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Turkey's growing regional ambitions, claims over Jerusalem, and ties to Russia raise serious questions about biblical prophecy and the rise of the Antichrist. In Episode 953 of The Smith and Rowland Show, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland examine Turkey's Ottoman revival under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They discuss Turkey's military presence in former Ottoman territories, the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Erdogan's statements about Jerusalem, and his goal of becoming a leader of the Muslim world. The conversation also connects current events involving Turkey, Russia, Iran, China, Israel, and the Middle East with passages from the Bible concerning the end times. The hosts consider whether Iran is the main focus or part of a larger conflict involving the nations that will move against Israel. Beyond geopolitics, this episode addresses the responsibility of Christians during a time of war and uncertainty. Smith and Rowland emphasize the need to preach the gospel, share faith with others, and keep Jesus Christ at the center of the Church's message. Topics include: * Turkey's Ottoman ambitions and regional expansion * Erdogan's claims regarding Jerusalem * Hagia Sophia and the religious legacy of the Ottoman Empire * Turkey, Russia, Iran, China, and the Middle East * Biblical prophecy concerning Israel and the nations * The Antichrist and the possible role of a Muslim leader * The power of the gospel in Muslim nations * Why Christians must remain focused on Jesus Christ Watch the full episode, then share your thoughts in the comments. How should Christians respond when world events appear to align with biblical prophecy? #TheSmithAndRowlandShow #BibleProphecy #Turkey #EndTimes #Antichrist
The Byzantine Empire didn't have to fall—history simply chose differently.The fall of Constantinople in 1453 is often presented as the inevitable end of a decaying empire—but what if that narrative is completely wrong? In this episode of History Rage, historian and author Laura Bolick dismantles one of history's most persistent myths: that the Byzantine Empire was doomed long before the Ottoman cannons fired.Drawing on her book Saving Byzantium: The Struggle to Salvage an Empire, Laura reveals a world full of missed opportunities, fragile alliances, political infighting, and last-minute efforts that nearly changed history. Rather than a slow collapse caused by decadence, the Byzantine story is one of diplomacy, survival, and desperate attempts to rally Western support that very nearly worked.At the heart of this story are two remarkable figures—Cardinal Johannes Bessarion and Isidore of Kiev—who risked everything to secure military aid from Western Europe. Their mission to unite the Orthodox and Catholic Churches was intended to bring the crusading forces that might have saved Constantinople. Incredibly, Ottoman commanders themselves nearly abandoned the siege before a final breakthrough changed the course of history forever.This episode explores the deeper causes behind the fall of Byzantium, including Western complacency, internal European conflicts, and the dangerous assumption that great cities could never truly fall. It's a powerful reminder that history isn't predetermined—it's shaped by decisions, timing, and human choices.In This Episode, We Discuss:Why the fall of Constantinople was not historically inevitableHow Western Europe failed to support Byzantium when it mattered mostThe political and religious tensions between Orthodox and Catholic ChurchesThe role of crusades in late medieval diplomacyHow the Ottomans engineered one of history's most remarkable siegesWhat Byzantium's fall teaches us about modern geopolitical complacencyAbout the GuestLaura Bolick is an art historian and researcher specialising in late medieval Byzantium and Renaissance intellectual culture. Her work focuses on the cultural survival of Byzantium and the figures who fought to preserve its legacy.Book: Saving Byzantium: The Struggle to Salvage an EmpireBuy from the History Rage Bookshop:https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10120/9781398122192(Using this link supports independent bookshops and the podcast.)Follow Laura BolickCheck your preferred bookseller for Saving Byzantium: The Struggle to Salvage an EmpireLook out for talks, articles, and appearances connected to Byzantine and Renaissance historyFollow & Support History RageLove bold historical debate and myth-busting scholarship? Here's how to stay connected:Website: https://historyrage.comTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/historyrageFacebook: https://facebook.com/historyrageInstagram: https://instagram.com/historyrageSupport the PodcastSubscribe on Apple PodcastsListen ad-free for £3/month via Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/historyrageShare this episode with fellow history enthusiastsYour support helps keep historical myths under siege.Why This Episode MattersHistory often looks inevitable in hindsight—but as this episode reveals, the fall of Byzantium was anything but certain. From near-abandoned sieges to failed crusades and shifting alliances, the fate of Constantinople hung on fragile moments and human decisions. Understanding those moments doesn't just reshape medieval history—it challenges how we think about the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Friday's Mark Levin Show, the Iranian regime cannot be overthrown from the air alone. We need to take an aggressive posture without ground troops: provide arms to the Iranian resistance movements, destroy Kharg Island (through which 85% of Iran's oil and gas flows, much of it to China), and rebuild later with private investment. Don't listen to the isolationists who favor an Iran deal. Meanwhile, we need to support Ukraine's licensing to build Patriot missile systems while withholding F-35s from Erdogan, who threatens Israel and Greece, occupies a third of Cyprus, and pursues neo-Ottoman ambitions. Also, an estimated 60,000 or more Moroccans and others from North Africa have invaded Spain, breaking into stores, burning cars, and rioting. Socialists, like Spain's PM, Marxists, and the Democrat Party create such conditions worldwide by opening borders and, in the U.S., by refusing to enforce immigration law. Democrats created unlawful sanctuary cities and states that nullify federal immigration statutes, withhold information from ICE, and encourage well-funded radical left groups to obstruct enforcement—even of those who have committed serious crimes. Later, Michael Whatley, the Republican Senate nominee in North Carolina, calls in and reports strong momentum after touring all 100 counties, where voters consistently seek a fighter focused on family success, economic opportunity, and safe communities rather than the record of his opponent, former Governor Roy Cooper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the midst of a world in upheaval, Erdoğan has remade Turkey in his own image. Once a shining portal that straddled East and West, Istanbul's streets now teem with nationalistic fervour, political repression and rampant corruption. In the old Ottoman neighbourhood of Karagumruk, journalist Suzy Hansen goes looking for the truth about modern Turkey. In this episode of the podcast, Suzy will show how– through the lives of local inhabitants– conflicts are spiralling into regional crises, deepening the fault lines now fracturing Europe and the Middle East. Join us for an eye-opening account of a nation on the frontlines of history– the rise of an autocrat, the resurrection of an empire, and the human stories unfolding in its shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
While Manuel Palaiologos struggles to preserve what remains of the Byzantine Empire, events beyond Constantinople reshape the future of the Balkans. On the Kosovo Plain, Prince Lazar and a coalition of Christian lords confront Sultan Murad's Ottoman army in one of medieval Europe's most consequential battles. The deaths of both commanders, the rise of Bayezid I "the Thunderbolt," and the political chaos that follows will usher in a new era of Ottoman expansion—and leave Byzantium facing an even more formidable master. The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events from Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, to the years under the Ottoman Empire, and 1821 when the Greeks fought for independence... all the way to the modern-day.EMAIL US: historyofmoderngreece@gmail.comWebsite: www.moderngreecepodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: Go here to chat with us. https://www.instagram.com/historyofmodern%20greece/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578023316172Music by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.comHistory AnalyzedHistory Analyzed is a podcast which investigates both history's biggest moments and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
In this presentation, Mehmet Akif Aydin looks past Ibn ʿArabī to one of his most influential early interpreters, Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī. He unpacks Qayṣarī's detailed typology of unveiling — including its five sensory modalities — and shows how this systematic framework helped anchor Akbarian metaphysics within Ottoman scholarly culture.
