Podcasts about Irony

Welcome back to our REWIND series! Christi and Kelly are going back through the archive, re-editing, and re-uploading our old episodes — in order, from the very beginning of Dance Moms. This week, they're revisiting season 2 episode 4, “No One Likes a Bully,” where Abby somehow decides she's the perfect person to teach a lesson about bullying....The group dance is built around the subject, but the irony gets harder to ignore as the week goes on. Holly pushes back on Nia being cast as the bully, Paige is made to sit and watch her replacement rehearse, Payton gets pulled into the middle of the drama, and Christi believes Abby spends the entire week trying to rattle Chloe after she beat Maddie.What was supposed to be a dance about bullying ends up becoming one of the clearest examples of why Christi and Kelly had such a problem with the way Abby treated the girls in the first place.We originally aired this episode back in 2022, but it's been re-edited specifically for YouTube!GET TICKETS TO SEE US LIVE!Connecticut (October 2): https://ridgefieldplayhouse.org/event/back-to-the-barre-ridgefield-ct-2026New York City (October 3): https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00006518C2C668A9New Orleans (December 4): https://laughlife.standuptix.com/calendar/2026-12?day=04Welcome to Back to the Barre, the ultimate podcast channel where Kelly Hyland and Christi Lukasiak from Dance Moms spill the tea, share the laughs, and take you behind the scenes of your favorite reality TV moments!

Watch the new J-TV+ Documentary ‘The Oslo Trap' - https://j-tv.plus/the-oslo-trap-how-a-handshake-became-a-cage/Watch the new J-TV+ Documentary ‘Baby Killers: Three Thousand Years of the World's Most Dangerous Lie' - https://j-tv.plus/baby-killers-three-thousand-years-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-lie/Watch the J-TV+ documentary on What Really Happened In 1948? - https://j-tv.plus/what-really-happened-in-1948-the-truth-behind-the-lies/Donate to J-TV - https://j-tv.plus/donate/ Ollie talks to Jewish historian Trudy Gold about the history Jewish self-hatred. 00:00 Intro 03:15 Reaction to Mahmoud Khalil 03:49 History of the Term 'Jewish Self-Hatred' 24:04 Irony of the Palestinian People 24:39 Is Genocide the correct term? 33:36 The Left blames Jews for all evil 36:30 Anti-semitism towards Israel 43:48 Jews want to be loved 49:19 Ideological Blindness 53:33 Isaac the first Jew

The guys discuss how having “relations” while vacuuming will almost always result in divorce, when the scent of Wasabi can save your life, and why “porcupining” has an extremely low success rate. 

Leicester's Weekend Update On Another Stockholm Syndrome / Cult Project (OOC) [COLORFUL LANGUAGE] #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics $BDAG #BlockDAG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:00) - Victory Lap and Recap of the Ongoing Chaos(00:05:11) - Two Ledgers, One Chain: The Fork Explained(00:10:18) - Exchanges Are the Real Signal to Watch(00:12:29) - Wait and See: Avoiding Both Sites for Now(00:14:16) - Welsh Dag Shuts Down Suddenly(00:17:53) - BDAG Life and the Renee Shadlick NFT Book(00:20:20) - Critiquing the Book's Thesis and Structure(00:22:11) - Personal Miner Experience as a Thesis Example(00:27:17) - Timeline Errors: Mainnet Dates and the Turner-Giggles Shift(00:30:03) - Freeland, the Duna, and the Coup Allegations(00:33:15) - Sowing Distrust and Infighting Among Factions(00:36:39) - Legal Strategy: Civil vs Criminal Burden of Proof(00:37:25) - The OJ Simpson Parallel and Overreach in Claims(00:39:00) - Duna Leader's Centralization Mirrors Block Dag(00:45:07) - Irony of Decentralization Efforts Becoming Centralized(00:49:47) - Custody Questions, Reference Letters, and Cult Dynamics(00:53:37) - Covert Ops, Moles, and the Repeat of Past Warnings(00:57:11) - Incompetence Not Malice: Final Assessment of All Sides(01:04:30) - Closing Message: File Your Own Civil Suit

The guys discuss how improperly gluing your hands to genitals can make for an uncomfortable car ride to the precinct, when throwing your baby over a fence incites endless support from onlookers, and why making sure your Uncle Bill always has a clean long-sleeved henley ensures you'll never be without a drummer. 

Mark 14:1-11 is one of the most layered passages in the Gospels, weaving together a plot, a dinner, an act of extravagant worship, and a betrayal. Jesus chooses to dine at the home of Simon the Leper, a man still defined by his past even after his healing, and in doing so restores his dignity and declares that no old label has the final word. In the middle of that same dinner, an unnamed woman breaks an alabaster jar of expensive perfume and pours it over Jesus as an act of devoted worship. While others call it waste, Jesus calls it beautiful and promises that her story will be told wherever the Gospel is preached. Moments later, Judas leaves that same table to betray Jesus for silver. This passage is a mirror for all of us, because every one of us comes to the table carrying something, whether old wounds, divided hearts, or gifts we are afraid to offer. Jesus does not wait for a perfect setting. He sits at complicated, messy, broken tables, and His presence there changes everything.Support the showVisit communitybrookside.com or facebook.com/communitybrookside for more information!

The guys discuss why Damon could be guilty of harassment towards Ted if they recorded in the UK, when an ambulance ride and a reduced fine doesn't get your groceries put away, and how dogs get premier seats at rock concerts at Sofi Stadium. 

In this sermon, Pastor Tom McCormick preaches from Acts 8:1–8. In this passage, we see how God used the persecution and scattering of the early church to advance the gospel beyond Jerusalem. What looked like the church's darkest days became a launching pad for the gospel, bringing salvation and joy to Samaria and beyond. God is still doing that today. The persecution we face as Christians, God will use it to spread the gospel and display His glory. Check out this sermon to learn more.

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe's edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies bear witness to displacement. The book reorients us toward the creativity and movement of migrants themselves– their “arts of the border”—as well as toward the political force of the arts that represent them, whether in literature, documentary film, or art installations. Sanyal proposes kino-aesthetics as a framework for capture and fugitivity at borders. From kino—to set in motion—and aesthetics— relating to sensory perception—kino-aesthetics conveys the force of bodies in motion and the image in its circulation. The book examines the simultaneity of capture and escape at thresholds of illegalization, from airport detention zones to Calais's “jungle” and the Euro-African border at Ceuta and Melilla. What emerges throughout these case studies is a portrayal of border violence in its racial and colonial forms as well as an archive of refusal, fugitivity, and un-bordered imagining. Guest Debarati Sanyal is Professor of French, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and currently holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education. Affiliated with the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Institute of European Studies, her teaching and research interests span 19th -21st-century French and Francophone literature, memory studies, aesthetics and bio/necropolitics, critical human rights and refugee studies. She is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021-2022). She is currently co-PI on the Mellon-funded A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times (2024-2027). Besides Arts of the Border, Dr. Sanyal has authored Memory and Complicity: Migrations of Holocaust Remembrance (Fordham, 2015), translated into French as Mémoire et Complicité: Au Prisme de la Shoah (PUV, 2019); and The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony and the Politics of Form (Johns Hopkins, 2006).  She has guest-edited “Time and Politics in Contemporary Critique: Entanglements and Aftermaths” (Critical Times, 2018), ha also co-edited, with Éric Fassin, Demos Anxiety: Genealogies, Rhetorics, and Politics of Great Replacement (forthcoming in Patterns of Prejudice); with Damon Young and Mario Telò, Proximities: Reading with Judith Butler (Representations 2022), and, with Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman, Noeuds de mémoire: Multidirectional Memory in Postwar French and Francophone Culture (Yale French Studies 118-119). Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities and speculative literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Surrealism to contemporary science fiction and feminist utopias, in Metropolitan France and the francophone Caribbean. Their monograph Posthumanist Ecology in Global French Surrealism is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe's edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies bear witness to displacement. The book reorients us toward the creativity and movement of migrants themselves– their “arts of the border”—as well as toward the political force of the arts that represent them, whether in literature, documentary film, or art installations. Sanyal proposes kino-aesthetics as a framework for capture and fugitivity at borders. From kino—to set in motion—and aesthetics— relating to sensory perception—kino-aesthetics conveys the force of bodies in motion and the image in its circulation. The book examines the simultaneity of capture and escape at thresholds of illegalization, from airport detention zones to Calais's “jungle” and the Euro-African border at Ceuta and Melilla. What emerges throughout these case studies is a portrayal of border violence in its racial and colonial forms as well as an archive of refusal, fugitivity, and un-bordered imagining. Guest Debarati Sanyal is Professor of French, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and currently holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education. Affiliated with the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Institute of European Studies, her teaching and research interests span 19th -21st-century French and Francophone literature, memory studies, aesthetics and bio/necropolitics, critical human rights and refugee studies. She is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021-2022). She is currently co-PI on the Mellon-funded A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times (2024-2027). Besides Arts of the Border, Dr. Sanyal has authored Memory and Complicity: Migrations of Holocaust Remembrance (Fordham, 2015), translated into French as Mémoire et Complicité: Au Prisme de la Shoah (PUV, 2019); and The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony and the Politics of Form (Johns Hopkins, 2006).  She has guest-edited “Time and Politics in Contemporary Critique: Entanglements and Aftermaths” (Critical Times, 2018), ha also co-edited, with Éric Fassin, Demos Anxiety: Genealogies, Rhetorics, and Politics of Great Replacement (forthcoming in Patterns of Prejudice); with Damon Young and Mario Telò, Proximities: Reading with Judith Butler (Representations 2022), and, with Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman, Noeuds de mémoire: Multidirectional Memory in Postwar French and Francophone Culture (Yale French Studies 118-119). Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities and speculative literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Surrealism to contemporary science fiction and feminist utopias, in Metropolitan France and the francophone Caribbean. Their monograph Posthumanist Ecology in Global French Surrealism is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe's edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies bear witness to displacement. The book reorients us toward the creativity and movement of migrants themselves– their “arts of the border”—as well as toward the political force of the arts that represent them, whether in literature, documentary film, or art installations. Sanyal proposes kino-aesthetics as a framework for capture and fugitivity at borders. From kino—to set in motion—and aesthetics— relating to sensory perception—kino-aesthetics conveys the force of bodies in motion and the image in its circulation. The book examines the simultaneity of capture and escape at thresholds of illegalization, from airport detention zones to Calais's “jungle” and the Euro-African border at Ceuta and Melilla. What emerges throughout these case studies is a portrayal of border violence in its racial and colonial forms as well as an archive of refusal, fugitivity, and un-bordered imagining. Guest Debarati Sanyal is Professor of French, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and currently holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education. Affiliated with the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Institute of European Studies, her teaching and research interests span 19th -21st-century French and Francophone literature, memory studies, aesthetics and bio/necropolitics, critical human rights and refugee studies. She is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021-2022). She is currently co-PI on the Mellon-funded A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times (2024-2027). Besides Arts of the Border, Dr. Sanyal has authored Memory and Complicity: Migrations of Holocaust Remembrance (Fordham, 2015), translated into French as Mémoire et Complicité: Au Prisme de la Shoah (PUV, 2019); and The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony and the Politics of Form (Johns Hopkins, 2006). She has guest-edited “Time and Politics in Contemporary Critique: Entanglements and Aftermaths” (Critical Times, 2018), ha also co-edited, with Éric Fassin, Demos Anxiety: Genealogies, Rhetorics, and Politics of Great Replacement (forthcoming in Patterns of Prejudice); with Damon Young and Mario Telò, Proximities: Reading with Judith Butler (Representations 2022), and, with Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman, Noeuds de mémoire: Multidirectional Memory in Postwar French and Francophone Culture (Yale French Studies 118-119). Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities and speculative literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Surrealism to contemporary science fiction and feminist utopias, in Metropolitan France and the francophone Caribbean. Their monograph Posthumanist Ecology in Global French Surrealism is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe's edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies bear witness to displacement. The book reorients us toward the creativity and movement of migrants themselves– their “arts of the border”—as well as toward the political force of the arts that represent them, whether in literature, documentary film, or art installations. Sanyal proposes kino-aesthetics as a framework for capture and fugitivity at borders. From kino—to set in motion—and aesthetics— relating to sensory perception—kino-aesthetics conveys the force of bodies in motion and the image in its circulation. The book examines the simultaneity of capture and escape at thresholds of illegalization, from airport detention zones to Calais's “jungle” and the Euro-African border at Ceuta and Melilla. What emerges throughout these case studies is a portrayal of border violence in its racial and colonial forms as well as an archive of refusal, fugitivity, and un-bordered imagining. Guest Debarati Sanyal is Professor of French, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and currently holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education. Affiliated with the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Institute of European Studies, her teaching and research interests span 19th -21st-century French and Francophone literature, memory studies, aesthetics and bio/necropolitics, critical human rights and refugee studies. She is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021-2022). She is currently co-PI on the Mellon-funded A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times (2024-2027). Besides Arts of the Border, Dr. Sanyal has authored Memory and Complicity: Migrations of Holocaust Remembrance (Fordham, 2015), translated into French as Mémoire et Complicité: Au Prisme de la Shoah (PUV, 2019); and The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony and the Politics of Form (Johns Hopkins, 2006). She has guest-edited “Time and Politics in Contemporary Critique: Entanglements and Aftermaths” (Critical Times, 2018), ha also co-edited, with Éric Fassin, Demos Anxiety: Genealogies, Rhetorics, and Politics of Great Replacement (forthcoming in Patterns of Prejudice); with Damon Young and Mario Telò, Proximities: Reading with Judith Butler (Representations 2022), and, with Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman, Noeuds de mémoire: Multidirectional Memory in Postwar French and Francophone Culture (Yale French Studies 118-119). Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities and speculative literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Surrealism to contemporary science fiction and feminist utopias, in Metropolitan France and the francophone Caribbean. Their monograph Posthumanist Ecology in Global French Surrealism is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe's edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies bear witness to displacement. The book reorients us toward the creativity and movement of migrants themselves– their “arts of the border”—as well as toward the political force of the arts that represent them, whether in literature, documentary film, or art installations. Sanyal proposes kino-aesthetics as a framework for capture and fugitivity at borders. From kino—to set in motion—and aesthetics— relating to sensory perception—kino-aesthetics conveys the force of bodies in motion and the image in its circulation. The book examines the simultaneity of capture and escape at thresholds of illegalization, from airport detention zones to Calais's “jungle” and the Euro-African border at Ceuta and Melilla. What emerges throughout these case studies is a portrayal of border violence in its racial and colonial forms as well as an archive of refusal, fugitivity, and un-bordered imagining. Guest Debarati Sanyal is Professor of French, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and currently holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education. Affiliated with the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Institute of European Studies, her teaching and research interests span 19th -21st-century French and Francophone literature, memory studies, aesthetics and bio/necropolitics, critical human rights and refugee studies. She is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021-2022). She is currently co-PI on the Mellon-funded A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times (2024-2027). Besides Arts of the Border, Dr. Sanyal has authored Memory and Complicity: Migrations of Holocaust Remembrance (Fordham, 2015), translated into French as Mémoire et Complicité: Au Prisme de la Shoah (PUV, 2019); and The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony and the Politics of Form (Johns Hopkins, 2006). She has guest-edited “Time and Politics in Contemporary Critique: Entanglements and Aftermaths” (Critical Times, 2018), ha also co-edited, with Éric Fassin, Demos Anxiety: Genealogies, Rhetorics, and Politics of Great Replacement (forthcoming in Patterns of Prejudice); with Damon Young and Mario Telò, Proximities: Reading with Judith Butler (Representations 2022), and, with Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman, Noeuds de mémoire: Multidirectional Memory in Postwar French and Francophone Culture (Yale French Studies 118-119). Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities and speculative literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Surrealism to contemporary science fiction and feminist utopias, in Metropolitan France and the francophone Caribbean. Their monograph Posthumanist Ecology in Global French Surrealism is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe's edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies bear witness to displacement. The book reorients us toward the creativity and movement of migrants themselves– their “arts of the border”—as well as toward the political force of the arts that represent them, whether in literature, documentary film, or art installations. Sanyal proposes kino-aesthetics as a framework for capture and fugitivity at borders. From kino—to set in motion—and aesthetics— relating to sensory perception—kino-aesthetics conveys the force of bodies in motion and the image in its circulation. The book examines the simultaneity of capture and escape at thresholds of illegalization, from airport detention zones to Calais's “jungle” and the Euro-African border at Ceuta and Melilla. What emerges throughout these case studies is a portrayal of border violence in its racial and colonial forms as well as an archive of refusal, fugitivity, and un-bordered imagining. Guest Debarati Sanyal is Professor of French, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and currently holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education. Affiliated with the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Institute of European Studies, her teaching and research interests span 19th -21st-century French and Francophone literature, memory studies, aesthetics and bio/necropolitics, critical human rights and refugee studies. She is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021-2022). She is currently co-PI on the Mellon-funded A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times (2024-2027). Besides Arts of the Border, Dr. Sanyal has authored Memory and Complicity: Migrations of Holocaust Remembrance (Fordham, 2015), translated into French as Mémoire et Complicité: Au Prisme de la Shoah (PUV, 2019); and The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony and the Politics of Form (Johns Hopkins, 2006). She has guest-edited “Time and Politics in Contemporary Critique: Entanglements and Aftermaths” (Critical Times, 2018), ha also co-edited, with Éric Fassin, Demos Anxiety: Genealogies, Rhetorics, and Politics of Great Replacement (forthcoming in Patterns of Prejudice); with Damon Young and Mario Telò, Proximities: Reading with Judith Butler (Representations 2022), and, with Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman, Noeuds de mémoire: Multidirectional Memory in Postwar French and Francophone Culture (Yale French Studies 118-119). Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities and speculative literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Surrealism to contemporary science fiction and feminist utopias, in Metropolitan France and the francophone Caribbean. Their monograph Posthumanist Ecology in Global French Surrealism is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Why are bond yields moving higher, and what could that mean for investors? Rising Treasury yields can influence borrowing costs, economic growth, stock valuations, and bond prices. Lance Roberts & Jon Penn break down what may be driving yields higher, what the bond market could be signaling, and how changing interest rates can work their way through the economy and financial markets. For investors, the key may not simply be how high yields rise, but understanding what is causing them to move higher. 0:00 INTRO 0:53 - ADP, PPI CPI Previews 1:34 - Meh Market: Don't do anything yet 6:03 - Mid-Terms are up in the air 6:57 - Oil Prices & Inflation 8:06 - Volatility remains compressed 9:53 - Labor Day & Refrigerator Raids 10:30 - What do higher interest rates mean for economy, portfolios? 12:52 - What the Fed really controls 14:53 - There's Good Inflation & Bad Inflation 16:27 - Interest Rates, Debt, & Deficits 17:53 - The Math of Term Premiums 20:15 - When a Treasury Matures (is there any risk to not being bought?) 22:38 - Rates are Returning to Normal 24:17 - The Example 27:35 - The Discount Rate 28:59 - The Rate of Change in Interest Rates 30:34 - When Will interest Rates impact Equity Markets? 32:15 - Are Higher Rates the New Normal? 34:09 - It's Okay to Own the Long End of the Curve 37:54 - The Irony of Higher Interest Rates 38:53 - Debt, Deficits, & Demographics 40:18 - Crises Without a Clock are Useless 42:20 - The Thing About Upside-down Bonds (and loss aversion) 45:30 - Just because you take a loss... Hosted by RIA Advisors' Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, CIO, w Senior Investment Advisor, Jon Penn, CFP Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: "When Doing Nothing Wins:" https://youtu.be/XWj6ghN3obM -------- Watch our previous show, "Is Inflation Data Getting It Wrong? - Oliver Rust Interview " https://youtube.com/live/603EdhToXq8?feature=share ------- Articles mentioned in this report: "Yield Curve Tells Us More Than We Think" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/earnings-mean-reversion-when-estimates-snap-back/ "Normal Interest Rates: What The Debt Panic Gets Wrong" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/normal-interest-rates-what-the-debt-panic-gets-wrong/ "Druckenmiller Warning: The Bond Market Already Priced It" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/druckenmiller-warning-the-bond-market-already-priced-it/ "Investing Myths Dismantled (Chapter 4 of 5)" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/investing-myths-dismantled-chapter-4-of-5/ --- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/insights/real-investment-daily/ ------- * REGISTER for our next in-person Retirement Income Workshop, "Saturday, September 19, 2026: https://tracking.realinvestmentadvice.com/l/1052953/2026-06-17/2kkcz --- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN --- Subscribe to SimpleVisor : https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new --- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #StockMarket #Investing #MarketOutlook #OilPrices #PortfolioRisk

Why are bond yields moving higher, and what could that mean for investors? Rising Treasury yields can influence borrowing costs, economic growth, stock valuations, and bond prices. Lance Roberts & Jon Penn break down what may be driving yields higher, what the bond market could be signaling, and how changing interest rates can work their way through the economy and financial markets. For investors, the key may not simply be how high yields rise, but understanding what is causing them to move higher. 0:00 INTRO 0:53 - ADP, PPI CPI Previews 1:34 - Meh Market: Don't do anything yet 6:03 - Mid-Terms are up in the air 6:57 - Oil Prices & Inflation 8:06 - Volatility remains compressed 9:53 - Labor Day & Refrigerator Raids 10:30 - What do higher interest rates mean for economy, portfolios? 12:52 - What the Fed really controls 14:53 - There's Good Inflation & Bad Inflation 16:27 - Interest Rates, Debt, & Deficits 17:53 - The Math of Term Premiums 20:15 - When a Treasury Matures (is there any risk to not being bought?) 22:38 - Rates are Returning to Normal 24:17 - The Example 27:35 - The Discount Rate 28:59 - The Rate of Change in Interest Rates 30:34 - When Will interest Rates impact Equity Markets? 32:15 - Are Higher Rates the New Normal? 34:09 - It's Okay to Own the Long End of the Curve 37:54 - The Irony of Higher Interest Rates 38:53 - Debt, Deficits, & Demographics 40:18 - Crises Without a Clock are Useless 42:20 - The Thing About Upside-down Bonds (and loss aversion) 45:30 - Just because you take a loss... Hosted by RIA Advisors' Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, CIO, w Senior Investment Advisor, Jon Penn, CFP Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: "When Doing Nothing Wins:" https://youtu.be/XWj6ghN3obM -------- Watch our previous show, "Is Inflation Data Getting It Wrong? - Oliver Rust Interview " https://youtube.com/live/603EdhToXq8?feature=share ------- Articles mentioned in this report: "Yield Curve Tells Us More Than We Think" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/earnings-mean-reversion-when-estimates-snap-back/ "Normal Interest Rates: What The Debt Panic Gets Wrong" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/normal-interest-rates-what-the-debt-panic-gets-wrong/ "Druckenmiller Warning: The Bond Market Already Priced It" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/druckenmiller-warning-the-bond-market-already-priced-it/ "Investing Myths Dismantled (Chapter 4 of 5)" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/investing-myths-dismantled-chapter-4-of-5/ --- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/insights/real-investment-daily/ ------- * REGISTER for our next in-person Retirement Income Workshop, "Saturday, September 19, 2026: https://tracking.realinvestmentadvice.com/l/1052953/2026-06-17/2kkcz --- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN --- Subscribe to SimpleVisor : https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new --- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #StockMarket #Investing #MarketOutlook #OilPrices #PortfolioRisk

The guys discuss how tight mittens cause irreversible emotional scarring, when hygienically pressure washing your coin purse dictates that you always go second, and why beating a monkey at Monopoly still doesn't get you out of buying dinner. 

If you turn off the recording light on your smart glasses, Meta will kill the camera. Permanently. Irony much? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Life's Little Ironies" by Thomas Hardy presents a collection of eighteen short stories that showcase the author's masterful storytelling. Through a series of poignant tales, Hardy explores the complexities of life, revealing the ironic twists that often accompany human experiences. The themes of fate, social dynamics, and the unpredictability of life resonate deeply, making these stories timeless and relevant. Hardy's keen observations and rich characterizations invite listeners to reflect on their own lives and the ironies that shape them. This audiobook is a compelling reminder of the enduring nature of human stories, capturing the essence of life's unexpected turns.

Preapproved plan programs promise to speed up permitting and lower the cost of building new homes. How do they work—and are they working? Seva Rodnyansky shares findings from a review of more than 40 existing programs.Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu.Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com.Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn.Show notes:Rodnyansky, S., & Su, D. (2026). Preapproved Building Plans Help Cities Improve Housing Affordability. Pew Charitable Trusts.Animated intro for The Irony of Fate, which depicts architects having their building designs rendered increasingly bland and uniform by Soviet bureaucrats.The pattern book for New South Wales, Australia, with plans for buildings up to 216 units!The province-specific housing catalog produced by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The guys discuss why Damon believes his recent vacation photography expose may be the funniest thing he's ever done, when it's absolutely imperative that you leave your ruckus holstered, and how Polish storks can lead to free phone calls. 

The guys discuss Damon's newest way to order sandwiches, when a blind man's nipple rub will totally crush your confidence, and how an entire bank heist hinges on high visibility.

In this episode, Maverick and Andrew delve into the classic 1966 film 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.' They discuss their initial impressions, character development, and the film's themes of morality and survival in a harsh world. The conversation highlights the iconic scenes and the film's impact on the Western genre, while also critiquing the character arcs and emotional depth of the protagonists.----------Highlights:0:00 'The Good, the Bad & the Ugly' Introduction9:00 Overall Strengths & Themes19:32 Issues with the Film31:23 The Climax33:51 Final Thoughts#western #thegoodthebadtheugly #alostplot #mexicanstandoff #clinteastwood 

Irony is one of those things that you know when you see it, but it’s almost impossible to define. Well, that’s not quite right – there are a ton of definitions for irony but none of them quite capture it fully. Want to know what irony is? So do we!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The guys discuss how why the lack of crowing makes everything much scarier, when flatulence is all you really need to expand your real estate portfolio, and how an international pizza contest might just cancel Christmas. 

Hour 1 Starting Lineup End of an era as Jake Hatch says farewell to the KSL Sports Zone What You May Have Missed Hour 2 Craig Bolerjack, Utah Jazz TV Broadcast Play by Play G, B, & U: 26 Hall of Fame members emerge from corn at Field of Dreams DJ Pickett won't give up on No. 5 following Jayden Daniels-LSU fued Hour 3 Jake Hatch takes us down memory lane on his last day with the Zone Utah Jazz | Ace Bailey Hour 4 Big 12 Radio host Ari Temkin Sports Roulette Final thoughts

Hey Faith-Family! Welcome to the Beyond Sunday podcast at Calvary Bible Church – where we go beyond the Sunday sermon to explore some rabbit holes to bring Biblical truths to the surface. On this episode, we dive a little deeper into Matthew 27:32-35; 46; 50-54.  If you would like to submit any questions or topics for us to consider for future episodes, please send them to podcast@cbcmj.com

The guys discuss how just keeping your mouth shut would've turned a $35,000 Ebay purchase into a $2.3 million windfall, when being “intertwined” assures you at least 1000 feet of pleasure, and  why it's imperative that you eat a sandwich and use the bathroom before boarding a $126.5 billion Columbia-Class Submarine. 

At least five MAGAT senators have demanded that Max"-imum T" Miller quit the House over allegations of his 'roided up abuse of his wife and daughter. Know what's weird (or maybe not, because reasons)? An actual ordained Southern Baptist Minister (Moses Mike Johnson) HASN'T.  Someone wrote a "statement" that Moscow Mitch has gone home. Who knew His Satanic Majesty had a PR Department. Wait. He has ALL the PR people.  The palm of the Goddess of Irony's hand is nowhere anyone wants to be, but look! There's Jimmie Dick or Jaydee or whatever the VP is calling themself these days. 

HOUR 1: The irony that the younger generations are leading the charge in dumping technology. full 2442 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000 La5DNhO1qtPfXHbLM17ZQqIhRlQnEdgo news The Dana & Parks Podcast news HOUR 1: The irony that the younger generations are leading the charge in dumping technology. You wanted it... Now here it is! Listen to each hour of the Dana & Parks Show whenever and wherever you want! © 2025 Audacy, Inc. News ht

Shockwaves are hitting NYC as supporters of Zohran Mamdani start facing the reality of his radical socialist policies!

The guys discuss why you should never Uber with scissors, when the instructor decides to “step out” and the lesson intensifies, and how cage lids are the single most important thing in regards to the safety of the village. 

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga. I remember this advice from decade ago"If you want to become a storyteller, tell stories. If you want to become a better storyteller, tell more stories." But what's a good story? A good story starts here: you have a treasure trove of lived experience memories. Are they all worthy of blossoming into well-crafted meaningful stories captivating to your listeners? How will you know unless you begin?       The point is you have a brain, an imagination, and more than reasonable ability to begin transforming those lived experience memories into storytelling magic. Take a course. Get a coach. Invest in your desire to see what you are capable of creating. You can do all three with me. Email me for an no-obligation Discovery Chat!   Here's what I believe: When someone comes to me with a story they need to tell, they are bringing me something they've been processing, shaping, and trying to make sense of—possibly for decades. The story is already there. It has been there the whole time. My job—as witness, as story doula—is not to give you a story. It is to help you find the one you are already living.  Let's have a no-obligation Discovery Chat. Meanwhile, the very best use of your time might be spent as a spy to your life, as Don Murray wrote: "I am a spy to my life, maintaining an alertness to the commonplace, the ordinary, the routine where the really important stories appear. I am never bored. I overhear what is said and not said, delight in irony and contradiction, relish answers without questions and questions without answers, take note of what is and what should be, what was & may be. I imagine, speculate, make believe, remember, reflect. I am always traitor to the predictable, always welcoming to the unexpected....." [Don Murray, Pulitzer-prize winning American journalist & English professor]     Story Prompt: We read the work of others so that we can say, "Look here! We're not the only ones.” What memories and sensations came alive in you when you heard Don Murray's words? Write that story and share it out loud!    You're invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, subscribe & spread this episode  with a generous 5-star review & comment—it helps us all—& join us next time! AND!  Stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website during reconstruction, email me [info@quartermoonstoryarts.net] to arrange a no-obligation Discovery Call, and stay current with me as Quarter Moon Story Arts on Substack. Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts Music: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music ALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. Enjoy my work? Share & attribute it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source.

Colson Whitehead's ascent in the literary world has seemed, like much of what he does, impressively effortless. Though he's best known for “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys”—both of which were awarded Pulitzer Prizes—his œuvre also includes a mystery set amid rival schools of elevator inspectors, a zombie novel, and an autobiographical coming-of-age story. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz survey Whitehead's wide-ranging body of work. The hosts are joined by their fellow staff writer Julian Lucas, who recently profiled Whitehead for The New Yorker. Together, they discuss three central works: “The Underground Railroad,” which catapulted its author from literary darling to mainstream celebrity; “Sag Harbor,” which fictionalizes, barely, Whitehead's summers in the Hamptons and the family dramas that played out there; and “Harlem Shuffle,” the first installment of the crime trilogy that concluded this month, with the publication of “Cool Machine.” On the page, Whitehead is a true Gen X ironist, transmitting heavy histories and themes with levity. Despite the occasional darkness of his subject matter, he's also one of our funniest novelists. “He has this way of, almost like a standup comedian, drawing you into this playful patter,” Lucas says. “Then your defenses go down, and that's when he hits you with something that grabs you emotionally, or that pulls you into a story.” Read, watch, and listen with the critics: “The Elusive Promise of the First Person” (The New Yorker) “The Nickel Boys,” by Colson Whitehead “Colson Whitehead's Big Score,” by Julian Lucas (The New Yorker) “The Colossus of New York,” by Colson Whitehead “The Underground Railroad,” by Colson Whitehead “Sag Harbor,” by Colson Whitehead “Harlem Shuffle,” by Colson Whitehead “Cool Machine,” by Colson Whitehead “Why Bother?” by Jonathan Franzen (Harper's) “The Odyssey” (2026) “Who Owns the Odyssey?” (The New Yorker) “Don't Use A.I. to Do This,” by Colson Whitehead (The New York Times) “John Henry Days,” by Colson Whitehead New episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts.Critics at Large is a weekly discussion from The New Yorker which explores the latest trends in books, television, film, and more. Join us every Thursday as we make unexpected connections between classic texts and pop culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ABOUT THE EPISODEListen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Ryan Helfenbein on his COA Longform Essay, "Retrieving The Christianity of America's Founding"Timestamps00:00 – Introducing Ryan Helfenbein04:33 – Ryan's Path From Seminary to Liberty University11:30 – Falwell's Shift: From Ministers to Moral Majority16:39 – Debating the Christian Nature of America's Founding19:03 – Reappraising Founders' Faith: Beyond the Deist Label23:19 – The First Amendment's True Intent: No Denominational Establishment28:01 – How Preachers Stirred Resistance to Tyranny32:05 – From Christian Roots to Secular Education37:40 – The Civil War and the Christian Nation Concept40:06 – Wayne Grudem's Framework for a Christian Nation46:15 – Historical Christian Character and Moral Laws48:34 – Tom Holland and Christian Origins of Modern Balues51:32 – Modern Religious Freedom, Immigration, and the Church's Civic Role01:01:12 – Rebuilding America and Defending Our Christian Inheritance01:03:30 – Trent's Advice for Pastors on Civic Engagement01:07:06 – Recommended Resources and OutroResources to Click“Retrieving The Christianity of America's Founding” – Ryan Helfenbein“Competing Visions of America at 250: Politics, Religion, and American Identity” – PRRI“Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI's 2025 American Values Atlas” – PRRI“Speaker Johnson Leads Nation in Prayer of Rededication” – Mike Johnson“MS NOW's Katy Tur Forgets the Declaration of Independence's Most Famous Line in Botched Hit on Mike Johnson” – Isaac Schorr“‘Christian Nationalists' like Speaker Mike Johnson are a bigger threat than al-Qaeda” – James Carville“Political Strategist's Dire Warning About Mike Johnson” – Rachel Dobkin“Sorry, Politico: You Don't Get to Rewrite the Declaration of Independence” – Rachel Del Guidice“The Right Way to Cover the Intersection of Religion and Politics” – Heidi Przybyla“North Carolina pastor rejects ‘Christian nation' claims from GOP legislators” – Cardinal & Pine Staff“A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers” – Jonathan Mayhew“The Catechism of the Revolution” – David Kopel“Samuel Davies: Apostle of Dissent” – R. Isabela Morales“George Washington, letter to John Augustine Washington” – George Washington's Mt. Vernon“The Federalist Papers: No. 37” – James Madison“The Federalist Papers: No. 2” – John Jay“The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought” – Donald S. Lutz“Religious Tests and Oaths in State Constitutions, 1776-1784” – Center for the Study of the American Constitution, University of Wisconsin“Constitution of Delaware; 1776”“Constitution of Maryland, 1776”“Fighting the Good Fight of Faith: 250 Years of Sacred Service of the United States Army Chaplain Corps” – Chaplain (Capt.) Joseph Feaster“Under providence and liberty: George Washington and the sacred birth of the Army Chaplain Corps” – Stella NauloChurch of the Holy Trinity v. United States“America's Christian Founding?” – Bradford Littlejohn“A Christian Manifesto” – Francis Schaeffer“Is America a Christian Nation?” – Apologetic Junkie“Seal of Approval” – Harvard Gazette“The Oldest Endowed Professorship” – Harvard Gazette“History of the United States” – Noah Webster“Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic” – Benjamin Rush“Horace Mann and the Irony of Secular Education” – Jeffrey PoletEverson v. Board of Education“Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists” – Thomas JeffersonTheme of the Month: God (B)less America: The United States at 250Give to Support the Work Books to ReadOn Rebellion – John Knox, ed. Roger A. MasonDid America Have a Christian Founding? – Mark David HallPolitics: According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture – Wayne GrudemBLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution – Mike Gonzalez

July 27, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss Friday's White House Correspondents' Dinner where, instead of celebrating the First Amendment, Trump threw cruel insults and personal barbs to the journalists who attended. Later, Nicolle covers Former FBI Director James Comey requesting a judge to dismiss the charges the Trump Justice Department levied against him for posting a picture to Instagram of seashells on the beach spelling out “86 47.” For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

ABOUT THE EPISODEAmericans have grown increasingly unfamiliar with their own founding documents, and as a result, our country has grown increasingly less Christian. What is the path forward?Resources to Click“Providence, Protestantism, and the Classroom: The Christianity of America's Founding and Only Future” – Ryan Helfenbein“Competing Visions of America at 250: Politics, Religion, and American Identity” – PRRI“Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI's 2025 American Values Atlas” – PRRI“Speaker Johnson Leads Nation in Prayer of Rededication” – Mike Johnson“MS NOW's Katy Tur Forgets the Declaration of Independence's Most Famous Line in Botched Hit on Mike Johnson” – Isaac Schorr“‘Christian Nationalists' like Speaker Mike Johnson are a bigger threat than al-Qaeda” – James Carville“Political Strategist's Dire Warning About Mike Johnson” – Rachel Dobkin“Sorry, Politico: You Don't Get to Rewrite the Declaration of Independence” – Rachel Del Guidice“The Right Way to Cover the Intersection of Religion and Politics” – Heidi Przybyla“North Carolina pastor rejects ‘Christian nation' claims from GOP legislators” – Cardinal & Pine Staff“A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers” – Jonathan Mayhew“The Catechism of the Revolution” – David Kopel“Samuel Davies: Apostle of Dissent” – R. Isabela Morales“George Washington, letter to John Augustine Washington” – George Washington's Mt. Vernon“The Federalist Papers: No. 37” – James Madison“The Federalist Papers: No. 2” – John Jay“The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought” – Donald S. Lutz“Religious Tests and Oaths in State Constitutions, 1776-1784” – Center for the Study of the American Constitution, University of Wisconsin“Constitution of Delaware; 1776”“Constitution of Maryland, 1776”“Fighting the Good Fight of Faith: 250 Years of Sacred Service of the United States Army Chaplain Corps” – Chaplain (Capt.) Joseph Feaster“Under providence and liberty: George Washington and the sacred birth of the Army Chaplain Corps” – Stella NauloChurch of the Holy Trinity v. United States“America's Christian Founding?” – Bradford Littlejohn“A Christian Manifesto” – Francis Schaeffer“Is America a Christian Nation?” – Apologetic Junkie“Seal of Approval” – Harvard Gazette“The Oldest Endowed Professorship” – Harvard Gazette“History of the United States” – Noah Webster“Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic” – Benjamin Rush“Horace Mann and the Irony of Secular Education” – Jeffrey PoletEverson v. Board of Education“Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists” – Thomas Jefferson“Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law” – NY Times“Bluebonnet Learning” – Texas Education Agency“State Board of Education Approves Bible-infused Curriculum” – Jaen Edison“Long march through the institutions” – Wikipedia“Sanford Alters Western Culture Course” – Lee A. Daniels“The Politics of Official Knowledge: Does a National Curriculum Make Sense?” – Michael W. Apple“New Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Don't Know What America's 250th is Celebrating” – Emily Ekins“PBS News Poll 2026” – PBS on Facebook“Suicide Prevention” – CDC“Loneliness in America 2025” – The Cigna Group“Teens Spend Average of 4.8 Hours on Social Media Per Day” – Jonathan Rothwell“Education Scorecard” – Stanford Educational Opportunity Project“Why U.S. Testscores are in a Generational Decline” – NY TimesTheme of the Month: God (B)less America: The United States at 250Give to Support the Work Books to ReadOn Rebellion – John Knox, ed. Roger A. MasonDid America Have a Christian Founding? – Mark David HallPolitics: According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture – Wayne GrudemBLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution – Mike Gonzalez

The guys discuss how investing in a diamond studded cane can be detrimental to your retirement, when having windows that view sunlight and not collect it is far more cost effective, and how no matter how many cell phones you might currently have on you it's a terrible idea to leave your keys in the car during a robbery. 

Jack Kelly joins the Sweat Elite Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on massive weight loss, injury prevention, marathon training, running performance for triathletes, heat adaptation, recovery, and the small "one percenters" that can make a big difference. Follow Jack Kelly / The Triathlon Hour: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetriathlonhour/ Jack Kelly with Elliot Jenkins - Heat Training: Listen on Spotify Follow Matt / Sweat Elite: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattinglisfox/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/3152859 Sweat Elite Supporters Club: https://www.sweatelite.co/supporters/ Jack is the host of The Triathlon Hour and a coach working with professional triathletes. In this episode, we discuss his transformation from around 125kg down toward 80kg, the unconventional approach he used to lose weight while staying injury-free, and why walking, varied movement and high-frequency training may be underrated tools for endurance athletes. We then go deep into marathon training, breaking down some of our favourite sessions including 25 x 600m, 1K on/1K float, progression long runs, 2K repetitions, long marathon-pace intervals and the classic 2 x 10K marathon dress rehearsal. We also discuss sleep consistency, post-workout carbohydrate intake, creatine, Nomio, sauna and heat adaptation, occasional "hero sessions," energy drinks, and the importance of considering heart health when using stimulants. Episode Timestamps: 00:00 Jack Kelly Joins 00:27 Japan Detention Story 02:49 Weight Loss Turning Point 07:57 Andorra Reset Plan 12:18 Walking For Resilience 16:55 Secret Injury Proofing 25:25 Coaching Career Highlights 27:51 Ari Klau Progress 30:18 Triathletes Running Fast 35:49 Marathon Million Dollar Hypothetical 36:26 Fastest Triathlon Marathon 38:08 Kristian Marathon Potential 39:14 Gustav Motivation Question 39:50 The Secret Marathon Workouts You Need to Know 01:36:12 The Six 1%'ers You Can Focus On To Imrove 01:39:51 Japan Detention Sleep Reset 01:41:02 Irony of Gummies and Jail 01:42:23 Sleep Aids and Insomnia 01:43:35 Recovery Fuel After Training 01:46:15 Creatine Water Weight Explained 01:47:52 Nomio Supplement Deep Dive 01:54:17 Sauna and Heat Adaptation 01:57:37 Hero Sessions Superman Cape 02:01:12 Monster Energy Pre Race Ritual 02:03:25 Heart Health and Stimulants 02:05:00 Wrap Up and Where to Follow Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or nutritional advice. Always consider your individual health circumstances and seek appropriate professional advice where necessary.

Need a quick, boots-on-the-ground revamp of your marriage? In today's interview clip, Jim Ramos talks to Drs. Paul and Virginia Friesen. They give 3 practical tips to make sure you come out victorious in your marriage.   Check out Paul and Virginia's book, The Marriage App: Unlocking the Irony of Intimacy https://tinyurl.com/marriageapp115 If you want the full interview, you can listen to it here! 

In the eighth week of our Summer at Bethlehem series, we revisit one of the most familiar stories in Scripture: the encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10. Familiarity often breeds passivity; because we grew up singing the childhood song about the "wee little man," we frequently overlook the radical, scandalous grace displayed in this scene.   Most of us live our lives as if we are constantly auditioning for God's attention, wondering, "Am I good enough? Am I loveable? Am I worthy?" This message dismantles the myth that we must clean up our lives before Jesus will enter them. Whether you are hiding behind a resume of success or drowning in a reputation of past mistakes, the gospel declares that Jesus sees you, knows your name, and desires to move from being a guest in your life to being the Lord of your house.  

By NOT saving Himself, Jesus saved countless others!  

The guys discuss how if everyone just did their part and gathered 200-250 bees the world would be a much safer place, when sucking multiple flippers means it's time to eat, and why a WWII German Panther Tank is every realtor's worst nightmare. 

The guys discuss how a friendship born of multiple mutual hatreds can last 40+ years, when a white coat obviously guarantees your medical prowess, and why telling someone their loved ones have died one letter at a time is so much more fulfilling than painting. 

In yet another step-on-rake moment, former special prosecutor Jack Smith is accused of mishandling classified documents while his team was prosecuting President Trump for... mishandling classified documents. And Chuck Grassley wants the acting AG Todd Blanche all over the investigation. Former DNC staffer Seth Rich's murder 10 years ago is a cold case no longer as new details emerge that prove the FBI has all the case files they've lied about not having. Why were the materials (which would be damning for Clinton & Co) found in burn bags inside a secret room at the FBI?    

Cultivating the Craft of Complex Story-telling: Irony and Compassion Corruption and Beauty …myriad voices animating the guiding astro*mytho*politico narrative Initiating/Honoring the Wizard Mars within us all…. And the danger when we don't. Fifa, Khomeini's Funeral Graham Plattner Dr Safiya – July 11th global call for his release by Israel BBC: Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07yy3pgrlmo The post Irony and Compassion  appeared first on KPFA.

One of the most essential coping skills for building real confidence is mindful acceptance. This is the practice of noticing that fear, self-doubt, and self-consciousness are present and... that's ok. Henry puts it simply: you're acknowledging there's a passenger on the bus. You're just not letting that passenger drive.  We'll also take some time to name and untangle the harsh inner critic. That's the voice that pretends to be accurate self-assessment but is usually something absorbed from a critical adult long ago and we've just pressed play on ever since. The three key questions Henry raised for distinguishing the harsh inner-critic from your true voice are: Does it attack? Does it use fear and shame? Is it absolute or extreme? If the answers is "Yes" to any of the above, then that's your inner-critic. Your authentic voice is gentler, clearer, and never tries to motivate through fear or shame. Simply acknowledging the difference can take the power away from the inner-critic.     About: The Joy Lab Podcast is an Ambie-nominated podcast that blends science and soul to help you cope better with stress, anxiety, and depression. It's hosted by integrative psychiatrist Dr. Henry Emmons and holistic mental health researcher Dr. Aimee Prasek. The podcast is best paired with the Joy Lab Program (get your 7-day free trial!). Bonus: spread some joy and keep this podcast ad-free by donating (Joy Lab is powered by the nonprofit Pathways North and your donations are tax-deductible).    Listen & follow the Joy Lab Podcast on your favorite listening app:  Spotify | Apple | YouTube      Full transcript available here.   Sources and Notes for our Element of Confidence: Joy Lab Program: Take the next leap in your wellbeing journey with step-by-step practices to help you build and maintain the elements of joy in your life. Start your 7-day free trial now. Related episodes about imposter phenomenon: Imposter Syndrome is a Myth [ep. 175] What Imposter Syndrome Really Is [ep. 276] Book: The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris, PhD Book: Confidence Culture by Shani Orgad, PhD & Rosalind Gill, PhD Bandura. Self-efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change. Access here. Baumeister et al. Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles? Access here. Donnelly et al. Do people know how others view them? Two approaches for identifying the accuracy of metaperceptions. Access here. Hayes et al. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Unified Model of Behavior Change. Access here. More about Victor Frankl's work from VFIA.   Common Questions: Q: How do I stop my fear and self-doubt from getting in the way every time I try something new? A: This episode introduces mindful acceptance, the skill of noticing uncomfortable feelings like fear, doubt, and embarrassment without fighting or avoiding them, so they don't hijack your actions. With this skill, the focus doesn't have to be about making the feelings go away, it's more about learning to move forward while they're present.   Q: How do I know if the critical voice in my head is giving me useful information or just tearing me down? A: Here are some important point to help you distinguish your harsh inner critic from your true voice: The inner critic attacks, uses fear and shame as motivation, and deals in absolutes. Your true voice is gentler, more nuanced, and never tries to hurt you.    Key moments: [00:00] Welcome back to the Element of Confidence — recap of last episode's definition: confidence as trust and willingness to act [00:30] How we'll build confidence: Mostly Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) strategies and Dr. Russ Harris' framework [01:00] First step: mindful acceptance — noticing rather than judging, allowing rather than fighting [01:30] What we're accepting: the uncomfortable feelings that arise when we wish we felt confident — nervousness, embarrassment, fear [02:30] Henry: acceptance is not resignation and not agreement with the anxiety [03:00] What acceptance actually is: "I notice I'm feeling anxious. I'm going to take action anyway." [03:30] The bus metaphor: fear and self-doubt are passengers — they don't need to drive [04:00] Why this matters: confidence doesn't come from feeling good first; it comes from acting despite not feeling good [04:30] Aimee's fellowship interview story: knowing all the behavior change theory, then getting a question about Boston housing [05:00] Pterodactyls, not butterflies — the full physical panic experience [05:30] Thirty minutes of talking to suppress the feelings, which only made them worse — the fellowship did not come through [06:30] Henry shares his own story: giving a large talk despite genuine anxiety, using mindful acceptance in real time [07:30] What shifted during the talk: nervousness moved to the background, attention shifted to connection with the audience [08:00] Genuine confidence appeared — not because anxiety was gone, but because he was succeeding despite it [08:30] Mindful acceptance doesn't mean not feeling uncomfortable — it means seeing clearly and choosing your actions anyway [09:30] The performance bell curve: a little anxiety is actually good for performance; fighting it isn't the goal [10:30] Experiential avoidance: using effort to suppress uncomfortable thoughts, emotions, and sensations to feel safer short-term [11:00] The Good Place medium place metaphor: warm beer and marching band music — feeling safe but not really living [11:30] How avoidance is protective in the short term but reinforces the idea that you can't handle the situation [12:30] Irony of avoidance: it boosts the scary power of what we're avoiding; the world gets smaller, anxiety increases [13:00] The brain is blunt — it can't fully distinguish fear of survival from fear of public speaking or starting a new career [13:30] We have to train a willingness: not enthusiasm for discomfort, but openness to experiencing it as part of skill-building [14:00] Henry: avoidance accumulates — the thing avoided gets bigger and scarier, and you sacrifice what you actually wanted [15:00] Social anxiety is up in recent years — fear of rejection is one of the most common mental health challenges [16:00] The brain doesn't distinguish social threats from survival threats — the amygdala alarm sounds equally loud [16:30] You can train your nervous system: every small forward step builds a new neural pathway and builds confidence [17:30] Naming the inner critic: the harsh, self-critical voice that rides along during experiential avoidance [18:00] Aimee's dual monologue during the fellowship interview — speaking outward and critiquing herself inward simultaneously [19:30] The inner critic may sometimes have useful information — and that's worth extracting [20:00] When the information is useful (you don't have the skill yet) versus when it's just harsh and paralyzing [20:30] The inner critic is usually a voice absorbed from a critical adult long ago — pressed play on ever since [21:30] Mindful acceptance: notice the voices, accept they're here, create space and retain energy rather than getting wrapped up [22:00] Henry: the key to working with the inner critic is simply realizing it's not you [22:30] Your authentic voice is gentler, clearer, and never tries to motivate through fear or shame [23:00] How to identify the inner critic: Does it attack? Does it use fear and shame? Is it absolute or extreme? [24:00] Your true voice is nuanced: "This is hard. I'm learning. I'm not there yet." [24:30] Once you recognize the inner critic, something shifts: "Ah, there's that voice again" — like a neighbor's dog barking [25:00] Extract any grain of truth, let the inflated story go, and move forward [26:00] Mindful acceptance: notice the voice, accept it's there, but don't accept what it says — and move forward anyway [26:30] Questions for identifying inner critic vs. true voice — in the show notes and in the Joy Lab Program Experiment [27:00] Preview of next episode: working more with the thoughts that rise up — what to do after you notice them [27:30] Three closing pieces of wisdom: Jon Kabat-Zinn on being awake, Carl Jung on the terror of full self-acceptance, Carl Rogers on the paradox that makes change possible    Like and follow Joy Lab on Socials:  Instagram Linkedin Facebook YouTube     Please remember that this content is for informational and educational purposes only. 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