Podcasts about 3D

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim explores a provocative idea: the listener has no birth date. While the body has an incarnation date, the soul — the true source of power — never dies and therefore was never born. Jim explains that most people live exclusively from their 3D, mechanistic identity, completely disconnected from the continuous soul-consciousness that is the actual source of all power, peace, and creation.  Jim unpacks why chasing external power — money, status, recognition — is an outdated model of consciousness that is rapidly collapsing as humanity evolves into higher levels of awareness. He reveals the single word that secretly sabotages most people's ability to create what they want, and offers a radically different way to relate to desire itself.  This episode challenges listeners to stop chasing and start remembering who they truly are.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) You have no birth date — Jim introduces the central idea that while the body has an incarnation date, the soul is continuous and was never born, and explains why this is the seat of true power.  (03:24) Continual vs. continuous — Jim distinguishes between the body's continual, repeating incarnations and the soul's continuous, unbroken existence, and why identifying with soul changes everything.  (10:13) There is no point A and point B — Jim dismantles the manifestation myth that separates a person from their desire, using the metaphor of a small wave and a big wave both being made of the same substance.  (15:56) Old power structures are crumbling — Jim explains why external forms of power (money, politics, status) are an outdated 3D model collapsing as consciousness evolves into a 5D paradigm.  (23:15) The hidden danger of "I need" — Jim reveals how the word "need" instantly creates separation from the thinking substance that creates all things, and why this keeps people stuck.  (27:10) To need nothing is to have everything — Jim shares the epiphany that anything available to others is available to the listener, and closes with a final truth meant to be felt rather than analyzed.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  The body has a birth date, but the soul does not — and remembering this is where real power begins. Most people sabotage their own desires by living from "I need," a word that instantly creates separation from the one substance that all things, including the listener, are made of. There is no point A and point B, no chasing, no struggling to close a gap that was never truly there. The invitation in this episode is simple but profound: stop relating to life from need, and start relating to it from wholeness. To need nothing is to have everything.  Mentioned Resources: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let's Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim 

Wes, Scott, and CJ break down the latest web dev news. From AI agents and coding tools to Deno Desktop, Nub, and predictive UX. They also discuss bot-filled social media, remote work debates, and a slick 3D bookstore experience. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:35 Welcome to Syntax! 01:43 Codex Design Smell 03:55 More Bots Than Humans Bot vs Human Post-smoke test software era 12:38 Social Media Is Nothing But Bots 19:55 Brought to you by Sentry 20:38 Vercel Launches Agent Framework Introducing Flue Flue Introducing eve eve 36:14 We Want Local AI Agents 47:22 Deno Desktop Deno Desktop App 01:01:40 Nub Replaces Bun Introducing Nub Nub 01:06:04 ForsightJS Predicts User Intent ForesightJS v4 PointerEvent: getPredictedEvents() method 01:12:43 Is WFH Fraud? Remote work is fraud 01:18:38 3D Book Store Explorer 3D Book Store Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

For the last 400 years when medical researchers conducted an autopsy they would throw this away as medical waste, not realizing it was actually a powerful connective organ...now Western science has finally caught up with Chinese Medicine in discovering the power of fascia. What is fascia in your body and how can learning about it benefit you? In this episode you'll learn: What fascia tissue is and how it connects every system in your body, allowing for strength and mobility. How your fascia actually communicates throughout your body. If one organ has an issue, it could be impacting another one. How your fascial system is your body's electrical system, conducting energy, a fact Western medicine is finally waking up to while Traditional Chinese Medicine has known it for thousands of years. How embryology is the process through which one cell becomes your whole body, from conception to birth, and your meridian lines form the blueprint. How to strengthen your fascia through moving, stretching, hydrating and breathing. For more reading on this topic: pick up The Spark in the Machine: https://a.co/d/0d2LkDKT  Acupuncture points and meridians correspond to connective-tissue planes - Langevin & Yandow, The Anatomical Record, 2002 https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.10185. Electrical resistance is lower along connective-tissue planes that follow meridians - Measured impedance Electrical impedance along connective tissue planes (PMC) https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-5-10. The interstitium, a fluid-filled collagen network, was described as one of the body's largest organs 2018 Scientific American, - Meet your interstitium, The interstitium as a defined anatomical structure Benias & Theise NewYork-Presbyterian https://www.nyp.org/publications/professional-advances/gastro/introducing-the-interstitium-a-new-anatomical-structure Fascia behaves as a tensegrity structure, a body-wide tension network - Biotensegrity and the mechanics of fascia https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-7020-3425-1.00054-4 Fasciacytes produce the gliding fluid; the whole fascial web is being mapped in 3D - https://fasciaguide.com/article/fascial-net-plastination-project Your body is not just bone-on-bone, like the bricks that form a house's foundation. It is a tension web, and if you pull one string the whole thing moves. ------  Want more of The Ancient Health Podcast? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Doctor Motley Instagram Facebook Website ------  *You can get cell support in gummy form: Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to timeline.com/DRMOTLEY. *Join Doctor Motley's newsletter for TCM insights and regular podcast updates: https://www.doctormotley.com/ *Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Check out his course on emotions and the body in his membership. You'll find other courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! To try risk-free for 15 days click here: https://www.doctormotley.com/15

Today, Hoji weighs in on the great ‘hybrid binding' debate; then he and Jonathan discuss the future of ski binding technology; 3D printing applications in ski gear; and Hoji's current attempts to push the boundaries of ski-gear performance; and the “fields of belief and disbelief.”Note: We Want to Hear From You!Please share with us the questions, topics, or stories you'd like us to cover on GEAR:30. You can email us at: info@blisterreview.comRELATED LINKS:Get Covered: BLISTER+Enter Our Weekly Gear GiveawayCheck out our Bike Buyer's GuideSee Our Blister Recommended ShopsCHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS:Blister Studios (our new channel)Blister Review (our original channel)TOPICS & TIMES:Blister Plus Members (3:01)Life since the Blister Summit? (4:42)Hoji on ‘Hybrid' Ski Bindings (5:57)Reimagining of Ski Bindings (18:12)Hoji's 3D Printing Escapades (27:12)Reimagining Ski Boots (37:48)The Fields of Belief & Disbelief (46:56)Why Did You Want BLISTER+? (50:49)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasBlister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Space Nuts, Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson explore fascinating topics ranging from the mysterious double moon dust implications and Venus's unusual rotation to updated protocols for announcing extraterrestrial evidence. They also delve into the intriguing potential of moon dust as a record of extinct civilizations and future lunar construction solutions, all while reflecting on the universe's expansion and the search for intelligent life beyond Earth.Main Topics:The concept of moon dust remnants potentially indicating alien megastructures or extraterrestrial artifacts.The recent research explaining Venus's peculiar retrograde rotation and the impact hypothesis involving a large impactor.Updated protocols from the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) for credible extraterrestrial life detection announcements.The potential for lunar surface dust, especially 'technograins,' to harbor evidence of past civilizations.Technological prospects for lunar infrastructure, including 3D printing using moon dust and the economics of relocating materials to build lunar bases.The discussion of the universe's expansion, dark energy, and the likelihood of future scenarios like the Big Rip, Big Crunch, or indefinite expansion.The importance of rigorous verification for scientific claims and the dangers of misinformation, especially on social media.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction to extraterrestrial moon dust and alien artifacts02:14 - New findings on Venus's rotation and impact theories03:52 - Updated protocols for announcing extraterrestrial evidence10:37 - Moon dust as remnants of alien civilizations24:17 - Future lunar habitation and construction using moon dust33:00 - The challenges and possibilities of lunar infrastructure44:00 - The expanding universe: dark energy, Big Rip, and Big Crunch55:30 - The nature of time before the Big Bang and current theories58:38 - The potential for observing lunar sunsets and corona phenomena67:41 - The inevitability of future lunar sunset observations69:12 - Closing remarks and climate of scientific inquiryResources & Links:Research on Venus's Rotation by ETH ZurichDeclaration of Principles for Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligencePhys.org Moon and Space Mining articlesSpace Connect Article on Extraterrestrial ProtocolsThe Bright Side - Moon Dust as Building MaterialNASA - Artemis ProgramThe European Geosciences Union Conference ViennaConnect with Professor Fred Watson:LinkedInTwitterKeep questioning and exploring — our universe is full of mysteries waiting to be uncovered.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support.

Start Your Transformation Now Have you ever asked yourself why you're on this planet? I don't mean “what is your purpose while you're on the planet, but the bigger question is…why on this planet? I attempt in this episode to get you to start thinking from a much higher perspective about the nature of your existence here on Earth.Most people search for a lifetime looking for their “purpose,” and they spend their life like a dog chasing his tail looking for this answer. When people think about their purpose, they are mostly thinking about how that gives their life meaning relative to others, but have you ever thought about the bigger cosmic purpose of you coming to this planet? In this episode I talk about:[4:12] How most people see life only in the context of time on the planet[5:39] How do you grow and evolve beyond your perceived time here?[7:09] How we are all born into a world that traps us in a small reality[11:53] Where is your predominant focus on your life right now?[17:27] And, the two biggest reasons you are on this planet. The point of this whole episode is this. Are you living fully into the duality of self and have you evolved into someone who lives from the higher value, meaning and purpose of your cosmic self or have you lived for the sustenance and convenience of your 3D ego? Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  Do you live to serve and make the world a better place and do you live to serve and EVOLVE your higher self as much as you can? Let's Connect:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ so we can reach more people. Listening on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! With gratitude, Jim

Apple hiked Mac and iPad prices 15-25% on the memory crunch; iPhones held steady. Anthropic accused Alibaba of distilling Claude 28.8 million times. IBM detailed a 0.7nm chip, Facebook revived its Creator Studio app, and Kalshi chased a $40B valuation. Apple raises Mac, iPad, and other product prices by 15%-25%, saying it has "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly"; iPhone is unchanged (WSJ) Apple Raises Mac and iPad Prices to Counter Memory Shortages (Bloomberg) Sources: in a letter to US officials, Anthropic accused Alibaba of adversarial distillation, using Claude 28.8M times from April to June via almost 25K accounts (Bloomberg) IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that utilizes a "nanostack" 3D transistor architecture, which it says could continue chip innovation for 10 years (The New York Times) Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with a built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance (TechCrunch) Meta looks to AI to review harmful content in cost-cutting drive (FT) Sources: Kalshi is in talks to raise funding at a ~$40B valuation in a round that may close as soon as Q3; Kalshi raised $1B at a $22B valuation in May 2026 (FT) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nik breaks down why pilots tend to talk themselves out of strong interview answers by "closing past the sale." He explains how over‑explaining and filling silence can cause interviewers to lose interest, even when you start with a solid response. You'll learn how to balance brevity and substance, using clarity, gravity, and decisiveness to make every answer count. Nik also shares practical tactics for practicing concise communication so you can show up confident, prepared, and genuinely compelling in the interview seat.  CONNECT WITH US Are you ready to take your preparation to the next level? Don't wait until it's too late. Use the promo code "R4P2026" and save 10% on all our services. Check us out at www.spitfireelite.com! If you want to recommend someone to guest on the show, email Nik at podcast@spitfireelite.com, and if you need a professional pilot resume, go to www.spitfireelite.com/podcast/ for FREE templates!  SPONSOR Are you a pilot just coming out of the military and looking for the perfect second home for your family? Look no further! Reach out to Marty and his team by visiting www.tridenthomeloans.com to get the best VA loans available anywhere in the US. Be ready for takeoff anytime with 3D-stretch, stain-repellent, and wrinkle-free aviation uniforms by Flight Uniforms. Just go to www.flightuniform.com and type the code SPITFIREPOD20 to get a special 20% discount on your first order. #Aviation #AviationCareers #aviationcrew #AviationJobs #AviationLeadership #AviationEducation #AviationOpportunities #AviationPodcast #AirlinePilot #AirlineJobs #AirlineInterviewPrep #flying #flyingtips #PilotDevelopment #PilotFinance #pilotcareer #pilottips #pilotcareertips #PilotExperience #pilotcaptain #PilotTraining #PilotSuccess #pilotpodcast #PilotPreparation #Pilotrecruitment #flightschool #aviationschool #pilotcareer #pilotlife #pilot

ZaZar on Humanity's Ascension: Unified Consciousness, Light Spiral Downloads & DNA Activation with Marilyn Gewacke Kara Goodwin was thrilled to welcome back clinical psychologist and channel Marilyn Gewacke, who shares teachings from ZaZar about accelerating "winds of change" linked to solar/galactic energies that both dismantle unstable 3D structures and fuel manifestation and ascension. They discuss growing readiness for awakening, disclosure narratives and fear, and the importance of building a coherent unified field of heart-based consciousness through retreats, meditation, and kindness.  ZaZar explains a unique nighttime experience Kara had as a visitation involving "light spiral downloads," increased receptivity corridors within her consciousness, and multidimensional contact, emphasizing free will and conscious awareness of vibrational experience.  He describes the unified field rapidly strengthening toward access to "zero point" energy, light codes, and DNA shifts that support healing, longevity, and integration of light and physical bodies, aided by "cosmic humans." Marilyn shares upcoming retreats and online "Epic News" and Q&A events. Tune into the first episode with Marilyn and ZaZar: https://www.soulelevationpodcast.com/zazar-marilyn-gewacke Explore Marilyn and ZaZar's upcoming events: https://www.theshift.rocks  Subscribe for more great episodes of Soul Elevation: https://www.soulelevationpodcast.com/follow 

This rookie class stinks, right? … WRONG! The people who want you to believe that just aren't paying enough attention to the IDP side. But Matt Schauf of DraftSharks.com is, and he's got updates on 8 rookies from our IDP rankings set to affect fantasy football leagues all over the place -- dynasty AND redraft. We're talkin' high-level LBs in sneaky-good situations, safeties set for IMMEDIATE impact and even a couple sneaky targets for the end of your fantasy football draft. Get to know these guys before the rest of your league knows about them! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:16 Arvell Reese Role Outlook 04:17 Dillon Thieneman Chess Piece 06:05 Caleb Downs Redraft Caution 09:26 Malachi Lawrence Upside 11:10 Jacob Rodriguez LB Battle 14:06 Kaleb Elarms-Orr a High-Value Secret 16:22 A.J. Haulcy the New Nick Cross? 18:26 Deeper Sleeper in Indy EPISODE LINKS: 2026 IDP Rankings IDP Dynasty Rankings DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGEAward-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.HELPFUL LINKSDraft War Room - Featuring Live Draft SyncThink of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected. Award Winning Fantasy Football RankingsWe calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring. Mock Draft SimulatorOur Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings. Trade Calculator and Trade Value ChartsWe made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Lil Gator Game, developed by MegaWobble, is a bite-sized open world adventure game. You play as the eponymous Lil Gator, a kid who's watching his friends and big sis growing up and taking on more grown up responsibilities, but all they want to do is play. Your mission is to get everyone on the island involved in the biggest game anyone's ever seen. You'll run, climb, slide and slash your way through a beautiful natural landscape with no danger or combat, but lots of fun platforming and many secrets to uncover.  In episode 66 of No Small Games, Kate and Emily talk about their experiences (both new and old) with Lil Gator Game! As someone who isn't traditionally a fan of open world games or 3D platforming, you'll find out how Lil Gator Game sat with Kate. You'll also hear about Emily's early experiences with the game, which is one of the first game keys she ever received as a content creator. We hope you enjoy this heartfelt chat about an adorable game. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:32 - Boss Battles 00:17:30 - Lil Gator Game Discussion 01:10:25 - Lil Gator Game Spoilers 01:21:08 - Game Ratings 01:25:59 - One Small Thing Keep in touch with us on social media: Kate's Bluesky ✦ https://bsky.app/profile/katerblossom.bsky.social  Emily's Bluesky ✦ https://bsky.app/profile/aspecificegg.bsky.social  No Small Games Bluesky ✦ https://bsky.app/profile/nosmallgames.bsky.social  No Small Games Instagram ✦ https://www.instagram.com/nosmallgames  Want to learn more and weigh in on what games we should play in future episodes? Check us out and leave a game suggestion at nosmallgames.com

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Less Stressed Life, I'm joined by Louise Wilson for a conversation about dreams, intuition, and the possibility that some of our best ideas may arrive while we're asleep. We explore the concepts of 3D, 4D, and 5D reality, why Louise believes dreams can be a powerful source of guidance, and how sleep may be an overlooked opportunity for problem-solving, creativity, and personal growth. We also discuss the power of asking better questions, creating space for deeper rest, and why the answers we're seeking may be closer than we think.Take Louise's 90-Second Wealth Mapping Quiz and discover whether you're operating in 2D, 3D, 4D, or 5D: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/68bb3263f9cddc0015d2b866KEY TAKEAWAYS:• Ancient cultures viewed dreams as a powerful source of wisdom and guidance• How questions can shift your focus toward solutions and possibility• The difference between 3D, 4D, and 5D perspectives• Sleep may be an untapped tool for problem-solving and creativity• Dreams, even the strange ones, may contain valuable messages• Your intuition grows stronger when you learn to trust it• Some of the answers you're seeking may already be within youABOUT GUEST:Louise Wilson is a Business and Quantum Manifestation Coach who helps entrepreneurs combine intuition, mindset, and practical action to grow thriving businesses. A former Finance Manager for Greenpeace International and successful serial entrepreneur, she has spent the past 15 years coaching business owners through her proprietary Quantum Leap In Your Sleep framework, helping them create greater clarity, alignment, and results.WHERE TO FIND GUEST:Website: https://louise-wilson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.infinite.entrepreneur/ Instagram: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPptpAbR6oG-oXgkoQm2bPgSPONSOR:Thank you to Jigsaw Health for being such a great sponsor.

What if you could build your reptile enclosure before spending a single dollar? In this episode, I sit down with Daniel Wilson, creator of CritterCAD, a 3D vivarium design platform that helps keepers design naturalistic enclosures, experiment with layouts, and evaluate their husbandry using a species-specific CARE score. We discuss how the software was built, the challenges of turning husbandry into a digital tool, the role of community-driven care information, and where CritterCAD is headed next. Whether you're planning your next enclosure or just love innovative reptile-keeping tools, this is an episode you won't want to miss.SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/254-crittercad/SPONSORS: Visit The BioDude: https://www.thebiodude.com/ Visit Zoo Med Labs here: https://zoomed.com/JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/animalsathomeLINKS FROM THE EPISODE:CritterCAD: https://www.crittercad.com/ https://www.instagram.com/crittercad/Photos and Video in Episode:Provided by Daniel Wilson0:00 Intro3:40 Welcome Daniel & Background11:11 Career & Education 13:16 Intro to CritterCAD31:29 Live CritterCAD Demo and picking enclosure40:11 Substrate57:48 Backgrounds1:03:42 Lighting 1:10:45 Generating a Shopping list1:12:45 Plants & Adding the Animal1:16:28 Care Score1:26:00 Adding Custom 3D Assests1:38:00 Final Words on CritterCAD1:41:50 Outro

In this hard-hitting episode of the Adult in the Room podcast, Victoria Taft breaks down a massive week of institutional victories, thwarted conspiracies, and pure leftist absurdity. First, we unpack a monumental 6-3 Supreme Court victory for the Constitution and border security. The court has ruled that the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) does not require border officers to present "clear and convincing evidence" before treating criminal green card holders as returning aliens subject to immediate removal proceedings. Then, real justice strikes in Fort Worth, Texas. In the first federal Antifa terrorism prosecution in U.S. history, eight members of a North Texas Antifa terror cell have been sentenced to a combined 450 years in federal prison for a coordinated shooting ambush on an ICE facility. Victoria exposes the ringleaders, the weapons, and the delusion behind this militant cell. Plus: Two more fast-moving FBI arrests reveal terrifying new details of a 3D-printed drone and sniper plot targeting the White House UFC Freedom 250 event. We also dive into an emergency Iran SITREP as Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to the Gulf to manage fracturing alliances over the controversial 14-point ceasefire deal, right as the IDF uncovers an underground drone airbase in Lebanon. Finally, we look at the pure comedy of "Team Algae" activists vandalizing the D.C. reflecting pool, and offer a heartfelt tribute to the legendary talk radio host Martha Zoller.

What if the feelings you've been most afraid to feel are the exact ones keeping you from the pleasure, the magic, and the life you most desire? In this episode of Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?, Emily Fletcher sits down with Dr. Laura Berman, PhD scientist, sex and relationship therapist of 30 years, and author of 10 books including Sex Magic and her newest, Crying Out Loud: A Path Through Grief into Life Reimagined. Dr. Berman's story is one of the most remarkable Emily has ever shared on this show. After losing her mother to breast cancer and developing the same cancer in the same breast within a year, Laura recognized the connection between unexpressed grief and physical illness. Then, five years ago, her 16-year-old son Sammy was killed by an accidental fentanyl poisoning sent to him through Snapchat. What happened next, a week alone in the Redwoods, a voice at the beach, and a complete surrender into the pain, led to the discovery that changed everything: there is a bottom. It takes about three minutes. And going all the way into grief does not take you under. It sets you free. This conversation directly illuminates what Emily teaches inside Ziva Magic: all feelings come through the same channel. When you suppress grief and rage, you suppress pleasure and ecstasy. The willingness to stretch your emotional capacity is the same thing as stretching your capacity for magic. In this episode, they explore: – Why all feelings come through the same channel, and what you lose when you block the ones that hurt – The science of emotional inflammation and its direct connection to physical illness – Quantum entanglement and why the people closest to you energetically match your state in real time – The "home frequency" of coherence, how to recognize it, lose it, and return to it – Why going all the way into grief does not break you, and what waits on the other side – How Dr. Berman continued a relationship with her son across the frequency divide after his death – What spiritually bypassing grief actually costs us, and what embodied alchemy looks like instead – The grief retreat model she built for other parents and the Grief Healing Collective she runs today – Why one person holding a higher frequency counteracts 70,000 people in darkness Key Moments: 00:00 – All feelings through the same channel: the conversation begins 01:53 – Introducing Dr. Laura Berman 04:10 – From 3D relationship work to quantum and metaphysical 07:37 – Her mother's death, breast cancer, and the reawakening 09:13 – Quantum entanglement and real-time energetic matching 12:51 – Home frequency: what it is and how to return 19:13 – Reality expands and collapses based on state of consciousness 24:25 – Why we resist grief 29:06 – The science of emotional capacity and the single channel 31:07 – Sammy's death and what came next 33:23 – The voice: "Do you want to live or die?" 35:29 – Into the Redwoods: discovering there is a bottom 39:28 – Raising her frequency to meet her son in the middle 43:16 – Writing the book and building the retreat model 48:37 – The fear of opening a bottomless pit 51:15 – There is a bottom. Three minutes. You will not lose yourself. 54:45 – Why we apologize for crying and what Crying Out Loud reclaims 01:01:40 – One person holding higher frequency counteracts 70,000 01:04:30 – Where to find Laura and how to get the book About Dr. Laura Berman Dr. Laura Berman is a PhD scientist, sex and relationship therapist, researcher, and author of 10 books. Her newest, Crying Out Loud: A Path Through Grief into Life Reimagined, is available for pre-order now and releases October 20. She runs the Grief Healing Collective and grief retreats for parents, and her free resources are available at healwithlaurea.com. Social Media: @drlauraberman and @griefhealingcollective for grief healing related content Pre-Order Dr. Laura's book: Crying Out Loud If this conversation moved you, the work of feeling it to heal it, of alchemizing emotion into fuel rather than suppressing it into static, is what's opening this summer at Ziva. Get on the list to be first to know.

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG FRAMEDROPS ONWARD! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an open-world RPG with an arcade-style sensibility. Then stick around as returning special guest Phil Salvador joins for Marble Drop, a puzzle game about dropping all the correct marbles into all of the correct holes! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PSEUDOREGALIA — a dreamlike 3D platformer that won first place in the Metroidvania Month 19 game jam! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.

Tomer London is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Gusto, the payroll, HR, and benefits platform that serves hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the United States. Originally from Haifa, Israel, Tomer grew up helping in his family's small business, an experience that shaped his passion for entrepreneurship and supporting small business owners. With degrees in computer engineering and electrical engineering from the Technion and Stanford, respectively, Tomer combined his love of technology with a deep appreciation for small businesses to help build Gusto into a company generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue. On this episode we talk about: How Tomer earned his first entrepreneurial income creating 3D animations as a teenager Why curiosity and tinkering with technology can create lifelong opportunities The differences between product management, engineering, and building technology companies How Gusto grew by focusing on customer love rather than traditional sales tactics Lessons learned from a failed startup before building a billion-dollar business Top 3 Takeaways The most important activities for an early-stage startup are building a product people love and talking to customers relentlessly. Customer referrals become the most powerful growth engine when you create an experience that people genuinely enjoy using. When hiring, prioritize humility, adaptability, and a growth mindset over impressive resumes or technical credentials alone. Notable Quotes "Build your product and talk with customers. Everything else is a distraction." "They're paying me to learn how to do this? That's amazing." "Hire for humility, growth mindset, and the ability to get feedback." Connect with Tomer London: X: https://x.com/tomerlondon Company: https://gusto.com A Word from Our Sponsors: - Are you ready to start your own creatorjourney and make it big? Visitwww.fanvue.com today and launch yourcareer! - To learn more about Mode Mobile and its investor community, go to  https://invest.modemobile.com/travismakesmoney -Travis Makes Money is made possible by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency.Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform.Get an extended free trial at gohighlevel.com/travis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we channel our inner He-Man with the upcoming 2026 Masters of the Universe movie and King Conan news! We dive deep into reloading basics — starting with straight-wall cases then moving to rifle calibers. We compare Hodgdon Varget, RCBS presses, and why .223/5.56 is way more forgiving than a hot .220 Swift or precision setups. We roast keyboard commandos in reloading groups, test a 3D-printed ABS holster for the Sig P365XL, and break down Lee vs RCBS vs Dillon presses for 9mm, .45 ACP, .223, .308, and .300 Win Mag. Plus we review the Bus Built Systems Poor's Bag Plate — an awesome shooting setup — and the Diefree Co Kung Fu grip. We also recap two range sessions this week and drop plenty of laughs (including some ass-sucking buttermilk stories). If you reload, shoot, 3D print holsters, or just love guns and good banter — this one's for you! Drop your reloading tips, press recommendations, or favorite He-Man memories in the comments — we read every one! Smash Like if you've got the POWER! Subscribe and hit the bell for weekly firearms, reloading, and range content.   Where to find us: Livefire-media.com Rangehot.com Social Links: IG - @livefirem - @rangehot.com_offical X - @LiveFireM - @rangehotdotcom FB - Live Fire Media - Range Hot Live Fire Media on RSS.com Live Fire Media Show | Podcast on RSS.com

Guest: Dr. Mekayla Storer is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Principal Investigator at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. She discusses how mammalian digit tips regenerate after injury, focusing on the formation of the blastema and the cellular and molecular mechanisms that distinguish regeneration from scarring. She highlights the role of the extracellular matrix, tissue mechanics, and regenerative microenvironments in directing tissue repair, and explores how insights from digit tip regeneration may inform strategies to promote regeneration in other organs. Featured Products and Resources: Join us at ISSCR and discover breakthroughs, technologies, and clinical insights you can take back to your lab. Kick start your own journal club using our free toolkit equipped with downloadable checklists and templates. The Stem Cell Science Round Up Modeling EMT in Human Cells – Scientists have developed a human iPSC-based platform that enables standardized, multimodal analysis of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition dynamics across 2D and 3D contexts. Modeling Persistent Ebola Infection – Human brain organoids reveal how persistent Ebola virus infection in neural cells drives long-term inflammation and viral evolution. Reducing Retinal Graft Rejection – Transient JAK inhibition reduces immune rejection of stem cell-derived retinal grafts and improves visual recovery. Enhancing Renal Regeneration – Targeting ENPP1 with a therapeutic antibody enhances regeneration and restores function after acute kidney injury. Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Mekayla Storer Subscribe to our newsletter! Never miss updates about new episodes. Subscribe

Cerebral interface is activated! And go for Giant Robot Hellboy Book Club! Join us as we sort through the listener feedbag, share some animated recommendations and get strapped to a chair contraption and made to control a giant bookclub member! Then follow along as we adore Duncan Fegredo's art in "Giant Robot Hellboy!" Fire Knuckle Grenades! 03:40 - Listener Feedback  13:06 - Whaddya See, Whaddya Say 25:38 - Giant Robot Hellboy Check out some Muffin But Good Vibes performances! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fFUsodW4iCtCe4CXkNCLp?si=nRxNpjX3RAS4bV8Xkq9aNg https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0c01A2HniCU6v4xZeFznCm?si=vGdbl4tpTHWUbxgJStvIhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHy1irHT2cI Check out Eric Askue on Instragram https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY-8UAAuCjj/ https://gkus.us/ Thank you Dr. Frinkelstein for sharing your 3D printed "Magician & The Snake!" https://www.printables.com/model/1728678-the-magician-and-the-snake-statue Follow the good Doctor, here https://bsky.app/profile/doctorfrinkelstein.bsky.social "Death Beyond Death: Jian Spirits in Chinese Popular Belief," by Elizaveta Volchkova https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371591669_Death_Beyond_Death_Jian_Spirits_in_Chinese_Popular_Belief opening & closing theme by https://onlybeast.com

Russ d'Sa (CEO & Co-founder @ LiveKit) joins the show to deconstruct the "Product Paradigm Shift" toward voice-driven interfaces and agent-centric UX . We dive into LiveKit's high-stakes scaling lessons: from powering OpenAI and Character AI's voice mode, how they navigated real time bottlenecks to hit the next level of scale, the architectural necessity of a multi-cloud strategy, and the foundations of a co-founder relationships that can effectively blend engineering & business strategy.   ABOUT RUSS D'SA Russ is a startup vet who founded his first company in the 2007 YC batch and was the 2nd frontend engineer hired at Twitter, Russ d'Sa now leads voice AI unicorn LiveKit. They're the backbone of ChatGPT Voice Mode, Salesforce Agentforce, Grok, and roughly 30% of US 911 calls.   ABOUT LIVEKIT LiveKit is an open source framework and cloud platform for building voice, video, and physical AI agents. It provides the tools you need to build agents that interact with users in realtime over audio, video, and data streams. Agents run on the LiveKit server, which supplies the low-latency infrastructure (including transport, routing, synchronization, and session management) built on a production-grade WebRTC stack. This architecture enables reliable and performant agent workloads.   SHOW NOTES: The product paradigm shift toward voice-driven apps and natural human-computer interfaces (2:44) Voice-apps in practice: How these trends impact the strategy of product building today (5:32) Early adopters: Why legacy industries like healthcare use voice AI (7:55) Reevaluating and building product experiences optimized for AI agents (12:52) How AI trends will impact roadmaps and Go To Market (18:16) The origin of LiveKit: Building real-time infra for the pandemic (21:07) The OpenAI moment: Powering the fastest-growing consumer app (23:48) Scaling with OpenAI: Navigating the challenges of balancing time-to-market with system design (25:39) The Character AI outage: Solving cross-continental state sync and hitting the next level of scale (29:00) The problem: When telemetry breaks first: Managing analytics and logging for millions of concurrent AI sessions (32:04) Architecting for resilience: Multi-cloud from day one and why treating infra as a utility matters (33:22) Co-founder dynamics: Blending engineering strategy with business outcomes (37:15) Rapid Fire Questions (40:51)   This episode wouldn't have been possible without the help of our incredible production team: Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-Host Jerry Li - Co-Host Noah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/ Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan's also an avid 3D printer - https://www.bnd3d.com/ Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at https://elliecoggins.com/about/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Climate philanthropy does far more than fund advocacy and conservation—it bridges critical funding gaps for breakthrough technologies that traditional, financially driven investors often overlook. In this special episode, we continue our ongoing Climate Philanthropy series in partnership with the Skyline Foundation to explore how non-profit support accelerates the climate tech pipeline.Shereen D'Souza (Climate Solutions Portfolio Lead at Skyline Foundation) sits down with two powerhouse CEOs from her grantee portfolio, Deepa Lounsbury of LabStart and Andrew Chang of New Energy Nexus, to discuss what it really takes to move climate innovation from a university lab to global deployment.Why This Episode MattersBringing a "hard tech" climate startup from initial lab concept to commercial scale takes an average of 10 years, and every single step of that journey faces a unique "valley of death." Because scaled deployment looks drastically different depending on the geography, supporting entrepreneurs requires a highly specialized ecosystem.This conversation highlights how philanthropy strategically funds distinct, critical phases of the lab-to-market pipeline to scale viable climate solutions faster.On today's episode, we cover:0:58 – Why climate philanthropy & Skyline partnership3:35 – LabStart vs. New Energy Nexus focus4:09 – Guest intros: Deepa (LabStart) & Andrew (New Energy Nexus)4:46 – Deepa's background in climate, VC, and CalSEED6:20 – What LabStart does & “deep climate tech” focus8:02 – Andrew's overview of New Energy Nexus global model9:43 – Programs: bootcamps, grants, CalSEED, and global south focus11:16 – What it looks like to be a New Energy Nexus entrepreneur11:54 – Philippines rooftop solar opportunity: Solar Innovation Program12:48 – Pakistan rooftop solar boom and Climate Innovation Pakistan13:40 – CalSEED structure and impact in California13:58 – What it looks like to be a LabStart entrepreneur14:55 – LabStart Discover and Launch phases15:54 – Why philanthropy is needed in climate tech innovation18:36 – Philanthropy in the global south and hyperlocal impact22:10 – LabStart success story: architect-turned-3D housing founder24:32 – Additional LabStart founders and outcomes25:25 – How much philanthropic capital is needed27:17 – IEA investment gap and catalytic examples from Indonesia29:43 – Why fund new technologies vs. only deployment32:06 – How country pathways shape New Energy Nexus engagement33:02 – California deployment example: ThermoShade33:58 – Indonesia fishermen & electric motorboats case: Volto Sea34:51 – Pakistan PakPlug EV charging app35:22 – What else the ecosystem needs: Andrew on subnational governments37:34 – What else the ecosystem needs: Deepa on IP & ecosystem gaps41:02 – Five-year vision & asks: Deepa and LabStart43:49 – Five-year vision & asks: Andrew and New Energy Nexus47:26 – Closing thanks from ShereenResources MentionedInvested in Climate: Climate Philanthropy seriesSkyline FoundationLabStartNew Energy NexusProject DrawdownJamil WyneCalSEED Solar Innovation ProgramClimate Innovation Pakistan CalTestBedAusTestbedThermoShade Swap Energy Xuraya Volto SeaPakPlug Schmidt Family Foundation Boundless EarthAtlassian Foundation California Energy Commission (CEC) New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)Mubadala Investment Company (Abu Dhabi) Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)International Energy Agency (IEA)Elemental ImpactActivate Renewables FirstConnect with usShereen D'SouzaDeepa LounsburyAndrew ChangJason RissmanKeep up with Invested In ClimateSign up for our NewsletterSubscribe for our Other Future NewsletterLinkedInInstagramIf you like what you hear, subscribe and rate to support the show! Have feedback or ideas for future episodes, events, or partnerships? Get in touch!

Midjourney spent years helping people generate impossible images. Then it used that image money to build a machine designed to look inside the human body.In Episode 71, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn, two men with zero medical degrees and a medically concerning level of confidence, unpack Midjourney Medical and David Holz's surprise hardware reveal. At the center is the Midjourney Scanner, a water-based, full-body Ultrasonic CT prototype designed to capture detailed 3D body maps in roughly 60 seconds.They break down how the scanner uses sound waves, water, and serious computing power; why Midjourney plans to introduce it through a San Francisco spa; and how a bootstrapped company with no investors can make a bet this strange. They also separate the scanner's current body-composition ambitions from the much bigger MRI-level future Midjourney hopes to pursue through research, testing, and FDA approval.Then the episode gets even less normal.Claude Fable 5 appears, dramatically accelerates Rory's coding, Blender, and MCP workflows, and disappears days later following a US government directive. Naturally, this sends the hosts directly into Conspiracy Corner with no adult supervision.Along the way, Drew and Rory explore how brand adoption of AI has changed, why some of the most advanced commercial AI work stays hidden behind NDAs, how companies can reward employees for useful AI innovation, and why first-time reaction content remains one of the internet's strongest viral formats.Is Midjourney's full-body scanner a medical breakthrough, an ambitious wellness experiment, or the first clue to a much larger hardware roadmap? The hosts attempt to answer that question while also discussing the World Cup, the Knicks, government intervention, possible AI futures, and several topics their wives wisely avoid asking them about.---⏱️ Fast Hour00:00 Knicks, World Cup, and viral tourism10:14 Sports, culture, and AI gatherings13:06 Midjourney reveals secret hardware15:49 David Holz explains the bigger mission18:27 The 60-second full-body medical scanner20:18 How bootstrapping made this possible23:26 Water, spas, and medical skepticism28:56 The scanner demo and nine-person team40:30 Midjourney's bigger secret roadmap48:11 How brand AI adoption has changed58:57 Claude Fable 5 appears, then vanishes1:00:41 Inside the Fable 5 conspiracy corner1:04:48 Why Fable 5 felt revolutionary1:13:58 The AI race and 12 possible futures1:18:22 Four years of Midjourney and the outro

The Oklahoma Sooners are your 2026 college baseball national champions! David Kahn recaps the Sooners' improbable run in the NCAA Tournament, as they become the 7th consecutive team from the SEC to reign supreme in this sport. Hear Kyle Branch's memorable homer in his final at-bat and the final call on the Sooners Radio Network, as well as several eye-popping numbers from Oklahoma's time in the NCAA Tournament and College World Series. Plus, we crown a winner of the Jello Shot Challenge at Rocco's and close the book on the 2026 campaign. Dugouts, Dumbbells and Dingers is sponsored by Homefield Apparel. They provide quality, thoughtful apparel for more than 200 colleges and universities across the coutry, including the Oklahoma Sooners. Be sure to visit homefieldapparel.com for the best college baseball team gear you can find, and check out their national championship collection celebrating Oklahoma Baseball!3D is also in partnership with Backyard Baseball Bros, the creators of the Borgoball. Check out backyardbaseballbros.com for the various editions of the Borgoball on sale now! They've also got softballs available for sale, and their newest products, the BORGOBAT, BorgoZONE and Borgo Backyard Kit!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jakhar Yunussov, a Kazakhstani pilot known as "@artmonster_" on Instagram, joins Nik to share his unique journey from art school to an architecture degree to his upcoming Airbus training. He reflects on his transition into aviation, including the challenge of rapidly advancing his English and aviation knowledge to complete flight training in Ireland. Along the way, Jakhar has continued to nurture his artistic talent, creating detailed hand-drawn aircraft on IFR charts - a passion that has earned him more than 17,000 followers. To explore his work or get in touch, you can find him on Instagram at "@artmonster_."  CONNECT WITH US Are you ready to take your preparation to the next level? Don't wait until it's too late. Use the promo code "R4P2026" and save 10% on all our services. Check us out at www.spitfireelite.com! If you want to recommend someone to guest on the show, email Nik at podcast@spitfireelite.com, and if you need a professional pilot resume, go to www.spitfireelite.com/podcast/ for FREE templates!  SPONSOR Are you a pilot just coming out of the military and looking for the perfect second home for your family? Look no further! Reach out to Marty and his team by visiting www.tridenthomeloans.com to get the best VA loans available anywhere in the US. Be ready for takeoff anytime with 3D-stretch, stain-repellent, and wrinkle-free aviation uniforms by Flight Uniforms. Just go to www.flightuniform.com and type the code SPITFIREPOD20 to get a special 20% discount on your first order. #Aviation #AviationCareers #aviationcrew #AviationJobs #AviationLeadership #AviationEducation #AviationOpportunities #AviationPodcast #AirlinePilot #AirlineJobs #AirlineInterviewPrep #flying #flyingtips #PilotDevelopment #PilotFinance #pilotcareer #pilottips #pilotcareertips #PilotExperience #pilotcaptain #PilotTraining #PilotSuccess #pilotpodcast #PilotPreparation #Pilotrecruitment #flightschool #aviationschool #pilotcareer #pilotlife #pilot

The whole crew is back. Nick, Robbie, Mike, and Rohit reunite for a full-panel episode of the Sneaker History Podcast, and it feels exactly like catching up with friends who happen to know more about shoes than most people you know.They kick things off with Rockin' and Coppin', covering everything from Nipsey Hussle PUMAs and adidas SL EVOs to a World Cup craze over jerseys and some very real talk about what shoe buying looks like when adulting kicks in. From there, the conversation stretches across World Cup sneaker culture, 3D printing and foam technology in performance footwear, the history of player endorsements in soccer, and how the sport has become one of the most interesting spaces in the sneaker world right now.They also spend time on the rise of Skechers as a legitimate player in the athletic space (yes, really), dig into brand rivalries, talk representation in sneaker culture, and close with a preview of where women's basketball footwear might be heading next.It's a wide-ranging one, but that's the whole squad for you. Come for the sneakers, stay for the chaos.New episodes of the Sneaker History Podcast drop regularly. Subscribe wherever you listen and find everything at sneakerhistory.com.New episodes of the Sneaker History Podcast drop almost every Monday. Subscribe wherever you listen, find everything at sneakerhistory.com, and if you want more sneaker business insights, The Sneaker Newsletter goes out on Substack at thesneakernewsletter.com.Nick also has a book coming. Small Luxuries: Sneakers drops October 2026 and is available to pre-order now at bookshop.org/a/122044/9798317900854.If you are interested in advertising to our audience, contact us: podcast@sneakerhistory.comCHECK OUT OUR OTHER SHOWS:For the Formula 1 Fans - Exhaust Notes: https://exhaustnotes.fmFor the Fitted Hat Fans - Crown and Stitch: https://crownandstitch.comFor the Cars & Sneakers Fans - Cars & Kicks: https://carsxkicks.comFor the Creators & Creatives - Outside The Box: https://podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/outside-the-box-convos-with-creators/id1050172106[Links contain affiliate links; we may receive a small commission if you purchase after clicking a link. A great way to support the pod!]—––––—––––—––––—––––—––––—––––—––––—––––Our podcast is proudly...Recorded on Riverside: http://www.riverside.fm/?via=sneakerhistoryHosted & Distributed By Captivate: https://bit.ly/3j2muPbDisclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

Just days after Anthropic launched Fable 5 and Mythos — two of the most capable AI models ever released — the US Commerce Department stepped in with an unprecedented national security export control order and effectively forced Anthropic to pull the kill switch on both models globally. The move signals something that we have been watching build for years: Washington now legally treats cutting-edge AI code the same way it treats weapons. We also get into the social media ban backfire hitting governments worldwide, the emerging analog bag movement, and a few pieces of tech that are either genuinely useful or complete nonsense depending on how much disposable income you have.Key Moments0:00 — The US government shuts down Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos: what just happened1:08 — Jason explains how AI export controls work — and why this one is different3:18 — What Fable 5 actually did: Jeremy asks Jason to explain the threat5:12 — How Fable 5 turned three weeks of Jason's dev work into one day7:08 — The 'get me $20 million in two weeks' scenario: why state actors are the real concern8:24 — AI as the Wolf from Pulp Fiction — but it cleans its own car9:29 — Senator Kelly's amendment: forcing human accountability into autonomous weapons11:12 — Why the audit trail problem makes the amendment unenforceable15:32 — College seniors boo Eric Schmidt: the worst commencement speech in recent memory16:24 — Why a four-year degree doesn't buy what it used to — and who's actually getting work22:42 — Social media bans for kids are backfiring: VPNs, underground platforms, and unintended consequences26:40 — We're all addicts and we know it: the screen dependency conversation we keep not having27:35 — The analog bag movement: is carrying a sack of notebooks actually the answer?33:43 — Dream's $700 floor lamp that gives you a blowout: luxury appliance or absurd gimmick?34:08 — Switchbot's AI art frame with e-ink display: actually kind of cool36:08 — FITIC's 3D-printed custom shoes: great engineering, requires pictures of your feet

Stewart Alsop hosts a conversation with Oliver Polzin, a founding team member of Meow Wolf and naturalist, exploring the intersection of creativity, conservation, and architecture. Oliver discusses his current postgraduate work at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles studying synthetic landscapes through an architectural lens, his deep fascination with Pleistocene megafauna and the La Brea Tar Pits, and his vision for creating a "biophilic culture" that reframes humanity's relationship with other species and ecosystems. The discussion ranges from Oliver's early work building mud caves at Meow Wolf to his current explorations of AI-assisted design tools, 3D printing with recycled materials, holistic grazing management systems for the Great Plains, and the ancient Amazonian practice of creating terra preta soil—all part of his broader investigation into how we can design interventions for climate and conservation issues while maintaining what makes us fundamentally human.Timestamps00:00 Stewart introduces Oliver Polzin from Meow Wolf's founding team and discusses how his yoga teaching there inspired the podcast's exploration of creativity and stress relationships.05:00 Oliver describes his architecture graduate program studying climate and conservation through synthetic landscapes, contrasting dark green naturalist ecology with bright green capitalist environmentalism.10:00 Discussion of conservation ethics and AI's potential for monitoring environmental systems, with Oliver explaining his journey from painting to experimental mud construction at early Meow Wolf.15:00 Stewart shares his robotics learning journey with ESP32s in Buenos Aires while Oliver questions humanoid robot design, suggesting functional form factors matter more than human resemblance.20:00 Oliver explores cardboard as material obsession and explains treasure hunt mechanics in Meow Wolf exhibits, creating dopamine-driven discovery experiences through layered storytelling.25:00 Stewart describes creating treasure hunts for Spanish learners in Buenos Aires parks while Oliver validates experiential art's growing importance in an increasingly digital culture.30:00 Conversation shifts to three-d printing flexible filaments for architectural models and Oliver's megafauna book project about La Brea Tar Pits Pleistocene fossils.35:00 Oliver connects Earth consciousness to Pale Blue Dot perspective, arguing humans face developmental threshold understanding planetary responsibility after 300,000 years as anatomically modern species.40:00 Deep dive into end-Pleistocene extinction events and megafauna loss, discussing two-ton capybaras and how predator relationships shaped human psychology and anxiety responses.45:00 Oliver presents speculative Great Plains biopreserve concept with de-extinct megafauna, contrasting holistic rotational grazing with destructive monoculture agriculture systems.50:00 Discussion concludes with Amazonian dark earth technology and indigenous landscape management, emphasizing need for biophilic culture embracing deep time ecological perspective.Key Insights1. Oliver Polzin is part of the founding team of Meow Wolf and is currently studying at SCI-Arc in Downtown LA in a postgraduate program called Synthetic Landscapes, which examines global scale climate and conservation issues through an architectural lens. Architecture exists between art and science, and he believes architectural thinking offers a valuable framework for designing interventions for climate and conservation challenges. This program represents a significant evolution from his earlier work at Meow Wolf, where he created immersive experiential art installations using materials like adobe and cardboard.2. There is an important distinction in ecological thought between what Paul Kingsnorth calls dark green and light green approaches to environmentalism. The dark green strain represents the older naturalist movement from the early twentieth century, focusing on biological systems, ecosystems, and endangered species. Light green emerged in the 1970s after the Earth Day movement and centers on clean energy, solar panels, and wind power as a way to maintain our current lifestyle. Oliver argues that the bright green approach represents a capitalist overlay that has captured the conservation movement, whereas true conservation requires focusing on actual biological systems rather than just technological solutions.3. The experiential art form that Meow Wolf pioneered still has enormous untapped potential, particularly as society becomes increasingly digital. Oliver believes there will be a huge wave of experiential desire in this decade as people crave human connection and real-world excitement. The treasure hunt and scavenger hunt format represents a compelling form of real-life RPG that creates meaningful human interactions. This type of experience design, which Meow Wolf developed through installations like the House of Eternal Return, plays with human dopamine systems by compelling people to open doors, explore spaces, and follow narrative threads through physical environments.4. The architectural model or dollhouse concept represents a crucial rhetorical tool that Oliver is learning to apply to climate and conservation work. Architects have long created physical models to show stakeholders what a building will be like, and this practice of showing a story in compelling ways for different types of brains is essential for getting traction on projects. While architectural models used to be made from foam core, paper, and balsa wood, they are now largely created through 3D printing, which allows for incredibly complex forms and interlocking structures that would have been impossible to construct manually.5. Oliver is obsessed with megafauna and the end Pleistocene extinction event that occurred roughly twelve thousand years ago. For three hundred thousand years, anatomically modern humans existed alongside massive beasts like short faced bears and American lions, and we were the smaller creatures in the ecosystem. The extinction of over one hundred genera of animals over ninety nine pounds, combined with sea level rise of nearly four hundred feet, fundamentally changed human existence and led to the development of agriculture and civilization. Much of our current psychological development, including anxiety responses, is still based on this time period when we lived among these massive animals.6. The current food system in the Great Plains is fundamentally broken compared to the historical managed food system maintained by Plains tribes, who sustained thirty to sixty million bison through 1800. Oliver explored a speculative project about turning the Great Plains into a massive biopreserve of de-extinct megafauna, contrasting the natural system of rotational grazing where predators keep herds moving with the current monoculture crop agriculture that requires external inputs like fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides. The natural system builds soil and increases fecundity, while industrial agriculture degrades soil, creates toxic runoff, and produces genetically modified crops that feed animals in toxic concentrated feeding operations.7. The fundamental challenge facing humanity now is creating what Oliver calls a biophilic or ecophilic culture that is loving of other species and our home planet. This requires both psychological shifts and changes in how we design systems at all scales. The Amazon provides a powerful example of this, as recent LiDAR mapping has revealed that what appeared to be pristine wilderness was actually a vast tended garden created by indigenous civilizations who developed technologies like Amazonian dark earth through burning middens with various additives. These cultures understood how to be embedded in a web with other species while playing an important orchestrating role, offering a model for how humans might relate to other forms of life in our current era.

As marathon runners, we think we understand endurance, pacing, and the tech that drives our sport. But what happens when you take the legs out of the equation and replace them with Formula 1 engineering, 3D-printed hard gloves, and highway-speed descents?In this episode, I sit down with an absolute titan of endurance sports: Marcel Hug, the "Swiss Silver Bullet." He is a 12-time Paralympic Gold Medalist and the most dominant athlete across the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Marcel just matched a historic milestone by winning his eighth London Marathon, and I wanted to bridge the gap between our running community and his world.We skip the fluff and go straight into the sports science. Marcel breaks down why he can race 8 to 9 marathons a year when we can barely survive two, how he navigates extreme downhills at 80 km/h (50 mph) without a steering wheel, and how his custom-molded carbon chassis ensures zero energy loss. If you love high-performance gear, brutal physiology, and the elite mindset, this conversation will completely change how you view marathon speed.The "Silver Bullet" Trademark: How a simple Christmas gift from his junior coach became a global symbol of dominance.The 9-Marathon Season: Why the smooth, cyclical physics of a push-rim chair allow wheelchair athletes to race nearly ten marathons a year with minimal joint impact.Technical Analysis (Chassis vs. Shoes): While we look for energy return in foam, Marcel looks for zero energy loss in his rigid, custom-molded carbon fiber seat.Punching at 20 MPH: The material science behind 3D-printed hard gloves and how athletes "hit" the push-rim rather than grabbing it.The Wind Tunnel Discovery: Why F1 aerodynamics forced a shift from solid disc wheels back to open-spoke wheels.The Strict Mindset of a Champion: A rare look at Marcel's internal dialogue when pushing the absolute limit entirely alone at the front of a Major.My Favorite Moment: "In a daily wheelchair, you grab the wheels with your fingers. With racing gloves, you punch the rim. Every single ounce of energy from your upper body has to go directly into forward movement." — Marcel HugConnect with Us:Our website: https://www.marathonjournal.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/runningpodcastYouTube: https://youtube.com/@marathonjournalFollow us on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/30798607Our website: https://www.marathonjournal.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/runningpodcastFollow us on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/30798607Connect with Us:

