Podcasts about Kensington

Tshidi Madia in for Clement Manyathela speaks to Geordin Hill-Lewis, the Executive Mayor of Cape Town regarding the city’s attempt to evict foreign nationals living in tent site in Bellville and Kensington who were temporarily housed in the area during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the day. Clement has several features in his third hour from 11 am that provide you with information to help and guide you through your daily life. As your morning friend, he tackles the serious as well as the light-hearted, on your behalf. Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Clement Manyathela Show. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to The Clement Manyathela Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/XijPLtJ or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/p0gWuPE Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Seeing Eye Dogs Show Harriet is joined by two guests. Liv Butcher, Seeing Eye Dogs Volunteer Partnership Coordinator and puppy carer, joins us talking about the impact of our volunteers, what they do for Seeing Eye Dogs and the variety of roles where volunteers make a difference. Kylie Gersh, Training Program Manager, joins us to talk about the lives of training dogs, what they get up to when they're not training and about the role of Training Dog Carers. Seeing Eye Dogs is looking for training dog carers who live or work locally to, or could do the daily weekday drop off and pick ups from the Kensington, VIC Seeing Eye Dogs site. We’re looking for lots of types of carers currently including training dog carers local to SED Kensington site. Head to the training dog care page of our website to find out about training dog care or to the volunteering page to read about all volunteer roles. If you'd like to find out more about Seeing Eye Dogs head to our website: https://sed.visionaustralia.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham Tomlin is the Director of the Centre For Cultural Witness, and Editor in Chief of Seen and Unseen. As the former bishop of Kensington he has been involved in theological education and cultural engagement for several years. His latest book is ‘Blaise Pascal: The man who made the modern world'.Justin, Belle and Graham explore the life and legacy of Pascal, a polymath who, in a relatively short lifetime, made huge contributions not only to science, mathematics, technology and culture but also offered arguments for Christianity that are still widely discussed today. Blaise Pascal book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blaise-Pascal-Made-Modern-World/dp/1399807641 Seen & Unseen: https://www.seenandunseen.com/contributors/graham-tomlin If you found this conversation interesting, Seen & Unseen, the creators of Re-Enchanting, offers thousands of articles exploring how the Christian faith helps us understand the modern world. Discover more here: www.seenandunseen.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Land Use Bylaw is the rule book that regulates development on private land in the city and the last time it was comprehensively reviewed and rewritten was 1986. The Land Use Bylaw Renewal project is an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come as a city and establish regulations to shape the future of Lethbridge. This presentation will examine how the Land Use Bylaw shapes where we live, work, and play, and how the new Land Use Bylaw will be created. This is a great opportunity to ask any land use-related questions and share your past experiences and ideas for the future. Speakers: Genesis Molesky and Ross Kilgour Genesis works as a community planner with the City of Lethbridge and has 8 years of experience in land use planning. She completed her undergraduate studies in urban and regional planning at the University of Saskatchewan. In her role with the City of Lethbridge, she works on all levels of long-range planning projects from guiding parcel-specific redevelopment proposals to developing neighbourhood and city-wide planning policy documents. Ross earned his degree in Urban & Regional Planning in Edinburgh, Scotland. He then worked in London, England, first as a planner for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea before moving to the private sector with Firstplan Ltd. After immigrating, Ross joined the City of Lethbridge where he is a Senior Community Planner, focusing on the redevelopment of older neighbourhoods and the City's heritage program. Ross' passions in urbanism include sustainability, equity, planning/zoning reform, and enabling walkable neighbourhoods.

 Dopeywood!Note about ToddA  voicemail from a listener in Mexico: “¿Qué pasó David?”Email about a guy sober off weed and a listener who relapsed on shrooms and weed.Dave reflects on the cyclical pain of relapse in the Dopey Nation.Jessie G Segment“I formed like a make-believe relationship with him [Chris].”Jessie first listened to Dopey while working hotel jobs in 2018.“Early recovery sucks no matter which way you cut it.”“I was doing kratom and still eating acid in sober living.”She felt totally alone — “My roommates were gone, I was just in my house.”“I had to threaten suicide one night to get help.”“I think I would make a fine crackhead.”“I was just in my room with my foils.”“I was on probation… and doing really well… but using at the same time.”“I ended up getting arrested in Scranton.”“The methadone detox was the easiest of my life.”“I got a new number and was like, perfect.”“I was living a double life — one part spiritual, one part crazy.”“I was like, just give me a fucking bag.”Describes traveling while using: “I could see in my mind's eye the hotel we were in.”“COVID made it easy to disappear.”“Kensington was a wake-up call.”“I want a real life.”Todd Curry Tribute with DK“He was just a spark, man… I love Todd a lot and I miss him.”“He personified fun. If fun was a person, it was Todd on drugs.”“Do you think I beat a dead horse with Todd? I just can't stop honoring him.”Dave introduces the term “Todd Shot” — Dopey Nation's version of a “God Shot.”DK agrees to come back next year with stories of getting high with Todd.Dave invites listeners to submit Todd memories or tributes.OutroReflections on the importance of recovery: “It's the greatest thing I have in my life.”Outro song: “One More” by Rocker T“Stay strong Dopey Nation and fucking toodles for Chris.” 

Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Pat Ridge: Seeking Validation Through Mischief | The Hopeaholics Podcast In this extended, unfiltered conversation, Patrick opens up about his multifaceted life—from his early days filming with a Hi8 camera and capturing memories with friends like Chet's wife Donna and her sister Vicki, to his wild first high on Vicodin during a high school snowboarding trip, and his rise in the music scene with Hyper Crush, touring with Lady Gaga, only to face ego-driven setbacks. He shares the founding of Graceland, his highly structured sober living facility, and the chaotic yet transparent journey of helping others like Nick Harris via live streaming, despite toxic online backlash. Patrick gets real about losing 20 years of sobriety, his relapse with CBD and Delta-9, and the strain it put on his marriage and role as a father to his one-and-a-half-year-old son, Wolf, while reflecting on the power of behavior over sobriety milestones, the influence of structured programs like Liberty House, and his current mission to create engaging, funny recovery videos. From mischievous beginnings and seeking validation to finding peace at the lake and admiring artists like Scribbler in Kensington, this episode is a rollercoaster of lessons, hope, and resilience—perfect for anyone navigating addiction, sobriety, or the messy beauty of life. #thehopeaholics  #redemption #recovery #AlcoholAddiction #AddictionRecovery #wedorecover  #SobrietyJourney #MyStory #RecoveryIsPossible #Hope #wedorecover Join our patreon to get access to an EXTRA EPISODE every week of ‘Off the Record', exclusive content, a thriving recovery community, and opportunities to be featured on the podcast. https://patreon.com/TheHopeaholics Follow the Hopeaholics on our Socials:https://www.instagram.com/thehopeaholics https://linktr.ee/thehopeaholicsBuy Merch: https://thehopeaholics.myshopify.comVisit our Treatment Centers: https://www.hopebythesea.comIf you or a loved one needs help, please call or text 949-615-8588. We have the resources to treat mental health and addiction. Sponsored by the Infiniti Group LLC:https://www.infinitigroupllc.com Timestamps:00:03:19 - Early Filming Passion00:04:40 - First High Experience00:07:00 - Mischief and Validation00:09:10 - Streaming and Sober Living00:12:39 - Graceland Structure00:16:13 - Music Career with Hyper Crush00:19:23 - Art as a Lifeline00:21:21 - Seizure and Turning Point00:23:26 - Inspiration from Liberty House00:25:29 - Marriage and Fatherhood00:28:38 - Social Media Addiction00:35:43 - Sobriety Across Programs00:36:37 - Critique of Time in Sobriety01:21:14 - Fascination with Scribbler01:23:28 - Daily Routine Post-Relapse01:26:03 - Finding Joy at the Lake

#237 The CFO's Guide to Leading Sustainability in Business with Paula Kensington https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ywfZ18iMIe7TSHdpaVsYU In this episode of The GrowCFO Show, host Kevin Appleby is joined by Paula Kensington, a seasoned finance professional from Australia with over 30 years of experience. Paula shares her journey from traditional accounting roles to becoming a passionate advocate for sustainability in business. With her unique perspective as both a former corporate CFO and now a fractional CFO, Paula offers valuable insights on how finance leaders can drive meaningful sustainability initiatives beyond mere compliance. The conversation explores the evolving role of CFOs in sustainability leadership, highlighting the critical need for finance professionals to develop an ESG mindset. Paula emphasizes that while many businesses have been engaged with sustainability for years, finance leaders are often "10 years late to the sustainability party," only becoming involved when reporting becomes mandatory. She makes a compelling case for CFOs to leverage their ethical foundation and financial expertise to lead businesses toward practices that benefit all stakeholders, not just shareholders. Key topics covered: The unique position of CFOs to lead sustainability initiatives due to their ethical training and financial expertise The importance of moving beyond compliance to integrate sustainability into business strategy and culture The challenges of measuring and valuing non-financial impacts in traditional financial reporting The tension between investor expectations and sustainable business practices The need for finance professionals to develop new skills and mindsets to effectively lead in sustainability The upcoming wave of sustainability standards and how finance teams should prepare for them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paid3zTnC6U&t=22s Links Paula Kensington on LinkedIn Kevin Appleby on LinkedIn GrowCFO Mentoring Timestamps 0:05:53 Paula shares her background and journey from traditional accounting to becoming a sustainability-focused CFO 0:08:15 Discussion on the CFO's ethical foundation and responsibility to consider impacts beyond shareholders 0:09:56 Introduction to Paula's work developing ESG mindset courses for finance professionals 0:12:30 Exploration of whether sustainability standards drive meaningful change or just compliance 0:18:45 Conversation about measuring and valuing sustainability impacts in financial terms 0:25:10 Discussion on the influence of different investor types on sustainability initiatives 0:32:20 Overview of skills finance professionals need to develop for sustainability leadership Find out more about GrowCFO If you enjoyed this podcast, you can subscribe to the GrowCFO Show with your favorite podcast app. The GrowCFO show is listed in the Apple podcast directory, Spotify and many others. Why not subscribe there today? That way, you never miss an episode. GrowCFO is a great place to extend your professional network. Join GrowCFO as a free member today and participate in our regular networking events and webinars. Premium members can also access our extensive training center and CFO Digital Toolkit. You can enroll in our flagship Future CFO or Finance Leader programs here. You can find out more and join today at growcfo.net

