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Fungi are veteran survivors of ecological disruption, and they demonstrate a radically different approach to crisis and decision-making than we do. While we tend to work with binaries and control when navigating uncertainty, mycelium works from a place of relationality. In this conversation, acclaimed mycologist and author Merlin Sheldrake explores what we can learn from mycelial networks about building flexible ecological, social, or structural systems that are rooted in mutuality and exchange. Tracing the ways we can embrace a mycelial way of thinking, he invites us to dwell within the “substrate of mystery” embodied by fungi: a liminal space where new ways of being can emerge. Read the transcript. Photo by Tomas Munita. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of The Merlin premieres exclusively on DailyWire+ January 22, 2026. Watch the official trailer here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmT-kZIHNU&t=38s Patrick discusses Joe Rogan's interview on Jesse Michel's show American Alchemy. This is an absolutely WILD video.CALL FREE ‪(469) 324-9929‬ and leave Vetted a message with your UFO/ET experience and we might play it on the show. (We do NOT return calls.)

Galahad and the Grail is Book 1 of Merlin’s Isle, Malcolm Guite’s retelling of the King Arthur legends in ballad form. It releases in March of 2026. In the prelude to Galahad and the Grail, a voice shimmering in the morning air says: Poet, take up the tale–Take up the tale the land still keeps,In earth and water magic sleeps,The dryad sighs, the naiad weeps,But you can lift the veil. Malcolm has taken up a very old tale and lifted the veil on stories that have lingered in the traditions of the British Isles longer than the English language itself. Scholar and teacher Junius Johnson is taking up the tale in another way. Starting in January 2026, Junius is teaching a 20-week online class on the King Arthur legend. He describes the class as a chance to see for yourself why this story has fascinated the imagination for so many centuries. In this episode, Malcolm, Junius talk with Jonathan Rogers about how King Arthur rode into their lives, and what these stories have meant to them. This episode is sponsored by The Habit Writer Development Cohorts. Join "Cohort Week Zero," a free mini-class, at TheHabit.co/Development.Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/memberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Chances are, the things you think you ‘should' be doing right now, are the exact things your future self would be grateful if you didn't do. That's what we're diving into on today's episode.

When we think of King Arthur, many of us imagine medieval romance—knights in shining armor, enchanted swords, or chivalric quests. But for the Tudors, Arthur wasn't just storybook material. In the 16th century, Arthurian legend was a political tool, a national symbol, and—for some—an actual piece of English history. From Henry VII naming his heir “Prince Arthur,” to Elizabeth I being welcomed at Kenilworth with Lady-of-the-Lake imagery, the Tudors used Arthurian myth to define their dynasty, elevate their authority, and shape the emerging idea of English nationalism.This week, we're exploring how Arthur, Merlin, and the world of Geoffrey of Monmouth were reinvented for a new age of politics, performance, and propaganda. Our guest, historian Andrew, walks us through royal pageants, literary allegory, and visual symbols that connected the Tudor monarchy to a heroic—and sometimes ominous—legendary past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode, Eamon & Merlin talk Real Housewives of Potomac, where for every finger the group is pointing at Stacey, Stacey is pointing them right back. Then, the newest episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, where Mary looks to heal the group at Valters as Meredith's recollection of events comes into question. 4:23 - Real Housewives of Potomac: Season 10: Episode 08 54:05e - Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: Season 06: Episode 09e We are Eamon and Merlin, a queer married couple from Texas living in Pittsburgh, PA. We love reality television, wrestling, drag queens, and pretty much anything that can be called even kinda gay. A Gay & His Enby is a podcast where we talk about everything we love in terms of media and pop culture; everything thats gay and gay adjacent; basically all the conversations we have in our living room we are now putting in front of a microphone and on the internet for you. We have launched our MERCH STORE! We are so excited to bring you these designs, all made by Merlin, commemorating some of our favorite iconic moments! Shop now at https://AGayAndHisEnby.Threadless.com Every week, we have the pleasure and privilege of recording from Sorgatron Media Studios in Pittsburgh. The theme song for our main show is Pulsar by Shane Ivers, and the theme song for Binge Watch is Higher Up by Shane Ivers, both of which you can find at https://www.silvermansound.com All of our social media can be found at our linktree: https://linktr.ee/agayandhisenby We want to take a moment to uplift a powerful resource:

 Evénements Séminaire SFGP- 5 novembre : séminaire organisé par la Société Française du Génie des Procédés : Génie des procédés & Machines quantiques. https://www.sfgp.asso.fr/events/genie-des-procedes-machines-quantiques/Etat de l'art du calcul quantique par Olivier https://www.oezratty.net/Files/Conferences/Olivier%20Ezratty%20Informatique%20Quantique%20SFGP%20Nov2025.pdf  Journée Minalogic sur la photonique quantique-  Minalogic Innovation Talks – Photonique pour le quantique avait lieu à Lyon le 18 novembre et regroupait de nombreux acteurs de la photonique couvrant les capteurs quantiques, les communications quantiques et le calcul quantique. https://www.minalogic.com/evenements/minalogic-innovation-talks-photonique-pour-le-quantique/OVHcloud SummitAnnonce de la Quantum Platform avec accès à la QPU Pasqal Orion beta en pay as you go à la seconde et de Nvidia CUDA-Q au format notebook https://summit.ovhcloud.com/en/ Adopt AIAnnonce de la disponibilité de Merlin de Quandela chez OVHcloudhttps://adoptai.artefact.com/session/f83102e1-2abb-f011-8194-6045bd90aa7b/hybrid-ai-quantum-computing-the-next-cloud-revolution Symposium France Singapourchez Bpifrance à Paris les 25 et 26 novembre https://french-singaporean-quantum-symposium.com/. 2 journées coorganisées par le laboratoire CNRS Majulab de Singapour et Quantonation. A venir ·       QUEST-IS début du 1ier au 4 décembre 2025 (inscriptions). Avec les keynotes d'Alain Aspect, Pierre Rouchon, Djeylan Aktas, etc.https://conference-questis.org/·       TQCI Teratechttps://conference-questis.org/quest-is-2025/program/tqci-seminar/·       Q2B Santa Clara la seconde semaine de décembre. https://q2b.qcware.com/conference/2025-silicon-valleyActus France Avancements sur la QKD à Nice avec des travaux intéressants de l'équipe de Sébastien Tanzilli du laboratoire InPhyNi qui a opéré un réseau de QKD sur 100 km et jusqu'à une station de base permettant par la suite d'établir des communications satellite.Deployed quantum key distribution network: further, longer and more users by Nathan Lecaron, Yoann Pelet, Sébastien Tanzilli, and Olivier Alibart, arXiv, November 2025 (8 pages). Acquisition de Qperfect par BTQLe 11 novembre 2025, la société canado-taïwanaise BTQ faisait l'acquisition complète de la startup française QPerfect. https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/11/10/btq-exercises-option-to-acquire-qperfect/  Quandela annonçaient un partenariat avec Nvidia sur la simulation de leurs qubits et inauguraient Lucy au TGCC, en compagnie de celle de l'ordinateur quantique de Pasqal. Lucy est un ordinateur quantique supportant 12 qubits.https://www.quandela.com/resources/blog/quandela-and-nvidia-accelerate-spin-photon-simulation/ Partenariat SEALSQ et Quoblyhttps://quobly.io/news/quobly-and-sealsq-announce-a-collaboration-to-advance-secure-and-scalable-quantum-technologies/ Quantum Foundations  Une émission intéressante sur les quantum foundations sur France Culture avec Shane Manfield et Hypolyte Dourdent. Et puis une intervention de Philippe Grangier qui présentait sa vision dans le cycle de conférences organisé par Hervé Zwirn à l'Académie des Science, autour de l'ontologie CSM (contexte-systèmes-modalités).https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/la-science-cqfd/metaphysique-la-quantique-change-sa-physique-d-epaule-4657891 Actus à l'International Quantinuum lançait Helios, un ordinateur quantique de 98 qubits à base d'ions piégés. Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer by Anthony Ransford, M.S. Allman et al, arXiv, November 2025 (25 pages).https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05465Quantinuum Helios advances by Olivier Ezratty, novembre 2025.https://www.oezratty.net/wordpress/2025/quantinuum-helios-advances/ IBMLors de leur conférence développeur du 12 novembre 2025, IBM a fait quelques annonces confirmant celles de juin 2025, notamment autour du processeur Night Hawk qui va succéder à Heron, avec 120 qubits et une connectivité améliorée de 4+2 : 4 pour les qubits voisins et 2 pour des qubits distants, cette connectique servant à la mise en œuvre des codes de correction d'erreur non locaux de type qLDPC (gross code).https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/networked-quantum-computershttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/jay-gambetta-a274753a_qdc25-activity-7394551922256486400-wj7q Lancement de la Quantum Scaling AllianceQolab et HPE

This episode, Eamon & Merlin talk Real Housewives of Potomac, where for every finger the group is pointing at Stacey, Stacey is pointing them right back. Then, the newest episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, where Mary looks to heal the group at Valters as Meredith's recollection of events comes into question. 4:23 - Real Housewives of Potomac: Season 10: Episode 08 54:05 - Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: Season 06: Episode 09 We are Eamon and Merlin, a queer married couple from Texas living in Pittsburgh, PA. We love reality television, wrestling, drag queens, and pretty much anything that can be called even kinda gay. A Gay & His Enby is a podcast where we talk about everything we love in terms of media and pop culture; everything thats gay and gay adjacent; basically all the conversations we have in our living room we are now putting in front of a microphone and on the internet for you. We have launched our MERCH STORE! We are so excited to bring you these designs, all made by Merlin, commemorating some of our favorite iconic moments! Shop now at https://AGayAndHisEnby.Threadless.com Every week, we have the pleasure and privilege of recording from Sorgatron Media Studios in Pittsburgh. The theme song for our main show is Pulsar by Shane Ivers, and the theme song for Binge Watch is Higher Up by Shane Ivers, both of which you can find at https://www.silvermansound.com All of our social media can be found at our linktree: https://linktr.ee/agayandhisenby We want to take a moment to uplift a powerful resource:

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Jacques Boschung, CEO of Halborn, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon to discuss how the firm is helping institutions to secure their crypto and blockchain applications.Brought to you by

Ash Pampati, Head of Ecosystem at the Aptos Foundation, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon. We discuss the huge adoption of Aptos by firms such as Kalshi and Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio.Brought to you by

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To wrap up this week on The Daily Pep! we're looking ahead to the festive season with a reminder that not everyone has it all figured out and the festive family f*ckery is real!

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Jillian Friedman, COO at Symbiotic, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon to discuss Symbiotic's universal staking layer solutions.Brought to you by

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The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of The Merlin premieres exclusively on DailyWire+ January 22, 2026. Watch the official trailer here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmT-kZIHNU&t=38s This is the craziest video Patrick has ever made.CALL FREE ‪(469) 324-9929‬ and leave Vetted a message with your UFO/ET experience and we might play it on the show. (We do NOT return calls.)

Gareth and guest helper Rory Scovel help a caller accept a large gift from an eccentric relative. Then, they brainstorm how to remove a neighbor's tasteless art installation.See images from the episode here: http://www.heretohelppod.com/post/episode-234 Check out Rory Scovel's new comedy true-crime podcast series, “CrimeLess,” launching December 3rd. Each week, Rory and his co-host, the veteran journalist and true crime podcaster Josh Dean, break down a brazen heist, outlandish scam, crypto caper, monkey gang war, and outrageous crimes. Go to roryscovel.com for Rory's Know Your Enemy tour dates.Want to call in? Email your question to helpfulpod@gmail.com.PATREON: https://patreon.com/heretohelppodMERCH: heretohelppod.comINSTAGRAM: @HereToHelpPodIf you're enjoying the show, make sure to rate We're Here to Help 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts.Advertise on We're Here to Help via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Frederik Gregaard, CEO of The Cardano Foundation, joined me to discuss the latest and greatest with the Cardano ecosystem.Topics: - Cardano Summit - The Digital Product Passport (DPP) - The Cardano Foundation is preparing to apply for two generic top-level domains—“.ada” and “.cardano” - Cardano Foundation joins the MiCA Crypto Alliance - TradFi and Crypto Brought to you by

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The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of The Merlin premieres exclusively on DailyWire+ January 22, 2026. Watch the official trailer here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmT-kZIHNU&t=38s Patrick discusses David Grusch's NEW comments following his recent interview on Fox News which was his first in a long long LONG time. CALL FREE ‪(469) 324-9929‬ and leave Vetted a message with your UFO/ET experience and we might play it on the show. (We do NOT return calls.)

Vivek Raman, Co-Founder and CEO of Etherealize, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon to discuss how Etherealize is helping institutions connect to the Ethereum ecosystem.Brought to you by

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If you're feeling lost, or need a reminder of who you are - today I've got just the thing for you!

In Sygnum's latest episode of The Crypto Explorer Podcast, host Aliya das Gupta speaks with Merlin Egalite, co-founder of Morpho, about how the protocol is reshaping lending in DeFi. They discuss:▪️ The origins of Morpho as a student project and the launch of Optimizer ▪️ How Optimizer reduced inefficiencies by offering better rates for both lenders and borrowers ▪️ The transition to Morpho V1 – building a permissionless, immutable infrastructure to solve trust and governance issues ▪️ What's coming with Morpho V2: fixed-rate lending and more efficient liquidity use ▪️ Why simplicity, security and audits are critical for institutional adoption ▪️ Real-world integrations with fintechs, banks and exchanges like CoinbaseRead the disclaimer here: https://www.sygnum.com/disclaimer

Greg King, Founder and CEO of REX Financial and Osprey Funds, joined me to discuss their first to market ETFs for XRP, Dogecoin, and other altcoins under the 1940's Act.Topics:- Launching the first US XRP and Dogecoin Spot ETFs - Staking in Solana and Ethereum ETFs - Tokenized assets in ETFs - Crypto in 401Ks and Retirement accounts - DATs vs ETFsBrought to you by

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If it feels like your dreamsh*tter is well and truly zoomed in on every single tiny mistake, then this episode is for you.

IAAPA Expo 2025 set a new record with 38,520 verified attendees, more than 28,000 qualified buyers, and an expanded floor featuring over 1,100 exhibitorsgt-nov-23. Philip and Scott break down the trends that truly mattered this year: the push toward indoor attractions (from SeaWorld Orlando's new Vekoma indoor inverted coaster to Merlin's $90 million Galacticoaster installations), the explosion of 'interactive' dark rides like Sally's Phantom Theater and its new Mini™ dark ride heading to Qatar, and the rise of 'competitive socializing' through Triotech's new Montreal trio. They also discuss the operational side: Roller's new industry benchmark report showing mobile dominating bookings and F&B, membership driving repeat visitation, and digital wallets nearly doubling average spend. Across the board, the Expo revealed a sector leaning into indoor reliability, personalized experiences, and value-minded design. Listen to weekly BONUS episodes on our Patreon.

Join us as we recap and chat about Once Upon a Time Episode 5x07 NimueDid you know the young apprentice is wearing red robes similar to the ones worn by mickey mous in the Sorcerer's apprenticeWiki page for the episode: https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Nimue_(Episode)Links, articles, and videos mentioned in this episode:Caroline Ford's IMDBJane Espenson's IMDBJoin our Book Club and get access to exclusive content on PatreonFollow us on InstagramFollow us on TiktokFollow us on Bluesky

This episode, Eamon & Merlin talk Real Housewives of Potomac, where a formerly departed Monique returns without her feathered friend and Ashley's convenes the girls for World Pride in order to put Stacey in the hot seat. Then, the newest episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, where Mary knows the ladies need Jesus and gives it to them directly with her church reopening. And finally, Part Three of the Real Housewives of Orange County reunion, where Gretchen gets the benefit of the doubt while there is no doubt that this group is looking to finally end Tamra. 6:33 - Real Housewives of Potomac: Season 10: Episode 07 51:25 - Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: Season 06: Episode 08 1:43:05 - Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 19: Episode 20 We are Eamon and Merlin, a queer married couple from Texas living in Pittsburgh, PA. We love reality television, wrestling, drag queens, and pretty much anything that can be called even kinda gay. A Gay & His Enby is a podcast where we talk about everything we love in terms of media and pop culture; everything thats gay and gay adjacent; basically all the conversations we have in our living room we are now putting in front of a microphone and on the internet for you. We have launched our MERCH STORE! We are so excited to bring you these designs, all made by Merlin, commemorating some of our favorite iconic moments! Shop now at https://AGayAndHisEnby.Threadless.com Every week, we have the pleasure and privilege of recording from Sorgatron Media Studios in Pittsburgh. The theme song for our main show is Pulsar by Shane Ivers, and the theme song for Binge Watch is Higher Up by Shane Ivers, both of which you can find at https://www.silvermansound.com All of our social media can be found at our linktree: https://linktr.ee/agayandhisenby We want to take a moment to uplift a powerful resource:

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Nathan Allman, Founder & CEO of Ondo Finance, and I spoke at Chainlink SmartCon. We discussed Ondo's various tokenization solutions and initiatives. Brought to you by

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Developing and Launching the First Falcon 9. Eric Berger recounts the difficult summer of 2009 preparing the first Falcon 9 booster, featuring nine Merlin engines housed in an octagonal web. Engineers endured intense 100-hour weeks handling complex wiring and propulsion plumbing. The subsequent road trip from Texas to Florida was arduous, including crashing the rocket's interstage into a building. Despite severe issues, like storm-fried antennas, an impatient Elon Musk pushed for a successful launch in June 2010, securing potential NASA contracts. Guest: Eric Berger.

Falcon 9 Full Thrust: Densification and Barge Landings. Eric Berger describes how, following a 2015 failure, SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 Full Thrust, version 3.0/4.0. Driven by the Mars vision, they adopted densification—chilling liquid oxygen to boost density and increase payload efficiency by 10 to 12 percent. Crucially, they focused on landing the booster vertically on a moving barge, skipping steps in the reusability process. This challenge required redesigned Merlin engines and advanced avionics, leading to several learning failures as they tried to figure out how best to line up the rocket with the ship. Guest: Eric Berger.