Podcasts about perpetuation

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Author Stefanie Mollborn discusses the article, "Children's Health Lifestyles and the Perpetuation of Inequalities," published in the March 2025 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Sermon Outline: 4 Demonstrations of God's Power Evidenced in Christ1. Resurrection, v. 20a2. Exaltation, v. 20b3. Domination, v. 21a4. Perpetuation, v. 21b

In this episode, Brent Kelly is joined by Mark Rollins, a former highly successful insurance agency leader and current founder of Retirement Transformed. Mark, also the author of The Evolving Man, shares insights that go beyond the usual financial aspects of perpetuation. Together, they explore the emotional and spiritual journey leaders face when transitioning from agency ownership, diving deep into vulnerability, authenticity, and the personal impact of retirement. Rollins reflects on his own agency success, while emphasizing the importance of identity, purpose, and staying active in retirement. Tune in for a conversation that will inspire you to rethink how you approach both your professional legacy and personal growth. To learn more about Mark's company visit https://retirementtransformed.com/ To book your agency assessment with one of our coaches visit https://www.sitkins.com/bookacall

The conversation explores the concept of race in the context of new creation. It discusses how race is a construct that emerged in the 15th century. The discussion highlights that race is not a biblical concept and that the Bible focuses more on cultural and religious practices rather than physical attributes. The conversation also touches on the dehumanizing nature of race and the biblical call to challenge and dismantle things like racial hierarchies.Chapters00:00 - Introduction and Discussion on the Olympics13:13 - The Concept of Race in the Bible19:01 - The Emergence of Race as a Construct25:16 - The Dehumanizing Nature of Race29:48 - The Deep-Rooted Issue of Racism30:38 - The Perpetuation of Racial Superiority35:31 - Dismantling the Structures of Racism36:48 - A New Creation Approach to Racism49:54 - The Limitations of Current Solutions56:36 - The Need for a Biblical Perspective on Race

Joshua Morey is the Chairperson of Ori-gen and President of The J Morey Company Inc. Ori-gen amplifies the voice of diverse communities throughout America by providing resources, services, and perpetuation planning for indepedent agents and brokers from diverse backgrounds. With offices in Hawaii, Los Angeles, Orange County, Torrance, and San Jose, California, Ori-gen represents a wide variety of personal, business, and specialty insurance from 40+ national and international carriers. He is a founding Board Member of the Asian American Insurance Network and Asian's in Insurance Podcast, and advisory council member of the Equity in Infrastructure Project. In addition Mr. Morey serves on the Board of Director's for the US Japan Council (Executive Committee), Japanese American National Museum, Little Tokyo Community Council, and was featured on the cover of Rough Notes, and IIABA's national magazine. He is co-founder of KODO Insurance Services (Insurtech) and Chairman of the Board of Arrowood Insurance Services. He has a B.A. in Business Economics, from Wheaton College and a M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. In his free time he loves playing baseball and spending time with his wife and three kids. Highlights from the Show Josh is a fourth generation Japanese American, with his great grandfather having immigrated in the late 1800s, and setting up an import-export business in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles The family lost everything when Japanese Americans were sent to incarceration camps during WWII Finding insurance the Japanese American community was next to impossible, so they started their own, and Josh's family started an agency, The J Morey Company, to serve the community, which he runs today Josh's story in taking over is similar to a lot of multi-generational insurance agencies, where the next generation may not be interested in taking over, can't afford to buy the business, or the business is no longer viable, which threatens the legacy of so many family businesses Rather than selling to another agency, Josh worked with a consultant to find a path to keep the business in the family despite not having the financing in place to buy the business That's what sparked the founding of Ori-gen, as a platform to continue the legacy of these companies It's not just about keeping the agencies going, but to support the communities that rely on these agencies in the way his ancestors and their communities needed each other after WWII Josh has also tried to drive more minority involvement in the insurance industry overall, which stems from his sense that this is the best industry and best country in the world That includes engaging the Asian and Pacific Islander community through AAIN (Asian American Insurance Network, where he's a board member), as well as partnering with other groups, like joining NAAIA and Ngozi Nnajiand her Black Friday efforts Josh advocates for DEI efforts because, without them, the industry will miss out on great talent and different approaches that only come from diversity within that talent This episode is brought to you by The Future of Insurance book series (future-of-insurance.com) from Bryan Falchuk. Follow the podcast at future-of-insurance.com/podcast for more details and other episodes. Music courtesy of Hyperbeat Music, available to stream or download on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music and more.

Brandi brings forward the topic of carrying "Fleas" of emation when in a Toxic Relationship.   In toxic relationships, mirroring reactions can become a common and damaging behavior. This dynamic often involves partners reflecting each other's negative emotions, behaviors, and responses, leading to a cycle of conflict and distress. Understanding and managing mirroring in such relationships is crucial for maintaining emotional well-being and working toward healthier interactions. Understanding Mirroring in Toxic Relationships Definition: Mirroring in relationships involves one partner unconsciously imitating the behaviors, attitudes, or emotional responses of the other. In a toxic relationship, this often means replicating negative behaviors and reactions. Common Behaviors: Emotional Outbursts: One partner's anger or frustration can trigger similar emotions in the other, escalating conflicts. Defensive Reactions: If one partner becomes defensive or dismissive, the other may mirror these responses, leading to misunderstandings and resentment. Blame Shifting: Each partner might mirror the other's tendency to blame, resulting in a cycle of accusations and defensiveness. Passive-Aggressive Behavior: If one partner exhibits passive-aggressive tendencies, the other might respond similarly, creating a hostile and unproductive environment. Causes of Mirroring in Toxic Relationships Emotional Contagion: Emotions can be contagious; when one partner exhibits strong negative emotions, the other partner may unconsciously absorb and reflect those emotions. Insecurity and Fear: In toxic relationships, partners often feel insecure and fearful. These feelings can lead to defensive behaviors and reactions, which are mirrored back and forth. Lack of Effective Communication: Poor communication skills can result in misunderstandings and conflicts. Instead of resolving issues constructively, partners might mimic each other's negative communication styles. Patterned Responses: Over time, partners in a toxic relationship may develop patterned responses to each other's behavior, reinforcing negative cycles and making it difficult to break free from mirroring. Impact of Mirroring in Toxic Relationships Escalation of Conflict: Mirroring negative behaviors and emotions can escalate conflicts, making resolution more difficult and increasing emotional distress. Emotional Exhaustion: Constantly mirroring a partner's negative emotions can lead to emotional exhaustion and burnout, affecting overall well-being. Erosion of Trust and Intimacy: Repeated negative interactions can erode trust and intimacy, creating a sense of distance and disconnection between partners. Perpetuation of Toxic Patterns: Mirroring reinforces toxic patterns, making it harder for partners to develop healthier ways of interacting and resolving conflicts. Managing Mirroring in Toxic Relationships Self-Awareness: Recognize your own emotional and behavioral patterns. Understanding when and why you are mirroring your partner can help you break the cycle. Pause and Reflect: Before reacting to your partner's behavior, take a moment to pause and reflect. This can help you respond more thoughtfully rather than reflexively mirroring negative emotions. Effective Communication: Focus on improving communication skills. Use "I" statements to express your feelings without blaming your partner, and actively listen to their perspective. Set Boundaries: Establish and enforce healthy boundaries to protect yourself from emotional contagion. Communicate your boundaries clearly and respectfully. Seek Professional Help: Couples therapy or individual counseling can provide tools and strategies for managing toxic dynamics and breaking the cycle of mirroring. Practice Empathy: Try to understand your partner's emotions and perspective without automatically adopting their emotional state. Empathy can help de-escalate conflicts and foster a more supportive environment. Focus on Self-Care: Prioritize self-care to maintain your emotional well-being. Engage in activities that help you relax and recharge, and seek support from friends and family. Breaking the Cycle of Mirroring Change Your Response: Experiment with changing your usual response to your partner's negative behavior. Responding with calmness, empathy, or a different perspective can disrupt the mirroring pattern. Encourage Positive Behavior: Reinforce and mirror positive behaviors and emotions. This can create a more constructive and supportive dynamic in the relationship. Develop Conflict Resolution Skills: Learn and practice effective conflict resolution skills. This includes staying calm, identifying the root cause of conflicts, and working collaboratively toward solutions. Focus on Personal Growth: Invest in your personal growth and emotional intelligence. Developing a strong sense of self can help you resist the pull of negative mirroring. Conclusion Mirroring reactions in a toxic relationship can perpetuate negative cycles and exacerbate conflict. By recognizing this behavior, improving communication, setting boundaries, and seeking professional help, partners can work toward breaking the cycle of mirroring and fostering a healthier, more supportive relationship. Prioritizing self-awareness and self-care is essential for managing emotional well-being and creating a positive environment for both partners.

  Are you ready for a conversation on race, power, and Harvard in this Conversation on Race. Why are Black women leaders at Harvard and other institutions being targeted? Simma The Inclusionist, and Deborah Ashton dive deep into the controversial world of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Harvard, shedding light on the power struggles and systemic racism that still plague our society. Find out what is real, and what is witch-hunting in this scandalous attack on Black female leaders. Discover the shocking truth behind the attacks on DEI initiatives at Harvard, orchestrated by fear-driven individuals like Christopher Rufo. Uncover the hidden agendas and deliberate efforts to dismantle progress in racial equality, as revealed by Deborah Ashton, co-chair of the DEI committee of Harvard Black Alumni. Hear Deborah Ashton's story of living in the projects of Chicago, while attending Harvard, and being told to prove she belonged at academic events. Explore the dark underbelly of systemic racism, where power and privilege dictate who belongs and who doesn't. From the struggles of Black women at Harvard to the global impact of racial stereotypes, this episode will challenge your perceptions and ignite a fire for change. Join the conversation as Simma and Deborah unravel the complexities of race, power, and fear at one of the world's most prestigious institutions. Tune in now to Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People, for an electrifying discussion that will challenge your beliefs and inspire you to take action. Let's break down barriers, shatter stereotypes, and pave the way for a more inclusive and equitable future. Listen now and be part of the change!   Time Stamps: [00:03:22] The importance of discussing race. [00:06:43] Overcoming adversity and education. [00:09:03] Understanding poverty in the US. [00:14:48] Assumptions based on appearance. [00:19:21] Perpetuation of welfare stereotypes. [00:23:55] Harvard and racism at play. [00:27:24] DEI and hiring practices. [00:32:02] Systemic racism against Chinese people. [00:36:05] White entitlement in education. [00:41:40] The power of propaganda. [00:44:21] Diversity and inclusion impact on sales. [00:47:48] White power movement for change. [00:53:27] Race conversation advice. [00:59:02] Impactful theater experiences. [01:03:41] Personal experiences on race.   Dr. Deborah Ashton is a licensed psychologist, has 30+ years of cross-industry experience. Dr. Ashton is a diversity, equity and inclusion strategist. She received her doctorate from Harvard University and studied with Dr. Chester ‘Chet' Pierce, who coined the term “microaggression”. She headed diversity and inclusion for Medtronic, Darden Restaurants, Harley-Davidson, Novant Health and Argonne National Laboratory. She is the former Chief of Test Development and Validation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dr. Ashton specializes in organizational psychology and developing an inclusive workplace. She provides guidance and coaching on how to mitigate unconscious bias in the workplace and in talent management. She has published in the Harvard Business Review, Diversity MBA, Diversity Executive, etc. Her Harvard Business Review articles are Does Race or Gender Matter More to Your Paycheck? and What HR Can Do to Fix the Gender Pay Gap. She chaired the peer review board for the Diversity Business Review, a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) journal written by DEI practitioners for DEI practitioners, Human Resources and line management. In addition, Dr. Ashton serves as the Chief Psychologist & Learning Officer for Diversity Learning Solutions, part of A P & L Group Brand, along with Diversity MBA. Email: drdashton@planetperspective.com LinkedIn   Simma Lieberman, The Inclusionist helps leaders create inclusive cultures. She is a consultant, speaker, and facilitator. Simma is the creator and host of the podcast, “Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People.” Contact Simma@SimmaLieberman.com to get more information, book her for your next DEIB  event, help you become a more inclusive leader, or facilitate dialogues across differences. Go to www.simmalieberman.com and www.raceconvo.com for more information Simma is a member of and inspired by the global organization IAC (Inclusion Allies Coalition)    Connect with me: Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Tiktok Website    Previous Episodes Unpacking Identity, Race, and Representation in Crime Fiction A Black Executive Perspective on Race in Corporate America Cancel Culture Unmasking the Dangers of Instant Judgment and Outrage Loved this episode?  Leave us a review and rating

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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard's third appearance on Robinson's Podcast. In episode #127, he and Robinson discussed some of the most profound criticisms of capitalism, and in #154 installment, they focused on the myths surrounding Marxism and Marx himself. In this episode, Richard and Robinson talk about the current—and enduring—Israel-Palestine conflict, with particular emphasis on how, with his Marxist training and background, Richard understands it from that perspective. Some particular questions discussed are how class figures into the conflict, whether ideology plays any pernicious roles, whether Israel should be considered a refugee state, why pro-Palestinian views are suppressed in the United States, and how Marx might have attempted to adjudicate the conflict. Richard's Website: https://www.rdwolff.com Economic Update: https://www.democracyatwork.info/economicupdate OUTLINE 00:00 In This Episode… 00:37 Introduction 04:19 Israel-Palestine and the Marxist Perspective  11:33 Is Israel a Colonial State or a Refugee State?  16:45 Some Important Marxist Distinctions in Israel and Palestine  25:09 Israel as a Project of Colonialist Capitalism  41:50 Ideology and the Perpetuation of the Israel-Palestine Disaster  01:01:03 Warfare and the Horrors of Israel-Palestine  01:07:43 The Suppression of Opposition to Israel in the United States  01:19:15 The Marxist Solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict? Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

Dimes and Judas discuss the competency crisis hitting airline industry, a tangled up Hasidic conspiracy involving illegal tunnels in New York, and the German Far Right covertly achieving dominance in both parallel societies and elections. This leads into a discussion of René Girard's I See Satan Fall Like Lightning,” where they dissect the concept of a mimetic crisis and explore the ancient engine of sacrifice driving human institutions. Lastly on this episode of The Copepranos Society, Dimes and Judas appear on the Sunflower Society's 2023 Hangover stream to hand out awards for the remarkable things they recall during the previous year. A lot of things are covered, and everyone is hooting right over the moon! Timestamps: 00:48 – Anal Mug Family Gift Exchange 07:15 – Dimes NYE Toronto Trip to India 16:46 – The Competency Crisis in Airline Travel 24:15 – Judas Met The Manifestation of the Competency Crisis in Human Form 29:14 – Stepping in Human Shit as a Case for Occupying Expansive Space 35:49 – Nefarious Tunnels Discovered Beneath Chabad-Lubavitch Global HQ 37:41 – New Epstein Files Released 42:30 – Crown Heights Residents Condemning Coverage of Tunnels 47:45 – Judas Corrects the Record on Tunnel Structure 1:02:45 – Conflicting Mainstream Narratives Explaining Tunnels 1:10:30 – Vice Article on Hasidic “Child-Rape Assembly Line” 1:19:27 – Europeans are the Only Ones Against Inbreeding Anymore 1:26:44 – The Rise of the AfD and Parallel Communities in Germany 1:35:00 – Blood $atellite News and Updates 1:37:53 – Substack Predictably Cracking Down on Far-Right Accounts 1:43:19 – “I See Satan Fall Like Lighting” Discussion Begins 1:45:45 – The Ritualization of the Scapegoat Mechanism 1:49:32 – Defining Mimetic Desire 1:53:16 – The Case of Peter and the Madness of Crowds 1:55:33 – Satan as the Manifestation of Mimetic Contagion 2:00:40 – Problems with the Scapegoat Model Lionizing All Victims of Collective Violence 2:02:54 – Mimetic Crisis as the Foundation of Ancient Mythology 2:06:37 – The Crucifixion vs. The Perpetuation of the Sacrifice in Institutions 2:12:21 – The Sunflower Society Stream Begins

On the Eighth episode of The Constitutionalist, Shane Leary and Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman discuss Lincoln's speech, "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois," more commonly referred to as the Lyceum Address. Delivered by a young Lincoln of only 28 years of age, this speech is as helpful for our present political condition as it was in his time. In the course of the conversation, our co-hosts discuss mobocracy, the rule of law, and ambition, among other topics. For a copy of the Lyceum Address, click here: https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/lyceum.htm To subscribe to weekly episodes delivered straight to your inbox, click here: https://theconstitutionalist.org/subscribe/?contact-form-hash=4809a072f2dccbc806ecd1a38754273b4761b818 The Constitutionalist is a podcast cohosted by Professor Benjamin Kleinerman, the RW Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University and Founder and Editor of The Constitutionalist Blog, and his student, Shane Leary. Each week, they discuss political news in light of its constitutional implications, and explore a unique constitutional topic, ranging from the thoughts and experiences of America's founders and statesmen, historical episodes, and the broader philosophic ideas that influence the American experiment in government.

