Podcast appearances and mentions of Prince Henry

Send a Message to the TeamThe Little Brother's Club: The Team looks at the results of the young United States deciding to invite a European prince to be the kind of the new nation. A Proposition Pertaining to Prussian Princes: In the first episode of the American Monarchy arc, the United States Congress invites Prince Henry of Prussia (Frederick the Great's younger brother) as the first king of the new country. Panel: Dylan, Chris, and Evan  You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially, you can help by: Supporting us monthly via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aforkintime ....or, make a one-time donation via Podfan to A Fork In Time Website: www.aforkintimepodcast.com E-Mail: aforkintimepodcast@gmail.com Theme Music: Conquer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comSupport the show

Kære lytter Det du nu skal høre er en liveoptagelse lavet i samarbejde med mediet Føljeton. Gennem efteråret (2024) har vi talt med forskellige forfattere som en del af vores kuratering af vigtige litterære værker til anden sæson af Føljetons digitale folkebibliotek.Vi har udvalgt 18 bøger under overskriften “Omsorgsfuld magtkritik”. Værker der på hver sin måde placerer kroppen som et centralt redskab til modstand, men også målestok for undertrykkelse, når den formes af samfundets krav og normer. Føljeton er normalt en lille digital avis, der skriver nyhedsbreve til vågne læsere om verden, som den er – og kunne være. Det sidste er vi især fans af!Nyhedsbrevene udkommer dagligt, ugentligt og månedligt og giver dig både det forkromede nyhedsoverblik og de smalle historier, som andre medier måske ikke skriver om.Lige nu kan du prøve gratis, hvis du melder dig til her: https://www.foljeton.dk/asatt I dag har vi fokus på James Baldwin og skal udforske hans betydning i 2024 sammen med vores to gæster!For 100 år siden blev en baby født på Harlem hospital: James Baldwin, Jimmy Baldwin forfatter, essayist, novelist, activist, seer, historiefortæller, og så meget mere 100 år efter er han stadig en relevant stemme, for sorte folk, for queer folk, for undertrykte folk, for os alle sammen. Hvordan det er muligt skal vi dykke ned i sammen Mikas Lang og Prince Henry. Vi taler om hvilke centrale budskaber fra Baldwins værker mener vi stadig kan lære af? Er der særlige temaer i hans tekster, der har formet vores egen tænkning og aktivisme? Baldwin var en skarp kritiker af, hvordan den sorte krop blev betragtet og behandlet. Hvordan kan vi bruge hans værker til at reflektere over vores egne forhold til kropslig repræsentation og undertrykkelse i dag?Lyt til dette og meget mere!

"I'm your fairy godmother! Didn't you see me poof?"In the first week of our third Cinderella era, Cassie and Laura discuss Faerie Tale Theatre's Cinderella, staring Jennifer Beals as Cinderella, Matthew Broderick as Prince Henry, and Jean Stapleton as the Fairy Godmother. We talk about sassy fairy godmothers, dorky princes, abruptly frank stepmothers, and much more!Join our community! View all of the benefits of joining our Patreon including the Official Of Slippers and Spindles Book Club, exclusive polls, monthly bookmarks, Zoom hangouts, and more! https://patreon.com/ofslippersandspindles Visit our our new merch store, Facebook group, Instagram, and more! https://linktr.ee/ofslippersandspindles We love to hear from you! You can reach us at ofslippersandspindles@gmail.com Music: Through The Woods by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com  

We discover the books of Genevieve Foster and through her meet Prince Henry the Navigator. Topics discussed here include the beginnings of the Age of Discovery/ Exploration,  the early days of the African slave trade, and more of the Air We Breathe. Resource used: The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster. https://amzn.to/4ecxt4o

Join Meggie and Laura for a very special one-off YA, We Read It! ahead of their next season where they are reading Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.  Alex and Henry couldn't be more different despite both being children of powerful political figures. Alex, the First Son of the United States yearns for a political career himself and spends plenty of time loathing the dashing and eligible Prince Henry. When their disdain for each other leads to a PR-stunt-friendship, the two sworn enemies soon become lovers in this contemporary romance. We are screaming, giggling, kicking our feet the whole way through! Tune in! 

Dive into the regal romance of "Red, White, and Royal Blue" with us on this week's episode! We explore the enchanting narrative that captures the challenges and charms of a love story between Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry. From political pressures to personal growth, join us as we discuss how this tale weaves compelling themes of identity and duty into a modern love story. Don't forget to subscribe and follow us for more discussions that turn the pages of your favorite books into deep, engaging explorations. #RedWhiteRoyalBlue #LGBTQ #BookClub #RomanticReads #RoyalRomance --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatmouthful/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatmouthful/support

SO MUCH CHEMISTRY!! Red, White, & Royal Blue Full Movie Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Just in time for the last week of Pride Month, Roxy Striar & Andrew Gordon are back to give their First Time Reaction, Commentary, Analysis, Breakdown, & Spoiler Review for Netflix's Movie adaptation of Casey McQuiston's Best Selling Novel. The Queer Romantic Comedy tells a tale of acceptance across class & countries with a cast featuring Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Jemma Redgrave, Sarah Shahi, as well as Uma Thurman as The President of the United States!   Roxy & Andrew React to all the Best Scenes & Most Romantic Moments including THAT Closet Scene with Prince Henry and Alex, Alex Comes Out to Prince Henry, Cornetto vs Kensington Palace, Alex Comes Out to His Mom, Prince Henry and Alex Go to Paris, Prince Henry and Alex's Fireside Chat, & MORE! Follow Roxy Striar YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhirlGirls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/roxystriar Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're making history and talking about Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry, from Red, White & Royal Blue. Join Zama as we see how these two are more similar than they think, why Henry feels trapped by societal expectations, how this reshapes Alex's thinking, and what their relationship means for their roles. We take it a step further in this week's battle where we go scandal for scandal. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @ StarringCupid for updates and more. We have a LinkTree for all our social media accounts & new YouTube channel.

Pending nuptials bring more attention to a royal fiancé and his questionable lineage.May 1933, Franklyn Hutton finally agrees to announce the engagement of Barbara Hutton and Prince Alexis Mdivani. Only now the prince's true royal ties are again called back into question.Other people and subjects include: Louise Van Alen, Prince Serge Mdivani, Mdivani siblings (referencing Nina Mdivani Huberich, Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, David Mdivani), General Zakhari Mdivani, Solomon Mdivani, Charles Huberich, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Irene Hutton, Prince of Wales – Prince David – future King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Flying Prince, Flying Premiere, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Prince Infante Alfonso – Prince of Asturias – Count de Covadonga, Maharajah of Alwar, Prince Infante Jaime – Duke of Anjou, Prince Infante Juan, King Juan Carlos I, Prince Felipe – King Felipe VI, Princess Leonor – Princess of Asturias, King John I of Castile / Spain, Prince Henry of Castile / Spain, Prince Charles – King Charles III of England, Princess Diana – Princess of Wales, Crown Prince Rudolph of Austro-Hungarian Empire, Baroness Maria von Vetsera, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal, Jalal-al Din, King Mirian III of Georgia, female ruler Tamar, Georgian Tsar Heraclius II – Erekle II – Irakly II, King George XII of Georgia, Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Prussia – Captain Hermann Goering / Goring, fairy tales, royal history, empires, dynasties, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, hominins, Hittite, Fertile Crescent, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Persian Sasanian Empire, Arabs, Seljuk Turks, Mongols, Holy Roman Empire Byzantium, Khwarezm, Ottoman Turkish Empire, Persian Safavid Empire, Russian Romanov Empire, Soviet Union, Kuwait, Cambodia, France, England, Spain, Castile, Aragorn, Bagriotini dynasty, House of Capet, House of Bourbon, Hapsburg, Austro-Hungarian Empire, World War I, World War II, fall of monarchies, rise of republics, restored monarchies, 1978 Spanish Constitution, Spanish Royal Decree of 1977, 2006 Nepalese revolution, historiography, transliteration, contradicting dates & spellings, Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, H.G. Wells, The Outline of History, morganatic marriages, royal titles, heir apparent, heir presumptive, royal suicide, royal family massacre, mistress, renouncing titles, thrones, and succession, line of succession, pretenders, defunct thrones, retract, failed love matches, private air travel, ocean liners Chitral & Europa, Gare de Lyon train station, Ritz Hotel – Paris, Marseilles, France, Georgia – Russian province – Soviet state, Mayerling hunting lodge, ballet, childhood fantasies, wealth, fame, romantic fantasies, coveted prizes, Prince Harry of England, Meghan Markle, pseudo royalty, Nigeria, British royal family,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Royally Obsessed Instagram & podcasthttps://www.instagram.com/royallyobsessedpodcast/https://pod.link/1365334446https://lnk.bio/royallyobsessed/Share, like, subscribe --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: You Turned Your Head by Jack Jackson, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2Section 2 Music: There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 3 Music: It's the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Billie Eilishs nye album ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' er landet midt i forårsforelskelserne som et soundtrack til både liderlighed og blødende hjerter. På albummet træder den 22-årige popstjerne ud af balladernes komfortzone og ind i queeerheden, uforudsigelige kompositioner og der, hvor man ikke altid kan bunde. I dette afsnit af Poptillægget lytter vi til albummets 10 sange, og så taler vi om fænomenet Billie Eilish, der er gået fra at være en melankolsk teenager til en voksen kvinde, som »vil have sit ansigt i en vagina«. PANEL: Mads Axelsen, kommunikationsansvarlig ved Blaagaard Teater og radiovært. Anbefaling: Oplev teaterforestillingen 'Den anden arabiske kvinde' og lyt til Charli XCX's nye sang '360'Prince Henry, programplanlægger på Det Kongelige Teater og musikscout for Roskilde Festival. Anbefaling: Tag til Det Kongelige Teaters arrangement på GrundlovsdagMarie Hobitz, journalist og radiovært på DR. Anbefaling: Lyt med, når P6 Beat sender 6 timer om Billie Eilish den 25. maj og se sportsdokumentarer, blandt andet 'The Last Dance' på NetflixVært: Lucia Odoom. Anbefaling: Lyt til Kurt VilleREDAKTION: Lucia Odoom og Jonas Bach-Madsen

Hello everyone! Today's podcast is another in my “It's a Love Story” series, sponsored by my book of the same name, which just celebrated five years of existence. I can't believe how time flies and how this is my twenty-fifth podcast about my favorite love stories! What's even weirder is that I have never podcasted about one of my favorite movies: Ever After! Just listen to this synopsis! This updated adaptation of the classic fairytale tells the story of Danielle, a vibrant young woman who is forced into servitude after her father's death. Danielle's stepmother is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning while she tries to marry off her own two daughters. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when she meets the charming Prince Henry. Ever After taught us that strong, feisty women know how to throw an apple and hit a moving target, have no problem climbing trees, and can learn to expertly use a sword by the age of eight. We also learned that you should always help an elderly artist who is being robbed by gypsies in the woods. And that a lady's voice should not be louder that the gentle hum of whispering wind. I love this movie with my whole heart. It's not about magic wands or fairy godmothers. It's about true love. Sure, the prince and his bride did live happily ever after. But the point, dear listener, is that they LIVED! EPISODE NOTES: HERE is the trailer to Ever After! SHOW NOTES: Subscribe to Podcast: iTunes or Android Follow Me: Facebook and Instagram and Twitter Buy My Books: It's a Love Story and Why I Hate Green Beans

Queen Victoria's great-grand children, the children of King George V were a fascinating bunch. The two eldest brothers Edward VIII and George VI both took their turns on the throne. The four younger siblings never wore crowns but still got into plenty of mischief. They were: Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood who dedicated herself to improving the lives of women, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester a stoic war hero Prince George, Duke of Kent, an artistic bisexual tomcat Prince John, a lonely boy who died tragically young. Let's meet them... Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Of the prince (never king) who, with his iron will and fierce determination, singlehandedly began the Age of Exploration, in which Europe conquered the globe, and thereby created the modern world. And of what his life says for the renewal of our own time. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/04/22/prince-henry-the-navigator-a-life-peter-russell/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site (https://www.theworthyhouse.com). You can also subscribe for email notifications. The Worthy House does not solicit donations or other support, or have ads. Other than at the main site, you can follow Charles here: https://twitter.com/TheWorthyHouse

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The first request of 2024 AND of Season 4 brings us the most riotous film we've had to date - for one reason only: Dougray Scott's "Prince Henry". Dude's got some real big feelings, okay? Like... enough that we basically forgot Drew Berrymore's "Danielle" or Anjelica Huston's "Rodmilla de Ghent" were even in this! Strap in for hilarity, drama and a little dash of even more stupid humor for Scott to enjoy as we review 1998's "Ever After: A Cinderella Story", just for you and our dear, dear friend Nicole, without whom we might not have ever covered this treasure!Make sure to subscribe to Behind the Timeline for all of our newest updates and episodes! And if there's a movie or show you want us to cover, check out our website for the means to let us know what you wanna see!-Email: gobehindthetimeline@gmail.comTwitter: BehindtimelineInstagram: GobehindthetimelinePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/BehindTheTimeline?fan_landing=true

Join us in this podcast episode featuring Spencer Beach, a burn survivor who shares his incredible journey of finding positivity and resilience in the face of unimaginable trauma. After a devastating workplace accident that left him with severe burns and a slim chance of survival, Spencer defied the odds and emerged stronger than ever. Through his story, he emphasizes the importance of support from loved ones, finding meaning in the midst of struggle, and shifting perspectives to overcome challenges. This episode offers a powerful reminder that even in the darkest moments, there is always hope for a brighter future. ..................................................................................... Spencer's links: www.spencerspeaks.ca Instagram: @spencer.beach LinkedIn ...................................................................................... RISING STRONG links; Get new episode notifications: bit.ly/risingstrongupdates Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/risingstrongpodcast Facebook page - send your reviews and comments via the 'comment' button here: www.facebook.com/risingstrongpodcast WIN SWAG: · Email a screenshot of your 5-star review for a chance to win some Rising Strong swag! Lisa@LisaKBoehm.com ............................................................................ TRANSCRIPT: Host/Lisa: How is it possible to find positivity and resilience when 90% of your body has been burnt and you're given a 5% chance to live? Stay tuned because my guest today is going to tell you exactly how he did. That's about ten years ago. A friend of mine attended a presentation at her workplace about workplace safety and the keynote speaker was Spencer beach. My friend said, you have to read his book. He has quite an amazing story. So I did. And unlike other books, Spencer has always been in the back of my mind. I've been a fan of his for years and I'm thrilled he accepted my invitation to be a guest on the Rising Strong podcast. Welcome to the show, Spencer. Spencer: Thank you, Lisa. Host/Lisa: So in 2003, you were involved in all I can say is a horrific workplace accident. Can you take us back to that day? Spencer: Sure. So I woke up in the morning, average, ordinary day. I've done a lot of mentoring over the years and I found everybody's story starts out the same way. On an average, ordinary day, you never expect trauma to enter your life. And then it does. I had a feeling in my gut that I was being asked to do a job that I didn't feel was right. I told my wife that I was concerned about it, but that gut feeling. I did what everybody does when your gut's talking to you. I ignored it. Right. That's what we tend to do. I convinced myself everything was going to be great and said, I love my wife. Have a good day. See you later. And went to work. I was a flooring installer. My specific role was the flooring the service guy. So basically I drove around Edmonton, Alberta, going from new home to new home, fixing other qualified installers mistakes. I was extremely skilled at what I did and the reason being was I grew up in the industry. I went on my first job when I was six years old with my dad. Anyways, the job I was being asked to do was to go and remove vinyl flooring because another crew installed the wrong color. And my dad had taught me that you use a sharp scraper and it's going to take a lot of elbow grease and lots of sweat. It's really hard work and lots of time. But my employer had a method where you use a chemical, it's a contact thinner, really close to a paint thinner, and you dump it all over the floor, skipping some steps. So nobody can do what I did, but you dump it all over the floor and it would absorb through the material, reactivate the glue and the flooring would peel up in sheets. So what used to be really hard work of days of two people working really hard, my employer had a service guy doing his off time, saved tons of time and loads of money. Unfortunately, I was never trained in Wimis. We had zero safety systems at work. Even if I had any personal protective equipment, it was because I purchased it, not because my employer supplied it or encouraged it. So I walked into there blind when it came to my rights, my roles and my responsibilities and safety. And all I had was that gut feeling as my defense, which I ignored. And it was about four in the afternoon when I heard a loud whistle. And that whistle was a precursor that something bad was going to about to happen. And that whistle was all the air being pulled into the house from the outside because I was in a flashfire and that flashfire required a lot of oxygen. So there was a loud whistle and then bang. It was an extremely loud bang. Technically they called it an explosion and I was engulfed in flames. The biggest issue with being engulfed into flames in a chemical fire is the average fire burns at about 700 degrees celsius. But because it was fueled by a chemical, the fire burnt out the properties of the chemical. So my fire was 1500 degrees celsius. It was more than twice the heat of the average house fire. When the fire did start, honestly, I didn't know what happened. All of a sudden I was in the normal home and all. Now I'm surrounded in flames and I can honestly tell you, your first instinct is just, holy ****, I need to get out of here. So I purely worked on instinct. When the fire happened, I was right at the front door on my knees, working away. I was almost done for the day. Honestly, I had maybe five more minutes of work to go. So I sprung up from my knees and I reached out and grabbed onto the front door. And that loud whistle I heard pulling all the air into the house to feed the fire also created a pressure difference, so it sealed the door shut. And I'm six foot, 2220 pounds, I'm a big guy and I'm used to carrying full rolls of carpet on my shoulder and big boxes of tools and buckets of glue. Like man, I didn't have the strength to open that door and break that seal. So again, working on instinct, I just like I need to get to the next closest exit. And because I'm in surrounded by fire, your eyes and your mouth will naturally shut on a fire. So everything I did was not only on instinct, but I also did it blindly. So I let go of the door handle and I turned to my right and 10ft away from me, down the hallway that I just removed all the flooring from, was the garage door. So I ran into the laundry room where the garage door was, and tried that door, and it didn't open. Now I'm trapped because the only way out of that laundry room is the hall I just came down or the door that's not opening. So I let go of the door handle, I went back into the front entry, tried that door again. It didn't open. And people always ask about sensations. They always want to know, did it hurt or anything? It was like, yeah, it hurt more than you can imagine. I often will joke and saying that women in childbirth have nothing on me, but the pain was different. We've all been burnt before. That's one unique thing about burns, is not everyone will experience a car accident or go through cancer, but everyone will have a burn. The only difference is usually they're pretty minor, but it was nothing like any burn you've ever had. I could feel the heat inside of me, and honestly, it was so intense that I could also feel my life being drained from me. I knew I was in trouble when this door didn't open. I knew if I didn't get out soon, I wasn't getting out. So I let go of the door handle. I ran back through the hallway to that laundry room, tried that door again. It didn't open. And I estimate it took no more than 20 seconds for me to do all that when I'd had enough. Now I couldn't take it anymore. I just wanted it over. I collapsed into a ball and interlocked my fingers with the back of my head. I tucked my face as close to that floor as I could, and I gave up. It was horrific. I could feel my hair being burned off of me, my skin. Out of all the sensations, the one that I remember the most is how the skin on my face felt like it was shrinking as it was melting to my skull and tightening up. And it was horrible. Host/Lisa: I truly believe that you were made for more. There must have been some divine intervention or something that day. As a medical professional, I am shocked and surprised that you lived through that. You had a near death experience, and you say that that resulted in your greatest message. Can you expand on that a little bit? Spencer: Yeah. So when I gave up, you got to put yourself in my shoes. At this moment, I'm in a raging fire. Like, the howl of the fire was intense, and the heat was more than you can imagine, and the pain was unbearable. And I got all these extreme sensations going on at once, and then I just slipped into this place. The way I describe it is like going to sleep. When you're comfy in your bed and you're tired and you're just ready to go to bed, and you just let yourself go there. You let yourself fall asleep. That's kind of what I was doing, was letting myself go to the next realm. And when I did, everything became really peaceful. All those extreme sensations totally disappeared. It was the most euphoric feeling of my entire life. And in that moment, all I could think about was my wife, Tina, and she was four months pregnant with our first child. It took me a long time to truly break down what was occurring in this experience. But if you back up just a millisecond prior to that experience of dying and prior to the fire, it was like I was worried about getting a job done, living up to my commitments, making money, paying bills. I was worried about what I had to do tomorrow. This was a rushed job. I had to be out of there that day. I was being pressured to do that. I had his going home to plan my friend's bachelor party that night. I had all these commitments that were dictating my day and also dictating my responses in my day. And now, on the verge of death, I didn't care about my bills, I didn't care about my job. I didn't care about that house. I didn't care about my friend's bachelor party. I didn't care about anything other than my wife and my unborn child. And what I came to determine or appreciate, and it took a long time to figure this out, was my near death experience, was I was thinking about my last thoughts. And if they're my last thoughts on this world, I'm pretty confident they're probably going to be my most important thoughts. And it turned out that what was important to me weren't all those things that dictated my day or also the responses in my day. It just turned out to be the people I loved. So my greatest message to people is it's really hard to give me a bad day. And the reason being is I know what my most important thoughts are. And my most important thoughts are not anything that's happening on social media, not any political thing going on, not any restructuring of any government agency, not any bill that I might be tight on or living paycheck to paycheck. My greatest thoughts every day is the people I love. So I measure my success of every day like this. If at the end of the day, my family is happy, healthy and safe. I had a real good day. I can honestly tell you nothing will matter beyond that. And what I found really interesting. And being a motivational speaker, you're always looking for the similarities between me and other people. Everyone has the same most important thoughts. Everybody has people that they live for, that they love, that love them. And I can promise you, like, death is a natural thing, it's going to happen to everybody and we're all going to experience that moment when we get to have our most important thought. But I had to learn mine, actually dying. Everyone else just has to appreciate what it is because I guarantee you already have it. We let all these other things dictate and distract us in our day when they're really meaningless. Thinking about my wife and the baby, I relived all the things I was going to miss with them and the things I was never going to see, like no bad a boy or girl or what the name of my child would be or walking them to school or dating my wife again or anything. So I tried for them one more time and when I did, the flash fire was burning itself down because the fumes were dissipating. So the seal, that vacuum was being also decreased. And I now had the strength to open the door. Door opened. I jumped into the garage, created another fire because that's where all the garbage from the construction was. And on the top was all the flooring I removed, soaking the same chemical, and I'm on fire. So I created the second fire when I landed on that garbage pile. But the overhead door was open, so I just regained my balance and ran to the end of the driveway and collapsed on my back. So then now emergency services came. It took eleven minutes for them to come. 13, I believe 13 calls went out to 911. And my first experience actually with the healthcare system was lying on the ground screaming. My life was over waiting for the ambulance when an off duty nurse came and muscled her way through the group of tradespeople gathered from their homes. And she told me she was an off duty nurse. She tried to keep me calm. She found out I was married and my wife was pregnant. She did everything she could to get me to focus on those things and I'm very thankful for her because I was really screaming. My life was over. I didn't see me ever getting to the hospital, but her training kicked in and it's what I needed right then. Paramedic came. I don't really remember the ride to the ambulance because I'm being heavily medicated now, but I did get to the University of Alberta Hospital. We have the best burn unit in Canada and it's the third best burn unit in North America. They took me right into a private room in the emergency and there was this massive team waiting for me, consisting of probably about seven to ten people. And it was basically all the heads of the departments on the burn unit. So the charge nurse, the doctors, a few doctors, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychologists, everybody it was going to take, if I survived, to help me get back. The first thing the doctor did was introduce himself, Dr. Trejit, and reassured me I was in a great hospital. And then he asked me how I was burned. I didn't understand the question. So actually, just a couple of weeks ago, I run a charity event called it's over burn Awareness week, and there I educate. We speak to me and another burn survivor speak to nine schools over five days and we reach about 5000 students and we talk about burn awareness. But he was trying to find out the type of burn I had. I didn't know you could have more than one type of burn. So he asked how I was burned and I didn't understand the question. So I told him that I was burned in a fire. Probably wasn't the most helpful answer, but it was the only answer I had. He then asked a couple more questions. What were you doing, what were you working with? And determined it was a chemical fire I was in. After he found that out, it was my turn to start asking questions. And the first question asked was how bad it was. I could have looked at any time like I was naked, my clothes were burnt off of me, but I was too afraid. I didn't want to see the damage. I wasn't ready to see the damage. So he looked me up and down and told me I had third and fourth degree burns to 90% to my body. That made no sense to me because at the time I couldn't tell you the difference of degrees of burns. And now I have these burns to most of my body. Well, what does that mean? And he told me I had a 5% chance to live. The reason he gave me a 5% chance to live was because when the fire started, I also had the fumes. I'd breathed in the fumes, so my lungs actually ignited as well and I had a huge lung injury. Now if you get a big burn with no lung injury, your odds of surviving are actually pretty good. But the moment you have a lung injury, even with a small burn, your odds of surviving are really low. I've come to appreciate that that 5% was a generous number. Honestly, I don't think I should be here. From other burn survivors journeys, I've seen that they didn't make it anyways. So after he gave me that 5% chance to live, he then asked me if I wanted to live or die. And the reality is I'm very thankful I had that. Normally, I'm the first person I'm told by him that he's ever given that option to. Normally, it would have gone to my wife or closest relative. And I'm thankful that it went to me because there was no right answer for my wife if she would have said, let Spencer live. And then I have a horrible quality of life, and I do survive, and I chase a woman on my life, and I become addicted. She's probably like, well, maybe it was better to let him not live. Or what if she said, die, let him go. And then five years later, she's walking down the mall with my daughter, and she sees a burned survivor with his head up high in their family and smiling and having a good time. And she's like, that could be Spencer. There's no right answer for her. The right answer is honestly. When I woke up in the morning and had that gut feeling, so I chose to live, and that was the start of my journey. Host/Lisa: You were, thankfully, in a state where you could receive that question and answer it. Tell us about your thoughts as you were in the hospital. I mean, I cannot imagine everything that went through your head. Spencer: Well, first I went into coma for six weeks, and they gave you a medication called ketamine to create amnesia. There's a very small percentage of the population it doesn't work for. I'm one of them. So not only do I remember going through a fire, but I remember going through a coma. And all my dreams are the same. I was cold, helpless, alone, hungry. And that's my reality. I took what was happening in isolation in the burn unit and twisted it around in a dream state so my mind knew what was happening to me, although I couldn't really feel it or emote it. But I came out of a coma six weeks later, and I went from having nightmares to living one. At first, and I say this generously for the first couple of days, it wasn't super bad when I came out of a coma. And the reason being is I remembered everything. Yeah, I was severely injured. I had tubes all over a tube in my mouth. I couldn't talk, but I knew where I was, and it was the right place to be. But I did what everybody does. I fell into a trap. And I think it's a natural process. But if you can identify this trap, you can get out of it a lot faster and a lot easier. But I started to replay all the events over and over again. What could I have done differently? What went wrong? Why did my life have to change? Why did I have to have go through this fire? Right, sorry, my lung damage happens every morning. But I really boil it down to just two words now. And I think there are phenomenal words everybody says in life in one time or another. And that's why me. Why did my life have to change? And why me is the key to anger and depression, anxiety. It what opens the door for those things to be possible. Because you're anchored to a moment or an event or a feeling that you don't like. And you will examine that, looking for an answer. And how can I get out of here? But you can't get out of an anchor. An anchor is like sitting there, holding you there. So by asking, why me? You're not going to find an answer to it. Instead, what you're going to do is be anchored to it. And then it's going to open that door to where you're going to get angry, and the anger is going to bleed into depression, anxiety, and it's going to turn to addictions or chase people out of your life, or it's the source of everything is anger. And I got trapped into that. Eventually, I did find the answer to why me? Host/Lisa: Hey, rising strong listeners. If you've been enjoying the inspiring interviews on the podcast, we'd love your support to help us reach more listeners and hopefully gain some sponsorship. To do that, please, like, follow and subscribe wherever you listen to podcast. And here's a little extra incentive. Leave us a five star review and you'll be entered to win some cool rising strong swag. Your support means the world to me. Now back to the show. Spencer: I am an expert at YMe. I've asked that question more than a million times, probably a thousand times a day. I was asking it, and I couldn't understand why my life had to change. Eventually. When I did find the answer, though, I looked to Prince Henry and William, and because I wanted to find someone with a perfect life, someone who's never had any reason to experience hardship. And then I was like, well, have they ever had a bad day? Because honestly, that's what I boiled down to. I had a bad day. That's what you see on me? And I'm like, well, when they lost their mother in that car accident and the Princess Diana died, pretty sure they felt bad and had a bad day, and they asked, why me? Why did my mom have to die? In that know? I found that it's so universal, not only why me, but bad days, that I started to change the question, and I didn't mean to do this, but I started to do it by overcoming things, I convinced myself I was never going to do again. And every time I overcame something I thought I could never do again, I started to be like, well, what else could I do? What else can I do? So I've condensed that question down now to, what can I do for me? And honestly, I don't use that question a lot. But when Covid hit, I put it right back into play because I had another bad day. I lost all my business in three days. So many people experience that, right? So at first I felt what I was feeling. I'm a huge believer in feel your feelings, but know, to cap them off and then start moving forward, but to go back. You asked about my mental health, my thoughts. So the anger was first. After Yme came, anger. I was ****** off. Someone had to pay for this. I was angry at my boss. There was another tradesperson that just left. I was angry that he didn't come to help me. I was angry at the hospital because ultimately their care wasn't good enough, which is just bs, but I was angry at a lot of things. One time, I told my wife when they pulled the ventilator, I was so angry, I told her she could leave me. Anger does that. It chases people out of your life, and then it boils to depression. And the depression I found is what I found about depression is it took my morals and my values, and it threw them out the window. And now anything's possible. So when I was depressed, I'm not a suicidal person. I believe everyone contemplates suicide to the point, like, if I died, who would show up at my funeral? But that's kind of like, see if we're loved, right? But when you start deeply, how can I kill myself? That's a different type of suicide. That's when you're really into it. I'm not that type of person. I've never contemplated it, except for when I was in the hospital and I played that game. If I could kill myself, how would I do it? I was completely immobile. I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything. So the depression led me there. It took my morals and values and it threw them out the window. And what I found with depression is you're not going to make good decisions, although you feel like you are and you don't see it, you're actually making bad decisions. And you can see it when you're opposing people that love you and you're, like, pushing them or you're getting mad at them because they didn't say something in the right form or they didn't know exactly how to help you, and you get mad at them and you push them out of your life because of the anger. And what you need to do when you're depressed is you actually need to lean on those people. You need to have them help you navigate better decisions so that you make less damage in your life while you're depressed. Part of coming out of depression is you actually have to go and repair the damage you've done while depressed as well. And then the anxiety came. Anxiety is the weirdest thing in the world. I described it like having a sumo wrestler sitting on my chest and I just couldn't breathe. Honestly, I could not breathe. And what I've come to appreciate is nothing was stopping me from breathing. It was things in my head I had going on that I wasn't tackling or taken care of. And it was creating these physical repercussions to me. And I can tell you there was a time in the hospital when they'd take the ventilator out and then bring me down to surgery and they'd have to beg me for air. And every once in a while, the nurse would forget to give me a breath of air. I tried to breathe. I really did. I can tell you, being completely mobile, extremely underweight, heavily medicated, tubes going in, every part of my body stuck in isolation. The most helpless feeling I had in the hospital was when the nurse forgot to give me a breath. And that's what I describe anxiety as, like not being able to breathe. The most helpless feeling in the world. Host/Lisa: There was a time during all these deep, dark feelings you were feeling. Your wife gave birth. Unfortunately, you couldn't be at the birth, but she came to visit you soon after with this new little bundle. Can you tell us about that moment? Spencer: Sure. So, first of all, the only regret I have is missing the birth of my child. And the reason being is that's supposed to be your happiest day in your life, and I missed it and I don't get it back. You don't get the birth of your first child back. Once it's gone. It's gone. So when people look at me and they see the burns in that, they also see a guy that will never have a happiest day. I've come to face that. I've come to appreciate it. But that's another thing. The fire stole from me was my happiest day, but it also was a great blessing at the same time. And I've chosen to look at the blessing more than the Regret. The day after my daughter was born. My wife is an extremely strong lady, and she hates me saying that. She's also very humble. But from what I'm told, giving birth is not an easy process. It's painful. It's exhausting. There's healing that needs to occur after. And usually mother and child both want to sleep like, and go and start healing. So they brought him to the misery Cordy hospital. She actually gave birth at home. She gave birth so fast to our first child. So ladies get to the hospital fast. But the Iowans picked him up, took him to the misery Cordy hospital, which is where she was to give birth, but that's also the wrong hospital. I was at the university hospital, so that was like. And you take those small little things like, I'm in the wrong hospital, and that's enough to crack open the anger. And so they checked them both out. Both mother and child were healthy. And then the next day, they released them. So September 20 eigth is the birth of my daughter. 29th, they released them. And instead of Tina going home to rest, she was like, everyone knew how angry and depressed it was. They would have done anything to cheer me up. So instead, Tina jumped in the minivan my father in law was driving. And they came right to the university hospital so that I could meet my daughter. And when they got to the hospital to enter my isolation room, he had to put on sterile garments. So sterile gowns, gloves, masks, and a hat. They don't make little baby sterile garments. So they put Amber into. Amber is the name of our child into a sterile pillowcase. And we called her Amber because Amb is for ambulance and ER is for emergency room because she spent a lot of time in the first nine months of her life in the hospital coming to see me as well as Amber goes really great with my last name. So Beach. Amber beach is just a beautiful name. But they brought Amber in to meet me, and I couldn't hold her. I was that weak. So Tina raised the railing with the hospital bed up, and then she put a blanket over it and laid Amber right here on the crook of my arm when she laid there, I looked at her hair and her nose because I was missing a big chunk of my nose. So it was really important that she had a nose and her ears. I counted all her fingers because mine are all messed up. And I'm a religious person, always have been. I did fight with God in the hospital, but I've come to really appreciate. There were so many times I prayed in my life, Lord, find me a girlfriend or a wife. Have a good job. Help me through this time in my life. So many things I've prayed for to either get me through something or improve my life. I never once prayed for hair or nose or ears or fingers. And I kind of looked at my daughter and I'm like, well, everything I lost, she has. She has a fresh start. And to me, that was really important, because part of that fresh start is she also needed two things in that fresh start. She needed her mom and her dad. She had the mum, but at that moment, she didn't have a dad physically. She had a dad emotionally, mentally, she did not have a dad. What my daughter did for me that day, figuratively. And I have to say that because I've actually had a child ask if she really did do this. I'm like, no, it's figuratively. But up until the first five months of my incident, up until the birth of my daughter, I found my eyes were looking the wrong way. My eyes were turned inward, and they were examining everything about my life that had changed. And they didn't like anything they saw. I hated it all. And that was a big cause of that anger. Was that why me? But my eyes were looking the wrong way. And when my daughter was born and laid my arms, what she did is she forced me to look outside of myself. And that was really the first time I truly did look outside. And when I looked outside, I saw my wife and supporting, becoming every single day, wanting nothing more. She only had one want, and that was try, try to get better. I'd convinced myself there was no point in even trying to get better. I saw a daughter who needed a dad. I saw this hospital, this amazing hospital with all these people, like extreme professionals, doing everything they can for my care. I saw my friends and family and doing what they could to support me, mostly by supporting my wife and doing things around the house for her that as a pregnant lady, it's a little difficult for her to do. I saw all these things in my life, these people, these most important thoughts that I had worth fighting for. And it was because of them. I chose to try. And I share this message with people all the time. I don't care what your eyes see. When you find something worth trying, grab onto it and try. You don't have to want to fight for yourself when you're that deep and dark. But if you see someone or something worth fighting for, fight for it. And eventually your eyes will start to appreciate what they do see within yourself as well. But at the beginning, it may be hard to look at yourself. Host/Lisa: Do you think that shift in focus is really what pulled you through? Spencer: It was the start of the positive journey. The anger didn't disappear overnight, neither the depression or the anxiety. It was a journey I was on, but it was the start of it. There was a few more other stories I could share that really helped to see perspective and engage. For me to really grab onto that, I need to fight. Host/Lisa: Let's dive into that a little bit, because those are the messages that I really like to share with listeners. Because I think when you're in the weeds, when things are so freaking dark, there's not even a glimmer of light anywhere. Sometimes it's perspective, right? It's like you say, flipping the lens. So share some of those stories with us, please. Spencer: I'll share three, and I'll stop at each one so you can ask a deeper question if you want the first one, we got to go backwards in time. My fifth wedding anniversary happened on June 27, 2003. So I'm in the hospital, angry, depressed, and I had ventilator in my mouth and tubes in my lungs and my stomach feeding me and helping me breathe and draining fluid from my lungs. And on my fifth wedding anniversary, I woke up and there was Dr. Trejit at the foot of my bed and the charge nurse and the respiratory therapist, and he's pull, we're going to extubate you today. I'm like, I've just pulled a ventilator. I'm like, okay, great. And this is all in my head because I can't talk. I'm like, I remember all those times going to or when I had to get bagged and I couldn't breathe, and I tried to breathe. Like, what if you're wrong? And you didn't prepare me at all. This is a surprise for me. What if you're wrong and I can't breathe? So they pulled the tube. He asked me to take a deep breath. I did. It was more of a sigh of relief that he wasn't wrong. He asked me to say a few words. My first words were with a really small, scratchy voice were, what do you want me to say? Can you believe six months of being quiet and your first words are angry words? What do you want me to say? And he was testing my vocal cords to see if I even had a voice. He asked me to cough a few times, and the reason being is now I had to start expelling all the fluid from my lungs out myself, which is a long process. But honestly, when I said, what do you want me to say? I was not wasting my voice on that man. There was no way. Prior to that, the way I communicate was by blinking. And they'd have a board, and my wife would spell A-B-C and I'd blink the word, and that's how I communicated. But I was heavily medicated and I was always extremely tired, and it did not take me much to lose focus or not know. And I'm also dyslexic, so if I couldn't spell a word, anything ****** me off. If I missed the letter, if I couldn't spell it, if I made a mistake in any way, I'd just get so mad, and I'd roll my eyes on the back of my head and pretend I was asleep and just get out of my room. Can't even talk to you because I can't say it. And then. So I finally had the chance, and I can't tell you how many times I blinked. I love you. To Tina. But that voice was not being wasted on that doctor. So I waited all day. Tina came every evening, and she got to the hospital. She didn't also know what happened, so the nurses, they couldn't hold back good news, but they also didn't tell her what had happened. So she knew something positive happened that day. And she came into my room, and when she opened up the door, I told her I loved her. That was her fifth anniversary present. It was a present the hospital gave us. I share that story with you because I have come to appreciate that you can't go through life on your own. And when days get hard and we all have bad days, you need to have people there to support you and help you through those bad days. The problem is those when we're hurting, we tend to be like, I can do this on my own. I don't need anyone's help. I'm actually not going to share what's happening with me. And that's a very. Again, that's a dangerous thing. That's the anger taking control of you because you're limiting yourself on success. And the interesting dynamic is, though, is if you see someone you love going through something hard, you want nothing more than to help them. And I find it's a very ironic dynamic that we have is like, when I'm hurting, I don't want any help, but if I see someone I love hurting, I want to do everything I can to help them, which is ironic. We have to learn to accept help. And the reason being is when I was dark and angry and depressed and whatever, the way I look at is like the hand, right? I was this little thumb, and I was trying to solve all my problems by this little thumb, by myself. But the moment I started to accept help, I started to embrace my support of my wife and the doctors and nurses and therapists and all their expertise and my friends and my family. And there was complete strangers. All of a sudden I had all these people trying to help me solve my problems. And I can tell you that the hand is way stronger than the thumb. It's like all these experts and loved ones trying to help me were way stronger and more quick to help me through that problem than me on my own. So that would be the first story I'd share, is that love story of my wife supporting me, telling her I loved her. What's interesting, though, and I'll conclude it with this, that was a high pain to my journey, and I was excited. That was actually the first day I was happy in the hospital. Three days later, Tina came to see me. And that's when I said, this is not the man you married. Take everything and go. I'll completely understand. The anger took control of me again. And it's a journey. You don't get through a journey going through. I had a great day. It's all going to be great now. It's ebbs and flows. You're going to have low points. You're going to have high points. When those low points hit, you're going to want to push people out of your life when that's when you want to bring them back in and be like, you know what? It's hard for me today. And right now I just need your shoulder. I need you to just support me right now. Host/Lisa: I first have to say, that is such a beautiful story. And I think that your message is such a good one. And I think it's relatable to every kind of adversity out there. Whether it's mental health struggles, whether it's enduring the loss of a child, whether it's anything, is that we are stronger together. I am guilty of this as well. Do you think it's not only I can do this myself or that we don't want to burden our loved ones with our troubles? Spencer: I think it's a combination of a lot of things. One of them is we use, I don't want to burden you as an excuse. I don't want to burden you as an actual reason. It's an excuse. But I really do feel like it's more that we don't want to open up. Because to open up and say this is what I'm going through means that I also have to expose who I am and parts of my internal self that I don't show the world every day. And I'm really not comfortable with sharing the world those things every day. And you know what? You're not an expert either. You're probably going to give me advice that I don't want to hear. I find that a lot. I don't like the advice you just gave me. Right. So then I get mad at you or you didn't say it exactly what I wanted you to say it. It's like, who cares? I'm here because I love you and I'm supporting you. I'm not going to have all the perfect answers, but you know what? I'm going to be there perfectly supporting you. And if you let me, let's talk. Host/Lisa: A little bit about resilience. I think you are truly one of the most resilient human beings I know. What makes you resilient? And what do you think makes people in general resilient? Spencer: Well, I've already given you two stories, so we'll go to the third story, which is perfect timing. So the first story is you can't get better on your own. That's the support of my life. Second story is you got to start finding things worth fighting for. Let your eyes turn out and find those most important things. Third story is perspective. I went home to the hospital on boxing, or I went home from the hospital for 2 hours on boxing day. I was supposed to go on christmas, but it didn't work out. It took two paramedics and two nurses and about three bags of medical garments. I stayed in the stretcher the entire time and I dictated. I didn't want a single child in the room because I didn't think any of my nephews or nieces could handle what they're going to see. The only child in the room was amber, and she was my baby, so that made sense. When I did get home, there was my grandpas, my grandmas, aunts, uncles, friends, adults, all adults, brothers, sisters, and they had all these presents and everyone else had already opened their presents, and I couldn't open presents. I was completely useless still at that time. So my wife would open the presents and anger took over me. Every time I saw something, I'm like, well, that's nice. I haven't worn clothes in nine months. Thank you for a sweater I'll never wear again in my mind. That's what I'm saying, right? Or, oh, you got me an xbox. I know it's a $300 gift, but these hands will never play with a controller again. Thank you. I just turned everything into a moment to be angry, this love from people. And then after 2 hours at home, it was time to go back to the hospital. So they loaded me back in the ambulance. And in Edmonton, we have the white mud freeway. I lived on the west end of Edmonton, and the time of year is really important. This is Christmas. So four in the afternoon, the sun's already setting here in northern Canada, and I'm going from west to east to the hospital. So I'm looking at the sunset the entire Way, going down the white mud freeway. And as the sun set, all I could see looking out the Back of the ambulance was red and orange and yellow painted right across the sky. And it was just super beautiful. And in my mind, I sat there so quietly, lied there so quietly, just looking at that sunset, taking it in. And what the Paramedic didn't realize was the Perspective I was gaining. The last time I saw red, orange and yellow, my life was being destroyed. And now it's painted right across the sky in the most beautiful way I could ever picture it. And in my mind, I'm like, maybe the Fire didn't have to be destructive. Maybe this could be a Sunset. And it really changed my perspective on what was possible. And so when Tiana came to visit me that night after my family left, about an hour and a half later, she walked by the window. There's a big Bay window for isolation that they can observe you. And as soon as I saw her, I was like, here comes my Sunshine. Sorry, I don't get to tell that story a lot. Honestly, that moment, I needed to see a Sunset. Put it that way. I needed to see some hope. And that hope came from realizing that fire can be beautiful, and maybe I could be, too. Host/Lisa: I absolutely love that story, and I'm so glad that you told us, and maybe you weren't ready to see the sunset before that, but I am so, so happy that. That did help you on your journey. Can you share with us? As you said, I think anything after trauma, after something terrible in your life has happened, I call it a roller coaster. After losing Katie, I would say that I was on, like, a Six Flags scream the whole way, want to vomit kind of roller coaster. And now I'm more on the kitty roller coaster. How do you cope? How did you cope? How have your coping skills changed over the years? Spencer: That is so funny that you describe it as a roller coaster, because I do as well. So your screaming moment, Six Flags roller coaster. For me, it was my life changed, and you hit rock bottom, and it's a far fall and it's a hard fall, and that's the screaming part. Right. And then you get to that low point. And I'm sure you had this ultimate low point, was that initial despair of grief and overwhelming emotions of finding out your daughter is no longer here. But what ended up happening is after you hit that low point, you actually start going up, but you don't realize it because you're now in the healing journey forward. So, for me, it was physical and emotional, mental. For you, it'd be, and spiritual. For you, the physical part wouldn't be there, but I'm sure all the emotional, spiritual, and mental stuff would all be there. But you start finding this way to heal, and then you hit a high point. And you hit those points where you wake up one day or halfway through your day or whatever, you find yourself laughing. You haven't laughed in a week, and now you do. So for me, I say the first high point was when I came out of a coma, right? Because it wasn't that bad. That was the first time I was like, okay, it's not so bad. But then after I found that high point, I hit a low point again. Because what ended up happening is I gained something that day. Like, I'm now awake, right? And for you, it was like, oh, I can laugh again, right? Or I can smile again, or I can hold my husband again or something, right? Something hit that high point. What happens when you hit that high point? You get to keep it. You can't be taken away from you. It's something I gained now, but I still have a lot more journey to go through. That one thing on its own is not enough. So you hit a low point again. But what's interesting is you don't fall as far because you actually got something, you got to keep something. And then you hit that low point, which would be like, after I told Tina I loved her three days later or after I woke up, I was like, I became angry really quick or told Tina she could leave me after I told her I loved know I hit those low points every single time in my journey. Whenever I had a point that I was high, I have found that within an hour or a day or three days, I hit this low point where I tried to push something out of my life. But then what I came to realize I kept what I gained. So the next climb wasn't as high and the next drop wasn't as low. Which is weird that you then get to, like, an amonic kitty roller coaster. That's how I exactly describe it. It's like everyday life is little ups and downs, right? We don't have these huge drops and huge ups, but we're back to everyday life where we have ups and downs. What? I will go back to my near death experience a little. I say what happened to me was a bad day, right? But I challenge people in my presentations. I'm like, have you ever had a bad day? Everyone's like, yeah. I'm like, I bet you you've had so many bad days, you can't remember them all. Am I right? But then I go even further. I'm like, tell me a bad day you had three months ago or six months ago. And most people can't even tell me what their bad day was three months ago or six months ago. Yet I guarantee you had one then. And then it's like, well, and when you have those bad days, they consume you. They absolutely consume you. It's like they change the whole outcome of your day sometimes. And yet they were so meaningless, you don't even remember it three months later. The only time anyone can ever say, I do have a bad day, I can share with you. Six months ago was when they lost somebody or when they lost a job or they had something that affected their most important thoughts. When you have something that affects those most important thoughts, you remember those days. But short of that, our bad days usually are so meaningless, we don't even remember them. Host/Lisa: Yeah, they're blips in the big scheme of thing, right? I think both of us comparing our journeys to a roller coaster, I think that that is a good analogy, in my mind, at least, of resilience. And I think resilience is keep staying on the darn roller coaster and accepting that the ride is not always fun and accepting that the ride is hard and that the drops are going to come and that those moments that you want to scream and barf are going to come, but to keep going. And I think we get a little bit stronger, right. Every time that we have a really tough time on our journey, that makes us stronger. I know in the beginning I hated when people said, oh, you're so strong. And I just wanted to scream, I have no option. And you probably felt the same way as well. Nobody gave me a choice in this, but I truly think that when you go through hard times, you do become strong. Do you think that as humans, we have to go through adversity in order to become resilient? Spencer: Yes and no. In a perfect world, no, we shouldn't have to go through these things to become resilient. And your listeners are going to be like, oh, that so makes sense. But then the next time you have a bad day, are you really going to think back to, well, what did Spencer say and how do I apply? Like, that's what I did with COVID because I have been through it, that I know these tools and I know first you feel what you're feeling, right? Then you have to be, instead of letting that trap happen and catch you, you cap it off. Like, I give myself three days. I don't care what the situation is. Three days I will grieve. After three days, I will start to move forward. It doesn't mean I give up the grieving instantly, but I'm now on a path of moving forward. But you have to flex those muscles. You have to grow them. And the way you do it is by putting into practice positive habits when things get hard, because then you become more resilient on being able to get through things. So you say resiliency is these ebbs and flows and going through the roller coaster thing. I say resiliency is having the strength to get out of your own way. Host/Lisa: That is so good and so true. I know there's some people that are listening that are going to want to look you up. They're going to want to find your book and they're going to want to find your website, maybe book you as a speaker. Where's the best place for them to go? Spencer: Well, you can google my name, Spencer beach. There's two Spencer beaches in the world. One's a real beach in Hawaii, which I've been to. It's a beautiful beach. Please don't pee on it. There's public washrooms there. The other is me. Or you can go to Spencerspeaks, ca. The book can only be found on my website. You can get used books through Amazon. If you are looking for saving money, and I'm completely fine with that. I wrote the book to help people. And I think the worst thing for a book, once it's read, is to sit on a shelf and never be read again. So yeah, if you can find a cheaper way of getting the book, take advantage of it. And you can also get the book as an ebook as well. It's called in case of Fire. Host/Lisa: Yes. And read it. Like I say, it was amazing. I don't remember many of the books that I read, but I will always, always remember yours. Spencer, you truly define resilience. Massive gratitude for being here today. Spencer: Thank you. Host/Lisa: And to our listeners, be well and stay resilient and we'll catch you next time. Remember, you were made for more.

The story of the Age of Discovery traditionally begins in 1415, when the Portuguese captured the Moroccan city of Ceuta in a stunning lightning assault. Among those who made their names that day was Prince Henry of Portugal, a young, brash, and zealous prince. Over the next 45 years his restless nature would place him … Continue reading Episode 3 – Henry the Navigator

"And, while Cinderella and her prince *did* live happily ever after, the point, gentlemen, is that they lived," (Ever After, 1998).Join Becca and I for a special request episode where we discuss Becca's favorite Cinderella Retelling: Ever After!Synopsis:Andy Tennant directed this Cinderella variant. The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame (Jeanne Moreau) who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor. In flashback, the story then focuses on eight-year-old Danielle, daughter of a wealthy widower, a 16th-century landowner. After returning to France with his new wife Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) and her two daughters, he dies of a heart attack. Ten years later, Danielle (Drew Barrymore) is now treated as a servant by the trio. Fortunately, she has an encounter with Prince Henry (Dougray Scott), who is fleeing an arranged marriage. Later, when Danielle poses as a Lady, the Prince takes an interest in her. Inventor-artist Leonardo Da Vinci (Patrick Godfrey), accepting the French court's patronage, offers advice to Prince Henry on matters of the heart.This podcast is Hosted and Produced by Bethanie A. Finger, with special guest Becca.Clips are from Ever After: A Cinderella Story, 20th Century Fox and Flower Films. Logo Art was created by Cosmic Nova Flare on Instagram. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jackie and Danielle are talking about the 1998 American romantic period drama Ever After with their guest Ashley Boyd! This updated adaptation of the classic fairytale tells the story of Danielle, a vibrant young woman who is forced into servitude after the death of her father. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off her own two daughters. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when she meets the charming Prince Henry. Starring: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey and Jeanne Moreau ·Season 3 Episode 17· --- No More Late Fees - https://biolinks.heropost.io/nomorelatefees --- Ashley:  Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@smashleyboyd Instagram https://www.instagram.com/smashleyboyd/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/support --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nomorelatefees/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nomorelatefees/support

Last time we spoke about the Red Bearded Honghuzi Bandits. Yes Manchuria and many parts of China proper have had a bandit problem going back to ancient times. The borderlands between the Russian Empire and Qing Dynasty proved to be the perfect grounds for bandits to evolve. The Honghuzi were getting larger, more organized and certain leaders amongst them would have long lasting impacts on the history of China. Such names that come to mind are Zhang Zuolin and the Dogmeat General Zhang Zongchang. Such forces were incorporated officially into the Qing military to thwart other bandit groups and eventually to harass the Russians or Japanese in conflict looming on the horizon. Everything seems to be hot in Manchuria, Russian has full on invaded her and is reluctant to drag her troops out. There are those unhappy with this circumstance and they will soon make themselves heard loud and clear.    #73 The Yellow Peril and a War in the East   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. The Boxer Rebellion is over. The Russo-Chinese War in Manchuria is over. Order had been restored to Beijing and in Manchuria things were significantly quieted down. Now the other nations of the 8 nation alliance had their hands full dealing with the expedition against Beijing and they sort of turned a blind eye to what was a side conflict in Manchuria. But when things were settling down and 177,000 Russian forces had more or less invaded and were occupying Manchuria, well a lot of eyeballs bulged. Britain and Japan sought common cause, both had significant investments in the Asia-Pacific. For example Britain had Weihaiwei and was literally staring down at the Russians over in Port Arthur and Dalien. Japan had been slighted by the triple intervention by Russia, Germany and France, losing her acquisitions of Port Arthur and Dalien to the Russians. Manchuria was always seen as a buffer zone to the Japanese, she now hand a toehold in Korea and such large Russian activity in Manchuria was very threatening. Let us not forget the entire war between the Qing dynasty and Japan over Korea, to a lesser extent also had Russian as a 4th party. Russia did meddle in Korea and continuously antagonized Japan. Thus with common cause Japan and Britain formed an alliance on January 30th of 1902. In response Russia and France formed their own on March 16th of 1902. The alliances basically worked to thwart any other great powers from getting involved in a potential war between Japan and Russia.  Now Russia also agreed to the rest of the great powers that she would gradually withdraw her forces from Manchuria. It was to be rolled out in 3 periods of 6 months. The first phase saw southwest Manchuria evacuated and returned to China, but when it came to the second phase, suddenly Russia was making demands for concessions to the Qing dynasty.  Britain, Japan and the US protested the demands and this bolstered China to reject them. Now turned back the clock a bit there was another sticky situation. When chaos was erupting in Korea, King Gojong ran to the Russians for protection for over two years. This turned the nations favor towards the Russians over the Chinese and Japanese. Russia seized this opportunity to strengthen her forces in defense of her legation in Korea, and this action was met with actions taken up by Japan. Japanese and Russian officials met and this was the result verbatim: A further agreement between Russia and Japan had been signed in Tokyo on 25 April 1898. The agreement contained three understandings: The independence of Korea was assured; neither country would interfere in Korea's domestic affairs. There would be no appointment of military or civil advisers without discussion with the interested parties. Russia agreed not to hinder Japan's development of trade with Korea.  Aside from this the Russians of course wanted to seize as much as they could. A Russian-Korean bank was formed in 1897, and a timber cutting contract was given to Russian industrialists in the Yalu river area. In 1901, Tsar Nicholas II told Prince Henry of Prussia, "I do not want to seize Korea but under no circumstances can I allow Japan to become firmly established there. That will be a “casus belli." The contract only came into effect when the Manchurian railway projects were kicking off and when able bodies were around, which came about during the occupation of Manchuria. In april of 1903 Russians acquired some land and established a fort at Yongampo near the mouth of the Yalu river. America and Japan received similar concessions in the region. The Japanese began receiving reports, indicating Port Arthur was being heavily stocked with supplies and a large body of Russian troops were advancing across the Liaodong Peninsula towards Korea. Thus from the Japanese point of view it looked clear Russia was not honoring her agreements. On July 28th of 1903, the Japanese ambassador at St Petersburg was instructed to make it known to the Russians, the 7 demands they made to China was not seen as a “relaxation of her hold on Manchuria but rather a consolidation” Two days later, Russian Admiral Alexeiev was appointed Viceroy of the Far East. Alexeiev would hold supreme power to exercises diplomacy between Russian East Asia and her neighbors as well as command the Russian military and naval forces in the east. From the Japanese point of view, a permanent Russian occupation of Manchuria would be prejudicial over her own security and interests. It would also threaten Korea, which was her sphere of interest, one she was not looking to share. Russia agreed to consider drawing up a new treaty. On August 12th of 1903 a draft was presented at St Petersburg, but in the meantime Russia was strengthening her position in the far east. This tense situation kept going, until January 13th of 1904 when Japan offered to recognize Manchuria as being outside her sphere of interest, if Russia would agree Korea was Japan's sphere of interest. It was to be blunt a very fair deal. Japan requested an early reply to the proposal, but by February 4th of 1904 no reply was forthcoming. Two days later the Japanese ambassador, Mr. Kurino called upon the Russian foreign minister, Count Lamsdorf to take his leave. Kurino explained to Lamsdorf that the Japanese government had decided to adopt some “independent action” deeming it necessary to defend its established rights and legitimate interests. Basically Japan's patience had come to an end. The Russian ambassador to Tokyo, Baron Rosen, had continuously sent warnings to his superiors in St Petersburg that if they continued to corner Japan, she would most certainly fight them. Such sentiment was shared by War Minister General Kuroptkin who resigned in a state of exasperation some months earlier. Tsar Nicholas II did not want a war, but he was continuously assured by his advisers, Japan was not strong enough to fight them. When Mr. Kurino took his leave, the immediate signal was made to Admiral Alexeiev, who was in Tokyo at the time. The new viceroy saw with his own eyes evidence of Japanese mobilization and he advised St Petersburg accordingly. The Japanese foreign ministry confirmed their government had run out of patience. However all of this was taken to be a bluff. It has been theorized Alexeiev was simply not averse to a war with a country he certainly deemed inferior to his own. It is also theorized Tsar Nicholas II probably believed if a war would to break out it would be a short and victorious one, and perhaps such an event could distract the tide of revolution hitting his nation, the people of Russia were not happy anymore about the Romanov rule. Funny enough, all of these talks, deceptions and plans were to take shape in China. The Chinese were literally never even thought of or spoken to, and soon a war would literally occur within their borders against their will. How did this all come about? It might sound a bit funny, but a large reason the Russo-Japanese War would occur would simply be a result of, pardon my french, shit talking by one Kaiser Wilhelm II. When Kaiser Wilhelm I died on March 9th of 1888, Germany fell to Frederick III who died of throat cancer only 99 days after taking the reins. On June 15th, a 29 year old Kaiser Wilhelm II took the throne. Now for those of you who don't know, Otto von Bismarck, the man who unified Germany was during the late 19th century one of the greatest political players in the world. Bismarck had an incredible understanding of the balance of power theory and studied all the most powerful nations national interests. He brokered international deals using his knowledge to increase Germany's standing in global politics and he also in many ways designed a system of international alliances to thwart a global war….which ironically would in many ways cause ww1. If you want to know more specifically about this by the way, check out Kings and Generals alliances that caused WW1, I wrote that script and its a fascinating story. Dan Carlin famously referred to Bismarcks work as creating a giant hand grenade, that if the pin got pulled out, only Bismarck understood how to put it back in. While Bismarck was in power things were pretty good, but he was such a colossal figure, that when the young Kaiser came into power, many of his advisers suggested he was being overshadowed by Bismarck. Kaiser Wilhelm II listening to his advisers, sought to stop Bismarck from taking the quote en quote “day to day” administration. Conflicts began to arise between the two men. Wilhelm did not understand the complexities of Bismarcks international relations and saw him as far too peaceful. Wilhelm gradually fell under the influence of his military leaders to the dismay of Bismarck who thought the Kaiser would lead them swiftly into a war with a nation like Russia. In 1890 Bismarck resigned under pressure from Wilhelm II and other German leaders, and as Dan Carlin would say, now the grenade he created was set to go off. Now when the new Kaiser venturing into international relations, he was deeply influenced by a ideological concept that he would use as a tool to coerce international players to act out. The concept is known as the “yellow peril” “le Peril Jaune” as coined by Russian sociologist Jacques Novikow in the late 19th century. In essence the yellow peril was a racist ideology that held asians to be subhuman, like apes and monkeys, but also that as a racial group should they unite, they would threaten what was thought to be the superior race of the day, whites. Basically the idea was that if all the nations of asia were to unite, they could retaliate against the White nations who were at the time colonizing or forcing unequal treaties upon them. There was also a religious element to it, that Christianity was under threat from the hoards of the east.  Now back to Wilhelm II, one of his advisers was the diplomat Max von Brandt who advised him that Imperial Germany had major colonial interests in China. The Triple Intervention that Germany endorsed was justified by the Kaiser under the guise it was to thwart what he began calling “die Gelbe Gefahr / the yellow peril”. The Kaiser began a propaganda campaign using the famous allegorical lithograph “Peoples of Europe, Guard your Most Sacred Possessions” created in 1895 by Hermann Knackfuss. You can google the image. The lithograph portrays the European monarchs with Germany as the leader of Europe personified by a “prehistoric warrior-goddesses being led by the Archangel Michael against the yellow peril from the east. The east is seen as a dark cloud of smoke which rests eerily upon a calm Buddha, wreathed in flame”. The imagery is very apparent, white and christianity is under threat from asian and their eastern religions. This type of ideology goes all the way back to Ancient Greece and Persia, its the age old west vs east stuff. Today you would call this sort of talk, a race war. Now you are probably asking, ok this leader of Germany is just a racist dude, how does this cause a war between Russia and Japan? This story is rather hilarious and hard to believe, but in summary, the Kaiser used the ideology to trick his cousin into war.  For those unaware, Kaiser Wilhelm II was first cousins with King Geoerge V of Britain,  to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, to Queens Marie of Romania, Maud of Norway, Victoria Eugene of Spain, and even the woman he would eventually marry, the Empress of Russia. Now the Germany presented to Wilhelm was involved in some alliances. I mentioned Britain and Japan had an alliance and France and Russian had an alliance. Wilhelm and his advisers sought to increase Germany's stature. Wilhelm believed that if Russia went to war with Japan, it would break up the Franco-Russian alliance and with no one else to turn to, Russia would seek an alliance with Germany. Wilhelms reasoning was that France was not supporting of Russians expansion into asia and such aggressive actions like going to war with Japan would be highly disapproved by France. The French Premier Maurice Rouvier publicly declared that the Franco-Russian alliance applied only in Europe and not Asia and that if Japan and Russia went to war, France would remain neutral. Such rhetoric seemed to prove Wilhelms beliefs. Germany meanwhile felt threatened by Britain and had embarked on what was known as the Tirpitz Plan in the late 1890s. The Tirpitz plan was Germany's plan to achieve world power status through naval power, but the world's greatest navy of course was Britain at the time. What essentially happened was Germany challenging Britain to an arms race in the form of naval warship building programs. Everything the Kaiser pursued during the late 19th century was what was called “Weltpolitik / world politics” which essentially was just Germany's imperialistic foreign policy to become a global power. Wilhelm and his advisers were playing world politics to weaken rivals and strengthen Germany plain and simple.  So Wilhelm believes he can break the French-Russian alliance and squeeze himself in Frances place if he can get the Russians to go to war with Japan who just happened to be allied to Germany's main rival, Britain. Some real game of thrones stuff here. Wilhelm also believed if Germany could pull this off, France would be compelled to join them, forming a triple alliance against Britain and Japan so they could all pursue their expansionist policies in places like Asia. There was also the belief pulling this off would pull Russia away from the Balkans which was a huge source of tension with Germany's main ally Austro-Hungary. Thats all fine and dandy, but how does Wilhelm get his cousin Tsar Nicholas to go to war with the Japanese, here comes the yellow peril.  Starting in 1895, Kaiser Wilhelm began using the Yellow Peril ideology to portray Germany as the great defender of the west against the barbarism of the east. But then all of a sudden Wilhelm began sending personal letters to his cousin Nicholas praising him as the quote “savior of the white races” and began urging him to take a more hardened approach to Asia. The letters between the two have been referred to as the “willy-nicky” letters, consisting of 75 messages sent back and forth between 1895-1914. I wont list them all of course but lets take a peak at how Wilhelm wrote to his cousin. In 1895 Wilhelm wrote this from Kaltenbronn Schwarzwald. I will paraphrase of course there's a ton of fluff. Dearest Nicky, I thank you sincerely for the excellent way in which you initiated the combined action of Europe[27] for the sake of its interests against Japan. It was high time that energetic steps were taken, and will make an excellent impression in Japan as elsewhere. It shows to evidence how necessary it is that we should hold together, and also that there is existent a base of common interests upon which all European nations may work in joint action for the welfare of all as is shown by the adherence of France to us two. May the conviction that this can be done without touching a nations honour, take root more and more firmly, then no doubt the fear of war in Europe will dissipate more and more. The kind and most valuable messages which you sent me through Osten Sacken[28] by Count Eulenburgs transmission in Vienna have given me a signal proof of your loyalty and openness towards me. I shall certainly do all in my power to keep Europe quiet and also guard the rear or Russia so that nobody shall hamper your action towards the Far East! For that is clearly the great task of the future for Russia to cultivate the Asian Continent and to defend Europe from the inroads of the Great Yellow race. In this you will always find me on your side ready to help you as best I can. You have well understood that call of Providence and have quickly grasped the moment; it is of immense political and historical value and much good will come of it. I shall with interest await the further development of our action and hope that, just as I will gladly help you to settle the question of eventual annexations[29] of portions of territory for Russia, you will kindly see that Germany may also be able to acquire a Port somewhere were it does not "gêne" you. You can see how Wilhelm is egging on his cousin about how Germany will have his back if he were to be bolder in Asia. Also the cute end bit about Germany acquiring some ports.  In 1898 for a New Years letter Wilhelm sent this Dearest Niky May this New Year be a happy one for you dear Allx and the whole of your house and country. May the plans, which you mature be fullfilled for the wellfare of your people. Henry's mission^ is one of the steps I have taken for the help and countenance of your lofty Ideals—without which no sovereign can exist—in promoting civilisation I. e. Christianity in [41] the Far East! Will you kindly accept a drawing I have sketched for you, showing the Symbolising figures of Russia and Germany as sentinels at the Yellow Sea for the proclaiming of the Gospel of Truth and Light in the East. I drew the sketch in the Xmas week under the blaze of the lights of theXmas trees!  Here Wilhelm is pressing upon the religious aspect and is basically flattering Nicholas. Again in 1898 Wilhelm wrote Dearest Nicky I must congratulate you most heartily at the successful issue of your action at Port Arthur ; we two will make a good pair of sentinels at the entrance of the gulf of Petchili, who will be duly respected especially by the Yellow Ones ! I think the way you managed to soothe the feelings of the "fretful Japs"by the masterly arrangement at Korea a remarkably fine piece of diplomacy and a great show of foresight; which Is apt to show what a boon it was that by your great journey,^ you were able to study the Question of the Far East locally and are now morally speaking the Master of Peking! Fretful Japs indeed In 1902 we get probably the most important letter involving the yellow peril Dear Nicky This is the more necessary as/certain symptoms in the East seems to show that Japan is becoming a rather restless customer and that the situation necessitates all coolness and decision of the Peace Powers. The news of the attachment of the Japanese General Yamai^—former leader of the Jap. troops in China—to the Legation at Peking in order to take in hand the reorganisation of the Chinese Army—i.e. for the unavowed object of driving every other foreigner out of China—is very serious. 20 to 30 Million of trained Chinese helped by half a dozen Jap. Divisions and led by fine, undaunted Christian hating Jap. Officers, is a future to be con- templated not without anxiety; and not impossible. In fact it is the coming into reality of the *'Yellow Peril" which I depicted some years ago, and for which engraving I was laughed at by the greater mass of the People for my graphic depiction of it ... Your devoted friend and cousin, Willy, Admiral of the Atlantic".  And there it is, an army of millions of Chinese led by Japanese officers, the yellow peril. So for years Wilhelm egged on his cousin, making him believe he was this savior of the white race, holding the yellow hoard back from sweeping over Europe. Wilhelm also made sure to leave ambiguous ideas that Germany had Russians back, that if war came and let's say a nation like Britain jumped into the mix, Germany would jump in too. Arguable if there was any reality behind these claims. Now back to the situation in the far east, King Gojong found his nation stuck between two tigers again, this time it was Japan and Russia. He believed the key to the issue was Manchuria and sought for Korea to remain as neutral as possible so she could hope to preserve her independence, I would saw independence with finger quotes. Meanwhile the Chinese ambassador to St Petersburg, Hu Weide was receiving reports from Beijing on whether Russia or Japan were likely to win such a war and how it would favor China. It was argued it was in China's interest for Japan to win, because a Japanese victory would likely breakdown Russians stronghold on Manchuria and perhaps China could wrestle it all back in. China decided in December of 1903 to remain neutral if war came, because while she knew Japan was the only one in the far east capable of pushing Russia out, she also did not know what Japan's ambitions might be in Manchuria.  In early 1904 negotiations continued between Russia and Japan, but like I mentioned earlier Japan gradually figured out Russia was not being serious. This was more than likely due to an infamous message sent by Wilhelm to Nicholas in December of 1903.  Since 97—Kiaochow—we have never left Russia in any doubt that we would cover her back in Europe, in case she decided to pursue a bigger policy in the Far East that might lead to military complications (with the aim of relieving our eastern border from the fearful pressure and threat of the massive Russian army!). Whereupon, Russia took Port Arthur and trusting us, took her fleet out of the Baltic, thereby making herself vulnerable to us by sea. In Danzig 01 and Reval 02, the same assurance was given again, with result that entire Russian divisions from Poland and European Russia were and are being sent to the Far East. This would not had happened if our governments had not been in agreement! Nicholas for his part was prepared to compromise with Japan, but the incessant letters from Wilhelm egging him on as a coward for thinking about compromising gradually broke the Tsar. The Kaiser wrote this: undertaking the protection and defence of the White Race, and with it, Christian civilization, against the Yellow Race. And whatever the Japs are determined to ensure the domination of the Yellow Race in East Asia, to put themselves at its head and organise and lead it into battle against the White Race. That is the kernel of the situation, and therefore there can be very little doubt about where the sympathies of all half-way intelligent Europeans should lie. England betrayed Europe's interests to America in a cowardly and shameful way over the Panama Canal question, so as to be left in 'peace' by the Yankees. Will the 'Tsar' likewise betray the interests of the White Race to the Yellow as to be 'left in peace' and not embarrass the Hague tribunal too much?. Nicholas replied he still sought peace, and Wilhelm replied in telegram “oh you innocent angel, this is the language of an innocent angel. But not that of a White Tsar!” Regardless of the Tsar's feelings, Japan was firmly under the belief Russia was not serious about seeking a peaceful solution to their dispute over Manchuria and Korea. When Japan proposed recognizing Manchuria was Russia's sphere of influence if Russia would respect their sphere of influence over Korea, the Russia counter proposal was basically, no, Russia would retain Manchuria and Korea would be open game.  Potential diplomatic resolutions between the two nations had thus failed. Historians generally argue it was the fault of Nicholas II who pushed his administration to give no ground. Why he acted this way though has two major arguments, one I have highlighted, the egging on by the Kaiser, but there was another element at play. The Russian people were frankly fed up with the royal family, the people were looking for change. To start a war and rile up patriotism could have been an attempt to quell the Russian people from revolutionary actions and in retrospect it certainly seems the case. The Tsar's advisers despite being hawkish did not seek a war with Japan, they simply wanted to bully what they thought was a weaker nation into submission. Because the reality was, Manchuria was far, the trans siberian railway was not complete, moving troops and provisions such a distance was a colossal task.  Japan performed a large scale study of the Russian power in Manchuria. The Japanese had been secretly surveying and mapping as far as east of Lake Baikal. In 1904 the Japanese had 380,000 active and reserve army forces, 200,000 in the 2nd reserve, another 50,000 in conscription reserve and 220,000 trained men of the national army, thus they could in theory toss 850,000 men into a conflict and by conscripting perhaps 4,250,000 who would all have to be trained taking time and money. Japan's effective strength was 257,000 infantry, 11,000 cavalry and 894 artillery pieces. They held 12 infantry divisions each containing 11,400 infantry, 430 cavalry and 36 guns a piece. Their troops received 12 months training, once the war started this would be cut to 6 months. Their artillery battalions held 3 batteries with both field and mountain guns ranging in caliber of 2.95 inches to 4.72 inches. Their infantry were equipped with a modern 1900 .256 inch magazine rifle that could fire 2000 yards but was effective at 300. Each soldier carried a knapsack, greatcoat and shelter tent. In their sacks were two days rations and entrenching tools. For machine guns they would receive Hotchkiss guns. The logistical system for the Japanese would be much better than the Russians. They had a series of lines of support. The soldiers carried two days rations, with echelons of transports that carried provisions behind them. Each division had its own transport battalion, including an ambulance train to deal with casualties. Chinese carts, Chinese and Korean coolies would all be paid premium prices for logistical aid. The Japanese would buy local foodstuff from the Koreans and Chinese at premium prices to earn the local populaces support over the Russians. For the Russians their army stood roughly at 4.5 million, but only 6 of the 25 European army corps would play an active role in the far east. By February of 1904 the Russians had roughly 60,000 troops, 3000 cavalry and 164 guns posted at Vladivostok, Harbin and Port Arthur. By Mid february this would be increased to 95,000; with 45,000 at Vladivostok, 8000 at Harbin, 9000 in Haicheng; 11,000 near the Yalu and 22,000 around Port Arthur. The Russian had the European 1st, 4th, 8th, 10th, 16th and 17th army corps each numbering 28,000 rifles and 112 guns. Alongside these were 7 Siberian corps. While the Russians held the advantage in numbers, the trans siberian was not complete and the route going around Lake Baikal formed a massive delay. Lake Baikal is basically the size of Switzerland, around 386 miles long. Thus the forces in Manchuria would be at the mercy of local foodstuffs for provisions, which meant they were competing with the Japanese to purchase them, while the Japanese had their own nations foodstuffs coming via sea transport, from Korea and of course within China. The Russian troops were armed with a .299 caliber rifles, but their training was lackluster and required all men to fire at short range on orders from superior officers. The upcoming war would catch the Russian gunners in the midst of a  re-equipment programme. A third of their guns were a new 3 inch quick firing gun with a range of 6000 yards, capable of battering the Japanese artillery. However the gunners training period was quite literally on the job. Thus many of the gunners were coming into the conflict with a new technology they had not even fired yet. Japan's population was then 46.5 million, Russia's 130 million. The Russian military opinion saw the Japanese “as little people who lived in paper houses…and wasted hours on flower arrangement and tea ceremonies”. However, Minister of War Kuropatkin visited Japan in 1903 and was impressed by their infantry and artillery, stating that they were equal to any European army, and advocated avoiding war with them. Russia's navy was much larger, but divided between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Pacific, whereas Japan's was concentrated in her home waters. By 1902, Russia began strengthening her Pacific squadron and, by the end of 1903, had 7 battleships, 7 cruisers, 25 destroyers and 27 smaller ships. The IJN (the Japanese Navy) consisted of 6 battleships, 10 cruisers, 40 destroyers and 40 smaller vessels. The Russian ships were a hotchpotch of differing types, armaments and speeds, with a varied amount of armor protection. The Japanese ships were nearly all British built, uniform and faster. Alcohol excess amongst Russian crews was a serious problem. Baltic crews spent the 6 months of winter ashore because the gulf of Finland froze and because of bureaucratic demand for uniformity. So did the crews of the Black Sea fleet. Thus, Russian sailors spent less time at sea and less time training. The Japanese navy under British instruction spent more time at sea, and trained intensively. Japanese sailors were literate, while most Russian sailors were not. These variables would come out to play when dealing with steam-driven warships, the most technologically advanced weapons of the day. At the outbreak of the conflict the Russian Far East fleet would have 7 battleships, 6 cruisers and 13 destroyers at Port Arthur. At Vladivostok were 4 first class cruisers, with a number of torpedo boats. At Chemulpo in Korea were the protected cruisers Varya and gunboat Koreyetz. A crucial component of the conflict would be commanding the sea ways. Both nations recognized this fact all too well. The Russian far east fleet was constrained from year the round training by being icebound in Vladivostok for 3 months of the year. Her fleet was also a ragtag bunch with different armaments, speed, armor and flexibility. Russia was dependent on foreign built ships, though she was fully capable of building her own. Russia had ships built from Britain, Germany, France and the US. The Russian navy was based on conscription at 7 years with 3 years of reserve.  The IJN combined fleet was led by Vice-Admiral Heihachiro Togo. The two divided squadrons of the Russian Pacific Fleet were commanded overall by Admiral Oskar Ludvig Stark. The Main Russian squadron was in Port Arthur and the other cruiser squadron was at Vladivostok under the command of Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov. Port Arthur offered some shore artillery battery defense, though it was underfunded due to divestments for the development of Dalny, and its dry dock capabilities were quite limited compared to that of Sasebo. The Russians were bluffing the Japanese while continuing the strengthen their position in the far east. But the Japanese would not wait for them to do so.   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Kaiser Wilhelm II had egged his cousin Tsar Nicholas II into facing against the Empire of Japan. Little did the Russian Tsar know, but he was about to send his nation to their doom, for the Japanese had done their homework and were determined to rid Manchuria of the Russian menace

The Prince Henry Hospital Little Bay, Sydney, is where medical staff dedicated their lives to caring for the sick, the injured and patients in isolation, suffering with dangerous and highly-infectious diseases. All hospitals have their ghost stories to tell and Prince Henry is no different. One character that still remains legendary is Nurse Gracie. Listen in to find out some of the fascinating tales of spooky goings on. Anne & Renate are rushed to the ER of the supernatural today to explore the legends, lore and more of The Prince Henry Hospital.Spirits of The Prince Henry Hospital - A True Hauntings Podcast  Follow Anne and Renata:Facebook: @AnneAndRenata Instagram: @AnneAndRenataYouTube: @AnneAndRenataTikTok: @AnneAndRenataSubscribe, Rate & Review to True Hauntings Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-hauntings/id1537052147See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Immerse yourself in a riveting tale of royal hauntings in the heart of England's tranquil countryside at Frogmore Cottage. Listen in as we unravel the chilling history of this ancient royal retreat and its impact on its current inhabitants, Prince Henry and his wife Mary. They found themselves tormented by unseen malevolence and spectral apparitions, leading them to investigate the tragic story of Lady Eliza Montague. Her forbidden love affair, scandal, despair, and eventual demise had left her restless spirit trapped within the cottage.As our royal couple uncovers deceit and conspiracy that led to Lady Eliza's tragic end, they endeavor to clear her name and find her redemption. Our story does not end at Frogmore Cottage. When Prince Henry and Mary move to California, the hauntings follow, revealing a deeper and more personal connection to Lady Eliza. Guided by dreams and visions, they unearth secrets that go beyond the confines of the haunted cottage, proving that even the darkest spirits can find redemption when their stories are heard. So, join us on this spectral journey filled with sorrow, deceit, lost love, and ultimately, redemption. Written and hosted by Alexander Ian McIntyre, this Calaroga Shark media production will leave you with a profound understanding of the mystery of redemption and the long shadow the past can cast.Be part of MONSTER MASH MONDAY on October 30th as Caloroga Shark Media celebrates a special cross over podcasting event.Ghost – Scary Stories Daily Murder Weekly – The Monster Mash Killer Romance Weekly – Love at the Monster MashThe Best Song Ever (This Week) – The Monster Mash Palace Intrigue -Royal HauntingDaily Comedy News with a look at great Halloween comedy from David S. Pumpkins to Young Frankenstein.More information at www.caloroga.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5960964/advertisement

Embarking on the path to recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a profoundly individual journey, unique to each person who undertakes it. In today's enlightening session, we emphasize the paramount importance of cultivating resilience in the aftermath of trauma—a critical component of personal growth.Throughout this session, you'll be inspired by the real-life stories of individuals who have triumphed over their traumatic experiences, including figures like Chris Kyle, renowned as the American Sniper, and Prince Henry.A PTSD transformation podcast is incomplete without practical strategies and techniques for fortifying your resilience and nurturing positive psychology. You'll gain valuable insights and tools to help you navigate the challenges of recovery.As we conclude this discussion, we'll leave you with a compelling list of 10 significant benefits that await those who make the transformative shift from trauma to embracing the positive aspects of life. This journey is not only about healing but also about rediscovering the strength within yourself to thrive beyond adversity.Support the showOptions For Connection:Websitehttps://www.ptsd-transformation.caPinterest https://www.pinterest.ca/PTSD_transformationInstagram https://www.instagram.com/ptsd_transformationYoutube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRFl48PWiMPlXh0wfarKJ7g?sub_confirmation=1 DisclaimerI want to remind you that this Podcast is my opinion and my teachings, in no way does it replace a licenced Mental health professional, if you feel that you are in a place where you need that support reach out to someone and get it.

Hey friends! This week we talk about the movie version of Red White & Royal Blue which was originally by Casey McQuiston ! We discuss the movie and book differences, the casting choices, wigs and so so much more! Movie description below Theme Song by Man With Roses Based on the New York Times bestseller, Red, White & Royal Blue centers around Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry whose long-running feud threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a staged truce, their icy relationship begins to thaw and the friction between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.

Welcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 161! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and speaks with us on the fifth and last episode of this series about famous Fairhaven artists. This episode is about Albertus van Beest. Our five-part series of conversations on celebrated Fairhaven artists from days gone by with Kyle have included: Podcast Episode 132  - William Bradford Podcast Episode 133 - Lemuel Eldred Podcast Episode 146 - Robert Swain Gifford Podcast Number 152 - Charles Henry Gifford This series is supported in part by a grant from the Fairhaven Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Albertus van Beest was born in Rotterdam, where he grew up near the city's wharves. His talent for sketching got the attention of Prince Henry of the Netherlands, who asked him to travel with him and the Dutch fleet to the Mediterranean. According to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Albert van Beest (1820-1860) "was born in Holland, [and] spent three years collaborating with William Bradford. A talented marine artist, Van Beest was particularly skilled at capturing the drama of shipwrecks and storms at sea." His travels, the first of which were over a span of three summers, took him to Morocco and many other places. He continued sketching on his travels to Brazil, Iceland, Patagonia, and the Falklands. In 1845 he left home and sailed to New York, where he lived for fifteen years. One of van Beest's pupils was Fairhaven, Massachusetts marine painter William Bradford. R. Swain Gifford is also said to have been one of his pupils. Bradford sought him out in New York and invited him to share a studio in nearby New Bedford. They worked and collaborated at that location for three years. Van Beest was as dramatic and temperamental as the scenes and subjects of his marine paintings. He returned to New York City where he died at the age of forty. The In-Focus Podcasts are up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters, and cultural impresarios of the remarkable creative community of South Coast Massachusetts including New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport, and beyond.  

"You, sir, are supposed to be charming." We watched "Ever After: A Cinderella Story" and we do NOT need to be rescued thank you very much! Drew Barrymore is having a bit of a career renaissance these days with her super charming, super viral (personal space anyone?) talk show, but we're taking it back with this one. Twenty Five Years to be exact! It was 1998 and Hollywood was still experiencing a contact high from Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" and we wanted more retellings of the classics through a 90's lens! More young Hollywood It-Girls! More alternative rock songs in the trailer! But we'll be darned if this movie doesn't actually work. Drew is really giving it her all as Danielle, the soot-faced orphan doomed to live out her days serving her Wicked Stepmother and Stepsisters, but we need to talk about Anjelica Huston absolutely eating as The Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent - the Wicked Stepmother. Drew knew what a moment it would be for the Barrymore and Huston acting dynasties to be together for this one, so she called Anjelica herself begging her to take the role. And we as movie-goers are forever in her debt. We also get to see Melanie Lynskey (herself having a moment lately) in an early American film role and she's so adorable we can't even stand it. Listen, we all know the story of what could have been with Dougray Scott's (Prince Henry) career (google it) but in what could have been a thankless role, he really came to play and it shows he's having a good time. This movie is straight up fun - it's a Cinderalla story where historical Leonardo da Vinci plays the Fairy godmother. Honestly, work.  Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay Twitter: @MTMUGPod Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

In this episode we're diving into the enchanting world of "Red, White & Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston. Join us as we explore the delightful romance between Alex Claremont-Diaz, the First Son of the United States, and Prince Henry of Whales. From the witty banter to the tender moments that tug at our heartstrings, we'll celebrate the power of love in all its forms. So grab your favourite beverage, find a cozy spot, and join us as we swoon and gush over the captivating tale of "Red, White & Royal Blue."Content Warnings: coming out, being outed, death and grief.

Red, White, and Royal Blue follows the fictitious first son of the first female president of the United States, an the closest thing to a prince on this side of the Atlantic. Alex, along with his sister, June, and the Vice President's genius granddaughter, Nora, have been cointed by the media as the White House Trio, a strategy for appealing to younger generations. This strategy goes sideways when photos of a “confrontation” with his long standing nemesis, Prince Henry, at the royal wedding are plaster all over the tabloids and threaten America-British relations. The plan of action to fix it is to fake a friendship between the First Son and the Prince, but when this fake friendship becomes a real friendship and the friendship becomes something more, the re-election campaign of President Ellen Claremont and the stuffy ideals of the (fictional) royal family require it kept secret.Why does the relationship between Alex and Henry work so well? What's the biggest turning point in their relationship? (We couldn't agree on that one.) And what happens next for these characters? Join us as we discuss these questions and more in episode 13 of our spoiler-filled podcast.Questions: The questions discussed in this episode come from Lit Lovers. → https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/11701-red-white-and-royal-blue-mcquiston?start=3Great music huh?! The music for the intro and outro are segments from a song titled "Busy City" by TrackTribe, which was accessed through the YouTube audio library.Coming up next: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley FortuneInterested in starting your own podcast? Sign up with Buzzsprout using our referral code and we'll both get a $20 amazon gift card! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1894341

We begin the new series in the Age of Discovery with Henry the Navigator. He was warrior, a prince, and a businessman with an eye for seeing opportunity. His exploits in terms of ship building, the caravel, mapmaking, and being a sponsor on several expeditions, gave Portugal an easly lead.    Flash Point History YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTYmTYuan0fSGccYXBxc8cA Contribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FPHx Leave some feedback: flashpointhistory@gmail.com Follow along on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FLASHPOINTHX/ Engage on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlashpointHx

Hi comrades! Welcome to the last rerelease of our hiatus. We are soooo excited to be back in your earholes with new content soon. But in the meantime, celebrate Pride Month a little early with us with Part 1 of our episodes on RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston. And when you're finished, don't forget to head over to Part 2. Chat soon!   Hey pals! It's part one of our Pride Month bonanza finale: RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston. This book is the gateway queer romance of the century, It's bonkers camp from start to finish with a beating, bleeding, beautiful heart at its center. Alex, the first son of the United States, and Prince Henry, the youngest prince of the British Royal Family, go quickly from hate to covered in cake to texting late to love. Join us for this homoerotic frat boy mishap of a book—it was sooo much fun! Part 2: Ep. 36 Brazen banter: Spy Kids alternative universe fanfic! What the heck is a Shakespearean love story? David Bowie, baby! Pet squirrels! Cat Scale: TBA Revolutionary Resources RW&RB Movie Cast Harry Potter removed from the book Lady Amelia Windsor & Edward Windsor Juni Cortez; Spy Kids (2001) Marquis de Lafayette Gorgeous - Taylor Swift The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi How to pronounce David Bowie's name Justin Trudeau & Justin Theroux

Explorers such as Columbus, da Gama, and Magellan stood on the shoulders of Prince Henry the Navigator. Henry's vision launched the Age of Discovery, the period in which explorers vastly expanded knowledge of the Earth.    While discovering new lands, Prince Henry also made Portugal a force in global trade, opening up routes that were previously blocked by the Moors. 

So much to discuss, Magic The Gathering is releasing a lord of the rings set. Plus what have we been reading, and video games were playing! Mortal Kombat 12 has been announced, the Goldbergs has been canceled. Rogers The Musical becoming a real thing, the new season of The Mandalorian is coming Friday. South Park being sued by Prince Henry and Meghan Markle? Is that true? Scott Lang book is real! Plus so much more to discuss!   #lordoftherings #MeghanMarkle #southpark #mortalkombat12 #modok #mandalorian #grogu #magicthegathering #mtg #wizardsofthecoast #rogersthemusical Email us 3geekspodcast@gmail.com Follow Us @3geekspodcast Follow Jason @3geeksjay    / 3geekspodcast   3geeks.ninja Podcast https://feeds.libsyn.com/327167/rss Check Out McGTV    / mikemcgtv   Check Out Mattalk https://anchor.fm/mattalk

In reimagining Sao Bento station for this piece, we wanted to foreground the feelings the space gave us in its own right, and background the distracting hubbub of tourists jostling for Instagram photos. The resulting composition is a spacious, stripped-back instrumental, in which the field recording lies throughout as a bed, held safely at a distance and only making itself known periodically throughout the piece. The music itself is a representation of the feeling we had looking up at the scenes of history on the azulejo-tiled walls, from the Battle of Valdevez in 1140 to the work scenes of wine shippers and watermill workers. The title comes from the depiction in the station of Prince Henry the Navigator. Sao Bento station reimagined by Cities and Memory. Photo by Rostyslav Savchyn on Unsplash

The US declaration of Independence described George III (1760-1820) as “marked by every act which may define a tyrant.” At home he was described as one of the most conscientious sovereigns who ever sat upon the English throne. Yet, he vehemently opposed catholic emancipation and the abolition of slavery. His characterisations are almost as broad as the events that unfolded during long reign. It saw an independent United States and a revolutionary France. It saw the age of enlightenment, the age of industry, science and technology and the age of imperialism that would see Europe reach the peak of its global power. Characters George III – King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (1760-1820) and Ireland (1801-20) Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz – Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (1760-1820) and Ireland (1801-20) Prince Frederick – father of George III, son of George II, Prince of Wales (1729-51) Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha – mother of George III Prince George – son of George III, Prince of Wales, Prince Regent of the United Kingdom (1811-20) Prince Henry – duke of Cumberland, brother of George III France Maximillien Robespierre – leading Jacobin revolutionary Charles Danton – leading Jacobin revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte – Emperor of France Louis XVI – King of France (1774-92) Louis XVIII – King of France (1814-15, 1815-24) Marie Antoinette – Queen consort of France, wife of Louis XVI (1774-92) Pierre-Charles Villaneuve – French vice-admiral at the Battle of Trafalgar Joseph Bonaparte – King of Spain and Naples, brother of Napoleon Louis Bonaparte – King of Holland, brother of Napoleon United States Thomas Paine – English-born American revolutionary activist Benjamin Franklin – writer, diplomat and philosopher George Washington – military officer and statesman. 1st President of the United States (1789-97) James Madison – President of the United States (1809-17) Andrew Jackson – general and statesman, President of the United States (1829-37) Prime Ministers Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle (1757-62) John Stuart, Earl of Bute (1762-63) George Grenville (1763-65) Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (1765-66, 82) William Pitt (the elder), earl of Chatham – Prime Minister (1766-68) Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton (1768-70) Frederick, Lord North (1770-82) William Petty, Earl of Shelburne (1782-83) William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland (1783, 1807-09) William Pitt (the younger) (1783-1801, 1804-06) Henry Addington (1801-04) William Grenville (1806-07) Spencer Perceval (1809-12) Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool (1812-27) Charles Fox – Whig politician Lord Effingham – in charge of the coronation Horatio Nelson – Admiral and flag officer in the Royal Navy Cuthbert Collingwood – Admiral in the Royal Navy Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington – commander at the Battle of Waterloo William Howe – commander-in-chief of the British land forces during the American War of Independence John Burgoyne – British general during the American War of Independence Charles Cornwallis – British general during the American War of Independence Thomas Gray – British poet and scholar Sarah Lennox – favourite of George John Harrison – British clockmaker and inventor of the marine chronometer Abel Tasman – Dutch seafarer and explorer James Cook – British captain and explorer Capability Brown – British gardener and landscape architect Benjamin West – American artist William Herschel – German-born British astronomer Pope Pius VI – head of the Catholic Church (1775-99)

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This week on The Proud Parent Club Sanjay is joined by award winning author and animator Olly Pike.   Olly is the 'Chief Executive Unicorn' of Pop N Olly who create educational LGBTQ+ inclusive books, videos and resources for children, parents, carers and teachers.Olly and Sanjay talk about LGBTQ+ Inclusive Education, how it is never too early to talk to children about different identities and families, finding creative ways to explore complex topics with children, the current environment for LGBTQ+ people and the inspirations behind some of his books including Prince Henry. The Proud Parent Club is the inclusive LGBTQ+ parenting podcast and community hosted by Sanjay Sood-Smith, gay dad through surrogacy with his husband Doug, a.k.a. The Travelling Gays.  Subscribe for reminders of each LGBT parenting podcast out weekly and follow us on Instagram.  Whether you are an LGBT parent or lesbian, gay, bi or trans future parent there will be something for you.Pop'n'Olly: www.popnolly.com | @popnollyuk | www.instagram.com/popnollyukOlly Pike: @ollypike | www.instagram.com/ollypikeThe Travelling Gays: @thetravellinggays | www.instagram.com/thetravellinggaysThe Proud Parent Club: @theproudparentclub | www.instagram.com/theproudparentclub | www.theproudparentclub.com

Hey pals! It's part one of our Pride Month bonanza finale: RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston. This book is the gateway queer romance of the century, bringing everyone from friend of the podcast, author Alison Cochrun, to host of the podcast, Alison, to the LGBTQ+ spectrum. This book is bonkers camp from start to finish with a beating, bleeding, beautiful heart at its center. Alex, the first son of the United States, and Prince Henry, the youngest prince of the British Royal Family, go quickly from hate to covered in cake to texting late to love. Join us for this homoerotic frat boy mishap of a book—it was sooo much fun!   Brazen banter: Spy Kids alternative universe fanfic! What the heck is a Shakespearean love story? David Bowie, baby! Pet squirrels! Cat Scale: TBA   Revolutionary Resources The Hunger Games RW&RB Movie Cast Harry Potter removed from the book Lady Amelia Windsor & Edward Windsor Juni Cortez; Spy Kids (2001) Uma Thurman Marquis de Lafayette Gorgeous - Taylor Swift Rhythmic gymnastics The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi Emperor Kuzco How to pronounce David Bowie's name Justin Trudeau & Justin Theroux

Happy Pride! Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating videos! In the history of the world there have been numerous royals and countless common people who preferred the romantic company of their own gender. Acceptance of this has varied by time period and by culture. Being gay was often made much easier if you were a person born to wealth and privilege. Here are the stories of 8 royals from around the world – complicated an interesting people who happened to be gay or bisexual. Alexander the Great of Macedonia (356BCE – 323 BCE) Emperor Ai of Han China (27 BCE – 1 BCE) Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640 – 1701) Hortense Mancini (1646-1699) Prince Henry of Prussia (1726-1802) Princess Isabella of Bourbon-Parma (1741-1763) Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842-1919) Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo (1936-2008) Lord Ivar Mountbatten (1963-) Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965-) Sources: Dall'Orto, Giovanni. Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II. Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, eds. London: Routledge, 2001. https://en.wikipedia.org Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. Herman, Eleanor. Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics. HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ For business inquiries, please contact LindsayHoliday@ellify.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyteatime/support

Prince Henry and his sisters transform in to dinosaurs and take on the Purple TornadoWritten by Simon ChadwickProtect your family with term life insurance now, in just 10 minutes. Apply today at meetfabric.com/shortstoriesAthleticPurchase our book complete with 38 of our stories and packed with illustrations! https://www.amazon.com/Short-Stories-Kids-Brilliant-Popular/dp/1838443258/ref=sr_1_2?crid=EJ9HUPDA90P1&keywords=short+stories+for+kids+podcast&qid=1652132030&sprefix=short+stories+for+kids+podcast%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-2Join up to our Premium channel and be a Super Fan of Short Stories for Kids! Here you will receive a Friday Bonus Episode every week! Plus our entire back catalogue of stories ad free!Also Premium Only Shout Outs just for you guys! Just email us telling us your a Premium member and you would like a shout out to shortstoriesforkidspodcast@gmail.comPremium Member Perks

Join your Host Sarah Stephenson & Co Host Mike Stephenson as they talk horror, science fiction & fantasy movies, TV series & books past, present & future. In this episode we're reviewing Ever After A Cinderella Story (1998). Danielle, a beautiful young woman, is treated as a servant by her stepmother and stepsisters. One day, she crosses paths with Prince Henry, heir to the kingdom, who falls in love with her. WARNING may contain a few spoilers' alerts. So if you haven't seen the film, yet please go watch the movie NOW… BOYS ‘N' GHOULS FILM REVIEW PODCAST comes to you every Monday & Wednesday. Next episode will appear next year on the 20th April, 2022 For your daily review go to: Anchor - https://anchor.fm/boysnghoulsfilmreview Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3xrXE8Wj6ToYNgK3ahAu0a RadioPublic - https://radiopublic.com/boys-n-ghouls-film-review-podcast-G4gAyD Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/boys-n-ghouls-film-review-podcast Visit our Merchandise Shop here: https://blackcatfilmprod.storenvy.com/ Thanks for watching. Don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE! ****CONTACT DETAILS**** Website: https://www.blackcatfilmproductions.com/ Shop: https://blackcatfilmprod.storenvy.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boysnghouls/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bcfp14/?ref=bookmarks Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackcatfilmpr2 Business Inquiries: blackcatfilmproductions736@gmail.com

Our Fairy-Tale romance month wouldn't be complete without a classic Cinderella story! This week we are watching the 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the Cinderella fairy tale, Ever After. Listen as our cohosts discuss the many French Renaissance-era costumes designed by Jenny Beavan. Topics include the famous winged dress worn by Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Leonardo da Vinci's wardrobe, and the various red flags of Prince Henry. You better listen before you turn into a pumpkin! Head to TheArtofCostumeBlogcast.com to subscribe, read show notes, and send us your movie and television requests! Please consider supporting the podcast by becoming an official member of our new Patreon! For our Patrons, we'll be posting highlights, funny moments, and unheard bloopers. We'll also be posting additional, special episodes just for Patreon members. Head to Patreon.com/TheArtOfCostume for all of the details. The Art of Costume Blogcast official merch store is now open! Go to TheArtOfCostume.com/PodStore where you can buy an awesome Blogcast shirt, print, coffee mug, and a whole host of other possibilities from TeePublic. We will be adding more designs as the podcast continues! Follow The Art of Costume Blogcast on Instagram at @TheArtofCostumePod. For more costume reviews, deep dives, and interviews, visit TheArtofCostume.com - a blog dedicated to highlighting the best in costume design! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/support

Our Fairy-Tale romance month wouldn't be complete without a classic Cinderella story! This week we are watching the 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the Cinderella fairy tale, Ever After. Listen as our cohosts discuss the many French Renaissance-era costumes designed by Jenny Beavan. Topics include the famous winged dress worn by Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Leonardo da Vinci's wardrobe, and the various red flags of Prince Henry. You better listen before you turn into a pumpkin! Head to TheArtofCostumeBlogcast.com to subscribe, read show notes, and send us your movie and television requests! Please consider supporting the podcast by becoming an official member of our new Patreon! For our Patrons, we'll be posting highlights, funny moments, and unheard bloopers. We'll also be posting additional, special episodes just for Patreon members. Head to Patreon.com/TheArtOfCostume for all of the details. The Art of Costume Blogcast official merch store is now open! Go to TheArtOfCostume.com/PodStore where you can buy an awesome Blogcast shirt, print, coffee mug, and a whole host of other possibilities from TeePublic. We will be adding more designs as the podcast continues! Follow The Art of Costume Blogcast on Instagram at @TheArtofCostumePod. For more costume reviews, deep dives, and interviews, visit TheArtofCostume.com - a blog dedicated to highlighting the best in costume design! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/support

The first thing that you may notice about Ibram is that his name seems artificial. A quick search reveals that his birth name is Ibram Henry Rogers. He discarded the name Henry, as it reminded him of Prince Henry the Navigator. As to his surname, Ibram claims that the name Rogers is racist (please tell that to Mr. Rogers, of the eponymous television show).

Det er jul, det er cool, det nu vi hygger os bedst… eller gør vi virkelig det? For det er også ved julebordet, vi møder andre generationer, der måske bruger andre ord eller laver “hygge-racistiske” jokes. Måske din morfar altid siger n-ordet eller din familie laver sjov med de brune kartofler? Og hvad gør man så? Hvem skal sige fra og hvordan gør man det på den bedst mulige måde? Prince Henry guider os igennem de forskellige dilemmaer og med inputs fra dronningerne får de sammen lavet 10 råd til, hvordan man kan holde en antiracistisk jul.Værter: Mizz Privileze og Twerk Queen LouiseUgens gæst: Prince Henry

In Episode One of Banished, we covered the controversy around Victor Arnautoff's murals, “Life of Washington” — a series of 13 paintings that cover the entrance and the hallway of George Washington High School in San Francisco. One of the voices in the episode was Professor Dewey Crumpler, an artist who was commissioned to paint so-called “response” murals to Arnautoff’s in the late 1960s when “Life of Washington” first became controversial. In this extended interview, Crumpler waxes lyrical not just about the mural controversy, but also about the place of art in society.“The most important place for young people to confront difficulty is in high school just before you get into the world,” Crumpler told us. “If it’s in the world, it’s for me. If it’s in the world, I have a right to know it. I have a right to experience it. And it’s my youth that helps prepare me for it, even though it will be problematic. That’s how we learn to overcome the difficulties.”Normally, extended guest interviews will only be available to paying subscribers, but we’re sharing this one with all of you to give you a taste of the kind of content you can expect if you subscribe to Booksmart Studios. * FULL TRANSCRIPT *KHALID: This is Banished, and I'm Amna Khalid. Welcome to a special subscriber-only episode of Banished. We're sharing this one with all of you to give you a taste of the kind of content we have in store for paying subscribers to Booksmart Studios. In Episode One, we covered the controversy around Victor Arnautoff's murals, Life of Washington, which is a series of 13 paintings that cover the entrance and the hallway of George Washington High School in San Francisco. These paintings, which were commissioned in the 1930s as part of the New Deal Art Initiative, have recently come under fire. Some people in the community see the imagery as offensive, even traumatizing. For example, one of the murals depicts a dead Native American lying face down on the ground as Washington's troops walk past in their pursuit of westward expansion. Another portrays enslaved African Americans picking cotton and working at Mount Vernon. Just recently, the school board voted to cover the murals with panels at a cost of three quarters of a million dollars. But the alumni association has fought back and filed a lawsuit to prevent this from happening. As part of my research for the story, I interviewed Professor Dewey Crumpler, an artist who was commissioned to paint so-called “response murals” to Arnautoff’s in the late 1960s when Life of Washington first became controversial. Professor Crumpler was only 19 when he painted his set of three murals titled Multiethnic Heritage, which depict the historic contributions and struggles of African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, and other minority groups. Today, Professor Crumpler, who is based at the San Francisco Art Institute, integrates digital imagery, video, and traditional painting techniques to explore themes of globalization and the reduction of culture from a way of life to a mere commodity. Over the next 20 minutes, Professor Crumpler will discuss some of his other work, how he came to paint the response murals, and the importance of context in interpreting art. I had heard that Professor Crumpler saw those horrific photos of Emmett Till's brutalized body at a very young age. I began our conversation by asking him to reflect on that moment.CRUMPLER: Seeing that image of Emmett Till as a six-year-old was traumatizing. And some of the students at George Washington High School were traumatized by seeing that image of a Native American on the ground dead. I empathize completely with those students and felt their pain. And I use that example in relationship to how one comes to grips with difficulty and how important it is for young people to know that they have support, but that the world is complicated, and they will learn to cope. Now, it became more apparent to me that art, that creativity, could do something very important. And so, I understood at a very early age that this was what I wanted to do.KHALID: Could you tell us a little bit about how you identify as an artist? How would you describe who you are?CRUMPLER: Well, culturally I identify as a African American. I don't shy away from that hyphenated reality. I identify myself not as an artist, but as a maker. I think the term “artist” is a flying signifier that moves in any direction that the culture deems necessary at a given moment. But a maker, which is what I believe myself to be, is capable of moving in any direction that interests them spiritually and physically and cognitively to express themselves in the world. And since I was a small child, I believed firmly in that power, because the power of creativity is an extraordinary power. And it really is personal in the sense that it is a projection of my ideas and feelings into the world. I see the creative process as a real privilege and as a real calling. I take it deeply seriously. That's sort of how I see myself as a maker.KHALID: Let me pull you a little bit towards your container series. You've done a whole series of drawings and paintings and imagery that is depicting containers on ships. And as I was seeing some of those works, there was a lot about our current political moment, about movement of things and human beings that was speaking to me. May I ask you to elaborate on that?CRUMPLER: I'd come back from Europe for the first time, and I'd become engaged with tulips because I went to Amsterdam, and I went to the Keukenhof Gardens. And I didn't see them as flowers. I saw them as history, the history of how a flower could become a commodity and how that commodity could become as important as human beings. In fact, they were treated like human beings. They were cultivated for their qualities, and they were experimented on. And their biology changed to create French tulips and German tulips and all these different kinds of tulips. When I got a bit older, I was attracted to the piers in Oakland, California. And I spent years going around those piers, and I wondered one day: why was I paying so much attention to these piers, to this place? It was the water, and it was those ships. And those ships had containers on them. And those containers were full of different colors like those tulips. And those ships really signaled to me time. Because the containers had ridges and those ridges created shadows. And shadows automatically signified time. And because they were about a rhythmic relationship to time, I saw them as similar to what has happened through American history. You could take containers and drop them off anywhere in the world, and they would operate the same everywhere in the world. And I was thinking that this is very much a system that is organized to reinforce capitalism, just like the transportation of bodies after Prince Henry developed a relationship to the caravel, which made the caravel the most efficient vehicle on the seas and permitted those so-called “explorers” to move across the planet, putting down stakes of ownership so that they could reinforce capitalism. And that's why in all those paintings that I made about containers, they're not really about containers. The containers are really markers of Cortez landing on the shores of South America. And those containers and their shadows are about the past, not about the present. They look like the present, but they are about the same system that has existed all the way back to the Phoenicians.KHALID: Our conversation eventually turned to the subject of Arnautoff's murals and Professor Crumpler's own response murals that hang in George Washington High School in San Francisco. I asked him how he understood the sensibilities of the students back in the 1960s who first objected to these murals.CRUMPLER: Well, first of all, I was one of those students. I was not much older than them. They were seniors in high school, and I was moving into my second year at Arts and Crafts in Oakland. I had been making artwork that followed the civil rights movement. And remember also that the 1960s was the hot point of the Black Power movement. And the Black Power movement was about identity and about the acquisition of power, and power meant the knowledge of yourself as a Black person in a country that stripped you of your knowledge of self. When they made a statement that they wanted those murals changed and taken down, the district said they were not going to do this, the students protested, and that's when I became involved, because the students, several of which had seen my work, wanted me to make another mural. The board said no, because I had no proven skills, I was a kid. A week or two later, some ink was thrown on the mural and that made the board decide, “OK, we're going to let him do it.” I told the students that I would make the mural, and I would make a great mural equal to the mural in that other room. You know, the hubris of a young kid. And that I would only make the mural if they left that mural in place, because Arnautoff was trying to expose a history that should be told and understood, even though he knew that the imagery was not easy imagery.KHALID: If I'm remembering your quotation correctly, you said your murals make no sense if Arnautoff's murals are taken away. CRUMPLER: He wanted to tell a truth about the contradiction of a founding father who signed a document that said, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and endowed with certain inalienable rights.” He and those other signers of the great document, and it is a great document, while standing on the neck — while standing on the neck of African peoples who are under his boot, laying on the ground that belongs to the millions of Native Americans who also have died — shed blood fighting for their right to their space. So, I wanted to engage that idea of the founding, that idea of Native Americans, that idea of African Americans, that idea of Asians. I went to Mexico to learn mural painting. I had no doubt that I could paint that mural because my passion was in it. And I tried to create a worthy dialogue. But of course, once I had made that mural, the school board relaxed, and they didn't do what I said at the dedication they should do. You have to use those murals as teaching tools, and you have to put plaques next to them that explain them. Every generation is different. They confront new issues. And therefore, you have to give them information, otherwise they will misunderstand all the implications and symbolisms that are all over those murals. Whether it's Arnautoff or my mural in the future, unless something is done to explain them, to make them clear, this will crop up again. And censorship and cancel culture is all around us. That's why art has to be free to do its work, even though it can make individuals very upset and angry. It's a worthy subject, that an inanimate object can actually do something to a human being, can make a human being think, can make a human being angry. But the point is, you have to work your way through it. Working your way through it is the point of life itself.KHALID: So, Professor Crumpler, this is fascinating because what you're saying is that the school board reneged on its responsibility and promise, if I can say that, to contextualize these murals and to put up plaques explaining where they're coming from, which you had requested.CRUMPLER: Yes. Let me just say that the most important place for young people to confront difficulty is in high school, just before you get into the world. So, a young person seeing difficult imagery — that’s a perfect opportunity for teaching. OK, you're not going to read Huckleberry Finn because of some words. They're offensive. I was offended by them. But if it's in the world, it’s for me. If it's in the world, I have a right to it. I have a right to know it. I have a right to experience it. And it's my youth that helps prepare me for it, even though it will be problematic. That's how we learn to overcome the difficulties. But those murals have to be contextualized. When you are young, everything looks larger than it is. When I saw those murals in 1966, I was incensed by them, and they looked huge. When I came back to engage them, they were much smaller, and I had come to understand much profoundly why he used those images. In fact, one of the people who had been most vociferous about taking those walls down, once he, like me, had graduated from college, he apologized to me: “Mr. Crumpler, I really appreciate what you painted. I appreciate those murals greatly. But if I understood what Arnautoff was doing, I would have never done what we did.” He couldn't have come to that realization if I joined them and said, “Yes, let's tear this s**t down, and when we tear it down, I'll paint over every bit of it.”KHALID: Professor Crumpler, one final question, what would you say to those on the school board today who have voted to cover up Arnautoff’s murals?CRUMPLER: All great art tells difficult truths. And they are always confronted with people who speak against them. And then they become central to the expression of human liberty. Arnautoff was a frail person, he was not some kind of heroic giant. He was just a maker trying to demonstrate a contradiction. He used imagery that functioned in its time. But it's imagery based on a truth: that Native American lying on that ground, representing all of us who have struggled.KHALID: Since I spoke with Professor Crumpler, a court has ruled on the petition by the alumni association to keep the murals up. Just this week, a state judge found that the school board hadn't fully considered all the alternatives to covering the mural. So, for now, the murals stay up. Of course, the school board may still appeal the decision, which means that we may not have heard the last of this case. But the broader questions remain. What is the place of controversial art in society? How do we reckon with difficult historical truths? Can we find a way to acknowledge the pain that some may experience without completely whitewashing the past?If you enjoyed this conversation and would like to have access to more exclusive content, please consider becoming a paying subscriber. You can learn more about this show and our other offerings by going to BooksmartStudios.org. Banished is produced by Matthew Schwartz and Mike Vuolo. N'Dinga Gaba and Chris Mandra mixed the audio.This is Banished. I’m Amna Khalid. This is a public episode. 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In this part of our biography podcast, find out about why people set sail in the 15th century. Listen to the biography of Christopher Columbus now. Summary of this episode Christopher Colombus' early life Christopher Columbus' father, Domenico Colombo, was born in a port city in Italy in 1418. He worked multiple jobs, like being a wool weaver, cheesemaker, wine dealer, and tavern keeper. In 1445, he married a woman called Susanna Fontanarossa. The first of their five children, Christophoro Colombo, was born in 1451.  Christopher Columbus' early life is not well-documented. So, we don't know much about his childhood. But we do know that he set sail at the age of ten. He sailed for fifteen years until his ship sank. Christopher, however, managed to reach Lisbon, a port city in Portugal.  Portugal turned out to be a turning point for him because he learned several languages there. Then, he joined Prince Henry's School of Navigation to study navigation (According to Citation 1). He also got married in Portugal. Portuguese explorers sail east to reach the Indies At the time Christopher Columbus lived, people were scared of sailing because many ships sank into the sea. People held various superstitious beliefs as to why these ships sank. But two technological inventions of the 15th century and the sponsors from Prince Henry of Portugal encouraged many people to abandon their illogical fears and start sailing. The primary goal of all these sailors was only one thing - to find a sea route to the Indies. The Indies was the name the Europeans had given to the spice islands of Asia (including India and China). They also had two secondary goals - to loot the gold and silver from the unknown lands they discovered and spread Christianity.  Under the sponsor of Prince Henry, these Portuguese explorers sailed along the West coast of Africa to reach Asia. But until the late 1480s, they didn't reach the southern tip of Africa. (As we know today), reaching Asia would still take a long time. A map of the route taken by these explorers and their progress can be seen below: Columbus sails west to reach the Indies People at that time already knew that the earth was spherical. So, they knew that they could reach the Indies by sailing West. But most people thought that it would take significantly longer to do so when compared to sailing East. But Christopher Columbus believed the opposite. He believed that sailing West would be faster. The map of the Atlantic ocean, which he received in 1481, confirmed his beliefs. You can find a copy of the map is attached below. Note that the map almost completely leaves out the American continent because people at that time did not know the existence of such a continent.  So, in 1484, Christopher Columbus, who also wanted to get rich by finding a route to the Indies (According to Citation 2), met Portugal's king to propose sailing West. But the Portuguese king rejected his proposal because his experts warned him that Christopher Columbus had wrongly calculated the distance to the Indies.  So, Christopher Columbus met Castille's queen Isabella I, to ask for help. At that time, Isabella I was ruling almost the entirety of present-day Spain, along with her husband, King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Castille had previously lost a naval battle against Portugal. Since then, Portugal started dominating the waters near Africa. So, sailing East to the Indies meant that Castille had to fight another naval battle against Portugal and win it. So, to avoid this situation, Isabella I decided to sponsor Christopher Columbus, even though her experts warned her that Christopher Columbus had falsely estimated the distance to the Indies.  Therefore, in 1492, after making a lucrative deal with Isabella I, Christopher Columbus set sail Westward. After sailing for five weeks, he reached the Bahamas.  What happened after that? Find out in our next episode. You can also read our detailed blog post here - History of Christopher Columbus. If the link doesn't work, copy and paste this URL into your browser - https://wisuru.com/biography/history-of-christopher-columbus/ Citations: https://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/some-facts-about-christopher-columbus.html https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-motivations-caused-christopher-columbus-go-470855 Images Map indicating the voyages of other (Portuguese) explorers - Portuguese Discoveries 1415 AD to 1543 AD - By Descobrimentos_e_explorações_portugueses.png: *Portuguese_discoveries_and_explorations.png: *Portuguese_Empire_map.jpg: Toklederivative work: Uxbona (talk) - Descobrimentos_e_explorações_portugueses.png, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link The Map that Columbus got from Toscanelli - Toscanelli's map of the Atlantic Ocean (shown superimposed on a modern map) - By Bartholomew, J. G. - A literary and historical atlas of America, by Bartholomew, J. G. 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The Prince Henry Hospital Little Bay, Sydney, is where medical staff dedicated their lives to caring for the sick, the injured and patients in isolation, suffering with dangerous and highly-infectious diseases. The remaining buildings have now been turned into private accommodation and a dedicated Museum remains to pay homage to the good work that was daily administered to the sick. All hospitals have their ghost stories to tell and Prince Henry is no different. One character that still remains legendary is Nurse Gracie. Listen in to find out some of the fascinating tales of spooky goings on at what was originally called the COAST HOSPITAL.Follow Anne and Renata:Facebook: @AnneAndRenataInstagram: @AnneAndRenataYouTube: @AnneAndRenataTikTok: @AnneAndRenataVisit www.anneandrenata.com for more spookiness.True Hauntings is a Human Labs Original Podcast and a Frightfully Good Production#hospitalghosts #hauntedprincehenryhospital #ghostsofthecoast #sydneyghosts #hauntedaustraliansites #hauntedhospital #apparitions #paranormalaustralia #spookysitesinaustralia #princehenryhospital #princehenryrandwick #hauntednsw #hospitalspirits #residentghosts #residualhauntings #paranormalprinceehenryhospital #anneandrenata #truehauntingspodcast #truehauntings See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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