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For God's Sake, Get Out of your holiday rut and into Amityville For Christmas!! That's right, we've remixed this episode for clarity as we head home for the holidays. Granted, this home has a demon pit in the basement and flying pigs in the kids' windows! In this 2023 episode, we start at the beginning of the “Orig Trig” by opening our doors to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979), talking malicious money pits, over-the-top performances, ineffectual Catholics, variable strength hauntings, cool kitchen breezes, and sleeping in murder beds!! The yuletide of blood-soaked walls and total BS stories begins here as we get horny on main for James Brolin and Margot Kidder, get our wig blown back by Rod Steiger, and plan our retirement in the Ye Ol Priests Village!! Unwrap this re-gifted episode today!!   Part of the BLEAV Network.Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon! Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today!Join the new Discord Server Convo here! Our linker.ee Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch! Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group! Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!! Check out the films we've covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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What if your homeschool didn't feel like a checklist, but a life-giving journey? In this Best of Homeschool Super Heroes Workshop episode, Julie Ross shares the tools of a Charlotte Mason education and how they can bring peace, beauty, and connection to your home.You'll learn how to apply these tools—atmosphere, discipline, and life—in a way that nourishes both your children and yourself. This gentle philosophy isn't about replicating school at home; it's about building something far more meaningful.Here's what you'll take away:✅ What it really means to create a homeschool “atmosphere”✅ How habits form the foundation of discipline (without nagging)✅ Why ideas are the most powerful food for the mind✅ How to foster solitude, attention, and curiosity✅ The secret to cultivating beauty and truth in your homeThis week only, you can grab my Charlotte Mason Tool Kit for 50% off as a way to put these ideas into practice without overwhelm. Mentioned Resources: Charlotte Mason Tool Kit - SAVE 50% with code: CM50Show Notes: Welcome to the Three Tools of a Life-Giving EducationHey, hello everyone. Welcome to the three tools of a life-giving education. I'm so excited to talk to you today about these amazing tools that we have for free.Charlotte Mason said, "Education is an atmosphere and a discipline and a life more important than the curriculum you're using." That's just one of the tools. Any resource you use can be shaped and guided according to these three tools to give your children a life-giving education.Before we dive into today's talk, I just want to introduce myself. I'm Julie Ross. I'm the creator of the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast. I'm a homeschool veteran of over 20 years. I have five kiddos—one has graduated recently from college and then the other will be a senior in college in neuroscience next year. And then I have three teenagers that I'm still homeschooling.So I've been homeschooling for a while. Before that, I was a public school educator and I helped start a private Christian school. So I've been in the educational space for about 30 years now. And I'm also a certified Christian life coach. So I'm going to bring in all my experience as a teacher, as a homeschool mom, as a coach, and bring that all in and hopefully give you a really practical look at how these three tools of a Charlotte Mason education can help transform your homeschool.Tool #1: Education Is an AtmosphereSo let's start off with the first one. Education is an atmosphere. What in the world does that even mean? That seems so bizarre. Atmosphere, what does it have to do? How is that a tool to help guide our education?I would say this is in fact one of the most, if not the most important tool. Charlotte Mason said, "Therefore, we are limited to three educational instruments: the atmosphere of environment, the discipline of habit, and the presentation of living ideas." Going back again to the motto, education is an atmosphere, discipline, and a life.So, what are we talking about when we're talking about the atmosphere of your home or the home environment? This is from a Parents' Review article. That's the magazine that Charlotte Mason edited. And this author wrote, "There are many important aspects of home life, from first training to highest education, but there is nothing in the way of direct teaching that will ever have so wide and lasting an effect as the atmosphere of home."And the gravest thought concerning this is that in this instant, there's nothing to learn and nothing to teach. The atmosphere emanates from ourselves as the parents. It literally is ourselves. Our children live in it and breathe it and what we are is thus incorporated into them. There is no pretense here or possibility of evasion. We may deceive ourselves in the long run. We never deceive our children. The spirit of home lives in what is more—home atmosphere is accentuated in them. Atmosphere is much more than teaching and infinitely more than talk.And when I first read this quote, I was unbelievably convicted. Because the atmosphere of my home at the time was not what I wanted. It was not what I wanted my homeschool to be like. I felt like I was a drill sergeant constantly giving out orders, constantly wondering like why is this not done? This was supposed to be done minutes ago. Everybody get in the car. We got to go to this and we were just hurry hurry hurry stress stress stress stress.And I was like, this isn't why I homeschooled. This isn't the atmosphere I want to create. Because Charlotte Mason is saying here, this atmosphere that you might not even realize is what is going on in your home is going to have such a lasting effect on your children.What Atmosphere Do You Want to Create?I wanted my children to feel like school and learning was just part of life and it was this beautiful atmosphere. I wanted us to have deep connections. I wanted my kids to be curious. I wanted them to have time to be creative. And I realized that by me being stressed out all the time, I was actually hurting my children and creating an atmosphere of our home that was not conducive to learning.And so if this quote really convicts you as well, I have some hope. So basically what she's saying is that education is an atmosphere. Our children are breathing it. We can't see it, right? And that these become the ideas which rule their lives. They're getting this from us.So, we are the thermostats of our homes. We're setting the temperature. We are either making it really hot, really stressful, really high pressure environment, or we can make the atmosphere of our home peaceful, joyous. Isn't that what we all want, right?So, what words would you use to describe the current atmosphere of your home? This might be something you've never even thought of before. Because before I read Charlotte Mason's teaching, I never—all I was thinking about was like our to-do list and am I choosing the right curriculum and what does our schedule look like and never considered how I was showing up and how that was affecting the temperature of our home. What word would you describe the atmosphere of your home?Common Homeschool Thoughts That Create StressAnd I want you to think about if you've ever had these thoughts in your homeschool: We are so far behind. My child is so difficult. It shouldn't be this hard. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm going to mess up my child. We are constantly butting heads about school. My child is not working up to their potential. I'm overwhelmed.Have you ever had any of these thoughts? I'm guessing most of us who are listening to this have. I know I have had all of those. That's why I wrote them down.If we want to change the atmosphere of our home, we have to be willing to get really honest with ourselves, be willing to pause and to ask ourselves, what am I thinking about my homeschool on a regular basis?How Your Thoughts Create Your AtmosphereWhen I read these words to you, how does that make you feel? For me, I feel like I have a weight like right here. Like I can't breathe. I feel all shame, guilt. You might feel afraid, discouraged, disappointed.And when we have these feelings, which are coming from what we're continually telling ourselves, our continual thoughts and stories, and we have these feelings, it affects the way that we show up. And we're not showing up as our most calm, peaceful, loving selves. And that's creating an atmosphere that we don't want.So in order to create the atmosphere that we do want, we have to look at taking our thoughts captive and by telling ourselves a different story.Charlotte Mason put it this way: "Let not the nervous, anxious, worried mother think this easy, happy relation with her children is for her. She may be the best mother in the world, but the thing that her children will get from her in these moods is a touch of her nervousness, most catching of complaints. She will find them fractious, rebellious, unmanageable, and will be slow to realize that it is her fault. Not the fault of her act, but of her state."So, not the fault of the actions, even though those do have such a great effect, but it's coming from your state, your thoughts. What are you feeling on a regular basis? And are your children catching that?I used to think my children complain all the time. And then I realized, oh, I'm the one complaining all the time. Why is it taking you so long to do that? That should have been finished already. I can't believe you don't understand that. Why do I always have to come back up after you and clean up? And then I wondered why they had bad attitudes. Right?I had to turn the mirror around and look at myself and say, "What am I producing in this atmosphere? How am I showing up?"Changing Your Thoughts to Change Your AtmosphereAnd like I said, we can focus on our actions and be like, I just need to respond in anger less. I just need to respond with a more gentle voice. Yes, that's all true. But we can't just will ourselves to change our action without changing our state, without changing the thoughts that we're thinking on a regular basis.So change your thoughts and change the atmosphere of your home. It sounds easier, really. It sounds a lot easier than it actually is. But when you get into the practice of it, most of us don't even know what we're thinking ever. We just live our lives on autopilot. So, we're just always in reaction mode.So, taking the time to pause and say, "What do I actually think on a regular basis? What am I telling myself about myself as a homeschool mom or about our homeschool, about my kids, and how is that affecting my mood and then my actions?"So, how do we change our thoughts? So, first of all, be mindful throughout the day. Start to take notice, which means you actually have to have margin in your day to pause. Think on purpose. Tell yourself what you're going to think instead. And I'll give you some hints for that in a second.Training Your Brain to Find the GoodAnd then start to find the good. Our brains are naturally wired to keep us safe. So they will find all the things that are wrong. If I said, "What's not working in your homeschool?" You probably could tell me 10 things. And if I said, "How have you been successful in your homeschool this year?" That might be a little harder for you to think of something because our brains naturally look for what's wrong to keep us safe.And so your brain is doing that all day long. It's looking for all this evidence and all these things that are wrong. We need to train it to start finding the good. That means starting to celebrate the small things. Oh my goodness, my son just shared his pencil with his sister. Oh my goodness, like that read aloud. That was so impactful. Oh my goodness, like we went on our nature walk and nobody got hurt.Start to have gratitude for those small things and it will change the way your brain is seeing things that are already there. You're already doing good things. Your brain's just naturally filtering them out trying to find the things that are wrong.Thoughts to Tell Yourself on PurposeSo let's go back to this telling your brain what to think on purpose. We're going to be intentional here. If we're intentional about the atmosphere that we want to create in our home, we have to be intentional with what thoughts we're telling ourselves.So, telling yourself what to think on purpose. Here are some thoughts you might want to try on and see how they fit and start repeating these to yourself. You can journal about them. You could put them on a post-it note. You can embroider them on a pillow. Whatever works for you to start to train your brain to think differently.So: I am the perfect person to homeschool my children. I am on a journey and progressing at the perfect pace. I respond with patience, trusting that all things are working for good. I am grateful to be homeschooling my children. Good things happen every day in our home. I have control over my thoughts, feelings, and energy. I am present and focused during our homeschooling. Our days are full of beauty, laughter, and rich ideas. I will not fear because I work in cooperation with the divine teacher. Mistakes are an opportunity to learn and grow. I am becoming better each day.So, come up with your own if these don't really resonate with you. What are some truths? It might not always feel true. Do I always feel like I'm the perfect person to homeschool my children? Absolutely not. But is that true? Yes.Write those things down and start to tell yourself these stories instead. Start to change your thoughts and see if that affects the atmosphere of your home and what you are working. Work on yourself. Put on your own oxygen mask. Train your brain to start to think differently so that you can show up as your highest, most loving, most calm, most peaceful, most engaged, most curious, most playful self and see how that changes the atmosphere of your home.Tool #2: Education Is a DisciplineAll right, moving on. Charlotte Mason said, "Education is a discipline." By education as a discipline, we mean the discipline of habits definitely formed and thoughtfully, whether habits of mind or body.So the word discipline, you might think of something else, but what Charlotte Mason is referring to are the habits. We have to discipline ourselves to do things on a regular basis. The more we do something, the more neuropathways it makes in our brains and then it becomes a habit. It's not something we have to think about.The Habit of AttentionOne of the habits that's really important to foster is the habit of attention. Charlotte Mason talks about how important that is. We need to have the habit of attention so that we can be focused and really engaged on what we're learning.So this comes from her work, A Philosophy of Education: "Another misconception we have concerns attention. We think that to capture a child's attention with persuasion, dramatic presentations, pictures and visual models. But the fact is a teacher who succeeds depends on his charismatic personality is merely an actor who belongs on a stage."Okay, so this takes the pressure off you. You don't need a bunch of props, games, videos to make every lesson fun in order to gain your child's attention.We now know that attention is not one faculty of the brain and it's not a definable power of the mind. It's the ability to turn on that power and concentrate. We have that attention there. Can you turn it on when you need to? By capturing a child's attention with gimmicks, we waste our time.The ability to focus the attention is already there in the child as much as he needs. It's like a forceful river just waiting to obey the child's own authority to turn it on. Yes, it's capable of stubbornly resisting attempts to be coerced that are imposed from without.What we need to do is recognize that attention is one of the appetites and then we'll feed it with the best we have in living books and knowledge. But paying attention is something the child has to do on their own. We can't do it for them.Feeding Attention with Living BooksIt's not for us to be the fountain of all knowledge. We don't know enough. We don't speak well enough. We're too vague and random to cope with the capability of creatures who are thirsty for knowledge. Instead of pretending to be the source of their education, we must realize that books, the very best books, are the source. And we must put that resource into their hands and read them for ourselves, too.So, our children have this amazing ability to pay attention. And I'm sure you've seen this in your own kids. When they're so focused that nothing you say to them like they can't even hear you. When does that happen? When they're really engrossed in something that they care about, right?Whether that's they're playing a video game or a TV—and sadly that's really damaged our attention spans. But if your child is like making something with Legos and they're so into it, like they're so focused on it, they don't realize what else is going on in the world.And we want to capture that attention when it comes to our school lessons. But most of what we give kids is so dry and so boring that we're actually training them in the habit of not paying attention. And we want to give them the very best book, Charlotte Mason says, because that captures attention.And I'm sure you've read a really great book, right? And you're like so engrossed in the book and your kids are, "Hey, mom, are we ever like going to get to eat today?" And you're like, "What? It's 5 o'clock already?" Right? You like couldn't put the book down.That was like a living amazing story that captured your imagination, that captured your attention. And we want that for our kids. We don't need to come up with all these games and gimmicks to get their attention. If we give them really good books, they'll be like, "Oh, no, wait. Keep reading." That's what we want. That's how we foster this habit of attention.The Power of Short LessonsAll right. And then we want to build some other habits into our school day. So, a habit of attention is so key because that's going to get them to focus. Charlotte Mason also encouraged short lessons. By having short lessons, it's easier to pay attention.Do you know the average adult attention span now is less than 30 seconds? But we're expecting our children to pay attention for 45 minutes of a grammar lesson. That's so unrealistic.Charlotte Mason had short lessons. They didn't have 45-minute lessons till they were in high school. And that's very few subjects actually. And when they're young, a lesson might only take 5 to 10 minutes. By being able to focus, be interested in it, caring about it, you're able to go through school in a shorter amount of time than having these subjects drag on and on and on and on and on.Okay, so I wanted to mention short lessons as well. Okay, so let's move into some other foundational habits that you might want to consider building into your homeschool.The Habit of Outdoor TimeSo the first one is the habit of outdoor time. Charlotte Mason talks a lot about this, but we need to make it a habit. It's not just something like, oh, I hope when we have extra time, we can go do something outside. It needs to be something that is so vital.Here's what she said. This is from volume one: "It is infinitely well worth the mother's while to take some pains every day to secure in the first place that her children spend hours daily amongst rural and natural objects and in the second place to infuse into them or to rather cherish in them the love of investigation. A love of nature implanted so early that it will seem to them thereafter to have been born in them will enrich their lives with pure interests, absorbing pursuits, health, and good humor."So she says the mom has to take pains to secure outdoor time. So it might not always be easy. It might not always be pleasant. That's the thing about a habit, right? When you first starting to build a habit, like going to the gym, it's hard. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, right? You don't have to think about waking up and brushing your teeth. You just do it. It's habitual.So we want to create this pattern of loving nature, of investigating and being curious and having wonder about God's creation and being outside. And so we build that habit again over time. So at first it might be a little painful, but eventually it will build this love of nature within your children.So looking at how can you make this a habit in your day, in your week so that it's something that starts to happen naturally and it's not so hard to get outside.The Habit of RoutinesAnother habit is having routines. So in the book For the Children's Sake, which if you have not read this and you're interested at all in Charlotte Mason, this is my go-to book. You must try this one. She says routines form habits. So if you want to have good habits, you need to add routines into your homeschool day.She says, "Take the area of human relationships. Routines do not make the relationship, but they are the frame upon which we hang our experiences. Some families do not have a routine of eating meals together anymore. Anytime goes for snacking. People rush about at a thousand activities, any one of which could be good. But what is the sum total? Without the priority of a framework, nothing much happens. Few conversations, little time of togetherness."A family decides to read a book together whenever there's time. But invariably there's no time. It is essential to have these basic routines. Children love routines. It frees their attention again—this habit of attention—for the activity at hand.Later on, other routines help the child along. When planning routines, priority must be given to the most important things. The person matters. Whether it be child, husband, wife or friend, we all need time to talk, read, relax and work together. Our relationship with God matters. Where is the time to be found for that? I am a part of his creation. Where will I have time to get out and enjoy nature? Again, that other habit of being outside.There is too much work to be done and I am finite. I need to accept that reality and plan the time and priorities carefully.So, when you are planning out your school year, think about what are the priorities for you. Do you want to build in these habits of being outside, of reading together, of spending time in God's word? Make it a routine. The more you do something, the stronger that habit will become and the easier it will be to make that happen.So, as you're planning out your school day, what are the routines that can make these habits form more easily into your day? And you're not always having to make a million decisions all day about do we do this next, do we do that, do we decide to go here, do we do this? By having these routines, it eliminates a lot of that decision fatigue, which will be so helpful.The Habit of SolitudeAnd the next one is the habit of solitude, which might be something you have not thought of. And I think it's really interesting. I'm going to have to put my glasses on here because I have this quote on my phone and it's really hard to read. Bear with me one second here.All right. "For the right use of programs"—at Charlotte Mason's programs—"two things are necessary: solitude and independence." Okay. For the right use of the programs, two things are necessary: solitude and independence. Children must have these.Nursery children come off fairly well in these respects. They get time where they can wander and dream alone in the garden. But this happy state ends where schoolroom life begins. Lessons, walk, and lessons again. Always in company, always having something that must be done now.Miss Mason devises the timetables—that's those short lessons I was talking about—which cover such reasonable hours as to leave time over for the solitude. But parents are often very culpable in thinking that tango—isn't that so funny—or some other new thing must be learned as well. The much needed time for solitude is used for plans which necessitate hurried journeys always in the company of a responsible person who feels it's her duty to talk in an instructive way.And the thinking time, the growing time, the time in which the mind is to find food is diminished and the child becomes restless, tiresome, irritable, disobedient. Everything that a child who is reputed to be difficult can be. The parents marvel and say, "But we are giving him the best education that can be procured. We are neglecting no opportunities."Kind, generous parents, you are giving your child every opportunity but one, and that is self-development. By your generous care, you are safeguarding him from ever using his own mind, ever relying upon himself in any way.The child who at first found interference irksome later depends on it so much that he is unable to work without the constant prodding of a mentor. I believe that this is the prime reason of the oft repeated lament of teachers and professors: Little ones are so eager. Older children are less keen. Adults are dull.Wow. If you want to feed your child's mind, you have to build in times of solitude into your day. Time when your children are alone with their imaginations, when you're not hurried from one thing to the next.And there's so many amazing opportunities now for homeschoolers that weren't around when I started. But it can be so easy to pack our day where we're constantly on these hurried journeys. And our children don't have time to think, to be alone with our own thoughts, and to allow these ideas start to form and take root in their mind and to develop their imagination.So, make sure you're leaving time for the habit of solitude in your day.Questions to Consider About HabitsSo, here are some questions to consider when it comes to building good habits into your homeschool: How am I fostering good habits in my own life? So, we have to start with ourselves. If we're not building good habits in our own life, we are not going to be good models for our children on how to stay consistent with something, how to will ourselves to do something that we actually don't really want to do. We need to model that first for our kids.Does my homeschool routine make good habits easy? Again, routines are going to be the tracks that these habits are going to go on and that's going to make everything so much easier in your day.And what's one habit that would bring more ease to our homeschool day? What's one thing you could start maybe even this summer that could be a habit that gets built that's going to make things easier come fall?Tool #3: Education Is a LifeAnd then the last one is education is a life. In saying that education is the life, the need of intellectual and moral as well as a physical sustenance is applied. The mind feeds on ideas. Therefore, children should have a generous curriculum.Education is a life. It is living. We want to give our kids a life-giving education. We're not just feeding their mind, but we're feeding their whole personhood, their physical body, their moral body, them as spiritual beings, right?What Does the Mind Need to Grow?But what does the mind actually need to grow? Are we feeding it the proper food? Charlotte Mason would say a mind can only be fed upon ideas. We can stuff a bunch of information in there, she says, but it's like sawdust in the cogs of a machine.We're just filling our children with a bunch of information. They might look really stuffed and like they know a whole lot, but there's no depth to what they're actually learning. Only ideas can take root and be the proper food that your child's mind needs.So what is what do we mean by that? What's an idea? So she says an idea is more than an image or a picture. It is so to speak a spiritual germ, a little seed endowed with vital force and with power that is to grow and produce after its kind.It's the very nature of an idea to grow. As the vegetable germ secretes that it lives by so fairly implant an idea in the child's mind and it will secrete its own food and it will grow and it will bear fruit and it will inform a succession of like ideas.Charlotte Mason calls this the science of relations. These little ideas that come into our children's mind through the books that we're reading, through the art that we're looking at, through the music, through the being out and investigating out in nature. These little seeds when they have time for solitude to grow, they will grow on their own and they will connect to other ideas.We don't have to put all the connections and make a cute little unit study where everything all goes together for our kids. Their brains are naturally going to make these connections as these ideas are growing. Those synapses are going to start connecting. And it's such a beautiful thing to watch because this is their own brain doing the hard work of digesting all this mind food that we're going to give them.Where Do Ideas Come From?So the proper nourishment of ideas, what does this mean? What does this actually look like? What are we putting in here on a regular basis?So first of all, ideas come from stories or books that are written in a narrative fashion. So even high school chemistry, believe it or not, even high school physics can be written in a narrative fashion where there's an idea, there's something that captures your imagination. It's not just a bunch of facts.She says, "I think we owe it to our children to let them dig their knowledge of whatever subjects for themselves out of the book. What a child digs is his own possession."So, as a teacher, we're not having to learn all the information. We're not the fountain head of all knowledge. We're not having to digest all the material and put it together and then teach it to our kids. We are putting them in touch with real books where the authors are passionate about the subject and those books are the ones that are teaching our children. They're the ones that are feeding their minds with all these amazing ideas.We also—and this is like a common misconception with Charlotte Mason is oh you just read books all day. No, children are also doing things with their hands and ideas can come from these things as well. They have these natural objects. They're outside. They're out in nature. They're investigating. They're exploring. They're learning these gross motor skills. They're working with handicrafts, with wood and leather and clay.They have natural objects. They're seeing the birds and the plants and the trees and these things that are outside. They're observing. They're understanding cause and effect and making conclusions about the way the world works. They're looking at art and using science things. All of these grow ideas in a child's mind. So it's not just books but books and things.Cultivate Your Own MindAnd then you need to cultivate your own mind. If you want to be pouring ideas into your children, you need ideas coming into your own mind. She says we need not say one word about the necessity for living thought in the teacher. It is only so far as he is intellectually alive that he can be effective in the wonderful process which we glibly call education.I love this. Only so far as he is intellectually alive. So you need to make habits of feeding your own mind with these ideas through books or things or trying new things, learning new skills or habits so that you are growing your own mind and then you can pour that forth into your children. That's what makes you a living, growing human and that will inspire them as well to follow this kind of lifelong educational path.The Danger of Education Without IdeasCharlotte Mason said it is possible to pass even the university's local examinations with credit without ever having experienced that vital stir which marks the inception of an idea. And if we have succeeded in escaping this disturbing influence while we have finished our education, when we leave school, we shut up our books and our minds and remain pygmies in the dark forest of our own dim world of thought and feeling.You can check off all the boxes and pass the tests and never have an idea that changes and shapes you as a person. And that is such a scary thought and such a grave defect of our modern industrialized educational system.Charlotte Mason is advocating for something extremely different. By having the atmosphere be one that fosters connection and creativity and curiosity, by having routines and habits that make learning possible, by having living ideas coming through books and things, your children will constantly have these seeds of ideas planted into their minds that will grow and shape them as full people who, as Charlotte Mason uses this word I love so much, become magnanimous citizens.She says, "How large is the room upon which their feet are set?" And you get to have the amazing opportunity to use those three tools of a Charlotte Mason education to provide your child with an amazingly large room full of beautiful, rich, good, and true ideas.Get Started with These ToolsIf you want to get started using these tools and you're like, I have no idea how to even start. And you want to bring some truth, goodness, and beauty into your homeschool day, I have a free morning time packet. All you have to do is scan that QR code. It's called Times of Togetherness. And there's some other fun activities in there as well to help your family develop the habit and the culture of coming together and looking at scripture, listening to hymns, looking at beautiful art and poetry to grow that goodness in your hearts and minds and to fill yourself with these living ideas.So if you want to grab that, you can grab that there. I would also love to connect with you. My curriculum, A Gentle Feast, can be found at gentlefeast.com. I also have a podcast where I encourage modern homeschool moms to create a life and homeschool they love. It's called The Feast Life. You can find it in all the podcast platforms.And then we also have a free Facebook group if you'd like to join. Just learn some more about this philosophy, connect with other like-minded moms. It's a really great, wonderful group of moms in that Facebook community called The Feast Life Community. Just search for them on Facebook and you will find us.So, thank you so much for listening. I hope this is helpful. I hope you'll be able to look at your homeschool for next school year and say, "What kind of atmosphere am I creating? How can I use this tool of habits to make our days smoother and easier? And then what living ideas are coming forth from what I'm choosing to use in our homeschool? And am I feeding my children with the kind of rich ideas that their minds actually need to grow upon?" So, thank you so much for listening. I really appreciate it.

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Today FAST HIRING – Volunteers for LEADERSHIP positions - Volunteers Needed, IMMEDIATE Hiring. You are warmly welcome. Apply now via WhatsApp: +7 905 633 3606. ESCAPE SUFFERING: Go FROM ZERO TO BILLIONS - DO MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION!Unlock Your Destiny & Receive 430+ GLOBAL BENEFITS!Watch today's holistic video for Endless Empowerment: https://youtu.be/n09Ww_JI9eAWe propose the immediate registration of your local entity: REGISTER - PEACE PARTY for lasting national peace.Your party will be explicitly dedicated to achieving comprehensive and lasting peace throughout your nation by building powerful coalitions across all sectors of society. Our foundation is the principles and methodologies of GPBNet, ensuring a True Love—Living For the Sake of Others—ultimate peace culture: driven, community-centric, and globally connected approach to conflict resolution and sustainable peace.While daily peace actions are crucial, your registered organization provides the essential infrastructure to:Legitimize and amplify your voice: Directly influence policy and legislation.Mobilize on an unprecedented scale: Engage citizens in the political peace building process.Secure sustained funding: Channel resources directly into peace-building initiatives.Establish a permanent presence: Ensure long-term commitment to peace beyond individual campaigns.Formalize coalitions: Create binding agreements with all stakeholders.OUR STRATEGY: EMPOWERING LEADERS, BUILDING COALITIONS, ENSURING PEACE - REGISTER PEACE YOUR PARTY NOW:Initiate the legal process to register GPBNet as a local organization with you as director, this week.

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Today FAST HIRING – Volunteers for LEADERSHIP positions - Volunteers Needed, IMMEDIATE Hiring. You are warmly welcome. Apply now via WhatsApp: +7 905 633 3606. ESCAPE SUFFERING: Go FROM ZERO TO BILLIONS - DO MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION!Unlock Your Destiny & Receive 430+ GLOBAL BENEFITS!Watch today's holistic video for Endless Empowerment: https://youtu.be/n09Ww_JI9eAWe propose the immediate registration of your local entity: REGISTER - PEACE PARTY for lasting national peace.Your party will be explicitly dedicated to achieving comprehensive and lasting peace throughout your nation by building powerful coalitions across all sectors of society. Our foundation is the principles and methodologies of GPBNet, ensuring a True Love—Living For the Sake of Others—ultimate peace culture: driven, community-centric, and globally connected approach to conflict resolution and sustainable peace.While daily peace actions are crucial, your registered organization provides the essential infrastructure to:Legitimize and amplify your voice: Directly influence policy and legislation.➡ Award Document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CqNtx4ld6xraqpF7wWSwy_6xZbE4RLsu/view?usp=sharing✍ Sign Lifelong Cooperation Agreements with all you award: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aGU42ET-U-smm1LjD93q-arXmnGxBL7W/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111236276969386459005&rtpof=true&sd=trueDo daily peacebuilding actions—empower your ambassadors to award their own 430+ new GPBNet Peace Ambassadors in every community, building your greatest local GPBNet G Franchise team chapters across all cities daily.Print all your partnership banners using the official GPBNet logo and tag #Peace2025 for all your programs.Collect weekly donations, sponsorships, contributions, fees, and do G Franchise Biz to invest all funds directly in mobilizing daily peacebuilding actions to finalize building Model Peace Communities at your location this year.Send weekly contributions to our Global Peace Fund: https://www.1gpb.net/en/donateReally want to become world-famous? Watch, listen, subscribe, read, and act—apply all GPBNet G Franchise vital posts every hour, daily:https://facebook.com/GPBNethttps://youtube.com/happytvnewshttps://linkedin.com/in/nicolaecirpalahttps://threads.net/@happy_tv_newshttps://x.com/cirpalanicolaehttps://tiktok.com/@happytvnewshttps://ucmd1.blogspot.comhttps://1gpb.nethttps://instagram.com/happy_tv_newshttps://open.spotify.com/show/2nEpMW6S2lkSdnE8hviKfLDo it immediately: As fast as you watch, comment, and share today's GPBNet peacebuilding posts widely in all WhatsApp groups, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc., with #BILLIONSMOBILIZATION #ReleaseTheMotherOfPeace for #Peace2025

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Host Susan Diaz is joined by Shona Boyd, a product manager at Mitratech, a SaaS company, and a proudly AI-curious early adopter, for a grounded conversation about what AI literacy actually means now. They talk about representation, critical thinking, everyday meet-you-where-you-are workflows, shadow AI, enterprise guardrails, and why leaders must stop chasing AI features that don't solve real user problems. Episode summary Susan introduces Shona Boyd - AI-curious early adopter and SaaS product manager—whose mission is to make AI feel less scary and more accessible. Shona shares how her approachable AI philosophy started in product work: she used AI to build audience insights and feedback loops when job seekers weren't willing to do interviews, and quickly realized two things: (1) AI wasn't going away, and (2) there weren't many visible women or people who looked like her leading the conversation. So she raised her hand as an approachable reference point others could learn from. From there, the conversation expands into what AI literacy has evolved into. It's no longer just "which tool should I use?" or "how do I write prompts?" Shona argues that today literacy is about critical thinking, learning how to talk to an LLM like a conversation, and choosing workflows that benefit from AI rather than chasing hype. They also get practical: Shona gives everyday examples (Medicare PDFs, credit card points, life admin) to show how AI can meet you where you are, without requiring you to build agents or become super technical. Finally, Susan and Shona go deep on organizational adoption: why handing out logins without policies is risky, how shadow AI shows up (hello, rogue meeting note-takers), why leadership sponsorship matters, and what companies should stop doing immediately: AI for the sake of AI. Key takeaways Representation changes adoption. When people don't see anyone who looks like them using AI confidently, they're less likely to lean in. Shona chose to be a visible, approachable point of reference for others. AI literacy has shifted. It's no longer mainly about which model or prompt frameworks. It's about: learning the language (LLM, GPT, etc.) staying curious building critical media muscles to evaluate what's true, what's AI, and what needs sources. Workflows aren't just corporate. A workflow is simply: tasks + the path to get them done. Shona's examples show AI can help with day-to-day life admin (PDFs, policies, benefits, points programs), which makes AI feel more approachable fast. The first output is not the final. "I can spot AI content" usually means people are publishing raw first drafts. High-quality AI use looks like: draft → critique → refine → human judgement. What good organizational training is NOT: handing out tool logins with no policy, no guidance on acceptable use, and no understanding of enterprise vs personal security. Shadow AI is already here. People are adding unapproved AI note-takers to meetings and uploading sensitive info into personal accounts. Blanket bans don't work - they push experimentation underground. Adoption needs product thinking. Shona suggests leaders treat internal AI like a product launch: run simple feedback loops (NPS-style checks) analyse usage patterns to find sticking points apply AI where it solves real pain, not where competitors are hyping features. Leadership ownership matters for equity. When AI is run department-by-department, you create "haves and have-nots" (tools, training, access). Top-down support plus safe guardrails reduces inequity and increases psychological safety. Spicy take: stop doing AI for the sake of AI. If you can't explain how an AI feature improves real user life in a non-marketing way, it probably shouldn't ship. Episode highlights [00:01] The 30-day podcast-to-book sprint and why leaders are still showing up in December. [01:14] Shona's origin story: using AI to build audiences and feedback loops in a job board context. [02:17] The visibility gap: not many women / people who looked like her in early AI spaces. [05:55] What AI literacy means now: critical thinking + conversation with an LLM + workflow selection. [07:16] "Workflows" made real: Medicare PDFs and credit card points examples. [10:13] Three essentials: foundational language, curiosity, and critical media literacy. [12:23] What training is NOT: handing out logins with no policy or guardrails. [15:49] Handling fear and resistance with empathy and a human-in-the-loop mindset. [23:27] Product lens on adoption: NPS feedback loops + usage analytics to find real needs. [28:14] Shadow AI: rogue note-takers, personal accounts, and why bans backfire. [31:17] Policies at multiple levels, including interviewing and candidate use of AI. [36:49] "Stop AI for the sake of AI" and the race to ship meaningless features. [39:13] Where to find Shona: LinkedIn (under Lashona).   Connect with Susan Diaz on LinkedIn to get a conversation started.   Agile teams move fast. Grab our 10 AI Deep Research Prompts to see how proven frameworks can unlock clarity in hours, not months. Find the prompt pack here.   Connect with Lashona Boyd on LinkedIn  

Delivered by Reinaldy, Johana, Dwi Setyo, and Maria Delie from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Isaiah 7: 10-14; Rs psalm 24: 1-2.3-4ab.5-6; Romans 1: 1-7; Matthew 1: 18-24.FOR THE SAKE OFGREATER IMPORTANCE The title for ourmeditation on this fourth Sunday of Advent is: For the Sake of GreaterImportance. A group of students discussed the place where they can do theirsocial service as a form of Christmas and New Year's action. They also consideredthe people to be the target of their service. All considerations of personalinterest were avoided so that the decision they made was truly for the needs ofmany people. A 5th grade boy ofelementary school opened all his savings for one year. The savings are theresult of collection of his pocket money and gifts he has received but he didnot use them. Then he spent all of his savings to buy Christmas and New Yeargifts, then he plans to offer them to an orphanage near his home, an orphanageunder the religious umbrella that is different from his Catholic religion. He issatisfied and happy because he does an act of love for others. These two truestories are the examples of reflection about self-renunciation. The theologicalterm for this we often say is incarnation. Actually the reason for an act ofrenunciation is for the sake of certain greater importance. The logic of thiswould be the following: any personal or smaller interest must be sacrificed,because there is other greater interest to be fulfilled. In the fulfillment of onegreater interest, personal interest is actually also fulfilled. The true  and genuine renunciation is made by God byleaving His place in heaven and becoming human. If God is only for Himself, Heshould just live in heaven and not to come to the world for the greater benefitwhich is our salvation. King Ahaz in the first reading understood well thistruth of renunciation. Therefore he refused to ask for something special givento him by God. He let God alone reveal His will, that is for the sake ofgreater importance. This importance isthat Jesus is born into the world for the salvation of the whole world and allmankind. He is indeed referred to by the scriptures as a descendant of David,but He does not belong to David and his whole family only. He is the God forall people and all creation. Joseph, engaged to Mary, also sacrificed his owninterests, namely shame, pride and anger. He just wanted to divorce Mary. Butbecause of a greater importance, namely God's will, he obeyed and he was happywith his attitude and decision. The truth for us shouldbe this: by obeying the will of the Lord, we actually act for the sake ofgreater importance.Let's pray. In the name of theFather... O tender and loving God, may this 4th Sunday of Advent celebrationcomplete our joy for the Christmas that soon to come. Our Father who art inheaven ... In the name of the Father...

Our guest is George Padilla who plays a key role in multiple exciting Japanese restaurant and hospitality businesses in New York, including Rule of Thirds (https://www.thirdsbk.com/), Bin Bin Sake (https://linktr.ee/bin.bin.sake) and Teruko (https://hotelchelsea.com/dining-and-bar/teruko) at The Hotel Chelsea. George's passion for and profound understanding of Japanese culture is impressive. Since he joined the tiny yet influential Japanese restaurant Okonomi in Brooklyn in 2014, he has been one of the most inspiring people in the Japanese food industry. He joined us with his chef partner JT at Rule of Thirds, in Episode #236 in August 2021, and shared his idea of Japanese food and food culture. He recently took another trip to Japan, which was packed with unique experiences and discoveries. In this episode, we are going to discuss all about them, such as his visit to the oldest izakaya in downtown Tokyo, the standing sushi bars he enjoyed and his stay at a traditional foodway retreat in Yamanaka Onsen. We will also talk about traditional manufacturers and breweries he visited, Japan's fermentation culture and much, much more!!! ＊＊＊ Places mentioned: Shinsuke izakayahttps://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1066442-d1688850-Reviews-Shinsuke-Bunkyo_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html Kagiya izakayahttps://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1066461-d9930321-Reviews-Kagiya-Taito_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html Tachiguizushi Akira (standing sushi bar)https://tachiguizushi-akira.com/en Hakko Department (fermentation retail shop)https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/11155/ Hannah Kirshner's Yamanaka retreathttps://www.instagram.com/hanamurasaki_official/ Harappa Aizu (cotton textile)https://www.harappaaizu.com/en/indtop.html Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Japan Eats by becoming a member!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this special holiday episode of Better Together, we sit down with Colton Penwell: local teacher, father of two, and devoted representative for Santa Claus. Colton shares how a childhood love of Christmas traditions grew into a deeply thoughtful role centered on joy, presence, and protecting the magic of the season.From suit fittings and sleigh bells to quiet conversations at eye level, this episode is less about playing Santa and more about what Santa represents. Together, we reflect on nostalgia, family traditions, and the small, intentional choices that turn ordinary moments into lasting memories, and remind us that anyone can be Santa. If you're new here, this is a place for everyone to laugh, learn, heal and build. Not alone. Not perfectly. But arm in arm, heart to heart. Because we were never meant to do this alone. We are always Better Together. Let's Connect! If this podcast feels like something you’ve been craving, hit subscribe, leave a review, and send it to a friend. The more voices we have in this village, the stronger we become. Email Us: bettertogether@richlandsource.com Subscribe to Maddie’s Blog Listen to more of Sarah Goff's MusicSupport the show: https://richlandsource.com/membersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrASupport the Jewish Communal Fund: jcfny.org/Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=insideGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsListen to What's Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESPSubscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastThis morning I listened to the latest episode of For Heaven's Sake—another Ark Media podcast co-hosted by Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi—and it immediately struck me as a must-listen for the Call me Back audience. In this episode, Donniel and Yossi offer a thoughtful reflection on the uncertain future of Diaspora Jewry at this moment. I found myself returning to this conversion, wrestling with the difficult questions it raised. I leave the rest to Yossi and Donniel, and please don't forget to subscribe to For Heaven's Sake at - https://lnk.to/rfGlrACREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Associate ProducerGABE SILVERSTEIN - Community ManagementYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

This morning I listened to the latest episode of For Heaven's Sake—another Ark Media podcast co-hosted by Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi—and it immediately struck me as a must-listen for the Call me Back audience. In this episode, Donniel and Yossi offer a thoughtful reflection on the uncertain future of Diaspora Jewry at this […]

Elaine and Kelly, hosts of For Tech's Sake, join me to discuss Google Glass, Google's discontinued smart glasses that promised the world, but ultimately failed to deliver.Listen to For Tech's Sake wherever you listen to podcasts!Get bonus episodes of Flop Culture on Patreon - patreon.com/flopculture - enjoy 10% off this Christmas using the code GIFT10 (valid until December 24th 6pm) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat on Sakaomi Yuzakin tiedostava HLBT-sarja, jossa rakkaus ruokaan yhdistää kaksi naapuria. Lisäksi puhumme marraskuisesta matkastamme Hokkaidolle, One Piecen merirosvolipun päätymisestä kansalaisprotestien symboliksi ympäri maailman sekä Kodanshan kansainvälisiin livetuotantoihin tähtäävästä uudesta tytäryhtiöstä. Lukujonossa on kolme BL-sarjaa pian sulkeutuvasta Futekiyasta: Asada Nemuin Dear, My God, Sonoo Michirun Koh-Boku sekä Yofune Shibuen Stray Dog's Night. --- Kommentoi | Bluesky | Mastodon | X | Threads | Instagram --- (01:14) – KUULUMISET: DESUCON FROSTBITE – Desucon Frostbite 2026:n ohjelmakartta (02:41) – KUULUMISET: KÄYTIIN JAPANISSA: HAMAMATSUCHO JA ABASHIRI – Tabicine tuo japanilaisia leffoja Suomeen – Hamamatsucho – Hamarikyu-puutarha – …jossa nähtiin iltavalaistus ja nautittiin kuunkatseluteesetti (kuva) – Abashiri ja meri (kuva) – Abashirin vankilamuseo – Abashiri Bangaichi -elokuvat – Ken Takakura – Dandadan – Golden Kamuy – Shiraishi-hahmo perustuu oikeaan vankikarkurimestari Yoshie Shiratoriin – Vahanukke-Shiratori kiipeämässä pakoon (kuva) (16:09) – KUULUMISET: KÄYTIIN JAPANISSA: ASAHIKAWA – Asahikawa – Dormy Inn -hotelliketju menee jatkoon – Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Memorial Museum – Ainut ovat yksi Japanin alkuperäiskansoista – Museo sisältä (kuva) – Kokoelma karhuveistoksia (kuva) – Asahiyaman eläintarha (21:25) – KUULUMISET: KÄYTIIN JAPANISSA: SAPPORO – Sapporo – Sapporon menomesta Susukino – Don Quijoten valot hotellihuoneen ikkunasta (kuva) – Shimepafe (tai yorupafe) on Sapporon erikoisuus (kuva) – Suositeltu päivänpäätösparfait-paikka: Cafe, Parfait, Sake, Sato – Hienoa ruskaa Nakajima-puistossa – Neidonhiuspuu ruskassa on kuin kultainen liekki (kuva) – Aasialaiset varikset näyttävät korpeilta – Rokkatei-leipomo – Näkymiä Moiwa-vuorelta (kuva) – Sapporon Fushimi Inari -shintopyhättö – Ruskalehtiä lumimaassa (kuva) (28:06) – KUULUMISET: KÄYTIIN JAPANISSA: OTARU – Otaru – Lasikauppoja (kuva) – Petterin tuulikello (kuva) – Otaruto (kuva) (30:15) – KUULUMISET: KÄYTIIN JAPANISSA: HAKODATE – Hakodate – Hakodate-vuorelle oli törkeä jono, mutta näkymä oli huikea (kuva) – Goryokaku-tähtilinnoitus – Hijikata Toshizoo kuoli Hakodaten taistelussa – …paitsi Golden Kamuyssa ei kuollutkaan! – Ezon tasavallan hallintorakennuksenakin palvellut shogunaatin magistraatin rakennus oli olemassa vain 7 vuotta, mutta rakennettiin uudestaan 2010 – Hakodaten taisteluun uuden hallituksen puolella osallistunut leijonanharjainen isotukkajäbä näkyi dioraamoissa ja mangoissa, mutta nimeä ei kerrottu (kuva) – Kosetsuenin puisto – Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable! -sarjasta olemme oppineet, että Hokkaidolla koulutytöt eivät käytä sukkahousuja (38:34) – SHE LOVES TO COOK, AND SHE LOVES TO EAT: ESITTELY – She Loves to Cook, And She Loves to Eat (39:54) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: PÄÄHENKILÖT JA ROMANSSI – Päähenkilöiden varsinainen ensikohtaaminen (kuva) – Totoko Kasugalla on välillä onnistuneesti käännettyjä hauskoja tokaisuja (kuva) – Kasuga syö ruokaa ylhäisen hiljaisuuden vallitessa (kuva) – Yuki Nomotosta tuntuu pahalta, kun keskustelu kokkausharrastuksesta kääntyy aina siihen, miten hyvä vaimo hänestä tulee jollekulle miehelle (kuva) – Jakso 27, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Everyone's Getting Married – Nomoto tekee nettitestin (kuva) – Nomoto alkaa kiinnostua sateenkaarevista elokuvista ja tutustuu tämän seurauksena Yakoon (kuva) – Kasuga ei saanut kotona riittävästi ruokaa (kuva) – Kasugan isä on perseestä (kuva) – Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? – Jakso 52, jossa puhuimme Heartstopperista – Jakso 97, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Perfect World – Kiitos kun pyysit luvan ennen kuin pussasit (kuva) (01:01:12) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: SIVUHAHMOT – Kaname Yako rupeaa Nomoton sateenkaarisenpaiksi (kuva) – Sena Nagumolla on julkisen syömisen pelko (kuva) – …joka aluksi kuvataan enemmänkin syömispelkona ylipäätään (kuva) (01:10:09) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: RUOKASARJA – Sarjan ruokakuvat ovat vähän masentavan selkeästi suoraan läpipiirrettyjä valokuvista (kuva) – Toisinaan valokuvasta läpipiirtäminen näkyy jopa kalansilmäefektin muodossa, kuten tässä oluttölkissä, jonka ei "oikeasti" tarvitsisi olla realistisen vääristynyt (kuva) – Jakson 113 keskustelussa sarjasta Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun ihastelimme sarjan kauniita taustoja (kuva) – Ikea (kuva) – Jakson 60 keskustelussa sarjasta Death Note annoimme pyyhkeitä rumista valokuvataustoista (kuva) (01:14:53) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: TEEMAT – Sarja keskittyy paljon siihen, miten Kasuga syö suu auki niin että hampaat näkyvät (kuva) – Japan Today: Freshness invents wrapper to help women feel comfortable chomping into a burger – Naisasiakas saa automaattisesti pienemmän riisiannoksen ravintolassa (kuva) – Homoparin on hankala löytää yhteistä asuntoa, koska Japanissa asuntojen omistajat ovat kranttuja sen suhteen keitä huolivat vuokralaisiksi (kuva) – Satunnainen ukkeli miesselittää Kasugalle, miten gyozat kuuluu syödä (kuva) – Hahmojen erottuvat kasvonpiirteet (kuva) saavat heidät erottumaan toisistaan hyvin myös chibimäisemmässä muodossa (kuva) – Päähenkilöt ovat liiankin täydellisen hyveellisiä ja muut huomioivia (kuva) – Jakso 4, jossa puhuimme Gengoroh Tagamen sarjasta My Brother's Husband – Jakso 6, jakso 43, jakso 46 ja jakso 114, joissa olemme puhuneet sarjasta Witch Hat Atelier ja joista viimeisimmässä purimme tekijän Desucon-vierailua (01:31:23) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: JULKAISU – Lukujen alkuun on toisinaan laitettu sisältövaroituksia (kuva) – Luvunvaihdot on taitettu vähän töksähtävästi (kuva) (01:36:09) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: JULKAISUKONTEKSTI JA KOHDEYLEISÖ – Comic It -nimike ComicWalkerin nettisivuilla – ComicWalkerissa riittää julkaisunimikkeitä – Kono koi wa hoshi ni wa negawanai – Meillä ei ollutkaan kotona Comic Itin ensimmäistä numeroa vaan neljäs (kuva), mutta ostettiin silloin keväällä 2015 nimenomaan siksi, että kyseessä oli uusi lehti, josta emme olleet ennen kuulleet (01:39:02) – SHE LOVES TO COOK: YHTEENVETO (01:42:19) – ONE PIECEN LIPPU MAAILMALLA – Yle: Anime-sarjasta tuttu lippu nostatti ison varjon Indonesian suuren juhlapäivän ylle – The Guardian: 'A symbol of liberation': how the One Piece manga flag became the symbol of Asia's gen Z protest movement – HS: Olkihattuinen pääkallo nousi Z-sukupolven vastarinnan symboliksi – HS: Z-sukupolvi otti omakseen ikonin, joka liehuu nyt mielen­osoituksissa ympäri maailmaa – Yle: One Piece on nyt kansainvälinen protestisymboli – Trash Taste -podcast ei tajua One Piecen keskeistä tematiikkaa (YouTube) – Petterin luento Politiikka One Piecessä Desucon 2011:ssä (YouTube) – Jakso 100 ja jakso 103, joissa puhuimme One Piecestä – Jakso 84, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Fullmetal Alchemist – Titaanien sota (01:55:10) – KODANSHAN UUSI LIVETUOTANTOSTUDIO – Deadline: Chloé Zhao & Nicolas Gonda Launch Kodansha Studios To Create Live-Action Adaptations From Manga Library – Chloé Zhao – Nicholas Gonda – Uusi Buffy the Vampire Slayer -sarja – Jakso 118, jossa puhuimme Young Magazine -brändistä – Jakso 90, jossa puhuimme länsimaisista manga- ja animesarjojen livesovituksista (02:03:30) – HAMPAANKOLOSSA: YOUNG MAGAZINE USA – Young Magazine USA -etusivu listaa viisi eniten äänestettyä teosta – Anitrendzin uutinen siitä, että myös neljä muuta sarjaa pääsee sarjalevitykseen – Jakso 118, jossa puhuimme Young Magazine USA -pilottiluvuista – Jakso 87, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Boys Run the Riot – Jakso 12, jossa puhuimme Robicon aikaisemmasta sarjasta Our Precious Conversations – K Manga -palvelu (02:10:30) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: YOUNG MAGAZINE USA (02:13:18) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: AJANKOHTAISAIHEET JA TOWER DUNGEON – Tower Dungeon (02:14:50) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: KARIN – Karin eli englanniksi Chibi Vampire (02:17:43) – LUKUJONOSSA: DEAR, MY GOD – Jaksossa 118 puhuimme myös Manga Planetin manganlukualustan sulkeutumisesta – Dear, My God Futekiyassa – Jakso 88, jossa mietimme Ogeretsu Tanakan taiteilijanimeä – Asada Nemuin toinen tarina Sleeping Dead kertoo hullusta tiedemiehestä, joka herättää tapetun miehen eloon zombina (02:29:12) – LUKUJONOSSA: KOH-BOKU – Koh-Boku Futekiyassa – "Old Man Yaoin" perään oli kyselty kirjakaupassa (toim. huom.: kyltissä on siis kyse tekijän uudesta sarjasta, ei Koh-Bokusta) – Huomio hämmensi tekijää itseäänkin   – Tekijä Twitterissä – Päähenkilöt (kuva) – Taide ei päätä huimaa (kuva) – Terveysongelmia (kuva) (02:40:59) – LUKUJONOSSA: STRAY DOG'S NIGHT – Stray Dog's Night Futekiyassa – …ja Rentassa – Omegaverse (02:54:07) – LOPETUS – Muistutuksena: jos Spotifyn käyttö ei innosta, vaihtoehtoja Androidilla ovat mm. Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts ja Castbox

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Die Namibiese Konvensieburo het sedert vanjaar 1 186 vergaderings, aansporingsgeleenthede, konferensies en uitstallings, of MICE-visumaansoeke, gefasiliteer, met 978 visums wat uitgereik is en byna 1,5 miljoen Namibiese dollar in inkomste gegenereer het. Catherine Shipushu, die woordvoerder van die Beleggingsbevordering- en Ontwikkelingsraad, het aan Kosmos 94.1 Nuus gesê dat hierdie geleenthede beduidende voordele vir plaaslike besighede inhou.

Bogs are our absolute favourite places to be. They're not only tremendously important ecosystems, rich in exquisite biodiversity and massive stores of carbon, they're also uniquely beautiful. These serene, colourful spaces jumble land and water into something at once both alien and familiar.In this episode, we explore the wonders and the mysteries of peatlands, through the story of one very special (and threatened) bog just outside of the city of Vancouver. We meet the scientists who fought for its protection, and some of the folks who are studying it and working on restoring it to this day.Plus, we answer a tricky question: should we still be extracting peat to help grow plants?— — —Visit futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-8-for-peats-sake for photos from some of our boggy adventures, full credits, citations, and a transcript of this episode

Support the Foundation of Jewish Camp: www.jewishcamp.org/callmebackSupport American Friends of the Israeli Navy SEALS: AFINS.us/warriorcare  Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=insideGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsListen to What's Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESPSubscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastCheck out Ark Media's other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What's Your Number?': https://lnk.to/rfGlrAFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.orgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorgDan on X: x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenorTo order Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdnToday's Episode: On Sunday, two gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Jews gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. As of now, there are 16 confirmed deaths, and roughly 40 wounded, with the victims ranging from ages 10 to 87. It's one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in the diaspora over the past few decades. The perpetrators are believed to be a father and son of Muslim, Pakestani origin. One was neutralized on scene and the other was shot and is in critical condition. To discuss the antisemitic horror that unfolded in Sydney, Dan was joined by  two members of the local Jewish community – Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, and Nomi Kaltmann, Australian lawyer and journalist for various Jewish and Israeli outlets, as well as Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal. CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Associate ProducerGABE SILVERSTEIN - Community ManagementYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

American Christians can worship in relative freedom and we tend to view this as a sign of God's blessing. But the early church father, Tertullian, wrote, "the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church." Dr. Barnhouse shares how the world was turned upside down in the first centuries of church history because believers were wiling to suffer and die for the sake of Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/791/29?v=20251111

Este é só um trecho da aula completa da música "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" com Michael Bublé, que você encontra aqui no podcast "Aprenda Inglês com Música". Use a lupa do podcast para encontrar a aula completa para ouvir ;) Quer dar aquele up no seu inglês com a Teacher Milena ?

For Fox Sake founders Rob Hayes, Pete Selby and Andy Moore discuss the BIG CHANGES at For Fox Sake HQ and at www.forfoxsake.news Plus we give our thoughts on this weekends victory over Ipswich Town.

God With Us (Advent 2025 – Part 3)Jesus came to be with us—broken, sinful people—and His humility shows what God's love is really like. Because He emptied Himself and served, we're called to adopt the same humble mindset toward others.Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on December 14, 2025Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus.https://foothill.church Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey:https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

The Krewe is joined by Atsuko Mori of Camellia Tea Ceremony in Kyoto for a deep dive into the Japanese tea ceremony. Together, they explore the experience itself, the tools and etiquette involved, what guests can expect, and why preserving this centuries-old tradition still matters today.------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, LinkedIn: Krewe of Japan LinkedIn Page, Blue Sky Social: @kreweofjapan.bsky.social, Threads: @kreweofjapanpodcast & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy!------ Support the Krewe! Offer Links for Affiliates ------Use the referral links below & our promo code from the episode!Support your favorite NFL Team AND podcast! Shop NFLShop to gear up for football season!Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan! ------ Past KOJ Traditional Japan Episodes ------Rakugo: Comedy of a Cushion ft. Katsura Sunshine (S6E1)The Castles of Japan ft. William de Lange (S5E19)Foreign-Born Samurai: William Adams ft. Nathan Ledbetter (Guest Host, Dr. Samantha Perez) (S5E17)Foreign-Born Samurai: Yasuke ft. Nathan Ledbetter (Guest Host, Dr. Samantha Perez) (S5E16)The Thunderous Sounds of Taiko ft. Takumi Kato (加藤 拓三), World Champion Taiko Drummer (S5E13)The Real World of Geisha ft. Peter Macintosh (S5E7)Inside Japanese Homes & Architecture ft. Azby Brown (S5E6)Kendo: The Way of the Sword ft. Alexander Bennett, 7th Dan in Kendo (S4E16)The Life of a Sumotori ft. 3-Time Grand Champion Konishiki Yasokichi (S4E10)The Intricate Culture of Kimono ft. Rin of Mainichi Kimono (S4E7)Shamisen: Musical Sounds of Traditional Japan ft. Norm Nakamura of Tokyo Lens (S4E1)Henro SZN: Shikoku & the 88 Temple Pilgrimage ft. Todd Wassel (S3E12)Exploring Enka ft. Jerome White Jr aka ジェロ / Jero (S3E1)The Chrysanthemum Throne ft. Dr. Hiromu Nagahara [Part 2] (S2E18)The Chrysanthemum Throne ft. Dr. Hiromu Nagahara [Part 1] (S2E17)Yokai: The Hauntings of Japan ft. Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt (S2E5)The Age of Lady Samurai ft. Tomoko Kitagawa (S1E12)Talking Sumo ft. Andrew Freud (S1E8)------ About Camellia Tea Ceremony ------Camellia Tea Ceremony WebsiteCamellia on X/TwitterCamellia on InstagramCamellia on BlueSkyCamellia on YouTube------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------JSNO Event CalendarJoin JSNO Today!

Sermon by Jonathan Wisdom on 12/14/25 at New Covenant Church in Anderson, SC. Passage: 2 Cor. 8:1-9 - "For Our Sake He Became Poor" Outline: 1. The example of transforming grace - radical generosity (v. 1-5) 2. The call of transforming grace - personal generosity (v. 6-7) 3. The grounds of transforming grace - divine generosity (v. 8-9)

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsListen to What's Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Subscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media's other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What's Your Number?': https://lnk.to/rfGlrAFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.orgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorgDan on X: x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenorTo order Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdnToday's Episode: On today's episode, Dan shares a preview of a recent conversation from Inside Call Me Back, the members-only edition of the podcast. Dan is joined by Dr. Tal Becker to respond to listener questions on some of the most pressing issues facing Israel today. They discuss the dangers of internal Israeli divisions, whether Jewish education can build greater resilience, and how to think about the question of whether Israel has “won” the war against Hamas. To hear the full conversation, join INSIDE Call Me Back by following the link in the description or visiting ARKMEDIA.ORG.CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Associate ProducerGABE SILVERSTEIN - Community ManagementYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

For Pete's Sake 12.13.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

Brian From reflects on the emotional rollercoaster of sports fandom, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, and why dark chocolate might help you live longer—even if he refuses to eat it. He explores the deeper spiritual challenge of Christmas: not consumerism or secularism, but our own boredom with the most astonishing story ever told. The episode closes with a sobering look at the Michigan football scandal as a reminder that sin always destroys—and the gospel always restores. Dark Chocolate Compound Linked To Slower Aging Thief Said He Was "Teleported” Into Stolen BMW | The Smoking Gun Fascinating on X: "Adolf (Adi) and his older brother Rudolph (Rudi) Dassler, born in Germany, established the world's first sports shoe company, Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik, achieving global fame when athletes clinched 17 medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in their footwear, including four golds https://t.co/jKXW1DH6rh" / X Desiring God on X: "Where do you place your hope in the hardest times? We are not promised an easy life, but we are promised a hope to carry us through every tribulation and trial: That hope is Jesus. Sermon: “Happy in Hope, Patient in Pain, Constant in Prayer” https://t.co/YDcQJy8X4b" / X Bend Toward the Light - Christianity Today RightNow Media on X: "Jesus is too wonderful for words to fully describe.

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Join us as we spend a lot of time talking about For The Children in Boston, and a little bit of time talking about Townes Van Zandt's 1968 debut studio album. Also: traumatic brain injuries, misplaced nostalgia for the early 2000s, and Hannibal Buress bits. Keep going, friends. Your stories are not yet written.

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Ben Maller talks about Pete Alonso leaving the Mets and signing with the Orioles, how much better Alonso makes Baltimore, if the Tigers will really trade Tarik Skubal, another edition of #AskBen, and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Support the Jewish Communal Fund: jcfny.org/Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=insideGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsListen to What's Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESPSubscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastCheck out Ark Media's other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What's Your Number?': https://lnk.to/rfGlrAFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.orgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorgDan on X: x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenorTo order Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdnToday's Episode: On today's episode, Dan was joined by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has served in office since 2021, and has overseen various national crises. They discussed the meaning of the Israeli presidency and how Herzog has navigated his leadership through the October 7th massacre and Israel's following multi-front war. They also spoke about Prime Minister Netanyahu's request of President Herzog for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, touching on precedents in Israeli history of presidential pardons. CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Associate ProducerGABE SILVERSTEIN - Community ManagementYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Children's message and sermon from Pastor Jeff Sorenson on the 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2025.

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This episode was presented by UJA. Support UJA's work at UJA.orgSubscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=insideGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsListen to What's Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESPSubscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastCheck out Ark Media's other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What's Your Number?': https://lnk.to/rfGlrAFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.orgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorgDan on X: x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenorTo order Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdnToday's Episode: We are less than a week away from the beginning of Hanukkah. Keeping with recent Call me Back tradition, Dan was joined by Rachel Goldberg-Polin to discuss the timeless meaning of the Hanukkah story. What does it say about the conflict Jews face today? Can the few really defeat the many? And why are Jews so obsessed with counting?CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Associate ProducerGABE SILVERSTEIN - Community ManagementYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=insideGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsListen to What's Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESPSeth Siegel in the Wall Street Journal: wsj.com/opinion/hatred-of-israel-caused-irans-water-crisis-4e566bacSubscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastCheck out Ark Media's other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What's Your Number?': https://lnk.to/rfGlrAFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.orgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorgDan on X: x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenorTo order Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdnToday's episode: In a Call me Back bonus episode, we're publishing this week's episode of Ark Media podcast What's Your Number, co-hosted by Yonatan Adiri and Michal Lev-Ram. This week, Yonatan and Michal were joined by Seth Siegel, a leading voice on water policy and innovation, to unpack the massive role that water plays in the Middle East's economic trajectory. They also discussed how Iran's hatred of Israel has exacerbated its escalating water crisis — which Seth wrote about in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Associate ProducerGABE SILVERSTEIN - Community ManagementYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

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Support the Jewish Communal Fund: jcfny.org/Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=insideGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/giftsTo order Ari Shavit's book, My Promised Land: tinyurl.com/5yfxtna9Subscribe to Amit Segal's newsletter ‘It's Noon in Israel':arkmedia.org/amitsegal/Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastCheck out Ark Media's other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What's Your Number?': https://lnk.to/rfGlrAFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.orgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorgDan on X: x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenorTo order Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdnToday's episode: Benjamin Netanyahu towers over Israeli politics like no other living leader. Everything about him – from his vision to his demeanor, from his entanglement with Israel's legal system to his personal life – is a source for division. So much so that he became the litmus test by which Israel's political tribes are divided. Dan was joined by Israeli journalist and author Ari Shavit to discuss how Netanyahu came to embody Israel's political divide, what his pardon request from President Herzog means for his future, and whether Israelis can reach unity in a post-Netanyahu world.CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive ProducerBRITTANY COHEN - Production ManagerMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorMARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional EditingMAYA RACKOFF - Operations DirectorGABE SILVERSTEIN - ResearchYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

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Republicans got their latest warning shot after their candidate won the Tennessee race by a much smaller margin. Trump rants about drug prices in his cabinet meeting. Kristi Noem thanks Trump for controlling the weather. Pete Hegseth is still facing backlash for the boat strikes and even a Newsmax host wants him prosecuted. Trump goes full racist against Somalia.  Host: Sharon Reed (@SharonReedLive)  Co-Host: Yasmin Kahn (@YazzieK) ***** SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE TIKTOK  ☞        https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport INSTAGRAM  ☞   https://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport TWITTER  ☞         https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport FACEBOOK  ☞     https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT

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