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Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games of all time. It heralds free market economics and celebrates the American dream. That's a far cry from the original intent. This week on our series Hidden Histories, we go back in time to reveal the swindling and cover ups that robbed Monopoly's inventor of her fair share and turned her scathing critique of capitalism into her worst nightmare. (This episode originally aired in 2022) Guests: Mary Pilon, author of The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board GameSupport public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show's perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
In 1909, all eyes turned to Worcester, Massachusetts, as a well-dressed businessman claimed he'd built a flying machine — and the world wanted to believe him so badly, they saw it in the sky whether it was there or not.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/airshiphoaxREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ye27xce4FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We'll look at the crazy story of the Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909! *** We'll meet a cat that must have more than nine lives, as it survived three World War Two shipwrecks and lived to meow about it! (Unsinkable Sam) *** UFO crash stories are somewhat ubiquitous, with most immediately pointing to Roswell, New Mexico… or Aurora, Texas… or even the so-called “Battle Over Los Angeles”. But there are many other stories of flying saucers crashing to Earth – and we'll look at one that took place in Bolivia, in 1978. (The Bolivia UFO Crash) *** A hidden artifact found in a mysterious hill in Oklahoma reveals a terrifying story! (Oklahoma's Mysterious Hollow Hill)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:00:53.694 = Show Open 00:02:30.154 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 100:13:35.660 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 2 ***00:23:58.982 = Unsinkable Sam00:31:02.011 = Oklahoma's Mysterious Hollow Hill ***00:44:45.651 = The Bolivia UFO Crash ***00:50:06.348 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Oklahoma's Mysterious Hollow Hill” by Ellen Lloyd for AncientPages.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/44s54rmp,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p86uyt7“Unsinkable Sam” by Natasha Ishak for AllThatsInteresting.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8j9nkz“The Bolivia UFO Crash” posted at Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3f4b2rr7“The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909” from SlightlyOddFitchburg.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2adehevb,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckp2hh9(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: March, 2022On this episode of Weird Darkness, host Darren Marlar follows a flying machine that may never have flown, a cat credited with surviving three warships in a single year, a silver cylinder buried under a haunted Oklahoma mound, and a cylindrical object that tore into a Bolivian mountain in broad daylight.It opens in Worcester, Massachusetts, in December of 1909, where Wallace E. Tillinghast, vice-president of the Sure Seal Manufacturing Company, told the Boston Herald he had invented a heavier-than-air flying machine that could carry three passengers some three hundred miles at a hundred and twenty miles an hour, only a few years after the Wright brothers had struggled to keep a powered aircraft aloft for a few hundred feet. Wallace never produced the machine, yet crowds across Massachusetts and out into Arkansas, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island reported a mysterious airship moving silently through the night sky, with one witness in Revere describing seventy-foot wings and an engine he claimed he could hear rumbling from the ground. In Providence, a young H.P. Lovecraft cut through the excitement by identifying the light everyone was pointing at as the planet Venus. The New England Skeptical Society would later attribute the whole affair to collective wish-fulfillment, while the UFOlogist John A. Keel traced it back to an unnamed inventor who had been working his way east since the great California airship sightings of 1896, recruiting well-liked local men like Wallace to serve as the public face of a flying machine that never quite worked.From there the show crosses to the North Atlantic and the tale of Unsinkable Sam, a black-and-white tuxedo cat said to have survived three shipwrecks during a single stretch of the Second World War. As the legend runs, he began the war aboard the German battleship Bismarck, was pulled from a floating plank by the crew of the British destroyer HMSCossack after the Bismarck went down on May 27th, 1941, and was renamed Oscar. When the Cossack was torpedoed months later, the cat was said to have been rescued again, this time by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, which is where the nickname Unsinkable Sam took hold; after the Ark Royal itself was torpedoed on November 14th, 1941, he reportedly turned up unharmed once more and was carried off by the HMS Legion. Darren measures the story against the record, noting that Bismarck survivors recalled no cat aboard, that a well-known photograph tied to Sam actually shows a different ship's cat named Simon of the HMS Amethyst, and that the seagoing cat was a genuine naval tradition even if this particular survivor may have been assembled from several.Next comes a haunted mound outside Binger, in Caddo County, Oklahoma, and a silver cylinder said to hold the reason the local people would not go near it. The account reaches print through a 1930s newspaper clipping rediscovered by Mrs. Cossette Willoughby of San Jose, California, in which a traveling reporter digs at dawn beside a mound her friends Pat and Louis warned was watched by two phantoms, a woman by day and a headless man by night. Inside the cylinder are papers written in Castilian Spanish, describing how a soldier named Alfonzo, separated from Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's 1541 hunt for the Seven Cities of Gold, wandered into a cave and down into a hidden underground country called Kenyan, ruled by long-headed people and guarded by hairless, dog-like beasts that gave off a musty animal odor. Drawing on Timothy Green Beckley's book Subterranean Worlds Inside Earth, the segment lays out Alfonzo's account of his wife Teen, their failed escape on the back of one of those beasts, and the sentence that supposedly set their preserved bodies walking the mound to frighten off anyone who might find the passage.The episode closes on the afternoon of May 6th, 1978, when something cylindrical slammed into the El Taire mountain along the Bermejo River, on the border between the Bolivian province of Tarija and Argentina, with a supersonic blast heard 150 miles away and windowpanes cracked 30 miles out in every direction. Border policemen described a metallic object trailing white smoke; Corporal Natalio Farfan Ruiz felt the ground tremble as it fell, and Policeman Juan Hurtado said the thing passed directly over his head before it struck the slope. The Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín reported that a police chief in Tarija had located a dented metal cylinder roughly twelve feet long, and while a promised NASA expert never arrived, two United States Air Force officers, Colonel Robert Simmons and Major John Heise, did, later confirmed through released State Department documents to have flown in under a program called Project Moon Dust. Darren ends on the stranger thread running through those files, the 1127th field activities group's interest in HUMINT, the gathering of UFO information from human sources through what the documents themselves describe as a game of deceit.
Solar power now costs a thousandth of what it did in 1976. Batteries are down more than ninety percent in a decade. By the logic of economics, the climate problem should be close to solved. It isn't. We are on track for close to three degrees of warming, and politics is sliding in the wrong direction.Few people have thought as long, or as clearly, about the economics of climate change as Lord Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission and first chair of the UK's Climate Change Committee. This week, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac sit down with him to work out what's going wrong. Turner doesn't soften it. The "electrotech stack" of solar, batteries and motors keeps collapsing in price in a way fossil fuels never can. Sub-Saharan Africa could leapfrog the fossil era outright. China's bet on electrification makes America's wager on cheap gas look like a costly mistake. But the movement he has spent two decades inside has also sold a story it never should have: that the transition would cost no one anything.So what closes the gap between what the technology makes possible and what our politics will allow? Who pays for the parts that aren't cheap? And if money alone can't avoid a 3°C hotter future, what can?Learn More
