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Anime is demon slaying the box office right now and all it had to do was…just be itself? Jake explains how we got to this golden moment and how to sustain it. This one's got Nepalese politics, Japanese economics, and poop jokes for some reason. Well there's a reason, you just have to listen. Want even more Nerd of Mouth? Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nerdofmouth Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Nerd of Mouth ad-free.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bhaskar ist Nepalese und fördert von Österreich aus verschiedene missionarische und soziale Projekte in Asien. Er bringt seine Sichtweise über Finanzen und deren Verwaltung in unserem Leben ein, entsprechend auch seiner eigenen Erfahrungen als jemand aus der Dritten Welt. Doch Gottes Wort gilt für alle Kulturen. Viel Gewinn beim Zuhören! :: ERFAHRE MEHR ÜBER DIE FCG STEYR: https://www.fcg-steyr.at Wenn du uns unterstützen willst, findest du hier die Kontoverbindung: https://www.fcg-steyr.at/kontakt/ (hinunter scrollen) – vielen Dank

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...   In this episode, I'm honored to speak with David Crowe, a seasoned acupuncturist and herbalist, about how deep rest practices like yoga nidra, body-based meditation, and botanical medicine work together to retrain the nervous system and support lasting healing. We deep dive into the practice of yoga nidra and discuss practical integration—simple herb-and-mindfulness routines for home—cautions around entheogens and trauma, and resources for continuing practice and study.   David's bio: David Crow, L.Ac., graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1984; he is a California state licensed acupuncturist and nationally certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He has been a clinician, consultant, researcher and educator for over 40 years, and is an expert in Chinese, Tibetan, Ayurvedic and Western herbal medicine. David was one of the first Westerners to train and be licensed in Chinese medicine, and one of the few to study Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine in traditional internships in Nepal and India; he was also one of the first medical pioneers to use essential oils and aromatherapy in clinical practice, and to integrate these diverse modalities into comprehensive treatments. David has operated several clinics, including a practice in Kathmandu serving the Tibetan and Nepalese communities as well as international travelers, and practices in California in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Monterey, and in Ashland, Oregon. David currently serves people from all over the world through his telemedicine practice. David is a passionate medical researcher and educator of state-of-the-art herbal medicine, and an authority on the safe uses of herbs and essential oils. He avoids the popular trends of market-driven internet medicine and relies instead on documented research and traditional ethnobotanical wisdom and methods. David works in numerous herbal cultivation projects, including as the co-founder of The Learning Garden at Venice High School in Los Angeles, one of the first and oldest school gardens in the country. As an esteemed leader in the herbal and aromatherapy industry for more than 30 years, David has established unique access to the highest quality sources of products for his patients.   Here is where to find David: Website: https://www.crowconsultations.com   Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga Podcast for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—I always appreciate your feedback!  Feel free to reach out!  Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg Therapy Practice: Mental Fitness Therapy Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com  Instagram: @RuthieAyzenberg Join WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Dctsv246R8735S4oa6GWvW  May you be peaceful and safe!   

This week we talk about corruption, influencers, and pro-monarchy protests.We also discuss Nepalese modern history, Gen Z, and kings.Recommended Book: Superagency by Reid Hoffman and Greg BeatoTranscriptThe Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, usually referred to as just Nepal, is a country located in the Himalayas that's bordered to the northeast by China, and is otherwise surrounded by India, including in the east, where there's a narrow sliver of India separating Nepal from Bhutan and Bangladesh.So Nepal is mostly mountainous, it's landlocked, and it's right in between two burgeoning regional powers who are also increasingly, in many ways, global powers. Its capital is Kathmandu, and there are a little over 31 million people in the country, as of 2024—more than 80% of them Hindu, and the country's landmass spans about 57,000 square miles or 147.5 square kilometers, which is little smaller than the US state of Illinois, and almost exactly the same size as Bangladesh.Modern Nepal came about beginning in the mid-20th century, when the then-ruling Rana autocracy was overthrown in the wake of neighboring India's independence movement, and a parliamentary democracy replaced it. But there was still a king, and he didn't like sharing power with the rest of the government, so he did away with the democracy component of the government in 1960, making himself the absolute monarch and banning all political activities, which also necessitated jailing politicians.The country was modernized during this period, in the sense of building out infrastructure and such, but it was pulled backwards in many ways, as there wasn't much in the way of individual liberties for civilians, and everything was heavily censored by the king and his people. In 1990, a multiparty movement called the People's Movement forced the king, this one ascended to the throne in 1972, to adopt a constitution and allow a multiparty democracy in Nepal.One of the parties that decided to enter the local political fray, the Maoist Party, started violently trying to shift the country in another direction, replacing its parliamentary system with a people's republic, similar to what was happening in China and the Soviet Union. This sparked a civil war that led to a whole lot of deaths, including those of the King and Crown Prince. The now-dead king's brother stepped in, gave himself a bunch of new powers, and then tried to stomp the Maoist Party into submission.But there was a peaceful democratic revolution in the country in 2006, at which point the Maoists put down their arms and became a normal, nonviolent political party. Nepal then became a secular state, after being a Hindu kingdom for most of their modern history, and a few years later became a federal republic. It took a little while, and there was quite a bit of tumult in the meantime, but eventually, in 2015, the Nepalese government got a new constitution that divided the country into seven provinces and made Nepal a federal democratic republic.What I'd like to talk about today is what has happened in the past decade in Nepal, and how those happenings led to a recent, seemingly pretty successful, series of protests.—In early 2025, from March through early June, a series of protests were held across Nepal by pro-monarchy citizens and the local pro-monarchy party, initially in response to the former King's visit, but later to basically just show discontentment with the current government.These protests were at least partly politically motivated, in the sense of being planned and fanned into larger conflagrations by that pro-monarchy party—not truly grassroots sort of thing—but they grew and grew, partly on the strength of opposition to the police response to earlier protests.That same distaste carried through the year, into September of 2025, when the Nepalese government announced a ban on 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Youtube, because the companies behind these platforms ostensibly failed to register under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's new rules that required, among other things, they have local liaisons that the government could meet with in person, and complain to if a given network failed to remove something they didn't like quickly enough.The general sense about that ban is that while this failure to properly register was used as justification for shutting down these networks, which are incredibly popular in the country, the real reason the government wanted to shut them down at that moment was that a trend had emerged online in which the rich and powerful in the country, and especially their children, many of whom have become online influencers, were being criticized for their immense opulence and for bragging about their families' vast wealth, while everyone else was comparably suffering.This became known as the Nepobaby or Nepo Kid trend, hashtag Nepobaby, which was a tag borrowed from Indonesia, and the general idea is that taxpayer money is being used to enriched a few powerful families at the expense of everyone else, and the kids of those powerful families were bragging about it in public spaces, not even bothering to hide their families' misdeeds and corruption.This, perhaps understandably, led to a lot more discontent, and all that simmering anger led to online outcries, the government tried to stifle these outcries by shutting down these networks in the country, but that shut down, as is often the case in such situations, led to in-person protests, which started out as peaceful demonstrations in Kathmandu and surrounding areas, but which eventually became violent when the police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowds, causing 19 deaths and hundreds of injuries.The ban was implemented on September 4 and then lifted, after the initial protests, on September 8, but the government's response seems to have made this a much bigger thing than it initially was, and maybe bigger than it would have become, sans that response.It's worth mentioning here, too, that a lot of young people in Nepal rely on social media and messaging apps like Signal, which was also banned, for their livelihood. Both for social media related work, and for various sorts of remittances. And that, combined with an existing 20% youth unemployment rate, meant that young people were very riled up and unhappy with the state of things, already, and this ban just poured fuel on that flame.On that same note, the median age in Nepal is 25, it's a relatively young country. So there are a lot of Gen Zers in Nepal, they're the generation that uses social media the most, and because they rely so heavily on these networks to stay in touch with each other and the world, the ban triggered a mass outpouring of anger, and that led to huge protests in a very short time.These protests grew in scope, eventually leading to the burning of government buildings, the military was called in to help bring order, and ultimately the Home Minister, and then the Prime Minister, on September 8 and 9, respectively, resigned. A lot of the burning of government buildings happened after those resignations; protestors eventually burned the homes of government ministers, and the residences of the prime minister and president, as well.The protestors didn't have any formal leadership, though there were attempts during the protests by local pro-monarchy parties and representatives to position the protests as pro-King—something most protestors have said is not the case, but you can see why that might have worked for them, considering those pro-monarchy protests earlier this year.That said, by September 10, the military was patrolling most major cities, and on the 11th, the president, head general, and Gen Z representatives for the protestors met to select an interim leader. They ended up using Discord, a chat app often used by gamers, to select a former Supreme Court Justice, Sushila Karki, as the interim prime minister, and the first woman to be prime minister in Nepalese history. Parliament was then dissolved, and March 5 was set as the date for the next election. Karki has said she will remain in office for no more than six months.As of September 13, all curfews had been lifted across Nepal, the prime minister was visiting injured protestors in hospitals, and relative calm had returned—though at least 72 people are said to have been killed during the protests, and more than 2,000 were injured.There are currently calls for unity across the political spectrum in Nepal, with everyone seeming to see the writing on the wall, that the youths have shown their strength, and there's a fresh need to toe the new line that's been established, lest the existing parties and power structures be completely toppled.There's a chance that this newfound unity against government overreach and censorship will hold, though it's important to note that the folks who were allegedly siphoning resources for their families were all able to escape the country, most without harm, due to assistance from police and the military, and that means they could influence things, from exile or after returning to Nepal, in the lead-up to that March election.It's also possible that the major parties will do more to favor the huge Gen Z population in Nepal from this point forward, which could result in less unemployment and freer speech—though if the King and the pro-monarchy party is able to continue insinuating themselves into these sorts of conversations, positioning themselves as an alternative to the nepotism and corruption many people in the area have reasonably come to associated with this type of democracy, there could be a resurgent effort to bring the monarchy back by those who have already seen some success in this regard, quite recently.Show Noteshttps://restofworld.org/2025/nepal-gen-z-protest/https://apnews.com/article/nepal-ban-social-media-platform-3b42bbbd07bc9b97acb4df09d42029d5https://apnews.com/article/nepal-new-prime-minister-protests-karki-0f552615029eb12574c9587d8d76ec46https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkj0lzlr3rohttps://kathmandupost.com/visual-stories/2025/09/08/gen-z-protest-in-kathmandu-against-corruption-and-social-media-banhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protestshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_pro-monarchy_protestshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal This is a public episode. 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In this Tough Girl EXTRA episode, we catch up with Tiphaine Muller, the intrepid French adventurer who continues to push her boundaries through long-distance cycling and remote, high-altitude trekking. Now 31 and based in Chamonix, France, Tiphaine has spent the last decade traveling the world by bike, exploring five continents. Her latest journey saw her pedaling from the Alps to the Himalayas before tackling one of the toughest and most remote treks on earth: The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) in Nepal. This conversation picks up from where we left off in her first Tough Girl Podcast interview (November 2021) — where she shared her early adventures and passion for slow travel. This time, we dive deep into her 2024 journey:  Cycling from France to Nepal through the Balkans, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and the Himalayas — all while managing extreme heat, border crossings, and a strict budget of €10/day.  Hiking the Great Himalaya Trail solo (West to East), over 80 days, through towering 5,000m+ passes, remote villages, and ever-changing terrain — while battling physical exhaustion, route-finding issues, and high-altitude nutrition struggles. Tiphaine candidly shares: The logistics and challenges of arranging permits for restricted zones without a guide Her coping strategies for trekking alone in high mountains Cultural highlights from cycling through Turkey and Iran How she funds her travels and balances life back home as a social worker Her future goals — including film-making and another epic cycle across South America This episode is a deep, honest reflection on the highs and lows of big adventures and what it takes — mentally, physically, and emotionally — to keep moving forward when things don't go to plan.  Don't miss this inspiring update from a woman who truly lives the spirit of adventure, one pedal stroke and step at a time.  New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast drop every Tuesday at 7 AM (UK time)! Make sure to subscribe so you never miss the inspiring journeys and incredible stories of tough women pushing boundaries.  Do you want to support the Tough Girl Mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media in the world of adventure and physical challenges? Support via Patreon! Join me in making a difference by signing up here: www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.  Your support makes a difference.  Thank you x Show notes Who is Tiphaine 31 years old Living in Chamonix, France  Travelling on and off for the past 10 years  Going on 3 big bicycle trips 1st Tough Girl Podcast episode - November 18th 2021 2nd Big Cycle Trip - Cycling from Mexico to Alaska This episode focusing on cycling from France to Nepal and hiking the Great Himalaya Trail  Thinking about the next challenge Hiking the High Route of the Pyrenees solo  Joking about the Great Himalaya Trail  Figuring out the visa and trying to plan for the trail  Planning for 6 months and working out how to make it work with the seasons Starting in March 2024 The Route - Cycling Europe really fast in 1 month Going through the Balkan Countries, Greece then the ferry over to Turkey Across Georgia, Armenia, Iran and the Stan countries  Highlights and magical moments from the cycle ride  Why Turkey is one of her favourite countries  Why Iran was really demanding  The bike and gear setup for 6 months  Dealing with extreme heat and needing to ride during the night to escape the heat  Funding the trip and living off savings Living off a daily budget of 10 euro per person per day (while cycling) Earning money working as a social worker  Day to day rhythm while riding on the bike  Having a rest day every 10 days  The Great Himalaya Trail and wanting to walk West to East  Needing to go to Katmandu first to sort out all the permits  Taking a rest in Katmandu for 10 days Busing to the start of the trail  Having 80 days to walk the trail  Why the first 2 weeks were super hard  Getting lost of the trail; no signs, no gps on the phone, incorrect maps, not knowing which track was the correct one Struggling to stick to the schedule, due to the permits  Not having a guide  Dealing with problem after problem  Walking in the high mountains  Needing to have guides while walking in Nepal…. Going through a trekking agency - who will allow you to get the trekking permits without a guide  The restricted areas close to the borders  Mixing the high routes and the low routes Finding resupply and food on the trail The challenges of cooking at altitude Struggling to get the calories in and needing to focus more on food Needing to eat, even when not hungry  Paying for food - and taking cash for 80 days… Coping with the altitude and the high passes over 5,000m Hiking without a guide  Connecting with other hikers and Nepalese people  What's app group for GHT preparation!  Hiking or cycling?! Reaching the end of the hike in December Deciding to continue cycling for another 2 months and visiting China and Malaysia  Writing another book? Focusing on film and making 2 videos - a bike film and a hike film!  Plans for the future? Wanting to visit South America on the next big bike and cycle trip How to connect with Tiphaine on social media Final words of advice  To do something big you need to start with something little  Trust yourself    Social Media Instagram @littlemisspedals  

Ranjit Acharya is a pioneering Nepalese advertising guru and CEO of Prisma Advertising, Nepal's leading creative agency since 1991. He is renowned for shaping Nepal's branding and marketing game, winning top industry awards like the BrandLaureate BestBrands Award 2025. Apart from advertising, Acharya is a social entrepreneur, Toastmasters leader, and film producer who actively promotes Nepali culture and social causes.

Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: 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Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: 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Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile app for more news in different formats: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE 

Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile app for more news in different formats: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE 

Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: 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Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile app for more news in different formats: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE 

Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile app for more news in different formats: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE 

Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoDCP Olumuyiwa Announces CSP Hundeyin As New Nigeria Police Force PROhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dcp-olumuyiwa-announces-csp-hundeyin-as-new-nigeria-police-force-pro/04/09/2025/#Nigeria Police Force #Delta #Hundeyin #Lagos #Olumuyiwa #Police ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 7:19 pm Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has officially announced the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, after him, the former Police Force Spokesperson was promoted, reassigned and redeployed to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations, a sensitive position that has generated massive reactions from members of the public, especially those who widely believed that DCP Olumuyiwa used his office as Force spokesperson to suppress freedom of speech by arresting and detaining people on grounds of alleged cyber talking and violence instigation against the Nigeria Police Force, while, many accused him of abandoning the main security challenges affecting Nigeria, and created more time for himself to be reading through comment sections on social media to harass innocent young Nigerians over mere comments, and the new posting may offer DCP Olumuyiwa the opportunity to always lead a team of combat joint security Squads to battle fields where he may have direct contact with some of the deadly and well armed gunmen in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones, like, he's expected to lead offensive and defensive operations  against militants and armed robbers who have killed several policemen, sometimes in mass numbers in recent years in the Oil rich Delta State where his new job function required him as the police field combat commander of the state to develop combat strategies to address cases of oil bunkering, kidnapping and more strategies to confront and push back Biafra secessionist armed groups widely believed have good positions and camps in Delta State. #OsazuwaAkonedoTrucks Killing 10 Same Day Same Road In Enugu Not Ours - Dangotehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trucks-killing-10-same-day-same-road-in-enugu-not-ours-dangote/04/09/2025/#Issues #Dangote #Enugu ©September 4th, 2025 ®September 4, 2025 4:51 pm Dangote Group owned by Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied ownership of the two trucks involved in separate road accidents on Wednesday at Ozalla/4-Corner area, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC state command and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State that claimed ten lives and injured ten others currently receiving treatments in the hospital, the company made the denial based on the report made available by the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force that tBecome a supporter of this podcast: 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Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile app for more news in different formats: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE 

Trump, Xi To Meet In China, APEC Over Trade, TikTok, Russia-Ukraine Warhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/trump-xi-to-meet-in-china-apec-over-trade-tiktok-russia-ukraine-war/20/09/2025/#Issues #China #Israel #Jinping #Palestine #Russia #Tiktok #Trump #Ukraine #US ©September 20th, 2025 ®September 20, 2025 7:59 am President Donald Trump of the United States, US has announced plans to meet one-on-one with the President of China, Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this November in South Korea, and according to President Trump, he had a phone call with President Xi to also pay a state visit to China early next year to discuss and find a possible solution to end Russia-Ukraine war, and the US issue with the Chinese owned social networking company, TikTok that may face complete ban in the United States if agreement is not reached on December 16, 2025, that aside, the United States government is currently being considered as a pseudo practitioner of free trade and free speech, and freedom of Association, some observers accused US government of monopoly in the technology industry, that it wants to remain superior in the social networking business hence the US government is demanding to own and control TikTok, trying to use all manners of manipulative and deceptive ways to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to Oracle and Silver Lake among others because of China government alleged control of TikTok algorithm and also allegedly having access to the data of US users, interesting as it maybe, in the aspect of trying to apparently abuse freedom of Association, United States Government under President Donald Trump has revoked and denied visa to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian authorities inorder for them probably not been able to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting to speak out their minds against Israel war in Gaza and other Palestinian territory, but, other World leaders on Friday in a vote of 145 against 5 permitted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas to address the world assembly via Video call next week. #OsazuwaAkonedoDSS Takes Facebook, X To Court Over Sowore Posts Against President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/dss-takes-facebook-x-to-court-over-sowore-posts-against-president-tinubu/17/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #facebook #Jonathan #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 17th, 2025 ®September 17, 2025 2:27 pm It may be true that there are certain things people do to others, they may not take the same from anyone, this assertion appeared to have come into play in the current administration of Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who in the era of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan apparently used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as you may know, spin logic in communication is a Public Relations campaign strategy that uses deliberate biased or misleading interpretations of events and information to influence public perception, in one of the viral videos between 2012 and 2014 in the history of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was then a Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and later All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly told a gathering of thousands of people that the then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death or starve to death, directly or indirectly saying that the then President Jonathan did not care about the wellbeing of his people, till date, Tinubu has not shown any evidence to back up his claim that "the people are hungry, President Jonathan said they should face death", and in some occasions, Tinubu called on the police not to attack protesters, specifically, on November 29, 2013, Tinubu tweeted via Tweeter now X social media platform that: "Police, Do not attack protesters, Your children are involved, Your lives are involved, Your Children's future lie here", and urged millions of Nigerians to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in one of the protests, 'Occupy Naija' allegedly sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tinubu according to Reno Omokri who was then a media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President Jonathan's photo was placed on a coffin as a dead man and the coffin was labelled R.I.P meaning Rest In Peace, also, in February 2011 as reported by Nigeria media, Tinubu described the then-President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'drunkard-sinking fisherman' a word that appears to falsely described the then President Jonathan as a man that always take too much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of his behaviour, but, under the same Tinubu who is now the President of Nigeria, the State Security Service, SSS also known as the Department of State Service, DSS has filed a court case against Facebook and X social media companies over a post published separately on August 25 and 26 2025 by a well known human rights activist and anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore and his online media, SaharaReporters, and in the five count charges, the DSS accused Omoyele Sowore of making defamatory or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for describing the president as a criminal after the president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria, in the legal battle, Omoyele Sowore has also gone to court to stop Facebook, X social media from deleting his posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. #OsazuwaAkonedoSowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile app for more news in different formats: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE 

In episode 18 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay spend some time with a handful of big news items at the intersection of politics and media—from the Skydance-Paramount merger (and other instances of media market concentration) and its implications for American newsmedia (and its potential new gatekeepers); to Charlie Kirk's assassination, its aftermath, its mediations with mass cultural objects (like alleged HellDivers II bullet etchings or Nepalese protestors with One Piece flags); the culture industry's failure to perform even its therapeutic function; and the growing exclusivity of once-accessible arts venues and performance spaces! A wide ranging discussion of summer media diets follows, beginning with Isi's recent love affair with the Western genre. The two discuss their shared fondness for Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone's many collaborations and the unmatched brilliance of HBO's Deadwood. Turning to the world of gaming, Ajay considers tragic endings (Expedition 33, the Death Stranding franchise), slow gaming (Herdling), and the relationship between gaming and choreography (Split Fiction). Also under consideration: what Joe Wright's miniseries, Mussolini: Son of the Century, gets right about the fascist imaginary; what Len Wiseman's Ballerina gets wrong about the appeal of John Wick; and what Foundation and The Sandman suggest about the challenges of adaptation and the culture industry's recent predilection for a 21st century spin on classical tragedy. Along the way, they return repeatedly to a longstanding PCM preoccupation with medium-specificity as well as the general bleakness seeping into the cultural reflections of this historical moment.   (Pop) Cultural Marxism is produced by Ryan Lentini. Learn more about upcoming courses on our website. Follow Brooklyn Institute for Social Research on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / Bluesky.  

Economic Loss After GenZ Protest | Nepal's Financial Challenges. Governer Biswo Nath Paudel, one of Nepal's leading economists, joins us for an in-depth discussion on the current situation of Nepal Rastra Bank, the country's financial institutions, and how recent GenZ protests have impacted the Nepalese economy. In this episode, Dr. Paudel reflects on key incidents involving the Rastra Bank, the economic loss after protests, and how foreign direct investment (FDI) and entrepreneurship in Nepal are now at risk due to unwanted rules and policies. We also dive deep into the foreign loans Nepal relies on, challenges in the share market, and the growing debate around economic downturn risks. Dr. Paudel explains why Nepal's economic system is hard to develop, and highlights the increasing number of IT companies being registered while addressing whether government policy matters in economic growth. This podcast is a must-watch for anyone interested in the future of Nepal's economy, the role of Nepal Rastra Bank, and insights into how foreign loans, FDI, and entrepreneurship will shape Nepal's financial future. Don't miss this engaging discussion with Dr. Biswo Nath Paudel on the challenges and opportunities facing Nepal's developing economy. GET CONNECTED WITH Dr. Biswo Nath Poudel: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biswo.poudel.7 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biswo-poudel-048aa94/?originalSubdomain=np  

The Doers Nepal – Nepal's Longest Running Business Podcast Since childhood, we have been taught that Nepal is a diverse country. Diversity creates an opportunity for its citizens to innovate. In this conversation, Rupesh Krishna Shrestha breaks down: If you have a business idea then what should you do? -How Nepal's institutional “voids” create barriers but also chances for bold entrepreneurs -The myth of “no money” in Nepal and why capital exists if you know where to look -The power of lived experience in spotting business opportunities -Brain drain vs. brain gain: why migration is natural but return investment matters -Nepal's missed niches: spirituality, cuisine, and standardization for global markets -Kathmandu Valley as a potential global innovation hub The hard truth about complaining vs. creating value in Nepal Whether you are a student, founder, or dreamer, this episode is your playbook for turning frustration into execution, and building from Nepal for the world.

Take the Survey: https://tiny.cc/cc876 BestPodcastintheMetaverse.com Canary Cry News Talk #876 - 09.15.2025 - Recorded Live to 1s and 0s Deconstructing World Events from a Biblical Worldview Declaring Jesus as Lord amidst the Fifth Generation War! CageRattlerCoffee.com SD/TC email Ike for discount https://CanaryCry.Support   CHARLIE KIRK  2:04   Scripture  2 Corinthians 5:20 - Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.   Colossians 3:1–2 - mIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.   2 Timothy 2:3–4 - Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.   Matthew 6:33 - But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.   Kash 33 hours to be precise (X) 9:55 Gov Utah 33 laugh tell (X) Kash patel update on shooter, ideaology (X) Max blumenthal article on KirK (Grayzone) Max and Tim - The Trump inner circle doesnt trust the FBI official story (X) Kash put in congressional hearing for sharing info too soon (Politico) cnn on groypers (x) max blumenthal on nick fuentes (X) Max Blumenthal on Kirk, tucker and Israel (X) nick fuentes eulogy for charlie kirk (X) Dave Smith Praises Nick Fuentes (X)  Nick Fuentes thirst trap operation (X) Israel thirst trap op (rolling stone) president fears for his life max blumenthal (X)   NEPAL 1:50:12 The Fleeting Fantasy of a King Who Would Return to Save Nepal (NY Times) 2025 Pro-Monarchy protests  2025 Youth Protests Nepalese Youth us ChatGPT to pick leaders (The Times) 2:02:22   AI 2:07:43 Albania unveils an AI anti-corruption 'minister' (AP)  Grok, how do I run a country? Here's how AI is quietly taking over governments (RT)    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS 2:13:19 TALENT/TIME 2:24:38   END 2:42:42

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast, we discuss:   Charlie Kirk's killing reveals the depth of America's polarisation. Miller: We are going to attack the left in Charlie Kirk's name. Trump's statement post-shooting. AOC on the GOP. Robert F. Kennedy Mindless Menace of Violence Speech at the City Club of Cleveland. Charlie Kirk's Legacy Deserves No Mourning. Nepalese anti-government protests continue over corruption and lack of economic opportunity. Murdoch family reaches deal to resolve succession fight over media empire. Israel attacks Hamas leadership in Qatar: What we know. The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things. The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone. Twitter: @JorgeTsipos @UnnaturalShow Instagram: @JorgeTsipos @UnnaturalShow Threads: @tom.heath @JorgeTsipos @UnnaturalShow  

Sowore Writes DSS Over Lingering X's Post About Nigeria President Tinubuhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/sowore-writes-dss-over-lingering-xs-post-about-nigeria-president-tinubu/13/09/2025/#Issues #Dss #Sowore #Tinubu ©September 13th, 2025 ®September 13, 2025 5:37 pm As people of Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and bad leadership in the country during the week after a short-lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government, Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Services, DSS appeared to have doubled efforts apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the bitter side of their citizens like never before, this, the DSS has appeared to be on the neck of X social media management to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted by the founder of SaharaReporters news media and a well known anti government critic, Omoyele Sowore that allegedly described the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal, a statement Sowore made in reaction to the words of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over corruption in Nigeria while the President was on official visit in Brazil, the DSS said Sowore misrepresented the President statement and as such, the supporters of the President are not happy over it, hence, the Security Service demanded a retracted publication from Omoyele Sowore, but, in a swift reaction, Omoyele declined and accused the DSS of always acting illegally. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.Kindly support us for more productivity and efficiency in news delivery.Visit our donation page: DonateYou can also use our Mobile and Desktop app for more news in different formats: View and listen more on app 

Nepal's Prime Minister has resigned amid anti-government protests and the Parliament is in flames. What started as a Gen Z protest after a social media ban has exploded into widespread unrest. More than 19 people are dead. Hundreds of civilians are injured. Sadness, uncertainty, and hope echo through the voices of Nepali Australians as their homeland faces a crisis. In this episode, community leader Tarzon Budhikothi shares how the diaspora is rallying for peace, while international student Hriti Jerath reveals the personal toll as her parents remain stranded in Nepal, desperate to return to India.

The Nepalese prime minister, K P Sharma Oli, has resigned amid public outrage over the killing of nineteen anti-corruption protesters on Monday. The demonstrations were triggered by his government's decision to ban social media platforms last week. Also, Ethiopia inaugurates a huge dam on the Blue Nile, Africa's biggest hydroelectric project, and how tourism in Prague is affected by the latest book in the Da Vinci Code series. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

//The Wire//1500Z September 9, 2025////PRIORITY////BLUF: ISRAELI FORCES BOMB QATAR TO KILL HAMAS LEADERSHIP WHICH ARRIVED FOR PEACE TALKS. NEPALI GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN AS PM RESIGNS AND PARLIAMENT BURNS. BLACKOUTS REPORTED IN BERLIN DUE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS ON ELECTRICAL GRID.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Germany: This morning power outages were reported throughout Berlin, as multiple insurgent groups conduct coordinated attacks on electrical infrastructure around the city. Local authorities state that two separate transmission towers were set on fire by malign actors, and several cable cutting attacks may have also been undertaken (though that is uncertain at this time).Analyst Comment: Right now no definitive confirmation on who conducted these attacks, but historically these types of attacks are conducted by ecoterrorists, which have conducted arson attacks (and cable-cuttings) on electrical infrastructure around Europe for some time now. Middle East: This morning Israeli forces conducted strikes in Doha, widening the war to now include engaging in hostilities in Qatar. Israeli officials have confirmed that they carried out a strike on Khalil al-Hayya, the Hamas leader in charge of the delegation sent to conduct peace talks in Doha. The American Embassy has issued a shelter-in-place order for American citizens throughout the country.Analyst Comment: This is a big deal. It's one thing to bomb Gaza, Lebanon, or Syria, but it's a major escalation to bomb a nation with serious power throughout the region. Bombing the country that is currently mediating the war they are fighting also effectively eliminates any chance of peace.Nepal: Overnight the Nepalese government was overthrown in chaos after widespread demonstrations broke out regarding corruption issues in government. In the span of just a few hours, these demonstrations expanded to include demonstrators breaching the Parliamentary compound, which resulted in security forces opening fire on the crowds, killing 19x people. A few minutes after these shootings, more demonstrators stormed the Parliament building and set it on fire. Most of the residences of high ranking government officials were also breached and burned. Several high-level Ministers were severely beaten, including the Finance Minister, who was observed being dragged through the streets. One of Nepal's former PM's was also beaten severely, but for now is still alive. Current Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has resigned and was able to escape Kathmandu via helicopter. Most of the government has resigned, and many cabinet ministers remain unaccounted for. Flights out of Kathmandu Airport have been halted due to the unrest, so flights out of the country will be unavailable for some time.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: The events in Nepal bear the hallmarks of non-organic regime change, though for what purpose (and by whom) remains unclear at the moment. These demonstrations did not spring up out of nowhere, they were organized by Hami Nepal, an NGO that is so new that their own website is not yet finished. This organization appears to mostly be active in earthquake disaster relief, so organizing a political protest is not within their missionset as described on their website.Analyst: S2A1Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground//END REPORT//

Following the Nepalese government's ban on social media platforms due to non-registration and concerns about misinformation, large youth-led protests erupted across the capital Kathmandu and other cities on Monday.The demonstrations are escalating rapidly, with at least 15 people killed and more than 100 injured amid clashes, curfews, and reports of police using tear gas and possibly live ammunition.UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal, Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, described the events as “unlike Nepal,” expressing deep concern for civilian safety and stressing the urgent need to ensure unrestricted medical access for the injured.UN News's Anshu Sharma began by asking her to describe the situation on the ground.

Join Ambika Paudel, a capital market giant, as she shares deep insights on the current peak and potential breaking point of the Nepalese capital market. Discover her straightforward approach to spotting the low point in stock and capital markets without rocket science. Ambika and Sushant Dai discuss why IPOs are not always profitable, revealing key factors investors must consider before jumping in. Learn how major players influence market movements and the dynamic nature of trading today. Ambika also opens up about managing diverse portfolios and running different companies, giving a rare peek into strategic investments. Want to know how to cash out for maximum profits and what returns to expect? Ambika breaks it down step-by-step. She shares forward-looking predictions for the stock market over the next 30 years. Plus, get practical advice on investment strategies tailored for students starting with 1 lakh. Finally, explore how geopolitical factors shape stock markets globally and locally. Whether you're a beginner or experienced trader, these insights will empower your investment decisions in Nepal's capital market. Don't miss out on this exclusive conversation!

Visit Visa Scam: How Nepali Migrants Are Exploited. Discover the urgent realities behind Nepal's soaring 15% labor migration rate in 2025 and why this crisis is unlike any other. This video dives deep into the complex challenges facing Nepali migrants, including exploitation and forced labor by private recruitment agencies, weak foreign labor policies, and the troubling visit visa loophole that fuels corruption and abuse. Learn about the exploitation faced by workers in employer countries and how circular migration traps many Nepalis in cycles of economic vulnerability. We also highlight the heroic rescue of 200 Nepali students during the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss why migrants often remain forgotten despite such efforts. Explore success and failure stories that reveal the true impact of Nepal's current labor migration system and why urgent policy reform is needed now to protect vulnerable workers. Gain insights into the unethical tactics recruitment agencies use, including coded bribery and illegal contracts, and understand how monitoring migrant visas and work details through digital tools could offer some relief. This eye-opening video calls for stronger intervention powers from the Nepalese government and better support for labor migrants to ensure their rights and safety abroad. Stay informed and share to raise awareness about Nepal's foreign labor crisis in 2025.

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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.   Important Resources: Asian Refugees United: Website | Instagram | Learn about the Disappearances of Bhutanese American refugees: Website | Toolkit Hmong Innovating Politics: Website | Instagram Lavender Phoenix: Website | Instagram Minjoona Music: Instagram   Transcript: Cheryl (Host): Good evening. You're tuned in to Apex Express. I'm your host, Cheryl, and tonight we're diving into the vibrant summer programming happening across the AACRE network. That's the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Network. AACRE is made up of 11 Asian American social justice organizations working together to build collective power and create lasting movements .  Throughout tonight's show, we'll be spotlighting a few of these groups [00:01:00] and the incredible work they're leading this summer. First up, we're joined by Pratik from Asian refugees United Pratik. Thank you so much for being here. Do you mind introducing yourself and to kick things off in the spirit of tonight's show, maybe share what's something that's been bringing you joy this summer? Pratik (ARU): Hello, namaste everyone. My name is Pratik Chhetri. He, him. I'm the program manager at ARU, Asian Refugees United in Pennsylvania. I'm originally from Nepal. I grew up in Nepal. I am an immigrant, came to the for college long time ago. And I've been working in social justice, health justice field for over 15 years now. Initially it was mostly around advocacy policy relating to access to medicines, issues, especially in lower and middle income countries, and the past six, seven. More than seven [00:02:00] years. I also started an organization, a nonprofit organization in Nepal, that works at the intersection of social, economic and climate justice. And with ARU, I got introduced to ARU back in 2020. So by that time I had some skills that I felt I could bring to the community. Even though I'm not from Bhutanese refugee community, I speak the language, I understand the culture to a certain extent. So I felt with the linguistic skill I could be of some help. I think right around that time COVID happened, everything and end of 2021 is when I reconnected with Robin and started talking about possibilities. For about two years, I was part of the CAMP for Emerging Leaders, the leadership program ARU has, and [00:03:00] starting last year, early this year formally, I am a staff, for ARU. I'm in charge of programs under wellness, education, and civic engagement largely but depending on time and resources, I become available for other programs as well. It's a joy working with ARU. I was just telling Cheryl earlier that it doesn't feel like work ‘ cause I enjoy it, working with people, getting to work on impactful programs, and being a part of an organization that has so much potential, so much responsibility, but also trying to find new ways to become, useful for the community. That's very exciting. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): That's great. I'm glad that your work is what's bringing you joy this summer. That's so special. And before we get into some of that impactful programming that you've been running this summer, could you [00:04:00] tell us a little bit about, ARU, Asian Refugees United  Pratik (ARU): Sure. ARU started back in 2016 in California and back then all of the programs used to be in California. The community that ARU serves since then, and even to this day are Nepali speaking, Bhutanese refugee community and Vietnamese community, Korean and other Pan-Asian community. After the pandemic, there has been a lot of secondary migration of the Bhutanese folks from across the United States to two major locations. One being central PA around Harrisburg area and Pennsylvania, and the second one around Columbus, Ohio, and other major cities in Ohio. The secondary migration mostly to Pennsylvania triggered a, shifting of ARU programs, to Pennsylvania as well in addition to [00:05:00] California. So at this point in 2025, the Pennsylvania side of ARU caters to the Nepali speaking Bhutanese folks. And the California side of ARU works with Vietnamese, Korean, and other Asian communities. I work with the Pennsylvania, ARU, and here we have four different pillars around health and wellness, education, art and storytelling. And the fourth one is civic engagement, and that is the newest one. I can talk about programs under each of the pillars but for summer the programs that is bringing me joy, not only for me, but also ARU's staffs is this longitudinal five month long leadership program called Camp for Emerging Leaders, where we recruit Nepali speaking folks from all across United States, and they go through virtual sessions every other [00:06:00] week on, history to the story of displacement, intergenerational trauma. How it started, how it used to be back in Bhutan, how it used to be in the refugee camps in Nepal, and now how it is in the US and Canada, wherever they are. So end of summer, end of July, early August is when all of those cohort members, the youth leaders will come physically to Harrisburg and we'll spend a few days here connecting with each other, building that trust, but also working together to build projects for the community, addressing community challenges that's happening. And for that I think five or six of the ARU staff from California are also coming. We have guest speakers. I think one of them is coming from all the way from Australia. It's fun. Largely I think [00:07:00] I'm looking forward to meeting with all of these youth leaders who have so much potential to do, so much good, not only for Bhutanese community, Nepali speaking, south Asian community, but also, their potential goes beyond that, yeah.  Cheryl (Host): It is powerful to hear how ARU's work has evolved and now spans across the nation, and also how Camp for Emerging Leaders is creating space for Nepali speaking Bhutanese youth to reflect their community's history, build deep connections, and grow as leaders. You mentioned that during the summer youth leaders gather in Harrisburg to create community projects. Could you share more about what kinds of projects they're working on and what kind of issues they're hoping to address? Pratik (ARU): For education, one of the main ones that we just concluded is, so we started high school success program called First Step Forward. And the interesting thing, the exciting thing about this program [00:08:00] is the concept of First Step forward from one of the Camp for Emerging Leaders cohort from two years ago. And similarly so that's how most of ARU programs have been. The ARU Youth Center, the ARU Office, that concept also started from the camp for emerging leaders. There are a couple other programs ARU does. Youth Wellness Day. That started from the camp as well. For the First Step Forward, what we do is early winter of, I think January or February we accepted a cohort of 10. These were high school juniors and seniors, and largely the purpose of the program is to make sure that they are well equipped for college and for any other professional avenues they end up going even if higher education is not for them. We did a lot of like leadership sessions, public speaking [00:09:00] sessions, like how to write essays, how to apply for different scholarships. We just concluded it literally last Saturday, we went hiking and went to one of the Six Flags amusement parks. But learning from that program, we are scaling it up. We're taking 20 people next year, and we will do it a year long cohort. So starting from September up until May, June. We'll integrate college tours, not only for the kids, but also for their family because in Bhutanese community and Nepali speaking folks a lot of the times the parents do not understand how the system works, even with their best intent and best intention. So along with the students, it is very important for us to work with the family, the parents as much as possible to take them through the process, right? On education, we also do a lot of cultural navigation training to [00:10:00] different county level and different governance agencies. Some of the cultural navigation trainings that we did in the past year that I can think of is we did one for the. Panel of judges from Dauphin County, which is where Harrisburg is. We did similar thing for different school districts in Dauphin and Cumberland County, different nearby counties for juvenile probation unit, child and youth services. And while we do that, as an organization, it gave us a better sense of where the gaps are, especially for parents to run into difficulties. 'cause a lot of times, for example, if a kid is sent home with a sheet of paper, even when it's bilingual, because their movement happened from Nepal to Bhutan, such a long time ago, a lot of the folks in the community speak the language but do not understand how to read or write the [00:11:00] language. So there are double language barrier, right? When a kid is called into a meeting or a disciplinary meeting, the parents a lot of times don't even look at the sheet of paper or don't know where to show up or how to show up or what to expect. Based on those things we're using that knowledge and experience to design further programs in the future. That's just for education. With civic engagement, for example, this 2024 cycle was the first election for our community members to vote in their lifetime. Back in Bhutan they didn't have that opportunity and then they spent decades in refugee camps, and it took most of them some time to get the green cards and five years after Green card to secure their citizenship. So we saw a lot of even elderly folks show up to voting. That was their first time that they were voting. And when that happens, it's not [00:12:00] just generic voter education. It's teaching the community how to register, where to register, where to show up at the precincts. A lot of precincts we were seeing, 30 to 40% of the folks show up to the wrong precincts. So there's a lot of need, but also in 2024 we saw, unfortunately, a lot of folks fall victim to misinformation and disinformation. So there's that need to do something about that part as well in the future. One of the things we started doing under civic engagement work is not just teach folks where to register, how to register on voter education, but also preparing some of the community members to run for office.  Two or three weeks ago, mid-June, we did our first round of run for office training. We partner up with another organization called Lead PA. And even for the folks who showed up, all of us [00:13:00] are politically inclined, educated to a certain extent, and a lot of the things that were shared in that training, it was mostly new to us, especially around local government. Like what are the positions that they are and how so many important positions, people run unopposed and what kind of ramifications that might have for our daily lives. Right. Starting 2026 election cycle, we're hoping some of our trainees run for office as well, starting from school board to all the way, wherever they want to. And there are wellness focused events, youth wellness Day that I talked about, around mental health is one of the great needs for the community. One piece of data might be very important to mention, based on CDCs 20 12 data, there was a report out, the research was conducted in 2012, and the report came out in 2014, basically what it said [00:14:00] was, Bhutanese folks in the US have the highest of suicide in the whole nation, and that's something that has not received a lot of attention or resources because generally those numbers get mixed up with generic Asian data and the numbers get diluted. Right. So one of the things, what, as an organization, what we are trying to do is bring awareness to that number. And the other thing is like, it's been over 10 years since that study happened and there has not been a follow-up study. What we are seeing is previously how mental health and it's ramifications how it was affecting the community, it was mostly about 10 years ago, mostly affecting older folks. Now we are seeing a lot of younger folks commit suicide or suicidal attempts. So there is a lot of work in that respect as [00:15:00] well. These are also some of the very crucial topics to work on. But as an organization, we are taking baby steps toward being able to efficiently address the community needs. I missed some of them, but overall, our organizational goal is to empower the community in one way or the other. And one of the tools that we use is focusing on youths because youths in the community, similar to other immigrant communities, our youths are mostly bilingual, bicultural, and many times they're the translators and system navigators for their whole family. And in many cases their extended family as well. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Wow. There are so many layers to the work that you all do. From developing leaders to run for office, to supporting mental health, to helping folks navigate voting and helping folks access higher education or career pathways.[00:16:00]  That's such a wide scope, and I imagine it takes a lot to hold all of that. How do you all manage to balance so much, especially with a small team, is that right?  Pratik (ARU): Yes. Technically we only have one full-time staff. Most are part-time, but ranging from. 10% to 80%. Largely we rely on the community members, volunteers, and we pay the volunteers when we can. And other times, I think it speaks to how much time and effort and how genuinely, folks like Robin, who is the co ED of ARU and Parsu who is the office manager, and other folks in Harrisburg, connected with different community leaders, folks of different subgroups over the years. So. When ARU moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania post pandemic, it took them a while to get the hang of the community, the growing community. Back then it used to [00:17:00] be 10, 20,000 max in central PA and now our estimation is like 70, 80,000 in central PA. It took them a while to create space of trust, that ARU are people that they can come for when they run into problems. And even when we don't have a lot of resources, people show up. People volunteer. People volunteer their time, their spaces for meetings and events. Yeah. And that's how we've been running it. I feel like we do five or 10 x amount of work with the resources that we have, but that's largely because of the perception the community has about Robin, about Parsu, about other individuals, and about the organization.  Cheryl (Host): That's so amazing. ARU clearly has such deep community roots, not just through the incredible work that of course Robin, [00:18:00] Parsu and so many others you have named have done to build lasting relationships that now sustain the work in the organization, but also I think it's also evident in the examples you've shared through Camp for Emerging Leaders, how you all really listen to youth and learn from their experiences. And you all shape programs that respond directly to the needs that you're seeing. And in that same spirit of care and commitment that is reflected in ARU's amazing staff and volunteers. I'm curious, are there any moments or memories from camp for emerging leaders that stand out to you? I imagine there must be so many.  Pratik (ARU): Yeah. Many stories. I started attending and facilitating the sessions for the camp I from 2022 cohort and maybe even 23 cohort. I think this is the third one that I'm doing. I'll talk about Kamana. [00:19:00] Kamana joined the 23 cohort and at that time she was still in high school. But you know, she was bubbly, full of energy and she was one of the pretty active members of the cohort and eventually after the cohort, she ended up joining ARU as initially, I think as an intern, and now she is the lead of the education program. She will be a sophomore or rising junior, starting this fall. But now she'll be running the education program, First Step Forward. Primarily it was internally us staff, we see the growth in them with experience. But also I think one of the things that ARU does is we create a sort of non-hierarchical structure within our office space in the sense that anyone can [00:20:00] design a program or any idea, and they do not feel intimidated to speaking up. I think because of that, people like Kamana, I can talk about other folks like Nawal. Them growing within ARU space shows not just with experience, but also I think the kind of open and inclusive and non hierarchical space that we create they feel comfortable enough in leading. A lot of times when we have , X, y, and Z needs to be done in the group chat, people just volunteer. Even when they don't get paid, we see our staff, our volunteer base just show up time and time again. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Wow. ARU is such a special container. You've created this beautiful space where people can grow and then also have agency to shape that container in whatever way that they want. That is so special. How can listeners support your work this [00:21:00] summer? Whether that's showing up or donating or volunteering or spreading the word.  Pratik (ARU): One of the things is for the listeners, I feel like not a lot of folks know about Bhutanese community much. So yes, they speak Nepali. They sometimes they identify as Nepali because it's just easy. , Bhutanese folks normally identify as either Bhutanese or Nepali or American or any combination of those three identities. A lot of folks do not know, including folks from Nepal about the atrocity, the trauma that the community went through had to go through the forced persecution out of Bhutan and then living under very limited means while in the refugee camps in Nepal and even the number of challenges the community still [00:22:00] faces. I talked a little bit about mental health needs. There's. There are needs around, health seeking behavior and similar to other immigrant communities as well, but also, on education. Because of the historical division around caste and class and other demographic details, certain folks in the community are geared towards success versus others aren't. And we see that. We see the pattern quite distinct by their indigeneity, by their caste, by their last names. In our community you can tell what their caste is, what their ethnic background is with their last names. So I would invite the audience to learn a little bit more about this community and if you have that space and resources [00:23:00] to be, if you're a researcher, if you want to do some research studies, if you want to bring some programs. If you have scholarship ideas, if you want to create any scholarship for the kids in the community, or if you have means, and if you can donate, either or. It doesn't have to be just, financial resources. It can be sometimes being available as mentor to some of the kids to show them these are the possibilities. To summarize, learn more about the community if you don't know already including some of the new atrocities, the community's facing right now with ICE detention and deportation, even when the community was brought in to this country after years and years of approval through the process. And if you have resources and means help with knowledge sharing, being available or with [00:24:00] financial means either or. I just wanted to mention that I work with ARU and I work with the Bhutanese community, but like I said, I'm not from the Bhutan community. I grew up in Nepal. I speak the language, I understand the culture to a certain extent, but I definitely cannot speak for the experience of going and living as a refugee. So,, if you have any question, if you want to learn more about that, Cheryl and I, we are happy to put you in touch with folks with incredible stories, inspiring stories of resilience in the community. Cheryl (Host): Thank you so much. All of the links, whether to learn more, donate or get involved, as well as information about the disappearances impacting the Bhutanese American community will be included in our show notes. A huge thank you to Pratik from Asian Refugees United for joining us tonight. We're deeply grateful for the work you do and the love you carry for our [00:25:00] communities. To our listeners, thank you for tuning in. We're going to take a quick music break and when we come back we'll hear more about the summer programming happening across the AACRE network with folks from Lavender Phoenix, and Hmong innovating politics. So don't go anywhere. Next up, you're listening to a track called “Juniper” by Minjoona, a project led by Korean American musician, Jackson Wright. This track features Ari Statler on bass, josh Qiyan on drums, and Ryan Fu producing. Juniper is the lead single from Minjoona's newest release, the Juniper EP, a five track p roject rooted in indie rock, 60 throwback vibes, and lyric forward storytelling. You can follow Minjoona on Instagram at @minjoonamusic or find them on Spotify to keep up with upcoming releases. We'll drop the links in our show notes. Enjoy the track and we'll be right back. [00:26:00] [00:27:00] [00:28:00] [00:29:00] [00:30:00]  And we're back!!. You're listening to APEX express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley. 88.1. KFCF in Fresno and online@kpfa.org. That was “Juniper” by Minjoona.  Huge thanks to Jackson Wright and the whole crew behind that track [00:31:00] Before the break, we were live with Pratik from Asian Refugees United, talking about the powerful summer programming, supporting the Nepalese speaking Bhutanese community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Now I'm joined by from Blair Phoenix. From Lavender Phoenix, who's here to share about her experiences as a summer organizer In Lav N'S annual summer in Lav N's annual summer organizer in Lav N'S annual summer organizing program. Hi Mar. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for being here. Do you mind introducing yourself to our listeners? Okay. Mar, do you mind for our listeners out there who are just tuning in, do you mind introducing yourself? Mar (LavNix): Yes. Thank you, Cheryl. Hi, y'all. My name is Mar Pronouns, [00:32:00] she/siya/any! I come from the lands of the Ibaloi people in the Philippines or “Maharlika”. I am a queer Muslim and yeah, I'm just happy to be here. Cheryl (Host): Yay. We're so happy to have you here, mar! For those who might not be familiar, Mar is joining us from Lavender Phoenix as part of this year's summer organizing program. Mar,, could you start by giving our listeners a quick introduction to Lavender Phoenix? And then could you tell us a little bit about the summer organizing program and what it's all about? Mar (LavNix): Yeah, of course. Cheryl. Let's start with Lavender Phoenix. Lavender Phoenix is a really awesome nonprofit over here in the Bay Area who focus on trans queer, API. Work basically. I really love Lavender Phoenix because of their unwavering commitment to collective liberation [00:33:00] and the very specific focus and centering around trans queer API leadership because our leadership is often underrepresented and because there's so many intersections there, we need to have trans queer API leadership to be able to move the work. And so really fond of lavender Phoenix's ethos and mission values. This year for the summer 2025, I'm part of their summer organizer program, which is a cohort of organizers both emerging, established and wanting to learn, and we learn a lot of transformative interpersonal organizing skills, but also building our more technical skill sets alongside with that. So we're actually three weeks from graduation [00:34:00] nooooooooo!. Anyways, yeah, just really happy to be in this cohort. I'm feeling really aligned in that I am here and it is transforming me in the way I had intentions for when I applied for it. Cheryl (Host): Wow. It sounds like this was a really impactful program for you. I wanna know what kinds of projects are you all working on?  Mar (LavNix): Yeah, so it's really beautiful because it's not just like a single project the cohort works on, it's kind of a myriad of things. We have two folks who are doing projects with other organizations, and then we have the rest of the folks working on two projects within Lavender Phoenix's programming. And so for my group, my very awesome group, we are doing the River of Life Project, and the River of Life Project is a five week long cohort where we practice storytelling in a very vulnerable and honest way, and this is for the [00:35:00] purpose to really witness one another and to cultivate our storytelling skills because our stories and narratives is so important. There's whole states and governments trying to take that away from us, and so our project is to guide and facilitate this project and meet with members across rank. It's super cool seeing the different facets of lavender Phoenix come together and be down, to be in the act of vulnerability and honesty and that is their praxis for collective liberation. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Yeah. Yeah. That's so well said. And it's so important that we have these spaces to practice that vulnerability because we are so often punished for being who we are. Right. So, mm-hmm. These programs are so crucial as you have uplifted for us. I am so curious to learn more about this River of Life project, but [00:36:00] also before we even get to that, I wanna zoom out a little bit and focus on your growth and who are you now as you get closer three weeks from graduation?  Mar (LavNix): Ooh, that is such a beautiful question, Cheryl. Yeah. I've been really reflecting on how this program transformed me this summer and to bring us back to when I first applied. I first applied sometime in March, I believe. I remember 'cause it was around Ramadan. I was at a point in my life where I felt stagnant in my organizing journey. I would attend all these workshops, I would keep reading, but there was a disconnect in how my mind wanted to move next. So here we are in 2025, I was accepted into the program. I was like, yay, my people. And you know, [00:37:00] my expectations was met. In fact, it was exceeded. Very exceeded because I didn't know these things that i'm learning now. I didn't know how much I needed them until I learned them. In my time with Lavender Phoenix, as I'm reflecting to this point, graduation being three weeks out, I realized that before joining this cohort, my heart and my spirit was in a really bad place, and I think a lot of people could resonate. There's genocides, ethnic cleansings, and just terrible things happening all over the world, and there's like a dichotomy of people who are trying so hard and then there's a dichotomy of people who are unaffected by it. And so my spirit and my heart was so broken down seems really dramatic, but it wasn't being rejuvenated for sure. And so, being in this space and being in a [00:38:00] container that's just honesty and vulnerability and it's all rooted in each other's liberation really replenish that cup. The teachings and the knowledge and the wisdom that I'm getting, it's helping me add more to my North Star, which I'm really thankful of because I didn't know this is what I needed in March. Cheryl (Host): That is so beautiful. So much of what's going on right now by the systems that be, the powers that be, it's meant to isolate us and to make us feel exactly what you said. Capitalism isolates us and keeps us in that place because that's how it benefits . So Lavender Phoenix is summer organizing program, what I'm hearing from you is this revolutionary space that is counter to that. It's filled with hope and dreaming for a better world. So how is that being informed in River of Life, in the storytelling leadership development that you are developing within Lavender Phoenix's membership?  Mar (LavNix): Oh, yes. I'm [00:39:00] understanding the responsibility on how I move in this space. And so before the cohort of the River of Life project presents, it's actually gonna be me and another facilitator going to share our stories. And so we're also in the act of being vulnerable and honest and really wanting the others to witness us as we will witness them. We've removed kind of that superiority in that space. When I think of this, it brings me back to Freire's idea of an engaged pedagogy, but not necessarily like an educator and a student, but like removing hierarchies, which I think is really, a value that's rooted in, or lavender Phoenix is rooted in that value. There's no hierarchy, but there is ranks and we all see each other as equals. It's really beautiful to be able to see that and then know how I move in this [00:40:00] space to prepare our cohort. I hope that my storytelling, I can only hope, I do not know how it's gonna be received inshallah it's received super well. But I really do hope that they see how vulnerable I also get and how I'm doing this so that I could build deeper relationships with these people as I continue my journey with Lavender, Phoenix and to them as well. I hope these values, if not already present in our people, this project helps them cultivate that even further.  Cheryl (Host): I wanna ask what is something you want to share with our listeners who were in a similar space as you who felt lost and that they wanted something to grow in. What advice would you give?  Mar (LavNix): This is a really beautiful question [00:41:00] and So many things flooded my brain as you were asking this question, but i'm feeling more pulled and called to share this one thing . As I'm going through the summer organizer program, I really realized the importance of tending to myself so that I could show up for others. I have to be able to know how to advocate for my needs and what I need so that I can be in spaces with other people. It's so important that I know how to acknowledge my shame or whatever pain points I'm experiencing and let that not be a hindrance to the work, but integrate it in a way that I will tend to it, and by tending to it, I can continue doing the work. And I know it's really [00:42:00] hard to prioritize yourself when it feels like you should prioritize everything else in the world right now, but I am really learning that that's what I needed to do. When I say prioritize myself, I'm not saying oh, I need to go do this and I need to go drink all my water. Yes, also care for our physical bodies and our mental bodies, but also taking time to know who I am as a person and what I could offer to the movement, and knowing how to communicate to others in the movement so that I could show up as a better organizer. And so the final words that I will have to share is I hope everyone who's hearing this shows the love that they have for other people to themselves [00:43:00] too.  Cheryl (Host): That was so beautiful. What you just shared right now about tending to yourself that's part of the work too. And that's so counterintuitive, I feel. This project that you're leading, the river of life where the focus is so much on your story and honoring who you are, I think that is the true essence of what it means to be trans and queer. Showing up with your whole self and embracing that. And in turn, by doing that, you are holding everybody else too, that very practice. To find out more about Lavender Phoenix Mar, how can our listeners plug into Lavender Phoenix's work?  Mar (LavNix): Follow us on Instagram or check out Lavender, Phoenix website. We post a lot. Sign up for the newsletter. Volunteer. We're really cool. Or just look at the staff and see if anybody calls you and you wanna hit them up. We're so awesome. Cheryl (Host): Thank you for joining us on tonight's show, Mar, and for sharing your experiences on Lavender Phoenix's [00:44:00] summer organizing program with all of All of the links that Mar mentioned on how to stay in touch with Lavender Phoenix's work be available in our show notes as per usual. We are so grateful, thank you again, Mar! Next up, we're joined by Katie from Hmong Innovating Politics. Katie. Welcome, welcome. I'm so happy to have you on our show tonight. Would you mind introducing yourself to our listeners? Katie (HIP): Hi everyone. My name is Katie. I use she her pronouns. My Hmong name is ING and I mainly introduce myself as ING to my community, especially elders because one ING is my given name. Katie is like a self-assigned name. In my work with HIP I've been trying to figure out what feels more natural when, but I do catch myself introducing myself to my Hmong community. And yeah, I'm totally cool if folks referring to me as Katie Oring and my ask is just pronouncing my name correctly. Who are my people? Who's my community? I would say my community is my family. And then the young people that I work [00:45:00] with, the elders in my community, the ones who would like to claim me, my team. I would say Hmong women that I've met through some of the work that I do at my volunteer org, and oh my goodness, there're so many people. My friends, oh my gosh, if my friends are listening to this, my friends are my community, they're my people. They keep me grounded, alive and fun. My siblings. All of the folks in Fresno and Sacramento that have been a part of the spaces that I've shared at HIP and the spaces that we've created together.  Cheryl (Host): You are a community leader through and through . For folks who are listening and don't know, Hmong Innovating Politics is one of the AACRE groups and it has two different hubs basically in Central California, one in Sacramento, and one in Fresno. Katie, do you mind sharing a little bit about HIP and the work that you all do? Katie (HIP): Yeah. So, we are a power building organization and what does that mean, right? One is that we are [00:46:00] a part of empowering and supporting our community to become active change makers in their community. We believe that those who are most impacted by issues should also be the ones that receive resources and training to lead solutions and design, the dreams of their community. A framework that we use is called Belong Believe Become. We want to create space where young people feel their belongingness, know that they are rooted here in their community, and that they have a place. The believing part of our framework is that we want young people to also see themselves and see themselves as leaders. In their community and leadership can mean many forms, right? There's like passive and active leadership, and we want young people to know that there is enough space in this world for everyone in whichever capacity, they're choosing to show up in their community. The important piece of believing is that, believing that you also like matter and that your decisions are also impactful. And then become is that. [00:47:00] we share this framework and it's circular because we notice that some people can come into our space feeling like I know exactly who I'm gonna be. I know exactly what I wanna do, and feel really disconnected from their history and their, and the multiple parts of their identities. belong, believe become is cyclical and it's wherever you're at. And in this third piece of becoming it is that our young people know that they are leading the charge and transforming systems. That they are shifting the narratives of our community, that they get to own the narratives of our community, and that they are a part of the Power building our community as well. Cheryl (Host): Yeah, I love that . As we're talking, I'm noticing that you talk so much about young people and how so much of your work's framework is centered around young people. Do you mind giving context into that? So much of HIP's programming is on youth leadership, and so I'm wondering what does that look like programming wise and especially right now in the summer? Katie (HIP): Yeah, so it's more [00:48:00] recently that HIP has been identifying ourselves as a power building organization. Before we had claimed our work as base building, and this is through our civic engagement work for voter engagement and empowerment, and turning out the vote that, that is like what we, our organization was like centered on. Through that work, what we noticed was that like cycles and seasons after season, it was young people coming back and then they started asking are you all gonna have like consistent programming space for us, or is it just gonna always be around the election cycle? Through our civic engagement work, a framework that we use is the IVE model, integrated voter engagement. And that is that you are relationship building year after year, even outside of the election season. And so then it was how do we be more intentional about centering the people who are coming to us and centering the people who are shifting and challenging and pushing our leadership. And that was to [00:49:00] then move and prioritize the young people in our community. I think it's been maybe four or five years since this shift where we've really prioritized young people and really centered our work around youth justice. So then we had to create these spaces. Civic engagement work had primarily consisted of phone banking and canvassing and through that I think a lot of young people were then getting firsthand experience of this is like what it's like to be angry about these issue in my community. This is also what it's like to hold space for other people to go through and process their emotions. And then it was like, how do we train and skill up our young people to not only listen to their community, but be able to strategize and lead and take their ideas and dreams and put 'em into action. At the time folks working in our civic engagement programs were high school youth, college transitional age, young adults who are not in college. And we even had parent [00:50:00] age folks in our programs as well. In figuring out how do we better support our young folks was that a lot of young people were asking for more like designated space for youth that are in high school. The other request was can you all not be college based because not all young adults go to college in our community, yet we still wanted to access the programs. We had to strategize around these pieces. Also at the time when we were running civic engagement program, we were also building up our trans and queer work in the Central Valley and figuring out like what is HIP's place in this work? So that landed us into three programs. We have a program called Tsev which is TSEV. Um, and that means House in Hmong, but it's an acronym. It stands for Transforming Systems, empowering Our Village, and the reason why we named our youth program that is in the Hmong community, we refer to our community a lot “lub zos” which means village in English. And so that is why we wanted to name our program with something around the word village and then also [00:51:00] home, belongingness, right? We wanted our program to signify belonging. And so that is what landed us in this program. This program is based at a high school and we train cohorts of youth and the curriculum that we cover in all of our programs are pretty similar, but they are adjusted to be more relevant to the age group and the experiences that we are serving. So we have our high school program. We have our trans and queer young adult program called QHIP, queer Hmong intersectional Pride. And then we also have a young adult program called the Civic Engagement Fellowship, but I feel like we're gonna be revamping next year, so we might have a new name next year. And that one is, open to all young adults of all gender and sexuality. The projects that is focused in that is what's coming up on the election. So specific propositions and measures or whatever we are bringing to the ballot. And then with QHIP, it is very focused on intentionally building up leadership in the trans and queer community. [00:52:00] Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): You all tackle power building in so many different intersections, and I think that's so brilliant. You really tailor these spaces to the needs of your community and you're always listening to your community. That is honestly such a theme within the AACRE network. Could you tell us how these groups stay active during the summer?  Katie (HIP): Yeah! During the summer, we close off the cohort in June when the school year ends. And so we're actually in the assessment phase of this program right now. Our seniors throughout the summer go through a one-on-one exit with one of the staff in Fresno or Sacramento. After the senior exit closes out, then we'll be doing a overall annual assessment with all of the young people that were in the program this year. We're actually closing both these pieces out next week. We try to make things fun, right? So for the one-on-ones, we'll all come to the office and we'll have the one-on-one exit interviews and after that we'll go get lunch. somewhere cute, somewhere fun. Then with the end of the year evals, after we complete them for everyone, we'll just hang out. This [00:53:00] year we're planning to do like a paint by numbers night. And then we always somehow end up karaoking. For QHIP, our trans and queer young adult program we actually partner with Lavender Phoenix and have them attend the leadership exchange program that's happening right now. We did our own onboarding and then we celebrated the month of pride. And we also celebrated the trans march. Then after that transition into the leadership exchange program at Lavender Phoenix. After that program, I believe our lead members are going to be designing some projects this summer. And then they'll have the rest of the summer and hours to do their projects, and then we'll eventually close out with a retreat with them. Cheryl (Host): And for our listeners out there, do you mind giving a quick a preview on what lavender, Phoenix's leadership exchange program is and how you all work in tandem with each other?  Katie (HIP): Yeah. Okay. I know in the past, we've sent our more new to organizing leaders [00:54:00] to the leadership exchange program. This year the intention is that we wanted to send leaders from our community who might already have some organizing experience who have some experience in social justice and movement work. And so, during this I think some of my favorite things from the leadership exchange program is teaching folks how to ask for help. I think a lot of our young adults navigate their lives not knowing who to turn to for help and how to formulate and ask that is clear and supportive of their needs. So that's something that we really appreciate through the leadership exchange program. And another piece is mutual aid funding. Lavender Phoenix trains up leaders around fundraising support and that's something I'm really looking forward to our young people gaining. The other piece is ultimately training of trans and queer leaders in our community so that we can continue to sustain this movement and this lifelong work of trans and queer liberation. The leadership exchange program has been able to equip folks with very necessary skills so that they can continue to sustain trans and queer [00:55:00] leadership. I bring in the fundraising piece because, I think a lot of young people that I work with, they're so scared to ask for resource support, especially money. And I think a lot of it comes with our own family trauma around finances, right? So, I'm excited to see what they debrief about and what they reflect on.  Cheryl (Host): That's so amazing. It really sounds like all of these programs that you all do are really building up leaders for the long term of our movements. Asking for help is so related to navigating money, trauma and is so key in shaping liberatory futures. For folks out there who wanna get plugged into some of HIP's programming work, how can we stay in touch with you all? Katie (HIP): Our Instagram is the best spot. And then on our Instagram you can click on the little short link to sign up for our newsletter. We have some volunteer opportunities coming up in the month of August so if folks in the Central Valley wanna support with one of our community engagement [00:56:00] surveys, either to partake in the survey or to support us in doing the outreach and getting the word out so that folks complete the survey. There's two ways that you can participate with us. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Thanks, Katie, and of course all of those links will be available in our show notes. Thanks so much for coming on our show tonight, Katie, and thank you to our listeners for tuning in. We'll see you next time. [00:57:00] [00:58:00]  The post APEX Express – August 21, 2025 Sumer Programming in the AACRE Network appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle six new films - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each! We kick off with the highest profile film of the week, RED SONJA (Signature Entertainment), in which Revenge's Matilda Lutz plays the titular hero while MJ Bassett (Solomon Kane, Strike Back) directs. Did we enjoy it? Take a listen to find out! THE LAST RITUAL (Miracle Media) is a Nepalese police procedural, following a young female detective battling misogyny and a tragic past while trying to solve the disappearance of a reknowned film director. INSIDE (Icon Film Distribution) is a prison movie from Australia, starring Guy Pearce... MEANWHILE ON EARTH (Blue Finch Releasing) is a French sci-fi movie about a young woman contacted by aliens promising to bring her lost-in-space brother home if she helps them... THE HERMIT (High Fliers) stars Lou Ferrigno (tv's The Incredible Hulk) as a cannibalistic pig farmer who just wants to be left alone...(NB - no trailer seems to exist for this one!) STALKERS (4Digital Media) has a protagonist with the unique profession of ex pornstar, now looking to connect with her daughter, who she'd been forced to give up for adoption as a baby - but someone is out to kill her...   Our Short Shot is JASON UNIVERSE: SWEET REVENGE, an Official short film about Jason Vorhees coming back to dispatch another group of teens - but this time with a twist!  Click the link to watch the whole 15min short! Our DTV Throwback is BODY COUNT from 1986. This slasher is directed by Ruggero Deodato, most famous for Cannibal Holocaust and boasts a decent cast of character actors in the background. You can find a copy on Amazon Prime, as well as other streaming platforms. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social    

British historian John Whelpton, who holds a PhD in Nepali political history from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, first visited Nepal in the 1970s. Since then, he has been actively involved in researching Nepali history and other academic activities. Whelpton, who is also the author of books such as ‘Jang Bahadur in Europe' and ‘A History of Nepal', was recently honoured by the Nepal government with the ‘Itihas Shiromani Baburam Acharya National Award' for his significant contribution to the field of Nepalese history. Nepal correspondent Girish Subedi spoke with John Whelpton, focusing on the transformations in Nepali society from the time of Jung Bahadur's visit to Britain to the present day, and the policies adopted by the parties after the declaration of the republic. - ब्रिटेनको युनिभर्सिटी अफ लन्डन अन्तर्गतको स्कुल अफ ओरियन्टल एन्ड अफ्रिकन स्टडिजबाट नेपालको राजनीतिक इतिहासमा विद्यावारिधि गरेका ब्रिटिश इतिहासकार जन् ह्वेल्प्टन् सन् १९७० को दशकमा पहिलो पटक नेपाल पुगेका थिए। त्यस यता भने उनी नेपालको इतिहास अनुसन्धान गर्ने लगायतका शैक्षिक गतिविधिमा सक्रिय रहँदै आएका छन्। ‘जङ्गबहादुर इन युरोप' र ‘अ हिस्ट्री अफ नेपाल' जस्ता किताबका लेखक पनि रहेका ह्वेल्पटन्‌लाई नेपाल सरकारले हालसालै नेपाली इतिहासको क्षेत्रमा उल्लेखनीय योगदान पुर्‍याएको भन्दै ‘इतिहास शिरोमणि बाबुराम आचार्य पुरस्कार'द्वारा सम्मानित गरेको छ। जङ्गबहादुरको बेलायत यात्राको बेलादेखि आधुनिक नेपालको समयसम्ममा जातपातलाई लिएर नेपाली समाजमा भएका रूपान्तरणका कुरा र गणतन्त्र घोषणा पछि पार्टीहरूले लिएको नीतिहरूलाई केन्द्रविन्दुमा राखेर नेपाल संवाददाता गिरिश सुवेदीले जन् ह्वेल्पटन्‌सँग गर्नुभएको कुराकानी सुन्नुहोस्।

Luigi Martinaledirettore artistico Jazz Visions"Jazz Visions 2025"https://www.jazzvisions.it/it/Nata nel 2010, la rassegna Jazz Visions si sta radicando di anno in anno sul territorio delle province di Torino e Cuneo, grazie a un pubblico affezionato e sempre curioso verso le nuove proposte, oltre che artisti di rilievo nazionale e internazionale. Una manifestazione nata dalla collaborazione tra enti pubblici e realtà imprenditoriali della zona.sabato 16 agosto | ore 6.32Ostana (CN)CONCERTO ALL'ALBAPrenota il tuo bigliettohttps://www.litickets.it/jazz-vision/eventi/66/Concerto-all%27-alba-step 1  FRATELLI BOTTASSONicolò Bottasso violino, violino tenore d'amore Simone Bottasso organettoGrazie alla capacità di fondere le loro radici alpine in opere innovative, creano una musica popolare utopica del XXI secolo, con melodie incantevoli e sperimentazioni, abbattendo confini stilistici. Ogni performance, caratterizzata da un'elettrizzante presenza scenica, narra storie ed esprime emozioni.step 2 COLAZIONE SUL PRATOstep 3 ESCURSIONE + CONCERTO VERTICEChristian Alasia chitarra elettrica Amedeo Saluzzo basso elettrico Lorenzo Giordano batteriaEssere giovani e curiosi significa guardare avanti, facendosi guidare dai grandi del passato, affrontando il jazz, il post rock e tutto ciò che crea stimoli e nuovi obiettivi.7 settembre 2025Parco storico il Torrione | PINEROLO - Ore: 17.30Ingresso con biglietto responsabile. Il ricavato sarà devoluto all'Associazione Cecy OnlusQuanto il jazz sia vitale lo dimostrano le nuove generazioni che si tuffano nella tradizione per riemergere con nuove idee e nuovo slancio: un percorso che stupisce e coinvolge, confrontandosi in questo caso nella tipica formula del Guitar Trio. Sonia Infriccioli è la vincitrice della borsa di studio “Sergio Ramella 2024”, come migliore studente del Dipartimento Jazz del Conservatorio “G. Verdi” di Torino. Pastorino, Stalla e Cuniberti, tutti provenienti dal Dipartimento Jazz del Conservatorio “Ghedini” di Cuneo, sono talenti purissimi che lasciano ben sperare sul futuro del jazz.STEP 1Sonia Infriccioli TrioSonia Infriccioli chitarraDavide Liberti contrabbassoLuca Guarino batteriaSTEP 2Simone Pastorino TrioSimone Pastorino chitarraNicolò Stalla contrabbassoEmilio Cuniberti batteriaSTEP 3Mostra d'arte collettivaDalla scultura al dipinto, dalla ceramica al figurativismo, da supporti multi-materici alla sensualità del tocco d'artista, jazz e arte si fondono in una poesia di suoni, colori e forme.Michelangelo TalloneGianfranco GalizioMarilisa GiordanoMarino Felice Galizio (marinofelixg)Carlo IoriettiSTEP 4Proiezione del film documentario: "Dil Kumari"Ore: 19:00Prodotto da: Gabriele TestaIl documentario offre uno spaccato autentico della vita in un piccolo villaggio rurale nepalese. L'intero progetto è stato realizzato grazie all'Associazione Cecy Onlus che opera in Nepal da più di dieci anni, per offrire sostegno ai più vulnerabili, attraverso la costruzione di scuole, una casa famiglia, borse di studio e adozioni a distanza, in collaborazione con la Monviso Nepal Foundation, organizzazione non profit Nepalese.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.   Important Resources: Asian Refugees United: Website | Instagram | Learn about the Disappearances of Bhutanese American refugees: Website | Toolkit Hmong Innovating Politics: Website | Instagram Lavender Phoenix: Website | Instagram Minjoona Music: Instagram   Transcript: Cheryl (Host): Good evening. You're tuned in to Apex Express. I'm your host, Cheryl, and tonight we're diving into the vibrant summer programming happening across the AACRE network. That's the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Network. AACRE is made up of 11 Asian American social justice organizations working together to build collective power and create lasting movements .  Throughout tonight's show, we'll be spotlighting a few of these groups [00:01:00] and the incredible work they're leading this summer. First up, we're joined by Pratik from Asian refugees United Pratik. Thank you so much for being here. Do you mind introducing yourself and to kick things off in the spirit of tonight's show, maybe share what's something that's been bringing you joy this summer? Pratik (ARU): Hello, namaste everyone. My name is Pratik Chhetri. He, him. I'm the program manager at ARU, Asian Refugees United in Pennsylvania. I'm originally from Nepal. I grew up in Nepal. I am an immigrant, came to the for college long time ago. And I've been working in social justice, health justice field for over 15 years now. Initially it was mostly around advocacy policy relating to access to medicines, issues, especially in lower and middle income countries, and the past six, seven. More than seven [00:02:00] years. I also started an organization, a nonprofit organization in Nepal, that works at the intersection of social, economic and climate justice. And with ARU, I got introduced to ARU back in 2020. So by that time I had some skills that I felt I could bring to the community. Even though I'm not from Bhutanese refugee community, I speak the language, I understand the culture to a certain extent. So I felt with the linguistic skill I could be of some help. I think right around that time COVID happened, everything and end of 2021 is when I reconnected with Robin and started talking about possibilities. For about two years, I was part of the CAMP for Emerging Leaders, the leadership program ARU has, and [00:03:00] starting last year, early this year formally, I am a staff, for ARU. I'm in charge of programs under wellness, education, and civic engagement largely but depending on time and resources, I become available for other programs as well. It's a joy working with ARU. I was just telling Cheryl earlier that it doesn't feel like work ‘ cause I enjoy it, working with people, getting to work on impactful programs, and being a part of an organization that has so much potential, so much responsibility, but also trying to find new ways to become, useful for the community. That's very exciting. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): That's great. I'm glad that your work is what's bringing you joy this summer. That's so special. And before we get into some of that impactful programming that you've been running this summer, could you [00:04:00] tell us a little bit about, ARU, Asian Refugees United  Pratik (ARU): Sure. ARU started back in 2016 in California and back then all of the programs used to be in California. The community that ARU serves since then, and even to this day are Nepali speaking, Bhutanese refugee community and Vietnamese community, Korean and other Pan-Asian community. After the pandemic, there has been a lot of secondary migration of the Bhutanese folks from across the United States to two major locations. One being central PA around Harrisburg area and Pennsylvania, and the second one around Columbus, Ohio, and other major cities in Ohio. The secondary migration mostly to Pennsylvania triggered a, shifting of ARU programs, to Pennsylvania as well in addition to [00:05:00] California. So at this point in 2025, the Pennsylvania side of ARU caters to the Nepali speaking Bhutanese folks. And the California side of ARU works with Vietnamese, Korean, and other Asian communities. I work with the Pennsylvania, ARU, and here we have four different pillars around health and wellness, education, art and storytelling. And the fourth one is civic engagement, and that is the newest one. I can talk about programs under each of the pillars but for summer the programs that is bringing me joy, not only for me, but also ARU's staffs is this longitudinal five month long leadership program called Camp for Emerging Leaders, where we recruit Nepali speaking folks from all across United States, and they go through virtual sessions every other [00:06:00] week on, history to the story of displacement, intergenerational trauma. How it started, how it used to be back in Bhutan, how it used to be in the refugee camps in Nepal, and now how it is in the US and Canada, wherever they are. So end of summer, end of July, early August is when all of those cohort members, the youth leaders will come physically to Harrisburg and we'll spend a few days here connecting with each other, building that trust, but also working together to build projects for the community, addressing community challenges that's happening. And for that I think five or six of the ARU staff from California are also coming. We have guest speakers. I think one of them is coming from all the way from Australia. It's fun. Largely I think [00:07:00] I'm looking forward to meeting with all of these youth leaders who have so much potential to do, so much good, not only for Bhutanese community, Nepali speaking, south Asian community, but also, their potential goes beyond that, yeah.  Cheryl (Host): It is powerful to hear how ARU's work has evolved and now spans across the nation, and also how Camp for Emerging Leaders is creating space for Nepali speaking Bhutanese youth to reflect their community's history, build deep connections, and grow as leaders. You mentioned that during the summer youth leaders gather in Harrisburg to create community projects. Could you share more about what kinds of projects they're working on and what kind of issues they're hoping to address? Pratik (ARU): For education, one of the main ones that we just concluded is, so we started high school success program called First Step Forward. And the interesting thing, the exciting thing about this program [00:08:00] is the concept of First Step forward from one of the Camp for Emerging Leaders cohort from two years ago. And similarly so that's how most of ARU programs have been. The ARU Youth Center, the ARU Office, that concept also started from the camp for emerging leaders. There are a couple other programs ARU does. Youth Wellness Day. That started from the camp as well. For the First Step Forward, what we do is early winter of, I think January or February we accepted a cohort of 10. These were high school juniors and seniors, and largely the purpose of the program is to make sure that they are well equipped for college and for any other professional avenues they end up going even if higher education is not for them. We did a lot of like leadership sessions, public speaking [00:09:00] sessions, like how to write essays, how to apply for different scholarships. We just concluded it literally last Saturday, we went hiking and went to one of the Six Flags amusement parks. But learning from that program, we are scaling it up. We're taking 20 people next year, and we will do it a year long cohort. So starting from September up until May, June. We'll integrate college tours, not only for the kids, but also for their family because in Bhutanese community and Nepali speaking folks a lot of the times the parents do not understand how the system works, even with their best intent and best intention. So along with the students, it is very important for us to work with the family, the parents as much as possible to take them through the process, right? On education, we also do a lot of cultural navigation training to [00:10:00] different county level and different governance agencies. Some of the cultural navigation trainings that we did in the past year that I can think of is we did one for the. Panel of judges from Dauphin County, which is where Harrisburg is. We did similar thing for different school districts in Dauphin and Cumberland County, different nearby counties for juvenile probation unit, child and youth services. And while we do that, as an organization, it gave us a better sense of where the gaps are, especially for parents to run into difficulties. 'cause a lot of times, for example, if a kid is sent home with a sheet of paper, even when it's bilingual, because their movement happened from Nepal to Bhutan, such a long time ago, a lot of the folks in the community speak the language but do not understand how to read or write the [00:11:00] language. So there are double language barrier, right? When a kid is called into a meeting or a disciplinary meeting, the parents a lot of times don't even look at the sheet of paper or don't know where to show up or how to show up or what to expect. Based on those things we're using that knowledge and experience to design further programs in the future. That's just for education. With civic engagement, for example, this 2024 cycle was the first election for our community members to vote in their lifetime. Back in Bhutan they didn't have that opportunity and then they spent decades in refugee camps, and it took most of them some time to get the green cards and five years after Green card to secure their citizenship. So we saw a lot of even elderly folks show up to voting. That was their first time that they were voting. And when that happens, it's not [00:12:00] just generic voter education. It's teaching the community how to register, where to register, where to show up at the precincts. A lot of precincts we were seeing, 30 to 40% of the folks show up to the wrong precincts. So there's a lot of need, but also in 2024 we saw, unfortunately, a lot of folks fall victim to misinformation and disinformation. So there's that need to do something about that part as well in the future. One of the things we started doing under civic engagement work is not just teach folks where to register, how to register on voter education, but also preparing some of the community members to run for office.  Two or three weeks ago, mid-June, we did our first round of run for office training. We partner up with another organization called Lead PA. And even for the folks who showed up, all of us [00:13:00] are politically inclined, educated to a certain extent, and a lot of the things that were shared in that training, it was mostly new to us, especially around local government. Like what are the positions that they are and how so many important positions, people run unopposed and what kind of ramifications that might have for our daily lives. Right. Starting 2026 election cycle, we're hoping some of our trainees run for office as well, starting from school board to all the way, wherever they want to. And there are wellness focused events, youth wellness Day that I talked about, around mental health is one of the great needs for the community. One piece of data might be very important to mention, based on CDCs 20 12 data, there was a report out, the research was conducted in 2012, and the report came out in 2014, basically what it said [00:14:00] was, Bhutanese folks in the US have the highest of suicide in the whole nation, and that's something that has not received a lot of attention or resources because generally those numbers get mixed up with generic Asian data and the numbers get diluted. Right. So one of the things, what, as an organization, what we are trying to do is bring awareness to that number. And the other thing is like, it's been over 10 years since that study happened and there has not been a follow-up study. What we are seeing is previously how mental health and it's ramifications how it was affecting the community, it was mostly about 10 years ago, mostly affecting older folks. Now we are seeing a lot of younger folks commit suicide or suicidal attempts. So there is a lot of work in that respect as [00:15:00] well. These are also some of the very crucial topics to work on. But as an organization, we are taking baby steps toward being able to efficiently address the community needs. I missed some of them, but overall, our organizational goal is to empower the community in one way or the other. And one of the tools that we use is focusing on youths because youths in the community, similar to other immigrant communities, our youths are mostly bilingual, bicultural, and many times they're the translators and system navigators for their whole family. And in many cases their extended family as well. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Wow. There are so many layers to the work that you all do. From developing leaders to run for office, to supporting mental health, to helping folks navigate voting and helping folks access higher education or career pathways.[00:16:00]  That's such a wide scope, and I imagine it takes a lot to hold all of that. How do you all manage to balance so much, especially with a small team, is that right?  Pratik (ARU): Yes. Technically we only have one full-time staff. Most are part-time, but ranging from. 10% to 80%. Largely we rely on the community members, volunteers, and we pay the volunteers when we can. And other times, I think it speaks to how much time and effort and how genuinely, folks like Robin, who is the co ED of ARU and Parsu who is the office manager, and other folks in Harrisburg, connected with different community leaders, folks of different subgroups over the years. So. When ARU moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania post pandemic, it took them a while to get the hang of the community, the growing community. Back then it used to [00:17:00] be 10, 20,000 max in central PA and now our estimation is like 70, 80,000 in central PA. It took them a while to create space of trust, that ARU are people that they can come for when they run into problems. And even when we don't have a lot of resources, people show up. People volunteer. People volunteer their time, their spaces for meetings and events. Yeah. And that's how we've been running it. I feel like we do five or 10 x amount of work with the resources that we have, but that's largely because of the perception the community has about Robin, about Parsu, about other individuals, and about the organization.  Cheryl (Host): That's so amazing. ARU clearly has such deep community roots, not just through the incredible work that of course Robin, [00:18:00] Parsu and so many others you have named have done to build lasting relationships that now sustain the work in the organization, but also I think it's also evident in the examples you've shared through Camp for Emerging Leaders, how you all really listen to youth and learn from their experiences. And you all shape programs that respond directly to the needs that you're seeing. And in that same spirit of care and commitment that is reflected in ARU's amazing staff and volunteers. I'm curious, are there any moments or memories from camp for emerging leaders that stand out to you? I imagine there must be so many.  Pratik (ARU): Yeah. Many stories. I started attending and facilitating the sessions for the camp I from 2022 cohort and maybe even 23 cohort. I think this is the third one that I'm doing. I'll talk about Kamana. [00:19:00] Kamana joined the 23 cohort and at that time she was still in high school. But you know, she was bubbly, full of energy and she was one of the pretty active members of the cohort and eventually after the cohort, she ended up joining ARU as initially, I think as an intern, and now she is the lead of the education program. She will be a sophomore or rising junior, starting this fall. But now she'll be running the education program, First Step Forward. Primarily it was internally us staff, we see the growth in them with experience. But also I think one of the things that ARU does is we create a sort of non-hierarchical structure within our office space in the sense that anyone can [00:20:00] design a program or any idea, and they do not feel intimidated to speaking up. I think because of that, people like Kamana, I can talk about other folks like Nawal. Them growing within ARU space shows not just with experience, but also I think the kind of open and inclusive and non hierarchical space that we create they feel comfortable enough in leading. A lot of times when we have , X, y, and Z needs to be done in the group chat, people just volunteer. Even when they don't get paid, we see our staff, our volunteer base just show up time and time again. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Wow. ARU is such a special container. You've created this beautiful space where people can grow and then also have agency to shape that container in whatever way that they want. That is so special. How can listeners support your work this [00:21:00] summer? Whether that's showing up or donating or volunteering or spreading the word.  Pratik (ARU): One of the things is for the listeners, I feel like not a lot of folks know about Bhutanese community much. So yes, they speak Nepali. They sometimes they identify as Nepali because it's just easy. , Bhutanese folks normally identify as either Bhutanese or Nepali or American or any combination of those three identities. A lot of folks do not know, including folks from Nepal about the atrocity, the trauma that the community went through had to go through the forced persecution out of Bhutan and then living under very limited means while in the refugee camps in Nepal and even the number of challenges the community still [00:22:00] faces. I talked a little bit about mental health needs. There's. There are needs around, health seeking behavior and similar to other immigrant communities as well, but also, on education. Because of the historical division around caste and class and other demographic details, certain folks in the community are geared towards success versus others aren't. And we see that. We see the pattern quite distinct by their indigeneity, by their caste, by their last names. In our community you can tell what their caste is, what their ethnic background is with their last names. So I would invite the audience to learn a little bit more about this community and if you have that space and resources [00:23:00] to be, if you're a researcher, if you want to do some research studies, if you want to bring some programs. If you have scholarship ideas, if you want to create any scholarship for the kids in the community, or if you have means, and if you can donate, either or. It doesn't have to be just, financial resources. It can be sometimes being available as mentor to some of the kids to show them these are the possibilities. To summarize, learn more about the community if you don't know already including some of the new atrocities, the community's facing right now with ICE detention and deportation, even when the community was brought in to this country after years and years of approval through the process. And if you have resources and means help with knowledge sharing, being available or with [00:24:00] financial means either or. I just wanted to mention that I work with ARU and I work with the Bhutanese community, but like I said, I'm not from the Bhutan community. I grew up in Nepal. I speak the language, I understand the culture to a certain extent, but I definitely cannot speak for the experience of going and living as a refugee. So,, if you have any question, if you want to learn more about that, Cheryl and I, we are happy to put you in touch with folks with incredible stories, inspiring stories of resilience in the community. Cheryl (Host): Thank you so much. All of the links, whether to learn more, donate or get involved, as well as information about the disappearances impacting the Bhutanese American community will be included in our show notes. A huge thank you to Pratik from Asian Refugees United for joining us tonight. We're deeply grateful for the work you do and the love you carry for our [00:25:00] communities. To our listeners, thank you for tuning in. We're going to take a quick music break and when we come back we'll hear more about the summer programming happening across the AACRE network with folks from Lavender Phoenix, and Hmong innovating politics. So don't go anywhere. Next up, you're listening to a track called “Juniper” by Minjoona, a project led by Korean American musician, Jackson Wright. This track features Ari Statler on bass, josh Qiyan on drums, and Ryan Fu producing. Juniper is the lead single from Minjoona's newest release, the Juniper EP, a five track p roject rooted in indie rock, 60 throwback vibes, and lyric forward storytelling. You can follow Minjoona on Instagram at @minjoonamusic or find them on Spotify to keep up with upcoming releases. We'll drop the links in our show notes. Enjoy the track and we'll be right back. [00:26:00] [00:27:00] [00:28:00] [00:29:00] [00:30:00]  And we're back!!. You're listening to APEX express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley. 88.1. KFCF in Fresno and online@kpfa.org. That was “Juniper” by Minjoona.  Huge thanks to Jackson Wright and the whole crew behind that track [00:31:00] Before the break, we were live with Pratik from Asian Refugees United, talking about the powerful summer programming, supporting the Nepalese speaking Bhutanese community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Now I'm joined by from Blair Phoenix. From Lavender Phoenix, who's here to share about her experiences as a summer organizer In Lav N'S annual summer in Lav N's annual summer organizer in Lav N'S annual summer organizing program. Hi Mar. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for being here. Do you mind introducing yourself to our listeners? Okay. Mar, do you mind for our listeners out there who are just tuning in, do you mind introducing yourself? Mar (LavNix): Yes. Thank you, Cheryl. Hi, y'all. My name is Mar Pronouns, [00:32:00] she/siya/any! I come from the lands of the Ibaloi people in the Philippines or “Maharlika”. I am a queer Muslim and yeah, I'm just happy to be here. Cheryl (Host): Yay. We're so happy to have you here, mar! For those who might not be familiar, Mar is joining us from Lavender Phoenix as part of this year's summer organizing program. Mar,, could you start by giving our listeners a quick introduction to Lavender Phoenix? And then could you tell us a little bit about the summer organizing program and what it's all about? Mar (LavNix): Yeah, of course. Cheryl. Let's start with Lavender Phoenix. Lavender Phoenix is a really awesome nonprofit over here in the Bay Area who focus on trans queer, API. Work basically. I really love Lavender Phoenix because of their unwavering commitment to collective liberation [00:33:00] and the very specific focus and centering around trans queer API leadership because our leadership is often underrepresented and because there's so many intersections there, we need to have trans queer API leadership to be able to move the work. And so really fond of lavender Phoenix's ethos and mission values. This year for the summer 2025, I'm part of their summer organizer program, which is a cohort of organizers both emerging, established and wanting to learn, and we learn a lot of transformative interpersonal organizing skills, but also building our more technical skill sets alongside with that. So we're actually three weeks from graduation [00:34:00] nooooooooo!. Anyways, yeah, just really happy to be in this cohort. I'm feeling really aligned in that I am here and it is transforming me in the way I had intentions for when I applied for it. Cheryl (Host): Wow. It sounds like this was a really impactful program for you. I wanna know what kinds of projects are you all working on?  Mar (LavNix): Yeah, so it's really beautiful because it's not just like a single project the cohort works on, it's kind of a myriad of things. We have two folks who are doing projects with other organizations, and then we have the rest of the folks working on two projects within Lavender Phoenix's programming. And so for my group, my very awesome group, we are doing the River of Life Project, and the River of Life Project is a five week long cohort where we practice storytelling in a very vulnerable and honest way, and this is for the [00:35:00] purpose to really witness one another and to cultivate our storytelling skills because our stories and narratives is so important. There's whole states and governments trying to take that away from us, and so our project is to guide and facilitate this project and meet with members across rank. It's super cool seeing the different facets of lavender Phoenix come together and be down, to be in the act of vulnerability and honesty and that is their praxis for collective liberation. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Yeah. Yeah. That's so well said. And it's so important that we have these spaces to practice that vulnerability because we are so often punished for being who we are. Right. So, mm-hmm. These programs are so crucial as you have uplifted for us. I am so curious to learn more about this River of Life project, but [00:36:00] also before we even get to that, I wanna zoom out a little bit and focus on your growth and who are you now as you get closer three weeks from graduation?  Mar (LavNix): Ooh, that is such a beautiful question, Cheryl. Yeah. I've been really reflecting on how this program transformed me this summer and to bring us back to when I first applied. I first applied sometime in March, I believe. I remember 'cause it was around Ramadan. I was at a point in my life where I felt stagnant in my organizing journey. I would attend all these workshops, I would keep reading, but there was a disconnect in how my mind wanted to move next. So here we are in 2025, I was accepted into the program. I was like, yay, my people. And you know, [00:37:00] my expectations was met. In fact, it was exceeded. Very exceeded because I didn't know these things that i'm learning now. I didn't know how much I needed them until I learned them. In my time with Lavender Phoenix, as I'm reflecting to this point, graduation being three weeks out, I realized that before joining this cohort, my heart and my spirit was in a really bad place, and I think a lot of people could resonate. There's genocides, ethnic cleansings, and just terrible things happening all over the world, and there's like a dichotomy of people who are trying so hard and then there's a dichotomy of people who are unaffected by it. And so my spirit and my heart was so broken down seems really dramatic, but it wasn't being rejuvenated for sure. And so, being in this space and being in a [00:38:00] container that's just honesty and vulnerability and it's all rooted in each other's liberation really replenish that cup. The teachings and the knowledge and the wisdom that I'm getting, it's helping me add more to my North Star, which I'm really thankful of because I didn't know this is what I needed in March. Cheryl (Host): That is so beautiful. So much of what's going on right now by the systems that be, the powers that be, it's meant to isolate us and to make us feel exactly what you said. Capitalism isolates us and keeps us in that place because that's how it benefits . So Lavender Phoenix is summer organizing program, what I'm hearing from you is this revolutionary space that is counter to that. It's filled with hope and dreaming for a better world. So how is that being informed in River of Life, in the storytelling leadership development that you are developing within Lavender Phoenix's membership?  Mar (LavNix): Oh, yes. I'm [00:39:00] understanding the responsibility on how I move in this space. And so before the cohort of the River of Life project presents, it's actually gonna be me and another facilitator going to share our stories. And so we're also in the act of being vulnerable and honest and really wanting the others to witness us as we will witness them. We've removed kind of that superiority in that space. When I think of this, it brings me back to Freire's idea of an engaged pedagogy, but not necessarily like an educator and a student, but like removing hierarchies, which I think is really, a value that's rooted in, or lavender Phoenix is rooted in that value. There's no hierarchy, but there is ranks and we all see each other as equals. It's really beautiful to be able to see that and then know how I move in this [00:40:00] space to prepare our cohort. I hope that my storytelling, I can only hope, I do not know how it's gonna be received inshallah it's received super well. But I really do hope that they see how vulnerable I also get and how I'm doing this so that I could build deeper relationships with these people as I continue my journey with Lavender, Phoenix and to them as well. I hope these values, if not already present in our people, this project helps them cultivate that even further.  Cheryl (Host): I wanna ask what is something you want to share with our listeners who were in a similar space as you who felt lost and that they wanted something to grow in. What advice would you give?  Mar (LavNix): This is a really beautiful question [00:41:00] and So many things flooded my brain as you were asking this question, but i'm feeling more pulled and called to share this one thing . As I'm going through the summer organizer program, I really realized the importance of tending to myself so that I could show up for others. I have to be able to know how to advocate for my needs and what I need so that I can be in spaces with other people. It's so important that I know how to acknowledge my shame or whatever pain points I'm experiencing and let that not be a hindrance to the work, but integrate it in a way that I will tend to it, and by tending to it, I can continue doing the work. And I know it's really [00:42:00] hard to prioritize yourself when it feels like you should prioritize everything else in the world right now, but I am really learning that that's what I needed to do. When I say prioritize myself, I'm not saying oh, I need to go do this and I need to go drink all my water. Yes, also care for our physical bodies and our mental bodies, but also taking time to know who I am as a person and what I could offer to the movement, and knowing how to communicate to others in the movement so that I could show up as a better organizer. And so the final words that I will have to share is I hope everyone who's hearing this shows the love that they have for other people to themselves [00:43:00] too.  Cheryl (Host): That was so beautiful. What you just shared right now about tending to yourself that's part of the work too. And that's so counterintuitive, I feel. This project that you're leading, the river of life where the focus is so much on your story and honoring who you are, I think that is the true essence of what it means to be trans and queer. Showing up with your whole self and embracing that. And in turn, by doing that, you are holding everybody else too, that very practice. To find out more about Lavender Phoenix Mar, how can our listeners plug into Lavender Phoenix's work?  Mar (LavNix): Follow us on Instagram or check out Lavender, Phoenix website. We post a lot. Sign up for the newsletter. Volunteer. We're really cool. Or just look at the staff and see if anybody calls you and you wanna hit them up. We're so awesome. Cheryl (Host): Thank you for joining us on tonight's show, Mar, and for sharing your experiences on Lavender Phoenix's [00:44:00] summer organizing program with all of All of the links that Mar mentioned on how to stay in touch with Lavender Phoenix's work be available in our show notes as per usual. We are so grateful, thank you again, Mar! Next up, we're joined by Katie from Hmong Innovating Politics. Katie. Welcome, welcome. I'm so happy to have you on our show tonight. Would you mind introducing yourself to our listeners? Katie (HIP): Hi everyone. My name is Katie. I use she her pronouns. My Hmong name is ING and I mainly introduce myself as ING to my community, especially elders because one ING is my given name. Katie is like a self-assigned name. In my work with HIP I've been trying to figure out what feels more natural when, but I do catch myself introducing myself to my Hmong community. And yeah, I'm totally cool if folks referring to me as Katie Oring and my ask is just pronouncing my name correctly. Who are my people? Who's my community? I would say my community is my family. And then the young people that I work [00:45:00] with, the elders in my community, the ones who would like to claim me, my team. I would say Hmong women that I've met through some of the work that I do at my volunteer org, and oh my goodness, there're so many people. My friends, oh my gosh, if my friends are listening to this, my friends are my community, they're my people. They keep me grounded, alive and fun. My siblings. All of the folks in Fresno and Sacramento that have been a part of the spaces that I've shared at HIP and the spaces that we've created together.  Cheryl (Host): You are a community leader through and through . For folks who are listening and don't know, Hmong Innovating Politics is one of the AACRE groups and it has two different hubs basically in Central California, one in Sacramento, and one in Fresno. Katie, do you mind sharing a little bit about HIP and the work that you all do? Katie (HIP): Yeah. So, we are a power building organization and what does that mean, right? One is that we are [00:46:00] a part of empowering and supporting our community to become active change makers in their community. We believe that those who are most impacted by issues should also be the ones that receive resources and training to lead solutions and design, the dreams of their community. A framework that we use is called Belong Believe Become. We want to create space where young people feel their belongingness, know that they are rooted here in their community, and that they have a place. The believing part of our framework is that we want young people to also see themselves and see themselves as leaders. In their community and leadership can mean many forms, right? There's like passive and active leadership, and we want young people to know that there is enough space in this world for everyone in whichever capacity, they're choosing to show up in their community. The important piece of believing is that, believing that you also like matter and that your decisions are also impactful. And then become is that. [00:47:00] we share this framework and it's circular because we notice that some people can come into our space feeling like I know exactly who I'm gonna be. I know exactly what I wanna do, and feel really disconnected from their history and their, and the multiple parts of their identities. belong, believe become is cyclical and it's wherever you're at. And in this third piece of becoming it is that our young people know that they are leading the charge and transforming systems. That they are shifting the narratives of our community, that they get to own the narratives of our community, and that they are a part of the Power building our community as well. Cheryl (Host): Yeah, I love that . As we're talking, I'm noticing that you talk so much about young people and how so much of your work's framework is centered around young people. Do you mind giving context into that? So much of HIP's programming is on youth leadership, and so I'm wondering what does that look like programming wise and especially right now in the summer? Katie (HIP): Yeah, so it's more [00:48:00] recently that HIP has been identifying ourselves as a power building organization. Before we had claimed our work as base building, and this is through our civic engagement work for voter engagement and empowerment, and turning out the vote that, that is like what we, our organization was like centered on. Through that work, what we noticed was that like cycles and seasons after season, it was young people coming back and then they started asking are you all gonna have like consistent programming space for us, or is it just gonna always be around the election cycle? Through our civic engagement work, a framework that we use is the IVE model, integrated voter engagement. And that is that you are relationship building year after year, even outside of the election season. And so then it was how do we be more intentional about centering the people who are coming to us and centering the people who are shifting and challenging and pushing our leadership. And that was to [00:49:00] then move and prioritize the young people in our community. I think it's been maybe four or five years since this shift where we've really prioritized young people and really centered our work around youth justice. So then we had to create these spaces. Civic engagement work had primarily consisted of phone banking and canvassing and through that I think a lot of young people were then getting firsthand experience of this is like what it's like to be angry about these issue in my community. This is also what it's like to hold space for other people to go through and process their emotions. And then it was like, how do we train and skill up our young people to not only listen to their community, but be able to strategize and lead and take their ideas and dreams and put 'em into action. At the time folks working in our civic engagement programs were high school youth, college transitional age, young adults who are not in college. And we even had parent [00:50:00] age folks in our programs as well. In figuring out how do we better support our young folks was that a lot of young people were asking for more like designated space for youth that are in high school. The other request was can you all not be college based because not all young adults go to college in our community, yet we still wanted to access the programs. We had to strategize around these pieces. Also at the time when we were running civic engagement program, we were also building up our trans and queer work in the Central Valley and figuring out like what is HIP's place in this work? So that landed us into three programs. We have a program called Tsev which is TSEV. Um, and that means House in Hmong, but it's an acronym. It stands for Transforming Systems, empowering Our Village, and the reason why we named our youth program that is in the Hmong community, we refer to our community a lot “lub zos” which means village in English. And so that is why we wanted to name our program with something around the word village and then also [00:51:00] home, belongingness, right? We wanted our program to signify belonging. And so that is what landed us in this program. This program is based at a high school and we train cohorts of youth and the curriculum that we cover in all of our programs are pretty similar, but they are adjusted to be more relevant to the age group and the experiences that we are serving. So we have our high school program. We have our trans and queer young adult program called QHIP, queer Hmong intersectional Pride. And then we also have a young adult program called the Civic Engagement Fellowship, but I feel like we're gonna be revamping next year, so we might have a new name next year. And that one is, open to all young adults of all gender and sexuality. The projects that is focused in that is what's coming up on the election. So specific propositions and measures or whatever we are bringing to the ballot. And then with QHIP, it is very focused on intentionally building up leadership in the trans and queer community. [00:52:00] Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): You all tackle power building in so many different intersections, and I think that's so brilliant. You really tailor these spaces to the needs of your community and you're always listening to your community. That is honestly such a theme within the AACRE network. Could you tell us how these groups stay active during the summer?  Katie (HIP): Yeah! During the summer, we close off the cohort in June when the school year ends. And so we're actually in the assessment phase of this program right now. Our seniors throughout the summer go through a one-on-one exit with one of the staff in Fresno or Sacramento. After the senior exit closes out, then we'll be doing a overall annual assessment with all of the young people that were in the program this year. We're actually closing both these pieces out next week. We try to make things fun, right? So for the one-on-ones, we'll all come to the office and we'll have the one-on-one exit interviews and after that we'll go get lunch. somewhere cute, somewhere fun. Then with the end of the year evals, after we complete them for everyone, we'll just hang out. This [00:53:00] year we're planning to do like a paint by numbers night. And then we always somehow end up karaoking. For QHIP, our trans and queer young adult program we actually partner with Lavender Phoenix and have them attend the leadership exchange program that's happening right now. We did our own onboarding and then we celebrated the month of pride. And we also celebrated the trans march. Then after that transition into the leadership exchange program at Lavender Phoenix. After that program, I believe our lead members are going to be designing some projects this summer. And then they'll have the rest of the summer and hours to do their projects, and then we'll eventually close out with a retreat with them. Cheryl (Host): And for our listeners out there, do you mind giving a quick a preview on what lavender, Phoenix's leadership exchange program is and how you all work in tandem with each other?  Katie (HIP): Yeah. Okay. I know in the past, we've sent our more new to organizing leaders [00:54:00] to the leadership exchange program. This year the intention is that we wanted to send leaders from our community who might already have some organizing experience who have some experience in social justice and movement work. And so, during this I think some of my favorite things from the leadership exchange program is teaching folks how to ask for help. I think a lot of our young adults navigate their lives not knowing who to turn to for help and how to formulate and ask that is clear and supportive of their needs. So that's something that we really appreciate through the leadership exchange program. And another piece is mutual aid funding. Lavender Phoenix trains up leaders around fundraising support and that's something I'm really looking forward to our young people gaining. The other piece is ultimately training of trans and queer leaders in our community so that we can continue to sustain this movement and this lifelong work of trans and queer liberation. The leadership exchange program has been able to equip folks with very necessary skills so that they can continue to sustain trans and queer [00:55:00] leadership. I bring in the fundraising piece because, I think a lot of young people that I work with, they're so scared to ask for resource support, especially money. And I think a lot of it comes with our own family trauma around finances, right? So, I'm excited to see what they debrief about and what they reflect on.  Cheryl (Host): That's so amazing. It really sounds like all of these programs that you all do are really building up leaders for the long term of our movements. Asking for help is so related to navigating money, trauma and is so key in shaping liberatory futures. For folks out there who wanna get plugged into some of HIP's programming work, how can we stay in touch with you all? Katie (HIP): Our Instagram is the best spot. And then on our Instagram you can click on the little short link to sign up for our newsletter. We have some volunteer opportunities coming up in the month of August so if folks in the Central Valley wanna support with one of our community engagement [00:56:00] surveys, either to partake in the survey or to support us in doing the outreach and getting the word out so that folks complete the survey. There's two ways that you can participate with us. Yeah.  Cheryl (Host): Thanks, Katie, and of course all of those links will be available in our show notes. Thanks so much for coming on our show tonight, Katie, and thank you to our listeners for tuning in. We'll see you next time. [00:57:00] [00:58:00]  The post APEX Express – July 17, 2025: Summer Programming in the AACRE Network appeared first on KPFA.

Have you ever wondered where the powerful aroma in Deep Blue comes from?   In this episode, sourcing expert Emilie Bell shares the story of how wintergreen oil from Yunnan, China is harvested, distilled, and brought into one of doTERRA's most iconic blends. From mountaintop micro-distilleries to hand-harvested leaves gathered by local women, you'll gain a new appreciation for every drop of this oil.   Whether you're a Deep Blue regular or just getting started, this episode will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the people, places, and processes that make this blend so meaningful.   In this episode, you'll discover: Where wintergreen is sourced and how it's cultivated How local women play a key role in the harvest The difference between Chinese and Nepalese wintergreen Why wintergreen oil is heavier than water and how that affects distillation How sourcing with care supports quality and impact   What's your favorite Deep Blue product? Tell us in the comments!   Subscribe to this channel for more sourcing stories, product education, and wellness content

Superpowers for Good should not be considered investment advice. Seek counsel before making investment decisions. When you purchase an item, launch a campaign or create an investment account after clicking a link here, we may earn a fee. Engage to support our work.Watch the show on television by downloading the e360tv channel app to your Roku, LG or AmazonFireTV. You can also see it on YouTube.Devin: What is your superpower?Shree: DeterminationClimate change often feels like a distant, abstract concept, but Shree Gurung, Founder & CEO of worldvlogchallenge.com, is bringing it to life through an innovative reality TV show filmed on Mount Everest. By blending adventure, competition, and impactful storytelling, Gurung aims to draw global attention to the alarming speed at which Himalayan glaciers are melting.The groundbreaking project, World Vlog Challenge, features YouTube creators from around the world competing in a grueling trek to Everest Base Camp while documenting the effects of climate change on the region. The competition offers a $100,000 prize and has already premiered on Amazon Prime in the US and UK, with a global release planned for August 7.The show's purpose goes beyond entertainment. Gurung explained, “The springs, rivers, and waterfalls that feed billions of lives downstream originate here. Through this challenge, we show YouTubers—and their audiences—the source of freshwater and the critical role glaciers play in our ecosystem.”The melting of Himalayan glaciers, once a slow, natural process, has accelerated dramatically due to human influence. “Normally, it would take hundreds of years to form a meter of glacier,” he said. “Now, they're melting in just ten years. That speed is dangerous.”What sets the World Vlog Challenge apart is its focus on engaging younger generations. Recognizing that traditional scientific communication often struggles to reach this audience, Gurung chose YouTubers as his storytellers. “These creators are great storytellers and can bring the stories of the glaciers to life in a relatable, engaging way,” he said.Funding such an ambitious project posed significant challenges. After exhausting traditional investment channels, Gurung turned to regulated investment crowdfunding via WeFunder. “We're asking the community to support something that promotes Nepal, the Himalayas, and awareness about climate change,” he shared.Through determination and creativity, Gurung has created a show that is both educational and entertaining. By focusing on the human drama of the trek and the urgent message of climate change, World Vlog Challenge stands as a testament to the power of storytelling and collaboration.Those interested in supporting the project can visit the Wefunder campaign at [wefunder.com/challengerseverest] and watch the show when it becomes available globally on August 7.tl;dr:Shree Gurung's World Vlog Challenge uses reality TV to highlight climate change and melting glaciers.YouTube creators compete for $100,000 while trekking to Everest Base Camp, documenting the journey.The show blends adventure and education to engage younger audiences on critical climate issues.Shree's determination enabled him to overcome funding and production challenges for this ambitious project.The show is now on Amazon Prime, with a global release set for August 7.How to Develop Determination As a SuperpowerShree Gurung describes his superpower as determination, the ability to persevere through challenges and setbacks. In today's episode, he explained, “There were so many moments I wanted to give up, but I didn't have a choice. I knew I was doing something good for the community, and that kept me going.” Shree's determination has fueled his ability to produce a groundbreaking reality show about climate change, overcoming obstacles like lack of funding and global skepticism about a Nepal-based production.Shree shared how his determination enabled him to produce the World Vlog Challenge. Despite rejections from sponsors and studios, he single-handedly managed production, marketing, and logistics for the show. “For around 45 days, I didn't sleep properly,” he recalled. Coming from a rural Nepalese village and lacking traditional resources, Shree drew on his experiences of hardship to push forward, creating a globally recognized project that showcases both Nepal's culture and the urgency of climate change.Tips for Developing Determination:Find Your Passion: Shree emphasized that clarity of purpose drives determination. Identify what inspires you.Break Down Challenges: Focus on one step at a time, especially when the big picture feels overwhelming.Seek Community Support: Surround yourself with people who validate your mission and provide encouragement.Embrace Responsibility: Commit fully to your goals, even when quitting feels easier.By following Shree's example and advice, you can make determination a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileShree Gurung (he/him):Founder & CEO, worldvlogchallenge.comAbout worldvlogchallenge.com: An Impact media startup from the Himalayas, uniting creators from across the world to raise awareness about climate change: Their journey is a reality show.Website: worldvlogchallenge.comCompany Facebook Page: facebook.com/WorldVlogChallengeOther URL: shreegurung.comBiographical Information: I am a film graduate, communication PhD scholar with over 2 decades in media, events & hospitality.Personal Facebook Profile: facebook.com/theshreegurungLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/shreegurungInstagram Handle: instagram.com/theshreegurungSupport Our SponsorsOur generous sponsors make our work possible, serving impact investors, social entrepreneurs, community builders and diverse founders. Today's advertisers include FundingHope, DNA, DealMaker, Rancho Affordable Housing (Proactive). 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To join the Impact Cherub Club, become an Impact Member of the SuperCrowd.SuperCrowdHour, July 16, 2025, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Devin Thorpe, CEO and Founder of The Super Crowd, Inc., will lead a session on "Balance Sheets & Beyond: The Impact Investor's Guide to Financials." If terms like “income statement” and “cash flow” make your eyes glaze over, this session is for you. Devin will break down the fundamentals of financial statements in clear, simple language—perfect for beginners who want to better understand the numbers behind the businesses they support. Whether you're a new investor, a founder navigating financials, or simply curious about how money moves through mission-driven companies, you'll leave this session more confident and informed. Don't miss it!SuperCrowd25, August 21st and 22nd: This two-day virtual event is an annual tradition but with big upgrades for 2025! We'll be streaming live across the web and on TV via e360tv. Apply for the Live Pitch here. 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Indra Ban came to Australia back in 1975 and went on to become the first Nepali to receive the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Over the past 50 years, she has been guiding and supporting the Nepali community in Sydney and around Australia. In this 10-part special series, we'll hear about her journey and experiences in Australia. In this fifth episode of the series, Indra Ban spoke to SBS Nepali about how the Nepalese Australian Association was founded in 1976, and the need and purpose behind its establishment. - सन् १९७५ मा अस्ट्रेलिया आएकी इन्द्रा बन, मेडल अफ द अर्डर अफ अस्ट्रेलिया वा ओएएम पाउने पहिलो नेपाली हुन्। ५० वर्षभन्दा बढीको आफ्नो अस्ट्रेलिया बसाइको क्रममा उनले नेपाली समुदायको अभिभावक बनेर यसलाई डोर्‍याउने काम गरेकी छिन्। यो १० भागको विशेष शृङ्खलामा हामी उनको अस्ट्रेलियन अनुभवहरू बारे जान्नेछौँ। दश अङ्कको विशेष पोडकास्ट शृङ्खला अन्तर्गत यो पाँचौं एपिसोडमा चाहिँ सन् १९७६ मा नेप्लिज अस्ट्रेलियन एसोसिएसनको स्थापना, आवश्यकता र उद्देश्य बारे इन्द्रा बनले एसबीएस नेपालीसँग गरेको कुराकानी सुन्नुहोस्।

This week on Welcome to the Poddy, Clay lays by the fire as he returns after a brief (and much-needed) break, opening up about the chaos of his recent schedule, the importance of taking time off, and the strange, sobering experience of witnessing a Nepalese man in the middle of a manic episode.Then it's lights, camera, dysfunction—Clay reviews the Apple TV+ workplace satire The Studio (2024), a sharply written comedy about the desperation to succeed, people-pleasing bosses, and the chaotic energy of modern creative workspaces. Paired with a bag of Natural Confectionery lollies (because gummy sugar fuels all emotional labor), this review dives into themes of bad management, fragile egos, and dream jobs that turn into slow-motion nightmares.Expect film review with a twist of real life, a few laugh-out-loud moments, and the relatable pain of being way too available on Slack.Keywords:movie review, Apple TV+ review, The Studio series, streaming comedy review, workplace comedy, best podcasts 2025, funny podcast, burnout stories, stand-up comedy, observational humor, TV analysis, binge-worthy shows, comedy podcast Australia.

This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Prabal Gurung, celebrated fashion designer and author of the new memoir Walk Like a Girl. Prabal has made a habit of ordering a cheeseburger and fries in every city he visits – he tells host Rachel Belle who makes the best burger in the world. He recalls the magical celebrity sighting he had the first time he went to a restaurant in New York City after moving there from Nepal, and he talks about what he would pack to eat on weeks-long treks in the Nepalese mountains. Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle! Season 2 out now! Sign up for Rachel’s new (free!) Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings! Follow along on Instagram! Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame. Support the show: http://rachelbelle.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this insightful podcast episode, Shekhar Koirala opens up about his unique experiences growing up in a strong political family deeply rooted in Nepal's history. As a prominent member of the Koirala family, Shekhar shares personal stories that highlight the challenges and privileges of being part of a political dynasty. He reflects on the legacy of his father, BP Koirala, and other influential family members who shaped Nepal's democratic movement. A significant focus of the conversation is the importance of freedom of speech and expression in Nepal's evolving political landscape. Shekhar discusses the risks and struggles faced by those who dare to speak out against political oppression, drawing from his own experiences and the broader fight for democracy. This episode also touches on the role of political families in shaping public discourse and the ongoing challenges in maintaining a true opposition in Nepalese politics. Whether you are interested in Nepal's political history, freedom of expression, or the personal journey of a political figure, this podcast offers a compelling and honest perspective. Don't miss Shekhar Koirala's candid reflections on family, politics, and the enduring fight for free speech in Nepal. Subscribe and stay tuned for more engaging conversations about Nepal's political future and democratic values.

This week Nora and Craig are joined by Ryland Chapman, Firefighter/EMT in Fairfax County, Virginia and one of Craig's closest friends since their high school days. He shares fire safety tips and incredible stories from his impressive 22 year career. Including: responding to the Nepalese earthquakes in 2015 as part of a USAID crew of highly trained urban search and rescue specialists. Ryland also opens up about how he balances the stress and trauma of his job with his life as a husband and father of two young kids. 

This week, in part 2 of our Everest Base Camp series, we're honored to welcome three extraordinary adventurers from our recent Everest Base Camp trek: Keith Davis, a real estate investor from Eugene, Oregon; Clare Brown, an upland ecologist from Scotland; and Sam Van Keulen, a real estate investor based in Burgundy, France. United by their spirit of adventure, these three individuals joined host Scott Wurtzbacher on an unforgettable journey through the Himalayas.Our guests take us through their transformative experiences trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp, where they joined Paralympic gold medalist Karen Darke in her remarkable journey. They describe those pivotal moments facing the challenges of high altitude, mechanical issues with Karen's specialized bike, and the breathtaking majesty of the world's highest mountain range. What began as a physical challenge quickly evolved into something deeper—a profound experience of human connection, present-moment awareness, and spiritual growth.In this episode, we explore the meaning of perseverance beyond its physical demands, the unique spirit of the Nepalese people, and how this journey became a catalyst for personal transformation for each guest. Keith shares the emotional journey of honoring his sister's memory, Clare discovers her ability to be truly present, and Sam reflects on finding life's true value beyond material possessions. Join us for a deep and moving conversation about finding purpose through challenge, embracing adventure one step at a time, and what it truly means to travel with an open heart.

To get to school, work, or another town in Nepal, it helps if you don't have a fear of heights. That's because this mountainous terrain (it's home to Mount Everest after all) is connected via THOUSANDS of bridges. Whether permanent or seasonal, made of bamboo and rope or pulleys and wire, suspended above incredible mountains or rapid waters, the Nepalese have networked their country through amazing, unique, and exhilarating engineering. Find out how building and re-building bridges became a part of the nation's culture, and how trusting that a treacherous trip is worth the risk shapes the way the Nepalese perceive connection, community, and what in life we ought to hold onto. For more podcasts from the TED Audio Collective, subscribe at youtube.com/tedaudiocollectiveWant to help shape TED's shows going forward? Fill out our survey!Learn more about TED Membership here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our recent episode on global burn surgery with Dr. Barclay Stewart and Dr. Manish Yadav, we discussed several cases at Kirtipur Hospital in Nepal to illustrate the global burden of burns and similarities and differences in treating burns at Harborview Medical Center, a level 1 trauma and ABA verified burn center in Seattle, WA and Kirtipur Hospital (Nepal Cleft and Burn Center) in Kathmandu, Nepal. In this episode Dr. Stewart and Dr. Yadav return for an interview by UW Surgery Resident, Paul Herman, sharing insights on how to get involved in global surgery with an emphasis on sustainable participation. Hosts:  Manish Yadav, Kirtipur Hospital, Nepal Barclay Stewart, UW/Harborview Medical Center Paul Herman, UW/Harborview General Surgery Resident, @paul_herm  Tam Pham, UW/Harborview Medical Center (Editor) Learning Objectives 1.     Approaches to global surgery  a.     Describe historical perspectives on global health and global surgery reviewing biases global surgery inherits from global health due to the history of colonialism, neo-colonialism and systemic inequalities b.     Review a recently published framework and evaluation metrics for sustainable global surgery partnerships (GSPs) as described by Binda et al., in Annals of Surgery in March 2024. c.      Provide examples of this framework from a successful global surgery partnership d.     Define vertical, horizontal and diagonal global surgery approaches e.     Share tips for initial engagement for individuals interested in getting involved in global surgery References 1.     Gosselin, R., Charles, A., Joshipura, M., Mkandawire, N., Mock, C. N. , et. al. 2015. “Surgery and Trauma Care”. In: Disease Control Priorities (third edition): Volume 1, Essential Surgery, edited by H. Debas, P. Donkor, A. Gawande, D. T. Jamison, M. Kruk, C. N. Mock. Washington, DC: World Bank. 2.     Qin R, Alayande B, Okolo I, Khanyola J, Jumbam DT, Koea J, Boatin AA, Lugobe HM, Bump J. Colonisation and its aftermath: reimagining global surgery. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Jan 4;9(1):e014173. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014173. PMID: 38176746; PMCID: PMC10773343. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38176746/ 3.     Binda CJ, Adams J, Livergant R, Lam S, Panchendrabose K, Joharifard S, Haji F, Joos E. Defining a Framework and Evaluation Metrics for Sustainable Global Surgical Partnerships: A Modified Delphi Study. Ann Surg. 2024 Mar 1;279(3):549-553. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006058. Epub 2023 Aug 4. PMID: 37539584; PMCID: PMC10829902.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37539584/ 4.     Jedrzejko N, Margolick J, Nguyen JH, Ding M, Kisa P, Ball-Banting E, Hameed M, Joos E. A systematic review of global surgery partnerships and a proposed framework for sustainability. Can J Surg. 2021 Apr 28;64(3):E280-E288. doi: 10.1503/cjs.010719. PMID: 33908733; PMCID: PMC8327986. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33908733/ 5.     Frenk J, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM: The health systems agenda: prospects for the diagonal approach. The handbook of global health policy. 2014 Apr 24; pp. 425–439 6.     Davé DR, Nagarjan N, Canner JK, Kushner AL, Stewart BT; SOSAS4 Research Group. Rethinking burns for low & middle-income countries: Differing patterns of burn epidemiology, care seeking behavior, and outcomes across four countries. Burns. 2018 Aug;44(5):1228-1234. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.01.015. Epub 2018 Feb 21. PMID: 29475744. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29475744/ 7.     Strain, S., Adjei, E., Edelman, D. et al. The current landscape of global international surgical rotations for general surgery residents in the United States: a survey by the Association for Program Directors in Surgery's (APDS) global surgery taskforce. Global Surg Educ 3, 77 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44186-024-00273-2 8.     Francalancia S, Mehta K, Shrestha R, Phuyal D, Bikash D, Yadav M, Nakarmi K, Rai S, Sharar S, Stewart BT, Fudem G. Consumer focus group testing with stakeholders to generate an enteral resuscitation training flipbook for primary health center and first-level hospital providers in Nepal. Burns. 2024 Jun;50(5):1160-1173. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.02.008. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38472005; PMCID: PMC11116054. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38472005/ 9.     Shrestha R, Mehta K, Mesic A, Dahanayake D, Yadav M, Rai S, Nakarmi K, Bista P, Pham T, Stewart BT. Barriers and facilitators to implementing enteral resuscitation for major burn injuries: Reflections from Nepalese care providers. Burns. 2024 Oct 28;51(1):107302. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.107302. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39577105. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39577105/ Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.   If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://app.behindtheknife.org/listen

Party boy Danny Garcia was a con artist who drained the bank accounts of his friends and lovers. Kaushal Niroula passed himself off as a member of the Nepalese royal family. Together they posed as bankers, art dealers, and real estate developers to dupe investors, each scam more outrageous than the last.  When the so-called “Gay Grifters” set their sights on Palm Springs socialite Cliff Lambert, they graduated from fraud to bloodshed. They drained Lambert's accounts and liquidated his property after killing him in his own home.“True Crime News Presents: American Hustlers” traces Niroula and Garcia's journey from con men to killers. Hosts Kim Kanter and Julie Golden recount their increasingly audacious swindles and the one crime they couldn't trick their way out of. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "AMERICAN HUSTLERS" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 11 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.