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Game Knight Heroes
La Notte Eterna Chapter 3a: Beyond the Gate (D&D 5e)

Game Knight Heroes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 88:46


The party ventures into the last leg of their journey to stop Runa and recover the Scroll of Melko. Their adversary has prepared for battle, however, and a well-sprung trap confirms the Prophecy's trappings. This episode was originally live streamed on TheRPG Academy's Twitch stream. This is part 5 of a 6-Episode Official arc of Jason Forbus's “La Notte Eterna”, now on Kickstarter! In this new Dungeons and Dragons 5e setting, heroes face the sinister and dangerous land of The Eternal Night. The Kickstarter is active NOW and runs from Feb 01, 2023 – March 01, 2023! The Game Knight Heroes are: Game Master: Kevin Stacy @KevranGames Ubold the Druid: The Bleakseason @TheBleakseason Emmalyn the Knight: Beth Maczko @BethMaczko Sera the Assassin: Gaynor Norcott @gaynorcott Nokinair the North Wolf: Miko @the_okayest_gm Please join us on the Internet on all social media. The Game Knight Heroes can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter at GameKnightHeroes and at GameKnightHeroes.com. Feel free to message or contact us at gameknightheroescontact@gmail.com– we'd love to hear from you! Support us over at https://ko-fi.com/gameknightheroes For additional information about La Notte Eterna, visit the official website. You can download the Quickstart Guide and learn of the setting and you can back the ALREADY FUNDED Kickstarter Today! La Notte Eterna appears with direct support and permission from Jason Forbus and Ali Ribelli. Music by andrzejsowa1998 and AmarantaMusic from Pixabay. Additional ambience music appears courtesy of Tabletop Audio. We continue to be honored among the ranks of other great actual play podcasts on Feedspot's "100 Best Tabletop RPG Podcasts". Find the complete list here! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gameknightheroes/support

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 38: Ever17

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 189:02


Don't we all need a vacation sometime? Isn't now the perfect moment to take a week off, get away from our busy lives, and go deep down beneath the surface of the ocean? Isn't is relaxing to spend time, trapped in a collapsing underwater amusement park, eating fried tuna and harboring mysterious 4th-dimensional beings in the back of our consciousness? LeMu vacation packages are now available, and don't worry - despite the imminent collapse of the facility, you'll have plenty of time to unwind.Note: Please check this week's content warnings at the end of this description.This week, Sara and Runa dive deep underwater and hang out in a subaquatic theme park in one of Uchikoshi's previous works, Ever17: The Out of Infinity (2002). in May of 2017, a group of strangers all become trapped within the deep sea amusement park LeMu as an unknown disaster causes catastrophic pressure leaks and widespread system failures. Despite their dire circumstances, the park's geothermal generators remain online and the system's AI is able to keep everything running smoothly for now. In seven days, the entire facility will collapse to the ocean floor... but until then, they've got plenty of time to play around this abandoned amusement park. Naturally, the threat of not one but two mysterious viruses is a slight cause for concern. There's also the matter of the suspicious pharmaceutical corporation that funds the theme park, as well as its top secret ocean floor research laboratory titled "HIMMEL" or Heaven, but really it's not too bad! We've got seven whole days! Surely, someone will rescue us  in that time. Surely, nothing bad will happen before then. Surely, we won't intentionally lure an extra-dimensional entity who is capable of hopping between perspectives and influencing the people he attaches to. Ever17 is, in some ways, a traditional dating sim that allows you to choose between one of two protagonists (Takeshi and The Kid/Shonen) and it utilizes a simple point-based affection system to determine your route and ending. The trappings of a dating sim conceal an intricate puzzle box, however, and by the end you'll be hopping back and forth between characters rapidly, trying to discover the truth behind The Kid's missing memories, figuring out what year it really is, and learning why there's always still one life sign remaining in the facility even after everyone has seemingly evacuated. Ever17's themes, structure, and plot elements also connect to the most recent Uchikoshi work we've covered - AI: Nirvana Initiative, so we recommend listeners check that out before listening to this episode as well!As always, if you enjoy our episodes please give us a rating and write a brief review wherever you listen to podcasts - we don't have an advertising budget so your reviews and recommendations are one of the main ways new people find out about our show! Also if you'd like to hear more content or find out how to support us, you can visit our patreon at patreon.com/sayitinred!Content Warnings for this Episode:Discussions of Sexual Assault, Victim Blaming, Sexual Violence, Coercion: 00:53:30 to 1:03:00Major Spoilers for the game Remember11: 02:50:45 to 02:35:15

Crit Eating Grin
"A Giant Frost" - Runa's One Shot

Crit Eating Grin

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 108:50


Have a seat at "Ye Ol Table" with us as the newest member of the Crit Crew Ashley, play's through a Background one-shot of Runa one of the new characters of Crit Eating Grin Season 2. See what awaits her on her exploration of the frozen north. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crit-grin/support

RTÉ - Iris Aniar
Cathal Gronnell, Rúnaí Choiste Tacaíochta Chalafort Ros an Mhíl

RTÉ - Iris Aniar

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 11:03


Cé go bhfáiltíonn Coiste Tacaíochta Chalafort Ros a Mhíl roimh an seacht milliún déag euro atá ceadaithe ag Aire na Mara don chalafort I mbliana deir Runaí an choiste, Cathal Gronell go gcaithfear níos mó brú a chur ar Roinn na Mara le go mbeidh an calafort feiliúnach le freastal ar thionscail an fhuinnimh inathnuaite.

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 37: AI: Nirvana Initiative (Part 2 of 2)

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 166:17


What answers lie at the end of our dreams? Who is the culprit behind the HB Serial Murder case? Can Mizuki stop the Nirvana Initiative? And, by the way, Dear listener...Are you a Frayer?This week, Sara and Runa run headlong through the second half of AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative (2022) and finally unravel (Or perhaps re-tangle?) the twist of this story. We pick up on the right side of the flowchart this time, following Mizuki as she hears about the details of the case from 6 years ago and also sees Ryuki muttering the name "Dahlia Boat" to himself in a highly distressed version of his Somnium. What follows is a winding and perplexing investigation as Mizuki stumbles upon the right half of each corpse we saw in Ryuki's path previously, encounters Tearer - the culprit - and... hold on, that scene felt a bit strange, didn't it?Have you noticed, by now, that some of the transitions between these scenes... they don't seem quite right, do they? The flow of night into day, the actions character's take, Mizuki's rapport with Aiba - These aren't very consistent in her side of the game, are they?What's really going on here? What's hiding in the corner of our vision, just out of sight. Who really killed Tokiko... and who killed Tearer, the culprit of the Half Body Serial Murders?  Although AI: Nirvana Initiative is a sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, the game is designed to give new players an easy entry into the series and you don't necessarily need to have played the first game in order to keep up with Nirvana Initiative. That being said, as we've covered the first game previously on our show, this episode will contain multiple spoilers for AI: The Somnium Files including some mentions of the true culprit of that game and several key plot points there. Please be advised and definitely go check out our AI:tSF episode before listening to this one if you're curious about that game as well!Thank you for your support of Say it in Red and as always, you can find both more information about the show as well as bonus content at patreon.com/sayitinred. You can also follow the hosts at dollsncrafts on twitter and youtube, cacklemancy on twitter and cohost, and find games made by Runa at runa-liore.itch.io as well as on steam.Content Warnings for this episode:  General content warning for Dismemberment, mutilation, and body horror Discussion of Ableism and Ableist trope

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 36: AI: Nirvana Initiative (Part 1 of 2)

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 158:40


What secrets lie in the corners of our dreams? What shape would our pain and trauma take if someone were to peer inside our most vulnerable thoughts and nightmares? How do you feel about cops doing magical girl poses in order to read your mind and judge you for it?This week, Sara and Runa set off on the pulse-pounding adventure of AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiatives (2022) and reunite with some of their favorite, and less favorite, characters from the original AI game. The sequel opens 6 years after the events of the first game, following an 18-year-old Mizuki with Aiba embedded in her left eye as she investigates a mysterious corpse... the right half of a victim's body, laid out cleanly across a stadium green. Not only is this freshly dead corpse alarming, it triggers a memory in Mizuki of another incident - six years ago, when the left half of this same victim appeared before her in a studio while filming a quiz show. Both halves of the same victim were cut cleanly at the molecular level, and both halves, despite being found over six years apart, were given a time of death less than a few days before their discovery. To find the culprit behind these Half Body Serial Murders, and perhaps to find the missing Kaname Date in the process, Mizuki tracks down the ABIS investigator who took charge of the original HB case investigation 6 years ago - Ryuki. A fresh recruit to ABIS who voluntarily gave up his left eye to make space for his AI-ball companion, Tama, Ryuki then recounts the details of his investigation to Mizuki and tells her everything he found, learned, and went through six years ago...Although AI: Nirvana Initiative is a sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, the game is designed to give new players an easy entry into the series and you don't necessarily need to have played the first game in order to keep up with Nirvana Initiative. That being said, as we've covered the first game previously on our show, this episode will contain multiple spoilers for AI: The Somnium Files including some mentions of the true culprit of that game and several key plot points there. Please be advised and definitely go check out our AI:tSF episode before listening to this one if you're curious about that game as well!Thank you for your support of Say it in Red and as always, you can find both more information about the show as well as bonus content at patreon.com/sayitinred. You can also follow the hosts at dollsncrafts on twitter and youtube, cacklemancy on twitter and cohost, and find games made by Runa at runa-liore.itch.io as well as on steam.Content Warnings for this Episode:General content warning for Dismemberment, mutilation, and body horror02:24:00 to 02:25:20 - Discussion of Eye Trauma and injury

Solving Healthcare with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng
#220 Lessons From The Pandemic with Drs. Chagla, Baral & Chakrabarti (The Last Dance)

Solving Healthcare with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 83:19


Episode SummaryIn this livecast episode, we welcome back Dr. Zain Chagla, Dr. Stefan Baral, and Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti to address some of the issues we've seen throughout the pandemic, new variants and what to expect with future variants, discussing what we've done well over the past few years, misinformation, the effect of social media and the messaging on Twitter, the role media plays and the influence of experts on policy, public health agencies, booster shots to combat new variants and who actually needs them, where we are at with public trust, and much more!SHOW SPONSORBETTERHELPBetterHelp is the largest online counselling platform worldwide. They change the way people get help with facing life's challenges by providing convenient, discreet and affordable access to a licensed therapist. BetterHelp makes professional counselling available anytime, anywhere, through a computer, tablet or smartphone.Sign up today: http://betterhelp.com/solvinghealthcare and use Discount code “solvinghealthcare"Thanks for reading Solving Healthcare with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Thank you for reading Solving Healthcare with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng. This post is public so feel free to share it.Transcript:KK: Welcome to ‘Solving Healthcare' I'm Kwadwo Kyeremanteng. I'm an ICU and palliative care physicianhere in Ottawa and the founder of ‘Resource Optimization Network' we are on a mission to transformhealthcare in Canada. I'm going to talk with physicians, nurses, administrators, patients and theirfamilies because inefficiencies, overwork and overcrowding affects us all. I believe it's time for a betterhealth care system that's more cost effective, dignified, and just for everyone involved.KK: All right, folks, listen. This is the first live cast that we have done in a very long time, probably a year.Regarding COVID, we're gonna call it a swan song, folks, because I think this is it. I'm gonna be bold andsay, this is it, my friends. I think what motivated us to get together today was, we want to learn, wewant to make sure we learned from what's gone on in the last almost three years, we want to learn that,in a sense that moving forward the next pandemic, we don't repeat mistakes. We once again, kind ofelevate the voices of reason and balance, and so on. So, before we get started, I do want to give acouple of instructions for those that are online. If you press NL into the chat box, you will be able to getthis. This recording video and audio sent to you via email. It'll be part of our newsletter. It's ballin, you'll,you'll get the last one the last hurrah or the last dance, you know I'm saying second, secondly, I want togive a quick plug to our new initiative. Our new newsletters now on Substack. Everything is on therenow our podcasts our newsletter. So, all the updates you'll be able to get through there. I'm just goingto put a link in the chat box. Once I find it. Bam, bam, bam. Okay, there we go. There we go. That's itright there, folks. So, I feel like the crew here needs no introduction. We're gonna do it. Anyway, we gotDr. Zain Chagla, we got Dr. Stef Baral, we got Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti back in full effect. Once again, like Isaid, we were we chat a lot. We were on a on a chat group together. We were saying how like, we justneed to close this out, we need to address some of the issues that we've seen during the pandemic. Talkabout how we need to learn and deal with some of the more topical issues du jour. So, I think what we'llstart with, well get Sumon to enter the building. If you're on Twitter, you're gonna get a lot of mixedmessages on why you should be fearful of it or why not you should be fearful of it. So, from an IDperspective, Sumon what's your what's your viewpoint on? B 115?SC: Yeah, so, first of all, great to be with you guys. I agree, I love doing this as a as a swan song to kind ofmove to the next stage that doesn't involve us talking about COVID all the time. But so yeah, I think thatwe've had a bit of an alphabet soup in the last year with all these variants. And you know, the most oneof the newest ones that we're hearing about recently are BQ 1, xBB. I think that what I talked aboutwhen I was messaging on the news was taking a step back and looking at what's happened in the last 14months. What that is showing us is that we've had Omicron For this entire time, which suggests a levelof genomic stability in the virus, if you remember, variants at the very beginning, you know, that wassynonymous with oh, man, we're going to have an explosion of cases. Especially with alpha for the GTAdelta for the rest of, of Ontario, and I'm just talking about my local area. We saw massive increases inhospitalizations, health care resources, of patients having been sent all over the province. So, it was itwas awful, right. But you know, I think that was a bit of PTSD because now after anybody heard theword variant, that's what you remember. As time has gone on, you can see that the number ofhospitalizations has reduced, the number of deaths has reduced. Now when omicron came yeah, therewas an explosion of cases. But you know, when you look at the actual rate of people getting extremely illfrom it, it's much, much, much less. That was something that, you know, many of us were secretlythinking, Man, this is great when this happened. So now where we are is we're in January 2023, we'vehad nothing but Omicron, since what was in late November 2020, or 21? Maybe a bit later than that.And x BB, if you remember, be a 2x BB is an offshoot of BH two. Okay. Yeah, if you're noticing all thesenew variants are their immune evasive, they tend to be not as they're not as visually as, I see this in myown practice, like all of us do here. You know, they are, well, I'm kind of piecemeal evolution of thevirus. Now, there's not one variant that's gonna blow all the other ones out of the water, like Oh, microndid or delta. Right. I think this is a good thing. This is showing that we're reaching a different stage of thepandemic, which we've been in for almost a year now. I think that every time we hear a new one, itdoesn't mean that we're back to square one. I think that this is what viruses naturally do. And I thinkputting that into perspective, was very important.KK: Absolutely. Zain just to pick your brain to like, I got this question the other day about, like, what toexpect what future variants like, obviously, is there's no crystal ball, but someone alluded to the ideathat this is what we're to expect. You feel the same?ZC: Yeah, absolutely. It's interesting, because we have not studied a Coronavirus this much, you know, inhistory, right. Even though we've lived with coronaviruses, there probably was a plague ofcoronaviruses. What was the Russian flu is probably the emergence of one of our coronaviruses areseasonal coronaviruses. You know, I think we had some assumptions that Coronavirus is when mutate,but then as we look to SARS, cov two and then we look back to see some of the other Coronavirus has,they've also mutated quite a bit too, we just haven't, you know, put names or other expressions tothem. This is part of RNA replication of the virus is going to incorporate some mutations and survival ofthe fittest, the difference between 2020, 2021, 2022, and now 2023 is the only pathway for this virus tokeep circulating is to become more immune evasive. This is what we're seeing is more immune evasion,we're seeing a variant with a couple more mutations where antibodies may bind a little bit less. But Ithink that the big difference here is that that protection, that severe disease, right, like the COVID, thatwe saw in 2020/2021, you know, that terrible ICU itis, from the COVID, you know, for the level ofantibody T cell function, non-neutralizing antibody functioning mate cell function, all of that that's builtinto, you know, humanity now through infection, vaccine are both really, you know, the virus can evolveto evade some of the immunity to cause repeat infections and, you know, get into your mucosa andreplicate a bit, the ability for the virus to kind of, you know, cause deep tissue infection lead to ARDSlead to all of these complications is getting harder and harder and harder. That's us evolving with thevirus and that's, you know, how many of these viruses as they emerge in the population really have kindof led to stability more than anything else? So, yes, we're going to see more variants. Yes, you know, thisis probably what what the future is, there will be some more cases and there may be a slight tick inhospitalizations associated with them. But again, you know, the difference between 2020/2021/2022/2023 is a syrup prevalence of nearly 100%. One way or another, and that really does define how thisdisease goes moving forward.KK: Yeah, absolutely. Maybe Stef we could pipe it a bit on, the idea that, first of all, I just want toreinforce like as an ICU doc in Ottawa with a population of over a million we really have seen very littleCOVID pneumonia since February 2022. Very minimal and it just goes to show know exactly whatSumon and Zain were alluding to less virulent with the immunity that we've established in thecommunity, all reassuring science. One question I want to throw towards Stef, before getting into it. Youdid an interview with Mike Hart. As you were doing this interview, I was going beast mode. I was hearingStef throw down. I don't know if you were, a bit testy that day, or whatever. There was the raw motionof reflecting on the pandemic, and how we responded and far we've gone away from public healthprinciples, was just like this motivator to say, we cannot have this happen again. I gotta tell you, boys,like after hearing that episode, I was like ‘Yeah, let's do this'. Let's get on. Let's go on another, doanother show. I'm gonna leave this fairly open Stef. What has been some of the keyways we'veapproached this pandemic that has really triggered you?SB: Yeah, I mean, so I guess what I'd say is, in some ways, I wish there was nobody listening to this rightnow. I wish there was like, I don't know what the audience is. I don't know if it's 10 people or underpeople, but I think it's like, I wish nobody cared anymore. I want Public Health to care. I want doctors tocare, we're going to keep talking because you know, Kwadwo, you've had folks in the ICU we we'vewe've seen cases in the shelters, we have outbreaks, like public health is always going to care aboutCOVID, as it cares about influenza cares about RSV, and other viruses, because it needs to respond tooutbreaks among vulnerable folks. That will never stop COVID, it was just clear very early, that COVID isgoing to be with us forever. So that means tragically, people will die of COVID people. I think that, youknow, there's that that's a reality, it's sometimes it's very close to home for those of us who areproviders, as it has for me in the last week. So COVID never ends. I think the issue is that like when doesCOVID And as a matter of worthy of discussion for like the average person? The answer is a long timeago. I mean, I think for the folks that I've spoken to, and the way that we've lived our lives as a family isto focus on the things that like bring folks joy, and to kind of continue moving along, while also ensuringthat the right services are in place for folks who are experiencing who are at risk for COVID and seriousconsequences of COVID. Also just thinking about sort of broader systems issues that I think continue toput folks at risk. So, one: I think it's amazing, like how little of the systematic issues we've changed,we've not improved healthcare capacity at all. Amazingly, we've not really changed any of the structuresthat put our leg limitations on the on the pressures on the health system, none of that has changed. Allof it has been sort of offset and downloaded and just like talking about masks and endless boosterswhen we've never really gotten to any of the meaty stuff. As you said three years into it, andeverybody's like, well, it's an emergency. I'm like, it was an emergency and fine. We did whatever wasneeded, even if I didn't agree with it at the time. But irrespective of that, whatever that was done wasdone. But now it's amazing that like the federal money expires for COVID In next few months, and allwell have shown for this switch health guys got became millionaires like a bunch of people, I don't mindnaming and I don't care anymore. These folks, these Grifters went out and grabbed endless amounts ofmoney. These cash grabs that arrival, the ArriveCan app with, like these mystery contractors that theycan't track down millions of dollars. So it's like all these folks like grabbed, you know, huge amounts ofmoney. And I think there's a real question at the end of it of like, what are we as a country? Or youknow, across countries? What do you have to show for it? How are you going to better respond? Andthe answer right now is like very little, like we have very little to show for all this all these resources thathave been invested, all this work that has been done. That I think should be the conversation. That tome needs to be this next phase of it is like billions and billions and billions of dollars trillion or whatever,like 10s of billions of dollars were spent on what? and what was achieved? And what do we want to donext time? And what do we have to show for it? that, to me feels like the meat of the conversationrather than like silly names for these new variants that do nothing but scare people in a way that isn'thelpful. It does not advance health. It doesn't you know, make the response any more helpful. It justscares people in a way that I think only detracts them from seeking the care that we want them to beseeking.KK: Yeah, I think you brought up a point to about or alluded to how some of this was the distraction.That was one of the points that really stuck home is that we, we didn't really dive into the core s**t, thecore issues. This is why at the end of it all, are we that much more ready for the next pandemic that wellsee, you know, and so like maybe Sumon, what do you think in terms of another tough one, are weready for the next pandemic? Do you think we've done enough? do we think are in terms of what we'veinvested in, how we've communicated to the public. The messaging to the public. Are we learning? Is myquestion, I guess.SC: I'm a clinician and I don't work with the public health and the policy aspect as closely as Stefan does.But I will say that, obviously, I've been in this realm for quite a long time, since in ID, I think that, youknow, what that's important to remember is that for SARS 1 we actually had this document thatoutlined all of this, you know, masking, social distancing, what to do with funding and all that kind ofstuff. Basically, I was actually interviewed about this, I remember back way back in 2020, and half of itwas basically just thrown out the window. I think that a lot of what happened is that fear came indecisions were made from emotion, which is, by the way, understandable, especially in April 2020. I'veshared with you guys before that, in February 2020, I was waking up at night, like nervous, that I wasgonna die. I that that's where I was thinking I it was, it was terrible. I completely understand makingthose decisions. I think as time went on, I wish that, you know, there's a bit more of public healthprinciples. You know, making sure that we're dealing with things without, you know, stepping onpeople's bodily autonomy, for example, you know, doing things in an equitable way, where you, youknow, we all know that every intervention that you do is squeezing a balloon, you must remember theunintended consequences, I think that we did. So, kind of putting that all together. I think, right now, aswe stand in Canada if we do have another pandemic. I fear that a lot of these same mistakes are goingto be made again, I should say, a disruptive pandemic of this because it's not forgotten H1N1, thepandemic it that was a pandemic, right. It wasn't nearly as disruptive as COVID was, but I do think thatinquiry and like you mentioned at the beginning, Kwadwo was talking about what we did, well, we didn'tdo well, and making sure the good stuff happens, and the bad stuff doesn't happen again, because this islikely not the last pandemic, in the information age in our lifetimes.KK: Zain, was there anything that stuck out for you? In terms of what you'd really want to see usimprove? Or whether it is messaging, whether it is public health principles, does any of those stick out inyour mind?ZC: Yeah, I mean, I think the one unique thing about this pandemic that is a lesson moving forward andfor us to kind of deal with I think we talked about messaging. This was the first major pandemic thatoccurred with social media and the social media era, right, and where, information, misinformation,disinformation, all the things that were all over the place, you know, we're flying, right, and there doesneed to be some reconciliation of what's been we have to have some reconciliation of some of thebenefits of the social media era in pandemic management, but also the significant harms the people,you know, we're scared that people got messaging that may not have been completely accurate, thatpeople had their biases as they were out there. I will say even that social media component penetratedinto the media. This is also the first time that I think we saw experts you know, including myself andSuman and all of us you know, that you know, could be at home and do a news interview on NationalNews in five minutes and be able to deliver their opinion to a large audience very quickly. So, you know,I think all of that does need a bit of a reconciliation in terms of what worked, what doesn't how youvalidate you know, good medical knowledge versus knowledge that comes from biases how we evaluatepsi comm and people you know, using it as a platform for good but may in fact be using it you know,when or incorporating their own biases to use it for more, more disinformation and misinformationeven if they feel like they have good intentions with it. I you know, I think this is a, you know, for thesociologists and the communications professionals out there, you know, really interesting case exampleand unfortunately, I don't think we came out the other side. Social media being a positive tool, it mayhave been a positive tool, I think in the beginnings, but, you know, I think I'm finding, it's nice tocommunicate with folks, but I'm finding more harm and more dichotomy and division from social mediathese days is compared to the beginnings of the pandemics where, you know, I think, again, there's justbeen so much bias, so much misinformation so much people's clouds and careers that have been, youknow, staked on social media that it's really become much, much harder to figure out what's real andwhat's not real in that sense.KK: Absolutely, I fully agree Zain. At the beginning, in some ways, I'll tell you, ICU management, thatwhole movement for us to delay intubation, as opposed to intubation early, I really think it was pushedby in social media. So, I think it saved lives, right. But then, as we got through more and more thepandemic, wow, like it, like the amount of just straight up medieval gangster s**t that was going on thatin that circle, in that avenue was crazy. Then just like, I mean, this might be controversial to say, I don'tknow, but news agencies got lazy, they would use Twitter quotes in their articles as, evidence, or asproof of an argument. It's like, what is happening? It? Honestly, when you think about it, it was it wascrazy. It still is crazy.ZC: Yeah. And I think expertise was another issue. Right. And, you know, unfortunately, we know of, youknow, certain experts that were not experts that weren't certified that weren't frontlines and a varietyof opinions and various standpoints and epidemiology, public health, intensive care, infectious diseases,whatever is important. But, you know, there were individuals out there that had zero experience thatwere reading papers and interpreting them from a lens of someone that really didn't have medicalexperience or epidemiologic experience, that chased their clout that made money and, we know someexamples that people that eventually had the downfall from it, but you know, at the end of the day,those people were on social media, and it penetrated into real media, and then that is a real lesson forus is that validation of expertise is going to be important. You know, as much as we allow for anyone tohave an opinion, you know, as they get into kind of real media, they really have to be validated that thatopinion comes from a place that's evidence based and scientific and based on a significant amount oftraining rather than just regurgitating or applying one small skill set and being an expert in many otherthings.KK: SumonSC: So we're just gonna add really quickly is that, in addition to what Zain saying. When this stuff bledover from social media to media, the thing that I mean, at least what it seemed like is he was actuallyinfluencing policy. That's, I think that's the important thing is, so you can have 10 people 20 peopleyelling, it doesn't matter if they're extreme minority, if it's influencing policy that affects all of us, right.So, I think that's important.KK: I'll be honest with you, like, I got to the point where I really hated Twitter, I still kind of hate Twitter.Okay. It was conversation. I remember Sumon that you and I had I don't remember it was we weretexting. I think we talked about this. But the fact that policy could be impacted by what we're throwingdown the facts or the messages that we were doing on media that this can impact policy, you had tolike, especially when there was some badness happening, we had to step up. We had to be a voice oflogic, whether it was mandates, whether it was you know, lockdown school closures, whatever it mighthave been like, the politicians, we heard about this politicians looking at this, the mainstream medialooking at this, and for us not to say anything at this point, like we had, we had to do something Sorry,Stef, you're gonna jump in?SB: Yeah, I think I think what was interesting to me to see and I think a clear difference between H1N1was that in a lot of places, and including in Ontario, across the US, where this sort of emergence of theselike the science tables, these task forces, these whatever you want to call them, it was like a new bodyof people often whom had never spent a day in a public health agency. Often academics that you know,are probably good with numbers, but really don't have a lot of experience delivering services, you know,all of a sudden making decisions. So I think there's a real interesting dynamic that when you compare,for example, Ontario and British Columbia, one has this science table one does not, and just howdifferent things played out, I mean, given it's a, you know, an end of have to, or no one in each camp,but I think what you see is like, there's a place there where like public health or you know, let's say,Sweden, you know, as a public health agency that didn't strike up its own taskforce that used itstraditional public health agency. I think was in a place to make more like reasoned and measureddecisions, and just was better connected, like the relationships exist between the local healthauthorities and the provincial health authorities and the national ones. I think when you set up these,the one thing that I hope we never do, again, is that something like the science table never happensagain. That's not to sort of disparage most of the people. Actually, most of the folks on the science tableI like, and I respect, say many of them, maybe not most, but many of them, I like and respect, but it isthe case that there was it was they weren't the right group of people. They weren't representativeOntarians he was like, ten guys and two women, I think, I don't know many of them white, they weren'trepresentative socio economically, racially diverse, anything. They didn't have the right expertise onthere. I would have liked to see some like frontline nurses on there to say ‘listen, this stuff is silly' orsome frontline, whoever just some frontline folks to be say ‘listen, none of the stuff that you're sayingmakes any sense whatsoever'. And luckily, there was some reason, voices on there, but they were theminority. But luckily, they prevailed, or we would have had outdoor masking and even tougherlockdowns. I don't know how folks really; it was really close. I think we fortunately had thatrepresentation, but that should have never even happened, we should have had public health Ontario,being its agency and making recommendations to the ministry and to the government. There shouldhave never been a science table. Then second thing, I just want to say I've we've talked about thisforever and I do think we should talk about this more, not in the context of like this, this podcast, but isalso just absolutely the role of the media. I do want to say that, like historically, media had to do a lot ofwork, they had to go to universities or hospitals and ask for the right expert, and then the media orcomms team, ‘you should really talk to Zain Chagla' Because he has good example, you know, it givesgood expertise on this or you start to like, I don't know, like Dr. so and so for this or that, and they puttogether the right person, they organize the time and then they talk. Now you know that it was reallylike the story I think was more organically developed on based on what the experts had to say. Nowyou've got reporters, for people who are not from Ontario, there's a sports reporter in the city ofToronto that I looked historically, I can't see that they've ever done anything in public health suddenlybecame like the COVID reporter in the city of Toronto, for a major newspaper. It's like this person hasnot a clue of what they're talking about, just like has no clue they've never trained in. I don't disparagetheir sports reporter like why should they? but they became the voice of like public health for like theaverage person. It just it set us up where that person just had a story and then just found whateverpeople on Twitter that they could to like back up their story irrespective to drive controversy, to driveanger towards the government based on sort of political leanings. Even if maybe my political leaningsare aligned with that person, it's a relevant because it's not about politics, it's about public health. So Ithink the media, we have to think about, like, how do we manage the media's need for clicks and profit,you know, during this time, in with, like, their role as like, the responsible are an important part of like,you know, social functioning, in terms of the free press. So, I, there's no easy answers to that. But I'll justsay, I think there was a fundamentally important role that the media played here. And I have to say, itdidn't play out positively, in most places.KK: I gotta say, like, this is gonna be naive talk. But we're in a pandemic, there had to be so many of ushad a sense of duty, like, I was surprised at the lack of sense of duty, to be honest with you. Even if youare about your cliques, ask yourself, is this is this about the greater good here? Is this really gonna get usfurther ahead? I've said this a few times on my platform, I would have a balance of a mess. The balancedmessage on was usually one specific network that would bail on the interview. They would literally bailon the interview because my message might not be as fearful. What the actual f you know what I mean?Like it's crazy.