This week, Steve joins the show for a packed night of Star Wars arguments, trading card talk, and ExcaliburCon hype. We dig into Star Wars “What If?” stories, the Force-user debate that lit up the comments, the official Boba Fett Pokémon team, Ward Bowl crowning its champion, Bad Batch, upcoming TCG releases, droid-building plans, major convention guests, and the fan experiences that make all of this worth showing up for. We also reminisce about our favorite Star Wars experiences, ramble on with stories of the good ol' days, nerd out about current and upcoming Star Wars shows, books, and games, and talk a little bit about life. Thank you so much for supporting our channel! We love interacting with all of you! We look forward to talking with you guys every week about Star Wars, gaming, 3D printing, pop culture, movies, and everything else! If you want to show your love, consider sending us an email, joining our Discord, or following us on Twitch! We'll see you again soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/riseofthepodcast Discord Server Link: https://discord.gg/DcuBKXVxJs Email us: contact@RiseOfThePodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riseofthepodcast Web: http://www.riseofthepodcast.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rotptweets Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riseofthepodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RiseofthePodcast Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3qzOazE iTunes: https://apple.co/3wAfwcI Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/RotPGoogle Thanks for watching! Rise of the Podcast Episode 361: Star Wars and Pokemon Produced and Edited by 8r0wn13 ©2026 All Rights Reserved #Podcast #DuluthMN #StarWars

This week, we tackle Star Wars Reddit questions, build the definitive Jabba Pokémon lineup, test some questionable snacks, and spiral from car disasters into movies where cut brakes are basically a death sentence. Then the nostalgia kicks in with FernGully, Pagemaster, Brave Little Toaster, Homeward Bound, Jumanji, and the childhood movies that either still hit or completely fall apart. We also reminisce about our favorite Star Wars experiences, ramble on with stories of the good ol' days, nerd out about current and upcoming Star Wars shows, books, and games, and talk a little bit about life. Thank you so much for supporting our channel! We love interacting with all of you! We look forward to talking with you guys every week about Star Wars, gaming, 3D printing, pop culture, movies, and everything else! If you want to show your love, consider sending us an email, joining our Discord, or following us on Twitch! We'll see you again soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/riseofthepodcast Discord Server Link: https://discord.gg/DcuBKXVxJs Email us: contact@RiseOfThePodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riseofthepodcast Web: http://www.riseofthepodcast.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rotptweets Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riseofthepodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RiseofthePodcast Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3qzOazE iTunes: https://apple.co/3wAfwcI Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/RotPGoogle Thanks for watching! Rise of the Podcast Episode 360: Could Transformers Use the Force? Produced and Edited by 8r0wn13 ©2026 All Rights Reserved #Podcast #DuluthMN #StarWars

In this Episode, Rich Gardner - Local legend from the traditional 3D Archery circuit - shares a quiver-full of stories from his past. Known for his highly addictive archery footage landing across millions of people's Facebook feeds. Episode 99 gives us an insight to the jolly man behind the camera. This one's got some great tales from the wilds of California, competitive 3D tournaments, and plenty of other adventures from afar too.Be sure to give Rich a follow on his Facebook page, where he regularly posts footage of archery that's guaranteed get you itching to grab the bow and heading for the hills. Be sure to also sign up for the Longbow Safari happening at Rancho Neblina on the 4th of July, and say hi to Rich yourself!Watch/Follow Robin and The Wild Dispatch on:InstagramFacebookSpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube

6K Additive is roaring ahead with a recycling solution for metals. Their path from scrap to powder is helping the US to be more resilient, produce powder locally and perhaps be more cost effective and sustainable as well. But, what does 6K want to do? Where is it headed? What does it want to accomplish? How does it’s process stack up to others? And how will it go about it? Frank here talks us through their strategy, goals, plants, capacity, operations and the future role 6K wants to play at the core of the US defense and industry. This episode of the 3DPOD is brought to you by FacFox, where your next product starts as a file and ends as a custom-made reality. With instant quoting, rapid design feedback, and on-demand 3D printing, CNC machining, injection molding, and more, FacFox makes it easier to test out ideas, fine-tune every detail, and manufacture with confidence. Curious what your design could become? Upload it and find out.  