Sôcôla là một món ăn nay đã quá quen thuộc với người Việt Nam, nhưng chắc là không có mấy ai hiểu rõ về nguồn gốc của hạt cacao làm nên sôcôla, về lịch sử phát triển của sôcôla, cũng như về những đặc tính của cacao được trồng tại Việt Nam. Chính là nhằm mục đích quảng bá những kiến thức về sôcôla và cacao mà ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng, tổng giám đốc Công ty Cổ phần Ca cao Việt Nam (Vinacacao), đã lập ra La Maison du chocolat, Bảo tàng sôcôla Việt Nam. Nằm tại Bình Hưng, ngoại ô Sài Gòn, với diện tích khoảng 4.000m², được khai trương vào tháng 4 vừa qua, La Maison du Chocolat trước hết đưa chúng ta trở về nguyên thủy của cây cacao ở vùng Trung Mỹ, được thể hiện qua bức tượng của một vị thần. Hướng dẫn chúng tôi trong một chuyến tham quan riêng, ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng giải thích: “Đây là thần Ek Chuah. Người Maya và ở Trung Mỹ tự hào đây là thánh phù hộ cho ngành ca cao của họ ngay từ đầu và thực chất thì cây ca cao xuất phát từ Trung Mỹ, nơi mà văn minh của người Maya cũng gắn liền với văn minh của cây ca cao. Họ tự hào đó là “food of the God”, “thực phẩm Trời cho”. Họ sống vui vẻ, hòa mình với thiên nhiên và xây dựng một xã hội khá vững vàng trên nền tảng là hạt cacao và văn hóa xung quanh hạt cacao đó. Câu chuyện bắt đầu khi Christopher Columbus sang. Thứ nhất rõ ràng là Christopher Columbus đi với tư cách là hòa bình, nhưng thực sự cái hòa bình đó cũng ngắn hạn thôi. Thực tế là triều đình Tây Ban Nha gửi một đoàn quân sang và cuộc diệt chủng đầu tiên trên thế giới là diệt chủng người da đỏ và bây giờ người da đỏ đã tản mát ở Mêhicô, Honduras, thậm chí là ở Hợp chủng quốc Hoa Kỳ. Nhưng hạt cacao không bị khuất phục, hạt cacao sang châu Âu để tái chinh phục người châu Âu. Lúc đầu nó được dùng trong giới quý tộc và tăng lữ thôi, tại vì hạt này ngon quá, khi ăn thì người ta cảm thấy hưng phấn, vui vẻ. Nhưng nó được giữ rất kín cho đến khi cha con Joseph Fry ở Anh bắt đầu làm ra thanh sôcôla đầu tiên. Khi làm được thanh sôcôla đầu tiên rồi thì giới bình dân mới tiếp cận. Và khi tiếp cận rồi thì nó bùng nổ thành một thức uống chinh phục cả châu Âu.” Theo dòng lịch sử của hạt cacao, được tái hiện trên những bức tường, La Maison du chocolat đưa khách tham quan đến những quốc gia tiêu biểu của ngành sôcôla thế giới để hiểu được tính chất phong phú, đa dạng của sản phẩm này. Ông Francesco Trần Văn Liên cho biết: “La Maison du chocolat cố gắng tái hiện lại những mẫu sôcôla thời xưa hoặc thời cận đại của các dân tộc trên thế giới. Ví dụ người Đan Mạch hay dùng “creamy milk”. Họ rất thích sữa, cho nên nhiều khi mình khó phân biệt là ăn sôcôla hay ăn sữa! Rồi tới praline của Bỉ. Người Bỉ thì rất hãnh diện là đã đưa hạt vào và làm cho sôcôla trở nên ngon hơn, thơm hơn và có nhiều dinh dưỡng hơn. Người Thụy Sĩ thì đặc biệt thích ăn sôcôla rất mịn. Và đây là thanh sôcôla đầu tiên mà mà gia đình người Anh nhà Fry làm. Ban đầu nó không ngon, đắng nghét, tại vì không có sữa. Chúng tôi muốn khách tham quan hiểu được trên thế giới không phải chỉ có một cách ăn sôcôla, mà rất nhiều cách ăn. Ví dụ người Hà Lan có hot dark chocolate mà họ tự hào, nhưng phải là “pure”, tức là rất là tinh túy về hương vị sôcôla. Pháp cũng làm ra được praline giống như Bỉ, vì Pháp và Bỉ thì văn hóa gần nhau. Và trong thế giới ẩm thực của Pháp thì có quá nhiều sáng tạo. Đế quốc Ottoman là một đế quốc huy hoàng của Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, nhưng họ thích ăn với pistachio, tức là hạt dẻ cười. Hạt dẻ cười cũng là một vật phẩm rất quý tại địa phương của họ. Ý thì tự hào là họ có Gianduja, pha sôcôla ới hạt hazelnut ( hạt phỉ ), ra một thương hiệu riêng đó là Gianduja. Tôi muốn giới thiệu với anh khu vực Trung Mỹ. Đầu tiên, chữ "sokalat" là do người Maya đặt ra và họ cũng có một thức uống rất điển hình thời đó, cách đây ngàn năm. Lúc đó công nghệ đâu có mạnh để nghiền rất mịn đâu. Họ chỉ là đập dập ra là uống. Nhưng đó là một thức uống bồi bổ sức khỏe cho những binh lính da đỏ để chiến đấu rất mãnh liệt với người Tây Ban Nha.” Đến với La Maison du chocolat, khách tham quan sẽ có dịp tìm hiểu về lịch sử của ngành cacao Việt Nam, để biết rằng loại cây này cũng chính là do người Pháp du nhập vào Việt Nam, theo lời ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng: “Đầu thế kỷ 20, khoảng năm 1900, có một người Pháp tên là Jean-Baptiste Louis Pierre đem cây ca cao vào Thảo Cầm Viên Sài Gòn cùng thời với cây cà phê và cây cao su. Khi đưa vào Thảo Cầm Viên thì thấy khá là ổn và ông tiếp tục phát triển ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long, nơi có đất tốt, mưa nhiều, có nhiều tưới tiêu và và không có nhiều biến cố như bảo tố. Tại vì cây ca cao rất là cao, lá rất là to, gió nhiều nó sẽ gãy. Nhưng miền Nam cũng là vùng có nhiều chiến tranh, loạn lạc, người dân di cư rất nhiều, cho nên cây ca cao không phát triển mạnh vào đầu thế kỷ 20. Mãi tới khoảng năm 2000, người Hà Lan bắt đầu viện trợ lại cho nông dân đồng bằng sông Cửu Long để tái lập lại các vườn ca cao xen với vườn dừa. Cây cacao thật ra là cây ăn trái, không phải là cây công nghiệp như cà phê. Cacao trước hết ra trái, trái phải được ủ, ủ xong mới lấy hạt để làm sôcôla. Để trái tốt thì đất phải tốt. Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long được xem là đất rất tốt. Và thứ hai là phải được tưới tiêu rất nhiều. Nhiều người lầm tưởng cây ca cao giống cà phê, nhưng thực sự nó rất là khác. Cây ca cao có thể sống tới 40 năm, thành cây cổ thụ rất lớn, như xoài, mít, mận, ổi. Đó lý do tại sao miền Nam có vẻ thích hợp hơn. Với lại cây cacao mà bị khí hậu lạnh thì nó chết. Gặp lạnh 18 độ thì nó sẽ đứng, rồi sau đó nếu nhiệt độ xuống nữa thì nó có thể bắt đầu rụng lá và chết.” Bảo tàng sôcôla cũng lưu giữ những dấu ấn của doanh nghiệp người Bỉ Ghicha Safarian, người đã thành lập công ty Puratos Grand-Place Việt Nam, hoạt động tại Việt Nam từ năm 1994. Đến đầu năm 2011, Puratos Grand-Place Việt Nam đã ra mắt loại sôcôla đầu tiên được sản xuất hoàn toàn tại Việt Nam, từ khâu trồng ca cao cho đến thành phẩm cuối cùng. Cho đến nay, đây là nhà sản xuất đầu tiên tại Việt Nam tích hợp chuỗi cung ứng ca cao vào quy trình sản xuất của mình. Nhưng so với những “cường quốc cacao” như Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana, thế mạnh của cacao Việt Nam là ở những mặt nào, ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng giải thích: “Hiện nay Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana ở Phi Châu vẫn chiếm khoảng 75% sản lượng hạt cacao trên thế giới. Nhưng Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana thì ít sông ngòi và ít màu mỡ, cho nên hạt cacao có mùi hương nutty ( hương hạt dẻ ), như mùi gỗ, mùi mật ong, cũng ngon. Nhưng cacao socola Việt Nam được trồng ở đồng bằng, đất tốt mưa nhiều, phù sa, cho nên hạt to hơn, cơm bao nhiều hơn và hậu vị hơi chua ngọt, giống như cà phê arabica thì hơi chua một chút, cho nên nó mang tính chất fruity và độ thơm của nó thì cũng phản ánh vùng đất. Cho nên cacao Việt Nam có khuynh hướng dùng để làm sôcôla, còn cacao của Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana thì có khuynh hướng nghiền ra để làm bột. Tóm lại, cacao Việt Nam nổi bật hơn ở những điểm sau đây: fruity, mùi sôcôla nhiều hơn, học hỏi được cách lên men của Bỉ cho nên cho vị men thơm hơn, nhưng bù lại thì sản lượng thấp hơn và vì diện tích canh tác ít thành ra sự phát triển chậm chạp hơn. Thống trị trên thế giới về số lượng vẫn là Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana. Nhưng nhiều người làm chocolate boutique ở Bỉ, Pháp, Hà Lan mua hạt cacao của Việt Nam để làm hương vị riêng của họ. Giá của hạt cacao Việt Nam luôn giữ cao bởi vì cũng có nhu cầu. Riêng Vinacacao có những dòng sản phẩm rất dễ ăn, như là cốm gạo Hà Nội, sôcôla ngọt, hoặc là sôcôla yaourt. Ngoài hữu cơ ( organic ), dòng sản phẩm của Vinacacao còn được gọi là single origin, tức là 100% sôcôla ở Việt Nam. Giống như rượu vang Pháp, nho trồng ở đâu thì nó quyết định vị ngon của nó. Hiện nay Vinacao phát triển dòng mạnh nhất vừa là hữu cơ, vừa có lợi cho sức khỏe, tức là không dùng đường. Ngoài sôcôla thì Vinacacao phát triển rất nhiều dòng sản phẩm bột để dễ uống, chỉ cần pha với cà phê thôi. Đặc biệt là sản phẩm này kết hợp với Hà Lan để ra một dòng bột tương đối cao cấp cho thị trường Việt Nam và cho xuất khẩu. Ở Việt Nam bây giờ cũng có nhiều khách sạn năm sao và khu nghỉ dưỡng resort tìm cái loại bột cacao chất lượng để làm bánh." Khách tham quan đến với La Maison du chocolat còn được tận mắt nhìn thấy cây cacao được trồng trong vườn, hạt cacao được ủ như thế nào, được phơi ra sao. Mọi người cũng sẽ có dịp thưởng thức những sản phẩm được chế biến từ cacao Việt Nam, trong đó có cả những thức uống. Đây cũng là nơi mà người lớn và trẻ em có thể đến để tự tay chế biến những thanh sôcôla, còn các trường có thể gởi học sinh đến trong những buổi học ngoại khóa để các em tìm hiểu về thực phẩm đầy thú vị này.
Sôcôla là một món ăn nay đã quá quen thuộc với người Việt Nam, nhưng chắc là không có mấy ai hiểu rõ về nguồn gốc của hạt cacao làm nên sôcôla, về lịch sử phát triển của sôcôla, cũng như về những đặc tính của cacao được trồng tại Việt Nam. Chính là nhằm mục đích quảng bá những kiến thức về sôcôla và cacao mà ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng, tổng giám đốc Công ty Cổ phần Ca cao Việt Nam (Vinacacao), đã lập ra La Maison du chocolat, Bảo tàng sôcôla Việt Nam. Nằm tại Bình Hưng, ngoại ô Sài Gòn, với diện tích khoảng 4.000m², được khai trương vào tháng 4 vừa qua, La Maison du Chocolat trước hết đưa chúng ta trở về nguyên thủy của cây cacao ở vùng Trung Mỹ, được thể hiện qua bức tượng của một vị thần. Hướng dẫn chúng tôi trong một chuyến tham quan riêng, ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng giải thích: “Đây là thần Ek Chuah. Người Maya và ở Trung Mỹ tự hào đây là thánh phù hộ cho ngành ca cao của họ ngay từ đầu và thực chất thì cây ca cao xuất phát từ Trung Mỹ, nơi mà văn minh của người Maya cũng gắn liền với văn minh của cây ca cao. Họ tự hào đó là “food of the God”, “thực phẩm Trời cho”. Họ sống vui vẻ, hòa mình với thiên nhiên và xây dựng một xã hội khá vững vàng trên nền tảng là hạt cacao và văn hóa xung quanh hạt cacao đó. Câu chuyện bắt đầu khi Christopher Columbus sang. Thứ nhất rõ ràng là Christopher Columbus đi với tư cách là hòa bình, nhưng thực sự cái hòa bình đó cũng ngắn hạn thôi. Thực tế là triều đình Tây Ban Nha gửi một đoàn quân sang và cuộc diệt chủng đầu tiên trên thế giới là diệt chủng người da đỏ và bây giờ người da đỏ đã tản mát ở Mêhicô, Honduras, thậm chí là ở Hợp chủng quốc Hoa Kỳ. Nhưng hạt cacao không bị khuất phục, hạt cacao sang châu Âu để tái chinh phục người châu Âu. Lúc đầu nó được dùng trong giới quý tộc và tăng lữ thôi, tại vì hạt này ngon quá, khi ăn thì người ta cảm thấy hưng phấn, vui vẻ. Nhưng nó được giữ rất kín cho đến khi cha con Joseph Fry ở Anh bắt đầu làm ra thanh sôcôla đầu tiên. Khi làm được thanh sôcôla đầu tiên rồi thì giới bình dân mới tiếp cận. Và khi tiếp cận rồi thì nó bùng nổ thành một thức uống chinh phục cả châu Âu.” Theo dòng lịch sử của hạt cacao, được tái hiện trên những bức tường, La Maison du chocolat đưa khách tham quan đến những quốc gia tiêu biểu của ngành sôcôla thế giới để hiểu được tính chất phong phú, đa dạng của sản phẩm này. Ông Francesco Trần Văn Liên cho biết: “La Maison du chocolat cố gắng tái hiện lại những mẫu sôcôla thời xưa hoặc thời cận đại của các dân tộc trên thế giới. Ví dụ người Đan Mạch hay dùng “creamy milk”. Họ rất thích sữa, cho nên nhiều khi mình khó phân biệt là ăn sôcôla hay ăn sữa! Rồi tới praline của Bỉ. Người Bỉ thì rất hãnh diện là đã đưa hạt vào và làm cho sôcôla trở nên ngon hơn, thơm hơn và có nhiều dinh dưỡng hơn. Người Thụy Sĩ thì đặc biệt thích ăn sôcôla rất mịn. Và đây là thanh sôcôla đầu tiên mà mà gia đình người Anh nhà Fry làm. Ban đầu nó không ngon, đắng nghét, tại vì không có sữa. Chúng tôi muốn khách tham quan hiểu được trên thế giới không phải chỉ có một cách ăn sôcôla, mà rất nhiều cách ăn. Ví dụ người Hà Lan có hot dark chocolate mà họ tự hào, nhưng phải là “pure”, tức là rất là tinh túy về hương vị sôcôla. Pháp cũng làm ra được praline giống như Bỉ, vì Pháp và Bỉ thì văn hóa gần nhau. Và trong thế giới ẩm thực của Pháp thì có quá nhiều sáng tạo. Đế quốc Ottoman là một đế quốc huy hoàng của Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, nhưng họ thích ăn với pistachio, tức là hạt dẻ cười. Hạt dẻ cười cũng là một vật phẩm rất quý tại địa phương của họ. Ý thì tự hào là họ có Gianduja, pha sôcôla ới hạt hazelnut ( hạt phỉ ), ra một thương hiệu riêng đó là Gianduja. Tôi muốn giới thiệu với anh khu vực Trung Mỹ. Đầu tiên, chữ "sokalat" là do người Maya đặt ra và họ cũng có một thức uống rất điển hình thời đó, cách đây ngàn năm. Lúc đó công nghệ đâu có mạnh để nghiền rất mịn đâu. Họ chỉ là đập dập ra là uống. Nhưng đó là một thức uống bồi bổ sức khỏe cho những binh lính da đỏ để chiến đấu rất mãnh liệt với người Tây Ban Nha.” Đến với La Maison du chocolat, khách tham quan sẽ có dịp tìm hiểu về lịch sử của ngành cacao Việt Nam, để biết rằng loại cây này cũng chính là do người Pháp du nhập vào Việt Nam, theo lời ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng: “Đầu thế kỷ 20, khoảng năm 1900, có một người Pháp tên là Jean-Baptiste Louis Pierre đem cây ca cao vào Thảo Cầm Viên Sài Gòn cùng thời với cây cà phê và cây cao su. Khi đưa vào Thảo Cầm Viên thì thấy khá là ổn và ông tiếp tục phát triển ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long, nơi có đất tốt, mưa nhiều, có nhiều tưới tiêu và và không có nhiều biến cố như bảo tố. Tại vì cây ca cao rất là cao, lá rất là to, gió nhiều nó sẽ gãy. Nhưng miền Nam cũng là vùng có nhiều chiến tranh, loạn lạc, người dân di cư rất nhiều, cho nên cây ca cao không phát triển mạnh vào đầu thế kỷ 20. Mãi tới khoảng năm 2000, người Hà Lan bắt đầu viện trợ lại cho nông dân đồng bằng sông Cửu Long để tái lập lại các vườn ca cao xen với vườn dừa. Cây cacao thật ra là cây ăn trái, không phải là cây công nghiệp như cà phê. Cacao trước hết ra trái, trái phải được ủ, ủ xong mới lấy hạt để làm sôcôla. Để trái tốt thì đất phải tốt. Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long được xem là đất rất tốt. Và thứ hai là phải được tưới tiêu rất nhiều. Nhiều người lầm tưởng cây ca cao giống cà phê, nhưng thực sự nó rất là khác. Cây ca cao có thể sống tới 40 năm, thành cây cổ thụ rất lớn, như xoài, mít, mận, ổi. Đó lý do tại sao miền Nam có vẻ thích hợp hơn. Với lại cây cacao mà bị khí hậu lạnh thì nó chết. Gặp lạnh 18 độ thì nó sẽ đứng, rồi sau đó nếu nhiệt độ xuống nữa thì nó có thể bắt đầu rụng lá và chết.” Bảo tàng sôcôla cũng lưu giữ những dấu ấn của doanh nghiệp người Bỉ Ghicha Safarian, người đã thành lập công ty Puratos Grand-Place Việt Nam, hoạt động tại Việt Nam từ năm 1994. Đến đầu năm 2011, Puratos Grand-Place Việt Nam đã ra mắt loại sôcôla đầu tiên được sản xuất hoàn toàn tại Việt Nam, từ khâu trồng ca cao cho đến thành phẩm cuối cùng. Cho đến nay, đây là nhà sản xuất đầu tiên tại Việt Nam tích hợp chuỗi cung ứng ca cao vào quy trình sản xuất của mình. Nhưng so với những “cường quốc cacao” như Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana, thế mạnh của cacao Việt Nam là ở những mặt nào, ông Francesco Trần Văn Liêng giải thích: “Hiện nay Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana ở Phi Châu vẫn chiếm khoảng 75% sản lượng hạt cacao trên thế giới. Nhưng Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana thì ít sông ngòi và ít màu mỡ, cho nên hạt cacao có mùi hương nutty ( hương hạt dẻ ), như mùi gỗ, mùi mật ong, cũng ngon. Nhưng cacao socola Việt Nam được trồng ở đồng bằng, đất tốt mưa nhiều, phù sa, cho nên hạt to hơn, cơm bao nhiều hơn và hậu vị hơi chua ngọt, giống như cà phê arabica thì hơi chua một chút, cho nên nó mang tính chất fruity và độ thơm của nó thì cũng phản ánh vùng đất. Cho nên cacao Việt Nam có khuynh hướng dùng để làm sôcôla, còn cacao của Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana thì có khuynh hướng nghiền ra để làm bột. Tóm lại, cacao Việt Nam nổi bật hơn ở những điểm sau đây: fruity, mùi sôcôla nhiều hơn, học hỏi được cách lên men của Bỉ cho nên cho vị men thơm hơn, nhưng bù lại thì sản lượng thấp hơn và vì diện tích canh tác ít thành ra sự phát triển chậm chạp hơn. Thống trị trên thế giới về số lượng vẫn là Côte d'Ivoire và Ghana. Nhưng nhiều người làm chocolate boutique ở Bỉ, Pháp, Hà Lan mua hạt cacao của Việt Nam để làm hương vị riêng của họ. Giá của hạt cacao Việt Nam luôn giữ cao bởi vì cũng có nhu cầu. Riêng Vinacacao có những dòng sản phẩm rất dễ ăn, như là cốm gạo Hà Nội, sôcôla ngọt, hoặc là sôcôla yaourt. Ngoài hữu cơ ( organic ), dòng sản phẩm của Vinacacao còn được gọi là single origin, tức là 100% sôcôla ở Việt Nam. Giống như rượu vang Pháp, nho trồng ở đâu thì nó quyết định vị ngon của nó. Hiện nay Vinacao phát triển dòng mạnh nhất vừa là hữu cơ, vừa có lợi cho sức khỏe, tức là không dùng đường. Ngoài sôcôla thì Vinacacao phát triển rất nhiều dòng sản phẩm bột để dễ uống, chỉ cần pha với cà phê thôi. Đặc biệt là sản phẩm này kết hợp với Hà Lan để ra một dòng bột tương đối cao cấp cho thị trường Việt Nam và cho xuất khẩu. Ở Việt Nam bây giờ cũng có nhiều khách sạn năm sao và khu nghỉ dưỡng resort tìm cái loại bột cacao chất lượng để làm bánh." Khách tham quan đến với La Maison du chocolat còn được tận mắt nhìn thấy cây cacao được trồng trong vườn, hạt cacao được ủ như thế nào, được phơi ra sao. Mọi người cũng sẽ có dịp thưởng thức những sản phẩm được chế biến từ cacao Việt Nam, trong đó có cả những thức uống. Đây cũng là nơi mà người lớn và trẻ em có thể đến để tự tay chế biến những thanh sôcôla, còn các trường có thể gởi học sinh đến trong những buổi học ngoại khóa để các em tìm hiểu về thực phẩm đầy thú vị này.
In this episode of Flavors Unknown, Emmanuel Laroche speaks with Chef Maksut Aşkar, the chef behind Neolokal in Istanbul. This is a conversation about much more than one restaurant. It is a journey into Istanbul's food culture, the difference between Anatolian and Ottoman cuisine, the flavors of Antakya, Turkish breakfast, heirloom ingredients, sustainability, pistachios, desserts, mentorship, and the role of design in a dining experience. Chef Maksut explains why “Turkish cuisine” can be an oversimplification, why traditions must evolve to stay alive, and how Neolokal creates a bridge between memory and modern gastronomy. The episode document highlights themes including Istanbul's culinary richness, Anatolian versus Ottoman cuisine, spices, sustainability, storytelling, pistachios, mentorship, Turkish breakfast, desserts, and design. What you’ll learn from Chef Maksut Aşkar Istanbul’s culinary diversity and history Difference between Ottoman and Anatolian cuisine The concept of Neolocale and tradition updating Sustainable sourcing of rare ingredients The role of storytelling in culinary experience The importance of preserving culinary heritage Innovative techniques in traditional recipes The significance of pistachios in Turkish cuisine The open-source approach to culinary knowledge The future of Turkish culinary traditions Chapters00:00 Introduction and guest introduction01:57 Istanbul as a city of gastronomy04:00 Geography and cultural melting pot of Anatolia06:07 Differences between Ottoman palace cuisine and Anatolian home cooking09:03 Unique ingredients and regional flavors13:02 Must-try foods for first-time visitors to Istanbul15:59 The concept of Neolocale and tradition preservation19:52 Innovating while respecting culinary heritage23:05 Storytelling and educational approach in the restaurant31:00 The importance of ingredients like pistachios and mulberry molasses32:56 Sharing recipes and open source philosophy36:01 Training young chefs and culinary mentorship37:00 Rapid fire questions and personal preferences49:58 Closing remarks and future outlook Beyond the Mic: My Stories in Print A Taste of Madagascar: Culinary Riches of the Red Island invites readers to join me on his unforgettable journey across the island of Madagascar, where a vibrant culture and stunning ecosystem intertwine to create an extraordinary culinary experience. Explore the unique ingredients and traditions that define Madagascar and discover their profound impact on the global culinary landscape. Alongside the captivating stories, the book presents a collection of exciting recipes that showcase the incredible flavors and ingredients of Madagascar. Get the book here! “Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door” is my debut book, published in Fall 2022. It features insights from chefs and culinary leaders interviewed on the Flavors Unknown podcast, offering a behind-the-scenes look at creativity, culture, and the future of the hospitality industry. Get the book here! Links to most downloaded episodes (click on any picture to listen to the episode) Chef Sheldon Simeon Chef Andy Doubrava Chef Nina Compton Chef Jacques Pepin Social media Chef Maksut Aşkar Instagram Social media Neolokal Instagram Links mentioned in this episode Neolokal in Istanbul SUBSCRIBE TO THE ‘FLAVORS UNKNOWN' NEWSLETTER
From Suzy Hansen, whose previous book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2026) is a story for a world out of joint. An absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change, it offers lessons for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives. Karagümrük, a neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? During a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagümrük to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, capturing the sweep of the last ten years in microcosm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
From Suzy Hansen, whose previous book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2026) is a story for a world out of joint. An absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change, it offers lessons for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives. Karagümrük, a neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? During a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagümrük to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, capturing the sweep of the last ten years in microcosm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies
From Suzy Hansen, whose previous book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2026) is a story for a world out of joint. An absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change, it offers lessons for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives. Karagümrük, a neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? During a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagümrük to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, capturing the sweep of the last ten years in microcosm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
From Suzy Hansen, whose previous book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2026) is a story for a world out of joint. An absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change, it offers lessons for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives. Karagümrük, a neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? During a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagümrük to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, capturing the sweep of the last ten years in microcosm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies
From Suzy Hansen, whose previous book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2026) is a story for a world out of joint. An absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change, it offers lessons for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives. Karagümrük, a neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? During a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagümrük to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, capturing the sweep of the last ten years in microcosm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hamlet wagers 6 Barbary horses against 6 French swords. Falstaff talks about fighting with a Barbary hen. Bassanio in Merchant of Venice talks about travelling merchants going to foreign lands including "Tripolis, Mexico and England, Lisbon, Barbary, and India" There are also an additional 5 references to Barbary horses. The Barbary States were Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolis, and Morroco. These were powerful coastal societies tied in various ways to the Ottoman world, and in Shakespeare's day they were central to English fears about piracy and captivity. Ships were seized. Sailors were enslaved. Families, merchants, churches, and governments negotiated over the price of a human life. English first hand accounts of the Muslim world and the Barbary States in particular were sparse, even non-existent prior to Richard Knolles publication in 1603 where he writes the History of the Turks, the same year Shakespeare publishes his Ottoman-heavy play with a Moor in the title role, Othello. Today we are joined by Daniel Vitkus, editor of Piracy, Slavery, and Redemption: Barbary Captivity Narratives from Early Modern England, and Abdulhamit Arvas, Associate Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and expert on early modern Muslims, Barbary pirates, and Shakespeare. They are here to help us explore the place of the Barbary Coast in Shakespeare's England, to understand the culture of hostages and holding someone ransom, what was happening to Britons that were taken captive and sold into slavery by the Barbary pirates, as well as to explain the surprising dichotomy of being afraid of the Barbary nation while admiring their products, like horses.
