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In this message from Romans 1–8, Pastor David Platt highlights the nature of God's Word and encourages us to receive it with trembling. Explore more content from Radical.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

Hey Daywalkers and Nightstalkers this week, we will be taking a look at this past summer's sci-fi/survival horror film, The End of Oak Street. In the film, Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as Denise and Greg Platt, the parents of two teenagers whose entire suburban neighborhood (following a mysterious cosmic event) has been mysteriously transported back in time to when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. And now, the bickering Platt family must band together to navigate their now unfamiliar and dangerous surroundings in order to find a way back to their own time. Tune in and find out what we all thought, won't you!?!  

Written, co-produced, and directed by David Robert Mitchell, The End of Oak Street is the science fiction survival film starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor. After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighbourhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognisable surroundings. We break down all things dinosaurs, time travel, and irate neighbours.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

LinkedIn-Posts per WhatsApp-Voice: XHANA gratis ➔ https://xhauer.com/xhanaWorkshop "Wie LinkedIn-Posts Leads bringen" gratis ➔ https://xhauer.com/linkedin-workshopIn dieser Folge spreche ich über ein Problem, das die meisten von uns kennen, die regelmäßig Thought Leadership Content erstellen: Die eigenen Ideen fühlen sich entweder zu platt an, oder man verliert sich so tief im Thema, dass man nie fertig wird. In diesem Live-Coaching-Call zeige ich, warum Quantität immer zu Qualität führt – und was passiert, wenn du dir selbst das Commitment gibst, konstant zu veröffentlichen. Wenn du neu auf meinem Kanal bist:Mein Name ist Michael Asshauer. Ich bin Gründer und Geschäftsführer von XHAUER. Mein Team und ich helfen jeden Tag Anbietern im komplexen und technischen B2B, ihre Pipeline mit guten Verkaufsgelegenheiten zu füllen. Durch eine systematische Kombination aus Performance- und Content-Marketing. Ganz ohne Bunte-Bildchen-Marketing, sondern datengetrieben nach dem Grundsatz “Do more of what works”.Ein paar Fakten für dich, wie ich hierher gekommen bin und welche Reise ich auf diesem Kanal dokumentiere:25 Jahre: Gründung meines ersten Technologie-Unternehmens Familonet25 Jahre: Abschluss meiner Studiengänge Volkswirtschaftslehre, Betriebswirtschaftslehre und International Business (Hamburg & Melbourne)28 Jahre: Ausgründung unserer B2B-Software-Entwicklungsagentur onbyrd 30 Jahre: Übernahme unserer Unternehmen durch den Daimler-Konzern (heute Mercedes-Benz Group AG)31 Jahre: Gründung meiner Business-Content-Plattform “Machen!”32 Jahre: Gründung meines Performance-Recruiting-Unternehmens Talentmagnet (und anschließender Verkauf)34 Jahre: Gründung unserer B2B-Marketing-Agentur & Beratung XHAUER, gemeinsam mit Paula.Heute, fast 40: Paula, unser Team und ich sind auf dem Weg, eine der besten B2B-Agenturen & Beratungen weltweit aufzubauen.Auf diesem Kanal teile ich alle Erkenntnisse, Learnings und Best Practices aus Tausenden Kampagnen offen mit dir, sodass du sie für euer Marketing anwenden kannst.Für B2B-Marketing, das die Pipeline füllt.Dein Michael Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

An'n Sünnavend, den 26. September, is Rolf Zuckowski mit den Pries vun'e Hamborger Quickborn-Vereenigen ehrt worrn. Uttekent worrn is he för sien Engagement för die plattdüütsche Spraak. Mehr as 80 Leder op Platt hett he bet nu in siene Ledermaker-Karrieer schreven, vör allen ok för de Finkwarder Speeldeel. Bavento sett he sik mit sien Stiften "Kinder brauchen Musik" dorför in, dat dat mit de plattdüütsche Spraak wiedergeiht. Wi sünd bi de Priesverleihen in'n Lichtwarksaal vun'e Carl-Toepfer-Stiften mit dorbi ween. Bavento geiht dat ok noch üm dat ne'e Stück vun'n Theatervereen Rellingen. "Wo to Höll geiht dat na'n Heven" heet dat Stück, dat an'n tokamen Sünnavend, den 3. Oktober, Premieer fiert. - wi hebbt de Lüüd vun'n Theatervereen Rellingen bi en Proov besöcht. Un wi sünd op den Melkhoff Reitbrook bi Jan-Hendrik un Gerd Langeloh to Besöök. Moderatschoon: Jan Wulf

For two days in mid-October, ash fell like snow atop Beijing. All that remained of one of the greatest cultural storehouses in all of human history, put to the torch as an extremely personalized punishment... after everything not nailed down inside it had already been looted off, of course. But the man it was meant to punish... wasn't even there. He'd already slipped out the back door of the Forbidden City weeks before - leaving an opera troupe to play on and cover his escape, as he left his own capital behind to its conquerors for the last time. What was left was a city ready to be conquered, a conqueror who didn't want it at all, and who would negotiate a very favorable credit-extension deal instead... with a computable interest in the survival of the government he'd just humiliated, and in the quiet of the very ports the Taiping had spent all summer marching toward. Time Period Covered:Aug.–Dec. 1860 CE Major Historical Figures:The Qing:The Xianfeng Emperor [1831–1861]Prince Gong, the emperor's half-brother; imperial plenipotentiary [1833–1898]Senggelinqin, Mongol prince; commander in the north [1811–1865]Zaiyuan, Prince of Yi, imperial commissioner [1816–1861]Muyin, imperial commissionerHengqi, Qing officialZeng Guofan, imperial commissioner against the Taiping [1811–1872]The Qianlong Emperor [1711–1799] The British:James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, High Commissioner & Plenipotentiary [1811–1863]Frederick Bruce, British Minister to China [1814–1867]Harry Parkes, interpreter & negotiator [1828–1885]Henry Loch, Elgin's private secretary [1827–1900]Thomas Bowlby, correspondent of The Times [1818–1860]Gen. Sir James Hope Grant, commanding the British force [1808–1875]Rear Adm. Sir James Hope [1808–1881]Capt. Charles Gordon, Royal Engineers [1833–1885]Robert Swinhoe, interpreter [1836–1877]Lord Macartney, ambassador to the Qianlong court, 1793 [1737–1806]Lord Amherst, ambassador, 1816 [1773–1857]King George III [1738–1820]Queen Victoria [1819–1901] The French:Baron Gros, French PlenipotentiaryGen. Charles Cousin-Montauban, afterward Comte de Palikao [1793–1877]Felice Beato, photographer [c. 1832–1909]Jean Denis Attiret, Jesuit painter at the Yuanmingyuan [1702–1768] The Russians:Count Nikolay Ignatiev, Russian envoy [1832–1908] The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom:Hong Rengan, the Shield King [1822–1864] Major Works Cited:Giles, Herbert A. A Glossary of Reference on Subjects Connected with the Far East.Gros, Baron. Négociations entre la France et la Chine en 1860.Hake, Alfred Egmont. The Story of Chinese Gordon.Leavenworth, Charles S. The Arrow War with China.Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

In this message from Matthew 28:20, Pastor David Platt explains how the church's mission flows from communion with the triune God.Explore more content from Radical.

How often do you get to talk to a guest who has both an Academy Award and who invented textbook machine learning algorithms? John Platt has an Oscar, two textbook algorithms, two named asteroids, and an Erdos-Bacon number of 6. This was easily the most fun bio of all the guests we've read to date. And the result was an epic and fun chat covering Google's Empirical Research Assistance (ERA), how AI can help battle climate change, and tons of great stories about the co-evolution of science and AI.John's colleague Dave Bacon likes to tease John that his career has been defined by being twenty years early to the next big thing. This may be convolutional neural networks (some credit him with coining the term), fusion research, quantum computing. John and Google have been working on solving some of humanity's hardest problems with AI and computation for well over a decade now. Recently John and his team set their sights on using AI to solve any scientific problem that can be written down as a score.Google's Empirical Research Assistance (ERA)John's team has taken on many hard scientific problems over the years. In solving these, they noticed a pattern, many scientific problems can be reduced to what John calls a “scoreable task”. Once you have the score function, the goal is to find some code that maximizes the score. The hard part is in formulating the score, but once you have the score finding the maximizer can still be quite a lot of effort.John's team set out to automate solutions to this general problem. This came out of the idea of an “auto-Kaggle” AI, which can solve any Kaggle problem you can throw at it. Kaggle is owned by Google, so all the data was ready and easily available to them!The result is Google's Empirical Research Assistance or ERA (paper, github, blog). ERA is surprisingly simple conceptually. Gemini (or your LLM of choice) keeps a running tree of past experiments (notebooks) and where they're going. It's a close cousin of Monte Carlo Tree Search: at each iteration the Upper Confidence Bound rule picks which notebooks are most promising to mutate. This is optimistic, not greedy, so sometimes even the fifth-best notebook gets chosen. Gemini then proposes mutations for each one, about ten at a time. The history of each branch is shared, so different leaves can learn from each other.“It's almost like having a hyper-eager grad student who doesn't sleep.”Evolutionary algorithms have been around since the 70s, but this works because Gemini actually knows where to look! What's even more interesting is that there was a step change between Gemini 2.0 and 2.5, and this went from just not working to working great.ERA is so powerful that John and his team solved many outstanding problems with it, resulting in at least ten papers. Some of these were climate change related, which we talk about in the next section.So, we had to ask: if you have an optimization god how do you avoid fooling yourself? John's answer is that ERA provides predictive models. It's up to the scientist to make sure they're truly descriptive. Some of this just involves good old-fashioned careful machine learning science. “It's a power tool. It can slice your fingers off.” This led to some fun discussion about Kaggle competitions, and the fun ways people can overfit to datasets without meaningfully solving the problem you actually care about: Google's contrail-detection competition was won by entrants who noticed a half-pixel error in the labels (is the origin at the corner of the pixel or the center?) and this turned out to be a part of the winning special sauce. Great for winning $15,000, not so helpful if you actually want to solve contrails.“People themselves will act like these LLMs and try to reward hack. It goes back to Goodhart's law: any metric that becomes a target is no longer good as a metric.”His advice for where to start instead?“Always just fit linear regression. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it. Or SVM.”Tackling Climate Change with AIJohn and his team have worked extensively to mitigate the effects of climate change. We talked about several of their initiatives.Perhaps the most interesting result we talked about was reducing the effects of condensation trails (contrails) from airplanes. Those little streaks you see running behind planes somehow account for 1% of all human-induced global warming?!? Some of these trails of ice crystals can hang out for days. These crystals are black in the infrared, acting like a thermal blanket that traps heat day and night.It's easy to understand what's happening here, a region of atmosphere becomes “ice supersaturated”, and a tiny bit of exhaust seeds water vapor that instantly crystallizes. The scale here is astounding, with a single gram of exhaust resulting in ten kilograms of ice crystals.The solution to all of this is quite simple, in principle! We know what parts of the atmosphere are most likely for the trails to form. Just have the planes drop a flight level or two. Problem solved, right? Well, the hard part is accounting for how much warming was prevented. This is a counterfactual problem, parts of which stumped John's team for over two years. They had a working model for the heat-trapping half, but not for the reflected sunlight. ERA was able to find a simple model with some confounders they hadn't considered. Cracked it!Modeling climate generally is a hard problem. Climate is best thought of an attractor of many different possible weather outcomes. This makes it much harder to model.“Weather is where you are on the attractor, and climate is the statistics of the attractor. The problem with climate is that we're altering it. The attractor itself is changing, it's moving.”John and his team have worked on treating both the symptoms and the disease of climate change, with several other works in the area. Another fun example we briefly cover is FireSat, a way of using a constellation of satellites to rapidly identify fires before they grow too big to put out. For anyone living in California, you understand the problem. In dry years a small fire can result in hundreds of thousands of acres. If you could find this fire when it's the size of a room, it could be put out. By the time it hits an acre we have a much harder problem.Where is this all going? Looking forward by looking backBy now it should be clear John has an incredible and unique view over the intersection of science, computation, and AI. John talked about a class on physics of computation he took with Richard Feynman back in 1982. This was when quantum computing was an ill-defined concept with no theory or experimental backing. John recalls every Tuesday was a guest lecture, and every Thursday was Feynman explaining why the Tuesday guest was wrong. John also recalls doing science back when there was essentially no compute, a million operations per second was cutting edge.What is John's recommendation: the most important skill is developing deep domain expertise. There's no other way to develop taste than to tackle hard problems. One surprising part of this is that John recommends spending time doing things the old fashioned way. Play with tools, and just implement things yourself.“You could drive up the mountain, or you could hike up the mountain, and maybe it's okay, even fun, to occasionally hike.”Summing it up, John's message to the audience is that there will still be a place for scientists, and that if anything it will just open up more opportunities for “the creative stuff, the rigorous stuff, the philosophy stuff.” But don't forget to spend time doing the grunt work.“There just seems to be this strong impetus in the world to optimize and squeeze everything out. But you do lose something when you hyper-optimize. It's overfit.”And whatever tools you end up using, John's advice is the same one Feynman gave him forty years ago: you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.We had a great time talking with John. We hope you enjoy! Also in this episode* Fusion is three years away, not thirty, if you ask John. And why the Lawson criterion means every fusion approach has an Achilles heel.* Why superconducting qubits are still finicky.* The asteroid he named after his mom, which turned out to have a moon.* The looming helium shortage nobody talks about.* How NeurIPS started as people crashing a private workshop at Snowbird, and why Hopfield networks are all you need.* Being Carver Mead's sysadmin on a VAX with an 80 MB disk the size of a dishwasher.* Finding asteroids in 1985 with film, a stereoscope, and a letter to Brian Marsden. The Vera Rubin Observatory found 11,000 in six weeks.* The Feynman effect: total clarity in the room, none once you leave.* Quantum echoes, the NISQ era, and why he thinks quantum is neither thirty years away nor tomorrow.* A startup that wants to inject mercury into a fusion reactor and sell the transmuted gold. “It might not work.”* John's 20% time rule for his own group: do stuff for learning, and you don't even have to tell him what. This is a public episode. 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Üm de Weltmesterschupp bi Slachters, üm en Mehrgenratschonenstück in Gannersee un üm en Schaulhymne op Platt dreiht sik dat dütmol.

Wolfgang Meyering ist Musiker, stammt aus dem Emsland und ist mit Hochdeutsch, Plattdeutsch und Holländisch aufgewachsen. Und mit Musik, die ihm quasi in die Wiege gelegt wurde. Was er daraus gemacht hat und über viele seiner Projekte sprechen die zwei.

Bi "Wi snackt Platt" stellt wi Jo dütmal dat ne'e Motto vun uns Geschichtenwettstriet "Vertell doch mal" vör, wi verloost Korten för de Live-Opteken vun de Kumedi "Kribbeln in'n Buuk - Der Himmel voller Geigen" in't Ohnsorg-Theater an'n 26. September (Dat Stück is noch an'n sülvigen Avend in't NDR Fernsehn to sehn) - un wi maakt en Provenbesöök bi de Lohbrügger Börgerbühn, de vunaf den 4. Oktober dat Stück "De Nervbüdel" speelt.Moderatschoon: Jan WulfDe enkelten Themen in düsse Utgaav:

Mit einem Treffen auf der Hansesail und einer Annonce fing alles an, nun sind die Mitglieder der Theatergruppe "Dei Platt Komedi" aus Rostock schon seit vielen Jahren gemeinsam unterwegs, mit Programmen auf Plattdeutsch. Das Besondere: viele der Gruppe sind selbst schon älter. Doch die sechs beweisen, dass Theaterspielen jung hält und dass etwas Jux und Dallerei auf der Bühne noch niemandem geschadet hat. Die Theatergruppe ist vor allem in Seniorenheimen unterwegs, deshalb muss das Programm besonders gut zünden: Lieder zum Mitsingen, Sketche aus dem Alltag und bekannte plattdeutsche Gedichte gehören zum Repertoir.

In this message from Romans 1–3, David Platt highlights the obligation of Christians to take the gospel to those who've never heard.Explore more content from Radical.

Schwarz die Balken, durchzogen von hunderten Jahren Rauch, und deshalb garantiert ohne Holzwürmer: Wie im 17. Jahrhundert noch steht das alte Bauernhaus da, wer eintritt muss sich bücken. Wer im Winter hier in den ungeheizten Kammern schlafen musste, der tat gut daran, die Decke vorher auf dem Pferderücken anzuwärmen. Thomas Lenz hat sich mit dem Pingelhof-Kenner Hermann Freude und zwei Nachfahren der Familie Pingel verabredet und nimmt uns mit auf eine Führung durch Haus, Hof und Scheune.

The Loyal King does everything right. He writes ahead to Shanghai to announce he's coming – as a friend! And only for the Qing parts of the city! His standing orders: no firing on the foreigners, you get your head chopped off. He even signs off wishing them all good health until he can meet them in person. It's returned unopened. As is the second one. And so, in the third week of August 1860, an army marching under orders not to shoot back spends 5 days being shelled outside the walls of a city they thought friendly… all culminating with the French burning the suburbs to the ground, with everyone still inside. And those soldiers holding that wall on the Qing's behalf? They're the rear echelon of an expedition sailing north to burn down the dynasty's capital.Time Period Covered:June-Aug. 1860 CE Major Historical Figures:The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom:Hong Rengan, the Shield King (Gan Wang), Prime Minister [1822–1864]Li Xiucheng, the Loyal King (Zhong Wang) [1823–1864] The Qing:Xue Huan, acting Governor of JiangsuWu Xu, the Shanghai DaotaiYang Fang, banker; head of the merchant syndicateHe Guiqing, cashiered Governor-General of Liangjiang [1816–1862] The Foreigners…At Shanghai:Frederick Bruce, British Minister to China [1814–1867]Thomas Taylor Meadows, acting British Consul at Shanghai [1815–1868]Frederick Townsend Ward, commander, Shanghai Foreign-Arms Corps [1831–1862]Thomas Francis Wade, first British Inspector of Customs at Shanghai [1818–1895]Horatio Nelson Lay, British Inspector of Customs from 1855 [1832–1898]Savage, English coastal pilot in Taiping service [d. 1860]In the North:James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, British High Commissioner; Frederick Bruce's elder brother [1811–1863] Major Works Cited:Fairbank, John King. Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast: The Opening of the Treaty Ports, 1842–1854.Jen, Yu-wen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement.Michael, Franz, and Chung-li Chang. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vols. I–III.Murphey, Rhoads. Shanghai: Key to Modern China.Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War.Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan.Twitchett, Denis, and John K. Fairbank, eds. The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 10: Late Ch'ing, 1800–1911, Part 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Your Story, Your Why, Letty sits down with Stephanie Platt to discuss the evolution of her running journey. Stephanie reflects on getting her start in middle school cross country, maintaining her running routine during her husband's military deployments, and the wild five-week stretch in fall 2021 where she completed St. George, Boston, and NYC. She also opens up about why running serves as non-negotiable mental self-care for mothers and how she is navigating physical setbacks like plantar fasciitis.

In this message from Psalm 139, David Platt urges the church to address the massive problem of abortion through the proclamation of the gospel.Explore more content from Radical.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

Want help designing your training, nutrition, and recovery around the way your body and brain actually work? Apply to work with the Muscle Intelligence coaching team → MuscleIntelligence.com/apply   Wharton neuroscientist Dr. Michael Platt has spent his career studying how the brain makes decisions, why high performers burn through their attention, and what actually improves brain health and brain performance in people with real demands on their time. In this conversation with Ben Pakulski, he explains why the human brain is still running on wiring built for a world of small groups, constant movement, and natural rhythms, and what that mismatch means for anyone trying to focus, lead, and stay sharp in a modern schedule. You will learn the neuroscience of focus and why the brain has two systems that cannot run at the same time, the four lowest-cost habits Platt's research keeps pointing back to, and how a hard workout done on purpose changes the way your brain handles stress. This is a practical episode for men over 40, executives, business owners, and fathers who want a brain protocol they can actually keep. Platt covers how to focus for longer without forcing it, how dopamine and reward prediction error build habits, why physiological synchrony makes connection a performance tool rather than a luxury, and how to structure breaks across the hour, the day, and the year. If you have been looking for a neuroscientist's take on productivity, resilience, sleep, and mental performance that does not require a three-hour morning routine, this one is for you. 5 Key Takeaways Why a Wharton neuroscientist tells leaders to step away from the computer, and what it unlocks in the brain when they do. The four lowest-cost things you can do for your brain, and which one high performers skip most. How a hard workout done first thing in the morning teaches your brain it has agency, and why Platt says agency is resilience. The dopamine mechanism behind every habit you have, and two ways to use it so good decisions stop costing energy. Why your brain cannot focus and create at the same time, and the three nested time intervals Platt uses to switch between them. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:40 How does exercise fit into a brain protocol? 00:56 Your brain was built for a world 200,000 years ago 03:51 It is all about design: reducing the mismatch 05:38 Firmware, agency, and why stepping away unlocks creativity 08:10 Platt's next book: Pause 08:33 How to weigh interventions when everything is "essential" 1 0:21 The four lowest-cost basics: step back, move, sleep, connect 11:21 Silicon Valley sleep debt and the pharmacology trap 14:25 Comparing objective data vs. subjective experience  16:50 Platt's own story: anxiety, CrossFit, and pre-commitment 18:14 Controlled stress and how the brain learns agency 21:05 Agency is resilience 23:20 Belief, placebo, and the will to overcome 26:46 Curating positive brain states 27:33 Dopamine, habits, and reward prediction error 30:45 Gamifying behavior: offload the decision  31:44 Attention is a volume knob 33:20 Make the good stuff stand out 34:20 Physiological synchrony: why we are wired for connection 37:50 Could a fully virtual life ever be fulfilling? 40:30 Operationalizing focus: the two brain systems 43:54 Seasons, nested intervals, and how long to step away 46:10 Deaths of despair and the case for real time off 48:53 Purpose, humanness, and how much time to take off 50:53 Applied Neuroscience for Business Decisions 53:48 Closing     Connect with Dr. Platt   Website – https://www.drmichaelplatt.com   The Leader's Brain Book (updated & expanded) – https://www.pennpress.org/9781613631959/the-leaders-brain-updated-and-expanded/   Wharton online program, Understanding the Brain – https://online-execed.wharton.upenn.edu/neuroscience-in-business   X – https://x.com/michaellouispl1   LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-platt-21767539

FIRST 34:30: Spoiler-Free Review with our See It/Skip It Verdict AFTER 34:30: Full Spoiler Review It's another edition of See It or Skip It and this time Ian is joined by James as they head to The End of Oak Street — David Robert Mitchell's strange new collision of suburban family drama, science-fiction mystery and dinosaur-filled survival adventure. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor lead the Platt family, whose perfectly ordinary neighbourhood suddenly finds itself ripped out of suburbia and deposited somewhere very, very different. But does throwing a family, their house and apparently their entire street into the impossible make for a thrilling original blockbuster — or is The End of Oak Street trying to cram too many different movies into the same 99 minutes? Ian and James dig into whether Mitchell — the filmmaker behind It Follows — can make the leap into big-budget spectacle without losing the sense of unease and mystery that made his earlier work so distinctive. Does the film actually have something interesting to say about family, home and what happens when everything familiar is suddenly stripped away? Or are we really just here to watch Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor run away from dinosaurs? How well do Hathaway and McGregor sell the central family dynamic? Do Maisy Stella and Christian Convery give the younger Platts enough personality of their own? And when the film finally starts explaining exactly what has happened to Oak Street, does the answer make the mystery more satisfying — or was wondering what the hell was going on more fun than actually finding out? The pair also get into the film's action, Michael Giacchino's score, its use of IMAX-scale spectacle and that wonderfully odd mixture of Spielbergian adventure, creature feature and domestic drama. Is this the kind of original studio blockbuster people keep insisting Hollywood doesn't make anymore — and, if so, will audiences actually turn up when somebody finally makes one? Can a movie about a suburban family transported into the unknown balance genuine emotional stakes with the simple pleasure of DINOSAURS? Does David Robert Mitchell successfully go big without losing what makes his filmmaking interesting? And perhaps most importantly: once your entire street has been transported through space and time, does the homeowners' association still have jurisdiction? All this and more in this week's See It or Skip It review of The End of Oak Street — and of course, Ian and James will let you know if you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

Bis zum Anfang der 90er Jahre konnte Hermann Pries in seiner Heide noch nicht mal Pilze sammeln. Da war die Gegend an der Grenze zu Brandenburg noch militärisches Sperrgebiet. Heute kann der Mann aus Gnevsdorf sogar mit seiner Kutsche die Natur erkunden, natürlich mit Gästen, die in seinem fast luxuriösem Gefährt Platz nehmen dürfen. So wie in dieser Klönkist Reporterin Heike Mayer, die den Kutscher dabei nach Strich und Faden ausfragt. Hufgetrappel, Touristen-Schnack und pupsende Pferde: Eine Klönkist mit Stallgeruch.

For a thousand years, Suzhou and Hangzhou stood as synonyms for the next best thing to Heaven itself. Well... that was before 1860. As of now, Hangzhou is a fire-gutted ruin, and Suzhou is next on the target list. But the army that does the most damage… is not the invader. The Taiping arrive to find the dirty work done ahead of them, by the very Qing forces assigned to defend the great southern city, and a vast number of the city having decided to "take matters into their own hands." As such, when a party of missionaries sails upriver from Shanghai to find out just what happened to Suzhou, they'll have to wade through a literal riverful of the dead. Time Period Covered:May-Aug. 1860 CE Major Historical Figures: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom:Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King [1814–1864]Hong Rengan, the Shield King (Gan Wang), Prime Minister [1822–1864]Li Xiucheng, the Loyal King (Zhong Wang) [1823–1864] The Qing:The Xianfeng Emperor [1831–1861]He Guiqing, Governor-General of Liangjiang [1816–1862]Xu Youren, Governor of Jiangsu [d. 1860]Zeng Guofan, Governor-General of Liangjiang (from June 8, 1860); commander, Hunan Army [1811–1872]Ma Dezhao, Qing commander The Foreign Missionaries:Joseph Edkins, London Missionary Society [1823–1905]Jane Edkins, his wife [1841-1863]Griffith John, Welsh Congregationalist missionary [1831–1912]James Legge, London Missionary Society, Hong Kong [1815–1897] Major Works Cited:Jen, Yu-wen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement.Michael, Franz, and Chung-li Chang. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vols. I–III.Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War.Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The End of Oak Street is David Robert Mitchell's 2026 dinosaur survival movie starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, and Christian Convery, and it may be one of my favorite dinosaur movies ever made. Set in 1982, the film follows the Platt family after a mysterious cosmic event transports their ordinary Michigan neighborhood roughly 200 million years into the past. Suddenly, suburbia is surrounded by prehistoric wilderness, and dinosaurs aren't theme-park attractions - they're wild animals that can tear the neighborhood apart. In this episode, I give you five reasons you might want to watch The End of Oak Street. Order The End of Oak Street on 4K: https://amzn.to/4wG1X7d Buy a shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/user/forcefive Other helpful links: YouTube: https://youtu.be/LNWRY_X12Us Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/forcefive/ Website: www.forcefivepodcast.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/forcefivepodcast Email: forcefivepodcast@gmail.com

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

In this message based on Psalm 1, David Platt points us to three primary means of seeking God together––fasting, prayer, and the Word of God. Explore more content from Radical.

Ut Hamborg und de wiede Welt vun maandaags bet sünnavends: Die aktuellen Nachrichten auf Plattdeutsch.

The Platt family is barely surviving, and that’s before their neighborhood is inexplicably dropped millions of years into the past and overrun by hungry dinosaurs. The End of Oak Street isn’t nearly as concerned with explaining that premise or exploring its characters as it is with facilitating dino mayhem and nostalgia for the films of writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s youth. That can be to the film’s benefit and detriment, both of which we cover in this week’s discussion, before bringing Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds back in to see how these two family survival narratives compare in their respective ideas about flawed parents, imperiled children, and the universal human desire to not get eaten. Then in Your Next Picture Show we consider a couple of possible alternate pairing for Oak Street, one featuring aliens, one featuring dinosaurs, and both underrated. Please share your thoughts about War of the Worlds, The End of Oak Street, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email or voice memo to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Next Pairing: Alexander Ullom’s It Ends and Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris This episode is presented by⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Regal Unlimited⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. Use code NEXTPIC26 for 15% off.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Platt family is barely surviving, and that’s before their neighborhood is inexplicably dropped millions of years into the past and overrun by hungry dinosaurs. The End of Oak Street isn’t nearly as concerned with explaining that premise or exploring its characters as it is with facilitating dino mayhem and nostalgia for the films of writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s youth. That can be to the film’s benefit and detriment, both of which we cover in this week’s discussion, before bringing Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds back in to see how these two family survival narratives compare in their respective ideas about flawed parents, imperiled children, and the universal human desire to not get eaten. Then in Your Next Picture Show we consider a couple of possible alternate pairing for Oak Street, one featuring aliens, one featuring dinosaurs, and both underrated. Please share your thoughts about War of the Worlds, The End of Oak Street, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email or voice memo to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Next Pairing: Alexander Ullom’s It Ends and Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris This episode is presented by⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Regal Unlimited⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. Use code NEXTPIC26 for 15% off.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/join/NextPictureShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Editor – John Axelrad, ACE The End of Oak Street editor John Axelrad, ACE returns to The Rough Cut to discuss cutting a science-fiction thriller that takes an ordinary suburban family and abruptly removes every familiar rule of the world around them. Working with writer-director David Robert Mitchell, John had to balance large-scale spectacle and mystery with a story that remains grounded in the relationships between the members of one family. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, The End of Oak Street begins when a mysterious cosmic event rips an entire suburban neighborhood from its surroundings and transports it to someplace unknown. The Platt family soon realizes that understanding where they are may be less immediately important than simply surviving, forcing them to depend on one another as the familiar streets and homes around them become increasingly dangerous and unrecognizable.  JOHN AXELRAD, ACE John Axelrad, ACE is an editor whose credits include Ad Astra, The Lost City of Z, Papillon, Antebellum, Chevalier, Spaceman, Krampus, Crazy Heart, Two Lovers and We Own the Night. A graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television, John began his career in assistant editorial before moving into the editor's chair and has worked across science fiction, drama, horror and historical filmmaking. He is also an active mentor to emerging editors through organizations including American Cinema Editors and the Academy Gold program. The Credits Visit ExtremeMusic for all your production audio needs. Hear John discuss his work with assistant editor Jared Simon on ANTEBELLUM. Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode. Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube.

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The End of Oak Street. Directed by David Robert Mitchell. With Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, and Maisy Stella. The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a cosmic event transports their suburban neighborhood to someplace unknown. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • The End of Oak Street The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this Episode: • Run by Alex Hager Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

The stealth troops successfully sneak past the enemy lines in dead men's coats. The false flags planted on the hillside fool the city guard. The front gate assault diverts, while the sappers around back bring the walls down. I love it when a plan comes together, every single piece locking in like perfect clockwork... Except… it wasn't really the plan. The city that fell was never the objective – it was merely a diversion… a diversion that would leave 60,000 dead within a week. Time Period Covered: 1860 CE Major Historical Figures: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King [1814–1864] Hong Rengan, the Shield King (Gan Wang), Prime Minister [1822–1864] Li Xiucheng, the Loyal King (Zhong Wang) [1823–1864] Li Shixian, the Attending King (Shi Wang) [1834–1865] Chen Yucheng, the Brave King (Ying Wang) [1837–1862] The Qing: The Xianfeng Emperor [1831–1861] He Chun, Imperial Commissioner, Jiangnan Daying [d. 1860] Zeng Guofan, acting Governor-General of Liangjiang; commander, Hunan Army [1811–1872] Zhang Guoliang, commander, Jiangnan Daying [1822–1860] Zhang Yuliang, commander of the Hangzhou relief column Xu Yuren, Governor of JiangsuMajor Works Cited:Jen, Yu-wen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement.Michael, Franz, and Chung-li Chang. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vols. I–III. Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War.Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast episode delves into the intricate dynamics of interpersonal relationships, emphasizing the profound impact of effective communication on fostering understanding and connection. We explore the multifaceted nature of dialogue, wherein the nuances of verbal and non-verbal cues play a pivotal role in conveying one's thoughts and emotions. We further examine the barriers that often impede meaningful exchanges, such as preconceived notions and emotional biases, which can distort the intended message. Through a series of illustrative examples and insightful analyses, we illuminate the strategies that can enhance relational efficacy, thereby promoting a more harmonious interaction paradigm. Ultimately, our discourse seeks to equip listeners with the tools necessary to navigate the complexities of human connection, reinforcing the notion that communication is not merely a transactional exchange but a profound art form that requires continual refinement and reflection. The primary focus of this podcast episode revolves around the significant implications of the newly implemented 50% tariff on Canadian furniture, which has now become operational, including items that qualify under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This episode meticulously elucidates the ramifications of this tariff for both consumers and retailers, particularly in light of the counter-tariff list recently released by Ottawa, which enumerates 893 items that will be subject to heightened duties starting September 8. Furthermore, we delve into the strategic acquisition of Leggett and Platt by Somnogroup International, a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion, which consolidates a prominent component supplier within the mattress industry under the same corporate umbrella as Tempurpedic and Sealy. The episode also highlights Williams Sonoma's remarkable financial performance, showcasing a 6.7% increase in net revenues alongside substantial tariff refunds, which have led the company to raise its fiscal outlook for the year. Through this discourse, we aim to provide our listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the evolving landscape of the furniture industry amidst these transformative economic conditions.Takeaways:The implementation of a 50% tariff on Canadian furniture has significant implications for pricing strategies.SomnoGroup's recent acquisition of Leggett and Platt is poised to enhance operational synergies and market competitiveness.Williams Sonoma's notable revenue increase indicates a resilient performance amidst tariff challenges and market fluctuations.The impact of the newly announced Canadian counter tariffs on U.S. furniture sales is yet to be fully assessed.Consumer confidence surveys reveal a dichotomy in household sentiment regarding immediate versus future economic conditions.The tariff landscape continues to evolve, necessitating strategic adjustments from furniture retailers and manufacturers.The discourse presented intricately delves into the multifaceted nature of human interactions, emphasizing the intricate dynamics that govern social relationships. Through a meticulous examination of various paradigms of communication, we elucidate the profound impact that both verbal and non-verbal cues exert on interpersonal engagements. One salient theme that emerges from our analysis is the significance of active listening as a catalyst for fostering deeper connections. We articulate how the art of listening, often overshadowed by the propensity to dominate conversations, serves as a fundamental pillar upon which meaningful dialogue is constructed. Furthermore, we delineate the correlation between empathy and effective communication, positing that an empathetic approach not only enhances understanding but also cultivates a sense of belonging among interlocutors. In addition to the exploration of communicative strategies, our discussion ventures into the realm of cultural variances in interactions. We expound upon how cultural context shapes the nuances of communication styles, thereby influencing perceptions and interpretations of messages exchanged. This segment of our conversation underscores the necessity for cultural competence in a globalized society, wherein diverse backgrounds converge. We advocate for the adoption of a more inclusive communicative framework, one that celebrates diversity while simultaneously mitigating potential misunderstandings that may arise from cultural dissonance. Ultimately, this episode serves as a clarion call for individuals to engage in reflective practices concerning their communicative habits. By fostering a heightened awareness of our interactions and cultivating a more empathetic disposition, we can significantly enhance the quality of our relationships and contribute to a more harmonious society.Takeaways:In our discourse, we elucidated the profound implications of technological advancements on contemporary society.We examined the intricate relationship between individual agency and systemic influences within various societal structures.Our discussion highlighted the necessity for interdisciplinary approaches to effectively address complex global challenges.We articulated the importance of fostering critical thinking skills in educational curricula to prepare future generations.The episode underscored the significance of ethical considerations in the development of artificial intelligence.We explored the historical context of societal evolution, emphasizing the lessons that can be derived from past experiences.

The Drive's second hour features an emotional conversation with Illini wrestling great Danny Pucino, who is raising money for pancreatic cancer research while honoring his late father. Pucino's father, Scott, was himself a Division I All-American wrestler, and Danny has used his own wrestling platform to help raise awareness and funds for cancer research through Pin Cancer. The guys also break down the latest injury news surrounding Illinois wide receiver Jayshon Platt. Head coach Bret Bielema said Platt's injury initially had an unknown timeline, but the team has received encouraging news. Bielema couldn't rule out a Week 1 absence, saying Platt could potentially return anywhere from Week 1 to Week 3 or Week 4. Plus, it's Tuesday Draft time! The guys put together their lists of the Biggest Sports Scandals of All Time, leading to plenty of debate over which controversies deserve a spot at the top.

Get ready for another fun-filled episode of Nerds Talking, where the crew brings you the latest in entertainment, plenty of laughs, and more nerdy debates than you can shake a dinosaur bone at!This week, Lafayette kicks things off with the latest entertainment news coming out of D23, breaking down some of the biggest announcements, surprises, and stories making waves in the world of movies, television, and pop culture. From major upcoming projects to the news everyone is talking about, the Nerds Talking crew has you covered.Then it's time for the weekly entertainment news roundup, where the gang dives into the latest headlines from Hollywood and beyond. Expect plenty of opinions, laughs, and the kind of pop-culture conversations you've come to expect from Nerds Talking.But the big discussion this week centers around The End of Oak Street, the new sci-fi adventure from writer/director David Robert Mitchell, with J.J. Abrams serving as a producer. The film stars Anne Hathaway as Denise Platt, Ewan McGregor as Greg Platt, Maisy Stella as Audrey Platt, Christian Convery as Brian Platt, Jordan Alexa Davis as Jeannette Christiansen, P.J. Byrne as Mel Jacobs, and Chris Coy. (End of Oak Street)The film follows the Platt family after a mysterious cosmic event transports their suburban neighborhood to an unknown—and extremely dangerous—place. Suddenly, survival means sticking together while facing a world unlike anything they've ever experienced. And yes... there are dinosaurs! (End of Oak Street)After reviewing The End of Oak Street, the conversation takes a wonderfully nerdy turn when the crew tackles one of the great prehistoric questions: Did dinosaurs actually have feathers? What started as a movie discussion quickly becomes a full-blown debate about paleontology, dinosaur evolution, scientific discoveries, and why the dinosaurs we grew up seeing in movies may not look anything like the dinosaurs that actually walked the Earth.It's another episode packed with movies, D23 news, pop culture, dinosaurs, laughs, memories, and plenty of nerdy insights. Whether you're a movie fanatic, a dinosaur enthusiast, a pop-culture junkie, or just looking for something fun to listen to, there's something here for you.Tune in, turn up the volume, and join the Nerds Talking crew for another entertaining ride! Don't miss it!The latest entertainment news from D23Weekly Hollywood and entertainment headlinesThe End of Oak Street reviewAnne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella & Christian ConveryDavid Robert Mitchell and J.J. Abrams' involvementDid dinosaurs have feathers?Dinosaur science vs. Hollywood dinosaursPlenty of laughs, memories, debates, and nerdy insights#NerdsTalking #NerdsTalkingPodcast #D23 #D23News #EntertainmentNews #MovieNews #PopCulture #MovieReview #TheEndOfOakStreet #EndOfOakStreet #JJAbrams #DavidRobertMitchell #AnneHathaway #EwanMcGregor #MaisyStella #ChristianConvery #Dinosaurs #DinosaurFacts #FeatheredDinosaurs #Jurassic #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Hollywood #Movies #Podcast #MoviePodcast #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #GeekCulture #EntertainmentPodcast

The End of Oak Street is David Robert Mitchell's 2026 dinosaur survival movie starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, and Christian Convery, and it may be one of my favorite dinosaur movies ever made. Set in 1982, the film follows the Platt family after a mysterious cosmic event transports their ordinary Michigan neighborhood roughly 200 million years into the past. Suddenly, suburbia is surrounded by prehistoric wilderness, and dinosaurs aren't theme-park attractions - they're wild animals that can tear the neighborhood apart. In this Force Five video, I give you five reasons you might want to watch The End of Oak Street. Order The End of Oak Street on 4K: https://amzn.to/4wG1X7d Buy a shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/user/forcefive Other helpful links: YouTube: https://youtu.be/LNWRY_X12Us Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/forcefive/ Website: www.forcefivepodcast.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/forcefivepodcast Email: forcefivepodcast@gmail.com

Sunny Verma of Locked On Illini joins The Drive to break down the latest surrounding Illinois athletics. Verma discusses why Illinois wide receiver Jayshon Platt could be a special player for the Illini, the importance of special teams, and what role Platt could play as both a receiver and return specialist. Platt is coming off a 2025 season at Florida Atlantic in which he recorded 46 receptions for 720 yards and five touchdowns while also providing a major boost in the return game. The conversation also turns to Illinois basketball and the expected role of Providence transfer Stefan Vaaks. The 6-foot-7 guard averaged 15.8 points and 3.2 assists per game last season and is expected to be one of Illinois' primary playmakers. Plus, Evan's Random Illini Players of the Day!

The Movie Pals are back with a HUGE Episode 231! This week, we're reviewing The End of Oak Street (2026), the new sci-fi adventure from writer/director David Robert Mitchell (It Follows, Under the Silver Lake) starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery and Jordan Alexa Davis. After a cosmic event transports the Platt family — along with their entire suburban neighborhood — to someplace completely unknown, survival quickly becomes a whole lot more complicated. We break down the story, characters, visuals, dinosaurs, CGI and the movie's Jurassic Park, Amblin and Twilight Zone vibes before diving into a full SPOILER discussion about the portals, Greg's fate and that wild ending. Then it's time for THE ACTION VAULT!

Hayden Panettiere passed away at age 36. Jeff and Sean pay tribute to a lovely, far too young actress we love. Screaming Mad George, a legend of special effects passed away, he was 69. Yet more tribute is paid. The End of Oak Street Directed by David Robert Mitchell Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan MacGregor The End of Oak Street follows the Platt family whose idyllic suburban street is suddenly transported into a prehistoric world, forcing them to band together to survive amid dinosaurs and other threats. This sci-fi survival thriller blends intense creature action with human drama, exploring suburban secrets and resilience under pressure. Praised for its thrilling set pieces, strong performances from Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, and Michael Giacchino's dynamic score, it offers a mix of nostalgic Amblin-style adventure and a darker, more menacing tone. Critics call it a fun yet sharp creature feature with humor, heart, and a vicious streak, though some note tonal inconsistencies. Maddie's Secret Directed by John Early Starring John Early Maddie's Secret follows a food influencer whose seemingly picture-perfect life masks a relapse into bulimia when the pressures of online fame and competition mount. Blending sharp comedy with heartfelt drama, John Early's acclaimed directorial debut uses campy, retro melodrama aesthetics to deliver an empathetic, non-exploitative portrait of eating disorders. Critics praise its bold style, emotional depth, and standout performances, making it a daring, worthwhile watch for fans of offbeat, character-driven stories. Classic Kate's Secret Starring Meredith Baxter Birney Kate's Secret (1986) follows Kate Stark, a seemingly perfect suburban wife and mother whose polished life hides a dangerous secret—she struggles with bulimia. As personal pressures mount, her health and relationships are put at risk, leading to a turning point that forces her to confront the illness. With sensitive performances, particularly from Meredith Baxter, the film tackles eating disorders in a poignant, educational way, making it a worthwhile watch for its message and social impact.

Clinton sits down with National Cutting Horse Association $5 Million Rider, Kenny Platt. Kenny has built an impressive career in the western performance horse industry, earning his place among the NCHA's elite riders. But behind every championship, major paycheck and standout horse is a story filled with hard work, long hours, tough decisions and plenty of setbacks. In this episode, Kenny opens the door on that journey and gives an inside look at what it really takes to build a career at the top of the cutting horse world. The two horsemen dig into Kenny's journey to success, from the horses and people who have influenced his career to the lessons he's learned along the way. They talk about the realities of competing at the highest levels, the pressure that comes with success and the mindset required to continually improve when you're already competing among the best. Kenny also shares his perspective on horsemanship, developing elite performance horses and the importance of staying hungry even after you've accomplished goals most people only dream about. Grab a drink and settle in for a conversation between two horsemen who aren't afraid to talk about the good, the bad and everything in between.

A man disguised as a peddler stands on the bank of the Yangtze watching a British fleet go past, and tries to hitch a ride to Nanjing. He's been trying to reach the rebel capital for 6 years now, and this is the closest he's gotten. He's told “no” … again. So he picks himself up once more and just keeps walking. He'll get there eventually. And once he does, within three weeks he'll be made the Shield King – the 2nd most powerful man in the Taiping Kingdom… on paper, at least. Time Period Covered:1858–1859 CE Major Historical Figures: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom:Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King [1814–1864]Hong Rengan, the Shield King [1822–1864]Chen Yucheng, the Brave King [1837–1862]Li Xiucheng, the Loyal King [1823–1864]Shi Dakai, the Wing King [1831–1863] Great Britain:James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin [1811–1863]Thomas Francis Wade, interpreter [1818–1895] Missionaries & Observers:Theodore Hamberg [1819–1854]James Legge [1815–1897]Karl Marx [1818–1883] Great Qing:The Xianfeng Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yizhu) [r. 1850–1861]Magistrate Tan of Huangmei Major Works Cited:Hamberg, Theodore. The Visions of Hung-Siu-tshuen, and Origin of the Kwang-si Insurrection.Kuhn, Philip A. "The Taiping Rebellion" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 10.Michael, Franz, and Chung-li Chang. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vols. I, II & III.Oliphant, Laurence. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, '58, '59.Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War. Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Heavenly capital of Nanjing, a government that's now mostly murdered has to be restaffed… somehow. And so their old titles are simply dusted off and re-distributed who whoever's still left standing. Meanwhile, the men out actually running the war have learned that there's no use in waiting for the paperwork or permission… neither are coming. They hold their own conference, swear their own oath, and decide to prosecute the war on their own from here on out, regardless of what Nanjing might think about that arrangement. Time Period Covered:1857–1858 CE Major Historical Figures:Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King [1814–1864] Chen Yucheng [1837–1862] Li Xiucheng [1823–1864] Shi Dakai, the Wing King [1831–1863] Meng De'en, Chief of Staff [d. 1861] Li Shixian [1834–1865] Yang FuqingWei Jun Lin Qirong, commander of Jiujiang garrison [d. 1858] Wu Dinggui, commander of Sanhe garrison Great Qing: The Xianfeng Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yizhu) [r. 1850–1861] Zeng Guofan [1811–1872] Zeng Guohua [1822–1858] Zeng GuobaoHu Linyi [1812–1861]Zhang Guoliang [1810–1860] Hechun [d. 1860]Dexing'e (Duxing'a) Li Xubin [1818–1858] Major Works Cited:Kuhn, Philip A. "The Taiping Rebellion" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 10.Michael, Franz, and Chung-li Chang. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vols. I & II.Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War.Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this message from Matthew 19:1–2, David Platt addresses Christ's teaching on marriage and singleness.Explore more content from Radical.

The Heavenly Kingdom, having recently killed kings three and four of its founding five – and misplaced the fifth – attempts to solve its acute leadership shortage. To that end, the Heavenly King turns to his own blood, promoting his brothers – both military novices – and handing supreme military authority to the upjumped royal harem-staffing administrator. Meanwhile, up his own backwater Jiangxi creek, the one man of Great Qing capable of destroying the rebels is finally handed a paddle by his enemies' infighting... and promptly goes home to bury his father. Two governments, two indispensable men, and one season in which both of them simply choose to walk away.Time Period Covered:1856–1857 CE Major Historical Figures:TaipingHong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King [1814–1864]Shi Dakai, the Wing King [1831–1863]Hong Renfa, the Peace King [d. 1864]Hong Renda, the Blessings King [d. 1864]Meng De'en, Chief of Staff [d. 1861]Chen Yucheng [1837–1862]Li Xiucheng [1823–1864]Yang Xiuqing, the East King [d. 1856]Wei Changhui, the North King [d. 1856] NienZhang Luoxing, Lord of the Alliance [1811–1863]Li Zhaoshou [d. 1881] QingThe Xianfeng Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yizhu) [r. 1850–1861]Zeng Guofan [1811–1872]Zeng Guohua [1822–1858]Hu Linyi [1812–1861] Major Works Cited:Kuhn, Philip A. "The Taiping Rebellion" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 10.Michael, Franz, and Chung-li Chang. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vols. I & II.Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War.Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices