Podcasts about Macau

Explore memory, morality, and the future of technology in this gripping conversation with author T. R. Napper. We delve into his cyberpunk novel *The Escher Man*, set in a high-tech, neon-lit Macau of 2101, where identity can be erased and rewritten at will. Napper discusses the inspiration for his world, the philosophical roots of cyberpunk, and the emotional impact of memory manipulation. We also touch on his journey as a writer, world-building secrets, and the meaning of art in an increasingly dehumanized age. Tune in for an episode that asks: what happens to the soul when our memories are not our own?T.R. Napper Links & Social Media: • Official Website: www.nappertime.com • Twitter/X: @TheEscherMan • Instagram: @trnapper (https://www.instagram.com/trnapper/) • Bluesky: @trnapper.bsky.social • Facebook: T.R. Napper • Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7826255.T_R_Napper • Email: voight0kampff@gmail.comWhere to Buy T.R. Napper's Books:The Escher Man (2024) • Amazon (all international listings) • Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-escher-man-t-r-napper/1144264422 • Penguin Random House • All good bookstores worldwideGhost of the Neon God (2024) - Aurealis Award Winner • Amazon (all international listings) • Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghost-of-the-neon-god-t-r-napper/1143968635 • Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744919/ghost-of-the-neon-god-by-t-r-napper/ • All good bookstores worldwide36 Streets (2022) - Award-winning cyberpunk novel • Amazon (all international listings) • Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/36-streets-tr-napper/1139309064 • Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678795/36-streets-by-t-r-napper/ • Kinokuniya (worldwide, including Japan) • All good bookstores worldwideAliens: Bishop (2023) - Aliens tie-in novel • Amazon (all international listings) • Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aliens-tr-napper/1143358855 • Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743030/aliens-bishop-by-t-r-napper/ • HamiltonBook.com • All good bookstores worldwideNeon Leviathan (2020) - Short story collection • Amazon (all international listings) • Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/neon-leviathan-t-r-napper/1135617509 • IndieBound.org (US independent bookstores) • Grimdark Magazine • All good bookstores worldwideSigned Editions AvailableContact T.R. Napper directly at voight0kampff@gmail.com for signed copies of: • Neon Leviathan • 36 Streets • Ghost of the Neon God • The Escher Man(Note: International postage may be expensive from Australia)All books are also available as eBooks and audiobooks on major platforms including Kindle, Audible, and other digital retailers.

For more than a decade, now, the world has been experiencing a process of “democratic backsliding,” while alternatives to governing by popular consent have gained popularity—even in the West. James Fishkin offers a path to improving not just the health of democracy, but the effectiveness of liberal democratic governments. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab. He is best known for developing Deliberative Polling®, a practice of public consultation that employs random samples of the citizenry to explore how opinions would change if they were more informed. His work on deliberative democracy has stimulated more than 100 Deliberative Polls in 28 countries around the world. It has been used to help governments and policy makers make important decisions in Texas, China, Mongolia, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Bulgaria, Brazil, Uganda and other countries around the world. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and a Visiting Fellow Commoner at Trinity College, Cambridge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest in our series on belief, we’re examining the emergence of incels in the world’s largest manosphere. China’s growing incel community is fuelled by state-approved nationalism and simple demographics—by one estimate, 30 million Chinese men won’t find a life partner. To find out why so many Chinese men believe that women are the source of their problems, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Yihuan Zhang, a graduate researcher at the University of Macau, Ling Tang, a cultural studies lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and Qian Huang from the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. Image: Incel. c/- MissLunaRose12 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Transcripts available at https://ciw.anu.edu.au/podcasts/little-red-podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EP289 Kaila Yu is on the Mount Rushmore of Asian American models and influencers from the early 2000's. She joined the show to talk about her new book Fetishized (available August 19, 2025) and also share her thoughts about the modern culture and the historical media exploitation of Asian women. From Kaila's website https://kailayu.com/ : Kaila is an author based in Los Angeles. Her debut memoir, ‘Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty,' will be published on August 19th, 2025, with Penguin Random House's Crown Publishing.She is also a luxury travel, food, and culture writer and on-camera correspondent based in Los Angeles, who has written for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic, and more. She's a certified PADI scuba diver, freediver, and mermaid.Her former band, Nylon Pink, has toured in Australia: Melbourne and Sydney, played in Shanghai at the launch party for Havaianas in China, Costa Rica, played at the Hard Rock in Tokyo, Japan, Macau, China, and Penang, Malaysia.You can follow Kaila on all her social media accounts as just @KailaYuLinks from episode: Man Accused of Killing 8 in Atlanta Pleads Guilty https://www.npr.org/2021/07/27/1021144933/georgia-man-pleading-guilty-to-4-of-8-atlanta-area-spa-killingsRemembering the victims of Atlanta Spa Shootinghttps://people.com/crime/victims-of-atlanta-spa-shootings/Jeremy Lin, Knicks top NBA jersey saleshttps://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/11845/jeremy-lin-knicks-top-nba-jersey-salesThe Dangerous Privilege of Yellow Feverhttps://www.newsweek.com/dangerous-privilege-yellow-fever-opinion-1577449Main Show Sponsors:Right Honda:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://righthonda.com/Right Toyota: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.righttoyota.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Arcus Foundry: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://arcusfoundry.comAutocannon Official Gear: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.autocannon.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning:email: Info@HardParking.com Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.Hardparking.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/hardparkingpod/YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@HardParking

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Pigeons and Poker: A Night of Luck and Reckoning in Macau Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2025-08-15-22-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 澳门的夏夜，赌场里灯火辉煌，人声鼎沸。En: On a summer night in Macau, the casino was brilliantly lit, filled with the sounds of voices rising and falling.Zh: 人们聚集在桌旁，期待着一场命运的对决。En: People gathered around the tables, eagerly anticipating a showdown of fate.Zh: 魏玲座位对面是陈荣，面前是一堆崭新的筹码。En: Opposite Wei Ling was Chen Rong, with a pile of brand-new chips in front of him.Zh: 平静的神态下，陈荣心无旁骛，只专注于手中的牌。En: Despite his calm demeanor, Chen Rong was completely focused, concentrating solely on the cards in his hands.Zh: 而筹码旁边，调皮的笑脸是小梅，她是这桌游戏的发牌员。En: Next to the chips, with a playful smile, was Xiao Mei, the dealer of this game.Zh: 总是带着一丝玩笑的神情。En: She always wore a slightly teasing expression.Zh: 饿鬼节的气氛在空气中弥漫，似乎也给这场牌局增添了一份奇妙的色彩。En: The atmosphere of the Hungry Ghost Festival was pervasive in the air, seemingly adding a touch of wonder to the game.Zh: 却在这时，一只白色的鸽子无声滑过天花板，落在了桌角。En: But just then, a white pigeon silently glided over the ceiling, landing on the table's edge.Zh: 它四处张望，然后开始不紧不慢地啄起了散落的筹码。En: It looked around and then leisurely started to peck at the scattered chips.Zh: 魏玲顿时皱起了眉头，心中暗暗叫苦。En: Wei Ling immediately furrowed his brows, secretly lamenting.Zh: 他是个出名有点迷信的高手，深信任何干扰都会打破他的好运。En: He was a well-known superstitious expert, convinced that any disturbance would break his streak of good luck.Zh: 鸽子的到来似乎预示着什么。En: The arrival of the pigeon seemed to be an omen of sorts.Zh: 魏玲看着它一步步靠近自己，对着已经在它视线中的筹码，用力叹了口气。En: Wei Ling watched as it approached him step by step, targeting the chips already in its sight, and sighed heavily.Zh: 周围的人都在看他，期待他如何处理这突如其来的插曲。En: Everyone around was watching him, waiting to see how he would handle this sudden interruption.Zh: 此时，小梅笑着挤了挤眼睛，没有要驱赶鸽子的意思。En: At this moment, Xiao Mei winked with a smile, showing no intention to chase the pigeon away.Zh: 她像是很享受这场免费的演出。En: She seemed to enjoy this free show.Zh: 魏玲深吸一口气，心想，或许这是一个试炼，是考验他是否如外界所传的那样依赖于运气。En: Wei Ling took a deep breath, thinking perhaps this was a trial, a test to see whether he truly relied on luck as much as people said.Zh: 就在鸽子步步紧逼，准备纵身一跃至魏玲的筹码堆时，他做出了一个勇敢的决定：“无论如何，我要赢这局。”En: Just as the pigeon was about to leap towards Wei Ling's pile of chips, he made a bold decision: "No matter what, I will win this round."Zh: 威士忌的决心让他镇定下来，他闭上眼睛，深呼吸，再睁开时目光坚定。En: The determination steadied him, and he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and reopened them with a firm gaze.Zh: 鸽子一脚踏上了筹码塔，而魏玲，瞟了眼手中的牌，微笑着打出最后一张。En: The pigeon set foot on the stack of chips, and Wei Ling, after glancing at the cards in his hand, smiled and played the last one.Zh: 他赢了这局，赢得了满堂喝彩，也赢来了内心的一份信心。En: He won the round, earning a roomful of applause and a newfound sense of confidence.Zh: 他意识到，胜利更多靠的不是运气，而是自己的智慧与决心。En: He realized that victory depended more on his own intelligence and determination than on luck.Zh: 正当他享受胜利时，保安终于把定睛在赌桌上的鸽子赶走。En: As he was enjoying his victory, security finally chased away the pigeon fixated on the gaming table.Zh: 魏玲微笑着看着离开的鸽子，仿佛是一位与自己共度奇妙夜晚的老朋友。En: Wei Ling smiled as he watched the departing pigeon, as if it were an old friend who shared a wonderful night with him.Zh: 从那以后，魏玲不再过于强调牌桌上的那些习惯和迷信，他学会相信自己。En: From that point on, Wei Ling no longer placed undue emphasis on superstitions and habits at the gaming table, learning to trust himself.Zh: 灯光熠熠的赌场，依旧是那个熙攘的澳门，但对于他而言，却多了一份轻松和自信。En: The casino, still bustling and lively in Macau, became a place where he felt more relaxed and self-assured.Zh: 他知道，无论鸽子是否再来，自己都能面对。En: He knew that regardless of whether the pigeon returned, he could face it all. Vocabulary Words:brilliantly: 辉煌showdown: 对决demeanor: 神态pervasive: 弥漫omen: 预示furrowed: 皱起lamenting: 叫苦superstitious: 迷信的trial: 试炼determination: 决心interrupt: 插曲gaze: 目光applause: 喝彩confidence: 信心victory: 胜利scatter: 散落rely: 依赖habit: 习惯concentrating: 专注anticipating: 期待gathered: 聚集teasing: 玩笑的wonder: 奇妙leisurely: 不紧不慢steadied: 镇定departing: 离开intelligence: 智慧self-assured: 自信bustling: 熙攘fixated: 定睛

A Suécia sedia nesta semana o Europe Smash, campeonato de tênis de mesa que faz parte do circuito mundial da WTT, a confederação internacional da modalidade. O Brasil vai estar presente representado por quatro atletas: Bruna Takahashi, Laura Watanabe, Vitor Ishiy e Hugo Calderano, atual número 3 do mundo. Renan Tolentino, da RFI, em Paris Uma das melhores mesa-tenistas brasileiras da atualidade, Bruna Takahashi chega em boa fase para disputar a competição, que pode dar pontos importantes para o ranking geral. “Venho tendo um período muito bom na minha carreira, estou jogando muito bem. Meu objetivo agora é conseguir manter essa regularidade e estou conseguindo, para atingir um bom nível nos campeonatos que vêm pela frente, como o Smash, o Champions… Então, gostaria de manter o nível que estou jogando e ir melhorando passo a passo, para conseguir performar bem nesses campeonatos maiores”, projeta a atleta. Recentemente, Bruna subiu para a 19ª posição do ranking mundial feminino, após chegar às oitavas de final do WTT de Foz do Iguaçu, que aconteceu no último fim de semana. Ela é uma das duas únicas atletas não asiáticas no top 20, feito que volta a alcançar depois de 2022. Além de dar confiança e contribuir para a saúde emocional da atleta, a boa posição no ranking pode fazer com que ela se livre de encarar adversárias mais difíceis logo nas primeiras rodadas do campeonato. “Fiquei muito feliz de ter entrado novamente, por mais tempo desta vez. Com certeza, um dos meus objetivos é me manter, porque é difícil chegar e ainda mais difícil de manter no top 20, ainda mais com várias jogadoras boas, como as asiáticas também. Então, ser a segunda não asiática me deixa ainda mais motivada para conseguir subir mais e mais. E, claro, passo a passo, eu espero conseguir atingir o top 10”. Dupla com Hugo Calderano Bruna vai disputar o Europe Smash em duas categorias: na individual e nas duplas, ao lado de Hugo Calderano. Juntos, eles também aparecem bem ranqueados. Bruna e Hugo entraram recentemente na lista das 10 melhores duplas. Focada, a brasileira aponta o caminho para seguir evoluindo. “A gente foca bastante primeiro individualmente, para que nós dois estejamos nos sentindo bem individualmente para a gente conseguir performar bem como dupla. A gente preza bastante por isso primeiro”, conta Bruna. “É importante você se sentir confiante, mesmo não tendo uma rotina de treinamento entre um campeonato e outro. Não só o mental, mas o físico também é muito importante, acho que essas duas coisas se relacionam muito, porque você tem que tomar muito cuidado com o corpo, saber até onde você pode se esforçar mais”, pondera a atleta. Assim como Bruna, seu parceiro de raquete vive um excelente momento desde as Olimpíadas de Paris, quando Hugo Calderano alcançou o quarto lugar. De lá para cá, ele decolou, chegando entre os três melhores do planeta. Em abril, Calderano foi campeão da Copa do Mundo, disputada em Macau, entrando para a história como o primeiro jogador das Américas a vencer a competição. E, na semana passada, ele faturou o WTT de Foz do Iguaçu, seu terceiro título consecutivo no circuito mundial de tênis de mesa. “Honestamente, se a temporada acabasse hoje eu estaria feliz da vida com meus resultados. Mas é claro que eu quero sempre mais, tenho muita ambição. Vou tentar continuar subindo ainda mais no ranking. Claro que é muito difícil, só tem mais duas posições. Seria sensacional atingir a segunda posição, ou até ser número 1 do mundo. Acho que é um objetivo, é um sonho, que está um pouco distante, mas nem tanto, já mostrei que consigo jogar nesse nível. Mas também não coloco nenhuma pressão em mim mesmo”, disse Hugo em entrevista ao canal da Confederação Brasileira de Tênis de Mesa (CBTM). 'Momento histórico' Como uma boa companheira, Bruna comemora as conquistas de sua dupla. Para ela, os feitos dos atletas brasileiros refletem no aumento da popularidade do tênis de mesa no Brasil. “É um momento histórico e muito importante para o nosso esporte. Isso me deixa muito feliz, porque mostra que nos somos capazes de crescer no nosso esporte e a gente traz ainda mais visibilidade. Depois de muito tempo jogando, o Hugo alcançou um resultado inédito e histórico para o Brasil e isso atingiu um público enorme também (...) isso foi muito bom para o nosso esporte. Em Foz (do Iguaçu), a capacidade do ginásio era para 800 pessoas, mas acho que se coubessem 2 mil iria lotar. Me deixa muito feliz saber que o nosso esporte está crescendo e se tornando mais popular”. Com os brasileiros Bruna Takahashi, Hugo Calderano e companhia, o Europe Smash começa na quarta-feira e vai até o dia 24, em Malmo, na Suécia.

Mud crabs from the Northern Territory are featuring in the restaurants of Macau.

NT mud crabs flown to Macau. Cattle pioneer known as 'The Brahman lady' inducted into agriculture hall of fame. 

If we had the power to design our own political system, what would it look like? Stanford Professor James Fishkin talks with Steve about deliberative democracy, a method that brings together diverse, representative groups to weigh policy trade-offs in a fact-based, civil environment. He maintains that when people get the chance to discuss issues in depth, they often move away from extremes, suggesting that polarization isn't as unbreakable as pundits claim. James presents some examples, like how deliberative polling in Texas led to a massive shift toward wind energy. Steve acknowledges his skepticism and asks whether James believes this could translate into real power, like shaping a federal job guarantee or breaking the corporate stranglehold on policy. James argues that while deliberative democracy isn't a magic fix, it's a tool to cut through misinformation and empower ordinary people, offering a glimpse of what democracy could be. (When we wrest control from the hands of the ruling class.) James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) and Director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab.He is the author of Democracy When the People Are Thinking (Oxford 2018), When the People Speak (Oxford 2009), Deliberation Day (Yale 2004 with Bruce Ackerman) and Democracy and Deliberation (Yale 1991).He is best known for developing Deliberative Polling® – a practice of public consultation that employs random samples of the citizenry to explore how opinions would change if they were more informed. His work on deliberative democracy has stimulated more than 100 Deliberative Polls in 28 countries around the world. It has been used to help governments and policy makers make important decisions in Texas, China, Mongolia, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Bulgaria, Brazil, Uganda and other countries around the world.

In this episode of the Know Your Why Podcast, Dr. Jason Balara interviews Kin Sio, a first-generation immigrant, entrepreneur, and business owner who transitioned from a thriving tech career to real estate investing—and ultimately to business acquisitions. Kin opens up about his journey from Macau to the U.S., the pivotal experiences of caring for his ailing parents, and how those challenges sparked a desire for greater freedom and control over his time. After initial success in real estate, Kin realized that business ownership offered more leverage and scalability. He shares how he acquired a Hawaii-based marketing agency while living in Seattle, detailing the complexities of sourcing, financing, and remotely operating a business. From cultural adaptation to team leadership, Kin reflects on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and the motivation that keeps him pushing forward: time freedom, personal growth, and family legacy.Key Highlights:- Kin's immigrant journey from Macau shaped his entrepreneurial drive and resilience.- Real estate investing was his first step toward financial independence, but business acquisition offered more scale and impact.- Caring for his parents inspired a deeper need for time freedom and autonomy.- The business acquisition process demands urgency, relationship-building, and a higher level of operational responsibility than real estate.- Operating a Hawaii-based business remotely from Seattle required strategic planning, cultural adaptation, and strong leadership.- SBA loans and seller financing played a key role in making the acquisition financially feasible.- Kin underscores that entrepreneurship is a personal journey, not for everyone, but deeply rewarding for those who embrace its challenges.This episode of the Know Your Why Podcast is a powerful reflection on the personal and professional transformation that can come from taking bold risks. Dr. Jason Balara and Kin Sio explore the realities behind the glamorous facade of entrepreneurship, offering listeners valuable insight into the worlds of business acquisition and remote management. Kin's story is a testament to the power of purpose-driven decision-making, and his journey is a motivating example for anyone seeking financial independence through business ownership.Get in touch with Kin:IG: https://www.instagram.com/kinmsio/FB: https://www.facebook.com/xavisioLI:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinsio/If you want to know more about Dr. Jason Balara and the Know your Why Podcast:⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/jasonbalara⁠⁠  Audio Track:Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.⁠⁠ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/⁠⁠Artist:⁠⁠ http://audionautix.com/

Vivek took his long-awaited holiday in a fancy villa in Bali with 10 of his closest people (Mohammed Magdi didn't make the cut), but he did the holiday in the most Vivek way possible.We also catch up on the shows Vivek did in Macau with Jimmy O. Yang. How different were they from the Hong Kong shows? And he reveals the crazy souvenir he had to take back from his dressing room.Get tickets for Hong Kong Comedy Season shows:http://comedyseason.hk/Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thebackstagehk.com/⁠⁠Subscribe to our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hohopod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Mohammed on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Vivek on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek

Unser Podcast-Tipp: https://1.ard.de/Legion_HouseOfScam?cp=yk Wir alle kennen Online-Scams. Doch "Love Scams" und "Romance Scams" haben sich zu einer globalen Bedrohung entwickelt. Heute sprechen wir von "Pig Butchering Scams". In Südostasien existieren ganze Scam-Fabriken, groß wie Städte. Hunderttausende Scammer arbeiten dort für ein einziges Ziel: Um Menschen weltweit zu betrügen. Online. Mit gefälschten Krypto-Investments, Liebesschwindel und Catfishing. In der neuen Staffel von "Legion" tauchen wir ein in diese neue, gigantische Scam-Industrie. Eine Industrie, durch die auch Menschen in Deutschland jedes Jahr Millionen verlieren. Unsere Recherche führt uns um die halbe Welt: nach Thailand, an die Grenze zu Myanmar, auf die Philippinen, nach Hongkong und Macau, in die Schweiz und nach London. Wir sprechen mit Tätern, Opfern, Ermittlern und Geheimdiensten. Am Ende wird klar: Es geht um viel mehr als Online-Betrug. Es geht um organisiertes Verbrechen. Um Menschenhandel und Sklaverei. Und um ein weltweites, illegales Netzwerk, das bis nach Europa reicht. "Legion: House of Scam" ist eine Ko-Produktion von rbb, NDR und Undone 2025.

We follow Pete McCleave as he travels 6,000 miles to his ancestral home of Macau in an attempt to extend his life. The dad-of-two was diagnosed with rare blood cancer myeloma in 2017 and given just seven years to live. His best hope is a stem cell transplant - but his mixed heritage has made it difficult.DKMS, the largest stem cell registry in the UK, says four out of 10 people looking for an unrelated matching donor worldwide are not able to find a match. Visit their website to sign up to the register.

Macau–onetime Portuguese colony, now casino hotspot–has long captured the imaginations of travelers, reporters, artists and writers. The city served as the only gateway to China for centuries; then, after the rise of Hong Kong, its slightly seedier vibe made it a popular setting for books, articles and movies exploring the more criminal elements of society. Paul French joins us, once again, to talk about his new book Destination Macao (Blacksmith Books: 2024) the latest book in his Destination series. We chat about colonies and casinos, but also some of the lesser-known parts of Macau's history, like an aborted British attempt to invade Macau in 1808; furious media rumors in 1935 about Japan's interest in buying the colony, and the city's brief time as an aviation hub for the Pan Am Clipper. Paul French was born in London and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He received the Mystery Writers' of America Edgar award for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers' Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Destination Macao. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Macau–onetime Portuguese colony, now casino hotspot–has long captured the imaginations of travelers, reporters, artists and writers. The city served as the only gateway to China for centuries; then, after the rise of Hong Kong, its slightly seedier vibe made it a popular setting for books, articles and movies exploring the more criminal elements of society. Paul French joins us, once again, to talk about his new book Destination Macao (Blacksmith Books: 2024) the latest book in his Destination series. We chat about colonies and casinos, but also some of the lesser-known parts of Macau's history, like an aborted British attempt to invade Macau in 1808; furious media rumors in 1935 about Japan's interest in buying the colony, and the city's brief time as an aviation hub for the Pan Am Clipper. Paul French was born in London and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He received the Mystery Writers' of America Edgar award for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers' Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Destination Macao. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Macau–onetime Portuguese colony, now casino hotspot–has long captured the imaginations of travelers, reporters, artists and writers. The city served as the only gateway to China for centuries; then, after the rise of Hong Kong, its slightly seedier vibe made it a popular setting for books, articles and movies exploring the more criminal elements of society. Paul French joins us, once again, to talk about his new book Destination Macao (Blacksmith Books: 2024) the latest book in his Destination series. We chat about colonies and casinos, but also some of the lesser-known parts of Macau's history, like an aborted British attempt to invade Macau in 1808; furious media rumors in 1935 about Japan's interest in buying the colony, and the city's brief time as an aviation hub for the Pan Am Clipper. Paul French was born in London and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He received the Mystery Writers' of America Edgar award for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers' Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Destination Macao. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

Wir alle kennen Online-Scams. Doch "Love Scams" haben sich zu einer globalen Bedrohung entwickelt. Heute sprechen viele von "Pig Butchering Scams". In Südostasien existieren Scam-Fabriken, groß wie Städte. Hunderttausende Scammer*innen arbeiten dort für ein einziges Ziel: Sie betrügen Menschen weltweit. Online. Mit gefälschten Krypto-Investments, Liebesschwindel und Catfishing. In der neuen Staffel von LEGION tauchen Khesrau Behroz ("Cui Bono: WTF happened to Ken Jebsen?") und sein Team ein in diese neue, gigantische Scam-Industrie. Eine Industrie, durch die auch Menschen in Deutschland jedes Jahr Millionen verlieren. Unsere Recherche führt uns um die halbe Welt: nach Thailand, an die Grenze zu Myanmar, auf die Philippinen, nach Hongkong und Macau, in die Schweiz und nach London. Wir sprechen mit Tätern, Opfer, Ermittlern und Geheimdiensten. Am Ende wird klar: Es geht um viel mehr als Online-Betrug. Es geht um organisiertes Verbrechen. Um Menschenhandel und Sklaverei. Und um ein weltweites, illegales Netzwerk, das bis nach Europa reicht. Fragen oder Feedback? legion@rbb-online.de Legion: House of Scam. Ab 10. Juli überall, wo es Podcasts gibt. "Legion: House of Scam" ist eine Ko-Produktion von rbb, NDR und Undone 2025.

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S&P Futures are moving slightly lower this morning with trade talks and the budget reconciliation bill in focus. The EU trade negotiator has an offer to present that will accept a 10% universal tariff if key sectors are exempted. The Senate is currently holding votes on the reconciliation bill. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak this morning at an ECB conference. Gaming stocks are trading higher this morning as Macau gaming revenue came in strong. TSLA is lower as the Trump / Musk feud continues to make headlines. On the economic front, markets are awaiting the ISM Manufacturing data for June. PRGS to released positive earning, although stock is displaying weakness.

Die Wall Street sieht leichte Gewinnmitnahmen und wartet auf die am Donnerstag anstehenden Juni-Arbeitsmarktdaten. Marktteilnehmer stellen sich darauf ein, das möglicherweise unter 100.000 Stellen geschaffen wurden. Die Renditen der Staatsanleihen könnten in dem Fall weiter sinken. Wie dem auch sei, nehmen damit einhergehend die Risiken einer Wachstumsdelle zu. Der der robusten Casino-Umsätze in Macau, gehören die Aktien von Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands und MGM Resorts auf der Gewinnerseite. Auch die Aktien des Stabelcoin-Anbieters Circle Internet Group haben Auftrieb. Das Unternehmen hat die Zulassung als US-Trust-Bank beantragt. Aufflammende Wortgefechte zwischen Elon Musk und Donald Trump wirken sich auf die Aktien von Tesla belastend aus. Außerdem sind die Juni-Absatzzahlen in Schweden und Dänemark weiter eingebrochen und liegen 61,6% und 31,2% unter Vorjahresniveau. Wie dem auch sei, sind Auslieferungen in Norwegen und Spanien um 53,8% und 60,7% gestiegen. Die Wall Street wartet auf die Meldung der Q2-Auslieferungen, die zur Wochenmitte veröffentlicht werden sollen. Ein Podcast - featured by Handelsblatt. +++Erhalte einen exklusiven 15% Rabatt auf Saily eSIM Datentarife! Lade die Saily-App herunter und benutze den Code wallstreet beim Bezahlen: https://saily.com/wallstreet +++ +++EXKLUSIVER NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/Wallstreet Jetzt risikofrei testen mit einer 30-Tage-Geld-zurück-Garantie!+++ +++ Alle Rabattcodes und Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern findet ihr hier: https://linktr.ee/wallstreet_podcast +++ Der Podcast wird vermarktet durch die Ad Alliance. Die allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien der Ad Alliance finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.html Die Ad Alliance verarbeitet im Zusammenhang mit dem Angebot die Podcasts-Daten. Wenn Sie der automatischen Übermittlung der Daten widersprechen wollen, klicken Sie hier: https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.html

Wall Street consolidated overnight as investors weighed the potential impact of the so-called 'big beautiful bill' on the U.S. deficit. Economic data added pressure, pushing interest rate expectations higher. Big tech stocks came under pressure, with Nvidia down 3%, as investors rotated into small caps. Meanwhile, Tesla shares slumped as markets braced for a sharp decline in upcoming sales figures, while Macau’s gambling revenue surged 19% year-on-year. Despite recent gains, the U.S. dollar remains near a three-year low, reflecting ongoing uncertainty around fiscal policy. Back home, Aussie shares are poised to open with modest gains on Wednesday. The content in this podcast is prepared, approved and distributed in Australia by Commonwealth Securities Limited ABN 60 067 254 399 AFSL 238814. The information does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider the appropriateness of the information before acting and if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Wall Street sieht leichte Gewinnmitnahmen und wartet auf die am Donnerstag anstehenden Juni-Arbeitsmarktdaten. Marktteilnehmer stellen sich darauf ein, das möglicherweise unter 100.000 Stellen geschaffen wurden. Die Renditen der Staatsanleihen könnten in dem Fall weiter sinken. Wie dem auch sei, nehmen damit einhergehend die Risiken einer Wachstumsdelle zu. Der der robusten Casino-Umsätze in Macau, gehören die Aktien von Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands und MGM Resorts auf der Gewinnerseite. Auch die Aktien des Stabelcoin-Anbieters Circle Internet Group haben Auftrieb. Das Unternehmen hat die Zulassung als US-Trust-Bank beantragt. Aufflammende Wortgefechte zwischen Elon Musk und Donald Trump wirken sich auf die Aktien von Tesla belastend aus. Außerdem sind die Juni-Absatzzahlen in Schweden und Dänemark weiter eingebrochen und liegen 61,6% und 31,2% unter Vorjahresniveau. Wie dem auch sei, sind Auslieferungen in Norwegen und Spanien um 53,8% und 60,7% gestiegen. Die Wall Street wartet auf die Meldung der Q2-Auslieferungen, die zur Wochenmitte veröffentlicht werden sollen. Abonniere den Podcast, um keine Folge zu verpassen! ____ Folge uns, um auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben: • X: http://fal.cn/SQtwitter • LinkedIn: http://fal.cn/SQlinkedin • Instagram: http://fal.cn/SQInstagram

Want to know the history of the Macau sex trade as shown in Skyfall? Come learn a history of sex trade that dates all the way back to 1583. Learn about how the Chinese and the Portuguese fought over Macau for over 400 years, and how casinos are the new "flower boats."

Located in the Pearl River Delta, off the coast of the mainland of the People's Republic of China, is Macau. Macau is often overlooked due to its larger neighbor, Hong Kong, but Macau, despite being similar, has had its own unique history. What began as a fishing village evolved into a major trading port, and in the 21st century, it has become one of the most popular entertainment centers in Asia. It remains unlike any other place in Asia, and indeed, the entire world. Learn more about Macau and its history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Anthony Cavallo's year long absence from the western districts riding ranks continues to arouse the curiosity of his many friends and TAB followers. A veteran of almost forty years in the saddle, Cavallo sustained multiple injuries in what appeared to be a simple fall at Wellington. Two fractured vertebrae in the upper back required a spinal fusion and the insertion of a metal plate. That plate is to be removed at the end of June, after which the veteran will determine the course of his future. Enquiries have been numerous about a likely return to the saddle for one of country racing's most respected jockeys. “Choco” joins the podcast with his own version of events. He expresses his gratitude for the many messages of encouragement he's received. Anthony says he'd love to keep riding but intends to accept the judge's decision. He looks back on the Wellington fall and says he had absolutely no warning. The jockey summarises an endless list of injuries. He reflects on many race falls but says none of his injuries have been below the waist. Cavallo looks back on one other nasty spill on the very same racetrack. He looks back on the way in which his apprenticeship was arranged by his father and an uncle. He pays tribute to his master Ray Guy. Anthony speaks freely about the nickname he was given by a co-worker soon after he joined the guy stable. He still gets that nickname from the majority of racing people. Like most jockeys he has vivid recollections of his first winning ride 39 years ago. He looks back on his one and only ride on multiple Gr 1 winner Potrero, the horse he rates the best he's ridden in a race. Tony hasn't forgotten a stakes win at Randwick on a 140/1 pop called Reign of Honour. He got to ride the same filly in a Gr 1 two weeks later. He looks back on the day at Warwick Farm when he won a Gr 3 race under the most unusual of circumstances. Cavallo looks back on a feature country win which came out of the blue when Glen Boss had to forfeit the ride. The veteran spent almost 8 years out of Australia  during his long riding career. He reflects on stints in Singapore/Malaysia, Macau and Abu Dabi. He goes back to 2016 when he was still riding a power of trackwork at Randwick, but spending Saturdays at country meetings. Finally it made good sense to base himself in the central west. The jockey talks about his first country retreat at Cudgegong Waters near Mudgee. He loved the lifestyle. He continued his usual practice of riding regular trackwork. He formed a successful partnership with dubbo horseman Kody Nestor. Tony says he also got to Orange trackwork once a week for trainers like Alison Smith, Peter Cornish and Cindy Monaghan. He also rode work for Bob Howe on an abandoned picnic racecourse. He talks of his recent move into Mudgee township where he lives with partner Amanda. Anthony rarely rides in the city these days but has been able to win four editions of the TAB Highway. He looks back on those four wins. With his all important medical assessment due in a month, he's already contemplating the possibility of having to quit the saddle. He says he'd love to have some contact with horses going forward. It's a laid back chat with the little fellow of Italian descent who was besotted with thoroughbreds from the moment he walked into Ray Guy's Rosehill stables.

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: High Stakes at Macau: Li Ming's Daring Gambit Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2025-05-30-22-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 在澳门这个繁华的城市，灯光璀璨。En: In the bustling city of Macau, the lights are dazzling.Zh: 赌场里，.En: In the casinos, the sounds of the slot machines are constant, filling the air with tension and anticipation.Zh: slot机的声音不停地响，空气中充满了紧张和期待。En: Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and there is a faint aroma of zong in the air.Zh: 今天是端午节，空气里隐约还有粽香。En: Li Ming and his mentor, Chen Wei, stepped into a famous Macau casino together.Zh: 李明和他的导师陈伟一起踏进了著名的澳门赌场。En: Li Ming is a young poker player with a dream: to become the best gambler in the world.Zh: 李明是一个年轻的扑克选手，心中怀有一个梦想：成为世界上最优秀的赌徒。En: He believes today's game can change his and his family's fate.Zh: 他相信今天的比赛能改变他和家人的命运。En: However, his mentor Chen Wei always warns him not to be overconfident and to learn to control his emotions during the game.Zh: 然而，他的导师陈伟总是告诫他，不要过于自信，要学会在游戏中控制情绪。En: The game began, and Li Ming sat at a card table, facing veteran players whose eyes were full of endless strategies and calculations.Zh: 比赛开始了，李明坐在一张牌桌旁，他的对手都是经验丰富的老玩家，他们的眼神中带着无尽的计谋与计算。En: Li Ming felt his palms sweating; he knew today's opponents were not just the cards in their hands but their internal tactics as well.Zh: 李明感到自己的手心出汗，他知道今天的对手不仅仅是手中的牌，还有他们内心的战术。En: Chen Wei stood by, watching every move his apprentice made.Zh: 陈伟站在旁边，注视着徒弟的一举一动。En: He knew Li Ming's talent was not to be underestimated, but he also understood that a young heart could easily be blinded by victory.Zh: 他知道李明的才华不可小觑，但也清楚一颗年轻的心容易被胜利冲昏头脑。En: In the first few rounds, Li Ming used the traditional strategies taught by Chen Wei, proceeding cautiously.Zh: 比赛的前几轮，李明用着陈伟教导的传统策略，小心翼翼。En: He knew this was a high-stakes game, where winning or losing could happen in an instant.Zh: 他知道这是个高风险的赌局，输赢只在一瞬之间。En: As time went on, Li Ming began to feel uneasy, realizing that strictly following the strategy might not be the key to winning this game.Zh: 随着时间推移，李明开始感到不安，他意识到严格遵循策略也许不是赢得这场比赛的关键。En: By the final round, the stakes on the table were frighteningly high.Zh: 到了最后一局，牌桌上的赌注已经高得吓人。En: Li Ming looked at his cards, and his opponents were also observing him.Zh: 李明看着自己的牌，对手也在观察着他。En: A suffocating pressure filled the air.Zh: 空气中弥漫着一种让人窒息的压力。En: In this round, he needed to make an important decision: to stick to the strategy or trust his own intuition?Zh: 这一局，他需要做出一个重要决定：是坚持策略，还是信任自己的直觉？En: Remembering Chen Wei's usual teachings, he decided to let go and follow his instincts.Zh: 想到陈伟平时的教诲，他决定放开手脚，跟随自己的感觉。En: Li Ming took a deep breath and made a bold decision — he chose a risky bluff.Zh: 李明深吸一口气，做出了一个大胆的决定——他选择了一个充满风险的虚张声势。En: The opponents were shocked by this sudden change, and under psychological pressure, they began to hesitate.Zh: 对手们被这突然的改变震惊了，在心理压力下，他们开始犹豫不决。En: Ultimately, Li Ming's wager paid off; he won the game, earning not only a windfall of bonuses but also the respect of his opponents.Zh: 最终，李明的赌注得到了回报，他赢得了这场比赛，这不仅让他收获了钵满盆满的奖金，也赢得了对手的尊重。En: After the game, Chen Wei approached Li Ming with a gratified smile, saying, "I always believed in your potential."Zh: 比赛结束后，陈伟走到李明面前，带着欣慰的微笑说道：“我一直相信你的潜力。En: Li Ming nodded gratefully to Chen Wei, saying, "Thank you for your guidance.Zh: ”李明则对陈伟感激地点了点头，说：“谢谢您的指导，我会在未来更加努力，不骄不躁。En: I will work even harder in the future, neither arrogant nor rash."Zh: ”在澳门这座灯光闪烁的城市里，李明感受到来自成功的自信，同时，他也明白自己还有很多要学习的地方。En: In the shimmering city of Macau, Li Ming felt the confidence that comes from success, while also understanding that he has much more to learn.Zh: 比赛固然重要，但谦逊和成长才是他人生中最珍贵的财富。En: While competitions are important, humility and growth are the most precious assets in his life. Vocabulary Words:bustling: 繁华dazzling: 璀璨aroma: 香mentor: 导师poker: 扑克gambler: 赌徒overconfident: 过于自信vetern: 经验丰富palms: 手心tactics: 战术apprentice: 徒弟underestimated: 小觑blinded: 冲昏头脑cautiously: 小心翼翼stakes: 赌注frighteningly: 吓人intuition: 直觉instincts: 感觉wager: 赌注bold: 大胆bluff: 虚张声势psychological: 心理hesitate: 犹豫windfall: 钵满盆满gratified: 欣慰guidance: 指导arrogant: 骄rash: 躁shimmering: 闪烁humility: 谦逊

fWotD Episode 2941: Chinese characters Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Saturday, 24 May 2025, is Chinese characters.Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the only one that has remained in continuous use. Over a documented history spanning more than three millennia, the function, style, and means of writing characters have changed greatly. Unlike letters in alphabets that reflect the sounds of speech, Chinese characters generally represent morphemes, the units of meaning in a language. Writing all of the frequently used vocabulary in a language requires roughly 2000–3000 characters; as of 2024, nearly 100000 have been identified and included in The Unicode Standard. Characters are created according to several principles, where aspects of shape and pronunciation may be used to indicate the character's meaning.The first attested characters are oracle bone inscriptions made during the 13th century BCE in what is now Anyang, Henan, as part of divinations conducted by the Shang dynasty royal house. Character forms were originally ideographic or pictographic in style, but evolved as writing spread across China. Numerous attempts have been made to reform the script, including the promotion of small seal script by the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE). Clerical script, which had matured by the early Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE), abstracted the forms of characters—obscuring their pictographic origins in favour of making them easier to write. Following the Han, regular script emerged as the result of cursive influence on clerical script, and has been the primary style used for characters since. Informed by a long tradition of lexicography, states using Chinese characters have standardized their forms—broadly, simplified characters are used to write Chinese in mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia, while traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.Where the use of characters spread beyond China, they were initially used to write Literary Chinese; they were then often adapted to write local languages spoken throughout the Sinosphere. In Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, Chinese characters are known as kanji, hanja, and chữ Hán respectively. Writing traditions also emerged for some of the other languages of China, like the sawndip script used to write the Zhuang languages of Guangxi. Each of these written vernaculars used existing characters to write the language's native vocabulary, as well as the loanwords it borrowed from Chinese. In addition, each invented characters for local use. In written Korean and Vietnamese, Chinese characters have largely been replaced with alphabets—leaving Japanese as the only major non-Chinese language still written using them, alongside the other elements of the Japanese writing system.At the most basic level, characters are composed of strokes that are written in a fixed order. Historically, methods of writing characters have included inscribing stone, bone, or bronze; brushing ink onto silk, bamboo, or paper; and printing with woodblocks or moveable type. Technologies invented since the 19th century to facilitate the use of characters include telegraph codes and typewriters, as well as input methods and text encodings on computers.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:48 UTC on Saturday, 24 May 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Chinese characters on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ayanda.

Ted Orme-Claye takes over the hosting role for today's iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as Ted, Joe Streeter and Viktor Kayed continue their world tour from the comfort of our Manchester studio. First up, they discuss some interesting numbers from Denmark, who after strong growth in March of 2025, now rank fifth globally in terms of regulated online gambling market share. Our panel chat about the Nordic approach to the black market, and what other markets could learn from their ability to shift players back to regulated operations. Onto the UK, where rumours are abound that Keir Starmer plans to dissolve the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, something that would be a significant change for the UK industry. The guys chat about where the industry might go, where political responsibility might lie, and whether this could lead to confusing and convoluted fragmentation. The penultimate destination on today's tour is Thailand, where they discuss the ongoing casino legislation, a story with multiple moving parts. Ted, Joe and Vik bring you up to date with the story, including committee-ception as the Senate Special Committee establish two new sub-committees, the significant due diligence involved, and the added dynamic of Chinese interest in the story, with concerns it may impact Macau's status as the home of Asian gambling. Lastly, we head to Botswana, following this week's SBC News story highlighting the African nation as the potential new boom market on the continent. Recently, ten new licenses were handed out, including one to Betway. Botswana is considered to be a gateway market to the wider region, and the guys also touch on South Africa who have recently introduced a National Gambling Policy Council. Host: Joe StreeterGuests: Viktor Kayed, Ted Orme-ClayeProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: Scott FultoniGaming Daily is the official podcast of SBC Summit Malta. Taking place from 10-12 June at the Intercontinental in Malta, SBC Summit Malta is the definitive casino and betting event where European companies and professionals converge to explore cutting-edge insights, gain transformative skills, and forge impactful connections with senior decision-makers. Get your tickets now at sbcevents.com.iGaming Daily is also now on TikTok. Make sure to follow us at iGaming Daily Podcast (@igaming_daily_podcast) | TikTok for bite-size clips from your favourite podcast. Finally, remember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service. 

Chad Benyon and Zach Warring review gaming company earnings. Chad likes high-end companies in the space, and notes that many in the lodging industry said April was a busy month. Zach points to weakness in China and Macau and says he's “pretty neutral” on the industry. However, he has a Buy rating on DraftKings (DKNG). Chad compares DKNG's potential report to Flutter's (FLUT) report yesterday.======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

O episódio passeia pela história linguística e cultural de Macau, um território chinês em que a língua portuguesa fincou raízes

April began with the announcement of US "reciprocal tariffs", which ranged from 10% to 49% on exports from South East Asian nations. This has created toxic uncertainty across all industries in the region, notably business travel. But before the tariff turmoil, Q1 had delivered mixed results for travel and tourism, with the Eid al-Fitr holiday numbers particularly weak in Malaysia and Indonesia. Was this the result of the Lunar New Year and Eid public holidays being in the same quarter, or are we at the start of a cyclical travel slowdown in ASEAN? On our monthly roundup, Gary and Hannah assess the latest data and insights gleaned from attending and speaking at travel industry events throughout the month. Plus, Thailand plans to reframe its 2025 tourism strategy after reducing its revenue forecast, Vietnam experiences glitches at the opening of a new airport terminal, and China and Malaysia extend their bilateral visa-free access agreement. And, Indonesia and UN Tourism unveil a detailed set of tourism investment guidelines, Balis vows to enforce new behavioural rules for tourists, and more South East Asian vacationers are heading to Macau.  

Send us a textBuckle the f*ck up, because The Funky Panther just dropped an episode that smells like incense, ego death, and pure audio chaos. Musician and part-time sweat demon Ben C Jones is back—flexible, funky, and freshly cooked from his daily 105-degree hot yoga cult. Spoiler: his chakras are aligned, his joints are loose, and he might've accidentally joined a tantric death spiral. Enlightenment optional.While Ben's finding nirvana in a puddle of his own BO, Chad escapes Fort Worth and dives straight into Asia's adult playground—Macau and Hong Kong. Between gambling dens, dice games in back-alley bars, and Portuguese bartenders with loose morals, it's a travelogue that sounds more like a deleted scene from The Hangover 4: Oriental Express.Then it gets extra spicy—the gang breaks down Blue Origin's girlboss space cruise, featuring Katy Perry floating around like it's a zero-G makeup ad. Are these pop stars actually astronauts—or just influencers with rocket-fueled privilege? The debate spirals into capitalism, space pollution, and how much they'd personally fork over to escape this flaming meatball of a planet… for eleven goddamn minutes.Meanwhile, Ben teases his new psych-rock masterpiece, dropping May 23rd via Amplify 817. It's like Pink Floyd, Tame Impala, and your weird stoner cousin had a baby and let it record itself in a home studio filled with lava lamps and vintage trauma. Don't sleep on the June 13th album release party at The Post—expect killer vibes, musical therapy, and maybe a few mild hallucinations.The episode ends with nuclear-grade “Bad Takes” that'll piss off astronauts, yogis, and probably your mom. Plus, an “Overrated vs. Underrated” segment that drags Spotify and worships the holy gospel of local music legends.June 13th. The Post. Ben C Jones, Richer Hall, Dave Cave, and Reagan Beard. It's not just a show—it's a sonic exorcism. Be there or stay basic.  #SexSweatSpace #BenCJones #HotYogaCult #SpaceTourismScam #KatyPerryInSpace #MacauMayhem #TheFunkyPanther #Amplify817 #PsychedelicRockRevival #BadTakesOnly #ZeroGravityEgos  Fake ad Fake ad Fake adCALL OR TEXT OUR HOTLINE AND LEAVE US A MESSAGE! 817-677-0408Fort Worth MagazineBest of 2022 - Radio Personality/Podcast (Reader's Pick) Show LinksThe Funky PantherMerchYouTube

Casino Tourism. Concert & Event Tourism. Medical Tourism. The Night Economy. Live-streaming. Public-Private Tourism Partnerships. Many of the hot topics related to Macau's diversification of its tourism economy and inbound market mix bear similarities to countries in South East Asia. There are two key differences, however. 1) Macau is the world city most reliant on tourism income as a proportion of GDP due to casino tourism, and it famously outstripped Las Vegas for gaming revenue in 2006. 2) Macau is 22 times smaller than Singapore, but last year attracted more than twice the total of visitors. To reduce its heavy reliance on visitors from China and Hong Kong, Macau is aggressively marketing to South East Asian travellers - and with some success. To assess the future outlook, Gary is joined by Glenn McCartney, Associate Professor of Integrated Resort & Tourism Management at the University of Macau, and a Tourism and Hospitality Consultant and Executive Trainer. He worked in Macau's hospitality industry during the handover from Portugal to China in 1999, and undertook research for the Macau Government on tourism and gaming development during the casino liberalisation period of the early 2000s. Together, Gary and Glenn unpack the challenges ahead for Macau's next phase of tourism economy development, and assess how the tiny island city is confronting new competition in casino tourism, as Japan, Thailand and the UAE covet this highly lucrative sector.

Milhões de pessoas devem votar nos centros eleitorais para votação antecipada, que serão abertos nesta terça feira 22 de abril por toda a Austrália. Cruz Vermelha rejeita conclusões de investigação militar israelense que atribuiu falhas operacionais à morte de 15 enfermeiros e médicos. Brasileiro Hugo Calderano conquistou a Copa do Mundo de tênis de mesa em Macau, na China.

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Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan asks - How Much Will You Gamble?    He shares 4 times when he gambled money. Three events occurred in gambling casinos in Panama, Las Vegas, and Macau. The fourth was when he borrowed money to go on QVC. Tune in to learn how it turned out and his message to you as an inventor.  Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, so you won't miss a single episode. Website: www.alanbeckley.com

Welcome to the Global Corporations Special Series on the Law Channel on the New Books Network. This Special Series is dedicated to interviews with scholars about recent books engaging with different aspects of global corporations – with a focus on the role of law and legal forms. Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Ehrlich, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Macau. Josh is a historian of knowledge and political thought with a focus on the East India Company and the British Empire in South and Southeast Asia. We spoke with Josh in a live event as part of a workshop in Hong Kong on the history of companies in Asia about his first book, The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. The book is a deeply researched and well-written account of how East India Company officials developed and deployed ideas about knowledge to bolster its own authority, and to manage the transition from corporate sovereignty towards unitary state sovereignty. In the process, Josh develops a novel methodological approach that he calls the history of ideas of knowledge – an approach that allows us to recover past meanings and usages of concepts about knowledge to make them available again in the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Welcome to the Global Corporations Special Series on the Law Channel on the New Books Network. This Special Series is dedicated to interviews with scholars about recent books engaging with different aspects of global corporations – with a focus on the role of law and legal forms. Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Ehrlich, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Macau. Josh is a historian of knowledge and political thought with a focus on the East India Company and the British Empire in South and Southeast Asia. We spoke with Josh in a live event as part of a workshop in Hong Kong on the history of companies in Asia about his first book, The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. The book is a deeply researched and well-written account of how East India Company officials developed and deployed ideas about knowledge to bolster its own authority, and to manage the transition from corporate sovereignty towards unitary state sovereignty. In the process, Josh develops a novel methodological approach that he calls the history of ideas of knowledge – an approach that allows us to recover past meanings and usages of concepts about knowledge to make them available again in the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Welcome to the Global Corporations Special Series on the Law Channel on the New Books Network. This Special Series is dedicated to interviews with scholars about recent books engaging with different aspects of global corporations – with a focus on the role of law and legal forms. Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Ehrlich, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Macau. Josh is a historian of knowledge and political thought with a focus on the East India Company and the British Empire in South and Southeast Asia. We spoke with Josh in a live event as part of a workshop in Hong Kong on the history of companies in Asia about his first book, The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. The book is a deeply researched and well-written account of how East India Company officials developed and deployed ideas about knowledge to bolster its own authority, and to manage the transition from corporate sovereignty towards unitary state sovereignty. In the process, Josh develops a novel methodological approach that he calls the history of ideas of knowledge – an approach that allows us to recover past meanings and usages of concepts about knowledge to make them available again in the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Welcome to the Global Corporations Special Series on the Law Channel on the New Books Network. This Special Series is dedicated to interviews with scholars about recent books engaging with different aspects of global corporations – with a focus on the role of law and legal forms. Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Ehrlich, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Macau. Josh is a historian of knowledge and political thought with a focus on the East India Company and the British Empire in South and Southeast Asia. We spoke with Josh in a live event as part of a workshop in Hong Kong on the history of companies in Asia about his first book, The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. The book is a deeply researched and well-written account of how East India Company officials developed and deployed ideas about knowledge to bolster its own authority, and to manage the transition from corporate sovereignty towards unitary state sovereignty. In the process, Josh develops a novel methodological approach that he calls the history of ideas of knowledge – an approach that allows us to recover past meanings and usages of concepts about knowledge to make them available again in the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 1985, Sean Penn's marriage to preeminent material girl Madonna was an epochal moment for ‘80s-era Hollywood. The bad boy from Bad Boys and the boy-toy pop superstar blissfully brought together the worlds of movies and music on a Malibu bluff overlooking the Pacific. But their subsequent attempt to make a movie together was anything but blissful. A wild film shoot in China would lead to even wilder things, like the time Sean dangled a photographer upside-down from a ninth-story balcony. Or the time he escaped a prison in Macau and had to have a pardon from the government negotiated by a former member of the Beatles. Or the time he spent in an American prison, where he found himself passing notes with a fellow inmate down the hall…one who happened to be one of the most notorious serial killers in history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Education in China has come a long way！Once upon a time, students had to copy exercise books by hand, and now they use AI-powered tablets in classrooms. Despite all this progress, there's always room for improvement: How do we balance tradition and innovation? How do we make education accessible and effective for all? Today, as educators from all around the country share their insights during China's "two sessions," we try to break it down as well, with the help of our expert guests—so grab your metaphorical school bag, and let's get started! On the show: Niu Honglin, Yushan & Zhou Mingming, Associate Dean in Faculty of Education at University of Macau

In this episode, we discuss the role of Macau, the Portuguese colony in South China, and the experiences of John Reeves, the British Consul stationed there. Despite Portugal's official neutrality, Macau found itself caught in the geopolitical struggles of the Pacific War. With Japanese forces surrounding the colony, John Reeves had the difficult task of representing British interests while navigating an increasingly precarious situation. His work included intelligence gathering, aiding refugees, and balancing diplomacy with survival in an environment where Japan's influence was ever-present. I'm joined by Peter Rose author of 'The Good War of Consul Reeves, which focuses on wartime Macau.   patreon.com/ww2podcast  

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Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). Check out all of the other things we are involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us. I begin by recommending a relatively unknown ministry (richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/) that I respect and support (0:44). Then we talk about the pros and cons of deporting all Chinese students in the US (9:33). Next, I talk about how I learned Mandarin (21:08), beginning 22 years ago this week, followed by an overview of the unique Chinese places to pray for this week (34:36). Finally, I tell a few more stories, beginning with the fun (also 22 years ago this week) of being surrounded by police in Shunde (43:01). We end with a couple of letters from William Borden (BordenofYale.com) dating back 120 and 112 years, respectively, as he shares (51:20) about the heathenism he witnessed and why he dressed like an Arab in Cairo. Help for Refugees: The Richard Wurmbrand Foundation https://richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/ Cancel All Chinese Student Visas? https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-stop-chinas-exploitation-our-student-visa-program-opinion-2029415 How To Teach Yourself Mandarin https://chinacall.substack.com/p/how-i-taught-myself-mandarin Don’t forget to Pray for China this week (Feb 15-22! (PrayforChina.us) Feb 15 (Sat) - Pray for Yushu in far southern Qinghai, just north of Tibet. We lived in this Tibetan region back in 2004, and visited off and on over the years. Qinghai (“Cheeng-high”) is paired with southern CO, west TX, and NM for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/states/colorado.html https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/qinghai Feb 16 (Sun) - Pray for Xingping City in Xianyang Prefecture, home to the largest airport in NW China (where I was deported). Shaanxi is paired with Kansas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://open.spotify.com/episode/4s6GcIAfDjfcH5a5RNjAe8 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xingping https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shaanxi Feb 17 - Pray for Binzhou (“Bean-joe”) Prefecture in Shandong Province. Shandong ("Mountain East"), on China's east coast, is paired with Virginia for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/49 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binzhou https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shandong/1900-protestant-martyrs-in-shandong Feb 18 - Pray for Xiaodian District in Taiyuan City, the capital of north China's Shanxi Province. Shanxi (“west of the mountains”) is paired up with Nebraska for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/27 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaodian,_Taiyuan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shanxi Feb 19 - Pray for hilly Leshan (“Luh-shan”), a three-million-strong city in south-central Sichuan Province. Home of the panda and many unreached Tibetans, Sichuan is matched with Texas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/10 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/sichuan Feb 20 - Pray for mountainous Dehong Prefecture in western Yunnan Province, home to a number of diverse ethnicities on the porous border with Myanmar. Home to huge mountains and diverse minorities, Yunnan is paired with Arkansas/Louisiana for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/28 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehong_Dai_and_Jingpo_Autonomous_Prefecture https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/yunnan Feb 21 - Pray for Xiaoshan District, the most populated within Zhejiang’s capital, Hangzhou. Hangzhou was Hudson Taylor's first field of service and where he met his first wife, Maria. Zhejiang (“Juh-jiang”) is paired with North Carolina for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoshan,_Hangzhou https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/zhejiang Feb 22 (Sat) - Pray for crowded Zhongshan City in southern Guangdong Province, right between Guangzhou and Macau. We've passed through here countless times. Tropical and populous Guangdong is paired up with Florida for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/15 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongshan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/guangdong Borden of Yale: No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets (BordenofYale.com): You Have Not Seen Heathenism: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/you-have-not-seen-heathenism Borden Goes Native: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/borden-of-yale-goes-native-a-la-hudson If you enjoy this podcast, follow or subscribe on Spotify or Apple or right here on PubTV. You can also email any questions or comments to contact @ PrayforChina dot us. And don’t forget to check out everything we are involved in at PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10:2!

Jim Norton and Matt Serra recap the action from Saturday's early-morning UFC Macau card on an episode of UFC Unfiltered that features an interview with lightweight Nikolas Motta. Jim and Matt waste no time by diving straight into Petr Yan's main event win over Deiveson Figueiredo and how it potentially impacts the matchmaking in a stacked men's bantamweight division. Impressed with Carlos Ulberg's victory over Volkan Oezdemir, Matt endorses Ulberg's desire to take on Khalil Rountree Jr. now that the City Kickboxing up-and-comer has rebounded from losing his UFC debut with seven straight wins. Excited to join the show for the first time, Motta explains how getting away from the distractions of Las Vegas for a full fight camp in Thailand proved beneficial both logistically and holistically for the 31-year-old Brazilian in his most recent win against a dynamic striker in Maheshate.