Podcasts about Rood

Ahead of her new book What's So Great About the Great Books? coming out in April, Naomi Kanakia and I talked about literature from Herodotus to Tony Tulathimutte. We touched on Chaucer, Anglo-Saxon poetry, Scott Alexander, Shakespeare, William James, Helen deWitt, Marx and Engels, Walter Scott, Les Miserables, Jhootha Sach, the Mahabharata, and more. Naomi also talked about some of her working habits and the history and future of the Great Books movement. Naomi, of course, writes Woman of Letters here on Substack.TranscriptHenry Oliver: Today, I am talking with Naomi Kanakia. Naomi is a novelist, a literary critic, and most importantly she writes a Substack called Woman of Letters, and she has a new book coming out, What's So Great About the Great Books? Naomi, welcome.Naomi Kanakia: Thanks for having me on.Oliver: How is the internet changing the way that literature gets discussed and criticized, and what is that going to mean for the future of the Great Books?Kanakia: How is the internet changing it? I can really speak to only how it has changed it for me. I started off as a writer of young adult novels and science fiction, and there's these very active online fan cultures for those two things.I was reading the Great Books all through that time. I started in 2010 through today. In the 2010s, it really felt like there was not a lot of online discussion of classic literature. Maybe that was just me and I wasn't finding it, but it didn't necessarily feel like there was that community.I think because there are so many strong, public-facing institutions that discuss classic literature, like the NYRB, London Review of Books, a lot of journals, and universities, too. But now on Substack, there are a number of blogs—yours, mine, a number of other ones—that are devoted to classic literature. All of those have these commenters, a community of commenters. I also follow bloggers who have relatively small followings who are reading Tolstoy, reading Middlemarch, reading even much more esoteric things.I know that for me, becoming involved in this online culture has given me much more of an awareness that there are many people who are reading the classics on their own. I think that was always true, but now it does feel like it's more of a community.Oliver: We are recording this the day after the Washington Post book section has been removed. You don't see some sort of relationship between the way these literary institutions are changing online and the way the Great Books are going to be conceived of in the future? Because the Great Books came out of a an old-fashioned, saving-the-institutions kind of radical approach to university education. We're now moving into a world where all those old things seem to be going.Kanakia: Yes. I agree. The Great Books began in the University of Chicago and Columbia University. If you look into the history of the movement, it really was about university education and the idea that you would have a common core and all undergraduates would read these books. The idea that the Great Books were for the ordinary person was really an afterthought, at least for Mortimer Adler and those original Great Books guys. Now, the Great Books in the university have had a resurgence that we can discuss, but I do think there's a lot more life and vitality in the kind of public-facing humanities than there has been.I talked to Irina Dumitrescu, who writes for TLS (The Times Literary Supplement), LRB (The London Review of Books), a lot of these places, and she also said the same thing—that a lot of these journals are going into podcasts, and they're noticing a huge interest in the humanities and in the classics even at the same time as big institutions are really scaling back on those things. Humanities majors are dropping, classics majors are getting cut, book coverage at major periodicals is going down. It does seem like there are signals that are conflicting. I don't really know totally what to make of it. I do think there is some relation between those two things.Ted Gioia on Substack is always talking about how culture is stagnant, basically, and one of the symptoms of that is that “back list” really outsells “front list” for books. Even in 2010, 50 percent of the books that were sold were front-list titles, books that had been released in the last 18 months. Now it's something like only 35 percent of books or something like that are front-list titles. These could be completely wrong, but there's been a trend.I think the decrease in interest in front-list books is really what drives the loss of these book-review pages because they mostly review front-list books. So, I think that does imply that there's a lot of interest in old books. That's what our stagnant culture means.Oliver: Why do you think your own blog is popular with the rationalists?Kanakia: I don't know for certain. There was a story I wrote that was a joke. There are all these pop nonfiction books that aim to prove something that seems counterintuitive, so I wrote a parody of one of those where I aim to prove that reading is bad for you. This book has many scientific studies that show the more you read, the worse it is because it makes you very rigid.Scott Alexander, who is the archrationalist, really liked that, and he added me to his blog roll. Because of that, I got a thousand rationalist subscribers. I have found that rationalists at least somewhat interested in the classics. I think they are definitely interested in enduring sources of value. I've observed a fair amount of interest.Oliver: How much of a lay reader are you really? Because you read scholarship and critics and you can just quote John Gilroy in the middle of a piece or something.Kanakia: Yeah. That is a good question. I have definitely gotten more interested in secondary literature. In my book, I really talk about being a lay reader and personally having a nonacademic approach to literature. I do think that, over 15 years of being a lay reader, I have developed a lot of knowledge.I've also learned the kind of secondary literature that is really important. I think having historical context adds a lot and is invaluable. Right now I'm rereading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. When I first read it in 2010, I hardly knew anything about French history. I was even talking online with someone about how most people who read Les Miserables think it's set in the French Revolution. That's basically because Americans don't really know anything about French history.Everything makes just a lot more sense the more you know about the time because it was written for people in it. For people in 1860s France, who knew everything about their own recent history, that really adds a lot to it. I still don't tend to go that much into interpretive literature, literature that tries to do readings of the stories or tell me the meaning of the stories. I feel like I haven't really gotten that much out of that.Oliver: How long have you been learning Anglo-Saxon?Kanakia: I went through a big Anglo-Saxon phase. That was in 2010. It started because I started reading The Canterbury Tales in Middle English. There is a great app online called General Prologue created by one of your countrymen, Terry Richardson [NB it is Terry Jones], who loved Middle English. In this app, he recites the Middle English of the General Prologue. I started listening to this app, and I thought, I just really love the rhythms and the sounds of Middle English. And it's quite easy to learn. So then, I got really into that.And then I thought, but what about Anglo-Saxon? I'm very bad at languages. I studied Latin for seven years in middle school and high school. I never really got very far, but I thought, Anglo-Saxon has to be the easiest foreign language you can learn, right? So, I got into it.I cannot sight read Anglo-Saxon, but I really got into Anglo-Saxon poetry. I really liked the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Most people probably would not like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle because it's very repetitive, but that makes it great if you're a language learner because every entry is in this very repetitive structure. I just felt such a connection. I get in trouble when I say this kind of stuff, because I'm never quiet sure if it's 100 percent true. But it's certainly one of the oldest vernacular literatures in Europe. It's just so much older than most of the other medieval literature I've read. And it just was such a window into a different part of history I never knew about.Oliver: And you particularly like “The Dream of the Rood”?Kanakia: Yeah, “The Dream of the Rood” is my favorite Anglo-Saxon poem. “The Dream of the Rood” is a poem that is told from the point of view of Christ's cross. A man is having a dream. In this dream he encounters Christ's cross, and Christ's cross starts reciting to him basically the story of the crucifixion. At the end, the cross is buried. I don't know, it was just so haunting and powerful. Yeah, it was one of my favorites.Oliver: Why do you think Byron is a better poet than Alexander Pope?Kanakia: This is an argument I cannot get into. I think this is coming up because T. S. Eliot felt that Alexander Pope was a great poet because he really exemplified the spirit of the age. I don't know. I've tried to read Pope. It just doesn't do it for me. Whereas with Byron, I read Don Juan and found it entertaining. I enjoyed it. Then, his lyric poetry is just more entertaining to read. With Alexander Pope, I'm learning a lot about what kind of poetry people wrote in the 18th century, but the joy is not there.Oliver: Okay. Can we do a quick fire round where I say the name of a book and you just say what you think of it, whatever you think of it?Kanakia: Sure.Oliver: Okay. The Odyssey.Kanakia: The Odyssey. Oh, I love The Odyssey. It has a very strange structure, where it starts with Telemachus and then there's this flashback in the middle of it. It is much more readable than The Iliad; I'll say that.Oliver: Herodotus.Kanakia: Herodotus is wild. Going into Herodotus, I really thought it was about the Persian war, which it is, but it's mostly a general overview of everything that Herodotus knew, about anything. It's been a long time since I read it. I really appreciate the voice of Herodotus, how human it is, and the accumulation of facts. It was great.Oliver: I love the first half actually. The bit about the Persian war I'm less interested in, but the first half I think is fantastic. I particularly love the Egypt book.Kanakia: Oh yeah, the Egypt book is really good.Oliver: All those like giant beetles that are made of fire or whatever; I can't remember the details, but it's completely…Kanakia: The Greeks are also so fascinated by Egypt. They go down there like what is going on out there? Then, most of what we know about Egypt comes from this Hellenistic period, when the Greeks went to Egypt. Our Egyptian kings list comes from the Hellenistic period where some scholar decided to sort out what everybody was up to and put it all into order. That's why we have such an orderly story about Egypt. That's the story that the Greeks tried to tell themselves.Oliver: Marcus Aurelius.Kanakia: Marcus Aurelius. When I first read The Meditations, which I loved, obviously, I thought, “being the Roman emperor cannot be this hard.” It really was a black pill moment because I thought, “if the emperor of Rome is so unhappy, maybe human power really doesn't do it.”Knowing more about Marcus Aurelius, he did have quite a difficult life. He was at war for most of his—just stuck in the region in Germany for ages. He had various troubles, but yeah, it really was very stoic. It was, oh, I just have to do my duty. Very “heavy is the head that wears the crown” kind of stuff. I thought, “okay, I guess being Roman emperor is not so great.”Oliver: Omar Khayyam.Kanakia: Omar Khayyam. Okay, I've only read The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald, which I loved, but I cannot formulate a strong opinion right now.Oliver: As You Like It.Kanakia: No opinions.Oliver: Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.Kanakia: Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. I do have an opinion about this, which is that they should make a redacted version of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. I normally am not a big believer in abridgements because I feel like whatever is there is there. But, Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, first of all, has a long portion before Boswell even meets Johnson. That portion drags; it's not that great. Then it has all these like letters that Johnson wrote, which also are not that great. What's really good is when Boswell just reports everything Johnson ever said, which is about half the book. You get a sense of Johnson's conversation