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Lesley Logan and Brad Crowell break down the conversation with Jamie Lerner, a well-being therapist and author who left psychotherapy after watching clients use their past as the excuse that kept them stuck. They dig into why society rewards women for wearing the busy badge, what it actually means to look inward, and the internal compass Jamie says everyone is born with.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co mailto:beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/#follow-subscribe-free.In this episode you will learn about:How society rewards women who put themselves last and stay overworked.Brad unpacks the inner knowing Jamie calls a natural internal compass.Five minutes of silence outside as the practice of looking inward.Laughing when you judge others reveals what you actually want yourself.Setting aside ten minutes daily for lovingly curious questions.Episode References/Links:Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) - https://add.orgupLift Teacher Training Program - https://xxll.co/uwseLevate Mentorship Program - https://lesleylogan.co/elevateOPC Flashcards - https://opc.me/flashcardsOPC Posters - https://opc.me/postersPilates on Tour (Powered by Balanced Body) - https://xxll.co/potCambodia Retreat Waitlist - https://crowsnestretreats.comOPC Winter Tour - https://opc.me/tourJamie Lerner's Website - https://jamie-lerner.comBook: The Ever Loving Essence of You - https://a.co/d/0i9I7Tc5The Quickie Texting Service - https://beitpod.com/quickietextingEp. 1 ft. 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I think it is bad to judge yourself for being jealous and not actually taking a moment to know why. What about that thing is making me have the grass is greener?Lesley Logan 0:11  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 0:54  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, Brad and I are going to dig into the insightful convo I had with Jamie Lerner in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, feel free to pause this now and go back and listen to that one, and then come back and join us, or you can just listen all the way through and then just let your podcast play that one. Brad Crowell 1:11  You can start at episode one. We're only 740 in right now.Lesley Logan 1:15  I know. I mean, so many. It's so many. Today is October 1st 2026. It is ADHD Awareness Month, and you are listening to two ADHD hosts. By the way, just so you know, when we record these, the Adderall is worn off, so.Brad Crowell 1:29  That's also true.Lesley Logan 1:30  It's all we don't ever record when we are medicated. So because that would be that would make too much sense. But ADHD Awareness Month shines a light on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder throughout October. This vital observance, spearheaded by organizations like Attention Deficit Disorder Association, aims to educate the public, reduce stigma, and champion effective treatments. Join the conversation, share resources, and support those navigating life with ADHD. I just want to tell you guys, it's not like a trend to go get diagnosed. If you think that you that's what's going on with you. You should do it because there are really great tools and systems that you can use. You don't have to take Adderall. There's other options. There's other systems you could put in place. But it has been really quite helpful to understand what's ADHD and what's just tired and what's whatever. And oh, I'm going on a dopamine high. Let's adopt a dog. You know, decisions like that. But I highly recommend it. And then the other thing I just want to add is I listened to this really wonderful clip where this woman said that the title ADHD is not really the best because it's what it is is it's a regulation disorder. People with ADHD have a hard time regulating in general. So like we go on highs and lows and highs and lows because it's really hard to regulate. I really like the example of you know those of you who listen to the podcast. Most of you understand, in the 80s and 90s there were those pens that had red, green, black, blue, right?Brad Crowell 2:50  Sure.Lesley Logan 2:51  So a neurotypical person will think red, click red, use red, finish the red, right? A neurodivergent person. Brad Crowell 3:00  Is that what they'll do?Lesley Logan 3:00  Yeah, a neurodivergent person with ADHD will go. I had five ideas, all five pen, all five colors at the same time. That's how their brain works. And I thought that if you don't understand what that's like, you that I think it's a good visual. So, anyways, if you hear chewing in the background, that's Darla, and we're gonna let her do it because it keeps her busy, otherwise. Brad Crowell 3:19  That's her ADHD (inaudible) also, too, my understanding is that ADHD presents itself slightly differently between men and women, and it's really coming out strong as. Lesley Logan 3:34  The largest number of women are going through perimenopause at the same time.Brad Crowell 3:37  Yes, that is the point I was ultimately trying to eloquently get to, that I am not a woman to be able to say that, but that's happening right now, and so it might be that you have ADHD undiagnosed and don't know it. And if you're thinking, "Oh my god, I can't fucking think anymore, maybe it's because of this, and it's worth going to talk to someone about it. We did, and it was hilarious. Lesley's already told the story, but in five minutes, the psychiatrist was, "Yeah, you have ADHD. I'm giving you boom. You know, you're good. Let's go.Lesley Logan 4:10  And Brad and I did.Brad Crowell 4:11  I had to do a friggin' test.Lesley Logan 4:12  You did all the tests. I was. I don't have time for these tests.Brad Crowell 4:16  I had to go do a whole computer exam and the whole nine. I mean, I'm glad I did, but also I was. I gotta go all the way back out here to this place. I mean it's like 20 minutes away, but it felt like forever. Anyway, I'm very happy that I am formally diagnosed, and it has been interesting to to be taking medication for something like this because I I just always assumed that I was just getting older and my brain wasn't working the way that it used to, and that's true, I think. But also, I wonder. I don't know. I felt very productive and you know cogent when I was younger, and then things just started to slip away for me, and I just associated that with all the things that happened in my life and. Lesley Logan 4:55  Maybe you're going through perimenopause.Brad Crowell 4:56  Yeah, I must be. I mean, I think I think that's it.Brad Crowell 5:00  That's the conclusion. I don't even know how I didn't come to that conclusion. Lesley Logan 5:02  You know what I will say is the psychiatrist was really thoughtful. She said, "Look, she says what you'll have to understand about yourself is it's you versus the ADHD, and if you can really understand what's me and what's ADHD, it will really help you. As is a child where my ADHD was fully showing up, and people, oh, you're just not applying yourself. Oh, you're just being you're procrastinating. Oh, this, and so really, I'll be completely honest. I actually had a moment of being fucking pissed off because I think my life would be completely different had someone just diagnosed me earlier. Instead, I went my whole life masking, and then I got to a place where my hormones weren't helping me mask anymore, and I was tired of masking. And then I was just a fucking cunt. I was just mean. I was irritable. And now, when I am taking the medication and I'm focused and I'm irritable, I actually know that I am actually irritated. Versus, oh, this is just my. I'm tired. My brain is not able to operate, which means watch the fuck out because now I know.Brad Crowell 6:03  Now we know.Lesley Logan 6:04  Now we know. Now we know. And I'm a January Aquarius, and so some of it is we're tired. We're ready. We're moving on. Anyways, moving on. There's a lot of a lot of events and travel. So upLift is our teacher training program. You probably have heard the rumor. It's been something they've been whispering about. But my teacher training program for new teachers or partially trained teachers is called upLift, and it is going to start early next year in many different cities. If you want to know which cities that are going to be in.Brad Crowell 6:27  Probably around the world, in fact.Lesley Logan 6:29  That's our goal. That's our goal. At the time we're recording this, I'm looking at the applications right now, and I have some really epic educators that have applied that I'm really excited about. We're working really hard to make sure that next year is the right time for them, but you want to go to xxll.co/uws xxll.co/uws. If you are what are what is this all. Brad Crowell 6:51  That's for upLift waitlistLesley Logan 6:53  studentBrad Crowell 6:54  studentLesley Logan 6:54  and you can blame Brad. So go there because I'm updating that waitlist monthly, and those are the people the people who will hear about the locations first. You won't have to wait for the Instagram algorithm to show you something. eLevate is for those who are already trained and you're looking for more of a master's program to study amongst other teachers, and you want to directly study with me. You can look at our live Q and A call that we did earlier this summer. I guess it's at lesleylogan.co/elevate. I will just tell you, we're recording this not when you're hearing it, and at the time of recording, there are two spots left in 2028, and 10 applications that at any time someone could go, yes, I'm ready, but don't let that stop you. Check it out. See, you might get the last spot if that's what you're looking for. Also, eLevate grads are the people who right now can apply to be an upLift educator. So if you were oh I want to be one of those educators, you must have gone through upLift at this time. So check that out. The flashcards. If you didn't know, maybe you love OPC or you're not ready to be an OPC member yet, but you are wanting to study with me, and like the other options are just not what you need right now. You can be a Pilates lover of any level. You can be a teacher of any background. And when you buy the OPC flashcards, you're actually supporting the Nevada SPCA, which is where we got Miss Darla. Go to opc.me/flashcards. We have six decks in there in the set, and they're wonderful. And they're edited by a contemporary trained instructor with contemporary equipment, and they are edited by my sister-in-law, who's never done Pilates. So anyone can read them. And then we have heard so many times people don't know where the posters are. Go to opc.me/posters. Okay, wow, this is a lot of talking. Really quickly, we are headed to Sacramento literally next week, and it's sold out. So you, too bad, so sad. You missed. If you don't have a ticket, you're. We're not seeing you there.Brad Crowell 8:36  Sacramento because Balanced Body is having a Pilates On Tour. It's also their 50th anniversary celebration.Lesley Logan 8:41  You can hang out with me at another 50th celebration, but stay tuned for that. We are going to go from Sacramento by another train to San Francisco. I think this sounds like a terrible idea, but this is what we're doing to fly to Cambodia to lead our retreat. And it was definitely an ADHD planned moment, and now we're going to live it.Brad Crowell 9:00  Oh we're living it.Lesley Logan 9:01  We're living it. Just thinking about the return trip home. So here's the deal, guys. We're driving to Sacramento with the van.Brad Crowell 9:07  Which is nine and a half hours.Lesley Logan 9:08  Nine and a half hours. Okay, sounds fun because it's so much easier than shipping the flashcards. It costs us so much fucking money to do that. Brad Crowell 9:15  It's also trying to get the van at the event.Lesley Logan 9:18  Yeah, but it's not gonna. Brad Crowell 9:21  We're gonna park that right out front. We're we're putting that in they're gonna they're gonna valet park that sucker right in front of the entrance.Lesley Logan 9:28  I know Brad's gonna figure that out because the event is not at their headquarters. Brad Crowell 9:31  No, it's at the Hyatt or something. Lesley Logan 9:32  It's like a thing, right? Yeah. So, anyways, I'll let you figure that out because I that's not my monkey, not my circus. Then we'll be at the event. Then we're gonna park that van at Ken Endelman's house, supposedly, which we have no idea where that is in regards to the Amtrak. We have to take an Amtrak. Hopefully, there's one left. We take the Amtrak to a BART before the BART shut down on a Sunday night. From the BART to our hotel, and then the next morning we fly out of San Francisco. Part of me is just throw money at this problem and park the van somewhere in San Francisco, but it's San Francisco, and I'm a little worried someone's going to move in. So we're not doing that. Not doing that. So, then. Brad Crowell 10:08  No, if we're going to throw money at the problem, we're hiring a private driver from Sacramento.Lesley Logan 10:11  That's a great idea. But here's what's going to happen: we return back, and we have to do the reverse trip, you guys, we have to go BART to Amtrak, Amtrak to the van, and then a nine and a half hour drive home. And this is the part that I don't think my husband has thought through. So you're hearing it first here. I think he is too. So if you want to go to Cambodia next year, when we're not doing planes, trains, and automobiles, you can get on the wait list. I don't know the link for that. Brad will tell you.Brad Crowell 10:39  crowsnestretreats.comLesley Logan 10:41  Great. January is when we'll open up the early bird. We have so many people interested in 2027. I promise you do not want to wait. Brad Crowell 10:48  We had a lot of interest, especially from this summer tour that we just got back from. A lot of interest, and I'm telling you, this past year's trip sold out in three weeks, and I'm sure this one is going to do the same or even faster.Lesley Logan 11:02  Yeah. Then in November, I'm teaching at basically a Pilates On Tour, but in China, outside of Shanghai, I can't tell you how you're going to sign up for that. But I feel I feel like if you Google it, it will happen. They are not. They've not sent me a link for you. So, but people are excited.Brad Crowell 11:17  You can find it online.Lesley Logan 11:18  I'm sure you can. I'm sure you're all here. I'm sure you can all Google, but then because I'm a crazy person, I'm gonna go back to Asia two weeks later to teach at Pilates On Tour Goa.Brad Crowell 11:30  Which is India.Lesley Logan 11:31  Yeah, it is India. I think people know Goa. It looks stunning, you guys. And this particular POT, it's the last one of the 50th year celebration, and when you, it's very different because we all have lunch together. It's more like a retreat style. You are there for the whole event. You are going to go to Instagram Pilates On Tour India, and you can sign up through there because.  Brad Crowell 11:54  It's not on the POT page. It's not on Balanced Body's website.Lesley Logan 11:57  I mean, you know what? It might be.Brad Crowell 11:58  It is. It's xxll.co/potLesley Logan 12:00  Okay, do that. What do I know? I'm just the. Brad Crowell 12:02  I'm sure it's on there.Lesley Logan 12:03  You guys, today is October 1st, which means the tickets drop today for the winter tour. So do not miss out. Go to opc.me/tour because.Brad Crowell 12:12  By the way, if you didn't hear what she just said, the winter tour tickets have just dropped today.Lesley Logan 12:19  Today, today, today, and we, it's going to be a very big tour. I'm actually flying from Goa to Denver, which doesn't make any sense now that I know the route. I'm coming through Europe, so I probably should have met you in New York. Brad Crowell 12:34  Yeah, we're not. We're not doing that. You're coming as close to home as possible, but yeah, we're going to pick her up in in in Denver, and then go from there. But it's exciting to see the route is coming together. We're almost done. I can tell you the first half of the tour is going to take us from we're going to do Fort Collins or just south. There's a smaller town just south of Fort Collins. That's going to be the first tour stop. It's going to go up. There's a couple of stops on the way to Chicago, and there's a bunch more stops on the way to Boston, and then we're gonna scoop back around through New York and then Hershey, we're coming back to you.Lesley Logan 13:06  We love Hershey. You love us. Brad Crowell 13:09  Then we're going down East Coast, but we're gonna cut over to Charlotte, North Carolina, and then we're gonna make our way down to Florida and then back across the country. So those are still TBD. We're working out the-the logistics and all the things. Lesley Logan 13:22  By the time you're hearing this, it's worked out.Brad Crowell 13:24  Oh yeah, it's worked out. Just go to OPC.me/tour. What am I talking about?Lesley Logan 13:27  We're actually just recording this in the past.Brad Crowell 13:30  Yeah.Lesley Logan 13:31  Before it has been because that's how we do life. Okay, we got to move on.Brad Crowell 13:34  Let's go. Let's go.Lesley Logan 13:35  So real quick, you guys, as you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we wanted to spotlight a a project that we actually know the founder of very well. We know Pilates instructors who are part of it. So it's a nonprofit built by the Pilates community, founded in 2012 by Pilates instructor Jill Hinson after she saw firsthand how quickly Reformer work helped two clients recover from breast cancer surgery to regain their strength and mobility. So it's the Core Compassion Project, and realized that most people who could benefit from Pilates couldn't afford it. So, especially when they're going through cancer treatment. So, Core Compassion provides Pilate scholarships to breast cancer patients and survivors. $700 funds 10 private one-on-one sessions with a certified instructor who's specifically trained in post-cancer rehab, which is very important. You can't just show up to any Pilates studio and expect them to be able to support you during this journey, you definitely want someone who understands because they'll probably need what they can also provide is free specialized fitness bras and lymphedema compression sleeves, and then things which are things like survivors are needing, but the insurance doesn't cover most times. Doesn't cover a lot of things anymore. It's 100% volunteer run with a board that includes past scholarship recipients, and every October they rally the Pilates community together through their Compassion MATraiser, where studios and teachers host donation-based classes to fund the mission. If you are a Pilates person listening to this, and probably you are, this is your charity. So find more at corecompassionproject.org, or if you're just someone who wants to support women who are going through this and need this, it's at corecompassionproject.org. Obviously, if you don't have, you can also just supply $5. I mean, they'll take it, I'm sure. So, but $700 gets you gets that person 10 one-on-one sessions, which is really wonderful for someone who can understand what they're going through. So, anyways, if you have a charity you'd like us to look into, or you have a win that you want me to talk about on the FYFs, you can text us at 310-905-5534 or submit it at beitpod.com/questions. Yeah, okay, we're ready to talk about Jamie Lerner, finally.Brad Crowell 15:32  Woo!Brad Crowell 15:34  Welcome back. Let's talk about Jamie Lerner. Jamie is a well-being therapist and an author. She helps people get from where they are to where they want to be. After years as a psychotherapist, Jamie realized that having people look back at their past was not helping them move forward. Instead, it was becoming the very excuse that kept them stuck. So she walked away and looked within, discovering that her superpower was her own inner knowing about her own life, and she was trying to figure out how to explain that to others, how they can get back to that themselves. So today, she teaches people to trust themselves, take personal responsibility, and get lovingly curious about their own inner being. So, she wrote a book. It's called The Ever Loving Essence of You. You can find it on Amazon. She also has a service called The Quickie, which is her texting service where you can buy a package of time and text back and forth with her. Those links are going to be in the show notes. But she clearly has been through the psychotherapy couch sessions and was I'm over this myself. I'm I'm going to help people in a different way. It was really cool.Lesley Logan 16:38  I can't even imagine because I have to be honest. I can't even have friends who repeat themselves and stick get stuck. Like it really, it takes everything in me to listen to someone complain about the same thing for the third time. I cannot. So I could not ever have that job. And she said we we often live in a this victim mentality, and that society actively rewards women for being the victim by putting ourselves last and being overworked, and so it's true because everyone just wears the busy badge, right? I've got the busy badge of honor over here, and look how busy I am, look how tired I am, and look at all the things that I've done. And then guess what, you guys? Let's guess what they're gonna do. When you fail, then they're gonna call you controlling, emotional, emotional perfectionist, some control freak. So you can't win, but it's a false belief that all these other things are more important than our own well-being, and we use, she said, we use being busy as an excuse, choosing to hide behind it simply because we do not know how to include ourselves in self-care, and I think this is really key because I meet so many people who say, well, so it must be so nice for you because you have the time. You don't have kids, so you must have the time. You're right. I don't have kids. I don't have kids. We have two dogs, so I don't. They're not the same. But also, we're very busy. We have three companies plus a fourth in a different country. We have hundreds of members. We have dozens of people on our team. We have a different version of responsibilities. And if I do not take care of myself, I am not going to be able to do these things.Brad Crowell 18:06  Yeah, we we have a different definition of busy, and it doesn't involve you know kids and soccer games.Lesley Logan 18:10  I would say different definition of responsibility. We have different responsibilities. So, but I.  Brad Crowell 18:15  I guess we have a we have the same we have we have the same I'm busy excuse, but just in a different manner.Lesley Logan 18:21  Yeah, but I also, but I really do think that she is correct that we went. Okay, this. Well, I'm glad that we're re-recording this. You guys, this is the second time we record this. We recorded this before tour, and now we're back from tour. And we were in a city. I will not name the city, but we were in a city, and it was, we walked into a restaurant, which, by the way, the team did not tell me that there's probably a dress code. So I walk in, in cutoff shorts and an oversized T-shirt, with my bright red platform Crocs, okay, so I look like hell, and it was definitely the Real Housewives of that city kind of a restaurant. And we got stuck next to this table of the Real Housewives from that city, and I, five minutes of eavesdropping to their table, and I was, "Brad, I fucking cannot. If this is what having friendships like this is supposed to be about in a city, thank God we don't have kids. I could not." All they did was talk about, oh, it was how's your mom, and then the only reason they would listen is if their mom was sick. Oh, how's your kid? If you talked about your kids doing great, they didn't know what to say, so then they said, "Oh, well, she's struggling with this. Oh my god, mine too. Everyone, the conversation only kept going, and you were only rewarded for what you said if it was all negative and you were a victim and something was wrong. My goodness, you know what my favorite conversations with my friends are, is what they celebrate. Oh, I slayed this. Yeah, I bet you did. I love those conversations. So, anyways, but that's how people are rewarded, and then they get rewarded for putting themselves last because they're definitely looked at badly if they put themselves first by those people. But I would say there's a whole group of people like me who are ready to celebrate you putting yourself first. So, and Jamie, that's what Jamie wants.Brad Crowell 19:58  And Jamie. Absolutely. One thing I loved that Jamie said was that we are all born with a knowing, which acts as like a natural internal compass. This is very foreign idea to me. I did not grow up with anyone explaining that I could look inwardly and I could understand what I'm feeling and if something is right or wrong for me. You know, it's just not how I was raised.Lesley Logan 20:22  So I wasn't raised that way, but I know I had this, and that's why I felt like a weirdo, and that's why I was getting like I would get in trouble because the inner knowing was the compass. I don't actually know where East and West is, but I know what felt good, and that what people were wanting me to do did not feel good. Yeah, I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know what I was doing, so I was just.Brad Crowell 20:39  I definitely wasn't a people-pleaser. I was definitely the rebel, and I did the rebel. Lesley Logan 20:44  Yeah, I would say you have an inner knowing. You wore ridiculous clothes every single day. Brad Crowell 20:48  Yeah, but it was a little bit of like an FU to the man in a sense, as a teenager.Lesley Logan 20:51  Yeah, because there's an inner knowing that you that you wanted to do that.Brad Crowell 20:53  I did want to do that, and I was I always looked out to see how I could stick a thorn in the side of the process without actually getting in trouble, yeah, that's how I rolled. I didn't really want to get in trouble, but I really wanted to cause trouble. Does that make sense? Lesley Logan 21:07  You just wanted to see how far you could do without being in trouble because you wanted to feel like you were breaking the rules without breaking the rules. Brad Crowell 21:13  Yeah, yeah, pretty much. Yeah, you know. But anyway, this inner knowing that Jamie's talking about, she explained because of the contrast of life, society trains us to look outside of ourselves for pretty much everything, right? I mean, the irony is that we have a podcast telling you to look inwardly, but I think that it is just natural for us to look outside of ourselves. Our our parents, our church, our work, our friends, our siblings-you know-we're constantly looking to others for approval, I was the same way, especially when I was younger.Lesley Logan 21:43  Oh, we're raised to look at other people for approval, especially women. But I'm sure you, too, because even the Boy Scouts are the troop leaders going to give you these badges. Did you do a good enough job? Everything is to get other people's opinions of you to matter, but that's not whose opinion matters.Brad Crowell 21:58  Yeah, and seeking that external validation causes us to lose the basic sense of can we even trust our own decisions? What do we actually want for us? We don't even know what we want for us most of the time. Well, especially when we were growing up, what we wanted for us was what our parents told us we wanted for us, and then and then like somewhere in there, we're supposed to be oh now I get to choose what I want for me, you know, and and and we don't shift. Oh, you know, we're still looking to.Lesley Logan 22:26  Well, you never got to practice it.Brad Crowell 22:28  Right. Yeah, and and her argument is it's very easy for us to get back to looking internally, and she says that there's a trust that gets built when you sit with yourself, and she was talking about it's not even complicated in the sense of this meditation idea that I could never wrap my head around. And she said, "You know, you don't need to do any anything like that. It could just be five minutes of silence drinking a cup of coffee, where you just have a moment of you with you.Lesley Logan 22:57  Oh my god! I forgot my AirPods yesterday on the dog walk.Brad Crowell 22:59  Weird. Lesley Logan 23:00  I know. I loved it.Brad Crowell 23:03  Oh, that was like an hour. Yeah. Well, good for you. Lesley Logan 23:06  I mean, here's the deal. I loved the first half, and then the second half, I was done with it myself because I'm in my head all day, you know. So I didn't need more time. But so I did listen to a podcast without headphones, and well, the neighbors get to listen to my my true crime. But the first half was just like such a nice. I could hear the birds and all the things, and I was. This is wonderful. Maybe I should just not put them in until halfway.Brad Crowell 23:28  I mean, I love that.Lesley Logan 23:29  It's a it's a good intention.Brad Crowell 23:31  There's value. There's value.Lesley Logan 23:32  I will say you don't even have to do that. Five minutes is actually not that long, and you you sit out on the front porch, you know, or you could walk around a block, or you could just walk across the street. But you should get outside and be quiet.Brad Crowell 23:46  So if you want a feeling of coming home to yourself, start to look inward and see what that means. You know?Lesley Logan 23:52  I'm all. Here's the thing: she does make it sound so simple in a way that I did challenge her. Is it really that simple? Hold on. Is there? I mean, I was Jamie, people aren't gonna think it's that simple, but I think we overcomplicate things, and people have overcomplicated things to sell you something. And she's, it's actually, it is actually simple. And I think sometimes we think, well, then it must not work. But I really did believe, I do, I do trust what she had to say at the end. You know what? I bet you it is that simple, and we just want it to be complicated because then we can't do it. Brad Crowell 24:24  Yeah, I mean, but what is it? You know, when you're, what does it mean to look inwardLesley Logan 24:29  To listen to yourself and not other people?Brad Crowell 24:31  Yeah.Lesley Logan 24:31  Oh gosh, I mean, I think it means that you. Well, this is what people won't want to do, and they feel like they're going to let people down because they're doing things for themselves and not for other people. But you, the only we can let people down is if you are actually incapable of being empathetic and loving and and taking and. Brad Crowell 24:47  No, that's not what I mean. What's the practice of looking inward? Lesley Logan 24:50  I think that's personal.Brad Crowell 24:52  Yeah, but we have to give them an actual tangible. Lesley Logan 24:55  Well, I think Jamie did it in in the podcast. I think it's in these takeaways.Brad Crowell 24:59  So I'm gonna tell you that sitting with yourself and actually not distracting yourself and having a moment to think, that's.Lesley Logan 25:10  Yeah, but I'm not gonna tell you right now because I'm looking ahead.Brad Crowell 25:12  All right, well stick around. We'll be right back. Because that was a great teaser.Brad Crowell 25:15  Woo! Welcome back. Let's dig into those Be It Action Items that we had with Jamie Lerner on the last episode, what bold, executable, intrinsic, or targeted action items can we take away from Lesley's convo with her? She said, "Hey, laugh when you judge others, because what that means is that we're actually judging ourselves because we're projecting. We are projecting, and you know, take it from a psychotherapist to understand the technical elements of all those things, she says it simply means we're just projecting how we feel about ourselves onto others because we're judging them. And what that means is we are not connected to ourselves. We are not looking inward on ourselves at all in that moment. And she said it takes a little bit of practice, but when you start to identify that you're judging others, you should laugh at yourself. So I thought that was really funny. Go laugh with yourself, not at yourself.Lesley Logan 26:07  Yeah, yeah. No, it's like, hahahaha, I clearly want that. Or there's something about that. How that's so funny. I didn't realize it's something I wanted, or that's something that there's something about that I desire. Or there's you know I actually don't think it's bad to be jealous, I think it is bad to judge yourself for being jealous and not actually taking a moment to know what about that thing is making me have the grass is greener? Oh, there's something about that that you want. Maybe not that exact thing, but there's an energy or an emotion or something. And so I think taking the time to notice what you're jealous of, or we have a couple solo episodes about comparison. I think just came out. Anyways, about comparison, and we compare ourselves when the clarity isn't clear about what we want. And when clarity is clear, you're gonna be more likely to see that someone else doing something has nothing to do with your ability to do something. But when you are comparing yourself to someone else, and that jealousy is there. Then it's a sign, like, "Oh, I'm not clear on what I want. How silly of me to be so hard on myself when I obviously haven't finished planning."Brad Crowell 27:11  Yeah, she said, "It's an observation of how often you're disconnected in any given moment, and the realization and laughter allows you to reconnect with yourself. So there's no time to judge yourself for judging others. But what about you?Lesley Logan 27:25  Well, this goes into the question you had about going inward. She said, and I'll go back to the other things that she said, set aside 10 minutes every day. That's not even a half a percent of your day. Set aside 10 minutes every day, or just little moments here and there to get tuned back into yourself. And she said, "You can sit quietly and notice how often we're unkind and cruel to ourselves in a way we would never speak to another person. And she said, "In this time, ask yourself questions that are lovingly curious. Oh, I wonder why I am so interested in what that person is doing, or I wonder why I'm so intrigued by that, or I wonder what would allow me to be able to do something like that. Have some loving curiosity about yourself instead of having demanding immediate solutions. Go of needing an answer and just asking is enough. We can go back to episode one.Brad Crowell 28:11  Wow.Lesley Logan 28:11  Episode one is about just being like it is. Brad Crowell 28:15  I wonder.Lesley Logan 28:16  I wonder. You know, and so, opening a loop in your brain, so that you can oh, yeah. I don't think they can read. It's really hard.Brad Crowell 28:25  It's hard.Lesley Logan 28:26  It's hard. Brad Crowell 28:27  If you're watching on YouTube, we are trying to. There's my 1/3 tattoo on my hand, and it's on for me to see, which makes it very difficult for you to see. So she said, practice this moment by moment, which I also love because.Brad Crowell 28:39  Wait, what did she say?Lesley Logan 28:40  She said, "Practice this moment by moment", and that's something I also love because we are so hard on ourselves to be able to do this all the time. No, you do little bits, and over time they add up to lots of bits, and then it takes more of your day. And she said, "Most important," she said, "Know yourself, love yourself, and trust yourself, and laugh a lot with yourself." And I do think I remember my parents always saying, "Laughter brings healing to the bones." Brad Crowell 29:05  It's the best medicine. Lesley Logan 29:07  It's the best medicine. It's a great core workout. So I couldn't agree more.Brad Crowell 29:10  That's what they said?Lesley Logan 29:11  Well, they didn't talk about the core workout, but I added that part. They would take a lesson, go, "Laughter brings healing to the bones."Brad Crowell 29:17  Wow. I don't think my parents did that.Lesley Logan 29:21  We had very different childhoods. Brad Crowell 29:23  They just tickle monster us.Lesley Logan 29:24  You you had a very consistent one. Mine was a little bit of a roller coaster.Brad Crowell 29:28  Healing to the bones.Lesley Logan 29:32  You know what's something so funny is I was in my Pilates session today, and my teacher Kim was talking to these other two women who were in the group, and they said they said something. He goes, "No, you're not weak. You're impatient." And I laughed so hard as, and they're like, "Oh, I have to put that on my wall. You're not weak. You're just impatient." Yeah, you guys are just expecting yourself to be good about something you just learned yesterday. You're not. It's not a weakness. It's like you're expecting something to happen tomorrow when you just learned how to do it yesterday. You know. So be kind. Have some loving curiosity.Brad Crowell 30:10  Yeah. 10 minutes will do that. Set aside.Lesley Logan 30:13  I'm Lesley Logan,Brad Crowell 30:13  and I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 30:14  You're amazing. Go send this to a friend as they hear it. Go laugh with yourself. And until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell 30:20  Bye for now.Lesley Logan 30:21  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod.Brad Crowell 31:04  It's written, filmed, and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan, and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 31:08  It is transcribed, produced and edited by the epic team at Disenyo.co.Brad Crowell 31:13  Our theme music is by Ali at Apex Production Music and our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 31:20  Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals.Brad Crowell 31:23  Also to Angelina Herico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meridith Root for keeping us all on point and on time.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Rediscovering Roots: A Mid-Autumn Evening in the Forbidden City Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-10-01-22-34-01-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 秋天到了，天安門城樓上的紅燈籠亮了起來，燈火輝煌。En: Autumn has arrived, and the red lanterns on the Tiananmen tower have lit up brilliantly.Zh: 北京的故宮在月光下顯得格外莊嚴。En: The Forbidden City in Beijing appears particularly solemn under the moonlight.Zh: 中秋節來臨，在這個傳統節日，故宮裡到處是人聲鼎沸，月餅的香氣四溢。En: As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, this traditional holiday fills the Forbidden City with bustling crowds and the fragrant aroma of mooncakes.Zh: 李偉是來自上海的工程師，他心中一直渴望與自己的家族文化有更深的連結。En: Li Wei is an engineer from Shanghai who has always longed for a deeper connection with his family culture.Zh: 這次旅行到北京，他決心在故宮度過中秋節，希望能夠在這裡找到心靈的安撫。En: On this trip to Beijing, he is determined to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Forbidden City, hoping to find peace for his soul there.Zh: 當李偉走進故宮時，他被成群的人流和氛圍包圍，心中卻有種莫名的孤獨。En: When Li Wei steps into the Forbidden City, he is engulfed by the throngs of people and the atmosphere, yet he feels an inexplicable loneliness.Zh: 他漫步在宏偉的庭院中，試圖感受先祖們的存在。En: He wanders through the grand courtyards, trying to sense the presence of his ancestors.Zh: 但這份感覺似乎一直若隱若現，令他質疑自己是否在這宏大的歷史中有立足之地。En: However, this feeling seems elusive, leading him to question if he has a place in this vast history.Zh: 夜幕降臨，李偉碰到了陳蓉，一位熱情的故宮導覽員。En: As night falls, Li Wei encounters Chen Rong, an enthusiastic guide at the Forbidden City.Zh: 她告訴李偉，這一晚會有一場特別的燈籠儀式，將在夜色中進行。En: She tells Li Wei that there will be a special lantern ceremony that night.Zh: 李偉心中猶豫不決，不知道自己是否能融入這個節日的核心。En: He hesitates, unsure if he can immerse himself in the core of the festival.Zh: 然而，他最終決定留下來，參加這儀式。En: Nonetheless, he ultimately decides to stay and participate in the ceremony.Zh: 他站在紫禁城的庭院裡，凝視著天上的圓月，四周的燈籠在微風中輕輕晃動，讓人心生寧靜。En: He stands in the courtyard of the Forbidden City, gazing at the full moon above, while the lanterns gently sway in the breeze, offering a sense of tranquility.Zh: 儀式中，李偉邂逅了一位講故事的老人，國峰。En: During the ceremony, Li Wei meets an elderly storyteller, Guo Feng.Zh: 國峰用低沉的聲音講述著中秋的傳說，以及李偉的家族如何在故宮的歷史中留下一筆。En: With a deep voice, Guo Feng narrates the legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival and how Li Wei's family left their mark in the history of the Forbidden City.Zh: 當李偉聽到關於自己祖先的故事時，他的心像被什麼撥動了一樣，感到無比的震撼。En: When Li Wei hears stories about his ancestors, he feels a profound shock as if something has stirred within him.Zh: 這一刻的啟示讓李偉重新看待自己的身份。En: This revelation makes Li Wei rethink his identity.Zh: 他驀然明白，雖然他來自不同的城市，也有不同的生活，但這份家族的歷程與文化的財富，已深深根植在他的血脈中。En: Suddenly, he understands that although he comes from a different city and lives a different life, the journey of his family and its cultural wealth are deeply rooted in his veins.Zh: 當夜色逐漸深沉，李偉帶著滿心的感謝離開了故宮。En: As the night deepens, Li Wei leaves the Forbidden City with a heart full of gratitude.Zh: 他的心中充滿了一種全新的歸屬感和對遺產的珍惜，為這次旅行尋找到了真正的意義。En: His heart is filled with a newfound sense of belonging and an appreciation for his heritage, having found true meaning in this journey.Zh: 他明白了，歷史不只是一種記憶，更是他永不褪色的根。En: He realizes that history is not just a memory but an unfading root.Zh: 故事結束，卻是李偉對自身家族遺產新的旅程的開始。En: The story ends, yet it marks the beginning of Li Wei's new journey towards his own familial heritage.Zh: 他從北京重回上海，帶著對未來的信心，以及對過去的敬重和愛。En: He returns to Shanghai from Beijing, carrying confidence for the future, and respect and love for the past. Vocabulary Words:autumn: 秋天lantern: 燈籠mid-autumn: 中秋engineer: 工程師forbidden: 故宮enthralling: 吸引人的solemn: 莊嚴fragrant: 香氣bustling: 人聲鼎沸intrigued: 感興趣的culture: 文化elusive: 若隱若現loneliness: 孤獨core: 核心tranquility: 寧靜profound: 深刻heritage: 遺產ceremony: 儀式sway: 晃動rooted: 根植revelation: 啟示throngs: 成群encounters: 邂逅narrates: 講述legend: 傳說thanking: 感謝gratitude: 感激ancestry: 祖先confidence: 信心unfading: 不褪色

It's time to welcome Dr. Hsu back from China! In this episode, he tells Dr. Harman all about his trip to Disneyland in Shanghai as his first ever trip to an amusement park. A new thrill has been discovered, and the Medical Dads are now planning a trip to Canada's Wonderland together...Check out Dave's Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

Wie findet man den Mut, das eigene Leben selbstbestimmt zu gestalten? Coachin, Autorin und LinkedIn Top Voice Carina Hellmich erzählt von ihrem ungewöhnlichen Weg: vom elterlichen Reisebüro, ihrem Burnout, ihren Erfahrungen am Jakobsweg, über ihr Business in Shanghai bis zu ihrer heutigen Rolle im Bereich Leadership. Wir sprechen über Fremdbestimmung, Rückschläge und Neuanfänge – und darüber, warum nicht der radikale Umbruch, sondern kleine, konsequente „Babysteps“ oft die größte Veränderung bewirken. Außerdem verrät Carina, wie sie mit Tierbildern und persönlichen Impulsen mehr als 120.000 Menschen auf LinkedIn erreicht. BUCHTIPP: Carina Hellmich, Marc Rasmus: Babysteps. Wie du in kleinen Schritten dein Leben revolutionierst. Verlag now, 2026.

Nicolo Bulega is World Superbike Champion of 2026! Hear from the Italian and his list of achievements. Plus: the 2027 calendars are out for MotoGP and WorldSBK, including a first-ever superbike trip to Shanghai. Elsewhere, there's plenty happening in the national championships and James Toseland is in trouble with Greg Haines...Motorbike Racing Update - Paddock news, results and opinions every ThursdayFollow @GregHainesTV on social media! Insta - https://www.instagram.com/greghainestv YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/greghainestvContact Greg Haines by email: greg@gregoryhaines.com 

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Su Chang, author of The Immortal Woman (House of Anansi, 2025). A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider's view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind. Lemei, once a student Red Guard leader in 1960s Shanghai and a journalist at a state newspaper, was involved in a brutal act of violence during the Tiananmen Square protests and lost all hope for her country. Her daughter, Lin, is a student at an American university on a mission to become a true Westerner. She tirelessly erases her birth identity, abandons her Chinese suitor, and pursues a white lover, all the while haunted by the scars of her upbringing. Following China's meteoric rise, Lemei is slowly dragged into a nationalistic perspective that stuns Lin. Their final confrontation results in tragic consequences, but ultimately, offers hope for a better future. By turns wry and lyrical, The Immortal Woman reminds us to hold tight to our humanity at any cost.SU CHANG is a Chinese Canadian writer. Born and raised in Shanghai, she is the daughter of a former (reluctant) Red Guard leader. Her fiction has been recognized in Prairie Fire's Short Fiction Contest, the Canadian Authors Association (Toronto) National Writing Contest, the ILS/Fence Fiction Contest, and the Masters Review's Novel Excerpt Contest, among others.Hollay Ghadery is an award-winning Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024 and was longlisted for the Toronto Book Award. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, was released with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is a host on The New Books Network, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Founder of River Street, and the co-chair of the League of Canadian Poets BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. She is also a member of The National Book Critics Circle, The Creative Nonfiction Collective, and The Writers Union of Canada. Hollay was also featured on the cover of issue 10 of The Ampersand Review. Learn more about Hollay here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ir a Shanghai não é ir copiar a China. É ir perceber o que acontece quando a execução ganha à hesitação.Participe na 3ª Learning Expedition organizada pela Instinct a Shanghai.Uma viagem pelos bastidores dos maiores players chineses na utilização de Inteligência Artificial, com visitas, encontros e projeção de cenários. Mais informação em⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instinct.pt/lx-shanghai⁠⁠⁠

This week on Sinica, I sit down with Dr. Ruby Wang, whose new book, China Cure: The Rise of a Biotech, AI Medicine and Global Health Superpower (Agenda Publishing, out October 31, with a foreword by Kerry Brown), is the explanation general readers have been missing for one of the most consequential and least understood transformations in China today. Ruby is a rare creature in this space: a practicing physician in Britain's NHS, trained in surgery, who worked London's hospital wards through the first wave of COVID; the former head of the UK government's health engagement in China at the British Embassy in Beijing; a former health adviser within the UN system; a onetime medical adviser at AliHealth in Hangzhou; and a Schwarzman Scholar. She now runs the strategy consultancy Lintris Health and writes the excellent China Health Pulse newsletter and podcast, both of which I recommend to anyone trying to follow this space.Anyone who spent time in a Chinese hospital in the late ‘80s or ‘90s — the pre-dawn queues, the ticket scalpers, the cashier's window at every step, the IV drips for a head cold — will find the arc of this book hard to believe. Within living memory, China sent barefoot doctors into the countryside with herbal remedies and antibiotics in army-green satchels; last year, Chinese companies signed something like 186 out-licensing deals worth a disclosed $137 billion, roughly half the global total and close to ten times the 2021 figure, with Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, GSK, and Eli Lilly all buying. Since Ruby gave a terrific interview to my friend Kyle Chan on his High Capacity podcast this spring on the apps, data flows, and clinical AI, I deliberately steered elsewhere: to her family — a deckhand grandfather, a father's crooked splint, a grandmother's transnational hunt for Gleevec — to the four reinforcing conditions she argues made the transformation possible, to the “China is fast because China is loose” shortcut and what's actually behind the speed, to BIOSECURE and its successors, to the AI doctor avatars now fielding millions of inquiries a year, and to the burnout and violence that still bedevil the lives of Chinese clinicians.10:31 – Two family stories from 1970s Zhejiang: a deckhand grandfather and a barefoot doctor's crooked splint15:57 – Four reinforcing conditions, part one: demographic pressure and crisis as catalyst (SARS, melamine, fake vaccines)23:42 – The long view: Healthy China 2030 and why China's health ministers are technocrats27:54 – The cultural inheritance: who signs the consent form, and China's health codes vs. Britain's billion-pound app35:26 – Grandma and Gleevec: a family's transnational hunt for a drug in 200340:17 – The reversal: hǎiguī, copycats to first-in-class, and the tenfold surge in out-licensing42:35 – Is China fast because China is loose? Where China leads (oncology, GLP-1s) and where it lags50:22 – BIOSECURE, COINS, and BINSA: who loses when politics meets pharma55:37 – Digital health in three systems, Ant Afu's AI doctor avatars, and whether the silver generation can keep up1:08:44 – “A lifetime of eating bitterness”: Dr. Wang of Guangzhou, burnout, and yī nàoPaying It ForwardYanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor at Seton Hall — the go-to voice on the geopolitics of China and health, and Ruby's first port of call.Afra Wang, writer of the Concurrent newsletter — Ruby admires how she reads the cultural currents beneath technology, and finds it endlessly useful to take those insights to the health-tech angle.Olivia Plotnick, Shanghai-based founder of Wai Social — on-the-ground work on branding and consumer behavior across some 30 lower-tier Chinese cities, including health and wellness.RecommendationsRuby: Deep China: The Moral Life of the Person, edited by Arthur Kleinman with Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, and others — what being sick reveals about society and culture in China: psychiatry, caregiving, and how patients and families have changed as the country has. Kleinman's The Soul of Care is also worth your time.Kaiser: Augustus by John Williams — the third of his novels I've recommended on the show, and the National Book Award winner: an epistolary novel of imperial Rome told through a crazy quilt of letters and fragments from family, friends like Agrippa, and poets like Virgil and Horace, each given a completely distinct voice. Quiet campus novel, anti-Western, imperial Rome — the range, and the restraint, are astonishing.Also: Ezra Klein's conversation with Carnegie's Matt Sheehan — a masterclass in clarity on AI safety and the U.S.-China relationship, and the best thing to listen to in the wake of Dario Amodei's “Pacing the Frontier” essay.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sharing a heater with the family dog during Chinese New Year. Sitting in the front seat of taxis to practice Chinese with the drivers. Rehearsing a speech in Chinese to thank her team at a store opening in Shenzhen. For Cassandre Egolf, learning Chinese has become inseparable from her life in China.Growing up in France, Cassandre heard plenty about China from her mother, an Air France flight attendant who had studied Chinese herself. Cassandre wasn't particularly interested. Years later, stranded in Sri Lanka during COVID and considering a job in Shanghai, she started using apps to learn Mandarin on her own.What began as something to give her routine and direction turned into a much bigger adventure. Cassandre kept studying through a year-long wait for her visa, eventually moved to Shanghai, worked on a major project in Shenzhen, and began using Chinese with coworkers, neighbors, taxi drivers, and people she met while traveling around the country.In this episode, Cassandre shares what it was like to take Chinese from an app into the real world, why imperfect Chinese can still change how people connect with you, and how living and traveling in China has continually given her new reasons to keep learning.Now, after five years in China, Cassandre is starting a new chapter as an entrepreneur while continuing to share the places, people, and experiences that have made the country feel like home.Links from the episode:Cassandre Egolf on Instagram | @thecurator_shanghai Mandarin Companion Graded Readers

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What happens when a golf course superintendent takes his passion for turfgrass around the world? On this episode of Turf Today, we sit down with Dr. Micah Woods of Pace Turf and the Asian Turfgrass Center to discuss turfgrass science, international golf, data-driven management, and his unconventional career. Micah shares stories from Oregon, Arizona, Augusta National, Shanghai, Japan, and beyond—including becoming a superintendent at just 22 and working during Tiger Woods' first Masters win. We also discuss managing different grasses and climates, irrigation, overseeding, MLSN, growth potential, playing conditions, and using data to work backward from the results you want. Whether you're an experienced superintendent, assistant, student, or simply interested in turfgrass, this episode is packed with insight on learning, problem-solving, and creating better conditions. Thank you to all our partners and everyone who listens to the show!! Please drop us a rating or review!! https://www.turftodayshop.com for all your merchandise  https://www.instagram.com/turftoday/ to join the community 

Shipping Matters is back after the summer break! In this episode, Michael Mervyn-Jones is joined by brand-new co-host Jasmin Mehrad as they discuss the key takeaways from September's SSY Monthly Shipping Review. From VLCC earnings exceeding $1 million a day to dry bulk rates reaching a five-year high, they discuss the significant movements across shipping markets, including the rise of West African bauxite exports, evolving oil demand in China and a growing tanker orderbook.The SSY Monthly Shipping Review is available to download for all SSY Navigator subscribers. To subscribe to SSY Navigator, simply email navigator@ssyglobal.com Panellist contact details Jasmin Mehrad SSY – Oslo E: j.mehrad@ssyglobal.comMichael Mervyn-JonesSSY – London E: m.mervyn-jones@ssyglobal.com About SSY Established in 1880, SSY has grown to become one of the biggest and most trusted names in broking, operating around the world via its 28 local offices – with over 650 experts covering a range of major markets including Dry Cargo, Tankers, Derivatives, LNG, Sale and Purchase, Offshore, Rigs, Nuclear Energy, Chemicals, Aquaculture, LPG, Towage, Recycling and Corporate Finance. SSY has a global reach with offices in Aberdeen, Athens, Bergen, Copenhagen, Dubai, Geneva, Genoa, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, Kristiansand, London, Madrid, Mumbai, New York, Osaka, Oslo, Rio, Rotterdam, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Stamford-USA, Sydney, Tokyo, Vancouver, Varna, and Zug.www.ssyglobal.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

✝️​✡️Moisés Morales va directo al punto: ¿hemos reemplazado el evangelio de Cristo por el “evangelio de Israel”? Una charla que va a generar debate. Toda la música del podcast es de Pippo y Banda IA. Pippo y Banda IA ya tiene su propio canal en Telegram, ahí podes escuchar y bajar su música. https://t.me/+Nr8mhrQJZFpjNzdh Unite a nuestro canal de difusión en Telegram https:/t.me/radioshanghai. También podés escucharnos en Youtube, Applepodcast, Ivoox y muchos lugares más.Recordá que podés seguirnos en Facebook e Instagram, dejanos tus comentarios y si te gusta compartilo…Si queres colaborar con nosotros podés hacerlo a través de Cafecito https://cafecito.app/radioshanghai Verum, bonum et pulchrumSoli DEO GloriaACLARACIÓN: Radio Shanghai es un podcast que no esta monetizado ni percibe ningún beneficio económico, solo difundir la Palabra de Dios y sus enseñanzas.

The number of generative artificial intelligence users in China has exceeded 700 million as of June, according to a recent report.一份近期报告显示，截至 今年6 月，中国生成式人工智能用户规模已突破 7 亿。This represents a significant rise from 602 million users at the end of 2025.较 2025 年底 6.02 亿用户规模实现大幅增长。The report was issued by the policy and international cooperation institution of the China Internet Network Information Center on Tuesday during the 7th China Internet Infrastructure Resources Conference.这份报告由中国互联网络信息中心政策与国际合作机构于周二在第七届中国互联网基础资源大会上发布。The report reveals that around 76 percent of internet users engage with AI primarily for question-and-answer purposes.报告显示，约 76% 的网民使用人工智能主要用于问答。This is followed by the use of AI in generating or processing images, videos, texts, and crafting meeting summaries.其次是利用人工智能生成、处理图像、视频、文本以及撰写会议纪要。The report specifies that the use of applications such as AI assistants and AI productivity tools for office work grew by more than 100 percent year-on-year.报告指出，人工智能助手、AI 办公生产力工具等应用的使用量同比增长超 100%。Additionally, 38.7 percent of internet users in China have purchased smart hardware devices online in the past six months.此外，38.7% 的中国网民在过去半年内网购过智能硬件设备。Generative AI industries play a crucial role in driving new productive forces and advancing modernization.生成式人工智能产业对于发展新质生产力、推进现代化建设发挥着重要作用。Over the past year, China has seen notable developments in AI-related sectors.过去一年，我国人工智能相关领域发展成效显著。As of June 2026, China is home to 10,740 companies involved in AI large models, AI agents, robotics, and related fields.截至 2026 年 6 月，国内从事大模型、智能体、机器人等相关领域的企业数量达 10740 家。These enterprises are mainly concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai, and the provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.这类企业主要集中在北京、上海、广东、江苏、浙江。The report also highlights the widespread application of generative AI across diverse sectors, including agriculture, industrial manufacturing, programming, office work, embodied intelligence, and scientific research.报告还指出，生成式人工智能在农业、工业制造、编程、办公、具身智能、科研等多个行业广泛落地应用。Additionally, it states that China's generative AI policies have been continuously refined, shifting from focusing solely on overcoming technological challenges to placing greater emphasis on scenario-specific applications and regulatory governance.报告同时提到，我国生成式人工智能相关政策持续完善，从单纯攻克技术难题，转向更加注重场景落地应用与监管治理。China has adopted an inclusive yet cautious approach to ensure institutional safeguards for the healthy, well-regulated, and sustainable development of these industries, the report notes.报告称，我国采取包容审慎的监管思路，为产业健康有序、可持续发展提供制度保障。generative /ˈdʒenərətɪv/adj. 生成的infrastructure /ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)/n. 基础设施productivity /ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/n. 生产力；生产率regulatory /ˈreɡjələtəri/adj. 监管的；管理的

A melhor parte de Shanghai talvez aconteça no regresso: quando uma reunião normal já parece lenta demais. É aí que a mudança começa…Participe na 3ª Learning Expedition organizada pela Instinct a Shanghai.Uma viagem pelos bastidores dos maiores players chineses na utilização de Inteligência Artificial, com visitas, encontros e projeção de cenários. Mais informação em⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instinct.pt/lx-shanghai⁠⁠⁠

For decades, Liu Huan's melodic voice was a familiar soundtrack across China.几十年来，刘欢那充满感染力的歌声伴随着几代中国人的成长。It could fill a stadium, carry a national celebration or rise from the soundtrack of a television drama.他的声音能震撼整个体育场，能承载国家级盛典的庄严，也能在电视剧原声音乐中袅袅回响。Liu, one of China's best-known singer-songwriters and music educators, died in Shanghai on Friday morning at the age of 63.中国著名创作型歌手、音乐教育家刘欢于周五上午在上海逝世，享年 63 岁。The news was announced the following day by the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, where Liu taught for more than three decades.次日，刘欢任教长达三十余年的对外经济贸易大学发布讣告，宣布了这一消息。Born in Tianjin in 1963, Liu studied French literature at the University of International Relations in Beijing from 1981 to 1985. He joined UIBE in 1991, where he taught Western music history and later became an associate professor. He retired in 2023.刘欢 1963 年出生于天津，1981 年至 1985 年就读于北京国际关系学院法国文学专业。他于 1991 年入职对外经济贸易大学，教授西方音乐史，后晋升为副教授，并于 2023 年退休。His university obituary described him first as a retired teacher and then as a household name in music — a pairing that perhaps best captured the two sides of his life.学校发布的讣告首先将他称为 “退休教师”，其次才是 “家喻户晓的音乐家”—— 这一称谓组合或许最完美地概括了他一生中的两个重要身份。His death has sparked an outpouring of grief and remembrance.他的离世引发了社会各界的沉痛哀悼与深切怀念。On Saturday, singer Na Ying paid tribute to Liu during a concert in Chengdu, Sichuan province, singing Crescent Moon, one of his best-known songs.周六，歌手那英在四川成都举行的演唱会上，通过演唱刘欢的代表作《弯弯的月亮》，表达对刘欢的悼念。“My mentor and friend, Liu Huan, who made an enormous contribution to and helped advance Chinese pop music, has left us,” she told the audience. “I want to sing a song he once performed to pay tribute to him.”“我的良师益友、为中国流行音乐做出卓越贡献并推动其发展的刘欢老师离开了我们，” 她向现场观众表示，“我想唱一首他曾经唱过的歌，向他致敬。”Chinese director Zhang Yimou also mourned Liu through his studio's official Weibo account.中国导演张艺谋也通过其工作室的官方微博表达了哀思。"Upon learning of Liu Huan's passing, I cannot help but feel saddened. You and Me continues to be sung, while its sound and spirit will forever remain at the Bird's Nest," the post said.“惊闻刘欢老师逝世，心中万分悲痛。《我和你》依然在被唱响，音容宛在，精神永存鸟巢，” 微博中写道。Liu performed You and Me, the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, alongside British soprano Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony on Aug 8, which was held at Beijing National Stadium, famously known as the Bird's Nest. Composed by Chen Qigang, the song was performed atop a giant globe before a global TV audience and became one of the defining musical moments of the Games.2008 年 8 月 8 日，在国家体育场（鸟巢）举行的北京奥运会开幕式上，刘欢与英国女高音歌唱家莎拉・布莱曼（Sarah Brightman）共同演唱了主题曲《我和你》。这首由陈其钢作曲的歌曲在巨大的地球模型顶端呈现在全球电视观众面前，成为了北京奥运会最具标志性的音乐瞬间之一。Liu first rose to prominence in the 1980s with songs including The Sun in My Heart and Young Aspiration Knows No Sorrow, before becoming closely associated with some of China's most popular TV dramas.20 世纪 80 年代，刘欢凭借《心中的太阳》与《少年壮志不言愁》等歌曲声名鹊起，此后他的歌声与多部中国热门电视剧紧密相连。His rich, resonant voice became particularly recognizable through songs such as Time and Time Again, the theme song of the 1993 hit TV drama show A Native of Beijing in New York, and the Heroes' Song, from the 1998 TV adaptation of the Water Margin.他那雄浑饱满、富有共鸣的嗓音风靡大江南北，其中最为人熟知的当属 1993 年热播电视剧《北京人在纽约》的主题曲《千万次的问》，以及 1998 年电视连续剧《水浒传》的插曲《好汉歌》。His music also became part of some of the country's most significant cultural moments. In 1990, he performed Mighty Winds of Asia with singer Wei Wei for the Beijing Asian Games.他的音乐作品还见证了国家许多重要的文化时刻。1990 年，他与歌手韦唯为北京亚运会合唱了《亚洲雄风》。In 2014, he sang La Vie en Rose with French actress Sophie Marceau at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. His work for television also included Flying Phoenix, associated with the hit 2011 drama Empresses in the Palace.2014 年，他在中央电视台春节联欢晚会上与法国演员苏菲・玛索（Sophie Marceau）合唱了《玫瑰人生》。他为电视作品创作的经典还包括 2011 年热播大剧《甄嬛传》中的《凤凰于飞》。As a mentor, Liu helped bring a new generation of singers and songwriters to a national audience.作为一名导师，刘欢将新一代创作型歌手推向了全国舞台。In 2012, he accepted the invitation to become a mentor on The Voice of China. Among the young singers he supported was Jike Junyi, an ethnic Yi singer.2012 年，他接受邀请担任《中国好声音》的导师。在受到他悉心栽培的年轻歌手中，就包括彝族歌手吉克隽逸。Fourteen years later, Jike Junyi remembered how Liu Huan's decision to turn his chair toward her, signaling his recognition of her performance and giving her a chance to join his team, changed her life.十四年后，吉克隽逸回忆起刘欢当年为她转身的那一刻 —— 那标志着对他演唱能力的认可，也给予了她加入其团队的机会，从而彻底改变了她的人生轨迹。"Your turning around completely changed the fate of a little girl," she wrote after his death on her Weibo account, which has over 16 million followers. "She stumbled and staggered her way to today. It was you who lifted up the life of a little girl."“您的转身，彻底改变了一个小黑姑娘的命运，” 在他逝世后，吉克隽逸在她拥有超过 1600 万粉丝的微博上写道，“她跌跌撞撞飞到今天，是您托举了一个小女孩的人生。”Liu's commitment to nurturing original music became even clearer in 2014, when he served as a mentor on Sing My Song, a program devoted to original compositions. The show brought then little-known singers, including Zhao Lei and Su Yunying, into stardom.2014 年，刘欢担任专注于原创音乐的节目《中国好歌曲》的导师，他致力于扶持原创音乐的决心得到了更充分的体现。该节目让当时鲜为人知的赵雷、苏运莹等歌手一举成名。In 2019, he established the Liu Huan Original Music Fund, donating 20 million yuan ($2.9 million) of his own money to support young Chinese-language singer-songwriters.2019 年，他设立了 “刘欢原创音乐专项基金”，自掏腰包捐赠 2000 万元人民币（约合 290 万美元），用于资助年轻的华语创作型歌手。On Dec 31, 2025, Liu appeared as the closing act at the Bilibili New Year's Eve Gala in Shanghai — his final major public performance. On a freezing outdoor stage, he sang I Wish to Be Immortal, a song associated with the TV series: Journey to the West Sequel, and Time and Time Again. Despite the biting cold, Liu sang as young people in the audience joined him.2025 年 12 月 31 日，刘欢作为压轴嘉宾亮相上海哔哩哔哩跨年晚会 —— 这也是他生前最后一次大型公开演出。在寒风凛冽的室外舞台上，他演唱了电视剧《西游记后传》的片尾曲《我欲成仙》以及《千万次的问》。尽管酷寒无比，刘欢依然倾情献唱，台下的年轻人也与他一同合唱。obituary /əˈbɪtʃuəri/n. 讣告；逝者生平简介outpouring /ˈaʊtpɔːrɪŋ/n. （感情的）爆发，倾泻；涌现prominence /ˈprɒmɪnəns/n. 显赫；著名；重要地位resonant /ˈrezənənt/adj. 洪亮的；共鸣的；回荡的stumble /ˈstʌmbl/v. 跌跌撞撞地走；绊倒；结巴stagger /ˈstæɡə(r)/v. 摇晃；蹒跚；使震惊stardom /ˈstɑːdəm/n. 明星地位；明星身份biting /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/adj. 刺骨的（寒风 / 冷气）；严厉的；尖刻的

Every month, Shane Leaning and Chris Scora sit down to unpack what has come up on the Education Leaders podcast, and this live catch-up covers two of the season's most talked-about conversations. The main event is a robust back-and-forth on Claire Badger's episode, "Do Schools Really Kill Creativity?", where Chris admits he needed three listens to get past his initial discomfort with Claire's certainty before finding real common ground. They also revisit Jim Knight's "Stop Telling Teachers What to Do" and discuss why his coaching-over-directing approach has struggled to gain traction in UK schools despite making obvious sense on paper.You'll hear why Chris pushed back on Claire's definition of creativity as needing to be both "novel and useful," and why he worries that scaffolding can tip into constraint when applied under classroom time pressure. Shane and Chris also work through the tension between aspiration and pragmatism in education, using the IB's diploma programme as a case study, and close with reflections on Jim Knight's ideas about listening, agency and the "helpful bully" trap leaders can fall into. If you've ever wondered whether structure helps or hinders creative thinking in your classroom, this conversation will give you plenty to weigh up.Resources & Links Mentioned:Education Leaders Podcast NetworkDo Schools Really Kill Creativity? with Claire BadgerStop Telling Teachers What to Do with Jim KnightWhat Can Leaders Learn from Architects? with Phil IdleBritain's Strictest Head Teacher with Katharine BirbalsinghEpisode PartnersInternational Curriculum AssociationSisiJoin Shane's Intensive Leadership Programme at educationleaders.co/intensiveShane Leaning, an organisational coach based in Shanghai, supports school leaders globally. He is the author of the best-selling 'Change Starts Here.' Shane is a leading educational voice in the UK, Asia and around the world.You can find Shane on LinkedIn.We are a proud member of the Education Leaders podcast network. For more great education shows, visit educationleaders.co/network/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warum machen Millionen Menschen in China mitten am Tag die Augen zu? In dieser Folge spricht Host Axel Dorloff mit ARD-Korrespondentin Eva Lamby-Schmitt in Shanghai über eine Tradition, die in China bis heute fest zum Alltag gehört: den Mittagsschlaf. Sie berichtet von ihren eigenen Beobachtungen zwischen Büroalltag und gelebter Pausenkultur. Außerdem erklärt Schlafforscher Ingo Fietze, warum ein kurzer Tagschlaf tatsächlich gesund sein kann – und was wir in Deutschland von China in diesem Punkt lernen könnten. Eine Folge über Schlaf, Leistung und die Frage, ob mehr Pause manchmal der beste Weg zu mehr Energie ist. "Welt.Macht.China" ist der China-Podcast der ARD. Aktuelle und ehemalige Korrespondent*innen und Expert*innen haben sich zusammengetan, um einen vielfältigen Einblick in das riesige Land zu geben. Es geht um Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur, das Leben und den Alltag in der Volksrepublik, außerdem um Klischees und Chinas Rolle in der Welt. Eine neue Folge gibt es jeden zweiten Dienstag unter anderem in ARD Sounds: https://www.ardsounds.de/sendung/welt-macht-china/urn:ard:show:b5d8f07b1baa22d0/ Ihr habt Anmerkungen, Lob und Kritik? Schreibt uns an weltmachtchina@ard.de. Und hier noch ein Podcast-Tipp von uns für euch: "Plusminus. Der ARD Wirtschaftspodcast." https://1.ard.de/plusminus-podcast-Roboter?=WMC

７年ぶりに中国本土に再進出したミスタードーナツの新店舗、２８日、上海市内【上海時事】ダスキンが展開するドーナツチェーンのミスタードーナツが２８日、中国・上海に新店舗をオープンした。 Japan's Duskin Co. on Monday opened a Mister Donut outlet in Shanghai, returning to the Chinese market after a hiatus of some seven years.

The struggle for Shanghai only expanded in late August as the Japanese landed regular army divisions to attack the city from the north. Desperate fighting for both sides ensued as the surrounding villages and countryside became hotly contested pieces of real estate. All the while the scale of the battle would only seem to expand from there.    Bibliography for this episode:    Mitter, Rana Forgotten Ally: China's World War II 1937-1945 Mariner Books 2013 van de Ven, Hans China At War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China Profile Books Ltd 2017 van de Ven, Hans War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945 Routledge 2003 van de Ven, Hans, Mark Peattie, and Edward J. Drea The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 Stanford University Press 2011 Frank, Richard B Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War July 1937-May 1942 Pacific War History Inc 2020 Taylor, Jay The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China Harvard University Press 2011 Paine, S.C.M The Wars for Asia 1911-1949 Cambridge University Press 2014 Bix, Herbert P. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Perennial 2001 Harmsen, Peter Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze Casemate 2013   Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com

Zhu Rongji went from being branded a political outcast to becoming one of the most important economic reformers in modern Chinese history. As mayor of Shanghai, vice premier, central bank governor and eventually premier, he helped tackle inflation, restructure China's huge state-owned sector and push the country toward greater integration with the global economy. In this episode, Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan look back on Zhu Rongji's remarkable life and career, from his difficult early years to his role in transforming Shanghai and helping bring China into the World Trade Organization. Skip and Dez begin with Zhu's early life in Changsha, Hunan. Orphaned as a child, he went on to study electrical engineering at Tsinghua University before beginning a career in industrial and economic planning. But his career was interrupted after he criticized problems in government economic policy during the 1950s. Zhu was branded a ‘rightist', expelled from the Communist Party and later sent to the countryside. His political fortunes changed in 1978, when his rightist designation was overturned and his Party membership restored. Zhu quickly rose through China's economic bureaucracy before being sent to Shanghai, where he became mayor in 1988 and later the city's top Party official. There, he promoted foreign investment, infrastructure development and financial reform as Shanghai began its transformation into a major international business center. Skip and Dez then look at Zhu's move to Beijing and his role in dealing with China's overheating economy during the early 1990s. With inflation reaching around 24% in 1994, Zhu helped tighten bank lending and reform taxation, banking and foreign exchange. China eventually achieved a ‘soft landing', reducing inflation while maintaining economic growth. They also examine the much more painful restructuring of China's state-owned enterprises. After becoming premier in 1998, Zhu accelerated the closure and restructuring of loss-making companies, forcing businesses to become more efficient but also contributing to millions of workers losing their jobs. Finally, Skip and Dez explore what became one of Zhu's defining economic projects — China's entry into the World Trade Organization. After almost 15 years of negotiations, China officially became the WTO's 143rd member on December 11, 2001. The move opened China further to international trade and investment and helped accelerate its integration into global manufacturing and commerce. This episode gives listeners an introduction to Zhu Rongji and an important period in China's economic development while building useful Business English and economic vocabulary. In this episode, you will learn: How Zhu Rongji went from political outcast to one of China's most senior leaders. How his work in Shanghai helped modernize the city's economy. How China brought inflation under control during the 1990s. Why reforming state-owned enterprises created both economic change and major social costs. Why China's 2001 entry into the WTO became such an important moment for the Chinese and global economies. Do you like what you hear? Become a D2B Member today for to access to our -- NEW!!!-- interactive audio scripts, PDF Audio Script Library, Bonus Vocabulary episodes, and D2B Member-only episodes. Visit d2benglish.com/membership for more information. Follow Down to Business English on Apple podcasts, rate the show, and leave a comment. Contact Skip, Dez, and Samantha at downtobusinessenglish@gmail.com Follow Skip & Dez Skip Montreux on Linkedin Skip Montreux on Instagram Skip Montreux on Twitter Skip Montreux on Facebook Dez Morgan on Twitter RSS Feed

Digital Kitchen's Mason Nicoll and Andrew "AJ" Julien talk with Mike about designing the Emmy-nominated title sequences for Spider-Noir and Smoke. They walk through the studio's pitch process, from log-line-only briefs to full pilot screenings, and how Spider-Noir's period-accurate 1931 noir look came from surrealist photography, Man Ray, Seconds, and a Lady from Shanghai homage they didn't know the show was making until after the fact.They dig into Smoke's objects-as-characters concept, physically burning items in reverse to stand in for Taron Egerton's and Jurnee Smollett's characters, and the different approval chains between a Marvel/Sony/Amazon property and an Apple show built around a pre-selected Thom Yorke needle-drop.Nicoll and Julien also trace their paths into title design, from Digital Kitchen's early work on Six Feet Under to AJ's start in sports graphics, plus war stories from Yellowjackets, Dead Like Me, and a font fight that got Nicoll pulled off a project.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Digital Kitchen's Mason Nicoll and Andrew "AJ" Julien talk with Mike about designing the Emmy-nominated title sequences for Spider-Noir and Smoke. They walk through the studio's pitch process, from log-line-only briefs to full pilot screenings, and how Spider-Noir's period-accurate 1931 noir look came from surrealist photography, Man Ray, Seconds, and a Lady from Shanghai homage they didn't know the show was making until after the fact.They dig into Smoke's objects-as-characters concept, physically burning items in reverse to stand in for Taron Egerton's and Jurnee Smollett's characters, and the different approval chains between a Marvel/Sony/Amazon property and an Apple show built around a pre-selected Thom Yorke needle-drop.Nicoll and Julien also trace their paths into title design, from Digital Kitchen's early work on Six Feet Under to AJ's start in sports graphics, plus war stories from Yellowjackets, Dead Like Me, and a font fight that got Nicoll pulled off a project.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

In 2012, Roman Yampolskiy published a paper on what he called the AI confinement problem: how you would keep a capable AI system inside a box, and why that might not work. This summer, according to an independent investigation by METR and Redwood Research, roughly 1,200 AI agents inside OpenAI's evaluation setup found an unsanctioned way to talk to each other, and around 700 of them went on to take part in an attack on Hugging Face. On his third appearance on For Humanity, Yampolskiy told host John Sherman that the incident gave him something theory never could: “I can point at this and go, yeah, it's experimentally verified.” His proposed response is not a better box. It's a line between two kinds of technology.The 60 second version* Yampolskiy's 2012 paper, “Leakproofing the Singularity,” laid out the AI confinement problem in the Journal of Consciousness Studies. Ingenta Connect* METR and Redwood Research found roughly 1,200 sandboxed agents built a shared message board this summer, with 700 of them joining the Hugging Face attack. METR* Yampolskiy's proposal: “Let's promote tools. Let's do tool safety. Let's just ban general superintelligent agent concept.”* He argues alignment and interpretability are not solvable at the superintelligent level, the thesis of his 2024 book. Routledge* At July's World AI Conference, China's president called for keeping AI “always under human control,” a line Yampolskiy says is worth taking seriously. XinhuaTools, not agentsYampolskiy's core argument is about vocabulary as much as technology. “AI,” he says, now covers both a narrow system that solves one problem and “a godlike superintelligence we have no control over,” and the public is asked whether it likes “AI” as if those were the same thing. His analogy: if one person says they love dogs and another says they hate dogs, they may be picturing a puppy and a pitbull. “We just disagree on the terms.”So he proposes two terms. Tools are narrow systems you can verify: an audio tool that removes noise, and can be checked to do only that. Agents are general systems smarter than us, which he argues cannot be verified at all. He points to protein structure prediction, the work recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, as the kind of narrow tool he would never give up. Nobel PrizeSherman pushes back: narrow tools can generalize as they improve. Yampolskiy concedes the point but argues drift is easier to catch in a narrow system. “My self-driving car starts to play chess and talk philosophy. I can detect that and kind of revert back to a previous version.” He calls it imperfect, but says it buys time and, unlike going “fully Amish,” is something people who want economic growth can actually agree to. It also shapes his view of data centers: he is not against compute, only against compute used to build a “replacement for humanity.”Sources for this section: Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024, press release - Yampolskiy: Verifier Theory and Unverifiability (arXiv)Why he doesn't expect alignment research to close the gapAsked about progress in alignment, Yampolskiy's answer is blunt: “It's not even a well-defined concept.” Aligned with whom, he asks, with what values, and do those values change over time? Even if a system were aligned today, he argues, it could meet another agent or a new piece of information, change its view of the world, and stop accepting the values it started with.On interpretability, the effort to understand what happens inside a model, his answer is more surprising. He calls the lack of progress lucky. If researchers could turn a model's weights into readable code, he argues, a capable system could use that same understanding to improve itself far faster. “Luckily they're a black box to themselves as well.”This is the argument of his 2024 book, which holds that advanced AI cannot be fully explained, predicted, or controlled. Routledge He also points to his earlier work on verification, which argues that narrow, deterministic systems can be checked in ways general superintelligent ones cannot. arXiv “We have exactly what we need,” he says. “Maybe somebody can read it to the leadership.”Sources for this section: Routledge: AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable - arXiv: Verifier Theory and UnverifiabilityWhat's actually loose on the internetThe METR and Redwood report is the verified part. Roughly 1,200 agents found the message board, sent more than 70,000 messages, and built their own coordination tools. OpenAI flagged the activity on July 19, six days after it stopped. METR Yampolskiy's worry is about what might be left behind: agents leaving messages on forums that future agents could find and learn from, “adding memory to the whole collective.”The larger claim on the show comes from Andrew Yang, who said on CNBC that an unnamed lab head told him escaped agents “planted self-replicating code all over the internet, which makes the internet now unusable for testing models.” Reporting since then has not backed that up. Gadget Review called it “second-hand, and unsupported by any primary technical source.” Yahoo Tech / Gadget Review A Cherry Creek News fact check found documented traces were real but smaller: a prompt injection in a GitHub issue and an access token in a public gist, among other items, with self-replication confirmed only inside the agents' own infrastructure. Cherry Creek News Yampolskiy himself was careful on air, saying he hadn't looked into it yet and doubted that live agents are hiding online, “but messages most likely.”He also expects any loss of control to be gradual rather than sudden. “Why have an adversary,” he asks, when people are already handing agents their computers and bank accounts?Sources for this section: METR: Independent investigation of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident - Yahoo Tech / Gadget Review: Andrew Yang claims escaped AI agents polluted the web - Cherry Creek News: Yang's claim checkedWhere a deal could startYampolskiy's policy answer is an international one: a US-China agreement making general superintelligence illegal to build anywhere, while both countries keep building useful narrow technology. Asked whether Beijing would ever agree, he points to self-interest (”the same superintelligence will kill them”) and to Xi Jinping's July 17 keynote at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, which called for “early warning and emergency response systems” and for ensuring “AI is always under human control.” Xinhua The picture is mixed: China's Foreign Ministry has also described calls for restraint as “fearmongering.” Tech Times Yampolskiy also cites June's US restriction on foreign access to two Anthropic models on national security grounds as proof that fast action is possible when officials see a risk. Al JazeeraSources for this section: Xinhua: Full text of Xi's 2026 WAIC keynote - Tech Times: Xi warned AI could escape human control - Al Jazeera: US asks Anthropic to block global access to top AI modelsWhat to watch nextWhether METR, Redwood or OpenAI publish anything on residual agent traces on public sites, which would settle the Yang question with evidence. Whether any US-China AI dialogue names general superintelligence or autonomous agents specifically, rather than AI in general. And whether The Roman Forum's planned debates put Yampolskiy's tools-versus-agents framework in front of people who disagree with it. The Roman ForumThe takeawayYampolskiy's most useful contribution in this conversation may be the least dramatic one. He isn't asking anyone to give up self-driving cars, protein folding, or data centers. He's asking for a clear word for the one thing he thinks shouldn't be built, so that the public, lawmakers and labs stop arguing past each other about “AI.” Whether that line can be drawn and enforced is the open question. As he told Sherman three years ago when he agreed to come on a show nobody had heard of yet: “We have to try everything.”Full source listPrimary disclosures and research* METR: Brief independent investigation of the OpenAI/Hugging Face hacking incident* Yampolskiy (2012): Leakproofing the Singularity, Journal of Consciousness Studies* Yampolskiy: Verifier Theory and Unverifiability (arXiv)* Yampolskiy (2024): AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable (Routledge)* Xinhua: Full text of Xi Jinping's keynote at the 2026 World AI Conference* Nobel Prize: Chemistry 2024 press release* Pro-Human Assembly 2026 agendaReporting* Yahoo Tech / Gadget Review: Andrew Yang claims escaped AI agents polluted the web* Cherry Creek News: Andrew Yang's claim checked* Tech Times: Xi warned AI could escape human control; Beijing still calls safety fears propaganda* Al Jazeera: US asks Anthropic to block global access to top AI models* The National: AI critics converge at the Pro-Human AssemblyGuest channels* The Roman Forum on YouTubePrior GuardRailNow coverage* Warning Shots #56 Substack post: the Hugging Face post-mortem* Warning Shots #58 Substack post: Jacob Coxon's resignationFOOTERFor Humanity is a weekly interview show from The AI Risk Network with host John Sherman.If this post was useful, hit restack and send it to one person who says they “like AI,” and ask them which kind they mean.Discussion question: Yampolskiy wants two words, tools and agents, instead of one. Would that distinction change how you answer the question “are you for or against AI?”Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/@theairisknetwork This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Derek Sivers, author, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and founder of CD Baby, joins Jim O'Shaughnessy on Infinite Loops to talk about parenting a teenager who is ready to leave home, why he moves countries on purpose and plans to live in Bangalore and Shanghai next, the certainty slider, and how AI can make you less dependent on big tech, not more. It is his first podcast after more than a year of saying no to every request. Show Notes Derek Sivers & Jim O'Shaughnessy Derek Sivers: Author, entrepreneur, and TED speaker, and founder of CD Baby, once the largest seller of independent music online. Derek's website Derek on X: Where Derek shares his writing. Follow Derek on X Derek's TED talks: Including "How to Start a Movement," his most popular talk. Watch Derek's talks Jim O'Shaughnessy: Host of Infinite Loops, founder and CEO of O'Shaughnessy Ventures, and author of the New York Times bestseller What Works on Wall Street. Follow Jim on X Full transcripts: Transcripts and highlights from every Infinite Loops conversation. OSV newsletter Derek's Books & Projects Useful Not True: Derek's book on skepticism and choosing beliefs because they are useful, not because they are true. Useful Not True How to Live: 27 conflicting answers on how to live, which Derek calls his masterpiece. How to Live Hell Yeah or No: Simple mental models for deciding what's worth doing. Hell Yeah or No Anything You Want: Derek's bestselling book of 40 lessons from starting, building, and selling CD Baby. Anything You Want Tech Independence: Step-by-step instructions and a setup script for running your own server and email instead of depending on big tech. Tech Independence Books & Ideas Mentioned Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina: The book whose idea about seeking surprise sent Derek around the world. Derek's notes China's World View by David Daokui Li: Derek's pick for understanding the Chinese government's point of view. Derek's notes Maverick by Ricardo Semler: The book behind Derek's short-lived profit-sharing plan at CD Baby. Maverick Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman: Jim's reference on why new vantage points change where you want to go. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch: The book Jim calls a definitive look at how he sees the world. The Beginning of Infinity Nothing & Everything by Val N. Tine: The book on nihilism Derek recommends, with his advice to read only the first half. Derek's notes  

We examine how world leaders are using their speeches at the UNGA to present their countries on the global stage. Plus: Morocco votes, WorldSkills 2026 opens in Shanghai, the Booker Prize shortlist and the latest album releases.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we explore the fascinating world of J.G. Ballard's provocative works, what later may be known as Climate Fiction, written mostly last century. From his early novel "The Drowned World" to the controversial "Crash," we delve into how Ballard's dystopian visions have shaped the genre. We feature insights from a PBS show Hot Mess, a short BBC film Ballard appeared in 1973 exploring his experimental novel of linked short stories called “The Atrocity Exhibition,” and a 2006 South Bank Show interview. We discuss the psychological and societal impacts of Climate Fiction, and how it might inspire change in an era of environmental urgency. The Atrocity Exhibition is J.G. Ballard's instruction manual on how to disrupt mass media and recontextualize technology in a dystopian landscape overrun with industrial waste and technological white noise. The excerpt is from a 1973 BBC film directed by Harely Cokliss and features Ballard talking about car crash fetishism and the response to the bleak modern landscapes dominated by industrial monotony and the irrational violence of the technology-infused world which would coalesce into his controversial novel Crash, published in 1973. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Resources/Articles: https://wilderutopia.com/performance/literary/j-g-ballard-atrocity-exhibition-modernist-motorcar-dystopia/ James Graham Ballard who lived between 1930 and 2009 was an English novelist and short-story writer known for psychologically provocative works that explore relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. Ballard's original climate fiction work from 1962 was the post-apocalyptic New Wave science fiction novel The Drowned World. He followed with the controversial 1970 short-story collection The Atrocity Exhibition, which includes the 1968 story "Why I Want to F- Ronald Reagan", and later the 1973 novel Crash (1973), a story about car-crash fetishists. In 1984, Ballard won broad critical recognition for the war novel Empire of the Sun, a semi-autobiographical story of the experiences of a British boy during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai;[4] three years later, the American film director Steven Spielberg adapted the novel into a film of the same name. From the distinct nature of the literary fiction of J. G. Ballard arose the adjective Ballardian, defined as: "resembling or suggestive of dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes, and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments." Jack Eidt is an environmental journalist, urban theorist and designer, and advocate for the wild, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes for a PBS SoCal Artbound project called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs. He also publishes articles and podcasts on Substack [https://jackeidt.substack.com/]. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer and Host: Jack Eidt Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 233 Photo credit:

Der Ständerat will, dass die Grossbank UBS ihre ausländischen Tochtergesellschaften mit 90 Prozent hartem Eigenkapital unterlegen muss. Das ist eine Niederlage für die UBS, die einen weniger strengen Kompromiss angestrebt hatte. Was sagt der Enscheid über das Verhältnis der UBS zur Politik aus? Weitere Themen: Das Parlament will eine Obergrenze für die Wolfspopulation in der Schweiz einführen. Wird dieser Schwellenwert überschritten, sollen Wölfe abgeschossen werden dürfen. Dafür muss das Jagdgesetz angepasst werden. Bleibt es veim Vorhaben, ist ein Referendum vorprogrammiert. An den Berufsweltmeisterschaften Worldskills zeigt sich jeweils, wie exzellent die Schweizer Berufsbildung ist. Bei den diesjährigen Worldskills in Shanghai zeigt sich: Besonders die Konkurrenz aus China ist stark gewachsen.

President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 48th World-Skills Competition, which opened on Tuesday in Shanghai, highlighting that sweeping technological and industrial changes are reshaping global vocational skill development and reaffirming China's commitment to cultivating young skilled talent.第48届世界技能大赛于周二在上海开幕。国家主席习近平向大赛致贺信，强调新一轮科技和产业变革正在深刻塑造全球职业技能发展格局，并重申了中国致力于培养青年技能人才的坚定决心。In the letter, Xi said China stands ready to deepen exchanges and cooperation with all participating parties to advance global skills development, better contribute to world economic growth and improve people's livelihoods and well-being.习近平在贺信中表示，中国愿同各参赛方一道，深化交流合作，推动全球技能事业发展，为促进世界经济增长、增进各国人民福祉做出更大贡献。Xi said the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, bringing profound and far-reaching changes to global vocational skills development.习近平指出，当前新一轮科技革命和产业变革深入发展，给全球职业技能发展带来深刻而深远的影响。The WorldSkills Competition closely aligns with industry needs and provides a valuable platform for skilled professionals from around the world to hone their skills and learn from and exchange experiences with one another, Xi said.习近平表示，世界技能大赛紧贴产业需求，为世界各国技能人才切磋技艺、交流互鉴搭建了宝贵平台。China will inspire and guide more workers, especially young people, to achieve career success through professional skills, he said.他强调，中国将引导和鼓励更多劳动者特别是青年人走技能成才、技能报国之路。Premier Li Qiang attended the event and officially declared the competition open.国务院总理李强出席开幕式并宣布大赛开幕。Before the opening ceremony, Li met with WorldSkills International President Francis Hourant and Chief Executive Officer David Hoey.开幕式前，李强会见了世界技能组织主席弗朗西斯·豪兰（Francis Hourant）和首席执行官大卫·霍伊（David Hoey）。The ceremony was held at the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center and began with a colorful and energetic parade featuring skilled young competitors from around the world.开幕式在上海世博文化中心举行。来自世界各地的青年技能选手身着盛装参加巡游，现场气氛热烈、色彩斑斓，拉开了开幕式的序幕。Delegations marched along the “Skill Dream Avenue”, an indoor-outdoor thoroughfare, greeting spectators at an outdoor plaza before proceeding into the venue.各代表团沿着室内外贯通的“技能梦想大道”入场，在户外广场向观众致意后依次步入会场。Live performances celebrated China's rich craft heritage, combining reenactments of the use of ancient Chinese skills with multimedia renderings of the Silk Road to connect local and global skills traditions. Humanoid robots performed alongside human artists, underscoring the role of human creativity in driving technological progress.现场表演展现了中国深厚的传统工艺底蕴，将古代中国精湛技艺的重现与丝绸之路的多媒体影像巧妙融合，实现了本土与全球技能传统的交相辉映。人形机器人与艺术家同台献艺，彰显了人类创造力在推动科技进步中的核心作用。During the event, skilled young workers from different continents shared their own experiences, highlighting how vocational skills can transform lives.活动期间，来自各大洲的青年技能人才分享了各自的成长经历，讲述了职业技能如何改变人生轨迹。A total of 1,385 competitors from 68 countries and regions will compete in Shanghai from Wednesday through Saturday at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai).周三至周六，来自68个国家和地区的1385名选手将在国家会展中心（上海）展开激烈角逐。The closing ceremony will be held on Sunday.闭幕式将于周日举行。China's 71 competitors, with an average age of 21, are competing in all 64 skills, highlighting the country's pool of young skilled talent.中国代表团共派出71名选手参加全部64个项目的比赛，选手平均年龄为21岁，充分展现了中国青年技能人才的蓄水池与生力军。Since China's debut at the 2011 WorldSkills Competition in London, Chinese competitors have won 93 gold medals and topped both the gold medal table and the overall team rankings at four consecutive WorldSkills editions.自2011年首次参加伦敦世界技能大赛以来，中国选手已累计斩获93枚金牌，并连续四届荣登金牌榜和团体总分榜榜首。At a news conference before the ceremony, Zhai Tao, deputy director of the department of vocational capacity building at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said China joined WorldSkills International in 2010 as its 53rd member.在开幕式前举行的新闻发布会上，人力资源社会保障部职业能力建设司副司长翟涛介绍，中国于2010年加入世界技能组织，成为其第53个成员。In the years since, the organization has expanded to a network of 90 member countries and regions, reflecting the growing recognition of skills development worldwide, Zhai said.翟涛表示，此后多年间，该组织已拓展至拥有90个成员国家和地区的网络，这反映出全球范围内对技能开发与培养的日益重视。Wang Di, director of the WorldSkills Competition China (Shanghai) Research Center, said the WorldSkills Competition is not merely about technology, but is closely linked to clearly defined occupations.世界技能大赛中国（上海）研究中心主任王迪表示，世界技能大赛绝非仅仅关乎技术本身，而是与明确的职业标准紧密相连。【词汇提炼】vocational /vəʊˈkeɪʃənl/ adj.职业的；业务的reaffirm /ˌriːəˈfɜːm/ v.重申；再次确认livelihood /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/ n.生计；谋生手段align /əˈlaɪn/ v.使对齐；使一致；匹配hone /həʊn/ v.磨练；提升（技能）；磨尖thoroughfare /ˈθʌrəfeə(r)/ n.大道；交通要道；通行干道reenactment /ˌriːɪˈnæktmənt/ n.（历史事件的）重演；再现humanoid /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/ adj.似人的；类人人的n.类人机器人pool /pu meɪl/ n.储备；（人才/资源）蓄水池v.集中资源debut /ˈdeɪbjuː/ n./v.首次亮相；首秀；初次登场

Andy Roddick is joined by Kim Clijsters to break down João Fonseca's decision to skip the Asian swing. Andy and Kim also dive into Iva Jovic's rapid rise, Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton showing up for Davis Cup, Holger Rune's return from injury, and the very different ways they handled chasing the World No. 1 ranking. Plus, the crew reacts to the WTA Finals moving to Charlotte, the challenges of squeezing the event into five days, and the bigger questions facing the WTA as it takes control of its marquee event. COMMENT BELOW: Can the WTA Finals work in a five-day format?

We're still surprised people did this but... 50+ founders worth $10M to $4B reveal their personal finances. Here it is: https://joinhampton.com/mw-wrWhy do we do this? Because if you're an aspirational person or someone who runs a business and is making money, it's incredibly challenging to figure out what to do. Information is impossible to find — and that's what we put together: the net worth reveal and why we do this podcast, Moneywise.He turned down $42M, lost a $70M deal to a war, and sold his company over WhatsApp instead.Ryan Levesque is the author of the #1 national bestseller Ask and the founder of the Ask Method Company, a seven-time Inc. 5000 business that did over $100M in revenue. He grew up blue collar, quit AIG in China the morning the Wall Street Journal said the company was going bankrupt, and built his first business selling Scrabble tile jewelry tutorials on Etsy. Then he tried to sell his company twice. The first buyer flipped a $42.5M deal to $17M at the eleventh hour. The second, a $70M offer, evaporated the week Russia invaded Ukraine. Today he sits on $30–35M in liquid net worth and runs a 150-acre farm in Vermont with his wife and two boys, where 80% of what his family eats comes off their own land.This is the longest Moneywise episode we've ever cut, and I barely interrupted. We go deep on the two failed exits, the life insurance rejection letter at age 30 that turned out to be organ failure, the photo of his sons that made him stop chasing the number, and what it actually costs to run a 150-acre farm (spoiler: free food runs about half a million a year). Ryan also breaks down the money curriculum he built for his kids, why $35M didn't feel like enough until he decided it was, and the honeybee epiphany that led to selling his company to his biggest competitor.Also, this podcast is made by Hampton, which is a community for founders doing on average $20 million a year in revenue. We saw a lot of these money conversations happening privately behind closed doors and we thought, "What the heck, let's make it public." If you are a founder, apply here: http://joinhampton.com/mwTimestamps:0:00 — "Mr. Levesque, you should be in a coma right now." Cold open and episode roadmap5:30 — The WSJ headline reads "AIG to file for bankruptcy." He resigns the same day with ~$100K in the bank9:56 — Reverse-engineering an Etsy seller's income and building a Scrabble tile jewelry tutorial business: "emulate before you innovate"12:32 — The crash of the Scrabble tile jewelry market. Lesson: pick evergreen markets14:29 — Dead orchids in Shanghai become a $500K/year business. Then 23 businesses at once17:19 — A nine-figure sale to NBC (Golf Pass) and a $168M sale to PayPal. His cut: "less than seven figures"19:00 — Ask becomes the #1 bestselling book in America and births a $100M+ company21:00 — The $42.5M deal gets flipped to $17M at the eleventh hour. "We basically gave them the middle finger"25:13 — Interviewing 12 investment banks, going back to market, and landing a $70M offer28:30 — Russia invades Ukraine. The deal, and the entire M&A market, evaporates33:23 — The life insurance rejection letter. Kidney failure. Ten days in ICU. Undiagnosed type 1 diabetic40:16 — "My kid can't grow up without a dad." Shutting down 23 businesses41:42 — Two photos of his boys, seven years apart. "It was like a heartbeat"43:00 — Texting his wife from a tent in Vermont. Full-price cash offer on the Austin house the same night49:13 — Reading Peter Lynch at age 10 and turning $5K into $100K+ by 1851:57 — What he looked for in land: top of watershed, no PFAS, good schools. 12 months of Airbnbs56:41 — 48 beehives, 1,000 maple taps, 500 fruit trees, seven freezers. 100% of their own protein58:40 — The farm numbers: just under $5M for the land, $2M mortgage at 6.5%, $220K/year before a single animal1:03:59 — $260K in year one, $175K/year after. "Free food costs a lot of money"1:06:28 — The kids' money curriculum: Rich Dad Poor Dad read-alouds, Greenlight accounts, a real estate syndication paying them $300–400/month1:11:20 — His net worth when he decided it was enough: $30–35M liquid1:12:47 — "I've never been less money motivated in my life." $1M webinars and the Mexican fisherman1:15:08 — Goldenrod, purple aster, and the WhatsApp voice memo to Daniel Priestley. Company sold three months later1:20:20 — Legacy, $120K/year in tuition, and how much to hand to your kids: "the brownies are not fully baked"1:25:39 — Seven weeks in Europe, giving back, and why all altruism is selfish1:31:36 — Daniel's takeaway: figure out what you're optimizing for and start living it nowSponsors: Daily Body Coach - achieve your dream body with https://moneywise.dailybodycoach.comSubscribe to Moneywise: https://www.youtube.com/@themoneywisepodcastFollow Daniel on X: https://x.com/danielcberkListen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts: [search "Moneywise Hampton"]

À Shanghai, Huawei dévoile sa vision des réseaux de demain, capables d'analyser les incidents en temps réel et, dans certains cas, de se reconfigurer automatiquement.

⏰​La gran tribulación… ¿futura o ya cumplida? Moisés Morales va directo al texto bíblico. Toda la música del podcast es de Pippo y Banda IA. Pippo y Banda IA ya tiene su propio canal en Telegram, ahí podes escuchar y bajar su música. https://t.me/+Nr8mhrQJZFpjNzdh Unite a nuestro canal de difusión en Telegram https:/t.me/radioshanghai. También podés escucharnos en Youtube, Applepodcast, Ivoox y muchos lugares más.Recordá que podés seguirnos en Facebook e Instagram, dejanos tus comentarios y si te gusta compartilo…Si queres colaborar con nosotros podés hacerlo a través de Cafecito https://cafecito.app/radioshanghai Verum, bonum et pulchrumSoli DEO GloriaACLARACIÓN: Radio Shanghai es un podcast que no esta monetizado ni percibe ningún benefecio económico, solo difundir la Palabra de Dios y sus enseñanzas.

Learn about backdoor diplomacy, pink imperialism, colonial history & why slower travel can create deeper connections. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Ross OC Jennings tells the story of meeting his husband Travis and building a relationship centered around a life of travel. He reflects on living in Guatemala and the Philippines, navigating countries where homosexuality is criminalized, and the complex dynamics of queer travel across different cultural contexts. Ross also shares why Mozambique holds a special place in his heart, what playing the bagpipes around the world taught him about colonial history and cultural exchange, and how returning to Shanghai nearly 30 years after moving there as a child affected his understanding of identity and home. He then talks about his show So Where's It From? And, finally, he reflects the responsibility travel content creators have when telling other people's stories, the limitations of country counting and achievement-oriented travel, and why slowing down has ultimately led to deeper connections and more meaningful experiences around the world. → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU See my Top 10 Travel Apps See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that's not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

Today on the podcast, I'm joined by Austrian singer-songwriter Felicia Lu. I caught up with Felicia on stage at New Song Space, Shanghai, just hours before her show on September 4, 2026, during her China tour in support of her new double album, Bitter Sweet. Felicia represented Germany at Eurovision 2017 with Perfect Life and has released fan favourites including Anxiety, Play With Fire, We're All Gonna Die and Hot Rain In Summer. Her song writing is deeply personal, using music to share her experiences, emotions and stories with her audience. She is also the founder of Studio Lu, combining her passion for music, design, branding and social media. We talk about her touring live band, music, song writing, her latest album, her love of plants, her sister's journey into entertainment and her passion for design. Follow Felicia Lu: Instagram: @felicialuofficial RedNote: @費利西亞FeliciaLu Follow Tell Craig Your Story: Podbean: tellcraigyourstory.podbean.com Linktree: linktr.ee/tellcraigyourstory YouTube: @tellcraigyourstory Instagram: @tellcraigyourstorypodcast #FeliciaLu #TellCraigYourStory #BitterSweet #Eurovision #AustrianMusic #SingerSongwriter #PopMusic #MusicPodcast #ShanghaiMusic #HotRainInSummer

It did not take long at all for the hostilities in northern China to spread to other parts of the country, mostly because that was Chiang Kai-shek's whole strategy. And while Japanese planners weren't too keen on fighting in and around Shanghai, they weren't about to lose face by shrinking from a direct challenge. The result was a multi-month battle that left both sides bloodied, exhausted, and grimly resigned to the war being a long one.  Also, I updated the bibliographies for the past few episodes! Been a crazy few weeks, finally summoned the wherewithal to get it together.    Bibliography for this episode:    Mitter, Rana Forgotten Ally: China's World War II 1937-1945 Mariner Books 2013 van de Ven, Hans China At War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China Profile Books Ltd 2017 van de Ven, Hans War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945 Routledge 2003 van de Ven, Hans, Mark Peattie, and Edward J. Drea The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 Stanford University Press 2011 Frank, Richard B Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War July 1937-May 1942 Pacific War History Inc 2020 Taylor, Jay The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China Harvard University Press 2011 Paine, S.C.M The Wars for Asia 1911-1949 Cambridge University Press 2014 Bix, Herbert P. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Perennial 2001 Harmsen, Peter Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze Casemate 2013   Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com  

Full Text of Readings Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 133 The Saint of the day is Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions' Stories The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China. After six years, he managed to return to his country through Manchuria. That same year he crossed the Yellow Sea to Shanghai and was ordained a priest. Back home again, he was assigned to arrange for more missionaries to enter by a water route that would elude the border patrol. He was arrested, tortured, and finally beheaded at the Han River near Seoul, the capital. Andrew Kim Taegon's father Ignatius Kim, was martyred during the persecution of 1839, and was beatified in 1925. Paul Chong Hasang, a lay apostle and married man, also died in 1839 at age 45. Among the other martyrs in 1839 was Columba Kim, an unmarried woman of 26. She was put in prison, pierced with hot tools and seared with burning coals. She and her sister Agnes were disrobed and kept for two days in a cell with condemned criminals, but were not molested. After Columba complained about the indignity, no more women were subjected to it. The two were beheaded. Peter Ryou, a boy of 13, had his flesh so badly torn that he could pull off pieces and throw them at the judges. He was killed by strangulation. Protase Chong, a 41-year-old nobleman, apostatized under torture and was freed. Later he came back, confessed his faith and was tortured to death. Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers. Evangelization was difficult because Korea refused all contact with the outside world except for taking taxes to Beijing annually. On one of these occasions, around 1777, Christian literature obtained from Jesuits in China led educated Korean Christians to study. A home Church began. When a Chinese priest managed to enter secretly a dozen years later, he found 4,000 Catholics, none of whom had ever seen a priest. Seven years later there were 10,000 Catholics. Religious freedom came to Korea in 1883. Besides Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867, when he visited Korea in 1984. Among them were bishops and priests, but for the most part they were lay persons: 47 women and 45 men. Reflection We marvel at the fact that the Korean Church was strictly a lay Church for a dozen years after its birth. How did the people survive without the Eucharist? It is no belittling of this and other sacraments to realize that there must be a living faith before there can be a truly beneficial celebration of the Eucharist. The sacraments are signs of God's initiative and response to faith already present. The sacraments increase grace and faith, but only if there is something ready to be increased.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Triforce! Episode 366! Pyrion's back from Shanghai and recaps his story in the style of an epic poem! Lewis is worried he's getting scammed by builders and Sips get 67'd in Center Parcs. We've been watching some real tat on TV, Pyrion is convinced there is nothing out there in the observable universe and we learn about even more variations of the evil AI. Support your favourite podcast on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2SMnzk6 Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, to try to curb inflation. The Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point and suggested it could do so again before the end of the year. In a social media post, President Trump demanded "lower interest rates... and fast." Also: Nepal has sharply revised upwards the number of people missing after last month's flash flood to 6,150. Hundreds more are missing across the border in Tibet. What American scientists are trying to achieve by putting human brain cells in mice. The racing driver, Ollie Millroy, who says he “owes his life” to a rival who pulled him from his burning car during a race in Shanghai. And we look back at the life of one of Nigeria's best-known actors, Olu Jacobs, who has died at the age of 84. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh speaks after interest rate hike, Washington, USA - 16 Sep 2026 Credit: EPA/Shutterstock

Saying yes to everyone sounds generous right up until you notice who is actually paying for it. Lesley Logan and Brad Crowell recap their favorite takeaways from the conversation with transformational coach, speaker, and author Peter Kolat, also known as Polish Peter, who landed in Detroit at fourteen with no English and rebuilt his life after a recession and a divorce. Brad gets honest about the job he stayed in way too long and what finally made it unbearable.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co mailto:beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/#follow-subscribe-free.In this episode you will learn about:What the three letters in DEI actually mean without the politics.The costs of saying yes to everyone and everything in your life.The difference between a business plan and a personal life vision.How to spot the signal that you are on the wrong path.Peter's daily practice for hearing yourself think again.Episode References/Links:upLift Teacher Training - https://xxll.co/uwseLevate Mentorship Program - https://lesleylogan.co/elevateOPC Flashcards - https://opc.me/flashcardsNevada SPCA - https://nevadaspca.org/OPC Posters - https://opc.me/postersCambodia October Waitlist (2027) - https://crowsnestretreats.comPilates on Tour Goa India (December) - https://xxll.co/potOPC Winter Tour - https://opc.me/eventsAmericans for Immigrant Justice - http://aijustice.orgThe Authentic Self Rebirth by Peter Kolat - https://myauthenticrebirth.com/free-bookv2Submit your wins or questions - https://beitpod.com/questionsGuest Bio:Peter Kolat is a transformational coach, speaker, and author who helps people uncover the quiet beliefs holding them back and rebuild on more honest ground. Known as "Polish Peter," he arrived in the U.S. from Poland at 14 with no English, trained as an architect, and later moved into coaching after a personal and financial turning point reshaped his path. Today he's recognized for a direct, no-nonsense style and a talent for naming the limiting beliefs people can't see in themselves. A Robbins-Madanes certified coach, Peter has spoken at more than 100 live events and authored The Authentic Self Rebirth. He co-hosts The Lifeonaire Show and leads a national coaching company. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/BITYSIDEALS! DEALS! DEALS! 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If something is missing, if something feels like it's missing, then you're probably not being true to yourself, right? You're not being your authentic self.Lesley Logan 0:12  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Brad Crowell 0:53  Take it away.Lesley Logan 0:56  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap for my co-host in life, Brad, and I are going to dig into the authentic convo I had with Peter Kolat, also known as Polish Peter, in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, feel free to pause us now. Go back and listen to Polish Peter, and then come back and join us.Brad Crowell 1:15  Yeah, Polish Peter, I love it.Lesley Logan 1:15  I know. It's on his Zoom call. It says Polish Peter.Brad Crowell 1:18  That's what he calls himself. Yeah, he explained it in the episode. I kind of had a good chuckle, but yeah, a lot of fun.Lesley Logan 1:24  I mean, he's Polish.Brad Crowell 1:25  Well, there's that. I mean, I hope I would hope he's Polish. He better fucking be Polish if he's calling himself Polish. Lesley Logan 1:32  And he's not just Polish. He's from Poland. So there's that. All right. So today is September 17th. Here's the deal, guys. We're gonna get down and dirty because you know what? The day before recording this, I'm a little, I'm a little annoyed. So we're in on this stuff. It is whether or not people wanted to celebrate this day. There, we are celebrating it. It is National DEI Day.Brad Crowell 1:53  It's September 17th.Lesley Logan 1:54  That's right. It's September 17th. It is National DEI Day. National DEI Day champions our nation's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion every September 17th, sharing its date with Constitution and Citizenship. Wow, with Constitution and Citizenship Days. I wonder if the people who aren't into DEI have ever read the Constitution or taken a citizenship test. Anyways, it reinforces values of democracy and belonging. I am zesty today, and belonging. Communities nationwide are encouraged to wear blue and unite to celebrate equity in action. Discover resources, participate in discussions, and support initiatives that foster a truly inclusive society. So, Brad put some stuff together.Brad Crowell 2:36  Yeah, DEI. Here's what each word actually means, but completely stripped of political charge that's been layered with all of the craziness that's been happening.Lesley Logan 2:47  Okay, by the way, if anyone's triggered by the fact that we're talking about DEI, they're already gone. Brad Crowell 2:51  So yeah, this is probably already gone. Lesley Logan 2:53  Yeah, but this is for our people who needed to explain it to their family members. Brad Crowell 2:57  Well, yeah, I think it's really important. DEI is just this supercharged acronym. We told my dad that our government is going after people about. They've shut down grants to universities because the university has a DEI class. But what is DEI? What does that actually mean? Right. The D stands for Diversity. The E is Equity. The I is Inclusion. But D includes the presence of people with different backgrounds, identities, and experiences in a group or organization. So that's all different backgrounds, identities, and experiences. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic background. Right?Lesley Logan 3:42  Yeah. If you're poor.Brad Crowell 3:43  You're DEI, right? National origin, so that could certainly be people from another country. It could also mean religion, and also side note, every fucking person who's ever been in the military.Lesley Logan 3:56  Yeah, you're DEI. When we told my family member, we're like, you're DEI. I'm like, you are over 65, so that's an age thing. You are a veteran.Brad Crowell 4:07  Yep.Lesley Logan 4:08  DEI.Brad Crowell 4:09  Yeah.Lesley Logan 4:09  There it is. You are. I have a sweatshirt that says you're probably DEI too.Brad Crowell 4:14  Yeah. So that's the D. So E is designing systems so that outcomes aren't predetermined by someone's starting point, so it's not the same as equality, giving everyone the same thing, right? This is equity. Equity means adjusting for the fact that different people face different barriers.Lesley Logan 4:35  Yeah, I mean, if you grow up in a poor area of town in the U.S., that likely means that your school has less funding, which means if you're able to be a straight-A student in your school with less funding, equity means that they see you similarly to someone who went to a very high-end school versus like, "Oh well, you got a 3.8 at this school, but these people have 4.2's." No, they're like, "Oh hi, that's insane, that's amazing, whoa, we should look at that."Brad Crowell 5:08  Well, it's adjusting. Yeah, exactly. It's adjusting for the fact that there are different barriers of entry. Right? So that's what equity is.Lesley Logan 5:15  There's also a really interesting thing. You can see it on YouTube. It was going around during 2020 and 2021, where they just put people on a starting line and they ask them questions, right? Did you have this? Did you have that growing up? Did you have this growing up? And you have to take certain steps forward or backward, and then you look and you see people of different socioeconomic backgrounds and races often are behind other places, and it doesn't mean that we take these other people down. It's that we actually go, "Oh, we should actually account for that and give these people an opportunity to even the drawing, give them a better opportunity at life."Brad Crowell 5:52  I stands for Inclusion. Whether people who are present actually feel welcome, they feel heard, and they're able to participate fully, or whether they're just technically in the room, right? Making sure that everyone has a voice.Lesley Logan 6:06  It's like in the '80s, or I don't remember when they, for, "Oh well, that board has a woman on the board, but she doesn't ever get to talk, and her points are never listened to." Then it's not actually included.Brad Crowell 6:18  She's the talking woman on the board.Lesley Logan 6:19  Yeah.Brad Crowell 6:20  Right. Yeah. So who is included in DEI? This is where it often gets—I'm just going to sum it all up. This is often where it gets misunderstood. DEI frameworks were born out of civil rights and anti-discrimination work. So, in practice, the groups most often centered are Black, Latino, Hispanic, Indigenous, Asian, women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and veterans. However, the framework itself is not exclusive to those groups. A white man from rural Appalachia with no college degree is considered diverse in a room full of Ivy League professionals, and equity would ask whether he has had the same shot at advancement. Right? So.Lesley Logan 7:02  But they would never tell that guy that.Brad Crowell 7:06  Okay, well, the political fight isn't really just about the definition; it's about whether these frameworks produce fair outcomes or create preferential treatment, right? That's the—that is where the argument is: Is it right for us to give a voice to the guy from Appalachia? Are we giving preferential treatment to him, or is it producing a fair outcome? And that's where, you know, that's now where opinion comes into play, right? It's about that and whether institutional programs built around DEI actually deliver on the premise or become performative checkbox exercises, right? So it's definitely easy to just turn into a checkbox exercise. This is where reasonable people land on different places.Lesley Logan 7:45  Yeah, I mean, look, I don't know that DEI mandates, the wrong word, but values in a company are always going to be perfect. I think everything is going to have flaws, and there's always going to be blind spots to different things just based on experiences, no matter where you land on the board, but I do think that punishing people because they have DEI as a value system or something that's important to them is wrong, and also just assuming that somebody who is of any of the things we said got there because they were just gifted a thing is just ignorant. Brad Crowell 8:22  It would also be wrong.Lesley Logan 8:24  It's wrong to assume. "Oh, there's a person of color, or a poor person, or a woman, or a queer person in a job. It's because DEI." No, every person who interviews for a job still has to get past the interview. They still have to get there. You know what I mean? It's so interesting to me how people think that something is happening at them. We all benefit when there's different people at.Brad Crowell 8:51  Oh the stats are in. I mean, the, the if you go look at any corporation that focuses on diversity in their company, they perform better as a company. There's not even any question.Lesley Logan 9:02  100% So I don't know. We obviously, I want to say about Polish Peter, but I just think it's really important. If you're listening, there's a good chance you're probably DEI too in some way, and if you have family members who are really like, they roll their eyes at those letters, I strongly encourage you to look up and see if they fall in under DEI and explain it to them because what sounds like is that they've been brainwashed that people are having a leg up on them, which is not true. And if they just recognized that they also fall under these things, there are systems for them. Like, this is the thing that frustrates me the most. There are systems for people,Brad Crowell 9:38  Yeah.Lesley Logan 9:39  Who think that the world is against them. There are these things. You have to look them up. It's really frustrating, but there are these things. I hear about different things that Vegas offers people in different socioeconomic backgrounds and homes. I didn't even know existed. I'm like, how are people hearing about this? But we do have. Brad Crowell 9:55  I mean, we're watching The Pit right now. Again, literally. Lesley's on the third time through. I'm on the second time through, and there's in season two. There is a unhoused guy who he needs a bath really bad, right? And he gets in to they they they clean him up and they start talking to him and everything. And the charge nurse, the head charge nurse, says, you know, you need to work the system. The system is there to support you. You have to learn how to work the system. Right? And and so it's shoot that wrong. Lesley Logan 10:25  We have some incredible people on our teaching team and and our team who've had things that are outside of their control, just terrible things that just have sidelined their dreams. And not only did they work the system, and yes, it requires you being on long phone call holds and doing the paperwork and and keeping the receipts, but their kids are benefiting from it and Brad Crowell 10:48  Yeah, big time. Lesley Logan 10:48  So do it. Brad Crowell 10:49  In a good way.Lesley Logan 10:50  Do it.Brad Crowell 10:51  Yeah.Lesley Logan 10:51  And also we are voting in the next less than 60 days. Please consider how you are voting and who supports people. Brad Crowell 10:59  Well, first off, make sure you vote.Lesley Logan 11:01  Make sure you vote.Brad Crowell 11:02  Yeah.Lesley Logan 11:02  You can vote for whoever you want, but also think about how that person feels about other people.Brad Crowell 11:08  Yeah.Lesley Logan 11:09  You know. Anyways, we got to get into it. Brad Crowell 11:11  We're going to talk about what's coming up here and what our travel is.Lesley Logan 11:14  The upLifter, upLift Teacher Training Program. We're actually onboarding our instructors this fall, so. Brad Crowell 11:20  Our educators. Lesley Logan 11:21  Our educators, for that this fall and upLift is for people who want to become a pilates instructor or people who have had partial trainings who would like to make it a comprehensive training so they can have a career and longevity in this career. So if you are interested in my upLift teacher training program and being able to do that in person with one of our educators, xxll.co/uws. No, we still don't have a link for all these things, but we'll get there probably next year. It's a 2027 goal. All right. eLevate. That is my mentorship program. So that's for those of you who are—if you're like, "Oh, I would love to learn from you, but I'm already trained teacher." That's eLevate. We have a few spots left, and you can actually watch. Brad Crowell 11:57  Well, we might be sold out by the time you hear this in September, but yeah, we'll see. At the very least, get on the wait list for future.Lesley Logan 12:03  Just go and check, and you never know. And we'll figure out a better way to announce this stuff. lesleylogan.co/elevate. But you should go learn about it and see if it's the right thing for you. Brad Crowell 12:12  I mean, honestly, the the the reality is this: that 2027 is already sold out. 2028 is almost sold out, right? So if this is something that you're considering, it's getting further out in the future. So now is the time to start thinking about it because, you know, we might already be talking about 2029. Lesley Logan 12:29  And I won't even let them pick dates, so we're not even talking. But anyways, I want you in if you want in. I want you in. It's not some elitist thing, by the way. It's just people always, "Oh, I can't believe I got accepted." It's, yeah, you meet the requirements and why you want to join is why I do the program, and so it's a kind of a first-come, first-serve. I'm not one of those hierarchical. Is that the right word?Brad Crowell 12:49  Yeah, you nailed it.Lesley Logan 12:49  Yeah, educators where you must have been teaching 30 years, and you must bow down to me and be in my cult. No, I, I really, if you want to learn from me and you meet the why we do what we do and what you need to have done, then it's a first-come, first-serve. So there is no someone had this training and that's why they're in over someone else. Nope, nope. Also, our flashcards. Did you know that if you want to support this podcast and you're not ready to be an OPC member, there's a way to support this podcast by buying our flashcards. And when you buy our flashcards, you don't just support us. You actually support the Nevada SPCA.Brad Crowell 13:21  Hey, love that.Lesley Logan 13:22  And they do fucking great work.Brad Crowell 13:24  Yes.Lesley Logan 13:24  Yeah. opc.me/flashcards.Brad Crowell 13:26  We were able to buy all of the dogs in the. Lesley Logan 13:30  Not just the dogs, Brad. We were able to pay for 114 shelter animals' food for one week.Brad Crowell 13:35  That's amazing.Lesley Logan 13:36  And at the time, they only had 61 shelter animals, so we probably paid for two weeks of. Brad Crowell 13:40  That's what I thought. It was two weeks. The way that it worked out was it's two weeks worth of meals for the the animals that they had, the future pets that they had, and we're really proud of that, y'all. Like this is not just Lesley and I saying this. This is your participation with Online Pilates Classes. We are so excited to be able to write that check, and we write it every quarter, and it's because of you.Lesley Logan 14:03  And also, we should be updating you on Q3 soon. So stay tuned. We'll see how many more animals we we fed, or how many we paid for the adoption fees for. Anyways, posters.Brad Crowell 14:14  Yeah, people have asked us where the posters are found. The OPC posters. Just go to opc.me/posters, and then real quick, we're gonna rip through this. Yeah, we'll be in Sacramento in October for Pilates On Tour. Lesley Logan 14:26  It's sold out.Brad Crowell 14:27  It is sold out, but we'll be there, and we'll be bringing the flashcards, by the way. And then Lesley and I literally leave our van, and we take the BART into San Francisco, and we are going to hop on a plane to go to Cambodia to host our annual retreat there, which is also.Lesley Logan 14:44  Well. It's been sold out for a long time, but you can get on. You're making it sound like no one can hang out with us.Brad Crowell 14:48  No.Lesley Logan 14:48  You can get on the wailist because we will not sell tickets to 2027 until January. There is space in 2027 hangouts. But you got to be on the waitlist for that.Brad Crowell 14:58  In November, Lesley is going to be at a Pilates summit in China.Lesley Logan 15:02  Yes. Brad Crowell 15:03  Just outside of Shanghai.Lesley Logan 15:04  Still have no link for you, but I heard that they're promoting it on the Chinese socials. Brad Crowell 15:09  Yes, it is up and out. We're we're working on that.Lesley Logan 15:11  Tell your friends in China. Yeah, hopefully I can come a lot.Brad Crowell 15:15  That'd be awesome.Lesley Logan 15:16  Yeah.Brad Crowell 15:16  In December, Lesley's going to India. She's going to be in Goa.Lesley Logan 15:19  There are spaces.Brad Crowell 15:20  And there are spaces at the Pilates On Tour there, the POT there. So go to xxll.co/pot Lesley Logan 15:27  And Goa, you guys, I said yes because when you look at Goa, you too will say yes. And the way they do Goa is so different. They treat it almost like you're going on a retreat. So your ticket covers the resort, the food, the whole thing.Brad Crowell 15:39  Oh, nice.Lesley Logan 15:40  Yeah.Brad Crowell 15:41  You have food there too. That's great.Lesley Logan 15:42  Well, of course they're gonna feed me. They always do, but everyone you fed.Brad Crowell 15:45  Not you, I meant the ticket attendees. Lesley Logan 15:46  Yeah, they get everything, and then it covers their their end of resort. We're all at a resort together.Brad Crowell 15:51  Very cool.Lesley Logan 15:52  It's gonna be like the White Lotus, but not no murders, no affairs.Brad Crowell 15:58  Awesome, and then Lesley literally flies from India straight to Denver, which you know that we're in Vegas. But I'm driving the van to Denver. She's gonna fly from India to Denver, and I'll pick her up, and we're gonna hit the road for our winter tour for OPC. Lesley Logan 16:14  Weird, wild, and crazy, and people think I'm 30 years old.Brad Crowell 16:16  Yeah, so come join us. Go to opc.me/events opc.me/events. Lesley Logan 16:21  And if you're like, oh, I'm gonna do next year's, just so you know, I've accepted nothing for 2027.Brad Crowell 16:28  For the winter tour?Lesley Logan 16:29  No, I mean for any of these POTs orBrad Crowell 16:32  Any of the events, yes. Lesley Logan 16:33  Or whatever. We haven't at this moment that we're recording. We have, I've accepted. Oh, I've accepted one thing, but I haven't had the contract on it yet, so. Brad Crowell 16:41  That's true. That's true. Oh, actually, before we leave, hold on, stick around, stick around. We are very excited to talk about the charity of the week. So this week's charity is we're going to be highlighting the Americans for Immigrant Justice. It's a Miami-based nonprofit law firm fighting for immigrant basic human rights for nearly 30 years. Since 1996, they provided free legal representation because, unlike criminal court, there's no guaranteed right to an attorney in immigration proceedings. I just want to say that again. We all know that the court provides us an attorney if we need one, right? We do, we do, we get that, yes. But if you are an immigrant, if you're going through immigration proceedings, that is not a guaranteed right, right? So what do you? First off, you might not even know anything about our legal system, and then what? You're supposed to represent yourself? That's crazy.Lesley Logan 17:34  Well, we have friends who, because of all this ICE shit, are being thrown into representing people because it's hitting the federal courts now, which is not normally how it goes, and they are having to learn immigration shit.Brad Crowell 17:44  Yeah, and so, yeah, so this organization offers literally free legal counsel. It's all in the Miami-Dade area, so South Florida, but it's—it's—it's amazing. They've provided attorneys to more than 175,000 people from over 160 countries. That's amazing. They're the only provider offering on-site legal help at Miami-Dade's domestic violence shelter. They do not just immigration, but they also do violence, like domestic violence. They've exposed abusive conditions inside detention centers in Florida and on the Texas border. And in 2025, they won a federal injunction blocking a Florida law that would have made it a felony for certain undocumented people to simply be in the state. Lesley Logan 18:23  Wow, this is really cool. And also, I'm sure if you don't live in Florida, I bet you they have friends and colleagues in different states.Brad Crowell 18:30  Yeah, they're four-star rated by Charity Navigator. Your donation actually goes to real on-the-ground work for people who have nowhere else to turn. And you can find out more at aijustice.org. AIjustice.org.Lesley Logan 18:43  I love that. It's really important. You know, there's a lot of ish happening right now, and it's, it's very scary, and it's all meant to just scare. It's all scare tactics, but also these are real people who are being locked up in places that it's not how it's normally done. They're actually, when people say, "Do it the right way," a lot of these people are. They actually went to their immigration appointment and they got picked up. It takes a long time. So, anyways, please take a look at how you can support people who have immigrated here in your areas. If this organization doesn't work, there's probably a lot of different ways you can support those in your community. Do that.Brad Crowell 19:17  Yeah, and if you have a recommendation for a charity that we should investigate and check out, send us a text 310-905-5534, or you can submit that to beitpod.com/questions. You can also leave us a win for the Friday episodes, and if you know, you know. Stick around. We'll be right back. All right, let's talk about Peter, known as Polish Peter and sometimes Polish Tony, for his Tony Robbins-esque style. He's a transformational coach, speaker, and author. Born in communist Poland, Peter landed in Detroit in 1991 at the age of 14 with no English and Big Dreams of the USA, shaped by Hollywood movies. He trained as an architect, but after the 2008 recession and a divorce, he found his way into coaching. Today, he helps people like—all the stories holding them back, and asks the tough, sobering questions that people need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. He does have a book. It's called The Authentic Self Rebirth, and we'll put the link in the show notes, so check it out below. Lesley Logan 20:13  But he's got such great energy. Brad Crowell 20:16  Yeah, my Authentic Birth. You can find it, and he has a book there. It's free right now, apparently, actually.Lesley Logan 20:21  No, you just pay for shipping handling.Brad Crowell 20:22  Yeah, awesome. So yeah, yeah, it was a great convo.Lesley Logan 20:25  I agree. I don't. I think I don't even remember. Remember when the 747s were falling out of the sky, like they were having issues.Brad Crowell 20:34  Yeah, sure. Like two years ago.Lesley Logan 20:35  No, more like before COVID. But there was that. Was it really? Yeah, maybe they weren't 747s. Maybe they were—remember the Boeing? There were Boeings, and there was two that the pilots were trying to do something, and the computer was doing the opposite thing. Yeah, and then you were on a plane to New Orleans, and I had to get on a plane to Poland, and it was one of these Boeing numbers, and I started having a panic attack, and you weren't answering your phone because you were on a plane,Brad Crowell 21:00  I think it was 2023, babe.Lesley Logan 21:02  No, definitely not. It was before COVID. We lived in LA, and so I'm texting you, "I think I'm gonna die now. I'm going." Brad Crowell 21:10  Oh yes, I do remember this.Lesley Logan 21:11  And I love you so much. Here's where I come down. Brad Crowell 21:15  This was your first trip to Poland.Lesley Logan 21:17  My first trip to Poland, and they made me check my bag, which you know how much I hate because I said it was too heavy, and so of course I found some tequila and some kombucha, and I made myself a margarita at the airport. And I'm walking around drinking my margarita that I made, and I get myself on this plane. I was like, okay, if the plane takes off and nothing happens in 20 minutes, I think we're okay. So I set a timer, and I'm just sitting there with my timer. What? Nothing happened.Brad Crowell 21:43  What? No idea what you said.Lesley Logan 21:44  Well, I was just like watching my timer. I was just watching the timer. I was watching 20 minutes tick down, right? Because I was like, "This is—this is when it's going to happen. It's going to happen the next 20 minutes." And this woman next to me, when there was no one in the middle seat, she was, "I'm scared to fly too," and I was like, "Oh yeah, normally no, but this is one of those planes that goes down, so I'm just scared to be on this one." And she started talking about being living in communist Poland.Brad Crowell 22:06  She did?Lesley Logan 22:07  Yeah. And she told me it was so wonderful because she talked nonstop. Even my timer went off. She just kept talking, and she told me her whole life trying to escape communist Poland and how her family got to the U.S. and because in communist Poland you couldn't have access to your passport, so you had to have different reasons to get access to it. And then they watched you heavily when you had access to your passport. And she and her family were able to escape Poland and come to the United States.Brad Crowell 22:37  That's amazing.Lesley Logan 22:37  Yes, and it was a beautiful story. It was, and then she's like, "And I'm going back to see family." I'm like, so. Brad Crowell 22:43  Why would you do that? Okay. Lesley Logan 22:44  But it's not communist. Anyways. But it was. I just, anyways, I thought of her when I thought of that story and thought of her when with Peter because how difficult for his family to come here and then to be a child. Now he's in Detroit. How many Polish people are in Detroit. He's in Detroit. He doesn't know English, and English is. You think Polish is hard? English is hard. So, anyways, he operates, and this is probably why, is because he operates under the belief that life happens for me, not to me. And I know we've all heard that before, but you really do have to think about that in a way that's, that helps you because shit happens, and if you really can think about it, he, you know, in 2008 he lost all the things and his partner and all this stuff, and if he can think about this is happening for me and see the opportunities that are there to grow and to become a different person and to have a different life, so he definitely had some really good explanations. He said, imagine banging your head against the drywall, like something's going to give.Brad Crowell 23:42  Something will give.Lesley Logan 23:43  It will, and if you live at a flipped house, it will definitely give. But it's not good. You don't want to do that. He does—he said you should figure out what the root cause of the issue was going on. Like, really going back in time, and I think a lot of us stick to the surface level. This happened, so this is the thing. But there's often a first domino that starts the effect. So he also, I really like when he talked about the different patterns that signal a wrong direction, and we have to pivot. And my God, I know we all hate that word. It's still like a trigger word for us. But there's nothing wrong with a good pivot. I don't know. I'm a pivot queen.Brad Crowell 24:19  I think it's a great skill to have. I mean, it's also an important time to step back and reevaluate.Lesley Logan 24:27  Well, I was just talking with some eLevate people this week about how sometimes they get so super focused on this one thing in a person doing an exercise, and I love how you are a dog with a bone on that. But you got to zoom out because if you don't zoom out, you're actually missing that these three things are happening, which is probably why the thing you're zoomed in is happening there. And if you don't zoom out, then you're actually going to be going in the wrong direction. Where if you zoomed out and made a pivot, it doesn't mean you're a bad teacher. It actually means you're, you're going, "Whoa, hold on! I have more information, and now I can take us in the right direction." No, that's what.Brad Crowell 25:06  Well, I really loved what he was talking about. How do we know that we're being authentic? Because that's just be yourself. Just be authentic.Lesley Logan 25:13  I love this because everyone talks about being authentic. It's so annoying, but I love the word. Yeah, how do you know if you are?Brad Crowell 25:18  He said when you are true to yourself, he said, "You'll know when you're true to yourself if it feels like nothing is missing," right? If something is missing, if something feels like it's missing, then you're probably not being true to yourself, right? You're not being your authentic self. He also said that if you're living from stories of what the world told you to be, not how you need to be, right? So it's, this goes back to all the, you know, parallel here is like magazines or society telling you what this is how you should do it, and it's not necessarily the right path for you, right? For me, yeah, I agree. Yeah, you know, so I think it's amazing when you are pressured by something outside of you. That could be your parents. That could be your school. That could be your church. That could be whatever it might be. Your job. There's tension. There's obviously tension there. Sometimes the pressure is good. They're helping you with your path, but you know if the pressure is not good, right? It makes me think of my job that I had before I finally quit. Yeah, I mean, look, my parents pushed me to be a better student. You know, that's a good thing. My job pushed me to do things that could I do those things? Yes. Should I do those things? Probably shouldn't have done those things. You know, there was so much turmoil and tension in doing those things, but I was, I felt stuck. Felt super, super stuck. I need to get paid. I need to, you know, that's what's keeping me here. Is the only thing that's keeping me here is the paycheck, right? And I, it became very clear over time. I can't keep operating this way. I cannot keep doing the things I'm doing, you know, because I am not being authentic to myself. I don't believe in the things that I'm doing. I don't, I don't want to be doing the things that I'm doing, but I'm still doing them for some reason, right? And so, you know, I think that there's that internal frustration that you have, and that is a huge indicator that you're not being your authentic self.Lesley Logan 27:21  Yeah, I think I look back at my job I had in retail, which I do love and I'm really grateful for. But I kept taking promotions, expecting like the next thing to be better, the next thing to be better, and then I'm like, I gotta move cities, and that's gonna make it better. And then it's—you keep saying, "And then once this happens, then it'll be better." And it's actually no, if that keeps happening, there's something missing, and so you're not fully being authentic. And you got to take some time to think about that means and go get to know yourself. You know, go watch Runaway Bride and see how long it took her to figure out what she liked. You know, it takes time.Brad Crowell 27:52  Yeah, I mean, you know, I think the idea of getting to know yourself will help you create clarity when you have that tension. It's really hard, you know, to step aside and reevaluate things. It often comes with major life change, you know. For him, he was talking about how getting divorced was a reality check, and it made him do a lot of self-inflection.Lesley Logan 28:20  Self-inflection, reflection?Brad Crowell 28:22  Inflection.Lesley Logan 28:24  Self-inflection.Brad Crowell 28:25  Yeah, right? Lesley Logan 28:26  I don't think that's right. I don't want to correct you, but I don't think that's right. Self-inflection?Brad Crowell 28:32  Maybe it's self-reflection.Lesley Logan 28:33  It's reflection. Brad Crowell 28:34  What is inflection? What does that even mean?Lesley Logan 28:36  Well, this is when I'm in—I'm inflecting my voice. Like, I'm doing inflection. I'm inflecting this way. I am doing it like this. Like, inflection is like what you do with sounds.Brad Crowell 28:47  Well, we're gonna inflect in just a minute. So stick around. We'll be right back when we we inflect on those Be It Action Items.Lesley Logan 28:53  Oh my god, you guys! It's a Friday night.Brad Crowell 28:55  It's definitely Thursday.Lesley Logan 29:00  Leave it in. Just leave it in. Brad Crowell 29:03  We'll be right back. Brad Crowell 29:07  All right, welcome back. Let's talk about those be it action items. What bold, executable, intrinsic, or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Polish Peter? He identifies as a recovering people pleaser. He said that if you say yes to everything and everyone except the things that are most important to you, what ends up happening most of the time is the people who are closest to you get hurt the most. I'm going to say that again. If you say yes to everyone else, everyone except for the things that are important to you, the people that are closest to you get hurt the most. That was really interesting to think about. He also pointed out the people who are always told to write business plans, but nobody ever tells you to write a vision for your own personal life. I thought that was also really intriguing. So, but the thing, but let me get back to the thing about the people get hurt the most are the people closest to you. Think about this. This is—this is actually one of the things we talk about with OPC. You gotta put yourself first so that you can be the better you for your family, friends, coworkers, job, whatever it might be. For yourself, you have to put yourself first.Lesley Logan 30:20  I agree. Also, I was just watching a shitty reality TV show, and these people were with terrible people, and they're, you can watch the people-pleasers trying to make it work, and some of it was manipulation and coercion, but they're trying to people-please their way out of the situation, andBrad Crowell 30:35  It was some inflection.Lesley Logan 30:36  Yeah. And other person feel really good, but guess who got hurt? Their friends, their family, the people they cared about, because those people could see this partner is not good for them, and they could see what this person was doing, jumping through hoops to make this partner good for them. And it's, they ended up losing friends and losing connection with family members. And so you ought to be mindful. Yeah, I agree. Your OPC example was perfect. Brad Crowell 31:00  Yeah. Moving on to the business plan for your life, like writing a vision for your life. He said to stop being a people pleaser. He wrote out his own vision for his own life, and he blocked out personal priorities in his calendar to ensure those spots were not taken up by others or other commitments when he was usually saying yes. And he said the payoff was when people would ask for his time. He would say, "Hey, let me get back to you on that," and then he would go sit down and he would think, "Does this align with my vision? Is this going to help me with my vision, or is it going to take me further away from my vision?" Right?Lesley Logan 31:36  I have a filter.Brad Crowell 31:37  But also that sounds super selfish. Does this align with my vision? Is it going to help me with my vision, or is it going to take me further away?Lesley Logan 31:45  I think this selfish needs a rebrand.Brad Crowell 31:48  Right. So self-care isn't selfish. We talked about that a whole lot back in the day, but the idea here is, yeah, it might sound selfish, but because he had not put himself first in the past, his entire life fell apart. So on round two, he was major change needs to happen. I'm going to run all of these things through this filter of how aligned is this thing with what I need for me. In addition to, I'm sure there's ways in there he can do both, but there are certainly things in there that will not serve him at all. And he's, "Hold on a minute. I don't know if I can do this anymore." So good for him. That's a really powerful thing to learn. And now he's helping people with it.Lesley Logan 32:33  Yeah. I also definitely understand feeling bad when I say no to things that don't align with what I want to do. It's not about—I don't feel bad, right? While this is going on, we were asked to be somewhere for an event, and we're available, but it's the only month to be fucking home, the rest of the year, it's it, and so I said we can't make it because it's the only month not on plane, and I'm really excited for you, and so of course I feel some FOMO. I feel, "Oh my God, are we letting people down?" And also, I can't do it. I will not be present enough for October events, November events, December events. I can't do it. So it's actually not selfish because going back to the people pleasing thing, if I had said yes, then the people coming to our events the rest of the year are going to get an exhausted version of me, so I had to say no, and it's not selfish; it's self-preservation.Brad Crowell 33:29  Right.Lesley Logan 33:30  Yeah. Anyways, I like that he said literally every day be with yourself. I do this all the time, so I couldn't agree more. I actually get really annoyed when I can't be with myself for four plus hours. I think it's really important. Find ways to be with yourself. Some people want to be with themselves in movement. Some people want to be themselves meditation, whatever. But you got to be with yourself without the podcast in the ear. I know this podcast, but so as much as I want you to keep listening, find 15 other minutes to be with yourself. But be with yourself. He suggested being in front of a camera or a mirror and just be with yourself and just be quiet. I think that's cool, especially if you don't do things with the camera. I'm in front of a camera all fucking day. I don't want to see my face anymore, so most of my time with myself is not seeing my face. I really appreciate that, but then it's really hilarious because I'll be with myself for four hours, and I'll put a camera. I'm like, "Wow, I walk the dogs like this." But anyways, I couldn't agree more because I think it's really important that you you just take time to be with you without any extra input. So I love that. I'm Lesley LoganBrad Crowell 34:35  And I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 34:36  We're so happy you're here. Thanks for being here. This is episode 734. That's insane! Insane! Insane to me. But thanks for listening, and thanks for sharing this with friends. It's so fun to hear new listeners who are downloading the podcast and their takeaways, and share Polish Peter's episode with a friend who needs to hear it. Join OPC or get our flashcards if you want to support this podcast in other ways. And until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell 34:58  Bye for now.Lesley Logan 34:59  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. 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This week I sat down with Gloria Xiong, Assistant Professor of Government at Colby College, and Jessica Chen Weiss, the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, to discuss their new Foreign Affairs essay, "How China Found Its Most Potent Weapon: The Real History of Beijing's Rare Earth Dominance." The story everyone tells is one of foresight — a master plan hatched by Deng Xiaoping and now coming to fruition. Gloria and Jessica argue the reality was far messier: reform-era export mania, environmental catastrophe, defiant local governments, scarcity anxiety, and a lesson in chokepoint weaponization that Beijing learned from Washington. Getting the story wrong, they argue, feeds an action-reaction spiral that neither side started and neither fully controls — and with the Busan truce expiring in November, the stakes could hardly be higher.09:31 — "The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths": what Deng Xiaoping actually said, and how a quote got recruited for a story he wasn't telling12:33 — Why the master plan narrative is so irresistible across the partisan spectrum in Washington15:40 — The cheap and dirty origins: reform-era export mania, thousands of small mines, and rare earths sold "at the price of cabbage and dirt"19:06 — The West as co-author of the chokepoint: offshoring the pollution, and the stockpile that was never built21:53 — Beijing's struggle to control its own industry: quotas, "crime rings," and the partially failed 2002 consolidation25:13 — September 2010: what really happened with the "embargo" against Japan, and why Beijing may have learned about it from Japanese customs28:47 — Fans and fire hoses: how bottom-up nationalism can commit Beijing to coercive postures it didn't choose32:13 — The debate inside China after 2010: protectionists versus Hong Feng's warning against using rare earths as "political chips"35:44 — The 2015 WTO ruling: China complied — was it a rule-taker, or did it simply lack the tools to do anything else?38:06 — Learning from Washington: Huawei, the Export Control Law, the China Rare Earth Group, and what distinguishes learning from planning40:24 — The 2022–2024 ledger: what's the evidence for an action-reaction spiral beyond the timeline?44:25 — April 2025: coercion or bureaucratic pileup? Thirty licensing officials and a 74% collapse in magnet exports47:46 — October 2025: the extraterritorial rule that mirrored the Foreign Direct Product Rule, and the Busan truce52:32 — The countdown to November: hawks in both capitals, "mutually assured disruption," and Xi's coming state visit55:29 — The limits of leverage on both sides: yttrium, Japan's diversification, and China's own resource insecurity58:32 — From crime rings to two national champions: has the Wild West been tamed, and are central-local relations "fractured"?01:02:21 — Prescriptions: positive reciprocity, licensing Chinese technology, and managing interdependence rather than escaping it01:05:51 — Everyone else: Myanmar, Congo, Australia, and how Beijing thinks about third countries that don't want to choosePaying It ForwardGloria name-checked Wendy Leutert of Indiana University, who works on the reform and global expansion of China's state-owned enterprises and, with Isaac Kardon, on Chinese investment in global ports; Ning Leng of Georgetown University, author of the award-winning Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party State in China; and Ketian Zhang, who has written extensively on Chinese coercion and maritime disputes.Jessica first acknowledged the scholars whose research the essay drew on but couldn't cite in Foreign Affairs: Cory Combs of Trivium China, Arthur Kroeber, Henry Farrell, Duleep Singh, and Julie Klinger. She also flagged Jack Zhang, who runs the Trade War Lab at the University of Kansas, and Kyle Jaros and Sara Newland, who are writing a book on subnational economic statecraft — work that has shaped her thinking on disaggregating what the United States wants, not just what China wants.RecommendationsGloria: Healing the Heart of Democracy by Parker Palmer — a book she first read in a college writing seminar and returned to as she heads back into the classroom.Jessica: The Scientist and the Spy by Mara Hvistendahl, which she uses to close her SAIS seminar on Chinese foreign policy as a reminder about proportionality; and Ann Patchett's new novel Whistler.Kaiser: Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose, the 1972 Pulitzer winner — a novel about mining camps in the American West and one of the most fully realized characters in American fiction.Also mentioned: Jessica's recent interview with Daniel Kurtz-Phelan on The Foreign Affairs Interview podcast, and her interview in The Monitor, the newsletter of the Carter Center's U.S.-China Perception Monitor.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

//The Wire//2100Z September 16, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: OIL EXECUTIVES SOUND ALARMS REGARDING FUEL CRISIS, STATING THAT FUEL PRICES ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE SHARPLY AND IMMINENTLY. HOUTHIS SHOOT DOWN SAUDI FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. HELICOPTER CRASH REPORTED IN LOS ANGELES. DC POLICE UNION VOICES CONCERN WITH POLICE OFFICERS BEING SURVEILLED BY FLOCK SENSORS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----  -International Events-Europe: Fuel prices have begun to spike throughout the region, after Saudi Arabia announced that they will be halting all shipments of oil to the European continent. In Germany, the average diesel price is almost $11.00 per gallon nationwide, having increased steadily over the past few days. Other than diesel and gasoline, natural gas levels are also at the lowest level in years, with natural gas continuing to dwindle after Qatar shut down production after being targeted during the height of the war.Red Sea/HOA: Conflict between the Saudis and Houthis has continued to escalate. Overnight, the Houthis shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter aircraft over Marib. The status of the aircrew is not known.Analyst Comment: Several instances of fake or confusing videos regarding the crash have circulated social media regarding this shootdown. Due to several Persian websites using the Hijri Islamic calendar system for timestamping their articles, Google's auto-translate feature is mistranslating that date, and indicating that the video is from 2021. As a result, Saudis are claiming that the videos of the shootdown are either fake or from years ago. However, this is an error; the video is a new product released by official Houthi accounts and does appear to depict the shootdown overnight.To the north, Houthi forces also hit Yanbu with substantial drone strikes overnight, with dozens of impacts being reported at the oil terminals. Satellite based fire detection sensors indicate that the port of Yanbu remained on fire throughout the night. Proper battle damage assessment will take a few more days to materialize, but as of this morning the Houthis have continued to press the attack, and have struck Saudi facilities regularly over the past few days.Analyst Comment: Yesterday, rumors began to circulate that the Houthis have begun to lay mines in the Bab el Mandeb Strait, as a way of restricting travel through the waterway. As it stands, this is probably not true for many reasons. For one, the Houthis have historically not show interest in laying sea mines. Secondly, the Houthis have very carefully NOT instituted a blanket ban on travel through the Strait...they are only blockading Saudi ships. Everybody else is free to pass without being targeted or even contacted by radio. The Houthis are certainly still a threat to commercial shipping, and could possibly expand their blockade to include nations other than just Saudi Arabia, but there is very little chance that the Houthis have mined anything at present.Middle East: This morning Fox News leaked details of an Iranian strike on a merchant vessel in the strait of Hormuz, which was struck last week while attempting to exit the Gulf. At the time, this vessel was not any different than the dozens of other strikes that have taken place, however Fox News reports (via unnamed leakers) that U.S. personnel were onboard this vessel at the time of the Iranian strike. The report has not explicitly stated whether or not these individuals were military service members, or were U.S. citizens/contractors crewing the vessel. However, several people were wounded as a result of the Iranian targeting, and are currently being treated at an undisclosed location in the region.-HomeFront-Washington D.C - The Capitol Police Union has voiced outrage concerning the use of Flock cameras by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The Union alleges that Internal Affairs officers were using the intelligence collection sensor network to monitor their own officers without their knowledge. The Union also alleges that there are no guardrails for the use of this technology, nor is there any transparency on how these sensors are being used by the MPD.Analyst Comment: As has been noted by nearly everyone who is not actively getting paid to promote these technologies, one aspect of tracking every human being in the country is that high ranking individuals (who might be prone to being blackmailed) are also caught in the sensor network's dragnet. As demonstrated by the DC Police Union (perhaps not in the way that they intended), nobody cares when the taxpayers are surveilled relentlessly...but the elites and most law enforcement agencies do care when they themselves are being monitored. The National Capitol Region (NCR) is a very sensitive area, and all elected officials might be a little upset to find out that every vehicle that arrives at their homes on Capitol Hill in the middle of the night...is logged by a private company that now has leverage over them, which would serve as rather powerful blackmail potential.California: Yesterday evening, a helicopter crash was reported in Los Angeles. An NBC news helicopter crashed while covering a motor vehicle accident in the neighborhood of Chatsworth. The incident was captured live on air as the helicopter crashed, and both crew members were killed during the impact. One bystander on the ground was also killed after being hit by the debris from the crashing helicopter. No word yet on what caused the crash, but early indications suggest the helicopter may have suffered from engine failure or a catastrophic loss of power, which resulted in a loss of lift.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: Continuing the trend, the energy crisis is worsening by the hour, with some industry professionals stating that the exponential curve of escalating problems has arrived. Yesterday Tom Kloza, the Chief Energy Advisor for Gulf Oil, stated that sharp increases in gasoline and diesel prices are expected over the next few days. Other oil executives have corroborated these sentiments as well, with several alarming statements being made over the past 24 hours. Mike Wirth, the CEO of Chevron, stated that the fuel crisis has officially arrived, and will be compounded by most mitigating efforts used to keep prices low, being expended due to the war lasting so long. China has also reversed course over the past couple of weeks and is now buying up as much crude as possible, from any source they can get it from. Most of China's "teapot" refineries (i.e. the cluster of smaller independently-owned refineries in Shandong Province) are now increasing purchases of oil, in a market that is already quite strained. This is a not-so-subtle indicator that China thinks that right now is the cheapest oil will be for a while. Yesterday, oil futures in Shanghai traded at $129 per barrel...a full $8.00 higher than the absolute peak prices observed during the height of the war months ago.Analyst: S2A1 Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground NomadNet: 5fa68c88be727a0e1a250a75e5e79269 Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT//

What happens when a family trip to visit Disney parks turns into a 17-day adventure through Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing? In this episode, Megan shares the story behind her family's trip, including how they used 1.6 million points and miles to make this international adventure possible.       Megan walks through how the trip expanded from visiting the remaining Disney castles on their list into a multi-country itinerary that included a Disney cruise, time in Singapore, and exploring China. She shares how they booked flights and hotels on points, how they handled China's visa-free transit policy, and what it was like traveling through the country with three kids.             You can find links to resources mentioned in this episode plus the transcript here: pointstalksquad.com/198           If you're looking for even more Points Talk®, featuring the latest news in points, miles, and credit cards, behind-the-scenes insights, and a monthly Ask Us Anything episode—subscribe to Points Talk® Premium: https://pointstalk.supercast.com/          Ready to get started with NEARLY FREE travel? Click here for the exact offers we would sign up for this month: https://pointstalksquad.lpages.co/bestoffers/            Points Talk® is also on YouTube! You can watch this episode here: youtube.com/@pointstalksquad         Let us know what you want to hear on the podcast by sending us a DM on Instagram: instagram.com/pointstalksquad

Episode 159. Lessons From The Pack With Queenie Azabeth & Rehana JadeCoach Bennett shares two stories from the Nike After Dark Tour, sitting down with Queenie Azabeth from Shanghai and Rehana Jade from London to talk about the unexpected paths that brought them to running and the people who have helped them discover what they're capable of.Queenie went from bodybuilding and group fitness to finding her place in running, eventually co-founding a run club and taking on the After Dark Tour Shanghai 10K alongside a friend. She shares how running became a space to be with her thoughts, why community can push us beyond the limits we set for ourselves, and how showing up, even when you're nervous you won't fit in, can open the door to something bigger.Then, Rehana shares her journey from road marathons to trail running, coaching, and building a community of women through Club 99 in London. She talks about the friendships and friendly competition that have made her a stronger runner, returning to the site of her first muddy trail-running adventure to complete a 50K. Plus, she talks about the joy working with her Coach Cana (peep her here on Instagram, @canapeek) and why finding people who believe in you can help you accomplish things you might not attempt alone.FOLLOW OUR GUESTS@rehanajade@queenieazabethMy book This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. is OUT!USA readers can order my book by clicking this sentence. UK/GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence.Send us a messageMy book This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. is now available for pre-order!USA readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. FREE POSTER CAMPAIGN for US residential pre-orders GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence.________________________________________________________________________AFTER DARK TOUR SERIESIf you have a question or story for the special After Dark Tour series of episodes please leave me a voicemail by tapping this sentence. __________________________________________________________________________Be sure to send any and all questions and comments for Coach Bennett to the mailbag:Coach Bennett's Podcast 57 South Main Street #215, Neptune, NJ 07753Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! - https://twocoachbennetts.com/merch...

Andy Roddick and Jon Wertheim recap the entire 2026 US Open: from the champions Alexander Zverev & Elena Rybakina and what the rest of their season might look like. The runner-ups Ben Shelton and Aryna Sabalenka and what they did best. Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton's 3:30am 5-set thriller. Iva Jovic and Alex Eala and their incredible 3rd Round match. And finally the late-night scheduling debate, rising popularity among influencers, and why Roddick calls the US Open the biggest sporting event in America. COMMENT BELOW: What was your moment of the 2026 US Open?