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    Money Tree Investing
    Exclusive Update: The Run is Hot Economy is Here

    Money Tree Investing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 46:39


    The run is hot economy is here! Today we talk markets, and debunk alarmist headlines about rising Japanese bond yields. We also talk about a significant market rotation: expensive mega-cap tech stocks are faltering while capital flows into "boring" sectors like staples, industrials, energy, healthcare, and utilities, with international markets also outperforming. Watch out about chasing falling tech names or trying to pick bottoms in areas like crypto. Diversification is always the way to go so understand sentiment cycles and focus on where money is flowing rather than where it has already been. Successful investing is about discipline, context, and avoiding emotional decisions. We discuss... Japan's 10-year government bond yield rising from near 0% to over 2%, which has sparked global concern. Because most Japanese government debt is owned domestically—by the central bank and pensions—the systemic risk narrative may be exaggerated. Market headlines often amplify short-term moves without proper historical framing. A large percentage of U.S. stocks are trading at very high price-to-sales ratios, exceeding even dot-com-era levels in some measures. Companies like Apple have high valuations despite limited recent earnings growth, raising questions about sustainability. Rotations are normal cycles in markets, where leadership shifts rather than the entire market collapsing. Utilities and staples—traditionally "boring" sectors—have recently outperformed while software and high-beta tech stocks have sold off sharply. International markets, particularly emerging markets and Europe, have outperformed the U.S. year-to-date. Heavy AI-related capital expenditures announced by large tech firms may have contributed to investor concerns. We compare crypto cycles to past tech bubbles, noting that true bottoms often occur when sentiment disappears and investors stop paying attention. Focus on where capital is flowing now rather than chasing sectors based on past performance. Diversification, patience, and understanding market cycles are essential for long-term investing success. Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Phil Weiss | Apprise Wealth Management Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tree-investing-podcast Follow on Twitter/X: https://x.com/MTIPodcast For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/run-it-hot-economy-is-here-791 

    The Piano Pod
    "Building Artists Through Music & Mentorship" Pavlina Dokovska on Pedagogy, Leadership, and the Mannes International Piano Festival

    The Piano Pod

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 51:56 Transcription Available


    This surprise bonus episode was created in collaboration with Mannes School of Music at The New School.In this conversation, I sit down with Pavlina Dokovska — internationally active concert pianist, Chair of the Piano Department at Mannes School of Music, and Artistic Director of the Mannes International Piano Festival — to explore what it truly means to build artists in today's musical and cultural moment.We discuss serious piano study, long-term mentorship, artistic identity, and the role institutions play in shaping the next generation of musicians.Toward the end of the episode, you will also hear from Jiwon Yang, current Mannes graduate student and First Prize winner of the George and Elizabeth Gregory Concerto Competition, sharing her experience studying in downtown Manhattan and participating in the festival.

    The Corporate Life - Profit On Fire
    143 Countries. A CEO With No Margin for Error

    The Corporate Life - Profit On Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 32:26


    Send a textIn this episode of The Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui sits down with Ryan Hawley, CEO of Odin Industries, to explore the high-stakes world of international medical logistics and defense-based risk mitigation. Ryan Hawley shares his transformation from an emergency room nurse and air ambulance specialist - visiting 143 countries - to a visionary entrepreneur building a legacy of service for veterans and global security firms. He offers a candid look at the sacrifices required for success, famously noting that "Big dreams don't come quietly. They demand risk".Key TakeawaysSuccess requires treating your company like a child, demanding long hours and intense dedication to see it grow. Leadership in crisis-driven industries necessitates emotional resilience and the ability to perform under pressure without becoming overwhelmed. Entrepreneurs must embrace total accountability, as blaming others destroys relationships and hinders company growth.Episode HighlightsFrom the ER to the C-Suite: How a background in nursing prepared Hawley for the adrenaline and tough choices of global business. Scaling Odin Industries: Landing one of the world's largest security firms within a year of starting from a couch. The Cost of Ambition: Honest reflections on missing early family moments to build generational wealth and a lasting legacy. Shield of Odin: Expanding the portfolio to support veterans with medical evidence for disability claims.Timestamps02:37 — Childhood dreams of firefighting and the shift to nursing 04:16 — International air ambulance nursing and visiting 143 countries06:31 — Starting Odin Industries and the importance of professional networks 13:14 — How running a business hardens a leader and demands steadfastness 20:37 — The story of the most challenging medical case in Africa 28:07 — Why the movie of his life is titled "Son of Odin"Connect with GuestWebsite: odinindustriesllc.com Instagram: @odin_ceo or @odin_industries Veteran Services: shieldofodin.comConnect with HinaWEBSITE I https://thehinasiddiqui.com/ LINKEDIN I / hinasiddiqui INSTAGRAM I @hinawithwings YOUTUBE I / @thehinasiddiqui Email I hina@thehinasiddiqui.comCheck out Hina's books: https://amzn.to/3B65Wz7Production Credit: Edited and produced by @the32collective_ / https://www.the32collective.co/

    See, Hear, Feel
    EP206: The Art and Science of Diagnosing: Dr. Raymond Barnhill on Melanocytic Lesions

    See, Hear, Feel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 30:53 Transcription Available


    Dr. Raymond Barnhill on Diagnostic Drift, Uncertainty, and the MPATH-Dx V2.0 Approach to Melanocytic LesionsIn this episode of The Girl Doc Survival Guide, Christine interviews Dr. Raymond Barnhill, a world-recognized dermatopathology expert known for work on diagnostically challenging melanocytic lesions, melanoma pathology references, and contributions to WHO skin tumor classification and AJCC melanoma staging. Dr. Barnhill shares career anecdotes and key communities at Yale and in Boston, collaborations with numerous melanoma leaders, and the founding of the North American Melanoma Pathology Study Group and the International Melanoma Pathology Study Group, as well as participation in the NIH-funded MPATH Study Group. The discussion focuses on overdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, and diagnostic discordance in melanocytic lesions, including evidence of diagnostic drift toward calling more lesions melanoma over time and the overlap between melanoma criteria and atypical/dysplastic nevi. He describes MPATH research, explains the revised MPATH-Dx V2.0 schema, explicitly recognizing uncertainty along a continuum rather than a strict benign/malignant threshold. He emphasizes practical diagnostic approaches including measuring lesion size (noting a 4 mm threshold associated with conventional dysplastic nevi and increasing concern at larger sizes), focusing on key architectural features (junctional nest variation/disarray and lentiginous proliferation), using nuclear size relative to keratinocyte nuclei (including a 1.5× threshold and counting atypical cells per high-power field) while accounting for site-specific pitfalls such as scalp nevi. The conversation also covers “gestalt” versus systematic review, the importance of due diligence using full clinical and morphologic information before ancillary testing, and cautions against overreliance on immunohistochemistry or molecular tests. Dr. Barnhill closes with career advice ends with a message that setbacks can be opportunities for growth.00:00 Welcome + Meet Dr. Raymond Barnhill (Dermatopathology Legend)01:51 Career Origins & Melanoma Pathology Mentors (Yale → Boston)03:59 Building Melanoma Pathology Study Groups (North American & International)05:57 Overdiagnosis, Diagnostic Drift & Why Discordance Happens09:43 Inside the MPATH Study: Measuring Interobserver & Intraobserver Agreement11:39 MPATH-Dx V2.0 Explained: Standardized Classes & Treatment Guidance13:59 Redefining “Low-Risk” Melanoma: Stringent pT1a Criteria + Embracing Uncertainty18:47 Practical Grading Tips: Lesion Size, Architecture & Nuclear Atypia Thresholds22:42 Gestalt vs Due Diligence: Avoiding Traps + Using IHC/Molecular Wisely (PRAME)28:39 Career Advice: Passion, Mentors, Community + Final Reflections

    Return To Tradition
    Priest Causes International Scandal With Heinous Words About The Eucharist

    Return To Tradition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 23:45


    That's not what Jesus Christ meant when He said "Feed my sheep." Sponsored by Fidei Email:https://www.fidei.emailSources:https://www.returntotradition.orgorhttps://substack.com/@returntotradition1Contact Me:Email: return2catholictradition@gmail.comSupport My Work:Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/AnthonyStineSubscribeStarhttps://www.subscribestar.net/return-to-traditionBuy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/AnthonyStinePhysical Mail:Anthony StinePO Box 3048Shawnee, OK74802Follow me on the following social media:https://www.facebook.com/ReturnToCatholicTradition/https://twitter.com/pontificatormax+JMJ+#popeleoXIV #catholicism #catholicchurch #catholicprophecy#infiltration

