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Send us a textThis episode features a live telling of an Irish/Scottish folk tale, "The Clever Wish". Recorded at the Hearth Fire Sessions in Edinburgh in November 24, this episode previews the launch of the sessions again this year, starting on World Storytelling Day.This story is a favourite for all ages ,and it's riddle some quality makes it particularly satisfying to tell.Stay up to date with all my storytelling offerings, including story coaching by joining the mailing list:https://sendfox.com/dougiemackaystoryemail enquiries to:dougie@storyconnection.orgBrowse cultural activities and retreats in the Scottish Highlands at:https://www.theshielingcollective.com/events-1Support this podcast via Kofi:https://ko-fi.com/dougiemackaystory

Natural history presenter and cameraman Gordon Buchanan's new book In The Hide is a look back at some of his greatest adventures across the world, from Mumbai to Mongolia. In 2015 Mhairi Black became the youngest MP elected to the House of Commons since the 1800s. After stepping down at the 2024 General Election, she turned her mind to her tell-all comedy show Politics Isn't For Me which took last year's Fringe by storm. She's now taking it on tour. Cal MacAninch is well known for roles in Downton Abbey, Mr Selfridge, Vigil and Wild At Heart amongst much else. He plays Banquo in a production of Macbeth that has wowed audiences at the Donmar Warehouse and the West End and can be seen in cinemas in February. Edinburgh's Makar Michael Pedersen writes about friendship, grief and pretending to be a cat. The newest addition to his expanding body of works is his debut novel, Muckle Flugga.Tunisian singer-songwriter EMEL has performed across the world, and rose to fame with her protest song Kelmti Horra which became an anthem for revolution. She performs from her latest album is MRA. Irish-Scottish contemporary folk duo LÉDA share a new track ahead of their debut album launch later this year.

Gráinne Ní Mháille was a 16th-century woman who led the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland. She is an iconic heroine of Irish history, so we needed an iconic Irish-Scottish guest and that's why Katie Charlwood (from Who Did What Now?) is here to celebrate her in a crossover! Who Did What Vulgar History Now? Learn more about Katie and Who Did What Now! — Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout — Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping) — Support Vulgar History on Patreon  — Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ann Haralambie is an award-winning author and a trial and appellate attorney (a Certified Family Law Specialist and a Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist). She has a BA in Creative Writing, an MA in English Literature, and a JD in law. Her first book was a poetry chapbook published in 1976 by Desert First Works while she was in law school. Her three-volume Thomson Reuters legal treatise, "Handling Child Custody, Abuse and Adoption Cases 3d" is supplemented annually. Her three other major law books are written primarily for a legal and multi-disciplinary professional audience.Ann is an adoptee who searched for her birth family for 35 years. Her award-winning book, "Not Nicholson: The Story of a First Daughter," (2023) is an adoption search and reunion memoir. It has been called "a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring quest for self-understanding. . . a deeply moving read, one that resonates long after the final page is turned" (The Reading Bud), "universally inspiring, exemplifying an unwavering resolve that continues even in the face of numerous obstacles. . . an invaluable companion for those navigating the intricate paths of understanding and acceptance in the realms of adoption" (Literary Titan), and "a compelling read that balances personal narrative with broader social issues. . . . a book that will appeal to a wide range of readers, . . . a powerful reminder of the enduring human spirit and the profound impact of uncovering one's past." (Jeyran Main, Editor-in-chief, Review Tales Magazine).Spending her time equally between Arizona and New Hampshire, in her spare time Ann loves singing all kinds of music from classical choral music to traditional Irish/Scottish songs to worship music, playing various fretted string instruments and the Irish bodhrán (a framed goatskin drum), Irish and ballroom dancing, and serving as the Loon Preservation Committee field volunteer for Silver Lake, NH.The Girls Who Went Away by Ann FesslerExciting News! We will read and discuss: You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identify, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker in Season 9.Magic Mind Adoptee 20 LinkUSE THE CODE AND LINK TO RECEIVE 20% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONmagicmind.com/adoptee20RESOURCES for AdopteesS12F Helping AdopteesGregory Luce and Adoptees Rights LawFireside Adoptees Facebook GroupReckoning with the Primal Wound DocumentaryDr. Liz Debetta: Migrating Toward Wholeness MovementUnraveling Adoption with Beth SyversonAdoptees Connect with Pamela KaranovaJoin at the $10 level and be part of our monthly ADOPTEE CAFE community. This is an adoptee-only space. The next meeting is NSupport the showTo support the show - Patreon.

JoAnn M. Hunter – DirectorHunter's work has had many homes across Broadway, the West End, Australia, and Asia. Herprevious work includes UNMASKED: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Paper Mill Playhouse), aswell as the world premieres of August Rush, Beatsville, A Sign of the Times, and the musical version of the Jerry Lewis classic The Nutty Professor. Most recently Hunter's directorial work was seen on the West End in November 2023 with a staged concert of the new rock musical SuperYou. Hunter began her remarkable career as a performer. She graced the stage in over a dozen shows on Broadway including Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kiss Me Kate and Chicago. In addition to directingand performing, Hunter is a sought-after choreographer. Most recently, her work was seen inAndrew Lloyd Webber's Bad Cinderella. Additionally, she choreographed Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium), Disaster (Broadway), On A Clear Day (Broadway), and School of Rock (Broadway/West End/International). Apart from her talent, Hunter is the perfect director for a production about female empowerment and honoring one's family and roots. As Hunter fondly says, she's made in America, but was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father of Irish/Scottish decent. But no matter where she's lived or traveled, Hunter's home is the theater.

Greg and Sorcerer Chromatic drink and review beers from Gilbert, AZ and Chico, CA. In the Beer News, we talk about logos on pint glasses, Weathered Souls, and TNT beer. Our Cöld Brüe List ranks the Top Ten Mexican Beers. In our Drunken Shenanigans, we discuss football, Irish/Scottish surnames, and our kids.

McCullough's Emerald golf links, located in Egg Harbor Township NJ, offers players a distinctly different Irish-Scottish golfing experience. Designed by Stephen Kay, this unique course pays tribute to European courses including Saint Andrews, Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Turnberry and more. With a picturesque finishing hole, accompanied by bagpipes, you are in for a tremendous round of golf! Sláinte!Music Credithttps://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic/piano-rock-instrumental?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

*Please enjoy this previously recorded, but never published, bonus episode!*Kat tells Cindy all about the Irish/Scottish mythological water creature called a Kelpie and how it might look cute and loveable but....beware!  True Hauntings4694 Cemetery Rd #376Hilliard, OH 43026GoFundMe for Nanny's Haunted HouseInstagram and Facebook Page - @TrueHauntingsBlogEmail - Cynthia@TrueHauntings.com Merch Store - https://www.bonfire.com/store/true-hauntings/ Blog - https://truehauntings.com Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/truehauntings YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMguIqrXHuqib2c0awQj-Q Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrueHauntingsShop

This week we take the show for a trip up North...NORTH KC, that is!! We're sampling the tasty tacos at CHEF TITO's with special guests from KC's Award Winning Musical Improvisation Comedy Troupe THE MAESTROS (maestroskc.com) JOANNA DE LEON & JERRY RAPP! They tell us about their upcoming show at the Underground Throwdown on April 8th at The Kick Comedy Theatre in Westport! Dave reveals what the W. in his name stands for (Is it Willshimer?) and also tells the gang about the time in his life when he was the KC Karaoke Champion and went by the name Kevin Peters! Will the Maestros attempt to get Kevin Peters to return from his long hiatus? YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO FIND OUT!! We chat a bit about St. Patrick's Day in KC and Spring Break (and do some bad Irish & Scottish accents!) And Joanna tells us about the time she went Salsa Dancing and tore up the dance floor at Chef Tito's! We also learn about Joanna's early years growing up in Salem, Oregon with skinny cows! And Jerry has a bone to pick with Chipotle!! In the TACO TICKER we cover the news story about Taco Bell marrying a couple in the METAVERSE (which derails the show as we attempt to enter said Taco Metaverse and live our lives there the rest of the episode!) We also taco 'bout Chipotle announcing they are starting a spin off restaurant concept! Will it have free breadsticks like Fazoli's? Chef Tito stops by our table and tells us his taco theory and serves us up some scrumptious OCTOPUS TACOS!!! In Town of The Taco, We make up some new KC Slogans and/or catchphrases! And we ruminate on Things KC Gets A Bad Rap About! ALL THIS AND: Don't Miss our guests singing some Good & Bad Reviews in Funny Voices! Joanna has one too many sips of her margarita! In Random Taco Question of The Week we ask: What is the proper order to layer your taco and Does a Taco place make a great first date location? ALSO: KEVIN PETERS RETURNS TO SING SOME BEE GEES! Will Dave/Kevin and his guests ever make it out of the Taco Metaverse?! DO THEY EVEN WANT TO LEAVE? The Answer is NO this week on a very special TACO THE TOWN! Editor: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. SPONSORS: Dipp It Salsa, Brew Biz KC Card game & Heath Injury Law.  

