the sudden mainstream media fascination with Marjorie Taylor Greene. After years of dismissing her as extreme, reporters are now eager to interview her as long as it fans the flames of GOP infighting with President Trump.Please visit our great sponsors:Before you check out for the holidays, do one smart thing for your future with Noble Gold. Open a qualified account, and you'll receive TEN 1-oz commemorative Silver Holiday Coins. Visit https://NobleGoldInvestments.com/3MLGo to https://OmahaSteaks.com, use code 3ML for 50% off sitewide + $35 off during the Sizzle All the Way Sale.Try Quo for free at https://Quo.com/3ML and keep your existing number—Quo means no missed calls and no missed customers.New episodes every weekday. 

Chris Holman welcomes back Everett Woodel, Jr., SBA's Great Lakes Regional Administrator, Ohio. The nomination deadline for the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2026 National Small Business Week awards has been extended? (to Dec. 22, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET.) For more than 60 years, the SBA has celebrated National Small Business Week, tell us about that? (highlighting the vital contributions of America's entrepreneurs and small business owners.) That next National Small Business Week will be held May 3-9, 2026, what's planned? Tell us about Award categories for Michigan businesses? (Small Business Person of the Year Small Business Exporter of the Year 8 (a) Graduate of the Year Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery Small Business Manufacturer of the Year (District Award) Rural Small Business of the Year (District Award) Blue-Collar Small Business of the Year (District Award)) Where can folks get more information? (visit: SBA.gov/NSBW) Remind us about that great story of a Michigan business that got recognized last time? (In 2025, the owners of Sterling Heights, Mich.,-based NTL Industries won Michigan Small Business Persons of the Year and went on to win the national title of Small Business Person of the Year.) » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ WASHINGTON — This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) extended the 2026 National Small Business Week awards nominations deadline to 2 p.m. ET on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. National Small Business Week recognizes the contributions of America's 36 million small businesses – which make up 99% of all businesses in America, create two out of every three new jobs, and employ about half of America's workforce. National Small Business Week will take place May 3 – 9, 2026. National awards will be presented during this week at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. A business owner from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam will be selected for State Small Business Person of the Year awards. State award winners will compete for the 2026 National Small Business Person of the Year title, SBA's signature award. To nominate a small business in your area, download related forms, and to view criteria, and guidelines and the full list of awards, visit sba.gov/nsbw. # # # About the U.S. Small Business Administration The U.S. Small Business Administration helps power the American dream of entrepreneurship. As the leading voice for small businesses within the federal government, the SBA empowers job creators with the resources and support they need to start, grow, and expand their businesses or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn more, visit www.sba.gov.

The rate of women who die during childbirth is alarmingly high in parts of the Pacific.  According to World Population Review, the rate of maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea is 192 deaths in every 100,000 live births.  That's compared with a country like Australia, which is just three in every 100,000 births. The reasons for these deaths vary from geographic barriers and lack of medical services to cultural barriers.  However, measures are being taken to address this limitation and help save the lives of women in the Pacific. Sistas Let's Talk host Natasha Meten speaks to Marshall Islands health secretary Francyne Wase-Jacklick, Stevie Merino-Mesa from the Birthworkers of Colour Collective and midwife Cherolyn Polomon who started a Whatsapp group for hundreds of Papua New Guinea's health workers to collaborate about maternal health.  

In this episode of Gums & Gossip, Hope sits down with Elee Joven—Cultural Intelligence Speaker, mentor, and advocate for global citizens. Elee's story spans Guam, the Philippines, and 29 countries, giving her a rare lens on resilience, belonging, and what it takes to thrive across culturesWe unpack how cultural intelligence (CQ) empowers immigrants, minorities, global professionals, and anyone navigating multicultural spaces. From reinvention to leadership, Elee breaks down practical tools for building confidence, owning your story, and turning cultural differences into strengths.. https://www.eleejoven.comIf you're interested in personal growth, global perspectives, diversity, leadership, reinvention, immigrant stories, or life abroad, this episode is for you.Topics in this episode:– Cultural intelligence (CQ) explained– Thriving as an immigrant or global citizen– Resilience, reinvention, and belonging– Leadership and confidence across cultures– The power of storytelling and representationSubscribe for more conversations that blend wellness, dentistry, global culture, and real-life resilience—with a little gossip and a lot of heart.https://www.gumsandgossip.com

No episódio de hoje, você escuta uma conversa um pouco diferente: um bate-papo com as pesquisadoras Germana Barata e Sabine Righetti, ambas do Laboratório de Estudos Avançados em Jornalismo (Labjor). Elas estiveram na COP30 e conversaram com Mayra Trinca sobre a experiência de cobrir um evento ambiental tão relevante e sobre quais foram os pontos fortes da presença da imprensa independente.  __________________________________________________________________________________ TRANSCRIÇÃO [música] Mayra: Olá, eu sou a Mayra, você já deve me conhecer aqui do Oxigênio. Hoje a gente vai fazer uma coisa um pouquinho diferente do que vocês estão acostumados. E eu trouxe aqui duas pesquisadoras do LabJor pra contar um pouquinho da experiência delas na COP30, que rolou agora em novembro. Então vai ser um episódio um pouco mais bate-papo, mas eu prometo que vai ficar legal. Vou pedir pra elas se apresentarem e a gente já começa a conversar. Então eu estou com a Germana Barata e a Sabine Righetti, que são pesquisadoras aqui do Labjor. Germana, se apresenta pra gente, por favor. Germana: Olá, pessoal, eu sou a Germana. Obrigada, Maíra, pelo convite pra estar aqui com vocês no Oxigênio. Eu sou pesquisadora do LabJor, do aula também por aqui, e tenho coordenado aí uma rede de comunicação sobre o oceano, que é a Ressou Oceano, que é o motivo da minha ida pra COP30.Então a gente vai ter a oportunidade de contar um pouquinho do que foi essa aventura na COP30. Mayra: Agora, Sabine, se apresenta pra gente, por favor. Sabine: Oi, pessoal, um prazer estar aqui. Sou pesquisadora aqui no LabJor, ouvinte do Oxigênio, e trabalho entendendo como que o conhecimento científico é produzido e circula na sociedade, sobretudo pela imprensa. Então esse foi um assunto central na COP lá em Belém. [vinheta]  Mayra: Eu trouxe a Sabine e a Germana, porque, bom, são pesquisadoras do Labjor que foram pra COP, mas pra gente conhecer um pouquinho o porquê que elas foram até lá a partir das linhas de interesse e de pesquisa. Então, meninas, contem pra gente por que vocês resolveram ir até a COP e o que isso está relacionado com as linhas de trabalho de vocês. Germana: Bom, acho que uma COP no Brasil, no coração da Amazônia, é imperdível por si.  Sabine: Não tinha como não ir.  Germana: Não, não tinha. E como eu atuo nessa área da comunicação sobre o oceano pra sociedade, esse é um tema que a comunidade que luta pela saúde do oceano tem trabalhado com muito afinco para que o oceano tenha mais visibilidade nos debates sobre mudanças climáticas. Então esse foi o motivo que eu percebi que era impossível não participar dessa grande reunião. Enfim, também numa terra onde eu tenho família, Belém do Pará é a terra do meu pai, e uma terra muito especial, uma cidade muito especial, eu acho que por tantos motivos era imperdível realmente essa experiência na COP. Sabine: Voltamos todas apaixonadas por Belém. O pessoal extremamente acolhedor, a cidade incrível, foi maravilhoso. Eu trabalho tentando compreender como a ciência, conhecimento científico, as evidências circulam na sociedade, na sociedade organizada. Então entre jornalistas, entre tomadores de decisão, entre grupos específicos. E no meu entendimento a COP é um espaço, é um grande laboratório sobre isso, porque a ciência já mostrou o que está acontecendo, a ciência já apontou, aliás faz tempo que os cientistas alertam, e que o consenso científico é muito claro sobre as mudanças climáticas. Então o que falta agora é essa informação chegar nos grupos organizados, nos tomadores de decisão, nas políticas públicas, e quem pode realmente bater o martelo e alterar o curso das mudanças climáticas. Claro que a gente precisa de mais ciência, mas a gente já sabe o que está acontecendo. Então me interessou muito circular e entender como que a ciência estava ou não. Porque muitos ambientes, as negociações, os debates, eles traziam mais desinformação ou falsa controvérsia do que a ciência em si. Germana: E é a primeira vez que a COP abrigou um pavilhão de cientistas. Então acho que esse é um marco, tanto para cientistas quanto outros pavilhões, outras presenças que foram inéditas ou muito fortes na COP, como dos povos indígenas ou comunidades tradicionais, mas também de cientistas, que antes, claro, os cientistas sempre foram para as COPs, mas iam como individualmente, vamos dizer assim. Sabine: Para a gente entender, quem não tem familiaridade com COP, os pavilhões, e isso eu aprendi lá, porque eu nunca tinha participado de uma COP, os pavilhões são como se fossem grandes estandes que têm uma programação própria e acontecem debates e manifestações, eventos diversos, culturais, enfim. Então a zona azul, que a gente chama, que é a área central da COP, onde tem as discussões, as tomadas de decisão, tem um conjunto de pavilhões. Pavilhões de países, pavilhões de temas. Oceanos também foi a primeira vez, né? Germana: Não foi a primeira vez, foi o terceiro ano, a terceira COP, mas estava enorme, sim, para marcar a presença. Mayra: O Oceano foi a primeira vez que estava na Blue Zone ou antes ele já estava na zona azul também? Germana: Ele já estava na Blue Zone, já estava na zona azul, é a terceira vez que o Oceano está presente como pavilhão, mas é a primeira vez que o Oceano realmente ocupou, transbordou, digamos assim, os debates, e os debates, incluindo o Oceano, acabaram ocupando, inclusive, dois dias oficiais de COP, que foram os dias 17 e 18, na programação oficial das reuniões, dos debates. Então é a primeira vez que eu acho que ganha um pouco mais de protagonismo, digamos assim. Mayra: E vocês participaram de quais pavilhões? Porque a gente tem o pavilhão dos Oceanos, tinha um pavilhão das universidades, que inclusive foi organizado por pesquisadores da Unicamp, não necessariamente aqui do Labjor, mas da Unicamp como um todo, e eu queria saber por quais pavilhões vocês passaram. Germana, com certeza, passou pelo do Oceano, mas além do Oceano, quais outros? Vocês passaram por esse das universidades? Como é que foi? Sabine: Eu apresentei um trabalho nesse contexto dos pavilhões, como espaço de discussão e de apresentações, eu apresentei um resultado de um trabalho que foi um levantamento de dados sobre ponto de não retorno da Amazônia com ajuda de inteligência artificial. Eu tenho trabalhado com isso, com leitura sistemática de artigos científicos com ajuda de inteligência artificial e tenho refletido como a gente consegue transformar isso numa informação palatável, por exemplo, para um tomador de decisão que não vai ler um artigo, muito menos um conjunto de artigos, e a gente está falando de milhares. Eu apresentei no pavilhão que a gente chamava de pavilhão das universidades que tinha um nome em inglês que era basicamente a Educação Superior para a Justiça Climática. Ele foi organizado institucionalmente pela Unicamp e pela Universidade de Monterrey, no México, e contou com falas e debates de vários cientistas do mundo todo, mas esse não era o pavilhão da ciência. Tinha o pavilhão da ciência e tinha os pavilhões dos países, os pavilhões temáticos, caso de oceanos, que a gente comentou. Então, assim, eu circulei em todos, basicamente. Me chamou muita atenção o dos oceanos, que de fato estava com uma presença importante, e o pavilhão da China, que era o maior dos pavilhões, a maior delegação, os melhores brindes. Era impressionante a presença da China e as ausências. Os Estados Unidos, por exemplo, não estava, não tinha o pavilhão dos Estados Unidos. Então, as presenças e as ausências também chamam a atenção.  Mayra: Tinha o pavilhão do Brasil?  Sabine: Tinha. Germana: Tinha um pavilhão maravilhoso.  Sabine: Maravilhoso e com ótimo café. Germana: É, exatamente.  Sabine: Fui lá várias vezes tomar um café.  Germana: Inclusive vendendo a ideia do Brasil como um país com produtos de qualidade,né, que é uma oportunidade de você divulgar o seu país para vários participantes de outros países do mundo. E acho que é importante a gente falar que isso, que a Sabine está falando dos pavilhões, era zona azul, ou seja, para pessoas credenciadas. Então, a programação oficial da COP, onde as grandes decisões são tomadas, são ali.  Mas tinha a zona verde, que também tem pavilhões, também tinha pavilhão de alguns países, mas, sobretudo, Brasil, do Estado do Pará, de universidades etc., que estava belíssimo, aberta ao público, e também com uma programação muito rica para pessoas que não necessariamente estão engajadas com a questão das mudanças… Sabine: Muito terceiro setor.  Germana: Exatamente.  Sabine: Movimentos sociais. Germana: E fora a cidade inteira que estava, acho que não tem um belenense que vai dizer o que aconteceu aqui essas semanas, porque realmente os ônibus, os táxis, o Teatro da Paz, que é o Teatro Central de Belém, todos os lugares ligados a eventos, mercados, as docas… Sabine: Museus com programação. Germana: Todo mundo muito focado com programação, até a grande sorveteria maravilhosa Cairu, que está pensando inclusive de expandir aqui para São Paulo, espero que em breve, tinha um sabor lá, a COP30. Muito legal, porque realmente a coisa chegou no nível para todos.  Mayra: O que era o sabor COP30? Fiquei curiosa.  Sabine: O de chocolate era pistache.  Germana: Acho que era cupuaçu, pistache, mais alguma coisa. Sabine: Por causa do verde. É que tinha bombom COP30 e tinha o sorvete COP30, que tinha pistache, mas acho que tinha cupuaçu também. Era muito bom. Germana: Sim, tinha cupuaçu. Muito bom! Mayra: Fiquei tentada com esse sorvete agora. Só na próxima COP do Brasil.  [música] Mayra: E para além de trabalho, experiências pessoais, o que mais chamou a atenção de vocês? O que foi mais legal de participar da COP? Germana: Eu já conheci a Belém, já fui algumas vezes para lá, mas fazia muitos anos que eu não ia. E é incrível ver o quanto a cidade foi transformada em relação à COP. Então, a COP deixa um legado para os paraenses. E assim, como a Sabine tinha dito no começo, é uma população que recebeu todos de braços abertos, e eu acho que eu estava quase ali como uma pessoa que nunca tinha ido para Belém. Então, lógico que a culinária local chama muito a atenção, o jeito dos paraenses, a música, que é maravilhosa, não só o carimbó, as mangueiras dando frutos na cidade, que é algo que acho que chama a atenção de todo mundo, aquelas mangas caindo pela rua. Tem o lado ruim, mas a gente estava vendo ali o lado maravilhoso de inclusive segurar a temperatura, porque é uma cidade muito quente. Mas acho que teve todo esse encanto da cultura muito presente numa reunião que, há muitos anos atrás, era muito diplomática, política e elitizada. Para mim, acho que esse é um comentário geral, que é uma COP que foi muito aberta a muitas vozes, e a cultura paraense entrou ali naturalmente por muitos lugares. Então, isso foi muito impressionante. Sabine: Concordo totalmente com a Germana, é uma cidade incrível. Posso exemplificar isso com uma coisa que aconteceu comigo, que acho que resume bem. Eu estava parada na calçada esperando um carro de transporte, pensando na vida, e aí uma senhora estava dirigindo para o carro e falou: “Você é da COP? Você está precisando de alguma coisa?” No meio da rua do centro de Belém. Olhei para ela e falei, Moça, não estou acostumada a ter esse tipo de tratamento, porque é impressionante. O acolhimento foi uma coisa chocante, muito positiva. E isso era um comentário geral. Mas acho que tem um aspecto que, para além do que estávamos falando aqui, da zona azul, da zona verde, da área oficial da COP, como a Germana disse, tinha programação na cidade inteira. No caso da COP de Belém, acho que aconteceu algo que nenhuma outra COP conseguiu proporcionar. Por exemplo, participei de um evento completamente lateral do terceiro setor para discutir fomento para projetos de jornalismo ligados à divulgação científica. Esse evento foi no barco, no rio Guamá que fala, né? Guamá. E foi um passeio de barco no pôr do sol, com comida local, com banda local, com músicos locais, com discussão local, e no rio. É uma coisa muito impressionante como realmente você sente a cidade. E aquilo tem uma outra… Não é uma sala fechada.Estamos no meio de um rio com toda a cultura que Belém oferece. Eu nunca vou esquecer desse momento, dessa discussão. Foi muito marcante. Totalmente fora da programação da COP. Uma coisa de aproveitar todo mundo que está na COP para juntar atores sociais, que a gente fala, por uma causa comum, que é a causa ambiental. Mayra: Eu vou abrir um parênteses e até fugir um pouco do script que a gente tinha pensado aqui, mas porque ouvindo vocês falarem, eu fiquei pensando numa coisa. Eu estava essa semana conversando com uma outra professora aqui do Labjor, que é a professora Suzana. Ouvintes, aguardem, vem aí esse episódio. E a gente estava falando justamente sobre como é importante trazer mais emoção para falar de mudanças climáticas. Enfim, cobertura ambiental, etc. Mas principalmente com relação a mudanças climáticas.  E eu fiquei pensando nisso quando vocês estavam falando. Vocês acham que trazer esse evento para Belém, para a Amazônia, que foi uma coisa que no começo foi muito criticada por questões de infraestrutura, pode ter tido um efeito maior nessa linha de trazer mais encanto, de trazer mais afeto para a negociação. Germana: Ah, sem dúvida.  Mayra: E ter um impacto que em outros lugares a gente não teria. Germana: A gente tem que lembrar que até os brasileiros desconhecem a Amazônia. E eu acho que teve toda essa questão da dificuldade, porque esses grandes eventos a gente sempre quer mostrar para o mundo que a gente é organizado, desenvolvido, enfim. E eu acho que foi perfeita a escolha. Porque o Brasil é um país desigual, riquíssimo, incrível, e que as coisas podem acontecer. Então a COP, nesse sentido, eu acho que foi também um sucesso, mesmo a questão das reformas e tudo o que aconteceu, no tempo que tinha que acontecer, mas também deu um tom diferente para os debates da COP30. Não só porque em alguns momentos da primeira semana a Zona Azul estava super quente, e eu acho que é importante quem é do norte global entender do que a gente está falando, de ter um calor que não é o calor deles, é um outro calor, que uma mudança de um grau e meio, dois graus, ela vai impactar, e ela já está impactando o mundo, mas também a presença dos povos indígenas eu acho que foi muito marcante. Eu vi colegas emocionados de falar, eu nunca vi tantas etnias juntas e populações muito organizadas, articuladas e preparadas para um debate de qualidade, qualificado. Então eu acho que Belém deu um outro tom, eu não consigo nem imaginar a COP30 em São Paulo. E ali teve um sentido tanto de esperança, no sentido de você ver quanto a gente está envolvida, trabalhando em prol de frear essas mudanças climáticas, o aquecimento, de tentar brecar realmente um grau e meio o aquecimento global. Mas eu acho que deu um outro tom. Sabine: Pegou de fato no coração, isso eu não tenho a menor dúvida. E é interessante você trazer isso, porque eu tenho dito muito que a gente só consegue colar mensagem científica, evidência, se a gente pegar no coração. Se a gente ficar mostrando gráfico, dado, numa sala chata e feia e fechada, ninguém vai se emocionar. Mas quando a gente sente a informação, isso a COP30 foi realmente única, histórica, para conseguir trazer esse tipo de informação emocional mesmo. [música] Mayra: E com relação a encontros, para gente ir nossa segunda parte, vocês encontraram muita gente conhecida daqui do Labjor, ou de outros lugares. O que vocês perceberam que as pessoas estavam buscando na COP e pensando agora em cobertura de imprensa? Porque, inclusive, vocês foram, são pesquisadoras, mas foram também junto com veículos de imprensa. Germana: Eu fui numa parceria com o jornal (o) eco, que a gente já tem essa parceria há mais de dois anos. A Ressou Oceano tem uma coluna no (o) eco. Portanto, a gente tem um espaço reservado para tratar do tema oceano. Então, isso para a gente é muito importante, porque a gente não tem um canal próprio, mas a gente estabeleça parcerias com outras revistas também. E o nosso objetivo realmente era fazer mais ou menos uma cobertura, estou falando mais ou menos, porque a programação era extremamente rica, intensa, e você acaba escolhendo temas onde você vai se debruçar e tratar. Mas, comparando com a impressão, eu tive na COP da biodiversidade, em 2006, em Curitiba, eu ainda era uma estudante de mestrado, e uma coisa que me chamou muito a atenção na época, considerando o tema biodiversidade, era a ausência de jornalistas do norte do Brasil. E, para mim, isso eu escrevi na época para o Observatório de Imprensa, falando dessa ausência, que, de novo, quem ia escrever sobre a Amazônia ia ser o Sudeste, e que, para mim, isso era preocupante, e baixa presença de jornalistas brasileiros também, na época.  Então, comparativamente, essa COP, para mim, foi muito impressionante ver o tamanho da sala de imprensa, de ver, colegas, os vários estúdios, porque passávamos pelos vários estúdios de TV, de várias redes locais, estaduais e nacionais. Então, isso foi muito legal de ver como um tema que normalmente é coberto por poucos jornalistas especializados, de repente, dando o exemplo do André Trigueiro, da Rede Globo, que é um especialista, ele consegue debater com grandes cientistas sobre esse tema, e, de repente, tinha uma equipe gigantesca, levaram a abertura dos grandes jornais para dentro da COP. Isso muda, mostra a relevância que o evento adquiriu. Também pela mídia, e mídia internacional, com certeza.  Então, posso falar depois de uma avaliação que fizemos dessa cobertura, mas, a princípio, achei muito positivo ver uma quantidade muito grande de colegas, jornalistas, e que chegou a quase 3 mil, foram 2.900 jornalistas presentes, credenciados. Sabine: E uma presença, os veículos grandes, que a Germana mencionou, internacionais, uma presença também muito forte de veículos independentes. O Brasil tem um ecossistema de jornalismo independente muito forte, que é impressionante, e, inclusive, com espaços consideráveis. Novamente, para entender graficamente, a sala de imprensa é gigantesca em um evento desse, e tem alguns espaços, algumas salas reservadas para alguns veículos. Então, veículos que estão com uma equipe muito grande têm uma sala reservada, além dos estúdios, de onde a Globo entrava ao vivo, a Andréia Sadi entrava ao vivo lá, fazendo o estúdio i direto da COP, enfim. Mas, dentro da sala de imprensa, tem salas reservadas, e algumas dessas salas, para mencionar, a Amazônia Vox estava com uma sala, que é um veículo da região norte de jornalismo independente, o Sumaúma estava com uma sala, o Sumaúma com 40 jornalistas, nessa cobertura, que também… O Sumaúma é bastante espalhado, mas a Eliane Brum, que é jornalista cofundadora do Sumaúma, fica sediada em Altamira, no Pará. Então, é um veículo nortista, mas com cobertura no país todo e, claro, com olhar muito para a região amazônica. Então, isso foi, na minha perspectiva, de quem olha para como o jornalismo é produzido, foi muito legal ver a força do jornalismo independente nessa COP, que certamente foi muito diferente. Estava lá o jornalismo grande, comercial, tradicional, mas o independente com muita força, inclusive alguns egressos nossos no jornalismo tradicional, mas também no jornalismo independente. Estamos falando desde o jornalista que estava lá pela Superinteressante, que foi nossa aluna na especialização, até o pessoal do Ciência Suja, que é um podcast de jornalismo independente, nosso primo aqui do Oxigênio, que também estava lá com um olhar muito específico na cobertura, olhando as controvérsias, as falsas soluções. Não era uma cobertura factual. Cada jornalista olha para aquilo tudo com uma lente muito diferente. O jornalismo independente, o pequeno, o local, o grande, o internacional, cada um está olhando para uma coisa diferente que está acontecendo lá, naquele espaço em que acontece muita coisa. [som de chamada]  Tássia: Olá, eu sou a Tássia, bióloga e jornalista científica. Estou aqui na COP30, em Belém do Pará, para representar e dar voz à pauta que eu trabalho há mais de 10 anos, que é o Oceano.  Meghie: Oi, gente, tudo bem? Meu nome é Meghie Rodrigues, eu sou jornalista freelancer, fui aluna do Labjor. Estamos aqui na COP30, cobrindo adaptação. Estou colaborando com a Info Amazônia, com Ciência Suja. Pedro: Oi, pessoal, tudo bem? Eu sou Pedro Belo, sou do podcast Ciência Suja, sou egresso do LabJor, da turma de especialização. E a gente veio para cobrir um recorte específico nosso, porque a gente não vai ficar tanto em cima do factual ali, do hard news, das negociações. A gente veio buscar coisas que, enfim, picaretagens, coisas que estão aí, falsas soluções para a crise climática. Paula: Eu sou Paula Drummond, eu sou bióloga e eu fiz jornalismo científico. Trabalho nessa interface, que é a que eu sempre procurei, de ciência tomada de decisão, escrevendo policy briefs. [música]  Mayra: Acho que esse é um ponto forte para tratarmos aqui, que vai ser o nosso encerramento, falar um pouco da importância desses veículos independentes na COP, tanto do ponto de vista de expandir a cobertura como um todo, da presença mesmo de um grande número de jornalistas, quanto das coberturas especializadas. Então, eu queria saber qual é a avaliação que vocês fizeram disso, se vocês acham que funcionou, porque a gente teve muita crítica com relação à hospedagem, isso e aquilo. Então, ainda tivemos um sucesso de cobertura de imprensa na COP? Isso é uma pergunta. E por que é importante o papel desses veículos independentes de cobertura? Germana: Eu, falando por nós, da Ressoa Oceano, o Oceano é ainda pouco coberto pela mídia, mas a gente já vê um interesse crescente em relação às questões específicas de oceano, e quem nunca ouviu falar de branqueamento de corais, de aquecimento das águas, elevação do nível do oceano? Enfim, eu acho que essas questões estão entrando, mas são questões que não devem interessar apenas o jornalista especializado, que cobre meio ambiente, que cobre essas questões de mudanças climáticas, mas que são relevantes para qualquer seção do jornal. Então, generalistas, por exemplo, que cobrem cidades, essa questão das mudanças climáticas, de impactos etc., precisam se interessar em relação a isso.  Então, o que eu vejo, a gente ainda não fez uma análise total de como os grandes veículos cobriram em relação ao jornalismo independente, que é algo que a gente está terminando de fazer ainda, mas em relação ao oceano. Mas o que a gente vê é que as questões mais políticas, e a grande mídia está mais interessada em que acordo foi fechado, os documentos finais da COP, se deu certo ou não, o incêndio que aconteceu, se está caro ou não está caro, hospedagem etc., e que são pautas que acabam sendo reproduzidas, o interesse é quase o mesmo por vários veículos. O jornalismo independente traz esse olhar, que a Sabine estava falando, inclusive dos nossos alunos, que são olhares específicos e muito relevantes que nos ajudam a entender outras camadas, inclusive de debates, discussões e acordos que estavam ocorrendo na COP30. Então, a gente vê, do ponto de vista quase oficial da impressão geral que as pessoas têm da COP, que foi um desastre no final, porque o petróleo não apareceu nos documentos finais, na declaração de Belém, por exemplo, que acho que várias pessoas leram sobre isso. Mas, quando a gente olha a complexidade de um debate do nível da COP30, e os veículos independentes conseguem mostrar essas camadas, é mostrar que há muitos acordos e iniciativas que não necessitam de acordos consensuais das Nações Unidas, mas foram acordos quase voluntários, paralelos a esse debate oficial, e que foram muito importantes e muito relevantes, e que trouxeram definições que marcaram e que a gente vê com muito otimismo para o avanço mesmo das decisões em relação, por exemplo, ao mapa do caminho, que a gente viu que não estava no documento final, mas que já tem um acordo entre Colômbia e Holanda de hospedar, de ter uma conferência em abril na Colômbia para decidir isso com os países que queiram e estejam prontos para tomar uma decisão. Então, esse é um exemplo de algo que foi paralelo à COP, mas que trouxe muitos avanços e nos mostra outras camadas que o jornalismo independente é capaz de mostrar. Sabine: A cobertura jornalística de um evento como a COP é muito, muito difícil. Para o trabalho do jornalista, é difícil porque são longas horas por dia, de domingo a domingo, são duas semanas seguidas, é muito desgastante, mas, sobretudo, porque é muita coisa acontecendo ao mesmo tempo e é difícil entender para onde você vai. Novamente, ilustrando, na sala de imprensa tem, e todo grande evento com esse caráter costuma ter isso, umas televisões com anúncios. Vai ter tal coletiva de imprensa do presidente da COP, tal horário. Então, nessa perspectiva, dá para se organizar. Eu vou aqui, eu vou ali. Às vezes, é hora de almoço, e, na hora de almoço, o jornalista já vai, sem almoçar, escrever o texto, e, quando vê, já é a noite. Mas você vai se organizando. Só que tem coisas que não estão lá na televisão. Então, por exemplo, passou o governador da Califórnia por lá. Não foi anunciado que ele estava. Ele estava andando no corredor. Para um jornalista de um grande veículo, se ele não viu que o governador da Califórnia estava lá, mas o seu concorrente viu, isso, falo no lugar de quem já trabalhou num veículo jornalístico grande comercial, isso pode levar a uma demissão. Você não pode não ver uma coisa importante. Você não pode perder uma declaração de um chefe de Estado. Você não pode não ver que, de repente, a Marina parou no meio do corredor em um quebra-queixo e falou, a Marina Silva, que estava muito lá circulando, e falou alguma coisa. Então, a cobertura vai muito além do que está lá na programação da sala de imprensa e do que está nos debates, nos pavilhões que a gente mencionava. Então, o jornalista, como a Germana disse, jornalista dos veículos, está correndo atrás disso. E, muitas vezes, por essa característica, acaba se perdendo, entre grandes aspas, nesses acontecimentos. Por exemplo, o que ficou muito marcante para mim na COP foi a declaração do primeiro-ministro da Alemanha, que foi uma declaração desastrosa, mas que tomou pelo menos um dia inteiro da cobertura, porque acompanhei na sala de imprensa os colegas jornalistas tentando repercutir aquela fala. Então, tentando falar com o governo do Brasil, com o presidente da COP, com outros alemães, com a delegação da Alemanha, com o cientista da Alemanha, porque eles precisavam fomentar aquilo e repercutir aquilo. E foi um dia inteiro, pelo menos, um dia inteiro, diria que uns dois dias ou mais, porque até a gente voltar, ainda se falava disso, vai pedir desculpa ou não. Para quem não lembra, foi o primeiro-ministro que falou que ainda bem que a gente saiu daquele lugar, que era Belém, que ele estava com um grupo de jornalistas da Alemanha, que ninguém queria ficar lá. Enfim, um depoimento desastroso que tomou muito tempo de cobertura. Então, os jornalistas independentes não estavam nem aí para a declaração do primeiro-ministro da Alemanha. Eles queriam saber outras coisas.  Então, por isso, reforço a necessidade e a importância da diversidade na cobertura. Mas é importante a gente entender como funciona esse jornalismo comercial, que é uma pressão e é um trabalho brutal e, muitas vezes, de jornalistas que não são especializados em ambiente, que estão lá, a Germana mencionou, na cobertura de cidades e são deslocados para um evento tipo a COP30. Então, é difícil até entender para onde se começa. É um trabalhão. [música]  Mayra: E aí, para encerrar, porque o nosso tempo está acabando, alguma coisa que a gente ainda não falou, que vocês acham que é importante, que vocês pensaram enquanto a gente estava conversando de destacar sobre a participação e a cobertura da COP? Germana: Tem algo que, para mim, marcou na questão da reflexão mesmo de uma conferência como essa para o jornalismo científico ou para os divulgadores científicos. Embora a gente tenha encontrado com vários egressos do Labjor, que me deixou super orgulhosa e cada um fazendo numa missão diferente ali, eu acho que a divulgação científica ainda não acha que um evento como esse merece a cobertura da divulgação científica.  Explico, porque esse é um evento que tem muitos atores sociais. São debates políticos, as ONGs estão lá, os ambientalistas estão lá, o movimento social, jovem, indígena, de comunidades tradicionais, os grandes empresários, a indústria, enfim, prefeitos, governadores, ministros de vários países estão lá. Eu acho que a divulgação científica ainda está muito focada no cientista, na cientista, nas instituições de pesquisa e ensino, e ainda não enxerga essas outras vozes como tão relevantes para o debate científico como a gente vê esses personagens. Então, eu gostaria de ter visto outras pessoas lá, outros influenciadores, outros divulgadores, ainda mais porque foi no Brasil, na nossa casa, com um tema tão importante no meio da Amazônia, que as mudanças climáticas estão muito centradas na floresta ainda. Então, isso, eu tenho um estranhamento ainda e talvez um pedido de chamar atenção para os meus colegas divulgadores de ciência de que está na hora de olharmos para incluir outras vozes, outras formas de conhecimento. E as mudanças climáticas e outras questões tão complexas exigem uma complexidade no debate, que vai muito além do meio científico. Sabine: Não tinha pensado nisso, mas concordo totalmente com a Germana. Eu realmente não… senti a ausência. Eu estava falando sobre as ausências. Senti a ausência dos divulgadores de ciência produzindo informação sobre algo que não necessariamente é o resultado de um paper, mas sobre algo que estava sendo discutido lá. Mas eu voltei da COP com uma reflexão que é quase num sentido diferente do que a Germana trouxe, que a Germana falou agora dos divulgadores de ciência, que é um nicho bem específico. E eu voltei muito pensando que não dá para nós, no jornalismo, encaixar uma COP ou um assunto de mudanças climáticas em uma caixinha só, em uma caixinha ambiental. E isso não estou falando, tenho que dar os devidos créditos. Eu participei de um debate ouvindo Eliane Brum em que, novamente a cito aqui no podcast, em que ela disse assim que a Sumaúma não tem editorias jornalísticas, como o jornalismo tradicional, porque isso foi uma invenção do jornalismo tradicional que é cartesiano. Então tem a editoria de ambiente, a editoria de política, a editoria de economia. E que ela, ao criar a Sumaúma, se despiu dessas editorias e ela fala de questões ambientais, ponto, de uma maneira investigativa, que passam por ciência, passam por ambiente, passam por política, passam por cidade, passam por tudo. E aí eu fiquei pensando muito nisso, no quanto a gente, jornalismo, não está preparado para esse tipo de cobertura, porque a gente segue no jornalismo tradicional colocando os temas em caixinhas e isso não dá conta de um tema como esse. Então a minha reflexão foi muito no sentido de a gente precisar sair dessas caixinhas para a gente conseguir reportar o que está acontecendo no jornalismo. E precisa juntar forças, ou seja, sair do excesso de especialização, do excesso de entrevista política, eu só entrevisto cientista. Mas eu só entrevisto cientista, não falo com política e vice-versa, que o jornalismo fica nessas caixinhas. E acho que a gente precisa mudar completamente o jeito que a gente produz informação. [música]  Mayra: Isso, muito bom, gostei muito, queria agradecer a presença de vocês no Oxigênio nesse episódio, agradecer a disponibilidade para conversar sobre a COP, eu tenho achado muito legal conversar com vocês sobre isso, tem sido muito interessante mesmo, espero que vocês tenham gostado também desse episódio especial com as pesquisadoras aqui sobre a COP e é isso, até a próxima! Sabine: Uma honra! Germana: Obrigada, Mayra, e obrigada a quem estiver nos ouvindo, um prazer! Mayra: Obrigada, gente, até mais!  [música]  Mayra: Esse episódio foi gravado e editado por mim, Mayra Trinca, como parte dos trabalhos da Bolsa Mídia Ciência com o apoio da FAPESP. O Oxigênio também conta com o apoio da Secretaria Executiva de Comunicação da Unicamp. A trilha sonora é do Freesound e da Blue Dot Sessions. [vinheta de encerramento] 

In Part Two, the investigation into the Andersen Air Force Base ambush closes in on its prime suspect: SrA Jose Simoy. As Simoy goes on the run, FBI, OSI, and Security Police search the island of Guam for a killer hiding behind wigs, aliases, and threats. What follows is a dramatic capture, a capital court-martial, and a landmark death sentence (the first on Guam in 44 years). But a death sentence doesn't always mean death… Margot also follows the journeys of the co-conspirators, the emotional and physical aftermath for the two survivors, and the legacy of Sergeant Stacy Levay, a newlywed defender whose life was taken far too soon. This is the conclusion to one of the most brazen crimes ever committed on an Air Force installation.  ⸻

This episode follows the Marines from the mud and caves of Okinawa into the strange, uneasy rehabilitation camps on Guam, Saipan, Motobu, and Hawaii, where exhausted divisions rebuilt, trained, and quietly braced for the largest amphibious operation in history—Operation Downfall.  We break down how Marine divisions and air wings were wired into Operations OLYMPIC and CORONET, the internal fight in Washington over whether to starve, burn, or invade Japan, and how troops were reshaped for a direct assault on Kyushu and then the Tokyo Plain.    Support the Show Listen ad-free and a week early on historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com Donate directly at historyofthemarinecorps.com Try a free 30-day Audible trial at audibletrial.com/marinehistory Social Media Instagram - @historyofthemarines Facebook - @marinehistory Twitter - @marinehistory

December's Full Episode: Cry Like It's Christmas (Guam)Story: With help from a friendly snake and a jolly, jangly water buffalo family, Connor the coconut crab finds their inner tadpole and unloads some big feelings just in time for the holidays.Region: GuamSticky Situation: What do you do when you're feeling sad during a normally festive time?Unstick Tricks by: Krish (Age 11), Vivaan (Age 6), and Arthur (Age 9)Special Guest Narrators: Travis, Megan, Eve, and Matt from the MARVELOUSLY talented cast of Tales From the Cloud SeaFeelings Focus: Feeling sad during a normally festive time; emoting, coping with sadness, naming and making space for feelingsCheck out our fantasterrific, award-winning pod friend, The Fourth Bookmark!Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks. Make a donation! Support Storypillar!https://ko-fi.com/storypillar Info/Get in Touch: Website: www.storypillar.com Instagram: @storypillar Join our mailing list Story by:Kathryn Torres and Meg LewisCreated, Written, and Produced by: Meg Lewis Sound Design/Audio Editing: Meg Lewis and Nate BlaweissStorypillar Theme Song: Lyrics by Meg Lewis Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges Produced by Andy Jobe Episode Cover Art Mackenzie AllisonSound Effects and Additional Music: -Freesound.org-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky) -Pixabay Artists: Music_for_video, White_Records, BLACKBOX, AudioCoffee, Tunetank, NaturesEye© 2025 PowerMouse Press, LLC

What if the problem is not your motivation to recover, but a system that makes eating disorder treatment almost impossible to afford? In this conversation, I sit down again with Leslie Jordan Garcia @liberatiwellness. Leslie is a wellness strategist, certified eating disorder recovery coach, and Treatment Access Program Manager at Project HEAL. In this episode, we discuss real, concrete pathways to free and low-cost eating disorder care. We also talk about why you cannot separate eating disorder recovery from social justice, intersectionality, and body hierarchies. Leslie breaks down how Project HEAL removes financial and systemic barriers, how people from marginalized communities can apply, and how providers can join the Healer's Circle to offer justice-focused, values-aligned care. In this episode, we talk about What Project HEAL is and how it works to remove financial and systemic barriers to eating disorder care in the United States The four major Project HEAL programs and how to apply for: Community Care groups for BIPOC folks Cash assistance that covers tertiary costs like rent, pet boarding, and transportation Outpatient treatment placement with sliding scale and pro bono providers Insurance navigation support and help with single case agreements Who qualifies for Project HEAL services, including people in all U.S. states and territories, and how they prioritize folks from communities that are historically and systemically marginalized How Leslie matches people with “unicorn providers” who are fat positive, HAES aligned, queer affirming, trauma aware, and non Christian based when needed The difference it makes when someone helps you navigate insurance, access care, and complete applications, especially when executive functioning is low or things feel overwhelming How economic precarity, layoffs, food insecurity, and shifting insurance policies are driving an uptick in applications for eating disorder treatment assistance Why intersectional, identity affirming care is not optional in eating disorder recovery, especially for BIPOC, queer, trans, disabled, and fat clients How Leslie's social justice consulting work with universities, community colleges, and health organizations helps them: Reimagine intake forms and client facing processes Address promotion and salary inequities Create transformational circles where teams talk about harm, stereotypes, and systemic barriers How body hierarchies, food moralization, school fitness testing, and lunch shaming fuel eating disorders for kids and adults Why many people use eating disorders as a survival tool in the context of trauma, capitalism, surveillance, and unsafe systems What true equity and belonging could mean for decreasing the occurrence and severity of eating disorders About our guest: Leslie Jordan Garcia Leslie Jordan Garcia is a wellness strategist, certified eating disorder recovery coach, and social justice consultant dedicated to healing and liberation. She holds dual master's degrees in business and public health and has more than a decade of experience across military, public health, and nonprofit sectors. Through her practice, Liberati Wellness, Leslie offers HAES aligned eating disorder recovery support, inclusive movement support, and equity and identity affirming care. Leslie also partners with organizations like Austin Health Commons and the Hogg Foundation to embed equity and justice into health systems and helping professions. She currently serves as the Treatment Access Program Manager at Project HEAL, where she manages cash assistance and treatment placement and works to match clients with values aligned, culturally responsive providers. You can find Leslie's coaching and consulting work at Liberati Wellness and on Instagram at @liberatiwellness. Inside Project HEAL's pathways to care In this episode, Leslie explains how Project HEAL supports people who are struggling with eating disorders and facing financial and systemic barriers to treatment. She walks us through the main programs: Informed ED (for professionals) A learning program for clinicians and dietitians who are newer to eating disorder treatment. It helps them build skills, reduce harm, and align their work with justice focused values so they can better support clients whose eating disorders are uncovered in general mental health or medical settings. Community Care A free, BIPOC only, 8 week support and process group focused on body liberation, community care, and healing from white supremacist body hierarchies. Cash Assistance Program A program that does not pay individuals directly, but instead covers tertiary costs that often block access to care. This can include rent, transportation, pet boarding, or other essential expenses so that people can actually attend the level of care their team recommends. Treatment Placement Leslie coordinates outpatient treatment placement, connecting people with dietitians, therapists, and other providers who offer sliding scale or pro bono care, especially when insurance does not cover enough dietitian sessions or mental health support. Insurance Navigation Project HEAL helps people understand their insurance benefits, locate in network providers, and pursue options like single case agreements when an appropriate provider is out of network. Leslie also mentions a time limited clinical assessment program for people who know they are struggling in their relationship with food and body but have never had a formal diagnosis. All of these services are free to applicants, and one application can cover multiple programs at once. Who can apply to Project HEAL Leslie shares that Project HEAL is U.S. based, and that includes all 50 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories such as Guam. Anyone in those locations can apply. Project HEAL prioritizes people from communities that have been historically and systemically marginalized, including: BIPOC communities Queer and trans communities People in larger bodies Disabled and chronically ill folks People navigating religious trauma and other layered identities Leslie's role includes reading applications through an intersectional lens, tracking diversity demographics, and making sure that people who face the largest gaps in access are not overlooked. She also notes that if the application itself feels overwhelming, Project HEAL can connect applicants with someone who will help them complete it, which is especially important when executive functioning is low. Intersectionality, social justice, and eating disorder recovery Throughout the conversation, Leslie and I look at how eating disorders are never just about appearance. They are deeply tied to: Trauma and chronic stress How we perceive our bodies and how we believe others perceive our bodies Economic instability, job insecurity, and food insecurity Surveillance of bodies in workplaces, schools, and medical settings Racism, anti-fat bias, ableism, transmisia, and other forms of oppression Leslie talks about clients who restrict food so their children can eat when jobs cut hours, and how people in larger bodies often avoid eating at work because of constant surveillance and judgment, only to experience intense hunger and binge episodes later. We explore how body hierarchies, moralization of food, school fitness testing, and lunch policing create conditions where an eating disorder can become a primary coping strategy. Leslie describes how, over time, this can become deeply embedded, with the brain chemistry colluding with the eating disorder to create a sense of safety that the larger system fails to provide. For Leslie, social justice work is inseparable from eating disorder work. If people had secure access to food, safe housing, living wages, and genuine body equity, many would not need to rely on eating disorders to feel safer, visible, or invisible. Justice work inside systems Leslie also describes her justice work with institutions, including: Facilitating Transformational Circles where diverse team members connect as humans and then talk honestly about processes that exclude or harm people Supporting clinics that operate in queer neighborhoods yet do not see queer clients, and helping them examine what in their client facing processes is pushing people away Working with community colleges on salary and promotion inequities, examining reviews, ranking systems, and feedback processes that keep certain groups from advancing Helping organizations rework intake forms, policies, and internal culture so that equity, belonging, and justicebecome real practices rather than buzzwords She reminds us that what often gets labeled as “DEI” is actually about justice, accessibility, and belonging for everyone, including veterans, people who breastfeed, people who need ramps and accessible bathrooms, and more. How to connect with Project HEAL and Leslie To apply for Project HEAL's Treatment Access programs Visit the Project HEAL website at projectheal.org and look for the section on Treatment Access. One application lets you indicate which services you want, including cash assistance, treatment placement, insurance navigation, and clinical assessment while that program is still active. Both individuals seeking care and providers who want to join the Healer's Circle start on the same site. Providers can share their identities, specialties, body size, languages spoken, and communities they love to serve, which helps Leslie make strong intersectional matches. To work with Leslie as a coach or consultant You can learn more about Leslie's equity and identity affirming eating disorder recovery coaching and social justice consulting at: Website: Liberati Wellness liberatiwellness.com Instagram: @liberatiwellness She currently has a reduced capacity for one to one clients but continues to support individuals and teams through coaching, collaboration with therapists and dietitians, and organizational justice work. If this episode resonated with you If you are struggling with an eating disorder and feel blocked by money, insurance, or access, I hope this episode helps you feel less alone and more resourced. There are people and organizations actively working to break financial barriers to care. If you know someone who could benefit from free or low-cost eating disorder support, especially someone from a marginalized community, please consider sharing this episode with them. You can also support this work by: Following @liberatiwellness and @projectheal Sharing Project HEAL's application info with your community If you are a provider, applying to join the Healer's Circle and offering sliding scale or pro bono care And as always, thank you for listening and for being part of this conversation about justice, embodiment, and eating disorder recovery.

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

The story of the USS Indianapolis and the men who served aboard her is one that spans the entire pacific theater of WW2. She was in the fight from the jump, she was off the coast of Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She took part in some of the most well known battles during the island hopping campaign to drive the Japanese back toward their home islands. And in 1945 she undertook the top secret mission to transport critical components for construction of the atomic bomb Little Boy on the island of Tinian. After sailing unescorted from Pearl to Tinian she headed for Guam before being sent alone, yet again, to the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of Japan. She never made it. At midnight on July 30th, 1945 she was struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine and sunk in around 12 minutes. 300 men went down with the ship and 800 went into the water. The men that made it off the ship were met with a new set of horrors, total darkness, lack of fresh water or food, no rescue in sight and hundreds of sharks. They fought for 5 days as the Navy somehow missed one of their most decorated ships not showing up in harbor. This is the story of the men that lived through the nightmare. Support the show

The always in demand, Michael Hitchcock, talks about how children's theater led to adult theater which led to a career of acting and writing with the groundlings, mad tv, christopher guest, crazy ex girlfriend, currently the lowdown and nobody wants this.  We chat about writing vs acting and what it takes to realize where you should be. Bio: Actor, writer, producer (and when he was a teenager, semi-professional magician), Michael currently appears as Ethan Hawke's frenemy “Ray” in the critically acclaimed dramedy “The Lowdown,” available on FX and Hulu.  He also plays Kristen Bell's rather clueless dad in the Netflix hit comedy, “Nobody Wants This.” Many dog lovers recognize him as Parker Posey's husband “Hamilton Swan” in the Christopher Guest iconic comedy “Best in Show,” and has appeared in Guest's other celebrated films “Waiting for Guffman,” “A Mighty Wind,” “For Your Consideration,” and “Mascots.” Additional acting credits include “The Paper,” “Jackpot,” “Palm Royale,” “Your Place or Mine,” “Crazy Ex Girlfriend,” “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Black Monday,” “Space Force,” “Bridesmaids,” "Glee," "United States of Tara," "Men of a Certain Age," “Super 8,” “Serenity,” "Entourage," "Party Down," and "Arrested Development." Writing and producing credits include the acclaimed television series “Crazy Ex Girlfriend,” “Glee,” and “Mad TV.”  He also wrote the films "House Arrest,” “The Ultimate Christmas Present,” and “Where the Day Takes You.”  He is an alumnus of the sketch and improv comedy troupe, The Groundlings, and has performed comedy improv for the U.S. troops all over the world including Japan, South Korea, Iraq, Bahrain, Cuba, Guam, Honduras, and Kuwait.

On December 29, 1991, a routine night-deposit escort at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam turned into a deadly ambush. Cash clerk Peregrina Armour and Security Policeman Sergeant Stacy Levay were attacked outside the base bank by a group of masked men—one armed with a rifle, another with a lead pipe. Within minutes, one airman was fighting for his life… and another lay mortally wounded on his 29th birthday. In Part One, Margot breaks down the weeks-long conspiracy led by Senior Airman Jose Simoy, a Security Policeman who used his insider knowledge to plan the perfect heist. But when the attack turns violent—and the getaway goes sideways—Simoy makes a desperate move to cover his tracks. This shocking case exposes a brutal crime on Andersen AFB in Guam, a botched alibi, and the beginning of a massive manhunt across a 30-mile island. ⸻

December's Sneak Attack!!! Robber Crabs and Holiday Buffaloes in GuamJoin Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off! Region: GuamFacts: The Mariana trench, Christmas barbecues, boñuelos dagu (yam doughnuts)Animals: Coconut crabsJokes: Veggies and elves!Links for Kids: -Cool Guam Facts-Mariana Trench Facts for Kids-Christmas in Guam-Boñuelos Dagu Recipe-Coconut Crab FactsMake a donation! Support Storypillar!https://ko-fi.com/storypillar Shop at: storypillarstore.threadless.comInfo/Get in Touch: Website: www.storypillar.com Instagram: @storypillar Join our mailing list. Created, Written, and Produced by: Meg Lewis Storypillar Theme Song: Lyrics by Meg Lewis Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges Produced by Andy Jobe Episode Cover Art: Mackenzie Allison and Meg LewisSound Effects and Additional Music: -Freesound.org -Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/ -Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo-Pixabay Artists: BackgroundMusicforVideo; Music_for_video, White_RecordsKnow a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Shoot us an email at info@storypillar.com.© 2025 PowerMouse Press, LLC

Watch the Devotion Based on Philippians 1:3-6 Thank You Since this is Thanksgiving weekend, I want to pause and reflect on the past year. The mission of WELS Ministry to the Military is to make Word and sacrament available to our actively serving military members and their families. To carry out this mission, the Wisconsin Synod provides financial support for 25 percent of our operating expenses. The other 75 percent comes from generous gifts from you. This past year WELS Ministry to the Military received $154,000 in gifts. Thank you! Your generosity and the work we do together as a synod reminds me of the apostle Paul's words to the Christians in Philippi: “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:3-6). Because of your generosity this past year, I was able to travel to 10 duty stations (including one aircraft carrier and 3 duty stations overseas), 16 congregations, 3 high schools, and 2 grade schools. This included a trip to Okinawa this past January where we led a retreat for service members who came from Guam, Japan, South Korea, and Okinawa. Because of your generosity, our office mailed 130 Spiritual Deployment Kits to service members around the world, not to mention a number of hymnals, catechisms, and devotion books. Thanks to you, 135 new referrals came in through our website. We were able to train seven Distinctive Religious Group Leaders to lead Bible study and worship in places we can't be. Five more are being trained right now. I want to say thank you to our European chaplain, Rob Weiss, and his wife, Rachel, for their faithful, dedicated service all over Europe: Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Poland. Thank you to the WELS pastors, teachers, and staff ministers who encourage and support our military service members, who show compassion and care to the family members when their service member is away from home. Thank you to all the grade schools, pastors' and teachers' conferences, and churches who adopted our ministry for their mission offering designation. Thank you to the WELS pastors and lay leaders who serve as contacts at numerous duty stations around the country, especially those who take extra time to visit our young people during basic training. I'd like to highlight Hope in Irmo, S.C., for serving Fort Jackson; Immanuel in Waukegan, Ill., for serving Great Lakes; Our Savior in San Antonio, Texas, for serving Lackland Air Force Base; and Risen Savior in Chula Vista, Calif., for serving Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD). At MCRD Pastor Paul Schulz leads the Lutheran service on Sunday mornings. This past year the Holy Spirit blessed Pastor Schulz' efforts with an average Sunday worship attendance of 47 recruits, and he was privileged to baptize 25 Marine Corps recruits. Thank you to the congregations in the Colorado Springs area for adopting Air Force cadets at the Academy and being their home away from home. Thank you to the Lutheran Military Support Group (LMSG) for their partnership. Because of their generosity, we led a Military Contact Pastor workshop near Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, this past May. The LMSG also provided professional Christian counseling for active duty service members, veterans, and their dependents. I am grateful for our working relationship with WELS Campus Ministry. They have been helpful in identifying high school graduates pursuing ROTC or the National Guard and referring them to our ministry. Thank you to Michigan Lutheran Seminary who reached out to us, wanting to partner and provide a stable high school experience for high school-age students of our service members. I am grateful to the members and staff at Reformation Lutheran Church and School here in San Diego, where my wife teaches and we are members. You have been a huge support for our family. I want to say thank to the team that works behind the scenes to publish these devotions, for posting on our social media and website. You are so patient with me! I want to thank my Military Services Committee family: Paul, Joel, Holly, Josh, Dave, Ryan, Rob, Rachel, and Dale. It is a joy working with you. From me personally, I want to thank you for your small tokens of appreciation. The challenge coins, squadron caps and patches, letters, e-mails, and text messages—this is all so humbling and encouraging. And I am grateful for all of you every day for this partnership in the gospel. I ask that you continue to keep WELS Ministry to the Military in your prayers so that together we might reach more of our nation's service members with Word and sacrament. Have a happy Thanksgiving. Written and recorded by Rev. Paul Horn, WELS National Civilian Chaplain to the Military, San Diego, California. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Note: Scripture reading footnotes are clickable only in the web version.

Pastor Walton sat down with Dan and Ayako Matsumoto this week to discuss their growing up years, their return to Guam, and experience as a Christian family.

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Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

Happy Thanksgiving from Nephilim Death Squad — broadcasting from The Standard Coffee Shop and NDS Studios!In this chaotic holiday special, The Raven, Top Lobsta, and Matt sit down to rank EVERY classic Thanksgiving dish — from the absolute bangers to the absolute trash. This episode is pure NDS energy: jokes, roasting each other, roasting food, calling out bad recipes, talking Bohemian Grove, venue drama, coffee shop stories, biblical side-quests, and nonstop chaos.Inside the episode we dive into:

Send us a textFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the seventh ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.For this episode, Manny spoke to Albert Toves, about his ides about decolonizing education. Toves was then a member of the Independent Guåhan Media Committee, and a Chamorro Studies Major at the University of Guam, who later went on to study education with an emphasis on indigenous studies. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on January 26, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Hello everyone, a big thanks to all of you who joined the patreon and voted for this to be the next episode, you all are awesome. This is a part 2 about Hirohito's responsibility during the wars of 1931-1945, so if you have not heard part 1, perhaps go do so, or maybe you just don't care about 1931-1940 and just want to hear about the 1941-1945 period, hell by all means enjoy.   So last time we kind of left it on a bit of a dramatic cliff hanger. I spoke about Emperor Hirohito's involvement in what was called at the time the “China Incident”. It was not an official declared war until December of 1941. We left off in 1940, Hirohito was struggling with a situation of juggling two things: 1) how the hell to finally end the China War 2) how to do it without receiving horrible ramifications from the international world. On July 22nd of 1940, Konoe was back and formed a second cabinet. Notably General Hideki Tojo went from vice to army Minister during this time. If you guys ever want a podcast on Hideki Tojo, let me know, he is one rather bizarre figure that's for sure. Konoe tackled his job by holding an imperial HQ government liaison conference. For 90 minutes everyone worked on a new national policy designed to exploit the international situation, IE: Germany bulldozing europe.  The result was a document on national policy dated July 27th. It shifted focus to the “southern area” IE: southeast asia and the Pacific if the China war did not end quickly. Its basis was to exploit the foreign nations that had their hands full in europe, France, Britain and the Netherlands. It called for an invasion of French Indochina to establish bases to launch assaults against the Dutch East Indies for natural resources if diplomatic means failed. It acknowledged if the Dutch East Indies were seized through military means, Japan would also seek to fight Britain, but not the US, instead Japan would prepare for a possible war with the Americans. To all of this Hirohito approved. The army also kept pressuring its desire to ally with Germany. Throughout 1939-1940 Hirohito rejected this idea, not because of any ideological differences, it was because of Germans anti aggression pact with the USSR. If Japan were to ally to Germany, Hirohito wanted it to be mutually to fight the USSR. The Navy likewise opposed allying to Germany because they believed it would force Britain and the US to increase their aid to Chiang Kai-shek.   However the Blitzkrieg changed everything. Everyone was shocked at how well Germany was doing. Prince Chichibu repeatedly argued with Hirohito to change his mind over the alliance idea. Then suddenly the Navy changed their mind and began favoring an alliance. This changed came about in June of 1940 when the France fell. The Navy changed their mind based on a few factors, a major component was the belief if Germany and the USSR were allied, than at least Japan would not have to worry about the USSR and could focus on the pacific. Both the IJA and the IJN believed Hitler would soon take Britain and thus there was a huge desire to join the new international order on the winning side. A third factor was a new clause in negotiations with Germany and Japan, that if they allied Japan would not automatically be drawn into a war with Britain against her will. Some in the navy also believed perhaps Germany could help their diplomatic situation with the Americans. So the army and navy were now both demanding an alliance with Germany, it was all up to hirohito.    At an imperial briefing on June 19th of 1940, Hirohito asked chief of staff Prince Kan'in and the Army Minister Hata “At a time when peace will soon come in the European situation, will there be a deployment of troops to the Netherlands Indies and French Indochina?” Such as question revealed Hirohito's perception at the time that Germany was on the verge of victory and that he was gradually considering the deployment of troops in French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies as neither parent nation were in a position to defend their holdings. In regards to the China war, the Japanese sought to end leaks of materials getting into China from places like Hong Kong. Hirohito received reports indicated Britain would not accept closing the movement of materials into China via Hong Kong. The military acknowledged it would probably be required to invade Hong Kong and thus declare war on Britain. Upon hearing of this Hirohito remarked “Should that happen, I am sure America will use the method of an embargo, don't you agree?” To this his lord of the privy seal, Kido reassured him stating “the nation must be fully resolved to resist to proceed cautiously and not to be dragged into events precipitated by the overseas agencies”. Konoe's second cabinet resolved to end the China war, construct a new order in greater east asia and to complete war preparations as a national defense state. On July 27th at a liaison conference a document was adopted, affirming a course of advancing to the south and to ally with Germany. Japan would incorporate the Dutch East Indies, British Malaya and other resource rich areas of Southeast Asia into its new order while simultaneously bolstering its relationship with the Axis states. After hearing and reading everything, Hirohito sanctioned it all. Thus Hirohito had sanctioned the preliminary actions that would set Japan into a collision course with the US.   In September Japan began sending troops into northern French Indochina after concluding its Tripartite alliance with Germany and Italy. Now Hirohito was briefed beforehand by Army Minister Tojo and other chiefs of staff about securing bases in northern French indochina. Hirohito agreed to this under the belief acquiring such bases would stop more leaked materials going into China and thus contribute to the fall of Chongqing. But Hirohito also sanctioned it under the full knowledge it was preparing the Nanshin-ron advance and that carried a risk of going to war with Britain and by proxy the US. Naturally he wanted to thwart any war breaking out with the US by it seems his officials had convinced him they could manage most of their plans without aggravating the US.   On July 29th with the German offensive aimed at finishing off Britain, Hirohito summoned his chiefs and vice chiefs of staff to the imperial HQ. He began to question the prospects of war with the US. Prince Fushimi replied “[u]nless we complete our domestic preparations, particularly the preparation of our material resources, I do not think we should lightly start war even if there is a good opportunity to do so.” Hirohito then asked if  “the Army were planning to occupy points in India, Australia, and New Zealand.” But overall Hirohito seemed to be the most concerned about the US, Germany and the USSR. “Could Japan, obtain a victory in a naval battle with the United States as we once did in the Battle of the Japan Sea? . . . I heard that the United States will ban exports of oil and scrap iron [to Japan]. We can probably obtain oil from other sources, but don't you think we will have a problem with scrap iron?” In regards to the USSR “If a Japan-Soviet nonaggression treaty is made and we advance to the south, the navy will become the main actor. Has the army given thought to reducing the size of its forces in that case? . . . How do you assess the future national power of Germany? . . . Both Germany and the Soviet Union are untrustworthy countries. Don't you think there will be a problem if one of them betrays us and takes advantage of our exhaustion fighting the United States?I]t seems as though you people are thinking of implementing this plan by force because there is a good opportunity at this moment for resolving the southern problem even though some dangers are involved. . . . What does a good opportunity mean? [To this question Sawada replied: “For example, if a German landing in England commences.”] In that case wouldn't the United States move to aid Britain? . . . Well, I've heard enough. I take it, in short, that you people are trying to resolve the southern problem by availing yourselves of today's good opportunities.”   You can tell Hirohito understood the very real threat of an Anglo-American alliance and was very cautious. It seemed to Hirohito, that his officials were trying to take the limelight off the abysmal situation in China but emphasizing a southern advance. Well Americans response to the Japanese movement into northern French indochina was to see it as a direct threat. Something I have not paid much attention to was Hirohito's decision making being the direct result of trying to mediate between competing entities, ie: the IJA and IJN. At this point in time the IJA and IJN top officials had the power to simply stop governmental functions from occurring altogether whenever they were displeased with a decision. As you can imagine the IJA and IJN were also competing for resources and political power. Thus Hirohito spent a lot of time and effort trying to formulate decisions that at a minimum kept the governance going.    In the end Hirohito sanctioned Imperial HQ army order number 458, ordering the area army to begin the entry into French Indochina. Thus once again Hirohito sanctioned aggression aboard. America began what it called a “moral embargo” on aircraft parts, scrap iron and aviation gasoline. This was one of many gradual steps America took to incrementally sanction Japan, while aiding China to keep it bogged down. Japan's direct response was joining the Axis with a clause “to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if attacked by a power at present not involved in the European War or in the Sino-Japanese conflict”. This clause was designed specifically to check Britain and the US. Hirohito knew this was a turning point carrying the possibility of war with the US. Later he would blame some officials and even his brothers Chichibu and Takamatsu, but not his own actions sanctioning the Axis pact.    Speaking of his brothers, at this time Chichibu got severely ill with tuberculosis and as a result retired from active public life, now Prince Takamatsu stood as next regent. Thus Takamatsu would begin reading reports and advise Hirohito. Takamatsu like Chichibu approved the Tripartite Pact and found his brother Hirohito's performance lacking. Meanwhile Britain responded to the Tripartite pact by opening up the Burma road and America made a loan to Chiang Kai-shek.   The Soviets came to Japan for a neutrality pact and sweetened the deal by offering Soviet coal and oil concessions in North Sakhalin. Hirohito ratified the treaty on April 25th of 1941. 5 weeks later on June 5th, the Japanese ambassador to Berlin, General Oshima Hiroshi reported to Hirohito and the high command that Hitler was about to invade the Soviets. The Army high command sprang into action drafting plans to open a war with the Soviets while simultaneously advancing south into French Indochina. But many in the military also sought to wait until the time was ripe, and a rift emerged. Operation barbarossa commenced and on June 23rd the IJN high command gave their opinion that Japan should seize all military bases and airfields in southern French Indochina even at the risk of war with Britain and America. Can you say boy that escalated quickly?   There was obvious temptation to invade Siberia towards Lake Baikal, but at the same time the western powers were tightening sanctions on Japan, she needed resources. At this point Japan had been stuck in China for 4 years and 5 months, the army had expanded from 17 divisions totalling 250,000 men in july of 1937 to 51 divisions at 2.1 million men in December 8th of 1941. On July 2nd, 10 tens into Operation barbarossa, Konoe summoned an imperial conference to debate actions going forward. The consensus was that southern French Indochina needed to be taken and that it probably would not provoke the US going to war with Japan. Hirohito sanctioned it and on July 30th made a major operational intervention by advising General Sugiyama to build up forces in Manchukuo to prevent the Soviet Far Eastern Army.   Japan negotiated with Vichy France to allow Japanese troops to occupy southern parts of French Indochina. What was to be originally just 40,000 IJA forces turned into 185,000 and in response America increased sanctions and began preparing the Philippines for war. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the US on July 26th and by August the 1st a total embargo of oil and gasoline exports to Japan. Konoe's cabinet, the military high command, pretty much everyone was shocked by how harsh the economic sanctions were. Emperor Hirohito told Sugiyama to halt mobilizing forces in Manchukuo and the army basically dropped all plans of attacking the USSR. A month after the US oil embargo suddenly the army had changed its mind to go all in on the southern advance. Britain likewise began sanctions against Japan and both Britain and the US managed to convince the Dutch to follow suit by refusing to sell oil to Japan. The Dutch even took it a step further and followed Americans lead in freezing Japanese assets.    Konoe was in full panic mode, be believed his ambassador to washington was a moron and sought to go in person to speak to Roosevelt. At 11:40am on August 4th Konoe spoke to Hirohito about the plan, but Washington kept making up excuses prolonging any meeting from taking place. Meanwhile Washington was building up its navy, and the IJN were stressing, in the words of Admiral Takagai “As time passes and this situation continues, our empire will either be totally defeated or forced to fight a hopeless war. Therefore we should pursue war and diplomacy together. If there is no prospect of securing our final line of national survival by diplomatic negotiations, we must be resolved to fight.” Hirohito understood the predicament full well, that each day Japan was wasting its oil reserves, if they were to strike it had to be quickly.    On september 3rd at a liaison conference it was decided Japan was to prepare for a war against the US, UK and Netherlands while simultaneously pursuing diplomacy. If diplomacy failed by early October the decision for war would be made. Konoe presented everything to Hirohito on September 5th and requested an imperial conference on the matter. The most important decision of his life was about to be made.    Now take a second to feel the moment. Germany's invasion of the USSR was in its 6th week and not producing a decisive victory; Britain was still in the fight and the Japanese ambassador to London reported back Britain would allow Japan to maintain its great power status and exert influence in asia if they stayed out of the European War and “re-examined their current policy”. An olive branch. Hirohito had options is what I am arguing. He could stale things, he could mobilize units into Manchukuo to simply threaten the Soviet border, he could simply stay out of new wars, even it the China war would get worse, but try to profit from the situation in Europe. He could stop the southern advance, lose the chance to seize the resource in southeast asia, but perhaps the US, UK and Netherlands would lift some sanctions.   After speaking back and forth with Konoe while scolding Sugiyama here is a bit of their conversation:    Emperor: In the event we must finally open hostilities, will our operations have a probability of victory?  Sugiyama: Yes, they will.  Emperor: At the time of the China Incident, the army told me that we could achieve peace immediately after dealing them one blow with three divisions. Sugiyama, you were army minister at that time. . . .  Sugiyama: China is a vast area with many ways in and many ways out, and we met unexpectedly big difficulties. . . . [ellipses in original]  Emperor: Didn't I caution you each time about those matters? Sugiyama, are you lying to me? Nagano: If Your Majesty will grant me permission, I would like to make a statement.  Emperor: Go ahead.  Nagano: There is no 100 percent probability of victory for the troops stationed there. . . . Sun Tzu says that in war between states of similar strength, it is very difficult to calculate victory. Assume, however, there is a sick person and we leave him alone; he will definitely die. But if the doctor's diagnosis offers a seventy percent chance of survival, provided the patient is operated on, then don't you think one must try surgery? And if, after the surgery, the patient dies, one must say that was meant to be. This indeed is the situation we face today. . . . If we waste time, let the days pass, and are forced to fight after it it is too late to fight, then we won't be able to do a thing about it.  Emperor: All right, I understand. [He answered in a better mood.]  Konoe: Shall I make changes in tomorrow's agenda? How would you like me to go about it? Emperor: There is no need to change anything.   There is no need to change anything. Konoe grabbed Hirohito for a private audience afterwards and tried to get Hirohito to revise the outline, but Hirohito ignored this. Hirohito at that point could have stopped or at least slowed down the countdown to all out war. Hirohito instead did not want to displease the pro-war factions in his military, perhaps he saw them as a threat to his authority. Hirohito was not at all pleased with the policy plan. When he was shown in on september 5th, he looked extremely irritated and blew up on Sugiyama and the army high command as a whole. 20 minutes before the Imperial conference on September 6th, Hirohito spoke with his lord of the privy Kido and told him he was going to raise some questions at the meeting. Kido told him that it would be best to leave the questions at the very end, basically he was advising to allow for things to go through. Thus Hirohito sat through the meeting and sanction the preparations for war. Here is a conversation between Hirohito and the Chiefs of the general staff:   Emperor: You may go ahead and mobilize. But if the Konoe-Roosevelt talks go well, you'll stop, won't you?  Chief of the General Staff: Indeed, your majesty, we will.  Emperor: I will ask you one more time: Is there any possibility that the north [that is, the Soviet Union] may move against us while we are engaged in the south [emphasis added]?  Chief of the General Staff: I cannot say that will absolutely not occur. However, because of the season it is inconceivable that large forces will be able to attack us   Meanwhile Konoe's deadline to reach a diplomatic resolution with the US was fast approaching. On October 13th Hirohito told Kido “In the present situation there seems to be little hope for the Japan–U.S. negotiations. If hostilities erupt this time, I think I may have to issue a declaration of war.” The next day Konoe held his last cabinet meeting and Army minister Tojo took the lionshare of talking:   For the past six months, ever since April, the foreign minister has made painstaking efforts to adjust relations [with the United States.] Although I respect him for that, we remain deadlocked. . . . Our decision was “to start the war . . . if by early October we cannot thoroughly achieve our demands through negotiations.” Today is the fourteenth. . . . We are mobilizing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Others are being moved from China and Manchuria, and we have requisitioned two million tons of ships, causing difficulties for many people. As I speak ships are en route to their destinations. I would not mind stopping them, and indeed would have to stop them, if there was a way for a diplomatic breakthrough. . . . The heart of the matter is the [imposition on us of] withdrawal [from Indochina and China]. ...If we yield to America's demands, it will destroy the fruits of the China Incident. Manchukuo will be endangered and our control of Korea undermined   And so Konoe resigned two days later, but before he did his last official action was to recommend Prince Higashikuni to succeed him, in fact he got Tojo to do the same. Prince Higashikuni was deemed capable of controlling both the Army and Navy. And what did Hirohito say to this? He said no, and appointed Hideki Tojo. Why? As going back to the beginning of this series, to protect the Kokutai. He did not want a member of the royal family to hold the seat as Prime Minister during a time when war might be declared, a war that Japan might lose, which would toss the responsibility onto the imperial house. It was a threat to the Kokutai. Hirohito chose Tojo because Tojo was 100% loyal subject to the emperor. Tojo was the perfect fall guy if one ever existed.    Between November 8-15th, Hirohito received a full rundown of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack plan and sanctioned it. The deadline to reach a diplomatic solution with the US was set for midnight December 1st.    Hirohito ever since the Mukden Incident had expressed fear that not taking warlike actions, not pumping up the kokutai or not suppressing dissent would jeopardize the imperial system of government and damage the imperial institution itself. For Hirohito domestic conflicts were more dangerous than external ones, because they carried the risk of eroding the monarchy. As the time approached for his finally decision on declaring war, Hirohito requested a last round of discussion. The carriers enroute to Pearl harbor departed on november 27th, while on December 1st, 19 leaders, the entire Tojo cabinet and Emperor met. Tojo pulled a rather cheeky maneuver, he reported the response from America, the famous Hull note by stating “the United States . . . has demanded that we withdraw troops from all of China [emphasis added],” but in fact, Hull had used only the word “China.” Hara asked “I would like to know,whether Manchukuo is included in the term ‘China'? Did our two ambassadors confirm this point?” Togo's reply to this was “However . . . the American proposal [early in the negotiations on] April 16 stated that they would recognize the state of Manchukuo, so Manchukuo would not be part of China. . . . On the other hand . . . there has been a change in their position . . . they look upon Chungking as the one and only legitimate regime, and . . . they want to destroy the Nanking regime, [so] they may retract what they have said previously” A nonsensical gibberish answer, intentionally done to make everyone think America did in fact include Manchukuo, thus forcing everyone to see the demands as impossible to comply with. Togo finished the meeting : “Once His Majesty decides to commence hostilities, we will all strive to meet our obligations to him, bring the government and the military ever closer together, resolve that the nation united will go on to victory, make an all-out effort to achieve our war aims, and set his majesty's mind at ease. I now adjourn the meeting.” Hirohito simply nodded. Sugiyama remarked that the emperor did not show the slightest sign of anxiety, in fact he looked like he was in a good mood.   Hirohito's naval aid Jo Eiichiro wrote minutes on the first day of the pacific war, recording the emperors actions. 4 A.M. (Japan time): Japan issued a final ultimatum to the United States. 3:30 A.M.: the Hawaiian surprise attack was successful. 5:30 A.M.: Singapore bombed. Great results. Air attacks on Davao, Guam, Wake. 7:10 A.M.: All the above was reported to the emperor. The American gunboat Wake was captured on the Shanghai front. The British gunboat Petrel was sunk. From 7:15 to 7:30 the chief of the Navy General Staff reported on the war situation. At 7:30 the prime minister informally reported to the emperor on the imperial rescript declaring war. (Cabinet meeting from 7 A.M.). At 7:35 the chief of the Army General Staff reported on the war situation. At 10:45 the emperor attended an emergency meeting of the privy council. At 11:00 A.M. the imperial rescript declaring war was promulgated. 11:40 A.M. Hirohito conferred with Kido for about twenty minutes.] At 2:00 P.M. the emperor summoned the army and navy ministers and bestowed an imperial rescript on them. The army minister, representing both services, replied to the emperor. [At 3:05 P.M. the emperor had a second meeting with Kido, lasting for about twenty minutes.] At 4:30 P.M. the chiefs of staff formally reported on the draft of the Tripartite (Germany-Italy-Japan) Military Pact. At 8:30 P.M. the chief of the Navy General Staff reported on the achievements of the Hawaii air attack. . . . Throughout the day the emperor wore his naval uniform and seemed to be in a splendid mood.   Hirohito believed Germany would win, thus if with their help he believed Japan could thwart off the US until a negotiated peace. Having made his choice, Hirohito devoted himself to presiding over and guiding the war to victory at all costs. He was a extremely cautious person, every single campaign he looked for what could go wrong, made worse case scenario predictions and was very suspicious of reports from his high officials. He was notably very harsh and critical on said high commanders. Although he did not visit the war theaters as did other commanders in chief, he exercised and controlled influence on theater operations, both in the planning and execution whenever he chose to do so. As was the same case with the China war before it, he issued the highest military orders of the Imperial HQ, performed audited conferences and led to decisions transmitted in his name. He received generals and admirals to the imperial palace who gave full reports of the battlefront. He visited bases, battleships, various army and naval headquarters. He inspected military schools, you know the full shebang.    After 26 months of war, the naval air force had lost 26,006 aircraft, nearly a third of its total power, thousands of veteran pilots were dead. Hundreds of thousands of tons of warship was sunk, the merchant and transport fleet was crippled. Late 1943 saw the Americans turning the initiative of the war, Japan was on the defensive. Guadalcanal had been the major turning point. During the staled battle for the philippines, Hirohito pressed upon Army chief of staff Sugiyama to increase troop strength to knock out Bataan. The problem persisted, on February 9th and 26th Hirohito pressed Sugiyama again about getting more troops to take Bataan.   Hirohito was confronted with the prisoner of war issue after the doolittle raid. When the pilots were caught, Togo initially opposed executions, but many in the IJA sought all 8 men executed. Hirohito chose to intervene and commuted the execution of 5 out of the 8. Why just 5, no one knows to this day, but its theorized it was to demonstrate his benevolence while simultaneously giving a bit of what the army wanted.    The CBI theater took the lionshare of his attention in 1942, he continuously pressed up Sugiyama when a final blow would be delivered against Chongqing. When the Midway disaster occurred, Hirohito was given a full report of what happened, but he chose to hid the extent of the loss from the IJA. In fact in response to the Guadalcanal campaign he was heard once asking “I wonder if this is not the start of the AmericanBritish counteroffensive?” He urged his commanders to increase offensive activities and to toss all weapons possible at the enemy, because Japan needed more time to secure its reserves of vital oil, rubber and iron. When he heard the first report of the Ichiki detachment being wiped out, he simply stated “I am sure it [Guadalcanal] can be held.” With numerous reports pouring in about the men dying from tropical disease and starvation, Hirohito kept demanding greater efforts from them. Hirohito continuously applied pressure on his naval and land commanders to recapture the island. On September 15th, November 5th and November 11th he called for more IJA troops and aircraft to be allocated to it. Sugiyama was nervous about sending more IJA pilots as they were inexperienced in transoceanic combat and he sought to reinforce the north china army to hit Chongqing. Hirohito demanded it a second time and Sugiyama replied the IJA had deployed its air power instead to New Guinea and Rabaul. Hirohito continuously hammered the issue despite the high level commanders disagreeing with it. By late november it was clear guadalcanal was a lost cause.    At an imperial HQ conference on December 31st of 1942, the chiefs of staff reported they would cancel the attempts to recapture guadalcanal. Hirohito sanctioned it but stated “It is unacceptable to just give up on capturing Guadalcanal. We must launch an offensive elsewhere.” Hirohito forced the issue and it was decided the new strategic points would be in the solomons north of New Georgia and the Stanley range on New Guinea. Hirohito in fact threatened not to authorize the withdrawal of men from Guadalcanal until such a plan was made. Hirohito would go on to oppose the withdrawal from the Munda airfield on New Georgia since it contradicted the new defensive line. As the defensive perimeter in the central and northern solomons was crumbling, Hirohito continued to demand the navy fight decisive battles to regain the initiative so ships could begin transports supplies to the countless soldiers trapped on islands without them. When Hirohito heard of the navy's failure to reinforce Lae on March 3rd he stated  “Then why didn't you change plans immediately and land at Madan? This is a failure, but it can teach us a good lesson and become a source of future success. Do this for me so I can have peace of mind for awhile.” “Do this for me” would become his signature message.    In August of 1943 as the fall of the solomons progressed, Hirohito lambasted “Isn't there someplace where we can strike the United States? . . . When and where on earth are you [people] ever going to put up a good fight? And when are you ever going to fight a decisive battle?Well, this time, after suffering all these defeats, why don't you study how not to let the Americans keep saying ‘We won! We won!'[emphasis added]”” Hirohito berated his chiefs of staff and in the face of mounting defeats he remained undismayed, rigidly self disciplined and aggressive as ever. When he received a report on September 21st of 1943 that the allies were heading for Finschhafen he replied “Being ready to defend isn't enough. We have to do the attacking.”   When the Americans destroyed the main naval anchorage at Truk forcing the navy to evacuate it, leaving behind numerous tanks, the dream of fighting one great decisive naval battle in the central pacific was over.    On February 21st of 1944, Hirohito took the unprecedented action to force Sugiyama to resign so Tojo could assume his position, alongside that of army minister and prime minister. He did this to end dissent. Hirohito and Tojo oversaw the haymaker attempts in 1944, like operation Ichi-go and the Imphal campaign fall into ruins. It looked like the Philippines, Taiwan, Okinawa, the Bonin islands and eventually the home islands would be invaded. When Saipan fell, the home islands had at last come into range of the dreaded B-29 Super flying fortresses. Hirohito had warned Tojo “If we ever lose Saipan, repeated air attacks on Tokyo will follow. No matter what it takes, we have to hold there.” For two days his chiefs of staff explained the dire situation on Saipan was hopeless, but Hirohito ignored their advice and ordered Admiral Shimada to recapture it, the first department of the navy general staff immediately poured themselves into the problem. Day and night they worked, until a draft plan was created on June 21st, 3 days later the combined fleet gave opposition. Tojo and Shimada formally reported to Hirohito the recapture plan needed to be canceled. Hirohito refused to accept the loss of Saipan and ordered his chief aide General Hasunuma to convene in his presence the board of field marshals and fleet admirals. They all met on the 25th, upon which they all unanimously stated the reports indicating Saipan was a lost cause were valid, Hirohito simply told them to put it in writing and he left the room.    Hirohito finally decided to withdraw his support of Tojo, allowing Tojo's numerous enemies to take down his cabinet on July 18th 1944. But Hirohito was undaunted in determination to steal victory from the allies. Imperial HQ on October 18th ordered a decisive naval battle and the battle of Leyte Gulf was it. After the war Hirohito would go on the record stating “Contrary to the views of the Army and Navy General Staffs, I agreed to the showdown battle of Leyte thinking that if we attacked at Leyte and America flinched, then we would probably be able to find room to negotiate.” This statement shows the facts as they were, Hirohito and his chiefs of staff forced the field commander, General Tomoyuki Yamashita to engage the American invasion force in a place Yamashita did not want to fight nor prepared adequate defenses. It was a horrible loss.   The Kamikaze attacks increased as Japan's desperation wore on. On new years day of 1945 Hirohito inspected the special last meal rations given to departing kamikaze units. Iwo Jima fell. Okinawa remained, and Hirohito lashed out “Is it because we failed to sink enemy transports that we've let the enemy get ashore? Isn't there any way to defend Okinawa from the landing enemy forces?”  On the second day of Okinawa's invasion Hirohito ordered a counter landing by the 32nd army and urged the navy to counterattack in every way possible. It was a horrible failure, it cost the lives of up to 120,000 Japanese combatants, 170,000 noncombatants. The Americans lost 12,500 killed and 33,000 wounded. An absolute bloodbath.    Konoe re-entered the stage writing to Hirohito pleading with him to order a surrender because from his perspective “The Soviet Union is Japan's biggest threat. Defeat was inevitable, but more to be feared than defeat was the destruction of the Kokutai. Sue quickly for peace, before a Communist revolution occurred that would make preservation of the kokutai impossible”. Hirohito was taken aback by this, as he shared his military's hope that the Soviets would help Japan reach a peace settlement. So he rejected the advice of Konoe. Hirohito remarked “If we hold out long enough in this war, we may be able to win, but what worries me is whether the nation will be able to endure it until then.” Then Japan's intelligence units reported the Soviets were going to break the neutrality pact and join the war once the Germans were done. Meanwhile Tokyo was turned to rubble on March 9th 1945 by 334 B-29's dropping firebombs, 40% of the capital was destroyed, up to 100,000 were dead. Hirohito remained undaunted. 60 Japanese cities were leveled by firebomb campaigns. Europe's war finished. Then the battle for Okinawa was lost, suddenly Hirohito began looking for ways to end the war.   On June 22nd Hirohito personally informed the supreme war leadership council his desire to see diplomatic maneuvers to end the war. A special envoy was sent to Moscow, while Hirohito publicly issued an imperial rescript ordering the nation “to smash the inordinate ambitions of the enemy nations and achieve the goals of the war”. B-29's began dropping leaflets with joint declarations issued by the US, UK and China requesting the citizens of Japan demand their government surrender. Prefectural governors, police chiefs and officers began submitting home ministry reports on the rapid deterioration of the nations spirit.   Germany signed the unconditional surrender documents on May 7th and 8th of 1945, Japan was alone. Newly installed President Truman declared on May 8th, Japan's surrender would not mean the extermination or enslavement of the Japanese people, but the unconditional surrender principles remained unaltered. The Japanese meanwhile were awaiting word from the Soviets. The Americans unleashed their first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th of 1945 killing up to 140,000 people. Then on August 8th the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and began an invasion of Manchuria. On August 9th the second atomic bomb hit Nagasaki killing around 40,000 people.   Thus began the surrender clock as I like to say. After the first atomic bomb, Hirohito said and did nothing about the surrender terms. Hirohito then authorized Togo to notify the world on August 10th that Japan would accept the allied terms of surrender with one condition “that the said declaration does not comprise any demand which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler.” The next day, Secretary of State Byrnes replied by alluding to the subordination of the emperors authority to the supreme commander of the allied powers. It was ambiguous as hell. The Japanese leaders erupted into arguments, and on August 14th, Hirohito went before a microphone and recorded his capitulation announcement which aired on August 15th to all in Japan, they surrendered. Why did it take so long?   The peace talks between the Japanese and Soviets went on through June, July and early August. Japan offered the Soviets limited territorial concessions and they refused to accept the envoy on July 22nd because the Japanese were being too ambiguous in their terms. There was continuous back and forth between the intelligence of Moscow and Japan trying to figure out the stance of the other, but then Stalin heard about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, he was shocked and ordered an invasion of Manchuria in response. In the meantime the Japanese were tossing all sorts of concessions at Moscow, they stated they would allow Japanese to be used as forced laborers in Siberia, a form of reparation as it were, that they would demobilize the military and so on. The response was the invasion of Manchuria.    Hirohito knew prior to the bombing of Hiroshima that the cabinet was divided on accepting the Potsdam terms. Hirohito also knew he and he alone could unify governmental affairs and military command. Why then did he wait until the evening of August 9th to surrender?   The reality of the matter is its complicated, numerous variables at play, but let me try to pick at it. The people of japan under the firebomb campaigns were becoming hostile towards the military, the government and many began to criticize the emperor. Hirohito was given reports from the Home Ministry from governors and police chiefs all over Japan revealing people were speaking of the emperor as an incompetent leader who was responsible for worsening the war situation. Does that sound like a threat to the Kokutai? People were starving en masse, the atomic bomb is flashy, but what really was killing the Japanese, it was starvation. The home islands were blockaded and the sea approaches mined as pertaining to the optimally named “operation starvation”. Hirohito knew full well how bad his people were suffering but he did not surrender for so long.   After Hiroshima was bombed, Hirohito delayed for 2 days before telling Kido at 10am on August 9th “quickly control the situation, the Soviet Union has declared war and today began hostilities against us”. Now here is a piece of Hirohito's surrender proclamation to the citizens of Japan    “Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are We to save the millions of Our subjects, or to atone Ourselves before the hallowed spirits of Our Imperial Ancestors? This is the reason why We have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the Joint Declaration of the Powers... The hardships and sufferings to which Our nation is to be subjected hereafter will be certainly great. We are keenly aware of the inmost feelings of all of you, Our subjects. However, it is according to the dictates of time and fate that We have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is unsufferable ”.   Hirohito wanted to obfuscate the issue of accountability, to prevent expressions of strife and anger and to strengthen domestic unity around himself, to protect and raise the kokutai. Did you know there was a rescript of this proclamation that was made to the entire IJA and IJN? Yes Emperor Hirohito gave out two different proclamations for surrender, here is what the armed forces heard.   “ Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue . . . under the present conditions at home and abroad would only recklessly incur even more damage to ourselves and result in endangering the very foundation of the empire's existence. Therefore, even though enormous fighting spirit still exists in the Imperial Navy and Army, I am going to make peace with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, as well as with Chungking, in order to maintain our glorious national polity”.   The proclamation does not speak of the atomic weapons, but emphasizes the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Hirohito was presented as a benevolent sage and an apolitical ruler that had ended the war. Hirohito sought to justify the surrender upon the bombs to the public, but did he believe so, did his armed forces believe so? People debate to this day why the surrender occurred, I love the fact there are two message offered because both are true. Hirohito's decision to surrender was based on numerous variables, the atomic bombs, the invasion of Manchuria by the soviets, but above all else, what really was important to the man, the emperor, the god? The kokutai. The Soviets were more of a threat to the kokutai, thus Hirohito jumped into the arms of the Americans. The language between the Americans and Japanese in the communications for unconditional surrender were ambiguous, but Hirohito and the high commanders knew there was zero chance of the kokutai surviving if the Soviets invaded Japan, perhaps the Americans would allow it to continue, which is just what they ended up doing. The entire purpose of this series would to emphasize how Hirohito definitely had a active role in the war of 1931-1945, he had numerous occasions where he could put the hammer down to stop the situation from escalating. But in the end when his back was against the wall, he did what he did to cling on to the Kokutai.   I shall leave you with this. On August 12th, as Hirohito came to inform the imperial family of his decision to surrender, Prince Asaka asked him whether the war would continue if the Kokutai could not be preserved, what do you think he said? “Of Course”. 

They said he'd fail. His best friend was shot and killed. Now he's a White House officer.Lieutenant Commander Alvaro Ramos didn't take the easy path. He grew up with a tin roof over his head, sleeping on floors in Guam. He joined the Navy to escape poverty — and then watched his best friend, a fellow corpsman, get killed by a negligent Marine on deployment.That moment could have broken him. Instead, it built him.Alvaro went on to serve 23 years in the United States Navy, earned his commission, became a Physician Assistant, and rose to serve inside the White House Medical Unit under Presidents Trump and Biden.In this episode of Urban Valor, Alvaro opens up about:- The fatal moment that changed his life forever- Getting told “I hope you fail” by a senior chief- Why he almost quit the Navy- The identity crisis of becoming an officer- And how Special Boat Team 22 finally made him feel like he matteredIf you've ever been underestimated, doubted, or knocked down — this is your reminder to get back up.

In this episode of the Illuminated Path Podcast, host Liv welcomes artist Geraldine, a longtime coaching client, to discuss her journey as an artist and the origins of her art identity, Sigwarz. They explore Geraldine's connection to her Filipino roots, her creative process, and the importance of rituals in balancing her roles as an artist, mother, and professional. Geraldine shares insights into her wellness practices, the role of retreats in her creativity, and the evolving projects that continue to shape her artistic journey.EPISODE TAKEAWAYSBlending roots creates depth and authenticity in artRituals invite ease, balance, and flow into daily lifeCreativity flourishes when connected to culture and natureRest and retreat rekindle clarity and inspirationShared values nurture trust and meaningful connectionWellness grounds the spirit and fuels creative energyArt becomes powerful when it reflects community and placeCollaboration transforms creation into shared magicNew beginnings unfold when guided by intentionDaily rituals open the heart to clarity and creative flowCONNECT WITH GERALDINEGeraldine Datuin, who sometimes goes by the pseudonym SIGWARZ, is a Filipina-American artist based in Guam. Formerly a student of the University of Guam Fine Arts Department, she continued her painting practice beyond those foundational years learning traditional fine art. Today, Geraldine is an artist, and also wears many hats. As a student of botany, she applies her knowledge for island native plants into her recent body of work, weaving science and art into a central theme of her largely figurative pieces.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datu.sigwarz/CONNECT WITH INA WELLNESS COLLECTIVEWebsite: https://www.inawellnesscollective.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inawellnesscollective

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

From the calm of a Sunday morning in Hawaii to the sands of the South Pacific, this chapter marks the turning of the tide. It begins with the shock of Pearl Harbor and the desperate stands at Wake, Guam, and Corregidor, small garrisons that fought to the last shot. It follows the first lonely outpost in Iceland, where Marines waited through wind and ice while the world slipped into war, then turns to the islands of the Solomons, where the Corps learned to fight, bleed, and win in the jungles of the Pacific. Out of fire, hunger, and mud, a new kind of Marine emerged: amphibious, relentless, and ready for the long road to victory. Support the Series Listen ad-free and a week early on historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com Donate directly at historyofthemarinecorps.com Try a free 30-day Audible trial at audible.com/marinehistory Social Media Instagram - @historyofthemarines Facebook - @marinehistory Twitter - @marinehistory

In this episode, Chance the Closer and Rowdii sit down with OH.GEE, a Portland-based tech & bass house DJ with 10+ years in the Pacific Northwest scene. He shares how he went from raver to performer, the story behind his name, and how growing up on Guam shaped his style and energy behind the decks. We dig into his approach to building sets, what he's learned from a decade of playing shows, and his experiences opening for major artists like Bonnie X Clyde, Madeon, Lost Kings, Yultron, Eptic, and more. Catch OH.GEE live at Tech Tonic Thursday on November 20th, 2025. 

Send us a textFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the seventh ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam or in the case of this episode, in the conference room for the Humanities Division in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. For this episode, recorded on January 9, 2017, Manny spoke to Mike (Machålek Sindålu) and Thovie (Gonzalez) and engaged in a conversation around political philosophy and decolonizing anarchism. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and later premiered on Soundcloud on January 14, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Marin Broadbent-Bell, alumni coordinator at Community Matters, to the Restorative Works! Podcast for this special series titled Matters that Restore Community in partnership with Community Matters. Community Matters is an internationally recognized, innovative, and thought-leading organization committed to improving the social-emotional climate of schools and communities. Founded in 1996, Community Matters has evolved from its roots in youth development and bullying prevention to become a respected provider of training, consulting, and programs delivered through its whole school climate framework. Community Matters has empowered more than 170,000 students and served over 2,100 schools across 42 states, the District of Columbia, as well as Guam, Paraguay, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Marin shares his story, beginning in sixth grade when he joined the Safe School Ambassadors (SSA) program, a student-led initiative that empowers young people to prevent mistreatment and promote belonging. Nearly a decade later, Marin walks us through how the skills he learned as a middle schooler continue to guide his life and leadership today. Through personal stories and reflection, Marin explores what it means to "start with ourselves" when creating safer communities. He recalls transformative moments from the SSA training that reveal the shared humanity behind every story. With over nine years of experience with Community Matters, Marin began his journey as a Safe School Ambassador in 6th grade, demonstrating a deep commitment to fostering positive school climates from a young age. Following high school, he completed two internships with the organization, gaining hands-on experience in program development before stepping into his current role. Driven by a passion for community building and meaningful connection. Marin continues to dedicate his work to creating safer, more inclusive environments in schools and beyond. Tune in to learn more about Community Matters and consider that the seeds we plant in youth grow into the roots of resilient, compassionate communities. After the interview, stay tuned to hear from current and former Safe School Ambassadors as they reflect on their experience!

In this episode of the Illuminated Path Podcast, host Liv interviews Anastasia Wong, founder of Bonita Fitness. They discuss Anastasia's journey from personal training to creating a community-focused fitness program for women in Guam. Anastasia shares her personal experiences, the challenges she faced, and her vision for expanding Bonita Fitness to reach more women and businesses. The conversation also touches on the importance of creating a safe space for women to exercise, the impact of cultural lifestyle on fitness, and Anastasia's motherhood journey.EPISODE TAKEAWAYSCreating community-focused programs empowers women and builds connectionFacing challenges head-on helps grow your business with confidenceOur lifestyle and culture shape how we approach fitness and wellnessSafe, welcoming spaces make it easier for everyone to participateSmall, consistent changes add up to meaningful results over timeSupport from mentors and community nurtures growth and new ideasBalancing personal life and work takes flexibility, patience, and resiliencePartnerships can help spread your impact and bring more people alongEmbracing change and trying new approaches keeps your journey excitingCONNECT WITH ANASTASIAAnastasia Wong is a devoted wife and mother of two vibrant young boys, aged 2 and 4 months, with her youngest navigating life with blindness. Driven by a passion to empower youth through health and fitness, she earned her degree in Health and Physical Education. As the founder and head coach of Bonita Fitness, Anastasia fosters a supportive community where women can thrive and transform their lives. Through her personal journey and professional work, she inspires others to break barriers, pursue excellence, and make a lasting impact on their own lives and the lives of those they love by leading through example.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonitafitnessgu/CONNECT WITH INA WELLNESS COLLECTIVEWebsite: https://www.inawellnesscollective.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inawellnesscollective

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Deep in the jungles of Guam, time stands still — and so do the soldiers who never made it home. For paranormal investigator Shawn Daniel, the island wasn't just home; it was a living museum of haunted history. Behind every vine-covered cave and rusting piece of war relic lies the echo of a battle long ended but never forgotten. Locals speak of spectral soldiers patrolling invisible lines, ghostly footsteps on abandoned runways, and the eerie hum of airplanes that no longer exist. As a child, Shawn thought it was just island folklore — until he stumbled across the wreckage of a WWII aircraft buried deep in the jungle. The air turned cold. The birds stopped singing. And in that silence, he realized the war hadn't ended for everyone. Years later, with a lifetime of ghost hunts behind him, Shawn faces a new question that hits closer to home: What if one of those haunted relics followed him back? Could the shadows of the Pacific still cling to the objects he collects — or to him? From the haunted jungles of Guam to the living rooms of the curious, this story explores what happens when history refuses to rest, and when the past insists on being part of the present. This is Part Two of our conversation. #TrueGhostStory #HauntedHistory #WWIIHauntings #GuamGhosts #ParanormalInvestigation #HauntedObjects #GhostStories #RealHaunting #JungleMysteries #WarSpirits #UnexplainedPhenomena #CreepyEncounters Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Deep in the jungles of Guam, time stands still — and so do the soldiers who never made it home. For paranormal investigator Shawn Daniel, the island wasn't just home; it was a living museum of haunted history. Behind every vine-covered cave and rusting piece of war relic lies the echo of a battle long ended but never forgotten. Locals speak of spectral soldiers patrolling invisible lines, ghostly footsteps on abandoned runways, and the eerie hum of airplanes that no longer exist. As a child, Shawn thought it was just island folklore — until he stumbled across the wreckage of a WWII aircraft buried deep in the jungle. The air turned cold. The birds stopped singing. And in that silence, he realized the war hadn't ended for everyone. Years later, with a lifetime of ghost hunts behind him, Shawn faces a new question that hits closer to home: What if one of those haunted relics followed him back? Could the shadows of the Pacific still cling to the objects he collects — or to him? From the haunted jungles of Guam to the living rooms of the curious, this story explores what happens when history refuses to rest, and when the past insists on being part of the present. #TrueGhostStory #HauntedHistory #WWIIHauntings #GuamGhosts #ParanormalInvestigation #HauntedObjects #GhostStories #RealHaunting #JungleMysteries #WarSpirits #UnexplainedPhenomena #CreepyEncounters Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

In the summer of 1972, railroad workers in Defiance, Ohio, reported being attacked and stalked by a towering, hairy creature that police and newspapers dubbed the “Werewolf of Defiance.”Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEIN THIS EPISODE: Defiance Ohio is a small town that reported a rash of werewolf sightings in the early 1970's, and it's a legend that still persists to this day. (The Werewolf of Defiance) *** What would happen if the First Lady of the United States disclosed that she believed she traveled with extraterrestrials to Venus? That's exactly what happened to the First Lady of Japan! (First Contact With The First Lady) *** The island of Guam is well known for the part it played in World War II – but 120 miles northeast of Guam is the tiny island of Tinian, and while it too had a part in World War II, it also contains secrets millennia old of a people that might have existed before the oldest people recorded living there. (The Mysterious People Before Time) *** Robert Nelson had no professional background in medicine or refrigeration, he didn't even have a college degree, but this everyday TV repairman found himself in the center of the cryogenics movement – and that's when things started to get messy. (Cryogenics And The TV Repairman)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In00:01:26.968 = Show Intro00:03:27.292 = Werewolf of Defiance00:17:58.956 = ***Cryogenics And The TV Repairman00:28:54.747 = ***First Contact With The First Lady00:34:09.653 = The Mysterious People Before Time00:44:47.733 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakSOURCES and RESOURCES – and/or --- PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE:“Cryogenics And The TV Repairman” by Marco Margaritoff for All That's Interesting https://tinyurl.com/yaowv6j6“First Contact With The First Lady” from AncientCode.com: https://tinyurl.com/yxww2yv2“The Mysterious People Before Time” by A. Sutherland for AncientPages.com: https://tinyurl.com/yyuzyu4g“The Werewolf of Defiance” from ArmedWithSilver.com: https://tinyurl.com/y4zlhnxh (Defiance werewolf, “Toledo Blade” newspaper articles: Article One= https://tinyurl.com/y3dtkx4v, Article Two= https://tinyurl.com/y2q2c8tl,Article Three= https://tinyurl.com/y5l89z25; Defiance werewolf, Crescent News” newspaper article:https://tinyurl.com/yya7vyku; “Werewolf Shamans In The Ancient Woodlands…” published paper:https://tinyurl.com/yxka58st)“Ohio Police Capture Drunken Local Werewolf” by Jack Dickey for Deadspin.com: https://tinyurl.com/y6rpckbv=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: January 26, 2021EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/WerewolfOfDefianceABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.#WeirdDarkness, #DefianceDogman, #OhioDogman, #WerewolfOfDefiance, #CryptidSightings, #ParanormalMysteries, #TrueHorrorStories, #DogmanEncounter, #UrbanLegends, #UnexplainedEvents

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Deep in the jungles of Guam, time stands still — and so do the soldiers who never made it home. For paranormal investigator Shawn Daniel, the island wasn't just home; it was a living museum of haunted history. Behind every vine-covered cave and rusting piece of war relic lies the echo of a battle long ended but never forgotten. Locals speak of spectral soldiers patrolling invisible lines, ghostly footsteps on abandoned runways, and the eerie hum of airplanes that no longer exist. As a child, Shawn thought it was just island folklore — until he stumbled across the wreckage of a WWII aircraft buried deep in the jungle. The air turned cold. The birds stopped singing. And in that silence, he realized the war hadn't ended for everyone. Years later, with a lifetime of ghost hunts behind him, Shawn faces a new question that hits closer to home: What if one of those haunted relics followed him back? Could the shadows of the Pacific still cling to the objects he collects — or to him? From the haunted jungles of Guam to the living rooms of the curious, this story explores what happens when history refuses to rest, and when the past insists on being part of the present. This is Part Two of our conversation. #TrueGhostStory #HauntedHistory #WWIIHauntings #GuamGhosts #ParanormalInvestigation #HauntedObjects #GhostStories #RealHaunting #JungleMysteries #WarSpirits #UnexplainedPhenomena #CreepyEncounters Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Deep in the jungles of Guam, time stands still — and so do the soldiers who never made it home. For paranormal investigator Shawn Daniel, the island wasn't just home; it was a living museum of haunted history. Behind every vine-covered cave and rusting piece of war relic lies the echo of a battle long ended but never forgotten. Locals speak of spectral soldiers patrolling invisible lines, ghostly footsteps on abandoned runways, and the eerie hum of airplanes that no longer exist. As a child, Shawn thought it was just island folklore — until he stumbled across the wreckage of a WWII aircraft buried deep in the jungle. The air turned cold. The birds stopped singing. And in that silence, he realized the war hadn't ended for everyone. Years later, with a lifetime of ghost hunts behind him, Shawn faces a new question that hits closer to home: What if one of those haunted relics followed him back? Could the shadows of the Pacific still cling to the objects he collects — or to him? From the haunted jungles of Guam to the living rooms of the curious, this story explores what happens when history refuses to rest, and when the past insists on being part of the present. #TrueGhostStory #HauntedHistory #WWIIHauntings #GuamGhosts #ParanormalInvestigation #HauntedObjects #GhostStories #RealHaunting #JungleMysteries #WarSpirits #UnexplainedPhenomena #CreepyEncounters From the haunted jungles of Guam to the living rooms of the curious, this story explores what happens when history refuses to rest, and when the past insists on being part of the present. #TrueGhostStory #HauntedHistory #WWIIHauntings #GuamGhosts #ParanormalInvestigation #HauntedObjects #GhostStories #RealHaunting #JungleMysteries #WarSpirits #UnexplainedPhenomena #CreepyEncounters Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

Located in an arch sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.  Running over 2,500 kilometers or 1,200 miles, the very deepest part of the trench is known as Challenger Deep.  At the very bottom of the sea, there is no light, temperatures are almost freezing, and the pressure is enough to crush almost anything that might make it down there.   It is so inhospitable that the number of people who have ever been there is about the number who have walked on the moon.  Learn more about the Mariana Trench and Challenger Deep on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Newspaper.com Go to Newspapers.com to get a gift subscription for the family historian in your life! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices