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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordering Iran's delegation out of New York after another round of stalled negotiations as President Donald Trump tells Time that more strikes—and even Iran's annihilation—are "possible"; Trump revealing that he regrets appointing Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett after rulings against his birthright-citizenship order and tariffs; the Pentagon expanding its campaign against Latin American drug cartels with U.S. troops joining raids in Ecuador, drones penetrating jungle cover, and Southern Command considering land strikes and arrests; and much more.  #rubinreport #rubio #irannegotiations #Trump #scotus #drugwar #latinamerica #daverubin

1962 GALAZY MAGAZINECONTENTS THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 10-1-2026Reforming Globalization to Avoid ConflictJake Werner of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, writing in The Nation, discusses US-China trade relations following Xi Jinping's Washington visit. Werner traces how 1990s free-market globalization through the WTO, IMF, and World Bank enriched multinational corporations while exploiting developing nations. However, China leveraged its strong state and market scale to demand technology transfers and intellectual property sharing. Rising American grievances over IP theft, paired with Chinese fears of the middle-income trap, created mutual resentment. Werner advocates reforming the global economy by raising wages, providing public goods, absorbing overcapacity, and engaging China as an equal peer. (1)Demographic Shifts Reshaping American OpportunityJoel Kotkin, writing in UnHerd, details demographic migration patterns transforming the United States. Businesses, media production, and high-tech industries—like semiconductors and data centers—are departing traditional urban hubs like New York and Los Angeles for Sunbelt and "hillbilly" states, including Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Facilitated by remote technology, lower costs, and affordable land, these regions are cultivating elite universities and tech corridors. Conversely, coastal urban cores suffer from ideological dysfunction, homelessness, and high living costs, driving families and professionals to seek safety, space, and economic opportunity in expanding exurbs. (2)Navigating North American Trade PressuresMary Anastasia O'Grady of The Wall Street Journal examines trade dynamics under the USMCA. O'Grady clarifies that the US refusal to sign a 16-year extension in 2026 initiated a 10-year review clock rather than immediate dissolution of the pact. She outlines the Section 232 national security tariffs imposed by the US—50% on steel, aluminum, and manufactured derivatives, alongside 25% on finished automobiles—which dismantle traditional zero-tariff trade. US steel producers urge Mexico to erect high external tariffs on Asian metal imports, creating a regional customs union. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates obligingly to avoid a damaging trade dispute. (3)Confronting Escalating Federal Debt RiskVeronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center addresses rising United States national debt and global bond market volatility. De Rugy refutes assertions that high debt-to-GDP ratios carry no consequences, highlighting recent severe inflation and weak Treasury bond auctions that forced shorter maturities. With 10-year interest rates exceeding 5%, investors signal diminishing confidence that future debt will be repaid in uninflated currency. She emphasizes that Social Security and Medicare trust fund exhaustion around 2032 threatens massive automatic benefit cuts or trillions in new borrowing. De Rugy warns that failing to reform entitlement drivers risks triggering severe economic instability. (4)Reforming Globalization to Avoid ConflictJake Werner of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, writing in The Nation, discusses US-China trade relations following Xi Jinping's Washington visit. Werner traces how 1990s free-market globalization through the WTO, IMF, and World Bank enriched multinational corporations while exploiting developing nations. However, China leveraged its strong state and market scale to demand technology transfers and intellectual property sharing. Rising American grievances over IP theft, paired with Chinese fears of the middle-income trap, created mutual resentment. Werner advocates reforming the global economy by raising wages, providing public goods, absorbing overcapacity, and engaging China as an equal peer. (1)Demographic Shifts Reshaping American OpportunityJoel Kotkin, writing in UnHerd, details demographic migration patterns transforming the United States. Businesses, media production, and high-tech industries—like semiconductors and data centers—are departing traditional urban hubs like New York and Los Angeles for Sunbelt and "hillbilly" states, including Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Facilitated by remote technology, lower costs, and affordable land, these regions are cultivating elite universities and tech corridors. Conversely, coastal urban cores suffer from ideological dysfunction, homelessness, and high living costs, driving families and professionals to seek safety, space, and economic opportunity in expanding exurbs. (2)(2)Navigating North American Trade PressuresMary Anastasia O'Grady of The Wall Street Journal examines trade dynamics under the USMCA. O'Grady clarifies that the US refusal to sign a 16-year extension in 2026 initiated a 10-year review clock rather than immediate dissolution of the pact. She outlines the Section 232 national security tariffs imposed by the US—50% on steel, aluminum, and manufactured derivatives, alongside 25% on finished automobiles—which dismantle traditional zero-tariff trade. US steel producers urge Mexico to erect high external tariffs on Asian metal imports, creating a regional customs union. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates obligingly to avoid a damaging trade dispute. (3)Confronting Escalating Federal Debt RiskVeronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center addresses rising United States national debt and global bond market volatility. De Rugy refutes assertions that high debt-to-GDP ratios carry no consequences, highlighting recent severe inflation and weak Treasury bond auctions that forced shorter maturities. With 10-year interest rates exceeding 5%, investors signal diminishing confidence that future debt will be repaid in uninflated currency. She emphasizes that Social Security and Medicare trust fund exhaustion around 2032 threatens massive automatic benefit cuts or trillions in new borrowing. De Rugy warns that failing to reform entitlement drivers risks triggering severe economic instability. (4)Operating SpaceX Starship Flight ProgramEric Berger, author of Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX and Re-entry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets That Launched a Second Space Age, co-host David Livingston: The Ars Technicawriter discusses SpaceX's Starship Mission 14 orbital test. Berger details successful orbital payload deployment of next-generation Starlink satellites while highlighting Raptor 3 engine reliability and re-entry heat shield tiles as ongoing engineering priorities. Crucially, Berger reveals SpaceX plans to retire Crew Dragon, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy by 2030 to concentrate resources entirely on Starship development. This strategic pivot leaves NASA and commercial space station developers facing potential human transportation supply gaps, forcing reliance on Boeing's Starliner, Blue Origin, or European partners amid growing commercial space competition from China. (5)Uncovering Slavery at Tower HillAlan Taylor, author of Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion: The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner examines Virginia's Blow family—Samuel, Richard, and George—across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Samuel built wealth dispossessing indigenous land; Richard amassed a fortune through wartime smuggling at South Quay, international commerce, and transatlantic slaving. George managed Tower Hill plantation, continuously debating his father over severe soil exhaustion, overcropping, and scientific agricultural methods. Taylor exposes the pervasive physical violence sustaining slavery, the self-pitying illusions of planters, and debt-fueled financial practices underlying the economic facade of elite Virginia gentility. (6)Evaluating Latin American Geopolitical SecurityEvan Ellis of the US Army War College, writing in Infobae, examines Latin American geopolitics, security, and technology. Ellis analyzes the Brazilian presidential election between Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro amid intelligence reports of foreign interference. Turning to Mexico, he evaluates President Claudia Sheinbaum's cartel security operations, extradition decisions, USMCA stance, and 50% tariffs on Chinese goods. Ellis discusses his Infobaepaper on artificial intelligence and robotics, detailing $84 billion in Mexican data center projections, severe power grid constraints, and cartels deploying drone swarms. Finally, he addresses Cuba's complete economic collapse and mounting international pressure. (7)

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Ginita is an Ecuadorian-Honduran-American composer, trombonist and vocalist. Her music combines straight-ahead jazz, latin-jazz, and popular Latin American music. She has performed with, arranged, and composed for Classical Chamber groups, Jazz Big Bands and Salsa Bands. She's worked with The Roy Hargrove Big Band, The Rufus Reid Big Band, and The Dee Dee Bridgewater Big Band among others. She played in the Broadway production of Huey Lewis' “The Heart of Rock and Roll.” She is also the founder and musical director of “La Orquesta Esa,” her latin-jazz Big Band. They play her music as well as her arrangements of music by artists like Tito Puente, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, and Eddie Palmieri. She also has contributed music to Jazz at Lincoln Center among others. My featured song is "Mi Cachimber All Stars”, one of my recent singles. Spotify link.—------------------------------------Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!Click here for Start HereClick here for All Episodes Click here for Guest List Click here for Guest TestimonialsClick here for PillarsClick here for Robert's Project Grand SlamClick here to Subscribe Click here to receive our Email UpdatesClick here to Rate and Review the podcast—----------------------------------------CONNECT WITH GINITA:http://ginabenalcazarlopez.com/ SUBMITTED FOR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION:“THE BUZZ” - Ft. Darius de Haas (vocals) and Dave Eggar (Cello). "Short, Sweet and Totally Different"CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL VIDEOCLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS---------------------ROBERT''S LATEST RELEASE:"MA PETITE FLEUR STRING QUARTET"“Nine minutes of genuinely enjoyable chamber music-making: thoughtful, expressive, beautifully played and full of personality!” (Broadway World)"Robert Miller's "Ma Petite Fleur String Quartet” is a true musical treasure in the string quartet repertoire. Beautifully performed!”. (GRAMMY® nominee cellist Tess Remy-Schumacher)“I love it! Such an amazing work!” (Award Winning Pianist, GRAMMY® U Mentor, Vivian Fang Liu)CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS—--------------------------------------Audio production:Jimmy RavenscroftKymera FilmsConnect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.comFollow Robert's band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:Website - www.projectgrandslam.com

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

A.M. Edition for Oct. 1. The Trump administration rolls out a new plan to lower drug prices in Medicare, while also sending out $500 checks to nearly 100 million people, a month before voters head to the polls in the midterm elections. Plus, bonds sell off globally, with yields in the U.S., France and U.K. hitting fresh records today. WSJ's Nicolas Miller explains what that means for mortgage rates and homebuyers. And as test scores plummet, WSJ investigative reporter Shalini Ramachandran details the growing backlash against widespread use of Google's AI tools in American classrooms. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1900 MEXICO CITY PRINT SHOPEvaluating Latin American Geopolitical SecurityEvan Ellis of the US Army War College, writing in Infobae, examines Latin American geopolitics, security, and technology. Ellis analyzes the Brazilian presidential election between Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro amid intelligence reports of foreign interference. Turning to Mexico, he evaluates President Claudia Sheinbaum's cartel security operations, extradition decisions, USMCA stance, and 50% tariffs on Chinese goods. Ellis discusses his Infobaepaper on artificial intelligence and robotics, detailing $84 billion in Mexican data center projections, severe power grid constraints, and cartels deploying drone swarms. Finally, he addresses Cuba's complete economic collapse and mounting international pressure. (7)

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

Why would someone decide to risk their life for a country that is not their own? What might they be searching for? Call Sign Condor is a podcast about the thousands of Latin American soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine — for Ukraine. Through the stories of our protagonist, Condor, and his fellow soldiers, this four-part series takes us inside the lives of Latin American men and women who've been fighting — some of them for years — in the war in Ukraine. Through their experiences of fear, loss, and belonging — even falling in love — host Carolina Chimoy explores what brought these soldiers to the front, how they've experienced the war, and what they've found there. From LA Times Studios and DW, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, find Call Sign Condor wherever you get your podcasts.

