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Market HighlightsEU steel imports: new ‘melt and pour' evidence requirements from 1 October 2026Canada says Philippines, ASEAN trade talks 90% complete, eyes November finishContainer Shipping Returns to Suez Despite Rising Red Sea RisksAsia-US container rates soar past $11,000, near pandemic records - FreightWavesChinese port investment: growth meets EU security scrutiny | trans.infoWeekly Air Cargo Trends – September 7 to 13, 2026U.S. emissions rollback on Boeing 777 freighter helps air logistics - FreightWavesRecord-low Rhine levels choke barge traffic, stress ground transport - FreightWavesOne Hour Less Port Waiting Could Unlock 400 Million Euros | trans.infoArticles of InterestShipping's New Normal: Slower Trade, Higher Costs, Bigger ProfitsChinese port investment: growth meets EU security scrutiny | trans.infoReturn to Suez routing reduces India-Savannah transit timesPIL expands Intra-Asia network with two new services linking China, Indonesia and MalaysiaXeneta weekly ocean container shipping market update September 18, 2026One in Ten Inspected Cargo Units Found With Safety DeficienciesBenchmark diesel sets new record; futures signaling relief? - FreightWavesGermany becomes hub for Europe's hydrogen truck rollout | trans.infoEventsSept. 22 – U.S. Customs Market UpdateOct. 1 - Denied Party Screening: Preparing for Whatever Comes NextOct.8 - Incoterms 2020 Essentials: Managing Risk, Cost, and ComplianceExpeditors Securities and Exchange Commission Filings

21 years after Big Brother 6, James Rhine joins the podcast for our "Legends Only" series to look back on both of his seasons, from the Sovereign Six to All-Stars. He tells the story of the MySpace message that got him cast, the phone call with Sarah that became his casting tape, and the original partner who backed out three days before the season. He revisits Howie's nomination, the veto decision he would make differently, and why he has never watched that episode. James also shares what Don Wollman told him at the 1,000th episode and the only way he'd go back into the house: as "the old guy" nobody recognizes.

Most businesses believe they have outsourced their nature risk. They have not.In this episode we look at why so much climate and nature risk sits in supply chains rather than on the balance sheet, and what that means for any organisation buying from, selling into or manufacturing in Asia.I am joined by Fran van Dijk, CEO and founder of One Stone Advisors, who has just shared a discussion paper on nature and climate risk with the accountancy profession, and Eleanor Whittle, founder of Alopias Earth, who spent a decade in UK government on international biodiversity policy including two years as a diplomat in Beijing, and now advises companies on climate and nature strategy from Taiwan. Together they write the Real World Briefing series. Charlie Luxton and I take the conversation from accounting rules to the water systems that keep global trade moving.The numbers land hard. Drought cut daily Panama Canal crossings by 36%. Low water on the Rhine pushed shipping from around 20 euros a tonne to 150. Around 41% of Asian data centres sit in areas of extremely high water stress, with another 22% in high stress zones. The Asian Development Bank puts roughly 75% of the region's GDP in sectors moderately or heavily dependent on nature, well above the global average.What comes out of it is practical. Separate your risks from your dependencies, because you can diversify a risk and you cannot diversify a dependency. Investigate your supply chain to tier four, not tier one. Build a live risk register. Ask whether you have the regional expertise and local partnerships to turn a disclosure into a credible strategy. And stop filing this under sustainability, because it belongs in business strategy.ABOUT THE GUESTSFran van Dijk, One Stone AdvisorsFran advises boards and senior leadership teams on nature, biodiversity and integrated climate and nature strategy through One Stone Advisors. She is a B Corp founder and a Public Interest Member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Fran is also Chief Impact Officer at Subsee, an AI and ocean technology company.Fran recently wrote a paper highlighting the sustainability challenges to conventional accounting, such as its failure to record the erosion of the critical shared assets a company doesn't own, and its reliance on historical data to predict non-linear future risks. Giving examples from published data and major corporate losses at firms like PG&E and Toyota, Fran explains why the profession needs better forward-looking, climate- and nature-related risk models. She draws on the UK Government's National Security Assessment, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Parasol Lost report, and documented corporate information.Fran and Will have known each other since Will moved to Edinburgh. She sat on Green Element's advisory board. She brings the ‘what is actually happening' lens, and the financial translation: unpriced insurance risk, tail risk, going concern, and the questions a CFO cannot answer from a standard risk register.Eleanor Whittle, Alopias EarthEleanor founded Alopias Earth and advises private-sector organisations on climate and nature-related risk and strategy. She spent around ten years in the UK government, including leading major international climate finance programmes and two years as a diplomat in Beijing, where she led UK-China engagement on climate and nature. Eleanor then went on to be Programme Director at global energy think tank Ember. She is based in Taiwan, giving her a working perspective on a region that many European businesses primarily experience through their supply chains and operations. She is also Chief Strategy Officer at Subsee, an AI and ocean technology company. A keen diver and freediver, her connection to the ocean is personal as well as professional.Eleanor co-authors the Real World Briefing series with Fran and wrote the Asia Pacific briefing this episode draws on. She brings the regional and regulatory picture: how nature risk shows up through water, supply chains and infrastructure; why sustainability regulation and disclosure are accelerating across Asian markets; and what this means for European companies buying from, selling into or operating in the region.Eleanor is also an Honorary Fellow of the University of East Anglia.COMPANY SNAPSHOTSOne Stone AdvisorsA specialist advisory practice working with boards and leadership teams on nature, biodiversity and integrated climate and nature strategy. Focus areas include nature-related risk in value chains, board governance and capability, and the financial framing of nature risk. Fran van Dijk is a founder and a B Corp advocate.Alopias EarthA strategic advisory business helping companies understand and respond to climate and nature-related risk, and translate it into strategy and decision-making. Founded by Eleanor Whittle, Alopias Earth brings international policy and regional insight to questions spanning nature-related risk, value chains, regulation and business resilience.The Real World Briefing SeriesA monthly board-level briefing series co-authored by Fran and Eleanor, making the case that nature and biodiversity are business-critical. Four briefings inform this episode:Briefing 1: Nature is Now Business-Critical. Nature moves from voluntary and reputational to material and decision-relevant. TNFD as entry point rather than destination.Briefing 2: Financing Green to Greening Finance. How the financial sector is bringing nature into the mainstream, and why diversification is not enough.Briefing 3: Asia Pacific, the Region That Changes the Equation. Nature risk as geographic and systemic rather than sector-specific.Briefing 4: Europe, a Climate Leader Losing Its Way. The fastest-warming continent, the Omnibus rollback, and cascading food system risk.THE ST ETHELBURGA'S ROUNDTABLEThis summary outlines the findings from the St Ethelburga's Roundtable, held on June 23, 2026, which addressed the gap between climate and nature insight and effective action.Chapters 01:20 Meet Fran van Dijk and Eleanor Whittle 02:23 What climate and nature risk actually means for a business 06:46 What this year's fires and heatwaves have already cost 09:29 Discounting: how accounting makes long-term damage disappear 11:13 Insurers quietly walking away from high-risk assets 15:47 The Panama Canal and the limits of abstract risk 26:34 Asia: data centres, semiconductors and water stress 31:09 Why you cannot outsource risk to a supplier 34:14 Nickel, Indonesia and the energy transition colliding with nature loss 43:12 The gap between net zero claims and verified action 52:18 Putting nature into governance and onto the board 55:27 The questions your board should be asking nowIf you want help turning this into a costed adaptation and resilience plan, that is what we do at 51toCarbonZero: https://www.51tocarbonzero.comSubscribe for more conversations that make sustainability a business decision rather than a reporting exercise.#NatureRisk #SupplyChainRisk #ClimateRisk #TNFD #SustainabilityMentioned in this episode:UPCOMING WEBINAR: The Scope 3 Blind Spot: What Your Supplier Data Isn't Telling YouScope 3 emissions are often the biggest contributor to an organisation's carbon footprint, yet many businesses are making decisions based on incomplete, outdated or estimated supplier data. In this webinar, we'll explore the biggest blind spots in supplier emissions data, why they matter for reporting and decarbonisation, and how leading organisations are moving beyond spreadsheets and assumptions to build a more accurate, scalable approach to Scope 3. LIVE ATTENDANCE BONUS: complimentary gap audit of your top 10 suppliers. Wednesday 16 September | 1pm BST https://www.51tocarbonzero.com/webinar-supply-chain/Supply Chain WebinarKeep informed on Sustainability NewsI'm Will Richardson, Head of Ecosystems at 51toCarbonZero and a sustainability advisor with 25 years in the field. I founded Green Element in 2004 and spent two decades building it into one of Europe's most respected sustainability consultancies before it merged with 51toCarbonZero in November 2025. Climate action is both an obligation and an opportunity, and that's the thread running through everything I write here. I co-created Compare Your Footprint, carbon accounting software recognised as a key player in the Global Carbon Accounting Software Market, and I'm a Fellow of IEMA and a Chartered Environmentalist. Each week, I break down what's actually happening in sustainability: the data,...

Uncle Vinny sits down with Owner of Rogue Rhino Gardens in San Tan Valley, Arizona, Mark Rhine. Great conversation about farming, freedom and life. Follow Mark on Instagram to check out memberships and new content: https://instagram.com/rogue_rhino_gardens/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Mark Rhine, Owner of Rogue Rhino Gardens 3:00 - working on the farm in Arizona summers 4:30 - goal of self sustainability 6:30 - going from working in communications to buying a farm in 2008 7:40 - support local farmers 9:10 - Various workshops and classes; teaching how to grow 12:00 - being conscious of your food 14:00 - food rescue program 16:00 - evolution not revolution 16:40 - non profits 19:40 - teaching farming to children 20:30 - always learning 21:45 - insurance policies and making it happen 23:00 - building the brand on social media 25:25 - farming is for passion not profit 30:00 - protective of the farm 32:00 - fighting against big brother 33:30 - origin story of leaving corporate world 39:00 - selling business to improve health 42:00 - accumulating animals on the farm 45:00 - financial aspects of the farm 46:30 - getting into restaurants 50:00 - more freedom now than in corporate 52:30 - never stop 54:30 - over reliance on technology 56:00 - community 57:40 - growing hemp 1:00:00 - trust; moving forward 1:01:00 - Mark's businesses 1:04:30 - shout-out @rogue_rhino_gardens Click the Below Links to Keep Up With New Versatile Vigilante content: Instagram: https://instagram.com/VersatileVigilante/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/versatilevigilante Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/6rbWSYZP9asHUv431qHZfK/overview Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/versatile-vigilante/id1384221180?mt=2 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/VersatileVigilante

No Agenda Episode 1901 - "Neighbor Narcs" Neighbor Narcs Executive Producers: Baron No. Protector of the Rhine estuary. Associate Executive Producers: John Whiddon Sir Mainframe Manuka Gold Eli The Coffee Guy Linda Lupatkin - Imagemakers Ink, Duchess of Jobs Knights and Dames: Joshua Caraballo > Sir real human being Title Changes: Sir Mainframe > Sir Mainframe, Barronette of the 7th Fleet, defender of the arch duke and duchess of Japan and the disputed islands Order of the Ant: Baron No. Protector of the Rhine estuary. End of Show Mixes: Craig Weinberg (Conspiracy to Reality) Jus Baker (Just Dew It III) Jus Baker (Small Potatoes) Art By: Blue Acorn Mark van Dijk - Systems Master Ryan Bemrose - Program Director Back Office Jae Dvorak Chapters: Dreb Scott Clip Custodian: Neal Jones Clip Collectors: Steve Jones & Dave Ackerman No Agenda Peerage RSS Podcast Feed Last Modified 09/06/2026 16:18:58 by Freedom Controller

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The dancing manias of medieval and early modern Europe remain among history's strangest examples of collective behavior. Beginning with legendary accounts such as the dancers of Kölbigk and culminating in major outbreaks along the Rhine in 1374 and Strasbourg in 1518, groups of people reportedly danced uncontrollably for hours or even days, sometimes collapsing from … Continue reading Episode 524: Dancing Manias of the Middle Ages

Middle East export disruptions, soaring gasoline demand and shifting trade flows have reshaped global naphtha markets over the past six months. Join Gary Clark, associate director, price reporting, and Barbara Fernandez-Pita, senior price reporter, as they break down what prompted the multiyear highs in gasoline blending demand for naphtha, the widening East-West arbitrage, propane's growing advantage over naphtha at the steam crackers and the Rhine logistics issues disrupting Europe's petrochemical sector.

Hosts Tom and Steve discuss a Lexington-based company deciding to move its headquarters to Cincinnati, as well as the largest private equity fund raised in Cincinnati, a new office building coming to Montgomery Quarter that is already roughly 70% leased, a $25 million fundraising campaign launches for an Over-the-Rhine theater and the Cincinnati Open had a record-breaking performance in 2026.Merus is one of the largest, and most active, commercial real estate developers in Greater Cincinnati. Beyond its work locally, the design-build developer has projects in Nashville, Raleigh and elsewhere. Molly North, CEO of Merus, has led the company through its expansion. Now, the company is getting ready to take on its largest development project yet, as well as a headquarters move.

As summer draws to a close across the northern hemisphere, water scarcity has never been a more pressing or visible issue after record heat waves and drought experienced by Americans and Europeans. With hot and unpredictable weather now a reality, and major rivers running dangerously low, WSJ climate and energy editor Ed Ballard discusses the economics of a water crisis, and what can be done to keep taps running, fields productive and industry humming. Subscribe to the WSJ Climate & Energy newsletter. Further Reading El Niño Is the Next Risk Hanging Over the Global Economy Heat Waves Are Becoming a Chronic Drag on the Economy The World Is Running Out of Clean Water. This Technology Promises to Fix It. San Diego Now Has So Much Water That It's Selling It Why the Middle East's Desalination Plants Are Critical Extreme Weather Is Hammering Europe's Summer Harvest, EU Says Europe Chastised Trump's Climate Rollback. Now It's Delaying Its Own Green Goals. How to Put Out Wildfires Fueled by World War II Ammo? Try Driverless Tanks. Water Crisis Deepens on the Colorado River Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our guest on this week's episode is Tucker Perkins, President and CEO of the Propane Education & Reseach Council (PERC). Propane has been used for decades as a consistent source of powering industrial trucks, such as the forklifts and other equipment used in distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, ports, transportation yards, and other places in the logistics world. DC Velocity Group Editorial Director David Maloney talks with our guest about the many uses for propane for powering equipment. They also discuss how propane's dominance as a power source is being challenged by new battery technologies.The consumer economy has been pretty resilient in the face of all the economic ups and downs of the past few years, but a new report shows that consumers are likely to bear the brunt of the supply chain disruptions. This report from London-based researcher BSI surveyed supply chain risk management professionals and found that more than a third of businesses are planning to increase prices to offset costs in the next six months. Senior Editor Victoria Kickham shares the details of the research. We've talked a lot in recent months about how ocean freight is being impacted by geopolitical forces and regional violence, that have forced changes in how containers move around the globe. But now we're seeing disruption from a completely different source, which is the extreme weather. Heat waves in Europe have caused the Rhine and Danube rivers to shallow up, meaning less cargo can be transported on the rivers. A drought in Panama has also lowered the depth of the canal. That means that cargo ships moving through the canal have to carry less so that they do not bottom out. Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)Supply chain shocks to hit consumersExtreme weather cramps logistics flows in Europe and ChinaVisit DC VelocityVisit Supply Chain XchangeSend feedback about this podcast to podcast@agilebme.comThis podcast episode is sponsored by: Werner

Low water is still disrupting European river cruises despite recent rain, with Viking, Emerald Cruises, Saga River Cruises, Avalon Waterways, Uniworld and AmaWaterways adjusting sailings on the Danube, Rhine and Main; Saga told guests "We won't turn your itinerary into a coach holiday; the ship will be sailing," while AmaWaterways COO Jon Burrows said the line doesn't "wait until conditions become a problem." In Scotland, a body has been recovered from the North Sea after a man went missing from Ambassador Cruise Line's Ambition roughly 36 nautical miles from Arbroath, in a search involving Police Scotland, HM Coastguard aircraft, coastguard rescue teams and lifeboats; police have not released his identity or age and formal identification is pending. And Port Canaveral is forecasting 10.9 million passenger movements in fiscal 2027 across 1,213 cruise calls and 23 homeported ships, on operating revenue of $281.8 million, with $203 million in cruise capital work including a $95 million Terminal 10 renovation and the debuts of Carnival Festivale and MSC World Atlantic.

A look at the logistical, pricing and seasonal consequences of restricted access to Germany's inland LPG market. Record-low Rhine water levels have brought LPG barge traffic to a near standstill, cutting German buyers off from the ARA hub and disrupting a vital route for European supply. In this episode of Global LPG Conversations, David Appleton (Senior Vice-President, Global LPG) speaks with Waldemar Jaszczyk (Deputy Editor) about how extreme drought is affecting petrochemical demand, inland distribution and LPG pricing across the region. Key themes: German crackers lose access to key butane supplies Limited alternatives: rail and low-water barges struggle to fill the gap Winter supply risk: volatile propane pricing meets low German stocks

Nvidia steigt bei Perplexity ein und zahlt fast gleichzeitig sechs Milliarden für eine Lizenz an Poolside. Elon Musk spricht zum ersten Mal zu den Mitarbeitern von Cursor und gesteht dabei etwas ein, das er nach außen bestreitet. Gavin Baker meldet, dass offene Modelle bei Vercel von 28 auf 62 Prozent der Tokens gewachsen sind, und wir schauen nach, was davon bei den Umsätzen ankommt. Anthropics teuerstes Modell wird von Firmenkunden kaum abgenommen. Auf Hugging Face taucht ein anonymes Modell namens Ox Alpha auf, das 100 Billionen Tokens am Tag verschenkt, und niemand weiß, wer dahintersteckt. Hugging Face selbst sucht einen Käufer bei 13 Milliarden. Mario Draghi und Patrick Collison gründen die Rhine Group. Republikanische Politiker wechseln beim Thema Rechenzentren die Seiten. Neura Robotics kauft eine Firma für Reinigungsroboter. Shein nennt einen Termin, Oura wird verklagt und will trotzdem an die Börse, Temu verlangsamt sich, und LinkedIn behauptet, sein Slop-Knopf wirke. Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠doppelgaenger.io/werbung⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Vielen Dank!  Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Nvidia und Perplexity (00:04:14) Nvidia kauft Poolside (00:06:58) Musk bei Cursor (00:10:49) Open Weights bei Vercel (00:17:03) Fable 5 floppt (00:21:29) Ox Alpha (00:24:36) Hugging Face (00:25:53) Rhine Group (00:32:22) Rechenzentren im Wahlkampf (00:39:38) Neura kauft Adlatus (00:43:47) Shein-IPO (00:49:22) Oura verklagt (00:53:14) Temu-Zahlen (00:56:09) Nvidia-Zahlen (00:57:12) The Platform Group (00:59:05) LinkedIn gegen Slop Shownotes Nvidia verhandelt über Perplexity bei mehr als 30 Mrd. - theinformation.com Nvidia zahlt 6 Mrd. für eine Lizenz an Poolside - runtimewire.com Musks erste Ansprache bei Cursor - theinformation.com Offene Modelle wachsen bei Vercel von 28 auf 62 Prozent - xcancel.com Anthropics teuerstes Modell wird kaum genutzt - ft.com Ein anonymes Labor verschenkt 100 Billionen Tokens am Tag - wccftech.com Hugging Face prüft einen Verkauf bei 13 Mrd. - businessinsider.com Die Mitglieder der Rhine Group - rhinegroup.eu Die meisten Republikaner reden inzwischen schlecht über Rechenzentren - washingtonpost.com Neura Robotics übernimmt Adlatus - tech.eu Shein peilt den Handelsstart am 1. September an - ft.com Sammelklage gegen Oura wegen der Schlafmessung - techcrunch.com Oura will bis zu 3 Mrd. einsammeln - bloomberg.com Temus Mutter verliert Gewinn und schlägt trotzdem die Erwartung - wsj.com The Platform Group heuert einen Sanierer an und verliert ihn wieder - manager-magazin.de LinkedIn sagt, der Slop-Button wirkt - engadget.com

Things don’t always go as planned in travel, and in many ways, that can lead to fun and interesting things! Two years ago, Elizabeth booked a river cruise for her family and friends on the Moselle and Rhine rivers. She had heard about the beauty of the Moselle and also wanted to share the Rhine […]

God has an amazing plan. He blesses us so that we can be a blessing in the world. The question is – how? How do we take what God's given us and share it around.   Let's Get it Straight It is great to be with you today. This is the third message in a series that I've called "Blessed to be a Blessing". I think it's important for us to take a really deep look at God's way of blessing us because when we understand that; when we know how God's working and operating in our lives, it's such a wonderful thing to see His blessing flow. Over the last couple of weeks we have seen that we often get things the wrong way around when it comes to God's blessing. I mean, sure, God is a God of blessing; we want to be blessed but what we often don't come to grips with in our hearts, is how God wants to multiply His blessing through us. To have a flood tide of blessing go out to a parched and dry and hurting world. For His blessing to flow into our lives from God and out through us to other people. Last week we particularly looked at two verses that made that abundantly clear. The first is John chapter 7, verse 37: On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty let them come to me and drink, and whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow out from within them." By this He meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. You see, it's in and out. If anyone is thirsty, come to Jesus and drink. If you're looking for something and you're parched and needy, come to Jesus to drink. Put your faith in Him and rivers of living water will flow out. It's in and out. It's one of the greatest passages in all of the Bible. It's powerful. It's the crux of being a disciple. We are blessed to be a blessing – rivers of living water. Remember, we looked at it – Nile, Ganges, Murray and Mississippi and Thames and Rhine and Yangtze and Amazon and again – rivers of living water. The other thing He said was: Give and it will be given to you, of good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure that you use, it will be measured to you. We are going to expand on that theme today and get really practical. If God's blessing is something that flows through us, if that's a part of how He works, how should that happen? Because if all those rivers head in and none of them head out, we're going to end up being like the Dead Sea – dead. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to a man called S.D. Gordon. Sometime in the late eighteen hundreds or nineteen hundreds, he wrote that book called, "The Quiet Talks on Power". And in that book he uses the simple and powerful example to describe the consequences of expecting all of God's blessing to flow into our lives but not letting any of them flow out. He uses this picture of the Dead Sea. Now the Dead Sea is exactly that; a body of water where all the rivers flow in and none flow out and as a result, it is dead. Nothing lives in it. Not a thing. No fish, no plants, no birds and the water is incredibly hard and brackish. He makes this point in his book; that if we expect all of God's blessing to flow in and none of them to flow out then our lives become like the circumference of the Dead Sea. Now it's a big turn-around for us because we are programmed to think that blessing is all about me. It should all flow into me, right? But that's not it in God's economy. Blessing is really only a blessing when it flows out through us again. Think about it, a material blessing like a home … isn't the joy, the real joy of a home, sharing it with your family? It's a natural thing! In Acts chapter 20 and verse 38, it says this: The Lord Jesus Himself said, "It is more blessed to give that receive. That is so profound – "It is more blessed to give that to receive." See Jesus is throwing our whole idea of blessing on its head. And He's saying when the blessing flows out through you, you'll be more blessed than when it flows into you. Do you get it? God's way of blessing is the blessing flows down from Him and out through us and in that process, standing in the middle of His great river of blessing, we to are blessed. That's it! The world's dropped this notion into our heads that it's all about us – me, me, me – and we end up twisting and perverting God's plan. We end up thinking God's blessing is about the next "this thing" for me or "that thing" for me. Now He loves to do those things, but principally, God's blessing is the thing that flows out of us to the rest of the world. What if Jesus, the Son of God, had come to earth and said to Himself, "You know something, it's all about me." No, the Son of Man didn't come to be served but to serve. See, in and out. Now, Berni Dymet, the business man: I tried so hard to get everything to flow into me, with a huge house and gold plated taps and a car worth so much, just thinking about it now makes my toes curl. You know, the blessing of 'me' became an art form. That's what my whole life was about and it never, never, never satisfied me. And when God got a hold of me a dozen or so years ago, over several years He changed me to the point where He trusted me to do what I'm doing now. And I walk with Him in the quiet, cool hours of the morning and experience Him and delight in Him and hear Him and spend time in His Word, and then prepare these programmes and sit here and spend time with you and the blessing flows in and out again. Today, I'm one of the most deeply satisfied people you will ever come across, even though the way God has chosen to bless me is different from what I would have planned. I had to re-learn what it meant to be blessed by God. And it's in this serving and using our gifts and skills, abilities and resources as channels of God's blessing, that we discover blessing. A close connection with God – it's a two sided transaction – intimacy with Jesus and then letting Him use us … us whom He's made what we are meant to be, to let Him flow out through us into the parched, dry land around us. You and I are blessed to be a blessing. "It is more of a blessing to give than to receive", is what Jesus said. Now, maybe you're listening to this and you are thinking, "Ok, I get the theory; I believe that; I understand it, but what about the practice? How can I be a blessing?" Well, that's what we are going to look at through the rest of this programme.   What Gifts do I have? It's so easy for us to think, "Well, I don't have anything to bless other people with. How can I be a blessing?" The "how" is so important. It's about making the rubber hit the road and about getting our lives aligned to God's way, so that we are working with Him and not against Him. We talked before about the fact that God's blessing is a two-sided transaction – in and out. You can't do the "out" without the "in". Jesus said in John, chapter 15, verses 4 and 5: Remain in me and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me - I am the vine and you are the branches. If anyone remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing. See, this talks about the "in" and the "out" again. We need to be close to Jesus, we need to be grafted into Him; He is our life blood. And when we set our hearts on Him; when we spend that time with Him, His Spirit flows into our lives and we can't help it, we just end up bearing fruit – He bears fruit. And who's the fruit for? It's not for the vine, no, it's for other people … in and out. Isn't it amazing how this theme recurs over and over again through the Scripture? How easy it is for us, though, to miss it, to pervert it to the "me, me, me" thing. We'll look at that a bit more next week; how we are prone to twist and pervert God's plan for blessing. If we think for one minute that we can peddle and peddle and peddle hard on the outside to make things happen, whilst our relationship with Jesus on the inside is in tatters, we are kidding ourselves. The only way I know of having that relationship with Him is to lay down my life and to spend time with Him. I was speaking a while ago at a Christian leaders conference about our priorities, about God being first and a lot of the people there were very well known leaders of Christian ministries. And one by one they came up to me afterwards and said. "You know, this is an area I struggle in. I'm busy doing ministry and somehow I don't have time to spend with God." So a lot of people struggle with the "in" side of the equation but others struggle with the other end. They have a relationship with Jesus; they have time with Him but they become what I call a Spiritual couch-potato – they don't do anything with that. And the Bible says that faith without works is dead. Now you might say, "Berni, that's unfair; I just can't do any of that 'out' stuff." Have a listen to what Paul wrote. Romans chapter 12: Therefore, I urge you, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, this is you Spiritual act of worship. Don't conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, His good and pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given to me, I say to every one of you, don't think of yourselves more highly that you should. But rather think of yourselves with sober judgement, in accordance with the measure of faith that God's given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members and these members don't all have the same functions, so in Christ, we who are many from one body and each member belongs to all the others – we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy according to your faith; if it's serving then serve; if it's teaching, well, teach; if it's encouraging, encourage people; if it's contributing to the needs of others, give generously to them; if it's leadership, govern diligently and if it's showing mercy, do it with cheerfulness. See, God calls us to be living sacrifices. Last week on the programme we saw how Abraham was blessed to be a blessing and he spent twenty five years on a painful, uncomfortable journey. He was a living sacrifice. If we are going to be blessed to be a blessing, if the blessing of God is going to flow into our lives and out again, there is a cost. It is not always convenient; it's not always fun; it doesn't always look like a blessing. We are called to be living sacrifices. And then we shouldn't let the world squeeze us into its mould. Don't conform any longer to the pattern of this world. See "world" says it's about you and me and Jesus is saying, "No it's not! Die to yourself! Sacrifice your life!" And it turns everything on its head. With sober judgment in accordance with the measure of faith that God has give you, exercise the gift that is given. See we make two equal and opposite mistakes here. Firstly, some people embark on things that they were never cut out for by God. You know, that never, ever works. People operating outside their gifting are really ugly, with a capital 'UG'. Some people have said to me, "Berni, you should be a pastor". UG! You know it's not going to happen – I'm not pastorally gifted. It would be like dragging my wife Jacqui in here, who is pastorally gifted, who in fact, is wonderfully gifted in the area of service. And if you are in Australia and you ring our ministry, chances are, you'll talk to her. And if someone rings and they order a CD or they do this, she wants to get it out today. She's just gifted to do that but if you dragged her here in front of the microphone, all you would get is this … dead silence, because she'd be petrified. Or if you put me into her job, you probably wouldn't get your CD because that's not what I'm motivated to do. Let's start doing what God has made and gifted us to do. We're all different so let's not compare; that's so dumb. There is something that God made in you that is uniquely you, it's special; and when we compare that with others, we're missing the point. The gifts we have are given according to the grace of God. Prophesying, serving, teaching, encouraging, contributing to the needs of others, giving, leadership, mercy – they're motivational gifts. They're things that God has birthed in us and there are all sorts of different manifestations of this. We all have something, we all love doing it, and it's unreal when we're flowing in that; when the blessing of God is manifest through us doing the thing that He made us to do. And it's terrible when people aren't working in that gifting. You see it in business. You get served by a waiter in a restaurant, and they just don't have the gift of service and it's terrible – it doesn't work. "Aw, you don't understand Berni. I'm a mum with a screaming baby, I can't do anything; I'm stuck at home". And there's probably a mother's group somewhere with other mum's in it who are just dying for your gift of encouragement. If only you would see it as an opportunity for God's blessing to flow through you. Blessing and service go hand in hand. You can't separate them. God's blessing comes in and it flows out. The problem is can I tell you this? – the problem is that so many Christians allow themselves to be stuffed into the world's mould and they still think, "It's all about me." "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." God has given you a gift. "Aw, Berni, that is so spiritual. I work sixty hours a week in business and I have a lot of money but it don't have time to do this stuff; this giving," and all along God is giving you a heart of generosity and there's some young evangelist in your church, who if someone funded them for just a day and a half a week, they would be able to touch so many people with the love of Christ. Do you get it? We all have something that God has put in us, through which His blessing will flow to a lost and hurting world.   Putting First Things First I guess this message of being blessed in order to be a blessing is a bit "in your face", but I think God is doing an exciting thing. I think sometimes He wants to challenge us through His Word. I don't know about you but I want to be transformed by the renewing of your mind and I grew up with a very selfish "me, me, me" attitude – straight out of the world's mould. Maybe you are like that too and today is a day where we decide to put first things first. To get our priorities in life straightened out. To stop thinking about God's blessing as material blessing only. He does bless us with material things and people who don't have enough food, have to rely on God for His blessing. But listen to what Jesus said: Therefore I tell you, don't worry about your life; what you'll eat or what you drink or about your body, what you'll wear. Isn't life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air – they don't sow or reap or store things in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you much more valuable than them? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about your clothes – look at the lilies of the field – see how they grow – they don't labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even King Solomon, in all of his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and gone tomorrow in the fire, won't He clothe you much more - you of little faith. So don't worry saying, "What will I eat or what will I drink or what will I wear – the pagans run after all these things and your heavenly Father knows that you need them, but first seek His Kingdom and His righteousness and all of these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, don't worry about tomorrow – tomorrow will worry about itself – each day has trouble enough of its own." See, the context here is a bunch of people who are worrying about their own needs and whether you are poor and you have genuinely a cause to worry about your own needs or whether you're wealthy and you are racing after God's blessings for a bigger car and a bigger house, the same truth applies. Jesus is saying here, "Get your priorities right." Get a deep abiding, enduring, intimate relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Spend time in prayer and in God's Word and then let Him use us as His fountain of blessing, a flood tide of life and all the other things will get added to us. God knows what we need and you know something, God knows the things we want too. God is a wonderful God to come along and bless us with just little things along the way that we didn't even think for; didn't even ask for, but God thought of them. You know, He's worried about the little things in our lives as well. It is so crazy for us to reduce the blessing of God down to just material blessing. "First seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well." Now this is counter-intuitive. It's a deep ask. God is asking us today – you and me – to trust Him and to do it His way. Why does He do it this way? Why does He say, "Look, bow your life down to Me first and then get the blessing?" Why do we have to die before we can live? Why does He ask us to step out and start serving in order to be blessed? Why did Jesus say, "Give and it will be given to you – a good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap, for with the measure you use in your giving, it will be measured to you." Why did He do that? Because that requires faith and God wants us to be a people of faith, completely dependent on Him. And when we do that; when we step out with our gifts – meagre as they might seem in our eyes – when we live the struggle and the rejection and the disappointments for Him, He honours that. We are blessed to be a blessing. You have incredible abilities and gifts and talents and motivations that God has planted in you, worked into your very DNA, that God prepared and nurtured through the experiences of your life, even through the hurts of the past – especially through those. When we put those in His hands; when we let Him use them to be a blessing to others; when we draw so close to Him that no one else could ever understand what's going on in our relationship between us and our Master – then we see what happens. I am never as blessed as I am than when I'm right here with you now, doing what God crafted me to do. That's His plan. And it's a phenomenal plan and He has the same plan for you, with your gifts and your talents and abilities and your motivations. You are blessed to be a blessing. Go on! Let the blessing flow through you to other people, no matter what the cost – let God use who you are for His glory and you will be blessed beyond anything that any words can describe. You and I are blessed to be a blessing.

Germany's longest river is drying up, with water levels reaching as low as 8 inches in some spots—the lowest reading since Germany started keeping records almost 150 years ago. Adam and Cameron discuss the economic impact, including shipping disruptions and supply chain problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 8-19-2026Rebecca Grant, Vice President of the Lexington Institute, discusses technological advancements on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. She details the transition from traditional steam-powered catapults to modern electromagnetic aircraft launch systems (EMALS), which offer superior, adjustable torque to launch both lightweight drones and heavily armed fighter jets. Additionally, Grant highlights the ship's new electromagnetic advanced weapons elevators, which double the capacity of older Nimitz-class systems and move much faster to significantly improve sortie generation rates. However, a White House executive order directing a study to reconsider steam systems threatens to disrupt these advancements. Grant warns that backtracking to older technology on carriers currently in construction, like the CVN-81, could delay delivery by up to seven years, creating dangerous operational gaps as Chinese naval threats rise in the Pacific. (1)Rick Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center analyzes China's advancement in space and its competition with the United States. Fisher discusses China's Gandai constellation, a space debris monitoring satellite system controlled by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which tracked a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster crashing near the moon's Einstein crater from over 380,000 kilometers away. He warns that this constellation can perform dual-use military targeting for space combat and missile defense. Fisher criticizes China's lack of transparency, noting its refusal to give advance notice for earthbound ICBM tests and its intention to let expendable propulsion stages crash into the lunar surface. Finally, he highlights the rapid progress of China's LandSpace with its liquid-fueled, methane-oxygen-powered reusable Zhuque-3 rocket, predicting that ten Chinese companies will offer cheap reusable launch services within five years and directly undercut Western competitors. (2)Greg Scarlatoiu, President and CEO of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, analyzes the multifaceted security threats posed by Pyongyang. Scarlatoiu describes North Korea as a post-communist, dynastic kleptocracy and a crime family masquerading as a nation-state. Under Kim Jong-un, the regime has consolidated its intelligence and police agencies while streamlining its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Scarlatoiu explains that North Korea's war economy exploits its people's human rights and security to fund weapons, which it now exports globally to Russia and Iran. The discussion, co-hosted by Gordon Chang, highlights active military provocations along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), including recent boundary crossings. Finally, Scarlatoiu and Chang evaluate how controversial remarks by the Trump administration praising Kim Jong-un have strained trust in extended deterrence and undermined relationships within the vital US-South Korea alliance. (3)Craig Unger, investigative reporter and author, explores President Donald Trump's unstable foreign policy toward Russia and Ukraine. Unger contends that Trump behaves as a Russian appeaser whose real estate-linked advisers take marching orders from Vladimir Putin. The discussion highlights how Ukrainian-manufactured drones have successfully targeted Russian oil refineries, causing severe fuel shortages and long gas lines across Russia. While these military successes initially impressed Trump, leading him to publicly promise Patriot missiles and production technology to President Zelenskyy, Unger reveals that Trump subsequently withheld this critical support. Unger cautions that as Putin faces an existential crisis and potential military defeat, he may launch a limited incursion into Baltic states like Estonia or Poland. This would trigger NATO's Article 5, which Unger warns Trump would likely refuse to honor, thereby destroying the Western alliance. (4)Caleb Weiss of the Bridgeway Foundation and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies examines the evolution of African jihadist movements. Weiss details the case of Jamal Chima, a Ugandan Guantanamo Bay alumnus who transitioned from Al-Qaeda to recruiting for the Islamic State Central African Province (ISCAP) in Kampala. Weiss explains that East African court systems frequently experience "catch and release" cycles due to strict evidentiary demands for terrorism cases. The segment also addresses the kidnapping of missionary Kevin Rideout by the Islamic State Sahel Province. Weiss describes how these groups raise funds through lucrative ransoms, utilizing regional coordination hubs like the Al-Furqan and Al-Karrar offices to move capital globally to active cells in regions like Afghanistan. Finally, he notes that eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has leveraged anti-jihadist operations to secure Western backing. (5)Michael Bernstam of the Hoover Institution warns of a severe global crisis in refined petroleum products, especially diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. Bernstam explains that the "crack spread"—the cost differential between crude oil and refined diesel—has reached an unprecedented historical peak of over $102 per barrel. This crisis stems from a fifty-year systemic failure, during which no major new refineries were built in the United States or Europe. Compounding this, sophisticated Ukrainian drone strikes have successfully knocked out 40% of Russia's refining capacity, forcing the major oil exporter to ban refined product exports and become an importer. Additionally, China has halted refined exports to meet its domestic demand. Bernstam warns that the resulting global diesel shortage directly threatens agricultural planting, harvesting, and regional food security, particularly for developing nations as winter approaches. (6)Peter Huessy of the Gold Institute for International Strategy critiques the Hollywood film House of Dynamite for its inaccurate depiction of US nuclear command and control. Huessy argues that the movie relies on flawed premises, such as the sudden, unexplained failure of Defense Support Program (DSP) tracking satellites and the total failure of US missile defense interceptors, to fabricate a helpless crisis scenario. He highlights that actual US missile defenses achieve 75% to 85% success in tests and up to 98% in combat scenarios like Israel's missile defense systems. Huessy strongly refutes the film's negative portrayal of military leadership as reckless warmongers and its central message that nuclear deterrence is ineffective. He asserts that the nuclear triad has successfully and perfectly preserved global peace for eighty years, keeping the country safe. (7)Simon Constable, writer for the Wall Street Journal, discusses European climate anomalies and their severe impact on global commodities. Speaking from the south of France, Constable reports temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius, contributing to low water levels in the Danube, Rhine, and Po rivers. These climate constraints, alongside maritime blockades of Ukrainian ports, have driven up prices for energy, wheat, and coffee. Turning to UK politics, Constable criticizes Prime Minister Keir Starmer for failing to spur house-building and notes that regional politicians like Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham lack an international profile. Finally, he reviews a longevity quiz from the Wall Street Journal, which highlights that the wealthiest Americans live fourteen years longer than the poorest. He notes that Japan leads the world in centenarians, emphasizing that geographic location and financial wealth are pivotal factors in determining an individual's healthy lifespan. (8)Andrea Stricker of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies examines Middle Eastern nuclear proliferation and the mystery surrounding legacy materials. Stricker details a positive, US-brokered development in which the post-AssadSyrian government agreed to cooperate and turn over legacy yellowcake uranium stored at a covert facility known as Site 99. This material was intended for a North Korean-built plutonium-producing reactor at Al-Kibar, which was destroyed by Israel in 2007. Despite long-standing Syrian secrecy and the site changing hands among various factions, environmental sampling by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed undeclared, man-made uranium particles at multiple locations. Stricker also raises concerns regarding Turkey's nuclear ambitions, highlighting its civilian programs' potential military purposes and Turkey's recent attempt to secure raw uranium contracts with the military regime in Niger. (9)Joel Kotkin, senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, examines California's economic and demographic challenges. Kotkin notes that California is on the verge of losing its population lead as middle-class families vote with their feet and move to states like Texas. He attributes this out-migration to exorbitant housing costs, a severe shortage of upwardly mobile middle-class jobs, and high electricity prices that hamper manufacturing and modern technology sectors like artificial intelligence. Furthermore, Kotkin highlights systemic social issues, including high teen unemployment, rising store break-ins, and a deteriorating public education system. These factors have depleted the state's middle class, leaving the tax base heavily dependent on a wealthy top one percent who can easily relocate to lower-tax states like Florida. Kotkin warns that this loss of middle-class families threatens California's future tax base and demographic vitality. (10)Corrections applied, several pending your confirmation: Bridgeway Foundation (transcribed as "Ridgeway," segment 5 — Weiss's actual affiliation), Al-Furqan and Al-Karrar offices (transcribed as "Al-Furkan and Al-Karr" — the standard renderings of the ISIS regional offices), LandSpace and Zhuque-3 (transcribed as "Land Space Corporation" and "Juk 3" — the Chinese firm and its rocket), Zelenskyy per house style, and "yellow cake" → yellowcake. One flag: "Gandaiconstellation" (segment 2) — I couldn't verify that name; the audio may be rendering a Chinese program name roughly, worth checking with the transcript or Fisher's notes. In segment 8, note the source describes Keir Starmer as PM and Andy Burnham as Manchester Mayor — this contradicts the recent batches where Burnham is PM. I've left it as the source has it since it's Constable's segment, but flag it if the summary tool garbled the timeline.R

Simon Constable, writer for the Wall Street Journal, discusses European climate anomalies and their severe impact on global commodities. Speaking from the south of France, Constable reports temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius, contributing to low water levels in the Danube, Rhine, and Po rivers. These climate constraints, alongside maritime blockades of Ukrainian ports, have driven up prices for energy, wheat, and coffee. Turning to UK politics, Constable criticizes Prime Minister Keir Starmer for failing to spur house-building and notes that regional politicians like Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham lack an international profile. Finally, he reviews a longevity quiz from the Wall Street Journal, which highlights that the wealthiest Americans live fourteen years longer than the poorest. He notes that Japan leads the world in centenarians, emphasizing that geographic location and financial wealth are pivotal factors in determining an individual's healthy lifespan. (8)

With Europe's record-breaking heat and droughts this summer, water levels in Germany's Rhine river have reached historic lows. Today on the show, Katie Martin talks with FT Frankfurt bureau chief Olaf Storbeck about the long-term effects on the economy and how the country is dealing with the crisis. Save 10% on tickets to the London FT Weekend Festival with the code FTPodcast. Visit ft.com/festival to find out more.For a free 30-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer.You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tại châu Âu, các con sông Loire, Po, Rhine và Danube đều xuống mức thấp kỷ lục trong những tuần gần đây, sau một thời gian dài nắng nóng và khô hạn. Và tình trạng này không chỉ xảy ra ở Bắc bán cầu. Các dòng sông tại Úc cũng đang thu hẹp, với những hậu quả nghiêm trọng theo cảnh báo của giới chuyên gia.

As summer driving reaches its seasonal peak, European gasoline production faces challenging chokepoints amid broader macro trends reshaping supply and demand fundamentals. In this episode, S&P Global Energy's Emma Kettley is joined by Friedrich Gutsche and Rebeka Foley to discuss how restrictive domestic flows have weighed on gasoline blending economics, adding pressure on the regional supply balance, amid historically low Rhine water levels. Tune in to find out how these trends will play out ahead of the market's transition from summer to winter, and uncover how global dynamics are shaping regional consumer demand. 

In Europe, the Loire, Po, Rhine and Danube rivers have all reached record-low levels in recent weeks, after prolonged hot and dry conditions. While the low water levels are prompting fascinating discoveries for historians as previously submerged artifacts are exposed, scientists say the shrinking rivers are a troubling sign of a deepening global water crisis. And it's not just the northern hemisphere that is impacted- Australian rivers are shrinking, too, and experts say there are dire consequences.

Hosts Tom and Nikki discuss plans for a $5 billion data center north of Cincinnati, as well as the massive increase in home sales priced at $1 million or more, a former golf course that will become a mix of homes, apartments and retail space, a $100 million hotel, office and restaurant project planned near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and a new restaurant coming soon to Over-the-Rhine that will serve steak frites exclusively.Interview starts at (17:50). Cincinnati is pretty far away from Hollywood, California. But for years, the Queen City has served as a location for dozens of films and shows. Film Cincinnati President and CEO Kristen Schlotman has been leading the effort to bring Hollywood productions to the region since 2002. With the competition for movies remaining intense, Schlotman discusses the benefits Cincinnati offers, and what those productions bring to the region.

European futures are set to start in the green after snapping a four-week winning streak. Investors are anticipating UK employment and inflation data, flash PMIs and the latest FOMC meeting minutes later this week. The U.S.-Iran MOU expires later today with the impasse forcing President Trump to concede Americans will have to contend with higher fuel prices. Heatwaves cause wildfires in Belgium while the level of the Rhine in Germany falls to a new record low. Berkshire Hathaway increases its stake in Alphabet. The tech giant is now its third-largest holding. Form 13F filings in the U.S. reveal a big tech ‘tug-of-war' among institutional investors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Germany is bracing for a wave of Russian-backed disinformation ahead of critical state and local elections this September; debate about drone safety in Europe; new record-low water levels have been measured on the Rhine.

Alex opens with casual updates on preseason football and pickleball before pivoting to a critique of the Senate's near-unanimous Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, warning that its tariff waiver provisions could hand Trump economic powers the Supreme Court had previously struck down. The episode's main focus shifts to Europe, where Alex explains that record-low water levels on the Rhine and Danube have uncovered a WWII-era motorcycle, mammoth remains, and a sunken fleet of Nazi warships. What starts as a quirky archaeological curiosity turns into a deeper dive into the drought's economic fallout — crippled nuclear cooling systems, factory slowdowns, soaring shipping costs, and centuries-old "hunger stones" resurfacing as ominous historical warnings. Alex closes by tying it back to broader instability, teasing future updates on Venezuela and Cuba.

With Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe trading blows, is the British right tearing itself apart, and will Kemi Badenoch destroy the Conservative Party by chasing Reform and Restore voters rather than the centre ground? With prisons at breaking point and reoffending rates soaring, why aren't governments honest about the real causes of the crisis, or the solutions? As the Rhine falls to record lows and Germany's economy takes the hit, is this the clearest sign yet that the climate crisis is now an economic one? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. __________ Enjoy Rory and Alastair's interview with Johnny Mercer by searching ‘Leading' on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube. Go deeper into the world of The Rest Is Politics by signing up for our free newsletter HERE, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and weekend reads from Alastair and Rory. Summer sale is HERE: get an annual membership for an extra 20% off with code SUMMER26. That's ad-free listening, every bonus episode, and full access to our exclusive members' series. Sale ends August 31st, so grab it before summer's over. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Stop overpaying for energy. Switch at fuseenergy.com/politics and get a free TRIP+ subscription. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/restispolitics It's risk-free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee ✅ __________ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor:  Lorcan Moullier, Bruno Di Castri Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green Exec Producer: Bella Soames Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We look at low water levels on the Rhine, South Korea’s Arctic ambitions and what these shifts mean for global trade on the Strait of Hormuz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "Ice Silk Road" will run along the north Russian coast on its journey between Ningbo on China's east coast and Felixstowe in the UK. Sea Legend, the Chinese container shipping company behind it, say the region is emerging as a viable alternative to the world's traditional shipping routes.Also, officials in Germany say falling water levels on the river Rhine could mean that it split into two separate sections for cargo boats. The river is forecast to drop below ten centimetres this week making part of it too low for commercial shipping and cruises.

NYFI held flat for a fourth straight week, and the June CTS data explains why the Transpacific demand story isn't what the headlines suggest.In this episode, Lars Jensen and Caroline Weaver cover:Why NYFI and SCFI track different things by design (SCFI is a forward-looking quote, NYFI reflects cargo already loaded), and how to spot a phantom GRI before you pay for oneJune CTS data showing Transpacific demand and capacity both flat year over year, while Asia-Europe, Asia-South America, and Asia-Africa post double-digit growthRed Sea normalization signals: OOCL's new Bab el-Mandeb service and Maersk/Hapag-Lloyd shifting the AE15 and AE19 Gemini services back to SuezPanama Canal draft cuts ahead of El Niño, plus low water on the Rhine and Amazon squeezing inland movesSign up for weekly podcast highlights

There is no relief in sight for firefighters in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley. A volatile, fast growing wildfire has devastated the community of Summerland, B.C. and the surrounding area. Fires have forced more than 20-thousand people across British Columbia to evacuate - prompting a province-wide state of emergency.Also: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will not pull out of Gaza until Hamas lays down its weapons - everything from heavy weaponry to small arms. His words are a rejection of a U.S. backed 15 point plan aimed at securing a lasting peace in the Palestinian territory.And: Electric vehicle sales have been rising sharply in Canada. Data from Statistics Canada says more than 18,000 zero emission vehicles were sold in May -- a nearly 20 per cent increase from the year before. But all those vehicles require maintenance, and the demand for EVs is outpacing the training needed to repair them.Plus: Pierre Poilievre criticizes U.S.-Canada trade negotiations, Germany's Rhine river drying up, cheap corn in Quebec, and more.

The Rhine River is one of Europe's most important trade arteries, carrying diesel, gasoil, and other refined products from the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp hub to consumers across Germany, Switzerland, and beyond. As water levels fall toward historic lows, barges are carrying reduced loads, freight costs are surging, and supply chains are coming under increasing pressure. With Rhine water levels approaching record lows, Europe's energy industry faces mounting logistical challenges that threaten to disrupt the inland movement of fuel. In this episode, Emma Kettley, price reporting associate director, EMEA crude and fuel oil, joins Middle Distillate Price Reporters David Neef and Sophia Aung to explore how declining water levels are driving up freight costs, tightening supply chains, and adding fresh pressure to an already constrained diesel market.

Navigable water depth at the Kaub chokepoint dipped to 23 centimeters. Shallow water during the current heatwave means freight vessels are often sailing 20 percent loaded. ‌

In a rapidly shifting global energy landscape, the stakes have never been higher. From Texas governors taking unprecedented action on data centers to Houthi attacks disrupting critical shipping lanes, from Europe's plummeting LNG reserves to the fundamental clash between net zero policies and energy reality, this episode of the Energy News Beat cuts through the noise to deliver eight critical stories that will reshape how you think about energy security, grid stability, and economic resilience. Whether you're an industry professional, policymaker, or simply someone concerned about the reliability of the power grid and the affordability of energy, this conversation exposes the hard truths behind the headlines—including why demand destruction is coming, why coal consumption is hitting record highs despite net zero mandates, and why 2027 could be a pivotal year for American energy independence. Buckle up: this is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand where energy markets are headed and what it means for your wallet and your future.1. Data Center Regulation & Energy ImpactTexas Governor Abbott has halted new data center connections to the ERCOT grid pending a comprehensive audit. This follows New York's similar moratorium. The host emphasizes concerns about data centers' massive water consumption and energy demands, noting ERCOT has over 1,800 projects (474 gigawatts) in its interconnection queue.2. Global Energy Market VolatilityThe podcast covers extreme volatility in global energy markets driven by geopolitical tensions, security concerns, and climate-related disruptions. Oil prices fluctuate between $75-$114 per barrel, with significant disparities between paper and physical delivery prices.3. Red Sea & Houthi AttacksOngoing attacks by Houthis on shipping in the Red Sea and Bab-El-Mendeb Strait are disrupting oil and LNG supply chains. Recent cargo ship sinkings and attacks on Aramco facilities are constraining global energy supplies.4. European Energy CrisisEurope faces severe drought conditions affecting the Rhine and Danube rivers, preventing barge transport of fuel. LNG inventories have dropped dramatically (from 85.2% to 57.1% in one year), creating critical supply shortages.5. Refinery Capacity & Demand DestructionGlobal refineries are running at full capacity as buffers dwindle. The host predicts demand destruction will eventually reduce fuel prices, but warns of short-term price increases and supply constraints.6. Net Zero Policy CritiqueThe host argues that net zero policies lead to de-industrialization and fiscal collapse. He contends that increased wind and solar investment paradoxically increases fossil fuel consumption due to manufacturing and grid support needs.7. Coal Demand & Bank of England PolicyDespite the Bank of England cutting support for thermal coal, global coal consumption is at record highs and projected to continue rising through 2027, contradicting net zero objectives.8. U.S. Power Grid VulnerabilitiesNew York City's aging power barges pose blackout risks. The host criticizes energy policy decisions, including reliance on Canadian hydroelectric imports, and warns of grid instability due to renewable energy integration challenges.9. Williams Companies AcquisitionWilliams Companies announced a $5.5 billion deal to acquire Momentum Midstream, demonstrating continued investment in midstream infrastructure.10. Preparedness & Backup Power SolutionsThe host emphasizes the need for personal preparedness with backup power solutions like solar panels and battery storage units, predicting increased grid instability in 2027.A shout-out to Steve Reese and the Reese Energy Consulting group for sponsoring the Podcast https://reeseenergyconsulting.com/.Data2 if you have any business systems, can you trust A? Well, they have the patent on validation. . https://data2.zoholandingpage.com/energyAnd we have WellDatabase rolling in as a new sponsor. https://welldatabase.com/

Empezamos con un refrán de pueblo —el cántaro vacío es el que más ruido hace— para recordar que los idiotas gritan mucho pero nunca fueron mayoría, y de ahí saltamos al cielo de Irán: un piloto de F-15 derribado (por segunda vez en semanas, ojo, la primera por fuego amigo) que asegura haber visto una "medusa" de drones interconectados flotando sobre él, un relato tan raro que ha abierto un debate sin cerrar dentro de la inteligencia estadounidense. Después, una Iotopía dedicada a tres nombres imprescindibles de lo insólito: Charles Fort, el hombre que fichó 25.000 hechos malditos; Charles Richet, premio Nobel entregado a la metapsíquica; y J. B. Rhine, el padre estadístico de la parapsicología. Viajamos también al año 365 para contar cómo el jefe de la oficina de secretos del Imperio Romano, Procopio, estuvo a punto de quedarse con media Roma con una túnica prestada y un trapito púrpura en la mano. Y dos casos ovni de primera división: Falcon Lake, el expediente canadiense de 1967 en el que Stefan Michalak acabó con el pecho quemado en cuadrícula y una investigación oficial incapaz de refutar su historia; y la carta privada de Barbara Graves, escrita en 1953 desde Durban y aparecida hace nada en una caja de un mercadillo inglés, que casualmente coincide en día y ciudad con el avistamiento de dos oficiales de la Fuerza Aérea sudafricana. Cerramos, como manda la casa, con música inclasificable: La Romántica Banda Local. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

We sit down with filmmakers Jocelyn Bakacs and Lewis Rhine at Halloweenapalooza 2025 to talk about finding music for a project, why horror is a good genre to start in, and the importance of knowing every role behind the scenes of an indie film set

This August, I'm teaching a four-week course for the Rhine Education Center on Psi and Christianity. We'll look at telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, mind over matter, and the survival of the soul after death. For 2,000 years, Christians have been wrestling with the very phenomena that parapsychologists study today. Audit it or take it for a grade. Tuition $119 ($109 for Rhine members). Visit RhineEdu.org to register.

This week Beau continues his series looking at the life and times of Constantine The Great, beginning with the back-story of the reign of the Emperor Diocletian, his wars on the Danube, the Rhine, in north Africa, and most importantly in the east against the Persians.

688. Joining us today are Johnette Downing and Scott Billington. Combining Johnette's celebrated career as a children's author and musician with Scott's background producing over 100 roots, blues, and Louisiana heritage albums, this powerhouse couple celebrates regional music through their children's duo program, Swamp Romp, and their broader archival and biographical projects. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 222 years. Order your copy today! This week in the Louisiana Anthology. "Life on the Mississippi." Mark Twain. The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable. Considering the Missouri its main branch, it is the longest river in the world—four thousand three hundred miles. It seems safe to say that it is also the crookedest river in the world, since in one part of its journey it uses up one thousand three hundred miles to cover the same ground that the crow would fly over in six hundred and seventy-five. It discharges three times as much water as the St. Lawrence, twenty-five times as much as the Rhine, and three hundred and thirty-eight times as much as the Thames. No other river has so vast a drainage-basin: it draws its water supply from twenty-eight States and Territories; from Delaware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and from all the country between that and Idaho on the Pacific slope—a spread of forty-five degrees of longitude. The Mississippi receives and carries to the Gulf water from fifty-four subordinate rivers that are navigable by steamboats, and from some hundreds that are navigable by flats and keels. The area of its drainage-basin is as great as the combined areas of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Turkey; and almost all this wide region is fertile; the Mississippi valley, proper, is exceptionally so. This week in Louisiana history. July 24, 1769. Alejandro "Bloody" O'Reilly reclaimed New Orleans for Spain. This week in New Orleans history. July 24, 1947: The first streetcar on the St. Charles line was fitted with air conditioning, a welcome relief during the peak of the New Orleans summer. This week in Louisiana. COOLinary New Orleans ' Month‑Long Restaurant Specials August 1'31 Citywide New Orleans, LA Website: neworleans.com/coolinary New Orleans restaurants launch their annual COOLinary promotion on August 1, offering a full month of discounted prix‑fixe menus designed to bring locals out during the summer slowdown. More than a hundred restaurants across the city participate, from fine‑dining institutions to neighborhood favorites: Two‑course lunches: $28 or less. Three‑course dinners and brunches: $58 or less. Citywide participation: Restaurants in the French Quarter, Uptown, Mid‑City, the Marigny, and beyond. COOLinary has become one of New Orleans' most beloved summer traditions, giving locals a chance to try new spots ' or revisit classics ' at special seasonal prices. Postcards from Louisiana. Molly Ringwalds play at the Italian Heritage Festival. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on audible. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. Listen on iHeartRadio. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

Hosts Andy and Tom talk about plans for 3CDC to buy the historic St. Francis Seraph church in Over-the-Rhine, as well as the closure of legendary chef Jean-Robert de Cavel's last restaurant, Kroger axing plans to open more Harris Teeter stores and a Krazy new retailer. Interview starts at (18:42). Bourbon is a tricky business. It has to age for several years – New Riff's minimum is four – before it can be bottled and sold, so distilleries have to be very good at forecasting demand well in advance. With so many producers investing billions in ramping up production in recent years, that's led to a glut of product. New Riff CEO Hannah Lowen talks about how her distillery has navigated that, and what's new at the region's largest bourbon producer.

Ocean freight this week is a study in divergence: Pacific rates are splitting by coast, Asia-Europe spreads are widening, and a new blockade declaration just widened the Middle East risk map. Even Lars's connection from France needed a reroute this week: his audio came through rough enough that part of the episode runs on AI voiceover instead. Turns out signal disruption isn't just a shipping lane problem.In this episode, Lars Jensen and Caroline Weaver cover:Why Northeast Asia is pushing USWC rates up 14.6% while pulling USEC rates down 1.6%, in the same weekThe Houthis' newly declared blockade on Saudi Arabia, and why it threatens the last working bypass route around the Strait of HormuzRising bunker costs, a new 25% Section 301 tariff on Brazil, and a US inventory picture that Lars calls "walking on a knife edge"Low water surcharges now hitting the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Rhine, and the Amazon, all at onceSubscribe to weekly highlights

Podcasting in Time is brought to you by the Afterheads and Producers on Patreon in collaboration with my unemployment. If you enjoy it, SUBSCRIBE to get episodes early and enable me to do more things like this. You'll also get all the other bonus episodes of TIYA After Dark:https://www.patreon.com/thisisyourafterlifeWelcome back to Podcasting in Time, a This Is Your Afterlife bonus miniseries exploring the filmography of Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky. This is it, y'all: the Andrei Rublev episode. I write this blurb from a future where I've now seen 5 of the 7 Tarkovsky features, and currently, Andrei Rublev is my favorite. In the Mark Le Fanu book I reference throughout this series, he says this movie "represents filmmaking about as physically ambitious as it is possible to contemplate." And here, I'm contemplating it with Pod Casty for Me's Ian Rhine. Ian is a sensitive, funny, and intelligent conversation partner, and this episode was truly a joy to make. At one point during recording, I remember sitting back and just appreciating how nice it was to be having such a great talk about such an incredible movie. This episode is longer than the final cut of the film but not as long as the original cut, The Passion According to Andrei. As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts.Incredibly Incomplete List of Works ReferencedPaulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy_of_the_OppressedMark Le Fanu: The Cinema of Andrei TarkovskyFollow Pod Casty for Me:https://www.podcastyforme.com/https://www.patreon.com/c/PodCastyForMe/https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/https://twitter.com/podcastyformeFollow TIYA, share your thoughts:https://thisisyourafterlife.com/https://www.instagram.com/thisisyourafterlife/thisisdavemaher@gmail.comMusic by TIYA house band Lake Mary:https://lakemary.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/chaz.prymek/

As many will already know, it was the youngest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine who would become a prominent figure in the lives of the modern world of the Windsors. Young Louis Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten, was known as Dickie to his confidants, and was stung early when his father, First Sea Lord of the British Navy, was removed from his post at the outbreak of WWI because of his German origins. The episode would motivate his son to excel in a Naval career to reclaim the title, and the then-Mountbattens' familial closeness with the House of Windsor would give him an avenue to real political power and influence. Edwina Ashley, future wife of Louis Mountbatten, was born into a family of means, but not of emotional connection. While her grandfather, Sir Ernest Cassel, was kind and involved, her parents left her sister and Edwina to mostly be raised by governesses. After her mother's death, Edwina's father married for a second time to a woman Louis would later describe as "a wicked woman." Edwina was ultimately able to find refuge in her grandfather's home, where as a teenager she became a sophisticated society hostess and a friend to many in the monied elite. Sir Ernest Cassel's death, when Edwina was about 20, made her one of the richest women in England. Upon her engagement to the much-less-rich Louis Mountbatten, Sir Anthony Eden noted in his diary, "Edwina Ashley is engaged to Lord Louis Mountbatten. What a waste." Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at⁠ patreon.com/trashydivorces⁠! Want a personalized message for someone in your life?⁠ Check us out on Cameo⁠! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ⁠info@amplitudemediapartners.com⁠. Sources ⁠The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves⁠, by Andrew Lownie (Amazon.com) ⁠Edwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own⁠, by Janet Morgan (Amazon.com) ⁠Lord and Lady Mountbatten Wedding⁠ (townandcountrymag.com) ⁠THE LIFE AND LOVES OF LADY EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN - The Washington Post⁠ ⁠The Countess Who Counted - The Washington Post⁠ ⁠Inside the scandalous 'bed-hopping' marriage of Louis and Edwina Mounbatten | The Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince George of Battenberg, later the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, was the third child of Louis Battenber and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and was by all accounts a pretty good dude. Like his father, he set his sights on a naval career, and excelled at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, entering the Royal Navy in time to participate in World War I. His 1916 marriage to Countess Nadajda de Torby, called Nada by her friends, would become a source of significant scandal in 1934, when a former maid became a key witness in the high profile custody battle over young heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. The mail alleged on the stand that Nada and the girl's mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, were lovers, and the story was so salacious for its time that the judge cleared the courtroom entirely. After the family dropped "Battenberg" in favor of "Mountbatten" in 1917, at the height of anti-German sentiment in England, George Mountbatten would continue being one of the few stable presences in the life of Prince Philip, and Queen Elizabeth II, his eventual niece-in-law, was extremely fond of George. His death at the young age of 45, from bone marrow cancer, was yet another tragedy in young Philip's life, while Nada would remain close friends with Edwina Mountbatten, her sister-in-law, and the wife of Philip's next mentor, Louis Mountbatten. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at⁠ patreon.com/trashydivorces⁠! Want a personalized message for someone in your life?⁠ Check us out on Cameo⁠! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ⁠info@amplitudemediapartners.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second child of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later, Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine was Princess Louise, born July 14, 1889. While most royal were promptly shuttled into marriage, Louise was an independent, progressive young woman whose heart was set on marrying for love. There were suitors, to be sure, but Louise was insistent that she would never marry a king or a widower, and of course, that the union be based on love. This led her down some blind alleys, most notably with a Scottish portrait and landscape artist living in Paris, whom she met when they worked together at a military hospital during the First World War. Alexander Stuart-Hill was charming but eccentric, and was decidedly not rich. Fearing her family's reaction, Louise kept the pair's engagement secret for two years; by the time she revealed her secret, her parents asked that she delay marriage until the war had ended. After Alexander visited the Mountbattens a few times, earning the nickname 'Shakespeare' from his would-be in-laws, Louis Mountbatten had to sit his poor daughter down and explain to her that there were people called homosexuals, and he believed her fiance was one. It's unclear precisely how this resolved between Louise and Alexander, beyond the fact that the engagement ended in 1918. Princess Louise would find love at last, however, and in a most unexpected place. Sweden's Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, recent widower of Louise's mother's cousin, visited London in 1923 and took a real shine to Louise, then into her 30s. Sure, he was a widower, and sure, he was destined to be King of Sweden, but at long last, Louise had fallen in love with someone who loved her back. Her new in-laws loved her, and she became the devoted step-mother of Gustav's children. As Princess and then Queen Consort, she was beloved by the people of Sweden for her rejection of royal airs, belief in gender equality and civil rights, humanitarian work during World War II, and democratic reforms to the monarchy. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at⁠ patreon.com/trashydivorces⁠! Want a personalized message for someone in your life?⁠ Check us out on Cameo⁠! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ⁠info@amplitudemediapartners.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Louis Battenberg's (later Louis Mountbatten) successful campaign to marry Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, the couple set about having babies. The first of these, Princess Alice, was born in 1885, and came into the world congenitally deaf. Given the era, no particular accommodations were made for her, and while her condition caused many to underestimate her, she compensated by learning to lip-read (in several languages) and spoke English, German, French, and, later, Greek. Her marriage to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was happy only for a while, but the pair had five children. Alice occupied herself with charity work, and when hostilities broke out between Greece and Turkey, she served as a nurse at the front line, earning the deep affection of the Greek people. During the First World War, Greece exiled the royal family, and setting up in Paris, Alice and Andrew became estranged. He would ride out the rest of his life in the south of France with his mistress, while Alice's life became strange and complicated. She fell in unrequited love, though history has not retained the identity of her affection, and developed a religious fervor. She was hospitalized in sanitariums and treated with cutting edge techniques for schizophrenia, like hitting her abdomen with X-rays to destroy her ovaries. During her convalescence, which she wanted out of, her daughters married without her knowing and her youngest son, Prince Philip, gradually grew from a child to a man, with no real connection to his mother or father. Alice spent World War II in Athens, caring for the poor and hungry, and sheltering a Jewish family. When the Nazi occupiers came to search her home, she leaned into her deafness, pretending not to understand what they wanted until they were so bamboozled they left empty handed. She founded a religious order, but when Greece again abolished the monarchy, her son Philip, now married to Queen Elizabeth II, ensured her safe passage to Great Britain, where she lived out her days simply and humbly, as a quiet resident of Buckingham Palace. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at⁠ patreon.com/trashydivorces⁠! Want a personalized message for someone in your life?⁠ Check us out on Cameo⁠! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ⁠info@amplitudemediapartners.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While royal houses are often insular and even incestuous (at least at the cousin-marrying level), new blood does manage to enter those gene pools from time to time. Meet the Mountbattens! The family's story begins in Russia, circa 1850, where the orphaned daughter of a Polish general named Julia von Hauke was serving in the household of Maria Alexandrovna, future wife of future Tsar Alexander II. Maria's brother, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, fell hard for the common-born Julia, a romance that was seemingly halted by Emperor Nicholas I, who wanted Prince Alexander to marry his niece. Unable to shake off their love, the two eloped, which left Alexander persona non grata in the Russian court. Returning to his native Hesse, Prince Alexander's brother, Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse-Darmstadt, granted Julia the title of Countess of Battenberg, named for a town in the north of the duchy, and later, Princess of Battenberg. But Europe's royal houses have both a long memory and an enormous snobbery, meaning that when Alexander and Julia's sons, The Battenberg Boys, began pursuing the granddaughters of England's Queen Victoria for marriage a generation later, the courtships - successful and unsuccessful - were rife with intrigue and scandal. But it was the marriage of Louis Battenberg to Queen Vic's granddaughter Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine that would eventually transform the family from a tainted, common-born Battenberg lineage to the British Mountbattens, the house of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. But that's a story for next week. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at⁠ patreon.com/trashydivorces⁠! Want a personalized message for someone in your life?⁠ Check us out on Cameo⁠! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ⁠info@amplitudemediapartners.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices