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Learn how to outline your novel using the Hero's Journey—without mistaking this classic framework for a complete story blueprint.The Hero's Journey is one of the most widely recognized story frameworks out there. But knowing the twelve stages—like the Ordinary World, the Call to Adventure, the Ordeal, and the Return with the Elixir—isn't the same as knowing where those stages belong in a full-length novel.In this episode, I'm walking you through how to outline your novel with the Hero's Journey framework, including how to divide your word count into acts, break those acts into scenes, and map the twelve stages across a novel-length manuscript.You'll also learn what the Hero's Journey can and can't do on its own—because while it's a powerful way to track your protagonist's external adventure and internal transformation, it's not a substitute for developing your genre, premise, character, conflict, theme, and stakes.You'll hear me talk about things like:[02:40] What the Hero's Journey is and how to use its three acts and twelve stages as a tool for outlining a novel[05:15] How to split your word count across the three acts (and the percentage breakdown that tells you how long each one should be). [07:45] A complete walkthrough of all twelve stages of the Hero's Journey, and the job each stage does for your plot and your character. [14:00] The death-and-rebirth moment at the center of the Hero's Journey, and why it's one of the most powerful ideas in storytelling.[17:45] Why your draft loses steam even when all twelve stages are in place, and the foundation that's usually missing underneath them.And so much more…If you've been curious about using the Hero's Journey to plan your novel, or if you've tried it before and felt like something was missing, this episode will help you understand both the strengths and limitations of this classic framework.

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In his early days as a writer, Heinlein wrote his stories in the context of a shared universe that he called the Future History. These were mostly short stories at first, with hte occasional novella. But they inclode some great stories. The Future History, Part 1 One thing Heinlein became well known for was his Future History. This placed many of his stories in a common framework of a future environment, and allowed events from one story to influence events in other stories. Here is what he had to say about it, in a post I found on the Heinlein Society Facebook site: “I never “created” or “invented” a “Future History.” On April Fool's Day 1939 I started to write commercially; by the middle of August I had written 8 shorts & a serial. As 5 of these items were more or less to the same fictional background, I found that I was continually having to check back to keep from tripping over my own feet. So I took an old navigation chart, about 3×4 feet, turned it over, made the time scale vertical, then set up 5 columns: stories, characters, technical data, sociological, remarks. Then I checked those first 5 stories, filled data into proper columns at the proper height for the fictional date—and continued to do this with other stories later. The chart was on the righthand wall near my elbow and was unusually messy as I never took the chart down to add to it—just reached over and scrawled on it.” Source: https://www.facebook.com/HeinleinSociety/posts/i-never-created-or-invented-a-future-history-on-april-fools-day-1939-i-started-t/1092968002874634/ One thing that became clear as his Future History developed is that he was not looking at our future exactly. He was very clear in his mind that he was writing fiction, and not issuing prophecies. If you are reading it today, it is best to think of this as a kind of alternate timeline, and this is something that holds true through a lot of his work. Even in his later novels, which were never formally part of his Future History, he would mention events from that past group of works, which may implicitly incorporate them. But this is an area where scholars are in disagreement as to which if the later novels, if any, should be incorporated. And there were unwritten stories that appeared on the chart that would have given further background to the stories that were written. They were stories Heinlein seems to have intended to write at some point, but never got around to writing. You can get more information about this in his book Revolt in 2100. The Future History stories were initially collected primarily in three books: The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950), The Green Hills of Earth (1951), and Revolt in 2100 (1953). Each of them fleshes out this hypothetical world in different ways. The first one, The Man Who Sold The Moon, introduces us to a businessman named D.D. Harriman, who is obsessed with going to the moon. But he thinks it should be done by private enterprise rather than by government. So he concocts a scheme to do this. He promotes a legal theory that the rights to the moon belong to the countries that it directly flies over, sort of like air rights taken to infinity. Then he uses the chaos of competing interests to throw this into the United Nations, and then gets the U.N. to give him the rights. He finally gets to launch a mission to set up a Moon base, but cannot join the expedition because the corporation considers him too valuable to risk. In a sequel story, Requiem, he does get to the moon just in time to die there. Heinlein was never above writing a tear-jerker. Of course, the book has other stories not linked to D.D. Harriman. Heinlein's fist story, Life-Line, is also collected here. And his second story, Let There Be Light, anticipates the development of solar power panels, but similarly to Life-Line, this earns the enmity of corporate interest, in the form of the Power Syndicate. The Roads Must Roll postulates moving roadways in the future, but the story really is about the sociology of technology in the future. And Blowups Happen, originally from 1940, anticipates nuclear fission as a power source, but it proves to be dangerous. They claim that the craters on the moon were really caused by a series of explosions to reactors that wiped out an earlier civilization. So they move the reactor into space for safety. And this feeds back into The Man Who Sold The Moon when this reactor in space blows up. In these early stories we can already see that Heinlein has a complex view of society. In Life-Line and Let There Be Light corporate power is the villain of the story, and some of this also shows up in Blowups Happen. But in The Man Who Sold The Moon we see that private enterprise is preferred to government action. I think the way this can be reconciled is to see that Heinlein is always concerned with individual personal freedom and opposed to anything that might endanger that, whether from too much government or too powerful corporate interests. The Green Hills of Earth contains the story of the same name, which concerns a former space engineer, Rhysling, now blinded by radiation and unemployable, who is also a poet. And one of his poems has that title. The crew of Apollo 15 named a crater on the moon “Rhysling”, and they planned to read a bit of it at the crater, but those trips could get very busy. Still, as they were getting ready to leave the moon there was this exchange. Note that Allen is the Capcom, and Scott and Jones are the astronauts : “Allen: As the space poet Rhysling (the blind poet in Robert Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth) would say, we're ready for you to “come back again to the homes of men on the cool green hills of Earth.” [Scott – “That's from the Green Hills of Earth. That's one we talked about before the flight. Have you read that one?”] [Jones – “Oh, yeah! That was a favorite when I was a kid. Had you read it?”] [Scott – “Sure. (Quoting from memory): We pray for one last landingon the globe that gave us birthTo rest our eyes on fleecy skiesand the cool green hills of Earth.” Although two of the stories in this collection were older, from 1941, most of them are from 1948 and 1949. And there is a reason for that. On December 7, 1941, the United States found itself at war with Imperial Japan, and few days later Nazi Germany. Coming from a family that had fought in every American war you would expect Heinlein to get involved somehow. He could not enlist due to his medical retirement from the Navy, but since he had an engineering background so he became a civilian employee at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he was joined by fellow science fiction writers Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp. A nice retelling of this can be found at Kirkus Reviews, and Asimov also discusses this in his biography. The upshot is that there is a gap of about 5 years when Heinlein did not publish anything. It is also notable that Heinlein by this point had escaped from the pulp science fiction magazines and gotten published in what were called the “slicks', so-called because the paper they were printed on was slick and higher quality than the pulps. His stories began to be published in places like The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy Magazine, and Town & Country. And these outlets paid higher rates than the pulps, a significant matter for any writer. Heinlein always maintained that the only reason anyone would write was to make money. And the stories were getting to be quite good as well. Delilah and the Space Rigger (1949) tells the story of a woman who joins a construction crew on a space station and faces discrimination, but wins out in the end, which was pretty progressive for the time, but not atypical for Heinlein. Space Jockey is a fairly pedestrian story about a rocket pilot dealing with his every day life. But The Long Watch is an important story to Heinlein's view of the important things in life. A young officer is assigned to duty on the lunar base, where there are nuclear weapons stored. His superiors want to stage a coup, using those weapons, which can threaten the Earth while being beyond the reach of retaliation. The young officer sacrifices himself to prevent their plot from succeeding, and becomes recognized in a death as a great hero. And this becomes part of the background to a later juvenile novel Space Cadet, as well as being referenced occasionally in other stories, so you can see that he regarded it as an important statement. Gentlemen, Be Seated is a cute little story about a man who saves people when a leak happens in a tunnel on the Moon by plugging the leak with his rear end. The Black Pits of Luna is little thing about a boy scout who is able to rescue his little brother, but it foreshadows the Juvenile novels he later wrote. It's Great To Be Back! is about a couple who have moved to the Moon, but continually find fault with the living arrangements. They finally decide to go back to Earth, but discover that it was not really the place they had remembered, and they then return to the Moon, which they now realize is home. -We Also Walk Dogs is a gem of a story concerning a company called General Services that basically does things for their clients. Their advertising slogan is “Want somebody murdered? Then DON'T call General Services. But for anything else, call…. It Pays!” They deal a few different problems in this story, but the main one is the development of anti-gravity, and it features a Chinese porcelain bowl. Ordeal in Space is about a spaceman who has an accident that gives him a fear of heights and washed him out of space. But he has to face his fear when he needs to rescue a kitten from the 35th floor. One thing about Heinlein is that he was a firm and devoted cat fancier, so it no accident that a kitten is the one that has to be rescued. And the final story, Logic of Empire, he discusses the development of slavery in the Venus colony as a natural consequence of machinery being expensive and humans being cheap. And in this story there is a background reference to Nehemiah Scudder, who will soon be important in the Future History. One of the things that is worthy of a brief discussion at this point is exemplified by the story Logic of Empire, and that is the reference to the Venus colony. We now know that Venus can best be described as hellish, with crushing air pressure and temperatures high enough to melt metals. The best designed landers can last no more than minutes before being destroyed. But this was not known when Heinlein was writing these early stories. The prevailing view at that time was that Venus was shrouded in clouds because it was very wet and swampy, so that is what Heinlein went with. Similarly his Mars had canals and was inhabited. You just have to go with it in these stories, as you have to do with so much of Golden Age science Fiction, let alone pre-Golden Age. Links: https://www.facebook.com/HeinleinSociety/posts/i-never-created-or-invented-a-future-history-on-april-fools-day-1939-i-started-t/1092968002874634/ https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Sold-Moon/dp/0671578634 https://www.amazon.com/Green-Hills-Earth-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0671578537 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011GBTKM/ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/asimov-de-camp-and-heinlein-naval-aviation-experim/ https://www.palain.com/science-fiction/the-golden-age/robert-a-heinlein/the-future-history-part-1/ Provide feedback on this episode.

With the World Cup coming to North America, millions of visitors will encounter more than stadiums and soccer. They'll also encounter the transportation systems, infrastructure gaps, and car-dependent development patterns that shape daily life in U.S. cities. Norm Van Eeden Petersman talks with Chuck Marohn and Rick Cole about “catastrophic money,” the danger of building for spectacle instead of long-term value, and what major events reveal about the places that host them. These visitors will move on when the games are over, but the systems they struggled with will still be ours to live with. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "The U.S. campaigned to host the World Cup. Now soccer fans will trade their countries' train system for the U.S.'s ‘D' rated infrastructure" by Catherine Gioino, Fortune.com (May 2026) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Chuck Marohn (LinkedIn) Rick Cole (LinkedIn) Articles Mentioned and Downzone: Just a thought: a Texas based World Cup (Article) The Mission: CIA in the 21st Century by Tim Weiner The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace by Tim Pat Coogan Only Murders in the Building (Site) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.   This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.

In this retail heat map episode, Carol Spieckerman examines the cascading cost crisis reshaping the consumer economy in 2026. From fuel price spikes driven by Strait of Hormuz disruptions to corporate pricing strategies that blur the line between necessity and opportunism, Carol connects seemingly disparate headlines to reveal a structural economic shift affecting every aspect of retail. Through her recent media contributions, including an appearance on China Global Television Network, Carol analyzes how petroleum-embedded supply chains create compounding cost pressures while retailers navigate impossible choices between absorbing increases or passing them to cash-strapped consumers. Plus, insights into Walmart's digital shelf label rollout, GLP-1 medication impacts on retail assortments, and why this inflationary wave differs fundamentally from previous cycles.Key TakeawaysFuel crisis creates retail domino effect across all categories – With gas prices experiencing the largest single-day increase since March 2022 and national averages nearing $5 per gallon, petroleum costs embedded throughout supply chains affect everything from plastic packaging to agricultural fertilizers. Carol explains how disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz (handling one-third of global seaborne oil) trigger immediate price spikes that retailers implement within days, creating a 3-6 week lag between crude oil disruption and consumer impact.Corporate profit margins reveal opportunistic pricing during crisis – Analysis of corporate earnings shows many companies maintaining steady or higher profit margins during inflationary periods, raising questions about legitimate cost increases versus margin padding. Carol explores the "honor system" approach to pricing transparency and how some companies use economic chaos as cover for profit expansion while others genuinely struggle with supply chain cost pressures.Walmart's digital shelf label technology enables dynamic pricing capabilities The retailer's chain-wide rollout of digital shelf labels brings operational efficiency gains but also introduces capability for real-time price changes every ten seconds. Despite Walmart's commitment to implementing updates outside shopping hours, the technology infrastructure supports surge pricing models already normalized in e-commerce, flight booking, and ride-sharing platforms.Consumer behavior shifts toward purposeful, consolidated shopping – Rising transportation costs drive preference for one-stop shopping destinations like Walmart and Amazon while penalizing specialty retailers requiring dedicated trips. Lower-income households face disproportionate budget pressure from necessity spending increases, while small businesses lack negotiating leverage to manage supplier cost increases, creating widening competitive gaps in retail marketplace.GLP-1 medication impacts follow cyclical patterns rather than permanent shifts – Weight-loss drug usage affects retail assortments and portion sizing, but Carol's analysis reveals cyclical consumer behavior as users plateau, reach goals, or discontinue medications. Rather than fundamentally reshaping availability for all shoppers, retailers expand assortments to accommodate GLP-1 users alongside traditional options, with larger diversified retailers better positioned to serve multiple consumer segments simultaneously.The Retail RealityCarol identifies this moment as a structural economic shift rather than temporary inflation, with cascading costs affecting petroleum-dependent supply chains, manufacturing processes, and transportation networks simultaneously. The crisis reveals competitive advantages for diversified retailers with multiple revenue streams (marketplace fees, advertising income, membership programs) while exposing vulnerabilities in specialty retail formats requiring dedicated consumer trips. Corporate pricing strategies range from legitimate cost management to opportunistic margin expansion, with long-term customer loyalty implications for companies perceived as exploiting economic hardship. Technology developments like digital shelf labeling accelerate dynamic pricing capabilities while consumer acceptance remains uncertain. The episode concludes that traditional retail assumptions about average consumers with predictable needs no longer apply, as economic pressure creates more calculated shopping behaviors, conditional brand loyalty, and expectations for demonstrable value on every purchase. Retailers must balance transparency about genuine cost pressures with creative value delivery methods that go beyond simple price competition.Want to be a guest on Spieckerman Speaks Retail? Contact team@spieckermanretail.comCheck out more of Carol's retail insights and updates Follow Carol on LinkedInFollow Carol on Twitter

After a busy few months, the boys are finally back around the table together.Jay shares the story behind a serious health scare that resulted in 11 days in hospital, multiple operations and a long road to recovery ahead.Jimbo talks about finally making the jump into self employment and launching South Power Group, including the challenges of finding work, managing finances and adapting to life without the security of a guaranteed wage.The conversation also covers the launch of the Navitas Three Phase range in Northern Ireland, the release of Navitas Energy and some honest discussion about business growth, risk, comfort zones and the realities of building something for yourself.If you've ever thought about going self employed, starting a business or pushing yourself outside your comfort zone, this episode is packed with real world experiences from people living it every day.Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Chauvin Arnoux UK.

From bizarre grocery store signs to the history of "Trial by Ordeal," we're diving deep into the weirdest corners of the news!

The American administration's next round of sabre-rattling has been directed at Cuba. But more military adventures there would probably prove disastrous. We profile the three starkly different contenders in Colombia's hyper-polarised presidential election. And our series looking at World Cup squads goes to Mexico.Guests and host:Sarah Birke, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the CaribbeanKinley Salmon, Latin America correspondentJon Fasman, senior culture correspondentJason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”Topics covered: Cuba, American foreign policyColombia's electionsWorld Cup, MexicoGet a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The American administration's next round of sabre-rattling has been directed at Cuba. But more military adventures there would probably prove disastrous. We profile the three starkly different contenders in Colombia's hyper-polarised presidential election. And our series looking at World Cup squads goes to Mexico.Guests and host:Sarah Birke, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the CaribbeanKinley Salmon, Latin America correspondentJon Fasman, senior culture correspondentJason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”Topics covered: Cuba, American foreign policyColombia's electionsWorld Cup, MexicoGet a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A tricky person can manipulate the Sotah rules...

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The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on 1 Peter 4 and 5 (in which Peter offers wisdom to sufferers) and John 17 (in which Jesus prays at the Last Supper). You can endure your suffering because God is not absent. In Christ, he is with you, even in pain.

The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on 1 Peter 4 and 5 (in which Peter offers wisdom to sufferers) and John 17 (in which Jesus prays at the Last Supper). You can endure your suffering because God is not absent. In Christ, he is with you, even in pain.

If the daily news cycle feels like a fever dream you can't wake up from, consider this your morning shot of espresso and sanity. Stephanie Miller dismantles the latest circus acts coming out of the White House with equal parts intellect and well-earned snark. She takes a deep dive into the administration's "pendulum style" of foreign policy, specifically the President's wildly contradictory stances on the Iran conflict. She'll break down the sheer absurdity of the "Donald Trump Desktop End of the Iran War-a-Day Calendar" and ask the question we're all thinking: How did we get here? From the bizarre involvement of the "B-Team" entourage—including Elon Musk and Brett Ratner—to the dangerous overstatements of military success, she's navigating the wreckage of international relations with a comedic compass. With guests Bob Cesca & Carlos Alazragui!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Processor Bill Barry and Ivan Batten of Port de Grave's Harbour Authority say the redevelopment of Ship Cove harbour is good news for the fishery + Christine Dawood is the author of "Ninety-Six Hours: A Wife and Mother's Desperate Search for the Lost Titan Sub."

May 5, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson talk with Hunter Patterson, a staff writer for The Athletic, about tonight's Pistons playoff game against the Cavaliers and other news. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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We welcome you to Maundy Thursday. In the penultimate episode before Jane and Fi go off for a week, they learn that their influence knows no bounds in Purley Way! They also chat Winchester vs Basingstoke rivalries, cat-arse dispensers, erotic Ottolenghi recipes, why you should never turn to a bottle of Malibu… and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Plus, best-selling author William Boyd discusses the paperback of ‘The Predicament', the second instalment in the Gabriel Dax trilogy. You can check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndFiOur new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofzaOur next book club pick is 'A Town Like Alice' by Nevil Shute.Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfiPodcast Producers: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Triumph Over Turmoil: Yael's High-Stakes Office Ordeal Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2026-04-02-07-38-20-he Story Transcript:He: שמש האביב הבריקה על משרדי החברה הגדולה, ופסח התקרב עם כל אירועיו והמטלות הכרוכות בו.En: The spring sun glistened over the offices of the large company, and Passover was approaching with all its events and associated tasks.He: בכל מקום אפשר היה לראות קישוטים של פסח שנשארו מהחגיגות של ערב קודם.En: Everywhere, Passover decorations from the celebrations of the previous evening could be seen.He: בעיצומה של תנועה קדחתנית במשרד, נעצרה יעל, מנהלת הפרויקטים הצעירה, והסתכלה סביב בהתרגשות ובחשש.En: In the midst of a feverish hustle in the office, Yael (pronounced Yah-el), the young project manager, paused and looked around with excitement and apprehension.He: היא עמדה לפני מצגת חשובה ללקוח חשוב ביותר.En: She was about to give an important presentation to a very significant client.He: היא חשה לחץ עצום, והפחד שלה לא להיקח ברצינות גרם לליבה לפעום בקצב מסחרר.En: She felt immense pressure, and her fear of not being taken seriously caused her heart to beat frantically.He: חמישה רגעים קודם למצגת, גילתה יעל שהקבצים החיוניים נעלמו.En: Five minutes before the presentation, Yael discovered that the essential files had disappeared.He: זמן להשלים לא היה, והחרדה רק גברה.En: There was no time to spare, and the anxiety only intensified.He: יעל נאנחה ונשמה עמוק.En: Yael sighed and took a deep breath.He: היא הבינה שאין ברירה אלא לפעול מיד ולחלק את המשימות.En: She realized there was no choice but to act immediately and delegate tasks.He: דניאל, עובד טכני מוכשר, נשלח לברר ב-IT האם יש בעיות ברשת או במערכת התיקיות.En: Daniel (pronounced Dan-ee-el), a talented technical employee, was sent to check with IT if there were any network or folder system issues.He: מיכה, חברתה מהצוות, קיבלה משימה לבדוק במהירות את תיבת הדואר שלה, לתקווה ששם נמצאים הקבצים האובדים.En: Micha (pronounced Mee-khah), her teammate, was tasked with quickly checking her email inbox in the hope that the missing files were there.He: בעוד שלוש דקות בלבד החלו להרגיש איך בורחות השניות האחרונות, והמשרד כולו היה בנשימה עצורה.En: With only three minutes remaining, they could feel every last second slipping away, and the entire office was holding its breath.He: לפתע, בעוד מיכה מסתכלת שוב באימיילים, צעקה בהתרגשות: "מצאתי!En: Suddenly, as Micha checked the emails again, she shouted excitedly, "I found them!He: הם היו מקובצים במייל ששכחתי!En: They were grouped in an email I had forgotten!"He: " הקובץ היה שם, מוחבא בין עשרות אימיילים ישנים.En: The file was there, hidden among dozens of old emails.He: יעל התעשתה חיש-מהר, וברגע האחרון מיהרה לחדר הישיבות עם הקבצים הנכונים בידיה.En: Yael quickly composed herself, and at the last moment, she rushed to the conference room with the correct files in hand.He: רגע לפני שהמצגת התחילה, החלה לדבר בביטחון ובשלווה.En: Just before the presentation began, she started speaking with confidence and calm.He: הלקוחות היו מרותקים, והכלי שהכינה הותיר עליהם רושם עז.En: The clients were captivated, and the tool she had prepared left a strong impression on them.He: העסקה נראתה שוב בהישג יד.En: The deal seemed once more within reach.He: כשחזרה למשרדה, הרגישה יעל הקלה עצומה.En: When she returned to her office, Yael felt immense relief.He: היא הבינה שלסמוך על הצוות שלה היה המהלך הנכון, ושתמיכה זה כוח ולא חולשה.En: She realized that relying on her team was the right move and that support is a strength, not a weakness.He: יעל חייכה – היא התכוונה להצליח, וכך גם היו הדברים באמת.En: Yael smiled—she intended to succeed, and that was indeed the reality. Vocabulary Words:glistened: הבריקהapproaching: התקרבdecorations: קישוטיםamidst: בעיצומהfeverish: קדחתניתapprehension: חששfrantically: בקצב מסחררimmense: עצוםdiscovered: גילתהanxiety: חרדהdelegate: לחלקnetwork: רשתfolder: תיקיותremaining: נותרוholding its breath: בנשימה עצורהcomposed: התעשתהconference room: חדר הישיבותcaptivated: מרותקיםimpression: רושםrelief: הקלהessential: חיונייםintensified: גברהbreathe: לנשוםsupport: תמיכהrelying: לסמוךstrength: כוחweakness: חולשהprepared: הכינהintent: התכוונהreality: המציאותBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Steve is joined by U.S. Army veteran Rory Aylward who serves as a military technical advisor to the film and television industries, and film historian, writer and researcher Avie Hern, as they discuss the making of and legacy of "Patton" - the Best Picture of 1970.

In October of 1066 William of Normandy defeated King Harold II of England on a battlefield near Hastings, and the effects of that Norman Conquest would reshape England's culture, politics, language and religion for more than 1,000 years. But the seeds of that event were sown more than 60 years earlier, when the teenage daughter of a Norman duke arrived on England's shores to marry its king. Her name was Emma, and her career as queen and matriarch would span the reigns of seven of England's kings: she married two kings, two of her sons became kings as did two of her stepsons, and her father-in-law was king. Writer Patrica Bracewell, author of the Emma of Normandy trilogy, will explore the life of this powerful woman who became the wealthiest woman in England, a patron of the arts, a savvy political strategist, and a pivotal figure in the family politics that governed England. Medievalist Elaine Treharne will discuss communities of learning in 11th century England, focusing particularly on the manuscripts produced by religious establishments. Among these are some of the most magnificent volumes ever produced in the pre-print era that show how much emphasis was placed on education, piety and commemoration in this period. Musician Shira Kammen and her ensemble In Bocca al Lupo will present a short program of medieval music inspired by and about the queens of this tumultuous era. Join Humanities West to explore Emma of Normandy, the challenges she faced, the victories she led, and the world in which the woman who was the only twice-crowned queen of England lived. The Commonwealth Club of California is a nonprofit public forum; we welcome donations made during registration to support the production of our programming. A Humanities Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. In association with Humanities West. Speaker photos courtesy the speakers; painting: William Blake's The Ordeal of Queen Emma. Commonwealth Club World Affairs is a public forum. Any views expressed in our programs are those of the speakers and not of Commonwealth Club World Affairs. Organizer: George Hammond  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5. Joseph Ellis, *The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773 to 1783*. Nathaniel Greene saved the Continental Army from collapse at Valley Forge by stabilizing the food supply as quartermaster. The veterans of this ordeal began to see themselves as an "aristocracy of virtue" committed to the necessity of a strong federal government. Figures like John Laurens envisioned the revolution as a crusade to end slavery, viewing it as the purest expression of the cause. Furthermore, the Continental Army was a genuinely integrated force, with African Americans making up 8-10% of the troops and serving in combat units at a level not seen again until the KoreanWar. (5)1492 COLUMBUS

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The Black Sensei Society crew is back with Episode 112, kicking off our new monthly guest appearance series! This week, we welcome Bama and returning guest Moon Peaches Taylor for one of our most heated anime debates yet.In this episode:The squad tackles the burning question: Is The Apothecary Diaries actually underappreciated? Random pulls up with a legendary 46-page slideshow presentation breaking down the numbers, rankings, and receipts—but was the whole debate just an elaborate troll? Find out as the crew goes back and forth on one of the most popular anime in Japan right now.We also dive into whether Ordeal will shake up the anime industry, share our thoughts on the latest Game of Thrones hate watch, and Miles puts us on to the Fate/Strange Fake light novel. Plus, we address the Bleach hater allegations and announce next week's Bleach appreciation episode.Join the conversation in our Discord where all the real debates go down!Don't forget to:☆ Rate us 5 stars on your podcast platform☆ Like and subscribe on YouTube☆ Join our Discord communityKeywords: anime podcast, Apothecary Diaries review, anime debate, Ordeal anime, Black anime podcast, manga discussion, anime community, winter anime 2026, Bleach, JJK, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, Fate Strange Fake, anime rankings, anime hot takeshttps://linktr.ee/blacksenseisociety

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Candide by Francois Voltaire w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells ---00:00 "Voltaire, Leadership, and Absurdity"11:11 Voltaire, Swingers, and Pancakes14:12 "Timeless Stories Often Retold"17:38 "Reassembling Lost Meaning"26:36 "The Impact of the Printing Press"32:50 "Candide: Chapter 2 Overview"37:58 "Voltaire, War, and Absurdity"41:50 "Voltaire's Cynicism and Candide"44:46 "Leaders Are Problem Solvers"50:55 "Disgust, Pragmatism, and Leadership"57:16 "Timeless Thinkers and Their Impact"01:04:07 "Candide's Ordeal and Reflection"01:08:14 "Limits of Enlightenment and Reason"01:14:41 Promote Team Builders, Not Performers01:19:28 "Moral Courage Over Physical Acts"01:25:34 "Challenges in Leadership Perspective"01:27:58 "Shift to Prompt-Based Thinking"01:33:23 "Ironic Detachment in Leadership"01:41:26 Empathy and Generational Disconnect01:45:50 "Gen X's Call to Action"---Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!--- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribeCheck out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTl

Over the next weeks, we'll be revisiting Lance's series called “The Lord is in the Whirlwind and the Storm”. In this episode, Lance shares part 1 from this series on Nahum. This episode is called “As Seen in the Nations” By the grace of God, may you be part of the Lord's work in our generation. May you know the One who has all authority and power in heaven and on earth in His hands. May you know the deep deep love of Jesus.www.lancelambert.org Chapters (00:00:00) - Lance Lambert(00:00:53) - The Little Book of Nahum(00:04:15) - Prayer for the Word(00:05:49) - Nahum's prophecy about the coming of the Lord(00:15:47) - The Whirlwind, Storm and Cloud(00:18:35) - The whirlwind and the storm(00:29:01) - What does September 11th mean for our country?(00:31:49) - What will A War with Iraq Unleash?(00:34:36) - Islam's goal is world domination(00:43:22) - Islam's view of the end times(00:48:05) - The Last Battle of the Muslims(00:59:06) - God is in the whirlwind(01:06:19) - The Right to Personal Rights(01:08:47) - The Birth Pangs of the Coming Kingdom(01:16:18) - An Ordeal for the Generation

In the summer of 1960, seven-year-old Roger Woodward was just a kid looking forward to a boat ride on the Niagara River to celebrate his sister's birthday—he had no idea he was about to experience something that should have been impossible. When a simple mechanical failure turned their peaceful afternoon into a nightmare, Roger found himself being swept toward the edge of Niagara Falls, powerless against 750,000 gallons of water rushing past him every second. What followed was a series of moments so improbable, so perfectly timed, that witnesses called it a miracle—from his sister's desperate fight for survival just feet from the brink, to Roger's own journey over a 188-foot waterfall. This is the story of the boy who fell into Niagara Falls and lived, and the ordinary people who became heroes in the most extraordinary circumstances. Time Stamps: 00:00 Introduction to The Crux True Survival Story Podcast 00:31 Listener's Suggestion: Roger Woodward's Story 01:23 Niagara Falls: A Natural Wonder 02:34 The Fateful Boat Ride 05:49 The Upper Niagara River: A Deceptive Calm 06:47 The Point of No Return 12:06 The Rapids: A Fight for Survival 16:52 Deanne's Rescue 21:23 Roger's Ordeal in the Rapids 22:34 The Calm Before the Plunge 22:53 Facing the Abyss 24:34 Over the Edge 25:07 Rescue by the Maid of the Mist 27:41 Miraculous Survival 29:58 The Aftermath and Media Frenzy 36:17 A Life Beyond the Falls 40:02 Reflecting on Survival and Legacy 42:25 Closing Thoughts and Listener Engagement Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ REFERENCES & SOURCES "Bonus Episode: The Boy Who Went Over the Falls," Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe podcast, August 16, 2024 30th anniversary speech at Glengate Alliance Church, 1990 "50 years later, survivor recalls accidental plunge over Niagara Falls," Deseret News, July 17, 2010 "Sean Kirst: Survivor of plunge over Niagara at age 7 recalls terror at the brink," Buffalo News, July 13, 2019 "'Miracle at Niagara' — 50 years later," Lockport Journal, July 2, 2010 "Alabama man recalls fall over Niagara Falls 50 years ago," Rapid City Journal, 2010 "Miracle At Niagara Falls: The Roger Woodward Story," B&B Niagara, July 30, 2017 "Miracle At Niagara -- 7-Year-Old Survived A Plunge Over The Falls," The Seattle Times, November 26, 1998 "Roger Woodward - Niagara Falls Miracle, Incidents, Survivor, Story," InfoNiagara.com "History of Niagara Falls Daredevils - Roger Woodward," NiagaraFallsInfo.com, February 8, 2017 "The 7-year-old who survived going over Niagara Falls," INniagararegion, March 31, 2023 "7-Year-Old Boy Survives Plunge Over Niagara Falls," Go Niagara Tours, July 31, 2025 "Amazing Story of a Seven-Year-Old who Survived Niagara Falls," The Vintage News, August 11, 2018 "Roger Woodward and Psalm 139," Words of Hope, April 19, 2021 "Niagara," The History Channel documentary, 1999 "Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic," IMAX film Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

John Granger Attempts to Convince Nick (and You!) That The Hallmarked Man will be Considered the Best of the Series.We review our take-away impressions from our initial reading of The Hallmarked Man. Although we enjoyed it, especially John's incredible prediction of Robin's ectopic pregnancy, neither of us came away thinking this was the finest book in the series. For Nick, this was a surprise, as enthusiastic J. K. Rowling fan that he is other than Career of Evil every book he has read has been his favourite. Using an innovative analysis of the character pairs surrounding both Cormoran and Robin, John argues that we can't really appreciate the artistry of book number eight until we consider its place in the series. Join John and Nick as they review the mysteries that remain to be resolved and how The Hallmarked Man sets readers up for shocking reveals in Strike 9 and 10!Why Troubled Blood is the Best Strike Novel:* The Pillar Post Collection of Troubled Blood Posts at HogwartsProfessor by John Granger, Elizabeth Baird-Hardy, Louise Freeman, Beatrice Groves, and Nick JefferyTroubled Blood and Faerie Queene: The Kanreki ConversationBut What If We Judge Strike Novels by a Different Standard than Shed Artifice? What About Setting Up the ‘Biggest Twist' in Detective Fiction History?* If Rowling is to be judged by the ‘shock' of the reveals in Strike 10, then The Hallmarked Man, the most disappointing book in the series even to many Serious Strikers, will almost certainly be remembered as the book that set up the finale with the greatest technical misdirection while playing fair.* The ending must be a shock, one that readers do not see coming, BUT* The author must provide the necessary clues and pointers repeatedly and emphatically lest the reader feel cheated at the point of revelation.* If the Big Mysteries of the series are to be solved with the necessary shock per both Russian Formalist and Perennialist understanding, then the answers to be revealed in the final two Strike novels, Books Two and Three of the finale trilogy, should be embedded in The Hallmarked Man.* Rowling on Playing Fair with Readers:The writer says that she wanted to extend the shelf of detective fiction without breaking it. “Part of the appeal and fascination of the genre is that it has clear rules. I'm intrigued by those rules and I like playing with them. Your detective should always lay out the information fairly for the reader, but he will always be ahead of the game. In terms of creating a character, I think Cormoran Strike conforms to certain universal rules but he is very much of this time.* On the Virtue of ‘Penetration' in Austen, Dickens, and Rowling* Rowling on the Big Twist' in Austen's Emma:“I have never set up a surprise ending in a Harry Potter book without knowing I can never, and will never, do it anywhere near as well as Austen did in Emma.”What are the Key Mysteries of the Strike series?Nancarrow FamilyWhy did Leda and Ted leave home in Cornwall as they did?Why did Ted and Joan not “save” Strike and Lucy?Was Leda murdered or did she commit suicide?If she was murdered, who dunit?If she commited suicide, why did she do it?What happened to Switch Whittaker?Cormoran StrikeIs Jonny Rokeby his biological father?What SIB case was he investigating when he was blown up?Was he the father of Charlotte's lost baby? If not, then who was?Why has he been so unstable in his relations with women post Charlotte Campbell?Charlotte CampbellWhy did her mother hate her so much?What was her relationship with her three step-fathers? Especially Dino LongcasterWho was the father of her lost child?Was the child intentionally aborted or was it a miscarriage?What was written in her “suicide note”?Was Charlotte murdered or did she commit suicide?If she was murdered, who done it?If she committed suicide, why did she do it?What happened to the billionaire lover?What clues do we get in Hallmarked Man that would answer these questions?- Strike 8 - Greatest Hits of Strikes 1-7: compilation, concentration of perumbration in series as whole* Decima/Lion - incest* Rupert's biological father not his father of record (Dino)* Sacha Legard a liar with secrets* Ryan Murphy working a plan off-stage - Charlotte's long gameStrike about ‘Pairings' in Lethal WhiteStrike continued to pore over the list of names as though he might suddenly see something emerging out of his dense, spiky handwriting, the way unfocused eyes may spot the 3D image hidden in a series of brightly colored dots. All that occurred to him, however, was the fact that there was an unusual number of pairs connected to Chiswell's death: couples—Geraint and Della, Jimmy and Flick; pairs of full siblings—Izzy and Fizzy, Jimmy and Billy; the duo of blackmailing collaborators—Jimmy and Geraint; and the subsets of each blackmailer and his deputy—Flick and Aamir. There was even the quasi-parental pairing of Della and Aamir. This left two people who formed a pair in being isolated within the otherwise close-knit family: the widowed Kinvara and Raphael, the unsatisfactory, outsider son.Strike tapped his pen unconsciously against the notebook, thinking. Pairs. The whole business had begun with a pair of crimes: Chiswell's blackmail and Billy's allegation of infanticide. He had been trying to find the connection between them from the start, unable to believe that they could be entirely separate cases, even if on the face of it their only link was in the blood tie between the Knight brothers.Part Two, Chapter 52Key Relationship Pairings in Cormoran Strike:Who Killed Leda Strike?To Rowling-Galbraith's credit, credible arguments in dedicated posts have been made that every person in the list below was the one who murdered Leda Strike. Who do you think did it?* Jonny Rokeby and the Harringay Crime Syndicate (Heroin Dark Lord 2.0),* Ted Nancarrow (Uncle Ted Did It),* Dave Polworth,* Leda Strike (!),* Lucy Fantoni (Lucy and Joan Did It and here),* Sir Randolph Whittaker,* Nick Herbert,* Peter Gillespie, and* Charlotte Campbell-RossScripted Ten Questions:1. So, Nick, back when we first read Hallmarked Man we said that there were four things we knew for sure would be said about Strike 8 in the future. Do you remember what they were?2. And, John, you've been thinking about the ‘Set-Up' idea and how future Rowling Readers will think of Hallmarked Man, even that they will think of it as the best Strike novel. I thought that was Troubled Blood by consensus. What's made you change your mind?3. So, Nick, yes, Troubled Blood I suspect will be ranked as the best of series, even best book written by Rowling ever, but, if looked at as the book that served the most critical place in setting up the finale, I think Hallmarked Man has to be considered better in that crucial way than Strike 5, better than any Strike novel. Can you think of another Strike mystery that reviews specific plot points and raises new aspects of characters and relationships the way Strike 8 does?4. Are you giving Hallmarked Man a specific function with respect to the last three books than any of the others? If so, John, what is that exactly and what evidence do we have that in Rowling's comments about reader-writer obligations and writer ambitions?5. Nick, I think Hallmarked Man sets us up to answer the Key mysteries that remain, that the first seven books left for the final three to answer. I'm going to organize those unresolved questions into three groups and challenge you to think of the ones I'm missing, especially if I'm missing a category.6. If I understand the intention of your listing these remaining questions, John, your saying that the restatement of specific plot points and characters from the first seven Strike novels in Hallmarked Man points to the possible, even probable answers to those questions. What specifically are the hallmarks in this respect of Hallmarked Man?7. If you take those four points, Nick, and revisit the mysteries lists in three categories, do you see how Rowling hits a fairness point with respect to clueing readers into what will no doubt be shocking answers to them if they're not looking for the set-ups?8. That's fun, Nick, but there's another way at reaching the same conclusions, namely, charting the key relationships of Strike and Ellacott to the key family, friends, and foes in their lives and how they run in pairs or parallel couplets (cue PPoint slides).9. Can we review incest and violence against or trafficking of young women in the Strike series? Are those the underpinning of the majority of the mysteries that remain in the books?10. Many Serious Strikers and Gonzo Galbraithians hated Striuke 8 because Hallmarked Man failed to meet expectations. In conclusion, do you think, Nick, that this argument that the most recent Strike-Ellacott adventure is the best because of how it sets us up for the wild finish to come will be persuasive -- or just annoying?On Imagination as Transpersonal Faculty and Non-Liturgical Sacred ArtThe Neo-Iconoclasm of Film (and Other Screened Adaptations): Justin requested within his question for an expansion of my allusion to story adaptations into screened media as a “neo-iconoclasm.” I can do that here briefly in two parts. First, by urging you to read my review of the first Hunger Games movie adaptation, ‘Gamesmakers Hijack Story: Capitol Wins Again,' in which I discussed at post's end how ‘Watching Movies is a a Near Sure Means to Being Hijacked by Movie Makers.' In that, I explain via an excerpt from Jerry Mander's Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, the soul corrosive effects of screened images.Second, here is a brief introduction to the substance of the book I am working on.Rowling is a woman of profound contradictions. On the one hand, like all of us she is the walking incarnation of her Freudian family romance per Paglia, the ideas and blindspots of the age in which we live, with the peculiar individual prejudices and preferences and politics of her upbringing, education, and life experiences, especially the experiences we can call crises and consequent core beliefs, aversions, and desires. Rowling acknowledges all this, and, due to her CBT exercises and one assumes further talking therapy, she is more conscious of the elephant she is riding and pretending to steer than most of her readers.She points to this both in asides she make in her tweets and public comments but also in her descriptive metaphor of how she writes. The ‘Lake' of that metaphor, the alocal place within her from her story ideas and inspiration spring, is her “muse,” the word for superconscious rather than subconscious ideas that she used in her 2007 de la Cruz interview. She consciously recognizes that, despite her deliberate reflection on her PTSD, daddy drama, and idiosyncratic likes and dislikes, she still has unresolved issues that her non-conscious mind presents to her as story conflict for imaginative resolution.Her Lake is her persona well, the depths of her individual identity and a mask she wears.The Shed, in contrast, is the metaphorical place where Rowling takes the “stuff” given her by the creature in her Lake, the blobs of molten glass inspiration, to work it into proper story. The tools in this Shed are unusual, to say the least, and are the great markers of what makes Rowling unique among contemporary writers and a departure from, close to a contradiction of the artist you would expect to be born of her life experiences, formative crises, and education.Out of a cauldron potion made from listening to the Smiths, Siouxie and the Banshees, and The Clash, reading and loving Val McDermid, Roddy Doyle, and Jessica Mitford, and surviving a lower middle class upbringing with an emotionally barren homelife and Comprehensive education on the England-Wales border, you'd expect a Voldemort figure at Goblet of Fire's climax to rise rather than a writer who weaves archetypally rich myths of the soul's journey to perfection in the spirit with alchemical coloring and sequences, ornate chiastic structures, and a bevy of symbols visible only to the eye of the Heart.To understand Rowling, as she all but says in her Lake and Shed metaphor, one has to know her life story and experiences to “get” from where her inspiration bubbles up and, as important, you need a strong grasp of the traditionalist worldview and place of literature in it to appreciate the power of the tools she uses, especially how she uses them in combination.The biggest part of that is understanding the Perennialist definition of “Sacred Art.” I touched on this in a post about Rowling's beloved Christmas story, ‘Dante, Sacred Art, and The Christmas Pig.'Rowling has been publicly modest about the aims of her work, allowing that it would be nice to think that readers will be more empathetic after reading her imaginative fiction. Dante was anything but modest or secretive in sharing his self-understanding in the letter he wrote to Cangrande about The Divine Comedy: “The purpose of the whole work is to remove those living in this life from the state of wretchedness and to lead them to the state of blessedness.” His aim, point blank, was to create a work of sacred art, a category of writing and experience that largely exists outside our understanding as profane postmoderns, but, given Rowling's esoteric artistry and clear debts to Dante, deserves serious consideration as what she is writing as well.Sacred art, in brief, is representational work — painting, statuary, liturgical vessels and instruments, and the folk art of theocentric cultures in which even cutlery and furniture are means to reflection and transcendence of the world — that employ revealed forms and symbols to bring the noetic faculty or heart into contact with the supra-sensible realities each depicts. It is not synonymous with religious art; most of the art today that has a religious subject is naturalist and sentimental rather than noetic and iconographic, which is to say, contemporary artists imitate the creation of God as perceived by human senses rather than the operation of God in creation or, worse, create abstractions of their own internally or infernally generated ideas.Story as sacred art, in black to white contrast, is edifying literature and drama in which the soul's journey to spiritual perfection is portrayed for the reader or the audience's participation within for transformation from wretchedness to blessedness, as Dante said. As with the plastic arts, these stories employ traditional symbols of the revealed traditions in conformity with their understanding of cosmology, soteriology, and spiritual anthropology. The myths and folklore of the world's various traditions, ancient Greek drama, the epic poetry of Greece, Rome, and Medieval Europe, the parables of Christ, the plays of Shakespeare's later period, and the English high fantasy tradition from Coleridge to the Inklings speak this same symbolic language and relay the psychomachia experience of the human victory over death.Dante is a sacred artist of this type. As difficult as it may be to understand Rowling as a writer akin to Dante, Shakespeare, Homer, Virgil, Aeschylus, Spenser, Lewis, and Tolkien, her deployment of traditional symbolism and the success she enjoys almost uniquely in engaging and edifying readers of all ages, beliefs, and circumstances suggests this is the best way of understanding her work. Christmas Pig is the most obviously sacred art piece that Rowling has created to date. It is the marriage of Dantean depths and the Estecean lightness of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, about which more later.[For an introduction to reading poems, plays, and stories as sacred art, that is, allegorical depictions of the soul's journey to spiritual perfection that are rich in traditional symbolism, Ray Livingston's The Traditional Theory of Literature is the only book length text in print. Kenneth Oldmeadow's ‘Symbolism and Sacred Art' in his Traditionalism: Religion in the light of the Perennial Philosophy(102-113), ‘Traditional Art' in The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr(203-214), and ‘The Christian and Oriental, or True Philosophy of Art' in The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy(123-152) explain in depth the distinctions between sacred and religious, natural, and humanist art. Martin Lings' The Sacred Art of Shakespeare: To Take Upon Us the Mystery of Things and Jennifer Doane Upton's two books on The Divine Comedy, Dark Way to Paradise and The Ordeal of Mercy are the best examples I know of reading specific works of literature as sacred art rather than as ‘stories with symbolic meaning' read through a profane and analytic lens.]‘Profane Art' from this view is “art for art's sake,” an expression of individual genius and subjective meaning that is more or less powerful. The Perennialist concern with art is less about gauging an artist's success in expressing his or her perception or its audience's response than with its conformity to traditional rules and its utility, both in the sense of practical everyday use and in being a means by which to be more human. Insofar as a work of art is good with respect to this conformity and edifying utility, it is “sacred art;” so much as it fails, it is “profane.” The best of modern art, even that with religious subject matter or superficially beautiful and in that respect edifying, is from this view necessarily profane.Sacred art differs from modern and postmodern conceptions of art most specifically, though, in what it is representing. Sacred art is not representing the natural world as the senses perceive it or abstractions of what the individual and subjective mind “sees,” but is an imitation of the Divine art of creation. The artist “therefore imitates nature not in its external forms but in its manner of operation as asserted so categorically by St. Thomas Aquinas [who] insists that the artist must not imitate nature but must be accomplished in ‘imitating nature in her manner of operation'” (Nasr 2007, 206, cf. “Art is the imitation of Nature in her manner of operation: Art is the principle of manufacture” (Summa Theologia Q. 117, a. I). Schuon described naturalist art which imitates God's creation in nature by faithful depiction of it, consequently, as “clearly luciferian.” “Man must imitate the creative act, not the thing created,” Aquinas' “manner of operation” rather than God's operation manifested in created things in order to produce ‘creations'which are not would-be duplications of those of God, but rather a reflection of them according to a real analogy, revealing the transcendental aspect of things; and this revelation is the only sufficient reason of art, apart from any practical uses such and such objects may serve. There is here a metaphysical inversion of relation [the inverse analogy connecting the principial and manifested orders in consequence of which the highest realities are manifested in their remotest reflections[1]]: for God, His creature is a reflection or an ‘exteriorized' aspect of Himself; for the artist, on the contrary, the work is a reflection of an inner reality of which he himself is only an outward aspect; God creates His own image, while man, so to speak, fashions his own essence, at least symbolically. On the principial plane, the inner manifests the outer, but on the manifested plane, the outer fashions the inner (Schuon 1953, 81, 96).The traditional artist, then, in imitation of God's “exteriorizing” His interior Logos in the manifested space-time plane, that is, nature, instead of depicting imitations of nature in his craft, submits to creating within the revealed forms of his craft, which forms qua intellections correspond to his inner essence or logos.[2] The work produced in imitation of God's “manner of operation” then resembles the symbolic or iconographic quality of everything existent in being a transparency whose allegorical and anagogical content within its traditional forms is relatively easy to access and a consequent support and edifying shock-reminder to man on his spiritual journey. The spiritual function of art is that “it exteriorizes truths and beauties in view of our interiorization… or simply, so that the human soul might, through given phenomena, make contact with the heavenly archetypes, and thereby with its own archetype” (Schuon 1995a, 45-46).Rowling in her novels, crafted with tools all taken from the chest of a traditional Sacred Artist, is writing non-liturgical Sacred Art. Films and all the story experiences derived of adaptations of imaginative literature to screened images, are by necessity Profane Art, which is to say per the meaning of “profane,” outside the temple or not edifying spiritually. Film making is the depiction of how human beings encounter the time-space world through the senses, not an imitation of how God creates and a depiction of the spiritual aspect of the world, a liminal point of entry to its spiritual dimension. Whence my describing it as a “neo-iconoclasm.”The original iconoclasts or “icon bashers” were believers who treasured sacred art but did not believe it could use images of what is divine without necessarily being blasphemous; after the incarnation of God as Man, this was no longer true, but traditional Christian iconography is anything but naturalistic. It could not be without becoming subjective and profane rather than being a means to spiritual growth and encounters. Western religious art from the Renaissance and Reformation forward, however, embraces profane imitation of the sense perceived world, which is to say naturalistic and as such the antithesis of sacred art. Film making, on religious and non-religious subjects, is the apogee of this profane art which is a denial of any and all of the parameters of Sacred art per Aquinas, traditional civilizations, and the Perennialists.It is a neo-iconoclasm and a much more pervasive and successful destruction of the traditional world-view, so much so that to even point out the profanity inherent to film making is to insure dismissal as some kind of “fundamentalist,” “Puritan,” or “religious fanatic.”Screened images, then, are a type of iconoclasm, albeit the inverse and much more subtle kind than the relatively traditional and theocentric denial of sacred images (the iconoclasm still prevalent in certain Reform Church cults, Judaism, and Islam). This neo-iconoclasm of moving pictures depicts everything in realistic, life-like images, everything, that is, except the sacred which cannot be depicted as we see and experience things. This exclusion of the sacred turns upside down the anti-naturalistic depictions of sacred persons and events in iconography and sacred art. The effect of this flood of natural pictures akin to what we see with our eyes is to compel the flooded mind to accept time and space created nature as the ‘most real,' even ‘the only real.' The sacred, by never being depicted in conformity with accepted supernatural forms, is effectively denied.Few of us spend much time in live drama theaters today. Everyone watches screened images on cineplex screens, home computers, and smart phones. And we are all, consequently, iconoclasts and de facto agnostics, I'm afraid, to greater and lesser degrees because of this immersion and repetitive learning from the predominant art of our secular culture and its implicit atheism.Contrast that with the imaginative experience of a novel that is not pornographic or primarily a vehicle of perversion and violence. We are obliged to generate images of the story in the transpersonal faculty within each of us called the imagination, one I think that is very much akin to conscience or the biblical ‘heart.' This is in essence an edifying exercise, unlike viewing photographic images on screens. That the novel appears at the dawn of the Modern Age and the beginning of the end of Western corporate spirituality, I think is no accident but a providential advent. Moving pictures, the de facto regime artistry of the materialist civilization in which we live, are the counter-blow to the novel's spiritual oxygen.That's the best I can manage tonight to offer something to Justin in response to more about the “neo-iconoclasm” of film This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of 'Disaster Strikes,' hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the tragic story of Natalia Nagovitsyna, a Russian mountaineer who perished while attempting to summit Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan. Despite having already conquered four of the five Snow Leopard Peaks, Natalia's climb ended in heartbreak on August 2025, with her and fellow climber Luca Sinigaglia losing their lives in one of the world's most unforgiving mountain terrains. The episode explores the brutal conditions of Victory Peak, the heroic but ultimately futile rescue efforts, and the sobering realities of high-altitude mountaineering. The story highlights not only the relentless pursuit of mountaineering dreams but also the high cost that comes with scaling the world's most dangerous peaks. 00:00 Introduction to Disaster Strikes 00:38 The Death Zone: A Place of No Mercy 01:18 Victory Peak: The Ultimate Challenge 03:43 Natalia Nagovitsyna: A Story of Determination and Tragedy 06:10 The Climb and the Fall 09:21 The Deadly Descent 18:22 The Rescue Attempts 22:30 The Legacy of Victory Peak 26:59 Conclusion: Lessons from Tragedy References Fox News - "Rescue effort halted for stuck climber on treacherous mountain after climber dies trying to help her: reports" (August 2025) CBS News - "Climber dies trying to rescue injured Russian woman from Kyrgystan's highest mountain; search halted" (August 2025) CNN - "Victory Peak, Kyrgyzstan: Hopes fade for injured climber stuck up icy mountain for 12 days after breaking her leg" (August 2025) The Moscow Times - "Russia's Top Investigator Orders Rescue of Climber in Kyrgyzstan" (August 2025) Meduza - "Kyrgyzstan's mountains turn deadly Russian climber is stranded in Kyrgyzstan with broken leg and no food as weather thwarts rescue attempts" (August 2025) Explorersweb - "Pobeda: The Snow Leopards' Most Dangerous Summit" (2025) Explorersweb - "The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda Peak" (August 2025) Ultimate Kilimanjaro - "Natalia Nagovitsyna: Stranded (Who Was She & How Did She Die?)" (2025) Gripped Magazine - "Rescuer Dies as Climber's Ordeal Continues" (August 2025) Adventure Mountain - "Drama on Kyrgyzstan's highest mountain – rescue operation called off" (August 2025) Wikipedia - "High-altitude pulmonary edema" (Medical information on HAPE) Cleveland Clinic - "High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE): Causes & Treatment" (2025) NCBI Bookshelf - "High Altitude Pulmonary Edema" (StatPearls, 2023) Physiopedia - "High-Altitude Pulmonary Oedema" Expeditions Unlimited - "Mountaineering expedition Kyrgyzstan: climb Victory Peak" (Route descriptions and logistics) SummitPost - "Abalakov route - Pobeda" (Technical climbing information) Central Asia Travel - "Pobeda Peak. Expedition to Pobeda Peak (7439 m)" (Route details) Wikipedia - "Jengish Chokusu" (Mountain history and climbing statistics) KULUAR - "Pobeda Peak 2021. Season results. Three dead on 21 successful ascents" (2024) KULUAR - "Top 5 Deadliest Peaks in the World" (2024) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On Monday, December 8, an Afghan family was called to Malta, NY for an immigration appointment. This next segment continues our story which aired on Monday to better understand the ordeal which the family was experiencing.

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Every great movie has that moment — the hero face-down in the dirt, bleeding, doubting, wondering if they've got anything left. That's not the end of the story. That's the middle. So if you're there right now — business messy, life loud, wondering if you've blown it — you're not failing. You're in your Hero's Journey. In this powerful episode of PivotMe, April unpacks The Hero's Journey — that timeless storytelling arc that shows up in every great movie, book, and… your own life. From Luke Skywalker to Moana to Rocky, this universal path of struggle, transformation, and triumph is the same journey entrepreneurs and leaders walk every day. April walks through the 12 stages of the Hero's Journey and shows you how to identify where you are in your own story — so you can stop fighting the plot and start directing the outcome. This episode reminds every business owner and high performer that the mess isn't the end — it's the middle. Key Takeaways 1️⃣ Every leader is on their own Hero's Journey. Your business, your challenges, your growth — they all follow a story arc. 2️⃣ The 12 Stages of the Hero's Journey (and how they apply to real life): Ordinary World: The comfort zone that starts to feel too small. Call to Adventure: The whisper that says "There's more." Refusal of the Call: The fear that talks you out of it. Meeting the Mentor: The guide who shows you what's possible. Crossing the Threshold: The moment you commit — no turning back. Tests, Allies, and Enemies: The messy middle — growth under fire. Approach to the Inmost Cave: Preparation before your biggest challenge. The Ordeal: The breaking point that becomes your turning point. The Reward: The transformation — confidence, courage, clarity. The Road Back: Integration of lessons into real life. The Resurrection: Final test — choosing differently this time. Return with the Elixir: Sharing your wisdom, leading from strength. 3️⃣ The Hard Middle Is Not Failure. It's transformation in progress. 4️⃣ Knowing Your Stage Brings Clarity. When you can name where you are in the journey, you can stop reacting and start leading yourself through it. Quotes "Struggle isn't a detour. It's the way forward." "Mentors don't give you permission — they give you perspective." "The Ordeal isn't where the hero dies. It's where the old version of them dies." "When you understand your story, you stop fighting the plot and start directing the outcome." Challenge for Pivoters Ask yourself:

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This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Natalie Orpett and Eric Ciaramella to talk through the week's big national security news stories, including:“The Art of the Ordeal.” The Trump administration has been at the center of yet another bout of shuttle diplomacy the last several weeks, after an initial “28-point plan” for peace in Ukraine it appeared to hash out with Russia was met with widespread skepticism, both at home and in Kiev — leading it to shift focus to a “19-point plan” officials hashed out in closer consultation with Ukrainian officials and European officials, which was subsequently rejected by Russian President Vladimir Putin. What does this chaotic process tell us about the Trump administration's strategy and priorities? And what is it likely to mean for America's Ukrainian allies? “The War Crime on Drugs.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is at the center of another controversy, this time over his reported order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on an alleged narcotics-smuggling boat this past September—an order that, intentionally or not, led to a second strike that killed several people who were by that point clinging to wreckage in the open sea, in seemingly clear violation of Defense Department practice and the laws of armed conflict. Hegseth and the White House have sought to shift responsibility for the second strike to senior military personnel, but it's not clear whether Congress—where Democrats and Republicans on the armed services committees are threatening oversight—are persuaded.“Unlawful Good.” Several legislators who are also current or former servicemembers have been labeled the “Seditious Six” by the Trump administration and its allies for public statements they made reiterating that servicemembers' are only obligated to follow lawful orders, specifically in relation to ongoing counter-narcotics military operations in the Caribbean. And at least one—Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer—has been publicly threatened with a court martial by the Defense Department. How seriously should we take these legal actions? And what could the broader ramifications be for the military?In object lessons, Ben uses his once per decade mulligan. Eric recommends his current reading selection, "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare," a book that Scott reviewed on the Lawfare Podcast earlier this year. Scott gets into the spirit with one of his favorite seasonal albums, "It's a Holiday Soul Party." And Natalie plugs Lawfare's new Domestic deployment tracker - plus, a fabulous, olive-filled stuffing recipe (just add croutons!)Rational Security will be having its traditional end-of-year episode later this month, which will focus on listener-submitted topics and object lessons! So if you have topics you want us to discuss and object lessons you want to share—whether serious or frivolous—be sure to send them to rationalsecurity@lawfaremedia.org by Dec. 17th!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Natalie Orpett and Eric Ciaramella to talk through the week's big national security news stories, including:“The Art of the Ordeal.” The Trump administration has been at the center of yet another bout of shuttle diplomacy the last several weeks, after an initial “28-point plan” for peace in Ukraine it appeared to hash out with Russia was met with widespread skepticism, both at home and in Kiev — leading it to shift focus to a “19-point plan” officials hashed out in closer consultation with Ukrainian officials and European officials, which was subsequently rejected by Russian President Vladimir Putin. What does this chaotic process tell us about the Trump administration's strategy and priorities? And what is it likely to mean for America's Ukrainian allies? “The War Crime on Drugs.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is at the center of another controversy, this time over his reported order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on an alleged narcotics-smuggling boat this past September—an order that, intentionally or not, led to a second strike that killed several people who were by that point clinging to wreckage in the open sea, in seemingly clear violation of Defense Department practice and the laws of armed conflict. Hegseth and the White House have sought to shift responsibility for the second strike to senior military personnel, but it's not clear whether Congress—where Democrats and Republicans on the armed services committees are threatening oversight—are persuaded.“Unlawful Good.” Several legislators who are also current or former servicemembers have been labeled the “Seditious Six” by the Trump administration and its allies for public statements they made reiterating that servicemembers' are only obligated to follow lawful orders, specifically in relation to ongoing counter-narcotics military operations in the Caribbean. And at least one—Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer—has been publicly threatened with a court martial by the Defense Department. How seriously should we take these legal actions? And what could the broader ramifications be for the military?In object lessons, Ben uses his once per decade mulligan. Eric recommends his current reading selection, "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare," a book that Scott reviewed on the Lawfare Podcast earlier this year. Scott gets into the spirit with one of his favorite seasonal albums, "It's a Holiday Soul Party." And Natalie plugs Lawfare's new Domestic deployment tracker - plus, a fabulous, olive-filled stuffing recipe (just add croutons!)Rational Security will be having its traditional end-of-year episode later this month, which will focus on listener-submitted topics and object lessons! So if you have topics you want us to discuss and object lessons you want to share—whether serious or frivolous—be sure to send them to rationalsecurity@lawfaremedia.org by Dec. 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Segment 3 — Newfoundland Ordeal: Facing Impossible Weather in the Race Across the Atlantic — David Rooney— Teams faced "suicidal" weather conditions in Newfoundland, the mandatory launch point for transatlantic attempts. In May 1919, the impatient Hawker and Grieve departed in their small Sopwith aircraft and disappeared, prompting widespread public grief. The Rolls-Royce engines employed by competitors, particularly the Eagle and Falcon models, cemented the company's reputation as the premier aircraft engine manufacturer. 1927

Honest Overview Let's cut the small talk and get straight to the marrow. Brandon Handley isn't just wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving; he's handing you the blueprint to your own evolution. We're sitting here discussing the Hero's Journey—not because we're writing a screenplay, but because it is the undeniable architecture of high-stakes sales, addiction recovery, and relentless personal growth. You think you're just hitting a wall in your business? You think that burnout is random? It's not. It's a pattern. Campbell identified it, Hollywood monetized it, but you? You have to survive it to cash in. Handley breaks down the 12 steps, proving that whether you're white-knuckling a steering wheel outside a liquor store or waiting for legal to sign a massive contract, the psychological arc is exactly the same. Here is the gritty truth about where you are and where you're going: The Call and The Refusal: It starts with a whisper or a meltdown. You know the current routine—the "Ordinary World"—is dead. But then comes the fear. The Imposter Syndrome. The "who am I to lead this?" That doubt isn't a stop sign; it's the entry fee. The Point of No Return: You meet the mentor (maybe it's a person, maybe it's a program), and you cross the threshold. You surrender the need for total control. You stop waiting for permission to lead and you step into the unknown. The Ordeal in the Cave: This is the part nobody puts on Instagram. You face the "Inmost Cave." The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. In sales, this is confronting your insecurity. In recovery, it's sitting with the emotions you used to numb. This is where the old identity dies so the new one can breathe. The Resurrection & Return: You don't just come back; you come back changed. You return with the "elixir"—the wisdom to mentor others, to lead teams with empathy, and to win because of who you are, not who you're pretending to be. The Edge: Hacking the Identity Handley isn't just talking theory; he's engineering the outcome. He's using AI to compose music that reinforces the new identity and breathwork to embody the journey physically. Why? Because imprinting must happen before expression. You have to see it and feel it internally before it shows up in your bank account. The Stakes This is about Superhuman Selling. The market doesn't need another script robot. It needs you—the grounded, aligned, gritty version of you. The version that stopped asking, "Am I enough?" and started playing the game on a mythic level. Stop trying to be "Sales Guy." Be the hero of your own damn story. If you're ready to win from your true identity, it's time to cross the threshold

MUSICAlex Van Halen has talked about using generative A.I. to complete some unfinished Van Halen music. His nephew Wolfgang is NOT a fan of the idea, even though he's powerless to stop it. https://consequence.net/2025/11/wolfgang-van-halen-david-lee-roth-feud-2025/ Super 7 has launched new White Stripes action figures based upon the duo's Elephant era. The figures of Jack and Meg White wear the same outfits as the ones on the cover of the 2003 album and include Meg's drumsticks and Jack's hollow-body electric guitar. https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/products/the-white-stripes-2-pack-reaction-figures-elephant Filmmaker Matt Zane has announced a crowdfunding campaign to create a new doc that focuses on the relationship between late Static-X founder Wayne Static and his late wife, adult film star Tera Wray. https://blabbermouth.net/news/unauthorized-documentary-exploring-relationship-between-late-static-x-frontman-wayne-static-and-his-wife-tera-wray-to-begin-production Bunnie Xo just sat down with TV-legend Maury Povich on her "Dumb Blonde" podcast. https://people.com/bunnie-xo-jelly-roll-trying-to-have-a-baby-in-gods-hands-11842597 TVThe Motion Picture Association (MPA) is battling Meta, the parent company of Instagram. https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/mpa-meta-cease-desist-letter-instagram-pg-13-rating-teen-accounts-1236570205/ Influencer Haley Kalil, who goes by haleyybaylee on socials, is revealing the biggest factor in her divorce from her ex-husband former NFL player Matt Kalil has to do with the size of his manhood. https://www.tmz.com/2025/11/05/haley-matt-kalil-sex-life-caused-divorce-nfl/#continued MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS: Get your wallets ready, movie fans, because some truly legendary pieces of Hollywood history are about to hit the auction block, and the price tags are as epic as the films they came from.Leading the charge is a holy grail for Star Wars collectors. o The actual EE-3 carbine blaster wielded by the fan-favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back is up for grabs -- it's believed to be the only original hero blaster used in the film, and it's been matched to the screen through photos and even its serial number. With that kind of history, it's expected to sell for anywhere between $462,000 and a jaw-dropping $924,000!o The list of legendary props doesn't stop there. Adventure has a name, and it's Indiana Jones! The signature fedora worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is also going up for auction and is expected to sell for upwards of $400,000.o Alan Rickman's personal archives, including his own heavily annotated shooting scripts from two of his most famous roles: Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Harry in Love Actually, giving a rare glimpse into the actor's creative process.These items are all part of Propstore's Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction, which will feature over 1,350 lots and takes place in London from December 5-7. Ms. Piggy is ready for her close-up. https://gizmodo.com/miss-piggy-movie-jennifer-lawrence-emma-stone-cole-escola-muppets-2000681941 Sydney Sweeney stars in the boxing film Christy, in theaters this Friday, Nov. 7th. https://www.mmamania.com/boxing/400678/serious-sydney-sweeney-pursuing-legitimate-boxing-match-following-christy-biopic-i-can-take-punch "KPop Demon Hunters 2" is officially happening at Netflix. Unfortunately for fans, it won't come out until 2029. https://consequence.net/2025/11/kpop-demon-hunters-2-netflix-2029/ Jordan Peele made a documentary about how black cowboys have been erased from the myth of the Old West. Check out the trailer. https://deadline.com/2025/11/jordan-peele-black-cowboy-documentary-release-date-trailer-1236608541/AND FINALLYIt's that time of year again . . . for Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop holiday gift guide. It includes six vibrators, which is six more than you'll find on Oprah's Favorite Things list. https://goop.com/holiday-gift-guide/c/ AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ON CELEBRITIES!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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When a brand gave a mom influencer a New York Marathon bib she didn't train for, the internet lost it…and for good reason. In this episode, Michelle and the sōsh team unpack how unchecked authority reveals a bigger problem in both marketing and politics: influence without integrity.From misguided brand partnerships to political propaganda disguised as truth, the team explores how easily influence can be weaponized. They also discuss what ethical standards should exist for those shaping public opinion.When everyone has influence, how do we know who to trust? And where does accountability stand?If you enjoy our flavors, then share and subscribe to Social Soup!Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn: ⁠linkedin.com/in/michelledattilio⁠ Learn more about sōsh! Visit our website and reach out at: ⁠getsosh.com

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the harrowing 20-hour survival and rescue ordeal of 65-year-old Lithuanian adventurer Valdas Bieliauskas in the wilderness of Tasmania. After a tragic fall left Valdas' leg wedged between two boulders in freezing rapids, his friends and a dedicated Australian rescue team faced impossible decisions and extraordinary challenges. The rescue's climax involved an underwater amputation performed with minimal resources, saving Valdas' life. This story underscores human resilience, the capabilities of modern emergency medicine, and the extraordinary courage of wilderness rescue professionals. 00:00 Introduction to the Podcast 01:32 The Incident on the Franklin River 04:03 The Rescue Operation Begins 07:04 The Struggle to Free Valdas 16:24 Critical Decisions and Final Attempts 21:13 A Desperate Situation 21:43 The Arrival of Dr. Kippax 22:57 The Underwater Amputation 26:39 A Race Against Time 29:15 The Miracle of Hypothermia 30:42 A Remarkable Recovery 34:14 Reflections on Risk and Rescue 38:52 Valdas' Future Plans 41:44 Final Thoughts and Gratitude 42:57 Closing Remarks Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ References- ABC News Australia. "How one slip on the Franklin River triggered a race to save a rafter's life." June 28, 2025. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-29/franklin-river-rescue-man-stuck-lithuanian-valdas-leg-amputated/105420916 RNZ News. "Your leg or your life: Inside a perilous 24-hour wild river rescue." June 29, 2025. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/565467/your-leg-or-your-life-inside-a-perilous-24-hour-wild-river-rescue LRT (Lithuanian National Radio and Television). "Your leg or your life: Lithuanian traveller lost limb in near-deadly accident in Tasmania." February 1, 2025. https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2474903/your-leg-or-your-life-lithuanian-traveller-lost-limb-in-near-deadly-accident-in-tasmania Australian Story (ABC). "The River: Franklin River Rescue" (Parts 1 & 2). June 30 & July 7, 2025. Available on ABC iview. Brittle, Rob and Parkinson, Mitch (Intensive Care Flight Paramedics, Ambulance Tasmania). "Patient Centred Team Based Critical Care In Austere Environments." Australian College of Paramedicine. https://paramedics.org/news/patient-centred-team-based-critical-care-in-austere-environments Paddling Magazine. "Inside The Whitewater Accident That Led To An Underwater Amputation." July 18, 2025. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/underwater-amputation-rescue/ Pulse Tasmania. "Tasmanian doctor receives prestigious Lithuanian award for dramatic river leg amputation." July 7, 2025. https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/tasmanian-doctor-receives-prestigious-lithuanian-award-for-dramatic-river-leg-amputation/ Water by Nature Tasmania - Franklin River Rafting. https://franklinriver.com/ Rafting.com. "Franklin River Rafting Trips." https://www.rafting.com/australia/tasmania/franklin-river/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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We confront the devastating truth about police suicide through the deeply personal story of Brian Sizemore, the father of Lucas Sizemore, a dedicated police officer who tragically took his own life. This emotional and eye-opening conversation dives deep into the mental health crisis in law enforcement, the cultural stigma that prevents officers from seeking help, and the traumatic toll that constant exposure to danger and stress takes on our heroes in blue. Brian shares his heartbreaking journey of loss, grief, and resilience. He reveals how this tragedy led to the creation of the Lucas Foundation, a powerful movement dedicated to raising awareness, providing resources, and advocating for mental health support in the law enforcement community.