The following article of the Tech industry is: 'What Mexican Doctors Can Learn From Their Latin American Peers' by Enrique Culebro, CEO, Central Media. 

AI Top40 Radio** is the world's first countdown style showcase dedicated entirely to the rising universe of AI powered music. Curated and hosted by **Ray Ray the Deejay** — with futuristic co host **Signal Sage** — this show blends classic Top40 energy with the bold, boundary breaking sound of tomorrow's artists.Each episode features brand new tracks created by AI musicians from around the globe, presented with the same excitement, storytelling, and radio magic that defined the golden age of FM. No reruns. No nostalgia traps. Just fresh voices, fresh vibes, and a brand new frontier of creativity.AI Top40 Radio isn't just a podcast — it's a movement, a launchpad, and a living archive of the next generation of music makers.If you want to hear where the future is headed… you're already tuned in. Send your AI music to rockraymondproductions@gmail.com to be included on our station's playlist.Please absolutely no vulgar lyrics!Any offensive material will be rejected.All genres welcome.We will be creating a separate station for Latin American music, so please send in your Latin American AI tracks on mp3. www.rockraymondproductionsinc.comRock Raymond Productions Inc. official websitehttps://www.publicityrocks.press/Hype Mechanics PR and Media  (official sponsor)Support us on PayPal!

For much of the past two decades, discussions of Latin American democracy have centred on decline — elected autocrats, weakened institutions, and a slide toward competitive authoritarianism. Building on joint work with Scott Mainwaring, Dr Bizzarro contends that the more common, and in some ways more troubling, pattern is not democratic collapse but stagnation. He argues that most of the region's democracies are neither dying nor deepening: they are stuck — hobbled by entrenched elites who block reform, governments that fail to deliver, and weak states that neither fully protect rights nor fully provide security. Dr Bizzarro examines what this stagnation costs: economically, in slower growth; politically, in eroding support for democratic institutions and the rise of anti-system outsiders; and internationally, in a region less able to anchor democratic norms abroad. This event examines why Latin American democracy's central problem may not be a single dramatic crisis, but a long, quiet plateau whose consequences deserve closer attention. Dr Bizzarro is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College, and for the 2026-2027 academic year, a Visiting Professor at Yale University. A comparativist working on Latin America, his research explores the nature, causes, and consequences of democracy and political parties across the region. He completed his Ph.D. in Harvard University's Department of Government in 2023 and was previously a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale's Jackson School of International Affairs. His work has appeared in the Journal of Democracy, World Politics, and Electoral Studies, and he is co-authoring a book with Scott Mainwaring on democratic deepening in Latin America.

The Lindsay Clancy trial captured the nation this summer, and reactions toward Clancy have been split. The case brought much needed attention to postpartum psychosis, but some question the support Clancy received from the public. This week, we speak with writer Myriam Gurba about why some cases of family annihilation get more attention than others, why we villainize mothers and the parallels with the Latin American legend of La Llorona.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show's perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Marcos Canales is the pastor of La Fuente Ministries, a bilingual, intercultural congregation in Pasadena, California, and a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary. In this conversation, Markus Watson and Marcos talk about ministry in a community reeling from both the Eaton fire and ongoing ICE enforcement, why Marcos describes it as an enforcement of terror, what a robust theology of suffering looks like, and how churches removed from the front lines can stand in solidarity without centering themselves. THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Why Marcos describes current immigration enforcement as an enforcement of terror, and how it echoes the violence many Latin American families fled. How the Eaton fire and ICE operations compounded trauma in Pasadena and Altadena within a single month. Bilingual ministry as a daily practice of rehumanization. Why theologies that rush people toward superficial hope end up wounding them more. Gustavo Gutiérrez's reading of Job and the call to keep talking to God in the midst of suffering. The risen Jesus who never hides his wounds, and what that means for wounded leaders. Grief stations, gratitude, and building a congregational culture where lament is a spiritual practice. Resistance and re-existence, from prayer vigils to letters for people detained at Adelanto. Four concrete steps for majority-white churches that want to stand with immigrant neighbors. Marcos closes the conversation by praying the Immigrant's Creed. RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS: Marcos Canales: La Fuente Ministries More about La Fuente Ministries Giving opportunities for migrant solidarity: Clergy Community Coalition La Fuente Ministries Compassion Fund (choose "LFM Compasión-Compassion Fund") Books mentioned: On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent, by Gustavo Gutiérrez The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander Other resources: The Immigrant's Creed / El Credo del Inmigrante, by Rev. José Luis Casal, director of Presbyterian World Mission RELATED EPISODES: Episode 143: How the Church Can Respond to Immigration, with Karen Gonzalez, author of Beyond Welcome Episode 268: Borderless Faith, with Seth Clark, lead pastor of The Border Church Episode 287: Leadership and Lament, a Quick Conversation with Tod Bolsinger and Markus Watson Send me a text! I'd love to know what you're thinking!Click HERE to get my FREE online course, BECOMING LEADERS OF SHALOM.

We go behind the scenes with the team at Gamut Theatre Group to explore their bold new production of The Tempest, running October 3–18 in Harrisburg. Directed by Diego Sandino, this fresh interpretation of Shakespeare's classic relocates the story to the magical island of Ometepe, Nicaragua, blending timeless themes with rich Latin American culture.We sit down with Jessica Eaton Guyer, Curator of the Tuscarora Academy Museum, President of the Juniata County Historical Society, and Juniata County Advisor for America250PA. Jessica shares her passion for preserving local history and highlights the important work of the Historical Society, whose mission is to discover, preserve, and share the rich heritage of Juniata County.

Send us Fan MailWe all want our students to acquire the language. We also want them to read it and, eventually, write it. But are we teaching them how to become readers and writers in the target language?That's what I discuss with Dr. Lara Bryfonski in this episode. Lara is a professor at Georgetown University and coauthor of The Art and Science of Language Teaching. Together, we explore why developing literacy and acquiring a language are different processes—and how we can support both in our classrooms.In this episode, we talk about:Why we cannot always assume that students' reading and writing skills in their first language will transfer automatically to the language we teach.How to find out what support students need when they read.What to do before, during, and after reading to help students make sense of a text.How to show students what they can do when they reach a word or paragraph they don't understand.Why writing needs time for brainstorming, drafting, feedback, and revision.How to teach useful peer feedback, even when you have a large class.One thing surprised me during our conversation: I was already using some of these strategies. Understanding how they help students develop literacy skills made me want to name and model them more intentionally.If you've ever finished reading with your class, looked at the comprehension questions, and wondered, How do I actually help my students become better readers?—grab your cafecito ☕️ and join us. This conversation gave me tools I can use in my next lesson.MORE FROM GROWING WITH PROFICIENCYFollow me on Instagram: @claudiamelliottRead the BlogGrowing With Proficiency on Teachers Pay TeachersJoin the waitlist for Growing With Proficiency: The Spanish Teacher AcademySUBSCRIBE & REVIEWSubscribe to Growing With Proficiency — The Podcast so you don't miss our next conversation. If this episode helps you, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more world language teachers find the show.

This week we're wrapping up our round-up of Latin American movies with maybe the deepest cut we've done yet. We're watching Muerte En La Playa from director Enrique Gomez Vadillo. In this movie we find young David returning home from school on break following the temporary closing of the school after the murder of one of the professors. David's mom, hyper-glam Sonia Infante, and her boyfriend make several attempts to hook David up with one of the local girls but he couldn't possibly be any less interested in them. David is gay and all the people prying into his personal life keep bugging the shit out of him so he pushes them off cliffs, out windows, and even resorts to jamming a spear in a dude's butt. Who can stop his rampage? Perhaps his stepfather-to-be with a plot to catch him in the act with another man will expose David. Who can say? Tonally impenetrable, Muerte En La Playa is an overwrought Telenovela melodrama of cartoonish proportions. Nearly all of the movie takes place in or around a swimming pool. Vadillo luxuriates in filming all of the toned, chiseled young men. The director, Vadillo, himself is a hard man to track down. He's a ghost, a cipher even among Mexican film directors. It's a hard movie to quantify and deeply, deeply weird. Join the Bring Me The Axe Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/snkxuxzJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Bring Me The Axe! on Patreon:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/bringmetheaxepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Bring Me The Axe merch here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.bonfire.com/store/bring-me-the-axe-podcast/

I welcome Dr Pete Watson from the University of Leeds back onto the podcast to discuss the legacy of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Latin American sides. Why have Mexico and Colombia not progressed? Is this the worst Brazil side in a century? Why are Argentina so universally disliked? We address these and many other questions. If you enjoy Outside Write, do please leave a review. Visit Outside Write on Substack for more groundhopping and football history. Follow Outside Write on social media, on Bluesky and Instagram Check out Chris Lee's three books: ·      Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World ·      The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism ·      Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football

William T. Cavanaugh — professor of Catholic studies at DePaul, director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, and author of The Uses of Idolatry, Torture and Eucharist, Migrations of the Holy, and Being Consumed — joins James Spencer and Ashish Varma for the fifth episode in the faith and politics series. Cavanaugh begins where politics itself begins: not with elections, but with how people organize a shared life. He traces how the sacred trappings once belonging to the church migrated to the modern state, and points to the Apotheosis of Washington on the Capitol dome as a reminder that ostensibly secular nations still deify. Much of the conversation is about idolatry — why the word is worth recovering despite its colonial baggage, and what Latin American theologians saw when they applied it to economics rather than atheism. Cavanaugh works the argument through Amazon packages, cobalt mines, and Milton Friedman's definition of a free transaction, then answers the obvious objection about whether ordinary people can do anything at all. He closes on why the pursuit of Christian political power keeps producing the opposite of what it promises, with Hungary as the case in point. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome 01:24 Politics before it meant elections 03:38 Ecclesia: the church as a third thing 05:30 Migrations of the holy 08:25 The Apotheosis of Washington 09:12 We didn't have to end up here 11:30 Why the fall is an optimistic doctrine 14:58 Chile, Argentina, and the habits of a church 17:17 Kennedy's Pyrrhic victory 20:59 Why Christians think they need power 22:59 Recovering the word idolatry 27:08 Economics as theology 30:31 Amazon, cobalt, and what's invisible by design 34:51 If I don't buy the bananas, who eats? 41:06 Neither the status quo nor a treehouse 44:46 Mondragon and worker ownership 46:12 What you can actually do 48:12 A migrant ministry in Oak Park 51:13 Framing a midterm election 54:34 Hungary, Orbán, and what power costs the church 57:02 The churches everyone assumed were holding Follow and subscribe Subscribe to Thinking Christian: https://episodes.thinkingchristian.org Website: www.thinkingchristian.org Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

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Amidst all the talk of an AI bubble, bonds are back in the news. The world's two leading business newspapers, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, both feature stories this weekend warning about bond ructions and surging yields. While these warnings might only interfere with the sleep of bond geeks, they are a good reminder of the centrality of the bond market to our prosperity. For all their financial geekiness, Robin Wigglesworth knows that bonds matter. He edits Alphaville, the Financial Times' splendidly geekish markets blog, and he's the author of A Fabulous Debt, a new book that tells the “epic” story of how bonds built the modern world. The bond market matters, Wigglesworth reminds us, because when it breaks — as in 1873, 2008 and very nearly in 2020 — then the whole world suffers. So what, exactly, is a bond? Wigglesworth explains that it's a tradable loan which the Venetians accidentally invented in 1171 to pay for a war with Constantinople. In Venice, it became a forced levy on every citizen, sweetened by its annual 5% interest payments and by the right to sell its paper on the Rialto. From there it runs through Amsterdam with the Dutch East India Company to modern America, where Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase was financed by bonds sold by the London merchant bank Baring Brothers — remarkably, while Britain was at war with the France it was paying, and earning Barings what may have been the largest banking fee in history. Then there's the deliciously named Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor, a bond bad boy who invented an entire country, Poyais, and successfully sold its bonds in London. In spite of the shady MacGregor, the moral of the bond story, Wigglesworth reassures us, is that transparency pays. Britain could borrow more cheaply than its rivals because parliament controlled the purse and published its accounts. Europe's greatest banker, the London-based Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who brought Prussia, Spain, Russia and the new Latin American republics to the London market after Waterloo, thus cajoled other governments into opening their books to get the same rates. Accountability was, literally, cheaper. And so the modern world — with its leviathan state and the financial muscle to conduct global wars — was born. Does Wigglesworth lose sleep about today's bond ructions and surging yields? Not exactly. But he is a tad nervous about the fact that tech giants have issued over $500 billion of bonds this year to build data centers. So rather than the feared AI stock market bust, Wigglesworth does raise the more apocalyptic specter of a bond bust. Not an imminent fabulous crisis, he reassures. Not yet, anyway. Five Takeaways •       Stock Bubbles Don't Matter. Bond Bubbles Do. Wigglesworth's opening move reverses the usual hierarchy. Stock market bubbles are mostly inconsequential and sometimes even welcome — we occasionally need people to dream rather than be careful, and to throw money at the hot new thing, because that is when big leaps happen. The dot-com bust is his proof: the American stock market lost half its value from peak to trough, and the recession that followed was among the shortest and shallowest in US history. Credit is the dangerous part. When the bond market breaks bad — 1873, 2008, and very nearly 2020 — it tends to be very painful for the world. The structural reason is asymmetry: a shareholder's upside is unlimited and the downside is zero, so the stock market is the natural home of wild speculation; a bondholder's best case is simply being repaid. That is why bonds work best when they are safe, or at least seen as safe — and why the rare occasions when bond speculation does run out of control have proved more destructive than tulips, the South Sea, or the dot-com boom.•       Venice, 1171. Credit is ancient — Mesopotamian clay tablets recorded loans four thousand years ago, some made out not to a named person but simply to a merchant, which suggests they were traded. But the bond in its proper form was invented by accident in Venice in 1171, to finance a war with Constantinople. The city was rich, but not rich enough to borrow from the bankers at their tables in the Rialto, so the government compelled every citizen to lend in proportion to their wealth — an involuntary war tax, softened two ways: 5% a year until victory, and a receipt you could sell. The Venetians hated it at first, and then discovered it was collateral, and de facto paper money before paper money existed in Europe. Milan, Pisa, Genoa and Rome copied it; it spread to France, Germany, Spain and finally the Netherlands, where the Dutch turned a handful of loans into an actual market — cities, states and the water boards that paid for the dykes — and, Wigglesworth argues, invented modern capitalism. The Dutch East India Company sold stock once. It financed its ships, armies and expeditions with bonds.•       The Man Who Invented a Country. The book's great set piece. Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary who had fought beside Bolívar and married his cousin, returned to London as cacique of Poyais — a verdant land on the Honduran coast, he said, with gold, honey, fertile plains and a capital called Saint Joseph. He had songs written about it. He sold its bonds on the London Stock Exchange, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds, and persuaded Scottish families to sell up and sail. Poyais did not exist. It was a swampy hellhole with no capital and no settlement; some who arrived took their own lives, many died of famine and malaria, and only a handful got home. Why bonds rather than stock? Because that is where the money was: Britain had financed the Napoleonic wars with an enormous issue of consols, those who held them made fortunes when Britain won, and Nathan Mayer Rothschild was busy bringing Prussia, Spain, Russia and the new Latin American republics to the London market. In the middle of what we would now call an emerging market bond bubble, an invented country did not sound so outlandish.•       Transparency Pays. The argument with the widest reach. Britain's advantage in the nineteenth century was not only naval: its bonds were issued by a parliament that controlled the purse and published financial numbers, rather than by a fickle royal family, and Dutch, German and French investors preferred them for exactly that reason. Cheaper borrowing made Britain stronger, and Rothschild then went round cajoling other governments to open their books and issue through their estates rather than their kings, because that is what British money now expected. Accountability, in other words, had a price advantage — a quiet feedback loop pushing governments towards openness. America's version is Hamilton, who assumed the states' defaulted war debts and turned them into federal bonds that circulated as money in a country desperately short of coin — a financial enema, as the musical has it. The Louisiana Purchase was financed entirely by bonds, arranged by the British bank Baring Brothers while Britain was at war with France. Wigglesworth calls it a win-win-win; Andrew notes the indigenou...

El Silbón is a monster from Latin American folklore who roams the forests of Los LLanos. His whistle is a death omen to any who would hear it. But who was he before he was a dreaded monster? And did he deserve his fate?

1911 VOYAGE TO THE ARCTICCONTENTS JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 9-24-2026Political Shifts Threaten European StabilityAnatol Lieven analyzes political instability in Germany following regional elections where right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and radical left parties gained significant support. He explains that voter discontent stems from economic stagnation, high energy costs, decaying infrastructure, and migration concerns rather than Russiandisinformation. The rise of anti-establishment parties threatens to make German coalition governance increasingly impossible. Furthermore, energy vulnerability across Britain and continental Europe amplifies domestic instability, while potential American restrictions on diesel exports worsen European energy security. Lieven notes that these mounting domestic pressures may ultimately force European leaders to reconsider long-term financial and military commitments toward Ukraine. (1)Middle East Standoff Threatens SecurityJonathan Schanzer evaluates the ongoing geopolitical conflict between the United States and Iran. He details how Tehran relies on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps asymmetric tactics and proxy groups to choke off vital maritime trade routes, aiming to strain the American economy and influence domestic US politics. Schanzer notes that Russia and China covertly support Iran's campaign to keep American military resources entangled abroad. Additionally, escalating Houthi attacks in Yemen threaten Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure and Red Sea shipping, while upcoming Israelielections will determine the trajectory of military operations in Gaza and regional strategy against hostile Iranian state proxy forces. (2)Inconsistent Trade Policies Cause ConfusionVeronique de Rugy critiques the tariff strategies of Donald Trump's second presidential term, contrasting them with his earlier China-focused policies. She argues that recent tariff measures lack ideological coherence, misuse national security justifications, and penalize traditional democratic allies like Canada and European nations while granting temporary truces to China. De Rugy points out contradictions in revenue promises, explaining that protective tariffs suppress import volume needed to generate pledged public dividend payouts. Furthermore, she questions confusing national security exemptions, such as taxing semiconductor export revenue from China rather than enforcing complete bans, illustrating internal policy ambiguity in current trade strategy. (3)US Policy Ignores Venezuelan DemocracyMary Anastasia O'Grady criticizes the US administration's policy toward Venezuela following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. She argues that Washington prioritizes short-term oil access and economic stability over genuine democratic legitimacy by backing interim leader Delcy Rodríguez while preventing opposition leader María Corina Machado from returning. O'Grady stresses that Rodríguez lacks democratic backing and continues operating a repressive police state complete with political prisoners and paramilitary enforcers. She asserts that granting non-transparent petroleum contracts to foreign firms without restoring constitutional governance undermines Venezuela's long-term institutional recovery, delays required free elections, and compromises democratic principles across the entire Latin American region. (4)Orbital Data Centers Power AIJoe Pistritto and David Livingston: Pistritto examines the technological feasibility and strategic benefits of placing massive AI data centers into low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits. He explains that orbital platforms offer uninterrupted solar energy, eliminate terrestrial water consumption, and avoid local political resistance. Utilizing heavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship, commercial space companies plan to launch large satellite constellations weighing three tons each by the mid-2030s. While confronting operational engineering hurdles such as space debris avoidance, atmospheric re-entry disposal, and specialized high-temperature microchips, Pistritto envisions future infrastructure expansion eventually extending toward lunar resources and Lagrange points to overcome terrestrial launch constraints. (5)Historic Whaleship Wreck Inspires LiteratureEric Jay Dolin discusses his historical book recounting the 1832 shipwreck of the New Bedford whaling vessel Mentorin Palau's Caroline Islands. He details how Captain Edward Barnard and his crew navigated perilous Pacific waters, interacted with Palauan islanders, and managed complex local conflicts between rival regional chiefdoms. Dolin explains how mariners' survival accounts and encounters inspired famous nineteenth-century South Seas literature, including Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. The narrative traces the crew's subsequent drift to the isolated island of Tobi, their eventual enslavement, Barnard's controversial escape aboard a passing Spanish merchant ship, and the ongoing debates surrounding his crew's abandonment. (6)Latin American Security Challenges UnfoldEvan Ellis analyzes key political, economic, and security developments across Latin America. In Brazil, a presidential contest between incumbent Lula da Silva and challenger Flavio Bolsonaro hinges on opposing economic philosophies, corruption scandals, and foreign policy alignments. Regarding Venezuela, Ellis outlines a dystopian political landscape where US engagement with interim leader Delcy Rodríguez sidelines democratically elected opposition leaders Edmundo González and María Corina Machado. Furthermore, he evaluates delayed US-Mexico trade negotiations under President Claudia Sheinbaum alongside cartel violence, while reviewing US security assistance programs targeting widespread organized crime, pervasive illegal mining, and drug trafficking across Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. (7)

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Presentamos nuevas propuestas sonoras que nos traen ecos arábigos, con resonancias palestinas, libanesas y argelinas, con conexiones neoyorquinas, francesas y suizas. Continuamos con ecos latinoamericanos, enlazando Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Brasil, Colombia, y también España y el Reino Unido. Terminamos con recopilaciones recién publicadas que nos traen maravillas del pasado desde Mali y Nigeria. We present new musical proposals bringing us Arab echoes, with Palestinian, Lebanese and Algerian resonances, alongside New York, French and Swiss connections. We continue with Latin American echoes, linking Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil and Colombia, as well as Spain and the UK. We end with newly released compilations bringing us wonders from the past from Mali and Nigeria. – Firas Zreik - Samai saba - Tarabesque – Beyrouth-Express - Ya habibi - Meanwhile / Fi hin anna – Meryem Koufi & Mehdi Haddab - Atir al anfass, part I - Nuba nova, vol. 2 – Músicas Migrantes: Juan Arabel y Joaquín Galván - El viajero - Músicas migrantes, vol. 1 – Orchestra Mambo International - Llegó mi gente ya - ¡Apúntalo! – Bouba et Sokona Sacko - Mamaniya - The original sound of Mali 2 [V.A.] – Allata Broulaye - Yayoroba - The original sound of Mali 2 [V.A.] – Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis - Ayubele - Nigeria 80 [V.A.] – Ibealaoke Chukwukeziri & His Anaedeonu - Apama - Nigeria 80 [V.A.] Firas Zreik ( Angie Assal)

1920 LIVER VENEZUELA AGROUNDUS Policy Ignores Venezuelan DemocracyMary Anastasia O'Grady criticizes the US administration's policy toward Venezuela following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. She argues that Washington prioritizes short-term oil access and economic stability over genuine democratic legitimacy by backing interim leader Delcy Rodríguez while preventing opposition leader María Corina Machado from returning. O'Grady stresses that Rodríguez lacks democratic backing and continues operating a repressive police state complete with political prisoners and paramilitary enforcers. She asserts that granting non-transparent petroleum contracts to foreign firms without restoring constitutional governance undermines Venezuela's long-term institutional recovery, delays required free elections, and compromises democratic principles across the entire Latin American region. (4)

1928 BRAZILLatin American Security Challenges UnfoldEvan Ellis analyzes key political, economic, and security developments across Latin America. In Brazil, a presidential contest between incumbent Lula da Silva and challenger Flavio Bolsonaro hinges on opposing economic philosophies, corruption scandals, and foreign policy alignments. Regarding Venezuela, Ellis outlines a dystopian political landscape where US engagement with interim leader Delcy Rodríguez sidelines democratically elected opposition leaders Edmundo González and María Corina Machado. Furthermore, he evaluates delayed US-Mexico trade negotiations under President Claudia Sheinbaum alongside cartel violence, while reviewing US security assistance programs targeting widespread organized crime, pervasive illegal mining, and drug trafficking across Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. (7)

Two years into a four year plan to build a massive data center in New Mexico, Oracle is already claiming force majeure. The company announced it would not be on the hook for payments should the project not meet its deadlines. Lou, Jon, and Tyler break down why Oracle seems so intent on getting ahead of this right now and the implications it may have down the road. Plus, maybe fintech doesn't have that many barriers to entry after all and a listener question about spinoffs Have a question? Email us; podcasts@fool.com Tyler Crowe, Lou Whiteman, and Jon Quast discuss: - Oracle is already preparing for delayed data centers - Is its commitments to OpenAI a reason behind it? - Mailbag: How to handle spinoffs - Latin American and European fintechs are coming to America - Mailbag: European AI Infrastructure stocks? Companies discussed: ORCL, OWL, BE, MDT, MMED, GEV, GEHC, SOFI, XYZ, TOST, FOUR Host: Tyler Crowe Guests: Lou Whiteman, Jon Quast Engineer: Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We're committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women's Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender violence, community building, #MeToo, Indigenous rights, and more, these writings rock the core of what we know feminism to be, dismantling its Eurocentric roots and directing its critical thrust towards current affairs in Mexico today.Asserting plurality as a political priority, Tsunami includes trans voices, Indigenous voices, Afro-Latinx voices, voices from within and outside academic institutions, and voices spanning generations. Tsunami is the combined force and critique of the three feminist waves, the marea verde (“green wave”) of protests that have swept through Latin America in recent years, and the tides turned by insurgent feminisms at the margins of public discourse.Guest: Gabriela Jauregui's books include Feral, Many Fiestas, and La memoria de las cosas. She edited and coauthored Tsunami and Tsunami 2, published in Spanish in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She is a Soros New American Fellow, a Borchard Fellow, and was part of the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 best young authors in Latin America. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC and teaches at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM).Guest: Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Mellon Foundation. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective, she was a founding editor of the digital, multilingual Buenos Aires Review. She holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University, and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is a developmental editor and writing coach for scholars in the humanities. She is the producer of the Academic Life podcast, and the show's newsletter.Playlist:Thanks to LifeThe Madres de la Plaza de MayoThe Things We Didn't KnowIn The Garden Behind The MoonThe CommonThe Translators DaughterWe Take Our Cities With UsA Calm and Normal HeartThe Names of All the FlowersWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Please join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 325+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women's Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender violence, community building, #MeToo, Indigenous rights, and more, these writings rock the core of what we know feminism to be, dismantling its Eurocentric roots and directing its critical thrust towards current affairs in Mexico today.Asserting plurality as a political priority, Tsunami includes trans voices, Indigenous voices, Afro-Latinx voices, voices from within and outside academic institutions, and voices spanning generations. Tsunami is the combined force and critique of the three feminist waves, the marea verde (“green wave”) of protests that have swept through Latin America in recent years, and the tides turned by insurgent feminisms at the margins of public discourse.Guest: Gabriela Jauregui's books include Feral, Many Fiestas, and La memoria de las cosas. She edited and coauthored Tsunami and Tsunami 2, published in Spanish in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She is a Soros New American Fellow, a Borchard Fellow, and was part of the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 best young authors in Latin America. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC and teaches at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM).Guest: Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Mellon Foundation. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective, she was a founding editor of the digital, multilingual Buenos Aires Review. She holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University, and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is a developmental editor and writing coach for scholars in the humanities. She is the producer of the Academic Life podcast, and the show's newsletter.Playlist:Thanks to LifeThe Madres de la Plaza de MayoThe Things We Didn't KnowIn The Garden Behind The MoonThe CommonThe Translators DaughterWe Take Our Cities With UsA Calm and Normal HeartThe Names of All the FlowersWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Please join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 325+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Los artículos que se tratan en el episodio de hoy están listados aquí:1. PMID: 42440325Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns and Bleeding in Infancy.Simatou E, Tsamantioti E, Hallström A, Stephansson O, Razaz N, Persson M, Bolk J.JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Sep 1;180(9):995-1004. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.2. PMID: 42557364Postnatal weight trajectories drives beter head circumference growth in preterm infants ≤32 weeks: a multicenter Latin American cohort study.Hoyos AB, Vásquez-Hoyos P, Fajardo CA, Osiovich H, Baez M, Villegas Álvarez C.J Perinatol. 2026 Aug 5. doi: 10.1038/s41372-026-02813-8. Online ahead of print. Bienvenidos a La Incubadora: una conversación sobre neonatología y medicina basada en evidencia. Nuestros episodios ofrecen la dosis ideal (en mg/kg) de los más recientes avances para el neonato y para las increíbles personas que forman parte de la medicina neonatal. Soy tu host, Maria Flores Cordova, MD. Este podcast está presentado por los médicos neonatólogos Dani de Luis Rosell, Elena Itriago, Carolina Michel y Juliana Castellanos. No dudes en enviarnos preguntas, comentarios o sugerencias a nuestro correo electrónico: nicupodcast@gmail.comSíguenos en nuestras redes:Twitter: @incubadorapodInstagram: @laincubadorapodcastCreado originalmente por Ben Courchia MD y Daphna Yasova Barbeau MD http://www.the-incubator.org

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women's Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender violence, community building, #MeToo, Indigenous rights, and more, these writings rock the core of what we know feminism to be, dismantling its Eurocentric roots and directing its critical thrust towards current affairs in Mexico today.Asserting plurality as a political priority, Tsunami includes trans voices, Indigenous voices, Afro-Latinx voices, voices from within and outside academic institutions, and voices spanning generations. Tsunami is the combined force and critique of the three feminist waves, the marea verde (“green wave”) of protests that have swept through Latin America in recent years, and the tides turned by insurgent feminisms at the margins of public discourse.Guest: Gabriela Jauregui's books include Feral, Many Fiestas, and La memoria de las cosas. She edited and coauthored Tsunami and Tsunami 2, published in Spanish in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She is a Soros New American Fellow, a Borchard Fellow, and was part of the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 best young authors in Latin America. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC and teaches at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM).Guest: Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Mellon Foundation. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective, she was a founding editor of the digital, multilingual Buenos Aires Review. She holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University, and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is a developmental editor and writing coach for scholars in the humanities. She is the producer of the Academic Life podcast, and the show's newsletter.Playlist:Thanks to LifeThe Madres de la Plaza de MayoThe Things We Didn't KnowIn The Garden Behind The MoonThe CommonThe Translators DaughterWe Take Our Cities With UsA Calm and Normal HeartThe Names of All the FlowersWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Please join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 325+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women's Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender violence, community building, #MeToo, Indigenous rights, and more, these writings rock the core of what we know feminism to be, dismantling its Eurocentric roots and directing its critical thrust towards current affairs in Mexico today.Asserting plurality as a political priority, Tsunami includes trans voices, Indigenous voices, Afro-Latinx voices, voices from within and outside academic institutions, and voices spanning generations. Tsunami is the combined force and critique of the three feminist waves, the marea verde (“green wave”) of protests that have swept through Latin America in recent years, and the tides turned by insurgent feminisms at the margins of public discourse.Guest: Gabriela Jauregui's books include Feral, Many Fiestas, and La memoria de las cosas. She edited and coauthored Tsunami and Tsunami 2, published in Spanish in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She is a Soros New American Fellow, a Borchard Fellow, and was part of the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 best young authors in Latin America. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC and teaches at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM).Guest: Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Mellon Foundation. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective, she was a founding editor of the digital, multilingual Buenos Aires Review. She holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University, and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is a developmental editor and writing coach for scholars in the humanities. She is the producer of the Academic Life podcast, and the show's newsletter.Playlist:Thanks to LifeThe Madres de la Plaza de MayoThe Things We Didn't KnowIn The Garden Behind The MoonThe CommonThe Translators DaughterWe Take Our Cities With UsA Calm and Normal HeartThe Names of All the FlowersWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Please join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 325+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women's Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender violence, community building, #MeToo, Indigenous rights, and more, these writings rock the core of what we know feminism to be, dismantling its Eurocentric roots and directing its critical thrust towards current affairs in Mexico today.Asserting plurality as a political priority, Tsunami includes trans voices, Indigenous voices, Afro-Latinx voices, voices from within and outside academic institutions, and voices spanning generations. Tsunami is the combined force and critique of the three feminist waves, the marea verde (“green wave”) of protests that have swept through Latin America in recent years, and the tides turned by insurgent feminisms at the margins of public discourse.Guest: Gabriela Jauregui's books include Feral, Many Fiestas, and La memoria de las cosas. She edited and coauthored Tsunami and Tsunami 2, published in Spanish in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She is a Soros New American Fellow, a Borchard Fellow, and was part of the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 best young authors in Latin America. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC and teaches at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM).Guest: Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Mellon Foundation. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective, she was a founding editor of the digital, multilingual Buenos Aires Review. She holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University, and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is a developmental editor and writing coach for scholars in the humanities. She is the producer of the Academic Life podcast, and the show's newsletter.Playlist:Thanks to LifeThe Madres de la Plaza de MayoThe Things We Didn't KnowIn The Garden Behind The MoonThe CommonThe Translators DaughterWe Take Our Cities With UsA Calm and Normal HeartThe Names of All the FlowersWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Please join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 325+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women's Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender violence, community building, #MeToo, Indigenous rights, and more, these writings rock the core of what we know feminism to be, dismantling its Eurocentric roots and directing its critical thrust towards current affairs in Mexico today.Asserting plurality as a political priority, Tsunami includes trans voices, Indigenous voices, Afro-Latinx voices, voices from within and outside academic institutions, and voices spanning generations. Tsunami is the combined force and critique of the three feminist waves, the marea verde (“green wave”) of protests that have swept through Latin America in recent years, and the tides turned by insurgent feminisms at the margins of public discourse.Guest: Gabriela Jauregui's books include Feral, Many Fiestas, and La memoria de las cosas. She edited and coauthored Tsunami and Tsunami 2, published in Spanish in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She is a Soros New American Fellow, a Borchard Fellow, and was part of the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 best young authors in Latin America. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC and teaches at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM).Guest: Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Mellon Foundation. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective, she was a founding editor of the digital, multilingual Buenos Aires Review. She holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University, and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is a developmental editor and writing coach for scholars in the humanities. She is the producer of the Academic Life podcast, and the show's newsletter.Playlist:Thanks to LifeThe Madres de la Plaza de MayoThe Things We Didn't KnowIn The Garden Behind The MoonThe CommonThe Translators DaughterWe Take Our Cities With UsA Calm and Normal HeartThe Names of All the FlowersWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Please join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 325+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:• Britain steps in to support Saudi Arabia as the Houthi fight intensifies, sending an RAF tanker to assist Saudi aircraft while Riyadh works to restore a critical oil pipeline damaged in a drone attack.• A Kremlin-backed financial network allegedly moved nearly $7 billion through major international banks using forged documents and front companies, exposing another weakness in Western efforts to isolate Russia financially.• U.S. intelligence says Russia is again targeting an American election with covert online influence campaigns and AI-generated content designed to undermine confidence ahead of the midterms.• U.S. officials warn that Latin American drug cartels are rapidly advancing their drone capabilities, giving criminal groups more sophisticated tools for surveillance, smuggling and potentially deadly attacks.To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com.Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybriefAG1: For a limited time, save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at https://DRINKAG1.com/pdb Pendulum: Ditch the afternoon crashes and naturally curb your cravings with 48% off the doctor-recommended Pendulum Metabolic Daily at https://pendulumlife.com/PDBTax Relief Advocates: End your tax nightmare today by visiting us online at https://TRA.com or call 800-583-6515

President Trump signed an agreement with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday at the U.N. summit in New York. This deal would expand U.S. military presence on the island, and allow the buildup of multiple U.S. military bases. This would work to prevent adversaries like Russia and China from gaining a strategic foothold there.President Trump met with 14 Latin American and Caribbean nations in the Shield of the Americas, a coalition targeting narco-terrorism, calling on them to take strong action. A joint statement from participating governments says they intend to coordinate sanctions, asset freezes, visa restrictions and other measures against the groups.Missouri's congressional map is back at the Supreme Court, as challengers look to the justices to block the map for November's midterm elections. A federal appeals court again ordered the map reinstated, despite two earlier SCOTUS orders. The map gives Republicans an additional seat and it's the third time this month the dispute has reached the high court.

With more cheese competing for buyers around the world, could the global market be headed for a price war? U.S. cheese plants are running full, whey protein demand is supporting production and exports have been strong. But at home, cheese demand remains soft. That puts more pressure on exports to keep product moving. In episode 106 of The Milk Check, host Ted Jacoby III sits down with the T.C. Jacoby & Co. cheese team to discuss what happens when growing U.S. production meets intensifying competition overseas. In this episode, we cover: Why international buyers are asking for more cheese varieties, and where that could create opportunities for U.S. suppliers How freight costs and the strength of the U.S. dollar could make American cheese less competitive overseas What happens when stronger milk production in New Zealand and continued competition from Europe could puts pressure on global cheese prices Listen to The Milk Check episode 106, “We Have a Cheese Problem,” for the T.C. Jacoby & Co. team's take on what could be ahead for the global cheese market. Got questions? We'd love to hear them. Submit below, and we might answer it on the show. Ask The Milk Check Transcript: [Intro commercial text not included] Ted Jacoby III: Coming up on The Milk Check. Are you saying if we produce 2% more cheese and it all has to go into the export market, it’s gonna be a price war? Brianne Breed: Yes. Ted Jacoby III: Welcome to the Milk Check from T.C. Jacoby & Co., your complete guide to dairy markets, from the milking parlor to the supermarket shelf. I’m Ted Jacoby. Let’s dive in. Ted Jacoby III: Hello, everybody, and welcome to The Milk Check. Today is September 21st. Today we’re gonna talk cheese. I’ve got my cheese team here today. We’ve got Brianne Breed, Jeff Daanen, Miguel Aragón, Jennifer Kuo, and Michael Brown joining us. We even have Diego Carvallo to help us talk a little bit about international. But we’ve talked a lot about cheese, we’ve talked a lot about how much cheese we’re producing and how whey protein seems to be driving cheese production right now. But I thought we’d get some really great insights from our cheese team in terms of what they’re seeing out there. Bree, I’ll start with you. If you had to explain the U.S. cheese market right now without even looking at CME prices, how would you describe it? Brianne Breed: There’s a lot of cheese out there right now, especially a lot of cheddar. The large plants that have expanded over the last few years are running very full, and a lot of that is because of what you mentioned: with whey being in high demand. We’re finding a lot of cheese out in the market. Exports have been very strong. I think that there’s been a really big push over the last few years to get more and more cheese exported from the United States, and we’ve been very successful. Mozzarella seems to be growing every year. But at the same time, domestic demand has definitely slowed down. Restaurants lost maybe 1% to 2% foot traffic this year. Retail demand is also down to flat. We’re in this weird spot right now where we have a lot of cheese being made and we’re exporting a lot, but domestically, we’re not consuming as much as we have in the past. Ted Jacoby III: What’s going on in the domestic market? Are we seeing any growth anywhere? Brianne Breed: We are seeing growth in a few of the pizza chains that have been making some good pushes using mozzarella and some good deals just because, you go to out to a restaurant right now and it’s very expensive to feed a family of four, where you can just order a couple of pizzas and have your fixed cost. You know what you’re paying. And so pizza’s been doing better than it was the last couple of years, which I guess you could say is great because it was struggling for a couple of years there. But as far as anything positive domestically, it’s been a struggle, I think, on the cheese side. The positives are really more on the powder side and on the UF side. The protein demand for Americans right now is just crazy. I’ve never seen it like this, and we’re seeing cheese being made just so we can get the whey stream, and we’re seeing some cheese manufacturers lose some of their farmers because those farmers are actually taking their milk to other plants that maybe are making UF milk to go into protein beverages. Ted Jacoby III: Mike, I’m gonna ask you this question. One thing that seems really odd to me is that we’ve been talking about protein a lot. The whole nation seems to wanna be talking about protein, but it doesn’t seem to me that domestic cheese demand is participating in the big increase in demand for protein, yet for years we’ve always talked about cheese as a protein, comparing it to meat, in terms of where it fits on the pyramid. Mike Brown As far as cheese and protein, people just don’t affiliate it as a protein source like they do, for example, all the nutrition beverages that we’re seeing now and some other products. It tends to be fairly high calorie, although we know it’s very nutrition-dense. And so, when consumers are looking for that avenue to increase proteins, particularly quality dairy proteins in their diet, it’s pretty evident they’re moving toward the beverages and the bars, even though cheese is a good source. It’s been a bit of a surprise, particularly with butter being so strong, that cheese retail sales haven’t had a little more lift than they’ve had. They’ve been pretty flat. I think a lot of it is just how we’ve promoted those protein beverages and the focus, and frankly the shelf space they’re now getting in a lot of your stores, particularly your big box stores and your big club stores. Ted Jacoby III: Okay, thanks Mike. Jeff, what are you seeing out there? Where are the places where you see demand being decent domestically for cheese? Jeff Daanen: Pizza sales seem to be extremely strong, and mozzarella is tight. There seems to be plenty of colored cheddar out there. Retail is down, food service is down. I don’t see where we’re gonna see any relief real soon. White processing solids are still in high demand for processing plants. We heard that there’s a big expansion going on down your way and there’s a big expansion for making processed cheese in Minnesota as well, too. So, I think that will stay strong. The one thing that there is a lot of is colored processing solids that really are hard to get placed. Ted Jacoby III: What about the export market? Jen, what are you seeing out there? Jennifer Kuo: Export demand is really good this year. I think the biggest barrier are a lot of the things we cannot control. Obviously, freight has been really bad both domestically and internationally this year. It’s hurting everybody’s budgets. The demand is there. What we’re learning is that there’s more opportunity for new and innovative ways to get cheese into the international market. They don’t necessarily have all the conversion capabilities that we do in the U.S., so we’re moving more finished retail-ready goods internationally than we do domestically. But those are all, avenues we’re pursuing, and the demand is there. We are surprised, I think, month over month that freight keeps going up and the customers keep placing orders, so don’t know where that kind of ceiling will start making an impact. But as of right now, we are able to move even a good amount of colored cheddar overseas, more than we have in the past. That’s the metric we use domestically to measure how much colored cheddar volume are we moving. That’s what the market is based on. Overseas, it’s more a combination of many other different kinds of cheese. Not necessarily as colored cheddar-based, but it’s still, a good measuring point for many of our customers. They still understand that’s what we make day in and day out. But yeah, we have seen good growth in Asia, the Middle East, and South Americas, and Australia. Oceania is still very strong. We’ll see what happens if freight doesn’t start leveling off. Ted Jacoby III: Miguel, how about you? What are you seeing as we look south? Miguel Aragón: I have to echo what Jen just said. We are seeing still a lot of interest in Mexico and the rest of Latin America. But there are three things I’m really looking at right now. I’m looking at what the CME is doing because that is helping, undoubtedly. But freight is hindering us. However, the exchange rate is favorable right now. If any of those three things change, if the CME starts going up or the exchange rate starts going up and the dollar starts getting stronger we may see some movement in regards to demand. But right now, so far, whatever freight was gonna hurt us is being helped by the CME. The second thing is that the types of cheeses that are going into these markets like Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile Panama, are diversifying. We are no longer just shipping a cheddar. Now, we have a lot of demand for Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Gouda, Monterey Jack, feta, others that we never used to have before. The market is diversifying. And of course, we do have a lot of demand for mozzarella still. Ted Jacoby III: When we talk about international cheese demand, is it more restaurant-driven, food service-driven, or is it more retail-driven? Miguel Aragón: At least a lot of our clients are food service and retail. Ted Jacoby III: So both? Miguel Aragón: They’re both. They’re both. We have requests for for pound blocks that are going to converters that are either, cutting or shredding the product. But, also, we’re finding a lot of requests for five-pounders or retail packages ready to go. So, we’re seeing it in both places. Ted Jacoby III: We’ve seen some really excellent growth just in international cheese demand in general. One of the slides when we had Will Loux from the U.S. Dairy Export Council on that really stuck out to me was the fact that, the overall global cheese trade has gone up enough that all the major exporters have been exporting more cheese the last three years. It’s not just the U.S. taking market share away from someone else, it’s everybody that’s been benefiting. Bree, I’m gonna throw this one out to you. Is that gonna continue? Are we hitting a wall in terms of global cheese demand, or is it we’re just gonna keep going? Brianne Breed: I think we’re gonna keep going. I think it could be slower, right? We really accelerated very quickly the last year or two. And I think that, with everything going on around the world right now I think it’s going to slow things down, but I think that the volume and the opportunities are going to keep growing year-over-year. Ted Jacoby III: Who’s our biggest competitor right now in the world market? Who should we be afraid of? Europe, New Zealand? Brianne Breed: I think that we need to keep our eyes on New Zealand. They’re entering spring right now, and their milk production is up. I believe it’s up 2% in last month. And we haven’t even hit spring really. So, I think these next couple of months they’re gonna have plenty of milk to go towards cheese production and other dairy products. We definitely need to keep our eyes on New Zealand and on where they’re marketing. Like Jen mentioned, we have gained a lot of ground in Asia and Australia. But when you throw in the elevated freight rates into those regions from the United States, like it’s gonna be a competition. And then, I do think Europe’s gonna enter the party here, also. We’re approaching a time when we’re all going to be maybe racing to the bottom to try and capture as much business as we can. So, 2027 could be a very interesting year for other reasons. The first half of this year in 2026, we exported a lot of cheese out of the United States, and I think we’re gonna need to continue to do that. I just think our pricing’s going to be quite different than it was earlier this year. Ted Jacoby III: Sounds like you’re bearish. Are you saying if we produce 2% more cheese and it all has to go into the export market, it’s gonna be a price war? Brianne Breed: Yes. Ted Jacoby III: Who do you think’s gonna lose between us, New Zealand, and Europe? Brianne Breed: I think Europe’s gonna lose. I think that we, in the United States, we’re gonna make it happen, no matter what. We have a lot of capacity to make just about anything that the international market needs. We can change things in order to adapt to the growing demand internationally, whereas a lot of the European manufacturers can’t adapt as quickly. Ted Jacoby III: Really? That’s good to hear. It’s exciting to hear to me that the U.S. producer is starting to figure out how to be flexible and how to meet the needs of the international market. Give me some examples. Miguel, Jen, Bree, give me some examples of how the U.S. has been adapting to the international market. Jennifer Kuo: It’s almost that they adapted to us. I’ll say innovation in new foods and new trends seems to be moving faster overseas than in the U.S. We have had a very robust domestic market for a very long time, but cheese is still very new in some of the international markets. Bree was introducing the slices to Australia. Just that American cheese slice on a burger is still pretty new for them. We’ve grown a lot of cream cheese, both in South America and Asia, just because of new innovations that the end user there has figured out with what we have in the U.S. that, in the U.S. we use cream cheese in bagels, in bakery, and sushi, but we haven’t concentrated as much on finding the next new innovation as much as they do overseas. And Pepper Jack and Colby Jack and some of these are still very new over there, but we’ve had them here for decades. So, I think it’s just the overall growth to the entire range of cheeses we offer. It’s not just, oh, cheddar or American cheese or mozzarella anymore. Those all grow, but in addition to other things as well. And USDEC, a lot of the programs they run overseas are to help the end customer innovate and find new ideas and new foods that they introduce to the market. I’m a little bit older now, but I can say when I was younger, I was the only person in my entire family that ate cheese. And I think many of my cousins and extended family in Asia still don’t have regular access. They can’t go to the grocery store and just buy cheese, whether it’s from Europe or the U.S. or Australia. So, cheese is still very available to us here, which is not necessarily true to all the customers internationally, and that’s something that is growing much faster than it is here. Ted Jacoby III: So, Jen your cousins in Asia. When they consume cheese, where do they consume it? Jennifer Kuo: Pizza was the first food that was introduced. Pizza Hut I feel like Pizza Hut’s not necessarily one of the brands you hear a lot about in the U.S. There are many other pizza brands that have expanded and grown beyond that. But Pizza Hut is very big in Taiwan and China. They put a lot of effort into expanding in the late ’90s, early 2000s, and that was still their first introduction to cheese. It was something all of my cousins in Taiwan had not had up until then, and it wasn’t really available on any other foods. ‘Cause, Asian food doesn’t quite yet incorporate a lot of dairy like that. And then McDonald’s obviously has grown there. And now I can say just in June when we were in South Korea, the big talk was the first Chick-fil-A was opening in Seoul, and everybody was really excited to try that. So yeah, there’s just a lot of growth about U.S. brands and U.S. foods overseas that we take for granted here almost. We can get it almost anywhere. We have, I think I have five Chick-fil-A’s within a reasonable driving distance of my house, and they were all very excited in a huge city metropolis that, “Oh, there’s gonna be one. We can all go.” And so yeah, the growth overseas has been exciting. Ted Jacoby III: What kind of flavors do they put on pizza in places like Taiwan and Korea? Jennifer Kuo: Mainly what they call mozzarella, but I can say the last time I was there, so that was over a decade ago, it wasn’t what we consider mozzarella. It was kinda just a white American cheese blend. Something that would freeze and melt and do everything they needed to do. But yeah, now we’re seeing, the demand for mozzarella, like a true U.S. mozzarella, is really high, almost to the point where we can’t keep up production-wise with the demand overseas. All the capacity we’re adding in the U.S. is exciting. I think 2027 will be a really good year. Their palate for what they used to consider cheese was very generic, and then now they know there’s many other options they can add on top of what they used to just call cheese. Ted Jacoby III: It’s just not pepperoni pizza and cheese pizza and sausage pizza. They- Jennifer Kuo: Not anymore. It was for a long time, but not anymore. Ted Jacoby III: So what’s an innovative cheese concoction that you’ve heard when you’ve traveled in Taiwan and Korea? Jennifer Kuo: Something that includes seafood, which I still don’t really see here. That’s the innovation that they’re trying that we don’t necessarily see as prevalent here in the U.S. I’m not sure a seafood pizza would sell here, they also have access to probably fresher seafood than 50% of the U.S. Miguel Aragón: In regards to the question of who would be more susceptible to our growth, and Bree said the Europeans, and I have to agree 100%. Because at first we were just replacing, let’s say, Gouda or an Emmental coming from Europe into the Mexico market or the Latin Americans markets. But now not only have we taken a lot of that market, but we are going in with the varieties that we produce, like a Monterey Jack, that in Mexico it replaces a Manchego, for example, or we’re going with a Pepper Jack. Things that are made for the U.S. market are actually really gaining ground in Mexico, Central America, South America. There is not much of a chance that unless they start producing things like that, that they will take that market. So, we are not only taking some of the market, but we’re innovating with some of the domestic product that we have that is being accepted in those markets. Ted Jacoby III: Everybody, we will be right back after these messages. [Central Commercial] Diego Carvallo: I’m Diego Carballo with T.C. Jacoby & Co. T.C. Jacoby & Co. specializes in international dairy markets. For new customers that haven’t done business with Jacoby, I would tell them that we can provide them with many of the powders, dairy products that they consume, not only with the physical product, but we can also help them mitigate their risk. We know dairy. We know the main players. We know the main providers for the whole value chain. We are one of the strongest players in the U.S. market because we have contact all the way from the farmer moving the liquid milk all the way to the end users that buy the end products. I am Diego Carballo with T.C. Jacoby & Co., and we bring dairy to the world.  [End Central Commercial] Ted Jacoby III: Bree, Jeff, is the CME price in the let’s call it the, the 130s and 140s right now in September, is it accurate? Is it an accurate reflection of where the market is today? Brianne Breed: I think so. Jeff Daanen: I agree. I think it’s very accurate of where we’re at. Ted Jacoby III: just because there’s more than enough cheddar out there and we’re having trouble clearing cheddar. Brianne Breed: Yes. We had a lull, I think, back in August where freight rates had come down a little bit. A lot of the export deals had already been put together, cheese has already been made. It was still just wrapping up leaving the country. A lot of that business that was executed for first half production. And we just hit this lull and colored cheddar started backing up back in August, and it just has continued into September. Things have slowed down. I think that everyone’s excited for the holidays to come so that we can clear out some inventory and reload, after the holidays. I’m just a little concerned, with some of the data we’ve been seeing about, restaurant foot traffic being down and retail being down, that we’re not gonna completely clear that inventory that has started to build back in August, and is continuing to build right now. We’re all thinking good thoughts at the moment, but we’re gonna need this low price. So, it goes back to, are we at the right price? I think so. I think the 1.30s, it’s a very low historical price for cheese, and if we stay down here, I think that’s gonna help get some more promos out there so that the consumer starts seeing lower prices on the shelves and start buying more. Ted Jacoby III: I can’t disagree with what you’re saying. What about the mozzarella market? If the mozzarella market was a CME market, would it be a higher price, let’s say, than cheddar right now? Is that market a lot tighter? Jeff Daanen: Mozzarella is extremely tight. Brianne Breed: Especially in the Midwest. Jeff Daanen: Yep. Ted Jacoby III: So, it almost sounds like we’ve added too much cheddar capacity and not enough mozzarella capacity in the last three to four years. Brianne Breed: Jeff works with a lot of mozzarella manufacturers in the Midwest and I will say all year mozzarella has been balanced and then tight and then balanced, and now we’re tight again. It’s the Midwest and there’s more competition, I think, for the milk. And given everything that’s going on with GLP-1 use and protein being the focus, a lot of that milk that used to be a surplus for some of those mozzarella manufacturers is no longer there. And so, we’re not seeing as much mozzarella being produced. But you look out west at some of those mozzarella manufacturers, and they do continue to have some additional product, it’s just the freight to get it to the Midwest is so high that it just doesn’t make the math equation work. So, mozzarella just continues to be tight. It’s kinda like CME cheddar block. White cheddar may be tight, but colored cheddar’s really long. Mozzarella Midwest, very tight. Mozzarella out west, balanced. Ted Jacoby III: All right, I’m gonna go around the room as we wrap up. What do you think is the biggest risk to the cheese market, either upside or downside, over the next six to 12 months that you think people are underestimating? Jeff Daanen: Freight is obviously a major concern. I don’t see a lot of traction of ads via your big box stores. You don’t see a lot of advertising. You see a lot of variety in these stores, I don’t see where cheddar gonna sell at a buck 89. Nobody’s doing the ads. Mike Brown I think Jeff just hit on it. Having worked in retail, we don’t aggressively promote cheese like we used to. That really ended during COVID when cheddar got so high and markets got so high. We just aren’t as aggressive in our promotions. Even though the store brands are doing well, even there, the promotions aren’t as strong as they used to be on the retail side. And then the second one is if we don’t keep our world demand for our cheese strong, and that’s not a secret. That’s the thing that I worry about. Jennifer Kuo: International and domestic, this is the same. Freight has continued to go up this year. Regardless of demand, at some point, freight prices it out of what the end consumer can afford. No matter what promotions we run, when you’re paying three times in freight what we were paying in January of this year, 2026, and there’s no relief in sight at some point, that affects everybody’s budget. Ted Jacoby III: Makes sense. Miguel, how about you? Miguel Aragón: Freight is the thing to keep an eye on, and the dollar strength too. If the dollar starts strengthening, and our exports will become more expensive. If our producers for some reason let the innovation go, or they don’t continue, for some reason, pushing as they are right now, we will suffer. Ted Jacoby III: Thank you, Miguel. Diego, I’ve been ignoring you ’cause we’ve been talking about cheese. Diego Carvallo: That’s fine. Ted Jacoby III: … What are your thoughts? Diego Carvallo: Good lesson for me though. The main thing that people are probably not expecting, I think it’s gonna happen, is Latin America, and particularly Mexico demand is gonna be pretty strong. And that’s gonna disappear a lot of product in the coming years. Ted Jacoby III: Bree, we’ll finish with you. Brianne Breed: I think that we just need to keep our eyes on the international markets. Obviously freight, we’ve talked about that being very high, and it will probably continue to be high domestically and internationally. Everybody’s going to be dealing with that, though. So, I think we need to keep our eyes on just where the cheese is trading in Europe and in Oceania because those are the markets we’re gonna continue to compete with. So, if we need to focus on getting more cheese out of the U.S., we need to maintain a competitive price. Ted Jacoby III: Do you think we will continue to have a competitive price? Brianne Breed: I think so. I don’t think we have a choice anymore. Ted Jacoby III: Before we close, guys, share with everybody what shows we’re gonna be at. Miguel, are you gonna be at any international shows in the next month or two? Miguel Aragón: Yes, I will be in FOOD TECH® Mexico on the 29th of September and the 1st of October. Please come visit us. We’ll be talking cheese. We’ll be talking butter. We’ll be talking ingredients. We’ll be talking everything. Ted Jacoby III: Looking forward to it. I’ll actually be there, too, and so will Diego. How about you, Jen? What shows are you gonna be at? Jennifer Kuo: It’s a busy week in the dairy industry. I will be in Santiago, Chile for Espacio. So, also representing cheese, butter, and dairy ingredients, and everything Jacoby can help anybody with. Ted Jacoby III: Awesome. All right. Bree, what shows are you gonna be at in the next few weeks? Brianne Breed: In October, I’ll be attending SIAL Paris Food Show along with Joe, who will be representing our butter and ingredients group. And then Joe will be attending FI Europe in Germany. Ted Jacoby III: And I think I’m gonna tag along with Big Joe for that as well. Brianne Breed: So yeah, lots of travel coming up. Ted Jacoby III: And it sounds like we’ve got a lot of cheese to sell. Brianne Breed: Always. Ted Jacoby III: Excellent. Thanks, guys. Thanks for listening, everybody. Look forward to seeing everybody soon. ​[Ending commercial not included]

1941 PEARL HARBORCONTENTS THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 9-21-26.Examining Houthi Resilience And Arabian HistoryEdmund Fitton-Brown analyzes the escalating offensive by Houthi forces as they push to control the Yemen highlands. President Trump reportedly halted planned American airstrikes while Houthis targeted Riyadh and threatened key Saudi Arabian infrastructure. Fitton-Brown emphasizes that the Houthis represent a Zaydi revivalist movement with revolutionary ambitions extending from Mecca to Hormuz. Their expansion presents an existential threat to Saudi Arabia, which remains vulnerable due to deep internal divisions among anti-Houthi coalition partners and the withdrawal of Emirati forces. Furthermore, historical precedents highlight North Yemen's longstanding resistance to external domination, while security concerns continue to grow across the entire region. (1)Honoring Pearl Harbor Hero Doris MillerTom Modly discusses his decision as Acting Secretary of the Navy to name a Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier after Doris Miller, a Pearl Harbor hero. During the 1941 attack, Miller, an untrained African American messman serving in a segregated Navy, heroically operated a machine gun to defend his ship. Awarded the Navy Cross, Miller later died in combat in 1943 aboard the USS Liscome Bay. Modly emphasizes the importance of preserving Miller's enduring example for future sailors. He expresses deep concern over recent rumors suggesting a potential renaming of the vessel by naval authorities in the coming months ahead. (2)Analyzing Public Discontent Within Regime IranJanatyn Sayeh and Edmund Fitton-Brown examine the internal state of Iran amidst ongoing public discontent and economic hardship. Sayeh notes that state-sponsored rallies rely on a small regime support base, often utilizing basic incentives to bus participants into Tehran. Despite severe repression, daily demonstrations persist across multiple societal sectors, including workers, students, and retirees. Severe economic degradation, power grid failures, high unemployment, and inflation continue to fuel widespread resentment against the government. As President Pezeshkian addresses the United Nations, the regime struggles to project control while facing an increasingly alienated and frustrated population across the entire nation. (3)Investigating Rumors Surrounding Xi Jinping's HealthBill Gertz, co-host Gordon Chang: Gertz and Chang discuss intense speculation regarding Chinese leader Xi Jinping's health following unusual behavior at the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Reports indicate Xi grimaced during sessions, missed a major banquet, and prompted rumors of medical treatment at Hospital 301 in Beijing. Chang notes that senior leadership health remains strictly guarded, with periodic disappearances historically used to gauge political loyalty. The uncertainty unfolds shortly before a planned high-stakes summit in Washington between Xi and President Trump. Discussions are expected to cover trade truce extensions, artificial intelligence, rare earth minerals, and ongoing cross-strait tensions regarding Taiwan. (4)Evaluating Economic Challenges Facing Modern ChinaAndrew Collier, co-host Gordon Chang: Collier and Chang evaluate China's economic headwinds ahead of an upcoming bilateral summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping. Collier highlights China's slowing economy, growing isolationism, exit bans, and severe youth unemployment officially reported above nineteen percent. Describing China as an I-shaped economy where technology dominates while broader consumer sectors struggle, Collier notes that economic recovery faces significant hurdles. Both analysts express skepticism about major breakthroughs from the Trump-Xi meeting. Meanwhile, impending European Union tariff threats against Chinese electric vehicle exports pose a far greater long-term risk to Beijing's primary economic export engine moving forward. (5)Global Conflict Disruption And Geopolitical InstabilityColonel Jeff McCausland analyzes multifaceted geopolitical crises spanning the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In Yemen, expanding Houthi strikes against critical shipping lanes and Saudi oil infrastructure threaten global energy supplies while complicating United States regional security commitments. McCausland also examines internal political turmoil in Israel surrounding Prime Minister Netanyahu ahead of upcoming elections. Regarding the war in Ukraine, he highlights Russian parliamentary elections that solidified Putin's political dominance. He warns that Moscow continues a persistent hybrid warfare campaign against NATO nations while negotiations over Ukrainian sovereignty remain deeply contentious among key global stakeholders. (6)Humanitarian Crisis And Houthi Regional ExpansionBridget Toomey and Edmund Fitton-Brown assess the expanding Houthi offensive in Yemen and its severe humanitarian ramifications. Toomey outlines how Houthi movements toward Taiz and Marib aim to isolate Aden and force Saudi Arabia into political concessions. Over one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced along Yemen's west coast due to ongoing fighting, worsening an already desperate economic crisis. Toomey cautions that American diplomatic strategy regarding the Houthis remains shortsighted, warning that temporary reassurances mask long-term hostile ambitions. She also criticizes Oman's role, arguing it acts as a Houthi enabler rather than a neutral negotiator in regional peace talks. (7)rForeign Influence And Syrian Military RearmamentAhmad Sharawi and Edmund Fitton-Brown discuss the rearming of Syria under President Ahmed al-Sharaafollowing the fall of the Assad regime. Sharawi details how the Syrian military increasingly relies on foreign jihadists, Turkish-backed militias, and integrated veteran fighters to consolidate its armed forces. While Turkey exerts significant command influence, Syria also maintains vital economic and military ties with Russia. Sharawi highlights growing friction between Turkey and Israel, noting Israeli airstrikes against strategic facilities to enforce red lines. The United States continues diplomatic efforts to prevent direct conflict between Turkey and Israel within Syria's complex and volatile post-war environment. (8)Venezuelan Political Transition And Brazilian CorruptionErnesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa address political instability in Venezuela and judicial corruption in Brazil. Peña Esclusa criticizes the illegitimate interim presidency of Delcy Rodríguez and opposes transferring Venezuelan gold reserves from London to New York without democratic oversight. He emphasizes that opposition leader María Corina Machado faces grave danger if she returns home, urging a clear election timeline for a transparent transition. Meanwhile, Araújo details major corruption scandals surrounding Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Both guests reflect on historical colonial legacies affecting Latin American sovereignty and broader Western Hemisphere diplomatic alignment. (9)

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1876 BOLIVSR IN CARACASVenezuelan Political Transition And Brazilian CorruptionErnesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa address political instability in Venezuela and judicial corruption in Brazil. Peña Esclusa criticizes the illegitimate interim presidency of Delcy Rodríguez and opposes transferring Venezuelan gold reserves from London to New York without democratic oversight. He emphasizes that opposition leader María Corina Machado faces grave danger if she returns home, urging a clear election timeline for a transparent transition. Meanwhile, Araújo details major corruption scandals surrounding Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Both guests reflect on historical colonial legacies affecting Latin American sovereignty and broader Western Hemisphere diplomatic alignment. (9)

1895  VENEZUELALatin American Political Instability And SecurityEvan Ellis assesses complex geopolitical shifts across Latin America. In Venezuela, opposition leader María Corina Machado struggles to return home as the U.S. navigates high-stakes oil deals alongside interim leaders Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez. Meanwhile, non-traditional U.S. counter-narcotics reporting reflects shifting diplomatic relations with Colombia and Venezuela. In Brazil, a close presidential election between Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva highlights deep polarization, judicial corruption controversies, and competing U.S.-China strategic interests. Additionally, Argentine President Javier Milei leverages historical Falkland Islands sovereignty claims to navigate domestic economic pressures and international political dynamics. (6)

This past week, our friends at Farm Aid celebrated the 40th anniversary of the United Farmer and Rancher Congress, held in St. Louis. The country was in the middle of one of the worst farm crises we'd ever seen, and solutions from America's leaders were not plentiful, nor particularly helpful. As Hightower put it in his 1984 speech to the DNC:Since 1981 when this guy took office, it's been hog-feedin' time at the Reagan White House. The hogs that just got feeding at the trough in Washington DC today, they have climbed up in the trough and they're wallowing in it up in there. If you're an international banker who made bad loans, no problem, Ronny Reagan will give you a multibillion-dollar bailout. If you're Ed Meese and you get caught in an embarrassing personal financial situation, no problem. Ronny Reagan will make you Attorney General. And if you're any right-wing Latin American dictator with a pair of sunglasses, this administration will give you enough money to burn a wet mule.But if you're just an old dirt farmer out there, needing a little bit of extra loan because your prices don't even cover expenses, this bunch slams the door of your own government right in your own face.After the success of the first Farm Aid concert in 1985, Willie Nelson and his crew didn't stop there— they kept organizing. In the spirit of the four farmers in Lampasas, Texas, getting together in the early 1870s to figure out how they were going to fight the banks and policies that were screwing them, Farm Aid brought together nearly 2,000 farmers and ranchers in 1986 to fight that same fight once again. Michael Foley, Farm Aid's current Cultural Impact Director, wrote up a wonderful article exploring the groundbreaking work that was accomplished:But organizers did not spend months pulling together the United Farmer and Rancher Congress only to issue forceful condemnations of the powerful. They came with solutions, the most fundamental of which was to stand together and transcend all of their differences. The Congress was incredibly diverse, made up of white, black, Latino and Tribal producers and coming from nearly all 50 states, producing every type of farm product imaginable. When Wayne Cryts of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM) spoke at the first plenary session and appealed for unity, he took off his AAM cap and put on a white UFRC trucker cap. The symbolism of every delegate in the auditorium following suit and taking off their own hats and putting on the UFRC caps may seem trivial, but it signaled a desire to overcome presumed differences and solidarity in spite of everything.No one spoke more pointedly, or with more authority, about surmounting difference than Jesse Jackson. “Unless we come out of isolation…unless we build a movement of farmers and consumers and workers and other allies, these monopolies will without mercy drive us beneath the soil.” He called on everyone in the room to hold hands and to hold their hands up high and to “turn to each other, not on each other” as the powers that be would want. That unity, he argued, is the basis for real political power.Make sure you check out the whole piece—and the next time someone tells you they think all those farmers out there are “conservative,” show them this work. ✊Jim Hightower's Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimhightower.substack.com/subscribe