Podcasts about Plas

met toestemming van Uitgeverij KokBoekencentrum te Urecht behandeld Gerard van der Plas iedere maandag het dagboek Eén houvast van dr. W. Verboom. (46) zondag 47 vraag 122

Het formatie-advies van verkenner Wouter Koolmees was vlijmscherp en tegelijk verfijnd. Uit het Kamerdebat daarover werd verrassend veel helder, al werd dat nogal overschaduwd door de lotgevallen van informateur Hans Wijers. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger bespreken hoe het Koolmees lukte een weg te banen en wat er nu gaat gebeuren. En: het geheim van Sybrand Buma. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Koolmees nam de Kamer bij de hand als een gids over een lastige bergpas langs ravijnen. Het einddoel noemde hij 'een stabiel kabinet', 'keuzes en oplossingen verhelderen' en 'tempo maken'. Hij legde Dilan Yesilgöz fijntjes uit waar zij mis zat en waarom zijn conclusie - D66 en CDA samen aan de slag - lucide was. Dat de Kamer elke motie afwees die zijn werk wilde amenderen, wijst erop dat hij blijkbaar had overtuigd. Hij noemde de beoogde uitkomst een 'pacificatie' bij de grote, hardnekkige politieke dilemma's die politiek en bestuur al jaren verlammen. Rob Jetten moet een Pieter Cort van der Linden worden, is de niet geringe uitdaging door de verkenner. De D66-leider gaf met CDA-voorman Henri Bontenbal aan dit aan te durven. Juist ook omdát ze ideologisch duidelijk verschillen. De VVD moest meemaken dat ze met lege handen en gemarginaliseerd langs de zijlijn is gezet. Bovendien met het risico dat in de informatiefase de wrakstukken van de Schoof-coalitie finaal exploderen. Een onbeheerste eruptie van Caroline van der Plas maakte dit onverwacht voelbaar. Opmerkelijk was hoe Jesse Klaver zich vlekkeloos gouvernementeel opstelde en hoe Bontenbal een draai om de oren van Koolmees braaf incasseerde. Hij kreeg immers op zijn profiel van 'democratisch ethos' en 'betere politieke cultuur' volledig zijn zin van Koolmees. De onderhandelaars van D66 en CDA kunnen aan de slag. Inhoud voorop bij grote thema's en grote lijnen ook van begrotingsbeleid en lange-termijn investeringen. Heel belangrijk is daarbij een klein zinnetje over 'de uitgangspunten voor de vorming van een kabinet'. Want daarin ligt besloten hoe wel degelijk nog voor kerstmis een kabinet op het bordes zou kunnen staan. De rol van informateur Buma wordt daarmee essentieel. D66 moet slikken dat partner CDA onverwacht het hele proces kan sturen en domineren. Al direct bij aantreden gaf de oud CDA-leider zijn visitekaartje af als wetgevingskenner en man van het openbaar bestuur. Hij benadrukte dat de agenda van D66 en CDA direct kritisch getoetst moet worden op uitvoerbaarheid. Buma is trouwens niet typisch iemand van 'het nieuwe CDA van Bontenbal'. Hij is als Fries aristocraat en burgemeester een man van 'de regio'. Het geheim van zijn aanpak? Zijn fameuze 'Bumor'. Een Brits soort ironie die zo droog is dat je er het beste iets bij kan drinken. Niettemin is het jammer dat Wijers het veld moest ruimen. Die had al in zijn hoofd hoe de toekomstagenda moet luiden. *** Verder lezen Kabinetsforrmatie 2025 *** Verder kijken Netwerk over minister Hans Wijers van D66 (1997) Toespraak Hans Wijers tot D66-congres in 2010 *** Verder luisteren 543 – Kabinetsformatie: Hoe verkenner Wouter Koolmees een ‘nieuw moment’ kan creëren 541 - De terugkeer van het politieke midden 540 - Verkiezingscampagne 2025: waar het veel te weinig over ging 446 - Doe wat Draghi zegt of Europa wacht een langzame doodsstrijd 261 - Mariëtte Hamer en de kunst van het voorzitten - een masterclass 209 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Hamer houdt stug vol 179 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Verkenners die schielijk van het toneel verdwenen, een politieke sluipmoord en de 'gouden standaard' van wijs en effectief formeren 125 - Wouter Koolmees, minister van Sociale Zaken in de coronacrisis 11 - Gerlacus Buma, soldaat van Napoleon en Willem I *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:36:14 – Deel 2 00:57:32 – Deel 3 01:22:21 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new MP3 sermon from Free Reformed Church of Mundijong is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: In Loving Memory of Trudy Van Der Plas Speaker: Rev. Abel Pol Broadcaster: Free Reformed Church of Mundijong Event: Funeral Service Date: 11/14/2025 Bible: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 Length: 99 min.

In Loving Memory of Trudy Van Der Plas 11 November 1958 - 30 October 2025

Meditatie over Mattheus 15:29-31 door ds. A.W. van der Plas

met toestemming van Uitgeverij KokBoekencentrum te Urecht behandeld Gerard van der Plas iedere maandag het dagboek Eén houvast van dr. W. Verboom. (45) zondag 46 vraag 120 en 121

In De kamer van Klok wordt de definitieve verkiezingsuitslag besproken. Opvallend zijn de vele voorkeurstemmen, zoals die op VVD’er Vincent Karremans en Mona Keijzer. Moeten Dilan Yesilgöz en Caroline van der Plas zich zorgen maken? Er is ook aandacht voor 'Stem op een Vrouw' en of je met deze campagne het gewenst effect bereikt. Ondertussen verkent Wouter Koolmees de verschillende samenwerkingen. Sheila, Pieter, Raoul en Gijs bespreken waarom juist hij zo geschikt is voor die rol. Studenten opgelet! De Volkskrant biedt een gratis studentenabonnement aan, af te sluiten via volkskrant.nl/studenten Presentatie: Gijs GroentemanRedactie: Corinne van Duin, Lotte Grimbergen, Julia van Alem, Jasper Veenstra en Iris BransMontage: Rinkie BartelsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weer een 'jumbo editie' van de politieke podcast Afhameren, met Wouter de Winther en Pim Sedee. Al het laatste formatienieuws komt daarin voorbij. Welke combinatie van partijen is het meest kansrijk? Je hoort het in de podcast. Verder wordt, een week na de verkiezingen, de balans opgemaakt bij verschillende partijen. Jesse Klaver heeft het stokje overgenomen van Frans Timmermans, maar heeft hij het in zich in de toekomst meer kiezers aan zich te verbinden? En: hoe verder bij de BBB, nu Mona Keijzer bijna net zoveel stemmen heeft gekregen als Caroline van der Plas?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Op dit moment is BBB-leider Caroline van der Plas bij verkenner Wouter Koolmees. Zij is de laatste van de zes fractievoorzitters die bij hem langskomen. En één ding is na vandaag zeker: de posities lijken nauwelijks op te schuiven door uitsluitingen en voorkeuren. Hoe Koolmees hiermee om moet gaat, bespreken we met oud-diplomaat en toponderhandelaar Maarten van Rossum en uiteraard ook met politiek verslaggever Floor Doppen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Le Bar Pro ce n'est pas seulement cet endroit, objet de fantasme, où les professionnels de la musique montent des deals secrets en buvant des coups. Depuis 2 saisons, c'est une heure de critique musicale sur Tsugi Radio. À une époque où l'on donne son avis en ligne sur tout et n'importe quoi comme on se ressert un café, où les grandes stars internationales peuvent se permettre de sortir des albums quasi sans annonce préalable et parfois sans tenir au courant leurs maisons de disques réduites à parfois au rôle de simples distributeurs. À une époque où les dites maisons de disque considèrent trop souvent la presse spécialisée comme une agence de com, sur Tsugi Radio, nous avons plus que jamais envie de mettre en lumière le travail des journalistes musicaux qui de festivals, en écoutes privées, de salles de concerts, en dancefloor, sont sur tous les fronts pour prendre le pouls de la création musicale contemporaine. Aujourd'hui dans ce nouvel épisode du Bar Pro, un Australien qui joue au vampire, un Français perdu à Copa Cabana, un maître chanteur Italien et un Anglais qui rêve de guitares sur un dancefloor. Autour de moi, 3 journalistes, d'abord Coralie Lacôte du média en ligne La Vague Parallèle. Yann Bertrand, chef du service culture de France Info et Odile de Plas, cheffe du service musique de Télérama.

met toestemming van Uitgeverij KokBoekencentrum te Urecht behandeld Gerard van der Plas iedere maandag het dagboek Eén houvast van dr. W. Verboom. (44) zondag 45 vraag 116

Ahad Afridi, CMO for the Americas at Pladis, owner of Godiva, shares how the legacy chocolate house's “hundred-year reboot” is reshaping the brand for a new generation of snackers, particularly millennials and Gen Zers. Episode TranscriptPlease note, this transcript  may contain minor inconsistencies compared to the episode audio. Damian Fowler (00:00):I'm Damian Fowler.Ilyse Liffreing (00:01):And I'm Ilyse Liffreing,Damian Fowler (00:02):And welcome to this edition of The Big Impression.Ilyse Liffreing (00:09):Today we're joined by Ahad Afridi Chief Marketing Officer for the Americas at Pladis, the company behind the Godiva brand, those premium chocolates we all live.Damian Fowler (00:20):We're diving into Godiva's bold new campaign, featuring Leighton Meester portraying the legendary lady, good diver, a modern spin on an iconic story of courage and individuality.Ilyse Liffreing (00:31):We'll talk about how the brand is trying to stand out ahead of the holiday season and how Pladis is evolving its brands for the next generation of snackers.Ahad Afridi (00:40):Let's get into it. It's a comprehensive launch. It's a launch of a new product within the Godiva range called Masterpiece, but it's also the start of a brand reset. And so part of this has an eye towards the now of launching this new product that's great, but also towards activities that are going to happen over the next one year. Godiva turns 100 next year, and so what we wanted to accomplish was the first big step in this centennial, what we call re-imagining of the Godiva brand.Speaker 2 (01:17):Yeah, that's a legacy brand for sure.Speaker 3 (01:18):And happy birthday as well.Speaker 2 (01:20):Thank youSpeaker 3 (01:20):A hundred years. Thank you. Thank you to Godiva. On behalf of Godiva, I'd say thank you.Speaker 1 (01:26):Yeah. In that hundred, how would you define what Godiva stands for as a legacy brand over that century?Speaker 3 (01:34):Godiva is a premium chocolate brand. It's been called a luxury chocolate brand, but we prefer to call it premium because it makes it more accessible, which we can talk about a little bit more. It's a Belgian heritage brand. Belgian chocolates are different than the normal. Speaker 2 (01:51):That's good, in my opinion,Speaker 3 (01:53):Different than the normal chocolate milk-based chocolate, but it's just great tasting, high quality chocolate that you feel great giving to others as a gift and having for yourself as well.Speaker 1 (02:08):So just to ask you about this specific campaign, what made you wanted to bring that legacy as it were up to date? Is that the right way of putting it into today's culture through this campaign?Speaker 3 (02:18):Yeah, in a way. Let's say it's a hundred year reboot because turning a hundred, you have to celebrate your heritage, but reposition for the future. So it's about getting contemporary, bringing some of those traditional values and equities of the brand, but modernizing them for today and starting this, what we call re-imagining with totally new offerings coming over the next one to two years. We've started with what we call Masterpiece, and Masterpiece is a small chocolate piece that comes in a bag with multiple pieces in there, and it's great for sharing with others or treating yourself. So this is the first step. We've just launched this now it's in the market. In the next few weeks you'll see a totally reimagined what we call gold box and truffle box, which is high-end premium chocolate in specialty stores and on the giva.com website where we've totally revamped chocolate and got new offerings in that. So that's coming over the holiday period, Valentine's Day, there'll be another new collection coming next fall. Towards the end of the next year, we'll have some more gifting chocolates available that will be broadly available. And that's the start. And then after that, in the year 2027, we've got other exciting things coming in. So it's a sequenced campaign. Speaker 2 (03:47):Good timing for the holiday season, I'm sure.Speaker 3 (03:50):Exactly, exactly. Holiday seasons are important for us. Every day is important for us, but the holiday seasons are very important for us. Yes.Speaker 2 (03:58):Can you describe a little bit of the campaign itself and what viewers might see and experience as they witness the campaign?Speaker 3 (04:06):Yeah, I guess the first thing you'll see is a wonderful cinematic traditional sort of advertising, which has got some drama in it. It's got wonderful aesthetic, but at its heart it's a product centered ad and the product is celebrated in there, the taste of that. So that's let's say the hero piece or the centerpiece. But in addition, what you'll see is a lot of social content in different variations. You'll see different versions in digital tv. You'll see a billboard coming later, so some nice still art coming there. Now what's unique about this is we didn't look at it as just a specific campaign and a point of time. We look at this as a one year program where we're relaunching the brand. So you'll see Layton Meer again in the holiday periods, Valentine's period and throughout next year. WhySpeaker 1 (05:03):Leighton Meester? I mean, I know Ilyse is a fan.Speaker 2 (05:06):Oh yeah. I mean Gossip Girl lover obviously.Speaker 3 (05:10):Well, she's a great representation of some of the values of Lady Godiva and Lady Godiv was the, let's say the initial inspiration for the brand. It's obviously called Godiva. So she, lady Godiva played a big role in the identity of the brand. But Leighton Meester is someone that we respect a lot. She's very popular, she's highly likable, she's multifaceted, great actor, musician person who has her own specific identity, and we think that's a great person to partner with in thisSpeaker 2 (05:52):Now premium chocolate, that space is a pretty packed one. How does this campaign really help the brand stand out, especially as we head into those important holiday seasons?Speaker 3 (06:04):Yeah, so premium chocolate is a growing segment within overall chocolate. So certainly chocolate's a very broad area, so many different offerings, and premium is a very important segment within that. And there are different offerings within premium. We like to consider Godiva as the high end of the premium segment. And there's something special. It's like in a category full of square shapes and round shapes,Speaker 4 (06:32):You'veSpeaker 3 (06:33):Got Godiva coming in with something totally different. And if you see the Masterpiece product, you'll see it's a very unique sort of shape there. So we pride ourselves in being kind of the premium of the premium but being accessible. And it's our goal to provide unique offerings that really tastes great and are cut above the rest of premium, but yet at let's say a fingertip away from desire.Speaker 1 (07:04):When you say relaunch, what does that mean? Does it mean like you're trying to reach new audiences, new consumers? How are you thinking about the people you're trying to reach? And I guess that does tie in with getting a celebrity like Leighton Meester.Speaker 3 (07:21):Yeah, it's important for us to connect with a broader range of consumers, younger consumers. So we're trying to get millennials and Gen Zs now, which the brand hadn't really targeted before and over a hundred year period you will have a core cohort which will age over time, and we're making a purposeful effort to try and reach a broader audience. Now contemporize the brand and our activities around doing that,Speaker 2 (07:53):Does that also have to do with perhaps the decision to call it premium chocolate versus luxury chocolate or what is that thinking?Speaker 3 (08:02):Well, the category is divine is premium chocolate, but people say good dive is a luxury brand and sometimes people talk about chocolate as being luxury. I don't think chocolate should be luxury. Chocolate should be accessible as well. And so it's really around that. It's not a conscious big effort saying, Hey, call us premium. Don't call us luxury.Speaker 3 (08:23):You can call us what you want, but it's just great tasting chocolate that is accessible. And our key point is luxury is often reserved for special occasions or milestones and that's certainly fine, but could dive a chocolate is also accessible every day. A little bit of happiness and a little smile is an everyday treat that we all have a right to.Speaker 1 (08:50):My wife reminds me of that every day. She says, should we have a chocolate? Now she's a millennium. She'll be very happy if I give her a Godiva chocolate. Well, we have them here for you to try. Okay, well we will just pause the podcast.Speaker 1 (09:07):We right back anyway. So just to talk about PLAs. So good diver is one of the brands within Pladis and which has a big portfolio of snacking. I just want to talk a bit more about the consumer you're trying to reach. What kind of insights have really shaped how you think about this new strategy?Speaker 3 (09:30):Chocolate plays a meaningful role in people's everyday lives. It's not something that's only reserved for special occasions once or twice a year. And so what we see is that people need, if you look at what we call a demand space map of consumers needs and occasions during the day, there are many opportunities in there for us to provide little bits of happiness, little bits of indulgence, a treat for yourself that is accessible and that's important for us. That's an important insight. The second is that chocolate is more than a product, but it may provide an emotional benefit. It might make you feel good, it might help you connect with others. It might be a reboot for the rest of the day, three o'clock, little piece of chocolate it with a coffee or a cup of tea or something like that is fantastic. So we've mapped consumer occasions to see that that's important. So those are really two very important insights for us.Speaker 2 (10:38):Curious, now that the campaign is out, I know it's early days, but are there any KPIs that you're really keeping your eye on or your hopes around brand impact that you're going to get from this campaign?Speaker 3 (10:54):Yes. Well, we have a broad range of metrics that we look at. You can bucket them around awareness and visibility as one. Engagement. How consumers get involved is to sentiment, what are people saying and how do they feel about it. And then importantly, fourth but not least, is the commercial impact. What kind of sales impact do we have? How's it driving the business? And we're one week into the campaign,(11:20):So we don't have any of those metrics now, but we will be tracking them. But what we're very encouraged by is just the initial, let's say feedback, what people are saying, how much people are talking about it and what they're saying about it. And it's very, very positive what we're hearing about this. And even in this first week, we're seeing remarkable engagement. People are even reediting bits of the ad and combining it with Layton Meer in other roles. It's a very scene in one of her previous shows, which she's very famous for where she says, lady Godiva is my only friend. So we're getting recut edits of that with snippets of the new ad. So consumers are sending those back to us.Speaker 2 (12:09):Now. You've talked before about how storytelling is very key to building great brands. Has this campaign changed how you think about what really connects with today's consumers?Speaker 3 (12:22):I think this campaign will confirm what we think is important in storytelling. And for us, storytelling has got to be something that captures people's attention, draws some interest, so they stick with it and is something that they'll remember later on. And we are trying to find new ways to deliver that and create that impact. But within that, we have to embed elements of the brand and the product experience that's so important in that. And this first centerpiece ad is a wonderful example of that because it's a captivating ad, but at the heart it is a product brand centered ad. So I think that's very important is to combine those things.Speaker 1 (13:14):When we look at the sort of bigger shift, and you've sort of addressed this a little bit, but I'm just curious, we are in a moment of time where people are a little bit anxious in some cases about the economy and where things are going. How do you market into that where you're talking about the importance of premium at a time, that might be something where people would think, oh, should I, shouldn't I? How do you think about that?Speaker 3 (13:42):Well, the good thing about chocolate is it is something that's important every day or can be important every day. It should be accessible every day. And whether the economy goes up or it goes down, it's something that's there. And available chocolates, you were talking earlier about luxury. God, IVA is not a Hermes bag. You don't have to wait two months, or sorry, two years to get that. It's something there that you can have. And if it provides that little bit of lift, that smile on your face, that moment of connection, that's something that is important for people regardless of economic conditions. And if they're having some moments in life or particular experiences in life where they need a little pick me up even more than it plays an even bigger role. So it's our job to provide the right offerings, make them accessible and be available for them.Speaker 1 (14:45):Does it signal anything about how you might approach other Plaice brands? I know they're very different, but justSpeaker 3 (14:52):Yeah, we have multiple other brands around the world and some are chocolate, some are biscuits, some are cakes. And each brand has to find a way to tap into consumer desire. And our Pladis mission we say, is happiness in every bite. And that's what we're trying to deliver. And each brand has to try and deliver that in its own unique way.Speaker 2 (15:22):Now with a heritage brand such as Godiva, how are you still keeping it modern while staying true to its heritage? Because the snack worlds today is changing so fast, we have new wellness trends all the time, digital shopping, et cetera, et cetera.Speaker 3 (15:39):Well, it's such an important question because the challenge for every brand is to be relevant today. And what got you there in the heritage is helpful, but it doesn't necessarily deliver against what makes you relevant for today. It just makes people notice or gives you a little bit of credibility or trust. So a big part of this brand, re-imagining it a hundred years is about that. It's about contemporizing the brand, making sure that we stand out in today's world, that we're conveying those benefits that meet the needs of today's consumers, that we are using the right codes to communicate Kate and making it easy for consumers to notice us, to think about us, to remember us to desire us.Speaker 2 (16:33):How do you think about the way modern brands are going about marketing? Are there any interesting tidbits or trends that you're noticing?Speaker 3 (16:43):Lots of littles. There's a study by work that talks about the aggregate, let's say the cumulative effect of little bits of exposure on your brand actually deliver more than singular big pieces of visibility. And if a brand can try and do that show up in different places, just little bites, little bite size bits ofSpeaker 4 (17:10):ContentSpeaker 3 (17:11):That comes across a lot, that is a great way for connecting and getting consumers to remember you.Speaker 1 (17:18):We've got these kind of quick fire questions here at the end. And what's one thing that you're obsessed with figuring out in confectionary marketing right now?Speaker 3 (17:30):I'm obsessed with figuring out how to connect with consumers in a meaningful way. And that is evolving. It's very difficult. Consumers are bombarded with so many stimuli that the ability to connect with them in a relevant way is so important.Speaker 2 (17:49):Outside of snacks, do you have a brand that you really admire for nailing culture and doing just that?Speaker 3 (17:58):Yes, I love what Heinz is doing. They're fantastic. They're a great example of leaning into your heritage, creating distinction versus other brands in a category that seemingly doesn't have a lot of variety. They are very strong at having distinctive brand assets that they tap into all the time. Make it easy for consumers to think about them, remember them, and they're great at tapping into culture. They've got great little mini campaigns under their overall brand platform. It has to be hez that keep the brand very vibrant. I love what they're doing.Speaker 1 (18:42):What's the best piece of marketing advice you've ever received and do you still follow it?Speaker 3 (18:47):Message delivered does not mean message received. And I think that that applies not just to marketing, it applies to change management leadership. And it's something that I think about a lot, especially now. So if you think about it from a marketing perspective, a brand manager's perspective, it's easy to fall in the trap that if you create something and you put it out there that consumers are going to notice it, love it, and buy your brand. And what we try and tell them is, this is not Iowa Field of dreams. It's not a build it and they will come. You have to really work hard at creating relevance and getting noticed and the odds are stacked against you. So making sure your message or your intent is received, not just delivered is very important.Speaker 2 (19:42):Very nice. One more for fun. If money were no object, what's a dream marketing move you'd make?Speaker 3 (19:52):So I can give you the traditional answer on top of those lots of littles. It'd be great to have some big mega programs. I would love to have, we're talking about Godiva today. I'd love to have Godiva in the Super Bowl. I'd love to have Lady Godiva show up and present the trophy, the NFL trophy or the US Open Tennis trophy or I'd love that stuff, but I'll go past that. It would be great to have Lady Godiva as a Marvel superhero movie and have her deliver chocolate to save the world. Something's going on and she just comes and gives a little piece of chocolate and everything's okay. And that's itSpeaker 1 (20:36):For this edition of The Big Impression.Speaker 2 (20:38):This show is produced by Molten Hart. Our theme is by love and caliber, and our associate producer is Sydney Cairns,Speaker 3 (20:45):And remember lots of littles. There's a study by work that talks about the aggregate, let's say the cumulative effect of little bits of exposure on your brand actually deliver more than singular big pieces of visibility.Speaker 1 (21:03):I'm Damian and I'm IlyseSpeaker 3 (21:05):And we'llSpeaker 1 (21:05):See you next time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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Uiteraard ook op de dag van de waarheid een nieuwe aflevering van de politieke podcast Afhameren. Het slotdebat van de NOS, de laatste peilingen, de nek aan nek race geduid, een voorzichtige vooruitblik; alles komt aan bod bij Wouter de Winther en Pim Sedee. Mis dus niks, en luister! Donderdagmiddag is er overigens alweer de volgende Afhameren. Met daarin alles over de uitslagen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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durée : 01:25:27 - Céline Scheen & Le Banquet Céleste ; Cantoria ; Camille & Adèle Théveneau ; Plas Hervouët Band - par : Clément Rochefort - Céline Scheen, soprano, & Le Banquet Céleste : "Ombra e Luce", ou la Rome de la fin du XVIIème siècle ; l'ensemble Cantoria, explorateur de la Renaissance espagnole ; Camille & Adèle Théveneau, violon & violoncelle ; Rachelle Plas, harmonica & chant, & Philippe Hervouët, guitare & chant - réalisé par : Claire Lagarde Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Politiek verslaggever Merel Ek is vrijdag de co-host van Wilfred Genee in The Friday Move. We zenden uit vanuit de Rijnbar in Amsterdam. De politieke week bespreken we met Mirjam Bikker, fractieleider van de ChristenUnie en Laurens Dassen van Volt. Met de verkiezingen voor de deur vliegen de TikToks, oneliners en talkshowoptredens van politici ons om de oren. Is die boosheid van Geert Wilders of Jimmy Dijk oprecht, of stiekem ook weleens gespeeld? Is Caroline van der Plas écht zo gewoon, of doet ze alsof? En waarom blijven woorden als ‘asieltsunami’ en ‘klimaatdrammer’ zo goed hangen. De nieuwe WNL-serie legt politieke trucs bloot. Trap jij er nog in? Politiek expert Martijn de Greve schuift aan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Mensen vinden het spannend om op ons te stemmen omdat we christelijk zijn. Maar heel Nederland knapt op van onze plannen.” Te gast is Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de ChristenUnie. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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D66 was naar eigen zeggen de afgelopen jaren te betweterig en te woke. De partij werd ooit opgericht als beweging tegen de gevestigde orde, maar is van het elitaire D66 vandaag de dag nog wel een brede volkspartij te maken? Te gast is Rob Jetten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdA See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ook de Partij voor de Dieren ziet extra investeringen in defensie als noodzakelijk — al leidde dat wel tot discussie binnen de partij. Hoe verenigt de Partij voor de Dieren die defensieplannen met haar duurzame idealen? Te gast is Christine Teunissen, van Partij voor de Dieren, in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over twee weken mogen we alweer naar de stembus voor de Tweede Kamer. Tot die tijd ontvangen we politieke leiders in café Miles in Amersfoort voor het DIDD Verkiezingscafé.  Presentator Jan Willem Wesselink gaat vandaag in gesprek met Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker BoerBurgerBeweging. 

Begrijpen jullie de (uitsluit)-strategie van Dilan Yesilgöz? Hoe zit dat met de CDA Business Club? Waarom noemt Rob Jetten GL-PvdA-leider Timmermans opeens 'kansloos'? Wat is er aan de hand met de BBB? Elke dag ontspinnen Raymond Mens En Julia Wouters live vanuit Café Miles in Amersfoort de campagne. Het interview met Laurens Dassen waar naar wordt verwezen is te vinden in de podcastfeed van Dit is de Dag. Ook die van Caroline van der Plas is vanaf vanavond hierin te horen. Wil je als eerste op de hoogte zijn van alles, meld je dan aan voor de  splinternieuwe Spindoctors-nieuwsbrief via eo.nl/spindoctors Je kunt ons nu ook volgen op Instagram! We heten daar @despindoctors. De afleveringen van De Spindoctors zijn ook te zien op YouTube. Kijk en abonneer op: De Spindoctors. Presentator: Guido van Dijk De Spindoctors: Julia Wouters en Raymond Mens Regie: Ruben Bakker Montage: Willem de Gelder Redactie: Guido van Dijk Video: Colin Ursinus / Hof Broadcast Services

Was, wenn der Italiener in der Band sich deutlich ZU gut mit Mafia-Zitaten auskennt? Und was, wenn die Support-Band in Ungarn in ein Haus einbricht? Und noch wilder: die sprechen da auch noch alle ganz locker drüber!!! Aber wo auch sonst, wenn nicht im METALKELLER?!? Genießt diese "hochkriminelle" Folge in DEM deutschen Metal-Podcast!

De VVD wil ‘radicale economische groei’, maar verhoogt tegelijk fors de defensie-uitgaven. Kan dat wel samen? En de Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten heeft zo z'n vraagtekens bij de rechtsstatelijkheid van de plannen van de VVD. Gaat de VVD daarin te ver of slaat de advocatuur juist de plank mis? Te gast is Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In het Radio 1 NOS Journaal vertelde BBB-leider Caroline van der Plas dat zij geen woningen willen bouwen op kostbaar boerenland. Daarop bouwen is namelijk zonde van de vruchtbare grond eronder. Nederland heeft een hele vruchtbare delta volgens van der Plas, die zij ook wel een wereldwonder noemt. Maar in hoeverre is dat eigenlijk zo? We zochten het uit!

Als een van de weinige partijen snijdt GroenLinks-PvdA niet in de zorg om de defensie-uitgaven te compenseren. Vermogenden en bedrijven mogen weer wél de portemonnee trekken. Welk perspectief heeft GL-PvdA voor het bedrijfsleven? En hoe trekt de partij de woningmarkt uit het slop? Te gast is GL-PvdA lijsttrekker Frans Timmermans. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSC wankelt. De partij die ooit rond Pieter Omtzigt werd opgebouwd, dreigt haar plek in de Kamer te verliezen. Hoe wil Eddy van Hijum het tij nu nog keren? Je hoort de lijsttrekker van NSC zo, in BNR's Big Ten van de Lijsttrekkers. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

alexander klöpping / pieter derks / mona keijzer / beau, renze en humberto / ruud en riem

In het verleden betekende een stem op de SP vooral een stem tegen de gevestigde orde. Nu flirt de partij openlijk met mogelijke coalitiepartijen. Wat betekent dat voor de rotsvaste principes van de partij? En op welke manier kan het bedrijfsleven floreren, ondanks de voornemens van de SP om de belastingen op vermogen en winst te verhogen? Te gast is SP-lijsttrekker Jimmy Dijk in BNR's Big Ten van de Lijsttrekkers. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BBB-lijsttrekker Caroline van der Plas is voor grenscontroles - ze stemde voor een motie die daartoe opriep - maar in Nieuwsuur zei ze dat ze juist helemaal niet voor grenscontroles is. Het laat volgens spindoctors Julia Wouters en Raymond Mens zien dat BBB worstelt in de campagne, zo zeggen ze in de podcast. Daarnaast gaat het weer over Jetten, die opvallend genoeg liever Mark Rutte heeft dan Sigrid Kaag. Wil je als eerste op de hoogte zijn van alles, meld je dan aan voor de  splinternieuwe Spindoctors-nieuwsbrief via eo.nl/spindoctors Je kunt ons nu ook volgen op Instagram! We heten daar @despindoctors. De afleveringen van De Spindoctors zijn ook te zien op YouTube. Kijk en abonneer op: De Spindoctors. (https://www.youtube.com/@despindoctors) Presentator: Jan Willem Wesselink De Spindoctors: Julia Wouters en Raymond Mens Regie: Hanno Janse Montage: Willem de Gelder Redactie: Hanno Janse Video: Colin Ursinus / Hof Broadcast Services

Het CDA zou zomaar een sleutelpositie in een nieuw kabinet kunnen krijgen. Volgens de peilingen halen ze 5 keer het aantal zetels dat ze nu hebben. Waar is deze wederopstanding aan te danken en hoe zorg je dat je geen eendagsvlieg wordt? En hoe verklaart het CDA de keuze om te snijden in de zorg om, bijvoorbeeld, voor de hogere defensie-uitgaven te betalen. Te gast is CDA-lijsttrekker Henri Bontenbal. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De BBB profileert zich al lang niet meer alleen als boerenpartij. Ook migratie is een steeds belangrijker onderwerp voor de partij. Is de BBB sinds de vorige verkiezingen verder opgeschoven naar rechts? te gast is lijsttrekker Caroline van der Plas. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vrede maakt vrolijk. Dus zijn de Nare Jongens in een opperbeste stemming. In deze aflevering onder anderen: de Donald, Frans 'Halbe' Timmermans, Joost Eerdmans, Rolo Bontenbal, Caroline van der Plas, Sonja Barend, Sander 'D66' Schimmelpenninck, Sandra Nogwat, Johan Derksen, een keiharde primeur over Martien Meiland, Arie Boomsma en... Phil.Ga voor meer naar: https://petjeaf.com/narejongens

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Volt droomt van een ‘Silicon Europa’ – een Europa dat innoveert, investeert en vooruitkijkt. Maar hoe verzoent de partij die grootse visie met de weerbarstige Brusselse praktijk? En hoe gaat een kleine partij zulke grote doelen realiseren? Te gast is Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt, in BNR’s Big Ten van de Lijsttrekkers. Gasten in BNR's Big Ten van de lijsttrekkers: -Laurens Dassen, lijsttrekker van Volt -Caroline van der Plas, lijsttrekker van de BBB -Henri Bontenbal, lijsttrekker van het CDA -Jimmy Dijk, lijsttrekker van de SP -Eddy van Hijum, lijsttrekker van NSC -Dilan Yeşilgöz, lijsttrekker van de VVD -Christine Teunissen, de nummer drie van de PvdD -Rob Jetten, lijsttrekker van D66 -Mirjam Bikker, lijsttrekker van de CU -Frans Timmermans, lijsttrekker van GL-PvdASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

met toestemming van Uitgeverij KokBoekencentrum te Urecht behandeld Gerard van der Plas iedere maandag het dagboek Eén houvast van dr. W. Verboom. (42) zondag 43 vraag 112

Er is veel te doen om de Raad van State de laatste tijd. BBB-leider Caroline van der Plas vindt de Raad van State te politiek gekleurd en wil de benoemingen van de staatsraden door de Tweede Kamer laten doen. Vice-voorzitter Thom de Graaf van de Raad van State reageerde gisteren bij Nieuwsuur en zei onder andere dat 90% van de adviezen van de Raad positief is. Maar klopt dat wel?

