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Editor's note: CuspAI raised a $100m Series A in September and is rumored to have reached a unicorn valuation. They have all-star advisors from Geoff Hinton to Yann Lecun and team of deep domain experts to tackle this next frontier in AI applications.In this episode, Max Welling traces the thread connecting quantum gravity, equivariant neural networks, diffusion models, and climate-focused materials discovery (yes, there is one!!!).We begin with a provocative framing: experiments as computation. Welling describes the idea of a “physics processing unit”—a world in which digital models and physical experiments work together, with nature itself acting as a kind of processor. It's a grounded but ambitious vision of AI for science: not replacing chemists, but accelerating them.Along the way, we discuss:* Why symmetry and equivariance matter in deep learning* The tradeoff between scale and inductive bias* The deep mathematical links between diffusion models and stochastic thermodynamics* Why materials—not software—may be the real bottleneck for AI and the energy transition* What it actually takes to build an AI-driven materials platformMax reflects on moving from curiosity-driven theoretical physics (including work with Gerard ‘t Hooft) toward impact-driven research in climate and energy. The result is a conversation about convergence: physics and machine learning, digital models and laboratory experiments, long-term ambition and incremental progress.Full Video EpisodeTimestamps* 00:00:00 – The Physics Processing Unit (PPU): Nature as the Ultimate Computer* Max introduces the idea of a Physics Processing Unit — using real-world experiments as computation.* 00:00:44 – From Quantum Gravity to AI for Materials* Brandon frames Max's career arc: VAE pioneer → equivariant GNNs → materials startup founder.* 00:01:34 – Curiosity vs Impact: How His Motivation Evolved* Max explains the shift from pure theoretical curiosity to climate-driven impact.* 00:02:43 – Why CaspAI Exists: Technology as Climate Strategy* Politics struggles; technology scales. Why materials innovation became the focus.* 00:03:39 – The Thread: Physics → Symmetry → Machine Learning* How gauge symmetry, group theory, and relativity informed equivariant neural networks.* 00:06:52 – AI for Science Is Exploding (Not Emerging)* The funding surge and why AI-for-Science feels like a new industrial era.* 00:07:53 – Why Now? The Two Catalysts Behind AI for Science* Protein folding, ML force fields, and the tipping point moment.* 00:10:12 – How Engineers Can Enter AI for Science* Practical pathways: curriculum, workshops, cross-disciplinary training.* 00:11:28 – Why Materials Matter More Than Software* The argument that everything—LLMs included—rests on materials innovation.* 00:13:02 – Materials as a Search Engine* The vision: automated exploration of chemical space like querying Google.* 01:14:48 – Inside CuspAI: The Platform Architecture* Generative models + multi-scale digital twin + experiment loop.* 00:21:17 – Automating Chemistry: Human-in-the-Loop First* Start manual → modular tools → agents → increasing autonomy.* 00:25:04 – Moonshots vs Incremental Wins* Balancing lighthouse materials with paid partnerships.* 00:26:22 – Why Breakthroughs Will Still Require Humans* Automation is vertical-specific and iterative.* 00:29:01 – What Is Equivariance (In Plain English)?* Symmetry in neural networks explained with the bottle example.* 00:30:01 – Why Not Just Use Data Augmentation?* The optimization trade-off between inductive bias and data scale.* 00:31:55 – Generative AI Meets Stochastic Thermodynamics* His upcoming book and the unification of diffusion models and physics.* 00:33:44 – When the Book Drops (ICLR?)TranscriptMax: I want to think of it as what I would call a physics processing unit, like a PPU, right? Which is you have digital processing units and then you have physics processing units. So it's basically nature doing computations for you. It's the fastest computer known, as possible even. It's a bit hard to program because you have to do all these experiments. Those are quite bulky, it's like a very large thing you have to do. But in a way it is a computation and that's the way I want to see it. You can do computations in a data center and then you can ask nature to do some computations. Your interface with nature is a bit more complicated. But then these things will have to seamlessly work together to get to a new material that you're interested in.[01:00:44:14 - 01:01:34:08]Brandon: Yeah, it's a pleasure to have Max Woehling as a guest today. Max has done so much over his career that I've been so excited about. If you're in the deep learning community, you probably know Max for his work on variational autocoders, which has literally stood the test of prime or officially stood the test of prime. If you are a scientist, you probably know him for his like, binary work on graph neural networks on equivariance. And if you're a material science, you probably know him about his new startup, CASPAI. Max has a long history doing lots of cool problems. You started in quantum gravity, which is I think very different than all of these other things you worked on. The first question for AI engineers and for scientists, what is the thread in how you think about problems? What is the thread in the type of things which excite you? And how do you decide what is the next big thing you want to work on?[01:01:34:08 - 01:02:41:13]Max: So it has actually evolved a lot. In my young days, let's breathe, I would just follow what I would find super interesting. I have kind of this sensor. I think many people have, but maybe not really sort of use very much, which is like, you get this feeling about getting very excited about some problem. Like it could be, what's inside of a black hole or what's at the boundary of the universe or what are quantum mechanics actually all about. And so I follow that basically throughout my career. But I have to say that as you get older, this changes a little bit in the sense that there's a new dimension coming to it and there's this impact. Going in two-dimensional quantum gravity, you pretty much guaranteed there's going to be no impact on what you do relative, maybe a few papers, but not in this world, this energy scale. As I get closer to retirement, which is fortunately still 10 years away or so, I do want to kind of make a positive impact in the world. And I got pretty worried about climate change.[01:02:43:15 - 01:03:19:11]Max: I think politics seems to have a hard time solving it, especially these days. And so I thought better work on it from the technology side. And that's why we started CaspAI. But there's also a lot of really interesting science problems in material science. And so it's kind of combining both the impact you can make with it as well as the interesting science. So it's sort of these two dimensions, like working on things which you feel there's like, well, there's something very deep going on here. And on the other hand, trying to build tools that can actually make a real impact in the world.[01:03:19:11 - 01:03:39:23]RJ: So the thread that when I look back, look at the different things that you worked out, some of them seem pretty connected, like the physics to equivariance and, yeah, and, uh, gravitational networks, maybe. And that seems to be somewhat related to Casp. Do you have a thread through there?[01:03:39:23 - 01:06:52:16]Max: Yeah. So physics is the thread. So having done, you know, spent a lot of time in theoretical physics, I think there is first very fundamental and exciting questions, like things that haven't actually been figured out in quantum gravity. So that is really the frontier. There's also a lot of mathematical tools that you can use, right? In, for instance, in particle physics, but also in general relativity, sort of symmetry space to play an enormously important role. And this goes all the way to gauge symmetries as well. And so applying these kinds of symmetries to, uh, machine learning was actually, you know, I thought of it as a very deep and interesting mathematical problem. I did this with Taco Cohen and Taco was the main driver behind this, went all the way from just simple, like rotational symmetries all the way to gauge symmetries on spheres and stuff like that. So, and, uh, Maurice Weiler, who's also here, um, when he was a PhD student, he was a very good student with me, you know, he wrote an entire book, which I can really recommend about the role of symmetries in AI and machine learning. So I find this a very deep and interesting problem. So more recently, so I've taken a sort of different path, which is the relationship between diffusion models and that field called stochastic thermodynamics. This is basically the thermodynamics, which is a theory of equilibrium. So but then formulated for out of equilibrium systems. And it turns out that the mathematics that we use for diffusion models, but even for reinforcement learning for Schrodinger bridges for MCMC sampling has the same mathematics as this theoretical, this physical theory of non-equilibrium systems. And that got me very excited. And actually, uh, when I taught a course in, um, Mauschenberg, uh, it is South Africa, close to Cape Town at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Ames. And I turned that into a book site. Two years later, the book was finished. I've sent it to the publisher. And this is about the deep relationship between free energy, diffusion models, basically generative AI and stochastic thermodynamics. So it's always some kind of, I don't know, I find physics very deep. I also think a lot about quantum mechanics and it's, it's, it's a completely weird theory that actually nobody really understands. And there's a very interesting story, which is maybe good to tell to connect sort of my PZ back to where I'm now. So I did my PZ with a Nobel Laureate, Gerard the toft. He says the most brilliant man I've ever met. He was never wrong about anything as long as I've seen him. And now he says quantum mechanics is wrong and he has a new theory of quantum mechanics. Nobody understands what he's saying, even though what he's writing down is not mathematically very complex, but he's trying to address this understandability, let's say of quantum mechanics head on. And I find it very courageous and I'm completely fascinated by it. So I'm also trying to think about, okay, can I actually understand quantum mechanics in a more mundane way? So that, you know, without all the weird multiverses and collapses and stuff like that. So the physics is always been the threat and I'm trying to apply the physics to the machine learning to build better algorithms.[01:06:52:16 - 01:07:05:15]Brandon: You are still very involved in understanding and understanding physics and the worlds. Yeah. And just like applications to machine learning or introducing no formalisms. That's really cool.[01:07:05:15 - 01:07:18:02]Max: Yes, I would say I'm not contributing much to physics, but I'm contributing to the interface between physics and science. And that's called AI for science or science or AI is kind of a super, it's actually a new discipline that's emerging.[01:07:18:02 - 01:07:18:19]Speaker 5: Yeah.[01:07:18:19 - 01:07:45:14]Max: And it's not just emerging, it's exploding, I would say. That's the better term because I know you go from investments into like in the hundreds of millions now in the billions. So there's now actually a startup by Jeff Bezos that is at 6.2 billion sheep round. Right. Insane. I guess it's the largest startup ever, I think. And that's in this field, AI for science. It tells you something that we are creating a new bubble here.[01:07:46:15 - 01:07:53:28]Brandon: So why do you think it is? What has changed that has motivated people to start working on AI for science type problems?[01:07:53:28 - 01:08:49:17]Max: So there's two reasons actually. One is that people have been applying sort of the new tools from AI to the sciences, which is quite natural. And there's of course, I think there's two big examples, protein folding is a big one. And the other one is machine learning forest fields or something called machine learning inter-atomic potentials. Both of them have been actually very successful. Both also had something to do with symmetries, which is a little cool. And sort of people in the AI sciences saw an opportunity to apply the tools that they had developed beyond advertised placement, right, or multimedia applications into something that could actually make a very positive impact in society like health, drug development, materials for the energy transition, carbon capture. These are all really cool, impactful applications.[01:08:50:19 - 01:09:42:14]Max: Despite that, the science and the kind of the is also very interesting. I would say the fact that these sort of these two fields are coming together and that we're now at the point that we can actually model these things effectively and move the needle on some of these sort of science sort of methodologies is also a very unique moment, I would say. People recognize that, okay, now we're at the cusp of something new, where it results whether the company is called after. We're at the cusp of something new. And of course that always creates a lot of energy. It's like, okay, there's something, it's like sort of virgin field. It's like nobody's green field. Nobody's been there. I can rush in and I can sort of start harvesting there, right? And I think that's also what's causing a lot of sort of enthusiasm in the fields.