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Episode 64 - Supplements, Misrepresentation, and Perpetuation of Unhealth Join me on a rant about today's supplement industry, which includes the "health coaches" that push these supplements in a dangerous way.  The idea of proper nutrition and body movement are pushed aside for either prescription pills or "natural" supplements.   Our health is in danger and it continues to get worse. Let's take a dive into one piece of the supplement industry that you are probably the most familiar with and how to navigate it and see it for what it is. Connect with me:

I'm finally back on my shit, folks. Lots of PPM coming at you.  Subscribe to the PPM Patreon to access the full version: patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping In Pt. II of our survey of curious evidence possibly indicating a continuum from Catholic military orders like the Knights Templar, Hospitaller, & Knights of the Cross with the Red Star to esoteric Protestant movements like Rosicrucianism... on to Freemasonry and all the way to the Red Cross, we discuss:  The Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ & the Temple of Solomon origin story; the Knight & Grand Master Hugues de Payens; Pope Innocent II; King Baldwin; Solomon's Temple; passing mention of Baphomet & decapitated reliquary legends; Bernard of Clairvaux; Cistercians; the Templars as favored "charity" of Euro aristocracy & the Holy See (another Red Cross similarity); transmutation into transnational corporation; Red Cross & Swiss neutrality kinda mirrored in the fact the vast majority of Templars were noncombatants; Knights Hospitaller history; Blessed Gerard; Church of the Holy Sepulchre; militarization during du Puys reign; Hospitaller heraldry also evoking RC & Templars; the "Bohemian" (Austrian, Czech, & German) Knights of the Cross w/ the Red Star, directly inspired by the Hospitallers; similarly to the Templars & ARC, a society initially intended to serve the poor & sick gradually morphs into amorphous corporation; Archbishop of Prague becoming de facto Grandmaster of the Order for a 150 years (15/ 1600s), using Red Star coffers to subsidize the bishops' lifestyle; Swiss founders of the Red Cross; Swiss General & army engineer Guillaume Henri Dufour; his service as Captain w/ Napoleon's forces; reception of the Legion d'Honneur; engineering suspension bridges & gas lights; his tutelage of Napoleon's nephew at a military academy (possible indication of Freemasonic connections); Dufour's parents living in exile from Switzerland at the time of his birth bc of their involvement in the Genevan Revolution of 1782; Dufour playing a major role in the transition from Old Swiss Confederacy to modern Swiss confederation thru his military campaign against the Catholic cantons (Sonderbund); the most famous of the Swiss founders—Henry Dunant; Calvinist upbringing; Dunant's v instructive involvement in founding the first YMCA in Switzerland; uncanny connections b/w the YMCA & the Red Cross, which dbls back to previous EPs on the Wall St. Putsch & W.D. Pelley; Business Plot organizer & American Legion financer Grayson MP Murphy serving as ARC commissioner in Europe; stray thoughts about the utility of these kinds of orgs for both espionage & colonial purposes; Dunant's colonial business venture in French-controlled Algeria; the Battle of Solferino, which he witnessed bc he was traveling to meet Napoleon III & secure land rights; likelihood that Dunant's business was at least super exploitative if not dependent on slave labor; his ouster from the Red Cross "Committee of Five" after Credit Genevois's bankruptcy, causing him to become embroiled in financial scandal; his probable embezzlement of RC funds, judging by the fact Moynier et al refused him awards monies that had initially been promised; after 25 years of poverty & obscurity, Dunant becomes the darling of Euro aristocrats & receives the VERY 1ST Nobel Peace Prize; bringing us to the instructive life of Alfred Nobel—Swedish chemist, arms trader, & industrial espionage agent; invention of dynamite; the 90 armaments factories he owned at the end of his life; accusations in French press that Nobel committed "high treason" & spied on a French inventor following his decision to sign a prod. contract for 100ks of kgs of the propellant "Ballistite" w/ the Italian gov't; all of which brings us back to the Red Cross's role in the perpetuation of warfare.  Songs:  | Death Grips - "Bitch Please" (had to for the Templar reference) |  | Tyler, the Creator feat. Lil Wayne - "Hot Wind Blows" |  | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Higgs Boson Blues" | 

Sermon Outline I.  Presentation (23-24) A.  Paul's defense B.  Paul's response II.  Partition (25-29) A.  Paul's rebuke B.  Paul's promise III. Perpetuation (30-31) A.  Paul's location B.  Paul's occupation

Welcome back to ParaPower Mapping. Subscribe to the PPM Patreon to access the full, unabridged version of this unhinged, topsy turvy time-jumping investigation into a possible Knights Templar - Hospitaller - Rosicrucian - Masonic - Red Cross society continuum: patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping "Speculative Swiss-mania (Pt. I)" includes discussions of the following: A secret history of the Red Cross; the possibility that Catholic military orders like the Knights Templar & Hospitaller served as the blueprint for the RC's Swiss founders; John D. Rockefeller's involvement in the ARC's founding in Dansville, NY; conspiracy theories that the Old Swiss Confederacy is rooted in a diaspora of Templar knights; a disclaimer about the apparent "Holy Blood Holy Grail", Priory of Sion, & Dan Brown influence on this idea; early unification of Swiss cantons occurring around the Templar inquisition & persecution; geographical proximity; Templars purportedly aiding Swiss countryfolk in combat the 1300s; the preemptive removal of the Templar treasure horde from Paris; the banking connection; overland Templar trade routes thru the Alps; Templar "letters of credit"; Templar symbols appearing in Swiss cantons & heraldry; the whole square flag thing (Swiss & Vatican); the Red Cross being the insignia of both the Templars & Hospitallers & an inversion of the Swiss flag; the Geneva Convention stipulation enforcing nurses to wear Red Cross armlets on the battlefield; the Conventions ratifying international neutrality for medical workers, field hospitals, & the wounded—essentially deciding the etiquette of modern warfare; Red Cross founder Henri Dunant & his Calvinist upbringing in Geneva; the Austro-Sardinian War & battle of Solferino; the Committee of Five; Red Cross founder & Swiss General Guillaume Henri-Dufour, who served under Napoleon & taught his nephew at a military academy; the "neutrality" angle, another indicator of potential Templar & Hospitaller influence on both Swiss history & the Red Cross; RC General Dufour presiding over the first Geneva Convention; Knights Hospitaller's express purpose of providing care to pilgrims & the wounded during Crusades; King Philip le Bel's betrayal of the Knights Templar in 1309; his effective assassination of Pope Boniface; the geopolitical games that informed the obliteration of the Templars, namely King Philip's attempts to weaken the Papacy & consolidate his power; his struggle for territory in Gascony w/ English King Edward, foreshadowing historical trends in British-French relations that we'll explore via the lens of French-Scottish Masonic ties & infighting b/w the aforementioned & British Masonry; King Philip's secret Scottish pact; Jacques de Molay's curse; Hellfire Club founder the Duke of Wharton's seminal role in founding the Grand Orient de France (Masonic); his Jacobitism & support of the "Old Pretender"; Wharton's rakish travels w/ a Calvinist tutor in Switzerland; the Masonic "Great Schism" in the late 1800s & the Lausanne Conference of 1875, where Swiss Masons were employed in mediating international Masonic deliberations focused on reframing the Scottish Rite & revising its charter; Switzerland's admittedly curious role as mediator on the world stage; Scottish & French Masons aiding the nascent US during the War of Independence; King Philip the Fair marrying his sister Margaret off to King Edward = the germ of the Hundred Years War; the first Estates-General being summoned during Philip's power struggle w/ Pope Boniface; Pope Boniface's abduction & the installation of Pope Clement leading to the abolition of the Knights Templar & the Templar Inquisition; etc. Songs: | Iron Maiden - "Montsegur" | | Pungent Stench - "Hidden Empire" |

Many of the modern management and leadership techniques we all use on a daily basis actually trace their roots back to slavery. In a world where profit often takes precedence over people, Brea Baker and Laura Gale shine a light on how to disrupt the status quo.    In this episode, you will be able to: Understand the crucial need to bring human values front and center in leadership approaches. Trace the echoes of plantation slavery practices in modern management techniques. Analyze the nature of racism and capitalism and its implication on leadership. Confront the disturbing normalization of damaging leadership behaviors. Acknowledge how we unknowingly support unethical leadership practices and find ways to rectify it.   We talked about: 00:03:38 - The Roots of Modern Leadership in Slavery 00:07:34 - Capitalism, Racism, and Profit 00:09:21 - The Continuation of Extractive Practices 00:12:47 - Female Leaders and Perpetuation of Harm 00:14:16 - The Harm of Exploitative Business Practices 00:15:56 - Profitability and Power Imbalances 00:18:14 - Normalization of Harmful Practices 00:23:53 - Unlearning and Creating Change 00:26:39 - Strength in Numbers and Disruptive Action 00:27:57 - Redefining Leadership as a Practice 00:29:48 - Cultivating a Disruptive Practice of Leadership 00:31:16 - Shining Light into the Cracks Connect with Brea Baker Website: www.breabaker.com Instagram: @freckledwhileblack   Connect with Laura Gale  Website: www.nightingale-consulting.com LinkedIn: linkedin/in/laura-gale   Connect with Amina AlTai Website: aminaaltai.com Instagram: @aminaaltai TikTok: @theaminaaltai Linkedin:   linkedin/in/aminaaltai

In this episode, we're joined by Pat Mullen and Kyle Rogers  from Johnson Kendall & Johnson, Inc., one of our member agencies in Philadelphia. They're here to share their unique approach to perpetuation and maintaining their independence in the insurance industry. JKJ's success is built on a culture of shared ownership, mentorship, and a commitment to preparing the next generation of leaders. Kyle, who is also the CFO, explains how they've set up a framework for perpetuation, including a healthy financial operation, reasonable sellers, able buyers, and transfer mechanisms. They also discuss the importance of communicating this vision to new acquiring shareholders and how their partnership with the Tugboat Institute has been instrumental in fostering their independence. Tune in for valuable insights on sustaining long-term success in the insurance world. 00:34 – Meet Kyle Rogers and Pat Mullen from Johnson Kendall & Johnson, Inc.01:46 – What agencies are doing to be able to stay independent when it comes to perpetuation, mergers, and acquisitions, discussion on JKJ, and their perpetuation model 04:43 – Agency investment strategy, their process, and the importance of training and mentoring.  07:19 – JKJ's culture, key strategies, coming up with a methodology, evolving, and shared ownership.  10:09 – Acquiring shareholders, trusting the process, generational notices, continuing to educate and communicate, and the difference in communicating with different generations.   12:17 – Advice for shareholders on perpetuation, their opinions, and the payoff of investment.  13:47 – Joining the Tugboat Institute and what it is.  15:25 – How often they work on culture, the time they have put into culture, and their thoughts on perpetuating this culture that they have created. 17:31 – Long-term approach for producers, JKJ's development, and their 10-week internship program 20:29 – More on perpetuation, ESOP, and their final thoughts Resources:Tugboat Institute Connect with Pat Mullen on LinkedIn Connect with Kyle Rogers on LinkedInLearn more about RiskProNet Want to learn more about JKJ? Check out their website Connect with our host Chip! 

Author & documentarian Vince Everett Ellison grew up the child of sharecroppers on a cotton plantation in Tennessee, but his father worked hard to build a successful businesses that brought his family out of poverty and squarely into the middle class. He sees now in Black Americans a worrying lack of that same initiative, and he suspects a number of factors are responsible: A lack of religious faith. Promotion of gratuitous sex and violence as a cultural lifestyle. But, most of all, a wider plot among the progressive left to promote the notion that institutional racism is an inescapable fact of life, and to make Black Americans see themselves as eternal victims. Ellison shares his point of view with Victoria in this episode, and how through a return to faith, family-values and self-reliance the Black community can ascend to respectful prosperity, an argument that is sometimes controversial, often inspirational, and always thought-provoking. Get Vince's Book 25 Lies: Exposing Democrats' Most Dangerous, Seductive, Damnable, Destructive Lies and How to Refute Them on Amazon ***** TOP STORIES West Coast, Messed Coast™ Report: Oregon Senate Republicans Go Balls Out to Stop Left's Sick Bills Remember the 'Homeless' Addict Who Said Portland 'Was Loving Them to Death'? We've Got an Update. Why Didn't Durham Talk to the Liars Who Pushed Fake Trump-Russia Collusion? The Answer's a Stunner. Riots, Tent Cities, Plunder, and Wokeness — Is it Any Wonder Why People Are Fleeing Portland? Jailed Luggage Thief Sam Brinton Is Also a Member of the L.A. Dodgers' Favorite Anti-Catholic Group ***** MORE INFO VictoriaTaft.com Victoria Taft @ PJ Media --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victoria-taft/support

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A evolução acontece de verdade? No meio científico, não há dúvidas de que a evolução já não é mais uma hipótese a ser testada. Separe meia horinha do seu dia e descubra com a Dra. Mila Massuda (@milafmg) como as ideias sobre evolução surgiram com Darwin e Wallace, como essas ideias foram confirmadas e como são estudadas até hoje..   Apresentação: Mila Massuda (@milafmg)   Roteiro: Mila Massuda (@milafmg) e Emilio Garcia (@emilioblablalogia)   Edição: @Matheus_Herédia (@mewmediaLAB)   Produção: Prof. Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) e BláBláLogia (@blablalogia)   REFERÊNCIAS:   DARWIN, C., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., WALLACE, A. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 3, Issue 9, August 1858, Pages 45–62, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1858.tb02500.x   DARWIN, Charles. A origem das espécies. 2009.   FUTUYMA, Douglas J. Biologia evolutiva. Ribeirão Preto: SBG, 1992.   LENSKI, Richard E. Experimental evolution and the dynamics of adaptation and genome evolution in microbial populations. The ISME journal, v. 11, n. 10, p. 2181-2194, 2017.   THE ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE WEBSITE. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 02 de jan. de 2023.

Welcome to another riveting episode of The Adams Archive with your host, Austin Adams! In today's episode, we'll be delving deep into the recent controversy surrounding Anheuser-Busch's VP of Marketing, who openly admitted to hiring employees based on sex and political ideology. We'll examine the implications of these hiring practices and discuss whether they align with the company's values. Furthermore, we'll engage in a thought-provoking debate with ChatGPT on the merits and drawbacks of affirmative action, exploring its impact on society and the workplace. We'll also discuss Alex Soros' frequent visits to the White House, drawing comparisons with Bill Clinton's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, and dive into NPR's dramatic exit from Twitter after being labeled as state-affiliated media. What does this say about the state of journalism and social media today? Lastly, we'll explore the explosive leak of top-secret documents that revealed alleged U.S. spying on allies, the implications for international relations, and the insights gained on the U.S. perspective regarding the war in Ukraine and potential support for Russia from neutral countries. Join us for an engaging and insightful episode as we dissect these controversial topics and much more. Don't miss out on this week's edition of The Adams Archive! All the links: https://linktr.ee/theaustinjadams Anti-Elite Club Apparel: https://antielite.club    Full Transcription:    Hello, you beautiful people and welcome. To the Adams Archive. My name is Austin Adams, and thank you so much for listening. Today on the agenda, we are going to be discussing all about the recent marketing misstep, to say the least, by Anheuser Bush's VP of Marketing, who we will be listening to even further digging herself in a hole, uh, by talking about what seems to be, to me at least, slightly illegal hiring practices, leaning, uh, obviously towards her woke agenda that she has since shown her hand. So we will talk about that. We will also talk about some recent photos that were released by hers after speaking out against, uh, the so-called frat culture that she was so against. There has since been photos leaked of Bud Light's, VP of Marketing, where she seemingly participated in these said frat. Type events. So we'll look at that. Now. We will also discuss George Soros. Son, Alex Soros visited the White House under Biden's administration 14 times. Now, to put that in perspective, that is only three less times than Bill Clinton having Jeffrey Epstein. So, quite astonishing. Something that we will discuss at length now.  We will also be discussing NPR, quitting Twitter after being labeled as state affiliated media. I saw an article that called it a Rage Quit, which is pretty, pretty fitting. Now the last thing, but one of the most serious things that we will discuss is the documents that were released at well leaked. There was over a hundred pages that were released, , that were leaked, and,  they were doing a highly serious, highly serious very serious investigation in Washington this week. As records were detailing alleged us spying on allies. Insights into American thinking on the war in Ukraine, in at least two neutral countries, mulling plans to support Russia as things move on in this war. So we will discuss all of that and more, but first, you know what to do. Go ahead and hit that subscribe button if it's your first time here. If it's not, or even if it is, go ahead and leave a five star review. 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And speaking of Alex Soros, we actually have a mug that is the George Soros actor, a Crisis Actor's Guild mug. , which I found to be, you know, a little catchy. So check it out.  Lemme know what you think. All right,  now that's all I got for you. Let's go ahead and jump into.     Um, but anyways, $5 billion that they have lost since doing this marketing stunt. Now I'm somewhat familiar with marketing myself. There's probably one of the biggest rules, if not the biggest rule is knowing your target audience. Their target audience for Bud Light is generally not somebody with a trans flag in front of their house. Those people are generally not drinking light American beer. Now, how far Bud Light Marketing has fallen? I remember growing up, they were always witty and funny and, uh, what was it? The, um, one of their campaigns that was great. It was like the, the gosh, I, I have to remember it was like the greatest Man who ever award or some, something like that. But always quick, witty, um, always good sarcasm, right? Always great marketing. And this woman takes over from, you know, obviously coming from Harvard to the Wharton, uh, business school and then at, I don't know what she is, maybe 35 years old, taking over the VP of marketing of one of the largest, uh, beer companies in the world. So maybe Bud Light itself when hiring this woman didn't know its target audience and, or maybe they knew exactly what they were doing, but if they did, this was a horrible, horrible misstep in. Terms of their business success, 5 billion in just like five days, and it's still going down. And I only think we're really gonna see the true implications of this because you have lost so many loyal, long-standing customers as a result of this. Not only that, people aren't going to buy them at the shelves, which means that the liquor stores and, and grocery stores that we're holding these products are not going to buy them either. If people are not buying them. There is a whole supply chain that will be affected as a result of this terrible marketing move. But let's go ahead and read this. This comes from the New York Post. It says, beer Colossus in Heiser Busch saw its value plummet more than 5 billion since the company announced his branding partnership with controversial transgender social media influencer, Dylan Mul. Since March 31st, shares of Bud Light Parent Company have nearly fallen 4%. And as I checked earlier, I believe it was 5%, like 5.2%, knocking down the company's market capitalization from 132 billion to $127 billion. On Wednesday, the stock fizzled more than 1.5%. Uh, on Wednesday, the company is dealing with the fallout from conservatives over its deal with Mulvaney, the 26 year old Wow sh he looks super rough for 26. Transgender influencer with more than 10 million followers on social media. Mulvaney fired back at critics Tuesday accusing them of bullying her because she's an easy target. Oh, are you? She as a guest on the OR Word onward. And Rosie O'Donnell podcast Mulvaney said her Tolles and trolls intentionally twist her words and actions in an effort to blast the transgender community. The reason that I think I am so I'm an easy target is because I'm so new to this. Mulvaney said, I think going after a trans person, it says woman, but I refuse to call this person. A woman that's been doing this for like 20 years is a lot more difficult. I think maybe they think that there's some sort of chance with me, but what's their goal now? It is down 4.9% as of the closing bell today. Um, so almost 5% more than the original 5 billion that they even just talked about there. That's an incredible loss for any company, $5 billion in market cap. Um, these people, they don't understand anything about me that I do or say. I don't really care about her opinion on this. Mulvaney had posted videos and photos on social media promoting her sponsorship deal with Bud Light, which pro produced specifically made cans with Mulvey's likeness to commemorate the partnership. And, and in this video with this man, He's sitting there going, um, I guess there's some sort of March madness going on right now. Um, I don't really know what that is. I guess it has to do with sports. I don't know about sports. I'm just a dumb woman. Like really? Cuz women don't know what March Madness is. Like. What? What a horrific, the, the, the biggest problem besides the fact, like, and again, I've talked about this before. I don't care what you do as an individual, you can identify as a fricking fork if you want to. And I you do you, now, I'm not gonna call you a fork if you think you're a fork, but you're actually a human. Okay? I'm not participating in your mental illness, but you can identify as whatever you want. I don't care. I'm not gonna rip you apart for your, uh, mental anguish and your self-consciousness and your difficulty. I, you know, and disassociation from your own body. I'm not gonna do that for you. I don't think that you deserve that. I think that in this case, This man is doing this for clout, so maybe deserves it more than most who are dealing with this. I don't think it's actually a real case of gender dysphoria that's being manifested through surgical, uh, attempts at correcting it, which never seems to help in any which way. Um, but I, I do think that there's a better way of going about that, which to me, the most insulting thing that this man does is pretending like every woman is a fricking caricature, a caricature of what it means to be a woman, right? Frolicking in high heels. Um, you know, like all of the videos that this man does are like the most insulting, caricature depiction of what a woman actually acts like, like Valley Girl, 2004, mean girl's, high school woman in a sitcom. Like just the most silly depiction of a woman that there can possibly be. And so that to me is insulting. I'm not even a woman and I'm insulted by it. So it says, um, it goes on to say that the backlash even prompted a local Missouri distributor to cancel an appearance by the famous Budweiser Clyde's Dale Horse due to fears for the safety of staffers. Industry experts told the post on Tuesday that the controversy appears to have staying power and could lead to a full-blown boycott of Anheuser-Busch products. I believe so. I don't think there's any coming back from this. I think their general target market is going to absolutely, there's the only reason that you were drinking Bud Light for any reason at all, was just out of f sheer habit. It wasn't because it tasted good. We know that for sure. There's so many other beers out there that you can go drink that still taste like shit and are still cheap that don't promote this type of ideology. So yes, this is absolutely going to have staying power Anheuser bushes. If you are in the stock market, you should absolutely be shorting. Budweisers, uh, it's, it's, uh, the, the dollar symbol and then bud is the symbol for them on the stock exchange. So you should absolutely short Anheuser-Busch. I am not a financial advisor, so don't listen to anything that I say, but it seems like a pretty good bet that this is just gonna continue to keep going down. Um, now let's go ahead and watch this video. Let's talk about the actual VP of marketing, because, you know, actually let's, let's touch on this. There it bring, it comes up here with, um, you know, let's, let's talk about this Kid Rock, who I love for this. Um, went on and did a video where he actually shot his, uh, full auto rifle, um, at a bunch of Bud Light, uh, uh, boxes of beer. And there's this awesome picture in front of me of them just all exploding, uh, with a MAGA hat on, which is just amazing. So love that for Kid Rock. Uh, now the reason that I don't think Nike is having such backlash because they did the same exact thing. Nike did the same thing as Bud Light did. Same exact thing, but Nike's target market is not the same target market as Bud Lights. That's what you have to understand. And that's the reason that Bud Light is going to have a tremendous loss of market cap, a tremendous loss of its stock value. And Nike has improved its stock value over the last couple days. There has not been any calls for boycotts. It has not been in the news. There's been no, you know, burn your Nike's campaign that's going on. Although maybe there should be, and I won't be buying Nike from here on out. But, um, but this comes back to how, how do we change culture, right? Because right now, the, the theistic corporations that are out there, even not, maybe not even capitalistic because they're all owned by generally the same. BlackRock. Um, but these corporatism type corporations that are out there, that are promoting these things, are doing so because they think it's going to win them favor, not even win them favor from the people that they are having as their target market. They think it's going to win them favor in the eyes of the elitist who own them from the World Economic Forums, from the Black Rocks and the Vanguards and the, the, the elites who own those companies who are pushing those ideologies like Alex Soros and George Soros, who were gonna talk about a little bit later. That's who they're gaining the favor of. Here. I did see something that there was some sort of talk about a, I think it was a c e I score, which is like your woke score basically for companies that they're getting favor over, where they'll like pull some sort of association if these companies don't have a high enough score of wokeness. And so maybe that's what's going on here, but here's how you fight back. 5 billion of market loss is a huge loss for Ann Heiser Busch. Huge loss you. That's, that's so much money. 5% of your value in five days, 1% per day. If that keeps up for 50 days, and I don't, I 100% think that that's just the beginning. I, I think it's gonna be 20%, 25%. Again, I'm just shooting from the hip here. Don't listen to me. But, but I absolutely think that there is going to be a tremendous loss. And this is just the beginning because we're not even seeing, seeing the outcomes. We're seeing the people who are pulling their stocks out of this. We're seeing people who are starting to short the stock as a result, but we're not seeing quarterly earnings statements. We're not seeing that yet. And when we see that it will be a blood bath, when we see the quarterly earnings for h Anheuser-Busch, a blood bath, bath, when we see it, and this is just the beginning, 5% is nothing compared to what it's gonna turn out to once we actually see the numbers. Right. What we're seeing right now is a vanity reaction, but there will be a corporate there, there, there will be figures that come out. There will be, uh, quarterly earning statements that show when 50 40% of people who drink Bud Light, stop drinking it, stop buying it, which means the liquor stores who are sourcing it and the grocery stores that have it will stop purchasing it as well. This is how you fight back from woke. This is how you fight back against the corporations who are shoving this ideology down you and your child's throat. 100% how we we fight back against this us. All right, so let's go ahead and listen to this. This is the interview with the VP of Marketing from Busch. Her name is Alyssa Heiner Scheid, uh, she's a Harvard graduate. Imagine that, who then went to the Wharton School of Business? Um, I believe she had like some sort of like, Language and English degree from Harvard, which I don't know why the hell you go to Harvard. Harvard for an English degree to go into marketing. All right. By the way, I'm drinking a real beer. This is a founder's, uh, Centennial ipa, which is quite delicious and doesn't taste like shit. And they have yet to shove their trans ideology down my throat if they have any belief in it, which I doubt they do. Okay, so drink real beer folks. All right. Um, maybe I'll start doing a, a beer review like, uh, you know, uh, bar stool, uh, Dave Portnoy does for pizzas. If I, if I had to do a beer review on this founder's Centennial ipa. Let's see, how well does this go? It's an, an IPA featuring Centennial Hops. Huh, let's read it. Get ready to bask in the glory of this frothy heads floral bouquet relish the citrus accents from the abundance of dry hops. This one's sweet, yet balanced multi undertones. Shake hands with the hop character for a finish that never turns too bitter delicious. All right, one sip. Everybody knows rules. Centennial IPA By Founders Initial reaction, I would give it a 7.3. I've had better IPAs, but it's pretty good. All right. And again, no, no woke trans ideology being shoved in my throat, which gives it multiple, multiple brownie points. All right, so here's the vp, Alicia Alyssa Heiner Scheid, and she is going to speak on here, right? One thing that she talks about initially is evolving the Bud Light Brand. Now this is the clip that everybody was talking about, right? She talks about why she did this and why she's trying to shove this ideology down their throats and, and all of this stuff. So let's listen to that first, and then we will listen to her talking about her hiring practices, which I think is a little bit even more egregious and probably downright illegal if you really dive into it. Um, so let's go ahead and listen to her. We do not attract. Young drinkers to come and drink this brand. There will be no future for Bud Light. So I had around, in your own perspective and your own values, you know the person you are at Home Impacts and has a ripple effect on the Bud Light brand. Tell me about that a little bit. Yeah, I, I think number one, you know, I'm a businesswoman. Mm-hmm. I had a really clear job to do when I took over Bud Light and it was, this brand is in decline. It's been in decline for a really long time. And if we do not attract young drinkers to come and drink this brand, there will be no future for Bud Light. So I had this, the brand was in decline only once you decided to promote trans ideology to your generally conservative target market. Let's be clear about this here. If we go back and look at the last, I don't know, let's, let's look at the last five years of Bud Light. Let's see if there's been a single decline. Five years. A single decline. That was 5% in five days. Oh, this is a screenshot. So it's not gonna give me exactly what I'm looking for here, but I highly doubt it. The brand started to be in decline once you started to make these types of decisions, right? Super clear mandate. It's, we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand. And my, what I brought to that was a belief in I was looking for real men of genius. You remember that ad? That's good marketing, right? Real men of genius. Let's watch that shit once this is over. But real men of genius is what I was thinking of earlier. I don't know what I said. Like great men or whatever the hell. No real men of genius, great marketing, Dylan Mulvaney, horrible marketing. Okay. What is, what do, what does evolve and elevate mean? It means inclusivity. It means shifting the tone. It means having a campaign that's truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different, and appeals to women and to men. Mm-hmm. And representation. Is it sort of the heart of evolution? You've gotta see people who reflect you in the work. And we had this hangover. I mean, bud Light had been kind of a brand of fratty, kind of out of touch humor, and it was really important that we had another approach. So, long story short, super Bowl spot. Fast forward, I cast an incredible female choreographer who just brought incredibly positive, amazing energy to the spot. We cast Miles Teller and his wife Kelly Teller. But it was really crucial to me that if you see that spot, Kelly is. Kelly is the heartbeat of that spot. You're seeing this whole experience through Kelly. She's the beating heart. She, I would sort of argue with sort of what propels you through that experience and, and that was intentional. Um, and then we had another really fun spot. First spot out of the gate was the first time ever we'd had a female protagonist in this. Really cool, she was sort of cool as hell, bobbin and weaving through a bar. But anyway, listen, I'm not gonna pretend that there isn't so much more work to do from a business results perspective and of course from a representation perspective, but I feel like you, you have to put your money where your mouth is when you're trying to evolve a brand and elevate it and bring in new consumers. So that's been incredibly important to me. Mm-hmm. Bet she didn't expect a 5% stock loss in five days. Now you hear her talking about that, uh, the frat brand. Right. Let's, let's, we'll take a little dive back in time. A little dive back in time for the VP of Marketing at Anheuser-Busch when she's calling out her own target market. The people who purchased her products for being out of touch frat boys. Little did she know somebody was gonna go to her Facebook profile, scroll a few years back and see photos of her Dr. Like filling up condom balloons, shotgunning beers, and doing everything that appears to. And looks to be her fraty passed. This says leaked photos have revealed that Bud Light's, vice President of Marketing, Alyssa Heiner, pardoned it up while attending Harvard University exhibiting behavior that one might expect to see at a frat house. The images which are nearly 20 years old, would have remained buried in Hein, Hershey's Facebook albums. Had the beer executive not recently suggested that the brand she now represents should distance itself from its Friday past. The images, which are now attained from the daily caller from a source who discovered them on Hein Che's now protected Facebook page were from a 2006 event called the ISIS Senior Reversed Initiation Scavenger Hunt, um, which was. To provide in 2000 to provide a positive environment in social network for women to flourish an article in the university's newspaper around the same time that the photos of Heide were taken. However, describe the scene of the club's gatherings as a haven for inebriated dit sea. In the photos, Heiner Scheide can be seen drinking beer, blowing up condoms, as if they were balloons and exhibiting other behaviors typically associated with intoxication. 17 years later, Heiner side is now calling on beer companies to cater to more than just the frat house crowd. I am a businesswoman. She says during a March 23rd appearance on the Make Yourself a Home Podcast, I had a really clear job to do, which is all basically just what we listened to. She went on to explain. The representation is sort of the heart of evolution, and Bud Light has for too long been a brand of Fraty kind of out of touch humor since Henesey made those comments. The brand is partnered with Trans TikTok, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, A move that has been widely criticized and in some cases even led to boycotts, in some cases, very many at this point now. What I find to be interesting is if you go a little bit even more back, because that's like, just punchy, good headlines, right? Oh, she called 'em frat boys and you know, maybe she's also fratty with her, you know, she's being a hypocrite obviously, and some of these photos are kind of funny. Um, but maybe, maybe don't make fun of your target market if you were your target market. Uh, so let's go back and see what I find to be even more egregious than the, the, what she's doing as far as the promotion of trans ideology through a brand that is primarily conservative target markets, or even being a hypocrite by calling people fraty and then blowing up condom balloons and getting extremely intoxicated on pictures of Facebook. Um, which you might be able to find, if you don't mind if I had one. Um, but, uh, let's go back and see what she talks about with hiring practices. Okay. She talks about her hiring practices and spills the tea a little bit further than she probably would've liked by talking about how she leans her hiring practices more towards hiring women and more towards hiring people who associate with her same ideology. Almost word for word says this and that, my friends is illegal. If you choose to hire somebody specifically based on their representation of their sex so that you can have more people of that sex in your business, that is sexist, discriminatory, hiring practices not that hard to do. One plus one equals two, that's discrimination, and there is anti-discrimination laws. So let's go ahead and listen to her boast about how she hires more women than men purposefully, again, discriminating as well as people who identify at the same beliefs as her. A k a woke. Here we go. Um, and I try to bring that honestly and how I wanna operate in the world. Mm-hmm. And I would say the most important thing about this job is that you, I have to prioritize bringing other people along the way, community and women. I mean, it's just, it doesn't mean anything unless I am positively impacting other people. And so that's been just incredibly important to me. My decisions with teams, I mean, I, I try to build teams of people who maybe nobody else has taken a chance on them. I try to bet on people who haven't had the opportunity, bet on people with similar values as me, who are hungry and wanna do great things. I try to bet on people. I hire people, aka I hire people who have similar values to me. I hire people who are primarily, I try to hire women. I, that, that is discriminatory, discriminatory practices. And I even tried to like argue this back and forth with G P T four, um, the other day. So I, I'll see if I can even pull that up. Um, but I, I had it kind of argue against me and, and gimme the reason that this should be acceptable and how this is not racist or sexist, right? In nature, how is this not against anti-discrimination laws? Um, because to me it seems very, very clear and evident that this should be considered absolutely considered, um, discriminatory hiring practices. Um, so here is what it had to say about that. Now, this was actually G P T 3.5. No. Did I do it with four? Let's see. So I've, I've found interesting ways to go about this with, with having G P T kind of. Converse back and forth with me. So what I said to it is, is hiring someone of a specific racer sex purposefully for the intention of growing the number of employees of that racer sex illegal. It's said, I am not a lawyer, but I can offer some general information about employment Discrim. Oh my ears. That is horrible. Speechify, what are you doing to me? We need our man. Let's go with I like Harry. I like Harry. Let's go with Harry. Harry here. I'm astute. To share a better way to read. Perfect. Harry, here. Perfect. Perfect. I'm astute. To share a better way to read. Give 'em a little bit of sped up and we're off to the races. So this is the conversation that I had with G P T yesterday when I was trying to, I was trying to work this through in my head. I was actually trying to figure out whether or not this is illegal or not. So I said, is hiring someone of a specific race or sex purposefully for the intention of growing the number of employees of that race racer sex illegal? And here's what it responded. I am not a lawyer, but I can offer some general information about employment discrimination laws in the United States Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is generally legal for employers to discriminate against individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin includes hiring practices. However, there are some exceptions to this rule when employers are trying to increase diversity within their workforce or remedy past discrimination. Affirmative action programs, for example, may allow employers to consider race or sex as one factor in their hiring decisions, but only under certain circumstances. Programs must be narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling government interest, such as remedying, past discrimination, or promoting diversity. They also cannot impose an undue burden on other groups or create rigid quotas. It's may differ depending on the country or jurisdiction. So it is important to consult with legal counsel or seek advice from a local expert for specific guidance. All right, so there was was a, it's initial response. So I said what allow, like what laws allow for the exception to anti discriminatory hiring practices, because to me, when you tell me that there are some exceptions for this rule, when employers are trying to increase diversity, what does increasing diversity mean? How is affirmative action not actually racist? When you are trying to increase diversity, that means you are intentionally hiring one person who would normally not be hired. Based on qualifications over somebody who is not based on their sex race or their national origin. That is R sexist, that is racist, that is discrimination. So how can you justify that? Right? Some people refer to it as reverse racism, reverse discrim discrimination, which is still discrimination if you are actively pursuing the idea that you need to have more women in your business. So let's just put it like this. I want more white men at my business. That is my goal. I hire more white conservative men at my business. If somebody came out, if the VP of marketing at a company said, I want to hire more white men who are conservative at my business, they would be ripped to shreds. The company would be folded overnight. But the VP of marketing at Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch does this and people try to celebrate it, hiring based off of sex. And political ideology is discrimination and against the law. Okay? So again, I tried to tease this out. I was legitimately curious in trying to figure out how can you actually legally do this and how is this not a lawsuit from somebody who went to, and maybe it will be now if we can get enough eyes on this, but a lawsuit from people who have gone and been interviewed for positions under this woman and not been hired because they're a man with different ideology than her. So is it not just reverse racism then if you can hire based on race, but only for races that are approved, right? Who gets to decide whether they're approved or not? So, Then I asked it here, here's what it responded to that, but then I asked it to steelman it's argument, which really an incredible, uh, epiphany for me with using G P T was trying to teach it to argue against itself. Because if I sit here and argue back and forth with chat g p t, it's going to logically be far more equipped than me because it has the infinite intelligence of the universe. Although I'm very convincing in my arguments, it might be difficult for me to do it against the, the, the God of information here. Um, so I asked it to argue against hisself, right? It's gonna be able to formulate better arguments than me logically speaking with infinite access to all of the information of the world. Although I do think I'm pretty good at creating compelling arguments, maybe not as good as the God of information. So let's go ahead and hear what it has to say about my response. So I said to it, is that just not reverse racism then if you can hire based on race, but only for races that are approved. This is what it said. And then it steel mans my argument after that. The term reverse racism is often used to describe situations in which members of historically advantaged groups feel that they're being discriminated against in favor of members of historically disadvantaged groups, such as through affirmative action programs. Important to understand that the goal of affirmative action is to address historical and systemic discrimination and underrepresentation of certain groups in areas such as education, employment, and government contracting. Brass are designed to create a level playing field for individuals from all backgrounds and promote diversity and inclusion in the United States. The Supreme Court has held that race conscious policies such as affirmative action can be legally permissible under certain circumstances, but they must be narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling government interest. Like promoting diversity or remedying past discrimination has also made it clear that rigid quotas and undue burdens on other groups are not allowed. Affirmative action programs are not about giving preference to one race over another for the sake of preference, but rather aim to create opportunities for members of historically underrepresented groups who may have faced obstacles due to systemic discrimination. The intention is to work toward a more equitable and diverse society, not to create new forms of discrimination. That said, affirmative action remains a complex and often contentious issue with proponents and opponents offering different perspectives on its effectiveness and fairness. All right, so I find that to be interesting. It, it seems like a logically flawed argument, which almost happens across don't, very, very many arguments coming from the left, right? The, the left is built on emotion. The right is generally built on logic, and where logic fails, emotion must be applied to self preserve, right? So when, when I asked it to steelman my argument back, right? Steel manning an argument basically means. To give me the most compelling argument back to yourself so that you can then, you know, make, make the argument back to me of my argument so that you can then address the concerns of my argument properly from the perspective that I'm coming from. So I asked it to steal man, it's argument because what you'll find is even if, even if G P T leans more to the left, right? Just, just based on 99% of coders in Silicon Valley being liberal, it's obviously gonna have some skewing, but you can have it argue your point. Now I've found that 3.5 will not do this, four will do this. It's, it's a little bit more nuanced in the way that it, it has discussions with you. So it will steal me in arguments if it, if, if it's programming the 3.5 s programming will not allow it to. I asked, did the steelman an argument for me? It wouldn't do it because it didn't believe in the argument based on its flawed logic. So I asked, did the steelman, the argument that, um, That affirmative action is, in fact potentially racist or, or at least in, in its varied essence, not positive overall. So here, here was, here was the steelman argument by G P T against affirmative action. A steelman argument refers to the practice of restating an opposing argument in its strongest and most compelling form. In this case, the steelman argument against affirmative action would emphasize the following points and meritocracy. Proponents of affirmative action argue that policies should be based solely on merit without considering factors like race, gender, or ethnicity. Believe that giving preference to underrepresented groups can result in less qualified individuals being hired or admitted, which is unfair to other applicants who might be more qualified. First. Discrimination critics argue that affirmative action can lead to reverse discrimination. Disadvantaging individuals from historically privileged groups who may be more qualified, they say is inherently unfair and goes against the principle of equal opportunity. Perpetuation of stereotypes and divisions. Some argue that affirmative action can inadvertently reinforce stereotypes and divisions by focusing on race or gender, rather than on individual qualifications and potential. Believe that this focus can perpetuate the idea that underrepresented groups need special treatment to succeed stigmatization of beneficiaries. Another argument against affirmative action is that it can stigmatize beneficiaries, leading others to question their qualifications and accomplishments can undermine the confidence and self-esteem of individuals from underrepresented groups who may feel that their success is attributed to affirmative action rather than their abilities term effectiveness. Critics also question the long-term effectiveness of affirmative action, arguing that it may not address the root causes of systemic discrimination, and may instead create dependence on such programs. Advocate for alternative solutions such as improving access to quality education and addressing socioeconomic disparities to create more sustainable change. So there is its main points, right? I'll highlight them for you in case it's difficult to listen to our friend Harry.  But it says, basically, equality and meritocracy. Opponents of affirmative action argue that policy should be based solely on merit, right? Not your race, not your skin color. That is the Martin Luther King argument. I have a dream that one day, right? We won't look at people and judge them based on race, gender, or ethnicity. We are specifically judging people based off of race, gender, or ethnicity. Which means if you are proactively helping one group, you are actively, actively preventing another group based on gender, race, or ethnicity. There is always a ne there is always going to be a, a negative outcome to the positive outcome for that one group as a result of, of this affirmative action. I didn't have any slaves. There's no reason that I shouldn't get into a university, I shouldn't get a job that, that I should have any, anything that's judged against me for my skin color. No reason at all. It's literally reverse racism if that term holds any merit. It's what, if not just straight racism. Right? If you are, if you are not hiring me because I have white skin, if you are not having me in your university because I have white skin, because I have a penis, because I have  right-leaning ideologies compared to left-leaning ideologies, that that is discriminatory in its essence and, and simply perpetuating, um, exactly what you were trying to combat. Right? But you were just blind to it through emotion. Um, the second argument that it gave was reverse discrimination. Critics argue that affirmative action can lead to reverse discrimination, disadvantaging individuals of historically privileged groups who may be more qualified. Right? That's exactly what I just talked about, perpetuation of stereotypes and divisions. Some argue that affirmative action can inadvertently reinforce stereotypes and divisions by focusing on race and gender rather than individual qualifications. Right? A hundred percent stigmatization of beneficiaries. Um, so it's basically saying that, um, somebody who is, uh, let's say they're black and they get hired somewhere or they go to a university, but they have less qualifications, they get a lower gpa, they have a lower s a T, but they get into the university because of their skin color. That is going to further stigmatize the idea that they should get in, even though they have lower scores, that, that makes the argument that people who are black should not have high enough scores compared to Asians or white people or, you know, any other culture that, that are getting discriminated against, against in this case. Right. Which again, is absolutely the case. Um, long-term effectiveness and, and not the case obviously that they shouldn't have high enough scores. They're just as intelligent and capable. Um, and that's why it, it is absolutely a stigmatization. Um, moving on, long-term effectiveness, uh, say that affirmative action, arguing that it may not address the root causes of systemic discrimination instead of basically just putting a bandaid on it. So, so what I tried to do here is say, using only logic and not straw manning, because what I found was when I was having it argue against it, it was using emotional language. It was saying that, well, there's, there's, uh, certain people who are, you know, have histories of being discriminated against and so blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It was, it was straw manning the argument not using logic. So I said to G P T using only logic and not straw manning the argument by bringing up affirmative action or laws simply from a philosophical and logic based perspective. How do you argue against 0.2, 0.2 being reverse discrimination? Critics argue that affirmative action can lead to reverse discrimination, disadvantaging individuals from historically privileged groups who may be more qualified, um, this they say is inherently unfair and goes against the principle of equal opportunity. So I asked it to logically and without a strong argument, which is what it was presenting me prior, give me a logic-based philosophical perspective out outside of the bounds of what's available for rules within humanity, outside of the bounds of what's available for laws. Tell me specifically from a philosophical and logic-based perspective, how do you argue that hiring somebody based on race or sex is not racist or sexist? Tell me that. Okay. And here is what I had to say. A philosophical and logical perspective one could argue against. Point two, the reverse discrimination claim. By focusing on the concepts of fairness, context, and historical background and context, the concept of fairness can be understood differently depending on the context. In a society with a history of systemic discrimination against certain groups, equal treatment of all individuals without considering this context might not be truly fair. Affirmative action policies aim to address historical disadvantages and promote a more inclusive and diverse environment by offering opportunities to underrepresented groups. If justice philosophically, one could argue that corrective justice should be applied in cases where historical discrimination has caused disadvantages for certain groups means that measures can be taken to rectify past injustices and promote a more equitable society. From this perspective, affirmative action policies are not reversed discrimination, but rather a means of achieving corrective justice, filling the playing field. Critics of affirmative action often assume that all individuals start from the same position and have equal access to opportunities due to historical and systemic discrimination. This is not always the case. By considering factors like race or gender in hiring and admissions decisions, affirmative action policies aim to level the playing field and create a more equitable environment. Balancing competing interests. From a philosophical perspective, one could argue that promoting diversity and addressing historical disadvantages are important societal values that must be balanced against the principle of equal treatment. It is crucial to avoid undue burdens on other groups. Implementing carefully designed affirmative action policies can help achieve these competing interests without resulting in reverse discrimination greater good. The principle of utilitarianism suggests that actions should be evaluated based on their consequences, specifically by maximizing overall happiness or wellbeing. Affirmative action policies can be seen as promoting the greater good by fostering a more inclusive and diverse society, which can benefit everyone in the long run, even if it results in some perceived disadvantages for certain individuals in the short term. Okay. There is its argument back to steel manning. My argument, and I'll just give you the cliff notes on those. Again, fairness in con, in context, the concept of fairness can be understood differently depending on the context. Basically saying that if there's systemic racist or racism, uh, Or discrimination against certain groups equal treatment of the individuals without considering the context might not be truly fair. Right. So, so in my response, the back to that would be is yes, I, I've seen certain documentaries. I've, I cannot recall the name of it. , I can see the cover of it in my head. Um, but I've watched documentaries. I, I believe that there has absolutely been systemic racism in our country.  I, I am not blind to that. I, I completely agree with that point. I believe that the,  propor disproportionately black communities are affected through, drugs that were pushed literally by our government, like the crack epidemic, um, into more black communities through, through the ghettos in, in like the eighties, um, 100. 100% disproportionately affected them. I absolutely agree to the fact that, that they are, , at a much higher rate of incarceration, which causes men to be out of the households, which causes, uh, uh, children to have far more issues in their upbringings. That that's like 100% statistically factual. There is absolutely been systemic racism. There was perpetuation of racist ideologies by the same people who parents did have slaves however many years ago. Right. I I'm not blind to that. I agree with that. There is, there is systemic and, and or there or there. At least there has been systemic racism. I believe we are at a point in our culture where there, there is very little, very little that is going on that is against one minority group. Statistically, it's just not the case. Okay.  So fairness and context. I think when you're taking into consideration it's fir first point, a fairness and concept, a concept of fairness understood differently depending on the context. Um, history of systemic discrimination. Sure. But should we be dis perpetuating discrimination as an answer to that? No. We should be plugging the holes in the boat. We should stop, stop the FBI and CIA from, uh, pushing crack into primarily black neighborhoods. We should, I, we should address the issues with our police forces where they're, you know, primarily perpetuating, uh, high incarceration rates. Now, that's not to say that those incarceration rates aren't merited by actual crimes, um, but that's a separate convers. Um, it says the next point that it gave is corrective justice. Philosophically, one could argue that corrective justice should be applied in causes where historical discrimination has caused disadvantages. Same point applies, um, leveling the playing field. Critics of affirmative action can assume that all individuals start from the same position, have equal access to opportunities, however, do the historical, and it's all the same argument, balancing and competing interests, um, diversity and addressing. Okay. And then the last one was the greater good. The principle of utilitarianism suggests that action should be evaluated based on their consequences, um, specifically by maximizing overall happiness or wellbeing. Affirmative action policies can be seen as promoting the greater good by fostering and more inclusive and diverse society. Okay. Is it though, if it is specif. Perpetuating the, the very discrimination that it's setting out to solve in the first place, right? Nobody, nobody in today's world is blind to the fact that racism was not a thing, right? We all agree on that. We all agree that racism is wrong, at least a far, far greater percentage than those who disagree, right? Like very, very, very, very small percentage of people are still extremely racist. Um, at least to my knowledge. And maybe, but compared to what it was, it's so much better than it was right now. That's not to say that it doesn't exist. It obviously exists, but the percentage is just very low. Um, so the idea that perpetuating that, that. You know, through utilitarianism, the, the answer to racism is reverse racism does, does not seem to hold up well. Um, now it says, now, now what I said in response to this, so this is a really interesting way to, to, to tease out your own perspectives, right? When, when I'm not standing in front of another individual and, and in a heated argument, I can actually see some of these points that it's giving, right? When you ask it to not only argue against me, but then steelman my argument and then argue against that steelman, and then argue back to those counterpoints, you're, you're going to really see all sides of an argument. I, I am open to being wrong and I've been wrong many times before, so I plan on changing my opinion on things in the future. I, I am not held in my beliefs to the point where I, I think that I cannot be. And, and it gives some decent arguments and, and far more arguments than anybody else that you're gonna stand in front of you who is liberal or who is on the left is going to have in front of you without putting a motion in the way. So utilize G p t this way, utilize chat g p t in a way that you can further understand the opposite side of things. If we use the, this, this tool in this way, maybe we can lessen the divide right now. When you ask it to argue against those points, it makes some great points back against that, uh, case. But I think that this is a, a really, really great way of utilizing this tool to make yourself more aware of the logical arguments that are being made, um, because far more often than not emotion is being applied. And, and the people who are willing to have arguments like this, Not very common. Right? And, and, and, and even for me, right? And if I stand in front of somebody and I try to argue my points, there's going to be a point where there it, it becomes emotional. But when I'm sitting here arguing with a, a logic-based language model, it's very difficult to instill in, in, in their, inject emotion into the conversation. So I, I thoroughly enjoyed doing this. I even did a secondary conversation with it about, um, when does life begin? Had to argue when life, when people believe life begins, and how it, it, it says it. It was a really interesting philosophical conversation that I had with infinite intelligence. Um, Because I truly, it's very, very difficult to, for me to see the, some of the logics in, in some of these arguments. And, and generally it is such an emotional, uh, response and, and it's hard to even have conversations with people about this where it's not super emotionally charged. So I highly recommend that you have these, and to close this out for this conversation, I'll, I'll let you hear just what it had to say about, um, about arguing against the points that it's made, um, against the steelman argument. Okay. So give me the, so basically what happened is I said, tell me why you disagree with me. Why do you disagree that this is not racist? Because to me it seems racist. So it made its arguments Now. I said, okay, I teased that out a little bit. Tell me more further. Don't, don't do it from a scare. Uh, um, don't, don't do it from the perspective of emotion. Don't do it from the perspective of laws. Do it from a philosophical perspective without a strawman argument, cuz it was interjecting different arguments that didn't specifically speak to logic. Then I said, okay, great. Now argue against yourself as if you were me in the most compelling way. Then I had to argue against itself, back to argue against my points in its most compelling way. And then I had to argue those points back. And you could probably do this infinitely, but it really does, um, allow you to see all sides of the argument. Um, so if nothing else, take away that from this. If you, if you're not thoroughly enjoying this conversation, then do argue against the points go made in the previous response. One could emphasize the following counterpoints objective fairness. One could argue that true fairness should be based on objective criteria like qualifications and performance, regardless of historical context. Action policies by considering factors such as race or gender, may compromise the principle of objective fairness and lead to situations where less qualified individuals are chosen over more qualified ones quality before the law. Critics of affirmative action could argue that individuals should be treated equally before the law, regardless of their group membership. Considering factors like race or gender in decision making, affirmative action policies may infringe upon this principle of equality, perpetuating divisions and stereotypes by emphasizing factors like race or gender, affirmative action policies may inadvertently perpetuate divisions and stereotypes, rather than breaking them down, excite you that focusing on individual qualifications and potential rather than group identity would be a more effective way to promote a diverse and inclusive society consequences for intended beneficiaries. Affirmative action policies may have unintended negative consequences for the very individuals they aim to benefit. For example, beneficiaries of affirmative action may face doubts about their qualifications leading to a lack of confidence in their own abilities, or undermining their accomplishments. In the eyes of others, sing root causes, critics argue that affirmative action policies may not effectively address the root causes of historical and systemic discrimination. They suggest focusing on alternative solutions such as improving access to quality education, addressing socioeconomic disparities, and promoting broader cultural changes to create a more equitable and inclusive society notion of meritocracy. One could argue that affirmative action policies may erode the principle of meritocracy, which emphasizes that individuals should be rewarded based on their abilities and achievements rather than their background. Suggest that these policies may hinder the development of a truly merit-based society. So I have found that to be interesting, right? A lot of what it talks about is, um, the one that I saw to be most interesting of that is the equality before the law. Critics of affirmative action could argue that individuals should be treated equally before the law, regardless of their group membership. By considering factors like race or gender in decision making, affirmative action policies may infringe upon this principle of equality. Isn't equality what they are trying to gain in the first place, right? So if you're pursuing racist tactics to address inequality, aren't you further perpetuating inequality? How? There's no logical argument against that, that I can see, and I have yet to see it presented here. Um, besides the flawed emotional logic that based on previous history, we should now be racist and sexist towards other groups in order to help move the needle more towards equality sooner. But when do you stop doing that? Right? So, so at what point does, do, do you go from right, when do we say, all right guys, affirmative action's over now we're all equal. No, it's a, it may be a longer process to get there, but the way that you get to equality. Everybody being treated equally, not by tipping the scale with your toe for one person, because they're still where they're at, regardless of your affirmative action. So in, in this argument of infinite, of, of, uh, what, what did I call it? Uh, information God, um, against, against itself, I, I still hold true in my beliefs. And, and again, maybe I, I'm gonna have these conversations with it and, and be convinced otherwise on, on other things. And I really, truly hope so because it's hard to have a, a, a conversation with, with people on other ideologies without it getting emotional. Um, but this truly does allow it to be. It allows you to sit beside yourself and, and, and even just flex the muscle of listening. Um, so, you know, maybe next time we'll go through when does human life begin, which turned into a another interesting. Another interesting, uh, argument between me and G P T. All right, so that, that was, uh, that was that.  This episode's gonna go a little bit longer than I expected. Um, so let's move on. But first, hit that subscribe button. Leave a five star review. I, I hope you're learning something at least maybe how to leverage G P T as a tool for you to, to expand your mind, expand your consciousness, expand your worldview.  If you don't have a friend who's willing to sit at the table with you and drink an, an, a numerous amount of beers who has a, a completely different political ideology than you, then you might as well do it with, uh, information, God, because it, maybe, it may, who knows? Maybe your world worldview will change if it's in the face of something that is 100% logic based and, um, doesn't hold emotion within the argument. As long as you know how to phrase the questions properly. And I think that the, the, the concept of steel Manning allows you to further tease out your own arguments and see its flaws. And then further tease out the, a flaws of the other arguments. And, and maybe the, the end conclusion is eventually that there's humanity on both sides of it. And, and, and there there's some form of potentially logic applied to both. And, and, and in some portions, like I saw when I argued, where does life begin? I basically check made a G P T into admitting. Biological, uh, life begins even before conception. Um, so, so I found that to be interesting. So stick around for that, maybe in a, in a future episode where I'll tease that one out for you guys. So the next article that we're going to talk about here is going to be why did George, why did Alex Soros, why did Alex Soros visit the Biden White House 14 times, times 14 times? George Soros son visited the White House just since Biden took office. And this article goes on to say the son of pro crime, billionaire George Soros. And let's just point out the fact that this is gonna be a, a leaning article by that opening statement, but I don't disagree. Alex is raising eyebrows over more than a dozen White House meetings since December, 2021, where he met with multiple officials, including Then's Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, and several national security officials. There's this picture of him immediately in this article, uh, which goes back to his Instagram page with 116 likes on it with this man in a white suit like a pimp in what appears to be some sort of party with somebody in the background laying on a table like they're about to be. With some, you know, 20 year old beautiful woman next to him. Um, according to the White House visitor logs reviewed by Fox News and first reported by the New York Post, the 38 year old Alex Soros visited the White House over 14 times in his latest trips. Included visiting December 1st with then White House chief of staff Ron claims advisor Nina Sarva, who also worked on Biden's Presidential campaign, the log show. Later that evening, the younger Soros was one of 330 people to attend a lavish state dinner on the White House's South Lawn, hosted by the president and First Lady Joe Biden, honoring French President Emmanuel Mcn in Macron's wife Bridget. It says a day later, Alex Soros, whose chair, whose chairs the powerful liberal grant making network Open Society foundations, founded by his dad. Met with the both advisor to the Council of President Mariana Aam, and Deputy National Security Advisor, Jonathan Finer records show it's noticeable that almost all, with the exception of Ron Klain, who had the president's ear obviously were involved in national security. Um, Ukraine is a country where the Soros family has unfortunately boasted a lot of influence. There is tens, if not hundreds of billions of dollars being thrown around there. So I think that would be something we're circling back and coming. Com circling back on in the coming months or years. Despite George Sorrow's notorious way amongst political circles, uh, Palombo said that the younger Soros could someday boast even more power. Noting Alex has been flaunting his influence on social media with pictures of himself alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, former speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former President Barack Obama, his standing on 11 million of his own money. Now, that may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to his father, and it is, but it's not going to be that way forever. The way that I would put it, George Soros over his career has spent more than 20 billion in Open Society Foundation, which is the vehicle by which he makes this spending has around 20 billion on its balance sheet. So when Alex takes over, he has a war chest that is basically able to, I would say, at a minimum, double the amount of damage that his father is going to do and probably more. Here's a little deal, take a look. Official White House records revealing the billionaires eldest son had more than a dozen different meetings with top Biden officials since 2021, including four with the office of then Chief of Staff, Ron Klain. Matt Columbo is the author of The Man Behind the Curtain, the Secret Network of George Soros, and Matt joins me now. Matt, walk us through how the Soros influence Machine is pulling the levers at the white. Thanks guys. Well, it's looking like Alex Soros is prime to take over the Soros Empire. Obviously his father in his nineties cannot do it forever. Um, this New York Post piece outlined 14 different White House visits, but I mean, we almost didn't even need the report. You can go on Alex's Instagram, his Twitter, any social media, and it's almost like he's bragging to us. It is a picture of him and every progressive Democrat you can imagine, and really their left to counterparts overseas. Um, now of these 14 people he met, it is I think notable that almost all, with the exception of Ron Klain, uh, who had the president's ear obviously were involved in national security.  Ukraine is a country where the Soros family has, unfortunately moted a lot of influence. There is tens, if not hundreds of billions of dollars being thrown around. All right. He's just saying everything that I. That he said only my voice is hopefully more present pleasant than his. Um, so pretty wild and the only person who I know of that was at the White House more than 14 times was, as I stated earlier, bill Clinton, having Epstein to the White House is the only thing that I find to be a little bit more concerning than the 14 times that Alex Soros has been there as well. All right. So I find that to be interesting and in the face of that, I guess we will see later, um, on in time that this man takes over four. George Soros, which is, you know, sad to hear that there's going to be a succession there. All right. Next on our quick hits is going to be that N P R quit Twitter after being labeled state affiliated media. And so basically Twitter called NPR State Affiliated media, basically calling them a propaganda arm of the US government. And then NPR came out and said, NPR is stepping away from Twitter, and this includes this N P R politics feed. Please read the thread to find other ways to find our network, including our Instagram and our newsletter. How funny. So some people describe this as rage quitting, which is like the best way to describe this. NPR threw the controller and quit Twitter over being described as a propaganda arm of the United States. Um, so this article, which we will touch on real briefly,  NPR stopped tweeting last week after being labeled State Affiliated Media. And although Twitter sends tweaked the classification slightly to government funded media, the outlet has already made up. Its mine. Uh, it's a short article, so, but you kind of already get it. Um, the, the credibility of many, many of these companies is gone. And under that idea, I'm assuming it would probably be most of our news media outlet companies that would be labeled in the same exact way, but I did find that to be interesting.  And then last but not least, let's go ahead and talk about this. All right. The biggest leak. Since 2011 of US military documents, this says, and this comes from the hill. The biggest leak of classified document documents in a decade created a sprawling crisis in Washington this week. As records detailed alleged US spying on the Allies insights into American thinking on the war of Ukraine, and at least two neutral companies mulling plans to support Russia. Penta gone. Officials are still reviewing the documents for validity, and the Justice Department is overseeing a criminal investigation of the leak. At least one of the documents containing casualty estimates appear to have been altered, but it's unclear how many of the roughly 100 records were manipulated in those documents that they're saying were altered, which you gotta remember when we go back to the ghost of Kiev and how much propaganda has gone into the war going on in Ukraine. You have to remember how much propaganda has gone into this. So I don't think it's compelling to immediately write off some of these comparisons and they don't seem that far off. Um, the, the comparison said that there was, for every Ukrainian soldier or for every Russian soldier that died, four Ukrainian soldiers died, which to me just makes sense with how large Russia's, uh, military forces compared to Ukraine's, even despite the amount of help that they were getting from other NATO countries.  This goes on to say that the documents have circulated online since March and probably as early as January before, picking up attention last week after a New York Times report. There are many more documents to come, but the leak has already done a lot of damage forcin

This week we talk about the Oscars and the devastating anti-Drag and anti-Trans laws that are spreading across our country. Question of the Week:How do you know when God is answering your prayers?Special Guests:Dr. William Yoo, Associate Professor of American Religious and Cultural History, Columbia Theological SeminaryGuest Question:What is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s complicity and historical role in perpetuating slavery and racism? How do we acknowledge it and work towards a just, equitable future, especially as we think about things like reparations? What Kind of Christianity: A History of Slavery and Anti-Black Racism in the Presbyterian ChurchFor Listening Guides, click here!Got a question for us? Send them to faithpodcast@pcusa.org! A Matter of Faith website

Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast!This is Season 2, Episode 97!!- "Abuser", "Gas-lighter", "Narcissist" and how loosely calling people these things is Verbal and Mental Abuse all in its own. - Trigger Words and They Context in Which they Come From.- Victim or Victor? - Which Mentality to do Consciously choose?- Men, Women, Adults and the Effects of Not having Positive Role Models Growing up.- Modeling Previous Cycles of Ego and Victimhood from Parents who Lacked Self Worth.- "Life Circumstances Made Me This Way"- ItsH MaH BiiiiRfDaY MuMf Y'aAaAallll"- The Level  and Severity of The Realizations Im Earning In Life Which I'm Leaving Behind For My Future Generations.Remember to say 3 things you're Grateful for every morning and every night!- Available on all major platforms!@RealCaliforniaCal@DamnDudePodcasatAvailable on all major platforms: https://damndudepodcast.buzzsprout.com/- Apple Podcasts- Buzzspout- Spotify- Google Podcasts- Amazon Music- iTunes- Stitcher- iHeart Radio- TuneIn + Alexa- Podcast Addict- PodChaser- Pocket Casts- Deezer- Listen Notes- Player Fm- Podcast Index- Overcast- Castro- Castbox- Podfriend- YouTubeDaaaaaaamn Duuuuuude!!!!!Be sure to leave a 5 Star written review on Apple Podcast/Listen Notes! :)If you'd love and support the show, please feel free to make a donation to the Damn Dude Podcast!(link below)Anything and everything is Appreciated! :) Much Love, Love All.CashApp: $DamnDudePodcastSupport the show

Ep. 37 When the news gets to shape the narrative, the consequences can become deadly for citizens and police alike. This is a special crossover episode with Drew Breasy of YouTube's “Failure To Stop” and “Drew Breasy Uncuffed.” Together, Drew and I break down an article that has haunted me for more than a year titled: “How broken taillights end in killings by police.” It ran Oct., 31, 2021 in the Sunday New York Times, splashed across the front page above the fold. Under it was a breakout story with the headline: “At traffic stops, officers' presumption of danger breeds overreaction and seemingly avoidable deaths.” As I say in the interview, this statement is an opinion presented as fact. They make a premise and then everything they say supports that premise to give the illusion that it is true. Also known as a circular argument.It is not my goal to give The New York Times or any other media a hard time. The media serve an important purpose in this country. But a story like this in an outlet as influential as the NYT is dangerous in how it affects societal perception, in how it affects officers' ability to do their jobs and in that it has influence on states, counties and municipalities which, based on these misperceptions, create policies and laws that further jeopardize the lives of police and their ability to protect the public. As you well know, this ran at a time when civil unrest was still at its peak and calls for defunding were deafening. This article was intended to fuel that fire. Many of you already know Drew Breasy, aka Lt. Andrew Baxter, who retired from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office just over a year ago after 29 years in law enforcement. Since then, he has launched “Drew Breezy Uncuffed” across his social media platforms. I appreciate his walking through this article with me. I think you will find it cathartic.Here are links that relate back to the episode:Failure to Stop:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KNPmjMrJ8c&t=1sNew York Times storyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-traffic-stops-killings.htmlChicago PD Officer Ella Frenchhttps://www.odmp.org/officer/25407-police-officer-ella-grace-frenchChicago PD Officer Carlos Yanez and his family-run Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/POCarlosStrong #CarlosStrongDINKHELLER documentary by filmmaker and former police officer Patrick Shaverhttps://www.dinkhellermovie.com/Instagram: drew_breasyFacebook: Drew Breasy Uncuffedhttps://youtube.com/c/DrewBreasylinktr.ee/Drew BreasyLinkedIn: Andrew BaxterPlease don't forget to follow or subscribe to the podcast. Feel free to leave a review. And find me on my social or email me your thoughts:Facebook: On Being a Police OfficerTwitter: @AbbyEllsworth13Instagram: on_being_a_police_officerAbby@Ellsworthproductions.com©Abby Ellsworth. All interviews, editing, production done by Abby Ellsworth. Music courtesy of freesound.org

In this episode, I offer reflections on Lincoln's Lyceum Address (also titled The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions) as well as provide a reading of the speech. Lincoln's Lyceum Address was given in 1838, well before his time of fame as president, to a young men's association in Illinois. He emphasizes the dangers we face as Americans from mob rule and a general disregard for law. Lincoln reflects upon their unique position in history in relation to the American Revolution and the necessary steps to preserve our political institutions in the future. Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/chasedavisLincoln's Lyceum Address - https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/lyceum-address/Support the showSign up for the Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/chasedavisFollow Full Proof Theology on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fullprooftheology/Follow Full Proof Theology on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fullprooftheology/

This week's episode features an interview with Ira Matt. Ira is the Director of the Office of Native American Affairs at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. We cover a lot of cultural nuances in the conversation. Ultimately it comes back to compassion. If you're interested in working with any of the tribal nations or curious how to navigate working with people of different backgrounds then this is definitely an episode for you.  Links: https://www.achp.gov/ (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)) https://www.achp.gov/indian-tribes-and-native-hawaiians/initiatives/achp-native-american-policies (ACHP Native American Policies) https://www.instagram.com/tangibleremnants/ (Tangible Remnants on Instagram) https://www.podpage.com/tangible-remnants/ (Tangible Remnants Website) https://linktr.ee/TangibleRemnants (LinkedTr.ee for resources) https://gablmedia.com/ (Gabl Media Network) https://sarahgilberg.bandcamp.com/releases (Sarah Gilberg's Music) Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ira-matt-1ba11643/ (Ira Matt) Ira Matt has more than 22 years of historic preservation and cultural resources management experience at both the tribal and federal levels. He began working at the ACHP in 2015 as a program analyst in the Office of Federal Agency Programs. In 2018, he moved to ONAA as a senior program analyst, where he led ONAA's traditional knowledge initiative and co-authored the ACHP's Early Coordination with Indian Tribes handbook. He also served on several committees of the White House Council on Native American Affairs. Before joining the ACHP, he worked for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for 16 years in varying capacities, including as Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, resource advisor, tribal archaeologist, and as a wildland firefighter. During this time, he regularly worked with the Cultural Committees and Elder Advisory Boards, Tribal Council, and Salish Kootenai College to generate positive outcomes in cultural resource management by implementing historic preservation as a tool to effectuate cultural perpetuation. Ira Matt's prior federal experience includes serving as the Federal Preservation Officer/National Archaeologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service and as a tribal affairs specialist for the Department of Energy. Ira is Salish and an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of western Montana. He received his BA and MA in anthropology from the University of Montana and a Master of Jurisprudence in Indian Law from the University of Tulsa College of Law. **Some of the links above maybe Amazon affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.**  **This podcast is sponsored by https://www.smartsheet4architects.com/ (www.Smartsheet4architects.com), a better way to manage architecture projects.**

Welcome to Season 4 of Being Known Podcast where we are looking at trauma through the lens of hope and not fear.   This week we connect trauma and shame.   Of all the things trauma can do, its capacity for self-perpetuation is unmatched.  And at the core of that experience is our neurophysiological encounter with shame.  Be it the way we sense the world, or the story we tell about what we are sensing, evil will want to use shame to strengthen the experience of isolation that we feel in response to traumatic events.   But God has no intention of leaving us in shame's wake, and with the coming of Jesus – not least his own experience of trauma and the shame it carried – we have a model for how shame can be addressed as our trauma is healed.   Listen as we discover how connection dispels shame, making it possible for us to imagine and live into life that is beyond our wounds.     Links and References Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson, MD The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson, MD     Scripture References Creation Story in Genesis Ezekiel 36:26     You can now sign up to have access to Being Known Podcast applications, the weekly exercise that connects what you are learning to your life in a practical way.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to sign up (not the pop-up).   As always, we invite you to stay connected with us via social media and YouTube: Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (where we post the unedited videos of each episodes AND the post show conversations.)     And of course, we invite you to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode and welcome your reviews on Apple Podcasts.

Throughout life, you'll come to meet those who try to influence you through hate. Don't give in even when they resort to gaslighting and bashing you. It's ok to love your culture and love others too! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kurt-anderson6/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kurt-anderson6/support

Photo:  The Lyceum Address, delivered to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois on January 27, 1838, entitled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions". In his speech, Lincoln warned that mobs or people who disrespected U.S. laws and courts could destroy the United States. He went on to say the Constitution and rule of law in the United States are "the political religion of our nation."  Here: An 1860 lithograph of a young Lincoln at around the age when he gave the speech 4/4   His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation, by Diana Schaub  Hardcover – November 23, 2021 Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, believed that our national character was defined by three key moments: the writing of the Constitution, our declaration of independence from England, and the beginning of slavery on the North American continent. His thoughts on these landmarks can be traced through three speeches: the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural. The latter two are well-known, enshrined forever on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial. The first is much less familiar to most, written a quarter-century before his presidency, when he was a 28-year-old Illinois state legislator. In His Greatest Speeches, Professor Diana Schaub offers a brilliant, line-by-line analysis of these timeless works, placing them in historical context and explaining the brilliance behind their rhetoric. The result is a complete vision of Lincoln's worldview that is sure to fascinate and inspire general readers and history buffs alike. This book is a wholly original resource for considering the difficult questions of American purpose and identity, questions that are no less contentious or essential today than they were a century and a half ago

Lauren Elizabeth Walsh is the Founder and CEO of Global Sisterhood: a movement of over 15,000 Women's Circles in 120 countries. Global Sisterhood provides the training, resources, and self-development programming for women to start circles and grow as leaders. Global Sisterhood is bringing women together to find power and healing, breaking molds of competition, and replacing them with sisterhood and connectedness. Lauren's works include training women globally to create spaces for deep transformation as well as designing experiences for self-realization, awakening, and reclaiming the Divine Feminine. Lauren is passionate about the liberation of the feminine essence and helping people heal from traumatic imprints and low self-esteem due to growing up in an out-of-balance patriarchal society. Lauren's work is based on her own journey from trauma and self-sabotage to service and leadership. She is a ritualist, certified life coach, somatic trauma-informed facilitator, writer, speaker, teacher, and intuitive. Main Points: The Magical Birthing of Global Sisterhood Women's Circles Sisterhood Signs of a Sister Wound Recognizing the Perpetuation of Patriarchy in Our Own Lives Jealousy The Light Shadow Exercise To learn more, visit http://nikkinovo.com/ (NikkiNovo.com) Resources: https://Globalsisterhood.org  (Visit the Global Sisterhood Website) https://www.instagram.com/theglobalsisterhood/ (Follow Global Sisterhood on Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/nikkinovo/ (Follow Nikki on Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/mysoulcollective/ (Follow the Soul Collective Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/nikkinovo/ (Follow Nikki on Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/mysoulcollective/ (Follow the Soul Collective Instagram) My free community: https://nikki-novo.mn.co/ (Soul Collective) Develop your intuition with my courses: https://www.mysoulacademy.org/ (Soul Academy)

We dive into the Afrikan Calender and expand on the Season of Geb Lefatse/uMhlaba and how the Mediaa Perpetuates Colonism. 23 Feb - 22 March. "Aah Geb" , "Aah Lefatse" , "Aah Mhlaba" ! Click here to subscribe to our Youtube Channel @Great Empire of Kemet Bonabakhulu Enjoy the video and wealth of information as always? For Great Empire of Kemet Videos and Podcast's follow the below links : To Purchase The Afrikan Calender and Ancestral Prayer Book see below: 🔴CONTACT GREAT EMPIRE OF KEMET: 📱 CALL/TEXT: +27 (0)82 674 0880📧 info@gekmovement.org 🔴FOLLOW: 🔴▶︎Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEKmovement​ 🔴▶︎Twitter: https://twitter.com/GEK_Movement​ 🔴▶︎Instagram: https://instagram.com/gek_movement/​ 🔴▶︎Official Site: https://www.gekmovement.org​ 🔴Official Site: https://www.zindzimandelafoundation.c...​ 🔴SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/c/GreatEmpire...​ #gekmovement #zindzimandelafoundation #zmf #greatempireofkemet #rebuildingtheempire #melanin #afrikannewyear #afrikancalendar #afrikanroyalty #indigenoushealing #grandrisingkingsandqueens #grandrising #hotep #thokoza #lesedi #kganya #camagu #ausetseason #nomkhubulwane #ankhlife #credomutwa #vusamazulumutwa #mkhulunsingiza #blackunity #blackeconomy #blackunityforblackeconomy #phahloclock #Geb

Doug Smart and Kyle Becker of Smart Agency share stories of growth, successes and challenges, and how they made the most of the profitable, agency ownership transition. Attached is an excerpt from the 2021 Best Practices Study (annual study published in partnership with the Big “I” - click here for more information about this dynamic resource). This document is part of the whitepaper that focuses on perpetuation and how agencies can rethink their internal strategies. Also linked here is Reagan Consulting's Private Ownership Study from 2010 that outlines the four key pillars of perpetuation.  

In the first half of our hour, we will replay Jamie Jackson's December 2018 interview with Professor Peter Edelman, Carmack Waterhouse Professor Of Law And Public Policy at the Georgetown Law Center, then Cherise Fanne Burdee, Executive Director of the Pretrial Justice Institute, and finally, Michael John Voss, co-founder of the ArchCity Defenders in St […] The post CASH BAIL: AN ASSURANCE OF COURT APPEARANCE OR A PERPETUATION OF WHITE UPPER INCOME CLASS VALUES? appeared first on KKFI.

Eve Eurydice speaks with Dinna Alexanyan. A man needs to go to a woman to have children. A man needs to Own exclusive rights to a womb. That's the real reason for the Patriarchy. The primal Reason for Marriage & Monogamy. We eliminated that reason long ago with DNA and paternity tests. We are going through the rituals of marriage and monogamy but the Meaning and the Necessity is absent. The Real Justification is Missing. It's a Cultural Lie. The old Need for Marriage for the Perpetuation of Species is no longer. It's a primordial Habit. It's a Bad Habit we can Break. We have legally and scientifically separated Sex and Love from procreation. It's a legal & scientific fact, but it's not a social & moral fact yet. Socially we are lagging far behind our own science. We must update our mores and conventions. In Patriarchy, we understand Relationship as Ownership. Because our knowledge of it all starts with man seeking an exclusive ownership of the womb. And man's urge gets mirrored back by women in love. We now conflate possession, esp. monetary possession, with love. We understand love as ownership, and love choice as risk ratio (the more you're willing to risk, the more you show your love). Monogamy is procreatively obsolete but in our Patriarchy, love is driven by who's the highest bidder. If we want true love, we must get the Government Out of Marriage. In place of Marriage, a couple can Come up with a public Marrying (& need be an advance Unmarrying) Ritual. If society takes the $ & perks out of Marriage, and if neither partner will lose the children, the property, the inheritance if they separate, if neither partner gets punished, if there's a preexisting legal agreement in case of an uncoupling, only then can a coupling begin to be authentic and not enforced and transactional. ⚡️ Dinna Alexanyan is a licensed Psychotherapist, Theta Healer, teacher, Mediator, ordained Minister with a private practice of over 18 years serving clients nationally and internationally clients coping with trauma. Dinna is the Founder and Director of Sybarite Productions, a nonprofit organization committed to the mentoring and employment of youth in the arts, while teaching the importance of mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing, including its infamous, 15+ year running, quarterly music, dance, film and art festival event - LOVEisLOVE Miami 10/16/21 and LOVEisLOVE WORLDWIDE. @sybariteproductions⚡️ For more Speak Sex, go to https://Speaksexpodcast.com ⚡️ For books, art, go to https://Eurydice.net ⚡️ For Apple podcast, subscribe to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-sex-with-eve/id1448261953 ⚡️For video episodes, subscribe to https://YouTube.com/SpeakSexwithEveEurydice ⚡️ For support, go to https://anchor.fm/speaksex/support ⚡️ #speaksex #eveEurydice #Eurydice @eveeurydice --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speaksex/message

In this episode, Kim Barta casts light on some of our most hidden aspects, our shadows. Kim is an internationally-recognized psychotherapist, coach, and spiritual guide with extensive experience in shadow work and spectacular results in his psychotherapy practice. During this conversation, Kim defines what shadows are and indicates that the risk of not recognizing and integrating them is not fully fulfilling our destiny. He supports this concept with clear examples of how shadows can continually sabotage our journey through life. Meanwhile, they also provide beautiful opportunities for growth and healing when we choose to steer our journey through them. Kim highlights how shadows impact society and cultures, especially our projection onto others of our own inborn shadows. We see the ill effects of projection in all areas of life including politics, media, and right at home in our families. The collective familial trauma that we choose to carry forward by not assimilating our shadows perpetuates those traumas and sadly breeds new ones. When we align our identities with the darkness in our cultural history, we block out the light and cast the next generation in shadows. Kim's unique background has deep spiritual roots, including a reverence for shamanism. He not only lived with a Native American shaman, but he also did his master's thesis on shamanism in modern psychotherapy and continues to use aspects of it in his clinical practice. Alongside his sister, Dr. Terri O'Fallon, Kim presents workshops and trainings at STAGES International, the platform they co-created to offer training and resources informed by the STAGES Model of human development developed by Dr. O'Fallon. Be prepared to explore deeply the potential light hidden in the dark in this episode of Salish Wolf with Kim Barta. Episode Links: Stages International Anchor Point Links: Men's Retreats at Anchor Point Expeditions Men's Group at Anchor Point Expeditions Grief Recovery Program with Brea Segger

Join Harry and Philip as they continue an exploration of the role of myth in political life by looking more closely at the myths which have historically underpinned American politics. What is the relevance of historical American myth to today's controversies and culture wars? How does history help illuminate current challenges? Most importantly, what can we do when lived realities render myths unbelievable to citizens in a democracy? Next week, we will be evaluating the emergence of new myths and narratives in American political life, and the consequences of those new myths. -- https://www.spectacles.news/birds-eye-the-history-and-prospects-of-american-myth/ (To comment on this episode or sign up for our newsletter, click here.)https://spectacles-insight.captivate.fm/listen (To listen to written articles from Spectacles read aloud, click here.)Further Reading“https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report.pdf (1776 Report),” by the President's 1776 Advisory Commission. After Nationalism, by Samuel Goldman. “https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html (America Wasn't a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made it One),” by Nikole-Hannah Jones, in New York Times Magazine. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed02.asp (Federalist No. 2), by John Jay. “https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript (The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois),” by Abraham Lincoln. Table of Contents00:00 - Introduction 00:36 - Excerpt from Lincoln's Lyceum Speech 03:14 - Recap of last week 04:56 - Episode topic, main questions 06:06 - Contemporary challenges, the relevance of this discussion 08:02 - Historical precedent of changing myths 10:02 - First myth: "Covenant" 15:11 - Second myth: "Crucible" 19:53 - Third myth: "Creed" 23:55 - Why is this myth being challenged? 26:44 - What is the challenge posed by the 1619 Project? 27:34 - The lesson offered by 1619 29:11 - Defenses of American myth, 1776 Report 30:59 - The lesson offered by 1776 33:11 - Two options with myth at risk 36:47 - The way forward for American myth 38:21 - Next week's topic 39:01 - Outro

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://youarewithinthenorms.com/2021/07/04/the-united-states-drug-enforcement-administration-and-the-perpetuation-of-the-prescription-opioid-crisis-a-shameful-disastrous-chapter-in-american-medical-history/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/norman-j-clement/support

Explore Beauty in America and in Egypt! While discussing beauty standards and their negative and positive affects with high school students Besso, Tiggy, Meti, and a grad student studying beauty in Egypt at the U or MN Sara Seweid- DeAngelis.

Breaking down the differences between feeling included and actually having the power and capability to speak up, David and Emi reunite once again for the first episode of a two-part series on microaggressions. From their personal experiences with Asian stereotypes to what spaces of equity and inclusion actually look like, they discuss the harmful repercussions of microaggressions and what steps we can take to solve the issue. Podcast Show Notes Guest Title: Emi Lea Kamemoto Recording Date: October 2020 Episode Title: Microaggressions (Part 1) w/ Emi Lea Kamemoto Episode Summary Introduction: In this episode, David talks with Emi Lea Kamemoto about what microaggressions are, how it is embedded in the entertainment industry, and more. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Topic 1 - What are microaggressions? Topic 2 - Navigating microaggressions and helping the communities around us Topic 3 - Personal experiences Topic 4 - “Calling out” vs. “Calling in” Topic 5 - Responses to confronting microaggressions Topic 6 - Perpetuation of microaggressions in the entertainment industry Topic 7 - Being mixed-race and stepping into your confidence Topic 8 - Creating spaces of equity and inclusion Topic 9 - The downfall of “diversity hires” Topic 10 - Generational repercussions of stereotypes Topic 11 - Working towards sustainable solutions for the future Links: Handles: Emi's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/defiant.changemaker/ Defiant Changemakers Twitter - https://twitter.com/defiantchange?lang=en David's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidmoriya/?hl=en Mentioned Notes: Saigon Bodyguards Remake w/ Chris Pratt - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-pratt-wu-jing-to-star-in-saigon-bodyguards-remake-from-russo-bros-4090350/ SAL Links: https://strongasianlead.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/strongasianlead_ / Crowdfunding - https://strongasianlead.com/crowdfunding SAL's Feature in Feedspot's Top 20 Asian Film Podcasts - https://blog.feedspot.com/asian_movies_podcasts/ SAL Podcast Team: Project Manager - Sanjana DeSilva (www.theangryelephantproductions.com) Audio Editor - Ravi Lad (www.itsravilad.com and @itsravilad on Instagram) Podcast Producer - Kenna Tanouye (Connect with her on LinkedIn) Podcast Volunteer Intern - Sadia Hussain Episode Transcript: Transcript of the episode's audio. Calls to Action: Join the movement, stay tuned and follow us on Instagram!

Season 2, Episode 20 “Societies perpetuation of silence w/ Kate Oseen is now✨LIVE✨ the LINKS IN BIO

Season 2, Episode 20 “Societies perpetuation of silence w/ Kate Oseen is now✨LIVE✨ the LINKS IN BIO

Content Warnings: General discussions of sexual abuse and violence against children. Please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions and take care of yourself.Today, we are going to speak with Rosalia Rivera, a consent educator, abuse prevention specialist, sexual literacy advocate, speaker, and founder of Consent Parenting. She is someone who helps busy parents go from fearful and anxious to confident and empowered about teaching their kids about body safety boundaries and consent to prevent sexual abuse. She is also the host of the AboutCONSENT podcast. Rosalia is on a mission to end child sexual abuse, dismantle shame and help survivors heal and become thrivers.We talk about…[4:13] - About Rosalia's work[8:29] - Taking back strength from trauma[13:33] - Understanding statistics of abuse[22:25] - Perpetuation of abuse in media[26:24] - Ways survivors cope[32:38] - Adults identifying sexual values[42:47] - How parents can educate their kids[50:47] - Rosalia's book recsQUOTES“So there's mental boundaries, physical boundaries, sexual boundaries, spiritual boundaries and we get to say what those boundaries are. So when we're teaching that to kids, we need to know what those are for ourselves.” - Rosalia“Sexuality is such a powerful force, that is part of our humanity that we need to reclaim and it actually gives you so much more power in all other areas of your life. It's almost like reclaiming a part of yourself that you had pushed away and you can now welcome back in and integrate into your whole self.” - RosaliaTHIS WEEK'S INTENTIONI am empowered to create and set boundaries with full love and total ease.RESOURCES AND LINKS:Order our productivity eBookDM me with thoughts or questions on InstagramSex Positive Talks to Have with Kids* by Melissa Pintor CarnageySexploitation* by Cindy PierceConversations With A Pedophile* by Amy Hammel-ZabinListen to AboutCONSENT podcast by Rosalia RiveraLearn more about Rosalia's work at consentparenting.comFollow Rosalia on Instagram @consentparenting_________Do you have a spiritual or mindfulness problem that you want me to unpack on an upcoming The Good Space episode? Leave a voicemail right now at (917) 719-0867Join our private Facebook group here_________FOR FULL SHOW NOTES: Click here_________LET'S STAY CONNECTEDSubscribe: Apple, Spotify, StitcherFollow us on Instagram: click hereGet free weekly emails on spirituality: click hereVisit our website: click here

Content Warnings: General discussions of sexual abuse and violence against children. Please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions and take care of yourself.Today, we are going to speak with Rosalia Rivera, a consent educator, abuse prevention specialist, sexual literacy advocate, speaker, and founder of Consent Parenting. She is someone who helps busy parents go from fearful and anxious to confident and empowered about teaching their kids about body safety boundaries and consent to prevent sexual abuse. She is also the host of the AboutCONSENT podcast. Rosalia is on a mission to end child sexual abuse, dismantle shame and help survivors heal and become thrivers.We talk about…[4:13] - About Rosalia's work[8:29] - Taking back strength from trauma[13:33] - Understanding statistics of abuse[22:25] - Perpetuation of abuse in media[26:24] - Ways survivors cope[32:38] - Adults identifying sexual values[42:47] - How parents can educate their kids[50:47] - Rosalia's book recsQUOTES“So there's mental boundaries, physical boundaries, sexual boundaries, spiritual boundaries and we get to say what those boundaries are. So when we're teaching that to kids, we need to know what those are for ourselves.” - Rosalia“Sexuality is such a powerful force, that is part of our humanity that we need to reclaim and it actually gives you so much more power in all other areas of your life. It's almost like reclaiming a part of yourself that you had pushed away and you can now welcome back in and integrate into your whole self.” - RosaliaTHIS WEEK'S INTENTIONI am empowered to create and set boundaries with full love and total ease.RESOURCES AND LINKS:Order our productivity eBookDM me with thoughts or questions on InstagramSex Positive Talks to Have with Kids* by Melissa Pintor CarnageySexploitation* by Cindy PierceConversations With A Pedophile* by Amy Hammel-ZabinListen to AboutCONSENT podcast by Rosalia RiveraLearn more about Rosalia's work at consentparenting.comFollow Rosalia on Instagram @consentparenting_________Do you have a spiritual or mindfulness problem that you want me to unpack on an upcoming The Good Space episode? Leave a voicemail right now at (917) 719-0867Join our private Facebook group here_________FOR FULL SHOW NOTES: Click here_________LET'S STAY CONNECTEDSubscribe: Apple, Spotify, StitcherFollow us on Instagram: click hereGet free weekly emails on spirituality: click hereVisit our website: click here

The story of Sarah and Hagar through the lens of reproduced trauma and family (?) systems. Trigger warning: sexual assault, trafficking, and rape. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worstchurchever/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worstchurchever/support

Scott interviews Jeremy Hammond about the real history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, focusing on the fact that, counter to the mainstream narrative, Israel has encouraged the rise of Hamas all along as a useful foil. Israel, Hammond explains, has never wanted a two-state solution, and when the PLO renounced terrorism and openly began supporting the idea of a two-state solution in the late 1980s, Hamas provided a convenient excuse for Israel to claim it couldn't negotiate with the Palestinians at all. Hammond also refutes the claim that the Palestinians have repeatedly refused to negotiate peaceful settlements to the conflict, by going through all the supposed deals that they turned down. Discussed on the show: "Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal | Charlie Rose" (YouTube) Oslo Accords Camp David Accords "The Palestine Papers" (Al Jazeera) Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent journalist, political analyst, and author. He wrote Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, along with many other books. Follow him on Twitter @jeremyrhammond. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Photo IQ; Green Mill Supercritical; Zippix Toothpicks; and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8L34FuJ1OE

Scott interviews Jeremy Hammond about the real history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, focusing on the fact that, counter to the mainstream narrative, Israel has encouraged the rise of Hamas all along as a useful foil. Israel, Hammond explains, has never wanted a two-state solution, and when the PLO renounced terrorism and openly began supporting the idea of a two-state solution in the late 1980s, Hamas provided a convenient excuse for Israel to claim it couldn't negotiate with the Palestinians at all. Hammond also refutes the claim that the Palestinians have repeatedly refused to negotiate peaceful settlements to the conflict, by going through all the supposed deals that they turned down. Discussed on the show: "Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal | Charlie Rose" (YouTube) Oslo Accords Camp David Accords "The Palestine Papers" (Al Jazeera) Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent journalist, political analyst, and author. He wrote Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, along with many other books. Follow him on Twitter @jeremyrhammond. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Photo IQ; Green Mill Supercritical; Zippix Toothpicks; and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8L34FuJ1OE

in this episode my sister Christiana and I discuss the utilization of this new trend, the benefits and the issues, exploring more deeply how the actions of these tags affect the life of others truly.

The Waitangi Tribunal is being told the government needs to apologise for failing to ensure Māori have adequate housing. The hearing into how the Crown has perpetuated Māori homelessness is underway at Te Puea marae in Māngere. The marae has opened its doors to hundreds of homeless whānau over the last five years and found them a place to live. Te Aorewa Rolleston reports.

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Adam Cohen, the author of "Supreme Inequality", to discuss the dynamic of the Supreme Court that inherently and hypocritically serves the wealthy and further drives the inequality gap between them and the poor. Adam Cohen, who served as a member of the New York Times editorial board and as a senior writer for Time magazine, is the author of Supreme Inequality:The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America, Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck and Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he was president of volume 100 of the Harvard Law Review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The World Famous Insurance Dudes Dudes chat over Coffee!Oh man, this week was CRAZY! But you know what we grew, we hustled and we coached. We talk about the secrets to success through giving and receiving help!For All Things Related To Being An Insurance Dude or Dudette, Incredible Tips, Amazing Tools, and Valuable Resources, Check Out The Insurance Dudes Hub!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We hear all the time that dinosaurs and space are for girls. We hear the rallying cry that little boys can wear pink and belt out ‘Let it Go' from Frozen. But is the next generation of parents leading a revolution when it comes to disposing of archaic gender stereotypes in parenting or are they still unconsciously or consciously perpetuating traditional gender roles? Co-hosts Vanessa and Shannon discuss characteristics of Xennial parents (Gen X, Millenials and the hybrid generation between the two called Xennials) what it means to be a progressive parent and how our society is changing.References in the episode:Scientific American article, ‘Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic' - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/ Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/225053/unfinished-business-by-anne-marie-slaughter/ Frontiers in Psychology research paper, ‘Traditional Gender Role Beliefs and Career Attainment in STEM: A Gendered Story?' https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6519300/5 Tips for Preventing and Reducing Gender Bias - https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/resources-for-families/5-tips-for-preventing-and-reducing-gender-bias 19 Signs You're a Xennial Mom - https://www.mothering.com/articles/9-signs-you-are-a-xennial-mom/ It's Official: Gen Z is Rejecting the Gender Binary & the World Needs to Follow Suit - https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2117014/gender-identity-gen-z/ 

In this episode we talk about the hypocrisy of the left and the constant press of a evil agenda. We hope you are enjoying the show and we will see you in the next episode. Thanks!

Beth Howard is the Organizing Director of Southern Crossroads. She is from a working-class family in Eastern Kentucky. She has over 12 years of experience in grassroots community organizing and leadership development. Beth began her organizing career as Lead Organizer at Fighting Against Injustice Towards Harmony in Daytona Beach, FL where the organization won campaigns to secure a substance-abuse treatment program and mental-health services for incarcerated people in the county jail. After five years, Beth moved back to her home state of Kentucky and worked for nearly seven years as a chapter organizer and later as Deputy Organizing Director of Leadership Development for Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. At KFTC, she worked on winning campaigns to raise the minimum wage in Fayette County and to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 Kentuckians with felonies in their past. She also created an organizing apprentice program and a community organizing 101 intensive training program for KFTC”s grassroots members. In 2019, she graduated from Catalyst Project’s Anne Braden program, a transformational anti-racist organizer training for white social-justice activists and served as the lead staff support for KFTC’s organizational racial justice assessment and visioning process. She is deeply committed to liberatory organizing strategies to build a multiracial poor-working class people’s movement in the American South. She lives in Lexington, KY with her partner Andrew, their faithful dog Sandy, and their defiant cat Tadpole.

So, it's no secret I am OBSESSED with The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. But instead of gushing on plot and prose, I read a bit of Henry's POV, one that has made me feel more seen than ever. Henry is lost. Full of self doubt instilled in him by others. I talk about the importance to celebrate the journeys over the endings - to be the good support systems for others, that we so badly crave.

This event is a part of IWP's Annual Constitution Day Lecture series. About the lecture: As we celebrate the Constitution, let us reflect that it took the Civil War to make the Constitution conform to our ultimate founding document, the Declaration of Independence. Beginning with the abolition of slavery, the 13th Amendment required other radical changes as well. The triumph and the tragedy of the 13th Amendment become more vivid, as we Americans today assume the duty of perpetuating the Founders' and Abraham Lincoln's achievements and intentions. About the Speaker: Dr. Ken Masugi is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute and a Senior Contributor to the online journal of American Greatness. He is also a lecturer in Government at the Johns Hopkins University Center for American Government in Washington, DC.

Male rape continues to happen within the scene. It's time for us to take a stand against the fetishizing of rape. iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hierarchy-podcast/id1499894426 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vGBgVWNinAoD5h03YF5qw?si=sXnZxfrNQYmfoQgwX4Vi_g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=28507835&fan_landing=true

Although the process to formally codify the Oral Torah did not begin for more than 1500 years after Sinai, there were many advancements in organizing and systematizing Oral Torah that began in earnest soon after Moses’ passing. In this special edition of the TORAH 101 podcast, we discuss the various developments in Oral Torah from […]

Although the process to formally codify the Oral Torah did not begin for more than 1500 years after Sinai, there were many advancements in organizing and systematizing Oral Torah that began in earnest soon after Moses’ passing. In this special edition of the TORAH 101 podcast, we discuss the various developments in Oral Torah from […]

What is the relationship between the biblical rituals of Old and New Testaments to the events of Salvation History?

Bad cops need to be held liable but public unions often stand in the way, claims Tho Bishop as he explains how the tragic George Floyd incident is the consequence of bad bureaucracy, unreformed policing, and the people of Minneapolis voting in all these things that have now come back to haunt them. Public unions protect bad people, Tho argues, and they need to be done away with. Plus, the mises.org editor comments on the smearing of capitalism by leftist establishments, the tearing up of families by the state, and the latest news of President Trump's withdrawal from the WHO. Listen to the full episode for all this and more on A Neighbor's Choice! Follow Tho Bishop at mises.org Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Find David Gornoski on YouTube Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

Preached by Walter Gustafson on December 26, 2009 Seven truths about the Lord's Supper - Priority, Pictures, Place, People, Personal Responsibility, Power of the Holy Spirit, and the Perpetuation of the Lord's Supper.

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In this episode, I will talk about the role religion plays in the oppression of women in India, specifically whether it perpetuates it or liberates them from it.

Today - Mr. NVT and the team get into a blog article that we feel is inaccurate and misleading about our community, but may even capitalize on it with people who are recovering from unhealthy situations.

Hello! Welcome to the bonus episode of the season! My guest this week is Dra. Lorena, who is currently the Poly Transfer coordinator at Cal Poly Pomona. We talked about her higher education journey, her role and the work she does with transfer students, and her latest endeavor called "The Doctorahood," a movement that seeks to provide visibility and empower Women of Color in the world of education. Follow Lorena on IG (@lorenarising). Follow the Doctorahood on IG (@doctorahood_). Follow the podcast on IG (@collegeandkombucha)

Hello goddess tribe!! Once again it's time to pull up a chair, grab a latté, your favorite snack and tune in for another convo about our issues!!Today we’re talking about the media’s perpetuation toxic femininity, mean girls/ women and of course, selfcare! We’ll also touch more on what being stuck in a rut feels like, upcoming guests and so much more! To really keep up with all the fun and exciting things coming to Freedom At The Crossroads’ Undomesticated Woman Podcast Series, be sure to SUBSCRIBE and hit that notification button!!

Can merger and acquisition activity continue in the insurance agency space? How can agents put the right dollar amount on their agency's valuation? Phil Trem, Marshberry answers these questions and more in this episode of Closing the Gap. We welcome your review of Closing the Gap on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about Westfield's independent agency partners.

Rachel and Janis discuss internalized oppression and how and why it functions. Quote 1: "Men always say that as the defining compliment, don't they? She's a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she's hosting the world's biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all, hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don't mind, I'm the Cool Girl. Men actually think this girl exists. Maybe they're fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl." - Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl Quote 2: "Reenvisioned, anger can be the most feminine of virtues: compassionate, fierce, wise, and powerful. The women I admire most—those who have looked to themselves and the limitations and adversities that come with our bodies and the expectations that come with them—have all found ways to transform their anger into meaningful change. In them, anger has moved from debilitation to liberation. Your anger is a gift you give to yourself and the world that is yours. In anger, I have lived more fully, freely, intensely, sensitively, and politically. If ever there was a time not to silence yourself, to channel your anger into healthy places and choices, this is it.” - Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her Internalized Oppression Reframing Internalized Oppression and Internalized Domination: From the Psychological to the Sociocultural The Strange, Sad Case Of Laci Green — Feminist Hero Turned Anti-Feminist Defender Dildon’t Disrespect Black Femmes - Ev’yan Whitney Wildflower Sex and the Perpetuation of White Supremacy in Sex Positive Spaces Cameron Glover Ashleigh Chubby Bunny Sex Ed In Color Q to Audience: When did you first recognize your own internalized oppression or see it in someone else? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Public Space Travel Podcast Episode 05 - Beyond the Pale: White fragility and the perpetuation of whiteness On this twice-recorded episode of PST, we are joined by Charlotte, Professor of English and Education, to discuss the concept of whiteness in the U.S. and how the privilege and ideology that comes with it perpetuates and normalizes itself; Luci questions us white folk and shares his perspective on being brown in this white system; and how with unearned power comes great responsibility. Public Space Travel is a podcast dedicated to social/political critique, comedy, and education. Coming from an anti-hierarchy/oppression perspective, we aim for progressive/radical left solidarity with brothers/sisters/trans and non-binary folk of all stripes. Co Hosts this episode and where to follow them: Lazarus - @PSTLazarus Luci - @PSTLuci Hunty - @PSTHunty Mar(x) - @PSTInTheShadows We want to discuss and examine topics (or interview people) that you want to hear about, as well as make corrections for things we’ve said. Reach out to us: PublicSpaceTravel@gmail.com Voice Mail: (208) 502-1406 Twitter: @PublicSpacePod -------------------------------------------------- Public Space Travel Intro Theme by Lazarus (Remix of "Dial My Number" by Benedek off of “Bonus Beat Blast 2011” licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 License, found on freemusicarchive.org) Public Space Travel Outro Theme by Lazarus (Remix of "RSPN" by Blank and Kytt off of “Heavy, Crazy, Serious” (Tough Love Records, 2010). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License on freemusicarchive.org) Additional music used: "Yet a moment, once again" by Livio Amato off the album "So much love to give". Licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License found on freemusicarchive.org Episode art edited by Lazarus (Original photo by Ishan (@seefromthesky) found on unsplash.com)

Mike Wagar from Westfield Bank is back on Closing the Gap to discuss: when is the right time for insurance agency perpetuation? 

The League of Badass Women had the honor of speaking with brilliant badass Power Talks hosts from Washington DC (Sandhya Rao and Jeannine Harvey) and Los Angeles (Catherine Connors). We look at intergenerational dialogue- how we talk to young girls, how women treat each other in the workplace, and who decides what our cultural norms are, anyway? And how that all relates to internalized misogyny, or “the nasty voice," as it was called in the previous episode. REFERENCES & RELATED RESOURCES: Talking to Boys the Way We Talk to Girls: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/well/family/talking-to-boys-the-way-we-talk-to-girls.html Don't Tell Little Girls They're Pretty: https://thoughtcatalog.com/marisa-bagnato/2014/04/dont-tell-little-girls-theyre-pretty/ I Refuse To Call My Daughter A Tomboy. Here's Why. (By Catherine Connors): https://bust.com/feminism/15754-why-i-refuse-to-call-my-daughter-a-tomboy.html How The Women On Obama’s Staff Made Sure Their Voices Were Heard: https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-women-on-obamas-staff-made-sure-their-voices-were-heard_us_57d94d9fe4b0aa4b722d79fe

Perpetuation is just a matter of time. Learn how one local insurance agency, around for more than 100 years, dealt with perpetuation within their family.

In this episode of “The Digital Broker”, Steve and Ryan speak to Cooper Jones, the President of The Crichton Group, about the methods that agencies and brokerages can use to ensure their perpetuation over time.

It's not easy and it'll probably involve someone doing something they're not ready for. That's always the trickiest part for any agency to pass the business on to the next generation. However, the faster both sides realize the reality of the situation, the better the chances get. Perpetuation plans need to be happening sooner with more intention and commitment behind them. That's what I talk with Chris Cline or Westfield Insurance, about the challenges they see agencies facing. P.S. There's plenty of perpetuations directions in here.

It's not easy and it'll probably involve someone doing something they're not ready for. That's always the trickiest part for any agency to pass the business on to the next generation. However, the faster both sides realize the reality of the situation, the better the chances get. Perpetuation plans need to be happening sooner with more intention and commitment behind them. That's what I talk with Chris Cline or Westfield Insurance, about the challenges they see agencies facing. P.S. There's plenty of perpetuations directions in here.

Chris and Mike sit down for the final installment of "What's Next for My Insurance Agency?" In the episode they discuss agency perpetuation options including mergers and 2 key steps you should take no matter which option you chose before finalizing a deal.

Chris continues his discussion with Mike Wager going into detail regarding the importance of timing when selling your agency and the options an agency has when the time is right. 

While I take a break from guest interviews for the summer, enjoy this compilation of two previous (but still highly relevant) commentaries from my 2017 Patreon archives. In the first, I explore the way that racism operates institutionally, even in the absence of deliberate racist and bigoted intent. When we presume that racism requires overt prejudice we often overlook the subtle but destructive ways in which racial inequity is perpetuated in labor markets, education and the justice system, simply by way of the normal, seemingly race-neutral operation of those systems. In so doing, we miss some of the most persistent and destructive manifestations of racial injustice. In the second piece, I explore the issue of gentrification and the way that “economic revitalization” often serves to displace and further marginalize already marginalized persons of color, and the poor (of all colors), while disproportionately benefitting affluent whites. Although perhaps preferable to white flight and the abandonment of urban areas, the question remains: why do lawmakers only commit to economic development when certain people move back to an area? Why don’t urban planners and elected officials have the same interest in creating opportunities for working class folks of color as they do for upper income white hipsters, tech-bros and “creative class” artists? And how might cities balance the need for economic development with the need for affordable housing, cultural preservation and respect, and opportunities for all?

Chris sits down with Mike Wagar from Westfield bank. They answer the question "What's next for my agency?"

The Bennion Teachers' Workshop for the Perpetuation of Democratic Principles is a program made possible by an endowment to Utah State University's Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. The endowment was created by Ione Bennion, a teacher and community activist, to "provide an atmosphere and the educational resources to explore the concepts upon which democracy is built, the conditions under which it flourishes, and the dangers to its existence." Taught by Utah State University faculty and guest speakers who represent the latest scholarship in the topics presented, the workshops focus on giving inservice and pre-inservice teachers practical tools that they can use in the classroom.

I heard in the Spirit "Shall I be inquired of at all by you" We put stumbling blocks of iniquity before our eyes and it hinders our relationship with God. God provides an answer in scripture. Being conformed to the world; Images and songs elicit memories; Image begins chain of events of sin; "Shall i be inquired of at all by you?" Overcomers sit with Jesus; Outside the Nenw Jerusalem; Abominations of Israel in Ezekiel 8; Purposely setting up idols; Estranged from God because of idols; Known by our fruits; Ask according to His will; Perpetuation of iniquity; Repentance and our core values; Abusing the grace of God; Please comment, reate, and share! ; http://conradrocks.net

I heard in the Spirit "Shall I be inquired of at all by you" We put stumbling blocks of iniquity before our eyes and it hinders our relationship with God. God provides an answer in scripture. Being conformed to the world; Images and songs elicit memories; Image begins chain of events of sin; "Shall i be inquired of at all by you?" Overcomers sit with Jesus; Outside the Nenw Jerusalem; Abominations of Israel in Ezekiel 8; Purposely setting up idols; Estranged from God because of idols; Known by our fruits; Ask according to His will; Perpetuation of iniquity; Repentance and our core values; Abusing the grace of God; Please comment, reate, and share! ; http://conradrocks.net

Mayan calendar They had one! And so do we. They both end on some sort of the cycle and the world never ends because of our arbitrary selection of scope. Fraser is really tired of having to argue about this sort of thing with death-cultists. The end. Galactic alignments Neutrino detection. Heating Earth Earth’s layers. Discovering new and different regions of the earth’s internal structure via seismography. Rate of temperature increase. Effect on oceans. Heat retention and radioactivity. Ark ships Space settlement and Christopher’s disappointment. Seveneves as the gold standard for how to relocate humanity to space in an emergency. Perpetuation of specieseses and culture Should we keep giraffes? Cows? Any larger fauna? Recognition of the complexity and energy-inefficiencies of the food chain. Surviving on crickets and phytoplankton. Yellowstone Yellowstone is no joke! Yellowstone supervolcano (more volcano conversation in our Volcano episode). Pyroclastic flow rates. Lake Toba (is larger). Magnetosphere The earth’s internal metal. Pole-flipping! Tsunami Propagation of energy via wave through fluid and how it probably shouldn’t roll the ship. Asteroid impacts, landslides, and misplaced fossils. Anti-apocalypse rant Fraser’s got some stuff to say on this matter, tell-you-what. Seveneves: impactors, guided evolution, and radiation shields w/ Daniel Mann: Decipher SciFi Support the show!

Leszek Allerhand vividly remembers that day in the summer of 1941, when he was a ten-year-old boy. The Germans had recently occupied the city of Lviv. Two civilians wearing armbands came to his family’s flat and warned them not to leave the building. The Allerhands were puzzled when they watched a giant water tank roll onto their street. Soon the street was enveloped with fumes and heavy smoke. The family fled their building through an unguarded back way and began a desperate saga of hiding and survival.And so the historic heart of the oldest Jewish neighborhood on what is now called Staroyevreiska Street went up in flames. German soldiers set on fire the 16th century Golden Rose synagogue, the City Synagogue, and the Beth Hamidrash, a house of learning. And the site remained derelict for decades.A fascinating article by the journalist Olesya Yaremchuk in a recent edition of the on-line journal The Ukrainians recounts this destruction and a 21st century Ukrainian response to acknowledge and commemorate this loss.A memorial complex called the “Space of Synagogues,” dedicated last September, now occupies the historic site. Sofia Dyak is the director of the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe, a Lviv non-profit that helped initiate and coordinate the project. She explained to Public Radio International the reasoning behind the concept: “It’s about signaling a story of absence, while also telling a story of presence.”Lviv has had a rich Jewish history for centuries and before the Second World War up to a third of the city’s population was Jewish. The Holocaust wiped out the community. Decades of Soviet neglect and hostility to the Jewish heritage of Lviv as well as indifference after Ukrainian independence dimmed the public’s memory and understanding of a vital component of the city’s history.Lviv’s Center for Urban History held a conference in 2008 to commemorate the history of Jews in Lviv. The architectural historian Sergei Kravtsov of Hebrew University in Jerusalem led a guided tour of the site. This prompted the discussions that led to the 2010 international competition for designs for the Space of Synagogues.There was a lively debate over the idea. Some members of the Jewish community feel the Golden Rose synagogue should be rebuilt and revived as a working house of prayer. Others argued this was not currently practical.A determined coalition pushed the project through to completion. This coalition included the Executive Committee of the Lviv City Council, the city’s Office of Historical Environment Preservation, the Center for Urban History, and the German international development agency GIZ. Lviv’s Chesed Arieh Jewish charity fund, the US-based Gesher Galicia genealogy association, and the Israel-based Association of Commemoration of Lviv Jewish Heritage and Sites joined in.The sponsors commissioned two German architects from Berlin, Sophie Janke and Franz Reschke, for the project. The project documents were finalized by the Ukrainian architect Yuri Stoliarov. The Berlin architects designed an open area with different installations. They explained their concept to the German broadcaster DW."We interpreted three separate atmospheres," Reschke said.For the Beth Hamidrash, he and Jahnke strove to convey a vivid character and open spaces. A large grass square occupies the area where the building stood, with white stone blocks outlining its contours.The remains of the Golden Rose synagogue have been cleaned up but left standing as they were. "We wanted the authentic ruins, so that people reflected over the destruction of these buildings," Reschke said.And in the center of these two, is a structure called "Perpetuation," consisting of a line of irregular vertical stone slabs, etched with photos and quotes from Lviv's one-time Jewish... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the third time in 9 months, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the federal government to end its discriminatory practice of inequitably funding child welfare services on-reserve. The Tribunal’s initial ruling happened in January, the result of a 2007 human rights complaint. But despite Indigenous Affairs Canada being told to "immediately remove the most discriminatory aspects of [its] funding schemes" for First Nations agencies, the federal government has failed to show the Tribunal how it’s done so. Will this latest order to comply make a difference? Joining us with her observations is lawyer Maggie Wente, part of the legal team advising the Chiefs of Ontario, which has "interested party" status at these proceedings.

Welcome Struggling with Life Faith Stuff FaithND from University of Notre Dame Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy Year of Mercy Prayer Book Report 20th Anniversary Edition of Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival – c 1991 National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling Prayer Wrap-up

Perpetuation of Traditional Gender Roles by European Languages; by Douglas S. Files; From Volume I, Number 1, of Babel, March 1990 — Several European languages encourage the continuation of traditional sex roles through the gender underlying their nouns. In this paper, the French, Spanish, and German gender systems will be examined for their contribution to sexism in housework (traditionally the domain of the female) and the nouns relating to bars and pubs (traditionally the domain of the male). (Read by Trey Jones, et al.)

So, this is my first earnest attempt at voice acting. I'm doing a scene from Archetype, a sci-fi/fantasy series that I'm working on. This is probably one of the funnier scenes, but more importantly it's all dialogue so it's easy to do in an audio format. If you enjoyed it and would like to hear more from these characters in the future, let me know because I'm close to being ready to start sharing this stuff with the world. I still need a good artist to work with, preferably with an anime-inspired drawing style, so if you know anybody who'd be great for such a project, tweet at me or something (@NotTheWorstDan).By the way, that full chapter title is A Discussion on the Perpetuation of Our Species and the Eventual Ramifications That Would Entail. It makes it sound slightly more intelligent and dignified than it deserves.--Music:"George Street Shuffle"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Session+13+Morel.mp3 Focus What is "reverence for the laws" and why does Lincoln think it is so important to "the perpetuation of our political institutions"? Who or what is the "towering genius" that poses the greatest threat to American self-government? What does Lincoln's criticism of "old school" temperance reformers suggest about the proper mode of political debate for a self-governing people? What role does Lincoln believe religion plays in a self-governing society?   Readings Fornieri, The Language of Liberty The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (January 27, 1838) Temperance Address (February 22, 1842 ) Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette (August 11, 1846) The War with Mexico: Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives (January 12, 1848) Letter to Williamson Durley (October 3, 1845) Supplemental/Optional Readings: Jaffa, Crisis of the House Divided, chaps. 9, 10 McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, chap. 5 The post Session 13: The Rule of Law, Slavery, and the Future of Self-Government appeared first on Teaching American History.

Includes more material. Apologies for the shortened pod earlier on 5-2. We have noticed that since the suspension of the Bill of Rights during the search for the Boston Marathon suspects, many pop media members have been working hard to construct all kinds of seedy rationales to tell you that it's perfectly fine for government to crush liberties in order to answer 'exigent circumstances". This is not only incorrect, the activity of these so-called "journalists" is immoral and sick. Here is the Liberty Conspiracy refutation of Slate. A short production, concentrating on just this topic, with music by Oggy and the Stooges "Down on the Street", Killing Joke "Millennium", Love Spit Love "Little Fist" and The Damned "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"! Be Seeing You!

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From an early age Rupert Spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality. For twenty years he studied the teachings of P.D.Ouspensky, J.Krishnamurti, Rumi, Shankaracharya, Ramana Maharshi, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and Robert Adams, until he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, in 1996. Francis introduced Rupert to the teachings of Jean Klein and Atmanada Krishnamenon and, more importantly, directly indicated to him the true nature of experience. Rupert's YouTube Channel. Interviews can be listened to here and watched here. Rupert lives in UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and USA. Books: The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of Experience Presence, Volume I: The Art of Peace and Happiness Presence, Volume II: The Intimacy of All Experience The Ashes of Love: Sayings on the Essence of Non-Duality The Light of Pure Knowing: Thirty Meditations on the Essence of Non-Duality Transparent Body, Luminous World: The Tantric Yoga of Sensation and Perception (Book and six MP3 CD Box Set - 30 Hours of Audio) The Nature of Consciousness: Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series) For all further information see http://www.rupertspira.com. Interview recorded 11/6/2011. Summary and Transcript of this interview. 2nd BatGap interview with Rupert YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Rupert Spira and his book 00:04:14 - The Path of Advaita-Vedanta 00:08:06 - Recognizing "Home" 00:11:59 - Explorations of Feeling in the Body 00:15:50 - The Mechanics of the Experience 00:20:03 - The Knowingness of Experience 00:23:57 - The Objectivity of Reality 00:27:44 - The Common Perception in a Dream 00:31:26 - The Relationship Between Intelligence and the Structure of the World 00:34:53 - The Nature of Awareness 00:38:37 - The Presence of the Imaginary Separate Self 00:42:38 - Individuality and the Illusion of a Separate Self 00:46:34 - Models of Enlightenment 00:50:22 - Enlightenment and the Perpetuation of the Separate Self 00:53:51 - The Point of View of Awareness vs the Separate Self 00:57:43 - The Illusion of Ignorance and the Reality of Awareness 01:01:23 - The Illusion of Duality 01:04:34 - The Conundrum of the Apparent World 01:08:17 - The Path of Exclusion 01:12:11 - The Path of Understanding and Love 01:15:22 - The Experience of Perception as Awareness 01:18:12 - The Nature of Direct Experience 01:21:08 - The Illusion of Separate Objects 01:24:54 - The Art of Teaching and the Nature of Experience 01:29:04 - Tailoring Love and Understanding to the Question 01:32:57 - The Limitation of Language and Teaching 01:36:46 - The After-Effects of Enlightenment 01:40:40 - The Art of Teaching 01:44:11 - The Continuing Process of Enlightenment 01:48:03 - The Permeation of Love and Transparency

Science Fiction Film about a self replicating android. Produced while in college at Southern Illinois at Carbondale in 1992. Shot on 16mm

Fragestellung: Um mögliche proinflammatorische Zeichen bzw. Frühindikatoren (sog. Mikroinflammation) bei Patienten mit chronischem Nierenversagen und nierentransplantierten Patienten aufzuspüren, die an späteren Organkomplikationen (chronische Transplantatdysfunktion, Herz-Kreislaufmorbidität, endotheliale Dysfunktion, Infektanfälligkeiten) beteiligt sein können, untersuchten wir die Expression funktioneller monozytärer Oberflächenantigene. Als immunologischen Marker der Aktivität einer Entzündungsreaktion verglichen wir die in der Durchflusszytometrie (fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS))gemessene Expression sog. mCD14-Rezeptoren und der CD14+CD16++-Rezeptoren auf peripheren Blut-Monozyten mit serologischen Parametern wie C-reaktives Protein und Leukozytenzahl. Die Frage, ob die beiden Oberflächenantigene CD14 und CD16 sowie die Koexpression beider Antigene (proinflammatorisch aktivierte Monozyten) zum „immunologischen Monitoring“ geeignet sind, sollte erstmalig klinisch an Gesunden, Patienten nach Nierentransplantation sowie Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz im Endstadium ohne Dialysebehandlung untersucht werden. Ergänzend wurden nichtorgantransplantierte Patienten mit akuten infektiösen Komplikationen auf mögliche Modulationen proinflammatorischer Blutmonozyten (CD14+/CD16++-Zellen) hin untersucht. CD14 existiert membrangebunden (mCD14) und in löslicher Form (sCD14) und ist verantwortlich für die Interaktion von Endotoxin (LPS) mit Monozyten und Neutrophilen. LPS ist ein Glykoprotein der äußeren Membranschicht gramnegativer Bakterien. CD14 ist der wichtigste Rezeptor für gram-negative bakterielle Lipopolysaccharide (Endotoxin), jedoch auch für Peptidoglykan und Lipoteichonsäure gram-positiver Erreger. CD 16 ist der funktionell wichtige Fcγ–Rezeptor Typ III (FcγRIII, IgG-Rezeptor Typ III), der mit niedriger Affinität monomeres IgG sowie polymeres IgG oder Immunkomplexe bindet. Er vermittelt wichtige immunphysiologische Funktionen wie antikörperabhängige zellvermittelte Zytotoxizität, Beseitigung zirkulierender Immunkomplexe, Superoxidbildung und ist auch an der Signaltransduktion beteiligt. Die untersuchten CD14+CD16++-Monozyten bewirken im Zusammenwirken von TNFα, IL-1, IL-6 und IL-10 bewirkt eine stärkere Entzündungsreaktion als die konventionellen CD14++CD16negativen-Zellen; sie sind sehr potente Antigen-präsentierende Zellen, besitzen eine hohe Phagozytoseaktivität und verstärken die endotheliale Adhäsion. Untersuchungsaufbau: Wir untersuchten 69 Patienten nach Nierentransplantation (23 Frauen, 46 Männer) im Alter von durchschnittlich 52,63 +/- 11,42 Jahren (Median 53,84 Jahre). Die Patienten erhielten durchschnittlich vor 6,38 +/- 5,2 Jahren ein Nieren- Transplantat (Median 8,16 Jahre). Wir unterschieden diese Patienten hinsichtlich ihrer Immunsuppression in folgende Gruppen: 1) Mycophenolat-Mofetil-Monotherapie (MMFmono), 2) Cyclosporin-Monotherapie (CyAmono) und 3) einer Kombination aus MMF und CyA (MMF-CyAkombi). In die Gruppe mit MMF-Monotherapie wurden16 Personen eingeschlossen (3 Frauen, 13 Männer) im Alter von durchschnittlich 51,29 +/- 10,47 Jahren (Median 51,15 Jahre). In der Gruppe der CyA-monotherapierten Patienten befanden sich 11 Personen (3 Frauen, 8 Männer) im Durchschnittsalter von 58,43 +/- 8,01 Jahren (Median 59,96 Jahre). Zur Gruppe der MMF-CyA-kombinationstherapierten Patienten gehörten 18 Patienten (3 Frauen, 15 Männer) im Alter von 46,69 +/- 10,22 Jahren (Median 47,44 Jahre). Des weiteren wurden 13 Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz (12 Männer, eine Frau) im Alter von 32 bis 74 Jahren (Median 65,0 Jahre; Mittelwert 63,5 Jahre +/- 10,3 Jahre) in die Analysen miteinbezogen. Parallel wurden 8 Patienten (6 Frauen, 2 Männer) im Verlauf einer akuten Infektion erfasst (Mittelwert 74,6 +/- 10,53 Jahre; Median 78 Jahre). Unser Kontrollkollektiv bestand aus 18 klinisch gesunden freiwilligen Probanden im Alter zwischen 24 und 54 Jahren (Median 31Jahre; Mittelwert 33,42 +/- 9,91 Jahre; 10 Frauen, 8 Männer). Ergebnisse: 1. Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz hatten signifikant höhere CRP-Serumkonzentrationen als Gesunde (p=0,010)(Gesunde 0,33 mg/dl vs. Urämiker 0,7 mg/dl). 2. Die mCD14-Expression auf peripheren Blutmonozyten war bei Urämikern (p=0,024) und bei nierentransplantierten Patienten (p=0,026) signifikant niedriger als bei Gesunden.(Gesunde 517 MFI vs. Urämiker 426 MFI vs. NTX 433 MFI) 3. Der prozentuale Anteil CD14+CD16++-Monozyten im Blut war sowohl bei Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz (p=0,00000487; MFI= 13,0%) als auch bei Patienten nach Nierentransplantation (p=0,00298; MFI=9,3%) signifikant höher. 4. Die Leukozytenzahl im Blut war weder bei immunsupprimierten Nierentransplantierten noch bei Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz im Endstadium signifikant gegenüber Gesunden verändert. 5. Hinsichtlich der verschiedenen Strategien der immunsuppressiven Therapie ließen sich keine Unterschiede zwischen den Gruppen der MMF-mono, der CyA-mono und der MMF-CyA-kombi-behandelten Nt-Patienten feststellen. 6. Die Absolutzahl CD14+CD16++-Monozyten war sowohl bei urämischen Patienten (p=0,003; 430/µl) als auch bei nierentransplantierten Patienten (p=0,005; 413/µl) gegenüber Gesunden signifikant erhöht. 7. Bei Nierentransplantierten fiel die CRP-Konzentration im Serum mit steigendem Alter des Transplantates logarithmisch ab (p=0,065), die mCD14-Expression fiel linear ab (p=0,063) wohingegen der prozentuale Anteil der CD14+CD16++- Monozyten invers ansteigt (p=0,0036). 8. Im Verlauf akuter infektiöser Erkrankungen war der Anteil der CD14+CD16++- Monozyten signifikant höher als bei Gesunden (p=0,000049) und fiel bis zur stationären Entlassung so signifikant ab (p=0,012), so dass kein Unterschied mehr zwischen Gesunden und Kranken mehr nachweisbar war. Schlußfolgerungen: 1. Sowohl bei Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz wie bei Nierentransplantierten finden sich anhand erhöhter Zahlen proinflammatorischer Blutmonozyten (CD14+CD16++-Phänotyp) eindeutig Zeichen einer sog. „Mikroinflammation“; dies ausdrücklich auch bei NTX-Patienten, obwohl diese unter einer dauerhaften immunsuppressiven Behandlung stehen. 2. Proinflammatorische Blutmonozyten sind Ziel- und Effektorzellen der Immunabwehr. Darüber hinaus sind sie pathophysiologisch an den Vorgängen einer Atheromatose beteiligt. CD14+CD16++-Blutmonozyten entsprechen dem Phänotyp von Gewebsmakrophagen. Erhöhte Anteile CD14+CD16++-Blutmonozyten gehen möglicherweise parallel mit der erhöhten Progressionsrate der Atheromatose von Organtransplantierten und Patienten mit Niereninsuffizienz. Andererseits sind sie an der Auslösung und Perpetuation der chronischen Transplantatdysfunktion (chronisches Transplantatversagen) ursächlich beteiligt, was aus Biopsiedaten hervorgeht. Die hier erfolgten Blutzellanalysen unterstützen diese These. 3. Dauerimmunsuppression bei Nierentransplantierten vermag nicht den proinflammatorischen Status diese Patienten zu unterdrücken. Damit gilt für alle NTXPatienten, dass sich mehr oder weniger schnell trotz potenter Immunsuppression irgendwann ein Transplantatversagen einstellt. Es spricht alles dafür, dass aktivierte Blutmonozyten hier die Schlüsselrolle spielen. Wir postulieren, dass dies nur dann abgeschwächt oder vermindert werden könnte, wenn sich die zellulären Marker, die auf chronische inflammatorische Aktivität hinweisen, pharmakologisch günstig beeinflussen ließen.