The Blasters and Blades PodcastWelcome to another Blasters and Blades Podcast Short! This time we're here to talk about what we're reading now! Read the book, join the discussion and have fun with the books we know and love. Check us out on our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/blastersandblades Your Co-Hosts:JR Handley (Author) (Grunt)Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt)Madam Stabby Stab (Uber Fan) (Horror Nerd)We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way there is a linked Buy Me A Coffee site where you can do so. Just mention the podcast in the comments when you donate, and I'll keep the sacred bean water boiling!Our Tip Jar: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AuthorJRHandleySupport the Show by buying amazing coffee!Coffee Brand Coffee Affiliate Support the Show: https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/?ref=y4GWASiVorJZDb Discount Code: PodcastGrunts Coupon Code Gets you 10% offRead Today's BookThe Warlock Series by Daniel Kensington: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1GVVLLL #scifishenanigans #scifishenaniganspodcast #bbp #blastersandblades #blastersandbladespodcast #podcast #scifipodcast #fantasypodcast #scifi #fantasy #books #rpg #comics #fandom #literature #comedy #veteran #army #armyranger #ranger #scififan #redshirts #scifiworld #sciencefiction #scifidaily #scificoncept #podcastersofinstagram #scificons #podcastlife #podcastsofinstagram #scifibooks #awardwinningscifi #newepisode #podcastersofinstagram #podcastaddict #podcast #scifigeek #scifibook #sfv #scifivisionaries #firesidechat #chat #panel #fireside #religionquestion #coffee #tea #coffeeortea #CoffeeBrandCoffee #WhatAreWeReadingNow #WhatAreWeReading #books #bookrecommendation #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstachallenge #bookworm #instabooks #bookobsessed #reading #currentread #currentlyreading #booktok #amreading #currentlyreading #nowreading #bibliophile #bookaddict #bookish #booklover #booknerd #booknerdigans #bookster #bookworm #literaturejunkies #readersofinstagram #areaderlivesathousandlives #bookcommunity #booksbooksbooks #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookquotes #booktography #igreads #instabooks #weekendreads #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #booktuber #DanielKensington #Warlock #WarlockSeries #WarlockBook1 #WarlockBook2 #DarkspacePress #FantasyAdventureFiction #ComingOfAgeFantasy #MensAdventureFiction #HaremLit #fantasyseries #fantasybooks #lgbtqfantasy #newadult #newadultbooks #romance #unconventionalrelationship #multiplebondings #witches #vampire #fae #werewolves

“โอปอล สุชาตา ช่วงศรี” สร้างตำนานบทใหม่ จารึกหน้าประวัติศาสตร์ไทยให้โลกรู้ว่า ไทยแลนด์แดนสยามไม่ได้มีแค่รอยยิ้ม แต่เรามีมงแรกของโลกด้วยเว้ยแกรรร!คือแบบ... คิดดูดิ! Miss World ครั้งที่ 72 จัดที่ HITEX Convention Center เมืองไฮเดอราบัด รัฐเตลังคานา ประเทศอินเดีย (นี่มันที่ไหนวะเนี่ย? ไฮเดอราบัด! ชื่อเมืองโคตรแฟนซี) แล้วโอปอลของเราก็คว้ามงกุฎมิสเวิลด์มาครองได้สำเร็จ! มงแรกในประวัติศาสตร์ไทย! นี่มันยิ่งกว่าการได้ขุมทรัพย์โจรสลัดใน One Piece อีกนะเนี่ย!ทีนี้มาดูรางวัลที่นางได้กันบ้าง! นี่แหละที่เด็ด! ไม่ใช่แค่ได้มงสวยๆ มาใส่ถ่ายรูปนะ แต่ได้เงินรางวัล 1 ล้านเหรียญดอลลาร์สหรัฐฯ (ประมาณ 36,750,000 บาท! นี่คืออัปเดตค่าเงินล่าสุดนะ ไม่ใช่ 34 ล้านเหมือนในข่าวแล้วเว้ย! เงินบาทแข็งโป๊ก!). ล้านนึงดอลลาร์นี่มันซื้อบ้านได้กี่หลังวะเนี่ย? ซื้อคอนโดหรูๆ ได้สบายเลยมั้ย? ซื้อรถซูเปอร์คาร์มาขับชนกำแพงเล่นได้เลยปะวะ? (เดี๋ยว! นั่นมันพระเอกหนัง Fast & Furious)แถมยังได้เซ็นสัญญาทำงานที่ Hollywood, LA อีก 2 ปี! โห! นี่มันเหมือนหลุดออกมาจากหนังเรื่อง La La Land เลยนะเนี่ย! Miss World หลังๆ นี่เค้าไป LA กันบ่อยจริงๆ เว้ย ไม่ได้ไปเที่ยวเล่นนะ แต่ไปทำงาน! ไปเป็นตัวแทนองค์กรทำกิจกรรมการกุศลและปรากฏตัวในงานสำคัญต่างๆ (ไม่ใช่แค่ไปนั่งซดกาแฟ Starbucks ถ่ายรูปชิคๆ นะเออ!)แค่นั้นยังไม่พอ! นางยังได้ใส่ชุด เสื้อผ้า รองเท้า เครื่องประดับสุดลักชูรี (Luxury: หรูหรา ฟู่ฟ่า อลังการงานสร้าง) ออกงานพรมแดงงานการกุศลและอีเวนต์ต่างๆ ตลอดทั้งปีจากแบรนด์สปอนเซอร์! นี่มันเหมือนได้เป็นซินเดอเรลล่าตลอด 365 วันเลยนะ! แถมได้พักอพาร์ตเมนต์สุดหรูประจำตำแหน่งที่ Kensington, London (เคนซิงตัน, ลอนดอน: ย่านสุดหรูใจกลางกรุงลอนดอนที่มีแต่คนรวยอยู่) นี่มันชีวิตในฝันของใครหลายคนเลยนะ! ที่เด็ดสุดคือ การันตีเดินทางทำงานและทำโครงการ Beauty with a Purpose (บิวตี้ วิท อะ เพอร์เพิส: ความงามพร้อมคุณค่า) ทั่วโลกไม่ต่ำกว่า 10 ประเทศ! นี่มันเหมือนสายลับ 007 เลยนะ! เดินทางไปทั่วโลก ทำภารกิจกอบกู้โลก (ในแบบฉบับนางงาม) แถมยังได้ทำงานกับองค์กร Miss World Org. ตลอดชีวิตในฐานะ Brand Ambassador (แบรนด์ แอมบาสเดอร์: ทูตตราสินค้า) อีกต่างหาก! คือแม้จะหมดวาระแล้วก็ยังทำงานด้วยกันไปตลอดชีวิตอะ! นี่มันไม่ใช่แค่การได้มง แต่คือการได้อาชีพที่มั่นคงไปตลอดชีวิตเลยนะเว้ย!โอปอลยังได้ทีมรักษาความปลอดภัยส่วนตัว ทีม PR (พีอาร์: ประชาสัมพันธ์) คนขับรถส่วนตัว และที่โคตรเท่คือ ได้เป็นสมาชิก UN Youth (ยูเอ็น ยูธ: องค์การเพื่อเยาวชนแห่งสหประชาชาติ) และ UN Woman (ยูเอ็น วูแมน: องค์การเพื่อสตรีแห่งสหประชาชาติ) อีกด้วย! นี่มันไม่ใช่แค่สวยอย่างเดียวนะ แต่โคตรมีอิทธิพลในการขับเคลื่อนสังคมเลยเว้ย! เหมือนเป็นขงเบ้งที่สวยที่สุดในโลกอะ!ทีนี้มาพูดถึงเงินรางวัล "หลังจบประกวด" กันบ้าง! นอกจาก 1 ล้านดอลลาร์ข้างบนที่พูดถึงแล้ว โอปอลจะได้รับมงกุฎเพชรสีฟ้า สายสะพาย และเงินรางวัลอีก 215,000 ดอลลาร์สหรัฐฯ หรือประมาณ 7.9 ล้านบาท! (นี่ก็อัปเดตตัวเลขล่าสุดแล้วนะ) เพื่อใช้ต่อยอดภารกิจด้านมนุษยธรรมตลอดวาระ 1 ปี! คือเงิน 2 ก้อนนี้มันแยกกันนะ! เงิน 1 ล้านดอลลาร์คือรางวัลใหญ่สำหรับผู้ชนะ และ 215,000 ดอลลาร์นี่คือเงินสนับสนุนสำหรับโครงการ Beauty with a Purpose!คือการได้เป็น Miss World เนี่ยนะ มันไม่ใช่แค่การเดินสวยๆ โชว์ตัวไปวันๆ เว้ย แต่มันคือการทำหน้าที่เป็นทูตสำหรับโครงการการกุศลขององค์กร Beauty with a Purpose รวมถึงการมีส่วนร่วมในความพยายามด้านมนุษยธรรม โครงการด้านการดูแลสุขภาพ การปรับปรุงการศึกษา และโครงการอนุรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อม ตลอดการดำรงตำแหน่ง! พูดง่ายๆ คือ นางงามไม่ใช่แค่สวย แต่ต้องเก่ง มีสมอง และพร้อมที่จะใช้ความงามนั้นทำประโยชน์เพื่อโลกใบนี้ เหมือนอิคคิวซังที่ใช้ปัญญาแก้ปัญหาต่างๆ นั่นแหละ!เราว่านะ การที่โอปอลคว้ามงกุฎ Miss World มาได้ในครั้งนี้ มันไม่ใช่แค่ความสำเร็จส่วนตัวของนางเท่านั้น แต่เป็นความสำเร็จของคนไทยทุกคนเลยเว้ย! มันแสดงให้เห็นว่าคนไทยมีความสามารถไม่แพ้ชาติใดในโลก! เรามีของ! เรามีดี! และเราก็ทำได้! นี่มันยิ่งกว่าการแก้โจทย์เลขของไอน์สไตน์อีกนะ! เพราะนี่คือการแก้โจทย์ของโลก!แต่ก็นะ... ชีวิตนางงามก็คงไม่ได้โรยด้วยกลีบกุหลาบเสมอไปหรอกเว้ย! ไหนจะต้องเดินทางไปนู่นไปนี่ตลอดเวลา ไหนจะต้องเจอกับแรงกดดันต่างๆ นานา ไหนจะต้องเจอพวกเกรียนคีย์บอร์ด (Keybord Warrior: นักรบแป้นพิมพ์ ที่ชอบคอมเมนต์ด่าว่าคนอื่นในโลกออนไลน์) แต่เราเชื่อว่าโอปอลของเราเก่งพอที่จะรับมือกับทุกสิ่งได้! เพราะนางคือ Miss World คนแรกของไทย!สุดท้ายนี้ เราก็อยากจะบอกว่า... ที่เห็นคนไทยประสบความสำเร็จในเวทีระดับโลกแบบนี้! มันทำให้เรามีกำลังใจที่จะสู้ต่อไปในชีวิต!

I've been viewing houses this past fortnight, so I thought I'd share my anecdotal 2p on the state of the London property market.I'm looking in Brockley, SE4, which, if you don't know it, used to be rough AF, but is now where all the cool kids are. The area has benefited from the various London rail line extensions – you can be in Shoreditch or Canary Wharf in 15 minutes; the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines are a similarly short step away – and that has attracted the slay crew to the area. The road links though are still horrendous though, made worse by 20mph speed limits and bus lane misallocation of essential road space. The drive to west London is interminable.Brockley has a good stock of beautiful detached, semi-detached and terraced Victorian houses. For example: With its proximity to Greenwich and the river docks, it was once a wealthy area, though, like most of south-east London, it got bombed to heck in the war.There are plenty of nice parks too. One of them, Hilly Fields, was modelled on Hampstead Heath, and there are many gorgeous houses in the roads running off it. Not quite Hampstead gorgeous, but getting there.Brockley also has the highest density of cemeteries in London, if you fancy dying any time soon, it's highly convenient. It is, I gather, London's most haunted area.It is only a bit stabby. Nothing like as bad as neighbouring Lewisham. (Maybe “only a bit stabby” will one day become part of estate agents' jargon, perhaps to replace “vibrant”. I can't believe how normalised stabbing now is that I'm talking like that.)The stabbiness is offset, however, by the plethora of nice restaurants, cafés, bars, craft ale breweries, the farmers' market, mini-festivals, pilates studios et al. I understand, in Browns, the area boasts London's best coffee and, in Babur, its best Indian restaurant. (Technically Babur is in Honor Oak, but, like England and many of its foreign sporting greats, we'll claim it as our own.)I shot this vid from the steps up to the station.Brockley feels younger and more up-and-coming than the once-cool areas to the west like Queen's Park, Kensal Rise, Clapham and so on, probably because of its easy access to east London. (A lot of people from Hackney move down here.)I moved here begrudgingly and skint in 2015 and have grown to really like it.But what about the housing market?I've known markets in which estate agents don't give you the time of day, there are so many prospective buyers, but – perhaps because they know I am an unencumbered buyer – the agents are maybe not quite all over me, but certainly on my case: lots of emails, phone calls and the rest of it. That indicates it's more of a buyers' market.But, while I would describe the housing market here as slow, it is not dead. Stuff has been going under offer in the two weeks I've been looking, though rarely at asking.With the costs of moving – Stamp Duty is 10% above £925k, and 12% above £1.5m, plus an extra 5% if you own another property – buyers have got to really want to buy.Sellers, meanwhile, have to really want to sell, which often entails reducing their asking prices. Stuff which is unrealistically priced is staying on the market a long time. Look at this one (actually up the road in Honor Oak):This is a 5,000-square-foot property, not so nice inside, but with access to a 2-acre private garden behind with its own tennis court – quite something in London. From £2.5 million to £1.75 million and they still can't shift it. (It needs a lot of money spending on it.)On the other hand, there don't seem to be many forced sellers – people who can't make their payments – and we won't get any house price crash, long-awaited or not, until that is a reality.I imagine Brockley, as a young, trendy area, is busier than other parts of town, but that is my overall feel: slow, but not dead.I've looked at a few family houses. I can't really comment on flats, but I gather there is an oversupply of 2-bed flats across London, and it is really hard to shift them. I'm not sure if this applies to Brockley or not.It doesn't feel as expensive as it did around 2019–2022 (realised sales prices are a fraction lower, but there is obviously currency debasement to consider too), but nor does it feel super cheap. We're a long way off where we were in, say, 2013, even though grander parts of London – Kensington and Chelsea, for example – are back at those 2013 levels.Where does the housing market go from here? It all depends on two things: interest rates and Stamp Duty.Britain's zombie housing market, brought to you by Stamp Duty.If rates go lower, the market will not collapse. There won't be the forced sellers. We'll continue as we are: stagnant. If rates go higher, the market is in trouble.But get rid of Stamp Duty, and you'd have a flurry of activity across the country tomorrow. People aren't moving because of the amount of dead money involved. Stamp Duty has immobilised the country.If you're buying a two-million-pound house, you will pay £153,750 in stamp duty. Cash. Money you've already paid tax on once. You can't borrow the money. You have to be extremely rich, or extremely desperate for a home, to be willing to pay a £150k one-off tax of this kind. Most would rather avoid paying it, so they don't move.You will pay more if you are not a UK resident.If you happen to own another property – which most people in that wealth bracket will, either their first flat they never sold, a property they inherited, or a home in the country – and the house you are buying is not your main residence, the tax rises to £253,750. A quarter of a million quid.That's why houses in Kensington and Chelsea no longer sell. EDIT: My mate, whose kids have now flown the nest, sent me this: "We live in a 4 floor house, 2 floors we don't use, I haven't been to the top floor for about 5 years (seriously). We would love to move and downsize but makes no sense as the costs of buying a new house would use up all the gain on downsizing . IE We just end up with a smaller house."This happens all the way down the scale. Kirstie Whatsit off the telly was tweeting about it the other day.My mother's friend, who is in her 70s, lives in a 2-bed flat two floors up in Wandsworth worth maybe £700,000. She is worried about climbing the stairs at her age, and wants to move to another 2-bed flat. She will pay £25,000 in Stamp Duty on top of all her other moving costs. She doesn't have 25 grand to throw away.The result is this nearly dead market. Britain's zombie housing market.Stamp Duties were one of the taxes the ignited the American Revolution. If only we had muskets today …The biggest villains in all this are former Chancellor Gordon Brown for first raising Stamp Duty on property transactions (before him it just one per cent on all properties over £60,000), and, worst of all, George Osborne for raising the rates to today's ludicrous levels. Rather than address the root causes of unaffordable housing – fiat money, artificially low interest rates, improper measures of inflation and dumb planning laws – he blamed the market, and attacked it with Stamp Duty. But all of Jeremy Hunt, Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Philip Hammond and Alistair Darling must take their share of the blame for failing to do anything about it, when they had the chance. (We'll give Kwasi Kwarteng and Nadhim Zahawi a pass on the grounds they didn't have the gig for long enough).Osborne, Brown et al have given birth to the zombie situation we have now. They have immobilised the country in the process. Government. Yet again. 0 stars. Would not use again.It's enough to make you a libertarian. Until next time,DominicPS If you enjoyed today's article, please like, share and all that stuff. 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There is also now a video version of this article, if you prefer, here:I've been viewing houses this past fortnight, so I thought I'd share my anecdotal 2p on the state of the London property market.I'm looking in Brockley, SE4, which, if you don't know it, used to be rough AF, but is now where all the cool kids are. The area has benefited from the various London rail line extensions – you can be in Shoreditch or Canary Wharf in 15 minutes; the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines are a similarly short step away – and that has attracted the slay crew to the area. The road links though are still horrendous though, made worse by 20mph speed limits and bus lane misallocation of essential road space. The drive to west London is interminable.Brockley has a good stock of beautiful detached, semi-detached and terraced Victorian houses. For example: With its proximity to Greenwich and the river docks, it was once a wealthy area, though, like most of south-east London, it got bombed to heck in the war.There are plenty of nice parks too. One of them, Hilly Fields, was modelled on Hampstead Heath, and there are many gorgeous houses in the roads running off it. Not quite Hampstead gorgeous, but getting there.Brockley also has the highest density of cemeteries in London, if you fancy dying any time soon, it's highly convenient. It is, I gather, London's most haunted area.It is only a bit stabby. Nothing like as bad as neighbouring Lewisham. (Maybe “only a bit stabby” will one day become part of estate agents' jargon, perhaps to replace “vibrant”. I can't believe how normalised stabbing now is that I'm talking like that.)The stabbiness is offset, however, by the plethora of nice restaurants, cafés, bars, craft ale breweries, the farmers' market, mini-festivals, pilates studios et al. I understand, in Browns, the area boasts London's best coffee and, in Babur, its best Indian restaurant. (Technically Babur is in Honor Oak, but, like England and many of its foreign sporting greats, we'll claim it as our own.)I shot this vid from the steps up to the station.Brockley feels younger and more up-and-coming than the once-cool areas to the west like Queen's Park, Kensal Rise, Clapham and so on, probably because of its easy access to east London. (A lot of people from Hackney move down here.)I moved here begrudgingly and skint in 2015 and have grown to really like it.But what about the housing market?I've known markets in which estate agents don't give you the time of day, there are so many prospective buyers, but – perhaps because they know I am an unencumbered buyer – the agents are maybe not quite all over me, but certainly on my case: lots of emails, phone calls and the rest of it. That indicates it's more of a buyers' market.But, while I would describe the housing market here as slow, it is not dead. Stuff has been going under offer in the two weeks I've been looking, though rarely at asking.With the costs of moving – Stamp Duty is 10% above £925k, and 12% above £1.5m, plus an extra 5% if you own another property – buyers have got to really want to buy.Sellers, meanwhile, have to really want to sell, which often entails reducing their asking prices. Stuff which is unrealistically priced is staying on the market a long time. Look at this one (actually up the road in Honor Oak):This is a 5,000-square-foot property, not so nice inside, but with access to a 2-acre private garden behind with its own tennis court – quite something in London. From £2.5 million to £1.75 million and they still can't shift it. (It needs a lot of money spending on it.)On the other hand, there don't seem to be many forced sellers – people who can't make their payments – and we won't get any house price crash, long-awaited or not, until that is a reality.I imagine Brockley, as a young, trendy area, is busier than other parts of town, but that is my overall feel: slow, but not dead.I've looked at a few family houses. I can't really comment on flats, but I gather there is an oversupply of 2-bed flats across London, and it is really hard to shift them. I'm not sure if this applies to Brockley or not.It doesn't feel as expensive as it did around 2019–2022 (realised sales prices are a fraction lower, but there is obviously currency debasement to consider too), but nor does it feel super cheap. We're a long way off where we were in, say, 2013, even though grander parts of London – Kensington and Chelsea, for example – are back at those 2013 levels.Where does the housing market go from here? It all depends on two things: interest rates and Stamp Duty.Britain's zombie housing market, brought to you by Stamp Duty.If rates go lower, the market will not collapse. There won't be the forced sellers. We'll continue as we are: stagnant. If rates go higher, the market is in trouble.But get rid of Stamp Duty, and you'd have a flurry of activity across the country tomorrow. People aren't moving because of the amount of dead money involved. Stamp Duty has immobilised the country.If you're buying a two-million-pound house, you will pay £153,750 in stamp duty. Cash. Money you've already paid tax on once. You can't borrow the money. You have to be extremely rich, or extremely desperate for a home, to be willing to pay a £150k one-off tax of this kind. Most would rather avoid paying it, so they don't move.You will pay more if you are not a UK resident.If you happen to own another property – which most people in that wealth bracket will, either their first flat they never sold, a property they inherited, or a home in the country – and the house you are buying is not your main residence, the tax rises to £253,750. A quarter of a million quid.That's why houses in Kensington and Chelsea no longer sell. EDIT: My mate, whose kids have now flown the nest, sent me this: "We live in a 4 floor house, 2 floors we don't use, I haven't been to the top floor for about 5 years (seriously). We would love to move and downsize but makes no sense as the costs of buying a new house would use up all the gain on downsizing . IE We just end up with a smaller house."This happens all the way down the scale. Kirstie Whatsit off the telly was tweeting about it the other day.My mother's friend, who is in her 70s, lives in a 2-bed flat two floors up in Wandsworth worth maybe £700,000. She is worried about climbing the stairs at her age, and wants to move to another 2-bed flat. She will pay £25,000 in Stamp Duty on top of all her other moving costs. She doesn't have 25 grand to throw away.The result is this nearly dead market. Britain's zombie housing market.Stamp Duties were one of the taxes the ignited the American Revolution. If only we had muskets today …The biggest villains in all this are former Chancellor Gordon Brown for first raising Stamp Duty on property transactions (before him it just one per cent on all properties over £60,000), and, worst of all, George Osborne for raising the rates to today's ludicrous levels. Rather than address the root causes of unaffordable housing – fiat money, artificially low interest rates, improper measures of inflation and dumb planning laws – he blamed the market, and attacked it with Stamp Duty. But all of Jeremy Hunt, Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Philip Hammond and Alistair Darling must take their share of the blame for failing to do anything about it, when they had the chance. (We'll give Kwasi Kwarteng and Nadhim Zahawi a pass on the grounds they didn't have the gig for long enough).Osborne, Brown et al have given birth to the zombie situation we have now. They have immobilised the country in the process. Government. Yet again. 0 stars. Would not use again.It's enough to make you a libertarian. Until next time,DominicPS If you enjoyed today's article, please like, share and all that stuff. 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Our latest episode comes from a rather unexpected venue: a former Chelsea Flower Show garden! Now located in London's Notting Hill, it's where we meet Danny Clarke, garden designer, TV presenter, and self-confessed tree hugger. As we explore the public woodland-themed garden, Danny explains how it tells the stories of injustice against humans and nature. He created the garden as part of his work with Grow2Know, a charity dedicated to making nature more appealing and accessible to a wider audience. It's a subject close to his heart and as he tells us about his childhood and the meaning behind his moniker, The Black Gardener, his passion is clear. Danny finds comfort and joy in nature: the sound of birdsong, the smell of tree bark, the texture of soil. And he's doing his utmost to help as many people as possible, regardless of background, to find that joy too. Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk Transcript You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people to enjoy, to fight climate change and to help wildlife thrive.  Adam: Well, today I'm off to meet someone much closer to home than normal. I can do it on the tube rather than going on the train. I am meeting Danny Clarke, who is a British garden designer who shot to fame in 2015 as BBC's Instant Gardener. Since then, he's been on our screens with a host of popular garden makeover shows and horticultural advice. He joined ITV's This Morning's presenting team, and he is now a member of Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden team as well. In fact, in addition to all of that, he helps run a charity known as Grow2Know which, whose heart I think really lies in reclaiming space and reconnecting people with nature and each other. And it's one of those projects I think I'm going to see him at really very centrally, in London, in Notting Hill, where they have tried to bring some green space, some nature right to the heart of the city, and include all the local communities.  Danny: My name is Danny Clarke. I'm a garden designer and TV presenter.  Adam: Lovely. And we are meeting in what is now fashionable Notting Hill, wasn't always the case when I was growing up around this area, actually, so, but but we're we're in an urban garden that is your design.  Danny: Well, not the whole garden, not the whole space. I mean, this is Tavistock Square. Yeah, uh, but we've, um, kind of elicited a section of it to rehome our Chelsea Flower Show garden from 2022, which is which actually is a Grow2Know project, of which of which I'm a director of.  Adam: So I what wanna know about Grow2Know. But you you've already mentioned the garden and we're standing right by it. So. Well, why don't you describe it to begin with. So people get a sort of visual image of what it is we're standing next to.  Danny: OK, so basically your corten steel structure, it's dominated by a corten steel structure. And that's supposed to represent two things, a) the mangrove restaurant, which was a place that was owned by a West Indian immigrant in the late 60s/70s that was brutalised by the police. And so it's telling that story. And it's also telling the story of man's injustice to nature. So what we see here really is a corten steel structure, which represents the roots of a mangrove tree. And as you can see, it looks quite brutal and and and the top where the trunk is, it's actually been severed, which actually represents what, you know, man's kind of lack of, shall we say, I don't know, respect for nature.  Adam: So it's it's a political, I mean, it's an interesting installation, if that's the right word, in that it's it is political in this with this sort of small P, not party political, but it's sort of reflecting the societal challenges that this area certainly went through. But you it's interesting, you talk about the trunk, is it is it also a tree? I mean this is a sort of tree podcast. Is there a reference in that as well?  Danny: Yeah, that's a reference to the tree, so that the reference to the tree is that it is a mangrove tree alright, so mangrove and mangrove restaurant. Yeah, so it's kind of a play on words, if you like. So we're telling it's really about storytelling. So we're telling two stories here. We're telling the story of man's brutality against man and man's brutality against nature.  Adam: Wonderful. So you run this organisation? What's it called again?  Danny: It's called Grow2Know. I don't actually run it, I'm a director, so I'm I'm I'm it's so it started well, it started soon after the Grenfell fire in 2017.  Adam: Which is also I mean this is not far from here as well.  Danny: It's not far from here. It's just up the road. And I was horrified by what unfolded like many people were. And I felt quite powerless. So I thought, you know what I'll do? I'll get in touch with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where the tower resides and see if I could help in some way, maybe use my expertise as a garden designer to maybe build a small, I don't know, small garden and I spoke to our head of greening guy called Terry Oliver. There's lots of emails flying backwards and forwards. And he was eulogising about this young man called Tayshan Hayden-Smith, 19, single father and who lives near the tower who knew people who perished in the flames. And he turned to gardening or guerilla gardening. I don't know if you know what that is? It's gardening without permission.  Adam: Well, yeah. A friend of mine does that actually near where I live, and sort of grows plants, actually vegetables and potatoes in the street trees. I'm I'm going I don't wanna eat your potatoes! But anyway, I get it. It's an interesting sort of little subculture, guerilla gardening.  Danny: He was just drawn to it. I think it's probably because his mum used to was into nature when Tayshan was very young and she used to point things out to him. Like, look at that tree, isn't that wonderful? Look at that sunset, isn't it lovely? And this, this kind of instilled into his sort of consciousness. And he just naturally just felt he needed to just go out and find a piece of land, community space, pick up litter, syringes, maybe go to the garden centre, get some fading plants and just pretty the place up as best he could, and he got a lot of healing from that and people will be attracted to him. So there'll be this conversation going on. Sometimes people will stay for a minute, then go off again. Others will probably stay and help him along the way. You know? You know, to to transform the space as best they could. And he got a lot of healing from that.  Adam: And and and you, you and your colleagues sort of created this charity around.  Danny: So so no, no. So o what then happened was that I... he wanted to know if I'd like to meet this guy, and I'm thinking to myself, you know, I've been meeting a guy that's got all sorts of issues that I might not be able to deal with. But I had this outline of him, and when I met him, there was none of that. He's the most amazing, well-put-together, guy – young man – I've ever met really. And I, cut a long story short, became his mentor, and we've just been on this fabulous journey ever since. And this is part of it. So one day, Tayshan said to me, he'd like to form a nonprofit. We didn't have a name for it at the time, but it did become Grow2Know, and and he wanted to show the wider, more people wanted to make it nature more inclusive, and he because he got so many benefits from it, he wanted the other people to enjoy, you know, the curative effects of gardening and being in nature – cause we all know it's good for the mind, body and soul. So that's how Grow2Know was born. But we've actually sort of gone on from that now. We're more than just a a gardening collective. We're more pace-making, change making. We're out there to sort of change the narrative, if you like. And we're kind of an activist group and we're just trying to make nature more appealing to a wider audience.  Adam: And how how are you doing that? I mean, you've clearly got this garden here. But in trying to sort of bring urban communities closer to nature, how are you doing that?  Danny: Yeah. Bring, bring, bring communities closer to nature.  Adam: And how do you do that?  Danny: By having spaces like this. So we've got spaces, quite a few spaces that we've converted in this area and this is just one of them. So it's about bringing people into nature and making it more diverse and more accessible. And in many ways, that's what we're about.  Adam: And so I'm interested in in your view about urban communities, youth communities, diverse communities.  Danny: That we're all drawn to nature. You know, we, we we all needed part of it in our lives. That's what lockdown taught us, that it was very important for us.  Adam: So it's not a challenge for you to bring them into your world. You think they're already there?  Danny: No, the people are already there. It's it's just giving them access to these spaces. I mean, for example, excuse me, in the north of Kensington where, let's say it's less affluent than the South, people have the equivalent of one car parking space of nature or greenery that they can access. In the South, which is a lot richer by the river, you know, you've got the like, well, the Chelsea Flower Show is actually by the Thames River, and where people like Simon Cowell and David Beckham have properties, so you get an idea.  Adam: Yeah. Yes, yes, yes.  Danny: We all know how wealthy that area is. They've got on average half a football pitch of nature they can access, or greenery. So that tells its own story and and the life expectancy between the people in the north of the borough and the south of the borough, there's a 15 year difference, so you're expected to live 15 years longer if you live in the south than you are in the north.  Adam: It is and I hadn't thought of that before you said that, but it is an interesting part of London, this, because Kensington has this sort of reputation of being very posh and everything and the David Beckhams and the what have you. But it is a very divided sort of part of London, isn't it? With the very rich and really the quite quite poor and disadvantaged as well, all within the same borough.  Danny: It is, there's a big difference and I think you'll probably find it's the biggest, there's a bigger disparity here than any other borough in in the country.  Adam: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Interesting. So also, oh, well, why don't we have a walk? We'll walk through through your garden whilst we're talking about this. So also just tell me a bit about, so we we you you very eloquently describe the the the metal sculpture we're we're sort of walking under now, but a bit, the planting as well. So you've got sort of beds of bark here which make it look very nice.  Danny: Yeah. So we're we're kind of going with the woodland theme cause as you can see there's lots of trees around here, cause I'm I am a bit of a tree hugger and I love trees. That's my thing.  Danny: And we didn't want to, I mean, the, the this garden, although it was our Grow2Know show garden at Chelsea, we haven't actually transformed it in that form. It's the planting is completely different because if we did that, it would jar with what's around. So we've gone with the space. So although yeah, it's all good.  Adam: It's all quite green and evergreen.  Danny: So the actual structure is the same, but that's all that's that's that's similar. Every, everything else is different. And of course we've had to adapt it as well because the garden that we had at Chelsea had ponds. So for health and safety reasons, we couldn't have that here. So we've gone with the woodlandy theme and so there's rhododendrons, there's ferns.  Adam: I was gonna say quite a lot of ferns and some also some big stones here as well, which sort of nice, nice bit of sculpture.  Danny: Yeah. That that's a bit of a coincidence really, because.  Adam: Because they're just there.  Danny: These were already here, but believe it or not, we had stones this size in our Chelsea Flower Show garden. We didn't transport them from there to here. These were already here and we've just kind of re- sort of jigged them. Re-placed them. Just to make it all look a bit more appealing. But we actually had these at Chelsea as seats in the central area underneath the structure. But now they're actually sort of dispersed in the beds and they make great features and and having them there actually helps move the eye around the space.  Adam: Yeah. So I mean what, ecology and and concerns about the environment. Clearly a a big issue at the moment. What what's your sense about how the people you work with and and talk to feel about that and engage with it? Are you optimistic about that engagement and and what difference that might make? That was that was my phone. I'm sorry, I should have should have put that on silent.   Danny: I'm working with amateurs Ruby! Ohh.   Adam: Yeah, I know, I know. I know. You know what? When I'm out with the film crew, you have to buy the round of drinks if that, ‘whose phone went?' Right, you're buying a round the, yeah, we're we're we're right by the...  Danny: Yeah, well, and it's and it ain't cheap.  Adam: OK. I'll put it on silent now. That'll teach me. What was I saying? Yeah, so. Yes. I wonder whether you're optimistic about that reengagement? Cause the way you're talking about it is very positive actually. Everything you've said is very positive. Is that I, I want to get a sense of is that because you're a positive guy and you or, you know, you're trying to look on the positive side, or you genuinely feel no, no, this, you know, these communities are engaging and that's a great thing, not just for them. But for nature, because if people support nature, nature's got a sort of pal hasn't it.  Danny: Yeah. And I think people are engaging and and do you know what? I mean I'm all for getting young people involved in nature as much as I possibly can. I think that's very, very important. I think we gotta get them out at a a very early age, the earlier the better because then it sort of stays with you for the rest of your life. If you are not sort of involved in it at young age then you're not, you're less likely to be interested in it later on in life. But I think people generally are engaged in nature. They do need a bit of green. Yeah, I think we're naturally drawn to it. I know when we put it, for example, installing this garden here, the amount of people that are coming out and saying what a wonderful job we were doing. And you know this sort of thing is much needed in this space. And it's also by doing this, it's encouraged the cause. This is a council owned area. It's encouraged the council now to reconfigure the whole of this area to sort of give this more of a sense of place.   Adam: I mean, it's interesting you say that. I have to say my experience is not that, it's that young people I meet and I don't meet as many as probably you do, so I will accept that maybe you have a more expert view on this. But my experience is that younger people are engaged with the politics of nature like they're very into green politics maybe and talk about it, but you don't see them a lot in the woodlands.   Danny: Oh, absolutely.  Adam: It's actually older people I see in the woodlands and it's the young people are sort of politically going, yeah, yeah, that's cool. But actually, I don't see them at these sort of events and they might grow into that. But so is that I I'm just wondering whether you recognise that or you think no, no, that's not what you see. They are actually out there and I'm just seeing, you know, a sort of different view.  Danny: I think I think they are. I think they are out there. Obviously there are a lot of young people aren't kind of, don't, aren't as engaged with nature as say I was when I I was a lot younger. I mean you don't see them outside sort of playing around, kicking the ball, climbing trees like we would do, going off of bike rides into the fields.  Adam: Are you a country boy, then are you? Or you grew up in town?  Danny:  No. In fact, my my childhood was very I I moved around a lot cause my dad was in the army. So lived in Belgium, Germany, Malta, all those sort of places. But we were never encouraged to be indoors. We were always thrown outside. I mean, I remember even at the age of 8 or 9 just disappearing for all day. My parents would never know where I was. But you know, I'd I always came home. I never came to any harm. But I think these days I think parents are kind of very worried that that something might nefarious might happen to their children and and the kids aren't given the freedom that we were given, which is a shame. So they're not exposed to nature as much on their own. I mean, I do see kids going around with their parents on walks and stuff like that, but it's not quite the same as being able to explore on your own. You know, children naturally want to sort of push the boundaries. We really need to let kids do their own thing, explore more. It's a growing experience and you know, and we all need it. We all need to be out and about and you know, listen to the tweet, I mean, tweeting of the birds, you know, feeling, feeling the wind on our on our faces, the warmth of the sun on our skin, all those things that you know, just feeling the texture of the soil, the texture of the bark on the trees. It's lovely. I love doing that. When I hug a tree, you know. Just to smell the bark. It's lovely. It's comforting. And that's because I was exposed to it when I was a child. And you know it, it gives me those fond memories and and because of that it's it's very calming and and and a great stress-buster.  Adam: I follow you on on Instagram. You got a good Instagram following and your Instagram handle, if anyone wants to do that, is?  Danny: The Black Gardener  Adam: The Black Gardener. So that, which itself is an interesting sort of handle. So you're making, I don't know, is that just a random handle or are you making a point about, oh I am the black gardener. That's that's a statement.  Danny: *laughs* Well I am. I am what it says on the tin.  Adam: No, no. But look I'm a bald, I'm a bald reporter *laughs*. My handle isn't bald reporter, right? So it feels like you're saying something about that that's important. And I just...  Danny: It is it is, it is important.  Adam: Unpack that for me. Why is, why did you choose that, why is that connection to gardening, to nature and the lack community and your heritage? Why is that important?   Danny: It's important because there are few black people who are in my industry, so that's why I'm The Black Gardener. So I got the idea from a guy called so, The Black Farmer.   Adam: Yeah, famous range of sausages.  Danny: That's right and I saw that he was having success with his name and the reason he calls himself The Black Farmer, cause at the time he's the only black farmer in the country, so hence The Black Farmer. Black gardeners, professional black gardeners are as rare as hen's teeth. So I thought to myself, why don't I call myself the black gardener?  Adam: But why? Why do you think it is then? Cause that goes back to our earlier conversation. About sort of other diverse communities.  Danny: It could be some psychological reason, maybe from the days of slavery. Where working the land is seen as servile. Parents don't want their children to be working the land. They want their children to do something respectable like be a doctor or lawyer or something like that, so they tend to veer them away from doing something which is connected to the land, and and I think maybe that could be a reason, I mean I did have a conversation with somebody via Twitter in the States about it, and she said it's the same there. People of colour tend not to want to go into land-based industry. I mean I've I've only ever and this is only about two months ago, I saw my first black tree surgeon. Yeah, and and you know my plant wholesalers. I've spoken to them about it and they said, you know what, we've got thousands of people on the books and they can only count on one hand the amount of people of colour who are actually in the land-based industry. But also you you've gotta see it to be it as well, you know.   Adam: What do you mean?   Danny: Well, what I mean is if people see me in this space, then it's gonna encourage them to be in this space.   Adam: I see, it normalises it more.  Danny: It it normalises it more. I mean, I I go into the countryside. I mean, I'm a member of the National Trust, RHS. And I go and visit these great gardens and I walk around. I'm obviously in nature, and I very rarely see people of colour. I I I was in, where was I? Sissinghurst, a little, Sissinghurst Gardens a while back. And I must have been there for a good four or five hours. And I was the only person of colour who was walking around that space. So I I want people to see me in those spaces and that hopefully will encourage them to think, well if it's for him, why can't I go there as well.  Adam: Yeah, very cool. So I mean addressing, I mean that community and or anyone who's sort of listening to this podcast then. What would your message to them be about, maybe about that you've learned from your experiences engaging with gardens and trees and nature that you'd encourage them to do, or ways of getting involved, any anything you'd want to say to them?  Danny: Just just go out and enjoy the space, you know? Don't be put off because you feel it's not for you. It's for everybody. I mean, nature shouldn't have any boundaries. It's there for everybody to enjoy and you get the benefits from being out there. It's it's it's all good for us. I mean I would really like to see more people engaged in gardening or horticulture as a way of earning a living. Because for me it's it's not a job. It's just what I do. It's what I enjoy. I've got a real passion for it. I love it and I like to see other people, whoever they are. It it doesn't have to be a colour thing. It it, I'm talking about young, old, I'm talking about gay, straight, whatever, whoever you are, it's there for everybody to to enjoy.  Adam: Brilliant. Well, it's been a real treat meeting you. Thank you very much indeed. Under your wonderful sculpture in your garden in the centre of London.  Danny: Yeah, you're most welcome.  Adam: Thank you very much. Remind me of your your your social media handles.  Danny: It's The Black Gardener. I'm I'm on Facebook and I'm on Threads.  Adam: On Threads, now there's something I haven't heard for a long time!  Danny: Yes. Yeah *laughs* So there you go. There you go.   Adam: Right, The Black Gardener, thank you very much indeed,   Danny: You're most welcome.  Adam: Well, thank you very much for listening to that and those bangs you might have heard in the background were a sign that we should go because that was the the local bin men coming along to collect the rubbish *laughs*. Anyway, thanks for listening. And wherever you're taking your walks, be that in real life or just with us on the Woodland Walks podcast, I wish you all happy wandering.  Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks. Join us next month when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. And don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you are listening. And do give us a review and a rating. If you want to find out more about our woods and those that are close to you, check out the Woodland Trust website. Just head to the Visiting Woods pages. Thank you. 

In this midweek podcast episode, Pastors Scott and Maritza join Andrew to discuss the importance of God's promises, particularly focusing on the promise of His love and the concept of adoption into God's family, as shared by Pastor David from the Philly Dream Center. They also talk about the significance of serving and extending God's love to others, both in overt missions like outreach in Kensington and in everyday interactions.

With the Delicious City Tailgate Party just a few days away, Daniel Grobman is here to tell us about the meats he's bringing to Lot G this Tuesday. He's spicing things up at this event, just for us, with the help of Chef “Reuby” Reuben Asaram. A one-time-only collab! Back at Mike's BBQ, he's serving the tried and true recipes that keep barbecue lovers coming back for more. Daniel also explains how he got involved with Mike's BBQ in the first place, his background in BBQ competitions, and what it's been like to take over a beloved Philly brand and carry it forward. 00:00 Michelin Guide in Philadelphia 04:45 Daniel Grobman from Mike's BBQ 20:10 Get your tailgate tickets! Sales close this Tuesday, so reserve yours in advance 22:52 Whatcha Been Eatin': Boozy ice cream, New Jersey pizza, and mouthwatering Mediterranean 46:34 The Sauce: new spots in Fairmount, Kensington, Cherry Hill and more Follow @deliciouscitypodcast on Instagram for more! Big thanks to our podcast partners: If your restaurant or company wants to be in the headlines for all the right reasons, click here to discover how Peter Breslow Consulting and PR can take your business to the next level From creative content to podcast production to brand strategy, we've got you covered at Breakdown Media, a one stop shop for all of your marketing needs.

2 - Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday joins us today. How successful was the recent drug bust in Kensington? What is happening with Medicaid fraud in Pennsylvania? How do people scam that system? With Krasner's winning of the Democrat primary, will things change in Philadelphia? What does Dave think of Sheriff Fred Harran's collaboration with ICE, and does Pennsylvania have any ties? How is PA locking down on theft? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 220 - What is the media buzzword of the day? 235 - Will people tax less on their bills if there's no tax on tips? 240 - Your calls. 250 - The Lightning Round!

12 - Dom kicks off today with a litany of stories to start this rainy Thursday. 1215 - Side - all time geek/nerd 1220 - Why did Al Sharpton compare the Israeli ambassador employee's killing to George Floyd? Are these murders because of Trump? 1235 - Attorney Wally Zimolong joins us to discuss why he decided to represent Sheriff Fred Harran in his case against Bucks County Commissioners blocking the police department's coordination with ICE to deport illegal migrants. Why is the county so against what the police department is trying to do? What is the history with cases like this? 1250 - Your calls. 1 - Is Matt Rooney reading from a mailer? SaveJersey.com Founder and WPHT Weekend Host Matt Rooney joins us and we find out how much validity that claim has. Which NJ gubernatorial candidates understand what the citizens of the Garden State want? Will raising the SALT tax help or hurt Jersey? How will school choice play a factor in the race? What's coming down the Matt Rooney media pipeline? 120 - Your calls. We listen to audio of an eyewitness of last night's shooting arguing with CNN. What was the White House's response to the shooting? 130 - Steve Feldman of the ZOA joins us once again to react to these brutal killings of two Israeli embassy workers by an anti-Semite. Steve commends 1210 fighting the good fight for Jewish people, and then expresses his deep sorrow for the event and the rhetoric that led up to this. How has social media exacerbated anti-Semitism in real life? How bad is the misinformation on the Israel-Gaza conflict? 150 - Whitemarsh resident and petition start Christine Balster joins us again to preview the meeting tonight regarding the cancellation of the town's Fourth of July parade. What is the agenda going to be for tonight? Is this year's parade going to be suddenly radically different from previous years? Is the town aware of the coverage this story is getting? 2 - Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday joins us today. How successful was the recent drug bust in Kensington? What is happening with Medicaid fraud in Pennsylvania? How do people scam that system? With Krasner's winning of the Democrat primary, will things change in Philadelphia? What does Dave think of Sheriff Fred Harran's collaboration with ICE, and does Pennsylvania have any ties? How is PA locking down on theft? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 220 - What is the media buzzword of the day? 235 - Will people tax less on their bills if there's no tax on tips? 240 - Your calls. 250 - The Lightning Round!

If you've ever wondered why your cheap USB hub doesn't cut it anymore, this conversation is for you. Kensington's Mike DeCristofaro joins Marc Aflalo to break down the real-world difference Thunderbolt 5 makes — especially for creators, gamers, and anyone tired of juggling dongles and ports. From massive video file transfers to powering dual 6K displays, learn why Thunderbolt 5 is more than just a speed boost — it's the dock solution you didn't know you needed. We also explore Kensington's newest SD5000T5 Thunderbolt 5 dock, the future of SSD-integrated docks, and how creators can reclaim their workspace and backup photos with one click. Plus: how Kensington is designing for tomorrow's laptops with zero-footprint mounting and intelligent bandwidth allocation for performance without compromise. • Why Thunderbolt 5 isn't just for tech nerds • The truth about USB hubs vs real docks • 120 Gbps bandwidth explained in simple terms • Why gamers now love docking stations • How Kensington partners with Intel to stay ahead • SD5000T5: The 11-in-1 dock built for future-proofing • Coming soon: Dock-integrated SSD backup for iPhone/Mac • Bonus: Hidden software tools IT departments will love

If you love bespoke brands, you will absolutely adore this episode, as we host Fin Fellowes, London-based artist, illustrator and founder of The Kensington Paperie. For over ​a decade, Fin has been known for exquisite one-of-a-kind paper creations for special events, weddings, and luxury brands across the world. A notable example of this​ is the collaboration w​ith Cabana Magazine and partnership with founder and editor, Martina Mondadori. The Kensington Paperie is a ​nod to Fin's personal love for wrapping a beautiful gift. ​She has created a ​stunning collection of wrapping paper inspired by the ​elegance of Italian marble and vivid florals ​reminiscent of the 18th-century English textile designer, Anna Maria Garthwaite. These thoughtfully designed papers are complemented with unique textures such as raw silk ribbon and Japanese washi tap​e resulting in a style that elevates gift-giving in an extraordinary and emotional way. In this episode Anne & Fin discuss:Fin's creative storyThe rich artistic family legacy, paying a special tribute to her Uncle MattyWhy The Kensington Paperie was created​The attributes that describe The Kensington Paperi​e Exciting news on the upcoming introduction to home!​The exceptional work of Fin Fellows and The Kensington Paperie has ​garnered recognition in publications such as Cabana Magazine, US Vogue, House & Garden, and the Wall Street Journal. Fin has not only established a brand that beautifully embodies British style and design, but her distinctive touch has also positioned it in a covetable space. Her spirit and brilliant combination of creativity and purposeful vision suggest that The Kensington Paperie is on its way to becoming a cherished British heritage brand.Connect with Fin Fellowes @finfellowes and The Kensington Paperie @thekensingtonpaperie and thekensingtonpaperie.comConnect with Anne @styledbyark.com and @classicandcuriouspodcast

Device security is more critical—and overlooked—than ever. In this episode, Marc Aflalo is joined by Kensington Sales Engineer Matt Sumner to unpack the alarming results of a new global study on physical device theft and discuss simple solutions that could save organizations millions. As hybrid work continues to rise, so do the risks of physical device theft. Matt Sumner breaks down Kensington's latest security study, which found that up to 94% of fully remote organizations have experienced device theft. From stolen laptops in coffee shops to sensitive data left exposed on planes, physical security is often ignored until it's too late. Marc and Matt explore the real-world costs of device loss—including reputational damage, legal fines, and operational downtime—and offer practical solutions like cable locks and privacy screens. They also talk about evolving device form factors, how lock tech has adapted over time, and why even a $30 lock can prevent a $5 million breach. Plus, some rapid-fire questions reveal the craziest places people have left devices and the top excuses for skipping basic security. [Chapters] 0:00 – Intro & banter 0:25 – Why Kensington conducted the device security study 1:02 – Rise in physical theft in hybrid work models 2:15 – Stats: 76% overall, 94% in remote orgs 3:00 – Why physical security is an afterthought 4:00 – The risk of visual hacking in public spaces 6:09 – Real-world impact: breach costs, GDPR fines, downtime 7:30 – Reputational damage and legal fallout 8:49 – Why people ignore physical locks despite awareness 10:03 – Execs vs. mid-level awareness of risks 10:42 – What a good lock costs 11:11 – First steps to improve physical security 11:45 – How Kensington lock tech has evolved 13:00 – Why biometric locks aren't mainstream (yet) 13:46 – Using locks in coffee shops and public spaces 14:17 – Rapid-fire: most ridiculous places devices were lost 15:44 – Travel tips for protecting devices 16:14 – Should locks be mandatory? (Spoiler: yes) 16:49 – Wrap-up & where to learn more

The talented Kensington Tallman joins us this week to discuss her time voicing Riley in Disney's "Inside Out 2", starring in "Home Sweet Rome", starting her own podcast and more.Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4fHWwxa Listen on Apple: bit.ly/3AmUYZi Support on Patreon: patreon.com/jimcummingspodcast Order a Cameo from Jim: cameo.com/toondinjimcummingsCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Four Finger Discount (Simpsons) - fourfingerdiscount.com.auGoin' Down To South Park - spreaker.com/show/goin-down-to-south-parkThe Movie Guide with Leonard Maltin - http://www.themovieguidepodcast.comThe One About Friends - spreaker.com/show/the-one-about-friends-podcastSpeaKing Of The Hill - spreaker.com/show/speaking-of-the-hill-a-king-of-the-hill-Talking Seinfeld - spreaker.com/show/talking-seinfeldBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/toon-d-in-with-jim-cummings--5863067/support.

A cop was shot during a brawl outside of Overbrook High School, an antisemitic sign at a Sansom Street bar became national news, and federal DOGE cuts are hitting all corners of Philly, from Chinatown's reunification plan to anti-violence efforts in Kensington to a play in South Philly. On today's Friday News Roundup, City Cast Philly host Trenae Nuri and executive producer Matt Katz break down the week that was. Plus: Are we gonna meet up at The X?  Our Friday news roundups are powered by great local journalism:  Cancer screenings, contraception, and other sexual health services for uninsured patients in the Philly region are impacted by a Trump funding freeze Patrick Dugan's campaign claimed — and then removed — endorsements from wards that have not yet backed him for Philly DA ‘Kind of a heartbreaker': Kensington gun violence prevention group takes funding hit following federal cuts Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding Philly lost $10.2 million in the latest round of DOGE funding cuts to AmeriCorps National Endowment for the Arts grant cancellations cut deep in PhillyTrump's Budget Cuts Reach the Front Lines of Philly's Fight to Reduce Shootings Philadelphia tutoring program focused on student literacy cut by DOGE Get Philly news & events in your inbox with our newsletter: Hey Philly We're also on Instagram: @citycastphilly Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Aura Frames - Get $35-off plus free shipping on the Carver Mat frame with Promo Code CITYCAST Fitler Club Art Star Cozy Earth - Use code COZYPHILLY for 40% off best-selling sheets, towels, pajamas, and more.  Advertise on the podcast or in the newsletter: citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emilia Fuller heads out to Kensington for this week's food review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the podcast takes a look at the government's plans to try and fix the UK's rental market, with soaring rents, terrifying competition, no fault evictions, poorly maintained properties and huge supply pressures trapping an increasingly large cohort of tenants in a system that means they may never own their own homes.To discuss the Renters Rights Bill and how it will look to solve some of these issues, host Alain Tolhurst is joined by Joe Powell, Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater, who sits on the housing select committee, as well as Roisin Lanigan, journalist and author, whose debut novel ‘I Want to Go Home But I'm Already There' has been billed as a “gothic novel for generation rent”.Alongside them is Tom Darling, director of the Renters' Reform Coalition, a group of 21 housing organisations campaigning for stronger renters' rights , Charlie Trew, head of policy at the charity Shelter, and Chris Norris, director of policy and campaigns at the National Residential Landlords Association.To sign up for our newsletters click herePresented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot

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One college has issued trespassing notices to those in pro-Palestine encampments on campus. During a discussion about Kensington, Philadelphia officials got heated. Last year saw the second-lowest rate of traffic fatalities on record in Pennsylvania. Lastly, a municipality threw out not one, not two, but nearly 50 pieces of art by a Pittsburgh icon.

One college has issued trespassing notices to those in pro-Palestine encampments on campus. During a discussion about Kensington, Philadelphia officials got heated. Last year saw the second-lowest rate of traffic fatalities on record in Pennsylvania. Lastly, a municipality threw out not one, not two, but nearly 50 pieces of art by a Pittsburgh icon.

TurdOrTreasure is ThisWeekInGeek's dedicated review show covering everything from games to movies to tv to electronics and everything between.This Episode:What's New?Kensington Device Security Study Discussion - https://www.kensington.com/en-ca/c/products/security/?srt=relevanceFUJIFILM Printlife Mother's Day Gift Ideas (Mother's Day Gift Guide) -https://fujifilmprintlife.ca/Egging On (PC Steam First Impressions Review) -https://store.steampowered.com/app/2897610/Egging_On/HITMAN World of Assassination (iOi PS5 & PSVR2 First Impressions Review) - https://ioi.dk/hitmanShark TurboBlade Ultra-Powerful Bladeless Tower Fan (Kitchen Tech Review) -https://www.sharkclean.ca/products/shark-turboblade-fan-xl-zidTF202CMay Movie Roundup (88Films And Mill Creek Bluray Reviews) -Gate Of Flesh - https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gate-of-Flesh-Blu-ray/383510/Lady Of The Law - https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Lady-of-the-Law-Blu-ray/383022/Ultraman Trigger: Complete Series + Ultraman Trigger Episode Z - https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ultraman-Trigger-Complete-Series-and-Ultraman-Trigger-Episode-Z-Blu-ray/379198/Masters of the Universe: Revelation / Revolution Blu-ray SteelBook - https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Masters-of-the-Universe-Revelation-and-Revolution-Blu-ray/383293/Your Geekmaster:Alex "The Producer" - https://bsky.app/profile/dethphasetwig.bsky.socialFeedback for the show?:Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.netTwitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeekBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.bsky.socialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1BfUrFWqEYha8IYiluMyAiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-geek/id215643675Spotify: spotify:show:0BHP4gkzubuCsJBhU3oNWXCastbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id2162049Website: https://www.thisweekingeek.netMay 5, 2025

In 1985, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the radical, Black-led environmental organization MOVE, it was just one of the three historical instances in which the U.S. government dropped a bomb on its citizens. May 13, 2025 marks 40 years since that instance of state-sanctioned terror perpetuated by the city's first Black mayor, Wilson Goode, with the support of the Philadelphia Police Department, and residents indifferent to Black life. Once again on the show, Mike Africa Jr. joins to reflect on what acknowledgement of that horrific event nearly half a century later even means. The observance of 40 years will be held at the site of the bombing on Osage Avenue, May 13th at 5pm.Also on the show, Kensington's opioid crisis continues with outrage over the latest of the city's efforts to contain the issue. And Trump's regime declares that U.S. citizens will be next in the deportation shipments to El Salvador and elsewhere . Tap in.FACT CHECK:In 1921: Militant coal miners in the midst of a labor dispute in West Virginia were bombed under the order of President Harding to quell the union uprising.In 1950: The U.S. Air Force in conjunction with Puerto Rican Governor Luis Muñoz Marín and and the Puerto Rican National Guard bombing neighboring towns of Jayuya and Utuado in order to kill the Puerto Rican independence movement perpetuated by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.------- FOR MORE 2BD, subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive access to additional footage and projects from the team. visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/2BD_exe⁠⁠⁠⁠ for access.2bedetermined.co

Senator Bernie Sanders came to Philadelphia City Hall this week to speak out against the current administration in a rally that drew a crowd of thousands. Plus, people are enraptured by “Conclave” playing out in real life - a Villanova expert joins us to look ahead at the gathering to choose a new pope. And Philadelphia City Council debates the merits of mobile services that provide medical help and other resources to Kensington. Matt Leon and KYW Newsradio's team break down all of this and more of the biggest headlines in the Philadelphia region, including a look at Chubby Checker's legacy as he finally makes the cut to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 00:00 Intro 02:08 Choosing the next pope 08:09 Bernie Sanders rallies thousands at Philadelphia City Hall 11:15 A fight over mobile services in Kensington 17:19 Federal cuts threaten the Suicide Lifeline's LGBTQ+ youth services and Philadelphia arts 23:28 Chubby Checker makes the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 28:20 KYW's Mike DeNardo throws the Phillies first pitch Listen to The Week in Philly on KYW Newsradio every Saturday at 5am and 3pm, and Sunday at 3pm. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both longtime residents of the neighborhood and also people who were transient,  a lot of people struggling with addiction and a lot of women doing sex work to fund their  physical addiction to opioids. You find out about their past,  their road into addiction, their aspirations, their fears.  I began to lead free writing workshops at an organization named St. Francis Inn, which is a longstanding food service organization in the community. They had a women's day shelter where I taught.  I was really able to connect with people within the community on a quite personal level and loved my experiences in Kensington. And I still go, I'm still quite close with a number of the community workers, people who run free healthcare clinics. All of it ultimately informed the writing of Long Bright River.”Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, and has been made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. Set against the opioid crisis and a string of mysterious murders, it's a love story between two very different sisters and their path to recovery. Moore is winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature. Her other books include The God of the Woods, Heft, and The Unseen World.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both longtime residents of the neighborhood and also people who were transient,  a lot of people struggling with addiction and a lot of women doing sex work to fund their  physical addiction to opioids. You find out about their past,  their road into addiction, their aspirations, their fears.  I began to lead free writing workshops at an organization named St. Francis Inn, which is a longstanding food service organization in the community. They had a women's day shelter where I taught.  I was really able to connect with people within the community on a quite personal level and loved my experiences in Kensington. And I still go, I'm still quite close with a number of the community workers, people who run free healthcare clinics. All of it ultimately informed the writing of Long Bright River.”Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, and has been made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. Set against the opioid crisis and a string of mysterious murders, it's a love story between two very different sisters and their path to recovery. Moore is winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature. Her other books include The God of the Woods, Heft, and The Unseen World.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both longtime residents of the neighborhood and also people who were transient,  a lot of people struggling with addiction and a lot of women doing sex work to fund their  physical addiction to opioids. You find out about their past,  their road into addiction, their aspirations, their fears.  I began to lead free writing workshops at an organization named St. Francis Inn, which is a longstanding food service organization in the community. They had a women's day shelter where I taught.  I was really able to connect with people within the community on a quite personal level and loved my experiences in Kensington. And I still go, I'm still quite close with a number of the community workers, people who run free healthcare clinics. All of it ultimately informed the writing of Long Bright River.”Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, and has been made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. Set against the opioid crisis and a string of mysterious murders, it's a love story between two very different sisters and their path to recovery. Moore is winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature. Her other books include The God of the Woods, Heft, and The Unseen World.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both longtime residents of the neighborhood and also people who were transient,  a lot of people struggling with addiction and a lot of women doing sex work to fund their  physical addiction to opioids. You find out about their past,  their road into addiction, their aspirations, their fears.  I began to lead free writing workshops at an organization named St. Francis Inn, which is a longstanding food service organization in the community. They had a women's day shelter where I taught.  I was really able to connect with people within the community on a quite personal level and loved my experiences in Kensington. And I still go, I'm still quite close with a number of the community workers, people who run free healthcare clinics. All of it ultimately informed the writing of Long Bright River.”Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, and has been made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. Set against the opioid crisis and a string of mysterious murders, it's a love story between two very different sisters and their path to recovery. Moore is winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature. Her other books include The God of the Woods, Heft, and The Unseen World.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both longtime residents of the neighborhood and also people who were transient,  a lot of people struggling with addiction and a lot of women doing sex work to fund their  physical addiction to opioids. You find out about their past,  their road into addiction, their aspirations, their fears.  I began to lead free writing workshops at an organization named St. Francis Inn, which is a longstanding food service organization in the community. They had a women's day shelter where I taught.  I was really able to connect with people within the community on a quite personal level and loved my experiences in Kensington. And I still go, I'm still quite close with a number of the community workers, people who run free healthcare clinics. All of it ultimately informed the writing of Long Bright River.”Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, and has been made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. Set against the opioid crisis and a string of mysterious murders, it's a love story between two very different sisters and their path to recovery. Moore is winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature. Her other books include The God of the Woods, Heft, and The Unseen World.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both longtime residents of the neighborhood and also people who were transient,  a lot of people struggling with addiction and a lot of women doing sex work to fund their  physical addiction to opioids. You find out about their past,  their road into addiction, their aspirations, their fears.  I began to lead free writing workshops at an organization named St. Francis Inn, which is a longstanding food service organization in the community. They had a women's day shelter where I taught.  I was really able to connect with people within the community on a quite personal level and loved my experiences in Kensington. And I still go, I'm still quite close with a number of the community workers, people who run free healthcare clinics. All of it ultimately informed the writing of Long Bright River.”Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, and has been made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. Set against the opioid crisis and a string of mysterious murders, it's a love story between two very different sisters and their path to recovery. Moore is winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature. Her other books include The God of the Woods, Heft, and The Unseen World.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

For our Wednesday politics episode, District Attorney Larry Krasner visits City Cast Philly to make his case for why he deserves a third term as the city's chief prosecutor. He touts the lowest murder rate in a half-century, compares his opponent to Donald Trump, tells his side of why there hasn't been a debate in the race, talks about the Eagles' visit to the White House, discusses the role of George Soros' money in his campaigns, analyzes the mayor's “work-in-progress” plan in Kensington, and defends himself from criticism that he doesn't work well with other elements of law enforcement. His opponent, former Judge Pat Dugan – who rejects any comparison to Trump, by the way – will be on the show next Wednesday, May 7, so stay tuned. The Democratic primary election for district attorney is May 20.  Thoughts on the D.A.'s race? Call or text us: 215-259-8170 Get more Philly politics and news – plus lists of things to do in the city – in your inbox with our newsletter: Hey Philly We're also on Instagram: @citycastphilly Learn more about the sponsor of this April 30th episode: Aura Frames - Get $35-off plus free shipping on the Carver Mat frame with Promo Code CITYCAST  Advertise on the podcast or in the newsletter: citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textIn this “you get what you give” episode, Ernest breaks down the latest White House eruptions, a contested papal conclave, dissension within Philly's City Council, what's really wrong with Shannon Sharpe, reviewing the autobiography of Tina Knowles, and much more.Ernestly Speaking! is executively produced and hosted by Ernest Owens. Check him out at ernestowens.com and follow him @MrErnestOwens on Twitter & Instagram.

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you in the heart of a mystery. All stories are structured to challenge you to beat the detective to the solution. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.The rules for law and order create the boundaries for civil co-existence and, ideally, the backdrops for individuals, families, and companies to grow and thrive. Breaking these rules puts civil order at risk. And while murder is the Big Daddy of crimes, codified ordinances across municipal divisions, counties, states, and countries show the nearly endless ways there are to create mayhem. This season, we put our detective skills to the test. This is Season 8, Anything but Murder. This is Episode 7, betrayal is the featured crime. This is Opera Dinner Club by Debra H. GoldsteinDELIBERATIONJessica Rothman is close to discovering who betrayed her grandparents, Helen and Wilhelm Rothman, to the Nazi's but she needs our help to figure out who from the final dinner party betrayed them. Here is the list in the order we met them:Melinda Brooks, smuggler, last of the party remainingAlbert Brooks, professor, opposed to Melinda's activitiesLloyd Edgerton, armament dealer, opposed to Victoria's activitiesVictoria Edgerton, smuggler, Melinda's usual partnerMarta Schmidt, servant to Helen's parents, now living with the RothmansHans Schmidt, servant to Helen's parents, now living with the RothmansBernard Schmidt, son to the Schmidts, working at times as a servant to the RothmansAri, Jewish man working to get children out of AustriaHere is what Jessica knows:Helen Rothman devised a scheme to smuggle valuables for Jews to England. Melinda and Victoria worked together as did Marta and Hans Schmidt.Ari is a mysterious guest who has a seat of honor at the Rothman dinner table. He with Helen proposes to smuggle children out as they are doing with money and jewels.Albert Brooks and Lloyd Edgerton did little to participate for the sake of their businesses. Both were afraid of the fallout should the scheme come to light. Eventually, they both wanted their wives to stop.The Schmidts are German. Having worked for Helen's parents and then moving in with the Rothmans, their loyalty is to the Rothman's.Bernard Schmidt participates in the Nazi youth movement because he's expected to. Like his parents, his loyalty is to the Rothmans.Upon whom do we shine the spotlight of betrayal?ABOUT Debra H. GoldsteinJudge Debra H. Goldstein is the author of Kensington's Sarah Blair mystery series that features a woman who finds being in the kitchen more frightening than murder (One Taste Too Many, Two Bites Too Many, Three Treats Too Many, Four Cuts Too Many, and Five Belles Too Many). Her other writings include the novels Should Have Played Poker and Maze in Blue, and more than fifty short stories that have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. Debra's work has been named as Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Claymore finalists and received IPPY, Silver Falchion, AWC, and BWR awards. She serves on the national Sisters in Crime board and previously was a national board member of Mystery Writers of America and president of the Guppy and SEMWA chapters. https://www.DebraHGoldstein.com

Why did you do that? (Ever wonder why yourself?) What we believe informs what we do. Our beliefs impact every aspect of our lives: how we spend our time, how we view ourselves, how we treat others – everything! And why do we do what we do here at Kensington? What beliefs drive our mission? Join us for this seven-week series as we unpack some of our core beliefs as a church, including our position on God's nature, humanity, scripture, and more.

Mighty Mick's Gym, the iconic Rocky movie location, is now Lost Time Brewing Co.'s taproom! In this episode of Round 14 Podcast, hosts Tony and Rick sit down with Matt, one of Lost Time's owners, to explore how they transformed this legendary Philadelphia spot at 2147 N. Front St. into a craft beer haven. Matt shares why they chose Mighty Mick's, how they honor the Rocky community, and what it's like running a brewery under the Market-Frankford El. Perfect for Rocky fans, craft beer lovers, and Philly locals curious about Kensington's evolving scene. Tune in for a knockout discussion! #MightyMicks #LostTimeBrewing #RockyFans #PhillyCraftBeer #Round14Podcast

Why did you do that? (Ever wonder why yourself?) What we believe informs what we do. Our beliefs impact every aspect of our lives: how we spend our time, how we view ourselves, how we treat others – everything! And why do we do what we do here at Kensington? What beliefs drive our mission? Join us for this seven-week series as we unpack some of our core beliefs as a church, including our position on God's nature, humanity, scripture, and more.

Officer Mickey Fitzpatrick attempts to balance life as a single mother and a cop patrolling Philadelphia's high crime section of Kensington. She discovers a pattern of women whose murders are made to look like overdoses, but struggles to get her supervisors interested in the deaths of addicts and sex workers. Teaming up with her ex-partner, Mickey works to find the serial killer targeting women working the streets. But she's also looking for one in particular: her drug-addicted sister who's gone missing.Based on the bestselling novel, “Long Bright River” on Peacock stars Amanda Seyfried and Nicholas Pinnock. The crime drama follows Mickey's hunt to unmask the killer, while also confronting her past and navigating her complicated personal life.OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "LONG BRIGHT RIVER" BEGIN IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner joins us today. Has he had a cheesesteak yet? Scott tells us about his impressive background and how he got to this position. What is Scott trying to accomplish in his term as the HUD secretary? How bad is the drug problem in places like Kensington and what can be done to stop the flow of drugs into our country. What was it like playing cornerback in the NFL?

Fifty years ago this week, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyon, aged 10 and 12 respectively, vanished into thin air. What started out as a fun day at the mall, soon turned into every parent's worst nightmare when the girls failed to arrive home for their 4pm curfew. The tight-knit community of the girls' hometown of Kensington, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., rallied together in a desperate bid to search for the girls. But as nightfall came, there was still no sign of them. And as the days that followed turned into weeks, and then months, questions were being asked within this community - just who was responsible for the abduction and probable murder of these two little angels...? Join us as we delve into this desperately sad case... Check out the blog we mention at the beginning of the episode here: The Inevitable Truth If you would like access to exclusive bonus content and to support us on Patreon, you can find us here: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast If you would like to GIFT a Patreon membership to a special someone, head to www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast/gift If you would like to buy us a coffee (or wine!), hit the link below: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seeingredtw Get your merch here: www.seeingredpodcast.co.uk Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check her work out at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Co-Producer: Ade Parsley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Part Two of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a simple plan with no law broken and nobody hurt, it was a gentlemanly reaction to a dastardly crime by a criminal who they felt deserved worse. Only what began as a good deed by four decent and moral people, soon descended into deceit and death. Date: Thursday 28th of November 1946 at 7:00pm+ (murder of John Mudie)Location: 5 Beaufort Gardens, Knightsbride, London, SW3 (Ley's house, with entrance being on Brompton Place)Victim: 1 (John McMain Mudie, known as Jack)Culprits: 5 (Thomas John Ley & Lawrence John Smith, plus co-conspirators John William Buckingham Snr, Lilian Florence Bruce & John Buckingham Jnr) Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Part One of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a simple plan with no law broken and nobody hurt, it was a gentlemanly reaction to a dastardly crime by a criminal who they felt deserved worse. Only what began as a good deed by four decent and moral people, soon descended into deceit and death.Date: Thursday 28th of November 1946 at 7:00pm+ (murder of John Mudie)Location: 5 Beaufort Gardens, Knightsbride, London, SW3 (Ley's house, with entrance being on Brompton Place)Victim: 1 (John McMain Mudie, known as Jack)Culprits: 5 (Thomas John Ley & Lawrence John Smith, plus co-conspirators John William Buckingham Snr, Lilian Florence Bruce & John Buckingham Jnr)Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

INTRO (00:23): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Feral Pale Ale from Baby Cat Brewery in Kensington, MD. She reviews her weekend on tour in Morgantown, WV, and Washington DC. TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”COURT NEWS (19:53): Kathleen shares news on Cher's performance at the Love Rocks benefit, Chappell Roan announces the release date for “The Giver,” and Dolly thanks fans globally for their prayers after her husband Carl passes away. TASTING MENU (3:03): Kathleen samples 304 Style Mr. Bee Potato chips, Buffalo & Ranch Nut Duos, Eastern Shore Kettle Corn, and a West Virginia Pepperoni Roll. UPDATES (25:38): Kathleen shares updates on Mexico confirming that Fyre Festival 2 won't take place, 2 men are arrested in connection to the deaths of 3 Chiefs fans,HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (41:57): Kathleen reveals that King Tut II's tomb is Egypt's biggest archaeological discovery since 1922. FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (44:53): Kathleen shares articles on TGL's plummeting ratings, Meghan Markle's lifestyle show ratings tank, Sally Jessy Raphael makes a rare appearance, Loch Ness is looking for a full-time “monster hunter,” Forever 21 is bankrupt, Google cofounder Sergey Brin loves a 60-hr work week, Virginia is getting a new $230M chocolate factory, and Netflix's cofounder buys a Utah mountain. WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (31:48): Kathleen recommends watching “Devil In The Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke” on Hulu. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In honor of us taking the tour to PHILLY for our third stop this year, JOIN US as we discuss a soft spoken, yet layered killer that shocked everyone with just how SICK he really was deep down inside. JOIN US as we discuss who the media named, the Kensington Strangler.Eat smart with Factor. Get started at FACTOR MEALS. com/FACTORPODCAST and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping.To ACCESS the FULL VIDEO EPISODE + ALL PICTURES associated with the case. Join US on PATREON:⁠⁠www.patreon.com/blacktruecrimepodcast⁠Follow us on INSTAGRAM: @BlackTrueCrimePodcastSubscribe to our YOUTUBE Channel: www.youtube.com/c/blacktruecrimepodcastJoin our PATREON for full video episodes and exclusive content: www.patreon.com/blacktruecrimepodcastFor MERCH, visit: www.blacktruecrime.com/shop-merchJOIN OUR FB GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/blacktruecrimepodcastIntro & Outro music credits: Horror by Paradox BeatsOriginal Beat production ownership is retained by the original producer where applicable. This beat is being used with private/owned leasing rights GRANTED by the producer(s). This audio is 100% free to listen to on this show.