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Happy Pride Month! This week on Getting Better, we're heading backstage on Broadway for a dazzling deep dive into the artistry, creativity, and sheer magic that brings iconic productions to life. Jonathan sits down with the Hair & Makeup team behind the 9-Time Tony Nominated production of CATS: The Jellicle Ball: Makeup Designer Rania Zohny & Tony Award Winning Hair Designer, Nikiya Mathis. Together, they unpack the intricate process of designing for the stage - from creating unforgettable character transformations to building wigs and makeup looks that can withstand eight shows a week. Plus, they take us behind the curtain of the iconic “Memory” transformation and share what it really takes to create Broadway magic night after night. Whether you're a theatre kid, a beauty lover, or just someone who appreciates a fabulous transformation, this episode is serving artistry, history, and a whole lot of Pride. Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here. Full Video Episodes now available on YouTube. Follow CATS: The Jellicle Ball on Instagram @catsjellicleball Follow Nikiya Mathis on Instagram @nikiyamathis Follow Rania Zohny @raniasmakeup Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jvn Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from: Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure.Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What if some of the most promising tools for treating depression, PTSD, and trauma have been misunderstood for decades? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Keith Kurlander and Dr. Will Van Derveer, co-founders of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and authors of Psychedelic Therapy, to unpack the science, risks, and potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy. We discuss MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine, trauma, healing, and why these treatments are gaining so much attention in modern mental healthcare. → Leave Us A Voice Message! Topics Discussed: → What is psychedelic-assisted therapy? → Can MDMA help treat PTSD? → How does ketamine therapy work? → Is psilocybin effective for depression? → What are the risks of psychedelics? Sponsored By: → Timeline | Timeline's clinically proven formula is now more accessible. Mitopure starts at $99, and listeners can get 20% off at: https://timeline.com/KELLY → Be Well By Kelly Protein Powder & Essentials | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at https://bewellbykelly.com. → Fatty 15 | Fatty15 is on a mission to replenish your C15 levels and restore your long-term health. You can get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to https://fatty15.com/KELLY15 and using code KELLY15 at checkout. Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:04:25 - From Traditional Psychiatry To Psychedelic Medicine → 00:06:20 - Root Causes Of Mental Health Conditions → 00:07:20 - MDMA Therapy For PTSD → 00:10:20 - Keith's Personal Psilocybin Experience → 00:15:40 - Why Psychedelic Experiences Can Feel Scary → 00:19:00 - Kelly's Personal Trauma Healing Story → 00:24:00 - MDMA, Ketamine & Psilocybin Explained → 00:25:40 - Ketamine Therapy For Depression → 00:27:00 - Why MDMA Works For Trauma → 00:31:40 - Lifestyle, Nutrition & Mental Health → 00:34:30 - Who Is A Good Candidate For Psychedelic Therapy? → 00:39:30 - What Trauma Actually Is → 00:42:10 - How Psychedelics Help Process Trauma → 00:47:50 - The Latest Psychedelic Research → 00:49:50 - Ibogaine, Addiction & Brain Injury Recovery → 00:51:10 - Mystical Experiences & Healing → 00:55:20 - Psychedelics For Personal Growth → 01:00:30 - Hallucinations, Memory & Reality → 01:04:40 - Risks, Integration & Challenging Experiences → 01:09:20 - Finding A Qualified Psychedelic Therapist → 01:12:30 - Psychedelics vs Antidepressants → 01:14:50 - Why DIY Psychedelics Can Be Dangerous → 01:18:30 - Final Thoughts Further Listening: → Why Achievement Never Feels Like Enough | Bill Burnett + Dave Evans Check Out: → Keith Kurlander | https://www.instagram.com/keithkurlander.ma/ → Will Van Derveer | https://www.instagram.com/will.vanderveer.md/ Check Out Kelly: → Instagram → Youtube → Facebook
In tonight's dead letter, our listener's family trades a rented place for an old Victorian villa tucked into the quiet border country between England and Wales. The previous owner had loved the house for more than half a century, and the neighbors were quick to say she'd have approved of the new arrivals. But the littlest member of the family keeps mentioning an old woman with white hair. We'll get into faceless figures, formidable women who hold a home together, and an old plaque that quietly says exactly what this whole story is about.REFERENCE LINKSWilliam Morris's Bed and the Kelmscott Manor Poem — Society of Antiquaries of LondonLucy M. Boston, the Green Knowe Books, and Memory in a House — BritannicaThe Manor at Hemingford Grey (the real Green Knowe)Folklore of the Stiperstones and the Devil's ChairThe Devil's Chair: The Story Behind the Shropshire Landmark — Shropshire StarThe White Lady of Ludlow Castle (Marion de la Bruyère) — Shropshire StarThe Phantom Funeral of Ratlinghope and Shropshire Ghost Stories — The History PressShropshire Folklore, Wild Edric, and the Long Mynd Black Dog — Shropshire StarWe're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!
This week on Market Mondays, we break down Anthropic's IPO plans, record-high market valuations, ARM's rise, Micron's massive run, IBM's comeback, and what could trigger the next great buying opportunity in the stock market.We also discuss Trump's impact on the markets, Michael Saylor's Bitcoin strategy, new IPO rule changes, potential opportunities in HPE and IBM, and answer your questions on stocks, ETFs, trading, and portfolio management.Plus, we share advice for graduating students, the best ways to invest in yourself, and close with our popular Yes or No segment.#MarketMondays #Investing #StockMarket #Bitcoin #Nvidia #ARM #Micron #IBM #Anthropic #Trading #Finance #EYL #EarnYourLeisure #WealthBuilding #StocksAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
If you feel like your attention span has shortened or your brain can't keep up, I've got something for you! In this episode, we explore FOCUSED, the peptide-based formula that rebuilds the chemistry behind concentration, memory, and mental performance. Learn how ginkgo improves blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain, bacopa raises BDNF to enhance learning, phosphatidylserine lowers cortisol to stabilize focus, and carotenoids like lutein and zeaxanthin protect neurons from oxidative stress. Hosted by Leanne Vogel. Root Cause Group (address the root of your health issues): https://p.bttr.to/3SqUExb Change your metabolism with peptides: https://www.healthfulpursuit.com/make Peptide quiz (let me help you pick a peptide that'll work): https://www.healthfulpursuit.com/quiz Enjoy today's show. Thanks for listening!
NOTE: For Ad-Free Episodes, 100+hrs of Bonus Content and More - Visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thewheelweavespodcastFind us on our Instagram, Twitter, YouTube & Website, and join the conversation on Discord!In this episode Dani and Brett discuss Chapter 34 of A Memory of Light!!!We would like to thank everyone who renewed their annual pledges for another whole year!! Thank you to Rory Whaley, HerrBeredt, Lisa Lennox, Sandeep Saini, and Death's Little Helper! Thank you so much for your generosity and continued support!!We would like to acknowledge and thank our Executive Producers Brandy and Aaron Kirkwood, Sean McGuire, Janes, LightBlindedFool, Big C, Deyvis Ferreira, Green Man, Bennett Williamson, Hannah Green, Noralia, Greysin Ishara, Helena Jacobsen, Matthew Mendoza, Sims, Cyndi, Manethraen, Andrew Scarponi, Mr. Boddy's Body, David, and HoneyBunchesOfJason!The Wheel Weaves is hosted and edited by Dani and Brett, produced by Dani and Brett with Passionsocks, Cody Fouts, Mozyme, Jamie Young, Jared Berg, Rikky Morrisette, Matt Truss, Antoine Benoit, MKM, Magen, Colby T, Gabby Young, Ricat, Chris G., Sarah Creech, Saverio Bartolini, Mag621, William Johnson, Courtney B, Hammar's Lament, and ThElfwitch; with music by Audionautix.Check out our partner - the Spoiler-Free Wiki - Spliki.com - Your main first time reader, Spoiler-Free WoT information source!Don't forget to leave us that 5 star review if you enjoy the show for a chance to win exclusive merchandise!Check out https://www.thewheelweavespodcast.com for everything The Wheel Weaves!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-wheel-weaves-podcast-a-wheel-of-time-podcast--5482260/support.
This week on Sheena Interrupted, we're sharing the story behind Mango Muse, the fragrance Sheena spent over a year creating from scratch.What started as an email from a small business owner turned into one of the most meaningful projects we've ever worked on. We talk about the unexpected journey from childhood memories in India to launching a fragrance on Sephora, the dozens of samples it took to get the scent right, the moments we almost gave up, and the lessons we learned along the way.We also dive into entrepreneurship, trusting your instincts, supporting other founders, and why saying yes to the right opportunity can completely change your path.Of course, it wouldn't be Sheena Interrupted without TRID attempting to launch his own competing fragrance brand, convincing everyone that a manufacturing mistake is actually a collector's item, and sharing some truly terrible business ideas.A little nostalgic, a little inspiring, and a lot unhinged.Thanks to this week's sponsorQuince.com/sheena#SheenaInterrupted #MangoMuse #Sephora #Entrepreneurship #Perfume
We ride at Dawn!!!!! Black Tower stuff! Perrin hunts in the dream! Enjoy!
In this episode, Therese Markow and Dr. Boris Konrad discuss the striking impact of memorization on functional changes and connectivity in the brain. Dr. Konrad is a neuroscientist as well as an international Memory Champion. He not only studies brain connectivity, but also trains other memory athletes, as well as those who simply wish to improve their memories. They discuss more specific aspects of memorization and its benefits across a range of other activities and problem-solving, independent of the particular memorization training utilized. Dr. Konrad summarizes his recent study, published in the journal Neuron, and the techniques used to train the brain to improve memory. Key Takeaways: Memorization and memory are not a part of the brain; they are functions of the brain. It is a capability of our brain and our neural system. Without exception, memory athletes use the method of loci (colloquially called the "memory palace") as a technique to memorize and remember information. Memory training actually decreases the brain activity needed to complete a range of tasks. "Learning and thinking in your brain are not separate. We don't have a thinking brain and a learning brain; it's exactly one brain which does both." — Dr. Boris Konrad Connect with Dr. Boris Konrad: Donders Institute: https://www.ru.nl/en/people/konrad-b Website: https://www.boriskonrad.com/en/ Memory Training: Superbrain! Memory Training with Boris Konrad - https://memory1.teachable.com/p/memory-training TED Talks: How to use memory techniques to improve education - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qIBe0h0-Ig The mind and methods of a Memory Champion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t76N00urDlU https://www.ted.com/talks/boris_nikolai_konrad_how_to_use_memory_techniques_to_improve_learning_and_education_jan_2018 Connect with Therese: Website: www.criticallyspeaking.net Bluesky: @CriticallySpeaking.bsky.social Instagram: @criticallyspeakingpodcast Email: theresemarkow@criticallyspeaking.net Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
G.K. Chesterton once observed that after learning to do a great many clever things, the next great task would be learning not to do them. That line, from an early essay on Queen Victoria, has taken on new force as American schools reverse decades of tech-first policies—test scores and students' mental health alike in decline. In this episode, Joe and Grettelyn trace the screen crisis back to first principles, exploring how Chesterton's warnings against educational fads, his conviction that machines make us like machines, and his insistence that a thing worth doing is worth doing badly all speak directly to what Jonathan Haidt's data is now confirming. In This Episode: The G.K. Chesterton quote from Varied Types that frames the whole conversation—and why his intuition about educational tinkering was more than a hunch How the Chesterton Schools Network's longstanding tech-light philosophy has been vindicated by over 15 years of data, a UNESCO report, and the Fortune magazine story that started this episode What Chesterton's insight about machines making us like machines explains about the neuroscience of distraction—and why phone-free classrooms alone aren't enough Why G.K. Chesterton's principle that a thing worth doing is worth doing badly is the most important counter-argument to AI in education and the arts Practical steps for parents: building social pacts with other families, the case for delaying smartphones, and the Chesterton Schools Network as a proven alternative Chapters: 00:00: Welcome and Introduction 01:15: The Chesterton Schools Network's Tech-Light Philosophy 03:38: G.K. Chesterton on Learning Not to Do Clever Things 05:42: Jonathan Haidt and the Books Behind the Movement 09:06: UNESCO's Findings on Technology and Learning 13:35: How Devices Short-Circuit Attention and Memory 19:47: Embodied Learning—Handwriting, Doodling, and What Screens Miss 28:21: Schools Reversing Course: The Fortune Magazine Story 35:11: A Thing Worth Doing Badly: Chesterton vs. AI 44:13: Practical Steps for Parents and a Path Forward Resources Mentioned: Varied Types — G.K. Chesterton The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt The Coddling of the American Mind — Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt Anxious Generation Action Resources Chesterton Schools Network FOLLOW US: Instagram Facebook X SUPPORT: Donate Shop Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios
New research shows that electromagnetic fields as weak as one microtesla can completely eliminate learning ability in flatworms, raising questions about EMF effects on memory formation. R Blank examines a groundbreaking study where planaria flatworms lost all ability to learn when exposed to theta burst electromagnetic fields. While control worms successfully learned to avoid bright light, EMF-exposed worms showed zero learning capability. This research adds to growing evidence that EMF disrupts fundamental neurological processes. In This Episode How theta burst EMF completely blocked learning in flatworms Why one microtesla field strength matters for human exposure The connection between theta rhythms and memory formation Featured Study Read the full study: Can Theta Burst Electromagnetic Fields Disrupt Learning in Planaria? Evidence of Impaired Fear-Conditioned Responses See all studies at shieldyourbody.com/research
What in the world happens during a class called “Memory Period”? Is simply memorizing facts enough education for young students?Today, we chat with Yolanda Statema about the value of this class for grammar students and how its influence can benefit your entire family! We also talk about what methods of memorization ‘stick' the best and what to do if your child happens to not be into singing memory songs.Want to explore Memory Period for yourself? Check out the available class times at https://vpsa.veritaspress.com/catalog
BrainStorm wants to hear from you! Send us a text.What if knowing sooner could change everything? In this episode of BrainStorm, host Meryl Comer sits down with Dr. Nathaniel Chin — geriatrician, Alzheimer's researcher, and author of When Memory Fades: What to Expect at Every Stage, from Early Signs to Full Support for Alzheimer's and Dementia, to explore why early diagnosis of Alzheimer's and dementia is more empowering than it is frightening.Dr. Chin opens up about the fear, stigma, and denial that keep patients and families from seeking answers, and why those hesitations have a real cost. Drawing on his own experience watching his father's cognitive decline, he walks through the subtle early signs of memory change, the difference between normal aging and something more serious, and how new biomarker tests are reshaping the diagnostic conversation.From navigating family denial to balancing hope, Dr. Chin offers a rare combination of clinical expertise and deeply personal insight of the journey. He reminds us that behind every diagnosis is a family with their thoughts on what matters most. Support the show
Most people think brain performance starts in the brain.But what if one of the biggest blocks to focus, clarity, healing, and emotional freedom is actually stored in your body?In this episode of the Kwik Brain podcast, I sit down with Garry Lineham, cofounder of Human Garage, and Alexis Banc, co-founder and CEO of Kwik Brain, to explore the powerful connection between fascia, stored stress, emotional release, and brain performance. Garry shares how years of chronic pain, trauma, and dependency on outside treatments pushed him to find a radically different path, one centered on self-healing and teaching people how to care for their own bodies.We talk about why emotions can live in the body, how physical restrictions may create cognitive load, and why your brain may be using more energy than necessary just to compensate for misalignment, pain, and stored survival patterns. Garry also explains how releasing stress through the body can unlock more mental clarity, more energy, and greater emotional freedom.This conversation goes deep into something most people never think about.That your body may be holding onto more than tension.It may be holding old stress.Old pain.Old survival responses.And your brain may be working overtime to manage all of it.In this episode, you'll learn:☑️ Why Garry believes emotions are stored in the body☑️ How fascia may affect stress, memory, perception, and brain performance☑️ Why chronic physical compensation can drain cognitive energy☑️ How survival mode may keep you stuck physically, mentally, and emotionally☑️ Why self-care is about more than supplements, routines, or external fixes☑️ How releasing physical tension may create more mental bandwidth☑️ Why the body may need to feel safe before the brain can fully let go☑️ A simple stress reset and finger exercise Garry shares for better brain functionIf you've been feeling tense or overwhelmed, this episode will give you a different lens on healing and a practical reminder that sometimes the fastest way to calm the mind is to start with the body.
In Class With Carr 325 comes live from Justice for Greenwood's weekend of rituals marking the 120th anniversary of Tulsa Oklahoma's Greenwood District, where the memory and residue of “Black Wall Street” illuminates irreconcilable questions of violence, self-determination, and state power. We discuss nation-state's monopolies on violence, restrictions on movement, and how Africans and indigenous communities continue to resist in pursuit of freedom. In many ways, stories of Tulsa and Greenwood present as a microcosm of the US, where settler colonialism, Indigenous sovereignty, and African world-making converge, clash and intersect. Through reflections on repair, governance, memory, and community, we observe that Greenwood's story is our story. As the US continues its barreling toward a contested 250th anniversary, this lesson feeds and shapes this week's Momentum of Memory: We are all Greenwood.Are you a member of Knarrative? If not, we invite you to join our community today by signing up at: https://www.knarrative.com. As a Knarrative subscriber, you'll gain immediate access to Knubia, our growing community of teachers, learners, thinkers, doers, artists, and creators. Together, we're making a generational commitment to our collective interests, work, and responsibilities. Join us at https://www.knarrative.com and download the Knubia app through your app store or by visiting https://community.knarrative.com.To shop Go to:TheGlobalMajorityMore from us:Follow on X: https://x.com/knarrative_https://x.com/inclasswithcarrFollow on Instagram IG / knarrative IG/ inclasswithcarr Follow Dr. Carr: https://www.drgregcarr.comhttps://x.com/AfricanaCarrFollow Karen Hunter: https://karenhuntershow.comhttps://x.com/karenhunter IG / karenhuntershowSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week, the skies are pretty quiet, with no major lunation and only a few transits. Mercury enters the quiet sign of Cancer for a longer than usual stay. The Sun's sextile to Saturn provides persistence for tackling serious projects, and Mercury squares Neptune for a clarifying dose of realism. We look at the week's Void-of-Course Moon periods, and I answer a listener question about which are the best charts to use when you're giving an astrology reading. Plus: The language of the past, the value of fog, and masters of small talk! Read a full transcript of this episode. Have a question you'd like answered on the show? Email April or leave it here! Subscribe to April's mailing list and get a free lunar workbook at each New Moon! Love the show? Make a donation! Timestamps [1:26] Mercury enters Cancer (June 1, 4:56 am PDT). Due to Mercury's retrograde period (June 29-July 23, 2026), Mercury will be in Cancer until Aug. 9, 2026. Mercury enters Cancer on the Sabian symbol 1 Cancer, A furled and unfurled flag displayed from a vessel. Expect fluctuations in communication, travel plans, and even in the weather itself. Pay attention to feelings and what is being shared on a non-verbal level. [5:14] The Sun sextile Saturn (June 2, 3:49 am PDT) at 12°24' Gemini-Aries. The Sun's Sabian symbol 13 Gemini is: A great musician at his piano. Great transit for tackling overwhelmingly tedious projects or for mastering new technology. [7:39] Mercury squares Neptune (June 3, 5:18 pm PDT) at 4°06' Cancer-Aries. Question assumptions, double-check information, and sit with uncertainty for a while. This aspect that can sharpen your mind and deepen your intuition at the same time. [10:10] Moon Report! No major lunations this week. Void-of-Course (VOC) Moon periods. We begin the week on a VOC Moon that began when the Moon trined Saturn (May 31, 6:21 am PDT). It's is VOC for 1 day, 11 hours, 58 minutes, then enters Capricorn (June 1, 6:19 pm PDT). Use this VOC Moon to get in the habit of going after intimidating challenges with passion, confidence, and hard work. [12:14] The Moon in Capricorn opposes Jupiter in Cancer (June 3, 8:04 pm PDT). It's VOC for 10 hours, 41 minutes, then enters Aquarius (June 4, 6:45 am PDT). Use this VOC Moon period to get in the habit of noticing when the balance is off between the desire for material security and living an enjoyable and comfortable life. [13:40] The Moon in Aquarius trines the Sun in Gemini (June 5, 12:51 pm PDT). The Moon will be VOC for 1 day, 4 hours, 52 minutes, then enters Pisces (June 6, 5:43 pm PDT). Use this VOC Moon period to consider the ways you can socialize while also supporting local businesses in your area. [15:22] Listener Marilyn asks about the best charts to use when giving an astrology reading. [22:38] Leave a message of one minute or less at speakpipe.com/ bigskyastrologypodcast or email april (at) bigskyastrology (dot) com; put “Podcast Question” in the subject line. Free ways to support the podcast: subscribe, like, review and share with a friend! [23:11] A tribute to this week's donors! If you would like to support the show and receive access to April's special donors-only videos, go to BigSkyAstropod.com and contribute $10 or more. You can make a one-time donation in any amount or become an ongoing monthly contributor.
This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. This week's episode is taken from our Diabetes Awareness Month's 30x30 series. To hear the full episode check out episode #211: How To Manage Blood Sugar During Cardio + More Instagram Questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All the hottest rhythmic and urban music songs from all your favorite artists!
All the hottest rhythmic and urban music songs from all your favorite artists!
All the hottest rhythmic and urban music songs from all your favorite artists!
On this episode, Vicky Van and Jason Dedrick are joined by producer Ian Boothby for a special episode of Refresh My Memory remembering the movies of 1984. We’d love to hear some of your favourite films from 1984, and if you want to make a drink for them, even better. We might even try to make it! Produced by Ian BoothbyEdited by Vicky VanTheme song by Chris Roberts
What is Yugonostalgia and why does it exist? How does it manifest and how do different people experience it? And where is it headed? A redux of Episode 71 and the first in the new "Nostalgia" series. With Milica Popović (Austrian Academy of Sciences). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS: an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members. * * * Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak.Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/yugonostalgia-future-redux/Instagram: @rememberingyugoslavia & @yugo.blokJOIN YUGOBLOKSupport the show
This week we're traveling back to 1940s Germany (yup, this is a heavy one, folks) with Nuremberg! Join us as we learn about real-life figures like Douglas Kelley, Emmy Goering, Howie Triest, and more! Sources: James Wylie, "The Battle to Be 'First Lady of the Third Reich.'" Daily Telegraph (London), November 14, 2019, 22,23. EBSCOhost. Richard J. Evans. 2015. The Third Reich in History and Memory. Oxford University Press. EBSCOhost. George Mosse, Nationalism and Sexuality. New York: Howard Fertig, 1985 "Frau Goering Gets Year, but is Freed," New York Times, 22 July 1948, available at https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/22/archives/frau-goering-gets-year-but-is-freed-court-also-confiscates-30-of.html https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-err-and-the-nazi-partys-systematic-looting-of-europe-xmbqkk/8289/ https://www.errproject.org/jeudepaume/about/err.php Douglas Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, https://archive.org/details/22-cells-in-nuremberg-douglas-m-kelley-z-library/page/n7/mode/2up Jack El-Hai, "The Psychiatrist and the Nazi," World War II 28, no. 5 (2014): 38-45. Jack El-Hai, "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist," Scientific American, (2011), https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-nazi-and-the-psychiatrist/ Martin Levinson, "General Semantics and PTSD in the Military," ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 72, no.3 (2015): 258-64, https://www.jstor.org/stable/24762164 . Meilan Solly, "The True Story Behind 'Nuremberg,' a WWII Drama About Hermann Goring's Cat-and-Mouse Game With an American Psychiatrist," Smithsonian Magazine (2025) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-behind-nuremberg-a-wwii-drama-about-hermann-gorings-cat-and-mouse-game-with-an-american-psychiatrist-180987621/ José Brunner, ""Oh Those Crazy Cards Again": A History of the Debate on the Nazi Rorschachs, 1946-2001," Political Psychology 22, no.2 (2001): 233-61, https://www.jstor.org/stable/3791925 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_(2025_film) Interview with James Vanderbilt, NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/11/nx-s1-5487719/nuremberg-james-vanderbilt https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/nuremberg-james-vanderbilt-interview Mario Cacciotollo, "Jewish Army Translator Who Got Close to the Nazis," BBC, available at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14706309
Reb Mottie Drillman shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
(8) Josiah Osgood explains that following his death, Cato became a "Stoic saint" and a symbol of lost liberty, celebrated by poets like Virgil and Lucan. Caesar's attempt to trash his memory in the Anti-Cato failed to dim Cato's luster as a noble martyr. His reputation for reform even influenced Augustus's imperial image. Under Nero's tyranny, Cato's suicide inspired dissidents who sought dignity through defiant ends. The book concludes with the irony of the Civil War: the peace Romans craved ultimately brought a master, ending the Republic through the very rivalry that defined it.CATO SUICIDE
“Our Teacher” is a collection of essays written by students of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong). This series is comprised of their personal experiences with the practice and their interactions with Dafa's founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi, when the practice was first taught to the public. The writings were originally published on the Minghui website. Original Articles:1. The Memory Is Enshrined in My Mind2. My Experience of Seeing Master in Guangzhou in 19943. Happy Memories of Master’s Fa Lectures in Chengdu CityTo provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org
1. Nico Szabo & Aske Izan ft. SAM SHI - Aside 00:00:42 2. Rinzen & Emil Toledo - The Shape of Memory 00:07:05 3. Chris Luno - Take Ur Time 00:12:39 4. Gai Barone - Macula (Hernán Cattáneo & Simply City Remix) 00:16:34 5. Tiefstone - The Pitt 00:24:23 6. Ruben Karapetyan - State Of Progression (Dilby Remix) 00:30:23 -DIALEKT TRACK OF THE WEEK 7. Rokazer - Atom 00:35:49 8. Ezequiel Arias - Psychodelia 00:41:14 9. Orbital - Halcyon & On (Jon Hopkins Remix) 00:46:28 10. Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix) 00:53:06- CLASSIC OF THE WEEK
This episode explores Apollo, the Muses, Memory, and Helichrysum—where mythology, culture, and aromatherapy meet.As the season turns from Artemis to Apollo, I look at what happens when the young yang aspects of the psyche mature into clarity, direction, and mastery — and what collapses when that masculine principle forgets its lineage. We explore the Muses as channels of collective memory, Mnemosyne as the river that keeps hubris in check, and Apollo Musagetes as the conductor who can only function when he's in right relationship with them.I talk about the Duchamp exhibit at MoMA and the cultural drift into “look culture,” drawing on Sophie Gilbert's Girl on Girl and the long shadow of the AIDS crisis — how desire moved into the visual realm and left us with a disembodied gaze. We trace how this shift severed Apollo from the Muses, leaving us with spectacle instead of depth, performance instead of relationship.And then we return to the body — to aromatherapy as an embodied antidote. To the intelligence of aromatic molecules and their direct line to memory, emotion, and meaning. This leads us to Helichrysum — Immortelle — a plant of memory and deep healing. A plant that cools swollen yang, steadies drifting yin, and reminds us that creation is never ours alone.If you're drawn to myth, memory, culture, and the living intelligence of aromatic plants, this episode will meet you where you are.Access the companion article here.
What if the truth about Alzheimer's could change how we care, connect, and prepare for the future? Tune in for an empowering discussion with Lisa Skinner, CDP, CDT, CPD, on her new book Truth, Lies & Alzheimer's: Its Secret Faces.Moments with Marianne Radio Show airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio Affiliate! https://www.kmet1490am.comLisa Skinner, CPD, CDT, CPD, is a behavioral expert in the field of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. In her 20-year career as a community counselor and regional director of senior care facilities, she has helped thousands of families find the best care options for their loved ones. She holds an Administrator's License through the California Department of Social Services. As a trainer, adviser and public speaker, she has dedicated her career to teaching people the skills to effectively manage brain disease. https://www.mindingdementiasummit.comOrder on Amazon https://a.co/d/027HVcHY To learn more about the show and interview opportunities contact us at: https://www.mariannepestana.com
Forgiveness has a pace of its own, and sometimes the most honest thing we can do is admit we're not there yet. This episode explores what it means to give ourselves (and each other) permission to be in process, without the pressure to be further along than we actually are. LINKS: Book of Forgiving | Connect | YouTube | Coming Up TRANSCRIPT: Brief framing before reading: We're talking about forgiveness in this series. About what happens when someone hurts us — or when we hurt someone else. And about the choices we have when that happens. I'm going to read you the first half of a book today. We're going to stop in the middle on purpose because the most important part of the story for TODAY is actually what happens right... here. And we're going to finish it next week. Read first half of Wally and Freya. Brief unpack after reading: What's happening in the story: someone got hurt. Both of them, actually. And now they have a choice. Two roads: get even, stay hurt… OR something harder, and maybe even braver. Forgiveness doesn't always happen right away. It takes practice. And the very first steps are: tell somebody you trust what happened, and then tell about what it felt like. When somebody does something that hurts me, I feel sad, and kind of mad. Sometimes it feels like I don't matter much to them. Just saying that out loud is an important thing to do! In the story, Wally and Freya are both sad. Both hurt. And now they have a choice to make. So do we. We'll find out what they choose next week. The Stone — Kids Practice Give each child a stone. This stone is like the hurt we carry when someone has hurt our feelings, or our bodies, or our hearts. It has some weight to it, just like the hurt does. You can return to your seats and work in their special kids Sunday Paper: Trace the stone on the paper. Inside the tracing, write or draw what the hurt is. Hold onto your stone. We're going to do something with it in a few minutes, everybody together. You can also listen in to what I'm saying, if you want to hear more about forgiving! Catching Everybody Up//Recap Welcome anyone who is new or wasn't here Week 1. I want to do a brief recap: We're in a series called The Book of Forgiving, drawing from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho's important work on what forgiveness actually is, and how to do it. The Tutus aren't theorists. Desmond Tutu chaired South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Mpho lost her husband to violent crime. These are people who have earned the right to talk about this. Their framework is called the Fourfold Path: Telling the Story → Naming the Hurt → Granting Forgiveness → Renewing or Releasing the Relationship. In wk 1 we looked at the first step: Telling the Story. Today: Naming the Hurt. The big idea underneath all of it: We desperately need an imagination bigger than the revenge cycle we live inside culturally. That cycle is everywhere— in our politics, our entertainment, our instincts. The Tutus show us a different road. The Problem with How We Do Forgiveness Let's be honest about why forgiveness is so hard to practice, even for people who believe in it. We've collapsed forgiveness into remorse. Someone says "sorry!"— maybe genuinely, maybe not— and suddenly the pressure shifts entirely to the person who was hurt: Now you have to forgive. We skip the whole middle. That's not forgiveness. That's cruel urgency dressed up as something kind. We've made forgetting the goal. But the Tutus are clear: forgetting is not only impossible, it's actually counterproductive. Memory is part of how we protect ourselves. Part of how we stay honest. Forgiveness is not amnesia. We've weaponized it. In religious spaces especially, "forgive" has been used to protect people who caused harm and to silence people who were hurt. When forgiveness gets wielded as a command that bypasses accountability — when it becomes "Jesus says you have to forgive, so stop talking about what happened" — that is not sacred or faithful. That is abusive. And yet — Jesus does make forgiveness an ultimate, limitless command. Seventy times seven. God forgives without limit; our response is gratitude and extending that same grace. So how do we hold both? How do we take forgiveness seriously without letting it become a weapon? The answer is: we stop skipping the important steps. Forgiveness Cannot Be Rushed The Fourfold Path is a path… it has an order for a reason. You cannot get to granting forgiveness without first telling the story and naming the hurt. Trying to skip there is what creates the toxic, pressured, performative version of forgiveness we've all experienced. And we'll get into this later in the series, but granting forgiveness has nothing to do with the decision to either renegotiate or release that relationship. Forgiveness needs to be as slow as it needs to be. It has a pace of its own. That pace deserves to be honored. (Callback to the stone practice from Week 1): Did anybody actually hold that stone in their non-dominant hand for six hours this week? What was that like? [[funny?]] That's the point. Six hours felt like a lot. Some of us have been carrying something for six years. Or sixty. It deserves time. The Second Step: Naming the Hurt So what does it actually mean to name the hurt? It starts with telling your story… to yourself? To God? To people you trust. Not to everyone. Not on social media. Not to the first person who will listen. To the right people, in a safe space. The Tutus: Tell your story first to a friend, loved one, or trusted person. That's a good place to start. There is a reason confession exists across almost every spiritual tradition. Not as a transaction, but as the practice of being heard without being fixed. What naming the hurt does: It begins to move what happened from something that is happening to you — constantly, on loop — into something that happened, that you can now begin to look at. Bessel van der Kolk: the body keeps what the mind won't name. When we give language to an experience, we move it from the body's alarm system into the part of the brain that can begin to process it. The Tutus frame it this way: Identify the feelings within the facts. The facts are WHAT HAPPENED. The feelings are what it COST you. What naming the hurt does NOT do: It does not mean what was done to you was okay. It does not mean you've forgiven anything yet. It does not mean you owe anyone resolution. But there is something that begins to shift. There is relief– which to be clear, is not the same as justice, and not the same as healing, but real relief— when the hurt stops being the main character in your story because you finally named it out loud. The Tutus again: No feeling is wrong, bad, or invalid. Move forward when you are ready. We Are Only Human With Other Humans This is why we do this together. Not because community is always safe — sometimes it isn't. But because we cannot become fully human alone. The Tutus: We do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves. What makes a good witness to someone naming their hurt? The Tutus give us a short, countercultural list: Listen. Do not try to fix the pain. Do not minimize the loss. Do not offer advice. Offer your love and your caring. That's it. Stay in the room. Don't flinch. Don't fix. That is one of the most profound gifts one human can offer another. Invitation: The Stone Practice Now we're all going to do something together— kids and adults. Invite everyone to pick up or find their stone. Walk them through the Tutus' "Clenching the Stone" practice (Book of Forgiving, Chapter 5): Take your stone in your dominant hand. Think of a hurt you are carrying right now. Name it… silently, or under your breath. As you name it, clench the stone in your fist. Now open your hand. As you release your fist, release the hurt — not forever, not resolved, just... set down for a moment. You can clench and release again for each thing you're carrying. Breathe… We're not asking you to be over it. We're not asking you to forgive it yet. We're just asking you to name it, and take the permission you can give yourself to walk the path of forgiving, at a pace that is right for you. That's enough for today. That's the work.
SHABBAT DAY LESSON — LEVITICUS 25Teachers: Kerry & Karen BattleWHAT WE COVERLeviticus 25 reveals the relationship between ownership, stewardship, inheritance, redemption, and covenant memory.This chapter is built upon two covenant declarations:"The land is Mine.""The children of Israel are My servants."The chapter reveals:ownershipstewardshipinheritanceredemptionlibertyrestorationaccountabilitycovenant memoryThe Sabbath Year and the Limits of Human Control Leviticus 25:1–7The land itself was commanded to rest.This section reveals that the land belonged to Yahuah and not Israel.The Sabbath Year interrupted control and exposed dependence upon the Owner.The Jubilee and the Preservation of Inheritance Leviticus 25:8–22The Jubilee protected inheritance.This section reveals that inheritance was not merely property.It was covenant stewardship assigned by Yahuah.The Land, Stewardship, and Ownership Pride Leviticus 25:23–34The center declaration of the chapter is:"The land is Mine."This section reveals that stewardship begins where ownership ends.Because the land belongs to Yahuah, possession is temporary, stewardship is mandatory, and accountability is unavoidable.Redemption, Servitude, and Covenant Identity Leviticus 25:35–55This section reveals that redemption is the restoration of what was lost.The chapter closes by reminding Israel that both the land and the people belong to Yahuah.WHY THIS MESSAGE MATTERSLeviticus 25 teaches that covenant order survives only when covenant memory survives.The Owner establishes inheritance.The Redeemer restores inheritance.Forgetfulness threatens inheritance.Misused power corrupts inheritance.Therefore Leviticus 25 repeatedly interrupts man before stewardship becomes ownership.SCRIPTURE REFERENCESLeviticus 25Genesis 2:2–3Exodus 23:10–11Deuteronomy 15:1–18Numbers 26:52–56Numbers 36:7–92 Chronicles 36:21Psalm 24:1Isaiah 61:1–2Jeremiah 34:8–17Luke 4:18–19ABOUT AHAVA ~ LOVE ASSEMBLYWe teach the pure Word of Yahuah. No religion. No traditions. No compromise.Teaching is established by Scripture only: line upon line, precept upon precept, with covenant understanding rooted in the text itself.SUPPORT THE WORK — GIVE VIA ZELLEZelle QR available at: ahavaloveministry.comZelle only.FINAL WORDLeviticus 25 reveals that Yahuah preserves covenant order by preserving covenant memory.What Yahuah owns, He governs.What Yahuah governs, He may reclaim.What Yahuah reclaims, He may restore.FINAL HEART CHECKWhat are you treating as if it belongs absolutely to you?Have you forgotten that you received what you now manage?Are you living as an owner or a steward?What does your stewardship reveal about your view of the Owner?
Are memory chips the new oil? And why are energy stocks getting the cold shoulder? Plus, how is Ford cashing in on the AI boom? Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this episode:00:21 When witnesses identify suspects from police line-ups, confidence mattersNature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony07:15 Registered Reports: how this ‘double peer review' process could benefit scientists and their resultsNature: Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Episode 335 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where we discuss this and all of our podcast episodes.This week we start are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective, which gives us an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and helps us understand Epicurus' position on the same issues. This week will continue in Book Two, where we will take up Section 8 Our text will come fromCicero - Academic Questions - Yonge We'll likely stick with Yonge primarily, but we'll also refer to the Rackham translation here: Cicero On Nature Of Gods Academica Loeb Rackham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archivehttps://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/5101-episode-335-eataq-17-epicurean-analysis-of-stoic-claims-about-notions-and-memory/
This episode features "The Scent of Memory" written by Zhao Haihong and translated by S. Qiouyi Lu. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/zhao_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership
Gerrit Cole looks dominant and the Yankees now need urgency more than ever. Plus what was the most memorable Knicks series in the Brunson era.
First up on the podcast, a company is using whole brains—maintained with specialized life support—to study new drugs. Freelance science journalist Sara Reardon joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the advantages and ethical considerations of keeping brains intact but inactive. Next on the show, when some lizards lose their tails, they might regenerate new ones. But what happens to the old tail? Whereas a castoff lizard tail quickly decomposes, this isn't the case for the castoff tube feet of the sea cucumber, Psolus fabricii. Sara Miller Jobson, a Ph.D. student at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, describes how these “living” limbs healed after amputation and then survived for more than 3 years in just seawater. Their survival in such simple conditions, while maintaining a complex tissue with a functioning immune response, could make amputated tube feet a useful model system for studying regeneration. Finally this week, the first in our book series on science biographies. Books host Angela Saini talks with historian Anna-Luna Post about her recent book, Galileo's Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century, which explores how fame shaped the scientific fortunes of Galileo Galilei. This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.” — Lamentations 3:21 Memory is frequently the bondslave of despondency. Despairing minds call to remembrance every dark foreboding in the past, and dilate upon every gloomy feature in the present; thus memory, clothed in sackcloth, presents to the mind a cup of mingled gall and […]
May 27, 2026 – FS Insider's Cris Sheridan and Tom Essaye discuss the AI data center and memory chip boom, surging tech capex, market impacts, and if this growth is sustainable. Key insights for investors following AI, tech trends, and valuations...
Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks.Discover how to organize your home according to your unique personality with organizing expert Cas Aarssen, also known as Clutterbug. In this lively episode, Dr. Christine Li interviews Cas Aarssen about her journey from self-described "super slob" to bestselling author and creator of the Clutterbug organizing philosophy. Learn about the four different organizing styles, the connection between self-belief and clutter, and actionable, ADHD-friendly strategies to declutter and keep your space tidy for good. Find out how understanding your style can save you time, energy, and stress—and why getting organized is possible for everyone.Timestamps00:00:00: Dr. Christine Li introduces the episode and guest Cas Aarssen00:03:33: Cas Aarssen shares her early struggles with clutter and organizing00:05:32: Turning point: buying bins and finding a new system (~16 years ago)00:06:26: Discussion of shame, self-belief, and feeling different about clutter00:07:19: Discovery of different organizing styles, leading to the Clutterbug concept00:08:14: Overview of the four organizing styles (Clutterbug philosophy)00:09:53: Biggest benefit reported: more free time after organizing00:11:30: Addressing recurring, minor clutter issues (e.g., shopping bags)00:12:12: Practical system: using containers as clutter limits where clutter naturally collects00:13:27: Mindset shift: Self-kindness and problem-solving over self-criticism00:16:01: Memory bin strategy for sentimental decluttering00:18:15: Warrior mindset for decluttering (evicting “squatter” items)00:20:22: Tips for low-energy declutterers: set goals/numbers and schedule time00:22:44: Quick rundown of the four Clutterbug types: Butterfly, Bee, Cricket, Ladybug00:27:43: Clutterbug quiz and free resources information00:28:27: How Cas Aarssen works with clients and community now00:29:40: Wrap-up and call to take the quiz and self-compassionTo get the free download that accompanies this episode, go to: https://clutterbug.com/To sign up for the Waitlist for the Simply Productive Program, go to https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/SPFor more information on the Make Time for Success podcast, visit: https://www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.comGain Access to Dr. Christine Li's Free Resource Library -- 12 downloadable tools and templates to help you bypass the impulse to procrastinate: https://procrastinationcoach.mykajabi.com/freelibraryTo work with Dr. Li on a weekly basis in her coaching and accountability program, register for The Success Lab here: https://www.procrastinationcoach.com/lab Connect with Us!Dr. Christine LiWebsite: https://www.procrastinationcoach.comFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/procrastinationcoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/procrastinationcoach/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@procrastinationcoachThe Success Lab: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/lab Simply Productive: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/SPCas AarssenWebsite: https://clutterbug.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clutterbug.meInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clutterbugTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me
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Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe: Perception and Society During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. Key use: Landscape archaeology, perception, monument placement, sacred routes, and social memory.Tilley, Christopher. A Phenomenology of Landscape: Places, Paths and Monuments. Key use: Embodied movement through sacred landscapes. Good for explaining why approach, walking, turning, climbing, entering, and returning matter as much as the site itself.Ruggles, Clive. Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth. Key use: Archaeoastronomy, horizon alignment, sky events, and methodological caution against sloppy “everything is a star map” claims.Ruggles, Clive. Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Key use: Prehistoric monuments, solar/lunar alignments, and sky-ground relationships.Watson, Aaron, and David Keating. “Architecture and Sound: An Acoustic Analysis of Megalithic Monuments in Prehistoric Britain.” Antiquity 73, no. 280 (1999): 325–336. Key use: Archaeoacoustics, megalithic sound environments, echo, resonance, and how ancient monuments may have shaped movement and perception through sound as well as sight.Eliade, Mircea. The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion. Key use: Sacred space, center, axis mundi, threshold, and the difference between ordinary space and holy space.Smith, Jonathan Z. To Take Place: Toward Theory in Ritual. Key use: Ritual as place-making. Useful for the idea that sacred places are not merely found; they are produced through repeated action, interpretation, and return.Tuan, Yi-Fu. Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. Key use: Lived place, memory, orientation, and the difference between abstract space and meaningful place.van Gennep, Arnold. The Rites of Passage. Key use: Separation, threshold, and incorporation. Useful for crossings, caves, temples, initiation, and the movement from ordinary to sacred space.Turner, Victor. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Key use: Liminality, betweenness, communitas, and why thresholds create psychological and social transformation.Vitruvius. Ten Books on Architecture / De Architectura. Key use: Classical architecture, proportion, order, temple siting, and the ancient architectural concern with harmony, geometry, and orientation.Scully, Vincent. The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture. Key use: Greek temples in relation to landscape, sightlines, deity, terrain, and sacred placement.Ward-Perkins, J. B. Roman Imperial Architecture. Key use: Roman monumental space, basilicas, civic authority, imperial architecture, and the built environment Christianity later inherits.Wycherley, R. E. How the Greeks Built Cities. Key use: Greek civic and sacred urban planning, temple placement, public space, and the relationship between architecture and city order.Onians, John. Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Key use: Classical orders as carriers of meaning, authority, proportion, and inherited architectural language.Assmann, Jan. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. Key use: Egyptian sacred space, temple theology, divine presence, ritual service, and cosmic order.Shafer, Byron E., ed. Temples of Ancient Egypt. Key use: Egyptian temple structure, processional access, restricted interiors, ritual activity, light/dark progression, and the temple as cosmic environment.Levenson, Jon D. Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible. Key use: Temple, mountain, divine presence, sacred center, covenant, and the biblical imagination of holy place.Levine, Lee I., ed. Jerusalem: Its Sanctity and Centrality to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Key use: Jerusalem, sacred center, Temple memory, pilgrimage, and the later religious mapping of holiness.The Bible, especially Exodus, Leviticus, 1 Kings, Ezekiel, Psalms, the Gospels, Hebrews, and Revelation. Key use: Tabernacle, Temple, altar, priesthood, sacrifice, holiness, veil, divine presence, living water, pilgrimage, heavenly city, and sacred orientation.Misstear, Bruce. “The Hydrogeology of Sacred Wells: Insights from Ireland.” Hydrogeology Journal, 2024. Key use: Sacred wells as real groundwater systems, including hydrogeological settings, water chemistry, cultural meaning, and anthropogenic impacts. This supports the line that holy wells are both sacred sites and physical water systems.Bord, Janet, and Colin Bord. Sacred Waters: Holy Wells and Water Lore in Britain and Ireland. Key use: Holy wells, healing traditions, local water lore, offerings, vows, and repeated devotional return.Rattue, James. The Living Stream: Holy Wells in Historical Context. Key use: Historical context for holy wells, Christianization, local devotion, and the persistence of sacred water sites.Ray, Celeste. The Origins of Ireland's Holy Wells. Key use: Irish holy wells, sacred water, pilgrimage, healing, local tradition, and the complex relation between Christian practice and older water sites.National Churches Trust. “Medieval Bridge Chapels.” Key use: Bridge chapels as medieval crossing sites, often chantry chapels connected to prayers for founders, benefactors, travelers, and pilgrims.Green, Edward. “Bridge Chapels.” Building Conservation. Key use: Bridge chapels as Christian worship sites built on or near bridges for travelers, safe arrival, and the sacralization of movement.Research report. The Bridge Chapels of Medieval Britain. Key use: Bridge construction and maintenance as pious and charitable work, chapels and crosses at bridges, safe passage, tolls, repairs, and the link between devotion and infrastructure.Walsham, Alexandra. The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland. Key use: How sacred geography, wells, crosses, shrines, roads, memory, and local religious landscapes were reclassified and contested during the Reformation.Ren, L., et al. “GIS-Based Viewshed Analysis on the Visibility of Historic Towns.” ISPRS Archives, 2021. Key use: Viewshed analysis, line-of-sight, historic structures, and the use of GIS to study visibility in built heritage environments. Useful for keeping claims about towers, spires, and landmark dominance grounded in method.Vaz de Freitas, I. “Historical Landscape: A Methodological Proposal to Characterise the Landscape of Monasteries in Early Medieval Portugal.” Religions 15, no. 10 (2024): 1158. Key use: Early medieval monastic landscapes, GIS method, religious siting, and environmental variables. Useful for sacred visibility, water proximity, slope, altitude, and landscape choice.Kilde, Jeanne Halgren. Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship. Key use: Broad Christian architecture source for power, worship, sacred space, and the way buildings shape religious experience.Kieckhefer, Richard. Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley. Key use: Church architecture as theology in built form. Useful as a bridge from ancient sacred grammar into later Christian architectural expression.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A
Are chip and memory stocks in a bubble? Or just rationally riding an ever-increasing demand for AI infrastructure? Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin unpack the rally in chip and memory stocks. Also they go long a stalemate in the Middle East and long the fracas surrounding the new Ferrari. For a free 30-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer.You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can transcendence still make philosophical sense after modernity? John Vervaeke speaks with philosopher William Desmond about Platonism as a living tradition, the meaning of strong transcendence, and Desmond's philosophy of the metaxu: the between. The conversation builds from John's proposal that relevance realization and transjectivity are philosophically grounded in Desmond's ontological account of the between. John begins by distinguishing modern psychological accounts of transcendence from the ancient and Platonic sense of strong transcendence. In this stronger sense, transcendence is not merely a better state of mind. It discloses truths that are otherwise unavailable and changes the knower's relation to reality. That claim challenges modern assumptions about flat ontology, the buffered self, representational cognition, and the fact-value split. Desmond responds through Plato. He presents Plato not as a dry theorist of two worlds, but as a philosophical artist of the between: a thinker of mimesis, eros, mania, dialogue, singularity, and participatory transformation. Plato's dialogues are not ornamental containers for arguments; their drama, characters, and dialogical movement are part of the philosophy itself. The later conversation opens into deep memory, imagination, eternity, possibility, God, Daoism, intercultural philosophy, pilgrimage, and the life-world. Desmond and Vervaeke converge on the need to move beyond the view from nowhere and return philosophy to transformative practice, embodied dwelling, and a richer contact with the sources of intelligibility. Key Insights Strong transcendence has epistemological and ontological significance, not only psychological benefit. The metaxu, or between, names a porous relation before, beneath, between, and beyond modern dichotomies. Modernity's fact-value split risks producing default atheism or default nihilism. Participatory knowing offers an alternative to treating cognition as internal representation of an external world. Plato's dialogical form is integral to his philosophy; the drama cannot simply be stripped away to extract arguments. Mimesis involves relation between image and original without collapsing their difference. Eros and mania point to two directions of transcendence: from below upward and from above downward. Deep memory is a source of imagination and ontological depth, not merely storage of past facts. Possibility should not be reduced to logical possibility; living possibility points toward enabling power. Pilgrimage and theoria are linked: philosophical transformation requires being on the way, not merely observing from nowhere. Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and setup 01:00 Relevance realization and the philosophy of the between 02:00 Platonism as living tradition 02:40 The need for strong transcendence 03:50 Transcendence after modernity 04:40 William Desmond introduces his work 05:00 Between system and poetics 06:00 The Western tradition as conversation partner 08:00 John's paper on strong transcendence 09:20 Psychological transcendence in modern thought 10:00 Truths disclosed through transcendence 11:00 Flat ontology and layered reality 12:30 The buffered self 14:00 Fact-value dichotomy and default atheism 15:10 Contact epistemology and participatory relation 17:20 Being realized as you realize 18:20 Anagoge and the cave 18:40 Interior, exterior, and superior transcendence 20:10 Autonomy, heteronomy, theonomy, and theosis 21:30 Desmond responds 22:00 Plato's philosophical art and the Sophist 22:30 Art, origins, and otherness 23:40 Originality, creativity, and modern art 25:20 Mimesis and the difference between image and original 28:20 Plato as thinker of the metaxu 29:00 Eros and self-transcendence 30:00 Mania and divine inspiration 31:30 Inspiration as transmission 33:20 Metaxology and Hegel 34:40 The Sophist and participatory knowing 36:40 The who of the sophist 38:10 Periagoge and the turning of the soul 39:40 Philosophy as a way of life 40:30 Exiting modernity's frame 43:20 The dialogue form is not ornamental 45:30 Socrates as an image of courage 46:20 Dialogos and method 48:00 Diaphanous logos 49:00 Singular incarnation and witness 51:10 Theoria as contemplation and pilgrimage 52:00 John's dialectic-in-dialogos practice 53:20 Anamnesis in practice 54:20 The logos beyond the participants 55:20 Deep memory and imagination 57:00 Muses, memory, and hidden springs 58:20 AI and outsourced memory 59:00 Memory as ontological depth 01:00:30 Eternity and the other to time 01:02:40 Inward otherness and ultimate otherness 01:04:50 Plato's sun and enabling light 01:06:20 Porosity and the buffered self 01:07:00 Living possibility 01:09:00 Possibility, transcendence, and God 01:10:40 What makes intelligibility intelligible? 01:11:40 Eastern and Western approaches to possibility 01:13:30 Coming to be and becoming 01:15:40 Nicholas of Cusa 01:17:00 Wu wei and giving way 01:18:20 Daoist practice and Socratic midwifery 01:20:20 Philosophical Silk Road 01:22:10 The intimate universal 01:23:20 Against philosophical tourism 01:25:30 Elemental porosity 01:26:00 Pilgrimage and practice 01:27:40 Being underway 01:29:30 Theoria as metanoetic passage 01:30:10 Symphonic language 01:34:00 The life-world 01:35:40 Rejecting the view from nowhere 01:36:20 Closing Resources William Desmond, Being and the Between William Desmond, Ethics and the Between William Desmond, God and the Between William Desmond, Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art Plato, Symposium, Ion, Sophist, Republic, and Laches Plotinus and Proclus Hegel Charles Taylor Catherine Pickstock, Aspects of Truth Paul Tillich Thomas Aquinas Nicholas of Cusa Pierre Hadot Henry Corbin Frank, Gleiser, and Thompson, The Blind Spot Follow John Vervaeke: Website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke/videos X: https://x.com/DrJohnVervaeke Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
Java's use of memory, often chided for being excessive, is actually a strength as it trades more memory use for fewer CPU cycles. Java can only make this tradeoff due to its moving garbage collectors, something more memory efficient platforms often cannot. But what's the point in leaving available memory on the table if using it makes your program run faster? Efficient use of that resource wouldn't be to leave it untapped but to use it to speed up the program. In this "Ask the Architect" episode of the Inside Java Podcast, recorded during JavaOne 2026, Nicolai Parlog talks to Ron Pressler, Java Architect at Oracle.
Ron White is a two-time USA Memory Champion, U.S. Navy veteran, and one of the world's foremost memory training experts. Known as the "Brain Athlete," he has dedicated his career to proving that extraordinary memory is not a gift — it's a trainable skill. A Texas-based entrepreneur and speaker, White first discovered memory techniques in 1991 at age 18 and has spent over three decades mastering and teaching them. He won back-to-back USA Memory Championships in 2009 and 2010 and held the national record for the fastest to memorize a shuffled deck of cards in one minute and 27 seconds. He has appeared on the History Channel's Stan Lee's Superhumans, National Geographic's Brain Games, and Fox's Superhuman with Kal Penn and Mike Tyson, as well as Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and CBS Evening News. After September 11th, White joined the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence specialist and deployed to Afghanistan in 2007, serving until 2010. That experience inspired what he considers his most important work: memorizing the names, ranks, and order of death of more than 2,300 American service members killed in Afghanistan — over 7,000 words committed to memory over 10 months. He travels the country writing those names from memory on a 52-foot memorial wall, a tribute built on a simple message: "You are not forgotten." Today, White speaks to audiences in over 30 countries and runs Brain Athlete, where he teaches individuals and organizations to improve their memory, read faster, and learn more effectively through his flagship Black Belt Memory program. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Sign up for your $1 per month trial today at https://shopify.com/srs Ready to upgrade your eyewear? Check them out at https://roka.com and use code SRS for 20% off sitewide. Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code SRS at https://mudwtr.com/SRS ! #mudwtrpod If you're serious about selling to the Department of War, go to https://SBIRAdvisors.com and mention Shawn Ryan for your first month free. Get 30% off your first subscription order at https://armra.com/srs or enter code SRS at checkout. Get 50% off your first order of Sundays for Dogs at https://sundaysfordogs.com/SRS50 or use code SRS50 at checkout. Ron White Links: IG - https://www.instagram.com/brainathlete Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@brainathlete Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RonWhiteMemory TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@realbrainathlete Website - https://www.brainathlete.com/shawn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Most people think feeling tired, foggy, inflamed, and “off” is just part of modern life.But what if your body is working overtime behind the scenes trying to protect you from a toxic load your grandparents never had to deal with?In this episode of the Kwik Brain podcast, I sit down with David Roberts and Dr. John Gildea, founders of Mara Labs, to unpack what modern toxins, chronic inflammation, and microplastics may be doing to your brain, gut, energy, and recovery.David Roberts' interest in this work began after his late wife, Mara, was diagnosed with breast cancer, a deeply personal experience that pushed him to look more closely at the science of cellular protection and detoxification. Dr. John Gildea is a Johns Hopkins-trained PhD and molecular biologist with decades of research experience in oxidative stress, gene expression, and the body's natural defense systems.We talk about what is really happening when your body feels slower to recover, why brain fog may be one of the earliest warning signs that your system is under stress, and how your detox pathways, inflammation levels, and gut barrier all play a role in how sharp or sluggish you feel.In this episode, you'll learn: ☑️ What sulforaphane is and why it matters for brain health, detoxification, and inflammation ☑️ How chronic inflammation differs from the kind your body uses for healing ☑️ Why brain fog may be linked to toxins, mitochondrial strain, and poor cellular cleanup ☑️ What microplastics are, where most exposure comes from, and why they are such a concern ☑️ How modern life may be overwhelming the body's built-in defense systems ☑️ Why detox is not about extreme cleanses but about supporting the pathways your body already uses ☑️ How gut integrity and tight junctions relate to toxic burden ☑️ Simple ways to reduce toxic exposure and support your body more effectivelyIf you've been feeling like your energy is lower, your thinking is less clear, or your body is not recovering the way it used to, this episode will help you understand what may be happening underneath the surface and what you can do to better support your brain and body in a high-stress, high-toxin world.