Andy Donaldson is attempting the Ocean Seven challenge - a marathon swimming challenge where he needs to complete the seven most famous channel crossings in the world. Battling dangerous swells, currents, and wildlife - Andy has already completed the freezing waters of the North Sea to swim the Irish-Scottish channel and the furious currents of the English channel from Dover to Calais. Remaining now are the straits of Gibraltar, the Cook Strait, the Moloka'i channel, Tsugaru strait and the Catalina channel.  Andy talks about the importance of resilience and mental health and is completing this challenge in order to aid mental health charity The Black Dog Institute. If you wish to donate or read more about Andy, follow the links below: https://www.teamblackdog.org.au/fundraisers/oceansseven https://www.instagram.com/andy.swimming/    

Welcome to Nature Sound Retreat! You are currently listening to Beautiful Celtic Music To Soothe Your Soul | Irish, Scottish, & Welsh Folk Music When it comes to music, there is no greater medium for calming the mind and body. Concentration, relaxation, sleep aids for coping with anxiety, stress and even depression. Have you ever just wanted to lie on a beach, eyes closed and take in the sounds of the tropics? The resonation of a tropical beach ambience mixed with that of waves washing ashore is the perfect stress relief after a long day at work, study, decision making and even restful sleep. The same process takes place with the sounds of nature, birds in deep forests, waterfalls and rivers – All have the same calming effect, aiding focus and sense of wellbeing. Nature Sound Retreat's music stimulates the brain into a specific state using subtle pulsing sound to encourage your brain waves to align to the frequency of the beat. It helps induce enhanced focus, entranced state, relaxation, and sleep. NSR blends well the very best of elemental nature, Celtic music, orchestra and mostly percussion free classical compositions specifically targeting the effects desired as outlined above. Various ancient healing frequencies are utilized: 432Hz, 963Hz specifically, and combined with binaural beats, ASMR nature sounds, Alpha and Delta waves – enable listeners interested in deep sleep, stress relief, yoga, study music for focus and concentration, massage music. But there is more to Nature Sound Retreat for those who like to watch and not only listen. We combine meditation music with beautiful imagery, stunning landscapes and hypnotic Kaleidoscope videos that will take you on a journey of deep relaxation. Proponents of our music receive these potential benefits: Reduced stress and anxiety Increased focus, concentration, and motivation Improved confidence Better long-term memory after exposure to beta pattern frequencies, according to a 2019 study Deeper meditation Enhanced psychomotor performance and mood Join this channel to get access to perks: ►https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsplj60aQC7mb1rgdhk5sw/join SUBSCRIBE NOW to become part of our community of FREE MEDITATION MUSIC. ►https://naturesoundretreat.com/YoutubeSubscribe iTunes here: ►https://naturesoundretreat.com/AppleMusic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPOTIFY here: ►https://naturesoundretreat.com/Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMAZON here: ►https://naturesoundretreat.com/AmazonMusic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Website: ►https://NatureSoundRetreat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook: ►https://www.facebook.com/NatureSoundRetreat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pinterest: ►https://www.pinterest.com/nature_sound_retreat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Instagram: ►@NatureSoundRetreat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twitter: ►@retreat_sound ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ©2022 Nature Sound Retreat. All Rights Reserved. All videos and music are the sole copyright of Nature Sound Retreat. Licensing inquiries can be sent via Private Message #Celticmusic #432Hz #NatureSoundRetreat

Dr. Mona Narain reimagines Britain through the eyes of the colonial Indian subject, via Elizabeth Hamilton's 1796 novel, Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah. Following the adventures of the fictional Indian Rajah Zāārmilla in London, Elizabeth Hamilton's Letters upends stereotypical narratives of the imagined east. Staged in a series of letters, her novel refocusses 18th century Britain through the eyes of the colonised, comparing cultures and challenges the Indian aristocrat's initial adoration of imperial Britain. From the 'benevolent' British East India Company to the Orientalist scholars of the Asiatic Society, Letters embodies Britain's bids to justify their presence in India, but also the public's ambivalence towards colonisation. Using Zāārmilla's outsider perspective, Hamilton scathingly satirises social ills closer to home, speaking to her own marginalisation as an Irish-Scottish, woman writer. PRESENTER: Dr. Mona Narain, professor of English at Texas Christian University and Scholarship Editor at ABO Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830. She is a Consultant Chair on American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Women's Caucus, and co-edits the Bucknell University Press Transits book series. ART: Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah, Elizabeth Hamilton (1796). IMAGE: 'Translation of the letters of a Hindoo Rajah'. SOUNDS: Blue Dot Sessions. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES at: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

Nikki is a Pipil and Irish/Scottish academic, Indigenous media maker, and environmental educator. Nikki holds a master's degree in Indigenous Governance and is presently completing a Ph.D. with a research focus on emerging visual media technology as it relates to Indigenous ontology. Nikki is a doctoral fellow at the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Victoria and a board member with the BC Women's Hospital and Sierra Club BC. She designed and directed the first-ever Indigenous Storyteller edition with Telus STORYHIVE; a project to provide funding and mentorship for 30 emerging Indigenous filmmakers in BC and Alberta. In May of 2020, Nikki's first book, an anthology of the Salish Sea Resident Orca whales was released by the Royal BC Museum publisher. As an Indigenous media maker, Nikki's most recent project is the 8-part documentary VICELAND series “RISE” focused on global Indigenous resurgence. RISE debuted at Sundance in February 2017 and has received global critical acclaim, recently winning "best documentary" at the Canadian screen awards. Nikki is a TEDx speaker, her recent presentation is entitled “Decolonization is for Everyone”. She has been a wilderness guide and environmental educator in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory of Clayoquot Sound for over 10 years, where she was mentored by Nuu-chah-nulth elders Tsahsiits and Qaamina Sam. She is the creator and director of "Decolonize Together" a collective of Indigenous and Black women who offer decolonial and inclusivity workshops and curriculum creation. On this Episode: Nikki Sanchez | https://www.instagram.com/nikkilaes   Adam Jackson | https://www.instagram.com/adam___jackson   Sacred Sons Events:  MAUI PRIME | Dec 1 - 5 | https://www.sacredsons.com/sacredsons-prime  The BROTHERSHIP: Join Our Online Community and Mobile App | https://www.sacredsons.com/thenetwork   CONNECT with Sacred Sons: Website | https://www.sacredsons.com   YouTube | https://youtube.com/channel/UCgkxve4wyzqYlRhwhXldLxw   Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/sacredsons   Events Calendar | https://www.sacredsons.com/events-calendar

Nikki Sanchez joins PWB to as we discuss what exactly is decolonization, why do we need it, and how can we all be part of the process of decolonization on this episode of Storytelling for Change.Nikki Sanchez is a Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish academic, Indigenous media maker, and environmental educator and is presently completing a Ph.D. with a research focus on emerging visual media technology as it relates to Indigenous ontology. Nikki designed and  directed the first-ever Indigenous Storyteller edition with Telus STORYHIVE. For the past two years, Nikki has been the David Suzuki Foundation's "Queen of Green," she produced the 8-part documentary VICELAND series “RISE” focused on global Indigenous  resurgence, which debuted at Sundance in February 2017 and has received global critical acclaim and won "best documentary" at the Canadian screen awards. She has been a wilderness guide and  environmental educator in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory of Clayoquot Sound for over 10 years, where she  was mentored by Nuu-chah-nulth elders Tsahsiits and Qaamina Sam, and has just published a book anthology of the Salish Sea Resident Orca whales. Nikki has a TEDx talk entitled “Decolonization is for Everyone," and she is also the creator and director of  "Decolonize Together" a collective of Indigenous women who offer decolonial and inclusivity workshops  and curriculum creation.Follow Nikki on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nikkilaes/ Join the PWB Community PWB: https://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/signup#join Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/photographerswithoutborders/Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photographerswithoutborderscanada/ Website: https://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/ 

Nikki Sanchez is an Indigenous Advocate of Pipil and Irish/Scottish heritage with a mission to raise awareness for the climate crisis, which she does by addressing the way environment conservation intersects with decolonization, with racial and gender inclusivity, and with our society's mental health.Nikki holds a Master's degree in Indigenous Governance and is pursuing a Ph.D. with research focused on Indigenous ontology. She uses her vast knowledge and research as a contributor to various publications on topics like sustainability, gender and racial bias, decolonization and more. As a testament to her accomplishments, she was crowned “Queen of Green” by the David Suzuki Foundation in recognition of her environmental journalism, however, in this episode, you will hear her explain to host Eva Hartling what is wrong with that title. To add to her impressive resumé, Nikki is also part of the team behind VICELAND's series “RISE” focused on global Indigenous resurgence; she is a TEDx speaker, and she has been a wilderness guide and environmental educator in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory of Clayoquot Sound for over 10 years. If you've ever felt hopeless in the future of our world, it's people like Nikki who are, and will continue to be integral in guiding us towards a brighter future. Hear all this and more in this important episode.This season of The Brand is Female is brought to you by TD Bank - Women Entrepreneurs. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing, and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support!————Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com //TD Women Entrepreneurs: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business //Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

“The history is not your fault, but it is absolutely your responsibility.” In this episode, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild speaks with decolonial educator Nikki Sanchez, a Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish academic, who is also an Indigenous media maker and environmental educator. Nikki holds a masters degree in Indigenous Governance and has completed her Ph.D. with a research focus on emerging visual media technology as it relates to Indigenous ontology; she has been the David Suzuki Foundation’s “Queen of Green” where her work centered on environmental journalism, social media and digital media creation to provide sustainable solutions for a healthy planet, as well as content creation to bring more racial and gender inclusivity into the environmental movement. Nikki led the 8-part documentary VICELAND series “RISE” focused on global Indigenous resurgence; she is a TEDx speaker; she has been a wilderness guide and environmental educator in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory of Clayoquot Sound for over 10 years; and she is the creator and director of “Decolonize Together” a collective of Indigenous women who offer decolonial and inclusivity workshops and curriculum creation. Nikki is a guest contributor for DavidSuzuki.Org, Loose Lips Magazine, ROAR Magazine and more.  Nikki believes that an equitable and just future depends on the courage we show today and in this conversation, she shares her advice for settlers who want to begin decolonization work; she talks about the meaning behind the concept of ‘matriarchy’ and she speaks of her lifelong pursuit to inspire a bright future for the next Indigenous generations. .... Follow Nikki on Instagram Follow Shayla Oulette Stonechild on Instagram. Visitt thebrandisfemale.com.

