Podcasts about Marias

Funker partolking med andre enn Maria? Det er et spørsmål mange stiller seg. Maria er stemmen bak Partolken. Ansiktet. Metoden. Men hva skjer når en annen tar over rommet? Møt Julie, en av partolkene i Marias team. I denne episoden får du høre hva som faktisk skjer i en partolking-prosess når Julie sitter i stolen. Hva hun ser. Hva hun kjenner på. Og hva som skjer med par når de endelig begynner å forstå hverandre på en ny måte. Metoden er den samme. Men møtet er alltid unikt. For det handler ikke om hvem som sitter i stolen, det handler om hva som skjer mellom de to som sitter foran deg.

Vår astrolog Maria Dupal bjuder in Andliga Klubbens lyssnare att delta på hennes månatliga mentorträff. Den här gången med fyra deltagare som också brukar lyssna på podden. Genom samtal kring deras horoskop utforskas hur den tekniska termen sekt fungerar i verkligheten. Det är en enkel teknik som handlar om att Lära sig se om man har ett dag- eller natthoroskopFörstå vilka planeter som ingår i dagsekten respektive nattsekten (dag-teamet/natt-teamet).Därigenom förstå vilken planet som är den allra gynsammaste respektive ogynnsammaste i horoskopet, vilket nyanserar tolkningen.Följ med och att lär dig se detta i ditt eget horoskop! Är Jupiter eller Venus din bästa planet? Är Mars eller Saturnus den som ger dig mest utmaningar i livet?Blir du sugen på att lära dig mer om astrologi?Marias grundkurs - en serie videor du tar i egen takt - finns på www.maria.dupal.se under webbshop. Har du frågor till astrologen? Häng med på nästa mentorträff - det är drop in första onsdagen i månaden kl.19:00 online. Nästa tillfälle 5 augusti.Medverkande: Maria Dupal, Anja, Merete, Maud och Stina Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teatterin politiikkaa -podcast vierailee Berliinissä ja Wienissä. Tässä matkaraportin Berliinin-jaksossa teatterikriitikko Maria Säkö arvioi tämän vuoden Theatertreffenin satoa ja itävaltalaisen Florentina Holzingerin kehollisesti kainostetamatonta estetiikkaa. Elokuussa Helsingin Juhlaviikoilla The Silence -esityksellään vieraileva saksalainen teatteriohjaaja Falk Richter puolestaan kertoo, miten Saksan nykyisessä äärioikeistolaistuvassa ilmapiirissä halutaan hiljentää naisten, ulkomaalaisten ja homojen tarinat. Lopuksi ohjaaja Janne Pellinen ja Jumppatytöt-ryhmän Ella Lahdennäki kommentoivat tuoreeltaan feministikollektiivi She She Popin esitystä ja kertovat omista kokemuksistaan Berliinin teatterin äärellä.

Hur sköter no dig-gurun Charles Dowding sin kompost? Hur ser plattmaskens framfart ut? Och vad är det för skador på våra lyssnares blad?I det här avsnittet träffar vi brittiske no dig-mästaren och superkomposteraren Charles Dowding som varit på Sverigebesök. Dessutom anar vi hopp när hortonom Nils Andersen redogör för hur det ser ut på lövplattmaskfronten. Och så lyssnarfrågor, med allt från Marias vita tomatblad och Kerstins fula pionditon till Karins misstankar om tulpangråmögel. Lyssna kära ni! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avsnitt 321. Claes de Faire är ny vd på Norstedts. Rätt eller fel blir en senare fråga men vi passar på att spekulera en del över vad som väntar Norstedts nya vd. Medlemmar i Författarförbundet uttrycker i växande omfattning missnöje med hur förbundets ledning hanterat frågan om en svensk språkmodell och hur författare ska kunna få ersättning. Inför veckans stämma kan frågan ställas på sin spets vilket skapar oro bland alla som deltar i arbetet med den svenska språkmodellen, inklusive Förläggareföreningen och i enskilda förlag. När vi tittar tillbaka på hur AI har påverkat bokbranschen kommer vi att kunna se tillbaka på utvecklingen och säga att där, där skedde ett skifte. Eller där, där blev det tydligt vad som kommer att hända. Journalisten tror att konflikten i år runt brittiska The Commonwealth Foundations litterära pris för debutanter är ett sådant tillfälle. Här blev det tydligt vilka krafter man hädanefter måste ta hänsyn till när man arbetar med litterära priser. Vi funderar på vilket utrymme Storytel har att utveckla sin kärnaffär när de köper ett nederländskt förlag som är tungt på fackbokssidan och på pappersboksutgivning. Slutligen blåser vi liv igen i vår serie med fenomentitlar där Maria Såthe, förläggare på Wahlström & Widstrand, lyfter en oväntad framgång i form av norska Torborg Nedreaas bok Av månsken växer ingenting,   00 44         Kort intervju med Norstedts nya vd 04 04         Vad väntar en ny vd på Norstedts 07 25         Det blåser upp till storm i Författarförbundet 12 36         Hela världen är full av experter som vill kontrollera författares texter 18 53         Vi tittar på Storytels köps av ett nederländskt förlag 24 43         W&W:s oväntade fenomentitel

Hoy conversamos con Yvette Núñez Sepúlveda — madre, apicultora y fundadora de CRES (Coalición Restauración Ecosistemas de Santurce)

Mit Prof. Dr. Ralph Weimann, Dogmatiker, Rom Maria verbindet Christen weltweit. Ob in Afrika, Asien, Lateinamerika oder Europa überall wenden sich Gläubige vertrauensvoll an die Mutter Jesu und pilgern zu Marienheiligtümern. Gerade in Krisenzeiten spielt die Marienverehrung für viele Christen eine besondere Rolle. Doch warum ist Maria bis heute so wichtig für den Glauben der Kirche? Darüber sprechen wir mit dem Dogmatiker Prof. Dr. Ralph Weimann aus Rom. Für ihn ist Mariologie keine Randerscheinung der Frömmigkeit, sondern ein Schlüssel zum Verständnis des christlichen Glaubens.

How does Alan Schroeder bring the Marias Pass to life? It's done with an action packed operating session! On this episode of Talking Ops with Don Irace, Alan returns to Around The Layout Podcast to share how he's taken research on the prototype and translated it to his layout, entertaining over a dozen operators and keeping them on their toes with subtle changes that make each session unique. Alan also shares how RiverRail helps keep the Marias Pass and several area layouts connected and moving forward.Learn more about this episode on our website:aroundthelayout.com/230This episode of Around The Layout is Powered By Rapido Trains:https://rapidotrains.com/Thank you to our episode sponsor, Spring Creek Model Trains:https://www.springcreekmodeltrains.com/Thank you to our episode sponsor, ModelTrainBox.com:https://modeltrainbox.com/Visit our website at aroundthelayout.comBecome a member of our Operating Crew for chances to win and much more!aroundthelayout.com/crewAround The Layout Podcast is a production of Thirty Five Productions LLC©2026 Thirty Five Productions LLC. All rights reserved.The views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Thirty Five Productions LLC or our sponsors.Use of any trademarks or trade names is for identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement.No portion of this podcast may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Thirty Five Productions LLC, except for brief quotations used for purposes of review, commentary, or promotion.

Alexander Foitzik, Freiburg/i. Br., Katholische Kirche: Die Marien-Geschichten der Evangelien bezeugen eine große Kraft

Maria spricht über ihre Brustkrebs-Diagnose, ihre Entscheidungen nach der Operation und ihren ganz persönlichen Weg im Umgang mit der Krankheit – ehrlich, reflektiert und ohne Anspruch auf Allgemeingültigkeit.

Debatemos os capítulos finais de Rerise of Poseidon e os desdobramentos de Saint Mariya. Analisamos o desfecho da turma de Poseidon, destacando o papel de Kanon e o sacrifício dos Marinas para salvar a Terra de meteoritos invocados pela deusa Nêmesis. Abordamos as referências visuais e narrativas de outras obras, questionando o equilíbrio entre homenagem e plágio no trabalho do autor. Além disso, soltamos a mão de Saint Mariya com a caracterização de personagens clássicos como Kiki, Shun e Mu. ACESSE Blog: http://podcastsaintseiya.blogspot.com.brSimpleCast: http://simplecast.com/PodcastSaintSeiyaFeed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podcastsaintseiyaDiscord: https://discordapp.com/invite/T9JVaWS

Vi har fått spännande frågor till Andliga klubben från Helena en av våra lyssnare.Frågor som tar oss rakt in i meditationens inre värld.Helena undrar: Varför ser man färger och vad betyder de olika färgerna? Ser man oftast en färg eller flera?Vi pratar också om hur du som är nybörjare kan börja meditera på egen hand:Hur kommer man igång hemma, bortom yogapasset?I det här avsnittet utforskar vi färgernas möjliga budskap, vad som händer i sinnet när vi stillar oss.Och delar enkla, jordnära tips för dig som vill bjuda in mer närvaro och lugn i din vardag.Känner du dig nyfiken på att utforska meditationens värld, oavsett om du är nybörjare eller har mediterat tidigare.Då kan du kika in Maria Dupals kurser och se om de kan vara ett stöd på din resa.Marias kurser hittar du här:https://astro.dupal.se/dinvagHär hittar du mer information om de böcker Maria läste ur:Böcker - The Spiritual Design serien & Notes from the 2nd Dimensions. - ASKMedverkande:Sofie Langeborg, Anders Ahlin, Maria Dupal och Katri Kingstedt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was, wenn wirklich alles im Leben für dich geschieht selbst das, was du nicht verstehst?Maria hatte nie Angst vor dem Tod… und genau das hat ihr Leben verändert.In dieser tiefgehenden Folge von „Wenn das Leben spricht“ erzählt Maria ihre persönliche Geschichte – ehrlich, berührend und voller Vertrauen.Aufgewachsen als jüngstes von sechs Kindern auf einem Bauernhof, geprägt von Familie, Verlust und innerer Stärke, hat sie früh gelernt, was es bedeutet, dem Leben zu vertrauen selbst dann, wenn es schmerzt.Heute ist sie Mutter von vier Kindern, lebt eine stabile Partnerschaft, führt einen Bauernhof und folgt gleichzeitig ihrer spirituellen Berufung als Channelmedium. Doch dieser Weg war nicht immer leicht.Wir sprechen über den plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters, über Herausforderungen im Familienleben, über Beziehungen, die bewusst gepflegt werden – und über die tiefe Erkenntnis, dass alles im Leben einen Sinn haben kann.Maria teilt, warum sie keine Angst vor dem Tod hat, wie sie gelernt hat, Gefühle wirklich zu fühlen, und weshalb wahre Erfüllung nicht im Außen entsteht, sondern im Vertrauen ins Leben.Diese Folge lädt dich ein, deinen eigenen Weg zu hinterfragen, dich selbst wieder mehr zu spüren und vielleicht ein Stück mehr Vertrauen in dein Leben zu entwickeln.Denn vielleicht ist genau diese Geschichte jetzt zu dir gekommen, nicht zufällig.Wenn dich diese Folge berührt hat, teile sie mit einem Menschen, der sie gerade hören darf.Und wenn du deine eigene Geschichte erzählen möchtest, anonym oder persönlich, schreibe mir an:echtspirituell@gmail.comVielleicht sitzt du schon bald hier.Miriam

