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Etter seks år som kirkerådsdirektør takker Ingrid Vad Nilsen for seg 31. juli. I dette intervjuet snakker hun om hvorfor kirken aldri kan lene seg tilbake, om hvorfor det er viktig å ha Jesus i sentrum og om at flere går i kirken på andre dager enn søndager. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christ Church is taking a novel approach to increasing their influence in Moscow. So far, they don't have the numbers to win elections, but they do have one resource: money. So the church and its members are buying up large swaths of the town. That's putting a lot of locals on edge.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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Mange af landets kirker står tomme og bliver stort set aldrig brugt. Så måske er det på tide at stoppe med at poste penge i dem? Det mener en provst i Thisted i hvert fald. Og så er grænsekontrollen igen til debat - for nu vil Venstre forlænge den igen på grund af trusler fra Rusland og Mellemøsten. Men er det den mest effektive løsning? Medvirkende: Susanne Møller (Menighedsrådsformand i Vejleby Sogn) Søren Espersen (Kultur- og kirkeordfører for Danmarksdemokraterne) Marianne Gaarden (Biskop i Lolland-Falsters Stift) Christian Friis Bach (EU-ordfører for Radikale Venstre) Hanne Sundin (Direktør i Grænseforeningen) Anders Vistisen (Medl. af Europarlamentet for Dansk Folkeparti)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On November 18th, I hosted a webinar called "How Professional Screenwriters Create Great Characters", where I talked about how to come up with interesting and unique characters, as well as how tapping into your everyday life interactions with people can help with this. This episode addresses questions you asked in our Q&A session that we didn't have time to answer. There's lots of great info here, make sure you watch.Show NotesA Paper Orchestra on Website: - https://michaeljamin.com/bookA Paper Orchestra on Audible: - https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R&irclickid=wsY0cWRTYxyPWQ32v63t0WpwUkHzByXJyROHz00&irgwc=1A Paper Orchestra on Amazon: - https://www.amazon.com/Audible-A-Paper-Orchestra/dp/B0CS5129X1/ref=sr_1_4?crid=19R6SSAJRS6TU&keywords=a+paper+orchestra&qid=1707342963&sprefix=a+paper+orchestra%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-4A Paper Orchestra on Goodreads: - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203928260-a-paper-orchestraFree Writing Webinar - https://michaeljamin.com/op/webinar-registration/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Newsletter - https://michaeljamin.com/newsletterAutogenerated TranscriptMichael Jamin:And why are we rooting for him? We're rooting for this meek man who's going to die soon to make some money for his family, but also to feel like he's alive for the first time in his life because he's just lived this very meek existence. And so that's why we're rooting for him. That's why we like him. And when he makes mistakes, he may go off track, but we hope he comes back. We're still rooting for him. You are listening to What The Hell Is Michael Jamin talking about conversations in writing, art, and creativity. Today's episode is brought to you by my debut collection of True Stories, a paper orchestra available in print, ebook and audiobook to purchase and to support me on this podcast, please visit michael jamin.com/book and now on with the show. Hey everyone, it's Michael Jamin and you're listening to, what the Hell is Michael Jamin talking about? Well, today we're doing another q and a from II's free writing webinars, and there's a lot of questions that people had. We couldn't answer 'em all on the end. We ran out of time, and so we're going to address 'em here. But this episode, Phil, I'm here with Phil Hudson.Phil Hudson:What up, Phil?Michael Jamin:Today's episode is brought to you by a paper orchestra, which is my collection of personal essays. It's David Saris meets Neil Simon on sale on my website, michael jamin.com, or you can find it anywhere. Books are sold, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, apple Books, all those places. Go get it. Go check it out. It's a fun read. Yeah. Okay.Phil Hudson:Worth checking out all the versions though too. I was just listening to the audio book and we talked about this in your episode about the book itself, but the music cues and the intros, very well done. Very well produced. You're also telling me about, thank you, Phil, how hellacious of a process it was to do itMichael Jamin:ToPhil Hudson:The quality you like.Michael Jamin:Yes. Because you only get to put it out once, but yeah. But thank you. So Phil got the audio book, but it's available ebook and print as well, however you consume your written materials. Love it. Alright, Phil, we got some questions. Enough about me. Let's ask me some questions.Phil Hudson:Yeah, let's talk to you some more about you. This is from the November 18th webinar. These are like you said, q and A stuff, and the topic of this webinar was how professional screenwriters create great characters. This was, I think, a first run on this topic. You hadn't done this topic before.Michael Jamin:It could be. Yeah, this was a good one. Yeah, this turned out to be a good one I thought.Phil Hudson:I think so too. We can tell, there's some metrics we can tell in terms of how long people stay, questions that are asked, how long it goes. And I was going to say too, we didn't get to these questions because typically when we first started doing this almost a year ago, February will be a year doing these. It was like 30 minutes of lesson and then it was a bunch of q and a and that has transitioned into about 45 minutes of lesson and then a little bit of q and a where we can get it. And then we even have VIPQ and A now where you can just pay a small fee to join for an hour after and you just talk to people on Zoom and they get to go live and ask you questions and some really, really good questions being asked in that. So if you're interested in attending these webinars, go to michael jamin.com/webinar where you can sign up for that. But then you can also sign up on that page to get into the VIP. If you want to ask Michael directly a question that you have if youMichael Jamin:Can't get to it. So to be clear, the webinars are always free, and if you want to spend extra time with me, that costs you something. But I should also say right now it seems like we have four that we're going to have a rotation, but we may keep adding different topics, but right now we have four good ones, so if you missed it, just sign up and maybe we'll do it again. CorrectPhil Hudson:Me if I'm wrong, but I think some of the topics you've come up with have come from the q and a that you do on these topics. How do I overcome? Writer's block are like, I'm really struggling with a character or development. So they kind of incept the idea of like, okay, here's a topic we should go down. So lots of great value there. Alright, well again, just for housekeeping, we do split these up into topics. So we have kind of general topics. We have craft breaking in questions related to your course or the webinar topic and then miscellaneous. So we're going to start with K Craft. I think again, people want to know how to do the job, which I think is helpful.Michael Jamin:Yes.Phil Hudson:So Chad, Chad Siime or cme, I don't know how to pronounce that. Sorry, Chad,Michael Jamin:He doesn't, doesn't know either.Phil Hudson:He probably's probably making it up. Was it like Ari, one of the writers in Taco, they pronounced their name. It was changed at one point.Michael Jamin:Yeah, he says his own name wrong. Poor guy.Phil Hudson:I know someone who was a Heinrich and then when World War II happened, they changed it to Heinrich, Henrik Henrich because they didn't want to be associated.Michael Jamin:Yeah, yeah.Phil Hudson:There you go. Chad asked, do you have examples of writers who have successfully experimented with story structure? What principles did they stick to and where did they deviate?Michael Jamin:I don't really know. I mean, I don't really know if I have a good answer to that. Every time I watch something I go, oh, it falls into the good. I guess there's some really high level writing. Christopher Nolan. Okay. So I would say many of his movies do not fit what I would teach, like Memento, but Forget or Inception. I don't know how many times I've watched it and I still don't understand it. So it's a great movie though.Phil Hudson:Yeah. But I would say that I can see that clearly the writing structure in those.Michael Jamin:You can. Okay.Phil Hudson:Oh yeah, you're definitely an inception too. It's like how do we get on this journey and how are we making decisions and where this stakes, all that stuff. I think it's all,Michael Jamin:A lot of it playing at the timeline, memento when he's playing with it. I don't even know what year it's supposed toPhil Hudson:Be. You're right. But I wonder if that's, it's all there and it's just been split to change and mess with your head a bit, but it's all there, which is why it resonates with people.Michael Jamin:But I guess my advice is like, listen, if you want to operate at the high level, that's great, but let's just get to the professional level first before you become the masterPhil Hudson:Level. And Christopher Nolan's a great example of that because he had made a feature before he did Memento, so he had a full feature. He was making short films all the time in film school before he even started experimenting with timelines and things like that. Yeah, okay. Listen to me just arguing. Michael jamin on his own podcast.Michael Jamin:What do I know? You might bePhil Hudson:Right, maybe my head did get big. Kevin and Steve. Alright, Marianne wants to know, you have such a great understanding of human nature. Was there something you've always been good at or did you develop it as a writer?Michael Jamin:No, I didn't. I have a very low emotional iq. My parents are great people, well, great parents, but terrible, low emotional IQs themselves just because that's the household they grew up in. And so it's not a knock on them, it's just like this is the product of your parents. This is how they communicate. And so a lot of this I learned I gained from my wife just from being with her. And then the rest of it, of course, I learned as I became, I became a writer because that's your job as a writer is to really understand people and to get into their shoes. And one of the, it's so funny, I've spoken about this in the past, but my first writing teacher was a guy who really wanted everyone to be in psychoanalysis. That's what he called it because he was so old. They don't even call it like that anymore.It's psychotherapy. But he thought every writer has to be in psychoanalysis because if you don't understand yourself, how could you possibly understand someone else and you or a character? And I think he's absolutely right. I didn't want to believe he was right, but he is right. If you don't understand yourself, and most people do not, and we know this because they go through life unconscious of the people of the damage they're leaving, of the people they're hurting because they're just not even aware of it. And you see it all the time. You could see it on social media, people saying really mean things. It's like you might even be a good person, but why would you put that in print? What is wrong with you that you would say that? What part of yourself is so wounded that you think you need to say this in writing? And so I appreciate the compliment, but everyone else, I'm a work in progress and I think writing definitely has helped me.Phil Hudson:Yeah, that's great. Albert Klein wants to know, and this is again contextual here. These are people who are live chatting questions throughout this episode or this webinar. But I said relatability is key in full caps. I think where you're talking about with the characters. Do these characters need to be relatable? Do I need to understand who they'reMichael Jamin:Yeah, and it's the same thing with Tony Soprano. How do we relate to a mobster? I don't, and he's probably a sociopath as well, but what we can relate is the fact that we know what it's like to be a boss. Maybe you know what it's like to be a boss, to have people undermining you, your underlings. And he certainly had those problems. We know what it's like to be a father and to have children that are rebellious or whatever. That's the part we relate to with, so we don't relate to the part where he's going to wax somebody because he's late with the whatever. But we do relate to this other issues, which isPhil Hudson:Anxiety, the stress and family life. His psychotic mother.Michael Jamin:And that's what the show is about. It's not aboutPhil Hudson:Crazy. He deals with his in-laws too. Joey Pants, I think is his brother-in-Law or something, right?Michael Jamin:I don't remember whatPhil Hudson:He was. Yeah. Anyway, it's all relatable because it is just a heightened version of what go through. Yeah,Michael Jamin:His job is a little more interesting than our job, but it's all, that's not what it's about. It's not about the mafia, it's about the emotions that we all relate to.Phil Hudson:Great answer. Reik vid. So do you find the anti-hero more interesting than a traditional hero?Michael Jamin:Anti-hero is not even a term I use. I don't know. I think everyone, your hero has to be likable. I don't know. I can't even say I've lost interest. If your character is so unlikable, I don't really care what happens to him or her. I am out. So this notion of anti-hero, I don't even think of your writing that way. You have a hero. I think anti-heroes is one of these terms that, I dunno, expert writers will tell you it's an anti-hero. What?Phil Hudson:Yeah, people say that. People have said that the whole time since I've said I've wanted to study screenwriting or be a writer publicly said, oh, I'll describe what I like. Oh, you like an anti-hero? Batman's an anti-hero. And I was like, why? He's not goody hoo Superman. You've described him. He is a deeply wounded person who is using every resource he has, all of his willpower to stop other people from suffering.Michael Jamin:And how is he, I mean, we were on his side. He's complicated, but we're on his side. We're rooting for him. If we're not, we got a problem.Phil Hudson:Alright. What about Walter WhiteMichael Jamin:Breaking back? Yeah. What about Walter White? So that's a great, is he an anti-hero? I don't know. Who cares? To me, he's a guy who's dying in the pilot episode. He's dying, he's a teacher, so he doesn't have any money. What is he going to leave his family when he's gone? He's got to come up with money fast. And the only way he knows how to do that fast is by capitalizing on his skillset, which is he's a chemistry teacher so he can make meth in a lab. Does that make him an anti-hero? To me, he's just a hero.Phil Hudson:He's a person. And then you find out that he gave up tremendous wealth because that was like, he had that partnership at that company where he had the ability to adjust multimillions of dollars and he's a public school chemistry teacher. So it's those layers of decisions and regret. It's exploring the human condition. Definitely justMichael Jamin:And why are we rooting for him? We're rooting for this meek man who's going to die soon to make some money for his family, but also to feel like he's alive for the first time in his life because he's just this very meek existence. And so that's why we're rooting for him. That's why we like him. And when he makes mistakes, he may go off track, but we hope he comes back. We're still rooting for him.