Podcasts about roots

It's been 14 years since Martin Luther McCoy has released an album but this past month he released "Welcome back Love" . Martin has been making music for the past 40 years. He's toured with The Roots, he's recorded and performed with folks like George Clinton, E-40, Too-short, and so many others. His newest album is reflection of all the experience and talent that he has accumulated over those years. Martin was nice enough to stop by the show and talk with us about his career. Doc and Martin talk about growing up in the Bay area, trying out for Questlove to play with The Roots, going to Morehouse for college, his first time ever hearing Prince, recording the new album and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc invites you to have a 1/3 pound burger...trust us it's bigger than a 1/4 pound burger. Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 12:31 Ripped from the Headlines: 19:57 Shoutouts: 26:07 Martin Luther McCoy Interview: 36:39 Mike C Top 3: 1:52:51 Birthday Suit 2: 2:15:29 Birthday Suit 3: 2:17:25

This week on the Weedman420 Chronicles Podcast, they're talking about cannabis science, politics, business, and plenty of stuff that'll make you say, “Wait…what?”

On today's show, Host Jeneé Darden visits the home of the legendary Bay Area artist Mildred Howard to talk about her exhibition at the Oakland Museum. Then, artwork that honors and celebrates past queer and trans movements.

NHL Marcel is a rising artist from Cleveland, Mississippi, whose music is deeply connected to his upbringing, life experiences, and the people who inspired him along the way. His passion for music started early, with his Uncle Terrence playing an important role in motivating him to pursue his own path as an artist. Drawing inspiration from artists like Chief Keef, T.I., Yo Gotti, and the late Young Dolph, Marcel has developed a sound centered around authenticity and telling his story on his own terms. His latest single, “Shootas,” and EP, Welcome to East Gate, give listeners a closer look at where he comes from and the experiences that have shaped him. His journey has also led to opportunities like collaborating with Glasses Malone while continuing to make giving back to his community part of his bigger mission. In this interview, NHL Marcel breaks down the meaning behind his name, the story behind “Shootas,” his Mississippi roots, his biggest accomplishments so far, and what fans can expect from him throughout the rest of 2026.

Why are actions the roots, and wisdom only the branches? A fascinating journey into the deeper soul, the hidden source of spiritual resilience, and why we sometimes feel suddenly called to grow.

Topics covered in this episode: Claude Code /insights Post-quantum crypto lands in Python MCP goes stateless — and FastMCP gets renamed inshellisense - IDE style command line auto complete Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Xweather Xweather combines enterprise-grade weather intelligence with agent-ready APIs, natural language capabilities, and an MCP server so your agents can adapt workflows, automate responses, and make better decisions based on real-world conditions. Michael will tell you more about them later in the show. Get started for free at pythonbytes.fm/xweather Connect with the hosts Michael: Mastodon / BlueSky / X / LinkedIn Calvin: Mastodon / BlueSky / X / LinkedIn Show: Mastodon / BlueSky / X Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesday at 7am PT. Older video versions available there too. Finally, if you want an artisanal digest of every week of the show notes in email form? Add your name and email to our friends of the show list, we'll never share it. Michael #1: Claude Code /insights Michael's Insights: michael-kennedy-claude-code-insights-2026-08-09.html Be careful sharing these outputs, they include details references to your projects, errors, security findings, etc. ;) /insights reads your last 30 days of local session transcripts and hands back an interactive HTML report on how you actually work. One command, zero setup: type /insights in a session, or run claude -p "/insights" from the shell for a non-interactive version that just prints the path Reads what's already on disk: pulls session logs from ~/.claude/projects/, skipping agent sub-sessions and anything under 2 messages or 1 minute Project areas: clusters your sessions into themes like "CLI Tooling" or "Documentation" with session counts Friction analysis: categorizes where things went wrong by root cause - and quotes your own prompts back at you Interaction style: tells you whether you're a delegator or a micromanager, plus which workflows are worth doubling down on Actually actionable: suggests concrete CLAUDE.md additions and Claude Code features you're not using The catch: Haiku does the per-session classification, so the first run takes several minutes; results cache to ~/.claude/usage-data/facets/ and the report lands at ~/.claude/usage-data/report.html Calvin #2: Post-quantum crypto lands in Python pyca/cryptography 48 ships ML-KEM (key establishment) and ML-DSA (signatures) — NIST's post-quantum standards, now one pip install away. Big deal because it's the 11th most-downloaded package on PyPI (~1.2B downloads/month) and sits under Ansible, Certbot, Airflow, and paramiko. No PQ there, no PQ anywhere in Python. Trail of Bits did the work (Rust bindings, cross-backend API, tests, AWS-LC backend support), funded by the Sovereign Tech Agency. Timing tracks a June 22 White House order setting federal deadlines: PQ key establishment by end of 2030, PQ signatures by end of 2031. Not a drop-in swap — the wire sizes explode. ML-DSA-65 signatures are 3,309 bytes vs Ed25519's 64; ML-KEM-768 public keys are 1,184 bytes vs X25519's 32. Hardcoded field sizes and length prefixes will bite. API looks like the existing asymmetric primitives, except ML-KEM is encapsulate/decapsulate rather than a Diffie-Hellman exchange. SLH-DSA (the hash-based conservative backstop) is still in progress. The primitives are here, but protocols haven't caught up — so you won't be running post-quantum Certbot this week. Sponsor: Xweather You're using agents that can write code, summarize documents, and automate workflows. But they're missing one thing: awareness of the world around them. This is where today's sponsor, Xweather comes in. Xweather combines enterprise-grade weather intelligence with agent-ready APIs, natural language capabilities, and an MCP server built for tools like Claude, Codex, Copilot, and modern IDEs – so your agents can adapt workflows, automate responses, and make better decisions based on real-world conditions. Backed by Vaisala, whose instruments fly on NASA missions to Mars, Xweather delivers trusted data and unique insights that go beyond conditions to actual impact – from real-time lightning strikes to road surface forecasts. Start with 15,000 free API calls each month and pay only for what you use as you grow. Xweather is your full weather stack, for developers by developers. Start building for free today at pythonbytes.fm/xweather. The link is in your podcast player's show notes and on the episode page. Thanks so much to Xweather for supporting Python Bytes. Calvin #3: MCP goes stateless — and FastMCP gets renamed From Philipp Acsany over at Real Python The 2026-07-28 spec landed July 28 and the Python SDK shipped 2.0.0 the same day. Biggest rewrite since MCP launched, and it's breaking on purpose. Context for scale: the Tier 1 SDKs are pulling close to half a billion downloads a month, with TypeScript and Python each past a billion total. The headline is the stateless core. The initialize/initialized handshake and the Mcp-Session-Id header are both retired — protocol version, client identity, and capabilities now ride in _meta on every request, with an optional server/discover RPC if a client wants capabilities up front. Any request can land on any instance behind plain round-robin, no shared storage. Server-initiated calls are the hard part of the migration. Sampling, elicitation, and roots/list no longer call back to the client; instead the server returns resultType: "input_required" and the client retries with inputResponses attached. Multi Round-Trip Requests, MRTR. Also: Mcp-Method and Mcp-Name are now required headers so gateways route on headers instead of cracking JSON bodies, and missing-resource errors move to standard 32602. Deprecation sweep with an actual policy behind it — Roots, Sampling, Logging, and the legacy HTTP+SSE transport all deprecated with a twelve-month minimum offramp. Tasks graduated out of the experimental core into a real extension, which is what the formalized extensions framework was for. MCP Apps is now an official extension too, so a tool call can return sandboxed interactive HTML. Auth picked up RFC 9207 issuer validation, issuer-bound credentials, and a shift from DCR toward CIMD. Python SDK 2.0 is where it gets personal: FastMCP is now MCPServer, no alias, no shim. McpError → MCPError. Wire types went snake_case (is_error, input_schema) and moved to a standalone mcp_types package, with mcp.types kept as a permanent alias. One Client object replaces the old transport + ClientSession + initialize() stack. httpx became httpx2. Sync handlers run on worker threads now, so asyncio.get_running_loop() raises inside them. The good news: one MCPServer serves both protocol eras, so 2025-era clients keep working with nothing to configure, and a Resolve(fn) parameter lets one tool body cover MRTR and the old path. 1.x is maintenance-and-security-fixes only — pin mcp>=1.28,

Three-time James Beard semifinalist chef Lona Luo has opened a second Lona's Lil Eats location in Kirkwood. Known for her “Asian-soul food,” Luo draws inspiration from her childhood in a hill-tribe village in southwestern China. We talk with the chef about her culinary journey, the story behind her acclaimed restaurant in St. Louis' Fox Park neighborhood and why she decided to expand to Kirkwood.

Tamara Buzyna Adams knows the sandwich generation experience. She spent years caregiving for her father through dementia while continuing to support her aging mother — all while raising two children and navigating a midlife career pivot. In this episode, Tamara shares how exploring family history with a loved one living with dementia can be a powerful tool for connection — sparking moments of clarity, preserving identity, and bringing peace to both the person with dementia and the caregivers. We also get into the deeply relatable emotions around role reversal with aging parents and what it really feels like when the child becomes the caregiver. Tamara shares her experience transitioning a parent to community living, how her family used regular Zoom calls to keep remote family members connected and involved, and the hard-won wisdom she's gained around saying no and setting boundaries as a caregiver. She shares how her passion for genealogy turned into a profession, and the unexpected self-discovery journey that unfolded through translating her grandma's handwritten journals and her additional research, which led her to write her book, Last Ship to Freedom. And for anyone curious about digging into their own family history, Tamara shares practical advice on how to get started — no experience needed. Show notes with product and resource links: https://bit.ly/HHCPod234 Receive the podcast in your email here: http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal: http://bit.ly/HHCjournal For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth: https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/ The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast: https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

Comedian Joe DeRosa joins Vinnie and the guys for Episode 26, and the group digs into Joe's early days of hip hop — including who his "cheat code" was, the one that got him hooked on the culture in the first place. From there the conversation moves into Joe's early comedy days, the influences that shaped him, and how he found his own voice on stage. As always it wanders well beyond that too, hitting career stories, some unexpectedly honest reflection, and a run through the Five Spot questions to close it out.Of course, Joe joins right in on the typical banter with no topic being too ridiculous.Check out Joe's new special, Never Promised You a Rose Garden, on Netflix.

Welcome to The Daily. We are 4 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your 1 Peter Scripture Journal now. And if you are a Project23 donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in Project23. Our text today is Hosea 14:5-6 I will be like the dew to Israel;     he shall blossom like the lily;     he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; his shoots shall spread out;     his beauty shall be like the olive,     and his fragrance like Lebanon. — Hosea 14:5-6 Most people want transformation. Few people want the process that goes with it. Because we want instant everything. Instant results, maturity, freedom, and growth. But God rarely works that way. Just notice the images in the text. Dew. Roots. Branches. Blossoms. None of those happen overnight. The dew appears quietly. Roots grow unseen. Branches spread slowly. Yet over time, life emerges where there was nothing. That's how God works in us. A lot of people get discouraged because they don't see dramatic results. They assume growth isn't happening because it isn't instant. But healthy growth is usually steady growth. You may not notice it day-to-day. But over months and years, God is growing something beautiful beneath the surface. And notice one more detail: the growth doesn't begin with human effort. It begins with God. "I will be like the dew to Israel." God supplies what is necessary for the production of life. Our role is not to manufacture growth. Our role is to stay connected to the One who yields it. That means we must stay in His Word, stay in prayer, stay in fellowship, stay surrendered, and stay faithful. Then trust Him with the timing and the fruit. Faithful believers have always discovered this. God does some of his best and deepest work where nobody can see it—in the roots under the earth, into the branches. So don't despise small amounts of progress. And as we prepare to begin 1 Peter, we're going to discover that this kind of steady, rooted growth is exactly what believers need when living in a culture that constantly pressures them to compromise. DO THIS: Take a moment today to thank God for one area where you can see growth compared to a year ago. ASK THIS: Where have I become impatient with God's process? Am I focused more on visible results or faithful obedience? What small signs of growth can I thank God for today? PRAY THIS: Father, thank you for patiently growing me. Help me trust your process, remain rooted in you, and stay faithful even when growth feels slow. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Christ In Me"

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Discovering Roots: A Journey into Petra's Ancestral Mysteries Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2026-08-12-22-34-02-he Story Transcript:He: בשעות הצהריים הקיץ הלוהט, תחת שמש חמה שלא משאירה מקום לצל, ארי, היסטוריון צעיר עם תשוקה לעבר, עמד בנשימה עצורה ליד הכניסה של חורבות פטרה העתיקות.En: During the scorching summer afternoon, under a blazing sun that left no room for shade, Ari, a young historian with a passion for the past, stood breathless near the entrance of the ancient ruins of Petra.He: פסלי האבן האדומים והחרוטים הענקיים הקיפו אותו, מזכירים את גודלם ויופיים של הסיפורים שמעברם.En: The towering and carved red stone statues surrounded him, reminding him of the grandeur and beauty of the stories from the past.He: זו הייתה הפגישה המשפחתית שחיכו לה שנים רבות.En: This was the family reunion they had awaited for many years.He: ארי לא היה לבד.En: Ari was not alone.He: אחותו אלה ובעלה נוח היו לצידו, וביחד הם נתקלו במשפחה שהתקשרה איתם לעתים רחוקות.En: His sister Ella and her husband Noah were by his side, and together they encountered family members with whom they infrequently communicated.He: מאז הילדות, ארי הרגיש כי הוא נמשך לסיפורי עבר, אך הפעם משהו היה שונה.En: Since childhood, Ari felt drawn to historical stories, but this time something was different.He: הוא חש לחץ.En: He felt pressure.He: דמויות הסבים והדודים שהגיעו, כולם דיברו והחליפו זכרונות על ימים קדומים, דברים שלא הצליח תמיד להבין או להתחבר אליהם.En: The figures of grandparents and uncles who had arrived all talked and exchanged memories of ancient days, things he couldn't always understand or connect with.He: הראינו את המדריך המקומי דרך שטחי האתרים.En: The local guide led them through the sites.He: המדריך דיבר על התרבות הנבטית, אנשים שחיו ופרחו בנופים המדהימים של פטרה.En: The guide talked about the Nabataean culture, people who lived and thrived in the stunning landscapes of Petra.He: ארי, מתוך רצון לחדש חיבור עם שורשי משפחתו, השאיר את השיחה הגדולה מאחור, והחל לפנות לכל קרוב לבדו.En: Ari, with a desire to reconnect with his family roots, left the larger conversation behind and began to approach each relative individually.He: תוך כדי שאחרים עסקו בשיחותיהם, ארי היה מעורב בשיחה עם דודה חלדה הקשישה, המילדותית אך חכמה.En: While others were engaged in their conversations, Ari was involved in a conversation with his elderly aunt Hulda, childlike yet wise.He: דודה חלדה גוללה בפניו סיפורים משפחתיים בתקופה שאחרי שהגיעו לאזור, סיפורים על סב שהטביע את חרוטו על סלעי פטרה, שצהבהב בשמש כמו כל השאר.En: Aunt Hulda recounted family stories from the time after they arrived in the area, stories about a grandfather who carved his mark on the rocks of Petra, yellow in the sun like all the rest.He: זוהי דמותה השונה מהסרטים שארי למד באוניברסיטה – הסיפורים היא עודדו אותו להקשיב ולהעמיק בקשריו האישיים למשפחה.En: This was a different image from the films Ari studied in university—the stories encouraged him to listen and deepen his personal connections with the family.He: בנקודה מסוימת במהלך הסיור, בעוד הם עמדו ליד מבנה חרב, ארי הבחין בחפץ נחשף בין האבנים – פסל קטן, שבורותו מעידה על גילו האמיתי.En: At a certain point during the tour, while they stood by a ruined structure, Ari noticed an object revealed among the stones—a small statue, its brokenness indicative of its true age.He: בחינה מדוקדקת הראתה קשר ואות מהמלאכים אותה סבתא ספרה לו.En: A meticulous examination showed a connection and sign from the angels his grandmother had told him about.He: הוא הבין כי זהו חפץ שמעורתו תולדות משפחתו מתגעגעות עכשיו מהעבר.En: He understood this was an object with ties his family's history now longs for from the past.He: ברגע זה, ארי לא היה רק אקדמאי – הוא היה חלק אינטגרלי מהסיפור.En: In that moment, Ari was not just an academic—he was an integral part of the story.He: הוא זינק קדימה לחלוק את החדשות עם אחותו ויתר המשפחה, החגיגה הייתה רבה ומהולת דמעות.En: He leaped forward to share the news with his sister and the rest of the family, the celebration was great and mingled with tears.He: הידיעה שזה לא רק חפץ של אוסף של מוזיאון, אלא עוגן שמקשירת עבר משפחתם לעתידם.En: The knowledge that this was not just a museum piece, but an anchor tying their family's past to their future.He: בערב, לאחר שהחגיגה שככה, ארי מצא את עצמו יושב סביב ארוחת ערב עם קרוביו החדשים-ותיקים.En: In the evening, after the celebration abated, Ari found himself sitting around a dinner table with his newfound-old relatives.He: הוא שיתף אלה ונוח בסיפורים שלמד, רגוע יותר מקשור למקום שבתוכו.En: He shared with Ella and Noah the stories he had learned, feeling calmer and more connected to a place within himself.He: עכשיו, יותר מאי פעם, הרגיש ארי כי הוא חלק מהסיפור המשפחתי המרתק, כמו אחד מהריסות פטרה מסביב, יציב ונצחי.En: Now, more than ever, Ari felt he was part of the fascinating family story, like one of the ruins of Petra around him, stable and eternal. Vocabulary Words:scorching: הלוהטblazing: חמהbreathless: בנשימה עצורהruins: חורבותgrandeur: גודלםreunion: הפגישהinfreqeuently: לעתים רחוקותpressure: לחץexchange: החליפוengaged: עסקוchildlike: המילדותיתwise: חכמהrecounted: גוללהcarved: הטביעmeticulous: מדוקדקתindicative: מעידהexamination: בחינהfigures: דמויותintegral: אינטגרליcelebration: החגיגהabated: שככהnewfound-old: חדשים-ותיקיםanchor: עוגןfascinating: המרתקstable: יציבeternal: נצחיlandscapes: נופיםencountered: נתקלוthrived: פרחוapproach: לפנותBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

It is the inaugural 'Roots' podcast 'Revisited & Remastered'. The track list from 2007's podcast 43 includes some gems that are well worth revisiting. Playlist: Artist - Album - Track. 1 Mary Gauthier - Filth & Fire - Sugar Cane. 2 Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby - Furnace Room Lullaby. 3 Magnolia Electric Co - Hard To Love A Man EP - Hard To Love A Man. 4 Clem Snide - End Of Love - The Sound Of German Hip Hop. 5 Shane & The Money Makers - Leopard Skin Print - Lay It Down. 6 Butch Hancock - The Wind's Dominion - Personal Rendition of the Blues. 7 Karen Dalton - In My Own Time - Katie Cruel. 8 Shelley Evans - Big Horse Black - Big Horse Black. 9 Beth Gibbons - Out Of Season -Tom The Model. 10 Archer Prewitt - Wilderness - Without you. 11 Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors – Galaxies. 12 Tom Pacheco - Woodstock Winter - Four Angels. Size: 141 MB (148,090,771 bytes) Duration: 01:01:33

Author Marc Bekoff offers the insight gained from years of research on animal behavior. He is the professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the  University of Colorado, Boulder, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, a past Guggenheim Fellow, and an ambassador for Jane Goodall's international Roots & Shoots program.Marc's books on Amazon:Love in Their Hearts: A Celebration of Animal Emotions and a Guide to Compassionate ActionDogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things CanineVisit MarcBekoff.com for more of his books and essays.The Dog Words archives:0137: Pet Nation with Author Mark Cushing0233: Peaches' Friend Eric Gilbert, The KC Dog GuySupport Rosie Fund by booking a session with Claire Shelley at BLegendaryPhotographyCreations.com.Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.Another wonderful way to support Rosie Fund and create beautiful artwork of a beloved pet is to book a session with Claire Shelley at BLegendaryPhotographyCreations.com. For every referral from Rosie Fund, Claire will donate $100 or 10% of the order total, whichever is greater. This does not apply to designated fundraising campaigns like the Pooch Playoffs that already support charities or to the gift vouchers that Claire donates to the Rosie Life Starter Kits.Rosie Fund online:RosieFund.orgFacebook.com/rosiefundInstagram.com/rosiefundYouTube.com/rosiefund

James Allen wrote it over a hundred years ago, and it's still the truest thing I know: "Whatsoever you harbor in the innermost chambers of your heart will, sooner or later, by the inevitable law of reaction, shape itself in your outward life." Your thoughts, your beliefs, your unhealed pain, they don't stay hidden. They show up as your life. In this episode I get into what's actually driving your repeated patterns of failure and frustration. It's not the market, not your team, not bad luck. It's your fear of failure. It's the belief that you're worthless underneath it all. It's your fear of being rejected. These are the roots, and until you dig to them, nothing changes. Your only job right now is honesty. Follow your feelings and ask yourself what actually feels true in this moment. That's uncomfortable, and it's the only path to real growth. The new tools, the new plans, the new team, the new relationship, the new job, the new body, the new money, none of it fixes what's underneath. Only facing the roots does.

What happens when your body starts speaking in symptoms—and it takes rock bottom to finally listen? In episode 273, Amber Romaniuk, Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, shares her battle with binge eating that had her gaining and losing over 1,000 pounds. For Amber, healing wasn't willpower or a quick-fix diet—it was uncovering the hormone imbalances, gut issues, and emotional wounds driving her self-sabotage.In This Episode, You Will Learn:(00:12) Introduction to Amber Romaniuk and The No Sugar Coating Podcast(06:29) Amber's Childhood: Bullying, Grief, and the Roots of Emotional Eating(15:19) The Loneliest Years: Living in Secret With Binge Eating and Purging(18:15) Breaking the Cycle: Sugar Addiction, Triggers, and Building Self-Awareness(25:35) How Childhood Programming and Diet Culture Shape Our Relationship With Weight(27:05) The Truth About GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs(32:00) Gut Health 101: Stress, Digestion, and the Myths About Probiotics(41:30) Cortisol, Burnout, and the Hidden Signs of Hormone Imbalance(50:24) Getting the Right Testing: Thyroid Ranges and Finding a Functional Practitioner(57:52) Where to Find Amber: Podcast, Quizzes, and ConsultationsAmber Romaniuk is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert with 12 years' experience helping high-achieving women build body confidence and optimal health. She hosts The No Sugarcoating Podcast, with 2+ million downloads across 600+ episodes in 90+ countries. Her expertise is personal: she overcame emotional eating after gaining and losing over 1,000 lbs and spending $50,000+ on binge foods, spending five years healing her hormones, digestion, and limiting beliefs. Today she helps women achieve Body Freedom™ and lasting confidence.In this episode, Amber shared her journey through emotional eating, binge eating, and binge-purging, tracing it to childhood bullying and family stress that turned food into emotional armor, and the rock-bottom moment that pushed her into recovery. She explained the roots of self-sabotaging food behavior, from the brain's fear response to sugar addiction and low self-worth, then covered gut health and hormone health (cortisol, thyroid, progesterone, estrogen) and their link to cravings and emotional eating. She also discussed her concerns about GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, closing with where to find her podcast and consultations.Connect with Amber Romaniuk: WebsiteLinkedInInstagramYouTubeXLet's Connect:WebsiteInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Water always wins. The question is whether we let it cool the planet while it does — or keep fighting it until there's nothing left to fight with.Erica Gies is the author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, and is currently writing her second book, Roots to Sky: How Life and Water Can Help Cool Earth's Climate, due in 2028. She is an environmental journalist who has spent more than a decade travelling the world to document how communities are rebuilding their relationship with water — not by controlling it better, but by understanding what water wants and working with it.The common climate narrative — decarbonise, bring fossil fuel emissions to zero, done — is no longer sufficient on its own. Water vapour accounts for roughly half the greenhouse effect. We've degraded 75% of the earth's land surface, largely by draining it. And more sea level rise comes from pumping groundwater than from melting glaciers — something a 1970 MIT Press report already knew. We've only accelerated since.The good news: this is something we can change relatively quickly through land restoration. And water is absolutely key.In this episode:— Why water always wins and what it means to ask what water wants rather than fighting it— How growing up in California, built on extreme water engineering, shaped Erica's obsession— Why she shifted from surface water to the atmosphere for her new book Roots to Sky— The 1970 MIT report that flagged pumping groundwater raises sea levels — 55 years of acceleration since— Why 87% of wetlands drained, two thirds of rivers dammed, and cities doubled since 1992 have made our water problems worse, not better— Why the best water solutions are modular and decentralised — and why that's empowering— What beavers in California are teaching farmers who spent eighty years shooting them— Why investors optimising single variables are running out of natural buffers faster than they think— Why land back for indigenous peoples may be one of the highest-return interventions available— Her magic wand answer: caring for non-humans — and why she thinks we're closer to it than it seems.More about this episode.Thoughts? Ideas? Questions? Send us a message!Find out more about our Generation-Re investment syndicate:https://gen-re.land/ Thank you to our Field Builders Circle for supporting us. Learn more hereSupport the show=======In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.

In this episode, we're talking all things rum with Michael Martensen, Corporate Director of Product Development for Food and Beverages. In honor of National Rum Day on August 16, Michael is sharing Caribbean rum's rich culture, history and evolution with us. As Sandals Resorts is gearing up for the reopening of Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Caribbean Cay, and Sandals South Coast, the conversation dives deep into how elevated rum bar experiences will only add to the memories made by guests staying at these resorts. Michael shares the inspiration behind these immersive spaces, the cultural importance of rum in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, and how the success of the Dunn's Rum Club at Sandals Dunn's River helped inspire the next generation of cocktail experiences for travelers. This episode celebrates the flavors, storytelling, and spirit of the Caribbean.

Charles University seeks global science leader for new Prague Biocenter, Brno scientists chase total solar eclipse to Iceland and Spain, Keeping Czech alive abroad: How Krajánek ve světe helps children stay close to their roots, A hidden feminist gem in Prague: Jiřina Šiklová Library offers over 9,000 books on feminism, gender and queerness

Send us Fan MailApparently, Trinidad and Tobago has been having some trouble with words lately — so this week, we're putting our vocabulary to the test.After somehow producing a 30,788-word conversation with KES, I go searching for some of the wordiest and best-written calypsos of all time, with classics from Relator, Mighty Spoiler, Lord Blakie, David Rudder, The Mighty Sparrow and more providing the soundtrack to the conversation.But as always, the music leads us into some bigger discussions.We revisit the debate surrounding the new police and army posts at Eddie Hart, and why supporting increased security shouldn't mean we stop asking questions about process and accountability.I also respond to some of the feedback from last week's discussion about Emancipation and share my experience at Attillah Springer's Roots & Rights Emancipation Concert — an experience that made me think differently about the connection between Emancipation, the Canboulay Riots, culture, business and the enormous tourism potential of what we already have in Trinidad and Tobago.Then there's Benjai.His controversial social media post about Indians, soca and Emancipation — and his subsequent apology — leads into a wider conversation about race, division and why I refuse to believe that what we see online represents how most Trinidadians actually feel about one another.We also get into the Caroni Bird Sanctuary, eco-tourism, the return of the Independence Day parade, the Queen's Park Savannah and why Trinidad and Tobago may have one renewable resource we'll never run out of:Vibes.And through it all, we celebrate the extraordinary ability of our calypsonians to use words — to tell stories, make us laugh, challenge society and somehow fit more lyrics into four minutes than I thought humanly possible.This is not about having all the answers. It's about starting the conversation.Tell me where you agree, where you disagree, and most importantly:What is the wordiest calypso of all time?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

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In a preview of his forthcoming book “The Stones Cry Out,” Dinesh D’Souza talks about how he developed a fascination with biblical archaeology, leading to a three-year investigation into the subject, which is ripe with theological, political and cultural implications. Former Green Beret Paul Bock, who has spent many years studying UFOs and the Bible, reveals how new scientific information about aliens and paranormal phenomena is being used to construct a new and appealing, but deeply anti-biblical, theology. 3:15 – First Trip to Israel6:11 – Walking the Pilgrimage Road8:30 – Jesus's Empty Tomb12:11 – Archeology Meets Prophecy15:49 – Guest Intro: Paul Bock19:02 – How UAP Belief Formed22:32 – The Church's Blind Spot26:19 – Steven Greer's C-5 Protocol29:07 – Five Kinds of Encounters33:05 – Experiencers Reaching Millions36:09 – Chris Bledsoe's Shadow People39:31 – Testing the Spirits43:14 – Paul's Demonic Encounter47:18 – Compassion for Steven Greer50:03 – Spiritual Warfare Mindset If you’re tired of broken healthcare you need to choose the right pharmacy. Check them out at allfamilypharmacy.com/dinesh and use code DINESH10 to save 10% off your next order. Leave the old “buy and hold” crypto strategy behind at https://DineshCrypto.com ! Purchase crypto with military grade encryption and American customer service. Hundreds of crypto holders have saved MILLIONS thanks to BlockTrustIRA’s Animus AI. Visit https://DineshCrypto.com and receive up to $2,500 in FREE bonus crypto! America has nearly 39 trillion dollars in debt! Are you protected from this pending disaster? Go to http://DineshGold.com and get up to 10% in bonus gold or silver. I’m on substack! Check out what I have to say here: https://dineshdsouza.substack.com/ For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (706) 262-4774 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dinesh" Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Dinesh D'Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior domestic policy analyst in the Reagan administration. He also served as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including "Illiberal Education," "What's So Great About Christianity," "America: Imagine a World Without Her," "The Roots of Obama's Rage," "Death of a Nation," and "United States of Socialism." His documentary films "2016: Obama's America," "America," "Hillary's America," "Death of a Nation," and "Trump Card" are among the highest-grossing political documentaries of all time. He and his wife Debbie are also executive producers of the acclaimed feature film "Infidel." — Want to connect with Dinesh D'Souza online for more hard-hitting analysis of current events in America? Here’s how: Get Dinesh unfiltered, uncensored and unchained on Locals: https://dinesh.locals.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dsouzadinesh Twitter: https://twitter.com/dineshdsouza Rumble: https://rumble.com/dineshdsouza Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dineshjdsouzaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send me a DM here (it doesn't let me respond), OR email me: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.comToday I'm honored to have back on the show, LDS abuse whistleblower, survivor, investigative researcher, journalist and reporter, creator of LDS Abuse, excommunicated lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, loving father, nature lover, and a man on a mission to help members of the spiritual body known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints know what to expect from their church if they become victims of abuse: Justin Riggs aka @ldsabuse In case you are new here or missed any of Justin's previous episodes, here is a quick recap to catch you up as well as a teaser about what we will be discussing today: Justin, also known as LDS Abuse across social media platforms, has become a singular voice for truth in the quiet corridors of history and the hidden vaults of institutional records. What began as personal curiosity about how good people could fail victims of abuse evolved into a rigorous, evidence-based mission. This relentless pursuit came at great personal cost: Justin's work led to his excommunication from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints after being a life-long member. Yet he continues, driven by the conviction that sunlight is the best disinfectant and that secrets only allow abuse to metastasize. His research has connected the dots between ritual abuse allegations, historical infiltration efforts, and the LDS corporation's prioritization of brand protection - revealing a system where victims are funneled into therapy modalities that undermine legal recourse, and where even prophets and apostles have been implicated in shielding perpetrators. Justin stands as a model of intellectual courage and moral clarity. Through painstaking research, he has transformed private pain into public knowledge, given voice to the voiceless, and offered a roadmap for accountability. He carries righteous anger for the victims, especially the children, but refuses to dehumanize even the perpetrators, while acknowledging that most abusers do not repent and that justice must come. He speaks of chain breakers and he believes in a God of both justice and mercy. He weeps with survivors, fights alongside them, and extends grace even when it comes at a personal cost. He is living proof that one man, armed with truth and an unbreakable commitment to the vulnerable, can shift the Overton window. He has turned personal trauma into collective awakening, he has transformed whispers into documented history, he has modeled what it means to be a true disciple - not blind obedience, but fierce love that protects the innocent and vulnerable. He is not merely a survivor advocate. He is a researcher whose dedication to facts has become a beacon of hope for all who seek the light in the darkness. The last episode we did centered on the bizarre and atrocious case of Gordon Bowen - a world-famous advertising executive whose alleged decades-long ties to church leaders, patterns of abuse, financial misconduct, and institutional cover-ups illustrated precisely the systemic failures Justin has spent years documenting. On today's episode we will be expanding on that discussion and some topics we touched on at the end of that last episode: secret societies and their deeply-embedded and occulted ties to the very infrastructure of power, corruption, and ritual abuse coverups we witness from the top down in todays's society. What starts as a measured examination of quasi-religious oaths, humiliation rituals, and patronage systems becomes a clear-eyed look at why justice for survivors remains so elusive - and why Justin's evidence-based courage continues to light the path forward. Justin remains what he has always been: a survivor who refused to stay silent, a researcher who turned personal cost into collective light, and a beacon for every person still searching for truth in the darkness. His courage continues to shift what is possible. His humanity continues to heal. And his unwavering stand continues to remind us that one dedicated soul, armed with evidence and fierce love for the vulnerable, can help break the chains for generations yet to come.

“Privatizing the Good: The Metaphysical Roots of Envy in St. Thomas Aquinas” by Dr. Michael Wahl (Providence College). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College's 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

Have you ever wondered who answers all those gardening questions that stump the rest of us? This week I'm chatting to Leigh Hunt, Principal Horticultural Advisor at the RHS, about what really goes on behind the scenes of the Society's advice service, the questions gardeners ask most often, and what those thousands of enquiries reveal about the way we're gardening in a changing climate. Benny's Insect of the Week: Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp Links RHS Gardening Advice Please support the podcast on Patreon And follow Roots and All: On Instagram @rootsandallpod On Facebook @rootsandalluk On LinkedIn @rootsandall If you enjoyed this week's episode with Leigh, you might also enjoy these episodes from the archives: Episode 210: Gardening in a Changing World Darryl Moore discusses how gardeners can respond to the climate crisis by rethinking the way we design and manage our gardens. His ideas about working with plants, rather than against them, make this an excellent companion to Leigh's observations on the changing questions the RHS is receiving as gardeners adapt to new weather patterns and growing conditions. Episode 321: Weathering It All Sarah talks to writer and naturalist Matt Gaw about our relationship with weather, exploring how storms, drought and seasonal change shape both landscapes and our experience of nature. It complements Leigh's insights into how increasingly unpredictable weather is influencing the advice sought by gardeners across the UK.

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Finding Roots: Discovering Heritage at a Lijiang Tea House Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-08-10-07-38-20-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 陈伟站在丽江小镇的小茶馆门口，阳光洒在他的肩上。En: Chen Wei stood at the entrance of the small tea house in the Lijiang village, sunlight spilling over his shoulders.Zh: 茶馆散发着温暖的木香，窗外可以看到古镇的石板路。En: The tea house exuded a warm wooden fragrance, and outside the window, one could see the cobblestone roads of the ancient town.Zh: 今天是七夕节，他决定留在茶馆陪奶奶李娜。En: Today is the Qixi Festival, and he decided to stay at the tea house to accompany his grandmother, Li Na.Zh: 茶馆里很安静，只有轻声的交谈和茶水碰杯的声音。En: The tea house was quiet, with only the soft sounds of conversation and tea cups clinking.Zh: 陈伟环顾四周，茶馆的摆设和自己小时候记忆中的一模一样。En: Chen Wei looked around; the tea house's furnishings were exactly the same as in his childhood memories.Zh: 奶奶李娜正坐在柜台后，En: His grandmother, Li Na, was sitting behind the counter.Zh: 她看到陈伟，脸上绽放出慈祥的微笑。En: When she saw Chen Wei, her face lit up with a kind smile.Zh: “伟儿，坐下尝尝奶奶的新茶。”李娜招呼道，语气中充满了关切和期待。En: "Wei'er, sit down and try grandma's new tea," Li Na greeted him, her voice full of concern and anticipation.Zh: 陈伟在小桌旁坐下，手中捧着热腾腾的茶杯。En: Chen Wei sat down at a small table, holding a steaming cup of tea.Zh: 茶水的微微苦涩让他想起小时候和奶奶一起度过的时光，那时他常常坐在这里听奶奶讲故事。En: The slightly bitter taste of the tea reminded him of the times he spent here with his grandmother, listening to her stories.Zh: 记忆让他的心感到一阵温暖，但随之而来的是一丝不安。En: The memories filled his heart with warmth, but a trace of unease followed.Zh: 他心中一直在思考，自己在城市快速的生活节奏中是否遗失了什么。En: He had been pondering whether he had lost something in the fast-paced life of the city.Zh: “奶奶，我最近在城里工作，很忙，但总觉得少了点什么。”陈伟终于开口道。En: "Grandma, I've been working in the city recently, very busy, but I always feel like something's missing," Chen Wei finally spoke.Zh: 李娜微微一笑，“我懂你的感觉。En: Li Na smiled gently, "I understand how you feel.Zh: 城市生活很精彩，但有时候我们也要记得停下脚步，看一看四周的风景。”En: City life is exciting, but sometimes we need to stop and look at the scenery around us."Zh: 陈伟点点头，他知道奶奶指的不仅是眼前的美景，还有那份与家人、传统的联系。En: Chen Wei nodded, knowing that his grandmother was referring to more than just the scenic beauty before them—it was the connection with family and tradition.Zh: 李娜开始讲述她年轻时在茶馆里工作的日子，如何将家人的智慧贯穿在每一杯茶里。En: Li Na began to tell stories of her younger days working in the tea house and how she infused the wisdom of the family into every cup of tea.Zh: 她的故事像是一幅生动画卷，让陈伟深刻意识到茶馆和这些悠久传统的价值。En: Her stories were like a vivid painting, making Chen Wei deeply realize the value of the tea house and these long-standing traditions.Zh: “伟儿，家是让我们找到自我的地方。En: "Wei'er, home is where we find ourselves.Zh: 根记得它生长的地方。”李娜轻声说。En: The roots remember where they grew," Li Na said softly.Zh: 夜幕降临，茶馆内点上了灯笼。En: As night fell, lanterns were lit in the tea house.Zh: 陈伟明显感到内心的变化，他不再纠结于城市与乡村的差异，而是理解了如何从家族历史中汲取养分。En: Chen Wei clearly felt a change within himself; he no longer dwelled on the differences between city and countryside but understood how to draw nourishment from his family's history.Zh: 奶奶的故事让他豁然开朗，他决定以后常常来探望奶奶，以便更好地了解自己的根。En: His grandmother's stories enlightened him, and he decided to visit her often in the future to better understand his roots.Zh: 告别时，陈伟紧紧握住奶奶的手，心中感到一种久违的归属感。En: When saying goodbye, Chen Wei held his grandmother's hand tightly, feeling a long-lost sense of belonging.Zh: 他明白，对过去和家庭的尊重无疑可以塑造更好的未来。En: He realized that respect for the past and family undoubtedly shapes a better future.Zh: 那晚，茶馆外的石板路上，灯火闪烁，映出祖孙俩满意的微笑。En: That night, on the cobblestone road outside the tea house, the flickering lights reflected the satisfied smiles of the grandson and grandmother. Vocabulary Words:entrance: 门口exude: 散发cobblestone: 石板路furnishings: 摆设anticipation: 期待steaming: 热腾腾pondering: 思考unease: 不安scenery: 风景connection: 联系infuse: 贯穿vivid: 生动roots: 根nourishment: 养分enlightened: 豁然开朗belonging: 归属感respect: 尊重undoubtedly: 无疑flickering: 闪烁lanterns: 灯笼dwelling: 纠结customary: 惯例的scent: 香味embody: 体现bustling: 忙碌anecdote: 轶事cherish: 珍惜gleam: 微光nostalgia: 怀旧retrospect: 回顾

Country newcomer Cole Phillips joins us on this episode of The Watering Hole to talk about his journey into country music, the songs that have helped put him on the map, and what life has been like as his career continues to gain momentum. We dive into songwriting, touring, chasing the dream, and the experiences that have shaped his sound along the way.Raised in Oklahoma, Cole has quickly become one of country music's fastest-rising young artists with his raw storytelling, powerful vocals, and breakout hit "Drinking Alone." We also discuss his debut EP, Steel Toes and Texacos, life on the road, and what's next in his rapidly growing career.If you're a fan of authentic country music and want to hear the stories behind one of the genre's rising stars, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Americana, Roots, Folk, Blues and Country music. A LINDA RONSTADT SPECIAL.

This episode was originally released on August 18, 2025 The 2026 episode will be out next week! As is becoming a tradition, we recorded this episode at the 2025 Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Join us again as we give out some folk fest tips, recount our daily highlights, try to stay awake through afterparties, and feature some live music from The Roots, Aysanabee, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Ken Pomeroy, Julianna Riolino, Monophonics, Serena Ryder, & many more! I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa The Edmonton Folk Music Festival (often called Edmonton Folk Fest) is one of Canada's most celebrated music festivals, held every August in Edmonton, Alberta. Founded in 1980, it takes place in Gallagher Park, a scenic hillside venue overlooking the city's downtown skyline.

Send us Fan MailWe made it to episode 300! Thanks for everyone who has been along for the ride. I enjoy talking shop with goalies so much I'd continue to do this even if we had 0 listeners but the fact that some of you love this conversations (and reach out to tell me so) is simply amazing! Here's the episode this week - Ohio State goalie Jack Allen has taken about as unusual a path to D1 lacrosse as it gets — born in Syracuse, developed in Ohio, and then at age 10, moved to England, where men's lacrosse is a niche, blue-collar sport and his best option for reps was playing in a men's league with guys from the local Air Force bases.In this episode, Jack talks about growing up drawn to the goalie position in every sport he played, what he actually looks for when studying goalies on film, and how he digs out of a slump with targeted reps. He opens up about the mental side — the sports psychology resources at Ohio State, the box-breathing reset he uses in the cage, and the French word he picked up on a trip that helps him flush a bad goal.We also cover his recruiting story (the World Championships as his tape, and a lot of unanswered emails), what it means to play "like a rubber band, not a slinky" at 5'9", why up-the-hash shots were his toughest college adjustment, what he's learned practicing next to Casey "Big Tasty" Yamron, and coming off the bench cold against Rutgers.Plus a full gear breakdown — STX Eclipse 3, memory mesh, RZR 2 gloves, and the backwards top string that changed his release.Jack's closing message: lacrosse is the medicine game. Have fun with it, and give back to it.Support the show

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Homeward Heart: Rediscovering Roots at the Zhongyuan Festival Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-08-09-07-38-19-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 稻田在夏日的阳光下泛着波光，犹如大海的绿色波浪。En: The fields shimmered under the summer sun like the green waves of the sea.Zh: 蝉声此起彼伏，伴随着远处村子的钟声，仿佛在为中元节的到来增添一丝神秘。En: The cicadas' chirping was intermittent, accompanied by the distant village's bells, adding a touch of mystery to the arrival of the Zhongyuan Festival.Zh: 小明踏上回家的小路，背后是他在城市的点滴，眼前是他熟悉的家乡。En: Xiao Ming set foot on the path back home, leaving behind his memories of the city, with his familiar hometown ahead.Zh: 那是云南一个安静的小村庄，四周被稻田环绕。En: It was a quiet little village in Yunnan, surrounded by rice paddies.Zh: 村里每个房子门口都已挂上了灯笼，流淌着柔和的赤光，仿佛引导亡灵归来的灯塔。En: Lanterns had been hung at the entrance of each house in the village, casting a soft red glow as if they were beacons guiding the spirits back home.Zh: 今年的中元节，小明决定不再错过。En: This year, Zhongyuan Festival, Xiao Ming decided not to miss it.Zh: 他想亲手帮忙收割那些金黄饱满的稻谷，想在灯火的映衬下缅怀自己的祖先。En: He wanted to help harvest the golden, full ears of rice with his own hands and, under the glow of the lights, cherish the memory of his ancestors.Zh: “欢迎回来，小明！”栗花的声音从田里传来。En: "Welcome back, Xiao Ming!" Lihua's voice came from the field.Zh: 她在大树下歇息，脸上满是汗水。En: She was resting under a big tree, her face full of sweat.Zh: 小明笑着挥手，心中涌现出一股久违的温馨。En: Xiao Ming waved with a smile, a long-lost warmth welling up in his heart.Zh: 他想起在城市忙碌的日子，每每午夜醒来，总觉得缺少些什么。En: He thought of his busy days in the city, where waking up at midnight always left him feeling like something was missing.Zh: 三天后，田地里的人都忙碌起来。En: Three days later, everyone in the fields was busy.Zh: 陈伟是小明的儿时伙伴，现在是村里的一名农夫。En: Chen Wei, Xiao Ming's childhood friend, was now a farmer in the village.Zh: 他把一个大竹篮递给小明，“一起来吧，需要你呢。”En: He handed a large bamboo basket to Xiao Ming, "Join us, we need you."Zh: 小明接过篮子，感受到竹子的纹理在掌心隐隐刺痛，却让他心中倍感踏实。En: Xiao Ming took the basket, feeling the textures of bamboo subtly pricking his palm, yet it filled his heart with a sense of solidity.Zh: 白天的劳作让人疲惫，但更多的是充实。En: Laboring during the day was exhausting, but more fulfilling.Zh: 到了夜晚，中元节的祭祖仪式在村中心展开，烛焰摇曳，供桌上摆满水果和香烛。En: At night, the Zhongyuan Festival ancestor-worship ceremony unfolded in the village center with flickering candlelight and offering tables filled with fruits and incense.Zh: 小明跟随全村的老人们一起祈祷，低声念诵着祝福的话语。En: Xiao Ming joined the village elders in prayer, softly chanting blessing words.Zh: 灯光下，小明望着四周，一种力量从他内心深处慢慢升起。En: Under the lights, Xiao Ming looked around, and a force slowly rose from deep within him.Zh: 那是对土地的热爱，对家的依恋。En: It was a love for the land, an attachment to home.Zh: 他突然意识到，无论身处何地，家永远是支撑他前行的根基。En: He suddenly realized that no matter where he was, home was always the foundation that supported his journey forward.Zh: 翌日清晨，小明做了决定，他要更频繁地回到这里，用行动支持家乡的发展。En: The next morning, Xiao Ming made a decision: he would return more often to contribute to his hometown's development with actions.Zh: “即便再忙，我都会回来，”小明对栗花和陈伟说，他们脸上露出赞许的微笑。En: "Even if I'm busy, I will come back," he told Lihua and Chen Wei, who smiled approvingly.Zh: 小明心里明白，现代都市与传统乡村并非彼此排斥，而是共同构成了他完整的世界。En: Xiao Ming understood that the modern city and the traditional village weren't mutually exclusive but together formed his complete world.Zh: 就在稻田边，小明再度望向远方，他知道未来的路虽然充满挑战，但不再感到孤单。En: Right by the rice fields, Xiao Ming gazed again into the distance, knowing that the road ahead was full of challenges but no longer feeling alone.Zh: 云南的田野，他的家庭，他的祖先，都是他心灵深处永恒的港湾。En: The fields of Yunnan, his family, his ancestors, are all an eternal haven deep in his soul. Vocabulary Words:shimmered: 泛着波光intermittent: 此起彼伏chirping: 蝉声beacons: 灯塔ancestors: 祖先harvest: 收割cherish: 缅怀textures: 纹理bamboo: 竹子exhausting: 疲惫flickering: 摇曳offering tables: 供桌incense: 香烛chanting: 念诵blessing: 祝福attachment: 依恋foundation: 根基development: 发展mutually exclusive: 彼此排斥haven: 港湾fields: 田野companionship: 伴随glow: 赤光spirit: 亡灵pricking: 刺痛solidity: 踏实journey: 前行effigy: 象kindred: 亲属familiar: 熟悉

Roots of Change Podcast — Episode 103 — Why It's Lonely at the TopWhen Diane Gudmundson asks senior healthcare leaders what the hardest part of their job is, two answers keep coming back consistently. Team accountability and loneliness.In this episode, she shares her own leadership arc, from absorbing an authoritarian model growing up, to struggling through her first nursing leadership role and wondering if she was simply not meant for leadership, to working for a patient-centred leader early in her NP career who showed her a completely different way was possible. She traces what happened through the years of controlling, passive, and passive-aggressive leaders that followed, through building NP on Wheels, and through her grassroots contract in Manitoba where she experienced firsthand that leading around people instead of reports and policies meant she never felt lonely once.She also explains why hierarchy itself produces isolation at the top through a mechanism most leaders never examine, the way information gets shaped at every level before it reaches the person making the decisions. And she shares what actually changes when a leader is genuinely connected to the ground.If you are a senior healthcare leader and this resonates with your organization, send Diane a direct message with the word ROOTS and she will share the next step.Secure your copy of Rooted to Rise: The Rise of the Patient-Centred Leader: www.dianegudmundson.com/rtrbook

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Our 137th episode, which aired on December 21, 2025, and featured our latest Christmas show. Brian Setzer Orchestra – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Asleep at the Wheel – Here Comes Santa Claus Angela Strehli – Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Midnight Boppers – Underneath the Mistletoe Mark Anthony – Mama's Twistin' With Santa Three Aces & A Joker - Sleigh Bell Rock Dave Del Monte – Drag Racing Santa Roy Milton & His Solid Senders – Christmas Time Blues Riders in the Sky – Christmas at the Triple X Little Joey Farr – Rock 'N Roll Santa JD McPherson – Twinkle Little Christmas Lights Boppin' Rhythm Boozers – Santa's Rockin' Tonight Marguerite Trina – The Rocking Tree Little Charlie & the Nightcats – It's Christmas Time Again Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – When It's Christmas On The Range Louis Jordan – Santa Claus Santa Claus Squirrel Nut Zippers – Sleigh Ride Poorboys – White Christmas Urban Surf Kings – Auld Lang Syne

No theme this week. No genre studies. No artist retrospectives. Just two hours of great American music. We're in a free-form mood, wandering once again through the dusty digital archives of the past century in search of songs that simply deserve to be heard. Pour yourself a favorite morning libation and settle in as we journey from the elegant dance band sounds of George Olsen to the gypsy jazz brilliance of Django Reinhardt and the unmistakable blues of Memphis Minnie. Along the way, we'll kick up a little country dust with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and plenty of other musical companions. There may not be a formal theme, but don't be surprised if the songs begin talking to one another. You'll hear stories of good news and bad news, bad blood, hard luck, redemption, resilience, and the enduring hope that seems to find its way into the best American music. That's the beauty of community radio. Sometimes the best discoveries happen when you stop looking for a destination and simply enjoy the journey. Join us Friday morning at 9:00 Pacific on KOWS Community Radio, streaming worldwide at kowsfm.com, and spend a couple of hours exploring the music that shaped where we've been—and still has something to say about where we're going.

In this episode, part-time trucker and farmer Jared Sapach of Reuben's Roots shares how they're able to extend their 100-day farming season with season extension equipment.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!   Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:  Instagram  Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:  Carrot Cashflow  Farm Small Farm Smart  Farm Small Farm Smart Daily  The Growing Microgreens Podcast  The Urban Farmer Podcast  The Rookie Farmer Podcast  In Search of Soil Podcast Check out Diego's books:  Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon   Ready Farmer One on Amazon **** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

In this episode, part-time trucker and farmer Jared Sapach of Reuben's Roots shares how they're able to extend their 100-day farming season with season extension equipment.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!   Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:  Instagram  Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:  Carrot Cashflow  Farm Small Farm Smart  Farm Small Farm Smart Daily  The Growing Microgreens Podcast  The Urban Farmer Podcast  The Rookie Farmer Podcast  In Search of Soil Podcast Check out Diego's books:  Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon   Ready Farmer One on Amazon **** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

This week, Bernie sits down with Fire 'N Ice frontman John Torra. At just 23 years old, John is helping keep the spirit of '80s hard rock alive, turning heads with a series of viral vocal covers that have caught the attention of rock fans everywhere. John talks about his Quiet Riot audition videos, accusations that his vocals were AI-generated, his uncanny ability to imitate some of rock's most iconic singers, and the influences that shaped him as a musician.https://www.instagram.com/john_torrahttps://www.instagram.com/fireniceband******************************************Hungry for more?Check us out at https://isbreakfast.com******************************************00:02:08 Roots of Rock00:07:51 Cover Songs Take Off00:12:09 Learning by Ear00:13:07 ALF and Jersey Pride00:14:08 Stage Shows and Criticism00:19:05 Quiet Riot Dreams00:22:48 Keeping the Scene Alive00:29:33 Tour Dates Ahead00:33:12 Find John Online

Join us for episode two of MCIE's "Think Inclusive" four-part series in collaboration with Think College, as Tim Villegas travels to the University of California, Davis, to visit the Redwood SEED Scholars Program — California's first four-year residential college program for students with intellectual disabilities, and the first at any UC campus. SEED stands for Supported Education to Elevate Diversity, and the name comes from an unlikely grove of redwood trees growing in the Central Valley heat, holding each other up by their shallow, interlocking roots. It's a fitting image for a program built on community: scholars live in the dorms, take UC Davis classes across 27 different departments, work paid jobs on campus and in town, and are surrounded by more than 170 paid peer mentors.The story starts with founding director Beth Foraker, her son Patrick, and a blister on a Friday night in a Virginia dorm room — the moment she understood what her state was failing to offer its young adults with intellectual disabilities. From there, this episode follows the program's fast, improbable build (a $2.1 million federal TPSID grant in October 2020, first scholars on campus by August 2021), the "ladder of opportunity" that moves scholars from internships into careers with employers like UC Davis Logistics and the Mondavi Center, and what happened to the program's first graduating class: eighty-eight percent living independently, all of them working, none of them with a job coach. Along the way, senior scholar Audrey Schlossberg, ticket office manager Amy Roark, and logistics director Jen Carmichael make the case that inclusive higher education changes campuses and communities as much as it changes students — and Beth makes an argument she thinks the whole country needs to hear about building four-year programs with inclusive living.Complete show notes and transcript: https://mcie.org/think-inclusive/redwood-seed-scholars-roots-that-hold-each-other-up-1341/This episode was made possible with generous support from Think College. Learn more at thinkcollege.net.

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What did the Puritans really believe about the Old Testament, Mosaic law, Jews, and Israel? In this episode of the Biblical Mind Podcast, historian Dr. Yisroel Benporat explores the fascinating and often misunderstood relationship between Puritan theology and the Hebrew Bible.Benporat explains why Puritans attempted to apply biblical judicial laws to early American society, including laws concerning adultery, the Sabbath, and criminal punishment. He unpacks the distinction between moral, ceremonial, and judicial law and shows how Puritan thinkers wrestled with the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.The conversation also challenges the popular myth that Puritans were essentially “quasi-Jews.” Although Puritans were deeply fascinated by Hebrew Scripture and Jewish texts, their views of contemporary Jews were shaped by Christian supersessionism and a strong desire for Jewish conversion.Finally, Benporat examines Puritan eschatology and the restoration of Israel, exploring why some scholars see connections between Puritan thought and later Christian Zionism. The episode concludes by considering what Puritanism can teach us about biblical interpretation, Christian nationalism, theocracy, Jewish-Christian relations, and the enduring Hebraic roots of Christianity.For Dr. Yisroel Benporat's website Click HereHelpful Resources: "How Far Moses Judicialls Bind Mass[achusetts]" (ca. 1643), "John Cotton's Treatise on the Duration of the Lord's Day" (1611) , "Legislating the Lord's Day"Contact us at The Biblical Mind: Click HereWe are listener supported. Give to the cause here: https://thebiblicalmind.org/give/For more articles: https://thebiblicalmind.org/Social Links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HebraicThoughtInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hebraicthoughtThreads: https://www.threads.net/hebraicthoughtX: https://www.twitter.com/HebraicThoughtBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hebraicthought.orgChapters:00:00 Introduction to Puritans' biblical interpretation02:26 Yisrael Ben Parat's interest in Puritan New England03:26 Puritan laws: adultery and capital punishment06:46 Sabbath laws and biblical prohibitions08:17 Puritan use of scripture as political model11:36 Puritan views on Sabbath and Old Testament laws14:29 Categories of Mosaic law: moral, ceremonial, judicial16:21 Puritans' application of judicial laws21:13 Hermeneutic of continuity and abrogation in Puritan law24:10 Puritans' view of Jews and anti-Semitism27:29 Replacement theology and Puritan eschatology36:55 Puritan eschatological visions and Christian Zionism44:40 Puritans' objectification of Jews and cultural views49:36 Modern resurgence of Puritanism and its implicationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What does it take to lead well when the ground will not stop shaking? In this solo episode, Laura introduces the Future-Ready Leader Model, a tree-based framework for leading from the inside out, through your roots, your trunk, and your branches. Roots. Your internal foundation: Self-awareness, emotional regulation, values, and grounding. Trunk. Your strategic positioning: The clarity and intentional choices that keep you standing. Branches. Your expansive impact: The influence, relationships, and reach beyond your role. You were not designed to only lead when things are easy. Future-ready leadership is not about becoming someone different. It is about going deeper into who you already are, and growing anyway. "You can have the most impressive branches in the room. But if your roots are shallow, one hard wind takes you down." Take the free Future-Ready Leader Assessment. Fifteen questions, about five minutes, and you get your profile, your scores across all three dimensions, your strengths, your growth edge, and three next steps.   https://futureready.blackwomanleading.com/    About Laura Laura Knights is the Creator of Black Woman Leading® and host of the podcast. She is an executive coach, speaker, facilitator, and licensed clinical social worker with 20+ years of experience creating personal and professional development programs that have touched leaders worldwide. Her expertise and background in business, human resources, adult education, and social work uniquely equip her to teach others how to deal with both the "head work" and "heart work" required to succeed at work and in life.  She is the Founder and CEO of Knights Consulting LLC,  a leadership development consultancy that provides customized training and coaching programs to create more confident leaders and high-performing teams. Black Woman Leading® is a research-backed initiative which offers leadership development programming, a podcast, and an annual conference for Black women professionals. Black Woman Leading® is an initiative of Knights Consulting LLC. Learn more at blackwomanleading.com.   BWL Resources: Now enrolling for both the August sessions of the Early Career and Mid-Career programs.  Learn more at https://blackwomanleading.com/programs-overview/ Join us at the 2027 Black Woman Leading LIVE! Conference & Retreat.  June 1-4, 2027, Clearwater Beach, FL.  Save your seat at www.BWLretreat.com Full podcast episodes are now on Youtube.  Subscribe to the BWL channel today! Check out the BWL theme song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l68EqEJjXq0  Check out the BWL line dance tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eui89AmJwUg  Credits: Learn about all Black Woman Leading® programs, resources, and events at www.blackwomanleading.com Learn more about our consulting work with organizations at https://knightsconsultinggroup.com/ Email Laura: info@knightsconsultinggroup.com  Connect with Laura on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraeknights/  Follow BWL on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/blackwomanleading  Instagram: @blackwomanleading Facebook: @blackwomanleading Youtube: @blackwomanleading  Podcast Music & Production: Marshall Knights - https://marshallknights.com/  Graphics: Dara Adams Listen and follow the podcast on all major platforms: Apple Podcasts  Spotify Stitcher iHeartRadio Audible Podbay  

Fluent Fiction - Danish: Journey to Self: Reconnecting with Your Roots Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/da/episode/2026-08-06-22-34-01-da Story Transcript:Da: Astrid stod stille ved perronen på Københavns Hovedbanegård.En: Astrid stood still at the platform on Københavns Hovedbanegård.Da: Sommerens varme vind legede med hendes hår, mens lyden af summende menneskemængder fyldte luften.En: The warm summer wind played with her hair, while the sound of buzzing crowds filled the air.Da: Hun trak vejret dybt ind.En: She took a deep breath.Da: Hun var på vej mod fortiden.En: She was heading towards the past.Da: Jens så hende fra den anden side af stationen.En: Jens saw her from the other side of the station.Da: Han vinkede, og hun vinkede tilbage med et lille smil.En: He waved, and she waved back with a small smile.Da: Det var et øjeblik, hun havde ventet på, men også frygtet.En: It was a moment she had been waiting for but also feared.Da: Astrid ønskede at finde tilbage til sine rødder.En: Astrid wished to reconnect with her roots.Da: Hun følte, hun havde mistet noget vigtigt derhjemme.En: She felt she had lost something important at home.Da: "Er du sikker på, at du vil gøre det her?"En: "Are you sure you want to do this?"Da: spurgte Jens, da han stod ved hendes side.En: asked Jens, as he stood by her side.Da: Hans stemme var rolig, han var altid jordnær, præcis hvad hun havde brug for.En: His voice was calm, he was always down-to-earth, exactly what she needed.Da: "Ja," sagde Astrid, mens hun kiggede på den moderne arkitektur blandet med de gamle bygninger omkring dem.En: "Yes," said Astrid, while she looked at the modern architecture mixed with the old buildings around them.Da: "Jeg har brug for at finde ud af, hvem jeg er, hvor jeg kommer fra."En: "I need to find out who I am, where I come from."Da: De steg ombord på toget.En: They boarded the train.Da: Pladserne var fyldt med mennesker på vej ud i verden eller hjem til dem selv.En: The seats were filled with people on their way out into the world or back to themselves.Da: Astrid tog sædet ved vinduet.En: Astrid took the seat by the window.Da: Mens toget kørte, tænkte hun på deres forældre.En: As the train moved, she thought about their parents.Da: Deres forhold var blevet distanceret.En: Their relationship had become distant.Da: De gamle minder var både søde og bitre.En: The old memories were both sweet and bitter.Da: Jens snakkede om småting, forsøgte at lette stemningen.En: Jens talked about little things, trying to lighten the mood.Da: Men Astrid var i sine tanker.En: But Astrid was lost in her thoughts.Da: Da de nærmede sig stationsbyen, åbnede Jens op.En: As they approached the station town, Jens opened up.Da: "Tror du, de er klar til at høre fra os?"En: "Do you think they are ready to hear from us?"Da: spurgte han.En: he asked.Da: Astrids hjerte bankede hurtigere.En: Astrid's heart beat faster.Da: Hvad nu hvis de ikke var?En: What if they weren't?Da: Alt, hvad hun havde frygtet, kunne blive til virkelighed.En: Everything she had feared could become a reality.Da: "Jeg ved ikke," indrømmede hun ærligt.En: "I don't know," she admitted honestly.Da: "Men det er vigtigt for mig."En: "But it's important to me."Da: Toget stoppede, og de trådte ud.En: The train stopped, and they stepped out.Da: Luften var fyldt med minder.En: The air was filled with memories.Da: Astrid følte en klump i halsen.En: Astrid felt a lump in her throat.Da: Mens de gik mod barndomshjemmet, begyndte de at tale.En: As they walked towards the childhood home, they began to talk.Da: Jens bragte en glemt oplevelse frem, grin og lethed fulgte.En: Jens brought up a forgotten experience, laughter and ease followed.Da: Diskussionen blev intens.En: The discussion became intense.Da: Astrid så på Jens, hun var tvunget til at vælge.En: Astrid looked at Jens, she was forced to choose.Da: "Jeg ved, det er et stor skridt," sagde Jens blidt.En: "I know it's a big step," Jens said gently.Da: "Men måske skal vi finde fred på vores egen måde."En: "But maybe we have to find peace in our own way."Da: Astrid stoppede.En: Astrid stopped.Da: Hun indså, at Jens havde ret.En: She realized that Jens was right.Da: Måske handlede det ikke om at konfrontere fortiden direkte, men om at acceptere den.En: Maybe it wasn't about confronting the past directly, but about accepting it.Da: Som en del af hende.En: As a part of her.Da: "Hvad siger du?"En: "What do you say?"Da: spurgte Jens.En: asked Jens.Da: "Jeg tror, jeg vil slutte fred," sagde Astrid.En: "I think I want to make peace," said Astrid.Da: Hun kiggede på ham, smilende.En: She looked at him, smiling.Da: De vendte om, gik langs den smalle vej.En: They turned back, walked along the narrow road.Da: Sammen.En: Together.Da: Astrid følte sig lettere nu.En: Astrid felt lighter now.Da: Hun havde Jens.En: She had Jens.Da: Deres minder, deres bånd var nok.En: Their memories, their bond was enough.Da: Hun havde fundet det, hun ledte efter.En: She had found what she was looking for.Da: Ikke i fortiden, men i nuet.En: Not in the past, but in the present.Da: Øjeblikket var fyldt af en stille tilfredshed.En: The moment was filled with a quiet contentment.Da: Det var begyndelsen til noget nyt.En: It was the beginning of something new. 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Julia Ioffe left the USSR as a child and came back as an adult journalist to find that the confident, credentialed women she remembered from her Soviet childhood had largely been supplanted by those chasing marriage and domesticity instead. That disorienting reversal is the engine of her book Motherland, a National Book Award finalist that reconstructs modern Russian history almost entirely through its women. Her account, drawn from her own family's history as well as the archives, keeps returning to one plain observation: Soviet policy pushed women into the workforce, the medical schools, and even into combat, while asking so little of men that low expectations became self-fulfilling—and Russia is still living with the results. Julia joined Tyler to discuss why so many of Russia's great constructivist painters were women, why the tsarist government established women's medical courses in 1872, changing attitudes towards abortion and birth control in the 20th century, why the Soviet regime turned prudish, how Khrushchev's plan to "replace the dead" institutionalized single motherhood, Russian superwomen, why Jewish men were a prized commodity amid rampant antisemitism, the cultural significance of flowers, why a few Russian names still dominate, why Russian women think Western feminists have their priorities backwards, how gender attitudes and autocracy feed into each other, three underrated Russian novels, what she wants to write about next, and more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on YouTube.  Recorded April 7th, 2026. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Julia on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:38 - Bolshevik feminism 00:08:41 - Birth control, abortion, and prudery 00:14:48 - The Russian mating market 00:23:06 - Russian superwomen 00:32:02 - The importance of flowers 00:37:35 - Common Russian names 00:39:51 - Russian vs. American feminism 00:44:23 - Gender attitudes and Russian politics 00:49:54 - Russian novels 00:54:33 - Outro Photo credit: Max Avdeev

We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Dave Thompson to continue discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music. This episode covers the very oldest examples of The Child Ballads, with lyrical themes dating back to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, as well as the contributions of major literary figures like Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens. This episode originally dropped in 2024. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support the show. Thanks! Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letitrollpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Twitter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Let It Roll is proud to be part of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pantheon Podcast⁠s⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

summaryIn this insightful interview, Jim Jackson discusses the profound impact of medical trauma, its recognition, and how healthcare providers and patients can work together to foster healing and resilience. Topics include trauma-informed care, the importance of empathy, and practical interventions to improve mental health outcomes for those affected by medical experiences.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Medical Trauma and Its Impact02:43 Understanding the Roots of Medical Trauma05:31 Hypotheses and Findings on Trauma in Medical Settings08:30 The Importance of Early Intervention11:29 Addressing Racial and Marginalized Trauma14:21 Trauma-Informed Care Approaches16:56 The Role of Patient Stories in Understanding Trauma19:41 Shifting Perspectives on Trauma22:24 Hope and Healing in the Face of Trauma25:23 The Publishing Journey and Future Directions29:09 The Rise of Medical Trauma Awareness32:05 Kintsugi: Finding Beauty in Brokenness36:32 Communicating Medical Trauma Effectively41:04 The Power of Lived Experience47:02 Taking Action Against Medical Trauma50:46 Advocating for Change in Healthcare

While Jesus walked this earth, he taught us the truths of God and the secrets of living well. In just 3 years of ministry he said everything he needed to say, and he said it perfectly. Now, over 2000 years later, his words are our perfect guide for life. Some of Jesus’ teachings were on deeply spiritual things that he knew we would struggle to understand. Not all things needed to be understood, but for some things we would need to understand so we could live well. For these things, Jesus often taught in parables. Parables are stories. The word parable means “to throw alongside”. So, Jesus is teaching using a story thrown alongside a truth. These are earthly stories with Heavenly meaning. Today, we begin our study of the parables of Jesus. We will read the stories he told, understand them, and apply them to our lives so we grow and get better. Through these parables we will see how a holy God speaks to ordinary people with everyday stories we can see, understand and remember. Some things God says are mysteries and simply cannot be figured out – but these are not. God essentially leaned down and brought his wisdom in a way we would actually get it. (Now you will notice with these parables, they are often found in a few of the gospels. Remember the 4 gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the accounts of 4 of Jesus’ disciples as they walked with him. They are retelling everything they saw, experienced, heard and learned from Jesus. So, you may read the same parable in the gospels and that’s why. For simplicity, I’ll just be choosing one of the gospel accounts and reading it. You could also study the other books to see if there’s any special differences noted by the authors.) Ready to get it? Let’s dive in to the Parables of Jesus! —————— Part 1: The Parable of the Sower Scripture: Matthew 13: 1-23 Here’s the setting. Jesus is in his 3 years of actively teaching and preaching here on earth and more and more people are beginning to follow him. On this particular day Jesus was staying at a house near the sea and when he walks outside a large crowd starts gathering around him. So, Jesus gets in a boat, goes out a little on the water and sits down in the boat to start teaching. The crowd of people stood on the beach to listen. First, just knowing that the King of the Universe, the Savior of the world, the divine Creator in human form didn’t choose a fancy synagogue like all the other teachers. He didn’t choose a formal stage or a platform. No, he chose a boat floating on the sea, wearing his ordinary robe and sandals like everyone else there that day. We see through this example that Jesus really didn’t come to judge the world, he came to save it. In humility, he met us right where we are to teach us the highest of lessons. And here, in this boat, is where Jesus begins teaching in parables – again earthly stories with heavenly meaning. “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” That was Jesus’ story. But what was the point in this? Was he giving a gardening lesson? For some listening, it would seem like nothing more than that – but for those God was calling to follow him and setting apart as his people, he was speaking in a way they could truly understand. Everyone in this day understood farming. Everyone had to grow crops to survive. Their survival depended on a successful harvest. They knew seeds, they knew soils. And for those who were called as followers of God, he was about to open their minds to how his word works in their lives through the example of the sower, the seed and the soils. The disciples heard Jesus’ story and came to him asking why he was speaking in such a different way, then Jesus explains the story. The seed is the word of God. This seed falls on 4 different types of soil, and it is the soil that makes all the difference. It’s the same seed. The same sower. Different soil. ————— Soil #1: The Path Verse 19, “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.” Do you ever read your Bible, skim the words, get through the whole chapter so you can check the box, but not actually understand it? Yip, that’s seed hitting the soil along the path. That’s seed that won’t grow. That’s knowledge that quickly gets snatched up by the evil one. He swoops in like a bird and takes the surface level seed. Growing in God’s word isn’t about speed reading and getting through chapters. That’s just the path – that’s where everyone is walking – that’s ground that can’t really grow anything. If it’s worn with traffic, fast moving ground, it’s not growing ground. Surface level knowledge of God’s word will get snatched up every time by the evil one. Satan knows the life changing power of the Bible even more than you do – that’s why he continually tries to hinder you from really diving into it. He’s perfectly fine with you keeping it on the surface, speed reading to check a box, and never have it actually grow in your life. Life doesn’t change on the soil of the busy path. The seed never changes. The Sower never changes. The harvest is determined by the soil. ————— Soil #2: The Rocky Ground Verses 20-21, “As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.” Rocky soil is shallow dirt mixed in with rocks. This little bit of soil warms quickly with the sun and the rocks, creating fast growth of the new seed, but it simply won’t last. The rocks keep the seed from ever growing roots. While it sprouts up fast, the first hard rain will wash it right out. That can be us. We can get all excited about what God says to us, we can be all gung ho in the beginning, convinced we’re going to really do it this time, but as soon as life gets hard and the storms hit, we just get washed right out. Life hits and we’re out – why? Because our soil was rocky and allowed for no permanent growth. Everything was temporary and short lived. Have you noticed how you get excited fast but fizzle? That’s rocky ground. There’s ground work to be done. The seed never changes. The Sower never changes. The harvest is determined by the soil. ————— Soil #3: Thorns Verse 22, “As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” Notice something. The seed actually grows here. This isn’t the path where nothing happens. This isn’t the rocky soil where it dies immediately. The plant starts growing, it just never produces what it was created to produce. Why? Because something else is growing right beside it. Jesus says the thorns are “the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t have to plant weeds. Have you ever noticed that? You can spend all weekend pulling weeds out of your flower beds, and two weeks later they’re back like they own the place. You never planted them. You never watered them. You never invited them. They just showed up. Our hearts work the same way. Nobody wakes up and says, “Today I’d really like to become anxious.” Nobody decides, “I’m going to slowly make my job my identity.” Nobody plans to let social media steal their contentment. The weeds just grow. The bills. The schedules. The kids. The comparisons. The endless to-do lists. The pursuit of more. The fear of not having enough. The pressure to keep everyone happy. None of these things may be sinful by themselves… But together they quietly choke what God is trying to grow. Notice Jesus didn’t say the thorns killed the believer. He said they made them unfruitful. You can know Jesus, love Jesus, go to church, read your Bible… And still have a life where God’s Word never reaches its full potential because everything else is competing for your attention. Maybe today isn’t about planting more seed. Maybe it’s about pulling weeds. Sometimes growth doesn’t require adding one more Bible study. Sometimes it requires removing what has been choking the life out of the one you’re already doing. The seed never changes. The Sower never changes. The harvest is determined by the soil. —————— Soil #4: The Good Soil Verse 23, “As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” This is beautiful. Notice Jesus doesn’t say good soil is perfect soil. He simply says it receives the seed. It welcomes it. It protects it. It gives it room. It lets it sink deep. It keeps coming back day after day. And eventually… Fruit. That’s God’s goal. Not information. Transformation. God isn’t trying to make you a Bible trivia champion. He’s trying to make you look more like Jesus. Fruit takes time. An apple tree doesn’t apologize because it didn’t produce apples the week after it was planted. Growth is slow. Roots grow before fruit shows. Sometimes you’ll wonder if anything is happening at all. Keep showing up. Keep reading. Keep praying. Keep obeying. The roots are growing even when you can’t see them. And one day the fruit everyone sees will simply be the evidence of what God has been growing underground all along. So today… Which soil are you? Actually… That’s the wrong question. The better question is… Which soil is your heart today? Maybe today you’ve been living on the busy path. God’s Word has stayed on the surface because you’ve been rushing from one thing to the next. Maybe today your heart is rocky. You love the excitement of following Jesus until life gets hard. Maybe today you’ve got weeds. Not terrible sins. Just too many things competing for your heart. Or maybe… By God’s grace… Your heart is becoming good soil. Not perfect. Just open. Soft. Hungry. Ready. Here’s the best news of this whole parable: Soil can change. A hard path can be broken up. Rocks can be removed. Thorns can be pulled. The condition of your heart today does not have to be the condition of your heart tomorrow. So before you close your Bible today, don’t just ask, “What did I learn?” Ask, “God, what kind of soil is my heart today… and what do You want to do with it?” Because the seed never changes. The Sower never changes. But when the soil changes… Everything changes. “Lord, soften whatever has become hard. Remove whatever is keeping me shallow. Pull whatever is choking my growth. Make my heart good soil so your word doesn’t just inform me – it transforms me.” Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com

What happens when a small-town girl with musician parents transforms her passion into a powerful career? Join host Buzz Knight on this episode of takin' a walk as we explore the inspiring journey of singer-songwriter Skylar Grey, whose evocative songwriting has resonated with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Eminem and Rihanna. Skylar opens up about her roots in Wisconsin, where music was woven into the fabric of her childhood, and how those early influences shaped her artistic identity. As Skylar Grey discusses her latest album, Wasted Potential, she offers a retrospective glimpse into her life, revealing the emotional depth and honesty that defines her music. Describing her unique sound as 'bubble grunge,' she seamlessly blends various genres while capturing the essence of her experiences. This episode dives deep into the significance of mental health in the creative process and how returning to nature has reignited her passion for music. Skylar's candid reflections on self-worth and artistic integrity resonate throughout the conversation, making it a heartfelt exploration of her artistic journey. With highlights of her recent collaboration with Motionless in White, this episode showcases her versatility as an artist and her ability to traverse different musical landscapes. Buzz Knight, known for his engaging style and deep dives into music history, leads this captivating discussion that touches on themes of resilience, the joy of live performance, and the importance of staying true to oneself. If you're a fan of legendary musicians, iconic songwriting, or simply love a good story about the music and personal stories behind the songs, then this episode of takin' a walk is a must-listen. Join us as we uncover the inside music stories that shaped Skylar Grey into the artist she is today, and experience the magic of her journey through the lens of Buzz Knight, a true connoisseur of music history. Don't miss this opportunity to step into the world of an inspiring icon and discover the transformative power of music. Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2026 Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado joins me to discuss how Trump and the US can have a huge foreign policy success in Venezuela.Also: Socialism has proven to be a disaster every place it’s been tried. Yet somehow it’s making a comeback in America. Here’s why.01:34 – Socialism's Discredited History05:50 – Why Orwell Missed Economics07:15 – Korea And Germany Compared09:25 – Growing Up Under Indian Socialism11:27 – Socialists Vs Entrepreneurs17:12 – Guest Intro: Maria Corina Machado 19:24 – Contrasting Machado And Rodriguez21:30 – Socialism Behind Venezuela's Collapse24:31 – Earthquake Exposes Regime Failure28:12 – Election Integrity Concerns32:22 – Machado's Nobel Peace Prize35:23 – Plan To Rebuild Venezuela38:40 – A Free Western Hemisphere46:07 – Biblical Archeology's Evidence If you’re tired of broken healthcare you need to choose the right pharmacy. Check them out at allfamilypharmacy.com/dinesh and use code DINESH10 to save 10% off your next order. Leave the old “buy and hold” crypto strategy behind at https://DineshCrypto.com ! Purchase crypto with military grade encryption and American customer service. Hundreds of crypto holders have saved MILLIONS thanks to BlockTrustIRA’s Animus AI. Visit https://DineshCrypto.com and receive up to $2,500 in FREE bonus crypto! America has nearly 39 trillion dollars in debt! Are you protected from this pending disaster? Go to http://DineshGold.com and get up to 10% in bonus gold or silver. I’m on substack! Check out what I have to say here: https://dineshdsouza.substack.com/ For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (706) 262-4774 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dinesh Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Dinesh D'Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior domestic policy analyst in the Reagan administration. He also served as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including "Illiberal Education," "What's So Great About Christianity," "America: Imagine a World Without Her," "The Roots of Obama's Rage," "Death of a Nation," and "United States of Socialism." His documentary films "2016: Obama's America," "America," "Hillary's America," "Death of a Nation," and "Trump Card" are among the highest-grossing political documentaries of all time. He and his wife Debbie are also executive producers of the acclaimed feature film "Infidel." — Want to connect with Dinesh D'Souza online for more hard-hitting analysis of current events in America? Here’s how: Get Dinesh unfiltered, uncensored and unchained on Locals: https://dinesh.locals.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dsouzadinesh Twitter: https://twitter.com/dineshdsouza Rumble: https://rumble.com/dineshdsouza Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dineshjdsouzaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode, author Mallary Tenore Tarpley shares her personal journey with eating disorder recovery, insights into different types of eating disorders, and practical tools for healing and self-acceptance. Mallary offers hope and guidance for anyone struggling with disordered eating or seeking a deeper connection with themselves.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Mallary's Story and Book02:08 The Roots of Disordered Eating: Control and Emotions04:00 Classic Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Binge, and Bulimia08:54 Signs of Disordered Eating and When to Seek Help15:07 Mallary's Personal Journey: Loss, Control, and Recovery20:00 The Middle Place: Slips, Progress, and Acceptance25:03 Healing Through Self-Love, Spirituality, and Connection30:10 Resources and Support for Recovery41:51 Final Reflections and Hope for the JourneyEpisode Sponsor: Anima Mundi Offer: Anima Mundi is giving Feel Good Podcast listeners there largest discount of the year. It's a great opportunity to treat yourself or a friend to some soothing self-care by going to AnimaMundiHerbals.com and use the code: SOLLUNA20 for 20% off your purchase. Discount Code: SOLLUNA20 for 20% off your order. Guest Resources:Book: Slip, Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery Website: www.mallarytenoretarpley.comSocial Media: @mallarytenoretarpleySubstack: mallary.substack.com/Project Heal: - https://www.theprojectheal.org/National Alliance for Eating Disorders: - https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/Bio: Mallary Tenore Tarpley is a journalism and writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication and McCombs School of Business. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Time magazine, among other publications. She is the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, which helped support her research and writing. Mallary graduated from Providence College and has a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction writing from Goucher College. She lives outside of Austin, Texas, with her husband and two children. Slip is her first book.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.