Podcasts about Maaike

Joop en Maaike spreken uitvoerig over Hamas en Gaza, waar Maaike een heleboel over uitlegt, de Nederlandse politiek, het antismitisme en heel veel meer.

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: An Artistic Revival: Bram's Journey to Balance and Creativity Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-05-29-22-34-02-nl Story Transcript:Nl: In het levendige hart van Amsterdam stond een modern kantoorgebouw.En: In the vibrant heart of Amsterdam stood a modern office building.Nl: Grote ramen lieten het zonlicht binnen, dat danste over de elegante houten vloeren.En: Large windows let in the sunlight, which danced over the elegant wooden floors.Nl: Het was lente en de stad bloeide op.En: It was spring and the city was coming to life.Nl: In een hoek van het kantoor zat Bram, een toegewijde projectmanager, verzonken in zijn werk.En: In a corner of the office sat Bram, a dedicated project manager, absorbed in his work.Nl: Bram was goed in zijn werk.En: Bram was good at his job.Nl: Maar diep vanbinnen verlangde hij naar iets meer.En: But deep inside, he longed for something more.Nl: Een creatieve vonk, een verbinding met zijn artistieke verleden.En: A creative spark, a connection to his artistic past.Nl: Zijn bureau stond vol met documenten die zijn aandacht vroegen, maar vandaag dachten zijn gedachten aan iets anders.En: His desk was filled with documents demanding his attention, but today his thoughts drifted elsewhere.Nl: Iets dat hij bijna was vergeten: het aanstaande schoolreünie.En: Something he had almost forgotten: the upcoming school reunion.Nl: Naast hem zat Maaike, zijn enthousiaste collega.En: Next to him sat Maaike, his enthusiastic colleague.Nl: Ze was altijd vrolijk en had dezelfde universiteit als Bram bezocht.En: She was always cheerful and had attended the same university as Bram.Nl: "Bram, we moesten echt beginnen met de planning voor de reünie," zei ze opgewekt.En: "Bram, we really should start planning the reunion," she said cheerfully.Nl: Haar ogen glommen van opwinding.En: Her eyes shone with excitement.Nl: Bram glimlachte flauw.En: Bram smiled faintly.Nl: De reünie klonk als een heerlijke ontsnapping van zijn drukke werkleven.En: The reunion sounded like a delightful escape from his busy work life.Nl: Maar de stapel dossiers op zijn bureau herinnerde hem eraan dat hij weinig tijd had voor iets anders dan werk.En: But the pile of files on his desk reminded him that he had little time for anything but work.Nl: De spanning groeide in hem.En: The pressure inside him grew.Nl: Hoe kon hij Maaike helpen als hij nauwelijks tijd had om te ademen?En: How could he help Maaike when he barely had time to breathe?Nl: Terwijl ze samen in het café van de universiteit zaten, met uitzicht op de oude gebouwen en de kabbelende kanalen, voelde Bram de druk toenemen.En: As they sat together in the university café, with a view of the old buildings and the gently flowing canals, Bram felt the pressure increase.Nl: Hij wilde zijn oude vrienden zien, zijn artistieke kant weer voelen, maar de werkverplichtingen hielden hem tegen.En: He wanted to see his old friends, feel his artistic side again, but his work commitments held him back.Nl: "Wat als we iets creatiefs met de reünie doen?"En: "What if we do something creative with the reunion?"Nl: suggereerde Maaike opeens.En: Maaike suddenly suggested.Nl: "Misschien kun je je kunst erbij betrekken?"En: "Maybe you can incorporate your art?"Nl: Bram keek verbaasd op.En: Bram looked up in surprise.Nl: Was dat mogelijk?En: Was that possible?Nl: Kon hij zijn werk en zijn passie verenigen?En: Could he combine his work and his passion?Nl: Het idee maakte iets in hem los.En: The idea sparked something inside him.Nl: Een vonkje hoop, een kans.En: A glimmer of hope, a chance.Nl: En zo begon hun plan.En: And so their plan began.Nl: Bram hielp Maaike met het creatief invullen van de reünie.En: Bram helped Maaike creatively organize the reunion.Nl: Ze zouden een galerie opzetten met de kunstwerken van oud-studenten.En: They would set up a gallery with artworks from former students.Nl: Het idee maakte Bram enthousiast.En: The idea made Bram excited.Nl: De reünieavond was een succes.En: The reunion evening was a success.Nl: Oude vrienden, gelach en kunst vulden de ruimte.En: Old friends, laughter, and art filled the space.Nl: Bram vond zijn evenwicht.En: Bram found his balance.Nl: Zijn verlangen naar creativiteit en zijn professionele leven smolten samen.En: His yearning for creativity and his professional life merged.Nl: Het was een begin van een nieuw hoofdstuk voor Bram.En: It was the beginning of a new chapter for Bram.Nl: Hij begreep nu dat dromen en verantwoordelijkheden samen konden gaan.En: He now understood that dreams and responsibilities could coexist.Nl: Dankzij Maaike was hij niet langer alleen een projectmanager, maar ook een kunstenaar.En: Thanks to Maaike, he was no longer just a project manager, but also an artist.Nl: De lente in Amsterdam was nog nooit zo mooi geweest.En: Spring in Amsterdam had never been more beautiful. 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India is een techland van formaat, maar het lijkt de boot in de chipindustrie te hebben gemist. Hoe kan het land toch nog wereldmacht worden? Te gast is Maaike Okano-Heijmans, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van India als nieuwe wereldmacht: -Devi Boerema, Zuid-Azië correspondent van de NOS -Maaike Okano-Heijmans, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Koen de Leus, hoofdeconoom bij BNP Paribas Fortis -Carolien Stolte, India-onderzoeker en hoofddocent Universiteit LeidenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In TBS-klinieken wonen mensen die ooit gruwelijk ontspoorden: wie zijn zij? Sylvia van Tellingen vertelt over haar vader die 52 zedendelicten bekende en werd behandeld in een TBS-kliniek. Presentator Maaike Timmerman spreekt met strafrechtadvocaat Christiaan Kwint en psycholoog Anita Heuveling van Beek, die jarenlang met TBS'ers werkte. Samen met journalist Alissa Hippe kijkt Maaike binnen in een kliniek in Almere, waar ze in gesprek gaan met patiënten en behandelaars. 

Joop en Maaike spreken over hoe de NOS en andere kranten en media proberen te waarheid te veranderen, het onderzoek dat Maaike in haar artikel vandaag heeft gepubliceerd, maar praten we over Gaza, Hamas en wat daar gebeurt, en veel andere zaken. (lees het artikel 'NOS-Journaal doet vooringenomen verslag van de Rode Lijn-demonstratie')

Door zich te plaatsen voor de play-offs heeft de Dames 1 van Pinoké een historische prestatie neergezet. Voor het eerst in de 95-jarige geschiedenis van de club gaan zij namelijk spelen om de landstitel. Dat is niet het enige heugelijke feit, want dit seizoen zijn zij ook nog eens de hoogstgeplaatste ploeg uit het Amsterdamse Bos. Komend weekend wordt de laatste reguliere speelronde gespeeld en voor Pinoké eindigt deze met een derby tegen 'mede bosbewoner' Hurley. We gingen erover in gesprek met Maaike van de Kamp, commissaris tophockey bij Pinoké. Presentatie: Robert Denneman

Hoe adviseer je effectief bij cultuurverandering zonder zelf onderdeel te worden van het patroon? In haar boek Doe anders even anders biedt Maaike Thiecke adviseurs een verhelderende kijk op het begeleiden van cultuurverandering. Ze schreef het boek speciaal voor adviseurs omdat, zoals ze zelf zegt: 'veel adviseurs wel boeken lezen over cultuurverandering, maar zelden een boek over hún rol daarin.'In deze aflevering van De Boekenpraktijk gaat Thiecke met host Willem van Leeuwen in gesprek over wat cultuurverandering écht vraagt: tegennatuurlijk handelen. Niet meeveren, maar juist tegenkracht bieden. Niet direct oplossingen geven, maar scherpe vragen stellen over wat nu eigenlijk echt de bedoeling is.Centraal in haar aanpak staan drie universele vraagstukken waar elke organisatie een uniek antwoord op moet vinden:- Wat of wie krijgt voorrang?- Wat sluiten we in, wat sluiten we uit?- Hoe stroomt de uitwisseling van o.a. tijd, geld en informatie?Thiecke gebruikt daarbij haar bekende metafoor van ‘vloerbedekkingslogica': alles wat zo ingebakken zit in de organisatie dat je erover struikelt zonder het te zien. 'Cultuur zit niet in mensen, maar tussen mensen.'StellingenElke aflevering van de podcast legt host Willem van Leeuwen de gast een aantal stellingen voor. De stellingen voor Maaike Thiecke zijn: 1. Het daadwerkelijk signaleren en interveniëren op ineffectieve cultuurpatronen kun je niet overlaten aan interne adviseurs, omdat die er te veel onderdeel van zijn.2. De meeste adviseurs handelen vanuit hun ego en daarmee komt er vaak niks terecht van de cultuurverandering. LinksAlle boeken van Maaike Thiecke bestel je bij Managementboek: https://www.managementboek.nl/auteur/24053/maaike-thiecke Haar boekentip is Nooit meer doen alsof van Aukje Nauta, over de rol van schaamte in organisaties en verandering: https://www.managementboek.nl/boek/9789493213173/nooit-meer-doen-alsof-aukje-nauta OverIn de Boekenpraktijk, de podcast van Managementboek, praat Willem van Leeuwen met auteurs van nieuw verschenen boeken over de brede thema's ontwikkeling en verandering: van persoonlijke ontwikkeling en verandering tot op het niveau van een gehele organisatie. Altijd met een koppeling naar de dagelijkse praktijk.

'Beeldspraak' is de podcast van Poëziecentrum. In deze maandelijkse reeks praat een kenner/liefhebber met een dichter over zijn/haar nieuwe dichtbundel. In deze aflevering praat Dieuwertje Mertens met Maaike de Wolf over haar debuutbundel 'De dansvloer is van iedereen' (de Arbeiderspers), waarmee ze onlangs de Herman de Coninckprijs 2025 won. Maaike de Wolf is dichter en schrijver van zeer kort proza. Ze studeerde aan de School voor Journalistiek en de Schrijversvakschool Amsterdam. Ze publiceerde werk in o.a. Het Liegend Konijn, De Gids en Hollands Maandblad. Ze debuteerde in 2024 met de dichtbundel 'De dansvloer is van iedereen'. Dieuwertje Mertens schrijft als freelance criticus en journalist wekelijks voor de kunst- en boekenpagina's van Het Parool over Nederlandse en vertaalde (non-) fictie en poëzie. Voor Vrij Nederland houdt ze zich bezig met maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen en hoe deze weerspiegeld. worden in de kunst en literatuur. Ze was (mede-)samensteller van verschillende bloemlezingen en ze maakte samen met Erik Jan Harmens de poëziepodcast 'Met open mond'. De Herman de Coninckprijs 2025 is een organisatie van Behoud de Begeerte.

Maaike sees everyone as a maker that she's always willing to give them a good customer experience. Maaike created Maaidesign when she thought, having a fabric store would give her more time to sew. Her other reason for creating Maaidesign was to have access to fabrics she wanted to sew for her daughter. Maaike is a trained designer so you can understand why the fabrics Maiike provides us are collaborations with designers. As she says, when you have a business there are many more tasks to do that cut into your sewing time. Maaike gives us some behind the scenes info about how she sources fabrics and patterns. Modern Makers is her latest online sewing space that will open again to new subscribers in May 2025. https://www.modernmakers.com.au/ If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. There are 3 new tiers to choose from to support SewOver50's only podcast. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com    

‘Heks', ‘hoer', ‘zeikwijf.' Terwijl vrouwen ondervertegenwoordigd zijn in de politiek, krijgen vrouwelijke politici bovengemiddeld veel te maken met bedreigingen en intimidatie. Waar komt die vrouwenhaat vandaan? We gaan in gesprek met Daan Heerma van Voss, Sylvana Simons, Loes ten Dolle, Paul van Lange en Maaike Meijer.Veel haatberichten en bedreigingen richting vrouwelijke politici zijn afkomstig van mannen. Waarom? Die vraag onderzoekt Daan Heerma van Voss in zijn nieuwe essay Het geval Hekse Falsema, waarvoor hij in gesprek ging met Femke Halsema, Sigrid Kaag en Sylvana Simons.Aan de hand van het essay van Heerma Van Voss gaan we in gesprek over misogynie richting vrouwelijke politici. Waar komt het vandaan? Wat kunnen we ertegen doen?Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In deze aflevering van Brandkast! spreekt host Roger Verdurmen met Marika Zijp, de Group Chief Strategy & Brand van Partou Brandkast! Aflevering 17 Marketing in de zorg: Marika Zijp over hoe Partou werkt aan een sterk merk én betere kinderopvang De zorgsector verandert in rap tempo. Zorginstellingen opereren steeds vaker in een concurrerende markt, waar marketing een steeds belangrijkere rol gaat spelen. Niet alleen om klanten te bereiken, maar ook – en misschien wel vooral – om medewerkers aan te trekken en te behouden in een krappe arbeidsmarkt. Hoe pak je dat aan als organisatie? Partou is een internationale groep kinderdagverblijven die voor het eerst een landelijke reclamecampagne lanceerde om vooroordelen over werken in de kinderzorg te doorbreken. Want, kinderopvang is een essentieel onderdeel van de zorgsector en evolueert vollop. “Ouders zoeken tegenwoordig een partner in kindontwikkeling, niet alleen een praktische opvanglocatie. Kinderopvang wordt steeds meer gezien als de eerste stap in het educatieve traject”, aldus Marika Zijp. Reden genoeg voor Partou om te investeren in wetenschappelijk onderzoek om zo de kwaliteit van de kinderopvang continu te kunnen verbeteren. Hoe brengt de organisatie die inzichten in de praktijk? En - de hamvraag - hoe onderscheid je je als merk in een sterk gereguleerde sector waar iedereen eigenlijk gelijke zorg verwacht? Luister nu! Benieuwd naar de antwoorden op deze vragen? Luister hieronder naar een nieuwe en inspirerende aflevering van Brandkast!. Brandkast! verschijnt elke maand met een nieuwe aflevering in jouw favoriete podcast-app. Presentatie is in handen van Roger Verdurmen. Redactie door Maaike van der Ploeg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Conan talks to Maaike from Amsterdam about life as a 6' international high fashion model. Wanna get a chance to talk to Conan? Submit here: teamcoco.com/apply Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/conan.

Joop en Maaike spreken over de toestand rond Christenen voor Israël, de situatie anti-Israel radio en tv-programma's in Nederland, demonstrerende Palestina activisten in Gaza, de reis van Maaike in Israel en heel veel andere zaken.

Vandaag een speciale podcast met Maaike die mij kwam bezoeken, en praten wij over haar reis in Israël, de gebieden waar ze is geweest waar 7 oktober 2023 aanslagen plaatsvonden en natuurlijk haar bezoek bij mij thuis.

សួស្ដី Molloten! Welkom bij Smoltalk, de podcast over Wie is de Mol? Seizoen 25 in het prachtige Cambodja. We zijn aangekomen bij aflevering 9 en de finale is in zicht! Roos, Stijn en Maaike zijn de laatste drie kandidaten en krijgen nog één kans om geld te verdienen met een visopdracht, waarbij ze extra informatie kunnen winnen. Daarnaast bezoeken ze de markt om hun laatste inkopen te doen voor de finale. Wat kunnen we uit deze opdrachten halen? En wie heeft zich het meest verdacht gemaakt? We bespreken alle hints en theorieën. Laan tai niyeay Smoltalk en Cambodja!

Nog één aflevering voor we weten wie de Mol is van 2025. Speciaal voor de ontknoping gaan Karlijn Bernoster en Max van den Broek in deze nieuwe aflevering van De T kijkt TV alle hints per finalist na. Is Stijn, Roos of Maaike de Mol? En natuurlijk bespreken de molloten ook de meest recente aflevering. ‘Dit doet niemand, behalve de Mol.'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Een lieve, keurige vrouw van in de dertig, samen met een volledig getatoeëerde vijftiger met een gouden tand: het is misschien niet de eerste combinatie die in je opkomt als toneelduo. Toch staan Maaike Ouboter en Eric Corton samen op de planken met de voorstelling “Het leven… en andere blessures”, over de vraag: hoe ga je eigenlijk om met het leven? In de voorstelling spelen Maaike en Eric de liedjes van hun gezamenlijke album “Dag en Nacht”. De titel verwijst naar hun onderlinge verschillen en de uiteenlopende manieren waarop je naar de wereld kunt kijken. De nummers op “Dag en Nacht” zijn ontstaan uit goudeerlijke gesprekken waarin geen enkel thema werd geschuwd. Eén van die liedjes, Lijn, speelt het duo live in de uitzending. Verder in deze aflevering: we ontkrachten een eeuwenoude Texelse mythe, nemen afscheid van Meta op de nationale ‘Stap-over-op-Signal-dag' en werpen een blik op het ‘burgemeesterskerkhof' Hoeksche Waard, waar in zeven jaar tijd alweer de zevende burgemeester wordt gezocht. De Haagse band “The Indien” trakteert ons op fijne livemuziek! Presentatie: Dolf Jansen & Willemijn Veenhoven Cabaret: Vera van Zelm, Andries Tunru, Shariff Nasr, Aron Elstak, Owen Schumacher  Column: Teun van den Elzen  Livemuziek: The Indien

Maaike van Bragt, senior research associate, and Chris Flynn, head of product development at CEM Benchmarking, were guests on the latest episode of Nareit's REIT Report podcast. Van Bragt and Flynn discussed some of the findings from the 2024 CEM Benchmarking study into investment performance across various asset classes.In research sponsored by Nareit, CEM Benchmarking took a comprehensive look at investment allocations and realized investment performance across 12 asset classes over a 25-year period (1998–2022). While private equity was the strongest performer over that period, with an average net return of about 12%, REITs and U.S. small cap stocks came in second place with average returns of about 9.7%. Returns for private real estate were about 7.7% during the 25-year period.Van Bragt said CEM's research “really shows that on a net return basis, REITs have done really well in the past 25 years. And so if you have real estate in your asset allocation, I think you should seriously consider using REITs or at least adding them to it.”Read the CEM Study: https://www.reit.com/data-research/research/updated-cem-benchmarking-study-highlights-reit-performance

Get trapped inside a shower to have a mental breakdown, because we are back for Wie is de Mol 2025! Over these ten weeks, three guys who are currently hiding under a duvet waiting for this all to blow over - Michael, Logan & Bindles - are recapping and breaking down everything that happens on the show's visit to Cambodia in our twenty third Mole season, continuing with the eighth episode and elimination of Sophie! In this episode - Logan has a rare day off, we've got some big differences, Bindles tries to make Papa Bear think Michael is even weirder, we get a new tagline, Michael's been off doing some Traitors Talk, we obviously cover Survivor 50, we wonder if anyone could be a bad Mole, Sophie wields the Immunity Cleaver, we share some spicy stories, Maaike has the right way of knowing, we sing the praises of the Haunted Hotel challenge, the banner is revealed, we try and work out whether there was a loophole in the hotel, our favourite feature is teased, Rik gets brave, Bindles spots a sabotage, there's a missed opportunity, we love snarky Rik, a medevac is threatened, Sophie is eulogised, Logan stares down the barrel of a really bad season, there are the latest updates to First Suspicions and the Pool, we lock in our eighth set of suspects, the question of if anyone will be excluded next week causes confusion and we wonder if it's time to start hinting at Historians yet. You can play along with this week's Bother's Bar Suspect List here. We will see you next week for Episode 9! Please note: This episode is intended on being spoiler-free, but references to any season we have already covered (WIDM 10-11, 14, 16-24 and Renaissance; België 4-12) may be made. This episode is supported by our friends over at Zencastr. Create your podcast today! Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Bluesky Threads Patreon

De spannende ontknoping van Wie is de Mol komt steeds dichterbij met Stijn, Maaike en Roos in de finale. Voor Jochem van Gelder, die deze nieuwe aflevering van De T kijkt TV aanschuift, is het duidelijk wie deze editie glansrijk gaat winnen. Jochem was in seizoen 17 finalist, waardoor hij door John de Mol werd ontslagen. Samen met molloten Max van den Broek en Karlijn Bernoster bespreekt hij de achtste aflevering. Stijn is betrapt op een dikke leugen en is er een grote fout gemaakt bij de testvraag in de WIDM-app?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Je moet er niet aan denken dat je in een badkamer, wc-ruimte of kleedkamer wordt gefilmd met een verborgen camera. Wat bezielt stiekeme gluurders? Hoe vaak slaan ze toe? Presentator Maaike Timmerman gaat in gesprek met IT-specialist Brenno de Winter en psycholoog Wineke Smid, die onderzoeker is bij TBS-kliniek Van der Hoeven. Samen met journalist Alissa Hippe bezoekt Maaike een spyshop om te zien wat er te koop is aan verborgen camera's. 

Welcome to another episode of the Musicians Creating Prosperity Podcast, hosted by Dr. Fabiana Claure! In today's episode, Fabiana sits down with Maaike Aarts, a renowned violinist and Alexander Technique teacher, who successfully transitioned her music teaching business from 60 one-on-one teaching hours per month to just 20, while tripling her income in only two months. Maaike shares how she moved past the fear of change, embraced a hybrid teaching model, and leveraged The Musician's Profit Umbrella® Framework to create a sustainable and scalable music business—without sacrificing quality or student impact. Key Highlights: Redefining Music Teaching: How Maaike transitioned from a 1:1 lesson model to a hybrid group + private lesson structure that serves more students while reducing her workload. Creating a High-Value Learning Experience: How she combined live group lessons, video-based feedback, and community engagement to give her students more support while preserving her time. Reclaiming Time and Energy: The shift from overworked and overwhelmed to a balanced, fulfilling career that allows for personal well-being and family time. Mindset Shifts for Success: How overcoming self-doubt and adopting an entrepreneurial approach helped Maaike confidently enroll students at a higher level and scale her income to over €41,000 in just two months. Tune in to uncover how you can break free from the 1:1 teaching model, scale your income, and create more impact—without burnout.  Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and share the Musicians Creating Prosperity podcast to help more musicians build thriving, sustainable careers!   Musicians Creating Prosperity Live Event: Join Fabiana Claure for the Musicians Creating Prosperity Live Event in South Florida! This unique event will bring together musicians from around the world for an immersive experience focused on building and scaling online music businesses. The event will cover essential topics such as business strategies, marketing, finance, communication skills, and the use of AI, while also emphasizing wellness and lifestyle balance. GET YOUR TICKET HERE: www.musicianscreatingprosperitylive.com   Subscribe To The Musician's Creating Prosperity Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube   Book A Call With Dr. Fabiana Claure: Book here   Learn more about Maaike Aarts here: https://www.thinkup.nl/en/   Connect With Dr. Fabiana Claure: Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Facebook Group   About Dr. Fabiana Claure: Fabiana, a concert pianist turned successful entrepreneur, co-founded Superior Academy of Music® in 2011 and managed it remotely with her husband from 2016, driving increased efficiency and profitability. Simultaneously, as Founder and Director of the University of North Texas Music Business and Entrepreneurship Program (2016-2021), she pioneered initiatives aiding musicians in business launches and program recognition. In 2020, she launched her online mentorship program, utilizing the Musician's Profit Umbrella® method to help musicians globally scale their businesses. Transitioning from academia in 2021, she now focuses on coaching, performing, and speaking engagements while assisting musicians in expanding their online music businesses for both financial growth and meaningful life design.

Er zijn bepaalde social media kanalen waar elke dag op wordt beweerd dat dansen goed is voor je brein, door ene Dr. Peter Lovatt, die zichzelf genoeglijk Dr. Dance noemt. En Eva gelooft dat! Dus ging Maaike het uitzoeken.Luister in deze aflevering naar Sep die dansend door het leven gaat en leer over neuroplasticiteit, over de tango van dopamine en serotonine en het neuroprotectief effect van dansen. En ohja, ook iets over de majoretten. Extra bronnen:-       Dit seizoen maken we samen met Breinwijzer vzw-       Danspsycholoog Peter Lovatt, aka Dr. Dance, geeft TED-talks over de positieve impact van dansen op ons brein en schreef het boek ‘The Dance cure'-       Hier vind je het onderzoeksprofiel van KU Leuven emeritus professor Stefan Swinnen-       Prof. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk schreef over veiligheid en dansen als therapie in het boek ‘Traumasporen'-       Interessante documentaire over dansen en het breinvan Prof. Dr. Eric Scherder-       De Eos podcast ‘Ik heb een vraag' over hoe wetenschappers seks onderzoeken

Joop en Maaike spreken over komende donderdag wanneer 4 lijken van gijzelaars uit Gaza komen; komende zaterdag er hopelijk 6 levenden gijzelaars terug komen; en Maaike spreekt uitgebreid over de wijze waarop de NOS Israel negatief behandeld en komt met vele voorbeelden; maar we eindigen met positief nieuws.

Joop en Maaike spreken over komende donderdag wanneer 4 lijken van gijzelaars uit Gaza komen; komende zaterdag er hopelijk 6 levenden gijzelaars terug komen; en Maaike spreekt uitgebreid over de wijze waarop de NOS Israel negatief behandeld en komt met vele voorbeelden; maar we eindigen met positief nieuws.

In deze aflevering van Salesbazen bespreken we de rol van technologie en automatisering binnen salesoperaties. Maaike Molenkamp van Leadinfo deelt inzichten over klantreizen, leadopvolging, privacywetgeving en de toepassing van AI in salesprocessen. We verkennen hoe bedrijven hun salesstrategieën kunnen optimaliseren door data-analyse en automatisering, en hoe ze effectief kunnen communiceren met klanten. In dit gesprek worden de uitdagingen en strategieën besproken voor het optimaliseren van klantreizen en het schalen van organisaties. De sprekers benadrukken het belang van een stapsgewijze aanpak, duidelijke rolverdeling, en de combinatie van human touch met technologie zoals AI. Daarnaast wordt de noodzaak van uniformiteit in verschillende culturen en het belang van multipliers in de organisatie besproken. Sound Bites "Privacy by design is ons principe." "Data is key om te automatiseren." "AI is geen concurrentievoordeel meer." "De klant is 70% aan het woord." "Supergoed techniek met human touch." "Zorg voor hele goede playbook." "Neem dan even een stap terug." Informatie over Bowtie model:  Untying the Knot: Understanding the Bowtie Model Gast: (9) Maaike Molenkamp | LinkedIn Host: (9) Josef Stevens | LinkedIn Website: www.leadinfo.com --- Sifu5 is een trainingsbureau van Josef Stevens. Wij transformeren salesteams door ze te trainen in emotionele intelligentie binnen het vak van consultative selling. Meer weten? Josef Stevens: 0687608311 of josef.stevens@salesbazen.com  

Waarom brengen pijn-prikkels, zoals zwemmen in ijskoud water, een spijkermat of een uitdagende inspanning ontspanning en geluk? En wat als de pijn-plezier balans in ons brein een beetje kapot is door de enorme toegankelijkheid van ‘instant plezier' vandaag? Kunnen we weer leren om moeilijke situaties en lastige emoties te durven ervaren? Helpt het om tijdelijk een periode weg te blijven van de snelle bevrediging die uiteindelijk tot ontevredenheid leidt?  In deze aflevering zetten we dopamine centraal.   Getuige Elise vertelt over haar ervaring met ijsberen en Eva en Maaike zoeken hun weg tussen de shaktimatten, de likes op social media en het unpacken van aan huis geleverde online bestellingen – en ze proberen daarbij helemaal hun lastige gevoelens toe te laten. De heerlijke stoot dopamine door het samen maken van deze aflevering krijgen ze er zomaar bij.    Extra bronnen:  Dit seizoen maken we samen met Breinwijzer vzw  Het boek ‘De dopamine factor' van psychiater en hoofd van de afdeling verslavingszorg aan Stanford University Dr. Anna Lembke  Hier kan je de shaktimat bestuderen  Vind een ijsberen-club in je buurt  Een overzicht van onderzoek naar de pijn-plezier balans vind je bijvoorbeeld in deze review: Leknes S, Tracey I. A common neurobiology for pain and pleasure. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2008 Apr;9(4):314-20. Of deze: Bressan RA, Crippa JA. The role of dopamine in reward and pleasure behaviour--review of data from preclinical research. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 2005;(427):14-21.   De podcastaflevering van Eos Magazine: "Ik vraag het aan" over waarom jongeren zich verwonden. 

Het is tien jaar geleden dat Joost Zwagerman overleed door zelfdoding. Er is een hernieuwde uitgave van zijn essaybundel 'Door eigen hand' over de nabestaanden van zelfdoding. Zijn weduwe Maaike Pereboom schreef het voorwoord. We spreken over rouw, bevrijding, boosheid en de troostende kracht van verbeelding. Denk jij aan zelfdoding? 24 uur per dag kun je gratis en anoniem bellen met 0800-0113 of chat op 113.nl.

In deze aflevering ben ik in gesprek met coach Maaike de Bruijne over o.a.:Het terugvinden van de gezonde impuls in je lijf bij stress, trauma of grote levensveranderingenWaarom we soms dénken dat we het juiste doen, maar eigenlijk volkomen ingekapseld levenWelke twee wegen we hebben te bewandelen bij groeiWaarom het zo essentieel is om de lichtheid mee te nemen in het hervinden van je levenslustEn wat je kunt leren van een tripje naar de supermarktJe kunt Maaike vinden via haar website, op LinkedIn en via Instagram. Heerlijk dat je luisterde. Super als je de aflevering wil delen met je netwerk en mijn podcast 5 sterren geeft. Klik dan ook gelijk even op abonneren en je krijgt automatisch 2x per week mijn nieuwe afleveringen in je feed. Online verbinden, reageren op deze aflevering of een vraag stellen? Ik ontmoet je graag op Instagram of LinkedIn. Interesse om belichaamd leiderschap en sensuele levenslust in je werk, leven en relatie te brengen? Op jannekerobers.nl vind je alle informatie over o.a. mijn jaarprogramma Voluit vrouw-zijn, de bekkenmassage opleiding en mijn tweedaagse Sensual surrender. Ook kun je daar gelijk zelf aan de slag met gratis oefeningen en een 15 minuten call met mij boeken als je interesse hebt in één van de programma's. Tot snel!

Cover yourself with strategically-placed luggage, because we are back for Wie is de Mol 2025! Over these ten weeks, three guys who would otherwise just be playing cherades - Michael, Logan & Bindles - are recapping and breaking down everything that happens on the show's visit to Cambodia in our twenty third Mole season, continuing with the third episode and elimination of Gabriël! In this episode - Logan returns very relaxed, we swap SFO stories, Michael's been breaking rules, we celebrate January by talking about Christmas, there's been a bit of an infestation, KLM lose some points, we talk about the most important news of the last week, a Pieter Jan-ker's Samble is offered, we wonder if Canucks can cluck, this is still not a Traitors podcast, Logan gets the chance to catch up on last week, we reveal some tech issues, Maaike wipes off her joker, Sam gets his own dick moment, Rik earns some praise, we have a brand new sound effect just for Logan, a bingo square is (hopefully!) subverted, Sophie & Sam are a pair of cheats, the mood is brought down, the podcast ruins autocorrect, everything comes back to just one thing, we finally acknowledge an off-air mess-up, there are the latest updates to First Suspicions and the Pool, we have a lot of bum jokes, the Netherlands have some strange suspects, the third set of suspicions is locked in and there is a gulf forming in entertainment. You can play along with this week's Bother's Bar Suspect List here. We will see you next week for Episode 4! Please note: This episode is intended on being spoiler-free, but references to any season we have already covered (WIDM 10-11, 14, 16-24 and Renaissance; België 4-12) may be made. In addition, we *sort of* spoil someone who isn't the Mole in the Thailand season, but if you've seen Renaissance you know who it isn't already. This episode is supported by our friends over at Zencastr. Create your podcast today! Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Bluesky Threads Patreon

What happens when you report a sexual assault? What are the processes and how do they affect the outcome of a case? In this episode, former GP Kathryn Fox speaks to forensic physician Dr Maaike Moller to demystify and debunk the process of reporting a sexual assault. Maaike will walk us through how and when to report an assault, how evidence and DNA is collected from a survivor, and the autonomy of the survivor throughout the whole process. Maaike also shares her expertise on drug-facilitated assault and stealthing.  Please note, this podcast is not a replacement for professional advice. If you've been assaulted or suspect your drink has been spiked, please contact your local police or seek medical advice from a health professional or local hospital.  Crime Insiders executive producer Dan Mullins presents a look back at one of our earlier episodes. This episode discusses sexual assault. Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available in Australia at 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Je kent het vast wel: “Jij bent toch fotograaf? Dan kun je vast wel even foto's maken voor ons.” Soms denken mensen er wel heel erg makkelijk over. Dat doe je toch wel even? Half uurtje maar. En dan houden ze er geen rekening mee dat jij al die fotospullen hebt moet kopen, een opleiding hebt moeten doen (al dan niet op YouTube, al die uren). Laten we het vooral niet hebben over selectie, nabewerking en oplevering. Het is niet “wel even foto's maken”. Maar moet je het dan helemaal niet doen? Het leven is keuzes maken en soms betekent dat inderdaad dat je best mag zeggen dat je iets gratis voor iemand doet, maar loop jezelf niet voorbij! Op deze maandag krijg je even een kleine reality check van je fotografievrienden, die en passant zichzelf een enorme spiegel voorhouden - want bij de loodgieter lekt het altijd, toch? Earl grey, doppio, grapefruitsap, kamillethee, espresso, gemberthee, latte macchiato, water, chai whatever, appelsap, cappuccino, flat white, groene thee, sinaasappelsap of wat je ook drinkt 's morgens, en dan je vaste waarden Niels en Michiel op YouTube, Spotify of welke podcastapp je dan ook gebruikt. We zijn er weer!

In this episode, Nicole Denholder sits down with Maaike Doyer, co-founder of Epic Angels, to discuss her inspiring journey from corporate finance to angel investing, the mission behind Epic Angels, and her vision to empower women to take charge of their financial futures.

De verkiezingen in de VS, de repressie in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, de stampvoetende progressieve media in Nederland: overal in de westerse wereld wordt de gevestigde orde uitgedaagd. Verslaggever Wierd Duk en schrijfster Maaike van Charante laten in een nieuwe aflevering van de podcast Het Land van Wierd Duk hun licht schijnen over de ‘opstand van de gewone man'. Van Charante: ,,Je ziet hoe de elites schuimbekkend hun territorium verdedigen. In Engeland zelfs met de volle inzet van de rechterlijke macht. ”Duk: ,,Het is fascinerend om te zien hoe eenvoudig gevestigde narratieven onderuit kunnen worden gehaald.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aan tafel filosoof en historicus Yuval Noah Harari over z'n boek Nexus, waarom Netanyahu geen vrede kan brengen in het Midden-Oosten, wat slechte informatie doet met goede mensen, hoe kan AI bijdragen aan democratie en waarom we allemaal op informatiedieet moeten.  Presentatie: Maaike Schoon Wil je meer weten over de gasten in Buitenhof? Op onze website vind je meer informatie. Daar kan je deze aflevering ook terugkijken en je vindt er natuurlijk nog veel meer gesprekken:   https://bit.ly/buitenhof-20-okt-24  Wat zijn de stappen om te komen tot een stabiele situatie die zowel de veiligheid van Israël garandeert als de basisrechten van de Palestijnen beschermt? ‘Vanaf het begin van de oorlog  wacht ik met smart af,' aldus historicus Yuval Noah Harari. Volgens hem verliest de Israëlische regering haar liberale en humanistische waarden. In zijn nieuwe boek ‘Nexus' plaatst Harari informatiesystemen in historisch perspectief. ‘Democratie als gesprek is gefundeerd op informatietechnologie.' Vandaag de dag hebben we te maken met een overvloed aan informatie, waarvan het grootste deel volgens Harari onjuist of fictief is. Kunstmatige intelligentie speelt hier ook een rol: ‘Het probleem ligt niet in onze aard, maar in informatievoorziening. Als je goede mensen slechte informatie geeft, maken ze slechte beslissingen.' Harari pleit voor een informatiedieet, waarin hij oproept tot bewuste informatieconsumptie: ‘Te veel informatie is net zo schadelijk voor je als te veel eten. Je moet meer tijd nemen om het te verteren'. 

Marlies Dekkers in gesprek met Maaike van Charante over de veranderde Nederlandse berichtgeving en opinie ten opzichte van Israël. "Israël vecht met één hand op de rug." Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending: - Artikelen van Maaike van Charante op opiniez: https://opiniez.com/author/maaikevancharante/ - Maaike op X: https://x.com/Repelsteeltje21 - Een eerder gesprek met Maaike van Charante: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGmkkG4OUp8 - Bestel 'Het verdriet van de Schilderswijk' hier: https://www.wyniasweek.nl/product/het-verdriet-van-de-schilderswijk/ en 'Debat ongewenst' hier: https://www.blauwburgwal.nl/product/debat-ongewenst/

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Finding Inspiration and Belonging in Bright Marketplace Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/finding-inspiration-and-belonging-in-bright-marketplace Story Transcript:Nl: De zon scheen helder over de Bright Marketplace, alsof ze de kleuren van de herfst extra wilden laten stralen.En: The sun shone brightly over the Bright Marketplace, as if trying to make the autumn colors even more vibrant.Nl: Ik, Maaike, stond voor een kraampje vol met pompoenen.En: I, Maaike, stood in front of a stall full of pumpkins.Nl: De lucht was fris en rook naar kaneel en gebakken appels.En: The air was crisp and smelled of cinnamon and baked apples.Nl: Dit was dé plek waar ik mijn schilderijen wilde maken.En: This was the perfect place where I wanted to create my paintings.Nl: Mijn droom?En: My dream?Nl: Geaccepteerd worden in een prestigieuze tentoonstelling.En: To be accepted into a prestigious exhibition.Nl: Terwijl ik mijn ezel neerzette, hoorde ik Bram.En: As I set up my easel, I heard Bram.Nl: Hij was een bekende verschijning, met zijn lach en vriendelijk gezicht.En: He was a familiar figure, with his laugh and friendly face.Nl: "Maaike," zei hij, "we hebben de mooiste herfst ooit.En: "Maaike," he said, "we have the most beautiful autumn ever.Nl: Maak er iets prachtigs van!"En: Make something wonderful out of it!"Nl: Ik glimlachte en pakte mijn schetsboek.En: I smiled and picked up my sketchbook.Nl: Niet ver daarvandaan zag ik Lisa.En: Not far away, I saw Lisa.Nl: Zij was een nieuwsgierig type.En: She was a curious type.Nl: Altijd op zoek naar avontuur en nieuwe verhalen.En: Always in search of adventure and new stories.Nl: Vandaag leek het alsof ze mijn wereld wilde betreden.En: Today, it seemed as if she wanted to step into my world.Nl: Ik begon te tekenen, toen plotseling de kleuren voor mijn ogen dansten en ik een raar gevoel in mijn keel kreeg.En: I began to draw when suddenly the colors danced before my eyes and I felt a strange sensation in my throat.Nl: Alles draaide.En: Everything spun.Nl: Ik voelde paniek opkomen.En: Panic rose within me.Nl: Niet nu, dacht ik, niet als ik zo dichtbij was mijn doel te bereiken.En: Not now, I thought, not when I'm so close to achieving my goal.Nl: Bram zag dat er iets mis was.En: Bram noticed something was wrong.Nl: "Maaike, wat is er aan de hand?"En: "Maaike, what's happening?"Nl: vroeg hij bezorgd.En: he asked, concerned.Nl: Lisa snelde naar me toe.En: Lisa rushed to my side.Nl: "Adem rustig," zei ze zacht en hield mijn hand vast.En: "Breathe slowly," she said softly, holding my hand.Nl: Hun aanwezigheid stelde me gerust, al voelde mijn keel nog steeds benauwd.En: Their presence reassured me, though my throat still felt tight.Nl: Bram rende.En: Bram ran.Nl: Ik hoorde hem roepen om hulp en iets over een EpiPen.En: I heard him calling for help and saying something about an EpiPen.Nl: Lisa bleef naast me en praatte kalm terwijl ze me aanspoorde te ademen.En: Lisa stayed with me, speaking calmly as she encouraged me to breathe.Nl: De kleuren om ons heen lieten me de vertrouwdheid van de plek voelen.En: The colors surrounding us reminded me of the familiarity of this place.Nl: Ik wilde hier niet weg.En: I didn't want to leave.Nl: Ik moest mijn kunst maken.En: I needed to create my art.Nl: Met de hulp van een snelle verpleegkundige, bracht Bram een EpiPen.En: With the help of a quick nurse, Bram brought an EpiPen.Nl: Al snel kon ik weer normaal ademhalen.En: Soon, I could breathe normally again.Nl: De opluchting was groot.En: The relief was immense.Nl: Bram legde een hand op mijn schouder, en Lisa glimlachte breed.En: Bram placed a hand on my shoulder, and Lisa smiled broadly.Nl: Toen ik terugkeerde naar mijn ezel, met Bram en Lisa naast me, voelde ik iets anders.En: As I returned to my easel with Bram and Lisa by my side, I felt something different.Nl: Niet alleen de kleuren van de markt, maar ook de warmte van vriendschap.En: Not just the colors of the market, but also the warmth of friendship.Nl: Het was een gevoel van thuiskomen.En: It was a feeling of coming home.Nl: Ik zette mijn penseel op doek met nieuwe inspiratie.En: I put my brush to the canvas with newfound inspiration.Nl: Het eindresultaat?En: The end result?Nl: Een schilderij vol levendigheid en verbinding.En: A painting full of vibrancy and connection.Nl: De markt in al haar glorie, met Bram achter zijn kraam en Lisa die nieuwsgierig rondkeek.En: The market in all its glory, with Bram at his stall and Lisa curiously looking around.Nl: Dankzij hen kreeg mijn werk een ziel die ik nooit eerder had gevoeld.En: Thanks to them, my work had a soul I had never felt before.Nl: En zo, omarmde ik niet alleen de herfstkleuren, maar ook een gemeenschap die me accepteerde.En: And so, I embraced not only the autumn colors but also a community that accepted me.Nl: En ik wist, ik was niet alleen meer een toeschouwer.En: And I knew I was no longer just an observer.Nl: Ik hoorde erbij.En: I belonged. 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In this episode, I talk with Maaike Vandermosten, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at KU Leuven, about the neural basis of developmental dyslexia, and neuroplasticity in recovery from aphasia.Vandermosten websiteVanderauwera J, Wouters J, Vandermosten M, Ghesquière P. Early dynamics of white matter deficits in children developing dyslexia. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2017; 27: 69-77. [doi]Beelen C, Vanderauwera J, Wouters J, Vandermosten M, Ghesquière P. Atypical gray matter in children with dyslexia before the onset of reading instruction. Cortex 2019; 121: 399–413. [doi]Phan TV, Sima D, Smeets D, Ghesquière P, Wouters J, Vandermosten M. Structural brain dynamics across reading development: A longitudinal MRI study from kindergarten to grade 5. Hum Brain Mapp 2021; 42: 4497-509. [doi]Clercq PD, Gonsalves AR, Gerrits R, Vandermosten M. Individualized functional localization of the language and multiple demand network in chronic post-stroke aphasia. bioRxiv 2024; 2024.01.12.575350. [doi]

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Love Unfolds Amidst Crisis in Vondelpark Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/love-unfolds-amidst-crisis-in-vondelpark Story Transcript:Nl: Op een frisse herfstdag, toen de zon de bladeren in Vondelpark als gouden munten deed glinsteren, zaten Sven en Maaike op een deken.En: On a crisp autumn day, when the sun made the leaves in Vondelpark glisten like golden coins, Sven and Maaike sat on a blanket.Nl: De lucht was helder, gevuld met het gelach van kinderen en het zachte ruisen van bladeren.En: The air was clear, filled with the laughter of children and the gentle rustling of leaves.Nl: Sven had zorgvuldig hun favoriete lekkernijen in een picknickmand ingepakt, zijn gedachten gevuld met een plan dat zijn hart sneller deed kloppen.En: Sven had carefully packed their favorite treats into a picnic basket, his mind filled with a plan that made his heart race.Nl: Vandaag was de dag dat hij Maaike ten huwelijk zou vragen.En: Today was the day he would propose to Maaike.Nl: Maaike zat naast hem, haar ogen glinsterden bij het zien van de prachtige kleuren om hen heen.En: Maaike sat next to him, her eyes gleaming at the sight of the beautiful colors around them.Nl: Ze hield een kopje warme thee vast, een poging om de lichte vermoeidheid te bestrijden die haar de laatste tijd plaagde.En: She held a cup of warm tea, an attempt to combat the slight fatigue that had been troubling her lately.Nl: "Kijk, Sven," zei ze, wijzend naar een eekhoorn die nieuwsgierig naar hen keek.En: "Look, Sven," she said, pointing to a squirrel looking at them curiously.Nl: Sven glimlachte, zijn hand om het doosje dat diep in zijn zak verborgen zat.En: Sven smiled, his hand on the box hidden deep in his pocket.Nl: Hij wilde dat dit moment perfect zou zijn.En: He wanted this moment to be perfect.Nl: Maar toen Maaike giechelde om de capriolen van de eekhoorn, veranderde haar gezicht ineens.En: But then, as Maaike giggled at the squirrel's antics, her expression suddenly changed.Nl: Haar glimlach vervaagde, en voordat ze iets kon zeggen, begon ze te wankelen.En: Her smile faded, and before she could say anything, she began to sway.Nl: Plots viel ze achterover op het gras.En: Suddenly, she fell backward onto the grass.Nl: "Maaike!"En: "Maaike!"Nl: riep Sven, terwijl zijn hart zonk.En: Sven called out, as his heart sank.Nl: Hij voelde een koude angst in zijn borst.En: He felt a cold fear in his chest.Nl: Dit mocht niet gebeuren, niet nu.En: This couldn't happen, not now.Nl: Met trillende handen rukte hij zijn telefoon tevoorschijn en belde een ambulance.En: With trembling hands, he pulled out his phone and called an ambulance.Nl: De wereld leek te vervagen terwijl hij zich over haar heen boog, haar hand vasthoudend, hopend op een teken van bewustzijn.En: The world seemed to blur as he leaned over her, holding her hand, hoping for a sign of consciousness.Nl: De minuten leken uren.En: The minutes felt like hours.Nl: De nabijgelegen wandelaars stopten, bezorgd, terwijl Sven zich focuste op Maaike, alles vergetend behalve haar welzijn.En: Nearby walkers stopped, concerned, as Sven focused on Maaike, forgetting everything but her wellbeing.Nl: De sirenes van de ambulance brachten zowel hoop als angst.En: The ambulance sirens brought both hope and fear.Nl: "Blijf bij me, Maaike," fluisterde Sven, terwijl de paramedici snel aan het werk gingen.En: "Stay with me, Maaike," Sven whispered as the paramedics quickly got to work.Nl: Ze herwon langzaam haar bewustzijn.En: She slowly regained consciousness.Nl: Haar ogen flikkerden open en vonden zijn bezorgde blik.En: Her eyes flickered open and found his worried gaze.Nl: "Wat is er gebeurd?"En: "What happened?"Nl: vroeg ze zwakjes.En: she asked weakly.Nl: Sven slikte, een mengeling van opluchting en bezorgheid in zijn stem, "Ik weet het niet, maar je gaat nu naar het ziekenhuis."En: Sven swallowed, a mixture of relief and concern in his voice, "I don't know, but you're going to the hospital now."Nl: Terwijl de paramedici haar op de brancard tilden, gleed er iets uit Svens zak.En: As the paramedics lifted her onto the stretcher, something slipped from Sven's pocket.Nl: Het doosje viel met een zachte plof op de grond.En: The box fell softly to the ground.Nl: Maaike zag het en haar ogen verwijdde zich met herkenning.En: Maaike saw it, and her eyes widened with recognition.Nl: "Oh, Sven…" zei ze zachtjes.En: "Oh, Sven..." she said softly.Nl: Toen ze werd weggedragen, bleek het moment van crisis ook een ongepland moment van openbaring.En: As she was carried away, the moment of crisis also became an unplanned moment of revelation.Nl: Sven stond daar, het gevoel van mislukking vermengd met zorg.En: Sven stood there, feeling a mixture of failure and care.Nl: Maar in haar ogen zag hij geen teleurstelling, alleen liefde.En: But in her eyes, he saw no disappointment, only love.Nl: "Elke dag met jou is al een wonder," fluisterde ze, terwijl haar hand met zijn vingers verweven bleef.En: "Every day with you is already a miracle," she whispered, her hand still intertwined with his fingers.Nl: In het ziekenhuis, met Maaike veilig voor verdere tests, zat Sven naast haar bed.En: In the hospital, with Maaike safe for further tests, Sven sat beside her bed.Nl: Het was geen perfecte dag zoals gepland, maar het was hun dag.En: It wasn't the perfect day as planned, but it was their day.Nl: Hij leerde dat momenten niet altijd moeten zijn zoals je ze plant.En: He learned that moments don't always have to be as you plan them.Nl: Liefde vond zijn weg door zelfs de chaos van het onverwachte.En: Love found its way even through the chaos of the unexpected.Nl: Samen, hand in hand, beseften ze dat ze het avontuur van het leven aankonden.En: Together, hand in hand, they realized they could tackle the adventure of life.Nl: En dat was genoeg.En: And that was enough. 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Design has the potential to help us solve some of the world's most pressing problems. But few designers and entrepreneurs recognize that potential.  Paul Lambert, co-founder and CEO of Quilt, sees design as a tool to drive the adoption of climate change mitigation technologies. That's why he's partnered with industrial designers Maaike Evers and Mike Simonian who are helping the team at Quilt rethink how we heat and cool our homes, a major contributor to the average home's carbon footprint. We spoke with Maaike, Mike, and Paul about how they approached the challenge of designing a process as well as a product, bringing fresh eyes to familiar problems, and how they collaborated with engineers to create a product that is both beautiful and highly functional. Find the full episode, transcript and bonus content on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/quilt-mike-and-maaike Bios Mike & Maaike Mike & Maaike is a progressive industrial design studio led by Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers. Formed as a design laboratory, the San Francisco studio works both independently and with clients to create new opportunities through products, technology, furniture, environments and transportation. Maaike Evers is Dutch, Mike Simonian, Californian. These distinct backgrounds inform a diverse body of work marked by experimentation, substance and strong conceptual narratives. Collaborations include: Google, Sonos, Headspace, Haworth, Artifort, Incase, Belkin, Xbox, Blankblank, Council, Coalesse, Quilt, Steelcase, and the City of San Francisco. Paul Lambert Paul founded Quilt after committing himself to designing a company that he could spend the rest of his life on. A breakthrough came in 2022 after realizing the answer was working on whatever problem was most threatening to the next generation of humans and that the problem today is climate change. Paul built his first internet business as a teenager, founded Learndot, an education platform, and was a Partner at Google's Area 120. *** Premium Episodes on Design Better This ad-supported episode is available to everyone. If you'd like to hear it ad-free, upgrade to our premium subscription, where you'll get an additional 2 ad-free episodes per month (4 total). Premium subscribers also get access to our monthly AMAs with former guests, ad-free episodes, early and discounted access to workshops, and our new enhanced newsletter The Brief that compiles salient insights, quotes, readings, and creative processes uncovered in the show.   Upgrade to paid *** Visiting the links below is one of the best ways to support our show: Methodical Coffee: Roasted, blended, brewed, served and perfected by verified coffee nerds

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In this week's episode, I look at six ways indie authors can effectively work with audiobook narrators to produce great audiobooks. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Update Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 208 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is July the 5th, 2024, and today we're discussing six tips for working with audiobook narrators. Before we do that, we'll have an update on my current writing projects and Question of the Week. For my current writing projects, I'm very pleased to say that Shield of Darkness is finally done and published. By the time this episode goes live on Monday, the book should be live at all the ebook stores and you pick it up at your ebook store of choice. It took a bit longer to write this one because I was obliged to take quite a bit of time off during the writing process, but I'm pleased to report it is finally done. My next project will be the third Rivah book, Half-Orc Paladin and I am 35,000 words into that one. I think the final book will end up being around 80,000 words, give or take. I'm also about 18,000 words into Ghost in the Tombs. Not sure when I would do that one. Possibly after Half-Orc Paladin. I might do another book after Half-Orc Paladin first, but we will see. In audiobook news, nothing has changed from what it was last week. Both Stealth and Spells Online: Leveling and Wizard-Thief are currently underway for production, which would ironically tie into my main topic of this week about working with audiobook narrators. 00:01:14 Question of the Week Now it's time for Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussion of enjoyable topics. This week's topic: your home Internet goes out, which means you can't use the Internet until your Internet service provider gets around to fixing it. What do you do instead? The inspiration for this question was that I wanted to play Starfield, but the Xbox Network services were down and I didn't feel like going through the settings to get the offline mode to work on my Xbox. So I wrote the blog post for Question of the Week instead. We had an interesting range of responses this week. Our first response is from Justin who says: if the Internet is down, I have many things to do. During leisure and recovery time, I can read, play games, and watch movies just fine without the Internet. Most of my computer games are old and do not require connection in order to function. World of Warcraft is the only exception to that, and I keep that around as much to chat with friends and family who play it. If I need to use the Internet (banking, ordering, directions, etcetera), my phone can act as a hotspot and as long as there's phone service, I have slow connectivity. Adrian says: I am lucky enough to live on an island where all the Internet is via fiber network and we have a minimum connection of 500 megabits per second and only have failures once a year at most and our phone network is about to change to 5G. Adrian is quite lucky here, I have to admit, because 500 megabits is very fast. Jonathan D. says: mostly I listen to my son complaining that he cannot watch YouTube videos and then tell him that when I was his age, we only had four TV channels. After that, I would wonder when I became more like my parents. I do have plenty of books, board games, DVDs, and offline computer games if it's a long-term outage. Joaquim says: this would be my day. Over the years we've amassed nearly five terabyte worth of movies and TV shows from tape video recorder, DVD video recorder, and online video recorder. Also, we have a lot of DVDs. My family would rather stream, even if we have it offline already. For music, we have a lot of CDs and MP3s. We would have an outage if a Caterpillar would cut the cable during driveway refurbishing. The last time this happened before smartphones were available, I used a Mini WLAN router as backup. Now I just bought a 5G smartphone, which can act as hotspot for up to 10 devices and has USB tethering for my router. I tested both modes and the speed was quite good. Surabhi says: my data was over for the day, so I read one of your books. I often have these days. I usually catch up on more homework or read some books. Have you watched Oppenheimer yet? I sadly missed the opportunity to watch it in theaters, but I streamed it recently and it was honestly well worth the hype. I read the screenplay before the movie for some reason and it added the experience for some reason. Nolan's screenplays always make for a nice experience. In fact, I did watch Oppenheimer in the theater back in July or August, when Dragonskull: Crown of the Gods was done, and I published it and finished the Dragonskull series. That was how I celebrated. I took a half day off and went to the theater to watch Oppenheimer and because it was like a three hour movie, you kind of have to take a half day off work to go watch Oppenheimer. I thought it was quite good and one of my favorite movies of 2023. Our next comment is from William, who says: this is also a good reminder to buy physical copies of games you really like. On a side note, I have had very few Internet outages that lasted very long since I switched to fiber, and nowadays you always have your phone for backup Internet anyway, so work can continue. Power outages, on the other hand, present more of a challenge, especially in winter. Becca says: do some gardening or read. Michael says: yeah, as others have said, I just tether to my phone instead if I wanted to use the Internet. If my phone signal is also gone, I just assume a global apocalypse and go hide in bed. Probably a sensible reaction to the situation. Mike says: well, I have books downloaded on my iPad and hundreds of other paper books to read and go outside and see the world. Braq says: I hope on my adventure motorcycle (Triumph Tiger 1200), then I find the nearest back road and a cold clear water stream and I fly fish till the sun goes down. Adeline says: hotspot off the phone, if I need to be online. It's happened before. It'll happen again. If I don't need to be online, I really just read one of your books on my phone, either on the sofa or wander out to the nearest park if the weather is good and read it there. Todd says: there's plenty to do without the Internet. I grew up in the ‘80s. Pet my dogs, read a book, play cards or dominos or another board game, make some tasty food. Work on a hobby. Go for a walk or bike ride. Maaike says: if the Internet goes down, I'll be drawing, painting, reading, or kayaking. Or maybe practicing martial arts or going for a run. Plenty of stuff left to do. Jenny says: my phone becomes a mobile hotspot. Juana says: read. Jesse says: guitar, paperbacks, and the occasional card game or tabletop game. I realized that for me, the question breaks down in two ways: if the Internet goes down while I'm working, or if the Internet goes down while I want to relax. If the Internet goes down while I'm working, it's not necessarily a huge deal. If I'm writing or editing, everything is downloaded locally anyway, so I would just keep on writing and editing until the Internet came back up. If the Internet goes down while I'm uploading an ebook or an audiobook or setting up ads or changing my website, that is in fact super annoying. However, I usually work on multiple books at a time. Right now, I'm finishing up the publishing process for Shield of Darkness, and I'm also writing Half-Orc Paladin and Ghost in the Tombs. So if I'm working on an online task, and the Internet goes out, then I'll switch to one of the books I'm currently working on and make progress with that. If the Internet goes down while I want to relax, I'll read a paper book (I still have lots of those) or watch a DVD. When Oppenheimer came out on Blu-ray (to tie it back to Oppenheimer), Christopher Nolan rather famously said that you should get it on Blu-ray so no evil streaming service could take it away. Obviously, Mr. Nolan had a financial motive for that statement, but he wasn't wrong. So if there is a movie I really like, I will attempt to get it on DVD or Blu-ray. 00:06:14 Main Topic of the Week: Working with Narrators on Audiobooks Now on to our main Topic of the Week: six tips for working with narrators on audiobooks. I decided to do this as a topic because at this point, I have had quite a lot of experience at this. I did my first self-funded audiobook back in 2018, so over half a decade now. You occasionally hear horror stories of indie authors and narrators that don't get along well or the entire thing falls apart and it turns into this mutual cycle of bitter recriminations and so forth. So with that in mind, I thought I would share six tips for how to have a good relationship with your narrator if you are an indie author who is producing audiobooks and how to work well with a narrator and hopefully have a good professional relationship. Tip #1: As with so many things, manage your expectations and understand what the narrator actually does. An audiobook narrator is a skilled professional, and it's not the same thing as reading a book aloud or having AI do it. A narrator has to perform the story and bring it alive (or if you're doing a nonfiction book, read it in a crisp and professional manner) and bring nuance and help to punctuate the story's emotional beats, which is, as with so many things in life, a lot harder than it looks from the outside. Be wary of doing it yourself or having a friend or relative do it if they don't have experience and don't know what they're doing. Joanna Penn, who is sort of an indie author guru, rather famously does a lot of her nonfiction audiobooks herself. However, I should point out that's not for everyone, and she took a bunch of classes and has practiced really hard to do it. She works hard to pull it off. If it's not something you have a passion in doing yourself and you're not willing to put in the work to become good enough to do it, then it is really better if you hire a narrator. For myself, I would not ever even remotely think of narrating my own audiobooks. If you're listening to this podcast, if you have a regular practice of listening to this podcast, I think we can all agree that nobody wants to pay $15 or spend an Audible credit to listen to me talk and attempt to narrate an audiobook for ten straight hours. Part of the reason for this is that the audiobook community is very savvy and has very high expectations for quality and narration. If the narrator isn't good, if there are technical problems with recording, the reviews will let you know and your audiobook won't sell. The flip side of that is a good narrator isn't cheap. Many audiobook narrators belong to the SAG-AFTRA/The Screen Actors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA has rules for everything. Audiobook narration is no different. If you are a member of SAG-AFTRA and you're an audiobook narrator, you are expected to charge between $200 and $400 per finished hour of audiobook narration. Now this might seem very high if you don't know about the work that goes into it. Like, oh, I'd like to get paid, you know, $350 an hour for work, but quite a lot of work goes into it. There's a lot of preparation for each individual hour. And then based on the way that ACX and Findaway are set up, the audiobook narrator is responsible for producing finished, mastered, and leveled files that will pass the quality standards of both ACX and Findaway and all the individual audiobook stores. This can be very hard if you don't know what you're doing, and many narrators will hire someone to, you know, master and level and edit their audiobook files. If they put the time in to learn the skills, they'll do it themselves. That still is quite time consuming because you've got to sit there and edit the files and get out any weird spaces and make sure everything sounds good and so forth. All that said, ACX does offer a program called royalty share, where instead of paying the narrator upfront, you and the narrator split the royalties of the audiobook for the next seven years. The plus of this is you can get the audiobook off the ground for very little cost to yourself if you're an indie author. The downside of this, from the narrator's point of view, is that it's a lot of work that they're basically doing on spec and if the audiobook doesn't sell any copies, and many audiobooks do not sell very many copies, then the audiobook narrator is out of luck. Additionally, a great deal of the very skilled narrators will not do royalty share. They will only work for payment on completion, and if they do royalty share, they will only do it as part of another deal where they're getting paid per finished hour anyway. Because of that, a lot of beginning narrators and narrators who just started out do royalty share. I'm not going to say that you can't find a good narrator doing royalty share because there are good talented narrators starting out doing royalty share. However, it is harder to find a good narrator who is doing royalty share and a lot of the very experienced narrators will have switched to doing payment per finished hour instead of attempting to do a royalty share. If you want a professionally done audiobook, odds are you are going to be paying between $200 and $400 per finished hour. If you are paying more than that (and you really shouldn't be), that means you have hired a celebrity narrator, you know, someone who would be recognizable from a movie or a TV show or whatever, and they're doing your audiobook. If you have a celebrity narrator, you are probably beyond the level of needing to listen to me for advice. So that is our first tip: make sure you understand what the narrator does. Make sure you have a good way of paying for your audiobook and make sure you know the difference between royalty share and payment per finished hour. #2: Our second tip is to do your homework before holding auditions. Typically the way both ACX and Findaway work is you put up the posting for your book, and then you say this is what I'm looking for and then narrators have the chance to audition. Findaway used to have a more guided process for that, but I'm not sure they do that anymore. And for the last couple of times I've looked for a new narrator, I've done it off ACX. I recommend the first thing you do before you write out your posting for your audiobook is to research narrators in your genre. Some narrators specialize in certain genres, but it's not unusual for narrators to work in several genres at once. And now the reason for this is because narrators (and I've had actual narrators actually tell me this is that) find it very helpful. The more specific you can be in your posting for your audiobook auditions, the more helpful they find it. So that to that end, it's a good idea to find short samples of narrators and books that fit the desired tone of your book. The Audible website is very useful for this, because if you've spent any time browsing the Audible website, you can play a sample of any audiobook that's up there, and you'll get a little three to five minute sample of the audiobook and the narrator that you can listen to. I find a good practice to be is when you're putting together an audiobook is to include a list of the kind of narrators and narrator styles you want. The last time I did a posting for a new audiobook, I said I am looking for something a bit similar to the way Michael Kramer narrated Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and the way that Jonathan Davis narrated the Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matthew Stover. Narrators do find that kind of thing very helpful, because that helps them dial in on what you are looking for. It's also a good idea for you as the author in producing this audiobook to know what you are looking for, because some narrators try to have a different voice for characters. Probably one of the more famous examples is Marc Thompson, who does a lot of the Star Wars novels. If you listen to them, like if you listen to his narration of Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn, he does a pretty good impression of Luke Skywalker. He does a pretty good impression of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian and all the other classic Star Wars characters and he tries to give distinctive voices to all the other characters in the book. When you're auditioning narrators, you also have to post a short excerpt of your book in order to give the narrator something to audition with. I found that it's best to keep this under 1,000 words or so. Auditions should not really be more than 5 minutes, I think. Remember, the narrators are doing this on spec. They don't get paid for auditioning and it's good to be respectful of everyone's time and not waste anyone's time. What I usually do is I pick for those 1,000 words (though sometimes it goes up to about 1,500 words) is pick three different scenes from the book. What I try to do is pick a dialogue heavy scene. I try to pick an action scene and then maybe a more emotionally heavy scene to see how the narrator handles each one of these different tones. That would give the narrator something to work with and show off their chops and then they know what I'm looking for, an audiobook that sounds like, you know, these other sample audiobooks I've mentioned. Here is about 1,000 words of the book for you to try it with and give it a try and we will see what happens. It's good to be very clear with what you want when you audition audiobook narrators. I think this is important. Not everyone does this, but I think they should. It's very good to have a specific deadline and a specific deadline by when you're going to make a decision. The last couple of times I've auditioned new narrators, I've said usually something along the lines of, the posting is live now, it's going to be open for a week (which will be the 12th) and I will listen to every audition I get before the 12th. By the time I close the auditions on the 12th, I will make a decision and make an offer by the 14th or 15th. That way no one's kept in suspense and is waiting forever. They know if they haven't heard from you by the, you know 14th or the 15th or the 16th, that they're not going to get the audiobook. I used to reply to every audition I got, but unfortunately that was just not possible. The last time I auditioned a new narrator, we got nearly 100 auditions, and it did take a lot of time to sort through them all, and I'm afraid there just wasn't time to respond to everybody. That said, I think it's also important when you put up the audiobook posting and say this is what I'm looking for, it's also important to be as open as possible during that process, so if narrators have questions for you, you can answer them. I've had narrators during this process email me and say, does this book have like explicit adult scenes or explicit scenes of, you know, violence or cruelty against animals or women or children, or anything of that nature? It's important to be open and you don't want anyone to narrate who's uncomfortable with that. I think being as open as possible during the audition process and answering any questions from narrators is important, but I definitely didn't have time to respond to nearly 100 different auditions, and you may not as well. #3: So we go on to Tip #3 now: actually choosing a narrator from the auditions. If you get a lot of auditions, it may take some time to sort through them all. Like I said before, the last time I held open auditions for a narrator got nearly 100 auditions for the book, and sorting through them would take some time. There are easy ways to eliminate, you know, potential auditions quite quickly, like if you specified an American accent and you got a British accent or if you specified a female narrator and you get auditions from male narrators and that kind of thing. Usually, I've found you can narrow it down to about maybe 10 or 12 of the best ones for the for the book, and then at that point you look a little more closely at them. What I usually do is look at how much they charge and how many Audible credits they have (by that mean how many audiobooks they've done). The more audiobooks a narrator has done, the more likely they're able to be reliable and that you can expect confidently that they'll be able to finish the work. It's less of a gamble to hire a narrator who's done 150 audiobooks as opposed to one who has done 3. This isn't to say that you can have a good result with someone who has done 3, but there is a different track record and potentially a different level of expectation there. Also, and this is just Due Diligence 101, it might be a good idea to Google the narrators and look over the search results. Make sure that, for example, they haven't been convicted of serious crimes or are wanted in a different state or expressed strong opinions that you yourself are not comfortable with. Like I said earlier in this episode, you want the narrator to be comfortable working with you and you want to be comfortable working with the narrator. If the narrator is expressing very strong opinions on social media that you happen to find personally distasteful for whatever reason, it might be best to choose someone else. Once you have narrowed it down and found a narrator who has the style you're looking for and the kind of track record in terms of completed credits that you're looking for, that is the time to make an offer. The offer will also include a deadline for when you want the audiobook done by. I've found it's best to be a little flexible in that deadline, if possible. Maybe extend it out two or three months into the future. That way if you've chosen a narrator who can't do it right away but it has time in that time space, they can do it. It might also be a good idea to go back and forth a bit and pin down the schedule exactly. Once you have chosen the narrator and you've extended an offer and once the narrator has accepted it, this is the point in the process where you do need to get them the book. They obviously need the manuscript of the book if they're going to read it, and I've also found it's best to send a spreadsheet with all the major character names and locations and a pronunciation guide. If you're just doing thrillers or mystery or contemporary romance, you probably don't need a pronunciation guide. You do need a guide for the characters and how they sound. For example, Julia is a middle-aged woman with a raspy voice and a thick Midwestern accent. I write science fiction and fantasy, and I frequently have names like Xothalaxiar, Agrimnalazur, and Seziravorna. Obviously the narrator is going to want a pronunciation guide, so what I usually do is I also read aloud the names in each in the location spreadsheet and the character spreadsheet and send that along to the narrator. #4: Let's move on to our fourth tip, which is understand that narrators all work differently. I've had some narrators who will send me the chapters over right away when they're done, and so then we tend to listen to the chapters in clumps of three to four the time until the book is done. I've had other narrators who wait until the entire book is done and send that all over at once, and then we listen to it. It's important to respect someone else's workflow in a way that you are hiring an expert and there's no point in hiring an expert if you don't listen to the expert's advice. Some narrators may have questions or want suggestions, while others may not have as many. It's always a good idea to answer these questions promptly so that there aren't delays in recording. Again, that's part of maintaining a good professional relationship with someone where if they have questions, you're available to address them promptly and as quickly as is reasonably possible. #5: Now on to our fifth tip: how to be a good collaborator. First, don't micromanage and don't ask for updates before the agreed upon deadlines. When you set up the book through ACX or Findaway, there's a default contract in there, and there's supposed to be a 15 minute sample by the first date and the finished book by the 2nd date. And if it's still not up to the deadline, that's not the time to send pestering emails. If you haven't gotten the book by the deadline, that's the time when you ask if anything is everything's going okay, if there's any questions, and so forth. Don't micromanage before that. Don't micromanage at all, and don't pester the narrator before the initially agreed upon deadlines. Additionally, don't be too picky. The time to be picky is in the audition process. Once you have gotten through the audition process and made your offer, you have hopefully selected the narrator you think will work best with what you want, and that is when you let the narrator get on with it and don't be overly critical. I've heard horror stories where the authors would reject the book because like the Welsh accent wasn't Snowdonia enough. It's before you choose a narrator during the audition process, that's when you're picky. Treat the narrator like a fellow professional and trust their judgment. Be willing to accept their suggestions. If you listen this podcast quite a bit, you know, my vocal performance skills are not necessarily the best, so if someone who has more experience with vocal performance than I do is going to make suggestion, I'm going to seriously consider it. Once you have received the finished audiobook, ideally you are supposed to have listened to it within seven business days, and by then you can either approve it or ask for changes, and ideally you want to do this as quickly as possible because the narrator doesn't get paid ‘til you finish and until the narrator's paid, you can't post the audiobook and sell it. You should only ask for corrections and changes if you have a very good reason for doing so, like there's something actually wrong, like a sentence was dropped, or a paragraph is missing, or the chapters are in the wrong order and that kind of stuff, you know, the usual kind of glitches and small problems that prop up in any major projects like this. Sometimes the software just derps and a sentence drops out, that kind of thing. You should not ask for changes that are not for good reasons, and by this I mean if you don't like a character's accent or you don't like the pronunciation of something. You should have addressed all of this before, when you sent over the pronunciations and when you sent over the character list and any other information. This kind of information needs to be shared before and the proofing process is not the place to address it. It should have been done before. Be quick when responding to questions, if possible. If you do find things that need to be fixed, like a missing word or a character has the wrong name, that kind of thing, the best way to send that to your narrator is to give a timestamp of where precisely where it is in the chapter. And then probably the sentence before and the sentence after that. That will let them quickly zoom in on any errors in the recording and fix it promptly. So be precise as you can with the requested changes. Give the chapter numbers and time stamps, and probably the sentence before and after that sentence. #6: Our sixth and final tip: once the audiobook is done, be sure to acknowledge the narrator's work. I believe the requirements for ACX or Findaway is that the narrator's name has to be on the audiobook cover, but I occasionally hear stories where the narrator isn't credited, which strikes me as absurd because the narrative put a lot of hard work into this audiobook. It might cost you a lot of money, but it was still a lot of hard work. The narrator should be credited for that. Be sure to make sure that you have read by or narrated by, and then the narrator's name on the cover for the audiobook. Also when you mentioned it on your social media and your website and your blog posts and so forth, you want to say this is the audiobook of whatever as narrated by the narrator. Because the audio narrator, in my very strongly held opinion, does deserve very strongly to be credited for the work on the audiobook. So that is it for this week. Those are my six tips for working with audiobook narrators. I hope you found them helpful. I suppose this episode by its nature is a rather limited episode because of the large mass of indie authors out there, only a small subset of subset of us are currently doing our own audiobooks. If someone is thinking about doing their own audiobooks and wondering about how to approach it, I hope this podcast episode was helpful. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. I remind you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. A quick note of thanks to my transcriptionist for helping me to organize my thoughts for this episode. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Unexpected Joy: How Laughter Yoga Brought Two Hearts Closer Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/unexpected-joy-how-laughter-yoga-brought-two-hearts-closer Story Transcript:Nl: De zon scheen fel op een warme zomerdag in het Vondelpark.En: The sun shone brightly on a warm summer day in Vondelpark.Nl: Het park was vol leven.En: The park was full of life.Nl: Mensen liepen rond, lachten en genoten van het weer.En: People were walking around, laughing, and enjoying the weather.Nl: Overal waren festivalgangers voor het grote yoga festival.En: Everywhere were festival-goers for the big yoga festival.Nl: Sander en Maaike waren daar ook.En: Sander and Maaike were there too.Nl: Sander, een beetje onhandig maar goedbedoeld, keek zijn ogen uit.En: Sander, a bit clumsy but well-meaning, looked around in amazement.Nl: Hij had zijn favoriete T-shirt met een computerchip erop aan.En: He wore his favorite T-shirt with a computer chip on it.Nl: Hij voelde zich altijd beter met zijn technologie.En: He always felt better with his technology.Nl: Maar deze keer, wilde hij indruk maken op Maaike.En: But this time, he wanted to impress Maaike.Nl: Maaike was anders.En: Maaike was different.Nl: Vrijgevig en artistiek, altijd met een glimlach.En: Generous and artistic, always with a smile.Nl: Sander vond dat geweldig.En: Sander found that wonderful.Nl: “Maaike, laten we die kant op gaan,” zei Sander, wijzend naar links.En: “Maaike, let's go that way,” said Sander, pointing to the left.Nl: Hij deed alsof hij wist waar hij heen ging.En: He pretended to know where he was going.Nl: De waarheid was dat hij geen idee had.En: The truth was, he had no idea.Nl: Maaike knikte en glimlachte.En: Maaike nodded and smiled.Nl: Ze zag dat Sander een beetje gespannen was.En: She saw that Sander was a bit tense.Nl: Maaike vond het schattig.En: Maaike found it cute.Nl: Ze wist dat ze verdwaald waren maar besloot mee te spelen.En: She knew they were lost but decided to play along.Nl: Ze liepen door het park, langs bomen en bloemen.En: They walked through the park, past trees and flowers.Nl: Sander keek om zich heen, hopend dat hij iets herkende.En: Sander looked around, hoping to recognize something.Nl: Maar alles zag er hetzelfde uit.En: But everything looked the same.Nl: De menigte maakte het moeilijk om een pad te volgen.En: The crowd made it difficult to follow a path.Nl: “Sander, weet je zeker dat dit de goede kant is?” vroeg Maaike zachtjes.En: “Sander, are you sure this is the right way?” asked Maaike softly.Nl: “Ja, natuurlijk,” zei Sander, maar zijn stem trilde een beetje.En: “Yes, of course,” said Sander, but his voice trembled a little.Nl: Hij wilde niet toegeven dat hij het niet wist.En: He didn't want to admit that he didn't know.Nl: Opeens hoorden ze luid gelach.En: Suddenly, they heard loud laughter.Nl: Ze volgden het geluid en vonden een groep mensen die “laughter yoga” aan het doen waren.En: They followed the sound and found a group of people doing "laughter yoga."Nl: De instructeur nodigde iedereen uit om mee te doen.En: The instructor invited everyone to join in.Nl: Maaike trok Sander mee de kring in.En: Maaike pulled Sander into the circle.Nl: In het begin voelde Sander zich ongemakkelijk.En: At first, Sander felt uncomfortable.Nl: Maar na een paar minuten begon hij mee te lachen.En: But after a few minutes, he started laughing along.Nl: Maaike lachte ook, haar ogen glinsterden van vreugde.En: Maaike laughed too, her eyes sparkling with joy.Nl: Het lachen werkte aanstekelijk.En: The laughter was contagious.Nl: Sander vergat zijn zenuwen en lachte vrijuit.En: Sander forgot his nerves and laughed freely.Nl: Na de sessie gingen ze samen zitten onder een grote boom.En: After the session, they sat together under a large tree.Nl: Sander haalde een picknickkleed en wat eten uit zijn tas.En: Sander pulled out a picnic blanket and some food from his bag.Nl: Ze praatten lang en openhartig.En: They talked for a long time, openly and honestly.Nl: Sander voelde zich steeds meer op zijn gemak bij Maaike.En: Sander felt increasingly at ease with Maaike.Nl: Maaike keek naar Sander en zag hem in een nieuw licht.En: Maaike looked at Sander and saw him in a new light.Nl: Hij was echt en probeerde zijn best te doen.En: He was genuine and trying his best.Nl: Ze vond dat lief.En: She found that endearing.Nl: “Sander, ik vind het leuk dat je zo anders bent,” zei Maaike.En: "Sander, I like that you are so different," said Maaike.Nl: “Dank je, Maaike,” zei Sander, nu veel zelfverzekerder.En: “Thank you, Maaike,” said Sander, now much more confident.Nl: “Ik waardeer het dat je me accepteert zoals ik ben.” De zon begon langzaam te zakken, maar hun band was sterker geworden.En: “I appreciate that you accept me as I am.” The sun slowly began to set, but their bond had grown stronger.Nl: Sander was niet langer zenuwachtig rondom Maaike.En: Sander was no longer nervous around Maaike.Nl: Maaike waardeerde zijn oprechtheid.En: Maaike appreciated his sincerity.Nl: En zo, op een zonnige dag in het Vondelpark, leerden Sander en Maaike elkaar beter kennen.En: And so, on a sunny day in Vondelpark, Sander and Maaike got to know each other better.Nl: Hun vriendschap werd die dag sterker en misschien, heel misschien, zou het iets meer worden.En: Their friendship grew stronger that day and maybe, just maybe, it would become something more. Vocabulary Words:brightly: felwarm: warmefestival-goers: festivalgangersclumsy: onhandigwell-meaning: goedbedoeldfavorite: favorieteimpress: indruk makengenerous: vrijgevigamazed: keek zijn ogen uitnodded: kniktetense: gespannencrowd: menigtelaughter yoga: laughter yogainstructor: instructeurcircle: kringuncomfortable: ongemakkelijkcontagious: aanstekelijkpicnic blanket: picknickkleedincreasingly: steeds meergenuine: echtendearing: liefconfident: zelfverzekerdersincerity: oprechtheidbond: bandnervous: zenuwachtigsparkling: glinsterdenadmit: toegevenrecognize: herkendesession: sessieawkward: onhandig

Na de plotse dood van de Iraanse president Raisi zijn er op 28 juni nieuwe presidentsverkiezingen in Iran. Of een nieuwe president de politieke koers van het land gaat veranderen is niet bekend. Maar wat is deze koers tot nu toe geweest? Dat vertelt Irandeskundige Maaike Warnaar van de Universiteit Leiden. Binnen die koers is Iran de afgelopen jaren namelijk bij veel gewelddadige conflicten in het midden oosten betrokken geweest. Hierbij heeft de moeizame relatie met de Verenigde Staten altijd een rol gespeeld. Hoe ontstond die ingewikkelde relatie met de VS? En nog belangrijker: is deze op te lossen? Maaike neemt je mee door de geschiedenis tussen de twee landen.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Maaike Oonk to discuss the ESGO Vulvar Cancer Guidelines for 2023. Dr. Oonk is a gynaecological oncologist in the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on new treatment options for vulvar cancer patients to improve quality of life. She is PI of the GROINSS-V studies and was chair of the 2023 ESGO vulvar cancer guidelines working group.   Highlights: Inguinofemoral radiotherapy is a safe alternative for a lymphadenectomy in patients with micrometastasis in the sentinel node. In case of unilateral sentinel node involvement, it is probably safe to omit treatment of the contralateral (sentinel node negative) groin. Studies are ongoing on application of the sentinel node procedure in locally recurrent disease, tumors > 4cm or multifocal tumors: outside these studies, the sentinel node procedure should only be applied in patients with unifocal primary squamous cell vulvar cancer < 4cm. In advanced disease, both primary chemoradiation and radical surgery are treatment options. The Vulcanize study is investigating the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in these patients. Given the rareness of this disease, treatment of vulvar cancer should be centralized in specialized centers.

Maaike de Gruyter is regisseur. In de vierdelige serie Staal volgt ze Tata Steel in een turbulente tijd. Voor veel omwonenden is de fabriek nog altijd een bron van inkomsten, maar anderen maken zich zorgen over hun gezondheid, of de klimaatimpact van het bedrijf. Hoe leef je samen als de belangen zo verschillen? De Gruyter regisseerde eerder o.a. de serie Cuba na Castro, Thuis op Zuid met Adelheid Roosen en Hugo Borst, en de film Fathers Don't Lie. Ook werkte ze mee aan de succesvolle vpro-serie Beagle - over de bootreis van Charles Darwin die uiteindelijk leidde tot de evolutietheorie. Atze de Vrieze gaat met Maaike de Gruyter in gesprek.

This episode was produced by Edmund Hayes and Jouke Heringa. Ep1. Water History and the Pre-Modern Middle East The cities of the medieval Middle East were some of the largest in the world, dwarfing the major cities of western Europe, for example. So how did they support large populations in relatively arid conditions? In this episode we provide an overview of the kinds of hydraulic infrastructure and social institutions that allowed pre-modern Middle Eastern cities to function. Speakers: Maaike van Berkel and Josephine van den Bent. Interviewer: Edmund Hayes. This episode, and this series on water history and the medieval Middle East was produced by Edmund Hayes and Jouke Heringa as part of the project, “Source of Life: Water Management in the Premodern Middle East” at Radboud University. The “Source of Life” project was funded by the Dutch NWO VICI funding scheme. Additional funding for this podcast series was supplied by the Radboud Fonds of Radboud University. Maaike van Berkel is Professor of History at Radboud University and director of the project “Source of Life: Urban Water Management in the Premodern Middle East” funded by the Dutch NWO VICI programme. Josephine van den Bent is a researcher on the Source of Life project at Radboud University and assistant professor of Medieval History at the University of Amsterdam. Further reading Maaike van Berkel, “Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt,” in M. van Berkel, L. Buskens and P.M. Sijpesteijn (eds.), Legal Documents as Sources for the History of Muslim Societies (Brill: Leiden, 2017). Peter Brown and Maaike van Berkel, “Water Provision in Early Islamic Cities: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Urban Water Governance,” in E Rose, M de Bruin, and R Flierman (eds) City, Citizen & Citizenship 400–1600: A Comparative Approach (Palgrave Macmillan: London, forthcoming). Josephine van den Bent and Peter Brown, “Constructing Hydraulic Infrastructure in the Abbasid and Tulunid Capitals: Water Conduits in Baghdad, Samarra, and Cairo between the eighth and ninth centuries,” Al-Masāq, forthcoming. Edmund Hayes,  “A Late Umayyad Reform to the Water Distribution System in the Hinterland of Damascus,” Al-Masāq, forthcoming. Edmund Hayes https://twitter.com/Hedhayes20 https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-hayes-490913211/ https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/EdmundHayes https://hcommons.org/members/ephayes/ Maaike van Berkel https://radboud.academia.edu/MaaikevanBerkel Josephine van den Bent https://radboud.academia.edu/JosephinevandenBent Abbasid History Podcast is sponspored by IHRC Bookshop Listeners get a 15% discount on all purchases online and in-store.  Visit IHRC bookshop at shop.ihrc.org and use discount code AHP15 at checkout.  Terms and conditions apply. Contact IHRC bookshop for details. https://linktr.ee/abbasidhistorypodcast