On this week's episode of Pulling Favours, Mark and Rory are joined by Irish-Scottish dance-pop duo, SIIGHTS. Made up of Mia Fitzgerald and Toni Etherson, SIIGHTS are one of the most exciting groups in Irish music right now. They sit down with the lads and talk about everything from touring with Hozier, making the most of lockdown and the feeling when you give away a track you love. You can check out their latest single 'A Little Lonely' on Spotify now. That's SIIGHTS - with two I's! You can also find the girls on socials, @SIIGHTS and follow Pulling Favours on Instagram - @pullingfavours.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Irish folklore, a banshee is a Celtic mythological being, an attendant fairy that followed old, established families, and wails outside the door when one of them is meant to pass away. this spirit or ghost called banshee, is also known as the harbinger of death, because she was a wailing fairy foretelling doom. the banshee scream was meant to warn people about an upcoming death. the legend around the banshee is well-known in urban legend and storytelling.

Fashion your mask, grab a jack-o-lantern and let's get spoopy as we discuss everybody's favorite Irish-Scottish tradition, Halloween. Join us as we trick-or-treat our way through each of Halloween's most time-honored tropes and trace them back to the fae haunted hills of Olde World.Join us as we discuss:-How to pronounce Halloween like a fancy smart person.-Christmas stole everything from Halloween-What a Banshee does-Where the cat got nine lives.-Why black cats get a bad rap in Halloween-Hellhounds and Faery Dogs-The Revenge of the Sith-Why Crowley and Mathers took Scottish last names-Origin of the Jack-O-Lantern-Why we trick-or-treat-How to stop a cat from stealing soulsTo hear the extended version of this show visit www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit where we discuss:-Irish bat folklore and “The Book of the Law”-The Accursed Hare-The Best Halloween CandySOURCES:Irish animal folklore:http://irishhedgerows.weebly.com/folklore.htmlBat Folklore:https://livinglibraryblog.com/the-bat-of-celtic-folklore/#:~:text=In%20Ireland%2C%20it's%20still%20said,will%20soon%20follow%5Bii%5D.Hair of the Dog:https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2019/12/01/the-hair-of-the-dog-fairies-dogs/Scottish Fairy Cat:https://www.scotclans.com/cat-sith-celtic-mythology/Soul Cake:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cakePronunciation of Sidhe (sounds like ‘Shea'):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpyEhRciXQWhere to find The Whole Rabbit:iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-rabbit/id1457163771Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit_/Twitter:https://twitter.com/h4ckrabbit  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewholerabbit)

In The Root Episode 1: Racism as a System, Dominique Drakeford speaks with scholars and academic activists Nikki Sanchez and Lisa Betty on the importance of dismantling colonial systems and reclaiming the fullness of Native American & Afro-Indigenous history as a regenerative framework for liberation and true sustainability across every industry. Nikki Sanchez is a Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish academic, Indigenous media maker, environmental educator and community organizer. She holds a master's degree in Indigenous Governance and is presently completing a Ph.D. with a research focus on emerging visual media technology as it relates to Indigenous ontology. Nikki's first book, Spirits of the Coast - An Anthology of the Salish Sea Resident Orca Whales - was just released by the Royal BC Museum. Nikki's most recent project is the 8-part documentary VICELAND series “RISE” focused on global Indigenous resurgence. RISE was debuted at Sundance in February 2017 and has received global critical acclaim, recently winning "best documentary" at the Canadian screen awards. Links to Nikki’s work: Decolonization is for Everyone, TEDx Talk VICE docuseries RISE trailer Keynote Speakers Profile Follow Nikki on Instagram Lisa Betty is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Fordham University. She teaches on themes of labor, migration, and diaspora in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Africa. Lisa's dissertation research contributes to the growing body of scholarship on the Caribbean diaspora, with a focus on Jamaican migrants, in Cuba and the United States from the 1930s through the Cuban Revolution. She has worked in the field of nonprofit advocacy serving in organizations that advocate for children, families, immigrants, and incarcerated people, and leads antiracist teaching workshops. Proud of her family's southern and Jamaican roots, Lisa contributes to the development of safe, sustainable, and healing spaces for Black and Brown people. Links to Lisa’s work: “12 Practices for Protecting and Maintaining Black & Brown Health During the COVID-19 Crisis”, April, 2020  “Lifting Up Black and Brown Health and Wellness during the COVID-19 Crisis: Moving beyond respectability politics & white supremacist logic”, April, 2020  “‘Black Death’: Race and Representations of the Ebola epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic”, May, 2020 “Being Black at Fordham: Recommendations for an antiracist and equity-oriented university culture”, June, 2020 “General Harriet Tubman (1820–1913): Healing Historical Exploitation”, July, 2020 “At the Intersection of Undocumented and Black: Anti-Blackness in U.S. Immigration Policy — Part 1”, July, 2020 “Disney, Capitalism, and Beyoncé’s Black Is King: In the midst of protest and pandemic, how should we engage with Beyoncé and Disney’s Black Is King?”, July, 2020  “Marcus Aurelius “Mosiah” Garvey: Garveyism, Black sovereignty, and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League”, August, 2020 Follow Lisa on Instagram Thank you to this week's sponsor, FIBERSHED. Learn more about FIBERSHED at www.fibershed.org. 

This week, Lit & Liquor made the decision to dive back into a self-published anthology, though if your hopes are getting up, we'll crush them now and say that unfortunately, there is no pirate/Irish/Scottish accent blend in this episode. We hope you'll forgive us for this oversight.Instead, we chose an anthology with an interesting concept: the theme was dystopian, but every single story had to end with the same phrase: "From now on, I'll save myself." Thus the name, "From Now On--a Last Words Anthology".In an apparent attempt to bring about our own end of days, we each decided to bring a shot to the table for the book. We had a Lemon Drop shot, an M&M shot, and a Loopy shot, which uses Rum Chata and Loopy Vodka, which is Fruit Loop flavored for any uncultured sober kids out there. Since Ashley and Sam couldn't find any Loopy Vodka, they took an uncharted adventure into the world of infusing vodka...with Fruit Loops. Listen to see our experiment ended up!

Click here for Part 1 of this message. This text has been roughly tidied up from an automated transcription. Some errors may still exist. So let's move along here this morning. We were looking at last week at Psalm 51, and we want to have a look at a corresponding Psalm, which is psalm 32 and in Psalm 51:1 David makes confession and I was just reading from that and in psalm 32, he writes a song of the blessedness of forgiveness, and it's a powerful song and of course I mentioned last week that the background of these Psalms is to go back to 2nd Samuel chapters 11 and 12, and read the background story. David lusted after his neighbour's wife, he committed adultery, he made her husband get drunk, and then he had him killed, and then he covered the whole affair for at least a year, and David was a mature man when this occurred so sometimes we think that sins of lust are just the folly of youth, and we relegate it to that. So that is specifically wrong, and so sins of lust are not confined to the young, not in any way. But they are often committed by people who have an overconfidence in self, and that is something we we must face. 1 Corinthians 10:12 says, "therefore that him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall" and so, there is this tendency within mankind that we get a confidence within ourselves and as a consequence of that self-confidence we begin standing in our own strength, and standing in our own power, and then suddenly we fall, and we fall in sin, and that's a reality of life and all of us have experienced that or we've seen it in others, even those who have been saved for a long time and something has gone out of kilter in their relationship with God and they're relying upon their own strength in that, and as a result their pride steps in and before long they find themselves falling. So David's prayer of confession with Psalm 51 and we want to just read back through that and then we'll go into Psalm 32. Ps 51: 1-4 "Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge." David is not saying why Lord why me Lord, he's saying I've sinned against you and you're completely justified in in the actions you determine. Ps 51: 5-19 "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. By Your favour do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar." So let's go then - from David's confession in Psalm 51 let's go to psalm 32 and see his praise of God. Psalm 32 "A Psalm of David, A Maskil". A maskil is a song that is a didactic song in its purpose you know didactic means that it has a teaching element it meant the song was for teaching and this is a standard way of learning things that many people have employed. The ABC song is a didactic song it has a teaching purpose its purpose is to teach children the ABCs, I won't sing it to you it's enough that you have to listen to me talking without that but it means that the purpose of this song is that it has a teaching element to it and so David as he writes this song of praise there is an intention within the song that he would teach others about what he has been through and where God has brought him to. Ps 32: 1-4 "How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah." Now the phrase Selah doesn't have a to my knowledge doesn't have a specific translatable meaning other than in in music you might see a term such as rest which is a pause within within music and obviously in music that has some syncopation that pause is going to be for a deliberated set a period of time. Now not so much in this but there's a pause and the reason that Selah is inserted into the Psalms often is that it's a pause for reflective meditation, and so this phrase Selah ties in to verses 3 & 4 "When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer." Now pause and meditate on this. That's the intention that you and I would learn this didactic song this song for teaching and we would then, as we reflect on it and read it over we would take time to pause and meditate over these verses attached to this time pause for us. Let's keep going because we'll come back to that idea a little later. Ps 32:5 "I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah." Pause and reflect on this. So the intention of this song is that we would work our way through the song and we would take time to reflect upon our own state before God, this is the intention of it verse 6 Ps 32: 6-7 "Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah." Pause reflect on this as well so David is writing here and he has these different stages within the Psalm and at these different stages of a person's walk he's saying pause and reflect on this, do some internal meditation on this, we're not talking in the eastern sense, we're talking on the biblical sense which is to take this passage of verse in and and plunder it around within the mind and within the heart letting this passage work its way deep within us, there's an injunction that we see immediately as soon as we start meditating over this passage in verse 6 Ps 32:6a "Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found;" There's an injunction that we'll come to a little later, let's move on to the remaining verses of the Psalm, So this is the Lord's reply to David here Ps 32: 8-11 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart." I can't hear you, shout for joy, you know most of us treat church like it's a library and when you read through the Psalms and through the scripture God's not afraid or ashamed of noise he's not ashamed of the you know the the genuine expression of the human heart in both sorrow and in joy in brokenness and in wholeness, He's not ashamed of these things and so the Lord is telling David, this is the Lord telling David, Ps 32:11 "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart." And so often especially within the Western mindset we become so closeted in our emotions even the ones that we share with one another that we can also let that affect our walk with God and we can be closeted in that way as well. So just thinking back two weeks ago, before Salvi's message, his wonderful message I'd encourage you to go back over that. We looked at the cost of committing sin, so the cost of Commission. We looked at the cost of confession, there is going to be a brokenness that comes with confession of sin. A genuine brokenness that will accompany the confession of sin. The cost of cleansing that good works and religious performances cannot cleanse from sin, only the blood of Jesus can cleanse from sin, this is the high cost of you and I being cleansed from our sin, and that high cost of cleansing from sin ought to make us hate sin and turn from it to run from it. But there is another side to this story, so that's what we looked at the previous week, but the other side is the experience of the joy of forgiveness that is expressed in psalm 32. In fact Paul quotes David's Psalm in Romans chapter 4, the first two verses of it, Romans chapter 4 now I have taken this out of the new American Standard which places the verses in CAPS and when you're reading through the New Testament in the new American Standard whenever you see a text in capitalised letters, what what that means is it's a reference that has taken from the Old Testament, well we've been reading Psalm 51 and Psalm 32 and here Paul from his knowledge and experience of Psalm 32 he takes that passage and he quotes it, “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered." Now you can look up that passage in commentaries and you will see that quite a few commentaries take that passage and give a little summary of it. Kenneth Wuest in his expanded translation he translates the words "blessed" which essentially had the meaning of to be happy, but it's a little bit like the word repentance "Metanoia" a change of mind. Now a change of mind does not encompass the in the Greek it doesn't encompass the Hebrew intentions of the word repentance which carries with it a component of deep sorrow that leads to a change of mind, and so in the same way the word blessed doesn't simply mean happy as if some circumstances have occurred and so therefore we are for some reason happy. The the word carries with it a meaning of spiritual prosperity that there is a prospering within the individual because of some circumstances so blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled. So spiritually prosperous are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness because they will be filled. Kenneth Wuest, he translates this as "spiritually prosperous are those whose lawlessnesses, whose lawlessness is were put away and whose sins were covered spiritually prosperous is the man to whose account the Lord does not in any case put sin". Well what a an amazing statement and the reason it's amazing is because David was entirely guilty, he had committed horrible sin. Now hand on heart that's you and I as well we have committed horrible sins you and I. He had rebelled against the law of God, blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven. David had rebelled against the law of God these were lawless deeds. He had failed to meet God's righteous standard, blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered, the term for sin means a falling short of the standard or the glory of God and so David he had fallen short he failed to meet God's righteous standard in keeping the law and so as a consequence of that he had sinned and here as David said in the in the beginning of psalm 32 and then as Paul quotes in Romans chapter 4, his falling short, his failure was covered by God. So he had failed to meet God's righteous standard he had surrendered to his sinful passions in this and had deceitfully covered up the whole matter for the year and this is a great tragedy. You could take proverbs 28 I just go over there proverbs 28 verse 13 Proverbs 28:13 "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion." What an awesome correlation to this text that we're looking at here this morning, psalm 32. Let's just consider as we are reading Psalm 32 that there is a an effect upon us when when we cover up sin. There is a powerful effect. We call that the ravaging effect of sin. Sin is damaging enough to us but when we continue to keep it covered it is powerful in its effects within the individual, and David refused to confess his sin and there was an effect directly in his life he suffered within his life. Psalm 51 shows us that David suffered spiritually through his silence and in psalm 32 it shows us that he also suffered physically through his silence. Ps 32:3-4 "When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer." David is talking about some of the effects of the silence about his sin, that they had a devastating effect within him as an individual, he became like an old man. He says God's hand was heavy upon him and he was like someone that was struggling through the the feverish heat of summer and that he was experiencing that drought spiritually and physically within his life. Some people who go to a doctor to take care of their symptoms, some believers this is, should go to the Lord and search their hearts, I'm not saying don't go to a doctor this is not some Word of Faith garbage here, but what I'm saying is you and I may suffer, we may suffer within through the silence or the compression, the covering of our own personal sins and it can affect us within. We're not saying that all sickness is caused by sin, but it does mean that unconfessed sin can have a physical affliction, that's something for us to consider. Isn't that the emphasis of first Corinthians 11 when Paul talks to the church about the Lord's Supper and in verses 29 to 31 but starting with verse 28, "but a man must examine himself and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup for he who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly for this reason many among you or we can seek in a number asleep "or dead that means but if and and so Paul is talking about believers who have died as a consequence of them not judging their own actions and the motivations of their actions and they harboured wrongfulness and in the process of that God took them out, that's that's what it seems to say, "but if we judge ourselves rightly we would not be judged but when we are judged we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world" so for the believer who is in error in his ways, there is a need for us to pause and to discontinue a process of covering up of sin so that we can rightly judge our hearts and come before God and be liberated from the effects of the covering up of sin. So God is at work in our lives and part of his work is to bring us to true repentance and in the process of doing that, bringing us to to repentance, God brings us to a place where we're restored in fellowship with him, and it seems to me the first Corinthians 11 these are people that Paul is speaking of who were out of fellowship with God, but were not under the judgment as sinners. But God judged God judged their sin, but he spared them from ultimate judgment as sinners will face. Now that's a topic for another day however just take note of that that there is a ravaging affect spiritually and even physically upon us as believers when we are silent about our sin. Now there is also within this passage a wonderful rawness of true confession. I think this is one of the most endearing aspects of David when you read him. He wears his heart out on his sleeve, as we're often recorded to say about individuals, David pours himself out and this is something raw, there is something basic, there's something powerful about the confession of sin. David said in verse 5 "I acknowledge my sin to you and my iniquity I did not hide. I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord and you forgave the guilt of my sin" and so we'll take a moment to pause, you forgave the guilt of my sin, Selah, so we'll take a moment to pause and think about this. Literally David is saying I began to make known to you my sin. The wording is interesting "I acknowledged my sin to you" the wording is interesting because he is he's actually saying I began to make it known. And the idea is that it wasn't an immediately completed fact, it wasn't the simplicity of a prayer such as Oh Lord I've sinned, please forgive me, please forgive me Lord. That's not what David was doing here, but the indication of the text is that David was working this issue through with God. He began pleading with God over the state of his heart and over the condition of sin that he was in. David immediately confessed that he had sinned when Nathan spoke to him, but then privately David allows the Spirit of God to uncover his sins one by one, and this is the true nature of confession. Imagine a man who maybe has been dishonourable to his family in in various different ways and so then he realises that that he's being dishonourable in all these different ways and so he gathers the family and he says to them, look, I've got something to say to you. I'm sorry, please forgive me. Now there would be a lot of confusion in that in in in the sense that the family members who maybe are anticipating this and wanting to see the restoration of relationship between themselves and their father are probably hungering for a depth of Communion and confession to take place and so for the father to simply say, I'm sorry please forgive me. That's not going to cut the mustard as far as the family is concerned. "What are you sorry about" is going to be one of the first questions because how can we forgive you if we don't know what you're sorry about, and so it works the same way that as believers God is desiring truth in the inward parts he's desiring that you and I would come before him to be cleansed and that's going to require that you and I are honest with God in seeking that forgiveness and in confessing our sins and actually speaking them out to God and not just saying, sorry God, please forgive me. Because that doesn't cut it. That's not a raw sincere true confession before the Lord. David's prayer was not this general confession, he named his sins specifically before God and because he confessed, God forgave him. One writer said, "the less you spare yourself the more God will spare you". That's a phrase we would be familiar with, because we would have heard sometimes people say "I'll spare you the embarrassment". The less you spare yourself, the more God will spare you. The less you and I cover the more God will spare you .Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11 but if we judged ourselves rightly we would not be judged, we just read that out a moment ago in in 1st Corinthians 11, "for if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged", There is an emotional component to seeking forgiveness because the idea of seeking forgiveness, stems from the understanding of law-breaking, and just as every parent would desire for their children to come to them and and confess to them say mum, dad, I did this thing wrong and I'm so sorry, and be genuine about it. The idea of confession is that it comes from a brokenness of heart. We read that just a moment ago in Psalm 51 when we were going into community, "for you do not delight in sacrifice otherwise I would give it you're not pleased with burnt offering the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God you will not despise". And so God doesn't forgive simply because we confess, there is a an element to true confession that is accompanied by true brokenness, and that then causes in us a rawness to the sincerity of a true confession and if you've been a believer for any length of time you've met someone who has just outwardly poured out their heart about how they had disgraced God has just gushed out of them and and you're listening to them as they share with you the brokenness that they had in their lives and how they experience God's love and joy and even in telling you, many times, you're able to sense a reflection from this person's heart in your own life as to the the total sincerity with which they're speaking to you about how they poured their heart out to God. And God doesn't simply forgive just because of prayer it's not just that we recite "our Father who art in heaven hallowed by thy name". He forgives when we confess our sins because he is faithful and just, and because we are in a place of sincerity about recognising the condition of our sins, and how we have violated God's law and violated our relationship with him. He is faithful to his promise and he is Just concerning his reference to the cross. You see forgiveness is found at the cross of Jesus Christ and therefore we don't earn forgiveness. The coming to God in in a condition of confession of sin is not to earn forgiveness, it's a simple step of obedience, confess your sins. This is a step of obedience that we would honour God with that. Romans 8:31 through 39 says "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;" So if you and I have been justified by God through repentance and faith then who can bring a charge against us. It's God who justified, He's dealt with it and how did He deal with it? In the cross of Jesus Christ. That is the justice of God. So it's in his hands. Romans 8:34 "who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." God's love is not a random thing, it is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And we in Christ Jesus through repentance and faith, and therefore the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through repentance in faith. So forgiveness is tied to confession of sin because God is faithful and just. That's a phenomenal thought isn't it, that God calls us to confess our sin to him because he is faithful and just to forgive. Now let that just sink in for a moment, this is a Selah moment, we pause and reflect and you wonder for a moment. Lord what sins have I committed what sins are unconfessed between me and you. He's aware of them, in our calloused hearts we may have become unaware of them, not that they're not there, but that we have become so calloused that we're committing this sin without even giving heed to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Let's move on here this morning, so we've looked at the ravaging effect of silence. The raw sincerity of true confession. Let's have a look at the rejoicing of cleansing. David's brokenness and rawness of his confession was replaced by singing and rejoicing God put songs in his heart and I know that there are more than one of you listening who have had that experience of coming to Christ and experiencing the forgiveness of sins. And there just seems to be this thing of rejoicing and singing with in your heart. Ps 32:6 "Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him." Now let's do a little translation of that. Surely the flood of great waters, that flood of great waters will not reach him, the disaster will not overcome him. Ps 32:7 "You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah." Again we come across this this pause for reflection. So he is surrounded by songs of deliverance and wherever he turns, this means he's finding something to sing about. What a turnaround from Psalm 51 verse 3 where my sin was ever before me, he said. Now he's surrounded by songs of deliverance. Look what the Lord has done, greater is He that is in me, you know his heart is bursting forth with song, it's no longer I who liveth. I'm obviously singing from the New Testament experience, but David said "I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me" and now he's saying "you preserve me from trouble you surround me with songs of deliverance" so there is turnaround, why because of the confession that he went through. Now there's a warning here in this text. Verse 6 says "therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. So there's a warning here about timeliness, he wants us that that we should not delay in seeking God. Pray to you in a time when you may be found. Now this may have two meanings it may mean that in a time when we find out our sins, so as soon as we become aware of our sin and seek God. And it may also mean in a time when God may be found. And I think the second meaning leads toward this idea that the longer we harbour the sin in our hearts, the harder our hearts become and the more difficult it becomes for us to open up before God because we've been harbouring this sin. And our hearts have become calloused. And so with that I think there are some different interpretations, but I think there may be a combination of these two mixed together here, Remember he says in verse 6 "therefore that everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found surely in a flood of great waters that were not reach you. So as overwhelming as the acknowledging of our sin before God maybe, persist in seeking God with it while you're in that state of heart, don't let it go. Now I think it is genuine to the text to state that if a believer allows sin to accumulate, we're talking about a believer here, if they allow sin to go covered, so it's covered over and they're harbouring it. I think it's fair to say that Hebrews 12 teaches us that God will chasten us and that chastening is for a specific purpose that in the process of God chastening us. We'll go to Hebrews 12, then in the process of God chastening us, He is correcting us for a purpose. Heb 12: 4-5"You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;" My son do not despise. So God speaks to his children and the author of Hebrews reminds him that, listen don't treat this lightly have you forgotten they God says he will chasten his children. Heb 12: 6-7 "For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.” It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?" So God has a purpose in the discipline he brings into our lives and it may be that the chastening of the Lord might be likened to these waters that will not overwhelm, surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him, so God will use the circumstances of life, He will bring about circumstances in order to chasten us so that we will come to Him in reflection and in confession of our sins. So the caution for us is confess quickly, don't delay with confessing. David, as a consequence of his confession he's not afraid anymore. We read in verses 6 & 7 of psalm 32 "Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him." There's a confidence there, surely he says, then you are my hiding place, you preserve me from trouble, you surround me with songs of deliverance. So his confidence is in God. David is now not living in fear, he's not trembling, his bones are not quaking within him, his body is not wasting away. He is not feeling like somebody who is parched from the hot dry summer Sun, this is the blessing of being in right relationship with God. That out of that right relationship with God fear is vanquished with the presence of a clean conscience. And that that's something that money can buy. The Beatles said "money can't buy me love" but that is something money can't buy you. That comes out of relationship with God. In a sense David is saying, let troubles come, I'm not afraid, whatever comes my way is only by the Lord's hand anyway. He's allowed it to come so he will give me strength to withstand. Even the most onerous assaults of the enemy, David says they're not an issue. God will strengthen me to stand. Let's move on as we come to a close in this so we've looked at the ravaging effect of silence. Looking at the top three points here. The ravaging affective silence the roar sincerity of true confession the rejoicing of cleansing let's have a look finally at the expression of joy and confidence that comes, because verses 8 to 11 this is God's reply to David God is now speaking to David and he is assuring him that he will direct his steps. Verse 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way in which you should go I will counsel you with my eye upon you, he restores my soul Psalm 23 verse 3 says he leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Notice that God wants to counsel you with his eye. Now this is far different to being corrected with a rod. In other words the intention of God is that you and I would be in such a relationship with him, that it's a little bit like a parent who may do this to their child, and the child responds or the parent raises both eyebrows, or frowns. And the child instantly is aware for the parents that looks like this as if the child is to divert their attention to something and then goes to do it. And so God wants to guide us with his eye, not with a heavy rod. And an obedient child learns the look of his or her parents eyes, they they learn to understand the directive that parents are giving from a look or from a simple phrase and we should be seeking to be constantly under the father's eye, learning to live so we can please him. In verse 9 David talks about two extremes, and he says in verse nine "don't be as the horse or the mule which have no understanding whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check otherwise they will not come near to you." Now this is the Lord remember, speaking to David here, and he's saying don't be like this, don't be like a horse and don't be like a mule. I've been around a lot of horses they can be flighty don't be like that, don't be impulsive, don't be like a mule, and there's more than one or two mules in my family history and the Irish Scottish and English renowned for stubbornness, in fact probably every culture is in some way. The horse that rushes ahead and the the mule that is stubborn, they're both led by the bit in the mouth that bit that is uncomfortable for them and so they learn that when they try to fight and they try to resist that bit that it's uncomfortable for them and so they learn to be moved in the right direction. And so Christians should avoid impulsiveness and stubbornness, these are two extremes that we are to avoid, and so this is the Lord speaking to David. David's gone through all of this and the Lord is now saying to him you know avoid these things. God is directing our steps and as a process of that is saying this and as you walk with me avoid impulsiveness and avoid stubbornness, these are important things. Especially when you consider these statements in the light of 2 Samuel 11 and 12 and in the light of Psalm 51 and Psalm 32, David impulsively got himself into sin and then stubbornly covered it up for over a year. So this is this is very relevant to what the Lord is saying to David and so Christians should avoid both of these kinds of behaviour, we should walk with the Lord and a step at a time in loving obedience. Now some Christians have to have the bit in the bridle before God can control them and over time God teaches them tenderness of heart to walk with him. That is what God desires for us that we would have a tenderness of heart in walking with Him. Dumb animals have no understanding, but God's people learn to understand what the will of the Lord is. You can check out Ephesians 5:15-17 "therefore be careful how you walk, verses verse 15 says not as unwise but as wise making the most of your time because the days are evil so then do not be foolish but understand what the will of the Lord is. So we often as Christians have sinned and being restored. So from that point of restoration that's not a time to rest on our laurels now is the time you know in that point of restoration that's the time that we would begin to open our hearts up to God and learn to walk carefully and circumspect with him and understand what the will of the Lord is for our lives. Satan will try to undermine our peace and our confidence in the Lord, it's very easy for us to begin to worry about the past and the consequences of our foolishness, but who will separate us from the love of God. We've read that just before it Romans chapter 8, go back there and check that out, because there are definitely better fruits from disobedience but verses 10 and 11 show that God protects and upholds those who belong to him. Verse 10 many other sorrows of the wicked but he who trusts in the Lord loving-kindness shall surround him, be glad in the Lord and rejoice you righteous ones and shout for joy all you who are upright in heart. The wicked have many sorrows. That's what the Lord says there. The sorrows also come to the lives of disobedient Saints, the rain falls on the just and on the unjust. Since both disobedient and obedient will experience trial and tribulation in this world, this side of eternity. So this is not as I said earlier a word of faith message. But when we're walking in obedience and in relationship with God those trials and tribulations we are able to count as blessings in our lives because we see the will and the purpose of God in it. So it is that the Christian who has been cleansed from his sin, he sees the hand of God in those trials and in those difficulties and he may even actually rejoice in them that's through those trials and difficulties God has turned his heart away from his own stubbornness and back to their tenderness of confession and relationship with God and restoration. So confession is a powerful thing. Now remember as we come to close, that confession results in a past that is forgiven, a present that is joyful, and a future that is built on a secure hope in Christ Jesus. And that's a marvelous thing. So let's just consider for a moment, we mentioned at the start that the heading, if you have a Study Bible of the the psalm, is a Maskil. The meaning of this is that it's a didactic Psalm in its purpose, meaning that it has a teaching purpose. How blessed is he or how spiritually prosperous is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered how spiritually prosperous is the man to whom the Lord does not multiply iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit. So with that, given that this is a teaching Psalm and it has three deliberate pauses in it where we are to reflect at certain points within the psalm. I would ask you, what sins are unconfessed between you and God? What is there that is unconfessed? What is there that you must make right with the Lord? This is a sincere and important question for us all to answer. What must I come before the Lord with? As I seek that joyous fellowship with him as my father who will direct me with the tenderness of his eye, rather than with the severity of a rod. And you know I'm thankful that I have experienced the rod of God's correction in my life but you know I much prefer being in fellowship with and taking the direction of his eye. Hallelujah praise the Lord, a past forgiven, a present joyful, and a future secure. What a wonderful Psalm this really is, it's it's such a tremendous blessing to us and a real encouragement. Because David he was someone who so much was just like us, and you know he struggled with things he was a man subject to his own passions impulsiveness and stubbornness all these kinds of things and that's what God deals with in this this Psalm, and in the closing verses when God speaks to him. So we can find in this some resemblance to ourselves. Our Father we thank you for today. We praise You Lord God that your word is not the sterilised record of insincerity, but instead Lord it is the inspired recording of an engagement between you and humans, And that engagement included many sins, many sins even of those whom you used mightily and so we thank you Father that even David who was in scripture called your friend, failed at many points and Psalm 51 in psalm 32 a record of his response to one such failure. So we praise You Lord this morning help us to learn from this help us to go over these Psalms and really meditate over them to see how you would bless us. Help us Lord to be tender-hearted before you and recognise our sin and confess it to you without delay. In the mighty name of Jesus the Messiah. Amen, praise the Lord.