and his personality, and that is very gripping. I've definitely thought that with a different presentation, this could still be popular. People would still read this.Oliver: The Communist Manifesto.Kanakia: The Communist Manifesto. It's very stirring. I love The Communist Manifesto. It has very haunting, powerful lines. I won't try to quote from it because I'll misquote them.Oliver: But it is remarkably well written.Kanakia: Oh yeah, it is a great work of literature.Oliver: Yeah.Kanakia: I read Capital [Das Kapital], which is not a great work of literature, and I would venture to say that it is not necessarily worth reading. It really feels like Marx's reputation is built on other political writings like The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and works like that, which really seem to have a lot more meat on the bone than Capital.Oliver: Pragmatism by William James.Kanakia: Pragmatism. I mean, I've mentioned that in my book. I love William James in general. I think William James was writing in this 19th-century environment where it seemed like some form of skepticism was the only rational solution. You couldn't have any source of value, and he really tried to cut through that with Pragmatism and was like, let's just believe the things that are good to believe. It is definitely at least useful to think, although someone else can always argue with you about what is useful to believe. But, as a personal guide for belief, I think it is still useful.Oliver: Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw.Kanakia: No strong opinions. It was a long time ago that I read Major Barbara.Oliver: Tell me what you like about James Fenimore Cooper.Kanakia: James Fenimore Cooper. Oh, this is great. I have basically a list of Great Books that I want to read, but four or five years ago, I thought, “what's in all the other books that I know the names of but that are not reputed, are not the kind of books you still read?”That was when I read Walter Scott, who I really love. And I just started reading all kinds of books that were kind of well known but have kind of fallen into literary disfavor. In almost every case, I felt like I got a lot out of these books. So, nowadays when I approach any realm of literature, I always look for those books.In 19th-century American literature, the biggest no-longer-read book is The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, which was America's first bestseller. He was the first American novelist that had a high reputation in Europe. The Last of the Mohicans is kind of a historical romance, à la Walter Scott, but much more tightly written and much more tightly plotted.Cooper has written five novels, the Leatherstocking Tales, that are all centered around this very virtuous, rough-hewn frontiersman, Natty Bumppo. He has his best friend, Chingachgook, who is the last of the Mohicans. He's the last of his tribe. And the two of these guys are basically very sad and stoic. Chingachgook is distanced from his tribe. Chingachgook has a tribe of Native Americans that he hates—I want to say it's the Huron. He's always like, “they're the bad ones,” and he's always fighting them. Then, Natty Bumppo doesn't really love settled civilization. He's not precisely at war with it, but he does not like the settlers. They're kind of stuck in the middle. They have various adventures, and I just thought it was so haunting and powerful.I've been reading a lot of other 19th-century American literature, and virtually none of it treats Native Americans with this kind of respect. There's a lot of diversity in the Native American characters; there's really an attempt to show how their society works and the various ways that leadership and chiefship works among them. There's this very haunting moment in The Last of the Mohicans, where this aged chief, Tamenund, comes out and starts speaking. This is a chief who, in American mythology, was famous for being a friend to the white people. But, James Fenimore Cooper writing in the 1820s has Tamenund come out at 80 years old and say, “we have to fight; we have to fight the white people. That's our only option.” It was just such a powerful moment and such a powerful book.I was really, really enthused. I read all of these Leatherstocking Tales. It was also a very strange experience to read these books that are generally supposed to be very turgid and boring, and then I read them and was like, “I understand. I'm so transported.” I understand exactly why readers in the 1820s loved this.Oliver: Which Walter Scott books do you like?Kanakia: I love all the Walter Scott books I've read, but the one I liked best was Kenilworth. Have you ever read Kenilworth?Oliver: I don't know that one.Kanakia: Yeah, it's about Elizabeth I, who had a romantic relationship with one of her courtiers.Oliver: The Earl of Essex?Kanakia: Yeah. She really thought they were going to get married, but then it turned out he was secretly married. Basically, I guess the implication is that he killed his wife in order to marry Queen Elizabeth I. It's a novel all about him and that situation, and it just felt very tightly plotted. I really enjoyed it.Oliver: What did you think of Rejection?Kanakia: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte? Initially when I read this book, I enjoyed it, but I was like, “life cannot possibly be this sad.” It's five or six stories about these people who just have nothing going on. Their lives are so miserable, they can't find anyone to sleep with, and they're just doomed to be alone forever. I was like, “life can't be this bad.” But now thinking back over it, it is one of the most memorable books I've read in the last year. It really sticks with you. I feel like my opinion of this book has gone up a lot in retrospect.Oliver: How antisemitic is the House of Mirth?Kanakia: That is a hotly debated question, which I mentioned in my book. I think there has been a good case made that Edith Wharton, the author of House of Mirth, who was from an old New York family, was herself fairly antisemitic and did not personally like Jewish people. What she portrays in this book is that this old New York society also was highly suspicious of Jewish people and was organized to keep Jewish people out.In this book there is a rich Jewish man, Simon Rosedale, and there's a poor woman, Lily Bart. Lily Bart's main thing is whether she's going to marry the poor guy, Lawrence Selden, or the rich guy, Percy Gryce. She can't choose. She doesn't want to be poor, but she also is always bored by the rich guys. Meanwhile, through the whole book, there's Simon Rosedale, who's always like, “you should marry me.” He's the rich Jewish guy. He's like, “you should marry me. I will give you lots of money. You can do whatever you want.”Everybody else kind of just sees her as a woman and as a wife; he really sees her as an ally in his social climbing. That's his main motivation. The book is relatively clear that he has a kind of respect for her that nobody else does. Then, over the course of the book, she also gains a lot more respect for him. Basically, late in the book, she decides to marry him, but she has fallen a lot in the world. He's like, “that particular deal is not available anymore,” but he does offer her another deal that—although she finds it not to her taste—is still pretty good.He basically is like, “I'll give you some money, you'll figure out how to rehabilitate your reputation, and later down the line, we can figure something out.” So, I think with a great author like Edith Wharton, there's power in these portrayals. I felt it hard to come away from it feeling like the book is like a really antisemitic book.Oliver: Now, you note that the Great Books movement started out as something quite socially aspirational. Do you think it's still like that?Kanakia: I do think so. Yeah. For me, that's 100 percent what it was because I majored in econ. I always felt kind of inadequate as a writer against people who had majored in English. Then I started off as a science fiction writer, young adult writer, and I was like, “I'm going to read all these Great Books and then I'll have read the books that everybody else has read.” In my mind, that's also what it was—that there was some upper crust or literary society that was reading all these Great Books.That's really what did it. I do think there's still an element of aspiration to it because it's a club that you can join, that anyone can join. It's very straightforward to be a Great Books reader, and so I think there's still something there. I think because the Great Books movement has such a democratic quality to it, it actually doesn't get you to the top socially, which has always been the true, always been the case. But, that's okay. As long as you end up higher than where you started, that's fine.Oliver: What makes a book great?Kanakia: I talk about it this in the book, and I go through many different authors' conceptions of what makes a book great or what constitutes a classic. I don't know that anyone has come up with a really satisfying answer. The Horatian formulation from Horace—that a book is great or an author is great if it has lasted for a hundred years—is the one that seems to be the most accurate. Like, any book that's still being read a hundred years after it was written has a greatness.I do think that T. S. Eliott's formulation—that a civilization at its height produces certain literature and that literature partakes of the greatness of the civilization and summarizes the greatness of the civilization—does seem to have some kind of truth to it.But it's hard, right? Because the greatest French novel is In Search of Lost Time, but I don't know that anyone would say that the France in the 1920s was at its height. It's not a prescriptive thing, but it does seem like the way we read many of these Great Books, like Moby Dick, it feels like you're like communing with the entire society that produced it. So, maybe there's something there.Oliver: Now, you've used a list from Clifton Fadiman.Kanakia: Yes.Oliver: Rather than from Mortimer Adler or Harold Bloom or several others. Why this list?Kanakia: Well, the best reason is that it's actually the list I've just been using for the last 15 years. I went to a science fiction convention in 2009, Readercon, and at this science fiction convention was Michael Dirda, who was a Washington Post book critic. He had recently come out with his book, Classics for Pleasure, which I also bought and liked. But he said that the list he had always used was this Clifton Fadiman book. And so when I decided to start reading the Great Books, I went and got that book. I have perused many other lists over time, but that was always the list that seemed best to me.It seemed to have like the best mix. There's considerable variation amongst these lists, but there's also a lot of overlap. So any of these lists is going to have Dickens on it, and Tolstoy, and stuff like that. So really, you're just thinking about, “aside from Dickens and Tolstoy and George Eliot and Walt Whitman and all these people, who are the other 50 authors that you're going be reading?”The Mortimer Adler list is very heavy on philosophy. It has Plotinus on it. It has all these scientific works. I don't know, it didn't speak to me as much. Whereas, this Clifton Fadiman and John Major list has all these Eastern works on it. It has The Tale of Genji, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Story of the Stone, and that just spoke to me a little bit more.Oliver: What modern books will be on a future Great Books list, whether it's from someone alive or someone since the war.Kanakia: Have you ever heard of Robert Caro?Oliver: Sure.Kanakia: Yeah. I think his Lyndon Johnson books are great books. They have changed the field of biography. They're so complete, they seem to summarize an entire era, epoch. They're highly rated, but I feel like they're underrated as literature.What else? I was actually a little bit surprised in this Clifton Fadiman-John Major book, which came out in 1999, that there are not more African Americans in their list. Like, Invisible Man definitely seemed like a huge missed work. You know, it's hard. You would definitely want a book that has undergone enough critical evaluation that people are pretty certain that it is great. A lot of things that are more recent have not undergone that evaluation yet, but Invisible Man has, as have some works by Martin Luther King.Oliver: What about The Autobiography of Malcolm X?Kanakia: I would have to reread. I feel like it hasn't been evaluated much as a literary document.Oliver: Helen DeWitt?Kanakia: It's hard to say. It's so idiosyncratic, The Last Samurai, but it is certainly one of the best novels of the last 25 years.Oliver: Yeah.Kanakia: It is hard to say, because there's nothing else quite like it. But I would love if The Last Samurai was on a list like this; that would be amazing.Oliver: If someone wants to try the Great Books, but they think that those sort of classic 19th-century novels are too difficult—because they're long and the sentences are weird or whatever—what else should they do? Where else should they start?Kanakia: Well, it depends on what they're into, or it depends on their personality type. I think like there are people who like very, very difficult literature. There are people who are very into James Joyce and Proust. I think for some people the cost-benefit is better. If they're going to be pouring over some book for a long time, they would prefer if it was overtly difficult.If they're not like that, then I would say, there are many Great Books that are more accessible. Hemingway is a good one and Grapes of Wrath is wonderful. The 19th-century American books tend to be written in a very different register than the English books. If you read Moby Dick, it feels like it's written in a completely different language than Charles Dickens, even though they're writing essentially at the same time.Oliver: Is there too much Freud on the list that you've used?Kanakia: Maybe. I know that Interpretation of Dreams is on that list, which I've tried to read and have decided life is too short. I didn't really buy it, but I have read a fair amount of Freud. My impression of Freud was always that I would read Freud and somehow it would just seem completely fanciful or far out, like wouldn't ring true. But then when I started reading Freud, it was more the opposite. I was like, oh yeah, this seems very, very true.Like this battle between like the id and the ego and the super ego, and this feeling that like the psyche is at war with itself. Human beings really desire to be singular and exceptional, but then you're constantly under assault by the reality principle, which is that you're insignificant. That all seemed completely true. But then he tries to cure this somehow, which does not seem a curable problem. And he also situates the problem in some early sexual development, which also did not necessarily ring true. But no, I wouldn't say there's too much. Freud is a lot of fun. People should read Freud.Oliver: Which of the Great Books have you really not liked?Kanakia: I do get asked this quite a bit. I would say the Great Book that I really felt like—at least in translation—was not that rewarding in an unabridged version was Don Quixote. Because at least half the length of Don Quixote is these like interpolated novellas that are really long and tedious. I felt Don Quixote was a big slog. But maybe someday I'll go back and reread it and love it. Who knows?Oliver: Now you wrote that the question of biography is totally divorced from the question of what art is and how it operates. What do you think of George Orwell's supposition that if Shakespeare came back tomorrow, and we found out he used to rape children that we should—we would not say, you know, it's fine to carry on to doing that because he might write another King Lear.Kanakia: Well, if we discovered that Shakespeare was raping children, he should go to prison for that. No. It's totally divorced in both senses. You don't get any credit in the court of law because you are the writer of King Lear. If I murdered someone and then I was hauled in front of a judge and they were like, oh, Naomi's a genius, I wouldn't get off for murder. Nor should I get off for murder.So in terms of like whether we would punish Shakespeare for his crime of raping children, I don't think King Lear should count at all, but it's never used that way. It's never should someone go to prison or not for their crimes, because they're a genius. It's always used the other way, which is should we read King Lear knowing that the author raped children, but I also feel like that is immaterial. If you read King Lear, you're not enabling someone to rape children.Oliver: There's an almost endless amount of discussion these days about the Great Books and education and the value of the humanities, and what's the future of it all. What is your short opinion on that?Kanakia: My short opinion is that the Great Books at least are going to be fine. The Great Books will continue to be read, and they would even survive the university. All these books predate the university and they will survive the university. I feel like the university has stewarded literature in its own way for a while now and has made certain choices in that stewardship. I think if that stewardship was given up to more voluntary associations that had less financial support, then I think the choices would probably be very different. But I still think the greatest works would survive.Oliver: Now this is a quote from the book: “I am glad that reactionaries love the Great Books. They've invited a Trojan horse into their own camp.” Tell us what you mean by that.Kanakia: Let's say you believed in Christian theocracy, that you thought America should be organized on explicitly Christian principles. And because you believe in Christian theocracy, you organize a school that teaches the Great Books. Many of these schools that are Christian schools that have Great Books programs will also teach Nietzsche. They definitely put some kind of spin on Nietzsche. But they will teach anti-Christ, and that is a counterpoint to Christian morality and Christian theology. There are many things that you'll read in the Great Books that are corrosive to various kinds of certainties.If someone who I think is bad starts educating themselves in the Great Books, I don't think that the Great Books are going to make them worse from my perspective. So it's good.Oliver: How did reading the Mahabharata change you?Kanakia: Oh yeah, so the Mahabharata is a Hindu epic from, let's say, the first century AD. I'm Indian and most Indians are familiar with the basic outline of the Mahabharata story because it's told in various retellings, and there's a TV serial that my parents would rent from the Indian store growing up and we would watch it tape by tape. So I'm very familiar with it. Like there's never been a time I have not known this story.But I was also familiar with the idea that there is a written version in Sanskrit that's extremely long. It is 10 times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. This Mahabharata story is not that long. I've read a version of it that's about 800 pages long. So how could something that's 10 times this long be the same? A new unabridged translation came out 10 years ago. So I started reading it, and it basically contains the entire Sanskrit Vedic worldview in it.I had never been exposed to this very coherently laid-out version of what I would call Hindu cosmology and ethics. Hindus don't really get taught those things in a very organized way. The book is basically about dharma, the principle of rightness and how this principle of rightness orders the universe and how it basically results in everybody getting their just deserts in various ways. As I was reading the book, I was like, this seems very true that there is some cosmic rebalancing here, and that everything does turn out more or less the way it should, which is not something that I can defend on a rational level.But just reading the book, it just made me feel like, yes, that is true. There is justice, the universe is organized by justice. It took me about a year to read the whole thing. I started waking up at 5:00 a.m. and reading for an hour each morning, and it just was a really magical, profound experience that brought me a lot closer to my grandmother's religious beliefs.Oliver: Is it ever possible to persuade someone with arguments that they should read literature, or is it just something that they have to have an inclination toward and then follow someone's example? Because I feel like we have so many columns and op-eds and “books are good because of X reason, and it's very important because of Y reason.” And like, who cares? No one cares. If you are persuaded, you take all that very seriously and you argue about what exactly are the precise reasons we should say. And if you're not persuaded, you don't even know this is happening.And what really persuades you is like, oh, Naomi sounds pretty compelling about the Mahabharata. That sounds cool. I'll try that. It's much more of a temperamental, feelingsy kind of thing. Is it possible to argue people into thinking about this differently? Or should we just be doing what we do and setting an example and hoping that people will follow.Kanakia: As to whether it's possible or not, I do not know. But I do think these columns are too ambitious. A thousand-word column and the imagined audience for this column is somebody who doesn't read books at all, who doesn't care about literature at all. And then in a thousand-word column, you're going to persuade them to care about literature. This is no good. It's so unnecessary.Whereas there's a much broader range of people who love to read books, but have never picked up Moby Dick or have never picked up Middlemarch, or who like maybe loved Middlemarch, but never thought maybe I should then go on and read Jane Austen and George Eliot.I think trying to shift people from “I don't read books at all; reading books is not something I do,” to being a Great Books card-carrying lover of literature is a lot. I really aim for a much lower result than that, which is to whatever extent people are interested in literature, they should pursue that interest. And as the rationalists would say, there's a lot of alpha in that; there's a lot to be gained from converting people who are somewhat interested into people who are very interested.Oliver: If there was a more widespread practice of humanism in education and the general culture, would that make America into a more liberal country in any way?Kanakia: What do you mean by humanism?Oliver: You know, the old-fashioned liberal arts approach, the revival of the literary journal culture, the sort of depolitical approach to literature, the way things used to be, as it were.Kanakia: It couldn't hurt. It couldn't hurt is my answer to that question.Oliver: Okay.Kanakia: What you're describing is basically the way I was educated. I went to Catholic school in DC at St. Anselm's Abbey School, in Northeast, DC, grade school. Highly recommend sending your little boys there. No complaints about the school. They talked about humanism all the time and all these civic virtues. I thought it was great. I don't know what people in other schools learn, but I really feel like it was a superior way of teaching.Now, you know, it was Catholic school, so a lot of people who graduated from my school are conservatives and don't really have the beliefs that I have, but that's okay.Oliver: Tell us about your reading habits.Kanakia: I read mostly ebooks. I really love ebooks because you can make the type bigger. I just read all the time. They vary. I don't wake up at 5:00 a.m. to read anymore. Sometimes if I feel like I'm not reading enough—because I write this blog, and the blog doesn't get written unless I'm reading. That's the engine, and so sometimes I set aside a day each week to read. But generally, the reading mostly takes care of itself.What I tend to get is very into a particular thing, and then I'll start reading more and more in that area. Recently, I was reading a lot of New Yorker stories. So I started reading more and more of these storywriters that have been published in the New Yorker and old anthologies of New Yorker stories. And then eventually I am done. I'm tired. It's time to move on.Oliver: But do you read several books at once? Do you make notes? Do you abandon books? How many hours a day do you read?Kanakia: Hours a day: Because my e-reader keeps these stats, I'd say 15 or 20 hours a week of reading. Nowadays because I write for the blog, I often think as I'm reading how I would frame a post about this. So I look for quotes, like what quote I would look at. I take different kinds of notes. I'll make more notes if I'm more confused by what is going on. Especially with nonfiction books, I'll try sometimes to make notes just to iron out what exactly I think is happening or what I think the argument is. But no, not much of a note taker.Oliver: What will you read next?Kanakia: What will I read next? Well, I've been thinking about getting back into Indian literature. Right now I'm reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. But there's an Indian novel called Jhootha Sach, which is a partition novel that is originally in Hindi. And it's also a thousand pages long, and is frequently compared to Les Miserables and War and Peace. So I'm thinking about tackling that finally.Oliver: Naomi Kanakia, thank you very much.Kanakia: Thanks for having me. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.commonreader.co.uk

Code Rood Geel met Sander van der Kous vak 21 en Column Robert Heukels

Visitors to the Rood Center on Friday afternoon were met at the entrance by Ferrera and Rocher, two puppies available for adoption at Sammie's Friends Animal Shelter.SYRCL Scientists continue to monitor the turbidity of the Yuba River near the New Colgate Powerhouse.  Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lynn Skrukrud spoke with KVMR's Kelley Rees to share how her organization shapes policy and what event's they're gearing up for,

In de week dat AZ de Nederlandse eer hoog hield in Europa, gonsde het bij de traditionele top-drie van het transfernieuws. De campagne om Dick Schreuder naar Ajax te brengen is van start gegaan, al stribbelt NEC tegen. Op de achtergrond werkt Jordi Cruijff ook aan de komst van een nieuwe eerste doelman. PSV-directeur Earnest Stewart reisde af naar België voor een potentiële Sergiño Dest-opvolger en Feyenoord verrast met de keuze voor Kees van Wonderen als (onervaren) technisch directeur. Dat, en veel meer, in de nieuwe #DoneDeal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Code Rood Geel met Koen Swarts en Koen van Zuuk vak 8

In de FC Afkicken Daily van dinsdag 17 februari bespreken Lars van Velsum, Jean-Paul Rison en Wessel Kroon het laatste voetbalnieuws! Met vandaag onder meer het nieuws van gistermiddag dat Oleksandr Zinchenko niet meer in actie komt voor Ajax dit seizoen, Heitinga die na 32 dagen weer vertrekt bij Spurs, het afgelopen FA Cup-weekend, de Derby d'Italia, Barcelona dat verliest en de Champions League wedstrijden van vanavond! (0:00) Intro(1:04) Zinchenko dit seizoen niet meer in actie(7:25) Oscar Garcia betaald zich nog niet uit bij Jong Ajax(08:46) Heitinga gaat niet door bij Spurs(10:38) Nederlanders in de fout bij Aston Villa(17:36) Chaos in de Derby d'Italia(23:33) Barcelona door Girona naar plek 2!(26:26) De tussenronde in de Champions League!(28:23) De inhaalwedstrijd Sparta – NEC(32:18) Rood voor klappen naar de scheids in Spanje RØDEBen je zelf op zoek naar de beste podcast apparatuur voor in de studio of onderweg? Check: https://rode.com/en-nlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Code Rood Geel met Zemir Mujic en Mustafa Kaan

In deze aflevering is Caroline Koetsenruijter te gast. Ze is agressie- en conflictexpert en auteur van Het agressieparadijs en Jij moet je bek houden! Orly Polak en Joriene Beks gaan met haar in gesprek over het groeiende probleem van agressie en geweld tegen professionals in publieke beroepen. Caroline deelt confronterende cijfers: jaarlijks vinden in Nederland ongeveer drie miljoen incidenten plaats, waarbij vooral verbaal en psychisch geweld veel voorkomt. In deze podcast verkennen we de belangrijkste oorzaken, waaronder individualisering, informalisering, intensivering van werk, informatisering en internationalisering. Ook staan we stil bij de invloed van polarisatie en gelegenheid op het ontstaan van geweldsincidenten. Tot slot deelt Caroline praktische handvatten voor professionals en organisaties: maak geweld bespreekbaar, stel grenzen (ook als dat lastig is), zoek steun bij collega's en leidinggevenden en zorg dat organisaties corrigerend optreden. Veel luisterplezier!

Code Rood Geel met Zemir Mujic

De inflatie is in januari gedaald naar 2,4 procent, blijkt uit de eerste raming van het CBS. Dat is welkom, zegt macro-econoom Edin Mujagić, maar volgens hem is het gevaar nog niet geweken: ‘Ons land bevindt zich nog steeds in code rood wat betreft inflatie.’ Je legt een link tussen de inflatie en de ijzel van vandaag? Vanmorgen hoorde ik een medewerker van Rijkswaterstaat zeggen dat sneeuw voorspelbaar is, maar ijzel niet. Je kunt kilometerslang rijden zonder problemen en ineens is het glad. Met inflatie is dat eigenlijk net zo. Je kunt vaak het gevoel hebben dat er niets aan de hand is, bijvoorbeeld na zo’n inflatiecijfer, maar voordat je het weet sta je weer op glad ijs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noordelijke provincies zijn vanochtend vrijwel tot stilstand gekomen door ijzel en code rood, meldt het KNMI. Wegen zijn onbegaanbaar, scholen blijven gesloten en trein- en busverkeer ligt plat. ‘Het advies is duidelijk: ga niet de weg op,' zegt Miranda Mulder van Rijkswaterstaat. Pas na 11 uur wordt enige verbetering verwacht.In Den Haag is Rob Jetten officieel benoemd tot formateur van het nieuwe kabinet. De benoeming van de minister van Financiën is door VVD-leider Dilan Yesilgöz bevestigd, terwijl het Kamerdebat over de AOW-leeftijd en zorgbezuinigingen tot scherpe discussies leidde. Oppositiepartijen trekken duidelijke grenzen, maar het echte onderhandelen volgt pas na de bordesfoto: ‘Dit was vooral het aftasten van elkaars grenzen', aldus politiek verslaggever Floor Doppen.Op internationaal vlak hebben Amerikanen een Iraanse drone neergeschoten in de buurt van het vliegdekschip USS Abraham Lincoln. Volgens Midden-Oostencorrespondent Tara Kenkhuis lijkt het incident vooral bedoeld als signaal, terwijl diplomatieke gesprekken tussen Iran en de VS over de-escalatie deze week doorgaan. De spanningen blijven echter hoog en de marges klein.Deze omschrijving is met AI gemaakt en gecontroleerd door een BNR-redacteur.Over deze podcastBNR Nieuws Vandaag is de podcast met daarin BNR Ochtendnieuws en BNR Avondnieuws. Je krijgt 's ochtends vroeg en aan het einde van de werkdag in 20 minuten het belangrijkste nieuws van de dag. Abonneer je via bnr.nl/podcast/bnrnieuwsvandaag, de BNR-app, Spotify en Apple Podcasts. Of luister elke dag live via bnr.nl/live.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noordelijke provincies zijn vanochtend vrijwel tot stilstand gekomen door ijzel en code rood, meldt het KNMI. Wegen zijn onbegaanbaar, scholen blijven gesloten en trein- en busverkeer ligt plat. ‘Het advies is duidelijk: ga niet de weg op,' zegt Miranda Mulder van Rijkswaterstaat. Pas na 11 uur wordt enige verbetering verwacht.In Den Haag is Rob Jetten officieel benoemd tot formateur van het nieuwe kabinet. De benoeming van de minister van Financiën is door VVD-leider Dilan Yesilgöz bevestigd, terwijl het Kamerdebat over de AOW-leeftijd en zorgbezuinigingen tot scherpe discussies leidde. Oppositiepartijen trekken duidelijke grenzen, maar het echte onderhandelen volgt pas na de bordesfoto: ‘Dit was vooral het aftasten van elkaars grenzen', aldus politiek verslaggever Floor Doppen.Op internationaal vlak hebben Amerikanen een Iraanse drone neergeschoten in de buurt van het vliegdekschip USS Abraham Lincoln. Volgens Midden-Oostencorrespondent Tara Kenkhuis lijkt het incident vooral bedoeld als signaal, terwijl diplomatieke gesprekken tussen Iran en de VS over de-escalatie deze week doorgaan. De spanningen blijven echter hoog en de marges klein.Deze omschrijving is met AI gemaakt en gecontroleerd door een BNR-redacteur.Over deze podcastBNR Nieuws Vandaag is de podcast met daarin BNR Ochtendnieuws en BNR Avondnieuws. Je krijgt 's ochtends vroeg en aan het einde van de werkdag in 20 minuten het belangrijkste nieuws van de dag. Abonneer je via bnr.nl/podcast/bnrnieuwsvandaag, de BNR-app, Spotify en Apple Podcasts. Of luister elke dag live via bnr.nl/live.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Code Rood Geel met Jan Willem van Dop, Peter Grubben en Henry Kobussen

Code Rood Geel met veel supporters over Nice, Robert heukels en Milan Smit

Meer omzet, meer winst en heel veel nieuwe abonnees. En de winstmarge stijgt dit jaar, ondanks veel hogere kosten. Klinkt goed toch? Nou, niet voor de aandeelhouders van Netflix. Ze kunnen zich niet vinden in de praatjes van de directie.Zijn beleggers te verwend geworden of hebben ze een terecht punt? Is de directie van Netflix niet ambitieus genoeg? Je hoort het deze aflevering. Kijken we ook voor je of die overname van Warner Bros. (op basis van de financiële cijfers) wel een slim idee is. Of het slim is, dat is de vraag. Maar de EU bijt van zich af. Het ziet voorlopig af van een handelsdeal met de VS, allemaal vanwege Groenland. Ook is een meerderheid van het Europees parlement voor het activeren van het antidwanginstrument tegen de VS, de zogeheten handelsbazooka. Zorgen dus voor de Amerikanen. Al zien ze zelf geen vuiltje aan de lucht. Sterker nog: handelsminister Howard Lutnick zegt dat de Amerikaanse economie met maar liefst 5 (!) procent gaat groeien in het eerste kwartaal.Hebben we het trouwens ook over banken. Het heeft 18 jaar geduurd, maar de Europese banken zijn hersteld. Voor het eerst sinds de financiële crisis liggen de beurswaardes weer boven de boekwaardes van de banken. Deze aflevering kijken we of je nu in bankaandelen moet. Te gast: Han Dieperink, CIO bij Auréus Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. Van Musk tot Microsoft en van Ahold tot ASML. Wij vertellen je wat beleggers bezig houdt, wie de markten in beweging zet en wat dat betekent voor jouw beleggingsportefeuille. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meer omzet, meer winst en heel veel nieuwe abonnees. En de winstmarge stijgt dit jaar, ondanks veel hogere kosten. Klinkt goed toch? Nou, niet voor de aandeelhouders van Netflix. Ze kunnen zich niet vinden in de praatjes van de directie.Zijn beleggers te verwend geworden of hebben ze een terecht punt? Is de directie van Netflix niet ambitieus genoeg? Je hoort het deze aflevering. Kijken we ook voor je of die overname van Warner Bros. (op basis van de financiële cijfers) wel een slim idee is. Of het slim is, dat is de vraag. Maar de EU bijt van zich af. Het ziet voorlopig af van een handelsdeal met de VS, allemaal vanwege Groenland. Ook is een meerderheid van het Europees parlement voor het activeren van het antidwanginstrument tegen de VS, de zogeheten handelsbazooka. Zorgen dus voor de Amerikanen. Al zien ze zelf geen vuiltje aan de lucht. Sterker nog: handelsminister Howard Lutnick zegt dat de Amerikaanse economie met maar liefst 5 (!) procent gaat groeien in het eerste kwartaal.Hebben we het trouwens ook over banken. Het heeft 18 jaar geduurd, maar de Europese banken zijn hersteld. Voor het eerst sinds de financiële crisis liggen de beurswaardes weer boven de boekwaardes van de banken. Deze aflevering kijken we of je nu in bankaandelen moet. Te gast: Han Dieperink, CIO bij Auréus Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. Van Musk tot Microsoft en van Ahold tot ASML. Wij vertellen je wat beleggers bezig houdt, wie de markten in beweging zet en wat dat betekent voor jouw beleggingsportefeuille. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Code Rood Geel met supporters Gert Hendriksen en Rene Scholten

Today we'll talk with producers of architecture and design documentaries featured in Kyle Bergman's Architecture and Design Film Festival which opened last fall and continues around the world.  Filmmaker Allie Rood's Prickly Mountain captures Vermont's countercultural design/build movement. Beck Carpenter's Space Architect tells the story of NASA architect Constance Adams, whose pioneering designs for off planet habitats inspire solutions for our own climate challenges. Danny Berish and Ryan Mah's Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines traces the life and work of one of Canada's most celebrated architects, and wrapping up, JUNO award-winning musician Brandi Disterheft. 

Ministers van de VS, Denemarken en Groenland spreken elkaar morgen over de crisis rond Groenland. De Amerikanen willen het land kopen óf veroveren maar Denemarken en Groenland willen daar niks van weten. Wat nemen de Denen mee in hun koffer om Trump te stoppen? We blikken vooruit met Bart Groothuis, lid van het Europees Parlement voor de VVD, en professor Internationale Politiek aan de Universiteit Antwerpen, David Criekemans. Presentatie: Laila Frank

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Send us a textAfter a long hiatus, the Nordic Sound returns with Jósúa Hróðgeir Rood to talk about Nexion's latest album "Sundrung". Not only is Josh a rising vocal star in the extreme metal scene, but as a scholar he is currently writing my PHD dissertation on Ásatrú as a reinvention of Old Norse Heathenism for the Social and Human Sciences department at University of Iceland. Putting two PhD students in related fields together in a zoom room is typically a recipe for disaster, but I think we managed alright ;) Thanks for the good hang, Josh!Support the showThe Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Patreon.com/nordicsound BarMonicaEmberGeorgeBetsCarrieGenLeighMikeCindyClaytonDrakeEricJamieJuliaMaryMichaelMichaelSeanSimonTonyYou too can support the project at patreon.com/nordicsound

Het is Tesla toch wéér gelukt. Het bedrijf stunt op de beurs. Misschien wel de comeback van het jaar. In het eerste kwartaal ging er nog 36 procent van de beurswaarde af, nu tikt het bedrijf van Elon Musk een all-time-high aan.Deze aflevering kijken we of dat logisch is. Er zijn nog steeds de nodige beren op de weg, maar toch lijken beleggers die niet te zien. Sterker nog: ze denken dat Tesla helemaal binnen gaat lopen met robotaxi's. Collega Noud Broekhof (Nationale Autoshow) legt uit waarom dat nergens op slaat.Verder hebben we het over dé overnamesoap van 2025. Die van Warner Bros. Netflix lijkt dan toch aan het langste eind te trekken, want Paramount moet twee klappen verwerken. De eerste is Jared Kusner, schoonzoon van Trump. Die loopt als financieerder weg van de deal. Tweede klap is de directie van Warner Bros zelf.Ook bespreken we Chinese zorgen voor ASML. Nee, geen exportrestrictie van de Amerikanen. De Chinezen zijn dit keer zelf het probleem. Volgens persbureau Reuters hebben ze zelf een EUV-machine in elkaar geknutseld... Justin Blekemolen van onlinebroker Lynx is te gast. Met hem hebben we het ook over de waarschuwing van De Nederlandsche Bank. Dat zich nu ook zorgen maakt over een AI-bubbel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning. This year, for the first time, I've bought a real, 6-foot Christmas tree - and I hit the shops in search of baubles and tinsel.The only problem? Fashions have changed. I want the kind of tree I remember from the 80s: a multicoloured glitter bomb that looks like a dozen boxes of quality street.Alas, things have gone posh. It's all pink and white now, or cold blue; coordinated and minimalist. As if decorating a hotel foyer. I stared for days at my naked tree, preferring that to the retail option, and wondering why I was so bothered.Well, trees clearly do still matter because people are furious that a public tree was cut down at Shotton Colliery in County Durham, a green spruce the village planted over a decade ago in remembrance of the dead from two world wars. . It reminded me of the grief that was felt when the Sycamore Gap tree was butchered in 2023.Christmas trees are far more than decoration. One legend has it, that they were introduced by Martin Luther, when he was out walking one winter night and saw the stars twinkling around the top of a fir. He put a tree hung with candles in his home, to remind onlookers that Jesus came from Heaven. This German tradition was imported to Britain by Queen Charlotte, who, in 1800, decorated the first known royal tree at Windsor - with fruits, toys, raisins and candles.It was already custom here to hang greenery indoors, probably to cheer us up while, in a colder age, the view outside the window was barren and white. To this pagan-ish spirit was added a Christian spin, the sparkling Christmas tree, like Christ, suggests light in the darkness and the promise of new life. For nature this comes with spring. For human beings, with resurrection.Faith, far from being at odds with the tangible world of nature, sacramentalises it. In psalm 96, "the trees of the forest" are ordered to "sing for joy" in praise of God. The author of the Old English poem The Dream of the Rood encounters a talking tree that provided the wood for Christ's cross, bedecked with gold and gems. This fits with my instinct that Christmas trees should be sparkly and bright, so bright that when the lights are switched on they're visible from space.A wise friend pointed out that most Christmas decorations are not bought in one go, but accumulated over a lifetime. When they're taken out of the attic and hung from the tree, the odds and ends are a trip down memory lane. Christmas trees invite wonder. Adults, I suspect, think of childhoods past. The tree connects us to mysteries of time and nature and promise.

Wie lobby't, die krijgt wat. Zeker autofabrikanten in Europa. Het werd al gelekt, maar nu is het officieel: de verbrandingsmotor hoeft toch niet in de ban in 2035. Verder worden uitstootreducties voor 2030 en 2035 verzwakt. En misschien is dit nog maar het begin van groene ambities die omlaag worden geschroefd. Maar waar ze bij Stellantis staan te juichen, schreeuwt de elektrische autofabrikant moord en brand. We bespreken wie er profiteert en wie niet. Verder is het tijd om extra koffie in te slaan. Wie graag handelt in Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Tesla en de rest van de Amerikaanse techreuzen, mag binnenkort 23 uur per dag doorrazen op de Nasdaq. Eén uurtje pauze, voor wat onderhoud en verwerking van handel. En weer door, door, door, want dat willen buitenlandse handelaren én Amerikaanse gokkers die gewend zijn geraakt aan Robinhood. De aanvraag ligt al bij de beurswaakhond SEC. Verder bespreken we de eerste Vegascasino's binnen de 'five burroughs' van de stad New York en hebben we niet minder dan twee smakelijke boardroombattles voor je in de aanbieding: Shell en Magnum. Smullen. Te gast is Jean-Paul van Oudheusden van eToro en Markets Are Everywhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Philips durfde ruim twee jaar geen overnames te doen. Alle tijd en geld ging op aan de slaapapneu-affaire. Maar die tijd is voorbij: het bedrijf lijft de Amerikaanse start-up Spectrawave in. Geen gigantisch bedrijf, met zo'n 70 medewerkers, maar toch: gaat Philips nog meer op overnamejacht? Dat bespreken we deze aflevering. Daarin vertellen we je ook over Nvdia. Sinds de chipmaker groen licht heeft van de VS om de op-een-na-beste AI-chips aan China te leveren, stromen de bestellingen binnen. Klein detail: China wil die chips helemaal niet hebben. Duiken we ook nog op het SpaceX van Elon Musk. Vorige week lekte al uit dat er een beursgang aankomt en vandaag lijkt dat weer een stapje zekerder. En je hoort over het bedrijf achter de robotstofzuiger Roomba: dat is ter ziele gegaan. Te gast is Nico Inberg van De Aandeelhouder, die het hele verhaal rond OCI en Orascom alvast aanwijst als 'scam van het jaar'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, join us as we revisit our episode on Roofing Cases as a refresher! Original Air Date: August 20, 2021. Most of us are lucky enough to live and work with a roof over our head. But who's to blame when that roof is damaged or defective? Is it the installer's responsibility? Or does the accountability come straight from the source at the manufacturer?  Is there someone else to consider?  It may be all three. From improper installation to storm damage and even intentional acts, roof damage and the resulting liability is complex. On this week's installment, Rebecca and Steve peel back the layers of roofing claims and navigate who is responsible when a roof is defective or contributes to property damage or physical harm. 

Lindsey Rood-Clifford is the powerhouse President and CEO of Starlight Theater who is ushering in its boldest act yet. As the first woman to helm this iconic venue in its storied 75-year history, she's reshaping a cultural institution with creativity, courage and an unmatched commitment to the community. The arts are more than entertainment, they're essential to turning passion and purpose into a standing ovation, no matter what city you live.Website: https://www.kcstarlight.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lindz626Check out the conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UWkfiEpRiwI

Wordt 2026 een goed jaar voor aandelen? En waar zouden we de winnaars van komend jaar kunnen vinden?In de IEX Beleggerspodcast heeft Pieter Kort twee gasten aan tafel om een antwoord op die vragen te vinden: Jacob Vijverberg, hoofd Asset Allocatie bij Aegon Asset Management en IEX-analist Hildo Laman.Hoe groot is het risico op een AI-dip, en welke aandelen willen deze experts zelf graag in portefeuille hebben in 2026? verder in deze podcast:Een optietip met 1400% rendementEr is weer wat aan de hand bij PhilipsBoeing-achtige taferelen bij AirbusTheon komt met een emissieMagnum Ice Cream Company start zijn solocarrière op het Damrak Waarom 'Team OpenAI' achterblijft bij 'Team Alphabet'Spannende weken voor de Fed en zijn bestuurdersHoe gaat de Hoge Raad oordelen over Trumps invoerheffingen? Wat verwacht Jacob Vijverberg van beleggingsjaar 2026?Wat zijn de grootste risico's voor beleggers?Twee top-picks voor 2026 van Laman en Vijverberg

Dat de inflatie in november licht gedaald is, vindt macro-econoom Edin Mujagic ‘mooi nieuws’. Maar hij benadrukt dat het geen reden is om te vroeg te gaan juichen. Volgens hem staan alle seinen op rood dat er de komende jaren sprake zal zijn van ‘veel te hoge inflatie’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Lori Bidwell was raised on a farm in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned a BFA in Art History, then returned home and started working at a veterinary clinic and decided to pursue veterinary medicine as a career.She earned her DVM from Michigan State University in 2001, then did an Internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, followed by a Residency in Anesthesia at Michigan State University, becoming Board Certified in Anesthesia and Analgesia in 2008.She then returned to Rood and Riddle to become Head of Anesthesia. Afterwards, she was on faculty at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. She returned to Kentucky to work in anesthesia in both equine and small animal practice. At this time she became certified in Acupuncture and Tui Na from Chi University.After returning to Michigan State University to work in Anesthesia and Equine Lameness and Sports Medicine, she Co-Founded her current business, East West Equine Sports Medicine, where she provides sports medicine services and equine anesthesia consultation and training for equine surgical facilities.Please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Lori Bidwell as we discuss her education, clinical practice, holistic training, and participation in organized veterinary medicine.

35.000 ontslagen en miljarden aan bezuinigingen. Dat was de opdracht die Volkswagen zichzelf een jaar geleden gaf. Het roer moest om, anders zou het nog wel eens slecht af kunnen lopen voor de Duitse autobouwer. Nu, een jaar later, hebben de Duitsers weer hoop. De teller ontslagen staat op 25.000. Maar dat betekent niet dat het gevaar geweken is. Hoe de weg naar totaal herstel voor Volkswagen moet verlopen, dat hoor je in deze aflevering. Dan hebben we het ook over Intel. Ook bij de Amerikaanse chipmaker is er hoop op beterschap. Het bedrijf werd vijf jaar geleden gedumpt door Apple. Dat wilde dat TSMC hun chips zou gaan printen. Maar nu zouden de twee toch weer in het huwelijksbootje willen stappen. En dat stemt beleggers zeer gelukkig. Verder hoor je hoe het tot twee keer toe in twee dagen tijd mis kon gaan bij vliegtuigbouwer Airbus. Dat wordt genadeloos afgestraft op de beurs. En we vertellen je waarom Mark Zuckerberg en Elon Musk miljarden aan achterstallige belastingbetalingen voor hun kiezen kunnen krijgen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Lori Bidwell was raised on a farm in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned a BFA in Art History, then returned home and started working at a veterinary clinic and decided to pursue veterinary medicine as a career.She earned her DVM from Michigan State University in 2001, then did an Internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, followed by a Residency in Anesthesia at Michigan State University, becoming Board Certified in Anesthesia and Analgesia in 2008.She then returned to Rood and Riddle to become Head of Anesthesia. Afterwards, she was on faculty at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. She returned to Kentucky to work in anesthesia in both equine and small animal practice. At this time she became certified in Acupuncture and Tui Na from Chi University.After returning to Michigan State University to work in Anesthesia and Equine Lameness and Sports Medicine, she Co-Founded her current business, East West Equine Sports Medicine, where she provides sports medicine services and equine anesthesia consultation and training for equine surgical facilities.Please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Lori Bidwell as we discuss her education, clinical practice, holistic training, and participation in organized veterinary medicine.

In deze aflevering van de FCA Daily bespreken Bart Obbink, Mart ten Have en Stan Wagtman het laatste voetbalnieuws! Met vandaag natuurlijk de aankomende wedstrijd van Oranje tegen Polen vanavond, de overige WK-kwalificatiewedstrijden, een gefrustreerde Ronaldo en (bijna) feest in Suriname en Curaçao!(00:00) Intro(01:36) Vooruitblik Nederland – Polen(21:35) Coach van het Jaar(23:12) Danny Blind gaat in op Rob Jansen(27:40) Noorwegen (zo goed als) naar het WK(31:38) Ronaldo gaat af tegen Ierland(33:30) Suriname en CuraçaoCoach van het JaarInschrijven voor onze FC Afkicken subleague bij Coach van het Jaar?Dat kan via: https://www.coachvanhetjaar.nl/app/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timestamp Topic / Visual Cue00:00 Intro & sponsorship mention02:00 Dr. Ferreira introduction05:00 What is Pigeon Fever15:00 Diagnosis & treatment tips25:00 Internal vs external abscesses35:00 Cycling discussionEnd Closing & subscribe reminder Watch episodes on YouTube @roodandriddle or visit us at www.rrvp.com

Nederland is de enige democratie ter wereld waar een dode politicus met een fantoompartij bij Tweede Kamerverkiezingen ooit 26 zetels won. Nederland is evenzeer befaamd om miljoenen burgers die, voorafgaande aan de verkiezingen, met opgeheven vinger en grote stelligheid beweren dat het dit keer onmogelijk wordt om een coalitie te vormen. En Nederland is een land waar zo’n coalitie er altijd komt. Nooit niet. Kan soms even duren, maar een kniesoor die daarop let. Nederland is ook verslaafd aan clichés die, altijd in een wat andere variant, blijven terugkeren. Zoals ‘strategisch stemmen’ – wat dat ook moge betekenen. Ander voorbeeld: sinds de Tweede Wereldoorlog is er geen dag verstreken zonder woningnood. Met, net als nu, elke keer weer nieuwe schijnoplossingen. In de jaren 50 en 60 bedacht de regering ‘woningwetwoningen’, 55 vierkante meter oppervlakte, allemaal identiek, tot aan de voorgeschreven keukenkastjes toe. Armoe troef en het hielp geen zier. De eerste gastarbeiders , zoals ze toen nog heetten, werden in de jaren 50 en 60 door het bedrijfsleven uit Italië, Spanje, Marokko en Turkije gehaald, vaak via koppelbazen, de voorlopers van mensensmokkelaars. Sindsdien hebben we een migratieprobleem. Als een volgend kabinet woningnood en migratieproblemen kan oplossen, zou dat een historisch unicum zijn. Maar hebben we wel zo veel te mopperen? Kijk eens naar de wereld om ons heen. Frankrijk, waar president Macron aan zijn achtste premier zit, met altijd dezelfde problemen: het pensioen verhogen van 62 naar 65, en de 32-urige werkweek verhogen naar 36 uur. Op het moment dat een premier dat onderwerp zelfs maar nóemt, ligt onmiddellijk Air France plat, en binnen een dag de rest van het bedrijfsleven. Of het Verenigd Koninkrijk, dat de prijs betaalt voor die idiote Brexit en sinds Tony Blair geen premier meer heeft gehad die het zorgstelsel draaiende hield. Nu stevent het af op de onvermijdelijke ondergang. Volgens onderzoek van de Würzburg Universiteit zijn 9 van de 27 EU-lidstaten falende democratieën. Nederland staat op de zevende plaats op de ranglijst – OK, maar zeker niet de top. Dat is dus binnen de EU. Buiten de EU kijken we maar even niet, al kost het moeite de ogen te sluiten voor Erdogan en Trump, die systematisch bezig zijn de democratie uit te schakelen. Deze dag is een dag om een vakje rood te kleuren. Ga dat doen. Hoeft niet uit overtuiging – mág natuurlijk best – maar meer uit hoop. Eén ding staat vast: dat kabinet komt er.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In deze aflevering proeven we Italiaans rood uit het nieuwste WSDP wijnpakket, maken we een dampende kom saoto en duiken we de natuur in voor een discussie over wildplukken. Van Barbaresco tot bramenstruik, deze aflevering zit vol smaak, geur en zelfs een beetje controverse.ShownotesBij elke aflevering maken we uitgebreide shownotes, met informatie uit de podcast en links naar recepten. De shownotes staan op: watschaftdepodcast.com.Word lid van de BrigadeAls lid van De Brigade krijg je een advertentievrije podcast met exclusieve content, toegang tot onze online kookclub, kortingen, winacties en steun je de podcast. Word lid via: petjeaf.com/watschaftdepodcast.4x Delicious + de nieuwe Patisseriebijbel nu voor € 34,95.Ga naar www.watschaftdepodcast.com/delicious om van deze aanbieding te profiteren (geldig tot 4 november 2025) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

De fanboys van Tesla staan raar te kijken. De winst van Tesla is in het derde kwartaal gekelderd en de kosten zijn enorm opgelopen. De grote leider van hun bedrijf had het over heel veel dingen, maar niet over een plan voor winstgevendheid. Ook had Musk het niet echt over auto's.Is Tesla nog wel een autobouwer? En is het slim van de topman om zoveel geld te investeren in robots en kunstmatige intelligentie? Je raadt het al: deze aflevering zoeken we het voor je uit.Gaat het ook weer over hét bipolaire aandeel van het Damrak. Chipmachinemaker Besi begon de handelsdag met een koerswinst van dik 8 procent, maar die winst smolt gedurende de dag weg. Terwijl het bedrijf wél met goed nieuws op de proppen kwam.Verder gaat het ook over de stunt van Unilever. Dat groeit harder dan analisten dachten en blijkt toch goed om te kunnen gaan met de importtarieven van Trump. Over Trump gesproken: we hebben het over een bijzonder diner dat hij had met iemand die hij voor miljarden heeft aangeklaagd. En het gaat over een triootje! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randstad maakt er bijna een sport van om met slechte kwartalen te komen. Het heeft inmiddels een elftal aan kwartalen van dalende omzet te pakken. Al bestempelt Jeroen Tiel (topman van Randstad Nederland) de situatie als stabiel.Stabiel was niet het aandeel vandaag. Beleggers maken zich zorgen. Deze aflevering kijken we hoe dit typisch cyclische bedrijf weer kan scoren.Hebben we het ook over andere Nederlandse beursbedrijven. Heineken en AkzoNobel. Beide verkopen minder, maar in het geval van Heineken wordt die misser wél vergeven.Bij Netflix zijn beleggers genadeloos. Na twee goede kwartalen, overtreffen ze een keer niet de verwachtingen. Iets dat het bedrijf heel duur komt te staan. Het aandeel wordt keihard afgestraft. Maar of dat wel zo terecht is? We zoeken het voor je uit.Hebben we het ook over de kwartaalcijfers van Hermès (dat de concurrentie uitlacht), over een aandeel dat meer dan 1000 procent is gestegen en je hoort over het Taylor Swift-effect op de Amerikaanse beurs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John 6:1-15: The feeding of the 5000 - Dan Rood by Christ City Church Dublin

Today we're sitting down with someone who's at the front lines of both high-tech manufacturing and long-term workforce strategy. Doug Rood is the Senior Manager of Operations Quality at Collins Aerospace in York, a global player in aerospace manufacturing and a major employer in our region. Beyond the production floor, Doug plays a vital role in shaping the future of manufacturing talent in Southeast Nebraska through his leadership with the Southeast Nebraska Manufacturing Alliance. Today's conversation is all about why this work matters—how industry leaders are coming together to grow and sustain a talent pipeline, and what it means for the next generation of manufacturers.

In this week's episode, Dan and Mags are joined by friend of the podcast Jósúa Hróðgeir Rood to discuss their new Nexion album, Sundrung, and its use of Nordic culture through black metal.------------------------------------------------Follow Jósúa on his Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/josua_hrodgeir/?hl=enAlso pick up their new album on the band's Bandcamp page:https://nexion.bandcamp.com/Follow Margrethe on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/arkeomagsFollow the Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/nordicmythologypodcastIf you like what we do, and would like to be in the audience for live streams of new episodes to ask questions, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NordicMythologypodcastCheck out Dan's company, Horns of Odin, and the wide range of handmade items inspired by Nordic Mythology and the Viking Age. Visit: https://www.hornsofodin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Het kwam uit het niets: het Chinese Wingtech is woedend op Nederland. Wat blijkt? Het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat heeft het Chinese moederbedrijf op afstand gezet van de Nijmeegse chipmaker Nexperia. Een bestuurlijke coup, vindt Wingtech. Maar volgens het ministerie was het de enige oplossing. Volgens ingewijden zou er via Nexperia namelijk belangrijk intellectueel eigendom over chips naar China lekken. Ontketent Nederland hiermee een chipoorlog? Dat zoeken we deze aflevering voor je uit. Dan gaat het ook over die andere oorlog met China... De handelsoorlog! Die is terug van (nooit echt) weggeweest. President Trump gooide een knuppel in het hoenderhok door te dreigen met nieuwe importheffingen van meer dan 100 procent. Hij is boos, omdat China stukje bij beetje weer de export van zeldzame aardmetalen afknijpt. Beleggers krijgen meteen flashbacks naar de start van die handelsoorlog. En verder vertellen we je over wéér een bedrijf dat een deal sluit met OpenAI en zo het aandeel een flinke boost geeft. Deze keer is er wel iets anders dan normaal: deze deal was eigenlijk al gesloten. Maar kennelijk maakt dat beleggers niet zo veel uit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het IMF, Jamie Dimon, de centrale bank van Engeland. Iedereen is opeens bang. De een waarschuwt voor een AI-bubble (zelfs vergelijkingen met de Dotcom-crisis zijn geen taboe meer), de ander vindt dat aandelen te duur zijn. Maar waar ze het allemaal over eens zijn: er komt een correctie aan. De beurs krijgt een tik!Hoe jij je klaar maakt voor die correctie, dat vertellen we je in deze aflevering. Verder hebben we het over de slechtste beursdag ooit van Ferrari. De autobouwer leek lang niks fout te kunnen doen bij beleggers, maar vandaag kwam daar een einde aan. Het aandeel werd gedumpt en dat vanwege de lange termijnplannen van het bedrijf.Meer auto's komen voorbij, want we hebben het ook over Tesla. Dat heeft de toezichthouder achter zich aan. Dat moet onderzoeken wat er met de zelfrijdende functie aan de hand is. Dat ging al meerdere keren mis in de VS (met meerdere gewonden tot gevolg).In Duitsland gaat het ook mis, maar dan met de gehele autosector. De bondskanselier, zijn minister van Financiën en alle baasjes uit de autosector komen bij elkaar om met oplossingen te komen voor de problemen. En problemen, daar hebben de Duitsers er veel van.Ook is het cijferseizoen in de VS weer van start gegaan! Delta en PepsiCo trappen af. En we hebben het over een nieuw directielid van ASML. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, improvisor extraordinaire and cage double Alex Rood joins us in building Jack's band, alongside, of course: Donny.

De laatste tijdrit zit erop en brengt ons hoop op nog wat spanning in deze Vuelta. Met slechts veertig tellen tussen Vingegaard en Almeida is de strijd om het rood namelijk allerminst beslist. Nog één kans dit weekend: een bergrit met een beuker van een slotklim die alles op zijn kop kan zetten. Houdt Vingegaard stand in het rood, of klopt Almeida toch nog op de deur? ⛵ Krijg als luisteraar van De Rode Lantaarn exclusief 15% korting op Saily! Gebruik de code ‘rodelantaarn’. Download de Saily app of ga naar saily.com/rodelantaarn Vriend worden? Ga dan naar www.derodelantaarnpodcast.nl. Of wil je adverteren in De Rode Lantaarn? Neem dan contact op met adverteren@dagennacht.nl Volg De Rode Lantaarn via @derodelantaarn op Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The panel discusses two of the earliest examples of English poetry—Caedmon's Hymn and The Dream of the Rood (sometimes attributed to Cynewulf)—with a discussion of translation theory, Saxon influence, and the development of English poetry and language.Continue reading

Piper hosts Plaidcast in Person in front of a live studio audience at Spy Coast Farm in Lexington, KY with Tonya Johnston, MA, Dr. Stephen Reed and Dr. Julie Vargas. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid HorseGuest: Tonya Johnston is a Mental Skills Coach and author with a Master's degree in Sports Psychology. She specializes in working with equestrian athletes and loves offering performance enhancement skills education to riders of all disciplines. You can hear more about Tonya and her advice every month on the Plaidcast when she hosts ‘Inside Your Ride'.Guest: Dr. Stephen Reed is an accomplished veterinarian and contributor to research and advancement in Equine medicine. Currently an internal medicine specialist at Rood & Riddle Equine hospital, Dr. Reed is also the Chairman of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Advisory committee as well as an Emeritus Professor at The Ohio State University and an adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky. Guest: Dr. Julie Vargas is a graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed both hospital and ambulatory internships at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY, before joining Equine Services, LLC, a sport horse practice based in Wellington, FL.  Dr. Vargas earned her veterinary acupuncture certification from the Chi Institute and her chiropractic/spinal manipulation certification from the Integrative Veterinary Medical Institute, both located in Reddick, FL. She currently serves as the resident sport horse veterinarian at Spy Coast Farm, where she also oversees the rehabilitation and fitness center. Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsors: Purina, Foxhall Equine and Great American Insurance Group Join us at an upcoming Plaidcast in Person event!

Join veterinarian and Certified Farrier Dr. Carlos Carvajal of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital to learn more about senior hoof issues, focusing on laminitis. This podcast is in Spanish! An English version is also available.My Senior Horse - Episode 25 (Spanish) Guests and Links:Guest: Certified Farrier Dr. Carlos Carvajal of Rood & Riddle Equine HospitalConnect with Host: Kimberly S. Brown of Editorial Director of My Senior Horse | Email Kim (kbrown@equinenetwork.com) | Follow Kim on LinkedIn (@kimberlylsbrown)

Join veterinarian and Certified Farrier Dr. Carlos Carvajal of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital to learn more about senior hoof issues, focusing on laminitis. We also offer this podcast in Spanish!My Senior Horse - Episode 25 Guests and Links:Guest: Certified Farrier Dr. Carlos Carvajal of Rood & Riddle Equine HospitalConnect with Host: Kimberly S. Brown of Editorial Director of My Senior Horse | Email Kim (kbrown@equinenetwork.com) | Follow Kim on LinkedIn (@kimberlylsbrown)

Beauty for Ashes: A Conversation with Dr. Judith RoodIn this powerful and redemptive episode of Divine Table Talk, Jamie and Jane sit down with Dr. Judith Rood to discuss the beauty that rises from brokenness. With deep biblical insight and personal testimony, Dr. Rood shares how God has brought restoration in her life and how Isaiah 61:3—“beauty for ashes”—has shaped her faith journey. Together, they explore what it means to exchange mourning for joy, shame for purpose, and ashes for beauty through the healing presence of Christ.____________________________________Connect with Jamie:Website: www.jamieklusacek.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamieklusacekConnect with Jane:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janewwilliamsConnect with Dr. Judith Rood:Book: Beauty for AshesX: @ProfJMRood18____________________________________ Get Jamie's Newest Book:Living Loved: An 8-week Journey to Living Fully Loved