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with Ottoman historian, content creator and the social media manager of 5Pillars, Alen Bašić. Topics of discussion include: Joining 5Pillars and Alen's first year at the organisation. Difference between working with Roshan Salih and Dilly Hussain. Ottoman history and Islam in Balkans. How did the Bosniak people embrace Islam? Devshirme, The Janissaries and Ottoman Jews. Former Yugoslavia and the Bosnian war. Serb and Croat mythologising and dehumanising Bosniak Muslims. The role of media in manufacturing consent for war and genocide. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON: Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews
This talk traces Yuval's family's journey from Basra and Nasiriyah in Iraq to Israel in the 1950s. Through the story of his parents, his childhood in Be'er Sheva's Dalet neighborhood, a predominantly Mizrahi community, and his father's work in Gaza during the 1970s and early 1980s, he reflects on the intertwined histories of Jews and Arabs, memory, migration, and belonging. It is both a personal family story and a window into a chapter of Middle Eastern and Israeli history that continues to shape our present.About Yuval EvriYuval Evri is Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Marash and Ocuin Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jewish Studies at Brandeis University. He is a cultural historian specializing in modern Sephardi/Arab-Jewish history. His book, The Return to Al-Andalus: Disputes Over Sephardic Culture and Identity Between Arabic and Hebrew, was published by Magnes Press in 2020. The English edition The Return to Sepharad and the Erasure of al-Andalus, is scheduled for publication by Indiana University Press in Spring 2027.
Mary welcomes back Pastor Andy Woods to talk about all the ways the world is heating up and bringing pressure to bear on believers and Jews alike – and prophecy fulfillment marches on. Today we look at the scary upgrade to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). While some communities will surely wrestle with a tech that can provide entry points to our vehicle worlds in multiple ways, regardless of the pushback they will likely prevail. What kind of intrusion is this? A massive one. We also look at Canada’s C9 bill that tightens the noose around believers who wish to quote the Bible for all things pertaining to life and godliness. Is anyone home up north anymore with a conscience? We follow the story of the Jewish man in Ohio who simply wanted a prayer meeting in his home but was harassed at every turn. More stories: Erdogan’s Ottoman ambitions; Iraq port and highway development plan; the Presbyterian’s presbyopia about divestment and LGBTQ pastors; and the Scofield kerfuffle (this is a doozy). A very full hour with a fantastically knowledgeable guest. Stand Up For The Truth Videos: https://rumble.com/user/CTRNOnline & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQQSvKiMcglId7oGc5c46A
After years of civil war, betrayal, and imprisonment, Emperor John V and his loyal son Manuel find themselves trapped in a collapsing empire while the ambitious Andronicus IV sits upon the throne of Constantinople. As Genoese and Venetian merchants wage war across the Mediterranean and Ottoman influence tightens its grip on the Balkans, Manuel emerges as the last great champion of Byzantine independence. From the dungeons of the Blachernae Palace to the walls of Thessalonica, he launches a desperate resistance against Sultan Murad and dreams of restoring Roman dignity and freedom. Yet as cities fall, allies disappear, and the Ottoman war machine advances relentlessly, Manuel is forced to confront an uncomfortable reality: survival may require submission to the very power he has spent years fighting. In this episode, we follow the dramatic struggle of the empire's "good son" as he rises in rebellion, wages a doomed war for Thessalonica, and ultimately finds himself standing before the court of Sultan Murad, where the future of Byzantium hangs in the balance. The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events from Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, to the years under the Ottoman Empire, and 1821 when the Greeks fought for independence... all the way to the modern-day.EMAIL US: historyofmoderngreece@gmail.comWebsite: www.moderngreecepodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: Go here to chat with us. https://www.instagram.com/historyofmodern%20greece/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578023316172Music by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.com
CLiz Peek discusses the strong American economy, noting that small businesses feel relief as tariff threats abate and inflation falls. Lower energy and gasoline prices have cheered investors. Anecdotal evidence from local bookstores and ice cream parlors reinforces a positive outlook for consumer sentiment. (1)Liz Peek highlights the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America as a significant threat to established Democraticincumbents. Young voters are flocking to radical platforms promising free services. Rahm Emanuel emerges as a blunt voice for the party, urging a challenge against these "loons." (2)Jonathan Schanzer reports on the restart of hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz, where oil prices have hit $87 per barrel. The US is conducting air strikes against Iranian naval assets and drone bases. Schanzer questions why these strategic targets were not hit earlier in the conflict. (3)Jonathan Schanzer explores the Houthi threat in North Yemen and the potential for a wider regional conflict. While the US keeps Israel on the sidelines to avoid escalation, Turkey's "neo-Ottoman" ambitions are rising. Schanzer warns that Turkey seeks to fill the power vacuum left by Iran. (4)Mary Kissel analyzes the failure of the Iran ceasefire, noting that Iran calculated the US lacks the will for ground intervention. The conflict centers on Iran's suspect nuclear program, with potential new targets at Pickaxe Mountain. Public engagement remains low despite rising energy costs. (5)Mary Kissel discusses NATO's decision to reinforce Ukraine with advanced drone technology and Patriot missile manufacturing. Ukraine is hailed as the "future of warfare," transitioning from a security consumer to a security contributor. Kissel emphasizes the need for the US to counter Russian propaganda. (6)Joseph Sternberg examines Germany's economic struggles under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, including a shift toward deregulation and infrastructure borrowing. Massive layoffs at Volkswagen signal the end of traditional "lifetime employment." Merz faces political challenges from Social Democrats who resist aggressive free-market changes. (7)Joseph Sternberg addresses the assassination of former MP Ann Widdecombe, which is being investigated as a possible act of political violence. Sternberg notes that existential political rhetoric on social media often inspires such attacks. These tensions reflect broader global concerns regarding political polarization. (8)Gregory Copley critiques the stalemate in the Persian Gulf, suggesting that US air strikes alone cannot win without a plan for regime change. He advocates for supporting the domestic Iranian population against the clerical leadership. Turkey's opposition to empowering Kurdish forces remains a significant complication. (9)Gregory Copley discusses the inevitability of Ukraine's path to NATO, a move he views as a provocation to Russia. He argues the war preserves President Zelensky's power without a democratic mandate. However, he acknowledges Ukraine's technological ingenuity in developing swarming drone capabilities for modern combat. (10)Gregory Copley highlights Australia's declining regional power as Indonesia and India rise strategically. China'smissile tests and interest in Antarctica further destabilize the South Pacific. As the Antarctic Treaty ends, a scramble for the world's largest oil deposits appears imminent. (11)Gregory Copley details King Charles III's visit to the Isle of Man, the world's oldest continuous parliament. The King also held a private, discreet meeting with Prince Harry. Meanwhile, the UK faces rising anxiety over security for political leaders following the assassination of Ann Widdecombe. (12)Jeff McCausland discusses the closing of the Strait of Hormuz due to Iranian threats from land-based missiles and drones. President Trump faces a dilemma: muddle through, escalate with ground forces, or withdraw. McCausland warns that seizing territory like Kharg Island would result in significant casualties. (13)Jeff McCausland notes that Europe now views Ukraine as a security contributor due to its mastery of drone and robotic warfare. While Putin considers escalation or mobilization, Chinese pressure likely prevents the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The US continues to communicate "serious consequences." (14)Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa condemn Gustavo Petro's refusal to recognize election results in Colombia. They criticize Brazil's President Lula for his silence on criminal leftist regimes. The "Shield of the Americas" alliance is emerging to defend regional democracy and fight corruption. (15)Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa report that 60,000 people are missing in Venezuela following catastrophic earthquakes and government neglect. They propose an emergency temporary government to replace the Rodriguezsiblings. Brazil hosts 700,000 refugees fleeing the "gangland" regime's destruction. (16)All 16 segments formatted, tail numbers (1)–(16). Name check clean: Liz Peek, Peña Esclusa, Araújo with the accent, Ann Widdecombe all correct.
