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You tell us what you're looking forward to this summer musically, and I play you amazing new music from Etherwood, Zar, Dogger, Submarine, Serpnt, 7th Pyramid, Blocksberg, Azotix, Untrue, Shy HF, Kingh, Breakage, Anile, SIMMS, Lens, Fracture & Neptune, Jolliffe, Submorphics, Solah, Hugh Hardie, Quartz, Dunk, Brodie + Goddard.

You tell us what you're looking forward to this summer musically, and I play you amazing new music from Etherwood, Zar, Dogger, Submarine, Serpnt, 7th Pyramid, Blocksberg, Azotix, Untrue, Shy HF, Kingh, Breakage, Anile, SIMMS, Lens, Fracture & Neptune, Jolliffe, Submorphics, Solah, Hugh Hardie, Quartz, Dunk, Brodie + Goddard.

The DepartureIt took us way longer than expected, but eventually Larry and I left Colorado to return home.Or at least, that was the plan.The land ownership was finally settled, all the documents were registered, officiated, finalized and everything was now in our names. Other people no longer had a footing or claim to the land or anything they had abandoned there.We had three major structures (including a vehicle) removed from the land, cutting off the negative energy cords they had anchored there.I woke up one day to find that Larry was removing water tanks, packing generators, tools and plants.Okidoki, I thought. This is it. We are leaving.A few hours later, we started the GPS and it said, 19 hours to Port Angeles. We discussed where we might stop, how many hours we would drive that day and we left. We came to a grinding stop a few yards outside of the property… OMG, we had left Chinook tied up in the shade in the sand castle! Our giant, white, hard-to-miss Maremmano-Abruzzese dog. We re-checked everything again, loaded our love bug onto the truck and set off yet again.We wanted to get north of Salt Lake City on the first day, which we did. We actually stayed at a Cabelas' carpark, and there was a bit of grass next to us. The dogs sniffed it, laid down on it and went to sleep. They had missed the grass.Everything was good, we had driven the rest of the day and had found a great place to park.The next day, we found a restaurant that opened for breakfast at 7:30am. We walked over and found it to be both beautiful and high-frequency. The food was also amazing. After breakfast, our plan was to drive all day and get to Eastern Washington.But when we got back in the car and started the map, it showed us we still had 17 hours left. How could this be? It was so confusing, we had driven a long way the previous day.We sighed and started the drive again. It is not like this is the first time we had missing time in our travels.In fact, as the journey unfolded, Larry and I started comparing notes with earlier trips and noticing some very strange patterns. We will explore those more deeply in the podcast.Again, we drove all day. We veered north. The time on the GPS looked very similar to the Oregon route. We found an amazing National Forest camping ground and after some chopping of wood, walking the dogs and dinner, we went to sleep.The next day the story repeated. Instead of the 8 hours left that the GPS had told us the previous night, we had 14!OK, this was odd, weird and strange. Larry decided to find a physical map to check our journey on. There was a large map outside an information stop in Lolo, Montana. Yup, you guessed it. We still had 14 hours left to get home. At that point we stopped trying to make sense of it and simply kept driving.We can discard it all with bad planning or failing GPS directions. But this became even stranger.When we left Lolo, the GPS said to go north to Moscow and Coeur d'Alene. I was a bit confused by this, but we followed the instructions. As I was looking at the gps trying to figure out how far we were so we could stop for food there, I looked up and saw a notice saying “Welcome to Washington”. And, as I pointed it out to Larry asking him when we had stopped going north (he said we had not), I looked down to the map and saw our dot move from the road north, to one going west. Not only that, but it was well within Washington.Hmm, OK, we thought. And looked around us. Endless green fields stretched to the horizon. Strong grasses rolled in the wind like waves on an ocean. Here and there sat seriously beautiful farmhouse compounds surrounded by trees, barns and silence. It felt less like driving through a place and more like moving through a painting.Again, we drove all day. Nothing changed. The fields seemed to go forever. It does not take all day to drive across Washington State. Yet, at the end of the day, just as the green fields turned to desert, we found a campground in Wanapum Recreation Area. Yes, Still eastern washington.The next day we did manage to get close to home! You got it. We drove all day and managed to get past Port Angeles, where we camped for the evening in our shared land, Fossil Beach, where our friends were waiting.When we finally did get home, the next day, we felt very different from when we had left, different from who we had been in Colorado, and different again from who we had been on the road home. The locations themselves no longer seemed important. It was like we had never left home at all. Or more like all of it was home.Which makes me wonder. Bilbo eventually returned to the Shire. So did we. But whether either of us ever truly left home, the road, or the destination is another question entirely.And no, we didn't bring home a ring to rule them all, but we did bring a truck full of quartz crystals.On this week's Wisdom Keepers Hour, we will share photographs, videos, and reflections from the journey home. Our panelists will also compare their own return journeys and help us explore a question we still cannot fully answer:How do you drive for days and somehow remain inside the same stretch of road?The discussion doesn't stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

Snowflake reported a first quarter fiscal 2027 earnings beat and announced a new $6 billion multi-year agreement with Amazon Web Services, according to Quartz. The quarter covered the period ending April 30, 2026. The deal points to deeper alignment with AWS through potential minimum spend, co-selling, engineering collaboration, and marketplace incentives. Customers should assess impacts on pricing, discounts, and lock-in while benchmarking against Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Competitive pressure from Databricks, Microsoft, and Google continues as AI workloads expand. Founders can use this development to revisit contracts, optimize workload placement, and plan budgets and runway for the next year.Learn more on this news by visiting us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chapter Three: Time, Quartz Hills and ResolutionTrash and quartz can exist within the same geography… if we let it.Today, I want to talk about time. Time, to me, is the movement of objects through space. As we witness movement, we call this “time”. A clock does not depict time, it depicts movements of its arms around the clock face. The movement of objects through space.The reason I am talking about time is that our stay at our Reservoir of Power has been clocked by movement of objects and people.But when objects start appearing and disappearing from space, or spaces that were not there before, suddenly are, we can no longer ignore that when we say “yes” to a Gaia and high-frequency human collective request, things are going to step out of time and into the realm of conscious co-creation.OK, the above might sound a bit cryptic, so let me tell you what has been happening, and you can share your own conclusions around it during our Friday Meetup for Driving To The Rez.Our guests as well as our Olympic Peninsula tribe and the co-conspirators in my Birthday Party Celebration, left Colorado and went home. Some went home via long routes to other locations, but eventually they all got there. Suddenly, there was silence in the land, coffee for two instead of twenty, desert birds singing instead of laughter.The silence after everyone left was enormous.For days the land had been full of movement. Music, generators, conversations, shovels, laughter, vehicles arriving and leaving, people cooking, people in discussion, people hugging, people working. And then suddenly there were only the two of us, our three dogs, the wind, and whatever remained behind after the gathering dispersed.Even the Reservoir of Power itself felt different. Larger somehow.It is weeks later now and Larry and I are still at the land, which does not feel exactly like home, but not exactly away from home either.I knew, coming in, that Larry and I would need to stay at least another few working days in Colorado, as I had received clear indications that we had to sort out our legal land claims as well as claiming the space completely away from darkness. And that we needed to remove living structures left behind from last October. I mentally planned to do that after everyone left.In case you are new to this story, the land we own in Colorado is desert land that was completely covered in drug addicts and their shanty town. Gaia requested, no, actually she demanded that we remove all that darkness from this land. After which she revealed that this land was, in fact, a reservoir of power.Larry and I are softies, and when some of those people who had been evicted seven months ago asked for more time for them to be able to remove their prior living quarters, we allowed them to procrastinate for months. Seven months, in fact.While here, and as our guests, who are all highly skilled in expansion of awareness, can testify, the removal of those living structures was important. The structures impinged greatly, despite their small footprint on the vast acreage. An impression beyond the physical.Darkness likes to make you wait because as you wait, they still have an energy line straight into your life. Lightworkers think that waiting for darkness to sort itself out before moving out is compassionate, it is not.Anyway, the few extra days needed to get the land fully into our names have now turned into nearly a month. The path was filled with what Larry calls “monkey mind communication.” In other words, it wasn't a simple “Gaia asks us to remove these things from the land” and we do it. If we had done it, maybe we would be home by now.Every time we prepared to leave before things were settled, another obstacle appeared forcing us to stay.When we ignored the requests, things escalated. One of the people who had left last October decided she was moving back in. When we refused entry, she physically attacked us. It escalated into both criminal and civil court very quickly, but resolution moved much slower. Delays stacked upon delays, keeping us on the land a few more days at a time.Once the pattern became clear, we decided to stop resisting what we were being asked to do and simply do it.Also, if monkey-mind communication is required, we would much rather receive it through a mountain full of quartz crystals than through violent confrontation.Done!Things started moving.Spaces became visible that were otherwise invisible. I woke up one day with the words “Tartaria” in my mind. The Larger Earth. What the heck?? That was my initial reaction, then I became curious. So, Larry and I started exploring mountains and canyons with our eyes wide open.The canyons themselves felt impossible. Massive walls of stone, strange formations, an entire hill glittering in the sunlight as if someone had cracked open the inside of the Earth and left it exposed. A mountain of quartz pieces! The deeper we drove, the stranger the landscape felt. Not dangerous. Not even unfriendly. Just… hidden in plain sight. Radical changes in landscape from desert dry to forests and lakes. The earth would go from deep red to black, to brown, to gold.Lost objects started appearing back on our land, we detected Tartaria technology nearby, chemtrails filled the skies, and we found out that there is something very strange happening in Delta, Colorado.By all appearances, Delta is a small, insignificant city. Barely bigger than a town, really. However, as we started noticing how odd this town was, including what increasingly appeared to us to be a major power reservoir northeast of the city… We also noticed a ton of other strange things, such as billionaires/trillionaires living all around it, the city logo being an Illuminati pyramid, and signs of Tartaria left in the canyons and hills close by.It might, by all appearances, seem that Larry and I stopped moving through time. After all, we still have not started our journey back to Washington.But in truth, it feels as if we are standing in the center of immense movement through space. Space expanding. Revealing a past covered in mud, a present filled with wonder and power, and perhaps a future written by what we are willing to imagine into being.Will next week see us finally begin the journey home?Perhaps.But then again, Bilbo Baggins did return home eventually, and yet he was never entirely the same afterward. Nor was the Shire untouched by what he brought back with him. We don't plan on a ring to rule them all, that's for sure. At most, maybe a truck full of quartz.We will share some of photographs and videos of our strange and wondrous discoveries on the Wisdom Keeper hour of DrivingToTheRez.comThe discussion doesn't stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

Send us Fan Mail00:00 Brought to You by TAB Quartz00:20 Intro00:30 US Trade Rep to Review Quartz Safeguard02:31 A Word from TAB Surfaces 03:40 Calif. Board Heads Toward Quartz Ban05:23 Caesarstone Shows Down 1Q 202607:05 LX Hausys Begins Design Council08:45 Neolith Global Summit; Ciot Partnership11:37 Brazil Stone Experience in Washington12:58 ISFA Salt Lake Summit in June14:14 Outro14:40 Brought to You by TAB QuartzRadio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Esta mañana en #Noticias7AM entrevistamos al Dr. Fabián Walters, Presidente del Baja Health Cluster. Tema: Futura Médica, donde se construye el futuro médico del noroeste: 27 de mayo en Hotel Quartz Tijuana #Uniradioinforma 

An airhacks.fm conversation with Martin Kouba (@martunek) about: ZX Spectrum Didaktik clone, Basic listings from ABC magazine, Laser Squad and Wall Breaker games, writing a Pascal fantasy strategy game called Fury as a teenager, first Java 1.4 contact at university, pushing Java 5 annotations against XML configuration in a first telco job, OC4J as Oracle Application Server with Orion lineage, switching to JBoss, seam framework as glue between backend and frontend, Hibernate, reporting a Seam security issue and being invited to Red Hat, CDI TCK migration from JBoss Test Harness to arquillian and from Subversion to GitHub, writing CDI and Bean Validation TCK with XML-based assertion extraction from the specification text, normative specifications producing high-quality LLM code generation for CDI, JAX-RS and JPA, prototype-first approach to writing API specifications, deprecation annotations needing since-version, removal-version and replacement, asynchronous CDI events and fireAsync, transactional observers, Java SE CDI container standardization and its removal from the MicroProfile Core profile, joining the Quarkus team from day one, building ArC as the build-time CDI implementation, why @Specializes is not supported in Quarkus, Qute templating library, Quarkus WebSocket Next and the limits of the Jakarta WebSocket API, Quarkus scheduler with Duration-based intervals, Quartz integration, Quarkus component test based on Weld JUnit, MCP Java SE STDIO server with zero dependencies using ServiceLoader and Function, building the Quarkiverse MCP server from the first MCP specification version, the missing MCP TCK and the new conformance test suite Martin Kouba on twitter: @martunek

Chapter Two: Wind, Sigils, and Lightworkers With ShovelsThe EngineIt was the first morning at the Reservoir of Light when Larry's dump truck broke down directly in front of the sand castle.Two days before my birthday gathering, lightworkers were waking up, grabbing shovels, drinking coffee, and preparing to clear the land. Larry had bought the truck the previous October specifically to haul garbage away.Instead, the truck died in a big puff of steam and unmuffled exhaust roaring into silence. Jay, our neighbor, said “That thing's never moving again unless I tow it away”.I would love to explain exactly what happened to the engine, but all I heard was: “oil too full,” “rebuild in a can,” and something about water in the blablabla.On the podcast Larry can explain what any of that actually means, or whether I even heard it correctly.What I did understand was this: we suddenly had piles of garbage, dozens of willing helpers, and nowhere to put anything.Then our neighbor arrived with his work dump truck.The lightworkers filled it to the rim.He drove away, and we thought the problem had been solved.He ended up dumping a full load of trash onto his own land, because the owner of the dumptruck, his boss, needed it before the dump would open. DANG!!The pattern we had noticed on the road was continuing.Fred replaced all four trailer tires for his trip back, “just in case” but still lost a tire. Ash got a flat tire and replaced all four of hers. By the time the gathering ended, we learned that more tire problems happened as people travelled home.Coincidence? Maybe.But it felt increasingly clear that this gathering was not designed for passive passengers.The land demanded participation.Arrival at the LandWe arrived a few days before the guests, well into the evening. Making it there without any more mechanical trouble already felt like a victory.The land itself felt itchy-scratchy.There were abandoned vehicles still needing removal, piles of debris, unfinished cleanup, and the unresolved legal process of transferring the land fully into Larry's and my name.Our neighbor had already worked long and hard helping us clear garbage and remove vehicles, and the difference was enormous. But cleaner is not the same as ready.It became obvious very quickly that last year's initiation into this land was continuing into this year.Some things do not resolve themselves in a single pass.Cleanup BeginsLarry mentioned that on the first day he cooked at the sand castle kitchen, there were only one or two people around to share food with him.The next day there was a line.People organized themselves naturally into groups. Cleaning, organizing, bagging, repairing systems, preparing spaces, hauling debris. Ashley created shared to-do lists, and people quietly took ownership of them without needing direction.I have to tell you, Lightworkers with Shovels are something to experience.The work itself became strangely meaningful. Physical labor, symbolic realizations, coincidences, conversations, discoveries. The land seemed to respond to participation.Off Grid RealityThe Reservoir of Light is completely off-grid. No electricity, water, or sewage systems. Just desert land, wind, dust, generators, batteries, and people trying to make things work together.And the conditions were intense.High winds. Freezing nights. Scorching daytime heat. Dust everywhere. Batteries dying. Coffee emergencies. Water runs. Exhaustion.No one left.Instead, people gathered closer. We had daily Lightning Chats, rock-hounding expeditions, bonfires, night watches, and moments of connection difficult to explain unless you were there.Ashley organized a scavenger hunt for the birthday, Kara helped execute it, and the guests are still talking about it. Martha organized karaoke the night of the celebration and many of us laughed and sang so much we lost our voices.It was hard. It was joyful.And the longer we stayed on the land, the stranger things became.At first the strange things were easy to dismiss.A misplaced object.Something appearing where it should not be.Sounds that did not quite make sense.A feeling that reality itself was becoming slightly less predictable around the edges.But as the days continued, the glitches became harder to ignore.Next week I will share more about all the odd and curious things that started happening all over the land.The discussion doesn't stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

This episode recorded live at the Becker's Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Siva Balu, Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Quartz. He discusses the operational challenges facing payers today, how AI and automation are improving affordability and member experience, and the importance of interoperability and data-driven engagement across healthcare.In collaboration with Hippocratic AI.

Chapter 1 - A Flat Tire in HeavenAt the end of the very first day on the road, we had a destructive blowout of one trailer tire.As Larry was changing the ruined one, the tire next to it was also damaged and went flat.Two flat tires.One spare.Here is the interesting thing about that moment. It happened near a highway exit, next to a massive empty carpark with big bright lights that allowed us to see everything and be outside of highway danger. We also noticed that there were multiple stores nearby that carried new trailer wheels and tires, which is extremely rare. On our last trip we had to shop around for hours to find a store that had them.This brought us to discuss good and bad news, and while things may happen as often as not, when the light rises and becomes form, things will happen where support is most available.A flat tire in hell, or a flat tire in heaven.. WTF, why even get a flat?But perhaps I should start at the beginning.May the Fourth: Calling the Legions of LightThis year, 2026, I turned 60 years old. For many decades I have talked about what I would do in my 60th year, if I ever got to it, which I doubted, and here we are.One of the items was that I would start smoking again once the year began. Why is that? And why did I quit in the first place? Listen to the podcast to find out the details.Even before this year arrived, however, I had already decided smoking was a prospect with challenges. Larry agreed, let's maybe not start smoking again. Ah well. Things change and plans with them.Which brings me to my topic for this article.Instead of starting to smoke again, I decided to have a big birthday party at our land in Colorado.The Shamanshack mystics, our panelists Dr Kara, Ash and Iliana, asked me if I wanted them to plan and execute the party in Colorado. I said, “yes.”And here we are, several months later and Larry and I are still on the land after the celebration, which we decided to hold on May The Fourth. This date known as Star Wars Day is celebrated annually on May 4th, a pun on the iconic “May the Force be with you” phrase.Why hold my party on Star Wars Day, you may ask. Well, I had opened the invitation to the legions of light. And, we would be holding it on what is now established as a land that is a reservoir of power. There is a whole story behind how we discovered this land to be a reservoir of power, and what Gaia and the human collective asked of Larry and me. We will share that story on the podcast as well, DrivingToTheRez.comBecause of that, the day May The Force Be With you seemed to fit perfectly.The party was scheduled and the invitation went out. The planners had planned for 20-30 attendees. I had envisioned 5,500 people minimum, with an optimum number of 20,000.However, as I looked at the disparity between the numbers planned and the ones in my mind, I realized that we are not trained, or equipped, to host legions of lightworkers this year. Therefore, I said, “20 people is perfect.” I knew that whomever was ready for the land, would arrive. We had a total of 25 participants, excluding Larry and me.The RoadLeaving our home in Washington, which is 1,345 miles away from our land in Colorado, was a challenge. We are well rooted to our rewe and routines. But we got on it and prepared the RV, truck, animal care, and our 20 year old son for holding the fort while we were away.Some of you may remember last year's article Crystals, Black Magic, and Sanity: A Colorado Initiation, where I shared part of our first experiences with this land in Colorado. At the time, I thought the initiation was about cleaning the land. I am beginning to suspect the land had other ideas.One of my favorite subtitles ever written is There and Back Again, which many people think belongs to The Lord of the Rings, but it is actually the subtitle of The Hobbit. It was the title of Bilbo Baggins's memoir, his journal of leaving home, having an adventure that changed him completely, and then returning home again. But journeys are rarely the same in reverse. We like to think we simply go somewhere and then come back unchanged except perhaps for a few stories and photographs. Yet, on some journeys, something happens on the road, especially when the journey is difficult, meaningful, or strange, and the person who returns is not exactly the same person who left. And perhaps that is why the “back again” part matters just as much as the “there.” We get home and notice how everything is “the same,” while we have radically changed, a change we may never have consciously noticed without the sameness of home waiting for us.The journey “there” began with our cat Theadora in tow, but after only 6 miles down the road we had to turn back and drop her off at home again. She really wanted to go, but not really in a truck or a trailer.Then there was the $6-7 per gallon gas prices! Oops, did we have enough funds? Not really.Also, we were scheduled to travel in convoy with the organizers and friends from our Peninsula Tribe. But we didn't leave in time, and didn't catch up with them for a full day.And then there was the tire situation.Larry had two spare tires for the trailer, and a niggle to bring them both, but he left one behind thinking it was silly to bring two. There's no real place for two, and who needs two anyway?Well… At the end of the very first day, we had a destructive blowout of one tire and the one next to it was also damaged and went flat as he was changing the ruined one… niggles.A niggle is an interesting thing. Quiet. Easy to dismiss. Often inconvenient. And oftentimes absolutely correct.Miracle Hot SpringsThe next night, we finally caught up with our travel companions at one of our favorite hot springs locations, Miracle Hot Springs in Idaho. We spent a couple of hours playing in the hot springs, had a wonderful evening meal and good sleep. The journey to the land concluded the day after that, and I will tell you more of what happened there in next week's article and podcast titled “Wind, Sigils, and Lightworkers With Shovels.” It has been quite the adventure! And it is not over yet.Continue the journey in next week's article and podcast: “Wind, Sigils, and Lightworkers With Shovels” at DrivingToTheRez.comFor the full story behind the smoking revelation, the reservoir of power, and what Gaia asked of Larry and me — tune into the podcast episode.The discussion doesn't stop here - listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dttr.substack.com/subscribe

Marty Davis, the CEO of Cambria, discusses the tariffs with Stone World.

www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcastThe FULL Pyramids Compilation (5 EPs in one)The show's 100th episode. What started as a milestone special turned into five full episodes, hours of debate, and one of the most spirited arguments in podcast history. Now it's all in one place.Eric, Sean, and Jorge dive headfirst into the greatest mystery in human history: Who built the Great Pyramids of Giza — and how the hell did they do it?Part 1 — The History: Before the conspiracies, lay the foundation. The Nile River, the Old Kingdom, the pharaohs, and a timeline that puts the Great Pyramid in perspective. It was built before coins, before paper, before the domestication of horses in Africa — and Cleopatra was closer in time to us than to the pyramids.Parts 2 & 3 — Sean's Episodes: Sean comes in swinging with 20 pages of things that don't add up. The Great Pyramid's near-perfect alignment with True North (off by 0.05 degrees — more precise than the Washington Monument). Pi and the Golden Ratio embedded in its dimensions. The Earth's own proportions mirrored in its geometry. Impossible 80-ton granite slabs. Sealed doors discovered by robots. Salt deposits in the Queen's Chamber. And the burning question: if it was just a tomb, where's the body?Part 4 — Eric's Episode: Eric fights back. He makes the case that mankind — skilled, organized, and wildly underestimated — built the pyramids with no alien assistance. He brings evidence: the workers' village, Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, the Hoover Dam. His thesis? Human ingenuity has always defied what seems impossible.The Update: Two weeks after Episode 100 aired, news broke of a massive underground complex discovered beneath Giza using satellite radar — interconnected chambers, spiraling shafts, and cylindrical voids stretching nearly two kilometers underground. We had to come back. Everything's on the table again.History, mystery, bad diagrams, and a few things we still can't explain. Buckle up.00:00:00 - Welcome & why we saved the pyramids for Episode 10000:07:00 - "Who built the pyramids and how did they do it?"00:11:00 - The Nile River: ancient Egypt's lifeline00:19:00 - The Step Pyramid & Pharaoh Djoser00:26:00 - Pharaoh Khufu and the Great Pyramid of Giza00:35:00 - Why did they stop building pyramids?00:38:00 - Cleopatra was closer to us than to the pyramids00:46:00 - Were the pyramid workers slaves?01:13:00 - The pyramid's alignment with True North01:25:00 - Over 1,000 pyramids exist around the world01:32:00 - 0.05 degrees off True North — more precise than the Washington Monument01:39:00 - Alignment with Orion and Sirius01:48:00 - Pi appears in the pyramid's dimensions01:55:00 - The Golden Ratio in the pyramid's proportions02:02:00 - The pyramid encodes Earth's exact proportions02:03:00 - The pyramid's coordinates match the speed of light02:11:00 - The King's Chamber: 80-ton granite ceiling slabs02:17:00 - The empty sarcophagus — no body, no explanation02:23:00 - Electromagnetic anomalies inside the King's Chamber03:09:00 - The Queen's Chamber: sealed doors discovered by robot03:25:00 - Tomb or energy generator?03:33:00 - Quartz in the granite walls generating electricity03:41:00 - Could sound and vibration have moved the stone blocks?04:07:00 - The Sphinx: water erosion theory and its true age04:14:00 - Hidden chamber beneath the Sphinx04:35:00 - Were the pyramids built by humans alone?04:55:00 - The Great Wall of China vs. the pyramids05:15:00 - The Coral Castle: one man, no machinery, 1,000 tons of coral05:35:00 - Lost technology: the real reason we can't explain the pyramids?05:56:00 - BREAKING: Underground structure discovered beneath Giza06:00:00 - Satellite radar reveals hidden chambers and spiraling voids06:08:00 - Ancient energy grid theory06:14:00 - "The most significant discovery at Giza in over 50 years"06:24:00 - Final verdicts from all three hosts

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I used the track by Dami Quartz (https://soundcloud.com/damikyu/and-a-one-1-3-disquiet0747) and added an electronic sequence created in real time using Pure Data & featuring a degree of indeterminacy. More on the 748th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a Two (2/3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — disquiet.com/0748.

This episode recorded live at the Becker's Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Christina Ott, Chief Strategy Officer, Quartz, discussing how her organization is tackling rising costs by rethinking the payer role, improving care navigation, and reducing friction for members. She also shares insights on aligning digital investments and using AI to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and create a more seamless healthcare experience.In collaboration with Hippocratic AI.

Send us Fan Mail00:00 Brought to You by TAB Surfaces00:19 Intro00:30 USITC Hears Safeguard Remedy Proposals05:08 A Word from TAB Surfaces 06:17 Cosentino Revenues $1.5 Billion in 202508:43 U.K. Fabricators Create Quality Mark10:40 Brazil Stone Scores in China12:11 Neolith Appoints Brand Officer13:41 Bermudez, Lugasan Join ISFA16:17 Total Stone Solutions Hires Hertig17:31 Outro17:58 Brought to You by TAB SurfacesRadio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

In this episode of the Visible Voices Podcast, Francesca Donner joins. She is the founder and editor of The Persistent — a women-run media company that's covering women for a change.  The Persistent is a digital journalism platform centering women's voices and stories. Francesca's two-decade career spans GQ, Forbes, Quartz, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, where she founded the gender vertical In Her Words. We discuss the persistent gap in how women's stories are told — and who tells them — why women are quoted as sources only 25% of the time, what it takes to leave a prestigious institution to build something new, and three micro skills for centering women's voices in your own life and work. If you enjoy the show subscribe on YouTube

This is the tenth and final part of the series from Garrett, a residential contractor who spent eight years on a remote forty-seven-acre property in the southern Appalachians of western North Carolina.In spring 2021, while re-pointing the root cellar walls, Garrett discovers a hidden cavity Earl built into the original foundation in 1971. Inside is a sealed plastic bundle containing a leather-bound journal, a hand-drawn map, and a letter addressed to Garrett by name.The letter explains that Earl believed the creatures could hear spoken conversations and that sealing the information in stone was the only way to pass it along without violating the silence he'd maintained for over four decades.Earl's journal covers 1972 through 1981. The critical entries describe two visits to a ravine roughly a quarter mile northeast of the cabin in the national forest.In fall 1972, Earl followed a track line into a narrow slot canyon and found three worn sleeping depressions, organized bone piles, and evidence of long-term habitation. In January 1973, he returned and discovered the beds had been recently used, with melted snow and shed hair. Deeper in the ravine, under a natural rock overhang, he found a curated collection of polished creek stones arranged by size, bundled stripped sticks, and mineral specimens including a standing quartz crystal point. Earl never returned and never told Vernon, Reba, or anyone. Following Earl's map on January 15, 2022, Garrett hikes to the ravine and confirms every detail. The beds are still in use with recently melted snow. The bone pile persists. The collection on the shelf has grown over fifty years to include more stones, sticks, and additional mineral specimens. On his way out, Garrett finds one of the creatures standing at the ravine entrance. It watches him approach from a hundred and fifty yards, and at twenty yards he stops. The creature shifts to the side, pressing against the rock wall to clear the passage. Garrett walks past at four feet, the closest encounter of the series, and exits the ravine. He connects the river stone left on the bluff sitting slab in 2016 to the collection, understanding it as a deliberate gift.Garrett sold the cabin in 2023 after Bowie's death at age thirteen and moved to Asheville with Ruby.He sold to a young couple from Boone without disclosing what lives on the ridge. This final episode closes the ten-part series.Have you experienced a Bigfoot sighting, Sasquatch encounter, Dogman experience, UFO sighting, or any unexplained cryptid or paranormal event deep in the woods? We want to hear your story.Email your encounter to brian@paranormalworldproductions.com for a chance to be featured on a future episode of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman reports, cryptid experiences, and true scary stories from the backwoods.Follow the show and turn on automatic downloads so you never miss a chilling encounter from the forest. Listen with the lights off… if you dare.

This week in The Crystal Library, we're stepping deeper into the fairy realm with Spirit Quartz—a crystal so sparkly, strange, and symbolically rich that it completely transformed the way Ashleigh thinks about spiritual practice.Also known as Fairy Quartz and Cactus Quartz, this crystal is famous for its dazzling surface of tiny crystal points growing from one central body. But beyond its beauty, Spirit Quartz carries a much deeper message: you were never meant to do this alone.In this episode, Ashleigh explores: the meanings behind the names Spirit Quartz, Fairy Quartz, and Cactus Quartz  the unexpected origin story of the name Spirit Quartz how the geology of this stone mirrors its metaphysical message  why this crystal is associated with karma, soul family, compassion, harmony, and protection  Spirit Quartz as a bridge between the everyday self and the higher self  the connection between this stone and traditional fairy lore, especially circles, courts, glamour, and liminal spaces  the South African philosophy of Ubuntu and how Spirit Quartz embodies the truth of I am because we areThis episode becomes a larger reflection on community as a spiritual practice, and why collective healing may be one of the most powerful teachings this crystal has to offer.Plus, Ashleigh shares simple ways to work with Spirit Quartz for meditation, soul-circle connection, and collective intention.This is a crystal for the in-between spaces, for the people remembering their soul family, and for anyone who needs the reminder that healing expands when it is shared.Send me any questions or comments you may have and I will answer them on upcoming podcast episodes!! Looking forward to hearing from you!Please message me with any questions or comments. bigcrystalenergypodcast @gmail.com

Frank Callaghan, President and CEO of Golden Cariboo Resources Ltd.  (CSE:GCC) (OTC:GCCFF), joins me for an exploration update on the first 28 drill holes completed, and the 29th hole ready to be drilled imminently. Stepout drill has been extending the mineralization and strike length beyond the Halo Zone, located at their flagship Quesnelle Gold Quartz Mine, in the Cariboo Mining District of British Columbia.  The immediate workstreams are to compile all this drilling data, in combination with some historic drill holes, into an upcoming Maiden Resource Estimate, targeted to come out later in the month of May.   We start off having Frank outline the broad bulk-tonnage style of mineralization coming back from the prior assays returned, when stepping out from the Halo Zone; and why these large disseminated gold systems can become some of the largest producing gold mines.   This large project footprint and continuity of the broad intercepts of mineralization is what will allow the Company to put out the maiden resource estimate in about a month's time.   On March 25, 2026 Golden Cariboo Resources announced that drill hole QGQ25-28 was completed on March 19, 2026 to a total length of 754.69 m (2,476 ft), ending in mineralization approximately 12 m (39.37 ft) from Osisko Development Corp.'s claim boundary. The end of drill hole QGQ25-28 is located approximately 283 m (928.48 ft) beyond the end of drill hole QGQ25-25, which also ended in mineralization.   Next we discuss how all 28 holes drilled to date have hit gold mineralization and how their geologists have really come to a good understanding of the mineralization and have vectored in on exploring for gold at the greenstone belt contact zone at their Quesnelle Gold Quartz Mine.   Much of the drilling has been testing the approximately 2-3km area between the Main Zone and Halo Zone and straddling Hixon Creek.  One drill will be turning doing large step-outs and extending the strike length of the mineralized trend. There is a strong geophysical signature helping out with drill targeting, that also extends on to their neighbor's land package at Osisko Development.   Next we got into the recent acquisition of the 13 cells of placer claims at the Halo zone; which when combined with past staking around their main property, has brought the new total land position up to around 95,000 hectacres (~235,000 acres) held by the Company, and now making it the third largest claim holder in the Cariboo Gold District.    We wrap up with potential rerating the company could get once their initial resource estimate is out and digested by the market.  With regards capital on hand, they announced a modest raise in late March to get them to this key upcoming milestone, where they believe more institutional interest will be coming in to assist with funding the next phase of exploration and project derisking.   If you have any questions for Frank regarding Golden Cariboo, then please email them into me at Shad@kereport.com.   Click here to follow the latest news from Golden Cariboo Resources   For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks:   The KE Report: https://kereport.substack.com/ Shad's resource market commentary: https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/     Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Investing in equities and commodities involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests and hosts may own shares in companies mentioned.    

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Yousaf Nishat-Botero on the Ecologies of Planning and Metabolic Municipalism. Shownotes Yousaf Nishat-Botero Dr. Yousaf Nishat-Botero at the University of Birmingham:  https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/yousaf-nishat-botero/ Nishat-Botero, Y. (2023). Planning's ecologies: Democratic planning in the age of planetary crises. Organization. Special Issue: Public Value, 1-23. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13505084231186749 Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. (2025). Planning in Nature's Metropolis: Metabolic Municipalism and Ecological Planning in Barcelona. Environment and Planning D. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02637758251364061 Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. The land question and postcapitalist countrysides: towards a town-country synthesis. In Postcapitalist Countrysides (N. Gallent, M.Gkartzios, M. Scott, A. Purves (Eds.). UCL Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379514594_The_land_question_and_postcapitalist_countrysides_towards_a_town-country_synthesis on ‘metabolism' in Liebig and Marx: Clark, B. & Foster, J. B. (2018). The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Metabolic Rift. Monthly Review 70(3). https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-robbery-of-nature/ Marx, K. ([1867] 2004). Capital: Volume I. Penguin U https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/35192/capital-by-karl-marx-intro-ernest-mandel-trans-ben-fowkes/9780140445688 Sorg, C. (2023). Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Toward an Expanded Notion of Democratically Planned Postcapitalism. Critical Sociology 49(3), 475-493. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08969205221081058 Salleh, A. (2010). From Metabolic Rift to “Metabolic Value”: Reflections on Environmental Sociology and the Alternative Globalization Movement. Organization & Environment 23(2), 205-219. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27068655 on ‘capitalism as socioecological totality': Fraser, N. (2022). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and what we can do about it. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism Moore, J. (2015). Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life Planning for Entropy. (2022). Democratic Economic Planning, Social Metabolism and the Environment. Science and Society Journal. Vol 82, Nr 2. New York: Guilford Publications https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.291 Latour, B. & Weibel, P. (2020). Critical Zones. The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth. MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044455/critical-zones/ on the Oskar-Lange-Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_model Barca, S. (2021) Forces of Reproduction: Notes for a Counter-hegemonic Anthropocene. Elements in Environmental Humanities. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/forces-of-reproduction/BE9B0DBDC89593F3284FE3F51D3B0418 on Donna Harraway's ‘response-ability': Harraway, D. (2016). Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-trouble Braudel, F. (1979 [1992]). Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol I-III. University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper Nunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal?srsltid=AfmBOoqNKlXZJs9HrqEBU4BlAF7hbaxEzAOWD1oQCV6M_Kwtg5n9xOcO on Otto Neurath's political economy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neurath/political-economy.html on the quote by Otto Neurath: Otto Neurath in O'Neill, J. (2003) ‘Socialism, Associations and the Market', Economy and Society 32(2): 184–206 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249006144_Socialism_associations_and_the_market on Friedrich Hayek's argument against centralized planning: Hayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review 35(4), 519-530. https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw.html https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/hayek-opposes-centralized-economic-planning Morozov, E. (2019). Digital Socialism? New Left Review 116/117. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism Rochowicz, N. (2025). Planning progress: Incorporating innovation and structural change into models of economic planning. Competition & Change, 29(1), 64-82. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294231220690? Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Duke University Press. https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdf Toscano, A. & Kinkle, J. (2015). Cartographies of the Absolute. Zero Books. https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/cartographies-of-the-absolute Anderson, P. (1961). Sweden: Mr. Crosland's Dreamland. New Left Review 1/7. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i7/articles/perry-anderson-sweden-mr-crosland-s-dreamland-part-1 Mandel, E. (1986). In Defence of Socialist Planning. New Left Review 1/159. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i159/articles/ernest-mandel-in-defence-of-socialist-planning Thompson, M., & Nishat-Botero, Y. (2025). Postcapitalist Planning and Urban Revolution. Competition & Change, 29(1), 101-120. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10245294231210980 Durand, C., Hofferberth, E. & Schmelzer, M. (2023). Planning beyond growth. The case for economic democracy within limits. Political Economy Working Papers. University of Geneva.  https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166429 on Barcelona En Comú: https://barcelonaencomu.cat/ on Grupo AGBAR and the anti-privatisation movement:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Agbar https://ejatlas.org/conflict/remunicipalisation-and-anti-privatization-movement-in-barcelona1 on the Socialist party of Catalonia:  https://www.socialistes.cat/ on the airport expansion in Barcelona: https://ejatlas.org/conflict/prat-airport-expansion-catalonia-spain on the paper by Union Populaire:  https://programme.lafranceinsoumise.fr/livrets/planification-ecologique/ on the quote from Mike Davis: Davis, M. (1990). City of Quartz. Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. Verso.  https://www.versobooks.com/products/1320-city-of-quartz?srsltid=AfmBOor1VtvQMJu_87qS8EDz0EcwP9KABUrajgH5LX2pdFNXWVC5Su6B Future Histories Folgen S03E59 | Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e59-cedric-durand-on-ecological-planning/ S03E50 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism II https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e51-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-ii/ S03E49 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism I https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e50-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-i/ S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planung https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ S02E44 | Evgeny Morozov on Discovery Beyond Competition  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e44-evgeny-morozov-on-discovery-beyond-competition/ — If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help: Democratic planning – an information website: https://www.democratic-planning.com/ Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk] https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction International Network for Democratic Economic Planning https://www.indep.network/ Democratic Planning Research Platform: https://www.planningresearch.net/ — Future Histories Contact & Support If you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Contact: office@futurehistories.today Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com   Episode Keywords #YousafNishat-Botero, #JanGroos, #Interview, #UniversityofBirmingham, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #FutureHistories, #DemocraticPlanning, #Planning, #EconomicPlanning, #Ecology, #Socialization, #Organization, #Capitalism, #Socialism, #Municipalism, #Metabolism, #PlanetaryCrisis, #Nature, #Barcelona  

We are closing out the crystal portion of our Victorian Spiritualism series with a stone that quite literally contains a ghost.Phantom Quartz is a crystal that remembers who it used to be. Formed when growth pauses for thousands of years and then resumes, it preserves an earlier version of itself inside its present structure — a visible “phantom” suspended within the stone.In this episode, we explore:What Phantom Quartz is and how it formsWhy it's often called nature's version of Victorian spirit photographyThe metaphor of interrupted growth and layered evolutionHow this stone supports shadow work and inner child healingQuestions to ask when your growth has felt pausedReincarnation and soul groups — explained simply and accessiblyThe connection between Phantom Quartz, Akashic Records, and soul memoryPsychic and magical uses including meditation, clairaudience, astral travel, and dream workWe also discuss how Victorian Spiritualism sought proof that something survives beyond death — and how Phantom Quartz invites us to remember the parts of ourselves that never truly died.Rather than summoning spirits outwardly, this stone encourages inward remembrance.✨ Simple Practice: The Growth Pause RitualSit with your Phantom Quartz and light a candle.Hold the stone to your heart.Ask:Where did my growth pause?What version of me is preserved inside?Visualize the inner phantom glowing.Journal:What lesson have I survived?What part of me needs integration?Where am I still becoming?Optional: Write a Victorian-style letter to your “phantom self” — honoring the version of you that carried you here.Phantom Quartz reminds us:Growth is not linear. Pauses do not equal failure. You did not break — you became layered.Thank you for walking through the veil with me during this Victorian Spiritualism series. The final full episode on Victorian Spiritualism drops this Friday.As always… everything you need is already inside you.Akashic Records with Alexa Darrin EpisodeSend me any questions or comments you may have and I will answer them on upcoming podcast episodes!! Looking forward to hearing from you!Please message me with any questions or comments. bigcrystalenergypodcast @gmail.com

Si la majorité des montres que nous portons aujourd'hui sont à quartz, ce n'est pas un hasard. C'est le résultat d'une petite révolution scientifique et industrielle qui remonte à la fin des années 1960. Pour comprendre pourquoi cette technologie s'est imposée, il faut d'abord comprendre comment elle fonctionne.Le cœur d'une montre à quartz est… un minuscule cristal de quartz. Ce minéral possède une propriété physique remarquable appelée piézoélectricité. Découverte au XIXᵉ siècle par les frères Curie, elle signifie qu'un cristal de quartz se déforme légèrement lorsqu'on lui applique une tension électrique. Mais le phénomène fonctionne aussi dans l'autre sens : lorsqu'il se déforme, le cristal produit un courant électrique.Dans une montre, on exploite ce phénomène d'une manière très précise. Une petite pile envoie un courant électrique dans le cristal de quartz taillé d'une forme spécifique. Sous l'effet de ce courant, le cristal se met à vibrer extrêmement régulièrement, exactement 32 768 fois par seconde. Cette fréquence est très stable car elle dépend des propriétés physiques du cristal.Un circuit électronique compte ensuite ces vibrations et les divise jusqu'à obtenir une impulsion par seconde. Cette impulsion fait avancer les aiguilles de la montre ou met à jour l'affichage numérique. Le temps est donc mesuré grâce à la régularité des oscillations du quartz.C'est précisément là que réside le grand avantage du quartz : sa précision. Une montre mécanique classique — fonctionnant avec des ressorts et des engrenages — peut dériver de plusieurs secondes par jour. Une montre à quartz, elle, ne dérive généralement que de quelques secondes par mois. Elle est donc beaucoup plus fiable.Le quartz présente aussi d'autres avantages décisifs. D'abord, il nécessite beaucoup moins de pièces mécaniques. Les montres sont donc plus simples à produire, moins coûteuses et moins sensibles aux chocs ou à l'usure. Ensuite, elles demandent très peu d'entretien : il suffit généralement de remplacer la pile tous les deux ou trois ans.Cette combinaison de précision, de robustesse et de faible coût explique pourquoi les montres à quartz ont conquis le monde. Lorsque la première montre à quartz commercialisée — la Seiko Astron, en 1969 — est apparue, elle était très chère. Mais la technologie s'est rapidement démocratisée. Dans les années 1970 et 1980, elle a provoqué ce que l'on appelle parfois la “crise du quartz” dans l'industrie horlogère traditionnelle.Aujourd'hui, les montres mécaniques existent toujours et restent très appréciées, notamment pour leur savoir-faire et leur dimension artisanale. Mais pour mesurer le temps avec précision au quotidien, la solution la plus simple, la plus fiable et la plus économique reste… un petit cristal de quartz qui vibre des dizaines de milliers de fois par seconde. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Season 26, Episode 10 - Shaun Boyce, Bobby SchindlerSummaryIn this episode of the GoTennis! Podcast, Daren Hornig shares his journey from real estate to the world of racket sports, particularly through his acquisition of the Port Washington Tennis Academy. He discusses the evolution of the academy and the introduction of the Courtsapp, designed to enhance court booking efficiency for players and facility owners alike. Daren emphasizes the need for improved technological sophistication in the racket sports industry, drawing parallels to the real estate sector where every dollar and square inch is maximized. The app aims to bridge the gap by allowing users to easily find and book courts while comparing prices, similar to platforms like Expedia and Airbnb.Daren also highlights the concept of court time as a perishable commodity, explaining how unused court time represents lost revenue for facilities. He advocates for dynamic pricing strategies to optimize court utilization, especially during off-peak hours. The conversation touches on the broader implications of making racket sports more accessible and enjoyable, with Daren expressing a desire to improve the overall infrastructure of tennis courts across the country. The episode concludes with a discussion on future developments for the Courtsapp and the potential for collaboration with organizations like the GoTennis! Foundation to enhance community access to tennis facilities.KeywordsDaren Hornig, Courtsapp, tennis academy, court booking, racket sports, pickleball, tennis infrastructure, dynamic pricing, tennis community, Go Tennis PodcastTakeawaysCourt time is a perishable commodity.We need to make booking courts easier.Dynamic pricing can optimize court utilization.The Quartz app helps players find and book courts easily.Improving tennis infrastructure is essential for growth.Sound bites"Court time is a perishable commodity.""You'd rather have 50 cents on the dollar than zero.""It's about filling courts for the facilities."Full YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/k4iPBwb1f14CourtsApp Explainer Clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/IKF7556uTrc?feature=shareDaren's King of Racket Sports Answer: https://youtube.com/shorts/agq3lFVcepsLearn more about Daren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daren-hornig-03659316/Learn more about CourtsApp: https://courtsapp.comKeywordspickleball, paddle technology, tennis, equipment reviews, beginner advice, Jovanni Garcia, Salt and Pepper Pickleball, sports community, injury prevention, racket sportsContact Our HostsShaun Boyce, RSPA: shaun@americanracketsportsassociation.com | https://americanracketsportsassociation.com/Bobby Schindler, RSPA: schindlerb@comcast.net | https://letsgotennis.com/windermereGeovanna Boyce: geovy@regeovinate.com | https://regeovinate.com/GoTennis Website: https://letsgotennis.com/Learn more about the Marc Kaplan Media Excellence Award we (the GoTennis! Podcast) won from USTA Georgia: https://letsgotennis.com/captivate-podcast/gotennis-podcast-wins-the-marc-kaplan-media-excellence-award/Join Our CommunityCheck out the GoTennis! Atlanta Facebook page for deals, updates, events, podcasts, news, stories, coach profiles, club information, and more.Support the ShowDonate Directly: https://gotennispodcast.captivate.fm/supportCrypto Donations: Get into crypto with https://coinbase.com/join/PEWRLWK?src=referral-linkStart Your Own PodcastConsidering your own podcast? We recommend Captivate: This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.

Dean talks everything home and takes listener calls regarding, replacing tiles on cement with wood flooring, fixing a plug in a laundry line, plumbing issues with a toilet, how to do proper under countertop lighting in the kitchen for a Quartz countertop and proper water heater maintenance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to what proportion of people speak more than one language, estimates vary but the general consensus is that at least half of the world's population do so. If you're bilingual, you may well have encountered a fascinating phenomenon: that a new personality seems to emerge when you switch languages. In March 2017, Quartz ran an article on the subject, written by Nicola Prentis. Prentis included accounts from a number of multilingual people, including Margarita, a Russian-American immigrant who fled the Soviet Union to escape anti-Semitism at the age of 19. Margarita revealed that when she speaks Russian, she feels 'guarded, reserved and uncomfortable.' How is it possible? And are we necessarily more at ease in our own native language? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: ⁠⁠How can you protect yourself from being mugged?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠How to use less water?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠How did Covid lead to the emergence of meta cities?⁠⁠ A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First Broadcast: 4/2/2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evelyn Quartz, Anton Cebalo, & Jeffery Tyler Syck join the pod to discuss the technocratic paradigm . Check out their work:https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/cp/186860518https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/technocracy-2-0/https://www.persuasion.community/p/localism-not-nationalism-will-cure

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Ron Johnson was one of the most successful retail executives in America. He'd made Target hip. He'd built the Apple Store from nothing into a retail phenomenon. So when J.C. Penney hired him as CEO in 2011, expectations were sky-high. Johnson moved fast. He killed the coupons. Eliminated the sales events. Redesigned the stores. When his team suggested testing the new pricing strategy in a few locations first, Johnson said five words that explain everything that happened next: "We didn't test at Apple." Within seventeen months, sales dropped twenty-five percent. He was fired. And here's the part nobody talks about: Johnson had access to all the data. Every week, the numbers told the same story. Customers were leaving. Revenue was collapsing. The board was getting nervous. He could see it all. He just couldn't act on it. Because changing course would mean he wasn't the visionary who reinvented retail. He wasn't making a business decision anymore. He was protecting who he believed he was. That's the identity trap. And it doesn't just happen to CEOs.  What if changing your mind didn't have to feel like losing yourself? Let's get into it. Why Identity Bias Looks Like Your Best Qualities The trap doesn't target bad thinkers. It targets good ones. Think about the entrepreneur who poured three years and her life savings into a startup. The data says it's failing. The metrics are clear. Her advisors are suggesting it's time to pivot or shut down. She has every analytical tool to evaluate this accurately. And she can't do it. She's plenty smart. The problem is that admitting failure would mean she's "a quitter." And she is not a quitter. That's not who she is. Johnson wasn't stupid either. He was brilliant. His identity as the retail visionary just happened to make him blind to the one thing that could save his company: the possibility that what worked at Apple wouldn't work at Penney's. He experienced his blindness as conviction. As leadership. And that's the disguise. Every other thinking error in this series, uncertainty, depletion, time pressure, social pressure, you can feel those happening. You know when you're tired. You know when you're rushed. But identity fusion is invisible from the inside. It disguises itself as your best qualities. The entrepreneur calls it perseverance. Johnson called it vision. The investor who won't sell a losing position? He calls it discipline. Your ego doesn't announce that it's taking over. It puts on a costume that looks exactly like your strengths. And your brain? Your brain is in on it. Why Changing Your Mind Feels Like a Threat When a belief becomes part of your identity, your brain defends it as it would defend your body. Challenge that belief, and your brain responds the same way it would to a physical threat. Not metaphorically. The same neural circuits that protect you from danger activate to protect you from being wrong. That's why arguments about strategy or direction can generate so much heat and so little light. You're not debating a position anymore. You're defending territory. And sometimes you defend it long past the point where the evidence says stop. A project you've poured months into. A strategy you championed. A hire you fought for. The data says cut your losses, but you keep going because walking away would mean all that time, all that effort, all that money was wasted. That's the sunk cost fallacy. And most people think it's about the money or the time. But it's not. Sunk cost is about identity. Think about that manager who spent eighteen months building a new system. The team knows it's not working. She knows it's not working. But scrapping it doesn't just waste eighteen months of budget. It means her judgment failed. It means she led her team down the wrong road for a year and a half. "I've invested too much to quit" sounds like a financial calculation. It's not. It's an identity statement. What she's really saying is: "If I quit, I'm the kind of person who wastes eighteen months of people's lives." The sunk cost isn't financial. It's existential. And suddenly you can see that every time you've held on too long, stayed in something past its expiration date, defended something you knew wasn't working, the force holding you there wasn't logic. It was your self-image refusing to absorb the hit. So how do you loosen the grip once you realize it's there? Three Warning Signs Your Ego Has Taken the Wheel Here's what to watch for. 1. Emotional Intensity That Doesn't Match the Stakes Someone suggests a different approach to a process you built. Not a criticism. Just an alternative. And you feel a flash of heat in your chest. Defensiveness. Maybe irritation. The reaction is way out of proportion to the suggestion. Pay attention to that gap. The intensity isn't about the process. It's about what being wrong would say about you. 2. How You Argue When someone pushes back on your position, watch what happens. If you find yourself attacking the person instead of engaging their argument, that's identity talking. "You don't understand our industry." "You haven't been doing this as long as I have." The moment you shift from "here's why the evidence supports my position" to "here's why you're not qualified to question it," you've stopped defending a conclusion and started defending yourself. The tell is subtle: you'll feel righteous, not curious. 3. The Evidence Filter When you're evaluating something objectively, new information can move you in either direction. But when identity is involved, watch what happens. You accept supporting evidence quickly, uncritically, almost with relief. Contradicting evidence? You tear it apart. You find flaws in the methodology. You question the source. You say, "That's just one study." When you're applying completely different standards depending on which direction the evidence points, that's not critical thinking. That's identity protection wearing a lab coat. How To Loosen the Grip So what do you do once you recognize the grip? Early in my career, I championed a technology direction that I was convinced was right. The evidence started coming back that it wasn't working. And I was doing exactly what I just described. Scrutinizing the bad data, embracing the good data, and getting irritated when people questioned me. It wasn't until a colleague looked at me and said, "You're not evaluating this anymore. You're defending it," that I realized my identity had completely hijacked my judgment. What helped was a shift in language that sounds simple but changes everything. Stop holding beliefs as part of your identity. Start holding them as a working thesis. The Reframe Listen to the difference between these two statements. First: "I believe this company will succeed." Second: "My working thesis is that this company will succeed." The first version fuses the belief to you. If the company fails, you were wrong. You made a bad bet. The second version builds in the expectation that your thinking will evolve. New data doesn't make you wrong. It makes you better informed. The Proof That colleague I mentioned? After that conversation, I started framing every strong opinion as a working thesis in my own head. Not out loud at first. Just internally. And the effect was immediate. I stopped feeling attacked when contradicting data came in. I started treating it as an update instead of a threat. The position I was defending? I reversed it completely. And the thing I was most afraid of — looking like I'd wasted everyone's time — never happened. The team was relieved. The Practice Next time you find yourself defending a position with more heat than it deserves, pause and restate it starting with "My working thesis is..." Then ask yourself: "What would I need to see to change this?" If you can't answer that question, if there's literally no evidence that could change your mind, that belief has become part of your identity. And your brain will protect it like one. The Door The goal isn't to be wishy-washy. Commit fully to your working thesis. Act on it with confidence. The difference is that you've built a door in the wall, and you've given yourself permission to walk through it if the evidence changes. That door is the difference between updating when you're wrong and doubling down until it costs you. Why Identity Is the Amplifier The identity trap doesn't operate alone. It recruits every other force we've covered in Part Two of this series. Facing uncertainty? Identity says, "You're not the kind of person who hesitates." Someone manufactures a deadline to pressure you? "Leaders are decisive. Act now." The whole room disagrees with your position? Identity whispers "I'm a team player" — or digs in with "I'm the one who sees what others miss." Identity is the amplifier. It takes every vulnerability from Episodes 10 through 13 and cranks up the volume. That's why we saved it for last. Everything else we've covered in Part Two? Necessary. But not sufficient. Because if you haven't dealt with your identity's grip on your beliefs, those skills have a backdoor that ego walks right through. And this is exactly what mindjacking exploits. I go much deeper into an article I wrote and in my dedicated mindjacking episode, links below. But the core mechanism is this: mindjacking doesn't just offer you convenient conclusions. It attaches those conclusions to who you are. "People like us think this." "Smart people choose this." Once a belief becomes a badge of identity, you'll convince yourself. No external persuasion required. From Seeing the Trap to Building the Escape Here's your challenge this week. Pick one belief you hold that you've never seriously questioned. Something professional. Your management philosophy. Your investment thesis. Your view on how your industry works. Something you'd describe as "just who I am." Now find the strongest argument against it. Not a straw man. The real, best case the other side would make. Sit with it. See if you can engage with it without your threat response kicking in. If you can? You've just proven that your thinking is bigger than your identity. And that is the most important skill in this entire series. If this episode shifted something for you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And in the comments, tell me: what's a belief you held that you later realized was more about identity than evidence? I think we can all learn from each other on this one. Episode 15 is about designing your decision environment. Not tips. Systems. Structures that protect your thinking, so willpower becomes optional. Now you can see the trap. Next, we build the escape route. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss it, and I'll see you in the next one.   Endnotes — Episode 14 How To Quit Defending Decisions You Know Are Wrong "He'd made Target hip. He'd built the Apple Store from nothing into a retail phenomenon": Brad Tuttle, "The 5 Big Mistakes That Led to Ron Johnson's Ouster at JC Penney," TIME, April 9, 2013, https://business.time.com/2013/04/09/the-5-big-mistakes-that-led-to-ron-johnsons-ouster-at-jc-penney/. Johnson is credited with creating Target's "cheap chic" brand positioning in the early 2000s and subsequently designing and launching Apple's retail stores, which became the highest-grossing retail outlets per square foot in America. "We didn't test at Apple": Tuttle, "The 5 Big Mistakes" (cited in note 1). When Johnson's team proposed testing the new pricing strategy on a limited basis before rolling it out chain-wide, Johnson reportedly shot down the idea with this statement. The quote has been widely attributed in retail industry reporting. See also James Surowiecki, "Why Ron Johnson Is Struggling at J.C. Penney," The New Yorker (The Financial Page), March 25, 2013. The article is archived under The New Yorker's legacy URL format; for a summary of Surowiecki's argument, see Derek Thompson's coverage in The Atlantic and Quartz: https://qz.com/58487/jc-penneys-ceo-wasnt-the-one-who-killed-it. "Within seventeen months, sales dropped twenty-five percent. He was fired.": Multiple sources confirm these figures. Sales fell $4.3 billion in 2012 — a 25 percent decline — and same-store sales dropped 31.7 percent in Q4 2012, which analysts called "the worst quarter in all retail history." Johnson was terminated on April 8, 2013, seventeen months after taking over. See Tuttle, "The 5 Big Mistakes" (cited in note 1); Sean Williams, "This May Be the Worst Quarter in Retail History," The Motley Fool, February 28, 2013, https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/02/28/this-may-be-the-worst-quarter-in-retail-history.aspx; and the Ron Johnson entry at Wikiwand, which aggregates and cites the primary financial reporting, https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Ron_Johnson_(businessman). "When a belief becomes part of your identity, your brain defends it as it would defend your body": Jonas T. Kaplan, Sarah I. Gimbel, and Sam Harris, "Neural Correlates of Maintaining One's Political Beliefs in the Face of Counterevidence," Scientific Reports 6, 39589 (December 23, 2016), https://www.nature.com/articles/srep39589. doi:10.1038/srep39589. Using fMRI on 40 participants with strong political beliefs, the researchers found that challenges to identity-linked beliefs activated the amygdala and insular cortex — brain structures involved in threat detection and emotional processing — while also engaging the Default Mode Network, associated with self-referential thinking. Participants who resisted changing their minds showed the strongest activity in these areas. Lead author Kaplan noted: "The amygdala in particular is known to be especially involved in perceiving threat and anxiety." A 2026 replication by an independent European team confirmed these findings. See Kossowska, M., Szwed, P., Czarnek, G. et al., "Neural Correlates of Belief Change in Political and Non-Political Domains Among Left-Wing Individuals Confronted with Counterarguments," Scientific Reports 16, 4895 (January 8, 2026), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35397-6. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-35397-6. "That's the sunk cost fallacy": Hal R. Arkes and Catherine Blumer, "The Psychology of Sunk Cost," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 35, no. 1 (February 1985): 124–140. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(85)90049-4. Available via ScienceDirect: https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(85)90049-4. Arkes and Blumer defined the sunk cost effect as "a greater tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment in money, effort, or time has been made" and demonstrated across multiple experiments that the effect is driven by the desire not to appear wasteful — a fundamentally identity-protective motive rather than a financial calculation. "Sunk cost is about identity": The connection between sunk cost escalation and self-concept draws on Barry M. Staw, "Knee-Deep in the Big Muddy: A Study of Escalating Commitment to a Chosen Course of Action," Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 16, no. 1 (1976): 27–44. doi:10.1016/0030-5073(76)90005-2. Available via ScienceDirect: https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-5073(76)90005-2. Staw's central finding was that individuals committed the greatest resources to failing investments when they were personally responsible for the initial decision — an "intra-individual process in which people tend to act in ways to protect their own self-image." This reframes sunk cost escalation as identity protection rather than mere financial irrationality. See also Hal R. Arkes and Catherine Blumer, "The Psychology of Sunk Cost" (cited in note 5), whose findings complement Staw's by emphasizing the role of waste-avoidance norms tied to self-presentation. "To consider an alternative view, you would have to consider an alternative version of yourself": Jonas T. Kaplan, quoted in Emily Gersema, "Hardwired: The Brain's Circuitry for Political Belief," USC Press Room, December 23, 2016, https://pressroom.usc.edu/hardwired-the-brains-circuitry-for-political-belief/. This quote from the lead author of the fMRI study (cited in note 4) captures the identity-belief fusion mechanism described throughout this episode. Kaplan added: "Political beliefs are like religious beliefs in the respect that both are part of who you are and important for the social circle to which you belong."  

This is preview (full ep released to subscribers 02/15/2026) — to access all our content & to join the NM Discord, subscribe: https://patreon.com/newmodels & https://newmodels.substack.com -- Back in Berlin to show their new film work “The End of Theater” at Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, artists Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff drop by New Models to chat about that film's primary set: New Theater Hollywood, the DIY theater they opened on Santa Monica Boulevard after decamping to LA in 2023. We discuss their layered process — creating a space that generates a scene, which produces its own art and dedicated star-system while also serving as source material, location, and cast for all that Max and Calla make in parallel — as a distinctly contemporary protocol for artmaking today. We also talk about the return of theater itself at a time when every physical place now feels like a potential set, whether for a vlog or an ICE raid, and performance online is constant? Does theater hit different in our neo-oral era? Does LA? For more: www.newtheaterhollywood.com & @newtheaterhollywood See also: 
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Have you ever heard the phrase "healthy competition?" Competing is often viewed as a positive: we are told that it motivates us, drives innovation, and helps us excel. But what if this approach were mistaken, and competition actually causes more harm than good? In this panel discussion, author Ruchika T. Malhotra will be joined by Ijeoma Oluo, Ekin Yasin, and La'Kita Williams to explore the central ideas of her new book, Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success. Author Ruchika Malhotra offers a different framework for success than what we are used to. Uncompete argues that competition leads to exhaustion, anxiety, burnout, and an isolating lack of community. It encourages a scarcity mindset and keeps us from reaching our true potential. Instead, Malhotra argues, we should be investigating this cultural norm and even rewriting it into ways that are likely unfamiliar, such as by tapping into benign envy or finding joy in other people's victories. Drawing on interviews as well as Malhotra's own experiences working with corporations as an inclusion strategist, Uncompete promotes a culture of collaboration and mutuality. The book offers that this approach leads not only to a happier workplace, but one more likely to succeed. Likewise, it can also lead to happier and healthier lives even outside of work. Malhotra subverts the dominant, dog-eat-dog paradigm and makes a radical argument: there is room for everyone at the table and everyone can succeed. Ruchika T. Malhotra is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm that has worked with some of the world's biggest organizations. She is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and was a founding editor of The Establishment, a women-funded-and-led media website, has written for The New York Times, Forbes.com, TIME, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, The Seattle Times, and more. She was an adjunct faculty in Communications at University of Washington and Seattle University and is the author of INCLUSION ON PURPOSE: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work, MIT Press' top selling book of 2022. Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and internet yeller. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling first book, So You Want To Talk About Race, Mediocre, and Be a Revolution. Her work on race and gender has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and NBC News; and she has been featured on The Daily Show and NPR's All Things Considered. Named on the TIME 100 Next list and The Root 100, she's been awarded the Harvard Humanist of the Year Award, the American Humanist Association's Feminist Humanist Award, Gender Justice League's Media Justice Award, and the Equal Opportunity Institute's Aubrey Davis Visionary Leadership Award. Dr. Ekin Yasin is a professor, researcher, and program leader with expertise in communication, emerging technologies, and leadership development. As Director of the Communication Leadership graduate program at the University of Washington, her work explores how technology transforms identity, storytelling, influence, and global communication. She collaborates with universities around the world on program development, AI-integrated curriculum design, and responsive education models that meet the needs of a shifting global landscape. La'Kita Williams is the Founder and Principal Strategist of CoCreate Work, a future-focused coaching and consulting company specializing in executive coaching and organizational development. She holds a Master's in Social Work and is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC). La'Kita developed the 5 Components of Inclusive Culture, a step-by-step framework to help organizations, small businesses, and emerging companies build responsive workplaces that put humans first. La'Kita teaches graduate courses in the Department of Communication Leadership at the University of Washington, including Resilient and Inclusive Leadership for The Future of Work. She has been quoted in the New York Times, written for Harvard Business Review and MSNBC Know your Value, and has appeared on numerous podcasts to discuss leadership and the future of work.

This week, the lads hop across the pond to continue excavating denim and leather. It's all about the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal! The NWOBM movement was filled with passionate bands that were poised to take over the world. Unfortunately, most of them didn't make it to the level of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, or Saxon. Hopefully, we can help spread the word and sounds for those who didn't. What's this InObscuria thing? We're a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This week we discuss the LOST. For such a small island, they sure had a lot of amazing bands that set the standards for what is known as heavy metal. From the music, to the fashion, to the attitude… Over 45-years ago, these bands started an underground movement that would change hard rock and metal forever. Songs this week include: More – “Warhead” from Warhead (1981) DEMON – “Night Of The Demon” from Night Of The Demon (1981) Grim Reaper – “Run For Your Life” from See You In Hell (1983)  Bronz – “Heat Of The Night” from Taken By Storm (1983) Witchfynde – “Give ‘Em Hell” from Give ‘Em Hell(1980) Marseille – “Rock You Tonight” from Marseille (1979) Aragorn – “Black Ice” from The Neat Singles Collection Vol. 1 (1981) Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!:InObscuria Store Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/ https://www.facebook.com/InObscuria https://x.com/inobscuria https://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/ Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/ If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/ If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Blair Glaser joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about her time on a Catskills ashram during her twenties in the 1990s, yearning and the thrilling and perilous idolization of other human beings, spiritual development, group think, revisiting our experiences with curiosity and excitement, navigating writing about others, pitching agents and digesting their feedback, writing in scene in a sustained way, growing thematically, digging deeper, allowing the unconscious to inform our writing process, being the stewards of our stories, and her new memoir This Incredible Longing:Finding My Self in a Near Cult Experience. Info/Registration for Ronit's 10-Week Memoir Class Memoir Writing: Finding Your Story https://www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memoir-writing-finding-your-story   Also in this episode: -composite characters -working with smaller presses -our foundational, formative experiences Books mentioned in this episode: -Permission by Elissa Altman -Seven Drafts by Allison K. Williams -Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg   Blair Glaser, MA, is a writer, speaker, leadership consultant and licensed psychotherapist who helps create collaborative cultures and increase bottom lines across sectors including finance, law, healthcare, entertainment, and nonprofits. She has run a variety of workshops at renowned retreat centers, including Women Writing to Change the World. After working for six years for V's (formerly Eve Ensler) nonprofit V-Day, a movement to stop violence against women and girls, she developed and facilitated The Vagina Monologues Workshop, a creative approach to sexual empowerment for women, and later worked with actor-activist Jane Fonda on an empowerment workshop for teenage girls.    Glaser earned her B.S. in theater at Northwestern University and received her master's in Drama Therapy from Vermont College and The Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy, where she eventually served as a senior faculty member.  She was a New York-licensed creative arts therapist from 1998 to 2022, when she left therapy to work full-time with leaders and organizations. Glaser was the first ever online actor-advice columnist when her weekly column “Ask Blair” appeared on Playbill On-Line.    More recently, her work has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Longreads, Quartz, The Muse, HuffPost, Shondaland and literary publications such as Dorothy Parker's Ashes, Brevity, and the Mantlepiece. Her new memoir is This Incredible Longing:Finding My Self in a Near Cult Experience.   Connect with Blair: Website: www.blairglaser.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/blairglaser/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blair.glaser Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blair_glaser/ Substack: https://thehistack.substack.com/ Books: www.blairglaser.com/books Events: www.blairglaser.com/events   – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.  She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social

The Crystal Library: Rutilated Quartz | Lunar New Year & the Year of the Fire HorseHappy Lunar New Year and welcome back to The Crystal Library. This episode airs on February 17, the first day of the Lunar New Year—a powerful energetic threshold where one cycle closes and another begins.Today, Ashleigh explores Rutilated Quartz, a crystal threaded with light and direction, and why it is the perfect ally as we transition out of the Year of the Snake and into the bold, fast-moving Year of the Fire Horse.

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Kavita Das is a an author and mother who has worked for social change for close to fifteen years, addressing issues ranging from community and housing inequities, to public health disparities, to racial injustice. Her first book Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar tells the life story of Grammy-nominated Hindustani singer Lakshmi Shankar.Kavita has been a regular contributor to NBC News Asian America, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Rumpus. In addition, her work has been published in Salon, WIRED, Poets & Writers, Catapult, LitHub, Tin House, Longreads, Kenyon Review, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Guernica, McSweeney's, Fast Company, Quartz, Colorlines, Romper, and elsewhere. Kavita created the popular “Writing About Social Issues” nonfiction seminar, which inspired Craft and Conscience, and has taught at the New School and continues to teach across multiple venues and serve as a guest lecturer. Kavita Das is currently a Masters in Fine Arts candidate in creative nonfiction and screenwriting at Antioch University where she is the Eloise Klein Healy Scholar. Previously, she received a B.A. in Urban Studies from Bryn Mawr College. She lives in her hometown of New York City and tries to keep up with the city that never sleeps and her six-year-old daughter Daya.

Luxury home design is no longer defined by finishes and floor plans alone. High-end homeowners are asking their homes to support performance and wellness. Brad Robinson, president of Bradford Custom Homes, joins Host Carol Morgan on the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to discuss the evolving landscape of luxury home design and the trends shaping today's high-end market. Redefining Luxury: Wellness-Driven Design Robinson said, “The way I see luxury evolving is how your home makes you feel, how it helps you perform, how your home creates a sense of rejuvenation and prepares you to go back into the world and perform at your peak.” Many of Bradford's clients are high performers in their professional lives and have already optimized other aspects of their day-to-day routines. As a result, these homeowners are now asking more from their built environments. To meet those expectations, Bradford Custom Homes developed the Bradford Elemental System, a wellness-driven design framework that focuses on three foundational components: air, water and light. Each element is intentionally integrated into the design and construction process to improve comfort, health and overall performance within the home. Unlike traditional construction models, Bradford does not simply execute a completed set of plans. Instead, the company takes a leadership role early in the process, ensuring wellness goals are carried through every phase of design and construction. “We serve as expert representatives for owners and connect them through the correct architecture or the architects, the designers, the interior designers and the right engineers that know how to bring these systems together,” said Robinson. “We serve as that central conduit to help ensure that vision is really aligned and brought to life.” By prioritizing wellness at the systems level—not just through surface-level amenities—Bradford is redefining what luxury living means in today's custom home market. Luxury Home Design Trends Robinson highlights several design trends taking shape in the luxury home market: Sustainability: Homebuyers want more sustainable products incorporated into their homes that don't off-gas or affect the indoor air quality. Traditional design returns: Out-of-town buyers are choosing natural materials and “tried and true” design elements alongside more contemporary styles. Durability in the kitchen: Quartz and porcelain countertops are in style, thanks to their durability and hygiene. While these surfaces may not offer the same heat resistance as some materials, they provide a higher level of cleanliness. Homeowners are also looking for NSF-rated and 100% nonporous options for an added level of sanitation. Wellness-driven primary suites: From circadian lighting to enhanced ventilation, Robinson notes that his clients are choosing design elements that encourage recovery and recharge. Smart Home Integration Smart home technology continues to shape luxury living, but power resiliency is becoming a growing concern in Atlanta. To address this, Bradford installs EcoFlow systems and natural gas backup generators, ensuring critical systems like energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) and water filtration remain operational. “There are some amazing and cool features when it comes to pressing a button,” said Robinson. “But what happens when we have rolling brownouts? The AI data centers are going to get preference for power before the residents will.” Multigenerational Living & Flexibility Post-COVID-19 lifestyles have fueled demand for multigenerational living and aging-in-place designs. As families share space, there is a need for private living areas, whether as a main-level bedroom suite or accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Many families are also adding expansive outdoor spaces designed for communal and individual use, including pools, outdoor fitness spaces and even saunas. “People are making those meaningful investments in their home so they want to stay there,” said Robinson. “The average homeowner spends 18 hours a day in their house.” 2026: Year of Innovation Robinson said, “I’ve been working very hard and behind the scenes, I’ve created a private equity fund that’s going to give us the ability to dip our toes into some of the ultra-high-net-worth markets and some of those communities that we’ve aspired to build in.” Bradford has a new project set to appear in Atlanta Style & Design Magazine in March, which will showcase wellness-focused design, integrated technology and high-performance materials. The project utilizes insulated concrete forms (ICF) and HydroBlok wall assemblies to create fully waterproof, mold-resistant envelopes while maintaining high-performance interiors. Tune in to the full episode to learn how Bradford Custom Homes is setting a new standard for custom homes in Atlanta and beyond. Learn more at www.BradfordBuilds.com. About Bradford Custom Homes Bradford Custom Homes is a residential builder dedicated to creating thoughtfully designed homes that enhance the way people live. Grounded in intention, the company prioritizes quality materials that support long-term performance, durability and everyday comfort. Bradford takes on a limited number of projects each year to ensure disciplined execution, clear communication and close attention to detail throughout every phase of the build. Guided by a commitment to craftsmanship and integrity, it partners closely with clients to deliver highly personalized homes rooted in purpose and care. Podcast Thanks Thank you to Denim Marketing for sponsoring Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. Known as a trendsetter, Denim Marketing has been blogging since 2006 and podcasting since 2011. Contact them when you need quality, original content for social media, public relations, blogging, email marketing and promotions. A comfortable fit for companies of all shapes and sizes, Denim Marketing understands marketing strategies are not one-size-fits-all. The agency works with your company to create a perfectly tailored marketing strategy that will suit your needs and niche. Try Denim Marketing on for size by calling 770-383-3360 or by visiting www.DenimMarketing.com. About Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio, presented by Denim Marketing, highlights the movers and shakers in the Atlanta real estate industry – the home builders, developers, Realtors and suppliers working to provide the American dream for Atlantans. For more information on how you can be featured as a guest, contact Denim Marketing at 770-383-3360 or fill out the Atlanta Real Estate Forum contact form. Subscribe to the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast on iTunes, and if you like this week's show, be sure to rate it. Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio was recently honored on FeedSpot's Top 100 Atlanta Podcasts, ranking 16th overall and number one out of all ranked real estate podcasts. The post Bradford Custom Homes: The Future of Luxury Homes appeared first on Atlanta Real Estate Forum.

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Clear Quartz is our crystal ally for 2026, and it invites you to plant the seeds of your dreams. In 2024, Clear Quartz paired with Selenite to activate our light on earth. This year, Quartz invites us to access that light and call forward our unique dreams, visions, and hopes (with love and consciousness) so they have the right soil to grow. Inside, I share: - Clear Quartz's core message for the year - a short seed-planting ritual with Clear Quartz - gentle ways to tend your vision so it takes root.   Listen to the 2026 Crystal Forecast Replay → https://lori-a-andrus.kit.com/5f1c520510 Join Sanctuary Circle → https://loriaandrus.com/sanctuary/ Sign up for the Quarterly Treasure Box here - https://loriaandrus.com/quarterly-tre...   #crystalwisdom #LuminaryLifePodcast #ClearQuartz #IntuitiveAction #CrystalWisdom #PostForecastMomentum #newyearinspiration

Today on Talk Python, the creators behind FastAPI, Flask, Django, Quart, and Litestar get practical about running apps based on their framework in production. Deployment patterns, async gotchas, servers, scaling, and the stuff you only learn at 2 a.m. when the pager goes off. For Django, we have Carlton Gibson and Jeff Triplet. For Flask, we have David Lord and Phil Jones, and on team Litestar we have Janek Nouvertné and Cody Fincher, and finally Sebastián Ramírez from FastAPI is here. Let's jump in. Episode sponsors Talk Python Courses Python in Production Links from the show Carlton Gibson - Django: github.com Sebastian Ramirez - FastAPI: github.com David Lord - Flask: davidism.com Phil Jones - Flask and Quartz(async): pgjones.dev Yanik Nouvertne - LiteStar: github.com Cody Fincher - LiteStar: github.com Jeff Triplett - Django: jefftriplett.com Django: www.djangoproject.com Flask: flask.palletsprojects.com Quart: quart.palletsprojects.com Litestar: litestar.dev FastAPI: fastapi.tiangolo.com Coolify: coolify.io ASGI: asgi.readthedocs.io WSGI (PEP 3333): peps.python.org Granian: github.com Hypercorn: github.com uvicorn: uvicorn.dev Gunicorn: gunicorn.org Hypercorn: hypercorn.readthedocs.io Daphne: github.com Nginx: nginx.org Docker: www.docker.com Kubernetes: kubernetes.io PostgreSQL: www.postgresql.org SQLite: www.sqlite.org Celery: docs.celeryq.dev SQLAlchemy: www.sqlalchemy.org Django REST framework: www.django-rest-framework.org Jinja: jinja.palletsprojects.com Click: click.palletsprojects.com HTMX: htmx.org Server-Sent Events (SSE): developer.mozilla.org WebSockets (RFC 6455): www.rfc-editor.org HTTP/2 (RFC 9113): www.rfc-editor.org HTTP/3 (RFC 9114): www.rfc-editor.org uv: docs.astral.sh Amazon Web Services (AWS): aws.amazon.com Microsoft Azure: azure.microsoft.com Google Cloud Run: cloud.google.com Amazon ECS: aws.amazon.com AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: cloud.google.com Fly.io: fly.io Render: render.com Cloudflare: www.cloudflare.com Fastly: www.fastly.com Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode #533 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/533 Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm Theme Song: Developer Rap

Notes and Links to Cole Cuchna's Work     Cole Cuchna graduated from California State University with a degree in music composition. Cuchna graduated in 2015, pursued a short solo career, then worked as a barista. But his desire to bridge the classical and pop worlds persisted. He remembered his love of writing essays and conducting deep research about music. That coincided with the growing popularity of podcasting, which had been around for a decade. It was the perfect medium, he felt, for long-form analysis of an audio art.    Cole is the host and creator of Dissect Podcast, a music podcast which debuted in 2016. The podcast is renowned for its in-depth analysis of contemporary music. Dissect was named "Best podcast of 2017" by Quartz, and the following year was named "Best podcast of 2018" by The New York Times. Additionally, both Time magazine and The Guardian listed Dissect as one of the top 50 podcasts of 2018. 2025 marks the 13th season of Dissect.  Listen to Dissect Podcast   Watch Dissect Podcast on Netflix   Dissect Podcast Homepage   Dissect Podcast Wikipedia   Review of Dissect Podcast   At about 2:55, Cole explains plans for Dissect Podcast on Netflix, coming soon! At about 4:40, Cole responds to Pete's question about his own love of hip hop and transformative and formative music for him  At about 6:50, Cole underscores the “shared community” of skating growing up that welcomed “rappers” and “rockers” At about 8:30, Robin Branson, who put Pete on to Dissect (thanks, Robin), asks Cole about his view of himself as an “educator” At about 12:35, the two discuss Cole's research process and ideas of knowing the artist and his/her art At about 15:45, Pete shares a profound quote from Cole about the essence of music and music fandom At about 16:15, Cole responds to Pete's question about how he listens to music differently (or not) since he has become  At about 17:20, Cole expands upon the genesis for the podcast, dealing with Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly and his daughter's birth At about 19:00, a discussion of possible future hip hop heads alludes to a classic video At about 20:00, Cole outlines his average research time and his early research in the early days of the podcast At about 20:45, Cole explains what skills he had already developed in college music composition, and what skills he has learned/used in doing the podcast At about 22:20, Cole responds to Pete's question about how he picks an album At about 25:00, Pete details some of the great “subtlety and nuance” on the podcast At about 26:45, Cole expands on one of the show's “inside jokes” At about 27:45, Pete brings up “syncopation” in Radiohead's work in asking Cole about he balances sonic and lyrical jargon with digestible information for people who are not necessarily students of music theory  At about 32:15, Cole responds to Pete's question about what it's like to work with experts on individual artists in crafting his seasons  At about 34:25, Cole and Pete discuss the “side projects” that Cole has done involving standout artists and songs At about 36:20, Cole reflects on contemporary artists and his willingness to stay open to new sounds and talents At about 40:20, Cole talks about cool and beneficial feedback from the artists profiled on the podcast At about 41:40, Cole responds to Pete asking about “surreal” moments he's experienced in doing the podcast and offshoot projects  At about 42:40, Manifesting for a future Cole interview with Kendrick! At about 43:20, Cole shouts out the rapper who has “sealed the deal” for him as the G.O.A.T. At about 44:25, When's Frank Ocean gonna drop?      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow Pete on IG, where he is @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where he is @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both the YouTube Channel and the podcast while you're checking out this episode.       Pete is very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. His conversation with Jeff Pearlman, a recent guest, will be up at Chicago Review in the next week or so.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl      Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting Pete's one-man show, DIY podcast and extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    This month's Patreon bonus episode features an exploration of children's literature on standout writers from the show, including Robert Jones, Jr. and Javier Zamora, as well as Pete's cherished relationship with Levar Burton, Reading Rainbow, and libraries.    Pete has added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.     This is a passion project, a DIY operation, and Pete would love for your help in promoting what he's convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 316 with Kiese Laymon, a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi. He is the author of Long Division, which won the 2022 NAACP Image Award for fiction, and the essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, named a notable book of 2021 by the New York Times critics. Laymon's bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, the Barnes and Noble Discovery Award, the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media, and was named one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by The New York Times.    The episode airs on January 6.    Please go to ceasefiretoday.org, and/or https://act.uscpr.org/a/letaidin to call your congresspeople and demand an end to the forced famine and destruction of Gaza and the Gazan people.

Julia and Eliza are back in the stu for a deep dive into hostile architecture, unpacking the spikes, slopes, bars, and billion-dollar "design choices" that quietly shape our cities and public spaces. In analyzing bisected benches, shadeless streets, and the Evil of Robert Moses, the girlies consider what it means to live in a world built to restrict movement and community. Digressions include the sacred magic of knitting tutorials, NYC's food poisoning themed Erewhon, and Eliza staying bricked up. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES Behavioral designs defined: how to understand and why it is important to differentiate between "defensive,"  "hostile," "disciplinary", and other designs in the urban landscape' Cities Are Spending More to Brutalize Homeless People Than It Would Cost to House Them  City Beautiful Movement  Defending Suburbia Examining Anti-Homeless Architecture  Fortress LA by Mike Davis (excerpt from City of Quartz)  Hostile Architecture: Behind the Buzzword  Hostile Architecture in the United States: Productive or Harmful?  Hostile urban architecture: A critical discussion of the seemingly offensive art of keeping people away How Valuable Is Public Space? Priceless, Argues a New Book by Setha Low  Jane Jacobs, a Rebel with a Cause Setha Low | Why Public Space Matters | Fast Forward 2022  The Economic Value of Health Benefits Associated with Urban Park Investment?  The Highway That Sparked the Demise of an Iconic Black Street in New Orleans  The Inescapable Robert Moses  The Right to the City The Power Broker by Robert Caro Understanding Hostile Architecture: The Cause and Effect of Restricting Public Space  Understanding Urban Renewal  

Zoë Schlanger is an author, journalist, and current staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers the newsletter “The Weekly Planet”. Schlanger has written for major outlets such as Newsweek, Quartz, Wired, The New York Times, The Nation, Time Magazine, and NPR. Schlanger is also the author of the 2024 book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth. Her work focuses on science and environment- in particular climate change, pollution, and environmental justice. In this episode, host Alec Baldwin and Zoë Schlanger discuss environmental policy, climate change, and the impact of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires as Schlanger covered in her Atlantic article “What Happens When a Plastic City Burns”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.