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Slavery touched every part of life in ancient Rome. Depending on the time period and location, as many as one in ten or one in three people was enslaved. How does it warp a democracy when so many of its people are not free? Today we talk to author, historian and podcaster Dr. Emma Southon, host of the History is Sexy podcast and author of Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire, to explore this question. Sponsors and Advertising This episode is sponsored by Taskrabbit. Get $15 off your first task at Taskrabbit.com or the Taskrabbit app using promo code FANGIRL. This podcast is a member of Airwave Media podcast network. Want to advertise on our show? Please direct advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bleary-eyed, scrambled, and in need of a second overpriced venti black coffee, Jonah Goldberg speaks with Brendan Simms, a Cambridge Don-guy who wears fancy belts, about his new book, Return of the Great Powers, which discusses how the Russia-Ukraine war sparked how the Russia-Ukraine War prompted the West to act, China's potential defeat if Russia loses, Trump as a mob boss, and technology as a driver of cultural change. Show Notes: —Brendan Simms: Return of the Great Powers —Brendan Simms: Donald Trump: The Making of a Worldview —Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man —Simms' About Page The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah's twice-weekly G-File—click here. Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you'd like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Today, the Senate confirmed pedophile protector and Trump's personal attorney Todd Blanche to be the Attorney General of the United States; The House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that lawmakers censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for engaging in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers”; calls grow louder for Max Miller to resign from Congress as former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham files for a restraining order against him; the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Florida's anti-drag law; a new republican-led ballot measure in Washington State targets kindergarten girls for invasive physical exams; Jeanine Pirro brought a box of reflecting pool evidence to the White House to show Trump what really caused the damage; the Trump Justice Department is now zero for twenty in voter roll cases; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank You, HomeChef For a limited time, get 50% off and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! HomeChef.com/DAILYBEANS. Must be an active subscriber to receive free dessert. The Trump Epstein Memorial Bookmobile The Daily Beans is proud to partner with Miles Taylor and our friends at DEFIANCE.org For a limited time, members of the Daily Beans community can receive a FREE 3-month full membership to DEFIANCE.org and gain access to one of the fastest-growing pro-democracy movements in America. Join here: https://www.defiance.org/beans The Latest Breakdown→ NEW: Todd Blanche Admits Epstein Redaction Error Storieshttps://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2026/08/04/blanche-commits-to-abortion-access-rollback-01023482 Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations | The Guardian Chuck Edwards recommended for censure by House Ethics Committee | POLITICO Federal appeals court OKs Florida anti-drag show law | Tallahassee Democrat Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure | Raw Story Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage | CBS News Trump DOJ now 0 for 20 after judge dismisses Colorado voter roll lawsuit ‘with prejudice' | Democracy DocketGood TroubleYALL.vote2026 midterms checklist @amandasmildtakes - Instagram Check your voter registration and deadlines → Voter Registration Deadlines - Vote.org →Blue Wave California- secure.actblue.com/donate/msw-bwc →Help save Texas from Ken Paxton! →Urge Democrats to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption | Indivisible Guide →Defiance.org/beans →Stand With Minnesota →iceout.org Good NewsJamie Davis for U.S. Senate instagram.com/jamieforlouisiana RestoreVoteVa.org IceAgeTrail.org MesaValleyIndivisible.org dana-goldbergs-southwest-funnyfest Oct 9 -Email Dana@DanaGoldberg.com for sponsorship informationTickets for Dana Goldberg: Outrageous - Sep 23 - Den Theater - Chicago →Share your Good News & Good Trouble - The Daily Beans →Beans Talk audio -beans-talk.simplecast.com Subscribe to the MSW on YouTube - MSW Media - YouTube Our Donation Links The Trevor Project - trevorproject.org/beans Blue Wave California - ActBlue.com/donate/msw-bwc Donate to Public Citizen - https://citizen.org/beans/ Donate to It Gets Better / The Daily Beans Fundraiser Pathways to Citizenship - boomerang - pathways Dana and The Daily Beans support of Human Rights Campaign ONE CAUSE HRC The Daily Beans supports It Gets BetterNational Security Counselors - Donate, WhistleblowerAid.org/beans Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill, Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com - Bluesky, MSW & The Daily Beans Podcast @muellershewrote - Instagram, MSW Media - YouTube →Federal workers email AG - fedoath@pm.me Dana Goldberg - Dana is on Patreon! At Dana's Dugout, @dgcomedy - Bluesky, @dgcomedy - IG, Dana Goldberg - Facebook, DanaGoldberg.com More from MSW Media - Shows, Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod, The Breakdown | Allison Gill Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:https://apple.co/3XNx7ckWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?https://patreon.com/thedailybeanshttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, James Lindsay joins Eric to discuss John Adams's forgotten 1765 essay A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law and why its warnings about tyranny remain relevant today. They examine post-liberalism, Catholic integralism, Christian nationalism, the “woke right,” Patrick Deneen's proposed regime change, and whether political movements on the right are abandoning the constitutional principles of liberty, responsibility, religious freedom, and self-government.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World
Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Larry Taunton and Laurence Fox discuss the viral Oxford Union debate over whether the West should be suspicious of Islam. Taunton explains how the debate was nearly canceled, how he helped Fox prepare, and why the audience's reaction became part of the argument itself. Fox then reveals the strategy behind his now-famous envelope stunt, explains why he believes Britain has surrendered ground on free speech, and discusses his plans to enter British politics. Eric and Larry also examine the Democratic Socialists of America and the relationship they see between socialism, Islamism, and political power.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World
Feminist witches? Yes please! We're joined by scholar and practicing witch, Emma Quilty, to talk about her research into modern witches, feminist practices, political activism, and witchy tupperware parties.Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of capitalism, abusive relationships, Charlie Kirk, misogyny, gender violence, and queerphobia.GuestEmma Quilty is a social anthropologist who works in the field of feminist science and technology studies. Her research investigates the shifting practices of algorithmic harm and gender violence, and how they are facilitated by digital infrastructures and emerging systems like artificial intelligence. She is the author of Witch Power: Hexing the Patriarchy with Feminist Magic. You can follow her on Instagram @emma__quilty. Housekeeping- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests' books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books- Call to Action: Will you join us for year 10, episode 500, and beyond at patreon.com/spiritspodcast??- Submit Your Urban Legends Audio: Call us! 617-420-2344- Check out the fabulous sexual education podcast Sex Ed with DB! Find Us Online- Website & Transcripts: spiritspodcast.com- Patreon: patreon.com/spiritspodcast- Merch: spiritspodcast.com/merch- Instagram: instagram.com/spiritspodcast- Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/spiritspodcast.com- Twitter: twitter.com/spiritspodcast- Tumblr: spiritspodcast.tumblr.comCast & Crew- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin- Editor: Bren Frederick- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman- Multitude: multitude.productionsAbout UsSpirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Using big bombs make Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth feel like bigger men. But what results from the high-T strategy of ravaging our munitions stocks? Enormous national security risks, skyrocketing military budgets, questionable procurement decisions, and the erosion of longstanding alliances and strategic trust in the US. Former US Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall joins David Rothkopf and Rosa Brooks to discuss the current administration's disastrous foreign policy strategy and how the US could recover from these blunders. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Die Fibonacci-Folge zählt zu den bekanntesten mathematischen Zahlenreihen. Benannt ist sie nach dem italienischen Rechenmeister Leonardo da Pisa, der sie allerdings gar nicht erfunden hat. In seinem Lehrbuch ist sie auch eigentlich nur eine kleine Randnotiz. Dafür war er der erste, der den europäischen Kaufleuten die indisch-arabischen Ziffern näherbrachte. Der erwähnte und von Richard erstellte Zeitstrahl mit Karte, ATLAS, ist zu finden unter: https://atlas.geschichte.fm/ // Erwähnte Folgen - GAG148: Das Ende der Welt – Friedenskaiser und falsche Friedriche – https://gadg.fm/148 - GAG539: Der Mongolensturm und das Jahrzehnt der Witwen – https://gadg.fm/539 - GAG451: Eine kleine Geschichte der verlorenen Bücher – https://gadg.fm/451 // Literatur - Raffaele Danna: The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200-1600, 2026. - Keith J. Devlin: The man of numbers: Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution, 2011. Unser neues Buch „Mehr Geschichten aus der Geschichte“ erscheint am 4. September. Es kann hier signiert vorbestellt werden: https://shop.autorenwelt.de/products/mehr-geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-von-richard-hemmer-und-daniel-messner //Aus unserer Werbung Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte //Geschichten aus der Geschichte jetzt auch als Brettspiel! Werkelt mit uns am Flickerlteppich! Gibt es dort, wo es auch Becher, T-Shirts oder Hoodies zu kaufen gibt: https://geschichte.shop // Wir sind jetzt auch bei CampfireFM! Wer direkt in Folgen kommentieren will, Zusatzmaterial und Blicke hinter die Kulissen sehen will: einfach die App installieren und unserer Community beitreten: https://www.joincampfire.fm/podcasts/22 //Wir haben auch ein Buch geschrieben: Wer es erwerben will, es ist überall im Handel, aber auch direkt über den Verlag zu erwerben: https://www.piper.de/buecher/geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-isbn-978-3-492-06363-0 Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf Steady oder ein Abo des GeschichteFM-Plus Kanals auf Apple Podcasts tun. Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei Apple Podcasts oder wo auch immer dies möglich ist rezensiert oder bewertet. Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt! Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio
This is Thinking in Public, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about frontline theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.In this edition of the popular podcast series “Thinking in Public,” Albert Mohler speaks with Professor of Humanities in the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida, esteemed historian Allen Guelzo. They discuss his recent book, “The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition.”You can purchase Dr. Guelzo’s book, “The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition,” here.Sign up to receive every new Thinking in Public release in your inbox.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.
The BOB & TOM Show – August 5, 20266:00 Hour 6:00 – "Queer Tattoo" – Stephen Lynch 6:04 – Chick out, Willie in 6:05 – National Underwear Day; Pat discusses going commando 6:08 – New relationship means a new house, new tie, and more – Pat 6:11 – Willie says he's turning into his dad every day 6:14 – Kimchi discussion – Pat 6:27 – "Gangsta Folk" – Pat 6:29 – Letter: Air fryer chocolate chip cookies are perfect 6:33 – Letter: Dwight Yoakam gives the best performance in Sling Blade 6:46 – Sports: Willie jokes that Babe Ruth never existed 6:50 – Fat athletes discussion 6:52 – Professional fishermen who smoke – Josh 7:04 – Women using fake breasts in biking competitions – Willie 7:10 – Tom suggests a heavyweight division in gymnastics 7:11 – Dog surfing competitions 7:26 – Willie is not a fan of the new Spider-Man movie 7:27 – 86 yoga positions underwater; push-ups 7:28 – "Tide Chi" joke – Tom 7:32 – Tom likes chocolate shakes 7:46 – "Makin' It" / copyright – David Naughton 7:50 – Boxers are the best-selling men's underwear – Kristi 7:51 – Shirt that can be worn for 30 days without odor 7:53 – Willie tells Tom he thinks people are wrong if they don't like what he likes 8:04 – In studio: Derrick Stroup; lives in Nashville and hasn't driven in 16 years 8:06 – Derrick says two DUIs made him stop driving; he quit drinking 14 years ago 8:08 – Derrick jokes that people without licenses are better drivers 8:10 – Derrick's one-year-old has 13 teeth 8:22 – Letter: Dad's favorite pie is green tomato pie 8:23 – Chocolate gravy is popular in the South – Derrick 8:24 – Derrick does not like raw tomatoes 8:28 – Josh asks about following seconds on borscht 8:30 – Horse learned to play an instrument 8:32 – "Back in the Saddle Again" / copyright 8:33 – "Nay Nay Nay (Good Bye)" – Godwin 8:45 – Today in History 8:54 – "Lake Shore Drive" / copyright 9:06 – Derrick says iceberg lettuce is the working person's lettuce 9:06 – Derrick says iceberg lettuce is mostly water 9:09 – Josh tells Tom he knows the effect Tom has on others 9:20 – Zoom guest: Alli in New York 9:21 – Letter: My attractive girlfriend flirts with the bartender for free drinks, but I would rather pay 9:23 – Letter: I buy my girlfriend expensive gifts, but she doesn't do the same for me 9:26 – Letter: The man I'm dating talks constantly about cold plunges; it's only our third date 9:28 – Letter: My boyfriend winks at everyone. Can I get him to stop? 9:31 – Josh says after living in Korea, he kept bowing when saying goodbye after returning to the U.S. 9:33 – Letter: My boyfriend had to move, I couldn't go with him, and he has many female friends 9:35 – Tom asks Josh how many of his female friends he's told he's gay 9:36 – Letter: My boyfriend and I like to drink, but alcohol affects our sex life 9:38 – Derrick says Tom really dislikes a good time 9:47 – Hummingbird caught in a restaurant door; waiter frees it 9:48 – Derrick is feeding birds now 7:00 Hour8:00 Hour9:00 Hour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of congenital disorders in the United States, but many pregnant families have never heard of it. In this episode, Dr. Dekker is joined by author Megan Nix who shares the personal story behind her memoir, "Remedies for Sorrow," and discusses how gaps in the system leave many families unaware of this common virus. Megan shares how her daughter Anna's congenital CMV diagnosis changed her family's life and launched her years-long investigation into why such a common condition remains largely absent from prenatal education. You'll learn what CMV is, how it spreads during pregnancy, evidence-informed prevention strategies, newborn screening and treatment, and why informed consent and narrative medicine matter for families navigating pregnancy and birth. (02:01) Megan's journey into motherhood and how Anna's diagnosis led her to write the book (07:04) What congenital CMV is and why so few families know about it (10:26) Why CMV prevention isn't routinely discussed during pregnancy (15:40) Megan's illness during pregnancy and the missed opportunities for diagnosis (18:00) Antiviral treatment for newborns with congenital CMV (22:50) Steps pregnant families can take to reduce CMV exposure (25:55) Newborn screening for CMV and the current landscape of universal testing (32:16) Hearing screening, progressive hearing loss, and why early diagnosis matters (34:05) Parenting a child with developmental delays and what Anna has taught their family (40:11) Finding her voice, self-advocacy, and overcoming the culture of silence (46:41) Megan's final advice for pregnant families and where to learn more Resources Get your copy of "Remedies for Sorrow": penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704982/remedies-for-sorrow-by-megan-nix/ Learn more about the National CMV Foundation: nationalcmv.org/ EBB 185 – The History of Narrative Medicine and Childbirth with Tyler Jean Dukes For more information about Evidence Based Birth and a crash course on evidence based care, visit www.ebbirth.com. Follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Ready to learn more? Grab an EBB Podcast Listening Guide or read Dr. Dekker's book, "Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered!" If you want to get involved at EBB, join our Professional membership (scholarship options available) and get on the wait list for our EBB Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the EBB Childbirth Class.
For nearly 30 years the question of who killed Tupac Shakur has remained unanswered. During that time a cottage industry of books, documentaries, podcasts, conspiracy theories, and on-line sleuthing has grown up around the unsolved murder. Now we are just days away from the beginning of a Las Vegas trial that may finally answer the question who killed the rapper. Here's everything you need to know about the case before it starts.History of the 90s will be in court covering the trial and providing daily updates in this feed beginning August 10Show info:Instagram: @that90spodcastEmail: 1995podcast@gmail.comSubstack: @historyofthe90s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gary concludes his talk on the importance of knowing our own history. America was founded on a presupposed Christian worldview and didn't need a lot of civil government oversight because most citizens were properly self-governed. This is no longer the case, and we must recapture an understanding of our Christian heritage in order to have hope and direction for the future.
Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Give it Up (2026) The Aristocats (1970) The Aristocrats (2005) Funny People (2009) This is 40 (2012) Man on the Moon (1999) Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) I'm From Hollywood (1989) Comedian (2002) American Movie (1999) Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010) A History of Violence (2005) Rabbit Test (1978) George Carlin: Jammin' in New York (1990) George Carlin's American Dream (2022) George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya (2008) Punchline (1988) The Omen (1976) Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992) American Splendor (2003) American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) Blue Collar (1978) The King of Comedy (1982) Meet the Parents (2000) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Pee-wee as Himself (2025) Innerspace (1987) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Air New Zealand The Dollop Podcast Peter Jackson Weta Workshop The Lord of the Rings film franchise Dave Anthony Our first podcast with The Dollop John Lennon Paul McCartney Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode Harlan Ellison New York Friars Club in New York The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles Judd Apatow Adam Sandler Scott Alexander TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey Comedy Central ABC's Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76) Elvis Presley Bob Zmuda Fridays TV series (1980-82) Mark Blankfield Lawrence Welk The Pretenders Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93) Kyle Anderson Jerry Seinfeld Gary Shandling Orny Adams Dane Cook Joan Rivers Don Rickles The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Dewey Decimal System Dick Clark Russell Crowe Edgar Allan Poe Billy Crystal Gareth and Dave's Past Times Podcast George Carlin Johnny Carson Tom Hanks Sally Field John Goodman David Seltzer Bill Hicks Paul Giamatti HBO MC Hammer Vanilla Ice Rush Limbaugh The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014) David Letterman David Cronenberg Denis Leary Richard Pryor Paul Schrader Yaphet Kotto Harvey Keitel Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhardt Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026) Paul Reubens Thomas Jane Our Martin Short podcast episode Gareth and Jake Johnson's podcast We're Here To Help SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Every schoolchild in the English-speaking world learns William the Conqueror's name. What most of them never hear is that William spent his final years bitter about another Norman knight — a man his own contemporaries considered the more accomplished conqueror of their generation.His name was Robert Guiscard. He was born to a minor noble family in Normandy with too many sons and too little land. He arrived in Southern Italy as a bandit stealing horses in Calabria. Twenty years later he was Duke of Apulia, had defeated the Byzantine Emperor in battle, and was planning to march on Constantinople itself. When William landed at Hastings in 1066, Guiscard had already been ruling more Italian territory for seven years than William would ever hold in England.And Guiscard wasn't alone. He was one of twelve brothers. Between them, the sons of a minor Norman lord named Tancred de Hauteville built the Kingdom of Sicily — a multicultural state employing Muslim scholars, Byzantine bureaucrats, and Latin monks in the same government. From Robert Guiscard's ducal title in 1059 to Napoleon's dissolution of the kingdom in 1816, that political architecture ran for 725 years.Today I'm joined by Memory Medieval to walk through the Norman conquest history didn't teach you.Follow Memory Medieval on X: @MemoryMedieval Substack: memorymedieval.substack.com Feigned Flight publication: feignedflight.com════════════════════════════
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my new friend (and potential blood relative) Father Joseph-Anthony Kress, OP to talk about the surge of recent Catholic converts, the role of the saints and the rosary in this conversion wave, and why non-Catholic Christians considering Catholicism shouldn't be afraid of giving the rosary – an ancient, powerful prayer practice rooted in Scripture – a try! It's a great conversation with a wonderfully generous and cordial Dominican! The best kind! For more from Fr. Kress check out the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. You can also listen to him on the Godsplaining podcast.Send your feedback to cordialcatholic@gmail.com. Sign up for our newsletter for my reflections on episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive contests.To watch this and other episodes please visit (and subscribe to!) our YouTube channel.Please consider financially supporting this show! For more information visit the Patreon page. All patrons receive access to exclusive content and if you can give $5/mo or more you'll also be entered into monthly draws for fantastic books hand-picked by me.If you'd like to give a one-time donation to The Cordial Catholic, you can visit the PayPal page.Thank you to those already supporting the show!A very special thanks to our Patreon co-producers who make this show possible: Amanda, Elli and Tom, Fr. Larry, Gina, Heather, James, Jorg, Michelle, Noah, Robert, Shelby, Susanne and Victor, and William.Beyond The BeaconJoin Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith!Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showFind and follow The Cordial Catholic on social media:Instagram: @cordialcatholicTwitter: @cordialcatholicYouTube: /thecordialcatholicFacebook: The Cordial CatholicTikTok: @cordialcatholic
What does it take to keep wounded Soldiers alive when the next war means hours — not minutes — to the operating table? In this special collaboration between WarDocs and OP MED TV, recorded at the Defense Strategies Institute OP MED Symposium, COL Shaun Brown, MD, Commander of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, lays out the research agenda that will decide whether the wounded of the next conflict survive. COL Brown's path into Army medicine began with a rejection. Poor eyesight closed the door on the U.S. Naval Academy, so he pursued pre-med as a civilian undergraduate. When 9/11 happened, it solidified both his commitment to medicine and his decision to serve, and he took an Army HPSP scholarship in medical school. He trained in general surgery at William Beaumont Army Medical Center — a program with a long, quiet relationship with the special operations community — where attendings would vanish overnight for operational requirements. He chose colorectal surgery as a fellowship to add technical range he could use in civilian practice and on the battlefield, then joined Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg after a year on staff in El Paso. Now commanding the Army's premier combat casualty care research enterprise, COL Brown is candid about what excites him and what worries him. He is most energized by the Organ Support and Automated Technology department, and he uses a widely shared video of a Ukrainian amputee evacuated by unmanned ground system to make his point: autonomous evacuation without autonomous medical support only moves the walking wounded. Ventilators that read changing physiology and adjust themselves, autonomous IV pumps, and en-route support are the missing half of the capability. His concern is combat wounds. In large-scale combat operations with prolonged evacuation timelines, Dr. Brown expects most damage control surgery to be done for sepsis rather than hemorrhage — the patients who cannot be evacuated become septic extremities. He also walks through the blood problem: whole blood is the standard, low-titer O supply will not be sufficient at scale, and the answer is shelf-stable components, including freeze-dried and spray-dried plasma, freeze-dried platelets, and freeze-dried red cells. The conversation closes on people. Brown details how the Army sustains surgical readiness through a diversified platform of military treatment facilities, civilian partnerships, and untapped Veterans Affairs relationships; how he coordinates with the Reserve consultant to pair complementary skill sets on deploying teams; and why, quoting the Army War College, he still serves: you train for the known and you educate for the unknown. Chapters (00:50-02:16) From Naval Academy Dreams to Army Medicine (02:16-04:33) Colorectal Surgery and the Road to Joint Special Operations Command (04:33-08:06) Commanding the ISR: Autonomous En-Route Care and the Combat Wound Gap (08:06-11:59) Blood, Plasma, and the Shelf-Stable Future of Resuscitation (11:59-18:16) Burn Care, Surgical Readiness, and Partnerships Across Components (18:16-22:22) Forward Surgical Capability Gaps and Why He Still Serves Chapter Summaries (00:50-02:16) From Naval Academy Dreams to Army Medicine Brown describes how bad eyesight ended his plan to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and sent him to a civilian undergraduate program and pre-med coursework. September 11th solidified his decision to pursue both medicine and military service, and he applied for the HPSP scholarship in medical school, choosing the Army's four-year award over the Air Force's three-year option. (02:16-04:33) Colorectal Surgery and the Road to Joint Special Operations Command He explains why he chose colorectal surgery — additional technical skill he could use in civilian practice and on the battlefield — and how residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center exposed him early to the special operations world. He recounts getting the recruiting call while loading a moving van in New Orleans, then completing assessment and selection before moving to Fort Bragg. (04:33-08:06) Commanding the ISR: Autonomous En-Route Care and the Combat Wound Gap COL Brown identifies the Organ Support and Automated Technology department as the work he is most excited about, using a Ukrainian unmanned-ground-system evacuation video to argue that autonomous platforms without autonomous medical support can only move the walking wounded. He then names his chief concern: combat wound research funding, and his expectation that in large-scale combat operations most damage control surgery will be done for sepsis rather than hemorrhage. (08:06-11:59) Blood, Plasma, and the Shelf-Stable Future of Resuscitation The discussion turns to the evolution from component therapy to 1:1:1 ratios to whole blood, and Dr. Brown's assessment that low-titer O will not be available in sufficient quantity for large-scale combat operations. He details work on freeze-dried and spray-dried plasma, freeze-dried platelets, and freeze-dried red cells, noting that spray-drying is faster, cheaper, and uses equipment roughly the size of two ATMs — a major advantage for distributed manufacturing. (11:59-18:16) Burn Care, Surgical Readiness, and Partnerships Across Components COL Brown addresses the burn casualty problem in a future fight: forward Class VIII resuscitation supply, scaling the Advanced Burn Life Support course for deploying units, and partnerships with civilian burn centers, including placing Army burn surgeons in MILCIV sites. He then lays out the diversified surgical platform — military treatment facilities, community hospitals, and underused VA partnerships — and how he works with the Reserve consultant to pair complementary skill sets on deploying units. (18:16-22:22) Forward Surgical Capability Gaps and Why He Still Serves Asked what a forward surgical team still needs, COL Brown points to an off-the-shelf, infection-resistant biologic vascular conduit as a potential game changer over shunts — with the training investment that would require. He closes with his why, quoting the Army War College maxim that you train for the known and educate for the unknown, and asking who will be left to educate the next generation if experienced leaders walk away during the interwar period. Take Home Messages Autonomous evacuation without autonomous care only moves the walking wounded: Unmanned ground and air systems can pull a casualty off the battlefield, but a platform alone does not sustain a patient who needs a ventilator, a pump, or a transfusion en route. The medical community must be in the ground-maneuver conversation early, because a small design change can turn a logistics platform into a casualty evacuation platform. Autonomous ventilators that read changing physiology and adjust themselves are the missing half of that capability. In the next war, sepsis may drive damage control surgery more than hemorrhage: Prolonged evacuation timelines change the casualty population that reaches a surgeon. Patients in uncontrolled hemorrhage far from a surgical team frequently do not survive the wait, while patients with survivable wounds that cannot be evacuated arrive septic days later. Combat wound research and combat wound solutions deserve renewed funding priority for large-scale combat operations. Shelf-stable blood components are the answer to a cold chain that will not hold: Warm whole blood remains the standard of care, but low-titer O will not be available in the quantities a large-scale conflict demands, and cold chain storage is a logistical vulnerability. Freeze-dried and spray-dried plasma, freeze-dried platelets, and freeze-dried red cells are all in the research pipeline. Spray-drying offers a particular advantage: it is faster, cheaper, and the equipment footprint is small enough to support distributed manufacturing forward. Burn readiness is a supply problem, a training problem, and a partnership problem: Thermal weapons, lasers, fuel, and explosions could produce burn casualty volumes the system has not seen in decades. Resuscitation depends on adequate crystalloid and plasma forward, on teams trained to calculate burn surface area correctly, and on scaling the Advanced Burn Life Support course to deploying units. Long-term capacity also depends on formal relationships with civilian burn centers and on placing military burn surgeons inside those partnerships. Surgical readiness comes from a diversified platform, not from one hospital: Military treatment facility volume alone will not sustain a surgeon's skills, so readiness now depends on layering community hospital partnerships and Veterans Affairs relationships on top of the military caseload. Functional VA hospitals near large installations without strong academic affiliations are ripe for preferred referral partnerships. What surgeons need most is not trauma volume but complexity, which older patients with more complex medical conditions reliably provide. Episode Keywords military medicine, combat casualty care, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, ISR, Shaun Brown, WarDocs, OP MED TV, Army surgeon, damage control surgery, LSCO, large-scale combat operations, whole blood, freeze dried plasma, spray dried plasma, blood products, burn care, Army Burn Center, prolonged casualty care, en route care, autonomous medical systems, trauma surgery, military health system, surgical readiness, Army medicine Hashtags #MilitaryMedicine, #WarDocs, #CombatCasualtyCare, #ArmyMedicine, #TraumaSurgery, #LSCO, #MilitaryHealth, #BurnCare Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine The WarDocs Mission: WarDocs exists to honor the legacy of Military Medicine, preserve its history, and inspire every generation — across all Services, Corps, and Ranks — to serve with excellence and pride. 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Over the last century, tens of millions of people quit Eastern Europe for the United States. The push-pull factors were many—war, poverty, instability, persecution at home and opportunity, refuge, and liberty abroad. But manna didn't simply fall from the sky in America. Immigrants from Eastern Europe confronted many of the same challenges migrants do everywhere—exploitation, hardship, and discrimination.Thresholds is a REEES podcast series that will grapple with these histories through interviews with scholars and immigrants' personal profiles. What pushed them to leave? What did they discover when they arrived? How did they change and be changed by American society? What opportunities and challenges did they face to become “American”? And what can we learn about immigration today?Guest:David Roediger is the Foundation Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs published by Basic Books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The show starts off today with everyone saying how great of a Red Sox team this is. Is this team the best turn around team in Boston sports history? Was Marcelo Mayer being traded a warning sign for Roman Anthony if he can't behave? Everyone then questions Luke Murray's decision to bring in his own commentary team for BC basketball. And Jarren Duran recognizes that he hasn't been playing well.
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China is racing ahead in electrification, while the US turns its back on green energy in favour of a new era of fossil fuel machismo. An alignment between the three major petrostates – the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia – no longer looks implausible. The outlines of a new Cold War are becoming visible, one which will be determined by a novel mixture of ideology, critical technologies, supply chains and control of energy flows. How will these geopolitical dynamics play out – and what will it mean for global warming? Adam Tooze is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History and director of the European Institute at Columbia University. A columnist at Foreign Policy and a regular contributor to the LRB, he also writes Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history. His books include ‘Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World' and ‘Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy'. Adam Tooze's LRB Autumn Lecture was delivered at the New School, NYC on 27 October 2025 From the LRB Subscribe to the LRB: https://lrb.me/subslrbpod Close Readings podcast: https://lrb.me/crlrbpod LRB Audiobooks: https://lrb.me/audiobookslrbpod Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: https://lrb.me/storelrbpod Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's bad idea is also one that is very hard to pin down: David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about the concept of decadence, which went from explaining the fall of ancient Rome to becoming a label modern artists wanted to claim for themselves. What makes a society decadent? Is it always a bad thing? When does decadence explain what's happening and when does it distract from what's happening? Was Weimar Germany the best of decadence or the worst of it? And how decadent are we today? Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David talks to political historian David Klemperer about the idea of social credit, which promised to save the world in the 1920s and 1930s and ended up doing nothing of the sort. A fascinating story of cranks, conspiracy theorists and crypto-fascists with curious echoes in Silicon Valley today. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes including PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: Short-Form Video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Longtime New York Stock Exchange member and former Director James Rutledge goes Inside the ICE House to reflect on a remarkable career that began with a help wanted sign on Wall Street in 1968. He shares firsthand stories from the paperwork crisis, the transition from pneumatic tubes and paper tickets to electronic trading, and the NYSE's evolution through decades of technological change.
Gold has always fascinated human civilization. Empires pursued it. Kings protected it. Alchemists devoted entire lifetimes attempting to understand it. History remembers the metal. Perhaps it overlooked the question. Suppose gold was never the destination. Suppose freedom was. Every intimate relationship confronts two people with an invisible furnace. Nobody enters believing they carry lead. They arrive convinced they carry love, certainty, maturity, wisdom, and good intentions. The heat of genuine intimacy produces a different inventory. Hidden laws begin announcing themselves. The Law of Chasing convinces pursuit feels safer than presence. The Law of Controlled Distance preserves connection while preventing exposure. The Law of Silence disguises avoidance as peace. The Law of Confusion transforms emotional unpredictability into familiarity until chaos feels more trustworthy than clarity. None of these laws appear on a marriage license. No university teaches them. Few people consciously choose them. Yet millions faithfully obey them every day. That possibility shifts today's investigation away from compatibility and toward governance. Who governs your consciousness when conflict arrives? Who governs your perception when abandonment feels possible? Who governs your choices when love demands surrender rather than control? Perhaps the greatest deception in intimate life has never been believing another person completed us. Perhaps the deeper deception involved mistaking inherited psychological legislation for free will itself. Within this investigation, alchemy becomes neither mythology nor decoration. It becomes a disciplined metaphor for examining whether consciousness grows lighter or denser under relational pressure. Gold represents increasing freedom from unconscious conditioning. Lead represents continued allegiance to invisible laws written by fear, attachment, survival, and unfinished history. The Relationship Alchemist therefore asks only one question. When love places your consciousness into the fire, which part of you becomes free… and which part refuses to surrender?
In this opening lesson of the 28th and final gate of Orchot Tzaddikim—the Gate of Fear of Heaven (Shaar Yirat Shamayim)—Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explains that the Torah's concept of "fear" does not primarily mean terror or anxiety. Rather, yirah means awe, awareness, perspective, and clarity. True fear of Heaven is living with a constant awareness of Hashem's greatness and recognizing our personal relationship with Him. The Torah repeatedly teaches that this awareness is the foundation of Jewish life and the greatest treasure a person can possess.Rabbi Wolbe then demonstrates that Torah is not the ultimate goal—it is the pathway that leads to Yirat Shamayim. Torah study without developing a deeper awareness of Hashem is compared to possessing the keys to the inner rooms of a house while lacking the key to the front door. Likewise, the purpose of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai was not simply to acquire knowledge, but to establish an everlasting relationship with Hashem. Every mitzvah reconnects us to that covenant and strengthens that bond.The lesson concludes by describing three levels of fear. The lowest level is serving Hashem because of concern for what other people think. A higher level is serving Hashem out of fear of punishment. The highest and purest level is serving Hashem solely because He is Hashem—out of love, awe, gratitude, and a sincere desire to fulfill His will. Rabbi Wolbe closes by encouraging us to recognize the countless gifts Hashem grants us every moment—from the ability to breathe and see to the privilege of living each day—which naturally inspires profound gratitude and authentic Yirat Shamayim._____________This Podcast Series is Generously Underwritten by Peter & Becky BotvinRecorded at TORCH Centre in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on February 16, 2026, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on August 5, 2026_____________This series on Orchos Tzadikim/Ways of the Righteous is produced in partnership with Hachzek.Join the revolution of daily Mussar study at hachzek.com.We are using the Treasure of Life edition of the Orchos Tzadikkim (Published by Feldheim)_____________Listen, Subscribe & Share: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jewish-inspiration-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1476610783Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4r0KfjMzmCNQbiNaZBCSU7) to stay inspired! Share your questions at aw@torchweb.org or visit torchweb.org for more Torah content. _____________About the Host:Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Director of TORCH in Houston, brings decades of Torah scholarship to guide listeners in applying Jewish wisdom to daily life. To directly send your questions, comments, and feedback, please email: awolbe@torchweb.org_____________Support Our Mission:Our Mission is Connecting Jews & Judaism. Help us spread Judaism globally by sponsoring an episode at torchweb.org.Your support makes a HUGE difference!_____________Listen MoreOther podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: NEW!! Hey Rabbi! Podcast: https://heyrabbi.transistor.fm/episodesPrayer Podcast: https://prayerpodcast.transistor.fm/episodesJewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodesParsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodesLiving Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodesThinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodesUnboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodesRabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodesFor a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at http://podcast.torchweb.orgv_____________Keywords:#JewishInspiration, #Mussar, #MasterClass, #FearOfHeaven, #YiratShamayim, #SpiritualGrowth, #Faith, #AweOfGod, #RelationshipWithHashem, #LoveOfHashem, #LiveWithPurpose, ★ Support this podcast ★
Oh crap! The Hellboy Book Club is actually launching their kickstarter for "Hellboy Book Club Presents Brief Histories and Others!" This is a collection of Matt Strackbein's "Brief History" comics that appeared in the pages of B.P.R.D. Collected for the first time! Check out some listener feedback, recommendations and our discussion of our Kickstarter campaign! Thank you all in advance! 04:10 - Listener Feedback 18:30 - Whaddya See, whaddya say? 33:49 - Kickstarter kickoff! Get Pumped! LINK HERE http://kck.st/4hbB2vU Thank you Matt Strackbein, thank you all! opening & closing theme by https://onlybeast.com
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YEAR of meteors! brooding year!I would bind in words retrospective some of your deeds and signs;I would sing your contest for the 19th Presidentiad;.I would sing how an old man, tall, with white hair, mounted the scaffold in Virginia;(I was at hand—silent I stood, with teeth shut close—I watch'd;I stood very near you, old man, when cool and indifferent, but trembling with age and your unheal'd wounds, you mounted the scaffold;)That was Walt Whitman, from the 1871 edition of Leaves of Grass; and the 19th Presidentiad to which he refers is the election of 1860. No election in the history of the United States can come close to being more confusing, tumultuous and consequential than the election of 1860. Now Jonathan Earle seeks to disclose its mysteries. And in fact in his new book He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860, he reveals that the 1860 contest was even stranger than we might have imagined it to be.Jonathan Earle is Associate Professor of History at Louisiana State University, where he also serves as the Roger Hadfield Ogden Dean of the LSU Honors College.
For generations, the mines of Michigan's Copper Country have been woven into the history of the Lake Superior region. While many of those mines closed decades ago, their stories — and the underground landscapes they created — continue to leave their mark on the communities above them. Today, researchers are combining archaeology, historic records, and emerging technologies to better understand the region's mining history, improve public safety, and explore how these underground landscapes may serve future generations. In this episode of the Lake Superior Podcast, Walt Lindala and Frida Waara talk with Tim Scarlett, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Michigan Technological University. They explore the challenges of mapping abandoned mines, why understanding these underground landscapes matters, and what they can teach us about the past and perhaps the future.Connect with us:Lake Superior Podcast Page: https://nplsf.org/podcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalParksOfLakeSuperiorFoundationSponsors:Cafe Imports – Minneapolis-based importers of specialty green coffees since 1993, focused on sustainability. Learn more: cafeimports.comNational Parks of Lake Superior Foundation – Donate to protect Lake Superior's five national parks: nplsf.org/donate
To Support The Show: Patreon.com/islandsofcoherence Subscribe, Like, Comment, and Hit the Bell for Notifications on YouTube Follow us on Instagram (@islands.of.coherence) and Tik Tok (@islandsofcoherence) Joining us on the show this lifelong student of The Art of War, Jim Gimian! In this conversation we explore how this ancient text which originated in feudal China contains lessons that can be applied to our modern lives in 2026. Jim has been studying and teaching The Art of War (the Sun Tzu Bing Fa) since 1980. He served as the general editor of the best-selling translation, The Art of War: The Denma Translation (2001) which received critical acclaim from military officers, business leaders, and Asian Studies scholars. Gimian followed that with The Rules of Victory: How to Transform Chaos and Conflict - Strategies from the Art of War (2008), co-authored with Barry Boyce. Gimian has been presenting lessons from the Art of War to business and non-profit leaders in North America, Australia, and Europe since 1985. His work takes the form of seminars, leadership training programs, consulting, and coaching. The core of this work is presenting the text's profound strategic thought in clear, simple, and accessible training that enables today's leaders to employ these tools in their work and lives amidst the challenges of an increasingly complex and uncertain world. You can check out his course and coaching services over at Rules of Victory or Order his book at The Art of War: Denma Translation Show Topics - What is The Art of War - The Concept of 'Taking Whole' - Why Should We Care About Preserving Our Opponent? - History of the Art of War - Philosophical Underpinnings of the Text - Seeing Ourselves Clearly - Conflict as a Sign of Interconnection - Leadership and Trusting Those You Lead - Navigating Living Systems - Pushing Round Boulders Down Hill
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:12 – 10:59)Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. and Iran: Updates on the Major Conflicts on the World Scene Right NowPolitical Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Ousted Minister Says by The New York Times (Andrew E. Kramer)Part II (10:59 – 17:48) Chaos in Ceuta: Sudden Influx of Moroccan Migrants to Spain Raises Massive Immigration and Open Borders IssuesPart III (17:48 – 24:05)An Islamic Terrorist Attack on Berlin Pride Event: This is a Tragedy, and It's Compounded by the Fact That Germany Knew of This Young Man's Islamic ExtremismBerlin Pride Event Attacker Killed in Police Shootout, Officials Say by The New York Times (Jim Tankersley)German Authorities Knew of Pride Attacker's Extremism in Months Before Attack by The New York Times (Adam Goldman, Jim Tankersley, and Philip Kaleta)Part IV (24:05 – 27:33)Immigration and ISIS Threats on the U.S. Side of the Atlantic: Court Considers Deporting Mother of ISIS TerroristU.S. Revives Obscure Court in Bid to Deport Afghan Woman by The New York Times (Alan Feuer and Adam Sella)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.
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Microsoft released details of a Hotel Wi-Fi attack capable of breaching 365 accounts, and OpenAI shares a collection of screenshots and emails to defend itself against Apple's trade secret lawsuit against it.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The BOB & TOM Show — August 4, 2026 6:00 – "Blow Me a Kiss" – Dean & Jerry 6:04 – Chick out; Willie joins the show 6:08 – "Coke in the Boat" – Pat Godwin 6:11 – Cocaine washes ashore in Hialeah – Pat Godwin 6:22 – Kristi and Willie discuss enjoying back-to-school shopping 6:25 – Willie asks Tom if Finn has been easier to raise than his other children; Tom says he had five to practice on 6:30 – Letter: mascot chimney sweep 6:32 – Letter: wife startled by a spider in the shower 6:35 – Josh talks about a house made of straw 6:36 – Tom says he likes distressed brick houses 6:37 – Willie says he enjoys the game Risk 6:48 – Letter about a dad's friend with the last name Enis 6:50 – Letter praising Pat's Irish song 6:51 – Pat performs "That's How Irish I Am" 7:04 – Unusual town names 7:05 – Tom talks about towels 7:07 – Kristi uses disposable hand towels 7:08 – Decorative pillows in hotel rooms 7:11 – Discussion about oversized platform shoes 7:12 – Willie says, "I'm fibered out" 7:13 – Tom says "Hush Puppies" 7:23 – Tom says puppies have the sharpest teeth 7:23 – National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day 7:27 – Sports 7:31 – Rain and tornado warnings during Gen Con in Indianapolis 7:34 – Pain-free tattoos using a transdermal patch 7:37 – Josh jokes about people getting tattoos later in life 7:38 – Josh compares tattoo preparation to sanding a table before painting 7:49 – Jess joins the studio 7:49 – Callback about oversized platform shoes 7:50 – Discussion about a company selling novelty platform shoes 7:52 – "Crap Clogs" – Tom 7:53 – Discussion of penis transplant procedures in Vietnam 8:08 – Tone Challenge 8:11 – Josh Line 8:29 – Good Willie: "Kelly's Paddle" 8:34 – Kristi shares finding a beautiful hutch in a house she purchased 8:36 – Tom shares an unusual item found in a house he purchased 8:37 – Willie's camp girlfriend story 8:47 – Today in History 9:04 – Phone interview with Jim Dreyer about his Lake Michigan swim 9:07 – Jim discusses towing 1,500 pounds of cannonballs during a 22-mile swim 9:20 – "Purple Groin" – Pat Godwin 9:24 – Discussion about mud wrestling 9:25 – Tom jokes about "Lesbo-palooza" 9:30 – Tom says he dislikes the movie Purple Rain, citing the acting 9:49 – Tom shares a story about taking photographs 6:00 Hour7:00 Hour8:00 Hour9:00 Hour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
CLICK HERE TO PROTECT THE DUCK FACTORYDecoy collecting isn't just about objects — it's about history, craftsmanship, and the people who built the tradition.In this episode of the Ducks Unlimited Podcast, host Katie Burke sits down with longtime collector Bill Dodge at the North American Decoy Collectors Association show. Recorded in one of the show's unique “room‑to‑room” dealer spaces, the conversation offers an inside look at the world of vintage decoys and the community behind it.Bill shares how a single purchase at a farm auction sparked a lifetime passion for collecting — eventually leading him to focus on factory-made decoys, particularly those tied to the historic Detroit makers. They also break down what defines a “factory decoy,” the evolution of materials and craftsmanship, and the balance between standardization and hand-finished detail. From early catalog sales to regional styles and grading systems, the episode highlights how these decoys bridged utility and artistry during a critical period in waterfowling history.Beyond the technical side, Bill emphasizes the importance of mentorship, relationships, and shared knowledge within the collecting community — a recurring theme that defines both collectors and conservationists.This episode offers a deeper appreciation for decoys not just as tools, but as artifacts that tell the story of hunting, innovation, and tradition.Listen now: www.ducks.org/DUPodcastSend feedback: DUPodcast@ducks.orgSPONSORS:Bird Dog Whiskey and Cocktails:Whether you're winding down with your best friend, or celebrating with your favorite crew, Bird Dog brings award-winning flavor to every moment. Enjoy responsibly. CLICK HERE TO PROTECT THE DUCK FACTORY
Welcome to Rabbi Sacks' commentary on the weekly Torah portion. Covenant & Conversation examines the ethics and wisdom we can derive from the Torah, week-by-week, parsha by parsha. Follow along with the full article, written and recorded by Rabbi Sacks in 2011, here: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/reeh/making-poverty-history/ This week our FEATURED ARTICLE on Re'eh (written by Rabbi Sacks in 2013) is available to read, print, and share, by visiting: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/reeh/judaisms-social-vision/ The new FAMILY EDITION is now also available: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-family-edition/reeh/judaisms-social-vision/ For additional articles, translations, videos, and other material from Rabbi Sacks, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org and follow @RabbiSacks. _________________________ With thanks to the Schimmel Family for their generous sponsorship of Covenant & Conversation, dedicated in loving memory of Harry (Chaim) Schimmel. _________________________
Beginning August 10, 2026 the only person to be charged in connection with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur will go on trial in Las Vegas. Tupac was killed in a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996 and for nearly 30 years the murder has gone unsolved. Now 63-year-old Duane Keefe D Davis is accused of arranging the hit and getting the gun in retaliation for an attack on his nephew earlier that night. History of the '90s host Kathy Kenzora will be in Las Vegas covering the case and provide daily updates and analysis in one of the most anticipated celebrity trials in decades. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What's more British than the British royal family? More Spanish than the Spanish Monarchs? More Norse than the King of Norway? Well, a lot of things actually. In fact, nearly all of the 10 remaining hereditary monarchs of Europe have more German DNA than they do local. For centuries, royals almost exclusively married other, foreign royals. They rarely mixed their blue blood with people native to the Kingdoms they ruled over. What's more, when dynasties died out (often from excessive inbreeding) foreign royal houses put their own seconds sons on the throne, establishing new, entirely alien dynasties. Modern royal families try to brand themselves as throughly native and in touch with the common people. And if they ever spit into a test tube and sent it off for a DNA test, they would probably never publish the results. But, by looking back at their family trees, we can get a pretty good idea of their heritage. So let's find out just when and how the Swedish got so French, the Dutch got Argentinian, and everyone got so German! Royal family of Belgium Royal family of Denmark Princely family of Liechtenstein Grand Ducal family of Luxembourg Princely family of Monaco Royal family of Norway Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why are we still "kicking the hornet's nest"? The last time Mark Labberton interviewed Daniel Zoughbie (UC Berkeley/UCSF) for his expertise on international diplomacy in the Middle East, there was not yet an Iran war. Regardless of your geographical distance, this war is imminently important as it escalates and impacts not just Iran but the entire Middle East and the entire world economy. "War is really supposed to be a last resort." Taking seriously both the significance and validity of Israel as a nation and the need for appropriate and just treatment of all Jews, Christians, and Muslims during a time of rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, this conversation comes at a volatile moment, pregnant with violence and chaos in American foreign policy. Starting the timeline at the 2018 US exit from the "Iran nuclear deal" (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) Zoughbie discusses a variety of interconnected issues, including the role of Middle Eastern geography such as the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandab ("Gate of Tears"), the proliferation cascade a Saudi Arabian nuclear program could set off, and the difference between tactical brilliance and strategic vision. Together, they also consider hopes for improvement, looking at Gerald Ford's unpopular but effective ultimatum that forced Egypt and Israel to talk; the Olmert-Abbas negotiations that almost reached a two-state solution; the role of Christianity in politics; the danger of national pride; wisdom from antiquity in Herodotus, Croesus, and Cyrus the Great; and a definition of greatness that has nothing to do with force. Episode Highlights Regarding the term "an unnecessary war": "I think the word 'unnecessary' is absolutely the appropriate term, and I might just add another term: unjust. War is really supposed to be a last resort." "Iran has discovered not only that they have this nuclear program, which is incredibly powerful, but they've discovered that they have this power to shut off world's economy [through The Strait of Hormuz]." "Exiting [the JCPOA—Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] was a really, really big blunder because we did not have anything else to fall back on. The Iranians pointed to this and said, 'Look, we can't trust your word.'" "I feel like the current atmosphere in Washington is really about 'me, mine, and more.' And for us to really have a change in our foreign policy ... we really need to think beyond ourselves as a country." "We'll always try to turn every problem into a nail, right? And we'll use our hammer to deal with that problem. And that's exactly why we're in this mess in the first place." "Greatness is not about testosterone shots. It's about being able to show mercy. It's about being able to see the humanity in others, even your enemy, and ultimately what I would call Herodotus's paradox, which is that the mightiest of the mighty turns an enemy into a friend." About Daniel Zoughbie Daniel E. Zoughbie is a complex-systems scientist, diplomatic historian, and expert on presidential decision-making. He is associate project scientist at the UCSF/UCB Center for Global Health Delivery, Diplomacy, and Economics; principal investigator of Berkeley's Middle East and North Africa Diplomacy, Development, and Defense Initiative; and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's MENA Futures Lab. He wrote Kicking the Hornet's Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump and Indecision Points. He founded Microclinic International, whose model has reached refugee and low-income communities across four continents, and studied at Oxford as a Marshall and Weidenfeld Scholar. Helpful Links and Resources Kicking the Hornet's Nest, Zoughbie's 2025 book on twelve presidents and the Middle East https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kicking-the-Hornets-Nest/Daniel-E-Zoughbie/9781668085226 "Toxic Foreign Policy and Citizen Diplomacy," Zoughbie's first Conversing conversation: https://comment.org/podcasts/toxic-foreign-policy-and-citizen-diplomacy/ "The Lesson Trump Can Take From Herodotus' Paradox" https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-lesson-trump-can-take-from-herodotus-paradox/ UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the JCPOA https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/2231/background "World Oil Transit Chokepoints," the US Energy Information Administration on Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandab https://www.eia.gov/international/content/analysis/special_topics/World_Oil_Transit_Chokepoints/ Gerald R. Ford's 1977 Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary commencement address, quoted at length in this episode https://www.christianitytoday.com/2006/12/gerald-r-ford-lessons-from-presidency/ Herodotus, The Histories, Book 1, where Croesus consults the Oracle and Cyrus spares him https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book%3D1 American University of Beirut, Zoughbie's standing example of citizen diplomacy https://aub.edu.lb/ Show Notes The 2018 exit from the Iran Nuclear Deal (the JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) as the origin point of the current war P5+1: US, UK, Russia, China, France, plus Germany What the deal never covered: missiles, proxies, regional behavior Nuclear non-proliferation In the wake of the US bombing of Iran: enrichment stockpiles, IAEA detections, inspectors no longer on the ground An unnecessary and unjust war How to work backward from the real goals of American national security Proliferation cascade risk: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt Leverage the US still holds through China, Russia, India, and Pakistan The Saudi nuclear offer, walked back a day later over Israeli recognition Strait of Hormuz geography: 21 miles wide, shipping lanes two miles each The Red Sea, the Houthis, and the Bab el-Mandab ("The Gate of Tears") Israel's tactical brilliance and strategic blindness Mossad's mottos, drawn from Proverbs, and the danger of self-deception 1967 revisited: not a short war but a nuclear near-miss Gerald Ford as counterexample: the ultimatum that opened Egypt-Israel talks Gerald Ford's 1977 Gordon-Conwell address and his oath on the book of Proverbs Hubris: ancient and current Testosterone shots, lethality, and the inverse of humility Pastors and power in the Oval Office Reinhold Niebuhr, Karl Barth, and Christian nationalism Herodotus, Croesus, and Cyrus: mercy as the measure of greatness The path to Tehran runs through Jerusalem The Olmert-Abbas negotiations as a known formula Citizen diplomacy and the American University of Beirut What listeners can do, including welcoming Middle Eastern neighbors #Conversing #MarkLabberton #DanielZoughbie #IranWar #ForeignPolicy #StraitOfHormuz #NuclearProliferation #MiddleEast #Diplomacy #FaithAndPolitics Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment magazine and Fuller Seminary.
In this lesson from the Gate of Torah (Shaar HaTorah), Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe teaches that true Torah study begins with mastering the fundamentals before chasing complexity. A student who rushes into intricate analyses without first understanding the simple flow of the Talmud misses the very foundation upon which Torah is built. Every word of the Talmud is rooted in the Mishnah, and every Mishnah is rooted in the Written Torah. The deeper insights become meaningful only after the basic structure is firmly established.Rabbi Wolbe emphasizes that Torah is meant to be lived, not merely admired. Every learning session should conclude with the question: How does this change my life today? Quoting the Ramban's famous letter, he encourages listeners to transform every Torah lesson into practical action. Torah is not an academic discipline reserved for intellectual exercise—it is Hashem's guidebook for everyday living, shaping our choices, character, and relationship with the Creator.The lesson then contrasts Torah study with every other profession. In the business world, people are rewarded for results, but in Torah, Hashem rewards sincere effort. Even when understanding is incomplete, every moment spent striving to comprehend Hashem's wisdom carries eternal value. Rabbi Wolbe illustrates this with the analogy of a plumber who is paid only for a successful repair, while a Torah student is rewarded for every honest attempt to learn, regardless of the outcome.Finally, Rabbi Wolbe highlights one of the defining features of authentic Torah learning: respectful disagreement in pursuit of truth. The debates of Hillel and Shammai, the passionate discussions of the sages, and the give-and-take of every study partnership all teach that Torah grows through listening, questioning, and refining ideas—not through ego or victory. The goal is never to prove oneself right, but to discover the truth of Hashem's Torah. He concludes with a powerful reminder that Torah is not simply another subject to study—it is the very life force of the Jewish people, nourishing the soul just as food nourishes the body._____________This Podcast Series is Generously Underwritten by Peter & Becky BotvinRecorded at TORCH Centre in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on February 9, 2026, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on August 4, 2026_____________This series on Orchos Tzadikim/Ways of the Righteous is produced in partnership with Hachzek.Join the revolution of daily Mussar study at hachzek.com.We are using the Treasure of Life edition of the Orchos Tzadikkim (Published by Feldheim)_____________Listen, Subscribe & Share: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jewish-inspiration-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1476610783Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4r0KfjMzmCNQbiNaZBCSU7) to stay inspired! Share your questions at aw@torchweb.org or visit torchweb.org for more Torah content. _____________About the Host:Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Director of TORCH in Houston, brings decades of Torah scholarship to guide listeners in applying Jewish wisdom to daily life. To directly send your questions, comments, and feedback, please email: awolbe@torchweb.org_____________Support Our Mission:Our Mission is Connecting Jews & Judaism. Help us spread Judaism globally by sponsoring an episode at torchweb.org.Your support makes a HUGE difference!_____________Listen MoreOther podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: NEW!! Hey Rabbi! Podcast: https://heyrabbi.transistor.fm/episodesPrayer Podcast: https://prayerpodcast.transistor.fm/episodesJewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodesParsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodesLiving Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodesThinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodesUnboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodesRabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodesFor a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at http://podcast.torchweb.orgv_____________Keywords:#JewishInspiration, #Mussar, #MasterClass, #GateOfTorah, #TalmudTorah, #TorahStudy, #CrownOfTorah, #JewishLearning, #DailyTorah, #TorahLife, #EffortMatters, #NeverStopLearning, #LearningEveryDay, #ChooseTorah, #TorahFirst ★ Support this podcast ★
Heat waves don’t get as much attention as blizzards, floods, and hurricanes, but extreme heat is one of the deadliest weather events on average. Research: National Weather Service. “Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics.” https://www.weather.gov/hazstat Last, John. “This Summer’s Drought Is Europe’s Worst in 500 Years. What Happened Last Time?” Smithsonian Magazine. 9/8/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-summers-drought-is-europes-worst-in-500-years-what-happened-last-time-180980711/ Wetter, Oliver; Seneviratne, Sonia I. et al. “The year-long unprecedented European heat and drought of 1540 - a worst case.” Climatic Change 125(3-4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1184-2 Orth, Rene et al. “Did European temperatures in 1540 exceed present-day records?” Environmental Research Letters. 11 (2016) 114021 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114021. United Nations Environment Programme. “Impacts of summer 2003 heat wave in Europe.” Environmental Alert Bulletin. https://www.unisdr.org/files/1145_ewheatwave.en.pdf Pfister, Christian. “The ‘Black Swan’ of 1540: Aspects of a European Megadrought.” From Climate Change and Cultural Transition in Europe. Brill. 1/1/2018. doi:10.1163/9789004356825_007 Grodzinsky, Ewa, and Märta Sund Levander. “History of the Thermometer.” Understanding Fever and Body Temperature: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Clinical Practice 23–35. 23 Aug. 2019, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21886-7_3 John Huxham, Dr. Watson. “Remarks upon the Heat of the Air in July 1757. in an Extract of a Letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R S. Dated at Plymouth 19th of That Month. With Additional Remarks by Dr. Watson.” Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 50 (1757 - 1758), pp. 428-430 (3 pages). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/105279. Huxham, John. “An Account of the Extraordinary Heat of the Weather in July 1757, and of the Effects of It. In a Letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to Wm. Watson, M. D. F. R. S..” Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 50 (1757 - 1758). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/105292 Smeaton, John. “Remarks on the Different Temperature of the Air at Edystone, from That Observed at Plymouth, between the 7th and 14th of July 1757. By Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S.” Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 50 (1757 - 1758). https://www.jstor.org/stable/105286 Sunderland, Helen. “The Great British Summer? A Historical Heatwave.” Doing History In Public. 8/12/2025. https://doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/08/12/the-great-british-summer-a-historical-heatwave/ Scott, John. “Four elegies, descriptive and moral.” London J. Buckland. 1760. The Western Flying Post; or, Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury. Page 3. 8/15/1757. Lind, James. “An essay on the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen in the Royal Navy.” 1774. Walpole, Horace. “The letters of Horace Walpole, fourth earl of Orford.” Vol. 3: 1750-1756. Oxford. 1903. Zwierlein, Cornel. "Chapter 3 The Danger between Nature and Culture: The Quotidian Threat of Urban Fires in the Premodern Era". Prometheus Tamed. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004431225_004 Web. Luterbacher, Jürg et al. “European Seasonal and Annual Temperature Variability, Trends and Extremes since 1500.” Science 303, 1499 (2004). DOI: 10.1126/science.1093877 Beniston, Martin. “The 2003 heat wave as an example of summers in a greenhouse climate? Observations and climate model simulations for Basel, Switzerland.” Global and Planetary Change. Volume 44, Issues 1–4, December 2004. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818104000980 Franck, Marcy. “Heat waves and annual death rates in older adults in the United States.” Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 3/16/2026. https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/heat-waves-and-annual-death-rates-in-older-adults-in-the-united-states/ Poitras, Colin. “Warming U.S. climate linked to rising deaths from heat.” Yale School of Public Health. 11/7/2025. https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/warming-us-climate-linked-to-rising-deaths-from-heat/ World Meteorological Association. “Western Europe has hottest June on record.” 7/9/2026. https://wmo.int/media/news/western-europe-has-hottest-june-record Cole, Deborah. “Germany records nearly 100 drowning deaths, many of them young men, in June heatwave.” The Guardian. 6/12/2026. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/12/germany-drowning-deaths-heatwave-paris-france-spain PBS News. “Europe swelters under an early heat wave as France records 40 drowning deaths.” 6/23/2026. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/europe-swelters-under-an-early-heat-wave-as-france-records-40-drowning-deaths See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:01 – 13:48)Democratic Socialism vs. the American Order: Is the Future of the Democratic Party Really Democratic Socialism?A Small Band of Socialists Is Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party by The Wall Street Journal (James Fanelli, Joshua Chaffin, Eliza Collins, and Kevin T. Dugan)Part II (13:48 – 16:33)Watch the Races in Wisconsin and Michigan: The Progressives are Winning and Even More Progressive Than You Can ImaginePart III (16:32 – 20:51)The Democratic Socialists are Calling for a Nothing Less Than a New Political Order: Those Identified with the DSA Want to Completely Reshape the United StatesDon't Let This Useless Debate Distract You, Democrats by The New York Times (E.J. Dionne Jr.)Towards a Presidential Platform by Socialist Forum (Jenna Grove)Part IV (20:51 – 26:15)California vs. Heartbeat International: The Culture of Death Wants to Punish Christian Nonprofits For Informing Women They Can Reverse the Effects of the Abortion PillCalifornia's Case Against Second Chances by The Wall Street Journal (Salvatore J. Cordileone and Michael C. Barber)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.
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