De afgelopen dagen was er veel te doen over de Radboud Universiteit. Eerst voelde BBB-leider Caroline van der Plas zich niet veilig om langs te komen en gisteren zorgden pro-Palestijnse demonstranten voor een gevaarlijke bezetting. Sven spreekt minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap Gouke Moes erover. Sven op 1 is een programma van Omroep WNL. Meer van WNL vind je op onze website en sociale media: ► Website: https://www.wnl.tv  ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omroepwnl  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omroepwnl ► Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wnlvandaag ► Steun WNL, word lid: https://www.steunwnl.tv ► Gratis Nieuwsbrief: https://www.wnl.tv/nieuwsbrief 

Sam en Victor bespreken het opvallend milde optreden van Frans Timmermans bij Vandaag Inside, waar hij verrassend goed overweg kon met Johan Derksen. Ook gaat het over onrust binnen de VVD, de afzegging van Caroline van der Plas vanwege veiligheid en het relletje rond Volt dat een debat met Forum weigert. Een volle politieke week aan de vooravond van de Radio 1-debatten.EW Politiek Vandaag is je korte update over Nederlandse politiek: wat doet het laatste (geo)politieke nieuws met de bloeddruk op het Binnenhof? Victor Pak (politiek verslaggever) en Sam Verbeek (online redacteur) duiden drie keer per week de impact van Tweede Kamer-debatten, verkiezingen, kabinet en internationale ontwikkelingen (EU, VS, China). Elke maandag, woensdag en vrijdag in je podcastapp én op YouTube. Wil je reageren? Stuur dan je vraag of opmerking naar podcast@ewmagazine.nl. Deel de podcast met vrienden en kennissen en laat een review achter.

De totale affakkeling van Frans Timmermans bij Vandaag Inside is uitgebleven. Politiek commentator Wouter de Winther denkt dat ze bij GL/PvdA buitengewoon tevreden zijn over het optreden van hun partijleider. In Afhameren blikt hij met Pim Sedee terug op de opvallendste momenten. Binnen de VVD wordt intussen al vooruitgekeken naar de periode na Yesilgöz. En BBB-leider Caroline van der Plas moest een bijeenkomst op de Universiteit van Nijmegen afzeggen na bedreigingen door pro-Palestijnse demonstranten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

met toestemming van Uitgeverij KokBoekencentrum te Urecht behandeld Gerard van der Plas iedere maandag het dagboek Eén houvast van dr. W. Verboom. (41) zondag 43 vraag 1112

Het was het ultieme voorbeeld van 'eigen volk eerst': de weigering van het kabinet om ernstig zieke kinderen uit Gaza in Nederlandse ziekenhuizen op te nemen. Deze week was daar de draai, waarschijnlijk omdat die houding toch niet zo goed staat in campagnetijd. Die campagne is inmiddels in volle gang: chef politiek Raoul du Pré ziet hoe politici als Van der Plas en Wilders de waarheid, soms tussen de regels door, verdraaien. Onze journalistiek steunen? Dat kan het beste met een (digitaal) abonnement op de Volkskrant, daarvoor ga je naar www.volkskrant.nl/podcastactie Presentatie: Gijs GroentemanRedactie: Corinne van Duin, Lotte Grimbergen, Iris Brans, Julia van Alem en Jasper VeenstraMontage: Simone EleveldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Çdo mëngjes zgjohuni me “Wake Up”, programi i njëkohshëm radio-televiziv i “Top Channel” e “Top Albania Radio”, në thelb ka përcjelljen e informacionit më të nevojshëm për mëngjesin. Në “Wake Up” gjeni leximin e gazetave, analiza të ndryshme, informacione utilitare, këmbimin valuator, parashikimin e motit, biseda me të ftuarit në studio për tema të aktualitetit, nga jeta e përditshme urbane e deri tek arti dhe spektakli si dhe personazhe interesantë. Zgjimi në “Wake Up” është ritmik dhe me buzëqeshje. Gjatë tri orëve të transmetimit, na shoqëron edhe muzika më e mirë, e huaj dhe shqiptare. 

Afgelopen weekend congresseerden maar liefst zes partijen. Ze staan in slagorde en zetten de kern van hun boodschap, hun strategie en tactische manoeuvres klaar voor hun offensief, voor hun defensieve flanken en de weg naar electorale triomf. Alle reden voor Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger om in kaart te brengen wat opviel, wat miste, wat verraste en wie zich mochten profileren. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Op zondag 21 oktober kun je een opname van betrouwbare Bronnen bijwonen in de kleine zaal van Het Concertgebouw: Muziek en tirannie. Bestel hier je kaartje(s) Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact. *** De PVV Met één lid is een partijcongres eenvoudig. Je nodigt wat fans uit in de kroeg van je Heimat. Toch heeft Geert Wilders het allerminst eenvoudig. Zijn triomf van 2023 en de regeerflop daarna heeft hem opnieuw een cordon sanitaire opgeleverd. En hem beroofd van thema's. Wilders zet alle ballen op asiel. Dat thema dient als codewoord voor alles wat hij haat: Islam, moslims, de Koran en 'woke'. De sociale Geert is verdwenen, net als al die PVV-bewindslieden die de boodschappen en de zorg goedkoop zouden maken. Ook wil hij best met iedereen samenwerken als hij maar premier wordt en 'de asielagenda' onverkort uitgevoerd. Het gaat dus maar om één ding: wraak op een verdampte vijand, Omtzigt. Daarvoor is hij zelfs bereid zijn gevaarlijkste opponenten op het schild te hijsen: Frans Timmermans en Henri Bontenbal. Het NSC De partij is Pieter Omtzigt voorbij, maar wil een brug blijven, onderstreepte lijsttrekker Eddy van Hijum. De vraag blijft: tussen welke oevers. In november 2023 wás NSC zo’n brug, die Dilan Yesilgöz en Caroline van der Plas toen wel wilden bewandelen. Nu NSC de PVV in de ban doet, ziet Jaap eerder een draaibrug voor zich. Het CDA Ruud Lubbers' Rotterdam paste als locatie wel bij de boodschap van Henri Bontenbal. Niet de somberheid van Sybrand Buma of de consultant-uitstraling van Wopke Hoekstra, maar Lubbers' eenheid van 'de drie p's' - partij, program en persoon - vielen op. Vier grote namen zweefden boven de zaal, de speeches en discussies. Angela Merkel met haar nadruk op de 'Besonnenheit' van 'die Mitte', Konrad Adenauer met zijn waarschuwing 'Keine Experimente', Lubbers met het nuchtere, aanpakkerige en Europese en Dries van Agt met “Wij buigen niet naar links en wij buigen niet naar rechts.” De VVD Het liberale dilemma is lastig. De partij van Ruttes stabiel bestuur vertoont labiliteit sinds in 2023 de deur werd opengezet naar de PVV. Haar bondgenoten heeft de VVD van zich vervreemd, op het niet-liberale BBB na. Dilan Yesilgöz verdedigde haar koers opmerkelijk: om rechtse resultaten te boeken had zij welbewust die Schoof-coalitie gesloten. En daarom wilde ze nu opnieuw 'centrumrechts', zij het nu dan met CDA, D66 en JA21 erbij. De VVD doet hiermee nu denken aan de periode-Nijpels die in 1986 moest hopen dat het CDA groot genoeg werd om zelf nog een kans te hebben. De zelfbewuste VVD van Frits Bolkestein die Paars mogelijk maakte lijkt geheel vergeten. En de pogingen van Mark Rutte om met GroenLinks te gaan regeren eveneens. Andere congressen - JA21, ChristenUnie, Partij voor de Dieren - waren ook boeiend en er komen er nog een aantal aan. De knallende schoten voor de boeg zijn nog maar het begin. *** Verder luisteren 524 - Met een wrakhoutkabinet naar de verkiezingen https://vriendvandeshow.nl/bb/episodes/524-met-een-wrakhoutkabinet-naar-de-verkiezingen 521 - Hoe saaier de politiek, hoe gelukkiger het land https://omny.fm/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/521-hoe-saaier-de-politiek-hoe-gelukkiger-het-land 517 - Na de champagne de campagne https://omny.fm/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/517-na-de-champagne-de-campagne 514 – De andere waarheid na Schoof https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/ad370858-1ae4-447b-8d4b-1bcf7bc33ac2 509 - Het verdriet van Geert Milders https://omny.fm/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/509-het-verdriet-van-geert-milders 491 - De voortdurende twijfels van Nieuw Sociaal Contract https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/83010cd4-3e7d-474d-a4aa-502aa73c94ea 474 – Parlementair historicus Joop van den Berg: “De democratie is in groot gevaar. Je moet niet denken: het loopt wel los" https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/cc04f1a0-75fa-4300-9ba6-a40b893f4c03 362 - Wordt Dilan Yeşilgöz de Ad Melkert van 2023? Opmerkelijke overeenkomsten met het omwentelingsjaar 2002. https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/39a5947e-e284-4fa8-bdf5-934f2a25f5b7 467 - De twee levens van Angela Merkel https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/5e3f2740-723b-4279-bce6-39eb58ac963a 47 - Konrad Adenauer https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/46ef1c9b-7a86-420f-b96c-3a108741e439 461 - Ruud Lubbers zag het een slag anders https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/c2c97419-89bc-4f85-8316-58d1bee4efcf 164 - Dries van Agt, eigenzinnig politicus, paradijsvogel, wereldburger https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/8e7db847-1a51-483f-a351-0fd1ab1ca68f 117 - Tien wetten die elke lijsttrekker zich moet inprenten https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/e6dc1c2b-60ea-42db-b453-7b40254789af 168 – De zeven geheimen van een succesvolle verkiezingscampagne https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/e3613460-680a-4e9c-9f18-d88af82dccbd *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:31:36 – Deel 2 01:02:05 – Deel 3 01:29:36 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mike Feldstein discusses Air Quality with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]   Podcast Highlights Improving Indoor Air Quality for Better Health with Mike Feldstein   In this episode of the Rational Wellness Podcast, Dr. Ben Weitz discusses indoor air quality with Mike Feldstein, founder of Jaspr. Mike shares his journey from wildfire and mold restoration to developing a high-quality, quiet air scrubber designed for home use. They explore the impact of poor indoor air quality on health, the limitations of standard air purifiers, and practical tips for improving air quality at home. Mike highlights the importance of clean air, particularly in bedrooms, and offers insights into air filtration, mold detection, and the prevalence of microplastics. The episode emphasizes the need for greater air awareness in the wellness space and introduces Jaspr's advanced air scrubber as a comprehensive solution.   00:00 Introduction to the Rational Wellness Podcast 00:26 Meet Mike Feldstein: Air Quality Expert 01:37 The Importance of Air Quality 06:09 Challenges in Indoor Air Quality 08:17 Wildfire Impact on Air Quality 14:17 Mold and Indoor Air Quality 24:02 Healthy Homes and Air Filtration 26:46 Cooking and Air Quality 27:30 Wildfire Smoke and Indoor Air Quality 28:11 Range Hood Efficiency Test 29:07 HVAC Systems and Air Circulation 31:33 Microplastics in Indoor Air 34:17 Sources of Microplastics 37:49 Impact of Pets on Indoor Air Quality 39:48 Optimizing Bedroom Air Quality 43:06 Jaspr Air Purifier Features 48:32 Special Offer and Conclusion      __________________________________________________________________ Mike Feldstein is the founder of Jaspr, a high quality air scrubber, and an air quality expert. With a background in wildfire restoration, air quality consulting, and home remediation during some of the biggest natural disasters, Mike started Jaspr to innovate in air science and technology. His goal is to protect air quality and improve human health using the latest air quality science.  You can learn more by going to Jaspr.co.  The cost of Jaspr is normally $1199, but if you use the discount code WEITZ for the next 2 weeks it will only be $799.  Dr. Ben Weitz is available for Functional Nutrition consultations specializing in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders like IBS/SIBO and Reflux and also Cardiometabolic Risk Factors like elevated lipids, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure.  Dr. Weitz has also successfully helped many patients with managing their weight and improving their athletic performance, as well as sports chiropractic work by calling his Santa Monica office 310-395-3111. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Podcast Transcript Air Quality with Mike Felstein: Rational Wellness Podcast 422 Dr. Weitz: [00:00:00] Hey, this is Dr. Ben Weitz, host of the Rational Wellness Podcast. I talk to the leading health and nutrition experts and researchers in the field to bring you the latest in cutting edge health information. Subscribe to the Rational Wellness Podcast for weekly updates and to learn more, check out my website, dr whites.com. Thanks for joining me, and let's jump into the podcast. Hello, rational Wellness podcasters. Today I am excited to be having a discussion about indoor air quality with Mike Feldstein. I believe this is the first detailed discussion we've had on this podcast about indoor air quality. Mike Feldstein is the founder of Jasper. Which is a high quality air scrubber, and Mike is an air quality expert. He has a background in wildfire restoration, which is especially significant to those of us living in Los Angeles in [00:01:00] 2025. And he was also involved with air quality consult consulting, home remediation during some of the world's biggest natural disasters. Mike started Jasper. To innovate in air science and technology. And his goal is to protect air quality and improve human health using the latest air quality science. Mike, thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me, man. I'm excited to talk all things air with you. So I guess you're an airhead. Air snob, a snob. There you go. Perhaps you can tell us what you were doing for a living and how you became interested in air Mike: quality. Yeah, so it's kind of twofold. The big one was, my background was in wildfire flood and mold restoration. So we weren't doing it locally, we were traveling. So anywhere where the biggest disaster was in North America, that's where we were going. So California wildfires, [00:02:00] hurricane Harvey Canadian wildfires, floods, hailstorms, all that kind of stuff. So it was like really disaster response restoration. And the main thing that you do when you're remediating anything is you have to clean the surfaces and the air. People think about mold removal, but visually you only think mold remediation has like removing the mold. But that's not the case when you remove mold. You're isolating the environment, you're removing the physical materials and you're scrubbing the air inside and outside. So a lot of restoration and environmental cleanup, it's equal parts air as it is surface cleaning. And we would use these big machines called air scrubbers. They were huge, loud, they kind it like, like this, like big subwoofer looking things. Very loud, very industrial, but they clean the air incredibly well and. When I started comparing that to air purifiers that you would find out like a big what Walmart Best Buy, home Depot. What people [00:03:00] imagine when they think about an air purifier are the scrubber specs versus the purifier specs was almost like 20 to one, and I'm like. This doesn't really make much sense because people are buying air purifiers for wildfire smoke all the time, and it's way too small to get the job done. An analogy I like to use for people is it's like trying to heat your bathtub with a kettle, using a little air purifier to try to clean your air. It's tea. A kettle is fantastic if you're trying to make a pot of tea, but you cannot heat your bathtub with a kettle because it's gonna be cooling down faster than you can possibly heat it up. So the. I, and it was frustrating because we would remediate a home after wildfire or smoke, detox it, clean it three weeks later, it would be contaminated again, because often the ambient outdoor environments after a disaster would stay bad for months. So I'm like, okay, where can I find a. Beautiful air scrubber, a quiet air scrubber that people could leave in their homes [00:04:00] regularly, that wouldn't sound like a truck, and they didn't exist. So that's when I realized that, okay, there's lots of remediation and restoration companies, but how can there possibly be no product that works like a scrubber, but that is also quiet and beautiful? So that kind of changed my path from all things restoration to just completely focusing on air. And then the other side of that was when we would, in between disasters, we would do air consulting. So if somebody was sick at home and they didn't know why, we would come to their home and test everything to figure out if something might be lingering in their environment that's keeping them sick. And people generally, water and air and EMF and everything, it's the normal is not good. So I kind of just. I realized that a lot of people are quite water aware, they're diet aware, they're movement aware, but air awareness relative to all these other big health inputs was completely un. You know, it wasn't getting the time and attention that it needs. And I started [00:05:00] seeing people have a huge be health benefits by improving their air. So I went all in. Dr. Weitz: It's definitely the case that those of us in the wellness community are really focused on the food we eat, the what we drink, the water, the pure purity of that. And we focus much less on the air, but yet we breathe a lot more air than we eat food or drink water. Mike: Yeah. So, to put it into perspective for people. The average person, let's say, eats two pounds of food a day, two or three pounds of food, drinks a gallon or so of water. But you can, you breathe up to 17,000 liters of air. You can go three weeks without food, three days without water, and only three minutes without air.  Air is the first thing breathing. It's funny with food, we talk more about the food that than we eat than how we eat it. We talk about the water, not how we drink it, but breath work and breathing gets a lot more conversation. This breath and breathing [00:06:00] gets a lot of attention while we're ignoring the actual air that we're breathing.  The air is the fuel that you're breathing and people are completely ignoring their fuel source. Dr. Weitz: So what are some of the biggest issues with indoor air quality? And I say this here in Santa Monica, California, right next to Pacific Palisades where we had these horrific fires. And I imagine the stuff being spewed into the air is probably not over. 'cause first you got the fires, then you got, they're quite, in a way, they're digging out the soil. And then we're gonna have all this massive construction happening soon here. Mike: So the big picture, the issue is. Roughly since the seventies, homes have been optimized to be airtight boxes, so they're incredibly tight. They're built to be energy efficient, keep the cool in, in the summer, keep the warm air, and in the winter. Now, if you think about a pond, if you think about a moving [00:07:00] stream or a current or a river, generally moving water. Clean water. Right? But when a stagnant pond, that's where you get algae, bacteria, mosquitoes. If you can imagine all the things that you see growing when water is stagnant. So outdoor air is free flowing. It's like the lakes, it's like the oceans. But we've built our homes. Basically our homes are little stagnant ponds. So because there's no air movement in our homes, this is where everything starts to grow and starts to fester. Plus, we spend like 95% of our times indoors on average. So there's a reason why you don't walk down the street and have mold problems, or have dust problems, or have VOC problems. These are indoor problems. Our homes are incredibly tight, and the greatest air purifier of all time is nature. The UV light from the sun, wind, rain trees, but we've trapped all that outside. We've trapped ourselves inside, and then we have thousands of chemicals in our homes from the paints to the flooring, the adhesives, the fire retardants, cooking [00:08:00] pets, and it just can't breathe. It has no airflow. So generally speaking, the problem is with how we build homes and how we live in a modern society. That is causing all of these problems, especially like, and then in a wildfire setting, you are absolutely right. So you ha like people ha, when you test the air quality and water quality and soil quality, it can stay bad for a very long time after a fire. And the recent LA fires in January are unique, like one I've never seen before because I've never seen that many homes burnt in that concentration. But also. That many electric cars. So I'm very curious like what happens when you burn four, 5,000 lithium batteries? We know, and everyone's been at a campfire where someone throws the bag of marshmallows in and they're like, that even looks and feels very toxic. So now imagine scaling that up to like a billion x when you have everything in every home that burnt every can of paint. The [00:09:00] walls, the floors, the furniture, the chemicals, the cleaning products, the cars, their batteries. So it's a very toxic soup. And then, yeah, so you have all that, of course, that gets in the soil and it gets in the water, and then every time that the wind blows, the ash kicks up more and more. And then, yeah, then you'll have your rebuild phase. It's a pretty big deal. Dr. Weitz: I know every day I would go out to my car after the fires and it would just be covered in soot and then you just think, oh my God, how much of that is getting into my lungs? Mike: A lot. And it's a tough situation because, and like a lot of people in LA, because the city is so vast, a lot of homes, it was unclear the amount of damage because. A lot of you go into your home, and if you don't. See piles of ash everywhere. You just figure, my home's fine. Its smelled smoky a couple weeks ago. It's all good now, but it doesn't really work that [00:10:00] way. Be if you test anybody who didn't detox their home in la now if you test their carpets, their couches, their bedding for hexavalent chromium, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or heavy metals. If you don't detox it and pull it out, just think about our bodies, how many years we can hold heavy metals and things if we don't detox it out. So every porous material in your home is the exact same, and a lot of people don't remediate and detox their homes because they don't realize that they need to. Dr. Weitz: Can you even detox that stuff out? Do you have to just throw out everything that's porous? The poor stuff is pretty hard to deal with. You're talking about mattresses and carpets and furniture and stuff, so it depends like Mike: which way the wind was blowing your proximity to the fire. So that's why TE testing can be a decent idea for people. Also, depends if people had good air filtration in their homes beforehand. So. If somebody had significant air filtration in their home, [00:11:00] then likely most of those particulates were being captured before they had a chance to settle on surfaces. But typically, all of the hard surfaces can be cleaned up, but the soft surfaces would be replaced. But it's not black and white at all. Actually created on YouTube. Oh, yeah we put it on YouTube recently. If people look on our YouTube and type in like Jasper Smoke course it used to be. Like an email thing, but now it's just totally free and it's on YouTube. So after the fire is up, I was chatting with everybody like an hour, several hours a night about their unique situation and 99% of those conversations was, were the exact same. So I just created a bunch of videos on how to assess your own home, do you, should you go with insurance, how to vet your contractors, how to detox your own home. All that kind of stuff. So people want, if anyone wants to dive deeper into smoke detox, it's all available on YouTube. Dr. Weitz: Interesting. And then and then I guess after all that, then detox your body as well [00:12:00] that I don't Mike: have experience in, but that's absolutely a good idea. You, you'd be the guy for that. Yeah. And if you think about it, like when a lot of people are sick at home, the their aha air moment. Often occurs when they go on a trip or they go camping and then they feel great and then they come home and they're sick again. And they have this moment, is my home making me sick? So if you're not optimizing for the, like your home, that's your fish tank. And if you think about how would you clean a swimming pool, you use a water filter. You don't jump in the pool and use a sponge and scrub the sides. You need to filter the water constantly, right? And. In a home, people are spending a lot of time and energy and money on mopping and vacuuming and wiping counters, and that's all great. But if you don't, if you don't also have a strategy in place to filter your air, you're just that. You're just in the swimming pool, scrubbing the sides and not filtering the water. And [00:13:00] guess what happens if you don't filter that pool of water? It turns green real fast, so people's indoor air, you cannot see it. Most of the time, but wow. When we test air, it's usually off the charts. Typically, we see indoor air that's five to 10 times dirtier than outdoor air. Dr. Weitz: So how do you find somebody, what's the best way to test the inside of your house? You have to have an expert come in and test it. Do they? How do you know? Mike: You know, so I used to be, that's what I used to do. Okay. And I can't tell you a time when I'd ever go into a home where if I tested someone's air or water, that it was good. Like it just isn't. Okay. Indoor air is pretty much always bad, so the practical way to test, there's a few things to look for, but a pr a practical thing, like you could go and pay $1,500 or more for an expert to come into your home, but, and I was that guy, but I did not feel good because the 80 20 like. They would've been better [00:14:00] off just getting the solutions. Dr. Weitz: Okay. Mike: Because, you know, just assume your home is toxic. If you want to verify it. And depending on people's budgets and everything, like if you test your home for mold, indoor and outdoor, there's always mold. I always tell people, if you ever wanna break a lease, call me. I'll come over and I'll find the mold. Well, Dr. Weitz: you need to talk about that a little more because mold's a big topic in the functional medicine world and we talk a lot about testing. You're home for mold testing, the body for mold, and there's a lot of controversy. Oh no, this test is not accurate. It's showing mold and maybe you don't really have mold, but I've heard you say before, and you just said here, that pretty much everybody has some degree of mold in their home. Mike: And in their body, like when have you ever done a test and seen zeros? That's not how it works. It's, Dr. Weitz: well, you know, it's interesting. I think that makes sense because mold is an important constituent of the environment. In fact, it's in the soil, you know, just like bacteria are. And the goal is not to [00:15:00] rid ourselves of all bacteria and all fungi. Mike: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. People know what happens if you take too much antibiotics, like you kill your immune system, right? So yeah, it's, people got this idea that like mold is the big enemy. The problem is you're, if you think about that piece, that sandwich. Out on the counter, not so bad. You put it in the Tupperware, it starts growing mold, and your home is essentially a big Tupperware box. So you have mold issues because if you live in a airtight home with no ventilation and no filtration, that's the real problem here. So typically when you do test for mold indoors, you always want to test outside and you want to test inside. And if you don't test outside, the test is completely useless. Because that's your control sample. So if it rained there, could the spore count is gonna be incredibly high inside and outside. Your indoor air comes from outside. So [00:16:00] if people have a noticeable odor in their home, it smells musty. Or if they've had water damage, if they've had leaks. Like if you have visible mold in your home, that is a time when you want to get restoration and remediation done. If it smells really strong of must and mold, that's when you may want to go and look for it. But I've seen a lot of people who, I call it whacka mold because they're just looking all over, you know, they're dealing with a little leak here and a little thing there, and they're cutting open this wall. Next thing you know, it's like investigative surgery of your home. And then, you know, next thing you know, you're living in another home for six months or 12 months and you're displaced and it costs a fortune. And a lot of people like it's not a black and white situation. And when I hear people talking about it, it's like, I've got the mold like. If you take a thousand people and you test everybody's home and bodies for mold, everybody has some amount of mold. It's more about like what concentration, what species, and technically you're not even supposed to [00:17:00] test for mold if it's rained within two or three days. I can't remember if it's 48 or 72 hours. Nobody, no mold testing company in the world that I've ever encountered upholds that standard. How could you imagine on a it, it drizzles that morning you canceled the job. You still have to pay your employees. The customer's not gonna want to pay you to not come, right? So nobody does that. You just take your control sample inside and outside, but it can dramatically skew results. But more or less, if you're living in a really tight home, the VOCs from your furnitures and the paints and the off gassing and the cooking and the mold is a big problem. So it's not that mo mold does make a lot of people sick, but you could have five people living in a home. Two are sick. One is moderately sick and two are completely fine because people you know, they detox differently and they ha have different severities of allergies to things. I honestly treat mold not so differently than pollen. Like someone could have their life. [00:18:00] Wrecked havoc from excessive pollen and someone else won't notice a thing. And I find mold to be very much like that, where for some people it's a big problem. For others it's not. But to me, like I preferred filtered water. My water budget is huge. We get glass bottles of water delivered every couple weeks, like. For me, air and water were like my first two. 'cause those are the two things that I need to survive the most. Right? If I can only live three minutes without air, clearly it's quite important to me. If I can only live a few days without water, also important. So where a lot of people are starting from supplements and then food, and then water, and then air. I've kind of flipped it a little bit where I'm dealing with the thing that I consume the most of and then branching up from that place. Dr. Weitz: I've really been enjoying this discussion, but I just want to take a few minutes to tell you about a product that I'm very excited about. Imagine a device that can help you manage stress, improve your sleep, and boost [00:19:00] your focus. 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So there's multiple different tests and some skew positive and some skew negative. I mean, there's the Petri dishes. Dr. Weitz: We have the IMI test. Is there? Is there? You got the Mike: aerosols? Yeah. IMI basically is restoration. Companies love IMI because it's designed to be generally quite alarmist. So with an imi, it's testing your dust, right? There was obviously mold at some point in your air, so even if there's not mold. Today, a lot of it, there was some mold that passed through. So [00:21:00] you test take a dust sample and it's generally like a, it's designed to be a fairly alarming test, even the way that the report is kind of designed. It's a perfect thing for restoration companies. I'm just looking at financial incentives for restoration. Companies love it because it's always gonna get the insurance company to approve a reclean. So if Derby's not the best test, what is the best test? Well, it's not that. It's, the thing is it's a good tool also. Okay. Okay. So if, so, and like, it's not that it's a ba and aerosols can also skew negative 'cause they're just looking at the exact moment of time. Right. So, Dr. Weitz: you know, the, so use the army test, but don't exaggerate the results. The best test Mike: of all is like the best. If we're going from best to worst, it's the, it's like a mold dog. A mold sniffing dog, you'll find exactly where the mold is. You can't beat that. But like once I had tested hundreds of homes for mold, for example. I, I didn't really need to do testing anymore [00:22:00] because you can feel it, you can feel it in your lungs immediately. You could between smell, difficulty of breathing in my lungs, I could go into a home. Most people who do indoor environmental testing, they know in the first two or three minutes just 'cause their body tells them what's going on. And then the data is just to quantify that for the homeowner or for the patient, like. Your body really knows if, but I mean, mine is more calibrated because I've tested a lot before, but I still I like the aerosol test. I also like the imi. It's a tough one. It's really, it really depends also if someone has cancer and money. Just saying like they, they have a severe health issue and a large budget. I would definitely bring in a company to do testing, but that's not the, so you kind of need to find the balance. Like anything with health, like health isn't free, so it's a little bit nuanced to, to give blanket advice is a little bit difficult. Is Dr. Weitz: there any benefit to the Petri dishes? [00:23:00] Mike: If so, when I used to do the Petri dishes, we were supposed to. Get the p like we would do the Petri dish and then instantly give it to the lab and they would culture it in the lab environment. If you kind of let it sit in your home environment pretty much always grows mold mo unless you're filtering your air. So like that, like, and that's really like, or really good ventilation, so that's why older homes often. Can be good because they're leaky or new homes are incredibly tight. So people, when I was doing air testing, almost half of the testing work that we were doing was people who just moved into a brand new home because the, it was so tight that it would have humidity issues and off gassing and VOC issues basically right away. And the problem is. Like the architect and the builder aren't typically sitting around saying, how do we make the healthiest home for people? Like, [00:24:00] you know, you buy a home. Why? Dr. Weitz: Why isn't somebody doing that? Why isn't somebody saying, we, here's a design that allows a home to breathe and this is gonna be healthier for you. So Mike: on the custom home level, they exist. So if you Google Healthy Home Builder, there's a handful per city and it's a growing trend that I believe strongly in using better materials, using better hvac, you know, mold resistant, no off-gassing low VOC, a good ERV system, which basically is a fresh air intake so your home can actually breathe better. While maintaining its energy efficiency, but if you think about it, when someone typically buys a home, they'll go get a home inspection and all that home inspection is looking for is there anything in the home that is gonna cost me money? How's the roof age? How old's the water heater? Is there cracks in the foundation? Typically, there's no prior to that process that says, is this a healthy home for my family to live in? And that's why, that's [00:25:00] where the air awareness is more important than any product anybody can create. Because once you start asking the questions, you're able to kind of navigate and advocate for yourself. But I'm really. Expecting to see a trend here where we see healthy homes and going beyond custom homes to the developer level. Unfortunately now, the, it used to be clean living and now the term wellness has really got hijacked. Wellness now means like often very edge case biohacking tools, whereas it used to mean like. Go clean water, clean air, clean diet, go for a walk after your meals, get some sunshine. Go for like, it used to be about healthy living. And then on top of that, how do we layer in our exer, our exercise, our strength training, our supplement, it's literally called supplements. It's supposed to be the extra thing to balance you out, but it's become the. Pill like people have started to lean on pills, has the primary thing [00:26:00] as opposed to a supplementary thing, and unfortunately until the homeowner and the consumer is made aware, there is no value actually put on. A healthy home, right? The consumer's not valuing it yet, so therefore neither is the builder, neither is the architect. It's, they just wanna say, how fast can we build a home? How many square feet? How cheap do we have? A two garages, you know, if people are looking for a whirlpool and things like that, they're looking for features, right? Instead of just a home that has great air, great water, really good lighting, right? I feel the movement coming in this direction it just, it takes one breath and one conversation at a time. Right. And that's what we're, that's what we're trying to do here. Dr. Weitz: So how does cooking affect air quality? And I heard you speak about some of the issues even with the range hoods. Mike: That's perfect. So we'll talk cooking and I'll talk just like I like giving people a bag of tricks, [00:27:00] free tips that they can implement immediately that doesn't require buying anything at all. So, but to cooking is a big problem because the way your home is. Built so tight. When you cook, a few things happen. And it doesn't matter if you're just, if you're cooking bacon, you could be making grass fed steak with organic oil and no seed oils and still be heavily polluting your air. So when you take high heat and protein, that creates something called polycyclic air magic aromatic hydrocarbons. And that's a cancer causing. Compound that we would test for after wildfire smoke. That was one of the most common things that we would test for. So high heat and protein gonna be a big problem. The particulate themselves, the actual PM 2.5 that gets off gassed is another issue. Then obviously a lot of people also have, gas ranges and most range hoods don't work. So if the ventilation is working good, we have no problem. Commercial kitchens [00:28:00] tend to have really good range hoods in a in a home environment. There's a few problems. Number one, they're typically too high, they're not powerful enough, and they're not vented properly. So, this is the one thing that everybody should do. Take your take a tissue. Hold it up to your range hood and put it on fan speed, one or two and make sure it's actually sucking it up and pulling it up. 50 50. It doesn't, so if it's not even pulling up a tissue, it's not even bring, it's not intaking any air. So that's the first thing. Then two, check where it's venting. So a lot of the time it's venting up into the cabinet. Just above, it's not going outside. And the whole point of ventilation is to vent outside. So you want to, you want a range hood that can hold up a tissue. You want a range hood that vents outside. And then ideally, if you can, if you're like boiling or simmering use the back burners [00:29:00] instead of the front burner, because the back burner captures a lot more particulate than the front burner. And what happens when you cook. It's not just a localized issue. For example, if you take a 3000 square foot home and you know, Jasper can detect the air in real time. So if I have a Jasper in my baby's bedroom and I'm Dr. Weitz: so, so just for everybody, Jasper is the air purifier that you developed and it also gives you some reading as to the quality of the air, correct? Mike: Yeah, so it's reading the particulates in real time. And adjusting its fan speed accordingly. So even if Jasper is in your baby's bedroom and you're cooking in the kitchen on the opposite side of the house, within a minute or two, Jasper's gonna be detecting the poor air quality in the bedroom in every room because you have an HVAC system that's designed to circulate and mix the air. So you think of the, like when you walk into someone's home who's cooking, you [00:30:00] smell it right away and you smell it because it's everywhere. And then just like the wildfire smoke we were talking about before, it gets absorbed into the couches, into the chairs, into the clothing, into the all the poorest materials. So if people have a rangehood that's not working and the weather permits regardless, like I open my windows big time when I'm cooking. Because you really just don't want to be offgassing heavily in your home. And then on top of that, I would do the same tissue test in your bathroom. So make sure your bathroom fans can also hold up a Kleenex or a paper towel or something like that. And then you should check to make sure your bathroom fans are venting outside. A lot of people's bathroom fans vent directly in the attic. And then of course they have moldy attics because they, if you have a family of four, taking four showers a day, you're dumping gallons of water into your attic. And of course you're gonna have mold for sure. And then, yeah, filtration really helps too. So the way Jasper works is it's gonna automatically [00:31:00] respond to any cooking in any particulates, so that way it's silent. You'll have your green light on, you'll see a low number, like a four or five. Which is, and we're looking at PM 2.5, and those are the particles that are small enough to enter your lungs and your bloodstream. So if we measure the air in a home with no filtration and we cook, the air quality can stay elevated for three or four days, and by that point it's been absorbed in all your materials. If you have a jas, a couple Jaspers in the home, within 20 minutes, we're back down to baseline. So it's a huge difference between filtering your air and not filtering your air. Right. Dr. Weitz: What about microplastics? Because there's been a lot of talk about microplastics and we know that they end up in our brains, but they're also in our lungs. Mike: Yeah. So there was a study done in London where they tested a hundred homes and 98% of all samples contained microplastics in them and indoor environments had up to 40 times more microplastics than [00:32:00] outside. Wow. So. And then they started to work with a lab that was doing biopsies on people's lung tissue, and almost a hundred, I think a hundred percent of all the lungs that were tested had microplastics in them. Wow. So they say that the humans that live in cities on average are breathing one credit card worth of microplastics per week. That's insane. And how does this happen? So you have things like plastic manufacturing, just general plastic breakdown when things decompose over time. They decompose often into the air. If you think about a car, you have to change your tires every few years. The rubber wears thin, like where do you think the rubber goes? All this stuff goes airborne. And then inhalation is the primary exposure route for microplastics. So it's kind of interesting that people are thinking about the microplastics in their water. But there's a very good argument to be made that you could be breathing way more plastics microplastics than you are drinking them. [00:33:00] So we did a study about two months ago. We contacted the lab and we said, Hey, can we do a microplastic study to show how Jasper, is Jasper effective for microplastics? If so, how effective? And they said, there's not an exactly a microplastics test because, they're all different sizes. So they said we can do a latex bead test where they have these microscopic latex beads that they aerosolize that are the size of some of the most common microplastics, and we removed 98% of all of them in one hour. So the good news here is your indoor, it's like a good news, bad news. Your indoor air is way worse. Then your outdoor air across the board when it comes to microplastics, mold, dust, even pollen, we get way more pollen inside our homes than outside because it gets trapped in there and it can't get out. The good news is if you filter your air, it's not a problem anymore. So you can turn like, you know, you can't heal in the place that made you sick, and you can turn this negative that's making [00:34:00] you sick into a clean air sanctuary. So instead of saying, let me go outside and get a breath of fresh air, how about let me go inside and get a breath of clean air so you can really turn this around very cost Dr. Weitz: effectively. Where are all these microplastics in our home actually coming from? Mike: So, like I said, it's the plastic manufacturer. It's out, it's mostly outdoor sources. Oh, okay. Because our indoor air comes from the outdoor air. So it's, right. It's like, it's the rubber from the tires, it's the factories. It's all that stuff. It's the plastic products in your home are slowly decaying and decomposing over time. Also a reason why you don't wanna live near a freeway. It's a good idea. I actually, when I have tested air by highways, it's always been less bad than I expected it to be, huh? When it is bad is during Russia like bumper to bumper traffic. Freeways are bad, like highly congested. Freeways are bad, but freeways that don't have a lot of traffic that are constantly flowing are much less bad. Okay, because you [00:35:00] don't have like thousands of cars in one small area constantly running their fumes. So. And there's also even debates now that plastic kettles could be released. Like, like things that heat up water in your home could also be aerosolizing like, to me, that makes sense. I can't say I've seen a test on it, but if you think about a plastic kettle with boiling water against plastic, if you can get microplastic we know that we can get microplastics in our food and in our water. In our water bottles and our Tupperware. So if you think about anything that, that has high heat and plastics and the sun is constantly breaking things down, and then when it breaks down, they go airborne. I Dr. Weitz: was just reading an article about how a lot of black plastic utensils like you use you know, in the kitchen because they're made from recycled plastic, that plastic has toxic material from computers or whatever else that gets into it. And so then that breaks [00:36:00] down. Mike: Yeah, it makes sense. Like if that, and also if that plastic is touching the high heat, right? Like when you look at that spatula over time, it's like, it's smaller. It's that edge kind of comes down a little bit. It's like where did it go? So the interesting thing was in London, 100% of homes tested and they would test the dust sample and every single dust sample had microplastics in it. 'cause dust is a collection of things. It's not just one thing. And a good way to know if you have an indoor air problem. The best way is do you have dust? If you have, does everybody have dust? No. Dr. Weitz: No. I have no dust that's just because you dust every day or you'd seen dust ever accumulate No where? Mike: Well, Dr. Weitz: think about this Mike: if you have dust on a coffee table, okay? Did the dust come emerging from the coffee table or did it come from your air? Right? So you're saying Dr. Weitz: if your air is clean, you won't have dust. Mike: Yeah, of course not. If you filter the air, if you filter the dust from the air, then it [00:37:00] doesn't land on surfaces because you capture it before it actually lands. I thought dust, Dr. Weitz: it was coming off your skin and your pets and everything else, and it just lands there. Mike: Well, think about it. It can even, it can be on the dustiest place could often be your, the door cells your doorframes and your window sills, places that are actually above your body. So it's not like it's just falling off of you on the floor. I see. The stuff that falls off you is very light, so it gets mixed into your air system very quickly. I see. So it's all about the air. It dust is. Yeah, like it, it is, dust can be pollen. It's mold, it's allergens, it's the pollution, it's the VOCs. It's a combination of all of the things. And then dust creates a really good vessel for mold spores to hit your ride around your home. Great. Dr. Weitz: What about pets? I've heard you talk about pets not being great for indoor air. Mike: Pets are also a problem. Yeah. Well, think about this, especially like everybody I know who has a dog [00:38:00] also sleeps with their dog. So if you think about it, could you ever imagine taking a blanket, going outside with it, rubbing it along? Your neighbor's glyphosate filled lawn, maybe on some other dog butts, rubbing it on some trees across the road. Then bring it inside and shake it out in your bed. It seems like a crazy idea, but that's literally most people's experience every day when you have a dog. Plus of course you have the pet dander. So yeah, you get all that stuff coming from outside. The pet dander itself. Dogs do contribute to humidity as well. And then cats have two, two issues. They also have allergens, but cat litter can also create a huge problem. If you look at what's in cat litter, it is not good at all. And so it, it's all kind of cumulative, right? Like no. One of the things that we talked about here is gonna be a make or break, but it's when you have an airtight home with no [00:39:00] ventilation, no filtration, it has cooking, it has pets, it has the allergens. That is a perfect storm for poor health. Most people nowadays, we're not ventilating our homes and we're not filtering our air. So it's just a constant accumulation over time. People and a lot of people wear their shoes inside, so that brings everything from outside as well. So the pets are definitely an issue, especially if people are allergic to pets. Dr. Weitz: Yeah, I think I heard you say that there's like 99% likelihood you're gonna have fecal matter on your shoes. Mike: 95% of all shoes tested at fecal matter on them. Wow, because like you go outside and dog shit outside, like it's not surprising. But the cool, the coolest thing is where to, you know, make it tangible and practical. The number one place to optimize for by far is your bedroom. Like if you spend one third of your life where you sleep, one third of your life [00:40:00] where you work, and kind of one third miscellaneous out and about taking care of those two thirds. Is very practical and that doesn't require, you know, it's very easy with health stuff to get super overwhelmed and you feel like it's impossible and it's this big rabbit hole, but it doesn't have to be that way. So like I, I just put sleep above everything else. And then what are the ingredients for a good night's sleep? You need a good bed. Cool clean air. So everybody, thermal comfort is like humans optimize for thermal comfort over everything else. So the cool air is really important, even if that's moldy, dusty, pollen filled air, a lot of people don't even notice that. Fun fact, we did a sleep study last year where we gave 150 people, Jaspers, who were using Ora rings to track their sleep, and the average person slept 25 minutes more per night and 18% deeper sleep. Wow, that's amazing. So when I go into a bedroom and I use my par, my [00:41:00] particle, like my commercial grade particle counter, let's say there's typically a million particles floating around of all sizes. When we put Jasper in someone's bedroom within 20, 30 minutes, it's 95% cleaner. Wow. And then it's great. So I live in Austin and Jasper's based in Austin. So whenever anyone buys a Jasper in Austin, we actually deliver it to their home and we test their air. So we go to their home, we go typically first. Jasper's gotta be in your bedroom. We do our particle counter, we turn the Jasper on, we talk for five or six minutes. By the time we, we leave their bedroom and to go into their main home, their first breath outside of their bedroom they find that it feels very heavy. Harder to breathe because it's like if you were drinking tap water your whole life growing up it was just water. You weren't paying attention to it. And then if you start drinking filtered water, all of a sudden tap water tastes very chlorinated. You can taste the tap water now. It's a big difference. That's why I said I'm more of an air snob because once you start [00:42:00] breathing clean air, it becomes very annoying and difficult. You go to, all of a sudden the sense and the heaviness is everywhere, but like. In a bedroom, good bed, good sheets, cool air, and clean air. If you sleep in air like that is the thing that you live inside of. So naturally, by cleaning up the environment, it has a profound impact on your sleep. And then when your sleep is good, sleep to me is synonymous with recovery. So. A lot of people who struggle from seasonal allergies, they go from a lot of allergy attacks to none. People who snore, we're doing a snore study in a couple months. A lot like my favorite, my, my sister here, literally like, we get this every week, but my sister, her husband's John, he's been snoring for five or six years. Once they put Jasper in their bedroom, he stopped snoring. Now they're not sleep divorced anymore. You know, John's back in the bedroom. So it's [00:43:00] really profound, honestly, the impacts that cleaning up your air in your bedroom can have on one's life. Dr. Weitz: How does Jasper work? What makes it better than other air purifiers? Mike: So the big thing is the size, like. Most air purifiers that you see are made by billion dollar companies that make thousands of products. They make everything under the sun, so it was kind of just another box for them to check in the market, to throw it on Amazon and throw it at Walmart and call it good like. Think, how crazy is it that the air people Google Air freshener more than air purifier? Everybody's got an air freshener and all an air freshener is shooting chemicals out to hijack your ability to smell so you don't smell the garbage anymore instead of just cleaning the air in Allers are toxic. Yeah, so like PE ins, it's, instead of dealing with the problem, which is dirty air, they're like, let's just throw some more chemicals in there. And that'd be a great way to solve the problem. Last week actually we just got back from our [00:44:00] first hotel trip in Miami. There's a hotel there called the Caron Hotel, and they're the first clean air hotel in the country. So they have a Jasper in every single guest suite and Oh wow. All 30 massage therapy rooms as well. Huh. So if anyone's in Miami and wants a good night's sleep, I highly recommend that place. Back to your question though, about what makes it different, so. It's really designed to be industrial, so it's like what makes a pickup truck different from a sedan? You know, they both have four wheels, doors, a roof, an engine, but one can like pull a lot of stuff. It can haul your boat, it can haul your trailer, and one's just designed to. Haul, take a few people around town. So in, in its nature, Jasper is a lot larger. So it's moving about five times the air of a traditional air purifier. Our filter is four and a half pounds. Most filters are about half a pound. So our filter's about nine to 10 times heavier 'cause we just have more filter media in there a lot. There's the hepa, there's the carbon. [00:45:00] So the filter's just much, much bigger. When you look at most air purifiers, their filter looks like a tissue. It's not much more than a piece of paper. Ours is like super heavy duty. We make it outta steel instead of plastic. Going back to microplastics, PLAs polluting plastic. Is horrible for the environment. So to buy a machine that's supposed to clean your air, that pollutes the environment, seems counterproductive to me. And then also, like the lifespan. So Jasper's designed to last about 25 years. Every component in there was designed by my restoration brain saying, how do we make like a restoration grade machine that I would use for mold removal, floods and hurricanes, but with the aesthetic and the design that people would want in their home. So when it's more powerful. That means it's more because it's bigger, it's very on, its lowest fan speed. It's virtually silent in a bedroom setting. You can turn it onto dark mode. It has no wifi, no Bluetooth, no EMF. So if you, the simplest way to think about Jasper is for [00:46:00] every one Jasper, you would need four or five small little machines, and it'd be very unpractical to put four or five little machines in each bedroom of your home. So we just consolidated it and made, it's like if there was. Big trucks and sedans, but no SUVs. We kind of have like the only SUV, and that's why we call it an air scrubber because it's really designed to be heavy duty, but also designed to be beautiful. Dr. Weitz: It's really amazing that it's designed to last 25 years. There's not too many products that are designed to last 25 years. Your car is not designed to last 25 years. Mike: Dude, I hate planned obsolescence, and I hate, and I hate planned obsolescence and I hate inflation. You'd think as we get more efficient and more productive and more technology, that prices would go down and we would build things to last longer. But I think a lot of companies, you know, big public companies like. Quarterly revenue. They wanna sell more stuff every three months. Whereas I believe that if you just make a really great product that people can basically keep for a lifetime, [00:47:00] they'll buy more of them. They'll tell their friends. So the way our lifetime warranty works is if Jasper breaks. We ship you a brand new one. You take the new one outta the box, you put the old one back in the box. We give you a prepaid shipping label that we email to you, and then we pay to send UPS to your front porch to pick it up off your doorstep because I can't tell you how many times I had like a warranty on a product. They wanted me to send photos, videos, original receipt, get an obscure shape box, go to FedEx and pay a hundred dollars to ship it back. And I just think that's bullshit. I think if Jasper breaks, that's Jasper's problem. That's Jasper's fault, and I think it. It. I think companies should really put their money where their mouth is. Like we don't even have a sales department here. Everyone here who engages with customers was a former air quality expert, you know, been in thousands of homes. It's the same people that are going to people's homes every day. So we just view, we truly view Jasper as an air education company that happened to also make the world's only air scrubber.[00:48:00] Designed for your home. But that's why 90% of what we're doing is going to functional. Like right after this, in an hour from now, I'm going to a functional medicine clinic to teach them all about air and set them up with Jaspers because they're detoxing people that are living in moldy, pollen filled environments. So they're doing great stuff, but they're completely missing the most foundational part. So 90% of our time as a company is in education. And then because we only make one. Product it, it allows us to just offer a really good quality of service. Dr. Weitz: So in order to order Jasper, is it jasper.com? Is that the website? Mike: I wish it's jasper.co. Dr. Weitz: Oh, okay. Mike: Dot co. And Jasper's spelled JSPR.co. And ibel I'm seeing my, Dr. Weitz: yeah I believe there's a discount code that if our listeners and viewers put in code WEITZ, my last name, W-E-I-T-Z, they'll get $400 off. [00:49:00] Mike: Correct. So Jasper's normally 1199 with your, with Code WEITZ, it'll be $799. And what we're gonna do is, so starting today, the day that the podcast came out. For two weeks, it'll be valid for $400 off. After that, we'll leave the code live forever, but it'll be $200 off. I just know myself as a consumer, I typically only buy things when there's an opportunity to get a good deal. So if. That's also why we don't sell on Amazon Best Buy or any of these big stores because they would take all the margin and we wouldn't be able to give big discounts. So our whole philosophy is go speak to health conscious people, educate them as much as we can in an hour or so, give them the best price possible. And so, yeah, so for the first two weeks, starting today, code WEITZ at JASPR.co is $400 off. And then after two weeks from now, it'll be $200 off forever. So, but if you feel so [00:50:00] called and you want to invest in your air, now's a good time to do it now, one. You can only get one your bedroom a hundred percent, a thousand percent, take care of your clean air and the one in your bedroom. You should really use fan speed two or fan speed three on dark mode, so you hit the light button so there'd be no ambient light. And it'll be at a higher fan speed. So it'll be a gentle white noise scrubbing your air constantly. And then if you're putting one in your living room, you put that one on smart mode. So it's silent all the time, and that's the one that will automatically adapt to any cooking and cleaning that you're doing. Dr. Weitz: So if you were gonna get two of 'em. Bedroom first. Yeah. Second would be the living room or would it be the kitchen? Mike: So typically most homes, the living room and the kitchen are very close to each other. Okay. Even though the polluting, polluting happens in the kitchen, it spreads throughout the whole home. So Jasper in your living room is gonna detect it in the kitchen like right away. Anyways, so the idea is you want to have the air [00:51:00] cleaning where you spend the most time. Right. So. That's why a, a bedroom or a home office or a living space where the whole family's hanging out in the evening, those are the places that you really want to take care of. First and foremost. Dr. Weitz: That's great. We're recording this podcast, but it's gonna get it's gonna get put up in about six weeks, so Mike: Well, for everyone's because we don't know the exact day. That's why I'm just saying today, Dr. Weitz: right. From your perspective. Mike: The podcast came out today. So yeah, I hope that resonates with someone. And also, like I said, we don't have a sales department. Everyone here is an air expert. So if you have any questions, Jasper or know Jasper about your indoor air, your environment, anything, hit us up on Instagram, send us an email. We are here to help. That's great. Thank you so much, Mike. My pleasure, man. Thanks for having me. Dr. Weitz: Thank you for making it all the way through this episode of the Rational Wellness Podcast. For those of you who enjoy listening to the Rational Wellness Podcast, I would very much appreciate it if you could go [00:52:00] to Apple Podcast or Spotify and give us a five star ratings and review. As you may know, I continue to accept a limited number of new patients per month for functional medicine. 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Hidden among the rolling hills of Flintshire, North Wales, lies a brooding mansion with a past as dark as its looming façade. Welcome to this week's episode—where history and hauntings collide. We're stepping inside one of the most notoriously haunted houses in Britain... Plas Teg.Built in 1610 by Sir John Trevor I, Plas Teg is a stunning Jacobean manor... but behind its elegant stone walls lurk tales of heartbreak, restless spirits, and centuries of chilling encounters. From ghostly ladies wandering the halls, to the tragic legends of love and loss etched into the very foundations, this is a house where the past refuses to stay buried.In this episode, we'll delve into the grisly folklore, uncover the mansion's bloody Civil War ties, and explore the chilling experiences of those brave enough to visit. So grab your torch, steady your nerves, and step carefully—because at Plas Teg, the ghosts are always watching.

Welcome this weeks Dark Realm, the beautiful, and terrifying "Plas Teg".This jacobean mansion in the heart of North Wales apparently holds 15 ghosts and today, we'll take a closer look at a few of them. But with so many to choose from, this could be the first Dark Realm we return some point in the future.YES, you heard correctly, for the month of June ONLY, as a special anniversary treat and a thank you, we're giving a full weeks trial of our Patreon away! Just head over on the link below and away you go! If it's not for you? Simply cancel before your trial expires, meanwhile enjoy FULL access to our highest tier, and thank you for being the best listeners by miles. By making the choice of joining our Patreon team now, not only gives you early Ad-Free access to all our episodes, including video releases of Dark Realms, it can also give you access to the Patreon only podcast, Dark Bites. Dark Bites releases each and every week, even on the down time between seasons. There are already well over 100+ hours of unheard true paranormal experiences for you to binge at your leisure. Simply head over to:www.patreon.com/thedarkparanormalTo send us YOUR experience, please head to our website: www.thedarkparanormal.comYou can also follow us on the below Social Media links:www.twitter.com/darkparanormalxwww.facebook.com/thedarkparanormalwww.youtube.com/thedarkparanormalwww.instagram.com/thedarkparanormalOur Sponsors:* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DARKPARANORMAL for a great deal: https://happymammoth.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy