Podcasts about Hen

It's not too late in the year for grilling! Although we're starting to tip to autumnal colors and although Mark is busy taking down our gardens, we're still firing up both the charcoal and the gas grill for great dinners after the shorter and shorter days.Mark, the writer, has a list of great things to match the season on the grill. Bruce, the writer, will add how he believes you can turn these things wonderful on the grill.Plus, our one-minute cooking tip about apples. And we'll tell you what's making us happy in food this week.Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:[00:47] Our one-minute cooking tip: Buy apples both for the fridge and for display.[02:22] A list of things that are great to grill in the fall (or autumn, for you UK friends). Mark has a list of things he thinks are perfect for the grill. Bruce, the chef, will tell you how to grill them perfectly. [17:00] What's making us happy in food this week? Hen of the woods mushrooms and sour cherry margaritas.

Birleşmiş Milletlerde (BM) var olan trafiğe bakıldığında konuşulacak çok şey olduğu söylenebilir. Filistin'in tanınması konusunda özellikle Fransa ve İngiltere'nin ortaya koyduğu tavır BM nezdinde en fazla tartışılan hususlardan biri. Henüz, İsrail soykırımını durdurma noktasında herhangi bir somut faydası söz konusu olmasa da tanınma yolunda atılan adımlar, İsrail'in izolasyonu anlamında sembolik bir öneme sahip.

Today we are going to tie our aprons, light a candle (if you've got one handy) and talk about how the kitchen... our everyday ordinary kitchen ... is actually one of the most magical spaces we have. Because fall is the season of warm soups, spiced teas, and cozy evenings, and each of those is a perfect place to stir in just a little witchcraft. Your kitchen is more than just a room. It's a sacred space, the modern hearth, the cauldron of your home. Every time you step into it (whether you're chopping veggies, baking bread, or just grabbing a snack) you have the chance to bring a little magic into the ordinary. And today we are going to do just that ... together!PatreonWitchy Work WishesHearth & Hen

BE WARNED: It's LuAnna, and this podcast contains honest, upfront opinions, rants, bants and general explicit content. But you know you love it! IT'S OUR 7TH BIRTHDAY! So to celebrate, we hit the road visiting Lufannians all over the country. These are just some of the best bits from Day 1 of our tour, including Fingringhoe, meerkats in Colchester Zoo, waxing Imo at Ugly Betty's Waxing, jacky Ps at Ralphie's Caf, footie training at Chelsea Training Ground with actual Lioness and friend of the pod Niamh Charles and crashing a Hen do in Bath. To see the full length versions of all our stops, the chaos, the shenanigans, the farts and the laughs, head to our Youtube channel!Remember, if you want to get in touch you can:Email us at luanna@everythingluanna.com OR drop us a WhatsApp on 07745 266947Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

TECH BRIEF SVARAR: En anonym lyssnare har blivit inspirerad av Sanas grundare Joel Hellermark som nyligen sålde sitt bolag för den nätta summan 10 miljarder kronor. Hen undrar om de finns några bra tips på hur man bäst säljer sitt företag för att tjäna så mycket pengar som möjligt. Björn Jeffery berättar om sina egna erfarenheter av att sälja bolag, från galna möten utanför Sao Paolo till sju stiffa japaner i kostym. Har du en fråga? Mejl den till techbrief@svd.se

If you're getting a new dog, please avoid buying from puppy farmers. Thousands of dogs need to be adopted every year, and this should be everyone's first choice.

Hey it's Dave typing this, how are you? So listen, gonna be honest idk what to put in the description but I hope you have a good time listening to it. We talked about stuff and things including Fiona's Hen that's now a Hag and Alan had a bad day on the golden ticket, ok cheers bye

For me, fall feels like gratitude woven right into the air. It's the season of harvest baskets, chunky sweaters, and yes lots and lots of pumpkin-spice-everything moments! But deeper than that, it's about balance, it's about letting ourselves be held by the cycles of the Earth. We've planted, we've tended, we've grown and now we gather. Today it's all about the magic of this season, the symbols, the stories, and of course some practical, everyday ways we can bring Mabon energy into our lives. I can't wait to share it all with you!Patreon FamilyWitchyWorkWishes.comHearth & Hen

In this short podcast, recorded on a hot day in mid August, we discuss heat stroke in dogs in hot weather, the link between ear disease and swimming and how to help a dog terrified of going up stairs, a cat that's started howling at night.

In this episode of Lit with Charles, I speak with Ben Pester, author of the novel The Expansion Project.Blending corporate satire with surrealism, The Expansion Project follows Tom, who brings his daughter Hen to Capmeadow Business Park for “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day.” When Hen vanishes without a trace, Tom's reality begins to unravel. Decades later, an unnamed Archivist pieces together the story from the ruins of the mysterious “Expansion Project.”We discuss Ben's approach to structure, surrealism, and storytelling, and the books that have influenced his creative process.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and follow me on Instagram @litwithcharles.Ben Pester's four books were:Way Far Away, by Evelio Rosero (2024)Sweet Home, by Wendy Erskine (2018)Something Happened, by Joseph Heller (1974)Self Portrait in Green, by Marie Ndiaye (2005)

Hen over et helt liv vil op imod 80% af befolkningen på et eller andet tidspunkt få medicin mod en psykisk lidelse. Det kan have stor påvirkning på den enkeltes autonomi og livsmuligheder, hvis man ikke længere må køre bil som følge af den medicinske behandling. Der er dog stor forskel på, hvilke typer psykofarmaka der er forenelig med at køre bil. En ny statusartikel gennemgår en række psykofarmakas påvirkning af køreegenskaber. Gæster: Michelle Illum Heesche, introlæge på Holbæk Sygehus, og Poul Videbech, overlæge og professor på Center for Neuropsykiatrisk Depressionsforskning, Psykiatrisk Center Glostrup Interview og redigering: Mie Brandstrup Lyddesign: Frederik Ludwigs

In Koan 10 des Mumonkan, erkundigt sich ein Mönch, wie es sein kann, dass Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha zehn Kalpas lang meditierte, ohne ein Buddha zu werden. Der Meister antwortet: »Weil er kein Buddha wurde.« Die Antwort auf die Frage des Mönchs liegt bereits im Schweigen des Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha. Damit manifestierte er ein Feld jenseits von richtig und falsch, in dem keine Gleichgültigkeit, sondern anteilnehmende Gelassenheit herrscht. Christoph Rei Ho Hatlapa erläutert in diesem Teisho, dass der Name »Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha« »alles durchdringend« bedeutet. Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha hat demnach das gesamte Universum zehn Kalpas lang durchdrungen - innerlich wie äußerlich. Dabei gibt es nichts, was er nicht zur Kenntnis genommen hat. Weder die Gesetze des großen Lebens noch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten von Shunyata, dem großen Potenzialzustand des Universums, sind ihm fremd geblieben. Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha ist ein Repräsentant des fünften Standes, in dem die Verhältnisse von Sho, dem absoluten leeren Aspekt des Universums, und Hen, dem Formaspekt der Soheit, zusammengebracht werden. Er ist in der Verbindung beider angelangt und weder dem Sein noch dem Nicht-Sein verfallen. Laut Rinzai wurde Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha kein Buddha, da er es von seinem Ursprung her bereits ist. Und auch wir können Daitsû-Chishô-Buddha sein und alle konzeptionellen Antworten beiseitelassen. Um für junge Erwachsene den Aufenthalt im ToGenJi zu ermöglichen, bitten wir um eine Spende: Sie finden die Kontodaten/Paypal auf unserer Website https://choka-sangha.de/spenden/ Herzlichen Dank

As we call The Snake Spirit into our circle today, I want us to think about the serpent in a broad, powerful way. Snake energy overall is about transformation, healing, primal vitality, and of course shadow work. It's that universal, archetypal serpent ... the one that slithers through myth and medicine, through the soil and the subconscious, reminding us that growth is always a process of shedding and beginning again. That's where we'll focus our energy in this episode: Snake in its fullness, the general essence of what this animal spirit brings into our practice! The Snake teaches us about shedding ... about releasing the skins we've outgrown and stepping into the raw, new, and powerful versions of ourselves. It reminds us that transformation is not always comfortable, but it is always necessary. The old scales must fall away so the brilliance beneath can shine.  And, oh my goodness …. Just right on track for everything we are going through and doing together and the perfect spirit to follow after all of our crow energy in August!Witchy Work WishesPatreonHearth & Hen

Henüz altı yaşında iken ailesiyle birlikte Almanya'ya gelen Berivan Aymaz, Yeşiller Partisi'nden Köln Belediye Başkanlığına aday. Bingöl'ün eski CHP'li Belediye Başkanı (1973-1977) Sait Aymaz'ın kızı olan Berivan Aymaz, sekiz yıldır Kuzey Ren-Vestfalya Eyalet Meclisi milletvekilliği yapıyor. Aynı zamanda meclis başkan yardımcılığı görevini yürütüyor. Almanya Kürt Toplumu'nun kurucularından olan Aymaz, 2022'den beri WDR Radyo Konseyi üyesi. Stüdyomuza konuk ettiğimiz Aymaz, sunucumuz Eren Mahir Gençer'in hayat hikayesi, seçim kampanyası ve Köln'ün önemli sorunlarını nasıl çözmek istediğine dair sorularını yanıtladı. Von Eren Mahir Gençer und Serap Doğan.

Sabah uyandığınızda elinize aldığınız her nesneye dikkatlicebir bakın; diş fırçanız, kahve bardağınızın kapağı, telefon kılıfınız, kredi kartınız… Henüz gün başlarken bile onlarca plastik obje hayatınıza girmiş oluyor. Bu “sessiz ortaklık”, bugün dünyada yılda 460 milyon tondan fazla plastik üretimine karşılık geliyor. Aslında hesap oldukça basit, neredeyse herdakika bir çöp kamyonu dolusu plastik okyanusa ulaşıyor.Gelin, podcast'imizin bu bölümünde, plastikle kurduğumuz bağımlılık ilişkisini, bu alışkanlığın psikolojik kökenlerini ve çözüm yollarını detaylarıyla konuşalım.

Filosoferna Torbjörn Tännsjö, Jonna Bornemark och Lyra Ekström Lindbäck svarar på lyssnarnas frågor. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ”Anonym asylhandläggare” frågar hur man vet när man överträder sina egna moraliska regler och när det är dags att säga stopp. Hen skriver: Jag kan se att jag följer en lag och att jag kan vara en medmänniska i mötet med personer i utsatthet, men när blir jag, rent krasst, en fångvaktare i Auschwitz som upprätthåller något som är mig så grundläggande främmande?Agnes undrar om det finns en filosofisk förklaring till varför vi människor är så besatta av havet, sjöar och floder. Är det bara frågan om estetik eller något existentiellt? Kalle undrar vad som menas med kulturens egenvärde. Beror detta på att kulturens värde inte går, eller är svårt, att bestämma. Beror det på att kulturens värde sätts av kulturskaparen. Eller är det ett sätt för kulturskaparen att säga till politikerna att hålla sig borta från att styra över kulturen, frågar Kalle.Och Ove frågar: Kan man vilja ingenting? Medverkande: Torbjörn Tännsjö, Jonna Bornemark och Lyra Ekström LindbäckProgramledare: Cecilia Strömberg WallinProducent: Marie Liljedahl

In this episode we're finally spilling the tea on our community's most-requested single mushroom: maitake (Grifola frondosa), a.k.a. Hen of the Woods. Brandi and Dr. Des share why Eversio chose maitake for a standalone fruiting-body, hot-water extract capsule - and how it supports:- immune resilience- metabolic health (blood sugar + lipids)- women's hormonesYou'll hear the origin story, dosing decisions (hello, Health Canada monograph), cultivation nerdery, research highlights (PCOS + ovulation, insulin sensitivity), and why we're keeping the extract whole (not isolated fractions). We also gush about ergothioneine, the “longevity vitamin,” and how to pair maitake with our upcoming 5 Mushroom Blend.If you love this conversation, please subscribe, rate, and share it with someone who could use a little more radiant, resilient wellness in their life.TAKE THE QUIZ:If you're not sure where to begin on your mushroom wellness journey, take our Naturopathic Doctor curated Mushroom Wellness QUIZ to find your mushroom match.Use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your entire mushroom wellness order at: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15JOIN OUR COMMUNITY: Instagram@eversiowellness:https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ YouTube @eversiowellness:www.youtube.com/@eversiowellness Pinterest @eversiowellness: https://ca.pinterest.com/eversiowellness/ TikTok @eversio_wellness: https://www.tiktok.com/@eversio_wellness Facebook @eversio_wellness: www.facebook.com/eversiowellnessltdAWESOME FREE THINGS:Mushrooms For Gut Health Quick Start Guide: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/free-constipation-quick-startMushroom Extract Recipe Collection: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/free-recipe-collectionMushroom Benefits Cheat Sheet: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/free-cheat-sheetMushroom Extract Breakfast Recipes Collection: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/free-breakfast-recipes-collectionMUSHROOM WELLNESS RESOURCES:Mushroom Wellness Blog: https://www.eversiowellness.com/blogs/newsMushroom Extract Recipe Page: https://www.eversiowellness.com/blogs/mushroom-recipesQuestions? Contact us here: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/contactSign up for our Emails or SMS to be the first to know about product drops, promos, mushroom wellness news! Email List: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/sign-up-for-emails SMS List: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/sign-up-for-sms Podcast Website: www.eversiowellness.com for detailed show notesPlease Rate or Share The Eversio Experience Podcast by clicking the 3 dots at the top of the podcast homepage. We appreciate it so much!