[01:09:42:14 - 01:10:12:18]RJ: If you're an AI engineer, basically if the people that listen to this podcast will be in the field, then you maybe don't have a strong science background. How does, but are excited. Most I would say most AI practitioners, BM engineers or scientists would consider themselves scientists and they have some background, a little bit of physics, a little bit of industry college, maybe even graduate school that have been working or are starting out. How does somebody who is not a scientist on a day-to-day basis, how do they get involved?[01:10:12:18 - 01:10:14:28]Max: Well, they can read my book once it's out.[01:10:16:07 - 01:11:05:24]Max: This is basically saying that there is more, we should create curricula that are on this interface. So I'm not sure there is, also we already have some universities actual courses you can take, maybe online courses you can take. These workshops where we are now are actually very good as well. And we should probably have more tutorials before the workshop starts. Actually we've, I've kind of proposed this at some point. It's like maybe first have an hour of a tutorial so that people can get new into the field. There's a lot out there. Most of it is of course inaccessible, but I would say we will create much more books and other contents that is more accessible, including this podcast I would say. So I think it will come. And these days you can watch videos and things. There's a huge amount of content you can go and see.[01:11:05:24 - 01:11:28:28]Brandon: So maybe a follow-up to that. How do people learn and get involved? But why should they get involved? I mean, we have a lot of people who are of our audience will be interested in AI engineering, but they may be looking for bigger impacts in the world. What opportunities does AI for science provide them to make an impact to change the world? That working in this the world of pure bits would not.[01:11:28:28 - 01:11:40:06]Max: So my view is that underlying almost everything is immaterial. So we are focusing a lot on LLMs now, which is kind of the software layer.[01:11:41:06 - 01:11:56:05]Max: I would say if you think very hard, underlying everything is immaterial. So underlying an LLM is a GPU, and underlying a GPU is a wafer on which we will have to deposit materials. Do we want to wait a little bit?[01:12:02:25 - 01:12:11:06]Max: Underlying everything is immaterial. So I was saying, you know, there's the LLM underlying the LLM is a GPU on which it runs. In order to make that GPU,[01:12:12:08 - 01:12:43:20]Max: you have to put materials down on a wafer and sort of shine on it with sort of EUV light in order to etch kind of the structures in. But that's now an actual material problem, because more or less we've reached the limits of scaling things down. And now we are trying to improve further by new materials. So that's a fundamental materials problem. We need to get through the energy transition fast if we don't want to kind of mess up this world. And so there is, for instance, batteries. That's a complete materials problem. There's fuel cells.[01:12:44:23 - 01:13:01:16]Max: There is solar panels. So that they can now make solar panels with new perovskite layers on top of the silicon layers that can capture, you know, theoretically up to 50% of the light, where now we're at, I don't know, maybe 22 or something. So these are huge changes all by material innovation.[01:13:02:21 - 01:13:47:15]Max: And yeah, I think wherever you go, you know, I can probably dig deep enough and then tell you, well, actually, the very foundation of what you're doing is a material problem. And so I think it's just very nice to work on this very, very foundation. And also because I think this is maybe also something that's happening now is we can start to search through this material space. This has never been the case, right? It's like scientists, the normal way of working is you read papers and then you come up with no hypothesis. You do an experiment and you learn, et cetera. So that's a very slow process. Now we can treat this as a search engine. Like we search the internet, we now search the space of all possible molecules, not just the ones that people have made or that they're in the universe, but all of them.[01:13:48:21 - 01:14:42:01]Max: And we can make this kind of fully automated. That's the hope, right? We can just type, it becomes a tool where you type what you want and something starts spinning and some experiments get going. And then, you know, outcome list of materials and then you look at it and say, maybe not. And then you refine your query a little bit. And you kind of do research with this search engine where a huge amount of computation and experimentation is happening, you know, somewhere far away in some lab or some data center or something like this. I find this a very, very promising view of how we can sort of build a much better sort of materials layer underneath almost everything. And also more sustainable materials. Our plastics are polluting the planet. If you come up with a plastic that kind of destroys itself, you know, after, I don't a few weeks, right? And actually becomes a fertilizer. These are things that are not impossible at all. These things can be done, right? And we should do it.[01:14:42:01 - 01:14:47:23]RJ: Can you tell us a little bit just generally about CUSBI and then I have a ton of questions.[01:14:47:23 - 01:14:48:15]Speaker 5: Yeah.[01:14:48:15 - 01:17:49:10]Max: So CUSBI started about 20 months ago and it was because I was worried about I'm still worried about climate change. And so I realized that in order to get, you know, to stay within two degrees, let's say, we would not only have to reduce our emissions to zero by 2050, but then, you know, another half century or even a century of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, not by reducing your emissions, but actually removing it at a rate that's about half the rate that we now emit it. And that is a unsolved problem. But if we don't solve it, two degrees is not going to happen, right? It's going to be much more. And I don't think people quite understand how bad that can be, like four degrees, like very bad. So this technology needs to be developed. And so this was my and my co-founder, Chet Edwards, motivation to start this startup. And also because, you know, we saw the technology was ready, which is also very good. So if you're, you know, the time is right to do it. And yeah, so we now in the meanwhile, we've grown to about 40 people. We've kind of collected 130 million investment into the company, which is for a European company is quite a lot. I would say it's interesting that right after that, you know, other startups got even more. So that's kind of tells you how fast this is growing. But yeah, we are we are now at the we've built the platform, of course, but it's for a series of material classes and it needs to be constantly expanded to new material classes. And it can be more automated because, you know, we know putting LLMs in as the whole thing gets more and more automated. And now we're moving to sort of high throughput experimentation. So connecting the actual platform, which is computational, to the experiments so that you can get also get fast feedback from experiments. And I kind of think of experiments as something you do at the end, although that's what we've been doing so far. I want to think of it as what I would call a sort of a physics processing unit, like a PPU, right, which is you have digital processing units and then you have physics processing units. So it's basically nature doing computations for you. It's the fastest computer known as possible, even. It's a bit hard to program because you have to do all these experiments. Those are quite, quite bulky. It's like a very large thing you have to do. But in a way, it is a computation. And that's the way I want to see it. So I want to you can do computations in a data center and then you can ask nature to do some computations. Your interface with nature is a bit more complicated. But then these things will have to seamlessly work together to get to a new material that you're interested in. And that's the vision we have. We don't say super intelligence because I don't quite know what it means and I don't want to oversell it. But I do want to automate this process and give a very powerful tool in the hands of the chemists and the material scientists.[01:17:49:10 - 01:18:01:02]Brandon: That actually brings up a question I wanted to ask you. First of all, can you talk about your platform to like whatever degree, like explain kind of how it works and like what you your thought processes was in developing it?[01:18:01:02 - 01:20:47:22]Max: Yeah, I think it's been surprisingly, it's not rocket science, I would say. It's not rocket science in the sense of the design and basically the design that, you know, I wrote down at the very beginning. It's still more or less the design, although you add things like I wasn't thinking very much about multi-scale models and as the common are rated that actually multi-scale is very important. And the beginning, I wasn't thinking very much about self-driving labs. But now I think, you know, we are now at the stage we should be adding that. And so there is sort of bits and details that we're adding. But more or less, it's what you see in the slide decks here as well, which is there is a generative component that you have to train to generate candidates. And then there is a digital twin, multi-scale, multi-fidelity digital twin, which you walk through the steps of the ladder, you know, they do the cheap things first, you weed out everything that's obviously unuseful, and then you go to more and more expensive things later. And so you narrow things down to a small number. Those go into an experiment, you know, do the experiment, get feedback, etc. Now, things that also have been more recently added is sort of more agentic sort of parts. You know, we have agents that search the literature and come up with, you know, actually the chemical literature and come up with, you know, chemical suggestions for doing experiments. We have agents which sort of autonomously orchestrate all of the computations and the experiments that need to be done. You know, they're in various stages of maturity and they can be continuously improved, I would say. And so that's basically I don't think that part. There's rocket science, but, you know, the design of that thing is not like surprising. What is it's surprising hard to actually build it. Right. So that's that's the thing that is where the moat is in the data that you can get your hands on and the and actually building the platform. And I would say there's two people in particular I want to call out, which is Felix Hunker, who is actually, you know, building the scientific part of the platform and Sandra de Maria, who is building the sort of the skate that is kind of this the MLOps part of the platform. Yeah. And so and recently we also added sort of Aaron Walsh to our team, who is a very accomplished scientist from Imperial College. We're very happy about that. He's going to be a chief science officer. And we also have a partnerships team that sort of seeks out all the customers because I think this is one thing I find very important. In print, it's so complex to do to actually bring a material to the real world that you must do this, you know, in collaboration with sort of the domain experts, which are the companies typically. So we always we only start to invest in the direction if we find a good industrial partner to go on that journey with us.[01:20:47:22 - 01:20:55:12]Brandon: Makes a lot of sense. Over the evolution of the platform, did you find that you that human intervention, human,[01:20:56:18 - 01:21:17:01]Brandon: I guess you could start out with a pure, you could imagine two directions when you start up making everything purely automatic, automated, agentic, so on. And then later on, you like find that you need to have more human input and feedback different steps. Or maybe did you start out with having human feedback? You have lots of steps and then like kind of, yeah, figure out ways to remove, you know,[01:21:17:01 - 01:22:39:18]Max: that is the second one. So you build tools for you. So it's much more modular than you think. But it's like, we need these tools for this application. We need these tools. So you build all these tools, and then you go through a workflow actually in the beginning just manually. So you put them in a first this tool, then run this to them or this with sithery. So you put them in a workflow and then you figure out, oh, actually, you know, this this porous material that we are trying to make actually collapses if you shake it a bit. Okay, then you add a new tool that says test for stability. Right. Yeah. And so there's more and more tools. And then you build the agent, which could be a Bayesian optimizer, or it could be an actual other them, you know, maybe trained to be a good chemist that will then start to use all these tools in the right way in the right order. Yeah. Right. But in the beginning, it's like you as a chemist are putting the workflow together. And then you think about, okay, how am I going to automate this? Right. For one very easy question you can ask yourself is, you know, every time somebody who is not a super expert in DFT, yeah, and he wants to do a calculation has to go to somebody who knows DFT. And so could you start to automate that away, which is like, okay, make it so user friendly, so that you actually do the right DFT for the right problem and for the right length of time, and you can actually assess whether it's a good outcome, etc. So you start to automate smaller small pieces and bigger pieces, etc. And in the end, the whole thing is automated.[01:22:39:18 - 01:22:53:25]Brandon: So your philosophy is you want to provide a set of specific tools that make it so that the scientists making decisions are better informed and less so trying to create an automated process.[01:22:53:25 - 01:23:22:01]Max: I think it's this is sort of the same where you're saying because, yes, we want to automate, yeah, but we don't see something very soon where the chemists and the domain expert is out of the loop. Yeah, but it but it's a retreat, right? It's like, okay, so first, you need an expert to tell you precisely how to set the parameters of the DFT calculation. Okay, maybe we can take that out. We can maybe automate that, right? And so increasingly, more of these things are going to be removed.[01:23:22:01 - 01:23:22:19]Speaker 5: Yeah.[01:23:22:19 - 01:24:33:25]Max: In the end, the vision is it will be a search engine where you where somebody, a chemist will type things and we'll get candidates, but the chemist will still decide what is a good material and what is not a good material out of that list, right? And so the vision of a completely dark lab, where you can close the door and you just say, just, you know, find something interesting and then it will it will just figure out what's interesting and we'll figure out, you know, it's like, oh, I found this new material to blah, blah, blah, blah, right? That's not the vision I have. He's not for, you know, a long time. So for me, it's really empowering the domain experts that are sitting in the companies and in universities to be much faster in developing their materials. And I should say, it's also good to be a little humble at times, because it is very complicated, you know, to bring it to make it and to bring it into the real world. And there are people that are doing this for the entire lives. Yeah. Right. And it's like, I wonder if they scratch their head and say, well, you know, how are you going to completely automate that away, like in the next five years? I don't think that's going to happen at all.[01:24:35:01 - 01:24:39:24]Max: Yeah. So to me, it's an increasingly powerful tool in the hands of the chemists.[01:24:39:24 - 01:25:04:02]RJ: I have a question. You've talked before about getting people interested based on having, you know, sort of a big breakthrough in materials, incremental change. I'm curious what you think about the platform you have now in are sort of stepping towards and how are you chasing the big change or is this like incremental or is there they're not mutually exclusive, obviously, but what do you think about that?[01:25:04:02 - 01:26:04:27]Max: We follow a mixed strategy. So we are definitely going after a big material. Again, we do this with a partner. I'm not going to disclose precisely what it is, but we have our own kind of long term goal. You could call it lighthouse or, you know, sort of moonshot or whatever, but it is going to be a really impactful material that we want to develop as a proof point that it can be done and that it will make it into the into the real world and that AI was essential in actually making it happen. At the same time, we also are quite happy to work with companies that have more modest goals. Like I would say one is a very deep partnership where you go on a journey with a company and that's a long term commitment together. And the other one is like somebody says, I knew I need a force field. Can you help me train this force field and then maybe analyze this particular problem for me? And I'll pay you a bunch of money for that. And then maybe after that we'll see. And that's fine too. Right. But we prefer, you know, the deep partnerships where we can really change something for the good.[01:26:04:27 - 01:26:22:02]RJ: Yeah. And do you feel like from a platform standpoint you're ready for that or what are the things that and again, not asking you to disclose proprietary secret sauce, but what are the things generally speaking that need to happen from where we are to where to get those big breakthroughs?[01:26:22:02 - 01:28:40:01]Max: What I find interesting about this field is that every time you build something, it's actually immediately useful. Right. And so unlike quantum computing, which or nuclear fusion, so you work for 20, 30, 40 years and nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. And then it has to happen. Right. And when it happens, it's huge. So it's quite different here because every time you introduce, so you go to a customer and you say, so what do you need? Right. So we work, let's say, on a problem like a water filtration. We want to remove PFAS from water. Right. So we do this with a company, Camira. So they are a deep partner for us. Right. So we on a journey together. I think that the breakthrough will happen with a lot of human in the loop because there is the chemists who have a whole lot more knowledge of their field and it's us who will help them with training, having a new message. And in that kind of interface, these interactions, something beautiful will happen and that will have to happen first before this field will really take off, I think. And so in the sense that it's not a bubble, let's put it that way. So that's people see that as actual real what's happening. So in the beginning, it will be very, you know, with a lot of humans in the loop, I would say, and I would I would hope we will have this new sort of breakthrough material before, you know, everything is completely automated because that will take a while. And also it is very vertical specific. So it's like completely automating something for problem A, you know, you can probably achieve it, but then you'll sort of have to start over again for problem B because, you know, your experimental setup looks very different in the machines that you characterize your materials look very different. Even the models in your platform will have to be retrained and fine tuned to the new class. So every time, you know, you have a lot of learnings to transfer, but also, you know, the problems are actually different. And so, yes, I would want that breakthrough material before it's completely automated, which I think is kind of a long term vision. And I would say every time you move to something new, you'll have to start retraining and humans will have to come in again and say, okay, so what does this problem look like? And now sort of, you know, point the the machine again, you know, in the new direction and then and then use it again.[01:28:40:01 - 01:28:47:17]RJ: For the non-scientists among us, me included a bit of a scientist. There's a lot of terminology. You mentioned DFT,[01:28:49:00 - 01:29:01:11]RJ: you equivariance we've talked about. Can you sort of explain in engineering terms or the level of sophistication and engineering? Well, how what is equivariance?[01:29:01:11 - 01:29:55:01]Max: So equivariance is the infusion of symmetry in neural networks. So if I build a neural network, let's say that needs to recognize this bottle, right, and then I rotate the bottle, it will then actually have to completely start again because it has no idea that the rotated bottle. Well, actually, the input that represents a rotated bottle is actually rotated bottle. It just doesn't understand that. Right. If you build equivariance in basically once you've trained it in one orientation, it will understand it in any other orientation. So that means you need a lot less data to train these models. And these are constraints on the weights of the model. So so basically you have to constrain the way such data to understand it. And you can build it in, you can hard code it in. And yeah, this the symmetry groups can be, you know, translations, rotations, but also permutations. I can graph neural network, their permutations and then physics, of course, as many more of these groups.[01:29:55:01 - 01:30:01:08]RJ: To pray devil's advocate, why not just use data augmentation by your bottle is in all the different orientations?[01:30:01:08 - 01:30:58:23]Max: As an option, it's just not exact. It's like, why would you go through the work of doing all that? Where you would really need an infinite number of augmentations to get it completely right. Where you can also hard code it in. Now, I have to say sometimes actually data augmentation works even better than hard coding the equivariance in. And this is something to do with the fact that if you constrain the optimization, the weights before the optimization starts, the optimization surface or objective becomes more complicated. And so it's harder to find good minima. So there is also a complicated interplay, I think, between the optimization process and these constraints you put in your network. And so, yeah, you'll hear kind of contradicting claims in this field. Like some people and for certain applications, it works just better than not doing it. And sometimes you hear other people, if you have a lot of data and you can do data augmentation, then actually it's easier to optimize them and it actually works better than putting the equivariance in.[01:30:58:23 - 01:31:07:16]Brandon: Do you think there's kind of a bitter lesson for mathematically founded models and strategies for doing deep learning?[01:31:07:16 - 01:31:46:06]Max: Yeah, ultimately it's a trade-off between data and inductive bias. So if your inductive bias is not perfectly correct, you have to be careful because you put a ceiling to what you can do. But if you know the symmetry is there, it's hard to imagine there isn't a way to actually leverage it. But yeah, so there is a bitter lesson. And one of the bitter lessons is you should always make sure your architecture is scale, unless you have a tiny data set, in which case it doesn't matter. But if you, you know, the same bitter lessons or lessons that you can draw in LLM space are eventually going to be true in this space as well, I think.[01:31:47:10 - 01:31:55:01]RJ: Can you talk a little bit about your upcoming book and tell the listeners, like, what's exciting about it? Yeah, I should read it.[01:31:55:01 - 01:33:42:20]Max: So this book is about, it's called Generative AI and Stochastic Thermodynamics. It basically lays bare the fact that the mathematics that goes into both generative AI, which is the technology to generate images and videos, and this field of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, which are systems of molecules that are just moving around and relaxing to the ground state, or that you can control to have certain, you know, be in a certain state, the mathematics of these two is actually identical. And so that's fascinating. And in fact, what's interesting is that Jeff Hinton and Radford Neal already wrote down the variational free energy for machine learning a long time ago. And there's also Carl Friston's work on free energy principle and active entrance. But now we've related it to this very new field in physics, which is called stochastic thermodynamics or non-equilibrium thermodynamics, which has its own very interesting theorems, like fluctuation theorems, which we don't typically talk about, but we can learn a lot from. And I think it's just it can sort of now start to cross fertilize. When we see that these things are actually the same, we can, like we did for symmetries, we can now look at this new theory that's out there, developed by these very smart physicists, and say, okay, what can we take from here that will make our algorithms better? At the same time, we can use our models to now help the scientists do better science. And so it becomes a beautiful cross-fertilization between these two fields. The book is rather technical, I would say. And it takes all sorts of things that have been done as stochastic thermodynamics, and all sorts of models that have been done in the machine learning literature, and it basically equates them to each other. And I think hopefully that sense of unification will be revealing to people.[01:33:42:20 - 01:33:44:05]RJ: Wait, and when is it out?[01:33:44:05 - 01:33:56:09]Max: Well, it depends on the publisher now. But I hope in April, I'm going to give a keynote at ICLR. And it would be very nice if they have this book in my hand. But you know, it's hard to control these kind of timelines.[01:33:56:09 - 01:33:58:19]RJ: Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Great.[01:33:58:19 - 01:33:59:25]Max: Thank you very much. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.latent.space/subscribe
Fabian Jaroslav Položili svoje životy - príbehy príslušníkov PZ, ktorí zahynuli v službe.
Hostia: Tibor Gašpar (poslanec a člen Výboru pre obranu a bezpečnosť NR SR z Smer-SD) a Mária Kolíková (poslankyňa NR SR za SaS). | Stav boja proti korupcii je katastrofálny a legislatívny proces paródiou, vyhlásil generálny prokurátor Maroš Žilinka. Vládna politika podľa neho viedla k výraznému zníženiu počtu stíhaných a obžalovaných osôb. Kritické tvrdenia by mali byť súčasťou správy o právnom štáte pripravovanej na úrovni Európskej komisie. Premiér Robert Fico takéto hodnotenie odmieta ako politické konštatovania poškodzujúce Slovensko. Je ekonomická trestná činnosť vyšetrovateľmi prehliadaná? O čom svedčí forma a obsah kritických vyjadrení šéfa prokuratúry? Aké dôsledky môže mať jeho názorový rozkol s vládou? Generálny prokurátor Maroš Žilinka zhodnotil novelu Trestného zákona ako nevydarený experiment a stav boja proti korupcii ako katastrofálny. Tvrdé vyjadrenia ilustroval štatistikou stíhaných a obžalovaných osôb. Legislatívny proces označil za paródiu. O prehodnotenie tohto postoja ho mal na spoločnom stretnutí požiadať premiér, ktorému nevyhovel. Výroky GP zásadne odmietol Policajný zbor SR, označil ich za neodborné a nepodložené. V prípade podozrení zo systémového zlyhania má podľa PZ prokuratúra zákonné nástroje, ako konať v reálnom čase. Premiér Robert Fico vidí politické konštatovania, ktoré poškodzujú Slovensko. Reakcie ďalších politikov strany Smer-SD zas hovoria o zlyhaní GP pri vyšetrovaní káuz z rokov 2020-2023. Opozícia žiada vystúpenie GP na mimoriadnej schôdzi parlamentu aj demisie ministrov. V NR SR má zároveň vo večerných hodinách prebehnúť rokovanie o viacerých opozičných návrhoch na odvolanie ministrov a na vyslovenie nedôvery vláde. | Stav boja proti korupcii. | Moderuje: Marta Jančkárová; | Diskusiu Z prvej ruky pripravuje Slovenský rozhlas, Rádio Slovensko, SRo1. Vysielame každý pracovný deň o 12:30 v Rádiu Slovensko.
Today on the News Reel, we speak to Andrew Christiansen, reporter at the Times-Independent, about about changes to Grand County's rural healthcare tax, which will go into effect in January 2026. We also discuss how much the state of Utah spent to maintain limited operations at its five national parks during the government shutdown. And we finish with a quick update about the county's new planning and zoning director. - Show Notes - • New revenue stream headed to EMS, fire protection and local care center https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/new-revenue-stream-headed-to-ems-fire-protection-and-local-care-center/ • Arches National Park faces uncertainty after the government shutdown https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/arches-national-park-faces-uncertainty-after-the-government-shutdown/ • Grand County hires PZ director after 9 month vacancy https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/grand-county-hires-pz-director-after-9-month-vacancy/
A talk given at a 20s & 30s Event at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL on October 2. For more, see PZ's book Peace in the Last Third of Life.
Gościem Moniki Bronickiej w 12 odcinku drugiego sezonu podcastu Moc Wiatru jest Tomasz Holc – prezes Polskiego Związku Żeglarskiego, dwukrotny olimpijczyk, wiceprezes PZŻ w latach 1995–2004, wiceprezydent międzynarodowej federacji żeglarskiej w latach 2008 - 2012.Jedna z osób niewątpliwie tworząca polskie i międzynarodowe żeglarstwo przez kilka dekad.To nie jest tylko dyskusja o funkcjonowaniu PZŻ. To podróż przez świat żeglarstwa – od historii poprzedniego wieku po najnowsze wyzwania, związane ze zmianami formatów wyścigów i koniecznością dostosowania się do wymogów telewizyjnych.Usłyszycie o żeglowaniu w cieniu kanonierki, klasach Hornet, Tempest i Star, a także o Latającym Holendrze „pełnym wody”.Wracamy do czasów drewnianych masztów i bawełnianych żagli.Dowiecie się również którą klasę Prezes uważa za kwintesencją żeglarstwa i kto jest dla niego prawdziwym „zwierzęciem regatowym”. Poza opowieściami olimpijskimi i żeglarskimi anegdotami, Tomasz Holc dzieli się refleksjami o swoim pierwszym półroczu w roli prezesa PZŻ i o tym, dokąd zmierza żeglarstwo.To odcinek dla wszystkich, którzy chcą nie tylko poczuć atmosferę regat sprzed dekad, ale też lepiej zrozumieć, jak wygląda dziś walka o przyszłość żeglarstwa.
Paweł Kacprowski – trener z wizją, były zawodnik klasy 49er, twórca systemu, który doprowadził Polaków do najlepszych wyników w tej klasie – szczerze opowiada o swojej drodze.W najnowszym odcinku „Mocy Wiatru” Monika Bronicka rozmawia z nim o przełomach, emocjach i budowaniu zespołu od podstaw. Cofamy się do czasów, gdy jako młody chłopak z Giżycka, zakochany w bojerach, wybrał żeglarstwo i w wieku 15 lat opuścił dom, by iść za pasją. To opowieść o determinacji, pionierskiej pracy i tworzeniu regatowego DNA polskiej klasy 49er.Paweł przyznaje, że dziś jest lepszym trenerem niż był zawodnikiem. Wspomina początki 49era w Polsce, pierwsze łódki, zmagania z nieznaną jeszcze techniką i marzenia, które dziś są rzeczywistością. Opowiada o roli lidera, o emocjach związanych z igrzyskami i decyzjach, które zmieniały kariery. Mówi też, jak buduje atmosferę zaufania w zespole i jaką wartość widzi w każdym zawodniku.Czego nauczyła go klasa 49er? Jak wyglądało tworzenie systemu szkolenia, który dziś daje realne szanse na olimpijski medal? Dlaczego uważa, że każdy zawodnik wnosi coś cennego do zespołu – i jak tę wartość wydobywać? „Każda osoba będąca trenerem musi pracować również nad sobą - na koniec to ruch ręki mrugnięcie okiem, niuanse decydują o wyniku” – mówi Paweł.To rozmowa o sporcie, który zmienia ludzi – i o człowieku, który pomógł zmienić polskie żeglarstwo. Posłuchajcie.#PZŻ #polskizwiazekzeglarski #PYA #PolishYachtingAssociation #tworzymypolskisport #mocwiatru
Maševal je p. Pavle Jakop, pel ŽPZ p. Hugolina Sattnerja - dirigent Matjaž Barbo, na orglah Polona Gantar.
Gościem 24. odcinka podcastu Moc Wiatru jest człowiek, który jak mało kto łączy skromność z profesjonalizmem, a rzetelność i szczerość to dla niego nie tylko wartości – to styl życia. Dominik Życki – medalista mistrzostw świata i Europy, olimpijczyk, żeglarz z krwi i kości, a obecnie dyrektor sportowy Polskiego Związku Żeglarskiego – opowiada o swojej niezwykłej drodze przez fale kariery.Podczas Pucharu PZŻ w Krynicy Morskiej Dominik znalazł niekrótką chwilę (bo rozmowa bije rekordy długości!), by szczerze i bez zbędnego patosu porozmawiać z Karoliną Sołtaniuk. W tym odcinku cofamy się do początków jego przygody ze Spójnią Warszawa, zaglądamy za kulisy sportowej rywalizacji z Mateuszem Kusznierewiczem, odkrywamy realia pracy w PZŻ, rozmawiamy o dziennikarskiej pasji, planach na przyszłość i… uzależnieniu, jakim bywa żeglarstwo. Bo tak – na to naprawdę można zachorować!Słuchając, możecie spodziewać się nie tylko inspirujących historii, ale też kilku niespodzianek. Rozmowa z Dominikiem może Was zaskoczyć – i to nie raz!
Mantas T. (Partyzanai, PZ and Gars Records, Discotag) mix for IS SERIJOS videocast series. Tracklist and more info: www.partyzanai.com
Trener, działacz, dyrektor, wiceprezes, prezes – Tomasz Chamera przechodzi do historii PZŻ jako jeden z najdłużej pełniących funkcję liderów tej organizacji. Czy był dobrym szefem? Jak sam przyznaje: „Na pewno nie byłem szefem idealnym. Ale żaden pociąg mi z peronu nie uciekł.”W szczerej rozmowie z Karoliną Sołtaniuk i Moniką Bronicką opowiada o kulisach działania związku, roli okręgów, sytuacji majątkowej i projektach takich jak NOVA Marina czy Trzebież. Tłumaczy, na czym polega odpowiedzialność za żeglarstwo jako strukturę sportową i społeczną, dlaczego „nie ma nic gorszego niż stagnacja” i jak udało się wypracować spokój wewnętrzny i wiarygodność organizacyjną.Nie unika trudnych tematów: mówi wprost, że jest przeciwny korupcji, a każdy związek to „sztuka dialogu i kompromisu”. Opowiada też o emocjach – tych najprawdziwszych, gdy „nie potrafił ukryć emocji podczas zdobywania medali przez polskich żeglarzy” oraz o tych, które towarzyszyły mu prywatnie: „Życie prywatne utrzymywało mnie na powierzchni przez ostatnich 12 lat.”W odcinku wracamy do jego trenerskich początków w klasie Cadet, sportowych tradycji rodzinnych, zamiłowania do piłki nożnej oraz momentu, gdy trzeba było przyjąć krytykę: „Można dostać klapsa w kark albo w ucho, żeby nie fisiować.”Dzieli się też złotymi radami dla nowego Zarządu, podkreśla, że „musimy inspirować kolejne pokolenia” i deklaruje chęć dalszego wspierania rozwoju żeglarstwa – z innej już roli, ale z tą samą pasją.To rozmowa o odpowiedzialności, przemijaniu i ciągłości. Bo wszystko co ma swój początek, ma też swój koniec – ale nie musi oznaczać końca zaangażowania.
Peshawar Zalmi has just recorded the biggest win in PSL history in terms of runs, but Babar Azam's form remains a huge concern. Has he been exposed? The BP boys discuss.T&C applies: https://www.sendwave.compromocode "SCOREPK" valid until 06/15/2025Sendwave makes money off the exchange rate.FX rates are subject to change.Use code "BP10" for an exclusive 10% off your purchase at Yashi Sports: https://www.yashisports.com
How does someone who is living, like it or not, in the last third of life, address everybody else who is living in the second third? It's an important question, cuz most of the time it's like two ships passing in the night. An older Episcopal priest used to come up to me about once a week -- he was assisting in a busy parish where I was rector -- and say, "Hey, Paul, relax. You're working too hard. Please, relax." Every time he did that -- and his "intentions were good" (The Animals, 1965) -- I'd get a-fib! Literally, my heart would jump and I'd get a-fib. What this nice man said was kindly intended, but it always had the opposite effect....: a-fib. So hey, how can Hewes Hull, my conversation partner this week, and yours truly say what our experience and our faith has taught us -- mostly through impasse and insuperabilities -- in such a way that it can get through to a normal, busy (i.e., stressed) listener? That is the Question. I think the podcast probably works. And mainly because of a story Hewes tells, from his own life, near the end. Oh, and there's the music, too, and especially the last, eternal track. So, hey, you out there,... Relax. LUV U, PZ
Islamabad United crushed Peshawar Zalmi in Rawalpindi courtesy of a scintillating century by Sahibzada Farhan. The BP boys discuss the match and whether Babar's poor run of form is here to stay.T&C applies: https://www.sendwave.compromocode "SCOREPK" valid until 06/15/2025Sendwave makes money off the exchange rate.FX rates are subject to change.Use code "BP10" for an exclusive 10% off your purchase at Yashi Sports: https://www.yashisports.comTimestamps:0:00 - IU give "phainta" to PZ3:56 - IU's innings, bench strength, and PZ's horrible draft picks16:18 - PZ's bowling and Babar's captaincy 23:45 - Zalmi's chase & has Babar Azam been found out?34:20 - Thoughts on Saad Masood & M.Haris
I bet you never thought we would remember to pick up the Holidays in Eden chat. You know, the one we started before the first weekend at PZ. Well we did and we have.Of course it's not without the usual TCD (…sorry Lucy) eccentricities. I was post-pub, post-airing cupboard and Ant was in a hotel library (who knew) that had more than a whiff of the Shining about it.But we did manage to get through to the end, both in regards to the plan and also the recording and we present it for your pleasure.And for those of you who aren't familiar with the brand Tena, well you can find out more here. Let's just say that if you need them, you'll know.Right I'm off to try and return some mail-order socks.Toodle Pip!hTCD Merch StoreBecome Purple and support the showThe Invisible Man Volume 1: 1991-1997The Invisible Man Volume2: 1998-2014FacebookInstagramWebsite
Backward Point boys review what happened over the first PSL weekend. T&C applies: https://www.sendwave.compromocode "SCOREPK" valid until 06/15/2025Sendwave makes money off the exchange rate.FX rates are subject to change.Use code "BP10" for an exclusive 10% off your purchase at Yashi Sports: https://www.yashisports.comTimestamps:0:00 - PSL Daily is back: PSL Weekend roundup2:28 - PZ v QG: Saim is back, does Amir own Babar & Abrar's celebration19:00 - MS v KK: Was Rizwan's 100 too slow, Karachi crowds & Warner's impact34:43 - LQ v QG: Lahore finally win, why is SM still playing & Usman Tariq's bowling action
A bonus episode that wraps up the MW PZ 25 weekend - including interviews with PM listeners, recorded at the PZ meet up, Jon Chapmans discovery of Marillion story and listeners reviews of the PZ weekend. Look out for a very special 100th Planet Marzipan episode next week!
Craig and Mezza are joined by Lucy Jordache, Grae Tennick & Mark Kennedy to discuss the Sunday activities in PZ - including the PM meet up - Haunt the Woods in the Action Factory, Rick and Dave in the main tent - and Marillions fantastic Sunday night show.A very tired Lucy and Mark give their overview of the weekend - and Ian Mosley even pops his head in briefly to join the chat.MW Port Zelande 2025 - is in the record books - and it was a cracker!
The PM guys are joined by Andrew "Barnsley" Wood, Grae Tennick and Tim Sidwell to discuss the shenanigans from Friday and Saturday of the PZ '25 weekend.Highlights include some of the non music events - the PZ street party - the MW PZ 2025 Quiz - Yoga - an Audience with Marillion - and lots of socialising.Musical highlights include Anneke van Giersbergen, Haunt the Woods, and of course Fridays Marillion set.Look out for part 3 (with Lucy J amongst others) - soon!
PZ e Joe Zé estiveram na nossa RADAR FNAC SESSIONS, na FNAC de Cascais para uma emissão especial, com direito a entrevista e mini-concerto.
Listen in as Mezza & Craig are joined by Craig Coopersmith, Rick Kessler, Gary Foalle, Dave Dobbie, Vanessa Kennedy, Jon Chapman, Mark Kennedy and Zack Coopersmith to discuss the first couple of days of Port Zelande 2025.Hear the guys reminisce about past PZ weekends and their thoughts on the first Marillion gig of 2025. It's a lively chat - especially the second half - recorded post gig - after a few beers - on a single mic.It's live and loose!Part 2 of our PZ review - with different guests - is coming soon!
Here we go then, an episode recorded over the kitchen table at Ant's chalet in PZ.Nothing too complicated in the notes because we are up against it for time, needless to say there are a few Marillion Weekend night one spoilers in here, so please consider swerving this one for the time being if you don't want that kind of intel.Right I have to dash, stuff to do, gin to drink.Love'n'four doors down.hTCD Merch StoreBecome Purple and support the showThe Invisible Man Volume 1: 1991-1997The Invisible Man Volume2: 1998-2014FacebookInstagramWebsite
It's been too long but here is my new episode. It started with the second-to-last scene in an 'Outer Limits' episode from 1963 entitled "The Human Factor". Brought yours truly straight to tears. Then we hurtled through time to 1996, to Cliff Robertson's touching redemption at the end of another 'Outer Limits' episode, entitled "Joyride". The combination of these two genius moments equipped PZ to talk about... yes... Anglicanism... and yes... the Episcopal Church... and yes... contemporary parish ministry. But I couldn't go there until my heart was ready. And that work was achieved by Sally Kellerman and Gary Merrill in 1963. Incidentally, I recommend you begin your sermon preparation -- maybe any public preparation -- by getting in touch with your heart. (People aren't really that interested in your mind.) Get in touch with your heart and you might actually convince somebody. Oh, and by the way, I'm an Episcopal minister and still glad to be one. (And we go to a great church.) LUV U.
The PM team check in on Stephanie Bradley as the Port Zelande weekend resident's list is finalised and passed to the Center Parcs team. Stephanie gives an update on what to look out for in PZ whether it's your first time or your ninth! This video episode is the 3rd of our 4 in the "Countdown to Port Zelande 2025".Look out for the last one next week!
Odborná diskusia k dokumentu Pachová stopa, režisérky Zuzany Piussi, ktorý odhaľuje problematiku využívania pachových stôp ako dôkazného materiálu v českej justícii s porovnaním využívania týchto prostriedkov na Slovensku. Dokument sa zameriava na príbehy ľudí odsúdených výhradne na základe tejto metódy, ktorej vedecká podloženosť je v ČR veľmi sporná. Diskutujú: - Zuzana Piussi - režisérka - kpt. Mgr. Juraj Malík - vedúci oddelenia pachovej identifikácie odboru kynológie a hipológie Prezídia PZ - plk. v.v. Ing. Bc. Ján Varga - bývalý vedúci oddelenia - doc. JUDr. Radovan Blažek, PhD. z Katedry trestného práva, kriminológie a kriminalistiky Právnickej fakulty UK - Václav Peričevič - predseda spolku Šalamoun, protagonista filmu Moderuje: - Šimon Mach - advokát, člen Spolku Šalamoun
In this episode, Jared & Stephen catch up after taking last week off due to being under the weather with the flu. The duo discuss Nikon's latest rounds of news with their 28-135 f/4 PZ lens, 35 f/1.2 lens and RED's new Z-mount cameras! Meanwhile, more rumors hit for an upcoming pair of Sony G lenses, Jared gives a Book 2 update & much more! Text us with any thoughts and questions regarding this episode at 313-710-9729. This is RAWtalk Episode 138!
La Leica M Aniversario 70 celebra siete décadas de excelencia fotográfica con una edición especial que no solo rinde homenaje a su legado, sino que también incorpora características modernas que la hacen ideal para fotógrafos y coleccionistas. En este video, exploramos su historia, diseño y todo lo que necesitas saber sobre esta joya de la fotografía. Además, analizamos la nueva Nikon Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ, el primer objetivo con apertura variable en el mundo, y su impacto en la fotografía actual. ¿Qué significa realmente tener una Leica M de aniversario y cómo cambia la experiencia fotográfica con la Nikon Z? No te pierdas este análisis en profundidad de ambas innovaciones que están dando de qué hablar en el mundo de la fotografía. ¡Únete para descubrir todo lo que necesitas saber y prepárate para inspirarte con estos equipos de primera categoría!
Tento denný podcast, vytváraný s pomocou umelej inteligencie, ponúka unikátny a efektívny spôsob, ako sa dozvedieť o najzaujímavejších udalostiach a článkoch dňa. Umelej inteligencii sa darí analyzovať obrovské množstvo informácií z rôznych zdrojov, aby vybrala tie najrelevantnejšie a najpútavejšie obsahy pre širokú škálu poslucháčov. Každá epizóda je navrhnutá tak, aby poskytla hlboký ponor do vybraných tém, od politiky cez vedecké objavy, až po kultúrne udalosti, a to všetko podané informatívne, prístupne a bez emócií. Podcast je ideálnym spoločníkom pre zaneprázdnených ľudí, ktorí hľadajú pohodlný spôsob, aby zostali informovaní o svetovom dianí bez nutnosti tráviť hodiny čítaním rôznych zdrojov, čím poskytuje efektívny a príjemný spôsob, ako prijímať správy. Témy: 1. Nočný útok v trenčianskej nemocnici: Mladiství napadli zdravotnícky personál, minister reaguje https://www.startitup.sk/nocny-utok-v-trencianskej-nemocnici-mladistvi-napadli-zdravotnicky-personal-minister-reaguje/ 2. „Hanbím sa za túto krajinu.“ Uznávaný lekár Kristián s medzinárodnými skúsenosťami podáva výpoveď https://www.startitup.sk/hanbim-sa-za-tuto-krajinu-uznavany-lekar-kristian-s-medzinarodnymi-skusenostami-podava-vypoved/ 3. Fico je tvárou nového európskeho bloku, píše prestížny britský denník. Používa praktiky Orbána https://www.startitup.sk/fico-je-tvarou-noveho-europskeho-bloku-pise-prestizny-britsky-dennik-pouziva-praktiky-orbana/ 4. Spor je ukončený: STVR získala doménu stvr.sk. Súkromný blog študentovi vzala právnou cestou https://www.startitup.sk/spor-je-ukonceny-stvr-ziskala-domenu-stvr-sk-sukromny-blog-studentovi-vzala-pravnou-cestou/ 5. Slováci budú môcť bez víz navštíviť Čínu, oznámil Fico. Bratislavu a Peking má spojiť priame letecké spojenie https://www.startitup.sk/slovaci-budu-moct-bez-viz-navstivit-cinu-oznamil-fico-bratislavu-a-peking-ma-spojit-priame-letecke-spojenie/ 6. Útočník, ktorý napadol redaktorku Kristínu Kövešovú, ide do väzby https://www.startitup.sk/utocnik-ktory-napadol-redaktorku-kristinu-kovesovu-ide-do-vazby/ 7. Trináste dôchodky čaká druhá veľká zmena. Daňový špecialista varuje pred novým návrhom (PREHĽAD) https://www.startitup.sk/trinaste-dochodky-caka-druha-velka-zmena-danovy-specialista-varuje-pred-novym-navrhom-prehlad/ 8. Finančná injekcia pre hrdinov povodní. Vláda rozdelí milióny eur záchranným zložkám https://www.startitup.sk/financna-injekcia-pre-hrdinov-povodni-vlada-rozdeli-miliony-eur-zachrannym-zlozkam/ 9. Štátna zbrojovka v problémoch: Zuzany pre Ukrajinu meškajú, tržby padli o 35 miliónov a rezort mlčí https://www.startitup.sk/statna-zbrojovka-v-problemoch-zuzany-pre-ukrajinu-meskaju-trzby-padli-o-35-milionov-a-rezort-mlci/ 10. Nakupovanie cez sviatky bez obmedzení: Poslanci predložili nový zásadný návrh, platiť má už o pár týždňov https://www.startitup.sk/nakupovanie-cez-sviatky-bez-obmedzeni-poslanci-predlozili-novy-zasadny-navrh-platit-ma-uz-o-par-tyzdnov/ 11. Nové pravidlá a ceny pre ŠPZ na Slovensku: V roku 2025 zákon zakáže obľúbené slová (PREHĽAD) https://www.startitup.sk/nove-pravidla-a-ceny-pre-spz-na-slovensku-v-roku-2025-zakon-zakaze-oblubene-slova-prehlad/ 12. AKTUÁLNE: Veľkú cenu Brazílie F1 ovládol Max Verstappen. Na zaplavenej trati štartoval zo 17. miesta https://www.startitup.sk/aktualne-velku-cenu-brazilie-f1-ovladol-max-verstappen-na-zaplavenej-trati-startoval-zo-17-miesta/ 13. Ukrajinci v Banskej Štiavnici prerazili s reštauráciou za 100-tisíc eur: Máme ponuky na otvorenie v Bratislave aj Prahe https://www.startitup.sk/ukrajinci-v-banskej-stiavnici-prerazili-s-restauraciou-za-100-tisic-eur-mame-ponuky-na-otvorenie-v-bratislave-aj-prahe/
I'm thinking about ecclesiology today. Rarely do. But a combination of J.B. Priestley's "low anthropology", a couple of recent lightning bolts from outside space and (present) time, and a fresh glimpse of the touching statue of "The Compassionate Christ" outside Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham: Well, they got me thinking of what the Christian Church is centrally and anchoredly about. Add to that the third verse of Lou Christie's number-one song from 1966, "Lightnin' Strikes"; and it's probably all there. One's ecclesiology, I mean. "Dangerous Corner" by J.B. Priestley, which was first performed in London in 1932, unmasks the human tragedy of self-serving, manipulation, and deception in about as unrelieved a manner as could be imagined. The last scene but one, which leads directly to a character's suicide, surely rips the curtain off our world's endemic conspiratorial malice. It is almost a pure enactment of the "low anthropology" that is endemic to us. But the playwright offers us no hope. He actually, explicitly dismisses the antidote of faith in God. I so want to enter that scene myself, speaking sincerely and personally, and address the desperate "hero". He's got it mostly right, you see; his diagnosis is accurate. But we believe in God -- and not a "deistic"/hands-off sort of force, but rather: Pure Empathy, Pure Sympathy, Pure Mercy, Pure Grace. Our ecclesiology, therefore, is the Church, in whatever form, as Embodiment of One-Way Love. That's PZ's ecclesiology. That's Lou Christie's "chapel in the pines" (1966). That's the churches of refuge at the end of War of the Worlds (1953), that's 'Mr. Carpenter' in Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), that's the Isaiah 2, verse 4 climax of The Colossus of New York (1958), that's the hymn chorale at the end of The Space Children (1958), that's the Christ-figure at the conclusion of The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). And so it goes. When the curtain is ripped away on life as it really is and people as they really are, all that's needed is One Helping Hand, One "Next Voice You Hear" (1951), One... Man from Galilee (Ocean, 1971/Elvis, 1972), One Jesus Christ Superstar. LUV U.
Tento denný podcast, vytváraný s pomocou umelej inteligencie, ponúka unikátny a efektívny spôsob, ako sa dozvedieť o najzaujímavejších udalostiach a článkoch dňa. Umelej inteligencii sa darí analyzovať obrovské množstvo informácií z rôznych zdrojov, aby vybrala tie najrelevantnejšie a najpútavejšie obsahy pre širokú škálu poslucháčov. Každá epizóda je navrhnutá tak, aby poskytla hlboký ponor do vybraných tém, od politiky cez vedecké objavy, až po kultúrne udalosti, a to všetko podané informatívne, prístupne a bez emócií. Podcast je ideálnym spoločníkom pre zaneprázdnených ľudí, ktorí hľadajú pohodlný spôsob, aby zostali informovaní o svetovom dianí bez nutnosti tráviť hodiny čítaním rôznych zdrojov, čím poskytuje efektívny a príjemný spôsob, ako prijímať správy. Témy: 1. AKTUÁLNE: Poslanci rozhodli o konsolidačnom balíku za 2,7 miliardy eur https://www.startitup.sk/aktualne-poslanci-rozhodli-o-konsolidacnom-baliku-za-27-miliardy-eur/ 2. Fico chce 100-tisíc eur od šéfredaktora Aktualít Bárdyho. „Ide o najväčšiu žalobu proti novinárovi v histórii“ https://www.startitup.sk/fico-chce-100-tisic-eur-od-sefredaktora-aktualit-bardyho-ide-o-najvacsiu-zalobu-proti-novinarovi-v-historii/ 3. Progresívne Slovensko posilnil známy boxer. Odišiel od Igora Matoviča https://www.startitup.sk/progresivne-slovensko-posilnil-znamy-boxer-odisiel-od-igora-matovica/ 4. Slováci si prilepšia o 120 eur: Prezident Pellegrini odobril zvýšenie zabudnutého príspevku https://www.startitup.sk/slovaci-si-prilepsia-o-120-eur-prezident-pellegrini-odobril-zvysenie-zabudnuteho-prispevku/ 5. Veľké novinky pre slovenských vodičov: Pravidlá pre ŠPZ sa sprísnia, evidencia bude jednoduchšia (PREHĽAD) https://www.startitup.sk/velke-novinky-pre-slovenskych-vodicov-pravidla-pre-spz-sa-sprisnia-evidencia-bude-jednoduchsia/ 6. Exposlanec označil známy klub na Dunaji za dro*ové hniezdo. Majiteľ žiada ospravedlnenie https://www.startitup.sk/exposlanec-oznacil-znamy-klub-na-dunaji-za-droove-hniezdo-majitel-ziada-ospravedlnenie/ 7. Tesco spúšťa v predajniach nečakanú novinku. Moderná vychytávka poteší všetkých zákazníkov https://www.startitup.sk/tesco-spusta-v-predajniach-necakanu-novinku-moderna-vychytavka-potesi-vsetkych-zakaznikov/ 8. PREHĽAD: Státisíce Slovákov pocítia v roku 2025 finančné úľavy. Schválených príspevkov je viacero https://www.startitup.sk/prehlad-statisice-slovakov-pocitia-v-roku-2025-financne-ulavy-schvalenych-prispevkov-je-viacero/ 9. Tragická nehoda v Bratislave: Zrážku Boltu a osobného auta jeden neprežil https://www.startitup.sk/tragicka-nehoda-v-bratislave-zrazku-boltu-a-osobneho-auta-jeden-neprezil/ 10. Globálna firma skracuje Slovákom pracovný čas. Zarobia rovnako, voľna dostanú výrazne viac https://www.startitup.sk/globalna-firma-skracuje-slovakom-pracovny-cas-zarobia-rovnako-volna-dostanu-vyrazne-viac/ 11. Nové odhalenia o Navaľného smrti: Úrady ich skryli, v oficiálnej verzii o nich nebola zmienka https://www.startitup.sk/nove-odhalenia-o-navalneho-smrti-urady-ich-skryli-v-oficialnej-verzii-o-nich-nebola-zmienka/ 12. Skrytá tvár Wima Hofa odhalená: „Ľadový muž“ bol tyran a násilník, svedčia jeho deti a expartnerka https://www.startitup.sk/skryta-tvar-wima-hofa-odhalena-ladovy-muz-bol-tyran-a-nasilnik-svedcia-jeho-deti-a-expartnerka/
La historia, desarrollo y su uso en combate de los primeros tanques alemanes (Pz modelos I, II y III) reunida en un solo audio y narrado por el Dúo Acorazado (Félix y Antonio). ⭐️ ¿Qué es la Edición Especial de Verano? Se trata de reediciones revisadas de episodios relevantes de nuestro arsenal, para que no pases el verano sin tu ración de Historia Bélica. 🔗 Enlaces para Listas de Episodios Exclusivos para 💥 FANS 👉 CB FANS 💥 https://bit.ly/CBPListCBFans 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS Antes de la 2GM https://bit.ly/CBPListHis1 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS 2ª Guerra Mundial https://bit.ly/CBPListHis2 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS Guerra Fría https://bit.ly/CBPListHis3 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS Después de la G Fría https://bit.ly/CBPListHis4 Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📚 Zeppelin Books (Digital) y 📚 DCA Editor (Físico) http://zeppelinbooks.com son sellos editoriales de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Estamos en: 🆕 WhatsApp https://bit.ly/CasusBelliWhatsApp 👉 X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod 👉 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉 Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod 📺 YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube 👉 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 👉 https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👨💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod ⚛️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 🎵 La música incluida en el programa es Ready for the war de Marc Corominas Pujadó bajo licencia CC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ El resto de música es bajo licencia privada de Epidemic Music, Jamendo Music o SGAE SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012 de Ivoox. 🎭Las opiniones expresadas en este programa de pódcast, son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las trasmiten. Que cada palo aguante su vela. 📧¿Quieres contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Send us a Text Message.This episode has Whitey and D-Ran, of The Model Geeks infamy, joining in on the conversation here at the nut house! The topics for conversation were taken from the post Rob Adams put up in the days leading up to our recording. Our first discussion centers around going outside of your usual genre, and the pitfalls and possibilities that could offer . This one was a mash up of suggestions from Jeremy Elliot and Jason Hanscom. Our main topic is from Adam Griffin, and he asks about the differences in culture between genres. We start out strong talking about our experiences, but we still hit that kink in the rail and get derailed! New Kits In The News Miniart has their usual barrage of new kit announcements, including a PZ 234 w/ 7.5cm gun and full interior, and a PZ 234 w/ Luchs turret, Resin heads for their German Tank riders, Italeri has a 1/72 F-35 Lightning-CATOBAR version with parts for “beast mode” configuration (whatever THAT means) and die cut masks for the RAM panels. Also an Italian Army Armored car for the African front in 1/35th scale. In 1/24th scale, they also have an Alfa Romeo Giullia 1600 Spyder For the 48th scale aircraft builders, they also have a Mirage IIIE ...and finally, they also are releasing a few 1/56th scale British and German tanks. 56th scale is, keep in mind, the typical gaming scale . And finally, a little something to get your Weird Shit-O –Meter tinglng! Mantis Miniatures in 1/35th scale, A diver, modeled after the German deep sea diving suits, with a choice of two heads, one of which is one of a diver that long ago ran out of air. Animal set 55 is an octopus in 1/35th scale and a few crabs, mollusks and star fish added in for those dep sea vignettes . Animal Set 56 and 57 are both ‘scavengers, one set is vultures eating a bovine carrion, and the other is a pack of what appear to be hyenas Upcoming Shows Aug 10 -'24 Virginia Shootout 100 Roanoke BLVD- This is a Region 2 show put on by IPMS Roanoke Valley 2024 Virginia ShootOut | IPMS/USA Home Page (ipmsusa.org) August 24th ‘Bash to the 80's Modelfest PBN Church IPMS Flight 19 ModelFest '24 | Flight 19 I.P.M.S. (flight19ipms.org) August 24th- ‘24 Modelfest ‘The Grunge' -Dirty and heavily weathered models Liberty Christian Church IMPS West Central Chapter 2024 ModelFest | IPMS/USA Home Page (ipmsusa.org) Social Media Shout Outs Tuch- Barbarossa Models and Dioramas' WWI Book Diorama Rob Adams –Sully's Scale Models' F-14 Tomcat Frank Donati-Anthony Ricco 1/72 scale KI-67 Peggy Rob Riv- Adam Jackson's 1/35 M109A2 ‘Galloper Bad Santa- Mike Fuller VanTraxx build Links Rob Riv's Modeling Insanity Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/robrivsmodelinginsanity?mibextid=AEUHqQ Ryan's Random Modelwerks on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065396023083&mibextid=AEUHqQ The ModelLager on Facebook Opening and end music by Supernova by Arthur Vyncke https://soundcloud.com/arthurvostMusic promoted by http://www.free-stock-music.comJoin the Podcast on Facebook on The Modeling Insanity Podcast PageEmail the Insanity Crew at modelinginsanitypodcast@gmail.com for any comments or suggestions.
"Ahhhh, so it's been 300 episodes since that first Beefless Burger episode aired y'say?... Guess it's time for another" And another is served. Join us today as Paul, Austin, and PZ assemble to create another chaotic remastered retelling of the first episode ever published by Opinion Central.
I keep hearing the word "nimble" these days. It comes up in relation to declining and therefore merging church institutions, in which a press release declares that the sale of a church property or the merger of two diminished churches or dioceses will now enable the Church to be more "nimble" in relation to community outreach or the desire to build bridges to the world. What the word hides is institutional attrition. It is a way of putting a brave face on empirical defeat. (It's a little like the adjective "nuanced". Watch out.) I saw so clearly at the recent Mockingbird Conference that the renewal of the Christian Church is not tied to a horizontal strategy or even a quality of enterprise. The renewal of the Church consists in its re-affirmation of the One-Way Love of the Gospel of God. The pain of individual experience is so widespread that all it takes is a word -- a pastoral "position", we might say -- of empathetic attentive love for the person in pain to be helped beyond measure. Because the word of empathy and compassion is the Word of God's Grace. One saw this in almost innumerable one-to-one conversations at the Mockingbird Conference. (Didn't you?) Personally, I could not feel less "nimble" -- tho' you may remember that I was a total jock in PZ's school days! The fact is, helping is not about nimble. It's about One-Way Love and the Divine Compassion for sufferers in all shapes and sizes. That's the ticket. Oh, and even if Noel Coward was a committed agnostic, the scene between disconsolate mother and ghostly son in Scene Two of Coward's play "Post-Mortem" (1930) touches on the Greatest Thing in the World. I don't think he ever wrote a greater paragraph than the speech which the grieving mother makes to her ghostly son. LUV U. (And it's not "complicated".)
Poco a poco el carro de combate va calando en los organigramas de la República de Weimar, y de la experiencia de la base-escuela de Kazán, Seeckt crea sobre el papel las primeras brigadas y divisiones, y se crean sus primeros prototipos de tanques, con los nombres de tractor ligero y tractor pesado para no despertar sospechas en las comisiones aliadas para el cumplimiento del Tratado de Versalles. La evolución teórica y tecnológica avanzan para el arma acorazada desde un punto de vista diferente a las potencias occidentales, y los diseños de los carros de combate así lo atestiguan. El "regalo checo" en forma de LT vz. 35 (Pz.Kpfw.35(t)) y LT vz. 38 (Pz.Kpfw.38(t)) fue importantísimo para la invasión de Polonia, y determinante para la ofensiva que pronto se daría en el Oeste. Te lo cuentan Gustavo Flamme, Félix Lancho y Antonio Gómez. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
PZ sits down with Tim and Russ to: * respond to some recent comments and pushback * talk through categorization in church culture * political filters in debates * and much more Click the link below to join the conversation. Write into us at podcast@thex.church Subscribe to get the latest videos and live worship: https://www.youtube.com/xchurch Connect with X Church Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/theXchurch.oh Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/theX_church/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/theX_church Helping people get on the path to God. This is the vision of X Church, led by Pastor Tim Moore and based in South East Columbus, OH _ Stay Connected Website: www.thex.church #theXchurch
Introduction (Shawn) - almost halfway through the season of adventure!Topic: Event Reviews (Brian and Shawn)-Salisbury Scramble-TTC work-reversed start/finish-live results-event recap on YouTube-Danville Dash - brand new-Adventure course-race course - positive reviews-KOM/QOM segment-event recap comingTopic: Mayhem at Mayodan Preview (Brian and Shawn) -Theme: Out of This World-Saturday-Trail work opportunity: (3) sessions PZ registration required -course inspection - group riding reminder-Staff Pie Smash - fundraiser reminder (ends 28 May)-Sunday-course preview is available on YouTube channel-warm up “area” - in the field-Dates: 12 April (category petitions), 14 April registration deadline, 17 Apr Town HallTopic: Rules (Shawn and Brian)-Handbook reminder: we all agree to abide by the rules when we sign up and in essence serve as a NICA ambassador - wherever we are-Two recent issues: course crossing and ear buds. This is all safety based - situational awareness.-Swiss Cheese model of human error-we need your help: dogsTopic: 5 String Stampede (Fletcher) 4-5 May Preview (Brian and Shawn)-Theme: Wild West-Context and background story: western venue - yay! Western venue - challenges!-Course preview released this weekend-Senior night and celebrationTopic: Upcoming (Shawn and Brian)Season Showdown (Mayodan) 18-19 MayQualifying: top 30 in each category OR top 20 placement in at least 2 racesStill working schedule and guidance for non-racers Whitewater Windup (Whitewater Center) 1-2 JuneVenue survey this Saturday 13 April to finalize planBasic format: riding/games on Saturday (orienteering), some activity Sunday morning, season awards and fundraiser prizes early afternoon to let folks get on the roadClosing (All)Dad joke
Do you remember the first time? Mezza & Craig are joined by Stephanie Bradley, Lucy Jordache and Andrew Barnsley Wood to reminisce about the first Port Zelande Marillion Weekend way back in 2007! Chat includes: How the band decided on Port Zelande for a location, What is it like to attend a PZ weekend? and Can Barnsley actually remember the weekend? The "Friends", "Family" & "This Strange Engine - Live at Port Zelande" live albums are also discussed in depth. As well as support bands & other events that weekend. Please visit our Facebook group Planet Marzipan - A Marillion & Fish Podcast at https://www.facebook.com/groups/238339422155058 to let us know your favourite convention setlist.
Introduction (Shawn)Topic: Crankin at the Creek Review (Brian and Shawn) -Theme: Beach Bash-Saturday-Adventure Course-TTC tent (rock crawler)-pre-ride new race course (thanks Cape Fear SORBA)-Sunday-Adventure course stayed open (warm up lap)-live results-Podium socks (thanks to Ridge Supply)Topic: Spring Giveaway campaign teaser (Brian)-Campaign launch date: Friday, March 1stHybrid: online and paper tickets, multiple prizes from league sponsorsCampaign end date: midnight Tuesday, May 28thGiveaway date: Sunday, June 2ndTopic: Salisbury Scramble Preview (Brian and Shawn) -Theme: Adventure is Out There-Context: venue is tight (parking, infield, race course crossings)-Saturday-Trail work opportunity: (2) sessions 1:15pm and 3:45 pm. PZ registration required -Rock crawler: passport activity 22 (2 hours work) and 25 (pick up trash)-course inspection - stick to groups (1 lap and multi lap)-Tire clinics - passport opportunity! Skinny Wheels bike shop and Black Ox (prize pack in the spring fundraiser) for tubeless set up clinic-Movie Night (Up) - 7-9pm PZ registration required. Special VIP section for the team that earns the most fundraising by midnight on 10 March-Sunday-schedule changes published by Wed-course preview is available on YouTube channel-course crossing guidance-pick up your trash!Topic: Date Reminders (Shawn and Brian)HighlightsSalisbury ScrambleCategory petitions: 8 MarEvent registration: 10 Mar Town Hall: 13 MarTrail Week coming! 18-24 March. Contact Leonard for infoClosing (All)Dad joke
An old acquaintance, an Australian bishop, has been quoting recently from a popular cartoonist and kind of pop philosopher "Down Under" named Mike Leunig. The bishop quoted an aphorism from Leunig in relation to his long-term hopes for the Anglican Church in Australia: "Nothing can be loved at speed". When I heard my old colleague quoting Mike Leunig, a 1975 disco hit by Tavares flashed instantly into my mind: "It Only Takes a Minute, Girl (To Fall in Love)". What this sudden flash told me was: It's not true -- it is not true that "nothing can be loved at speed". One's heart in fact always loves at speed. Almost every big decision you've ever made was made "at speed"! The heart moves no other way. The heart loves at speed. Incidentally, people rarely say this, at least where they could be heard. You don't want to be thought to believe that "It Only Takes a Minute, Girl". That sounds un-wise, un-"nuanced" -- the worst possible thing you could ever be regarded as being -- and imprudent. Nevertheless, it is the way life is. When you review your life, how many decisions you made were actually made in a flash, in a lightning-like "AHA" ('Take on Me') moment? Please tell me. You didn't choose the college you went to based on ... thoughtful ratiocination. You didn't choose the profession you chose based on... weighing all the pros and cons. You didn't marry the gal/guy you married on the basis of... thought. (Did you?) This cast is about inward (heartfelt) truth vs. outward (rationalizing) truth. When you are dying, I believe you will only know the former. LUV, PZ
One just can't get over that repeating, concluding forcefulness of Los Straitjackets' music by which they almost always save the best for last -- like in the wedding at Cana, sort of. They light up the sky in the last third -- sometimes even the last fifth -- of their covers and their songs. Like you and me could do! And especially if we could take the heartfelt learnings of the last third of our lives and import them retroactively into our lives' stressful, burdened second third. Now that's what PZ is trying to do for you today. "For you the living/This Mash was meant, too". I am trying to impute what I believe has inspired me in recent times to one's listeners' stressful and demanding adult lives. I can't tell you, as my now deceased colleague in South Carolina used to tell me almost every time he saw me: "Relax, Paul!" He meant well, yes, but it only made me feel always worse when he said it. What I want to say is more like this: "Let me take you there" ('Strawberry Fields', 1967). Let me take you in your now to a place of focus on the Big Things, the Big Heart, the Big Connection/s. I feel sometimes like the character 'Emily' says she feels in the last act of "Our Town". Recently dead, she returns to the scene of her 12th birthday, and longs for her parents and brother -- and herself back then- - to see what's really going on. Not to-ings and fro-ings and "process", but rather real love and real care and real gestures and real connection and real feeling -- real heart! Will you let me be to you today, dear Listener, a surrogate for Emily? "Let me take you there" -- to a life not of obvious burden and exhaustion, but a life of optimism and promise and satisfaction and joy. That's what PZ's Podcast is all about. LUV U.
Heard a sermon last night that cut to the quick. It evoked the image of a "new priesthood" -- a new movement of God in the New Year. The preacher's vision of life and the work of God in the world felt inspired to the first power. And then I thought of Jack Kerouac -- right in the middle of her sermon. I thought of his amazing book, on practical Buddhism no less, entitled Some of the Dharma. Kerouac and the preacher were on the same line. Then something else came to mind: the jaw-dropping last act of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town". Each of these three 'productions', i.e., Paula White's sermon, Jack Kerouac's spiritual diary, and TNW's seminal play: they were all saying the same thing. To wit, the Truth of life lies in every case under the surface of the world. What you see, and even what you think you want to see, is not the Lasting Thing. God's work is infinitely higher than our desires and our ratiocination, tho' at times linked with those things. Ultimately, what God is doing is different from what we think is going on. What a relief! What a redemption (of our pasts)! What a Promise of real action! So I'm hopeful for 2024. Hope you can be, too. LUV U. PZ
Peloton adds three new PZ instructors. Peloton On Tour: London lineup announced. Login/Homescreen gets a facelift. Black Friday sales are here! Tread+ preorder is coming. Peloton partners with AmEx. Peloton expands commercial business. Dr. Jenn - How to increase motivation. Robin Arzon teases her return. Ben & Leanne teaming up on the bike. Tunde ran the NYC Marathon. And got a much-needed lift from a Peloton member. Benny Adami's 1st ever English-language ride. The latest artist series features DMX. TCO Top Five. Peloton announces NYC 5 Borough Outdoor Runs. Arms with Tunde now available in German. This week at Peloton. Birthdays - Aditi Shah (11/10) All this plus part one of our interview with David Kipper! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.theclipout.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It's interesting how far music drives this podcast. Fer sher, I've been "out of pocket" for a month or so, but what drove me to record this new cast was one thing: music. I'd recently heard a section of The Carpenters' single "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (1977) and was made speechless by Karen C's vocal. One simply had to find a place for it on PZ's Podcast. Then another song came to mind, possibly even more explosive, from the Summer of '68. My friend Lloyd Fonvielle (R.i.P.) had played it for me in an apartment in the East Village. We were basically never the same after that. So I decided to excerpt it for "you, the living (this Mash was meant, too)". Once the music was set, the substance of the cast came down. Two "memes" that I composed recently while sitting on a beach somewhere with Mrs. Zahl seemed worthwhile to present here. Which I have tried to do. One of the memes relates to the unconditional nature of God's Grace; the other, to the exemption-less reach of God's Hand in everything that happens to us. It's a stretch, conceptually, but a requirement for a happy... death. Chest Fever! Listen to the Music (Doobie Brothers, 1972), and everything will probably turn out alright.
I think we probably all need to get "outta gear", at least to some extent. 'Gears' are the attitudes, narratives, and exterior values that shape and define most of what we spend our time doing. We are trying to be successful, trying to win love, trying to be some image of ourselves that someone else has made us covet, trying, basically, to get nowhere fast! When you get sick -- which we all do at some point -- the gears fall off. When somebody breaks up with you -- which happens to almost everyone at some point -- the gears fall off. When you get fired unexpectedly -- which happens, again, to almost everyone at some point -- the gears fall off. Rejection of almost any kind pries off the gears of your life, and they fall off. For me, getting older has tended to feel like I'm getting "outta gear". Moreover, Los Straitjackets are outta gear in over half their covers. The wheels come off at the end of each song -- tho' that turns out to be great. Sparks fly and the music ascends. Like the big black cadillac driven by John Travolta at the end of Grease (1978). There's fireworks followed by Ascension. That's what I am talking about: the inspiration that comes when you get... outta gear. This episode marks a 360 degree history of PZ's Podcast. We're not done yet, but I'd like to give thanks for it anyway. And here's a shout-out, on Mother's Day 2023, to my Bride of almost 50 years, Mary Cappleman Zahl. The cast is dedicated to Mary.
151 is an episode in several parts.It's partly post-PZ housekeeping, as we discuss what the hours and days look like for me after an event like that.But then it's partly a moment to enjoy the warm glow, and pick out a few highlights from what was an incredible weekend.And then there is the expected update to 150 as Ant completes the fashion circle and we discuss that 'coat' and those 'trousers'.Plus it would be remiss not to spend a few minutes on the new pre-order that has been announced this week.And you can't forget the door bell...Phew!hTCD Merch StoreBecome Purple and support the showThe Invisible Man Volume 1: 1991-1997The Invisible Man Volume2: 1998-2014FacebookInstagramWebsite
You may recall that we had the legendary Lucy Jordache on the podcast a while back, and she pointed out that TCD (case in point) has a tendency to be a little bit niche and at times a little bit clique-y.Now we have tried to take her advice onboard, but I suspect Chapter 148 is definitely one for the hardened purple. "How so?" I hear you ask. Well let me give you a few examples..There is quite a bit of early-episode bants that revolves around the ongoing chat amongst the purple supporters.We refer extensively to a purple-only-prawn-cracker snap poll that took place last week.There is news of stealth-purple-only-merch available at PZ.Elitist and clique-y possibly, but fear not non-purples, there is still plenty to keep you amused, including three diary entries, a new 'soldering-iron advice and support lesson with Stephen' and information on how to apply to work in a large fish tank.Love'n'roulette wheels in the headhTCD Merch StoreBecome Purple and support the showThe Invisible Man Volume 1: 1991-1997The Invisible Man Volume2: 1998-2014FacebookInstagramWebsite
Sometimes I hear a 'Grace' sermon that is just terrific... until the last five minutes. During the last five minutes, the preacher seems pressed to tell me how I should respond, at least mentally, to the message of God's One-Way Love. The preacher -- in good faith and sincerity, to be sure -- tells me to "relax into the Message", "accept the Gift", "live into It", "let It sink in", "allow It to become part of you". And although that sounds good, it ends up, at least for me, feeling abstract. It may even convey a(n un-intended) sense of pressure, as there is still something to do. Which I can't seem to do. It's a little like what Roman Catholics sometimes describe as the need to perpetually return to the Confessional because they haven't quite taken it in, i.e., the forgiveness they were told they had last week. Luther taught something different. (As did St. Paul.) They both taught that one's response to the Gospel is automatic. When you are "One-Way-LUV'd", you automatically wish to respond -- with love! Belovedness engenders loving back. I mean, look: it's true in Romantic Love. When you are sincerely loved by another person, no one needs to tell you how to respond. You always, or almost always, respond by desiring to love the other altruistically -- selflessly -- empathetically. That just happens. You don't need imperatives, even subtle ones; nor instructions. That's the point of this 350th Episode of PZ's Podcast. I am particularly proud of it. It is dedicated to Tullian Tchividjian and his remarkable ministry of One-Way Love. "Bleib bei Mir fuer alle Zeiten."
Thanksgiving is about gratitude, the product of grace, so this week's episode is our last installment of the podcasts Monday night online study of Paul Zahl's book, Grace in Practice, which PZ himself joined! We hope you enjoy it!
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