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Send us Fan MailToday we're releasing a new episode from a brand new series called the Boundless Body Radio Heritage Series! I wanted to do something extra special to celebrate 1,000 podcast episodes recorded here at Boundless Body Radio, a milestone that we hit on June 24, 2026!These episodes are actually not new, although they might be new to you! When we first got started back in October, 2020, I was so fortunate that so many incredible people said "YES" to being hosted on the show, however, we didn't have very many listeners at the time!Today, we get thousands of downloads every single month, and are usually included in the top 150 Fitness and Nutrition Podcasts on the Apple Podcast charts!To honor our amazing guests, I will be selecting one of those original episodes and posting them here on for this special series!As I was going through these episodes again, I remembered how valuable these conversations actually were. it was really striking how much the information these experts have shared has born out to be even more accurate several years later.The audio quality of a show was not as good back then as it is now, but I still really hope you enjoy these episodes, and find them relevant and helpful to you today!Cheers, thanks as always for listening, and I really hope you enjoy this episode of the Boundless Body Radio Heritage Series!Inhale. Exhale. A breath may be simple, and you do it mostly without thinking about it, but it is incredibly important. Bestselling author and journalist James Nestor has been involved with investigating breath for over a decade. And his work is incredible.He wrote the book Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What The Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves in 2014, all about the sport of free diving, literally diving to the depths of the ocean on a single breath. In 2020, he wrote the bestseller Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, an amazing deep dive into the importance of proper breathing, why we have forgotten about its importance, and how to practically incorporate proper breathing strategies. We are so grateful for James and his work, and we are glad he took the time to speak with us today!Find James at-www.mrjamesnestor.comSpecial love to-CalmThe Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeownFind Boundless Body at-myboundlessbody.comFind Boundless Body at-myboundlessbody.comBook a session with us here!
What happens when healthcare stops treating people like people? Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle are joined by nurse and nurse educator Stacy Gilson to discuss nursing as a vocation, the challenges facing healthcare workers today, and the importance of seeing the person behind the patient. They explore moral distress, the dehumanization of healthcare, COVID-19, pharmaceuticals, and how Catholics can bring compassion, truth, and the works of mercy into the medical field. We want to hear from you! Email us at eksb@ascensionpress.com with your questions/comments Don't forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! You can also find the full shownotes at www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow
Chronic disease, anxiety, ADHD, and even the shape of a person's face could be consequences of dysfunctional breathing. And most of us, it turns out, are doing it wrong – but it's never too late to fix it. Sanjay sits down with journalist James Nestor to discuss the fifth anniversary edition of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, and how simple changes to the way we breathe can start improving our health right away. This episode originally aired in January 2025. This episode was produced by Jesse Remedios and Leying Tang.Medical Writer: Andrea KaneSenior Producer: Dan BloomTechnical Director: Dan DzulaSr. Director of Podcasts: Zach Goldbaum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In Part 2, Ben Pope and Julian Andreola break down why showing up in person still matters in an increasingly digital world. From understanding campus and local culture to building genuine relationships, they share how Nexus approaches collegiate licensing differently. They also discuss creative licensing, The Royalty Report podcast, Nexus' expansion, and their advice for anyone entering the industry: find your niche, be a sponge, and put yourself out there. Connect with Ben Pope: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-pope-04404117b/ Connect with Julian Andreola: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-andreola-425832222/ If you need branded solutions for your events, giveaways and employee engagement, check out Club Colors: https://www.clubcolors.com
In Part One of our exclusive two-part interview with Marcus Wareing, we sit down with one of the most influential chefs of his generation to trace the extraordinary story of how a shy teenager from Southport became one of the defining figures of modern British cooking. Marcus takes us from working in his father's fruit and veg warehouse as a boy to leaving home at 18 for The Savoy, before literally knocking on the door of Le Gavroche and asking for a job in one of the greatest kitchens in the world.Marcus then takes us inside the brutal, exhilarating kitchens that forged an extraordinary generation of British chefs, and recalls the first time he encountered a young Gordon Ramsay, describing him as a “f***ing machine” who nobody else in the kitchen could come close to. He reveals what it was really like becoming Gordon's right-hand man at Aubergine, why they gave a young Angela Hartnett just two weeks to survive, and how the relentless intensity eventually pushed Marcus towards burnout.It's a remarkable insight into a lost era of cooking: kitchens with no recipe books, where everything was done by eye, touch and feel, and where careers were forged through obsession, instinct and sheer endurance. Part One takes us all the way to Marcus winning his first Michelin star alongside Gordon, setting the stage perfectly for Part Two, where Marcus finally opens up about the explosive breakdown of their relationship and the 15-year feud that followed.You can book a virtual demonstration with Quooker to find the right setup for your kitchen and remember, until the end of August, if you use the code GO TO FOOD, you'll get free installation and a free Quooker glassware set. Just head to www.Quooker.co.uk now!Get 2 Months of Blinq For Free - With Code - GOTOBLINQ - https://blinqme.com/Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Videos Here - https://www.youtube.com/@gotofood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What do the stolen love letters of John Keats have to do with homicide on the streets of New York? Prosecuting both crimes falls under the remit of assistant district attorney Matthew Bogdanos. A retired Marine colonel with both law and classics degrees, he has been the head of the Manhattan District Attorney's Antiquities Trafficking Unit since its creation in 2017. In his time on the job, the office has has seized more than six thousand pieces of stolen art and antiquities from various museums, art galleries and private homes in order to return them to their countries of origin. Sandra Kanthal travels to New York to learn more about this special unit of law enforcement, and the reasons why one man thinks tracking down stolen treasures of the art world and reuniting them with their rightful owners is vitally important to our past and for our future.
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What do the stolen love letters of John Keats have to do with homicide on the streets of New York? Prosecuting both crimes falls under the remit of assistant district attorney Matthew Bogdanos. A retired Marine colonel with both law and classics degrees, he has been the head of the Manhattan District Attorney's Antiquities Trafficking Unit since its creation in 2017. In his time on the job, the office has has seized more than six thousand pieces of stolen art and antiquities from various museums, art galleries and private homes in order to return them to their countries of origin. In this Crossing Continents, Sandra Kanthal travels to New York to learn more about this special unit of law enforcement and the reasons why one man thinks tracking down stolen treasures of the art world and reuniting them with their rightful owners is vitally important to our past and for our future. Presenter and Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Penny Murphy Studio Mix: James Beard Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Stephanie Hansen is broadcasting from Ely, MN this morning with the latest updates after the devastating fires earlier this summer. Dinner Parties are having a moment, but we aren't sure about the Pringle's trend. Has the restaurant cookbook trend officially ended? Best Snacks & Sweets Awards!Katie Mier joins us to talk about her Help The House Gala. And we discuss the rise of the real estate foodie influencer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This is a technology that was developed in America 140 years ago, refined by a small group of teachers most people have never heard of, practiced professionally by licensed men and women who charged money for it, and then almost completely forgotten. It is called treatment, and every affirmation circulating on the internet descends from it. Every abundance meditation borrows its grammar. The entire modern manifestation world stands on a foundation this word describes, and almost nobody teaches the original discipline anymore. ⠀ Here is why the difference matters. An affirmation has no ending. You repeat it and repeat it and there arrives no moment where the work concludes. A treatment finishes. Completion is built into the architecture, and that single structural feature solves the problem I spent years failing to solve on my own. In this deep dive I walk you through everything. The origin. Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker. The five movements — recognition, unification, realization, thanksgiving, release. The four instruments people confuse with each other. The five errors that stop treatments from taking hold. And the four rules for writing your own. Then in the second half of the episode I read ten new treatments aloud that I wrote for you. Money, receiving, the body, right work, love, guidance, protection, hard seasons, the self you are becoming, and someone you love. Speak them with me and hold onto them for the rest of your life.
53% of Americans ages 18-29 say talking to strangers is exhausting. But small interactions with everyday strangers actually make your life more meaningful. In this Shop Talk, Bill and Alex dig into why everyday human connection has declined and how you can integrate it into your life. This one is a reminder that community isn't always built through grand gestures, it starts with just saying hello. You weren't designed for isolation, you were designed to be in community with others. ARMY ACTIONS Subscribe to the podcast and rate & review us! Signup to join the Army, visit NormalFolks.org Follow us on social media @ArmyofNormalFolks Join or start an ANF local service club at https://normalfolks.org/service-clubs/ Take The 10 Level Challenge, "the hero's journey for service" at 10LevelChallenge.orgSupport the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/#joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What does it really mean to behold the Lamb?In a world constantly fighting for our attention, it can become easy to know about Christ without truly fixing our eyes on Him. We become distracted by our circumstances, ourselves, our desires, and even the work we're doing for God—and slowly lose sight of the One it's all about.In this episode, we're talking about the art of beholding: learning to recognize Christ, keeping our attention fixed on Him, and allowing what we see in Him to transform the way we live.Because the Christian life isn't just about doing more for God. It's about seeing Him, knowing Him, loving Him, and becoming more like Him."Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" — John 1:29May we become a people who never lose our wonder at the Lamb.
How many times do you use a bath towel before washing it? The norm is 2-3... but what is more controversial is Anna's confession when it comes to bath towels. Pick 'em news! Raven's choices: Steakhouse offers nude dining; Universals' new coaster isn't quiet; and venomous snake in high school football player's helmet! Tom Karrel, author of The Lost Art of Random Conversations, joins Anna and Raven to discuss the importance of meaningful conversation- and how to spend less time on your phone and more time connecting in the real world! Trending today: Someone took the Powerball home, winning over a billion-dollar jackpot after matching all 6 numbers! Also... where are you, Mrs. Kelce? Am I Close? Producer Justin, the smartest one in the room at all times, quizzes Anna and Raven about what the “Dog Days of Summer” actually are! How much do you know? Apparently, the top 2 most stressful days of the year are the days before and the day of back-to-school. Do you agree? Anna, Raven, Producer Sophia and Producer Justin all admit their most stressful day! Stephen King, the most talked about man on the Anna and Raven Show, finally called into the show! Whew. What famous person's name would you like to have? Brandy doesn't like dogs and whenever his mother comes over (every weekend to see the kids), she brings her slobbering, hairy dog. Their youngest always gets hives, the dog leaves hair everywhere, and she can't stand that they eat with the dog bothering everyone at the table for scraps. She wants Eric to tell his mom to leave the dog at home, but he argues that ever since his dad died, this dog is all she has. It means too much to her for him to tell her to “leave it at home”. Would you? Amanda has a chance to win $1,500! All he has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can't Beat Raven!
Tom Karrel, author of The Lost Art of Random Conversations, joins Anna and Raven today to discuss the importance of meaningful conversation- and how to spend less time on your phone and more time connecting in the real world! Buy the book here- https://www.tomkarrel.com/
After eighteen years away from the Pacific Northwest, former AWS tech marketer Alexandra "Alex" Friedman returned home to find that professional achievement was no safeguard against profound urban isolation. Confronting the notorious "Seattle Freeze" and the reality of adult loneliness, she began inviting strangers to rooftop dinner parties. That grassroots experiment quickly evolved into Connection Feast, an international community platform and friendship coaching methodology that has brought thousands together for semi-structured, authentic connection.In this episode of If You've Come This Far, Alex joins Chris and Shaun to dissect the mechanics of modern belonging. Moving beyond superficial networking and high-pressure dating paradigms, Alex shares why authentic community requires intentional friction, how somatic awareness disarms our biological fear of rejection, and why building platonic intimacy—especially among men—is essential for mental health and personal fulfillment.Key Highlights"Connectivities" vs. Dating Pressure: Why structured, action-oriented activities create psychological safety and draw men into deeper conversations far more effectively than traditional mixers.Boundaries Create Freedom: How establishing curated dinner themes and structured conversational rules helps introverts bypass small talk and open up quickly.Customer Obsession to People Obsession: The catalyst behind leaving big tech to build a business around social health and relational infrastructure.The Evolutionary Logic of Rejection: Why social exclusion feels like physical danger to the nervous system, and practical somatic tools to regulate through anxiety.The Danger of Frictionless Connection: Why AI chatbots and one-sided digital interactions cannot substitute for the messy, indispensable growth of real-world relationships.The Solo Strategy: Why showing up alone to recurring, shared-goal groups over 3–6 months is the most empirical path to making lasting adult friends.Resources MentionedSubstack: Come A Little FurtherConnection Feast: ConnectionFeast.comU.S. Chamber of Connection: ChamberofConnection.orgMenLiving: MenLiving.orgThe Path / Mental: GetMental.comLiterature & Media: Bowling Alone (Robert Putnam / Pete Davis documentary)
In hour three, remembering a time in the NFL when kickers would kick barefoot. Riley Patterson might have just locked up the Dolphins kicking battle again. Which Dolphins player will we miss the most from last season's team?
The Lost Art of Common Sense Live!We give our blue collar Common Sense thoughts on current events, bringing on interesting guests and talking about whatever random topics come to mind!We'll also throwing out our winners and losers of the week, running down the Happenens of the week and Matt will be reviewing "Spider-Man: Brand New Day".Guest Project Links:Dr. Nelva Lee: Running for Georgia State Superintendent of Schoolshttps://www.drnelvalee.com/Sean Martin: Frontman for The Quarantinedhttps://thequarantined.com/musicDr. Chase Spearshttps://chasespears.com/Digital Democracy Project:Get informed and your voice heardhttps://digitaldemocracyproject.orgTom Joseph - America's Main Street Party:https://x.com/americasmainstGuest Book Links:Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer Book: Chasing After the Wind. https://books.jacksonlahmeyer.com/products/chasing-after-the-windLinks to Barry D. Todd's Book: Stand Your Ground: One Man's Self-Defense Nightmare.https://standyourgroundbook.com/Video Links:The Founding Fathers Thought's on 2A Regulations: A Grok3 Extrapolationhttps://youtu.be/aflX6EjPSak?si=BJntRHHusTrQQKTGMerch Shop:https://www.etsy.com/shop/LostArtofCommonSense?ref=seller-platform-mcnavSponsor Links:www.yummytummybbq.com#CommonSense #democrat #republican #politics #moviereview #trump #news #winnersandlosers #happenings #funny #subversion
Roll up, roll up for this week's uber edish of "The Lost Art" coz not only do we have the usual selection of all things PROG and beyond, but also a lovely likkle chatipoos with the man himself - STEVE HACKETT !! Spoil ya we do - have a good one, Steve & Lou x Playlist Pendragon – Not Of This World Conspiracy – Conspiracy Ozric Tentacles – Space Platform King Crimson – Pictures Of a City Can – Don't Say No Kaipa – The Frozen Dead Of The Night ORK – The Insignificant (Coldlight Mix) E-Molecule – The Architect Oblivion Protocol – This Is Not A Test Overhead – Ghosts From The Future Kingcrow – In Cresendo Earthside – Let The Truth Speak Crone – Kenosis Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery – Red Dragon Steve Hackett interview The Pineapple Thief – New World Order
By Steve K Buchanan - Members in the Church of God have always been encouraged to take notes. Doing so aligns not only with the discovery of modern neuroscience, but also with the instruction of the Bible.
Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Lost Art and Found Strength: A Tale from Carmel Market Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2026-08-08-07-38-19-he Story Transcript:He: תמר עמדה בסימטה צרה ליד שוק הכרמל, תל אביב, והחום של הקיץ הרגיש כבד.En: Tamar stood in a narrow alley near the Carmel Market, Tel Aviv, and the summer heat felt heavy.He: ליבה הלם בפניה בעוצמה, שכן היא איבדה את היצירה החשובה ביותר שלה.En: Her heart pounded in her chest with intensity, as she had lost her most important artwork.He: יצירה זו הייתה אמורה להשתתף בתערוכה בקרוב.En: This piece was supposed to participate in an exhibition soon.He: מתחת לבוזר החריף של ט"ו באב, זייפה תמר חיוך כדי לא להראות את הפחד שבפניה.En: Under the intense buzz of Tu B'Av, Tamar faked a smile so as not to show the fear on her face.He: בעוד תמר ניסתה לשוות את כל כוחה, הגיע עמוס, חבר ותיק שלה, למקום.En: While Tamar tried to gather all her strength, Amos, an old friend of hers, arrived at the scene.He: "תמר, מה קרה?En: "Tamar, what happened?"He: " שאל בקול רך.En: he asked softly.He: היא סיפרה לו את כל מה שקרה.En: She told him everything that happened.He: השוק היה מלא בצלילים וריחות, ותמר הייתה צריכה לצאת למהלך מהיר.En: The market was filled with sounds and scents, and Tamar needed to make a quick move.He: "היום זה לא רק חג אהבה, זה צרות," גיחכה בעצב.En: "Today is not just a love holiday, it's trouble," she chuckled sadly.He: עמוס חייך והציע לעזור לה.En: Amos smiled and offered to help her.He: הוא היה תמיד שם למענה, בדיוק כמו תמיד.En: He was always there for her, just like always.He: הם נכנסו לשוק יחד, בין דוכנים צבעוניים שהיו מלאים בפירות, ירקות ותבלינים ריחניים.En: They entered the market together, among colorful stalls filled with fruits, vegetables, and fragrant spices.He: ההמולה והרעש היו חוויה בפני עצמה, ולהם זה נראה כמו מבוך.En: The hustle and bustle were an experience in itself, and to them, it seemed like a maze.He: בדיוק כשהשמש התחילה לשקוע, הבחינה תמר באנשים מחזיקים בחתיכות נייר משובצות צבע שהזכירו לה את היצירה האבודה.En: Just as the sun began to set, Tamar noticed people holding pieces of colorful paper that reminded her of the lost artwork.He: אחד מהם היה החוטף שלה.En: One of them was her abductor.He: הוא היה חלק מקבוצת אנשים שחגגה את חג האהבה.En: He was part of a group of people celebrating the holiday of love.He: תמר אספה את כל הכוח הפנימי שלה וניגשה לאנשים.En: Tamar gathered all her inner strength and approached the people.He: "סליחה," אמרה בקול רם, "זה חשוב מאוד בשבילי.En: "Excuse me," she said loudly, "this is very important to me.He: אני צריכה את היצירה הזאת.En: I need this piece."He: "הם הביטו בה בהבנה, ותוך כמה רגעים החזירה את היצירה לידיה.En: They looked at her with understanding, and within a few moments, returned the piece to her hands.He: יעל, שהייתה אמורה להיות שם ולעריך יצירות חדשות, עמדה בצד וצפתה.En: Yael, who was supposed to be there to evaluate new works, stood on the side and watched.He: היא התרשמה מהנחישות והאומץ של תמר.En: She was impressed by Tamar's determination and courage.He: "בואי נדבר על התערוכה שלך," אמרה יעל בחיוך.En: "Let's talk about your exhibition," Yael said with a smile.He: תמר חייכה, כשהרגישה שעול גדול ירד מעל כתפיה.En: Tamar smiled, feeling as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders.He: היא הרגישה התחזקות והבינה שהיא מסוגלת להתמודד עם כל אתגר שיעמוד בדרכה.En: She felt invigorated and realized that she could face any challenge that would come her way.He: תמר סיימה את היום בלב שמח וחזון מחודש.En: Tamar ended the day with a happy heart and renewed vision.He: היא הודתה לעמוס שוב ושוב, והחלה להתרגל לרעיון שהיא, ובאמונה בעצמה, יכולה לפרוץ לעולם האמנות.En: She thanked Amos again and again, and began to embrace the idea that she, and faith in herself, could break into the art world. Vocabulary Words:narrow: צרהalley: סימטהheat: חוםpounded: הלםintensity: עוצמהartwork: יצירהexhibition: תערוכהsmile: חיוךfear: פחדscene: מקוםsoftly: בקול רךscents: ריחותtrouble: צרותcolorful: צבעונייםfragrant: ריחנייםhustle: המולהmaze: מבוךabductor: חוטףdetermination: נחישותcourage: אומץevaluate: לעריךinvigorated: התחזקותchallenge: אתגרembrace: להתרגלfaith: אמונהvision: חזוןamazed: התרשמהshake: לשוותbuzz: בוזרfaked: זייפהBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.
About the episodeWe're communicating more than ever, and AI has made producing polished language almost effortless. So why does it feel harder than ever to actually move people? Kelly Urban, CMO at Maui Jim and formerly VP of Global Media Relations, Influencer Marketing, and Social Media at GoPro, joins Rachel Truair to explore what's actually changed in how we communicate, and why confidence, not polish, might be the real foundation of persuasion. Kelly makes the case for going to AI last instead of first, explains why trust is harder to earn than attention even though attention gets all the anxiety, and names the one piece of leadership advice she'd erase completely. The question underneath it all: if AI can write almost anything, what's the one thing only you can say with heart?Quotes“Attention can be captured very quickly, but it can go away so fast.”“I think the inflection point is are you going to AI first or are you going to AI last?”“If you can find that magic spot of being very personally connected to your team, you will be able to lead in a way that others can't.”From the conversationWhy getting distribution used to be the hard part, and getting attention is nowWhether steadiness or reinvention actually builds a stronger brandGoing to AI first vs. going to AI last, and why it might decide whether you keep the ability to think for yourselfWhat most leadership advice gets wrong about staying professionally distant from your teamWhich is harder to earn right now, trust or attention, and why that's the wrong question to answer too quicklyAbout the guestKelly Urban joined Kering Eyewear in September 2025 as the CMO of Maui Jim after serving 11+ years as a VP of Marketing at GoPro. Urban is responsible for driving global brand strategy and expanding awareness for Maui Jim's sun and optical collections across B2B and B2C audiences internationally. Urban is based out of Kering's Manhattan office.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellybaker1/
“There's nowhere left to hunt.”It's a phrase you hear all the time. Public land is crowded, hunting leases are expensive, and finding quality private ground can feel nearly impossible.But what if one of the best ways to gain access isn't found online or through a lease? What if it starts with simply knocking on a door?For generations, hunters built opportunities one conversation at a time. They introduced themselves, earned trust, accepted “no” with respect, and proved they were the kind of people a landowner wanted to have around. Somewhere along the way, that skill became a lost art.Today, we're talking about door knocking for hunting permission—how to make a great first impression, the mistakes that instantly ruin your chances, and how to build relationships that can lead to hunting opportunities for years to come.Because finding a place to hunt isn't always about finding more land. Sometimes it's about becoming the kind of hunter someone is willing to say “yes” to.UPO Gear & Such- https://uponation.co/ UPO Social Media- https://linktrh.ee/underpressureoutdoorsBecome a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=45295718Deep Roots Rifle Company- Use Code UPO10 to save 10%
What if the greatest mysteries of our past were never really about history—but about unlocking human potential?In this fascinating episode of the Igniton Podcast, we sit down with Freddy Silva, one of the world's leading researchers of ancient civilizations, sacred sites, lost wisdom traditions, and the profound relationship between consciousness and humanity's forgotten origins. A bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and internationally respected lecturer, Freddy has spent more than two decades traveling the globe to investigate temples, pyramids, megalithic monuments, crop circles, and the mystery schools that once preserved humanity's deepest spiritual and scientific knowledge.Author of acclaimed books including The Divine Blueprint, The Missing Lands, The Lost Art of Resurrection, First Templar Nation, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past, and Portals, Freddy combines meticulous historical research with firsthand exploration to reveal remarkable connections between archaeology, sacred geometry, energy, initiation, and the evolution of consciousness.In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore whether the world's ancient monuments were far more than architectural achievements. Could these extraordinary locations have functioned as technologies designed to elevate consciousness, accelerate healing, enhance intuition, and connect human beings to something greater than themselves? Why did nearly every advanced civilization construct sacred sites according to similar mathematical and astronomical principles? And what knowledge may have been deliberately forgotten—or hidden—from modern civilization?Freddy shares compelling insights into the mysteries of the pyramids, stone circles, megalithic temples, ley lines, sacred landscapes, and the role that initiation once played in transforming human awareness. We also discuss the Knights Templar, ancient mystery schools, lost civilizations, Atlantis traditions, crop circles, and why many indigenous cultures understood consciousness in ways that modern science is only beginning to investigate.For listeners interested in biohacking, longevity, spirituality, quantum science, human potential, archaeology, and consciousness research, this episode bridges ancient wisdom with modern curiosity. As scientific interest grows in topics such as biofields, coherence, meditation, neuroplasticity, and the measurable effects of consciousness, Freddy offers a unique historical perspective suggesting that many of these ideas may not be new discoveries at all—but rediscoveries of principles understood thousands of years ago.Throughout the conversation, we examine how sacred architecture may influence the human experience, why civilizations across continents independently created remarkably similar ceremonial structures, and what these patterns could reveal about our collective past and our future. Freddy also explains how pilgrimage, ritual, symbolism, and intentional interaction with sacred places have shaped cultures for millennia and why these practices continue to resonate today.Whether you're fascinated by ancient Egypt, the pyramids, Stonehenge, sacred geometry, the Knights Templar, lost civilizations, Atlantis, crop circles, human consciousness, spiritual awakening, hidden history, or the intersection of science and spirituality, this conversation offers an extraordinary journey through one of history's most compelling frontiers.If you've ever wondered whether humanity's greatest breakthroughs may come not only from discovering new technologies, but from recovering ancient knowledge that has been waiting to be understood again, this is an episode you won't want to miss.Topics covered include:Ancient civilizations and hidden historySacred sites, temples, and pyramidsSacred geometry and the Divine BlueprintConsciousness and human potential
Less than 1% of new vehicles made for the U.S. market are a manual transmission. We talk to the diehards.
The Lost Art of Common Sense Live!We give our blue collar Common Sense thoughts on current events, bringing on interesting guests and talking about whatever random topics come to mind!We'll also throwing out our winners and losers of the week, running down the Happenens of the week and Matt will be reviewing "Motor City".Guest Project Links:Dr. Nelva Lee: Running for Georgia State Superintendent of Schoolshttps://www.drnelvalee.com/Sean Martin: Frontman for The Quarantinedhttps://thequarantined.com/musicDr. Chase Spearshttps://chasespears.com/Digital Democracy Project:Get informed and your voice heardhttps://digitaldemocracyproject.orgTom Joseph - America's Main Street Party:https://x.com/americasmainstGuest Book Links:Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer Book: Chasing After the Wind. https://books.jacksonlahmeyer.com/products/chasing-after-the-windLinks to Barry D. Todd's Book: Stand Your Ground: One Man's Self-Defense Nightmare.https://standyourgroundbook.com/Video Links:The Founding Fathers Thought's on 2A Regulations: A Grok3 Extrapolationhttps://youtu.be/aflX6EjPSak?si=BJntRHHusTrQQKTGMerch Shop:https://www.etsy.com/shop/LostArtofCommonSense?ref=seller-platform-mcnavSponsor Links:www.yummytummybbq.com#CommonSense #democrat #republican #politics #moviereview #trump #news #winnersandlosers #happenings #funny #subversion
Yo, how's it going you crazy bunch and welcome once again to the very latest in all thing Proggy with this week's edition of "The Lost Art", hosted by your two favourite reprobates, Steve and Lou. A mighty fine mix lined up for ya this week, so delve in and be suitably impressed..... Stay hydrated - Steve & Lou xx THIS TIME............ Benjamin's Kite – A Fork In The Road Peter Gabriel – One By One Rick Wakeman – The Jezero Crater Green Carnation – Sanguis Monarch – Stranger Lalu – Mayacama Can - Splash Marillion – Interior Lulu Porcupine Tree – Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (Live) Dream Theater – Stream Of Consciousness Satch Vai – The Sea Of Emotion Pt. 1 Threshold – The Art Of Reason Sons Of Apollo – Labyrinth Pattern Seeking Animals – Slowly Falls The Flying Man The Bardic Depths – From Empty Trees ELP – Tank (Live) Toto – Great Expectations Dennis Atlas – Relative Fiction
Will and Jeremy sit down to discuss how we are to be hospitable as individuals and as the church. How much should presentation matter? Is it al about being persona? How much is to much?! They answer these questions and so much more.
Why don't more doctors talk about death? Dr. Lydia Dugdale has been asking this question since she was a medical student. She is the Silberberg Professor of Medicine and directs the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and two books on how we die, including "The Lost Art of Dying." "Most medical professionals today are very unpracticed at talking to patients about their mortality," she says. Not only unpracticed, but even themselves afraid. In this bonus clip from Episode 232 with Macie Bridge, Dugdale traces the path from that early perplexity on the wards to the ars moriendi, the medieval art of dying, grounded in the idea that dying is part of living, so if you want to die well you have to live well. Lydia comments on the emergence of palliative care and the way it let physicians hand conversations about death to specialists; the doctor who inherited the priest's old place at the threshold between life and death; the death anxiety clinicians carry without examining; virtue as preparation for dying, and community as the other half of living well; the unrepresented patients of New York City who die alone; and a grumpy old man, hospitalized for 20 years, who wept when she read aloud what she had written about him. Episode Highlights “Most medical professionals today are very unpracticed at talking to patients about their mortality.” “we are really the intermediaries between life and death, I'm not saying we're priests, but that used to be the role of the priest. And so it is now the role of the physician. “If you want to die well, you have to live well.” We have to be all in or we end up like all of these patients here in New York City who have no one that I can reach out to as they're dying. “He started weeping and he said, someone finally saw me. Someone finally saw me. I've been in this hospital for 20 years and I didn't think anyone ever saw me.” About Lydia Dugdale Lydia Dugdale is a physician and medical ethicist who has spent fifteen years asking why medicine finds death so hard to talk about. She is the Silberberg Professor of Medicine at Columbia, directs the Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and co-directs clinical ethics at NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein Hospital, where she still sees patients. She edited "Dying in the Twenty-First Century" and wrote "The Lost Art of Dying," a modern ars moriendi. She trained at the University of Chicago and Yale-New Haven Hospital, holds a master's in ethics from Yale Divinity School, and in 2025 founded the nonprofit Heal the Nation. Helpful Links and Resources “Dying Alone,” the full Episode 232 with Lydia Dugdale and Macie Bridge: https://faith.yale.edu/media/dying-alone Lydia Dugdale's website: https://lydiadugdale.com/ The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom, Lydia Dugdale's book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-lost-art-of-dying-ls-dugdale Dying in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Lydia Dugdale: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262534598/dying-in-the-twenty-first-century/ Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, which Dugdale directs: https://www.vagelos.columbia.edu/departments-centers/columbia-center-clinical-medical-ethics Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics on X: https://x.com/columbia_ccme Ars moriendi, the medieval art of dying, at the Morgan Library and Museum: https://www.themorgan.org/blog/new-acquisition-ars-moriendi-blockbook Ars moriendi block book, 1475, at the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666798/ Lydia Dugdale at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/people/lydia-dugdale-md Show Notes Death anxiety in medicine Why doctors avoid frank conversations about mortality Palliative care's arrival as a discipline, and what it made possible Real gains in symptom relief for the sick and the dying The unintended cost: death conversations outsourced to specialists Clinicians as intermediaries between life and death The priest's old place at the threshold, now the physician's Nurses at the bedside, doctors calling the shots on treatment Existential questions physicians have never worked through A colleague who would never tell a patient they were dying, out of her own fear of death Digging into how other times and places handled mortality Ars moriendi: the medieval genre on the preparation for death Illustrated editions made for people who could not read Fifteen years and two books spent reviving the art of dying Living well as the precondition of dying well Virtue as preparation: hope, patience, joy against bitterness and despair The role of community in dying well New York's unrepresented patients, dying alone A reader estranged from his adult children who committed to years of repair after the book Relationship as ongoing work: rupture, forgiveness, iron sharpening iron A long-hospitalized patient nobody wanted assigned to their team Modeling care for young doctors, and being verbally destroyed in front of them Loneliness of the neighbor, the colleague, the checkout person Practice as the only way to get better at it #ForTheLifeOfTheWorld #LydiaDugdale #TheLostArtOfDying #ArsMoriendi #MedicalEthics #DyingWell #Loneliness #EndOfLifeCare Production Notes This podcast featured Lydia Dugdale Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa Hosted by Evan Rosa Production Assistance by Noah Senthil A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, Ryan Hartley is joined by ceremonial facilitator, experiential leader and Trip or Fall producer Henry Mobley for a conversation that reframes one of humanity's oldest practices: ceremony.Far beyond rituals or plant medicine, Henry describes ceremony as an intentional space where people can reconnect with themselves, one another and something greater. He challenges the idea that ceremony belongs only in ancient traditions, suggesting instead that two people sitting together with presence, honesty and love can be in ceremony.Together they explore Henry's journey from anxiety, unworthiness and a successful corporate career into a life centred on conscious leadership, radical honesty and service. Through stories from experiential marketing, sacred traditions and his own personal transformation, Henry explains why our greatest breakthroughs often begin where comfort ends.Ryan and Henry also explore the relationship between connection and healing, discussing why so much of modern suffering stems from isolation rather than a lack of information. From community and relationships to identity, addiction and personal responsibility, this conversation invites us to rediscover practices that have helped human beings heal for thousands of years.At its heart, this episode is a reminder that transformation doesn't begin with having all the answers. It begins with creating spaces where truth is welcomed, people are seen and genuine connection becomes possible.ABOUT TRIP OR FALLTrip or Fall is a feature documentary exploring the role of ceremony, intentional community and legal therapeutic psilocybin through the lives of participants, facilitators and healthcare professionals.The documentary is directed by Lindsay Pitre, whom Henry warmly acknowledges for her vision and leadership in bringing the project to life, alongside executive producer Will and the wider team. Henry joined the project as both a facilitator and producer, helping guide participants through ceremonial experiences over the course of more than a year.Rather than focusing solely on medicine, the film asks a deeper question: What becomes possible when people are given an intentional space to reconnect with themselves and one another?Through real stories of preparation, ceremony and integration, the documentary explores healing as a communal process rather than an isolated event.The work highlights ceremony as a timeless human practice built on presence, relationship, humility and integration. Its aim is to encourage deeper conversations around healing, conscious leadership and authentic human connection.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanCONNECT WITH HENRY MOBLEYWebsite:https://www.hm3.io/Instagram:http://instagram.com/hm3coachingLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hm3beThe Sovereign Brief:https://sovereignbrief.netlify.app/CONNECT WITH ALWAYS BETTER THAN YESTERDAYWebsite:https://abty.co.uk/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men's Group (Akira):https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list:https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching:https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflections to:mailto:podcast@abty.co.uk#HenryMobley #TheLostArtOfCeremony #SacredSpaces #PersonalGrowth #ConsciousLeadership #HumanConnection #AlwaysBetterThanYesterday #Podcast
In the age of AI, endless information, and instant certainty, philosopher Lani Watson argues that questions — not answers — are humanity's greatest intellectual advantage. Today, she explains why curiosity is a biological superpower, why schools unintentionally teach us to stop questioning, and how learning to embrace a question-oriented mindset can make us better thinkers, leaders, and humans. Lani's new book is Q: The Hidden Power of Questions in a World That Wants Answers. You can take her Questioning Strengths Assessment here. ***
The Lost Art of Common Sense Live!We give our blue collar Common Sense thoughts on current events, bringing on interesting guests and talking about whatever random topics come to mind!We'll also throwing out our winners and losers of the week, running down the Happenens of the week and Matt will be reviewing "The Odyssey".Guest Project Links:Dr. Nelva Lee: Running for Georgia State Superintendent of Schoolshttps://www.drnelvalee.com/Sean Martin: Frontman for The Quarantinedhttps://thequarantined.com/musicDr. Chase Spearshttps://chasespears.com/Digital Democracy Project:Get informed and your voice heardhttps://digitaldemocracyproject.orgTom Joseph - America's Main Street Party:https://x.com/americasmainstGuest Book Links:Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer Book: Chasing After the Wind. https://books.jacksonlahmeyer.com/products/chasing-after-the-windLinks to Barry D. Todd's Book: Stand Your Ground: One Man's Self-Defense Nightmare.https://standyourgroundbook.com/Video Links:The Founding Fathers Thought's on 2A Regulations: A Grok3 Extrapolationhttps://youtu.be/aflX6EjPSak?si=BJntRHHusTrQQKTGMerch Shop:https://www.etsy.com/shop/LostArtofCommonSense?ref=seller-platform-mcnavSponsor Links:www.yummytummybbq.com#CommonSense #democrat #republican #politics #moviereview #trump #news #winnersandlosers #happenings #funny #subversion
What has made this moment feel different is not the anxiety about incivility, which has always been there, but rather the performance of it. It's relentless.” — Molly Brady on incivility in the age of the smartphone Whatever happened to the American front porch? Builders killed it to save money, says the Harvard law professor Molly Brady — and with this death went one of the key stages on which Americans have practiced the art of being neighbors over the last 250 years. Brady is a contributor to America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, a new volume of 62 essays from the Harvard Law School faculty edited by Alexandra Natapoff. Brady's subject is the land, real-estate and local government law determining neighborliness. Thus her interest in front porches. Brady grew up in Utica, New York — on the old Erie Canal — a Rust Belt town whose fracking fights, abandoned housing, and urban renewal steered her toward property law. Utica is also, despite its red politics, a place well versed in the art of neighborliness — with the town warmly welcoming recent Bosnian and Iraqi refugees. Incivility isn't new, Brady says. What's changed, she argues, is its performative virality. With a phone in every pocket, we can now watch our fellow “citizens” behaving badly. Meanwhile the physical infrastructure of community — the front porches and corner stores — has been zoned, sprawled, and value-engineered away. Analogue porches have been replaced by digital chatrooms. Brady's remedy is unfashionably local. On Zoom or in person, she advises, show up at your local planning meetings. Brady even requires her Harvard students to attend at least one local meeting so as to demystify the real work of governance. The republic, as Ben Franklin so famously warned, is ours if we can keep it. Keeping it, Molly Brady suggests, may require in-person attendance on a Wednesday night at your local planning commission. And it might also require hanging out on your porch. If the builders ever give them back to us. Five Takeaways • The Performance of Incivility. Americans have always fretted about incivility — the republic itself was born out of Europe's religious civil wars. What has changed, Brady argues, is technology. When difference was mediated through traditional publishers, you had to grapple with the people in your physical world: the workplace, the water cooler, the town meeting. Now everyone carries a phone on which fellow citizens can be found behaving horribly at any given moment. It is not the presence of incivility that makes this moment feel different — it is the relentless performance of it.• The Death of the Porch. Brady writes in the tradition of Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone, updated for the post-smartphone age: suburbanization, the loss of third places, remote work — and a thousand micro-choices in property law that removed the physical alternatives to online life. Builders dropped the front porch to save money; developers in the South and West build almost nothing outside homeowners associations, so there is no meaningful market choice. People are human — they yearn for connection — but in the absence of physical competition, technological community wins by default.• Tocqueville's Scalability Problem. What Tocqueville admired in New England — every citizen (nominally) arguing policy with neighbors at the town meeting — may never have been scalable to a continental republic, a question America has been grappling with since the Louisiana Purchase. But the local still scrambles our politics in useful ways: party preference, as the scholar David Schleicher observes, tells you nothing about road paving. The darker local truth is Bill Fischel's homevoter hypothesis — homeowners dominate participation and vote to maximize home values, which has helped produce the national affordability crisis.• Glimmers: Zoom, Newton, and Showing Up. The shift to Zoom planning meetings completely changed the demographics of who participates in land use decisions — young parents cannot spend Wednesday from seven to midnight debating a corner store. Newton has produced genuinely pro-housing policies; Cambridge ran a charter commission that drew in residents of every kind; groups like Abundant Homes Massachusetts organize contingents to make sure meetings are not left to the usual voices. Brady requires her students to attend at least one local meeting. The lesson: do not think this is for someone else.• 2076: Best Case, Worst Case. Asked to imagine America's 300th birthday, Brady hopes for less polarization and demonization, and for a real confrontation of the housing and environmental crises — collective work that might itself rebuild the habit of cooperation. The worst case runs through Margaret Atwood and civil war scenarios to environmental degradation and lives lost to our incapacity to work together. The warning signs are already banal: middle-aged men now pay consultants to teach them how to make friends. The skills have atrophied — and local participation, Brady suggests, is the gym where a republic gets them back. About the Guest Molly Brady is a professor of law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches property, land use, and local government law. Raised in Utica, New York, she is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, and her scholarship on the history of American property law has won wide recognition, as has her teaching. She lives in Belmont, Massachusetts, and is a contributor to America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, edited by Alexandra Natapoff and Guy-Uriel E. Charles (MIT Press, July 2026). References: • America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, edited by Alexandra Natapoff and Guy-Uriel E. Charles (MIT Press, July 2026). Bryan Stevenson: “A valuable contribution to understanding America at a critical moment.”• Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam — the 2000 classic on America's vanishing social capital, written, Brady notes, before the smartphone made things worse. Putnam is an old friend of this show.• Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville — the towering account of New England civic virtue that frames the episode's scalability question.• Shade by Sam Bloch — the new book on the politics of shade that taught Brady about the money-saving death of the American front porch.• Bill Fischel's “homevoter hypothesis” — the Dartmouth economist's account of why homeowner-dominated local politics maximizes home values and starves housing supply.• Alexandra Natapoff — the volume's co-editor, whose own Keen On America conver...
In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you'll learn: o Why Paul Harvey remains one of the most effective communicators in broadcasting history. o How curiosity can become one of your most powerful communication tools. o Why great storytellers don't always reveal the topic right away. o How mystery can be used to hook an audience and hold their attention. o The role strategic pauses play in effective communication. o How delivery cadence influences audience engagement. o Why virtual audiences require stronger hooks than ever before. o A three-step process for constructing stories that build anticipation. o How to guide listeners through a narrative without giving away the ending. o Practical techniques you can use immediately in presentations, meetings, webinars, and conversations. To learn more about Rob and his work, visit www.Jolles.com
At 16, his grandmother fled Kraków after the Nazis killed her father, worked a New York factory floor beside her mother, and applied to every medical school in the state three years running before one finally said yes — then told her second-grade grandson that education is the only thing nobody can ever take away from him.Years later, David Rogier quit his venture capital job with no idea what he wanted to build, and his boss wrote him a check for $500,000 and told him to go think of something; the dark, formless year that followed became MasterClass, whose holding company still carries his grandmother's nickname. Launch day brought so few sales that he went home and cried, and by day four it was obvious he had a real business on his hands. In this conversation, David breaks down how he got Hollywood's biggest names to say yes, why he believes degrees and résumés are quickly becoming worthless, and the three kinds of jobs he thinks will actually survive AI. David Rogier is the founder and CEO of MasterClass, the platform that put instruction from Martin Scorsese, Christina Aguilera, Steph Curry, and dozens of other world-class practitioners into the hands of millions of learners. He built it from a single $500,000 check and has since launched MasterClass Executive, an AI-native alternative to the traditional MBA created in collaboration with OpenAI and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. IN THIS EPISODE, ILANA AND DAVID WILL DISCUSS: (00:00) Introduction (01:34) The Grandmother Who Survived Kraków and Became a Doctor (05:39) Stuttering, Teasing, and Parents Who Raised the Bar (07:15) Quitting His Job and Getting Handed a $500,000 Check (08:48) The Dark Year: What Happens When You Have No Constraints (12:58) The Three Things That Had to Be True for MasterClass to Work (14:33) The Lost Art of Opening Doors and Influencing People (19:46) Launch Day: No Calls, Almost No Sales, and a Lot of Tears (21:18) What Scorsese, Steph Curry, and Christina Aguilera Do Differently (23:53) Why “Hire Great People and Get Out of Their Way” Is Terrible Advice (27:28) The AI Study That Compressed 18 Months of School Into 18 Hours (34:16) The Skills That Matter Now: Learning Velocity, Execution, People (39:28) The Three Types of Jobs That Survive AI (44:39) Burning the Corporate Ladder: Rebuilding the MBA for $2,500(49:16) What He'd Tell His Younger Self (51:52) Q&A: My Network Feels Crowded — How Do I Get Real Introductions? CONNECT WITH DAVID ROGIER David's Company Website: https://www.masterclass.com David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drogier/ RESOURCES MENTIONED MasterClass: https://www.masterclass.com Chris Voss's MasterClass on Negotiation: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-voss-teaches-the-art-of-negotiation LEAP Episode with Chris Voss: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leap-academy-with-ilana-golan/id1701718200?i=1000673141824 LEAP Episode with Tom Bilyeu: Tom Bilyeu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ4EGDsKudk LEAP ACADEMY Ready to make the LEAP in your career? There is a NEW WAY for professionals to fast-track their careers and leap to bigger opportunities.Check out our free training today at https://bit.ly/leap--free-training
"I relate it to one of the Wizard of Oz characters... I've seen behind the curtain. I know how it's all put together."What happens when a man who spent nearly five decades inside every corner of the self-funded industry decides his final act is to give the playbook away?My guest this week is Charlie Gragg, a true first-generation veteran of self-funding. Charlie started in the late 1970s underwriting stop-loss cases on napkins from payphone booths, went on to run his own TPA, and has now semi-retired into a role he believes the industry desperately needs: the fiduciary co-pilot.He won't take your broker of record letter; he doesn't want it. Instead, he partners with brokers, consultants, and C-suite executives to build health plans from scratch, the way an owner would.If you're a broker who knows you have a ceiling on your self-funding expertise, this episode is your permission slip to get help. Tune in.Thank you to our 2026 sponsors!ParetoHealth: ParetoHealth empowers midsize employers with a long-term solution to reduce volatility and lower overall health benefits costs. Visit https://www.paretohealth.com/fully-insured-vs-self-funding-with-paretohealth-spencer-podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SelfFundedwSpencer to learn more.Samaritan Fund: A program that connects those who need help to the support they need. We are proud to offer the Samaritan Fund Program. Visit SamaritanFundProgram.com to learn more.Vālenz Health: We're Vālenz Health, your partner in improving health literacy, reducing plan spend, and delivering high-value healthcare. Visit ValenzHealth.com to learn more.Imagine360: Imagine360 helps self-funded employers save on healthcare with smarter health plans. Cut expenses by 20-30% with custom solutions. Contact us today at Imagine360.com.Chapters:(00:00:00) Intro: Behind the Curtain of Self-Funding(00:00:55) The Fiduciary Co-Pilot: Why Charlie Won't Take Your BOR(00:02:58) Charlie's Background: First-Generation TPA in the Late '70s(00:04:46) Napkin Underwriting and $2,000 Aggregate Stop-Loss(00:06:18) The Two Sales: Selling the Employer AND the Underwriter(00:07:20) Why the TPA Business Is So Hard to Do Right(00:11:27) The Fiduciary TPA: Accountant of the Health Plan(00:13:32) The 401(k) Parallel: Fiduciary Standards Are Coming for Brokers(00:14:43) Building Custom Plans vs. Buying the Box(00:16:25) Stop Haggling Over Stop-Loss — Solve the Claims Instead(00:18:46) Owning Your Stop-Loss Through a Group Captive(00:21:25) The 3-6 Month Setup: Finding Fiduciary Partners First(00:23:34) The One Question to Ask Every TPA(00:26:07) Why PBMs Need the Fiduciary Standard Too(00:28:01) Eating the Elephant: Meeting Employers Where They Are(00:30:56) Winning Over the C-Suite Before the HR Director(00:34:42) Claims Negotiators, Re-Pricers, and the Lost Art of the Phone Call(00:39:11) Do You Still Need a Carrier Network?(00:41:51) The Quality Anomaly: Why the Best Care Costs Less(00:43:34) DRG Bundles and the $20,000 Burn Unit That Never Was(00:46:52) Wellness, Behavioral Health, and the Loyalty Dividend(00:55:31) Building the Utopian Health Plan: The Blueprint(01:01:03) What's Missing? Belief.(01:04:18) The Future: Adoption in the Mid-Market(01:06:33) Closing Thoughts: The System Won't Fix ItselfKey Links for Social:@SelfFunded on YouTube for video versions of the podcast and much more - https://www.youtube.com/@SelfFundedListen/watch on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1TjmrMrkIj0qSmlwAIevKA?si=068a389925474f02Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-funded-with-spencer/id1566182286Follow Spencer on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-smith-self-funded/Follow Spencer on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/selffundedwithspencer/
The Lost Art of Common Sense Live!We give our blue collar Common Sense thoughts on current events, bringing on interesting guests and talking about whatever random topics come to mind!We'll also throwing out our winners and losers of the week, running down the Happenens of the week and Matt will be reviewing "Young Washington".Guest Project Links:Dr. Nelva Lee: Running for Georgia State Superintendent of Schoolshttps://www.drnelvalee.com/Sean Martin: Frontman for The Quarantinedhttps://thequarantined.com/musicDr. Chase Spearshttps://chasespears.com/Digital Democracy Project:Get informed and your voice heardhttps://digitaldemocracyproject.orgTom Joseph - America's Main Street Party:https://x.com/americasmainstGuest Book Links:Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer Book: Chasing After the Wind. https://books.jacksonlahmeyer.com/products/chasing-after-the-windLinks to Barry D. Todd's Book: Stand Your Ground: One Man's Self-Defense Nightmare.https://standyourgroundbook.com/Video Links:The Founding Fathers Thought's on 2A Regulations: A Grok3 Extrapolationhttps://youtu.be/aflX6EjPSak?si=BJntRHHusTrQQKTGMerch Shop:https://www.etsy.com/shop/LostArtofCommonSense?ref=seller-platform-mcnavSponsor Links:www.yummytummybbq.com#CommonSense #democrat #republican #politics #moviereview #trump #news #winnersandlosers #happenings #funny #subversion
In today's talk, I share the lost art of sharing good news. Before when you would share good news, other people would get excited for you. Nowadays, when you share good news other people try to hog the spotlight. CONQUER SHYNESS
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Madlik Podcast – Torah Thoughts on Judaism From a Post-Orthodox Jew
What if the greatest cure for our distracted, scroll-addicted minds was written over 3,000 years ago? Deuteronomy isn't just repeating the Torah. It's teaching us how to pay attention. The fifth book of the Torah—Deuteronomy (Mishneh Torah)—is often dismissed as simply a review of what came before. But what if Moses' final retelling wasn't repetition at all, but one of the Torah's deepest lessons about how human beings learn, remember, and grow? In this episode of Madlik, Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz explore how the Torah transforms review into a transforming discipline. From Ben Bag Bag's famous teaching, "Turn it over and turn it over, for everything is in it," to the Talmud's praise of the student who reviews a lesson 101 times, Judaism offers a timeless antidote to our modern epidemic of distraction. Along the way, we compare Moses' retelling of the story of the spies with its original telling in Numbers, discovering how each retelling reveals new truths. We explore why detectives, trial lawyers, and cognitive scientists know that repetition uncovers what first impressions often miss. And we meet an unexpected companion on the journey—the Roman philosopher Seneca—whose warnings about information overload sound uncannily like a critique of today's endless scrolling. Drawing on Moses, the Rabbis, the Stoic philosopher Seneca, and contemporary cognitive science, this conversation uncovers timeless practices for overcoming distraction, deepening attention, strengthening memory, enriching relationships, and living a more meaningful and connected life. If our greatest challenge today is not a lack of information but an inability to focus on what truly matters, perhaps the Bible's great book of reflection contains one of the newest and most necessary lessons. Join us as we discover why the path to wisdom isn't always found by chasing something new, but by returning to timeless ideas with fresh eyes—and renewed attention. Key Takeaways Repetition Isn't Redundancy—It's Revelation -Deuteronomy doesn't simply repeat the Torah; it reinterprets it. Moses teaches that every return to a familiar story can reveal a deeper truth. As Ben Bag Bag taught, "Turn it over and turn it over, for everything is in it." Attention Is a Transforming Discipline - From the rabbis' praise of reviewing a lesson 101 times to Seneca's warning against skimming too many scrolls, wisdom grows not from consuming more information but from dwelling deeply with what truly matters. The antidote to distraction is not novelty—it's sustained attention. Growth Comes from Returning - Whether studying Torah, reflecting on our own lives, or listening to another person's story, every retelling changes us. The Torah reminds us that meaning isn't found by constantly moving on, but by returning with fresh eyes, a deeper perspective, and an open heart. Timestamps [00:00] Why does Deuteronomy repeat the Torah? [02:08] Chazarah: The forgotten Jewish art of repetition [07:18] The spies story changes. Why does Moses retell it differently? [11:06] Ben Bag Bag: "Turn it over and turn it over" [13:36] Why reviewing something 101 times changes everything [16:05] Deep learning vs information overload [19:12] What police interrogations teach us about memory and truth [23:10] Seneca's ancient warning about distraction [26:33] The secret to remembering what you read [29:18] Why repetition keeps Judaism and wisdom alive Links & Learnings Sign up for free and get more from our weekly newsletter https://madlik.com/ Sefaria Source Sheet: https://voices.sefaria.org/sheets/738767?lang=bi Transcript here: https://madlik.substack.com/
There was a time when almost everyone knew how to grow food, preserve it, and fill a pantry that could carry a family through every season. Somewhere along the way, many of us lost those skills and we also lost the confidence that comes from knowing how to care for ourselves and the people we love. In this conversation, food preservation expert Diane Devereaux shares how to bring those traditions back. You'll learn how to eat better, living more intentionally, and passing practical wisdom to the next generation. We talk about gardening, canning, freeze drying, seasonal eating, food security, preserving water, caring for pets, and why a single jar of homemade strawberry jam can make the middle of winter feel like pure joy. This episode will leave you inspired to start wherever you are. Find Diane's books, courses, and resources at https://canningdiva.com and https://canning.university. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below: BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop www.whisker.com/1000HOURS woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code 1000HOURS at checkout for 10% off your new bike purchase, excluding the woom WOW. Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to MuzzleSleep.com and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off. Ethos Life Insurance - Get your free quote at ethos.com/1000hours Active Skin Repair - Don't forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ActiveSkinRepair.com and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Anchored, I'm joined by Adrian Cortes, a passionate steelheader, hand fly tyer, and critical care nurse whose approach to fly fishing is as thoughtful as it is unconventional. Born in the Philippines and now based in the Pacific Northwest, Adrian has become known for tying intricate flies entirely by hand—without a vise—and for his deep appreciation of traditional steelhead fishing, bamboo rods, and the history of the craft. In this conversation, we dive into his journey, his philosophy, and why slowing down might just make us better anglers. I hope you enjoy this one. Looking to go deeper with your learning? Come see what we've been working on at AnchoredOutdoors.com. We've built a library of 30 in-depth, sequentially organized Masterclasses taught by past guests of this podcast — and we've watched over 1,000 members grow their confidence and skills on the water. Want to check it out for free? No money down, no strings attached. Just head to anchoredoutdoors.com/premium-insiders/ Anchored listeners can get 10% off their first order with Skwala by using the code “anchored10” at check out. See for yourself at skwalafishing.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've never been more connected, and we've never been more alone. Men have endless ways to reach each other and almost no reason they'll actually use them. We don't reach out. We don't check in. We won't pay another man a compliment without slapping "no homo" on the end of it to make sure nobody mistakes us for caring. And somewhere along the way, we decided that the first flowers a man receives should arrive at his funeral. This week, AJ Kazmierczak joins the show to tear that pattern apart. We get into why connection is the single most valuable skill a man can build, how to develop it on purpose, and why most guys would rather avoid the discomfort of self-auditing than face what's actually holding them back. We talk accountability, discernment, evolving without losing yourself, and what it really costs to be the kind of man other men want in their corner. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 - Episode Introduction 01:30 - Reconnecting After Montana Knife Company 05:20 - Why Men Are More Connected Yet More Isolated 08:00 - The Lost Art of Complimenting Other Men 12:57 - Building Relationships Through Small Conversations 16:24 - Accountability and Encouragement in Unexpected Places 21:16 - Why Communication Skills Matter More Than Credentials 24:47 - Whose Opinions Should Actually Matter 31:21 - Creating an Identity Instead of Fitting In 35:49 - Authenticity, Attention, and Standing Out 38:36 - Evolving Without Losing Yourself 42:55 - Why Honest Feedback Is So Rare 45:09 - Self-Auditing and Becoming More Self-Aware 49:08 - Fast Decision Makers vs Overthinkers 51:59 - The Problem With Being the "Nice Guy" 54:14 - Technical Reset + Bringing It Home 55:12 - Redefining What It Means to Be Alpha 57:36 - Family, Purpose, and Building a Meaningful Life 01:00:18 - Connection, Conversation, and Community 01:01:12 - Winter Strong, Sorenex, and Future Plans 01:02:59 - Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks Battle Planners: Pick yours up today! Order Ryan's new book, The Masculinity Manifesto. For more information on the Iron Council brotherhood. Want maximum health, wealth, relationships, and abundance in your life? Sign up for our free course, 30 Days to Battle Ready