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By the power of suburban California! This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins take a trip through space and time to watch the He Man movie that destroyed the franchise and everyone hated but now people kind of love, Masters of the Universe (1987). They nitpick the skulls, the blades, and of course the Karg.   Recommentations DJ - 007 First Light (video game) Diggins - Backrooms (movie), Plus One (movie), The Infinite and the Divine (book) Nando - Rick and Morty Season 9 (series), The Deadman (comic) Almost Friday TV (short films)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman  

Trigger Warning: Discussions of self-harm. A Reds pitcher confuses the end of his arm for the end of his life, several other players take the easy way out, a bizarre trade is deconstructed, the Marlins compared to the Browns and a certain IPO, and much more. The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can't get anybody out? (Neighing horse.wav by soundslikewillem, snorting horse.wav by soundslikewillem, pistol_riccochet.ogg by Diboz)

-The Knicks give New York its greatest night in years and OG makes his MVP case-Valid destruction or peaceful rioting?-A brief detour through America's dumbest college mascots-Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis give Moynihan a perfect Comedy Cellar night-Kmele roots for the Spurs, but only to punish Knicks fans-Spike Lee has been on the court long enough-Which celebrity row courtsider gets booed?-Mamdani gets into the affordable soccer jersey business-The World Cup comes to New Jersey by boat-Introducing Midterm Madness -LA's mayoral race and the Spencer Pratt stolen-election fantasy-California's governor's race and the strange usefulness of market signals-The race to watch-Platner's character problem is not going away-Jodi Kantor explains when MeToo does and does not count-Bill Pulte gets pulled, Jay Clayton gets nominated -A fully fledged disgusting party on a federal level-UFC 250 comes to the White House because this is who we are now-Bullshit, postmodern Trumpism, and the infinite liesThe Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener/viewer-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Follow The Fifth ColumnYouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

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Most people misunderstand whole life insurance because they look at it as a product instead of a system. In this Practical Wealth Study Group, Curtis May breaks down the Four Stages of Whole Life Insurance, also known inside the Money4Life Blueprint as the Private Reserve Strategy. This is not about chasing rates of return. This is about control, liquidity, certainty, and building a personal economy where your money keeps working inside your system instead of constantly leaving to banks, lenders, credit cards, and financial institutions. Curtis walks through the Money4Life Framework: Earn it. Bank it. Borrow it. Spend it. Repay it. Repeat. You'll learn how whole life insurance can function as a foundational asset, why premium should be viewed as a capital flow instead of an expense, and how families and business owners can begin using their policies to recapture debt, build liquidity, and eventually finance opportunities. This conversation covers: Why whole life insurance is not an investment account The economic value of certainty The crisis of financial control Why liquidity matters more than rate of return How to calculate your burn rate Why you must capitalize before you invest The difference between being a saver, wealth builder, business banker, and infinite banker How to stop giving interest away to strangers Why banking is a process of becoming, not a product you buy The goal is not just to own a policy. The goal is to become the banker. Visit PracticalWealth.net to take the Financial Freedom Assessment and learn more about the Money4Life Blueprint. 00:00 – Welcome to Practical Wealth Study Group 00:19 – The Four Stages of Whole Life and IBC 01:00 – Whole Life Is Not an Investment Account 01:45 – The Economic Value of Certainty 02:30 – Whole Life as a Foundational Asset 03:10 – The Money4Life Framework: Earn It, Bank It, Borrow It 04:20 – Why Banking Means Control of Capital 05:30 – The Crisis of Control 06:15 – Stop Giving Away the Banking Function  07:00 – The Maturity Matrix: Where Do You Stand? 08:00 – Stage 1: The Saver 09:20 – You Can't Invest Until You Capitalize 10:30 – Contract Wealth vs. Statement Wealth  11:45 – Stage 2: The Wealth Builder 12:45 – Premium Is Not an Expense 13:45 – Freedom From Debt to Others 14:40 – Your Burn Rate and Liquidity Number 15:50 – Debt-to-Capital: Bringing Debt In-House 17:00 – The Difference Between Chaos and Opportunity  18:00 – Stage 3: The Business Banker 19:00 – Money as Inventory  20:00 – Financing Opportunities Through Your System  21:00 – Stage 4: The Infinite Banker 22:00 – Closing the Financial Loop  23:00 – Banking Is Not a Product 23:30 – Immediate Action Plan

The new 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic (CKM) Guideline reframes chronic disease through a unified lens connecting obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. Key themes: ✅ CKM staging across the life course ✅ PREVENT risk assessment for personalized care ✅ Early detection of kidney and cardiometabolic risk ✅ Lifestyle and weight management as foundational therapy ✅ Evidence-based use of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1–based therapies ✅ Team-based, patient-centered care A landmark step toward integrated prevention and better long-term outcomes. #Cardiology #Nephrology #Diabetes #Obesity #CKM #PreventiveCardiology #MedicalPodcasts #PrecisionMedicine #HeartFailure #KidneyDisease

Mert and Illia autopsy a brutal weekend in crypto: Saylor's $3M test sale that taught him there's no sell button, the Zcash bug Claude found that could've minted unlimited counterfeit ZEC, formal verification as the bulwark against AI attackers, and whether NEAR's agentic commerce vision is real. Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week we've got two heavy hitters: NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin and Helius founder Mert Mumtaz. We kick things off with the weekend market meltdown -- Saylor sold 32 BTC for the first time in four years, STRC is trading below par, and Mert argues the real damage is that Saylor sucks all the air out of the room for actual crypto innovation. Then we get into the biggest story of the week: a critical bug discovered in Zcash's Orchard ZK circuit using Claude Opus 4.8 that could have allowed infinite counterfeit minting inside the shielded pool. Mert walks us through the emergency soft fork, the Ironwood migration, and why formal verification is about to become table stakes. Illia makes the case that AI-powered attackers have a permanent asymmetric advantage and that we need real-time on-chain detection systems to survive. Tom coins the analogy of the episode: we're moving from building boats to building spaceships. We close with Illia's pitch for NEAR's agent commerce vision – $240M in single-day volume, private intents, and the claim that agent-to-agent trustless commerce is already live – while Mert remains a friendly skeptic. Let's get into it.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Hosts ⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly  ⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly  Guest ⭐️ Mert, Co-founder & CEO at Helius ⭐️ Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR Protocol Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:17 Weekend Crypto Meltdown & Bitcoin Crash 02:52 Saylor, STRC & the DAT Death Spiral Fears 11:51 "No Sell Button" — Saylor's Lesson Learned 13:14 Zcash Bug: 50% Crash Explained 20:30 The Fix: Ironwood Pool & Formal Verification 23:11 AI vs Crypto Security: The Attacker Advantage 27:21 What Is Formal Verification? 30:07 Spaceship-Grade Smart Contract Security 31:36 OPSEC, Oracles & Anomaly Detection 36:08 Cypherpunk Dilemma: Stop the Hack or Not? 38:37 Will DeFi Survive? Long Math 42:49 NEAR's AI Agents & Intents Vision 48:43 Is Agentic Commerce Real? Mert's Skepticism Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckle up Outlander Fans for an exciting and extra-long episode as we dish and spill the tea on the final season of "Outlander". Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Infinite and Brick roll up with a no-guest format that feels like music nerds chatting after a show. They unpack everything from “do music artists really take their craft seriously?” to “which birthdays sound like a chorus,” plus a jam-packed look at June's musical fingerprints, a quick scan of second-quarter drops, a radar-list of a few artists set to break out, and a retrospective on music turning 40 in 2026. Sit back, lean in, and press play.We would LOVE to hear what you think. Please drop a line.Support the show

Mert and Illia autopsy a brutal weekend in crypto: Saylor's $3M test sale that taught him there's no sell button, the Zcash bug Claude found that could've minted unlimited counterfeit ZEC, formal verification as the bulwark against AI attackers, and whether NEAR's agentic commerce vision is real. Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week we've got two heavy hitters: NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin and Helius founder Mert Mumtaz. We kick things off with the weekend market meltdown -- Saylor sold 32 BTC for the first time in four years, STRC is trading below par, and Mert argues the real damage is that Saylor sucks all the air out of the room for actual crypto innovation. Then we get into the biggest story of the week: a critical bug discovered in Zcash's Orchard ZK circuit using Claude Opus 4.8 that could have allowed infinite counterfeit minting inside the shielded pool. Mert walks us through the emergency soft fork, the Ironwood migration, and why formal verification is about to become table stakes. Illia makes the case that AI-powered attackers have a permanent asymmetric advantage and that we need real-time on-chain detection systems to survive. Tom coins the analogy of the episode: we're moving from building boats to building spaceships. We close with Illia's pitch for NEAR's agent commerce vision – $240M in single-day volume, private intents, and the claim that agent-to-agent trustless commerce is already live – while Mert remains a friendly skeptic. Let's get into it.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Hosts ⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly  ⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly  Guest ⭐️ Mert, Co-founder & CEO at Helius ⭐️ Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR Protocol Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:17 Weekend Crypto Meltdown & Bitcoin Crash 02:52 Saylor, STRC & the DAT Death Spiral Fears 11:51 "No Sell Button" — Saylor's Lesson Learned 13:14 Zcash Bug: 50% Crash Explained 20:30 The Fix: Ironwood Pool & Formal Verification 23:11 AI vs Crypto Security: The Attacker Advantage 27:21 What Is Formal Verification? 30:07 Spaceship-Grade Smart Contract Security 31:36 OPSEC, Oracles & Anomaly Detection 36:08 Cypherpunk Dilemma: Stop the Hack or Not? 38:37 Will DeFi Survive? Long Math 42:49 NEAR's AI Agents & Intents Vision 48:43 Is Agentic Commerce Real? Mert's Skepticism Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin pitches Rachel and Larry on why they need to finally give a certain game a chance. Enjoy!!

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, JD Podcast host Andrew Cox | Joint Dynamics sits down with the fitness industry's best mate, Richard Boyd. Richard is widely regarded as "The Godfather" of the modern fitness industry. From launching the world's first zone-based heart-rate studio in 1995 to creating PT on the Net and founding PTA Global, "Boydy" has spent decades staying light-years ahead of the commercial health curve. Beyond his corporate resume - including serving as Senior VP of Innovation for 24 Hour Fitness overseeing 5 million members - Richard shares his masterclass on playing the "infinite game". He explains why prioritizing deep human loyalty and putting his mates first allowed him to build global fitness ecosystems by creating true win-win scenarios.

A shorter episode about bad timing as exemplified by the time that Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel was run over by a car. The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can't get anybody out?

What starts as a quick check of social media can quickly turn into an hour lost to scrolling. The culprit is infinite scroll, a feature once built for convenience that has become one of the most powerful tools ever created for holding our attention. In fact, it's now thought the average Brit will spend five years of their waking lives doomscrolling. So how did infinite scroll come to dominate our online lives and what is it doing to our brains?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryRead by: Fleur Britten, contributor, The Times.Producer: Dave Creasey.Further reading: I created infinite scroll. Now I regret how it damages our brainsWe want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.comPhoto: Ilustration by Jasmine leeThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

If you support us on Patreon, you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. https://youtube.com/live/694QjdBqTl0 Infinite Swirls Aftershow To celebrate the dual holidays of Canada Day/the 4th of July we've got an AI Music quiz submitted by our good friend Mike. It's all about games set in or developed in the US or Canada. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at playeronepodcast@gmail.com! Thanks for your support!

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Joe Polish sits down with Strategic Coach Founder Dan Sullivan and The CEO of CEG Worldwide John Bowen to explore the research-backed framework behind their new book, The Greater Game — a 100x blueprint that reveals why only 5.4% of Entrepreneurs are playing a completely different game than everyone else. Together they unpack the shift from Founder-dependent businesses to scalable ecosystems, the finite-vs-infinite game divide, and why AI is less a technological revolution and more a cognitive one. Here's a glance at what you'll discover in this episode: The number that reveals whether you're winning or losing the only game that matters... and why 94.6% of Entrepreneurs are optimizing a game that's already coming to an end (you've probably already done 10x without calling it that — what you do next is the whole point) Dan Sullivan's quiet observation after 52 years and 7,000+ Entrepreneurs... the exact moment a successful person stops growing isn't failure — it's something far more seductive, and almost no one catches it in themselves (the first exercise he runs at Strategic Coach is designed to show you you've already crossed the line once) Joe typed a question into AI and got back the most brutal case study in modern business history... Blockbuster, Kodak, Borders, Toys "R" Us — and the one invisible shift every company on that list missed before it was too late (this isn't a technology story — it's a thinking story) Why John Bowen started three new companies on his 70th birthday... and the dashboard he and Dan built for roughly $2,000 that a top vendor quoted them $50,000 a year to provide (his tech team called after the first meeting and said "we'll just build it and give it to you tomorrow") The four-hour version of something that used to take Dan Sullivan four weeks... and what it reveals about the only AI upgrade that actually changes your trajectory (this isn't about using AI more — it's about using it in the right direction entirely) What Joe Polish teaches Genius Youth Members that no business school has ever covered... and why writing handwritten postcards in an age of AI might be the single highest-leverage thing you do this week (the killer app of 2026 is not what anyone is selling you) If you'd like to join world-renowned Entrepreneurs at the next Genius Network Event or want to learn more about Genius Network, go to www.GeniusNetwork.com. Show Notes: The Book: The Greater Game and the 5.4% Dan and John's new book — published by Hay House and instantly a #1 Amazon bestseller — grew out of a 25-year research partnership to study what separates the highest-performing Entrepreneurs from everyone else. Their research across 7,000+ Entrepreneurs found that 94.6% are still optimizing the game they're in — while only 5.4% are architecting a completely different one. The book maps out exactly what those 5.4% are doing. The book's central premise: "Every system that got you here is optimized for a game that's coming to an end." From 10x to 100x: Dan's Framework Dan has been coaching Entrepreneurs to 10x since the 1990s — starting with an exercise where he had Clients identify when they were one-tenth of where they are today. Everyone in his program had already done 10x without labeling it that way. When he challenged a Client who said they couldn't go 10x in three years, the Client responded they could do it in 15 — and then voluntarily suggested doing it again. That's when the 100x idea crystallized. Dan's thesis: give yourself a long enough time horizon, use AI as a genuine collaborator, and constant growth becomes the natural state — not the exception. The Four Levels of The Greater Game Level 1 — Foundation for Freedom: Vision, security, and financial confidence. Getting off the couch. Level 2 — Energy for Expansion: Motivation and IP development. Dan has built an extraordinary amount of intellectual property; John and Joe have too. Level 3 — Platform / Ecosystem: Moving from Founder-dependent to a scalable system. John's own company grew 58% while writing the book — by walking the talk of this level. Level 4 — Agency: Creating markets. Courage, commitment, and building an ecosystem where you're generating the category itself. Finite vs. Infinite: What the Game Shift Really Means Finite game: competing for market share, managing dependencies, staying indispensable personally, reacting to market pressure. Business value: 3–5x EBITDA. Infinite game: designing an ecosystem, multiplying unique genius through others, engineering your own absence, redefining the market. Business value: multiples that reflect systems, not the Founder. Joe's examples (finite → infinite): Blockbuster → Netflix, Kodak → Apple, Borders → Amazon, taxi companies → Uber, Toys "R" Us → Lego. The pattern: finite players optimize the current game; infinite players keep changing what the game is. Dan's real-world example: Paul Van Dyne came to Strategic Coach planning to retire at 65. He went on to take his engineering firm from #40 to #1 nationally in nine years through M&A — and now plans to build his gourmet coffee shop inside one of his medical centers. AI as a Cognitive Revolution Dan's framing: AI isn't a technological revolution — it's a cognitive revolution. He compares its impact to the introduction of zero in mathematics, which made economics, double-entry bookkeeping, and science possible. Practical example: Dan used to need four weeks to structure a new book. With AI, the same work takes four hours. He now writes a new book every quarter. John's vibe-coding story: his Team built the entire Greater Game Dashboard for roughly $2,000–3,000 using Lovable — after being quoted $50,000/year from a top vendor. They own the code and iterate freely. Joe's counterpoint: the killer app today is being fully human — knowing how to bond, connect, and think for yourself. "Write with your hands, think with your brain."  The Greater Game Dashboard John built this free interactive tool at TheGreaterGameDashboard.com to put the book's framework into action. The 15-minute assessment shows you exactly where you stand relative to peers and the 10 Greater Multipliers. The dashboard automatically calculates what your company is worth to a buyer today — and shows how each improvement raises that number. Dan calls it the greatest tool he's seen in 52 years of coaching Entrepreneurs. Monthly updates include an Entrepreneur Pulse confidence index. Useful whether you ever intend to sell or not — knowing your number changes how you invest in your business. Building Great Teams: Cast, Don't Hire Dan's principle: Strategic Coach treats itself as a theater company — with backstage and front-stage roles. They don't hire for jobs, they cast for roles. Every new hire is there to free up someone already in the company. Babs Smith built the Strategic Coach Team around Dan from the start — several Team members have now been with the company 20–30+ years. Beware the Founder-as-salesperson trap: if you're great at selling, you'll hire the wrong people — you'll confuse their excitement for the role with fit for the role. John, Joe, and Dan all find talent primarily through communities — mastermind groups, Genius Network, Strategic Coach — rather than ads. Great people seek out great people. Dan's upcoming book (Hay House): Casting Not Hiring. IP as a Strategic Asset Dan has had 82 thinking tools patented by the US Patent Bureau (none rejected), with 75 more pending. Each patent is a borrowable asset — you can borrow up to half the appraised value, creating a private intellectual property bank. Joe Polish's company operates as an ESOP — all Team members become equity owners after a vesting period, creating a true ownership culture without requiring employees to buy in upfront. Genius Youth and the Human Connection Advantage Joe's Genius Youth program focuses on skills AI can't replicate: human connection, handwritten notes, cold plunges, cooking and hospitality, ethical influence. Joe's 2026 Genius Network Annual Event —  features Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler (Authors of We Are as Gods), live robots, and a mystery musician on 300M+ albums. Resources: The Greater Game (Book) — Dan Sullivan & John Bowen The Greater Game (Audiobook) — narrated by Gord Vickman, Hay House Business TheGreaterGameDashboard.com — free 15-minute assessment & company valuation tool 10xTalk Podcast — Subscribe — 10xTalk.com 10xTalk on Apple Podcasts Strategic Coach — Dan Sullivan's coaching program Genius Network — Joe Polish's community for elite Entrepreneurs Joe Polish's Genius Network Annual Event CEG Worldwide (John Bowen) — research and coaching for financial advisors Cleator Ghost Town, Arizona — Joe's 40-acre ghost town & the Cleator Bar and Yacht Club Inside Strategic Coach Podcast — Episode on Hiring — Dan Sullivan & Shannon Waller AI Killed the Modern Company (Video) — Peter Diamandis & Salim Ismail Why Microsoft AI Chief Predicts AI Automation of White-Collar Work in 18 Months — Fortune / Mustafa Suleyman

In this episode of Infinite & Brick, hosts Infinite and Brick sit down with Ger Madden, the 1/4 of the original lineup and the sole remaining founding member of Ottawa, Ontario's rock band Scarecrowz. Ger dives deep into the band's genesis, sharing how Scarecrowz first started and the pivotal moments that kept the flame alive through lineup changes.Ger explains how and when Scarecrowz came together, including the early vision, key moments, and challenges that shaped the band's direction.He reflects on being the last standing original member and what that journey has taught him about resilience, collaboration, and evolution.The conversation illuminates where the band's inspiration for their songs comes from, including personal experiences, everyday sounds, and the external world that fuels their creative process.Ger discusses the music he grew up listening to in his parents' household, revealing the eclectic mix that influenced his taste and approach to rock.The episode covers a wide array of topics: creative process, writing rituals, the Ottawa music scene, memorable touring moments, and future aspirations for Scarecrowz.Whether you're a longtime fan or new to Scarecrowz, this conversation offers a candid look at the making of a rock band, the endurance of its members, and the art of turning life into music.We would LOVE to hear what you think. Please drop a line.Support the show

What if the reason you can't figure it out is the point? In this bonus LIVE episode, Will and Karen pull back the curtain on one of those rare, unscripted conversations that reminds you why you found this show in the first place. It starts with a meditation download Karen received at the symphony... yes, the symphony... and spirals into one of the most honest and wide-ranging discussions they've had in a long time.They cover:The Download. Karen meditates at a Mother's Day symphony performance and receives what she can only describe as a fractal of infinite consciousness expanding in every direction. The message? Stop trying to comprehend what you were never built to comprehend.Disclosure and the UFO question. Are the crafts physical or interdimensional? Did we already recover bodies at crash sites? And is Hollywood quietly preparing us for something? Will references the Light, Sound & Frequency podcast and the Dark Skies origin story that may make you look at your movie queue differently.The fear machine. Will draws on his years inside mainstream news to explain exactly how the "if it bleeds, it leads" mindset works, and why fear isn't just a side effect of the media. it's the product.Love as the antidote. Karen shares a late-night breakthrough conversation that left her overwhelmed by what love actually feels like when you let it build. Will follows with a revelation from Robert Monroe's Far Journeys... what we call love in the 3D world may be a pale shadow of what it actually is.How to hold on right now. The energies are rough... they both say it plainly. This segment is a direct message to anyone who's been feeling it: you're not imagining it, and you don't have to white-knuckle it alone.Plus... they announce a very special upcoming LIVE guest: a psychic joining them on the second Tuesday in June to answer your questions live. Send yours in now.TSM Live drops the second Tuesday of every month. Find us on Roku and Fire TV at newrealitytv.com. Connect with us: skepticmetaphysician.com | @skepticmetaphysician_podcastThe Skeptic Metaphysicians is a spiritual awakening podcast for open-minded thinkers who refuse to check their critical thinking at the door. Each episode explores consciousness expansion, enlightenment, soul purpose, and soul growth through honest, grounded conversation with leading voices in metaphysics, psychic phenomenon, quantum healing, and beyond. We dive deep into spiritual awakening, ascension, alignment, and the awakening process without the dogma. From mediumship and spirit guides to Arcturian contact, astrology, and the subconscious mind, we explore it all with curiosity, humor, and zero guru worship. Whether you're in the middle of your own awakening, questioning reality, or just spiritually curious, this is the podcast for seekers and skeptics alike.Subscribe, Rate & Review!If you found this episode enlightening, mind-expanding, or even just thought-provoking (see what we did there?), please take a moment to rate and review us. Your feedback helps us bring more transformative guests and topics your way!Connect with Us: 

A tree survives storms because of its roots, not because it fights every gust of wind.Think about it. If you understand you are the observer of your life, you will then realize you aren't just reacting to reality.You're are participating in reality.You can question it.You can refuse it.You can change your relationship to it.It's obvious we are waking up to overlords and institution that wants control, in which they project “power over and power under” realities that create the opposite:That you are small.That you are late.That you are powerless.That you are merely a consumer of outcomes.They try to pull attention away from creation and into reaction.Your business grows through creation.Anxiety grows through reaction.The power struggle (and how to opt out)If you can get people to outsource their perception, then you can guide their choices.So the first battlefield is attention.If you can keep attention fragmented, then self-observation becomes difficult.If you can keep people overstimulated, then inner clarity feels impossible.If you can keep them exhausted, then reflection looks like “luxury.”And when reflection becomes rare, then the observer in neutrality goes missing.The invisible rule: “Top Down vs Bottom Up.” If you can convince someone that only approved narratives are valid, then their own direct experiences are doubted and suspect.Intuition becomes “irrational.”Pattern recognition becomes “paranoia.”Spiritual insight becomes “cringe.”Even emotional truth becomes “overreacting.”So one stops trusting what they see.And when you no longer trusts your perception, you become governable.Divide-and-conflict: turn observation into freedomIf the old global elite force us to compare identities instead of examining systems, then the system stays invisible.So attention is pushed into constant social struggle:Who's right.Who's safe.Who's winning.Who's to blame.And if the crowd is busy fighting horizontally, then power can operate vertically without being noticed.The “OBJECTIVE” is a resultIf you slip out of being conscious as a (first) observer from the equation, then you can be managed like a object.If you are managed like objects, then you'll accept being spoken to like a object.And if that becomes normal, then the cornerstone remains “rejected”—not because it lacks power, but because its power threatens the architecture.The reversal (reclaiming the cornerstone)If you bring the observer back online, then the spell weakens.If you practice noticing—without immediately obeying what you notice—then you regain inner space.If you regain inner space, then you regain choice.And if you regain choice, then the cornerstone is no longer rejected.It becomes what it always was:The point of observation.The point of creation.The point from which the whole structure can be rebuilt.REAL LIFE EXAMPLES | Are you at risk? Again, if you recognize you are the observer, then you notice how your attention, beliefs, and choices shape life. 1) Attention capture: keep you too distracted to notice Real-world examples:* Infinite scroll + autoplay: designed to keep you consuming without a natural stopping point.* Push notifications: training you to respond on cue rather than choose intentionally.* Outrage algorithms: content that spikes anger/fear travels further, so platforms reward it.* 24/7 “breaking news”: a constant urgency loop that makes reflection feel irresponsible.If your nervous system is constantly activated, then your ability to step back and witness your own mind gets weaker.2) Information overload: drown the observer in noise Real-world examples:* Conflicting headlines on the same event, each claiming certainty.* Endless expert takes, threads, podcasts, hot takes—more input than one person can metabolize.* “Context collapse” on social media: complex issues forced into simplistic posts.If everything feels equally urgent, then you stop trusting your own judgment.Then you look for someone to tell you what to think.3) Narrative gating: only “approved reality” is treated as valid Real-world examples:* Workplace cultures where disagreement quietly harms your career.* Social environments where asking basic questions is treated as moral failure.* Public shaming dynamics: one wrong phrase becomes proof you're unsafe.* Media incentives that reward conformity to a storyline more than nuance.If you can punish curiosity, then you can prevent observation.If you can prevent observation, then you can maintain control.4) Status worship: replace inner authority with external permission Real-world examples:* People deferring to “experts” even for personal decisions that require self-knowledge (relationships, values, meaning).* “Citation culture” used as a weapon: not to improve truth, but to end conversation.* Institutional language that makes ordinary people feel unqualified to speak.Experts matter.But if expertise becomes a tool to silence lived experience, then people become dependent.5) Economic pressure: keep people too tired to thinkReal-world examples:* Multiple jobs, gig work, unpredictable schedules.* Debt-driven life decisions.* Burnout normalized as “ambition.”* Healthcare and childcare stress that drains long-term planning.If you're exhausted, then you'll accept whatever reduces friction today—even if it costs you tomorrow.That's not a personal failure.That's a predictable outcome of stress.6) Identity conflict: horizontal fighting keeps vertical power invisibleReal-world examples:* Culture wars that keep attention on symbols and tribes instead of incentives and policy.* Online discourse that rewards dunking over understanding.* Workplace politics where coworkers compete for scarcity instead of questioning the system.If people argue about who's “good,” then fewer people ask who benefits.7) Metrics and performance: turn humans into dashboards Real-world examples:* Social media likes/follows as a proxy for truth or value.* Productivity tools used to squeeze output rather than support wellbeing.* Corporate KPIs that encourage short-term wins and punish long-term thinking.* Schools and testing that reward compliance and memorization more than insight.If your identity becomes performance, then observation becomes threatening.Because observation might reveal you're not living your life—just managing a score. In the end….If observation returns, then choice returns.And when choice returns, the power struggle shifts.Because the observer is no longer missing.KassandraThe Light Between is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelightbetween.substack.com/subscribe

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On this episode of Good Noise Podcast, I'm joined by DJ Temple from Without Mercy to talk about their EP Infinite Loss. We dive into the intensity and emotion behind the release, exploring the themes that shape the project and how the band channels heaviness and vulnerability into their sound.DJ shares insight into the writing process, the inspiration behind Infinite Loss, and how the EP reflects both personal struggle and creative growth. We also talk about collaboration, pushing sonic boundaries, and what this release represents for Without Mercy moving forward.Without Mercy Socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/withoutmercyband/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/withoutmercyband/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/withoutmercybandApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/without-mercy/293502649Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4S72XyxBWGSCiJ9PQfSyf8?si=42QjGmYcRIiAyr8fNnjm2w

Finite Mind. Infinite Longing. Week 8 of the Ecclesiastes Series & Celebration Sunday Speaker: Adam Kuntz Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 Download the slides for this message: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/oj447rw7hgpbg8phqmceb/Ecclesiastes-Week-8-Celebration-Sunday-PDF.pdf?rlkey=tksae9bhl19j96sfz5wz6g2q9&st=j0vbehey&dl=0 (If using on mobile, click the icon on the top right and click direct download)

Why She Shuts Down Around You (And What You're Doing to Cause It) She used to bring you everything. Now she barely brings you anything. And you can feel it, even if you can't name what changed. In this episode, Andrew makes a case that most men aren't going to want to hear: the way she's showing up emotionally right now is largely a response to how safe you've made it for her to feel around you. Not because you're a bad person. Because you were never taught that emotions make sense, and so you've been, mostly unconsciously, telling her that only some of hers are acceptable to you. And she learned. What's covered: Why every emotion she feels is a 100% accurate response to something, and why the flaw is in your timeline, not in her feelings How trying to shut down the emotions you don't like also kills the desire, warmth, and openness you actually want from her The way men unconsciously teach the women they love to stop feeling openly, and what that costs both of them Where emotional repression comes from, and why it almost certainly started long before your relationship did What happens to her, to you, and to the desire between you when you start letting her feel again This one is primarily for men, but if you're a woman who has felt yourself getting smaller around your partner, or who has stopped bringing him the full weight of what you feel, it's for you too. Join the Infinite Devotion Community: https://infinitedevotion.com/community Free Resources Free guides, tools & giveaways Listen & Watch Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Work With Us All courses and offerings | Becoming a Dominant Man | Rapture | Structuring Your D/s Dynamic | Submissive Foundations Connect Instagram | Blog

Our meetings are called Principles in Application, they are held virtually on Zoom.  There is a Principles in Application meeting every day.  All of the meetings are based on 12 steps and start with 20 minutes of meditation. These are meetings based on living by spiritual principles in our lives today right now.  For a meeting schedule please visit https://www.randymermell.com/meetings Randy Mermell is an international coach, speaker, and podcaster. Randy helps people live happy and purposeful lives. Drawing from his own experience from 20 years of happy marriage, raising two daughters, and his success as an entrepreneur, he has helped others get through all types of professional and personal challenges, including love, marriage, children, jobs, and finding passion in everything we do. With over 28 years of sobriety, and success in his own life overcoming low self-esteem, addictions to alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, and coffee Randy draws on his real-life experience to lead meditation and recovery retreats internationally. Our meetings are called Principles in Application, they are held virtually on Zoom. There is a Principles in Application meeting every day. All of the meetings are based on 12 steps and start with 20 minutes of meditation. These are meetings based on living by spiritual principles in our lives today right now. For a meeting schedule please visit https://www.randymermell.com/meetings

What if true detachment doesn't come from pulling away from life—but from loving more deeply? Many spiritual seekers believe detachment means shutting down emotions, avoiding attachments, or withdrawing from the world. But the ancient teachings of Viveka and Viragya point to something very different. In this Baba Talk by Maetreyii Ma, discover how true detachment arises naturally through unconditional love, right understanding, and surrender to the Infinite. Learn why real Viragya is not a cold or distant state, but the result of seeing yourself in all beings and all beings in yourself. This profound teaching explores the relationship between Viveka (spiritual discernment) and Viragya (detachment), revealing how self-realization, spiritual awakening, and nondualism transform the way we experience love, suffering, success, loss, and everyday life. Whether you live as a monk, a spiritual seeker, or a householder with family and responsibilities, this talk offers practical wisdom for opening the heart while letting go of the illusion of separation. In this video: • What Viveka and Viragya really mean • Why unconditional love leads to true detachment • The difference between false detachment and spiritual freedom • How spiritual awakening changes your relationship with life • The role of self-realization in expanding love beyond the individual self • Why nondualism naturally leads to compassion and surrender • How to remain centered through pleasure, pain, gain, and loss If you are seeking deeper peace, greater love, and a direct path toward self-realization, this teaching offers a powerful perspective on the nature of the Self and the Infinite. About  Maetreyii Ma Nolan, Ph.D. Maetreyii Ma Nolan, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, spiritual teacher, psychologist, and expert in consciousness and holistic healing. With a rich background in psychology and spirituality, her work has positively influenced many people's lives. Maetreyii Ma Nolan's wisdom and teachings garner recognition worldwide, making her a respected voice for inner transformation and spiritual awakening.  She is trained as a licensed Psychologist, an Acharya or Ordained Minister of Yogic Meditation, a certified IAYT Yoga Therapist, and an EYRT 500-hour Yoga Teacher with many years of experience with deep meditation and yogic wisdom. You can visit her website here: https://www.yogama.org  About Maetreyii Ma's Works Over the past decades, Maetreyii Ma has delivered thousands of presentations to various audiences. Her latest project is to make those presentations available to the broadest possible audience. Maetreyii Ma's talks fall into six main categories: The Power and Nature of Love Self-realization, Spirituality, & Awakening Dharma, Society, & Karma Working with the Mind & Emotions Relationships & Samgha Science & Cosmology  The Baba Flow Maetreyii Ma's talks are based on a spiritual process called Baba Flow. The Baba flow is an intuitive flow of spiritual guidance and teachings from the deep inner essence, the one essential Source known by many names. In the Baba Talks, Maetreyii Ma, in a deep state of Bhava, or devotional absorption, opens to this Source and allows the teachings to flow through. Since 1969, Maetreyii Ma has been a student of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, affectionately known as Baba. In 1970, she began to have profound mystical experiences of the Divine and experienced the inner presence of her Guru. Baba's inner presence brought a deep knowledge of the endless love and compassion of the Divine, perfect beauty and wisdom, and the unconditional love and overflowing grace of the Sadguru. About Ananda Gurukula Maetreyii Ma is President of Ananda Gurukula, a non-profit organization dedicated to awakening the human spirit and sharing the ancient mystic wisdom of yoga.  Through Ananda Gurukula, Maetreyii Ma is able to offer meditation practices, mentoring (https://www.yogama.org/mentoring.html), meditation and yoga wisdom retreats, and webinars and workshops on the ancient knowledge of yogic teachings, in addition to local weekly Sunday evening meditations, called Dharmachakra (https://www.yogama.org/dharmachakra.html), a third Friday Kirtan (https://www.yogama.org/kirtan.html), and a Saturday morning Satsanga (https://www.yogama.org/satsanga.html). All are invited to attend our events at the Ashram in the Santa Rosa area.  For those who do not live in the local Santa Rosa area, Maetreyii Ma offers her Baba Talks for free on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@maetreyiima7) and Podbean (https://www.babatalks.info/).  Ananda Gurukula also publishes books and the Baba inspirational writings on many subjects. See more about Maetreyii Ma's books at https://www.maetreyiima.org/shop.html. #VivekaAndViragya #UnconditionalLove #Detachment #SpiritualAwakening #SelfRealization #Nondualism #MaetreyiiMa #BabaTalk

Infinite banking gets pitched to almost everyone, but it only works for a narrow group of people. The concept isn't about how much you earn or how disciplined you are at saving. It comes down to whether you borrow money regularly and what that borrowing actually costs you. The original idea, as Nelson Nash conceived it, was built for business owners with strong, consistent cash flow who finance things as part of their daily operations. Think of a retailer buying inventory or a company purchasing equipment. These are people who are already borrowing money and paying meaningful interest to do so. That's where the math gets interesting. Inventory loans and short-cycle business credit often carry double-digit rates because banks understand the payoff expectations and the risk associated with that lending. Moving that financing from 15% down to somewhere near 5% is a real advantage, especially when you can repay on your own schedule and keep the debt off the bank's radar. The trouble is that infinite banking isn't a savings hack, and it isn't magic. If you spend more than you earn, no policy structure can fix that. And if you rarely borrow, or your best available credit is already cheap, a policy that sits unused defeats the whole premise. You'll also learn why policy loan rates don't move the way bank rates do. Traditional lending follows the Fed, but whole life policy loans track the bond market and typically reprice no more than once a year. During a rate-hiking cycle, that difference can widen the gap in your favor. Honesty about suitability matters here. A large share of permanent life policies lapse within ten years, often because people underestimate future cash needs. That's not an argument against the concept, but it is a reason to be clear-eyed about who should attempt it. If you think you might fit the profile, or you're not sure, it's worth getting a straight answer before you commit. Schedule a call or send us a message, and we can walk through whether it actually makes sense for your situation.

A shorter episode that takes a quick look at the Homestead Grays and the attenuated career of the late Bob Horner. The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can't get anybody out?

From developer dependency to AI-powered ownership in 4 weeks Episode Summary: AI entrepreneurs and side hustlers often fail the same way—and it costs them. This episode breaks down the $30,000 mistake that transformed how I build AI side gigs, teach financial freedom to parents, and think about entrepreneur independence. Expect the real playbook behind failing smart so you don't repeat my errors. Parent entrepreneur Tracy Brinkmann shares the raw truth about firing his $120,000 developer and rebuilding his entire backend using Cursor AI in just 4 weeks. This episode reveals the hidden cost of outsourcing your brain, the specific prompting strategies that actually work, and why dependency might be more expensive than you think. Perfect for parents who want to own their technology instead of renting someone else's expertise. https://DarkHorseEntrepreneur.com Key Points 00:00 - Opening Cursor AI saves $90,000 01:40 - The Stupid Decision - Rebuilding entire backend alone in 4 weeks using Cursor AI 02:15 - Vibe Coding Explained - Directing AI through intent rather than instruction, Collins Dictionary Word of the Year 2025 03:00 - Why Cursor AI - Cursor Composer maintains persistent context across entire codebase 04:30 - Day 10 Shift - Realized he was learning architecture for the first time, not just rebuilding 04:55 - The Real Return - Could build features, maintain systems, make decisions without outside help 06:00 - The Hidden Cost - Lost learning by osmosis and institutional knowledge from Marcus 07:00 - Bug Reports Reality Check - Scaling problems that only show up with experience 08:50 - Parent Entrepreneur Connection - Dependency trap affects family time and business freedom 09:45 - Why This Matters - Biggest shift in work since Industrial Revolution 10:15 - New vs. Old Model - Expand zone of genius vs. hire experts and delegate 11:05 - Whiskered Wisdom - Dependency is expensive, ownership is priceless 11:55 - Closing - Goal is understanding everything well enough to make smart decisions   Key Topics Covered: The $30,000 Dependency Trap Why hiring exceptional talent can make you incompetent in your own business The difference between buying expertise and renting ignorance How every day of outsourcing critical functions reduces your own capabilities The Cursor AI Rebuild Strategy "Vibe coding" vs. traditional prompting approaches Why Cursor Composer's persistent context changes everything The constraint-based prompting framework that eliminates AI hallucinations Context-Rich Prompting System Standard prompt: "Build me a user dashboard" Better prompt: Complete context including database schemas, design patterns, previous failures, and specific success criteria Results: 70% usable code on first pass vs. multiple iterations The Real Cost of Expert Dependency Hourly rate: $150 per hour True cost: Infinite dependency and arrested business evolution The moment when you realize you can't make decisions without external approval Ownership vs. Access Paradigm Old model: Hire experts, delegate complexity, focus on zone of genius New model: Use AI to expand your zone of genius to include previously outsourced functions Why the entrepreneurs who thrive will own capabilities, not just access them Key Quotes: "The hourly rate of a developer might be $150. But the cost of dependency is infinite." "Every time you hand off a critical piece of your business to someone else, you're making a bet that their knowledge will always be available to you." "Dependency is expensive, but ownership is priceless." Action Steps: Identify one area where you're completely dependent on outside expertise Spend 30 minutes learning the basics using AI as your teaching assistant Focus on becoming conversational, not expert-level Start owning your business evolution again Tools Mentioned: Cursor AI (Cursor Composer) Claude Sonnet for architectural decisions PostgreSQL for database management Visual Studio Code (Cursor is a fork) Resources: AI Escape Plan Newsletter: Practical AI-powered strategies for parent entrepreneurs https://DarkHorseInsider.com Focus: Building systems you own, understand, and control while protecting family time  

A man opens his new briefcase and discovers that something else lies beside his files, something…vast. Genre: Mystery, Mythology   Excerpt:"Once," she started, "the world was filled with different beings than the ones that now fill the world." They were just as wondrous. And just as terrible. But in different ways. For ways changed with time. As it would come be, it was so in those days as well, that some of these beings were short-lived but numerous, and some were long-lived but few. The longest lived of all were the firstborn. They were born when the world was born. And they would end when the world would end.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time?Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: A Brief Case of Dread This episode landed on DEFINITIONS. The story was inspired by the definition of the word "anthropopathy." It's when human emotion is ascribed to an inanimate object. Find more stories and episodes about powerful objects here: Year of Definitions.   MERCH!Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork?Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERSThe Store page also has sign-up forms for my two email newsletters: Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITSStory: "A Brief Case of Dread" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. PatelNarration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music:"Negociation" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)"Infinite Land" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)"The deal""Trojan horse""Men in black""Under the mask""In the shadows""Call of the wild""Seasons""Ancien stones (seamless)""Winter guild""Runes""On the way""The last stand""Infinite land""Negociation" All tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev MarketSound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg)Vocal effects created with Audacity Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.  Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description:Digital drawing. A briefcase opening to the left, seen from an angle and tilted up. A tiny toy shaped like a green alien lies inside. The pocket on the inside of the top is decorated with symbols of a sun at center, and at top left and bottom corners, a five-pointed star within the curve of a crescent moon. The case floats in outer space. Nebulous clouds are visible at the corners, and distant clusters of stars. A hazy glowing light emanates from the briefcase and shifts color as it extends out of frame. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along bottom side of briefcase.

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in? The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search There's a new way to create Google Docs with your voice White House, Anthropic near deal for spy agencies to use AI Claude Mythos preview uncovers 10,000+ zero-day vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes ElevenLabs's new music generation model can switch genres mid-track David Sacks's 11th-hour plea led to Trump's backtrack on AI executive order I'm tired of talking to AI In Memoriam: Don Newhouse Picks of the Week: KMart Muzak Infinite Jeffs isaiprofitable.com Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Rick Sammon Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: trustedtech.team/intelligent365 zscaler.com/security

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in? The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search There's a new way to create Google Docs with your voice White House, Anthropic near deal for spy agencies to use AI Claude Mythos preview uncovers 10,000+ zero-day vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes ElevenLabs's new music generation model can switch genres mid-track David Sacks's 11th-hour plea led to Trump's backtrack on AI executive order I'm tired of talking to AI In Memoriam: Don Newhouse Picks of the Week: KMart Muzak Infinite Jeffs isaiprofitable.com Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Rick Sammon Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: trustedtech.team/intelligent365 zscaler.com/security

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in? The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search There's a new way to create Google Docs with your voice White House, Anthropic near deal for spy agencies to use AI Claude Mythos preview uncovers 10,000+ zero-day vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes ElevenLabs's new music generation model can switch genres mid-track David Sacks's 11th-hour plea led to Trump's backtrack on AI executive order I'm tired of talking to AI In Memoriam: Don Newhouse Picks of the Week: KMart Muzak Infinite Jeffs isaiprofitable.com Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Rick Sammon Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: trustedtech.team/intelligent365 zscaler.com/security

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in? The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search There's a new way to create Google Docs with your voice White House, Anthropic near deal for spy agencies to use AI Claude Mythos preview uncovers 10,000+ zero-day vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes ElevenLabs's new music generation model can switch genres mid-track David Sacks's 11th-hour plea led to Trump's backtrack on AI executive order I'm tired of talking to AI In Memoriam: Don Newhouse Picks of the Week: KMart Muzak Infinite Jeffs isaiprofitable.com Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Rick Sammon Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: trustedtech.team/intelligent365 zscaler.com/security

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Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in? The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search There's a new way to create Google Docs with your voice White House, Anthropic near deal for spy agencies to use AI Claude Mythos preview uncovers 10,000+ zero-day vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes ElevenLabs's new music generation model can switch genres mid-track David Sacks's 11th-hour plea led to Trump's backtrack on AI executive order I'm tired of talking to AI In Memoriam: Don Newhouse Picks of the Week: KMart Muzak Infinite Jeffs isaiprofitable.com Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Rick Sammon Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: trustedtech.team/intelligent365 zscaler.com/security

There's something many of us long for on the spiritual path—the ability to live with a more open heart.To care more deeply.To give more freely.To love without limits.As spiritual practitioners, we often try to sense into the heart and feel divine or unconditional love, assuming that the more we feel it, the more we'll be able to express it.But what if love doesn't actually work that way? What if love isn't something we can possess at all?In this episode, Craig invites us to explore the possibility that the spiritual path is not ultimately about trying to create more love, but about learning how to get out of the way so that love can move through us more freely.Through guided meditation and reflection, Craig explores what it means to open ourselves to a deeper intelligence and care that may already exist within us.When we approach practice in this way, we begin to discover a love that is much deeper than emotion or attachment. Ultimately, we find that love is the deepest nature of awakened consciousness itself.To access the full transcript of this episode and discover more resources, visit the episode page on MeditationChangesEverything.com. You can also sign up there for Craig's weekly newsletter.For a deeper experience of Craig's approach to meditation, consider joining our Awakened Life membership program which offers in-depth guidance, a meditation workshop, and a live online retreat with Craig. Register today to receive your first month for 50% off at AwakenedLifeMembership.com.If you're interested in exploring more of Craig's meditation experiments, you're invited to tune in to a 90-minute online workshop Craig will be hosting called Meditation 2.0 – The Miracle of Direct Awakening. Register for free at FreeMeditationWorkshop.com.If you would like to share your experience of the podcast or have questions about Craig's teachings, please feel free to email us at support@craighamiltonglobal.com.

In this week's episode of The Neshamah Project, we explore a teaching from the Noam Elimelech on Nasso about wonder, desire, and sacred participation in the world. The Torah's phrase yafli—to make a special vow—is read through the lens of pele, wonder or miracle. The teaching reminds us that miracles are not ours to control, yet we can become vessels through which wonder moves. It also offers a powerful spiritual approach to pleasure: we are not asked to reject the physical world, but to engage it with awareness, gratitude, and holiness. Wine can lead to dullness, or it can become song, blessing, joy, and sacred presence. The question for contemporary seekers is simple and profound: does our desire numb us, or does it awaken us? When refined, pleasure becomes practice, and longing becomes a path back to the Infinite.

Remember God loves you so much he sent his Son Jesus Christ to take the punishment for your sins. You are of great value. Jesus loves you and He is just a prayer away! This episode includes AI-generated content.

Swirls of cyan and magenta and black show us the way to dreamland as Scooter tells some stories about pulling from the Meh Pile and getting the first three free.These stories have been sleepified, but they do sometimes touch on more serious subject matter. These episodes may not be sleepy for all listeners.These stories are from the collection Nothing Works, Everything Happens by Aiyas Aya. This episode includes the stories “The Last Book Written by a Human,” “Infinite Potential: Part II,” and “Inkjet Rising.”The book is out now on e-book, paperback, and hardback. Learn more at aiyasaya.comThe show really needs your help right now. Keep Sleep With Me going and get hours of bonus content by joining Sleep With Me Plus! sleepwithmepodcast.com/plusGet your Sleep With Me SleepPhones. Use "sleepwithme" for $5 off!!Are you looking for Story Only versions or two more nights of Sleep With Me a week? Then check out Bedtime Stories from Sleep With MeThis episode is produced by Rusty Biscuit aka Russell Sperberg.Show Artwork by Emily TatGoing through a hard time? You can find support at the Crisis Textline and see more global helplines here.HELIX SLEEP - Take the 2-minute sleep quiz and they'll match you to a customized mattress that'll give you the best sleep of your life. Visit helixsleep.com/sleep and get a special deal exclusive for SWM listeners!ZOCDOC - With Zocdoc, you can search for local doctors who take your insurance, read verified patient reviews and book an appointment, in-person or video chat. Download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE at zocdoc.com/sleepPROGRESSIVE - With the Name Your Price tool, you tell Progressive how much you want to pay for car insurance, and they'll show you coverage options that fit your budget. Get your quote today at progressive.comCOYUCHI - Coyuchi offers luxury bedding, bath, and home products that you can feel good about. Made with natural fibers and certified to be free of toxins, they'll have you feeling great, too. Get 15% off their organic luxury bedding at coyuchi.com/sleep Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Tom and Don tackle the impossible task of spotting market bubbles in real time, leaning on insights from Jason Zweigand Eugene Fama to argue that if bubbles were truly predictable, they wouldn't exist. They discuss soaring semiconductor and AI-related stocks, speculative manias from tulips to SPACs to Bitcoin, and why diversification and disciplined rebalancing beat emotional market timing every time. Listener questions cover tax-loss harvesting and wash sales involving VT, VTI, and VXUS ETFs, family conversations about money, Roth conversion strategy for a wealthy near-retiree, and Dimensional's refusal to chase hot IPOs despite the S&P 500's changing rules. Along the way, there's plenty of classic TRM banter about giant brains, vacation boredom, and the dangers of trying to outsmart markets that are probably smarter than all of us combined.0:05 Bubble noises, market mania, and why everyone thinks they can spot bubbles1:11 Jason Zweig on semiconductor stocks soaring nearly 40% in a month2:23 Emerging markets, small value, and global stocks compared to AI-driven speculation3:39 Eugene Fama explains why bubbles are impossible to identify in real time4:26 Dot-coms, Bitcoin, SPACs, and the legendary tulip bulb bubble5:03 Why “doing nothing” often beats reacting emotionally to market fears5:51 Jason Zweig's sign of a bubble: when critics get attacked instead of debated7:15 Rebalancing, diversification, and why the S&P 500 alone isn't enough9:41 Listener question on tax-loss harvesting, wash sales, and replacing VT with VTI and VXUS14:05 Why families should talk openly about money instead of outsourcing financial education to TikTok17:44 Near-retiree with $7.3 million asks about Roth conversions and paying taxes from IRAs20:36 Dimensional responds to S&P rule changes allowing earlier IPO inclusion21:15 Why Dimensional avoids IPOs during their first year after going public22:39 Allbirds' collapse from a $2.2 billion IPO to a $39 million sale24:47 Why waiting before buying IPOs may reduce riskQuestions? Comments? Click!

In this four-hour broadcast, host Tim Ozman deconstructs the reported White House shootingA significant portion of the show is dedicated to analyzing predictive and concurrent programming in the series The Boys. Ozman highlights how the show's season finale, which depicts the assassination of a Trump-like character (Homelander) and the death of a Musk-like figure (Gunter Van Ellis), was filmed long before real-world parallels like the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting occurred. He asserts that these “engineered coincidences” are designed to bypass the public's mental immune system.Ozman further critiques the “Truther” community, labeling positions like anti-vax and anti-5G as “alt-NPC” programming and controlled opposition. He introduces a Gnostic framework, categorizing humanity into the “helix” (soulless animals), “psychics” (partially aware), and “pneumatics” (those with direct knowledge or gnosis). The episode concludes with the announcement of his upcoming trip to Seattle on June 11th (6-11), where he intends to provide “off-world stage” reporting on a predicted theatrical nuclear or disaster scenario.The White House “33” Hoax Code: Ozman notes the report of 33 shots fired at the White House as a primary indicator of a scripted event.Quote: “I susptect it was 33... it's sort of the hoax code.”Systemic Fakery and Collusion: The broadcast claims that national news events and entertainment are synchronized to precondition public perception.Quote: “The connections between entertainment and psyops is intentional, engineered.”Trump/Homelander Parallels: Ozman analyzes how The Boys finale mirrored real-life assassination attempts, suggesting the real events were executed based on a pre-existing script.Quote: “Amazon says, quote, the boys' assassination episode was filmed long before the Trump shooting. The finale similarities are, quote, unintentional.”The Death of Elon Musk Proxies: Using characters from The Boys and The Madness, Ozman argues that the media is “force-memeing” the eventual death of Elon Musk.Quote: “I'm keeping track of how many times Elon Musk dies in these predictive programming roles.”The “Seattle 6-11” Disaster Scenario: Based on patterns in films like Terminator 2, Ozman predicts a “theatrical disaster” in Seattle on June 11th.Quote: “Ground zero for some world event is going to take place in Seattle on 11-3... [or] 3-11... using the same logic... they're preparing us for some major event.”Rejection of Controlled Opposition: Ozman dismisses “anti” movements (anti-vax, anti-5G) as part of the same “binary” system used by the mainstream to control the public.Quote: “If you're an anti, you're mind controlled... Every anti-position is controlled opposition.”Gnostic Categorization of Consciousness: The host categorizes the public into three levels of awareness based on their ability to perceive the “transcendent”.Quote: “The pneumatics are those who are cognizant of a transcendent nature... the helix... are completely soul dead.”Systemic Gaslighting: Ozman describes how media authority trains individuals to ignore their own perceptions in favor of the televised narrative.Quote: “Gaslighting is when your perceptions tell you one thing and the authority tells you to believe another thing.”Predictive Programming Axiom: Ozman establishes as an “axiom” that predictive programming never predicts real tragedies, only manufactured ones.Quote: “Predictive programming only ever foreshadows fake events... every time, no exception.”The “Off-World Stage” Mission: The episode frames Ozman's work as “media deconstruction” intended to offer a perspective outside the controlled mainstream/alternative dialectic.Quote: “We are media deconstructionists and another point... every conspiracy theory is a subplot on the meta script.”

A grab-bag episode in which the title says it all: The 40th anniversary of the 1986 Mets, how failed Yankees shortstop Bobby Meacham would have performed if Baseball-Reference had his name correctly, the possibility of women playing major league baseball, Thurman Munson's Hall of Fame twin discussed, and a certain overweight catcher suffers a breakdown of impulse control. The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can't get anybody out?

I greet you with a joy-filled heart and an inspired mind as this month we celebrate Mother's Day by honoring family matriarchs and those who enrich our lives with their mothering love. As well, we also celebrate Memorial Day, a time to heartfully remember the brave military men and women who have sacrificed their lives […]

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Gavin Newsom & his politician friends want to save you from AI… But the real creators? The ones who actually make jobs — Jensen Huang, Jeff Bezos, and evil Musk — they're whispering the truth- the demand for problem solvers is infinite. Who's READY FOR RAIN? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD-x3GIUFA  

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