Om en förälder eller nära släkting får en minnessjukdom är det lätt att undra om det är jag som står näst på tur. Är det jag själv som är sjuk kan det innebära en stor oro för att mina egna barn i framtiden också kommer drabbas. Men hur stor betydelse har egentligen arvet och hur mycket kan jag själv påverka? I detta avsnitt borrar vi oss ner i ärftligheten för den vanligaste minnessjukdomen – Alzheimers sjukdom. Medverkar i samtalet gör Charlotte Magnusson, tidigare byggnadsingenjör som fick en alzheimerdiagnos när hon var 56 år. Nu bygger hon ett sommarhus på Gotland, har skaffat hund och vill leva livet, så länge hon bara kan. Charlotte är orolig för sina vuxna barn. Kommer även de att få sjukdomen? Maria Cavalli, anhörig och grundare av kunskapsportalerna En bra plats, Demenslotsen Alzheimerguiden och Lewyguiden. Marias pappa blev sjuk i alzheimer när hon bara var femton år och hon har flera i sin släkt som är drabbade. Själv har Maria valt att inte ta reda på mer om sitt arv. Varför då? Karin Hållsten, journalist som gjort radiodokumentären ”Du som brukade vara min mamma”, där vi får följa Karin och hennes mamma när hon insjuknar i alzheimer. Karin vill veta allt om sitt arv. Men vad händer om hon, som står mitt i livet, får veta att hon också kommer bli sjuk? Sara García-Ptacek, docent i neurovetenskap och specialistläkare på Karolinska Institutet. I sitt arbete möter hon många patienter med alzheimer och hjälper oss reda ut snårigheterna kring ärftligheten. Samtalsledare är Johanna Hinteregger, själv anhörig. Podden görs i samarbete med Demensförbundet.

Prædiken af Daniel Lind ved gudstjenesten d. 7. april 2026, om Marias møde med den genopstandne Kristus. Du kan selv sætte lyden på pause, når der gives spørgsmål til overvejelse.

Novetats que apunten alt i descobertes que demanen pista. 01 Paris Paloma - "Miyazaki" 02 Martin Oh - "Technology" 03 The Parade - "I'm a dreamer" 04 Kadebostany - "The outsider (feat. Alex Sid)" 05 Coyote Theory - "Let me down" 06 Diara - "Si eL sOL mE Lo Pid3" 07 Kelsey Lu - "Running to pain" 08 Claudia Allmang - "W3T DREAM" 09 Nastallat - "Jota soft launch" 10 Carla Poch - "Cos a cos" 11 Olive Jones - "Mary" 12 Kara Boi - "La sensaci

"Josef tok legemet, svøpte det i et rent linklede og ladet i en ny grav, som var hogd ut til ham selv i bergveggen." (Matt. 27, 59-60)Vet du, jeg syns det er så nydelig. Det var en Josef som tokimot Jesus da Han ble født, og en Josef som tok seg av Ham da Han døde. Navnet "Josef" har sammenheng med det hebraiske ordet for "å gi enda en", kan vi lese iGamletestamentet (1. Mos. 30, 24), og det er som om det vitner om at Gud ga Jesus enda en far. Josef, Marias mann, hører vi om fram til Jesus ble igjen i templet da Han var 12 år. Etter det nevnes han ikke mer, og det tolkes som at han døde en gang før Jesus begynte gjerningen sin i 30-års alderen. Nå var Jesus død, henrettet sammen med forbrytere. Hvem kunne gi Ham en verdig begravelse? Da er det altså at Gud sender enda en Josef inn på banen. En rik rådsherre, god og rettskaffen, en hemmelig disippel av Jesus, forteller Bibelen (Luk. 23, 50-51; Joh. 19, 38). Der var en Josef både vedbegynnelsen og ved slutten av Jesu jordiske liv. Gud har omsorg for selv de minste detaljer. Og nettopp den omsorgen der kan vi få dvele litt ved denne påska, en omsorg som også innbefatter hele frelsesplanen for å føre oss framtil det evige liv! Skrevet og lest av Eli Fuglestad for Norea Håpets Kvinner.

Möt Mia Lövheim och Pär Alexandersson i ett samtal om Ebba Pauli och Anna Sörensen; två viktiga gestalter för det tidiga 1900-talets socialpolitik och pedagogiska reformer. De ingick också i tidens sociala och kulturella nätverk och deltog i det offentliga samtalet. Kändisar helt enkelt! Samtalet leds av Maria Södling.

Campus Indie Pop Rock, une émission de Radio Campus Tours, un lundi sur deux de 20h à 21h. Voici le podcast et la playlist de l'émission du 23 mars 2026 : Anna Calvi – God’s Lonely Man Morgan Nagler – Hurt The Fray – A Light That Waits Beabadoobee, The Marias – All I Did […] L'article Campus Indie Pop Rock – 23 Mars 2026 est apparu en premier sur Radio Campus Tours - 99.5 FM.

2026 - 03 - 22 Lars Petter Ødegaard - Marias budskapsdag by Misjonssalen Ålesund

I denne prædiken tager sognepræst Jóannis Fonsdal os med ind i to stærke bibelske øjeblikke: Saras stille latter og Marias modige ja. Begge står over for et løfte, der virker umuligt – og begge oplever, at Gud handler trofast midt i det, der menneskeligt set ikke kan lade sig gøre. Hvis du selv kender til tvivl, afmagt eller steder i livet, hvor du længes efter nyt håb, er denne prædiken til dig. Du får en fortælling om Guds nærvær i det små, om håb der vokser, og om at vi ikke står alene – heller ikke når noget virker uoverkommeligt.

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No mês em que a luta das mulheres por direitos, respeito e liberdade ganha ainda mais visibilidade, a história de duas grandes maranhenses chega ao audiovisual com o lançamento do curta de animação Marias do Maranhão. O filme está disponível nesta segunda-feira (16), no canal Minha Velha São Luís (youtube.com/@minhavelhasaoluis), no YouTube.

Cecilia Nahnfeldt och Maria Södling berättar här om Emilia Fogelklou och Ester Lutteman, två kvinnor som bröt ny mark i kyrka och samhälle under det tidiga 1900-talet. Har deras respektive budskap och livsgärning något att säga oss idag? Samtalet leds av Kristina Helgesson Kjellin.

I søndagens tekst for 22.mars  les vi teksta Lukas 1, 26-38. I kyrkjeåret er det Marias bodskapsdag, og i ein samtale med Karl Johan Bjørge, prost i Nordre Sunnmøre prosti, får vi høyre om kva søndagens tekst handlar om.

On this episode George and Maria discuss Naxos, a popular island to visit, great for island hopping as it is perfectly combined with many islands in the Cyclades!Tune in to hear more about Naxos and enjoy some bonus content at the end with George and Marias top picks in Naxos.Greek phrase shared on the episode: Naxos, the largest island of the Cyclades: Náxos, to megalýtero nisí ton Kykládon (In Greek: Νάξος, το μεγαλύτερο νησί των Κυκλάδων).Available Itineraries/Top Picks:Athens, Santorini, Paros (+ Antiparos) and the Athens RivieraParos (+ Antiparos) ItineraryParos (+ Antiparos) e-map - Free as bonus content for patreon subscribersFurther podcast listening:Paros/Naxos and the Small CycladesAlternative islands with kidsAmorgosFolegandrosTinosSyrosAthens - A Greek-endGreek Islands for Solo TravellersTop Greek Islands without a carThe Athens RivieraExpress Skopelitis: https://www.smallcycladeslines.gr/en/home/Do you need help planning your trip to Greece? Then book a travel consultation with Maria. Click here.Do you need help planning your trip to Greece? Then book a travel consultation with Maria. Click here.Visit the website: www.mygreekis.land for inspiration, itineraries and more.Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @mygreekislandSubscribe and leave a rating and review!To support the show further sign up to Patreon for ad free episodes and exclusive content here.There are 227 inhabited Greek Islands, which one will YOU visit next?#MGIPODCAST Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Evangelium Jesu Christi nach Johannes (Joh 9,1.6-9.13-17.34-38)Von der Blindheit zum Sehen: die erlösende Menschwerdung und die Barmherzigkeit GottesMaria und Christus: das wahre Sehen im Herzen der BarmherzigkeitZur Anmeldung:http://exerzitien-online.karmel.at/Anlässlich des doppelten Jubiläums von Johannes vom Kreuz (1726-1926-2026):300. Jahrestag seiner Heiligsprechung (1726)100. Jahrestag seiner Ernennung zum Kirchenlehrer (1926)Wir bieten Ihnen Online-Exerzitien in der Schule des Heiligen Johannes vom Kreuz zur Vorbereitung auf Ostern an. Während dieser Exerzitien werden wir im Lichte der Evangelien unsere Beziehung zu Jesus vertiefen, um im Heiligen Geist unsere Vertrautheit mit ihm und mit dem Vater in der Tiefe unseres Herzens wiederzufinden. Es wird ein Weg der inneren Befreiung sein, auf dem Johannes vom Kreuz unser sicherer Führer sein wird. Er wird uns in einer zunehmend nach außen gerichteten Welt lehren, unser tiefstes Inneres wiederzufinden, wo Christus, der Bräutigam der Kirche, uns begegnen und reinigen will, damit wir mit ihm im Feuer des Heiligen Geistes zu den geliebten Kindern des Vaters werden.Ein Angebot von:Verlag Christliche Innerlichkeit - http://www.ci-verlag.atKarmeliten in Österreich - http://www.karmel.atMarienschwestern vom Karmel - http://www.marienschwestern.atEdith Stein Gesellschaft Österreich - http://www.edith-stein-gesellschaft.atSupport the show

Do you need help planning your trip to Greece? Then book a travel consultation with Maria. Click here.To support the show, for ad free episodes and exclusive content sign up here.On this episode George and Maria discuss Milos, a popular island to visit because it has a never ending number of beaches and some of the best waters in Greece!Tune in to hear more about Milos and enjoy some bonus content at the end with Marias top picks in Milos.Greek phrase shared on the episode: I tried the Milos pumpkin spoon sweet and it was tasty: Dokímasa to kouféto tis Mílou kai ítan nóstimo (In Greek: Δοκίμασα το κουφέτο της Μήλου και ήταν νόστιμο).Websites for festivals:https://milos.gr/en/home/https://www.e-kyklades.gr/travel/tourism/milos_eventsEurovision song by Giorgos Alkaios filmed in Milos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmeCC53FKes&list=RDbmeCC53FKes&start_radio=1Further podcast listening:The best of SantoriniMy Greek WineGreek Islands for solo travellersWhere to stay in SantoriniWhere to stay in AthensAthens - A GreekendFolegandrosDo you need help planning your trip to Greece? Then book a travel consultation with Maria. Click here.Visit the website: www.mygreekis.land for inspiration, itineraries and more.Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @mygreekislandSubscribe and leave a rating and review!To support the show further sign up to Patreon for ad free episodes and exclusive content here.There are 227 inhabited Greek Islands, which one will YOU visit next?#MGIPODCAST Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK IN THE CABIN WE DISCUSS DRUNKEN RACCOONS, MENS ODD TASTES IN WOMEN, HISTORIC GLORY HOLES AND MARIA'S MALE SEX ROBOT

Mining Stock Daily interviews Joaquin Marias, CEO of Argenta Silver, discussing the company's recent developments and drill results from the El Quevar project, including a significant copper discovery at the Carmen target. The discussion covers exploration progress, geological insights, drilling strategies, and the impact of market dynamics on financing and capital allocation. Marias emphasizes the excitement surrounding the company's future prospects and the importance of continued exploration and resource expansion following its recent financing.

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Ett reflekterande julbudskap av Christopher Fränberg, Senior Pastor i SOS Church Stockholm, inspirerat av Lukasevangeliet kapitel 2.En stark påminnelse om Marias hjärta — hur hon bevarade Guds löften och begrundade dem i tro.

Mining Stock Daily discusses the recent surge in the silver market and its impact on Argenta Silver, led by CEO Joaquin Marias. The discussion covers the company's new discovery at the Andrea Exploration Target, data-driven exploration strategies, and insights into the El Quevar South area. Marias emphasizes the importance of systematic exploration and the imminent results from their drilling program, highlighting the potential for significant silver and other mineral discoveries.

"I really love instrumentation and production and lyrics and... giving people a feeling that they can relate to." Joining us from the seclusion of the Artist Lounge at Vans Warped Tour in Orlando, Huddy breaks down what it means to be an artist in the modern alternative scene. While often associated with the new wave of pop-punk, this conversation dives deep into the music history and influences that shape his sound—specifically his current obsession with heavy hitters like I Prevail and the "violent nature" of their tracks.We explore the "spirit of emo," moving past the aesthetic to focus on the raw instrumentation and relatable lyrics that defined the genre's history. Huddy opens up about festival anxiety, the frustration of set-time conflicts, and the sonic evolution behind his new single, "Burn the Ballroom Down." Whether you are a nostalgic millennial or discovering the scene today, this episode connects the dots between personal growth and the changing landscape of alternative music. Key Topics & Timestamps:Introduction: Soaking in the weather at Vans Warped Tour OrlandoDealing with festival anxiety and watching from the Artist LoungeCurrent heavy rotation: Discovering I Prevail and "Violent Nature"The Artist's Dilemma: Playing a set while your favorite band is on stageDefining the Genre: Why Huddy believes emo is a spirit, not a lookThe story behind the new single "Burn the Ballroom Down"Pivoting to a more mature, alternative soundNew influences: The Marias, Scouse rap, and Tame Impala Guest/Band Links:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/huddyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/huddyTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@huddyOfficial Website: https://www.huddyMusic.com Episode Highlights:"It's not fair. But at the same time, it's just artist problems, you know? You know, just girly things.""I discovered the Marias this year... and I really f***ing love them.""It's about the message... how you put it and what you stand for." JOIN THE CLUB! Youtube: https://emosocial.club/youtube Instagram: https://emosocial.club/instagram TikTok: https://emosocial.club/tiktok Twitch: https://emosocialclub.tv Discord: https://emosocial.club/discord Facebook: https://emosocial.club/facebook Twitter: https://emosocial.club/twitter Support the Show:Leave a review on Apple Podcasts/SpotifyShare this episode with a friend who needs to hear itSupport us and watch exclusive episodes: https://emosocialclub.tvIt was never just a phase. We connect the Myspace era to today's waves.

Björn Rosenström studerar juridik på dagarna på nätterna gör han succé som könsrockare. Men till slut måste han välja. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Juriststudenten Björn Rosenström har egentligen aldrig någon ambition att bli musiker eller att sälja skivor. På 90-talets studentfester uppträder han med sina egenskrivna låtar med texter i samma härad som Eddie Meduza och Onkel Kånkel.Så småningom bestämmer han sig för att spela in sina låtar i en studio.– Du är inte klok, det kan du inte göra, blir kompisen Marias reaktion på Björns inspelningsplaner.Det slutar med att skivan ”Låtar som är sådär” mot alla odds säljer över 140 000 exemplar – men den blir också avskydd och hatad.Björn Rosenström om bilden av honomBjörn Rosenströms hobby som musiker och hans arbete i tingsrätten ska dock visa sig bli en svår kombination. Han minns särskilt att en spelning på Folkets park i Huskvarna blev en stor grej. Spelningen beskriver han som ett fylleslag som gick till historien.– Det spädde väl på ryktet om den här bestialiske sexisten uppe i Mariestad som kommer och förstör livet för folk. Det blev väl en sådan mediabild av mig, säger Björn Rosenström.Det här är berättelsen om hur det gick till när juristen Björn Rosenström blev könsrockare på heltid och ett självklart namn på landets livescener. Dokumentären är gjord 2025.Reporter: Bo Sjökvist Producenter: Ola Hemström och Sofia KottorpTekniker: David Hellgren

In this episode of the Amicable Divorce Network Podcast, host Tracy Ann Moore-Grant is joined by Las Vegas-based attorney and holistic family law practitioner Dara Marias, author of Chapter 70 in the book Divorce Amicably: Your Roadmap to Resolution. Together, they dive into what it truly means to prioritize your children during and after divorce.From modeling emotional intelligence to creating consistent routines and shifting into a business-style relationship with your co-parent, Dara shares tangible, compassionate strategies to help parents reduce conflict, strengthen communication, and raise resilient, emotionally secure children.Whether you're in the thick of custody discussions or simply want to co-parent more effectively, this episode offers actionable advice to help you center your children—and your values—through it all.Want to connect with Dara Marias?Visit: https://daramariaslaw.comEmail: contact@daramariaslaw.com

Leger om livet fyller 5 år! Og det vil jeg feire med å dele podcastens mest lyttede til episode: Hvordan få bedre selvfølelse - med psykolog Maria Abrahamsen, også kjent som profilen bak @psyktdeg. Maria har et brennende engasjement for å styrke den psykologiske folkehelsa i befolkningen og jeg har gledet meg lenge til å kunne dele av hennes kunnskap. Vi går inn på følgende:Hvordan kan man få god selvfølelse?Hvordan påvirker tankene våre selvfølelsen vår?Hvordan kan man håndtere skam?Hvordan kan man endre de negative tankene man sier til seg selv?Hvordan kan negative tanker om seg selv påvirke andre?Hvordan trene opp evnen til å sette pris på seg selv?Hva synes Maria om å bli en offentlig person?Hvordan møte kritikk på en god måte?Hvordan hjelpe seg selv med eksponeringsterapi?Marias beste råd for å håndtere overgangen fra hjemmekontor til fysisk tilstedeværelse på jobb. 3 konkrete råd for å øke selvfølelsen.Hva tenker Maria skal til for å få et godt liv?Mer fra Maria:InstagramBoken Psykt degTed talk verdt å seGood relationships keep us healthier and happierhttps://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happinessTusen takk til månedens sponsor Northern Playground, sjekk ut nettsiden deres herØnsker deg en kjempe fin uke! Alt godt,Annette Følg meg gjerne på instagram.com/dr.annettedraglandwww.annettedragland.no Disclaimer: Innholdet i podcasten og på nettsiden er ikke ment å utgjøre eller erstatte profesjonell medisinsk rådgivning, diagnose eller behandling. Søk alltid råd fra legen din eller annet kvalifisert helsepersonell hvis du har spørsmål angående en medisinsk tilstand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Navigating a divorce is never easy—but trying to co-parent with someone who actively undermines or antagonizes you can feel impossible. In Chapter 72 of Divorce Amicably, holistic family law attorney and Amicable Ambassador Dara Marias brings a powerful reminder: “You don't need a cooperative co-parent to have an amicable divorce. You just need an ecosystem of professionals who are.”In this episode, host Tracy Moore-Grant and Dara discuss how to stay calm, centered, and child-focused—even when the other parent is anything but.Dara practices with Kainen Law Group in Las Vegas.

Chegamos ao episódio final da série!Neste episódio, Fernando Marcato retoma a história do saneamento a partir do período da Lava Jato e do impeachment da presidente Dilma, chegando à criação do Programa de Parcerias de Investimentos (PPI) no governo Michel Temer. Ele explica como o PPI e o BNDES ganharam papel estratégico na estruturação de concessões e privatizações, destacando o protagonismo de nomes como Adalberto Vasconcelos, Marco Aurélio Barcelos, Tarcísio de Freitas e Maria Sílvia Bastos.Fernando descreve como a mudança de postura do BNDES, de financiador para estruturador de projetos, reorganizou o setor e abriu caminho para o novo marco legal de saneamento de 2020. Ele detalha os efeitos práticos dessa transição, o impacto da cláusula que afetava contratos de programa em caso de privatização, e como isso levou à necessidade de atualizar o marco regulatório.O episódio percorre a estruturação da concessão da CEDAE no Rio de Janeiro, ainda antes do novo marco, e a sequência de projetos estaduais liderados pelo BNDES, como no Ceará, Alagoas e Amapá. Fernando analisa também algumas privatizações e avanços que fizeram parte da consolidação do cenário atual do saneamento no Brasil.Somos o primeiro podcast brasileiro voltado exclusivamente para temas relacionados à infraestrutura.#utilidadepublica #infraestrutura #saneamento #historiadobrasil #serviçopublico

CEO Joaquin Marias of Argenta Silver discusses the company's recent drill results, the implications of Argentina's midterm elections, and the upcoming summer drill program. The conversation highlights the positive outlook for the mining sector in Argentina following the election of President Javier Milei, who is expected to implement free market reforms that could benefit the industry. Marias also shares insights on the Yaxtché deposit and the potential for gold mineralization in the El Quevar project.

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As Silver Keeps Rallying, Argenta Silver Just Drilled 453 g/t In A 70-Meter Step-Out Hole As the silver price continues to rally, Argenta Silver just released their latest drill results, that came back with 545 g/t Ag over 43.20 meters, including 1,302 g/t Ag over 8.00 m. To find out more about the latest results, click to watch this recap with Argenta Silver CEO Joaquin Marias now! - Get your free copy of Arcadia's Silver Report here: https://goldandsilverdaily.substack.com/p/arcadia-silver-report-an-overview To contact Joaguin, or Vanessa in Investor relation email: Joaquín Marias: jm@argentasilver.com Vanessa Bogaert: vb@argentasilver.com - Get access to Arcadia's Daily Gold and Silver updates here: https://goldandsilverdaily.substack.com/ - To get your very own 'Silver Chopper Ben' statue go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/chopper-ben-landing-page/ - Join our free email list to be notified when a new video comes out: click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/email-signup/ - Follow Arcadia Economics on twitter at: https://x.com/ArcadiaEconomic - To get your copy of 'The Big Silver Short' (paperback or audio) go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/thebigsilvershort/ - Listen to Arcadia Economics on your favorite Podcast platforms: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/75OH2PpgUpriBA5mYf5kyY Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arcadia-economics/id1505398976 - #silver #silverprice #gold And remember to get outside and have some fun every once in a while!:) (URL0VD) This video was sponsored by Argenta Silver, and Arcadia Economics does receive compensation. For our full disclaimer go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/disclaimer-argenta-silver3/Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

Silver Supply Fears Now Being Discussed On Bloomberg For decades, silver investors have been speculating that there could one day be a shortage. And perhaps more than at any other time since silver was removed from the coinage, the signs are mounting that we could actually be on the verge of seeing something like that happen. So you'll want to see what Daniel Ghali of TD Securities said this on Bloomberg Television, about just how quickly he thinks the silver inventories can be drained. And to find out more, click to watch the video now! - To read more about the latest press results from Argenta Silver go to: https://argentasilver.com/argenta-silver-corp-drills-545-g-t-ag-over-43-20-meters-including-1302-g-t-ag-over-8-meters-in-a-70-meter-step-out-drill-hole-and-defines-a-new-exploration-target/ To contact Joaguin, or Vanessa in Investor relation email: oaquín Marias: jm@argentasilver.com Vanessa Bogaert: vb@argentasilver.com Get your free copy of Arcadia's Silver Report here: https://goldandsilverdaily.substack.com/p/arcadia-silver-report-an-overview - Get access to Arcadia's Daily Gold and Silver updates here: https://goldandsilverdaily.substack.com/ - To get your very own 'Silver Chopper Ben' statue go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/chopper-ben-landing-page/ - Join our free email list to be notified when a new video comes out: click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/email-signup/ - Follow Arcadia Economics on twitter at: https://x.com/ArcadiaEconomic - To get your copy of 'The Big Silver Short' (paperback or audio) go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/thebigsilvershort/ - Listen to Arcadia Economics on your favorite Podcast platforms: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/75OH2PpgUpriBA5mYf5kyY Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arcadia-economics/id1505398976 - #silver #silverprice #gold And remember to get outside and have some fun every once in a while!:) (URL0VD)Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

Operaspymaster you may ask? Read on and listen to this episode. In this powerful and multifaceted episode of Unstoppable Mindset, we welcome Kay Sparling, former opera singer, PTSD survivor, and now debut novelist—as she shares her incredible life journey from international stages to the shadowy world of espionage fiction. Kay talks about the creation of her first novel, Mission Thaw, a gripping spy thriller based on her own real-life experiences volunteering with refugees in post-Cold War Europe. Kay and Michael discuss the inspiration behind her protagonist, CIA agent Caitlin Stewart, and how real-world trauma and service led Kay to use fiction as both a vehicle for healing and a call to action on the modern crisis of human trafficking. This is a conversation that transcends genres—music, espionage, activism, and resilience—all converging through the unstoppable spirit of a woman who refuses to stay silent. About the Guest: Kay Sparling was raised in the Midwest. At the age of seven, she began her professional singing career as Gretl in “The Sound of Music” and she continued to perform through high school. After graduation Kay attended University of Kansas and earned a BME in music education and a minor in Vocal Performance. She then attended graduate school in opera voice performance for one year at UMKC Conservatory of Music. She was awarded a grant to finish my graduate studies in Vienna, Austria. From there she won an apprenticeship at the Vienna State Opera. After moving to NYC to complete her second apprenticeship, Kay lived in Germany, Austria, and Italy for many years. In 1999 Kay returned to NYC and continued singing opera and became a cantor for the NYC diocese. After 9/11, she served as a cantor at many of the funeral and memorial masses for the fallen first responders. In 2003, Kay moved from NYC to the upper Midwest and started a conservatory of Music and Theatre where her voice students have been awarded numerous prestigious scholarships and won many competitions. In 2020, the pandemic shut down her conservatory, so she began training to be a legal assistant and now works in workers compensation. Back in 2013, Kay had started writing a journal as a PTSD treatment. She was encouraged to extend the material into a novel. After much training and several drafts, Mission Thaw was published in 2024. Kay is currently writing the second book in the Kaitlyn Stewart Spy Thriller Series. Ways to connect with Kay: Website: https://www.kaysparlingbooks.com X: https://x.com/MissionThaw/missionthaw/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/missionthaw.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/505674375416879 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-sparling-8516b638/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missionthaw/ Litsy: https://www.litsy.com/web/user/Mission%20Thaw About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:16 Well, hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I'm your host, Mike hingson, and our guest today is a very fascinating individual. I was just teasing her a little bit about her email address, which is operaspy master@gmail.com I'm telling you, don't cross her. That's all I gotta say. Anyway, we'll, we'll get into all of that. But I really am glad that she is with us. Kay Sparling is a fascinating woman who's had an interesting career. She's written, she's done a number of things. She's used to be an opera, gosh, all sorts of stuff. So anyway, we'll get to all of it and we'll talk about it. I don't want to give it all away. Where would the fun in that be? Kay, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Kay Sparling ** 02:11 Well, thank you. I'm glad to be here. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 02:13 we're glad you're here. You're from up in Wisconsin. We were going to do this a couple of weeks ago, but you had all the storms, and it stole your internet and your power away, didn't   Kay Sparling ** 02:23 it? It sure did. Yeah, that was a terrible storm we had.   Michael Hingson ** 02:28 Yeah, that's kind of no fun. I remember years ago, I was talking to somebody on the phone. We were doing a sales call, and he said, I might not be able to stay on the phone because we're having a really serious storm, and he said it is possible that the lightning could hit the phone lines, and if it does, it could come in the house. And we talked for a few minutes, and then he said, I'm going to have to hang up, because I just felt a small shock, because the lightning obviously hit the phone line, so we'll have to talk later. And and he was gone. And we did talk later, though he was okay, but still, wow, yeah, there's a lot of crazy weather going on, isn't there? And we were just talking about the, we were just talking about the Canadian wildfires. They're No fun.   Kay Sparling ** 03:15 No, no. Just everywhere is having crazy weather.   Michael Hingson ** 03:20 Well, tell us a little bit about you growing up and all that sort of stuff, and telling me about the the early K   Kay Sparling ** 03:32 Well, growing up, I grew up in a farm community in the in the central Midwest, just you know, right in the middle of the bread basket, you might say, not near where you are now. No no, no further south and in very much agriculture time, I mean skipping ahead. I remember talking to a famous opera conductor when I was an apprentice, and I made some reference, and he goes, Well, how would you know that? And I said, because I grew up on a farm. And he went, Oh, get out here. Nobody makes it, you know, to a major European opera house from a farm. And I went, Well, I did. And later, I asked my mom to send me a picture, because we had had an aerial view taken of our homestead, and it was obvious for miles, all the way around the house and the barn and all, it was just corn fields and soybeans. You know what they showed   Michael Hingson ** 04:40 Illinois, Illinois, and so you showed it to him, yeah,   Kay Sparling ** 04:44 I showed it to him, and he was like, well, doggone, you're not lying. Like, No, I wasn't kidding you. I really did.   Michael Hingson ** 04:51 It shows how good I really am. See how far I progressed.   Kay Sparling ** 04:55 Well, you know, I was one of these kids. I. At five years old, I my parents took me to see sound and music at the theater, and during the intermission. Now I'm five years old, it's pretty late for me, right? But when we're in the concession stand, I tug at my mom's skirt, and I say, Mom, that's what I want to do. And she looks at me kind of funny, and she's kind of funny, and she's kind of confused. Well, what do you want to do work in a theater? You know, a movie theater? No, no, I want to do what those kids are doing on that on the movie screen. And she was like, Well, honey, you know, that's that's really hard to get somewhere like that. So that was when I was five. And then when I was seven, she just, you know, the all the school and the church were telling her, this kid's got a great voice, and they kept giving me solos and stuff. And so when I was seven, she put me in the Sangamon County Fair Little Miss competition. And of course, my talent was singing, so I just sang away. I really can't remember what I sang, but afterwards, a fellow came up to my parents and introduced himself, and he said that he was there, he had family, not, you know, in the area, and that he had grown up there, but since then, he he was in St Louis, and he said, we are, I'm a scout, and I'm looking, I'm an entertainment Scout, and I'm actually looking for, you know, the von trop children. We're going to do a big production, and we'd love to audition your daughter. Well, we were about, think it was an hour and a half away from St Louis, so my parents are like, wow, that'd be quite a commitment. But long story short, I did it, and that started my professional career. I was the youngest Bon Troy. You know, over cradle, yeah. And so it just went from there. And, you know, it was all Broadway, of course, and I did a lot of church singing, you know, it got to be by the time I was, you know, in high school, people were hiring me for weddings, funerals, all that kind of thing. And so I was a Broadway and sacred singer. Went to college. My parents said, you can't depend on a vocal performance degree. What if things don't work out? You have to have something fall back. So I went into vocal music ed at a very, very good school for that, and also music therapy, and, you know, continue being in their shows. And when I when I graduated, continued the Broadway, and one night I was also singing a little bit of jazz in Kansas City, where I was living, someone approached me. She was a voice teacher at the conservatory there, and that conservatory had an apprenticeship with the Kansas City Lyric Opera. And she said I knew you was an undergrad. My husband works where you, where you went to school, and I have been watching you for a long time. And I wish you quit this nonsense of singing Broadway and jazz and rock and everything and get serious, you know, and try opera. So I thought she was crazy to bring that up, but it wasn't the first time it had been brought up. So I have been teaching for a year, and at the end of that school year, I announced everyone I was going to graduate school and I was going to study opera. And so   Michael Hingson ** 08:55 what were you teaching?   Kay Sparling ** 08:57 I was teaching high school choir, okay, at a very big high school, very, very good choir department.   Michael Hingson ** 09:03 Now, by the way, after doing Gretel, did you ever have any other parts as you grew older in Sound of Music?   Kay Sparling ** 09:11 Okay, that's a very cool question. I am one of the few people that I know that can say I have sang every major role in Sound of Music sometime in my life. Ah, okay, because it was so popular when I was Oh, yeah. And as I would grow older, well now you're going to sing, you know, you just kept graduating up. And then pretty soon I sang quite a few Marias. And then after I was an opera singer. During covid, I was asked to sing Mother Superior. Mother Superior. Yeah, literally, have sung, you know, in a decades long career, I've sung every role in Sound of Music.   Michael Hingson ** 09:56 Cool. Well, that's great.   10:00 Yeah, so, so, anyway, so   Michael Hingson ** 10:02 you said that you were going to go study opera,   Kay Sparling ** 10:07 and I did a graduate school, and then I got the chance to get an international grant over to Europe, and so I decided to not finish my masters at that time and go over there and finish it, and most of all, importantly, do my first apprenticeship in Europe. And so I thought that was a great opportunity. They were willing. They were going to willing to pay for everything. And I said I would be a fool to turn this down. Yeah, so off I went, and that's kind of the rest of the story. You know, got a lot of great training, left Europe for a while, moved to New York City, trained best coaches and teachers in the world at the Metropolitan Opera and then, you know, launch my career.   Michael Hingson ** 11:04 So you Wow, you, you've done a number of things, of course, going to Europe and being in Vienna and places like that. Certainly you were in the the right place.   Kay Sparling ** 11:16 Yes, yes, definitely. You know, at that time in the in the middle 80s, United States was we had some great opera houses Iran, but we had very few. And it just wasn't the culture that it was in Europe, in Europe. And so, yes, there was a lot more opportunity there, because there was such a culture established there already.   Michael Hingson ** 11:44 So you went off and you did Europe and saying opera, what were you a soprano? Or what were you that sounds like a way a little high for your voice?   Kay Sparling ** 11:59 Well, you have to remember, I'm a senior citizen now. So this is the way it worked for me, because we're talking decades from the age 27 and I quit singing at 63 so that's a very long time to sing opera. So I started out, as you know, there is a voice kind of category, and each one of those, we use a German word for that. It's called Foch, F, A, C, H, and you know, that is determined by the kind of vocal cords you have, and the kind of training and the literature you're singing, and hopefully that all meshes together if you have good coaches and a good agent and such. And I literally have seen so many different Fox lyric, lyric mezzo, then to, very shortly, lyric soprano, and then for a long time, spinto soprano, which would be the Puccini and a lot of them really popular things. And then I was, I felt I was quite lucky that my voice did have the strength and did mature into a Verdi soprano, which is a dramatic soprano, not many of those around. And so that was, that was an endeavor, but at the same time, that was a leg up. And so most of the time in my career, I sang the bigger Puccini, like, let's say Tosca, and I sang a lot of Verdi. So I was an Italian opera singer. I mostly sang in Italian, not to say that I didn't sing in German or French, but I did very little in comparison to the   Michael Hingson ** 13:56 Italian Well, there's a lot of good Italian opera out there, although mostly I don't understand it, but I don't speak Italian well.   Kay Sparling ** 14:07 The great thing about most houses now is, you know, you can just look at the back of the seat in front of you, and there's the translation, you know, yeah, that   Michael Hingson ** 14:18 doesn't work for me. Being blind, that doesn't work for you. Yeah, that's okay, though, but I like the music, yeah. So how long ago did you quit singing?   Kay Sparling ** 14:32 Um, just about, well, under, just a little under three years ago, okay?   Michael Hingson ** 14:38 And why did you quit? This was the right time,   Kay Sparling ** 14:42 senses or what I had a circumstance, I had to have throat surgery. Now it wasn't on my vocal cords, but it was on my thyroid, and unfortunately, the vocal cord nerve. They had to take out some Cyst On. My right thyroid, and then remove it too. And unfortunately, my vocal cords were damaged at that time, I would have probably be singing still now some you know, I mean, because dramatic sopranos just can go on and on and on. One of my mentors was Birgit Nielsen, famous singer from Sweden, and she was in my grandmother's generation, but she didn't, I went to work with her, and she demonstrated at 77 she could still pop out of high C. And I believe, I believe I would have been able to do that too, but you know, circumstances, you know, changed, but that's okay. Yeah, I had sung a long time, and at least I can speak. So I'm just very happy about that.   Michael Hingson ** 15:51 So when you did quit singing, what did you decide to go do? Or, or, How did, how did you progress from there?   Kay Sparling ** 16:01 Well, I had already made a transition where I had come in 2003 to the Midwest. I came back from New York City, where I lived many, many years, and I started a conservatory of music and acting, and then that kind of grew into a whole conservatory of music. So I was also a part time professor here in Wisconsin, and I taught voice, you know, one on one vocal lessons, so high school and college and graduate school, and so I had this huge studio. So when that happened, I wasn't getting to sing a whole lot, because I was much more focused on my students singing me at that point, especially the older ones, professional ones, and so, you know, I just kept teaching and and then I had started this book that I'm promoting now, and so that gave me more time to get that book finished   Michael Hingson ** 17:10 and published. What's the name of the book?   Kay Sparling ** 17:13 The book is called Mission, thaw.   Michael Hingson ** 17:16 Ah, okay, and what is it about   Kay Sparling ** 17:22 mission thaw is feminist spy thriller set at the very end of the Cold War in the late 80s, and the main protagonist is Caitlin Stewart, who it who has went over there to be an opera singer, and soon after she arrives, is intensely recruited by the CIA. They have a mission. They really, really need a prima donna Mozart soprano, which is what Caitlin was, and she had won a lot of competitions and won a grant to go over there, and so they had been vetting her in graduate school in the United States. And soon as she came to Europe, they they recruited her within a couple weeks of her being there, and she, of course, is totally blindsided by that. When they approach her, she had she she recognized that things were not exactly the way they should be, that people were following her, and she was trying to figure out who, are these people and why are they following me everywhere? Well, it ends up being young CIA agents, and so when the head chief and his, you know, the second chief, approach her, you know, she's not real happy, because she's already felt violated, like her privacy has been violated, and so she wasn't really too wonderful of listening to them and their needs. And so they just sort of apprehend her and and throw her in a car, in a tinted window Mercedes, and off they go to a park to talk to her, right? And so it's all like crazy movie to Caitlin. It's like, what is going on here? And, you know, she can tell they're all Americans, and they have dark suits on, even though it's very, very hot, and dark glasses, you know? So everything is just like a movie. And so when they approach her and tell her about what they need her to do, you know, and this would be in addition to the apprentice she is doing that, you know, she just gets up and says, I'm sorry I didn't come over and be in cloak and dagger. A, you know, ring, I'm getting out of here. And as she's walking away, the chief says, Well, what if you could help bring down the Berlin Wall? Well, now that stops her in her tracks, and she turns around. She goes, What are you kidding? I'm just a, you know, an opera apprentice from the Midwest grew up on a farm. What am I gonna do? Hit a high C and knock it down. I mean, what are you talking about?   Michael Hingson ** 20:28 Hey, Joshua, brought down the wealth of Jericho, after all. Well, yeah, some   Kay Sparling ** 20:34 later, someone tells her that, actually, but, but anyway, they say, well, sit down and we'll explain what we need you to do. And so the the initial job that Caitlin accepts and the CIA to be trained to do is what they call a high profile information gap. She has a wonderful personality. She's really pretty. She's very fashionable, so she can run with the jet set. And usually the jet set in Europe, the opera jet set is also where all the heads of states hang out, too. And at that time, the the Prime Minister was pretty much banking the Vienna State Opera where she was apprenticing. So he ends up being along with many other Western Austrian businessmen in a cartel of human trafficking. Who they are trafficking are all the the different citizens of the countries that USSR let go. You know, when you know just got to be too much. Remember how, oh yeah, we're going to let you go. Okay? And then they would just pull out. And there was no infrastructure. There was nothing. And these poor people didn't have jobs, they didn't have electricity. The Russian mafia was running in there trying to take, you know, take over. It was, it was chaos. And so these poor people were just packing up what they could to carry, and literally, sometimes walking or maybe taking a train into the first Western European country they could get to. And for a lot of them, just because the geographical area that was Austria. And so basically, the Austrians did not want these people, and they were being very unwelcoming and arresting a lot of them, and there was a lot of lot of bad behavior towards these refugees. And so the Catholic church, the Catholic Social Services, the Mennonite Relief Fund, the the UN and the Red Cross started building just tent after tent after tent on the edge of town for these people to stay at. And so the businessmen decide, well, we can traffic these people that have nothing over to the East Germans, who will promise them everything, but will give them nothing. But, you know, death camps, basically, just like in World War Two. So you have work camps, you have factories. They they don't feed these people correctly. They don't they don't give them anything that they promise to them in in the camps. And they say, Okay, be on this train at this time, this night. And then they stop somewhere in between Vienna and East Germany, in a very small train station in the middle of the Alps. And they have these large, you know, basic slave options. And unfortunately, the children in the older people get sent back to the camp because they don't need them or want them. So all the children get displaced from their families, as well as the senior citizens or anyone with a disability. And then, you know, the men and the women that can work are broken up as well, and they're sent to these, you know, they're bought by these owners of these factories and farms, and the beautiful women, of course, are sold to either an individual that's there in East German that just wants to have a sex aid, pretty much. Or even worse, they could be sold to an underground East Berlin men's club. And so terrible, terrible things happen to the women in particular, and the more that Caitlin learns. As she's being trained about what's happening, and she interviews a lot of these women, and she sees the results of what's happened, it, it, it really strengthens her and gives her courage. And that's a good thing, because as time goes through the mission, she ends up having to be much, much more than just a high profile social, you know, information gather. She ends up being a combat agent and so, but that that's in the mission as you read, that that happens gradually and so, what? What I think is really a good relationship in this story, is that the one that trains her, because this is actually both CIA and MI six are working on this, on this mission, thought and the director of the whole mission is an very seasoned mi six agent who everyone considers the best spy in the free world. And Ian Fleming himself this, this is true. Fact. Would go to this man and consult with him when he was writing a new book, to make sure you know that he was what he was saying is, Could this really happen? And that becomes that person, Clive Matthews become praying, Caitlyn, particularly when she has to start changing and, you know, defending herself. And possibly, you know,   Michael Hingson ** 26:38 so he becomes her teacher in   Kay Sparling ** 26:42 every way. Yes. So how   Michael Hingson ** 26:45 much? Gee, lots of questions. First of all, how much of the story is actually   Kay Sparling ** 26:50 true? All this story is true. The   Michael Hingson ** 26:53 whole mission is true. Yes, sir. And so how did you learn about this? What? What caused you to start to decide to write this story?   Kay Sparling ** 27:08 So some of these experiences are my own experiences. And so after I as an opera singer, decided to be a volunteer to help out these refugees. I witnessed a lot, and so many years later, I was being treated for PTSD because of what I'd witnessed there. And then a little bit later in Bosnia in the early 90s, and I was taking music therapy and art therapy, and my psychiatrist thought that it'd be a good idea if also I journaled, you know, the things that I saw. And so I started writing things, and then I turned it in, and they had a person that was an intern that was working with him, and both of them encouraged me. They said, wow, if, if there's more to say about this, you should write a book, cuz this is really, really, really good stuff. And so at one point I thought, Well, why not? I will try. So this book is exactly what happened Caitlin, you know, is a real person, and everyone in the book is real. Of course, I changed the names to protect people and their descriptions, but I, you know, I just interviewed a lot of spies that were involved. So, yes, this is a true story.   Michael Hingson ** 29:06 Did you do most of this? Then, after your singing career, were you writing while the career, while you were singing?   Kay Sparling ** 29:13 I was writing while I was still singing. Yeah, I started the book in 2015 Okay, and because, as I was taking the PTSD treatment and had to put it on the shelf several times, life got in the way. I got my my teaching career just really took off. And then I was still singing quite a bit. And then on top of it, everything kind of ceased in 2018 when my mother moved in with me and she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but Louie body Alzheimer's, which is a very, very rough time, and so I became one of her caretakers. So I quit singing, put that on hold, and I. I had to really, really bring down the number in my studio I was teaching and spend time here at home. And so I would take care of her, but then after she would go to bed, and she'd go to bed much earlier than I wanted to, that's when I write, and that's when I got the lion's share of this book written. Was during that time, it was a great escape from what I was dealing with, believe it or not, you know, even though there's some real graphic things in the book and all it wasn't, it was a nice distraction.   Michael Hingson ** 30:36 Wow, so you, you lived this, needless to say,   Kay Sparling ** 30:41 Yes, I did, and yes.   Michael Hingson ** 30:45 So you've talked a little bit about what happened to these countries after the collapse of the USSR and communism and so on, these eastern companies, companies, countries. Has it changed much over the years.   Kay Sparling ** 31:03 Oh, yeah, for instance, one, you know, I went to Budapest after they were freed, I guess is what usr would say. Stayed in a five star hotel, and we were lucky if we had running water and electricity at the same time. And every time you went down on the streets, all you'd see is lines, you know, I mean, just because there'd be all like, Red Cross, etc, would be there, and they'd have these big trucks they drove in every day, and it just got to be because they had nothing. If you saw a truck, you'd start running towards it and get in line. You didn't care what it was, you know, and it was. And then fights would break out because they wouldn't have enough for everyone. And then, like, you know, maybe someone's walking away with a bag of rice, and some of us knock them over the head and take, you know, and it was very hard, you know, I was a volunteer there, and it was very, very hard to see this, you know, desperation, one story that I'd like to tell, and I put it in the book. I was riding my bike, you know, on a Friday afternoon to get some groceries at the nearest supermarket where my apartment was, and at that time, they still had the European hours, so they were going to close at five o'clock, and they weren't going to open until seven or eight on Monday morning. So you had to make sure you got there to get your weekend supply. So I was on my way, and I was parking my bike, and this woman, refugee woman, runs up and she has two small children with her, and she's carrying a baby, and she's speaking to me in a language I did not know. I do speak several languages, but I don't know Slavic languages and so, but I'm getting the gist of it that she has nothing to eat, neither do her children, and so I'm patting her on the shoulder, and right when I do that, a policeman that was guarding the door of the supermarket came up to me and, like, grabbed me really hard, and told me in German that I was not To speak to them, and I was not to help them, because if you help them, they'll stay. And I said to him in German, I'm an American. I am not Austrian. I am here on a work visa, and I can do whatever the hell I want to do. Well, he didn't like that. And so I just walked away from him, and I went in the store. And so I got up everything I get. Think of the big need, you know, I never had a baby, so I was trying to kind of figure that out, yeah, and I had to figure it out in German, you know, looking at labels now. And so finally I got, I got some stuff, you know, the stuff I needed, and, and, and the stuff that I got for the family, and I checked out, and I'm pushing the cart, you know, towards them. And he runs up beside me and stops me, and he says, I am going to arrest you if you bring that. I told you not to help them. And I said, again, I don't think I'm breaking any laws. And he said, Oh yes, you are. And I said, Well, I didn't read that in the papers. I didn't see it on TV where anyone said. That you cannot help a refugee. And so we're going back and forth. And so, you know, I'm pretty strong, so I just keep pushing it towards it. Well, she's kind of running down the park, and I'm like, wait, wait, you know, because she's getting scared of this guy, you know, he has a gun, he has a nightstick. Of course, she's scared, and so, you know, I would say, No, no, it's okay, because I can't speak for language, right? And so I'm just trying to give her body language and talk. Well, finally she does stop, and I just throw I give the one sack to the little boy, and one second little girl, they just run and and then, you know, I'm talking to her and saying, you know, it's okay, it's okay. And he grabs me, and he turns me around and he spits in my face.   Michael Hingson ** 35:53 Wow. Talk about breaking the law. But anyway, go ahead.   Kay Sparling ** 36:00 Welcome to Austria in the late 80s. You have to understand their Prime Minister Kurt voltheim won on the Nazi ticket. Mm, hmm. At that very time, if you got on a bus and you saw these businessmen going to work, at least 50% of them were reading the Nazi paper. Okay, so we kind of know what, where his affiliations lie. You know, this policeman and, you know, and I was very aware, you know, of of that party being very strong. And so you have to watch yourself when, when you're a foreigner. And I was a foreigner too, just like her. And so after wiping my face, I mean, I really, really wanted to give him a kick or something, yeah, and I do, I do know martial arts, but I was like, no, no, gotta stay cool. And I just told her to run. And she did and caught up with the children, and, you know, kept running. So that was the first experience I had knowing how unwelcome these people were in Austria. Yeah, so I got involved, yeah, I got involved because I was like, this is absolutely not right.   Michael Hingson ** 37:31 And so the book is, in part, to try to bring awareness to all that. I would think   Kay Sparling ** 37:36 absolutely there are, there are bits of it are, they're pretty darn graphic, but it's all true, and it's all documented. Sometimes people about human trafficking, they think, oh, it's not in my backyard. I'm not going to think about that. Well, I live in a very small college town, around 17,000 people, and two months ago, on the front page of this small paper here in town, there were seven men that were arrested for many counts of human trafficking of underage women and prostitution. So guess what, folks, it is in your backyard. If it's in this little town, it's probably in yours too. And we have to be aware before we can do anything. So we have to open our eyes. And I hope this book opens the eyes of the reader to say, Oh, my God, I knew things were bad, but I didn't realize that torture, this kind of thing went on. Well, it does, and I the International Labor Union estimates that 21 million people are being you. You are victims of human trafficking right now, as we speak, throughout the world, that's a lot of people, a lot of people. So most likely, we've all seen some hint of that going on, it didn't register as it at the time. You know, if you're just walked out of a restaurant, and you're walking to your car that's parked on the street, and you happen to go by an alley and there's restaurants on that row, and all of a sudden you see people being kind of shoved out and put in a truck. That's probably human trafficking, you know? And you know, a lot of people don't pay attention, but like, if they stop and think that doesn't look right, and if those people look like they may be from another country, yeah. And all you have to do is call the authorities, you know, and other ways that you can help are by you know, that that you can get involved. Are, you know, donate to all the different organizations that are finding this now.   Michael Hingson ** 40:19 Was the book self published, or do you have a publisher?   Kay Sparling ** 40:25 I self published, but it's more of a hybrid publishing company that's kind of a new thing that's going on, and so I cannot learn all those different facets of publishing a book, right? It just wasn't in my, you know, skill set, and it also wasn't even interesting to me. I don't want to learn how to do graphic illustration. Okay? So what I did is I hired a hybrid company that had all these different departments that dealt with this, and I had complete artistic control, and I was able to negotiate a great deal on my net profits. So I feel that, after looking into the traditional publishing world and not being exactly pleased with it to say the least, I think that was the right business choice for me to make, and I'm very happy I did it.   Michael Hingson ** 41:46 How do you market the book then?   Kay Sparling ** 41:48 Well, that was, that was the tricky part that that publisher did have some marketing they started, but obviously now they agreed it wasn't enough. So at that point, I attended a virtual women's publishing seminar, and I really paid attention to all the companies that were presenting about marketing. And in that time, I felt one that I just was totally drawn to, and so I asked her if we could have a consultation, and we did, and the rest is history. I did hire her team and a publicist, Mickey, who you probably know, and, yeah, it's been going really great. That was the second smart thing I did, was to, you know, hire, hire a publicity.   Michael Hingson ** 42:50 Well, yeah, and marketing is one is a is a tricky thing. It's not the most complicated thing in the world, but you do have to learn it, and you have to be disciplined. So good for you, for for finding someone to help, but you obviously recognize the need to market, which is extremely important, and traditional publishers don't do nearly as much of it as they used to. Of course, there are probably a lot more authors than there used to be too. But still,   Kay Sparling ** 43:19 yeah, their their marketing has changed completely. I remember I had a roommate that became a famous author, and just thinking about when he started, you know, in the 80s, how the industry is completely changed. Mm, hmm, you know. So, yeah, it's, it's really tricky. The whole thing is very tricky. One thing that I also did is one of my graduate students needed a job, and so I've known her since, literally, I've known her since eighth grade. I have been with this student a long time, and she's done very well, but she really is a wiz at the social media. And so she made all my accounts. I think I have 12 altogether, and every time I do something like what I'm doing tonight, soon as it's released, she just puts it out there, everywhere and and I have to thank her from again that that's probably not my skill set.   Michael Hingson ** 44:37 Well, everyone has gifts, right? And the the people who I think are the most successful are the people who recognize that they have gifts. There are other people that have gifts that will augment or enhance what they do. And it's good that you find ways to collaborate. I think collaborating is such an important thing. Oh, yeah. All too many people don't. They think that they can just do it all in and then some people can. I mean, I know that there are some people who can, but a lot of people don't and can't.   Kay Sparling ** 45:12 Well, I've got other things. I've got going, you know, so maybe if I only had to do the book, everything to do with the book, that would be one thing, but I, you know, I have other things I have to have in my life. And so I think that collaboration is also fun, and I'm very good at delegating. I have been very good at delegating for a long time. When I started my school. I also started a theater company, and if you know one thing, it's a three ring circus to produce an opera or a musical, and I've done a lot of them, and yeah, I would have not survived if I didn't learn how to delegate and trust people to do their own thing. So what are you   Michael Hingson ** 45:58 doing today? What are you doing today? Besides writing?   Kay Sparling ** 46:04 Well, during covid, everything got shut down, and I didn't have an income, and I had to do something. And one of, believe it or not, one of my parents, of one of my students, is an attorney for the state of Wisconsin, and she was very worried. I mean, it looked like I might lose my house. I mean, I literally had no income. And so, you know, I was a small business person, and so she offered me very graciously to come work in the department of workers compensation in the legal Bureau at the state of Wisconsin. So I never have done anything like that in my life. I have never sat in a cubicle. I've never sat in front of a computer unless it was in its recording studio or something like that. So it was a crazy thing to have to do in my early 60s, but I'm a single woman, and I had to do it, and and I did, and it put me on solid ground, and that was one reason I couldn't finish the book, because I didn't have to worry about a live cookie. And so I am continuing to do that in so as in the day, that is what I do. I'm a legal assistant, cool.   Michael Hingson ** 47:32 And so when did mission thought get published?   Kay Sparling ** 47:38 Mission thought almost a year ago, in August of 2024 it launched, yes, okay, yeah. And it was very scary for me, you know, because my hybrid publishers up in Canada, and they were telling me, Well, you know, we're going to get you some editorial reviews and we're going to have you be interviewed. And you know, those very first things where my editor at at the publisher had told me it was one of the really a good book, and that was one of the cleanest books she ever had to edit. And so that kind of gave me some confidence. But you understand, look at my background. I I didn't go to school to be a writer. I had never studied writing. I hadn't done any writing up until now, and so to that was my first kind of sigh of relief when the editor at the publisher said it was really a good book, and then I started getting the editorial reviews, and they were all stellar, and they continue to be. And I'm, I'm still a little shocked, you know, because it takes time, I guess, for a person to switch gears and identify themselves as an author. But you know, after a year now, I'm feeling much more comfortable in my shoes about that. But at first it was, it was trying because I was scared and I was worried, you know, what people were going to think about the book, not the story, so much as how it was crafted. But it ends up, well,   Michael Hingson ** 49:15 it ends up being part of the same thing, and yeah, the very fact that they love it that that means a lot. Yeah, so is, is there more in the way of adventures from Caitlin coming up or what's happening?   Kay Sparling ** 49:30 Yeah, this is hopefully a trilogy, um of Caitlin's most important standout missions. And so the second one is set in the early 90s during the Bosnian war. And this time, she cannot use opera as a cover, because obviously in a war zone, there's no opera. And so she has to. To go undercover as either a un volunteer or Red Cross, and this time, her sidekick is not the Clive Matthews. He has actually started a special squad, combat squad that's going in because, of course, we, none of us, were really involved with that war, right? But that's what he's doing. And so, believe it or not, her, her sidekick, so to speak, is a priest that very early, goes on and sees, you know, this absolute ethnic cleansing going on, you know, massacres and and he tries to get the Catholic Church to help, and they're like, no, no, we're not touching that. And so he goes AWOL. And had been friends in Vienna with the CIA during the first book. He goes to the CIA and says, This is what's going on. I saw it with my own eyes. I want to help. And so he becomes Caitlin's sidekick, which is a very interesting relationship. You know, Caitlin, the opera singer, kind of, kind of modern girl, you know, and then you know, the kind of staunch priest. But they find a way to work together, and they have to, because they have to save each other's lives a couple times. And this is my favorite book of the three. And so basically what happens is called Mission impromptu, and I hope to have that finished at the end of this month. And the reason we call it impromptu is because her chief tells her to just get the information and get out, but her and the priest find out that there is a camp of orphaned boys that they are planning to come massacre, and so they they they basically go rogue and don't follow orders and go try to help the boys. Yeah. And then the third book, she has actually moved back to New York, and she's thinking, well, she does retire from the CIA, and it's the summer of 2001 and what happened in September of 2001 911 and so they call her right back in she literally had been retired for about three months.   Michael Hingson ** 52:35 Well, to my knowledge, I never met Caitlin, so I'm just saying Mm hmm, having been in the World Trade Center on September 11, but I don't think I met Caitlin anyway.   Kay Sparling ** 52:43 Go ahead. No, she wasn't in the towers, but no, I was in New York. And yeah, so they called her back right away. And so the third one is going to be called Mission home front, because that's been her home for a very long time. She's been living in New York.   Michael Hingson ** 53:01 Are there plans for Caitlin beyond these three books? I hope so.   Kay Sparling ** 53:08 I think it would be fun for her to retire from the CIA and then move back to the Midwest. And, you know, it turned into a complete fiction. Of course, this is not true stuff, but, you know, like kind of a cozy mystery series, right, where things happen and people can't get anyone to really investigate it, so they come to Caitlin, and then maybe her ex boss, you know, the chief that's also retired, they kind of, you know, gang up and become pi type, you know, right? I'm thinking that might be a fun thing.   Michael Hingson ** 53:46 Now, are mostly books two and three in the mission series. Are they also relatively non fiction?   53:53 Yes, okay,   Michael Hingson ** 53:57 okay, cool, yes. Well, you know, it's, it's pretty fascinating to to hear all of this and to to see it, to hear about it from you, but to see it coming together, that is, that is really pretty cool to you know, to see you experiencing have the book, has mission thought been converted by any chance to audio? Is it available on Audible or   Kay Sparling ** 54:21 anywhere it has not but it is in my plans. It's there's a little bit of choice I have to make do. I use my publisher and hire one of their readers you know to do it, someone you know, that's in equity, that type of thing. Or you know, my publicity, or people are also saying, well, because you're an actor, and, you know, all these accents, it might be nice for you to do to read your own book. Well, the problem is time, you know, just the time to do it, because I'm so busy promoting the book right now. And really. Right writing the second one that you know, I just don't know if I'm going to be able to pull that off, but I have my own records, recording studio in my voice studio downstairs, but it's just and I have all the equipment I have engineers. It's just a matter of me being able to take the time to practice and to get that done. So it's probably going to be, I'll just use their, one of their people, but yes, yeah, it's coming. It's coming. Well, it's,   Michael Hingson ** 55:29 it's tough. I know when we published last year, live like a guide dog, and the publisher, we did it through a traditional publisher, they worked with dreamscape to create an audio version. And I actually auditioned remotely several authors and chose one. But it is hard to really find someone to read the book the way you want it read, because you know what it's like, and so there is merit to you taking the time to read it. But still, as you said, there are a lot of things going on,   Kay Sparling ** 56:09 yeah, and I have read, you know, certain portions of the book, because some podcasts that I've been on asked me to do that, and I and I practiced and that, it went very well. And of course, when people hear that, they're like, Oh, you're the one that has to do this. You know Caitlin. You can speak her, you know her attitudes and all. And then you also know how to throw all those different accents out there, because there's going to be, like, several, there's Dutch, there's German, there's Scottish, high British and Austrian. I mean, yeah, yeah, Austrians speak different than Germans. Mm, hmm,   Michael Hingson ** 56:53 yeah, it's it's a challenge, but it's still something worth considering, because you're going to bring a dimension to it that no one else really can because you wrote it and you really know what you want them to sound like, Yeah, but it's a it's a process. I and I appreciate that, but you've got lots going on, and you have to have an income. I know for me, we started live like a guide dog my latest book when the pandemic began, because I realized that although I had talked about getting out of the World Trade Center and doing so without exhibiting fear, didn't mean that it wasn't there, but I realized that I had learned to control fear, because I learned a lot that I was able to put to use on the Day of the emergency. And so the result of that was that, in fact, the mindset kicked in and I was able to function, but I never taught anyone how to do that. And so the intent of live like a guide dog was to be a way that people could learn how to control fear and not let fear overwhelm or, as I put it, blind them, but rather use fear as a very powerful tool to help you focus and do the things that you really need to do. But it's a choice. People have to learn that they can make that choice and they can control it, which is kind of what really brought the book to to mind. And the result was that we then, then did it. And so it came out last August as well.   Kay Sparling ** 58:27 Oh, well, if you read my book, you'll see Caitlin developing the same skills you were just talking about. She has to overcome fear all the time, because she's never been in these situations before, and yet she has to survive, you know?   Michael Hingson ** 58:44 Yeah, well, and the reality is that most of us take too many things for granted and don't really learn. But if you learn, for example, if there's an emergency, do you know where to go in the case of an emergency? Do you know how to evacuate, not by reading the signs? Do you know? And that's the difference, the people who know have a mindset that will help them be a lot more likely to be able to survive, because they know what all the options are, and if there's a way to get out, they know what they are, rather than relying on signs, which may or may not even be available to you if you're in a smoke filled environment, for example, yeah,   Kay Sparling ** 59:22 yeah, you should know ahead of time. Yeah, you know, I know the state where I work. I I mostly work at home. I'm able to do that, but we do have to go in once a week, and we just changed floors. They've been doing a lot of remodeling, and that was the first thing, you know, the supervisor wanted us to do was walk through all the way for a tornado, fire, etc, and so we did that, you know, and that's smart, because then you're like, you say you're not trying to look at a chart as you're running or whatever,   Michael Hingson ** 59:56 and you may need to do it more than once to make sure you really know it. I know for me. I spent a lot of time walking around the World Trade Center. In fact, I didn't even use my guide dog. I used a cane, because with a cane, I'll find things that the dog would just automatically go around or ignore, like kiosks and other things. But I want to know where all that stuff is, because I want to know what all the shops are down on the first floor. Well, now that that is the case anymore, but it was at the time there was a shopping mall and knowing where everything was, but also knowing where different offices were, knowing who was in which offices, and then knowing the really important things that most people don't know about, like where the Estee Lauder second store was on the 46th floor of tower two. You know, you got to have the important things for wives, and so I learned what that was. Well, it was, it was, those are important things, but you'll learn a lot, and it's real knowledge. Someone, a recent podcast episode that they were on, said something very interesting, and that is that we're always getting information, but information isn't knowing it. Knowledge is really internalizing the information and making it part of our psyche and really getting us to the point where we truly know it and can put it to use. And that is so true. It isn't just getting information. Well, that's great. I know that now, well, no, you don't necessarily know it now, until you internalize it, until you truly make it part of your knowledge. And I think that's something that a lot of people miss. Well, this has been a lot of fun. If people want to reach out to you, is there a way they can do that?   Kay Sparling ** 1:01:40 Yeah, the best thing is my book website, K, Sparling books.com spelled and it would K, a, y, s, p, as in Paul, A, R, L, I N, G, B, O, O, K, s.com.com, okay, and you can email me through there. And all the media that I've been on is in the media section. The editorial reviews are there. There's another thing that my student heats up for me is the website. It's it's really developed. And so lots of information about the book and about me on on there. And one thing I want to mention is, just because of my background and all the all the people that you know, I know, a friend of mine is a composer, and he wrote a song, a theme song, because we do hope that someday we can sell this, you know, yeah, to for movie and, or, you know, Netflix, or something like that. And so he wrote a theme song and theme music. And I just think that's fun. And then I wanted my students saying, saying it. And then, you know, it's with a rock band, but it's, it's very James Bond, the kind of with a little opera, you know, involved too. But, you know, not a lot of authors can say that on their website, they have a theme song for their books.   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:16 And where is   Kay Sparling ** 1:03:18 it? It would be under, it's going to be about the author. And there's a nice one of my other students is a graphic artist. She She did a graphic a scene of Caitlin with her ball gown, and she's got her foot up on a stool, and she's putting her pistol in her thigh holster, in I think, you know, it's kind of like a cartoon, and it quotes Caitlin saying, I bet you I'm going to be the only bell at the ball with this accessory pistol. And then right underneath that, that song, you can click it and hear it. We also are on YouTube mission. Thought does have its own YouTube channel, so you can find it there as well.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:05 So well, I want to thank you for being here and for telling us all the stories and especially about mission. I hope people will get it and read it, and I look forward to it coming out in audio at some point. Yes, I'll be lazy and wait for that, I I like to to get books with human readers. You know, I can get the print book and I can play it with a synthetic voice, but I, I really prefer human voices. And I know a lot of people who do AI has not progressed to the point where it really can pull that off.   Kay Sparling ** 1:04:38 Well, no, it cannot. Yeah, I totally agree with you there.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:42 So Well, thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching us today. This has been fun. And as some of you know, if you listen to many of these podcasts, we have a rule on the podcast, you can't come on unless you're going to have fun. So we did have fun. We. You have fun? Yeah. See, there you go. I was gonna ask if you had fun. Of course, yes. So thank you all for listening. Love to hear from you. Love to hear what your thoughts are about today's episode. Feel free to email me at Michael H, i@accessibe.com that's m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, also, please give us a five star rating. We appreciate it. K, I'll appreciate it. And when this goes up, when you hear it, we really value those ratings and reviews very highly. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest and KU as well, love to hear from you. Please introduce us. Kay, you'll have to introduce us to Caitlin, but But seriously, we always are looking for more guests. So if anyone knows of anyone who ought to come on and tell a story, we'd love to hear from you. But again, Kay, I want to thank you one last time. This has been great, and we really appreciate you being here.   Kay Sparling ** 1:05:59 Well, thank you for having me.   Michael Hingson ** 1:06:04 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. 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Send us a textWelcome to Guess the Year! This is an interactive, competitive podcast series where you will be able to play along and compete against your fellow listeners. Here is how the scoring works:10 points: Get the year dead on!7 points: 1-2 years off4 points: 3-5 years off1 point: 6-10 years offGuesses can be emailed to drandrewmay@gmail.com or texted using the link at the top of the show notes (please leave your name).I will read your scores out before the next episode, along with the scores of your fellow listeners! Please email your guesses to Andrew no later than 12pm EST on the day the next episode posts if you want them read out on the episode (e.g., if an episode releases on Monday, then I need your guesses by 12pm EST on Wednesday; if an episode releases on Friday, then I need your guesses by 12 pm EST on Monday). Note: If you don't get your scores in on time, they will still be added to the overall scores I am keeping. So they will count for the final scores - in other words, you can catch up if you get behind, you just won't have your scores read out on the released episode. All I need is your guesses (e.g., Song 1 - 19xx, Song 2 - 20xx, Song 3 - 19xx, etc.). Please be honest with your guesses! Best of luck!!The answers to today's ten songs can be found below. If you are playing along, don't scroll down until you have made your guesses. .....Have you made your guesses yet? If so, you can scroll down and look at the answers......Okay, answers coming. Don't peek if you haven't made your guesses yet!.....Intro song: Sandy Legs by Kolumbo (2024)Song 1: All I Wanna Do by The Beach Boys (1970)Song 2: Don't Believe the Hype by Public Enemy (1988)Song 3: Hijacking by Psychedelic Aliens (1970)Song 4: Carino by The Marias (2018)Song 5: The Fox in the Snow by Belle and Sebastian (1996)Song 6: A Cigarette and a Silhouette by Red Norvo (1938)Song 7: 5 a.m. by The Millennium (1968)Song 8: Paralyzed by NF (2015)Song 9: Let It Whip by The Dazz Band (1982)Song 10: What You Won't Do For Love by Bobby Caldwell (1978)

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What happens when worship anthems climb the charts alongside soul revivals and nostalgia-driven comebacks? The May 2025 Billboard charts reveal a fascinating musical landscape where Drake performs a strategic reset after his epic battle with Kendrick, worship-adjacent pop dominates the mainstream, and The Marias reject conventional song structures with dreamy success. From the bizarre 34-second Minecraft soundtrack hit to the rise of "voice audition pop," we're exploring how these competing visions of pop music reflect our collective anxieties and cultural shifts. Is this beautiful chaos the new normal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices