Podcasts about resisting

Alexandra Brodsky, civil rights lawyer and author of Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash (Henry Holt 2021), unpacks a recent lawsuit against Cornell University alleging the administration of negligence in their investigation and handling of a reported gang rape, and what the Cornell case tells us about the state of Title IX and sexual assault on college campuses.Photo: A student walks on the campus of Cornell University on September 29, 2026, in Ithaca, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The national discussion about sexual assault on campus has been revived in the wake of a scandal at Cornell.On Today's Show:Alexandra Brodsky, civil rights lawyer and author of Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash (Henry Holt 2021), unpacks a recent lawsuit against Cornell University accusing the administration of negligence in their investigation and handling of a reported gang rape Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When you are struggling to accept a painful reality, the question is not just “Why am I resisting this?” but “What am I afraid I will have to feel if I accept it?” In this Coaching Hotline episode, I answer a listener's question about her mother's cognitive impairment diagnosis and why she cannot bring herself to learn more about what it might mean. You'll learn why acceptance is not something you can force by gathering more information, and how exploring the thoughts and emotions underneath your resistance can help you process difficult situations with more compassion. Submit your own question here and it might get answered on a future episode: unfuckyourbrain.com/coachinghotline Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://schoolofnewfeministthought.com/531Watch episodes over on YouTube: youtube.com/@karaloewentheilcoachingFollow along on Instagram: instagram.com/karaloewentheil/Mentioned in this episode:You're Invited To: Speak Up! This is a 10-week live online coaching experience for women who are done being small. You'll learn how to tell the truth about what you want, feel powerful doing it, and advocate for yourself for the rest of your life.Click here to learn more and enroll in Speak Up

Hosts Giulia Donatello and Lee-Sean Huang welcome Jarrett Fuller, a designer, writer, educator, editor, and podcaster. He is an assistant professor and director of undergraduate programs in Graphic & Experience Design at North Carolina State University, director of the design studio twenty-six, and host of Scratching the Surface. He's edited or co-edited four books, and his writing has appeared in Fast Company, The Architect's Newspaper, Eye Magazine, and Design Observer. His work has won awards from Communication Arts and The Type Directors Club, and he was previously an editor at Eye on Design and a designer at Facebook, Warby Parker, and The Whitney Museum of American Art.Drawing from his new book, Graphic Designers After Graphic Design: Designer as Publisher, Researcher, Change Maker, Performer, Artist (Princeton Architectural Press), Jarrett explains why graphic design is far from dead. They explore how the field's lack of strict boundaries is its superpower, letting millennial and Gen Z designers expand into publishing, research, activism, performance, and fine art.
In This Episode* Graphic designers persist. Jarrett contrasts a future where design persists without human designers with one where designers thrive by reclaiming their practice beyond commercial silos.* The "superpower" of a blurry discipline. Unlike architecture or industrial design, graphic design has always resisted definition. Jarrett argues that this is what allows the discipline to keep expanding and adapting to new cultural moments.* Designer as publisher. Jarrett discusses how designers move beyond shaping the container for someone else's text and become cultural producers when they control the content and make it public.* Social change and activism. Revisiting manifestos like First Things First, Jarrett shows how making complex political ideas visual and legible remains a fundamental form of social action.* Performance, unscripted risks, and rapid prototyping. Drawing on his interview with Silvio Lorusso, Jarrett and Lee-Sean compare design research and public presentations to stand-up and improv, favoring risk, live feedback, and mistakes over slick corporate TED Talks.* Resisting the "AI sameness trap." Reflecting on his recent Fast Company essay, Jarrett argues designers fear AI only because they've been designing for lowest-common-denominator sameness. He calls for radical experimentation and cultural difference.* Going back to the roots (graphe). Jarrett revisits the Greek root of "graphic," reminding us that graphic design is medium-agnostic and encompasses studying, writing, drawing, and giving shape to the world.* Flipping design education. Jarrett proposes redesigning design curricula to start with history, ethics, and critical theory, saving tools and software for last.
Resources * Book: Graphic Designers After Graphic Design: Designer as Publisher, Researcher, Change Maker, Performer, Artist by Jarrett Fuller https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/graphic-designers-after-graphic-design* Article: Design is on its deathbed. Long live design!, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91582682/design-is-on-its-deathbed-long-live-design* Jarrett Fuller's Website: https://jarrettfuller.com* Scratching the Surface Podcast: https://scratchingthesurface.fm* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarrettfuller* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrettfuller* Book Recommendation: Fine Design by Scott Klinker https://www.setmargins.press/books/fine-design/* Documentary Recommendation: Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1986): https://www.criterionchannel.com/robert-wilson-and-the-civil-wars* Book Recommendation: How to Begin: Letters to a Young Artist by Edmund de Waal https://www.edmunddewaal.com/news/how-to-begin* AIGA Design Podcast Feedback and Voice Memos: podcast@aiga.org

In June this year, hundreds of people took to the streets in Vancouver to oppose the construction of two new AI data centres in the city. Vancouver city council has shunted the decision for a Telus-Westbank data centre in Mount Pleasant until after the municipal election but there are many more coming down the pipe across Canada. We speak with Anne Pasek, associate professor at Trent University and one of the authors of the toolkit Resisting Data Centre Development in Canada.

Father William Danaher gives his sermon on the Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost at Christ Church Cranbrook.

Resisting temptation isn't the only way to get free from sexual sin. As we grow in Christlikeness by responding to difficulties with humility, practicing self-control, and putting pride to death, sin begins to lose its grip. Today, Tyler Hollinger and Landon Cook show us how to consider biblical responses to difficult questions regarding anger, envy, and sharing your testimony on social media.   Resources we mentioned: Living in Victory Through the Power of Mercy (Book) By Steve Gallagher How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors) Have Any Questions for Us?  

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That uncomfortable moment when you roll out a new system and your team goes quiet isn't about the system at all. It's about what they think it means. We're talking about one of the most common breakdowns in dental practice leadership: we introduce training, new workflows, or higher standards with good intentions, and our team hears an accusation. I share a real example from my own practice after we dropped Delta and saw a decrease in new patients. I pushed case presentation training and treatment coordinator training to improve case acceptance, help more patients say yes, and reduce financial pressure. Months later, I walked into a lead meeting and could feel the tension, then heard the hard truth: the team felt like I blamed them for everything wrong in the office.From there, we unpack the core idea: your team often isn't resisting change, they're resisting the story they created about why you're implementing it. You'll learn how to make your intentions visible, how to build a culture where training and feedback are normal, and how to diagnose resistance with curiosity instead of defending yourself on instinct. If you're working on dental practice systems, team communication, and leadership habits that let the practice improve without constant battles, this one will land.If you want help applying this to your practice, book a free strategy call at dentalpracticeheroes.com/slash strategy. And if this helps you lead with more clarity and less stress, subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review so more practice owners can find it.If you are ready to increase your new patients and start growing your practice, visit www.relevanceonlinemarketing.com and see what you've been missing with your current company. Take Control of Your Practice and Your LifeWe help dentists take more time off while making more money through systematization, team empowerment, and creating leadership teams.Ready to build a practice that works for you? Visit www.DentalPracticeHeroes.com to learn more.

Today on the podcast, I'm chatting with photographer and podcast host Victoria Phipps, who also happens to be a previous client of mine! Victoria shares her journey from starting out as a self-taught wedding photographer in 2009 to navigating major career pivots, becoming a mum of two, launching her podcast Mum Means Business, and expanding into online courses and personal branding photography. We dive deep into the messy reality of running multiple business fractions, letting go of rigid perfectionism, using AI to organize complex ideas into a design brief, and how investing in a cohesive visual identity completely changes how confidently you show up in your business. Key Takeaways Authentic Branding Builds Real Confidence: A cohesive visual identity is so much more than colours and fonts; it provides the grounding and confidence you need to put yourself out there and take new leaps . Using AI as a Practical Structuring Tool: AI can be an incredible sounding board to help turn a brain dump into a clear, structured creative brief without losing your own voice or opinions . Consistency Flourishes from Joy: It is infinitely easier to stay consistent with projects that bring you genuine joy rather than simply checking off boxes of what you "should" be doing . Over-Communication Elevates the Client Experience: Being proactive, setting clear expectations, and adding thoughtful touches build deep trust and long-lasting professional relationships . Embracing the "Messy Middle": You don't always have to force yourself into a single, narrow niche; unifying your distinct business offerings under one cohesive visual language allows all your passions to thrive together . Episode Highlights 02:00 – Victoria's evolution from wedding photography to navigating COVID, motherhood, and business pivots. 06:15 – Launching the Mum Means Business podcast to connect with other female founders balancing ambition and family. 09:10 – Resisting the pressure to niche down and learning to bridge different business "fractions." 26:15 – How Victoria used Claude AI to dictate and structure a comprehensive creative brief for her rebrand. 33:00 – What makes an unforgettable client experience: communication, clear steps, and thoughtful details. 40:00 – Finding the visual thread that weaves distinct business strands together. 43:15 – How a brand identity that brings you joy transforms your confidence and how you market yourself. About the Guest Victoria Phipps is a UK-based photographer, host of the Mum Means Business podcast, and creator of the Print Over Pixels course for photographers . Website: mummeansbusinesspodcast.com Instagram: @mummeansbusinesspodcast | @victoriaphipps_mbe Mentioned in the Episode Events & Concepts: Atomic Con (aff link) Software & Tools:  Claude AI , Canva , Adobe Express (Aff link)   I would love to hear what you think of this episode, so please do let me know on Instagram where I'm @‌lizmmosley or @‌buildingyourbrandpodcast and I hope you enjoy the episode! This episode was written and recorded by me and produced by Lucy Lucraft lucylucraft.co.uk If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5* rating and review!

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On this episode of The Fire You Carry, Nole sits down with his former youth pastor and longtime friend, Cliff Carey (Executive Pastor at Sunrise Community Church and host of The Backshed Bible Study). Cliff and Nole take a trip down memory lane, reminiscing about growing up rugged at Hume Lake, hitting dirt berms in a Suburban, and the lessons learned along the way. But the heart of this conversation dives deep into the intentional calling of fatherhood: how to guide boys through their teenage years and launch them into Godly, capable men. They break down the dangers of "snowplow parenting," the importance of letting kids face hard tasks and failure, practical frameworks for teaching life skills, and why our children need to see the real, uncompartmentalized version of who we are. Key Takeaways & Episode HighlightsThe Hume Lake Days: Nole's youth, the freedom of growing up in the mountains, and memories of crazy road trips with Cliff. Success vs. Significance: Shifting focus in your 50s toward leaving a lasting legacy in your children. Feedback from an Older Son: What Cliff learned when his college-age son told him what he wished he had learned at home. Intentional Breakfasts & Practical Roadmaps: Cliff's strategy with his 15-year-old, focusing on knowing Jesus, knowing yourself, and becoming self-sufficient. Resisting "Snowplow Parenting": Why stepping back and letting boys struggle through physical chores and problem-solving builds true character. Modeling Over Lecturing: Why showing emotional honesty, healthy conflict resolution in marriage, and spiritual consistency matters far more than just talking about it. Dropping the Compartments: Why fathers, especially first responders and leaders, need to bring their genuine selves home rather than shutting down. The Back Shed Bible Studyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4u8xYpEipoeZl60bgRa6Q1?si=1592350a8f914140Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecordsGet tickets to The Battle For Mental Health Boxing Event!https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-battle-for-mental-healthThe Fire You Carry on YouTube.Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!https://www.fireupprogram.com/programsThe Fire Up Progam video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgramThe Fire You Carry Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/Donate to The Fire Up Program.https://www.fireupprogram.com/donateThe Fire Up Program Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/Kevin's Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en

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Date: 9/20/26 Speaker: Pastor Will Broadus Passage: Matthew 4:1-11 Series: Jesus: The Tested Teacher SERMON DESCRIPTION: What does it look like to fight temptation like Jesus? In Matthew 4:1–11, Jesus enters the wilderness and is tempted by Satan after fasting for 40 days and 40 nights. In this sermon, we see that Jesus was not simply tempted as an example for us—he was tested in our place, succeeding where we have failed and sharing his victory with us. As we examine Jesus' three temptations, we discover how temptation works and how Scripture helps us fight it. Satan tempts us to doubt God's character, to seek good things through sinful actions, and to pursue God's blessings without obedience. Jesus responds by trusting the Father, refusing to manipulate God, patiently waiting on God's promises, and answering every temptation with Scripture. Victory over temptation is not about relying on our own strength. It is about depending on God, resisting the lies of temptation, saturating our minds with Scripture, and trusting the power of the risen Christ. If you are struggling with temptation, shame, impatience, or the desire to take matters into your own hands, this message points you back to Jesus—the One who won where we failed. ——————————————— THEMES: 1. Jesus was tempted in our place and succeeded where we failed. 2. Temptation often begins by making us question God's goodness. 3. We cannot pursue God's blessings through sinful shortcuts. 4. Resisting temptation requires trusting God rather than relying on ourselves. 5. We fight temptation by saturating our minds with Scripture and relying on Christ's strength. ——————————————— CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Introduction: Jesus, the Tested Teacher 04:48 — Jesus Was Tested in Our Place 11:30 — How Temptation Works: The Battle for Our Minds 13:15 — Temptation Makes Us Doubt God's Character 17:35 — Getting Good Things Through Sinful Acts 23:34 — Seeking God's Blessings Without Obedience 27:00 — Resisting Temptation and Waiting on God 30:06 — Jesus Gives Us Victory Over Temptation 32:04 — Fighting Temptation with Scripture 35:21 — Closing Prayer ——————————————— REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1.When are you most vulnerable to temptation? - What tends to happen in your life when you are tired, stressed, lonely, angry, hungry, or discouraged? 2.What lie about God tends to make temptation more believable for you? - Do you ever find yourself thinking, “God doesn't really have my back,” or “I need to take care of this myself”? 3.Are you tempted to pursue something good through a sinful shortcut? - What is the good thing you want, and what shortcut are you tempted to take to get it? 4.Where might impatience be making temptation harder to resist? - Is there something you are tempted to take into your own hands because you don't want to wait on God? 5.How do you respond when Scripture is taken out of context? - Are there passages you have relied on without considering what the surrounding chapter or book actually teaches? 6.What temptation do you need to fight with God's Word right now? - What specific Scripture speaks directly to that temptation? 7.What does it mean for you to depend on Jesus rather than your own strength? - Where do you need to remember that resisting temptation is not something you have to do alone? 8.How does Jesus' victory change the way you respond when you fail? - Do you tend to respond to failure with repentance and faith, or with shame and hiding? 9.What would it look like to “wait it out” the next time temptation comes? - What practical step could help you create enough space to resist rather than immediately giving in? 10.Where do you need to trust God's character right now? - What is happening in your life that makes it difficult to believe that God is good and that his way is worth following? ——————————————— Please visit our website at reconcilecc.org for any questions. Thank you for helping support our mission to Preach The Gospel. Produce Disciples. Pursue Justice.

Gemma Craven, Chief Marketing Officer at Scribd, Inc., joins That's What I Call Marketing to discuss her path to becoming a CMO, the value of building experience across different areas of marketing and what it takes to reshape brands, teams and reputations.This episode explores how a varied career across PR, social media, technology, agencies, consultancy and in-house leadership gave Gemma the range required to lead marketing across Scribd, Everand, Fable and SlideShare. It is an honest conversation about career choices that did not always make immediate sense to other people.In this episode, we cover:– How moving between countries, disciplines and organisations shaped Gemma's approach to marketing leadership– Building Social@Ogilvy New York when many people still believed social media would not last– Why Gemma deliberately moved beyond being known solely as a social media specialist– How working with CMOs at McCann helped her see CMO leadership as a possible destination– Why becoming a fractional CMO was initially viewed as a failure by some people– Restructuring Scribd's marketing organisation around its products, audiences and areas of expertise– Managing a portfolio that includes Scribd, Everand, Fable and SlideShare– Why brands must actively manage their reputations rather than leave customers, reviews and online communities to define them– Connecting brand strategy more closely with product, engineering, design and customer experience– The thinking behind Scribd's “Connect the Docs” campaign and the enduring human satisfaction of figuring something out for yourselfGemma Craven has more than 25 years of experience building and positioning global brands. Before joining Scribd, Inc., she led marketing at Melissa & Doug, advised senior leaders at companies including Spotify, Nike, Fiverr and Ford, and led digital brand strategy at McCann New York, where she helped make Fearless Girl a global phenomenon. She also built Social@Ogilvy New York into an award-winning, multi-practice division. A useful listen for marketers interested in marketing leadership, career development, brand strategy, organisational design, reputation management, customer experience and the path to becoming a CMO.That's What I Call Marketing is the podcast for marketers who care about brand, B2B, creativity, effectiveness and the future of the profession.Follow the show for more conversations with CMOs, marketing leaders, agency leaders, professors, authors, thinkers and practitioners.Find more episodes at: https://www.thatswhaticallmarketing.comThis episode is brought to you in partnership with Tracksuit, the always-on brand-tracking platform that helps marketers monitor brand health and bring a clear, shared view of brand performance into the boardroom. Tracksuit tracks brands across more than 25 markets, making ongoing brand measurement more accessible, visible and useful for marketing teams and senior leaders. Find out more at: https://www.gotracksuit.comThe Big Marketing MeetUp Belfast, takes place at ICC Belfast on 5 November 2026, book tickets at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bmmubelfast/1935249Chapters04:15 – A career shaped by curiosity and working across cultures06:30 – Moving from London to New York and experiencing culture shock09:41 – Building Social@Ogilvy New York16:42 – Why Gemma moved from agency life into technology19:24 – When becoming a CMO started to feel possible20:49 – Why varied experience creates better marketing leaders23:13 – Too ambitious to work for Mick Jagger24:01 – Choosing the fractional CMO path28:11 – Restructuring marketing around products and audiences29:17 – What happens when a brand leaves its story untold29:48 – Leading teams through organisational change32:16 – Refreshing the Scribd and SlideShare brands32:24 – The strategy behind “Connect the Dots”36:26 – Resisting the pressure to launch a campaign too quickly38:06 – How brand discovery and reputation are changingThat's What I Call Marketing is where marketers come for real conversations about brand, B2B, creativity, effectiveness and the future of the profession.Hosted by Conor Byrne, the show features conversations with CMOs, marketing leaders, agency leaders, authors, thinkers and practitioners about what good marketing looks like in practice.Listen, follow and find more episodes at: https://www.thatswhaticallmarketing.comConnect with Conor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorbyrneirl/If you enjoy the show, please follow, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more marketers find the conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's talk about Romans 9!

At what point do we become so obsessed with trusting God that the fruit of the Spirit just automatically flows out of us? And what about the temptation of lust and resisting sin? My pastor says our hearts are still dirty, but I think they're new and clean. What's your take? I'm still struggling with persistent thoughts of bitterness and resentment. What can I do?

When W. Kamau Bell was a child, his mother bought the family a Commodore VIC-20, a popular home computer of the early 1980s. He also had Pong, a ColecoVision and, later, a MiniDisc player. Today, he is still the person his family calls when the TV stops working — and the father who sees technology's potential to connect his introverted 11-year-old with cousins over FaceTime. “I am not a technophobe,” Bell said at a recent UC Berkeley Journalism event. “If you say, ‘We're going there, there's no Wi-Fi,' I'm not going there.”But Bell — a comedian, filmmaker and author known for using humor to examine race and American culture — also said technology's growing presence does not mean people should unquestioningly hand over their language or creativity to artificial intelligence. Bell was joined by UC Berkeley Journalism Dean Michael D. Bolden on Aug. 26 for a conversation at the AI, Journalism and Public Trust Symposium, sponsored by UC Berkeley Journalism and the Pulitzer Center. During the discussion, Bell described the subtle ways that AI already shapes everyday communication, like Gmail or Google Docs suggestions that, rather than merely fixing typos, end up standardizing a person's style. For Bell, whose comedic voice often relies on vernacular and intentionally unconventional grammar, that raises a deeper concern: “You want us all to sound like the same person.”AI, he said, should not be treated as an inevitable, neutral force. It is a tool, but one being developed and deployed within systems that prioritize corporate profit and centralized power — often at the expense of communities that are already bearing the costs of technological development. He pointed to data centers placed near Black, rural and low-income communities, as well as the danger of automated systems built from historically biased information. “Once you feed in bad information, bad outputs come out of there,” he said.Rather than trying to halt technological progress altogether, Bell urged people to maintain and invest in forms of connection and creativity that resist automation's pull. After all, the value of art comes from wrestling with our lived experiences. “Wasn't AI supposed to do all the work so we could make art?” Bell said, quoting comedian Stavros Halkias. “Why did we flip it?” The response to AI cannot rest solely on individual consumer choices or the assurances of technology companies, he said. It requires people to challenge the systems shaping the technology around them. “I am down for a future of AI that doesn't exist under American capitalism,” he said.Watch the conversation, listen to the episode and read the transcript on UC Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu/podcasts/berkeley-talks).Music by by HoliznaCC0.Photo courtesy of United Shades of America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

False teaching does not always openly deny the gospel. It can sound biblical while quietly distorting the truth of God's Word. In this episode, Dave Jenkins examines Acts 17:11 and the example of the Bereans, who eagerly received teaching while searching the Scriptures to test what they heard. Biblical discernment is neither cynical nor gullible. It is the loving and necessary practice of measuring every spiritual claim by God's sufficient and authoritative Word. Christians are called to know Scripture deeply, evaluate teaching carefully, and remain connected to a biblically faithful local church. The best defense against false teaching is not becoming an expert in every error. It is becoming so grounded in the true gospel of Jesus Christ that error is recognized when it appears. For more from Anchored in the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/anchored-in-the-wordpage/

You don't lose territory, dominion, or blessing overnight. Internal compromise will always lead to external defeat.In Daniel 1, Prophet Hari Rao reveals what happened before Judah was handed over to Babylon and how the enemy plays the long game, gradually stealing territory, identity, resources, and destiny. Daniel stood in the middle of a compromised generation and resolved not to defile himself. His uncommon consecration set him apart and his resolve moved the heart of God.This teaching is a call to take charge of your appetite, guard what God has placed within you, and return to the place of consecration.

False teaching does not always openly deny the gospel. It can sound biblical while quietly distorting the truth of God's Word. In this episode, Dave Jenkins examines Acts 17:11 and the example of the Bereans, who eagerly received teaching while searching the Scriptures to test what they heard. Biblical discernment is neither cynical nor gullible. It is the loving and necessary practice of measuring every spiritual claim by God's sufficient and authoritative Word. Christians are called to know Scripture deeply, evaluate teaching carefully, and remain connected to a biblically faithful local church. The best defense against false teaching is not becoming an expert in every error. It is becoming so grounded in the true gospel of Jesus Christ that error is recognized when it appears. For more from Anchored in the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/anchored-in-the-wordpage/

False teaching does not always openly deny the gospel. It can sound biblical while quietly distorting the truth of God's Word. In this episode, Dave Jenkins examines Acts 17:11 and the example of the Bereans, who eagerly received teaching while searching the Scriptures to test what they heard. Biblical discernment is neither cynical nor gullible. It is the loving and necessary practice of measuring every spiritual claim by God's sufficient and authoritative Word. Christians are called to know Scripture deeply, evaluate teaching carefully, and remain connected to a biblically faithful local church. The best defense against false teaching is not becoming an expert in every error. It is becoming so grounded in the true gospel of Jesus Christ that error is recognized when it appears. For more from Anchored in the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/anchored-in-the-wordpage/

Reject the surveillance state. Trash your Alexa. Drown your ring camera. Reject all unnecessary permissions. Turn off any added access where possible. Stop using google for everyday searches. Poison the "AI" well with false information. Stop relying on algorithms so much.THE SOURCES:https://caitcamelia.substack.com/p/disobey-or-diehttps://caitcamelia.substack.com/p/violence-might-be-the-answerhttps://caitcamelia.substack.com/p/a-short-guide-to-practicing-disobedienceBDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Empower over uberAnnas Archive.DSA READING PARTNERS Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recognizing and Resisting Subtle False Teaching False teaching is not always obvious. It can use Christian language, quote Scripture, and speak about Jesus while quietly distorting the truth of God's Word. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins considers Acts 17:11 and the example of the Bereans. They eagerly received teaching, but they also searched the Scriptures to see whether what they heard was true. Their example calls every Christian to test sermons, books, podcasts, and spiritual claims by the authority of God's Word. Listen or Watch Biblical Discernment Rooted in Scripture Biblical discernment is neither cynical nor gullible. It is the loving practice of comparing every teaching with the Word of God. Christians are called to love truth, test what they hear, and grow in confidence as their lives are anchored in Scripture. Dave explains why subtle false teaching is dangerous, why believers need the faithful ministry of the local church, and why the best defense against error is a growing knowledge of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Scripture References Acts 17:11 1 John 4:1 2 Timothy 3:16–17 Titus 1:9 Romans 12:9 Every false gospel ultimately diminishes Christ or adds to His finished work. The biblical gospel points sinners to Christ alone, who lived without sin, died for sinners, rose again, and saves all who trust in Him by grace through faith. Stay rooted in the Word of God and anchored in Christ. For more from Anchored in the Word please visit our page at Servants of Grace or at our YouTube.

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What happens when the life you thought you were meant to live begins making way for something your soul has been quietly preparing you for all along? In this beautiful conversation, Katie welcomes Amma Ventelä back to the Soulful Valley Podcast to explore her extraordinary journey from an international career in science to becoming an Angel Guide, Unity Guide, artist and Remembrance Keeper. With a PhD in aquatic ecology and 41 international scientific publications behind her, Amma spent years immersed in the scientific world, even during periods when she consciously resisted the spiritual experiences and guidance that had been present since childhood. Yet, as Amma shares, the guidance never really disappeared. Together, Katie and Amma explore what happened when she finally surrendered, the awakening of her clairvoyant senses, her relationship with Divine Mother Sophia, and the powerful realisation that even the years when she believed she had chosen the wrong path were an essential part of the journey. They also delve into Amma's chapter in the forthcoming Evolving on Purpose: Angels, Spirit Guides and the Frequency of Miracles, launching on Amazon on 26th September 2026, and how writing it revealed something she had not fully understood before: she had been guided even when she believed she was disconnected. Amma also shares why she has continued returning to Soulful Valley Publishing collaborations, the transformation she has experienced through writing, her unexpected journey into poetry, and why these books have become far more than a marketing opportunity for her. The conversation moves into creativity, art, light codes, light language and Amma's striking painting of Divine Mother Sophia, before closing with a beautifully simple invitation: to stop, breathe, surrender and remember who you really are. In this episode Moving from academia and science into spirituality Resisting spiritual awakening and eventually surrendering Angels, spirit guides and trusting unseen guidance Why the paths that look wrong may have been necessary Releasing our human need to control Soul contracts and synchronicity Writing as a catalyst for personal transformation Amma's journey into poetry and intuitive creativity Divine Mother Sophia, art and light codes Sharing our stories from a conscious rather than wounded space Building an international voice through collaborative books Remembering who you are beneath fear and limitation Evolving on Purpose: Angels, Spirit Guides and the Frequency of Miracles launches on Amazon on 26th September 2026. Connect with Amma Ventelä Discover Amma's courses, retreats, transmissions, art and writing at: https://ammaventela.com Soulful Valley Publishing also currently has opportunities to join Soulful Poems: Wisdom of the Soul, launching 24th November 2026, and the next Evolving on Purpose collaboration, The Energy of Money and Receiving, launching in 2027. Find the current publishing opportunities at:  https://soulfulvalley.com  

Episode: 1629 An old book tells about textile engineering and conservatism.  Today, we resist change.

In this episode, I answer a question from a mom whose seven-year-old has become frustrated with her play therapist and says the therapist treats her "like a baby." I explain why seven is still right in the sweet spot for child-centered play therapy, and why complaints about therapy are often less about the therapist or the approach and more about the child's resistance to doing difficult emotional work. Children don't always have the words to explain what they are feeling, so we have to listen beyond the complaint and consider what it may actually be communicating. I also talk about why resistance can look very different from one child to another—avoiding eye contact, refusing to enter the playroom, calling therapy boring, or saying the therapist is annoying—and why that doesn't necessarily mean therapy is a bad fit. Sometimes resistance is simply a sign that something important is being stirred up. Rather than rushing to change approaches, I encourage parents to trust the process, give their child time, and remember that meaningful therapeutic work often requires courage before a child is ready to fully engage. Ask Me Questions: Call (813) 812-5525, or email: brenna@thekidcounselor.com My New Book! Parent Companion for Play Therapy: Want to go deeper into the concepts discussed in this series? Check out Parent Companion for Play Therapy, created to help parents better understand their child, the play therapy process, and how lasting emotional growth takes place. https://www.amazon.com/Parent-Companion-Play-Therapy-Understanding/dp/B0H2D98F18/ My First Book: Device Detox: A Parent's Guide To Reducing Usage, Preventing Tantrums, And Raising Happier Kids https://a.co/d/bThnKH9 Podcast HQ: https://www.playtherapyparenting.com/ My Newsletter Signup: https://www.playtherapyparenting.com/newsletter/ Common References: Landreth, G.L. (2023). Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship (4th ed.). Routledge. Landreth, G.L., & Bratton, S.C. (2019). Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): An Evidence-Based 10-Session Filial Therapy Model (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Stephanie Wittels Wachs and her younger brother Harris were best friends. So when he confided that he was struggling with opioid addiction, Steph believed they'd find a way through it together, like they always had. But Harris didn't survive his addiction.  Steph immersed herself in research on addiction to better understand what her family had been through. This week, Steph joins Maya to share what she's learned about the disease and how we can help save more lives.  Check out Steph's new book “Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis” and find her podcast, “Last Day” wherever you like to listen. For more on addiction and healing, we recommend our conversation with singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, “Jason Isbell on Resisting the Mythos of Sobriety.” If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or if you'd like to learn more about the topic, resources are available at FindSupport.gov. Order Steph's book Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis at ⁠https://bit.ly/LastDayBook⁠, and the audiobook at ⁠https://bit.ly/3RW4WtF⁠, or wherever books and audiobooks are sold. LAST DAY BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE Please join Steph on the road and RSVP at the links below!

We challenge the way we use the word “saints” and reclaim it as an identity Jesus gives, even while we are still growing through sanctification. We push belief past religious talk and into real trust, where we put the weight of our lives on Christ instead of admiring faith from a distance. • Stained glass as a picture of shared witness and the church telling one story together • “Saint” as identity received rather than achievement earned • Sanctification as an ongoing process without self-disqualification • Resisting the religious spirit that turns faith into a scorecard • Praying for the people we serve and shifting focus from “my next” to the harvest around us • Fruit, good works, and a life that becomes a credible public witness • Restoration and excellence as a visible testimony to the community • Faith defined by Hebrews 11 and the call to please God through trust • The chair illustration and why belief requires action and surrendered weight 

God calls us to live from devotion rather than drifting into convenience, because anything convenient subtly dulls our passion for what truly matters. The enemy's strategies often operate quietly, using ease and comfort to pull us away from prayer, community, and spiritual maturity. Scripture reminds us that grace empowers participation, not passivity, and invites us to actively agree with what Jesus has already finished. God designed us to live connected lives where devotion shapes our habits, choices, and relationships. Resisting convenience and instead embracing devotion allows us to walk confidently in purpose, identity, and spiritual clarity.  To support the ministry financially, text "CDMPodcast" to 74483 or visit www.worldchangers.org

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What if the universe isn't hostile, nor is it benevolent, but completely indifferent to human existence? In this episode, I talked about two masterpieces of existential science fiction: the 1972 novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and its legendary 1979 film adaptation, Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.In This Episode, We Cover:The Cosmic Picnic Metaphor: Why human civilization might just be an anthill next to someone else's discarded trash.Tarkovsky's Visual Metaphysics: Analyzing the iconic stream scene in Stalker and the submerged remnants of human history.The Room vs. The Golden Sphere: Why characters hesitate when faced with a place that grants their deepest subconscious desires.Resisting the Absurd: Redrick Schuhart's desperate final cry for humanity and how we find connection in an indifferent world.Key Quotes:"We are simply apes who picked up a discarded lighter. We know how to strike the wheel to create a spark, but we lack the foundational knowledge to grasp the underlying physics.""Happiness for everybody, free, and may no one be left behind!" — Redrick Schuhart, Roadside Picnic"When the universe offers no care, choosing to care for one another becomes our ultimate act of resistance."Featured Works:Book: Roadside Picnic (1972) by Arkady and Boris StrugatskyFilm: Stalker (1979) directed by Andrei TarkovskyPhilosophical Reference: The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert CamusIf you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps others find the show!

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Colleen Freeland, a master certified life coach and emotional sobriety pioneer, shares her transformative journey from a high-functioning perfectionist grappling with a 20-year alcohol use disorder to becoming a founder of a thriving multi-seven figure business – all while managing the demands of parenting seven children.This conversation offers executive assistants critical lessons on managing stress, prioritizing self-care, and resisting burnout in high-pressure roles.Show notes -> leaderassistant.com/392--It's the last day of the offsite and it was exactly what the team needed. The CEO pulls you aside to say, “Thank you. This was next level.”Your secret? You used Offsite. They handled the venues, negotiations, and logistics – so you could focus on shaping the experience.Sound too good to be true? It's actually within reach. (And it can even save you money.)See how at leaderassistant.com/offsite. --Are you ready to level up? Enroll in The Leader Assistant Academy at leaderassistant.com/academy to embrace the Leader Assistant frameworks used by thousands of assistants.More from The Leader Assistant...Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/communityBook, Audiobook, and Workbook -> leaderassistantbook.comAssistant Habits App and Weekly Planner -> assistanthabits.comEvents -> leaderassistantlive.comThe Leader Assistant Academy -> leaderassistantbook.com/academy Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership

Romans 12:1–2 teaches that the Christian life begins with the mercy of God and calls believers to offer their whole lives to Him in worship. Dave Jenkins explains why Christians must not be shaped by the values of the world, but transformed through the ongoing renewal of their minds by God's Word. This episode considers biblical discernment, the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, and how believers grow in Christlikeness through the gospel. For more from Anchored in the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/anchored-in-the-wordpage/

Romans 12:1–2 teaches that the Christian life begins with the mercy of God and calls believers to offer their whole lives to Him in worship. Dave Jenkins explains why Christians must not be shaped by the values of the world, but transformed through the ongoing renewal of their minds by God's Word. This episode considers biblical discernment, the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, and how believers grow in Christlikeness through the gospel. For more from Anchored in the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/anchored-in-the-wordpage/

Renew Your Mind: Resisting Conformity to the World Every day, Christians are being shaped by voices, ideas, and values that compete for their minds. Romans 12:1–2 calls believers, in light of God's mercy in Christ, not to be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewal of their minds. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how the Holy Spirit uses the Word of God to renew believers from the inside out. As Christians submit their thoughts, desires, priorities, and decisions to Scripture, they grow in discernment, reject error, and increasingly reflect the character of Christ. Listen or Watch Renewed by the Mercy of God Romans 12 marks a turning point in Paul's letter. After unfolding the gospel and the mercies of God in the first eleven chapters, Paul calls believers to offer their whole lives to God as living sacrifices. Christian obedience does not begin with self-improvement. It flows from what God has done for us in Christ. Paul warns believers not to be pressed into the pattern of the world. The world continually presents its own answers about truth, identity, morality, purpose, and success. Yet God transforms His people through the renewal of their minds by His Word. A Mind Shaped by Scripture A renewed mind is more than gaining biblical information. It is the lifelong work of God by which believers learn to think, love, and live according to His truth. As we read, meditate on, and obey Scripture, we are equipped to discern what is good, acceptable, and perfect according to the will of God. God's Word calls Christians to set their minds on things above, delight in His law, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. Biblical discernment begins with a mind shaped by biblical truth. Faithful Living in Christ Christ has redeemed His people from the darkness of sin and set them free to know, love, and live according to the truth. The goal is not merely becoming better informed, but becoming more like Christ through the power of the gospel. What voices are shaping your thinking more than the Word of God? Ask the Lord to expose areas where culture has influenced your thinking and to renew your mind through His truth. Scripture references: Romans 12:1–2; Psalm 1:1–3; Colossians 3:1–2; 2 Corinthians 10:5. Anchored in the Word with Dave Jenkins Anchored in the Word provides biblical answers to help Christians grow in wisdom, discernment, and faithful obedience to Christ. Explore Anchored in the Word Watch the Playlist

In the first segment, we take a look at how gov. Kathy Hochul is helping trillionaire tech bro Elon Musk expand his empire. Journalist, Luke Goldstein published an article in the Lever titled, "Elon Musk's Banking Empire Just Got Gov. Hochul's Blessing". The Indypendent's Allie Tutich sits with Goldstein to unpack what all of this means for Musk and for us. In our second  and third segment, Editor and Chief of the Indypendent, John Tarleton goes out to the field this episode to report on Day 5 of the 'New York fights AI Data Centers Tour'. The tour has been led by state senator Kristin Gonzalez, Food and Water Watch and New York Renews. They vehemently oppose the expansion of data centers across New York State. The tour comes at a moment when data centers are burgeoning across the country. We hear from Senator Gonzalez, a Democratic Socialist who chairs the state senates internet and technology committee. John also speaks with a grassroots activist in Orangeburg who is leading the charge against a second large data center in their town.

Editor in Chief of the Indypendent, John Tarleton, reports from Orangeburg, New York, a frontline community resisting the prospect of a second data center being built in their town. John reports from Data One, the first Data Center polluting the beautiful lake Tappan. We learn how this data center will have far reaching affects, hurting people beyond the local community. John speaks to grassroots activists fighting the good fight.

Editor in Chief of the Indypendent, John Tarleton goes out to the field this episode to report on Day 5 of the 'New York fights AI Data Centers Tour'. The tour has been led by state senator Kristin Gonzalez, Food and Water Watch and New York Renews. They vehemently oppose the expansion of data centers across New York State. The tour comes at a moment when data centers are burgeoning across the country. We hear from Senator Gonzalez, a Democratic Socialist who chairs the state senates internet and technology committee. This data center will impact Lake Tappan, a source of drinking water for residents statewide. Lots to unpack here.

Episode 140: Resisting the Powers in Jesus' name Bob Ekblad Download

The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com The Price of Becoming www.LearningLeader.com/Becoming My guest: Angela Duckworth is a psychologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a MacArthur "genius" grant recipient. Her book Grit was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and her TED Talk is among the most-watched ever. Her new book is Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best. Key Learnings She almost lost her mom in the Atlantic. Angela took her 87-year-old mom snorkeling miles offshore. Her mom had not swum in decades. Within minutes, she had aspirated water into both lungs and was unconscious. Angela treaded water, held her mom's head up with one arm, and waved the other until help came. Her mom is 91 now and painting. No amount of grit would have saved them. Angela could not have swum her mother to shore. What saved them was changing the situation, which meant getting other people to their side. The situation is the ocean. It's that powerful, and most of us don't know what water we're swimming in. Grit isn't wrong. It's incomplete. Angela hasn't renounced anything. She's expanding it. Effort is what you bring. The situation determines whether that effort compounds or gets swallowed. Angela was a striver, and it worked for a long time. She knew she wasn't the most talented kid, but nobody was going to outwork her. She wanted to make the cheerleading squad without being able to do a split. She wanted a solo in choir while barely able to carry a tune. She worked her way to both. Most people would be surprised how far sheer effort can take them. Then it stopped being enough. To get as far as she actually wanted to go, and to do it sustainably for herself and the people around her, ignoring the situation was a mistake.  The shift: stop making the best of your situation through effort alone, and make the situation better first. "Of all the ways you can change your behavior, willpower is the absolute worst." You can white-knuckle a donut. You just can't do it forever. Resisting works in the moment and reliably leaves people exhausted, which is why it fails on day three. Your urges come from your thoughts. Your thoughts come from your surroundings. Donut, delicious. Then your hand moves. Instead of fighting the urge, ask where the thought came from. The better question: what situation would give me different thoughts? Not "how do I resist," but "where can I be so that the thought never arrives?" Three inputs shape what you think: the people around you, the physical objects within reach, and the place you're in. Situational agency. Angela coined the term. The situation isn't given to you. It's taken. Leon Marchand was already sixth in the world. His parents, both former Olympians, didn't tell him to train harder or wake up earlier. They told him to change his situation. He emailed Bob Bowman, moved to Arizona, and within two years cut more than eight seconds off his personal best and broke Michael Phelps's last-standing individual world record. A year after that, he won four golds in Paris. What actually changed for Marchand: the best coach in the sport, a lane full of people who all believed they could win it all, better facilities and nutrition and physical therapy, and a culture where world-class was the baseline rather than the ceiling. The situation isn't a given. The situation's taken. Control the controllables. The situation is one of them. Angela agrees with the mantra. Her objection is that most people apply it only to what's between their ears: mindset, attitude, goals. Marchand didn't rethink his attitude. He got on a plane. Get the outside game right, and you get much of the inside game for free. Change the room and the thoughts change with it. Every reason you can't change your situation is probably true, and beside the point. When Angela told people what she was writing, they immediately listed the reasons they were stuck. The mother-in-law, the spouse's job, the kids' school. None of it is wrong. All of it ignores the list of things they could change. Her late father-in-law's whole philosophy was two words: show up. Wedding, funeral, baseball game. Show up. John Wooden taught high school English for 14 years. He kept an apple on his desk. He thought of himself as a teacher first, which is also why he sat high in the bleachers during games instead of courtside. He'd taught them in practice. The game was theirs. What Wooden's players took with them: to be your best at anything, find a great teacher. Angela sees a DIY culture pulling the other way. When she tells young people to email someone, the answer is often that they'll just learn it on YouTube or ask a chatbot. You can teach yourself a lot of guitar that way. You will not become a great guitarist alone. Belief is borrowed more than you'd think. Nobody tries hard at anything without the thought "I can do this" somewhere in their head. That thought usually arrives from someone else first. Angela was a self-described ditzy cheerleader throwing keg parties. Her 10th- and 12th-grade English teacher, Mr. Carr, saw a writer. He handed her books. He took time on her pages. By graduation, she was the rare Harvard freshman who signed up for a second semester of the required writing course, just to keep going. The Pygmalion effect. Bob Rosenthal made up a test, told elementary teachers which kids were about to bloom, and picked the names at random. The teachers called on those kids more, listened harder, encouraged more. By year's end, the kids fulfilled the prophecy they'd been randomly assigned. Every single person she has interviewed has a Mr. Carr. Olympic athletes, Olympic coaches, CEOs, world leaders. Someone who could see farther than they could see. Confidence is a half-filled helium balloon. It has to get batted back up again and again. Which means you don't need your mentor once. You need them on the bad days. Angela forwards her rejection letters to her team. The journals she submits to reject over 90 percent of submissions, and the rejections run eight single-spaced pages. She sends them around so the younger scientists watch her fail, hear that she's angry and discouraged, and then watch her get back up. She failed writing this book the first time. Up before dawn seven days a week through an entire sabbatical, and the clock ran out. She called her publisher and her agent to give the money back and asked whether she owed interest. They called it a pause. She said remote controls have separate buttons for pause and stop. Burnout and imposter syndrome were abstractions until they weren't. She had taught both. She had never lived either. Not eating, not sleeping. What got her out was not more effort. It was a better situation: additional editorial support and mentors to get her back on track. Frankl and Maslow argued about this for decades, and Maslow conceded. Self-actualization aimed only at yourself leaves you unfulfilled. Maslow's final writing added a level above it and named it self-transcendence. There are only two types of people: those who are humble, and those who are about to be humbled. Angela's champagne moment a year from now: celebrating the people around her. Erikson called this stage generativity, and the question it asks is how everything you've learned can help the next generation do better than you did. Her students should excel her. They should be the ones on podcasts. She wants to cede the spotlight on purpose rather than have it taken. Her core identity is psychological scientist. Not speaker. Not author. The stage is a flow state, and she's good at it, but take away the research, and it isn't her anymore. Worth knowing which one yours is. Reflection Questions Pick the goal you've been grinding on the longest with the least to show for it. Is that an effort problem or a situational problem? Who is the best in the world at the thing you're trying to learn? What would it take to send the email this week, and then get on the plane? What is your purpose, in one sentence, written down? Mine is to inspire others to value and pursue excellence. What's yours? More Learning #679: Kat Cole - The Four Mindsets Every Leader Needs #591: Ryan Holiday - Do The Right Thing Right Now #673: Dan Coyle - Flourish. The Transformative Power of Creating CommunityPodcast Chapters 00:00 Apply for the Learning Leader Circle  01:39 Meet Angela Duckworth  02:57 The Dedication to Her Mother  04:17 Her Mother Nearly Drowned  07:08 Grit Isn't Enough  09:47 Willpower Is the Worst  12:26 Where Your Urges Come From  14:31 Marchand Got on the Plane  19:57 The Excuses That Sound True  22:27 Wooden Taught English for 14 Years  26:25 The Confidence You Borrow  32:22 Five Minutes With Pete Carroll  34:27 A Half-Filled Helium Balloon  35:29 She Forwards Her Rejections  37:05 What Success Feels Like  40:28 Frankl, Maslow, Self-Transcendence  45:59 The Book She Failed to Write  52:57 The Champagne Question  54:03 She Wants to Be Surpassed  57:27 Scientist First, Speaker Second  01:01:34 EOPC

“Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” — Wendy Lesser “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I Am a Berliner), JFK famously said in West Berlin on June 26, 1963, in the face of Soviet imperial tyranny. Today, Wendy Lesser is offering the same defiance in her new book Berlin Before and After. Only Lesser offers a cautionary mirror for our times of not just post-Soviet Putin but also wannabe-tyrants like Trump. Lesser's loving portrait of Berlin is of a free city. She reminds us that even in Germany's darkest hour, Berlin never actually went Nazi. The city voted left up to and including 1933, so Hitler had to abolish democracy to take it over. Nor, Lesser argues, was Nazism a reaction to Weimar Berlin's Cabaret-style nightlife, any more than Trump is a reaction to wokeness. Economic forces, not cultural ones, she insists, enable dictators. Today's Berlin, as a city that memorializes its own crimes, offers America an urban lesson in acknowledging historical guilt. That's what makes Berlin such a defiant beacon of freedom in our authoritarian age. There are more urbane cities than Berlin, but none quite as dedicated to freedom. Go there and/or read Berlin Before and After. Today we should all be Berliners. Five Takeaways •       Our Own 1929 — or 1932? The book began as a love letter to the Berlin Lesser adopted in 2003 — the everywhere writer of Berkeley, New York, and Berlin, against Lampedusa the ultimate somewhere, who never left Sicily and carried Shakespeare through the coffee houses of Palermo. But as she wrote, America's condition worsened: “We were not only in our own 1929, but perhaps in 1930, '31, or even '32 — verging on our own descent into frightening dictatorship.” Hence the subtitle's cautionary mirror — though history, she insists, never exactly repeats itself, and the American analogies came unforced, surfacing every thirty or forty pages without hammering. Being an everywhere, she says, doesn't make you write better — Lampedusa proves that — “but it improves your life,” and it gave her the subjects her native California never could.•       Berlin Never Went Nazi. The episode's revelation: the city of Weimar flamboyance never gave the Nazis a majority — Berlin voted left up to and including 1933, and “Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” From which follows her sharpest argument: Nazism was not a backlash against Berlin's sexual and artistic freedoms, “just as I do not see the election of Trump as a reaction to so-called wokeness or trans rights. Cultural manifestations do not cause such government changes. Economic forces do” — wealth gaps, regional deprivation, the east feeling second-class, then and now (the AfD's heartland). The direct equivalences are rhetorical: America's poisoned-blood language on immigrants comes “straight from the Goebbels playbook,” and the rights that flowered in twenties Germany were “instantly squished” in the thirties. As for today: the AfD polls high before Berlin's September city elections, but the firewall holds — and the party is formally flagged by German intelligence as constitutionally dangerous. Andrew's question stands: any vaccines for this thing?•       1929: The Year Everything Premiered. Why that year: Grosz, Sander, and Otto Dix at their peak; Brecht and Piscator both premiering; All Quiet on the Western Front, the underrated Grand Hotel, and Berlin Alexanderplatz in the bookshops — plus Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician, the novella that predicted fascism; Billy Wilder still a weekly-paper journalist shooting his first film; and Christopher Isherwood arriving on the first visit that became Goodbye to Berlin and, via Broadway, Cabaret. “Only in retrospect do we see these things as major.” The culture flourished beside economic and political chaos — “having a terrible government is not inconsistent with producing good culture. Look at nineteenth-century Russia” — and when the chaos won, the exiles washed up in the German ghetto of Los Angeles: Brecht (on the beach, per this week's Baerwald episode), Döblin, Mann. Many went back — Brecht in 1949, Piscator after — because in Hollywood and New York they “couldn't live on the thin slice of culture,” a homesickness Lesser saw again in Berkeley's own Czesław Miłosz, watching Americans like children playing in a sandbox.•       After Means 1989. The title's twist: the After is not the Nazis' arrival but the Wall's fall. The dark half-century — twelve years of Reich, then “with barely a pause to take a breath” the divided city — is deliberately skipped: “the city is going to tell you what happened,” through what its monuments confess, like Bebelplatz's memorial to the burned books of May 1933. Berlin now wears its freedom knowingly: graffiti flourishes precisely because speech was twice policed; May Day's bottle-throwing is tolerated and swept up; Freiheit arrives like the choral finale of Beethoven's Ninth — Andrew's analogy, which she embraced with irony, since “nobody is totally free these days.” The Wall's hothouse island remains separate from Germany half a century on. And the city stays cinematic to the point of unreality — Wings of Desire's angels in the actual Staatsbibliothek (“I thought it was just a set”), Babylon Berlin's set-choosers clearing away the present — with a thriller shelf to match: Deighton's Berlin Game (freshly reread on his death), le Carré's Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Herron, McEwan, Schneider's Wall Jumper.•       A Mirror That Might Become Useful. Berlin's deepest lesson is for after the fall: it is the city that acknowledges its bad deeds — monuments and plaques saying this is where we did it — while America “likes to brush it all aside and act like we're always the heroes.” Andrew's pushback landed: Montgomery, Bryan Stevenson's lynching memorial, the African American Museum — “You're right. I'm not being fair.” But the qualification sharpens rather than sinks the thesis: “we do not have a history yet like Holocaust Germany or even Berlin Wall Germany… It's a mirror that might become useful if the worst comes about.” Meanwhile Berlin models the livable city: rent control the voters wanted to push all the way to expropriation, transit worth “ecstasies,” and a constitutional welfare clause promising a dignified existence — economic rights our Bill of Rights never mentions. The book ends aboard the M29 bus, top deck, regular fare, from the Maybachufer's twice-weekly market (running since before 1929) across the old West to Grunewald. “Maybe you're going to be made into a Berlin angel.” “A great fate.” About the Guest Wendy Lesser is the founding editor of The Threepenny Review, the celebrated Berkeley literary quarterly, and the author of a novel and twelve works of nonfiction, including You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn (winner of the Marfield Prize), Why I Read, and Scandinavian Noir. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, she has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEH, the Cullman Center — and the American Academy in Berlin, where her love affair with the city deepened. Berlin Before and After: A Cautionary Mirror for Our Times (Harper, September 2026) is her portrait of the city in 1929 and now. She divides her time between B...

This episode of 10 Minutes to Less Suffering explores how resisting what is happening in our lives intensifes stress, anxiety, fear, and emotional pain, and how acceptance can help quiet the mind and create space for what comes next. Through a deeply personal story of heartbreak, an unexpected injury, and receiving comfort at exactly the right moment, this episode reveals a powerful lesson: life may still be moving in our favor even when we cannot see it. Listeners will learn how to recognize when resistance is increasing their suffering, slow down during emotionally overwhelming moments, question fear-based thoughts, and use the practice of "Maybe" to become more open to uncertainty and possibility. Acceptance doesn't mean liking what happened or pretending something isn't painful. It means releasing the exhausting belief that life must be different before peace is possible. This episode is for anyone dealing with stress, anxiety, heartbreak, divorce, relationship changes, disappointment, uncertainty, parenting worries, career setbacks, or an unexpected change in life. It offers a gentle reminder that difficult circumstances are not necessarily the end of the story. Life is still moving, possibilities are still unfolding, and sometimes letting go of resistance allows us to see choices, support, and opportunities we could not see before. If life isn't going according to plan, this episode can help you find greater acceptance, emotional resilience, peace of mind, and hope in the unknown. For all you know, Maybe the best is yet to come. Lastly, you can also follow me on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you are interested in my work, please check out my books, The Gift of Maybe: Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times (including a new audiobook), A Year Without Men: A 12 Point Guide To Inspire and Empower Women and my new Audiobook,  Maybe Everything Is Okay, A Parent's Guide To Less Stress and Worry. Also you can check out my new Maybe Cards: A Path to Stress-Free Living or my new digital Maybe Journal. Above all, my heartfelt hope is that this podcast has supported your journey of personal growth, helped shift your mindset, reduce stress, built emotional resilience, and brought you less suffering and more joy, clarity, and peace.      

In 2018, a man checked into a room at New York hotel for a one-night stay. Remarkably, he used the room for five years without paying another cent—exploiting obscure rent laws to hold on to it. His refusal to leave, however, eventually led to potential prison time for him. Like an unwelcome tenant who overstays, James warns us that the devil lingers in our lives when left unchecked. “Resist the devil,” James writes, “and he will flee from you” (4:7). The apostle emphasizes that our struggles often come from impure “desires” and “wrong motives” (vv. 1, 3)—things like pride, divided loyalties, and impure thoughts residing in our hearts. To counter such temptation, James offers two commands: “submit . . . to God” and “resist the devil” (v. 7). To submit means surrendering every part of our lives to God. Resisting the devil is equally active, requiring prayer, vigilance, and the wisdom of Scripture. Like a landlord evicting an unlawful tenant, in God’s strength we can refuse to let the temptation of the devil overtake us. As we resist him, God promises victory as James asserts: “He will flee from you” (v. 7). When we evict sin and the devil’s influence and “come near to God” (v. 8), we allow His peace, joy, and purpose to dwell more fully in us. The enemy can’t stay where God reigns!

Resisting over-schedulingAs leaders plan a new ministry season, it's easy to fill every gap with activity. But more programming doesn't always lead to more impact.In this episode, we challenge student ministry leaders to plan with intentional margin—creating space for relationships, flexibility, and the unexpected ways God moves.We'll explore how to avoid burnout, build sustainable rhythms, and trust that meaningful ministry doesn't require constant motion.If you've ever felt like your calendar is too full to actually lead well, this episode will help you rethink how you plan.Help Us Spread the WordIf this episode encourages you, would you consider sharing it?Post this episode — or your favorite episode — on social media and tag us on Instagram or Facebook using @talkstudentmin. Your share helps other youth leaders discover the conversation and reminds them they're not leading alone.Connect with Student Ministry ConversationsInstagram: @talkstudentminFacebook: @talkstudentminYouTube: Student Ministry ConversationsWebsite: www.smcpodcast.riverside.comStore: https://smcpodcast.printful.me/Connect with the HostsBrent AikenInstagram & Facebook: @heybrentaikenDavid PruittFacebook: @dpruittInstagram: @pruacousticThanks for listening to Student Ministry Conversations. We're grateful to walk alongside you as you lead — and as God forms you in the process.

How can leaders use data to make better decisions and drive real change? In this episode, Kevin talks with Sebastian Wernicke about why so many organizations invest heavily in data and AI yet still struggle to achieve breakthrough results. Sebastian explains the difference between being data-driven, data-frustrated, and data-inspired. He believes that data should not only confirm and optimize what organizations already do but also challenge assumptions, reveal unexpected possibilities, and inspire new directions. They explore common myths about data, including the belief that it is always objective, that deeper analysis will automatically reveal the right answer, and that complex decisions can be reduced to a simple yes or no. Sebastian also shares why leaders must balance depth with decisiveness and become more comfortable with uncertainty and probability. They also discuss the opportunities and risks of AI, particularly its tendency to fill in gaps and generate appealing answers based on hidden assumptions. About Sebastian Wernicke Sebastian Wernicke, Ph.D., is the author of Data Inspired: Building an Organizational Culture of Inquiry for Lasting Transformation. He is a partner at Oxera Consulting, one of Europe's oldest economics and finance consultancies, where he leads the data science and AI practice. Sebastian is a leading expert in data and AI strategy and a former Chief Data Scientist. For two decades, he has guided organizations around the world to achieve breakthrough transformation through the power of data. His ability to make complex topics around data accessible, engaging, and actionable has made Sebastian a sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator. His three acclaimed TED Talks have reached over 5 million viewers. For more information, follow Sebastian Wernicke on LinkedIn or visit www.datainspired.org. Resources Mentioned Data Inspired: Building an Organizational Culture of Inquiry for Lasting Transformation by Sebastian Wernicke Flexible Leadership: Navigate Uncertainty and Lead with Confidence by Kevin Eikenberry  The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence by Sebastian Mallaby Timestamps 0:00 Introduction — why "data driven" isn't the whole story 1:55 Meet Sebastian Wernicke & his book, Data Inspired 3:13 Why Sebastian wrote the book 6:02 Data driven vs. data frustrated vs. data inspired 10:33 The 3 myths about data — setting the stage 11:48 Myth #1: Data isn't objective truth 13:18 Myth #2: The three TV shows example 17:15 Myth #3: Data won't give you a clean yes-or-no 18:37 Embracing complexity (and getting comfortable with discomfort) 20:04 Why this is really a culture problem, not a tech problem 23:08 Balancing depth and decisiveness in decision-making 26:09 Machine learning vs. today's AI — what's actually different 30:29 Resisting the "AI will make it easy" temptation 32:09 Purpose first, data second 34:14 What Sebastian's reading & where to find him 36:19 Closing: what are you going to do about it? ---

Today I am delighted to talk with Professor Malini Johar Schueller about her new book, Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Reading recently published by the University of California Press. We talk about the long history of anti-racist education and the attacks on it by the Right. In particular, we look at the onslaught of federal and state repression since the first Trump regime, and conservative incursions onto campuses take the form of surveillance of syllabi, classrooms, public events, and the establishing of conservative centers. We finish by talking about what Schuller calls critical race reading, a manner of presenting and discussing texts that develops an understanding of structural violence, and critical ways of engaging with literature that enables civil and political engagement. We press the point that these attacks, instrumentalizing the idea of student “discomfort,” severely underestimate students' hunger for knowledge and their ability to withstand so-called discomfort in the search for truth. Malini Johar Schueller is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Florida.  She is the faculty advisor for Students for Justice in Palestine and was the advisor for Jewish Voice for Peace and is a member of the organizing collective for the United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.  She is the author of several books including U.S. Orientalisms: Race, Nation, and Gender in Literature, 1790–1890 (1998), Locating Race: Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship (2009), and Campaigns of Knowledge: U.S. Pedagogies of Colonialism and Occupation in the Philippines and Japan (2019).  She has co-edited Exceptional State: Contemporary US Culture and the New Imperialism (2007) and Dangerous Professors: Academic Freedom and the National Security Campus (2009). She is the director of an award-winning documentary, In His Own Home (2015) about police brutality and campus militarization, based on an incident at UF is available on amazon prime.  In 2019 she was selected to participate in a Faculty Development Seminar by the Palestinian American Research Council and traveled to the West Bank. Her latest book on activist pedagogy, Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Reading was published by the University of California Press in April 2026.  Her essays have appeared in scholarly journals as well as in popular publications such as Counterpunch, The Orlando Sentinel, and the Sarasota Herald Tribune.  She teaches courses in comparative settler colonialism, including Palestine and courses in postcolonial theory, Asian American studies, and US imperialism.