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Derek and Mike pack up their equipment and travel right outside Watkins Glen to interview Brian McKenzie, owner of Fingerlakes Distilling. Brian discusses their products, Irish/Scottish influence, tasting room, and much more. Additionally, we discuss how he was able to find success being in the middle one of the most populated Winery strips in New York. Brian was a fantastic guest, and we are so thankful for his time to let us interview. Go follow Fingerlakes Distilling on all their social media, and make sure next time you take a trip, go grab some amazing spirits! As always, Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you do not miss Mike and Derek rate all of their products. Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. New videos every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!

Here we are again the latest episode from the triplets of Nerdity, that’s right folks those wacky goofballs have done it again. First up we have Buck bringing us news about new robots using the art of Kirigami. The art of cutting paper, in this case it is cutting and folding paper. This method has been applied to robotics with some awesome results. Now while it is only early days, we ask you to remember the Origami claw we featured a while back. With this in mind you will understand why Buck is excited, and Professor joins in with the excitement. This is just the start of the show and it is already looking fantastic.Next we look at the dismal lack of taste exhibited by the foolish bunch of weirdos in Hollywood behind the Golden Globes. That’s right we said it, actually Buck did if any snipers are being sent for reprisals. But seriously, just get those idiots to go look at some of the amazing work in animation out there. It doesn’t have to be all CGI, honestly Hollywood was built on proper special effects. These days they struggle to do anything outside a computer lab. While we are not meaning to insult CGI and the wonders it can produce, why can’t we have some proper animation and anime getting awards. When can we see some real special effects like we used to get back in the day. Not meaning to sound as grumpy as Buck or as old as a Boomer but seriously the talent involved in special effects was astounding.Last we look at a remake of Sonic 06 that is actually looking good. That is until corporate lawyers realised they could make money by getting it shut down. Take a moment and open the link, doesn’t that look so much better then what was dumped on the market like so much garbage? The amount of work involved must be mind-blowing, but there may be hope for the future. Want to know what that might be, well you will need to listen in to find out. You thought I was slipping and going to tell you everything, but believe me, there is so much more for you.We finish with the regular shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and special events. As always we hope you take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated.Self-folding robots using kirigami- https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-robots-self-folding-kirigami-materials.html- https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/12/11/1906435116/tab-figures-dataAnime Movies snubbed from Golden Globes - https://www.cbr.com/golden-globes-shuts-out-anime-films-promare-weathering-with-you-i-lost-my-body/Sonic 06 Remade by a Fan - https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/11/sonic-p-06-unity-pc-fan-remake/Games currently playingBuck– Pirates Slay - https://www.crazygames.com/game/pirates-slayRating: 4.5/5DJ– Frenzy Retribution - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1108560/FrenzyRetribution/Rating: 4/5Professor- Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/813780/Age_of_Empires_II_Definitive_Edition/Rating: 4.733/5Other topics discussedKirigami Definiton (variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper, rather than solely folding the paper as is the case with origami, but typically does not use glue.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirigami- https://www.origami-resource-center.com/kirigami-for-kids.htmlT-1000 (A fictional character in the Terminator franchise. A shape shifting android assassin, it was created by Skynet. The T-1000 is described in Terminator 2 as being composed of liquid metal, or a mimetic polyalloy (nanorobotics) that it can manipulate to assume various forms.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-1000Origami Gripper (A team at MIT CSAIL have been working on a solution to this problem, which they call the Origami gripper. The gripper consists of a flexible, folding skeleton surrounded by an airtight skin.)- https://hackaday.com/2019/03/18/origami-gripper-is-great-for-soft-and-heavy-objects/Microbots (tiny nanobots constructed by Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6)- https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/MicrobotsPoisoned books in universities- https://theconversation.com/how-we-discovered-three-poisonous-books-in-our-university-library-98358Shadows from the Walls of Death (printed in 1874 it is a noteworthy book for two reasons: its rarity, and the fact that, if you touch it, it might kill you. It contains just under a hundred wallpaper samples, each of which is saturated with potentially dangerous levels of arsenic)- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shadows-from-the-walls-of-death-bookSouth Korean Cinemas suing Disney over Frozen 2- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/03/disney-sued-frozen-2s-monopoly-south-korean-cinemas/Banana on the wall masterpiece and aftermath- https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-banana-on-the-wall-was-a-masterpiece-until-somebody-ate-it-20191209-p53i0u.html- https://nypost.com/2019/12/09/banana-wall-vandalized-with-jeffrey-epstein-theory-at-art-basel/PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) (is a single by Pikotaro, a fictional singer-songwriter created and portrayed by Japanese comedian Daimaou Kosaka.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPAP_(Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)Banksy painting purchased and shredded- https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/banksy-s-shredded-painting-stunt-was-viral-performance-art-who-ncna921426Money Heist (Spanish television heist crime drama series.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_HeistThe Grand Tour (created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and Andy Wilman, produced by Amazon exclusively for its online streaming service Amazon Prime Video)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_TourBlack Sails (American historical adventure television series set on New Providence Island and written to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sails_(TV_series)P.T. (initialism for "playable teaser") is a first-person psychological horror video game developed by Kojima Productions, under the pseudonym "7780s Studio", and published by Konami. The game was directed and designed by Hideo Kojima, in collaboration with film director Guillermo del Toro.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.T._(video_game)Fan Remake Of P.T. for free (indie developer managed to remake the P.T. demo and give it out to the general public for free, so for everyone who missed out on it years ago can play the fan remake right now.)- https://www.cinemablend.com/games/2444440/you-can-play-a-fan-remake-of-pt-for-freeKonami shuts down P.T fan remake- https://www.cinemablend.com/games/2450779/the-pt-fan-remake-was-just-killed-by-konamiP.T fan remake Developer offered an internship- https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/13/17570252/pt-on-pc-fan-remake-cease-desist-pulledMarkets (Age of Empires 2 building)- https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Market_(Age_of_Empires_II)Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (also known as Soviet Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from the Union's inception in 1922 to its breakup in 1991.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_RepublicShoutouts17 Dec 1989 – First episode of The Simpsons airs in the United States with the episode titled Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, although it was titled onscreen as "The Simpsons Christmas Special" -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire17 Dec 2003 – SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight, which was also the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright Brothers' historic first powered flight. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne17/12/2019 - Shoutout to the New South Wales and Queensland Fire fighters along with their Rural Fire Association Queensland Raffle- https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/very-unpredictable-fire-conditions-forecast-for-nsw-amid-soaring-temperatures-volatile-winds/live-coverage/76f62241194e47b012e83caf81c535a8- https://www.rfbaq.org/au75Remembrances20 Nov 2019 – Tony Brooker, British academic, was a computer scientist known for developing the Mark 1 Autocode language. He also designed the compiler-compiler which is a programming tool that creates a parser, interpreter, or compiler from some form of formal description of a programming language and machine. He died at the age of 94 in Hexham - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/technology/tony-brooker-dead.html17 Dec 1907 - William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish (of Ulster Scots heritage) mathematical physicist and engineer who was born in Belfast in 1824. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. Absolute temperatures are stated in units of kelvin in his honour. While the existence of a lower limit to temperature (absolute zero) was known prior to his work, Kelvin is known for determining its correct value as approximately −273.15 degree Celsius or −459.67 degree Fahrenheit. He died from a severe chill at the age of 83 in Largs, Ayrshire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin17 Dec 2016 - Henry Judah Heimlich, American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, described in Emergency Medicine in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system for ambulatory patients and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "flutter valve", which drains blood and air out of the chest cavity. He died after complications from a heart attack at the age of 96 in Cincinnati, Ohio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_HeimlichFamous Birthdays17 Dec 1905 - Simo "Simuna" Häyhä, nicknamed "White Death"by the Red Army,was a Finnishsniper. He is believed to have killed 500 men during the 1939–40 Winter War, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle, a variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle, and a Suomi KP/-31 sub machine gun. His unit's captain Antti Rantama credited him with 259 confirmed kills by sniper rifle and an equal number of kills by sub machine gun during the Winter War. Häyhä never talked about it publicly but estimated in his diary that he killed around 500. He was born in Rautjärvi, Viipuri Province. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A417 Dec 1920 - Kenneth Eugene Iverson, Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the programming language APL. He was honored with the Turing Award in 1979 "for his pioneering effort in programming languages and mathematical notation resulting in what the computing field now knows as APL; for his contributions to the implementation of interactive systems, to educational uses of APL, and to programming language theory and practice". He was born in Camrose, Alberta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_E._Iverson17 Dec 1929 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who. As the history teacher of Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, Barbara was the first Doctor Who companion to appear on-screen in 1963, with Hill speaking the series' first words. She played the role for nearly two years, leaving the series in 1965 at the same time as fellow actor William Russell (who played the companion Ian Chesterton). Hill returned to Doctor Who in 1980 for an appearance in the serial Meglos, as the Tigellan priestess Lexa. She was born in Birmingham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Hill17 Dec 1975 - Milica Bogdanovna "Milla" Jovovich, American actress, model, and musician. Her starring roles in numerous science fiction and action films led the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006. In 2004, Forbes determined that she was the highest-paid model in the world. Jovovich gained attention for her role in the 1991 romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon, as she was then only 15. She was considered to have a breakthrough with her role in the 1997 French science-fiction film The Fifth Element, written and directed by Luc Besson. She and Besson married that year, but soon divorced. She starred as the heroine and martyr in Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. Between 2002 and 2016, Jovovich portrayed Alice in the science fiction horror film franchise Resident Evil, which became the highest-grossing film series to be based on video games. She was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla_JovovichEvent of interest17 Dec 1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It flew about four miles (6.4 km) for four times. Today, the airplane is exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The U.S. Smithsonian Institution describes the aircraft as "the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The flight of Flyer I marks the beginning of the "pioneer era" of aviation. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer17 Dec 1957 – The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The missile named (R&D) Atlas A 12A which was an SM-65A Atlas landed in the target area after a flight of 600 miles. This was the first Atlas with a functional guidance system.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65A_Atlas- https://web.archive.org/web/20060204073649/http://www.geocities.com/atlas_missile/Chronology.html18 Dec 1971 – On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth in the James Bond series was released, with its premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. As On Her Majesty's Secret Service had been filmed in stereo, the first Bond film to use the technology, the Odeon had a new speaker system installed to benefit the new sounds. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_Secret_Service_(film)- https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/movies/ohmss_premiere?id=04625IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com

In this episode we discuss the Irish/Scottish legend and cryptid, the Banshee . . . . . . . Intro : Planet Hell by Serge Narcissoff | https://soundcloud.com/sergenarcissoff Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Outro: Borealis by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

After leaving the desert of Tal-Ramel behind the First find themselves in a strange new land: Koga, the Land of the Lost River. As soon as they arrive they are greeted by a beautiful bronze coloured Wood Elf named Chimei and are led to the would be child Emperor, and the two are more than meets the eye. Now our heroes (we can say that now) are trying to find the heads of an assassin organisation that is being controlled by the council that rules over the empire, in the Emperor's stead. Their link to this country comes in the from of another Ironhammer brother, Rockholm, who claims he has been here for a few months. The wizard looks older than his brothers, and not very good in a fight- But the Irish/Scottish hybrid of a Dwarf will stand by the First like his brothers before him.

Here at TKS, we talk about all things related to mom life: pelvic floor health, juggling work and motherhood, and transitions throughout motherhood. Today we interrupt our regularly scheduled topics to bring you an episode all about Dad Life!   Last season, we brought our partners on the podcast to play an edition of the Newlywed Game. Today we’re here for less competitive reasons. We’re going to ask then no holds barred questions about fatherhood, how they parent, and how it feels to be married to such amazing powerhouse women *cough*   Lets reintroduce our guys!   Dave Weber is a software development engineer for a top four tech firm. He enjoys a good glass of whiskey, bike rides, and cruising Reddit for hours. A self-described geek, he’s a big fan of gadgets and his latest passion is perfecting the pH of our backyard swimming pool.   Ben Edwards is the chief technology officer at a digital music company. He enjoys red wine, telling bad jokes, and watching Liverpool win. Often mistaken for a lumberjack, he loves plaid, Irish/Scottish culture, and all things Star Wars. He recently lost his mind when he got to meet his childhood idol Chewbacca.   Resources: Grace Hopper Celebration: https://ghc.anitab.org/

After leaving the desert of Tal-Ramel behind the First find themselves in a strange new land: Koga, the Land of the Lost River. As soon as they arrive they are greeted by a beautiful bronze coloured Wood Elf named Chimei and are led to the would be child Emperor, and the two are more than meets the eye. Now our heroes (we can say that now) are trying to find the heads of an assassin organisation that is being controlled by the council that rules over the empire, in the Emperor's stead. Their link to this country comes in the from of another Ironhammer brother, Rockholm, who claims he has been here for a few months. The wizard looks older than his brothers, and not very good in a fight- But the Irish/Scottish hybrid of a Dwarf will stand by the First like his brothers before him.

In this episode we welcome our friend Jim Barry of The Memories and later in the show singer song writer Barry Jay.Blu's Irish Music show on both sides of the pond featuring Irish Musicians playing all kinds of genres' of music. Episode 1 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Helen Donohoe is an unusual lady. As someone who has been at the forefront of driving social change and author of various books including a successful novel, you’d expect her to be passionate, intelligent and driven—and she doesn’t disappoint. Helen is a Londoner of Irish-Scottish parentage who studied politics and government in Manchester University and LSE. She recently completed an MA in Creative Writing at City University London, following which her debut novel Birdy Flynn was published. Helen has twenty years’ experience speaking up for the powerless and invisible as campaigner, lobbyist, volunteer and writer. In her last role as Director of Public Policy at Action for Children she led the successful campaign to establish emotional child neglect in criminal law. In this wide-ranging interview, we dig deep into Helen’s work and her wonderful book Birdy Flynn, which tells the story of a young girl growing up in the early 80’s and her struggle to find a place in the world, internal confusion of her sexuality, external family conflict, all against a tough socio-political backdrop. This is Your London Legacy.   “We changed the law but the law is only as good as it is applied on the ground.” [5:18] Tens of thousands of children are having to take care of their parents. They’re called young carers, and they are in charge of a huge variety of adult activities; shopping, medication, taking care of younger siblings, or their parents with disabilities and a wide variety of other ailments, self-inflicted and not. The law for child neglect was totally Victorian, where basically as long as they child wasn’t dead the parents were not in the wrong. Helen helped start a campaign to change this law and put a greater focus on child neglect, working with police officers, nurses, teachers on a law that would be nicknamed “The Cinderella Law”.   [16:36] In Helen’s book Birdy Flynn the main character is a 12 year-old, Birdy, who is undergoing a struggle for their identity in the 1980’s. Even after a hundred pages the reader is still not quite sure of Birdy’s gender—which of course is a completely deliberate tactic used by Helen. This book is heavily influenced by Helen’s upbringing in the 1980’s where conversations about gender identity were nonexistent. She remembers not having a choice as to her gender, social class, and a range of things—back then she says you were taught to simply accept and get on with your life, something far different from what Helen sees being taught to children today.   “It’s often said that people’s first books have strong elements of autobiography. It’s based on my experience broadly.” [24:40] While the book can be considered Young Adult, it very much straddles the line of a full Adult novel. There is brutality that mirrors the times—IRA bombs, horses being murdered, and a horrible right wing government. The issues Birdy deals with are more personal, but still violent and life-changing none the less—the murder of a cat. Helen finds that Young Adult readers can handle tough topics and heavier subjects, so long as she stays honest and there remains a hope for change.   [44:40] Like many other creators, both established and acclaimed and upcoming and unknown—Helen has wrestled with imposter syndrome. This started with the belief that she could even write a book in the first place. However after a lot of thought, and an open house where the director of the Creative Writing MA at City University gave her some encouragement, Helen joined the program. She came out with a draft of Birdy Flynn and after another year or so of editing and feedback and countless rewrites—had the book you find on shelves today.   Links Helen Donohoe Author Page (http://www.helendonohoe.org/) Birdy Flynn (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birdy-Flynn-Helen-Donohoe/dp/1780749392) Spread the Word Group (https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/)... Support this podcast

Tonight we talk with Jamie Bernadette & Leah McKendrick about their new movie 4/20 Massacre available NOW on VOD & DVD! Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com/Make a date with death this April.Suspense, smoke and spine-tingling chills are on the menu when horror icon Jamie Bernadette and Justine Wachsberger, star of the Divergent series, face a 4/20 Massacre.Premiering on VOD and DVD 4/3 from Film Chest, the first-ever “stoner slasher” movie pits today’s hottest young stars against cinema’s next iconic movie monster in a frightening and funny comedy-thriller released just in time for the “The Official Holiday” for weed enthusiasts.From writer/director Dylan Reynolds comes the story of five women who go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend’s birthday over the 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana growing operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare.Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu, Killing Joan), Vanessa Rose Parker (Samurai Cop 2), Justine Wachsberger (Divergent), Stacey Danger (‘’Jean-Claude Van Johnson’’), Marissa Pistone (Raze), Jim Storm (Dark Shadows), Mark Schroeder (‘’Pretty Little Liars’’) Jim Round, Drew Talbert and James Gregory star in a Dylan Reynolds film.Inhale. Exhale. Scream. 4/20 Massacre premieres this April.M.F.A. An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free.Leah McKendrick is an actress/singer/filmmaker that got her start in musical theatre in San Francisco. She was raised by a Nicaraguan mother and Irish/Scottish father. She began writing and producing in her teen years and performed live throughout the Bay Area before moving south to study Theatre at Chapman University. She was signed to the pop record label, Monarch, in 2010. She went on to create and star in the critically acclaimed musical series, Destroy the Alpha Gammas, which made her a Webby Award Honoree and a Streamy Award Nominee. In 2014 she formed Villainess Productions, aimed at creating content featuring women in diverse and compelling roles. Her films have screened throughout the world at festivals such as SXSW, Sitges, Busan International and Fantasia.Find out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.coSend us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/46d849c8-acc2-4eff-b11f-db5ff00a040c

Enjoy a little Celtic Love on the show #345 with Celtic music from Poitin, We Banjo 3, Jed Marum with Hugh Morrison and Mason Brown, Steve Hawson, The Gothard Sisters, Colleen Raney, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Norah Rendell, The Shanties, Seagulls Are Drunk, Ryan MacNeil, Sligo Rags.   http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ Listen and share this podcast. Download 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.   TODAY'S SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Don't just see the world. Go on a relaxing adventure with a small group of Celtic music fans, just like you. We won't see everything. Instead, we will stay in one area. 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Hosted by Tamara Broughton. Todays Guest Julietter will be talking about:1. The call for deeper meaning in day to day living2. The desire to establish greater connection to the natural world3. Her program for deeper immersion into the practise - how it answers those calls with personalized spiritual practices that seamlessly fits into daily life & personal healing toolsJuliette is a west coast gal of Irish & Scottish decent with a lifelong affinity for nature, its creatures and the family stories of seers, magic, and visiting ghosts passed to her from the women in her family.As a child and teen she experienced visions and premonitions which awoke her personal awareness to the realm of Spirit. Now she weaves the Sacred into her daily life and facilitates opportunities for others to find their personal spiritual practices. Her call to the shamanic path was recognized after a combination of traditional factors, including many poisonous Black Widow spider bites covering her body from head to toe, poisonous bites from both Brown Recluse and Hobo spiders, near drowning, and a number of encounters with lightning strikes. Ultimately these experiences lead her to a formal shamanic training and lifestyle in 2007.For many years after her shamanic apprenticeship began, a major life crisis necessitated that each piece of healing, wisdom and training she received be integrated and lived deeply. Juliette now holds a deep understanding of how important it is to heal and maintain one's spiritual, energetic, and physical aspects to overcome adversity, turn hardships into medicine and to move from mere survival to soul-filled living.Juliette also brings wisdom from her former career as a master level Brainwave Technician and as a Reiki Master Teacher into her current private practice offering year long Shamanic Living Immersions, private healing sessions, shamanic journey circles, community medicine gatherings and seasonal celebrations both in Squamish BC and online.www.shamanicliving.ca www.3foldbalance.com

Hosted by Tamara Broughton. Todays Guest Julietter will be talking about:1. The call for deeper meaning in day to day living2. The desire to establish greater connection to the natural world3. Her program for deeper immersion into the practise - how it answers those calls with personalized spiritual practices that seamlessly fits into daily life & personal healing toolsJuliette is a west coast gal of Irish & Scottish decent with a lifelong affinity for nature, its creatures and the family stories of seers, magic, and visiting ghosts passed to her from the women in her family.As a child and teen she experienced visions and premonitions which awoke her personal awareness to the realm of Spirit. Now she weaves the Sacred into her daily life and facilitates opportunities for others to find their personal spiritual practices. Her call to the shamanic path was recognized after a combination of traditional factors, including many poisonous Black Widow spider bites covering her body from head to toe, poisonous bites from both Brown Recluse and Hobo spiders, near drowning, and a number of encounters with lightning strikes. Ultimately these experiences lead her to a formal shamanic training and lifestyle in 2007.For many years after her shamanic apprenticeship began, a major life crisis necessitated that each piece of healing, wisdom and training she received be integrated and lived deeply. Juliette now holds a deep understanding of how important it is to heal and maintain one's spiritual, energetic, and physical aspects to overcome adversity, turn hardships into medicine and to move from mere survival to soul-filled living.Juliette also brings wisdom from her former career as a master level Brainwave Technician and as a Reiki Master Teacher into her current private practice offering year long Shamanic Living Immersions, private healing sessions, shamanic journey circles, community medicine gatherings and seasonal celebrations both in Squamish BC and online.www.shamanicliving.ca www.3foldbalance.com

“The Back Room” is going NERDY with guest Jim Amos as we discuss some of the best medieval, Celtic, new age music out there!

Mundofonías #5 Feb 2016 | Conexiones PDF Imprimir Correo Lunes, 15 de Febrero de 2016 15:02 - Conexiones - Connections Con conexiones indo-británicas, franco-etíopes, hispano-balcánicas, irlando-escocesas, serbo-inglesas... o psico-nigerianas, entre otras. With Indian-British, French-Ethiopian, Spanish-Balkan, Irish-Scottish, Serbian-English... and psyche-Nigerian connections, among others. Michael Messer's Mitra - Rollin' and tumblin' (Call of the blues) Ukandanz - Tchuhetén betsèmu (Awo) Celestine Ukwu - Obialu be onye abiagbunia okwukwe (V.A. - The rough guide to a world of psychedelia) Osei Korankye - K?sewa (Seperewa of Ghana: Emmer? nyina ns?) Battlefield Band - Reels (Beg & borrow) Three Cane Whale - Shadows of the Chalk Hills (Palimpsest) Malandro Club - Brehme (Malandro Club) Milo ke Mandarini - Manyana i manyana [inédito / unreleased] Nedyalko Nedyalkov - Rumenitza (I want to say) Faith i Branko - Bumbar (Gypsy lover) (Faith i Branko - Sydney swing (Gypsy lover))

Con conexiones indo-británicas, franco-etiopes, hispano-balcánicas, irlando-escocesas, serbo-inglesas... o psico-nigerianas, entre otras. With Indian-British, French-Ethiopian, Spanish-Balkan, Irish-Scottish, Serbian-English... and psyche-Nigerian connections, among others. Michael Messer's Mitra - Rollin' and tumblin' (Call of the blues) Ukandanz - Tchuhetén betsèmu (Awo) Celestine Ukwu - Obialu be onye abiagbunia okwukwe (V.A. - The rough guide to a world of psychedelia) Osei Korankye - K?sewa (Seperewa of Ghana: Emmer? nyina ns?) Battlefield Band - Reels (Beg & borrow) Three Cane Whale - Shadows of the Chalk Hills (Palimpsest) Malandro Club - Brehme (Malandro Club) Milo ke Mandarini - Manyana i manyana [inédito / unreleased] Nedyalko Nedyalkov - Rumenitza (I want to say) Faith i Branko - Bumbar (Gypsy lover) (Faith i Branko - Sydney swing (Gypsy lover))

Born in Trinidad of Indian and Irish-Scottish descent and Canadian for now over 50 years, I traveled extensively to study and trained in many of the world’s spiritual traditions. I’ve practiced and taught oriental and traditional medicine for 40 years and raised and home-schooled 4 amazing children. My family and I are guardians of Heartroot Farm in Quebec, Canada (www.heartroot.com), a place of respite and refuge on 240 acres of mostly woodland at the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between Quebec and Maine, where we teach and live Earth-based spirituality. In these times of transition, I’ve also been called to specific places on the earth where I often work with others to clear imprints of bloodshed and violence from the past, facilitating the birthing of a new planetary consciousness. An ever greater part of my work has become the sharing of my experiences (and the teachings that come from them) via the written word, with the intention of encouraging others to listen to their guidance, no matter how crazy they have been trained to think this is…. (I also find this easier and more ecologically responsible than flying around the globe to teach workshops, although I am thoroughly Sagittarian and love to travel!). I have written for several magazines over the years, and work as an editor and translator as well… www.dawnbramadat.wordpress.com I’ve been called teacher, guide, Grandmother, healer, witch, midwife, shaman, Earth-speaker and troublemaker….Take your pick… http://heartroot.com/

Born in Trinidad of Indian and Irish-Scottish descent and Canadian for now over 50 years, I traveled extensively to study and trained in many of the world’s spiritual traditions. I’ve practiced and taught oriental and traditional medicine for 40 years and raised and home-schooled 4 amazing children. My family and I are guardians of Heartroot Farm in Quebec, Canada (www.heartroot.com), a place of respite and refuge on 240 acres of mostly woodland at the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between Quebec and Maine, where we teach and live Earth-based spirituality. In these times of transition, I’ve also been called to specific places on the earth where I often work with others to clear imprints of bloodshed and violence from the past, facilitating the birthing of a new planetary consciousness. An ever greater part of my work has become the sharing of my experiences (and the teachings that come from them) via the written word, with the intention of encouraging others to listen to their guidance, no matter how crazy they have been trained to think this is…. (I also find this easier and more ecologically responsible than flying around the globe to teach workshops, although I am thoroughly Sagittarian and love to travel!). I have written for several magazines over the years, and work as an editor and translator as well… www.dawnbramadat.wordpress.com I’ve been called teacher, guide, Grandmother, healer, witch, midwife, shaman, Earth-speaker and troublemaker….Take your pick…

Crosswinds Advanced Orchestra performs the tradition Irish/Scottish fiddle tune "Tam Lyn" arranged by C. Plohman and B. Phillips. Performed as part of the Crosswinds Arts and Science School Fall Concert, November 7, 2011, in Woodbury, MN.