Jonathan Schanzer explores the Houthi threat in North Yemen and the potential for a wider regional conflict. While the US keeps Israel on the sidelines to avoid escalation, Turkey's "neo-Ottoman" ambitions are rising. Schanzer warns that Turkey seeks to fill the power vacuum left by Iran. (4)
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we explore the complex dynamics of the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War – where subject peoples, caught between the collapsing Ottoman Empire and the advancing British, navigated their loyalties with survival in mind.**Drawing on Eugene Rogan's masterful *The Fall of the Ottomans*, we examine the Arab rebellions that erupted in the Middle Euphrates region in 1915. The Ottomans, desperate to hold their empire together, attempted to enforce conscription among their Arab subjects – many of whom had no desire to die in a war they had not chosen. When Ottoman authorities clamped down on deserters, the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala exploded in rebellion.The rebellion was not nationalist in the modern sense. The rebels did not seek independence; they sought autonomy from a distant Ottoman state that was extracting their young men and disrupting their lives. In Najaf, deserters holed up in the shrine city. When Ottoman soldiers violated local customs by searching under women's veils, the townspeople turned against them. The rebellion spread to Karbala, Al-Hilla, Samawah, and other towns, with rebels burning government buildings, destroying records, and driving Ottoman soldiers out.As the British advanced up the Tigris and Euphrates, local populations made pragmatic choices. Arab villages flew white flags to welcome the new conquerors. The Ottomans, meanwhile, faced a collapse of morale that led to mass surrenders – including at the town of Amara, where a single British steamer with a crew of eight sailors accepted the surrender of hundreds of Ottoman troops.We also explore the divided loyalties of figures like Ali Djaoudat, an Iraqi Arab officer who had served the Ottomans loyally but secretly sympathised with the Arab autonomy movement. His capture by British forces – after being ambushed by Bedouin tribesmen who had turned against the Ottomans – illustrates the complexity of the situation.**Topics covered:**- Eugene Rogan's *The Fall of the Ottomans*- Ottoman conscription and desertion in Mesopotamia- The Najaf rebellion of May 1915- The Karbala uprising and its spread- The collapse of Ottoman morale- The British advance and "Townsend's Regatta"- The surrender at Amara- The divided loyalties of Arab officers- Robert Fisk's "Lord Blair of Kut" comment- The experience of colonised peoples between two empires---*Eugene Rogan's *The Fall of the Ottomans* is available from all good bookshops. Please consider buying from an independent retailer.**If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us – we are migrating from Patreon to Substack. Details in the show notes.*Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) by Dr. Sara Farhan offers a rigorous social and cultural history of the formation of medical professionals in modern Iraq and their role in shaping public health institutions. Tracing developments from late Ottoman medical reforms to the establishment of the Medical College of Mosul, the book examines the institutionalization of medical education as a critical element of the social transformation of Iraq. It reveals how shifting imperial, colonial and national frameworks sought to cultivate a cadre of physicians who would serve state and society. These experts, however, often found themselves navigating competing ideological imperatives. This extensively researched study highlights a wealth of rarely consulted sources gathered from 14 archives, family collections, medical journals, student newspapers, film and oral interviews. Drawing on these materials, it interrogates the contradictions inherent in state-driven efforts, wherein doctors functioned as agents of reform and subjects of bureaucratic oversight. Through this, Dr. Farhan reveals the nexus between medical pedagogy, professional authority, public health policy and the broader political transformations that continually redefined medicine in Iraq. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) by Dr. Sara Farhan offers a rigorous social and cultural history of the formation of medical professionals in modern Iraq and their role in shaping public health institutions. Tracing developments from late Ottoman medical reforms to the establishment of the Medical College of Mosul, the book examines the institutionalization of medical education as a critical element of the social transformation of Iraq. It reveals how shifting imperial, colonial and national frameworks sought to cultivate a cadre of physicians who would serve state and society. These experts, however, often found themselves navigating competing ideological imperatives. This extensively researched study highlights a wealth of rarely consulted sources gathered from 14 archives, family collections, medical journals, student newspapers, film and oral interviews. Drawing on these materials, it interrogates the contradictions inherent in state-driven efforts, wherein doctors functioned as agents of reform and subjects of bureaucratic oversight. Through this, Dr. Farhan reveals the nexus between medical pedagogy, professional authority, public health policy and the broader political transformations that continually redefined medicine in Iraq. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies
Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) by Dr. Sara Farhan offers a rigorous social and cultural history of the formation of medical professionals in modern Iraq and their role in shaping public health institutions. Tracing developments from late Ottoman medical reforms to the establishment of the Medical College of Mosul, the book examines the institutionalization of medical education as a critical element of the social transformation of Iraq. It reveals how shifting imperial, colonial and national frameworks sought to cultivate a cadre of physicians who would serve state and society. These experts, however, often found themselves navigating competing ideological imperatives. This extensively researched study highlights a wealth of rarely consulted sources gathered from 14 archives, family collections, medical journals, student newspapers, film and oral interviews. Drawing on these materials, it interrogates the contradictions inherent in state-driven efforts, wherein doctors functioned as agents of reform and subjects of bureaucratic oversight. Through this, Dr. Farhan reveals the nexus between medical pedagogy, professional authority, public health policy and the broader political transformations that continually redefined medicine in Iraq. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) by Dr. Sara Farhan offers a rigorous social and cultural history of the formation of medical professionals in modern Iraq and their role in shaping public health institutions. Tracing developments from late Ottoman medical reforms to the establishment of the Medical College of Mosul, the book examines the institutionalization of medical education as a critical element of the social transformation of Iraq. It reveals how shifting imperial, colonial and national frameworks sought to cultivate a cadre of physicians who would serve state and society. These experts, however, often found themselves navigating competing ideological imperatives. This extensively researched study highlights a wealth of rarely consulted sources gathered from 14 archives, family collections, medical journals, student newspapers, film and oral interviews. Drawing on these materials, it interrogates the contradictions inherent in state-driven efforts, wherein doctors functioned as agents of reform and subjects of bureaucratic oversight. Through this, Dr. Farhan reveals the nexus between medical pedagogy, professional authority, public health policy and the broader political transformations that continually redefined medicine in Iraq. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. There are two stories here, their opposition is part of a theme. Erasmus, the great Erasmus , Erasmus of Rotterdam was even more a product of the Devotio Moderna than was Luther. Most of his young education was by the Brethren of the Common Life or their imitators.I am Groote.Last episode I called him a Satirist. Of course he was much more than that. You've heard of him, but are unlikely to have read any of his full length works, unless you are a specialist in the time.And yet he had great influence of his period, being perhaps the highest status intellectual of the period. He was the writer of 1 in 3 books purchased during the 1530s. And as he wrote Suleiman the Magnificent was first overcoming Hungary and then moved on to the Siege of Vienna.Erasmus wrote In Praise of Folly, which we discuss in the episode, while folly is being acted out in Hungary, to a tragic end.Hungary was well able to defend the West from the Ottoman during the days of Matthias Corvinus. But on his death, short sighted magnates pursued a foolish policy, leading to their defeat. After an absolutely heroic defense of Vienna, Suleiman was defeated, losing 20,000 men in the retreat. Oddly enough, this is about the same number of boys and girls taken as slaves by the Ottomans on this campaign. You want your civilization to be so powerful you do not have to suffer slavers.
