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Senator Ted Cruz demands regime change in Iran. He's not interested in the details. (00:00) Why Does Cruz Want Regime Change in Iran? (07:49) Was Regime Change in Syria Beneficial to the US? (12:31) Was the Iraq War a Mistake? (34:17) Does Cruz Think It's Okay That Foreign Governments Spy on America? (58:09) How Does Funding Israel Benefit the US? (1:18:42) What Really Is an Isolationist? Paid partnerships with: iTrust Capital: Get $100 funding bonus at https://www.iTrustCapital.com/Tucker Byrna: Go to https://Byrna.com or your local Sportsman's Warehouse today. Hillsdale College: Take a free online course today at https://TuckerforHillsdale.com PureTalk: Go to https://PureTalk.com/Tucker to make the switch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve Forbes explains how the nearly catastrophic escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan—thankfully averted due to a ceasefire engineered by the Trump Administration—demonstrates why the world is safer when the U.S. does not bend toward isolationism.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On the May 13 edition of #TheWorldAccordingToBenStein, the panel looks at globalism and America's role in the world under Donald Trump. Also, why does the world hate Israel so much, and what can be done about it? Finally, we discuss the importance of knowing history, understanding it in proper context, and how to evaluate your sources.
Balkan Devlan is interviewed on The Brian Crombie Hour. Balkan is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an expert forecaster and Senior Consultant for Good Judgment, Inc., and an Adjunct Research Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. He is also a Founding Board Member of the Alliance for Global Security (AGS), and Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Geoeconomics. His recent article said: “The White House's budgetary aspirations indicate (Trump's America) is not an expansionist and imperialist America, but an insular, enfeebled and politically divided country that harks back to the 1920s and 1930s… Put simply, these budget priorities coupled with the neo-mercantilist and zero-sum rhetoric of the Trump administration on trade suggest a retrenchment to the Western Hemisphere, and a tacit recognition of Russian and Chinese claims to their alleged spheres of influence.” He asks: Is America imperialist or isolationist?
A lot of labels have been applied to Trump's foreign policy approach. America First, Isolationist, transactional, imperialist, protectionist. "I'm a nationalist and a globalist" he told the Wall Street Journal during his first term. In his inaugural address last month, Trump made comments suggesting his foreign policy will be characterized by restraint, saying, in part, success should be defined by the "wars we never get into."Yet in the same address, he also said, the United States will take back the Panama Canal. In his first campaign, Trump ran on the idea that the cycle of the United States intervening in the Middle East should come to an end. And on Tuesday of this week, he said that the U.S. will "take over" the Gaza Strip, after relocating the Palestinians, who live there.Trump has promised a new approach to American foreign policy. Is there a Trump Doctrine? And what is it?For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.orgEmail us at considerthis@npr.orgLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
It's 2025 and we've got a new year, new Congress, new President, and a very different political landscape in the US and abroad. How, then, should America conduct itself on the world stage? How will the new Trump administration approach the many simmering conflicts around the world while navigating the still fluid political realignment at home? Are we entering a period of renewed American isolationism? To answer these questions (and a whole lot more), I talk about the future of American foreign policy with New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield. I've been reading Stephen's books since high school, and I highly recommend his podcast, The Stephen Mansfield Podcast. Stephen brings decades of experience in historical research and writing, and international experience to bear on these big questions surrounding the future of American foreign policy. Our focus in this discussion is exploring the future of American foreign policy, particularly in the realigned Republican Party under Donald Trump, and what a conservative view of foreign policy may look like going forward. Is there room for an internationalist conservative vision of foreign policy in an expanded GOP tent, or will the isolationist instincts of Donald Trump and his MAGA base prevail? In this wide ranging conversation, we talk about everything from the Middle East and the Kurds to Winston Churchill to what a Trump 2.0 foreign policy could look like. Just a reminder Get a weekly dose of analysis on world events by signing up for my Substack newsletter. Subscribe to Tim Talks Politics on Substack today and get 30% off for being a loyal listener!
Emily and Ryan discuss shocking Hurricane Milton storm surge projections, Kamala says she will have Republican in her cabinet, Trump tells Ben Shapiro he is not an isolationist, Kabul drone strike survivors speak out, p0rn industry swing state ad blitz against Project 2025, Bibi threatens Lebanon with Gaza level suffering. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.com/ Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hometown Radio 07/18/24 5p: Dr. John Ashbaugh explores the current Isolationist movement
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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, there will never be total unity in the U.S. Ben Shapiro talks to Piers Morgan about those who compare Trump to Hitler. Senator and VP candidate JD Vance on why we should care about Israel. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this new WTH Extra! series, Dany and Marc discuss Marc's recent Washington Post column, Biden's Latest Attack on Trump is Wildly Inaccurate. Is Trump really the isolationist his detractors make him out to be? Or is he the second coming of Charles Lindberg some of his supporters hope for? Turns out, the isolationists who […]
In this new WTH Extra! series, Dany and Marc discuss Marc's recent Washington Post column, Biden's Latest Attack on Trump is Wildly Inaccurate. Is Trump really the isolationist his detractors make him out to be? Or is he the second coming of Charles Lindbergh some of his supporters hope for? Turns out, the isolationists who claim to represent the MAGA agenda might not be so representative after all.Read Marc's column in the Washington Post here. Subscribe to our substack here.
Can the US still be isolationist in the modern era? A couple weeks to turn around one of the most dangerous countries in south America because they are taking aggressive action against the criminal element. Was it Trump's foreign policy that got him so much hatred? Fast food has become a luxury item to many Americans because of our fiscal policy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Transcript:Neutrality would keep us out of a U.S.-China warANDREW 1: Good morning listeners. My name's Andrew and with me is Bevan Ramsden. We're from IPAN, the Independent and Peaceful Australian Network. In this edition of Alternative News we examine neutrality as an alternative Australian foreign policy in the light of recent surveys which show that a clear majority of Australians are in favour of Australia remaining neutral in the event of war between the U.S. and China. We have discussed neutrality in a previous program but are re-visiting the subject in the light of Bevan Ramsden's recent participation in an International Conference on Neutrality. This Congress had the theme of ‘Neutrality – a Strategy for Global Stabilisation'. Bevan, give us the background to this conference.BEVAN 1: The Congress was held in Bogota, the capital of Colombia. It is situated in the Andes on a plateau 2,500 metres above sea level. Bogota is home to 12 million people in a country with a population of 50 million. The primary organisers of the Congress were World Beyond War and the International Peace Bureau. The two- day Congress involved 50 speakers from 25 countries on 5 continents. Some of the presentations from distant countries were made over the internet but most were in person.The Congress was held in a venue within the Republic of Colombia's Congress Building, which houses the Colombian Parliament. We were addressed by four Senators at the opening breakfast meeting within the Congress Building. I was present as the IPAN representative and was the only representative from Australia.ANDREW 2: I understand that the Vice President of Colombia took part in the conference.BEVAN 2: Yes, on the second day we met with the Colombian Vice President, Francia Marquez, who spoke to us about her position on neutrality and we all shook hands with her at the end of her speech. Whilst she endorsed the Congress' aim of formulating a strategy for ensuring peace world-wide, she raised some criticism of neutrality as such, as did several others at the Congress. The particular criticism deserves our attention because IPAN has endorsed the principle of “non-nuclear armed neutrality” in our vision for an alternative defence for an independent Australia.The concern is that neutrality could be taken to mean “isolationism”; “washing ones hands of world problems”; “turning ones back on injustices in the world” etc. Vice President Marquez said we cannot turn our backs on the suffering of the people in Gaza, for example.ANDREW 3: You say this discussion has implications for IPAN and its policies. Can you explain why this is so?BEVAN 3: It has implications for IPAN because we have proposed an alternative defence policy for Australia based on the concept of non-nuclear armed neutrality. Listening to the Vice President and other speakers at the Congress, it became clear to me that we need to carefully elaborate and explain exactly what we mean by neutrality. We certainly would not favour an isolationist approach.To be of any value to the Australian people, a policy of neutrality would have to involve positive engagement with the countries in our region and beyond and the taking of a stand on the side of peace and justice. For example, in relation to Gaza, a neutral Australia would not become involved militarily but would use all available diplomatic and economic measures to oppose Israeli Zionist genocide, and bring about a permanent ceasefire and secure a safe and peaceful future for the Palestinian and Israeli people. ANDREW 4: Some listeners may not have heard about this alternative defence policy which IPAN has formulated. Can you provide some details?BEVAN 4: IPAN's alternative defence policy is based on non-nuclear armed neutrality and emphasizes diplomacy as the first option in the resolution of conflict between states. The ADF would be reconfigured for, and confined to, defence of Australian territory and its surrounding waters out to the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. There would be no involvement in foreign wars of aggression and overseas deployment of the ADF would be restricted to joining United Nations peace keeping forces in appropriate circumstances.ANDREW 5: My understanding is that a policy of territorial defence would be far less expensive than Australia's current focus on preparing for overseas wars, against China for example, in lock-step with the United States and its other allies. Defence analysts now say that recent technological advances such as those involving drones and remote sensing have made territorial self-defence based on area denial a much cheaper option than expeditionary, aggressive wars in distant locations.BEVAN 5: The costs are indeed mild-boggling. Australia's military expenditure is planned to reach 2.4 percent of GDP by 2034 and the AUKUS expenditure of 368 billion dollars on nuclear propelled hunter-killer submarines is only a part of this. Defence Minister Marles has no trouble finding billions of dollars for hypersonic missile development and for equipping our frigates with Tomahawk cruise missiles designed for use against land-based targets while the country is crying out for affordable housing, improved health care, urgent attention to addressing the climate emergency and many other matters impacting the lives of the Australian people.ANDREW 6: I understand that IPAN's alternative defence policy based on neutrality has found support in the Australian community and thus arguably deserves serious discussion. Two national opinion polls, conducted in 2023 by the Lowy Institute and Essential Research, have found that a majority of Australians are in favour of keeping out of a U.S. war against China and adopting a neutral position. In particular, the Lowy poll showed that 73 percent of Australian women favour this position. So what exactly is neutrality and how would it work?BEVAN 6: Broadly speaking there are two approaches, Isolationist neutrality and actively engaged neutrality.Switzerland's policy is an example of isolationist neutrality. Switzerland joined the United Nations as recently as 2002, having participated in U.N. peace-keeping forces from 1990. But its neutrality is coming under question. Though not a member of NATO, Switzerland has a longstanding partnership with it. Bilateral cooperation began when Switzerland joined the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme in 1996 and became a member of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) in 1997.This involves bilateral military cooperation and sharing of information and experiences. In 2024 Switzerland announced that it wants to achieve “closer, institutionalised cooperation” with NATO.ANDREW 7: Not everyone would look favourably on an isolationist approach. How does active neutrality work and who practices it?BEVAN 7: Austria, Mongolia and Costa Rica are examples of active engaged neutrality, with Costa Rica being a special case as one of only two countries to have abolished its military forces.Austria practises non-aligned engaged neutrality. Austria has its own self-defence force but does not host foreign military forces or bases but and does not participate in foreign wars or military alliances. Its parliament adopted the neutrality law which has become part of its constitution. It hosts international meetings. It has banned nuclear weapons and played a part in Central Europe becoming nuclear free. A nation which adopts a policy of neutrality can avoid entanglement in great power wars and have the credibility to act as a buffer state, promote peace keeping, host meetings between belligerents and act as a mediator.ANDREW 8: The Austrian approach could be applicable to Australia because it shows how we could play a constructive role in our region and beyond in the promotion of peaceful conflict resolution. What is preventing Australia adopting a foreign policy based on neutrality, in line with the expressed wishes of the majority of Australians?BEVAN 8: The basic problem is that Australia's political leadership has been totally captured by the U.S. and slavishly follows U.S. foreign policy through the ANZUS Alliance and more recently the AUKUS war pact between the U.K., the U.S. and Australia. Internally, this subservience to the U.S. is expressed through the wholesale sellout of sovereignty resulting from the Force Posture Agreement signed by the U.S. and Australian governments in 2014. The F.P.A guarantees the United States a military posture in Australia. It gives the United States military unimpeded access to our airports, seaports, military bases and other areas. This includes porting of their nuclear submarines at HMAS Stirling in WA and basing of their nuclear-capable B52 bombers at RAAF Tindal in the NT. It facilitates the stationing in Darwin of 2,500 or more U.S. marines each year and the staging of military exercises with the ADF in preparation for war against China. The U.S. military also has a regional command centre in Darwin as well as storage depots for fuel, munitions and spare parts at Darwin, RAAF Tindal and the Bandiana Army base in Victoria, for its exclusive use.ANDREW 9: Then there's the Pine Gap spy station near Alice Springs, which feeds the U.S. military strategic information from its satellite surveillance of the earth's surface and its capture and analysis of radio communications including that from mobile phones. Professor Richard Tanter, an expert on the expanded role of Pine Gap, recently stated that the strategic information which Pine Gap supplies to the U.S. is passed on to the Israeli military for use in its war of genocide against the people of Gaza.BEVAN 9: Clearly neutrality is not an option until our continent is cleared of foreign military installations. This is the message to the Australian people. Only a massive, broad-based united people's campaign to break free from the death-grip of the U.S. military alliance can create the conditions for the adoption of non-nuclear armed neutrality, the only policy which can make us safe, keep us out of foreign wars and steer us away from the headlong rush to the catastrophe we are presently on.ANDREW 10: That brings us to the end of today's program.As usual, we welcome listeners' comments and suggestions, which can be emailed to peacecentre@cicd.org.au, that is peacecentre@cicd.org.au. Good morning and thanks for listening.
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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs' annual survey of American voters shows that for the first time in nearly 50 years, a majority of Republicans prefer an isolationist approach to foreign policy. Before the Trump presidency, the Republican Party was more likely to support an active U.S. presence in the world. Former U.S. ambassador to NATO and the CEO of the Chicago Council Ivo Daalder joins Ravi Agrawal to discuss the survey and what it could mean for the 2024 election. You can listen to Daalder's podcast, “World Review,” here. Suggested reading: Survey: Majority of Trump Republicans Prefer the United States Stay Out of World Affairs Edward Alden: A Self-Absorbed America Means Disorder for the World Doug Klain: How Europe Can Prepare for a Second Trump Term—Now Anna Merlan: Trump's International Fan Club Descends on Maryland For more podcasts, check out: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this episode of This Week Explained, Tiana and Kervin discuss the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and Poland's decision to prioritize domestic issues. They delve into the recent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which quickly reached a peace deal, and explore the implications of the situation. The hosts also touch on recent coups in African nations and the potential breakaway of three countries from the ECOWAS. Finally, they tackle the escalating tensions between China and Taiwan, with China sending a record number of planes towards the island this year. Tune in for insightful analysis on these major global events.----------------------Get your discount on a brand new BlendJet2 by going to our link: https://zen.ai/analytics12subscribe and follow us: https://linktr.ee/AucoinAnalyticsMilitary Influencers Conference: https://militaryinfluencer.com/---------------------Disclaimer:The views and opinions expressed on the podcast 'This Week Explained' are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided on the podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice or a substitute for independent research and analysis. Each individual listener should research and identify their own opinions based on facts and logic before making any decisions based on the information provided on the podcast. The podcast hosts and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by individuals based on the information provided on the podcast.
A look at the way Radio and their commentators covered news in the 30's, 40's and 50's. In this episode: A portion of the 20th Century International Newsreel from February 24, 1939. Host Michael Blair interviewed arriving passengers and celebrities from the Panama-Pacific Lines SS Washington at San Pedro harbor.Walter Winchell's Jergens Journal from September 12, 1943.Alex Dreier and the News from October 11, 1946. More chat about his just-concluded vacation than news.Upton Close and the News, originally broadcast April 1, 1951. Close, formerly a reporter for the Associated press, was an early America Firster, Isolationist, and anti-Communist. A commentator for Mutual Radio, his opinions brought him under attack from left-wing groups who got him thrown off of a number of big city stations. Though his conservative read-meat broadcasts remained very popular in the midwest.
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Isolationist thinking and exceptionalism is on the rise and our global culture is the poorer for it. Our civilisations thrive when in conversation with each other: ideas are exchanged and self-reflection is promoted. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: An American Mercantile Building in Yokohama, 1861. Credit: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo.
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Today’s podcast features our old friend Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, who joins us to discuss Ron DeSantis’s characterization of the war in Ukraine as a “territorial dispute” in which we should not become entangled. And then we talk about the stunning news that China has brokered a deal between […]
On this edition of Parallax Views, David C. Hendrickson, president of the John Quincy Adams Society and professor emeritus of political science at Colorado College, joins us to discuss his book Freedom, Independence, Peace: John Quincy Adams and American Foreign Policy. This conversation explores the fascinating life and lasting impact of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States and a pivotal figure in American diplomacy. Hendrickson delves into Adams' visionary approach to foreign policy, which centered around principles of freedom, independence, and peace. He examines Adams' views on American exceptionalism, democracy, and the dangers of interventionism, and draws parallels between Adams' ideas and contemporary foreign policy challenges like the War on Terror and the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Hendrickson argues for Adams' legacy and how his ideas can inform American foreign policy today. He makes the case that by embracing Adams' vision, the United States can navigate the complexities of the global landscape more effectively and promote peace and prosperity around the world. Among the topics discussed on this edition of the show: - John Quincy Adams' 1821 Independence Day speech h to the U.S. House of Representatives on Foreign Policy warning against an adventurist foreign policy wherein America would go abroad "in search of monsters to destroy" - The appropriation of John Quincy Adams by neocons during the Iraq War; the expansionist John Quincy Adams and the anti-expansionist John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams, the Monroe Doctrine, American exceptionalism, Empire, and imperialism - John Quincy Adams and foundational principles: Power, Law, Independence, Peace, Liberty, and Union - Thoughts on the use of the term "Isolationist" as a pejorative slung at foreign policy restraint advocates - Hendrickson's perspective on Russia/Ukraine war, NATO, and Crimea - The debate over "spheres of influence" discourse in U.S. foreign policy and international relations - The War on Terror of the Bush years and military adventurism as a detriment to civil liberties on at home - Hendrickson's early dabbling in neoconservatism; his later turn against that line of thought and skepticism towards U.S. military interventionism; his 2018 book Republic in Peril: American Empire and the Liberal Tradition - The possibility of international cooperation on issues like climate change - Addressing the thought of Samantha Power and R2P (Responsibility to Protect Doctrine); the overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and its consequences; regime change and states of chaos/anarchy - And more!
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After the Second World War, the United States would never stay at home again. All around the world, the US would protect democracies, big and small, all over. Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Cuba, and Latin America are just some regions in the world that the US did or attempted to get involved. Twenty years of US foreign policy before the Second World War was completely changed. US interventionism was an integral part of global history after the second world war. Imagine a world where the United States decided to take a step back and for the most part, mind its own business in reference to international affairs. Would the Soviets still fund communist rebellions in nations across the world and encourage North Korea to invade the South for example? Would the United Nations even be a thing? NATO? Would the United States be involved anywhere, or would they be isolationist and just keep to themselves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to discuss this further, or just want to contact us? Reach us on our socials! Twitter: @BackToThePastP1 https://bit.ly/39ts3CG Instagram: @backtothepastp1 https://bit.ly/34lcwBD Rate this podcast! https://ratethispodcast.com/althistory Email us if you have any questions or comments! back2thepastpodcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rohan-parikh7/message
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For two centuries, an extreme protectionist policy barred foreigners from setting foot inside Japan — except for one tiny island, a cramped cultural crossroads where anything could, and did, happen.
This episode of The Jeff Dornik Show is sponsored by the explosive new book by Robert F Kennedy Jr, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health. Order your copy today at https://amzn.to/36D0LLg.President Donald Trump's America First foreign policy was a success. He was the first president in modern history to not get America into a new war, and also ended wars started by his predecessors. How did he do this? Through strength.Trump was just crazy and unpredictable enough to where people thought that he just might push that red button to wipe a country off the face of the earth if they crossed him. How did Trump keep Russia, China and North Korea at bay? With threats of destroying them. They feared Trump.Compare that with the inept foreign policy of Joe Biden. No-one fears Biden. I mean, how could you? He's an ice cream eating dementia patient that is just reading off a teleprompter what Obama writes for him. He's continuing the business-as-usual foreign policy of the Obamas, Clintons and Bushes. How has that turned out? Just take a look at Afghanistan and Ukraine for your answer.Now, before you say that this is a Democrat issue, let me remind you of both Bushes, who got us into wars in the Middle East time and time again. It seems like whoever is in office is doing whatever they can to get us into another war. I mean, look at Russia and Ukraine… the Republicans are joining in with the calls to launch World War III in their quest to jump into yet another war.Ian Smith, the New Jersey gym owner that took on the tyrannical government to remain open during covid-19 lockdowns, has thrown his hat into the ring not just to “own the libs” but to take on the corrupt Republican leadership. During this podcast, which was recorded at Clay Clark's ReAwaken America Tour in San Diego, he explained his foreign policy position:“Most GOP people will send their kids off to war with no questions asked, whereas I have a very strong anti-interventionalist stance. I believe we should protect America first and America only. All of our resources should be dedicated to making sure our country is independent of foreign action and that we can stand on our own two feet.”This is the message that we need to get out to the America people. Just compare this America First and America Only foreign policy with the chaos that is ensuing around the world as a result of the weak and inept Alleged President Joe Biden. We need Republican leadership that can point this out and paint the stark contrast… as opposed to our current RINO leadership that is joining in with the Dems in calls to go to war with Russia.Ian Smith is the type of outsider candidate that we need in Washington DC. He assured me that part of his motivation for running is to expose to the American people what the swamp is actually like in DC, with both sides of the aisle. To support his campaign and get more information, head on over to iansmithforcongress.com.It's important that you are listening to the right conservative voices, as there are a lot of grifters and RINOs out there. We can't just rely on the big name conservative celebrities to fix everything, we've got to do it ourselves. That's why we launched Freedom First TV… to bring you the RIGHT voices to help equip you to get in the game. We've already held two summits, one on Medical Freedom and the other on the Stolen Election of 2020, featuring speakers like Dr Sherri Tenpenny, Jovan Hutton Pulitzer and Tracy Beanz, and many more in the works. Head on over to freedomfirst.tv to become a subscriber today to access all of our live-streamed events and the full library of recordings.
One of the most common questions we've gotten is "what is an Adaptive Strengthening Approach, anyway?" It's a term we introduce and teach about in the Essential Pelvic Strengthening: Not Your Mama's Kegels course, but wanted to give the overview here!It's best compared with the traditional, isolationist approach. In this 'sode we go through the different...GoalsProgressionsPositionsAssessmentsVoluntary or Involuntary TrainingAnd how much fun it can be!If you'd like to learn more, make sure to check out the Essential Pelvic Strengthening course (registration is open until March 28th for the first cohort) at www.pelvicptrising.com/kegels.Adaptive Approach and Essential Pelvic StrengtheningIf you'd like training in how to actually implement the Adaptive Strengthening Approach in your rpactice, make sure to register for the Essential Pelvic Strengthening (www.pelvicptrising.com/kegels). Open for registration this week! We hope you join us there and join the Pelvic PT 2.0 Movement!Shout Out and Get in Touch!If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a few seconds to take a screenshot and put it up in your Instagram Stories and tag Nicole (@nicolecozeandpt). Or send us an email at Nicole@PelvicSanity.com with your thoughts, questions or ideas. We'd love to hear from you!About UsNicole and Jesse Cozean founded Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to physical therapists to change the way we treat pelvic health. PelvicSanity Physical Therapy together in 2016. It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.
Lem was told to guard the still, what he wanted was to go after the Martins. The Martins and The Coys had been feuding for some time and there was nothing better than shootin a Martin. Or was there? That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We appreciate you supporting our podcast. Every story you hear and many more are available on our website, lostscifi.com. Every short sci-fi story under an hour is available every day for only $0.97. Lost Sci-Fi Books 1 through 40, 40 lost Sci-Fi short stories, more than 20 and a half hours is only available on our website and for only $14.97, which is a great price but as a Lost Sci-Fi podcast listener you get it for a limited time for only $9.88. Go to lostscifi.com and when you go to purchase Books 1 through 40 enter promo code “podcast” to get this special price exclusively for Lost Sci-Fi listeners. Your honest 5 star ratings and positive reviews on Apple Podcasts are really appreciated. Thanks to mxsandy12 for his recent 5 star rating and review, Awesome look into old school sci fi! Love this pod! A perfect pod for people who love the genre! Thanks mxsandy Todays author on Lost Sci-Fi led an interesting life. He was a popular and prolific author starting his sci-fi career with the short story Isolationist which ran in the April 1950 edition of Fantastic Adventures magazine. Fantastic Adventures got its start in 1939 and was almost cancelled in 1940 but the October issue that year had unexpectedly good sales so the magazine continued until March 1953. Our author sold another 6 stories to Fantastic Adventures in 1950 and 12 more in 1950 which were published in Out of This World Adventures, Startling Stories, Fantastic Adventures and others. A year later his first novel hit store shelves in 1951 titled The Case of the Little Green Men. It's believed that the first use of the term Little Green Men in reference to extraterrestrials in a newspaper dates back to 1908. It can be found in the oldest newspaper in Maine the Daily Kennebec Journal. The 1951 novel The Case of the Little Green Men is available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. A decade would pass before this author would release another novel in 1961. There were 22 novels in the 60s, 35 in the 70s and 10 more in the 1980s. In addition to his almost 70 novels, he wrote almost 200 short stories. Born Dallas McCord Reynolds on November 11th, 1917, in Corcoran, California, he is best known as Mack Reynolds but like most of his successful contemporaries he had a variety of pen names, including Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding. His family moved to Baltimore in 1918 and his father became a member of the Socialist Labor Party or SLP. He joined the Socialist Labor Party while he was still in high school and shortly thereafter began touring the country with his father giving lectures and speeches about SLP. His father Verne La Rue Reynolds was the Socialist Labor Party Presidential Candidate in both 1928 and 1932. After graduation Reynolds began his writing career as a reporter for the Catskill Morning Star and then as editor of the weekly Oneonta News. He moved back to California and continued his work for the Socialist Labor Party even campaigning with SLP presidential candidate John Aiken in 1940. He attended the U.S. Army Marine Officer's Cadet School and the U.S. Marine Officer's School, joined the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in 1944 and was stationed in the Philippines as a ship's navigator until 1945. He married his first wife in 1937 and was divorced in 1945. A year later his first fiction sale, "What is Courage?", was published in Esquire magazine. In 1947 he married his second wife and she agreed to support him for two years to get his writing career off the ground. Reynolds moved to Taos, New Mexico. His career took off, he moved to Mexico then Greece, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Eastern Europe, Finland, India, Japan, and Hong Kong. When he wrote How to Retire without Money, under the pen name Bob Belmont, it caused the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party to charge Reynolds with "supporting the fraudulent claims of capitalist apologists” and he resigned his membership. Lem didn't like guarding the still while Paw and the boys went feuding. He wanted to get a shot at some Martins too! Yup, he sure did... From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1951, The Martians and the Coys by Mack Reynolds. Subscribe to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Stories Every Week on Soundwise
How do we move into the next stage of pelvic health?In this 'sode we introduce the Essential Pelvic Strengthening course and explain why it's so important to move beyond an isolationist approach to the Adaptive Strength Approach (TM).Over the last 80 years the pelvic health field has been focusing on getting more and more efficient at isolating the pelvic floor. But what if there's a completely different way to treat?One that is more functional. More individualized. Acknowledges the pelvic floor works within a broader system. At our core, all of us recognize we want to be treating in a more functional, individualized way. But we don't have the tools, system or framework to actually make it happen.That's what the Essential Pelvic Strengthening: Not Your Mama's Kegels's course provides. Make sure to get on the wait list (www.pelvicptrisking.com/kegels) for all the details and early bird access!Pelvic Floor Strengthening CourseMany of you know I've spent the last six months (or my entire career, depending on how you look at it) preparing a course helping us to rethink how we strengthen the pelvic floor. We'll have an exciting announcement coming up, so make sure you're on the wait list (www.pelvicptrising.com/kegels) for all the details!Shout Out and Get in Touch!If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a few seconds to take a screenshot and put it up in your Instagram Stories and tag Nicole (@nicolecozeandpt). Or send us an email at Nicole@PelvicSanity.com with your thoughts, questions or ideas. We'd love to hear from you!About UsNicole and Jesse Cozean founded Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to physical therapists to change the way we treat pelvic health. PelvicSanity Physical Therapy together in 2016. It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.
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Only realism fixes US utopian, Jeffersonian impulses.
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We Cannot be ISOLATIONIST | Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi #Shorts
RUSH: I have been struck by something. You know, after the 59 Tomahawks were launched into Syria, there were a bunch of Trumpists, famous Trumpists who were not happy. They began tweeting immediately: “Trump said he would never do this. This is not America first. This is not putting America first. This is not making America great again. Trump said he wouldn't be doing these kinds of military interventions anymore.” So I began to think, is that true? Did Trump campaign frequently, reliably promising there would not be any U.S. military intervention abroad? That's another question I must put to you Trumpists. I realize a lot of people interpreted that that is what Trump meant when he said, “Put America first,” and he was talking about NATO. With NATO he never said NATO had to go away. He just said the people running it are not paying their fair share, and we're not gonna continue to pay way beyond our share here. We're not gonna bear the burden. If NATO's gonna mean anything, these people gotta play ball. By the same token, I was trying to remember last night — I Googled it, looked around — I couldn't find it, as in white paper policy positions, Trump claiming consistently and often, that there would never be any military intervention around the world. But, boy, did people think that's what he meant. There was a lot of interpretation. Putting America first, making America first, making America great, America only, no more wars in the Middle East. https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/04/13/did-trump-really-promise-isolationism/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Photo: Chinese Communist revolutionaries in the 1920s. In his greed, the current unelected CCP leader bears no comparison to the idealistic, early revolutionaries. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Xi turns Maoist and isolationist & What is to be done? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.economist.com/china/2021/07/17/china-is-keeping-its-borders-closed-and-turning-inward
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ISOLATIONIST is back.. You don't want this smoke.... follow ig:isolationistCA CATCH THEM THIS SATURDAY IN OAKLAND --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/oldgunradio/message
How do we keep from being pelvic floor isolationists?We're so excited for this conversation with Julie Wiebe! She has such a unique perspective and has done an amazing job forcing the pelvic PT field (sometimes kicking and screaming) to recognize how important looking beyond the pelvic floor is.In this interview Julie and Nicole discuss clinical reasoning and philosophy, finding the why, looking outside the pelvic floor and practical ways to assess from an orthopedic perspective.Don't miss it - in Part 2 of this interview we discuss Julie's love-hate relationship with social media, where she thinks the field needs to grow and her own evolution into a business owner and now a professor. Thanks to Julie for an eye-opening conversation and her contributions to the field!Julie Wiebe, PT, DPTJulie has twenty-four years of clinical experience in Sports Medicine and Pelvic Health, specializing in pelvic/abdominal, pregnancy and postpartum health for fit and athletic females. Following her passion to revolutionize the way women recover from pregnancy and injury to return to high levels of fitness and performance, she has pioneered an integrative approach to promote women's health in and through fitness.Make sure to follow her on Instagram (@juliewiebept) and check out her courses at www.juliewiebept.com (use the code 'Rising20' for 20% off any of her courses, especially the foundational Piston Science course!)Shout Out and Get in Touch!If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a few seconds to take a screenshot and put it up in your Instagram Stories and tag Nicole (@nicolecozeandpt). Or send us an email at Nicole@PelvicSanity.com with your thoughts, questions or ideas. We'd love to hear from you!About UsNicole and Jesse Cozean founded PelvicSanity Physical Therapy together in 2016. It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.They believe every pelvic physical therapist should find a position they love and feel confident in treating even the most complex patients. They started Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to pelvic PTs to raise the level of our profession.
The Cello Sherpa Podcast Host, Joel Dallow, interviews Noah Bendix-Balgley about his journey from participating in major international competitions, to First Concertmaster of one of the top orchestras in the world: the Berlin Philharmonic. If you are looking for in person/virtual cello lessons, or orchestral repertoire audition coachings, check out www.theCelloSherpa.comFollow us on twitter @theCello Sherpa
The other one, otherwise known as the middle brother, Jason, joins me this week to talk about high cinema and really really low cinema. We rake over the coals of sharing a room for 19 years, our differences and similarities … Continue reading →
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Establishing a national minimum wage was a revolutionary idea that entailed a constitutional court crisis and impeachment hearings. And at the center of it all, was a woman - Frances Perkins, America's first female member of a U.S. Cabinet.
Establishing a national minimum wage was a revolutionary idea that entailed a constitutional court crisis and impeachment hearings. And at the center of it all, was a woman - Frances Perkins, America's first female member of a U.S. Cabinet.
Allen Islas, Mariano Lopez, Michael Cast, and Michael Davi(Lil Honeypot) make up the East Bay, CA experience "ISOLATIONIST" You don't want this smoke.... ig:isolationistCA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/oldgunradio/message
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This week on Behold, we examine the importance of staying connected with others, whether we are "introverted" or "extroverted". Special guest and VBC elder Brent Robery helps to provide insight on the many ways that isolation can affect our lives in damaging ways.
In order to elevate, you must isolate. In this episode, I break down the five steps you'll need to take to practice as an isolationist in order to level up in the game. This episode of "Kevin Hates Hip-Hop" is brought you by our sponsor: "The Varsity Class!" "Organic Chances" by Larry June & Berner (Feat. Devin The Dude) Make $600 A Day Reselling Smartphones With Flippin' Phones: Runnin' Up A Check! Order The G Code: The Rules & Regulations of The Game Follow Me On Social Media: Twitter Facebook Instagram www.kevinhateshiphop.com
Charles A. Kupchan is a professor in the School of Foreign Service and the Government Department at Georgetown University. He joins Bookstack host Richard Aldous to discuss his book Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/isolationism-9780199393022?cc=us&lang=en&#), published by Oxford University Press in October 2020.
On this episode, Angus and James discuss recent events involving Youtube, before continuing into the troubling future of Instagram.
I have been so bored that I have begun to learn and this has were its led me.....down the path of emulators. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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00:15 - Melbourne Re-enters Iso, Online Shopping 09:04 - Organisation, Memory, Time Management, Late Nights 17:36 - MDF Toxicity, Potential, Utilising Time, Regret 26:05 - Toxicity in Social Media 38:10 - Isolationist Living - Built Environment and culture
In our first episode featuring a guest, Michael Hudson joined us to start a conversation about the intersectionality of film production, marketing and manufactured controversy. We break down societal rot, post-industrial despair and the differences between forms of isolation in regional New Zealand and Australia. Hayden gives a spiel of 17th century novel, Don Quixote, Damon smashes brains with his recount of Jada-Pinkett Smith's entanglement and Michael drops hints as to the whereabouts of his second-wave-proof hideout in regional Queensland. LINKS: The Hunt "Controversy" https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-the-hunt-controversy-and-cancellation-explained.html Snowtown https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-20/can-snowtown-ever-shake-off-its-dark-past/11082778?nw=0 https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/sep/05/snowtown-rewatched-a-supremely-unsettling-portrait-of-a-killer https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/snowtown-review-gloomy-portrait-misappropriated-vulnerability Come and See https://www.filmink.com.au/feeling-just-bit-happy-come-see-will-fix/ https://nofilmschool.com/2016/10/how-come-and-see-uses-horror-make-best-anti-war-movie-youve-never-seen https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-come-and-see-1985 "Misery Porn" https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/new-movies/hearts-and-bones-review-hope-and-empathy-in-australian-drama/news-story/8a5ecd3480f21871865cd22b766efa60 https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/why-wont-we-watch-australian-films-20141024-11bhia.html Don Quixote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Will and Jada-Pinkett Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQE9BzPX9w
** YOUR LAST CHANCE ** to join Plain English Plus+ as a Founding Member and pay the lowest price ever! PlainEnglish.com/Plus Edward Hopper was a 20th century American oil painter, and his work has recently had a burst in popularity online. His paintings show people and buildings in solitude and stillness – scenes all too familiar in the age of social distancing and isolation. Plus, learn the English expression “on the outskirts.” -- At Plain English, we make English lessons for the modern world. -- Today’s full English lesson, including a free transcript, can be found at: https://plainenglish.com/271 -- Learning English should be fun! That’s why our lessons are about current events and trending topics you care about: business, travel, technology, health, science, politics, the environment, and so much more. Our free English lessons always include English expressions and phrasal verbs, too. -- Learn even more English at PlainEnglish.com, where we have fast and slow audio, translations, videos, online English courses, and a supportive community of English learners like you. Sign up free at PlainEnglish.com/Join -- Aprende inglés gratis en línea con nuestro curso de inglés. Se habla a una velocidad lenta para que todos entiendan. ¡Aprende ingles con nosotros ahora! | Aprenda Inglês online grátis com o Plain English, a uma velocidade menor, para que todos possam entender. Contact: E-mail jeff@plainenglish.com | WhatsApp +1 312 967 8757 | Facebook PlainEnglishPod | Instagram PlainEnglishPod | Twitter @PlainEnglishPod
Expressing various perspectives and concepts through multiple creative mediums is his spillion. Anthony Bila has cemented his identity within his field of expertise and has went onto develop another part of his creative brain. Watch as we talk to "The Isolationist" about his upbringing and upcoming body of work.
Since time immemorial people have often feared isolation. Nobody likes to live isolated and, therefore, seeks the constant company of people. Solitude is synonymous to loneliness – a lack of feeling that something is missing, a pain, a depression, a need, an incompleteness, an absence. They relate isolation to pitch darkness – a state of disconcertment. What people often forget is that even people can make them lonely. Therefore, various Vedic scriptures suggest, one should learn to establish a friendship with one’s self through Ekaanth and then there’s no way for himself to feel lonely.
Rides: We discuss our non-riding activities, except for, ahem, Chris who is keeping to his new years resolution to ride almost every day. Topic: Which leads to our topic of what riding we are doing during the coronavirus stay at home requirement/recommendation. We discuss the controversy about the AMA president’s letter encouraging riding News: Larry continues to maintain that Niken’s rock, but it has its limits. Honda may be marketing a road version of the Africa Twin, as well as possibly smaller displacement ADV bike in the near future, importance of DCT? Larry crows about the Russians developing a custom three wheeler for ice racing as evidence of the superiority of the 3 wheel configuration. Kevin dives deep into Kawasaki’s direct injection engineering. Harley selling versions of their flat track bikes. Paddock: All races cancelled or postponed until further notice in AFT and MotoGP. Special Thanks: A big thank you to Roger, Jerry, Autumn, John, Rodney, Nick, Stinger, Alex, David, Ralph, Paul, Steven, Lloyd, Mathew, Dan, TC, Jorge, Randy, Shaun, James, Tyler, Paul, Jeff and Chuck. Thank you all for becoming supporters of the show. If you would like to help bring new features to the show, go to our website and click the Patreon logo to join the Throttled Crew. With your help we can grow and be able to provide more content for our wonderful listeners. Follow us on:Twitter: @ThrottledShow Instagram: ThrottledShow Facebook: Throttled Podcast Listen Live:You can tune in and listen to our hosts attempt to make this podcast each and every week. Approximately 15 minutes before we go live we make an announcement on Twitter and Facebook with the link to the YouTube stream, so make sure you are following us. Remember, find us in ITunes and give us a rating. Send your feedback to feedback@throttledpodcast.com. Ride safe everybody!!!
Panel Presentation, “A contrarian view: the xenophobic, isolationist, and absolute monarchy called Wakanda,” Wakanda University: Academic Discourse on Marvel Studios’ Black Panther Symposium- Panelist Atlanta, GA April 2019
In this special episode of The Ride, we're talking about isolation. Folks with rare chronic diseases know a thing or two about being isolated. Yay! We finally feel useful! We get to offer others some suggestions during these trying times. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/Vasculitis-Journey/message
It's our anniversary. 11 years of marriage. In this episode we talk about how we're dealing with the global pandemic that is COVID-19 while still celebrating each other. And what do you do during your anniversary during a pandemic? Luckily in New Mexico there are lots of open spaces where it's easy to isolate. We visited Mogollon, NM, a ghost town, and drove down dusty roads near Silver City, NM.The episode we were referencing on Lindsey's podcast can be found at https://www.whatsupabq.com/podcast/episode/2b757c5b/whats-up-abq-jesse-herron-with-painted-lady-bed-and-brew.Music is by Jeff Omidvaran. His sound cloud can be found at https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran.Enjoy!
(Part 2 of 8) America was forced into becoming an internationalist on the world stage. Like other challenges facing Americans, they did it with boldness, a lot of it and figured out what worked later. In the middle of WW2 the US pushed a policy that crated the IMF, World Bank and the UN.
No country on Earth is as powerful as the United States. The nation dominates the globe militarily, culturally, and politically. It stops other nations building nukes (or, in the case of North Korea, attempts to), it dictates entertainment choices for billions, and it has more money than any other nation by a country mile. China may be expanding, Russia may be interfering globally, and the EU may be the world’s richest trading block, but none of them can hold a candle to the USA.
Martin Ford (@MFordFuture) is a futurist and the author of the bestselling, award-winning Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, Architects of Intelligence: The Truth About AI from the People Building It and The Lights in the Tunnel, as well as the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm.To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/108-a-deeper-diver-into-ubi-automation-and-the-economy-of-tomorrow-martin-ford/
Historians love to hate Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, the presidents during most of the 1920s. Historians also enjoy tut-tutting the U.S. for having been "isolationist" during the 1920s. This is all wrong, as usual, so in today's episode I set the record straight.
Day of Reckoning by Pat Buchanan can be considered a paleoconservative manifesto. The three most prominent themes of this book are restrictionist immigration, protectionist trade, and isolationist foreign policy. In this 2007 masterpiece, Buchanan lays the groundwork for an America First policy that would later be embraced by Donald Trump.Buy Day of Reckoning at:https://www.amazon.com/Day-Reckoning-Ideology-Tearing-America/dp/0312376960I am on social media at:facebook.com/neofusionisttwitter.com/neofusionistsupport the show at:patreon.com/neofusionist
Tyranny grows in strength when good people do nothing. Our leaders all are outraged about scandals in Hollywood and Washington but ultimately do little to solve the problems they are outraged about and thus, tyanny is allowed to survive and flourish in America.*Weinstein Expands*Investigation Pablum*McCain: Trump is Isolationist!*Comey and Laptops*Uranium One*Fake News, NYT, and Russia100 percent of the money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.
Tyranny grows in strength when good people do nothing. Our leaders all are outraged about scandals in Hollywood and Washington but ultimately do little to solve the problems they are outraged about and thus, tyanny is allowed to survive and flourish in America.*Weinstein Expands*Investigation Pablum*McCain: Trump is Isolationist!*Comey and Laptops*Uranium One*Fake News, NYT, and Russia100 percent of the money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.
The Need for Overwhelming Sensation by Bogi Takács I am staring at the face from a thousand newscasts—the gentle curve of jaw, the almost apologetic smile. Miran Anyuwe is not explaining policy. Miran Anyuwe is bleeding from a head wound, drops falling tap-tap-tap on the boarding ramp of our ship, the sound oddly amplified by the geometry of the cramped docking bay bulkheads. “I’m looking for a ride out,” they say. They are not supposed to be on Idhir Station. They are supposed to be three jump points away, heading the accession talks, guiding Ohandar’s joining of the Alliance. I uncross my legs and get up to my feet—one quick, practiced motion. I bow my head briefly. “Esteemed, I will inquire.” [Full transcript after the cut.] Hello! Welcome to GlitterShip episode 44 for August 22, 2017. This is your host, Keffy, and I'm super excited to be sharing this story with you. Our story for today is a reprint of "The Need for Overwhelming Sensation" by Bogi Takács. Content warning: Sex and BDSM Bogi is an agender trans author who can be found talking about other people's writing at http://www.bogireadstheworld.com and @bogiperson on Twitter. The Need for Overwhelming Sensation by Bogi Takács I am staring at the face from a thousand newscasts—the gentle curve of jaw, the almost apologetic smile. Miran Anyuwe is not explaining policy. Miran Anyuwe is bleeding from a head wound, drops falling tap-tap-tap on the boarding ramp of our ship, the sound oddly amplified by the geometry of the cramped docking bay bulkheads. “I’m looking for a ride out,” they say. They are not supposed to be on Idhir Station. They are supposed to be three jump points away, heading the accession talks, guiding Ohandar’s joining of the Alliance. I uncross my legs and get up to my feet—one quick, practiced motion. I bow my head briefly. “Esteemed, I will inquire.” They nod. Their smile intensifies just a little, as if someone repainted the lines of their mouth with firmer brushstrokes. I dash inside, my entire torso trembling with fear of the sudden and the unexpected. I take a sharp corner and crash into Master Sanre. They steady me with both hands. “Iryu, breathe.” I gasp. “Slower. In and out.” Their presence calms me. It only takes a few breaths. “Iryu, look at me.” I stare up at them. Their eyes narrow, the lines of silver paint that I so carefully applied to their face in the morning crumple like spacetime clumps around a planet. The glass beads in their hair clack together. “Explain what’s wrong.” I mutter, still tongue-tied from the sudden fright. Miran Anyuwe is outside and injured. Miran Anyuwe wants to hire us. Miran Anyuwe— “Ward the ship, then come outside. I will talk to them.” They hurry outside, boots clanging on metal. I exhale again. I focus on the power inside me, direct it outside and into the wards. My remaining tension eases up. I’m not missing anything—I will be able to look at my master’s sensory logs later. I turn around and return to the open airlock. I stop for a moment as I see the two of them together. They look so alike, and the resemblance goes beyond gender, appearance, the light brown of their skin and the dark brown of their braids. They have the same bearing, the same stance. It’s clear both are used to effortless command. Miran Anyuwe commands an entire planet. My master commands only me and the ship. Is my master more powerful? It’s not about the head wound, it’s not about the desperate urgency in Miran Anyuwe’s gestures. It involves something innate that goes to the core of being. I knew my master was powerful. But did I overestimate Miran Anyuwe? Both of them look up at me, nod at me to come closer. I approach, unsettled. Miran Anyuwe is unwilling to explain. Details are elided, skirted around. Anti-Alliance isolationists, terrorist threats, an attack on Miran Anyuwe’s life. I don’t understand why they abandoned the talks and went back to their planet—surely they knew they would present a better target there? Were they trying to pull off some populist maneuver? I find myself dismayed that my thoughts are moving along less than charitable pathways, but Miran Anyuwe clearly has something to hide. I tell myself it is only the bitterness of disillusionment. But did I really want them to be that glorified, polished figurehead from the political news, that semi-deity with a charmingly pacifist stance? I excuse myself; I start preparing for launch. My master can keep Miran Anyuwe company. These ships do not run on pain; that’s a misconception. They run on raw magical power. It can be produced in any number of ways. Pain is just easy for many people. Of course, it’s a matter of choice. Even those who find it easy don’t have to like it. I like it. I need it. If I go without, my body protests. Maybe it’s about the need for overwhelming sensation; I’m not sure. As I’m checking the equipment, I wonder why I’m having these thoughts—I think because of a foreigner on the ship, a potential need to explain. For all the newscasts and analysis articles, I know little about Ohandar. The focus is always on Miran Anyuwe, and the progress of the negotiations. I wonder if that means the Ohandar isolationists have already won. I slow my all too rapid breathing. There will be time to get agitated later. First to get away from the gravity wells, to a relatively clean patch of spacetime while still on sublight. Then we can decide—the client can decide. Miran Anyuwe has all the reputation credit in the world to pay. Of course, my master would nix all the dangerous maneuvers. I just hope Miran Anyuwe isn’t up to something wrong. I tug on straps, lean into them with my full bodyweight. They hold. They always hold, but it’s best to check. I undress. A lot of magic leaves through my skin surface—I’d rather not burn my clothing. I never have, but it heats up and that makes me worried. I’ve already adjusted the ambient temp a few degrees higher, so I’m not feeling cold. The chamber is mostly empty—my master is a minimalist, and I like this: distractions do not help. The lines carved into the bulkheads—carefully, by hand—are the same off-white as the bulkheads themselves. One day it would be pleasant to have wood, but I like this surface too: it reminds me of ceramics, some of our tableware from down planetside. Master Sanre is setting up the frame: pulling it out from storage inside the bulkheads, affixing it. They work quickly; we’ve done this so many times. I say I’m ready. I’m eager to begin; we were stuck on Idhir Station for days upon days, our time consumed with administrative tasks. I’m starved for a run, and we have the client of clients, safely ensconced in one of the bedchambers, but probably not yet asleep. Out on the corridor I felt their jitters, but this chamber is the best-warded on the ship. No distractions inside, no stray power leaking out and causing disturbance outside. I lie stomach down on a fixed-position pallet and my master straps me in. I wriggle a bit— everything seems to be in order. I smile up at them and they run a hand along the side of my face, smooth down my curls. I close my eyes for a moment and sigh a little. They chuckle. “So dreamy. What would you do without me?” “I would be sad?” I volunteer, my voice thin and little. They pat me on the shoulders. They start with their bare hands, slapping, grabbing and pulling at the flesh. It is all quite gentle. I relax into the restraints and my muscles unknot. Whatever Miran Anyuwe is doing, I couldn’t care less. Heavier thuds on the sides of my back. I can tell the implements by feel. I wish we would go faster—aren’t we in a hurry? Master Sanre fusses with the tool stand. They turn around, change stance. A whizzing sound through the air, a sharper pain. I yelp. Sound is good, it also helps release. We go on. On. My back burns. I groan at first, then scream. Tears and snot. I— “What’s going on in here?” Miran Anyuwe. How— The door was supposed to be locked— Did you forget to lock the door? My master sends me a private message. It locks automatically once the frame is disengaged, I think back over our connection. It should be encrypted, but now I am uncertain about everything. Miran Anyuwe strides up to us. “What are you doing?” Their voice wavers with anger and fear. I try to crane my head to see—I can’t, but Master Sanre disengages the straps with a quick thought-command. I sit up, trying to suppress the shaking caused by the sudden halt. I’m not sure where to put all the magic. I clumsily wipe my face and hug myself. Why is Miran Anyuwe so angry? They stare at each other. I wonder if I ought to say something. You may speak, my master messages. “Powering the ship,” I say. My voice is wheezier, wavier than I’d like. This voice is not for strangers. My vulnerability is not for strangers. Not even for Miran Anyuwe. “You did not say you would do that!” Do what? I am baffled. “Powering the ship?” They glare at Master Sanre. “You are hurting him!” “Em,” my master says. “Different pronouns.” Miran Anyuwe looks startled; they know they of all people are not supposed to make assumptions. I feel they are gearing up to apologize, then thinking better of it. Some of their anger dissipates. They hesitate—I’ve never before seen them hesitate, then turn to me. “It will be all right,” they say. “Could you please leave?” I am trying to be courteous, but the magic is pushing against my skin. This is not a point to come to a sudden stop. What is their problem? “I am not letting them torture you,” they say, with a sudden shift of tone into media-proof reassurance. I wish I could hit Miran Anyuwe. With so much magic, it is dangerous to even think of violence. I force down the thought. “They are not torturing me. Please.” I wave my arms. My motions are increasingly jagged—I know I’m losing control. “I need to release the magic, please, could you please leave? It’s dangerous. You shouldn’t be in here.” “I would listen to em if I were you,” my master says quietly. “If you’re not leaving, I will escort you out.” They step forward. Miran Anyuwe recoils. “You—you brute!” They yell at my master. Then to me: “I will protect you!” This would be annoying or even amusing if I weren’t about to explode. I hug myself into a ball. I think I am making a sound…? I don’t see how my master grabs them and drags them physically out of the room. I can hear their huffs as they manually turn the lock. Hurried steps across the room. My master is practically flying. Toward me. Arms around me. I feel very small. “It’s all right. It’s all right. I’m here. I’m here for you.” Holding me tight. “You can let it go now. I will guide it. You can let it go.” I howl, convulsing, weeping. The magic tears at my insides as it rushes out. My master will have things to repair—I am suddenly angry at Miran Anyuwe for this, but then the thought is swept away; thought itself is swept away. Outside, the ship is moving. My master is so furious they have excess. They run up and down the length of the room, then just groan and push magic into the structure. “Next time I’ll have to do that out the airlock or I’ll just fry the controls,” they say. Calm enough to sound cynical. They shake their head. Clack, clack. “I’ll fix you up once I’m steadier,” they say. “It didn’t seem to leave lasting damage. I would’ve torn them in half!” I seldom hear my master talk about violence. But I understand the source of their fury now. I query the systems. Where is Miran Anyuwe? Pacing the corridor outside, apparently. I close my eyes and lay back. I don’t think I can face the client. I don’t think I can face anything. How could things go this wrong? “I’ll talk to them,” my master says. “You can rest. I’ll bring you your heavy blanket.” They cover me up. I wriggle into the warm, weighty duvet, grab armfuls of it. Some things are eternal, unchanging. My master briefly caresses my head, fingers playing with my short curls. My muscles loosen up. I can feel that some of the tension leaves my master, too. I turn my head, peek out from the blanket to gaze at them. They look like Miran Anyuwe; but they also look like me, and this time I just want to focus on the latter. People have mistaken us for relatives before, and there is something deeply comforting in this. “It’s not your fault,” they say. “None of this is your fault.” “But… the door?” I find it hard to move my lips and tongue. My mouth doesn’t work. “There was a malfunction.” They frown. “Don’t forget that Miran Anyuwe is a magical person, too, if not so powerful as either of us.” The message, unspoken: Be on your guard. I’m back in our room, still resting, the soft upper layer of our mattress bending obediently around my aching flesh. Master Sanre repaired what could be repaired right away, then set the rest on a healing course. I’m halfway to sleep, drifting in a white-fluffy haze, when the alarm sounds. I get out of bed, hastily dress, walk to the control room like a baby duck unsteady on its legs. Teeter-totter. My master looks up at me, and so does Miran Anyuwe. I feel they had been arguing. “Warships on our tail,” says Master Sanre. “We’ll need to jump soon, and hope fervently that they can’t follow us.” We’re still on sublight, and moving much slower than our target velocity due to the unwelcome interruption. I grimace, try to gather my wits. The warships must be after Miran Anyuwe; we ourselves don’t have enemies. I sense my master’s gaze upon me. “How soon can we jump?” they ask. “I can start preparing right away,” I say. I know the healing won’t be able to run its course, and I know that’s also what my master has been thinking. But if we are hit by a mass-driver, there won’t be any healing in the world to repair our bodies. Miran Anyuwe has stopped protesting. I want to grab them, snarl at them: If you think what you saw was bad, just see what happens now. Just watch. Will you turn your head away? A shot whips past our ship: the sensors tell me everything in minute detail. I shudder. Master Sanre tries to hail the warships. No response, just another shot. Deliberately missing? Intended as a warning? Then a third, aimed head on— My master jumps up from their chair. “We need to get out now!” They tackle me, hug me to themselves, push me down on the floor. My face flattens against the cold floorboards, my mouth opens. I gasp for breath. “Now!” they yell, and even without the familiar trappings, my body responds instantaneously, my mind rushes through the preparations of matter transposition. Magic rises in me, floods me, streams outward, suffuses the ship. I scream with the sudden expansion of awareness, the pain of white-hot power running along my spine, I keen and convulse as my master holds me down, grabs hold of my power to direct it outward— —we jump. Arriving clumsily at our target destination, off the ecliptic, too close to the system’s star. I cough, close my eyes to better focus on the sensors. I try not to focus on my body. Something feels broken, not a bone or two but a process itself; something biochemical knocked askew. Master Sanre rolls to the side, still holding me close. We remain there for a few breaths, ignoring Miran Anyuwe. We get up, holding onto each other. “We need to jump into Alliance space,” my master says, “who knows how fast they can follow us?” Very few people can make an entire ship jump as rapidly as I do; my magic simply has an uncommon shape that’s well-suited for this particular task. Miran Anyuwe doesn’t know this. Our pursuers don’t know this. “I’ll request a permit right away,” I say. “I’ll do it. You get ready to jump again.” My master is still trying to get through to an Alliance comm station when the warships show up. I can’t even make it to the power chamber. Pain unfurls, spreads out as I raise power; I flail and claw against my master who holds me strongly. The ship jumps. I’m half dragged, half carried. Two voices wheezing. My master and… Miran Anyuwe? They drop me down on the pallet, and the shape, the sensation identifies it to me. I’m in the power chamber. Straps are pulled, tightened across my body. “Can you do it? Can you do it again?” It takes time to realize my master is speaking to me. I nod, teeth gritted. “Can you do it?” Miran Anyuwe asks them. “Oh—” My master suppresses a curse. “Don’t bother about me!” “You’re shaking.” “Of course I am—” They raise their voice and it trembles. Suddenly I am worried: I need to bring this to a close, I can take the magic, but what about my master? I grapple with words for a few moments before I am able to speak. “I can jump us to Alliance space without a beacon.” “Without a permit? It’s illegal,” my master protests, but inwardly I know they are already convinced. The Alliance goons ask first, shoot second, not the other way round like the jockeys of these warships are wont to do. “I’d take Alliance Treaty Enforcement over these people any day,” I say, knowing full well that they have magic-users just like me. I used to be one of them. I wouldn’t be able to get out of harm’s way fast enough. More effort and I won’t be able to do anything at all, but one more jump I can manage, even against the gradient, against the odds— The warships are back. I strain against the straps and clutch at my master, scream at them to pull, pull because I can’t generate enough power in time, and after their initial hesitation they do it, and I can feel myself pulled apart, space itself getting fragmented and torn, unraveling at the edges— We are in orbit around Andawa, second-tier Alliance population center. We know this planet well. It’s easy for us to jump here. It will take the Alliance more than a moment to mobilize their forces. Andawa is peripheral, but not so peripheral as to be without protection. The enforcers will simply take a bit longer to arrive, jumping in probably from Central. My master undoes the straps, their fingers working as their mind is busy hailing Planetside Control. I try to stand, fall into their arms. Miran Anyuwe is silent this time, but I can tell they are shaking, and not just with the side-effects of back-to-back jumps with no jump point, no beacon. I make a motion toward them, then slowly collapse and fold into myself as my legs give way. My master topples down on the floor together with me, cradles my head. The warships soon follow. I can’t move. I can’t jump. I can’t think. I gasp and wheeze, try to push myself upright. My master pushes me back. “Don’t,” they whisper next to my ear. The enemies can’t quite jump into our ship—the wards still hold. They board the old-fashioned way, with lots of clanging and metal being cut. Where is the Alliance? Why are they so slow? Before my vision gives in, I see black-clad commandos stream into the room. I see Miran Anyuwe crouch on the floor next to me, taking cover behind the box of equipment. I don’t understand what the commandos are saying. I only understand what my master is thinking. On their signal, I roll to the side, bump into Miran Anyuwe, my arms around them. They smell of marzipan. I hold fast. Then I fall through space, through time, through awareness itself. Sharp, prickly grass. The sunlight scrapes at the back of my head when I open my eyes; I close them and shiver despite the warmth of Andawa’s sun. I grapple with the earth as I try to get if not upright, then at least on all fours. I can’t even pull myself up on my elbows—I lose balance, smear my face and arms with rich dark dirt. Andawa is a garden world. Miran Anyuwe is speaking, has been speaking for a while now. I can’t make sense of the words. They reach under my armpits and pull. Gaps in continuity. Miran Anyuwe dragging me on some backcountry path and yelling at me, preaching that I shouldn’t live a life of slavery. I try to say that I am not a slave, I serve my master voluntarily, without coercion. My speech turns into mush—my mouth is too uncoordinated—and in any case Miran Anyuwe refuses to listen. I can’t walk unassisted, I can barely parse sentences and yet they are preaching to me, about how I ought not to be running away from freedom but toward it. Who’s running away, I want to say, but my systems checks are failing one by one, my biosensors are screaming. Words. Words. More words. Completely opaque. I’m lying on the slightly curving floor—a ship’s bay? Entirely unfamiliar beyond the reassuring calmness of Alliance-standard. Miran Anyuwe is sitting next to me, their left hand on my forehead. I try to bat it aside; my entire right side spasms. I gasp, force steadiness on my breath, ignore all the warnings. Miran Anyuwe speaks—the sentences elude me. I want to turn and see, observe the crowd whose presences I can feel pressing on my mind, but I can’t move; even my motions to shoo away Miran Anyuwe are little more than twitches. Someone, a sharp bright voice, finally: “…a medical emergency, Captain, we need to intervene.” I miss the answer. Then the same person, slower, pausing after each word: “Captain, you need to allow me.” Miran Anyuwe withdraws; I sigh in relief. Someone crouches down next to me and oh I know this mind-template, so familiar I fight the urge to grab and latch onto it, in this sea of incomprehension where in every moment an eddy or whirl can cause me to drift away. Ereni magic-user, delegated to the Alliance; they don’t call it magic, they have their own words… “Ssh.” A touch on my chest. “You are almost completely drained. I will help you if you let me.” I murmur something, hoping it will be enough, hoping the intent would be clear. I reach to the Ereni’s hand on my chest, but my fingers fail to connect. I’m not quite clear about where my body parts are situated at any given moment. Warm egg-yolk-yellow power floods into me through their hand and my cells drink it in, desperate for nourishment. I can move. I can live. Speaking doesn’t come as fast. Where is my master, I think at the Ereni now that my thoughts can move forward, Is my master safe? ETA another twenty-five minutes, the Ereni thinks in my head. We are short on people to jump them here. The Isolationists have been apprehended and are being ejected from Alliance space. I look up at the Ereni—their appearance matches my mental impression of them. Black, thick-set, gender-indeterminate. They are still clenching their jaw. I know it takes a lot of effort to get exact numbers across—this is not a high-magic area. I nod, appreciating the effort. They hold my hand, squeeze it. Just as I understand them, they also understand me, through the shared demands of magic and the hierarchies it often creates. I sigh, look around. Across the room, a short, sharp-featured officer in the uniform of Alliance Treaty Enforcement glares at—me? No, at Miran Anyuwe. My interface works again, the error messages recede. The officer is a man, by the name of Adhus-Barin, with about half a dozen more lineage-names after his first. A nobleman from the Empire of Three Stars, one of the more socially conservative members of the Alliance. “Maybe we can try this again,” Adhus-Barin says. He looks about as angry as a noble in a mere Alliance captaincy position can be expected to look, his auburn-brown skin darkening further. His systems are probably frantic, trying to avoid a stroke. “You might wish to rephrase what you’ve just told me.” Miran Anyuwe seems proud as ever, but as my body processes the influx of magic, I can already tell the politician radiates fear, apprehension and… brokenness, somehow. An impression of someone caught in the act. “I was escaping from the Isolationists who were after me,” Miran Anyuwe says, “I wouldn’t have made it to Alliance space if not for these excellent people.” They nod at me. Am I supposed to smile, murmur thanks? I remain silent. They continue: “One of whom doesn’t even understand the Code of Life and Balance, I must say.” What is that? If I hear one more word about how I’m supposed to be some kind of slavery apologist… Adhus-Barin also glares at them. Is he waiting for Miran Anyuwe to incriminate themselves? The politician continues, shifting pace as if realizing they are no longer talking to their home crowd. “As you are no doubt aware, the Isolationists oppose our negotiations to join the Alliance, negotiations that I am leading…” They pause, uncertain for a moment. “Between two rounds of talks, I returned to Ohandar, where I was summarily attacked, and after my attempted escape, even my security detail deserted me at Idhir Station, so I had to seek out a private vessel for help…” “Your security detail betrayed you?” Adhus-Barin turns oddly mild, almost gentle. I don’t have to pry into his thoughts to sense a trap being readied. “They were all Isolationists, they turned against me—” Voice rising. Miran Anyuwe is losing their cool. “Oh, those kinds of roughshod mercenaries don’t appreciate going unpaid,” Adhus-Barin nods with empathy. “What could I have done? The talks were almost over and the funds—” They halt midsentence. I stare. At Adhus-Barin smiling, his thin mouth turning up in almost a sneer, at Miran Anyuwe standing statue-still, with only stray tremors breaking through their rigidity. The security detail going unpaid. Isolationists going unpaid. “Thank you,” Adhus-Barin says, “I do believe this will be enough.” As if a dam breaking through, Miran Anyuwe starts blabbering, words tumbling over each other. The statue falling apart. “The Alliance has to understand, the Alliance knows—isolationist sentiment has always been strong on Ohandar, we had to show the populace that isolationism was extremism, we had to—” “So you backed the Isolationist movement, steered them into violence,” Adhus-Barin says, one step away from gloating. “Created and funded your own rivals, so that you could point a finger at them and say, we are not like those people. So that you could revel in the position of the peacemaker.” “The Alliance knows! Don’t deny it! The Alliance knows!” “May I?” the Ereni says, then waits for the captain’s nod. “The Alliance knows. That doesn’t mean the Alliance assents.” “Exactly as Officer Enisāyun has it,” the captain nods at them again. “Undesirable allies often incriminate themselves during the accession process, as we have found.” He says it as if the Empire was innocent of all possible wrongdoing, and I wonder if Miran Anyuwe knows how the Alliance had taken its present shape, what had prompted the member states to create Treaty Enforcement, back it with real power and threat. I sneak a look at Enisāyun, and the Ereni glances back at me, shrugs. Miran Anyuwe mutters word-fragments, all sense lost in overwhelming anger, directed at us who thwarted the plan. We all gaze upon the spectacle. I pull my personal wards tighter around myself in case Miran Anyuwe lashes out. Officer Enisāyun asks to speak again, then gestures toward me. “The esteemed leader might wish to thank the young māwalēni here for saving their life.” Adhus-Barin makes a face. The meaning is clear—he would rather the politician would have perished, murdered by their own erstwhile allies. Let alone called esteemed leader, but then again the Ereni are fond of formality… and its ironic flipside. Enisāyun smiles softly. “We will make sure that the young māwalēni receives all due payment for services rendered—though from whom might be uncertain at this point…” Miran Anyuwe collapses. “It wasn’t me,” Enisāyun says, voice shaky. “Captain? It wasn’t me, Captain.” “I thought they were warded from all outside—” A voice from the back of the Alliance crowd, then another, “I warded them!” A door seal hisses, and my master dashes in, the familiar clang of boots on ship-metal. “Were they threatening anyone? I felt they might be threatening someone, so it seemed safer to shut them down.” “Excuse me?” Adhus-Barin seems utterly lost. It’s that kind of day, the Ereni thinks at me and I suppress a chuckle. “I have a policy of not interfering with clients’ minds, but they severely disrupted my ship, interrupted the jumping procedure—” Officer Enisāyun is shocked in the back of my mind. “—so I thought it would be safest to plant my safeguards on them just in case. They had no defenses to speak of.” An understatement, recognized by everyone present as such. When did my master have time to do this? I consider the events of the day, fail to find the exact moment. An intervention performed off-hand, with a stray thought… As Adhus-Barin regains his calm and goes through the motions of the cleanup, organizing transport for Miran Anyuwe to Alliance Central where they will no doubt have to endure another round of castigation before getting booted out of Alliance space, my attention is elsewhere. I knew my master was more powerful, I tell myself, but I understand at the same time that it’s not about power—or, rather, that power entails more than raw control. It entails being straightforward, honest, upright. And I know that between the two of us, we don’t need a planet. Master Sanre offers me a hand and I stand up—then they grab me, hold me tight to themselves, their tears trickling down my curls. END “The Need for Overwhelming Sensation" was originally published in Capricious #1 and is copyright Bogi Takács, 2015. This recording is a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license which means you can share it with anyone you’d like, but please don’t change or sell it. Our theme is “Aurora Borealis” by Bird Creek, available through the Google Audio Library. You can support GlitterShip by checking out our Patreon at patreon.com/keffy, subscribing to our feed, or by leaving reviews on iTunes. 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