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Great. Chad, back again. Chad, how deep should someone go in developing a film or television character knowing that the director actor in the show's evolution will shape their personality?Michael Jamin:Yeah, I mean, you should go deep enough to get their interest so that they want to buy your work or work with you. But just know that's the thing about film. The minute you sign up for a film or you sell your film, the director's in charge, they're the boss. It's their movie. They might fire you. They're going to probably hire five other writers to rewrite the hell out of you. You may not even get screen credit because that'll be arbitrated by the Writer's Guild. Which writer did the most work on it? And so you should do as much possible as work possible to entice people to get on board your project. But once they get on board, you're out. Except in tv, it's a little different tv. The writer is the boss, not the director.Phil Hudson:And the actor needs to play that role. Right? You've got to entice them with your writing. And then good for you, man, congratulations. You can cry about it and wipe your tears with a hundred dollars bills,Michael Jamin:Right? Or write something. Write a book. If you're so protective, then do it your way. Write a bookPhil Hudson:Like me.Michael Jamin:Listen, like me, a paper orchestra available @michaeljamin.com or Amazon or Barnes and Nobles or Apple Books or anywhere books are found. And now back to our show film. Excellent Commercial Break.Phil Hudson:KU Ghana. I'm so sorry. I did not get that right. How would you go about creating a character who is far removed from your life, for example, based on a myth or legend? And it seems like there's a two-parter here, so maybe addressMichael Jamin:That one. How would I go about, well, what's the second part maybe? Or is it so unrelatedPhil Hudson:And advice for generating side characters, how to get the balance right between, so,Michael Jamin:Oh, that part. I could teach in the course, the side characters, but how do I go about creating characters that are, what was the first that were mythical or something?Phil Hudson:If you have characters are so far removed from who you are, and I'm assuming this is the job or the thing they do not necessarily the difference in who they are saying myth or legendary heroes.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Well, I would say try to do some research if you're not modeling it after someone, if a psychopath get to know them and try to figure out steal from them or a family member or someone. And if you don't, then it's on you to do a lot of research. Then you're going to have to get books on people who you want to be authentic. You don't want to, that's part of your job is the research part.Phil Hudson:Yeah,Michael Jamin:I prefer to steal, I prefer to steal from people. I know.Phil Hudson:There you go. That's why all of his crazy characters are named Phil Hudson. I couldn't figure it out. But this ties back to David s goer's comment about the Man of Steel movie that he wrote and he asked, what's the theme? He's like, it's about fathers and it's like Superman has an Earth father, but he has this other father and it's literally dealing with your father relationships. And then the second one is about mothers, and it's Batman and Superman dealing with this. Both of their mothers are Martha and they're struggling. And so there's this balance even of, we all know what it's like. You can even jump to Iron Man and Civil War when they're fighting and he's fighting. He finds out this other character killed his mom and Captain America is trying to stop him. And he goes, he killed my mom. And he's like, you can't be mad at Iron Man for wanting to fight this guy who's been his ally because he killed his mom. Even if the guy doesn't remember doing it, he kills your mom. So that's all super heightened, super superhero things. But what I'm trying to get to is there's humanity in every character and your life experience mining your life for stories like Michael teaches. That's how you do that.Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:Okay. Kim wants to know what about inner conflict, like being raised strictly religiously and discovering the joys of secular humanism and the transition from the medieval mindset to Renaissance?Michael Jamin:Well, you're probably a better person to answer than me.Phil Hudson:So this feels very specific to a type of story that they're writing.But when we talk about internal conflict, this is something I struggle with because as someone who's religious and been raised religious, I'm not anti-religious. I'm still very active in my faith and there are a lot of people who are very interested in what it means to be a Mormon, to be a latter day saint. I've struggled with how to approach that type of story. You've been telling me to write that for a long time, and I've struggled because I don't want to be preachy and I don't want to tear down my faith. And then I did find a balance and that balance is, let me just take a step back and look at all of the characters that I grew up with in this secular religion and what is so intriguing about the mommy blogger, the multilevel marketer, the jock has been who's now a real estate or the guy who went on to sell summer sales and has so much money but zero personality and then puts some interesting character struggling with their faith in the middle of that so you can exploreMichael Jamin:Because these are all characters that you grew up with in your faith,Phil Hudson:TheMichael Jamin:Multilevel, all of these people. Do you think Mormonism has something? Do you think there's a trait in Mormonism that applies to m multilevel marketing or something?Phil Hudson:I do, yeah. There's no better networked religion I think than the LDS faith. You, everything's divided geographically. You have 10 congregations that are geographically divided in what we call a stake. Then you have wards, which is literally a term to define a geographical area. So your neighbors all go to church with you, you do this, you know everybody, you know their name, you're encouraged to know their families and look after them and take care of them. And this is like pioneer heritage. This is a religion that was chased out of city after city, A Mormon extermination order made it legal to kill us in Missouri. And it wasn't appealed until the 1960s or seventies. They circle the wagons mentality of pilgrims or pioneers and they still treat it that way. And so present yourself nicely taken to an extreme is have perfect teeth. Go to the gym for three hours a day, wear nice clothes, live above your means, keep up with the Joneses. Really. It's like I totally see that I didn't grow up in that type of familyMichael Jamin:In that room. That's interesting to me. See, but you feel like if you were to writePhil Hudson:That you'd be caring? No, now I'm saying I know how to do that and I do know how to explore it because I'm not making fun of the religion necessarily or my theology. I am doing something that has always been interesting. It's the hypocrisy,Michael Jamin:The hypocrisy,Phil Hudson:The hypocrisy of it. And there's a lot of that. It's befriend everybody, but don't play with those kids. They don't go to church. Oh, I see. Interesting. If Jesus said we should love our neighbor as ourselves, then why are we not playing with the kid who's just moved here from South Dakota? So there's all those things. So what I would say advice is you need to look at what is interesting and what's your personal feelings about those things. And I left Utah because I didn't like necessarily the culture. It wasn't about the religion that was prominent there. It was the culture of the people, and that is something I have a lot of opinion about. So why am I not writing about that?Michael Jamin:Yeah, right. Good,Phil Hudson:Good. You'll be getting a draft within the next month or so fromMichael Jamin:Michael. Good. Send it along. You are listening to What the Hell is Michael Jamin talking about? Today's episode is brought to you by my new book, A paper Orchestra, A collection of True Stories. John Mayer says, it's fantastic. It's multi timal. It runs all levels of the pyramid at the same time. His knockout punches are stinging, sincerity, and Kirker view says those who appreciate the power of simple stories to tell us about human nature or who are bewitched by a storyteller who has mastered his craft will find a delightful collection of vignettes, a lovely anthology that strikes a perfect balance between humor and poignancy. So my podcast is not advertiser supported. I'm not running ads here. So if you'd like to support me or the podcast, come check out my book, go get an ebook or a paperback or if you really want to treat yourself, check out the audio book. Go to michael jamin.com/book and now back to our show.Phil Hudson:John wants to know, so if you choose the worst person to go on a journey, does that mean you came up with a scenario or premise or actual journey first? This goes back to in this episode or this webinar, you said it's not about finding the perfect character, it's finding the Yeah. And then I want to let people watch that webinar so they can get this thing here.Michael Jamin:Yeah. The question basically is which comes first character or the story? And to me it's the story. If most people say, oh, well I'm writing a movie about a guy, whatever comes back from the war with post-traumatic stress syndrome and now have to integrate into the real world, okay, that's the story. So now you have to go, who's the character? What's the best character for that story? Was he a seal, a navy seal or was he one of these accountant pencil pushers? He might've been a grill cook or something and I didn't sign up for this, and now he's coming back to the railroad with PTSD because the bomb went off or something. So that might be more interesting than a seal. I don't know. But you came up with a story first.Phil Hudson:Oh, can you imagine? You have legitimate PTSD and there's stories from even World War ii. It's like things are bad when the chef is loading their pistol. When the cook is loading it, they advance so far across the line that the cooking staff are now preparing to defend themselves. That's a problem. So you imagine that guy comes back and he's in a support group and he's like, yeah, I'm just struggling. And people are talking about, well, we dropped in, we night roped fast, roped in at night to get this guy and an IED went off and this guy is like, well, yeah, our position was overrun. I was like, and what did you do? I was like, I was a cook, and it diminishes your PTSD, but it shouldn't. But it's like That's fascinating.Michael Jamin:Yeah, you may go into the army because you want to become a dentist and the army will pay you to become, learn how to become a dentist, but you're not signing up to carry a pistol. You're signing up to drill teeth and somehow if you got PTSD, like you're saying, your base was overrun or a bomb went up or whatever, this is not what I signed up for and that might be interesting.Phil Hudson:Very interesting. I want to see that story. Yeah. Four eyes concepts. Can a non-human character be relatable?Michael Jamin:Can a non-human character be relatable? Well, they should be relatable. We watch the movie cars, it's about cars, but they're not, not cars. They're people who drawn to look like cars. I mean,Phil Hudson:We talked about data, data from Star Trek, right?Michael Jamin:Yeah. Everything should be, no one wants to care about a car.Phil Hudson:Wally.Michael Jamin:Wally. Exactly. All those arePhil Hudson:Short circuitMichael Jamin:Smurfs. Yeah, they're people justPhil Hudson:Drunk. Johnny five is alive, man.Michael Jamin:Yeah, so they're not cars or toys. They're people.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Awesome. So it's a craft section. Let's talk questions related to the topic and course Jim Garcia wants to know, how would you approach a true story? Someone they just got the ip, so that sounds like they've optioned it for a CIA badass who did badass things. Would you focus on areas of his life where he isn't such a badass? His complicated backstory?Michael Jamin:Yeah. Yeah, right. To me, it's much more interesting to write about someone's weaknesses than it is to write about their strengths. And so yeah, that's exactly right. What's his problems? What are his weaknesses? That's what I would write about.Phil Hudson:Yeah. What was that movie you told me to review with Bob Odenkirk where he was like, oh,Michael Jamin:What was it called again? I likedPhil Hudson:It. I can see the poster getting punched. Yeah, it'll come to me in a second. But that was an example of someone who just seems like a normal regular paper pusher and then you find out he's got this rich backstory, but it's him struggling to get back there. He's not good at it at first. He's like getting his butt kicked.Michael Jamin:Yeah, I like that movie.Phil Hudson:Yeah. The name will come to me in a second. TJ wants to know when does a scene end or when should you end a scene is probably a better question.Michael Jamin:I teach this in a course in bit greater detail, but the scene ends when the character's attitude is no longer the same as it was at the beginning of the scene. And that's when the scene is over. When the character, so for example, well, I got to think now, I won't put it on the spot. I can't think of a, but it is basically a character will get some piece of information and they go, oh, I got to go apologize to her. Or, oh, that does it. I got to rob a bank. It's like now their attitude has shifted. It's slightly different. It was in the beginning, and this is a mistake that most new writers make, is like the scenes continues long after the character. They're continuing to write, even though the scene ended 10 minutes ago. So when the character's attitude is different, has shifted, you're seen is over.Phil Hudson:Yeah. That's great. Refi wants to know, is story structure pretty much the same worldwide with the exception of cultural differences?Michael Jamin:I believe so. What differences difference does the language make? And to be honest, I am interested in stories from other cultures because look, we all have love. Love doesn't change from culture to culture. This culture, you may have a range marriage and this culture, you don't have a range marriage and this culture, a marriage ceremony might look different than this culture's marriage ceremony, but love is love and so you're just writing about the same thing. And I appreciate the window into your world because you have a different culture, but we're all humans. We all share the same human emotions, and so that's where people get hung up. It's like, no. Yeah, it's the same. We're all the same.Phil Hudson:Yeah. I met this kid here who's from Iran here in Los Angeles, and we were chatting and I had the opportunity in film school and at Sundance to catch several Iranian films by this Iranian filmmaker and a couple of his cohorts, and he was so impressed by that because I was able to talk about the story structure of these films. And what's interesting is how they have to navigate the politics of a government that funds everything, but also censors everything and how you have to use show, don't tell, and speaking indirectly to get across your message that kind of is political and anti-government, but have the government fund it and think you're doing good work for them. The other, but it's story is what connects and carries through. And the other great film everyone should check out from 2013 is called The Lunchbox, and it's this beautiful film I saw at Sundance and it ties in culture so beautifully to how we approach story. I would absolutely check that one out. David wants to know how can you add to the skeleton of a good character if you have the basis for a compelling character story, but you feel you need to add more to make your character real?Michael Jamin:Yeah. One of the things I have in the course is a whole worksheet. It's a chart that you need to GamePhil Hudson:Changer.Michael Jamin:Yeah. It's a chart so that you have to fill out a bunch of questions that you have to ask yourself about this character and filling out this chart will really help you flesh out your character in a way you couldn't even imagine. And then there's other characters in this chart, and then you have to say, okay, how does this characteristic, Matt? How do these characters interact? That's another question. And so all of that, if you're really interested, go sign up for my course@michaeljamin.com/course.Phil Hudson:Yeah. You quickly learn that you're painting all of your characters to be mirrors of each other because you want to talk about that thing, and then it highlights how you can make all of those interactions more beautiful and more interesting, more conflict to just really improve your story. You got that from somebody. Do you want to say who you got that from?Michael Jamin:Yeah, I learned that from Steve Levitan who I worked under. Just shoot me. So much of the knowledge that I teach in this course is just from sitting at the feet of writers who are more experienced than I was.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Do you have your notebook? I don't know if you want to show to peopleMichael Jamin:Every once in a while we take this down,Phil Hudson:So this is something we bring up in the webinars, often even give away a free PDF based on this notebook called the insider's guide to terminology, but that's your notes in your career writing, just writing stuff down from conversations, right?Michael Jamin:Yeah, exactly. I would work with other writers and they'd say something smart and I jot into my notebook, and then when I made the course a couple years ago, I just referred to my notebook. I go, this is what I want to teach.Phil Hudson:Yeah, it's awesome. This is Christina in our course, and this isn't really a question, but Kevin, who prepped this for me, left it in says in Michael's course, I learned how to figure out once and for all those act breaks that were a real headache for me before story structure is so well explained. It becomes much easier after. Yeah. She'sMichael Jamin:Had a good lot of success. Christina,Phil Hudson:She doing well. I was about to say she's taken her life mind for all these rich stories, and she's written, I think books and then now plays and those plays are being performed and touring. SoMichael Jamin:NotPhil Hudson:Bad. She credits you for helping her figure out how to break the story, but you didn't tell her what life to live and her experience or how to paint the story. You said this is how you tell your story, and she did that.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Good for her.Phil Hudson:Awesome. We have one question on breaking in. This is from new legend pictures. I've been wondering about writing for a foreign audience. For example, I'd like to write something in the vein of Korean dramas. I know there's probably no way to break it into the US market.Michael Jamin:Writing a Korean drama.Phil Hudson:Yeah, just writing for other things, specifically a Korean drama.Michael Jamin:Well, are they Korean or are they American? IPhil Hudson:Sounds immediate. It's because this is a foreign audience. Sounds to me like this is someone who really enjoys Korean dramas and wants to take a stab at writing one.Michael Jamin:Oh, I see. I don't know anything about KoreanPhil Hudson:Drama. I think you were just saying, is that worth doing to try to break in? Is that a good sample?Michael Jamin:I would assume if that's your culture and you can write something, like I said, you can write a story that it could be, I could have a window into your culture. That's interesting to me to see what that's about, but at the end of the day, you still experience love the way I do. It's the same. Sure. If that's your culture, right, and you understand the Korean culture better than because you're Korean. Yeah. Lean into it.Phil Hudson:Lean into it. What if you're not Korean and you just like ca dramas,Michael Jamin:Then you're in dangerous territory. Someone might say, what do you know you're talking about? Or people might have a problem with you. I don't want to debate whether it's right or wrong, but you make run into trouble with that.Phil Hudson:Yeah. I would think that if you want to just write it to get it out of your system and it helps you improve your craft, great. But be tread lightly. Right. Next. Do most shows have, this is the same person, do most shows have each episode have their own full story arc? Or is it the whole season or the series or both?Michael Jamin:Well, every episode has to have a complete story, and then you may have a longer a story arc. This character is going back to college for the first time, but that one episode has to feel fulfilling. It has to feel like, yeah. Okay. And that there has to be a story in that episode. If it's not a complete story, people are going to be bored by it. And then the next episode, you're taking that journey a little further, but this is a question whether you want to serialize or your project or not. But again, you don't need to worry about any of this. You need to write one complete compelling episode of television. You don't need to worry about seasons, episodes two through 10. Just give me one damn good episode. Give me the pilot. That's all I need.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Ruth wants to know, say your agent is into a spec script, but you want to pursue it, can you try to pitch it yourself? How bound are you to what your agent wants?Michael Jamin:I wonder if they're talking about me or themselves.Phil Hudson:I think what they're saying is like, Hey, I have an agent and I've got the spec script. It's a film and my agent says he's not into it. Can I go pitch it myself or do I have to listen to my agent?Michael Jamin:No, you can do whatever you want. I, but I don't expect your agent to help you with that. If you want to go for it, they can't stop you go for it. I mean, the agent's trying to help you, and if they feel like they're helping you, they're going to give you their best advice. But if you don't want to take it, don't take it.Phil Hudson:Yeah. I was listening to an interview with Dead Mouse, and he said that there was a track that he wasn't really into, and his tour manager was like, dude, this is great. You got to drop it. And he didn't want to do it. And for months and months he didn't. And they kept tour manager kept saying, when are you going to drop it? And he ran out of stuff. He dropped it. It's his biggest hit. Sometimes you don't even know what is good for you, but Vice First is sometimes other people don't know what's good for you, and it's all risks, risk and reward. William, go for it. David Cook is Amadeus. Amadeus is I think something that came up in the webinar.Michael Jamin:Yeah, I love that movie.Phil Hudson:Yeah. My wife's favorite film. I think I told you she wants me to name one of our kids, Wolfgang. And I was like, no. And you're like, I might be on her side.Michael Jamin:Wolfie.Phil Hudson:That's what she wants to call him. She wants to name Wolfgang to call him Wolfie, which I think just whatever is Amadeus a story about an extraordinary person in an ordinary world or about Salie, an ordinary person in the extraordinary world of Amadeus.Michael Jamin:That's so interesting. It really is a story within a story, and you keep popping back out to Salieri in present time. Why did he go mad? Because, so yeah, it's a story within a story. There's really two stories. You're watching Solis descent into Madness because he killed this beautiful creature. Why did he do it? Yeah. So who's the hero of that?Phil Hudson:Well, it's called Amadeus.Michael Jamin:It is called Amadeus. Yeah,Phil Hudson:Right. So this is like Sicario. Did you ever see Sicario?Michael Jamin:I did,Phil Hudson:Yeah. So who is it about? Is it about Emily Blunt or is it about Benicio Del Toro and I think it wasn't until I got about three quarters of the way through, I was like, oh, we started on Emily Blunt, but that is not the protagonist.Michael Jamin:It's really just a framing device. The soli part of it. Who's got 90% of the screen time? Amadeus.Phil Hudson:Yep. Alright. Marla wants to know hat on a hat. New favorite saying, do you want to tell people what that is?Michael Jamin:We often say when you refer to a joke, sometimes you put a punchline on top of the punchline. And so we say it's a hat on a hat, ifPhil Hudson:You like that come to the webinar where we can give out that book based on the free ebook based on Michael's notebook, insider Guide to Writing terminology.Michael Jamin:Yeah. There's a bunch of terms that we give away. If you want to learn what they are, come to these webinars and we give 'em away.Phil Hudson:Yeah, everybody gets that for just coming. So I had an eye hat, new favorite. If you base a character on someone in your life or someone in your life recognizes themselves in your writing, can they sue you?Michael Jamin:I don't know. I don't give legal advice, but I'll say you're protected. If you change their name, I would assume you can change their name, you could change their occupation, you could hide who they are. And if they were to come out, they're essentially calling themselves out. Why would they be dumb enough to do that? But I'm not worried about it, but I don't give legal advice. So yeah,Phil Hudson:I think that the person that will need to worry about that is the studio that buys it, and it becomes so wildly successful. That person has a financial incentive to sue you. I don't think it's necessarily something you need to worry about on a spec.Michael Jamin:I would hope not. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Ruth, w what criteria do you consider when taking a job? Early in your career, you worked for both Steve Levitan and Greg Daniels, but then you didn't work on Modern Family or The Office. WhyMichael Jamin:Fired? Oh, fired. Fired. I wasn't offered jobs on Fired. Fired, offered fired. I wasn't offered jobs on those, but I mean, I also had a job. So when Modern Family came out that season, I remember actually meeting with Steve and my partner and I already had a job on, we were running a show called Glen Martin, so it wasn't even like we were trying to get that job. I don't remember what the office was doing, but I'm sure I also had, I've worked every year, I'm sure I also had a job at the time. So a lot of times, and by the way, I've missed out on opportunities, I've missed out on shows that were really big simply because I already had a job and when the show, it's not like this show was going to be a giant hit. You don't know this. Even a great show could be a flop.Phil Hudson:And Glen Martin, that was the first time show running right for you. And C, itMichael Jamin:Was the first time show running, and I was very happy to be running a show. I was like, oh, good. I've never done it before. So it was exciting and I'm glad I did it, but I would've made a lot more money had I been on Modern Family for sure.Phil Hudson:Awesome. Follow up question. When you get to a higher level of writer, say co-producer, do you still need to submit a script to the showrunner or is hiring based on your interview and past EV work you've done?Michael Jamin:Oh no. You almost always, you have to be read. You need a writing sample, and it has to be a current writing sample, and it has to be good. You're never done writing for free in Hollywood. You're always writing.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Derek Nyberg. What if the audience can't differentiate between fiction and reality and carries those powerful story themes into the voting booth? Does this explain why the worst of all possible characters are now elected officials walking around the Capitol building in Washington? Does this explain society's addiction to conflict?Michael Jamin:I don't think the two have anything to do with each other. Just to be clear, I think you're giving us way too much credit that the characters we create somehow become political figures. IPhil Hudson:Think that's like asking, was Shakespeare's success with Caesar, with Julius Caesar or with King Richard III or any of these other things he'd done, was that successful because he wrote them as story and then that led to other people being crazy? Or is it because he was writing about the reality of these people? Life imitates art imitates life, whereas it'sMichael Jamin:Chicken cat. Yeah, it goes in both directions. But basically you take a show like the one Julie Louis Red come on talking about the political, sorry, beep Veep. Yes. Yeah, sorry. That show would not have been made if there already weren't people in politics acting like jackasses because you wouldn't believe you couldn't sell the show. You'd be like, I don't buy that. Any elected official could be that fricking stupid, but because it was already out there, you see it now, you can sell a show on it. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Yeah. That's great. Alright, and this is a comment, not a question, but I thought this was a good way to end this. Braves wants to know, I'm an aspiring screenwriter from India, and the knowledge you share on your Instagram helped me get my first internship. Always look forward to developing my skillset further. Thank you.Michael Jamin:Oh, good for you. Congratulations.Phil Hudson:And that's someone who's not only in your social media, but the webinars, and that's a reminder to everybody to come to the webinars. They're free. We do them very regularly, and there's always something to learn in those.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that's it. This is a short one, but thank you everyone. Thanks for listening once again. This episode's brought to you by a paper orchestra, my debut collection of personal essays available. You can get on Amazon, you can get anywhere you want. Barnes and Nobles ApplePhil Hudson:Sign copies@michaeljamin.com.Michael Jamin:If you want, get it from me directly, I'll sign it for you. And that's it, Michael. Yeah, thank you so much everyone. Thank you. Thank you for your questions.Phil Hudson:Until next time,Michael Jamin:Keep reading,Phil Hudson:Keep reading. Keep readingMichael Jamin:My book. Read the book. Okay, everyone,Wow. I did it again. Another fantastic episode of What the Hell is Michael Jamin talking about? How do I do it week after week? Well, I don't do it with advertiser supported money. I tell you how I do it. I do it with my book. If you'd like to support the show, if you'd like to support me, go check out my new book, A Paper Orchestra. It asks the question, what if it's the smallest, almost forgotten moments that are the ones that shape us most? Laura Sanoma says, good storytelling also leads us to ourselves, our memories, our beliefs, personal and powerful. I love the Journey. And Max Munic, who was on my show says, as the father of daughters, I found Michael's understanding of parenting and the human condition to be spot on. This book is a fantastic read. Go check it out for yourself. Go to michael jamin.com/book. Thank you all and stay tuned. More. Great stuff coming next week.

Sentralstyremedlem Torkel Bjuland i KrFU mener gutter er glemt i likestillingsdebatten. Hvor godt treffer det? Og hvorfor opplever vi i Dagen at det ofte er vanskeligere å få kvinner i tale enn menn? Vi snakker også om et leserinnlegg under falskt navn som har skapt forvirring i redaksjonen og om regjeringens plan for å ta vare på norske kirker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back and this week it's Baja 1000 week! Score International is celebrating its 50th anniversary in style and racing home! Tune in to find out more about this year's race and a HUGE announcement on a cash purse! Interested in promoting your brand or event to a worldwide audience? Email us at ⁠Podcast@ChasingWaypoints.com⁠ ⁠WWW.ChasingWaypoints.com⁠ Thank you for tuning in to Chasing Waypoints Podcast! Like what you heard? Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and do not miss an episode! Also, you can follow us on Facebook (Chasing Waypoints) or Instagram (@chasingwaypoints) Want to participate? Check the Facebook page for your favorite episode and comment, we want to hear from you! Intro Music: No Limits - Royal Delux Outro Music: Like it Like This - Pink Laundry --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chasing-waypoints/support

Den Romersk Katolske Kirke er verdens største kirkesamfunn med omtrent 1,4 milliarder medlemmer på verdensbasis. Kateket i Vår Frue Kirke i Ålesund, Pål Johannes Nes er vår gjest i studio.

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WE ARE BACK! Talking Baja this week with none other than Andy Kirker - The Shepard of the Motos in the Score International Series. Tune in to hear some developments and advice from the man himself! Interested in promoting your brand or event to a worldwide audience? Email us at Podcast@ChasingWaypoints.comWWW.ChasingWaypoints.com Thank you for tuning in to Chasing Waypoints Podcast! Like what you heard? Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and do not miss an episode! Also, you can follow us on Facebook (Chasing Waypoints) or Instagram (@chasingwaypoints) Want to participate? Check the Facebook page for your favorite episode and comment, we want to hear from you! Intro Music: No Limits - Royal Delux Outro Music: Like it Like This - Pink Laundry --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chasing-waypoints/support

In 2002, cystic fibrosis and double lung transplant survivor Natasha Kirker, her mother and two friends were invited to spend the day with Michael Jackson at his Neverland Valley Ranch home with thanks to the Make-A-Wish foundation. In this episode, Natasha tells us all about the day she spent at Neverland, including getting to visit Michael's private residence where she got to speak with him, his children and other family members. I didn't discover Natasha's story until AFTER my book was published, so this particular story isn't in my book. I hope you enjoy the chat.To donate to the Make-A-Wish foundation, click HERE.To connect with Natasha, follow her blog HEREConnect with Natasha's Facebook HEREConnect with Natasha's Insta HEREConnect with Natasha's Twitter HERETo buy the book “Humanitarian The Real Michael Jackson, click HERE.To connect with the HumanitarianMJ Facebook, click HERE.To connect with the HumaitarianMJ Twitter, click HERE.To connect with the HumanitarianMJ Insta, click HERE.To connect with Paul Dwyer's Twitter, click HERE.To connect with Paul Dwyer's Insta, click HERE.Support the show

Da skuddene falt i Oslo, traff de hele samfunnet. Kirkerådsleder Kristin løfter regnbueflagget for kjærligheten som tåler alt. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio

For Jessica Kirker, It's not just the house, IT'S THE LIFESTYLE!Being a realtor isn't just finding and providing homes for your client! You have to gain enough knowledge and really know what the whole community could offer. In this approach, you can easily build connections with people in the community and even establish a good relationship with them. Aside from that, you could help your community as it helps you through referrals. .Let's hear more about it from our stunning guest, Jessica Kirker!.With over 15yrs of customer centric industry experience, Jessica knows what it means to provide legendary service that is not only centered around your needs but is about educating you on market trends & industry statistics.For a seller, the last thing you want is generic. With a marketing and public relations background, Jessica will work with you to determine what makes your home special and what type of lifestyle it will provide to a potential buyer. Next, she will draft up an individualized lifestyle marketing plan that will help ensure that the right potential buyers are attracted to the home. Helping to result in a quick turnaround time and top dollar!For a buyer, after you move into your dream home you want to be able to enjoy the lifestyle it provides as well. Proximity to restaurants, gyms & outdoor space makes a difference. Even the local grocery store around the corner will help mold your lifestyle once you move into your new home. This is why Jessica will help you stay focused on the big picture and help provide neighborhood information...Chapter00:00 Intro01:56 Meet Jessica02:21 Why Real Estate03:23 Inspiration behind the YT channel04:44 Videos and thumbnail ideas06:23 Advices to get started09:00 Earning Strategy10:16 Connecting through videos12:17 How to be comfortable in front of the camera14:13 2023 Goal16:19 Takeaways 18:06 Outro"****************************************************************************************Make sure to subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcP....Welcome to Real Estate Vs. Technology is a podcast that gives you insights into what top-performing real estate agents are doing to scale, grow, and automate their business.  .We will be interviewing agents all across the country, asking them the hard questions to get to how they became successful and stay successful over the years. .We also give you insights into great technology companies so you can meet the owners and learn about their technology offering and how it could help your real estate business! .Today we are Featuring: Jessica Kirker.You can follow them and view their website below:   

Berlingskes Ruslands-korrespondent Emil Rottbøll var indtil for nylig den sidste danske journalist med akkreditering i Rusland, og han rejser ikke tilbage, så længe der er risiko for at blive taget som gidsel af regimet i den konflikt, det var meningen, han skulle dække. Når du fremover kommer forbi en af landets mange kirker, står den måske ikke så nykalket og gennemrestaureret som i dag. Et nyt projekt skal nemlig udvikle modeller, der kan hjælpe med at prioritere, hvilke kirker der bør vedligeholdes, når der ikke er råd til at renovere dem alle. Værter: Maja Nyvang Christensen og Linnea Albinus Lande.

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VI snakker også om en fjelltur helt utenom det vanlige i denne podcasten. Tidskoder, hvis du vil hoppe direkte til en spesifikk sak:00:50 – Kirker i Syria gir hjelp til jordskjelvofre07:55 – Kurser helsepersonell i Afrika om mental helse20:25 – Ny generalsekretær i Misjonssambandet38:20 – Refleksjoner, ved Frode Sandal

Pride handler ikke bare om kjærlighet. Alex Ramstad Døsvik er teologistudent, og den første ikke-binære transpersonen i Kirkerådet. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio

Om å holde liv i et vennskap. Alex Ramstad Døsvik er travel teologistudent, og første ikke-binære medlem i Kirkerådet. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio

Når vi lengter - etter både bestemor og Gud. Alex Ramstad Døsvik er teologistudent, og første ikke-binære transperson i Kirkerådet. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio

Om Gud bærer deg - kanskje du kan bære håpet? Alex Ramstad Døsvik er åpen ikke-binær trans, teologistudent og medlem i Kirkerådet. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio

Welcome to The Snack Show with Jami Fallon! We are having a little extra fun today by bringing in a dear friend of ours to talk all things about the beautiful vegetable that is the potato. Drumroll please...it's Oprah. Just kidding! But she would appreciate this episode, I'm SURE. We are welcoming our dear friend, Kelley, to the podcast who knows pretty much all there is to know about a potato and all the delicious forms it comes in so she's sharing all her knowledge with us today! If the potato could survive The Great Hunger from 1845-1852, it needs to be celebrated and that's exactly what we are doing today! Fallon brings some facts, and as always we bring the snacks. So tune in! Honorable Mentions: Hot, salty french fries Steak fries Tots Smashed potato (with sriracha mayo) Roasted red potatoes Potato chips (sour cream and onion, barbecue, plain) Homefries Scalloped potato Sweet potatoes (casserole) Loaded potatoes McDonald's fries with hot mustard Curly fries Baked potato (take it or leave it) KFC's mashed potatoes Snack of the Week: Kelley: salt + vinegar pistachios (found at Kroger) Jami: Honey butter popcorn Fallon: Incredisauce (Trader Joe's) ... Follow us on Instagram & join the conversation! @thesnackshowpod Intro music + jingle by Jordy Searcy! Go check out his new album "Daylight" on Spotify now! ... Anchor: It's everything you need to make a podcast all in one place. Download the free Anchor app or go to Anchor.fm to get started. ... #potato #hotpotato #snacks #snackattack #thesnackdown #snacktime #snacking #snackideas # snackfaves #snackdebate #junkfood #food #snacksonsnacks #foodpics #foodstagram #foodlove #mofome #eatmoresnacks #teamjami #teamfallon

Robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in Supply Chains. More so lately in the warehouse.To look more into this I invited Richard Kirker Global Solution Manager for Warehouse Management at SAP to come on the podcast to talk about what he's seeing.We had a fascinating conversation, where Richard told me robots are the new hotness now at warehouse management events, some interesting use cases he has seen for their deployment, and what the future of warehouse management looks like.  I learned loads, I hope you do too...If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to leave me a voice message over on my SpeakPipe page or just send it to me as a direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. Audio messages will get played (unless you specifically ask me not to).If you want to learn more about how to juggle sustainability and efficiency mandates while recovering from pandemic-induced disruptions, meeting growth targets, and preparing for an uncertain future, check out our Oxford Economics research report here.And if you want to read up on our Industry 4.0 blueprint repost, head on over to https://www.sap.com/cmp/dg/intro-industry40/index.html, and if you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover it. Thanks.And remember, stay healthy, stay safe, stay sane! 

Torsdag 2. juni lanserte KABB e-læringskurset "100% MED", på Kirkens hus i Oslo, etteren fire års prosjektperiode. Kurset, som er for alle ansatte i kirka, skal styrke tilrettelegging for barn og unge med funksjonsutfordringer i menighetene. Det gjelder mange grupper. Silke Pahlke, som er seniorrådgiver i seksjon for diakoni og samfunn i Kirkerådet, synes det er spesielt bra at kurset favner så bredt.Det sa Silke Pahlke, og vi møtte også Hilde Løwén Grumstad og Øyvind Woie i KABB, i samtale med reporter Anne Sande.   

Sam Kirker from Iron Sistas Personal Training in Newman WA, talks with Dianne about some of the things postnatal mums can focus on during their recovery, to help them prepare for returning to boxing. She talks about pelvic floor and postnatal core training tips plus covers some stretches and foam rolling ideas to help regain movement patterns ready to begin boxing postnatally once you and your body are ready.  To connect with Sam via Facebook visit Iron Sistas Listen to the podcast on pelvic floor weights by Fiona Rogers here For pelvic floor pregnancy and postnatal information the booklet Pelvic Floor Health for Expectant and New Mums is available free from The Continence Foundation of Australia. For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre 

Constance Kirker is a retired Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Arts at Penn State University Brandywine, with a continuing research focus on art history, international arts education and culinary history. She teaches art history, Western, as well as East Asian, South Asian and African from a comparative perspective. Regularly presenting research at international conferences, Kirker has most recently presented papers in Rome, London, Croatia, and Cambodia. Co-author, Dr. Mary Newman A toxicologist by profession, transitioned into a food researcher and recipe tester while researching how to become a serious foodie herself. A transformation from eating habits limited to Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and Campbell's Soup was urgently required for her very survival while a visiting Fulbright Scholar in Thailand. Edible Flowers: A Global History was published by Reaktion Books in 2016 and Cherry in Reaktion's Botanical series was published in June 2021. Coconut: A Global History will be published in spring 2022. Kirker and Newman are currently working on a book on the cultural history of the mango. If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I'm on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts

Reporter for KABB, Anne Sande, ønsket å finne ut mer om utfordringene som blinde og svaksynte møter i arbeidslivet. I forrige podkast-episode hørte vi to ansatte i den norske kirke fortelle om dataproblemene de opplever på jobben. I denne episoden snakker vi med daglig leder i Kirkepartner, en representant fra Kirkerådet og generalsekretæren i KABB. I fortsettelsen av serien prøver vi å finne ut hvorfor det er så mange digitale barrierer for synshemma, og hvem som har ansvar for å gjøre noe med dette.  

Scott Kirker is a recovering finance guy turned tech entrepreneur, life coach and gratitude enthusiast. He recently launched Grativerse, a social platform where you can build gratitude together with people around the world. Social handles for Instagram & Facebook: @hellogrativerse Website: https://Grativerse.io iOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/lv/app/grativerse/id1579049116 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grativerseio.app&hl=en_US&gl=US Web: https://grativerse.io Founders (LinkedIn) Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottkirker/ Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomeberhard/ My contact information: chrisdtgordon.com @chrisdtgordon Post-production and general awesomeness: @nateberan

Kirker i Nigeria brænder, danske flag på Vestbredden brænder, ambassader i Syrien og Iran brænder. 12 tegninger i Jyllands Posten er i løbet af få måneder blevet til det, vi kender som Muhammedkrisen. I denne anden del får vi besøg af Ahmed Akkari, talsmanden for den arbejdsgruppe, der gik forrest i kampen mod Jyllands Posten og Danmark. Ahmed åbner for første gang siden krisen sin kasse med dokumenter fra dengang. Sammen gennemgår vi hans vej fra borgerkrigen i Libanon til hans opvækst i Thy og hans vej ind i islams berusende verden. Alt sammen for at prøve at finde ud af, hvorfor netop de 12 tegninger satte verden i brand. Tilrettelæggelse, titelmusik og lyddesign: Martin Grønne. Redaktør: Mikkel Clausen. Faktatjek og arkiv: Ditte Jelsbak. Medvirkende: Ahmed Akkari.

Vi snakker med Alf Henden om historiske hendelser i uke 50.

Kirker i Nigeria brænder, danske flag på Vestbredden brænder, ambassader i Syrien og Iran brænder. Forbindelsen kender vi som Muhammedkrisen. Udgangspunktet var en artikel i Jyllands-Posten i 2005 med 12 tegninger af profeten Muhammed. Fortællingen blev hurtigt, at der var et religiøst forbud mod at lave billeder af ham. Men det var langt fra første gang profeten blev afbildet, så hvorfor satte netop de her tegninger verden i flammer? Tilrettelæggelse, titelmusik og lyddesign: Martin Grønne. Redaktør og manuskonsulent: Mikkel Clausen. Faktatjek og arkiv: Ditte Jelsbak. Medvirkende: Flemming Rose.

I denne månedens Liv & Lederskap har Daniel gleden av å snakke med Per Eivind Kvammen, som har ledet plantingen av flerstedsmenigheten Sentrumskirken i Rogaland og er leder for Plant i Pinsebevegelsen. I denne episoden forteller han ærlig om egen trosvandring, status for menighetsplanting i Norge i dag, hvordan bevare Åndens liv i våre stadig mer polerte kirker, disippelskap i en postmoderne tid og enda mer.

Det blir ikke påbudt for helsepersonell å vaksinere seg mot korona. Begrunnelsen er vår personlige frihet. - Men det argumentet holder ikke, mener Høyre nå. Ny avsløring om hvem som prøvde å drepe William Nygård i 1993. - Vil føre til en forverring av forholdet mellom Norge og Iran, mener NUPI-forsker. Kirkerådet vil fjerne et lokalt, kirkepolitisk organ. - Kuppforsøk, mener presten i Flå. Blodbad på Afrikas Horn. Etiopia som stat kan forsvinne, mener norsk professor. Stadig flere europeiske land satser på kjernekraft. - Norge bør følge etter, mener kjernefysiker. - Kjør debatt.

Kirkerådsleder Kristin Gunleiksrud Raaum er ukens gjest i Tore og Tarjei. Der snakker hun om å være både tydelig og samlende som leder, om sitt forhold til bedehus og frikirkelighet og om å ikke leke kirke.

There's a whole lot of disruption happening in supply chain right now. Lots of talk about how ports are backed up, and what needs to happen there.I was interested to know if other aspects of supply chain can help out as well, so I reached out to SAP's Solution Manager for warehouse management software Richard Kirker and asked him to come on the podcast to talk about the role of warehouses in this effort. We had a great conversation spanning the role of warehouse software in helping with the current supply chain disruption, the role of automation in this, and how warehousing software helps with sustainability.  I learned loads, I hope you do too...If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to leave me a voice message over on my SpeakPipe page or just send it to me as a direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. Audio messages will get played (unless you specifically ask me not to).If you want to learn more about how to juggle sustainability and efficiency mandates while recovering from pandemic-induced disruptions, meeting growth targets, and preparing for an uncertain future, check out our Oxford Economics research report here.And if you want to read up on our Industry 4.0 blueprint repost, head on over to https://www.sap.com/cmp/dg/intro-industry40/index.html, and if you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover it. Thanks.And remember, stay healthy, stay safe, stay sane! 

Denne samtalen fant sted under arrangementet Hundorp 2021 den 30. juli på Dalegudbrands gård og presenteres her i opptak som bonusepisode i podkasten Ypsilonsamtaler. Norske kirkeakademier i samarbeid med Kirkelig Dialogsenter Drammen og Hundorp 2021 inviterte til en samtale om hva som skjer når motsetningene synes uoverkommelige. Arrangementet fant sted bare 8 dager etter 10-årsmarkeringen for terroren på Utøya og i regjeringskvartalet. Fylkesordfører i Innlandet fylke, Even Aleksander Hagen introduserer samtalen. Ivar Flaten er samtaleleder. Samtalen ble sendt direkte.Jørgen Watne Frydnes er leder for Utøya. I boka «Ingen mann er en øy» der han skildrer prosessen med å gjenåpne Utøya som et sted for læring, samfunnsengasjement og framtidshåp. I denne samtalen forteller han blant annet om Hegnhuset, et minnebygg som har vakt internasjonal oppmerksomhet. Mehda Zolfaqari er forteller- og scenekunstner med lang erfaring i dialog, blant annet som tidligere ansatt i Samarbeidsrådet for tros- og livsssynssamfunn (STL). Mehda har bakgrunn fra Iran, har vokst opp i Oslo og jobber daglig med formidling av sine historier fra iransk og islamsk kultur i møte med et norsk publikum. Hun er kanskje den eneste profesjonelle Koran-forteller i Norge og har blant annet jobbet med fortellingene om Abraham og Maria i Bibelen og Koranen. Hun er nå engasjert ved Kilden i Kristiansand i forbindelse med forestillingen Shehrazade.Kristin Gunleiksrud Raaum er generalsekretær for Norske Kirkeakademier og leder av Kirkerådet for Den norske kirke. Hun står daglig i møtet mellom ulike fløyer og interessegrupper i kirken. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WE ARE BACK! Now, this has turned into a hot topic. With the Baja 1000 right around the corner Score International has announced that this year's Baja 1000 that traverses the Baja California Peninsula will include a new class, Pro Moto Rally. We got the opportunity to chat with Andy Kirker the man behind creating the class and moto class advocate. Tune in to find out about this new class with navigation features. Important Links: Score International Baja 1000 https://score-international.com/raceinfo/2021-baja-1000-nov-15-20-2021/ Pro Moto Rally Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/383531946646632 Rotweiller Performance https://www.rottweilerperformance.com/ Thank you for tuning in to Chasing Waypoints Podcast! Like what you heard? Hit that subscribe button and do not miss an episode! Also, you can follow us on Facebook (Chasing Waypoints) or Instagram (@chasingwaypoints_Official) Want to participate? Check the Facebook page for your favorite episode and comment, we want to hear from you! Intro Music: No Limits - Royal Delux Outro Music: Like it Like This - Pink Laundry --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chasing-waypoints/support

The game is afoot! And just who is Tim Kono? Elizabeth and Kk are talking with episode 2 writer Kirker Butler about introducing the cast of suspects at the Arconia and his questionable motives when it comes to Evelyn the cat. Then, they talk to actor Julian Cihi, Tim Kono himself, about how he was able to bring his authenticity to the role, working with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, and why he's calling in from a hotel in...Japan? Plus, clues abound! Kirker spills the beans on a special actor debuting next episode, the legendary Nathan Lane! And...who is in Keener and KK's envelopes this week? From Straw Hut Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The game is afoot! And just who is Tim Kono? Elizabeth and Kk are talking with episode 2 writer Kirker Butler about introducing the cast of suspects at the Arconia and his questionable motives when it comes to Evelyn the cat. Then, they talk to actor Julian Cihi, Tim Kono himself, about how he was able to bring his authenticity to the role, working with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, and why he's calling in from a hotel in...Japan? Plus, clues abound! Kirker spills the beans on a special actor debuting next episode, the legendary Nathan Lane! And...who is in Keener and KK's envelopes this week? From Straw Hut Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Begravelser med et fåtall mennesker, avlyste konfirmasjoner og distanse. Slik har livet i Den Norske Kirke vært under pandemien. Hvordan blir livet i kirka etter dette? Kirkerådslederen kommer til Studio 2 for å se framover.

Lytt til en ny episode av kortandakt-serien «Ladestasjon». Andakten er skrevet av Terje Tønnessen, lest av Øivind Benestad og produsert av Norea Mediemisjon. Kristus-fokus, tilbedelse og etterfølgelse er tre stikkord som beskriver budskapet som Terje Tønnessen formidler på en energisk og ofte overraskende måte. Ønsker du å lese og lytte til flere andakter, besøk https://norea.no/hva/norge/radio/ladestasjon

Seniorrådgjevar Terje De Groot snakkar om kyrkjeklokker, ringing og klemting, liturgi og om ringetradisjonar som har eksistert sidan mellomalderen. Intervjuar: Gunvor Haustveit frå kommunikasjonseininga hjå Riksantikvaren

Seniorrådgjevar Terje De Groot snakkar om kyrkjeklokker, ringing og klemting, liturgi og om ringetradisjonar som har eksistert sidan mellomalderen. Intervjuar: Gunvor Haustveit frå kommunikasjonseininga hjå Riksantikvaren

Hvor skal du komme? I LMU? I LM frimenigheden? I IMU eller IM valgmenigheden? I OASE valgmenigheden? I folkekirken? Hvad med en tur i pinsekirken eller det nye Vineyard fællesskab?Hør Henrik Hadbergs artikel fra temaet "Hvilken kirke skal jeg vælge?", fra LMU.dk

Ja, så det her er endnu et must-hear. Jeg taler i tæt på to timer med Frank Flemming Jensen - som er tvilling- og det var så godt at jeg måtte give mig noget ekstra tid her. Frank er ex-jehovas vidner. Jehovas Vidner er en særlig gren af kristendommen, som mange fordømmer ekstremt sekterisk. Det er det nu også - jeg mener dog det er dobbeltmoralsk at sige, hvis man selv er med i kirke. JV er meget tydeligt, øjensynligt religiøs i den rigide forstand men samme underliggende budskaber er der i andre trossamfund - det taler vi rigtig meget om i den her.  Følg endelig rækkefølgen og lyt til 192 og 193 først. Det handler om religion, om traumer, om seksualitet, om at prædike sin tro som en livsstil. Og meget andet.  Du er velkommen til at lytte med - men forbered dig på at du kan være grund-uenig.  Kærligst Mannah LINK til franks podcast her: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/udst%C3%B8dt-en-podcast-om-jehovas-vidner/id1460520232

Det handler ikke OM kirken skal delta i samfunnsdebatten, men om HVORDAN. Kirken har alltid vært del av samfunn og forholdt seg til både myndigheter og andre samfunnsaktører. Hva mener vi med politikk og hva bør kirken engasjere seg i? Jeg fikk en prat med Berit Hagen Agøy, internasjonal direktør i Kirkerådet for Den norske kirke, om disse og andre spørsmål.

Ugens Byen rundt med Tove Christensen: Østerbros Kirker. Kilde: dengang.dk

Velkommen til en reportage fra Nationalmuseet om affald gennem 10.000 år. Det er en tour de force fra stenalderens køkkenmøddinger og ritualiseret affald, runesten som byggeaffald.Og om pis og lort der bogstavelig talt flyder i gaderne som affald, indtil der bygges kloaker fra ca. 1860 og frem. Samt om de såkaldte vikinger, der i virkeligheden bare var en flok entreprenante Nordeuropæiske sørøvere… Denne podcast er inspireret af Glasset, der skal bære fremtiden. Den handler om, hvordan NORTHSIDE, Tinderbox, Roskilde Festival og Grøn gik over til vaskbare genbrugs-ølglas i 2019. Og den inspirerede altså til en længere rejse ud i fortidens affald...Medvirkende: seniorforsker Mads Dengsø Jessen og forskningschef Lasse Sørensen. Speak, klip, manus og sounddesign: Nalle Kirkvåg. Musik: Pink Floyd: Nothing Part 14 (fra The Early Years 1965–1972). Diefenbach: Garincha. C.V. Jørgensen: Fraklip Fra Det Fjerne & Dagdriverdrømme. Beastie Boys: Transitions samt Kevin Macloud: Accid Jazz. NATURLIGVIS er produceret af Polykrom Media i samarbejde med RU Radio. Lydeffekter er fra SoundBible.com plus BBCs fine lyde arkiv. Hos BBC kan en podcast, der f.eks. omhandler ”personal, educational or research purposes” finde mange gode lydeffekter... Tjek dog denne: RemArc Licence, inden du bruger løs; især hvis du tjener penge på din podcast!

Pretty Ugly (Thomas Dunne Books)  From Kirker Butler, a writer/producer of Family Guy, comes a satirical look at a dysfunctional southern family complete with an overbearing stage mom, a 9 year-old pageant queen, a cheating husband, his teenage girlfriend, a crazy grandmother, and Jesus. After eight-and-a-half years and three hundred twenty-three pageants, Miranda Miller has become the ultimate stage mother. Her mission in life is to see that her nine-year-old daughter, Bailey, continues to be one of the most successful child pageant contestants in the southern United States. But lately, that mission has become increasingly difficult. Bailey wants to retire and has been secretly binge eating to make herself "unpageantable;" and the reality show Miranda has spent years trying to set up just went to their biggest rival. But Miranda has a plan. She's seven months pregnant with her fourth child, a girl (thank God), and she is going to make damn sure this one is even more successful than Bailey, even if the new girl is a little different. Miranda's husband, Ray, however, doesn't have time for pageants. A full-time nurse, Ray spends his days at the hospital where he has developed a habit of taking whatever pills happen to be lying around. His nights are spent working hospice and dealing with Courtney, the seventeen-year-old orphan granddaughter of one of his hospice patients who he has, regrettably, knocked up. With a pregnant wife, a pregnant teenage mistress, two jobs, a drug hobby, and a mountain of debt, Ray is starting to take desperate measures to find some peace. Meanwhile, the Millers' two sons are being homeschooled by Miranda's mother, Joan (pronounced Jo-Ann), a God-fearing widow who spends her free time playing cards and planning a murder with Jesus. Yes, Jesus. A bright new voice in satirical literature, Kirker Butler pulls no punches as he dissects our culture's current state of affairs. It's really funny, but it's also pretty ugly. Praise for Pretty Ugly “To the pantheon of comic American fiction-kings – think Nathanael West, think Terry Southern - let us now add the name of Kirker Butler. In fine-tuned, generous prose that careens from screamingly funny to downright poignant, Pretty Ugly tells the tale of Miranda Ford, a pretty little girl with big-time, beauty pageant dreams. Butler has written a laugh-out-loud joy-ride of a book, the kind you don't want to finish, and find yourself pressing into the hands of loved ones once you do. But don't listen to me, grab it yourself. Kirker Butler is the real thing, and I can't wait to read his next one.”—Jerry Stahl, author of Happy Mutant Baby Pills “The person who wrote this book asked me for a quote, so I gave them one.”—Ricky Gervais “Pretty Ugly is everything you'd want in a novel: funny, poignant, exceedingly well-written. I look forward to reading it.”—Stephen Colbert “I love this book, and I think Kurt Vonnegut would have loved it, too. In fact, it might have been his favorite book of all time. Hell, I'm just going to go ahead and say it: Kirker's book is hilarious, and it was Kurt Vonnegut's favorite book of all time.”—Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and Ted “What I've read of this book I have liked!” —Amy Sedaris “Miranda Miller and all the people of the South that orbit her are the dunces of the Confederacy you've been waiting to meet. They make one shockingly bad decision after another yet you will still be constantly surprised and delighted by every outcome. Bad things happen to bad people. Good things happen to bad people. Hilarious things happen to everyone. And there's a funeral so nutty that the only person who gets out with his dignity intact is the dearly departed. You may think you know something about children's beauty pageants but Kirker Butler has created a world that makes ‘Toddlers And Tiaras' look like a nineteenth century book club meeting.” —Bean, KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show “A funny, slam-bam-thank you, ma'am, voyeuristic look at the world's most dysfunctional family. I could not put this book down!” —Jennifer Garner, actress Kirker Butler  is an Emmy nominated writer and producer. His TV credits include Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and The Neighbors among others. He has a new show, Galavant, which will premiere on ABC Television in January 2015. Butler is also the writer of the graphic novel, Blue Agave and Worm. Kirker grew up in Kentucky, and now lives in Los Angeles with his family.