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"Every time this child was proven wrong, he learned something new." In this episode, Andrew Stotz continues his conversation with Balaji Reddie as they explore two essential elements of Dr. Deming's System of Profound Knowledge: the Theory of Knowledge and Psychology. Through the memorable story of a young boy trying to understand how his father's scooter starts, Balaji illustrates how we build theories, test them through experience, and improve them through learning. The discussion also explores why PDSA begins with theory, why experience alone is not enough, and why understanding how people learn is fundamental to leading improvement. Whether you're new to Deming or deep into his work, this episode offers practical insights into how better questions lead to better knowledge and, ultimately, better management.   Are you ready to learn more about the System of Profound Knowledge? Check out DemingNEXT online learning! https://deming.org/learn/demingnext/   TRANSCRIPT 0:00:02.2 Andrew Stotz: My name is Andrew Stotz, and I'll be your host as we dive deeper into the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Today, I'm continuing my discussion with Balaji Reddie, an educator and trainer in the teachings of Dr. Deming, and quality management generally. The topic for today is: The theory of knowledge and psychology. Take it away.   0:00:29.8 Balaji Reddie: Well, thank you. Good morning, Andrew. And it's great to continue our series. So the last time we met, we had begun with the Profound Knowledge, where we said that Dr. Deming brought together four, seemingly disconnected, sciences. He never invented any single one of them, but he saw the connections, and he created, what you could say is, a bootstrap theory of management, if I may say so, a very all-encompassing view of things happening around you. That's why he had no other word to describe it except profound. Because you see things that you normally would not see. That's what we said the last time. And when he proposed that, all of a sudden, I told you the funny thing was that experts in each of those sciences jumped in. I think they realized that they were caught napping, that they did not see the connections, and they did not see a bare minimum set of competencies that you need to have in order to understand things in their entirety. It was very, very... It was amazing that he actually could put that all together.   0:01:44.3 Balaji Reddie: So we started off with the four sciences, in no order of preference. We said here... His words were appreciation for a system. That means, taking into consideration the fact that everything... Having a holistic view, that what we see is not an event but an eventuality, that there's a huge big system behind it. Whatever we get to see in front of our eyes, we're just getting to see the effect. So appreciating that, that's what he said, for a system, a systemic view. I just used a different word, I said connectedness. And I said that from now on, we say that there are no events, there are only eventualities. Which means when something happens in front of our eyes, we always question... We bring in the concept of time and space; that the origins of this, what I'm seeing in front of my eyes, lie somewhere else and maybe actually in a different time frame. So I need to study deeper in order to understand why I'm seeing this in front of my eyes. And you gave that fantastic example of coffee beans, where you said everything has to happen at the right time. So that was the first one.   0:02:54.1 Balaji Reddie: Second one, was about understanding variation. And I would say, that's statistical thinking. I think around 1998, I saw someone come out with the definition of statistical thinking. And they said that it's a holistic view of looking at a process, that everything in the world, happens in the form of a process, and all processes are subject to variation. And understanding and reducing that variation, is synonymous to increasing quality. Now, I'd just like to make a slight change there. Yes, all processes are subject to variation, but talking about reducing... I think, understanding and managing that variation, would lead to better quality. And his entire insistence was understanding variation. Although, let me tell you this, in Henry Neave's book, he wrote about this, where he said that in one of the weekend chats that they had with Deming, he made a statement that if I had to reduce my message to managers in two words, I would say: reduce variation. And this, I've heard from both Henry Neave and David Kerridge. For those who are unaware of who David Kerridge was, because he passed away, I think, around 2018 or 2019, I can't remember... Or maybe before. I'm forgetting the year.   0:04:32.1 Balaji Reddie: But this was... He was from Aberdeen, Scotland. And people used to say, he's like an unofficial person who could be the successor to Deming. So he wrote a lot of wonderful papers. So David Kerridge, Henry, and I, were sitting together having dinner, and they were talking about Deming, and they said that, yeah, he did not... There were some things where he could get really, really upset about when he... About performance appraisals. But there are some things when he spoke of Shewhart, Walter Shewhart, he spoke in a very different tone. And then came this topic, that when we told him that you said reduce variation, he said, "I never said that." They said, "But you said it. We have it... We wrote it down, both Henry and I." And he said, "I could have said that in a context, but I don't think I meant it in that way." So for the record, yes, he uttered it; but he meant it differently. I'm quite sure he said to understand and manage that variation.   0:05:35.4 Balaji Reddie: So what is that managing variation? Okay. We saw this last time, in the very narrow sense of the term, that is when Walter Shewhart invented the control chart. He said there are two kinds of variation that exist: natural variation and unnatural variation. And to distinguish between these two, he created the control chart, which was based on... It was an empirical formula, and people confused it to be a statistical thing. He demarcated, brought in two lines, what he called as the upper control limit and lower control limit. And he said as long as the outcomes of any process or system, if you could measure them and you're plotting them on a graph, as long as they lie within these limits, well, that's the natural behavior of the process or system under study. And the moment their performance crosses the limits, one of these limits on the higher side or the lower side, then you can say there's something unique, special, that has happened. So he used the term, random variation, and assignable cause variation. Because he said you could assign a particular cause to the points that lie outside limits. But when you are studying the variation that lie within limits, the variation that lies within limits, then you can't ascribe a particular cause. There is a system of causes acting. This particular difference in approach...   0:06:58.1 Andrew Stotz: That's a great point. The assignable thing is a great, great point. It really helped me just understand it better.   0:07:04.7 Balaji Reddie: Oh, yeah. Because you could assign a particular, that's why he said assignable. And this is random. Assignable, has its advantage that you can isolate it. And initially, he said you could isolate, and you could eliminate, that cause because it is something which is alien to the system under study. And one by one by one, when he said you eliminate all those causes, you land up with a system or a process that fluctuates only within limits, and he called that as a statistically controlled process. Now, he said your real work begins when you start looking into the reasons for each of those points lying within limits, and I made that statement. You don't have one cause, you have a system of causes. Here's where we studied systems the last time, and I'm just refreshing all of this. I said that in a system, you have interconnectedness, you have interdependencies. And then cause and effect are not closely related in time or space. You have synergistic relationships. So when you start studying, it becomes very, very complicated. Because the performance of each of those causes is also subject to variation. So you can never, ever tell with absolute certainty, what is causing the system variation. Because each of the causes is part of a bigger system. So he made that statement that the complete knowledge of any process or system, is unknown and unknowable. He was not being pessimistic; he was being realistic. We discussed this the last time. And so I said, what do we do then? Yeah, we'll come to that. But now comes the other part, which gets really, really interesting.   0:08:46.7 Andrew Stotz: By the way, I want to... Before you move on from the variation, I want to add something. But continue on.   0:08:55.2 Balaji Reddie: Okay. So he said the reason for the point lying outside... And I said it's assignable, what Dr. Deming called as, special cause variation. You can assign a cause, and I said it's alien to the system under study. And I started by saying you can eliminate it. And even Walter Shewhart began by saying, eliminate it. But now, I'm going back on my words slightly. If you eliminate that special cause, it could be a special cause for the system under study, but it could be the common cause of another system which is related to this. And so what can you do? Well, here's the best part that comes in. You reduce the effect of that cause, to the extent that it does not cause any harmful variation here, to the system under study. And that, Andrew, is optimization. "I want this, and I want that", not, "I want this, or I want that." So I need that.   0:10:01.0 Balaji Reddie: Because I can begin with eliminating, but then I have to keep my eyes and ears open. Because this is what I did in my own company when I started implementing all of this. I'll be honest, I drew a control chart, and when I found points lying outside limits and we discovered causes, I used to eliminate them. But since I was exposed to Profound Knowledge, and what Dr. Deming said about optimization, I kept my eyes and ears open to any change that we observed in the company, anywhere. If I... Even if I got a feedback within a day, two week, month later, saying, "See Mr. Reddie, this is what's happening," and I said, "Wait, wait, wait. Let's see the connection." And invariably, the systems would be connected. And so we could not eliminate, we had to reduce. So we had to go back and check. And that's optimization. Because what happens is if you just keep eliminating... Which is a good place to start... The system under study could get attacked by that interrelated, the other system which you have just actually disturbed. And the problem would resurface with a new face. And you would then say, "Wait a minute. We had solved this problem. Why is it back?" So here's where Profound Knowledge comes in. And that's why the word is continual, it's not continuous. You gotta keep at it, you gotta keep learning. So when he said, yeah, that for common causes, or what he called as random causes, they're so complicated... And for these special causes too, they become complicated... Then how do we understand, and what action do we take? Do we just wait on our haunches and do nothing? That's where he brought in the Theory of Knowledge. And I'll begin with his...   0:11:44.1 Andrew Stotz: And maybe I can add something.   0:11:46.3 Balaji Reddie: Yeah, sure. Now you could. Yeah.   0:11:48.7 Andrew Stotz: The first thing I was thinking about, a special cause, or an assignable cause in a factory, particularly in Asia... But maybe also in the US and maybe more in Europe these days... Is a fluctuation in the electricity. Not necessarily a blackout, but that can be a special cause.   0:12:12.1 Balaji Reddie: Right.   0:12:13.6 Andrew Stotz: But just fluctuations in electricity, can cause an impact on a system, so it can be a special cause. And then once you understand it, you may decide, "Hmm, is there a way we can smooth this? Is there a way we can think about the electricity input into this system, which is really critical for this system, by putting something in between the electrical source and this particular system?" So that's an example of the idea of a special cause, potentially, that is just a common cause, possibly, of another system.   0:12:55.3 Balaji Reddie: That's right. In fact, in India, we did have this problem in the 1990s, when the whole world descended into India because of the cost advantage. The rupee got devalued, the dollar really sprung up. And so people found India as a gold mine, when it came to establishing organizations. And what they would do is bring in much of their semi-automatic technologies that they had in the US, or wherever, Europe at that time, into India, which were largely electronic, had components which were electronic. And in India, the temperature conditions are... I mean, you're in Thailand, you know how it is. It's extreme.   0:13:35.1 Andrew Stotz: Yeah.   0:13:36.9 Balaji Reddie: And so it was not ready for that. And we would have these problems with the components conking off. We had to come out with some remedial stuff, some short-term stuff. And then we started discovering things, we started inventing things. And they almost started losing the cost advantage. Then they said, "Okay. Let's get a little smart." When the next set of machines etc., started coming to India... This was in '91-'92, if I remember right. By '93-'94, that realization came in and so they said, "Why don't we send it in with a cooler," the cooling system, "so that no matter what happens outside, the components would be unaffected." But that led to another problem in cities like Mumbai, where you had extensive humidity.   0:14:24.2 Andrew Stotz: Yeah.   0:14:25.3 Balaji Reddie: And that would cause droplets, which would short-circuit the electronic components again. And so they came up with climatizers. It was crazy.   0:14:34.4 Andrew Stotz: Round and round you go.   0:14:36.7 Balaji Reddie: Yeah.   0:14:38.5 Andrew Stotz: That's interesting.   0:14:39.8 Balaji Reddie: You see, when I was exposed to Profound Knowledge for the first time, and when I wanted to teach it, I remember, I used to want to look out for examples; but I found none. And then when I started digging deeper and deeper, I said, "Wait, I do have examples. It's just that I didn't know that I was looking at it differently." And so it was amazing. Like I said, what Dr. Deming said, you see things that you normally would not see. And I began seeing things in retrospect.   0:15:09.4 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. And that's sometimes... I think the teachings of Dr. Deming have made me a very calm and relaxed guy. I no longer freak out over, what I now know, is just normal variation. And I feel like it's a world of people, that you have to react. If you don't react, you're not doing something. And it's almost impossible for most people to see that the next outcome of this, is not a special cause. And I spend a lot of time in my ethics class trying to help young people understand, that there's just normal variation. Which brings me to my last point I wanted to make with what you said. It reminded me of my studies... Which are limited... Of insight meditation, concentration meditation, or Buddhist... What the Buddha taught. And I remember sitting in a temple in Los Angeles many, many years ago, and I thought, "I'm gonna try to learn from this monk."   0:16:24.6 Andrew Stotz: And I left there thinking... So we did meditation, and he said, "Just try to clear your mind. And just..." And so I left that meditation going home thinking, "My brain was on fire," and there's so many things going on. So I went to him, and I studied more, and I learned more. And I realized that I had misunderstood. You're not trying to control your thoughts, or reduce your thoughts. You're trying to observe your thoughts. And once I started to realize, just observe, then I started to make progress in really understanding that reduce will come over time; maybe, maybe not. But observing was really the step. Because once you observe something, particularly with your mind, if you observe thoughts coming out, then that actually means you're somewhat disconnected because it's hard to observe something that's happening. So therefore, you're starting to look at it from a different perspective. And that's what I thought about when you were saying, it's not just reduce, reduce, reduce. It's first, observe.   0:17:40.1 Balaji Reddie: That's right. Yes, understand, see what's happening, ask the right questions, "Does this happen every day? Or has it happened only today?" things like that. And then you could say, "Okay. If it's happened only today, why did it happen only today? Is today a special day?" So that's the understanding of variation in the broadest sense. And that's why statistical thinking is about asking the correct questions, even in the absence of data. It's thinking, statistical thinking. Don't confuse it with statistical methods, where all kinds of mathematical mumbo jumbo come in. This is thinking statistically. And that's where theory of knowledge, where Dr. Deming said, comes in to help us, first, enlist what's unknown. And then from that, you start pinpointing, or segregating what is knowable, faster. And then you... Once you do that, then you start recycling your thoughts and trying to understand those systems much better. And that's the theory of knowledge.   0:18:45.5 Balaji Reddie: Now, just a statement which he said, what is a theory of knowledge? He said, "A statement conveys knowledge, if it relates some cause to some effect; It fits without fail, all the observations of the past; It helps us predict the future with the risk of being wrong." So I'll repeat the whole thing. He said, "A statement conveys knowledge, if it relates some cause to some effect," it provides us information, it relates some cause to some effect. "It fits without fail, all the observations of the past; It helps us predict the future, with the risk of being wrong." Now, if you go through this step by step, when you say here, take this example of a small five-year-old child. At least this is a very, very Asian and an Indian kind of an example, but I'm quite sure people all over the world will relate to this. A five-year-old child, here in India or in Asia, watching his father go to work every day. Father goes to work on, what we call as, a two-wheeler, a scooter as they call it. And if you know, in the old days, you could kickstart the scooter. We didn't have push-button starts, we used to kick the lever. And so this kid is very intrigued as to how does this scooter start. And he knows that he's at that age, if he keeps asking questions, he'll be told, "You'll learn when you grow up," or "Don't waste my time."   0:20:18.2 Balaji Reddie: And so he decides to observe and learn. And so he starts observing his father every morning from the small little balcony that they have. The daddy brought the scooter out into the compound and then put it on stand. And he did a big ritual around the scooter, and then he kicked the lever and the scooter started. And so he would write down. This is happening every day. And then he noticed that the scooter wouldn't start till he kicked the lever. And so he wrote down his first theory: kick is equal to start. Now, he decided to test this theory. A couple of days where he wasn't even in the balcony, he would sit inside the house and he would hear the kicking sound, and he would tell his mother, "Now the scooter's gonna start." And guess what? The scooter started. So this theory can't be wrong. Now, he decided to test the theory differently. He decided to start the scooter one day. So there was nobody at home, he goes to the garage where the scooter is there, and he gives the lever a mighty kick. But it doesn't start.   0:21:23.3 Balaji Reddie: Now, he says, "This is crazy." So he goes and reads the notes that he made. And then he saw a lot of funny things that were happening. His father was taking a bag off his shoulder, putting it on the handlebar, and touching the scooter two, three places and then kicking the lever. So he went and brought his father's bag, put it on his shoulder, took it off, put it on the handlebar, did that whole ritual, and then kicked the lever. But the scooter didn't start. He said, "Now, what's wrong? Maybe I've not observed properly." So the next day, the whole system came under scrutiny. But he didn't observe anything special at all. But then again the next day, and then he said, "Wait, wait, wait, wait. There is something he's doing there. He takes the bag off his shoulder, but then he touches the neck of the scooter on the inside, and then he kicks the lever." So what could that be? And then when he observed the next day, he saw there was a key he was inserting and twisting it. And he said, "Oh, damn." So he wrote down his provisional theory: key plus kick is equal to start.   0:22:23.7 Balaji Reddie: And so again, he tests this when there's nobody at home. He gets the key, inserts it and turns it, then he kicks the lever and the scooter starts. So here's where his theory becomes a little more elaborate: key plus kick is start. Now, this works very well till, months down the line, he hears kicking, kicking, kicking, but the scooter's not starting. And so he comes out and looks at his father. His father's desperately kicking away. And he says, "Looks like the old man's got it wrong." So he comes down and asks his father, "Have you turned the key?" And he says, "Oh yeah. You're trying to teach your father how to start the scooter." "Then why isn't the scooter starting?" "I don't know." So they take it to an elderly gentleman staying nearby. "Look, the scooter's not starting." So that elderly gentleman is quite unperturbed. "Oh, no problem." He does something totally out of the playbook. He runs with the scooter, jerks it into motion, and the scooter starts.   0:23:20.4 Balaji Reddie: So key plus kick completely collapses, and this kid is flummoxed. He asks his father what made the scooter start, and that's where he gets the answer, "You'll learn when you grow up." Now, this kid grows up with the question in his head, "How did the scooter start that day?" And he reaches seventh grade where they're having a subject called science, general science. And the teacher that day in class is discussing Newton's laws of motion. And she starts, "Body continues to be in a state of rest..." etc., etc. "And to every action there's equal and opposite reaction," and, "rate of change of momentum is equal to force." And the moment that kid hears that sentence, "Rate of change of momentum is equal to force"...now here's the point I'm making. To every child sitting in that classroom, this was just information. But one of those things answered a question; it became knowledge. He suddenly realized when his teacher said, rate of change of momentum is equal to force, that's when he said, "When you're running with the scooter or kicking that lever, I'm generating a force which is making the scooter start."   0:24:32.2 Balaji Reddie: And soon, of course, when he grows up, he inherits the scooter, and every time he has a problem, he runs with it, jerks it into motion. But one day he's doing that and then the scooter is just not starting. So he takes it down to the motor mechanic, and the mechanic does something very funny. He goes underneath the scooter and comes out with a contraption called the spark plug and shows him how dirty it has become. Then cleans it, puts it back and then kicks the lever and the scooter starts. So now he's got a big elaborate theory. When I kick that lever or run with the scooter, I'm generating a force, the force ignites a spark, the spark ignites the fuel, and the scooter starts. Now, I know this is not how it happens, but I think I made my point.   0:25:13.9 Balaji Reddie: But if you go through this entire narration that I've just made, if you realize something, that every time this child was proven wrong, he learned something new. And he was proven wrong because he had a theory. It may not have been correct, but it was a theory. So theory is not the opposite of practice; theory is a guide to better practice. And the more your theory is proven wrong, the more you learn. And the theory is based on what you have seen, what you see before your eyes. You liken it to something, an experience, something you've seen, something you watched. And that's how theories are generated. And that's when Dr. Deming said, if you want to understand the complexities in a system, you begin with theory. "I think. I feel. Let's try this." It worked? Great, "Let's do it again." If it did not work? Great, "Let's see under what conditions it would work?" And that's why he said we need to cooperate to understand the system, because when we sit together, each one comes out with a different theory based on what our backgrounds are. I think once we had this discussion, like if I were to start describing to you the road reaching to my place, you already start constructing a mental picture based on whatever you've seen in life. And that's your theory.   0:26:50.3 Balaji Reddie: Now, when you actually land here, you say, "Oh, I thought this and I'm seeing this." So that's what happens with Plan-Do-Study-Act. We're all born with this. It's a natural way of learning. It begins with a theory: I think; I believe; Let's try. And then you actually carry out that set of steps which you think would give you the result. And then you study. "Did I get the result? Did I not get the result?" And then you act. "Maybe I need to modify my theory. Maybe I need to add to it. Maybe just abandon the theory."   0:27:23.6 Balaji Reddie: I remember once somebody asked me this question, "That if we abandon the theory, what happens?" Well, you get to know the limitations of your existing theory. And the more you know where your theory fails, the more powerful it becomes for you. If you can predict failure, you have really understood the process. So when you know that this is gonna fail, then you've really understood this. So this theory, this is a system of learning, and all of us are born with this. We all have this natural inclination of asking questions. So that system of learning which leads to theory, we're born with it. But the problem is this: there are some people who learn by watching, some people who learn by doing, some people who learn by reading, some people who learn by writing. For some people, one word is enough. For some people, you have to keep repeating the theory till the person says, "Okay. I understand it."   0:28:22.9 Balaji Reddie: Now, is this wrong? We're just different from each other. And that, is what Dr. Deming said, is the understanding of psychology. You need to understand the learning process of a person, and then you need to interact with that person. So whether it is an employee in your company, whether it's your customer, whether it's your supplier, you need to understand. And I would reduce that word to being empathetic. Understand, be empathetic, and not just understand what makes that person tick. Broadly, we say learning process. Now, a lot of corollaries that come out of this, that you cannot copy an example without understanding the underlying theory behind it. It's not how that person has been successful, but why. And for that, you need to... Because we come from so many different backgrounds, that's why Dr. Deming said, you need to have operational definitions before you start communicating to each other. So all of these are an outcome of the Theory of Knowledge. One is the concept of experimentation. That means the more you fail, actually, the more you learn. But management rewards only successes. The appraisal system works only on successes. We need to also recognize failures, because that's where you know where it failed and what you need to do next. And as they say, failures are the stepping stones to success, etc. Fine. But if you're doing it in a very structured scientific way, your rate of success would go faster.   0:30:05.1 Andrew Stotz: And I think that's an important part, is the structured way. Because one of the things... I was just teaching a management team, about 35 people, yesterday. And I was teaching them about corporate strategy, and that there's many ways to win in corporate strategy. Could be the low-cost leader, or whatever. But one of the ways I describe, is what I call, know-how. That your firm has some special knowledge, or some special skills, or expertise, that you've accumulated over time. And this brings us to the point of... Because many times, I've thought about the Theory of Knowledge, and thought, "Yeah, we do that." We casually do exactly what you said. We ask a question, we have a little theory, we test it. But the problem is, many companies think that they have know-how as a competitive advantage, until the person with the know-how leaves. And then they realize, "Oh, we just had one superstar." The question is, do we have a formal or structured way of acquiring and disseminating knowledge, till it becomes common knowledge in our company? And that's where the Theory of Knowledge, and the PDSA, I see brings a lot of value.   0:31:36.2 Balaji Reddie: Yeah. So that's why the joke going around is know-how, know-what, but more important now is know-when and know-who. Even if you know who, it leads to the when, what, and how. Sometimes, you tend to thank the person profusely because that person says, "I know who knows to solve this," and then it takes you right there.   0:32:01.7 Andrew Stotz: Here's a fun thought exercise that I like to think of, is that... You and I both read physical books. And I've got thousands of them surrounding me in my office. But we're in a point in time where the future generations are not gonna read physical books. They're gonna read books that are online and...   0:32:27.0 Balaji Reddie: Right.   0:32:29.0 Andrew Stotz: And then we look at someone's house in the future. There's not gonna be books in their house. It's gonna be on their pad, on their phone, in the cloud. Now, one thing that's kind of interesting is, think about... Imagine that there's a solar flare hits the earth and wipes out all the books. They're all gone. In fact, all of our accumulated knowledge, of research studies, and everything. For the first time in human history, there's like this moment where everything's gonna... It wouldn't happen nowadays because people still have a distributed libraries, distribution of the knowledge. And all of a sudden, you could be without knowledge. And so this is part of the reason why, in a company context, it's important to have a method for acquiring, but also a method for consolidating, and collecting, and building knowledge, and upgrading it. Anyways, that was just some fun thing that I've been thinking about in my head. So anyways, keep going.   0:33:35.7 Balaji Reddie: Yeah, no. That's what's going on right now with the HR departments in companies, knowledge management, because they say, like you said, the person leaves and everything leaves along with them. So apparently, what happens is, when they are debriefing after a successful project... And this implementation thing which I read in Dr. Juran, he used to call it the Santayana review, George Santayana, who made that famous statement, "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." And so he would say at the end of the entire project, y'all sit together... And like from the defense, you have this thing called, debriefing. You narrate everything, and it's verbatim. You take down what you went through so that that remains on record. And so we used to do this in our company. At the end of the project, we used to have the last meeting, and the last document that we used to put on the file, which used to close the file, the improvement file, was "Things Gone Right, Things Gone Wrong."   0:34:37.7 Balaji Reddie: And without that, no project file was completed. No project was completed. We used to have that last meeting, and the new team coming in would ask for the recently completed projects, and begin with reading that document first, because we don't want to repeat the same mistakes. And this is the only way. So nowadays, I've seen this, that the HR person also sits around in that meeting and asks the question, "Okay. You took this decision, but what made you take that decision?" Because they want that to be replicated. Turning tacit into explicit. So that that comes from here. If you understand why Juran explained... That's why I keep saying this, that I could understand Juran because I read Deming; and I could implement Deming because I read Juran. They're not mutually exclusive. And so when people get into this stupid argument of who was better, you're losing out on their learning by getting into that silly argument. They were very compatible. Maybe, they had different ways of expressing themselves.   0:35:51.7 Balaji Reddie: And so coming back to what Deming said, he said that this is Theory of Knowledge, and so you are in a continual state of learning when you're dealing with, what you call as, random causes. But in a state of assignable causes, that's the low-hanging fruit. It gives you the instantaneous results that management wants to see. But at the same time, if you're exposed to Profound Knowledge, you know that if you take such drastic steps of elimination, etc., etc., to show those results, the low-hanging fruit, a person with Profound Knowledge would keep his eyes and ears open to note any kind of changes, anywhere, in either a related or an unrelated system. And then make changes accordingly. You can't just leave it at that.   0:36:44.4 Balaji Reddie: So my experience in my company when I started implementing this... Because we had... What? 77 different interconnected processes which were running to make the company... Well, from start to end. Which included some manufacturing, some finance, some personnel. So these are all interconnected. And we found that if you're making changes, they would affect the other processes, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly. So you have to keep revisiting those processes again and again, and seeing how you can optimize. And my estimate, is that it takes around three, to three-and-a-half years to actually attain some kind of predictability in the entire organization, if you're using good teams and using Profound Knowledge. If you are not using Profound Knowledge, you will gain some very good... You'd have some very quick gains, no doubt about it. But then the other problems may resurface. And if you've seen the path of frustration that Dr. Deming has drawn in, 'Out of the Crisis,' there's a diagram that you reach... You expect improvement and you don't, and it stagnates. And that's exactly what happens when you don't have Profound Knowledge. You tend to stagnate, and in fact, you start going the opposite direction. If you see it as a better way of learning and understanding your processes, then definitely, things can get much, much better. That's how I look at it.   0:38:28.8 Andrew Stotz: Excellent. Right.   0:38:29.9 Balaji Reddie: So in my own company, it took three-and-a-half years, to see things. And then we saw the effect of all this when we had to grow as a company, and from having something like 30-40 people, to close to 300. The growth was crazy. But because we had been exposed to all this, things became easier, let me put it that way.   0:38:57.4 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. It's funny because what I was just thinking about... Normally, when we say, "You have to grow," we're talking about like growing revenue, growing market share. But what you're also talking about, is you have to grow in your knowledge.   0:39:11.0 Balaji Reddie: Yes. You have to.   0:39:13.7 Andrew Stotz: Otherwise you can't manage it.   0:39:17.4 Balaji Reddie: Right.   0:39:20.7 Andrew Stotz: And anything else you want to add on this topic?   0:39:24.1 Balaji Reddie: Well, this is... So this is where you have all the four sciences acting together. So if I were to, in a nutshell, put together what we have just discussed of all the four sciences, I'll just pull up a list of points, and if we can sometime do perhaps a video call... Excuse me... Then... Just give me a minute.   0:39:55.5 Andrew Stotz: Yep.   0:39:56.5 Balaji Reddie: Okay. So here we are. So let's get to Profound Knowledge. Okay. So let's begin.   0:40:07.5 Balaji Reddie: So understanding... So appreciation for a system. The points you need to look at: that cause and effect are not closely related in time and space; that outputs are the results of a myriad of inputs; there exist synergistic relationships among the inputs themselves; And we need to understand the importance of a common aim and purpose for a system to function well. We come to understanding variation. That's learning how to think statistically, that is how to distinguish between matters that require immediate attention, what we call as, assignable cause variation; versus matters that require constant attention, which is what we call as, random cause or common cause variation., And understand that taking cognizance of and managing this variation, is synonymous to better quality. About Theory of Knowledge: the importance of theory; using theory to interpret observations; and experience is not doing the same thing again and again, but doing different things and learning from your failures. So you keep doing... Even if a person says, "I've got 30 years of experience," it could be... I don't say it's always... It could be the same thing being done for 30 years. But doing different things in 5 years, you could gain a lot more experience than doing the same thing for 30 years. And then you understand how to learn faster. The day you discover your learning process, is the greatest day of your life. And the funny thing is you can't discover it yourself. You need outside help. And that could be a mentor, maybe a teacher, maybe a friend, I don't know, it could be anybody. And understanding of psychology: okay, that people are inherently good; they want to do a good job; they learn differently, therefore they think differently. Working on people's learning systems and processes, rather than trying to exhort them, that would be better, learning their processes... And ranking... You cannot compare one person's learning system with another. Each one has their own learning system. You have to learn how to appreciate that and hone it, and make a person better at what they do.   0:42:40.2 Balaji Reddie: So these are the four sciences acting together. And that gives you Profound Knowledge. And we said here when we started, that when you have Profound Knowledge, you ask different questions. So when you start looking at things happening around you, and you start asking these questions... Because Dr. Deming said that people are the only living parts of any organization, and so you need to understand them. So I keep joking about this sometimes, that how do we learn this theory and psychology? The best thing is to... If you have a pet at home, if you can predict the behavior of your pet, then you really have Profound Knowledge. Because here is a living creature who can't communicate to you what they want, and if you can understand that, that's real empathy. When you understand your pet, or whatever.   0:43:43.5 Andrew Stotz: That's competitive advantage.   0:43:45.6 Balaji Reddie: Yes.   0:43:49.2 Andrew Stotz: Fantastic.   0:43:50.4 Balaji Reddie: Also, I keep saying this, when the womenfolk, they take a break when they are expecting. And then they come back to work after they've had their children, they had a child or something, people say that they've come back to work. I said, "Oh, they have not been away from work." They've done work which is so different right now. They've learned so much. So it's unfair to say that you've taken a break. I think women are never on a break. Whether they're in the family way, whatever, they are working. It's just that we define work as something that you do at a place of work, that is an office where they're doing work. Even when they're with a child trying to understand what that damn child is trying to say. I mean, just imagine, they learn how to... What that kid is going through, even though that kid can't communicate. And somehow, they have that instinct. So they have it more than us. I mean, of course, when you have parenting, which is done by both men and women now... During our time, of course, it was more women-oriented. We came from a different generation. But I see that change now. And so I keep saying this, that if you spend time trying to understand babies, or trying to understand your pets, I think you become more empathetic. And automatically, your Theory of Knowledge bit, and your psychology, starts getting stronger.   0:45:21.7 Andrew Stotz: Yes. I'm gonna test the theory. If I give my child this, they're gonna be quiet. Yeah. There you go, Theory of knowledge.   0:45:33.5 Balaji Reddie: There you go.   0:45:34.4 Andrew Stotz: Fantastic. Well Balaji, let's end it there. And on behalf of everyone listening, I want to thank you again for this discussion. And for listeners, remember to go to deming.org and jump into DemingNEXT to continue your journey. There's so much there now, it just keeps growing. So, this is your host, Andrew Stotz. And I want to leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Deming, I just can't stop saying it: "People are entitled to joy in work."

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Allen covers Energy Capital Partners buying TPI’s blade factories, GE Vernova’s $1.7 billion rescue of LM Wind Power, offshore wind cutting oil burn during a heat wave, Scotland’s Caledonia approval, and 19 states suing the Pentagon over stalled wind reviews. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly newsletter on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on YouTube, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Good Monday everyone. A few months ago, we told you about a Houston bankruptcy court carving up TPI Composites. Well, that story just got a whole lot bigger. On July sixth, TPI walked out of Chapter Eleven. Zero debt. New owners. A private equity firm called Energy Capital Partners picked up TPI’s blade factories in Iowa and Juarez, Mexico for about twenty million dollars. Twenty million, against more than a billion dollars in liabilities. ECP did not stumble into wind blades. They bought Calpine back in twenty eighteen, inherited seventy-seven power plants, and became GE’s biggest private gas turbine customer in the Western Hemisphere. That relationship, forged in gas turbine halls, is what brought them to composite factories. GE Vernova signed a five-year supply deal requiring it to send blade orders to ECP’s factories. GE is ECP’s partner, its customer, and was even the backup buyer if the deal fell through. So TPI lives on, leaner, debt-free, with locked-in demand from one of the biggest turbine makers on earth. But now, the other side of that coin. While ECP picked up two blade factories for twenty million dollars, GE Vernova recently pumped one-point-seven billion dollars into its own blade company, LM Wind Power. LM’s equity had fallen to negative 575 million euros. Revenue dropped ninety-six percent in one year, from 2.1 billion Danish kroner down to just ninety-three million. The Danish workforce, cut to about twenty-five people. LM Wind Power has lost money every single year since GE bought it in twenty seventeen. Nine straight years of red ink. So think about that. Two American blade factories now serve GE Vernova’s onshore business. One in Grand Forks, North Dakota, owned by GE, inside a division losing four hundred million dollars a year. The other in Newton, Iowa, owned by ECP, zero debt, five-year supply deal. The independent contract blade business that TPI Composites built is gone. Vestas took the India and Mexico plants in-house. GE’s supply is locked to ECP. The OEMs and their financial partners now own the factories directly. And that is a new era for wind manufacturing. Now, let us talk about what those blades are doing once they are spinning. Earlier this month, a brutal heat wave hit the eastern United States. Air conditioners running full blast. Grid operators scrambling to keep up. And off the coast of New England, two offshore wind farms stepped up. Vineyard Wind, eight hundred and six megawatts off Massachusetts. Revolution Wind, seven hundred and four megawatts near Rhode Island. Together they pushed hundreds of megawatts into the grid right when people needed it most. And here is the number that matters. Oil-fired power plants met about ten percent of peak demand on July second this year. Last summer, at the height of a similar heat wave, oil plants covered nearly fifteen percent. That is more than a gigawatt less oil burned. The projects that survived lawsuits, survived construction shutdowns, survived lease freezes, are now keeping the lights on in New England. Across the Atlantic, Scotland just approved two massive offshore wind farms. The Caledonia North and South projects in the Moray Firth, up to one hundred and forty turbines spread across one hundred and sixty-five square miles. Enough power for two million homes. Ocean Wind is leading the development with a commitment of about 1.7 billion pounds. And here is what makes this project different. Caledonia South will mix fixed-bottom and floating turbines, up to thirty-nine floaters. That blend of proven and next-generation technology on a single project is something to watch. Back in the United States, nineteen state attorneys general are suing the Department of Defense. The reason, wind project reviews. Federal law says any wind turbine taller than two hundred feet must go through a Defense Department check, to make sure it does not interfere with military radar or flight paths. Last August, the Pentagon stopped reviewing those projects. No explanation. No timeline for starting again. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is leading the coalition, joined by attorneys general from eighteen other states including California, New York, and New Jersey. They want a court to force the Defense Department to start doing its job again. And finally, a story from the sea floor. Down in southern New England, lobster populations have been falling for decades. Back in nineteen ninety-eight, there were about fifty million lobsters in those waters. By twenty twenty-two, fewer than ten million. But something else is moving in. Jonah crabs. Fishermen used to throw them back. Now they are hauling them in by the thousands, selling them as a cheaper option to lobster. And researchers at the University of Rhode Island are finding that offshore wind foundations are acting like artificial reefs. Algae grows first, then barnacles and mussels, then fish and crabs follow. The question scientists are working to answer is whether these structures create new marine life, or just pull it in from the surrounding ocean. Either way, the turbines are not just making electricity. They are making habitat. Now, here is what to watch. This Wednesday, July twenty-second, GE Vernova reports second quarter earnings. And the numbers we just talked about will be in the room. One-point-seven billion dollars pumped into LM Wind Power, a blade company that has lost money nine years straight. Twenty million dollars to let ECP walk away with two factories and a five-year supply deal. GE Vernova is guiding for four hundred million dollars in wind segment losses this year. Meanwhile, its Power and Electrification divisions are printing money, nearly five billion dollars in free cash flow last quarter alone. So the question on that earnings call is simple. If you are spending eighty times more to keep your in-house blade maker alive than a private equity firm paid to buy your contract supplier, how long do you keep doing both? Watch for what GE Vernova says about LM Wind Power’s future, about North American onshore blade strategy, and about whether that 1.7 billion dollar injection was a rescue, or a goodbye. The answer could reshape who makes blades in this industry for the next decade. And that is the state of the wind industry for the 19th of July, twenty twenty-six. Join us for the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast tomorrow.

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Episode: 1603 Galileo: An old man grieves his daughter and writes his last book.  Today, an old man writes his most important book.

In this episode of The Everything ECE Podcast, Carla sits down with early childhood educator, keynote speaker, and coach Trevor Newton for a conversation that will challenge the way you think about play, relationships, and children's social development.Together, they explore why conflict isn't something to prevent, but something to teach through. Trevor shares simple, practical strategies that help educators support children's independence, strengthen communication, and build the social skills that last far beyond the early years.This episode is full of those "pause and write that down" moments, including one strategy Carla says she'll be using immediately.In this episode, you'll discover:Why conflict is one of the greatest learning opportunities in playHow to support children without rescuing themThe role relationships play in children's long-term successOne simple strategy that can transform the conversations you have with children tomorrowMr. Trevor T. Newton, M.A. ECSETrevor T. Newton is a passionate Title I ECSE Preschool Teacher, early childhood keynote speaker, and founder of Teach and Direct LLC, with over 15 years of experience empowering educators and strengthening leadership across educational settings. He has taught in diverse early childhood and elementary classrooms while mentoring educators into confident, effective teachers and leaders. Trevor specializes in practical, research-based strategies that support teacher leadership, Big Body Play and body-based behavior regulation, and renewed joy in the important work of early childhood education. Beyond the classroom and stage, he enjoys children's literature, sharing laughter, and spending quality time with his wife and young son. LINKSWebsite: www.TrevorTNewton.com   Instagram: @TrevorTNewton.ECELinkedIn: Trevor T. NewtonSUBSCRIBE & REVIEWIf you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more ECEs who are in the thick of it!. Thanks for tuning in to The Everything ECE.  See you next week!CONNECT WITH CARLAEmail Newsletter: ⁠⁠Click Here⁠ Website: carlatheece.comInstagram: @carlatheece

It's Thursday, July 16th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark and Adam McManus U.S. to Iran: Stop persecuting Christians The United States is calling for Iran to end its persecution of Christians. According to Open Doors, it's the tenth worst country in the world. In one case, authorities in the country sentenced a Christian convert to nearly 10 years in prison back in May. Forty-two-year-old Ghazal Marzban is now on a hunger strike. A State Department spokesman told Fox News Digital, “We are aware of these reports. It is reprehensible that the Iranian regime continues to persecute religious minorities, including Iranian Christians.”  Dr. Hormoz Shariat with Iran Alive Ministries told Fox News that Christians in Iran are courageous in the face of persecution. Listen. SHARIAT: “Believers in Iran are full of [the] Holy Spirit. They are courageous. They're out there. Many of them are living, and some of them are dying for Jesus. I see such a courage among the Iranian Muslim background believers.” Revelation 12:11 says, “And they overcame [the Devil] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”  America restarted naval blockade against Iranian ports On Tuesday, the United States restarted its naval blockade against Iranian ports. This comes after the Islamic Republic continued to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Yesterday, the U.S. military carried out more strikes on Iran. President Donald Trump threatened strikes on Iran's infrastructure next week unless the country reopens negotiations.  Pro-life British Member of Parliament was killed A pro-life British politician was found dead at her home on July 9th. Seventy-eight-year-old Ann Widdecombe had served as a conservative member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010. The Catholic politician was an outspoken opponent of abortion. Counter-terrorism police report that she was clearly the victim of a targeted attack and are still investigating a motive. Supreme Court Justices ask for additional security Here in America, U.S. Supreme Court Justices testified before Congress about threats to their lives. The Supreme Court is requesting nearly $15 million in additional funds from Congress for the personal security of the justices. Justice Amy Coney Barrett talked about one incident when she was the victim of an erroneous call to her residence. BARRETT: “Roughly six weeks ago, I was the victim of a swatting incident. At that point, my teenage son, one of my teenage sons, opened the door to go out with friends and saw in our street it was full of police cars who had responded to a false report of gunshots and raised voices in my home. “I was very, very grateful that I had Supreme Court Police outside my home because they were able to stop and meet with, and explain to the county police, that it had been a false alarm. And so, the police did not actually attempt to enter our home.” Conservative justices faced intense threats surrounding the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. For example, Justice Amy Coney Barrett had to be sent home with a bullet proof vest when threats were high. In Proverbs 8:35-36, Wisdom says, “For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD; but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.” Christian student required to attend a perversion assembly A Christian middle schooler in Washington State is suing her school district for violating her faith. Highline Public School District in Burien, Washington held a mandatory so-called “Inclusion Assembly” back in May. The event covered topics that conflicted with the girl's Christian faith. So, she asked to be excused, but the school forced her to participate.  The American Center for Law and Justice filed a lawsuit against the school last week on behalf of the Christian student. The ACLJ stated, “Our client is a little girl who has done nothing but live out her faith with kindness and respect for others.” Only 33% of Americans trust churches, down from 60% in 2001 A new Gallup survey found that Americans don't trust institutions in the United States. Only 27% of U.S. adults expressed confidence in major institutions. That's down from 43% in 2001. These institutions include banks, churches, Congress, the military, public schools, and the medical system.  Thirty-three percent of Americans express confidence in churches and organized religion. That's down from 60 percent in 2001. Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil sold for $50 million A Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil sold for a record-breaking $50.1 million in New York on Tuesday. A paleontologist discovered the skeleton on a ranch in South Dakota in 2021. Known as “Gus”, it's one of the largest and most complete dinosaurs ever discovered.  Paleontologists claim that Gus lived about 67 million years ago. However, scientists discovered a T. Rex fossil in 2005 that contained unfossilized soft tissue.  Answers in Genesis noted, “Soft tissue is not compatible with an old Earth, and yes, it is indeed a powerful confirmation of the Biblical timeline.”  Worldview listeners from Manitoba, Indiana and Kentucky weigh in Azalia Marten in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada wrote me and said, “I want to thank The Worldview team for writing the newscast every weekday.  I greatly appreciate your views. Thank you for putting your lives into this!” John Martini in Moores Hill, Indiana wrote me and said, “I appreciate three things about your news program: First, important topics are covered. Second, the reporting is concise and includes primary sources. And third, there is a direct Biblical connection made in many of the news stories. 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Live July 14, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show(Season 12, Episode 123)Knowles; Iran; ICE; Immigration; antitrust; Intel; Woke; HK; Bezos; Achievement | Yaron Brook ShowThe Right's War on Progress? Michael Knowles, Iran, ICE & Why Achievement Is Under AttackHas the political right become as hostile to capitalism and progress as the left?Michael Knowles' attack on the Industrial Revolution raises a much bigger question: why are so many conservatives abandoning the values that created modern civilization? Yaron Brook examines the growing alliance between populism, anti-capitalism, and anti-technology—and explains why defending reason, innovation, and individual achievement has never been more important.The conversation expands into the latest developments on Iran, immigration and ICE, antitrust attacks on Intel, DEI's retreat, Hong Kong's future, Jeff Bezos on wealth creation, medical breakthroughs, AI, philosophy, art, psychology, and much more—followed by an extensive audience Q&A covering Objectivism, morality, physics, education, music, constitutional rights, and today's cultural decline.If you value reason, freedom, and human achievement, this episode is for you.Watch now: https://youtube.com/live/zm1efvYAFvgMain Topics:00:00 Introduction: Spain vs. France, episode preview03:09 Michael Knowles attacks the Industrial Revolution07:36 Political violence, immigration & fact-checking Knowles12:17 How industrialization transformed civilization16:00 Why conservatives increasingly reject capitalism19:23 Technology, innovation & cultural change22:56 The Unabomber argument—and what's fundamentally wrong with it28:09 The Industrial Revolution: humanity's greatest achievement?29:06 Populism and the conservative abandonment of responsibility30:15 The collapse of pro-capitalist conservatism32:26 Freedom, capitalism & individual responsibility34:07 Left-wing vs. right-wing anarchism39:53 Iran, military strategy & American foreign policy46:27 ICE, immigration enforcement & political incentives54:08 Smithsonian history battles & antitrust politics59:44 Intel, industrial policy & government intervention1:04:03 DEI retreats while Hong Kong reinvents itself1:08:59 Jeff Bezos explains wealth creation1:13:12 Breakthroughs in cancer & Alzheimer's research1:16:52 The semiconductor boom1:18:38 Crime statistics, Super Chats & updates1:21:40 Ayn Rand Institute conference previewLive Audience Questions1:28:04 Does morality require survival—or merely intelligence? 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Dr. Justin Sledge is a scholar of philosophy and Western esotericism, and the voice behind the YouTube channel Esoterica, which has grown to over a million subscribers. He has spent his career studying the traditions that history tried to erase: Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Hermeticism, witchcraft, and alchemy.What We Dive Into:1. Classical skepticism is not about debunking or disbelief. It is about bracketing your personal investment long enough to let the material speak for itself. 2. Newton wrote more on alchemy and the occult than on calculus. Descartes arrived at his famous method through a mystical dream. Stripping these facts from the story of modernity has cost us access to some of the most important spiritual technologies ever developed.3. Every other starting point, certainty, comfort, doctrine, conclusions, has a gutter waiting at the end of it. Awe keeps the garden of curiosity alive.Know Thyself, but not by yourself. A guided space to return home to yourself.https://www.knowthyselfcollective.com✨THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:https://www.im8health.com/knowthyselfcode KNOWTHYSELF for an exclusive offerhttps://www.mudwtr.com/knowthyselfcode KNOWTHYSELF for up to 43% off___________00:00 Intro01:57 What Skepticism Actually Means06:21 How to Enter Mystical Inquiry Without Collapsing Into Belief08:03 Religion, Mysticism, and the Margins11:24 Gnosticism: The World as Prison, Christ as Liberator14:21 The Nag Hammadi Discovery and the Many Christianities17:00 William James and the Four Qualities of Mystical Experience21:50 Perennial Wisdom vs. High-Resolution Differences26:44 The Limits of Propositional Truth31:32 Irrational vs. Non-Rational: Why the Distinction Matters37:10 The Danger of Universalizing Mystical Experience44:34 The World Is Stranger Than We Assume51:01 How the Myth of Rational Modernity Was Curated59:35 Recovering the Suppressed Voices of Western History1:00:45 Mary Magdalene: Not a Prostitute1:14:22 The Suppression of the Feminine and the Road to the Witch Trials1:18:55 The Malleus Maleficarum and the Anatomy of a Moral Panic1:24:01 Poverty, Not Practice: Who Was Actually Accused1:26:27 The Books Justin Brought: Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy1:32:08 Agrippa and the Possibility of Induced Illumination1:41:32 The Kabbalah and the Sefer Yetzirah1:46:04 The Hermetic Tradition and Hermes Trismegistus1:54:22 What Studying These Texts Has Done to Justin1:59:51 Agrippa's Trilemma and the Limits of Reason2:04:22 Hermeticism vs. Gnosticism: The World as Divine, Not Prison2:13:11 Making the Best Case for the Transcendent Realm2:19:54 Whatever Matter Is, It's Indistinguishable from Spirit2:26:34 Justin's Personal Satanic Panic: The School Shooting2:38:03 Generational Trauma and the Suppression of the Feminine2:44:57 Truth as a Verb: Dialogue Across Difference2:47:14 Are We on the Threshold of a New Renaissance?2:58:39 Community Questions: The Most Meaningful Experience of Magic2:59:15 When Justin Realized the Books Were Real3:03:51 Finding the Clerical Necromantic Underground3:04:26 Recreating Alchemy in the Modern Lab3:07:11 Why We Want Magic: The Very Human Desire for Hidden Power3:13:00 Modern Mythology and the Meaning Famine3:20:10 Closing Message: Flourishing Begins in Awe___________✨MORE FROM DR. JUSTIN SLEDGE↳YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/esotericachannel↳Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel↳https://www.justinsledge.com

Whitney Vale is the author of two chapbooks, Journey with the Ferry Man, and her latest, Sermon of Swallows, which is out now. Her poetry and prose have been published in Anti-Heroin Chic, Rogue Agent, Black Fork Review, and The Rumpus, among many others. In today's episode, Whitney and Annmarie discuss the joy of a creative life, the pain of beginning again, and what it might look like if we committed ourselves to filling the world with just a little more beauty. Bookstore Spotlights: Newtonville Books – An independent bookstore located at 10 Langley Rd, in Newton, Massachusetts -- in the old stone building at the north corner of the triangle parking lot. Come for the books. Stay for the books. Learn more and shop online at newtonvillebooks.com. Carmichael's Bookstores – In Louisville, Kentucky. From the very beginning Carmichael's has been committed to being a community gathering place, open seven days a week and every evening. Our stores are in neighborhoods that hum with activity—walkers, joggers, dogs and children, families and couples—lively streetscapes never darkened by the shadow of a big box store. Carmichael's is actively committed to Keeping Louisville Weird and spreading the word about the importance of buying from locally-owned businesses. Stop by any of our locations or shop online at carmichaelsbookstore.com Authors and Titles Mentioned in This Episode: Journey with the Ferry Man Sermon of Swallows Kelli Russell Agodon Beth Ann Fennelly  Maggie Smith  Ada Limón Kathleen Driskell  Sarah Freligh Alison Hurwitz Kristi Maxwell Lung Hours, by Jessica Purdy Diane Seuss Aimee Nezhukumatathil Joy Harjo Follow Whitney Vale: Instagram: @whitneyvale Facebook: @whitneyvale whitneyvale.org **Writing Workshops:  If you liked this conversation and are interested in writing together, please consider the opportunities below.  For women interested in an online Saturday morning writing circle, you can sign up here.  For anyone interested in an August weekday accountability hour, you can sign up here.  For anyone looking for support writing their memoir, Annmarie is teaching a class here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, Signals to Danger heads back to Glasgow to examine the tragic head-on collision at Newton Junction in July 1991.On a busy Sunday evening, a series of seemingly routine train movements, a recently remodelled junction and a single signal passed at danger combined to produce one of Britain's most devastating suburban railway accidents. Four people lost their lives, including both drivers, and investigators were left asking whether the tragedy was the result of human error alone—or whether the railway itself had been redesigned in a way that left too little margin for that error to occur.HSE Report into Newton JunctionOPENING CREDITSMusic track: Epic Motivation by AylexSource: https://freetouse.com/musicFree To Use Music for VideoEND CREDITSMusic track: Saved by Brothers by AylexSource: https://freetouse.com/musicFree Background Music for Video Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXY7CT3CCREES QUE DECIDES TU VIDA. LA CIENCIA DICE QUE NO.Tocas tu teléfono, eliges la cena, decides cambiar de trabajo. Cada día tomas cientos de decisiones. Pero si alguien hubiera programado cada una de esas decisiones antes de que nacieras, sin que puedas escapar de ese guion, jquien decide realmente? jEres libre o solo una marioneta que cree tener el control?Este libro no es una opinion espiritual ni un ensayo poetico sobre el destino. Es una investigacion rigurosa sobre la pregunta mas incomoda de la existencia: jexiste el libre albedrio o solo es una ilusion biologica?La ciencia moderna ha puesto contra las cuerdas la idea de que somos libres. La neurociencia demuestra que tu cerebro activa las ordenes antes de que seas consciente de decidir. La fisica clasica pinta un universo donde cada particula sigue una trayectoria calculable desde el Big Bang. El determinismo no es una teoria marginal: es la columna vertebral de la explicacion cientifica del mundo.Pero la historia no termina ahi. La mecanica cuantica abre una puerta al azar radical. La filosofia compatibilista ofrece una salida elegante que reconcilia causa y eleccion. Y la neurociencia misma esta descubriendo que, aunque no seas tan libre como crees, tampoco eres una simple maquina.Este libro te lleva por un viaje que empieza con Newton y Laplace, atraviesa los laboratorios de neuroimagen de Benjamin Libet, cuestiona los experimentos de azar cuantico, y termina en el terreno de la moral, la religion y la inteligencia artificial. jPodemos castigar a alguien si no es libre? jPuedes enamorarte si todo esta causado? jQue ocurre con Dios si el universo es deterministico?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Vous êtes déjà sûrement montés à bord d'un avion, en vous posant la question que se posent probablement les enfants mais auxquels les adultes n'ont pas forcément la réponse : comment un avion parvient-il à voler ? Qu'il soit civil ou militaire, le principe est le même. Il doit maîtriser les lois de Newton et de la gravité, qui l'attirent inévitablement vers le bas, comme n'importe quel objet ou corps sur terre.  Comment est construit un avion ? Quels sont les 3 éléments dont il a besoin pour voler ? Pour mieux comprendre, quelles expériences peut-on faire ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Johanna Cincinatis. Première diffusion : avril 2023 À écouter aussi : ⁠A quoi servent vraiment les moustiques ?⁠ ⁠Rachida Dati : comment reconnaître un conflit d'intérêt ?⁠ ⁠Qu'est-ce que l'autisme virtuel ?⁠ Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Pour rester informé et recevoir le meilleur de “Maintenant vous savez” chaque semaine, abonnez-vous à notre ⁠newsletter⁠. Suivez Bababam sur ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

¿Una fàbrica de títols o una pedrera de persones? Crítica teatral de l'obra «Primera llei de Newton», d'Eu Manzanares. Intèrprets: Lua Amat, Dafnis Balduz, Sara Diego, Rosa Gamiz, Anna Sahun, Max Vilarrasa. Escenografia: Paula Bosch. Vestuari: Zaida Crespo. Il·luminació: Jaume Ventura. Espai sonor: David Solans. Caracterització: Toni Santos. Direcció de producció: Maite Pijuan. Producció executiva: Carmen Álvarez. Direcció tècnica: Moi Cuenca. Coordinació tècnica: Jordi Farràs. Ajudantia de direcció: Sergi Manel Alonso. Ajudantia de producció: Sira Castells i Sara López. Regidoria: Lluc Armengol. Cap tècnic teatre: Andrés Piza. Construcció escenografia: Jorba-Miró Estudi-Taller d'escenografia. Màrqueting i comunicació: La Villarroel. Disseny gràfic: Focus. Reportatge Fotogràfic: David Ruano. Col·laboradors: Montibello, Rowenta i Mikakus. El text ha rebut una beca per a la creació literària per autors consolidats de la Institució de les Lletres Catalanes. Amb el suport de l'ICEC – Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (Generalitat de Catalunya), Ajuntament de Barcelona i l'INAEM – Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas y de la Música (Gobierno de España, Ministerio de Cultura). Finançat per Unió Europea Fons Next Generation, Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (Gobierno de España), Next Generation Catalunya (Generalitat de Catalunya). Distribució: Carme Tierz. És una producció de La Villarroel i Grec 2026 Festival de Barcelona. Direcció: Nelson Valente. La Villarroel. De l'1 de juiol al 2 d'agost 2026. Veu: Andreu Sotorra. Música: Englishmen in New York. Interpretació: Sting. Composició: Sting. Àlbum: Nothing Like The Sun, 1987.

Dan talks about the latest with troubled Democrat Graham Platner, and Lt. Gen Richard Newton III joins to talk about Iran and our military options | aired on Thursday, July 9th, 2026 on Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis Produced by Samuel RutherfordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Why do we say a stone "obeys the law" of gravity? What is a "law" of nature, anyway? The idea that nature has laws — universal, mathematical, binding — was born in the seventeenth century, when Descartes and Newton assumed a divine lawmaker had legislated the cosmos. Modern science dismissed the lawmaker but kept the laws. This episode traces the history of science's deepest unexamined assumption, from Aristotle's purposeful cosmos through the Scientific Revolution to Laplace, Einstein, and the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" — and confronts a question physics still can't answer: if nothing governs the universe, why is it so perfectly well-behaved? Support the show and unlock supporter-only episodes, including the companion to this one, "The Questions AI Might Ask": https://www.patreon.com/bradcoleharris

SPONSORS: - Don't sleep on [@ultrapouches]. New customers get 15% Off with code TOE at http://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad - Shopify: Accelerate your efficiency. Free trial at http://shopify.com/theories - I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE This podcast is about dark matter — and Professor Philip Mannheim thinks it isn't missing at all, just hiding in plain sight as the rest of the visible universe. In his first-ever podcast, on ideas he's pursued since 1972, Mannheim lays out conformal gravity: a theory built on Weyl symmetry rather than Einstein's equations, which explains galaxy rotation curves without dark matter, tames the cosmological constant, and fits the accelerating universe without fine-tuning. With longtime collaborator Carl Bender, he also resolves gravity's infamous "ghost" problem using PT symmetry instead of Hermiticity — suggesting the graviton may not even exist as a particle. I hope you enjoy. FOLLOW: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Substack: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE - PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00:00 - Einstein's Relativity Foundations - 00:05:47 - Riemann Tensor and Curvature - 00:11:50 - Flaws in Einstein's Equations - 00:17:23 - Quantum Gravity Renormalizability - 00:23:28 - Conformal Symmetry Principles - 00:30:09 - Dynamical Mass Generation - 00:37:08 - Inflation and Horizon Problems - 00:43:55 - Renormalization Group Fixed Points - 00:51:05 - Composite Higgs Solution - 00:57:03 - Weyl Tensor Action - 01:03:44 - Solving Dark Matter - 01:09:36 - Cosmic Coincidence Problem - 01:16:27 - Hubble Tension and Redshift - 01:24:31 - PT Symmetry and Ghosts - 01:31:21 - Probability Conservation vs. Hermiticity - 01:38:13 - CPT Theorem and Fermions - 01:45:14 - Quantum Decays and Resonances - 01:51:05 - Parity and Right-Handed Neutrinos - 01:56:14 - Gravitons and Wavefunction Collapse - 02:02:24 - Cyclic Universes and Singularities - 02:08:24 - String Theory Fine-Tuning - 02:14:45 - Unitarity and Poincaré Stresses - 02:21:02 - Gravitational Lensing and Tenure - 02:26:55 - Nature and Experimental Data LINKS MENTIONED: - Philip's Papers: https://inspirehep.net/authors/998943 - Newton's Law Of Gravity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation - Geodesics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesics_in_general_relativity - Equivalence Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalence_principle - Introduction To General Relativity [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0070004234?tag=toe08-20 - Foundation Of The General Theory Of Relativity [Paper]: https://isidore.co/misc/Physics%20papers%20and%20books/St.%20John's%20College's,%20TAC's%20curricula's,%20et%20alii%20sci.%20papers/1916-%20The%20Foundation%20of%20the%20General%20Theory%20of%20Relativity%20(Einstein).pdf - Dynamical Symmetry Breaking As A Bootstrap [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.12.1772 - Dynamics Of The Universe And Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking [Paper]: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980ApJ...241L..59K/abstract - Mass Generation, The Cosmological Constant Problem, Conformal Symmetry, And The Higgs Boson [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08907 - Living Without Supersymmetry [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01399 - Exact Vacuum Solution To Conformal Weyl Gravity And Galactic Rotation Curves [Paper]: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJ...342..635M/abstract - No-Ghost Theorem For The Pais-Uhlenbeck Oscillator [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0207 - Fitting Galactic Rotation Curves With Conformal Gravity [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3495 - Cosmic Coincidence Problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_coincidence_problem - Cosmological Perturbations In Conformal Gravity [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1109.4119 - Implications Of Cosmic Repulsion For Gravitational Theory [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804335 - Exact Solution To Perturbative Conformal Cosmology [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.02608 - CPT Symmetry Without Hermiticity [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02100 - Jenny Wagner [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Bj4Ra75vvTc - Neil Turok [TOE]: https://youtu.be/_xxLW71vT4s - Chiara Marletto [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Uey_mUy1vN0 - John Donoghue [TOE]: https://youtu.be/dG_uKJx6Lpg - Cumrun Vafa [TOE]: https://youtu.be/kUHOoMX4Bqw Guests do not pay to appear. #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast, Jungwoo asks the question: Was Einstein more impactful than Newton? He asks students about the background of Isaac Newton, the background of Albert Einstein, and how they impact the math and science world. Listen to the podcast to learn about the history and impressions of some of the two greatest physicists of all time.

Ce mois de juillet 2026, l'une des grandes plumes de la littérature francophone aura 85 ans : l'écrivain congolais Emmanuel Dongala, né en 1941. Son parcours l'a fait traverser toute l'histoire du Congo-Brazzaville, de l'indépendance aux déchirements de la guerre civile, en passant par l'âge d'or de la littérature et du théâtre dans les années 70 à 90. C'est cette histoire qu'il a racontée à RFI, à la première personne. RFI : Vous êtes né en juillet 1941, il y a 85 ans. Est-ce que pendant votre enfance se mettent déjà en place des choses importantes pour votre vie d'écrivain ? Emmanuel Dongala : D'abord, quand j'étais petit, à l'époque, il n'y avait pas de télévision et le soir, en saison sèche, il faisait froid. On était dehors, autour du feu, sous le clair de lune, et notre mère, ma mère, nous racontait des histoires, des contes. Et ça me fascinait. Je me disais : « Il faut qu'un jour moi aussi je me mette à inventer mes propres contes. » Et c'est incroyable comme cette femme analphabète m'a poussé à devenir écrivain. Et mieux encore, mon père était instituteur et il avait des livres à la maison que je feuilletais. Je ne comprenais pas la moitié de ce qu'il y avait dans ces livres-là. Mais l'objet était là et fascinant… … Fascinant. Je lisais, je passais de la littérature aux sciences, vous savez, ces grosses encyclopédies de l'époque, Larousse. Je me souviens très bien. Et être fils d'instituteur a été très important pour moi. C'est ce qui a fait ce que je suis aujourd'hui. … Et être bercé par les contes de votre mère. Oui aussi. Il y a un conte qui vous a marqué ? Oui, plusieurs. Et quelquefois la grand-mère, qui était encore vivante, nous racontait ces contes-là sur les animaux de la brousse, les hommes et les sorciers. C'était vraiment fascinant. À lire aussiL'écrivain congolais Emmanuel Dongala Dans les années 70, vous devenez enseignant-chercheur en chimie à l'université de Brazzaville. Le pays est alors en pleine République populaire, pétri de principes marxistes-léninistes, sous la direction de Marien Ngouabi. Quel souvenir personnel est-ce que vous gardez de cette période révolutionnaire ? Ouh là là ! D'abord tout était caporalisé. Parti unique. « Le pouvoir est au bout du fusil » : c'est le slogan qu'on voyait partout dans les rues. « Le parti dirige l'État ». Même à l'université, au Conseil de l'université, il y avait un représentant du parti qui faisait face au recteur. Il y avait quand même une ferveur révolutionnaire. On croyait vraiment qu'on allait changer le monde. Mais à la fin, c'était beaucoup plus des slogans et de la répression qu'autre chose. Est-ce qu'il y a des anecdotes qui vous ont marqué sur ce quotidien pendant la période révolutionnaire ? Oui. Par exemple, une fois, il y avait un grand meeting du parti et le représentant du parti, habillé en col mao, se lève, crie : « À bas l'impérialisme ! » La foule répond : « À bas ! » « À bas le colonialisme ! » La foule crie : « À bas ! » « À bas le néocolonialisme ! » « À bas ! » « C'est bien, nous sommes maintenant libres », a répondu à la suite le représentant du parti. Voilà, c'était fini pour lui. La parole était performative. C'était marrant ! Et puis il y avait beaucoup de ces slogans-là qui nous font rire aujourd'hui. Par exemple : « Il faut se serrer la ceinture aujourd'hui pour mieux vivre demain. » Parce qu'il y avait la pénurie, il n'y avait rien, il y avait des retards de salaires. Donc pour amadouer la population ou pour expliquer, on disait : « Il faut se serrer la ceinture aujourd'hui pour mieux vivre demain. » À lire aussiRetour au Congo, avec Emmanuel Dongala Et quel était justement votre quotidien d'enseignant-chercheur dans ces années 70 à Brazzaville ? Moi, j'étais assez indépendant parce que j'étais en chimie. Mais mes collègues de philosophie, par exemple, disent que la philosophie marxiste primait sur tout. Les autres philosophes, les Kant, les Sartre, c'était des « philosophes bourgeois », ça ne comptait pas. Et c'était terrible cet encadrement de la pensée à l'époque pour des universitaires. Tout le monde devait être marxiste. Ils parlaient du socialisme scientifique et ils parlaient des lois du mouvement social, je ne sais pas quoi. Moi qui suis chimiste et physicien, je ne connais que les trois lois de Newton. Mais eux, ils avaient une loi du socialisme, etc. Il y avait une contrainte intellectuelle. L'espace intellectuel était assez restreint. Est-ce que c'est le moment où vous entrez en écriture ou est-ce que vous êtes entré en écriture plus tôt ? Ah non, j'ai commencé tout simplement, tout bêtement au lycée, en écrivant des poèmes – des mauvais poèmes. Parce qu'à l'époque on envoyait des poèmes aux filles, vous voyez ? J'ai commencé par ça : imiter les Baudelaire, Rimbaud, etc. Et je lisais beaucoup, énormément. C'est ça qui m'a donné vraiment le goût d'écrire. En 1973, vous publiez Un fusil dans la main, un poème dans la poche qui raconte le parcours d'un jeune révolutionnaire africain, de la lutte anticoloniale à l'exercice du pouvoir. Et vous montrez dans ce livre comment l'idéal de libération se déforme jusqu'à produire de nouvelles formes d'oppression. Comment ce texte a-t-il été accueilli à l'époque par vos lecteurs congolais et par le pouvoir ? Les lecteurs congolais, c'était extraordinaire. Une réception incroyable, parce que le livre a été publié par Albin Michel et après on ne le trouvait plus. J'ai vu des gens qui le faisaient circuler par photocopie. Et autre anecdote que je trouve très intéressante : le livre avait été traduit en portugais et des années plus tard, j'ai retrouvé des combattants du MPLA, le parti angolais, et il y en a un qui m'a dit : « J'ai lu votre livre dans le maquis. C'était vraiment très bien. C'était exactement ce qui se passait. Mais vous, vous étiez dans quel maquis ? » Moi j'ai dit : « Non, je n'ai jamais combattu. Je ne sais même pas par quel bout on tient un fusil ! » Il était étonné que j'aie si bien décrit la réalité du maquis. Quand l'imaginaire rencontre la réalité, ça fait vraiment plaisir pour un écrivain. Au Congo, le livre a été censuré, banni parce qu'il y avait une liste de livres interdits. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, je n'ai jamais compris. Autant je comprenais la censure pour Jazz et vin de palme, mais pour Un fusil dans la main, un poème dans la poche, je n'ai pas compris pourquoi c'était censuré. À lire aussi«Un fusil dans la main, un poème dans la poche», par Emmanuel Dongala De quand date votre engagement dans le théâtre, sur la scène brazzavilloise, et pourquoi le théâtre ? Et bien parce que ça fait partie de la littérature, de tout ce que j'aimais et de toute la vie qui était autour de moi. Parce que c'est très théâtral, la vie congolaise, la vie au Congo. Et c'était vraiment une période bénie, cette époque-là des années 70-90 où le théâtre congolais était vraiment florissant. Je ne prétends pas que c'est nous qui avons créé le théâtre congolais. Non, ça existait bien avant nous. Il y avait beaucoup de petites troupes. Il y avait le théâtre national. Mais vraiment, à cette époque-là, parmi les groupes qui existaient, beaucoup montaient plus des scénettes que du théâtre. Et il y a trois groupes qui ont émergé : la troupe de Sony [Sony Labou Tansi, NdlR]. Sony a fait un travail remarquable pour mettre le théâtre congolais sur la scène internationale. La troupe qui s'appelait Ngunga, de mon ami Matondo aussi, qui était très bien, et la mienne s'appelait l'Éclair. Et ça avait tellement d'impact sur les autres que les jeunes, les autres troupes, nous taquinaient ou se moquaient de nous – ils nous jalousaient un peu d'ailleurs – en nous qualifiant de « So-ma-do », acronyme de Sony, Matondo et Dongala. Et chacun de nos groupes travaillait de façon différente. Matondo était spontané, dur, pour confronter la réalité. Sony jouait ses très beaux textes. Il venait à Limoges tout le temps. Et moi je m'intéressais beaucoup plus au théâtre international. Mais j'ai joué des pièces congolaises de Sylvain Bemba et d'autres. Mais tout de suite, j'ai monté « Sartre ». Et quand un de mes livres, Le Feu des origines, a été traduit au Japon, j'ai été invité au Japon. Je me suis mis à lire la littérature japonaise et j'ai découvert une pièce de Yukio Mishima qui s'appelle « Sotoba Komachi », qui m'a plu. Je l'ai montée à Brazzaville. Donc voilà la différence un peu entre nous trois, mais c'était vraiment vibrant. C'était une rivalité fraternelle. Vous diriez qu'il y a eu un âge d'or du théâtre congolais dans ces années 70, peut-être 80 ? Jusqu'en 90, oui. Le théâtre continue aujourd'hui, je ne vais pas dire que ça n'existe plus, mais cette époque particulière a quand même marqué et a été une période importante parce qu'il n'y avait pas que nous. Je parlais du parti unique, il avait aussi des pièces révolutionnaires, et puis ça passait à la radio, c'était très populaire, très suivi. Il n'y avait pas qu'à Brazzaville, il y avait aussi à Pointe-Noire, à Dolisie et puis il y avait des scènes dans les lycées, il y avait des troupes. Jusqu'à aujourd'hui, le théâtre est très aimé au Congo. Est-ce que vous pouvez nous raconter l'histoire du théâtre de l'Éclair dont vous êtes le principal animateur dans les années 80 ? Comment est-ce qu'il est né ? Il y avait un embryon, une petite troupe qui était là, qui végétait un peu, et on est venu me voir. On m'a demandé de prendre la direction de cette troupe. On a commencé à travailler d'abord sur la gestuelle, parce qu'on a eu la chance d'avoir le mime Marceau qui est passé à Brazzaville et on a fait un petit stage avec lui. Ensuite, on a eu d'autres comédiens, d'autres metteurs en scène français qui sont passés à Brazzaville. Donc le théâtre de L'Éclair, ce qui le caractérisait aussi, c'était beaucoup la gestuelle, surtout quand j'ai monté « Sotoba Komachi » de Yukio Mishima, il y avait beaucoup de ces pas glissés. Je tenais beaucoup à ça. J'ai monté « Sartre », comme je l'ai dit tout à l'heure, ce n'était pas rien : « Les mains sales ». S'il y avait cette scène théâtrale aussi riche, ça veut dire aussi qu'il y avait un vivier d'acteurs importants dans le Brazzaville de l'époque ? Oui, oui. Le grand théâtre, à l'époque, c'était le théâtre national. Il était subventionné par l'État et les acteurs étaient payés, professionnels. Donc c'est pour vous dire que l'État donnait une importance à ça. Nous, on était des théâtres indépendants, des groupes indépendants. Moi, comme j'étais professeur à l'université, j'avais un peu d'argent, je finançais ça moi-même et les prix des billets étaient vraiment modiques, évidemment. À lire aussi2. Emmanuel Dongala Est-ce qu'il y a des anecdotes qui vous ont marqué sur cette période théâtrale ? Oui, absolument, parce qu'à cette époque-là, je vous ai dit, on vivait sous une dictature de parti unique et il y avait des flics partout. Ils venaient écouter ce qu'on disait, etc. Évidemment, ils ont mis quelqu'un pour suivre Sony. « Ce qu'il fait dans son théâtre, c'est suspect », disaient-ils. Et Sony les a repérés tout de suite. Ces gens-là, ils n'étaient pas malins et on les repérait tout de suite. C'est lui qui me raconte : il me dit qu'il a conçu une scène avec un comédien. Il allait parcourir trois mètres sur le plateau, s'arrêter, bailler, puis retourner et un autre refaisait la même chose, et la même chose… et la même chose. Et là, au bout d'une demi-heure, le gars commençait à s'ennuyer. Il a dit : « Mais si c'est ça le théâtre, pourquoi on nous demande d'espionner ? » Puis il n'est plus jamais revenu. Mais moi, mon plus grand coup, ce n'était pas dans le théâtre. C'était quand j'étais professeur de chimie à l'université de Brazzaville, directeur des affaires académiques. J'organisais des conférences académiques. Et à l'époque, il y avait un grand débat dans le parti pour savoir qui était de droite, qui était de gauche. Il y avait un combat idéologique dans le parti. Il se trouve que je suis professeur de chimie et en chimie, il y a des molécules qu'on appelle énantiomères. Ça veut dire tout simplement que les molécules sont exactement les mêmes. La seule chose qui les distingue, c'est que, quand vous faites passer la lumière, l'une dévie la lumière à droite, l'autre dévie la lumière à gauche. Donc ce sont des molécules droites et gauches. Donc je me suis dit : « Ah ah ah ! Je vais faire une conférence académique de chimie organique avec le titre "De la notion de droite et de gauche". » Voilà le titre de ma conférence. Oh là là… alors qu'il y a un débat qui était de droite, de gauche dans le parti, les gens se sont dit : « Ça y est, qu'est-ce qu'il va dire celui-là ? » Je n'ai jamais vu un tel engouement parmi les services de sécurité de Brazzaville, il y avait trois ou quatre agents dans la salle pour voir ce que j'allais dire, sur la notion de droite et de gauche. Je me suis bien amusé. Ils se sont ennuyés à mort. D'ailleurs, ils n'ont rien compris. Est-ce que vous pourriez nous parler de vos relations avec Sony Labou Tansi et Matondo Kubu Turé, qui étaient donc les deux autres grands animateurs de la scène théâtrale de l'époque ? Oui, ce sont des frères. Dans le théâtre, on a combattu ensemble, on a fait des choses ensemble. Et ce qui est remarquable, c'est que nous avions des divergences politiques profondes. Par exemple, Sony était dans un parti politique et moi je ne l'étais pas, etc. Mais ça, ça ne nous divisait absolument pas. On se retrouvait, on discutait quelquefois, on copiait un peu les uns sur les autres… parce que j'ai vu quelquefois que Sony piquait quelque chose chez Matondo par exemple. Donc c'est pour ça que ces trois groupes sont restés si emblématiques pour les jeunes Congolais. Il y avait une forme d'émulation aussi entre vous ? Absolument. Rivalité, jalousie fraternelle. Sony avait un peu plus de succès que nous parce qu'il était connu à l'étranger. Il avait des pièces qui étaient jouées à Paris et chaque année il venait à Limoges. Mais c'est bien, parce que ce succès nous a entraînés aussi, nous a fait travailler plus fort encore. Donc voilà ce que c'était le « So-ma-do ». Qu'est-ce que vous retenez de la scène littéraire de cette époque à Brazzaville ? C'est aussi la grande époque de la littérature congolaise. Il y avait des écrivains avant, je vais citer les Letembet Ambily, les Jean Malonga, etc. Mais là, notre génération, ce groupe d'écrivains, je cite quelques noms : Tati Loutard, Henri Lopez, Sony Labou Tansi, Sylvain Bemba, Tchicaya U Tam'si – Bon, il était un peu plus âgé que nous, il n'était pas tout à fait dans notre groupe – et j'en passe… C'est vraiment à ce moment-là qu'il y a eu un véritable corpus de la littérature congolaise, connu à l'étranger, parce qu'on commençait à gagner des prix à l'étranger, à être traduit. Je suis traduit dans une douzaine de langues, par exemple. Et ce qui est encore une fois très intéressant, c'est qu'on était sous la dictature et on arrivait quand même à produire ces œuvres… qui étaient censurées. Comme je vous ai dit, Jazz et vin de palme a été censuré. Sony Labou Tansi a eu des livres censurés, mais on produisait quand même. Il y avait une forme de tolérance, finalement, du pouvoir. Oui, c'est ça qui est paradoxal. En fait, le pouvoir ne savait pas trop. Comme on disait à l'époque : « Il censurait les livres, mais ne censurait pas les écrivains. » C'était ça la formule qu'on avait trouvée. Il y avait une sorte de tolérance et puis je dois dire, quelqu'un qui était très bien, qui était ministre, membre du parti, mais qui nous protégeait, c'est le poète Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard. Il nous protégeait vraiment. Il a protégé Sony pendant longtemps. Sony était fonctionnaire. Quelquefois, il partait à Limoges pour le théâtre, il abandonnait son boulot… Mais il nous a protégé, Tati Loutard, et je lui suis très reconnaissant pour ça. Est-ce que vous vous rencontriez entre auteurs ? Est-ce que vous formiez un cercle de gens qui se retrouvaient régulièrement ? Oui, on se retrouvait quand un livre des nôtres paraissait et on en discutait. C'est pour ça que Sylvain Bemba a créé ce mot qu'il appelle « la phratrie », la fraternité des lettres entre nous. Et ça a tenu, malgré les guerres civiles, les répressions politiques. C'est le seul endroit où la politique ne nous a pas divisés. Jusqu'à la guerre civile de 98 où nous sommes partis. Sony était mort. Et puis nous sommes partis, dispersés. Quelles sont les anecdotes dont vous vous souvenez sur cette « phratrie » des lettres ? On faisait lire nos manuscrits, les uns aux autres. On se passait les manuscrits. Il y a un point central autour duquel nous tournions, c'était Sylvain Bemba. C'était lui, vraiment le patriarche, c'est lui qu'on allait voir pour passer nos manuscrits. Et j'avais créé aussi une revue, Les Cahiers de théâtre de L'Éclair, qui n'a produit que trois numéros, malheureusement. Dedans, il y avait les contributions de Sony et des autres intellectuels de la place qui s'intéressaient au théâtre. Voilà encore un lieu d'échanges. C'était ça l'époque. Mais bon, on rencontrait des difficultés quand même pour imprimer. Il fallait taper, dactylographier à la machine. Je ne sais pas si vous savez ce que c'est de taper à la machine avec le papier carbone. Et puis quand on voulait faire des tracts, il fallait ronéotyper avec de l'encre sale. Donc c'était difficile, mais on réussissait quand même à faire circuler nos manuscrits, nos idées, les discussions sur la place. Le parti unique avait ce qu'il appelait l'Union nationale des écrivains et artistes du Congo. Tout le monde devait y être, tous les artistes, les écrivains, etc. Et nous, on ne voulait pas faire partie de cette UNEAC caporalisée par le parti. Nous avons créé à part, de façon tout à fait indépendante, ce que nous appelions l'ANEC, Association nationale des écrivains du Congo. Et tous les bons écrivains y étaient… j'exagère, parce que Tati Loutard est resté à l'UNEAC. Mais tous les autres, les Sony, les Matondo, tous les autres écrivains étaient avec nous dans cette association pour laquelle je dis fièrement que j'étais le président et le cocréateur. Et le pouvoir a laissé faire ? Oui, je pense que c'est arrivé au moment où déjà le parti unique était en fin de course. Les années 90 voient une explosion de violence politique au Congo au travers des milices que vous décrivez dans l'une de vos œuvres majeures, Johnny chien méchant. Quelle expérience personnelle, intime, est-ce que vous avez eue de ces milices, vous, Emmanuel Dongala ? Je les ai vécues… Un beau jour, vous voyez dans la rue des gamins avec des fusils plus hauts qu'eux, qui intimident les adultes, qui les font s'agenouiller dans la rue, dans les barrages. Mais vous vous dites : « Dans quel monde nous vivons ? » C'était terrible. Donc, avec ma famille, nous avons fui pour aller vers Pointe-Noire à pied, à travers la forêt. C'est terrible. C'est ça qui m'a donné l'idée d'écrire Johnny, chien méchant. Des gamins comme ça qui ont terrorisé des adultes, leur première expérience amoureuse est un viol. Mais qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire des gamins comme ça ? Comment les récupérer ? C'était vraiment terrible à vivre. Et c'est là où j'ai vraiment vu la souffrance humaine, la cruauté humaine. En ce sens que, par exemple, j'ai vu à un barrage où, pour passer, il fallait donner une pièce de 100 francs. 100 francs CFA, ce n'est rien. Et il y a un pauvre vieil homme, à l'époque, qui n'avait pas d'argent du tout. Et je vois quelqu'un à côté de lui qui dit : « Il n'a pas d'argent, je vais payer, je paie à sa place. » Et le petit milicien, là, avec son fusil, dit : « Non, ce n'est pas ton argent qu'on veut, c'est SON argent à lui. » Vous vous rendez compte… Ils se sont mis à battre le vieil homme. C'était cruel. C'est quelque chose qui a complètement échappé aux politiciens. En plus de ça, ce qui m'a touché personnellement, c'est qu'il y a eu des pillages partout. Ma bibliothèque a été pillée. J'avais des livres signés d'Aimé Césaire, de Jorge Sabato, le Portugais. Et en plus de ça, j'avais de la correspondance parce que j'ai fait des études aux États-Unis à une époque où il y avait les Civil Rights, donc j'ai eu une correspondance avec Malcolm X. Tout ça, ça a été détruit. Mais dans tous ces trucs-là, il y a toujours des moments cocasses. Un jour, en me promenant dans un grand marché de Brazzaville qu'on appelle le marché Total, je vois par terre mes livres pillés. Je dis : « Ce n'est pas possible, il faut que j'aille appeler la police pour récupérer mes bouquins. » Je vais voir la police. Je dis : « Voilà, j'ai vu à Total par terre mes livres. Je veux que vous veniez avec moi en tant que policier pour récupérer mes livres », l'agent de police appelle son chef. Son chef vient, je répète. Il me dit : « Ah, attendez, précisons : vos livres, ils ont été pillés ou volés ? » Je dis : « Pardon ? ». « Ah oui, parce que si ça a été volé, d'accord. Nous faisons une enquête. Mais si ça a été pillé, c'est la guerre, on ne peut rien faire. » [Il rit] Donc, c'est ça la guerre civile… À lire aussiEmmanuel Dongala, une sonate des Lumières

On today's episode of the AgNet News Hour, two major issues shaping agriculture's future took center stage: efforts to modernize the nation's farm labor system and new USDA initiatives designed to strengthen American agriculture. American Farm Bureau Federation Vice President of Public Policy and Economic Analysis John Newton discussed bipartisan legislation aimed at reforming the H-2A guest worker program, while USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce outlined several federal initiatives supporting farmers and ranchers. Newton said agriculture has gone more than four decades without meaningful updates to its labor system, making the recently introduced Securing Agricultural Workforce Act one of the most significant labor proposals in years. The bipartisan legislation would provide greater certainty for growers by creating a more predictable H-2A wage formula while expanding visa eligibility for year-round agricultural sectors such as dairy. He pointed to recent Farm Bureau data showing that agriculture's labor shortage remains severe. During fiscal year 2025, growers submitted more than 415,000 H-2A applications, while only 182 domestic workers applied for those positions. "That shows these are jobs Americans simply are not filling," Newton explained, adding that reliable access to legal agricultural labor remains essential for maintaining the nation's food supply. Newton also urged lawmakers to continue work on a new Farm Bill, year-round E15 legislation, disaster assistance, and economic support for farmers facing elevated production costs. He encouraged growers to stay engaged with members of Congress while legislators are home during the July recess. The program's second featured interview focused on USDA priorities with Richard Fordyce, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation. Fordyce discussed USDA's newly announced SPUR initiative, designed to strengthen small and medium-sized beef processors that play an important role in local and regional food systems. He said supporting independent processors now will help ensure sufficient processing capacity as the nation's cattle herd begins rebuilding from historically low levels. Fordyce also provided an update on USDA's response to the New World screwworm, saying the department is expanding sterile fly production while working closely with Mexican officials to prevent the pest from spreading farther north. He expressed confidence that increased surveillance and coordinated international efforts will successfully push the pest back toward southern Mexico. Another topic of discussion was implementation of provisions contained in the recently passed federal reconciliation package. Fordyce said USDA is moving quickly to implement improvements affecting crop insurance, disaster assistance, conservation programs, and the agricultural safety net. "I think the provisions in this legislation are historic for agriculture," Fordyce said, noting the package expands producers' ability to purchase stronger crop insurance coverage while improving several long-standing farm programs. Fordyce also emphasized USDA's continued commitment to California agriculture, recognizing the state's unmatched diversity of crops and encouraging growers to remain engaged with USDA programs and resources available through Farmers.gov and local USDA service centers. Together, the interviews highlighted two of agriculture's most pressing priorities: ensuring farmers have access to a dependable workforce while strengthening the federal programs that help producers manage risk, invest in their operations, and remain competitive in an increasingly challenging farm economy. Listen to the full interview below or on your favorite podcast app.

From the Editor's Desk: This special Semiquincentennial podcast is the capstone of our symposium at TraditionOnline.org considering “The Jew in America at 250.” It revisits a series we published in 1976 for the Bicentennial (read about both and sample all the contents). In the course of human events 250 years ago, Thomas Jefferson concluded his Declaration of Independence “with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we [the signers of the Declaration] mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” Since Jews first arrived in the British colonies in the seventeenth century, and throughout 250 years of independence, they have similarly relied on the protection of divine Providence—just as we trusted in the promises of religious freedom, that great boon of American life. We and our American Jewish ancestors similarly pledged our lives, fortunes and sacred honor to the country—the malkhut shel hesed in R. Moshe Feinstein's memorable phrase—which has done more than any other in history to enable Jewish flourishing—any other country, that is, aside from the one I have made my home for over three decades, the State of Israel. We are now met at a peculiar moment in the great history of our American communities of faith and destiny. Some are asking if American Jewry, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. I for one—even from my perch in the east—am not so pessimistic about life there in sof ha-ma'arav, the distant west, nor do I think that the American Jewish experience has been in vain and, indeed, I pray that it may yet have a new birth of vitality and creativity. But I am mindful that, despite being a lifelong student of American political culture, I have at this point spent more of my life removed from American shores. That's why I was pleased to invite Rabbi Benjamin Samuels to guest edit our special symposium. This podcast brings together three of the many contributors to the series to reflect on the present condition and future trajectory of American Jewish life. Through a discussion of antisemitism and Zionism, Jewish education and civic responsibility, and the challenges of political polarization, the panel explores what it means to be both fully American and fully Jewish in this moment. The conversation considers questions of identity, citizenship, Israel, religious commitment, and communal leadership while looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges that will shape the future of American Jewish life.  —Jeffrey Saks, Editor, TRADITION Watch a video recording of the conversation. Dr. Rebecca Cypess is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and the Dean of the Undergraduate Faculty at Yeshiva University. Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph is the Orthodox Union’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.  Rabbi Etan Tokayer, President of the Rabbinical Council of America, is the Rabbi of Kingsway Jewish Center. Rabbi Benjamin J. Samuels, Ph.d, our moderator and guest editor, is a member of TRADITION's editorial board, and the Rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah in Newton, MA. The post The Jew in America at 250 appeared first on Tradition Online.

When I started my business, I wanted to create spaces where every single person felt seen, heard, and like they truly belonged . It sounds so beautifully simple on the surface, doesn't it? But as we all know, making sure people feel heard at work can get incredibly messy . This week, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with a peer of mine from grad school, Daniel Newton, an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa, whose research on workplace engagement is quite literally out of this world . He's spent years studying how people speak up and stay engaged, working with everyone from corporate teams to actual astronauts aboard the International Space Station . Now, I always say that if an astronaut floating in zero gravity can feel ignored by Mission Control, it's okay if your team is struggling to communicate during shift changes ! Daniel and I shared some great laughs about the black box of office suggestion boxes (which usually just collect dust and some very chaotic notes) and how we can all become better allies by lifting each other's ideas .  Key Themes from the Conversation Even Astronauts Struggle to Feel Heard. Feeling heard requires more than just listening. Speaking up requires responsive action or transparent feedback . When leaders or institutions fail to act, it creates a sense of being ignored, even in high-stakes environments like space exploration . "I worked with an astronaut that literally shared an idea with Mission Control and they didn't do anything, so he had to say it again, and then again. Even people that train for years and years, and have the complete trust of NASA, even they don't feel heard in their work sometimes." – Daniel Newton The Power of the Newcomer Perspective. People often hesitate to speak up because they are new, young, or feel like an imposter . However, fresh eyes bring the highest level of creative disruption and innovation to long-standing, status-quo systems . "The newcomer perspective is really valuable because you're gonna see things differently. And so we may hesitate to speak up because we feel like we're too new." – Daniel Newton Problems Drive Action, While Ideas Risk the Back Burner. Voicing workplace problems creates an immediate sense of urgency that forces management to respond and implement solutions quickly . The paradox is that while problems get fixed, proactive and creative new ideas are often pushed aside . "Creating urgency means that managers respond faster, and the company is more likely to implement and resolve those problems. But the downside of that potentially could be that new, yet important ideas get put on the back burner." – Daniel Newton AI as a Useful Sounding Board, Not a Human Replacement. Artificial intelligence serves as a fantastic, low-stakes rehearsal partner to build confidence before pitching ideas . While AI excels at optimizing usefulness and efficiency, human input remains essential for true originality and novel thinking . "AI-generated ideas were really good with the usefulness component. But the humans were really good at the originality component. If we're generating new ideas, we need the human in the loop." – Daniel Newton The Power of Indirect Framing (The "Midwest Nice" Strategy). For those who struggle to be blunt, framing an idea or problem as a collaborative question lowers defensiveness in dominant leaders and invites them into the solution rather than putting them on the defensive . "Have we thought about X? Or might we consider doing this? Being indirect, asking or speaking up in the form of a question is helpful because it didn't put leaders on the spot. They don't feel as  threatened." – Daniel Newton One Actionable Takeaway To help an idea land successfully with a dominant supervisor or to ease your own anxiety about speaking up, frame your insight as a question (e.g., "I wonder if we might consider..." or "Have we looked at...") rather than a direct mandate . This invites collaboration, lowers leadership defensiveness, and creates an immediate open door for your perspective to be heard .

Radio 750 Alejandro Dolina, Patricio Bartón, Gillespi Introducción • 0:01:57 Conversación sobre tomar agua, bidones y botellas de gaseosa • 0:07:15 Próximas presentaciones en Montevideo y gira de La noche extraviada en Córdoba Segmento Inicial • 0:09:40 Heladerías en invierno como negocio y cambio de consumo • 0:13:53 Encuestas, hábitos de consumo y comparación regional del helado • 0:16:40 Delivery, formatos familiares y helado para consumir en casa • 0:17:29 Preferencias de sabores, mezclas y gustos personales • 0:20:33 Recuerdos del sánguche de helado y agregados modernos • 0:24:38 Sabores invernales, predominio de cremas y discusión sobre sambayón • 0:31:54 Dureza del helado, calefacción del local y combinación con café • 0:34:40 Trucos de despacho, cucurucho versus vasito y arquitectura de los gustos • 0:38:15 Mezclas con ensalada de frutas o strudel y utensilios para servir helado • 0:41:06 Indecisión de los clientes, pedidos de degustación y formas de comer helado • 0:46:05 Anécdota de un romance escondido dentro de una heladería • 0:49:37 Helado exhibido, colores artificiales y comercios que les gustaría tener • 0:52:48 Librerías, cuadernos y escritura a mano • 0:54:49 Mensajes de oyentes sobre verdadero o falso, cementerios y el Antel Arena Segmento Dispositivo • 1:04:18 Isaac Newton y su predicción del año 2060 • 1:05:06 Infancia difícil, abandono familiar y carácter retraído de Newton • 1:07:47 Inventos de niñez, educación y descubrimiento de su talento • 1:10:43 Cambridge, formación autodidacta y vínculo entre ciencia y teología • 1:12:04 Cálculo bíblico de 2060 a partir del libro de Daniel y Carlomagno • 1:13:42 Priorato de Sion, linajes sagrados y referencias a Newton • 1:15:55 Nueva era, curiosidades personales y legado científico de Newton • 1:19:13 "Farolito de papel" ♫ por Carlos Gardel Segmento Humorístico • 1:23:55 Verdadero o falso sobre indumentaria y curiosidades de la vestimenta Sordo Gancé / Manuel Moreira • 1:46:40 Presentación del segmento musical • 1:47:22 "Adiós" ♫ • 1:50:13 "Blues da Piedade" ♫ • 1:52:42 "Slippin' and Slidin'" ♫ • 1:55:25 "All of Me" ♫ • 1:57:05 Cierre musical y despedida (Resumen generado automáticamente con IA, puede contener errores)

Izal medicated toilet paper was once a staple of British bathrooms - a curious cultural icon, remembered as much for its distinctive feel as for its antiseptic promise. Produced for decades by the Sheffield‑based company Newton, Chambers & Co., Izal became woven into the fabric of schools, hospitals and public buildings across the UK.So how did a product that was everywhere for so long, end up disappearing from shelves, surviving only in nostalgia, and uncomfortable memories?BBC Business journalist Sean Farrington investigates how Izal medicated toilet paper went from national widespread use to historical footnote, joined by resident business expert and entrepreneur Sam White.To uncover the story, Sean and Sam dig into industrial archives, public‑health records and the memories of those who grew up with the unmistakable crinkle of Izal. They hear from former Newton Chambers employees, alongside Dr Alice White - Digital Editor at English Heritage and Historian of Psychology and former Jeyes employees, Nicholas Goodwin and Jayne Howe- who followed the Izal brand closely after it changed hands in the 1980s.At the end, Sam must draw her own conclusions about the fate of Izal medicated toilet paper - from changing hygiene standards to the rise of softer, more luxurious competitors - and decide whether its decline was inevitable or simply a failure to adapt?If you have a good idea for an interesting Toast topic then tell us about it - email toast@bbc.co.ukThis episode was produced by Linda Walker. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Milyssa talks with hypno-therapist David Allen.David Allen is a hypno-therapist and long-established Life Between Lives facilitator. He was initially trained using the method developed by the legendary Michael Newton. For many years he has used hypno-therapy to guide people to connect modern day reality with the spiritual self. His new book, Life According to the Soul, is currently available.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/paranormal-uk-radio-network--4541473/support.

Izal medicated toilet paper was once a staple of British bathrooms - a curious cultural icon, remembered as much for its distinctive feel as for its antiseptic promise. Produced for decades by the Sheffield‑based company Newton, Chambers & Co., Izal became woven into the fabric of schools, hospitals and public buildings across the UK.So how did a product that was everywhere for so long, end up disappearing from shelves, surviving only in nostalgia, and uncomfortable memories?BBC Business journalist Sean Farrington investigates how Izal medicated toilet paper went from national widespread use to historical footnote, joined by resident business expert and entrepreneur Sam White.To uncover the story, Sean and Sam dig into industrial archives, public‑health records and the memories of those who grew up with the unmistakable crinkle of Izal. They hear from former Newton Chambers employees, alongside Dr Alice White - Digital Editor at English Heritage and Historian of Psychology and former Jeyes employees, Nicholas Goodwin and Jayne Howe- who followed the Izal brand closely after it changed hands in the 1980s.At the end, Sam must draw her own conclusions about the fate of Izal medicated toilet paper - from changing hygiene standards to the rise of softer, more luxurious competitors - and decide whether its decline was inevitable or simply a failure to adapt?If you have a good idea for an interesting Toast topic then tell us about it - email toast@bbc.co.ukThis episode was produced by Linda Walker. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

On this episode, Tyler Newton, Managing Partner at Catalyst, makes the case for a disciplined approach to growth investing that sits between VC and buyout—and what operators and investors can learn from it.Learn how to underwrite deals at the growth stage without relying on leverage or the power law—and why paying a fair price in the right sector matters more than finding the perfect company. Hear how to build a five-year plan that underwrites to multiple compression rather than expansion, and what it takes to win deals in a competitive market when you don't have proprietary deal flow.From entry to exit, get a practical view of how to sequence leadership hires as a company scales, keep founders focused on three to five priorities per year, and build toward inflection points that open up multiple exit paths—from PE recap to strategic acquisition to IPO.The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.

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This podcast covers episodes 11,878 to 11,882. Sam is hospitalized against his will and takes his anger out on Nick. Maria becomes increasingly convinced that Gary and Sarah are having an affair. The ladies what lunch and Ronnie plan a surprise break for Debbie by bringing Spain to her. A tense standoff in the garage brings the situation between Carl and Kev to a head. Christina knows kung-fu. Ruby's on TikTok. Dylan's totally not bothered. Become a Friend of the Podcast: https://patreon.com/thetalkofthestreet Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/thetalkofthestreet Write to the show: The Talk of the Street, PO Box 12, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827, United States Email the show: thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com 

Grace Shaped Lives, part 6. There's a tendency in our human nature to pursue happiness through our outward circumstances, rather than finding contentment through our position in Christ. By Oli Stevens Sunday 14th June 2026 Captured from the livestream

Jill Christman is a 2020 NEA Prose Fellow and the author of If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays and two memoirs, Darkroom: A Family Exposure and Borrowed Babies: Apprenticing for Motherhood, and The Heart Folds Early: A Memoir. In today's episode, Jill and Annmarie discuss healthcare, heartaches, and how to make it through when the thing we fear most comes true.  Bookstore Spotlights: Barrett Bookstore – The oldest and largest independent bookstore in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Woman-founded in 1939 and woman-owned today, Barrett booksellers develop relationships with authors (hosting many events like our yearly Ladies of Summer panel), partnerships with local schools and libraries, and friendships with our loyal patrons. Visit Barrett in Darien, CT or at barrettbookstore.com. Newtonville Books – An independent bookstore located at 10 Langley Rd, in Newton, Massachusetts -- in the old stone building at the north corner of the triangle parking lot. Come for the books. Stay for the books. And learn more and shop online at newtonvillebooks.com. Titles by Jill Christman:  If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays  Darkroom: A Family Exposure Borrowed Babies: Apprenticing for Motherhood The Heart Folds Early: A Memoir. Follow Jill Christman: Instagram: @jillchristmanwriter  Bluesky: @jillchristman.bsky.social Substack: @riverteethjill jillchristman.com **Writing Workshops:  If you liked this conversation and are interested in writing together, please consider the opportunities below.  For women interested in an online Saturday morning writing circle, you can sign up here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What did the ancient world discover about the cosmos? What were the contributions of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo? How did the science of astronomy advance under Newton? And how did everything change again with the discoveries of special relativity, general relativity, and quantum mechanics? With us to answer these questions is Sarah Alam Malik. Sarah is an expert on dark matter, and her work on large-scale experiments such as the Large Hadron Collider has placed her at the cutting edge of exploring the universe's mysteries and its fundamental laws. Today we discuss her new book entitled, A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it).

In this hour Grace discusses a new report on the Newton-Wellesley maternity ward nurses' cancer cluster. Plus, Maura Healey is campaigning for re-election and Grace points out Healey has few accomplishments to boast about.  Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional sports organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders stay informed, your people stay connected, and your unit stays ready. No more scattered spreadsheets or missed messages. Just one platform built for organizations where performance is the mission. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the coaching and programming platform built for strength and conditioning coaches who train serious athletes. Whether you're programming for a military unit, a tactical team, or individual athletes, TrainHeroic gives you the tools to build and deliver professional training programs, track athlete progress, and communicate directly with your people — all through one app. Your athletes get world-class programming on their phone; you get the visibility to actually coach them. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comPsychopaths, Purpose, and the Price of Vulnerability — Newton Cheng ReturnsNewton's back for his fourth appearance. Fresh off 17 years at Google, a keynote at the H2F Symposium, and a hospital room that reordered his priorities entirely. This one goes well past fitness.What we get into:What Newton saw at the H2F Symposium that Google never gave him — a room full of people who had dedicated their careers to a mission with no big financial payoff at the end, and actually meant it.Corporations as machines — why purpose-driven language at large companies eventually stops holding water, and what the difference looks like when the mission isn't profit.Strategic vulnerability — it's not open sharing, it's context-dependent and calculated. Vulnerability builds trust unless it reveals incompetence at a core responsibility. That distinction matters a lot in the military.The senior NCO who posted his failed two-mile run on social media — Drew, Alex, and Newton work through whether that was useful vulnerability or a self-own.The psychopathy of organizations — Newton's framework: psychopaths rise because they feel nothing, emotionally repressed leaders accumulate moral injury until they go toxic, and emotionally integrated leaders are the best case but the rarest outcome.Lying to Ourselves — the 2015 paper on dishonesty in the Army profession, and new data showing that reported unit readiness is moderately negatively correlated with actual performance at combat training centers.We're here to love and take care of each other, and that's it — Newton's first principle, arrived at in a hospital room after his daughter's leukemia diagnosis. She's doing well.Mentioned in this episode:Incorruptible — Eric Reese's new book on corporate governance and why even purpose-driven companies abandon their idealsLying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession — Leonard Wong, 2015A Clearer Mirror: The Promise of Combat Training Center Data — sent in by Lieutenant Colonel DaweThe Art of Community — Charles Vogel, former podcast guestAntoine de Saint-Exupéry — if you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect woodLong and Strong — the Mops and Moes training program on TrainHeroic → https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/team/leg-tuck-nation?attrib=565490-webViews expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.

What does it take to put a fractured world back together? Philosopher and psychotherapist Mark Vernon joins Evan Rosa to explore William Blake as the great counter-Enlightenment guide for our anxious, divided age. "The world comes to be seen as it truly is, which is infinite, and that can embrace distinction difference as much as similarity and sharing." In this episode with Evan Rosa, Vernon explains how to read William Blake, and reflects on Blake as the most important post-Reformation Christian mystic—a poet, painter, and philosopher offering not just a diagnosis of modern division but the beginnings of an antidote. Together they discuss Newton's long shadow and the withdrawal of inner life; the fragmentation of humanity from itself, nature, and the divine; the marriage of heaven and hell; cleansing the doors of perception; imagination as abundance rather than scarcity; desire rightly ordered; and Blake's Christ, who acts from impulse rather than rule. ——— Episode Highlights "I think he's the most important post-Reformation Christian mystic." "We need these oppositions in order to create the dynamism of life and hence the Marriage of Heaven and Hell." "The task is to align, align with the goods in the melee, and see how that which is seemingly different for you, might have something to offer you." "The world comes to be seen as it truly is, which is infinite, and that can embrace distinction difference as much as similarity and sharing." "The fullness of the love, the fullness of the goods, paradoxically, it can seem, is only revealed when it reaches out to that, which seems to be the opposite of it." ——— About Mark Vernon Mark Vernon is a writer, broadcaster, and psychotherapist with a private practice in London, and a former Anglican priest. His studies began with a physics degree at Durham University, followed by two degrees in theology and a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy from the University of Warwick; he has also worked at the Maudsley Hospital. He contributes to the BBC, the Guardian, and Church Times, and podcasts frequently. His books range across friendship, wellbeing, ancient philosophy, Dante's Divine Comedy, and the Inkling Owen Barfield. His most recent book, Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination (Hurst, 2024), has drawn praise from Rowan Williams and others as among the finest recent studies of Blake. Learn more and follow at markvernon.com, his Substack A Golden String (markvernon942268.substack.com), and @platospodcasts on X. ——— Helpful Links and Resources Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, by Mark Vernon: https://www.markvernon.com/books/awake-william-blake-and-the-power-of-the-imagination A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness, by Mark Vernon: https://www.markvernon.com/books/a-secret-history-of-christianity-book Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, by Mark Vernon: https://www.markvernon.com/books/dantes-divine-comedy-book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, by William Blake (The William Blake Archive): https://www.blakearchive.org/work/mhh Mark Vernon's website: https://www.markvernon.com A Golden String (Substack): https://markvernon942268.substack.com ——— Show Notes Underappreciated, often typecast visionary 1827—approaching the 200th anniversary of Blake's death approaching Tumultuous age: Seven Years' War, American and French Revolutions, Napoleonic Wars London quadruples in size; Hindu, Islamic, and global ideas arrive "I think he's the most important post reformation Christian, mystic" Polymath—poet, painter, philosopher, didact Counter-Enlightenment response to rationalism Isaac Newton's influence "can't be overstated" One law binds falling apple and orbiting moon Locke, Bentham, utilitarianism, calculation as the moral measure "withdrawing the inner life of human beings"—the objective as gold standard Fragmentation: dividing humanity from itself, nature, the gods Reading Blake now offers "the beginnings of an antidote too" Feeling and imagination complement reason; imagination as the shape of energy Marvel superheroes analogy—one superpower detached goes wrong Bacon's dream: tools to restore Eden, and its tragedy Magnet's two poles—the marriage of heaven and hell Angels grow complacent, devils too dastardly; tension creates beauty and exuberance Cleansing the doors of perception; a world in a grain of sand "align, align with the goods in the melee" Division never purifies society—"it just leads to a mess" "embrace distinction difference as much as similarity and sharing" Heaven and hell as states of mind; participative epistemology Education that teaches students to divide themselves from learning Imagination as abundance, not scarcity Desire rightly ordered—"less than all cannot satisfy man" Blake's Christ acts from impulse, not rule Fountains of living water; the closing lines of Jerusalem ——— #WilliamBlake #MarkVernon #ForTheLifeoftheWorld #Imagination #MarriageOfHeavenAndHell #CounterEnlightenment #ChristianMysticism #Theology #Poetry #DoorsOfPerception

I think this was one of my most enjoyable dialogues in our What's new series. Maybe Sabine and I are getting more used to each other's cadence and interests or maybe it was the subject matter. Either way, I think you will find this to be a fascinating and provocative discussion of science at the forefront, and at the not-so-forefront, because that science is interesting too!We began our discussion describing a new finding of a Giant Ring of galaxies billions of light years across in the sky. The key questions are: Is it real? And is it surprising? We both have slightly different takes on this.Next we described a new measurement of the strength of gravity on scales from 80 to 800 million light years in distance. And guess what? Gravity falls off just like Newton predicted! This may seem like a big yawn, but one of the most popular models that claims to do away with dark matter would imply that Gravity would fall off differently on these scales. Does this new result kill that idea? Stay tuned.Microsoft, which has cried wolf a number of times so far when it comes to something called Majorana qubits as the basis of a new viable quantum computer just published a new paper claiming they finally have it. Sabine and I discuss why we are both still skeptical, but why the effort is worth it.Next, CERN, the large European particle physics laboratory, and the world particle physics community seem to have converged on plans for building a huge new accelerator in the current CERN site.. this time involving an underground ring 91 km in circumference, in which electrons and positrons would collide to explore the detailed properties of the Higgs particle. Is the effort worth it? Again, Sabine and I have slightly different takes on this.Fusion power, which we have talked about in a number of earlier episodes, continues to tempt humanity with the promise of unlimited energy. Many people, myself included, have tended to argue that fusion seems to be 25 years in the future, and may always be 25 years in the future. But many new efforts are underway, so who knows. Unfortunately, a group of economists has analyzed fusion in the context of other large energy programs and have argued that even if we can achieve it, it may not be as economically viable as many claim. Finally, one day Richard Feynman went to a Thai restaurant with his young companion Ralph Leighton, and wondered what he should order. Should it be the same old dish he loved or something new. An equation filled napkin later, and he had the answer. Fifty years later some cognitive scientists resurrected Feynman's napkin and explained it, and argued it might have important implications in other social situations. Such is the power of science.As always, an ad-free video version of this podcast is also available to paid Critical Mass subscribers. Your subscriptions support the non-profit Origins Project Foundation, which produces the podcast. The audio version is available free on the Critical Mass site and on all podcast sites, and the video version will also be available on the Origins Project YouTube. Get full access to Critical Mass at lawrencekrauss.substack.com/subscribe

The Dirty Dozen of Estate Planning: Are you making costly estate planning mistakes without realizing it? Jon Penn and Estate Attorney Russ Newton break down the most common errors people make when creating wills, trusts, powers of attorney, beneficiary designations, and charitable gifting strategies. From dying intestate and failing to update documents, to misunderstanding Texas estate laws, TOD and Lady Bird deeds, testamentary trusts, and living trusts, this discussion covers the practical steps families can take to protect assets and avoid unnecessary legal problems. We also explore charitable gifting strategies involving IRAs, 401(k)s, QCDs, and more advanced trust planning tools designed to preserve wealth for future generations. 0:00 - INTRO 1:48 - A Practical Estate Attorney 3:00 - Common Mistakes to Avoid - Procrastination 6:10 - Dying Without a Will - Intestate 9:13 - Do-it-Yourself Estate Planning - Avoid Ambiguity 12:35 - Failure to Revise or Update Will 14:21 - Moving to a Different State - State Conformity 16:02 - Coordination of Beneficiaries & Assets 18:34 - Naming Agents on Power of Attorney - Two Powers of Attorney in Texas 22:34 - Using a Will vs a Living Trust - Naming Assets Properly 26:35 - Pour-over Will 27:48 - TOD/Lady Bird Deed 29:37 - Testamentary Trusts - Protecting Assets "from the grave" 32:46 - Three Considerations: How Long, How Accessed (HIMS), Who is Trustee 34:53 - Tangible Assets (everything but real estate) 38:23 - Ignoring Estate Plans 39:53 - Charitable Gifting (401k & IRA, QCD's) 43:53 - More Sophisticated Trust Planning Tools Hosted by RIA Advisors Senior Investment Advisor, Jonathan Penn, CFP w Estate Attorney Russ Newton Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/pXCNeZIBR6k ------- Download Lance's Latest e-book, "Laws of Money & Wealth:"https://realinvestmentadvice.com/ria-e-guide-library/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #EstatePlanning #LivingTrust #WillAndTrust #RetirementPlanning #WealthManagement

The baffling story of Robert Nichols, who took the name Joseph Newton Chandler III and left his family for the rest of his life, with theories going so far as to say he was the Zodiac Killer. Support us directly: https://www.redwebpod.com In 2002, a man was found deceased in his apartment. What began as a standard investigation soon revealed the name registered to this man actually belonged to a child who died decades prior. As odd clues began to stack, a search commenced for the true identity of the man with no past and no contacts. After nearly two decades, a break in the case uncovered who he was, but left investigators with even more questions about his cryptic life. Today, we analyze the theories behind the true identity of Joseph Newton Chandler III. Sensitive topics: suicide Our sponsors: Ridge - Upgrade your wallet today! Get get up to 40% off @Ridge with code REDWEB at https://www.Ridge.com/REDWEB #Ridgepod #sponsored This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/redweb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 8 and the finale of the introductory ether series goes out with a bang. Jonathan Drake and Polymath return together to close out eight weeks of reality-dismantling physics with their most ambitious move yet: tying the whole thing together theologically. But first, eddy currents, gyroscopes that weigh less while spinning, Newton confessing gravity made no sense to him, Einstein admitting logic has nothing to do with understanding nature, and Tesla calling modern scientists sane enough to think deeply but possibly too far gone to think clearly. Then Polymath lays out the geometry of two types of antigravity craft, and Casimir Space Company gets a mention for apparently building a capacitor that recharges itself. The episode closes with Jonathan reading his original essay arguing that the ether's triadic structure, source, radiative, and ground, is the created fingerprint of the Trinity itself, and that physics done correctly leads to the same place revelation does. Eight episodes. One conclusion. Everything is theological.

Why is the past different from the future? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the universe's deepest questions like why is there anything, how we know we are in the real present, if there could be a unified theory of physics and more with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll. Originally aired August 29, 2023. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:  https://startalkmedia.com/show/physics-philosophy-with-sean-carroll/ Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio 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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGcfnm1gELw Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Elan Journo talks with Ben Bayer, Robertas Bakula, Alex Silverman, Audra Hilse, Sam Weaver, and Keith Lockitch about their upcoming talks at OCON 2026 in New Orleans. Speakers include: Bayer: Ayn Rand on progress     Bakula: antitrust is anti-production     Silverman: metaphysics of productiveness Hilse: publishing We the Living Weaver: Milton's Paradise Lost       Lockitch: Descartes and Newton on the rainbow    

Priya Parmar is the author of the novel, Vanessa and Her Sister, a New York Times Notable Book, and her latest novel, The Original, is out now. In today's episode, Annmarie and Priya discuss their shared obsession with movie star, Katharine Hepburn, gender norms in old Hollywood, and how to know when a book is really finished.  Bookstore Spotlights: Barrett Bookstore – The oldest and largest independent bookstore in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Woman-founded in 1939 and woman-owned today, Barrett booksellers develop relationships with authors (hosting many events like our yearly Ladies of Summer panel), partnerships with local schools and libraries, and friendships with our loyal patrons. Visit Barrett in Darien, CT or at barrettbookstore.com. Newtonville Books – An independent bookstore located at 10 Langley Rd, in Newton, Massachusetts -- in the old stone building at the north corner of the triangle parking lot. Come for the books. Stay for the books. And learn more and shop online at newtonvillebooks.com. Titles by Priya Parmar: Exit the Actress Vanessa and Her Sister The Original Additional Titles Mentioned in This Episode: The Foursome, by Christina Baker Kline Desk Set The Philadelphia Story Adam's Rib Sylvia Scarlett Follow Priya Parmar: Facebook: @priyaparmar Instagram: @priyaparmarwriting Substack: Plum Bean Notes @priyaparmarwriting priyaparmar.net **Writing Workshops: If you liked this conversation and are interested in writing together, please consider the opportunities below. For women interested in an online Saturday morning writing circle, you can sign up here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governor Richard Coke was sworn in at the point of several guns. His supporters protected his impromptu ceremony on the second floor of the Capitol from his defeated opponent’s supporters on the first floor. But once in office, he changed Texas for the better. Balanced budgets and Texas A&M, among other things. Learn more about this influential Texan in this interview with his descendant, Rosser Coke Newton, author of the new book “Richard Coke: Texan.”

England, 2023: 15-year-old Holly Newton was tragically murdered by her obsessive ex-boyfriend Logan MacPhail whilst on a first date with another boy. Logan showed all the tell-tale signs of an abuser, a boy whose controlling behaviour finally proved fatal. He stalked Holly in the lead up to the attack, hacked her social media accounts, and finally cornered her in an alleyway armed with a knife.Resources:Holly's Hope - https://www.hollyshope.co.uk/homeThe Daniel Baird Foundation https://controlthebleed.org.uk/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesFollow Outlore Podcast here:YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeInsta - @outlorepodcast https://www.instagram.com/outlorepodcast/?__d=16d TikTok - @outlorepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@outlorepodcast A Moth - MGMT production @Moth-mgmt

There are two Emerald Tablets. They share a name. They share a color. Everything else about them is completely different — the origin, the author, the century, the verifiability. Most people who quote one are actually thinking of the other, and the confusion is over a hundred years old.   In this episode I investigate both. One was translated by Isaac Newton in his own handwriting, the manuscript still preserved at Cambridge today. The other has a very different story behind it.