Welcome to episode 362 of The Cloud Pod, where the weather is always cloudy! Justin, Jonathan, and Matt are in the studio, and this week we've got slightly less AI, but much more data news – a trend Jonathan is sure will continue. Join us as we explore Kubernetes updates, the end of Amazon Mechanical Turk, and the last of the physical media for game consoles, plus more. There's a lot to cover, so let's get started! Titles we almost went with this week Going Cold Turk-ey Kubernetes Rollbacks Let You Ctrl-Z Your Cluster Answer Engine Optimization Is the New SEO Game Turk-ing Point: Amazon Pulls the Plug Stop Chasing Ephemeral IPs in Your EKS Cluster Firewall Rules That Know Your Pods by Name CloudWatch Pipelines Finally Speaks Fluent OpenTelemetry Sony Discs You, Keeps Your Money Forever EKS Upgrades Finally Get an Undo Button Azure Embraces Chaos, Calls It Studio Time Mechanical Turk Turns Off The Lights For Good There Was Never Anyone Inside the Box KV Cache Me If You Can on GKE AWS Security Hub Says Hello to Azure, Finally Amazon Cancels the Internet’s Oldest Side Hustle Amazon Prime's Next Delivery: A Pink Slip for the Turk Business as Usual – Azure announces Chaos Studio? Hello sunshine, my old Azure A big thanks to this week's sponsors: We're sponsorless! Want to get your brand, company, or service in front of a very enthusiastic group of cloud news seekers? You've come to the right place! Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack channel for more info. Follow Up 01:36 Amazon's Mechanical Turk to stop accepting new customers – and not Even AI can save it Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk to new customers, effectively ending the crowdsourced human-labor platform that launched in 2005 and once served as a foundational tool for AI training data labeling. The service predates the current generative AI boom by nearly two decades, originally designed for tasks like image tagging, transcription, and data verification that computers couldn’t handle at the time. Ironically, the rise of AI and large language models has reduced demand for the type of human-in-the-loop micro-tasking Mechanical Turk provided, as automated systems now handle much of that labeling work. Existing customers can reportedly continue using the platform, but the halt on new signups signals that Amazon is deprioritizing the service rather than investing further in it. This closure reflects a broader shift in the AI data pipeline, where synthetic data generation and more sophisticated automated labeling tools are replacing older crowdsourced human-labor marketplaces. 02:14 Justin – “If you ever actually used the service, you’ll know that both the Turks interface that you actually did work, and the setting up the jobs was terrible anyway. It was always very difficult to use, and they never made it easier over the years. So I don’t know if they’ve ever really been investing in it heavily. But it’s definitely been around for a long time.” AI Is Going Great – or How ML Ma
Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
Why do Bosnian Muslims make and celebrate a plum brandy that Islamic law technically forbids — and what does their answer to that question reveal about four centuries of Ottoman rule, Balkan identity, and the extraordinary weight of contingency behind things that seem simple? How did the Ottomans simultaneously bring distillation to the Balkans, prohibit alcohol, and shape the culture that would eventually inscribe plum brandy on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list? And what is in a glass of šljivovica that a supermarket bottle of slivovitz will never contain?Join John as he tells the story of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the plum — the copper still, the neighbors arriving in October, and the soul extracted from a fruit that has outlasted every political settlement imposed on this landscape...----------In Sponsorship with J&K Fresh.The customs broker who is your fruit and veggies' personal bodyguard. Learn more here!-----------Join the History of Fresh Produce Club for ad-free listening, bonus episodes, book discounts and access to an exclusive chatroom community.Support us!Share this episode with your friendsGive a 5-star ratingWrite a review-----------Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here for extra stories related to recent episodes, book recommendations, a sneak peek of upcoming episodes and more.-----------Instagram, TikTok, Threads:@historyoffreshproduceEmail: historyoffreshproduce@gmail.com
In the aftermath of the Ottoman victory at Maritsa, panic grips Constantinople as Emperor John V Palaiologos makes the fateful decision to submit to Sultan Murad and become an Ottoman vassal. But while the aging rulers of Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire struggle to hold their realms together, their ambitious sons have other plans. In one of the most extraordinary conspiracies of the fourteenth century, Prince Andronicus IV and Savcı Bey, heir to the Ottoman throne, join forces in a daring attempt to overthrow their fathers and seize power for themselves. What follows is a story of betrayal, rebellion, blinding, imprisonment, political intrigue, and shifting alliances that stretches from Constantinople to the Anatolian plateau. As the young princes gamble everything for power, the future of both the Byzantine and Ottoman worlds hangs in the balance. The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events from Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, to the years under the Ottoman Empire, and 1821 when the Greeks fought for independence... all the way to the modern-day.EMAIL US: historyofmoderngreece@gmail.comWebsite: www.moderngreecepodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: Go here to chat with us. https://www.instagram.com/historyofmodern%20greece/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578023316172Music by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.com
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh UP, 2026) by Dr. Kate Dannies examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time. It focuses on the military legal concept of muinsizlik (sole breadwinning) and how this concept shaped Ottoman military policy – namely, how militarisation and mobilisation were supported by the exploitation of women's care and social reproductive labour, as well as the extraction of material and physical resources from Ottoman families. In exploring how war worked at the level of the body, the individual and the family, this book demonstrates how Ottoman society and war became imbricated through processes of militarisation that led to significant consequences during the First World War and its aftermath. Based on a gendered reading of Ottoman military and bureaucratic archives, it addresses a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East that has long awaited further study from a bottom-up perspective. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh UP, 2026) by Dr. Kate Dannies examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time. It focuses on the military legal concept of muinsizlik (sole breadwinning) and how this concept shaped Ottoman military policy – namely, how militarisation and mobilisation were supported by the exploitation of women's care and social reproductive labour, as well as the extraction of material and physical resources from Ottoman families. In exploring how war worked at the level of the body, the individual and the family, this book demonstrates how Ottoman society and war became imbricated through processes of militarisation that led to significant consequences during the First World War and its aftermath. Based on a gendered reading of Ottoman military and bureaucratic archives, it addresses a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East that has long awaited further study from a bottom-up perspective. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh UP, 2026) by Dr. Kate Dannies examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time. It focuses on the military legal concept of muinsizlik (sole breadwinning) and how this concept shaped Ottoman military policy – namely, how militarisation and mobilisation were supported by the exploitation of women's care and social reproductive labour, as well as the extraction of material and physical resources from Ottoman families. In exploring how war worked at the level of the body, the individual and the family, this book demonstrates how Ottoman society and war became imbricated through processes of militarisation that led to significant consequences during the First World War and its aftermath. Based on a gendered reading of Ottoman military and bureaucratic archives, it addresses a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East that has long awaited further study from a bottom-up perspective. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh UP, 2026) by Dr. Kate Dannies examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time. It focuses on the military legal concept of muinsizlik (sole breadwinning) and how this concept shaped Ottoman military policy – namely, how militarisation and mobilisation were supported by the exploitation of women's care and social reproductive labour, as well as the extraction of material and physical resources from Ottoman families. In exploring how war worked at the level of the body, the individual and the family, this book demonstrates how Ottoman society and war became imbricated through processes of militarisation that led to significant consequences during the First World War and its aftermath. Based on a gendered reading of Ottoman military and bureaucratic archives, it addresses a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East that has long awaited further study from a bottom-up perspective. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh UP, 2026) by Dr. Kate Dannies examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time. It focuses on the military legal concept of muinsizlik (sole breadwinning) and how this concept shaped Ottoman military policy – namely, how militarisation and mobilisation were supported by the exploitation of women's care and social reproductive labour, as well as the extraction of material and physical resources from Ottoman families. In exploring how war worked at the level of the body, the individual and the family, this book demonstrates how Ottoman society and war became imbricated through processes of militarisation that led to significant consequences during the First World War and its aftermath. Based on a gendered reading of Ottoman military and bureaucratic archives, it addresses a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East that has long awaited further study from a bottom-up perspective. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law
Over the 19th century, the women of Istanbul gradually transformed their appearance, adopting European dress and new modes of self-fashioning, including photographs. Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Photography and Identity in a Global City (Bloomsbury, 2026) by Dr. Nancy Micklewright reconstructs a complex fashion history, and the dramatic changes that took place in women's lives in this period, and given the diverse population of Istanbul in terms of ethnicity, class, race and religion, attends to the differing clothing habits of the women of the city. The book focuses particularly on elite women as fashion tastemakers and on the dress of enslaved and working women.Appealing to scholars across a range of fields, including fashion history, Ottoman studies, women's and gender history, visual culture and photography history, Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul provides a fascinating insight into women's histories, writing and dress practices in a rapidly changing Istanbul. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Over the 19th century, the women of Istanbul gradually transformed their appearance, adopting European dress and new modes of self-fashioning, including photographs. Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Photography and Identity in a Global City (Bloomsbury, 2026) by Dr. Nancy Micklewright reconstructs a complex fashion history, and the dramatic changes that took place in women's lives in this period, and given the diverse population of Istanbul in terms of ethnicity, class, race and religion, attends to the differing clothing habits of the women of the city. The book focuses particularly on elite women as fashion tastemakers and on the dress of enslaved and working women.Appealing to scholars across a range of fields, including fashion history, Ottoman studies, women's and gender history, visual culture and photography history, Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul provides a fascinating insight into women's histories, writing and dress practices in a rapidly changing Istanbul. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
Over the 19th century, the women of Istanbul gradually transformed their appearance, adopting European dress and new modes of self-fashioning, including photographs. Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Photography and Identity in a Global City (Bloomsbury, 2026) by Dr. Nancy Micklewright reconstructs a complex fashion history, and the dramatic changes that took place in women's lives in this period, and given the diverse population of Istanbul in terms of ethnicity, class, race and religion, attends to the differing clothing habits of the women of the city. The book focuses particularly on elite women as fashion tastemakers and on the dress of enslaved and working women.Appealing to scholars across a range of fields, including fashion history, Ottoman studies, women's and gender history, visual culture and photography history, Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul provides a fascinating insight into women's histories, writing and dress practices in a rapidly changing Istanbul. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Creation CovenantGenesis 1-3 The Creation Covenant: Genesis 1-3 Chris Moore Message SlidesFor the bulletin in PDF form, click here. Good News: “God created man in His own image” -Relationship with God as sons & daughters -Relationship with God's creation Bad news: “You shall surely die” -Broken relationship with God -Broken relationship with God's creationReally Good News: “He shall bruise your head” -Restored relationship with God -Restored relationship with God's creation Resources:Kingdom Through Covenant by Gentry & Wellum (900 pages)God's Kingdom Through God's Covenants by Gentry & Wellum (300 pages)Theology for the Church Podcast (especially episodes on 7/7/25-8/25/25)Pray for the Unreached: The Middle-Eastern Turkmen in IraqThe Turkmen of Iraq are a large Turkic people group with roots stretching back to migrations from Central Asia and the Ottoman era. Most identify with either Sunni or Shia Islam, and their communities are often divided by religious and clan loyalties. Although Scripture and gospel resources are available in their language, very few have placed their faith in Christ. Pray that the Turkmen would find their identity in Jesus, that believers would have boldness and protection, and that a growing movement of disciples would spread throughout their communities.FinancesWeekly Budget 34,615Giving For 06/14 37,554Giving For 06/21 34,075YTD Budget 1,765,385Giving 2,078,709 OVER/(UNDER) 313,324 Automate the ImportantWe understand that the summer months can be a whirlwind of new schedules and travel. To ensure the continuous growth of Fellowship's ministry, we encourage you to simplify your giving process by automating it. It's a straightforward and hassle-free process. Just visit fellowshipconway.org/give, click “Ready to Give?” then “Recurring,” and fill out the necessary information. If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out to John in our office at 501-327-3444 between 8:30 and 4:30, Monday through Thursday.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you chose to worship with our Fellowship Family this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect Card” and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Fellowship Women's Watercolor NightPut Wednesday, July 29th at 6 pm on your calendar! Please bring yourself and a friend. All materials are supplied. We will all be practicing different watercolor techniques and participating in some fun watercolor activities! This will be fun for participants of all levels of experience. Remember: it's about the process, not the product! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. RSVP to Shanna at 501-336-0332 for childcare.Fellowship Women's Recipe Swap Sunday, July 12th, at 6 pm, join us at the home of Gale Allen: 63 Moseley Lane, Conway, for a fun evening of sharing favorite recipes, delicious food, and great fellowship! Tara Brown will be there to do a cooking demo! Bring a dish to share and a copy of your recipe. Feel free to invite a friend! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register.Widows' America 250 Luncheon Wear your red, white, or blue as we enjoy our special guests Colonel C. Jason Carter, USA Retired and Rebecca Carter Thursday, July 16 at noon, 3680 Gresham Dr. RSVP by July 2 to Judy, 501-329-3535 or Ambra, 501-730-6795.Men's Discussion GroupMen's Discussion Group starts back up July 2 with “Making Sense of God” by Timothy Keller. This book discussion will both strengthen your own faith and enhance your ability to productively engage with nonbelievers. We'll gain an understanding of how God makes so much more sense of identity, freedom, purpose, evil, and other experiences than a secular view does. We invite all men to join us; just get a copy of the book and join us for discussion in the FBC Library on Thursdays. Contact Andy at 501-314-9121 for information. Prayer During ServiceWe love to pray for one another. Our prayer team will have people at the front of the Auditorium under the signs Hope and Love to pray for you after the message. Please feel free to walk up to them for prayer or encouragement during the first worship song after the message. Czech Team Departs TuesdayFellowship is excited to see how God will use our team of 23, 7 of whom are college students and 11 are high school students, as they serve and advance His Kingdom in the Czech Republic. Please join us in praying for the team as they travel and minister, and for their families while they are away. Pray that God will work through them in powerful ways and that lives will be transformed by the Gospel.
In this episode, Peter Goeman reviews Tucker Carlson's interview with JD Hall on Christian Zionism, dispensationalism, Scofield, and Israel. Peter evaluates the major biblical and historical claims made in the interview, including the definition of Zionism, Genesis 12:3, Galatians 3, Darby, the Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford University Press, the Balfour Declaration, and claims about Ottoman treatment of Christians.Time Stamps00:00 — Introduction: why review Tucker Carlson's interview with JD Hall06:55 — The missing definition of Zionism and Christian Zionism10:36 — Genesis 12:3 and what it means to “bless Israel”16:41 — Fact-checking the claimed Zionist homeland options22:04 — What dispensationalism is—and what JD Hall gets wrong29:26 — Covenant theology, dispensationalism, and church history40:38 — Galatians 3, Abraham's promise, and ethnic Israel43:24 — Does “God shows no partiality” disprove Israel's special role?48:26 — Isaiah 19, Egypt, Assyria, and God's plan for the nations55:13 — Scofield, Oxford, funding claims, and the Balfour Declaration01:13:27 — Ottoman claims, church taxation, and Raymond Ibrahim's responseLinks mentioned:Tucker Carlson interview with JD Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN36yhie2_cRaymond Ibrahim's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJQpKbgVgh8Raymond Ibrahim's written response: https://raymondibrahim.substack.com/p/were-muslims-very-kind-to-christiansAre Gentiles the True Israel in Galatians 3? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXPZJV2c0lAIf you have found the podcast helpful, consider leaving a review on Itunes or rating it on Spotify. You can also find The Bible Sojourner on Youtube. Consider passing any episodes you have found helpful to a friend.Visit petergoeman.com for more information on the podcast or blog.Visit shepherds.edu for more on Shepherds Theological Seminary where Dr. Goeman teaches.
This special episode of LCHP's History-Politics Podcast features a recording of an event titled “The Future of History: Have We Reached the End of History Again?” This event was the first in a multi-part series by the Luskin Public History Program in conjunction with the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy at the Wende Museum. LCHP Director David Myers moderates a conversation between Miloš Jovanović (UCLA Assistant Professor of History), Natasha Piano (UCLA Assistant Professor of Political Theory, and Terry Tang (Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times). This panel revisits the conclusion of political scientist Francis Fukuyama in his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, that we have reached “the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.” The scholars discuss whether the rise of illiberal authoritarianism marks a new end of history. From the rise of China and contemporary challenges to democracy to the role of journalism, education, and historical thinking in a “post-truth” age, the panelists examine the enduring appeal of liberty, equality, and human dignity. In an era of constant change, how should we think about the next phase of history? As part of an unfolding journey into the future, or as the beginning of the end? Miloš Jovanović is an Assistant Professor of History at UCLA. His research looks at the Balkans, Ottoman and Habsburg Empires, capitalism, and Marxist theory and history. His first book, Cities of Dust and Mud: Urbanism and Bourgeois Fantasy in the Balkans (Stanford University Press, 2026), explores the social costs of elite-led urban change. His new project, Spaces of Empire: The Habsburg World and its Afterlives, examines the diverse trajectories of urban spaces after imperial collapse.David N. Myers is Distinguished Professor of History and the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA. He is the founding director of the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. He also directs the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, the UCLA Dialogue Across Difference Initiative, and the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute. He is the author or editor of more than fifteen books, including American Shtetl (Princeton University Press 2022, winner of the 2022 National Jewish Book Award).Natasha Piano is Assistant Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at UCLA. She specializes in democratic theory and the history of political thought, focusing on realist and empirical traditions in political science and Italian political theory. Her book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science (Harvard University Press, 2025), examines how misinterpretations of elite theory shaped American political systems. She is also the co-editor of Florentine Political Writings from Petrarch to Machiavelli (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019).Terry Tang is Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times. Appointed in 2024, she is the first female editor in the paper's 142-year history. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2019, she served as director of publications and editorial at the American Civil Liberties Union and held multiple editorial roles at The New York Times. She holds a BA in economics from Yale and a JD from New York University School of Law. She was also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.
Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies
Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies
Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Let’s dive into the BookTok discourse, shall we? Specifically, how algorithms work and why dismissing the community tends to say more about the dismisser than the community. Then debut romance novelist (and longtime cookbook author) Julia Turshen joins to talk about her 831 Stories novella Down to Earth, why food is the fastest way to put a reader in a room, the formula that cookbooks and romance novels quietly share, and what it means to write competency porn about a lesbian farmer without realizing that's what you're doing. And: Sanjana and Tyler each pitch a queer romance recommendation…and somehow both pick historicals. On BookTok: why thinking of it as a monolith is lazy, how algorithms reflect what you engage with (and not objective taste), and the misogyny baked into most think pieces about genre fiction. Julia Turshen is the author of numerous cookbooks including Small Victories and Simply Julia, and her debut sapphic romance, Down to Earth, is out this month from 831 Stories. Referenced: “I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America” by Caity Weaver. The queer romance recommendations: Tyler picks An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera, and Sanjana picks The Companion by E.E. Ottoman. Honorable mentions: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jonathan Schanzer discusses the roles of Syria, Qatar, and Turkey in regional conflicts. He questions the reliability of the Syrian regime to tame Hezbollah, suggesting a "neo-Ottoman" Turkish agenda. Regarding Gaza, he notes Hamas is tactically contained but remains a threat, while warning against trusting Qatar. (8)SPARTA
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We explore the roots of Humanism and the Reformation. Taking a long look at the Devotio Moderna, the Brethren of the Common Life. These were key influences on both Erasmus and Martin Luther. But more than that, the Devotio Moderna were a vital element in the invention of the printing press. We look at Gerhard Groote the founder of the Devotio Moderna, whose purpose in life was to imitate Christ and no to sit on his loathsome spotted behind.We spend some time on the more conventional stories of 1453, the Ottoman surge that followed the fall of the last Roman outpost, the expulsion of the English from France (except Calais).But there is also a look at the founding of Europe by the Early European Farmers from Anatolia.
1453 - 1566 - The fall of Constantinople transformed the Ottoman Empire from a rising regional power into one of the dominant states of the sixteenth century. Follow the stories of Mehmed the Conqueror, Selim the Grim and Suleiman the Magnificent as Ottoman armies expanded across three continents, challenged rival empires, mastered the seas and reshaped the history of Europe and the Middle East.
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