Tam bir yıl önceydi. Gazze Şeridi'nin kuzeyinde yaşayan ve 7 Ekim'den sonra İsrail'in saldırıları başlayınca yerlerinden edilen diğer insanlar gibi evlerini terk eden Muhammed el-Kumsan ile Cumann Arfa çifti daha iç kesimlerdeki Deyr el-Belah'a yerleşmişlerdi. Henüz bir yıllık evliydiler.

Tam bir yıl önceydi. Gazze Şeridi'nin kuzeyinde yaşayan ve 7 Ekim'de İsrail'in saldırıları başlayınca yerlerinden edilen diğer insanlar gibi evlerini terk eden Muhammed el-Kumsan ile Cumann Arfa çifti daha iç kesimlerdeki Deyr el-Belah'a yerleşmişlerdi. Henüz bir yıllık evliydiler. İkisi de eczacılık yapıyor ve anne-baba olmak için gün sayıyorlardı. Artık bir apartmanın en üst katındaki köşe dairede oturuyorlardı. Şimdilik daha güvenli bir evdi. İşte o gün gelmiş ve 10 Ağustos'ta biri kız diğeri erkek ikiz bebeklerini kucaklarına almışlardı.

  En lyssnares släkting drabbades av hjärtinfarkt kort efter en ALS-diagnos. Hen undrar nu om och hur de hänger ihop. Forskarstuderande och läkaren Charilaos Chourpiliadis berättar vad forskningen vet om saken.  

Hi Nay B Sides 1.4 - Hen & Eda (Pride Episode 2025), Poót (Wrath), and The Young Man part 2Is this our most unhinged episode yet? Motzie (Mari Datuin, various) and Edward McKee (Danny Boyd) chat about this year's Hi Nay Pride episode, happy trans women, sad gay men, bagged milk, and what the characters dream about (whether they like it or not).SPOILERS for recent episodes!The full episode will be available to $10 Patrons and above as part of their monthly rewards!https://www.patreon.com/hinaypod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as we launch the new campaign live from the Stag & Hen in Coventry, who's not excited?#SBFTV #CCFC #PUSB #SBA

Hen over sommerferien vikarierer Rune Lykkeberg for Anna von Sperling på Radio Information. I dagens afsnit taler han med Matthias Dressler-Bredsdorff om hans nye bog 'Efter faldet' --- En dag i september dør Matthias' far i en faldulykke. Blandt hans efterladenskaber findes et manuskript, der opruller en fortiet familiehistorie om nazisme, modstand og borgerlig dekadence. Da onkler og tanter dukker op fra øst og vest for at deltage i bisættelsen, hvirvles fortiden op og spørgsmålet melder sig: Hvem var faren egentlig? Efter faldet er en fortælling om drømme og sammenbrud og en personlig beretning om at miste. Bogen er Matthias Dressler-Bredsdorffs debut som forfatter, og i denne sommertale med Rune Lykkeberg, som er optaget foran et livepublikum i Informations kantine, taler han om den bog, han har skrevet, og om den bog, han egentlig ville have skrevet. Matthias Dressler-Bredsdorff (f. 1988) er skribent ved Dagbladet Information. Han har tidligere været tilknyttet Sorbonne Université som lektor i dansk.  Du kan købe bogen her – hvis du er abonnent, får du 20 procents rabat. Hvis ikke du er abonnent, kan du lige nu få 1 måned gratis her.

Er zijn meer break-ups dan ooit. En dus is er ook meer liefdesverdriet, een rouwvorm waar nauwelijks ruimte voor is. „Voor de dood bestaan rituelen, die zouden er ook moeten zijn voor een relatiebreuk”, zegt Hester Schaart, die uit eigen ervaring weet hoe rauw die pijn kan zijn. Ze bonsde ooit haar hoofd tegen de muur om de pijn van haar liefdesverdriet te overstemmen. „Je voldoet aan allerlei diagnoses: slaapstoornis, dwang, verslaving,” zegt ze: „Je kunt zelfs sterven aan een gebroken hart.” In haar praktijk ziet ze vooral mannen. „Zij verwerken het anders: later, maar veel heftiger.” Hen geeft ze advies, maar een pil tegen liefdesverdriet? „Dat is een slecht idee. Je móét die pijn doorleven. Die ontkenning moet je overslaan.”Heeft u vragen, suggesties of ideeën over onze journalistiek? Mail dan naar podcast@nrc.nl.Presentatie: Pieter van der WielenRedactie en productie: Merel van Waalwijk van DoornMixage: AudiochefMuziek: Rufus van BaardwijkFoto: NRCZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Filmmakers Podcast we are LIVE from The Funny Life Film Festival - Join Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir as they are chat How to Make a Feature with writer, director Hillary Shakespeare (Much Ado), Director and writer Mitchell Tolliday (Murder Ballads), Director Holger Borggrefe (Once and for Real) , Actress, Writer, Producer Mel Harris (Brighton) and Director, writer and producer Stephen Cookson (Arthurs Whiskey) ! A real treat for you as we discuss how to make a comedy feature film. Thanks to Louise Ann Munro and all at Funny Life Film Festival. Recorded at Hen and Chickens Theatre OTHER LINKS FOOD FOR THOUGHT documentary out NOW | Watch it FREE HERE. A documentary exploring the rapid growth and uptake of the veganlifestyle around the world. – And if you enjoyed the film, please take a moment to share & rate it on your favourite platforms. Every review & every comment helps us share the film's important message withmore people. Your support makes a difference! PODCAST MERCH Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/   COURSES Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/   PATREON Big thank you to: Serena Gardner Mark Hammett Lee Hutchings Marli J Monroe Karen Newman Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making? Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides, and feedback on your film projects!   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com   CREDITS The Filmmakers Podcast is written, edited and produced by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative  Theme Music by John J. Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good morning, Mrs Hen. How many chickens have you got? Madam, I've got ten: Four of them are yellow, And four of them are brown, And two of them are speckled red, The nicest in the town. Chook, chook. 早啊，母雞太太。您有幾只小雞啊？夫人，我有十隻呢！ 四隻黃的，四隻棕的，還有兩只紅斑點的，都是城裡最好的哦！啾咯，啾咯. *補充： How many xxx have you got? 你得到多少…..? How many xxx do you have? 你擁有多少? many + 可數名詞/ much + 不可數名詞 Four of them 他們當中的四個…/ of 當中 One of my friends is a doctor. 我的朋友當中有一個是醫生。 #每周一進階英語瘋英語 #每周六雙語麻吉同學會 #每周日英語童謠童話小森林 #想要無廣告收聽更多節目請點選教育電台雙語頻道 #每周一、六、日更新 ----- Apple｜Spotify｜Google｜KKBOX｜Firstory｜SoundOn 搜尋訂閱：NER Kids -----

Hen over sommerferien vikarierer Rune Lykkeberg for Anna von Sperling på Radio Information. I dagens afsnit holder han kritikersalon med Lone Nikolajsen, Bodil Skovgaard Nielsen og Matthias Dressler-Bredsdorff. Sammen har de set tre aktuelle tv-serier, der alle handler om penge og klasse --- Hvad skal man egentlig se i tv? Udbuddet bliver stadigt større, og ingen synes rigtigt at have overblikket længere. Det har vi heller ikke på Information. Men i anledning af sommeren har Rune Lykkeberg inviteret tre af avisens skarpeste kritikere i studiet for at filmsludre om tre tv-serier, der alle har det til fælles, at de handler om penge og klasse.  I 'Information ser fjernsyn', som vi kalder dette sommerlige formeksperiment, kaster Rune Lykkeberg og et panel bestående af Lone Nikolajsen, Bodil Skovgaard Nielsen og Matthias Dressler-Bredsdorff sig over følgende tre serier: Reservatet (Netflix), skrevet af Ingeborg Topsøe og instrueret af Per Fly. Løgnen (TV2 Play), skrevet af Karina Dam og instrueret af Louise Friedberg. Samt Andre folks penge (DR TV), skrevet af Jan Schomburg og instrueret af Dustin Loose og Kaspar Munk. Sidst i programmet giver de tre kritikere hver deres pengerelaterede kulturanbefaling til videre fornøjelse ude i sommerlandet.  Anmeldelsen af Maria Kjær Themsen, som bliver omtalt, kan findes her.

On today's episode of The Therapy Crouch, Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy are back in full holiday spirit, bringing sunshine, sass, and serious opinions. From padel battles and cool fashion choices to the return of Oasis and a heated debate on the Gallagher brothers' legacy, this episode is packed with chaotic charm.Abbey weighs in on why she's team Richard Ashcroft (and not B*Witched), while Peter boldly declares Oasis the greatest band of all time (cue the chaos). The duo share their summer holiday highlights, gym struggles (bread vs. biceps), and offer up life advice to a listener whose boyfriend can't let go of his cheating ex's cousin.If you're here for banter, brutally honest relationship advice, or to just hear Pete get roasted, you're in the right place.⏳ 00:00 – Opening chaos⏳ 00:33 – Welcome to the AMA⏳ 06:45 – Oasis comeback: Pete's hot take begins⏳ 15:27 – Starbucks sponsor segment⏳ 18:00 – Listener dilemma⏳ 24:30 – The psychology of popularity (and being nice)⏳ 27:30 – Hen do vs. stag do⏳ 38:10 – Final listener follow-up⏳ 42:00 – Wrap-up and goodbye from The Therapy CrouchThis episode is sponsored by Starbucks Chilled Coffee. #ad#TheTherapyCrouch#PeterCrouchPodcast#AbbeyClancy#OasisDebate#RelationshipDilemmas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At its heart, Lughnasadh is the celebration of the first grain harvest. Think barley, wheat, corn ... everything golden and glowing under the sun right now. It's that time of year when the fields are full and heavy with the results of long months of effort. Our efforts! The sun has been shining, the rains have come and gone, and now the Earth is ready to give us what we've worked for. Lughnasadh honors the labor of the season. The planting, the tending, the showing up again and again (even when it's hard). It's a time to pause and recognize and say ... hey, we did something. We made it grow. Whether it's a physical garden or something more symbolic, this is when we start to see the fruits of our effort. But here's where it gets beautifully bittersweet. Lughnasadh is also a moment of sacrifice. To harvest the grain, we have to cut it down. The grain must die so we can be fed. That's powerful stuff. It's not just a celebration ... it's a recognition of the sacred exchange: life feeding life. This sabbat reminds us that letting go isn't always a loss. Sometimes it's the doorway into our next evolution! Let's celebrate Lughnasadh together!Witchy Work WishesPatreonHearth & Hen

LES 198Alleen mijn veroordeling verwondt me.Verwonding is onmogelijk. En toch brengt illusie illusie voort. Als je kunt veroordelen, kun je worden verwond. Want je hebt geloofd dat je verwonden kunt, en het recht dat je voor jezelf hebt vastgesteld kan nu tegen jou worden gebruikt, tot je het als waardeloos, ongewenst en onwerkelijk terzijde legt. Dan houdt illusie op gevolgen te hebben en zullen die welke ze scheen te hebben, ongedaan worden gemaakt. Dan ben je vrij, want vrijheid is jouw geschenk, en nu kun jij het geschenk ontvangen dat je gegeven hebt.Veroordeel en je wordt tot gevangene gemaakt. Vergeef en je wordt bevrijd. Dat is de wet die de waarneming regeert. Het is geen wet die door kennis wordt begrepen, want vrijheid is een deel van kennis. In waarheid is veroordelen dus onmogelijk. Wat de invloed en gevolgen ervan schijnen te zijn heeft helemaal niet plaatsgevonden. Toch moeten we ons er een poosje mee bezig houden alsof dit wel zo is. Illusie brengt illusie voort. Behalve één. Vergeving is een illusie die een antwoord is op de rest.Vergeving vaagt alle andere dromen weg, en hoewel ze zelf een droom is, kweekt ze geen nieuwe. Alle illusies behalve deze ene vermenigvuldigen zich onvermijdelijk duizendmaal. Maar hier eindigen illusies. Vergeving is het eind van dromen, omdat ze een droom over ontwaken is. Ze is niet zelf de waarheid. Maar ze wijst naar waar de waarheid moet zijn en geeft de richting aan met de zekerheid van God Zelf. Ze is een droom waarin de Zoon van God tot zijn Zelf en tot zijn Vader ontwaakt, en weet dat Zij één zijn.Vergeving is de enige weg die uit de ellende voert, voorbij alle lijden en uiteindelijk weg van de dood. Hoe zou er een andere weg kunnen zijn wanneer deze het plan van God Zelf is? En waarom zou je daartegen in verweer gaan, het bestrijden, duizend manieren proberen te vinden waarop het beslist onjuist is, duizend andere mogelijkheden?Is het niet wijzer om blij te zijn dat jij het antwoord op je problemen in handen hebt? Is het niet verstandiger Degene die verlossing schenkt te danken en Zijn gave dankbaar te aanvaarden? En is het niet een vriendelijke daad jegens jezelf om Zijn Stem te horen en de eenvoudige lessen te leren die Hij onderwijzen wil, in plaats van Zijn woorden te proberen te verwerpen, om die van jou in de plaats te stellen van die van Hem?Zijn woorden werken. Zijn woorden verlossen. Zijn woorden bevatten alle hoop, alle zegen en alle vreugde die ooit op deze aarde kunnen worden gevonden. Zijn woorden zijn in God geboren en komen tot jou, met hemelse liefde bekleed. Zij die Zijn woorden horen, hebben het lied van de Hemel vernomen. Want dit zijn de woorden waarin alle tenslotte tot één versmelten. En op het moment dat dit ene zal wegsterven, zal het Woord van God zijn plaats innemen, want dan zal het herinnerd worden en bemind.Deze wereld heeft vele schijnbaar aparte schuilplaatsen, waar genade geen betekenis heeft en aanval gerechtvaardigd lijkt. Toch zijn ze alle één: een plaats waar de dood wordt aangeboden aan Gods Zoon en aan diens Vader. Je denkt misschien dat Zij die hebben aanvaard. Maar als jij opnieuw kijkt naar de plaats waar je Hun bloed zag, zul je in plaats daarvan een wonder zien. Hoe dwaas om te geloven dat Zij kunnen sterven! Hoe dwaas om te geloven dat jij aanvallen kunt! Hoe waanzinnig om te denken dat jij veroordeeld kunt worden en dat de heilige Zoon van God sterven kan!De stilheid van jouw Zelf blijft onbewogen, onaangetast door dergelijke gedachten en zich niet bewust van enige veroordeling waarvoor vergeving nodig zou zijn. Elk soort dromen is onbekend en vreemd aan de waarheid. En wat anders dan de waarheid zou een Gedachte kunnen hebben die een brug daarheen bouwt die illusies naar de overkant brengt?Vandaag oefenen we erin de vrijheid toe te laten bij jou haar thuis te vinden. De waarheid schenkt jouw denkgeest deze woorden, zodat jij de sleutel kunt vinden tot het licht en een eind maakt aan de duisternis:Alleen mijn veroordeling verwondt me.Alleen mijn eigen vergeving maakt me vrij.Vergeet vandaag niet dat er geen vorm van lijden is, of die verbergt wel een niet-vergevende gedachte. Evenmin kan er een vorm van pijn zijn die vergeving niet genezen kan.Aanvaard de ene illusie die verklaart dat er geen veroordeling is in Gods Zoon, en de Hemel wordt onmiddellijk herinnerd, de wereld vergeten, samen met al haar vreemde overtuigingen, nu het gelaat van Christus eindelijk ongesluierd in deze ene droom verschijnt. Dit is het geschenk dat de Heilige Geest voor jou namens God, jouw Vader, bewaart. Laat deze dag zowel op aarde als in jouw heilige woning worden gevierd. Wees mild voor Beiden wanneer jij de overtredingen vergeeft waaraan je Hen schuldig achtte, en zie hoe jouw onschuld jou toestraalt vanaf Christus' gelaat.Nu is er stilte over heel de wereld. Nu is er stilheid waar voorheen een razende storm van onzinnige gedachten was. Nu ligt er een sereen licht over het aanschijn van de aarde, tot rust gebracht in een droomloze slaap. En nu blijft daarop als enige het Woord van God over. Dat alleen kan nog een ogenblik langer worden waargenomen. Dan is het met symbolen gedaan, en is alles wat jij ooit dacht gemaakt te hebben volkomen verdwenen uit de denkgeest die God voor eeuwig kent als Zijn enige Zoon.Er is geen veroordeling in hem. Hij is volmaakt in zijn heiligheid. Hij heeft geen gedachten van barmhartigheid nodig. Wie zou hem geschenken kunnen geven wanneer alles het zijne is? En wie zou ervan kunnen dromen vergeving te schenken aan de Zoon der Zondeloosheid Zelf, die zozeer lijkt op Hem wiens Zoon hij is, dat het aanschouwen van de Zoon gelijkstaat aan niet meer waarnemen en alleen de Vader kennen? In deze visie van de Zoon, zo kort dat er geen ogenblik staat tussen deze onverdeelde blik en tijdloosheid zelf, zie je de visie van jezelf, en dan verdwijn jij voor alle eeuwigheid in God.Vandaag komen we steeds dichter bij het einde van alles wat nog tussen deze visie en ons zicht zou kunnen staan. En we zijn blij dat we zover gekomen zijn en begrijpen dat Hij die ons hier gebracht heeft ons nu niet in de steek zal laten. Want Hij wil ons de gave schenken die God ons vandaag via Hem gegeven heeft. Nu is het de tijd voor jouw bevrijding. De tijd is gekomen. De tijd is vandaag gekomen.

For the 350th episode of Back To One, I sat down with an actor who brings me great joy when he's on the screen, the one and only David Malinsky. He wrote the blurb himself for this episode. It follows: Peter has only met David three times in person before. His filmography includes Onur Tukel's “Abbey Singer/Songwriter,” “Black Magic for White Boys,” “Poundcake,” Theodore Collatos' “Tormenting the Hen,” MG Cinecraft's “A Moderate Folly” and more. Dave has also done standup comedy, cabaret singing, and YouTube Video Essays. But Dave thinks it's vital to situate acting within art and human history, now and in the past.  This meandering conversation covers spirituality, identity, railroads, gaming, and how all art—and all consciousness—is related to each other. But Dave, a self-described hardline materialist, would just call it how things work. Visit his YouTube channel here. Back To One is the in-depth, no-nonsense, actors-on-acting podcast from  Filmmaker Magazine. In each episode, host Peter Rinaldi invites one working actor to do a deep dive into their unique process, psychology, and approach to the craft.  Follow Back To One on Instagram

Hen over sommeren vikarierer Rune Lykkeberg for Anna von Sperling på Radio Information. I dagens afsnit taler han med to af redaktørerne bag en ny bog, der bringer ti personlige vidnesbyrd om, hvad det vil sige at være palæstinenser i Danmark --- Hvad vil det sige at være palæstinenser i Danmark? Det seneste års offentlige debat har vist, at det har været svært for vores statsminister og mange andre at anerkende, at de palæstinensere, der er i Danmark, er danskere ligesom alle andre og skal omfattes med samme solidaritet og minimum af sympati. Man kan begræde, at det ikke falder naturligt, men det nytter ikke noget. Det, der nytter, er at dele historier og livsfortællinger med hinanden. Tidligere på året udkom en vigtig bog med titlen Palæstinenseren. Den består af ti personlige vidnesbyrd om, hvad det vil sige at være palæstinenser i Danmark. Hvordan dén identitet både kan være en byrde og en kilde til stolthed. Og hvilke store historier, der gemmer sig i den – men også hvilke krav og forventninger, som følger med. I denne uges sommersamtale taler Rune Lykkeberg med to af redaktører bag bogen om deres erfaringer som dansk-palæstinensere. Gæsterne er: Journalist Layal Freije, der bl.a. er radiovært på programmet Gaza FM på Radio IIII og skriver om Mellemøsten for Information. Hendes bedsteforældre kommer fra Al-Khalisa. Og jurist Tarek Ziad Hussein, der er direktør for Dansk Flygtningehjælp Ungdom (DFUNK) og bl.a. forfatter til bogen Det sorte skæg. Tareks familie stammer fra Sha'ab på farens side og Sheikh Danun på morens side. Palæstinenseren - Personlige refleksioner over arven fra Palæstina udkom på Gads Forlag tidligere i år og kan købes i enhver boghandler. 

Earth itself is our oldest alter. Long before we lit incense or flipped through a grimoire, our ancestors knelt in the soil, drew circles in the dirt, and made offerings beneath the canopy of stars. The elements weren't metaphors; they were companions. Fire for transformation, water for intuition, air for inspiration, and earth for grounding. Each one alive, speaking in a language beyond words. And within this sacred natural tapestry, it is the trees that stand as sentinels of memory and magic. Trees are more than wood and leaf. They are ancient guides, rooted in both the underworld and the heavens. Their roots drink from deep, hidden places. Their branches reach toward the stars. They teach us the truth of duality ... that we too can hold light and shadow, stillness and growth, the above and the below. When we lean against a tree, we aren't just resting; we're recalibrating. Trees absorb what we carry ... the static noise, the ache in our hearts, the tension in our bodies. They offer us back a steadiness and a silence that heals. They remind us that slow growth is still growth, and that there's power in being deeply rooted before reaching upward. Nature was our first teacher, and it remains our most faithful one. PatreonWitchy Work WishesHearth & Hen

Hen 2-113 is a rather unusual planetary nebula that formed not when a Sun-like star died but when a large, massive, and extraordinarily hot Wolf-Rayet star blew away its outer hydrogen layers.

Send us a textIn this episode of the Mecca of Banter podcast, hosts Hen and Hoov discuss the current state of football, focusing on the St. Louis City season and the US Men's National Team's performance in the Gold Cup. They analyze player performances, coaching decisions, and future prospects for both teams, while also making predictions for upcoming matches.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Current State of Football Clubs03:05 St. Louis City Season Review and Player Performances05:56 Analysis of Recent Matches and Player Contributions09:00 Future Prospects and Roster Decisions11:59 Injury Concerns and Management Issues14:48 Contract Expirations and Team Strategy17:56 Final Thoughts and Looking Ahead23:55 Roster Challenges and Future Prospects27:06 US Men's National Team Performance in the Gold Cup39:46 Coaching Decisions and Player Selection45:53 Looking Ahead: Predictions and ExpectationsKeywordsfootball, St. Louis City, US Men's National Team, Gold Cup, player performance, coaching, management, soccer, sports podcastSupport the show

En lytter har sendt inn spørsmål til lege Adil Anwar. Hen lurer på hva som egentlig regnes som høyt blodtrykk, når man bør begynne med tiltak, og hvordan livsstilsendringer og medisiner kan bidra til å senke trykket. Vi snakker også om hvordan medisinsk vurdering tilpasses den enkelte, og hvilken rolle stress og andre faktorer spiller inn.SPØR LEGEN er Helsekodens faste spalte for deg som vil ha faglige, trygge svar på medisinske spørsmål knyttet til trening, helse og kropp.Espen stiller lytternes spørsmål til Adeel Anwar – lege og spesialist i akutt- og indremedisin – som også er lidenskapelig opptatt av trening.Har du noe du alltid har lurt på, men ikke spurt legen din om? Nå har du sjansen! Send inn spørsmålet ditt i Facebookgruppen vår, eller anonymt via melding til Espen eller Kine Arntzen. .

Pre-order Hi Nay stickers and prints here: https://ko-fi.com/s/28e47efe7fEpisode 58.1: Hen and Eda (Pride 2025)

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Hen parties are facing a backlash, not over bad behaviour but burnout. The modern hen do is fast becoming a "hen don't" for many women who are put off by the price, the travel and the organisational chaos. Jessica O'Sullivan Editor of One Fab Day tells us more.

Last time we spoke about the breakthrough on Okinawa. Despite relentless attacks on critical positions like Sugar Loaf Hill and Wana Ridge, American Marines encountered heavy casualties. Yet, they persisted, inching forward against tenacious resistance. As mid-May approached, the situation for Japanese commanders deteriorated. Encircled and suffering significant losses, they began plotting a retreat to more defensible positions. On the ground, Marines battled through mud and enemy fire, showcasing incredible resolve amidst dire circumstances. Communication crumbled, supplies dwindled, and morale waned, yet the determination of both sides was undeniable. By late May, the tides shifted further in favor of the Allies, marking pivotal breakthroughs despite the challenges. Amidst ruin and chaos, the relentless struggle for control over Okinawa symbolized the brutal nature of war and the unwavering spirit of those fighting on both sides, setting the stage for an eventual Allied victory.  This episode is the Fall of Shuri Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  As we last left off, the battle for Okinawa was reaching a critical juncture. General Buckner's 10th Army had made significant gains, successfully breaking through the fortified Japanese defenses on both flanks. The 6th Marine Division, under General Shepherd, had effectively established control over the Naha area, while General Arnold's 7th Division achieved an impressive penetration at Yonabaru. However, despite these advancements, the remainder of the American forces faced formidable obstacles. They were grappling with relentless rain, fierce enemy resistance, and severe supply shortages, which left them effectively stalled in front of Shuri. In response to the encroaching American forces, General Ushijima had dispatched General Fujioka's 62nd Division to launch a counter-offensive aimed at driving the invaders out of Yonabaru. Meanwhile, Ushijima was preparing his 32nd Army for a strategic withdrawal south to the Kiyamu Peninsula. Fortunately for the Americans, they had caught wind of the defenders' intentions. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, on May 27, General Buckner ordered his troops to apply strong and unrelenting pressure on the enemy. The goal was clear: keep the Japanese forces off balance and prevent an easy transition to new defensive positions. Although the continuing downpour hindered the possibility of a large-scale, coordinated army-wide attack, it did not deter Buckner's strategy. Instead, he initiated a series of strong combat patrols along the front lines, which immediately encountered stiff resistance from Japanese troops that had not yet begun their withdrawal. On the west coast, as patrols from Colonel Roberts' 22nd Marines scouted the area, they discovered that the Japanese had largely abandoned Naha. This news spurred the 2nd Battalion into action. They crossed the Asato River, moved through the lines established by Shepherd's Reconnaissance Company, and pressed deeper into the western part of Naha. Simultaneously, Colonel Shapley's 4th Marines made their last desperate push to extend American control into eastern Naha, fighting valiantly against the entrenched enemy. Farther east, Colonel Finn's 32nd Regiment once again faced fierce resistance from the hastily committed 62nd Division, which staunchly defended its position. However, not all was lost; patrols from Colonel Green's 184th Regiment managed to reach Inasomi, meeting only scattered resistance. This breakthrough provided a crucial indication that the enemy had no intention of withdrawing into the Chinen Peninsula. As the clocks struck midnight, a significant yet largely unnoticed transition occurred in the waters off Okinawa: Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet relieved Admiral Spruance's 5th Fleet. For the troops ashore, this change in command went by without a hint of recognition. The same ships and task groups continued their crucial support for ground operations, now operating under new numerical designations and leadership. However, Halsey faced an immediate challenge as Admiral Ugaki launched an extensive Kikisui attack, a large-scale kamikaze assault involving 110 enemy aircraft. The day of May 27 proved costly, with three destroyers, one destroyer minesweeper, two transports, one subchaser, and two auxiliary ships all suffering damage. The following morning brought clear skies, which only heightened the danger for American naval forces. Several kamikaze aircraft succeeded in sinking the destroyer USS Drexler, while also inflicting damage on a transport ship, three freighters, and a landing craft throughout the day. Meanwhile, on land, Colonel Whaling's rehabilitated 29th Marines took over from the battered 4th Marines along the west coast. The 1st Battalion executed a concerted attack alongside the 22nd Marines, advancing successfully by 250 yards through the rubble-strewn city of Naha. In an impressive display of momentum, Roberts' men pushed forward unopposed toward the Kokuba estuary, eventually encountering resistance near Ono-Yama Island. To the east, the improvement in weather allowed Colonel Mason's 1st Marines to launch a coordinated offensive. The 2nd Battalion fought valiantly, climbing to the peak of 110 Meter Hill. The forward elements of Company E gained the hill crest but were forced to withdraw by vicious enemy fire which raked their positions. Lieutenant Colonel Magee felt that his depleted battalion, down to a total strength of 277 men in the rifle companies, might recapture the hill, but "it could not possibly hold it against a strong enemy counterattack." Although new replacements were available to regiments for training or other use, a division order prevented their being sent to front line units during a battle situation that called for the utmost in skill and knowledge of veterans. Throughout most of the morning and all of the afternoon, 2/1 concentrated the fire of its supporting weapons on the reverse slopes of 110 Meter Hill and engaged the Japanese in a fierce and continuous fire fight. Nightfall brought no cessation of enemy resistance, and many infiltrators were killed in the battalion's lines. In contrast, the 3rd Battalion experienced relatively little opposition, allowing some patrols to penetrate into Wana Draw. At the same time, Colonel Griebel's 3rd Battalion effectively moved its front line to the Asato River, while his 1st Battalion achieved a significant milestone by capturing Beehive Hill. However, despite the break in the rain, the conditions on the ground rendered large-scale movements impractical, stalling further advances across the battlefield. Despite Arnold's determined efforts to push west through Fujioka's blocking positions, progress was minimal. Nevertheless, he was able to consolidate his grip on the Ozato hill mass as Green's 2nd Battalion advanced to a position within 1,000 yards of Shinazato, strategically located at the neck of the Chinen Peninsula. The lack of success from the 62nd Division in driving back the breaching American forces reinforced General Ushijima's resolve to evacuate Shuri while the opportunity still existed. In light of this, he ordered the withdrawal to commence the following evening. On May 29, while the 7th Reconnaissance Troop managed to scout a significant portion of the Chinen Peninsula without incident, the 7th and 96th Divisions faced fierce resistance as they attacked toward the road network south of Shuri. The enemy's resolute defense resulted in only minimal gains for the American assault units. General Bruce's 77th Division, after what can be described as "a day almost entirely spent in hand-to-hand combat," found itself unable to penetrate the intense cordon of defensive fire that protected the Japanese positions. In stark contrast, to the west, Griebel's 1st Battalion made a rapid advance, quickly gaining the crest of Shuri Ridge. They launched a bold assault on Shuri Castle. On May 25, as part of the final stages of the Okinawa campaign, the American battleship USS Mississippi bombarded the castle for three days, and by May 27, it was engulfed in flames. That night, the Japanese forces retreated, abandoning Shuri while US troops pursued them southward. The 1st Battalion of the 5th Marines had started its attack on 29 May with Companies B and C in assault and Company A following in trace of Company C. The Marines quickly gained the crest of Shuri Ridge and Lieutenant Colonel Shelburne requested permission for one of his companies to storm Shuri Castle which commanded his position. Although the castle was in the zone of action of the 77th Infantry Division, General del Valle gave his assent to the request in view of the great danger of enemy action from the strong point. The 1st Marine Division commander felt that "at that time the position of the 77th Division was such that it would have taken several hard day's fighting through enemy resistance" before the castle could be taken. Company A drove east along the muddy ridge line, overwhelming the few Japanese in its path, and by 1015 the castle, core of the Shuri bastion, had been secured. The Marine unit entered Shuri through a gap in the covering forces caused by the withdrawal of the 3d Battalion, 15th Independent Mixed Regiment of the 44th Independent Mixed Brigade, in the course of the Japanese retreat from Shuri. This seems to have been the only notable instance of confusion and mistake in the Japanese withdrawal operation as a whole. Everywhere else around Shuri the Japanese still held their covering positions in the front lines. The 77th Division, which had scheduled air strikes and a heavy artillery bombardment on the castle heights for 29 May, received little prior warning of the Marines' assault and "was barely able to avert [its] called strikes in time." Without taking any credit away from Company A of the 5th Marines for its feat of capturing Shuri Castle, its success was clearly the result of the combined effort of all the assault and support troops of Tenth Army which had maintained relentless pressure on the enemy defenses and paved the way for the breakthrough.  Capitalizing on this momentum, General Del Valle swiftly reorganized his forces to bypass Wana Draw and consolidate these crucial gains. Meanwhile, Griebel's 3rd Battalion maneuvered down the division boundary, reaching a position just 2,000 yards from the village of Kokuba, prompting Whaling's 3rd Battalion to push their lines forward by approximately 600 yards. In a coordinated effort, the 29th Marines executed a wheeling assault on 29 May with 1/29 pivoting on 3/29 and attacking south and then east to bring the regiment on line with the 22d Marines. The ultimate objective of the 1st Battalion's attack was the high ground northwest of Shichina. The approach to the objective was over low and open terrain which drew the comment from regiment that it was "about as suitable to fighting as a billiard table." Fire from strong points in tombs and caves on the small hills and ridges to the front kept the advance to a slow pace, and the assault companies, A and C, dug in slightly to the left rear of the positions of the 22d Marines at nightfall. On another front, Roberts' 1st Battalion successfully crossed the Kokuba River and advanced toward Telegraph Hill in east Naha. However, despite their efforts, intense fighting erupted throughout the day without yielding any significant gains. Back at sea, the threat of kamikaze attacks returned with ferocity, yet this time, American defenses held strong, resulting in only a single destroyer and one transport sustaining damage. As night fell, the Japanese began their long-anticipated withdrawal. General Amamiya's 24th Division commenced disengagement, moving southward while leaving a small force, including the 22nd Independent Battalion, to cover their retreat at Shuri. Meanwhile, General Suzuki's 44th Independent Mixed Brigade held their defensive lines outside Naha, and the 62nd Division maintained its positions near Chan and Karadera. By dawn on May 30, the bulk of the 32nd Army had successfully evacuated the Shuri lines, slipping away from the flanking maneuvers of Buckner's 10th Army. Thanks to a continuous curtain of rain, General Ushijima executed a meticulously planned "properly deft withdrawal." His covering forces were strategically positioned to provide him with the necessary time to organize a defensive stance on the Kiyamu Peninsula. However, the Americans, ever vigilant, were quick to capitalize on the enemy's disarray, maintaining relentless pressure on the faltering Japanese front. On the west coast, Roberts' 2nd and 3rd Battalions crossed the canal, seamlessly moving through the 1st Battalion to take up the assault. They pushed forward tenaciously until they captured the entire area encompassing Telegraph Hill and Hill 27. A network of Japanese machine gun positions hidden in the clusters of tombs on the low hills to the Marines' front made progress slow and costly. Enemy machine guns emplaced in burial tombs on Hill 27 in east Naha temporarily checked the infantry. Heavy sniper fire whipped the lines and killed Lieutenant Colonel Woodhouse of 2/22 who was forward controlling his battalion's attack. Major John G. Johnson, the executive officer, took command immediately and continued a steady pressure. During most of the day tanks were unable to reach the position, but in the afternoon three worked their way along the road north of the hill, and their direct fire enabled the marines to seize it. The advance consisted of a series of local assaults and mop-up actions that brought the battalion to secure hill positions overlooking the Kokuba Estuary and the rail line leading to the north by nightfall. Lieutenant Colonel Shisler's 3d Battalion passed through 1/22 during the morning's attack and behind a screen of artillery, mortars, naval gunfire, and rockets drove onto the high ground at the eastern outskirts of Naha. By means of a series of holding attacks and flank assaults, Shisler was able to move his companies into the maze of enemy defenses where close quarter grenade and small-arms exchanges decided the issue. Once the dominating ground was won, the battalion was subjected to intense artillery and mortar fire. At the same time, Whaling's 1st Battalion joined the offensive, encountering fierce resistance as they pressed through 600 yards of enemy territory. To the east, the Marines under Del Valle shifted their focus to vigorous patrolling, as the supply situation gradually improved thanks to dedicated carrying parties and aerial air drops. Despite their efforts, the 306th Regiment's assault on 110 Meter Hill encountered heavy opposition once again. However, Colonel Hamilton's 307th Regiment finally achieved a breakthrough, seizing the strategic Three Sisters. Dorothy Hill, a fortress directly east of Shuri and a tower of strength in the enemy's inner line for the past two weeks, was attacked by the 3d Battalion, 307th Infantry, 77th Division. The first platoon to reach the base of the hill was pinned down by heavy fire, the platoon leader and all noncommissioned officers being wounded. Other platoons maneuvered into position and finally one squad reached the crest at the right end. This entering wedge enabled two companies to reach the top, from which they discovered three levels of caves on the reverse slope. They went to work methodically, moving from right to left along the top level, burning and blasting each cave and dugout, the flame-thrower and satchel-charge men covered by riflemen. When work on the top level was finished, the second level of caves and tunnels received similar treatment, and then the third and lowest level. That night fifteen Japanese who had survived the day's fighting crawled out of the blasted caves and were killed by Americans from their foxholes. A great amount of enemy equipment, including ten destroyed 150-mm- guns and twenty-five trucks, was found on the south (reverse) side of Dorothy Hill, testifying to the enemy fire power at this strong point. On 30 May, the 77th Division also took Jane Hill on its left flank and then almost unopposed took Tom Hill, the highest point of ground in the Shuri area, by 1700. This critical victory paved the way for Colonel Smith's forces to advance into the northern outskirts of Shuri through Ishimmi. In a remarkable display of coordination, Colonel Dill's 382nd Regiment finally secured the strategic Hen Hill and Oboe Hill areas, while also capturing Hector Hill on their left flank. For nine days elements of the 96th Division had been stalemated at the base of Hen Hill, just northeast of Shuri. On the 30th, Company F and one platoon of Company G, 382d Infantry, resumed the attack on Hen Hill. Pfc. Clarence B. Craft, a rifleman from Company G, was sent out ahead with five companions to test the Japanese positions. As he and his small group started up the slope, they were brought under heavy fire from Japanese just over the crest, and a shower of grenades fell on them. Three of the men were wounded and the other two were stopped. Craft, although a new replacement and in his first action, kept on going, tossing grenades at the crest. From just below the crest he threw two cases of grenades that were passed up to him from the bottom, those of the enemy going over his head or exploding near him. He then leaped to the crest and fired at point-blank range into the Japanese in a trench a few feet below him. Spurred by Craft's example, other men now came to his aid. Reloading, Craft pursued the Japanese down the trench, wiped out a machine gun nest, and satchel-charged the cave into which the remaining Japanese had retreated. Altogether, in the taking of Hen Hill as a result of Craft's action, about seventy Japanese were killed, at least twenty-five of whom were credited to Craft himself. This daring action won him the Congressional Medal of Honor. To the left (east), Company F at the same time engaged in a grenade battle for Hector Hill, using ten cases of grenades in the assault on the crest. It was finally won after a satchel charge was hurled over the top and lit in the enemy trench on the other side, parts of Japanese bodies and pieces of enemy equipment hurtling into the sky in the blast. Hen and Hector Hills had fallen by 1400. Southeast of their position, Colonel May's 2d Battalion, 383d Infantry, reached Love Hill and dug in, although scattered fire was still received from a machine gun in a nook of Charlie Hill and there were a few live Japanese on Love itself. In the afternoon the 3d Battalion, 383d Infantry, left its foxholes on Oboe, where it had experienced so great an ordeal, and proceeded down the reverse slope of the hill, finding only a few scattered Japanese. That night the 383d Infantry expressed a heartfelt sentiment when it reported "infinite relief to have Conical Hill behind us." Although there had been suicidal stands in a few places by the last of the holding force, the advances had been rapid. Simultaneously, Colonel Halloran's 381st Regiment effectively reduced the Conical Hill-Cutaway area and seized Roger Hill, both regiments then advancing toward the vital Naha-Yonabaru road. At the same time, the 32nd Regiment launched a coordinated offensive that allowed them to successfully capture Oak, Ella, and June Hills. This advance brought Finn's troops directly into confrontation with Mabel and Hetty Hills, facing the formidable defenses of Chan. Meanwhile, strong patrols from the 184th Regiment ventured into the Chinen Peninsula's strongholds, encountering only light enemy resistance, a turn of events that buoyed American morale. As night fell, the 44th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 24th Division began their long-anticipated evacuation from Shuri. They pulled back behind the second line of blocking positions north of Tsukasan, executing their withdrawal amidst a progressively decreasing barrage of artillery and mortar fire. Consequently, when Buckner's assault troops launched their offensive against the Shuri positions on the morning of May 31, they were met with an eerie silence, the stillness only interrupted by sporadic sniper fire and the distant crack of machine guns.The 77th Division swiftly took 110 Meter Hill and advanced into Shuri with little to no resistance. Concurrently, Mason's units surrounding Shuri Castle moved north unopposed, aiding in the occupation of the battered ruins and the troublesome Wana Draw.  Shuri, the second town of Okinawa, lay in utter ruin. There was no other city, town, or village in the Ryukyus that had been destroyed so completely. Naha too had been laid waste. Certain villages which had been strong points in the enemy's defense, such as Kakazu, Dakeshi, Kochi, Arakachi, and Kunishi, had been fought over and leveled to the ground. But none of these compared with the ancient capital of the Ryukyus. It was estimated that about 200000 rounds of artillery and naval gunfire had struck Shuri. Numerous air strikes had dropped 1000-pound bombs on it. Mortar shells by the thousands had arched their way into the town area. Only two structures, both of concrete, the big normal school at the southwestern corner and the little Methodist church, built in 1937, in the center of Shuri, had enough of their walls standing to form silhouettes on the skyline. The rest was flattened rubble. The narrow paved and dirt streets, churned by high explosives and pitted with shell craters, were impassable to any vehicle. The stone walls of the numerous little terraces were battered down. The rubble and broken red tile of the houses lay in heaps. The frame portion of buildings had been reduced to kindling wood. Tattered bits of Japanese military clothing, gas masks, and tropical helmets-the most frequently seen items-and the dark-colored Okinawan civilian dress lay about in wild confusion. Over all this crater of the moon landscape hung the unforgettable stench of rotting human flesh. To  the west, Griebel's 1st Battalion built upon Mason's gains, but it was the 3rd Battalion that led the main effort, successfully pushing to the hills just north of Shichina.Meanwhile, General Bradley's advancing battalions moved rapidly toward their assigned objectives, spending much of the day mopping up isolated enemy holdouts. This relentless advance effectively pinched off the 77th Division, further consolidating American control in the region. On the extreme left flank, Halloran's 1st Battalion faced enemy forces defending the Tsukasan line, marking the only area where the 96th Division failed to reach the corps boundary. However, the Shuri area had now been completely secured, and contact was made with Del Valle's Marines in the center. On the flanks, though, Buckner's units continued to encounter fierce resistance from the tenacious Japanese defenders. The 32nd Regiment, battling bravely through a series of heavily fortified strongpoints held stubbornly by Fujioka's troops, managed to seize Duck Hill, consolidate its positions on Turkey Hill, and capture the forward face of Mabel. Ultimately, they halted their advance just short of Chan. Meanwhile, on the west coast, Shepherd's Marines pushed forward with support from tanks and artillery, targeting the strategic high ground west of Shichina and Kokuba. However, their advance was stalled by intense enemy fire emanating from Hill 46. During the night, the battered 44th Independent Mixed Brigade executed a withdrawal southeast towards the Kiyamu Peninsula, covered by the 62nd Division, which quickly established a new defensive line along the Kokuba River and around Tsukasan. With the fall of Shuri and the withdrawal of Japanese forces, Buckner's troops had emerged victorious in one of the most difficult and bloody battles of the Pacific War. By the end of May, reports indicated that approximately 62,548 Japanese soldiers had been confirmed killed, with another estimated 9,529 thought to have perished, 64,000 of whom were believed to have fallen in the fierce fighting within the Shuri fortified zone alone. While these casualty figures may be somewhat exaggerated, there is little doubt that Japanese forces, especially their infantry combat units, had suffered severe depletion. In contrast, General Geiger's 3rd Amphibious Corps recorded significant losses of its own, with 1,718 killed, 8,852 wounded, and 101 missing during the fighting around Shuri. Additionally, the losses for General Hodge's 24th Corps over two months of combat totaled an alarming 26,044 casualties. On June 1, the American forces faced surprisingly little opposition from the enemy. A frustrated General Buckner, who had hoped to trap the defenders at Shuri, ordered his troops to advance rapidly in pursuit of the retreating Japanese units. With the 77th Division methodically mopping up remnants in the Shuri zone, General Hodge made a strategic decision. He shifted the 7th Division toward the east and ordered the 96th Division to move south to relieve the 32nd Regiment, taking up the western end of the Corps line. This strategic relief enabled Arnold to immediately push south with both the 17th and 184th Regiments in assault, managing to advance approximately 1,100 yards toward Okota and Batan despite increasingly stiff resistance from smaller enemy units. To the northwest, a coordinated attack by the Marine divisions successfully secured all high ground overlooking the primary east-west road in the Kokuba Valley. The 5th Marines anchored their position on the hills east of Shichina, while Shepherd's regiments seized the dominating heights north of Kokuba. Recognizing the strategic importance of the Oroku Peninsula, General Geiger planned a shore-to-shore landing there. To gather intelligence, Shepherd dispatched his Reconnaissance Company to conduct an amphibious reconnaissance of the peninsula that evening. Their findings confirmed that the peninsula was not fortified with significant enemy strength. The following day, Colonel Snedeker's 7th Marines advanced to relieve the 6th Marine Division on the west coast. The 2nd Battalion continued the momentum by crossing the Kokuba River, moving into the hills on the south bank. Meanwhile, to the east, the 5th Marines also crossed the upper branch of the river and pressed forward to secure the ridgeline that controlled the approaches to Tsukasan. This maneuver effectively placed the entire Naha-Yonabaru road firmly in American hands, further tightening their grip on the battlefield. That evening, Shepherd dispatched his Reconnaissance Company to conduct an amphibious reconnaissance of the Oroku Peninsula. Their mission revealed that the peninsula was not heavily defended, opening up opportunities for American forces. Further east, the 383rd Regiment successfully cleared out Chan and seized the high ground just north of Tera and Kamizato. Meanwhile, the 381st Regiment conducted repeated assaults on hill positions that impeded its advance, ultimately managing to penetrate to Karadera. The 7th Division maintained relentless pressure on the retreating garrison of the Chinen Peninsula, advancing its lines by 2,400 yards toward Itokazu and Kerabaru. Now, it's time to shift our focus away from Okinawa and examine the latest operations of General LeMay's 21st Bomber Command. Since the invasion of Okinawa, Admiral Nimitz had requested that the B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers assist his naval forces in countering the deadly kamikaze attacks. In response, LeMay dispatched 53 bombers to target airfields at Kanoya on April 8, although the city of Kagoshima ended up being bombed instead. On April 17, 134 B-29s were sent against Kyushu, successfully neutralizing enemy airfield operations for 18 hours. However, as we've observed, the Japanese continued to launch both scattered and mass kamikaze attacks. To address this ongoing threat, the 21st Bomber Command, bolstered by the arrival of Brigadier General Roger Ramey's 58th Bombardment Wing, dedicated 75% of its combat effort to providing direct tactical support for the Okinawa campaign up to May 11. During this period, they flew a total of 2,104 sorties against 17 airfields in Kyushu and Shikoku. Although they did not fully neutralize these targets, significant damage was inflicted on enemy storage, maintenance, and repair facilities. The bombers also served to keep the Japanese off balance, significantly disrupting their ability to plan and execute large, coordinated attacks. In total, 24 B-29s were destroyed and 233 damaged during these operations, while 134 enemy interceptors were shot down. Between the strikes on Kyushu, General LeMay managed to fit in several medium-strength precision attacks against the Japanese aircraft industry, along with two large-scale night incendiary missions in the Tokyo Bay area. The first of these missions took place on April 13, when 327 B-29s dropped an impressive 2,139 tons of ordnance on the arsenal district of Tokyo, located northwest of the Imperial Palace. The resulting fires consumed 11.4 square miles of this crucial industrial zone, destroying arsenal plants responsible for manufacturing and storing small arms, machine guns, artillery, bombs, gunpowder, and fire-control mechanisms. Just two nights later, on April 15, 303 bombers executed another incendiary attack, dropping 1,930 tons of explosives with equal success. This raid devastated 6 square miles in Tokyo, 3.6 square miles in Kawasaki, and 1.5 square miles in Yokohama, which suffered collateral damage from the fire spills. Cumulatively, these two raids resulted in the destruction of 217,130 buildings in Tokyo and Yokohama and 31,603 in Kawasaki. On April 24, 131 B-29s conducted a highly successful precision strike against the Tachikawa plant of the Hitachi Aircraft Corporation. Although the next planned attack was thwarted by inclement weather, 148 B-29s struck Kure on May 5, delivering devastating damage. After being relieved from support for the Okinawa operation on May 11, LeMay initiated a month of heavy fire raids to complete the campaign that had begun in March, while also addressing top-priority precision targets as opportunities arose. Accordingly, on May 14, 529 B-29s were dispatched to strike northern Nagoya, with 472 successfully dropping 2,515 tons of munitions, resulting in the burning of 3.15 square miles and inflicting significant damage to Mitsubishi's No. 10 engine works. Just two nights later, 522 bombers returned to Nagoya, with 457 of them effectively delivering 3,609 tons over the dock and industrial areas in the southern part of the city, burning 3.82 square miles and causing extensive damage to Mitsubishi's No. 5 aircraft works. These two incendiary attacks finished Nagoya as an objective for area attacks. Good targets remained in the city, and the command was to return six more times for precision attacks before V-J Day. But the industrial fabric of the city had been ruined in the earlier precision attacks and in the fire raids that had burned out twelve square miles of a total built-up urban area of about forty square miles. In all, 113460 buildings had been destroyed, 3866 persons had been killed and 472701 rendered homeless. The displacement of workers aggravated the difficulties caused by physical damage and had an important effect on civilian morale.  After a week of respite, temporarily interrupted by a 318-plane precision attack on the Tachikawa Aircraft Company, 562 B-29s were dispatched to strike Tokyo once more on May 23. Out of these, 520 bombers reached their target, dropping an impressive 3,646 tons of explosives over the district stretching southward from the Imperial Palace along the west side of Tokyo Harbor. Despite encountering strong opposition, this attack resulted in the destruction of 5.3 square miles of area. Two nights later, 502 B-29s returned to Tokyo, targeting the area just north of their previous hit. They faced heavy resistance again, dropping 3,262 tons of incendiaries on the city, which resulted in the destruction of 16.8 square miles, marking the largest area devastated in a single Tokyo raid. In light of the heavy casualties suffered during these last two strikes, General LeMay decided to assign P-51s from Iwo Jima to escort future attacks. As a result, on May 29, 517 B-29s were escorted by 101 P-51 fighters during an assault on Yokohama. These bombers successfully dropped 2,570 tons of munitions, burning out 6.9 square miles while the escorting fighters engaged in fierce battles against about 150 aggressive interceptors. Meanwhile, General Whitehead's 5th Air Force was conducting an extensive program of area bombing against Formosa, experimenting with various types of bombs and tactics in preparation for future attacks on the Japanese mainland. Taihoku, the capital and political and financial center of Taiwan, was subjected to constant aerial bombardment. The largest strike against modern-day Taipei, known as the Taihoku Air Raid, occurred on May 31, when units of the Fifth Air Force consisting of 117 Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers were sent to conduct the largest air raid ever on Taiwan. The bombing began from around ten o'clock in the morning and lasted until one o'clock in the afternoon, during which the attack was non-stop. The Americans met virtually no resistance from the Japanese, mainly due to the attrition the Japanese air forces had suffered in the Aerial Battle of Taiwan-Okinawa, which completely exhausted Japan's fighter units in Taiwan. They successfully dropped approximately 3,800 bombs targeting military units and governmental facilities. The Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan suffered a direct hit, in spite of the building being heavily camouflaged to avoid being targeted. The building suffered extensive damage from fire caused by the bombs and almost collapsed on itself; it was rendered unoccupiable and was not repaired until the Nationalist Chinese takeover. Other facilities hit during the bombing included the residence of the Assistant Governor-General, Taiwan Railway Hotel, Office of Governor-General Library, Army Headquarters, Taihoku Imperial University, Taihoku Station, Bank of Taiwan, Taihoku High Court, Taihoku New Park, and many other facilities. Many civilian installations were damaged, including Taihoku Prefectural Taihoku First Girls' High School, Huashan Catholic Church of Taihoku, and the famous Lungshan Temple of Manka, which was hit in the main building and the left corridor; many precious artifacts and art works in the temple were lost in the ensuing fire. As a result of the extensive bombing campaigns, more than 3,000 civilians lost their lives. Tens of thousands were displaced or left homeless, and countless buildings were destroyed, either directly by the attacks or by the fires they ignited. This devastation left a profound impact on the local population and infrastructure, marking yet another tragic chapter in the toll of the war. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. In the midst of the brutal Battle of Okinawa, American Marines faced relentless resistance as they pushed towards Shuri. Despite heavy casualties and daunting conditions, the tide turned when General Buckner ordered aggressive assaults that outmaneuvered the encircled Japanese forces. After days of relentless combat, they captured the stronghold, leading to the collapse of Japanese defenses. As the dust settled, Shuri lay in ruins, marking a pivotal moment in the Pacific War and showcasing the indomitable spirit of both American and Japanese soldiers.

“They're All Gonna Laugh At You!”In this episode of Do You Even Movie?, we continue “May They Rest in Peace” month, honoring recently lost legends of the screen. We're also checking off a Listener Request with a horror classic that redefined the genre.Join Henrique & David in California as they revisit the 1976 horror masterpiece that made prom night terrifying—“CARRIE.” Carrie White, a shy outcast with telekinetic powers, faces the wrath of her classmates and the fanaticism of her mother in one of the most iconic and tragic horror films of all time.Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, and Priscilla Pointer.

Last time we spoke about the battle of Malacca strait. In the intense Battle of the Malacca Strait, Japanese forces undertook a desperate evacuation amidst relentless attacks by the Allies. After suffering heavy casualties from previous confrontations, the Japanese regrouped and attempted to maintain their defensive positions. However, under the pressure of determined Allied assaults and strategic maneuvers, they faced increasingly fierce resistance. As the Allies advanced, they successfully overwhelmed Japanese defenses, leading to significant losses for the opposing forces. The battle transformed into a pivotal moment in the Pacific War as Japanese resistance crumbled, ultimately shifting the tide toward Allied victory. This clash not only showcased the harsh realities of war but also underscored the relentless determination of both sides as they fought for dominance in the region, marking a crucial step towards the conclusion of the conflict. This episode is the Breakthrough on Okinawa Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  As of mid-May, General Buckner's forces had made steady, albeit slow, progress against the determined Japanese defenders on the Shuri defensive line. On May 16, the offensive continued. Colonel Schneider's 22nd Marines and Colonel Whaling's 29th Marines launched yet another unsuccessful assault on Sugar Loaf Hill, while Colonel Snedeker's 7th Marines exhausted their strength in a failed attempt to seize Wana Ridge. To the east, Colonel Coolidge's 305th Regiment advanced 200 yards closer to Shuri. Colonel Hamilton's 307th Regiment nearly captured Flattop and Chocolate Drop Hill but was ultimately pushed back. Colonel Dill's 382nd Regiment successfully cleared Dick Hill but came under intense fire from Oboe Hill. Meanwhile, Colonel May's 383rd Regiment made only minor gains on the southeastern slopes of Conical Hill and Love Hill, even as tanks broke through toward Yonabaru for the first time. The following day, the 383rd Regiment maintained pressure on Conical and Love Hills, prompting General Bradley to commit part of Colonel Halloran's 381st Regiment to the attack. To the west, the 382nd Regiment staged a hard-fought advance of 200 yards but was unable to capture Oboe Hill.  Slowly the 77th Division forces between Flattop and Route 5 were reducing enemy positions bearing on the area in front of the 307th Infantry. By 17 May this progress began to show in the advances of the foot troops around Chocolate Drop. Covered by company heavy weapons out on both flanks, infantrymen worked around both sides of the hill to the huge caves on the reverse slope. Inside were 4 antitank guns, 1 field piece, 4 machine guns, 4 heavy mortars, and a American 60-mm. mortars. By nightfall the caves had been partially sealed off. During the night an enemy force launched a counterattack against the American positions around the hill but was repulsed with the loss of twenty-five Japanese killed. On the 17th another bitter struggle raged on Flattop. The struggle swayed back and forth across the narrow crest of the hill. Company K, the assaulting unit, had been reduced to fourteen infantrymen by the end of the day; finally it was forced back off the top. Tanks tried to go through the road cut between Flattop and Dick Hill, but two of them were disabled by mines, leaving the cut blocked. The road cut was later blown along its entire length by seven tons of bangalore torpedoes to remove the mines. Company E continued to push toward Ishimmi Ridge, where they faced a series of heavy Japanese counterattacks. Coolidge's 3rd Battalion and the rest of Hamilton's 2nd Battalion dug in just a few hundred yards north of Shuri and Ishimmi in the highway valley. Meanwhile, Coolidge's 1st Battalion was halted by heavy fire from 110 Meter Hill and the extensive fortress houses in Shuri's suburbs. The intense fighting had nearly depleted the 22nd Regiment, prompting General Amamiya to direct the 32nd Regiment to take over the defense of Shuri along a line extending from Ishimmi to Oboe. Meanwhile, on Wana, the 7th Marines launched a renewed attack but were once again repelled. However, the 5th Marines succeeded in advancing to Hill 55. Further west, the bulk of the 29th Marines attacked toward Half Moon Hill, successfully reaching its forward slopes but later having to withdraw to more defensive positions overnight. Whaling's 2nd Battalion also mounted relentless assaults on Sugar Loaf, each time suffering heavy losses in repelled attacks. As dusk fell, Japanese planes targeted American shipping, successfully damaging the destroyer Douglas H. Fox. On May 18, tanks played a crucial role in a successful assault on Sugar Loaf, executing a double envelopment while securing the top of the hill. The 2nd Battalion then advanced to Horseshoe Hill, while the remainder of the 29th Marines managed to secure the forward slopes of Half Moon.After a night of sporadic bombardment from enemy artillery and mortars, 3/7 again attempted to gain a foothold on Wana Ridge. During the morning supporting weapons concentrated their fire on the forward slopes and crest of the objective and at noon Company I, followed by a platoon of Company L, jumped off and fought its way to the ridge. The assault troops' gains "were measured in yards won, lost, and then won again." Finally, mounting casualties inflicted by enemy grenade and mortar fire forced Lieutenant Colonel Hurst to pull back his forward elements and consolidate his lines on positions held the previous night. On the right flank of the division front the isolated platoon from Company E of 2/5 was unsuccessful in exploiting its hold on the western slopes of Hill 55. The men were driven to cover by intense enemy fire, and tanks again had to be called upon to supply ammunition and rations to the outpost. During the morning operations the 5th Marines laid protective fire with tanks and assault guns along Wana Ridge to support 3/7's advance. At noon, under cover of this fire, Company F sent one rifle platoon and an attached platoon of engineers into Wana village to use flame throwers and demolitions against the enemy firing positions in the ruins. Numbers of grenade dischargers, machine guns, and rifles were found in Wana and the tombs behind it and destroyed. Further advance into the draw was not feasible until the 7th Marines could occupy the high ground on the eastern end of the ridge and furnish direct supporting fire to troops advancing in the draw below. At 1700 the troops were ordered to return to their lines for the night. n the center, General Bruce pressed his attack deeper into the Shuri defenses, with Coolidge's 3rd Battalion gaining 150 yards along the Ginowan-Shuri highway and Hamilton's 2nd Battalion advancing up to 300 yards toward Ishimmi, although attacks against 110 Meter Hill and Flattop failed to gain ground. On the morning of 18 May, orders were given to stay at all costs. Lieutenant Bell said firmly, "We stay." The men resigned themselves to a last-ditch stand. Their grenades exhausted and their machine guns and mortars destroyed, the remaining men salvaged every clip of ammunition from the bandoleers of the dead. Spare workable rifles were loaded and bayonets laid alongside. Enemy pressure increased steadily during the day. Some Americans were shot at close range as they darted from hole to hole to escape grenades. At one time eight knee mortars were pounding the ridge, firing in pairs. Friendly artillery could to some extent keep off the charging Japanese but seemed unable to ferret out the enemy mortars, which were well protected. The moans of wounded men, many of whom were in pitiful condition from lack of water and of medical aid, added to the strain. All canteens had been emptied the previous night. Nevertheless, battle discipline remained excellent. The worst problem concerned the replacements, who were courageous but inexperienced. Thrust suddenly into a desperate situation, some of them failed at crucial moments. One man saw two Japanese attacking a sergeant thirty feet away, but his finger froze on the trigger. Another shouted wildly for a comrade to shoot some Japanese while his own rifle lay in his hands. Another saw an enemy soldier a few yards from his hole, pulled the trigger, and discovered that he had forgotten to reload. By the end of the ordeal, however, the replacements who survived were battle-hardened veterans. During the afternoon the 307th attempted to reinforce the small group. Elements of Company C tried to cross the open ground north of Ishimmi Ridge. Only the commander and five men reached Company E. The men scrambled safely into foxholes, but the commander, shot through the head while racing toward the command post, fell dead on the parapet of the command post foxhole. Spirits rose considerably when word came later in the afternoon that a litter-bearing unit of eighty men would try to get through in the evening. Enemy fire slackened after dark, and the first of the litter bearers arrived at about 2200. They immediately started back carrying casualties. Walking wounded accompanied them. The litter bearers moved swiftly and managed to avoid being seen in the light of flares. Through splendid discipline and good luck eighteen men were carried out in two and a half hours, and others walked out. The litter teams had brought some water and ammunition and the troops drank for the first time since the day before. The second sleepless night on the ridge passed. The 382nd Regiment continued to face heavy resistance from Oboe Hill but managed to secure the road cut between Flattop and Dick Hill. Meanwhile, Halloran's 3rd Battalion could only push about 400 yards south due to the relentless mortar and small-arms fire coming from Hogback Ridge. At sea, a low-flying kamikaze aircraft struck LST-808 off Iejima, resulting in the deaths of 17 men. The following day, while the 382nd and 383rd Regiments focused on neutralizing the cave positions and gun emplacements in the uneven terrain between Conical and Dick Hills, Halloran's 3rd Battalion launched an attack to the south and west toward Sugar Hill but made little progress due to the heavy defensive fire. In the center, the 307th Regiment systematically worked to eliminate enemy firing positions on the high ground in front of them, employing every available weapon for the task. Colonel Smith's rehabilitated 306th Regiment began moving up to replace the battered 305th, with its 3rd Battalion relieving Coolidge's 3rd Battalion and portions of Hamilton's 2nd Battalion along the low ground bordering the highway to Shuri, including the isolated men at Ishimmi Ridge.  On 19 May the enemy seemed to intensify his efforts to recapture Ishimmi Ridge. The besieged troops wondered whether his supply of men and ammunition was inexhaustible. The Japanese launched several attacks which were repulsed with great difficulty. Only the support of artillery and mortars, together with self-propelled mounts firing with precision on both flanks of Ishimmi Ridge, prevented the enemy from making an attack in strength which would have overrun the American positions. One enemy attack of platoon strength was dispersed by mortar and machine-gun fire and by a four-battalion time-on-target artillery concentration. Japanese mortar fire continued to fall on Ishimmi, however, and took its toll during the day. A message arrived during the morning that Company E would be relieved that evening. By noon the radio had become so weak that further communication with the company was impossible. The day wore slowly on. By 2100 there was still no sign of the relief. Shortly afterward, however, rifle fire intensified to the rear, a sign of activity there. At 2200 Company L, 3d Battalion, 306th Infantry, arrived. The relief was carried out in pitch darkness; each member of Company E left as soon as a replacement reached his position. As the haggard survivors were about to descend the ridge at 0300, a bursting shell hit two of the newcomers; one of them had to be evacuated on a poncho. Carrying its own wounded, Company E followed a white tape to the rear and arrived safely. Of the 204 officers and men of the reinforced company that had made the night attack on Ishimmi, 156 had been killed or wounded. There were 28 privates, 1 noncommissioned officer, and 2 officers left of the original 129 members of Company E. The platoon sent in relief by Company C had gone out with 58 effectives and returned with 13. Of the 17 men in the heavy weapons section only 4 came back. Company E had spearheaded a several-hundred-yard advance toward Shuri, however, and with the help of supporting weapons had killed hundreds of Japanese around Ishimmi. The 7th Marines launched one last unsuccessful assault on Wana Ridge before being relieved by Colonel Mason's rested 1st Marines. Meanwhile, after repelling a strong night counterattack, the exhausted 29th Marines were also relieved by Colonel Shapley's reserve 4th Marines, which made additional advances alongside the 22nd Marines, now under Colonel Harold Roberts. Four new regiments had been committed over the past few days to revitalize the offensive. On May 20, Shapley's assault battalions gained more ground on Horseshoe Hill but were still unable to reach the crest of Half Moon, though they successfully repelled another strong night counterattack. To the east, Mason's 2nd Battalion advanced rapidly to the base of 110 Meter Hill and captured part of Wana Ridge, while his 3rd Battalion secured a firm hold on the northern slope. Concurrently, the 5th Marines attacked southwest along the Naha-Shuri Road and successfully captured the high ground. Meanwhile, in coordination with the 1st Marines, Coolidge's 1st Battalion and Smith's 3rd Battalion made a slow, grinding advance of about 150 yards, positioning themselves within 200 yards of the outskirts of Shuri in the highway valley. At the same time, the 382nd Regiment expanded its hold on the reverse slope of Dick Hill but remained unable to penetrate Oboe Hill. The 307th Regiment consolidated and expanded its positions around Chocolate Drop, finally seizing Flattop. Reducing the tiny hill continued to be ticklish work because enemy positions to the south still overlooked the area. The fighting was still so confused that three wounded Americans lay south of Chocolate Drop for two days before relief arrived. By that time two had died and the third was so delirious that he thought he was still fighting Japanese and had to be forcibly subdued. By 20 May the caves were completely sealed off. The enemy made a final attempt to retake Chocolate Drop, attacking in company strength, but was repelled with the loss of half his force. On the same day the 3d Battalion, using tanks, flame throwers, and demolition teams, finally secured the crest of Flattop. The final American attack started with a saturation shower of grenades. A chain of men extending from the base of Flattop passed hand grenades to the troops lined up along the crest, who threw the missiles as fast as they could pull out the pins. Having seized the advantage, the infantry moved down the reverse slope blasting caves with satchel charges and flame throwers. Tanks along the road cut accounted for many of the Japanese. BY 1545 Flattop had fallen. More than 250 enemy bodies lay on the crest and reverse slope of the hill. Further east, Halloran's 3rd Battalion made a slow but steady advance down the eastern slopes of Hogback, reaching the foot of Sugar Hill despite constant grenade duels with an enemy fighting desperately to hold every inch of ground. Additionally, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 383rd Regiment fought their way to jump-off positions within 300 yards of Love Hill, destroying enemy strongpoints that had obstructed their advance for a week. Meanwhile, back at sea, Japanese aircraft managed to damage two destroyers and three transports. The following day, the 383rd again attacked Love Hill but was ultimately forced to withdraw from its base due to fierce defensive fire. Despite this setback, May's 2nd Battalion successfully supported the 381st Regiment in clearing Hogback and pushing to the top of Sugar Hill. To the west, the 382nd advanced quickly against moderate opposition toward Oboe Hill and Hen Hill, encountering retreating enemy units moving toward the high ground at Shuri. Concurrently, the 307th pushed 350 yards south of Flattop before being halted by enemy forces at the Three Sisters, while the 306th completed the relief of the 305th, with its 3rd Battalion advancing 200 yards unopposed to the eastern slopes of 110 Meter Hill. Meanwhile, the 1st Marines continued their assault along Wana Ridge, making only limited gains at the Draw, where the 5th Marines held out and aggressively patrolled forward. The 4th Marines began their push toward the Asato River, achieving a costly advance of about 200 yards on Horseshoe. By nightfall, heavy rains began to fall, significantly impeding efforts to resupply assault troops and replenish forward ammunition dumps. Amidst this torrential downpour on May 22, Shapley's 1st and 3rd Battalions slogged through the "gooey slick mud" to reach the bank of the rain-swollen river. This prompted the Japanese to evacuate Naha and establish new defensive positions on the Kokuba Hills. To the east, the continuous rain flooded Wana Draw with mud and water, transforming it into a makeshift lake. For the next few days, General Del Valle's Marines were forced to attack without support, leading to aggressive patrolling rather than organized assaults. The prospects of success for the infantry alone, slogging through the mud without the support of other arms, were not encouraging. Tanks bogged down, helplessly mired. Amphibian tractors were unable to negotiate the morass, and front-line units, which had depended on these vehicles for carrying supplies forward in bad weather, now had to resort to hand carrying of supplies and of the wounded. These were back breaking tasks and were performed over areas swept by enemy fire. Mortar and artillery smoke was used as far as possible to give concealment for all movement. Litter cases were carried back through knee-deep mud. Living conditions of front-line troops were indescribably bad. Foxholes dug into the clay slopes caved in from the constant soaking, and, even when the sides held, the holes had to be bailed out repeatedly. Clothes and equipment and the men's bodies were wet for days. The bodies of Japanese killed at night lay outside the foxholes, decomposing under swarms of flies. Sanitation measures broke down. The troops were often hungry. Sleep was almost impossible. The strain began to take a mounting toll of men. Under these conditions the Marine attack against Wana Ridge was soon at a standstill. The action degenerated into what was called in official reports "aggressive patrolling." Despite inactivity, enemy mortar and artillery fire continued to play against the American front lines, especially at dusk and at night. In the center, Bruce's 77th Division faced similar challenges, with the 306th Regiment stalled and the 307th Regiment again unsuccessfully attacking the Three Sisters. There, Company A became isolated at the base of the forward slope of Jane Hill, nearly cut off by intense enemy mortar and machine-gun fire. For the following week, the 382nd Regiment struggled to make headway on Hen and Oboe Hills, where fierce hand-to-hand combat erupted. Similarly, all attempts by the 383rd Regiment to breach the defenses of Love Hill on the western side of Conical failed, as the 381st was also unable to make any progress against Cutaway. General Hodge had also moved General Arnold's rehabilitated 7th Division to assembly areas just north of Conical Hill to spearhead the advance toward Yonabaru and the high ground south of the village. Strengthened by 1,691 replacements and 546 men returned to duty from hospitals since it left the lines on 9 May, the 7th Division moved up to forward assembly areas just north of Conical Hill and prepared to make the dash through the corridor. At 1900 on 21 May the 184th Infantry, chosen by General Arnold to lead the way, was in place at Gaja Ridge, at the northern base of Conical. The initial move of the envelopment was to be made in the dead of the night and in stealth. General Buckner felt that "if the 7th can swing round, running the gauntlet, it may be the kill." As part of this operation, the 2nd Battalion of the 184th Regiment moved out from Gaja Ridge during the night, swiftly and silently passing through Yonabaru in the early morning hours to capture Spruce Hill and Chestnut Hill in a surprise attack. Colonel Green's 3rd Battalion then followed the 2nd Battalion through Yonabaru, but their assault on Juniper and Bamboo Hills was unsuccessful as the surprised defenders regrouped. The following day, Green's two battalions continued to push toward these initial objectives, ultimately securing a solid line that stretched from the coastline across the southern slopes of Chestnut, and then over to Juniper and Bamboo by day's end. This success allowed Colonel Finn's 32nd Regiment to pass through Yonabaru and advance westward along the Naha-Yonabaru valley to assault the enemy's western hill defenses focused around Oak Hill.On the west coast, after a successful night reconnaissance of the Asato River, the 4th Marines rapidly crossed the river under cover of smoke, beginning their advance toward a low ridge 500 yards south of the Asato. However, as previously noted, the torrential rain had turned every draw and gully into a sticky morass of knee- and thigh-deep mud in the center. The steep slopes of the hills and ridges, treacherous under the best of conditions, became virtually unassailable. Consequently, full-scale coordinated attacks had to be canceled, and only localized gains could be achieved. Despite the breakthrough in the center, the Japanese command remained concerned about the threat posed to the flanks of the Shuri bastion by American advances along both coasts. While they believed the Naha breakthrough could be contained, every available soldier was deployed to establish a defensive line stretching from the southwest slopes of Conical Hill through Yonawa to the road junction village of Chan, aiming to eliminate Arnold's spearhead that had penetrated into the Naha-Yonabaru valley. General Ushijima feared that his forces were being gradually encircled in the Shuri fortress, where they would become “easy prey” to overwhelming American firepower. In light of this situation, Ushijima began planning a withdrawal to the Chinen Peninsula or the southernmost part of the island, the Kiyamu Peninsula. This decision was met with resistance from General Fujioka, who expressed concern that thousands of severely wounded men would have to be abandoned during the retreat.  Although the holding of the heights surrounding the city had been the keystone of the Japanese preferred plan, several factors now militated against its retention. There were an estimated 50000 surviving officers and men to be crammed into a final defense zone less than a mile in diameter. Once these troops were surrounded, the Japanese believed that they would be rendered ineffectual and become "easy prey" to overwhelming American fire superiority. In addition, Japanese long-range artillery pieces, many of which were still intact, could not be effectively utilized within the limited space that would be available. The best chance of prolonging the battle for Okinawa seemed to rest in defending the Kiyamu Peninsula region which was dominated by the Yaeju Dake-Yuza Dake Escarpment. Natural and artificial caves, sufficient to accommodate the whole of the surviving army, abounded in the area. The 24th Division, which had organized the terrain, had left a considerable amount of ammunition and weapons there when it moved north to the Shuri lines. The principal roads in southern Okinawa led directly to the proposed position, thus facilitating the movement of large bodies of men in the shortest possible time. These roads also gave American tanks an excellent route of advance, but only to the outposts of the defensive zone where cliffs, hills, and precipitous ridges barred the way. To add weight to his argument, General Amamiya indicated that his 24th Transport Regiment had preserved enough trucks to move the Shuri munitions reserve to the new position within five nights if weather conditions permitted. General Ushijima, after considering the respective positions of his staff and commanders, decided to order the move to Kiyamu.  Although General Suzuki preferred the Chinen Peninsula, which his brigade had fortified, most officials supported a move to the Kiyamu Peninsula, where Amamiya's 24th Division had previously established defenses in the natural and artificial caves of the Yaeju Dake-Yuza Dake Escarpment. Thus, transportation of wounded personnel and munitions reserves to the south commenced at midnight on May 23, with the bulk of the 32nd Army scheduled to begin their withdrawal six days later.  On the night of 25 May, the remnants of the 62d Division were to pull out of the Shuri line and move through Tsukasan to counterattack the Americans. The relatively strong 22d Independent Infantry Battalion, which had been in reserve throughout most of the fighting in April and May, was directed to hold the Shuri front in place of the division. The orders to General Fujioka were "to annihilate the enemy rushing from the Yonabaru area." Failing this, the division was at least to stop the American advance long enough to allow the main body of the Thirty-second Army to retire. In order to gain time to organize the new positions, the holding force left on the Shuri front was to fight on until 31 May. Withdrawing units were to leave behind strong rearguards which would defend a line along the Kokuba Gawa to the hills north of Tsukasan and Chan and then south through Karadera to the east coast until the night of 2 June. Then a second line centered on Tomusu, approximately 2,000 yards farther south, would be held until the night of 4 June. By that time the Thirty-second Army would be firmly set up within its Itoman-Yunagusuku-Gushichan outpost zone. Admiral Ota's naval force was directed to hold the west flank of the withdrawal corridor and begin its own retreat when ordered by 32nd Army. During the night, Admiral Ugaki initiated his seventh mass Kikisui attack, launching 165 kamikaze aircraft that inflicted only light damage on landing craft. On May 24, while engineers constructed a bridge over the Asato River to facilitate vehicle movement, the 4th Marines suffered heavy casualties as they attempted to advance through the muddy, flooded valley and low clay hills. Simultaneously, Shepherd's Reconnaissance Company crossed the lower Asato and roamed the streets of northwestern Naha without encountering any resistance. To the east, Dill's 1st Battalion faced a brutal counterattack that inflicted significant casualties and nearly drove the Americans from Oboe Hill. Following Ushijima's directives, the 32nd and 184th Regiments began to encounter increasing resistance as they sought to expand their control over the valley and the high ground to the south. This culminated in a series of aggressive nighttime counterattacks that ultimately slowed and halted the western advance of the 7th Division. During the night, Japanese forces conducted heavy raids on American airfields at Kadena, Yontan, and Iejima. However, these attacks were merely a diversion for Operation Gi-Gou, a suicide raid against Kadena and Yontan. In this operation, twelve Ki-21 heavy bombers, carrying Giretsu Kuteitai special airborne assault troops, aimed to crash land on the airfields to deploy commandos tasked with destroying aircraft stationed there.  After the start of B-29 attacks on Tokyo from bases in the Mariana Islands, the 1st Raiding Brigade of the Teishin Shudan was ordered to form a commando unit for a "special operations" mission to attack and destroy the bombers on the Aslito Airfield on Saipan. Captain Okuyama Michiro, commander of the brigade's engineering company and trained in sabotage and demolition was selected as mission leader. He selected an additional 126 men from his own team, the 4th Company of the 1st Raiding Regiment, to form the first Giretsu Airborne Unit. It was initially organized with a command section and five platoons and one independent squad, based at the Imperial Japanese Army's air academy at Saitama. The group unit also included eight intelligence officers and two radio men from the Nakano School. Giretsu operations were to be undertaken at night, beginning with air strikes by bombers. After this, commando units would be inserted onto the target airfield by crash landing their transports. The fact that there was no provision for extraction of the strike force, along with the rejection of surrender in Japanese military doctrine at the time, meant that the Giretsu ground operations were effectively suicide attacks. Though the Saipan attack was eventually cancelled, the 6th Air Army ultimately requested the deployment of the Giretsu Special Forces to neutralize the Okinawa airfields. The 6th Air Army accordingly began preparations for the attack in early May. Led by Captain Okuyama, the raid force moved from Nishitsukuba to Kumamoto as it continued to prepare for the assault, codenamed Operation Gi-Gou. Aircraft for the raid came from the 3rd Independent Air Unit based in the vicinity of Hamamatsu. The raid force consisted of 120 commandos broken up into a headquarters section and five flights, each containing twenty men. They were to be transported by twelve Mitsubishi Ki-21s stripped of their guns and with additional forward and rear exits added to assist raiders with exiting. The timing of the raid was also meant to coincide with the withdrawal of the 32nd Army from the Shuri Line in southern Okinawa. Of the twelve bombers dispatched, four encountered engine trouble and returned to base, while three were intercepted by American night fighters en route to Okinawa. The remaining five Ki-21 bombers approached Yontan Airfield at low altitude and engaged Marine anti-aircraft gunners from the 1st Provisional Anti-aircraft Artillery Group. As a result, four of the bombers were shot down or crash-landed; however, a small number of Giretsu commandos survived this wave and commenced their mission to attack aircraft on the airfield. The fifth bomber, however, successfully evaded anti-aircraft fire and belly-landed approximately 100 meters from the control tower. About 10 commandos disembarked and attacked aircraft and air personnel with grenades. In the ensuing chaos, the Japanese commandos killed two Americans, wounded 18, destroyed nine aircraft, damaged 29 more, and set a fuel dump ablaze, destroying 70,000 gallons of aviation gasoline. After twelve hours of mayhem, however, American troops hunted down the commandos and exterminated them to a man. Despite this partial success, the Japanese operation occurred against a backdrop of heavy losses, with American fighters and anti-aircraft fire claiming a total of 150 Japanese planes on May 24. During the course of three days, Ugaki committed a total of 387 Navy planes and 174 Army planes to his kamikaze attacks, which continued through May 25. These attacks successfully sank the destroyer Bates, one transport, and one landing craft, while further damaging two destroyers, one destroyer minesweeper, one minesweeper, one transport, and one Liberty ship. On the same day, Admiral Rawlings' Task Force 57 launched its final strikes in the Okinawa area before retiring late on May 25, having completed the Royal Navy's Iceberg mission. On land, while Shepherd's Reconnaissance Company occupied the deserted ruins of Naha, the 4th Marines fought to seize Machisi Ridge and continued pushing into the eastern outskirts of Naha. However, across the remainder of the 10th Army front, assault units struggled to make progress due to the havoc wreaked by the rain and the stiffened Japanese resistance. That night, in accordance with the withdrawal plan, the 62nd Division began moving its remaining 3,000 men to counter the advance of the 7th Division, hoping to delay the American advance long enough for the main body of the 32nd Army to retreat. The arrival of additional forces on the Ozato-Mura front had little significant impact, primarily serving to strengthen the covering and holding force. On May 26, the 184th Regiment successfully cleared the Hemlock-Locust Hill Escarpment. Meanwhile, the 32nd Regiment was brought nearly to a standstill in front of the Japanese defensive line across the Yonabaru valley. Looking west, Del Valle's Marines observed large numbers of enemy troops withdrawing from Shuri and were able to pinpoint their location for naval guns, artillery, and aircraft to bombard. However, despite penetrating the Shuri defensive line on both flanks, the day yielded minimal progress. At sea, further kamikaze attacks caused damage to one destroyer, one destroyer minesweeper, and a subchaser. In total, Ugaki's raids over the past three days resulted in the deaths of 103 sailors.  Believing the fast carriers' continued value off Okinawa had become dubious, back on May 18 Mitscher had requested that TF 58 be relieved from its Okinawa station. Spruance regretfully declined. A week later an increasingly weary Mitscher reported: “For two and a half months [Task Force 58] operated daily in a 60nm square area East of Okinawa, less than 350nm from Kyushu. This was necessitated by the restricted area available and the necessity for being able to cover [the] Amami Gunto airfields, intercept air raids before they could reach Okinawa, and still furnish air support to ground forces. There was no other location from which all these things could be done.” Reflecting on the months of unrelenting stress, tedium, and fatigue, TG 58.1's screen commander, Captain Tom Hederman, signaled Rear Admiral J.J. Jocko Clark: “See Hebrews 13, verse 8.” Consulting his Bible aboard Hornet, Clark read: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Amused, Clark forwarded the verse to his entire Task Group, adding, “No disrespect intended.” Clark then signaled Mitscher, “What the hell are we doing out here, anyway?” Mitscher's response: “We are a highspeed stationary target for the Japanese air force.” Indeed, TF 58 had already suffered over 2,000 Iceberg fatalities. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The brutal Battle of Okinawa was reaching a critical point as General Buckner's forces pressed against fierce Japanese defenses. Struggles unfolded over Sugar Loaf Hill and Wana Ridge, with Marines suffering heavy casualties but slowly gaining ground. By late May, the dire situation prompted Japanese commanders to plan a retreat to more defensible positions as American forces closed in. Despite challenging conditions, the Allies pushed forward, marking a decisive breakthrough in the Pacific War.

BE WARNED: It's LuAnna, and this podcast contains honest, upfront opinions, rants, bants and general explicit content. But you know you love it.On this week's Luanna: The Podcast: The most private school bake off experience EVER, Anna's boy mum moment, thumbing a dead vag, dealing with a clinger and a Hen story we won't forget in a hurry.Plus: A new male contraceptive, under performing school starters and an interesting sounding porridge. Remember, if you want to get in touch you can: Email us at luanna@everythingluanna.com OR drop us a WhatsApp on 07745 266947Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

Welcome back to the lovely show! This week it's a very special occasion for Justine as she is going on her first ever Hen! Your lovely hosts are chatting bizarre hen and stag party traditions, evil crows and much more. Plus - they vote on the worst accent in Ireland. If you enjoyed this episode of The Lovely Show, please ensure to leave us a LOVELY review. Support The Lovely Show to get ad-free listening and bonus episodes at https://headstuffpodcasts.com/membership/ - listen to your bonus episodes and ad-free feed in your favourite app! This is a HeadStuff podcast produced by Hilary Barry. Artwork by Matt Mahon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mothers and Daughters and Sons and Steaks In honor of Mothers Day this weekend, consider that animals love their babies too and, just as humans, they long to nurse, nuzzle, and bond with their babies. They cry, and some go crazy when their babies are taken from them, just as we would. What we put into our mouths is our choice. Listen to today's episode written by Michelle Schaefer at MainStreetVegan.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #mothersday #compassion #veganism ========================== Original post: https://mainstreetvegan.com/mothers-and-daughters-and-sons-and-steaks-by-michelle-schaefer-vlce/  ========================== Related Episodes: Brigitte Gemme's breastfeeding story and how it caused her to become vegan: https://youtu.be/8UQy27K99LA?si=ff6-pFnx3oaPc_h0  888: “What Wings Are For” - The Story of Ruby and Ivy https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/888-what-wings-are-for-the-story-of-ruby-and-ivy-by-kay-evans-at-upc-onlineorg    796: Are Feminists Right to Resist Comparison with the Females of Other Species? https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/796-are-feminists-right-to-resist-comparison-with-the-females-of-other-species-by-karen-davis-at-upc-onlineorg   795: The Hen is a Symbol of Motherhood for Reasons We May Have Forgotten https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/795-the-hen-is-a-symbol-of-motherhood-for-reasons-we-may-have-forgotten-so-let-us-recall-by-karen-davis-at-upc-onlineorg    535: Dairy Makes a Mockery of Birth and Motherhood https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/535-dairy-makes-a-mockery-of-birth-and-motherhood-by-liz-truitt-at-mothers-against-dairy-posted-at-all-creaturesorg   467: A Bovine Sophie's Choice by Holly Cheever DVM https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/467-a-bovine-sophies-choice-by-holly-cheever-dvm-at-action-for-animals-posted-at-all-creaturesorg    410: The Mother Turkey and Her Young https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/410-the-mother-turkey-and-her-young-by-karen-davis-at-upc-onlineorg   ========================= Main Street Vegan Academy is the premier training & certification program for Vegan coaches. Their mission is to encourage the adoption and maintenance of a positive vegan lifestyle and a health-promoting diet, geared to the needs and preferences of the individual, for the purpose of creating a just world for all beings and protecting this planet. Founder Victoria Moran went vegan in 1983; overcame a binge-eating disorder; in 1985 wrote Compassion the Ultimate Ethic, the first book about Vegan philosophy and practice to come from an actual publisher; raised a Vegan daughter; wrote 12 additional books and has another on the way; and appeared twice on Oprah. Learn more at https://MainStreetVegan.com     ============================== FOLLOW PLANT BASED BRIEFING ON: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@plantbasedbriefing     Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2GONW0q2EDJMzqhuwuxdCF?si=2a20c247461d4ad7 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plant-based-briefing/id1562925866 Your podcast app of choice: https://pod.link/1562925866 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlantBasedBriefing   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plant-based-briefing/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedbriefing/     

Henny, Elaina & Janelle coming together to give you their personal thoughts and perspectives on how they've navigated the sneaker community, industry and culture.We got @antbanx on the couch with us and he did not disappoint! Ant's not only fashionable af but he's pretty damn funny too! From working at Stashed with Hen to curating his own space in Oakland called Cafe Gumbo.Do yourself and a favor and listen to this week's episode.FOLLOW ⤵️IG: @SneakyLeakPod / @HennyKicksit @Dopest.E @JCheyenne_Apple Podcast & Spotify: Sneaky Leak PodcastYoutube: Sneaky Leak Podcast

The live one is here! Several months ago we recorded the show LIVE at the Hen & Chickens Theatre in Highbury, London.And this is the (quite heavily edited) result!Imagine if we took people out of the audience and just started asking them questions about their Amazon Purchase History! IMAGINE!We've done just that and the results, it has to be said, are staggeringly good.We welcome Lizzy and Matthew today and they take us into discussions of Champagne noses, planking through lockdown and where does each Spice Girl go on the political spectrum? All that and more...Here's the thing, too - we're doing this all live again very soon. Tuesday 20th May, to be precise. At 9pm, in Angel Islington.If you'd like to join us then grab a ticket NOW from HERE!Also do check out the following podcasts:Bit Fit, Bit Funny is GREATLife After Jazz Hands is also EXCELLENT.And that's it for now! See you next week for more?Toast xTikTok Instagram YouTube New Episodes every Tuesday and Thursday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hen szn is here hunnies and so as promised here is our special deepdive! With the help of your excellent DMs, we assess the good and bad of this increasingly divisive topic: from money anxieties and the growing consumerism of the hen-do ‘aesthetic' to how this tradition can provide a much-needed opportunity to celebrate and make time for those you love. Plus, the single gal perspective, hen ‘etiquette', pop culture horror stories,, and whether hens are ultimately progressive or regressive for women. If you enjoyed this please do leave us review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify - it really does help keep us going! We absolutely LOVE hearing recommendations for Thursday topics or bonus eps too, so please do DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or email at ⁠⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk⁠ RecsAll the Behind-the-Scenes Debauchery From Writer Tish Weinstock's Bachelorette, CosmoBring back tacky hen do's, the I paper Why I wanted a one-night only hen-do, The Times Why I'm no longer going on hen weekends, New Statesman From penis straws to puppy yoga: Inside the ‘zen do' revolution, Independent Henpocalypse!, BBC iPlayerBachelorette, Prime VideoBridesmaids, Prime Video Everything I know about love, Dolly AldertonStag and hen parties swap binges for good clean fun, TimesAre You the Only One Who's Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia'? NY TimesOver and out: why hens, stags and their parties should be put out to grass, Guardian Hens with Heart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textWith Turkey Hunting open in most of the United States right now you may have found your Tom's are already Hen'd up.  Well don't worry, Alex is going to share some tricks to help bring him on in!Of course we open the show with local and national sports before we dive in. Missouri Hunting Heritage Federation:https://www.mhhf.us/To follow American Roots Outdoors Podcast:https://www.facebook.com/groups/448812356525413To learn more about American Roots Outdoors:https://americanrootsoutdoors.com/https://www.facebook.com/AmericanRootsOutdoors/To follow Alex Rutledge:https://www.facebook.com/americanrootsalex/To follow Wayne Lach:https://www.facebook.com/wayne.lach.5To follow Mike Crase:https://www.facebook.com/mike.crase

In Today's episode Katie, Grace, & EJ Talk about 8x13 of 911 titled "Invisiable"A lot happened in this episode from Hen's birthday being forgotten to the 118 having a repeat patient and Eddie dealing with his parents and so much more. Be sure to let us know your thoughts on the episode, be sure to chat with us on discord, dm us on our socials, share your thoughts on our google forms that we tweet out every week after lone star airs, or email us your thoughts. We love reacting to your thoughts as well.Our email is 911lonestarrounduppod@gmail.com  (please be sure to write "911 lone star episode thoughts" in the subject line)Be sure to follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok & Facebook @911lsroundupWe are also are also on youtube check it out here to watch audio version of the podcast and please subscribe ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkCddGsHvEt7Ocyrt90qoA/videos⁠Also Join our discord server where we can chat all things 911 lone star & more ⁠https://discord.com/invite/RA8z4XNQhg⁠Also, be sure to follow us on our own socials so we can talk moreKatie: @fortheloveoftarlos on Tiktok,Instagram & Threads  @forloveoftarlos on TwitterEmail: Katie@911lsroundup.comGrace: @ronen-rafa_911 on Instagram & @sheepgirl31 on TwitterEmail:grace@911lsroundup.comEJ: @ej8302 on Instagram, threads,Tiktok, & TwitterEJ@911lsroundup.comThanks again guys so much for listening & We will see you next Thursday for a brand new episode where we will talk about 8x14 of 911.