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It is well know that Big Jay admires skilled dancing. His latest fascination is a young Asian girl who break dances to hip-hop and Bobby doesn't see her talent. | Bob has some juicy gossip about his married cousin. It seems a persistent comedian keeps sliding into her DMs for a date even though he knows Bobby and is aware that she has a husband. The crew tries to guess the sex pest until Bob reveals the relentless suitor. | On Legion Of Skanks, a story was told about a comic getting physical with Drew Barrymore years ago and he quoted E.T. during their intimacy. *To hear the full show go to www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more! FOLLOW THE CREW ON SOCIAL MEDIA: @thebonfiresxm @louisjohnson @christinemevans @bigjayoakerson @robertkellylive @louwitzkee @jjbwolf Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Bonfire ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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1962 GALAZY MAGAZINECONTENTS THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 10-1-2026Reforming Globalization to Avoid ConflictJake Werner of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, writing in The Nation, discusses US-China trade relations following Xi Jinping's Washington visit. Werner traces how 1990s free-market globalization through the WTO, IMF, and World Bank enriched multinational corporations while exploiting developing nations. However, China leveraged its strong state and market scale to demand technology transfers and intellectual property sharing. Rising American grievances over IP theft, paired with Chinese fears of the middle-income trap, created mutual resentment. Werner advocates reforming the global economy by raising wages, providing public goods, absorbing overcapacity, and engaging China as an equal peer. (1)Demographic Shifts Reshaping American OpportunityJoel Kotkin, writing in UnHerd, details demographic migration patterns transforming the United States. Businesses, media production, and high-tech industries—like semiconductors and data centers—are departing traditional urban hubs like New York and Los Angeles for Sunbelt and "hillbilly" states, including Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Facilitated by remote technology, lower costs, and affordable land, these regions are cultivating elite universities and tech corridors. Conversely, coastal urban cores suffer from ideological dysfunction, homelessness, and high living costs, driving families and professionals to seek safety, space, and economic opportunity in expanding exurbs. (2)Navigating North American Trade PressuresMary Anastasia O'Grady of The Wall Street Journal examines trade dynamics under the USMCA. O'Grady clarifies that the US refusal to sign a 16-year extension in 2026 initiated a 10-year review clock rather than immediate dissolution of the pact. She outlines the Section 232 national security tariffs imposed by the US—50% on steel, aluminum, and manufactured derivatives, alongside 25% on finished automobiles—which dismantle traditional zero-tariff trade. US steel producers urge Mexico to erect high external tariffs on Asian metal imports, creating a regional customs union. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates obligingly to avoid a damaging trade dispute. (3)Confronting Escalating Federal Debt RiskVeronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center addresses rising United States national debt and global bond market volatility. De Rugy refutes assertions that high debt-to-GDP ratios carry no consequences, highlighting recent severe inflation and weak Treasury bond auctions that forced shorter maturities. With 10-year interest rates exceeding 5%, investors signal diminishing confidence that future debt will be repaid in uninflated currency. She emphasizes that Social Security and Medicare trust fund exhaustion around 2032 threatens massive automatic benefit cuts or trillions in new borrowing. De Rugy warns that failing to reform entitlement drivers risks triggering severe economic instability. (4)Reforming Globalization to Avoid ConflictJake Werner of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, writing in The Nation, discusses US-China trade relations following Xi Jinping's Washington visit. Werner traces how 1990s free-market globalization through the WTO, IMF, and World Bank enriched multinational corporations while exploiting developing nations. However, China leveraged its strong state and market scale to demand technology transfers and intellectual property sharing. Rising American grievances over IP theft, paired with Chinese fears of the middle-income trap, created mutual resentment. Werner advocates reforming the global economy by raising wages, providing public goods, absorbing overcapacity, and engaging China as an equal peer. (1)Demographic Shifts Reshaping American OpportunityJoel Kotkin, writing in UnHerd, details demographic migration patterns transforming the United States. Businesses, media production, and high-tech industries—like semiconductors and data centers—are departing traditional urban hubs like New York and Los Angeles for Sunbelt and "hillbilly" states, including Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Facilitated by remote technology, lower costs, and affordable land, these regions are cultivating elite universities and tech corridors. Conversely, coastal urban cores suffer from ideological dysfunction, homelessness, and high living costs, driving families and professionals to seek safety, space, and economic opportunity in expanding exurbs. (2)(2)Navigating North American Trade PressuresMary Anastasia O'Grady of The Wall Street Journal examines trade dynamics under the USMCA. O'Grady clarifies that the US refusal to sign a 16-year extension in 2026 initiated a 10-year review clock rather than immediate dissolution of the pact. She outlines the Section 232 national security tariffs imposed by the US—50% on steel, aluminum, and manufactured derivatives, alongside 25% on finished automobiles—which dismantle traditional zero-tariff trade. US steel producers urge Mexico to erect high external tariffs on Asian metal imports, creating a regional customs union. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates obligingly to avoid a damaging trade dispute. (3)Confronting Escalating Federal Debt RiskVeronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center addresses rising United States national debt and global bond market volatility. De Rugy refutes assertions that high debt-to-GDP ratios carry no consequences, highlighting recent severe inflation and weak Treasury bond auctions that forced shorter maturities. With 10-year interest rates exceeding 5%, investors signal diminishing confidence that future debt will be repaid in uninflated currency. She emphasizes that Social Security and Medicare trust fund exhaustion around 2032 threatens massive automatic benefit cuts or trillions in new borrowing. De Rugy warns that failing to reform entitlement drivers risks triggering severe economic instability. (4)Operating SpaceX Starship Flight ProgramEric Berger, author of Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX and Re-entry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets That Launched a Second Space Age, co-host David Livingston: The Ars Technicawriter discusses SpaceX's Starship Mission 14 orbital test. Berger details successful orbital payload deployment of next-generation Starlink satellites while highlighting Raptor 3 engine reliability and re-entry heat shield tiles as ongoing engineering priorities. Crucially, Berger reveals SpaceX plans to retire Crew Dragon, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy by 2030 to concentrate resources entirely on Starship development. This strategic pivot leaves NASA and commercial space station developers facing potential human transportation supply gaps, forcing reliance on Boeing's Starliner, Blue Origin, or European partners amid growing commercial space competition from China. (5)Uncovering Slavery at Tower HillAlan Taylor, author of Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion: The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner examines Virginia's Blow family—Samuel, Richard, and George—across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Samuel built wealth dispossessing indigenous land; Richard amassed a fortune through wartime smuggling at South Quay, international commerce, and transatlantic slaving. George managed Tower Hill plantation, continuously debating his father over severe soil exhaustion, overcropping, and scientific agricultural methods. Taylor exposes the pervasive physical violence sustaining slavery, the self-pitying illusions of planters, and debt-fueled financial practices underlying the economic facade of elite Virginia gentility. (6)Evaluating Latin American Geopolitical SecurityEvan Ellis of the US Army War College, writing in Infobae, examines Latin American geopolitics, security, and technology. Ellis analyzes the Brazilian presidential election between Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro amid intelligence reports of foreign interference. Turning to Mexico, he evaluates President Claudia Sheinbaum's cartel security operations, extradition decisions, USMCA stance, and 50% tariffs on Chinese goods. Ellis discusses his Infobaepaper on artificial intelligence and robotics, detailing $84 billion in Mexican data center projections, severe power grid constraints, and cartels deploying drone swarms. Finally, he addresses Cuba's complete economic collapse and mounting international pressure. (7)

Dylan Jones is a journalist and author. He edited GQ in the UK from 1999 to 2021, as well as i-D and Arena. He's written several books, and his newest, Table Hopping, is out in time for Christmas. We chat with him from his home in London about Parisian chocolat, the Outkast Waffle House collaboration, how long he waits to try a new restaurant after it opens, F&B options at the Hollywood Bowl, why one shouldn't remark on the food at a “meetings” restaurant, the hierarchy of seating at a horseshoe-style bar, what he was wearing in 1987, how many members' clubs he's a member of, La Colombe d'Or in the south of France, pan-Asian clubstaurants, the “second-best answer” you can give someone, the best name-dropper in London, our mutual DJ friends, and we analyze those who argue for sport. instagram.com/dylanjones ⁠twitter.com/donetodeath⁠ ⁠twitter.com/themjeans⁠ ⁠howlonggone.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At 14 years old, Chef Diego Garcia left his family in Mexico and returned to New York alone. He barely spoke English. He wasn't going to school. He worked wherever he could, and for a period of time, he had nowhere to live. Diego slept in the New York City subway, cleaned himself up in restaurant bathrooms and helped people carry groceries while trying to save enough money to rent a room. His parents back in Mexico had no idea. But Diego's story didn't begin there. Growing up in Puebla, he worked alongside his family in street markets, unloaded trucks filled with produce and learned to slaughter goats and prepare barbacoa with his father and grandfather. Food wasn't a career yet. It was simply part of life. New York changed that. Restaurants became Diego's education. He learned English by reading newspapers on the train and learned his craft inside kitchens. French technique, Italian cooking, sustainable seafood and years of working alongside chefs from different cultures eventually gave him a language of his own. The road wasn't clean. As a teenager in Florida, Diego found himself selling drugs, stealing cars and dangerously close to a future he knew he didn't want. He left, returned to New York and made a decision that would alter the direction of his life: he was going all in on cooking. Today, Diego is approaching 200 events through his own private-chef business while working toward his ultimate goal of opening a restaurant built around seafood, Mexican heritage and the many cultures and techniques that shaped him along the way. But this conversation goes much deeper than food. Diego talks about homelessness, poverty, pride, family violence, bad decisions, abusive kitchen culture, leadership, fatherhood, healing from childhood trauma and finally learning to be proud of himself. For years, he was trying to make his parents proud. Only recently did he realize there was someone else he needed to make proud too. Himself. KEY TAKEAWAYS Survival came before ambition. At 14, Diego returned to the United States alone because he believed staying in Mexico offered him little opportunity for education or a future. When homelessness followed, he focused on getting through one day at a time. Food was part of his life long before it became a profession. Growing up in Puebla meant markets, produce, livestock and barbacoa. By 11 or 12, he was already helping his father and grandfather process goats and cook them using techniques passed through his family. Restaurants became his classroom. Without culinary school and with limited English, Diego learned inside kitchens while teaching himself English through newspapers, books, music and everyday conversation. His path could have gone very differently. As a teenager in South Florida, Diego became involved with drugs, stolen cars and other illegal activity. Recognizing where that road could lead, he left Florida, cut ties with that life and returned to New York. Cooking became the alternative. Returning to professional kitchens gave Diego a direction. What began as survival became a deliberate pursuit of culinary knowledge and eventually a career. He learned leadership from good kitchens and bad ones. Diego experienced yelling, humiliation, racism and physical mistreatment in kitchens. Rather than repeating it when he became a leader, he decided to pay closer attention to what the people working for him might be going through. His cooking reflects more than one home. Mexico remains central to Diego's identity, but New York is part of him too. French, Italian, Nordic, Asian and seafood-driven influences have become tools he uses to express his Mexican heritage rather than replace it. His restaurant vision is rooted in honesty. Diego ultimately wants a seafood-driven marisquería built around fresh ingredients, Mexican roots and genuine hospitality. His goal isn't to tell guests how impressed they should be. He wants them to leave genuinely satisfied. Success has become personal. For much of his life, Diego measured himself against whether his parents would be proud of him. Seeing his mother's reaction to his recent television appearance helped him recognize something he had rarely allowed himself to feel:   The Companies Helping Shape Hospitality Metro Foodservice Solutions - Commercial-grade storage, transport, and workflow systems that help professional kitchens operate efficiently. RAK Porcelain USA - Professional tableware built for performance, durability, and presentation at the highest level. TriMark USA - North America's largest foodservice design, equipment, and supplies provider, helping operators build smarter, more efficient kitchens. 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About Walk-In Talk Media Walk-In Talk Media is an industry-recognized B2B food and hospitality media company focused on chef-driven storytelling and real conversations inside the business of food.  Through cinematic video, photography, podcasting, documentaries, and live event coverage, Walk-In Talk Media highlights the chefs, operators, brands, and organizations shaping the future of hospitality.  From Michelin-starred chefs and independent restaurants to manufacturers, distributors, and industry associations, Walk-In Talk Media exists to tell the stories moving hospitality forward.

US equity futures indicating a modestly higher open today. European equity markets have opened firmer after sharp losses on Thursday. Asian equity markets were mixed. Attention is on yields stabilization, which is helping the equity market sentiment. Market is still pricing in 3 Fed rate hikes by mid-2027.Companies mentioned: Federal Realty Investment Trust, Amazon, Nvidia, Anthropic

Bill rambles with Nimesh Patel about his new special 'BUY THE DIP', Asian cities, and Indian food.(00:00) - Thursday Afternoon Podcast(01:04:14) - Thursday Afternoon Throwback 10-1-26 - Bill rambles about the Forum, helicopter stunts, and going with your gut.Thursday Afternoon Interlude: Pearl Jam - Amongst The WavesTruewerk: Get 15% off your first order at http://www.Truewerk.com/BURR with code BURRQuo: Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to http://www.Quo.com/BURR See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1909 MEXICO CITYNavigating North American Trade PressuresMary Anastasia O'Grady of The Wall Street Journal examines trade dynamics under the USMCA. O'Grady clarifies that the US refusal to sign a 16-year extension in 2026 initiated a 10-year review clock rather than immediate dissolution of the pact. She outlines the Section 232 national security tariffs imposed by the US—50% on steel, aluminum, and manufactured derivatives, alongside 25% on finished automobiles—which dismantle traditional zero-tariff trade. US steel producers urge Mexico to erect high external tariffs on Asian metal imports, creating a regional customs union. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates obligingly to avoid a damaging trade dispute. (3)

This is an audio version of a recently published video episode As many have been closely following the unfolding events in Yemen in recent weeks, we were able to catch up with Isa Blumi, author of Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World. We discussed aspects of Yemeni history which are important to understanding the development of anti-imperialist and anti-systemic forces in the region. Isa Blumi is Professor at Stockholm University within the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of multiple books, including Ottoman Refugees, 1878–1939, Foundations of Modernity, Reinstating the Ottomans, and Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World To support our work please become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism For previous conversations on Yemen Yemen Strikes Back! Understanding the Latest Developments With Shireen Al-Adeimi Yemen and Palestine in Context with Shireen Al-Adeimi

Why should investors pay attention to Asian credit? Singapore-based fixed income analyst Debbie Leow explains how the asset class can offer diversification, income potential and a different risk profile within a portfolio. Drawing on examples across countries and sectors, she shares how she evaluates opportunities through three lenses: credit quality, market technicals and valuation, and how the Asian credit market has evolved in recent years. #CapGroupGlobal This content is intended to highlight issues and be of a general nature. It should not be considered advice, an endorsement or a recommendation. Products mentioned are not an offer of the product and may not be available for sale or purchase in all countries. All investments have risk, and you may lose money. Past results are not a guarantee of future results. Statements attributed to an individual represent the opinions of that individual as of the date published and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Capital Group or its affiliates. This content is published by Capital Client Group, Inc., and copyrighted to Capital Group and affiliates, 2026, all rights reserved. For more information, including our detailed disclosures, visit https://www.capitalgroup.com/global-disclosures. For our latest insights, practice management ideas and more, subscribe to Capital Ideas at getcapitalideas.com. If you're based outside of the U.S., visit capitalgroup.com for Capital Group insights. Watch our latest podcast, Conversations with Mike Gitlin, on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4aKcZ2c U.K. investors can view a glossary of technical terms here: https://bit.ly/46s4Fmp To stay informed, follow us LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4qQrPdH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3OJfg6m Follow Mike Gitlin: https://bit.ly/46onTta About Capital Group   Capital Group was established in 1931 in Los Angeles, California, with the mission to improve people's lives through successful investing. With our clients at the core of everything we do, we offer carefully researched products and services to help them achieve their financial goals. Learn more: https://www.capitalgroup.com/ Join us: https://www.capitalgroup.com/about-us/careers.html Copyright © 2026 Capital Group

Join Lia and Megan as they recount Chicago and LA stops of Arirang and discuss I Heart Radio. The North American chapter of the 2026 BTS Tour has come to a close but the memories are life-changing. This isn't goodbye, it's see you laterAnd remember--keep listening to Arirang top to bottom on your favorite streaming platform! And Come Over is now out on all platforms. Make sure to grab your copy on the iTunes Store. Also don't snooze on Normal! Watch, like, comment on the music video and add it to your playlists.Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Check out our sister pod www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest members of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.Want to find more great BTS content? Head over to Afternoona Army for more takes on Bangtan life and links to our social media.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Villain-Venice-Steampunk-Adventure-Expanded/dp/B0GYVW1ZM3?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE notes from wiki This article is about the novel. For the 1997 film, see Starship Troopers (film). For other uses, see Starship Troopers (disambiguation). Starship Troopers First edition hardcover Author Robert A. Heinlein Cover artist Jerry Robinson Language English Genre Military science fiction Philosophical fiction[1][2][3] Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons Publication date November 5, 1959[4] Publication place United States Media type Print (hardcover and paperback) Pages 263 (paperback edition) Award Hugo Award for Best Novel (1960) ISBN 978-0450044496 Online Computer Library Center number"}]]}"> OCLC 2797649 Library of Congress Classification"}]]}"> LC Class PZ7.H368 Su Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests,[5] the story was first published as a two-part serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by G. P. Putnam's Sons on November 5, 1959.[4] The story is set in a future society ruled by a human interstellar government called the Terran Federation, dominated by a military elite. Under the Terran Federation, only veterans of a primarily military Federal Service enjoy full citizenship, including the right to vote.[6] The first-person narrative follows Juan "Johnny" Rico, a young man of Filipino descent, through his military service in the Mobile Infantry. He progresses from recruit to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between humans and an alien species known as "Arachnids" or "Bugs". Interspersed with the primary plot are classroom scenes in which Rico and others discuss philosophical and moral issues, including aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, juvenile delinquency, and war; these discussions have been described as expounding Heinlein's own political views.[7] Identified with a tradition of militarism in US science fiction,[8] the novel draws parallels between the conflict between humans and the Bugs, and the Cold War.[9] It is also a coming-of-age novel, which criticizes the US society of the 1950s, arguing that a lack of discipline had led to a moral decline, and advocating corporal and capital punishment.[7][10] Starship Troopers brought to an end Heinlein's series of juvenile novels. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960,[3] and was praised by reviewers for its scenes of training and combat and its visualization of a future military.[11][12] It also became enormously controversial because of the political views it seemed to support. Reviewers were strongly critical of the book's intentional glorification of the military,[13][14] an aspect described as propaganda and likened to recruitment.[15] The novel's militarism, and the fact that government service – most often military service – was a prerequisite to the right to vote, led to it being frequently described as fascist.[14][16][17] Others disagree, arguing that Heinlein was only exploring the idea of limiting the right to vote to a certain group of people.[18] Heinlein's depiction of gender has also been questioned, while reviewers have said that the terms used to describe the aliens were akin to racial epithets.[19] Starship Troopers had wide influence both within and outside science fiction. Ken MacLeod stated that "the political strand in [science fiction] can be described as a dialogue with Heinlein".[2] Science fiction critic Darko Suvin wrote that it is the "ancestral text of US science fiction militarism" and that it shaped the debate about the role of the military in society for many years.[20] The novel is credited with popularizing the idea of powered armor, which became a recurring feature in science fiction books and films, as well as an object of scientific research.[21] Heinlein's depiction of a futuristic military was also influential.[22] Later science fiction books, such as Joe Haldeman's 1974 anti-war novel The Forever War, have been described as reactions to Starship Troopers.[23] The story was adapted several times, including in a 1997 film version directed by Paul Verhoeven that satirized what the director saw as the fascist aspects of the novel.[24] Writing and publication The cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November 1959), illustrating Starship Soldier Robert Heinlein was among the best-selling science fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s, along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke; they were known as the "big three" that dominated US science fiction. In contrast to the others, Heinlein firmly endorsed the anti-communist sentiment of the Cold War era in his writing.[25] Heinlein served in the US Navy for five years after graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1929. His experience in the military profoundly influenced his fiction.[26] At some point between 1958 and 1959, Heinlein put aside the novel that would become Stranger in a Strange Land and wrote Starship Troopers. His motivation arose partially from his anger at US President Dwight Eisenhower's decision to suspend US nuclear tests, and the Soviet tests that occurred soon afterward.[5] Writing in his 1980 volume Expanded Universe, Heinlein would say that the publication of a newspaper advertisement placed by the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy on April 5, 1958, calling for a unilateral suspension of nuclear weapons testing by the United States sparked his desire to write Starship Troopers.[27] Heinlein and his wife Virginia created the "Patrick Henry League" in an attempt to create support for the US nuclear testing program. Heinlein stated that he used the novel to clarify his military and political views.[28] Like many of Heinlein's books, Starship Troopers was completed in a few weeks. It was originally written as a juvenile novel for New York publishing house Scribner; Heinlein had previously had success with this format, having written several such novels published by that publisher. The manuscript was rejected, prompting Heinlein to end his association with that publisher completely, and to resume writing books with adult themes.[5][19][29] Scholars have suggested that Scribner's rejection was based on ideological objections to the content of the novel, particularly in its treatment of military conflict.[19][30] The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction first published Starship Troopers in October and November 1959 as a two-part serial titled Starship Soldier.[29] A senior editor at Putnam's, Peter Israel, purchased the manuscript and approved revisions that made it more marketable to adults. Asked whether it was aimed at children or adults, he said at a sales conference "Let's let the readers decide who likes it."[31] The novel was eventually published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.[29] Setting Set approximately 700 years in the future,[19] the book depicts an Earth ruled by a world government run by military veterans.[6] The society is depicted as affluent, and futuristic technology shown as coexisting with educational methods from the 20th century.[19] The rights of a full citizen, to vote and hold public office, are not universally guaranteed, and rather must be earned through Federal Service.[18] Those who do not perform this service (of which only military service has been described) retain the rights of free speech and assembly, but can neither vote nor hold public office. People of either sex above the age of 18 are permitted to enlist; only those who complete their service receive the right to vote.[19][32] Important government jobs are reserved for federal service veterans.[6] This structure arose ad hoc after the collapse of the "20th century Western democracies", driven in part by an inability to control crime and juvenile delinquency, particularly in North America, and a war between an alliance of the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia, against the "Chinese Hegemony".[33] Two extraterrestrial civilizations are depicted, respectively, as the "Pseudo-Arachnids" (or "Bugs"), and the "Skinnies". The "Bugs" are described as communal beings originating from the planet of Klendathu, and consist of multiple castes; workers, warriors, brains, and queens, similar to those of ants and termites on Earth. The warriors are the only ones who fight, and are unable to surrender in battle.[34] It also is implied that the Bugs are technologically advanced, possessing such technologies as spaceships.[35] The "Skinnies" are depicted as less communal than the Arachnids, yet more so than humans.[36] The events of the novel take place during an interstellar war between the Terran Federation and the Arachnids.[37] At the opening of the story, Earth is not at war, yet such a declaration has come when Rico has completed his training.[5] The "Skinnies" are initially allies of the Pseudo-Arachnids, but switch to alliance with humans, midway through the novel.[36] Faster-than-light travel exists in this future: spacecraft use the "Cherenkov drive", and can travel "Sol to Capella, forty-six lightyears, in under six weeks".[38] Starship Troopers is narrated by the main protagonist Juan "Johnny" Rico, a member of the "Mobile Infantry". It is one of the few Heinlein novels which intersperses his typical linear narrative structure with a series of flashbacks.[5][37] These flashbacks are frequently to Rico's "History and Moral Philosophy" course in school, in which the teacher discusses the history of the structure of their society.[5][18] Rico is depicted as a man of Filipino ancestry. He is from a wealthy family, whose members had never served in the military.[5][19][32] Rico's ancestry is depicted as inconsequential, society having finally abandoned racial and gender-based prejudice.[19] Plot The novel opens with Rico aboard the corvette transport Rodger Young (named after real life Medal of Honor recipient Rodger Young),[39] serving with the platoon known as "Rasczak's Roughnecks". The platoon carries out a raid against a planetary colony held by Skinnies.[19] The raid is relatively brief: the platoon lands on the planet, destroys its targets, and retreats, suffering two casualties in the process. One of them, Dizzy Flores, is rescued by Rico but dies while returning to orbit.[40] The narrative then flashes back to Rico's graduation from high school. Rico and his best friend Carl are considering joining the Federal Service after graduation; Rico is hesitant, partly due to his father's attitude towards the military.[5] Rico makes his decision after discovering that his classmate Carmen Ibañez also intends to enlist.[41] Rico's choice is taken poorly by his parents, and he leaves with a sense of estrangement. He is assigned to the Mobile Infantry, and moves to Camp Arthur Currie (named for Sir Arthur Currie who rose through the ranks to command the Canadian Corps in World War I) on the Canadian prairie for his training under Sergeant Charles Zim.[42] The training is extremely demanding.[43] Rico receives combat training of all types, including simulated fights in armored suits.[44][45] A fellow recruit is court-martialed, flogged, and dismissed for striking a drill instructor who was also his company commander. Rico himself is given five lashes for firing a rocket during a drill with armored suits and simulated nuclear weapons without ensuring that no friendlies were within the blast zone, which in combat would have resulted in the death of a fellow soldier.[46] Another recruit, who murdered a baby girl after deserting the army, is hanged by his battalion after his arrest by civilian police.[46] Disheartened, Rico thinks of resigning when he receives a letter from Jean Dubois, who taught Rico History and Moral Philosophy.[47] Dubois reveals that he was once a lieutenant colonel in the Mobile Infantry, which gives Rico the motivation not to resign.[48] After further training at another camp near Vancouver, Rico graduates with 187 others, of the 2,009 who had begun training in that regiment.[49] The "Bug War" has changed from minor incidents to a full-scale war during Rico's training. An Arachnid attack that annihilates the city of Buenos Aires alerts civilians to the situation; Rico's mother is killed in the attack.[50] Rico participates in the Battle of Klendathu, an attack on the Arachnid's home world, which turns into a disastrous defeat for the Terran Federation.[51] Rico's ship, the Valley Forge, is destroyed, and his unit is decimated; he is reassigned to the Roughnecks on board the Rodger Young, led by Lieutenant Rasczak and Sergeant Jelal.[52] The unit carries out several raids, and Rico is promoted to corporal by Jelal after Rasczak dies in combat.[53] One of his comrades in the Roughnecks suggests that Rico go to officer training school and try to become an officer. Rico ends up going to see Jelal, and finds that Jelal already had the paperwork ready. Rico enters Officer Candidate School for a second course of training, including further courses in "History and Moral Philosophy".[54][55] En route from the Roughnecks to the school Rico encounters his father who has also enlisted and is now a corporal, and the two reconcile. He is also visited in school by Carmen, now an ensign and ship's pilot officer in the Navy, and the two discuss their friend Carl, who had been killed earlier in the war.[56] Rico is commissioned a temporary third lieutenant for his final test: a posting to a combat unit. Under the tutelage of his company commander, Captain Blackstone, and with the aid of his platoon sergeant, his boot camp drill instructor Fleet Sergeant Zim, Rico commands a platoon during "Operation Royalty", a raid to capture members of the Arachnid brain caste and queens.[57] Rico then returns to the officer school to graduate. The novel ends with him holding the rank of second lieutenant, in command of his old platoon in the Rodger Young, with his father as his platoon sergeant. The platoon has been renamed "Rico's Roughnecks", and is about to participate in an attack on Klendathu.[58] Themes Robert Heinlein in 1976 Commentators have written that Starship Troopers is not driven by its plot, though it contains scenes of military combat. Instead, much of the novel is given over to a discussion of ideas.[59] In particular, the discussion of political views is a recurring feature of what scholar Jeffrey Cass described as an "ideologically intense" book.[16] A 1997 review in Salon categorized it as a "philosophical novel".[1] Critics have debated to what extent the novel promotes Heinlein's own political views. Some contend that the novel maintains a sense of irony that allows readers to draw their own conclusions; others argue that Heinlein is sermonizing throughout the book, and that its purpose is to expound Heinlein's militaristic philosophy.[16][18] Militarism Starship Troopers has been identified as being a part of a tradition in American science fiction that assumes that violent conflict and the militarization of society are inevitable and necessary.[8] Although the Mobile Infantry, the force to which Rico is assigned, is seen as a lowly post by the characters in the story, the novel itself suggests that it is the heart of the army and the most honorable unit in it.[43] In a commentary written in 1980, Heinlein agreed that Starship Troopers "glorifies the military ... Specifically the P.B.I., the Poor Bloody Infantry, the mudfoot who places his frail body between his loved home and the war's desolation – but is rarely appreciated ... he has the toughest job of all and should be honored."[13] The story is based on the social Darwinist idea of society as a struggle for survival based on military strength. It suggests that some conflicts must be resolved by force: one of the lessons Rico is repeatedly taught is that violence can be an effective method of settling conflict.[19] These suggestions derive in part from Heinlein's view that in the 1950s the US government was being too conciliatory in its dealings with communist China and the Soviet Union.[17][59][60][61] Heinlein draws an analogy between the human society in the novel, which is well-to-do but needs to be vigilant against the imperialist threat of the Arachnids, and US society of the 1950s. Reviewers have suggested that the Arachnids are Heinlein's analogue for communists. Traits used to support this include the communal nature of the Arachnids, which makes them capable of a much higher degree of coordination than the humans. Bug society is once explicitly described as communist, and is moreover depicted as communist by nature; this has been read as implying that those with a different political ideology are analogous to alien beings.[9][19][62] The related motifs of alien invasion, patriotism, and personal sacrifice during war, are present, as are other aspects of US popular culture of the 1950s.[17] Commentators have argued that Heinlein's portrayal of aliens, as well as being a reference to 1950s communist countries, aims to "reinscribe the ideologies of America's mythic frontier history". The concept of the frontier includes a social-Darwinist argument of constantly fighting for survival, even at the expense of indigenous people or, in the case of Starship Troopers, of aliens. Heinlein suggests that without territorial expansion involving violent conquest of other races, humans would be destroyed.[63] Scholar Jamie King has stated that Heinlein does not address the question of what the military government and Federal Service would do in peacetime, and argues that Heinlein has set up a society designed to be continuously at war, and to keep expanding its territory.[64] Coming of age Starship Troopers has been referred to as a bildungsroman or "coming-of-age" story for Rico, as he matures through his tenure in the infantry. His training, both at boot camp and at officer candidate school, involves learning the value of militarism, thus inviting the reader to learn it as well.[43] This is especially true of the parts of his training that involve indoctrination, such as the claim by one of his instructors that rule by military veterans is the ideal form of government, because only they understand how to put collective well-being above the individual.[43] The story traces Rico's transformation from a boy into a soldier, while exploring issues of identity and motivation,[18] and traces his overall moral and social development, in a manner identified by commentators as similar to many stories about German soldiers in World War I.[65] Rico's transformation has been likened to the common narrative within stories with military themes by scholar H. Bruce Franklin. This typical narrative is that of a sloppy and unfit civilian being knocked into shape by tough officers, whose training is "calculated sadism" but is depicted as fundamentally being on the right side.[32] The letter Rico receives from Dubois, partly responsible for Rico "crossing the hump" with his training, is shown as a turning point in his development.[19] The classroom scenes embedded in the story serve to explain Rico's adventures, and highlight his reactions to events around. A notable example is the execution Rico is forced to witness after a deserter from his unit murders a young girl; Rico is uncertain of his own reaction until he remembers a lecture by Dubois in which the latter argues that "moral sense" derives entirely from the will to survive.[19][66] The concept of the American frontier is also related to the coming-of-age theme. Young protagonists across Heinlein's novels attain manhood by confronting a hostile "wilderness" in space; coming-of-age in a military, alien context is a common theme in Heinlein's earlier works as well.[67] Rico's coming-of-age has also been described as being related to his relationship with his father; the journey "outward" through the novel also contains a search for Rico's childhood and a reunion with his estranged parent.[68] Moral decline Starship Troopers also critiques US society of the 1950s, suggesting that it led young people to be spoiled and undisciplined. These beliefs are expressed through the classroom lectures of Dubois, Rico's teacher for History and Moral Philosophy. Dubois praises flogging and other types of corporal punishment as a means of addressing juvenile crimes. It has been suggested that Heinlein endorsed this view, although the fact that Dubois also compares raising children to training a puppy has been used to argue that Heinlein was making use of irony.[10] The story is strongly in favor of corporal punishment and capital punishment, as a means of correcting juvenile delinquents, part of a trend in science fiction which examines technology and outer space in an innovative manner, but is reactionary with respect to human relationships.[7][23] As with other books by Heinlein, traditional schools are denigrated, while learning "on the spot" is extolled: Rico is able to master the things required of him in military training without undue difficulty.[19] Dubois also ridicules the idea of inalienable rights, such as "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", arguing that people have only the rights that they are willing to fight and die for to protect.[33][66][69] The novel appeals to scientific authority to justify this position; Dubois repeatedly states that his argument is mathematically demonstrable, statements which have led scholars to label the novel "hard science fiction", despite its social and political themes.[70] The "moral decline" caused by this situation is depicted as having caused a global war between an alliance of the US, Britain, and Russia against the "Chinese Hegemony" in the year 1987. Despite the alliance between the US and Russia, this war has been described as demonstrating Heinlein's anti-communist beliefs, which saw "swarming hordes" of Chinese as a bigger threat. The novel draws some comparisons between the Chinese and the Arachnids, and suggests that the lessons of one war could be applied to the other.[69] Reception To Heinlein's surprise,[71] Starship Troopers won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960.[72] It has been acknowledged as one of the best-known and most influential works of science fiction.[2][21] The novel is considered a landmark for the genre, having been described by a 1960 review as one of the ten best genre books of 1959,[73] in a 2009 review as a key science fiction novel of the 1950s,[14] and as the best-known example of military science fiction.[74] The novel has been described as marking Heinlein's transition from writing juvenile fiction to a "more mature phase" as an author.[3] Reviewing the book with others written for children, Floyd C. Gale of Galaxy Science Fiction wrote in 1960 that "Heinlein has penned a juvenile that really is not. This is a new and bitter and disillusioned Heinlein". Rating it 2.5 stars out of five for children, 4.5 stars for adults, and "?" for civilians, he believed that the novel would be "of exceptional interest to veterans with battle experience ... but youngsters will find it melancholy and verbose".[75] Conversely, Michael Moorcock described it as Heinlein's last "straight" science fiction, before he turned to more serious writing such as Stranger in a Strange Land.[76] By 1980, twenty years after its release, Starship Troopers had been translated into eleven languages and was still selling strongly. Heinlein nevertheless complained that, despite this success, almost all the mail he received about it was negative and he only heard about it "when someone wants to chew me out".[71] The novel is highly contentious.[3] Controversy surrounded its praise of the military and approval of violence, to the extent that it has frequently been described as fascist, and its implication that militarism is superior to traditional democracy.[3][77] Heinlein's peers were among those who argued over the book; a comparison between a quote in Starship Troopers that "the noblest fate that a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and war's desolation"[78] and the anti-war poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen began a two-year discussion in the Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies from 1959 to 1961, with James Blish, Poul Anderson, Philip José Farmer, Anthony Boucher, John Brunner, Brian Aldiss, among those debating Starship Troopers's quality of writing, philosophy, and morality.[79] The writing in Starship Troopers has received varied responses, with the scenes of military training and combat receiving praise. In a 2009 retrospective, science-fiction writer Jo Walton wrote that Starship Troopers was "military SF done extremely well".[18] She went on to argue that "Heinlein was absolutely at his peak when he wrote this in 1959. He had so much technical stylistic mastery of the craft of writing science fiction that he could [tell the story] 'backwards and in high heels' and get away with it."[18] Others referred to it as very readable, and found the military scenes compelling.[3][11][12] Heinlein's descriptions of training and boot camp in the novel, based on his own experiences in the military, have been described as being rendered with remarkable skill.[17] A 1960 review in the New York Herald Tribune praised the "brilliantly written" passages describing infantry combat, and also called attention to the discussion of weapons and armor,[80] which, according to other reviewers, demonstrated Heinlein's "undiminished talent for invention".[19] Scholar George Slusser described the book in 1986 as the "ultimately convincing space-war epic", praising in particular the "precisely imagined" weapons and tactics,[68] while a 1979 science fiction encyclopedia referred to it as the "slickest" of Heinlein's juvenile books.[19] Criticism of the style of the book has centered on its political aspects. Heinlein's discussions of his political beliefs were criticized as "didactic",[11][80][81] and the novel was derided for "exposition [that was] inserted in large indigestible chunks".[80] Author Ken MacLeod's 2003 analysis of the political nature of Starship Troopers stated that it was "a book where civics infodumps and accounts of brutal boot-camp training far outweigh the thin and tensionless combat scenes".[12] Scientist and author Brunner compared it to a "Victorian children's book",[82] while the Science Fiction Handbook published in 2009 said that the novel provided "compelling images of a futuristic military" and that it raised important questions, even for those who disagree with its political ideology. However, it stated that the story was weak as a tale of an alien encounter, as it did not explore alien society in any detail, but presented the Arachnids as nameless and faceless creatures that wished to destroy humanity.[22] Boucher, founder of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, remarked in 1960 that Heinlein had "forgotten to insert a story".[80] A 1979 summary said that though Heinlein's vision might verge on fascism, his tightly controlled narrative made his ideology seem "vibrantly appealing".[19] Criticism of militarism Starship Troopers is generally considered to promote militarism, the glorification of war and of the military.[14] Scholar Bruce Franklin referred to it in 1980 as a "bugle-blowing, drum-beating glorification" of military service, and wrote that militarism and imperialism were the explicit message of the book.[15][83] Science fiction writer Dean McLaughlin called it "a book-length recruiting poster".[84] In 1968 science fiction critic Alexei Panshin called Starship Troopers a militaristic polemic and compared it to a recruiting film, stating that it "purports to show the life of a typical soldier, with a soundtrack commentary by earnest sincere Private Jones who interprets what we see for us." Panshin stated that there was no "sustained human conflict" in the book: instead, "All the soldiers we see are tough, smart, competent, cleancut, clean-shaven, and noble."[85] Panshin, a veteran of the peacetime military, argued that Heinlein glossed over the reality of military life, and that the Terran Federation-Arachnid conflict existed simply because, "Starship troopers are not half so glorious sitting on their butts polishing their weapons for the tenth time for lack of anything else to do."[85] Literature scholar George Slusser, in describing the novel as "wrong-headed and retrogressive", argued that calling its ideology militarism or imperialism was inadequate, as these descriptions suggested an economic motive. Slusser instead says that Heinlein advocates for a complete "technological subjugation of nature", of which the Arachnids are a symbol, and that this subjugation itself is depicted as a sign of human advancement.[83] A 1997 review of the film in Salon stated that the novel could almost be described as propaganda, and was terrifying as a result, particularly in its belief that the boot camp had to be an ingredient of any civilization. This was described as a highly unusual utopian vision.[1] Moorcock stated that the lessons Rico learns in boot camp: "wars are inevitable, [and] that the army is always right".[76] In discussing the book's utility in classroom discussions of the form of government, Alan Myers stated that its depiction of the military was of an "unashamedly Earth-chauvinist nature".[11] In the words of science fiction scholar Darko Suvin, Starship Troopers was an "unsubtle but powerful black-and-white paean to combat life", and an example of agitprop in favor of military values.[81] Other writers defended Heinlein. George Price argued that "[Heinlein] implies, first, that war is something endured, not enjoyed, and second, that war is so unpleasant, so desolate, that it must at all costs be kept away from one's home."[86] Poul Anderson also defended some of the novel's positions, arguing "Heinlein has recognized the problem of selective versus nonselective franchise, and his proposed solution does merit discussion."[87] Complaints were made against Heinlein for the lack of conscription in Starship Troopers. When he wrote the novel, the military draft was still in effect in the US.[88] Allegations of fascism The society within the book has frequently been described as fascist.[14][16][17] According to the 2009 Science Fiction Handbook, it had the effect of giving Heinlein a reputation as a "fanatical warmongering fascist".[6] Scholar Jeffrey Cass has referred to the setting of the book as "unremittingly grim fascism". He has stated that the novel made an analogy between its military conflict and those of the US after World War II, and that it justified American imperialism in the name of fighting another form of imperialism.[89] Jasper Goss has referred to it as "crypto-fascist".[17] Suvin compares Heinlein's suggestion that "all wars arise from population pressure" to the Nazi concept of Lebensraum or "living space" for a superior society that was used to justify territorial expansion.[90] Some reviewers have suggested that Heinlein was simply discussing the merits of a selective versus a nonselective franchise.[18] Heinlein made a similar claim, over two decades after Starship Troopers's publication, in his Expanded Universe and further claimed that 95 percent of "veterans" were not military personnel but members of the civil service.[91] Heinlein's own description has been disputed, even among the book's defenders. Heinlein scholar James Gifford has argued that a number of quotes within the novel suggest that the characters within the book assume that the Federal Service is largely military. For instance, when Rico tells his father that he is interested in Federal Service, his father immediately explains his belief that Federal Service is a bad idea because there is no war in progress, indicating that he sees Federal Service as military in nature. Gifford states that although Heinlein's intentions may have been that Federal Service be 95 percent non-military, in relation to the actual contents of the book, Heinlein "is wrong on this point. Flatly so."[5] Dennis Showalter, writing in 1975, defended Starship Troopers, stating that the society depicted in it did not contain many elements of fascism. He argues that the novel does not include outright opposition to Bolshevism and liberalism that would be expected in a fascist society.[89] Others have responded by saying Showalter's argument is based on a literal reading of the novel, and that the story glorifies militarism to a large extent.[89] Ken Macleod argues that the book does not actually advocate fascism because anybody capable of understanding the oath of Federal Service is able to enlist and thereby obtain political power.[12] Macleod states that Heinlein's books are consistently liberal, but cover a spectrum from democratic to elitist forms of liberalism, Starship Troopers being on the latter end of the spectrum.[2] It has been argued that Heinlein's militarism is more libertarian than fascist, and that this trend is also present in Heinlein's other popular books of the period, such as Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966). This period of Heinlein's writing has received more critical attention than any other, although he continued to write into the 1980s.[14] Apparent utopianism The setting of the book is presented by Heinlein as utopian; its leaders are shown as good and wise, and the population as free and prosperous.[6][19] Slusser wrote in 1987 that Starship Troopers depicts a world that is "hell for human beings", but nonetheless celebrates the ideology of its fictional society.[83] The rulers are claimed to be the best in history, because they understand that human nature is to fight for power through the use of force.[43] The suggestion of utopia is not explored in depth, as the lives of those outside the military are not shown in any detail.[19][22] The novel suggests that the militarist philosophy espoused by many of the characters has a mathematical backing, though reviewers have commented that Heinlein does not present any basis for this.[18][43] Writers such as Farmer, Robert A. W. Lowndes, and Michael Moorcock have criticized the novel for being a hypothetical utopia, in the sense that while Heinlein's ideas sound plausible, they have never been put to the test. Moorcock wrote an essay entitled "Starship Stormtroopers" in which he attacked Heinlein and other writers over similar "Utopian fiction".[76] Lowndes accused Heinlein of using straw man arguments, "countering ingenuous half-truths with brilliant half-truths".[92] Lowndes further argued that the Terran Federation could never be as idealistic as Heinlein portrays it to be because he never properly addressed "whether or not [non-citizens] have at least as full a measure of civil redress against official injustice as we have today".[92] Farmer agreed, arguing that a "world ruled by veterans would be as mismanaged, graft-ridden, and insane as one ruled by men who had never gotten near the odor of blood and guts".[93] Race and gender Authors and commentators have stated that the manner in which the extraterrestrial beings are portrayed in Starship Troopers has racist aspects, arguing that the nicknames "Bugs" and "Skinnies" carry racial overtones. John Brunner compared them to calling Koreans "gooks".[82] Slusser argued that the term "Bugs" was an "abusive and biologically inaccurate" word that justified the violence against alien beings, a tendency which, according to Slusser, the book shared with other commercially successful science fiction.[62] Some of Heinlein's other works have also been described as racist, though Franklin argues that this was not unique to Heinlein, and that he was less racist than the US government of the time.[94] Heinlein's early novel Sixth Column was called a "racist paean" to a white resistance movement against an Asian horde derived from the Yellow Peril.[95] In 1978, Moorcock wrote that Starship Troopers "set the pattern for Heinlein's more ambitious paternalistic, xenophobic" stories.[76] Robert Lowndes argues that the war between the Terrans and the Arachnids is not about a quest for racial purity, but rather an extension of Heinlein's belief that man is a wild animal. According to this theory, if man lacks a moral compass beyond the will to survive, and he was confronted by another species with a similar lack of morality, then the only possible moral result would be warfare.[92] The fact that all pilots in the novel are women (in contrast to the infantry, which is entirely male) has been cited as evidence of progressive gender politics within the story, although the idea expressed by Rico that women are the motivation for men to fight in the military is a counter-example to this.[18][22] A 1996 science fiction encyclopedia said that like much of Heinlein's fiction, Starship Troopers exemplified "macho male culture".[96] The prosthetically enhanced soldiers in the novel, all of whom are men, have been described as an example of the "hyper-masculinity" brought on by the proximity of these men to technology.[97] The story portrays the Arachnids as so alien that the only response to them can be war. Feminist scholars have described this reaction as a "conventionally masculinist" one.[98] Steffen Hantke has described the mechanized suits in the novel, which make the wearer resemble a "steel gorilla," as defining masculinity as "something intensely physical, based on animal power, instinct, and aggression". He calls this form of masculinity "all body, so to speak, and no brain".[99] Thus, in Hantke's reading, Starship Troopers expresses fears of how masculinity may be preserved in an environment of high technology.[100] This fear is exacerbated by the motifs of pregnancy and birth that Heinlein uses when describing how the soldiers in suits are dropped from spaceships piloted by women.[101] Though Rico says he finds women "marvelous", he shows no desire for sexual activity; the war seems to have subsumed sex in this respect.[19] A 1979 summary argued that despite the gestures towards women's equality, women in the story were still objects, to be protected, and to fight wars over.[19] Influence A real-life concept of powered armor, an idea popularized by Starship Troopers[102] Heinlein's books, and Starship Troopers in particular, had an enormous impact on political science fiction, to the extent that author Ken MacLeod has stated that "the political strand in [science fiction] can be described as a dialogue with Heinlein," although many participants in this dialogue disagree with Heinlein.[2] Science fiction critic Darko Suvin states that Starship Troopers is the "ancestral text of US science fiction militarism" and that it shaped the debate about the role of the military in society for many years.[20] In addition to his political views, Heinlein's ideas about a futuristic military as depicted in the novel were deeply influential among films, books, and television shows in later years.[22] Roger Beaumont has suggested that Starship Troopers may some day be considered a manual for extraterrestrial warfare.[103] Suvin refers to Juan Rico as the "archetypal Space Soldier".[104] Starship Troopers included concepts in military engineering which have since been widely used in other fiction, and which have occasionally been paralleled by scientific research. The novel has been cited as the source of the idea of powered armor exoskeletons, which Heinlein describes in great detail.[83][105][106][107] Such suits became a staple of military science fiction. Franchises that have employed this technology include Iron Man, Exo Squad, Halo, District 9, Elysium, and Edge of Tomorrow.[21] During the shooting of the science fiction film Aliens, director James Cameron required the actors playing space marines to read Starship Troopers to understand their parts, and also cited it as an influence for the space drop, terms like "bug hunt", and the cargo-loader exoskeleton.[108] Starship Troopers had a direct influence on many later science fiction stories. John Steakley's 1984 novel Armor was, according to the author, born out of frustration with the small amount of actual combat in Starship Troopers and because he wanted this aspect developed further.[109] The "Mobile Suits" from the 1979 Nippon Sunrise anime series Mobile Suit Gundam were inspired by the powered armor from Starship Troopers.[110] The 1988 Gainax OVA series Gunbuster has plot elements similar to Starship Troopers, depicting humanity arrayed against an alien military.[107] Scholars have identified elements of Heinlein's influence in Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, as well. Hantke, in particular, compares the battle room in Ender's Game to Heinlein's prosthetic suits, stating that they both regulate but also enhance human agency.[111] Suvin suggests parallels between the plots of the two novels, with human society in both stories at war against insect-like aliens, but states that the story of Ender Wiggin takes a very different direction, as Ender regrets his genocidal actions and dedicates his efforts to protecting his erstwhile targets.[104] Conversely, Joe Haldeman's 1974 anti-war, Hugo- and Nebula-winning science fiction novel The Forever War is popularly thought to be a direct reply to Starship Troopers, and though Haldeman has stated that it is actually a result of his personal experiences in the Vietnam War, he has admitted to being influenced by Starship Troopers.[112][113][114] Haldeman said that he disagreed with Starship Troopers because it "glorifies war", but added that "it's a very well-crafted novel, and I believe Heinlein was honest with it".[112] The Forever War contains several parallels to Starship Troopers, including its setting. Commentators have described it as a reaction to Heinlein's novel, a suggestion Haldeman denies; the two novels are very different in terms of their attitude towards the military. The Forever War does not depict war as a noble pursuit, with the sides clearly defined as good and evil; instead, the novel explores the dehumanizing effect of war, influenced by the real world context of the Vietnam War.[23] Haldeman received a letter from Heinlein, congratulating him on his Nebula Award, which "meant more than the award itself".[115] According to author Spider Robinson, Heinlein approached Haldeman at the awards banquet and said the book "may be the best future war story I've ever read!"[116] Harry Harrison's 1965 novel Bill, the Galactic Hero has also been described as a reaction to Starship Troopers,[6] while Gordon R. Dickson's 1961 novel Naked to the Stars has been called "an obvious rejoinder" to Starship Troopers.[117] Ring of Swords, written by Eleanor Arnason in 1993, also depicts a war between two highly aggressive species, of which humans are one. The story deliberately inverts several aspects of Starship Troopers: the story is told from the point of view of diplomats seeking to prevent war, rather than soldiers fighting it, and the conflict is the result of the two species being extremely similar, rather than different.[118] Adaptations 1997 film Main article: Starship Troopers (film) Further information: Starship Troopers (franchise) The film rights to the novel were licensed in the 1990s, several years after Heinlein's death. The project was originally entitled Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine, and had been in production before the producers bought the rights to Starship Troopers.[119][120][121] The film was directed by Paul Verhoeven (who found the book too boring to finish), and released in 1997.[122] The screenplay, by Ed Neumeier, shared character names and some plot details with the novel.[123] The film contained several elements that differed from the book, including a military that is completely integrated with respect to sex. It had the stated intention of treating its material in an ironic or sarcastic manner, to undermine the political ideology of the novel.[17][124] The mechanized suits that featured prominently in the novel were absent from the film, due to budget constraints.[99] The film used fascist imagery throughout, including portraying the Terran Federation's personnel wearing uniforms strongly reminiscent of those worn by the SS, the Nazi paramilitary.[125] Verhoeven stated in 1997 that the first scene of the film – an advertisement for the Mobile Infantry – was adapted shot-for-shot from a scene in Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (1935), specifically an outdoor rally for the Reichsarbeitsdienst. Other references to Nazism include the Albert Speer-style architecture and the propagandistic dialogue ("Violence is the supreme authority!").[126] According to Verhoeven, the references to Nazism reflected his own experience in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II.[24][127] The film reignited the debate over the nature of the Terran society in Heinlein's world, and several critics accused Verhoeven of creating a fascist universe. Others, and Verhoeven himself, have stated that the film was intended to be ironic, and to critique fascism.[77][128] The film has also been described as criticizing the jingoism of US foreign policy, the military industrial complex, and the society in the film, which elevates violence over sensitivity.[129] It received several negative critical reviews, reviewers suggesting that it was unsophisticated and targeted a juvenile audience, although some scholars and critics have also supported its description as satirical.[21][24][124][129] The absence of the powered armor technology drew criticism from fans.[21][99] The success of the film's endeavor to critique the ideology of the novel has been disputed.[24] Four sequels, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004),[130] Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008),[131] Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)[132] and Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017) were released as straight-to-DVD films. In December 2011, Neal H. Moritz, producer of films such as the Fast & Furious series and I Am Legend, announced plans for a remake of the film that he claims will be more faithful to the source material.[133] In 2016 Mark Swift and Damian Shannon were reported to be writing the film.[134][needs update] Animated series Main article: Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles An animated TV series was also released based both on the novel and 1997 film called Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, it follows the exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad, "Razak's Roughnecks", during the SICON–Bugs War between a newly united humanity and an extraterrestrial race, known as the "Bugs," also sometimes referred to as Arachnids. The show focuses mainly on the Roughnecks' missions, rather than addressing the larger war. Paul Verhoeven served as an executive producer.[135] The show ran for one season from August 1999 to April 2000. Other media From October to December 1988, Sunrise and Bandai Visual produced a six-episode Japanese original video animation locally titled Uchū no Senshi with mobile infantry power armor designs by Kazutaka Miyatake, based on Starship Troopers.[136] Dark Horse Comics, Mongoose Publishing and Markosia hold the license to produce comic books based on Starship Troopers, written by authors including Warren Ellis, Gordon Rennie and Tony Lee.[137][138] Avalon Hill published Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers in 1976, a map-and-counter board wargame featuring a number of scenarios as written in the novel.[139] In 1998, Mythic Entertainment released Starship Troopers: Battlespace. The web-based interactive game, in which players battled each other in overhead space combat, allowed players to assume either Klendathu or Federation roles, was developed alongside the film adaptation.[24][140] Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game was released by Mongoose Publishing in 2005, a miniature wargame which used material from the novel, film, and animated TV series.[141] Spectre Media released Starship Troopers: Invasion Mobile Infantry, a game for PCs, in 2012.[142] Offworld Industries developed and published the 2023 game Starship Troopers: Extermination, a cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter available for PC.[143]

US equity futures are modestly firmer, while Asian markets are mixed and European equities are sharply lower. Attention remains on the sharp rise in bond yields, with the US 10-year yield reaching a 24-year high and European yields also at multi-year highs. Resilient growth, higher oil prices, upside inflation risks and increasingly hawkish monetary policy expectations are contributing to the selloff, alongside concerns around fiscal deficits, increased AI-related issuance and forced selling by hedge funds. Energy supply also remains in focus, with the Trump administration urging Europe to release emergency diesel reserves. Meanwhile, expectations for further policy tightening remain elevated, with recent Fed commentary and signals from the BOJ keeping the global rates outlook in focus.Companies Mentioned: Tencent, Oracle, Netflix, Nu Holdings

On September 6, 1997, the day of Princess Diana's funeral, Jobert Abueva couldn't get out of bed. He was in a Hong Kong hotel room, paralyzed for the better part of 48 hours, unable to touch the club sandwich or hot tea he'd ordered, crying from exhaustion, loneliness, and homesickness. It was, he says, the lowest point of a career that from the outside looked like nothing but success.For most of his thirties, Jobert had been living the frenzied pace of a global marketing career, opening new markets for Herbal Essences across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, jumping from country to country in a matter of months, taking calls with U.S. headquarters at all hours. He got the raises and the next plum assignment. He also got the lack of sleep, the overeating, the overdrinking, and the signals he kept ignoring, until his body simply stopped.In this conversation, Jobert tells Lori how a childhood memory of Janus, the two-faced Roman god of beginnings and endings, surfaced in that hotel room and became the seed of a framework he now calls the Janus Plan. It's a conversation about what happens when you finally stop outrunning burnout, why looking backward is what makes it possible to move forward, and why boundaries only stick the second time you build them on purpose.What You'll Take AwayWhy ignoring burnout signals for years eventually catches up with even the highest performersHow a childhood memory of the Roman god Janus reframed Jobert's understanding of endings and beginningsWhy 'ponder the past' before 'frame the future' makes goals more sustainable than New Year's resolutionsHow setting boundaries the second time around, including turning down future expat assignments and developing a team instead of doing everything himself, reshaped his second corporate careerWhy any personal threshold, not just January 1st, can be the start of a meaningful new chapterGuest BioJobert E. Abueva grew up between four Asian countries and went on to a three-decade global marketing and philanthropy career, including launching Herbal Essences into international markets. He is a TEDx speaker, a Lambda Literary Prize recipient, and the author of The Janus Plan: A No-Resolutions Path to Begin Your Year with Intention. He lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.Chapters & Key Timestamps00:00 Opening and episode premise00:39 The nomadic childhood that shaped a global career07:09 Launching Herbal Essences across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia10:55 The signals he ignored: exhaustion, overwork, and a frenzied pace12:00 September 6, 1997: the Hong Kong hotel room he couldn't leave15:48 A childhood memory of Janus reframes everything20:15 Ponder the past, frame the future: leaving corporate to write24:13 Setting boundaries the second time around26:05 The Janus Plan: a no-resolutions path to a new year34:24 His hype song and the moment it found him36:17 Where to find Jobert and the invitation to 'be like Janus'Resources MentionedBook: The Janus Plan: A No-Resolutions Path to Begin Your Year with Intention by Jobert E. AbuevaJobert's 2023 boyhood memoir (referenced in conversation; title to be confirmed with Jobert's team before publication)Hype Song: "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE&list=RDDL7-CKirWZE&start_radio=1Connect With Jobert AbuevaWebsite: https://joberteabueva.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobertabueva/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joberteabueva/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joberteabueva/Book: The Janus Plan: A No-Resolutions Path to Begin Your Year with IntentionContinue With LoriWebsite: https://zenrabbit.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorisaitz/Email: Lori@ZenRabbit.comInvitation From LoriZen RabbitThis episode is sponsored by Zen Rabbit. Trust is the foundation of all great workplaces, and in today's hybrid, fast-moving work culture, it's built through consistent, clear, human communication.Quarterly town halls, Slack messages, or team-building events are rarely enough to create the connection employees need. That's why forward-thinking companies are hiring Lori to create internal and private podcasts that bring leaders and employees together through authentic stories and real conversations.Think of it as the old-school company newsletter reinvented for the modern workplace.If your company wants to strengthen communication, connection, community, and culture, connect with Lori at Lori@ZenRabbit.com or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorisaitz/About FINE is a 4-Letter WordFINE is a 4-Letter Word is the show for leaders who are tired of pretending everything is fine.We explore what it takes to lead with empathy, vulnerability, gratitude, and courage, especially during the seasons when life and leadership feel anything but fine.Listen for honest conversations about how human connection influences innovation, retention, leadership, and real impact. 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Six great Asian river systems have their origins in the Tibetan glacial region: the Brahmaputra, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, the Mekong, the Red and the Yangtse ('BISMRY'). Together they comprise the largest concentration of fresh water on the planet outside of the polar regions, and they support one third of humanity. In the age of imperialism, Western colonial powers dreamed of harnessing the economic potential of these great rivers, as if an ‘empire of men' challenged a much older ‘empire of rivers'. This is the theme of Iftekhar Iqbal's conceptually ambitious new book, The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire across China, India, and Southeast Asia, just published by Stanford University Press this year. This neo-Braudellian history of Asia's great rivers encourages us to re-examine our thinking about the impact of imperialism, historical agency, Cold War regional categories of ‘South Asia', ‘Southeast Asia', and ‘East Asia', into which the study of Asian history is usually divided, and even the humble mule, which played a crucial role in connecting this mountainous, watery region. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

European inflation surprised to the upside, driven by energy prices, while softer US inflation data offered some reassurance for markets. However, the bond market stress continued with Treasury yields rising, weighing on equities in their final stretch of the quarter. Asian markets opened Q4 positively, led by technology shares after Micron's strong revenue outlook. Richard Tang, Head of Research Hong Kong, shares his insights about Asia and what he expects from the region in the final innings of the year.(00:00) - Introduction: Helen Freer, Product & Investment Content (00:31) - Markets wrap-up: Jan Bopp, Product & Investment Content (05:24) - Asia update: Richard Tang, Head of Research Hong Kong (11:33) - Closing remarks: Helen Freer, Product & Investment Content Would you like to support this show? Please leave us a review and star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Asian port congestion, tankers in the crosshairs in Hormuz, and the Panama Ship Registry under pressure.These are just some of the stories that are covered in the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes.Seatrade Maritime News' Marcus Hand and Gary Howard reflect on the month of September, with their highlights from the news in maritime and shipping, from the biggest stories to those that simply piqued their interest.Hear more about:Over 50% of vessels delayed at Asia's busiest container portsSamsung hits CMA CGM with $186m complaint in US over delivery failuresTankers caught at centre of US-Iran escalation spiralPhilippines set to ban deployment of seafarers in Strait of HormuzHormuz shuttle tankers: An evolving trend amid the Iran WarVLCC rates smash through million dollar barrierDrones and USVs replace mines as Black Sea's floating hazardUnder pressure: Panama Ship Registry drops to 3rd in global rankingsListen to the full episode nowIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to ensure you don't miss our latest uploads. For the latest news on the shipping and maritime industries, visit www.searade-maritime.com Connect with Marcus Hand:Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcushand1 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-hand-b00a317/Connect with Gary Howard:Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaryLeeHoward Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyleehoward/Don't forget to join the conversation and let us know what topics you want us to cover in future on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn

Six great Asian river systems have their origins in the Tibetan glacial region: the Brahmaputra, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, the Mekong, the Red and the Yangtse ('BISMRY'). Together they comprise the largest concentration of fresh water on the planet outside of the polar regions, and they support one third of humanity. In the age of imperialism, Western colonial powers dreamed of harnessing the economic potential of these great rivers, as if an ‘empire of men' challenged a much older ‘empire of rivers'. This is the theme of Iftekhar Iqbal's conceptually ambitious new book, The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire across China, India, and Southeast Asia, just published by Stanford University Press this year. This neo-Braudellian history of Asia's great rivers encourages us to re-examine our thinking about the impact of imperialism, historical agency, Cold War regional categories of ‘South Asia', ‘Southeast Asia', and ‘East Asia', into which the study of Asian history is usually divided, and even the humble mule, which played a crucial role in connecting this mountainous, watery region. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Market news for October 1 2026: US Treasury yields surged to multi-decade highs amid soaring energy costs and inflation fears, while Asian tech stocks rallied on strong AI demand. Although falling oil prices provided brief relief, investors remain cautious regarding potential Federal Reserve rate hikes. Synopsis: Market Focus Daily is a closing bell roundup by The Business Times that looks at the day’s market movements and news from Singapore and the region. Written by: Howie Lim (howielim@sph.com.sg) Produced and edited by: Chai Pei Chieh & Claressa Monteiro Produced by: BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media Produced with AI text-to-speech capabilities --- Follow Market Focus Daily and rate us on: Channel: bt.sg/btmktfocus Amazon: bt.sg/mfam Apple Podcasts: bt.sg/mfap Spotify: bt.sg/mfsp YouTube Music: bt.sg/mfyt Website: bt.sg/mktfocus Feedback to: btpodcasts@sph.com.sg Do note: This podcast is meant to provide general information only. SPH Media accepts no liability for loss arising from any reliance on the podcast or use of third party’s products and services. Please consult professional advisors for independent advice. Discover more BT podcast series: BT Money Hacks at: bt.sg/btmoneyhacks BT Correspondents at: bt.sg/btcobt BT Podcasts at: bt.sg/podcasts BT Lens On: bt.sg/btlensonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Stijn Schmitz welcomes back Florian Grummes to the show. Florian is the Founder and Managing Director of Midas Touch Consulting. The discussion opens with concerns about equity markets at all-time highs, rising Treasury yields, and Middle East energy disruptions. Grummes argues the financial system is walking on a tightrope, but central banks will continue printing money to sustain the “paper Ponzi scheme,” delaying any systemic break. He sees the US midterm elections as a near-term uncertainty, expecting markets to struggle until then, followed by a possible year-end rally. On energy, he believes oil prices are being managed and warns that a proposed US diesel export ban could severely stress Europe, potentially leading to supply chain issues and food shortages, advising listeners to prepare by stocking essentials. Grummes remains bullish on oil producers, citing a strong uptrend, and foresees an inflationary spiral driven by rising bond yields and money supply expansion. He emphasizes that gold's fundamental drivers are intact: central bank buying, Asian demand, a shift from bonds to precious metals, and ongoing liquidity injections. Technically, gold is in a correction since January, with support around $4,000; a break below could target $3,500, but he views dips as buying opportunities. He highlights the long-term secular bull market in gold and expects miners to benefit from healthy margins and strong balance sheets, though near-term tax-loss selling may create pressure. For mining investments, he stresses the importance of management track record, jurisdictional safety, concentrated portfolios, and having an exit strategy. He favors stocks with declining volume on pullbacks, indicating weak hands are being squeezed out. Grummes concludes by inviting listeners to his website and Substack for daily and weekly analysis. Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:40 – Current Market Overview 00:01:49 – Paper Ponzi Scheme Concerns 00:02:43 – Middle East Energy Disruptions 00:03:38 – Midterm Elections Impact 00:06:28 – US Geopolitical Weakness 00:09:12 – Diesel Export Ban Feasibility 00:10:10 – Oil Producers Outlook 00:11:24 – Preparing for Supply Shortages 00:12:50 – Economic Slowdown Implications 00:16:22 – Fiat Currency Debasement 00:20:48 – Gold Market Fundamentals 00:28:10 – China Gold Trade Strategy 00:33:16 – Gold Miners Opportunities 00:37:47 – Investment Pitfalls Advice 00:42:38 – Stock Setup Opportunities 00:43:45 – Concluding Thoughts Guest Links: Website: https://www.midastouch-consulting.com X: https://twitter.com/FlorianGrummes Substack: https://substack.com/@midastouchconsulting Telegram: https://t.me/MidasTouchConsulting Free Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/d5Euf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/floriangrummes/ Seeking Alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/author/florian-grummes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midastouchconsulting Florian Grummes is an independent financial analyst, advisor, consultant, mentor, trader & investor as well as an international speaker with more than 30 years of experience in financial markets.  Florian is the founder and managing director of his company Midas Touch Consulting, which is specialized in trading & investments as well as consulting, analysis & research with a focus on precious metals, commodities and digital assets. Via Midas Touch Consulting he is publishing daily and weekly gold, silver, bitcoin & cryptocurrency analysis for his numerous international readers. Florian is well known for combining technical, fundamental/macro and sentiment analysis into one often accurate conclusion about the markets.

Today we review No Other Choice, a Park Chan-Wook (Old Boy) directed dark comedy movie about a fired paper company employee played by Lee Byung Hun. It's weird. It's creepy. Do we recommend it? Listen to find out!Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. Check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness.And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode is sponsored by NURP NURP helps busy physicians grow their wealth through AI-powered algorithmic trading designed for demanding careers. No day trading, no guesswork, and no constant market watching required.  Ready to put your money to work? Visit start.nurp.com/doctors  to learn more.  Trading involves risk, and results may vary. This is not financial advice. —---------------------------- What would make a doctor walk away from pathology residency just one year from finishing? In this inspiring episode of BootstrapMD, host Dr. Mike Woo-Ming welcomes Jackie Dallas: physician by training, actress by passion, and women's health advocate. She explains how she treated acting as a business rather than waiting to be discovered, leveraged her real medical background to book early roles, and navigated early typecasting as an Asian actress. Listeners hear the story behind her breakout role in Stranger Things Season 1 and her recurring role in the Netflix hit The Hunting Wives. Jackie also discusses her return to medicine through advocacy, launching HerHealth101.com to educate women about underdiagnosed pelvic floor conditions, self-advocacy in short appointments, and the ongoing underfunding of women's health research. She closes with practical advice for physicians curious about creative careers: start small, treat it like a business, and don't quit your day job until you've tested the waters. Three Actionable Takeaways: The sunk-cost fallacy keeps many physicians stuck; Jackie left with one year of residency remaining because she knew the path wasn't right for her. Acting is a business, not magic:  Treat it like any other career; build credits, develop skills, get representation, and persist through rejection. Physicians have unique advantages in creative fields: (authenticity in medical roles, research skills, discipline). Jackie now channels that same training into women's health education via HerHealth101. About the Show: Bootstrap MD is the ultimate podcast for physician entrepreneurs looking to escape traditional healthcare and control their financial futures. Hosted by Dr. Mike Woo-Ming, a successful physician, entrepreneur, and investor, the show delivers actionable insights on starting businesses, creating passive income, and navigating healthcare entrepreneurship. Featuring interviews with industry leaders, physicians, and experts in telemedicine and digital health, it's your guide to building a profitable, fulfilling career. Tune in weekly at http://bootstrapmd.com About the Guest Jackie Dallas is a SAG-AFTRA actress and former physician. She trained in surgery and pathology before leaving medicine to pursue acting full-time. Her credits include Stranger Things (Season 1), 13 Reasons Why, Magnum P.I., NCIS: Hawai'i, Criminal Minds, Fear the Walking Dead, and a recurring role as a political strategist in Netflix's The Hunting Wives. She is the founder of HerHealth101, a platform dedicated to educating women about pelvic floor health and self-advocacy. Connect with Jackie Dallas: Website: https://www.jackiedallas.comHerHealth101: https://herhealth101.comInstagram: @jaxdallasIMDb: imdb.me/jackiedallas  About the Host: Dr. Mike Woo-Ming has over 20 years of experience as a physician entrepreneur. He's built and sold multiple seven-figure companies and now leads Executive Medical, a group of clinics specializing in age management and aesthetics. Through BootstrapMD, he mentors physicians in business, content creation, and autonomy. Let's Connect: www.https://www.bootstrapmd.com  Want to start a podcast? Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Speculation has been swirling for months, and now the tea leaves have thrown up their clearest sign yet that Vietjet is planning a move into Australia, with the registration of a shiny new 737 MAX 8 owned by the low-cost carrier and registered to a mysterious "Cherrie Aviation". While Vietjet is remaining tight-lipped about its plans, it's hard not to think we'll see a grand unveiling sooner rather than later – and not to draw comparisons with Tigerair, the last Asian low-cost carrier that had a crack at the Australian market. On this week's Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake, David and Hannah dig into the details of Vietjet's first Australian aircraft and ask what the next moves might be for the potential challenger. Plus, part two of Project Sunrise is revealed, with Qantas to fly non-stop to New York in 2028 – so what can passengers expect?

Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific. Asian stocks gained for the first time in three sessions and bonds steadied after a bruising selloff as traders awaited a crucial US inflation reading for clues on the path of interest rates. The dollar was set for its best month since June. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 0.8%, led by technology shares after a key gauge of US semiconductor stocks advanced. SoftBank Group Corp., an investor in OpenAI, rose 6% after the artificial intelligence startup aimed to raise at least $30 billion in fresh funding at a $1.4 trillion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. We spoke to Lianting Tu, Bloomberg's Managing Editor for Asia Equities. And - President Donald Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations on artificial intelligence after meeting at the White House with top industry executives amid growing global concerns over threats posed by the technology. In lieu of new rules, Trump and the executives agreed on a framework where they would partner with outside auditors to conduct safety assessments of models and implement stronger internal controls over their systems, according to a copy of an accord signed by the president and Silicon Valley leaders following a White House lunch on AI risks Tuesday. The luncheon brought together nearly two dozen Silicon Valley leaders, including Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang. After the event, Trump said existing laws would be enough to safeguard Americans from AI's potential risks, despite a growing nationwide backlash to the technology. Bloomberg's Avril Hong spoke to Flint Global Partner Ewan Lusty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's MadTech Daily, we discuss UK digital ad spend in H1 surpassing the whole of 2020, Shein's profit plunging 67% as costs rise, and ChatGPT ads expanding into new Asian markets.

Send us Fan MailHave you ever had that thought, where you're done comparing yourself to others, and you start comparing yourself to your previous self and realized that you are actually worse off now than you were in the past? And remember that old saying of how you should only compare yourself to your past to make sure you're always better than that?and then you sit here and realize well, no, maybe i've regressed, maybe i'm actually not getting better, maybe i'm a LOSERNo, you're not, and this episode i wanted to be honest about my own self loathing spirals that i go through and allow y'all to see that you are not alone. And if you've never experienced this, GOOD, but please be kind to your friends who might be feeling this way!If you, or anyone you know would like to guest on the show, please feel free to dm me on instagram @breakingdownthebreakdownpod or email me at breakingdownthebreakdown@outlook.comSupport the showEmail me at breakingdownthebreakdown@outlook.comor you can find me on instagram at @breakingdownthebreakdownpod

HPQ Silicon has completed the 50/50 ownership transaction with PyroGenesis that gives its fumed silica program a common commercial platform. Each company now owns half of HPQ Silica Polvere Inc. (HSPI), the rights holder of the proprietary Fumed Silica Reactor (FSR) technology. The transaction comes after independently validated pilot production of commercial grade material and alongside an update on four preliminary commercial opportunities. With discussions ranging from an industry leader to potential facilities in North America and the Middle East, the next milestone is converting interest into binding agreements.WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW50/50 Alignment: PyroGenesis converted its 10% gross sales royalty into a 50% ownership interest in HSPI. Both partners now share ownership and commercialization responsibilities.Industry Leader: Discussions resumed with an industry leader in fumed silica production on a potential framework for the next phase of collaboration. An additional meeting is scheduled for this week.1,000 TPY JV: Negotiations resumed on the previously announced proposed 1,000 tonne per year joint venture. Both sides received proposed changes favourably following a meeting at the potential partner's U.S. facility.Large Asian Demand Scenario: A potential Asian customer exploring North American production previously indicated demand could require several 10,000 tonne per year FSR systems. It requested a meeting at PyroGenesis headquarters to accelerate discussions.Middle East Plant: Discussions remain planned with an existing PyroGenesis customer with significant Middle East operations. Previous discussions contemplated an approximately 10,000 TPY local facility.STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONSFumed silica helps coatings, sealants, cosmetics and other products perform. Producing it conventionally involves a complex industrial chain, chlorosilane feedstock and hydrogen chloride byproduct. HPQ's earlier disclosures cited approximately 2.4 kg of HCl per kilogram of fumed silica, energy requirements of 100,000 to 120,000 kWh per tonne across the conventional production chain, substantial capital requirements and an EBITDA margin benchmark around 20%. Those conditions help explain the commercial interest in a simpler alternative.HPQ's FSR uses plasma to convert quartz directly into fumed silica in a single step, eliminating chlorosilane feedstock and associated HCl generation. Earlier modelling projected energy consumption at commercial scale of 8,000 to 12,000 kWh per tonne, with savings of up to 92%. It also projected reductions in CO₂ emissions associated with production of up to 99.9% using Quebec electricity. The pilot has produced commercial grade “150” material, with independent testing validating performance. Tourillon said the team knows how to make 200 m²/g material. The larger opportunity may be what lower costs allow customers to do with the material. In the interview, Tourillon explained that the FSR could make new applications economically viable, including replacing more expensive materials in certain end products. He described potential new markets that “could potentially dwarf” the traditional market. The Asian customer's indication of demand for several 10,000 tonne per year systems illustrates the scale being explored. Realizing that opportunity would depend on achieving the required costs, meeting customer specifications and converting interest into commercial commitments.CEO Bernard Tourillon:“We can do 150 commercial, we know how to make 200.” Tourillon said extensive technical work has increased the team's confidence in costing, with discussions moving toward practical operating requirements such as output, capacity and energy use. He explained that equal ownership simplifies negotiations and supports shared strategic decisions. He also said he has additional opportunities in his pipeline. On financing, he described how future offtake agreements or firm orders could support financing at the HSPI level.

Global gas markets, especially in Europe, are approaching winter under serious pressure. With storage inventories lagging behind historical averages and shipping disruptions from the Middle East threatening key liquefied natural gas flows, many nations find themselves deeply exposed.  The supply shocks from both the Russia-Ukraine war and now the Strait of Hormuz closure have revealed vulnerabilities in a market that is more interconnected than ever, but also more geopolitically complex.  With less global LNG supply and growing sensitivity to weather, the case for new security frameworks is getting stronger, built on closer international cooperation, new reserve mechanisms and greater market flexibility. Where does the global gas market stand right now? How much LNG is actually moving through the Strait of Hormuz? What are European countries doing to prepare for the winter? Is Russian gas coming back on the table? Will renewed concerns about energy security spur a faster transition away from gas and toward clean energy? And how do China and the rest of Asia factor into this high-stakes calculus for global supplies?  On today's show—Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Ira Joseph, and Tatiana Mitrova. All three are research scholars at the Center on Global Energy Policy and have deep expertise in geopolitics and energy markets. They joined host Jason Bordoff to discuss the global gas market, what's behind the looming European supply crisis this coming winter, and how the markets—and European leaders—are responding. They played out some scenarios regarding supply and demand going forward and the role that Asian markets, global geopolitics, coal, renewables, and electrification could play. Credits: Hosted by Jason Bordoff, Bill Loveless, and Daniel Sternoff. Produced by Mary Catherine O'Connor, Dara Diamond, Doug Halsey, and Kyu Lee. Engineering by Gregory Vilfranc.  

Plus: Oil exports from the Middle East begin to rebound. And we're exclusively reporting on succession plans at Goldman Sachs. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What does it take for a startup from Korea to break into the US market? Four founders share how they're doing it.Recorded live at Startup Crawl in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this episode features founders from the Korea Global Expansion Accelerator. They build AI companion robots for isolated seniors, AI-powered lead generation, classroom analytics for early childhood education, and hotel operations software. We also go inside RISE Arkansas, a no-cost program for tech and tech-enabled startups. The episode closes with a look at how Startup Crawl grew from one building to a downtown-wide event.In this episode:✅ AI companionship for aging populations✅ Selling without a network in relationship-driven markets✅ Asian business data for US brands✅ AI insights into how young kids play and learn✅ Tech vs. tech-enabled startups✅ Why staying power matters in entrepreneurial support⏱️Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:20 Live from Startup Crawl 2024 0:55 From Hong Kong IT to senior care 2:24 AI companion robots for isolated seniors 5:05 Selling in Asia without connections 7:45 How AI lead generation works 9:32 Asian business data for US brands 13:10 AI that tracks how preschoolers play and learn 15:08 From Hasbro toy designer to edtech founder 17:40 RISE Arkansas: free support for tech startups 18:30 Tech vs. tech-enabled startups 20:02 109 startups in 101 days 27:58 Hotel operations tech from Korea 33:58 How Startup Crawl grew from 2019 to 2024 36:55 Why staying power mattersFeatured guests:Louis Lee, CMO, Wonderful Platform: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisleedonguk/Jay Lee, Co-founder & CSO, DeepSales: https://deepsales.com/Sarah No, Head of Product, PlayTag: https://playtag.ai/Stephen Park, Do WhatChris Adams & Kate Lockridge, RISE Arkansas: risearkansas.org-----

In "Serving Aces", Alexandra Stevenson and co host Hugues Laverdiere discuss the Europe and Asian swing in men's and women's tennis.  Alexandra talks about Alexandra Eala going for the Gold in the Asian Games.  She won bronze in 2022 and the goal now - is Gold.  In Ougi's Corner, they talk about the styles of the top five men and the top five women on the two Tours. Alexandra and Ougi debate the best quarterback for the week on the NFL.  Alexandra chooses Aaron Rodgers who led the Steelers in a squeaker 30-27 against Joe Burrow and the Bengals.  Rodgers earned the podcast quote of the week. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How can private capital turn sustainability challenges into investment opportunities in emerging markets?Monique Mathys-Graaff, Interim Chief Markets Officer at the PRI, is joined by Lisa Genasci, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, at ADM Capital, and Vishal Bhavsar, Senior VP & Head ESG at Multiples Alternate Asset Management. Lisa and Vishal are practitioners behind two initiatives shortlisted for the PRI Awards: ADM Capital's  'Project Banyan', shortlisted for Recognition for action: nature, and Multiples Alternate Asset Management's 'The Suraksha Operating Model', shortlisted for Recognition for action: human rights. Drawing on their work in private credit and private equity, they discuss how environmental and social considerations can move beyond frameworks to become part of everyday investment decision-making.From financing the often-overlooked SMEs at the heart of Asian agricultural supply chains to embedding human rights and worker safety into portfolio companies, Lisa and Vishal share practical examples of identifying material risks others may miss. They explore how due diligence, investment agreements, loan documents, active engagement and technical assistance can be used to manage risk, strengthen businesses and support long-term value creation. Detailed coverage:Private capital as a driver of real-world changeLisa and Vishal reflect on their unconventional routes into investment and why they came to see finance as a powerful lever for influencing how businesses operate. From environmental challenges across Asia to workplace safety in India, both discuss translating sustainability issues into investment priorities. Finding opportunity in Asia's financing gapLisa explains how agricultural SMEs can sit at the centre of major supply chains while remaining underserved by mainstream finance. Private credit can provide the working and growth capital these businesses need while supporting improvements in traceability, land management, farmer resilience and environmental performance. When environmental risks become financial risksWater stress, biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate volatility can quickly affect yields, supply, procurement costs and ultimately repayment capacity. The discussion explores why looking beyond conventional financial analysis can reveal risks – and opportunities – that might otherwise be missed. Making human rights and worker safety an investment priorityVishal discusses the process of identifying human rights and safety risks across portfolio companies and their wider value chains. Rather than treating these issues as standalone policies, the focus has been on embedding them into business priorities, building internal capabilities and allocating the resources required to address them.Change takes time, buy-in and persistenceEmbedding responsible investment practices does not happen overnight. Vishal describes a three-to-four-year journey from initial conversations and internal buy-in to developing a framework that eventually expanded across upstream and downstream value chains. Embedding sustainability into investment termsThe conversation moves from identifying risk to operationalising it. Lisa explains how sustainability related due diligence, impact targets, action plans and landscape covenants can be incorporated directly into loan documentation, while Vishal outlines how human rights and safety commitments can become part of private equity investment agreements and portfolio action plans. From risk management to value creationResponsible investment can influence more than the individual company receiving capital. Lisa shares how active engagement and technical assistance can improve practices across supply chains, while both guests emphasise the importance of connecting material sustainability issues directly to business outcomes. Chapters:00:00 – Introduction: private capital in emerging markets01:59 – Lisa's journey from environmental issues to private credit04:29 – Vishal's journey: human rights and workplace safety07:47 – Finding opportunity in Asian agriculture and SMEs11:05 – When environmental risks become financial risks13:22 – Making human rights and worker safety a business priority16:20 – The journey from idea to implementation19:22 – Embedding sustainability into private credit23:09 – Integrating human rights into investment decisions25:33 – Lessons for the future of responsible investmentDisclaimer:This podcast and material referenced herein is provided for information only. 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"If you go back three of four years, you'd have expected Singapore to take the lead on such a regionally important project - but now it's Vietnam." That seems significant. With three quarters of 2026 completed, pan-Asian air travel networks look rather different from the start of the year. The 9th month of the year, September, featured a raft of intriguing developments across South East Asia, plus China, Australia and Canada. On this week's show, Gary and Hannah track back through a highly consequential month and the implications for the crucial end-of-year travel period and into 2027. En route, we assess Vietnam's app-based ID card integration pilot project with Singapore and Laos for air travellers at two airports, and Vietjet's ambitions in contrasting global markets: the US and Australia. Plus, we address the impacts of catastrophic flooding in Bangkok and throughout Thailand, the grim continuation of fire-smoke haze blighting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, while typhoon season proves deadly in Japan. Plus, why is Air Canada opening up to Vietnam but closing down to Singapore? And will the accelerating race to open one of the world's largest new airports meet its end of year deadline?  

A Kentucky GOP congressman is among those speaking out against a new taxpayer-funded ad from President Donald Trump, it's politics, pickles and more at the event known as the ‘Fancy Farm of Northern Kentucky,' a new tool in the battle against an invasive species in Kentucky's waterways, and how a near-death experience on a farm has first responders preparing for the next one.

Europe has won the Laver Cup, but what should we make of it? Is this a fiercely contested team event that deserves its place on the tennis calendar, or does it still feel like an exhibition? On this week's ATP Weekly, we discuss Europe's victory, the appeal of the Laver Cup format and how much the result tells us about the players' form. Then we turn to the Asian swing as the tour gathers pace: who is building momentum, and who has the most to prove in the weeks ahead? Follow Talking Tennis and rate the podcast wherever you listen. We'd love to hear your view: is the Laver Cup a serious competition or an exhibition? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific. Bond investors got a respite in Asian trading from a bruising selloff after surging oil prices and mounting bets on further Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes drove Treasury yields to multi-year highs. Asian stocks fell. The US 10-year yield held at 5.23% after climbing as much as 11 basis points Monday to the highest since 2007. Two- and 30-year yields were steady as traders braced for the Fed to keep tightening policy to rein in inflation. We speak to Paul Dobson, Bloomberg's Executive Editor for Asia Markets. And - Climbing oil prices, stronger US business activity and concerns over elevated government debt have fueled the biggest Treasury selloff since President Donald Trump's April 2025 tariff rollout. Bloomberg TV host Shery Ahn spoke to Capital.com Senior Market Analyst Kyle Rodda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy Kwan talks with Mike about The World of Nancy Kwan, her new memoir written with Deborah Davis and a foreword by her nephew Kevin Kwan. Kwan revisits how she landed The World of Suzie Wong almost by accident, tagging along to watch her favorite Hong Kong actresses screen-test before a casting director pulled her in front of the camera, which led to a Hollywood contract, acting lessons with Jeff Corey, and a national tour of the stage production after France Nuyen won the film role.They dig into working with William Holden on Suzie Wong, the yellow cheongsam that made her a fashion sensation, Flower Drum Song's ensemble of Miyoshi Umeki, James Shigeta, and Jack Soo under choreographer Hermes Pan, and being directed by her husband on Walking the Edge. Kwan also talks about her friendship with Bruce Lee, their $10 bet over Kung Fu, and Asian representation in Hollywood then and now.The World of Nancy Kwan is out now.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Writer, podcaster, and Hindu pandit Shivam Bhatt joins the panel to cover spirituality in games, Activision's Halo, and video games for dogs. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Shivam Bhatt. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: “Peek Aboo Call Me Back And Nuisance Back. Pac-Mania.” Nintendo 64 Mario Kart series Nintendo DS Ping Pals Legend of Zelda series Death Stranding Quake III: Arena Journey Casual Magic with Shivam Bhatt Shivam And Wheeler Love Magic Chronicles of Dragonlance 1: Which video games have you had spiritual experiences with? (08:26) Hinduism Magic: The Gathering Ramayana Moses Link Cloud Strife Rez Tetris Effect Tetsuya Mizuguchi Jeopardy! Dance Dance Revolution series beatmania series PlayStation VR Child of Eden Born again Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series The Righteous Gemstones NieR: Automata Orthodox Judaism NetHack 2: What is the difference in tone and content between Western and Asian dramas? (19:54) David and Goliath Dark Shadows Supernatural Game of Thrones Babylon 5 World of WarCraft 3: What is Activision's Halo going to look like? (25:36) Kotaku: Activision Taking Over Halo Franchise And What Remains Of Halo Studios Will Now Be A Support Team Call of Duty series Halo: Infinite Halo: Reach id Software Pitfall! Chopper Command Grand Theft Auto VI Elder Scrolls series Madden series NBA 2K series Peak BeamNG.drive Roblox Final Fantasy series Burnout series Bluey: The Videogame 4: Joel Valentin asks, what is something you thought only existed in video games until you were made aware of it in real life? (31:22) Silent Hill series The Simpsons Super Mario series Don Quijote Yakuza series Ifrit Shiva Sid Meier's Civilization series CalorieMate Metal Gear Solid series La Li Lu Le Lo Ocarina Echidna Knuckles Hedgehog Sonic DuckTales Hollywood Reporter: Disney+ Revives Darkwing Duck 5: Brandon Sheffield asks, design a game for a dog (36:34) Stella, the dog that “talks” NOVA | Can Dogs Talk? 6: What is the printing a Magic card so imbalanced it has to be immediately banned from tournament play of video games? (40:23) Akuma Super Street Fighter II Turbo League of Legends Counter-Strike series Tekken series Pokemon series Mewtwo Kotaku: NES Tetris Players Call It ‘Rolling,' And They're Setting New World Records Golf Business Insider: They're Probably Going To Ban The Putting Technique That Just Won The Masters Soulslike LIGHTNING ROUND: Planes Talkers (46:01) Recommendations and Outro (01:07:58): Frank: The Digital Archive at VGHF Library Shivam: Sanjay Patel's Ramayana and Mahabharata Ash: Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, let Ash know what Warhammer she should read next This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Nancy Kwan talks with Mike about The World of Nancy Kwan, her new memoir written with Deborah Davis and a foreword by her nephew Kevin Kwan. Kwan revisits how she landed The World of Suzie Wong almost by accident, tagging along to watch her favorite Hong Kong actresses screen-test before a casting director pulled her in front of the camera, which led to a Hollywood contract, acting lessons with Jeff Corey, and a national tour of the stage production after France Nuyen won the film role.They dig into working with William Holden on Suzie Wong, the yellow cheongsam that made her a fashion sensation, Flower Drum Song's ensemble of Miyoshi Umeki, James Shigeta, and Jack Soo under choreographer Hermes Pan, and being directed by her husband on Walking the Edge. Kwan also talks about her friendship with Bruce Lee, their $10 bet over Kung Fu, and Asian representation in Hollywood then and now.The World of Nancy Kwan is out now.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

In this episode of the Smashi Business Show, we explore Mohamed Alabbar's vision to transform the Maldives into a long-term residential and lifestyle hub with Eagle Hills. We then track Dubai developer Sobha Realty's $600 million entry into the US housing market across Texas and other high-growth states. Finally, we examine QatarEnergy extending its force majeure on Asian and European LNG shipments amid ongoing shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz.

Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific. Bonds resumed their decline after a brief reprieve as Middle East tensions flared following President Donald Trump's rejection of Iran's latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oil rose and Asian stocks fell. Oil remains a key driver for markets as elevated energy costs add to inflation pressures and bolster expectations for further rate increases. Bloomberg's Shery Ahn spoke to Nomura International Wealth Management North Asia CIO Julia Wang. And - Australia's central bank is poised to resume raising interest rates on Tuesday as policymakers lose patience with persistently strong inflation, with debate mounting over whether a follow-up hike will be needed. Bloomberg's Haidi Stroud-Watts spoke to Westpac International Economist Illiana Jain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9/28/2026 - From Singapore, Alexis Lee talks about how 2026 is the year that she is focusing on wrestling. Alexis speaks about the Asian wrestling scene, and the people who have built the sport on that side of the world! She also shares about how she designs her own merchandise! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of John Solomon Reports, host John Solomon reflects on a week marked by pivotal Supreme Court rulings, including a decision that utilizes an immigration database to enhance state voter rolls by removing non-citizens. Solomon questions the implications of these rulings, particularly the blocking of Missouri's Republican-friendly electoral map, and explores the broader judicial influence on current events.Shifting focus to a pressing societal issue, Solomon introduces a powerful segment on sexual assault in America, where a victim's story takes center stage. Listeners will meet Kayleigh, a remarkable woman whose traumatic experience has driven her to advocate for change through the movement known as Kayleigh's Law. Joined by Congressman Abe Hamadeh of Arizona, they discuss the law's progress and the bipartisan support it has garnered, shedding light on a crisis that affects countless lives.In the second segment, Solomon welcomes actor Kevin Sorbo, who discusses his role in the re-released director's cut of the Reagan movie, highlighting the added depth it brings to the portrayal of Ronald Reagan's spiritual journey. Sorbo shares insights on the state of Hollywood and his mission to inspire through faith-based storytelling.Finally, Jeff Smith from the Heritage Foundation joins the conversation to analyze the recent Trump-Xi Summit and what it means for U.S.-China relations. With two more significant meetings on the horizon, Smith offers his expertise on Asian security and the potential outcomes of these diplomatic engagements.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Episode 615, host Ken Fong sits down with Japanese American activist, scholar, and author Dr. Scott Kurashige to discuss his latest book, American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism (University of California Press). Drawing from 36 years of academic study, grassroots organizing, and his own family's history with wartime incarceration, Scott unpacks the sweeping history of anti-Asian violence in America and offers crucial insights for the movement for justice today. 

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In today's episode, Dave draws on 45 years and over 100 countries to argue why scarcity still matters in a world obsessed with infinite money and AI. He makes the case that the world trades at a discount while America sits at record valuations.  To close, Dave explains why undervalued commodities eventually catch up with inflation. (0:00) Starts (5:13) Dave Iben on investing in scarce assets (9:24) Accessing farmland and global agricultural assets through public markets (11:34) Finding value in emerging markets, with a focus on South Korea (18:18) Portfolio management, valuation risk in S&P 500 and AI stocks (24:36) Historical parallels, underweighting the index, and finding stock ideas in unique countries (28:33) Investing in China, India, nuclear power, and other overlooked Asian markets (31:27) Brazil, Argentina, scarcity, local sentiment, and the role of AI and human judgment ----- Sponsor: ⁠Upwork⁠⁠⁠ is the world's largest human and AI-powered freelance marketplace to hire top talent—trusted by businesses and professionals worldwide. ----- Follow Meb on⁠ X⁠,⁠ LinkedIn⁠ and⁠ YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Follow The Idea Farm: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more.  ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here!  ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com).

Trump's Department of Justice says the medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, discriminated against white and Asian applicants, and it's giving the school until October 2 to enter into a voluntary resolution agreement or get sued. Imani Gandy breaks down the DOJ's claims, including its attack on application essays asking students how race shaped their lives, which Chief Justice John Roberts expressly left legal when the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. Then, she explains who pays when fewer Black and Native students become doctors: pregnant people in maternity-care deserts, Black patients whose pain gets dismissed, and anyone already waiting months to see someone. Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Baby Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what's at stake in our courts, chip in to keep our fearless legal analysis alive. Become a member today. B*itch, Listen now has its own dedicated feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. If you already subscribe to Baby Boom! Lawyered, sign up for B*tch, Listen so you won't miss it.