Podcasts about IKEA

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If you've ever put together a piece of furniture from Ikea, you'll relate to this bias! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook: https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2 Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you! think@filteritthroughabraincell.com Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact Check out Summit Student Conferences: www.summit.org/braincell Use code BRAINCELL26 to get $250 off! Learn more about Classical Conversations: www.classicalconversations.com/filterit Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math! Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain Free trail: https://www.ctcmath.com/trial?tr_id=brain Special offer! Get 1/2-off discounts plus bonus 6-months free! Critical Thinking for Teens Logical Fallacies for Teens Cognitive Biases for Teens Homeschool Logic Critical thinking for Middle schoolers

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This podcast description was blatantly written by AI... Welcome to another lively episode of the Clint, Meg, and Dan Podcast with Ash London, where the hosts chat about everything from sporting rivalries to unique personal streaks. Tune in as they humorously discuss Clint's obsession with running, listeners' dedication to the newest IKEA opening, and the relentless pursuit of unique records. The podcast hums with dynamic energy, highlighted by guest appearances, light-hearted banter, and the reveal of personal habits and quirks. Ending on a triumphant note, they reflect on the incredible success of the Kindness Collective donations, which brought in over $50,000 for families in need. With moments that are heartfelt, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely inspiring, this episode is a delightful mix of entertainment and reality. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome02:01 Listener Song Requests06:27 Underwear and Personal Hygiene08:27 Sunlight and Studio Fun10:19 Laneway Festival Excitement14:32 Love Island Australia Insights19:06 Gut Health and Colonoscopy Talk22:40 Kindness Collective Fundraiser30:31 Weekly Highlights and Wrap-Up33:31 Generous Donations from Kids36:46 Boy Band Reunion Talk39:08 Sexiest Accents Discussion43:37 IKEA Opening Excitement47:23 Regret Game: Queuing Stories53:39 Running Streak World Record57:52 Unique Streaks: Listener Stories01:03:36 New Music Friday

After all the planning and waiting, the Swedish furniture megastore IKEA has opened in Auckland. While hundreds of customers, including the Prime Minister celebrated the much anticipated store opening, the rest of the city was braced for disruption. Traffic management was in full effect, with authorities warning of delays of up to 40-minutes around the motorway. Finn Blackwell got amongst the frenzied crowds and filed this report.

Auckland commuters spotted digital motorway signs with warnings to beware traffic delays with IKEA opening in Auckland this morning. The Swedish homeware store takes up a whole block in Mount Wellington. Traffic forecasts showed worst case scenarios of 40-minute delays just to get off the motorways and a special traffic team was in place monitoring the situation. Auckland Transport Operation Centre manager Claire Howard spoke to Lisa Owen.

World news in 7 minutes. Friday 5th December 2025Today : Macron Ukraine betrayed. UK Russian responsibility. Spain trafficking. DRC rail project. Senegal protests. Honduras no result. US Perry ketamine. Palestine Shabab killed. China Macron. India Putin. New Zealand Ikea.SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities. You can become a supporter at send7.org/supportContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Niall Moore every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in India for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. The visit aims at strengthening economic ties between Moscow and New Delhi. Also, Italian police visit the headquarters of 13 major fashion brands as part of an investigation into luxury good supply chains. Plus, hundreds queue up in Auckland for Ikea's grand opening. 

The highly anticipated opening of Swedish furniture company IKEA in New Zealand this week comes as a rural community worries about the fire risk from pine planting. RNZ's reporter Alexa Cook reports from Tairawhiti Hawke's Bay.

Sitne psihološke nijanse donose profit - Shotton otkriva koje pravilo gradi, a koje ruši brend. U drugoj epizodi specijalnog serijala snimljenog na Adriatic Festu u Pržnom, Ivan razgovara sa Richardom Shottonom, jednim od vodećih svetskih stručnjaka za primenu bihejvioralne nauke u marketingu. Kroz konkretne primere, istraživanja i duhovitu razmenu, Richard otkriva kako male psihološke nijanse oblikuju odluke potrošača i zašto marketing često promaši cilj kada ignoriše ljudsku prirodu. Razgovara se o raskolu između akademije i industrije i načinima da se taj jaz premosti, o snazi konteksta, socijalnog dokaza i distinktivnosti u građenju brenda, kao i o tome zašto su najjednostavnije odluke ponekad najteže ljudima da donesu. Dotaknute su poznate heuristike, efekat izolacije, serial position efekat, IKEA efekat i brojni primeri iz realnog sveta - od Nespresso kapsula i Apple kutija do Monzo kartica i Hendrick's krastavaca. Podržite nas na BuyMeACoffee: https://bit.ly/3uSBmoa Pročitajte transkript ove epizode: https://bit.ly/4rzLe44 Posetite naš sajt i prijavite se na našu mailing listu: http://bit.ly/2LUKSBG Prijavite se na naš YouTube kanal: http://bit.ly/2Rgnu7o Pratite Pojačalo na društvenim mrežama: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2FfwqCR Twitter: http://bit.ly/2CVZoGr Instagram: http://bit.ly/2RzGHjN

On today's episode of the Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Big Pod, Eyes in the sky makes a return ahead of the IKEA opening and does Shannon deserve an apology? Romance authors have advice for men Top 6 - Ways to know its IKEA day Quiet Divorce SLP - Are you F*, Marry or Kill? Tinder Wrapped Who is the Manchild in your life? Shannon's Hack Bad New Brad Is Patsy mad at Fletch? What did you lie about to get a job? Fact of the day Eye in the sky - Vaughan takes out the chopper See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ehhh kia ora e te homies! Here's what you missed on the show today: HAPPY IKEA OPENING DAY Also happy spotify wrapped day Only in Whangārei would someone plug a hair straightener into an E bike Someone in the Mai whānau almost killed Denzel Washington Tegs does stand up Who is in IKEA traffic right now? Cookie stealing out in the office …who is it? Shot for listening, From Eds AKA Eric AKA Edith AKA Eteni

IKEA is opening the doors of it's first New Zealand store in Auckland tomorrow. Up to 20,000 shoppers are predicted to visit on the first day, along with traffic jams of up to 40 minutes just to get off the motorway. AUT macromarketing professor Ben Wooliscroft spoke to Lisa Owen with some tips about how to make the most of your shopping experience.

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After years of anticipation, IKEA is about to open its doors to the New Zealand public. Finn Blackwell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The caretaker of the campground hit by a tornado in Manawatu yesterday says they're lucky no one was more seriously injured, or killed; Investigators have identified a defect that led to an Airbus A320 aircraft engine suddenly shutting off en route from Wellington to Sydney a year ago; As peace talks with Russia stall once again, New Zealand is committing $15 million to help arm Ukraine's soldiers; After years of anticipation, IKEA is about to open its doors to the New Zealand public; New data out today shows almost a third of kiwi workers often dread going to work, rising to 40% among Gen Z workers. Paragraph locked by Dan Lake

W kolejnym odcinku serii o elektromobilności sprawdzamy, ile kosztują samochody elektryczne, jak drogie jest ich utrzymanie i czy utrzymują swoją wartość. Rozmawiamy z Bartłomiejem Derskim z portalu WysokieNapiecie.pl oraz Aleksandrem Kramarzem z IKEA. Każdemu z odcinków podcastu towarzyszy tekst, w którym przyglądamy się, jak elektromobilność przestaje być niszą, a staje się jednym z kluczowych filarów transformacji transportu, energetyki i całej gospodarki. W trzecim wydaniu liczymy całkowity koszt użytkowania samochodu na prąd. Poza ceną zakupu auta obejmuje on sumę wszystkich kosztów, które należy ponieść podczas typowego okresu eksploatowania pojazdu. Tekst znajduje się tutaj - https://zasoby.politykainsight.pl/pi2/pdf/na_prad_vol3.pdf Autorami serii są Dominik Brodacki i Karol Tokarczyk. Partnerem serii jest T&E.

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday the 4th of December 2025, Andrew Coster's resigned with immediate effect employment lawyer Gareth Abdinor shares his thoughts on why he was placed on leave for so long. Ikea opens in Auckland today, First Retail Group Managing Director tells Ryan whether the hype will last. Six60 and Synthony will play the first ever live show at Christchurch stadium, funded by the government's events fund, Duco Events promoter David Higgins tells Ryan what concert-goers can expect. Plus, US Correspondent Mitch McCann has the latest on the US and Venezuela and the Kremlin saying it's wrong to suggest Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine. Get the Early Edition Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ehhh kia ora e te homies! Here's what you missed on the show today: Ikea opening tomorrow…plan your route through Tāmaki Makaurau TK deserves a medal for working with Portaloos The first time Fame meet me, he didn’t like me. Arun’s partner almost ran someone over, you won’t believe who it was Which biscuit in a sampler box are we? Tegs isn’t good at jokes apparently… :/ Shot for listening, From Eds AKA Eric AKA Edith AKA Eteni

Small busineses are being advised not to panic over the arrival of retail giant IKEA. The 34,000 square metre store is stocked with 7,500 unique products, with forecasts suggesting up to 20,000 shoppers will visit on opening day. Global IKEA sales topped $90 billion New Zealand dollars in 2024. So is this whale of a brand going to consume some smaller businesses? Managing director of business consultants First Retail Group, Chris Wilkinson spoke to Lisa Owen.

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Guests: Karin Fritz (Swedish Food Agency), Mattias Eriksson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Lorena Lourido Gomez (IKEA Retail / IKEA Global)This special episode of the Sustainable Living Podcast brings together three of the Swedish experts who spoke at the Romania–Sweden Expert Exchange on 24 November2025, offering a clear, data-driven perspective on how Sweden approaches food-waste reduction at national and global levels.

James and Nick catch up. James talks about a road barrier he designed. Nick talks about the Haybale and Jex. They discuss Ikea, Bambulab's latest printer, and recent AI thoughts.

New Zealand's first ever IKEA is set to open in Auckland's Mount Wellington this week, with 15 to 20 thousand people expected to roll through the doors. Staff say the stores are packed with 7,500 products and there's traffic management to help with the busy crowds. But traffic agencies have warned Aucklanders to expect long delays, and the presence of the store has raised questions about the impacts on smaller nearby businesses. Reporter Bella Craig managed to get a sneak peek. 

IKEA New Zealand's CEO says there will be no chaos as the Swedish retailer opens its first 34,000 square metre store in Auckland this week. In 2024 the Ikea was operating in 60 markets, with annual sales of about $90 billion; raising questions about the impact of the mega retailer will have on smaller buinesses and communities. Already traffic agencies are warning Auckland drivers to expect long waits. Mirja Viinanen, IKEA's Australia & NZ CEO spoke to Lisa Owen.

In Auckland, businesses near the new Ikea store are steeling themselves for a stampede to the homeware giant's opening on Thursday. Amy Williams reports.

This episode is one of the most vulnerable and powerful transmissions yet.Kailah shares her personal story of how grief, lineage, and motherhood became the mirror that reflected her deepest shadows — and how healing them became the key to emotional freedom, wealth expansion, and soul-aligned leadership. You'll see how the wounds you inherited — from your childhood and lineage — are directly influencing your business, your ability to receive, your relationships, and your motherhood journey. 00:00 The power you hold — and what this conversation will activate within you 00:27 How your childhood and lineage wounds shape your business and relationships 02:29 The moment Kailah looked into her baby's eyes and vowed to end generational pain 04:35 Losing her mother, navigating chaos, and feeling unsafe in motherhood 06:49 The spiral of self-hate, shame, and emotional chaos 08:37 The mirror moment that changed everything — healing through motherhood 10:46 The breakdown moment at IKEA that became her awakening 14:59 Meeting the monster within — and choosing to heal through the pain 16:00 Realizing how childhood trauma and lineage shape your nervous system and patterns 18:33 Seeing how generational wounds pass down through love and survival 20:19 The unconscious programs you inherited that shape your worth, safety, and truth 22:42 Healing the lineage: how emotional regulation changes the next generation 23:00 Breaking cycles through conscious motherhood and self-awareness 26:34 How your inner child's wounds show up in business and relationships 27:39 Why you undercharge, overgive, and people-please 28:58 How childhood patterns create your business patterns 30:09 Invitation into Sacred Alchemy — the journey of transmuting pain into power 32:05 What's included in the Sacred Alchemy experience Kailah x Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekailahlee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KailahLeeKing/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thekailahlee Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thekailahlee ✨ FREE 13 minute Wealth Meditation Activation coded with 5D frequencies of limitless potential, abundance, wealth, possibility, and manifestation to become an energetic match for your quantum leap. https://www.kailahlee.co/offers/PHHAWmEJ/checkout

Lampy z głośnikami Wi-Fi i akcesoria audio, które chcesz eksponować. Nowa kolekcja Teklan zaprojektowana dla IKEA trafi do sprzedaży już w grudniu.Autorka: Basia CzyżewskaArtykuł przeczytasz pod linkiem: https://www.vogue.pl/a/ikea-teklan-kolekcja-2025

Audio file FR EDITORIAL 301125.mp3 Transcript So, did you get yourself a bargain on Black Friday or some kind of good deal in the last 10 days that may also be associated with a Black Friday? I've done quite a bit of Christmas shopping this weekend, most of it online through Kiwi retailers, and have saved at least the shipping costs or up to maybe 25% savings, which, you know, it all adds up. There have been warnings this week about being sucked into Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Consumer New Zealand, they did a three-month investigation. They tracked 10 products at four major retailers, and they found that half of the items could have been bought at the same or lower prices at some point in the last three months. But I think we all know this. Black Friday is a brilliantly executed marketing campaign. The reality is a lot of discounts are a token gesture, but if you do your homework and you have a bit of luck, you can find something you wanted for a good price. And I think that we approach shopping differently these days, driven by the fact a lot of the big retailers have sales all the time. If we look at the main sales at this time of the year, people go shopping at Labour Weekend, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and hey, look, if you've missed out, Boxing Day is only about four weeks away. So you'd be an idiot to buy something when it wasn't on sale. But hopefully all the spending will still be giving retailers the lift they need. This week there was a little bit of good news from Stats New Zealand with data showing that the total volume of sales increased 1.9% in the September quarter compared to the June 2025 quarter. And this is the largest quarterly increase in activity since December 2021. Last year, payment provider data showed that more than $175 million was spent at core retail merchants during Black Friday weekend. And it's going to be really interesting to see what the figure is this year. And retail, there sort of seems to be a little bit of a frenzy around retail at the moment. Look at the anticipation around IKEA opening in Auckland's Mount Wellington this week on December 4th. Good on AT for warning shoppers there could potentially be 40-minute delays to get off the motorway. And then it may take an hour to find a car park. You were warned. You may think it's unnecessary, but we all know what it's like when we hit that traffic on the motorway and we stop. Look, I know. It's exciting. I care opening. I have a kid going flatting next year and I wouldn't be surprised if we end up buying a flat pack of some sort. But IKEA's not going anywhere. Do yourself a favour and give it some time before you descend on the Swedish giant. Or better still, shop at some of our very own Kiwi excellent flat pack furniture stores. But look, if you're less patient than me and you're prepared to deal with the traffic, best of luck out there. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast for Sunday 30 November 2025, there's Oscars buzz around Russell Crowe for his portrayal of Hitlers right hand man in new film Nuremberg. This week Russell tells Francesca why he's not interested in another Academy Award. Over the last few years Synthony Festival has taken off, The Black Seeds are playing the festival for the first time, front man Barnaby Weir talks about preparing for the uniquely different performance. Chris Hipkins is in campaign mode, he shares just how he plans to get a Labour victory at the next election, and Francesca shares a warning ahead of Ikea opening this week. And science has discovered we don't become "real adults" until much later in life than we though, Dr Michelle Dickinson shares the details. Get the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast every Sunday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gigantic home retail store IKEA throws open its door next week in Mount Wellington, just off the city's southern motorway and a stone's throw from the Sylvia Park Mall. It's anticipated there will be a stampede of eager shoppers. So much so, Auckland Transport and NZTA are warning there could be 40-minute queues just to exit the motorway at Mount Wellington. Auckland Transport Operation Centre Manager Claire Howard spoke to Lisa Owen.

Lex learns that vintage dressers and destroyed romanticized views aren't as lucrative as they used to be.

Kelly Moonstone returns to My Little Underground for a third time to talk up her new album "New Moon"! She shares what a headlining Kelly Moonstone tour would look like, the success of her single 'IKEA', her love of anime, and more! --Listen to Kelly Moonstone:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMGlDN1i4Q0Subscribe to My Little Underground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mlupod#mlupod

We are back! Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you're listening to our show while you're baking a delicious pie. This week we discussed my B12 shots and the person who gives them to me. JKJ tries to trick #AL with fake Christmas movie plots. We discuss our crazy holiday habits, including buying IKEA furniture recklessly. And #AL tries to recall the plot of Wicked. Let's have some fun!     Subscribe to my new podcast, The Ripple Effect with Jenna Kim Jones   IHeart  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-ripple-effect-304892752/   Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ripple-effect/id1850530395   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1JunP1oyAkRhqq6UkQ0GWQ   Pandora https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-ripple-effect/PC:1001110760   Subscribe to our website and watch the show, have access to all past episodes AND read what JKJ is up to! All available at jennakimjones.com   Stay tuned for 2026 show dates!   Get your cabin now to join me at the Moon River at Sea Festival in 2026! https://moonriveratsea.tbits.me/trk/jennakimjones

Ever been in IKEA so long you felt like you lived there?Well… one woman actually did.In this hilarious True Business Story, David W Byrne dives into the bizarre case of a woman in Japan who secretly moved into an IKEA store sleeping in the showroom beds, storing her belongings in the drawers, and eating every meal in the cafeteria without anyone noticing.She blended in so perfectly that IKEA only caught her because staff found a used toothbrush in one of the display bathrooms and realised something… wasn't very Swedish.In this episode, you'll hear:

Lucious Lowe never saw his empire, but his son and son-in-law figured out how to give the customer what they needed. Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom-and-pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I’m Stephen’s sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today’s episode, a word from our sponsor, which is… Well, it’s us, but we’re highlighting ads we’ve written and produced for our clients, so here’s one of those. [OG Law Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to the Empire Builders Podcast. I’m Dave Young, Steve Semple’s here, and we’re going to talk about another empire. Stephen Semple: Another one. Imagine that. Dave Young: And it’s another one of these big boxes. Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: So this is brick and mortar big box store. And so there’s two things. One thing I love, one thing I hate about big box stores in this category. I used to love going down to my local hardware store and just tooling around. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: And I guess you can still do that, but there’s something about some old guy walking up and chatting with you about what you could maybe buy or not. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: And so Lowe’s is our subject today. Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: I’m interested to see how they started. And again, I love shopping at Lowe’s, I hate shopping at Lowe’s, for two different reasons, right? Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: The variety. It’s all there. Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: The old guy that knows every piece of hardware in the store. Good luck finding that person. I mean, they may be there, they may not. It’s hit and miss. Stephen Semple: Yes. So the first Lowe’s, of course, started as one of those old-timey hardware stores. Dave Young: Sure. Stephen Semple: It was a 3000-foot store in 1921 in North Wilkesboro in North Carolina by Lucius Smith Lowe. That’s basically the first Lowe’s was way back in 1921. Dave Young: Lucius Smith Lowe. Okay. Stephen Semple: But the success of Lowe’s actually did not come from Lowe, but rather an in-law named Carl Buchan, who came on the scene in 1943. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: So when Lucius died in 1940, the business was inherited by his daughter, Ruth Buchan, who then… Now, I was not able to find the family story on this, because I find this interesting. It was inherited by the daughter, who then sold the company to her brother, and I always thought, “Why’d the brother not inherit the business?” Dave Young: Right? Stephen Semple: Now, I also get why she probably sold it, because as we know, one of the really big problems, especially back in the 1940s, was women couldn’t get credit, and it was very, very, very hard in the forties for a woman to actually run a business. So I also understand why she sold. Dave Young: Yeah. Yeah, and weird estate planning goes on that you don’t know why they did what they did. Right? Maybe the son had an insurance policy. Right? Stephen Semple: Who knows? Who knows? Dave Young: I don’t know, but maybe he got… Who knows? Stephen Semple: Now, at the same time, when she sold it to her brother, her husband, Carl, ended up becoming a partner in the business. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: So it was this really weird, father dies, it goes to the daughter, the daughter sells it to the brother, and the husband ends up becoming a partner. Dave Young: Who knows about the transactions inside family businesses, right? That’s a… Stephen Semple: Right? All I’m just saying is, if it sounds weird, it was. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: That’s all I’m saying. But moving forward, what’s really incredible is today, Lowe’s is 1700 locations doing 80 billion in sales. So it is- Dave Young: That’s not nothing. Stephen Semple: That’s not nothing. That’s not nothing. But back in the early forties, hardware stores did not have building supplies. They didn’t have plywood, they didn’t have… They didn’t have building supplies. Dave Young: Yeah, yeah. You went across to the lumber yard to get that stuff. Stephen Semple: Correct. Correct. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: And so one day Carl gets this deal on toilets, and he decides to buy a whole pile of toilets. When I say a whole pile, the whole truckload, which was 400 toilets. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: And James? James Lowe comes in the office one day and he’s like, “Toilets in the office.” And he says, “Carl, why is there toilets in the office?” He goes, “Well, I bought 400 of them and I ran out of space, so they’re sitting in here.” And he’s like, “We don’t sell toilets.” He goes, “Well, we are now, because we got 400 of them.” Dave Young: “Yeah, we sell toilets. Sell them or else.” Stephen Semple: “[inaudible 00:05:20] now!” So, “Yes we are.” And what turns out is that they sell out really quickly. And Carl looks into this a little bit more and he sees this trend. Right? Think about it. It’s 1946. What’s happening in the United States? There’s a building boom. Right? The number of homes being built has grown 10 times over the last three years, because we got the baby boom happening. We got the return of the soldiers, we got the baby boom, we got the sprouting up of the suburbs. That part is growing. So they sell out these toilets in like a week, and so he wants to open a second store. He goes, “Look, here’s what I want to do. I want to open a second store and we’re going to sell everything for building and fixing a home. Everything. We’re going to turn specialty stores into one shop.” So in other words, you don’t have to go to the plumber… you know. Look, this is another variation on the department store and the convenience store. Dave Young: Absolutely. Stephen Semple: So Lowe agrees, and they invest a hundred and sixty thousand dollars in the second store, and it’s a 10,000 square foot, so they’ve gone from 3000 square feet to a 10,000 square foot store in Spartan, North Carolina. Dave Young: And so yeah, we tripled the size. It’s all the space we’ll ever need. 10,000 feet. Stephen Semple: Right. So it’s 1949, and literally customers are coming. Yeah, that’s right. It’s 10,000 square feet. I missed that for a minute. Yeah, yeah. Hold that thought. Dave Young: “Hang on.” Stephen Semple: Hold that thought. So it’s so popular, they’re actually finding customers are coming from states away from, outside of North Carolina. So Carl wants to open a third store, and Lowe doesn’t want to. He doesn’t want to grow this thing. Dave Young: Isn’t it amazing that the whole company’s not called Carl’s instead of Lowe’s? Stephen Semple: Well, here’s what ends up happening. Lowe says, “Look, I don’t want to do this. Why don’t you just buy me out?” Carl buys out Lowe, but says, “Well, let’s keep the name.” Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: “Let’s keep the name.” Dave Young: Yeah, that’s smart. You got equity there. Stephen Semple: Yeah. So in 1952, Lowe is bought out, but they keep the name. And it expands rapidly. They quickly open 13 more stores. [inaudible 00:07:27] Dave Young: Oh, wow. See, I did not know they were this old. Stephen Semple: Yeah. So it starts growing like crazy, but then they hit a problem. After six years, profits stall. Dave Young: Oh, okay. Stephen Semple: What he notices is, he’s been focusing on opening stores, but not focusing on the buying experience. And if you went into a Lowe’s at that time, it was super disorganized. Stuff was just all over the place. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: And so it was not appealing. So he hires Bob Strickland, marketing guy. Bob points out that people come in to get what they need, but what if we were able to make them to stay and buy other things? Like instead of an oven, how about a whole kitchen? Dave Young: Sure. Stephen Semple: So he says, “Let’s be like a department store.” They looked at how Sears was laid out, right? There was these departments. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: And basically this is the model that they created, which is really the template that all these big box home improvement stores are built on. Here’s the appliance section, here’s the flooring section. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: But it didn’t just have flooring. It had, okay, along with the flooring, the caulking and the this and the… Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: All the things that you need with it. Dave Young: So take those toilets out of the power tool section and put them where they belong. Yeah. Stephen Semple: Yeah. So they create this template that they’re going to roll out, and before they’re ready to roll it out, Buchan passes away. Dave Young: Oh no. Stephen Semple: And so now it’s up to Strickland to open with the new idea. So Strickland takes the ideas. He opens five stores on it. They’re super successful. In two decades they got a hundred and eighty stores, 1978 they’re the largest in the region, 1979 they’re 200 stores, and they just grow and grow and grow and become what they are today. But Lowe’s basically built this idea. The two innovations Lowe’s did was built this idea of, “We should have a store that’s dedicated to home improvement,” because they saw the trend on it. And then they created this whole idea of looking at department stores and saying, “This is how a home improvement store should be organized.” Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: That template? That template, that idea that every one of these big box home improvement stores is built on, was created by Lowe’s. Dave Young: Stay tuned. We’re going to wrap up this story and tell you how to apply this lesson to your business right after this. [Using Stories to Sell Ad] Dave Young: Let’s pick up our story where we left off, and trust me, you haven’t missed a thing. Stephen Semple: … that idea that every one of these big box home improvement stores is built on, was created by Lowe’s. Dave Young: Well, and so the reason I didn’t know about them when I was younger is that they started in the east and slowly moved west. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yes. Dave Young: And I don’t know where Home Depot started, but in the Rocky Mountain West and Western Plains, there were Home Depot stores long before there were any Lowe’s stores. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Dave Young: So it’s just a matter of growth at that point then, right? Stephen Semple: Right. Dave Young: They figured out the formula. Stephen Semple: They figured out the formula, and then it’s just grow, grow, grow. Dave Young: I’m guessing that, yeah, Home Depot probably has a similar story. Either they copied Lowe’s or they figured it out themselves that this is the right way to do a big box home improvement store. We going to do that one sometime? Stephen Semple: Well, I don’t want to say much, because we are going to do… Oh. Dave Young: Okay. All right. I’ll hold that for another day. But- Stephen Semple: Well, what ends up often happening when I’m researching these things, there’s no way to do it without learning about both. Dave Young: Sure. Stephen Semple: So often that’s the reason why when we’re doing these, there will be two in a category, because you learn about both of them at the same time, because they have kind of a shared history, right? Dave Young: Well, and those guys absolutely copy each other. Right? Stephen Semple: They did. Dave Young: I think we go back, I don’t know what episode it was, but we talked about Cabela’s, and then we sort of told the story of them being eventually bought by Bass Pro. Stephen Semple: Right. Dave Young: And the [inaudible 00:12:08] Bass Pro, I think… Well, at least according to the people that I knew at Cabela’s, they were the first ones to build this giant experiential store. Right? Stephen Semple: Well, in Sam Walton- Dave Young: And so… But that gets copied. And Sam Walton, same thing, right? Stephen Semple: Well, Sam Walton has openly stated that he stole a lot of his ideas from Sol Price. Dave Young: Yeah. Yeah. Stephen Semple: He has come right out and said that. He’s like, “Oh yeah, I always watched what this guy did, and I’d always keeping my eye on him, because he was brilliant.” Right? Dave Young: Yeah, I mean- Stephen Semple: Who was the founder of Costco. Right? So. Dave Young: At the end of the day, these are just sharing good commerce ideas. Right? Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: Nothing new under the sun here. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: There’s a reason that every ancient city has a bazaar, a marketplace where they all gather, right? You make it convenient for consumers by, even though you’re 10,000 little competitors, you’re all in one place. Stephen Semple: Yeah. What I really liked, again, about this story, was Lowe saw a trend going on in the United States, and the trend was, “People are building these homes, and so there’s going to be more demand for home improvement stuff. How do I make it easier?” Again, that theme of, “How do I make it easier for the consumer? Wouldn’t it be so much easier for the consumer if it was this one stop?” Dave Young: Yeah. [inaudible 00:13:29] Stephen Semple: Now, the other thing I thought that was brilliant is that when the profits stalled out, he didn’t flip to, “I need more leads, I need more customers.” He didn’t go there. He went, “Oh, if this has stalled out, there’s something I’m doing wrong inside my four walls.” Dave Young: Yeah, yeah. Stephen Semple: And he looked at the experience and he said, “Okay, I’ve already got customers. What I need to do is if I make that experience better, the customers will return more often and will spend more.” I remember going to a presentation from the folks from Barnes and Noble, and Barnes and Noble talking about how they… And Ikea’s the same. They would measure how long somebody was in the store. Ikea’s amazing at this. And what they know is, the longer you’re in the store, the more you spend. Period. So what’s their whole objective is “I’m going to keep you in the store. How do I do that? I’m going to put a restaurant in. I’m going to put in a place where you can stick your kids to play. I’m going to make it so that you’ve got to walk the maze.” The point is, the longer you’re there, the more you’re going to buy. And not only that, Ikea’s figured out, “If I display these things this way, people will stop and look at it,” so that they do move through the stores slower. Dave Young: Yeah. You- Stephen Semple: But Lowe’s really caught into- Dave Young: And there’s sort of a logical progression to it. Stephen Semple: Right. Right. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: So Lowe’s created that idea of “Let’s do this one stop shop.” And then the next one was, “Okay. Now that we’ve made this idea more convenient, let’s now make this idea more enjoyable and also more convenient, because there’s all these ancillary things that you need when you’re doing that in the moment. Let’s put all that stuff together.” Dave Young: Well, and you bring designers in because if you’re coming in for all these kitchen products- Stephen Semple: Yeah, absolutely. Dave Young: … maybe you don’t know how to put that all together and make it look good. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yeah. Dave Young: Right? So here’s you’re somebody that can help you lay it out. Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: And then they can sell you all the materials that either you or your contractor need to make it happen. Stephen Semple: Now what we know is, David Young is going to leave this talk with an even more love-hate relationship of Lowe’s. Am I right? Dave Young: I’m not remodeling anything. No, I love walking around a Lowe’s. I find it hard to… If I need some adhesive, I need some Gorilla Glue or something, and I walk into a Lowe’s, two things are going to happen. Unless I’m in just a blazing hurry and I’ve left someone in the car with the car running- Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: … I’m going to just wander around. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: And I’m likely to walk out with something else besides the glue. Along with the glue. Stephen Semple: Correct. Yes. Dave Young: Sometimes without the glue, because I forgot why I went in. Stephen Semple: Oh God, yeah. Dave Young: But that’s a whole different psychological thing. We just finished talking about that at my portals class this week. Stephen Semple: Oh yeah, [inaudible 00:16:25] Dave Young: Tell you about that sometimes. That was fun. Stephen Semple: It’s a thing. It’s a thing. Dave Young: We had a blast. Yeah. Wow. Lowe’s. Stephen Semple: Yeah. There you go. Dave Young: Now I’m thinking in my head, what do I need? You know, near Wizard Academy, we’re not really close to a Lowe’s. You’ve got to drive 20 minutes or so to get to a Lowe’s. Stephen Semple: Yep. Dave Young: But about 10 minutes, 15 minutes away is independently owned Ace Hardware store. Stephen Semple: Yep. Dave Young: And I love that one too. Right? Because if you’re really just looking for a tool or some little hardware bits and bobs, you’ll always find it there. Right? [inaudible 00:17:02] Stephen Semple: Yeah, well, because Ace is the place with a helpful hardware man, right? Dave Young: Yeah. And they’re helpful because they’re locally owned. So there’s always somebody in there that can, “This is not the glue you really want. You want this.” Stephen Semple: Right. Right. Dave Young: “Oh, I thought I just wanted Gorilla Glue.” But this guy knows. Stephen Semple: Right. Dave Young: So it’s two different experiences, and a lot of your choice in it is based on experience. Stephen Semple: Yeah, yep. Yes. Dave Young: I mean, shoot. When we lived in western Nebraska, they eventually got a Lowe’s, but they had a Home Depot first in Cheyenne, Wyoming. We were a hundred miles from there. Stephen Semple: Right. Dave Young: And there was a lumber yard in Sydney, and there was a hardware store in Sydney, and we would drive to Home Depot a hundred miles away. Stephen Semple: Yes. Yes. Dave Young: Because one, we could find any of it there. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: And two, Cheyenne also had a Starbucks and a Baskin-Robbins and a… right? Stephen Semple: That’s the other thing that starts to end up happening, is you get one of these, and then the other things sprout up around that. Dave Young: Yeah. Yeah, you rarely see one off by itself somewhere. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Well, that’s the reason why you would see a movie theater, and then the restaurants go. Dave Young: Yeah, yeah. Stephen Semple: These things happen. But yeah. But you know, I was pretty impressed when I heard the history of Lowe, and also thought it was really interesting looking at this department store and bringing it across. And again, it’s that idea. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: “Who outside of my world is doing this really well?” Dave Young: I kind of wasn’t surprised that their origin goes back as far as it did, because I think you always are going to assume that that started as a little hardware store somewhere, or a lumber yard. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: But I was surprised that they started that growth curve as soon as they did. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: Right? Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: So they were really the pioneers in that. So. Stephen Semple: Yep, and the key is you didn’t need more than 10,000 square feet, as you pointed out. Dave Young: Yeah. Well, you do today. Stephen Semple: Some of them are like, “Holy crap.” Yeah. Dave Young: You need 10,000 square feet in the kitchen part. Stephen Semple: No kidding. No kidding. Dave Young: All right, well, thank you for bringing that story, Stephen. I like that. Stephen Semple: All right. All right, thanks David. Dave Young: And congrats, Lowe’s, on decades and decades of money making as an empire. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Thanks, man. Dave Young: Thanks. Thanks for listening to the podcast. Please share us, subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and leave us a big fat juicy five star rating and review at Apple Podcasts. 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Apple ontbreekt ook dit keer niet in de Bright Podcast, met geruchten over het vertrek van Cook en de herovering van de koppositie op de smartphone-markt. Verder in deze aflevering: nieuwe speakers van IKEA (zonder Sonos), een smartphone bekleed met denim, veiligheidsupdates voor ChatGPT, nog een grote game die een serie krijgt en het aanstaande afscheid van de Google Assistent. Sponsor: Wil je weten hoe IT professionals bij Rabobank stappen maken richting duurzamer IT gebruik? Bekijk meer op rabobank.jobs/IT Tips uit deze aflevering: App: De kerstapp Festivitas was er al voor de Mac maar is nu ook beschikbaar voor de iPhone en iPad. Kun je lampslingers op je homescreens plaatsen, gezellie! NB: De volledige versie kost minimaal 4 euro. Serie: A Man on the Inside seizoen 2 op Netflix. Hoofdrol voor Ted Danson van onder meer Cheers, Fargo en The Good Place. Danson speelt een gepensioneerde professor en weduwnaar, die in het vorige seizoen undercover moest in een bejaardentehuis om een dief te vinden. Nu doet hij dat weer, maar dan als professor op een universiteit. Game:Outer Worlds 2, de opvolger van de satirische sci-fi-RPG waarin je een nieuwe sterrensysteem verkent. Dat is gevuld met buitenaardse wezens, inhalige megacorporaties en veel (heel veel) droge humor. Meer van hetzelfde, en dat is soms precies wat je zoekt. Zit bij Game Pass en is er dus voor Xbox en Windows, daarnaast ook voor GeForce Now en PlayStation 5.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The international break is back! Chloe and Rachel look ahead to the Lionesses' return to Wembley on Saturday night, featuring Hannah Hampton's newly-extended Ikea trophy cabinet.Elsewhere, we take a moment to salute some non-league heroes across the FA Cup second round and react to major WSL2 news that Tanya Oxtoby is taking the reins at Newcastle. Plus, US soccer journalist Asli Pelit joins the pod to give the lowdown on the NWSL final – and what's next for one of the league's major stars, Trinity Rodman.Follow us on X, Instagram, BlueSky and YouTube! Email us show@upfrontpod.com.For ad-free episodes and much more from across our football shows, head over to the Football Ramble Patreon and subscribe: patreon.com/footballramble.**Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane has been telling porky pies (ahem) and she's been caught out again… Jane and Fi also cover their love of Ikea, investment, driverless cars, and there's even a special sound-effect competition. Plus, Dame Susan Langley, Lady Mayor of London, joins to discuss stepping into the role and what she wants for the future of businesses. You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJIf you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfiPodcast Producer: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Francisco Contreras nos conecta desde El Cairo para contarnos, con esa emoción que solo él sabe transmitir, su experiencia visitando el recién inaugurado Gran Museo Egipcio (GEM). Tras 20 años de espera, esta obra faraónica ha abierto sus puertas reuniendo por primera vez en 103 años los más de 5.000 objetos del tesoro de Tutankamón. Acompañado de Belén, de Hola Cruceros, Fran nos guía por las 9 horas que pasó recorriendo este coloso arquitectónico: desde la gran escalinata con 87 estatuas hasta las dagas meteóricas del faraón niño, pasando por la barca solar de 43 metros montada "al estilo IKEA" hace 4.000 años. Descubrimos también el misterio del antiguo museo, las piezas "incómodas" que han desaparecido, y los secretos que aguardan en los túneles subterráneos del GEM. Egipto nunca deja de sorprendernos, y hoy lo hace a lo grande. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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Ubuntu get 15 years of support, Google finally releases Android source code and backs down on “sideloading”, more steps to move on from X11, IKEA launches a range of Matter IoS gear, and more. News Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1’s source code is now available on AOSP Google will let expert Android users to sideload all apps GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend” PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant Introducing Blender Lab IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products Ikea's new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible KDE Korner Help us reach the inflection point Google Summer of Code 2025 Conclusion – KDE Mentorship Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

C dans l'air du 24 novembre 2025 - Ukraine : le plan de paix de Trump, l'inquiétude des EuropéensUne semaine décisive s'ouvre pour l'Ukraine. Donald Trump a donné à Volodymyr Zelensky jusqu'à jeudi pour se prononcer sur son plan de paix. Mais en l'état, il est jugé inacceptable par Kiev, car il reprend toutes les exigences russes — territoriales notamment —, et par les Européens, qui y voient une capitulation forcée, avec un risque pour la sécurité de l'Europe. Les négociations ont donc repris dimanche en Suisse, en présence des Américains, des Ukrainiens et des Européens. Réunis à Genève, le secrétaire d'État américain et le négociateur de Kiev, Andriï Iermak, ont salué hier en fin d'après-midi les « bons progrès » dans les pourparlers.« Je pense que nous avons probablement eu la réunion la plus productive et significative jusqu'à présent dans tout ce processus », a déclaré le chef de la diplomatie américaine, Marco Rubio, aux journalistes, sans donner plus de détails. L'un des membres de la délégation ukrainienne, Roustem Oumerov, à la tête du Conseil de sécurité ukrainien, a estimé qu'une nouvelle version du texte « reflète déjà la plupart des priorités clés » de Kiev.Tout en s'accordant avec le Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer sur la nécessité de « travailler tous ensemble en ce moment critique afin d'instaurer une paix juste et durable », selon les mots de Downing Street, le président Trump maintient la pression sur Volodymyr Zelensky, à qui il a reproché un manque de « gratitude », alors que son propre camp se déchire sur le plan de paix. Certaines voix, notamment au sein des républicains, estiment qu'il aurait été soufflé aux Américains par les Russes. « Cette administration n'est pas responsable de cette publication sous sa forme actuelle », a ainsi déclaré le républicain Mike Rounds, élu du Dakota du Sud.Depuis l'Afrique du Sud, où il représente la France au G20, Emmanuel Macron est revenu samedi sur le plan de Donald Trump, estimant qu'« il ne peut pas y avoir de paix en Ukraine sans les Ukrainiens et le respect de leur souveraineté ». En marge de ce sommet, le chef de l'État a également réitéré sa confiance au général Fabien Mandon, qui avait déclaré mardi que « la France doit accepter de perdre des enfants », estimant qu'il avait tenu devant les maires un « discours beaucoup plus élaboré que la phrase qu'on en a sortie ». Il a par ailleurs confirmé son intention de rétablir un service militaire volontaire dans le pays, face à la montée des périls sur le continent.Opérations de déstabilisation massives, propagande à grande échelle, attaques et tentatives d'ingérence russes se multiplient dans l'Hexagone et dans toute l'Europe. Nos journalistes se sont rendus en Lituanie où, ce lundi, la cour de justice de Vilnius a rendu son verdict dans l'affaire de l'incendie, en 2024, d'un magasin Ikea et a condamné un adolescent ukrainien à 3 ans et 4 mois de détention. Son acte a été requalifié de terroriste par la justice lituanienne. Selon le procureur, la Russie avait « connaissance » de ses intentions et il a agi « dans l'intérêt d'un service de renseignement militaire étranger ».Nos experts :- Général Jean-Paul PALOMEROS - Ancien chef d'état-major de l'armée de l'air et ancien commandant suprême de la transformation de l'OTAN- Elise VINCENT - Journaliste chargée des questions de défense au Monde- Laure MANDEVILLE - Grand reporter au Figaro, autrice de L'Ukraine se lève chez Talland éditions - Pierre HAROCHE - maître de conférences en politique européenne et internationale à l'université Catholique de Lille, auteur de « Dans la forge du monde. Comment le choc des puissances façonne l'Europe », publié aux éditions Fayard

Ubuntu get 15 years of support, Google finally releases Android source code and backs down on “sideloading”, more steps to move on from X11, IKEA launches a range of Matter IoS gear, and more. News Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1’s source code is now available on AOSP Google will let expert Android users to sideload all apps GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend” PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant Introducing Blender Lab IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products Ikea's new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible KDE Korner Help us reach the inflection point Google Summer of Code 2025 Conclusion – KDE Mentorship Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Episode Overview When everything is one-click easy, do we lose something meaningful? Guest host Dr. Morgan Ward joins Dr. Ryan Hamilton to explore how the right amount of friction in the consumption experience can boost connection, meaning, and long-term use of the product—while the wrong kind just gets in the way.  Quote of the Episode "Consumption, in some ways, has just gotten too easy." — Dr. Morgan Ward

C'est ce lundi 24 novembre 2025 qu'une cour de justice de Vilnius rendra son verdict dans l'affaire de l'incendie en 2024 d'un magasin Ikea. Un incendie attribué au renseignement militaire russe. De notre correspondante à Vilnius, La dernière audience avant de mettre le jugement en délibéré a été rapide. Le jeune Ukrainien est sorti la tête baissée. Mineur au moment des faits, il a déposé un mécanisme qui a pris feu le 9 mai 2024. Il a été arrêté quelques jours plus tard dans le bus pour Riga, en Lettonie, où il devait commettre le même forfait. Pour son avocate Renata Janusyte, « il regrette d'avoir agi à la légère. Pour cela, on lui a promis une voiture et 10 000 euros, il a indiqué qui l'avait contacté pour cela et qui avait fait les transferts d'argent. » Ce procès a été une mine de renseignements pour comprendre la réalité d'un sabotage. Vilmantas Vitkauskas est à la tête du centre national de gestion des crises. Il se souvient de ce jour-là. « Nous avions été prévenus que de telles actions pouvaient avoir lieu en Lituanie. Chaque incendie, incident qui se produit n'est jamais considéré comme banal. L'incendie du magasin Ikea n'est pas le premier cas de sabotage, mais auparavant jamais un bâtiment accueillant du public et pouvant causer des victimes n'avait été visé. » Le sabotage est la nouvelle réalité. La justice lituanienne enquête sur l'autodestruction de colis partis depuis Vilnius vers un entrepôt en Allemagne, et sur la tentative d'incendie d'une société soutenant l'Ukraine. Giedrius Krupkauskas travaille pour les services de sécurité de l'État. Il a décrit les méthodes russes lors d'une conférence : « Toutes ces opérations sont commanditées par le pouvoir politique. La confrontation avec l'Ouest se déroule pour la Russie dans une sorte d'entre-deux, entre guerre et paix. Avec cet état d'esprit, les sabotages sont considérés comme légitimes. Un outil de guerre contre de sociétés européennes en paix. » Le but : faire vaciller le soutien occidental à l'Ukraine. Comment prévenir le passage à l'acte de personnes souvent recrutées via les réseaux sociaux ? Le chercheur Marek Kohv de l'ICDS, un centre de recherche sur la défense en Estonie, a quelques pistes. « Il est très important que les peines prononcées soient très claires, ça peut être dissuasif. Les gens reçoivent peu d'argent pour ces actions. S'il s'avère que pour gagner 500 ou 1000 euros, il est possible de risquer 10 ans de prison, cela va faire réfléchir. » Le verdict prononcé à l'égard du jeune homme accusé de crime en bande organisée et d'acte terroriste fera date dans l'histoire judiciaire lituanienne.

Sweden gave the world many amazing things, like  IKEA. ABBA, Vikings, and Volvo.  Now the Swedes are giving the world a lesson we can't ignore: Screens are rotting our children's minds.  And we need to slay the monster once and for all. This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers | Magnesium Breakthrough: Visit: https://bioptimizers.com/drphil Promo Code: DrPhil for 15% off and 25% off during black Friday. Stronger, longer, better life. 

The guys discuss some of the biggest injury news from around the NFL and what it all means for fantasy. Then, SHOWDOWN TIME! Must-add players at each position ahead of Week 12. (00:00) Intro(01:59) QB Injuries(13:10) RB Waivers: Kenneth Gainwell, Emanuel Wilson, Sean Tucker(25:56) WR Waivers: Christian Watson, Luther Burden III, Michael Wilson(38:21) TE Waivers: AJ Barner, Mason Taylor, Colston Loveland(47:05) QB Waivers: Tyrod Taylor, Jacoby Brissett, Bryce Young(48:19) D/ST Waivers: Browns, Falcons, Jaguars(49:53) Emails Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here! Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com This episode is sponsored by Chime. Bank Smarter, Progress FartherFind your kitchen dreams at IKEA.us/dreamkitchen The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you've ever argued about groceries, avoided showing your partner your skincare receipts, or wondered how to merge finances without losing your mind, this one's for you! From $300 facials to $3,000 handbags, Venmo-requesting girlfriends, U-Haul financial disasters, queer throuple budgeting, and how not to commit tax fraud as a married couple — this episode has answers to the questions YOU submitted about managing money.01:35 – Splurge or Save: Dyson dryers, facials & quiet luxury05:26 – $3,000 handbags & the lost purse saga08:30 – Gear talk, e-bikes & used surfboards10:23 – Listener Q&A: Power dynamics & “my treat” vacations16:55 – Merging finances without losing your identity23:04 – Allowances, budgets & guilt-free spending31:16 – Queer throuple money management36:12 – Financial secrets & student loan surprises41:46 – Investing, retirement, & balancing present vs future45:01 – Gift giving gone wrong: The $1200 suit49:03 – U-Hauling & the IKEA spending spiral51:31 – Eloping, wedding budgets & cake regrets57:54 – Who's the problem? (Hint: taxes.)01:01:00 – Closing & community love#LGBTQPodcast #QueerCouples #LesbianPodcast #MoneyTalks #RelationshipAdvice #WivesNotSisters #BudgetingTips #CouplesFinance #QueerLove #PodcastEpisodeConnect with us on social media: IG: @wivesnotsisterspod | TikTok: @wivesnotsisterspod | Youtube: @wivesnotsisterspod Follow our hosts on Instagram: @kaylalanielsen @alix_tucker You can also watch our episodes on Youtube at youtube.com/@wivesnotsisterspod!

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