2026 Summer Appetizer Auction Day One Sponsored by Blind Information Technology Solutions (BITS) Opens Thursday, July 9 at 12:00 noon ET Closes Friday, July 10 at 12:00 noon ET Opening Bids Included Appetizer Auction Rules and Information: Contact Leslie Spoone at 407 929-9837 or 407 227-4489 or email lesliespoone@cfl.rr.com with your bid. Please provide your name, phone number, email, item number and bid amount. Bids must be in $5.00 increments. • Leslie will send out Appetizer Auction information communicating the high bid on each item at 5:00pm ET, 8:00pm ET and 9:00am ET each day. After the close of each mini auction, an email will be sent announcing who has won each item. Billing for both the appetizer and Convention auction will take place starting on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, for all the winning purchases. Billing for auction items will be paused during the convention and resume on August 5, 2026. The auction items need to be paid for by August 14, 2026. ACB Auction Disclaimer The American Council of the Blind conducts fundraising auctions to provide financial support for our programs and services. We thank those individuals, organizations, and businesses who donate items for our auctions. We make every effort to ship purchased items in a timely manner. However, due to various circumstances beyond our control, it may not be possible for items to be shipped or to arrive by a specific date. To participate as a bidder, we ask that you be courteous to one another, to those who are conducting the auction and to those who will be contacting the winning bidders to arrange for payment. It is expected that any winning bidder will, after being contacted by anyone connected to the auction, provide proper billing information prior to the auction item being sent to them. If we are unable to collect the bid amount, we reserve the right to repurpose the item for the benefit of ACB. Any individual who does not comply with these rules will be prohibited from continuing to bid in this auction and may be prohibited from participating in any future auction. Day One 300 Victor Reader Stream 3 Donated by HumanWare Opening Bid $350 Enjoy having this handheld pocket-sized digital media audio player to harness the power of wireless content access that features a fully tactile interface. The Victor Reader Stream 3 is a handheld digital audio player to enjoy your media content, and this assistive device lets you listen to books, newspapers, web radio, music, podcasts, and other online resources. This is simple to use for anyone who is blind or living with a visual impairment, the Stream talking book player packs all your media into place and gives 15 hours of battery life, leaving more time to enjoy media content. 301 Movie Extravaganza Package Donated by ACB Associate Director of Development Jo Lynn Bailey-Page Opening Bid $30 Enjoy using this $50 Regal Cinemas gift card to watch the latest audio-described movies with some friends or family. Plus, that's not all, enjoy some goodies to go along with your movie! 302 Upcycled Ladybug Purse Donated by Keri Bishop of Tucson, AZ Opening Bid $30 This one-of-a-kind handbag transforms a pair of burgundy jeans into a stylish and functional accessory which is crafted with creativity and purpose. The upper portion of the jeans has been thoughtfully repurposed, preserving the original pockets that are perfect for convenient, built-in storage. A cheerful yellow accent fabric, adorned with playful ladybugs and delicate flowers, adds a bright pop of personality. The same fabric lines the interior, creating a cohesive and charming design inside and out. The adjustable strap is cut from the denim legs and allows for versatile wear. You can comfortably wear it over the shoulder or as a crossbody for hands-free ease. It has snap closures at the top to keep your belongings secure while maintaining easy access. This upcycled purse is a celebration of sustainability, craftsmanship, and whimsical style. perfect for anyone who loves unique, eco-friendly fashion and is practical and eye-catching. 303 Pampered Chef Stainless Steel Toaster Donated by Christina Brino Opening Bid $25 Our 4-slice stainless steel toaster is built for busy days, with extra-long, extra-wide slots that welcome everything from artisanal loaves to bagels, English muffins to Texas toast. Seven browning settings put you in control, so every slice comes out just the way you like it. Our bonus warming rack keeps buns and rolls perfectly toasty, cafe-style, without over-browning. Four smart functions put you in control: Bagel, Defrost, Reheat, and Cancel. Whether your bread is fresh, frozen, or already toasted, it comes out just right. Defrost takes bread and waffles from frosty to golden in one step while Reheat warms cooled toast without extra browning. This toaster has built-in cord storage that keeps counters tidy and a removable crumb tray allows for easy cleanup, and a high-lift lever ensures safe, easy removal making this toaster ready for weekday breakfasts, weekend brunches, and busy dinnertimes. 304 Two Dozen Dreamy Chocolate Chip Cookies Donated by Jack Pinnock, Owner Dreamie Cookies Opening Bid $40 These cookies were a huge hit in the ACB Holiday Auction. Enjoy the individually wrapped yummy chocolate chip cookies with your favorite beverage. Wow, they will melt in your mouth. You can share them with friends or just keep them for yourself! 305 Silver and Red Garnet Necklace and Earring Set Donated by Claudia Aff Opening Bid $25 You will look stunning in this beautiful 30-inch necklace of acrylic garnet red and filigree silver beads with matching hoop earrings. This will dress up any outfit! 306 Handmade Lap Blanket Donated by Nancy Mareno Opening Bid $25 Enjoy snuggling up with this beautiful handmade lap blanket which measures 33 inches by 29 inches. This blanket has 3 shades of pink with interspersed white. A great blanket for those cold nights! 307 Echo Spot Donated by Leslie Spoone Opening Bid $30 Enjoy this Echo Spot with a sleek smart alarm clock with Alexa and big vibrant sound. This spot will be great for you to wake up, wind down and so much more. You can personalize your display with your favorite clock face and fun colors. Just ask Alexa to play music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Ease into the day and set up an Alexa routine that gently wakes you with music and gradual light. You can also glance at the time, check reminders, or ask Alexa for weather updates. 308 $50 Amazon Gift Card Donated by Friends in Art Opening Bid $30 It is time to treat yourself to something special and here's a gift card to help you do it. $50 in spending at Amazon! 309 Cook with Confidence Using Cookie Voice Recipes Donated by Daria Axelrod Marmer Opening Bid $25 Designed specifically for blind and low vision cooks, Cookie Voice Recipes is a fully accessible, voice-controlled cooking app that provides hands-free, step-by-step recipe guidance. Ask questions while you cook, set timers, get ingredient substitutions, and even import your own recipes. This package includes a one-year Premium Subscription, providing unlimited access to voice-guided cooking, AI cooking assistance, and recipe importing features. Must be redeemed by December 2, 2026. 310 Handmade Framed Decoupage Canvasses of Colorful Collages Donated by ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs Claire Stanley Opening Bid $25 This piece of art measures 12 by 16 inches. It is framed in a light blue picture frame. The decoupage style of art includes various sizes of ovals layered on top of each other in various tones of blue, yellow, and green. The piece is covered with a final layer of gloss. What a great conversational piece! 311 ModusTech 500GB Portable Donated by The Literacy Project Pat Tussing Director Opening Bid $25 The ModusTech external hard drive delivers lightning-fast transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps with USB 3.0 technology. You can easily back up your files, transfer data, and store important documents. It's compatible with USB 2.0 and perfect for large files like HD movies, games, videos, and it has an ultra-Fast USB 3.0 Connectivity for Effortless Data Transfers. 312 $50 Darden Gift Card Donated by Cathy Spoone Opening Bid $30 Enjoy this gift card with someone special or just splurge on yourself and don't forget those scrumptious breadsticks! 313 Monet Jewelry Turtle Two Piece Jewelry Set Donated by Melissa Dubose Opening Bid $30 The two-piece jewelry set adds a playful yet polished touch to your accessories collection. This coordinated set includes a 17-inch rope chain necklace with a 2-inch extender and matching stud earrings, designed with glass accents for subtle shine. A lobster clasp closure ensures secure wear, while post-back earrings provide a comfortable fit. It's a great gift option for special occasions or everyday styling. 314 Logitech Wired Headset, Stereo Headphones with Noise-Cancelling Microphone Donated by Dan Spoone Opening Bid $25 These stereo headphones are black and have a noise-cancelling microphone, USB connection and In Line Controls. The PC headphones with plush, padded headband and ear cups provide optimum comfort. A rotating microphone minimizes background noise to provide noise-cancelling qualities resulting in clearer calls. 315 Tantalizing Homemade Candy Donated by Patty Slaby Opening Bid $40 This scrumptious homemade candy will make your get together with friends even sweeter! You can select one type of homemade candy or three different kinds. You will receive 60 pieces of candy in total from a selection of: peanut butter balls, chocolate covered potato chips, rum balls, dipped pretzels, bugles dipped in chocolate and many, many others. Patty will contact you for your selections and shipping will be determined by the weather. 316 Mary Kay Satin Hands Set Donated by Nancy Folsom Opening Bid $30 This 3-step process will leave your hands and feet feeling soft, smooth, and luxurious! The Satin Hands set softens, exfoliates, and moisturizes each time you use it. This set is great for guys and gals to help keep your hands healthy! You will love how great your hands feel! You can use it on your feet as well. 317 Fiery Dragon Print Black T shirt Donated by Blind Girl Designs Tricia Waechter Opening Bid $30 The red tactile print features the fierce head of a dragon in profile. Its jaws are open wide, exposing sharp, curved teeth as a stream of flames which pour outward. The fire is drawn with sweeping lines that curl and twist, giving a sense of movement and heat. The dragon's eye is narrow and intense, outlined with a strong stroke that adds a menacing expression. The dragon has a large horn on its snout and additionally, horns arc backward from its skull, and a row of large, jagged spines traces down the back of its neck. This t-shirt is 100% cotton, but do not size up because there is very little shrinkage when washed. Please wash inside out in cold wash and hang to dry or tumble for a few minutes to get the wrinkles out. These t-shirts come in sizes youth small through large, adult small through five XL, tall large through three XL. All sizes are unisex. The winner gets to pick their size! Enjoy your Blind Girl Designs! 318 Hand Carved Wooden Figurines Donated by DeAnna Quiet Water Noriega Opening Bid $25 Enjoy having these hand carved wooden figurines which include: a Buddha from Indonesia, a lion, a warthog, and a lioness all from Kenya. The giraffe is a soapstone also from Kenya. Wow, these will make a great conversational piece for your mantel! 319 Friday Morning Quotations Braille Book Donated by Dorlyn Catron Opening Bid $30 You will love reading the volume two Friday Morning Quotations Braille Book compiled by kay Wilson and published by The National Braille Press. Plus, enjoy a $50 Amazon card to splurge on yourself while you are reading and relaxing! 320 Chocolate Chip Bread Donated by Becky Hawkins Opening Bid $40 Indulge in this mouthwatering homemade chocolate chip bread. The bread is decadent and will melt in your mouth! What a fantastic treat to share with friends or family! 321 COSORI Air Fryer Pro Smart Donated by Carl Richardson Opening Bid $50 Enjoy this 5.8-quart air fryer which can roast and bake. The fryer has a 3-way control and a 12-in-1 customizable function. The basket is detachable, and it works with Alexa and Google Assistant. You can get online recipes. This would make a fantastic gift for the chef in your household! 322 $50 Gift Card to Walmart Donated by Arkansas Quazar Chapter Opening Bid $30 Enjoy this opportunity to fill your basket with treats for your family and friends. This $50 gift card could provide a chance for a special gift for yourself! 323 Black and Silver necklace Donated by Koni Sims, ACB Board Director Opening Bid $25 You will look stunning in 16-inch necklace featuring faux onyx and crystal beads. It has a 3-inch extender. Plus, enjoy the earrings which are 2 inches long. What a special gift to give to someone special! 324 Daniel Terrico Carved Puzzle Box Donated by Connie Jacomini Opening Bid $25 The Daniel Terrico puzzle box sports a hand carved shark motif on top. It is perfect for trinkets. There are instructions for use of this puzzle box enclosed. What a fantastic gift for your favorite fisherman! 325 Two Dozen Homemade Shortbread Cookies Donated by Deb Trevino and Delaware Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired Opening Bid $40 Enjoy two dozen fresh-baked mouth-watering authentic shortbread cookies guaranteed to explode on your palate with luscious buttery goodness. These are great with milk, hot chocolate, coffee, or your favorite tea. Next to Walker's, these are the best I've ever tasted. 326 Handcrafted Crocheted Bunny Donated by Keri Bishop of Tucson AZ Opening Bid $25 Enjoy this whimsical handcrafted crocheted bunny in a blue dress which is delightfully soft and lovingly handmade. This charming, crocheted bunny is a timeless keepsake and is perfect for all ages and is carefully crafted in a creamy ivory yarn. This sweet bunny features long floppy ears, gentle blue eyes and a soft pink nose that give it an irresistibly tender expression. The bunny is dressed in a beautifully textured, sky-blue crocheted dress with ruffled sleeves and a full, flowing skirt and this bunny exudes simple elegance. A delicate satin ribbon at the waist adds a graceful finishing touch, making it as lovely for display as it is for cuddling. Whether gifted to a child, displayed in a nursery, or cherished as a collectible, this one-of-a-kind bunny brings warmth, comfort, and handcrafted artistry. 327 Bangle Bracelets and Six Pairs Post Earrings Donated by Judy Okraski Opening Bid $25 You will look stunning with these multi metal bangle bracelets which are perfect to match any outfit. Plus, six sets of post earrings. All the earrings are colorful with single smooth surface colors that include: 2 Coral, 2 blue, green, and light pink. A fantastic gift for yourself or for someone special! 328 $50 Gift Card to the Blind Kitchen Donated by Debra Erickson, Executive Chef and Founder of The Blind Kitchen Opening Bid $30 Welcome to The Blind Kitchen where adaptive tools, helpful strategies, and specialized knowledge are provided to blind and vision-impaired people who want to cook safely, confidently, and independently. Debra Erickson is the Executive Chef and Founder of The Blind Kitchen where she will help you enjoy splurging on either yourself or someone special with this gift card and a 30-minute consult with Debra! 329 Three Handmade Hot Pads, Protein Fudge Recipe and Amazon Gift Card Donated by Tonya Drew of Essentially Braille Opening Bid $30 Enjoy the three brown cotton magic square potholders which come in large, medium, and small. As a special treat, enjoy making a delicious protein fudge recipe for yourself or friends and family. The recipe is written in Braille on Perma Braille cards to fit in your recipe box. Also, dine or shop with a $50 Amazon gift card. 330 $100 See's Candy E Gift Card Donated by Brad and Kathy Snyder Opening Bid $60 Enjoy splurging either on yourself or friends or family with this $100 E card for See's Candy. The brand is known for its premium chocolates, truffles, brittles, and other candies. They are very yummy! 331 ACB Students Common Ground Sweatshirt Donated by Blind Girl Designs Tricia Waechter Opening Bid $30 This print features a bold, symbolic Tree of Life design in a cool teal-green tactile ink. At the heart of the artwork is a circular Celtic-style tree with flowing, interwoven branches and roots that mirror one another. The canopy forms an elegant, rounded crown, while the roots weave into intricate knot- work, visually reinforcing the message of connection and shared foundation. Arched above the tree are the words: “COMMON GROUND,” And below that is printed “common ground” in grade 1 tactile braille. Curved below the roots are the words: “DIFFERENT ROOTS” And just above these words is “different roots “in grade one tactile braille. Surrounding the circular tree design is a subtle square frame made of different style of white canes, positioned along the top, bottom, and sides. The canes form a balanced border, reinforcing themes of accessibility and inclusion. On the back, printed horizontally in the same teal ink, is the phrase “Growing towards a bright future” in a fun cursive font with grade one tactile Braille underneath it. The overall design communicates unity, diversity, inclusion, and shared humanity. Different roots, but common ground presented in a clean, high-contrast layout that stands out beautifully against the rich colored background. This cozy heavyweight crewneck sweatshirt has banded sleeves and bottom. It is made from cotton poly and will not shrink. It should be washed inside out to protect the ink and make sure it's inside out before you feel free to put it in a hot tumble dryer in order to make it nice and fluffy! These sweatshirts come in unisex sizing, youth, small through large, adult small through 5-XL, tall large through 3-XL. The winner can pick their own size! Enjoy your Blind Girl Designs! 332 Necklace and Bracelet Jewelry Set Donated by Charlotte Lang Opening Bid $25 This dainty set is classic and sparkly in black and white. Most of the set is made up of 4-millimeter faceted black spinel beads. In the center of the necklace and bracelet is a 10 millimeter round white pearl. The necklace is 18 inches long and the bracelet is 7-1/2 inches long. Both have 2-inch adjuster chains and close with lobster claw clasps. 333 Waterford Crystal Marcella Vase Donated by Connie Jacomini Opening Bid $25 The Waterford Crystal Marcella Vase is a 6-inch, high-quality, clear lead crystal vase known for its elegant design, often featuring intricate fan and wedge cuts. Typically produced in the 2010s, this hand-cut footed vase is celebrated for its clarity, weight, and ability to catch light. 334 Singing Lesson Donated by Carole Brewer Opening Bid $25 You will enjoy spending one hour on ZOOM with singer and recording artist, Carole Brewer. Learn some of Carole's many concert-tested recipes for better breathing, tone quality, and confidence building. You will receive a free copy of Carole's voice manual titled 'Cookin' Up a Song ' and explore the possibility of taking your singing up to the next level. All great singing starts here, and you can contact Carole to set up a lesson time at info@carolebrewer.com. 335 Homemade Caramel Brownies Donated by Judy Okraski Opening Bid $40 These scrumptious homemade caramel brownies come in an 8 by 11-inch pan. Pair with your favorite beverage and enjoy this delicious treat with your friends. 336 Set of Six Handknitted Dishcloths Made with love and donated by Rhonda Lang from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Opening Bid $30 Enjoy this set of six handknitted dishcloths in a variety of colors. They will bring craftsmanship and resilience to your kitchen. The dishcloths are meticulously crafted for durability and designed to manage daily cleaning tasks with ease and elegance. 337 $50 Ruth's Cris Gift Card Donated by The Literacy Project Pat Tussing Director Opening Bid $30 Enjoy splurging at convention with this Ruth's Cris gift card. You will love dining at this restaurant which offers a New Orleans-inspired menu, including seafood and signature sides and USDA Prime steaks in a sophisticated, romantic, and welcoming atmosphere. 338 Pink Macrame Apple Watch Band Donated by Keri Bishop of Tucson, AZ Opening Bid $25 This handcrafted macramé watch band is a vibrant, eye-catching accessory designed to fit Apple Watch models ranging from 38 mm through 42 mm. Made from durable 2 mm satin cord in a bright bubblegum pink, the band has a smooth, lustrous finish that adds a playful yet polished touch to any look. The design is accented with elegant ceramic beads, each hand-painted with delicate pink floral details on a clean white background. These beads provide a soft contrast to the bold pink cord, creating a charming and balanced aesthetic that highlights the handcrafted artistry of the piece. The functionality is built into the design with a fully adjustable button-and-loop closure, similar to a toggle clasp. The button side features two main cords that pass through and loop back, allowing the band to be easily lengthened or shortened. This adjustable construction ensures a comfortable, secure fit for a variety of wrist sizes while maintaining a neat and streamlined appearance and they are both stylish and practical. This macramé watch band offers a unique way to personalize your Apple Watch with a handmade accessory that combines durability, adjustability, and a cheerful pop of color. 339 Light Green Glass Bead Necklace and Earrings Donated by Claudia Aff Opening Bid $25 You will look stunning in this beautiful light green glass bead 10-1/2 inch necklace with 6 darker ceramic flower beads at the bottom. Also, matching flower bead hook earrings that measure 2 inches. What a perfect complement to that summer outfit! 340 Key West Goodies Donated by Dan Spoone Opening Bid $40 Enjoy two dozen yummy macadamia nut and chocolate chip cookies. You can either share them with a friend or just have all of them for yourself! 341 Vera Bradley Backpack Donated by Cecily Laney Nipper ACB Board Director Opening Bid $30 Want to go out in style? This slightly used Vera Bradley backpack is for you. Perfect for work or school, this 18-inch backpack with two side pockets for water or soda and two zipper pockets will comfortably hold a 16.5-inch laptop in its built-in laptop sleeve. The black background of the print sets off the vibrant pink, teal, and lime green floral print. 342 $50 Starbucks Gift Card Donated by Merrilee Hill-Kennedy Opening Bid $30 Everyone loves a good cup of coffee. It's even better with some friends or family members over some laughs! As an extra bonus, Starbucks has goodies to eat. Bid so you can enjoy all the delicious choices from a great coffee establishment. 343 Computers for the Blind Laptop Donated by Computers for the Blind Opening Bid $60 Computers for the Blind (CFTB) is dedicated to bridging the digital divide for the community of the Blind and Visually Impaired. We do this by providing affordable, accessible refurbished computers and training. The winner will receive our standard laptop which is a $250 value. The laptop includes Windows 11, 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM. To qualify for Software and Warranty, registration is required. A certificate will be included with the laptop which contains details about how to register. The winner must register within 30 days of receiving their computer. The certificate indicates the expiration date and redemption code for registration. You will receive 1-Year free license of JAWS, ZoomText, or Fusion, JAWS training and 1-Year Warranty. Contact us at service@computersfortheblind.org 344 3D “we hold these truths to be self-evident” Royal Blue T-shirt Donated by Blind Girl Designs Tricia Waechter Opening Bid $30 This classic Americana white puff ink tactile print combines bold 18th century typography with raised tactile braille. This is a very similar font that was used in the typed version of the Declaration of Independence. A circle of 13 large five-pointed stars frames the entire design, creating the look of an early American flag which was inspired by the spirit of 1776 and, of course, the 13 original colonies. At the top left and right corners of the print, the years “1776” and “2026” mark the 250-year anniversary of the United States. Beneath each year is a line of raised braille dots, adding a tactile reading element that complements the18th century fonts. Centered in the middle of the print, the famous and powerful phrase from the Declaration of Independence is stacked in dramatic vintage-style lettering “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.” Each section of text is paired with tactile braille underneath, allowing the message to be experienced both visually and through touch. The combination of distressed colonial inspired lettering and raised puff ink creates a striking and authentic dimensional effect. Below the main statement is a horizontal divider with a centered star, followed by the words: “UNITED STATES Of AMERICA.” Again, accompanied by tactile braille beneath the 18th century authentic wording the entire print is designed in clean white puff ink for a bold raised texture that stands out. The tactile surface gives the artwork depth, accessibility, and a handcrafted feel while maintaining a strong patriotic presentation. This T-shirt is 100% cotton, but do not size up because there is very little shrinkage when washed. You should wash inside out in cold wash and hang it to dry or tumble for a few minutes to get the wrinkles out. These t-shirts come in sizes youth small through large, adult small through five XL, tall large through three XL. All sizes are unisex and the winner gets to pick their own size. Enjoy celebrating our 250th anniversary with your Blind Girl Designs!!!! 345 Homemade Triple Play Oversized Cookies Donated by Brian Charlson Opening Bid $40 Here we go again; it's time for Brian's triple play oversized cookies. Those who have won this item in the past will attest to the flavor, size, and overall quality of this perennial auction favorite. You can choose one dozen from either classic chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, or peanut butter. They are packaged individually. Feel free to offer them up as additions to gift baskets or pop them in the freezer to savor them over a few months or weeks. 346 $25 Panera Gift Card and $25 Dunkin Doughnuts Gift Card Donated by Diane Scalzi and Leslie Spoone Opening Bid $30 Enjoy or share delicious soups, sandwiches, salads, and baked goods with a $25 gift card from Panera Bread. Also included is a $25 Dunkin Doughnuts gift card to enjoy with friends or family. Cards are available as electronic or physical, your choice. 347 Embroidered Apron Donated by Terry Keyson of Braille Wear Opening Bid $25 Protect your clothing while you cook by wearing this lovely knee-length maroon apron with two front pockets. It has customized embroidery that is both visual and tactile. The embroidered wording on the front of the apron in print and braille is “Serving Up 20 Years “. Wow, celebrate the auction turning 20 years with this apron and your chef will look fantastic! 348 $75 Amazon E Gift Card Donated by Blue Grass Council of the Blind Opening Bid $40 Seventy-five dollars, ready to send by email or text, It's yours in the end. A click and a smile, a gift in a flash for someone you love or your own little splash. From BCB's heart to the auction fun, Bid with cheer and may you be the one. 349 Three hours of one-on-one personal happiness coaching along with Handwritten Booklets Donated by Darian Slayton Fleming of Embrace Happiness Opening Bid $25 The booklets are entitled: My AI: Affirmations and Intentions (this booklet has 31 suggested affirmations and 31 suggested intentions. Each section is followed by instructions about how to write your own affirmations and intentions and blank pages on which you can write your own affirmations and intentions. Also, My AI: Affirming and Intentional Self Care. This booklet describes the Happy for No Reason approach to designing your own happiness and practical exercises that will help you embody happiness through intentional self-care. You can enjoy these booklets in braille, large print, or standard print. Enjoy having this time with Darian Slayton Fleming who is a Certified Happiness Trainer and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Darian will show you how to embrace happiness in these sessions. 350 Chocolate Peanut Butter Buckeyes Donated by Dan Spoone Opening Bid $40 Enjoy this 24-piece box of chocolate Peanut Butter Buckeyes. These are packed in our Ohio State Themed Buckeye box. What a yummy treat to either share with some friends or just keep them for yourself! Find out more at https://acb-convention.pinecast.co

Photo by Gabriel Meinert on Unsplash Published 22 June 2026 e558 with Michael M and Andy – slowing things down with games where you walk, fly, sail, throw bananas and play ball, along with 3D printing innovation, a new flip phone from Commodore and a whole lot more! Michael M and Andy get things started while Michael R is away with cornucopia of games. First up is StonkRider, which bills itself as “motocross meets wall street” where you ride a motorcycle up and down a stock ticker.  Then, from the makers of Untitled Goose Game, is a new title called Big Walk, where, as the title suggests, you go out for an unstructured walk.  This harkens back nicely to the discussion between Ian and Andy in last week's episode.  And it reminds Michael of a story he saw recently about Google's take on Flight Simulator using Google Maps.  Next, the pair discuss TinyWind, a pixel pirate sailing game, where you might charter an accountant and sail the wild accountancy.  Then, an even more retro game appears – Gorilla.JS.  This DOS game has gorillas throwing exploding bananas at one another from across a cityscape where you can choose the angle and force to throw.  Both cohosts promptly thew their bananas with such little force that it went up in the air and exploded on their own gorilla.   Batter up!  Andy and Michael's next set of topics take them to America's pastime, and the adjacent sport of cricket.  After checking out the game visualization of Ribbie, the pair get into a discussion on what 8-Bit really means.  Michael remembers the SmallBall game, and was disappointed to learn that this game is no longer maintained.  On the other hand, he is happy about his university playing in the College World Series.  Baseball and cricket really lend themselves well to games because of all of the stats that are kept about each player and the games themselves.  Andy shared the story of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack which chronicles enormous details in it's 1,500 pages! After turning to innovations in 3D printing and visionOS collaboration, the cohosts consider the slow tech movement using the example of the new Commodore Callback flip phone.  This phone features the promoted ability to run 99% of Android apps while completely blocking social media and browsers.   Andy and Michael wrap things up with a new LEGO Ideas set – a playable LEGO space themed pinball machine.   Links to all of the fun are below – check them out!   What do you think the Commodore Callback model number 8020 means?  Have your bots

David Senra: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Ed Catmull is the co-founder of Pixar and the former president of Disney Animation. He grew up in 1950s Utah wanting to animate for Disney. Convinced he couldn't draw well enough, he studied physics and computer science at the University of Utah instead, landing in one of the great talent incubators in computing history. In 1972, he animated his own left hand—one of the first 3D computer renderings ever made. Since childhood he had carried a single ambition: to make the first feature film animated entirely by computer. Reaching it took more than 20 years. George Lucas hired Catmull in 1979 to build a computer division at Lucasfilm. When Lucas needed cash, Steve Jobs bought that division in 1986 for $5 million and spun it out as Pixar. For years it sold imaging computers and lost money while Catmull and John Lasseter made short films to keep the dream alive. Jobs sank roughly $50 million of his own money into it. In 1995, Pixar released Toy Story, the first feature animated entirely by computer, and went public days later. Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, WALL-E, and Up followed. Disney bought Pixar in 2006 for $7.4 billion and put Catmull in charge of both studios; he revived a faltering Disney Animation with films like Frozen. Catmull cared about the conditions that let creative work survive its own fragility. Every original idea, he argues, starts out ugly and broken, and management exists to protect it long enough to get good. At Pixar that meant the Braintrust: a room where directors got blunt feedback with no authority attached and the conversation stayed on the problem, never on who was right. He laid it all out in Creativity, Inc. Show notes: https://www.davidsenra.com/episode/ed-catmull Made possible by Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com AppLovin: https://axon.ai/senra Deel: https://deel.com/senra Chapters (00:00:00) Most Companies Are Full Of Shit (00:04:28) The Brain Trust Mechanism (00:10:13) Why Steve Jobs Was Banned From The Braintrust (00:17:48) Your Job Is To Manage The Dynamics (00:23:27) Betting The Company On Toy Story (00:24:35) Engineering Eisner's Worst Nightmare (00:36:51) Bob Iger's Crappy Hand (00:38:44) Why Disney Never Asked What Pixar Was Doing (00:43:48) Take The Hard Problem (00:44:38) The Director Can't Lose The Team (00:48:48) Quality Is The Best Business Plan (00:52:32) What Walt Disney Taught Him (00:59:25) George Lucas And The Motion Blur Problem (01:08:48) Now What's The Point Of My Life (01:13:31) How Much Of This Was Me (01:16:10) George Lucas Wanted The Whole Industry Healthy (01:25:11) Refusing To Let Anyone Feel Second Class (01:32:38) The Truck In The Building Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, my good friends from the Salty Yak outdoors podcast, Cary Beason (host) and his crew talk about what we do as archers in the off season to help prepare for hunting season.  Many of us have taken up shooting in competative 3D archery shoots, which is both something fun and at the same help prepare for the upcoming archery season.  Cary and his crew recap, TAC and the R100, and I talk about some the 3D shoots I have donc recently, including organizing my very first shoot here in South Texas, to raise money for a local non-profit charity, supporitng the Autism commuinity here in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.  Thank you for listening. If you're looking for your next outdoor adventure with Coastal Concepts LLC., Contact Manny Perez via email at whtailhtr75@yahoo.com  or on FB and IG @coastalconceptsllc Listen to So Texas Outdoors Podcast on your favorite podcast platform or on our website https://www.sotxoutdoors.com Follow us on our FB page or on Instagram at @soTXoutdoors Contact us via email at sotxoutdoors@gmail.com

SpaceX's Aggressive Launch Schedule and Innovation. Guest: Bob Zimmerman. Gwynne Shotwell indicates that SpaceX's Starship may begin operational flights and orbital refueling tests by year's end. The company is also demolishing older facilities at Vandenberg for new launchpads, while private startups advance 3D-printed rockets and orbital satellite rescue missions to assist aging telescopes. 71893 PITTSBURGH

Portland's Business Struggles and Las Vegas's SCHEDULE JBS 6-19-2026.1900 LAGrowth. Guest: Jeff Bliss. High taxes and progressive policies in Portland are driving a corporate exodus, including Under Armour, as business districts empty. Conversely, Las Vegas is thriving, highlighted by the opening of a massive four-story In-N-Out on the Strip. The segment also covers California's proposed wealth tax and calls to nationalize AI. 1Ethics Investigations into the Newsom Administration. Guest: Jeff Bliss. Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, face investigations regarding millions in "behested payments" from entities like PG&E to her media company. While Newsom dismisses the probe as political weaponization, critics suggest these payments indicate potential undue influence and significant ethical scandals within the administration. 2Critique of Middle East Ceasefire Strategy. Guest: Richard Epstein. Epstein argues that recurring ceasefire declarations are merely strategic devices for rearmament rather than genuine steps toward peace. He criticizes current negotiation styles for alienating allies and failing to pursue the unconditional surrender of adversaries, which he believes is the only stable solution for regional security. 3Supreme Court Rulings on Gun Rights and Drug Use. Guest: Richard Epstein. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that marijuana use alone does not justify the categorical stripping of a citizen's Second Amendment rights. Epstein critiques the court's narrow reliance on originalism, suggesting a "police power" analysis should instead determine if a person poses an immediate physical threat. 4Economic Resilience in D.C. and Lancaster County. Guest: Jim McTague. A drop in gasoline prices has boosted consumer spending at retail stores and supermarkets. While D.C. remains popular with tourists, employers are struggling to find workers with specialized technical skills. Meanwhile, the housing market remains robust at the high end despite higher interest rates. 5Italian Defense Pressures and the Summer Heatwave. Guest: Lorenzo Fiori. Italy's government is balancing NATO's demands for increased military spending against rising energy costs. Simultaneously, a record-breaking heatwave reaching 104°F in Milan is straining public resources, prompting Fiori to recommend the cooler Garfagnana region for its fresh environment and traditional bean and cabbage soup. 6SpaceX's Aggressive Launch Schedule and Innovation. Guest: Bob Zimmerman. Gwynne Shotwell indicates that SpaceX's Starship may begin operational flights and orbital refueling tests by year's end. The company is also demolishing older facilities at Vandenberg for new launchpads, while private startups advance 3D-printed rockets and orbital satellite rescue missions to assist aging telescopes. 7Mars Discoveries and Cosmological Mysteries. Guest: Bob Zimmerman. The discovery of galaxies devoid of dark matter is challenging fundamental astronomical theories. On Mars, the Curiosity rover has reached smooth ground after five years of rocky terrain. Additionally, orbiters have detected multiple dust devils and potential frost and ice in the planet's equatorial regions during winter. 8Literary Giants of the New England Renaissance. Guest: Bruce Nichols. This segment explores the intense relationship between Hawthorne and Melville, who dedicated Moby Dick to Hawthorne. While Ralph Waldo Emersonoften criticized their dark worldviews, these authors, alongside Walt Whitman and Margaret Fuller, were instrumental in inventing a uniquely original and enduring American literary voice. 9Thoreau's Performative Solitude at Walden Pond. Guest: Bruce Nichols. Henry David Thoreau built his famous cabin on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Contrary to his image as a total hermit, Thoreau was quite social, often walking into town for fresh-cooked meals and laundry. He eventually spent years refining his journals into the masterpiece Walden. 10The Struggles and Triumphs of Louisa May Alcott. Guest: Bruce Nichols. Louisa May Alcott supported her family because her father, Bronson Alcott, failed to earn a consistent living. She served as a Civil War nurse, dealing with horrific casualties before contracting a severe illness she attributed to mercury poisoning. Her 1868 novel Little Womenfinally resolved the family's debts. 11The Literary Legacy and Final Days of the Alcotts. Guest: Bruce Nichols. Following the success of Little Women, Alcott resisted fan demands for her protagonist to marry Laurie, choosing an independent path. As the circle aged, both Emerson and Bronson Alcott suffered significant cognitive decline, with Louisa providing essential financial and personal support until her death in 1888. 12Diplomatic Strains and Escalation Risks in Ukraine. Guest: Anatol Lieven. European leaders are divided over initiating direct negotiations with Russia as the war remains stuck on the ground. While some advocate for offering Putina "golden bridge" to claim a symbolic victory, others argue for continued pressure, despite the constant risks of accidental or nuclear escalation. 13The Rise of Andy Burnham in UK Politics. Guest: Anatol Lieven. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is emerging as a formidable potential successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Though Burnham enjoys strong regional support, he faces daunting national issues, including the funding crisis in the NHS and Britain's inability to borrow like the United States. 14A Vision for Governance Reform in Canada. Guest: Conrad Black. Biographer Conrad Black and billionaire Stephen Jarislowsky have proposed recommendations to streamline Canadian governance by reducing duplicated bureaucracy. They argue that Canada's public service is top-heavy and that lowering corporate and personal taxes is essential for maintaining economic growth and competitiveness with the United States. 15CISA's Mission to Protect Critical Infrastructure. Guest: Francis Rose. Acting Director Nick Anderson explains CISA's role as a vital clearinghouse for cyber threat information across federal and private sectors. Since 85% of critical infrastructure is privately owned, CISA focuses on information exchange to prevent bad actors from moving laterally to disrupt water or power supplies. 16

Welcome back to another episode where we dive deep into the colorful world of quilting and creativity. Get ready for a jam-packed session full of life updates and exciting project reveals. We're talking about everything from my successful monovision contact lens trial—which is a total game-changer for Leslie's sewing—to the sweet moments teaching her granddaughter how to quilt on a real machine. Plus, we're sharing the scoop on a special package from John filled with the most adorable "Team Dawn" and "Team Dusk" patterns that you absolutely have to hear about!The creative energy doesn't stop there as we pivot to some big travel plans and retreat updates. Rochelle gives you the inside look at her recent craft night at Circle Cinema and her upcoming trip to Hamilton for Jill Finley's class. We also get real about the practical side of the quilting business, covering everything from 3D-printed accessory mishaps to organizing Brooks bag kits. Whether we're discussing historical EMP survival stories or the best travel tips for road trips, this episode is a cozy mix of technical tips and heartfelt stories. Grab your fabric scraps and let's get started!Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Leslie on Instagram at @leslie_quilts and Rochelle at @doughnutwarrior

Maria's company is shaking things up in the world of plant fiber manufacturing. She explains that they're finding ways to cut down on waste before products are even made, which is a huge deal for sustainability. Instead of the usual spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing, they use 3D technology to create fabric in completely new ways. It's a fresh take that could really change how sustainable materials are made.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. The big question: Should the U.S. have signed that peace deal with Iran? Ken also recaps the massive Knicks' ticker tape parade in Lower Manhattan, where two million people turned out, and things stayed mostly safe and celebratory. Zohran Mamdani's speech at the parade made waves for its delivery and content, sparking plenty of debate. Ken tries to explain why capitalism can work and shares his thoughts on how to make the most of it. There's also news from Massachusetts, where 11 people, allegedly illegal immigrants, were charged with fraudulently obtaining food stamps. Ken takes your calls!  Ken interviews Maria Intscher-Owrang, co-founder of Simplifyber. Maria's company is shaking things up in the world of plant fiber manufacturing. She explains that they're finding ways to cut down on waste before products are even made, which is a huge deal for sustainability. Instead of the usual spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing, they use 3D technology to create fabric in completely new ways. It's a fresh take that could really change how sustainable materials are made.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. Ken kicks things off by reflecting on the history and meaning of Juneteenth, especially as we celebrate the 2026 holiday. Iran claims to have closed the Strait of Hormuz again, which is causing a stir since VP JD Vance’s trip to sign a ceasefire deal has now been called off. Ken explains how Zohran Mamdani’s accent seems to shift, sharing a bit about Mamdani’s background along the way. And what exactly is socialism? Ken breaks it down. Ken interviews John Boyd Jr. from The Boyd Company. John explains why business policies matter so much when companies decide where to set up shop. Samsung’s decision to move out of New Jersey comes up, with both Ken and John pointing to the financial challenges companies face in the state. They also talk about Governor Mikie Sherrill’s recent efforts to lower energy costs and how her strategies stack up to what Governor Josh Shapiro has done in Pennsylvania, which is shaping up to be a positive outcome. The big question: Should the U.S. have signed that peace deal with Iran? Ken also recaps the massive Knicks' ticker tape parade in Lower Manhattan, where two million people turned out, and things stayed mostly safe and celebratory. Zohran Mamdani’s speech at the parade made waves for its delivery and content, sparking plenty of debate. Ken tries to explain why capitalism can work and shares his thoughts on how to make the most of it. There’s also news from Massachusetts, where 11 people, allegedly illegal immigrants, were charged with fraudulently obtaining food stamps. Ken interviews Maria Intscher-Owrang, co-founder of Simplifyber. Maria’s company is shaking things up in the world of plant fiber manufacturing. She explains that they’re finding ways to cut down on waste before products are even made, which is a huge deal for sustainability. Instead of the usual spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing, they use 3D technology to create fabric in completely new ways. It’s a fresh take that could really change how sustainable materials are made.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's better than a theme park podcast? A theme park podcast recorded while a tornado is actively threatening to rearrange EB's house. Welcome to another completely unhinged episode of Coaster Radio, where we somehow manage to discuss the future of Disney Imagineering, a legendary wooden coaster's potential comeback, and the glorious grit of America's boardwalk parks while EB monitors live storm tracking from his studio. We kick things off with some big news: Adobe has announced a collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development to bring AI-powered pre-visualization tools to the theme park design pipeline. The idea is to take Imagineering's massive archive of concept art and accelerate the development process — from blue sky sketch to 3D model, faster than ever before. Sounds exciting, right? Well, EB has thoughts. A lot of them. Speaking of attractions, Hershey Park's legendary Tidal Force — one of the most spectacular splash zones in the history of boat rides — is closing after 32 years this September. Alabama Adventure is teasing a big announcement that fans hope means the long-dormant Rampage wooden coaster is finally coming back, possibly with RMC treatment. Universal Epic Universe is debuting a brand new nighttime spectacular called Celestial Goodnight featuring seven million LED lights and 350 fountains. And Dollywood's Night Flight Expedition has been pushed back to August — which opens the door for Holiday World, who appears to be announcing their single biggest investment ever on July 1st at 8:45 AM, and all signs point to a Mack rocking boat ride coming to Boulder Canyon in 2027. Then we pivot to the second half of the show — a full celebration of boardwalk parks and the beautiful, gritty, chaotic joy of beach amusement. Mike's heading to Ocean City, Maryland for vacation, and we take a loving tour of some of America's great seaside spots: the Santa Monica Pier, Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco (including a very generous offer of free tokens to Treasure Hunt), the New Jersey piers, Coney Island (which Mike has still never visited and yes, we're calling him out), and the terminally underrated Indiana Beach. We also go deep on mini golf — specifically, how much a well-themed mini golf course with animatronics slaps, and why the card-swipe ticket system is a crime against childhood nostalgia. And yes, there's a million-dollar mini golf course for sale in EB's town if anyone's interested. Subscribe, leave a review, and join the Coaster Radio Insiders Club at patreon.com/coasterradio.#coasterradio

What does it take to build a manufacturing brand from scratch with your own machines, your own team, and your own two hands? In this episode, Liz Hilton, inventor, founder, and owner of Swaddelini, shares how she turned a sleepless night as a new mom into a US-made baby swaddle brand powered by 3D knit technology. Listen in as Liz shares the wild ride of going viral on TikTok, doubling capacity at the wrong time, and watching sales drop by nearly 50% before bouncing back stronger than ever. She unpacks eight months of traditional PR, firing her marketing agency over a disconnected Google Tag, and partnering with a programmer who now runs her paid ads with a custom attribution model she actually trusts. Plus, you'll get the story behind Holding Mother, her long-form documentary reframing the postpartum experience, and why she believes the best marketing is simply showing up for moms.  You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/n2yww3xr Interested in our Private Community for 7-Figure Store Owners? Learn more here.  

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Nik unpacks what it really means for pilots to be present with their families despite long overnights, junior schedules, and constant transitions. He contrasts airline life with his former corporate consulting job, showing how pilot schedules can actually create deeper presence at home when used intentionally. Nik shares real-world examples of missed holidays, side hustles, homeschooling on the road, and the crucial role of community support. He emphasizes honest communication with your spouse, setting clear expectations about availability, and choosing to live fully inside the inevitable imbalance of aviation life.  CONNECT WITH US Are you ready to take your preparation to the next level? Don't wait until it's too late. Use the promo code "R4P2026" and save 10% on all our services. Check us out at www.spitfireelite.com! If you want to recommend someone to guest on the show, email Nik at podcast@spitfireelite.com, and if you need a professional pilot resume, go to www.spitfireelite.com/podcast/ for FREE templates!  SPONSOR Are you a pilot just coming out of the military and looking for the perfect second home for your family? Look no further!  Reach out to Marty and his team by visiting www.tridenthomeloans.com to get the best VA loans available anywhere in the US. Be ready for takeoff anytime with 3D-stretch, stain-repellent, and wrinkle-free aviation uniforms by Flight Uniforms. Just go to www.flightuniform.com and type the code SPITFIREPOD20 to get a special 20% discount on your first order.  #Aviation #AviationCareers #aviationcrew #AviationJobs #AviationLeadership #AviationEducation #AviationOpportunities #AviationPodcast #AirlinePilot #AirlineJobs #AirlineInterviewPrep #flying #flyingtips #PilotDevelopment #PilotFinance #pilotcareer #pilottips #pilotcareertips #PilotExperience #pilotcaptain #PilotTraining #PilotSuccess #pilotpodcast #PilotPreparation #Pilotrecruitment #flightschool #aviationschool #pilotcareer #pilotlife #pilot

This week on The Business of Watches, we take your questions on the business of timekeeping. We're joined by a swath of the Hodinkee team, including Editor-in-Chief James Stacey, Senior Editor Mark Kauzlarich, and Hodinkee Editor TanTan Wang.  We're answering your questions and marking 30 episodes of BoW. You submitted some excellent questions, including how changes in 3D printing technology will impact watch movement manufacturing, whether watch brands consider enthusiasts' preferences in their design and release schedules, and what the future of multi-brand watch boutiques looks like.  Show Notes 1:18 F.P. Journe Souscription Chronomètre à Résonance Achieves $13.9 Million – Becomes Fifth Most Expensive Wristwatch Ever Sold (Hodinkee) 2:35 Kari Voutilainen 2:47 Marteau: The Heat Wave 4:08 The Barrelhand Monolith Has Landed (Hodinkee) 11:45 Ming Polymesh (Hodinkee) 12:40 Seiko Watch Corporation President Akio Naito (The Business of Watches) 13:10 Peanuts Watches by Citizen (collectpeanuts.com) 15:03 Timex 15:50 We Criticize The Wrong Thing When We Attack Date Windows (Hodinkee) 16:40 Hands-On: Understanding The New Breguet Type XX And Type 20 22:27 One To Watch: Brew Watch Co. (Hodinkee) 27:00 A. Lange & Söhne  North America boutiques 30:15 Photo Report: The 2025 Toronto Timepiece Show (Hodinkee) 33:05 Rummele's Jewelers Green Bay Wisconsin

View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this episode, Peter explores the critical topic of breast cancer screening, examining why thousands of women continue to die from breast cancer each year despite the availability of effective screening tools. He explains the strengths and limitations of current screening strategies, reviews the recommendations from major medical organizations, and discusses why screening guidance can often seem confusing or contradictory. Peter outlines a practical framework for understanding breast cancer risk and personalizing screening decisions, including when to begin screening, how frequently to screen, and which imaging modalities may be most appropriate based on an individual's risk profile. Throughout the episode, he emphasizes that while population-based guidelines provide an important foundation, optimizing outcomes requires a more personalized approach aimed at helping women make informed screening decisions that can improve the chances of early detection and successful treatment. We discuss: Why women still die from breast cancer: the benefits of screening, the problem of under-screening, and the need for risk-based screening strategies [1:45]; Current screening recommendations, why they differ between organizations, and the importance of personalized screening decisions [6:30]; A framework for personalizing screening [8:45]; Assessing baseline breast cancer risk: genetics, family history, breast density, lifestyle factors, and the role of risk calculators in personalized screening [9:30]; Balancing cancer detection and false positives: how breast cancer risk influences screening intensity and imaging choices [17:45]; Mammography as the foundation of breast cancer screening: detecting ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and the advantages of 3D versus 2D mammography [21:00]; MRI for high-risk women: the benefits of supplemental screening, abbreviated MRI, and the emerging role of contrast-enhanced mammography [23:00]; The role of ultrasound: supplemental cancer detection, diagnostic evaluation, and limitations compared with mammography and MRI [26:00]; Choosing the right breast cancer screening strategy: imaging modality selection, screening hierarchies, and the importance of imaging center quality [28:00]; How often should you screen for breast cancer? [30:15]; At what age should you start screening? [37:30]; Breast cancer in younger women: aggressive tumor biology, BRCA-related risk, breast density, and individualized decisions about when to begin screening [41:45]; Inflammatory breast cancer, the limitations of screening mammography for symptomatic disease, and the importance of promptly evaluating new breast symptoms in both women and men [44:45]; From risk assessment to personalized screening: a practical framework for reducing breast cancer mortality through earlier and more effective detection [46:30]; and More. Connect With Peter on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube