Podcast appearances and mentions of John Cabot

Blod, doft och blomsterprakt! Pernilla och John tar sig an klätterrosen och berättar var vilken trivs och hur de blommar fint - om du sköter dem rätt. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Rosor som och klättrar från söder till norrPernilla Månsson Colt och John Taylor sätter fokus på klätterrosor och då handlar det förstås mycket om både doft och taggar – eller avsaknaden av dem. Vilka rosor ska man välja om man vill täcka en hel vägg och finns det några klätterrosor som trivs i riktigt kallt klimat?Dessutom får lyssnare svar på frågor om att samla eget frö, ros-sticklingar, lavar på fruktträd och att anlägga rabatt i en övergiven sandlåda.Skicka in din trädgårdsfråga till tradgarden@sverigesradio.se. Var gärna någorlunda kortfattad och tydlig med vad du undrar över!Här är en lista över alla de rosor som nämns i programmet:Rosa rugosa (vresrosor)Albertine (klätterros)Lyckefund (taggfri honungsros)Veilchenblau (taggfri klätterros)Zephirine Drouhin (fransk ros)Alchymist (buskros)Seagull (klätterros)Valdemar (klätterros)American Pillar (rambler)Polstjärnan (finsk ros)Venusta pendula (klätterros)Cordis Aloha (klätterros)Pauls Himalayan Musk (klätterros)Kifts Gate (klätterros)The Albrighton Rambler (Austinros)New Dawn (klätterros)Flammentanz (klätterros)Leverkusen (klätterros)Vrams Gunnarstorp (klätterros)Alba Maxima (buskros)Gudhem (buskros)John Cabot (kanadensisk ros)William Baffin (kanadensisk ros)Geschwinds Norrlandsrose (buskros)Martha (dansk buskros)Étude (klätterros)Gerbe Rose (gammaldags klätterros)Open Arms (småblommig klätterros)Warm Welcome (klätterros)Bonica Climbing (klätterros)Lady Emma Hamilton (Austinros)Roald Dahl (Austinros)Lady of Charlotte (Austinros)The Fairy (ros)Awakening (förädling av New Dawn)Producent och redigering: Anna LandeliusRedaktör: Eva RobildLjud och efterbearbetning: Saga Rodrick

Nel saggio Fumo e cenere lo scrittore indiano Amitav Ghosh ricostruisce una storia di potere, razzismo e colonialismo attraverso l'oppio. Nel 1980 Vincenzo Sparagna e altri autori di fumetti fondarono la rivista Frigidaire, che presto diventò uno spazio di sperimentazione e libertà. L'artista afroamericano Lonnie Holley è un alieno nel mondo della musica e il suo nuovo album Tonki sfugge a ogni catalogazione. Il documentario GEN_ racconta i percorsi di affermazione di genere di chi si rivolge alle strutture pubbliche per superare le proprie sofferenze e trasformare la propria vita.CONMarina Forti, giornalista e scrittrice che collabora con InternazionaleNicolò Porcelluzzi, giornalista della rivista Il TascabileGiovanni Ansaldo, editor di musica di InternazionaleDonatella Della Ratta, professoressa di comunicazione alla John Cabot university di RomaSe ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità . Vai su internazionale.it/podcastScrivi a podcast@internazionale.it o manda un vocale a +39 3347063050Produzione di Claudio Balboni e Vincenzo De Simone.Musiche di Carlo Madaghiele, Raffaele Scogna, Jonathan Zenti e Giacomo Zorzi.Direzione creativa di Jonathan Zenti.Amitav Ghosh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqdNYLUkId4 Frigidaire: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3tKis0l4YNkTPoHwd3pFtC?si=-uy5h9KZQ36ZofM9gh8nUgLonnie Holley: https://youtu.be/41ERWWPETAc?si=81VH9n2b1ZQvrzYLGEN_: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rJS6bsygs

listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!Christopher Columbus & The Indians of God!It has often been claimed that Christopher Columbus did not refer to the Indigenous people of the Americas as "Indians" because he thought he landed in India, but because he thought that they were "gente in Dios," or "people in God." But is this actually true? and what is the source of this controversial claim? Your hosts:Kurly Tlapoyawa is an  archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His  research covers  Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the  historical connections  between the two regions. He is the author of  numerous books and has  presented lectures at the University of New  Mexico, Harvard University,  Yale University, San Diego State  University, and numerous others. He  most recently released his  documentary short film "Guardians of the  Purple Kingdom," and is a  cultural consultant for Nickelodeon Animation  Studios.@kurlytlapoyawaRuben  Arellano Tlakatekatl is a  scholar, activist, and professor of history.  His research explores  Chicana/Chicano indigeneity, Mexican indigenist  nationalism, and  Coahuiltecan identity resurgence. Other areas of  research include Aztlan  (US Southwest), Anawak (Mesoamerica), and  Native North America. He has  presented and published widely on these  topics and has taught courses at  various institutions. He currently  teaches history at Dallas College –  Mountain View Campus.  Cited in this podcast:“I Am Not a Leader”: Russell Means' 1980 Mother Jones Cover StoryChristopher Columbus, The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during His First Voyage, 1492-93) and Documents Relating the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real, trans. Clements R. Markham, Cambridge Library Collection (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). David Wilton, Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).George Carlin, Brain Droppings (New York: Hyperion, 1997).Peter Matthiessen, “Native Earth,” Parabola: Myth & Quest for Meaning, Vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 1981).Peter Matthiessen, Indian Country (New York: Viking Press, 1984).  Support the showFind us: https://www.facebook.com/TalesFromAztlantis Merch: https://chimalli.storenvy.com/ Book: The Four Disagreements: Letting Go of Magical Thinking (Amazon)

Arrancamos al fin una nueva temporada de La Biblioteca Perdida, una muy especial, en la que alcanzaremos la friolera de 15 años en antena. Y como primera propuesta vamos a viajar a Norteamérica para conocer tanto a sus pueblos originarios como a los viajeros que arribaron a sus tierras y la exploraron. Será el primer capítulo de una nueva serie, con protagonistas como los vikingos, John Cabot o Ponce de León, entre otros. Sabremos de las primeras tomas de contacto de los descubridores con los indios, todo de la mano de Bikendi Goiko-uria. El segundo contenido nos llevará a nuestra más tierna infancia, y es que vuelve las fuentes de la vida, la sección en la que Mikel Carramiñana nos habla de la infancia y la crianza, entre muchas otras cosas. Esta vez hablará de juegos tan esenciales para los humanos como son el sonajero, la pelota y la peonza. Un recorrido por sus orígenes para recordar la importancia del juego en la niñez. Para cerrar, en la sección que recuperamos de anteriores temporadas, recordaremos un capítulo muy singular de Por los Dioses sobre la esclavitud. Monarquía, república e imperio. La historia de la ciudad de las siete colinas cubre un largo periodo de muchos siglos de historia. Sin embargo, aquella ciudad que dominó toda la cuenca del Mediterráneo nos ofrece una historia llena de curiosidades. Si Roma fue lo que fue, se debió en gran parte a la mano de obra esclava. ¿Quiénes eran? ¿Tenían algún derecho? ¿Podían lograr su libertad? ¿Hubo esclavos famosos? Todo esto y mucho más, en esta antigua lección de Sergio Alejo. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Arrancamos al fin una nueva temporada de La Biblioteca Perdida, una muy especial, en la que alcanzaremos la friolera de 15 años en antena. Y como primera propuesta vamos a viajar a Norteamérica para conocer tanto a sus pueblos originarios como a los viajeros que arribaron a sus tierras y la exploraron. Será el primer capítulo de una nueva serie, con protagonistas como los vikingos, John Cabot o Ponce de León, entre otros. Sabremos de las primeras tomas de contacto de los descubridores con los indios, todo de la mano de Bikendi Goiko-uria. El segundo contenido nos llevará a nuestra más tierna infancia, y es que vuelve las fuentes de la vida, la sección en la que Mikel Carramiñana nos habla de la infancia y la crianza, entre muchas otras cosas. Esta vez hablará de juegos tan esenciales para los humanos como son el sonajero, la pelota y la peonza. Un recorrido por sus orígenes para recordar la importancia del juego en la niñez. Para cerrar, en la sección que recuperamos de anteriores temporadas, recordaremos un capítulo muy singular de Por los Dioses sobre la esclavitud. Monarquía, república e imperio. La historia de la ciudad de las siete colinas cubre un largo periodo de muchos siglos de historia. Sin embargo, aquella ciudad que dominó toda la cuenca del Mediterráneo nos ofrece una historia llena de curiosidades. Si Roma fue lo que fue, se debió en gran parte a la mano de obra esclava. ¿Quiénes eran? ¿Tenían algún derecho? ¿Podían lograr su libertad? ¿Hubo esclavos famosos? Todo esto y mucho más, en esta antigua lección de Sergio Alejo.

What a treat to share a writer friend's story about John Cabot Rose from the Explorer Series. Koleen Garland, from Canada, titled her two-hour writing binge -That Indestructible, Irresistibly Beautiful John Cabot Rose. We wrap up the episode with wisdom from a child I met while volunteering at Comfort Zone Camp (a bereavement camp for kids.) Flora Forever - The young arborist-to-be is already an explorer of plants; may we all be the same.I hope you enjoy the story.Related Stories & Helpful Links:Enjoy Koleen's hilarious childhood memory of making Dandelion Wine in Ep 157. Benefits of Plantain & Dandelion "Weeds."The Canadian Rose Society has an informative PDF of the varieties of Explorer Roses. Beauty and Beast of Roses – Blog Post Ep 72. Beauty and Beast of Roses8888I'd love to hear your garden and nature stories and your thoughts about topics for future podcast episodes. You can email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com. Thanks so much for tuning in. You can Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStone.Episode web page —Garden Dilemmas Podcast Page Thank you for sharing the Garden of Life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden Designer                                        AskMaryStone.comMore about the Podcast and Column: Welcome to Garden Dilemmas, Delights, and Discoveries. It's not only about gardens; it's about nature's inspirations, about grasping the glories of the world around us, gathering what we learned from mother nature, and carrying these lessons into our garden of life. So, let's jump in in the spirit of learning from each other. We have lots to talk about. Thanks for tuning in, Mary Stone Garden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.comDirect Link to Podcast Page

We examine the relationship between a King of England and his realm's first great maritime explorer. We follow John Cabot on his legendary voyage of exploration across the Atlantic Ocean to the coast of America and visit with his adventurous son and mapmaker, Sebastian. Enjoy this HISTORICAL JESUS Extra!   Check out the YouTube versions of this episode which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams, at: https://youtu.be/MzJt71KSe0s https://youtu.be/rjafxZgGoSA  https://youtu.be/tTNgWHMISeE England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n    John Cabot books https://amzn.to/3pPD4cf                  Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx  THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet along with the Completists Honor Roll, Collaborators Lists, and where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america                                                Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet        Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels  Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9  YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu  TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica  Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Defense of Columbus. In Defense of Columbus: An Exaggerated Evil What is the TRUE History of Christopher Columbus? Tad Callister  In Defense of Columbus: An Exaggerated Evil Columbus is a controversial historical figure who is widely viewed as terrible. Every year we question whether we should continue to have a day to celebrate his discovery. But as with most stories, his bad deeds have been exaggerated to make him fit the role of a villain. Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/ZEw8c6TmzGg?si=O8ti6NgEZMITb1rj Knowing Better 909K subscribers 3,162,682 views Dec 10, 2017 #242 #history #america Acknowledging the Past | Columbus in Context Website ► http://knowingbetter.tv Store ► http://standard.tv/knowingbetter Patreon ►   / knowingbetter   Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ►   / knowingbetteryt   Twitch ►   / knowingbetteryt   Facebook ►   / knowingbetteryt   Instagram ►   / knowingbetteryt   Reddit ►   / knowingbetter   --- Adam Ruins Everything - Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron | truTV -    • Adam Ruins Everything - Christopher C...   DED Talks: Why Christopher Columbus Was History's Biggest Dick -    • DED Talks: Why Christopher Columbus W...   Why The Right Is So Dishonest About American History - Some News (Thanksgiving, Football) -    • Why The Right Is So Dishonest About A...   Christopher Columbus: Bankrupting an Empire -    • Video   The Truth About The Native American Genocide -    • Video   Mankind: The Story of All of Us, Episode 7, "New World" F**k Christopher Columbus -    • Fuck Christopher Columbus (???)   Original Manuscripts and Transcripts of Columbus's Journals in Spanish, from Bartolome de las Casas: https://books.google.com/books?id=nS6... A note on putting this into Google Translate: Since this is 500 year old Spanish, they use spellings that have changed over time. English Translations of Columbus' Journals: http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/... http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defco... http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp... http://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/A... Italian Translation of Columbus' Journals: http://docenti.lett.unisi.it/ftp_blog... A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies: http://www.columbia.edu/~daviss/work/... Delaney, C. L. (2013). Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem. London: Duckworth. https://books.google.com/books?id=3pk... [Columbus Letter describing Terrestrial Paradise] Holmstrom, D. (1992, October 9). Discovering Columbus After 500 Years. Christian Science Monitor. [ARE Source: 1542 Taino Population] Kolbert, E. (2002, October 14). The Lost Mariner. Retrieved December 01, 2017, from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20... [ARE Source: Pear-shaped/Breastlike Protuberance] Leardo, G. (1453). #242 The Leardo World Maps . Retrieved December 01, 2017, from http://cartographic-images.net/Cartog... [World Maps Oriented with East/Paradise on Top] Markham, C. R. (1893). The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his first voyage 1492-93): and documents relating the voyages of John Cabot and Caspar Corte Real. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mgg... [Toscanelli Letters to Columbus] Schilling, V. (2017, October 09). 8 Myths and Atrocities About Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day. Retrieved December 1, 2017, from https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com... [ARE Source: 1492 Taino Population] Thacher, J. B. (1903). Christopher Columbus: His life, His works, His remains. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons. https://books.google.com/books?id=7yU... [Bartolome de las Casas did not travel with Columbus] Zerubavel, E. (2005). Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America. New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction. https://books.google.com/books?id=YkL... ["Hitherto Unknown" Continent/Cuba SE of Asia]     What is the TRUE History of Christopher Columbus? Tad Callister In this episode of The Why I Love America Podcast Guest Tad Callister discusses the true history of Christopher Columbus based on primary sources. We will see whether Columbus is a hero or a villain. Watch this interview at- https://youtu.be/W4An4W8ybho?si=7cRYh6UFy8qSI2-- Why I love America 976 subscribers 18,093 views Mar 6, 2024 #godblesstheusa #judaism #liberty Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whyiloveame... 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Heather Teysko of the Renaissance English History podcast helps us rediscover the Sebastian Cabot Map of A.D. 1544. Sebastian was the son of celebrated Venetian explorer John Cabot. After his father's death, he conducted his own voyages of discovery, including, seeking the Northwest Passage through North America for England. He is most appreciated by historians today, however, for his World Map, also known as The Sebastian-Cabot Map. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/tTNgWHMISeE which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Renaissance English History podcast at https://amzn.to/42XLmNC England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n Sebastian & John Cabot books https://amzn.to/3pPD4cf  Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx   THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by enjoying a wide-range of useful & FUN Gadgets at https://twitter.com/GadgetzGuy and/or by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast is available at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus                                                            Mark's TIMELINE video channel at https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM                                                                              Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sail alongside Cabot and share in his exploits as he explores the northeastern coast of the continent under the flag of England. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/rjafxZgGoSA which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. THE DEAD LETTER by Mark Vinet (Denary Novel mentioned in this episode) is available at https://amzn.to/3AG63BG  DENARY Novels by Mark Vinet are available at https://amzn.to/3j0dAFH The History of North America series has commissioned artist Isabelle Prince to produce a collection of original one-of-a-kind artworks (with certificates of authentication) to reward our wonderful Patreon members. Each abstract piece is directly inspired by the themes, characters, geography or topics covered in our episodes. Check-out this special collection at https://patreon.com/markvinet and join our growing team of loyal supporters. Check out the Shaun & Kyra family friendly Youtube channel for Crafts, Science, Travel, Wildlife and History videos for All Ages, including concise North American History capsules at www.youtube.com/shaunandkyra   England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n John Cabot books https://amzn.to/3pPD4cf  Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx    THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by enjoying a wide-range of useful & FUN Gadgets at https://twitter.com/GadgetzGuy and/or by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast is available at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus                                                            Mark's TIMELINE video channel at https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM                                                                              Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The English sail west and compete to stake claim to a continent as we focus on the relationship between King Henry VII of England and his realm's first great maritime explorer, John Cabot. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/MzJt71KSe0s which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. THE DEAD LETTER by Mark Vinet (Denary Novel mentioned in this episode) is available at https://amzn.to/3AG63BG  DENARY Novels by Mark Vinet are available at https://amzn.to/3j0dAFH Check out the Shaun & Kyra family friendly Youtube channel for Crafts, Science, Travel, Wildlife and History videos for All Ages, including concise North American History capsules at www.youtube.com/shaunandkyra   England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n John Cabot books https://amzn.to/3pPD4cf  Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx    THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by enjoying a wide-range of useful & FUN Gadgets at https://twitter.com/GadgetzGuy and/or by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast is available at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus                                                            Mark's TIMELINE video channel at https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM                                                                              Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode will present the expeditions of Juan Ponce de Leon, Cabeza de Vaca, Hernan de Soto and Francisco de Coronado, founding of St. Augustine 1565, the Spanish heritage, the English expedition by John Cabot, the French expeditions of Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier, the Frensch Colony of Fort Caroline in Florida and the Spanish attack.Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast!Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast)Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify!Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.comPicture: A statue of John Cabot on Newfoundland, the place he claimed for England 1497. WikipediaLiterature on the American Colonial Era:- American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor- Colonial America, Richard Middleton- The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane- The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin- The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn- The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons- Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward- The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont- Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan- A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle- The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer- Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret- The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In questa lezione accademica Alessandro Barbero interviene alla John Cabot University per parlare di Crociate e del loro ruolo nella politica odierna. Cosa ci hanno lasciato? Sicuramente non soltanto l'albicocca come diceva Le Goff. Evento registrato in loco - John Cabot: www.johncabot.edu  Audio re-equalizzato e re-masterizzato. --- // Disclaimer // Tutti gli audio disponibili sono utilizzati negli episodi dopo previo consenso e accordo con i distributori originali di altre piattaforme e/o comunque distribuiti liberamente e originariamente con licenze CC BY 4.0 e affini - o registrati in loco, viene sempre riportata la fonte. I titoli potrebbero differire in caso di titoli originali troppo lunghi. Per qualsiasi dubbio o problema contattateci PER FAVORE prima alla nostra mail: vassallidibarbero[@]gmail[dot]com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has often been claimed that Christopher Columbus did not refer to the Indigenous people of the Americas as "Indians" because he thought he landed in India, but because he thought that they were "gente in Dios." or "people in God." But is this actually true? and what is the source of this controversial claim? Cited in this podcast:“I Am Not a Leader”: Russell Means' 1980 Mother Jones Cover StoryChristopher Columbus, The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during His First Voyage, 1492-93) and Documents Relating the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real, trans. Clements R. Markham, Cambridge Library Collection (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). David Wilton, Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).George Carlin, Brain Droppings (New York: Hyperion, 1997).Peter Matthiessen, “Native Earth,” Parabola: Myth & Quest for Meaning, Vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 1981).Peter Matthiessen, Indian Country (New York: Viking Press, 1984).Your hosts:Kurly Tlapoyawa is an  archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His  research covers  Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the  historical connections  between the two regions. He is the author of  numerous books and has  presented lectures at the University of New  Mexico, Harvard University,  Yale University, San Diego State  University, and numerous others. He  most recently released his  documentary short film "Guardians of the  Purple Kingdom," and is a  cultural consultant for Nickelodeon Animation  Studios.@kurlytlapoyawaRuben  Arellano Tlakatekatl is a  scholar, activist, and professor of history.  His research explores  Chicana/Chicano indigeneity, Mexican indigenist  nationalism, and  Coahuiltecan identity resurgence. Other areas of  research include Aztlan  (US Southwest), Anawak (Mesoamerica), and  Native North America. He has  presented and published widely on these  topics and has taught courses at  various institutions. He currently  teaches history at Dallas College –  Mountain View Campus.@TlakatekatlListen to The Compass of PowerAnd ask where the politicians are coming from.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Support the showwww.talesfromaztlantis.comhttps://www.patreon.com/hcarchy

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1497 John Cabot, the Canadian Explorer, set sail from Bristol, England, on his ship, Matthew. He was looking for a route to the west, and he found it. He discovered parts of North America on behalf of Henry VII of England. And in case you're wondering why we're talking about John Cabot today, it's because of the climbing rose named in his honor. And it's also the rose that got me good. I got a thorn from a John Cabot rose in my knuckle and ended up having surgery to clean out the infection about three days later. It was quite an ordeal. I think my recovery took about eight months. So the John Cabot Rose - any rose - is not to be trifled with.   1519 Leonardo da Vinci, the mathematician, scientist, painter, and botanist, died. Leonardo once said, We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.   He also wrote, The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.   And if you're spending any time outdoors, we are learning new lessons in spring. Isn't that the truth? There's always some new development we've never encountered - and, of course, a few delights. Leonardo continued to study the flower of life, the Fibonacci sequence, which has fascinated them for centuries. You can see it in flowers. You can also see it in cell division. And if you've never seen Leonardo's drawings and sketches of flowers, you are missing a real treat, and I think they would make for an awesome wallpaper. Leonardo once wrote about how to make your own perfume. He wrote, To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect. That timeless rose-lavender combination is still a good one.   I think about Leonardo every spring when I turn on my sprinkler system because of consistent watering. Gives such a massive boost to the garden. All of a sudden, it just comes alive. Leonardo said, Water is the driving force in nature.   The power of water is incredible, and of course, we know that life on Earth is inextricably bound to water. Nothing grows; nothing lives without water. Leonardo was also a cat fan. He wrote, The smallest feline is a masterpiece.   In 1517 Leonardo made a mechanical lion for the King of France. This lion was designed to walk toward the king and then drop flowers at his feet. Today you can grow a rose named after Leonardo da Vinci in your garden. It's a beautiful pink rose, very lush, very pleasing, with lots of lovely big green leaves to go with those gorgeous blooms. It was Leonardo da Vinci who wrote, Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does nature because in her inventions, nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.   1803 On this day, Napoleon and the United States inked a deal for the Louisiana Purchase and added 828,000 square miles of French territory to the United States for $27 million. This purchase impacted the Louis and Clark Expedition because they had to explore the area that was bought in addition to the entire Pacific Northwest. To get ready for this trip, Meriwether Lewis was sent to Philadelphia. While there, he worked with a botanist, a naturalist, and a physician named Benjamin Smith Barton. He was the expert in Philadelphia, so he tutored Meriwether Lewis to get him ready because Lewis did not know natural history or plants. So he needed to cram all this information to maximize what he saw and collected. Now, in addition to all of this homework, all of this studying about horticulture and botany and the natural world, Meriwether made one other purchase for $20. He bought himself a big, beautiful Newfoundland dog, and he named him Seaman. It's always nice to have a little dog with you while exploring.   1806 The garden writer John Abercrombie died.  The previous day, John had fallen down some steps. He had broken his hip a few weeks earlier, and so this last fall is what did him in. John was a true character. He loved to drink tea. He was a vegetarian. He was Scottish, and he was a lifelong gardener. His most significant success was his book, Every Man His Own Garden. John would go on to write other books on gardening like The Garden Mushroom, The Complete Wall and Tree Pruner (1783), and The Gardener's Daily Assistant (1786), but none of them rose to the level of popularity as Every Man His Own Garden. John and his wife had 17 children, and they all died before him - with his last child dying about ten years before he died on this day in 1806.   1867 Thomas Hanbury bought a property in the French Riviera that he called La Mortola. In 1913, The Botanical Journal shared the story of Thomas and his brother Daniel, and it also described the moment that Thomas saw his property for the first time. It had been the dream of Thomas Hanbury from his early youth to make a garden in a southern climate and to share its pleasures and botanical interests with his favorite brother. While staying on the Riviera, in the spring of 1867, after many years of strenuous work in the East, he decided to carry out his plan. He was first inclined to buy Cap Martin, near Mentone, but gave up the idea as soon as he became acquainted with the little cape of La Mortola. As he first approached it by sea, he was struck by the marvelous beauty of this spot. A house, once the mansion of a noble Genoese family, and at that time, though almost a ruin, known as the Palazzo Orego, stood on a high commanding position. Above it was the little village, and beyond all rose the mountains. To the east of the Palazzo were vineyards and olive terraces; to the west, a ravine whose declivities were here and there scantily clothed by Aleppo pines; while on the rocky point, washed by the sea waves, grew the myrtle, to which La Punta della Murtola probably owed its name.   So Thomas purchased this incredible property in May of 1867, and by July, he returned with his brother, and together the two of them started to transform both the home and the garden. The article says that Thomas's first goal was to get planting because the property had been destroyed by goats and the local villagers who had come in and taken what they wanted from the property during all the years that it was left unoccupied now Thomas and Daniel went all out when it came to selecting plants for this property, and by 1913 there were over. Five thousand different species of plants, including the opuntia or the prickly pear cactus, along with incredible succulents (so they were way ahead of their time). Thomas loved collecting rare and valuable plants and found a home for all of them on this beautiful estate. Now, for the most part, Thomas and his brother Daniel did the bulk of the installations, but a year later, they managed to find a gardener to help them. His name was Ludwig Winter, and he stayed there for about six years. Almost a year after they hired him, Thomas's brother Daniel died. This was a significant loss to Thomas, but he found solace in his family, friends, and gorgeous estate at La Mortola - where Thomas spent the last 28 years of his life. Thomas knew almost every plant in his garden, and he loved the plants that reminded him of his brother. Thomas went on to found the Botanical Institute at the University of Genoa. The herbarium there was named in his honor; it was called the Institute Hanbury and was commemorated in 1892. As Thomas grew older, the Riviera grew more popular, and soon his property was opened to the public five days a week. The garden is practically never without flowers. The end of September may be considered the dullest time. Still, as soon as the autumnal rains set in, the flowering begins and continues on an ever-increasing scale until the middle of April or the beginning of May. Then almost every plant is in flower, the most marked features being the graceful branches of the single yellow Banksian rose, Fortune's yellow rose, the sweet-scented Pittosporum, the wonderful crimson Cantua buxifolia, and the blue spikes of the Canarian Echium.   But Thomas knew that there were limitations, frustrations, and challenges even in that lovely growing zone. It was Thomas Hanberry who said, Never go against nature.    Thomas used that as his philosophy when planning gardens,  working with plants, and trying to figure out what worked and what didn't - Proving that even in the French Riviera, never go against nature.   1928 On this day, folks were lined up to see the lilacs in bloom at Hulda Klagers in Woodland, Washington. Here's an excerpt from a book by Jane Kirkpatrick called Where Lilacs Still Bloom. In it, she quotes Hulda. Beauty matters… it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.   Jane wrote, The following year there were two articles: one in Better Homes and Gardens and yet another on May 2, 1928, in the Lewis River News. The latter article appeared just in time for my Lilac Days and helped promote Planter's Day, following in June. They were covering the news, and we had made it! In the afternoon, a count showed four hundred cars parked at Hulda Klager's Lilac Garden in one hour, the road being lined for a quarter of a mile. It is estimated that at least twenty-five hundred people were there for the day, coming from points all the way from Seattle. In addition, there were several hundred cars during the week to avoid the rush. Today you can go and visit the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens. It's a nonprofit garden, and of course, it specializes in lilacs. The gardens are open from 10 to 4 pm daily. There's a $4 admission fee - except during lilac season when the admission fee is $5.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation A Gardener's Guide to Botany by Scott Zona This book came out in December of 2022, and the subtitle is The Biology Behind the Plants You Love, How They Grow, and What They Need. I think it's that last part - what they need - that most gardeners are intrigued by. If you're a true botany geek, you'll love every page of Scott's book. I wanted to share a little bit from the preface of Scott's book. Scott, by the way, is truly an expert. He's a research botanist by training, and his undergraduate degree is in horticulture, so he's a lifelong gardener and a trained expert. He's a conscious-competent. He knows exactly what he is writing about, Here's what he wrote in the preface of his book. As I sit down to write, I gaze at the windowsill near my desk. On it sits a dwarf sansevieria forming little rosettes of deep green leaves above. It hangs a slab of cork on which is mounted a tiny air plant that is pushing out oversized violet flowers, one at a time. Nearby are two plants, an agave, and an aloe, that have similar forms, but one evolved from Mexico and the other in South America. Above them, a furry-leaved and a hybrid philodendron both grow contently in the diffuse light that reaches the shelf next to the window. My most curious visitors might ask a question about a plant or two, and when that happens, I can barely contain my delight. There is so much to tell. Well, this book starts out with a chapter called Being a Plant, and if you are a bit of an empath, you may feel that you understand what it's like to be a plant, but Scott is going to tell you scientifically what does it mean to be a plant.   He writes in chapter one, For most people, the plant kingdom is a foreign land. It's inscrutable. Inhabitants are all around us, but they communicate in a language that seems unintelligible and untranslatable. Their social interactions are different. Their currency doesn't fit in our wallet and their cuisine. Well, it's nothing like what we eat at home in the plant kingdom. We are tourists.   So I would say this book is for the very serious and curious gardener- and maybe you. This book was a 2023 American Horticulture Society Award winner. I love the cover. It's beautiful, and of course, I love the title, A Gardener's Guide to Botany. This is the perfect book to round out your collection. If you have the Botany in a Day book, it looks like a big botany workbook. I love that book. This book is a great companion to that. There's also a book called Botany for Gardeners, and when I think about Scott's book here, I will be putting it on the shelf beside both books. This book is 256 pages that will amp up your understanding of plants - No more mystery -and provide all of the answers you've been looking for. You can get a copy of A Gardener's Guide to Botany by Scott Zona and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $20.   Botanic Spark 1772 Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, better known by his pen name Novalis, is born. He was an 18th-century German poet and writer, mystic, and philosopher of early German romanticism. All last week I was watching videos about Novalis. He led such an exciting but short life. He had a tragic romance after falling in love with a girl who tragically died of tuberculosis, and then Novalis himself died young. He died at 28 of tuberculosis as well. But in his concise life, he accomplished so much, including the fact that during his life, he had three moments of mystical revelation, which led to a deeper understanding of the world and time, and humanity. This is partly what makes him such a fascinating person to examine. One of the things that we remember Novalis for is his fascination with blue flowers. He made the blue flower a symbol of German romanticism. To Novalis, the blue flower represented romantic yearning. It also meant a point of unification between humanity and nature. It represented life, but it also described death. And if you are a gardener who the blue flower bug has bitten (and who hasn't? I mean, who does not love a blue flower?), you know what I'm talking about. Blue blossoms are so rare. They're so captivating. Most people can relate to Novalis' love of Blue Flowers and why it became so significant in his writing. Now the book where Novalis wrote about the Blue flower is a book called Henry of Ofterdingen, and it's here where we get these marvelous quotes about the blue blossom, which some believe was a heliotrope and which others believe was a cornflower, But whatever the case, the symbolism of the blue flower became very important. Novalis wrote, It is not the treasures that have stirred in me such an unspeakable longing; I care not for wealth and riches. But that blue flower I do long to see; it haunts me, and I can think and dream of nothing else.   And that reminds me of what it was like to be a new gardener 30 years ago. A friend got me onto growing Delphinium, and I felt just like Novalis; I could not stop thinking about the Delphinium and imagining them at maturity around the 4th of July, standing about five to six feet tall, those beautiful blue spikes. And, of course, my dream of the Delphinium always surpassed what the actual Delphinium looked like, and yet, I still grew them. I loved them. And I did that for about ten years. So there you go, the call and the power of the blue flower. Novalis writes later in the book, He saw nothing but the blue flower and gazed at it for a long time with indescribable tenderness.   Those blue flowers command our attention. Well, I'll end with this last quote. It's a flower quote from Novalis, and it'll get you thinking. Novalis was a very insightful philosopher and a lover of nature, and he believed in the answers that could be found in nature. And so what he does here in this quote is he asks a series of questions, and like all good philosophers, Novalis knows that the answer is in the questions and that the questions are more powerful than the answers. Novalis writes, What if you slept?  And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed?  And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower?  And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand?  Ah, what then?   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Jerry Brotton listens for the voices and tells the stories of the ‘other Tudors': ten men and women from across the world that lived, worked, worshipped and died in Tudor England. The popular fascination with the Tudors tends to concentrate on the lives of white, elite, English-born men (and the occasional woman). But Tudor England also saw Muslims, Jews, Africans and Native Americans come and go from the Russia, Persia, Morocco, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Americas, making their homes and careers here, and in the process transforming the nature of early English culture and society. This series tells the stories of ten individuals that reveal a very different story of the Tudor period as a time of multicultural exchange, encounter and ordinary working people living alongside each other. 3. John Cabot Presenter Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London Producer Mark Rickards A Whistledown Scotland production

La rassegna stampa di oggi è condotta da Cecilia Ferrara giornalista free lance di Ansa e Domani. Le prime pagine dei giornali sono ancora piene dei dettagli del triplice femminicidio avvenuto a Prati la settimana scorsa, ma manca la prospettiva delle donne. Ancora uno stupro a Trastevere ai danni di una studentessa della John Cabot. Il termovalorizzatore va avanti ed è appoggiato dal governo invece ieri in piazza erano in tanti a difendere la deroga all'articolo 5 del Decreto Lupi che impediva di ottenere la residenza nelle occupazioni. Questo e molto altro su Sveja di oggi Sveja è un progetto di informazione indipendente supportato da Periferia Capitale e Guido Larcher.

Jule Selbo left a long career as a produced screenwriter (tv and film) in Los Angeles to move to Maine and focus on writing novels. Her first was a mystery/romance called FIND ME IN FLORENCE, (1st Place Chatelaine Award) followed by two historical fiction novels, one about the amazing experimental physicist Laura Bassi in the 1700s, (Breaking Barriers, recipient of a Goethe Award) the other about Giovanni Caboto (we know him as John Cabot) who, in 1497, sailed under England's flag and claimed a large portion of the eastern seaboard for King Henry VII. Jule moved into her favorite genre – mystery crime: her Dee Rommel Mystery Series is well underway. The first book: 10 DAYS: A Dee Rommel Mystery earned a spot on the Top-Five list of Kirkus' 2021 best crime/mysteries from small publishers, won the Silver Falchion Award for Best Investigator Novel at Killer Nashville, was a finalist for a Maine Literary Award, a Clue Award and a Foreword Review Award. The second book in the ten-part series is 9 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery – it's release date is September 28, 2022. More about Jule at www.juleselbo.com Kerry Schafer, who also writes as Kerry Anne King, is a bestselling author of fantasy, paranormal mystery, and book club fiction. She is the host of Taming the TBR, a podcast designed to help readers ditch reading guilt. Her newest novel, Improbably Yours (by Kerry Anne King) releases October 18th. Learn more about Kerry at www.allthingskerry.com Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #mysterybooks #thrillers #suspensebooks #privateinvestigatorfiction #silverfalchion #juleselbo #authorsontheair #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram

Jule Selbo left a long career as a produced screenwriter (tv and film) in Los Angeles to move to Maine and focus on writing novels. Her first was a mystery/romance called FIND ME IN FLORENCE, (1st Place Chatelaine Award) followed by two historical fiction novels, one about the amazing experimental physicist Laura Bassi in the 1700s, (Breaking Barriers, recipient of a Goethe Award) the other about Giovanni Caboto (we know him as John Cabot) who, in 1497, sailed under England's flag and claimed a large portion of the eastern seaboard for King Henry VII. Jule moved into her favorite genre – mystery crime: her Dee Rommel Mystery Series is well underway. The first book: 10 DAYS: A Dee Rommel Mystery earned a spot on the Top-Five list of Kirkus' 2021 best crime/mysteries from small publishers, won the Silver Falchion Award for Best Investigator Novel at Killer Nashville, was a finalist for a Maine Literary Award, a Clue Award and a Foreword Review Award. The second book in the ten-part series is 9 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery – it's release date is September 28, 2022. More about Jule at www.juleselbo.com Kerry Schafer, who also writes as Kerry Anne King, is a bestselling author of fantasy, paranormal mystery, and book club fiction. She is the host of Taming the TBR, a podcast designed to help readers ditch reading guilt. Her newest novel, Improbably Yours (by Kerry Anne King) releases October 18th. Learn more about Kerry at www.allthingskerry.com Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #mysterybooks #thrillers #suspensebooks #privateinvestigatorfiction #silverfalchion #juleselbo #authorsontheair #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram

Europejczycy, od XV wieku intensywnie poszukiwali morskiej drogi wiodącej do Indii, jak ówcześnie nazywano Azję. Kolumb szukał na południowych szlakach. Niechcący przy tym odkrył Amerykę. Anglicy postanowili szukać na północy. Pierwszy był John Cabot, czy właściwie Giovanni Cabotto. Włoski żeglarz na służbie Henryka VII. Już w 1496 roku wyruszył szukać przejścia północno zachodniego, jak je później nazwali Anglicy. Po Cabocie całe zastępy podróżników i żeglarzy, finansowane przez rządy, armie, czy prywatne biznesy, przez ponad trzysta lat poszukiwały północnej drogi do „Kitaju”. Gra wydawała się warta świeczki, dziś wiemy że nawet po wybudowaniu kanału Panamskiego i Sueskiego Przejście Północno Zachodnie skraca drogę z Europy do Azji o ponad 4 tys. kilometrów. Jaka oszczędność paliwa i czasu? Prawda? Ale dziś wiemy również, że minie jeszcze wiele lat zanim ta droga zyska na znaczeniu ekonomicznym. I nie będzie to dla nas radosna nowina, przejście otworzy się gospodarczo, gdy w wyniku ocieplenia klimatu znacząco zmniejszy się pakiet lodowy. O skutkach tych zmian nawet nie ma co wspominać. Przejścia Pólnocno-Zachodniego szukali najwięksi odkrywcy swoich czasów. Wielu z nich zostawiło na wodach północnych swoje życie, niektórzy nazwiska na mapach. Chyba najsłynniejszą wyprawę, w XIX wieku, odbył Sir John Franklin. Wyruszył w 1845 roku i niestety nie wrócił, ani on ani żaden członek jego załogi. Nie odkrył też oczywiście przejścia. Ale w ślad za Franklinem ruszyło blisko 30 wypraw ratunkowych. I niektóre z nich poczyniły pewne odkrycia. W latach 1850-54 Robert McClure jako pierwszy przebył Przejście statkiem i saniami. W latach 1903 -1906 wielki podróżnik norweski Roald Amundsen przebył Przejście drogą wyłącznie morską. Przepłynięcie na żaglach arktycznej drogi w ciągu jednego sezonu, udało się dopiero w 1977 roku. Holender Willy de Roos na trzynastometrowym keczu przemierzył przejście północno zachodnie w niewiele ponad 3 miesiące. Droga morska z tak bogatą historią musiała oczywiście zagościć w tekstach piosenek morskich. Najpiękniejszą z nich jest Northwest Passage, jak z angielska przejście się nazywa. Napisał ją Stan Rogers, wspaniały kanadyjski muzyk folkowy. Urodził się i wychowywał w Ontario, wakacje często spędzał w Nowej Szkocji. W jego twórczości jest wiele tradycyjnie brzmiących pieśni, często o tematyce związanej z morzem lub ludźmi morza. Rogers przez gwiazdy muzyki folkowej był uznawany za jeden z największych folkowych talentów Ameryki Północnej. Niestety za życia zdążył wydać zaledwie 4 płyty, w wieku 33 lat zginął w katastrofie lotniczej. Do dziś jednak jego piosenki są często nagrywane przez wielu artystów, nie tylko folkowych. A „Northwest Passage" swego czasu zyskała miano nieoficjalnego hymnu Kanady. Northwest Passage Stana Rogersa to nie tylko opowieść o poszukiwaniu przejścia północno zachodniego. Autor w piosence wspomina również traperów i odkrywców, którzy eksplorowali ziemie dzisiejszej Kanady i Stanów Zjednoczonych. Zainspirowała go własna podróż, jaką odbył koncertując z zespołem. Snuje w niej refleksje czym różni się jego życie, od życia odkrywców geograficznych. Sam tytuł Northwest Passage jest więc symbolem wyzwania, wyrzeczenia się życiowej stabilizacji i przygody. W Polsce mamy piękny przekład tekstu autorstwa Doroty Potoręckiej z legendarnego zespołu Smugglers. Niezwykle charyzmatycznie wyśpiewuje do dzisiaj ten tekst Grzegorz GooRoo Tyszkiewicz. Znam wielu takich, co uznają jego wykonanie za najpiękniejsze. Sail Ho Audycja zawiera utwory: „Northwest Passage” w wykonaniu Stana Rogersa z zespołem, słowa i muzyka: Stan Rogers „Northwest Passage” w wykonaniu Grzegorza „GooRoo” Tyszkiewicza, słowa: Dorota Potoręcka, muzyka: Stan Rogers

Let's Learn About Canada!Learn about Canada's Indigenous Peoples, Explorer John Cabot, the War of 1812 and the 1841 Act of Union, The City of Toronto, Aurora Borealis, Canadian Animals, Poutine, Beautiful Nature, Maple Syrup, Hockey and more!Welcome to Kid History! My name is Logan, and I am the creator of the Kid History learning series.Kid History is an educational podcast and book series made for children!This podcast is also available as an illustrated children's book on Amazon! Link below!Episode Review:We started by learning about the three main indigenous groups of Canada which are the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Don't forget about John Cabot and his journey to the Eastern shores of Canada. Now we know about the battle of 1812 and how it helped lead to the Act of Union in 1841. We visited the beautiful city of Toronto and marveled at Aurora Borealis. Now you can impress your friends with your new knowledge of Canadian animals. Who's hungry? Go grab some Poutine and get your French fry on! Don't eat too much! You still need to take your friends and family on a vacation of Canada's natural beauty. Finally, we found out just how much Canadian's love maple syrup and hockey.               Other episodes include: “Let's Learn About”… Paris, Mexico, England, Australia, Japan, Ireland, Dublin, Paris, Edinburgh, Italy, Scotland, the United States of America and MORE!“Logan Stover is one of the best young upcoming authors! He is renowned for his unique illustration techniques and his wonderful way of teaching children. Make sure to Follow Logan to never miss another release in the Kid History Universe!”Links:@learn.with.logan@kidhistorybooksLet's Learn About Canada Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099BYDL27Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/kid-history/donations

The Canadian Coast Guard ship John Cabot is officially dedicated, we head dockside; former plant worker Wayne Cave of Trepassey on life before, and after the cod moratorium.

================================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1================================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA ADOLESCENTES 2022“UN SALTO EN EL TIEMPO”Narrado por: DORIANY SÁNCHEZDesde: PERÚUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church  24 DE JUNIOLOS PRIMEROS EUROPEOS EN EL CONTINENTE NORTEAMERICANO«Entraron y tomaron posesión de la tierra. [...] ¡Hasta los cananeos, que habitaban esa tierra, se sintieron impotentes!» (Nehemías 9:24, NTV). ¿Quiénes fueron las primeras personas que pisaron la tierra firme de América del Norte? El 24 de junio de 1597, los primeros exploradores europeos de la época de los vikingos pisaron la tierra firme de Norteamérica. El rey Enrique VII había enviado a John Cabot ya su tripulación inglesa a cruzar el Atlántico en busca de una ruta comercial de especias. Su objetivo era Asia y las Indias Orientales, pero no sabía que primero afectaría a un continente enorme y salvaje. Cabot llegó a la costa de Terranova, o posiblemente de Maine, y lo que encontró lo maravilló. Se transportó de una tierra salvaje e indómita con pocos habitantes, ¡libre para ser tomada! Después de plantar la bandera inglesa, él y sus hombres recorrieron los bosques para explorar los alrededores del lugar de desembarco.Pero no eran los primeros en llegar a Norteamérica desde una tierra extranjera. Muchos pueblos habían ido y venido, y hay pruebas de ello. Los vikingos llegaron a Norteamérica en torno al año 1000 d. C. y dejaron sus cabañas, armas y altares para demostrarlo. Uno de ellos, Leif Ericson, quedó asombrado por la riqueza del continente e informó que había visto abundante fauna, como pavos salvajes y ciervos de cola blanca. Pero hubo otros incluso antes que ellos. Los pueblos antiguos llegaron hace unos 2,500 años, desde lugares como Egipto y Fenicia. La escritura en las paredes de los acantilados a lo largo del valle del río Misisipi es prueba suficiente, y las minas de cobre que abandonaron demostraron que procedían de una cultura bien desarrollada y sofisticada. Entonces, ¿quiénes fueron los primeros en pisar tierra firme en Norteamérica? No lo sabemos. Tal vez los hijos o nietos de Noé llegaron durante los días posteriores al diluvio, cuando exploraban las nuevas formas de la Tierra.El antiguo Israel se enfrentó a los desafíos de una nueva tierra cuando entró por primera vez en Canaán, al igual que Cabot y sus hombres cuando desembarcaron en la costa este de Norteamérica. Las tribus israelitas estaban entusiasmadas, pero también tenían miedo. Habían oído historias de gigantes en la tierra, y les aterraba solo pensar en tener que luchar contra ellos. Pero Dios había prometido acompañarlos, expulsar al enemigo con avispas, leones salvajes y violentas tormentas de granizo. Incluso el sol se convirtió en una herramienta de liberación en la mano de Dios, cuando permaneció inmóvil en el valle de Ajalón durante más de veinticuatro horas. ¡A qué Dios servimos!

Per scoprire aneddoti e punti di vista sull'università americana John Cabot ascoltate questo episodio con Angelica. Buon ascolto!

The CBC's Jean Laroche ventures deep into a forest, northwest of Hubbards, to visit an eastern hemlock that so old it started growing before John Cabot's expedition to North America. It's an exciting find in this province, where there is only a tiny fraction of old-growth forest left.

The great explorer and discoverer of Newfoundland... wait what?

*** NOTE: I changed the order of the episodes, so this is the correct episode 173. While Spain and Portugal were sailing the southern seas, England took a chance on a different explorer promising to find a northern route to Asia. We know little even today about the voyages of John Cabot (Anglified version) but what we do know offers a tantalizing view of early exploration in the northern Atlantic. Check out westerncivpodcast.com! Become a patron at patreon.com/westerncivpodcast

Ben discusses the Algonquian and Iroquois people who first settled what would one day become New York State, the coastal geography of New York City, and the arrival of European explorers in North America, including John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazzano, and Henry Hudson. He also discusses what it means to discover. 

An Indigenous artist wanted to use the statue of John Cabot to make a statement about colonialism. The town of Bonavista said no.

Listen to the podcast with this player: The Bonavista Peninsula is on the east coast of Newfoundland, Canada, separating Trinity Bay to the south from Bonavista Bay to the north. At the peninsula's northeastern tip is the headland known as Cape Bonavista. It's believed that the navigator Giovanne Caboto, better known as John Cabot, may have landed at the cape during his first expedition to North America in 1497. It's said that when he caught site of the high bluffs at Cape Bonavista, he exclaimed, “O Buono Vista,” meaning “Oh Happy Sight,” which gave the cape its name. Cape Bonavista Light Station, Newfoundland. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo by Ralph Eshelman. The lighthouse at Cape Bonavista was established in 1843 to help mariners entering Trinity Bay and Bonavista Bay, and to aid navigation heading down the coast for Labrador. The original lamps and reflectors came from the famous Bell Rock Light in Scotland. That system was replaced in 1895 by a catoptric lighting system that had been designed by the renowned Scottish engineer Robert Stevenson. The apparatus was originally used at Isle of May Lighthouse in Scotland. It was installed at Harbour Grace Lighthouse in Newfoundland in 1847, and finally at Cape Bonavista in 1895. The lighting apparatus at Cape Bonavista. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo. In 1970 the station was declared a Provincial Historic Site, and the lighthouse was restored by the provincial government a few years later. The historic 1895 lighting apparatus was returned to the lantern room, and it's on display there today. Marlene O'Connell Russell is the site supervisor for Cape Bonavista Lighthouse and also for Mockbeggar Plantation in Bonavista. Marlene O'Connell Russell Listen to the podcast with this player:

At the turn of the 16th Century, there existed no indication that France would come to dominate North America. The Portuguese, due to an error in mapping Newfoundland, seemed destined to master the North Atlantic, the Spanish dominated all points south until Brazil. The English staked their claim early and yet New France came to label much of North America. Where did this begin, and between the Norse and nameless hordes of fishermen, did it all start with Columbus, or was he a symptom of the time? Where is the lost colony of Fagundes, what happened to John Cabot or the Corte-Real brothers? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/osoa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/osoa/support

Heather Teysko of the Renaissance English History podcast helps us rediscover the Sebastian Cabot Map of A.D. 1544. Sebastian was the son of celebrated Venetian explorer John Cabot. After his father's death, he conducted his own voyages of discovery, including, seeking the Northwest Passage through North America for England. He is most appreciated by historians today, however, for his World Map, also known as The Sebastian-Cabot Map. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/tTNgWHMISeE which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. THE DEAD LETTER by Mark Vinet (Denary Novel mentioned in this episode) is available at https://amzn.to/3oxZaNw Denary Novels by Mark Vinet are available at https://amzn.to/33evMUj Learn more about History with The Teaching Company's Great Courses Wondrium FREE Trail, which offers streaming access—on your TV, computer or mobile device—to thousands of unlimited ad-free video courses, lessons, documentaries, travelogues and more. Follow our custom link for FREE Trail access to mind-blowing educational experiences: https://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/MarkVinet Surf the web safely and anonymously with ExpressVPN. Protect your online activity and personal info like credit cards, passwords, or other sensitive data. Get 3 extra months free with 12-month plan by using our custom link at http://tryexpressvpn.com/markvinet Want a FREE audiobook of your choice? Get your Free audiobook with a 30 day Free membership by using our customized link http://www.audibletrial.com/MarkVinet Join our growing community on Patreon at https://patreon.com/markvinet or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook welcome GIFT of The Maesta Panels by Mark Vinet. Support our series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/33evMUj (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIMELINEchannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-vinet Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization

Sail alongside Cabot and share in his exploits as he explores the northeastern coast of the continent under the flag of England. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/rjafxZgGoSA which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. THE DEAD LETTER by Mark Vinet (Denary Novel mentioned in this episode) is available at https://amzn.to/3oxZaNw Denary Novels by Mark Vinet are available at https://amzn.to/33evMUj The History of North America series has commissioned artist Isabelle Prince to produce a collection of original one-of-a-kind artworks (with certificates of authentication) to reward our wonderful Patreon members. Each abstract piece is directly inspired by the themes, characters, geography or topics covered in our episodes. Check-out this special collection at patreon.com/markvinet and join our growing team of loyal supporters. Check out the Shaun & Kyra family friendly Youtube channel for Crafts, Science, Travel, Wildlife and History videos for All Ages, including concise North American History capsules at youtube.com/shaunandkyra Surf the web safely and anonymously with ExpressVPN. Protect your online activity and personal info like credit cards, passwords, or other sensitive data. Get 3 extra months free with 12-month plan by using our custom link at http://tryexpressvpn.com/markvinet Want a FREE audiobook of your choice? Get your Free audiobook with a 30 day Free membership by using our customized link http://www.audibletrial.com/MarkVinet Join our growing community on Patreon at https://patreon.com/markvinet or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook welcome GIFT of The Maesta Panels by Mark Vinet. Support our series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/33evMUj (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIMELINEchannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-vinet Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization

The English sail west and compete to stake claim to a continent as we focus on the relationship between King Henry VII of England and his realm's first great maritime explorer, John Cabot. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/MzJt71KSe0s which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. THE DEAD LETTER by Mark Vinet (Denary Novel mentioned in this episode) is available at https://amzn.to/3oxZaNw Denary Novels by Mark Vinet are available at https://amzn.to/33evMUj Check out the Shaun & Kyra family friendly Youtube channel for Crafts, Science, Travel, Wildlife and History videos for All Ages, including concise North American History capsules at youtube.com/shaunandkyra Surf the web safely and anonymously with ExpressVPN. Protect your online activity and personal info like credit cards, passwords, or other sensitive data. Get 3 extra months free with 12-month plan by using our custom link at http://tryexpressvpn.com/markvinet Want a FREE audiobook of your choice? Get your Free audiobook with a 30 day Free membership by using our customized link http://www.audibletrial.com/MarkVinet Join our growing community on Patreon at https://patreon.com/markvinet or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook welcome GIFT of The Maesta Panels by Mark Vinet. Support our series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/33evMUj (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIMELINEchannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-vinet Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization

Journalist Jimmy Thomson with the horrific story of four female fisheries observers; DFO's Brian Healey on scientific research aboard the new Coast Guard ship, John Cabot

Transportation Safety Board report into events leading to the death of a fisherman following the sinking of a small boat off Sally's Cove; Captain Gregory Wilkiem commands the CCGS John Cabot, he'll tell us about his new ship.

In this history story, John Cabot discovers mainland of what is now the United States. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

La storia di Alessia che, dopo aver studiato alla John Cabot a Roma, sceglie il Master in Fashion Promotion al Marangoni dove scopre la sua passione per le Public Relations. Per concludere il percorso universitario vola a Londra dove ottiene le sue prime internships per Westwood, Dior e Gant. Incontra Mirta quasi per caso, su una newsletter, ma si innamora da subito del progetto. Non cede ai primi rifiuti e riesce ad ottenere il lavoro grazie a testardaggine e un sentimento autentico per la mission di Mirta: valorizzare il “Made in Italy” nel mondo.Alessia ora è Communications and PR Specialist in Mirta e ci parlerà delle differenze che ha trovato tra una scaleup e le multinazionali del fashion, come si trova una internship a Londra e cosa vuol dire fare pubbliche relazioni nel quotidiano.Con Alessia parliamo di:01:10 Il background accademico di Alessia----------02:35 Trovare una internship a Londra04:25 Le internships a Londra sono pagate?04:55 Che livello di inglese serve per lavorare a Londra06:15 Mondo moda: Italia vs Inghilterra07:40 Che cosa fa un Public Relations Specialist----------09:30 Mirta: l'ecommerce del Made in Italy10:40 Communications e PR giorno per giorno in Mirta11:40 Lavorare in startup è molto diverso da una grande corporate----------12:25 Come si comunica con il mercato Asiatico13:45 Come entrare in una startup: la passione di Alessia15:25 Meglio una big corporate o una startup?17:00 Il lavoro quotidiano di Alessia18:40 Caratteristiche per fare Public Relations----------20:10 Fate più colloqui possibili20:30 Che cosa viene chiesto in un colloquio a Londra?22:15 Non fermateviIl profilo LinkedIn di Alessia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessia-primavera/La nostra community Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/49088297/admin/La nostra community Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truemillennials/?hl=itPer informazioni o richieste commerciali: info@truemillennials.it

John Cabot

The great astronomer Carl Sagan once spoke for wanderers across all borders, ethnicities, races, and religions, when he said. “We were wanderers from the beginning. We were bounded only by the earth, and the ocean, and the sky. The frontier was everywhere.” Humanity's addiction with exploration and wonder is intrinsically tied to our nature. Our dauntless exploration is a testament to our nature; to survive, we must explore new worlds. When the drought was prolonged, or when the food was scarce, we moved on. We wandered throughout our terrestrial planet, searching for survival. We were hunters and foragers, explorers of the unknowns. We were voyagers, adventurers in the mountains and on the oceans. As we grew more advanced, we began voyaging the seas. We wandered across the Atlantic Ocean, we explored the Western Pacific, we circumnavigated Africa, and we ventured throughout the Americas. Many of our great explorers, like Ferdinand Magellan, Zheng He, Marco Polo, Henry the Navigator and John Cabot explored worlds we once did not know existed. We continued on in our advancement, and eventually reached space. We indulged in a new chapter of human existence; we were now a part of the cosmos, rather than a part of the planet. Now that we are advanced enough to look at and explore the heavens, we wonder if we are really alone. The universe is exponentially larger than we had previously known, and exponentially more divine and incredible. Even through all our intense exploration and search, we have yet to find any evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial existence. In a universe so vast and massive, it is daunting to imagine the prospect of loneliness within the universe. Arthur C. Clark spoke of humanity's desperate urge for a cosmic partner when he said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Our desperate search for extraterrestrial life can be potentially well represented by the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or corrections, please email me using the address provided below: learningbywilliam@gmail.com References: Information on the Fermi Paradox - Enrico Fermi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox Information on the Drake Equation - Dr. Frank Drake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Information on the Great Filter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter We Are Wanderers - A Profound (And Edited) Speech by Carl Sagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5XuOIilYc

Han has been teaching Yoga and Mindfulness in Cairns with a single, sincere wish to share the benefits of practice with others. His approach to the practices are lighthearted and is known for his capacity to deliver complex concepts in an accessible manner. For him, the practices are a way of thinking and living rather than just a band aid for life. Show notes: Has mindfulness become diluted? It is now an awkward word to use? Yoga in the Western world has become diluted, however is still a useful practice due to the fast food/fast lifestyle we live in - all of it is supportive in some may. But choosing your teacher & tool is important. The simplicity of mindfulness is that we pay attention. The word has value. Mindfulness is a process of reduction. You can't DO more to get mindful. The harder you try - the further you are from it. You can only do less. In today's world we often believe if we want something we must work for it. John Cabot's working definition of mindfulness is 'the intentional placement of attention without judgement or reaction or with an appropriate attitude.' Intention is different to attention. The application of mindfulness is the intention of doing nothing, to do nothing, to get nothing. Stress is the product of addition. Feeling the burden of more. Just by pausing we can support ourselves through stress. Rest is the beginning step (like calling time out in the middle of a basketball game). Accepting the mess is the second step - surrendering. Metta = The friendliness of kindness & compassion is an important attitude to bring to the process. A softness. A lightness. Guilt itself is a heavy emotion - no matter what you feel guilty of. Addictions are a result of trying to run away from an inner reality. The more we practice emotions the more they become us (anger, depression, etc). We are made up of our thinking mind. Do less & find the sweet spot. Or do less & the sweet spot will come. Doing nothing, small or large, like having a cup of tea is enough of a practice. But don't feel pulled to fill the time while it cools. Incidental awareness is key (eg. incidentally look at the birds) to bring softness. The key piece to mindfulness & peace is a willingness to do less, allowing life to unfold. Whether there be birds, breeze or not. Han runs classes, private sessions & retreats. You can find all the info you need at - https://www.homeofequanimity.com/

Before the Vikings, before John Cabot, before Europe was even a thing- we discuss the crazy badasses who first settled Canada & North America. Hellish beasts, waterworlds and a camel that slips through the time space continuum all feature in this week’s episode.

It is Wednesday June 24th. Let's start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1497: The first recorded sighting of North America by a European took place when explorer John Cabot, on a voyage for England, spotted land, probably in present-day Canada. He claimed the piece of land for England, which is now Newfoundland. • 1892: Robert Ford was gunned down in a Creede, Colorado, saloon. Ten years earlier, as a new recruit in the Jesse James gang, he had killed Jesse for a $10,000 reward. • 1997: The Air Force released a report on the so-called “Roswell Incident,” suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies. • 2010: John Isner of the United States defeated Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history: 11 hours, 5 minutes. • 2014: The original lyrics to Like a Rolling Stone, handwritten by Bob Dylan on hotel stationery, sold for $2 million at auction. SPECIAL EVENTS • Fairy Day • World UFO Day • Pralines Day • Swim a Lap Day NUMBER FOR THE DAY 15,600: Nursing homes in the United States. NEWS ATTACK! - Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that a coronavirus vaccine might take some time. - A source says baseball finally has a plan to play.  - A survey finds that 30% of Americans have zero savings. - JCPenney is closing more stores. - The Segway self-balancing scooter will no longer be built. Since the original Segway's debut 20 years ago, the market has become saturated with electric-powered two-wheelers of many varieties. Segway said the iconic and oft-ridiculed scooter only accounted for 1½ percent of the company's revenue. - State and county health directors are getting death threats for trying to keep their people safe from COVID-19. What do you mean by their people? - According to a survey by the National Kidney Foundation, one in four Americans say they would consider donating a kidney to a stranger while still alive. - Police in San Jose, California, are searching for a woman accused of deliberately coughing in a baby's face after arguing with the 1-year-old's mother about social distancing. - In a normal year this coming weekend would give us the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Thanks to the coronavirus, this year's WUG Contest has been canceled. - If you've been able to work from home during the pandemic, here's one bit of good news: you saved hundreds of dollars. Putting a price tag on it, Americans spend $2,600 each year — and 200 hours annually — getting to and from work. - It's expected that the world's population will hit 8 billion by 2024. If there were just 100 people in the world, 61 would live in Asia, 14 in Africa, 11 in Europe, nine in Latin America, five in North America and less than one in Oceania (a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia). - In Denmark, a guy was rushed to the hospital after eating half a stick of dynamite. His drinking buddy gave him the “food” outside a bar and told him it was a new kind of candy bar. - A tip for would-be thieves: If you're going to a job interview, don't swipe someone's wallet and expect to be hired. Two job seekers learned that lesson the hard way after British police snagged them with a simple sting: getting the applicants' would-be new boss to tell them, “You're hired!” Excited, the two alleged thieves rushed back to the office where they found detectives and an unhappy employer waiting for them. Water Cooler Question Two million dads in the U.S. have this in common. (They're single) https://www.lowtreestudios.com (https://www.lowtreestudios.com) https://www.patreon.com/theweeklydose (https://www.patreon.com/theweeklydose) 

It is the first known incident of east meeting west, and it happened 500 years before John Cabot and Jacques Cartier arrived in what would be Canada. This is the story of the first interactions between the Indigenous and the Vikings.  Register for my June 29 Zoom History Conference at: https://tinyurl.com/ya778r6v E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Support: www.patreon.com/canadaehx Website: www.canadaehx.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx  

In this episode McKynlei and Fabian will share their information about Amerigo Vespucci and John Cabot.

In the center of Cabot Square in downtown Montreal, there is a high column topped with a statue of the spice trader John Cabot, who landed on Canada’s coast more than 500 years ago. Sitting on the benches all around the statue—unloved, unheeded, unhoused—are the descendants of the people Cabot landed on, a semi-permanent population of homeless, mostly indigenous, mostly Inuit, people who live in or around the square. This episode was recorded on Canadian Thanksgiving, a holiday that is all too similar in its origins and implications to the U.S. version. What am I thankful for? I’m thankful for a holiday that, in its sheer gouty revisionism, offers at least a chance to raise a question that all non-native people in the Americas should ask of ourselves more often: what the fuck? What have we done? What the fuck are we continuing to do? Canada may have a cuddly reputation down in the States, but there’s blood on this corner of the commonwealth. And even, as you’ll hear in this episode, in those moments where the country has flashed good intentions, they’ve often been built on the backs of some deeply racist shit. The land theft, the political pillage, the cultural erasure, are an ongoing multigenerational trauma, as my guest on this episode puts it. Her name is Nakuset, a name that she had to reclaim after growing up as an adoptee in a Jewish family in Montreal. She not only has a profound and moving life story, she is also the longtime Executive Director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. Together with one of her collaborators, David Chapman, whom you heard delivering McDonald’s like some kind of hamburger Santa Claus of Cabot Square, Nakuset is also the driving force behind the new Resilience Montreal center. That center will be right across the street from the statue of John Cabot, and it is no less a monument. A monument to community, a monument to older and better values than settler capitalism, a monument to the incredible survival skills of native Canada, a monument to Resilience. All of this plays out in Nakuset’s professional life, and it plays out in her personal life. So I should also warn that we are going to laugh and joke and drink our mocha and coffee and we’re also talk a bit about a suicide. If you, or someone you are close to, are in distress, please take a moment to reach out for help. I’ll put some resources in the show notes. If you or someone you know is in distress, please reach out for help or just a conversation: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Stolen From Our Embrace, a book about the 60’s scoop, forced assimilation, and the indigenous children who survived it. By Suzanne J. Fournier and Ernie Crey CBC mini-documentary on Nakuset and Sonya Christopher Curtis’ stories for the Montreal Gazette Donate to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the center of Cabot Square in downtown Montreal, there is a high column topped with a statue of the spice trader John Cabot, who landed on Canada’s coast more than 500 years ago. Sitting on the benches all around the statue—unloved, unheeded, unhoused—are the descendants of the people Cabot landed on, a semi-permanent population of homeless, mostly indigenous, mostly Inuit, people who live in or around the square. This episode was recorded on Canadian Thanksgiving, a holiday that is all too similar in its origins and implications to the U.S. version. What am I thankful for? I’m thankful for a holiday that, in its sheer gouty revisionism, offers at least a chance to raise a question that all non-native people in the Americas should ask of ourselves more often: what the fuck? What have we done? What the fuck are we continuing to do? Canada may have a cuddly reputation down in the States, but there’s blood on this corner of the commonwealth. And even, as you’ll hear in this episode, in those moments where the country has flashed good intentions, they’ve often been built on the backs of some deeply racist shit. The land theft, the political pillage, the cultural erasure, are an ongoing multigenerational trauma, as my guest on this episode puts it. Her name is Nakuset, a name that she had to reclaim after growing up as an adoptee in a Jewish family in Montreal. She not only has a profound and moving life story, she is also the longtime Executive Director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. Together with one of her collaborators, David Chapman, whom you heard delivering McDonald’s like some kind of hamburger Santa Claus of Cabot Square, Nakuset is also the driving force behind the new Resilience Montreal center. That center will be right across the street from the statue of John Cabot, and it is no less a monument. A monument to community, a monument to older and better values than settler capitalism, a monument to the incredible survival skills of native Canada, a monument to Resilience. All of this plays out in Nakuset’s professional life, and it plays out in her personal life. So I should also warn that we are going to laugh and joke and drink our mocha and coffee and we’re also talk a bit about a suicide. If you, or someone you are close to, are in distress, please take a moment to reach out for help. I’ll put some resources in the show notes. If you or someone you know is in distress, please reach out for help or just a conversation: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Stolen From Our Embrace, a book about the 60’s scoop, forced assimilation, and the indigenous children who survived it. By Suzanne J. Fournier and Ernie Crey CBC mini-documentary on Nakuset and Sonya Christopher Curtis’ stories for the Montreal Gazette Donate to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal

Visionary Italian navigator John Cabot has a difficult time convincing Bristol businessmen and the King that his Western voyage to China is practical and profitable. The Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It was a prequel to the earlier serials The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R and featured several actors who had appeared in them (but in new roles). Consisting of thirteen episodes, it focused on the reign of Henry VII of England and the creation of the Tudor dynasty. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allthingsplantagenet/support

Welcome to Episode 28 of Nooks and Crannies! Halloween Spectacular: Self Immolating Sens Fans, Floppy Disked ICQ chatting, Making Bread with Cod Baskets.   :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: (4:37) Evan immediately breaks his promise of a “no rant” episode by absolutely loosing it on Ottawa Senator’s owner Eugene Melnyk. Folks this is the best rant in Nooks and Crannies history! In solidarity with my valiant co host, here are just a few stories that support his vitriol; Gambling Debts, apparently he is trying to get his private jet back (sad really), how he literally guilt tripped a diehard Sens fan into giving him a chunk of their liver! and of course, rumors continue to swirl about him selling the team but he won’t because he is likes this shit. Oh, and we also talk about the Canucks, who are going to be okay going forward, Poor Evan.    (18:13) Hold onto your Cod Basket’s folks, cuz its time for another Canadian Heritage Moment! This week we are discussing the fake-Italian not quite British ‘explorer’ John, don’t you dare call me Giovanni, Cabot, and the “discovery” of cod off the coast of Newfoundland! Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up yum! (22:25) Get your floppy disks out folks, we are taking the time machine back to like I dunno, lets say 1989…Its another addition of “Dimming 90’s Memories with Mamoo”. Matty explains to Evan what the eff DOS is, how to download shareware games from a Surrey Library database, stealing AOL CD’s, and the glorious world of ICQ *Uh..uooo! (Side Note: First Google suggestion on ICQ was “Is ICQ still a thing?” Apparently it is!! Then Evan turns the tables, talking about the quite frightening sounding Omegle… :( According to their still existing website, they see things a little differently: The Internet is full of cool people; Omegle lets you meet them. When you use Omegle, we pick someone else at random so you can have a one-on-one chat. (35:50) Then for no reason whatsoever, Matty decided to explain to Epen how to make bread from hand (by hand?). Two notes that I forgot to mention, for egg wash; add a small splash of water and whip that up a bit with a fork, secondly; when baking with milk add no more than half what the recipe calls for, for liquid (this recipe calls for 2 cups of water, sub 1 of those for milk), and you will want to microwave that milk first (like 20-30 seconds). Enjoy! Even though your first loaf will suck… (44:55) And to wrap things up, the fella’s felt obliged to talk about their least favorite holiday, Halloween *We also hate Thanksgiving, which happens in October in Canada, not really sure why…Anyway, we keep it rather non-ranty, we talk about our favorite childhood costumes, trick or treat strategies (including Matty’s full sized chocolate bar recon schemes), teenage hijinx *including Matty’s near nard loss due to a hammered down screetch-a-roo, and why we both hate adult Halloween, but also why we need to get Evan back into that cape and bejeweled crown! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Episode 28 Links: Fun Eugene Melnyk Story’s: https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/did-eugene-melnyk-jump-the-queue-for-a-new-liver/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-senators-owner-eugene-takes-legal-action-to-get-private-jet-back-1.5287642 https://thehockeywriters.com/ottawa-senators-ownership-problem-an-nhl-problem/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/casino-cash-chips-melnyk-1.5304618 James Beard bread book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/545911.Beard_on_Bread Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything: http://www.howtocookeverything.com/ John Cabot, Canadian Heritage Minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8G9sFOK5w  :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: N&C Links All The Episodes Drop us a line: Nooksandcranniespod@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/nooksandcranniespodcast Ponder Evan’s Blurry Pictures: https://www.instagram.com/nooks_and_crannies_pod/ Find Nooks and Crannies on Spotify Graphics by Donna Hume ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Theme Music Attribution: Cullah - "Neurosis of the Liver" on "Cullah The Wild" https://www.cullah.com/discography/cullah-the-wild/neurosis-of-the-liver  Under license (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

In this episode, we talk about the poorly-documented English voyages following John Cabot’s discovery of Newfoundland, the man who gave Greenland the name “Labrador” (No, I’m not drunk. Listen to the episode and it will make sense), and the unfortunate brothers Corte Real. We also take a look at Dighton Rock, and have some fun … Continue reading Episode 19 – Those in Peril on the Sea

In this episode we go through what we know about John Cabot and his two expeditions, as well as the prominent role played by the merchants of Bristol in English exploration.

Today’s topic is something I have never thought much about at all.  And that’s true even though my oldest child was in this situation, and no one seemed to think much about it when he was accepted to Berklee College of Music a dozen years ago.  When Jimmy applied to Berklee (the college we like to say that offers the best contemporary music education in the world), he was admitted for the following spring semester rather than for the fall.  I looked at that as a great opportunity for him to study abroad for a semester.  I found a great fall semester program sponsored by the American Institute for Foreign Study (everybody should check out AIFS’s huge variety of excellent programs).  I knew he would still graduate on time since he had college credits from courses he had taken while in high school, and I figured that he would have even more from studying abroad.  It sounded great to me!  Of course, I now realize that is not how many students--who just applied to college under Early Action or Early Decision plans and were admitted for next spring instead of next fall--likely feel.  Some of them--perhaps many of them--and their parents are clearly disappointed with their recent news.  So, let’s take a look at spring admissions and how families should feel about that decision, regardless of how you feel about it now. 1. Tulane University’s Spring Scholars A couple of weeks ago, we quoted from a blog written by Jeff Schiffman, the Director of Admission at Tulane University, a great school in the even greater city of New Orleans.  At the time, he was giving some advice to students who had applied early and been deferred till the regular decision round.  When I was reading Mr. Schiffman’s blog, I noticed another post from December 18, and I’d like to read some excerpts from it now.  This is about spring admissions at Tulane to a program Tulane calls Spring Scholars (feel free to go to his blog and read the whole piece): The most common question I get from Spring Scholars is, “Why was I admitted for the spring?” The answer has to do with how we review applications and the increase in popularity Tulane has seen over the past few years. Our admission office is very big on the holistic review process. That means we spend a great deal of time creating a class of students based on everything you present to us in your application. Spring Scholars have excellent applications in nearly all regards. There are amazing alumni interviews, great “Why Tulane?” statements, and outstanding letters of recommendation in every application. When reading your application, we knew immediately that you want to come to Tulane and that you would be a great fit here. That said, Tulane has become an increasingly popular university and that has made it more and more competitive to gain admission here.  I suspect that our overall admit rate this year will be lower than last year's which was around 21%. Unfortunately, that means that over 80% of the students who apply to Tulane this year will not be admitted for either the fall or spring. By the numbers, we also saw our strongest Early Action pool in history, with a middle 50% range on the ACT between 31-34 and SAT between 1440-1540. These are by no means cutoffs, but it does give you a sense of just how competitive Tulane is this year. We can’t take every academically qualified student who applies, but for a small group who we believe will be fantastic fits, we admit them as a part of our Spring Scholars program.  With those facts in mind, I have some suggestions for next steps to take if you have been admitted as a Spring Scholar. First, take some time to think about it. I know your preference would be to start class in the fall, but the Spring Scholars option is a final decision—it’s non-binding and you have until May 1st to decide. There will be no Spring Scholars switched to the fall semester at any point. Before you reach out with questions, take some time to read the FAQx for the program; there’s some great info in there about housing (we guarantee it!) and Greek life (you can still go through the recruitment process!) (quoted from the blog) Okay, so let’s look at the numbers.  These are some pretty impressive numbers for Tulane (and they help explain why some students I know did not get in under Early Action, even though they were great students with all the necessary qualifications).  And, these numbers underline again what we said two weeks ago:  Expect a bumpy road for the next couple of months if you are waiting for admission decisions from very good and great colleges.  The numbers are not very student friendly.  And then, Mr. Schiffman makes some good points to the Spring Scholars:  You have absolutely been admitted, you will absolutely have campus housing even though you will be arriving in the middle of the year, and you will absolutely be able to go through fraternity and sorority rush (which you actually cannot at some colleges with this spring admissions plan, and it is very important to some students and is more important at some colleges than others).  What Mr. Schiffman does next in his blog is downright fascinating:  He prints a full-color photo of The American University of Paris, with a caption that reads, “Your other fall campus option!”  What?  Here’s my view:  One of the only cities in the world that is lovelier than New Orleans is Paris!  How clever is that!  Here is what Mr. Schiffman wrote: Next, consider your options for the fall. We’re so excited about the fall abroad programming we offer Spring Scholars in both Rome and Paris. You’ll have the option to spend your fall term with a cohort of Tulane students at one of two incredible universities abroad: The John Cabot University in Rome or The American University of Paris (AUP). Schools like Northeastern, Cornell, Miami, Delaware, and the University of Southern California also have freshmen at these campuses during the fall. . . .  If you’d prefer to stay stateside, you can take classes as a non-degree-seeking student at a school of your choice, participate in a gap semester program, take a semester to work, or maybe participate in service. It’s really up to you! (quoted from the blog) Here is what Mr. Schiffman wrote next: Next, plan a visit to campus during one of our two dedicated Spring Scholar Destination Tulane dates. The dates you should plan on coming are either February 17th or April 21st. This event is tailor-made for Spring Scholars. You’ll be able to meet other students admitted into the Spring Scholars program this year, hear from current Spring Scholars, and attend presentations from both John Cabot and AUP. . . . If Tulane truly is where you see yourself, we’d love to have you join us in January 2019. Currently, we have 75 Spring Scholars excited to start at Tulane in just a few weeks! Oh, and expect a visit from me in Paris or Rome in the fall. I’m not joking! (quoted from the blog) It sounds to me like Mr. Schiffman has made the best possible overture to the new Spring Scholars and has offered them a super-attractive plan for what to do next fall, which might sound even better to some students than starting at Tulane in the fall.  Smart move! 2. Where Else? Well, of course, it’s not just Tulane.  As it happens, my own alma mater, Cornell University, posted this on its website about its First-Year Spring Admission program for its College of Arts and Sciences and its College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Over the past decade, Cornell University has experienced a more than 100% increase in first-year admissions applications. For this year’s class, Cornell reviewed close to 47,000 applications for a class of 3,275 new first-year students. In order to allow more students to benefit from a Cornell education, the university has developed an exciting option. In January 2018, Cornell University will welcome approximately 60 freshmen to begin their Cornell experience starting in the spring semester. . . .  Students selected for spring semester enrollment are exceptional candidates whom we are unable to admit for fall because of on-campus space constraints. Students with a record of academic achievement and who exhibit the important qualities of leadership and initiative have been selected for this special program. . . . Students offered the opportunity to enroll in January will be asked to submit an enrollment deposit to confirm their place. During the summer, we will contact you to confirm your plans for the fall semester (e.g. taking classes, traveling abroad, participating in public service, working, etc.). Cornell will then contact you in September to confirm that you are indeed planning to enroll in January. Once confirmed, we will work with you to pre-register for courses for the spring semester and have you start other processes (such as applying for housing and dining options). You will participate in an orientation program when you arrive in January (a few days before classes begin) to ensure that you are ready for success. (quoted from the website) Okay, Big Red, I have to say that doesn’t sound quite as exciting as Tulane’s Spring Scholars, and it certainly doesn’t have Mr. Schiffman’s hype (which I don’t say pejoratively).  Plus--and this is also true of the Tulane program--just how big a deal is this program when it is admitting 60 kids when the freshman class was over 3,000.  I have to say that I have not quite figured that out yet.  It should, on the other hand, make the spring students feel genuinely good about themselves and their qualifications because they are really part of a relatively tiny select group.  Would I advise a student to wait to attend Cornell until the spring if that’s the best admissions deal the student could get?  Frankly, I would . . . in a heartbeat. And then there’s Middlebury College, an excellent liberal arts college in Vermont, perhaps best known for its outstanding language programs.  For about 30 years, Middlebury has been enrolling about 100 students for its spring semester, which begins in February.  Clearly, 100 students is a bigger proportion of the total of about 700 freshmen admitted at Middlebury at about 15 percent (compared to not quite 2 percent at Cornell and perhaps about double that percentage at Tulane).  Here is some background on Middlebury’s idea: February admission is a program developed by former Dean of Admissions Fred Neuberger in a creative effort to fill dorm space that was empty during spring semester because so many Middlebury students study abroad. Rather than admit a large class of transfer students, the College decided to admit another class of first-year students, or “Febs.” (quoted from the website) Okay, so that’s interesting.  February admission solved a problem for the college rather than a problem for the students.  Of course, that really isn’t suprising, but it doesn’t make it a bad idea.  The website continues: February students are chosen from the same applicant pool as September students and all students are notified of their admission at the same time in late March or early April. Students may indicate on the application their preference for a starting date (September only, February only, or either), but this is ultimately an Admissions Office decision. Some students who indicate an interest in September may be offered a place in our February class. Many applicants now tell us they’d prefer to be “Febs,” and some even outline their plans for the fall in their applications. (quoted from the website) Well, that’s not surprising, either, given the increasing interest by high school students in taking a gap year (feel free to go back and listen to our Episode 115 from last spring).  I guess if a program is well established at a college, the way Middlebury’s appears to be, that gives students one more reasonable option to consider during the whole application process.  The website continues: Being admitted as a Feb is a full admission to the College community. We choose our Febs because we see in them students who will use wisely the time between high school graduation and their studies at Middlebury. “Febs” tend to be highly energetic leaders in their school communities, or students who have already sought unconventional and creative opportunities in their high school careers. Febs typically come to Middlebury ready to “hit the ground running.” Before arriving on campus, Febs have several months that are entirely their own. The College does not seek to direct or recommend certain pursuits. . . . Some Febs work to save money and then travel. Other Febs pursue service opportunities or internships. As February first-years, students enter in February and leave four years later in February--in their caps and gowns, but also on skis, snowshoes, or sleds at Middlebury’s own ski area, the Snow Bowl! The February celebration has become a hallmark of a Middlebury winter. February seniors and their families enjoy a full weekend of festivities on campus and at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. February admission does not imply that students will graduate in three and a half years. Any student (September or Feb) may choose to use AP credits, or other transferable credit, to accelerate his course of study, but that’s not the intention of the Feb admission program.  (quoted from the website) Middlebury has clearly made “Febs” an integral part of the College.  3. The Trends So, what are the trends in spring admissions programs?  Here are a few.  Colleges are not trying to push spring starters out in three and a half years; spring starters are expected to be there for four full years, but are certainly welcome to get out in three and a half by taking some courses elsewhere or using college credits earned during high school.  Spring starters are going to live on campus, often with students of their own age.  Spring starters will participate fully in all of the extracurricular activities that colleges offer (including fraternity and sorority life, but perhaps on a slightly delayed schedule for that).  Spring starters who play on varsity sports teams will have four full seasons of athletic eligibility available to them.  And spring starters will probably get some kind of special orientation designed for them so that they can immediately feel at home in the college community. 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With the Chase The Ace winner announced, we hope to finally stop talking about it. Speaking of lineups, Nick notices that people around here love to complain about lineups. Fred Hutton is leaving VOCM for CBC Radio, and we wonder if he was allowed to have a beard on NTV. Atlantic Fest got mixed reviews...

With the Chase The Ace winner announced, we hope to finally stop talking about it. Speaking of lineups, Nick notices that people around here love to complain about lineups. Fred Hutton is leaving VOCM for CBC Radio, and we wonder if he was allowed to have a beard on NTV. Atlantic Fest got mixed reviews...

John Cabot's voyage of discovery for England

USA Gold Medal magnet, Kurt Thomas, stars as John Cabot, a USA Gold Medal magnet/super secret agent/diplomat to strange lands. So he solo invades Parmistan, an absolutely insane country, to play "The Game" to get a satellite substation. Well that makes perfect sense! Gymkata is serious shenanigans. It could be argued that it's the most bonkers movie we've reviewed and definitely the most poorly thought out. While most might focus on the unawesome martial art that combines gymnastics and karate (which puts it in the Streaming Do's and Don'ts realm) the country of Parmistan is our focus. Parmistan is impossible. It can't work. How does diplomacy work? Do they have foreign trade? Is their military only made of ninja or are they more like the secret police? Is there a system of government besides the Khan? I personally believe that someone, probably Pakistan, would have bombed Parmistan back into the Stone Age, but Parmistan never got out of the Stone Age so I guess bomb them back to the times of the dinosaurs (they may also have dinosaurs). This is a really terrible movie. Sure, it's fun. But not fun in the usual manner. Take Megaforce for example. It's really bad but it's awesome. The action is awesome, the vehicles are awesome, the bad guy's awesome. It drips awesome. But Gymkata is the opposite. When Kurt Thomas fights guys using his special style it's quite not awesome. It's laughable at how dump it looks. If a child pretends to fight with Gymkata with their friends in the backyard, they are going to get beat up. It's a one way ticket to Bullytown. This is a so bad it's amazing material. SOOOOO bad. Great time.

Ospiti: MIchael Drissen, politologo della John Cabot university, Giuseppe Berta, docente di Storia Economica alla Bocconi di Milano, Alberto Bagnai, docente di politica economica all'Università D'Annunzio di Pescara

Ospiti: MIchael Drissen, politologo della John Cabot university, Virgilio Ilari, presidente della Società italiana di storia militare, Sara Antonelli, docente di letteratura americana all'Università Roma Tre, Gianluca Di Feo, vicedirettore di Repubblica

Ospiti: MIchael Drissen, politologo della John Cabot university, Fabrizio Tonello, docente di Scienza politica all'Università di Padova

Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing for England, becomes the first European to land in North America since Leif Erikson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conduce Giancarlo Loquenzi,scheda di Valeria D'Onofrio. Ospiti : Pietro Paganini (docente di business administration alla John Cabot university), Toni Nocchetti (presidente "Tutti a scuola Onlus")

Conduce Giancarlo Loquenzi,scheda di Valeria D'Onofrio. Ospiti : Pietro Paganini (docente di business administration alla John Cabot university), Toni Nocchetti (presidente "Tutti a scuola Onlus")

The Felt Mansion was meant to be a beautiful and spacious place of escape during the summer for the Felt family. It was a representation of a successful life set on the shores of Lake Michigan. Death doesn’t care about family or success. It comes when we least expect it and at cruel times. And that is what happened to the Felt family. Now it would seem that family spirits have chosen to stay here in the afterlife. But there is something else here. Something eerie. Those mysterious shadow people have also made this their home. And on top of that, an urban legend has arisen from the mansion as well. Join us as we explore the history, legends and hauntings of the Felt Mansion! The Moment in Oddity is by Bob Sherfield and features the Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway and This Day in History is by Jessica Bell and features King Henry VII giving John Cabot permission to explore unknown lands. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: http://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2016/03/hgb-ep-110-felt-mansion.html Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump  

Why should the Spanish have all the fun?  Other European Nations started exploring to the west to rediscover the lands in that direction.  The passage to the orient would be the prize.

Living as a Resident alien in Japan In a variety of places that we, as Christians, are aliens and strangers in a foreign country, probably in my life, I have never felt that as acutely as the two years that my wife and I and our two children at that time were living in Japan. It began, I think, for me when we sold our possessions, and gave away most of the stuff that we owned, we got it down to some Action Packers just a handful of them, and they were en route. And I remember patting my pants to be sure that I had my wallet and my keys, and the wallet was there but the keys were nowhere to be found; I remember that distinctly. I was like, what happened to my keys, where are my keys? And then I realized I didn't have any keys. Our car was gone, the house was gone, the office was gone, and so were the keys, and I had literally no keys at that point. It's no longer the case that I have no keys. My keys have been the butt of many jokes actually now. I have many keys now. But on that afternoon, I remember distinctly just pausing and feeling acutely that I was just passing through in this world and that my possessions were temporary. All of them temporary. And that feeling actually only grew, and built, and became more acute over the next two years as we lived in Japan, as we made our home in a foreign country. And we learned a new language, Japanese, and we tried to learn a new culture, and we made some wonderful friends, brothers and sisters in Christ, who were Japanese, who had come to faith, and who are just some of the most incredible friends, brothers, and sisters that I'd ever met, but never feeling at home there. And I remember walking down the street in Tokushima, and a group of elementary age kids just stopping frozen in their tracks as I walked by on the other side of the road, and then they all just pointed, all of them at the same time, and said, "Gaijin da!" which is, "There's a foreigner!" Is that what I am? I'm a foreigner. Yes, that's what I am, that's what I was, I was a foreigner. And Tokushima is a small city by Japanese standards, and so therefore they weren't used to seeing somebody that looked like me, and they were unrestrained in their amazement and shock, and that's how it was. Many, many such moments for me, concerning the food, concerning the aromas, concerning the language, concerning the feeling that I was never really at home. See the thing is, though, I should still feel that way now here in Durham, North Carolina. By faith, I should understand that this place is no more my home than that place was. By faith, I should feel myself to be an alien and a stranger in a foreign country here. And that is why I'm preaching this message today, I am preaching so that we might, by faith, grow a little less attached to the things of our lives, and a little more, perhaps even a lot more attached to the things of that country to which we are headed. That by faith, we will understand that we are like Abraham, strangers in a foreign country, even here in the land of our birth. So what we're going to do is we're going to study for the first time for a number of weeks the faith of Abraham, and we're going to look at this faith, and this section here of Scripture that we're looking at today, Verses 8-10, zeros in on the beginnings of Abraham's faith, the origins of his faith, and how things began. But we're going to be looking at Abraham all the way through, more or less, to verse 19 of this chapter, so we'll be with Abraham for a little while. I. The Origin of Abraham’s Faith: The Sovereign Call of God But I want to start with the origin of Abraham's faith, and I'm going to put it right here at the sovereign call of God. It was by the sovereign call of God, that Abraham believed and trusted. His faith came as a gift of God's sovereign call. Now, we're looking at this man, Abraham, and he's a very significant man in redemptive history. We're told in the New Testament in Galatians 3:7 that all of us who are believers in Christ Jesus are children of Abraham; Abraham, is our Father in faith. Romans chapter 4 establishes this man as the pattern of those who are justified by faith. "What then shall we say that Abraham our forefather discovered in this matter? If in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. What does the scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited him as righteousness.'" So in Romans 4, Abraham is given as the paradigm example of the man who was justified by faith alone, apart from works, that's who this man is. And so we've already seen how Abel offered his offering by faith, and he was justified by faith, not by works. We've seen how Enoch was pleasing to God by faith, he also justified by faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. And Noah also by faith obeyed and built the ark to save his family, and he also, justified by faith, he became an heir of the righteousness that comes only by faith in Jesus Christ. Well, these were individuals who lived before the flood. But now as we come to Abraham, we come to a significant moment in redemptive history. The call of Abraham is a key moment, a turning point, as it were, in the history of the human race. For Abraham is the father of the Jewish nation, and as Jesus said very plainly to the Samaritan woman at the well, "Salvation is of the Jews." Salvation comes from the Jews, and Romans 11 says that we Gentile believers in Jesus are like wild olive shoots who have been grafted into a cultivated (Jewish) olive tree. And so with the call of Abraham we have the beginning of the history of redemption through the Jewish nation. And he's going to be very significant to all Hebrew Christians, these are Jewish believers in Jesus Christ. And so the author, by spending so much time in Hebrews 11 looking at the faith of Abraham, is seeking to challenge and encourage the Jewish professors of faith in Christ to be steadfast and immovable in their walk with Jesus Christ, that they would give a good testimony in the midst of persecution and not give up. And so Abraham is going to be their example. And so Abraham's faith had its origins in the sovereign call of God. Genesis chapter 12, verse 1-3: "The Lord had said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people, and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.'" So that's the call of Abram, a man who later became known as Abraham, that's how we know him, and refer to him still. There are difficulties with the timing of this call; it's hard to completely put it together. In Genesis 12, it says... It seems to be that it came after he had settled in Haran with his father, Terah, because at the end of Genesis 11, that's where they are. And so they're there in Haran, and Terah is still alive, etcetera. But then Stephen and his marvelous sermon in Acts chapter 7, said this: "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran. 'Leave your country and your people,' God said, 'and go to the land I will show you.' So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And after the death of his father God sent him to this land where you are now living." I think the best way to harmonize is that the original call had come in Ur of the Chaldees, but Abram had deferred obedience. He was waiting, it seems, for the death of his father. I'm not saying there was any wrongdoing in waiting; there may have been some disobedience in his part, or maybe not, we don't know. But the way you put it together is it seems that after his father died, then he obeyed this call to leave and to go into the Promised Land. The Component Parts: A Command and a Promise And the call comes in the form of a command and a variety of promises. The command is, "Leave your country, your people, your father's household, and go into the land that I will show you." So that's the command, and with it a variety of beautiful promises. Majestic promises. "I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." So a combination of a command and promises. Now, I believe that Stephen adds for us something that's not clear in the text, but is significant as a moment for Abraham's faith. He adds a divine appearing, perhaps somewhat of a theophany, the appearance of God in some amazing way. Stephen said, "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham," and I'm going to talk more about that in a moment. But I think this could be the beginning of his truly... His justifying faith. And by the way, this is the bit of a challenge with Abraham. In Genesis 15, we're told he said, how do I know, I don't have any children, and all that. God says, look at the stars. You remember that whole thing? Genesis 15 says, "Look at the heavens and count the stars-if indeed you can count them." And then He made him this promise. "So shall your offspring be." And it said there that "Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness." Yeah, but here it says, by faith he left and settled originally. So he had faith then. So I think what happens in Genesis 15 is just more continuation of the same faith that justified him. So I think from the very beginning that he heard, and believed, and obeyed, he was justified through Jesus Christ. And I think there is no one, there is no sinner, who's ever made right with the sovereign God, who's ever made right with the Holy God apart from the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross. And so Jesus said, "Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day, he saw it and was glad." And so he trusted in Jesus for the forgiveness of all of his sins. Well, that was the call, those are the promises. But immediately with this call came difficulties. For example, Abram came from a pagan heritage, and he was surrounded by a comfortable, seemingly advanced culture in which he was at ease and had all of his pleasures met. And so there are a tremendous difficulties. It's amazing how God in his sovereign call creates faith. And I think that's where it comes, it's by the call of God that faith is created. And then God then challenges faith with obstacles that have to be overcome. And so there are a tremendous obstacles. So first and foremost is his own status. He was a pagan, and a Gentile, and an unbeliever. And what do I mean by that? Well, it says in Joshua 24:2-3, Joshua, in his closing comments to Israel, Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel. Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates. Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor, and they served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. And I gave him Isaac." So with Joshua's saying there under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is that before the call, Terah, Abraham, and Nahor served other gods; they were pagans. Perhaps moon worshippers or something there in Babylon. And he was uncircumcised at the time of his call. Romans 4 makes this very, very plain that his faith came and his justification came long before he was circumcised. It did not come after he was circumcised, but before. And Paul is very clear about this. So you have in Abraham the quintessential Gentile pagan. And in the midst of that, God sovereignly calls him in this amazing way, and he says, leave everything you know, everything of comfort, everything of ease, everything that is familiar to you, leave your country, your people, your family, leave the language you're used to, leave all of these things behind, and go to the land I will show you. Nothing is certain about the future, there's nothing visible. I don't even know if he knew where he was going. I'm sure once he began to go, he must have had a direction. God must have at least said, "Go west." But beyond that, we just don't know. And so the obstacles are incredible. And so God called him, and I think at the very beginning, the origin of faith, we see the jealousy of God. Our God is a jealous God, and he will have no rivals in our hearts. He will not allow any idols to remain in the heart of a believer, he's going to attack idolatry, he's going to severe with idols. Exodus 20, "I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other Gods before me." A couple verses later, he says, "For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God." Later in that same book, in Exodus, he says, "God whose name is jealous," etcetera. God is a jealous God, and he will not brook any rivals. And so it is with our calling as Christians. Jesus comes and calls us to leave, in effect, everything behind, all of our allegiances, that our heart would be married or connected ultimately to nothing but him. And so he says, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever loves his life in this world will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake, will find it for all eternity." And so Jesus will have no rivals, not your father and mother, not your husband or wife, not your children, not your possessions, not your houses or lands or anything at all. And so from the very beginning of the call of Abram we have here God severing ties to everything familiar and comfortable. What God does is he shows himself from the very beginning of faith to be greater than any idol could ever be. So now I want you to meditate with me on what Stephen said. I've already told you about it, but this is the kind of explosive new idea that came in my heart as I was preparing this particular message. And it's what Stephen said, "The God of glory appeared to our father, Abraham." There was some kind of glorious appearance of God to Abraham. So he's not venturing forth into nothingness because of some dim voice inside his head, but I believe that God showed himself to be infinitely greater than anything he could leave behind; infinitely greater. More glorious, more satisfying, more of a treasure and a pleasure than anything he could ever leave behind. He gave him a foretaste of glory there, and it changed everything for Abram. It changed everything. From then on, all he wanted was God: I want God, I want to please him, I want to know him, I want to seek him. He's what I want, and I will leave anything behind in order that I may have that. Jesus said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again and then in his joy sold everything he had and bought that field." God doesn't ask you to sell everything you have to buy a possible or a potential treasure in a field. So in the parable, we imagine that the guy was digging a hole, a well, trying to... And then he finds a portion of the treasure, the box, he opens it up. He doesn't need to count everything inside, he knows it's a vast treasure, far greater than anything he presently possesses. And so it's worth it to him to sell all of his earthly stuff to get that field so he can have the treasure. And so in some mysterious way, I can't go beyond what Stephen says, but God appeared to Abraham in glory. The God of glory. Has God revealed himself to you to be glorious? Has he shown Himself to you in Jesus Christ to be worth everything you could ever give up to have him? Is Jesus worth more than any possession, any earthly pleasure? Do you want Jesus like Paul in Philippians 3, more than anything else, that you forget what lies behind you, you count it as dung and refuse compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus. That's the faith that's in front of us here, that's the beginning of his faith. And so God's sovereign call created what it commanded. He created light in Abraham's heart, and then the receptor of faith within his heart, so he could see it as what it is, glorious and beautiful. And for the rest of his life, he was yearning to see more and more of it. The Sovereign Call of God: Creating What It Commands And so God's sovereign call creates what it commands, and so it is with the Church. God says, let there be a Church, and there's Church, God says Let there be an individual Christian, and that man or woman, boy or girl, is brought into faith in Christ. God's call creates what it commands. And so again and again, Paul in his epistles talks about we who are called, we're the ones that are called, called to be saints, and set apart for the gospel of God. Called in Romans, called in 1 Corinthians, called in many places. Romans Chapter 8, we were "predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son that He might be the firstborn among many brothers, and those He predestined He also called and those he called he justified, and those he justified, he also glorified." So we are the called, and so God's call creates the faith. Friends, our faith doesn't create God's call. I hope you know that. God isn't searching around for people with faith. There's one, there's one, there's one and then the call comes. That puts everything backwards. No, God, the sovereign one, creates something that didn't exist before. And he created an Abraham. This is the genesis, the origins of Abraham's faith, and yours too if you have any. If you have faith in Jesus, it was God who created it in your heart, and it's God who's been nurturing it and sustaining it all along. God is the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. And at one point you were not a believer and now you are a believer, and the sovereign God made it so in your life. So that's the origin of the genesis of his faith. God is better than anything you could possibly leave behind. Amen? He is the treasure worth everything that you would sell to get it. He is the pearl of great price worth anything you could sell to get it. Jesus is worth more than any of it. And so, from the very beginning, God severs ties to idols and sets them free. II. The Effects of Abraham’s Faith: Surprising, Costly, Lasting Obedience Secondly, we see the effects of Abraham's faith. The effects are surprising, costly, lasting obedience, that's the effect of faith. Out of true genuine faith comes obedience. Look at verse 8 of the text. Hebrews 11:8, "By faith, Abraham when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance obeyed and went." He did it. Dear friends, genuine faith always produces obedience, genuine faith always produces obedience, a pattern of consistent obedience. The essence of our sin problem is that we were rebels against the command of the sovereign God, our King. We were rebels against His laws. We were violating his commandments and we were sinning. And Jesus comes to us with the gospel and he invites us, He holds out His hands to us and says, "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." But then he says this. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light." As I've said a number of other times, that yoke must be the kingly yoke of Jesus. The Kingdom of Heaven has come into your life, and He is the king and he's saying, "Now you take that formerly stiff neck of yours, which is now made soft by grace, and you put it under my yoke and you will not regret it, and you follow me the rest of your life. You obey me, and you yield to me and let me be your king, and you will not regret it. For you will find rest for your souls." And so I say to you that true, genuine faith always produces a consistent pattern of obedience to God's commands. Has this happened in your life? Have you turned away from a life of rebellion? Have you turned away from the wickedness of sin? And have turned to Jesus as your redeemer, the one who shed His blood for your rebellions, who took on Himself the wrath and the curse that you and I deserve for our rebellion. Have you trusted in Him for the forgiveness of your sins? And now, by His spirit, are you set free from sin to follow Him in a lifestyle of obedience? If so, then heaven is your future, your home. If not, I plead with you while there's still time, repent and believe in Jesus. Today is the day of salvation. Now is the era, this is the time of faith when you can hear a message like this and be transferred or rescued from Satan's dark kingdom and brought into the kingdom of faith and light and forgiveness. And so true faith produces obedience, always produces obedience. This is what it says in Romans 1, in verse 5, "Through Him and for His name's sake, we receive grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith." That's how Romans begins. Romans ends the exact same way. Romans 16:26, "So that all nations might believe and obey Him." Believe, obey. Believe, obey. James says without deeds faith is dead, deeds equals obedience, so without the works of obedience you have no faith, it's dead. And so the effects of his faith is obedience, initial obedience, you obey it. It was surprising obedience. What must his neighbors have thought as he had his yard sale and sold most of his stuff, anything he couldn't take on camelback and set out, surprising obedience. What are you doing? Well, I'm going away. Really, where are you going? I don't know. So far I know it's west. You're crazy, crazy. It's just radical obedience, surprising obedience. I just want to ask you, what is there in your life that your faith is doing that just makes no sense to unbelievers. There just needs to be something in our lives that makes no sense to unbelievers. So for Abraham, I think that yard sale and leaving did it. It's costly obedience, the rest of his life there's going to be a pattern of sacrifice, of laying things aside, laying them behind. It's going to culminate as we'll see later in Hebrews 11 in the command to sacrifice his son, his only son, Isaac, to offer him up as a burnt offering. It's going to be costly obedience, it's not going to be easy to obey God. And it's going to be lasting obedience. It was something for the rest of his life. It wasn't a whim or a fancy, wasn't something that came on him. But for the rest of his life he was going to be hearing the voice of God and obeying it. God was going to lead him step by step. And he was going to move place to place, even within the promised land and not know where the next place was going to be. And he was going to, for the rest of his life, follow by faith and obey by faith. Jesus said, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." And as he said very clearly in another place, "Remember Lot's wife." Don't look back. He didn't look back, he never returned. He never returned. More on that later and he was alone but he never returned, never went back. Lifetime of surprising, costly obedience. III. The Challenge of Abraham’s Faith: Obstacles We see next, the challenge of Abraham's faith, and I've already mentioned this, obstacles. God creates faith within our hearts and then challenges the faith with obstacles. He creates mountains that have to be moved. He creates things you have to get through and he makes it difficult, and so the faith is strengthened by the obstacles. God is glorified greatly by these obstacles. First Obstacle: “I Don’t Know Where I Am Going!” And the first obstacle as I've mentioned, is that he didn't know where he was going. I don't know where I'm going. Now, I want you to look in your text there in verse 8. And I want to compare it to verse 13. There are two things. I'm not preaching on verse 13 today, but I just want to bring out something that just jumped off the page to me, and it's just very significant. And it's the word "not". Look at verse 8. "By faith, Abraham when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance obeyed and went." Listen, "Even though he did not know where he was going." See that? He did not know. He did not know. Okay, now in verse 13, "All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised." Do you see the word "not" in both of those? Now, I don't know if every translation may have it, they maybe rephrase. But the idea of negation is there in both verses. He did not know, and he did not receive. That's where faith operates friends. It's when you don't know where you're going, and you haven't yet received the promises. That's where faith works. Are you in a situation like that in your life now where you don't know where you're going? Are you in a situation where you're still waiting on God for some promises that are earthly, connected to this life, but waiting? And clearly, as we'll get to in verses 13 through 16, haven't received the big promise yet of eternity in heaven with God. This is where faith operates. And so, this obstacle is, I don't know where I'm going. And I think that that continued. In a moment we'll talk about how he lived in tents. He didn't have the GPS with the whole purple line that goes all the way to the destination, with all the way stations along the way. You can kind of zoom out. Oh, there it is. I know exactly how we're going to get there. That's exactly what he did not have. He didn't know where the next place would be that he would pitch his tent. God would later do the same thing with Israel and the Exodus. I'll let you know when we're going to move. When the cloud got up, "Okay we're moving." When it settled back down, they stayed there. And so step by step by step God leads His people, and you just don't know where the next step's going to be. So that's the first obstacle. Second Obstacle: “The Promised Land is Already Owned by Others!” The second obstacle is that when he arrived in the Promised Land, he found that it was cheerfully occupied by other people. Canaanites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites and Amorites and all these -ites, Amalekites. And they liked the land. It's good land, it's a land flowing with milk and honey. It's really rich, good land. And they plan on staying. And you're just you and your wife and your nephew. And God is saying, "I'm going to give all of this to you." Really? What about all these -ites? What about all these people that are here? But he received that promise and it was by faith he received it. In Romans 4:13, "By faith," it says, "It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world but through the righteousness that comes by faith." I love that verse. That's one of those verses that kind of lay like a ticking time bomb and suddenly jumped up on me. It doesn't say that he would be heir of the promised land there, does it. It said it was by faith that he received the promise that he would be heir of the world, not just that little stretch of it. And all of us who have come into faith in Christ are sons and daughters of Abraham. We also are heirs of the world with Abraham. Amen? And so Jesus said, "Blessed are the meek for they will" what? What will they do? "They will inherit the earth." And so by faith he looked at these other peoples that were settling there, that were there, and he accepted that they were there and he lived in a certain pattern that way and he knew that it was theirs for now, but God is sovereign over everything. The earth is the Lord's. And if some unbelievers are squatting for a time on your promised land, what's that to you? And so by faith he understood that at some point he would come into that inheritance. Third Obstacle: “My Body is as Good as Dead, and So is Sarah’s Womb!” The third obstacle was my body is as good as dead, and Sarah's womb is too. Now, we're going to talk more about Sarah next week, and I don't want to steal the thunder of next week. But Abraham was told through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed. But Abraham and Sarah had not been successful in having children for 75 years, and then the decades would continue after that. No children, no children. She was barren, they could have no children. And so it says, we'll study this next time. Verse 12, "And so, from this one man and he is good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as sand on the sea shore." So what did he do as he looked at his body and said, "I don't see how it can happen." And he looked at Sarah's womb and said, "I don't see how it can happen." But Romans 4 says, "Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead," since he was about 100 years old, and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God had power to do what He had promised." And so Abraham's faith was challenged with obstacles and God strengthened his faith to overcome those obstacles. IV. The Display of Abraham’s Faith: Living Like an Alien Next, we see the display of his faith and that is living like an alien, living in tents. Look at verses 9 and 10. "By faith he made his home in the Promised Land. Like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who are heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations whose architect and builder is God." And so every day, Abraham's faith was put on display by the simple fact that he was living in a tent, he was living like an alien and a stranger. The same expression is used in verse 13, and used in other places, 1 Peter 2:11, "Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world to abstain from sinful desires which wage war against your soul." And so Abraham was the pattern of a walk of faith in which you look around and say, "Some day this will all be mine. But not yet. And so I'm an alien and a stranger here now. And my living in tents is evidence of that." A tent is movable, it goes from place to place. They don't have solid foundations. And so, he didn't build a walled city like Sodom and Gomorrah probably were, or Jericho with vast gates and walls to protect you from desert raiders that are going to sweep through. He just lived in a tent, he was vulnerable, and he was movable. And so did Isaac and Jacob, and they were heirs with him of the same promise. They were living in tents as they moved from place to place. And so there's a disposition or a demeanor that Christians should have toward the world saying, "I am an alien and a stranger here. This is a strange place." It's almost like the one thing that us and non-Christians agree about. We both think that the other is crazy. I really do. I think unbelievers are just crazy. I don't know why they would live for this stuff and then die and go to hell When Jesus could forgive them of their sins. If they'll just trust in Him, they could have a permanent inheritance. It doesn't make any sense to me. And I think my life must make no sense to them either. And so Paul says in Galatians 6, in verse 14, "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." Listen to this. "Through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." There's just a severing that's happened between Paul and the world because of the cross, the cross has severed it now, and he is an alien and a stranger. The world is dead to him, and he is dead to the world. And so, lived in tents, and he knew it was his but just not yet. The image that's in my mind here is, let's say you're going to a vast, formal banquet and it's in a very, very expensive hotel in a major city, and you've got exquisite clothes on and you and the other people that are invited to this banquet are walking through a hallway en route to the ballroom or the feasting room, wherever that is, you're walking through the hallway and it's a great hallway. The carpet's cushy, and there's just artwork on the walls and all that. And it's like this is probably the most incredible hallway I've ever been in my life. I think I'll just stay here. I think I'll just look at the pictures on the wall. It's like the banquet's in here. This is just a hallway friends. And it may have evidences of God's grace and mercy for tastes of heaven, little gifts that he gives you to keep you on your way. But it's just a hallway, that's it. And so the display of Abraham's faith was that he lived in tents and he had to dicker with the Hittites for a cave to bury his dead wife. In Genesis 23, there's a whole chapter devoted to it. Why would Moses give a whole chapter to the dickering? It all had to do with the promised land, and he didn't have it yet, and so he had to dicker back and forth like a camel trader. Oh, it could be this. Well, but what's that among friends? And back and forth they go. And they're dickering over the number of silver coins he's going to pay to the Hittite guy so he can have a piece of the promised land to bury his wife. Genesis 23, the purpose of that chapter is to say, he didn't have it yet, he was an alien and a stranger, he hadn't come into his inheritance yet. That's why it's there. V. The Outlook of Abraham’s Faith: Looking Forward to a Permanent City Finally, we see the outlook of Abraham's faith. How was he enabled to do this? Verses 9-10, "By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who are heirs with him of the same promise. For He was looking forward to the city with foundations whose architect and builder is God." So the logic of the verse goes like this, Abraham you're living in a tent, why? Well, because I'm looking ahead to a city with foundations. That's the logic of it. Why are you living in a tent like a stranger in a foreign country? Because I'm looking ahead to another place, that's why. The logic's very much the same as that which we already saw at the end of Hebrews 10 go back and look, they may even be on the same page or you have to turn back one page but Hebrews 10:34 as you already saw speaking to the Hebrew Christians saying, "You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the plundering of your property because, because you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and a lasting one." It's the exact same logic here, because you're looking forward. So I say to you faith is essentially constantly looking forward. Now, you know around this time, little kids say they're looking forward to Christmas and looking forward to this looking forward... You can spend your whole life looking forward and then it's gone, and it's just amazing. It's like live in the now, we need to live in the now, and we need to smell the roses that kind of thing, can't be looking forward. Well, this chapter tells you you should spend your whole life looking forward just not to anything in this world. And I'm not talking about mere optimism, have a positive outlook. You should have a positive outlook, don't you think? We should be optimistic people, away with that. That's two weak. No, no we have an inheritance that's coming and nothing is going to stop it, we just don't have it yet. And so I am looking forward all my hopes are set on it. I'm looking forward to the city with foundations whose architect and builder is God. And so that's the focus of what they were looking forward to a city. What's interesting is our inheritance is cast in verse 10 and in verses 13-16, as both a city and a country, isn't that interesting? You have a city here in verse 10 and you have multiple mentions of a country and then a city in verses 13-16. So we have the city, and then verse 14, "People who say such things show that they're looking for a country of their own. They were longing for a better country, a heavenly one, and so God is not ashamed to be called their God because he's prepared a city for them." And so for me the country is the new Heavens and the new Earth. I kind of put those words together; they're all together for me, new Heavens and new Earth, that's what it's called. And to me it's just rich and full in my imagination. I think of it like the new world when Columbus landed then after that you have all these explorers, think about the Explorer era and just whoever it was, Ponce de Leon in Florida, and the Conquistadors, Hernan Cortes, and all these guys that went across the South West, Spanish-speaking people that went up there and then French explorers go up the Mississippi and John Cabot up there and then New Finland and all those areas, all these explorers, Henry Hudson, all these guys. I used to read about this, you guys remember, did you go to school? Are you still there? Are you awake? Alright, there you go. So, Explorers, I think the new world will be something to explore. And it's going to be majestic and no longer cursed, it's not going to be subjected to the decay or futility of frustration, it's going to be a perfect world. That's the country where we are heading. I will say no more, because I'm going to preach on 13-16 in a few weeks, but a majestic new country. But it also mentions here prominently in verse 10, a city, a city with foundations. It's unshakable, it's immovable. For me as a kid that grew up in suburban Massachusetts in Framingham near a big city of Boston, I knew what the city looked like. I didn't love the city. I love national parks, I love the Acadia up in Maine, I loved Yosemite when I got a chance to see how beautiful that was and I just love the nature and the beauty of the place. And so a city I tend to think of it as dirty, crime-ridden, overcrowded those kind of things. And the Bible does have that take on human cities that's why God destroyed the tower of Babel and all that. There's aspects where that's actually a right way to look at the human city, but this isn't a human city now, this is the city of God, this is the city that God builds, the city at which God is the architect and the builder. He is the one who made the blueprints, who laid out the City Square or whatever it's going to look like, and then each building or structure in it he is the architect of the city of God and he is the builder. And Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, living in tents, looking ahead to that city, couldn't wait to see that city. And the book of Revelation calls it the New Jerusalem, and it says it's going to come down like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband and in that city there'll be no more death or mourning or crying or pain. It's going to be irradiated with the glory of Jesus, there's no need for the light of a lamp, the light of the sun or the moon. It's going to be just irradiated with the glory of God. The streets will be of some mysterious stuff called transparent gold, don't know what that is but it's just going to be radiating with the glory of Christ, and it has walls and foundations of the walls are of different precious gems of varieties of colors. And there are gates and the gates are made each of them of a single pearl and it says they always stand open, they're never closed so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into the city and the city is immense, vast. 1400 miles on a side and figure this one out, 1400 miles up. Cuboid. And you're like, "Well maybe that's just figurative language." Fine, let it be figurative the reality will be even better. I'm just saying it's an immense, vast place. The view from 1400 miles up, whatever floor number that is, will be amazing. The city with foundations whose architect and builder is God. God Almighty drew up the plans and now God is building the city. Jesus is building the city. Didn't he say in John 14, "I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you I'll come back." He's building the city. Jesus is building the city, the Holy Spirit is building the city out of living stones that are quarried. Matt and Christine are quarrying living stones out of that people group that they're working by the grace of God, living stones being brought to be a spiritual structure in which Ephesians 2, God is going to dwell by His spirit. So the Holy Spirit is building the city. Father, Son and Spirit building this city of God. VI. Application: Living in the 21st Century for the City that is to Come So what? How do we live in the 21st century in light of these truths? How many of you (don't raise your hands) live in tents? Do any of you live in tents? I'm actually not aware of anyone connected with this church or ever has been that lives in a tent. You know what that means, since you don't physically live in a tent like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, it's harder for you to be faithful to the truths in this text but you still need to be faithful to them. You need to realize that this Earth, this world is not your home and that you are just passing through and nothing in it should captivate your heart. You should be living for the city and the country that is to come later that Jesus is building. You should focus your heart entirely on Jesus' words, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. In my father's house are many rooms, if it were not so I would have told you for I'm going there to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you I will return and take you to be with me so that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going…'We don't know where you're going so how can we know the way?' I am the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me." Set your heart on that, that's your home. And as Peter puts it, "Dear friends as aliens and strangers in the world abstain from sinful lusts which wage war against your soul." don't be polluted by this world as you make it through the hallway, don't get polluted by it. Fight the fight of holiness as an alien and a stranger in this world, fight for holiness, put sin to death by the power of the Spirit. And then finally, I want to give you an odd piece of advice that Paul gives, please don't take me out of context here. In 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Paul says this, "What I mean brothers is the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none, those who mourn as if they did not. Those who are happy as if they were not, those who buy something as if it were not theirs to keep, those who use the things of the world as if not engrossed in them for the world in its present form is passing away." So hold on to your spouse lightly, love him or her, fulfill your role biblically, be faithful in that relationship but act in some senses as if you're not married. Paul says that and if you own a possession hold it lightly as if it didn't own you and you can give it up whenever God calls in you to do it. And if you use the things of the world, don't do it as one engrossed in those things but live as an alien and a stranger in this world. Close with me in prayer.

This Podcast was conducted by Bazooka Joe of the Small World Podcast. Please visit his site to find many many high quality inteviews on a variety of topics. http://www.smallworldpodcast.com Interview with Dr. Dona De Sanctis of the Order Sons of Italy in America about the Columbus: Fact vs. Fiction report which presents a series of documented facts on the life of Columbus, his explorations and their significance, as well as the history of Columbus Day in the United States. We discuss the controversial charges about the explorer that have been levied in recent years, accusing him of racism, genocide and slave trading; how Columbus was considered a hero for most of U.S. history; pictures, painting and postage stamps of Columbus; the reputation of Columbus which they say has suffered at the hands of special interest groups since 1992 to further their 21st century political and social agendas; the true accomplishments and mistakes of Columbus; who really discovered Amercia; John Cabot; Giovanni da Verrazano; Amerigo Vespucci; diseases and pestililence brought to the new world; cocaine and tobacco; charges of racism against Columbus; his belief in God; clashes with the Taino, Arawaks, Caribs and Canibs; slavery; cannibalism; judging 15th century morality by 21st century values; striving to live by our ideals. Featured song is "One Love One World" by Craymo.