(?) I will say there were some good reporters. I don't want to say that that you know, there were someincredible folks. I was talking to someone the other day, I won't mention who but I think the mark of thegood reporter was, you know, they have a story, they want to talk about it. They contacted us. And theysaid, what time can we talk this week, right? They didn't say I need to get this filed in three hours. If yousay you need to get this filed in three hours, the expert you're gonna go to is the one that's available inthe next three hours, right? They wanted to hear an opinion, they wanted to get multiple opinions onthe table, but they would carve out the time so that everyone could give their story or, what theiropinion was or what evidence they presented. They made sure it rotated around the experts rather thanthe story rotating around being filed. I think it's important and, you know, you can get a sense of certainthings that are on the need to be filed this day, or even on the 24/7 news cycle, where they may not beas well researched, they're they're a single opinion. They're quoting a Twitter tweet. Now, I think insome of these media platforms, you can just embed that Twitter tweet, you don't even have to, youknow, quote it in that sense, you just basically take a screenshot of it basically. Versus again, thosearticles where I think there was there more thought, and I think there were some great reporters inCanada, that really did go above and beyond. Health reporters, particularly that really did try to presenta picture that was well researched, and evidence based, you know, with what's available, but therecertainly are these issues and it's not a COVID specific issue, but with media ad reporting, in that sense.Yeah, it's and it's important to say like, it's not actually just the reporter, it's the editors, its editorialteams, like I had said, OTR discussions with reporters very early on, I've tried to stay away from themedia, because I think the folks who have done it, I've done it well. But it was interesting, because BobSargent, who sadly passed away, an internal medicine physician, and an amazing mentor to manyclinicians in Toronto. Put me in touch with a couple of reporters. He's like, you know, you're a publichealth person, you should really talk to these reports. We had this; can we talk to you privately? It wasso weird. This was summer of 2020. So, we had a very private discussion where I said ‘Listen, I haveconcerns about lockdowns for like, these reasons' I think it's reasoned, because it's not it, I've got noconspiracy to drive, like, I've got no, there's no angle in any of it. So, but it was just fascinating. So, theywere like we might be able to come back to you, and maybe we'll try to do a story around it. Then theycame back and said, we're not going to be able to pursue it. I said that's fine. It's no problem. It just sortof showed that I think, similar as academics, and clinicians, and all of us have been under pressure basedon everything from like CPSO complaints, the complaints to our employers, to whatever to just saw, youknow, the standard attacks on Twitter. I think there was also a lot of pressure on reporters based on thiswhole structure, and of it. So I think, I don't mean to disparage anybody, but I do think the point thatyou made is really important one is. I'll just say, in our own house, you know, my wife and I both werelike talking at the beginning of this and being like, what do we want to know that we did during thistime? So, my wife worked in person, as a clinician alter her practice all throughout her pregnancy? Shenever didn't go, you know, she did call she did all of that, obviously, I have done the work I've done interms of both clinically and vaccine related testing. But this just idea of like, what do you want toremember about the time that you would like what you did when s**t hit the fan? And, you know,because first, it'll happen again, but just also, I think it's important to sort of, to be able to reflect andthink positively about what you did. Anyways,KK: I hear you both, part of it, too, for me, I'll just straight up honesty. In some ways, I'm just pissed, I'mpissed that a lot of the efforts that were that a lot of people put into to try and get a good message outthere. The backlash. Now people reflecting saying, ‘Oh, I guess you did, you know, many of you do tohad a good point about lockdowns not working out'. I know it may be childish in some way, but it's just,you know, a lot of us have gone through a lot to just try and create a balanced approach. I think therewas a little bit of edge in this voice, but I think it comes with a bit of a bit of reason to have a bit of edge.I think in terms of the next couple questions here are areas to focus on. A lot of people in terms of like,decisions regarding mandates, boosters, and so forth, like we talk a lot about it on public health, it's thedata that helps drive decisions, right. That's really what you would think it should be all about. So, one ofthe many questions that were thrown to us, when we announced that this was happening was, the needfor like, almost like universal boosters, and Sumon, I'll put you on the spot there, at this stage in thepandemic, where I'm gonna timestamp this for people on audio, we're on January 10th, 2023. There aresome questions that we get, who really needs to push through to we all need boosters? What's yourthoughts on that?SC: So, I think that one of the things that I said this, as Zain makes fun of me throughout the pandemic, Icame up with catchphrases, and my one for immunity is the way that we've conceptualized immunity inNorth America. I think a lot of this has to do with an actual graphic from the CDC, which likens immunityto an iPhone or a battery, iPhone battery. So, iPhone immunity, where you have to constantly berecharging and updating. I think that has kind of bled into the messaging. That's what we think of it. Iremember back in I think it was October of 2021, where they were also starting to talk about the thirddose. The third dose, I think that at that time, we knew that for the higher risk people, it was probablythe people who would benefit the most from it. We had Ontario data from it was I think, was ISIS.There's vaccine efficacy against hospitalization, over 96% in Ontario in health care workers 99%, if you'reless than seventy-seven years of age, yet this went out, and everybody felt like they had to get thebooster. So, I think that the first thing that bothered me about that is that there wasn't a kind ofstratified look at the risk level and who needs it? So now we're in 2023. I think that one of the big thingsapart from what I said, you know, who's at higher risk, there's still this problem where people think thatevery six months, I need to recharge my immunity, which certainly isn't true. There wasn't a recognitionthat being exposed to COVID itself is providing you a very robust immunity against severe disease, whichis kind of it's coming out now. We've been we've all been talking about it for a long time. And you know,the other thing is that the disease itself has changed. I think that I heard this awesome expression, thefirst pass effect. So, when the COVID first came through a completely immune naive population, ofcourse, we saw death and morbidity, we saw all the other bad stuff, the rare stuff that COVIDencephalitis COVID GB GBS tons of ECMO, like 40-year old's dying. With each subsequent wave asimmunity started to accrue in the population, that didn't happen. Now we're at a different variant. Andthe thing is, do we even need to be doing widespread vaccination when you're with current variant, andyou can't be thinking about what we saw in 2021. So, putting that now, all together, we have as Zanementioned, seroprevalence, about almost 100%, you have people that are well protected against severedisease, most of the population, you have a variant that absolutely can make people sick. And yes, it cankill people. But for those of us who work on the front line, that looks very different on the on the frontlines. So, I really think that we should take a step back and say, number one: I don't think that thebooster is needed for everybody. I think number two: there are under a certain age, probably 55 andhealthy, who probably don't need any further vaccination, or at least until we have more data. Numberthree: before we make a widespread recommendation for the population. We have time now we're notin the emergency phase anymore. I really hope that we get more RCT data over the long term to seewho is it that needs the vaccine, if at all. And you know, who benefits from it. And let's continue toaccrue this data with time.KK: Thanks Sumon. Zain, are you on the along the same lines assume on in terms of who needs boostersand who doesn't?ZC: Yeah, I mean, I think number one: is the recognition that prior infection and hybrid immunityprobably are incredibly adequate. Again, people like Paul Offit, and we're not just talking about youknow, experts like us. These are people that are sitting on the FDA Advisory Committee, a man thatactually made vaccines in the United States, you know, that talks about the limitations of boosters andprobably three doses being you know, The peak of the series for most people, and even then, you know,two plus infection probably is enough is three or even one plus infection, the data may suggest maybe isas high as three. Yeah, I think, again, this is one of these things that gets diluted as it starts going downthe chain, if you actually look at the Nazi guidance for, you know, bi-Vaillant vaccines, it's actuallyincorporates a ‘should' and a ‘can consider' in all of this, so they talked about vulnerable individuals,elderly individuals should get a booster where there may be some benefits in that population, the restof the population can consider a booster in that sense, right. And I think as the boosters came out, andagain, you know, people started jumping on them, it came to everyone needs their booster. Andunfortunately, the messaging in the United States is perpetuated that quite a bit with this iPhonecharging thing, Biden tweeting that everyone over the age of six months needs a booster. Again, wereally do have to reflect on the population that we're going at. Ultimately, again, if you start pressing theissue too much in the wrong populations, you know, the uptake is, is showing itself, right, the peoplewho wanted their bi-Vaillant vaccine got it. Thankfully the right populations are being incentivized,especially in the elderly, and the very elderly, and the high risk. Uptake in most other populations hasbeen relatively low. So, people are making their decisions based on based on what they know. Again,they feel that that hesitation and what is this going to benefit me? and I think as Sumon said, theconfidence is going to be restored when we have better data. We're in a phase now where we can docluster randomized RCTs in low-risk populations and show it If you want the vaccine, you enter into acluster randomized RCT, if you're in a low-risk population, match you one to one with placebo. You wecan tell you if you got, you know, what your prognosis was at the end of the day, and that information isgoing to be important for us. I don't think that policy of boosting twice a year, or once a year is gonnaget people on the bus, every booster seems like people are getting off the bus more and more. So, wereally do have to have compelling information. Now, as we're bringing these out to start saying, youknow, is this a necessity? especially in low-risk populations? How much of a necessity is that? How muchdo you quantify it in that sense? And again, recognizing that, that people are being infected? Now, thatadds another twist in that sense.KK: Yeah, and we'll talk a little bit about public trust in a bit here. But Stef, you were among someauthors that did an essay on the booster mandates for university students. As we've both alluded toZain, and Sumon there's this need to be stratified. From an RCT booster point of view that we're not wellestablished here. When Stef's group looked at university mandates and potential harm, when we'redoing an actual cost benefit ratio there, their conclusion was that there's more room for harm thanbenefits. So, Stef I want you to speak to that paper a bit.SB: Sure. So, I will say this, I don't actually have much to add other than what Zain and Sumon said. Runa vaccine program we are offering, you know, doses as it makes sense for folks who are particularlyimmunocompromised, multiple comorbidities and remain at risk for serious consequences related toCOVID-19. We'll continue doing that. And that will, you know, get integrated, by the way into like, sortof a vaccine preventable disease program, so offering, shingles, Pneumovax, influenza COVID. And alsowe want to do a broader in terms of other hepatitis vaccines, etc. That aside, so this, this isn't about, youknow, that it was really interesting being called antivax by folks who have never gotten close to avaccine, other than being pricked by one. Having delivered literally 1000s of doses of vaccine, so it'salmost it's a joke, right? but it's an effective thing of like shutting down conversation. That aside, I thinkthere's a few things at play one as it related to that paper. I find it really interesting, particularly foryoung people, when people are like, listen, yes, they had a little bit of like, inflammation of their heart,but it's self-resolving and self-limiting, and they're gonna be fine. You don't know that. Maybe sure we'llsee what happens with these folks twenty years later. The reality is for younger men, particularly, thishappens to be a very gender dynamic. For younger men, particularly, there seems to be a dynamicwhere they are at risk of myocarditis. I don't know whether that's a controversy in any other era for anyother disease, this would not be a controversy would just be more of a factual statement, the data wereclearer in I'd say, probably April, May 2021. I think there's lots of things we could have done, we couldhave done one dose series for people who had been previously infected, we could have stopped at two.There are a million different versions of what we could have done, none of which we actually did. In thecontext of mandating boosters now for young people, including at my institution, you were mandated toget a booster, or you would no longer be working. So obviously, I got one. There's a real dynamic ofwhat is it your goal at that point? because probably about 1011 months into the vaccine programbecame increasingly clear. You can still get COVID. Nobody's surprised by that. That was clear even fromthe data. By the way, wasn't even studied. I mean, Pfizer, the way if you just look at the Pfizer, Moderna,trials, none and look to see whether you got COVID or not, they were just looking at symptomaticdisease. That aside, I think that it just became this clear thing where for younger men, one or two doseswas plenty and it seems to be that as you accumulate doses for those folks, particularly, it's alsoimportant, if somebody had a bad myocarditis, they're not even getting a third dose. So, you're alreadyselecting out, you know, some of these folks, but you are starting to see increased levels of harm, as itrelated to hospitalization. That what we basically did, there was a very simple analysis of looking ataverted hospitalization, either way, many people say that's the wrong metric. You can pick whatevermetric you want. That's the metric we picked when terms of hospitalization related to side effects of thevaccine versus benefits. What it just showed was that for people under the age of 30, you just don't seea benefit at that point, as compared to harm that's totally in fundamentally different. We weren't talkingabout the primary series, and we weren't talking about older folks. So indeed, I think, you know, thatwas that was I don't know why it was it was particularly controversial. We it was a follow up piece tomandates in general. I'll just say like, I've been running this vaccine program, I don't think mandateshave made my life easier at all. I know, there's like this common narrative of like mandates, you know,mandates work mandates work. I think at some point, and I'll just say our own study of this is like we'rereally going to have to ask two questions. One: what it mandates really get us in terms of a burdenCOVID-19, morbidity, mortality? and two: this is an important one for me. What if we caught ourselvesin terms of how much pressure we put on people, as it relates to vaccines right now, in general? Thevery common narrative that I'm getting is they're like, oh, the anti Vax is the anti Vax folks are winning.And people don't want their standard vaccines, and we're getting less uptake of like, MMR andstandard, you know, kind of childhood vaccines, I have a different opinion. I really do at least I believesome proportion of this, I don't know what proportion, it's some proportion, it's just like people beingpushed so hard, about COVID-19 vaccines that they literally don't want to be approached about anyvaccine in general. So, I just think that with in public health, there's always a cost. Part of the decisionmaking in public health as it relates to clinical medicine too. It's like you give a medication, theadvantage and then you know, the disadvantages, side effects of that medication. In public health, thereare side effects of our decisions that are sometimes anticipated and sometimes avoidable, sometimescan't be anticipated and sometimes can't be avoided. You have to kind of really give thought to each ofthem before you enact this policy or you might cost more health outcomes, then then you're actuallygaining by implementing it.KK: Yeah, number one: What was spooky to me is like even mentioning, I was afraid even to use a termmyocarditis at times. The worst part is, as you said, stuff, it's young folk that were alluding to, and for usto not be able to say, let's look at the harm and benefit in a group that's low risk was baffling. It reallywas baffling that and I'm glad we're at least more open to that now. Certainly, that's why I thought thatthe paper that you guys put together was so important because it's in the medical literature that we'reshowing, objectively what the cost benefit of some of these approaches are. Sumon: when you think ofmandates and public trust, that Stef was kind of alluding to like, every decision that we madethroughout this thing. Also has a downside, also has a cost, as Stef was mentioning. Where do you thinkwe are? In terms of the public trust? Talking about how the childhood vaccines are lower. I don't knowwhat influenza vaccine rates are like now, I wouldn't be surprised if they're the same standard, but whoknows them where they're at, currently. Based on your perspective, what do you think the public trust isright now?SC: Yeah, as physicians, we obviously still do have a lot of trust in the people we take care of. People arestill coming to see us. I wish they didn't have to because everyone was healthy but that's not the case. Ido think that over the last two and a half, we're coming up on three years, I guess right now, that peoplethat we have burned a lot of trust, I think that mandates were part of it. I do think that some of it wasunavoidable. It's just that there's a lot of uncertainty. There was back and forth. I think that one thingthat were that concern me on social media was that a lot of professionals are airing their dirty laundry tothe public. You could see these in fights, that doesn't, that's not really a good thing. We saw peoplebeing very derisive towards people who were not listening to the public health rules. You know what Imean? There's a lot of that kind of talk of othering. Yeah, I think that that certainly overtime, erodedpublic trust, that will take a long time to get back, if we do get it back. I think that the bottom line is that,I get that there are times that we have to do certain things, when you have a unknown pathogen comingat you, when you don't really know much about it. I do think that you want to do the greatest good forthe, for the population or again, you always must remember as Stefan alludes to the cost of what you'redoing. I do think that we could have done that much early on. For example, Ontario, we were lockeddown in some areas, Ontario, GTA, we were locked down in some regard for almost a year and a half. Ifyou guys remember, there was that debate on opening bars and restaurants before schools. It's just like,I remember shaking my head is, look, I get it, I know you guys are talking about people are going to beeating a burger before kids can go to school, that might ruin everything. But the problem is, is that youmust remember that restaurant is owned by someone that small gym is someone's livelihood, you'remoralizing over what this is, but in the end, it's the way somebody puts food on the table. For a yearand a half, we didn't let especially small businesses do that. I'm no economist, but I had many familymembers and friends who are impacted by this. Two of my friends unfortunately, committed suicideover this. So, you know, we had a lot of impact outside of the of the things that we did that hurt people,and certainly the trust will have to be regained over the long term.KK: It's gonna take work. I think, for me, honestly, it's, it's just about being transparent. I honestly, I putmyself in some in the shoes of the public and I just want to hear the truth. If we're not sure aboutsomething, that's okay. We're gonna weigh the evidence and this is our suggestion. This is why we'resaying this, could we be wrong? Yes, we could be wrong but this is what we think is the best pathforward, and people could get behind that. I honestly feel like people could get behind that showing alittle bit of vulnerability and saying ‘you know, we're not know it alls here' but this is what our beststrategy is based on our viewpoint on the best strategy based on the data that we have in front of usand just be open. Allowing for open dialogue and not squash it not have that dichotomous thinking ofyou're on one side, you're on the other. You're anti vax, you're pro vax, stop with the labels. You know,it's just it got crazy, and just was not a safe environment for dialogue. And how are you supposed to he'ssupposed to advance.SB: Yeah, I do want to say something given this this is this idea of our swan song. I think there was thissort of feeling like, you know, people were like ‘you gotta act hard, you gotta move fast' So I thinkeverybody on this, you guys all know I travel a lot. I like to think of myself as a traveler. In the early2020's I did like a COVID tour, I was in Japan in February, then I was in Thailand, and everywhere Ilanded, there were like, COVID here, COVID here, COVID here. Then finally, I like got home at the end ofFebruary, and I was supposed to be home for like four days, and then take off. Obviously things got shutdown. It was like obvious like COVID was the whole world had COVID by, February, there may have beena time to shut down this pandemic in September 2019. Do you know what I mean? by November 2019,we had cases. They've already seen some and Canadian Blood Services done some showing someserological evidence already at that time. There was no shutting it down. This thing's gonna suck. Thereality is promising that you can eliminate this thing by like, enacting these really like arbitrary that canonly be described as arbitrary. Shutting the border to voluntary travel, but not to truckers. Everythingfelt so arbitrary. So, when you talk about trust, if you can't explain it, if you're a good person do it. If youdon't do it, your white supremacist. Kwadwo you were part of a group that was called ‘Urgency ofNormal' you are a white supremacist. It's so ridiculous. You know what I mean? It creates this dynamicwhere you can't have any meaningful conversation. So, I really worry, unless we can start having somereally meaningful conversations, not just with folks that we agree with. Obviously, I deeply respect whateach of you have done throughout this pandemic, not just actually about what you say, but really whatyou've done. Put yourselves out there with your families in front of this thing. That aside, if we can't dothat, we will be no better off. We will go right back. People will be like ‘Oh, next pandemic, well, let'sjust get ready to lock down' but did we accomplish anything in our lock downs? I actually don't think wedid. I really don't think we got anything positive out our lock downs, and I might be alone in that. I mightbe wrong, butut that said it needs to be investigated and in a really meaningful way to answer that,before it becomes assume that acting hard and acting fast and all these b******t slogans are the truthand they'd become the truth and they become fact. All without any really meaningful evidencesupporting them.KK: I gotta say, I'll get you Sumon next here, but I gotta say the idea of abandoning logic, I think that'sthat's a key point there. Think about what we're doing in restaurants, folks. Okay, you would literallywear your mask to sit down, take off that bloody thing. Eat, chat, smooch even, I mean, and then put itback on and go in the bathroom and think this is meaningful. Where's the logic there? You're on a plane,you're gonna drink something, you're on a six hour flight, you know what I'm saying.(?) During the lockdown, by the way, you're sending like 20 Uber drivers to stand point. If you ever wentand picked up food, you would see these folks. It'd be like crowding the busy restaurants all like standingin there, like arguing which orders theirs, you know what I mean? then like people waiting for the foodto show up.KK: I mean, that's the other point. The part that people forget with the lockdowns, tons of people willwork. I'm in Ottawa, where 70% are, could stay home, right? That's a unique city. That's why we werevery sheltered from this bad boy.(?) Aren't they still fighting going back to the office?KK: Oh, my God. Folks, I'm sorry. Yeah, it's like 70% could stay home, but you're in GTA your area. That'sa lot of essential workers. You don't have that option. So, how's this lockdown? Really looking at the bigpicture? Anyway, sorry. Sumon you're gonna hit it up.SC: We just wanted to add one anecdote. I just think it kind of talks about all this is that, you know therewas a time when this thing started going to 2020. Stefan, I think you and I met online around that time.You put a couple of seeds after I was reading stuff, like you know about the idea of, you know, risktransfer risk being downloaded to other people. That's sort of kind of think of a you know, what, like,you know, a people that are working in the manufacturing industry, you're not going to receive them alot unless you live in a place like Brampton or northwest Toronto, where the manufacturing hub of, ofOntario and in many cases, central eastern Canada is right. So, I remember in, I was already starting touse this doing anything. And when I was in, I guess it would have been the second wave when it was itwas pretty bad one, I just kept seeing factory worker after factory worker, but then the thing that stuckout was tons of Amazon workers. So, I asked one of them, tell me something like, why are there so manyAmazon workers? Like are you guys? Is there a lot of sick people working that kind of thing? Inretrospect, it was very naive question. What that one woman told me that her face is burned into mymemory, she told me she goes, ‘Look, you know, every time a lockdown is called, or something happenslike that, what ends up happening is that the orders triple. So, then we end up working double and tripleshifts, and we all get COVID' That was just a light went off. I was like, excuse my language, guys, but holys**t, we're basically taking all this risk for people that can like what was it called a ‘laptop class' that canstay home and order all this stuff. Meanwhile, all that risk was going down to all these people, and I wasseeing it one, after another, after another, after another. I'm not sure if you guys saw that much, but Iwas in Mississauga, that's the hardest, Peele where the manufacturing industry is every single peanutfactory, the sheet metal, I just saw all of them. That I think was the kind of thing that turned me andrealize that we what we'll be doing. I'll shut up.ZC: Yeah, I would say I mean, I think Stefan and Sumon make great points. You know, I think that thatwas very apparent at the beginning. The other thing I would say is 2021 to 2022. Things like vaccinationand public health measures fell along political lines. That was a huge mistake. It was devastating. Iremember back to the first snap election in 2021. Initially great video of all the political partiesencouraging vaccination and putting their differences aside. Then all of a sudden, it became mudslingingabout how much public health measure you're willing to do, how much you're willing to invest in, andit's not a Canadian phenomenon. We saw this in the United States with the Biden and Trump campaignsand the contrast between the two, and then really aligning public health views to political views, andthen, you know, really making it very uncomfortable for certain people to then express counter viewswithout being considered an alternative party. It's something we need to reflect on I think we havepublic health and public health messengers and people that are agnostic to political views but are reallythere to support the health of their populations, from a health from a societal from an emotional fromthe aspects of good health in that sense. You really can't involve politics into that, because all of asudden, then you start getting counter current messaging, and you start getting people being pushed,and you start new aligning values to views and you start saying, right and left based on what peopleconsider, where again, the science doesn't necessarily follow political direction. It was a really bigmistake, and it still is pervasive. We saw every election that happened between 2021 to 2022 is publichealth and public health messaging was embedded in each one of those and it caused more harm thangood. I think it's a big lesson from this, this is that you can be proactive for effective public healthinterventions as an individual in that society that has a role, but you can't stick it on campaigns. It reallymakes it hard to deescalate measures at that point when your campaign and your identity is tied tocertain public health measures in that sense.KK: Amen. I am cognizant of the time and so I'm gonna try to rapid fire a little bit? I think, there's only acouple points that people hit up on that we haven't touched on. There was a push for mass mandates inthe last couple months because of of RSV and influenza that was happening. It still is happening in,especially in our extreme ages, really young and really old. Any viewpoint on that, I'll leave it open toalmost to throw down.(?) I think mass mandates have been useless. I don't expect to ever folks to agree with me, it's like it's aninteresting dynamic, right? When you go and you saw folks who were on the buses, I take the bus to theairport. Our subway in Toronto just for folks only starts at like, 5:50am. So, before that, you gotta jumpon buses. So the construction workers on the bus who were wearing masks during the when the maskmandates were on taking this what's called, it's like the construction line, because it goes down Bloorare basically and takes all the construction workers from Scarborough, before the subway line, get todowntown to do all the construction and build all the stuff that you know, is being built right now.Everyone is wearing this useless cloth mask. It's like probably the one thing that the anti-maskers who Ithink I probably am one at this point. The pro-maskers and all maskers can agree on is that cloth masksare useless. That's what 100% of these folks are wearing. They're wearing these reusable cloth masksthat are like barely on their face often blow their nose. So, to me, it's not so much about like, what couldthis intervention achieve, if done perfectly like saying the study you were involved with the help lead,it's like everybody's like, but all of them got COVID outside of the health care system, they didn't get itwhen they're wearing their N95. That's like, but that's the point, like public health interventions live ordie or succeed or fail in the real world. I was seeing the real world, I would love to take a photo but Idon't think these folks have been friendly to me taking a photo of them, but it was 100%, cloth masks ofall these folks in the morning all crowded, like we're literally like person to person on this bus. It's like aperfect, you know, vehicle for massive transmission. I just I just sort of put that forward of like, that'swhat a mask mandate does to me. I think to the person sitting at home calling for them, they are justimagining, they're like ‘Oh but the government should do this'. But they didn't. The government shouldbe handing out in N95's. How are you going to police them wearing a N95's and how are you gettingthem? It would be so hard to make a massive program work. I would say it's like if you gave me millionsand millions and millions of dollars, for me to design a mass program, I don't know, maybe I could pull itoff you really with an endless budget. But for what? So, I just think that like as these programs went outin the real world, I think they did nothing but burn people's energy. You know because some people itjust turns out don't like wearing a mask. Shocking to other folks. They just don't like wearing a mask.Last thing I'll say is that just as they play it out in the real world, I think we're functionally useless, otherthan burning people's energy. I'm a fervent anti masker at this point because it's just an insult to publichealth. To me everything I've trained in and everything I've worked towards, just saying these two wordsmask mandate, as the fix. That is an insult to the very thing that I want to spend my life doing .ZC: Yeah, I mean, three points, one: you know, masks are still important in clinical settings. I think we allunderstand that. We've been doing them before we've been continuing to do them. So I you know,that's one piece. Second: I mean, to go with the point that was raised here, you know, the best study wehave is Bangladesh, right? 10% relative risk reduction. It's interesting when you read the Bangladeshstudy, because with community kind of people that pump up masking that are really trying to educateand probably are also there to mask compliance. Mask's compliance people, you get to 54% compliance,when those people leave compliance drops significantly. Right. You know, I think you have to just lookaround and see what happened in this last few months, regardless of the messaging. Maybe it's thecommunities I'm in, but I didn't see mass compliance change significantly, maybe about 5%. In thecontext of the last couple of months. You must understand the value of this public health intervention,Bangladesh has actually a nice insight, not only into what we think the community based optimalmasking efficacy is, but also the fact that you really have to continue to enforce, enforce, enforce,enforce, in order to get to that even 10%. Without that enforcement, you're not getting anywhere inthat sense. That probably spells that it's probably a very poor long term public health intervention in thecontext that you really must pump it week by week by week by week in order to actually get compliancethat may actually then give you the effects that you see in a cluster randomized control trial. Again, youknow, the world we live in is showing that people don't want to mask normally. Some people can, i

Digital Strips
DS 724: Review of Runa

Digital Strips

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 14:56


Cornerstone Teaterpod
Kleptomani og kollisjon

Cornerstone Teaterpod

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 35:54


Runa Borch Skolseg er dramatiker og forfatter, aktuell med THE DISORDER OF DESIRE som presenteres som en arbeidsvisning på festivalen, utviklet i samarbeid med Fredrik Floen. I flere av arbeidene sine har Runa uttalt at hun aktivt stjeler og låner materiale fra andre tekster, teori, motehus, filmer og forestillinger som hun lar lekke inn i sin egen skriving. Hun har gjerne en maksimalistisk tilnærming, der ulike formspråk får bryte mot hverandre i en og samme tekst. Materialet strekker seg mot utflytende overflod og maksimalisme fremfor stringens, samtidig som det har en klar formmessig signatur. I dette foredraget deler Skolseg metoder, strategier og inspirasjoner fra skrivepraksisen. Samarbeid med Dramatikkens hus og Tekstallianse.

hun runa samarbeid materialet dramatikkens
Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 35: Chaos;Head Noah (Part 2 of 2)

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 202:35


Have you ever felt the prickling sense of a pair of eyes gazing at you from a place unseen? Are you able to instantly locate the sound of a cellphone ringing anywhere in your room? Do you sometimes see faces in the patterns of woodgrain or on a popcorn ceiling? And, most importantly, has a pink haired girl every broken your arm or hurled you from a building? If so, you may be entitled to damages.  This month, to close out 2022 and our coverage of Chaos;Head Noah, Sara, Runa, and returning guest Meowgon dig deep to excavate the remainder of the main story, play through the alternate endings, and experience the true horror of the Noah experience: The Girls' routes. After following Taku's growing paranoia and increasing entanglement in the NewGen murder cases and the vast conspiracy surrounding di-swords and their wielders, we arrive with him at the top of a skyscraper overlooking the scramble crossing as he finally lays eyes on his own sword. A mild earthquake has somehow caused a record number of casualties, Nanami has been kidnapped, and Rimi has vanished as Taku stands above a crowd of thousands, looks out across the crossing, and reaches for the outline of a di-sword. Unfortunately for him, it will be almost four more chapters until he claims it. Chaos;Head Noah is a remake and update of the original Chaos;Head, originally released in 2008 and only now available in 2022 with an official English version. In this half of our coverage, we'll cover the last five chapters of the core game of Chaos;Head Noah, the additional Crying Sky ending, all of the Girls' Routes and their associated endings, and then the "Blue Sky" ending added to the Noah version, unlocked once you complete every other available ending in the game. After the earthquake that closed out Chapter 5, reports pour in of massive casualties with over 300 injured and over 100 dead, all from a simple 5.6 earthquake which centralized most of its damage exclusively within Shibuya. Taku, however, has far more dire things to worry about as Shogun has sent him a "present" - Nanami's severed right hand, still clutching her cell phone, and wrapped up carefully in a cardboard box. From there, things only get worse for Taku: A mysterious caller tries to force him to manifest his di-sword, his classmates sneer at him after he's humiliated on a live nationwide broadcast, more NewGen murders occur, Sena tries to kill him for inadvertently creating the formula that allows a mind control device to function, and worst of all he tries to go back home. In the end, no matter what path you take through the story, Shibuya lies in ruins. As a note to listeners who want to read along with us, Chaos;Head Noah is a horror game with a long list of graphic, disturbing, and potentially anxiety-inducing topics. While we mention a few of them in our episode, because of the wide variety of delusions present in the game and the breadth of content included, it's impossible for us to list all of the things that come up in even just these first 5 chapters. We encourage you to seek out a list of content warnings before playing.As always, if you enjoy our episodes, please rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! You can also find bonus episodes at our patreon at patreon.com/sayitinred and follow us on twitter at sayitinredpod.Content Warnings for this Episode:General warning for murder, death, stabbing, unreality, mind control, discussion of assorted weird ableism, and gore.00:36:20: Body Horror, Corpse Mutilation00:53:30 to 01:00:00: Mind Control, Unreality, Vomiting, Infant Death, Mutilation, Suicide01:09:00: Suicide Attempts01:36:00 to 01:40:00: Body Horror, Mutilation, Graphic Violence, Suicide01:50:30 to 01:52:45: Sexual Assault01:53:00: Body Horror/Impalement02:20:40 to 02:31:00: Discussion of the Incest romance route

Opplysningen 99,3
Sending 16.12.22 - Vi oppsummerer 2022

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 38:55


Året nærmer seg slutten og vi oppsummerer nyhetsåret 2022. Vi skal innom krigen i Ukraina, opphevingen av Roe V. Wade, skytingen ved London Pub 25 juni, dronning Elizabeths død og Baneheia. Medvirkende: Alexander Klyve Gudbrandsen, Lise Benus, Frida Kristine Mogård, Emilia Haaland-Johansen, Runa Årskog og Sander

Drive With Andy
The Flip Side #110 - Google, Puma, NBC Universal - Anticipating Customers Needs, Identifying Blind Spots w/Keynote Speaker, New York Times Best-selling Author, Optimization Consultant Bryan Eisenberg

Drive With Andy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 57:33


Companies routinely have Revenue Blind Spots that cost them 10-30% of their revenue. Optimization expert, Bryan Eisenberg and his brother Jeffrey have helped companies increase sales by over a billion dollars using their Persuasive Momentum framework. They coach and train hundreds of companies like Google, NBC Universal, and Health Insurance Innovations. They help sell products as diverse as SaaS software, eyeglass frames, and pig sperm. They help you to anticipate what customers need and how to innovate, staying ahead of them. Bryan Eisenberg the co-founder of BuyerLegends and is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestselling books “Call to Action”, “Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?”, “Always Be Testing” and "Buyer Legends: The Executive Storytellers Guide". Bryan has been the keynote speaker for Shop.org, the Direct Marketing Association, E-consultancy, Microsoft, the Canadian Marketing Association, and hundreds of other events across the globe. He is also the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Web Analytics Association. Bryan serves as an advisory board member of several venture capital-backed startup companies (ie. Bazaarvoice, Monetate, UserTesting.com, BoostMedia, Sightly, Runa, etc.). Bryan, an award-winning blogger, and the author was recognized by eConsultancy members as one of the top 10 User Experience Gurus, a winner of the Marketing Edge's Rising Stars Awards, and a member of the inaugural iMedia Top 25 Marketers. Bryan has been featured expert by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and has been quoted in Advertising Age, CNN, Forrester Research, Jupiter Research, Miami Herald, Publish, Internet Advertising Report (IAR), Chicago Business Tribune, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur, Target Marketing, DM News, Microsoft's bCentral, Smart Money & Internet Retailer for his thought leadership in the critical area of internet marketing and landing page optimization & online conversion rates. Get your copy of The Rice & Beans Millionaire today: https://www.amazon.com/Rice-Beans-Millionaire-Improbable-Entrepreneur-ebook/dp/B0BBQ5XY6L/ref=zg_bs_7090584011_sccl_4/139-4277487-1979003?psc=1 Connect with Bryan at https://www.bryaneisenberg.com/ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:40 Meet Bryan Eisenberg 03:40 The Rice & Beans Millionaire 05:35 Just Over Broke 07:35 Where I Get My Stories 10:20 The Premise 11:00 Building Businesses 11:40 Persuasive Online Copywriting 12:40 Building A Reputation 14:10 Home Services Industry 16:35 Consulting Clients 17:50 Optimizing Your Business 18:50 Industry Pioneers 20:10 Delivering Insights 22:30 Be Like Amazon 23:40 Entrepreneurial Knowledge 24:20 The Biggest Blindspot 26:55 Understanding Your Customer 29:20 The Value Point 30:35 The Call To Action Book 32:50 How To Become Best Sellers 35:45 Waiting For Your Cat To Bark 36:50 Creating An Impact 38:35 Definition of Success 40:40 The Story Of MrBeast 42:40 $35 Business Card 44:30 The Power Of Books 46:15 The Value of Time 46:40 Timeless Books 49:17 The Pendulum 52:15 The Millionaire Next Door 53:25 Finding Consistency Within Inconsistencies 55:05 Outro

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast
Patron Saints of Celtic Music #584

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 70:06


Patronage is incredibly important to creators, whether as a musician or as a podcaster. This is an all-request show from the Patrons of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #584. Runa, serious kitchen, Marc Gunn / Sam Gillogly, Gone Molly, Altan, Talisk, The Gatehouse Well, The Elders, The Killdares, Syr, Celtica Pipes Rock, Alexander James Adams GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Subscribe and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:06 - Runa "Saints and Sinners" from Ten: The Errant Night 4:09 - WELCOME D Morse commented on your post: "I love some of the songs by Runa - Saints & Sinners or Dance in the Graveyard." John Sharkey White, II commented on your post: "Young Hunting by Serious Kitchen. Peggy Gordon by some guy who hosts a podcast…" 5:38 - serious kitchen "Young Hunting" from "Tig" Carol Baril commented on your post: "Hey Marc! Would love to hear the following: Hobbit Polka by you and Sam, Madness Never Leaves by Gatehouse Well and anything from the Syr Sentinel album! Thanks!!! I listen to the podcast while I work so it helps make the day more joyful and love hearing such talented artists!!! So much better than what's played on the radio today (mho)!" 13:58 - Marc Gunn / Sam Gillogly "Hobbit Polka" from Dancing With Hobbits Miranda Nelson wrote: "Follow by Gone Molly and Baobhan Sith by Syr. I usually listen to the podcast while I'm working on graphics...for the podcast. At the moment, I'm listening while creating the 2023 Irish & Celtic Music Podcast shirt/pin." 17:33 - Gone Molly "Follow" from Gone Molly 22:09 - FEEDBACK Sarah Fletcher commented on your post: "Hi Marc, I would love to hear Altan's "Bacach Shíl Andaí" from The Gap of Dreams. Thanks!" 24:12 - Altan "Bacach Shíl Andaí" from The Gap of Dreams Jim Whitfield commented on your post: "Hi Marc, You played Talisk once (show 400 I think) and I was impressed so much that I bought all their albums and saw them when they played nearby. So, how about replaying Talisk!" 28:45 - Talisk "Crooked Water Valley" from Beyond 34:01 - The Gatehouse Well "Madness Never Leaves" from Undone 38:20 - THANKS Joe Deyaeghere commented on your post: "would love to here Fly Away by the Elders, being a Kansas City boy :)" 40:49 - The Elders "Fly Away" from Well Alright Then Aaron Adair commented on your post: "I know they haven't recorded in a long minute, but the Killdares “Rose de Lay” is a big favorite of mine. Thanks, Marc!" 45:09 - The Killdares "Rose de Lay" from Secrets of the Day 53:17 - Syr "Baobhan Sith" from Sentinel Steven commented on your post: "Theme song to dead like me? Or something by Celtica pipes rock “druids march”?" 58:14 - Celtica Pipes Rock "The Druids Prophecy" from Legends And Visions 1:01:57 - CLOSING Michael Cavanaugh sent you a message: "If it's too late, no worries, but I always love Wintertide by Alexander James Adams. You actually got me into their music (both Heather's time and Alexander's time), ,and now I'm a Patreon supporter for him as well." 1:03:29 - Alexander James Adams "Wintertide" from Wintertide The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show is supported by our Patrons of the Podcast on Patreon. Subscribe to get bonus podcasts and vote in the Celtic Top 20. Visit our website to subscribe to the podcast. You'll find links to all of the artists played in this episode. You'll get access to our Best of this Year Playlist. You can subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free plus, you'll get 7 weekly news items about what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. And best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage. Finally, please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. WELCOME CELTOPHILE TO CELTIC MUSIC * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm an Atlanta - based musician and podcaster. This Podcast is here to build our diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. If you hear music you love, please email artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times and chapters for each song when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com. Do you have the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast app? It's 100% free. You can listen to hundreds of episodes of the podcast. Download it now. WHAT'S NEW IN IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 Two weeks after the episode is launched, I compile the latest Celtic Top 20 votes to update a playlist on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. These are the results of your voting. You can help these artists out by following the playlists and adding tracks you love to your playlists. Subscribe to our newsletter to find out who was added this week. Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Because of Your kind and generous support, this show comes out at least four times a month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. As a patron, you hear episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, and a private feed to listen to the show.  All that for as little as $1 per episode. You can also get music-only episodes and free MP3s as a Song Henger. Larry J put a $50 tip in my Virtual Tip Jar and wrote: "Marc, OK, consider this my equivalent to the $1 per episode Patreon subscription. :)" Donate to the Podcast. A special thanks to our newest Patrons of the Podcast: Mark T. HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Go to our Patreon page. Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $10. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month. Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. In 2023, we're going on a Celtic Invasion of County Mayo in Ireland. We're gonna explore the area and get to know Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Dan C commented on your post: "Thank you Marc. Do you have any music from the Drowsy Lads? I've heard them on the main stage at the Dublin and Milwaukee Irish festivals and was curious if you could play some of their music." William & Mary commented on your post: "Thank you so much for the message! I don't know if it's possible, but I'd love to hear some Jean Redpath. Any song is fine. Suggestions include Lowlands and Riddles Wisely Expounded - but anything by Jean Redpath is incredible. (She's a legend!) Thank you!" Lawrence Carrington replied on Mastodon: "Listening to your podcast and happily surprised to hear you're on Mastodon" Jolena posted on Mastodon: "I want to tell you how much I enjoy your podcast. I've been listening for several months now and I love the music. Thanks for introducing me to some great celtic music." I asked her if she discovered any new music through the podcast: "Yes I have. I like Lunasa, Flook, the Gothard Sisters, ETC."

Zināmais nezināmajā
Klimata pārmaiņas ietekmē arī darba vidi un to, kā strādājam

Zināmais nezināmajā

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 45:32


Lai arī šobrīd aiz loga ir ziema un drīzāk sūdzamies par aukstumu birojā energotaupības dēļ, klimata pārmaiņas darba vidē sāk radīt problēmas tieši karstākajos gada mēnešos. Jau šogad fiksēti vairāki nāves gadījumi no pārkaršanas darba vietās karstuma viļņu laikā un, šķiet, ka šī vairs nav problēma tikai dienvidos, bet skar arī Eiropas vēsos reģionus. Nāve no pārkaršanas un jauni infekciju slimību uzliesmojumi ir lielākie izaicinājumi darba vidē Eiropā tuvākajā nākotnē. Klimata pārmaiņas ietekmē arī to, kā strādājam, īpaši smagi tas skar fiziskā un sociālā darba darītājus. Ko par to saka pētījumi, raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā analizē Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Darba drošības un vides veselības institūta direktors Ivars Vanadziņš. Darba vide fabrikās 19. - 20. gadsimta mijā Man rītu agri jāceļas, Man saules nav tais istabās, Tur putekļi, tur lampas kūp, Tur lēni mana dzīve drūp, Tur nekas nav pārspīlēts un tā arī bija realitāte – par šim Raiņa rindām no dzejoļa ‘”Fabrikas meitenes  dziesma”  saka vēsturniece Līga Lapa. 19. gadsimta otrajā pusē sākusies industrializācija pārvērta Rīgu par vienu no lielākajiem rūpniecības centriem Baltijā – divas trešdaļas no Rīgas iedzīvotājiem bija rūpnīcu strādnieki, kas ienāca no laukiem labākas dzīves meklējumos. Ja 19. un 20. gs. mijā jau citviet pasaulē  darba devēju  un darba ņēmēju attiecības regulēja arodbiedrības, tad cariskajā Krievijā, kuras sastāvā arī tolaik atradās Latvijas teritorija, tā tas nenotika. Te iedzīvotāju iejaukšanās  valsts pārvaldes darbā tika uzskatīta  par  mēģinājumu šo pārvaldi graut un līdz ar to strādnieku centieni sakārtot un uzlabot darba vidi bija nesekmīgi, skaidro Līga Lapa, kura ir padziļināti pētījusi 1905. gada revolūciju, kad strādnieki izgāja ielās, lai protestētu  gan pret pastāvošo varu, gan pieprasītu uzlabot darba apstākļus. Vēl ieskatīsimies vienā konkrētā fabrikā un tur valdošajos darba apstākļos. Runa ir par 19. gs. 80. gados  Ilģuciemā dibināto Jākoba Beka stikla fabriku. Par to stāsta vēstures zinātņu doktore Rīgas vēstures un kuģniecības muzeja Rīgas vēstures izpētes un ekspozīcijas darba nodaļas vadītāja Margarita Barzdeviča.  

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 34: Chaos;Head Noah (Part 1 of 2)

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 181:43


Have you ever felt the prickling sense of a pair of eyes gazing at you from a place unseen? Have you ever had daydreams so vivid and visceral you could remember the touch and smell of them afterwards? While sleeping, do you sometimes dream in full color? Do you believe in the existence of God? Do you live in a small shipping container repurposed into a cluttered room filled with fast food trash and pristine anime waifu figurines?This week, Sara and Runa welcome special guest Meowgon to help them navigate the first five chapters of Chaos;Head Noah. In this horror visual novel, we inhabit the perspective of a truly repulsive and pathetic teenage otaku boy who fills his daily life with MMO  powergaming,  2chan trawling, and fantasizing about his favorite 2D girls. Takumi does go to school, however, according to a strict schedule he's set out for himself to ensure that he achieves the exact minimum number of attendance days in order to graduate. He also goes out into public, to netcafes or manga shops or a game store to pre-order new Seira-tan figures. If only he had simply never gone outside, maybe he wouldn't now be pursued by the police or know quite so much about the recent series of brutal, horrifying murders taking place throughout Shibuya.Chaos;Head Noah is a remake and update of the original Chaos;Head, originally released in 2008 and only now available in 2022 with an official English version. The game is part of Nitro Plus's Science Adventure series, which also includes Chaos;Child and Steins;Gate, though Chaos;Head stands on its own as an individual and unrelated work to the other two in continuity. The game follows the events of a series of bizarre and shocking murders taking place in Shibuya, dubbed the New Generation Madness by popular media and quickly taking hold as a prime topic of discussion on message boards such as 2chan (called @chan in the game). Takumi, a shut-in with tremendous social anxiety and a rancid view of the world (and women in particular), finds himself caught up in the mystery of the NewGen murders as he witnesses the third victim's body just after they've been killed... and, as it happens, he also received images of that murder from a mysterious chatroom lurker a full day before the killing took place. From there, Takumi's mental state, physical health, and grasp on reality begin to decline. The situation isn't helped when he realizes that the person who sent those images of the murder, images that couldn't have possibly existed a full 24 hours before the murder took place, sent them from the exact terminal Takumi uses at the netcafe and at the exact time he was there the day before the murder took place. Things go downhill for Taku from there.As a note to listeners who want to read along with us, Chaos;Head Noah is a horror game with a long list of graphic, disturbing, and potentially anxiety-inducing topics. While we mention a few of them in our episode, because of the wide variety of delusions present in the game and the breadth of content included, it's impossible for us to list all of the things that come up in even just these first 5 chapters. We encourage you to seek out a list of content warnings before playing.As always, if you enjoy our episodes, please rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! You can also find bonus episodes at our patreon at patreon.com/sayitinred and follow us on twitter at sayitinredpod.Content Warnings for this Episode:General warning for murder, death, stabbing, unreality, discussion of assorted weird ableism, and gore00:45:30, 01:49:30 to 01:52:00:  Group Suicide, discussion of moments prior to group suicide/murder00:46:30 to 00:48:00:  Transphobia, body horror, murdered newborns, and mutilation 00:42:20:  Body Horror 

Opplysningen 99,3
Sending 18.11.22 - Esperanto, Melkeruta og 5 am girl

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 38:38


I denne ukens Opplysningen sending har vi snakket om fellesspråket Esperanto, Melkeruta i Nord-Norge, Twitter Blue Verified og hva konseptet 5 am girl går ut på. Medvirkende: Frida Kristine Mogård, Runa Årskog og Lise Benus I studio: Lise Benus, Runa Årskog og Emilia Haaland-Johansen

Dommerpodden
Nye regler for behandling av straffesaker

Dommerpodden

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 37:24


Tingrettsdommer og forfatter Aina M. Ertzeid snakker med Runa om endringene i straffeprosessloven, og hva de betyr for dommerne og deres straffesaksbehandling. For noen måneder siden publiserte vi tre episoder fra Politihøgskolen om samme tema. Denne episoden er et supplement til dem, og har et tydeligere dommerperspektiv.

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 33: The House in Fata Morgana (Part 2 of 2)

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 171:10


The mansion in the mist returns this week and we find ourselves once more following The Maid through the memories of The House in Fata Morgana. Will we find the truth buried in these halls, we will learn Her name and call out to Her, we will escape the darkness of time and memory...But first, we will forget.This week, Sara and Runa return to finish their stay at The House in Fata Morgana (2012/2016), in which they cover not one but five additional doors and learn of the intertwining threads that bind the fate of all who roam its halls. Finally, after all of these hours of searching, we'll properly meet the game's three main characters for the very first time: Giselle, Michel, and Morgana are all assembled here now to guide you, beguile you, and accompany you through the halls of the mansion that slips through time. At the very end of everything, once Michel has reclaimed his memories and Giselle remembers her name, what will become of the Witch that torments the souls trapped in this house?  What fate awaits those, bound by the fervent wish of Eternal Reconstruction and inevitable tragedy? Let's find out together, and as we pass through each door we must entreat you sincerely... no matter what, do not let go of Her hand.Before you proceed, Dear Listener, please keep in mind that this episode will contain not only spoilers for The House in Fata Morgana but also discussions of a multitude of traumas and horrific experiences - as with our Umineko episodes, please refer to our content warnings below.Content Warnings for this episode:General Warnings for discussion of Torture, cutting/bloodletting, ingestion of blood, mutilation, and public degradation/humiliation1:06:00 to - 1:08:00 Umineko volume 7 Spoilers1:20:00 to - 1:30:00 Discussions of transphobia, misgendering, familial abuse1:27:30 to - 1:30:00 Crucifixion and posthumous torture As always, if you enjoy our show please be sure to rate and review us wherever you listen! You can also follow the podcast twitter at sayitinredpod and you can find bonus episodes at our patreon at patreon dot com forward slash sayitinred! 

Förmödrars makt
46. Leve bocken! Gästavsnitt med Sylvia Hild

Förmödrars makt

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 93:21


Välkomna att möta vi en av sejdens och fornsedens riktiga föregångare och förgrundsgestalter i Sverige: Sylvia Hild, 83 år fyllda. Sylvia berättar om hur hur den moderna sejdkonsten växte fram i Sverige och utövades i Yggdrasil-gillet. Men vi får också följa med till Sylvias hjärtas land, Grönland, och dess magiska traditioner. Ett långt vindlande samtal om djupet av att välja ett magiskt liv.Vill du stötta oss? Bli patreon: https://www.patreon.com/formodrarsmaktMer info om podden: www.formodrarsmakt.comReferenserGalina Lindqvist - Shamanic Performances on the Urban Scene (doktorsavhandling om Yggdrasil-gillet)Erik Rödes sagaDonna Haraway - Staying with the troubleI avsnittet nämns många namn på personer är betydelsefulla i framväxten av den nyhedniska rörelsen i Norden:Mikael W Gejel och Karin Norberg - grundade Yggdrasil-gillet 1975Jörgen I Eriksson - återstartade Yggdrasil 1982 och har skrivit bla. Sejd (1988) och Runmagi och shamanism (1990)Marie Ericson - skrivit Sejd (1988)Eva Wolgers - lett YggdrasilBodvar Bjarke/Mikael Hedlund - skrivit Runa (1988) och Sejd (1988)Jonathan Horowitz - grundade 1986 The Scandinavian Center for Shamanic StudiesAnette Høst - grundade 1986 the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies, skrivit Jorden synger - naturens kraft og nordiska rødderPer "SkallePer" Lundberg - gode i Samfundet Fornsed Sverige, gäst i avsnitt 21Henrik Hallgren - gode i Samfundet Fornsed Sverige, skrivit Jordens ande - om nordisk naturreligion samt Naturlagen - om naturens rättigheter och människans möjligheter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Opplysningen 99,3
Liz Truss går av: hva nå for Storbritannia?

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 7:59


I studio: Benjamin Nordtømme, Runa Årskog & Frida Kristine Mogård

Opplysningen 99,3
Sending 21.10.2022 - Liz Truss, norsk gass, Agora-skolen og 10,000 skritt

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 40:44


I ukens Opplysningen-sending tar vi for oss Liz Truss' avgang, det skyhøye norske gassoverskuddet, en unik skole i Nederland og helserådet 10,000 skritt. I studio: Benjamin Nordtømme, Runa Årskog & Frida Kristine Mogård Medvirkende: Benjamin Nordtømme, Runa Årskog, Liz Truss og Emilia Haaland-Johansen

Evolution of Brand
How to Manage Crisis In Your Brand with Dave Oates

Evolution of Brand

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 47:05


Top 3 Takeaways From This Value-Packed Conversation:When you find a passion, there's an uncharted path to getting where you want to go. You need to ask questions and be in full discovery mode to find the steps to take. Once you've discovered those steps, don't be afraid to take them!No matter how big your company and brand may be, your reputation can change almost instantly. Sometimes, all it takes is one bad social media post. It's imperative to stay on top of your reputation and NEVER IGNORE anything that can damage your presence for the long runA crisis situation, while not the most pleasant to deal with, can present a great opportunity to showcase your customer service and empathy skills. How you handle those situations in plain sight for everyone to see can speak volumes to the level of care you put into the brand experience you're building for customers. ______________________Click here for complete show notes Episode 111 of Evolution of Brand is brought to you by my voice over services. Are you in need of a charismatic voice for your next audio project? I've got your covered! Click here to learn and hear moreMUSIC CREDIT: "Victory" courtesy of purple-planet.com

Opplysningen 99,3
Sending 14.10.22 - Nord-Korea, Gammalsvenskby i Ukraina, BMI-historien og Hans Roslings syn på verden

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 38:00


I studio: Benjamin Nordtømme, Marte Magnusdal og Emma Nordsteien Medvirkende: Helena Schroeder, Alexander Klyve Gudbrandsen, Runa Årskog og Marte Magnusdal

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 32: The House in Fata Morgana (Part 1 of 2)

Say It In Red

Play Episode Play 35 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 136:03


Good Morning. You're finally awake, aren't you? Yes, that's good. Hehe... we were worried, for a time, that you might sleep the whole week away. How glad we are now that you are here with us, within this manor, within this era, as we explore its halls and gather your stray and errant memories. Just make sure that as we travel, you never let go of our hands. This week, Sara and Runa begin their adventure into The House in Fata Morgana (2016), a gothic visual novel that will take players through a mysterious manor, guided by an equally mysterious Maid, as you observe the tragedies that unfolded in its hallways over the centuries. In this first of two episodes, we open the first three doors of game and bear witness to the lives of the former occupants, their hopes and struggles, and their unfortunate ends. We begin in 17th century England, with the illustrious Rhodes family and its two flaxen-haired children, Mell and Nellie. We then open the door to the early 18th century on the coast of Europe's mainland, in an era when the manor lies abandoned and a Beast has become its master. From there, we greet the 19th century and venture into New York City where an ambitious man shuts his wife away and dedicates himself to the pursuit of wealth and power. Throughout each tale, the Maid appears to serve the household and its Master. Throughout each era, a mysterious White-Haired Girl arrives at the manor and invariably meets a tragic end. What will we find at the end of this journey, when we at last can remember our name... and hers. Content Warnings for this episode:Sibling IncestTorture and CannibalismVerbal and Physical abuseRacismMore RacismGun ViolenceAs always, if you enjoy our show please be sure to rate and review us wherever you listen! You can also follow the podcast twitter at sayitinredpod and you can find bonus episodes at our patreon at patreon dot com forward slash sayitinred!

Opplysningen 99,3
Hvem vinner Fredsprisen 2022?

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 19:32


Vinneren av Nobels fredspris ble annonsert klokken 11.00 fredag 6. oktober. Opplysningen varmet opp. Reportere: Lise Benus og Benjamin Nordtømme. I studio: Runa Årskog og Sander

Opplysningen 99,3
Sending 30.09.22: Wagner gruppen, Operation London Bridge og temperaturmåling som prevensjon

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 42:34


I studio: Alexander Klyve Gudbrandsen, Marte Magnusdal og Sander Medvirkende: Emilia Haaland-Johansen, Benjamin Nordtømme og Runa Årskog

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 31: Heaven Will Be Mine

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 144:39


Launch protocols accepted. Pilot vital signs within nominal range. Catapult locked: Mission Accepted. The battle at hand is already underway - Which future are you planning to fight for? Who are you planning to fight for? What can you do, alone in space against the eternal, ever present pull of Earth's Gravity?This week, Sara and Runa are joined by tabletop developer and mecha enthusiast Bismuth to discuss the Worst Girls Games 2018 title, Heaven Will Be Mine. Join us as we fly over space colonies and dig through the history of the mecha genre, queer theory, the Space Program, and our own childhoods in an effort to answer one of the greatest questions of all time: How much are giant robot fights just about making out? As it turns out, the answer is almost 100%.Heaven Will Be Mine (2018) is a visual novel developed by Aeevee Bee, Max Schwartz, Alec Lambert, and with development and publication by Pillow Fight. It's a game about giant robots, about space, about interstellar conflict and the existential threat of truly inhuman, alien beings. It's also not really about any of that, at least not any more than it's about gender, queer liberation movements, Gravity, Culture, romance on the battlefield, mecha fights as communication and flirtation, and the all-encompassing desire to be a horny goblin when you see a hot girl on the other side of the war. If all of this sounds a bit abstract and difficult to parse, that's because Heaven Will Be Mine is a game rich with layered meanings and abstractions that are both literal and allegorical, narration that is both physically impossible and emotionally true, and conversations that may take you a few passes to fully grasp. The writing is brilliant and draws you deep into the realm of space at the same time as it gets you thinking about otherness, the force of expectation exerted by a dominant culture, and the relationships you've built between the people who surround you and cross your path. This game is about queerness, community, and what paths we should take forward into the future together even when that future is at times bleak and uncertain. Please join us as we unpack the three pilot routes and three endings to this game, discuss its implications, and sigh fondly over Luna-Terra's cool scars.  As always, if you enjoy the show please support us by giving us a rating and writing a review wherever you listen! You can also follow the podcast's twitter at sayitinredpod on twitter and find bonus episodes at patreon dot com slash sayitinred! Content Warnings for this episode:There are specific no content warnings for this episode but there are spoilers for the original Gundam series, Evangelion, Gunbuster, Diebuster, and Gasaraki in this episode. Links:Aeevee Bee's interview in Rock Paper ShotgunThe Waypoint Radio Plus episode discussed here is Waypoint Radio Plus episode 101, which at the time of this episode's publication is only available to waypoint plus subscribers.

Opplysningen 99,3
Sending 23.09.22: Strømkrise, Kongelige avskjeder og politisk drama i Danmark

Opplysningen 99,3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 40:46


I studio: Benjamin Nordtømme, Karl Biehl & Emilia Haaland-Johansen Medvirkende: Frida Mogård, Amalie Sunnby, Runa Årskog & Alexander Klyve Gudbrandsen Produsent: Benjamin Nordtømme Lyd: BBC, NRK Musikk: sessions.blue

My Fourth Act Podcast
E75 | Rúna Bouius | When I Needed More Than My Business Success

My Fourth Act Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 48:13 Transcription Available


Runa Bouius is a serial entrepreneur and visionary thinker from Iceland. Her life of adventure and exploration has unfolded in wildly different settings – Reykjavik, Santa Fe, Los Angeles. For 20 years, Runa was a trailblazer and the industry leader in Iceland's beauty and wellness industry. After her husband's death, at the height of her commercial success, Runa moved with her sons to Santa Fe and embarked on a no-holds-barred soul journey. These days, Runa resides in LA where she co-founded the Conscious Leader Network, the Conscious Capitalism LA Chapter, the Together Network.and her own True Power Institute. She serves as a mentor to CEOs and other visionary professionals who are hungry for a more purpose-driven world. After 3 very distinct life acts, Runa is ready for her own FOURTH ACT. How I went from studying dance to becoming Iceland's top beauty industry entrepreneur. When I couldn't ignore my inner emptiness anymore. What I learned about shamanism and soul wisdom. Why I am passionate about redefining the true meaning of personal power. https://truepowerinstitute.com/ (www.truepowerinstitute.com)

Bonfire Babble: Exploring Magic With Two Modern Witches
Ep 102: Runa Troy: Mabon / Autumn Equinox Witches!

Bonfire Babble: Exploring Magic With Two Modern Witches

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 70:38 Transcription Available


CW: around 10 ish to 15 ( or 12 - 17) mark there is talk of ethical practices around the culling of farm animals. We are SO excited to have Runa Troy as our guest today! Runa on Instagram Runa is a long-time solitary Witch. She has been practicing the Craft for more than 40 years. She has explored just about every aspect of it to some degree, like many Witches, and held on to that which brought Her to my truest self and best life. Primarily you will find Runa doing word magic (writing), rune casting, hedge riding, dream interpretation, herbalism, and lots of kitchen witchery.   Land Acknowledgment Bonfire Babble Podcast recognizes that we live and record on the traditional lands of the Duwamish Tribe. We Honor Their past and present stewardship of the beautiful land and the life-giving energy they provide. To learn more about the Duwamish People and Real Rent visit their site!  How To Reach Us Join us for fun posts, extra materials, spells, and lots of fun stuff at  Bonfire Babble Witches on Patreon  You can find us on Instagram Facebook at Bonfire Babble Podcast Bonfire Babble TikTok Cawnawyn Mor Our awesome in-house astrologer! You can catch her once a month on the podcast! But always on Instagram…provided there isn't an outage…. If you like us – and you are on Apple Podcast – we would love it if you gave us a 5-star rating and if you have time – a short review! Thanks so much for listening! We are no longer on Privatized Feathers. Chirp, Chirp.  

Divas puslodes
Liza Trasa - Lielbritānijas jaunā premjerministre. Pareizticīgās baznīcas ietekme pasaulē

Divas puslodes

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 54:27


Aktualitātes analizē Latvijas TV korespondente Ilze Kalve, Latvijas Universitātes Teoloģijas fakultātes zinātniskais asistents Ņikita Andrejevs un Vidzemes augstskolas lektors Jānis Kapustāns. Liza Trasa stājas pie Lielbritānijas stūres 5. septembrī paziņotie Lielbritānijas Konservatīvo partijas biedru balsojuma rezultāti apliecināja jau iepriekš aptauju rezultātā prognozēto – Toriju partiju un Lielbritānijas valdību turpmāk vadīs līdzšinējā ārlietu ministre Mērija Elizabete Trasa, plašāk pazīstama kā Liza Trasa. Šobrīd 47 gadus vecā britu politiķe pievērsusies politikai jau studiju gados, kad darbojusies Liberāldemokrātiskās partijas Oksfordas universitātes studentu organizācijā, drīz pēc studiju pabeigšanas gan pārejot konservatīvo rindās. 2010. gadā viņa pirmoreiz tika ievēlēta Parlamentā, bet 2012. gadā pirmoreiz ieņēma amatu valdībā kā izglītības ministra vietniece bērnu un ģimenes jautājumos Deivida Kemerona kabinetā. Nepilnus divus gadus vēlāk Trasa saņēma vides, pārtikas un lauksaimniecības ministres portfeli. Pirms referenduma par Lielbritānijas izstāšanos no Eiropas Savienības Trasa iestājās pret „breksitu”, taču pēc referenduma iesaistījās tā īstenošanā un 2016. gada jūlijā kļuva par tieslietu ministri Terēzas Mejas pirmajā kabinetā. Sekoja Valsts kases virssekretāres, respektīvi – finanšu ministra biedres amats otrajā Mejas kabinetā, tad starptautiskās tirdzniecības ministres portfelis pirmajā un otrajā Borisa Džonsona kabinetā, bet pagājušā gada septembrī, Džonsonam veicot kabineta pārstrukturēšanu, – ārlietu ministres amats. Konservatīvo partijas līdera vēlēšanās pēc Borisa Džonsona demisijas Trasa ar 57% partijas biedru balsu pārspēja savu agrāko kolēģi, bijušo finanšu ministru Riši Sunaku. Jaunā premjerministre jau pabeigusi sava kabineta formēšanu. Valsts kases kanclera, respektīvi – finanšu ministra amatu ieņems premjerministres vienaudzis un ilglaicīgs politiskais līdzgaitnieks Kvazi Kvartengs. Premjerministres vietniece un veselības un sociālās aprūpes ministre būs līdzšinējā darba un pensiju lietu ministre un Trasas kampaņas vadītāja Terēze Anna Kofija; ārlietu ministrs – līdzšinējais izglītības ministrs Džeimss Kleverlijs, iekšlietu ministre – juriste un politiķe Suella Breivermena. Tiek atzīmēts, ka šajos amatos, kas tiek uzskatīti par nozīmīgākajiem britu valdībā, pirmo reizi vēsturē nav neviena baltā vīrieša, ciktāl Kvartengs ir Ganas imigrantu atvase, savukārt Kleverlija māte nāk no Sjerraleones. Šobrīd visai nozīmīgo aizsardzības ministra portfeli saglabājis Bens Volless. Vairums no Trasas kabineta ministriem pieder pie vienas politiķu paaudzes – dzimuši pagājušā gadsimta 60. gadu otrajā pusē vai 70. gados un Parlamentā pirmoreiz ievēlēti 2010. vai 2015. gada vēlēšanās. Ar sevišķu gandarījumu Līzas Trasas stāšanos amatā uztver Ukraina, ciktāl nenākas šaubīties, ka jaunā premjerministre turpinās Borisa Džonsona iedibināto stingra Ukrainas atbalsta kursu. Pareizticīgā baznīca ticības un varas sadurā Pasaules vēsturē netrūkst piemēru, kad dažādas kristīgās baznīcas iesaistījušās gluži laicīgās varas cīņās. Pēdējos gadsimtos, kad lielākajā daļā kristīgās pasaules notikusi baznīcas šķiršana no valsts, šādas situācijas gan kļuvušas samērā retākas. Tomēr politika, kādu pēdējās desmitgadēs arvien pamanāmāk piekopusi Krievijas pareizticīgā baznīca, liek šai ziņā atcerēties pagātnes piemērus. Runa ir, pirmām kārtām, par Krievijas pareizticīgās baznīcas vadības – Maskavas Patriarhāta – tieksmi paturēt savā varā pareizticīgās baznīcas visā bijušās Padomju Savienības teritorijā (izņemot vēsturiski neatkarīgās Gruzijas un Armēnijas pareizticīgās baznīcas). Tajā pat laikā Krievijas pareizticīgā baznīca uzkrītoši tuvinājusies Kremļa īstenotajai agresīvajai ārpolitikai, dodot savu artavu t.s. „Krievu pasaules” stiprināšanā. Gluži kā Krievijas impērijas vēlīnajā periodā pareizticība Maskavas Patriarhāta izpildījumā kļuvusi par impērisko tieksmju balstu un instrumentu līdzās monarha autoritātei un krievu valodai. Sevišķi pamanāma šī tendence kļuvusi kopš Krievijas agresijas sākuma pret Ukrainu 2014. gadā, izraisot neizbēgamu pretreakciju – kustību par Ukrainas pareizticīgās baznīcas aiziešanu no Maskavas Patriarhāta pakļautības, kļūstot par patstāvīgu jeb autokefālu baznīcu, līdzīgi pareizticīgajām baznīcām Balkānu, Centrāleiropas un Aizkaukāza valstīs. No Maskavas viedokļa autokefāliju Ukrainas pareizticīgajai baznīcai var piešķirt tikai Krievijas pareizticīgā baznīca kā tās līdzšinējā „mātes baznīca”. Taču Konstantinopoles patriarhāts, kurš tiek uzskatīts par augstāko autoritāti jeb „pirmo starp līdzīgiem” pareizticīgajā pasaulē, deklarēja, ka 17. gs. notikusī Ukrainas pareizticīgās baznīcas pakļaušana Maskavas Patriarhātam nav atbildusi kanoniskajiem principiem. Attiecīgi Konstantinopoles patriarhs Bartolomejs  2018. gadā piešķīra Ukrainas pareizticīgajai baznīcai autokefālijas statusu. Par atbildi Krievijas pareizticīgās baznīcas Sinode pieņēma lēmumu par eiharistiskās saziņas pārtraukšanu ar Konstantinopoles patriarhātu, kas nozīmē ne vien jebkādas sadarbības pārtraukšanu, bet arī liegumu ikvienam Krievijas pareizticīgajam saņemt svēto vakarēdienu, tikt kristītam vai laulātam Konstantinopoles patriarhāta pakļautībā esošajās baznīcās. Kopš tā laika līdzīga attiecību pārtraukšana notikusi arī ar tām baznīcām, kuras atzinušas autokefālo Ukrainas pareizticīgo baznīcu, proti – ar Aleksandrijas patriarhātu un Grieķijas un Kipras autokefālās baznīcas. Var piebilst, ka līdzīga situācija bija 1996. gadā, kad Konstantinopoles patriarhāts atjaunoja savas autonomās baznīcas statusu Igaunijas Apustuliskajai pareizticīgajai baznīcai. Toreiz attiecības starp Konstantinopoli un Maskavu gan tika atjaunotas pēc trīs mēnešiem, taču Igaunijā kopš tā laika pastāv divas viena otru neatzīstošas pareizticīgās baznīcas. Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.  Eiropas Parlamenta granta projekta „Jaunā Eiropas nākotne” programma.* * Šī publikācija atspoguļo tikai materiāla veidošanā iesaistīto pušu viedokli. Eiropas Parlaments nav atbildīgs par tajā ietvertās informācijas jebkādu izmantošanu.

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The Infamous Podcast
Episode 351 – Twerk Your Way Off My Playlist

The Infamous Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022


She-Bore Achievement… Cringe! This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl May just be putting a fork in watch She-Bore, Review House of the Dragon Episode 2, and News Bites! Episode Index Intro: 0:07 Supes & Lolo: 4:20 Armie Hammer: 10:40 Trevor Slattery Returns: 17:32 She-Hulk: 20:47 Dragon Stuff: 33:45 News Bites Superman & Lois Season 3 Star Teases Unexpected Storyline for Lois Lane https://screenrant.com/superman-lois-season-3-lois-lane-story-details/ Armie Hammer Docuseries ‘House of Hammer' Explores Cannibalism, Abuse Allegations, and Family Trauma https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/armie-hammer-docuseries-house-of-hammer-cannibal-allegations-sexual-misconduct-1235210031/ Ben Kingsley to Reprise MCU Role in ‘Wonder Man' at Disney+ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ben-kingsley-marvel-wonder-man-disney-plus-1235208716/ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Season 1 Episode 3) Out of 5 Faux Stallions Darryl: .5/5 Brain: .5/5 Title: “The People vs. Emil Blonsky” Directed by: Kat Coiro Written by: Francesca Gailes & Jacqueline J. Gailes Release Date: September 1, 2022 Summary Walters confronts Blonsky, who explains that he was removed from his cell by the Sorcerer Supreme Wong and that he returned to prison willingly afterwards. While she attempts to contact Wong, news of her appointment as Blonsky’s lawyer stirs up public controversy. Her former colleague Dennis Bukowski approaches the superhuman law division for a case involving his ex-girlfriend Runa, a shape-shifting Light Elffrom New Asgard who defrauded him...

The Reader Copy Podcast
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 3 - The Reader Copy Recap

The Reader Copy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 18:57


This week Chris and Daniel recap episode 3 of She-Hulk. This episode is titled "The People vs. Emil Blonsky". Summary: Walters confronts Blonsky, who explains that he was removed from his cell by the Sorcerer Supreme Wong and that he returned to prison willingly afterwards. While she attempts to contact Wong, news of her appointment as Blonsky's lawyer stirs up public controversy. Her former colleague Dennis Bukowski approaches the superhuman law division for a case involving his ex-girlfriend Runa, a shape-shifting Light Elf from New Asgard who defrauded him by impersonating Megan Thee Stallion, which gets assigned to Walters' coworker Augustus "Pug" Pugliese. Wong meets with Walters and agrees to testify at Blonsky's parole hearing, during which Blonsky demonstrates his ability to remain in control as the Abomination. While Walters helps Pug win his case, Blonsky is released on parole, but forbidden from transforming again. After participating in a televised interview to tell her side of the story, Walters is attacked by four men armed with Asgardian construction equipment, who were hired by an anonymous client to steal a sample of her blood, though she fights them off. Visit us online: https://thereadercopypodcast.libsyn.com/ (Check out The Reader Copy Podcast website) Our iTunes page: https://goo.gl/MikhDd (Listen to more episodes) Even More Stuff: https://goo.gl/4iDTXn (Check out our Instagram) https://goo.gl/cVFw7r (Follow us on Twitter) https://goo.gl/RsnXc1 (Like us on Facebook) Show music provided by http://www.morgandavidking.com/ (MDK - Hyper Beam)

New Rockstars Debrief
SHE-HULK: Secret SIEGE of NEW ASGARD Incoming?

New Rockstars Debrief

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 35:24


She-Hulk Episode 3 has Light Elves and the Wrecking Crew running amok! But is the MCU setting up for a siege on New Asgard? Runa the Light and The Wrecking Crew are pieces of Asgard folding into the rest of MCU Earth. But could GLK&H be secretly laying the seeds for America to attack New Asgard? MT, Whitney Van Lanningham, Tommy Bechtold and Jessica Clemons discuss! #SheHulk #Thor #MCU Check out our sweet, sweet merch! http://www.newrockstarsmerch.com

Bonfire Babble: Exploring Magic With Two Modern Witches
Ep 100- 2nd Year Anniversary: Connecting with Land Spirits

Bonfire Babble: Exploring Magic With Two Modern Witches

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 79:38 Transcription Available


Until 9:57 THANK YOU,  Short catch up - Cat Shenanigans 9:57 Library - What are land spirits The Bon Fire Some magical land spirit encounters we have had Personal experiences Fae More Land Spirits 13:53. The Bonfire Land Spirits, Land Spirits... 41ish Ley Lines Ok Y'll - 53ish to 69:37 - We intersperse all over the place talking about the Fae, Our childhood land spirits and - on topic! But ALL over the place. 56 wish SO much fun science magic nature information 62 some more theories about the Fae And some pointers - MORGAN DAIMLER ( classes on the Fae Star Trek - Species 70  SPARKs  and Patrons SPARKS Corey   Donnie_Art on Instagram   Detta   Runa Troy   @Runa.Troy on Instagram   Blog   Sign up for a Reading! Land Acknowledgment Bonfire Babble Podcast recognizes that we live and record on the traditional lands of the Duwamish Tribe. We Honor Their past and present stewardship of the beautiful land and the life-giving energy they provide. To learn more about the Duwamish People and Real Rent visit their site!  How To Reach Us Join us for fun posts, extra materials, spells, and lots of fun stuff at  Bonfire Babble Witches on Patreon  You can find us on Instagram Facebook at Bonfire Babble Podcast Bonfire Babble TikTok Cawnawyn Mor Our awesome in-house astrologer! You can catch her once a month on the podcast! But always on Instagram…provided there isn't an outage…. If you like us – and you are on Apple Podcast – we would love it if you gave us a 5-star rating and if you have time – a short review! Thanks so much for listening! We are no longer on Privatized Feathers. Chirp, Chirp.

TV Podcast Industries
She-Hulk Episode 3 "The People Vs Emil Blonsky" Podcast from TV Podcast Industries

TV Podcast Industries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 62:17


It's a cameo filled extravaganza for She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 3 "The People Vs Emil Blonsky" with special guest stars Tim Roth, Megan Thee Stallion and Benedict Wong. She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 3 "The People Vs Emil Blonsky" Synopsis She-Hulk Character co-created by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby ,John Buscema Executive Producers - Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Jessica Gao, Kat Coiro Head Writer: Kat Coiro Episode Written by: Francesca Gailes and Jacqueline J Gailes Episode directed by: Jessica Gao At her new firm, GKL & H, She-Hulk attorney at law begins her first case defending Emil Blonsky AKA The Abomination at his parole hearing. After news leaks of Blonsky's trip to a fight club in China with The Sorcerer Supreme, Jennifer Walters tracks down Wong to get an explanation. At the parole board hearing Wong confirms that Blonsky was taken by him to China and offered freedom and asylum in Kamar Taj, but Emil refused and chose to return to prison to serve out his sentence. With the assurance that Emil Blonsky will never change into The Abomination again and Wong's testimony, he is granted parole to live out his life with his seven soulmates. Meanwhile Jenn's colleague Pug has to represent her narcissistic former co-worker Dennis in a case against a shape shifting light elf. Runa the elf had impersonated Grammy award winning artist Megan Thee Stallion leading on Dennis and scamming $175 grand out of him. With the expert testimony of Jenn on how self absorbed Dennis is he wins the case and Runa the light elf is sentenced to 6 months in prison for attempting to impersonate a judge. Following the hearing Jennifer is attacked by a crew outside her home with some Asgardian construction tools. In her She-Hulk form they are easily defeated but remark that their boss won't be happy they failed to get a sample of Jenn's blood.With the case won and her attackers dispatched, Jenn has a new client, and a friend she'd kill for, as she twerks with Megan Thee Stallion in her office. She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 3 Cast Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She-HulkMark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Smart HulkGinger Gonzaga as Nikki RamosTim Roth as Emil BlonskyBenedict Wong as WongSteve Coulter as Holden HolliwayJosh Segarra as Augustus "Pug" PuglieseDrew Matthews as Dennis Bukowski A Return to Defending As we are returning to the Marvel TV universe we are using the format of our former Marvel podcast, Defenders TV Podcast. We discuss: - Our Top 3 Points (or Case Notes) of the episode - Whether we each Defend the episode or not - Notes, Quotes and comic references The She-Hulk Bar Exam During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our She-Hulk Bar Exam. You can send in your answers each week to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of the six episode series the listeners with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some She-Hulk goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com Question 3: How is Wong's social media presence chaotic? Feedback for Ms. Marvel Once you've watched the episodes you can email us to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com, you can message us @TVPodIndustries on Twitter or join our Facebook group at https://facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries and share your thoughts in our spoiler posts for each episode. Follow us and Subscribe to the Podcast If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe to the podcast over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we will continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on TV Podcast Industries Thanks for joining us for our She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 3 "The People Vs Emil Blonsky" podcast. We'll be back next week with our chat about She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 4.

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 30: A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 106:39


Even in the last week of August, sometimes the summer feels like it'll never end.  The warm breeze slipping through the screen door at night, the buzz of car engines and cicadas, and the flood of light that pours across the streets after sundown... Even on its very last day, summer can feel eternal.This week, Sara and Runa visit the disco, tour the city, and experience romance in the 80's in A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986! Join us as we follow Michelle, a 23-year-old office worker living with her mother in Hong Kong (and as the game's title implies, we're right at the start of August in 1986). Michelle lost her father when she was still in school and since then, she's become more studious, more serious, more dedicated to her work and more focused on providing for her mother and advancing her career. A single accident causes her to break her new heels on the way to work one morning, though, and this threatens to throw off the rest of her entire day - Michelle swears it's caused her usual 0.01% text entry error rate to more than triple. After suffering through the entire day wearing convenience store flip flops that clash horribly with her 80's business blazer and plaid skirt, she takes her boss's recommendation and heads across the city to find a cobbler. That's where she meets Sam, and that's where Michelle's entire life, her steady routine of going in to work each day and returning home every evening gets disrupted. Sam is gorgeous. Sam looks handsome in a t-shirt and overalls and stunning in a jacket and mini-skirt. Sam invites Michelle out without the slightest hesitation in her voice. Michelle keeps swearing that the next time she sees Sam, it will be the last time the two of them ever have to speak... but each time, she ends up spending more and more time at Sam's side, in her shop, beside her at a disco club, in her apartment, and eventually in her bed. What is it that Michelle wants, truly? What choice will she make, when faced with the prospect of life with Sam and the threat of losing the stability in her life? At the end of the summer when Hong Kong is as vibrant as ever and political turmoil looms the city, Michelle and Sam watch the stars and consider what it would mean to have a future together.As always, if you enjoy the show please support us by giving us a rating and writing a review wherever you listen! You can also follow the podcast's twitter at sayitinredpod on twitter and find bonus episodes at patreon dot com slash sayitinred!Content Warnings for this Episode:Discussions of homophobia and misogyny as explored in the textDiscussion of Misogyny, Suicide, and death by disease in our summary of the 1935 silent film, New Women: 00:51:00-1:00:00

Kā labāk dzīvot
Sadzīvot visiem draudzīgi jeb iespējas mazināt etnisko diskrimināciju Latvijā

Kā labāk dzīvot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 47:59


Ne mēs to izdomājām, ne mums, visticamāk, to izdosies iznīcināt. Runa ir par cilvēku diskrimināciju pēc etniskās piederības. Neskatoties uz to, ka Latvijā virkne likumu skar diskriminācijas aizliegumus izglītības, nodarbinātības un sociālās iekļaušanās jomā, sabiedrībā joprojām pastāv diskriminācijas pazīmes pēc dažādiem aspektiem, viens no tiem – diskriminācija etniskās piederības dēļ. Kā mazināt etnisko diskrimināciju mūsu valstī? Raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot diskutē Ventspils Augsto tehnoloģiju parka vadošā eksperte dažādības jautājumos Rasma Pīpiķe, meksikānis, kurš Latvijā dzīvo jau vairākus gadu desmitus, pavārs Havjers Garsija, kampaņas "Sajūti. Sadzirdi. Saproti" dalībnieks un sabiedrības integrācijas fonda sekretariāta direktore Zaiga Pūce.

raid runa saj latvij mazin iesp visiem neskatoties diskrimin
MyMecra Podcast
Bir Sandık Altın Uğruna - B71 - Biri Bir Gün | Serdar Tuncer

MyMecra Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2022 16:30


Her hafta birbirinden farklı hikayelerle izleyicilerini kıssadan hisse almaya davet eden Serdar Tuncer, bu hafta Biri Bir Gün'de bir sandık dolusu altın bulabilmenin yolunu anlatıyor... Serdar Tuncer bu bölümde başlıca şunları anlattı: Selamın aleyküm erenler ve dahi erenlere gönül verenler hatta ve hatta gerçek hazinenin nerede saklı olduğunu bilenler. Diyeceksiniz ki bu ne demek şimdi? Bugün size Biri Bir Gün'de bir sandık dolusu altın bulabilmenin yolunu anlatacağım. Gerçekten, şaka yapmıyorum. Bir sandık dolusu altın... Hani böyle olur ya şurayı kaz, şuradan kırk adım yürü, buradan elli adım geri gel, öbür taraftan güneşin doğduğu yerde şunu yap... Ben pek anlamam bu işlerden de meraklıları pek güzel bakıyorlar. Onu var ya aramak bulmaktan daha keyifli benim gördüğüm o. Bi kaç arayanla oturup sohbet etmişliğim var. Güzel bi hobi, lüzumsuz bi uğraş ama bizimki öyle bi haritanın üzerinden değil, bir hikayenin üzerinden bir sandık dolusu altın nasıl bulunur onu anlatacağız... Devamı videoda... Gelin, Beraber Yürüyelim...

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 29: Tokimeki Memorial - Part 2

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 119:00


Dear Readers,That about sums it up.In the second and final part of our Tokimeki Memorial coverage, Runa and Sara finally managed to get a confession of eternal love from Shiori Fujisaki. The cost? Well... what price can you put on the time you spend in the virtual high school of your youth? Especially when that time is flying by at 400% speed and you're constantly jumping back and forth between weeks in order to manipulate the random chance of the Universe.This week, we're once again joined by Cristaly and KT as we cap off our discussions of the SNES port of Tokimeki Memorial, playing with the recently released fan translation patch that came out earlier this year. For more information about the game broadly and its overall structure, check out our previous episode, Say it in Red Episode 28! In this episode though, we talk about the remaining routes of the game including the secret dating option, the continuous uphill path of trying to date Shiori, and some of our overall impressions of the game as a whole. Runa and Sara lay out the various strategies they used to finally meet Shiori under the Tree of Legends, KT tells us about Rei Ijuin, Cristaly explains the incredible design and features of Tokimeki Memorial Girls' Side, and everyone remembers the Konami of the 90's with a sort of fond, bittersweet nostalgia.As Runa mentioned in this episode, you can also find her latest game, the horror-mystery Visual Novel 77 Oleander Avenue at runa-liore.itch.io/77-Oleander!As always, if you enjoy the show please consider giving us a rating and writing a review! It'll help us out tremendously. You can also support us on Patreon by visiting Patreon.com/SayItInRed, where you can also get access to tons of bonus episodes and other content! Follow the podcast's twitter at sayitinredpod on twitter for more up-to-the-minute updates, and thank you again for listening!Content Warnings for this episode:1:10:00 to 1:15:00 - General discussions of transphobia, homophobia, and gender essentialism when discussing Rei's dating route.

Den of Rich
Olga Sanachina | Ольга Саначина

Den of Rich

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 153:13


Olga Sanachina, Co-founder, art-director Vozdukh Center – integrative project of physical and improvisational theatre (Russia). Uses art for business tasks and personal development. Accredited trainer of Playback Theatre (NYC), co-founder the playback theatre «New Jazz». Playback theatre is a type of improvisational theatre which based on life stories. Phycologist, free artist and performer, director of non-classical theatre. Train people and perform in US, Russia, India, Nigeria, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland and so on. Graduated: as a phycologist in Moscow Pedagogical University, School of performance in Moscow PYRFYR, course of Philosophy of Art and so on. Worked: Red Cross Society, Social and Psychological Youth Center ‘'DOORS'', the Head of the Department of education and development Consulting group RUNA, since 2012 develops her own projects in art, business and phycology fields. Born in Moscow, since 2020 lives in Florida, US. FIND OLGA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Instagram | YouTube ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

Planet Vrilock Psionics and Magick
Mindful Runa Principles!

Planet Vrilock Psionics and Magick

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 14:41


Herr Doktor discloses the secret to a balanced mental power and lifestyle with rune might and psionics! Tonight on Planet Vrilock Psionics and Magick Tech Podcast!  KEEP THE MAGICK HIGH!  Shop  Club  Substack  Telegram briefings

The Explicit Aloha Podcast
E.A.P. Episode 2.23 "Don't Book 12G"

The Explicit Aloha Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 39:59


E.A.P. Episode 2.23 "Don't Book 12G" 0:00 The Elephant In The Room 1:31 Thunder Valley/Sublime With Rome 5:32 Don't Book 12G/This Old House 12:19 Sacramento Airport Was A Pleasure… Except. 33:38 Ribs/BBQ Sauce Recipe 35:19 The Roof Is On Fire 36:04 Surf Rodeo/Aloha Tower 37:55 RUNA/@drinkruna 39:31 Aloha --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/explicitalohapodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/explicitalohapodcast/support

Starfleet Underground
A Powerful Magic Called Science!

Starfleet Underground

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 79:02


Huzzah! A lonely space entity has teamed up with M'Benga's daughter to provide us with one of the most fun episodes of Star Trek in a long time! And that doesn't even include Pike's Hair! It's a story-book episode with a King, a Queen, Wizards, Sword-fights, and more! Just no court jester. -Brought to you by Section 31- 00:00 Episode 129 00:30 DOT Jousting 00:58 Unicorn-Tribbles 01:30 We're gonna win! 02:00 Your Mead, M'lord! 02:30 The Light is On 03:20 They do WHAT with those horns?! 03:45 All-Head 04:00 Tank of Heads 05:00 SCIENCE! 05:30 Thank You Patreons!!! 05:40 NO KIDS! 06:00 Puberty 07:00 Robert Picardo officiates Bill Nye's wedding https://twitter.com/TheKateMulgrew/status/1540113993414897665?s=20&t=MMH6ImkI061k8TuPbuEfwQ 07:50 Sonequa at the UK Paramount + Strange New Worlds Premiere - CROSSOVERS? More Tilly? https://trekmovie.com/2022/06/22/sonequa-martin-green-talks-unexpected-star-trek-discovery-season-5-crossovers-and-more-tilly/ 08:50 The Man Who Fell to Earth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(TV_series) 10:45 Scrambled Westworld Brain 11:11 Paramount Plus now in the UK and Ireland https://trekmovie.com/2022/06/22/paramount-launches-in-uk-and-ireland-with-legacy-and-new-star-trek-including-strange-new-worlds/ 12:14 Ferengi Black Box 12:40 10 Forward San Diego - https://feverup.com/san-diego 15:30 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E8 "The Elysian Kingdom" 16:05 Teaser - Once Upon A Time... 17:14 Doth Mine Eyes Deceive me? I mean...What The Fuck? 17:40 Anson Mount's Hair 18:24 SUMMON THE JESTER! 18:50 HUGE Easter Egg - Benny Russel 21:10 Blows Up In Your Face 21:40 Seat Belts? 21:55 Ortegas is Awesome! 22:20 You Gonna Say The Thing? 22:50 Superstitious Spock 23:09 Did Spock Look Hot, or What?! 24:50 Act I - "Through the Looking Glass" 26:50 Crimson Guard got a Hemmer. 28:18 Lu'An the Princess and her dress 29:00 https://www.instagram.com/chrissychong/?hl=en and Runa - https://www.instagram.com/runa_ewok/?hl=en 29:50 Doggie Speak 30:00 Bickering Looks 30:45 Anson Mount - FUNNY! 31:49 Uhura's Torturers check EVERYWHERE 32:44 Costuming Department 33:44 It's Good to Be the Queen 34:44 Candles Recycled? 35:55 Klingon Candles? 38:00 Act II - "Elementary, My Dear Watson" 39:30 Not the Book...The Movie Version! 40:11 Run Away! 40:15 Not Exactly Known for his Bravery 41:08 Brain Squeezed Out Thru His Nose 41:39 Una the Huntress 43:00 A Powerful Magic Called Science! 43:40 Favorite Story? 44:20 Benjamin Sisko was a Horrible Writer? 45:15 Keep your Amazon Account Paid Up 45:40 Engineers are the Wizards 46:00 Speaking of the Dungeon... 46:50 Boltzmann Brain 47:45 42 48:06 Escaping The Dungeon 48:59 Act III - "It's A Trap!" 49:40 Sitting Sideways in Thrones 51:30 I'm Too Young To Die! 52:20 Getting the Drop on M'Benga 53:00 Is It Blue or Grey? 53:45 Grandfather Clock 54:22 Act IV - "Happily Ever After" 56:00 Warm Ticklish Glow 57:00 Section 31 know about the 5 hours? 57:41 The Mercury Stone 58:00 Sending off the Child 1:00:00 Including His Daughter 1:00:48 All Grown Up 1:02:19 And the Award for Over-acting goes too... 1:05:15 Time in a different way 1:06:30 Where's More Short Treks? 1:07:00 Entity Speaks Thru 1:08:20 A REALLY GOOD EPISODE 1:11:30 And then there were 2. Thanks for listening! Get some SWAG - https://starfleet-underground.creator-spring.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/starfleetunderground Email: thecollective@starfleetunderground.com Website: https://starfleetunderground.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarfleetUnderG Instagram: https://instagram.com/starfleetunderground Facebook: https://facebook.com/starfleetunderground YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Qtsy16 #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds Explicit

Say It In Red
Say it in Red | Episode 28: Tokimeki Memorial - Part 1

Say It In Red

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 122:33


Oh hey, it's you! I bet you wanna know what all the girls in our school think about you. Sure Sure Sure, you know I've got your back! Let me just flip through my notes...........................................Tokimeki Memorial? Yeah, here's all the info I have on her!This week, Sara and Runa are joined by fellow 90's dating sim enthusiasts KT and Cristaly to play through the groundbreaking, foundational, and immensely engaging classic Tokimeki Memorial! As a young boy entering high school, it's your goal, your truest desire, to date your neighbor and childhood friend Shiori Fujisaki. You've known Shiori for years, you've had a crush on her for longer than you can remember, and as you walk home with her after your entrance exam she tells you the legend of a tree that can grant young couples a lifetime of happiness. The trouble is that you're... kind of lame. In every way. High school won't last forever and you've only got three years to study, work out, shower and flip your hair, hone your artistic talents,  build your spirit, and become someone worthy of standing at Shiori's side. She wants you to, after all, but she's not going to accept anything less than her exceptional standards. Surely, knowing how much she expects from you, you won't be swayed by any of the other cute girls you meet along the way... will you?Konami's Tokimeki Memorial (1994) is quite possibly the single most influential dating sim to ever exist. It's impact reaches across genres, across mediums, through the decades, and even if you've never played Tokimeki Memorial yourself we can guarantee that you've played games influenced by it. In the game you play as a boy in high school trying to date girls and while our main character is focused on Shiori, players may quickly find themselves drawn to one of the other cute girls who run into you (sometimes literally) as you go about your high school life. The core of Tokimeki Memorial is simple and ingenious: Choose activities to raise various stats, and based on those stats you may either encounter new girls, trigger events, or do better during exams. Every Sunday afternoon, or on holidays, you can call someone as well - either your assigned Best Friend Yoshio, who can give you information about how each girl feels about you, or one of the girls you've met to ask her out on a date. This very simple gameplay loop is extremely effective, catches hold of you quickly, and keeps you hooked through three years of high school while you date girls, avoid bombs (girls bomb you if you neglect them by the way, this is just a known fact), and wait with bated breath to see who ends up confessing to you under the tree of legend on graduation day. Come, the spring of your youth is upon you! And just how long do you plan to keep Shiori waiting?This is the first of our two Tokimeki Memorial episodes so look forward to the next Tokimemo episode coming out in July! As always, if you enjoy the show please rate us and write a review if you have time - it helps tremendously and we read and appreciate each one! You can also find more information by following us at sayitinredpod on twitter, and unlock bonus episodes and other content by pledging over at our patreon! 

Build a Business Success Secrets
Consumer Packaged Goods Industry with Ryan Lewendon Partner at Giannuzzi Lewendon | Ep. 333

Build a Business Success Secrets

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 62:17


Ryan was the attorney for Vitamin Water in its early days and was with the company all the way through it's sale to Coke for over $4 billion. We talk about the VitaminWater story along with others he's worked with in the CPG industry. Ryan's firms has worked with hundreds of other consumer product companies including Glaceau (creator of VitaminWater and SmartWater), Pirate's Booty, Pretzel Crisps, Vita Coco, Siggi's, WTRMLN WTR, Mamma Chia, Sir Kensington's, Hint, Califia Farms, Krave, HappyBaby, Chameleon Cold Brew, Essentia, Rhythm Superfoods, Peeled, Runa, Oatmega, Sugarfina, Juice Press and many more.  About Ryan Lewendon Ryan is a Partner at Giannuzzi Lewendon, a premier boutique law firm that focuses on the representation of privately-held, high-growth consumer products companies. Prior to joining Giannuzzi Lewendon in 2011, Ryan was an associate at Donovan & Giannuzzi LLP. Since 2007, Ryan has focused his practice on helping innovative consumer products entrepreneurs grow their companies by navigating both the day-to-day hurdles and the tent-pole obstacles and opportunities a consumer products company must navigate on its way towards an acquisition. Ryan has assisted hundreds of companies structure and negotiate their distributor, broker and supplier relationships, employee incentive programs and advisory networks, and celebrity/influencer endorsements and promotional partnerships. Ryan has advised clients through financing transactions at every stage of their growth cycle – from angel investments to rounds with institutional investors. He has recently assisted clients in exit transactions with acquirers such as Coke, Pepsi, General Mills, Boulder Brands, Group Danone, Bacardi, General Mills and others. Ryan grew up in Hamden, Connecticut. He received a M.S in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Tulane University and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honors Society's Sports Law team. When he isn't busy helping bring emerging brands to the mainstream, he is an avid runner, reader and raconteur. He resides in Manhattan, New York. Join over 17,000 others and sign up to receive bonus content with the EDGE's weekly newsletter.   It's free sign up here >>> EPISODE LINKS: Giannuzzi Lewendon PODCAST INFO: Apple Podcasts: EDGE on Apple Podcasts Spotify: EDGE on Spotify  RSS Feed: EDGE's RSS Feed Website: EDGE Podcast SUPPORT & CONNECT EDGE's Weekly NewsletterJoin over 17,000 others and sign up to receive bonus content. It's free sign up here >>> Please Support this Podcast by checking out our Sponsors: Mad River Botanicals 100% certified organic CBD products. The product is controlled from seed to end product by it's owners. Use code: EDGE22 to get 10% off all your orders. Shop here>>> A top podcast for entrepreneurs!

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast
Jack of All Trades #555

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 64:25


Earth Month may be coming to end, but the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast continues to celebrate our glorious planet with great Celtic music. Stephanie Claussen, Beer Belly, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Tim Hill, Trinity River Whalers, The Sorries, Wicked Tinkers, George Papavgeris, The Bookends, Homeland, The High Kings, The Jackdaws, Jiggy, Alizbar & Ann' Sannat I hope you enjoyed this week's show. If you Heard a song, tune or artist that you loved, I'd like you to share this episode and tag the artist on social either on your page or in a Celtic group you're a part of. Include the show time so they can quickly listen and enjoy. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is here to build our diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. Musicians rely on your support so they can keep creating new music. If music in this show inspired you, you can buy their CDs, digital downloads, shirts, pins, and other merch. You can follow them on streaming and see their shows. More and more Celtic musicians are on Patreon, just like this podcast. And of course, I always appreciate it when you drop artists an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Irish & Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Subscribe and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2022 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2022 episode.  Vote Now! THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:09 - Stephanie Claussen "Loch Ruthven / The Feet Washing" from The Road Home from Skye: Scottish and Irish Tunes 2:47 - WELCOME 5:37 - Beer Belly "The Dublin Reel" from Paddy's Boots 6:30 - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh "Cois Abhann na Séad" from Ar Uair Bhig An Lae  -  The Small Hours 11:40 - Tim Hill "Bonnie Anne/The West Wind/The Longford Tinker" from Ceol ag an nGeata: Music at the Gate 15:18 - Trinity River Whalers "Jack Of All Trades" from Dancin' Beggarman 17:45 - FEEDBACK 19:16 - The Sorries "The Four Maries" from Bends of the Bow 22:57 - Wicked Tinkers "Jam with Men of Worth (Live)" from Banger for Breakfast 27:23 - George Papavgeris "Anytown" from For My Next Trick 32:59 - The Bookends "The Salt Mine" from Chapter One 38:40 - THANKS 40:07 - HOMELAND "Lay" from We Never Got This Far Alone 44:47 - The High Kings "Marie's Wedding" from Decade: Best Of The High Kings 48:29 - The Jackdaws "Waves" from Colors 52:14 - Jiggy "Who Put the Blood" from Hypernova 57:08 - CLOSING 58:22 - Alizbar & Ann' Sannat "Siul A Run" from Welcome Into The Morning The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. Subscribe through your favorite podcatcher or on our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. WELCOME CELTOPHILES * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a musician and podcaster. I want to introduce you to some amazing Celtic bands and musicians. The artists in this show need your support, which you can do by buying their music. You can find a link to all of the artists, along with links, show times and chapters for each song when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. Check out the North Harbor Podcast. WHAT'S NEW IN IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 Two weeks after the episode is launched, I compile the latest Celtic Top 20 votes to update a playlist on Spotify and Amazon Music. These are the results of your voting. You can help these artists out by following the playlists and adding tracks you love to your playlists. The newest bands added to the playlist: Niamh Parsons, The Haar, The Town Pants, Scythian, Barleyjuice, Runa, Emerald Rose Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube BUY SELCOUTH BY MARC GUNN My latest CD features Sci F'Irish music. That means it is original songs fusing pop culture themes with Irish drinking songs. There are some traditional music on the album. But mostly, it features songwriting by Marc Gunn with guests including: Screeched Inn, The Muckers, Jamie Haeuser, Sam Gillogly, Nathan Deese, and Mikey Mason. Selcouth means, “when everything is strange and different, yet you find it marvelous anyway.” The album is not completely Celtic and it's not just science fiction and fantasy. It's a fusion of the two. It's heartfelt and a lot of fun. It's now on sale in my Bandcamp store. Check out Selcouth now. THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Because of Your kind and generous support, this show comes out at least four times a month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. As a patron, you hear episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, and a private feed to listen to the show.  That's for as little as $1 per episode. For higher pledges, you can also get music - only episodes, free MP3s, and stand - alone Celtic Stories when you become a Song Henger. A super special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Eugene McD, Joe D, Horst K HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Go to SongHenge.com. That takes you to our Patreon page. Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $10. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month. Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music. Sign up now to become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. What are you doing with your local celtic community? Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Dawn Sayne Wilke posted on Facebook: "Excellent podcast, as always" for show #554. I asked a question about song requests on Facebook. The band Beltaine replied: "We love song requests because it is the songs that people love and have a special place in their hearts if we know it, we will play it....if not we will fake it to do our best for our fans that we want to make them happy! Finally I asked a question on Facebook: What does Celtic culture make you think of? Wolf Lüerßen responded: "Whisky and great music

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast
Singing Scots Gaelic #554

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 75:09


A glass of beer and some outstanding Celtic music, plus learning Scots Gaelic with the Celtic Rock band Syr. It's today on the latest Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The Gothard Sisters, Telenn Tri, Wolf & Clover, Runa, Matt & Shannon Heaton, The Gatehouse Well, Coast, Lilt, Tom Eure, Syr, The Rolling Kings, Songs for Ceilidh, Hunting McLeod, Kyle Carey I hope you enjoyed this week's show. If you Heard a song, tune or artist that you loved, I'd like you to share this episode and tag the artist on social either on your page or in a Celtic group you're a part of. Include the show time so they can quickly listen and enjoy. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is here to build our diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. Musicians rely on your support so they can keep creating new music. If music in this show inspired you, you can buy their CDs, digital downloads, shirts, pins, and other merch. You can follow them on streaming and see their shows. More and more Celtic musicians are on Patreon, just like this podcast. And of course, I always appreciate it when you drop artists an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Irish & Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Subscribe and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2022 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2022 episode.  Vote Now! THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:08 - The Gothard Sisters "Willow's Waltz" from Story Girl 5:01 - WELCOME 6:15 - Telenn Tri "Glass of Beer / Lochaber Badger / Ash Plant / St. Kilda Wedding" from Mouse in the Kitchen 11:00 - Wolf & Clover "An Rógaire Dubh" from Twelvemonth and a Day 14:55 - Runa "Runa Alumni Set" from Ten: The Errant Night 20:17 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "Demon Lover" from Tell You in Earnest 24:08 - FEEDBACK 28:34 - The Gatehouse Well "Breaking Ground" from Undone 31:56 - Coast "River (Acoustic Version)" from On This Day (Acoustic Version) 35:12 - Lilt "Deirdre Hurley's / Open the Door for Three / The Gathering" from X 38:56 - Tom Eure "The Carving Tree" from The Coin The Prayer The Crow 42:49 - THANK YOU PATRONS 44:33 - CELTIC STORIES “Albion II” 53:14 - Syr "Albion Ii" from Sentinel 57:57 - The Rolling Kings "In Through The Narrows" from Raise A Glass 1:00:04 - Songs for Ceilidh "Finnegan's Wake" from Beneath the Waves 1:04:51 - Hunting McLeod "The Congress" from Leod and Proud 1:08:45 - CLOSING 1:10:38 - Kyle Carey "Wind Through Casper" from North Star The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. Subscribe through your favorite podcatcher or on our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. Greetings Celtophiles WELCOME TO CELTIC MUSIC * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a musician and podcaster. I want to introduce you to some amazing Celtic bands and musicians. The artists in this show need your support, which you can do by buying their music. You can find a link to all of the artists, along with show times and chapters for each song when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. We have another Celtic Story today. That's where a band shares a story behind their music. This time it's by the Celtic Rock band Syr. They share the challenges of writing a song in a non - native language, Scots Gaelic. Oh! And you may also notice I'm letting others introduce the latest episode. If you would like to do so, email me. I'll send you instructions. And if you're band, I can also send instructions on how to submit music to the podcast and how to share your own Celtic Story with the show. BUY SELCOUTH BY MARC GUNN My latest CD features Sci F'Irish music. That means it is original songs fusing pop culture themes with Irish drinking songs. There are some traditional music on the album. But mostly, it features songwriting by Marc Gunn with guests including: Screeched Inn, The Muckers, Jamie Haeuser, Sam Gillogly, Nathan Deese, and Mikey Mason. Selcouth means, “when everything is strange and different, yet you find it marvelous anyway.” The album is not completely Celtic and it's not just science fiction and fantasy. It's a fusion of the two. It's heartfelt and a lot of fun. It's now on sale in my Bandcamp store. Check out Selcouth now. THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Because of Your kind and generous support, this show comes out at least four times a month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. As a patron, you hear episodes before regular listeners. You can pledge a dollar or more per episode and cap how much you want to spend each month over on Patreon. You can also get music - only episodes and free MP3s when you become a Song Henger. You can enjoy Celtic Stories as stand - alone episodes. A special thanks to our newest Patrons of the Podcast: Henry C, Patrick D, Davida K, Stan B HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Go to SongHenge.com. That takes you to our Patreon page. Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $10. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month. Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Or what you are doing with your local celtic community? Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Rey Glunt commented on Facebook: "I was just listening to this one walking the dog tonight!! Good stuff!!" Eugene McDonnell emailed: "Hi Marc, how is Patreon connected to your Celtic Music Magazine?" Peter Bengtson sent a photo: "On my morning walk, this is only about 1/2 of the painted rocks at this house. Zoom in for detail" And another: "My morning walk close to the Catalina mountains. Beautiful sunny (but cold), listening to episode 548  -  very nice" Michael R. Gorman emailed: "Marc, I hope this email does not come across as too strange, but before about 45 minutes ago, I had never heard of you. I was searching Pandora for some traditional Celtic music to play as a background to a personal spring/renewal ritual I felt compelled to do on this cool California night. When I happened upon your Podcast #196, I immediately knew I had my background music. I thought your talking would be a distraction, but it was not at all, like an extension of the music of the ancestors. I won't go into detail about my ritual tonight, other than to say this ritual marks the end of a very long period of trial and pain in one of my life's dark valleys, but the thing about valleys is that there are always the hills beyond to climb if you can just keep walking. I did, and tonight is like a new birth from the cauldron of the Cailleach. I have not cut my hair in ten years until tonight (by no means short, but shorter), a show of faith in renewed growth, and to offer a red - blonde lock as tribute to the ancestors. I don't know much about you or what your spirituality may be, but I felt the need to thank you for being with me on this small milestone in my journey. I look forward to getting to know you better through your work. And thank you. Blessings of the Tuatha de,”