    The Shaun Thompson Show
    Putin & The Podestas

    The Shaun Thompson Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 102:56


    Shaun explains how the Chicago Mafia went International!!! PLUS, Johanna Neuman, former White House Correspondent and author of the upcoming book Trump's Superpower: A Historical Novel About the Founder Fathers & One Founding Mother, talks to Shaun about President Trump trying to the re-right the ship of America by rescuing and restoring the founders and the founding of our country while the Democrats continue to sabotage our Constitutional Republic. And The Heritage Foundation's Dr. EJ Antoni discusses the correlation between PPP loans and job number revisions and tells Shaun we have too many 'taker' states and not enough 'maker' states.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Excess Returns
    When the Data Stops Working | Cameron Dawson and Dave Nadig on What Aggregate Economic Numbers Hide

    Excess Returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 57:40


    Subscribe to Click Beta on SpotifySubscribe to Click Beta on Apple PodcastsIn this episode of Click Beta, Matt Zeigler sits down with Cameron Dawson of NewEdge Wealth and Dave Nadig of ETF.com for a wide-ranging conversation on markets, macro data, positioning, tokenization, AI productivity, and the narratives driving investor behavior. The discussion dives into consensus forecasts, the K-shaped economy, international equity performance, dollar positioning, AI capex, and whether the biggest market moves are driven by fundamentals or liquidity shifts. Along the way, they explore tokenization in financial markets, stablecoins, Fed balance sheet dynamics, and how AI is quietly reshaping productivity for small businesses and individuals. This episode is a deep dive into stock market trends, economic data distortions, asset allocation shifts, and the structural forces shaping the investing landscape in 2026.Main topics covered:• Why consensus forecasts are average and why that creates risks for investors• Cyclical reacceleration narrative versus liquidity-driven market rotation• The K-shaped economy and distortions in US jobs data• Healthcare hiring versus cyclical employment weakness• AI capex spending and who actually benefits• Energy, industrials, and staples outperformance versus tech concentration• International equities versus US stocks and valuation percentiles• US dollar positioning extremes and contrarian signals• Positioning versus narrative and where market surprises hide• Tokenization, decentralized finance, and DTCC proposals• Stablecoins, collateral efficiency, and capital reuse in markets• Fed balance sheet, leverage ratios, and financial system risk• AI productivity gains in small and mid-sized businesses• The future of work, automation, and economic dispersionTimestamps:00:00 Cameron on cyclical reacceleration and market expectations03:00 Consensus forecasts and average return assumptions06:00 K-shaped economy and distorted jobs data10:00 AI capex and disconnect between perception and reality12:30 Liquidity shifts and market rotation beyond mega caps14:00 International equity valuations and performance gap16:50 Dollar positioning and contrarian signals18:20 Positioning versus narrative in stock performance20:00 Tokenization and ETF market plumbing22:00 Stablecoins and capital efficiency24:00 Atomic settlement versus traditional clearing27:00 Fed balance sheet and leverage ratio debate30:00 Recessions, market resets, and social impact39:00 Cultural distribution, media fragmentation, and market narratives47:00 AI productivity, small business impact, and economic implicationsFor more episodes from the Excess Returns network, including macro investing, asset allocation, ETFs, and AI-driven market insights, visit excessreturnspod.com

    Resources Radio
    Oil, Economics, and Geopolitics in Venezuela, with Luisa Palacios

    Resources Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 31:01


    In this episode, host Daniel Raimi is joined by Luisa Palacios, an adjunct senior research scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, who breaks down the major and most recent energy developments in Venezuela. Palacios recounts the role of oil in Venezuela's history and the implications of oil dependency as the country navigates another period of political uncertainty. Venezuela's oil industry, Palacios underscores, is a major player in the international energy market and faces obstacles to acquiring substantial investment. Palacios draws from her expertise in emerging markets and international affairs to note the critical moves to look for as the world awaits how Venezuela could balance efforts to reduce carbon intensity with economic growth. References and recommendations: “Reinventing Venezuela's Struggling Electricity Sector” by Francisco Morandi and Luisa Palacios; https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/reinventing-venezuelas-struggling-electricity-sector/ “Michael Webber on What's Behind Rising Energy Costs” episode of the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs; https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/michael-webber-on-whats-behind-rising-energy-costs/ “World Energy Investment” reports from the International Energy Agency; https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-investment-2025#overview Subscribe to stay up to date on podcast episodes, news, and research from Resources for the Future: https://www.rff.org/subscribe/

    New Books Network
    Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 64:18


    International law scholars are often among the sharpest critics of the Trump administration—but what if the usual story misses something essential? In this episode, RBI interim director Eli Karetny speaks with NYU international law professor Robert Howse about Trump's complicated relationship with the UN Charter system, from Gaza to Venezuela and Iran. The conversation also turns to political theory: Leo Strauss's reputation as a neoconservative godfather, the shadow of Carl Schmitt, and how today's MAGA New Right recycles older anxieties about liberalism, virtue, and masculinity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

    Schwab Market Update Audio
    Short Week Packed with Data as Caution Persists

    Schwab Market Update Audio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 12:59


    This week features GDP and PCE prices Friday after Walmart reports Thursday. Volatility is up after another poor showing from major indexes last week amid AI-related shakiness.Important DisclosuresThis material is intended for general informational purposes only. This should not be considered an individualized recommendation or personalized investment advice. The investment strategies mentioned may not be suitable for everyone. Each investor needs to review an investment strategy for his or her own particular situation before making any investment decisions.The Schwab Center for Financial Research is a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.All names and market data shown above are for illustrative purposes only and are not a recommendation, offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Supporting documentation for any claims or statistical information is available upon request.Past performance is no guarantee of future results.Diversification and rebalancing strategies do not ensure a profit and do not protect against losses in declining markets.Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur management fees, costs, and expenses and cannot be invested in directly. For more information on indexes, please see schwab.com/indexdefinitions.The policy analysis provided by the Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., does not constitute and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of any political party.Fixed income securities are subject to increased loss of principal during periods of rising interest rates. Fixed income investments are subject to various other risks including changes in credit quality, market valuations, liquidity, prepayments, early redemption, corporate events, tax ramifications, and other factors.All expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market, economic or political conditions. Data contained herein from third party providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed.Investing involves risk, including loss of principal, and for some products and strategies, loss of more than your initial investment.Digital currencies [such as bitcoin] are highly volatile and not backed by any central bank or government. Digital currencies lack many of the regulations and consumer protections that legal-tender currencies and regulated securities have. Due to the high level of risk, investors should view digital currencies as a purely speculative instrument.Cryptocurrency-related products carry a substantial level of risk and are not suitable for all investors. Investments in cryptocurrencies are relatively new, highly speculative, and may be subject to extreme price volatility, illiquidity, and increased risk of loss, including your entire investment in the fund. Spot markets on which cryptocurrencies trade are relatively new and largely unregulated, and therefore, may be more exposed to fraud and security breaches than established, regulated exchanges for other financial assets or instruments. Some cryptocurrency-related products use futures contracts to attempt to duplicate the performance of an investment in cryptocurrency, which may result in unpredictable pricing, higher transaction costs, and performance that fails to track the price of the reference cryptocurrency as intended. Please read more about risks of trading cryptocurrency futures here.The Schwab Center for Financial Research is a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Apple Podcasts and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.Google Podcasts and the Google Podcasts logo are trademarks of Google LLC.Spotify and the Spotify logo are registered trademarks of Spotify AB.(0128-0226) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    The Valley Labor Report
    Class Warfare in Black Atlanta - TVLR 2/14/26

    The Valley Labor Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 89:10


    We talk to Dr. Augustus Wood about his new book: Class Warfare in Black Atlanta. ALSO: more on the Alabama legislative session and Huntsville Hospital's attempt to acquire Crestwood.✦ ABOUT ✦The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating struggles for justice and fairness on the job, educating folks about how they can do the same, and bringing relevant news to workers in Alabama and beyond.Our single largest source of revenue *is our listeners* so your support really matters and helps us stay on the air!Make a one time donation or become a monthly donor on our website or patreon:TVLR.FMPatreon.com/thevalleylaborreportVisit our official website for more info on the show, membership, our sponsors, merch, and more: https://www.tvlr.fmFollow TVLR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheValleyLab...Follow TVLR on Twitter: @LaborReportersFollow Jacob on Twitter: @JacobM_ALFollow TVLR Co-Creator David Story on Twitter: @RadiclUnionist✦ CONTACT US ✦Our phone number is 844-899-TVLR (8857), call or text us live on air, or leave us a voicemail and we might play it during the show!✦ OUR ADVERTISERS KEEP US ON THE AIR! ✦Support them if you can.The attorneys at MAPLES, TUCKER, AND JACOB fight for working people. Let them represent you in your workplace injury claim. Mtandj.com; (855) 617-9333The MACHINISTS UNION represents workers in several industries including healthcare, the defense industry, woodworking, and more. iamaw44.org (256) 286-3704 / organize@iamaw44.orgDo you need good union laborers on your construction site, or do you want a union construction job? Reach out to the IRONWORKERS LOCAL 477. Ironworkers477.org  256-383-3334 (Jeb Miles) / local477@bellsouth.netThe NORTH ALABAMA DSA is looking for folks to work for a better North Alabama, fighting for liberty and justice for all. Contact / Join: DSANorthAlabama@gmail.comIBEW LOCAL 136 is a group of over 900 electricians and electrical workers providing our area with the finest workforce in the construction industry. You belong here. ibew136.org Contact: (205) 833-0909IFPTE - We are engineers, scientists, nonprofit employees, technicians, lawyers, and many other professions who have joined together to have a greater voice in our careers. With over 80,000 members spread across the U.S. and Canada, we invite you and your colleagues to consider the benefits of engaging in collective bargaining. IFPTE.org Contact: (202) 239-4880THE HUNTSVILLE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD is a union open to any and all working people. Call or email them today to begin organizing your workplace - wherever it is. On the Web: https://hsviww.org/ Contact: (256) 651-6707 / organize@hsviww.orgENERGY ALABAMA is accelerating Alabama's transition to sustainable energy. We are a nonprofit membership-based organization that has advocated for clean energy in Alabama since 2014. Our work is based on three pillars: education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Energy Alabama on the Web: https://alcse.org/ Contact: (256) 812-1431 / dtait@energyalabama.orgThe Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union represents in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services,  and distribution. Learn more at RWDSU.infoThe American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union proudly representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Learn more at AFGE.orgAre you looking for a better future, a career that can have you set for life, and to be a part of something that's bigger than yourself?   Consider a skilled trades apprenticeship with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. Learn more at IUPAT.orgUnionly is a union-focused company created specifically to support organized labor. We believe that providing online payments should be simple, safe, and secure.  Visit https://unionly.io/ to learn more.Hometown Action envisions inclusive, revitalized, and sustainable communities built through multiracial working class organizing and leadership development at the local and state level to create opportunities for all people to thrive. Learn more at hometownaction.orgMembers of IBEW have some of the best wages and benefits in North Alabama. Find out more and join their team at ibew558.org ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    New Books in Political Science
    Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law

    New Books in Political Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 64:18


    International law scholars are often among the sharpest critics of the Trump administration—but what if the usual story misses something essential? In this episode, RBI interim director Eli Karetny speaks with NYU international law professor Robert Howse about Trump's complicated relationship with the UN Charter system, from Gaza to Venezuela and Iran. The conversation also turns to political theory: Leo Strauss's reputation as a neoconservative godfather, the shadow of Carl Schmitt, and how today's MAGA New Right recycles older anxieties about liberalism, virtue, and masculinity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

    From Washington – FOX News Radio
    "Grown Men Will Weep": How AI and Collectibles Could Drive Investing's Future

    From Washington – FOX News Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 32:48


    The market reopens after Presidents' Day Weekend and the White House is celebrating recent milestones after the Dow reached new highs. In the ever-changing market, investors are finding different ways to grow wealth. Canadian Businessman, Investor, “Shark Tank” Host Kevin O'Leary joins the Rundown to discuss why his ventures today remind him of going after fine art.  As the national conversation around artificial intelligence shifts from curiosity to classroom integration, one father is turning a personal tragedy into a mission for systemic change. Following his son's survival of a school shooting, he is advocating for a paradigm shift that leverages AI to enhance both student learning and campus security. Mitch Mitchem, CEO of HIVE and father of four, joins the Rundown to discuss why the U.S. must prioritize AI literacy to keep pace with global competitors and keep kids safe. Plus, commentary by Steve Moore, economist and co-founder of Unleash Prosperity Now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From Washington – FOX News Radio
    Evening Edition: AI Warfare Is Here, The Pentagon Considers Switching Models

    From Washington – FOX News Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 16:02


    The Pentagon is considering ending its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic and their Claude model over disagreements of how the technology is being used. Anthropic's Claude is the only AI model currently being used by the U.S. Military, and is also used by businesses all around the world. The Pentagon does not want the model to hold its military action back, and Anthropic does not want its technology to used on citizens. FOX's John Saucier speaks with Jennifer Griffin, Chief National Security Correspondent for the Fox News Channel (FNC), who breaks down the talking points of each side, and explains how the AI was even used in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    New Books in Law
    Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law

    New Books in Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 64:18


    International law scholars are often among the sharpest critics of the Trump administration—but what if the usual story misses something essential? In this episode, RBI interim director Eli Karetny speaks with NYU international law professor Robert Howse about Trump's complicated relationship with the UN Charter system, from Gaza to Venezuela and Iran. The conversation also turns to political theory: Leo Strauss's reputation as a neoconservative godfather, the shadow of Carl Schmitt, and how today's MAGA New Right recycles older anxieties about liberalism, virtue, and masculinity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

    7 milliards de voisins
    Les femmes endettées dans le monde

    7 milliards de voisins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 48:30


    Hormis peut-être Christine Lagarde, anciennement à la tête du Fonds Monétaire International et actuelle présidente de la Banque Centrale Européenne, les femmes sont globalement absentes de la finance mondiale. Invisibilisées aussi dans les discours économiques, elles jouent pourtant un rôle crucial dans la gestion des dettes de leurs foyers. Aux quatre coins du monde, les femmes contractent des prêts, non pas pour se lancer dans la spéculation mais pour régler les dépenses de la famille, la nourrir, la loger, la soigner. Face à l'irrégularité et la faiblesse des revenus, elles compensent à crédit. A l'échelle mondiale, les femmes représentent 80 % des bénéficiaires de microcrédits, ces petits prêts aux taux d'intérêts élevés. En Inde, elles peuvent cumuler, jusqu'à 15 dettes différentes. Véritable travail du quotidien, elles comptent les sous, notes les dépenses, négocient avec les créanciers, parfois contractent d'autres prêts pour rembourser les précédents. Cette activité de l'ombre souvent tabou, parfois honteuse, toujours épuisante, les fait rentrer dans la spirale infernale de l'endettement. Loin d'être à la marge, ces femmes sont des actrices de l'économie, sans elles pas de consommation, ni de profits pour les prêteurs. Pourquoi les femmes sont celles qui contractent les dettes ? Comment valoriser leur rôle dans l'économie et mieux les protéger ?   Avec :  • Isabelle Guérin, socio-économiste, directrice de recherche à l'Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) et au Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques (Cessma), affiliée à l'Institut français de Pondichéry. Autrice de La femme endettée, à l'ombre de la finance mondialisée (La découverte, 2026)  • Amélie Germette, responsable méthodologie microfinance sociale chez Entrepreneurs du Monde, association qui agit en faveur de l'insertion sociale et économique des plus vulnérables à travers la création et l'incubation d'entreprises sociales en Afrique de l'Ouest, Asie du Sud-Est, Haïti et France. En 2024, ces organisations ont soutenu plus de 165 000 bénéficiaires directs, dont 89% de femmes I Un entretien avec Théo Conscience, correspondant de RFI à Buenos Aires, en Argentine où l'endettement de la population atteint des niveaux records dernièrement, en raison notamment de la politique d'austérité du président ultralibéral Javier Milei. Et face à l'endettement, les Argentines sont en première ligne.     En fin d'émission, la chronique Voisins connectés d'Estelle Ndjandjo, sur l'évolution des sociétés africaines mondialisées à travers les écrans, les réseaux sociaux et la technologie. Aujourd'hui, elle nous parle d'un “sapeur” pas comme les autres, Jeremiah Owusu-Kora Moah, un joueur de football américain aux origines ghanéennes.    Programmation musicale : ► Good Mood - DARGZ, Nadine El Roubi  ► Yobalé ma - Sym Sam 

    New Books in American Politics
    Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law

    New Books in American Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 64:18


    International law scholars are often among the sharpest critics of the Trump administration—but what if the usual story misses something essential? In this episode, RBI interim director Eli Karetny speaks with NYU international law professor Robert Howse about Trump's complicated relationship with the UN Charter system, from Gaza to Venezuela and Iran. The conversation also turns to political theory: Leo Strauss's reputation as a neoconservative godfather, the shadow of Carl Schmitt, and how today's MAGA New Right recycles older anxieties about liberalism, virtue, and masculinity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Arctic Circle Podcast
    The 5th International Polar Year

    Arctic Circle Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 55:19


    What are the key priorities for the 5th International Polar Year, 2032–33? And why is this process so crucial for the polar regions and the world?Joining the conversation are:Herb Nakimayak, Vice Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council International and President of Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada;Salvatore Aricò, Chief Executive Officer of the International Science Council;Amanda Lynch, Chair of the Research Board at the World Meteorological Organization and Lindemann Distinguished Professor at Brown University;Gary Wilson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Waikato, New Zealand and President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.The session is moderated by Henry Burgess, Head of the NERC Arctic Office at the British Antarctic Survey, President of the International Arctic Science Committee, and Vice-Chair of the Arctic Circle Polar Dialogue.This discussion was recorded live at the 2025 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland, from October 16th to 18th.Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, Indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others interested in the development of the Arctic and its consequences for the future of the globe. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization. Learn more about Arctic Circle at www.ArcticCircle.org or contact us at secretariat@arcticcircle.orgTWITTER:@_Arctic_CircleFACEBOOK:The Arctic CircleINSTAGRAM:arctic_circle_org

    Depresh Mode with John Moe
    Are Dating Apps a Mental Health Grenade? And, How Are Kids Doing in ICE-Era Minnesota?

    Depresh Mode with John Moe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 51:27


    Dating apps and websites are booming right now as people look for ways to leverage to find love or even just companionship. Liesel Sharabi of Arizona State University compiled a meta-analysis of a huge number of studies about the connection between online dating and mental health and the results? Kind of bad news. People who use the apps compulsively, swiping all day long, are much more likely to be depressed and anxious. But were they depressed because they used the apps or did the use the apps because they were depressed? We'll get into that, plus the terrifying imminent AI dating revolution.Then we talk to Dr. Sarah Jerstad, the Clinical Director of Psychological Services at Children's Minnesota about what kids are going through amid the ICE presence, what the short and long term effects of this activity have been and will be, and how parents and other adults can best help them.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun.Check out our I'm Glad You're Here and Depresh Mode merchandise at the brand new merch website MaxFunStore.com!Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Depresh Mode is on BlueSky, Instagram, Substack, and you can join our Preshies Facebook group. Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines

    Be Wealthy & Smart
    The Latest Victims of AI?

    Be Wealthy & Smart

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 8:34


    Discover what the latest victims of AI may be.  Are you on track for financial freedom...or not? Financial freedom is a combination of money, compounding and time (my McT Formula). How well you invest can make the biggest difference to your financial freedom and lifestyle. If you invested well for the long-term, what a difference it would make because the difference between investing $100k and earning 5 percent or 10 percent on your money over 30 years, is the difference between it growing to $432,194 or $1,744,940, an increase of over $1.3 million dollars. Your compounding rate, and how well you invest, matters!  INVESTING IS WHAT THE BE WEALTHY & SMART VIP EXPERIENCE IS ALL ABOUT - Invest in digital assets and stock ETFs for potential high compounding rates - Receive an Asset Allocation model with ticker symbols and what % to invest -Monthly LIVE investment webinars with Linda 10 months per year, with Q & A -Private VIP Facebook group with daily community interaction -Weekly investment commentary -Extra educational wealth classes available -Pay once, have lifetime access! NO recurring membership fees. -US and foreign investors are welcome -No minimum $ amount to invest -Tech Team available for digital assets (for hire per hour) For a limited time, enjoy a 50% savings on my private investing group, the Be Wealthy & Smart VIP Experience. Pay once and enjoy lifetime access without any recurring fees. Enter "SAVE50" to save 50%here: http://tinyurl.com/InvestingVIP Or set up a complimentary conversation to answer your questions about the Be Wealthy & Smart VIP Experience. Request an appointment to talk with Linda here: https://tinyurl.com/TalkWithLinda (yes, you talk to Linda!). SUBSCRIBE TO BE WEALTHY & SMART Click Here to Subscribe Via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe Via Stitcher on an Android Device Click Here to Subscribe Via RSS Feed LINDA'S WEALTH BOOKS 1. Get my book, "3 Steps to Quantum Wealth: The Wealth Heiress' Guide to Financial Freedom by Investing in Cryptocurrencies". 2. Get my book, "You're Already a Wealth Heiress, Now Think and Act Like One: 6 Practical Steps to Make It a Reality Now!" Men love it too! After all, you are Wealth Heirs. :) International buyers (if you live outside of the US) get my book here. WANT MORE FROM LINDA? Check out her programs. Join her on Instagram. WEALTH LIBRARY OF PODCASTS Listen to the full wealth library of podcasts from the beginning.  SPECIAL DEALS #Ad Apply for a Gemini credit card and get FREE XRP back (or any crypto you choose) when you use the card. Charge $3000 in first 90 days and earn $200 in crypto rewards when you use this link to apply and are approved: https://tinyurl.com/geminixrp This is a credit card, NOT a debit card. There are great rewards. Set your choice to EARN FREE XRP! #Ad Protect yourself online with a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Get 3 MONTHS FREE when you sign up for a NORD VPN plan here.  #Ad To safely and securely store crypto, I recommend using a Tangem wallet. Get a 10% discount when you purchase here. #Ad If you are looking to simplify your crypto tax reporting, use Koinly. It is highly recommended and so easy for tax reporting. You can save $20, click here. Be Wealthy & Smart,™ is a personal finance show with self-made millionaire Linda P. Jones, America's Wealth Mentor.™ Learn simple steps that make a big difference to your financial freedom.  (This post contains affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission. There is no additional cost to you.)  

    New Books Network
    Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 62:15


    This episode is brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. African Climate Futures (Oxford UP, 2025) shows how climate-changed futures are imagined in Africa and by Africans, and how these future visions shape political debates and struggles in the present. Scientific climate scenarios forecast bleak futures, with increased droughts, floods, lethal heatwaves, sea level rises, declining crop yields, and greater exposure to vector-borne diseases. Yet, African climate futures could also encompass energy transitions and socio-economic revolutions, transformed political agency and human subjectivities, and radically reparative more-than-human climate politics. At the heart of the book is an original and interdisciplinary approach. It studies official climate policy strategies and fictional texts side-by-side, as ecopolitical imaginaries that envision low-carbon, climate-changed futures, and narrate pathways from 'here' to 'there'. It discusses net zero strategies from Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and draws on postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory, arguing that Africanfuturist climate fiction can inspire more radical, reparative, more-than-human ecopolitical imaginaries. These stories can help us to understand the debts we all owe, imagine what reparations might entail, and explore the contours of living convivially alongside more-than-human others in heterotopian, climate-changed futures. Stories can help explore how we might feel in climate-changed futures and can help us to narrate a path through them. This book uses Africanfuturist climate fiction to inspire new ways of challenging and enriching theoretical debates in global climate change politics, including how we understand the places, temporalities, ecologies, and politics of climate futures. If we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism. Carl Death joined the University of Manchester in August 2013 as a Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, after four years in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, and a year in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. He has conducted research in South Africa, Tanzania and the USA, and has held visiting researcher positions at The MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies and the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University; the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University; and the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Pauline Heinrichs is a Lecturer in War Studies (Climate and Energy) at King's College London. Her research focuses climate and energy security. Pauline has worked with and led international teams in conflict and post-conflict countries such as Ukraine and the Baltic States, leading on qualitative methods and strategic narrative analysis. Pauline has also been a climate diplomacy professional working in foreign policy, and an international climate think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

    Design Curious | Interior Design Podcast, Interior Design Career, Interior Design School, Coaching
    178 | 5 Lessons on Building an International Interior Design Career With Elliot James

    Design Curious | Interior Design Podcast, Interior Design Career, Interior Design School, Coaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 24:43


    What if the fear holding you back isn't failure—but the thought of never trying at all?In this episode, I sit down with Elliot James, founder of a multi–award-winning international interior architecture studio, to talk honestly about what it takes to build a creative career that spans countries, cultures, and markets. Elliot didn't follow a traditional path. He didn't wait until everything felt “safe.” Instead, he followed his curiosity, his ambition, and his passion for design—sometimes with nothing more than a laptop, a website, and a willingness to knock on doors.If you're an interior designer (or aspiring designer) who dreams of bigger projects, international opportunities, or breaking into luxury residential, hospitality design, wellness-focused environments, or commercial projects—but you're afraid of getting it wrong—this conversation is for you. We talk about persistence, risk-taking, networking, word-of-mouth referrals, and how adapting to different cultures can open doors you never knew existed.This episode is a reminder that creative careers aren't built by waiting. They're built by moving forward—one bold decision at a time.Featured GuestElliot James is the founder of Elliott James Interiors, a multi–award-winning international interior architecture studio specializing in luxury residential projects, hospitality design, and wellness-focused environments. With studios in Singapore, Dubai, and London, Elliot's work blends bespoke furniture design, thoughtful client experience, and cultural adaptability to create spaces that function as true sanctuaries.What You'll Learn in This Episode✳️ How to follow passion without fearing creative failure✳️ Building an international interior design career strategically✳️ Networking strategies that lead to word-of-mouth referrals✳️ Taking smart risks to grow your design business✳️ Adapting to cultures in luxury and hospitality marketsRead the Blog >>> 5 Lessons on Building an International Design CareerNEXT STEPS:

    Video Store Podcast
    Its All Greek Mythology to Me

    Video Store Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 24:42


    Greek mythology has a way of cycling back. Every generation seems to take a turn with these stories, reshaping them to fit the tools and tastes of the moment. With a new version of The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan on the horizon, it feels like a good time to revisit a few earlier attempts. Not the definitive versions. Just four films that each capture a different moment in how the myths were staged.Jason and the ArgonautsDirected by Don Chaffey and brought to life by the stop motion work of Ray Harryhausen, this remains the standard for mythological adventure on film.The skeleton fight is still the showcase. Harryhausen animated seven sword fighting skeletons by hand, frame by frame, matching choreography that had already been filmed with live actors. It took months to complete just a few minutes of screen time. The patience shows. The movement has weight and timing that still feels precise.There is also Talos, the bronze giant, who creaks to life in a way that feels mechanical and ancient at the same time. No digital polish. Just careful craft. The film was not a major hit in 1963, but it built its reputation through television airings and revival screenings. Filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have pointed to it as an influence.Clash of the TitansNearly twenty years later, Harryhausen returned for what would be his final feature. Released in 1981, the same summer as Raiders of the Lost Ark, it feels like a bridge between eras.Medusa is the standout. Instead of legs she has a serpentine body, and the sequence plays almost like a horror film, full of shadow and flickering light. Harryhausen again handled the creature effects himself, at a time when optical and early digital techniques were starting to change the industry.The cast gives the film a formal tone. Laurence Olivier plays Zeus and Maggie Smith appears as Thetis. There is also Bubo, the small mechanical owl added after the success of Star Wars. Even at the time some viewers were unsure about that addition. It says a lot about where fantasy films were headed in the early 1980s.HerculesDirected by Luigi Cozzi and starring Lou Ferrigno, this version of Hercules leans into spectacle in a way that is sometimes baffling and sometimes charming.Ferrigno had already been known for playing the Hulk on television, so casting him as Hercules made sense on a physical level. The film itself mixes Greek myth with science fiction imagery, including cosmic visuals and creatures that feel closer to Italian fantasy cinema than to Homer.It was part of a cycle of sword and sandal films in the early 1980s, many of them international co productions designed for global markets. The effects are uneven, but there is sincerity here. It commits to its vision without irony.The OdysseyDirected by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Armand Assante, this two part television adaptation aired in 1997 as an event production.The format allows it to cover more of the journey than most feature films attempt. The Cyclops sequence and the Sirens episode stand out, helped by visual effects that were ambitious for network television at the time. The production won an Emmy for visual effects and reflects a brief period when large scale myth adaptations were being mounted for prime time audiences.Watching it now, you can see both its limits and its effort. It wants to treat the source material seriously, without reducing it to spectacle alone.Taken together, these films show how the same source material can shift with the era. Stop motion craft in the 1960s. Transitional fantasy in the early 1980s. International genre filmmaking. Large scale television in the 1990s.When Nolan releases his Odyssey, it will enter a long line of attempts to translate these myths into something contemporary. Revisiting these earlier versions is a way to see how each generation solved the same problem with different tools.They are worth tracking down. Not because they are perfect, but because each one reflects a moment when someone decided these ancient stories were still worth staging carefully.Thanks for reading Video Store Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.videostorepodcast.com

    TCF World Podcast
    Who Killed the International Liberal Order This Time?

    TCF World Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 53:47


    Shownotes Almost as soon as the international liberal order came into being after World War II, detractors began announcing its death or irrelevancy. Some disliked its hypocrisy: the United States and its allies preached democracy and human rights for all, but in practice only guaranteed them for some. Others disliked the restraints that the system placed on states that wanted to dominate or invade neighbors. But while obituaries for the liberal order are nothing new, the last year has felt truly different. Donald Trump has used his second term to embrace a free-for-all of global competition, with no limits on the use of military and financial power, to pursue narrow, short-term interests. Gone is talk of the common good, universalism, and international law.  Nicholas Danforth joins a raucous discussion on this episode of Order from Ashes, drawing on his recent essay in Foreign Policy. How much order and liberalism was there, really, to the international pact that prevailed from 1945 until, perhaps, 2025? And is that order really, finally, dead this time around? Are there more just and equitable ways to share a global commons? Related reading * Argument: Nick Danforth, “Who Killed the Liberal International Order? A Contested Idea Has Seen Many Alleged Deaths,” Foreign Policy, February 9, 2026 * Report: Nick Danforth, “Beyond Bad Borders: How Nationalism, Imperialism, and Power Politics Shaped the Modern Middle East,”  Century International, October 20, 2025 Participants Nick Danforth is deputy editor of Foreign Policy and a fellow at Century International. Thanassis Cambanis is director of Century International.  Date: Monday, February 16, 2026 Episode: Order from Ashes 102

    The Clement Manyathela Show
    Series: Countries invaded by the US: Afghanistan

    The Clement Manyathela Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 19:51 Transcription Available


    Clement Manyathela speaks to Dr Faith Mabera, International relations and security expert who shares insights into the United States' invasion of Afghanistan. They touch on whether the invasion was successful given the fact that the Taliban returned to power after the US army withdrew from Afghanistan. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the day. Clement has several features in his third hour from 11 am that provide you with information to help and guide you through your daily life. As your morning friend, he tackles the serious as well as the light-hearted, on your behalf. Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Clement Manyathela Show. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to The Clement Manyathela Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/XijPLtJ or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/p0gWuPE Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    New Books in Critical Theory
    Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    New Books in Critical Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 62:15


    This episode is brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. African Climate Futures (Oxford UP, 2025) shows how climate-changed futures are imagined in Africa and by Africans, and how these future visions shape political debates and struggles in the present. Scientific climate scenarios forecast bleak futures, with increased droughts, floods, lethal heatwaves, sea level rises, declining crop yields, and greater exposure to vector-borne diseases. Yet, African climate futures could also encompass energy transitions and socio-economic revolutions, transformed political agency and human subjectivities, and radically reparative more-than-human climate politics. At the heart of the book is an original and interdisciplinary approach. It studies official climate policy strategies and fictional texts side-by-side, as ecopolitical imaginaries that envision low-carbon, climate-changed futures, and narrate pathways from 'here' to 'there'. It discusses net zero strategies from Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and draws on postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory, arguing that Africanfuturist climate fiction can inspire more radical, reparative, more-than-human ecopolitical imaginaries. These stories can help us to understand the debts we all owe, imagine what reparations might entail, and explore the contours of living convivially alongside more-than-human others in heterotopian, climate-changed futures. Stories can help explore how we might feel in climate-changed futures and can help us to narrate a path through them. This book uses Africanfuturist climate fiction to inspire new ways of challenging and enriching theoretical debates in global climate change politics, including how we understand the places, temporalities, ecologies, and politics of climate futures. If we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism. Carl Death joined the University of Manchester in August 2013 as a Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, after four years in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, and a year in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. He has conducted research in South Africa, Tanzania and the USA, and has held visiting researcher positions at The MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies and the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University; the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University; and the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Pauline Heinrichs is a Lecturer in War Studies (Climate and Energy) at King's College London. Her research focuses climate and energy security. Pauline has worked with and led international teams in conflict and post-conflict countries such as Ukraine and the Baltic States, leading on qualitative methods and strategic narrative analysis. Pauline has also been a climate diplomacy professional working in foreign policy, and an international climate think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

    New Books in African Studies
    Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    New Books in African Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 62:15


    This episode is brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. African Climate Futures (Oxford UP, 2025) shows how climate-changed futures are imagined in Africa and by Africans, and how these future visions shape political debates and struggles in the present. Scientific climate scenarios forecast bleak futures, with increased droughts, floods, lethal heatwaves, sea level rises, declining crop yields, and greater exposure to vector-borne diseases. Yet, African climate futures could also encompass energy transitions and socio-economic revolutions, transformed political agency and human subjectivities, and radically reparative more-than-human climate politics. At the heart of the book is an original and interdisciplinary approach. It studies official climate policy strategies and fictional texts side-by-side, as ecopolitical imaginaries that envision low-carbon, climate-changed futures, and narrate pathways from 'here' to 'there'. It discusses net zero strategies from Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and draws on postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory, arguing that Africanfuturist climate fiction can inspire more radical, reparative, more-than-human ecopolitical imaginaries. These stories can help us to understand the debts we all owe, imagine what reparations might entail, and explore the contours of living convivially alongside more-than-human others in heterotopian, climate-changed futures. Stories can help explore how we might feel in climate-changed futures and can help us to narrate a path through them. This book uses Africanfuturist climate fiction to inspire new ways of challenging and enriching theoretical debates in global climate change politics, including how we understand the places, temporalities, ecologies, and politics of climate futures. If we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism. Carl Death joined the University of Manchester in August 2013 as a Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, after four years in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, and a year in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. He has conducted research in South Africa, Tanzania and the USA, and has held visiting researcher positions at The MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies and the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University; the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University; and the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Pauline Heinrichs is a Lecturer in War Studies (Climate and Energy) at King's College London. Her research focuses climate and energy security. Pauline has worked with and led international teams in conflict and post-conflict countries such as Ukraine and the Baltic States, leading on qualitative methods and strategic narrative analysis. Pauline has also been a climate diplomacy professional working in foreign policy, and an international climate think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

    From Washington – FOX News Radio
    Evening Edition: Newsom, AOC, Trash President Trump At Munich Security Conference

    From Washington – FOX News Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 17:49


    Two top Democratic critics of President Trump used their appearances at a high-profile European security summit over the weekend to blast the Republican president's agenda while beefing up their foreign policy chops on the world stage ahead of possible 2028 political runs. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York both went after President Trump sayin g he has strained our relations with our allies and has made the world less safe. They also used their appearances to go after perceived 2028 Republican front-runner, Vice President JD Vance. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Justin Fulcher, former senior advisor to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who says alliances are based on 'reciprocity' and needs to remain that way. Two top Democratic critics of President Trump used their appearances at a high-profile European security summit over the weekend to blast the Republican president's agenda while beefing up their foreign policy chops on the world stage ahead of possible 2028 political runs. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York both went after President Trump sayin g he has strained our relations with our allies and has made the world less safe. They also used their appearances to go after perceived 2028 Republican front-runner, Vice President JD Vance. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Justin Fulcher, former senior advisor to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who says alliances are based on 'reciprocity' and needs to remain that way. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From Washington – FOX News Radio
    Immigration Battle Triggers Another Shutdown, Shakes Up Midterms

    From Washington – FOX News Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 32:36


    The Department of Homeland Security has entered a partial government shutdown, after a two-week funding extension expired without a bipartisan agreement on immigration reforms. While core agencies like ICE and CBP remain operational due to existing funding streams, the lapse forces roughly 95% of TSA agents and thousands of FEMA employees to work without pay, echoing the financial strain of a previous 43-day shutdown. Republican candidate for the North Carolina Senate and former RNC Chairman Michael Whatley joins the Rundown to discuss yet another political standoff and how it ties into his bid to replace retiring Senator Thom Tillis. As the nation marks the federal holiday for Washington's birthday, 'The White House', a new FOX Nation series, explores the executive mansion's early years, highlighting the political power plays, personal scandals, and the high-stakes compromise that shaped the nation's capital. Historian and CEO of the American Philosophical Society, Dr. Patrick Spero, who is featured in the series, joins to discuss the complex lives of the Founding Fathers, the influential role of Dolley Madison in shaping the building's social identity, and how the "People's House" has constantly evolved to meet the needs of a growing country. Plus, commentary by Paul Batura, vice president of communications at Focus on the Family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From Washington – FOX News Radio
    Business Rundown: Okay, Boomer! The $85 Trillion Economic Engine

    From Washington – FOX News Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 21:06


    A new study shows that Baby Boomers are the wealthiest generation in American history, collectively accumulating an estimated $85 trillion. Their wealth has eclipsed that of the Silent and Greatest Generations, accounting for more than 70% of the country's total wealth. Nancy Tengler, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Laffer Tengler Investments, joins FOX Business Network's Gerri Willis to discuss the future of that money, its potential impact on the economy, and how younger generations can prepare for the upcoming wealth transfer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    DJROYMIXTAPES
    DJ ROY X BUZZ INTERNATIONAL LOVERS & FRIENDS LOVERS ROCK MEETS SOULS 2.14.26 LIVE AUDIO

    DJROYMIXTAPES

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 223:56


    Contact info 772-243-1305 or follow on Instagram @djroymixtape

    The ASHHRA Podcast
    #206 - Strike Escalation and Scope Reversal in Healthcare

    The ASHHRA Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 33:26


    This Monday News Drop covers three developments that should be squarely on every healthcare HR leader's radar.

    New Books in Environmental Studies
    Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    New Books in Environmental Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 62:15


    This episode is brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. African Climate Futures (Oxford UP, 2025) shows how climate-changed futures are imagined in Africa and by Africans, and how these future visions shape political debates and struggles in the present. Scientific climate scenarios forecast bleak futures, with increased droughts, floods, lethal heatwaves, sea level rises, declining crop yields, and greater exposure to vector-borne diseases. Yet, African climate futures could also encompass energy transitions and socio-economic revolutions, transformed political agency and human subjectivities, and radically reparative more-than-human climate politics. At the heart of the book is an original and interdisciplinary approach. It studies official climate policy strategies and fictional texts side-by-side, as ecopolitical imaginaries that envision low-carbon, climate-changed futures, and narrate pathways from 'here' to 'there'. It discusses net zero strategies from Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and draws on postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory, arguing that Africanfuturist climate fiction can inspire more radical, reparative, more-than-human ecopolitical imaginaries. These stories can help us to understand the debts we all owe, imagine what reparations might entail, and explore the contours of living convivially alongside more-than-human others in heterotopian, climate-changed futures. Stories can help explore how we might feel in climate-changed futures and can help us to narrate a path through them. This book uses Africanfuturist climate fiction to inspire new ways of challenging and enriching theoretical debates in global climate change politics, including how we understand the places, temporalities, ecologies, and politics of climate futures. If we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism. Carl Death joined the University of Manchester in August 2013 as a Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, after four years in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, and a year in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. He has conducted research in South Africa, Tanzania and the USA, and has held visiting researcher positions at The MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies and the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University; the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University; and the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Pauline Heinrichs is a Lecturer in War Studies (Climate and Energy) at King's College London. Her research focuses climate and energy security. Pauline has worked with and led international teams in conflict and post-conflict countries such as Ukraine and the Baltic States, leading on qualitative methods and strategic narrative analysis. Pauline has also been a climate diplomacy professional working in foreign policy, and an international climate think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

    CoatingsPro Interview Series
    2026 International Roofing Expo: BITEC, Everroof Leaders

    CoatingsPro Interview Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 10:34


    Ben DuBose, News Editor with AMPP Media and CoatingsPro Magazine, interviewed several industry leaders at January and February 2026 trade shows. The on-site coverage, available at CoatingsPro's social media pages, includes the International Roofing Expo (IRE); World of Concrete (WOC); and AMPP's inaugural Maritime Coatings Contractor Forum. From IRE's Exhibit Hall floor in Las Vegas, this mini-episode features short interviews with leadership figures from BITEC and Everroof. Each interview can also be viewed in video form at the links below. BITEC video: http://bit.ly/40daMrb Everroof video: https://bit.ly/4rfwvux 

    After America
    The “president of peace” is helping revive the nuclear arms race

    After America

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 29:24


    By removing guardrails around nuclear weapons, the Trump administration is making the world a far more dangerous place. On this episode of After America, Jon B Wolfsthal, former Special Assistant to President Obama for National Security Affairs, joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the expiry of the New START nuclear weapons treaty between the United States and Russia, AUKUS and Australia’s nuclear capabilities, and why “nuclear weapons are back with avengeance”. This discussion was recorded on Thursday 12 February 2026 Australian time. The latest Vantage Point essay, What we owe the water: It's time for a fossil fuel treaty by Kumi Naidoo, is available now for $19.95. Use the code 'PODVP' at checkout to get free shipping. Guest: Jon B Wolfsthal, former Director of Global Risk, Federation of American Scientists // @jonatomic Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @emmashortis Show notes: Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions by Robyn Eckersley, The Conversation (February 2026) It is now 85 seconds to midnight, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (February 2026) The nuclear option, After America, the Australia Institute (December 2025) Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au.Support After America: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Beyond Zero - Community
    BELEM TO SANTA MARTA

    Beyond Zero - Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026


    CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 16th 2026B E L E M   T O   S A N T A   M A R T AAt last! The first International Conference focused on the Transition Away from fossil fuel dependence.https://transitionawayconference.com/It will be held at the end of April 2026, in the Colombian Coal Port of Santa Marta.The aim is to create actionable guidelines. It will not replace the UN process but will contribute to the Belem roadmap announced by the COP 30th president in Brazil. It  will be the first International conference where actual implementation will be worked on.Should our First Nations Leaders and our Climate Change Minister attend this meeting? So far Chris Bowen is not expected to attend.Let him know what you think:Contact Details for Chris Bowen:Email: chris.bowen.mp@aph.gov.auPhone: (02) 9604 0710 GuestsKumi Naidoo - President of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation TreatyAt the Santa Marta Conference the many ways we can achieve FF phase out will be explored. A TREATY is one.Oil rich states like East Timor and Colombia have signed but Australia has not.Australia has signed the Belem Declaration and  Kumi Naidoo wishes our  Climate Minister  the Honorable Chris Bowen good luck as the President of Negotiations for the next COP . Chris Bowen's role will be to advance the interests of the Pacific. Australia will have “exclusive authority in relation to the negotiations”, to shape  global decision making in support of the multilateral system and the  global trade and investment in clean energy industries. The results of this conference will feed into an October conference in the Pacific which will lead to COP31 at the end of the year.Kumi Naidoo also argues for climate action being action for peace. As Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Velez Torres said since the US attack on oil rich Venezuela "We are more sovereign if we are less dependent on exports that are carbon intensive"This is a volatile time to be getting real about fossil fuel phase out, but Kumi Naidoo uses  entertaining metaphors to dramatise our urgent need to "Turn off the tap" driving climate chaos. Here is Kumi Naidoo's ABC interview about his new book "What we owe the water."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdYwCSC_RUU Bastiaan Hassing - Programme Lead for the Netherlands at the Santa Marta Summit in ColombiaHe discusses HOW the countries who have already demonstrated a commitment to transition will work on realistic steps. Phasing out subsidies is one way.At COP30 in Belem The Climate Policy Minister of the Netherlands, Sophie Hermans, announced that they would co host with Colombia the First International conference on the phase out of fossil fuels. This is big news. It is outside the UN process but will feed into the next COP in Turkiye.The Netherlands  already leads a coalition of 13+countries committed to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. Australia is not yet a member. We spend $14.5billion p/a which  greatly delays the transition to cleaner energy by lowering production costs and distorting the energy market. Gariduyla - Comment at the launch of a film about The Adani/Bravus coal mine and the Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians who are protecting the waters of the Greatb Artesian Basin beneath it.A new documentary titled "Nagana Yarrbayn – The Water Protectors" focuses on the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Cultural Custodians and their ongoing fight to protect their ancestral waters from Adani's Carmichael mine. Here are details about the film and its upcoming tour:About the Film: The documentary, produced by Kim Paul Nguyen in collaboration with W&J Cultural Custodians, follows Senior Cultural Custodian Adrian Burragubba's efforts to protect his ancestral lands and the sacred Doongmabulla Springs. It highlights their journey through legal battles and public awareness campaigns against the mine.National Film Tour (March 2026): Premiere screenings are planned for four Australian cities in March 2026: Melbourne (March 19), Hobart (March 21), Sydney (March 26), and Brisbane (March 31).Special Appearances: Adrian Burragubba and his son Gurridyula are expected to attend screenings to discuss their fight for cultural rights.Support: Proceeds from the screenings will contribute to a legal fund dedicated to protecting the Doongmabulla Springs.How to Watch: Tickets are available through Humanitix. Options exist for hosting screenings or requesting free tickets for those facing financial barriers.    

    News Plus
    Rechtsradikaler getötet: Frankreichs Kampf der Extreme eskaliert

    News Plus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 13:00


    In Lyon sind am Rande einer Kundgebung zwei Fronten aneinandergeraten. Dabei ist ein 23-jähriger Rechtsextremer so schwer verletzt worden, dass er im Spital gestorben ist. Die Tat wird Linksextremen zugeschrieben. Wohin steuert das zerrissene Frankreich? Habt Ihr Fragen oder Themen-Inputs? Schreibt uns gerne per Mail an newsplus@srf.ch oder sendet uns eine Sprachnachricht an 076 320 10 37. ____________________ In dieser Episode zu hören - Zoe Geissler, SRF-Frankreichkorrespondentin - Jacob Ross, Frankreichexperte, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik ____________________ Team: - Moderation: Reena Thelly - Produktion: Sandro Della Torre - Mitarbeit: Tobias Bühlmann ____________________ Das ist «News Plus»: In einer Viertelstunde die Welt besser verstehen – ein Thema, neue Perspektiven und Antworten auf eure Fragen. Unsere Korrespondenten und Expertinnen aus der Schweiz und der Welt erklären, analysieren und erzählen, was sie bewegt. «News Plus» von SRF erscheint immer von Montag bis Freitag um 16 Uhr rechtzeitig zum Feierabend.

    La Slovaquie en direct, Magazine en francais sur la Slovaquie
    la Journée de la langue maternelle en archives. Jakub Brunclík, tapissier. Andrea Majerníková, conseillère politique. (16.2.2026 19:00)

    La Slovaquie en direct, Magazine en francais sur la Slovaquie

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 23:54


    Actualités. Gros plan. International. La Slovaquie sans frontieres. La Vie comme elle va. Nous évoquerons la Journée de la langue maternelle en archives. Jakub Brunclík évolue dans un espace ou l'artisanat, les matériaux et une longue expérience du travail manuel se rencontrent naturellement. Vous en saurez plus dans notre rubrique tendance. Andrea Majerníková est une conseillere politique qui a passé cinq ans au Parlement européen a Bruxelles et qui vit maintenant a Bratislava. Retour sur son parcours.

    GFBS Grand Forks Best Source
    GFBS Interview: Prospect Party G.F. International order of Rainbow for Girls

    GFBS Grand Forks Best Source

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 47:24


    Prospect Party G.F. International order of Rainbow for Girls Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com – Or message us at bit.ly/44meos1 – Help support GFBS at this donation link - https://bit.ly/3vjvzgX - Access past GFBS Interviews - https://gfbsinterviews.podbean.com/  #gfbs #gfbestsource.com #grandforksnd #interview #local #grandforks #grandforksbestsource #visitgreatergrandforks @grandforksnd @THECHAMBERGFEGF #belegendary #followers #everyone Help support GFBS at this donation link - https://bit.ly/3vjvzgX - Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com  Or message us at bit.ly/44meos1 – To access past GFBS Morning Updates visit  https://gfbsmorningupdates.podbean.com/

    Mediano Håndbold
    International håndbold med Rasmus Boysen – I gang med ligaerne efter EM

    Mediano Håndbold

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 60:24


    Sammen med Rasmus Boysen tager vi hver måned pulsen på de internationale ligaer og turneringer. Efter EM er ligaerne over hele Europa i gang igen. Og i denne uge begynder de europæiske turneringer igen, efterhånden som kampen om de afgørende pladser sætter ind. Rasmus Boysen var med os til at skabe overblik og tale om alt det, vi skal holde øje med i de kommende uger. Og så kom vi som vanligt godt forbi både den franske liga og den tyske Bundesliga. Få det store europæiske overblik med Rasmus Boysen her. Gæst: Rasmus Boysen Vært: Thomas Ladegaard *Udsendelsen er bragt i samarbejde med Sparekassen Kronjylland og Sparinvest*

    NBN Book of the Day
    Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    NBN Book of the Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 62:15


    This episode is brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. African Climate Futures (Oxford UP, 2025) shows how climate-changed futures are imagined in Africa and by Africans, and how these future visions shape political debates and struggles in the present. Scientific climate scenarios forecast bleak futures, with increased droughts, floods, lethal heatwaves, sea level rises, declining crop yields, and greater exposure to vector-borne diseases. Yet, African climate futures could also encompass energy transitions and socio-economic revolutions, transformed political agency and human subjectivities, and radically reparative more-than-human climate politics. At the heart of the book is an original and interdisciplinary approach. It studies official climate policy strategies and fictional texts side-by-side, as ecopolitical imaginaries that envision low-carbon, climate-changed futures, and narrate pathways from 'here' to 'there'. It discusses net zero strategies from Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and draws on postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory, arguing that Africanfuturist climate fiction can inspire more radical, reparative, more-than-human ecopolitical imaginaries. These stories can help us to understand the debts we all owe, imagine what reparations might entail, and explore the contours of living convivially alongside more-than-human others in heterotopian, climate-changed futures. Stories can help explore how we might feel in climate-changed futures and can help us to narrate a path through them. This book uses Africanfuturist climate fiction to inspire new ways of challenging and enriching theoretical debates in global climate change politics, including how we understand the places, temporalities, ecologies, and politics of climate futures. If we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism. Carl Death joined the University of Manchester in August 2013 as a Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, after four years in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, and a year in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. He has conducted research in South Africa, Tanzania and the USA, and has held visiting researcher positions at The MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies and the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University; the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University; and the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Pauline Heinrichs is a Lecturer in War Studies (Climate and Energy) at King's College London. Her research focuses climate and energy security. Pauline has worked with and led international teams in conflict and post-conflict countries such as Ukraine and the Baltic States, leading on qualitative methods and strategic narrative analysis. Pauline has also been a climate diplomacy professional working in foreign policy, and an international climate think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

    The Mysteries of Corkuparipple Creek

    Stix and Nugget are based on characters depicted in The Mysteries of Corkuparipple Creek books written by Queensland children's author Susan Pease.The main podcasts feature a cast of Australian and International actors that bring to life some amazing wide world adventures.Author/Producer - Susan PeasepixabayMusic - tropical-music-island-breezes-2.0-216655 - Tech OasisMusic - tropical-island-175242 - Pavel ShilovCharacter voices - Sam Proietto Sound engineer - M PeaseGulpa Video: - https://youtu.be/U8oLJPEZYF8YouTube:- https://youtu.be/Q-UjxRYZk9s?si=XKJJ1kwcMLDsMAz8See www.susan-pease.com for copies of books and merchandise.For more merchandise attached to this series go to redbubble.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Velshi
    Republicans Target the 2026 Midterm Elections

    Velshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 41:23


    Sen. Alex Padilla discusses the race to the bottom among Trump's cabinet officials and Republicans targeting of the 2026 midterms; former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland describes the new world order being shaped by Trump; how a new class of retiring GOP lawmakers is creating a so-called ‘Retirement Caucus' filled with ‘YOLO Republicans' To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Velshi
    Trump's Controversial Cabinet

    Velshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 39:40


    Several of President Trump's cabinet members are under fire for a variety of controversies dogging the administration; former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland weighs in on the role of middle powers in the new global order being shaped by Trump; how a Canadian pro hockey legend plays into Trump's latest quest to cancel an important infrastructure project in the U.S. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Velshi
    ‘To All the Things They've Named for Me'

    Velshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 41:36


    President Trump's continuous self-promotion is pushing a cult of personality in America; why Trump's FDA refuses to review clinical data behind a promising new flu vaccine; abortion bans prove deadly for pregnant patients with chronic conditions To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Forest Focus
    Nottingham Forest appoint Vitor Pereira | Short term gain, long term pain?

    Forest Focus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 23:27


    Nottingham Forest have appointed Vitor Pereira as their fourth manager of the season on a contract until the summer of 2027. Matt Davies hears from Ryan Leister from the Wolves Report and Ari Bouloubassis from Thrylos 7 International, who cover Olympiacos. Both tell us about the good and bad of Pereira's time at their clubs and if they think he is a good appointment for Forest. #nffc #nottinghamforest

    New Books Network
    Ruixue Jia et al., "The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China" (Harvard UP, 2025)

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 52:57


    The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China (Harvard UP, 2025), provides a detailed, research-driven survey of the gaokao, China's high-stakes college entrance exam. Authors Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li--past test-takers themselves--show how the exam system shapes schooling, serves state interests, inspires individualistic attitudes, and has lately become a touchstone in US education debates.   Ruixue Jia is a professor of economics at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego. She also serves as co-director of the China Data Lab, executive secretary of the Association of Comparative Economic Studies (ACES) and co-chair of the China Economic Summer Institute (CESI). Hongbin Li is the James Liang Chair, Faculty Co-director of the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, a Senior Fellow of Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University.  Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an associate professor of economics at the University of San Francisco, where he leads the Master's program in International and Development Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

    The 7investing Podcast
    Feb 2, 2026: Why Retail Stocks Are Too Cheap to Ignore (ChatGPT Ads Change Everything)

    The 7investing Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 24:00


    Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow (6 more weeks of winter ☃️), but consumer discretionary stocks are about to heat up!What is Consumer Discretionary?NOT consumer staples (milk, eggs, cereal)The "wants" not "needs" - retailers, restaurants, automakers, home improvementAmazon, Tesla, Home Depot, Lowe's, McDonald's, Chipotle, StarbucksHighly cyclical - outperforms in good times, underperforms in downturnsWhy the Last 5 Years Were Rough:COVID impact on restaurants, brick-and-mortar retail2022: Fed raised rates 7 times (crushed consumer spending)2025: International tariffs pushed up pricesNike, Lululemon: Multiple quarters of negative compsMedian 5-year return: ~9.8% (vs typical 11-12%)Why 2026 Could Be Different:ChatGPT Ads Launch - 1 billion users, new ad format for retailersLower customer acquisition costs - More platforms = cheaper conversionsEasier year-over-year comps - 2025 was terrible, 2026 looks betterInternational brands too cheap - Crocs at 6x free cash flow?!CEO turnarounds - Major brands hiring new leadershipSupply chains stabilizing - Post-tariff efficiency gainsThe ChatGPT Game-Changer:1 billion users (50M paying $200/month for Pro)New ad format: Embedded product suggestions in promptsExample: "Mexican dinner ideas" → Hot sauce ad placementSimilar to Google's playbook: Free product → Monetize with adsRetailers get NEW low-cost acquisition channelStock Opportunities Discussed:- Lovable brands selling cheap: Nike, Lululemon, Crocs- Restaurant plays: Starbucks, Domino's, Chipotle, Cava Group- Software crossover: DraftKings, Duolingo (100M+ users each)- Tesla: Robotaxi progress, new Elon pay package- Adobe: "Dead" due to AI? Still 40% FCF margins, strong retention- The Trade Desk: Collapsed in 2025, cyclical downturn ≠ dead company

    Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality
    Beth Mims — Author of Wrapped in Grace Reflects on Her Journey & How Her Work Helps Authors

    Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 36:21


    Beth Mims is a devoted wife, mother, grandmother (“nana”), and lifelong writer whose heart centers on seeing God's grace in everyday life. A retired educator — with decades as a teacher, administrator, and educational consultant — Beth has always filled her journals with reflections on faith, worship, and the beauty she sees in the ordinary moments of life. Her forthcoming book, Wrapped in Grace: Finding Power in Praise and Peace in His Presence (releasing February 2026), invites readers on a transformative spiritual journey. Through lyrical prose, devotional reflections, and heartfelt insight, Beth gently guides believers to experience God's unwavering love, embrace praise as a source of strength, and discover deep, sustaining peace amid life's challenges. Beth's writing comes from lived reality — from gardening and fishing with her husband Eddy, to raising daughters and delighting in grandchildren, she sees God's grace woven into both life's joys and trials. As an active member of WordWeaver's International and the Page 23 critique group, Beth also brings community and craft to her work. Wrapped in Grace marks her first full book, soon to be followed by her first children's book, How Christmas Came, in late 2026. #WrappedInGrace #BethMims #GraceSpeaks #FaithJourney #ChristianDevotion #PraiseAndPeace #SpiritualReflection #GodsGrace #PodcastWithPurpose #DevotionalPodcast #NewBookRelease #ChristianAuthor #InspirationalAudio

    The John Batchelor Show
    S8 Ep456: Henry Sokolski of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center analyzes the crumbling Non-Proliferation Treaty, citing Iran's inspection violations and China's nuclear expansion as critical challenges for the upcoming international review conf

    The John Batchelor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2026 12:28


    Henry Sokolski of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center analyzes the crumbling Non-Proliferation Treaty, citing Iran's inspection violations and China's nuclear expansion as critical challenges for the upcoming international review conference.