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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Roman Yampolskiy is a computer scientist & associate professor known for research on AI safety, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and the risks of advanced artificial intelligence. He has written extensively for both academic and public audiences, including books such as Artificial Superintelligence and AI Safety and Security. SPONSORS https://www.amentara.com/go/dj - Use code DJP22 for 22% off your first order. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS @RomanYampolskiy https://x.com/romanyam *NEW* DJP MERCH https://dannyjonespodcast.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Doomsday AI scenario 05:50 - AI super intelligence will kill us 11:59 - Superintelligence is dangerously close 16:36 - Why quantum computers aren't a threat 18:36 - AI may already be conscious 29:07 - AI is technology of mutually assured destruction 38:30 - We're in a simulation (and we can hack it) 47:21 - AI will create simulated realities 51:04 - Arguments against simulation theory 52:45 - What's outside the simulation 59:47 - The AI meaning crisis 01:02:57 - Government slowing down AI 01:07:36 - The current leading nation of AI 01:12:13 - Merging humans with AI 01:19:27 - Keeping AI obedient 01:23:02 - How transhumanists plan to live forever 01:32:34 - How AI will change human evolution 01:37:34 - It is now impossible to identify AI-generated media 01:44:34 - Palantir + DOGE integration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Romain Daumont is an entrepreneur and founder of Luminara, a digital platform designed to make energy healing and biofield therapies more accessible worldwide. He created Luminara to bridge ancient healing practices with modern technology, curating vetted practitioners and delivering one-to-one sessions through a remote, immersive experience. His work is driven by a personal journey of loss, which led him to focus on creating spaces for healing, connection, and transformation at scale.LinksLuminara website: https://www.luminara.care/About Luminara: https://www.luminara.care/about-us/Luminara (company profile): https://www.linkedin.com/company/luminara-care/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.---Thank you to our Sponsors: Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://janesoftware.partnerlinks.io/ngvcwcxqt2jx-4afv8i (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beduc.at/pd2633-traumatherapist

In this episode, Tim rejoins the show to share more tips, his journey from marketing to show business, emphasizing the importance of niching down, branding, and strategic scaling for entrepreneurs. Discover practical tips on building a personal brand, leveraging micro niches, and creating a unique customer experience."Branding colors are everything."Chapters0:00 — Branding Colors and Consistency0:44 — Introducing Tim and His Journey1:45 — How Tim Got into Marketing4:58 — Leaving the Old Career Behind6:48 — The Importance of Delegation8:31 — Niching Down and Knowing Your Audience9:30 — Building a Strong Brand11:47 — Combining Magic and Music12:55 — What's Next for Tim14:13 — Tim's Generalist Approach Based on Geographic Area 16:19 — Where to Find Tim OnlineOther Key Takeaways*Tim's transition from marketing to show business*How he scaled his businesses*Creating a unique customer experience*Using Google Business Profile for local marketing"Live your bliss and have fun."After the show, enjoy more tips and insight from his first episode with us on July 20, 2025 here!Send us Fan MailSupport the showRemember to subscribe for the next episode. Show Partner: ComingAlive PodcastProduction.comMusic Credits: Copyright Free Music from Adventure by MusicbyAden.

Watch on YouTube  Jesse Knight bought a four-axle dump truck the fall after he graduated high school in 1992, because there wasn't enough family farm ground left for a third man. Thirty-five years later, Knight Trucking runs roughly 40 trucks out of Lebo, Kansas, split evenly between end dumps and pneumatics, hauling rock, sand, salt, and food-grade freight across the Midwest. In this episode, Jared Flinn sits down with Jesse and his son Colby for a conversation two decades in the making, Jared first knocked on this door 20 years ago working truck logistics at Bartlett Grain. Jesse walks through the whole climb: leasing to a local rock hauler and sitting four months every winter, merging equipment with his dad and brother to form Knight Trucking in 1996, running the business out of his parents' house with his mom keeping the books, and then landing the I-70 milling and aggregate contracts that forced him to scale from a few trucks to nearly 60 almost overnight, while still driving one himself. He's candid about the parts most operators won't discuss: why he walked away from construction work when the risk stopped matching the reward, why he converted his owner operator fleet into company assets, how he prices freight so the truck actually makes money, what the Peterbilt 386 rollout cost him in repainted hoods, and why chasing kosher certification for his food-grade salt trailers produced about six loads before the business dried up. Colby shares his side too, diesel tech certificate, years in the shop, and getting handed the dispatch board when his dad left for a three-month trip. It closes on the two things Jesse says actually matter after 35 years: drivers who've stayed 10 to 30 years, and a family that never let the business divide it.   ⏱️ TIMECODES  0:00 - 20 Years Later: Full Circle in Lebo, Kansas  1:22 - No Room Left on the Family Farm  1:58 - Buying the First Dump Truck in 1992 3:19 - Merging the Family Equipment: Knight Trucking is Born  5:38 - The I-70 Project: A Few Trucks to 60 in Months 8:30 - What Milling Actually Is (And Why It Takes So Many Trucks) 10:11 - How a "Snot-Nosed Kid" Won Big Construction Contracts 11:05 - Becoming a Spotlight Carrier for Cargill Deicing Salt 14:14 - Moving 200,000 Tons of Rock Across Kansas 16:51 - End Dumps vs. Hoppers: The Weight Disadvantage Nobody Talks About 20:27 - Colby's Story: From the Shop to the Dispatch Desk 23:42 - The Fleet Today: 50/50 End Dumps and Pneumatics 25:03 - Why He Rolled His Owner Operators Into Company Trucks 27:04 - "If I Tell Them I'll Keep Them Busy, I Mean It" 29:36 - Competing With the Big Kansas City Carriers 32:34 - The Kosher Certification That Produced 6 Loads 37:53 - Truck and Trailer Specs (And the Peterbilt 386 Nightmare)  42:54 - Surviving Fuel Volatility and Surcharges 43:53 - The Story Behind the Rocking K Brand 45:51 - Selling Out of the Farm and Cattle Side 48:46 - "It's the Drivers That Keep Driving Me" 49:37 - Why He Hates Watching Families Divide

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta.Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details.About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank.Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy.In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect' club within the Clubhouse app).Would you like to dive in deeper? Our recommendation is to read the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta in recent history — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities' by A. Parthasarathy, which can be found on Amazon. We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy.For the deepest dive, check out Swami A. Parthasarathy's eLearning program here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elearning.vedantaworld.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resources:Swami Parthasarathy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bhagavad Gita: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vedanta Academy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Emmett: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Beshara: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jjbeshara.com/about/⁠

FEATURING: (00:07:24) New Business - LEGO Voyagers.(00:17:26) Denshattack!(00:28:14) Pokopia expansion pass.(00:45:52) Days Gone.(00:59:04) Merge Mansion (what's the opposite of an intervention?).(01:18:21) Splatoon Raiders.(01:23:50) Housekeeping.

Donald Trump has threatened a "decapitation" strike to restart the war if negotiations with Iran fail. Iran denies talks are underway, but Tehran is certainly talking with one country: Oman. It is closing in on a Strait of Hormuz deal that would grant Iranian control over inbound shipping, potentially allowing it to charge fees on everything from oil to fertiliser. Amid fresh missile strikes on commercial vessels near Oman, how will the US respond?On today's episode of Iran: The Latest, Roland Oliphant speaks with Danny Citrinowicz, Senior Fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), about whether Iran is strategically dragging out the conflict. They analyse how the Iran and Russia-Ukraine wars are “very close” to merging into a single global front, why US military posture is buckling in the Gulf, and how collapsing ceasefire deals in Lebanon and Gaza expose the limits of Trump's Middle East strategy. HighlightsTrump threatens ‘decapitation' strike if Iran negotiations failWhy the Iran and Ukraine wars are ‘very close' to merging CONTRIBUTORS:Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphantDanny Citrinowicz, senior fellow at Institute for National Security Studies @citrinowicz WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dkCONTENT REFERENCED:Trump cut out of new deal to reopen Strait of Hormuzhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/04/iran-and-oman-near-deal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz/Trump's Hamas disarmament plan unravelshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/03/donald-trump-hamas-disarmament-deal-unravelling/Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026Nominated Podcast of the Year - Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026Nominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs - British Podcast Awards 2026The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026Producer: Max BowerVideo Producer: Peter ShevlinResearcher and Social Producer: Anna HindmarshStudio Operator: Andy WatsonExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

hi! welcome back! hope you're having a great summer, this episode centers around the amazing collab that is Walk This Way - Aerosmith and Run DMC. I talk about how the song came to be, the aftermath, other Hip Hop and Rock collabs, why the mixing of these two genres works, and tune in to hear my thoughts on where we are now! xoxo Bella Socials: @boominwithbella Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/U1fUEpfugPA Apple Music Profile: https://music.apple.com/profile/isabellalainez Spotify Profile: https://open.spotify.com/user/bellalainez?si=BhwlAIZCR4-MvylGkXC2xw&nd=1&dlsi=fbe061672dec4169 Links: https://linktr.ee/boominwithbella  

In this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman on W4CY Radio, Pipeman sits down with Phantom and Rod Usher of The Other at Wacken festival. The conversation dives into The Other's journey to the festival stage, the significance of their band name, horror punk influences, iconic live show memories, upcoming music, and the interplay between punk and metal subcultures. Expect personal stories, some music history trivia, and passionate discussions about legendary bands like The Misfits, Iron Maiden, and Mötley Crüe.Main Topics CoveredThe story behind The Other's band name and merch challengesGetting to play Wacken and what the festival meansPhantom's motivation for joining the bandUpcoming shows, Halloween events, and new releasesDeep roots and influences: The Misfits, Danzig, Iron Maiden, KISS, and morePunk vs. metal: bridging genres and scenesMemorable concert stories from the LA Sunset Strip and beyondNotable trivia and music history momentsKey Discussions & StoriesBand Name & MerchRod Usher shares that the name "The Other" is conversation-starting and sometimes confusing for new listeners 00:28.The band's merch can be bought at Wacken or online at theother.de, but shipping to the US is currently tricky due to high costs 01:31.Playing WackenRod Usher recounts how they landed their first Wacken show by directly emailing the event founder 02:12.Phantom says joining The Other was partially motivated by a wish to play Wacken: "This has been on my wish list" 03:21.Band's Upcoming PlansAnnual Halloween show is their highlight 04:15.Planning a double headliner tour in Europe with a former Misfits musician; new album coming soon 04:23.Compilation album "Other Dimensions" releasing October 30th, featuring originals and covers 09:57.Plans for a new album with hopes for a Halloween release next year, plus top 10 album chart success 24:05.Horror Punk & Iconic InfluenceRod Usher and Phantom reflect on how The Misfits, Danzig, Typo Negative, The Damned, AFI, and others shaped their style 04:50, 24:45.Discussion of The Misfits' impact on both music and the punk/metal crossover 06:25.Favorite Misfits songs: "Skulls" (Rod Usher), "Dig Up Her Bones" (Phantom), and "TV Casualty" (Pipe Man) 07:58-08:27.Punk & Metal CrossoverPanel discusses how punk and metal scenes used to clash, only to blend later — with stories from LA and legendary bands like Metallica, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, DRI, and Possessed 11:04-14:14.Rod Usher: “Our second show ever was supporting DRI.” 12:29Memorable Live Shows & Early InfluencesPipeman recounts seeing Mötley Crüe as a horror punk band before their glam transformation, hanging out with Mick Mars and Lemmy at 13, and his first ever concert (Beatlemania at Madison Square Garden) 16:06-18:15.Phantom shares his first live show: an Iron Maiden tribute featuring Helloween's drummer 18:57.KISS influence: first album owned by Pipeman, tattoos by Rod Usher 21:05.Notable QuotesRod Usher: “Once you're part of the Wacken family, it is an awesome community.” 02:45Phantom: “One of the reasons why I joined is I wanted to play Wacken. It's always been on my wish list.” 03:21Pipeman: “If they don't buy your merch, they can't listen to my show.” 01:11Rod Usher on beginnings: “We started as a Misfits cover band for fun… then we just slipped our originals in, and people didn't notice — they thought it was a Misfits song.” 09:13Pipeman on punk/metal unity: “Band together, morons, instead of fighting each other.” 11:30Rod Usher: “If you like The Misfits, Danzig, Typo, AFI… you'll probably like us.” 24:45Resources & Links MentionedThe Other Merch & Band Info: theother.deUpcoming album: "Other Dimensions," releasing October 30thSocials and general band connections found via official websiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-adventures-of-pipeman--941822/support.Click Here to Subscribe for PERKS, BONUS Content & FREE GIVEWAYS!Follow @pipemanradio on all socials & Pipeman Radio Requests & Info at www.linktr.ee/pipemanradioStream The Adventures of Pipeman daily & live Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays at 1PM ET on W4CY Radio & Talk 4 TV. Download, Rate & Review the Podcast at The Adventures of Pipeman, Pipeman Radio, Talk 4 Media, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube & All Podcast Apps.

Salvatore Vitale and Calin Plunkett of MIT explain hierarchical merging, a process where black holes merge repeatedly to create larger "monsters." By analyzing gravitational waves from 155 binary pairs, they discovered that 14% are second-generation black holes, born from previous mergers rather than stellar collapse. These second-generation black holes are characterized by rapid spin and mass asymmetry, providing clues to how supermassive black holes form in galaxies. (7)1897 WISCONSIN, LENS BY ALVIN CLARK AND SONS

Anatol Lieven examines how the Ukraine and Iran conflicts are merging into one global struggle following a Ukrainiandrone strike on an Iranian vessel. This escalation threatens global energy supplies of refined oil products, as Russianrefineries struggle with capacity. While Ukraine targets the Russian middle class to undermine support for the war, Lieven warns of a widening proxy war involving China, North Korea, and Iran. (5)

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Jonathan Schanzer reports the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are merging as Russia, Iran, and Chinacoordinate their efforts. Schanzer notes that Ukraine's Caspian Sea strike has clarified this global partnership. The US is currently attempting to "keep a lid" on Israel to prevent a regional escalation. However, the US military faces a depletion of missile interceptors, making it difficult to sustain a long, high-intensity conflict. (7)

Why did Ukraine hit an Iranian ship 500 miles from Ukraine? ... Ukraine's war on Russia's Amazon ... Why Zelensky fired his defense minister and commander-in-chief ... Bob: Ukraine may lose like people go bankrupt—gradually, then suddenly ... Nikita: Why both sides are ready to keep fighting ... Kazakh President to Putin: Nobody understands this war ... Bob: Everybody thinks they're fighting a defensive war ... Heading to Overtime: The globalist elite vs. the globalist precariat, and an AI path to WW3 ...

Stories:* ⭐ Israel's US Influence Operations: Targeting Media Outlets, Merging w/ Military, Targeting Candidates* ⭐ Israel's Global Influence Operations: War Crimes in Lebanon, Targeting Cyprus, Vietnam, UK* ⭐ Eyes on Gaza: Nothing Started in 2023, 70% Control, Rebuild to Cost 7X More, New Campaign* ⭐ Consequences of Supporting the Duopoly: Free Speech, ICE, Dark Money, SpaceX SCAMFor the links to all the articles & videos shown on the show plus the links to watch/share on every other platform, click here: https://www.indiemediatoday.com/p/indie-news-now-live-links-07-28-26?r=539iuHelp fund the media you want to see! Indie Media Today and Indie News Network operate on a “Value for Value system.” Everything we do is free to all. We don't paywall our content, but we do need - and deeply appreciate - your support in order to keep running. One way to do that is with a monthly or annual subscription here.A $5/mo subscription here or on Ko-Fi.com helps us continue to produce quality content that challenges mainstream corporate funded narratives & amplify independent voices.Please support your favorite Indie Media creators!IndieNewsNow LIVE! covers stories corporate media doesn't want to tell, and from an angle they would NEVER tell it. Each episode, we showcase the work of dedicated independent reporters, researchers, and grassroots news outlets who are digging deeper on issues that matter, free from advertiser and corporate influence. Break free from the media focused on the duopoly and discover the news you're not supposed to see.Perfect for viewers who:* Are skeptical of corporate-controlled news narratives* Want to be more deeply informed on critical issues* Believe in supporting independent journalism* Feel like there's always more to the storySubscribe to IndieNews Network (INN) and hit the bell

Dropping twice weekly very soon, AFLW Inside Out is hosted by recent retiree and former Geelong captain, Meghan McDonald alongside veteran sports journalist Laura Spurway, they deliver the ultimate perspective on the game. Merging elite on-field experience with sharp broadcast reporting, Meg and Laura tackle the tactics, culture, and at the heart of it all- the real-world issues shaping the league alongside expert guests. It’s your definitive breakdown of women's footy- from inside the boundary line to the big picture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Eduardo M. Arroyo, author of AI and I: Merging the Horizon of Human Ingenuity and Artificial Intelligence, to tackle the high-stakes question keeping creators, professionals, and thinkers awake at night: Is artificial intelligence here to replace us, or to amplify who we truly are? Arroyo breaks past the sensationalized headlines to reveal what actually happens at the intersection of human creativity and machine intelligence. If you've ever wondered how to stay uniquely valuable in an automated world—or how to harness AI without losing your human edge—this conversation unlocks the mindsets and strategies you need to thrive on the new horizon. Together, they pull back the curtain on the subtle psychological shifts required to co-exist alongside hyper-intelligent systems rather than fear them. From practical daily applications to big-picture philosophy, Arroyo challenges us to rethink our definition of productivity and discover where true human brilliance resides. By the end of this episode, you'll stop seeing AI as a threat and start viewing it as the ultimate force multiplier for your own potential.

Adam joined Vineeta to discuss Minnesota driving habits including one key stretch on 394. Listen, on the WCCO Morning News!

This is a very special episode of Compounders: number 100. To celebrate that milestone, my guests on the show today are Alex Rubalcava and Connor Sundberg, Managing Partner and Partner, respectively, at the early-stage VC firm Amplify LA. Alex and I have been friends for many years, and it is an absolute treat to finally get him on the podcast. Alex recently merged his firm, Stage Venture Partners, into Amplify, where Connor was already a Partner. In this intriguing conversation, we covered: The rationale for the merger of the two investment firms; How they expect decision making and sourcing to change going forward; The idea of focusing on companies that are tackling challenges that are different and hard; Their current views on the pre-seed and broader venture capital investment universe; and How the SaaS-pocalypse is and isn't impacting how they view investing in enterprise software companies.

Merging both grains and cattle comments into one podcast. Grains pulled lower by Iran war stalling; weather stays hot for another few days; cattle mixed, waiting for reports; cash lower; boxed beef lower; reports give bearish slant; USDA announces phased reopening of Mexican border.

Three parts to the show today!1. First 30 min - we talk about Mt. Blue Sky Hill Climb, Tour de France, and Tom Danielson's controversial doping comments2. Jim Galanes joins to discuss USBA/USSS Strategic Alliance3. We read off the FAQs on the Strategic Alliance page

Join Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld as he guides us through the world and major works of Kabbalah, Hasidic masters, and Jewish philosophy, shedding light on the inner life of the soul. To learn more, visit JoeyRosenfeld.com

U.S. House Approves Merging Israeli & U.S. Military

Write Songs You Love host Michael Averill shares about the release of his new live off the floor piano focused collection titled “Piano Fire,” and shares stories from his upcoming book. Listen to Piano Fire on Bandcamp here. Share your thoughts on this episode in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Write Songs You Love Facebook Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ group.To join the Write Songs You Love Member calls, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://writesongsyoulove.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ to expand and nurture your creativity!

- Niko the Medium, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026, 4 PM ET Topic: Trance Mediumship: How to Merge With Spirit Through The Higher Self Niko Bio: BIO: From an early age, I experienced Spirit as a quiet, constant presence: subtle impressions, guiding whispers, and moments of knowing that shaped how I saw the world. As a child, this felt natural, like unseen companions walking beside me. The passing of my cousin Frank became a turning point. Though his physical life ended suddenly, his presence did not. A year later, when he reached me from beyond, what I had always sensed was confirmed as truth: love never ends, and Spirit is closer that we imagine. That moment became the foundation of my awakening and the beginning of my life's work. Yet speaking this truth was not always easy. I was raised in the Greek Orthodox faith, where such experiences were rarely acknowledged and often dismissed. To share that Spirit was near, and that we each carry the ability to connect with the unseen, was to risk being misunderstood or even rejected. Over time I came to realize that many feel the same tension: the longing to honor their inner knowing while surrounded by voices that do not speak the same language. I also understand the hesitation some of you may feel: the fear of the unknown, of being misjudged, or of loved ones turning away, thinking you've “changed” or become “different.” Allow me to humbly remind you: it is not their journey that should define you, but your own. Follow your heart. Listen to your intuition. This is the guiding light of your Higher Self. It is this truth and this calling that continue to guide the work I share today. Niko “I walk as the light. I speak as the soul. I remember who I am.”

There's a cognitive trick our brains play whenever we face a hard question or a difficult decision: we quietly swap the hard thing for something easier to answer. It's called substitution, and we do it constantly — usually without noticing, and sometimes to our detriment. In today's episode, I make the case that you can take this same shortcut your brain already runs automatically and start using it intentionally to break decision paralysis and get moving. The Substitution Heuristic: Understand the mental move at the heart of this episode — when "How are you?" becomes "Is there anything I urgently need to say?", your brain isn't being lazy, it's compressing. It runs a quick calculation: what's the downside of the substitute? Usually it's low, so the shortcut holds. Code Review as Substitution: See why you almost never review a big PR line by line. "Was it tested? Does it follow our best practices? Does anything look obviously wrong?" are all stand-ins for the harder, mostly-unnecessary work of reading every line — and most of the time, they're enough. Performance Reviews Are a Best Guess: Recognize that your rubrics, metrics, and frameworks are themselves substitutes. You can't deterministically rate a person on a scale, so every measure you use is an approximation of an immeasurable question: how much value is this person really generating, and where are they headed? Turn the Trick Around on Purpose: Learn how to use substitution deliberately to defeat paralysis. Instead of "I'm deciding to leave my job and chase something new," substitute "I'm going to send an email." The weight of sending an email is tiny — and the dream job is just a series of small, iterative steps like that one. Unbundle Your Big Decisions: Notice how we fuse trivial mechanical actions with heavy imagined meaning. Merging a branch isn't "declaring this production-ready and putting my name on the line" — it's moving bits into the cloud. Separate the labeling from the action and the action gets a lot less intimidating. Lower Your Commitment Threshold: Swap "this code is great" for "I believe this code is shippable." Swap "this is the perfect hire" for "this is a good bet we can course-correct." The actions you take are identical — but the internal stakes, and the fear, drop dramatically. Favor Reversible Moves: We consistently overestimate the risk of acting and underestimate the risk of doing nothing. Most decisions aren't permanent — you can roll back the deploy, divert from a bad hire, find an exit path. Look for the way back, and the decision gets easier to make. Episode Homework Next time you feel a big decision looming, break it into its most fundamental pieces. Ask: what am I actually doing here? What are the physical actions, the words, the mechanical steps? What's the true worst-case downside — and do I really have to attach all of my worth to it? You're likely already substituting easier questions without realizing it. This week, try doing it on purpose.

Merging Organizations Without Breaking the Revenue Cycle Mergers and acquisitions may bring organizations together on paper, but revenue cycle operations rarely align automatically. This Office Hours discussion explores what leaders should understand about workflows, systems, reporting, culture, and operational continuity when RCM teams and processes come together. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. ether This series is dedicated to exploring little-known—and occasionally useful—trinkets lurking in the dusty corners of UNIX-like operating systems. I frequently find myself reaching for the cut utility when writing scripts to extract one piece of data from a line, or to select specific fields from a log file. While I am familiar with its counterpart, paste , I don't employ it very often because I don't typically need its functionality. This perhaps has to do with the fact that I rarely work with text files containing lists. For shorter lists, I usually end up using a spreadsheet and for larger ones, a relational database. Both are valuable tools with their own strengths and weaknesses, but it is good to also know about standard utilities for working with lists. After uploading UNIX Curio #8 ( HPR episode 4657 ), I felt like maybe I had been too dismissive of the comm utility in that episode and should talk more about tools that are useful when managing lists. I don't frequently find myself using paste 1 , but can explain how it works. Briefly, it is a rough opposite of cut —when given multiple files as arguments, it assembles the first line from each one separated by tabs, then the second line, and so on. Instead of tabs, a different delimiter can be chosen with the -d option. Another option is -s , which swaps rows and columns so that the contents of each named file would appear on one line. While paste itself doesn't qualify as a UNIX Curio in my opinion, there is one feature that does: a hyphen can be given as an argument multiple times. In this special case, the output is taken line by line from standard input, but is spread across as many columns as there are hyphens. Example of using paste to turn the output of ls into columns. Because these columns are separated by tabs, they don't necessarily line up when a filename is eight or more characters long. The -1 is not required for the second ls command since that behavior is implied when output isn't going to a terminal. The -C option to ls usually gives nicer-looking output on a terminal—also, it lists in ascending order down by column. (Most implementations default to -C when output goes to a terminal.) If you want items ascending along rows like the paste example does, try ls -x instead. $ ls -1 /proc/net anycast6 arp bnep connector dev dev_mcast dev_snmp6 fib_trie fib_triestat hci icmp icmp6 if_inet6 igmp igmp6 ip6_flowlabel ip6_mr_cache ip6_mr_vif ip_mr_cache ip_mr_vif ip_tables_matches ip_tables_names [...35 more entries not shown...] $ ls /proc/net | paste - - - - anycast6 arp bnep connector dev dev_mcast dev_snmp6 fib_trie fib_triestat hci icmp icmp6 if_inet6 igmp igmp6 ip6_flowlabel ip6_mr_cache ip6_mr_vif ip_mr_cache ip_mr_vif ip_tables_matches ip_tables_names ip_tables_targets ipv6_route l2cap mcfilter mcfilter6 netfilter netlink netstat packet protocols psched ptype raw raw6 rfcomm route rt6_stats rt_acct rt_cache sco snmp snmp6 sockstat sockstat6 softnet_stat stat tcp tcp6 udp udp6 udplite udplite6 unix wireless xfrm_stat $ ls -C /proc/net anycast6 if_inet6 l2cap rfcomm tcp arp igmp mcfilter route tcp6 bnep igmp6 mcfilter6 rt6_stats udp connector ip6_flowlabel netfilter rt_acct udp6 dev ip6_mr_cache netlink rt_cache udplite dev_mcast ip6_mr_vif netstat sco udplite6 dev_snmp6 ip_mr_cache packet snmp unix fib_trie ip_mr_vif protocols snmp6 wireless fib_triestat ip_tables_matches psched sockstat xfrm_stat hci ip_tables_names ptype sockstat6 icmp ip_tables_targets raw softnet_stat icmp6 ipv6_route raw6 stat $ ls -x /proc/net anycast6 arp bnep connector dev dev_mcast dev_snmp6 fib_trie fib_triestat hci icmp icmp6 if_inet6 igmp igmp6 ip6_flowlabel ip6_mr_cache ip6_mr_vif ip_mr_cache ip_mr_vif ip_tables_matches ip_tables_names ip_tables_targets ipv6_route l2cap mcfilter mcfilter6 netfilter netlink netstat packet protocols psched ptype raw raw6 rfcomm route rt6_stats rt_acct rt_cache sco snmp snmp6 sockstat sockstat6 softnet_stat stat tcp tcp6 udp udp6 udplite udplite6 unix wireless xfrm_stat The paste command has limitations—the files you give it must all be already arranged in the same order, and if any file is missing a value, it must have a blank line so that subsequent lines will match up correctly. The files do not necessarily have to be sorted alphabetically, but whatever order they are in has to be the same. Check out HPR episodes 962 and 4201 for some more background on the paste utility. Example of using paste with files where some values are empty. Bob works from home so doesn't have an office assigned, and the laboratory Carol works in doesn't have a phone. This relies on the fact that the same line number in every file relates to the same person/entry. $ cat names Alice Bob Carol Dave $ cat offices 203 Lab6A 117 $ cat phones +1 212-555-1234 +1 919-555-2345 +1 212-555-1278 $ paste names offices phones Alice 203 +1 212-555-1234 Bob +1 919-555-2345 Carol Lab6A Dave 117 +1 212-555-1278 Our second UNIX Curio for today is a utility called join 2 , which has a bit more sophistication. It operates on two files, which can have multiple columns, and combines them using the join field. By default, the first column/field in each file is the join field, and only entries that exist in both files are printed. The -1 and -2 options can be used to join on a different field, and -o selects specific fields to be output. To make it so lines with missing entries also appear, you need to use the -a option, but an actual empty string with separator won't be printed unless -o is also present and includes the field. The default field separator character is one or more "blanks" in the current locale—for the POSIX locale, this means a space or a horizontal tab. The -t option selects a different character and also removes the treatment of multiple occurrences as a single separator, making it possible to have an empty field in one or both of the files. By default, a single space is used to separate fields in the output. If -t is given, the same character is used for separating fields in both input and output. You would need to pipe output through another tool like tr if you wanted to have a different separator in the output. The join utility might be an improvement over paste in some cases, since the join field makes it a little easier to identify which entries match up across files. It is limited to operating only on two files (one of which can be standard input), so combining more than that requires either creating temporary intermediate files or chaining together join commands in a pipeline. Another requirement is that all files must already be sorted in the current locale. Example showing how join can be used with two tab-separated lists. The LC_ALL assignment forces join to sort using the C (POSIX) locale instead of whatever might be set in your environment. The "@" on the header line has no special meaning; it is just there to make sure it sorts before any letters or numbers (in the C locale; it might not in other locales). Note that if -t were not specified, plist would be treated as having three fields because of the space separating the country code from the rest of the phone number. $ export tab="$(printf 't')" #To more easily use tab characters below $ cat olist @Name Office Alice 203 Carol Lab6A Dave 117 $ cat plist @Name Phone Alice +1 212-555-1234 Bob +1 919-555-2345 Dave +1 212-555-1278 $ LC_ALL=C join -t "$tab" olist plist @Name Office Phone Alice 203 +1 212-555-1234 Dave 117 +1 212-555-1278 $ LC_ALL=C join -t "$tab" -a 1 -a 2 olist plist @Name Office Phone Alice 203 +1 212-555-1234 Bob +1 919-555-2345 Carol Lab6A Dave 117 +1 212-555-1278 $ #By default, join acts as if empty fields don't exist; use -o to include $ LC_ALL=C join -t "$tab" -a 1 -a 2 -o 0,1.2,2.2 olist plist @Name Office Phone Alice 203 +1 212-555-1234 Bob +1 919-555-2345 Carol Lab6A Dave 117 +1 212-555-1278 $ #The -e option sets a placeholder to use for empty fields $ LC_ALL=C join -t "$tab" -e "(none)" -a 1 -a 2 -o 0,1.2,2.2 olist plist @Name Office Phone Alice 203 +1 212-555-1234 Bob (none) +1 919-555-2345 Carol Lab6A (none) Dave 117 +1 212-555-1278 The brief description for join is "relational database operator"—I won't dispute that, but in my view it offers far fewer capabilities than people would expect from today's relational databases. I would imagine that when most people think of those they have Structured Query Language (SQL) in mind, which offers a lot more flexibility and functions to operate on data. However, I can see how join could be suitable for simple operations. Our last UNIX Curio for today relates to the sort utility 3 . While, as you might expect, it is well-known for its ability to sort data, it has another feature that is more obscure. When used with the -m option, instead of sorting the files given as arguments, it merges them together. All of the files are expected to already be sorted—once combined, the list that is output will also be sorted. The order in which the files are named does not matter; it is not required for the contents of the first file to start before the second, just that both are sorted. $ cat women Alice Carol $ cat men Bob Dave $ sort -m men women Alice Bob Carol Dave Imagine that you organize an annual event and have a separate pre-sorted list of attendees' e-mail addresses for each of the past three years. You are planning this year's event and want to send out an announcement to all of these people, as they will probably be interested. The command sort -m -u 2023list 2024list 2025list would spit out a combined list that you can use for your e-mail blast. Because it is likely that some people would have attended in more than one year, I included the -u option—it removes any duplicate entries. It is probably no surprise that the sort utility appeared early on—it was in 1971's First Edition UNIX, though it didn't gain the merging functionality until Fifth Edition 4 in 1973. What did come as a shock to me is that both cut and paste didn't show up until 1980 with System III 5 , and were actually preceded by join , which was in Seventh Edition UNIX 6 from 1979. I assumed that at least cut would have been around far earlier, given its usefulness and how firmly established it is, but I suppose it just seems to have been with us forever. As mentioned, I don't typically manage data as text files containing lists, and I probably won't start using the join utility or these features of paste and sort very much. But it is still useful to know that they exist and how they work. Hopefully this episode has taught you a bit about them. References: Paste specification https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/paste.html Join specification https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/join.html Sort specification https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sort.html A Research UNIX Reader: Fifth Edition sort manual page https://archive.org/details/a_research_unix_reader/page/n19/mode/1up System III paste manual page https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=SysIII/usr/src/man/man1/paste.1 Seventh Edition UNIX join manual page https://man.cat-v.org/unix_7th/1/join Provide feedback on this episode.

Healthcare in America is stuck in a "sick care" model—we wait until people are already ill, then scramble to treat them. Dr. Gloria Winters, VP of Health Innovation at the YMCA of the USA, has spent the last year building something different: a community health operating system that pulls together your wearables, your medical records, and AI-driven insights into one place, so you actually know what to do with your health data instead of just staring at numbers. In this episode, she breaks down her "house" framework for the $5.6 trillion healthcare industry, why falls cost the country more than almost anything else, how she's working directly with HHS and the MAHA movement on preventive health policy, and why personal agency—not just data—is the missing piece in helping people actually change their behavior. If you've ever felt like your Apple Watch tells you everything except what you should actually do next, this conversation is for you. Key Takeaways:

In this episode, host Mike chats with Shane White from NoBul Partners about practical and highly effective ways to use AI in Amazon marketing. Shane explains his transition from ChatGPT to Claude, highlighting its powerful capabilities in visualizing large datasets and generating client-ready presentations. He also shares a clever hack for training the AI to scrape a client's website to automatically match brand colors and fonts in slide decks. We'll see you in The PPC Den!

We are coming up on the annual ShoulderCheck showcase on July 30th. We spoke with a new partner to ShoulderCheck, Scott Strode, ahead of the event. He is the founder of The Phoenix, a national sober-active recovery community for people healing from addiction. Scott's also helping to lead a national effort called Be The People, connecting organizations already solving problems in their communities with millions of Americans ready to do their part. For tickets and more information: https://www.shouldercheck.org/For more information on The Phoenix & Be The People: https://thephoenix.org/ https://www.bethepeople.org/

fWotD Episode 3360: Black hole Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Friday, 17 July 2026, is Black hole.A black hole is an astronomical body so compact that its gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, which describes gravitation as the curvature of spacetime, predicts that any sufficiently compact mass will form a black hole. The boundary of no escape is called the event horizon. In general relativity, crossing a black hole's event horizon traps an object inside but produces no locally detectable change. General relativity also predicts that every black hole should have a central singularity, where the curvature of spacetime is infinite.Objects whose gravitational fields are too strong for light to escape were first considered in the 18th century. In 1916, the first solution of general relativity that would characterise a black hole was found. By the late 1950s, this solution began to be interpreted physically as a region of space from which nothing can escape. Black holes were long considered a mathematical curiosity; it was not until the 1960s that theoretical work showed they were a generic prediction of general relativity. The first widely accepted black hole was Cygnus X-1, identified by several researchers independently in 1971.Black holes typically form when very massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycle. After a black hole has formed, it can grow by absorbing mass from its surroundings. Supermassive black holes of millions of solar masses may form by absorbing stars and merging with other black holes, or via direct collapse of gas clouds. There is consensus that supermassive black holes exist in the centres of most galaxies.Quantum field theory in curved spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with its rate of emission being inversely proportional to its mass. This causes the black hole to lose mass very slowly, provided it is not accreting matter. However, even the smallest class of black holes observed, stellar black holes, are gaining mass from the cosmic microwave background faster than they are losing mass via Hawking radiation.The presence of a black hole can be inferred through its interaction with matter and electromagnetic radiation such as visible light. Matter falling toward a black hole can form an accretion disk of infalling plasma, heated by friction and emitting light. In extreme cases, this creates a quasar, some of the brightest objects in the universe. Merging black holes can be detected by the gravitational waves they emit. If stars are orbiting a black hole, their motions can be used to determine the black hole's mass and location. In this way, astronomers have identified numerous stellar black hole candidates in binary systems and established that the radio source known as Sagittarius A*, at the core of the Milky Way galaxy, contains a supermassive black hole of about 4.3 million solar masses.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:37 UTC on Friday, 17 July 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Black hole on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Brian.

With compassion and presence, Trudy Goodman teaches listeners how to bear the unbearable through our own willingness to hold it. Today's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.https://youtu.be/TwYZlCsBKncIn this episode, Trudy Goodman offers her perspective on:Learning to be present and okay with our strong emotionsRecognizing our emotions as the first step in working with themAllowing difficult emotions without being swept awaySurrounding our pain with compassion Noticing the bodily sensations that arise with strong emotionsSelf-regulation and soothing the startled heartThe powerful statement “it's like this”Merging with the world of intuitive wisdom This was recorded at Spirit Rock and was originally published on DharmaseedAbout Trudy Goodman:Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel. You can learn more about Trudy's flourishing array of wonderful offerings at TrudyGoodman.com “By allowing reality to be as it is, since it is that way anyways, we're making a relationship with it that's based on clarity. It is a paradox that I think most therapists know: that by allowing something and accepting something and even by positively connoting what needs to change, not struggling with it, surrounding it with metta and compassion, we actually stop our war with reality. When we stop resisting what's true, we aren't fixating on it, and it's free to move and change. This is called radical acceptance.” –Trudy GoodmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, I sit down with Sam Primm, a St. Louis investor, entrepreneur, and best-selling author of Own Your Freedom. Sam made a serious jump from a W-2 corporate job into real estate, and he did not play small. Over the last 12 years he has closed more than 2,000 deals and built a rental portfolio worth around $50 million, all without using his own money. What I appreciated most about this conversation is how candid Sam was. He walked me through the early days of buying one rental at a time on the side, the moment he realized he could keep scaling with other people's money, and the systemized way he finally left his job rather than jumping in blind. We also got real about the last couple of years, where higher interest rates and a tougher market forced him to lean into personal development and grind through a genuine mental test. We spent a good chunk of time on mentorship and mindset, because that is where Sam and I are cut from the same cloth. He makes the case for why even the best in the world hire coaches, why poor people look at the cost of something while wealthy people look at the return, and why the fear of failure quietly guarantees that people never succeed. He is also refreshingly blunt about the guru problem in this space and what separates people actually doing deals from those just selling courses. Toward the end, Sam shares what he is focused on now: repositioning a portfolio that got a little too heavy in multifamily during the 2021 and 2022 run-up, and re-honing in on simple single family rentals, which he believes are the best starting point for 90% of newer investors. If you have been on the fence about getting a coach, scared of debt, or afraid to fail, this one will light a fire under you.   Key Talking Points of the Episode 00:00  Introduction and the three paydays philosophy 00:22  Meet Sam Primm: 2,000+ deals and a $50 million portfolio using none of his own money 01:51  Sam's path from an engineer's son to full-time investor 02:07  Reading Rich Dad Poor Dad and starting to invest on the side 04:12  The original goal of one rental a year for ten years 04:46  Seeing the power of scaling with other people's money and leaving the job 05:33  Whether Sam leaned on mentors and coaches early on 06:10  Merging with a local investor who taught him to build a real company 07:09  The mental game of going from solo operator to running a company 07:48  Why the last two or three years have been a mental grind 09:41  Why mentorship still matters at every stage 10:14  The Tom Brady example: the best in the world still hire coaches 10:55  Poor people look at cost, wealthy people look at return 11:46  A look inside the Apprentice program and In the Trenches Bootcamp 14:44  Context and perspective: a $10,000 dinner versus a $10,000 wealth tool 16:08  Sam's take on gurus who have never done a deal 17:08  Why coaches who stop doing deals lose touch with the market 18:47  What Sam is focused on today and repositioning the portfolio 19:38  The Branson hotel lesson and roughly $20,000 a month in losses 20:13  Why single family rentals are his calling card 22:24  Two closing nuggets: don't fear debt and expect failure 24:08  Why the first deal going sideways is the best thing that can happen   Quotables "Nobody creates wealth with their own money, or they're already wealthy." "Poor people look at the cost of something. Wealthy people look at the return." "People avoid failure, and unknowingly they're avoiding success."   Links: Sam Primm — Faster Freedom (his real estate education company) — Faster Freedom   Sam Primm on Instagram — @samfasterfreedom — https://www.instagram.com/samfasterfreedom/   Sam Primm on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/c/SamFasterFreedom   3 Paydays® Live https://3paydayslive.com/podcast   Free Discovery Call https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/discovery   3 Paydays® System Mastery Course - Use coupon code for 50% off https://smartrealestatecoach.com/qls Coupon code: pod   Apprentice Program 3PaydaysApprentice.com/Podcast    Masterclass https://smartrealestatecoach.com/masterspodcast   3 Paydays Books https://3paydaysbooks.com/podcast   Partners https://smartrealestatecoach.com/podcastresources

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Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/13/26). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2q643"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");   Rumble("play", {"video":"v7ai5do","div":"rumble_v7ai5do"}); Source Links (In Chronological Order): (5) The Last American Vagabond on X: "Every say this platform suppressing honest, objective, non-partisan media." / X (5) Vani Hari on X: "THE NUMBERS ARE IN. Processed food is dying a slow death and BIG FOOD is crumbling. There's a massive shift happening. Look how much processed food companies have LOST in value in the last 22 months. Stock value lost since August 2024: * Campbell's: DOWN 54.9% (Goldfish, https://t.co/1O6mv9rDrl" / X Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species - The New York Times MAHA's Food Agenda Undermined By Trump Administration Policies Trump's New $2B WHO, FDA Walks Back Food Dye Ban & The US Gov's Long-Documented Cartel Connections Trump Ignores MAHA By Ruling Glyphosate "National Security" Imperative Despite Obvious Health Risks New Tab (6) Viral Reel Addict on X: "They all knew who Donald Trump really was. Lindsey Graham says it https://t.co/UEgU1N5mzQ" / X (21) This You? on X: "https://t.co/6AKy2zcq9p" / X (21) This You? on X: "https://t.co/l07xkoLVZs" / X (21) James Li on X: "So they are just openly admitting that Lindsey Graham was basically a mole for the Israel?! https://t.co/q6ISHUByzZ" / X Trump recommends Graham's sister for interim South Carolina senator (21) The Last American Vagabond on X: "So much for dEmOcRaCy. These people truly believe they are a special class. Almost like what would happen with a royal bloodline." / X (21) Owen Shroyer on X: "The scripts went from network news to X. It's easy to see once you spot it." / X (21) Dr. Simon on X: "2022

This is a meditation to connect with any parts that are in conflict, especially those held blockages in our energy centers or our chakras. We are taking the time to connect with those parts. When ask them what they need, why they're there and what job they're doing for us, we can uncover what's within. We connect with the love in our hearts as a way to soothe those conflicting parts and receive information about how to heal. The energies around us are helping to uncover the shadows within us all. When we allow these energies to integrate, we come into wholeness. I hope this may support you in some way. ---- Merging the spiritual with the real world, Rachel Horton White helps people release negative patterns in their lives, with practical tools like mindfulness, energy and intuition exercises, to connect with their true, inner selves. Through her work in Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting, Rachel facilitates groups of soul-seekers and spiritual entrepreneurs, has a meditation podcast called The Courageous Path and writes a lot. With a diploma in Integrative Healing Arts from the Southwest Institute for Healing Arts, Rachel is a life coach, hypnotherapist, mindfulness teacher, intuitive reader, tree-hugger and loves to talk to angels. Rachel also has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Wellesley College and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia, yet claims her true education came from studying abroad in Dakar, Senegal. Her recent book is a spiritual toolkit called Tools for the Awakening Soul: A Guide to Activate Your Intuition and Uncover Your Life's Purpose. Rachel lives on a homestead in mid-coast Maine where she and her husband homeschool their two bright, energetic children. You can find Rachel, along with the book, meditations and writing tools, at www.soulfulworkconsulting.com or www.rachelhortonwhite.com. Music by Chris Kemp White (www.chriskempwhite.com).

In this episode, Tyler Clark and Coleman Ayers sit down with Dr. Tony Miller, head men's basketball coach at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, where he has taught for 20 years and served on staff since the program's intercollegiate launch in 2012. Tony brings a teacher's lens to coaching, discussing how his background in secondary education shapes the way he thinks about player learning, classroom management principles applied to the court, and the balance between "old school" influences like Coach K and John Wooden and "new school" concepts from Alex Sarama and Chris Oliver. The conversation covers identity, both for players and coaches, the challenge of building culture quickly given roster turnover from the transfer portal, and what it means to run a truly player-led program.The back half of the episode dives deep into Tony's analytics-driven approach to shot selection, including his "5-7-9" shot rating system and the "sevens for 70" practice game he uses to teach shot quality. He also unpacks his program's core values (character, competitiveness, connectedness), his approach to individual meetings and recruiting fit, and closes with a reflection on Bob Ritchie's "person development over player development" philosophy and what legacy really means beyond wins and awards.Timestamps0:00 — Introduction to guest Tony Miller, head coach at Bob Jones University 0:50 — Merging the classroom and the court: Tony's background as a teacher 6:57 — Filtering information overload post-COVID and knowing who you are as a coach 11:02 — Getting the most out of individual players within a team setting 19:49 — Identity — helping players and coaches figure out who they are 26:47 — Balancing team culture with individual expression 31:51 — Empowering players to problem-solve ("figure it out") 36:14 — Intentionality in practice design and managing controlled chaos 43:43 — Individual development within the team system 49:32 — Letting players surprise you — positionless development 53:44 — Building team culture fast through individual conversations and analytics 1:02:31 — Shot selection analytics: the "5-7-9" shot rating system and "sevens for 70" 1:11:38 — Generating advantage shots with a different roster every year 1:22:12 — Bob Ritchie's "person development over player development" and legacy 1:26:35 — Closing thoughts and where to find Tony MillerResources & LinksFree Resources: https://byanymeanscoaches.com/resources BAM Coaches Platform: https://platform.byanymeanscoaches.com/#/platform Books: https://byanymeanscoaches.com/blueprint-bookKeep ListeningG-League Coach of the Year, Vitor Galvani, on Why Player Development Isn't Linear, G-League Practices, Being Where Your Feet Are and Much More Another head coach interview covering player ownership, balancing structure with freedom, and long-term development over short-term results — themes that run throughout the Tony Miller conversation. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1911095/episodes/19047395Alessandro Nocera on Building More Conceptual Players A coach interview exploring conceptual, principles-based offense and adapting philosophy to personnel — a natural pairing with Tony's system-plus-freedom approach to advantage creation. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1911095/episodes/19331880Stuart Armstrong on Talent Identification, Development, Ecological Dynamics and much more Digs into coach education, athlete identity, and building intuition-driven decision-makers — echoes Tony's emphasis on questioning players and developing independent thinkers. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1911095/episodes/18955528

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Money can be the silent partner in every relationship—often creating tension, stress, and confusion that can easily escalate into conflict. Beneath the numbers, every dollar spent or saved carries deeper questions about happiness, security, and the life we're working so hard to build together. How can couples bridge the gap between financial security and true personal fulfillment, especially when their instincts and money habits seem worlds apart? In this episode, listeners are guided through the core foundations of financial well-being and shown how to transform money conversations from battlegrounds into opportunities for connection. The discussion offers practical strategies for navigating differing money personalities, building trust and transparency, and creating shared goals. Listeners will learn why understanding the "why" behind spending habits matters as much as the "how" of budgeting, and how aligning values can lead to both financial security and genuine happiness in a partnership. Lori Atwood is the founder and CEO of Fearless Finance and a CFP® professional. Lori created Fearless Finance to make expert, fiduciary, hourly financial planning accessible to everyone with no sales, no minimums, and no judgment. Lori's been in finance for over 25 years, starting in investment banking, asset management, and private equity before starting Fearless Finance in 2016.   Episode Highlights 05:03 Understanding deep-rooted money habits in relationships. 08:58 Merging finances: Transparency, trust, and relationship satisfaction. 11:04 The link between personal happiness and financial well-being. 14:19 Identifying the root causes behind spending and financial stress. 18:28 Exploring life changes: Navigating career shifts and financial decisions. 20:34 Overcoming financial paralysis: Bringing clarity to big decisions. 23:43 The five financial foundations every couple needs. 27:45 Negotiating financial priorities and the complexity of fairness. 30:51 Making deliberate financial choices and the power of data. 34:57 Empathy, non-judgment, and the importance of transparency. 36:53 Personalizing savings goals and uncovering hidden financial motivations. 41:35 Divorce, separation, and preparing for major financial transitions. 45:11 Individual happiness, financial security, and taking informed action.   Your Checklist of Actions to Take Spend Less Than You Earn: Track your monthly income and expenses to ensure you consistently spend less than you bring in. Set Up an Oopsie Fund: Establish a cash reserve of $3,000–$5,000 in a separate account to cover unexpected expenses like car repairs or emergency travel. Build an Emergency Fund: Save three to six months' worth of living expenses in a high-yield savings or money market account to protect against major disruptions like job loss or illness. Contribute to Retirement: Allocate at least 15% of your pre-tax income to retirement accounts, using employer matches and Roth or traditional IRAs if available. Manage Consumer Debt: Pay off or create a plan to reduce unsecured debt, such as credit cards and personal loans, before setting other financial goals. Merge Finances for Transparency: If you're in a committed partnership, consider merging accounts to enhance trust, transparency, and shared financial management. Communicate Financial Priorities: Regularly discuss values, priorities, and spending plans with your partner to proactively address differences and prevent misunderstandings. Seek Fiduciary Financial Advice: Get unbiased financial guidance from fee-only, fiduciary advisors whose costs are transparent and posted upfront.   Mentioned Common Cents: Bank Account Structure and Couples' Relationship Dynamics (Journal of Consumer Research) (article) Shifting Criticism For Connected Communication (free guide)   Connect with Lori Atwood Website: fearlessfinance.com Facebook: facebook.com/fearlessfinance Instagram: instagram.com/fearlessfinance LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fearless-finance X: x.com/fearlessfinance  TikTok: tiktok.com/@fearlessfinance  

— In this profound and deeply heartfelt episode, Valeria sits down with Colleen Quinn to explore the sacred intersection of psychology, spirituality, breathwork, and soul awakening. Together, they dive into the transformational journey behind her upcoming book, Essence Merging — a raw and intimate exploration of trauma, healing, divine love, and the courage to return home to the authentic self. Through near-death experiences, conscious breathwork, mystical synchronicities, and emotional truth, Colleen shares how life's deepest wounds can become portals into awakening and radical self-love. Blending decades of clinical expertise with spiritual insight, this conversation invites listeners into a deeper understanding of what it means to heal not only the mind, but the soul itself. This episode is a powerful reminder that within every breakdown lies the possibility of transformation, and within every breath lives a pathway back to love. Valeria interviews Colleen Quinn — She is the author of  "Essence Merging." Colleen Quinn is a transpersonal psychologist with a child specialty along with certification in breathwork. The word psychology comes from the Greek meaning study of the soul. True healing always takes us into direct relationship with our own soul, bringing coherence to mind, body, and heart. This is Colleen's devotion, not only for herself, but for all. The most reliable way to converse with our own soul is through conscious, integrative breathwork. Colleen has taught psychology at The Ohio State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbus State Community College and was the dean at Hondros College.  Colleen has published research in many top-tier scientific journals, among them Emotion, Adolescent Psychology, and Residential Treatment for Children and Youth to name a few. In her private practice, spanning decades, Colleen used Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Both techniques use breathwork to find and feel our body's stored traumas, loving them to bring healing.  In 2018, Colleen had her second near-death experience, leading her to utter the plea, "let me be love in every moment." This was the catalyst for her spiritual awakening. Her profoundly intimate and raw transformation is chronicled in the upcoming book by Vanguard Press, Essence Merging, due out in April 2026. Colleen uses story to inspire others that there is so much more to life. Emotional truths are interwoven into an unconventional love story that connects us with Colleen and her breathwork partner as they follow the leadings of conscious breath into rediscovery of ancient tantric practices. SE and IFS come to life in her breathwork descent journeys. She weaves in pop culture, mystical synchronicities, psychology, and ancient traditions as she sheds her shame to in-spire others. This story is an invitation for readers to discover their own divine blueprint, and a guide to returning home to the sacred self.  To learn more about Colleen Quinn and her work, please visit: https://www.essencemerging.com/.

SaaStr 865: The Agents #008: Agents Are Merging, Not Multiplying. Plus, Sam Blond on Why Outbound Isn't Dead. Everyone told you the future is 100 specialized agents, one for every job. That's not what's happening at SaaStr AI. Their AI VP of Finance didn't get its own app. It moved in with the AI VP of Marketing. The agents are collapsing into each other, sharing knowledge, sharing context, going deeper together. In this episode, Amelia and Jason do a live breakdown of their AI VP of Finance: how they wired Bill.com, QuickBooks, Brex, and PandaDoc into one agent, what the agent found on day one that their human finance team never did, and why contract close to invoice now takes 30 seconds instead of a day. Then Sam Blond, founder and CEO of Monaco and one of the most respected sales minds in SaaS, joins to talk about why outbound still works, what brand and message market fit actually mean for AI agents in the field, and why Monaco is building toward one GTM platform that does everything. You'll learn: Why SaaStr's agents are merging, not multiplying, and what the "monorepo" model means for your own AI stack The exact integrations that power their AI VP of Finance (and which ones took 10 minutes vs. an hour) How the agent surfaced collections problems and automations the human team never knew existed Why "set it and forget it" is a myth, and what happened when Qualified was still selling 2026 tickets weeks after the event ended Sam Blond on brand, message market fit, and what actually makes AI outbound work for companies that aren't SaaStr Why FDE relationships are now more valuable than any AE, and what that means for how you buy and sell software This is for you if: You're a founder or operator wondering whether to build a separate finance agent or fold it into what you already have You run outbound and keep hearing it's dead (it's not) You're evaluating your GTM stack and wondering if you need five agents or one You want a real, unfiltered look at what it takes to run AI agents in production, including the failures

Preview for Later Today: Richard Epstein. Richard Epstein critiques a Supreme Court ruling regarding the President's authority to fire the FTC chairman. He argues against merging prosecutorial and judicial functions, calling such arrangements a "monstrous" threat to due process.1976 

In Part 2 of The Mechanics of Magick: Drumming, Trance, and the Brain, we follow rhythm from the sacred road into the war road and the modern machine. This episode examines war drums, military cadence, synchronized movement, crowd power, ritual physiology, propaganda, slogans, media framing, algorithmic repetition, moral-emotional contagion, and the illusory truth effect. The argument is not that rhythm is evil. The argument is that rhythm is morally flexible and powerful. It can heal, gather, strengthen, command, manipulate, or capture depending on the world built around it. The drum teaches us to hear the visible pulse first, so we can recognize the hidden drums of the modern world: the chant, the slogan, the feed, the notification loop, the soundtrack, the repeated frame, and the rhythm that trains attention before thought has time to speak.Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsRhythm, Marching, Synchrony, and the GroupBodyMcNeill, William H. Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.Use for dance, drill, marching, synchronized movement, and “muscular bonding.” This is one of the best historical anchors for the claim that moving together in time can help bind human groups through the body. It belongs in the war drum, marching, military cadence, procession, and crowd-power material.Wiltermuth, Scott S., and Chip Heath. “Synchrony and Cooperation.” Psychological Science 20, no. 1 (2009): 1–5.Use for the claim that synchronized action can increase cooperation. This supports the argument that marching, chanting, dancing, and acting in time can alter group attachment and behavior.Hove, Michael J., and Jane L. Risen. “It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation.” Social Cognition 27, no. 6 (2009): 949–960.Use for interpersonal synchrony and affiliation. This supports the softer social-bonding side of rhythm: people who coordinate timing can feel more connected.Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, and Robin I. M. Dunbar. “Music and Social Bonding: ‘Self-Other' Merging and Neurohormonal Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 1096.Use for music, synchrony, bonding, self-other merging, endorphins, and why rhythmic group activity can feel socially powerful. This belongs in both crowd sections and the “operator as instrument” material.Reddish, Paul, Ronald Fischer, and Joseph Bulbulia. “Let's Dance Together: Synchrony, Shared Intentionality and Cooperation.” PLOS ONE 8, no. 8 (2013): e71182.Use as extra support for synchrony and cooperation. Good optional source if you want more than Wiltermuth and Heath.Ritual Physiology, Crowd Arousal, and Collective EffervescenceKonvalinka, Ivana, Dimitris Xygalatas, Joseph Bulbulia, Uri Schjødt, Else-Marie Jegindø, Sebastian Wallot, Guy Van Orden, and Andreas Roepstorff. “Synchronized Arousal Between Performers and Related Spectators in a Fire-Walking Ritual.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, no. 20 (2011): 8514–8519.Use for the strongest fire-walking physiology source. This is the study showing synchronized arousal between active ritual performers and related spectators. It supports the claim that intense ritual fields can show up in bodies, not only in symbols.Xygalatas, Dimitris, Ivana Konvalinka, Joseph Bulbulia, and Andreas Roepstorff. “Quantifying Collective Effervescence: Heart-Rate Dynamics at a Fire-Walking Ritual.” Communicative & Integrative Biology 4, no. 6 (2011): 735–738.Use as a shorter interpretive companion to the PNAS fire-walking study. Good for the phrase “collective effervescence” and for explaining shared heart-rate dynamics in accessible language.Xygalatas, Dimitris. Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2022.Use for ritual, pain, synchrony, group bonding, arousal, and embodied social meaning. This is useful when moving from older ritual containers into modern crowd and spectacle.Hobson, Nicholas M., Juliana Schroeder, Jane L. Risen, Dimitris Xygalatas, and Michael Inzlicht. “The Psychology of Rituals: An Integrative Review and Process-Based Framework.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 22, no. 3 (2018): 260–284.Use for ritual as emotion regulation, performance regulation, social bonding, and formalized action. This supports the “ritual does things, it does not merely represent things” argument.War, Crowds, Mass Movements, and Collective IdentityLe Bon, Gustave. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. 1895.Use carefully. Le Bon is historically important for crowd psychology, but outdated and often elitist. Good as a historical source on crowd fear and mass suggestion, but balance it with modern social psychology.Canetti, Elias. Crowds and Power. New York: Viking Press, 1962.Use for a literary-philosophical treatment of crowds, power, command, fear, and collective bodies. Good for atmosphere and conceptual framing, not as a modern experimental source.Hoffer, Eric. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951.Use for mass movements, fanaticism, belonging, identity, resentment, sacrifice, and the psychology of ideological devotion. Use carefully; it is sharp and useful, but not a modern empirical study.Tajfel, Henri, and John C. Turner. “An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict.” In The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations, edited by William G. Austin and Stephen Worchel, 33–47. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1979.Use for social identity theory, in-groups, out-groups, belonging, status, and group comparison. This supports the claim that slogans and group language do not only communicate ideas; they also mark identity.Tajfel, Henri. Human Groups and Social Categories: Studies in Social Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.Use as a broader social-identity source. Good for group belonging, categorization, prejudice, and in-group/out-group dynamics.Propaganda, Symbols, Slogans, and Mass CommunicationLasswell, Harold D. Propaganda Technique in the World War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.Use for propaganda as symbolic management, war messaging, enemy construction, morale, and the manipulation of attitudes through stories, reports, images, rumors, and other significant symbols. This is a core Part 2 source.Lasswell, Harold D. “The Theory of Political Propaganda.” The American Political Science Review 21, no. 3 (1927): 627–631.Use for the clean definition: propaganda as the management of collective attitudes through significant symbols. This is perfect for the slogan/crowd/media rhythm sections.Ellul, Jacques. Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes. Translated by Konrad Kellen and Jean Lerner. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.Use for propaganda as a modern social technique, not merely lies. Ellul belongs in the “modern machine” argument because he treats propaganda as environmental, repetitive, social, technological, and tied to belonging.Bernays, Edward. Propaganda. New York: Horace Liveright, 1928.Use for public relations, engineered consent, mass persuasion, and the management of public opinion. Good supporting source, especially if you want advertising and PR to sit beside political propaganda.Herman, Edward S., and Noam Chomsky. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books, 1988.Use if you want a media-system critique: institutional filtering, agenda power, elite framing, and consent formation. This is useful for Part 2 but has a more political-economy angle than the rhythm/trance argument.Media Framing, Agenda-Setting, and Repeated AttentionMcCombs, Maxwell E., and Donald L. Shaw. “The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media.” Public Opinion Quarterly 36, no. 2 (1972): 176–187.Use for agenda-setting: media may not tell people exactly what to think, but it can influence what people think about and how important issues feel. This fits the “repetition trains attention” argument.Entman, Robert M. “Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm.” Journal of Communication 43, no. 4 (1993): 51–58.Use for framing: selecting certain aspects of reality and making them more salient. This supports the section on media frames as secular ritual structures that define problems, causes, moral judgments, and remedies.Gitlin, Todd. The Whole World Is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980.Use if you want a historical case study on media framing and protest movements. Good optional source for how movements get shaped, simplified, or distorted by media attention.Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. New York: Viking Penguin, 1985.Use as cultural/media theory support for entertainment, spectacle, image, and public discourse. Useful for the “modern machine” angle, but more essayistic than experimental.Repetition, Familiarity, and the Illusory Truth EffectHasher, Lynn, David Goldstein, and Thomas Toppino. “Frequency and the Conference of Referential Validity.” Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 16, no. 1 (1977): 107–112.Use for the classic repetition/familiarity basis of the illusory truth effect. This supports the claim that repeated statements can gain perceived validity because they become easier and more familiar to processAlso 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. 

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Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsPart 1 focuses on the drum as an ancient technology of altered consciousness. The argument is not that every beat causes trance, or that neuroscience has proven spirits. The stronger argument is that rhythm enters the human organism through hearing, motor prediction, breath, movement, attention, emotion, expectation, culture, and social synchrony. The drum becomes powerful when sound, body, group, ritual frame, and meaning converge. These sources support the archaeology, neuroscience, EEG research, shamanic studies, possession studies, Indigenous and culturally specific drum traditions, ritual theory, placebo and meaning-response research, ceremonial magic, and modern witchcraft material used in the episode.Core Academic and Scientific SourcesHuels, Emma R., Hyoungkyu Kim, UnCheol Lee, Tirsa Bel-Bahar, Ana V. Colmenero, Alexandra Nelson, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, George A. Mashour, and Richard E. Harris. “Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15 (2021): 610466.Gordon, Yoel, Golan Karvat, Noa Dagan, and Ayelet N. Landau. “Neural Tracking at Theta Predicts Drumming-Induced Altered States of Consciousness.” Scientific Reports 16, no. 1 (2026): Article 10204.Aparicio-Terrés, R., et al. “The Neurobiology of Altered States of Consciousness Induced by Drumming and Other Rhythmic Sound Patterns.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025.Neher, Andrew. “Auditory Driving Observed with Scalp Electrodes in Normal Subjects.” Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 13 (1961): 449–451.Neher, Andrew. “A Physiological Explanation of Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums.” Human Biology 34, no. 2 (1962): 151–160.Maurer, R., V. K. Kumar, L. Woodside, and R. J. Pekala. “Phenomenological Experience in Response to Monotonous Drumming and Hypnotizability.” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 40, no. 2 (1997): 130–145. Use for monotonous drumming, subjective altered experience, imagery, absorption, and hypnotizability.Maxfield, Melinda C. “Effects of Rhythmic Drumming on EEG and Subjective Experience.” PhD diss., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1990. Use as older supporting context on drumming, EEG, imagery, body-image changes, and subjective altered experience. Do not make this the main scientific proof; use it as background.Nozaradan, Sylvie, Isabelle Peretz, and André Mouraux. “Tagging the Neuronal Entrainment to Beat and Meter.” The Journal of Neuroscience 31, no. 28 (2011): 10234–10240. Use for EEG evidence that the brain can track beat and meter. This supports the claim that the brain does not merely hear rhythm as background sound; it can represent rhythmic structure in measurable ways.Nozaradan, Sylvie. “Exploring How Musical Rhythm Entrains Brain Activity with Electroencephalogram Frequency-Tagging.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, no. 1658 (2014). Use as broader rhythm/EEG entrainment support. This helps explain frequency-tagging, beat tracking, meter, neural entrainment, and the measurable relationship between rhythmic structure and brain activity.Thaut, Michael H., Gerald C. McIntosh, and Volker Hoemberg. “Neurobiological Foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic Entrainment and the Motor System.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2015). Use for rhythm as motor-system timing information. This supports the claim that a beat can become bodily instruction, not just sound for the ear. Especially useful when discussing rhythmic auditory stimulation, motor planning, gait, entrainment, and the auditory-motor bridge.Ross, Jessica M., John R. Iversen, and Ramesh Balasubramaniam. “Time Perception for Musical Rhythms: Sensorimotor Perspectives on Entrainment, Simulation, and Prediction.” 2022. Use for rhythm, timing, prediction, sensorimotor entrainment, and the way musical rhythm interacts with time perception.Hove, Michael J., and Jane L. Risen. “It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation.” Social Cognition 27, no. 6 (2009): 949–960. Use for synchrony and social bonding. This helps support the group-body argument: moving or acting in time with others can increase affiliation.Wiltermuth, Scott S., and Chip Heath. “Synchrony and Cooperation.” Psychological Science 20, no. 1 (2009): 1–5. Use for the claim that synchronized movement can increase cooperation and attachment among participants.Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, and Robin I. M. Dunbar. “Music and Social Bonding: ‘Self-Other' Merging and Neurohormonal Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 1096. Use for music, synchrony, bonding, endorphin/social mechanisms, and why group rhythm can feel like more than private listening.Fancourt, Daisy, Rosie Perkins, Sara Ascenso, Louise Atkins, Fatima Kilfeather, and Aaron Williamon. “Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.” PLOS ONE 11, no. 3 (2016): e0151136. Use for modern group-drumming research showing psychological and physiological effects, including anxiety, depression, social resilience, wellbeing, and inflammatory immune response. Use carefully: this does not make group drumming a cure-all. It supports the more grounded claim that embodied rhythm and group participation can affect mood, social connection, and body chemistry.Bittman, Barry B., et al. “Composite Effects of Group Drumming Music Therapy on Modulation of Neuroendocrine-Immune Parameters in Normal Subjects.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 7, no. 1 (2001): 38–47. Use as older supporting material on group drumming and neuroendocrine-immune measures. Keep secondary. Fancourt is cleaner for the main script body.Archaeology and Deep History of DrumsLawergren, Bo. “Neolithic Drums in China.” In Music Archaeology in China. 2006. Use for clay drums in Neolithic China and the deep-history claim that drums are not just poetic symbols of antiquity. They appear in the archaeological record as instruments tied to early sound-making, ceremony, and social order.Both, Arnd Adje. “Music Archaeology: Some Methodological and Theoretical Considerations.” Use as general support for why ancient instruments should be treated as ritual and social evidence, not merely decorative objects.Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Ritual, and TranceRouget, Gilbert. Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession. Translated by Brunhilde Biebuyck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Essential source. Use for the caution that music does not mechanically or universally cause trance. Rouget helps keep the argument academically serious by emphasizing culture, ritual frame, meaning, and expectation.Becker, Judith. Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. Use for music-linked trancing, emotional absorption, religious experience, and culturally trained ways of listening. This supports the “hearing versus entering” distinction.McNeill, William H. Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. Use for marching, dance, drill, muscular bonding, synchronized movement, and rhythm as social glue. This is useful both for Part 1's group-body material and Part 2's war-drum material.Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Use carefully. Eliade's phrase “archaic techniques of ecstasy” is powerful, but the episode should also note that later scholarship criticizes his tendency to universalize shamanism.Winkelman, Michael. Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2010. Use for shamanism as a ritual technology involving altered consciousness, healing, social integration, symbolism, and body-brain processes.Winkelman, Michael. “Shamanism and Psychedelics: A Biogenetic Structuralist Paradigm of Ecopsychology.” European Journal of Ecopsychology 4 (2013): 90–115. Use as supplemental background on shamanism, altered consciousness, and comparative models of trance and visionary states.Kontouli, Athanasia, Michael J. Hove, Alexandre Lehmann, Peter Vuust, and Peter E. Keller. “The Rhythms of Trance: Cultural Phenomenology and Neural Mechanisms of Music-Induced Lewis-Williams, David. The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Use cautiously for altered states, entoptic imagery, ritual vision, and the relationship between neuropsychology and symbolic culture.Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2026. Use for the bridge between cultural phenomenology and neuroscience. This supports the point that music-induced trance is not only acoustics; it involves body, training, expectation, culture, environment, and interpretation.Tart, Charles T., ed. Altered States of Consciousness. New York: Wiley, 1969. Use as classic altered-state background.Hultkrantz, Åke. “The Drum in Shamanism.” Use for classic comparative material on the shamanic drum, especially Arctic, SiberiAlso 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

Send us Fan MailAre you tired of typical lying politicians who offer nothing but empty campaign promises? Meet Phillip Parrish—a farmer, successful businessman, former U.S. Navy Intelligence officer, and devoted Christian who is running for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota alongside Mike Lindell. This is an unfiltered, deeply honest look at the man who intends to help clean up the state's infrastructure and restore integrity to the Midwest. In the first half of this special interview, Phillip shares his encouraging personal journey of faith, processing life tragedies through writing, and surviving intense moral and ethical pressure while serving under the Obama administration. In the second half, the conversation transitions completely into the operational future of Minnesota. Phillip pulls back the curtain on "The 30-Year Heist," exposing the systemic grifting networks and massive institutional fraud occurring under Tim Walz, Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, and Ilhan Omar. Listen to this vital message of hope to discover how you can step up, secure your family's future, and actively participate in saving Minnesota. Key Timestamps & Moments of GoldWho is Phillip Parrish?00:00:00 - Introduction to special guest Phillip Parrish 00:00:54 - Growing up on a Minnesota farm and early teaching career 00:01:20 - Joining the U.S. Navy Reserve and sudden post-9/11 deployment 00:02:44 - Baling old-school square hay in the middle of a campaign trail 00:03:35 - The Slogan of the Pod: Listen, Do, Repeat for Life 00:04:09 - Taking on the Spirit of Adoption: Finding a foundation in Romans 8 00:05:51 - Growing up poor and the daily grind of unusual persistence 00:09:29 - Overcoming personal abuse and the vital realization of codependency 00:10:09 - The critical importance of establishing rigid, healthy boundaries 00:13:01 - Countering unbiblical church teachings on blind forgiveness 00:14:58 - Reclaiming personal value and emotional independence 00:18:29 - Navigating free will: The ultimate difference in true biblical faith 00:21:14 - Defying the odds: From a reading-challenged student to an Intelligence Officer 00:23:34 - Standing firm on American exceptionalism and our Christian foundations 00:24:19 - Surviving the intense moral and ethical shifts of the Obama administration 00:26:59 - The watch floor reality: Witnessing the truth of Benghazi and Crimea 00:29:58 - Uncovering gain-of-function semantics and illegal bioweapons funneling 00:35:19 - Behavior Substitution: How writing, journaling, and repetitive prayer keeps you centered What does Phillip Parrish plan to do as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota?00:40:23 - The Lindell-Parrish parallel mission: Merging election integrity with anti-fraud infrastructure 00:42:43 - Exposing The 30-Year Heist: How legislators built a multi-trillion dollar grifting pipeline 00:43:58 - The hidden truth about Minnesota's 400 weaponized NGOs 00:45:03 - Pulling apart the systemic autism, daycare, housing, and Medicaid fraud networks under Tim Walz 00:46:01 - The calculated destruction of Midwestern culture and weaponized immigration 00:48:22 - Exposing human trafficking agendas cloaked in false humanitarian narratives 00:50:17 - Dismantling administrative corruption: Tearing down fake companies and clawing back taxpayer cash 00:51:35 - Restoring the Minnesota state flag and the pushback against cultural erasure 00:52:30 - The ultimate administrative policy: Standing firm that two plus two equals four 00:54:02 - The economic fallout: Why liberal corporations like Target are fleeing the state 00:55:54 - How to get involved: The County Ambassador program and the crucial August 11th Primary For the full interview, and all links and content please visit: https://davidpasqualone.com/content-type-media/podcasts/the-remarkable-people-podcast/phillip-parrish/Support the showTHE NOT-SO-FINE-PRINT DISCLAIMER: While we are very thankful for all of our guests, please understand that we do not necessarily share or endorse the same beliefs, worldviews, or positions that they may hold. We respectfully agree to disagree in some areas, and thank God for the blessing and privilege of free will.For more Remarkable Episodes, Inspiration, and Motivation, please visit https://davidpasqualone.com/remarkable-people-podcast/ now!

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