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Er erwähnte ihn bereits in seiner Antrittsrede: Donald Trump kündigte am 20. Januar an, den Mount Denali in Alaska wieder in Mount McKinley umzutaufen, benannt nach dem 25. US-Präsidenten. Diese Ankündigung betraf nicht nur die Geografie, sondern indizierte, was Trump vorhat in seiner zweiten Amtszeit.William McKinley, von 1897 bis 1901 im Weissen Haus, verfolgte eine imperiale Politik, die von territorialer Expansion geprägt war. Damals traten die USA in die Weltpolitik ein. McKinley baute die Seestreitkräfte aus und führte 1898 die USA in den Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg, den «splendid little war», den «herrlichen kleinen Krieg». Die Vereinigten Staaten besetzten unter McKinley ausserdem die Philippinen, Puerto Rico und Guam und annektierten das Königreich Hawaii, womit sie zu einer Kolonialmacht wurden. Was verbindet Donald Trump mit William McKinley? Ist Trump eine Figur aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, die gleichzeitig auf Bitcoins und künstliche Intelligenz setzt? Und was sind die Folgen für die amerikanische Aussenpolitik und den Rest der Welt, wenn sich der 47. US-Präsident am 25. orientiert? Darüber unterhält sich Christof Münger, Leiter des Ressorts International, mit Martin Kilian in Charlottesville, Virginia, in einer neuen Folge des USA-Podcasts «Alles klar, Amerika?».Produzent: Noah Fend Mehr USA-Berichterstattung finden Sie auf unserer Webseite und in den Apps. Den «Tages-Anzeiger» können Sie 3 Monate zum Preis von 1 Monat testen: tagiabo.ch.Feedback, Kritik und Fragen an: podcasts@tamedia.ch

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Après avoir durci sa politique migratoire et augmenté les droits de douane, le président américain a rebaptisé le plus haut sommet d'Alaska, le Mount Denali, en Mount McKinley, en hommage à un ancien président. Ce changement de nom, sujet à controverse depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, s'inscrit dans la mythologie conquérante des Etats Unis. Avec Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, professeur de civilisation américaine à l'Université Paris 8, spécialiste de l'histoire des Treize Colonies et de la Révolution américaine, auteur de L'Amérique avant les États-Unis (Flammarion, 2016) et Histoire des États-Unis (Tallandier, 2018).

Keith discusses the shift from a six-figure to a seven-figure income being necessary for a comfortable lifestyle and argues that a $5 million net worth is a minimum for financial security. He explains the benefits of leveraging a car loan for arbitrage, using a 3.99% interest rate to invest in real estate with a 20-25% total return. He also discusses the current state of the real estate market, noting that home prices and rents are expected to increase by 3-5% annually. Lower mortgage rates could increase affordability and bring more buyers into the market, potentially leading to higher home prices. Two-bedroom rents have increased by 3.7% nationwide, with significant growth in Nebraska metros. Resources: Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Show Notes: GetRichEducation.com/548 For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com GRE Free Investment Coaching:GREmarketplace.com/Coach Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript:   Automatically Transcribed With Otter.ai    Keith Weinhold  0:01   Welcome to GRE. I'm your host. Keith Weinhold today, why earning a seven figure income is the new six figures? Then a discussion on the direction of real estate prices and rents. I just bought a car though I could have paid all cash. Why did I get a loan instead? Then learn about how to perform due diligence on buying an income property with the pros and cons of turnkey real estate investing and the mistakes you must avoid today. On getricheducation.   since 2014 the powerful get rich education podcast has created more passive income for people than nearly any other show in the world. This show teaches you how to earn strong returns from passive real estate investing in the best markets without losing your time being a flipper or landlord. Show Host Keith Weinhold writes for both Forbes and Rich Dad advisors, and delivers a new show every week since 2014 there's been millions of listener downloads of 188 world nations. He has a list show, guess who? Top Selling personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki, get rich education can be heard on every podcast platform, plus it has its own dedicated Apple and Android listener phone apps build wealth on the go with the get rich education podcast. Sign up now for the get rich education podcast, or visit get rich education.com   Corey Coates  1:20   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold  1:36   Welcome to GRE from the first State of Delaware to the 50th state of Hawaii and across 400 nations worldwide. I'm Keith weinholden. This is get rich education, the voice of real estate investing Since 2014 Are we really gonna change the name away from the Gulf of Mexico? Well, I'll tell you one thing. There is zero history of hurricanes in the Gulf of America, therefore, I expect the appropriate adjustment to my insurance premiums big savings. Hey, you know, despite being a geography guy, I'm really not emotionally invested in this movement to change the names of giant pieces of real estate like Denali back to Mount McKinley and the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. It's only a little interesting to me. I mean, there are just more significant things to concern oneself with. So call it either one. I don't care. I know what you're talking about. Before we talk real estate, let's discuss your personal finances. I recently watched Dr Steven Franson speak surfacing this topic, and it got me thinking, when it comes to annual income, is you earning seven figures like the new six figures. Now, I guess that earning six figures could still be a short term goal to some people that are new to the working world, but maybe as little as a decade ago, having a six figure income was aspirational, or even a sign that you made it, or could even feel wealthy. I remember that today that is so far gone. Now, of course, it depends on where you live, but today, you need 50k just to survive. Your housing would be pretty standard in that case, and I don't know that you could get much fresh, healthy food at 50k per year, you might still have to be living with your parents. You need 100k just to sort of live. Perhaps that's if you're single and you're near the coasts, or you're married without children today, you need 200k for a life with travel and some dining out. I mean, you couldn't really even ball out on your vacations, like on 200k you're gonna balk at 500 bucks a night for a resort hotel. I mean, you're staying at more of a hotel than a resort, but at 200k of income, you can usually do some discretionary spending. At 300k in a lot of places, that's what a full family needs, a household with kids in order to live a little bit beyond that, and that's a combined income both spouses. If you make 450k today, now you're able to travel pretty well. You're probably still flying coach more than first class at 450k you may or may not be paying for the airline lounge, but you are staying at some comfy hotels. You really need to make $1 million a year today to live pretty close to all out fly first class travel well. But you're still flying commercial on a million dollar salary. You're not chartering anything. If that has not bought you time to cook, you can afford an executive chef with a million dollars so that you don't have to eat restaurant food. You know, restaurant food, even at finer restaurants, is laced with seed oils. This is why what used to be a six figure lifestyle is now a seven figure lifestyle. My spin here on this also is whatever you do at any income level, 50k a year to a million bucks a year or more, buy enough time to exercise that's something that's going to matter both to you and to those that you love over the long term. All right, so that's income. How about when it comes to net worth? There is a minimum amount in my mind that you need to have in net worth for me to say that you've got it made in America today. What do you think that number is? How about that? What do you think is the threshold? What's your thought? It is $5 million that is just a starting point, a minimum net worth that you need, if you just invested that you could probably live off its income for the rest of your life. For most people, compound interest will not get you to the $5 million net worth Mark anytime soon. Only leverage will. But yeah, after the COVID induced wave of inflation years ago, you've gotta recalibrate what you think of as a lot of money, and some people haven't caught up with this still. Now, I was on that great riverboat tour of Chicago not long ago. I think I brought this up to you in a previous episode, but you know, one thing that struck me as odd was that the tour guide, he was describing Chicago skyscrapers and the architecture around us, and he said they poured millions into that project. I mean, really emphasizing that millions were spent. I mean, today millions can mean as little as 2 million. That's an amount so tiny today for a construction project that what is that like, four average homes would be $2 million I mean, some entire counties in the Bay Area have a median home price of more than $2 million just one mediocre home. So let's talk about the direction of home prices and rents nationally here. Now I do not think that home prices or rents can really climb a whole lot over the next year, like 10% appreciation. I don't see it now. I also don't see how home prices and rents could fall substantially. The reason that prices cannot spike dramatically, it's still due to an affordability constraint, and I don't expect that prices or rents are going to fall a good bit either, or really fall significantly at all, because housing demand still exceeds supply. So that's the constraint on the downside. Really, nothing has changed there. The average for sale home today, it gets between two and a half and five offers that obviously depends on the area, so you keep seeing both prices and rents increase at this range of three to 5% that's the zone that we're in now, and we've been in that zone for most of the last Two years. Really pretty modest, not exciting, appreciation rates. Zumper tells us that two bedroom rents are up 3.7%   nationwide. Rents have actually declined in some Sunbelt cities, Durham, North Carolina and Nashville are some big losers I was describing Austin to you a few weeks ago. Do you know that two national leaders in rent growth are both in the same state. Yes, these two cities are both up more than 20% in rents year over year. It's in the Midwest. Any idea where I'm talking about it is Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska both up over 20% and perhaps recent GRE listener guest grant Frankie is happy about that. He's the only person I know that invests predominantly in Lincoln, and this is due to strong job growth and also that supply that still hasn't kept up with demand. Now back to my point about how nationally, both rent growth and price growth are still pretty modest, which is still a highly profitable formula for a leveraged investor that bought right But historically, it is kind of boring. Many believe that as soon as mortgage rates fall sharply, and a lot of surveys show this, if. That five and a half percent is the magic mortgage rate level that will increase affordability so much that home prices will soar. I'll tell you my spin on that is maybe even that remains to be seen from listening to me for 10 and a half years now, you know that the direction of the economy has a substantial effect on housing, rents and prices, a force bigger than just mortgage rates. And when mortgage rates fall and other interest rate types fall, that usually means that the economy needs the help, which might mean that employment is down. If employment falls, home prices can still rise. They usually do, but perhaps not as much as you thought they would. So my point is, is that when mortgage rates fall significantly, that does not automatically translate into soaring price growth. Again. You gotta take history over hunches. If there's one thing that feels a little different in this cycle though, it's that we do have this palpable amount of pent up housing demand, so lower rates really could bring a lot more buyers off the sidelines. So therefore, it is possible that home prices will soar if rates really plummet. It is just not axiomatic. Now I just bought a new car, though I could have paid all cash. I chose to get the loan. And before I tell you about why I considered not getting a car at all and just using Uber Lyft ride sharing services forever. But sometimes I like to go off the beaten path and trek in some remote places. So that just wouldn't work. I also travel a good bit, and I considered not owning any car that's tethered to just one place. It's just not that efficient. But it came down to freedom. I enjoy my freedom and autonomy to hop in my own car and drive it on a whim. Though I could have paid all cash for this new car purchase, I chose to put the minimum amount down, and I got a loan for about 95% of the cost of the car. Why would I do that? Car debt is surely not as good as real estate debt. With car debt, I have to repay my own loan. I cannot outsource these car debt payments to tenants, and the payment is about $900 a month. I'll have to pay all of that myself. Also, unlike real estate, a car is a depreciating asset. Unlike mortgage interest, car loan interest is typically not tax deductible either. I'm not going to rent this car out through Toro and try to get an income stream off the car. Nothing like that. So this might sound like three strikes against a car loan. I've got to make the payment myself. It's declining in value, especially as a new car. It starts depreciating fast as soon as I drive it off the lot, and I'm not going to have any tax breaks. Oh, come on. I mean, that might sound like bad debt to a lot of people. Leading GRE I am a staunch advocate for good debt. So why did I embrace a car loan to the maximum leveraged amount? Because I am making my car loan good debt. The definition of good debt is debt that makes money for you. Car loan debt is secured, meaning there is underlying collateral, the car itself. And by the way, credit card debt is an example of unsecured debt. The big reason, though, is the financing through the dealership BMW is a 3.99% interest rate for five years, my credit's perfect. So I got a good rate there. Therefore this car loan is a simple arbitrage play. I'm borrowing at a lower rate to invest at a higher rate. Look, even if my car loan rate were double 8% I would probably still get this car loan, but it's 3.99How do I have confidence that I'm going to beat that on an annualized basis over the next five years? Well, first future inflation expectations are elevated, like I touched on on last week's show, if true, inflation the real diminished purchasing power of your dollar over the next five years is 4% I mean, that's a break even for me, right there already, but I'm gonna do a lot better than that. As a real estate investor, I know that instead of sinking this money into the car, that's enough of a down payment for a rental single family. Home or almost a low cost duplex, and being cognizant that real estate pays five ways, I expect a minimum of a 20 to 25% total rate of return with low risk. Now, if you're a new listener, that last part sounded far fetched. I know that's okay. You just don't know how to calculate your ROI for an income property with a loan. Yet another way to describe my strategy here is though I could pay cash, why would I tie up that many funds in a car? So I'm cognizant of opportunity cost. Opportunity cost means that you're missing out on a greater benefit when you choose one option over another. This loan approach also keeps me more liquid. Look, keep your money. Don't give it to a bank. Make your bank take five years to get all the money, while my $900 monthly payment stays fixed the whole time as inflation just keeps relentlessly debasing the bank's payment that they get from me. I mean, with that part, it works the same way as it does in real estate or any fixed rate loan that you could get. Be mindful, by paying all cash, you would not improve your net worth at all. Nothing happens to your net worth. Paying all cash reduces both your asset column and your debt column by the same amount, and it hurts your liquidity. Now, if you've got an emergency, you could be in a case where all of your funds would be gone if you paid all cash, they're inside the car, and you might not be able to extract them back out. All right. Well, what about the depreciating asset part of this equation? That's what most cars are. Well, just like a piece of real estate, your car's value will rise or fall regardless of your equity position. That doesn't influence it at all. So I will be underwater on the car. That's a way that some people might look at it. That means that I'm going to owe more on the balance than the car is worth. That appears irresponsible to some people. Well, yeah, that just means that the bank's money is tied up in the car, not mine. I've got it off giving me a good return. Look, when you have loans, you have another type of leverage, and it's not the mathematical type that I often discuss here. I mean, have you ever owed a friend money when something untoward happens? Who is motivated to talk between the two of you? You are your friend, your friend. They're going to be the one that's willing to work with you and help you out. They've got to give you levers when there's a mal apropos occurrence and the borrower loses their job or has a medical disaster and a huge bill, the person that's owed the money is always going to keep communication lines open with you, you as the borrower, are the one that is in control. Keep your debt on, keep your own money, stay in control. And how is this car loan making money for me, if I get a, say, 23% total return from income property and keep paying a 4% car loan, that is 19% arbitrage, I mean, what an easy choice. Again, the definition of good debt is debt that is used to increase your wealth. So getting the Max car loan allows me to avoid paying that opportunity cost of having all the funds tied up in a depreciating asset. And that is how a real estate investor buys a car. Now you're a smart investor. I mean, we have a really wise, responsible audience comprised of people just like you. But what would be some reasons that a real estate investor should pay all cash? Because there are some, and a lot of them revolve around, if you're financially irresponsible, if instead you got a car loan so you could stay liquid and maintain your life as a profligate and reprobate gambling degenerate and lose it all on sports gambling through the freaking Draft Kings and FanDuel apps. Okay, that's not a good reason. But as a GRE listener, that probably is not you. I was probably not talking about you, right. There another reason to pay all cash rather than getting the loan like I have, is if you don't have the liquidity to service the 900 Dollar monthly debt payment yourself, you could be over leveraged. See the chunk that I'm investing in real estate instead of the car that real estate will produce income for me, but it actually will not produce as much as $900 in cash flow to fully offset the car payment. Now it's going to produce a few $100 but my arbitrage is being created with the summation of all of real estate's five profit centers. I've got the whole shebang now, the leverage appreciation, the cash flow, the ROA, the tax benefits and the inflation profiting all coming at you. All five. My liquidity comes from elsewhere. A third reason why a real estate investor would want to pay all cash for a car is because say that you would effectively be forced to pay all cash for the car. Because if you took on a $900 monthly payment, that would dent your mortgage loan qualifications, debt to income ratio that mortgage loan underwriters are going to look at it would hike up your DTI so much that you couldn't qualify for future income property loans. So right, there are, what was that? Three reasons that a real estate investor would want to pay all cash if they could. But let's not lose the bigger point I was talking about the exceptions there. The bigger point is that consider getting the maximum loan for your next car, or even getting a loan against your current car if you already have one without any debt on it. It's actually a rational approach, because you want to consider the loan first, since this is your money, you earned it, approach it with the strategy first of keeping your own money that you traded away your finite life's time for. Think of keeping it first and only then consider giving it away next. I am getting the biggest car loan that I can and making the minimum monthly payments all 60 months five years, I did the same thing with my last car. It is an easy choice for me in just one word, it is for the arbitrage one word, most experienced financiers and real estate investors have not been exposed to those ideas that I just shared with you, and at the least, I am confident that I just gave you something to chew on mentally. There I've been talking about the intersection of your personal finances and real estate investing. Today, I'm your host, Keith Weinhold here on episode 548 of the get rich education podcast    what have GRE listeners been doing these past few weeks, they have been scooping up BRRRR properties, employing the buy, renovate, rent, refinance and repeat strategy fueled by GRE 's recent live event. You can watch the video of the event on demand right now, get an understanding of the strategy, see why it's so lucrative, and if it interests you, even get you paired up with actual property addresses conducive to the strategy. You can do that at GRE webinars.com this event can indelibly elevate your entire socio economic class and shape your legacy. That is a deep statement. Hey, this is what 8x leverage and $500 plus of cash flow on each single family rental property can do for you with the burr strategy in Cleveland. I mean, how much earlier will this allow you to retire? The event is free to watch. You can watch from home. I mean, come on, what else are you going to do at home tonight? Spend that time cleaning out your closet or smoking meats. Maybe at least, spend that time getting a car loan. What's the opportunity cost of you smoking meats tonight when you can actionably Build a real estate legacy with the BRRRRstrategy? Strategically outsource the meat smoking to somebody else. That's what I do. It does not take much to get started. These pre renovated homes are often about 60k some GRE followers have already bought two or three at a time. You'll see Jerry's investment coach Naresh and event co host Phil. I mean, just watching him talk is amazing. Phil is America's preeminent authority on burr real estate investing. Again, you can watch the event right now, and I don't know how long we'll keep it up for, just visit GRE webinars.com    Next fatal mistakes that you've got to avoid when buying income property with some vital due diligence tips. I'm Keith Weinhold. You're listening to get rich and. Vacation.    You know what's crazy? Your bank is getting rich off of you. The average savings account pays less than 1% it's like laughable. Meanwhile, if your money isn't making at least 4% you're losing to inflation. That's why I started putting my own money into the FFI liquidity fund. It's super simple. 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You can start your pre qualification and chat with President Chaeli Ridge personally. Start Now while it's on your mind at Ridge lending group.com that's Ridge lending group.com   Robert Kiyosaki  26:49   this is Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Author Robert Kiyosaki, listen to get rich education with Keith Weinhold. And the reason I respect Keith, He's a very strong, smart, bright young man.   Keith Weinhold  27:10   Welcome back to get rich Education. I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, it's been a while, but I know that I shared with you before that my first ever out of state rental property that I bought ended up being a loser, and this is despite the fact that the turnkey provider and property manager that I was hiring for the property, they even told me not to buy the property because they couldn't keep it occupied in that neighborhood, and they told me to buy a different one instead. I didn't listen. I bought it anyway, and I lost we couldn't keep it occupied, so after a few years, I sold it to an owner, occupant, family for a small profit, but it was after years of negative cash flow, so there really wasn't any profit there, because, like I just said, we couldn't keep it occupied with a rent paying tenant that was back in 2012 near Fort Worth Texas. I bought it because it was cheap, just 153k and it looked pretty. It was brick. Those are both bad reasons to buy. Cheap doesn't always mean good. And the fact that a property looks pretty, I mean, I guess that's a somewhat good thing, but it should not be a deciding factor. I was never going to live there facts Trump feelings in investing. So my first bad experience was totally avoidable. I can only blame myself. Let me tell you about some other fatal mistakes to avoid, as we talk about some turnkey real estate investing due diligence. Since turnkey means all done for you, or another way to describe the property is a rent ready property. You know that word turnkey? It's sort of this compelling, even seductive buzzword, and it just might make you think that, ah, everything is just handled now and forever. It's gonna sail along just fine. No, it won't. Now, this is the type of investing that can change your life. This is the real estate pays five ways. Compound leverage Trumps compound interest, type of vehicle. Financially free beats that free type of vehicle. You're winning the inflation Triple Crown all those great, formulaic GRE mantras, but you better check to make sure before you get too far into it. And that's why we're talking about vital due diligence here. I think you know by now that turnkey, it means a property that's really just got three things. It's already renovated or new. Secondly, has a tenant in it, and it has professional property management from day one. Now, the property providers at GRE marketplace, they are some of the good ones. They have good reputations. Many have been in business for a long time, but some others do not. So what about a provider? Provider that's in, say, Oklahoma, but you live out of the area on one of the coasts, and this Oklahoma provider, they're trying to pass off a property in Oklahoma City or Tulsa to you, it's actually in a class D neighborhood the worst. And they're sort of presenting it like it's a Class B minus neighborhood, right? How can you hedge against that? How can you know that things are not being misrepresented to you? Well, of course, everyone knows about Google Street View. You're probably going to look at that first that's going to tell you about the street scene. It's free to use a paid service that gives you neighborhood analytics. Is it neighborhoodscout.com you want to verify crime rates in areas, income levels, poverty levels, education levels and school quality to make sure that the property characteristics are what you are being told, and some of those attributes always matter with property. I mean, crime rates matter because even though you're not living there so you're not going to be able to retain respectable rent paying tenants that would tolerate a high crime neighborhood. Understand, though, that not all crime data is the same. Violent crime is probably the worst shoplifting, I'll call that in the middle. And then most traffic violations, they're light crimes. Now, if you're buying a single family rental type, of course, the quality of the school district, well, that's going to matter more than if you're buying a building of little efficiency apartments where the school district hardly matters there, because you're not catering to families. I've mentioned before that we go look.com. Is a service where you can hire an independent inspector, not even a real estate related person, necessarily, but just an independent on the ground inspector to just go check out a neighborhood at any hour of the day or night. Now, if you have any question about the out of state neighborhood that you're buying in an easy way to get a check on the decency of the neighborhood is something really simple. Make sure the turnkey provider owns properties in the area that they're selling to you. This helps ensure that they're not offloading their problem properties onto you. That's something that's probably only going to happen with an inexperienced provider that doesn't have a reputation to protect yet. But when it comes to neighborhood quality, once I'm pretty serious about buying a property, do you know who I usually get reliable information from? And it's virtually free, and you're contacting this party anyway, so it's so easy for you that is just simply ask your property inspector. I mean, you always want that independent, certified Property inspector to walk inside every room of your prospective purchase, and they make that punch list for your seller before you close that's on either a renovated or a new build property always get that inspection. I've talked about that before, and that often costs $500 or less on a single family home, and today it's about $800 or less on a duplex, well before my inspector even checks out the place. I like to let them know that I live outside the area, and I want their insight on the neighborhood as well. I mean, inspectors live locally there, so they'll probably be able to give you a good answer before they even do your physical inspection. They already know the area really well, and it doesn't even cost you any more above your normal inspection cost to just get a little on the ground intelligence. And of course, your inspector works for a company independent of your property provider, so their information should be unbiased. They work for you. Now after the inspection, how about your appraisal and some due diligence with that, what if your appraisal comes in low. Everyone wants to talk about if your appraisal comes in high, that's instant equity that you have, but see if the appraisal comes in low with a turnkey property where everything was renovated, that may or may not be a problem, because the comparables that were used for your valuation, they don't have everything renovated in them like your property does. So the subject property, the one that you've got under contract to buy that could very well have a lot of say, new plumbing, electrical, HVAC, the roof, bathrooms, paint, flooring, lighting, kitchens. I mean, most, or all of those components could be new in yours. It's common for yours to have all those components, and then the comparables do not have those now, you and your seller, you will have to negotiate on who's going to close the appraisal gap. I've discussed that part on a previous episode, but I'm point. Out how you can still be getting value even when your appraisal is low and it's worth it. Down the road, you're going to have less maintenance headache than your appraisal comparables will most of the time. Turnkey properties are renovated to cover major systems, and that means you do not have major expenses. Soon these expenses get wrapped into your mortgage payment, and that's a lot better for you than coming out of pocket three years later to replace an entire roof. Another thing to keep in mind is that a property provider that's been in business for a lot of years, they do not have interest in selling you a lemon of a property and hurting their reputation, but that seller does have a little interest in getting the maximum dollar. I mean, that's almost intrinsically natural in human beings. I mean, everyone has that motivation, just like you do when you sell your property down the road. So these rent ready or turnkey properties, they're almost always better if you're a busy professional or you just want to spend your time doing something else. I mean, I think that's a pretty well established concept in the investing industry, but I really think these rent ready properties, they are better for even more people than just busy professionals. I mean, consider the alternative, if you try to screen and identify a property yourself and do all the rehab and manage the contractors. I mean, first of all, you can be dealing with a hard money loan where you're paying four or five points plus a 12% interest rate, since that's all that's available for distressed properties, and unless you have experience managing contractors, oh, boy, you could have construction timelines that go over by several months. Well, now that can eat a huge portion of your investment that you thought you were making. You're paying 12% and you have no tenant all this time, but instead, when you buy a rent ready property, and you've got the best mortgage rates and terms from day one, and you've got a rent paying tenant from day one, and not all these headaches and time lost and contractors are trying to manage with turnkeys at GRE marketplace, those rehabs are done by crews that work full time for the turnkey provider, so they work at more affordable rates than what you could get as an out of state buyer if you're trying to patch together contract and crews yourself. So at scale GRE marketplace providers, they're also dealing with the same material types over and over again, so they're faster at doing it. The materials are also reliably sourced. You won't have the 10s or hundreds of hours managing all this, checking with the rehabbers, checking for quality control, making sure the amount of work that you were paying for was actually done. I mean, some people listen to this show and they had that real estate pays five ways, epiphany, that big light bulb moment, but then they try to do this rehabbing and investing themselves to save a few dollars, is what they thought, and it's rarely worth it. So avoid the massive time commitments with all this. I mean, you're also going to be doing other things, coordinating inspections and permits with city municipalities. I mean, what a nightmare. GRE marketplace providers, they've already done all of that for you and more now that you've bought the property, all right, what about the potential for poor management? Choosing your property manager is of utmost importance, because that person or firm, they're going to vet your tenants, handle the repairs, collect your rents and take care of any other issues at your rental property. They'll understand the local landlord and tenant law, you're going to be seeing the property infrequently, if you ever see it at all, so keeping an eye on things becomes key. Now, once you own the property and you have the tenant in there, there is always the potential for your property manager to do a poor job, costing you money, making your investment less lucrative, I like to ask my manager if they do regular property inspections, like getting inside the unit every six months. Now, you can read online reviews, like the star reviews, the number of stars for property managers. I mean, that could be helpful. It can also quickly get misleading. You can get a lot of bad reviews on an adequate manager. Because property management is such a tough job, I think that one of the best things you can do when vetting a property manager is to ask a friend. A lot of people don't have that option. So then do a search on the bigger pockets. Forums for your prospective property manager. So read reviews. Don't just look at star ratings. And I'll tell you, property management is one of the few areas in my life where I am willing to accept a service level of adequate or mediocre. Almost no one raves about their property manager, but I do have managers because they are the guardians of my quality of life, of your standard of living. We want them to serve our tenants, but I don't want 80 tenants being able to text message me. So there you go, armed with a number of due diligence items that can help you make sure that you buy your next income property, right? GRE marketplace, we typically connect you with the experience providers, but I'm telling you this because it's prudent to do some checking on your own and inquiring like this too, in case you have any doubt. Now, you notice on GRE marketplace, where you can connect with free investment coaching as well, that the properties, at times, they seem less expensive than you would expect. Why is this? Well, investor advantage markets, they have low prices. I mean, that's just one reason that they are investor advantaged like Ohio, Indiana, parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas and some of the other Mid Atlantic states And Florida, another reason the GRE market prices seem low is that there is no agent that has to be compensated. It is a direct model. Another reason is economies of scale. Providers provide homes in bulk, so there are savings that way, and there also aren't any owner occupied emotions evolved with income properties. Those emotions can run up the price, or what they really do is they keep it stuck at a high price. So to help you review what you've learned today, a seven figure income is the new six figures. Real estate prices and rents just keep moving up, but modestly for the time being, a car loan can be good debt when you have a reasonable expectation that you can create arbitrage and sufficient liquidity in your life. And though income property is perhaps the most proven wealth generator ever, there are some mistakes to avoid when it comes to buying right between the guidance that you have today and the help of our completely free investment coaching another safety layer. If you're confident that it can benefit you, I encourage you to engage and move at the speed of instruction. It's the only way that you'll benefit I built this resource. I really wish it existed when I started out, and it's available for you at GRE marketplace.com, until next week. I'm your host. 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In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, Dan shares his journey from recovering in snowy Toronto to basking in the Arizona sunshine at Canyon Ranch. While battling a cold and back spasm in Canada, He found unexpected humor in a limousine driver discovering our heated driveway before making my way to the warmth of Tucson. At Canyon Ranch, I read historical British Navy novels and attended Richard Rossi's conference, where conversations sparked insights about technology's role in our world. The discussions centered on how companies like Google and Apple influence geographic naming conventions and how AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude work to match human capabilities rather than surpass them. We explored the relationship between technology and daily life, from electric vehicles to meal delivery services. These conversations highlighted how technological advances aim to streamline our routines while acknowledging the challenge of replicating genuine human experiences. The experience reinforced that technology offers convenience and efficiency but cannot replace authentic human connections and experiences. This balance became clear through examples like distinguishing between Bach's original compositions and AI-generated music, reminding us of technology's role as a tool rather than a replacement for human interaction. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS In the episode, Dan shares his journey from Toronto's cold to Arizona's warmth, highlighting his recovery from a cold and back spasm, and experiences attending a conference and relaxing at Canyon Ranch. We discuss the impact of technology on geographic naming conventions, mentioning how companies like Google and Apple influence changes such as the renaming of geographic locations. The conversation explores the idea that technology is striving to match human intelligence, with examples including AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude, and the future potential of seamless digital interactions. I reflect on the progression of vision and technology, discussing how initial ideas develop into intellectual property and the role of technology in enhancing human capabilities. We explore resistance to change with technological advancements, using examples like the shift from gasoline to electric vehicles and how people adapt technology to maintain comfort. The episode examines the distinction between authentic human experiences and artificial replication, emphasizing the irreplaceable value of genuine human connections and interactions. We share personal anecdotes about how technology has replaced routine tasks, discussing the convenience of services like grocery delivery and automated car washes, and pondering future technological advancements. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan. Mr Jackson, I hope you're well, I am. Dan: I'm much better than I was last weekend. I was, yeah, out of it. I mean, really I had like a cold and my back was in spasm. It was not good. So I'm a nice recovery week and I'm on the mend. How was your adventures in Arizona? Are you still in Arizona? Dean: now. No, I got back around 11 o'clock last night to Toronto. That has about a foot of snow. Dan: I saw that. Dean: Yeah, and it's still snowing, it's still coming down. So we really had nothing for November, december, january, but February seems to be the winter. It's really snowing, I mean it's continuous, it's not heavy snow, but it's just constant, and I kind of like it. And we got home last night and the limousine driver who driveway and he said, oh, I hope we can get up to your driveway and he, he hadn't uh, he didn't have previous he didn't have previous experience. He says oh my golly, you have heated driveways. And I said, yeah, uh, of course you know we've got to be good to our got to be, good to our limousine drivers. Dan: You know we have to you know, set a standard for driver friendliness and anyway, so Did he tell you, listen, if you wanted to really be good, you'd buy the house behind you so we could keep the driveway going all the way through. Dean: Yeah, somebody else did and they fixed it up, so I think that's out of the future. That's out of the. You know that's not going to happen. You can't add that to the compound, right? Yeah, so anyway, regarding Arizona, it was great. We were there for two and a half weeks so we had Richard Rossi's conference which was terrific, yeah, terrific. Richard does such a great job with this right. Dan: I mean, it's something that he's really doing it out of his own passionate curiosity himself. I think that's a good thing when you can make your own thing. I think that's a good thing when you can make your own. Dean: Then we did a week at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, which was really terrific and beautiful. I mean just gorgeous weather every day 75-ish. Got up to 80 a little bit, but absolutely clear. Not a cloud in the sky. For a week Didn't see a cloud in the night sky in Tucson. Dan: I was going to ask what's a day in the life at Canyon Ranch for you. Dean: I'll have a massage scheduled. You know you can go to 50 different things, but I don't. And you know, I read a lot while. I'm there I go for walks and know, did some gym work? and and then, yeah, just to take it really easy, you know I'm reading just a terrific set of British Navy stories from the novels. These are historic historically. They're all during the Napoleonic War, when Britain War, when Great Britain was fighting the French, and it follows. First of all, there's about 20 authors who write these terrific books, but the one I'm reading right now, andrew Wareham is his name and he follows a sea captain from when he becomes a midshipman. He becomes a midshipman. That's your first step in being an officer is a midshipman. But they start at nine and 10 years old. So they have nine and 10 year old boys on board ship, you know, and they lose a lot of them. You know because they're in. You know they're in action during the sea battles and you know they and they're foolish. You know 10, who who thinks? who thinks about danger when you're 10 years old, you know, but Trails him and he's about 25 now and he's a captain. He's a captain. So in 15 years he's become a captain and just terrific, just extraordinarily well-written books, but it's just about this one person. And then he goes up in terms of skill and responsibility and importance and he becomes rich doing it. Because if you captured a French ship, then you might be. Yeah, except for the gold. The gold had to go to the government. To the government. Dan: OK. Dean: You know the British government, but outside of that you could. You auctioned it off and the captain got a set share, and then everybody right down to the lowest seaman. So I went through about three of those in a week. Three, three now, wow yeah, and that was it. And then I came back and we had our free zone, and which worked out really worked out, really well. And you know you had arranged for a. Dan: I heard, you had arranged for a satellite launch while you were having the reception. Dean: Yeah, the rocket rocket, you know. I mean mean the rocket maker is very busy these days rearranging the government, you know. And uh so yeah, I thought it was kind of him to just take a little bit of time out and send a rocket up during our reception. I thought, you know, you know kind of a nice touch, you know, and yeah, it went really well and the, you know it's mostly parties. You know kind of a nice touch, you know, and yeah, it went really well and the you know it's mostly parties. You know our summit I mean if you, if you take this, if you take the two parties and put them together, they're equal to the amount of time we're doing in the conference and then the conference has lots of breaks, so yeah, I think it was more partying actually it's print seven, that's yeah, I mean that's the great uh seven print enjoy life and have a good time, you know right, right, right and then we uh took a day, and then we moved over to joe, which was joe yeah it's genius. Yeah, joe is such a great and the new offices look really good. Dan: I was just going to say I saw Richard Miller told me about the big 110-inch televisions or screens on the thing. That makes a big difference. Dean: Well, the big thing he can comfortably put 100 people in now. Yeah. Because, he's knocked out walls. Dan: Yeah, I zoomed in a little bit on Friday and, yeah, looks like a nice turnout too. It looks like that group's really growing. Dean: Yeah, it seems, I guess about 40, you know about 40 people. Yeah, and some not there, so it's probably total numbers is a bit higher. And yeah, and yeah, and yeah. We had one very impressive speaker. The senior editor for Epoch Times was there. Dan: Epoch Times. I saw that yeah. Dean: Yeah, in the afternoon and I didn't really know the background to this story. You know the background to the public. Yeah, and I had lunch sitting next to him, a very interesting person, you know, and he's very connected to a lot of people in the new administration Trump administration so he was talking about all the different things that he was doing. Dan: And I saw that Robert Kennedy was confirmed since last we spoke for the yeah and he's good friends with him. Dean: The editor is good friends with him. Dan: Yeah. Dean: And the next one is the FBI director, and he's good friends with him, so anyway, yeah, and Jeff Hayes was there and Jeff was just. I mean because Jeff had a major you know he had a major role in getting Robert Kennedy to the point where he could be and but I'm enjoying the. For the first time in US history, the government is being audited, mr Musk. Dan: I knew I saw it was very interesting. I saw something that there was somebody posted up a video from the 90s when Clinton and Gore launched a. There was something it was called rego, I think, but reinventing government operations or something, and it was mirroring all the things that they're saying about Doge, about the finding inefficiency and finding looking out all those things. So it was really interesting. They were showing the parallels of what was actually, you know, in 90, you know mid nineties, when Clinton and Gore were in yeah, yeah. Dean: Well, they didn't have the. I mean, it would have been an impossible task in the 1990s, but not so today, because of the guy, because they could just go in and they can identify every single check. That's written, the complete history, you know, and everything. They couldn't do that back in the 90s, you know Right. And probably they weren't the right party to be doing it either. Dan: So, anyway. Dean: no, I find it very intriguing and you can tell by the response of the Democrats that there's some stuff there. Dan: There's some there. Dean: There's some there there I think that I was just reading that. So far that you know they're they're, they're estimating that it's at least a trillion of found money. Dan: In other words, that when they go through, they'll find a trillion is a big, you know. Dean: I find that an impressive amount of money actually. Dan: Yeah, I find that an impressive amount of money. Yeah, that's exactly right, yeah yeah, yeah. Dean: So yeah, it's a big change. I think you know, I, I think that a lot of people who hate trump are probably wishing that he had actually won in 2020 you know, had to live with kovid for you know two and a half, three years, because nobody, almost no government, that was in charge. When COVID two years, I guess two and a half years of COVID. They've just been thrown out all around the world. Whoever the government was got thrown out, and so if Trump had won in 2020, he'd be out now and they'd probably be the Democrats and everything like that and they probably wouldn't have Elon Musk taking a look at government spending. Dan: What's the buzz in Canada now with their impending 51st? Yeah, it's nothing. Dean: We're in limbo. We're just in limbo because you know, the government isn't sitting and they're in the middle of a leadership race to replace Trudeau, and that won't happen until March 9th. Dan: Governor Trudeau Did you hear Donald Trump Government Trudeau. Dean: The state of Canada. Dan: Yeah, Trudeau keeps calling him Governor Trudeau. It's so disrespectful it's ridiculous. Dean: Yeah, the Gulf of America and the state of Canada. That's big news, since the last time we spoke right. Dan: We've had big changes. We had Governor. Trudeau and the Gulf of America. It's officially changed on the Google Maps now. Dean: Yeah, apple too. Apple changed over to the Gulf of America, and so did Chevron. In its annual report it talked about all of its deep water drilling in the Gulf of America. Yeah, it's interesting how things get named, anyway, I don't know. There wasn't any active government that called it the Gulf of Mexico. It was just the first map makers, whoever they were, yeah. They just said well, yeah, we call this the Gulf of Mexico and it's a done deal, deal. And so my sense is you know, if the you know if Google changes the name. That's an important support for the change. Dan: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I mean, it's so funny. I wonder how long now it'll take for the street names to change to. Dean: Well, they're changing, you know and they're, yeah, and they're changing the military bases. You know they had all these military bases in the. Us that were named after people who you know were deemed racist or deemed, you know, not proper that this person's name should be. So one administration changes them, but the next administration comes back and changes them all back to the original and Mount McKinley I always liked Mount McKinley and then they changed to Mount Denali. Oh, is that right I didn't know that, and now it's changed back to Mount McKinley. Okay, so Mount McKinley is the tallest North American mountain tallest mountain in. North America. So anyway, it's really good. I've been toying with the book title. Dan: It's not the book. Dean: I'm writing right now, but the title of the book is Technology is Trying Very Hard to Keep Up with Us, okay, Technology is trying really hard to keep up. Yeah, because people, I think, have bought into it that we're the ones who are trying to keep up with technology. Dan: Right. Dean: And I think it creates a lot of stress. I think we're trying to keep up with something that we don't understand, and I think that's a very stressful, I think that's a very stressful attitude. And I just tested it out at Genius Network. And I just said what would you think about this? That technology is trying very hard to keep up with us. And they said, wow, wow. What do you mean? Well, you know, because I said first of all it's inferior. I said first of all it's inferior. Technology is inferior because the objective of so many of the researchers in technology is that we'll now have technology that's as smart as humans. So, right off the bat, the premise of that is that technology isn't as smart as humans. Okay, so why would we be trying to be keeping up with something that's not as smart as us? That's true, yeah, but just from a standpoint. I think, probably, that you wouldn't be able to measure what's happening one way or the other. One way or the other, you really wouldn't be able to measure them, you know. I mean, if you take an individual human being, just one person, and you look at that person's brain, that brain is the most complex in the world. The human brain has more connections than anything else in the world. So in the universe not in the world, but in the universe it's the most complex, that's just one individual and then humans can communicate with each other. So it's you know. Say you have 10 human brains, that's 10 times the most complex thing in the world and they're doing all sorts of things. So my sense is that's the superior thing that you know, the human brain and individual human is superior. So I think the makers of technology are trying to keep up with what the human brain is doing, but it's really hard. Dan: it's really hard yeah, this is I mean. Yeah, I wonder. I just upgraded my chat gT membership. Now I just upgraded to the $200, $200, $200 a month. Dean: Yeah, and apparently they're feeding you, dean, they're dating his. First it's $2. First it's free. Dan: That's how they get you. Dean: Dan, that's $20 a month. Now it's $200. Right, and you're deeper and deeper into it. Then they're going to say it's $500 a month, yeah, and then you're into the thousands. Dan: And that's how they get you. That's what they do, that's how they get you yeah. Dean: You can't back out of it. You can't back out of GPT. Yeah, once you're in, you're in. Dan: So I need gpt. Yeah, my cheer hand, you're in, so I need the. So now, from what I understand, I got it and then I've been, you know, recovering here the last uh, couple of weeks or I was on my, had my event and and recovery here, so I haven't really spent the time to go deep in it. But from what I understand now they can do projects for you Like it. Can you know, I just did some test things Like can you, you know, see what massage times are available at Hand and Stone for me for today, and it goes to the website and logs it can book for you if you wanted it, you know. So I really I see now like the way forward, it's really just a world of truly just being able to articulate what you want is a big thing and you know you had 25 years of just practicing. What do you want, you know, in your daily practice. Dean: Journaling You're journaling. Dan: Yeah, and now we're truly like I think this is one step closer to just being able to like articulate what you want and it can happen. I mean, I see it now on, you know, with the combination of the things that are doing, like Claude. A lot of people are using Claude for, like creating websites and apps and you know, functional things and then using. Now, I think, with ChatGPT, combined with those capabilities, that's really what the $200 a month, one kind of gets you is the ability for you to set it on a task and then come back. It'll still work on it while not. It felt like before, for $20 a month, charlotte would do whatever you wanted her to do right in real time while you're there, but you couldn't assign it a task that is going to be done while you're not there. So, man, it's pretty amazing times what we're coming into here being a visionary is a big thing. Dean: Yeah, my, I'm just. You know, I'm really. I just work with one, one tool and see, how much? I can get out of it and you know, perplexity is doing a good job of giving me alternative copy copy ideas, and the thing is that I've got so many thinking tools of my own that I've created over my last that the tools I think are really custom designed for how I go about things, okay, and and so see for me to kind of learn this new stuff in the time that I would be learning something new I'd be creating three or four new. I'd be creating three or four new tools yeah which are useful in the program. So there's an immediate payoff in the program and then they have IP value as we're discovering they have. IP value, so I'm not seeing the return on investment yet. I mean, I have team members who can do the programs and they're investigating them all the time and they're getting better. So I can just chat with, I can just send them a fast filter or something like that. That's a tool, fast filter, and then they go and they execute it and I haven't spent any time learning it and so I'm really interested in listening to you, because you're I would suspect that you're making advances every day, right, probably something new every day. Dan: I'm starting to see I don't know whether I've shared with you the we're kind of putting some legs on the VCR formula, kind of putting some. You're digging a little deeper into how to really define those what vision, what capabilities, what reach, how to think about them. And what I looked at with vision is thinking of it as a progression from the levels of vision that you can have. So you can start out with the ability to create a hypothesis or have an idea about something. I think that if you did this, that would be a good thing, right, this is what you, we should do, or this is where I think we should go with this. That's one level. Then, from that, then the next level up is that you have proven. That is right, that's a good idea, right. So you've set up an experiment, you've taken some action on that idea. You've gotten some feedback that, yeah, that's good. It's almost like applying the scientific method in a way. Right, you create a hypothesis, you set up an experiment, you do it Now. Once you've got proof, then the next level up is to create a protocol for that. You could repeat the result that you were able to get one time. And once you've got that protocol, now you've got something that can be packaged and protected. Ip is the crown jewel of the vision column. Everything should be progressing to that peak of having IP. And once you have a piece of IP, once you have a protocol, an algorithm, a recipe you know engineer, whatever the thing is. Now it moves into your capability column that you have it now as something that you can package as a result for someone Right. So it's been. It's a really interesting thing. You can package as a result for someone right, so it's a really interesting thing. I think that progression of kind of you know feels in line with the make it up, make it real, make it recur kind of progression as well. Dean: Yeah. Now here's a question and it's kind of related to this. Technology is trying really hard to keep up that I started the podcast with this morning. If you looked at yourself, are you using technology so that you can be different or are you using technology so that you can be the same? That's a good question. Dan: I think I'm using technology so that, well, I don't know how to think about that. I would say am I using technology so that I can be different? I can't think of an example to say either way. I mean I'm using technology in many cases to do what I would do if I could count on me to do it. You know, I think that's a thing that you know technology is able to do the things that I would do. And I take technology as you know, I have a broad definition of technology. Right, like a shovel would be a technology too. Right, any kind of tool to do what you would do in an enhanced kind of way, like if your thing is you're trying to dig a swimming pool, you know you do it by hand, scoop out all the dirt. But somebody realized, hey, if we make a shovel that is similar but bigger, it could scoop that out. And then if we make a, a backhoe, that can you know, do that's a thing so it's doing? I think the answer is probably all technology is to do the same faster and bigger yeah, I just just wonder that the most dominant force in people's life is really their habits, and what I feel is there's a set of habits that work. Dean: you know, you like them and they work. And secondly, you like doing them, you like doing them but you're being asked to change. You know, there's sort of this message, message, a narrative you're going to have to change and you're going to have to change. And I'm wondering if, at a certain stage, people reach a point where they say, okay, I'll use technology, but not to change the way you want me to change, but to stay the way I am. Dan: That's interesting but to stay the way I am. That's interesting. Yeah, I mean, there's probably good arguments for both sides, right? I think technology ultimately in its bestest to be able to replace your time and effort on doing something to make it easier to do what you need to do. I think about Excel, for instance, using Excel spreadsheets as a way of being able to sort and organize and compute data back like to the earliest technologies you know. Dean: Yeah, well, I just feel that you know. I mean, first of all, very few people are. I would start with myself by saying that I've probably got a massive habit system. You know, that's basically repeats who I am every day, like 90 and it's comfortable. You know it's comfortable you know, and I do it, and therefore, if I am asked to be more productive or I'm asked to be creative, I will only use those technologies that allow me to be productive in a way that my daily habits can stay the same. I don't really want to be disrupted. Right, yeah, I can see this, you know, with. One of the problems with EVs is that people are really used to going to the gas station. They've got a whole routine and it isn't just pumping gas, they go in, you know, they go in, they buy some things, you know, and everything like that, and it's really a short period of time. I mean, if you wanted to fill up your car, you know, and I was used to it because we had a, you know, in our trip we had a Beamer, we had the big Beamer. They have a X7 now. Dan: The X5 was always. Dean: Now they have an X7. And, the thing you know, we had it for two and a half weeks, so about three or four days before we left. We just topped it up, you know, we just I put enough gas in that would get us back to the airport you know, when we did it and you know it was like four minutes. You know it's like four minutes, yeah, where you know if you're I mean if you do your charging up overnight, there's no problem to it. You know, if you're I mean if you do your charging up overnight, there's no problem to it, you know there's no problem charging up, but if you're out on a trip and you're getting short on you know, on power, then it's a lot, you know where is it? Dean: Yeah, yeah. Dean: Yeah. Dan: I find that same thing Like so I, you know net. I have a charger at my house for my Tesla. And so I just plug it in and I never. I don't miss. Well, I never went to the. I never went to the gas station. Anyway, I would have Courtney. You know my assistant would always go. That was one of the things that she would do. But I think about, you know, the things that Courtney would do 10 years ago, like getting gas in my car, taking to the car wash all of that stuff, going to the grocery store, going to restaurants to pick up stuff or to take things to the mail, all of the things that were. You know. A lot of that is now replaced with technology, in that there's no need to, I don't need to go to the gas station. My car is always charged and always ready. We have there's a there's this big now push of these super convenient car wash things. So for $32 a month you join this. For $32 a month you have unlimited car washes and there's one right on the way to or the way home from, honeycomb, the breakfast place that I go to every day. So I can just literally swing in. You don't even, you don't get out of your car, you just drive through. It's got the. It recognizes your barcode thing. You drive right through and off you go, and so I always have a super clean car. I use Instacart for the grocery delivery and Uber Eats and Seamless and, like you think, 10 years ago one of the things that we had Courtney do was go to. It's funny you say this right, but technology keeping up with us, this would fit in that category that there was no delivery service for food aside from pizza and Chinese food. That's what you could get delivered at your house or office, right. So we had Courtney go to every restaurant, like all of our favorite restaurants. She went to every restaurant and got the takeout menu, two copies of it, one. So we had a binder, one at the house and one at the office that had the menus of every restaurant and now, all of a sudden, every restaurant was delivery, because we would place the order and then Courtney would go and get it and bring it. Dean: You know. Dan: And so that's what technology kind of replaced 90% of what Courtney was doing. You know, it's really interesting to to think. You know, pretty simple, have the, remember on Star Trek they had the replicators where they would you know? Just you tell the thing what you want and it would make the food. Dean: We're not that far off probably from that. Well, where do you see that? I don't see that at all. Dan: No, I'm saying on in you're seeing now I don't know if you've ever seen these robotic kitchens that are kitchen robots that you know can make anything that you want, and I think it's very interesting that you look at. Ai will be able to assess your inventory in your fridge and your robots will keep the ingredients stocked and your AI robot chef will be able to make whatever you want. I mean basically anything. Any packaged protocol, like for recipes or anything that you know how to do, is now eligible for someone else to do it, you know, and someone else being a technology, a robot, to be able to do it, you know, and someone else being a technology, a robot, to be able to do it. But there's no, you still have to be able to. There's still the human element of things. I had a really interesting experience just yesterday is I send out, you know, three emails a week to our subscribers, you know, to all my on my list of entrepreneurs, and you know the emails, for several years, have been derivative of my podcasts. Right, like so they. I would talk the podcast and then we would get those transcribed and then I had a writer who would take the transcript and identify you know two or three or four key points that we talked about in the podcast and create emails. You know three to 500 word emails based on those in my voice and I use air quotes in my voice because it really was my words Cause I spoke them on the podcast but she was, you know, compiling and putting them all together and they you know, I've had. I've got a lot of them and we've been, you know, since COVID, kind of in syndication with them, where they're on a three-year rotation, kind of thing, you know. So I haven't had to write new emails, but occasionally I will intersperse them in. And so the other day, yesterday, I sent out an email that I wrote 100% and it was describing the advantages of time travel and I was talking about how, in lead generation situations, you know, I mean, if I could say to people, let's say, you own a real estate company and we had the ability to time travel and we could go back two years from today and we're going to leave at midnight, but before we leave you can go to the MLS and you can print off a list of every house that sold in the last two years. So we can beam back two years armed with a list of every person that sold their house in the last two years and all you would need to do over that period of time is just concentrate on building a relationship with those people, because that's what you're looking for Right, on building a relationship with those people, because that's what you're looking for, right. And so I told that whole story and then said, you know, since and it reminds me, dan, of your it's certainty and uncertainty, right, like if you had certainty that these are the people that are going to sell their house, that you would be, you would have a different approach to your engagement with them, but it wouldn't change the fact that, as valuable as you think this list is, armed with this list of everybody that's going to sell their house, that sold their house in the last two years, you'd still have to go through the last two years in real time, and the people who sold their house, you know, teen months later, were you still had to wait 18 months for them to mature. And I thought, you know, I said that the thing that, since we can't time travel backwards, the best thing we could do is plant a time capsule and start generating leads of people who are going to sell their house in the next 100 weeks. And if you had that level of certainty around it, that would be a big thing, right? So I wrote that email and I talked about the thing. But I've gotten five or six replies to the emails saying I read a lot of your emails. In my opinion, this is the best one that you've written, or what an amazing insight, or this really resonated with me, but it was something that has like 100% of me in it, as opposed to written as a derivative of something I said. So it's not, I think, that human element. I don't know whether it's the energy or whatever. Dean: Yeah, it's kind of interesting there. I think what I'm going to say relates to what you're saying, right? Dan: now. Dean: There was just a YouTube. It was YouTube and it was. Can you tell if it's Bach or not? Dan: So what they did is they had an actual recording of Bach. Dean: Who wrote it, you know? And then they did an AI version of like Bach. And then they did an AI version of like Bach. And then they asked you to listen to both and say which one was Bach and which one was the AI. And there were six of the six. They gave six samples and I got it right six times in a row. Dan: Oh, wow. Dean: And what I was saying is that there's something that the human being has added which is not. It's actually is, and there's a big difference between is and kind of like, and it seems to me that's what you're saying here. Dan: Yeah. Dean: That there's something. It's kind of like Dean Jackson or is. Dean Jackson, and my sense is I think the gulf between those two is permanent. I agree 100%. Dan: That's the, you know. There's Jerry Spence, the attorney. He wrote a great book called how to Argue and Win Every Time. Dean: And one of the things that he said is when we're communicating. Dan: One of the things that he said is when we're communicating, one of the things that the receiver, what we're doing as the receiver of communication, is, we have all these invisible psychic tentacles that are out measuring and testing and looking for authenticity of it, and they can detect what he calls the thin clank of the counterfeit. Yes, and that's an interesting thing, right? What was it to you in Is it Bach that made you able to pick it out? Can you discern what the difference was. Dean: I think it was an emotional thing that basically I was moved by the back one, and I was just intrigued by the other one that's interesting right one of them was one of them was emotional, but the other one was. You know, I was me saying is it? You know, I, I don, I don't think so, I don't think it is when. With the first one, it didn't take long. There was just, you know, it was maybe five or six bars and I said, yeah, I think that's Bach, it's the twinkle in the eye, right. Dan: That's kind of the thing that is. Yeah, I get it. I think we're onto something with that. Dean: Yeah, and. I think it's uniqueness. In other words, here's my feeling is that humans develop new capabilities to deal with technology. I think that our brains are actually transforming as we're surrounded more and more with technology. And it has to do with what's valuable and what's not valuable and anything that's tech, we immediately say, oh, that doesn't really have any value because it's cheap, it's really cheap in other words, it was the technology was created to lower the cost of something. I mean that's really you know, I mean if it were, I mean mean, if it does what it's supposed to do, it lowers the cost, and there's various costs. There's cost of concentration, there's the cost of time, there's the cost of energy, there's the cost of money and everything else. And so technology will lower the cost in those areas and doing it in those areas and doing it. But what I find is that what we really treasure in life, the things that have a higher cost, that have a higher cost, it takes more of our effort takes more of our time. It takes you know more of our money, and in person you know. In person is always going to cost more than automatic or digital. So, my sense is, as time goes along, we adjust our you know the cost benefit analysis of the experience. Dan: Okay. Dean: And think about the six who wrote back to you on it. How much their cost was it really cost them to listen to the real thing? Okay because, first of all, they were listening and they were moved. They couldn't be doing something else when they were being moved by your message. Okay, and then they took time out. They took time out to actually construct a response to you. So the cost I mean we use cost as a bad word you know there's a high cost, or anything right yeah, but it's actually investment, the investment that the things where we're required to invest more are actually more valuable. Dan: I agree with you, yeah, yeah. So I think that's part of this, that's part of this balance, then, with the technologies, using the technology. I mean, you know, how do you get that? Dean: Yeah, that level about things that we're fully engaged with, that are more valuable than things that are just done for us in an instant. I don't have the answer to that, it's just an observation. Dan: No, I don't either. You're right, but the fact is that a lot of these things are, you know, no matter what the advancements happen in technology, in some of these ways, it's the fact is that life moves at the speed of reality, right, which is, you know, 60 seconds per minute. You know, I mean, that's really the, that's really the thing, and that those our attention is engaged for 100 of those minutes that we have, and when it's engaged in something, it's not engaged in something else, and when I think what that's what you're saying, is that you've gotten the authentic, like core, you know, full engagement. And it's an interesting thing that I think what AI is doing for bulk things, for people is it's allowing them to not have to pay attention to things they don't have to. It's really it allows everybody to get the cliff notes or something. They don't have to read Hamlet, they don't have to read Macbeth, they can scan the cliff notes of something. They don't have to read Hamlet, they don't have to read Macbeth, they can scan the cliff notes of Macbeth. But that's not the same experience of seeing. Dean: No, there's something about engagement, I think, the word we'll use as our segue word, namely to pick it up next time. Dan: I think it is. Dean: There's a real pleasure of being fully engaged. Dan: I think that's something that is cause this is an interesting thing. I'm gonna throw a couple of things out that we can marinate on for next time, because we're just having this conversation about Michelelin star restaurant experiences that I? Dean: I've always been fascinated by that the young chef who turned down uh three-star rating no he said I don't want to be rated, I don't want to have a michelin. Well, and people, people say well, of course you want a Michelin rating. He says no, he says it does weird things with what I'm supposed to be and what a restaurant is supposed to be. And he said I noticed the type of customers that came in were different type of customers. So he said I don't want to be listed anymore as Michelin. That's interesting. Dan: But it's fascinating. That is an only. It's a one-off original experience provided by a group of passionate people. You know doing something only in the moment. There's no leverage. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And I thought about the same thing like a, you know, like a performance of live theater in a live in an environment is a one-off, original experience and I think that's why people who love theater and love doing theater actors, I I mean, who love performing in theaters because of that authentic and immediate back that your engagement really brings, that's very live live and in person live exactly. Dean: Yeah, it's interesting, but my sense is that just to. Yeah, exactly, you're being pressured to to change the sameness. You'll look for a technology that frees up the time again so that you can enjoy your sameness. Dan: I don't know if I'm getting that across really. No, I understand, but it's a bit like it's a bit. Dean: It's a bit like a gyroscope. You want to stay on the true path when you're flying and therefore, you need more and more technology. I was noticing we came back in the 787, which is a marvelous airplane. For all of Boeing's troubles, the 787 is not one of them, and you know, it's just that. So we took off, you know, we flew from Phoenix to Toronto and just as we got near the, within about 30 minutes of landing in Toronto, there was just a little bump and the pilot immediately came out and says you know, we were in a little bit of a turbulence zone, but it won't last. In about a minute we'll be out of it and then, a minute later, there was no turbulence, it was just about a minute. And it wasn't real turbulence, it was just a little you know that. I noticed it and they have a really unique technology that they've introduced that can transform turbulence into smoothness. You know that's what I'm interpreting that they do, but for the whole flight, you know, I didn't even remember us taking off and when we landed I said, did we land? Yeah, and she said yeah, bev says we landed, and I said, wow, yeah, it's just really remarkable. But there's millions and millions of little tech bots that are adjusting it so that the sameness you like, which is namely not turbulence, is maintained. And I think that we do this on a personal level. I think we do this on an individual level. We have a smooth flight, we have an experience of what a smooth flight is for us and if there's any interruption of that, we want something that takes away the interruption so we can get back to the feeling that it's a smooth flight. Dan: Yeah agreed. Well, I think we're onto something here. Dean: I think we are yeah, okay. Dan:Changing to stay the same. Dean: Changing to stay the same yeah all righty. Dan: Constantly changing, to stay the same, that's a good book title right there? 0:48:32 - Dean: Oh yeah, all right there. Oh yeah, all righty, I like that Okay. Thanks, Dan. Dan: Okay now next week, I know you're gone next week we're on our way to Nashville for our upgrade, our lube job, whatever. Uh-huh, so two weeks, okay two weeks. Okay, bye. 0:48:52 - Dean: Thanks, Dan Bye.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speaks in support of the Native name of Denali on the floor of the U.S. Senate on February 13, 2025. Murkowski serves as chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. She has introduced legislation to officially designate the highest peak in North America by its name in the Koyukon language. “In Alaska, it's Denali,” Murkowski said. “Once you see it in person, and take in the majesty of its size and breathe in its cold air, you can understand why the Koyukon Athabascans referred to it as ‘The Great One.'" This isn't a political issue – Alaskans from every walk of life have long been advocating for this mountain to be recognized by its true name," said Murkowski. "That's why today I once again introduced legislation that would officially keep this mountain's quintessential name, ‘Denali.'” President Donald Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to change the name of Denali to Mount McKinley. Secretary Doug Burgum took action on February 14. 2025 -- a day after Murkowski's remarks -- to adopt the directive. Murkowski's bill is S.573: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/573

Après avoir durci sa politique migratoire et augmenté les droits de douane, le président américain a rebaptisé le plus haut sommet d'Alaska, le Mount Denali, en Mount McKinley, en hommage à un ancien président. Ce changement de nom, sujet à controverse depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, s'inscrit dans la mythologie conquérante des Etats Unis. Avec Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, professeur de civilisation américaine à l'Université Paris 8, spécialiste de l'histoire des Treize Colonies et de la Révolution américaine, auteur de L'Amérique avant les États-Unis (Flammarion, 2016) et Histoire des États-Unis (Tallandier, 2018).

Geography has been part of President Trump’s agenda. His first day on the job, he signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak in North America, will now go back to being called Mount McKinley.Private companies that make maps — analog or digital — don’t have to follow suit but at least one is. Google said in a post on X that it has long had a practice of applying name changes from official government sources. So, once the official federal naming database is changed, it’ll update Google Maps for people in the U.S. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with, Sterling Quinn Professor of Geography at Central Washington University, about whether tech companies generally have standard operating procedures around name changes.

Geography has been part of President Trump’s agenda. His first day on the job, he signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak in North America, will now go back to being called Mount McKinley.Private companies that make maps — analog or digital — don’t have to follow suit but at least one is. Google said in a post on X that it has long had a practice of applying name changes from official government sources. So, once the official federal naming database is changed, it’ll update Google Maps for people in the U.S. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with, Sterling Quinn Professor of Geography at Central Washington University, about whether tech companies generally have standard operating procedures around name changes.

In this newscast: The Alaska Senate unanimously joined the state House this morning in urging President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to rename North America's tallest peak as Mount McKinley; Searchers found the missing Bering Air plane on the sea ice southeast of Nome, but they did not find any survivors; A lawsuit that clouded the future of homeschooling in Alaska for months last spring took on new life yesterday after the plaintiffs asked a judge to join four school districts as defendants in the long-running case; Ketchikan is now officially classified as rural in the eyes of federal subsistence regulations, after a historic, landmark decision by the Federal Subsistence Board overruled a recent vote by the Regional Advisory Council to keep Ketchikan's status as nonrural; One of Alaska's most famous contemporary bands Portugal. The Man, along with Samantha Crain and Ya Tseen sold out two shows this weekend to raise money for an effort to rebuild a Kiks.adi clan house in Sitka

President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders in his first few days in office. Some have been celebrated, some caused confusion and some left federal employees uncertain about their future. One order really struck a chord with Alaskans: the executive order that changed the name of North America's highest peak back to Mount McKinley from its Koyukon Athabascan name, Denali. We asked what you thought and heard from more than 700 Alaskans! Did you weigh in? We discuss the importance of place names and why they matter on this Talk of Alaska.

Vad spelar orden för roll? USA:s president Trump har aviserat att Mexikanska golfen ska byta namn till den Amerikanska golfen och berget Denali ska återigen heta Mount Mckinley. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Varför vill Trump byta namn berg och bukter – och vad spelar det för roll? Samtal med Språktidningens Anders Svensson. STAFFAN VALDEMAR HOLM: ”JUST NU ÄR JAG SOM BÄST”Regissören Staffan Valdemar Holm har en lång karriär inom europeisk teater – och enligt honom själv är det nu han är som bäst. I veckan är han aktuell med premiär av ”Ural” på Kulturhuset stadsteatern i Stockholm. Möt honom i ett långt porträtt, av Jenny Aschenbrenner. KRITIK: AMERIKANSK KLASSIKER OM ATT MISSLYCKAS – ”LÅNG DAGS FÄRD MOT NATT”I veckan är det också premiär för Riksteaterns uppsättning av ”Lång dags färd mot natt”, med Grynet Mollvig och Krister Henriksson i huvudrollerna. Vår kritiker Jenny Teleman är ”orimligt förtjust”.ESSÄ: ÄR DET RÄTT ATT STÄLLA DIAGNOS PÅ EN GALNING MAN ALDRIG TRÄFFAT?Behovet av psykologiska analyser av makthavare tycks outsinligt. Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson funderar i ljuset av en bortglömd psykobiografi.Programledare: Lisa WallProducent: Eskil Krogh Larsson

Amerykanista mówi o polskich korzeniach na Alasce, nietypowym systemie wyborczym w tym stanie oraz politycznych decyzjach Donalda Trumpa.Polskie korzenie na AlasceProfesor Adam Prokopowicz zwraca uwagę na polski akcent w historii Alaski.Stan ten od lat jest w dużej mierze zarządzany przez rodzinę Murkowskich . Obecna senator, Lisa Murkowski, wywodzi się z polskiej rodziny – jej pradziadek pochodził z Kcyni w województwie kujawsko-pomorskim. To swoista polska mafia na Alasce– żartuje rozmówca Krzysztofa Skowrońskiego, wskazując na polityczne dziedzictwo tej rodziny.Lisa Murkowski, choć nominalnie republikańska, często głosuje zgodnie z linią Partii Demokratycznej.W 2013 roku jej głosowania były zgodne z prezydentem Obamą w ponad 70% przypadków– zauważa profesor.Wskazuje też na jej rolę w kluczowych decyzjach, jak głosowanie przeciwko sędziemu Brettowi Kavanaugh, a za kandydaturą Ketani Brown Jackson do Sądu Najwyższego.Nietypowy system wyborczy AlaskiProf. Adam Prokopowicz wskazuje również na specyficzny system wyborczy w tym stanie:Ranked choice voting przypomina skoki narciarskie – nie wystarczy być pierwszym, trzeba być drugim i trzecim To właśnie dzięki temu systemowi Lisa Murkowski utrzymała fotel senatora, choć w pierwszej rundzie nie zdobyła większości głosów.Donald Trump a zmiany nazw geograficznychAlaska była także areną jednego z ciekawszych sporów politycznych.Najwyższy szczyt Ameryki Północnej, Mount McKinley, w 2015 roku zmienił nazwę na Denali. Trump przywrócił starą nazwę, podkreślając konieczność szacunku dla historii Stanów Zjednoczonych– wyjaśnia amerykanista.To tylko jeden z wielu sporów o symbole w amerykańskiej polityce.Wojny handlowe Trump chce przywrócić produkcję do kraju, wprowadzając taryfy celne na towary z Kanady, Meksyku i Chin- zauważa prof. Adam Prokopowicz. Zdaniem gościa "Poranka Wnet", podobne ruchy mogą spotkać Unię Europejską.Jak podkreśla rozmówca Krzysztofa Skowrońskiego, te działania Donalda Trumpa nie są jedynie konfliktem handlowym, lecz strategią mającą na celu odbudowę amerykańskiego przemysłu.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and former Democratic House Speaker Steve Lewis sitting in for Ryan Kiesel about President Trump's executive order to freeze federal funding grants, the State Board of Education advancing a new rule requiring parents to give citizenship status upon enrollment of their children and State Superintendent Ryan Walters announcing Oklahoma history standards had changed to include the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley.The trio also discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up a Catholic charter school in OKC and the State Supreme Court making a ruling over tribal compacts.

Episode 507: Neal and Toby dive into the chaos and confusion caused by Trump's memo to freeze all federal funding. Then, Google will change ‘Gulf of Mexico' to ‘Gulf of America', and Denali to ‘Mount McKinley,' saying that it's only following what Uncle Sam says. Plus, the return of supersonic travel after nearly 50 years. Also, an indie online bookstore site launches a new e-book platform to support local bookstores. Finally, a roundup of the latest headlines to end your day.  Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Download the Yahoo! Finance App (on the Play and App store) for real-time alerts on news and insights tailored to your portfolio and stock watchlists. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Top News in 10:    Reporters peppered White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt with questions on a range of topics during her first briefing. She promised to reverse former President Joe Biden's decision to revoke the White House press credentials of 440 reporters. The Daily Signal's Fred Lucas was among those who lost his credentials in 2023.    The White House announced it is freezing federal grants and loans while it undertakes a sweeping review of such spending to ensure it is aligned with the president's priorities. In fiscal year 2024, he said the government distributed more than $3 million in federal financial assistance. That's approximately 30% of the $10 trillion it spent.    House Republicans are gathered in Florida for a three-day meeting to sort out their strategy for enacting President Trump's agenda. The Daily Signal's Elizabeth Mitchell is in Miami for the meeting and interviewed several members of Congress about their plans for budget reconciliation and other upcoming legislative debates.    Additional headlines:    After dominating the news for weeks last year, Levitt announced the drones flying over New Jersey were authorized to be flown by the Federal Aviation Administration.  President Trump has another member of his Cabinet today after the Senate voted 77 to 22 for Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.   Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is suggesting that the government enlist private citizens—or privateers—to help combat Mexican drug cartels.   Google Maps will comply with President Trump's directive to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and rename Denali to Mount McKinley.    Keep Up With The Daily Signal    Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email    Subscribe to our other shows:    The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast  Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women  The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown    Follow The Daily Signal:    X: https://x.com/DailySignal  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/  Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal  Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal    Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day's top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives offered a rebuke to President Donald Trump's move to rename North America's highest peak as Mount McKinley; The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would boost state funding for public schools by more than $460 million; One of the more than 200 executive orders President Donald Trump signed in the first days of his new term was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska, and seeks to roll back protections on millions of acres in the Tongass National Forest; The City of Delta Junction's privately-owned ambulance service announced it would dissolve, possibly leaving residents to provide their own emergency transportation to Fairbanks, almost a hundred miles away 

Today on America in the Morning   DOJ Officials Fired President Trump's Department of Justice announced more than a dozen employees were fired for their roles as prosecutors involved in cases against Trump before he became president. John Stolnis has the latest from Washington.    Migrant Crackdown The Trump administration is cracking down on immigration as promised, and anticipated concern is beginning to set in across parts of the country. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.    Latest On Vermont Border Agent Killing Federal prosecutors now say that the woman who allegedly opened fire during a traffic stop, killing Border Agent David Maland on a Vermont highway near the Canadian border, used a gun bought by someone who was a person of interest in a double murder in Pennsylvania.     Rains Slow California Wildfires There were two bits of good news out of Southern California, where the first significant rain this year has helped to contain the wildfires that have spread around Los Angeles and San Diego, and there has not been a rapid runoff of mud and ash that was expected. Correspondent Ed Donahue reports.   Police Shoot J6 Person Pardoned One of the people pardoned by President Trump for crimes related to the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capital had another run-in with the law. As Lisa Dwyer reports, this one turned deadly on an Indiana road.    Google Maps Name Changes Expect to see some name changes soon when you open up Google Maps. Google announced its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump, Mount McKinley and Gulf of America, when federal maps make the switch.        Hegseth's First Day It was a busy official first day on the job for the new defense Chief Pete Hegseth. His work consisted of following through on executive orders from President Trump to reinstate military members booted for refusing COVID vaccines, and removing transgender troops from the ranks. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.    Cal-Exit The effort to make California its own nation is re-emerging. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports on what is being called “Cal-exit.”     Remembering Holocaust Remembrance Day There were remembrance ceremonies held around the world for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and at many, attended by Holocaust survivors who recalled the horrors of where they spent World War II before being liberated by Allied troops. Correspondent Donna Warder reports.    Bessent Confirmed The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration's top financial job by a Senate vote of 68 to 29.    Legislature Says No To DeSantis The Florida State Legislature has rejected the call by Governor Ron DeSantis to hold a special session on immigration. Pamela Furr reports it was his own party that scuttled the governor's plans.    College Coach Cleared A case of sexual harassment against a college basketball coach is ending. Correspondent Gethin Coolbaugh has details.     New England Earthquake In parts of New England, that actually was the Earth moving under your feet. Lisa Dwyer reports on an earthquake in the Northeast.     Tech News Chinese A-I startup company Deepseek is giving Open A-I's Chat GTP a run for its money, and it was to blame for the big dip in the stock market yesterday. Here's Chuck Palm with today's tech news.    Finally   Musical artists around the world seem very leery of artificial intelligence, and two of the UK's best-known are speaking out about A-I. Kevin Carr reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines: The City of Delta Junction's only ambulance service, Delta Medical Transport, announced it would dissolve earlier this month. The Alaska House of Representatives has offered a rebuke to President Donald Trump's move to rename Denali as Mount McKinley. And residents of the Kenai Borough could lose their emergency flood insurance. Photo: Mount Denali. (Denali National Park and Preserve)

Today on America in the Morning   ICE Enforcement Underway Immigration enforcement raids taking place over the weekend in a few U.S. cities, all part of the Trump administration's promise to begin mass deportations of migrants with criminal backgrounds in the country illegally. John Stolnis with more on the raids and a political battle with Colombia over migrants.     Trump Wants To “Clean Out” Gaza President Trump is asking countries in the Middle East to help "Clean Out" Gaza as the cease fire agreement continues to play out between Israel and Hamas. However, as correspondent Clayton Neville reports, both Egypt and Jordan are both not in favor of the proposal.   CIA On COVID Origins Ever since it arrived on our shores, the CIA has believed that COVID-19 most likely originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but they're not so sure of their own findings. Correspondent Julie Walker reports.    Fixing FEMA President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at revamping the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the latest sign he's seeking to change how FEMA handles disasters that strike the nation.     SCOTUS To Hear Oklahoma School Case The US Supreme Court announced it will take up the case in Oklahoma of a fight over public funding for a religious school. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports.    Paying For TikTok Even though it's still legal for now, cellphones previously loaded with TIKTOK are now sprouting up for sale, and some cost more than a house. Lisa Dwyer reports.       Border Czar On Immigration Immigration enforcement is in full swing with ICE agents heading into a number of cities to arrest illegal migrants. The first two planeloads were being sent to Columbia, but that nation's president refused to allow the flight to land, which led to President Trump enacting immediate 25 percent tariffs on Columbian goods entering the US, before rescinding that order last night after a compromise was reached. Correspondent Julie Walker reports.    Latest On The California Wildfires Rain in Southern California is posing new challenges for a region dealing with deadly and destructive wildfires. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports the change in weather followed a stormy exchange between President Trump and the Mayor of Los Angeles.     Arrest In Border Agent Killing An arrest has been made following the killing of a Vermont Border Patrol Agent, gunned down during a traffic stop near the US-Canadian border. Lisa Dwyer has the details of two people who were no strangers to law enforcement.     Extension Of Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire The White House announced that a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended into next month.     Reaction To IG Dismissals President Trump's sudden firing of more than a dozen inspectors general is receiving mixed reaction on Capitol Hill. Correspondent Bob Brown explains.    Alaskans Unsure Of Name Change Despite the executive order that changes the name of Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley, it appears that many Alaskans say they are not in favor of the new-old name. Correspondent Donna Warder reports.    New Trump Aid Plan The Trump administration is urging the U.S. Agency for International Development workers to follow new guidelines to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with the president's “America First” policy.       Finally   Last year, Washington, DC's National Zoo returned the three giant pandas they were loaned back to their native China when an agreement between the two nations expired. As correspondent Haya Panjwani reports, two new pandas were sent back to America, and made their Nation's Capital debut to a happy and excited crowd.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many Alaskans say they'll never call Denali Mount McKinley. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.

Georgene talks with Steve Shwetz, Chair, Board of Directors and volunteer host of Thru the Bible on TTB World Prayer Team. Headlines: Honoring the Sanctity of Life; Biden’s letter to Trump; Trump’s mass deportation; fires DEI staffers; plants his flag on Mount Mckinley; Oregon’s legislature convenes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the podcast, Editor-in-Chief of JustTheNews.com, John Solomon unpacks the key moments from President Donald Trump's second and final inauguration speech. He highlights the speech's optimistic tone and outlines Trump's ambitious plans, including over 100 executive orders with significant border policy reforms. Solomon critiques Biden's record and discusses the swift actions taken by the Trump Administration, such as shutting down the controversial “CBP One” app and renaming Denali to Mount McKinley. Solomon further examines former President Joe Biden's preemptive pardons and speculates on former First Lady Jill Biden's potential role in revealing critical information. Be sure to tune into John Solomon and Amanda Head's nightly primetime TV news show, “Just The News, No Noise” which airs every week day at 6PM ET.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conversation revolves around various topics, including Donald Trump's proposal to rename Mount McKinley back to its original name, Mount Denali, and the historical significance of William McKinley. They discuss the cost of staying at the Christmas Story House in Cleveland, which ranges from $2495 to $795 per night, and the traditions associated with Christmas, such as the 12 days of Christmas, homemade candy, and the Lord of Misrule. They also touch on the political landscape, including potential Cabinet nominees and the role of Elon Musk in politics. The discussion ends with a light-hearted mention of Festivus traditions.

Joyce talks about the democrats starting , MSC jail where P. Diddy and the United Health Care Shooter reside, the safety of jails, Donald Trump vowing to change the name of Denali to Mount McKinley, erasing history, Mexico's plan to provide migrants with an app which will allow them to notify family members and the Mexican government if they are being deported, mass deportation, and more. Derek from TMZ joins the show to talk about Blake Lively, Netflix Roast, the Kardashians, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joyce talks about the democrats starting , MSC jail where P. Diddy and the United Health Care Shooter reside, the safety of jails, Donald Trump vowing to change the name of Denali to Mount McKinley, erasing history, Mexico's plan to provide migrants with an app which will allow them to notify family members and the Mexican government if they are being deported, mass deportation, and more.Derek from TMZ joins the show to talk about Blake Lively, Netflix Roast, the Kardashians, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Instead of trying to defend himself, Trudeau responded to Trump's trolling by posting a video about the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver! What does this tell us about Trudeau's current state of mind?READ The Post Millennial: Trump to rename Denali to Mount McKinley after Obama changed it. “They took his name off Mount McKinley, that's what they do to people,” Trump said. https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-to-rename-denali-to-mount-mckinley-after-obama-changed-it?utm_campaign=64466READ The Post Millennial: Rand Paul blasts Justin Trudeau for 'abuse' of emergency powers after Truckers' protest.  “Trudeau could freeze a bank account without a court order, without due process," Paul said. https://thepostmillennial.com/rand-paul-blasts-justin-trudeau-for-abuse-of-emergency-powers-after-truckers-protest?utm_campaign=64466SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM JOIN THE KRAYDEN'S RIGHT RESISTANCE:-Stand on Guard Store Merch with a Message: https://standonguard.store/-Substack FREE or Paid Subscription: https://davidkrayden.substack.com/-Buy Me a Coffee (1 time support): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kraydensright-Join YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ED4fuuXo07MoobImXavaQ/joinLocals / Rumble Subscriber Option: https://kraydensright.locals.com/Pay Direct on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/standonguard...SUBSCRIBE & HIT THE BELL TO KEEP SEEING THIS CHANNEL-Please SUBSCRIBE & HIT the bell. This is FREE and it will help you BEAT Trudeau's censorship so you get notifications on my YouTube Channel even when the censorship laws come into FULL effect so Trudeau and YT cannot hide this content: https://www.youtube.com/@KraydensRightwithDavidKrayden -And/or subscribe and hit the notifications on my Rumble channel to also keep informed of the latest Canadian news you won't hear on the msm https://rumble.com/user/KraydensRight...MORE ways you can find and support my work:   -Krayden's Right Substack: https://davidkrayden.substack.com/-Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KraydensRight-Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKrayden-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KraydensRight-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KraydensRightwithDavidKrayden-Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stand-on-guard-with-david-krayden/id1684148154-Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YfyNi7gqJpRYS7iuGcWhw...✨FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law.#davidkrayden #kraydensright #standonguard #cdnpoli #uspoli #ukpoli #news #independentjournalistsNEW!! You can now find Stand on Guard with David Krayden on most podcasts: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Youtube music, Substack.

While Justin Trudeau is telling Canadians to just forget about politics, a shocking new poll reveals 69% of them want him to go. This is a Christmas nightmare for Prime Minister Trudeau as we examine his tone-deaf Christmas message which is possibly the most deluded Christmas message in history -- as he tells us all to just forget about politics!Get the full story on Trump's provocative comments about making Canada the 51st state and his suggestion that Wayne Gretzky should be Canada's next leader. We compare the Christmas messages of Trudeau, Trump and Pierre Poilievre. We analyze what these remarks mean for Canadian-US relations and explore why Trudeau's position has become increasingly untenable.From Trudeau's plummeting approval ratings to growing calls for his resignation, discover why Trudeau's grip on power is weaker than ever. We'll examine the political dynamics preventing his removal and what this means for Canada's immediate future.Join me for this critical analysis of Canada's leadership crisis and what it means for our nation's future. Like, subscribe, and support independent journalism as we continue bringing you the stories mainstream media won't cover.Watch daily for unfiltered news and commentary on Canada's most pressing political issues. Your support helps us remain independent and uncensored in these challenging times.#globalnews #firstpost #canadanews #trudeau #pierrepoilievreCHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro01:40 - Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, Pierre Poilievre's Christmas Messages11:36 - Trump on Panama Canal Issues17:48 - Joe Biden Christmas Message22:11 - White House Christmas Tree25:15 - Trudeau Will Not Resign26:38 - Trump Will Change America31:10 - Send Us Your Merch Photos READ The Post Millennial: Trump to rename Denali to Mount McKinley after Obama changed it. “They took his name off Mount McKinley, that's what they do to people,” Trump said. https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-to-rename-denali-to-mount-mckinley-after-obama-changed-it?utm_campaign=64466READ The Post Millennial: Rand Paul blasts Justin Trudeau for 'abuse' of emergency powers after Truckers' protest.  “Trudeau could freeze a bank account without a court order, without due process," Paul said. https://thepostmillennial.com/rand-paul-blasts-justin-trudeau-for-abuse-of-emergency-powers-after-truckers-protest?utm_campaign=64466SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM JOIN THE KRAYDEN'S RIGHT RESISTANCE:-Stand on Guard Store Merch with a Message: https://standonguard.store/-Substack FREE or Paid Subscription: https://davidkrayden.substack.com/-Buy Me a Coffee (1 time support): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kraydensright-Join YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ED4fuuXo07MoobImXavaQ/joinLocals / Rumble Subscriber Option: https://kraydensright.locals.com/Pay Direct on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/standonguard...MORE ways you can find and support my work:   -Krayden's Right Substack: https://davidkrayden.substack.com/-Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KraydensRight-Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKrayden-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KraydensRight-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KraydensRightwithDavidKrayden-Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stand-on-guard-with-david-krayden/id1684148154-Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YfyNi7gqJpRYS7iuGcWhw...NEW!! You can now find Stand on Guard with David Krayden on most podcasts: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Youtube music, Substack.

In this newscast: A state commission issued a written decision late last week affirming its approval of the City of Hoonah's request to form a borough.But, a dissenting report and a potential motion for reconsideration may put some hurdles in front of plans for residents to vote on the proposed borough this summer; For this week's episode of Tongass Voices Gigi Monroe discusses when first started Juneau Drag in 2014, and how quickly, the city embraced the art form. Now, its annual New Yearʼs Eve drag show will be the group's 10th anniversary celebration and a time to reflect not only on the last year, but the decade of performances before it; President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to revisit the name of North America's tallest peak. He wants it changed back from Denali to Mount McKinley.

Corporate Chicago hates unionized teachers so much that they fell in love with Pedro Martinez. And they'll stay in love with him as long as he's a useful tool to bash the union. Ben riffs. Monroe wonders why the mainstreams weren't this upset at mayoral power plays when Daley sold the parking meters. Or Rahm gave billions in property tax dollars to developers. Trump fires up MAGA over the Panama Canal, Mount McKinley and Greenland. And more…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Earl spends sometime at the beginning of the hour talking about how the meaning of Christmas has changed over time for him. Then, he discusses Donald Trump's plans to change the name of Denali back to Mount McKinley and the nonsense attacks on DEI. The Earl Ingram Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 8-10 am across the state. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Earl and the show!

V bratislavskom Artfore sa odohralo stretnutie s Artom Davidsonom, jedným z účastníkov expedície, ktorá prepísala horolezecké dejiny a zároveň sa stala námetom jeho dokumentárnej knihy Sto pod nulou. Pocitová teplota mohla dosiahnuť mínus sto stupňov, no ani to ich nezastavilo. Partia ôsmich horolezcov sa v roku 1967 rozhodla podniknúť zimný prvovýstup na najvyššiu severoamerickú horu Denali známu ako Mount McKinley. Ako mohli vzdorovať zime, víchrom a nedostatku kyslíka vo výškach nad 5 000 metrov? Vypočujte si rozhovor s Artom Davidsonom, jedným z účastníkov expedície, ktorá prepísala horolezecké dejiny a zároveň sa stala námetom jeho dokumentárnej knihy Sto pod nulou. S Artom sa rozprával publicista a prekladateľ Samuel Marec. Diskusia bola súčasťou putovného festivalu Absynt naživo, ktorý z verejných zdrojov podporil Fond na podporu umenia.

Art Davidson bol účastníkom zimného prvovýstupu na Denali - Mount McKinley v roku 1967. Zažil tu mimoriadne dramatické okamihy, ktoré popisuje v knihe Sto pod nulou, ktorá vychádza v slovenčine. V rozhovore v Ráne na eFeMku rozprával o tvrdých prírodných podmienkach, o nádeji ktorá pomáha prežiť, aj o tom čo si do života odniesol z tohto výstupu.

Join us for part two of our wolf mini-series! In this episode we share some wolf news out of California, discuss the social dynamics of wolves, and talk enough about the Twilight werewolves that you may think we're fans (even though we are NOT.) Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastLinks We Discussed:Yellowstone Wolf Pack InfoSources Cited:“How Do Wolves Communicate? International Wolf Center.” International Wolf Center | Teaching the World about Wolves., 25 Apr. 2023, wolf.org/wolf-info/basic-wolf-info/biology-and-behavior/communication/#:~:text=Wolves'%20vocalizations%20can%20be%20separated,is%20used%20as%20a%20warning.Murie, Adolph. The Wolves of Mount McKinley. U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1944.“New California Wolf Packs in Lassen and Plumas Counties Named.” Lake County News, 31 Jan. 2024, lakeconews.com/news/77687-new-california-wolf-packs-in-lassen-and-plumas-counties-named#:~:text=The%20Beyem%20Seyo%20pack%20has,of%20two%20adults%20and%20six.Smith, Douglas W., and Gary Ferguson. Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone. Lyons Press, 2012. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1073, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: So It Must Be Tru. With Tru in quotation marks 1: From the German for "whirlpool" comes this treat that's rolled and baked. strudel. 2: I don't mean to do this, thrust myself without permission or welcome... actually, I do, I totally mean to do this. intrude. 3: Absent from school without permission. truant. 4: No lie, it's the 2-word colloquial term for the drug called thiopental. truth serum. 5: Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others. altruistic. Round 2. Category: Happy Federal Holiday! 1: In 1789 a general proclamation was issued naming November 26 a day of national this. thanksgiving. 2: This man's Jan. 15 birthday is honored each year with a holiday on the third Monday of the month. Martin Luther King. 3: In 1792 NYC honored the 300th anniv. of a famous arrival with the first major U.S. celebration of this holiday. Columbus Day. 4: I've never belted out "Here We Come A-Wassailing", traditionally sung to celebrate this, but I'm still takin' this day off!. Christmas. 5: Matthew Maguire, a machinist, played a big role in staging the first parade for this holiday in NYC in September 1882. Labor Day. Round 3. Category: Mountain Do 1: Appropriately, the highest mountain peak in this South American country is Pico Cristobal Colon. Colombia. 2: This range has more mountains that rise at least 26,000 feet than any other. the Himalayas. 3: It's sometimes referred to as Mount Tacoma. Mount Rainier. 4: Belize has a mountain range named for these pre-Columbian people who retreated there from the Spaniards. the Mayans. 5: Frederick Cook, who claimed to have beaten Peary to the pole, also claimed to have scaled this highest Alaskan peak. Denali (or Mount McKinley). Round 4. Category: Cherchez La Femme 1: Gene Tunney,Gene Tierney,Gene Rayburn. Gene Tierney. 2: Sean Bean,Sean Young,Sean O'Casey. Sean Young. 3: Joey Heatherton, Joey Lawrence, Joey Fatone. Joey Heatherton. 4: Ashley Montagu,Ashleigh Banfield,Ashley Wilkes. Ashleigh Banfield. 5: Parker Stevenson, Parker Posey, Parker Pyne. Parker Posey. Round 5. Category: Stock And Trade 1: This company, TM, is a hybrid, as it also runs a financial services division. Toyota. 2: For everything else, there's MA, this company. MasterCard. 3: If you want to snowboard or ski, go freestyle with KTO, this sporty company. K2. 4: You can really clean up with this company, WHR. Whirlpool. 5: This company, RTN, believes in a strong defense. Raytheon. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Denali — jeszcze niedawno znana jako Mount McKinley — najwyższy punkt Ameryki Północnej, klejnot w górskiej koronie ziemi. Podpowiadam jak zaplanować wprawę i zdobyć top Ameryki. Z podcastu dowiecie się, czy jest to łatwy szczyt do zdobycia oraz jak musicie się przygotować do wejścia na Denali.

With a commendable 26 years of service that began in 1969, Bob LaPointe undertook 8 remote tours in Korea and served two tours in Vietnam. Beyond the battlefield, he was stationed in the Alaska and was the first PJ to summit Mount McKinley. But Bob's legacy doesn't end there. He was the PJ Historian and has written two  books: 'All for One, The Rescue of Boxer 22' and 'PJ's in Vietnam.' We delve deep into his experiences, stories, and hope for his return as the much-respected PJ Historian. 

Levi and Ivy, inspired by a mountain climber named Mr. Maps at a school assembly, embark on an exciting journey to climb Mount McKinley, desiring to meet the optimistic and resilient inhabitants known as The McKinley Marvels. Along with their father, they experience the Marvels' positive worldview, learning to find joy and opportunities in every situation, and return home with a transformed, enlightened perspective, vowing to spread positivity and kindness. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LIVELY LEWIS MERCH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LIVELY LEWIS SHOW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LIVELY LEWIS FAMILY VLOG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkTree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories!! You may know us from The Lively Lewis Show!! This is our podcast where siblings Levi and Ivy go on incredible adventures, where they learn and model positive life lessons. These imaginative stories of Levi's energetic personality and Ivy's spunky silliness will keep you engaged, laughing and learning episode after episode! Our goal is to create a safe environment for kids to listen and learn about strong values, big imaginations, humorous pretend play, and healthy family dynamics. Our stories are great for bedtime stories, car rides, or just for fun! Thanks for listening!!

My special guest is author Andy Hall, who's here to discuss the tragic events surrounding climbers who planned to summit Denali. In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska's Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-a-lifetime blizzard, only five made it back down.  Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy occurred and spent years tracking down rescuers, survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali's Howl, Hall reveals the full story of the expedition in a powerful retelling that will mesmerize the climbing community and anyone interested in mega-storms and man's sometimes deadly drive to challenge the forces of nature.   New Disappearances on Denali: Two climbers missing in Alaska's Denali National Park are presumed dead, officials say     It's super easy to access our archives!   Here's how:   iPhone Users: Access Mysterious Radio from Apple Podcasts and become a subscriber there, or if you want access to even more exclusive content, join us on Patreon.   Android Users: Enjoy over 800 exclusive member-only posts to include ad-free episodes, case files, and more when you join us on Patreon.    Please copy and Paste our link in a text message to all your family members and friends! We'll love you forever! (Check out Mysterious Radio!)  

On this week's episode, Kiernan takes us deep into the wilds of Alaska to visit one of the greats: Denali National Park. He talks us through sled dog training, why “Mount McKinley” happened, and a set of skulls that tell the tale of an epic battle to the death. Things we talk about in this week's episode: Denali National Park https://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm  “Denali or Mount McKinley” https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/historyculture/denali-origins.htm#:~:text=Prospectors%20all%20along%20the%20Yukon,1897%20New%20York%20Sun%20article  Denali Sled Dogs https://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/meet-the-sled-dogs.htm  “South Park” saves Denver restaurant https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/us/casa-bonita-restaurant.html  A Frequent Flier Hero https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/united-airlines-very-frequent-flyer/ 

On this episode of the Rising Tide, Jake welcomes Alison Levine, an accomplished American mountain climber who stands as a symbol of resilience and determination in the face of adversity. Levine has left an indelible mark on the world of mountaineering. Scaling some of the most treacherous peaks, including Mount Everest and Mount McKinley, she has defied physical limitations and embraced the challenges that come with conquering the highest summits. In 2010, she completed the Adventure Grand Slam, an accomplishment many travelers dream of achieving. Throughout the episode, Alison speaks about her experiences climbing Mt. Everest, making the difficult decision to turn around on her first attempt, and what it means to live with purpose. Recognized for her extraordinary accomplishments, Alison Levine inspires us all to reach new heights and reminds us that with courage and determination, no summit is too insurmountable. Time Stamps 0:00 Introduction 2:51 Alison talks about what's it like being on top of the world. 5:00 Alison summits on her second attempt and talks about why she turned around the first time. 9:59 Making the tough decision to turn back from Mt. Everest Summit 300 ft. from the top. 12:45 "My mantra is 'Count on me'" 15:02 "If I want to know what it's like to drag a sled for 600 miles, I should go drag a shed climbing my first mountain at 32" 17:19 Alison's new lease on life and what it's like escaping from excuses. 22:33 "People have to trust their leader and believe they have their best interest in mind." 23:45 Alison's most impactful climb in the Rwenzori Mountains liberating women in Uganda 30:00 Alison shares a fun story about mountain gorillas 32:37 Breaking Cultural Norms Alison Levine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/levine_alisonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonlevine/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Levine_Alison Jake Wood

Es soll eine Traum-Expedition werden. Doch die Bergsteiger, Mario Bornschein und Mike Fuchs, verlieren auf ihrer Tour zu den Berggipfeln ihre Kameradinnen.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 646, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: To The Nearest... 1: To the nearest minute, it's how long it took Secretariat to run the Kentucky Derby in 1973. 2 minutes. 2: According to the USDA food guide pyramid, to the nearest ounce, the serving size for ready-to-eat cereal. 1 ounce. 3: To the nearest 50, number of years Harper's Magazine has been in existence. 150 (founded in 1850). 4: To the nearest 10, the number of states in the Union during our centennial year. 40 (37 or 38). 5: To the nearest mile, the height of Mount McKinley. 4 (20,000 feet and change). Round 2. Category: News Of The '80s 1: This trade union outlawed in Poland in 1982 was restored to legal status in 1989. Solidarity. 2: An estimated half of the 1.4 million illegal aliens who applied for amnesty in 1988 lived in this state. California. 3: In Feb. 1988 this Central American leader was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on drug trafficking charges. Manuel Noriega (Panama). 4: In September 1989 Vietnam completed its withdrawal of military forces from this country. Cambodia. 5: On May 4, 1989 he was found guilty of accepting an illegal gratuity, a home security system. Oliver North. Round 3. Category: The Communist Manifesto 1: The proletarians "have nothing to lose but" these. Their chains. 2: The pamphlet ends, "Workers of the world," do this!. unite. 3: One of the authors figured they'd do for history what this man did for biology. Charles Darwin. 4: Marx and Engels wrote the manifesto for a society of German emigrants that met in this capital. London. 5: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of" these. class struggles. Round 4. Category: New York City Songs 1: In "I Am...I Said", he sang, "I'm New York City born and raised". Neil Diamond. 2: A 1941 song asked, "I like New York in" this month, "how about you?". June. 3: "Come and meet those dancing feet on the avenue I'm taking you to..." this one. 42nd Street. 4: A show tune says, "Come and meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I'm taking you to"--this title one. "42nd Street". 5: Christopher Cross sang, "If you get caught between" this and NYC, "the best that you can do is fall in love". the Moon. Round 5. Category: Dawn 1: Dawn Special Care is a type of this that's good for hands. Dishwashing liquid. 2: This film with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey was about a Communist invasion. Red Dawn. 3: In 1969 the Fifth Dimension sang about "The Dawning Of" this and hit No. 1. "The Age Of Aquarius". 4: On the Medici tomb he designed, he had nudes representing dawn and dusk under the seated Lorenzo. Michelangelo. 5: "Dusk Of Dawn" was a 1940 autobiography of this first black American to get a doctoral degree from Harvard. W.E.B. Du Bois. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Episode 119 OverviewIn Episode 119, we answer a listener question from Adrian around ship sizes, discuss the arrival of Celebrity Eclipse & Majestic Princess to Australia, the news around Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas and so much more… Thank you to Garry Stafford in Sydney for some incredible images which we have shared below. in the show notes of today's episodeSupport the showListen, Like, Subscribe & Review on your favourite podcast directory.Share the podcast with someone you think will enjoy the showBuy Me A Coffee – This podcast is only possible thanks to our supporters, simply buying a coffee keeps us on air. It is just like shouting your mate a coffee, and we consider our listeners close mates. https://bit.ly/2T2FYGXSustainable Fashion – choose a TBCP design or design your own… all using organic cotton, green energy and zero plastic https://bit.ly/32G7RdhImages thanks to Listener Garry in SydneyNew Videos from ChrisTop 5 BEST things about Coral Princess revealed!   https://youtu.be/MZLnh_fQnUk Majestic Princess makes BIG return to Australia! https://youtu.be/LLBe0K_w0A8Pacific Adventure NEW interior REVEALED! P&O shows off its newest ship! https://youtu.be/shIiv72zDyE Cruise NewsRoyal Caribbean unveils Icon of the Seas A new era of vacations starts here. Royal Caribbean International has revealed the first look at the highly anticipated Icon of the Seas, the Icon of Vacations. Arriving in late 2023 ahead of its January 2024 debut, the first Icon Class ship will be the travel industry's first-of-its-kind combination of the best of every vacation. From the beach retreat to the resort escape and the theme park adventure, with Icon, every kind of family and adventurer can experience their version of the ultimate family vacation.Whether “family vacation” means getting away as a family, couple or friends, Icon's all-encompassing lineup features a variety of firsts and next-level favourites for everyone. There are adrenaline-pumping thrills, including the largest waterpark at sea, and unrivalled ways to chill with more ocean views and pools – one for each day of the week – than ever before, plus a blend of more than 40 new and returning dining, bar and nightlife options, and cutting-edge entertainment.Royal Caribbean begins to spotlight what's in store with the first look at eight neighbourhoods that come alive day and night, including five brand-new adventures and three bold, returning favourites. Each one is a destination in and of itself filled with an array of experiences, live entertainment and ways to grab a bite and a drink, so that everyone can make memories their way every day.Ways to Play Across Five New NeighborhoodsThrill Island – Vacationers can test their limits, scale new heights and reach top speeds at the center of thrill. This lost island adventure is home to highlights like Category 6, the largest waterpark at sea, with six record-breaking slides: Pressure Drop and its 66-degree incline make it the industry's first open free-fall slide; the 46-foot-tall Frightening Bolt, the tallest drop slide at sea; Storm Surge and Hurricane Hunter, the first family raft slides at sea with four riders per raft; and Storm Chasers, cruising's first mat-racing duo. Living on the edge takes new meaning with Crown's Edge. Part skywalk, part ropes course and part thrill ride, it culminates in a surprising, shocking moment that will see travelers swing 154 feet above the ocean.Chill Island – Among the seven pools on board, four are in this three-deck slice of paradise. There's a pool for every mood, each with prime ocean views: the vibrant Swim & Tonic, the line's first swim-up bar at sea; Royal Bay Pool, the largest pool at sea; Cloud 17, an adults-only retreat; and the serene, infinity-edge Cove Pool. Plus, The Lime & Coconut returns with four locations, including Royal Caribbean's first frozen cocktail bar.Surfside – Introducing a neighborhood made for young families from end to end, where adults and kids ages six and under will want to stay and play all day. Grownups can soak up the endless views at Water's Edge pool, as they keep an eye on the kids at Splashaway Bay and Baby Bay. Only steps away are dining options, places to lounge, a bar, the signature carousel, an arcade, Adventure Ocean, and Social020 for teens. The Hideaway – Tucked away, this neighborhood 135 feet above the ocean combines the good vibes of beach club scenes around the world and the uninterrupted ocean views only a cruise can offer. The first suspended infinity pool at sea is at the center of it all, and it's surrounded by a multilevel sun terrace with whirlpools, a variety of seating and a dedicated bar.AquaDome – Perched at the top of Icon, what's in store is a transformational place unlike any other. In a tranquil oasis by day, guests can take in wraparound ocean views and an awe-inspiring waterfall as they enjoy a bite or drink. By night, it becomes a vibrant place great for a night out, complete with restaurants, bars and the cruise line's marquee aqua shows at the next-level AquaTheater. The signature entertainment venue takes artistry and cutting-edge technology to new heights, with a transforming pool, four robotic arms, state-of-the-art projection and more.Ways to Play Across Three Familiar Neighbourhoods and FavouritesThe cruise line has raised the bar even further with each of its signature neighbourhoods: A grander Royal Promenade features its first floor-to-ceiling ocean views, plus more than 15 restaurants, cafes, bars and lounges; a more lush and livelier Central Park has more ways to dine and be entertained; and the largest Suite Neighbourhood is four decks of luxury, offering a multilevel suite sun deck – The Grove – that has a private pool, whirlpool and dining, and a two-story Coastal Kitchen. More returning favorites include experiences like new takes on mini golf at Lost Dunes, rock climbing at Adrenaline Peak, and Absolute Zero, Royal Caribbean's largest ice arena, and dining venues such as Giovanni's Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar on the Royal Promenade and the Asian-inspired Izumi in Central Park.With 28 ways to stay, even the rooms are thoughtfully designed for every type of vacationer. It's come one, come all with more choices, ocean views and room. There are new layouts made for families of three, four, five and more, like the Family Infinite Balcony and Surfside Family Suite – with kids alcoves tucked away from the adults – and the three-story Ultimate Family Townhouse, complete with its own white picket fence and mailbox. When it comes to views, among the best are from the brand's first Sunset Corner Suites and Panoramic Ocean Views in AquaDome.Icon will sail year-round, 7-night Eastern and Western Caribbean vacations from Miami. Every cruise will visit Royal Caribbean's top-rated private island destination, Perfect Day at CocoCay, The Bahamas.Celebrity Eclipse welcomed to Sydney Today (22 Oct) marks a new beginning, as Celebrity Cruises celebrates its highly anticipated return to Australian and New Zealand waters. Celebrity Eclipse is the first Celebrity ship to sail this region for 930 daysOn Saturday, Celebrity Eclipse set sail from Sydney, Australia, allowing guests to Journey WonderFULL on a 12-night itinerary exploring the ruggedly scenic wilderness of New Zealand. This voyage is the first of 17 sailings departing from Sydney and Auckland through April 2023, and the first for Celebrity Eclipse in Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific waters.Boasting 21 world-class restaurants and bars, stylish accommodations, an exclusive resort-within-a-resort area for suite guests at The Retreat®, plus an array of indulgent treatments at The Spa, Celebrity Eclipse exudes relaxed luxury. For guests looking to relax outdoors, Celebrity Eclipse is one of the only ships in the world featuring a ½ acre of real lawn grass. Appropriately named, The Lawn Club, this area of the ship is the perfect spot to play outdoor games, watch a movie, enjoy live music, enjoy endless ocean views or catch some sun. A Majestic Sydney arrival for Princess CruisesPrincess Cruises' Majestic Princess cruised into Sydney Harbour just before 5am this morning before docking at the Overseas Passenger Terminal (pictured) in the early light. More than 3,500 guests were on board, with the ship arriving after a 31-day trans-Pacific voyage from Vancouver during which she visited Los Angeles, Papeete, Tauranga, Auckland and the Bay of Islands.She's the second Princess ship to cruise locally since the cruise pause, joining Coral Princess which has been homeported in Brisbane since Jun this year. Majestic Princess will be based in Sydney for the next 197 days, with the Medallion Class vessel to operate 17 voyages including 71 port calls across the region  with an estimated $49 million impact to the economy.P&O Cruise Shares an Early Look at Pacific Adventure as She Prepares for her Maiden VoyageP&O Cruises Australia today shared a behind-the-scenes tour of its newest grandclass ship, Pacific Adventure, in anticipation of her much awaited first guest cruise – a round-trip three-night itinerary from Sydney departing this Saturday, 22 October. The newly transformed ship is the cruise line's third and final ship to join its fleet and will be homeported in Sydney year-round.Pacific Adventure will carry the cruise line's contemporary look and feel, offering an array of memorable experiences, unforgettable dining options, ultimate relaxation, thrill-seeking waterslides and ziplining.In addition to Pacific Adventure's 21 delicious dining options, including celebrity chef Luke Mangan's casual poolside Burger Bar, there are 60+ daily activities, including the P&O Edge Adventure Park. Cruisers will be able to reacquaint themselves with everything they know and love about a P&O cruise, including some exciting new updates.The Byron Beach Club is a brand-new offering on Pacific Adventure private access area is available to guests booking into the Byron suites or mini-suites. Guests love it for the serene and exclusive experience and calm atmosphere as well as Daily private breakfast in Angelo's, priority tender tickets, bottomless fruit basket, and branded Byron Beach Club flip flops to keep.The first-of-its-kind Twin Racer Waterslides offer unrivalled ocean views following the climb to the top! Guests can race against the clock and challenge family, friends, and new-found friends in this thrilling activity. The two 135-meter tubes include two sections that are transparent so racers can keep score on their opponent as they rush towards the finish line.Blanc de Blanc, Uncorked!: The latest creation from Creative Director Scott Maidment, Blanc de Blanc is the new risqué, Parisian-inspired show premieres this Saturday in Pacific Adventure's Black Circus theatre. The six-member cast will dazzle, surprise, and entertain guests with their showcase of world-class cabaret and acrobatic performances.The Lobby is a new concept for Pacific Adventure. Located on deck five are the heart of the ship and home to three food and beverage outlets – Avalon Café, Lily's and Charlies. It's here that guests will find the best barista coffee at sea and spaces to unwind with a cocktail, cheese platter and live music.Bars Onboard: The new Adventure Hotel offers a range of craft beers and ales in a relaxed environment. The Blue Room, an intimate music venue, will feature live performances from some of Australia's leading musicians. Over 18's can head up to the ship's new nightclub, Altitude, situated on the top of deck 18, boasting never-ending sea views.Oasis: This adult-only retreat is complete with kid-free pools and stunning sea vistas. It's the perfect place to soak up the sun and settle into a deckchair with a favourite book.P&O Cruises Australia the First Home-Grown Cruise Line to Offer F45 Training at SeaIn a first-of-its-kind offering, P&O Cruises Australia announced today it has expanded its fitness program to include F45 Training  for guests at sea.  As part of the exclusive partnership with P&O Cruises Australia, OneSpaWorld, the pre-eminent global provider of health and wellness services and products onboard cruise ships and destination resorts around the world, brought forth the culmination of a global partnership between the two home-grown Australian companies.The new program, offered daily to all guests, will include the iconic 45-minute functional training classes within the F45 Studio onboard the cruise line's newest ship Pacific Encounter – currently ported in Brisbane.World Famous Adventurer Bear Grylls to Join Cunard's in AlaskaCunard announces an exciting new line-up for Alaska 2023's Insights enrichment program with one of the most recognized personalities of outdoor adventure – Bear Grylls OBE – headlining the season.Grylls will be joining Queen Elizabeth's maiden 2023 Alaska voyage, roundtrip out of Vancouver on June 8, where he will share his experiences as one of the youngest climbers of Mount Everest, bestselling author, TV presenter and all-round adventurer. This will be Bear's first appearance on a cruise ship and the first time he returns to Alaska since his memorable visit with President Barack Obama in 2015.Guests aboard this 12-night voyage will experience the stunning Glacier Bay National Park, Tracy Arm Fjord and Hubbard Glacier, with port calls in Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and more. Award-winning naturalist Dr. Rachel Cartwright and a Cultural Heritage Guide from Alaska Native Voices will also be featured on this voyage as guests luxuriate on Queen Elizabeth through the breath-taking landscape of Alaska.Cunard will offer six additional voyages in the region throughout June, July and August, each showcasing a different explorer as part of the Insights Program.Guests will have the opportunity to hear from marine archaeologist Mensun Bound, known for his recent discovery of Shackleton's ship Endurance; British mountaineer Kenton Cool, who has summited Mount Everest 15 times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Ben Fogle in their respective expeditions; Ann Daniels, one of Britain's leading Polar explorers and the first woman in history to ski to the North and South Poles as part of an all-women team; and Felicity Aston MBE, polar scientist turned explorer, award-winning author, TV presenter and world-record holder for being the first woman to ski alone across the Antarctic.The full line-up of onboard Insights speakers in Alaska 2023 include:Bear Grylls (June 8) – Bear Grylls is probably the most recognizable face of adventure on the planet. The former 21 SAS soldier was one of the youngest climbers of Mount Everest, despite breaking his back in a free-fall accident only months earlier. Bear's TV shows include the legendary Discovery show Man Vs Wild and the hit show Running Wild with Bear Grylls, now in its seventh season on National Geographic Channel. His Running Wild guests have included President Obama (in Alaska), Roger Federer, Julia Roberts, Prime Minister Modi of India and most recent Hollywood stars Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher.Bear is a family man, a bestselling author who has sold over 20 million books, the Honorary Colonel to the British Royal Marine Commandos and the first-ever Chief Ambassador to 55 million young Scouts worldwide.Kenton Cool (June 20 and 30) – Kenton Cool is an English mountaineer and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high-altitude climbers and has summited Mount Everest 15 times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes' 2008 and 2009 expeditions and Ben Fogle's 2019 expedition. He has completed over 20 notable expeditions in the Greater Ranges and in 2013, became the first person to climb Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse in a single push without returning to base camp. He has also skied two 26,000-foot mountains and guided a successful expedition to the summit of K2. He has also led expeditions through Alaska including North America's highest peak, Mount McKinley.Pen Hadow (July 7) – Explorer and Adventurer Pen Hadow was catapulted to international fame when he became the first and only person to complete one of the last great polar challenges – solo, without re-supply, from Canada to the North Pole. It took him three attempts over 15 years to achieve this single feat at the ‘bleeding edge of exploration'. Pen has a strong connection with Alaska in his adventures, including attempting to sail to the North Pole from Nome, Alaska.Ann Daniels (July 17) – Ann Daniels is one of Britain's leading Polar explorers. In 2002 Ann became a world record holder when she reached the North Pole despite unbelievable arctic conditions and became the first woman in history to ski to the North and South Poles as part of an all women team. This journey has never been repeated. In 2009, Ann took part in the first Catlin Arctic Survey over a period of 100 days, 1000km crossing of the ice cap in temperatures as low as -58ºF. The survey set off from Alaska, walking, skiing and on occasion swimming stretches of open water to reach the North Geographic Pole. Ann is described by The Daily Telegraph as one of the top 20 Great British Adventurers of all time.Felicity Aston (July 27) – Felicity Aston MBE is a Polar Scientist turned Explorer. In 2012 she became the first woman to ski alone across the Antarctic, a 1744km/1084m journey that took her 59 days and entered her in the Guinness Book of World Records. She has also created and led record-making ski expeditions to both the North and South Geographic Poles with international teams of pioneering women; skied frozen rivers and lakes in Siberia; driven 2,236 miles to the Pole of Cold (the coldest inhabited place on Earth); flown across the U.S. in an airship; and run the Marathon Des Sables footrace in the Sahara. An award-winning author of three books, professional speaker, and occasional TV presenter, in 2016 Felicity retraced the route of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush and spent time mining for gold in Alaska and the Yukon to co-present a series for the BBC.Mensun Bound (August 7) – Known as the “Indiana Jones of the Deep,” Mensun Bound has conducted wreck surveys and excavations all over the world in a career that spans 40 years. During that time, he excavated one of the oldest known shipwrecks (600 BC). In 2019 Bound stunned the world with his discovery of Admiral von Spee's flagship, Scharnhorst, which had been lost in battle during WWI. That same year Bound was Director of Exploration for the first search to find Shackleton's ship Endurance. In 2022 the search resumed and on March 5 the Endurance was found and, as predicted by Bound, it was upright, largely intact, proud of the seabed in an excellent state of preservation.Holland America Line Partners with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation in Celebration of 150th AnniversaryHolland America Line will partner with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, the 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the eponymous landmarks, to celebrate the cruise line's 150-year journey from immigrant carrier to consumer ocean liner fleet. The partnership, which kicks off October 26 as Holland America Line completes the recreation of the brand's first-ever sailing from Rotterdam to New York City, features on-board video content across Holland America's entire fleet produced by an Ellis Island researcher, as well as a curated exhibit launching in 2023 at Ellis Island detailing the brand's historical prominence in bringing 1 in 10 immigrants from Europe to the United States.The collaboration will launch with a joint talk between Stephen Lean, director of The American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island and Bill Miller, noted cruise historian, detailing the immigrant experience in the late 1800s; the presentation will be available on-demand across all ships within the fleet. Noting the cruise industry's – and particularly Holland America Line's – importance in the immigrant journey from Europe to US, the Foundation will curate an exhibit in its History Center available for visitors from February to April 2023.The cruise line, which was founded in the Netherlands in 1873 as the Netherlands-American Steamship Company, was primarily a carrier of immigrants from Europe to the United States until well after the turn of the century, carrying nearly 2 million passengers to new lives in the New World. Holland America Line was the first to do away with “Steerage class” altogether, renaming it “Emigrants Class” where unlike the competition, guests were served three square meals. It is this level of care and attention to detail – a tradition and hallmark of the brand that has continued to this day – that was the impetus for its nickname at the time: “The Spotless Fleet.” Holland America Line provided everything from doctors and a pre-departure hotel complete with English lessons and classes on American civics to ensure passengers a safe journey to New York; and in fact, 99% of the immigrants carried on the fleet were cleared for entry through Ellis Island, a tremendous feat at the time.Holland America Line began the recreation of its first voyage with a sendoff October 15 from the Netherlands. The ship will sail past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island as it arrives in New York City around 7am October 26.Windstar Cruises Partners with Coral Gardeners in TahitiWindstar Cruises has partnered with the Coral Gardeners, a Mo'orea (French Polynesia)-based organization determined to revolutionize ocean conservation and create a global movement to save the coral reefs through reef restoration, awareness activities, and innovative solutions. The team works to grow, plant, and monitor thousands of heat-resilient corals with the goal of bringing life back to the ocean.The three-year partnership begins this month with Windstar's $35,000 donation to Coral Gardeners to adopt coral for all guests sailing with Windstar in French Polynesia for the remainder of 2022.2022 is Windstar's 35th anniversary of sailing in Tahiti/French Polynesia – the longest of any operator in the region. (It's also the only destination where the U.S.-based cruise line sails year-round, giving guests ample opportunity to plan a once-in-a-lifetime visit in any season.) With two ships sailing French Polynesia throughout October, Windstar has been celebrating its 35th season all month long with special events, integration with local dignitaries and artists, and a heightened infusion of local culture both on board and ashore.Guests on the remaining 2022 sailings will receive a small card in their guest room, alerting them to the adoption of coral in their name. In 2023 and 2024, each guest booked on a Windstar cruise in French Polynesia will be presented with the option to adopt a coral for a donation of $35 per person. Unique coral adoption cards for those participating will be placed in their guest room on board.Windstar is confident the majority of guests will choose to donate to help save the reef they are enjoying on their Tahiti cruise.A decade of FUN down under It's been just over two weeks after returning to Australian shores and yesterday Carnival Cruise Line celebrated an incredible 10 years of providing Australians with fun-filled holidays at great value.Kicking off celebrations at Tangalooma, Moreton Island, passengers aboard Carnival Splendor were treated to the party of a lifetime with beach games on the sand, Carnival cupcakes and a giant ‘10 Years in Aus' sandcastle before returning to the ship for her journey home to Sydney.First arriving down under in October 2012, over one million guests have since experienced the fun of a Carnival cruise. In 10 years, Carnival has welcomed three ships to Australia, with a fourth ship to follow very soon – Carnival Luminosa.The latest in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet, Australia will be the first market to experience Carnival Luminosa as she departs on her first passenger cruise in November 2022. Luminosa's arrival will also kick-start Carnival's first-ever Queensland program with 28 sailings departing from Brisbane from November 2022 to April 2023.Raising the bar! Happy Hour on Avalon WaterwaysGuests' next cold one is on Avalon Waterways! Beginning in 2023, the award-winning river cruise operator is lifting the spirits of its guests at Happy Hour on Suite Ships across Europe with free house beer, wine and spirits as well as a featured cocktail of the day.“Next year, we're inviting guests to toast an exhilarating afternoon and kick-off a lively evening on our European cruises with complimentary drinks at Happy Hour,” said Pam Hoffee, president of Avalon Waterways. “It's just another way Avalon is invested in hosting guests and every moment of their elevated cruising holiday through Europe.”From ‘proscht' to ‘prost' and ‘santé to ‘egészségedre' nothing says ‘cheers' like included drinks. 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Lifelong adventurer, World Class athlete and host of Greg McHale's Wild Yukon. Winner of the Outdoor Network's Best New Series for 2019! Whether hiking Mount McKinley or completing a 400 mile solo run from Whitehorse to Dawson City - Greg's goal is to show that anyone can be their own personal best with drive, determination and commitment. McHale Media is committed to produce the best adventure based hunting show across both digital and linear platforms. Greg's known for his "DO THE WORK" attitude and daily reminders to his team! It doesn't take long for Steve and Kyle to establish that Greg is a fitness machine.  The works he has done and his commitment to fitness is unprecedented and involves breaking records achievements.  He shares some of his secrets on this podcast and even for the novice athlete gives a ton of insight on how to elevate your fitness for the mountains.  Kyle talks to Greg about completing the Power Hunter Program and will be using this for his preseason training this summer. For more information on Greg and his program visit:  https://www.gregmchaleswildyukon.com/

Lifelong adventurer, World Class athlete and host of Greg McHale's Wild Yukon. Winner of the Outdoor Network's Best New Series for 2019! Whether hiking Mount McKinley or completing a 400 mile solo run from Whitehorse to Dawson City – Greg's goal is to show that anyone can be their own personal best with drive, determination and commitment. McHale Media is committed to produce the best adventure based hunting show across both digital and linear platforms. Greg's known for his “DO THE WORK” attitude and daily reminders to his team! It doesn't take long for Steve and Kyle to establish that Greg is a fitness machine.  The works he has done and his commitment to fitness is unprecedented and involves breaking records achievements.  He shares some of his secrets on this podcast and even for the novice athlete gives a ton of insight on how to elevate your fitness for the mountains.  Kyle talks to Greg about completing the Power Hunter Program and will be using this for his preseason training this summer. For more information on Greg and his program visit:  https://www.gregmchaleswildyukon.com/

Flashback Episode: My special guest is author Andy Hall who's here to discuss the tragic events surrounding climbers that planned to summit Denali. In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska's Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-alifetime blizzard, only five made it back down.   Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy occurred and spent years tracking down rescuers, survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali's Howl, Hall reveals the full story of the expedition in a powerful retelling that will mesmerize the climbing community as well as anyone interested in mega-storms and man's sometimes deadly drive to challenge the forces of nature. Wanna get creeped out? Follow our new podcast 'Paranormal Fears' on any podcast app or Apple Podcasts. Listen AD-FREE by subscribing to our channel on Apple Podcasts! On all other apps you can enjoy AD-FREE listening here https://mysteriousradio.supercast.com/ Share your thoughts and opinions! Join our new group chat on Telegram - https://t.me/mysteriousradio Visit our home on the web: https://www.mysteriousradio.com Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradio Follow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio Check Out Mysterious Radio! (copy the link to share with your friends and family via text Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dezember 1965: Es schneit. Es ist kalt. Aber trotzdem ist es schön hier. Auch wenn wir den Bleikasten nutzen müssen, um uns aufzuwärmen. Wir haben den Nanda Devi fast erreicht und haben nur noch den letzten Abschnitt vor uns. Wenn alles gut geht, ist die Antenne in den nächsten Tagen aufgestellt und wir können wieder nach hause. Vorausgesetzt dieser Schneesturm wird nicht noch schlimmer... Gefällt euch was wir machen? Gebt uns Feedback! Ob auf iTunes, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram oder hier in den Kommentaren. Oder bewertet uns auf Podchaser. Ihr sprecht - wir hören! Mehr zur dieser Episode: Nanda Devi's Nuclear Secret And A Botched CIA Operation (livehistoryindia.com)16 OCTOBER 1964 - FIRST CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST (ctbto.org)Finally Met Legendary Climber Jim McCarthy (green1109.wixsite.com)Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (Wikipedia EN)1965 Nanda Devi Spy mission, the move (livemint.com)Did nuclear spy devices in the Himalayas trigger India floods? (bbc.com)DECLASSIFIED: ALLEGED CIA ACTIVITY IN INDIA (wikileaks.org)Two Bombs, One Satellite (Wikipedia EN)Project 596 (Wikipedia EN)Heldendumm S02/E05: Cola versenken Podcast Cover: thelizzard.art auf Instagram Musik: Marked und Futuristic 4 von Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Wir lieben Bewertungen! Newsletter gefällig? Email: Name:

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 206, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: True Story 1: John Hersey wrote about 6 survivors of an August 6, 1945 explosion in this title city. Hiroshima. 2: In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school". West Point. 3: Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering that she had breast cancer while "ice bound" here. the South Pole. 4: This gonzo journalist tells the "Strange and Terrible Saga" of flying with angels--Hell's Angels. Hunter Thompson. 5: "Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest and the tragedy that befell others around him. Jon Krakauer. Round 2. Category: Oscar-Winning Songs 1: 2013:"Let It Go" from this animated flick. Frozen. 2: Melanie Griffith had "A Bod in Sin" in this film, but it was Carly Simon's "Let the River Run" that won an Oscar. Working Girl. 3: ("Colors of the Wind"). Pocahontas. 4: "Georgy Girl" and "Alfie" lost to this 1966 song that lionized a lioness named Elsa. "Born Free". 5: 1942:This holiday classic from "Holiday Inn". White Christmas. Round 3. Category: Mountains 1: In modern Greek this peak is called Olimbos. Olympus. 2: The Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains surround this Utah capital. Salt Lake City. 3: Seen here is one of Hokusai's famous wood-block prints of this mountain. Mount Fuji. 4: This peak is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet. Mount McKinley. 5: Not quite 14,500 feet, this California peak is named for geologist Josiah. Mount Whitney. Round 4. Category: Famous Understudies 1: Four years before "Laugh-In", Jo Anne Worley understudied Carol Channing in this smash hit musical. Hello, Dolly!. 2: Lainie Kazan not only played a showgirl in this show, she understudied Barbra Streisand. Funny Girl. 3: John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" understudied Richard Burton in this 1960 musical. Camelot. 4: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward understudied in the original 1953 production of this William Inge play. Picnic. 5: Richard Gere was an understudy in this musical set at Rydell High before he starred in it in London. Grease. Round 5. Category: World Coins 1: In 2001 the Isle of Man issued 6 coins devoted to this 11-year-old wizard; the first depicted him casting a spell. Harry Potter. 2: In 2004 Somalia issued 6 coins in the shape of this instrument, including a fender Stratocaster. guitar. 3: This principality now uses the Euro and has issued Euro coins with Prince Rainier on the obverse. Monaco. 4: In 2007 this late pope was honored with a coin in nauru; his image pops up perpendicular to the coin. Pope John Paul II. 5: A hologram of this sacred temple lies in the center of Cambodia's 2001 10,000-riel coin. Angkor Wat. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

We were blessed to be able to take an Alaska Prayer & Preaching Adventure. God knew it was a desire of my heart and He opened the door. I want to share with my adventure with you- not to brag on me, but to brag on Jesus. God was so good to us. Nahum 1:7 NIV The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, Places we went Girdwood Forest Ranger, not Park Ranger Walked along a waterfall. Saw a bear rambling and ambling through unlocked out buildings looking for food. Blue Ice Trail Hiked and drove to each of the spots of the Blue Ice Trail...unforgetable! I learned that it might not be wise to take the advice of hikers encouraging you to keep going when they are 40 years younger than you are! Note to self. It was worth the hike and thank you young folks for your your encouragement. Hiked up to Bryan Glacier and touched the blue glacier ice. Flat Top Mountain Looking out over the city praying for the people of Anchorage to know Jesus. Just an echo of what churches all over the city are doing. T ony Knowles Coastal Trail was a wonderful place to hike. Didn't get to finish the trail... too much to see and do. Hope, Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula Just a quaint town. We had two children from that town that came to camp. I sat down at the table with them and got to eat lunch with them without realizing it until we were almost finished eating. Hatcher Pass Mining Museum, Hiking trails was breath taking!!!! Eagle River Nature Museum more hiking trails. Lots of beautiful birch trees!!!!! I hope heaven has birch trees. The first Moose we saw was one coming down the steep banks of Glenn Highway on wobbly legs. It so reminded me of the witty Bullwinkle on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Little Beaver Camp at Wasilla is a place where lives are changed by encountering the Prince of Peace. Amazing place. Preaching at the North Pole. It just doesn't get any better than encountering God with awesome folks like I met there! Great pastors with a heart to reach their city. Intercessors praying for a healing and transforming revival that would bring their community to Jesus. God's Presence was so powerful in that place. I got to eat at two amazing restaurants on Guy Fieri on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives list. Denali When we were here 10 years ago, it was still wearing the political nomenclature Mt. McKinley, but now it wears the Athabaskan name Denali which declare who it really is “the great one.” “Mount McKinley” emerged after a gold prospector named William Dickey (who was an admirer of President-elect McKinley) used the name in an 1897 New York Sun article. Although the new president had no direct connection to Alaska, the name Mount McKinley was popularized following the president's 1901 assassination. We saw 2 Grisly, caribou, a moose, Bali Sheep and my favorite Mt. Denali. Juneau, the capital. We got to stay with an incredible family in a beautiful home right on the Mendenhall Glacier River that sang it's sweet song as it tumbled over the boulders. A bear visited the neighborhood and even the back yard while we were there. I got to pray in the capitol building, the only capital that can only be reached by boat or airplane. Let truth fill this place. Isa 44:23Sing for joy, you heavens, for the Lord has done this; shout aloud, you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the Lord has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel. https://www.patriciaholland.org/home/i-will-lift-up-my-eyes-to-the-hills/   I'll be sharing some specific stories in the days ahead.

Historian Ben Baumann speaks with mountain climber Nigel Vardy, who tells his inspiring story of survival and overcoming the traumatic injuries he sustained in a winter storm at 20,000 feet in Alaska on Mount Denali (Formerly known as Mount McKinley). (Nigel Vardy is the President of the Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, an English charity, which conducts search and rescue operations in England. He is also a mountaineer, world traveler, speaker, author of multiple books, and was once featured in the television series "I Shouldn't Be Alive"). For more on Nigel Vardy visit the following links: Website- https://www.mrfrostbite.com/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/NigelVardy.MrFrostbite/?ref=page_internal Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/nigelvardy/?hl=en Twitter- https://twitter.com/NigelVardy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Books- https://www.amazon.com/Nigel-Vardy/e/B00385ZJN2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share (The memories, comments, and viewpoints shared by guests in the interviews do not represent the viewpoints of, or speak for Roots of Reality)

Retired lawyer, mountaineer, and extreme adventure enthusiast talks about moving towards mountain climbing later in life after retiring from his successful 45-year law career and becoming the oldest American to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return alive at age 67. Were there mentors that motivated and assisted guest Bill Burke in during his journey towards mountaineering? “Not in mountaineering, Mark. In the law I did. I had mentors in the law that really helped me. I had a wonderfully fun and successful law career. I practiced law for 45 years all over the world, at offices with a big international law firm in a variety of different cities. I had mentors when I was a young lawyer associate in these firms that I looked up to that really helped my career, and I had a great career in law.” On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Bill Burke about making the transition from his law career to mountain climbing. “When I retired at 60 in 2003 I decided, now I have to figure out what I do next because I’m not going to go home and sit in front of the television. I’m a Type-A personality. I love adventure and risk. I’m kind of an adrenaline junky in that respect. So, I decided what would come next and I always loved the mountains. There was no figure that I was following there because it was all new to me.”  What You Will Learn: How did Bill Burke first get involved in mountain climbing? “I had an interest in the mountains. I loved the mountains. I hadn’t done any climbing at all. I then decided to take a climbing course just outside of Seattle with Alpine Ascents, a six-day course that really helped me. I really enjoyed it, and I just progressed from there to the seven summits. So, I didn’t really have a figure I was looking up to. There was nobody that was encouraging me in that way. It was all sort of self-made because it was all so new to me.” Bill Burke talks about climbing Mountain Rainier. “The year that I took the climbing course I decided that I was going to come back to Washington that same year which was 2001 and I’m going to climb Mount Rainier, so I did. When I realized I could make it on a big time mountain, Rainier is a big time big league mountain, when I was able to succeed on Rainier and I enjoyed it, I thought, well, what is the next mountain going to be? I had heard about Mount McKinley as you say, it is now called Denali, and I said, this is going to be my next big mountain.”  What was Bill Burke’s experience like climbing Denali, previously known as Mountain McKinley? “One of the guilds that was on that trip that I took up Rainier told me, No, no, no, I think you need to try out some other Alpine peaks, smaller and not as challenging as McKinley. That is a really tough mountain. Maybe you need to go to the volcanoes in Mexico or you can go with me here and there. I listened to him and thanked him, and that next year I went McKinley and submitted McKinley. I just felt like I was ready for it and I wasn’t going to be told that it wasn’t something I was capable of . I felt like I had the experience from the courses I took, the course I took in Seattle and the experience I had on Rainier to give it a shot. It was a great trip. It was very successful.”  Bill Burke gives us a sense of what it was like when he traveled up the south side of Mount Everest versus traveling up the north. “Mount Everest straddles two countries, on its north flank is Tibet and on its south flank is in Nepal. It is a very different experience on both the north approach and the south approach. For the south approach, you get to trek up to the basecamp, which is a 35-mile trek. It is one of the most fun parts of the trip, at least it was for me because you stop in the villages. You see how the people live. You are enhanced by their culture and their religion. You are able to order off of a menu. It is just really fun. It is about a six-day trip because you are acclimatizing. In what ways did climbing the north side of Everest differ from the right? “On the north approach by the way of Changtse, from Nepal to Tibet. Then you cross the friendship bridge there and you drive all the way into basecamp. There is a little 35-mile trek to basecamp. You drive into basecamp. You set up your camps there. So, it is a much easier approach to get into. Other differences are, in the south approach you really don’t see Mount Everest very much until you get right up the mountain and close to it. It is blocked by these huge peaks that surround it in Nepal. So, you don’t really get to enjoy the view.” Power of Having Goals  What is Bill Burke’s mental makeup to reinvent himself to achieve what he is trying to accomplish? “I think setting goals is a big factor in success, setting big goals, doing your due diligence to find out how to achieve those goals. Actually attempting to achieve the goals, learning from your mistakes. I always tell people that ask what is the physical preparation. What is your physical regiment to get ready? I always tell them what it is. It is pretty rigorous and tough. But, mental commitment, mental fortitude, mental toughness is what gets you across the goalline, to use an NFL metaphor.”   Crash   During this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, Bill Burke also discusses rebounding from disappointment. “I actually climbed Mount Everest six times. But four of those times I had to turn around. I was up on the southeast ridge on the south approach. Once I had to turn around and then three times I had to turn around on the northeast ridge when I was climbing on the Tibet side. So, yeah, I submitted twice. But I didn’t summit four times. When you train so hard and there is a lot of cost and expense involved, as I am sure you know, to get there. But more importantly, when you don’t reach the goal and you don't fulfill your dream. It is disappointing. You need to deal with that. You need to learn how to deal with that.”  Links to Additional Resources: Mark Pattison: markpattisonnfl.com Emilia’s Everest - The Lhotse Challenge: https://www.markpattisonnfl.com/philanthropy/

Climbing Mount McKinley

From 2008- James M. Tabor, author of "Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters." The book chronicles the doomed 1967 expedition on Alaska's Mount McKinley; only five of the twelve climbers survived.

This time, we try out something different. Our Keeper, Tyler, takes us on the first leg of a system-less campaign called The Fall Without End. Adapted to fit a tabletop RPG named Call of Cthulhu, we race to be the first atop Mount McKinley. Listen in to find out who will reign victorious over the elements and who may succumb to the elements.  All music in episode 9 provided by www.purple-planet.com

Today in history: The first ascent of Mt. McKinley. James Byrd Jr. dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. Ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on June 7th. Alaska’s Denali National Park recently reopened to the public. At the heart of the park is Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, the highest point in North America at more than 20,000 feet above sea level. On this day in 1913, an expedition led by Alaskan missionary Hudson Stark became the first to reach Denali’s south peak.

Called the “George Plimpton from hell" by The Wall Street Journal, Michael Bane is best known for his work on television shows such as "Shooting Gallery," "The Best Defense" and "Gun Stories." However, he's done much, much more. Once a mainstream journalist in New York City, Michael later veered into extreme sports and became a nationally-known music critic who got his job by "straight-up lying." He's since authored nearly two dozen books and become a notable personality both in print and on TV within the firearms industry. During his conversation with Host Brent T. Wheat, Michael discusses a wide range of topics from cave diving to how a major national shooting discipline started in a Florida strip club, as well as shares his epiphany when Mount McKinley tried to kill him and whether or not the rumors of Willie Nelson’s smoking habits are true. Watch, listen and read more from Michael Bane at michaelbane.tv. Read and subscribe to GUNS Magazine at gunsmagazine.com.

Ten general knowledge pub quiz questions broadcast to you daily. Today we have questions on - amongst others - Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the English cricketer who played football for Scunthorpe United and Mount McKinley.

My special guest tonight is author Andy Hall who's here to discuss the most deadly climbing disaster in American History. Andy's book is called Denali's Howl.We want to give a special Thank You to our friends over at Best Fiends for sponsoring tonight's edition. Get the puzzle game everyone is talking about! 'Best Fiends' is an amazing puzzle game with eye-popping graphics, cute characters and endless levels of fun! No internet connection required so you can play it anywhere! Download it now on the Apple App Store or Google Play. it's spelled Friends WITHOUT the 'R' Best Fiends.In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-alifetime blizzard, only five made it back down. Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy occurred and spent years tracking down rescuers, survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali’s Howl, Hall reveals the full story of the expedition in a powerful retelling that will mesmerize the climbing community as well as anyone interested in mega-storms and man’s sometimes deadly drive to challenge the forces of nature. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Es soll eine Traum-Expedition werden. Mario Bornschein, Outdoorladen-Besitzer aus Berlin, will ganz normale Menschen aus der Großstadt auf einen der höchsten Berge der Welt bringen, den mehr als 8.000 Meter hohen ‚Broad Peak‘ in Pakistan. Begleitet von einem Radiosender werden zehn Bewerber ausgewählt, darunter auch die Sozialarbeiterin Dana H., die noch nie in ihrem Leben auf einem so hohen Berg gestanden hat. Nach sorgfältiger Vorbereitung startet das Team mit Dana als einziger Frau im Juni 2013 nach Pakistan. Mario Bornschein ist der Leiter.

Emerson once wrote,   "To science there is no poison; To botany no weed; To chemistry no dirt."   As much as I like this quote, I know most gardeners will beg to differ. To gardeners, there areweeds. As I mentioned in an earlier episode this month, we often forget one key variable in gardening; the gardener. Each of us, as gardeners, has our own point of view when it comes to weeds.   On May 12, 1957, Vita Sackville West reached the same conclusion when she said, "It was borne in on me, not for the first time, how the weeds of one country are the flowers of another. Recently in the tropics I had been shocked on seeing my host and hostess as they wandered round their garden tearing up green oddments as we should tear up groundsel, . . . saying, ‘That wretched thing! All over the place as usual!’ This was Gloriosa superba, which we have to grow carefully in heat if we want it at all."     Brevities #OTD It's the birthday of Ynes Mexia, A Mexican American botanist born in 1870.   After a lifetime of turbulent personal challenges, Mexia discovered the Sierra Club at age 50. Throughout her life, nature had been a balm to her. She decided to enroll at Berkeley in order to take botany classes.She would take classes there on and off over the next 16 years; her goal was not to graduate but simply to learn more about plants. Mexia fell in love with fieldwork and she went on numerous trips through the southwestern part of the United States, Mexico, and South America.   Mexia was especially drawn to unique plants and she absolutely adored sunflowers. In fact, on one of her botanizing trips, she discovered an entirely new genus of Compositae.   Although Mexia was a late bloomer as a botanist, her collecting efforts proved extraordinary. Many scholars argue that she was the most accomplished plant collector of her time.   Here are some highlights about her work: Mexia collected and preserved 150,000 plants, flowers, and leaves Her first trip yielded 500 specimens the same number that Darwin brought back on the Beagle. Mexia personally discovered 500 brand-new plant species. Her botanist peers were well aware of her staggering amount of work and expeditions. Specifically, Mexia enjoyed the thrill of working with botanist Alice Eastwood. Yet, not even lung cancer could stop her from collecting plants. In 1938, she had returned to Mexico in search of new specimens. But her illness got the best of her, she was forced to cut her trip short and returned to the United States. She died at Berkeley on June 12th. Mexia's estate was donated in part to the Redwood Preserve in California. A 40-acre grove, home to one of the tallest trees, was named in her honor. Today, some 80 years after her death, scientists are still processing the plants she collected.   #OTD It's the birthday of Queen Victoria.   Kensington Palace is marking the bicentenary, the 200th anniversary, of Victoria's birth with an impressive floral display at the sunken garden. The display will include Flowers from the Victorian period, such as heliotropes, cannas, pelargonium, and begonias.   There are many plants named after Queen Victoria including the Victoria agave. The giant waterlily, Victoria amazonica, Is also named for her. Violets were Queen Victoria's favorite flowers.   When Victoria married Albert, she broke with protocol. Instead of wearing a crown, she wore a wreath of orange blossoms.     #OTD On this day in 2018, The Oakville Horticultural Society outside of Québec, offered a screening of the documentary "The Gardener" featuring horticulturist Frank Cabot and his masterpiece garden Les Quatre Vents or the Four Winds.   The film reflects upon the meaning of gardening and its impact on our lives. Cabot passed away at the age of 86, But before he died he shared his personal quest for perfection on his 20-acre English style garden and the state. The Four Winds Garden has been in the Cabot family for over 100 years.   There's a wonderful video of an interview that Martha Stewart did with Frank. He tells about the moon bridge being a copy of a moon bridge from Seven Star Park in China. "I'm a great believer in plagiarizing. I think all gardeners are. There's no reason why one shouldn't plagiarize. Why not take someone else's good idea and adapted to one's site. This garden really represents that; it's just Ideas that were gleaned from other sources."     Unearthed Words: The Naming of Plants by Linda Leinen Linda was inspired to write this poem after reading T.S. Eliot’s poem delightful “The Naming of Cats”.   When I was researching yesterday's show which honored Carl Linnaeus’s birthday and his system of categorizing plants by genus and species - or binomial nomenclature, I came across Linda's poem.    If you already know “The Naming of Cats,” you’ll hear its echoes below.     The naming of plants? It really does matter. It isn’t correct to think all are the same. You may think at first I’m indulging in patter, but I tell you — a plant must have four different names!     First comes the name that tells us its genus — Gaillardia, Solanum, Ilex or Phlox; Clematis and Salvia, Silphium, Quercus — the Latin is easy, not hard as a rock.     There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, some for the cactus and some for the canes — Monarda, Justicia, or even Lantana make lovely and sensible Latinate names.     And then, every plant needs a name more particular, a name that’s specific and quite dignified — else how could it keep all its stems perpendicular, spread out its anthers, or blossom with pride?     For namings of this sort, I ‘ll give you fair dozens: lyrata, drummondii, frutescens, and more — crispus, limosa, luteola, texensis — those names help describe what we’re all looking for.     Of course, there are names by which most people call plants, like violet, hollyhock, iris, and thyme; there’s nothing more common than sweet dandelions, or peaches, or rhubarb for making our wine.     But above and beyond, there’s one name left over, and that is the Name that you never will guess; the Name that no researcher ever discovers — which the plant itself knows, but will not confess.     When you notice a bloom in profound meditation, its rays sweetly folded, or its leaves well-arrayed, its mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation of the seed of a thought of a thought of its Name: its sturdy and windblown, sunkissed and shadowed, deep and firm-rooted most singular Name.     Wasn't that delightful?    You can find Linda at her websites:   Lagniappe - I'll let you discover the marvelousness of that name and all of Linda's work there.   You can also find Linda at The Task at Hand, which is native plant centered and essentially photographic in nature.     Today's book recommendation: The Naming of Names by Anna Pavord A few words to describe this book: gorgeous. indispensable. Pavord traces the history of plant taxonomy from the ancient Greeks to 17th-century British botanist John Ray. I'm down with anything by Pavord - and you can get used copies of this excellent book on Amazon through the link around $3. That's downright criminal.   Today's Garden Chore It's another Photo Friday in the Garden: Today, take an inventory of your weeds.   That's right. Weeds are going to take centerstage.   Why?   Because I bet you need help identifying at least a handful. Now you'll have photos of your weeds with you and you can get help identifying them.     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart When I was researching Mexia, I learned that the concept of having plants named in her honor, gave her an immense satisfaction. It was almost as if she was scrambling to leave a botanical legacy in order to ensure her place in history. As of today, 50 species have been named in her honor. Like all plant explorers, Mexia had her war stories. The San Francisco Examinerhad an article that featured Mexia and they memorably titled it "She Laughs at Jungle Perils". Once Mexia had had accidentally eaten a poisonous berry. The indigenous people shared an ingenious remedy with her: "Sticking a chicken feather down her throat to coax the berries back up." Mexia traveled the entire length of the Amazon River. During one of her breaks from the jungle, she had even climbed Mount McKinley. When she nearly died after falling from a cliff, her team attempted to make her feel better, by naming two flowers after her: The Maxianthus mexicanasand the Mamosa mexiae.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

On today’s episode, we sit down to chat with Levi Pendleton. Levi, a previous whitewater rafting guide in the Grand Canyon, Moab and Jackson Hole, ski patroller in New Zealand and now an overall outdoor enthusiast who currently works at Southern Utah University as the coordinator of SUU Outdoors. We spend time talking about some of his ultimate adventure stories that come from being a member of a Rescue Team in Denali National Park in Alaska. We focus in on understanding what it takes to climb a brutal mountain like Denali (also known as Mount McKinley) the highest peak in North America. We also talk about the shift from a seasonal employee lifestyle where one can “entertain their own passions and hobbies” into a job that requires more administrative tasks in order to get others outdoors. If you would like to help us spread the word about the ‘live ultralight’ lifestyle please give us a 5-star review and tell your friends to subscribe. We're available on Apple podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, and every major listening app.

In this our very first episode, we introduce ourselves and let you know what you can expect from this podcast. Beyond Reproach is a podcast about scandals and scandalousness in government and politics, and sometimes we’re pretty scandalous ourselves! We discuss our working definition of “beyond reproach” and how it relates to the aim of the podcast. We chat about our nerves, the sound of our voices, and the reason why all of our episodes will feature a vintage drink pairing (https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/2018/9/30/coming-soon) . Also covered: newbie woes, media blackouts, disinformation, megalodons, and Tux’s food blog (https://brooklynhomemaker.com/) . Stephanie’s scandal is the mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley. Wiki: William McKinley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley) If not for a mountain, what is President McKinley’s legacy? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/08/31/if-not-for-a-mountain-what-is-president-mckinleys-legacy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f263507d45dc) Denali’s Name Change Upsets a Senator (https://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/denalis-name-change-upsets-a-senator/) Tux’s scandal is about the rise and fall of Edward Lee Shrock. Va. Legislator Ends Bid for 3rd Term (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47194-2004Aug30.html) Edward Schrock on the Issues (http://www.ontheissues.org/VA/Edward_Schrock.htm) Edward L. Schrock (http://www.nndb.com/people/309/000040189/) To learn more about Beyond Reproach and to get the full show notes, check out our site (https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/) Questions? Feedback? Correction? Delicious compliment sandwich? Send an email or voice memo to: BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com (mailto:mailto:BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com) Follow us at: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond) / Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/) You can find us on: Apple Podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-reproach/id1437823298) / Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/beyond-reproach) / Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7y30zkxzKOD31XGCekJorX) Rate, review, subscribe y’all!

Mariko grew up in Alaska living off a fishing boat in the summer when she was not trudging her way through the snow to school. She followed her dream to become a pilot and graduated from a world-renowned aeronautical university in Arizona. Mariko returned to Alaska and began giving tours around Mount McKinley. When she reconnected with her childhood friend, who eventually became her husband, and got married and pregnant in short order she decided that maybe being a bush pilot wasn’t the best career path. From there they put all their eggs in one basket and four suitcases, purchased an online business will every last dime they had and moved out of state. Their new business was an eye-opener to online lead generation and their most popular client, the network marketer. Mariko grew up in a network marketing home and noticed her mom encountered the same problem as all of her new clients did, they did not treat their network marketing like a real business and needed help. This, along with her knowledge of online lead generation, paved the way to the formation of Yoobly in 2010. She and her husband created a program where they teach business owners how to use online tools such as social media to grow and automate their business. Hard work and optimism has led her from $200,000 in business debt to a multi-million dollar business and live the life of her dreams.

The challenges and thrills that come with reaching the summit of Denali, the highest peak in North America.

Today is David S.'s birthday, and, to help celebrate, friends of the Order Randy and Susan Steward are in town and Susan is taking the Keeper's chair to run "The Fall Without End" from Hebanon Games' No Security scenario pack.Join us as three teams of intrepid mountain climbers attempt to be the first to definitively summit Alaska's Mount McKinley, and see what awaits them at the top... Featuring:David S.RandyDavid L.DesJenScott

In 1910, four Alaskan gold miners set out to climb Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America, to win a two-cent bar bet. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the surprising story of the Sourdough Expedition, a mountaineering effort that one modern climber calls "superhuman by today's standards." We'll also hear about a ghoulish tourist destination and puzzle over why a painter would blame himself for World War II. Sources for our feature on the Sourdough expedition: Bill Sherwonit, "The Sourdough Expedition," Alaska 68:4 (May/June 2002), 28. Jason Strykowski, "Impossible Heights: The Alaskan Miners Who Conquered Mount McKinley," Wild West 24:4 (December 2011), 20. Terrence Cole, ed., The Sourdough Expedition, 1985. W.F. Thompson, "First Account of Conquering Mt. McKinley," New York Times, June 5, 1910. Listener mail: The Telegraph has a photo of the mummies in the Capuchin catacombs in Palermo, Sicily. Wikipedia has a photo of Rosalia Lombardo, the immaculately preserved 2-year-old embalmed in 1920, and another appears here: Karen Lange, "Lost 'Sleeping Beauty' Mummy Formula Found," National Geographic News, Jan. 26, 2009 (accessed 10/10/2015). This week's lateral thinking puzzle is from Paul Sloane and Des MacHale's 2005 book Outstanding Lateral Thinking Puzzles. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and all contributions are greatly appreciated. You can change or cancel your pledge at any time, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation via the Donate button in the sidebar of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Friends, Brent and Travis are back! This week, the Star Wars Facebook page revealed the armor for Phasma and it led to discussion on female armor! A Kentucky County Clerk continues to make news as she refuses to accept gay marriage no matter who tells her to! Kanye West gave a weird and rambling speech at the VMAs and ended it with a surprising announcement. The Obama administration has officially changed the name of Mount McKinley, let us tell you the rest of the story! All that, plus a Wi-Five! Come on down!

Megan has the hookup for secret TV, but for some reason she’s reading the biographies of the Presidents instead. James Monroe goes looking for love plus Mount McKinley is cold Continue Reading →

Black Explorers Part II   Welcome back to robinlofton.com for another Wiki History lecture. Today is the second lecture about black explorers. In the first Wiki history lecture, we discussed Matthew Henson, who was the first person to reach the North Pole. While there is some dispute about this, we recognized that Henson made incredible contributions as a navigator, ocean surveyor, and explorer.  There is a lot more to know about this great man and his explorations so I encourage you to listen to the first Wiki History lecture and to read his book, A Negro in the North Pole, which you can find on robinlofton.com.   In today’s wiki lecture, we will discuss explorations that are out of this world!  These black explorers went longer and farther than many people ever dream of going.  They are great examples of why we are studying explorers. We can learn so much from them. They had a grand vision and never-ending determination. They worked hard and never gave up. Remember it took 20 years and numerous failed attempts for Matthew Henson to reach the North Pole.  But he eventually made it. And that’s what we can learn from these explorers.   Let’s get started with today’s great Black explorers.   Today’s explorers won’t go north or south. Today, they go up!   We begin with Guion Bluford, who on August 30, 1983, was the first African American astronaut to make a space flight.  But let’s back up for a minute. Dr. Bluford was born in Philadelphia in 1942. He earned his pilot’s license when he was just 24. Then he went on to earn his doctorate in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1978.  He also joined NASA in 1978. And made his maiden voyage in space was just 5 years later. He operated the remote manipulator system, Spacelab-3 experiments, shuttle systems, and the flight systems lab. During his career, Dr. Bluford made numerous space flights and spent a total of 688 hours in space before his retirement from NASA in 1993.      Other African Americans also dedicated themselves to space flight and exploration.   Frederick Gregory was the first Black person to actually command a space shuttle mission. In 1985, he served as a pilot on Challenger for a 7-day mission. Commander Gregory joined NASA shortly after receiving his masters degree in information systems. In 1989, he was given command of the Discovery mission, which orbited the Earth 79 times in 120 hours. In total, he commanded 3 major space missions and spent over 450 hours in space. By the end of his career, he reached the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force.   In 1987, Mae Jemison was the first black woman astronaut and the first Black woman to fly in space. She was the science mission specialist on the historic 8-day mission on the Endeavor space shuttle. By her retirement from NASA, Dr. Jamison logged in 190 hours in space. Her educational background is as varied as it is impressive having graduated from Stanford University with a degree in both chemical engineering and African American studies.  She also earned a doctorate degree from Cornell University and worked as a staff doctor for the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone.  Today, Dr. Jamison owns a private firm, called the Jamison Group, and teaches at Dartmouth University.   Coming out of the shuttle, Bernard Harris, Jr. became the first black astronaut to actually walk in space. He walked in space for 5 hours and logged in more than 230 hours in space.  He was also a medical doctor and trained as a flight surgeon.  After leaving NASA, he founded the Harris Group, which is a Texas-based organization that works to empower individuals, in particular minorities and other economically and/or socially disadvantaged, to recognize their potential and pursue their dreams. Dr. Harris first became interested in being an astronaut watching the Apollo 11 mission on TV in 1969. Twenty years—and lots of hard work and determination later—he was asked to join NASA. By the end of his career, he logged more than 4,164,183 miles in space.   Finally, and sadly, in 1986, Ronald McNair became the first black astronaut killed during a space mission. He was aboard the ill-fated Challenger when it exploded shortly after liftoff. Dr. McNair was an extraordinary explorer who was born in South Carolina and able to read and write by the age of three.  At the age of four, he successfully challenged the whites-only borrowing privileges at the local library. In 1976, he received a scholarship to MIT where he graduated magna cum laude with a doctorate in physics. He was invited to join NASA in 1978. Dr. McNair is remembered as having encouraged and supported young black engineers and scientists in the aerospace program. In his short life, he was an extraordinary student, physicist, and astronaut.    He once said, "Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. . . ..You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky."   Words to live by!   There are so many others that have contributed to space exploration. However, we only have time to acknowledge the contributions of these five astronauts who committed themselves to exploring where no one had gone before. And they also made great contributions on earth too.   Remember the names: Guy Bluford, Frederick Gregory, Mae Jamison, Bernard Harris, and Ronald McNair.  Great explorers. Great scientists. Great people!   Now here is another great explorer. She was not an astronaut. She did not go into outer space. But she set her sights high and she reached incredible heights: The top of Mount Everest!   Sophia Danenberg was always a high flyer and explorer.  Born in Illinois in 1972, Sophia became the first African American woman and the first Black woman from anywhere in the world to climb Mt. Everest.   Sophia became involved in mountaineering after receiving her degree from Harvard University. For 2 years, she did technical rock climbs with her local Appalachian Mountain Club.   Danenberg's first major climb was at Mount Rainier, in Washington State in 2002.  Over the next two years she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya, Mount Baker in Washington state and Mount Kenya.  In 2005 she scaled five peaks plus Mount McKinley in Alaska. That’s right, she climbed the highest peak in North America.   But her great challenge was yet to come. In the spring of 2006, at the age of 34 and with only one week of planning, she started climbing Mount Everest—the highest mountain in the world.    She signed up for an unguided climb, which meant that she had to carry all of her own gear, pitch her own tent, and make all the decisions, and basically find her own way. On May 19, 2006, after two months of climbing, she reached the summit of Mount Everest at 29,000 feet. She was suffering from bronchits, a stuffed nose and frostbitten cheeks but she was determined to push through the bad weather and sit on top of the world!   But she did not stop with Everest. She has now climbed more than 19 peaks around the world.   Back on lower elevations, Sophia Danenberg has continued her upward journey. She received her masters in economics from the University of Connecticut and works with inner city children.   About her historic climb, she says, “It’s not really about having the ability to climb. It’s about this ability to say, ‘I can do it really well.”   That’s a great goal.  Whatever you do, do it really well.   Thank you for visiting robinlofton.com for this Wiki history lecture about great Black explorers.  Remember to subscribe so that the Wiki History lectures will come directly to your mailbox. Please visit robinlofton.com and leave your comments.  I would love to hear about your explorations. Future Wiki History lectures will focus on Blacks in the Military (lots of interesting information and lessons from the African Americans who fought in America’s wars beginning with the Civil War) and we will post Part II about the importance of African American history and how it can inspire and motivate us.   Remember that we can learn a lot from the great explorers. We can learn from their courage, vision, determination, and positive outlook.  Life is an exploration. Keep exploring higher and farther! See you again soon.

Dave Hahn is one of the world's most accomplished mountain guides, with an impressive list of summits. These include but are not limited to 275+ summits of Mount Rainier, 20 summits of Mount McKinley, 33 summits of Antarctica's Vinson, and 15 summits of Mount Everest. 

Halfway to the summit of Mount McKinley, three teams of prospective American Heroes cling to the ice in desperation. Above them, their goal lies swaddled in creatures that defy imagining. Below them, only failure and the sweeping of their names from history. Which will they chose? The Fall Without End is a Hebanon Games Scenario. It can be found here. Side Chatter PLAYERS Josh – Father Gerard “Gerry” Bishop.  Awesome prototypical youth pastor. Lead Climber. Kris – Molly Joseph Beaton.  Hobbies include caligraphy and cookery. James – Leonard Bloom.  Aspiring author who gains ideas by adventuring.  Has not written anything yet. Nate – Oliver Beaton.  Esteemed journalist who hasn’t written anything for a long time. Zach – Clarence Barrow.  Runaway with dreams of a better, easier life than woodsmanship. Hannah – Robert Appleton.  A veteran of Mount McKinley, back to challenge the mountain again after losing his job. The post Call of Cthulhu – The Fall Without End (Part 2) appeared first on The Drunk and The Ugly.

1931: North Peak of Mount McKinley: from base to peak, it is the tallest mountain on land, and 3rd highest point above sea level on the entire earth. At 20,320 feet tall, its twin peaks dominate the horizon for much of the Alaskan wilderness, prompting the natives to call it Denali, meaning “the tall one.” Mount McKinley holds a prize for those daring enough to climb it, but the mountain is fierce. It will not give up its summit easily. The Fall Without End is a Hebanon Games Scenario. It can be found here. Side Chatter PLAYERS Josh – Father Gerard “Gerry” Bishop.  Awesome prototypical youth pastor. Lead Climber. Kris – Molly Joseph Beaton.  Hobbies include caligraphy and cookery. James – Leonard Bloom.  Aspiring author who gains ideas by adventuring.  Has not written anything yet. Nate – Oliver Beaton.  Esteemed journalist who hasn’t written anything for a long time. Zach – Clarence Barrow.  Runaway with dreams of a better, easier life than woodsmanship. Hannah – Robert Appleton.  A veteran of Mount McKinley, back to challenge the mountain again after losing his job. The post Call of Cthulhu – The Fall Without End (Part 1) appeared first on The Drunk and The Ugly.

Tom Walker resides in the shadow of Denali. He is the author of many Alaska log cabin construction books ans is considered by many to be an Alaska living legend. In this well researched book, he examines many of the controversial claims concerning the climbers of Denali and their legacies.

A young woman begs her mountain climbing husband not to take on Mount McKinley in Alaska, but he goes anyway, promising "I will come back to you." But, as she feared, he falls to his death. Still, that promise to return is haunting and how it is fulfilled is the story of "The Memory Thief" a powerful debut novel from Wilmington’s Emily Colin who will be our guest on North Carolina Bookwatch, next.

Ultramarathoner, Ironman, and Mountaineer Deri Llewellyn-Davies talks about his "Global Grand Slam" of climbs and endurance runs on six continents and both Poles, how he found clarity and peace after nearly dying while summiting Mount McKinley in Alaska, and Sonia Doubell discloses that her soon-to-be-born child is in fact an "Ayahuasca Baby."

Andy Davis preaches an expository sermon on Genesis 22 on how God offers sacrificial provision for his people. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - Introduction We are looking for a fifth and final time this morning at Genesis 22. The first two sermons focused, on the human side, on Abraham and what it was like for him to offer his son Isaac in faith as a burnt offering. The next two focused on fourteen type prophecies that are fulfilled in the sacrifice in Genesis 22. Today we will look at one more type prophecy, specifically the place of the offering, and trace it across Scripture to see how “on the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” Thanksgiving is one of my favorite celebrations of the year. In December of 1620, the pilgrims came to cold Cape Cod. When they landed after a difficult voyage, they immediately got on their knees and gave thanks for God’s good provision in getting them there safely. They saw everything as coming to them from the hand of God. They were always looking for providence, for provision. But it was a very difficult experience. The harshness of the following winter almost destroyed their colony. Sickness ravaged them that winter. By the beginning of spring in 1621, half of their 102 members had perished. Of the 17 male heads of families, 10 died during the first infection. Of the 17 wives, only three were left after three months. Governor William Bradford wrote that the living were scarce able to bury the dead. At any given point, only six or seven people were healthy enough to do all the work of caring for the others, fetching firewood, cooking, washing “loathsome clothes” by hand. These heroes, he said, did “all the homely and necessary offices for [the sick] which dainty and queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear named, and all this willingly and cheerfully, without grudging in the least.” Can you imagine the difficulties of making it through that first winter. The turning point for the colony began one Thursday, in the middle of March 1621, when they met an Indian named Tisquantum, also known as Squanto. Squanto was, they believed, a special instrument of God for their good beyond their expectation. He had found his reason for living: these English were helpless in the ways of the wilderness and would not have survived without him. Squanto taught them how to catch eels — apparently they were very sweet for those who liked that kind of thing — how to stalk deer, how to plant pumpkins, how to refine maple syrup, how to discern both edible herbs and those that are good for medicine. Perhaps the most important thing he did was teach them the native way of planting corn. They would put five kernels in a small shallow pit with three fish in a star-like pattern with the heads pointing in toward the kernels. They needed to guard the fields all the time, 24 hours a day, from the wolves who would try to dig up the fish. As a result, they ended up with 20 full acres of corn, which saved their lives the next winter. Squanto also taught them how to exploit the pelts of the beaver, which was in plentiful supply and in great demand throughout Europe. He taught them not only how to hunt them and prepare them, but also what were the best prices and how not to get taken for a ride by the traders. The pilgrims rightly ascribed their health and their prosperity at the human level to Squanto, but ultimately as Bible-believing Christians, they ascribed it to Providence. They believed in the providence of God. They believed that the Bible teaches that God rules over all things, and that everything we have comes from his hand. They were not getting together at Thanksgiving to thank the native Americans. Though they were no doubt grateful, they were there to thank God because they believed in the doctrine of Providence. "On the mountain of the Lord, there has been full provision for sin." As great as was the providence of God to them that first year and through the second winter, how much greater was the providence of God at Mount Moriah for them? On the mountain of the Lord, it has been provided. I get the joyful news of proclaiming that today. What better thing can there be than that? On the mountain of the Lord, there has been full provision for sin. Today’s sermon is a story of providence, a story that those first pilgrims would have enjoyed hearing, a story of God’s full provision for sin. I. Abraham’s Walk by Faith Original Call from Ur The story begins with Abraham’s walk by faith, in which he was told, in effect, “Go to the land I will show you.” The whole thing began for Abraham in Genesis 12:1: “The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.” It says in Hebrews 11:8, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” So it was also in this case. God called Abraham to go to a place he would show him, to follow by faith. God’s Command Genesis 22:1-2 says, “Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’” The general region was chosen and selected by God, designated by him, but God also had a specific mountain that he had picked out, and it would be on that mountain that Isaac was to be sacrificed. The Place Is Prominent In the account, the place is prominent and very important. It is mentioned eight times in this account. Verse 2: “…go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” Verse 3, after preparations were made: “…he set out for the place that God had told him about.” Verse 4:“On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.” Verse 5: “He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there.” After the conversation about who will provide the lamb, in verses 8-9: “Abraham answered, ‘God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ And the two of them went on together. When they reached the place God had told him about…” Verse 14: “So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.’” This is a striking and intense focus on this place. Scripture also indicates that God communicated to Abraham about the place as he went along: “…go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” Evidently God revealed some things to Abraham so that when he reached the foot of the mountain, he knew that that was the place, because God had told him. The sacred mountain was named the Mountain of the Lord, given before the encounter. But by the end, Abraham gave it a more complete name: Jehovah Jireh, the Lord will provide. II. The Key Lesson Question and Reply The whole Old Testament can be summed up in a central question, found in verse 7: “Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, … ‘The fire and wood are here,’ Isaac said, ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’” Animal sacrifice was nothing more than a symbol. While waiting for fulfillment, the Old Testament question was always, “Where is the lamb for the sacrifice?” The central New Testament answer was given by John the Baptist: “Behold the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world.” This is the provision that is provided on the mountain of the Lord. Isaac asked the question, where is the lamb? Verse 8 (NIV) says, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’” The NIV is the only version that translates it that way literally in the Hebrew. The ESV translates well: “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” There is a subtle difference. In effect, only God can atone or provide an atonement himself. He is the only one who can turn his own wrath away. No other created being could come up with an offering that could do it. God must, to use the technical theological term, propitiate himself. He must turn his own wrath away, and that is exactly what Abraham says: “God will provide for himself the lamb; no human offering can do it.” The Meaning of the Word “Provide” Let's look at this word provide. It says “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” The simple meaning in English of the word “provide” is to make something available to meet a need. For example, the host provided his guests with water and towels so they could wash for the meal. In other words, he provided or gave them what they needed to meet the need. But the literal English meaning of the word provide comes from the Latin means pro — “before” — and videre — “to see”; to see ahead of time. The host, knowing, or seeing, that his guests would need to wash up after their difficult journey, provided water and towels. The literal Hebrew verb in this verse means “God will see for himself the lamb for the burnt offering.” How? God’s vision transcends his history. He sees the end from the beginning. This message will make no sense if God has no accurate and perfect foreknowledge of the future, but he does. It is not an accident that God’s provisions at Mount Moriah — the ram in the thicket, Solomon’s temple, and Christ’s cross and empty tomb — line up. God had chosen a place; he had seen the place ahead of time, before the foundation of the world. God was seeing Christ before Abraham and Isaac began their journey to Moriah. God was seeing Christ before Abraham and Isaac were born. God was seeing Christ before the world began. From eternity past, God saw the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world. God will see the lamb for himself, my son. Behold the lamb. III. The First Provision The first provision at Mount Moriah was the ram in the thicket caught by its horns. It was provided by God. It would not do it all to send Abraham home with no sacrifice having been offered. That would have sent the wrong message. The right message is “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Isaac was a sinner. He needed a substitute. The right message is also, “The wages of sin is death” If Isaac won't die, something must die; there must be a substitute. The ram in the thicket was God’s provision for that. In order for a sinner to approach the thrice Holy God, there must be a blood penalty paid, as Hebrews 9:22 says: “... without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” Either Isaac would die for his own sins or there would be some substitute, some provision. The ram in the thicket is clearly a substitute for Isaac. Genesis 22:13 says, “Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.” The ram took the place of the son. The Key Lesson: “On the Mountain of the Lord It Will Be Provided” Verse 14 gives the key lesson: “So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.’” Abraham’s name for the sacred place was Jehovah Jireh, which could be read, “The Lord will see to it.” He will see what needs to be done and he will provide. This was the proverb. What was to be provided on the mountain of the Lord? A substitute for sins. IV. The Second Provision Holy Ground The second provision happened in the unfolding of redemptive history. Abraham’s descendants were enslaved in a country not their own for 400 years. Just as God had told Abraham it would happen, so it happened in Genesis 15. In Abraham’s time, there was a pattern of holy ground. Abraham built altars as he would pilgrim through the promised land. Genesis 13:18 says, “So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.” That is holy ground, where he would set up an altar and go regularly to worship. We see the same with Jacob when he made his journey to find his wife. As he was traveling, he stopped for the night and had a dream. In the dream, he saw a staircase extending from earth to Heaven, and from Heaven to earth, with angels ascending and descending on it. Genesis 28:16-17 says, “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.’ He was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.’” He set up a pillar and poured oil on it. It was a commemoration that it was a holy place. Again, on Mount Sinai in the account of the burning bush, the angel of the Lord said to Moses in Exodus 3:5: “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” The Long Journey of God After God brought his people out of Egypt, took them through the Red Sea, and destroyed Pharaoh and his army, He led them to Sinai and gave them the law, including provision for worship. One of the provisions for worship was the tabernacle. A tabernacle is a tent. A tent is portable. In the tent, God ordained the Most Holy Place, or the Holy of Holies, which was to contain the golden Ark of the Covenant. On the top of the Ark were cherubim. There the blood of the sacrifice was be poured. Above the Ark, God said, he would meet with the people on the basis of the blood that was poured out. So because the tabernacle moved, God was taking the journey (much longer than if they had simply obeyed in the first place) through the wilderness with his people. The pillars of cloud and fire also indicated that God was moving from place to place. As he went, he spoke to the people through Moses. The One Place of Worship In Deuteronomy, God said the traveling would stop when they entered the Promised Land, and there they would worship at the place where God would choose. Deuteronomy 12:4-6 says, “You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.” Throughout the book of Deuteronomy, this is a major theme. God commanded that three times a year, all of the Israelite males were to appear at that one place that God would choose from among the tribes, and there they would offer their sacrifices. In the time of Joshua, they conquered the land. In time, God selected the place, which was Jerusalem, the city of David. Jerusalem was a city of the Jebusite people, and it was tough to conquer. It was a citadel, a mountain fortress. The Jebusites mocked, “Even the lame and blind could defend against David,” but David was able to take it. He took the fortress, the City of Zion, and made it his own, his capital. David’s Heart Once David was established there, he built a beautiful, aromatic palace of cedar, but his heart was to build a house for the Lord. In 2 Samuel 7:2, “…he said to Nathan the prophet, ‘Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.’” He did not think that was right. He wanted to bring the Lord to Jerusalem, and he wanted to build a house, a permanent dwelling place, for the Lord, a resting place where the people of God could come with their offerings. Nathan, the prophet, initially says in 2 Samuel 7:3, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you.” But God had different plans and spoke through Nathan again shortly thereafter. God told Nathan to tell David that he would not be the one to build a house for him. God had not asked for a palace of cedar. Instead, God would raise up David’s son, and he would be the one to build a house for God. There is a double meaning — the immediate fulfillment was Solomon, David’s biological son, who literally built the temple, a physical structure, the house of the Lord; but it is Jesus, the ultimate son of David, who builds the eternal house. And we are his house. Hebrews says, “We, believers are like living stones. And he is building his house and he has been building it for all this time.” God told David it would be his son who would build it. The question is, where should it be built? David’s Sin Eventually, David sinned greatly against the Lord. He decided to conduct a sinful census to number the fighting men, to find out how much military strength he had. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” [Psalm 20:7] David was not trusting that at that moment. It does not say directly why it was sinful, but it was, and Joab knew it was sinful. But David overruled Joab, his commander, and ordered him to count them. So Joab counted the military men. Then God was greatly displeased with David. God was determined to punish David for the sinful census. He gave him one of three options — three years of famine, three months of fleeing from before your enemies, or three days of the sword of the Lord, a plague, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel. David was in anguish — because of his sin other people would die — but he chose the third option. He said, “Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great.” 70,000 people died because of David’s sin. As heads of houses, pastors, leaders of countries, we must keep in mind that we may not directly suffers for our sin. Sometimes the punishment gets poured out on those we are responsible for. 1 Chronicles 21:15-18, 21:26-22:1 tells of the end of that plague: “And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, ‘Enough! Withdraw your hand.’ The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown. David said to God, ‘Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I am the one who has sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? O LORD my God, let your hand fall upon me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.’ Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ... David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. Then the LORD spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon. But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD. Then David said, ‘The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.’” The temple was to be built on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, where God had answered him with fire from heaven, and the plague had ended. Where was the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite? 2 Chronicles 3:1 says, “Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah…” This is why I am an inerrantist. I can base a whole sermon on one verse, 2 Chronicles 3:1. In one verse, it says that the temple was built on Mount Moriah on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. That was the location of the temple, God’s second provision on the mountain of the Lord. What was provided? A semi-permanent dwelling place for the house of God, where lasting animal sacrifices could be offered, including the passover sacrifice. In the sanctuary, this magnificent temple of Solomon, the Holy of Holies was built out of gold. 2 Chronicles 3:8-9 says, “He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple — twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents {That is, about 23 tons (about 21 metric tons)} of fine gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.” The Holy of Holies of Solomon’s temple was built with golden nails, but that was not the true holy of holies. God had ordained that the physical temple would be destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians. The true holy of holies was built with iron nails, Roman nails, because of Christ’s body and the blood he shed there. That is the true Holy of Holies. That is the true sacrifice. Solomon’s Prayer Solomon prayed the prayer of dedication concerning the temple and the Holy of Holies. In 2 Chronicles 6:41-7:2, he said, “Now arise, O LORD God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.” This was symbolic: God was going to come rest, so the glory cloud of God filled the temple that day, — a visible representation of the presence of God. God had stopped his journey and come into his resting place symbolically. God’s Lasting But Temporary Provision This was God’s lasting but temporary provision at Mount Moriah. There on Mount Moriah, God came to dwell in symbolic form, and there the Jews were to arrange themselves three times a year to offer their burn offerings. There on Mount Moriah, on the mountain of the Lord, God provided animal sacrifice, a temporary and symbolic provision. At Solomon’s temple on Mount Moriah, the mountain of the Lord, day after day, the priest stood and performed their ministry; day after day, they offered animal sacrifice. Leviticus 17:11 says, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.” However, Hebrews 10:3-4 says, “…those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” Bulls and goats do not equal the value of a human being, and so therefore their blood is no permanent and final provision for sin. And so Isaac’s question still stands. Where is the lamb? Year after year, these priests offered their sacrifices, and it was just an annual reminder of wickedness and sinfulness. Where is the lamb? V. The Final Provision Christ’s Purpose The Lord’s final provision of Mount Moriah was the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world — Jesus, his own Son. Christ came into the world to die. That was not his only purpose, but it was his central purpose. He came to atone for sin. Hebrews 10:5-7 says, “…when Christ came into the world, he said: ‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I said, “Here I am — it is written about me in the scroll — I have come to do your will, O God.”’” God provided a human body for Jesus — the incarnation — which He lay down as an atoning sacrifice. His blood was necessary for the forgiveness of our sins. "The Lord’s final provision of Mount Moriah was the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world — Jesus, his own Son." What was the will of God for Christ’s body? John 10:17-18 says, “The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life — only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” Jesus was saying he had the power to die whenever he chose, and the power to live again whenever he chose he had a command from the Father to lay down his life. And so he would. Matthew 20:28 says, “…the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” God’s Chosen Place Was the place of Jesus's sacrifice also determined and written? Mark 10:32-34 says, “They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. ‘We are going up to Jerusalem,’ he said, ‘and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.’” Jesus had to die in Jerusalem. Luke 9:51 says, “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” That was the finish line of his earthly physical ministry, to die in Jerusalem. The time of Jesus’ death was set by prophecy — he would die at the time of the sacrifice of the Passover Lamb, since he was the passover lamb. The circumstances of his death were set by prophecy — he would die having been betrayed by a close friend for 30 pieces of silver and rejected by his own people. The manner of his death was set by prophecy — he would be pierced for our transgressions and lifted up like a bronze serpent, like Moses lifted up the bronze serpent on the stake. Do you think that God ordained the time, circumstances and manner of Christ’s death but left out the place? No. Jesus would die on Mount Moriah. Genesis 22:14 says, “to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.’” Where was Christ sacrificed? He was sacrificed at Golgotha. The word Golgotha simply means “the place of the skull,” (Matthew 27:33), but Golgotha was still in Jerusalem proper. It was still on Mount Moriah. Revelation 11:8 says, “[The two witnesses’] bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.” Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem. Speaking of the sign written in three languages that Pilate had put on the cross that said, “Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews,” John 19:20 says, “…the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city…” Hebrews 13:12 says, “Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.” Mount Moriah is a complex of mountains, like a ridge, so Jerusalem, the city is built on one section of it, but just outside the gate is where Jesus was crucified. The Roman soldiers would not have made a man who was to be crucified walk 10 or 15 miles. They would bring him just outside the city gate and crucify him as a warning to the people in the city. All of these signs point to God’s eternal provision. Jesus Christ was sacrificed for our sins. Why does God do so much precision of time and manner and mode and place? So that you may be saved. So that people to the ends of the Earth can hear the story and marvel at the complexity of the threads that are woven together in this Gospel. It is beyond human ken. We cannot put something like this together. The quality is too high. Jesus did many miracles, not just one. And Jesus fulfilled many prophecies, not just one. All Signs Point to God’s Eternal Provision: Jesus Christ, Sacrificed for Our Sins Genesis 22:14 says, “…to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.’” The greatest joy of my life is to tell you that on the mountain of the Lord, it has been provided. Jesus said “It is finished.” A full provision of sin was made when Jesus shed his blood, but that is not all — God did not leave Jesus dead on Mount Moriah. We still have some work to do — he must be raised from the dead. On the mountain of the Lord, a full provision must be made. VI. The Rich Banquet Isaiah’s Second Prophecy of the Mountain These verses in Isaiah are so important to what I am presenting that they are printed in your bulletin. Isaiah 25:6-9 is the second significant prophecy concerning the mountain of the Lord. There are many more than that, but we will focus on the second one first: “On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine — the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’” Twice it says, “On this mountain.” On what mountain? In context, it can be none other than the mountain of the Lord’s temple, using Isaiah’s language — it is Jerusalem, God’s holy hill, Mount Zion. What will happen on this mountain? The Lord Almighty will spread a feast of rich food for all his people, with the highest quality food and drink. Isaiah was a visionary prophet. If you close your eyes and listen, you see images, but his images are spiritual. There is always a physical side to them, but he was using spiritual language — physical language to talk about a spiritual feast. What is this rich feast, this banquet that he will spread? It is none other than the destruction of death. He will destroy the shroud that covers all nations, the sheet that enfolds all peoples. He will swallow up death forever. Where will he do it? On this mountain, Mount Moriah, Jesus Christ destroyed death forever by his crucifixion, but if he had not been raised from the dead on the third day, we could not say that death was destroyed. We need a resurrection. On this mountain also Jesus destroyed death forever by his resurrection. Where was Jesus buried? On Mount Moriah. John 19:41-42 says, “At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.” Right there on Mount Moriah, he was buried, and therefore Isaiah 25:7-8 was fulfilled, because on that mountain, Jesus destroyed death forever by his resurrection from the dead. Isaiah’s First and Last Prophecies of the Mountain The first mention in Isaiah of the mountain of the Lord’s temple is in Isaiah 2. Here is where it gets final and complete, and the Gospel extends. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, Mount Blanc the highest mountain in Europe, Mount McKinley the highest in North America. There are many mountains that are taller than Mount Moriah, but Mount Moriah is the chief among the mountains on earth. Isaiah 2:1-3 says, “This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’ The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” What does Isaiah see concerning Judah and Jerusalem? At a certain point, the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established and all nations — the Gentiles — will go streaming to it. You may wonder why, then, isn’t there a pilgrimage like there is to Mecca? Jesus covered that in John 4: “Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you worship the Father, neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” We do need to make a physical pilgrimage to Jerusalem, to Mount Moriah, because God is spirit. Because Jesus physically died and was raised from the dead, we can worship him right here in Durham, North Carolina. Amen. We do not need to physically go to any mountain, but still there is a streaming of the nations. People go there spiritually in their hearts and minds, understanding that the most important thing that has ever happened to them happened 2000 years before they were born. 2000 years before we were born, Jesus died on the cross. In my heart, I am at Mount Moriah, where it was provided for me. It is my only hope on the mountain, the Lord has provided for me, a sinner. The final mention in Isaiah of the mountain, the Lord’s temple, is in Isaiah 66:19-20: “I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.” They are all moving. Where are they going? They are going to the mountain of the Lord’s temple. Are they going there physically? We already answered that. Jesus said we do not need to go anywhere physically. But they are streaming there. This is the advance of the Gospel, beginning in Jerusalem, moving to the ends of the earth. Isaiah saw it. They are all going to the mountain of the Lord’s temple. Why? Because on the mountain of the Lord, it has been provided. That feast mentioned in Isaiah 25, that banquet of rich foods, is provision from the Lord. Isaiah 55:1-2 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.” VII. Review God specified a specific place for Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. He said, “Go to the place I will show you” — Mount Moriah — and he led him right to it. That is the place Abraham designated as the mountain of the Lord, and he coined a phrase, a proverb saying, “On the mountain of the Lord, it will be provided.” Before Israel entered the Promised Land, God told Israel through Moses in the book of Deuteronomy, you must not worship under any spreading tree or anywhere you want, but you must go to the place I choose, and there you must worship. Where was it? It was on Mount Moriah, where God ended the plague during the time of David’s sinful census, and where Solomon built the temple. But that was only God’s second provision on Mount Moriah, the temple of the Lord. He was still asking Isaac’s question, where is the lamb? And then John the Baptist points to him and says, “Behold the Lamb, see him, look at him, behold the Lamb” — he is God’s final provision of Mount Moriah. Jesus had to journey back to Mount Moriah, just like Abraham and Isaac did. He went there to die. What Abraham was asked to do, God the father did — he literally died, and he was raised from the dead on the third day. That is God’s final provision. And now survivors, messengers, are going out to the ends of the earth, to the coast lands and the distant islands who have not heard of God’s fame or seen his glory, and they are proclaiming that on the mountain of the Lord, it has been provided. Come and eat. The feast is spread. Come to the table, sit down and eat. VIII. Applications Trust in Christ and Thank Him for His Provision If you are not a believer, I invite you to come sit down and eat by faith. Trust in Jesus Christ to be your atoning sacrifice for sin. There is no other. Those who are wavering concerning the Word of God, waver no longer. Who could ever have put something like this together? It is too intricate, too perfect. This is the word of God, not merely the word of man. Lose forever any doubt about a single verse in the Bible — like the lynch pin verse, 2 Chronicles 3:1, that the temple was built on Mount Moriah. Do not doubt the Word of God anymore. This week, when you are thanking him for provision and family and all of God’s good gifts — for every good and perfect gift comes down from above — thank him more than anything for this provision for your sin.