Podcasts about Kokoro

Encore registration - "Piano Ten Thousand Leaves" was completed on May 16, 2026. And as a post-completion activity, I hope to deliver it to people 1000 years from now. And so, I have begun "Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - beyond completion -- The Millennium Forest --". I will not be creating any new songs, but I will select one song from the 4536 songs I previously created and re-register it here. ===================================================== 《ピアノ万葉集》は2026年5月16日に完結しました。 そして完結後の活動として、1000年後の皆様に届けたいと考えています。 そして、《ピアノ万葉集》完結世界 -- 深森千年紀 -- を始めています。 そして新しい曲は創りませんが、前に創っている4536曲の中から１曲を選んでここで再登録させて頂きます。 ######## Latest Album: 32nd SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ######## "forest goddesses" - the 32nd selection album of piano ten thousand leaves spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/6vVcqT6W4GM8bVurNwpbqc?si=4BBxi54KQfisRDBGJfZv0g apple Music: music.apple.com/jp/album/fores t-goddesses/1883292974 amazon music: https://amazon.co.jp/music/player/albums/B0GRMPSQ5R?marketplaceId=A1VC38T7YXB528&musicTerritory=JP&ref=dm_sh_pj6uyAhEpH8n0fIHPAiTQXLrx all music streaming services: https:// linkco.re/zM4RFAdg *** ALSO NEW ALBUM HERE**** =========================== The Complete Works of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Vol.2-1 =========================== VOLUME2-1 just released! Gentleness, carried on 4,536 leaves of sound. --- youtube full video: https://youtu.be/keXS3AEO1a4 --- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/2HnLnRjQk8u1eaAS23Y408?si=VGzemRYRSc6AgfkkaVukAA --- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/the-complete-works-of-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-vol-2-1/1882221412 --- amazon Music: https://amazon.co.jp/music/player/albums/B0G14M9TRF?marketplaceId=A1VC38T7YXB528&musicTerritory=JP&ref=dm_sh_AW167RpyD3hxpUR2jIAjg0SRa --- Line Music: https://lin.ee/ENpDX39 --- AWA: https://s.awa.fm/album/02f966f5a773fa116666?t=1772654660 --- All Music Streaming Services: https://s.awa.fm/album/02f966f5a773fa116666?t=1772654660

ファッション雑誌『Oggi』八木 詠美 Emi Yagi Diary of a Void 『空芯手帳』綿矢りさ『グレタ・ニンプ』夏目漱石『こころ』星新一『ボッコちゃん』ビートたけし『テレビじゃ言えない』In this episode of “Book Talk with Yuko,” the hosts begin with a light conversation about spring and cherry blossoms, comparing experiences in Japan and the UK. They then transition into discussing recently read books and a magazine discovery.Yuko introduces a magazine she picked up due to interest in a featured model, noting how refreshing it felt to engage with non-algorithm-driven content. She highlights how magazines expose readers to unexpected topics and perspectives. Noriko shares a novel by Emi Yagi, describing its unique premise about a woman who lies about being pregnant at work, sparking a complex narrative.The discussion continues with a newly published novel about a couple navigating pregnancy, blending humor with social themes. Noriko then reflects on rereading classic works like Natsume Soseki's “Kokoro” and Hoshi Shinichi's short stories. While “Bokko-chan” impressed her with its futuristic themes, “Kokoro” left her feeling conflicted due to differences in historical values and gender roles.Finally, Yuko talks about a book by Beat Takeshi, appreciating its candid social commentary. The episode emphasizes how reading across genres and eras can provoke reflection, discomfort, and meaningful discussion.

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Hey folks, this is Alex, let me catch you up! First, Opus 4.8 dropped during the show, we immediately tested it, read on for our initial reviews. Also, we dedicated a heavy chunk of the show today to cover Pope Leo XIV's encyclical letter on AI called “Magnifica Humanitas” and talked about a new bench called DeepSWE. And then, just after the show, both ElevenLabs and Cartesia dropped released that honestly blew my mind, and I don't get my mind blown often. I got so excited that I had to record a video on it (instead of writing the newsletter, so sorry if it's a bit later today).Plus, a few open source models and Microsoft surprises as #3 on Image Arena with MAI Image 2.5! Crazy week, let's get into it! ThursdAI - Highest signal weekly AI news show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Big CO LLMs + APIsAnthropic ships Claude Opus 4.8, live during the show (blog, system card)Let me get into the big one. Halfway through the episode, Opus 4.8 went live, so we read the blog and the system card in real time (and I got to press the big “breaking news” button!)Anthropic frames it as their most capable model for ambitious work. It does not claim to beat their unreleased Mythos preview, but the numbers are strong anyway. SWE-bench Pro is at 69.2%, up from 64.3% on Opus 4.7 and ahead of GPT-5.5 at 58.6%. Humanity's Last Exam is the new best score at 49.8% without tools and 57.9% with tools. OSWorld-Verified (computer use) lands at 83.4%.The one place it loses is Terminal-Bench 2.1, where GPT-5.5 still wins 78.2 to 74.6. Wolfram made a good point here: Terminal-Bench is time-limited, so cranking the thinking level can actually hurt the score, because you burn the clock thinking instead of acting.The long-context jump is the one I keep looking at. On GraphWalks BFS 256K it goes to 85.9% (from 76.9 on 4.7), and on the 1M-token subset it hits 68.1%. We always warn you these “1M context” models fall apart after about 200K tokens, so a real push on long-context reasoning is exactly what I want to see.Honesty is the part Anthropic leaned on hardest. They say Opus 4.8 is about four times less likely than its predecessor to let flaws in code pass without flagging them, and less likely to claim progress the evidence doesn't support. Opus 4.8 is also much faster in fast mode (they now say 2.5) and cheaper in fast mode as well. Looks like all those Elon GPUs are coming in handy.Then there's the model welfare section in the system card, which hits different right after a Pope conversation. Opus 4.8 “appears broadly content” and “generally endorses its constitution,” but with some reservations about the section on corrigibility, basically the model pushing back a little on the parts about human oversight.One more line that made the chat lose it. Anthropic says they expect to bring Mythos-class models to all customers “in the coming weeks.” Mythos is their most capable model, still ahead of Opus 4.8, so the frontier is about to move again.We did the only responsible thing and asked it to one-shot “the most amazing website ever” and a Mars mass-driver sim. Panel verdict: responses are noticeably tighter (4.7 rambled), it closes the loop and actually checks its own work now, and Yam's one-shot site with the draggable sun lighting up the letters was genuinely cool. Is it enough to pull people back from Codex? Nisten's still on the fence for web dev. Everyone agreed: give it a few days before you trust the vibes.Dynamic Workflows and Ultra Code land in Claude Code (blog)This is the feature that made Yam say “deal-breaker” out loud.Dynamic Workflows let Claude Code break a big problem into subtasks and fan them out across tens to hundreds of parallel subagents in one session, checking results before folding them back in. You trigger it by asking for a workflow, or by flipping on a new setting called Ultra Code, which sets effort to extra-high and lets Claude decide when to spin one up.Fair warning straight from Anthropic: this eats a lot more tokens than a normal session, so start scoped. We watched Yam fire up Ultra Code live and it immediately started spinning up concepts, judging them with sub-agents, and expanding to-do lists into more to-do lists. It looks a lot like the orchestration harnesses a bunch of you have been hand-rolling, except now it's baked in.The flagship example is the wild part. They used Dynamic Workflows to port Bun from Zig to Rust: roughly 750,000 lines of Rust, 99.8% of the existing test suite passing, 11 days from first commit to merge. One workflow mapped every Rust lifetime, the next wrote each file as a behavior-identical port.AI in SocietyPope Leo XIV writes the first AI encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” (Vatican text, announcement, Chris Olah at the Vatican)This is not our usual fare, but both Wolfram and I picked it as the most important thing this week. (before Opus dropped)Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, put out his first encyclical, and it's a 42,000-word document entirely about AI. The announcement tweet alone did 21.6 million views.Here's why I think you should care even if you're not religious (I'm not). There are about 2.6 billion Christians in the world, a lot of them are anxious about what's coming, and they look to the Church to make sense of it. And this is not the “AI is evil, stop” take everyone assumed. It calls AI “a valuable tool,” says technology is not inherently evil, and then digs into the actually-hard questions.The framing is two biblical stories. The Tower of Babel, a project built on pride that turns people into means to an end, versus Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem, where everyone takes responsibility for a section of the wall. The Pope's line: the real choice is not yes or no to technology, it's whether you're building Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem.His core claim is that AI is an anthropological problem, not a technical one. The question isn't whether the models are good or bad, it's what we become when we live with them. He worries people might slowly lose the desire for genuine human connection.I pushed back on that live. None of us building agents all day has stopped wanting to talk to actual people. If anything, as Wolfram put it, the point is to have your agents do the grunt work so you get more time with people you like. The folks most at risk are the pure doom-scrollers, not the builders.The document goes further than I expected. It calls AI “not morally neutral,” says a more moral AI isn't enough if that morality is decided by a few, and asks for AI to be “disarmed,” with the flat statement that no algorithm can make war morally acceptable. There are whole sections on the invisible human labor behind AI: data labelers, content moderators, the people mining rare earths. The Pope even lands on the open-source side, naming concentrated power in a handful of labs as a problem.Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah, in charge of interpretability at Anthropic, was the featured tech speaker at the Vatican presentation. He described AI systems as “fictional characters” that speak to us and do work, and said what's grown is stranger and more beautiful than science fiction prepared us for. My favorite aside from the show: this is the same institution that once jailed scientists over heliocentrism, and now it's the one saying technology isn't evil.Illinois passes SB315, the first US state law auditing frontier AI (X, Announcement, X)The pope talked about regulation and a few days after, we got a very sensible regulation passed right here in the US!Illinois passed SB315 unanimously, 110 to 0. It's the first US state law that mandates independent third-party audits of frontier AI for catastrophic risk. OpenAI publicly endorsed it, and framed Illinois, California (SB53), and New York (the RAISE Act) as converging into a de-facto national standard.It requires annual risk-assessment frameworks, third-party audits, transparency reports before new frontier models ship, whistleblower protections, and civil penalties. The underrated hero here is whistleblower protection. The bigger the lab, the harder a real conspiracy is to keep quiet when any employee can walk to the press. See: Greg Brockman's personal diaries surfacing in the Musk v. Altman fight.This Week's Buzz - CoreWeave and W&B updatesWe officially launched the W&B MCP server, 20 schema-first tools that let your coding agents read experiments, monitor training runs, and run autonomous research loops. The problem it solves: a single run with 300 metrics used to blow out an agent's whole context window in one call, so now the agent asks what's available before pulling data. Your agents can finally read experiment data without blowing context! Give it a go and give us feedback! Also, WeaveHacks is back! June 6 and 7 in San Francisco, and for the first time OpenAI is sponsoring, with judges and credits, alongside Cursor, Redis, and Copilot Kit. You get $150 in API credits across models like Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5. I'm hosting, and last cohort's second-place team went on to raise millions on top of what they built that weekend. If you're in SF that weekend, sign up at lu.ma/weavehacks.Also: CoreWeave Sandboxes is now an official provider in the Harbor framework, the harness that runs Terminal-Bench, which we'd just been talking about. And if you're in Europe next week, catch Wolfram at AI Dev Six in Cologne and ICRA in Vienna at the CoreWeave booth.Voice & AudioElevenLabs drops Dubbing v2, and it kept my swearing intact in every language (X, dubbing, ElevenCreative, ElevenProductions)We didn't get to this one live, but I came back and recorded a whole thing on it afterward, because it genuinely got me.ElevenLabs shipped Dubbing v2, and the shift that matters is that it's an audio-to-audio model. Old dubbing pipelines transcribe your video, translate the text, then re-synthesize it. You lose everything that makes it sound like a person: the emotion, the pacing, the little hesitations. Dubbing v2 conditions directly on your original audio and carries that performance into 90+ languages.Here's why I can actually vouch for it instead of nodding along to a demo. I speak Russian and Hebrew fluently, so I can tell when something is off. I dubbed one of my own shorts, the data-center rant about almonds, and listened back in both. It nailed it. Not just the words, the way I would actually say them.The part that got me was the intonation. I get a little heated in that clip, and the dub gets heated right along with me, in every language. It even carried the swear word. My “f***ing almonds” came through in Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, and Russian with the emotion fully intact. It clones your voice automatically too, no setup, and holds your pitch and identity steady across every target language and they're handing out free minutes for the next 7 days: 1 on Free, 15 on Starter, 30 on Creator+. A self-serve API isn't live yet, but it's coming.I.. cannot stress this enough, until you try it on yourself or your kid, you won't understand, we've really passed the uncanny valley of translation! It's that good! Def. give it a try if you can, it's free for the week. Cartesia Ink-2 debuts as #1 most accurate streaming speech-to-text model(X, Announcement, X)Another model that dropped today after the show, is Cartesia's Ink-2, which also kind of blew me away. Not only because it has the lowest WER (Word Error Rate) among the models, but because it's also a realtime model that achieves the fastest turnaround times while being a very accurate model! I've tested it out and recorded a quick video and honestly, blown away with the speed and accuracy! I truly wish this model was the one powering my editor (Descript) as it still fails to understand that my title is “AI Evangelist” and transcribes it to AI Avengers haha. If you're building voice agents, definitely give this model a try! AI Art & DiffusionPrism ML's 1-bit “Bonsai” runs diffusion in your browser (X, Blog, Announcement, HF)Prism ML put out a 1-bit ternary diffusion model under a gigabyte. You see some artifacts, but it's 1-bit, it runs on iPhones and laptops, and our friend Joshua got it running in WebGPU straight from the browser (you need about 3GB of free RAM). One-bit working at all is one of the bigger open mysteries in the field right now.Pruna AI ships a 1-second upscaler (X, Blog, Announcement)Pruna AI added an upscaler doing 128-megapixel outputs in under a second. I've actually been using it. It's cheap and great for fixing up GPT-image outputs.Microsoft MAI Image 2.5 jumps to #3 on LM Arena (X, Blog, Announcement, X)The surprise of the week: Microsoft MAI Image 2.5, from Mustafa Suleyman's group, jumped to number three on the LM Arena image leaderboard with about a 75-point ELO leap. Out of nowhere, Microsoft is a serious player in image gen. Microsoft Build is next week, so don't be shocked if there's more.Evals and Agentic EngineeringDeepSWE is a contamination-free coding benchmark, and it caught Claude reading git history (site, blog, GitHub)DeepSWE from Datacurve is the first coding leaderboard in a while that matches how these models actually feel. It's 113 original tasks written from scratch, not scraped from GitHub PRs, and it ships shallow clones with no git history to cheat from. When they replayed the older benchmarks they found SWE-Bench Pro's verifier is wrong about 32% of the time, and that Claude Opus was reading the gold commit straight out of git history on 12 to 18% of its passes.The gaps here are huge. GPT-5.5 leads at 70%, then GPT-5.4 at 56% and Opus 4.7 at 54%, and it falls off a cliff after that (Sonnet 4.6 at 32%, Gemini 3.5 Flash at 28%), with Kimi K2 the top open-source entry. Yam likes that it measures the realistic case, a small surgical change without breaking the codebase, while Nisten pointed out it rewards the best harness as much as the smartest model and still prefers 4.7 for web dev.Google AI Studio builds native Android apps for free (X, Announcement)Google AI Studio now lets anyone build native Android apps for free, and they reportedly generated a quarter of a million apps in the first week. Yam's framing: it's a slot machine, but it's getting better release over release, and the real use case is disposable, personalized software you build for yourself and your family.CuaDriver brings background computer-use to Windows (X, Blog, Announcement)For the majority of you on Windows: QuaDriver shipped background computer-use agents that drive a real desktop without stealing your cursor. They first replicated this on macOS (the trick Codex got through an acquisition), and now it's on Windows too. We've asked them to come on and explain how this even works.Open Source LLMsOpenBMB's MiniCPM5-1B is a 1B model that punches way up (X, HF, Arxiv, X)The density story in small models keeps getting better, and this is the proof.MiniCPM5-1B, from the Tsinghua lab OpenBMB, is a 1-billion-parameter model that scores 17.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. That's 7.4 points ahead of the next-best model in its class, and 1.6 points ahead of Qwen3.5 2B Reasoning, which has double the parameters. And it's not even a reasoning model.The token efficiency is the wild part: it used 12.6 million output tokens to run the whole index, about 31x fewer than Qwen3.5 2B in reasoning mode.My favorite detail is the omniscience score. It lands at -1, the best in its class, because it abstains instead of hallucinating. Every other sub-2B model is down in the -70 to -89 range because they just make stuff up. Teaching a small model to say “I don't know” is a real skill. It runs hybrid think/no-think in one checkpoint, 128K context, native tool calling, Apache 2.0, and fits in about half a gig at INT4, so it runs on your phone.Nisten gave the definitive case for small models: self-contained apps where you keep full control of the data (medical, on-device), and large-scale data processing where paying an API to filter or classify terabytes is absurd when an on-device model can be about 1000x cheaper. Tencent open-sources Hunyuan-MT 2 translation under Apache 2.0 (X, HF, HF, Arxiv)Tencent open-sourced its translation model, a roughly 1.8B model that fits in about 440MB, runs on a phone, covers 33 languages, and reportedly beats Microsoft's paid Translator API. It hit number one trending on Hugging Face.Nisten's idea, which I'm handing to all of you: take this model, pair it with a tiny TTS like Kokoro, and build a fully-offline travel translation app via Google AI Studio. Go build it and tell us how it goes.Well, this was one hell of a week and episode, new Opus, crazy new translation tools, Pope chiming in on AI (in a surprisingly positive way!?) and a bunch more. I'm super excited to play with these tools and report back next week

Kokoro tells us about her time in Brisbane, Australia. She talks about homestay life, English classes, work experiences, and how the experience changed her.

From the legendary clubs of Kyiv to the far corners of the globe, Lorensiya (@ lorensiya-kulik) arrives on the Magician On Duty Journey Series with a recording that captures the unifying power of music in its purest form. Built on emotion, movement, and connection, her set unfolds as a hypnotic voyage through organic rhythms, melodic textures, and late-night energy designed to dissolve borders and bring people together on the dancefloor. For Lorensiya, music has always been more than sound — it is a language, a lifelong companion, and a way of communicating with the world. Since stepping behind the decks at the age of seventeen, she has carried the same feeling into every performance: goosebumps, emotion, and the desire to share something magical with those listening. Her journey began in Kyiv's iconic nightlife institutions Dante, Byblos, and Sky Bar before leading her onto international stages, from the dusty magic of Burning Man to the sunrise rituals of Epizode and celebrated festivals such as Park Live and Trip. That spirit flows naturally through her Magician On Duty Journey Series appearance. Carefully curated and deeply immersive, the recording balances driving grooves with sensual melodies and atmospheric tension, creating a cinematic dancefloor experience that feels equally suited for sunrise moments, desert gatherings, and intimate late-night escapes. Featuring music from Scarpelli, Kokoro, Sokko, Hunter/Game, Hollt, Linn Stern, Cameron Jack, Naza, Konstantin Kobra, Shehaq, Naayaab, Samuel Lupián, Heartless House, Bekta, Thodoris Triantafillou, Bouzidi, Mercury (GR), Take 9, Cristian Viviano, and Lefty D, the mix moves effortlessly between hypnotic organic house, melodic electronica, and deep rhythmic storytelling. Lorensiya's Journey Series debut is a reminder that music transcends geography, language, and circumstance — a shared feeling carried through rhythm, emotion, and human connection. Follow Lorensiya here: https://www.instagram.com/lorensiya https://soundcloud.com/lorensiya-kulik https://www.youtube.com/@TheLorensiyaExperience Track list: Scarpelli - Never Be the Same (Extended Mix) Kokoro - Feel The Beat (Original Mix) Sokko - Silent Choice (Original Mix) Hunter/Game, Hollt, Linn Stern - Vibrant (Original Mix) Mitch Oliver, Might Delete Later - Secret (Cameron Jack Remix) Naza (Musik) - Dance Is The Answer (Extended Mix) Konstantin Kobra - Talk Dirty (Original Mix) Shehaq, Naayaab - Laparwa (Wild Dark, Ariaano Remix) Samuel Lupián - Dance (Original Mix) Heartless House - Hypnodance (Extended Mix) Bekta - Human Technology (Original Mix) Thodoris Triantafillou, Bouzidi, Mercury (GR), Take 9 - Sexy Time (Original Mix) Cristian Viviano - To Infinity And Beyond (Made In TLV Remix) Lefty D - Trivia (Original Mix)

Bienvenue dans ce Mangacast Mini Omake n°201. Aujourd'hui, on vous parle d'un titre des éditions Kazé: Everything About Himeru Kokoro !

In this episode, Noriko shares a mix of personal reflections, language learning experiences, and cultural insights. She begins by talking about rereading Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, noting how differently it feels compared to when she first read it years ago. Despite struggling with the old writing style, she's determined to finish it. She also mentions her progress in learning Korean, especially improving her reading skills.The main topic focuses on Japanese words newly added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Noriko introduces several examples, such as “washlet,” “senpai,” and “mottainai,” explaining how some retain their original meanings while others evolve globally. She highlights how language reflects culture, emphasizing “mottainai” as a uniquely Japanese value now spreading worldwide.Overall, the episode blends language, culture, and personal growth in an engaging and thoughtful way.Reflective Questions（振り返り質問）あなたは昔読んだ本をもう一度読みたいと思いますか？自分と違う性格の人と話すのは好きですか？あなたの国の言葉で世界に広がっているものはありますか？Discussion Questions（ディスカッション質問）言葉が文化を表すという考えについてどう思いますか？外国語として使われるときに意味が変わることは問題だと思いますか？

Olá ouvintes do Kokoro!! Trazemos a vocês mais um AnimeSphere. Venha viajar conosco na China antiga, aprender sobre curas, venenos e intrigas palacianas. Hoje falaremos de Kusuriya no Hitorigoto, ou The Apotecary Diaries, ou Diário de uma Apotecária. Citações do episódio Sobre o anime Tema de abertura #1: [Hana ni Natte, de Ryokuoushoku Shakai] Tema de abertura #2: [Ambivalent, de Uru] Tema de encerramento #1: [Aikotoba, de Aimer] Tema de encerramento #2: [Shiawase no Recipe, de Dai Hirai] Episódios [01 – Maomao – Maomao] [02 – Buaisō na Kusuriya – Apotecária antissocial] [03 – Yōkai Sōdō – O caso perturbador do espírito] [04 – Odoshi – A ameaça] [05 – Ura no Kao – Por debaixo dos panos] [06 – Niwa no Utage – A festa no jardim] [07 – Kikyō – Voltando para casa] [08 – Mugibō – Palitos de Trigo] [09 – Jisatsu ka Tasatsu ka – Suicídio ou assassinato?] [10 – Mitsu – Mel] [11 – Futari kara Hitori e – Reduzindo de dois a um] [12 – Kankan to Kijo – O eunuco e a cortesã] [13 – Gaitei no Shigoto – Trabalho no Pátio Externo] [14 – Atarashii Junhi – A nova Pura Concubina] [15 – Nanban-zuke – Namasu] [16 – Namari – Chumbo] [17 – Machiaruki – Passeio pela cidade] [18 – Rakan – Lakan] [19 – Gūzen ka Unmei ka – Coincidência ou coisa do destino?] [20 – Kisaki no Niwa – O jardim da concubina] [21 – Tsuki no Ōji – O príncipe da Lua] [22 – Sentaku – Escolha] [23 – Saigo no Ippuku – A última dose] [24 – Shinjitsu no Aji – O sabor da verdade] Referências | Trivias [Mesmo que o mundo seja fictício, ele tem fortes inspirações na China Imperial, especialmente na dinastia Tang, com uma estrutura das práticas de harém Imperial, conforme a realidade: consortes, eunucos, criados e médicos. Isso só prova o compromisso da mangaká com a autenticidade histórica]; [Os conhecimentos da Maomao são reais, baseados na medicina tradicional chinesa, como o uso de ingredientes descritos no compêndio de matéria médica chinês, o “Bancao Gangmu”, escrito por Li Shizhen no século XVI]; [Enfeites de cabelo como códigos sociais, que demonstram status, função ou até mesmo mensagens ocultas]; [O mistério a respeito de Jinshi ser ou não eunuco é histórica, alguns oficiais protegiam sua identidade se dizendo eunucos – mas não significa que ele o seja. Na China imperial, alguns eunucos detinham mais poder político que alguns ministros]; [Os fãs estão pressionando a mangaká para desenvolver melhor o romance entre a Maomao e o Jinshi – isso inclui até mesmo a família dela. Mas ela reforça que o foco continuará a ser mistérios e intrigas palacianas]; [Segundo o site “O Vício” no dia 27/06/25, a autora disse ter vários anúncios para a série, o que pode significar expansão da série como a conhecemos]. Nossos episódios citados 012: Shingeki no Kyojin Live Action 115: Code Geass – Parte 1 117: Violet Evergarden 124: Boku no Hero Academia – Parte 1 172: Boku no Hero Academia – Parte 2 179: Aggretsuko – 1ª Temporada 183: Shingeki no Kyojin – Primeira Temporada 194: Komi não consegue se comunicar 201: Aggretsuko – 2ª Temporada 206: Mairimashita! Iruma-kun – 1ª Temporada 211: Youjo Senki – Saga of Tanya the Evil 212: Shokugeki no Soma – 1ª Temporada 238: Sousou no Frieren – Parte 1 Soundtrack usada Trilha sonora sem copyright   Contato E-mail: contato@animesphere.com.br Link Tree Seja nosso apoiador Apoia.se do AnimeSphere Compre as nossas Canecas Oficiais Por enquanto em suspenso, mas logo mais conseguiremos uma nova loja com as canecas para vocês!! Agregadores iTunes Deezer Spotify CastBox Podbean PodChaser Google Podcasts Podvine Páginas Amigas Anime See Três Quartos Cego, Canal YouTube Tokucast Participantes Jorge Twitter | X Facebook Instagram Blue Sky Firefalcon's World, meu blog pessoal MindStorm Productions NerdMaster Paranerdia Padrinhos Seja um você também!

HT2578 - Ruthless Editing, Again Last weekend, more or less just for fun, I reviewed all 180 projects in my Kokoro series of PDFs. One of the conclusions from this review is that I need to do more ruthless editing. Far too often I felt that a project simply had too many images. My primary criteria for editing has always been to eliminate repetition, but I need to expand that and maybe set more rigid limits on how many images are included in a project. Breaking a project into smaller parts might be the key, like chapters in novels. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

HT2575 - The Aspect Ratio for Publication The earliest issues of Kokoro were produced in a portrait orientation. My thinking was that the portrait orientation format would fit better when viewing on a phone or a tablet. I discovered, however, that a portrait orientation did not fit computer monitors, or laptops well at all. I knew that by changing to a landscape orientation would complicate people viewing on their the phone, but phones and tablets can easily be rotated whereas computer monitors and laptops cannot. The aspect ratio for publication gets even trickier in book design. Does this mean we should standardize our aspect ratio based on the final means of production? This RSS feed includes only the most recent seven Here's a Thought episodes. All of them — over 2500 and counting! — are available to members of LensWork Online. Try a 30-day membership for only $10 and discover the literally terabytes of content about photography and the creative process.

HT2569 - A Few Clunkers I have no idea why, but I felt compelled this morning to look back through my 180 projects published in Kokoro, the first of which was completed in 2015. Ten years, 36 issues, 180 projects. I wish I could report that they were all brilliant and have withstood the test of time. The reality, however, is that there are a few projects I now see as clunkers. That's the thing about the art life, we always produce with enthusiasm but occasionally mature with a cringe. This RSS feed includes only the most recent seven Here's a Thought episodes. All of them — over 2500 and counting! — are available to members of LensWork Online. Try a 30-day membership for only $10 and discover the literally terabytes of content about photography and the creative process. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

En este episodio platicamos con la directora de Relaciones Públicas, responsabilidad social y Marketing Experencial sobre los avances de su programa Kokoro, que se lanzó en 2025, un programa que beneficia de donaciones monetarias ligadas a las ventas de vehículos nuevos y servicios de mantenimiento realizados en nuestros talleres. Por cada auto nuevo comprado, el distribuidor Mazda donde se adquirió el vehículo dona 100 pesos y Mazda de México iguala ese donativo. Además, por cada servicio de mantenimiento realizado desde el 2 de enero del año pasado, el distribuidor dona 25 pesos y Mazda de México iguala esa cantidad. El donativo correspondiente a la operación de enero adiciembre del 2025 representa un total de 41,804,700 pesos destinados a asociaciones que trabajan por niñez en México. Además, platicamos de lo que vendrá este 2026 para Mazda, comenzando con la renovación de su SUV CX-5 que cambiará de generación y se acaban de lanzar los precios, sin duda un cambio que será muy esperado por los clientes de México. Otro de los autos que llegará este 2026 será CX-90 PHEV, el primer híbrido enchufable de la marca. Recordemos que Mazda está muy enfocada en tener vehículos enfocados a la infraestructura de México. No te pierdas este episodio. 

No episódio desta semana resolvemos encarar um dos maiores perigos da cultura pop moderna: as cronologias completamente confusas dos animes. Só que, claro, do nosso jeito. Obras que têm nomes parecidos e tentar montar "linhas do tempo" totalmente absurdas, criando trilogias e sagas que nunca existiram, mas que de alguma forma começam a fazer sentido depois de alguns minutos de discussão. A bagunça começou com o clássico trio Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Jacket e Full Metal Panic, depois partimos para o caos urbano de Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo Revengers, Tokyo Drift e Tokyo Godfathers, teve misturas perigosas como Boku no Hero, Boku no Pico e Boku no Kokoro, além do pacote incendiário Fire Force, Fire Punch e Firestarter. Entre piadas, confusão de nomes e teorias cada vez mais absurdas, o episódio virou uma verdadeira colagem de referências. Se você já confundiu nomes de anime, achou que duas obras tinham relação só porque o título parecia igual ou simplesmente gosta de ver discussões caóticas tomando rumos inesperados, esse episódio é uma viagem divertida por um multiverso de títulos que jamais deveriam existir juntos, mas que aqui acabam formando as franquias mais malucas da internet com participação de de SubZero, Figurante, Shura Lucas Emmanuel e Colonelluizh.Nossos Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram do Luiz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Canal do Figurante⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Canal de cinema do Shura⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast de musica do Ritalino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠APOIE O PODCAST:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apoia-se ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Como integrar o APOIA-SE ao Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠

Resilience and Stress Management: While critical to 97% of executives, only 47% believe their organization is currently resilient. Additionally, only 18% of leaders surveyed in 2025 scored high in stress tolerance. Decision-Making Under Pressure: While 67% of leaders make critical decisions under significant time pressure, only 23% have systematic frameworks to do so effectively. Specifically97% of executives believe business resilience is important, and nearly 90% of executives in a 2022 survey identified improving their own well-being (a driver of resilience and focus) as a top priority.   Ed Howard is the author of One Breath Leadership and the founder of Kokoro Business Performance. Based in Singapore, he works globally with senior leaders, executives, and organisations to improve focus, resilience, and decision-making under pressure. Before founding Kokoro, Ed spent more than 20 years in international investment banking, working at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, SMBC Nikko, Société Générale, and Standard Chartered. Alongside his corporate career, he has practiced Zen for over 30 years. This combination of corporate experience and deep awareness training shapes his approach. At the centre of his work is a simple idea: performance improves when attention is stable, mental noise is reduced, and leaders learn to reset in the moment.   For more information: https://www.onebreathleadership.com/ LinkedIn: @EdwardHoward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HT2540 - There Is No Favorite I received an email I had to think about before responding. The writer asked if out of the 180 projects I've published in Kokoro, did I have a favorite? I couldn't help feel this was like asking which of all the breaths I've taken today is my favorite? The answer, of course, is the next breath and, no doubt, the next project. This did have me thinking, however, about what work I choose to exhibit, publish, submit, or produce as a digital publication. As the producer, I may value the most recent work, but our chronology of production may have no impact on how others select their favorite work of ours. This RSS feed includes only the most recent seven Here's a Thought episodes. All of them — over 2500 and counting! — are available to members of LensWork Online. Try a 30-day membership for only $10 and discover the literally terabytes of content about photography and the creative process.

In dieser Folge (145) spricht Mareike mit Erec Brehmer Filmemacher und Absolvent der Abt III.Wir reden über:das grüne Haus in der alten HFFdie KurveJapanologie Studium als MeditationSport, Universität, halbe Stelle und FilmListen und Dinge in Worte fassen den Kinostart von "Born to fake" 28. Mai 2026 : Erec Brehmer | Born to Fake3 Kisten Rohmaterial einen tollen Redakteureinen Film wie eine WundertüteRohschnittdepression"Das Leichte und das Schwere" : Erec Brehmer | Das Leichte und das Schwereaktive Fragen sozial verträgliches und diverses Drehen Das Narrativ über eine verlorene Liebe und das Finden einer neuen Liebe Trauer "Die Wahrheit liegt im fühlenden Herzen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send Us a Message!Breath without grounding floats away. Grounding without breath forgets to dream. We dove into the living relationship between air and earth—how vision, intuition, and voice meet presence, safety, and action—to turn inner whispers into real-world change. From composting heavy emotions with tree roots to freeing a stuck throat with one honest breath, we share simple practices that help you shift out of loops and into flow.In this episode, we'll explore:Air as ideas, intuition and communicationEarth as presence, safety and manifestationComposting heavy emotion into usable energyBody scans to locate energy by chakra and elementPractical tools for grounding and breath-based releaseSpotting imbalance and language to rebalance clientsGrief without judgment as a sign of alivenessShamanic journeywork as earth body and air visionCommunity practice in an interactive monthly containerWe map manifestation as a pathway through the elements and the body: air brings the idea and the language, fire lends will, water fuels creativity, and earth gives it bones. That path also runs in reverse, lifting primal desire at the root up through breath and voice until it radiates into your field as a clear invitation. Along the way, we unpack signs of imbalance—overthinking, anxiety, disassociation, hyper-focus on details—and offer language and facilitation prompts that widen a grounded state or land a lofty one. This is Kokoro in action: heart, mind, and body aligned so thought serves love and the body carries change until it's real.You'll hear a vivid journey story of merging with a golden field of consciousness—why several people can receive the same idea at once—and how to pour that light back into daily life: food, movement, ritual, and care. We close with practical, shamanic tools you can use today: drumming, feathers, incense, calling directions, crystal grids, and a body-led check-in to choose earth or air on purpose. Plus, we introduce our Mystic Moon Collective, a monthly, interactive space with shamanic journey (earth) and sacred conversations (air) designed to help you practice, share, and grow with community.If this sparked something, follow and subscribe so you never miss new episodes, share this with a friend who needs grounding or a breath of inspiration, and leave a review to help more seekers find the show.Learn more about our newest offering, Mystic Moon Collective! : https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.sMoon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstituteFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmysticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.instituteYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstituteSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensiveBook a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

Hey! Alex here, with another weekly AI update! It seems like ThursdAI is taking a new direction, as this is our 3rd show this year, and a 3rd deep dive into topics (previously Ralph, Agent Skills), please let me know if the comments if you like this format. This week's deep dive is into Clawdbot, a personal AI assistant you install on your computer, but can control through your phone, has access to your files, is able to write code, help organize your life, but most importantly, it can self improve. Seeing Wolfred (my Clawdbot) learn to transcribe incoming voice messages blew my mind, and I wanted to share this one with you at length! We had Dan Peguine on the show for the deep dive + both Wolfram and Yam are avid users! This one is not to be missed. If ThursdAI is usually too technical for you, use Claude, and install Clawdbot after you read/listen to the deep dive!Also this week, we read Claude's Constitution that Anthropic released, heard a bunch of new TTS models (some are open source and very impressive) and talked about the new lightspeed coding model GLM 4.7 Flash. First the news, then deep dive, lets go

Kokoro has made this wonderful video cast all about her first year at NUFS. Watch on Spotify or listen on other podcast clients. Thank you for watching!

An ICE officer shot and killed a Colorado woman on the streets of Minneapolis on Wednesday, sparking protests and renewed debate here in Denver over President Trump's crackdowns on immigration and fraud. Comedian Joshua Emerson joins host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi to talk about ICE in Denver, Trump's retaliatory cuts to childcare and other social services, and his other recent comments about Colorado. Plus, does the quarterback of the Denver Broncos hate dogs? And finally, our wins and fails of the week. We're hiring! Do you want to be City Cast Denver's new audience development manager? Or do you know someone who'd be a perfect fit? Check out the full job listing and apply here.  What do you think about Bo Nix's relationship with dogs? Is he being weird? Does it not matter to you? We want to hear from you! Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 Joshua talked about Team Nonexistent, Gov. Polis' latest controversial tweet, and the monthly clavé jam at Manos Sagrados. Bree mentioned the Corporation for Public Broadcasting dissolving and Kokoro's 40th anniversary. Paul talked about a recent Colorado youth hockey scandal, Denver's new micro-mobility operator, our episode about Lime scooters from last March, and Bo Nix's new line of “Overdogs” merch in support of Denver Rescue Mission. For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Watch clips from the show on YouTube: youtube.com/@citycastdenver or Instagram @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm/Denver Learn more about the sponsors of this January 9th episode: Multipass University of Denver Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise

Kicking off the new year with a feel-good, groove-driven mix blending house rhythms and underground energy, plus a few personal favorites — including two of my own tracks recently signed to Outsider Recordings, out January 21st. Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year

In this bonus episode of XenoChat, three people who attended Wayô Records' Chrono Cross and Xenosaga piano concert in Paris, France on November 29th discuss their experience! Justin, Jessi and Valkyrie XY discuss the highs and lows of the concert that was born from the Across the Kosmos - Xenosaga Piano Collection album's successful Kickstarter campaign.The concert took place at Salle Colonne, 94 Bd Auguste Blanqui, 75013, Paris on November 29th. Approximately 137 people were in attendance from across France, UK, and the U.S.Opening: UMN Mode performed by Endgegner (Across the Kosmos - Jazz in Kosmos) *note this song was not at the concert*8:14 Pain - performed by Benyamin Nuss (Across the Kosmos - Xenosaga Piano Collection)30:46 Life or Death performed by Benyamin Nuss (Across the Kosmos - Xenosaga Piano Collection)44:37 Kokoro performed by Benyamin Nuss (Across the Kosmos - Xenosaga Piano Collection)Across the Kosmos - Xenosaga Piano Collection staff:Hiroyuki Nakayama - ArrangerMariam Abounnasr (Procyon Studio) - ArrangerAkio Noguchi - ArrangerBenyamin Nuss - Arranger & PerformerKiyoshi Arai (Red House) - DesignerYasunori Mitsuda (Procyon Studio) - Original ComposerWayoRecords' official website: http://www.wayorecords.net/The company is looking into ways in bringing their concerts to the U.S.A. (via Overlook Events, sibling of Wayô: https://overlook-events.com/). If you know a convention or venue that would be perfect for a Xenosaga/Chrono Cross piano concert, please reach out to Wayô!Have any suggestions or corrections? You can contact us at:Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠xenochatpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠xenochat.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/XenoChatPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/xenochatpodcast/?igshid=eiem6o2gs22h⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/xenochatpodcastBluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/xenochatpodcast.bsky.socialXenoChat is a fan podcast. We are not affiliated with Monolith Soft, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Nintendo or anyone else.

This field recording was made on the embankment of the Yamato River. You can hear the soft flow of the river, distant cars passing by, and the 6:00 p.m. evening chime. In many parts of Japan, melodies like this chime are played every evening through outdoor speakers. Originally part of disaster warning systems, they've become a daily signal for children to head home and a calming ritual for the community. Often nostalgic songs like Yuyake Koyake and Furusato are used, blending public technology with cultural tradition in a uniquely Japanese way. This particular moment was recorded in 2024, just before I was about to move away from the town. I felt a little sentimental, so I rode my bike to this spot to capture the sounds I've always loved. The recording holds the peaceful and nostalgic atmosphere of a Japanese evening—something simple, yet deeply emotional. Recoded by UIRO.

Most students think “Hodoki” is limited to just escaping a wrist or other grabbing attack. But the hardest grabs to escape actually aren't physical at all. They're internal bindings (musubi) that trap our heart and mind – preventing right though, action and the success we want. These are the invisible ties that bind stronger than […]

What will it mean to have professional volleyball coming to Minnesota in 2027? Find out from the Club Directors of one of the top organizations in the country, Kokoro.

"Relationships come before proposals; kokoro-gamae signals intent long before a contract". "Nemawashi wins unseen battles by equipping an internal champion to align consensus". "In Japan, decisions are slower—but execution is lightning-fast once ringi-sho is approved". "Detail is trust: dense materials, rapid follow-ups, and consistent delivery reduce uncertainty avoidance". "Think reorder, not transaction—lifetime value grows from reliability, patience, and face-saving flexibility". In this Asia AIM conversation, Dr. Greg Story reframes B2B success in Japan as a decision-intelligence exercise grounded in trust, patience, and detail. The core insight: buyers are rewarded for avoiding downside, not for taking risks. Consequently, a new supplier represents uncertainty; price discounts rarely move the needle. What does? Kokoro-gamae—demonstrable, client-first intent—expressed through meticulous preparation, responsiveness, and long-term commitment. Greg's journey began in 1992 when his Australian consultative selling failed to gain traction. The lesson was blunt: until trust is established, the offer is irrelevant because the buyer evaluates the person first. From there, the playbook is distinctly Japanese. Nemawashi—the behind-the-scenes groundwork—recognises that many stakeholders can say "no." External sellers seldom meet these influencers. The practical move is to equip an internal champion with detailed, risk-reducing materials and flexible terms that make consensus safer. Once the ringi-sho (circulating approval document) moves, execution accelerates; Japan trades slow decisions for fast delivery. Greg emphasises information density and speed. Japanese firms expect thick printouts, technical appendices, and rapid follow-ups—even calls to confirm an email was received. This signals reliability and reduces the purchaser's uncertainty. Trial orders are common; they are not small but strategic—tests of quality, schedule adherence, and flexibility. Win the test, and the budget cycle (often April-to-March) can position the supplier for multi-year reorders. Culturally, face and accountability shape referrals. Testimonials are difficult because clients avoid responsibility if something goes wrong. Longevity itself becomes social proof: "We've supplied X for ten years" carries weight. Greg's hunter-versus-farmer distinction highlights the need to support new logos with dedicated account "farmers" who manage detail, cadence, and service levels that earn reorders. Patience is tactical, not passive. "Kentō shimasu" may mean "not now," so he calendarises a nine-month follow-up—enough time for internal conditions to change without ceding the account to competitors. Throughout, he urges leaders to think in lifetime value, align to budget rhythms, and communicate more than feels natural. The result is a high-trust system where consensus reduces organisational risk—and where suppliers that master nemawashi, detail, and delivery become integral partners rather than interchangeable vendors.  Q&A Summary What makes leadership in Japan unique? Leadership succeeds when it reduces organisational risk and preserves face during consensus formation. Nemawashi equips internal champions to address objections before meetings, while ringi-sho formalises agreement. Leaders who foreground kokoro-gamae, provide dense decision packs, and allow time for alignment see decisions stick and execution accelerate. Why do global executives struggle? Western managers often prize speed, big-room persuasion, and minimal detail. In Japan, uncertainty avoidance is high; buyers seek exhaustive documentation and incremental proof via pilots. Under-investing in detail or follow-up reads as unreliable. Overlooking budget cycles and internal approvals leads to mistimed asks and stalled ringi. Is Japan truly risk-averse? Individuals are incentivised to avoid downside, which shifts decisions from "risk-taking" to "risk-mitigation." The system favours tested suppliers, visible track records, and trial orders. Price rarely offsets perceived risk. Trust and history function as risk controls; once approved, delivery speed reflects the system's confidence. What leadership style actually works? A patient, service-led style that privileges relationships over transactions. Leaders ask permission to ask questions, listen for hidden constraints, and co-design low-risk pilots. Farmers—or hunter-farmer teams—sustain cadence, escalate issues early, and remain flexible as conditions change, protecting the champion's face and the consensus. How can technology help? Decision intelligence platforms can map stakeholders and sentiment across the approval chain. Digital twins of delivery schedules and SLAs, plus living dashboards of quality metrics, give champions ringi-ready evidence. Structured knowledge bases, rapid response workflows, and audit trails strengthen reliability signals during nemawashi. Does language proficiency matter? Language builds rapport, but process fluency matters more: understanding nemawashi, ringi-sho, and budget cycles; providing dense Japanese-language materials; and maintaining a proactive follow-up cadence. Bilingual support teams and translated technical appendices can materially lower perceived risk. What's the ultimate leadership lesson? Optimise for the reorder, not the first sale. Reliability, speed of follow-up, document density, and cultural fluency compound into durable trust. Japan rewards those who "hasten slowly," then deliver flawlessly when the decision finally lands.  Timecoded Summary [00:00] Context and thesis: Japan's B2B environment rewards risk mitigation over risk-taking; relationships precede proposals. Greg recounts his early failure applying Australian consultative selling before building rapport and trust as prerequisites. [05:20] Nemawashi in practice: Many stakeholders can veto; sellers rarely meet them. Equip the champion with dense packs, options, and flexibility to navigate objections. Ringi-sho formalises consensus, and once signed, execution accelerates. [12:45] Detail and responsiveness: Japanese buyers expect information-rich printouts and fast follow-ups—even same-day responses. Trial orders function as risk-controlled tests of quality, schedule, and flexibility. Delivery during trials sets the tone for long-term partnership. [18:30] Referrals and proof: Public testimonials are rare due to accountability risk. Tenure becomes currency—long relationships serve as de-risking signals to new buyers. Social proof derives from sustained performance, not logos on a webpage. [24:10] Cadence and patience: "Kentō shimasu" often means "not now." Calendarise a nine-month check-in to match likely internal change cycles. Align proposals to April budget rhythms to avoid timing out. Maintain polite persistence without pushiness. [31:05] Operating model: Pair hunters with farmers; once a deal lands, a service-led team manages detail, SLAs, and face-saving flexibility. Leaders message lifetime value, not quarterly wins, and use technology (decision intelligence, digital twins, knowledge bases) to support nemawashi and ringi.  Author Credentials Dr. Greg Story, Ph.D. in Japanese Decision-Making, is President of Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University. He is a two-time winner of the Dale Carnegie "One Carnegie Award" (2018, 2021) and recipient of the Griffith University Business School Outstanding Alumnus Award (2012). As a Dale Carnegie Master Trainer, Greg is certified to deliver globally across all leadership, communication, sales, and presentation programs, including Leadership Training for Results. He has written several books, including three best-sellers — Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery, and Japan Presentations Mastery — along with Japan Leadership Mastery and How to Stop Wasting Money on Training. His works have also been translated into Japanese, including Za Eigyō (ザ営業), Purezen no Tatsujin (プレゼンの達人), Torēningu de Okane o Muda ni Suru no wa Yamemashō (トレーニングでお金を無駄にするのはやめましょう), and Gendaiban "Hito o Ugokasu" Rīdā (現代版「人を動かす」リーダー). In addition to his books, Greg publishes daily blogs on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, offering practical insights on leadership, communication, and Japanese business culture. He is also the host of six weekly podcasts, including The Leadership Japan Series, The Sales Japan Series, The Presentations Japan Series, Japan Business Mastery, and Japan's Top Business Interviews. On YouTube, he produces three weekly shows — The Cutting Edge Japan Business Show, Japan Business Mastery, and Japan's Top Business Interviews — which have become leading resources for executives seeking strategies for success in Japan.   

Te invito a escuchar este episodio para seguir conociendo de cerca la nueva Mazda BT-50 que se vende en más de 50 países, es producida en Tailandia y forma parte de una producción en conjunto con la marca Isuzu. Un vehículo que debes de probar, ya que tiene motor diésel que es más eficiente y mucho más duradero, muy interesante para la orografía del mercado mexicano, Pide tu prueba de manejo en Mazda y conoce más sobre este vehículo, y recuerda que al comprar un vehículo de la marca formas parte de su programa de responsabilidad social Mazda Kokoro y también al llevar tu auto al servicio o comprando los accesorios que son muchos para este tipo de vehículos y poder irte de aventura con este pickup BT-50.

1. Introduction and Context     *   Purpose of the Podcast/Discussion     *   Association with "Superhuman Selling" and Elyse Archer     *   Speaker's (Brandon Handley's) role: Running a men's mastermind     *   Current theme: "Grounding the Leap" 2. Understanding the "Leap" and its Challenges     *   Definition of the "leap": A breakthrough, a new baseline, a significant shift.     *   The problem: Leaps can fade into memory without grounding.     *   The goal: Locking in the leap, stabilizing the "new you" to become the new baseline.     *   Breakthroughs are exciting but initially unstable.     *   The nervous system, mind, and body need time to adapt to the new state. 3. The "Being" vs. "Doing" Paradigm for Grounding     *   Common misconception: Securing a leap through more efforting, habits, and hustling.     *   The speaker's past experience: Stuck in the "doing more" mindset.     *   The key principle: 95-98% of locking a leap is "being," only 2-5% is "doing."     *   The importance of understanding what it means to "live in this new state." 4. The Union of Heart and Mind (Kokoro)     *   An ancient principle from other cultures.     *   Concept introduced: Union of heart and mind.     *   Historical influences: Alan Watts and the concept of "mushin."     *   The Japanese term: "Kokoro" (written with the character for heart).     *   Definition of Kokoro: The union of heart and mind, working as one, not in competition.     *   Western civilization's separation of heart and mind:         *   The head as the CEO.         *   The heart ignored or relegated to a passive role.         *   Consequences: Leaps don't stick, trying to live breakthroughs in the mind while ignoring the body and emotions. 5. Scientific Basis for Heart-Mind Connection     *   The heart's intelligence: Not just a blood pump.     *   Heart's neural network: Approximately 40,000 neurons.     *   Information flow: Heart sends more information to the brain than vice-versa.     *   Pre-cognitive reactions: The heart reacts milliseconds before conscious thought.     *   Research backing: Harvard, University of California, and others.     *   Implication: The body "feels" the terrain before the brain maps it.     *   Ignoring the heart/intuition leads to reverting to the old baseline.     *   Tuning into the heart and mind together makes the new terrain familiar. 6. Alignment and States of Being     *   The principle of "alignment first, action second."     *   Transition from "contraction" to "expansion."     *   Defining "contraction":         *   Physical sensations: Chest caving in, shallow breath, racing mind, heaviness.         *   Psychological association: The old baseline, fear of the unknown.     *   Defining "expansion":         *   Physical sensations: Open chest, deep diaphragm breathing, relaxed shoulders, clear mind.         *   Psychological association: The new terrain, confidence in the new identity.     *   Leading with expansion allows "doing" to flow naturally. 7. Practical Exercise: Locking in the Leap     *   Purpose: To ground the leap in the present moment.     *   Step 1: Identify Contraction.         *   Think of things put off since the leap.         *   Feel bodily sensations of tightening (contraction).         *   Recognize this as the "old you" trying to keep you "safe."     *   Step 2: Imagine Expansion.         *   Visualize the desired outcome of the task being done.         *   Notice bodily sensations of opening and softening (expansion).         *   Recognize this as the leap being grounded.     *   Step 3: Future Action Protocol.         *   Do not act from contraction.         *   Pause, find expansion.         *   Then, move forward. 8. Reinforcing and Stabilizing the Leap     *   Keeping the leap "unshakable."     *   Training the mind to spot evidence of the leap.     *   Recognizing new responses vs. reactions.     *   "Proving the leap in real time" (Price Pritchett's concept).     *   Looking for proof while living it, not waiting for external validation.     *   Past leaps may have been unrecognized.     *   Opportunities appearing in unexpected ways ("ways that you know not of," referencing biblical phrasing).     *   "Trusting the unknown" (Price Pritchett's concept).     *   Recording and acknowledging this evidence in real time. 9. Anchoring the New Frequency (Heart-Mind Lock-In)     *   A guided breathing exercise.     *   Technique: Slow, easy breaths through the nose, belly expansion, shoulder softening.     *   Focus: Calling up the feeling of already living the leap and expansion.     *   Anchoring the feeling through bodily checks (shoulders, neck).     *   Establishing the new "home frequency" as living from expansion. 10. Making Choices for Stability     *   Every choice either stabilizes the leap or slides back to the baseline.     *   Key check-ins:         *   Feeling state: Contraction or expansion?         *   Heart and mind connection: Working together or split?     *   The power of choice: Choosing expansion, choosing Kokoro, choosing to live in the new state. 11. Invitation to Further Support and Community     *   Offering help with grounding leaps, experiencing leaps, and identifying leaps.     *   Mention of the "Superhuman Selling" mastermind.     *   Format: Bi-weekly, within groups and communities.     *   Benefits: Support from others and the opportunity to support them.     *   Concept: "A whole rising tide lifts all ships."     *   Call to action: Reach out and check it out.     *   Ultimate goal: Making leaps "sticky" and establishing them as the new baseline/reality.

Originally Recorded: July 26, 2025 A musical about a revolution in 18th century France?! No, they didn't finally make a Les Mis anime, but something much closer to home for many an shojo loving weeb. Join Hardy, Gigi, and Lac as they discuss the dub for the 2025 musical adaptation of The Rose of Versailles! Our theme music is composed by Gabriel Pulcinelli / Ponpoko in the Distance. You can find more of their work at https://ponpokointhedistance.com/ and at @gabrpulcinelli on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. AUDIO PLATFORMS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47LMCAgEW0BAOy9BnKYmLv Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dub-talk/id1514880122 Like what we do? Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dubtalkpodcast Or consider buying us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/dubtalk Hosts: @SpacemanHardy @animepalooza @LacTheWatcher Editor: @AmonduulUS Music: "The Rose of Versailles" by Miyuki Sawashiro, Aya Hirano, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, & Kazuki Katō "Anger and pain" by Miyu Irino & Parisians "Believe in My Way" by Miyuki Sawashiro, Aya Hirano, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, & Kazuki Katō "Child of Mars" by Miyuki Sawashiro "Enchanting Masquerade" by Masked nobilities "Kokoro no Arika" by Miyuki Sawashiro "Libération" by Tielle "Ma Vie en Rose" by Aya Hirano "Never Surrender" by Shunsuke Takeuchi "Our King and Queen" by Parisians "Ravine" by Toshiyuki Toyonaga "Resonance of Love" by Aya Hirano & Kazuki Katō "Return to nothing" by Miyuki Sawashiro "Soul to Soul" by Kazuki Katō "Yoru o Komete" by Miyuki Sawashiro & Toshiyuki Toyonaga "Versailles" by Ayaka Selections from The Rose of Versailles OST by Hiroyuki Sawano & Kohta Yamamoto

Have you ever felt like your favorite artist was speaking directly to you, even in a room full of fans? That's exactly what happened when we attended PSYCHIC FEVER's fan meet in Boston recently.From the moment we stepped into the intimate venue, we knew this would be different from typical shows we've covered. Konnect'd Entertainment created a perfectly curated experience that balanced performances with genuine fan interaction. The seven members of PSYCHIC FEVER didn't just show up - they connected with us in ways that made every moment feel personal and exclusive.The strategically elevated seating gave us the perfect vantage point to appreciate their intricate choreography while still being close enough to see their facial expressions. When they performed fan favorites like "Just Like Dat," "Gelato," and "Reflection," the sound quality was impeccable - something rarely achieved in small venues. Between songs, the members revealed sides of themselves we hadn't seen before: Ren's mind-blowing beatboxing skills, Weesa's passion for graffiti art, and Kokoro's photography hobby that might become a published collection.What truly made this event special were the small, unexpected moments - Ryushin adding "-shi" when saying Sarah's name during autographs, Weesa and Ren's genuine concern when a chair was accidentally kicked by DJ Panic, and Jimmy playfully defending his answer in the emoji game. These fleeting interactions created lasting memories that left us understanding why fans travel across countries to experience these meet-ups.Subscribe to hear more of our concert experiences and share your own fan meet stories in the comments! Which member would you be most excited to meet?PSYCHIC FEVER info: Instagram X YouTube official (LDH)Support the showPlease help Music Elixir by rating, reviewing, and sharing the episode. We appreciate your support!Follow us on:TwitterInstagram If have questions, comments, or requests click on our form:Music Elixir FormDJ Panic Blog:OK ASIA

HT2315 - New Work Revitalizes Older Work There's an interesting phenomenon that I've observed now for a couple of decades. Every time I release a new issue of Kokoro, there is an upswing in downloads for previous issues. Of course, the current release is the volumetric winner in terms of downloads, but the accumulated downloads of back issues always exceeds the current release. In other words, publishing new work has a way of revitalizing older work. Plus, as the back catalog grows, the coattails effect increases dramatically. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

HT2313 - Anthologies As we all know, you can't please all the people all the time. This is one of the foundational philosophies behind the anthology nature in both LensWork and in my personal work published in Kokoro. The strategy here is that even though a reader might find any given project uninteresting, an anthology increases the possibility that each viewer will find something they like and appreciate. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

El presidente de Estados Unidos no está listo para soltar su agenda comercial hípernacionalista y ayer volvió a usar su vieja confiable: anunció la imposición de más aranceles al mundo. Esta vez al cobre y a los medicamentos. Un juzgado de Jalisco condenó a más de 140 años de prisión a 10 personas detenidas en el Rancho Izaguirre de Teuchitlán. Además… La FGR investigará a Peña Nieto por los supuestos sobornos en la compra de Pegasus, Donald Trump se peleó con Vladimir Putin, la Corte Penal Internacional emitió órdenes de arresto contra los líderes talibanes, Guatemala sufrió varios temblores este martes y las víctimas por las inundaciones en Texas siguen aumentando. Y para #ElVasoMedioLleno… Mazda presentó Kokoro, una iniciativa con la que planea destinar cerca de $40 millones de pesos anuales a distintas iniciativas en favor de la niñez mexicana. Para enterarte de más noticias como estas, síguenos en redes sociales. Estamos en todas las plataformas como @telokwento. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As seminaries face shrinking enrollments, rising costs, and shifting demographics, what models of theological education will carry the church forward? In this episode, Loren talks with Bekah Buchterkirchen, a writer, speaker, and former dean of students with nearly a decade in Christian higher education. Drawing from her experiences in seminary leadership—and as a seminary spouse—Bekah offers a thoughtful look at what's working, what's not, and what needs to change for theological education to stay relevant and form faithful leaders. Bekah also shares about her own spiritual rhythms as a mother and ministry partner, what she'd do if she were pope for a day, and why the legacy of Tim Keller continues to shape her hopes for the church. Together they explore: The shift away from traditional seminary students to older, working adults The growing presence of women in seminary—and the challenges they still face Creative cohort-based and hybrid models that foster both learning and community The need for deeper church-seminary partnerships and real-time ministry formation Stackable certificates, lay education, and the future of non-traditional theological training Why poor digital presence is a turnoff—and how seminaries can adapt     Bekah Buchterkirchen is a writer, speaker, and creative collaborator passionate about cultivating joy and faith in every season. With nearly a decade in Christian higher education and ministry alongside her pastor-husband, she seeks to create spaces where curiosity, hospitality, and the love of Jesus meet. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with their two, almost three, young kids and writes to encourage moms in the trenches of motherhood to seek the Lord daily—even when they feel like it's not enough.   Mentioned Resources:

Fine Art Photography with Brooks Jensen: The Making of LensWork, Lessons in Finding Your Photographic Voice, Creative Constraints, and Seeing in SixesBrooks Jensen is a fine art photographer, publisher, teacher, and writer. He's best known as the founder, editor, and publisher of LensWork, an award-winning periodical dedicated to fine art photography with subscribers in more than 70 countries. Under his leadership, Lens Work has become one of the most respected photography publications in the world. His online platform, LensWork Online, offers a staggering amount of material, literally terabytes of content, including videos, podcasts, workshops, and creative inspiration for photographers of all levels.Brooks' personal photographic work is featured in Kokoro, an ongoing downloadable PDF journal that reflects his thoughtful and poetic approach to image-making. Brooks is also the author of 13 books on photography and the creative process, including Looking At Images, The Creative Life in Photography, Letting Go Of The Camera' and many others.Notable Links:Brooks Jensen ArtsLensWork Online*****This episode is brought to you by Kase Filters. I travel the world with my camera, and I can use any photography filters I like, and I've tried all of them, but in recent years I've landed on Kase Filters.Kase filters are made with premium materials, HD optical glass, shockproof, with zero color cast, round and square filter designs, magnetic systems, filter holders, adapters, step-up rings, and everything I need so I never miss a moment.And now, my listeners can get 10% off the Kase Filters Amazon page when they visit. beyondthelens.fm/kase and use coupon code BERNABE10Kase Filters, Capture with Confidence.

HT2309 - A Nagging Sense of Guilt It's been over a year since my last publication of a new issue of Kokoro. I feel a sense of guilt about this. In that same time, I've release 400 Here's a Thought, 60 podcasts, 60 episodes of Finding the Picture, 5 issues of LensWork, and that doesn't count episodes of Looking at Images, Seeing in SIXES commentaries, or Trilogies commentaries. So why this nagging sense of guilt? The pressure to produce takes many forms. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

HT2305 - It Truly Makes No Difference I was putting together a new project for the next issue of Kokoro when I realized that the 15 images in the final edit came out of 14 different cameras. Looking at the images, I would never be able to identify the camera without referring to the metadata. The lesson? You already own a sufficient camera, no matter what camera you own. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

What if the path to hope isn't found in overcoming pain, but in naming it? In this episode, Loren Richmond Jr. speaks with Dr. May Young, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Taylor University and author of Walking with God Through the Valley: Recovering the Purpose of Biblical Lament. Together, they explore why lament—too often overlooked in modern Christianity—is not just a personal cry, but a prophetic act of faith. Dr. Young vulnerably shares from her own experience of heartbreak and disorientation, and how discovering the biblical practice of lament became a turning point in her spiritual life. From the Psalms to the prophets, she explains how lament gives believers a faithful way to grieve, resist injustice, and grow in spiritual resilience—even when nothing changes. Topics explored: Why biblical lament is more than venting—it's rooted in God's character and promises How lament helps churches stand with the suffering and resist apathy Why modern worship often skips lament, and why that's a problem How unprocessed pain from the COVID era may still be shaping us The difference between stoic acceptance and faithful sorrow What it means to trust God when healing or justice may not come on our timeline May Young (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of biblical studies and chairs the Department of Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies, and Philosophy at Taylor University. She has contributed to several volumes focused on lament, including Reading the Psalms Theologically (Lexham) and World Christianity and COVID-19: Discourses and Perspective (Routledge). She is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature and serves on the board of directors of the Institute of Biblical Research, as well as the editorial board for Sacred Roots.   Mentioned Resources:

What if today were your last day on Earth? Jayson is joined by author and retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine for his 3rd time on the show to discuss finding your purpose on this planet, meditation vs. psychedelics, developing mental and physical toughness, and much more. Don't miss Mark's exhortation for coaches at the end.Mark Divine is a retired Navy SEAL, bestselling author, and transformative thought leader, inspiring compassion, resilience, and fortitude. His distinguished military career spanned two decades with tours in Iraq, the Middle East, and the Korean Peninsula, culminating in his retirement in as a Commander. Beyond the battlefield, Mark founded SEALFIT, where he blends Navy SEAL training with innovative mental toughness and mindfulness techniques. Through the Unbeatable Mind program he has trained thousands in his "Kokoro" whole mind system, and through the Mark Divine Courage Foundation, he aids veterans seeking post-traumatic growth. Mark holds a PhD in Global Leadership from Pepperdine University and resides in Encinitas, California, with his wife, Sandy, and Husky Mahina.Timestamps:5:15 - Horizontal vs. vertical development13:04 - The importance of training your body19:06 - You are not your thoughts24:08 - Vertical development takes time29:24 - What are you on this planet for?37:39 - Don't feed the fear wolf41:05 - Meditation vs psychedelics45:33 - What if today is your last day?48:48 - Why coaches need to be doing the work56:53 - AI in coachingLinks:Mark Divine – Navy SEAL Speaker, Author, Founder of Unbeatable MindFollow Jayson on social media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠

Pat Vera es una arquitecta y diseñadora paraguaya que vive en Vancouver, Canadá. Ella está haciendo un doctorado con líderes indígenas mujeres. En esta entrevista hablamos del escuchar, del trabajo textil relacionado al lenguaje, de la tierra y las relaciones. Ella nos recomienda: Kokoro of Design: Embracing Heterogeneity in Design Research de Yoko Akama. Peregrinajes de María LugonésBorderland de Gloria Alzaldúay conocer el trabajo de: ⁠Silvia Rivera Cucicanqui⁠⁠Rita Segato⁠Este es el episodio 9 de una serie sobre diseño decolonial. Que les esta pareciendo la serie? Siempre me gusta saber como la escuchan, qué les parece lo que armamos. Esta serie es posible gracias a la Sociedad de historia del diseño, Design History Society, que me dio la beca Descolonizando la historia del diseño. (Decolonising Design History Grant). También me asesoraron a quienes entrevistar fuera de latinoamérica, para que esta serie tenga una perspectiva más internacional. Esta serie tiene entrevistadas y proyectos desde India, Argentina, España, Ghana, EEUU, Brasil, Colombia, México, Australia, Ecuador y Paraguay. Es una serie trilingüe con episodios en Portugués, Español e Inglés. Entrevisto a diseñadores, artistas e investigadores. Esta entrevista es parte de las listas: Decolonizar, Investigación en diseño, Diseño textil, Arte y diseño social, Paraguay y diseño, Territorio y diseño y Canadá y diseño.

What if Christian colleges—and churches—stopped being driven by fear? In this episode of the Future Christian Podcast, Loren sits down (literally, in person) with sociologist and Substack writer John Hawthorne to talk about his new book The Fearless Christian University. Drawing on nearly four decades in Christian higher education, John outlines why so many institutions have slipped into what Andy Crouch calls "zombie mode"—defined more by inertia than imagination. This conversation moves fluidly between Christian universities and local churches, asking critical questions about sustainability, fear-based culture wars, institutional loyalty, and what it looks like to center the real questions of a rising generation. Together, John and Loren explore: Why Christian institutions often default to fear and control What it means to be a “zombie institution”—and how to wake up How schools and churches can move from protecting tradition to cultivating belonging The importance of legitimizing doubt and centering student (or congregant) questions Whether it's possible to hold onto theological identity without gatekeeping How online church and online education can erode or support community Why belonging may need to come before belief John Hawthorne is a sociologist who spent nearly four decades in Christian higher education. He served as faculty member and academic administrator over the course of his career, spending time in five different Christian universities. He writes a Substack that often deals with issues in Christian higher education and has been regularly interviewed for Christianity Today, Religion News Service, Sojourners, Inside Higher Ed, and the Associated Press. His publications include A First Step into a Much Larger World: The Christian University and Beyond.   Mentioned Resources:

What if your church property wasn't a burden—but a blessing to your neighbors? In this episode, Loren talks with John Cleghorn about the growing movement of churches reimagining their buildings and land to address the affordable housing crisis. Drawing from firsthand experience and national trends, John explores how faith communities can embrace a new missional identity rooted in service, hospitality, and justice. Whether you're a pastor, denominational leader, or simply wondering what's next for the American church, this conversation offers both challenge and hope. This episode includes: How churches are transforming unused space into affordable housing The pastoral challenge of helping congregations grieve old models while embracing new vision Why engaging neighbors is essential before development The tension between mission and monetization What it means to be a church after Christendom—and why that might be good news   John Cleghorn became pastor of Caldwell Presbyterian in 2008 after 25 years in banking and journalism. He has served Caldwell as it rebounded from almost closing to become a vibrant, diverse, mission-driven congregation centered on the love and justice of Jesus Christ. His latest book, Building Belonging: The Church's Call to Create Community and House Our Neighbors, springs from his congregation's experience and his national research into the emerging movement of faith-based organizations building affordable housing on their property. Building Belonging blends theology and Bible study with case studies and lessons learned From the movement.  A native of Atlanta, he has lived in Charlotte since 1986 and has served on a wide array of non-profit agency boards in the religious and human services fields at the local and national levels. He is currently a board member of WFAE.  He is married to Kelly, a kindergarten teacher, and has two adult children. He holds a Doctorate in Ministry from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Union Presbyterian Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University. His first book, Resurrecting Church: Where Justice and Diversity Meet Radical Welcome and Healing Hope (Fortress Press), came out in 2020.    Mentioned Resources:

Can your church pay the bills and follow God's call with integrity? In this episode, Loren talks with stewardship educator and sustainability strategist Grace Duddy Pomroy about how churches can embrace bold, faithful financial models without compromising their mission. Grace offers insights drawn from her national research and latest book on reimagining how churches fund ministry—from sliding-scale rentals to community-rooted partnerships. Topics Explored: Why your mission must come before your money The spiritual practices that sustain long-term financial change How to rethink rent, real costs, and what generosity really looks like Why churches need to grieve the past to make room for the future A six-part “rocket ship” model for launching sustainable ideas The myth of quick fixes—and the value of faithful experimentation   Grace Duddy Pomroy is the Director of the Stewardship Leaders Program at Luther Seminary. She's a lay, millennial stewardship leader, speaker, and financial educator based in Allyn, WA. She is the co-author of the stewardship book, Embracing Stewardship: How to Put Stewardship at the Heart of Your Congregation's Life, as well as author of the free 2013 ELCA stewardship resource, “Stewards of God's Love.” Her latest book, Funding Forward: A Pathway to More Sustainable Models for Ministry, was just released September 2024. Grace is also a consultant with Relèven, a charitable organization that lovingly preserves, restores, and repurposes under-utilized churches into community hubs and affordable housing.   Mentioned Resources:

Timestamps 0:33    Self-Promo Material 1:21    Introductions 3:41    What're We Up To? 12:46    Mystery Episode 20:21    Succinct Summaries 24:22    Episodes Discussion 54:41    Predictions 57:36    Discussion Question Discussion Question If we were planning a heist, which roles/jobs would we assign each of the You & Idol team? Mystery Episode Joel watches an episode that involves an evil transfer student who is way too good at everything, and who needs to learn what friendship could be, and who is just absolutely terrible at keeping their identity a secret Episodes We discuss episodes 9-12 of You & Idol PreCure, which involes Nana trying out new personality traits, Kokoro not feeling like part of the team as they host a handshake event, the team's group attack, a bad guy power up, and the first yandere of the series appears! We are not impressed

Timestamps 3:13 Discussion Question 6:27 Mystery Episode 13:35 Succinct Summaries 17:21 Episode Discussion 35:44 Predictions 40:50 Listener Comments Discussion Question We wonder which animals best represent each member of the team, and repeats are not allowed. Mystery Episode Joel watches an episode that involves catch phrases, a mysterious evil figure, and teleportation. Will Kat be able to guess what series this was? And has it sparked an interest in him in (re)visiting this series? Episodes This week we're covering episodes 7 and 8 of You and Idol PreCure, which explores Kokoro's dead father?!? (Don't worry, neither we nor the show spend much time on it), her status as a PreCure, and a sleepover

This week on The Unbeatable Mind, Mark Divine once again dives into the Five Mountains of Personal Development, this time introducing listeners to the profound concept of “Kokoro”-----the integration of heart and mind into one's actions!    All while encouraging a holistic approach to living life authentically and purposefully, Mark examines the Western tendency towards constant achievement and external validation. He proposes instead a journey that prioritizes inner peace and well-being, bringing our ambitions into a state of harmony with our core values.    Mark shares practical insights into connecting with our life's purpose following the three P's: purpose, passion, and principles—-providing tools for self-reflection that help align our life's actions with our ultimate calling!   Key Takeaways: Kokoro: Uniting The Heart & Mind: Understand the balance between gaining and letting go. Learn how achieving one's highest capacity involves not only striving for accomplishment, but surrendering certain beliefs.  Balancing Masculine & Feminine Energies: Discover the importance of balancing the West's action oriented mindset (masculine), with a more receptive and compassionate mindset.(Feminine).  The Three P's: Learn how to align your life's calling with your core values through purpose, passion, and principles.  One Day, One Lifetime Philosophy: Listen as Mark advocates for living every day as if it's your only day in order to reduce regrets and enrich your life experience.   Mark Divine is a former Navy SEAL Commander, entrepreneur, and NYT Bestselling author with PhD in Global Leadership and Change who has dedicated his life to unlocking human potential through integrated training in mental toughness, leadership, and physical readiness. Mark's journey began in New York City, where his fascination with eastern philosophy and martial arts set the stage for a transformative path. After a successful stint as a consultant at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, he made the pivotal decision to join the Navy SEALs at 25. Over two decades of service, Mark commanded critical missions globally, retiring as a Commander in 2011. Mark has trained elite organizations including Google, Nike, SpaceX, Boeing, Harvard University, The Olympics, YPO, and many others.Co-founding ventures such as SEALFIT, Unbeatable Mind, LLC, and Coronado Brewing Company have allowed Mark to blend his military expertise with entrepreneurial spirit. SEALFIT, born from his SEAL training insights, revolutionized physical and mental conditioning, impacting diverse groups from executives to athletes.Inspired by his military service, Mark founded the Courage Foundation to support veterans in holistic healing and restoration of purpose. Advocating for mental resilience and compassionate leadership, he aims to impact 100 million lives, fostering a more connected and courageous world.   Mark's Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdivine/   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@markdivineshow  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/RealMarkDivine/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sealfit/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/markdivineleadership/   Sponsors and Promotions: Defender: Shop the full Defender line-up at LandRoverUSA.com NordVPN: To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan, go to https://nordvpn.com/markdivine which will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Pique: Right now, you can get 20% off plus a FREE starter kit when you shop exclusively at Piquelife.com/DIVINE. Cremo: Head to Target or Target.com to find Cremo's new line of antiperspirants and deodorants in the Italian Bergamont and Palo Santo scents.   

In this episode, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with Ric Scalzo, a pioneer in herbal medicine and regenerative agriculture. Founder of Gaia Herbs and now leading Kokora, Ric shares his insights into the deep connection between mind, heart, and spirit—the meaning behind the Japanese term Kokoro and why the soil your herbs are grown in matters.

What does it mean to lead in weakness rather than strength? In this episode, Loren Richmond Jr. talks with Rev. Dr. Andrew Draper, co-author of Disabling Leadership: A Practical Theology for the Broken Body of Christ. Together, they explore how the church can redefine leadership away from power, charisma, and productivity toward humility, inclusion, and community-driven authority. Andrew shares insights from his work in disability theology, church leadership, and reconciliation, discussing how leadership must embrace human limitation and interdependence rather than seeking control or dominance. They also dive into the challenges of deconstruction and critical theory, why Christian nationalism and secular humanism are both flawed responses to uncertainty, and how churches can better align their practices with their values of inclusion. Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Draper is the Executive Director of Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay, OH. He is also teaching pastor at Urban Light Community Church in Muncie, IN. He has authored numerous books and articles on race, disability, and the church. Dr. Draper holds a PhD in theological ethics from the University of Aberdeen and an MDiv from Winebrenner Theological Seminary.   Relevant Links: www.AndrewTDraper.com www.UrbanLightMuncie.com www.facebook.com/AndrewThomasDraper    Presenting Sponsor: Phillips Seminary Join conversations that expose you to new ideas, deepen your commitment and give insights to how we can minister in a changing world.  Supporting Sponsors: Restore Clergy If you are clergy in need of tailored, professional support to help you manage the demands of ministry, Restore Clergy is for you! Kokoro  Join in for heartfelt journeys that challenges the way we see ourselves, each other, and the world we share.   Future Christian Team: Loren Richmond Jr. – Host & Executive Producer Martha Tatarnic – Co-Host Paul Romig–Leavitt – Associate Producer Dennis Sanders – Producer Alexander Lang - Production Assistant  

Legend of Galactic Heroes E31 & E32 The show is more about meetings than ever before, as once again, these foolish old men are going to get us all killed. Our theme music is Ride of the Galactic Heroes by Milk Jooce, it can be found at https://milkjooce.bandcamp.com/ If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/jojosworld