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Educator and journalist Inemesit Richardson—co-founder of the Thomas Sankara Center in Burkina Faso and contributor to African Stream—joins us for a powerful conversation on the revolutionary history of the Sahel, the legacies of Thomas Sankara and Ibrahim Traoré, and the rise of a multipolar world order. This is a compelling interview you won't want to miss! Follow The Thomas Sankara Center IG: @burkinabooks Support the Thomas Sankara Center on Patreon: patreon.com/BurkinaBooks Follow African Stream: http://africanstream.media/ Support African Stream on Patreon: patreon.com/AfricanStream Support Probably Cancelled on Patreon to get early access to episodes or submit your questions to the new PC Pod advice column!: https://www.patreon.com/probablycancelledpod Subscribe to PC Pod on Rumble & Telegram: t.me/pcpod

On today's episode of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, I am joined by fertility expert, acupuncturist, and conscious work practitioner, Lorne Brown @lorne_brown_official. Originally a CPA, Lorne's personal health journey led him to discover the transformative power of Chinese medicine, ultimately changing his career path. Now, as a leader in integrative fertility care and the host of The Conscious Fertility Podcast, Lorne bridges the gap between science and spirituality to help individuals optimize their fertility and overall well-being. In this episode, Lorne shares how conscious work plays a powerful role in fertility, explaining how subconscious beliefs and emotional resistance can impact reproductive health. He discusses the mind-body connection, the importance of inner healing, and how shifting from stress to flow can create profound changes. Whether you're on a fertility journey or simply looking to align with your highest self, this conversation is packed with insights on conscious transformation, holistic healing, and the power of perception.   Key Takeaways: Lorne's personal journey from accountant to acupuncturist and fertility expert. How Chinese medicine and holistic healing transformed his health and career. The mind-body connection and how stress impacts fertility. How subconscious beliefs shape our reality and can either block or support conception. The power of inner work and emotional healing in reproductive health. How shifting from resistance to receptivity can improve fertility outcomes. The role of consciousness in creating meaningful change in health and life. Insights from The Conscious Fertility Podcast and how Lorne helps patients find balance through a holistic and energetic approach. Guest Bio: Dr. Lorne Brown @lorne_brown_official is a leader in integrative fertility care, blending Chinese medicine, mind-body healing, and cutting-edge therapies. A former Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), his personal health journey led him to acupuncture, herbal medicine, and holistic fertility support. As the founder of Acubalance Wellness Centre, he introduced low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for fertility and pioneered IVF acupuncture in Vancouver. He also created Healthy Seminars, an online education platform, and hosts The Conscious Fertility Podcast, where he explores the intersection of science, consciousness, and reproductive health. Websites/Social Media Links: Learn more about Lorne Brown, visit his website hereFollow Lorne Brown on InstagramListen to Conscious Fertility Podcast For more information about Michelle, visit www.michelleoravitz.com To learn more about ancient wisdom and fertility, you can get Michelle's book at: https://www.michelleoravitz.com/thewayoffertility The Wholesome Fertility facebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility   -------- Disclaimer: The information shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your health or fertility care. ----- Transcript: [00:00:00]  Welcome to the Wholesome Fertility [00:01:00] Podcast. I'm Michelle, a fertility acupuncturist here to provide you with resources on how to create a wholesome approach to your fertility journey. **Michelle Oravitz:** Welcome to the podcast, Lauren. **Lorne Brown:** Hey, Michelle, glad to be together with you over whatever we call this technology. I think yours is the Riverside. Yeah, I had a good time interviewing you for my Conscious Fertility podcast, so I'm looking forward to having more conversations with you because that was a lot of fun for me. **Michelle Oravitz:** It was a lot of fun for me too. And I actually it was really, really nice. And to see that we have very similar views just on reality and health and fertility, **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** it was a lot of fun. And so last week actually for everybody's listening, that was the first time we actually officially met via zoom. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. But we know each other. We're part of the, the ABORM, right? The Acupuncture TCM Reproductive Board of Medicine but yeah, [00:02:00] like the first time you and I had real conversation rather than chat conversation. **Michelle Oravitz:** Which is awesome. I **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** it. And I think that we're so aligned in so many ways. I think that we both love the whole bridging of science and spirituality. We're kind of nerds in that department. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** for people listening, I would love if you can introduce yourself. I know we also have, we started out with very different backgrounds. And went into acupuncture, you have like kind of a similar cause you started in accounting, right? **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, so, I am a CPA, so a Certified Professional Accountant back in the day they were called Chartered Accountants in Canada and because of health issues and having such a a response to Chinese medicine in particular eventually I, I was the, one of the controllers and tax guys at this time with ocean spray growers here in B. C. and I left that position so I could go back to school and study Chinese medicine as my second career. So that's kind of a little bit about my background. And then eventually **Michelle Oravitz:** [00:03:00] Like what made you think about doing Chinese medicine? **Lorne Brown:** I was ill. I had um, you know, back in the day, this is in the eighties and early nineties. So this Chinese medicine wasn't as available. This was before websites, right? Where you could really see what other people were doing and learning. And so I had severe gut issues, you know, diagnosis IBS, chronic fatigue, candida and you know, I got scoped through all each end and eventually and I tried different Western approaches and eventually it was the herb, Chinese herbal medicine actually that dramatically changed it so much. So, I mean, I have some memories. I did a bachelor of science first in math. That was my first thing. Then I went and did accounting in McGill. And and then I went and became a CPA, back then CA. They changed the letters for the designation. And I remember when I was at McGill I was already seeing alternative medicine doctors, in particular Chinese medicine. And I remember [00:04:00] s for the first time, how much clarity, because I had, I didn't realize how much brain fog I had. And so the clarity I had, I was in the classroom, I just realized how easy things were going in, and I was just remembering things, and I just felt like things were almost in slow motion in a good way, like a professional athlete when they can see the court. And physically, I just felt I had so much endurance, so much energy. I was just I felt great. And you know, when you've been feeling poorly for so long, That I thought that was normal. And then I got, you know, the illness was so bad while I was early days in my accounting studies at McGill. it interfered with my, my studies. It interfered my life. I almost couldn't get outta bed sometimes with the fatigue and the brain fog. And so I had an I had an aunt who was into this stuff. , I was, wasn't right. Remember, it came from Bachelor's Science Math in Duke County. I was, I think I was always open-minded. Look what I'm doing, but it wasn't kind of on my radar. And she's the one that suggested I see her Chinese herbalist. And you know, I was desperate. I was living in Montreal, Canada. She was living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. So [00:05:00] I, I got on a plane and flew to see her person because I wouldn't know who to go see right back then. And you know, through dietary changes and herbal medicine. It, it transformed my life and funny story because, you know, I do acupuncture like you do. I always had a fear of needles, right? I never was a big fan of needles. So the first time I was getting acupuncture, the acupuncturist who treated me, I have everybody lying down, but he had me sitting up on the table. Right on the treatment table. I was sitting and he's putting these needles in me and he's like, are you okay? I guess he could see I was going a little green and I'm trying to be, you know, tough guy. And I'm like, yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Next thing I know flop, I passed out on the table. **Michelle Oravitz:** do. **Lorne Brown:** So. Yeah. So now I receive it. I love it. Now I give it. But I did. It's a mind over matter, right? I did have that fear of needles, which is why I started with the herbal medicine. Most people like, Oh, I'll do acupuncture, but they maybe have an aversion to the herbs or the taste of the herbs. I was the other way [00:06:00] around. I got introduced to Chinese medicine through the herbal medicine. And then I was like, Oh, I'll try the acupuncture too. and, you know, I stuck with it, obviously. And, and eventually went back to school and now I can I receive it and I can give it and I have so much compassion for those who have a fear of needles, but usually if they come in and try it, they realize it doesn't feel like needles that you're getting. And now with technology, I have low level laser systems as well. So I can do laser acupuncture for those people that just cannot. Experience acupuncture because it's so stressful for them. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah, for sure. So that's that's one of the things or sometimes starting them out with baby needles because the baby needles are really, really, really super thin. You can barely feel it. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, I mean, I, I mean, I just give them the acupuncture for the first time and, and they're nervous. But, you know, they let me put in one needle, then another, then a third. And that's all I'll do for the first visit for people who have a big phobia. But like you and I know, and those that have received it, it's not like getting a [00:07:00] needle at the doctor when you get a shot or blood drawn. And so you really, you know, once they're in, it takes like a minute to put them in. Then you go and tell a beautiful rest, la la land for 30 to 45 minutes on the table. So all worth it for most. **Michelle Oravitz:** totally worth it. For sure. So talk about why you got into fertility specifically. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, and I'll keep it short, but it was, it was never my intention. My intention was to treat gut issues, digestive issues, because that's what brought me to the medicine. So I thought I'd be, and that's what I set out to do, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's, colitis, severe bloating, constipation, diarrhea, that kind of stuff is what I thought I would be seeing. and I did see a lot of that, and in our medicine, when we treat, we do a very Detailed history and we treat holistically so we can't just focus on the gut health just like for fertility We don't just focus on the women's ovaries, right? We focus holistically and so most people that come to health professionals back then And [00:08:00] I started in 2000 and now still are female And so I'd always do a menstrual history and the the menstrual history is such a great guide for health, right? We can get so much information. That's why I prefer treating women over men. I treat both women who are menstruating. Help me diagnose them from a Chinese medicine perspective because I get so much information from their cycle history. And so as I was treating their bloating in their IBS, or they're alternating between, you know, constipation and diarrhea, or even colitis and Crohn's symptoms. They noticed their PMS went away, they noticed their menstrual pain went away, their irregular bleeding, the spotting, all those things changed. So I became popular. with women's health in general. So I was just doing women's health. So I was seeing people with perimenopause and menopausal symptoms and with painful periods. That was what I was seeing. And back then, again, the web wasn't a popular thing. I was advertising a magazine with a focus in women's health. And this woman who found me was going through an IVF and she was [00:09:00] going to see one of our colleagues, Randine Lewis, in Houston. So I'm in Vancouver and she flew to Houston to see Randine because this was before Zoom. And she, Randine told her she needs regular acupuncture at least once a week so she's going to enter herbal medicine. So she has to find somebody local because it wasn't reasonable or cost effective for her to fly weekly to Houston from Vancouver, right? Nobody was focusing on fertility, but she found me women's health. So she came to my clinic and told me her story and asked if I'd be willing to follow Randine's acupuncture prescriptions and her herbal suggestions and do that for her in Vancouver. And I kind of said cheek cheekily, but in a funny way, in a cute way, as a non aggressive way. So basically you want me to be like a monkey. And put the points where Randine tells you, tells me, and prescribe the herbs where Randine how Randine tells me. She goes, yeah. And I'm like, I'm in. That sounds great. I get to learn from somebody. Because what our audience doesn't know, [00:10:00] Randine was already focusing with fertility. And she had already had this draft book, which came out shortly after, called The Infertility Cure. First of many of her books. So, I thought it was a great opportunity to be able to learn from somebody with more experience and, and not have responsibility to the outcome. And so, and then women who are going through IVF and struggling with fertility, they talk and By 2004, I only would take reproductive health issues. That was all I would take because I was too busy, and I started hiring associates and training them because I couldn't handle the load myself. Now, here we are recording this in 2025 I have multiple associates in our clinic. And that do focus on fertility and myself personally, I still see a lot of reproductive health. But I'm so into the conscious work now. Cause I have low level laser therapy that we use for fertility, but I use that for so many other things. Brain health pain, pain injury. And I do a lot with pure menopausal symptoms. So, I would say, and half my practice, when I look at my [00:11:00] schedule is conscious work. Right? Is that mind body work? Half my practice is that. They still get acupuncture and low level laser therapy as part of the treatment but they're coming in with, I'm wanting belief change work. and I do see a lot of reproductive health, but I see everything now. So it's, it's kind of gone full circle. Because of the conscious work, because conscious work is my passion. And so whoever comes in the door that's looking for change, they may want a relationship change or want a relationship, job changes, finances. They want a baby, they want a healing. Basically, they want to be happy and they realize they can't get it from the outside. So they're looking for help on the inside to have that transformation. And that's why we use it for fertility because it's such a powerful tool when you can heal the mind, the body follows really well. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. No doubt. So talk about the conscious work, specifically. What does it entail? Mm-hmm **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, well, I'm trained also as a clinical hypnotherapist, and I've done a lot of what they call energy psychology modalities. So I'm trained in [00:12:00] Psyche, emotional freedom technique, Bankstein healing method, you know, energy type medicine. But from the clinical hypnotherapy perspective and what I would call conscious work, it's inner work. It's waking up to your true nature. It's waking up to what some people would call higher self, what they would call consciousness witness consciousness. You'd have to be open and appreciate that there's more to this world than meets the eyes. And so we have a Newtonian science world, what's considered a materialistic world, and those are things that we can kind of measure. And then there's the science, the new science called quantum physics. Which understands there's so much more to this reality than what we see and when you have these shifts inside it has your your perception to the world You see it differently and you can think of it as if you live in a building Let's say your your life is a building, you know On the first floor if that's where you live, you're going to have a certain perspective of what your neighborhood is And it's going to be very limited because you can only see from the first floor. And as you move up, if the 20 store [00:13:00] building, if you live above 10 and you start to live on the 15th floor, you have a different perspective of what is in your neighborhood than the person who lives on the first floor. And so conscious work is about kind of getting to a different perspective. I we know, you know, through so much more research now that we perceive the world. Through the lenses of our subconscious programming, you know, and so how we see the world is through the lens of our subconscious and that subconscious programming is is inherited and imprinted on us inherited like literally few generations before we know this through um, research on Holocaust survivors and their children and grandchildren. And we know this through the study, the cherry blossom study on mice were stressed and traumatized and it got passed down to their grand pups. I won't go into the study because it's **Michelle Oravitz:** and DNA. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, it gets tagged. It's not a genetic mutation, it's a tag. So it can, one generation get tagged, and one generation you can heal it. So, you see the world through the lens of your subconscious, and that lens is based on your history. And [00:14:00] so, I heard a teacher of consciousness once say, Reality's white snow, let's pretend that. And then you have red glasses. I have orange glasses. Some of the listeners have blue, green, white, yellow. We're all seeing white snow, but we're all experiencing it, perceiving it differently because of our lens. And if we want to have a different experience to see that reality, we got to change our lens. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yes. **Lorne Brown:** You know, or we're both fans of Joe Dispenza, right? We both run retreats, and **Michelle Oravitz:** we're Joe Dispenza groupies. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, I like, I like his work. I like his retreats and his books. And in his book, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, I think it's where he said it. I've read all of his books and been to many retreats, but I really liked how he said your personal reality is based on your personality. And you can't have, how do you expect to have a different reality if you bring your current personality into your future? You're gonna get the same thing. Right. And so this is about having that shift because, you know, we're going kind of into a rabbit hole here, but if you're open for it, **Michelle Oravitz:** No, I'm totally open for it. And my, my listeners are used [00:15:00] to it, **Lorne Brown:** okay, you know, God, I see they're allowed to, or Gandhi, I've seen this quote attributed to both, but it kind of goes like your beliefs lead to your thoughts, which lead to your feelings, which lead to your actions and behaviors, which lead to your habits. which leads to your destiny. Basically they're saying is your behaviors are always congruent with your beliefs. And when they conflict the program, the belief is going to win. And if you do a behavior long enough, it becomes your habit. So it becomes a reality. So we often want to go and work on the outside world. We often want to go work on a behavior, but the behavior stems from a belief or a program often unconscious. And so we'll self sabotage ourselves, even though we really want to lose that weight. We go and we diet, we exercise, but that's a behavior. But if you have a program that, you know, I'm not beautiful, right, or I'm not thin enough, then the subconscious wants congruency, and it will find a way to sabotage that. [00:16:00] Consciously or unconsciously, it'll happen. And so rather than going to work on the behavior, we go to work on the program, and then it flows down, and the behavior changes naturally. **Michelle Oravitz:** It's so true. And it's almost that, you know, that saying whether you think whether you Think you can or can't  **Lorne Brown:** you're right. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** it's just a matter of what we choose and I think the key with this is that people don't even realize It's almost like they're so asleep in the matrix **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** is such a great movie, by the way, because of that reason, it really shows us how, if we just knew that that was the case, **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** had those beliefs and it impacts our reality, then we would make a difference. But I think the problem is, is not even knowing that it's even there. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. Well, of course, and I don't know if the age has changed, but it was my observation that around age 40, people start to realize that they need to do their inner work. the drug doesn't work anymore. The antidepressant isn't working, [00:17:00] or they're in a third relationship. It's not working. They change cities. Like it's not working. The changing the outside is only temporary. So somewhere around 40, maybe it's younger now cause things seem to be speeding up, but around age 40 people come in there and they don't know what they're looking for, but they know they're looking for it. And you and I have language for this, right? They're looking for inner work, conscious work, but they kind of know that I know by getting a new relationship, it's not going to help. I got it. Something's not right. about me. And I, you know, I'm going to give an example because the relationship one comes up a lot in my practice when people come and see me. and I share this as an example of self sabotaging programs and why I like the conscious work. And we can talk about how this plays with fertility as well and baby manifestation. This actually wasn't my patient, but it was somebody who shared it. And I loved this case so much because it, it really is a great explanation of of belief change. So She was around 45. She was a lawyer and she had become aware that she was somehow sabotaging relationships. No matter what [00:18:00] relationship she went in, like she would find some not such great guys in her opinion, but she actually realized she found some good guys too. But for some reason, even she knew there was a button and she, she knew she shouldn't push that button, but she would push the button even in her mind when she knew this isn't going to work out. And the, and the relationship would collapse. So at her clinical hypnotherapy session, She got regressed and in this regression, she's experiencing herself as a four year old and she's remembering her mom is making dinner for her and her older sister was around seven and she promises the girls that they get popsicles if they eat all their dinner. So her older sister. Eats her dinner fairly quickly and gets a popsicle. And she, she being for living in that theta brainwave living in the moment, it's not eating quickly. And all of a sudden she sees her sister with a popsicle and she goes, I want a popsicle and her mom's tired end of day. And she angrily says, no, you haven't eaten your dinner. You don't get your dinner to you. You don't get your popsicle till you finish your [00:19:00] dinner. And it probably wasn't said in a loving way. And this triggered the four year old. And like many four year olds, she got. You know, she had a little four year old temper tantrum, and that set off her mom, and then she got sent off. To her room without dinner and without popsicle. And in her story, she's thinking in her dialogue that mommy likes, mommy likes and loves my sister more than me. Mommy doesn't love me. I'm not lovable. And she has this aha moment when that program really started for her. I'm not lovable. Now, remember I said the subconscious and the conscious want congruency. The heart and mind want congruency. When it conflicts, the heart, the shen, the subconscious, wins. And so, she would have a relationship, and if this guy was doting and loving her, her subconscious goes, that's not who we are, we're unlovable. And she would Consciously or unconsciously sabotage the relationship. So in hypnotherapy work, we're able to bring her 45 year old self back and reparent doing her [00:20:00] child work and shift that. And I often say in my practice, I have a an approach. Notice, accept, choose again. Notice everything is neutral and we give it meaning. Neutral. She just did not get a popsicle. Neutral. The meaning she gave it was I'm not lovable, right? And children that are in theta, meaning they're in, they're sponges. They don't have that prefrontal development to discern things. They just take things in and we don't know why. But you know, if you're a product of divorce, which a lot of people are It's usually for the children. It does some form of scarring, subconscious scarring, right? Because the children feel like they're responsible. It's their fault. So guilt shows up or shame shows up. Not safe. So all these programs come up and when I distill them down, I see people that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I see people that can't afford my services, right? And based on what they get paid, right? And when you distill it down, the stories are, can be very different, but when you still it down, it's I'm not enough, right? I'm not lovable. [00:21:00] I'm not pretty enough. I'm not thin enough. I'm not smart enough. It's kind of, I'm not enough when you distill it down, whether you're worth a couple hundred million or whether you're scraping things together. So. Notice everything is neutral. We give it meaning. And when we believe in the story, we make it real. So this is not to believe in the story. And that's kind of that materialistic side, right? And we use these tools conscious work to go in and clean up the operating system. And here's an important point I want to share with our listeners is You know, you have this hardware, but the hardware functions depending on the software and I got multiple stories like this, but I'll give you a couple, you know, they have done research on those with multiple personality disorders and depending on the personality, right? One will need reading glasses. One will not. One's blood tests will be diabetic and the other one will not. Right? I mean.  **Michelle Oravitz:** to orange juice. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, when we allergic not so same physical body. So from a journalistic point of view, this makes no sense, but from a quantum perspective, it does. Right. And and we've heard people [00:22:00] with near death experiences. I've, I've heard through a colleague of one before, and I just, I'd met one recently, actually, and she's written a book on it, Anita, where she, yeah, it's great, right? **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. Yeah. **Lorne Brown:** So, you know, her story is she. Developed cancer, funny thing, not so funny, but she always had a fear that she would die and get cancer. So, you know, you got to be careful where you're putting your focus, right? She did everything she could to not get cancer. She got cancer and she was ridden with tumors and she's in the hospital and her husband's by her side. And the story goes that she goes unconscious. So they tell her, say goodbye. She, this is it. She's, you know. She's going to die and she's got, they got on some medications too, I believe for pain relief. And I think it was a day or two later, she opens her eyes and she has an experience of a near death experience where we won't go into it today where she sees other. Family members are beings, but not the personalities like she just knew who they were, but she realizes she's coming back and she knew she was coming back [00:23:00] different. It wasn't like a full lobotomy, like 180 degree turn, but she had a personality change, right? And she knew her cancer is gone. And when she woke up, she tried to convince her husband her cancer was gone. And he's like, you know, no, you know, they got the doctors. She was able to re Share stories of conversations that they had outside when she was in the coma in another room. She forbade him. She could, you know, she knew what the doctor's shoes look like, right? Everything. So **Michelle Oravitz:** that's that bird's eye view. **Lorne Brown:** she was outside the body, but her cancer went away without any medication. After that, she woke up from a coma. And her cancer just resolved herself. So there's that personality. So her personality changed and her physical body changed, right? Because of this and going back to our friend Joe Dispenza, Dr. Joseph Dispenza and your listeners check out his book. They're supernatural the placebo and breaking the habit of being yourself. That's a really good one breaking the habit Right. It's a good one to start with. He talks about you can use matter to change matter, which can be slow. That's for our fertility patients taking supplements. [00:24:00] That's IVF, that's diet matter, change matter, or you can use energy to change matter, which can be spontaneous. Like what happened with Anita, which when her cancer went away, right? Is it went away pretty quickly, right? **Michelle Oravitz:** There's people with well, we see it all the time at Joe Dispenza's work stage four cancer. It just, it goes away. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. So that's working with a different, dimension of yourself, right? If you want to speak. So the conscious work that I use is how to tap into that, how to tune into it. And it came from my experience, right? I, I've learned this and developed this from many people I've studied with. And I'm a kinesthetic learning. That's learner. That's why I've learned psych KFT, Marissa peers, rapid transformational therapy, Ericksonian The guy just. Love it, right? I think it started from insecurity. Not enough, not smart enough. So I kept on doing things which brought me my success outside, but inside it wasn't enough. So I kept on learning and learning and learning. And then eventually, you know, you're brought to your knees, which I was. debilitating anxiety. And I go in and do the [00:25:00] inner work and I have the transformation. And then I'm kind of at peace. Don't feel like I need to do too much. But now there's this new drive, this overflowing, wanted to share. It's a different feeling. It's comes from peace. It doesn't exhaust you. Right. And so I think on the outside, if I was looking at me, I looked. Similar as in go, go, go. Always learning, always doing right. But I was coming from fear and lack for many years, my doing and stuff. So my doing just got me more fear and lack because I could never feel that void. Now I'm going, going, going, but it's coming from feeling more whole and complete and I'm not attached whether I do it or not, right? I'm not attached to it so much. And but yet I'm still doing it. But now I feel Charged by it. **Michelle Oravitz:** That's so great. I mean, don't you see the yin and the yang too, in a lot of this **Lorne Brown:** Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** the harmony, the **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, and you got to keep going into the end So you then you have the young and it happens, right? So, you know, I go inside I become quiet and and then all of a sudden all this [00:26:00] activity and inspire thought comes through me And then I I want to go in and see if I can manifest it, right? **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. And everything kind of goes in pulses, you know, there's a, there's pulses, even with like experiences that we have in life, there's ebbs and flows. I think that we get impatient or we think that it's going to be forever, but nothing lasts forever. It's like the good news and the bad news, nothing lasts forever. **Lorne Brown:** Right? Yeah, it's the good news and the bad news. Yeah, in that sense, don't be attached. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah, true. **Lorne Brown:** Which is a practice. **Michelle Oravitz:** it is, and it's something that the ancients have been telling us this whole time. They've told us to go within, they've told us not to be too attached, to learn from nature, to learn from what's around us. to flow, flow with it. **Lorne Brown:** And a tip for our listeners, because again, I teach what I've experienced. Many people may be going, well, I've read these books and I know all this stuff and I haven't had a shift. I was that guy where I had read everything and took courses, but I didn't do the process work. I, I conceptually understood it. I could teach it. But I wasn't living it. And it wasn't until I actually did the process work that the [00:27:00] transformation started happening, the awakening started happening. And so that's kind of, you know, with my patients, when I work with them, they want to get in the head and understand, which I love. We got to understand when you understand the why behind it, they say that the how becomes easier. The why is, you know, how does it work? And then the how is, what are you going to do? But if it's just an intellectual discussion you'll have a mind shift. But you won't have a trait change. And what's the difference? A mind shift is that temporary, you feel excited, this makes sense. It feels excited, but it's a shift. It's like when you pull an elastic band apart, it's neuro elasticity, it stretches out, this feels good. But within an hour or two, or a day or two, it goes back to its normal shape. So you haven't made a neuroplastic change, you just made a mindset shift. And if you do that daily, multiple times, it eventually become neuroplastic. And what I mean neuroplastic is if you stretch out a piece of soft plastic and you let go, it stays stretched. So that's the trait change. So repetition or doing many things that create a mind shift regularly often will give you [00:28:00] neuroplasticity changes, right? That hold becomes a trait. That's that, you know, do certain actions over and over again. So that's one way. But then there's other. faster ways to do neuroplastic changes, which doesn't just require repetition. That is one of them, but there's other processes I use. Part of my hypnosis practices and other energy psychology tools is what they're often called now to help make that neuroplastic change, not just from repetition, but from doing these Process work and we call it process work because it's not it's not done. It's a it's a bottom up process versus a top down So i'm not a counselor a therapist. That would be somebody who's doing a top down Let's talk about this and there's some benefit to it. The clinical hypnotherapist perspective is a bottom up meaning Your tyra box said this once your issues are stuck in your tissues So when you have these emotions rarely does somebody say I feel it in my head It does happen once in a while. Most people feel it in their throat, in their chest, in their stomach. It's in your cells. And we got science to talk about [00:29:00] how the microbiome changes with stress and emotions. **Michelle Oravitz:** images of people, all people that were angry, all people that were sad. And they would notice that it would light up in certain spots consistently in the body, which is really fascinating. You can probably find it online. **Lorne Brown:** cool. Absolutely. And, you know, we know like we got serotonin receptors in the gut. Now the heart's being known as a, as a second brain may have more what the read off of it more than the brain and, and then dispensa and heart math talk about heart brain coherence. So we're. You know, I look at it this way is, you know, back in the day of Galileo and Newton, the days when we thought that the sun revolved around the earth and the earth was flat, it was hard for society to shift and science to shift, right? Cause everything we understood the way we could look, it was like, no, no, the world's flat. It look at it, you can tell, look, look outside, doesn't look round or look, look, you can tell that. the sun is going around the earth. Look in the sky. It's so obvious. And you [00:30:00] can't tell me the earth is spinning. We would feel it, right? And now today, most people realize that the earth is round, not flat. There are so few flatters out there. They realize the earth is spinning and that the earth goes around the sun. But there's your perception, you know, there's the first floor view. From my view, the sun is going around the earth. I see it rise and set, right? I can see it float around. I'm standing still. I'm pretty sure about it, but that's a illusion. It's not a complete correct perception on that first floor when you go to a higher floor. So in this case, when we go into space, We can see that it's actually the earth that goes around the sun and the earth is round. And then if we go to a higher floor, we're going to probably get a whole other understanding of what's going on in this human experience and purpose and what's your individual purpose. And people have spoken of it. I haven't tapped into that aspect. I've had those. Non medicated, so non psychedelic experiences where I've tapped into profound peace, where I've tapped into bliss.[00:31:00]  I've also, through psychedelics, I've only done it once, so I'll never do it again, where I tapped into my shadow, right? Accelerated my journey, but I wouldn't wish that upon anybody, going into my shadow work unprepared. **Michelle Oravitz:** 'cause if you, you have to be ready for it. That's **Lorne Brown:** I wasn't ready for it. I, I, I cheated. I cheated with psychedelics. And it put me into my shadow grateful now because and here's a litmus test for myself. So I share this with the listeners as well. If you. don't like your life now, then I'm pretty sure you're still living in kind of a victim mode. You don't like your past and you'll have all the evidence to say why you don't like it. And if you can love your past, no matter how bad it is, then I know you love your now. I know you love your life. Why? Because You realize that who you are today is based on everything that's happened to you and you and because you love where you are today, you would never want to change your past because you love your day. Doesn't mean you want to relive your past, but you're grateful for. You don't regret it because you love today. [00:32:00] But if you hate your past, then it's I'm pretty sure you really don't love it. your day. And there are some terrible things that have happened to people. And I've seen people who've had terrible acts done to them. They would never ask to go do it again, like, but they also say, I love my life now. And so I wouldn't change anything in my past. So that shows you that's healed, right? That vibration that's healed. And so, because there's only this moment. So I find conscious work powerful when you bring it to reproductive health. I want to quote our Randine Lewis friend who wrote the book, The Infertility Cure, many books, but I remember hearing her talk about when women get into a later stage of their reproductive years, especially into their forties she said, you know, at the beginning, you know, reproduction is, it's a, it's a youth game, Jing, we call it essence Jing, it's the physicality, right? You got to have good physicality and it, and that happens with the youth. We see it around us, right? Like, a 90 year old and a 20 year old, the same person or different [00:33:00] physically. But there's something about spiritual maturity and sometimes, and this is where it kind of ties into Dr. Jo Dispenza, matter change matter. So that's the physical, the Jing. And then there's energy that can change matter. And that's what we call the Shen, the spirit tapping into that consciousness. And she says, when you're younger, you can be spiritually mature because you have such good Jing, it overrides everything. And so you can be a drug addict. And you're 20s and getting pregnant all the time, right? Poorly eating, all that stuff. And then if you get into your 40s, the physicality you want, but it's not enough, you need to, as she said, have your shit together. So that's, I'm quoting her. And sometimes that's when we see what we call miracles. It overrides the physical. And you really need to do that spiritual, the spiritual maturity happens. And so, you know, have both. Add to that her excitement with donor egg back in the day when we were having this conversation was she couldn't wait to meet the Children that were born through donor egg cycles because she [00:34:00] says currently this was way back when in early 2000 people were born with either young mothers, so physically strong, spiritually immature. They're in their twenties, early thirties or they're born with women in the early forties. physically not as strong, but spiritually more mature. So they didn't have both. She goes, but with the donor egg cycle, they get the gene from the, the egg. So a physical, physically strong, younger woman, and they are gestated. And raised by spiritually mature women. It's going to be the first time where they get both strength from the physical and strength from the spiritual. So she was quite excited. It was a different perspective to look at the Dorae. She was like, I wonder what kind of children these are going to be, right? So,  **Michelle Oravitz:** amazing. And actually it's really interesting. I don't know if you've seen this yourself, but sometimes the donor egg and the child looks like the mother. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, well, not surprising. I, I, I can't quote you on this, but I remember that they've done this in animals where you put him in a different, like, I don't know, [00:35:00] a donkey into a horse or something like, and it comes out looking more like the the mother. Like the, the horse. So, because don't forget you start as, you know, You know, a bunch of cells, right, you know, when you go in and you're grown, so you are influenced because you're, you're taking in in Chinese medicine talks about this, the emotional well being of the mother during pregnancy will impact the nervous system and the emotional personality of that child. And so what you're eating and what you're doing is helping grow that child. So we have what we call prenatal Jing, you know, for our listeners. So you get that from the mother, the father, and then. throughout pregnancy. And then postnatal Jing is what you, what happens after you're born. So your diet lifestyle. And so everything is impacting you up until you're born. That's what we'd call your genes. And in Chinese medicine called pre pre pregenetic destination, right? Prenatal, prenatal essence. I don't know if I said, if I use the right word, prenatal essence or prenatal Jing is what happens. So, yeah, I love [00:36:00] that story that she looked a little bit like the mother, not surprising. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. And I've actually seen it because I, one of them she's somebody that I'm friends with on Facebook and she's also been on the podcast, Nancy Weiss. She's a spirit baby medium, is a whole other **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** topic. Right. But she. donor embryos and one of her daughters, she put a side by side picture of herself when she was younger and the daughter, and it was crazy. How similar they looked and then I've heard another story of somebody with freckles that she's had freckles But the mother of the donor did not and her husband did not So she always wanted a child with freckles and sure enough one of them got freckles  **Lorne Brown:** Very cute. Yeah, And that, there's so much things we don't understand and the donor egg cycle, I don't know if you've seen this, but with my patients, they only have one regret and it's a great regret that I've always heard when I've heard any regrets, I don't hear it often, but I hear it [00:37:00] and they say that the only regret I have is that I didn't do this donor egg cycle sooner because I don't, I realized I could have been with this baby I, I waited, I, you know, cause they're doing other things and understand there's a process to come to this place where you're ready to do donor a. But that's a great regret. Meaning they love this baby like from day from day one implantation, right? They have this connection. They're their mother. And and. It's, it's, that's great news, right? Cause so many people understandably have to get their head around about not using their own genetic material, right? And when you get there, when you surrender, which is part of conscious work, right? And the resistance drops and you get into flow and receptivity, the experience can be beautiful. And then regardless, even if you don't, when that baby's born, you're like, what the heck? I've been waiting for this forever. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yes. And that's another thing. So looking at the same thing from different lenses and different perspectives, and then you can kind of think, [00:38:00] okay, I may have wanted it to go this way, but perhaps it can go another way. And I'll still get the end goal, which is really to become a mother. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, that's the end goal. And that's what we want to focus on. And from the conscious work, you know, we, we hear so often in manifestation work and in teachers of consciousness, not to be attached to form an outcome. And I'm a practical guy. So the left brain, my math background, my accounting, I'm, what I would say my feet are on the ground and my header is in the clouds, not just, you know, some people either their head in their clouds. So some people in our industry just head in the clouds. So it's hard to bring it to this earth or my old profession as a accountant, the feet are on the ground, right? I feel like I'm, I'm doing both of that.  So. I want to share this because this worked for me. And again, I often share is, you know, it's easy to say don't attach to form an outcome. That's easy to say you're not the one that has, you want this form an outcome. So it's, you can't fool the universe. You can't pretend, right? Really pretend, but you can do [00:39:00] practices. And I have found this line and I didn't come up with this. I heard this from somebody else and I was like, brilliant. And it works for me and it's worked for hundreds of other people I've worked with this or something better. Yeah. I want this or something better that had such a different vibration to it because you didn't choose your desire So I will never say you can't have you can't want this You can't desire this because you didn't choose it. I I prefer chocolate ice cream over strawberry. I can't tell you why it's just it is I just like I want chocolate ice cream. I don't really want strawberry ice cream. It's just What is, and so, but when you have a desperate need for it, that if I can't have this, then you create resistance and that impacts the field and that cannot be healthy. But if you have a desire, you want it, but you also know you're going to be okay, whether you have it or not, that doesn't add resistance to the field. And so often we, cause if you get focused on has to be this way, then you're not leaving yourself open to other things that [00:40:00] can bring you that same experience. Right? Because what does the baby bring to you? Right? You know, why do you want the baby? What's it gonna bring? What's gonna be different? What are you gonna experience? You know this kind of work, right? Because then you could get little, I call them Drift logs or kisses on the cheek from the universe where you know what it feels like you're practicing what it feels like and it's This or this or something better and then all of a sudden it that same experience comes to you But it's a different manifestation physically. So you're like, oh You know getting that feeling and so you're you're starting to get it from other places as well You're experiencing it. And when I say get it from other places I want to use that loosely is you have learned to Elicit that experience inside of you and then you're starting to see it manifested on the outside so because you don't want to have to get it from the outside because again, then you're not whole and complete This whole work is about becoming whole and complete where it's cut. You are it's It's you're making it inside of it. You're tapped into a part of yourself higher than I guess the ego self to use that language. And then it becomes fun to [00:41:00] see if you can manifest it on the outside, but you're already experiencing the feeling. Hence it's easy not to be attached because you're already feeling the joy or the love or the nurturing of something else, right? And the being of service to something else, you're already bringing up that experience. So you don't need it on the outside, but then all of a sudden you see it on the outside and that just bumps it up a bit. It amplifies it. And so you get, but it's temporary, that amplification. And then when you come back to your set point, that set point is peace and joy anyhow. So you're good. **Michelle Oravitz:** So it's unconditional peace and joy. It doesn't have a condition on it. You choose to just have that. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** you can, and I think that that's the big thing is that people don't realize that they can actually do that. They could bring it up through just meditation and different practices that they can bring it up in themselves. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. You tap into that. And I mean, I've, I've had that. I have glimpses. I have experiences of it. And for now the language is I'm, I'm tapping into my true nature and everybody has this true nature, your witness consciousness, your higher self, you want to give it a word. [00:42:00] And. I think we might have talked about this when I interviewed you on the Conscious Fertility podcast, but it's not all positive. It feels good. You still get uncomfortable feelings. You're just not at the full effect of them. So you experience the sadness. You can experience fear. You can experience guilt or hopelessness, but it moves through you like a song on a radio, 90 seconds, and it passes through you. And then you're back to that peace. And So if you're able to not get into the story and you can experience it, you still feel these uncomfortable feelings, but there's a, there's could be an underlying peace or even beauty behind some of those feelings. You're just not at the full effect of them and they just don't last for, for weeks. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. Well, the untethered soul, I think that was like a big game changer for me, that book **Lorne Brown:** Michael Singer's book. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** Singer, he's amazing. And I think that it really was about like allowing discomfort to happen without judgment, without that kind of good or bad, that neutrality, just kind of allowing it to happen. And I have an [00:43:00] example because I burned myself. I remember it was a Friday night and I was exhausted. I was so tired. I couldn't wait to sleep. And I burned my thumb. was like, man, and it was a stupid thing. Cause I was so tired and I touched something and I knew I shouldn't have done, it was just like, without thinking. And I was like, how am I going to sleep with this burning sensation? It was like the worst feeling ever. You know, it's like when you first burn yourself. And I remember thinking to myself, maybe it was like my higher guidance, something resist the burn. So I was like, okay, let me try this. literally felt, I closed my eyes and like, I imagined myself just kind of going through the fire with my hand and almost. Accepting it, inviting it, allowing it. And literally within five minutes, the burn went away. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, and that's the quantum. That's energy changing matter and you use the awesome word resistance Right resistance is futile to quote the Borg from Star Trek Resistance is futile for those Trekkies out there When you add resistance basically you amplify the burn you amplify the [00:44:00] suffering or take from the Buddhist quote pain is inevitable the burn hurts Suffering is optional. That's where you amplify and when you can lean into it versus it's counterintuitive because we should run away from it. We think, right? And I had that similar experience in the nineties. I I had read, I read dr joe dispenses book, but I didn't understand it. I kind of read it, but Didn't catch very much of it the first read and one day when I was studying to write the exams to become a chartered accountant, a CPA I had sadness come over me real, and it was a new thing. I wasn't something I really experienced this kind of sadness that I could recall. And I don't know why I did this, but there's again, another part of you leading the way here. I decided to, in the middle of the day, I had shared accommodations. I was living with a female and she had Yanni and the Ghetto Blaster. Back in the day, it was Ghetto Blasters. with cassettes, maybe CDs. She had some incense burners. So I lit that and there was like lavender rose in it. And I went in the [00:45:00] bath and just decided to experience the sadness. So as I'm listening to the sad music, there's some incense and candle lit in the middle of the day in the bath, hot bath. I'm so going into the sadness. Tears are rolling down my eyes. And in a moment I'm in full bliss. Like I'm like bliss. Like. But I I don't do drugs, but what except for that psychedelic experience, what, what a good high would be like, it was like, and honestly, if that's what it feels like, I understand why people would do drugs. It was just bliss. And I'm like, you know, try to be sad. Because I was like, this feels great. Can I be sad? I couldn't be sad. And it was only later I had that experience first. And then I read dispenses book. Sorry, not just Ben's, Eckhart Tolle's book, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now is what I meant. And the line where he says, you, when you're present, you can't suffer, because when you're regretting the past or fear in the future, you're not in the present. But if you're in the present, he says, even sadness can be turned into bliss. And when I read that line in the book, [00:46:00] I had my aha moment because I had that experience. And now the process that I do in my conscious work is about lowering the resistance. Somebody says, what are you doing? You're tuning into your, your wist witness consciousness. You mentioned Michael Singer, the untethered soul. He often says he doesn't use tools or do tools, but he kind of does. And and I have a process that I believe brings down the resistance. My experience, people, I've worked with and then you have that flow and receptivity and sometimes I just have peace. Maybe it's at, you know, if my, if I'm frustrated or fear, it's a seven out of 10, it'll come down to say a two or one. So peace in an unhappy situation still, right? But peace. So the resistance is low. Yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** flow in that moment. And it's interesting because I, my litmus test is, are you present? Really? That's the question. I, a lot of people that I work with is, are you present? Like, cause many times when they share things that are uncomfortable for them, they're not really in the present moment. They're either [00:47:00] expecting a future or thinking about a past or something that happens. So the present moment's always the antidote. To everything. If we **Lorne Brown:** present. And that's what the mind does. It's the nature of the mind. You can't get mad at the mind for thinking because that's its nature to be like getting upset with water for being wet, right? It's its nature. So you're fighting with reality. However, there's tools to help you get present and these uncomfortable feelings can become portals to presence. Right. And you're not wallowing them and, and embellishing them, you know, you're not inflating them. You're leaning into them and observing them. So I think what's happening, my experience, my understanding to this point is when we really get practice at noticing and observing them and accepting them, I think we're tuning, we go into present moment, but we do this by tuning into our witness consciousness because the mere fact of witnessing them, not, it shouldn't be this way. It's not fair, like getting into the head. But. **Michelle Oravitz:** neutral watcher. **Lorne Brown:** get into the watching, just getting practice at watching, then you [00:48:00] tune into your witness consciousness and that nature of you is peace and joy. So you tune into it. So wherever you put your energy is what's going to grow. So if you believe in the story and you're at the effect of the story, then you're You're unconscious and you're experiencing it. You're suffering right now. You've amplified the negative situation if you're able to observe it I'm not saying you'll like it. We're not doing a spiritual bypass here, but getting practice at observing at it I believe you tune into the witness consciousness and It's nature's peace and joy and the metaphor I use for this Michelle is when we so Tell me how this lands for you and I'm curious for your audience because this for me was my another aha moment just like what's going on here because I'm having these experiences and I want to have language to share with the people I work with. So if you buy an apple, you have to consciously you Michelle ego Michelle has to pick up the apple and chew it. But after that, Michelle, you're not going release salivary enzymes in your mouth. Like I got to do that. Nobody talked to me. Nobody talked to me. I'm getting acid into [00:49:00] my stomach now. Okay, I cannot. Walk up the stairs because my intestines are now absorbing the all these B vitamins or same thing when you sleep when you go to sleep You're unconscious. You're not breathing yourself. You're not pumping your blood Or pumping your heart circulating your blood your autonomic nervous system is doing this another part your subconscious program is doing this, right? The autonomic nervous system. Well same thing. I don't believe for me that I let go of these programs or emotions anymore. Not Lauren Brown ego. Just like I don't release the salivary enzyme. All I have, I believe it's my witness consciousness does this. It's what's metabolizing these uncomfortable feelings and old programs. And how do we do this? Well, first you have to make the unconscious conscious. So that's my notice step. Everything is neutral and then we give it meaning. Don't believe in the story. When you do, you make it real. So don't take it personally. Then I have multiple tools during the accepting part to surrender to what is, not fight it. Doesn't mean you're resigned to it. Doesn't mean you like it. We're just accepting that this is how I feel right now. And you [00:50:00] accept it and you start to observe it and get really, this is a skill. You get practice at observing it. And by that observing, you tune into the witness consciousness and it is what lets go the feelings. It's what metabolizes it. So, so. It's the intelligence. And so give it a conscious divine. I don't know if it's a part of me or part. I don't know. All I know is Lauren Brown is not doing it. Just like Lauren Brown gets to choose to bite the apple. Lauren Brown gets to choose to notice, not take it personally and observe it. That's all I do. The digestion of the apple is outside of my ego, my conscious mind, the digestion and the alchemy of these emotions where I was sad, went from sad to bliss. Right or go from fear to just feeling at peace. I'm not doing that I don't believe I let go of it and this ties into Michael Singers He says that these I don't know what he calls them Sankara's or something these these these energy blocks. They're [00:51:00] there So you're not experiencing your true nature You're all blocked up with these old programs and beliefs and feelings, but when they get released they move up and out You have this space now where you get to experience yourself. So that's how he describes it. Does, I mean, the, the metaphors and the concepts, yeah, the bottom line is you got to do the work you get. That's my point. It's nice to understand. A lot of us cannot confirm or prove anything, but when you have the experience, you don't care because the experience is peace and peace. It was nice. **Michelle Oravitz:** It is. **Lorne Brown:** I'm not at the, I'm not at the state, I'm not at the stage where I can equally treat fear and, and peace or fear and love together. Like some people say you get to a place where you don't, you don't judge either. You're, they're just vibrations. You're okay. I definitely prefer peace and joy and bliss over fear, shame, guilt, just so you know. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** really our true default **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** is in that nature and that's the Buddha [00:52:00] nature. That's kind of like **Lorne Brown:** yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** like form and we learn the other things. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** habituated through habits. So bringing this into fertility, which I think is actually very relevant, even though, you know, it's kind of like this big grand concept, it could totally apply to going through IVF, going through the resistance. And also in the IVF, you get so focused on the numbers and the analytical, where sometimes you need to kind of. move back and allow yourself the space and the, and to really take care of your wellbeing. And that's kind of like a, my big thing about that, which always tends to kind of fall in the back burner burner. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, yeah, you're going through the journey and anyhow, so that's all thing pain is Inevitable suffering is optional. I don't think anybody would want to go through an IVF However, if you're going through it, you could go kicking and screaming and suffer through it, or you can go through it and, and not amplify the difficulties of it. And that, again, is a skill set, because [00:53:00] IVF is not easy. As you know, the research shows it's like getting a cancer diagnosis or terminal diagnosis, infertility. So I want to clarify that we're not dismissing it. The conscious work is about being authentic. It's actually about feeling your feelings. However, with a different lens and developing a skill set, a process, so you can metabolize it, right? But yeah, if you're going to go on this journey, if you're in this journey, you didn't choose it, but you're in it. And so how do you use it as, as they say in the conscious teachings, how do you make it as, how is this happening for you versus to you? What does that mean? How do I get out of victim mode? Because it doesn't serve you to being accountable, responsible. What does that mean? Accountable responsible does not mean you blame yourself or you blame other accountable. Responsible means that if you're having the experience, then that's all you need to know that you're responsible for healing it because you're the one having the experience. If you if you it wasn't your responsibility, then you wouldn't be having that experience. And there's so many experiences [00:54:00] happening around the world at one time, and each individual is only aware of so many the ones that they're aware of that are triggering them that they're experiencing. That's, that's all you need to know that that means you're accountable, responsible for that. The stuff that's happening around the world that doesn't trigger you, it's not your responsibility to do the inner work around it. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. Well, I mean, I can keep talking to you forever and of course we just talked about one subject, so perhaps I'll bring you back for other ones as well. But this is this is definitely the kind of thing that I'm very interested in and I nerd out on this all the time. It really is something I think about every single day. I think that it is when you really are bringing up your consciousness and becoming more aware in your life and. Really being the creator of your life or owning that you are a creator in your life I just think it brings another element of purpose and meaning everything. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. We all want to be happy. And we think different things outside of us will make us happy. This work brings that kind of [00:55:00] happiness. And if, to kind of wrap this part up on consciousness from the materialistic and then the quantum perspective, you know, when we, when we're unconscious, or when we're in that state of fear, we don't feel safe, right? Then our body goes into survival mode, right? The fight or flight. And so, our resources are not available for healing. creativity and reproduction because they're in survival mode, you know, blood gets drained from the, the thinking brain goes, the blood gets drained from the digestion reproduction. And so, but when you feel safe, which is what conscious work is, so here's on the material level, you free up resources for healing, creativity, reproduction. And we know this, that the unsafe hormones of cortisol. and adrenaline and epinephrine, all those things affect inflammation, the body, the effect, your immune system, your hormonal system, your gut microbiome. And when you feel safe, you're releasing the

In this episode, Chris and Dave learn about the Sankara Stones from "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!"

In this episode, Chris and Dave learn about the Sankara Stones from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!” The post Indiana Jones in Character – Sankara Stones first appeared on NEOZAZ.

One of Bhagavan Ramana's Maharshi's favourite traditional spiritual works was the Ribhu Gita. He often referred to the Ribhu Gita in his talks with devotees and seekers, and is reported to have said that if one repeatedly read Chapter 26 of the Ribhu Gita one could pass spontaneously into Samadhi, or the natural state of Self- Realization. Ribhu Gita means "The song of sage Ribhu", who received the knowledge from Parama Siva, the supreme lord. It forms the sixth canto called Sankara of the hundred thousand verse epic Sri Siva Rahasyam.

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Casi ningún dictador se ha resistido al atractivo de un buen coche. De alguna manera es una forma de exponer y expresar su poder. Vamos a hacer un repaso a los coches de unos cuantos dictadores muy conocidos y, como siempre en Garaje Hermético, habrá sorpresas y curiosidades. El Bonus Track… te va a sorprender. Antes un par de aclaraciones: No voy a hablar de colecciones privadas ni cosas así, sino de los coches que usaban en eventos públicos. Y como los coches son lo importante, en este listado primero van los coches y luego, el personaje. Aurus Senat. Kim Jong-Un. Esta limusina Aurus Senat de fabricación rusa fue regalo de Vladimir Putin, y el mismo utilizado una igual como coche presidencial. El líder norcoreano acude a todos los actos públicos con este modelo, ya que sus diseñadores aseguran que “podrás sentirte tan seguro en un vehículo militar blindado”. Chevrolet Bel Air 1957. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. En realidad, el coche de Trujillo no fue un Chevrolet, sino un Packard pintado de rojo llamado por los habitantes de la República Dominicana, “El carro de la muerte”. Trujillo era muy aficionado a los coches y tenía una buena colección, incluidos coches americanos y algún Ferrari. ¿Por qué hemos elegido este? Porque fue el coche en el que un confiado Trujillo sufrió un atentado desde una motocicleta, desde la que dispararon más de 60 balas… HongQi CA770. Mao Tse Tung. A pesar de que Stalin le regalo uno de los exclusivos SIZ soviéticos, Mao quiso que se le viese en un coche chino, el HongQi, en castellano “bandera roja” CA770. ¿Fabricado en China?, pues sí, pero era una copia, en realidad otra copia, del Chrysler Imperial con motor V8 de 215 CV. Lancia Astura “Presidenziale”. Benito Mussolini. El líder italiano conto con un Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Lungo Torpedo B y un Lancia Astura azul, diseñado por Sergio Pininfarina en exclusiva para el “Duce", que fue el más usado, aunque Mussolini prefería el Alfa. El Lancia contaba con un motor V8 de 3 litros de cilindrada y 82 CV a 4.000 revoluciones y el exclusivo interior estaba revestido de cuero azul. Como curiosidad, este coche ha estado en la colección privada de Bernie Ecclestone. Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman. Pol Pot. Nada impidió a este personaje disfrutar del lujo de un buen coche capitalista. Nada menos que una limusina Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman de 1973, un coche extraordinario y que fue la limusina preferida por muchos jefes de estado durante dos décadas. Solo se fabricaron 428 con motor V8 de 6.23 litros y 250 CV, su peso superaba las 2,5 toneladas y superaba los 200 km/h de velocidad máxima. Mercedes-Benz 770. Adolf Hitler. O como algunos lo llamaban, el Großer Mercedes (en alemán "Gran Mercedes"). Por supuesto hablamos del coche de Hitler, aunque tanto el español Francisco Franco como el italiano Benito Mussolini tuvieron uno por regalo del propio Hitler. El coche contaba con un motor de 8 cilindros en línea casi 8 litros y 150 CV. Con el blindaje el peso alcanzaba los 5.420 kilos totales y el consumo nada menos que 50 litros a los 100 km. Rolls-Royce Phantom IV. Francisco Franco. Se supone que el “Caudillo”, como él mismo se autoproclamó, era hombre bastante austero en su vida privada. Pese a ello y a que tampoco tenía carné de conducir, contó con un garaje espectacular con coches como un Cadillac Fleetwood, un Chrysler Imperial o el super exclusivo Mercedes 770 regalo de Hitler. Pero… su favorito fue siempre el Rolls Royce Phantom IV del que solo se fabricaron 18 unidades entre 1959 y 1956, estas fueron vendidas únicamente a miembros de la realeza y jefes de Estado. España adquirió tres unidades, que se conservan en el parque móvil de la Casa Real y son las mismas que ahora emplea el Rey Felipe VI en sus desplazamientos oficiales. Cuentan con matrículas militares: ET-42926-O, ET-42927-O y ET-42928-O. El motor es un 8 cilindros en línea de 5.675 cm3 y algo menos de 200 CV. Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII. Teodoro Obiang. Os hablo de la nación africana que fuese una colonia española, Guinea Ecuatorial, antes llamada Guinea Española. Ahora es un régimen dictatorial mandado desde 1982 por Teodoro Obiang, que cuenta como coche de estado con un impresionante Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII. ZIS 115. Lósif Stalin. Stalin, que había usado coches occidentales decidió hacer uno “Made in Rusia” pero a medida. Así que encargó a la SIZ rusa que se inspirase… por no decir que copiase un Packard Custom Super Eight. El coche fue entregado en 1949 y este 115 era un verdadero carro blindado, de 5 toneladas, capaz de soportar el impacto de cualquier tipo de proyectil y con motor de 8 cilindros, 6 litros y 162 CV. La velocidad máxima, debido al peso, apenas era de 120 km/h. Se construyeron varias unidades, porque Stalin era un paranoico respecto a su seguridad personal y nunca viajaba dos días seguidos en el mismo coche. ZIL 115. Fidel Castro. El revolucionario cubano tuvo diferentes coches: Un viejo Oldsmobile, incluso un Alfa Romeo, un Mercedes-Benz “Adenauer” que le encantó, motivo por el cual compró un Mercedes 560 SEL para desplazamientos particulares. Cuando Fidel se, digamos, “asoció” al régimen comunista de la extinta URSS, rápidamente cambió a un ZIL 115 soviético regalo del Kremlin. Castro llegó a tener tres ZIL115 completamente blindados, coche de 6 metros de largo y 2 de ancho, motor V-8 de 7.6 litros y que, debido a su blindaje, alcanzaban las 3.6 toneladas de peso. Bonus Track: Renault 5 GTL. Thomas Sankara. Rodrigo: “¿No te habrás equivocado?”. Pues no… y todo tiene explicación. Los habitantes de Burkina Faso, antes llamada Alto Volta, utilizan la palabra “Wabenzi” para referirse a los políticos corruptos que utilizan coches de la marca Mercedes-Benz… y es que “Wabenzi” significa literalmente “gente de Benz”, en referencia al coche. Sankara tomó el poder en 1983 en Burkina Faso y para demostrar que él no era un “Wabenzi” se deshizo de todos los Mercedes-Benz y convirtió a su modesto y abollado Renault 5 verde en el coche presidencial. El 15 de octubre de 1987 Sankara fue derrocado y más tarde asesinado. Conclusión. Ya la hemos dicho al comenzar: Los coches son para todos los gobernantes, y sobre todo para los dictadores, un verdadero escaparate… para bien y para mal. Os advierto que me he dejado unos cuantos en el tintero…

Dix ans après la sortie de son premier album, 19h07, il se pourrait bien que le natif des Abymes, en Guadeloupe, ait envie de ressortir de sa tanière… Pour finir de convaincre celui qui est aussi producteur, compositeur et ingénieur du son, on s'y est invité ! Si JP Manova est né en Guadeloupe, c'est dans l'hexagone qu'il a grandi et dans le 18è arrondissement de Paris qu'il a affiné sa plume et son flow.Dans les années 2000, à chaque fois qu'il a posé un couplet, JP Manova a laissé une trace. Que ce soit aux côtés d'Ekoué de la Rumeur, de Flynt ou de Rocé.Puis, disons qu'il a pris le temps de trouver « sa formule ». De choisir son heure. 19h07 c'est le titre de son premier effort livré, en 2015, à l'âge à 37 ans.L'écriture est fine sans être trop léchée, l'esprit est critique mais pas démago, les beats ciselés : si ce disque devait avoir un slogan, ce serait sans conteste « la mode passe, mais la qualité reste ».Dix ans et quelques apparitions plus tard, il se pourrait bien que celui qui est aussi producteur, compositeur et ingénieur du son ait envie de ressortir de sa tanière : le Purple Studio, à Cachan, dans le sud de Paris. Pour finir de le convaincre, on s'y est invité !Pour suivre JP ManovaYouTube / Instagram/ FacebookTitres diffusésSingles : "Le coin des Amen"(2024) ; "Stockholm" feat Fiks' Navio et Rocé (2023)Extraits de l'album 19h07 + Bonus Edition (Synth-Axe / Modulor – 2016) : "Pour la musique svp" ; "Une voix dans ma tête" ; "Intro (à la Dizzy)" : "Dans mes veines" feat Supa & RocéExtraits de l'album 19h07 (Synth-Axe / Modulor – 2015) : "La Spirale" feat Rocé ; "Longueur d'onde" ; "Pas de Bol" ; "Is Everything Right" ; "Sankara" ; "La Barbe de Morgan Freeman" ; "Skinhead aux Cheveux Longs" ; "Tous les 25 ans" ; "Capoeira Verbal "; "À Quel point (libre)"Extrait de la compilation Explicit DixHuit : La Réunion Des MC's Du XVIIIème Arrondissement (Mkm Prod – 2003) : "Aux disparus : outro"Extrait de la compilation Liaisons Dangereuses (Virgin - 1998) : "Janis" par MC Jean Gab'1 x JP Manova x Pitchou Et aussi :"Dans ma ruche" par Arsenik x JP Manova ; "1 pour la plume (version équipe)" par  Flynt x Ekoue x JP Mapaula x Mokless ; "Barbes" par FFF ; "Gangster Moderne" et "Bouge de là" par MC Solaar ; "Actuel" par Rocé x JP Manova ; "Rap sé on spò" par Tar JeeJournaliste : Hortense VolleRéalisation : Benjamin SarraliéMixage 3D en Dolby ATMOS pour une écoute immersive au casque : Jérémie BessetResponsable d'unité de production FMM – RFI Labo : Xavier Gibert  

Le Togo va-t-il rejoindre l'AES, l'Alliance des États du Sahel, formée par le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso ? « Ce n'est pas impossible », a déclaré jeudi dernier Robert Dussey, le ministre togolais des Affaires étrangères, à la chaîne de télévision VoxAfrica. Pourquoi le régime du président Faure Gnassingbé caresse-t-il ce projet ? Est-ce pour des raisons politiques ou économiques ? Théodore Holo a été ministre béninois des Affaires étrangères. Il a présidé aussi la Cour constitutionnelle du Bénin. Il livre son analyse au micro de Christophe Boisbouvier. RFI : Êtes-vous surpris par l'éventuelle adhésion du Togo à l'AES (l'Alliance des États du Sahel) ? Théodore Holo : Vous savez que, pour le moment, étant donné que le port de Cotonou est fermé au commerce avec le Niger, le port de Lomé sert de solution de rechange. Et de ce point de vue, il y a un intérêt économique et peut-être même politique pour le Togo d'intégrer l'AES, puisqu'au niveau de la Cédéao, il y a des convergences politiques mettant l'accent sur la démocratie, convergences acceptées par la plupart des pays anglophones et quelques pays francophones. Le Togo n'en faisant pas partie, je pense que la souveraineté qui se manifeste dans les pays de l'AES se fonde sur le refus en réalité de cette convergence politique. Ce qui veut dire qu'il y a un intérêt économique et aussi un intérêt politique que le Togo intègre l'AES. Mais on attend la décision du président Faure Gnassingbé, comme l'a rappelé le ministre togolais des Affaires étrangères.Oui, Robert Dussey est prudent, il dit qu'il faudrait que ce projet soit validé par le président et par le Parlement. Il affirme aussi que l'Alliance des États du Sahel, c'est une coalition souverainiste et qu'il est donc logique que le Togo y adhère puisqu'il partage la même idéologie…Je constate que beaucoup de ces États, tout en rejetant la présence militaire française, initient une coopération militaire avec d'autres pays tels que la Russie. La souveraineté, c'est de défendre ses intérêts. Et je pense qu'au niveau de la Cédéao, il y a cette défense des intérêts avec la création de l'Eco. C'étaient les pays francophones qui essayaient de bloquer le processus qui doit reprendre, je crois, en 2027. Donc c'est un prétexte en réalité de dire que l'AES, ce sont les États qui se veulent souverainistes. Il y a d'autres pays qui sont aussi souverainistes, mais qui sont toujours au niveau de la Cédéao.Ce que sous-entend le ministre togolais, c'est que la Cédéao est instrumentalisée par la France. C'est ce que disent en tout cas les trois pays actuels de l'AES et qu'avec la Cédéao, il n'y a pas de vraie souveraineté…Je ne pense pas que le Nigeria ou le Ghana peuvent être considérés comme des laquais de la France. Être souverain, c'est prendre les décisions qui s'imposent en tenant compte des intérêts de son pays et non pas des intérêts de la classe gouvernante de mon point de vue. Je crois que quelqu'un comme Sankara était très souverainiste, mais n'a jamais décidé de quitter la Cédéao, ni l'Union africaine.Donc pour vous, la Cédéao n'est pas instrumentalisée par une puissance étrangère comme la France ? Je ne pense pas que la France, à elle seule, puisse imposer son point de vue. C'est peut-être un argument très facile pour justifier certaines positions. En tout cas, quand j'étais ministre des Affaires étrangères du Bénin dans les années 1990 et que nous discutions des questions de la Cédéao, je n'ai jamais eu l'impression que la France s'immisçait dans les activités que nous menions. Il y avait un leadership du Nigeria à l'époque, c'est vrai, mais il n'y avait pas une immixtion de mon point de vue de la France. Je ne pense pas que la situation ait évolué entre temps. Je voudrais rappeler que la limitation des mandats est un élément de convergence, au niveau de la Cédéao, qui fait blocage parce qu'il y a des pays comme le Togo qui s'étaient opposés à cette limitation des mandats. Alors quand on vient me dire que la Cédéao est instrumentalisée par la France, je trouve que c'est un argument très facile quand on ne veut pas accepter certaines exigences du point de vue de la démocratie ou du point de vue de l'alternance, du point de vue de la limitation des mandats. Et c'est sur la base de ce refus que des pays comme le Mali, comme le Burkina Faso se sont retirés aujourd'hui de la communauté.Voulez-vous dire qu'il y a une convergence entre les trois pays de l'AES et le Togo d'un point de vue idéologique ?C'est une évidence de mon point de vue, en tenant compte de ce que, aujourd'hui, dans ces pays, nous sommes dans des régimes où l'alternance n'est pas encore une évidence. Donc il y a cet élément de convergence idéologique qui peut expliquer cette proximité. Il y a aussi les intérêts économiques parce que le Togo, aussi, en tant qu'État souverain, défend ses intérêts.Sur le plan économique justement, depuis que la frontière Niger-Bénin est fermée, les marchandises à destination et en provenance du Niger ne passent plus par le port de Cotonou, mais par celui de Lomé. Avec une adhésion du Togo à l'AES, est-ce que cette route commerciale ne serait pas encore plus renforcée et validée ? Pour aller du Togo au Niger, il faut traverser non seulement le Togo, mais il faut aussi traverser le Burkina Faso. Vous savez qu'il y a des difficultés militaires en raison de l'insécurité qui y règne, ce qui fait que les commerçants se sentent un peu pénalisés. Et il y a des protestations à raison du renchérissement du coût des produits qui sont importés. Ce qui veut dire qu'il va falloir garantir la sécurité de ce corridor. Cela prendra du temps, mais si la volonté politique y est, ils y arriveront.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back Pawel Wargan (whom you'll remember from our episode  Disarming Empire + the Elections in Pakistan) as a guest host to help us interview Michael Galant about a new publication from the Progressive International, a series of essays commemorating the New International Economic Order at its 50th anniversary, and updating it for today.  These essays are available in English here, and in Spanish here.  These essays include historical entries from people like Allende, Nyerere, and Sankara, as well as new essays from comrades including Max Ajl, Cheng Enfu, and Miguel Díaz-Canel.  You will certainly find some essays of great value to you in this collection, so be sure to check it out!   Michael Galant is a member of the Secretariat at the Progressive International and is a member of their coordinating team for the New International Economic Order.  You can follow Michael and keep up with his work by following him on twitter @michael_galant.   Pawel Wargan is an activist, researcher, organizer, and coordinator of the Secretariat of the Progressive International, and has been published in many places. You can follow Pawel on twitter to keep up with his latest work @pawelwargan Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

This episode delves deeper into the human wonder that was Thomas Sankara in part two of our podcast on Burkina Faso. Sankara was a visionary, a dedicated Burkinabe and someone who genuinely wanted to make the world a better place. Even when in following the letter of the law, some people who failed in a coup against him were executed, he was dismayed. He did not want them to be executed. Yet he accepted the rule of law.In the next episode of our trip through the history of Burkina Faso, we will venture into a story that looks at the demise of Thomas Sankara and the dictatorial rule of a friend and ally who turned his back.It is interesting to note as an aside that none of the information referred to in our podcast is secret, designated confidential or indeed hard to find, yet the horrific violation of sovereignty by western nations is remarkably underplayed by mainstream media. There is a dissociative characteristic that does not allow us truly to fathom the actions conducted by western authorities on other nations. We ignore the severity and illegality of them because they were done by our ‘side.' Yet when any similar activity occurs from another state there is absolute outrageLet us look at two examples. France, a former colonial power and current neo-colonial power, creates a backstory of corruption and treachery against a leader in an African country and with the help of allies like the UK seeks to introduce a regime change to bring about a more amicable trading partner. The media is relatively silent on the whole thing. Russia sends two spies to the UK to murder a person they have labelled a national security risk, and the UK media goes crazy, and it is thereafter always referred back to.In my opinion both of these actions are wrong. The difference I refer to is the prejudicial role the media plays in its reporting. I would invite people to reconsider many of the truths they believe they know, especially if they were taught such things at school. If we are to allow our opinions to dictate our actions, then we are responsible for making sure our opinions are based on facts. That also means do not automatically accept whatever you hear on a podcast. What we talk about, if they are topics that interest you, should inspire you to do a bit of fact checking yourselves. The world today is highly volatile, and understanding why this is the case, and how to diffuse the situation is fundamental if we wish to try to pass on a habitable world to the next generation. I am as usual joined by Esheru, who I shall dub “Esheru the informed” because of his amazing depth of knowledge in all topics concerning colonialism and global injustice. Esheru is an activist and a friend, and I thank him dearly for his time.TwoandaMic clocking out!Enjoy

Qui a commandité l'assassinat de Thomas Sankara en 1987 ? Qui a donné l'ordre de bombarder le camp militaire français de Bouaké en 2004 ? Quel rôle éventuel a joué Pascaline Bongo dans le putsch qui a renversé son frère il y a un an au Gabon ? Avec l'aide du journaliste Frédéric Lejeal, Robert Bourgi publie ses mémoires sous le titre Ils savent que je sais tout, ma vie en Françafrique, aux éditos Max Milo. Au micro de RFI, Robert Bourgi témoigne d'abord sur l'attitude qu'a eu Jacques Foccart, le conseiller Afrique des dirigeants français, dans les mois qui ont précédé l'attentat contre le capitaine Sankara, mais également sur les transferts de fonds gabonais envers Jacques Chirac dont Robert Bourgi était responsable. RFI : Robert Bourgi, dans votre livre, vous racontez votre longue amitié avec Laurent Gbagbo, ancien président de Côte d'Ivoire. En novembre 2004, deux avions ivoiriens bombardent une caserne française à Bouaké, 9 soldats français sont tués, puis les 2 pilotes biélorusses essaient d'évacuer par le Togo, où ils sont interceptés. Pourquoi le président français Jacques Chirac a-t-il refusé que le chef de l'État togolais Gnassingbé Eyadema lui livre ces 2 pilotes pour la justice française ?Robert Bourgi : Vraiment, j'ignore tout de cet épisode. Mais, je me suis retrouvé avec Laurent un soir au moment de ce tragique événement. Et Dominique de Villepin [qui a été successivement ministre des Affaires étrangères, ministre de l'Intérieur et Premier ministre, sous Jacques Chirac, NDLR] m'avait dit : « Essayez de savoir s'il y a du Laurent Gbagbo dans cette affaire. » Et je lui dis : « Laurent, vraiment, es-tu mêlé de près ou de loin ? ». Il dit : « Je t'assure Robert, dis à Dominique, de ma part, que je ne suis en rien mêlé à cette affaire. » Laissant entendre à un moment donné de la conversation : « Mais, il n'est pas impossible que l'entourage de Simone [qui était alors l'épouse de Laurent Gbagbo et Première dame du pays, NDLR] soit mêlé ». Cette phrase, il me l'a prononcée.Sous-entendu les extrémistes de son camp ?Il a dit ça. Je ne sais pas à qui il faisait allusion. Est-ce que c'est l'officier Séka Séka, comme on l'appelait ? Je ne sais pas.Alors pour vous, à cette époque, entre la France et la Côte d'Ivoire, c'est très compliqué, parce que vous êtes amis à la fois avec Laurent Gbagbo et Blaise Compaoré, le président burkinabè qui soutient la rébellion pro-Alassane Ouattara, devenu président de Côte d'Ivoire depuis. Blaise Compaoré, vous l'avez rencontré dès 1986, du vivant de Thomas Sankara (président de 1983 à 1987). Pourquoi, à votre avis, a-t- il décidé d'éliminer son compagnon d'armes en 1987 ?Je ne sais pas quels sont les sentiments qui ont animé Blaise, je les ignore. Mais ce que je puis vous dire, c'est Monsieur Foccart, tout puissant conseiller Afrique de Monsieur Chirac, m'avait dit, car il me savait proche de Thomas : « Faites savoir à Thomas d'être très prudent. » Je dis : « Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire, doyen ? Il me dit : « Il est en danger et ça peut venir du plus près. » À ce moment-là, il y a eu un deuil dans ma famille. Et Thomas, l'ayant appris, m'appelle et il me présente ses condoléances. Je lui dis : « Thomas, ça tombe bien, le vieux m'a dit qu'il fallait que tu sois très prudent. Le coup peut venir du plus proche de toi. ». Il me dit : « Remercie le vieux de ma part. » C'était un nom de code pour Foccart. « Je vais être prudent. » Il est arrivé ce que vous savez [assassinat le 15 octobre 1987 à Ouagadougou, NDLR].Quel rôle a joué Félix Houphouët-Boigny, premier président de l'histoire de la Côte d'Ivoire, dans cette affaire ?Je pense qu'il a été très actif par la grâce, si je puis dire, de Chantal.L'épouse de Blaise Compaoré, qui était ivoirienne ?Exactement : elle était la fille d'un administrateur des colonies qui était très proche du président Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Et ce que n'a pas supporté Houphouët-Boigny, c'est que lorsque Thomas allait le voir, il avait toujours le pétard [un pistolet, NDLR] et il avait refusé de venir en tenue civile. Le courant ne passait pas entre eux.Donc, vous pensez que la Côte d'Ivoire est dans le complot ?J'en suis même certain.Autre pays que vous connaissez bien, c'est le Gabon. Dans votre livre, vous dites que le vrai dauphin qui était en capacité en 2009 de succéder à Omar Bongo, chef de l'État de 1967 à sa mort, ce n'était pas son fils Ali mais sa fille Pascaline. Est-ce que vous pensez que celle-ci a approuvé l'année dernière l'élimination politique de son frère Ali Bongo ?Je n'ai plus de contacts avec Pascaline depuis des années. Donc, je ne peux pas donner une réponse à cela. Mais je puis vous dire, connaissant Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, l'actuel président du Gabon –je connais Brice depuis 25 ans – que c'est un homme d'autorité, un homme de caractère. Je ne pense pas que quelqu'un ait pu lui susurrer à l'oreille qu'il fallait faire un coup d'État.Depuis son arrivée au pouvoir, vous avez revu Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema. Est-ce que vous lui avez prodigué des conseils ?Nous avons passé, lui et moi, un peu plus de deux heures ensemble à Dakar. Il m'a dit : « Comment vois-tu les choses, grand frère ? » Je lui ai dit : « Écoute, fais souffler un air de démocratie dans ton pays comme tu le fais, et essaie de te dégager du reproche qu'on pourrait te faire, que c'est la famille Bongo qui continue. » Et je crois que c'est ce qu'il est en train de faire. Et il ne m'étonnerait pas qu'il soit candidat à la présidentielle si y en a une.L'année prochaine ?L'année prochaine, ou peut-être même avant.Michel Barnier, le nouveau Premier ministre français, vous l'avez évidemment connu quand il était le ministre des Affaires étrangères de Jacques Chirac, il y a 20 ans. Quel souvenir vous en avez gardé ?C'est un homme qui a de l'autorité, qui a un certain charisme et c'est un têtu.Dans le bon sens du terme ?Absolument, et j'espère qu'il aura son mot à dire, pour ce qui concerne la politique africaine de la France. Parce que la France a besoin d'un homme qui porte haut sa voix, dans les relations avec l'Afrique. Et surtout ne pas faire preuve d'arrogance.C'est une critique en creux du président français ?Non, pas du tout. Je fais remonter les reproches que font les Africains à notre pays.À lire aussiJacques Foccart, l'homme de l'ombre, à la lumière de ses archives   

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Chandogya Upanisad tells that what we meditate on we become / Sarva khalvidam brahma - what does it mean, that everything is brahman? / Bhagavad-gita 14.27 - Krishna is the basis of brahman / Bhagavad-gita 10.12 - Krishna is the Supreme Brahman /  all creation is made possible by brahman's potential power / Brahman manifests as Krishna's multifarious energies: parasya saktir vividaiva sruyate (Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.8) / 4 ways that Sankara's Snake-rope metaphor fails - superimposition is impossible without – Similarities in attributes, Independent reality to both things, Prior experience of what is being superimposed, an outside entity coordinating the common superimpositions / the advaitin bliss is merely the neutral stage of relief from suffering / the opposite of being One Million Dollars in debt is not being free of debt, it's owning one million dollars / Don't throw Sweet Baby Krishna out with the bathwater *************************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 CONNECT ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wisdom_of_the_sages

Our guest this week is Moise Nkundabarashi, President of the Rwandan Bar Association. He joins us to discuss his own journey, the  challenges the Rwandan legal system faces and his experience representing reformed terrorist Callixte 'Sankara' Nsabimana in court. YouTube/ @thelongformrwandaListen to the Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya podcast on Apple PodcastsListen to the Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya podcast on SpotifyFollow Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya on Twitter: @TheLongformrwFollow Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya on Instagram: @thelongformrwFollow Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya on TikTok: @sannyntayombyaFollow Sanny Ntayombya on Twitter: @SannyNtayombyaAbout Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya:The Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya is a weekly podcast intent on keeping you up to date with current affairs in Rwanda. The topics discussed range from politics, business, sports to entertainment.If you want to share your thoughts on the topics I discuss use the hashtag #LongFormRw on Twitter and follow us on Twitter and Instagram on our handle @TheLongFormRwBe a part of the conversation.

durée : 00:52:16 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle, Franck COGNARD - Aujourd'hui dans Affaires sensibles : l'assassinat de Thomas Sankara, une exécution - réalisé par : Helene Bizieau

Dans une fulgurante ascension, Thomas Sankara, président charismatique du Burkina Faso, incarne un espoir révolutionnaire pour toute l'Afrique. Renommant son pays en "Burkina Faso", terre des Hommes Intègres, il lance des réformes audacieuses : redistribution des richesses, émancipation des femmes, et mobilisation des jeunes et des paysans. Son style de vie modeste et son refus des privilèges présidentiels le rendent populaire, mais attirent la méfiance des cercles de pouvoir, notamment en France et parmi les dirigeants africains. En 1987, un coup d'État orchestré par son proche Blaise Compaoré met brutalement fin à sa vision. Assassiné lors de cette tragique journée d'octobre à Ouagadougou, Sankara devient un martyr dont l'intégrité et les idéaux continuent d'inspirer les esprits progressistes à travers le monde. Son héritage de lutte pour l'autosuffisance alimentaire, l'égalité des genres, et la dignité africaine demeure une référence inébranlable pour les générations futures. Merci pour votre écoute Retrouvez l'ensemble des épisodes de l'Heure H sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/22750 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Als Blandine Sankara vor zehn Jahren zwei Hektar Land kaufte, waren sie eine Art Wüste. Jetzt wachsen Mangobäume, Papaya-Stauden, Karotten und Spinat. Für Sankara ist ihr Garten auch ein politisches Projekt: Sie will zeigen, dass Burkina Faso sich selbst ernähren könnte. Von Bettina Rühl www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Das Feature

The younger brother of Burkina Faso's late head of state, Thomas Sankara, says the country is not ready for elections in the current environment. Paul Sankara's comment comes after Burkina Faso's current military ruler Captain Ibrahim Traore announced on Saturday that the military will stay in power for five more years following consultations with civil society and transitional lawmakers. Paul Sankara denies his position is favoring security over democracy. He tells VOA's James Butty, that while the country has made some progress, it is not enough to hold elections at this time.

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Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indie goes in search of the magical Sankara stone, and uncovers an ancient evil which threatens all who come into contact with it.   Ladies and gentlemen.... we're back!   We're so happy to be recording again and what better way to start back than with an age-old favorite?  We're doing our "Anthropology" genre with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!!  Join in as the guys discuss their memories with this movie, the fun that this film puts out with their special FX, characters, and a lingering fear that someone will rip out our hearts and sacrifice us.   It's good to be back!    We are the Reel Feels Podcast, every other Wednesday we'll bring you a new movie with all the feels you can handle.  We'll laugh, we'll cry and possibly restrain the frustrations to curse the heavens. But what you can count on is three guys sharing their love of cinema with you.   Please leave us a review and share your "reel" feelings.  Don't forget to call the "Tucc" line (Reel Feels Hotline) and leave us a voicemail: 661-376-0030 ----more---- Want some Reel Feels Podcast merch? Check out our TeePublic store:  https://www.teepublic.com/user/dman971    Check out what host Drew is watching: https://letterboxd.com/DrHomieH/    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ReelFeelsPodcast Email:  reelfeelspodcast@gmail.com  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReelFeelsPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ReelFeelsPodcast/

Adi Sankara's stotrams for the common man by Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal, in Tamil

Tamil - Adi Sankara's Miracles - A discourse by Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal

Happy 4th birthday It's a Continent! We're throwing it back to our second ever episode. Thomas Sankara was the president of Burkina Faso from 1983-1987. He remains an inspiration to young Africans and those committed to a pan-Africanist future. His progressive policies, when it came to women's rights, sustainability, education, and healthcare, were innovative and ahead of his time. We'll discuss Sankara's legacy and what could've been if he was able to fully galvanise Burkina Faso and perhaps the African continent. This episode was first broadcast on March 24th 2020. Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. It's a Continent (published by Coronet) is available to purchase: itsacontinent.com/book   We're on Buy me a Coffee too: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent Visit our website: itsacontinent.com Artwork by Margo Designs: https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com Music provided by Free Vibes: https://goo.gl/NkGhTg Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vladimir Poutine, Emmanuel Macron et l'Afrique… C'est le thème du livre Poutine contre la France, que vient de publier Patrick Forestier, reporter de guerre, aux éditions du Cherche Midi. La Russie a-t-elle joué un rôle dans la rupture de dimanche dernier entre trois pays du Sahel et la Cédéao ? La Russie va-t-elle évincer les militaires français du Tchad ? Quelle est la responsabilité des hommes politiques français dans le fiasco de la France au Sahel ? Patrick Forestier répond aux questions de Christophe Boisbouvier.   RFI : En 2016, François Hollande et Jean-Yves Le Drian décident de retirer la force Sangaris de Centrafrique, est-ce que c'est la faute originelle ? Patrick Forestier : Oui, les Français étaient venus, avaient calmé les choses sans rien résoudre – c'est un pays qui est livré à lui-même –, mais après être partis, assez rapidement, on a laissé la place aux Russes. On a même favorisé, au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, l'arrivée des Russes. Et très vite, très rapidement, c'est Wagner et ses mercenaires qui sont arrivés, avec la désinformation, avec une campagne sans précédent qui a surpris les responsables français : les Français étaient vus d'un coup comme le diable, il n'y a pas d'autre mot.Pour justifier son retrait de Sangaris de Centrafrique, François Hollande dit aujourd'hui : « On n'avait pas les moyens d'être partout ».Alors il ne fallait pas y aller s'il n'y avait pas les moyens. Ça a été pire que tout d'y aller, de susciter des espoirs et de partir. Il est évident que, même lorsqu'il y est allé, lorsque la France a déployé des hommes là-bas, sur un bon constat – il y avait des massacres, il fallait quand même intervenir –, on est partis parce qu'on ne pouvait pas, là [François] Hollande a raison, rester davantage, parce que le front du Mali s'était dégradé énormément avec Barkhane et il y a eu les attentats en France, des interventions au Levant, donc on ne pouvait pas être partout. Le président Hollande a fait le diagnostic de sa propre initiative.Alors au Sahel, Patrick Forestier, vous décrivez le fiasco de la France. Dimanche dernier, le Mali, le Burkina et le Niger ont annoncé conjointement leur départ de la Cédéao, et derrière cette décision, certains y voient la main de la Russie. Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez ?Je pense que c'est vrai. Il y a un processus entre eux qui est réel, les trois nouveaux pouvoirs voulaient une union, c'est clair, mais au regard de leur nombre de voyages à Moscou, des émissaires russes qui viennent dans ces pays, et surtout au Burkina, qui est vraiment devenu le chouchou de [Vladimir] Poutine…Vous pensez peut-être au discours du capitaine [Ibrahim] Traoré à Saint-Pétersbourg en juillet dernier ? Oui, par exemple. On se souvient de ce discours à la Sankara qu'il a prononcé, à deux doigts d'insulter ses camarades présidents voisins. Et donc [Vladimir] Poutine l'a mis juste à côté de lui pour les photos, il a vu qu'avec ce jeune officier, on pouvait aller plus loin, c'est ce qu'il s'est passé. Depuis l'été dernier, les Russes défilent à Ouagadougou – des officiers, des gens de la coopération russe –, ils vont même peut-être construire une centrale atomique civile pour l'électricité, c'est un vaste programme.La visite la semaine dernière du président Mahamat Idriss Déby à Moscou, est-ce le signe que le Tchad pourrait à son tour expulser les militaires français pour accueillir des militaires russes à Ndjamena ?Expulser, c'est peut-être prématuré, mais en tout cas, c'est un signe clair que le Tchad se tourne à son tour vers Moscou, on voit qu'il y a un tournant. Alors comment ça va se finir ? Évidemment, c'est prématuré, mais comme au Mali, on voit mal comment des coopérants ou des mercenaires russes de la nouvelle société de mercenariat qui a remplacé Wagner, qui s'appelle Africa Corps, pourraient cohabiter avec le détachement français à Ndjamena. Donc on voit qu'on s'achemine vers de grandes difficultés au Tchad.EN 10 ans, vous écrivez que la France a perdu au Sahel ce qu'elle avait construit en 100 ans, est-ce irréversible ?Non, à l'heure d'aujourd'hui, non, mais ce ne sera jamais plus comme avant, c'est clair, plus avec ces méthodes. Ça sera peut-être plus à la méthode allemande, c'est-à-dire du business, des relations très courtoises et pas de politique.Est-ce que François Hollande et Emmanuel Macron ont mal joué et auraient pu faire autrement ?Pour François Hollande, il y a eu Serval, pas grand monde remet vraiment en cause Serval. C'est après, à l'époque, Monsieur Le Drian et son cabinet en particulier, qui ont vu grand. Peut-être fallait-il être plus modeste une fois l'opération terminée.Le succès militaire de Serval les a-t-il poussés à un excès de confiance ? Peut-être. Je ne suis pas à leur place pour répondre, mais on a vu quand même qu'avec 4 500 hommes, on ne pouvait pas contrôler un territoire aussi grand que l'Europe, une distance de Brest à Moscou.Et est-ce qu'en recevant Vladimir Poutine au fort de Brégançon en août 2019, Emmanuel Macron n'a pas fait preuve de naïveté ? J'espère que non. Ça, c'était avant le plus fort de l'offensive russe contre la France en Afrique. Mais c'est vrai qu'il a essayé quelque chose qui n'a pas marché, comme il a essayé d'empêcher que les Russes entrent dans une invasion en Ukraine. Alors ça part d'un bon sentiment, là aussi, mais en politique internationale, c'est le rapport de force qui compte, il n'y a que ça. Et là, je crois que Poutine n'est même pas cynique, il pèse les choses au trébuchet et il voit bien que la force de la parole ne suffit pas dans ce rapport de force qui s'appuie sur les armes.

durée : 00:52:16 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle - Aujourd'hui dans Affaires sensibles : l'assassinat de Thomas Sankara, une exécution

Yes, simply "five". The number "5" has remarkable symbolism on both real estate investing the GRE way, and elsewhere in your life pathway. See how real estate actually performed when compared to other asset classes in the past year: stocks, gold, bitcoin, and bonds. Everyone knows that some commercial real estate is sagging, like office. Industrial is steady. Retail is actually booming. Recession predictions were so bad. In the past year, we had low unemployment, rising GDP, solid corporate profits, and inflation fell.  I explain what an inverted yield curve means and why it matters to you. Not only does “Real Estate Pay 5 Ways”, but the number “five” often has significance in both symbolism and numerology. Using a $40K down payment on a $200K property, I add up how “Real Estate Pays 5 Ways” and sum a lofty 46% total rate of return with today's real-life numbers.  We have available inventory of income property. If you're ready to buy, contact our Investment Coaches. It's free at www.GREmarketplace.com/Coach GRE Marketplace properties are less expensive because: there's no agent to compensate, selective investor-advantaged markets, and not dealing with owner-occupant emotions. Timestamps: Asset Class Performance (00:01:25) Comparison of various asset class performances in the past year, including stocks, global stock markets, bitcoin, treasury notes, gold, and residential real estate. Inverted Yield Curve Explanation (00:07:47) Explanation of an inverted yield curve, its significance as a predictor of economic downturn, and a simplified example to illustrate the concept. Five Ways Real Estate Pays (00:12:18) Discussion of the five ways real estate provides returns to investors: appreciation, cash flow, return on amortization, tax benefits, and inflation profiting, with a focus on the symbolic significance of the number five. Real Estate Returns Calculation (00:18:49) Illustration of a simplified method to calculate the total return on investment from a real estate property, covering appreciation, cash flow, return on amortization, tax benefits, and inflation profiting. Investment Opportunities (00:16:23) Promotion of investment opportunities with Ridge Lending Group and Freedom Family Investments, emphasizing the potential returns and benefits of investing with them. Upcoming Episodes and Conclusion (00:17:44) Teaser for upcoming episodes featuring investment coaches and discussions on property tax, and a conclusion expressing the significance of real estate returns and investment. Replacing Toilet Flappers and Spackle (00:23:56) Discussion on conservative estimates, tax benefits, and property management costs in real estate investment. Visual Explanation of Five Ways (00:25:09) Explanation of the five ways real estate pays returns and the simplicity of real estate math. Introduction to Get Rich Education (00:26:17) Overview of Get Rich Education's history, team, and independent voice in the market. Real Estate Market Inventory (00:28:40) Discussion on the slowing real estate market, available inventory at GRE marketplace, and the importance of free coaching. Ethical Use of Other People's Money (00:29:51) Explanation of the formula for starting or growing a portfolio of buy-and-hold properties, emphasizing the use of a small down payment. Benefits of Off-Market Properties (00:31:13) Explanation of competitive off-market property prices and the advantages of buying direct, investor advantage markets, and property management solutions. Safeguards in Property Purchase (00:33:57) Importance of property inspection, lender appraisal, and independent third-party property inspection in property purchase. Free Coaching and Financial Readiness (00:35:03) Emphasis on the free coaching at GRE marketplace, the absence of upselling to paid courses, and the importance of financial readiness before investing. Disclaimer and Host Information (00:36:05) Disclaimer regarding the content of the show and information about the host operating on behalf of Get Rich Education LLC. Resources mentioned: Show Notes: GetRichEducation.com/483 For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  Top Properties & Providers: GREmarketplace.com GRE Free Investment Coaching: GREmarketplace.com/Coach Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Keith's personal Instagram: @keithweinhold   Complete episode transcript:   Speaker 1 (00:00:00) - Welcome to GRE. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. I compare real estate to how other asset classes have performed. Give you a simple example to help you understand an inverted yield curve. Describe the significance of the five in your life. Then help find a match with the right income property for you today and Get Rich Education. If you like the Get Rich Education podcast, you're going to love art. Don't quit your day dream newsletter. No, I here I write every word of the letter myself. It wires your mind for wealth. It helps you make money in your sleep and updates you on vital real estate investing trends. It's free! Sign up and get rich education.com/letter. It's real content that makes a real difference in your life, spiced with a dash of humor rather than living below your means, learn how to grow your means right now. You can also easily get the letter by texting gray to 66866. Text gray to 66866.   Speaker 2 (00:01:09) - You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world.   Speaker 2 (00:01:16) - This is get rich education.   Speaker 1 (00:01:25) - Welcome to GRE. From Johannesburg, South Africa, to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and across 188 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Weinhold and you're listening to Get Rich Education. This is where your educational major is real estate investing. And your minors are in real estate economics and wealth mindset. That's what we do here. It all culminates with your doctorate in financial freedom. Before we talk about real estate, we recently had a year that just ended. And to know their real estate is the right place for you long term at times, especially after a year ends, we need to compare that to other asset classes. So what actually happened last year? Elsewhere in the investing world? Stocks, the S&P 500 was up 25%, even though for most of it invest in stocks, you're only paid one way, not five ways, but still 25%. That's a pretty healthy return on tech companies accounted for most of the gains, yes, what they call the Magnificent Seven that is putting the team on its back.   Speaker 1 (00:02:33) - Yeah, these are the seven tech mega caps Microsoft, Apple, alphabet, Nvidia, Tesla, meta and Amazon. They surged more than 75% last year, while the other 493 companies in the S&P 500 have gained just 12%. Yes, the Magnificent Seven now accounts for nearly 30% of the index's entire value. That's per the Wall Street Journal. And speaking of the S&P 500, it just added a prominent new member a few weeks ago, and that is Uber zooming outside, the United States, global stock markets had their best year since 2019. Bitcoin was up 157%. Yes, you heard that right. 157 as the crypto winter thawed out last year, the yield on the ten year Treasury note was up just eight basis points. That's virtually unchanged. Very little movement. And see, that's also why mortgage rates ended the year at the same level they started at, which is near 6.5%. That is because mortgage rates track that ten year note. Gold was up 11%. And here in residential real estate it was up 4%.   Speaker 1 (00:03:51) - That's on the median price of existing homes. But it's only through November, not the full calendar year. Yes, real estate is such a laggard with reporting statistics. So almost everywhere y'all look prices are up up, up. Yes. It's not just for those essentials on your last grocery store run where they're up okay. The value of your assets fortunately is up too. And really, one of the few places that pain was felt was in the commercial real estate market. I think you know that. But let me tell you how that pain is positioned to get even worse shortly here. All right. U.S. office vacancy rates hovered around 20% last year. Now, that's a rate that was actually worse than during the 2008 financial crisis. More companies told workers, hey, get back to your desk, okay? Calling workers back to the office at Salesforce, Amazon, Blackrock. But still, card swipe data in America showed that only about half as many people are making the trip into the office compared to pre-pandemic numbers.   Speaker 1 (00:05:03) - And you've got some companies like meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, they're getting creative and actually subleasing their office space to other tenants. But not all commercial real estate is struggling. The retail vacancy rate fell to just 4.8% last year. Retail is not dead, and that retail vacancy rate, that is actually the lowest in 18 years since the real estate firm CBRE started tracking it. And big box stores and malls, shockingly, are. So back. There's also a big real estate demand for warehouses, data centers and industrial space, thanks to the recent surge of AI and that pandemic induced e-commerce boom. But we probably haven't seen the worst of it yet because, okay, within the next four years, about two thirds of commercial real estate loans will likely be refinanced, with interest rates much higher than they were the first time around. The last thing that we have to recap for you that we learned from last year is all of those god awful, dreadfully wrong predictions. A recession. So many predictions were so wrong.   Speaker 1 (00:06:27) - Instead, we had historically low unemployment and solid corporate profits. Inflation fell. Now there is one prominent financial media platform, one of the nation's biggest. I won't mention their name, though you've surely heard of them. This agency gave zero room for any other outcome because they predicted a 100% chance of a recession last year. 100%. All right. They really look wrong. Although let's be mindful, technically, due to a statistical lag, we often don't know if we are in a recession until after the fact. But if you think that we were late last year, understand though, not absolutely everyone was a Debbie Downer, say back in late 2022, let's give some credit where it's due. Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, he was one of the few experts who kept the faith for a soft landing. He pointed out the recessions typically come out of the blue, and that there was a good chance the fed would get inflation under control without taking the economy. Now, one condition that a lot of people pointed to saying that a recession should be here by now, is that dreaded condition that you probably heard of? Maybe.   Speaker 1 (00:07:47) - Maybe not. But that is known as an inverted yield curve, which is deemed as a harbinger of bad things to come, usually recession. Okay, now that phenomenon inverted yield curve. That sounds intimidating. I think when you hear that. Okay. And what that means in inverted yield curve is that the interest rate on long term bonds is lower than the interest rate on short term bonds. And that that right there is what's often a bad sign for the economy. Now, if what I just said right there kind of makes you scratch your head and say to yourself, what was all that gobbledygook again? And why does it matter? Why don't I give you a simple example of an inverted yield curve? Then you can actually remember. What I'll do is make this personal to you. A bond is just a fancy name for a loan. Let's say that you need a loan for $10,000, and you've got this great friend, a lifelong and trusted friend, and he will let you borrow the money from him.   Speaker 1 (00:08:56) - Now, if you take out the loan and tell him that you'll pay him back as quickly as next week, which is our short term bond. In this example where your friend might not charge you any interest on the loan at all, then just say that he wanted you to pay him a small 1% interest rate. Okay, see, your rate is low because there's not that much risk for him since you'll pay him back next week. That's not too long for him to wait. But say that you want to take the same $10,000 loan from that friend, but you're going to pay him back for ten years. An entire decade? Well, for him to want to make you that loan, he's going to need to get compensated more with a higher interest rate for the heightened risk in that long payback period. Okay, what if you move or if you aren't even alive in ten years? All right. That entails more risk for him, the lender. So therefore your loan comes with a 10% interest rate that you've got to pay your friend.   Speaker 1 (00:09:57) - This is analogous to the long term bond. All right right there I've just explained the normal yield curve condition right there. That's normal. The longer someone lends money out for to you, the more that they must get compensated. And that should make sense to you that that is a normal world. One week was 1% interest, one decade was 10% interest that you'd have to pay. That's normal. However, in inverted yield, curve simply flips that normal world upside down. It inverts it. It's the opposite of the arrangement that I just described with your friend. So this is where the shorter duration that one makes a loan for the higher interest rate they're compensated with. See, that's a weird world. That's an inverted yield curve. Because if your friend thinks that the world is going to crash soon with a recession or a depression, or Earth gets hit with an asteroid soon, well, then he'd want high compensation, even on a short term, week long loan, because freakish things are happening. And that's an inverted yield curve.   Speaker 1 (00:11:10) - And that's why having one like we have recently signals something dire, like a recession coming to many. Now, at the top of the show, I talked about the returns of various asset. Over the past year. Of course, that is only in terms of capital appreciation. That's all that most investors think about simply, did it go up or did it go down? It's an important question, but around here we know that real estate is a special asset class because when it's bought, right, it can pay you five ways at the same time. When it comes to the numbers, that number five, that is symbolic of why we do what we do here at gray. So let me talk about really, the existential and symbolic virtues that resonate with you across your life and the meaning behind that special number five. And it's about more than our real estate pays. Five ways, which is any listener knows is appreciation, cash flow, return on amortization, tax benefits, and then fifthly, inflation profiting.   Speaker 1 (00:12:18) - And I'm holding up five fingers right now, as I say this, according to numerology, the number five symbolizes freedom, curiosity and change, a desire to have adventures and explore new possibilities. But it signifies more than just high energy and excitement. In numerology, the five negative traits can include talking too much and overconfidence. Okay, that's what numerology says. Five ways real estate pays is a freedom formula. So that's actually numerology appropriate, I suppose. Now we don't do astrology or tarot cards here. Nothing hokey, concrete evidence though I will venture to guess that at least in some other facet of your life, five resonates with you. You've got five senses. Each one of your limbs has five fingers or five toes. In Christianity, there are the five wounds of Jesus Christ. If you're Muslim, there are the five pillars of Islam. Muslims pray to Allah five times a day. In Judaism, the Torah contains five books. Aristotle said that the universe is made up of five classical elements water, air, earth, fire, and ether.   Speaker 1 (00:13:41) - A lot of more popular folklore celebrates the five like Indiana Jones sort, the Sankara stones. They were five magical rocks. In music. Modern musical notation uses a musical staff made of five horizontal lines. Sports. The Olympic Games have five interlocked rings. When you shake hands to close your next real estate deal, you're each using those five fingers. In law, five is what renders a verdict. Five is the number of justices on the Supreme Court of the United States necessary to render a majority decision. There's a show on Fox called the Five and near the top of our Don't Quit Your day dream letter. We've got the five. Five is defensible in your investment fortress, just like the Pentagon is a five sided building in D.C. known for defense. Real estate pays five ways. And hey, even that phrase is five words. And it's a concept that was first introduced to the world right here on the Gerry podcast in 2015. So we're done with the touchy feely stuff, but look around five. It has a lot of meaning in your life.   Speaker 1 (00:15:02) - And in fact, the next time someone asks you why you're invested in real estate, hold up five fingers and confidently tell them that real estate pays five ways. What better way to affirm this than to come back with a concrete example shortly on how this helps you navigate toward financial freedom in your life, in ever changing real estate markets, we're going to use today's real life numbers in summing up the five. I hope you enjoyed me whipping around the asset classes in explaining what an inverted yield curve really means to you. More next, I'm Keith Reinhold. You're listening to get Rich education. Role under the specific expert with income property, you need Ridge Lending Group and MLS for 256. In gray history, from beginners to veterans, they provided our listeners with more mortgages than anyone. It's where I get my own loans for single family rentals up to four Plex's. Start your pre-qualification and chat with President Charlie Ridge personally. They'll even customize a plan tailored to you for growing your portfolio. Start at Ridge Lending group.com Ridge lending group.com.   Speaker 1 (00:16:23) - You know, I'll just tell you, for the most passive part of my real estate investing, personally, I put my own dollars with Freedom Family Investments because their funds pay me a stream of regular cash flow in returns are better than a bank savings account up to 12%. Their minimums are as low as 25 K. You don't even need to be accredited for some of them. It's all backed by real estate. And I kind of love how the tax benefit of doing this can offset capital gains in your W-2 jobs income. They've always given me exactly their stated return paid on time. So it's steady income, no surprises while I'm sleeping or just doing the things I love. For a little insider tip, I've invested in their power fund to get going on that text family to 66866. Oh, and this isn't a solicitation. If you want to invest where I do, just go ahead and text family to six, six eight, six, six.   Speaker 3 (00:17:26) - This is Rich dad advisor Ken McElroy. Listen to get Rich education with Keith White.   Speaker 3 (00:17:32) - Hold and don't quit your day dream.   Speaker 1 (00:17:44) - Welcome back to get Rich education. I'm your host, Keith Wayne. Hold. You've been with me here every single week since 2014. A lot of you have anyway. You're listening to episode 483, and I'm deeply appreciative for you, the listener, coming up here on the show and in house chat with one of our investment coaches, Doug Casey, on the Silent Depression. And like I told you last week, soon, a return of Tom. We write when we discuss whether the US can just completely do away with and delete the property tax. Wouldn't that be amazing? Around here? We like to say that when we provide good housing to people, we can help abolish the term slumlord. But your real estate investing venture isn't solely altruistic. There are generous profits, too. And, you know, it's incredible to me how more real estate investors don't even understand the answer to basic questions like how do I get paid in? How much do I get paid, and where the sources of where that money comes from.   Speaker 1 (00:18:49) - And really, these are all huge reasons for why you and I are even investing in real estate at all. So I love doing this. Let's add up the five ways and come up with a total ROI. And it's always a little awe inspiring to do this, even with conservative numbers, to see how high your return gets. And let's use the year 2024 sort of numbers. And it's kind of funny in a sense. I dislike real estate elements where down the outside tenants might get difficult to manage on the inside, and you're certainly going to have some problems, including some weird problems along the way in your investor journey. So although in a sense I dislike real estate, rather I like what real estate does, for me, it's largely about those giant returns. So let me demystify real estate returns with a quick breakdown. And I think you know that the five ways are not for fix and flip property. This is just with buy and hold investing on a property that's ready to go, ready to be moved into turnkey.   Speaker 1 (00:20:03) - Here's a simplified method the concrete numbers. Right. Let's say that you make a 20% down payment. In this case that is a 40 K initial investment on a 200 K income property in just a year. Here's what can happen. The first way appreciation. You've got that initial property value of 200 K and appreciation rate of just 5%. Where your new property's value is now 210 K, you just experienced an equity gain of ten K divided by your 40 K initial investment. That is a 25% return to you just from the first of five ways you're paid. That is due to the magic of leverage, because you got the gain on both your down payment and the money that you got to borrow from the bank. The second way is with cash flow. Let's say your rental income is $1,600 a month, but things are running a little thinner on this property, and your expenses are $1,500 a month with the mortgage and all the operating expenses, that gives you leftover cash flow of only 100 bucks a month. That's 1200 bucks a year that's still divided by that same 40 K initial investment you made.   Speaker 1 (00:21:13) - All right. That is another 3% return to you. The third way you're paid is that ROA return on amortization. Also known as principal pay down. All right. Will you have a 160 K loan on this property? We'll use an 8% interest rate. So all you got to do is search for a loan amortization table, bring it up, and you'll see that you have a monthly principal reduction of about $110 a month. That is $1,320 a year that your tenant paid down, not you. So right here, your $1,320 equity gain is still divided by your same 40 K skin in the game down payment. That is yet another 3% gain. Then the fourth of five ways are your tax benefits. All right. Your property value is 200 K. That's how much your property is worth on the day that you bought it. And your building value might be about 70% of that. And the other is in the value of the land. So therefore you're building value. Or that improved portion of the property is worth about 140 K will annual depreciation is about 3.6% of that.   Speaker 1 (00:22:30) - That gives you a $5,000 tax depreciation benefit. If you're at the 25% tax rate, that's 1250 bucks a year divided by your same 40 K initial investment, that is another 3% return to you just piling on. And then the fifth and final way is your inflation profiting you profit from inflation as your debt gets debased by inflation. This is the least understood of the five ways you've got that 160 K loan amount at a 3% inflation rate. That gives you an annual debt debasement of $4,800, again divided by your same 40 K initial investment. This is another 12% return to you. All right. There we go. Now let's add up all of those ROI from the five ways real estate pays. You had 25% from appreciation plus 3% from cash flow, plus 3% from your ROA, plus 3% from your tax benefit, plus 12% from your inflation profiting that equals a 46% total ROI that you have from this property. I mean that right there. That is exactly why you're a real estate investor. That is exactly why I'm a real estate investor.   Speaker 1 (00:23:56) - What do you think it was for to replace toilet flappers and spackle? Drywall? Hey, this stuff's important, but I don't personally do it myself. That's the kind of stuff I dislike because I'm not good at it. Now, at a number of steps when I went through that, you'll notice that I was conservative or rounded down. I used an 8% mortgage rate and 3% inflation. Although there are numerous tax benefits, the only one I considered is tax depreciation. Your seller can often help pay your closing costs if you make a full price offer. So to keep it simple, I did not roll closing costs into that. See, all these numbers are realistic. While paying a property manager is accounted for. And as a reminder, that was only in year one. Your subsequent years returns. They are going to gradually diminish as equity accumulates in your property. And of course, that's an example. You are real life numbers. You're really going to be better than that or worse than that. And yes, we could get more precise numbers if we like, discuss numbers from 20 spreadsheets and really made your head hurt.   Speaker 1 (00:25:09) - But we're not going to do that. And you do enough years of this, and you're going to have hordes of people lurking in the viewers of your Instagram story about your latest month long vacation in the Maldives islands. Okay, now, if you need to see what I just explained visually and your newer to our platform and you haven't seen that yet, I also explain the five ways in a free mini video course so that you can really get a good look at all those numbers and where they come from. And you can get that at get Rich education. Com slash course. The cool thing about real estate math like I just did there is it simplicity. All we did there was addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It real estate. I've never had to do trigonometry, calculus or use exponents. Okay, it's not about complicated maths. All it is is knowing what numbers to use. And in fact, that's probably why I'd expected. My skills are pretty rusty in calculus and trigonometry right now. I don't need to use that stuff.   Speaker 1 (00:26:17) - You can do all this with a pen and a napkin at. Lunch. And that is a big part of the beauty of this. So here at gray, we brought the world in awareness to this for about nine years now, and shortly after show inception, we helped lead you to the actual property addresses that are conducive to this because you kept asking me, where can I actually find properties, where this works? And then more recently, we added free coaching to help get you started or to help you get your next income property. And by the way, if you've ever wondered, there are eight of us that are here on the team at gray, and we often recruit new team members. We do that through our newsletter subscribers like you, because you already understand abundantly minded concepts like financially free beats debt free. We are not owned by any parent company. So when you tell a friend about the show or you interact with our sponsors, you're really supporting an independent voice here. And that's not to disparage the big corporate in any way.   Speaker 1 (00:27:26) - That's just simply not who we are. It was recently reported that Warner Brothers and Paramount are in early merger discussions. Well, gray won't be facing scrutiny from antitrust regulators anytime soon. And our sponsors, like you hear on our ads here during the show, they are ones that I use myself. We don't produce AI generated material here either. This is organic, original content, and a number of people on our team here have been with us for a while. Our investment coach Andrea since 2020, nourish since 2021, and our podcast Sound Engineer and has helped produce this show that you're listening to right now, every single week since episode three, in 2014, almost since inception, nine plus years now, Gray Marketplace is where you'll find the income properties for almost two years now. To make it even easier for you, you can even find and select from our two investment coaches on that page in order to help you out. And since our coaching is truly free, please respect their time. They're not there just to chat.   Speaker 1 (00:28:40) - It is for action takers now. Seven weeks ago, we did an episode here on how the real estate market is slowing it down. And of course, when we're talking about slowing down, the slow real estate market is in terms of the number of sales or the sales volume, not as many homes are transacting as usual. For one thing, there's always a lag around the holidays, but there's also an overall lack of American housing inventory, as you probably know well, I am happy to tell you that we do have inventory at GRE marketplace and a good selection. Everything from an older, renovated Ohio single family income property for a sales price of, say, 110 K to Alabama and new build single families for 300 K to Florida. New build duplexes for 500 to 600 K to four plex's for upwards of $1 million. If you want to benefit from everything that we discuss here on the channel, the actionable way for you to do that is with our free coaching. Yes, I'm talking about you. Make yourself that long term.   Speaker 1 (00:29:51) - Five ways profiteer. By not focusing on getting your money to work for you. That is a fixed mindset paradigm shift to ethically getting other people's money to work for you. Like we discuss here. That is, you simply put a small down payment on an income producing property. I mean, that's most of the formula right there. That's it. We're talking about how you can start or grow your own portfolio of buy and hold property, not fixing flips. It's often entry level property which is what makes a good long term rental property that's either already renovated or it is brand new. Oftentimes it's single family homes. Up to four plex is sometimes some apartment buildings. They're now a great marketplace. You can either shop off market property yourself, or have the free help of one of our great investment coaches. And your coach learns your goals, guides you, and makes it easy for you. They help you shop. The great marketplace properties, tell you where the real deals are nationally, and sometimes they tell you how to get improbably low mortgage rates when new home builders make those available, and your coach if you don't have one already, they give you the insights, the news on the latest good deals.   Speaker 1 (00:31:13) - For about a year now, a lot of new home builders have got to keep building and they have to keep moving properties to stay in business. So that's why amidst. Higher mortgage rates. You can get an interest rate for income property in the fives now because the builder buys it down for you and or even get a year's worth of free property management. Yeah, builders are often able to buy down your mortgage rate for you, because what they do is that they buy big chunks of money from lenders in bulk, where instead, if a lender does it directly with you, they have more documentation that they have to do with each individual investor for their smaller loan sizes. That's how builders are buying down your rate. They buy money in bulk from lenders. Now you'll see that grey marketplace properties are often less expensive than you'll find elsewhere. For properties that are turnkey and ready to be tenant occupied. Like this. Now, how are these off market property prices so competitive? Really? Where's the advantage come from here? Well, first of all, there is no real estate agent that the seller has to compensate with a traditional 5 or 6% commission.   Speaker 1 (00:32:30) - Instead you get to buy direct. Secondly, investor advantage markets just intrinsically have lower prices than the national median. They tend to be in the Midwest, southeast and Inland Northeast, and they come with a property management solution. And thirdly, the providers in our network, they're not mom and pop flippers that provide investors like you with just 1 or 2 homes a year. Instead, these are builders and renovation companies in business to do this at scale. So they get to buy their materials in bulk, keeping the price down for you. And really a fourth reason that you tend to find good deals at Gray Market Place is that you aren't buying properties from owner occupants where their emotions get involved, and they sometimes expect irrationally high prices for some offbeat reason because the living room is where they open their Christmas stockings every year for a decade or something like that. Now, just like buying your own home to live in, these income properties come with a lot of the same safeguards when you buy. We suggest that once your coach helps you make an offer and you're under contract for a property, that you have an independent third party property inspection done, and then the seller typically fixes any inspection findings for you at their expense, the seller's expense, before you close the deal.   Speaker 1 (00:33:57) - And we're talking about anything from a window that doesn't close properly to a faucet that drips. You want to have those conditions cured and taken care of before you buy. Now, as a buyer, it's not legally required that you do an inspection, but I recommend it even if it slows down your purchase process a little. Inspection is like cheap insurance for you. Don't rush that part as a condition of your mortgage lender giving you the loan, there will be an independent lender appraisal of the property's value before you buy. That part is mandatory. And this appraisal? It's another safeguard to keep you from overpaying. If you don't have an investment coach yet, it is truly free. They're there to help you out. Read a few sentences about each coach and pick the coach that you think resonates with you. Or just pick the one that you think has the best smile over there on that page. Uh, they are really well qualified. They have their MBAs, but more importantly, the coaches are relatable because they're active real estate investors themselves, just like I am.   Speaker 1 (00:35:03) - Coaching is truly something that's free. We don't try to upsell you to some paid course or some fee based coaching program later. There's nothing like that. So just create one login one time and connect with them at Gray marketplace.com. And it's really helpful if you're financially ready. First check with your mortgage loan company and get pre-approved unless you're paying all cash. Really? Today, with inflation about as little as you'd want to spend on a rental property, they won't give you an inordinate amount of problems. Is your 20% down payment on a 100 to 150 K property? Well, you should find this most helpful. You can get started with investor advantaged off market deals and investment coaches at Gray marketplace.com I'm Keith Reinhold. I'll chat with you next week. Don't quit your day dream.   Speaker 4 (00:36:05) - Nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss.   Speaker 4 (00:36:20) - The host is operating on behalf of get Rich education LLC exclusively.   Speaker 1 (00:36:33) - The preceding program was brought to you by your home for wealth building. Get rich education.com.

Notre Invitée Afrique de ce dimanche 31 décembre 2023 nous emmène au Burkina Faso. Humoriste, actrice, conteuse, Roukiata Ouédraogo est également romancière et publie, dans quelques semaines, son second roman, Un espoir rêvé. Une boule d'énergie, un sourire ravageur et une identité bien tranchée, notamment sur les questions de migrations. C'est avec elle que nous terminons cette année 2023. RFI : Dans notre monde violent, marqué par des conflits un petit peu partout, qu'est-ce qui, en ce moment, vous fait du bien et pourrait justement apporter un peu de bonheur à nos auditeurs ? Roukiata Ouédraogo : Quand je regarde mon fils, cette innocence, cette joie de vivre, ça me redonne le moral. Mon fils est assez particulier, il a trois ans et demi mais il a parfois des expressions qui nous scient mon mari et moi. Le matin, par exemple, quand il se lève, souvent il nous dit : « Maman, papa, je suis content de vous voir. » Tu te dis : voilà, je vis, j'ai le droit de vivre et j'ai le droit d'espérer pour ce petit, un vrai bonheur. Moi, ça me donne envie de me battre encore et d'espérer surtout.Vous publiez Un espoir rêvé, votre second roman, dans quelques semaines, qu'est-ce que vous racontez dans cet ouvrage ?Un espoir rêvé, c'est l'histoire de deux adolescents, Ella et Lamine, qui se rencontrent dans un camp de déplacés au Burkina. Et Lamine, certain que son avenir est ailleurs, propose à Ella de partir avec lui, mais Ella ne peut pas se résoudre à quitter sa famille Mossi. Ce livre, j'y ai mis vraiment tout mon cœur, j'y ai mis mes tripes et beaucoup d'espoir aussi. C'est un cri du cœur, c'est un hommage, une ode à toutes ces personnes qui quittent leur pays, qui fuient la guerre, la dictature et toute forme de violence pour un avenir meilleur. Et ça fait écho aujourd'hui, parce qu'en fait, la loi sur l'immigration est tombée il n'y a pas si longtemps que cela, mais il me semble qu'elle ne répond ni aux besoins démocratiques de la France, ni à ses besoins de main d'œuvre, ni à son besoin d'activité intellectuelle et culturelle. C'est une loi qui muselle en fait les gens. Moi, je pense qu'on se tire une balle dans le pied. Voilà.  Vous avez publié récemment cette phrase : « On est tous habités par la peur. La peur de l'autre, la peur de faire le premier pas, la peur de donner, la peur de recevoir aussi et par peur de se regarder en face, on finit tous par indexer l'autre » …Effectivement, c'est l'autre qui devient le bouc émissaire, c'est l'autre qui devient la chose pas bonne, alors que c'est faux, alors qu'il ne faut pas s'arrêter à cette peur-là. Et effectivement, je convoque Audre Lorde dans mon spectacle, qui est militante, qui s'est battue pour beaucoup de choses. Comme je vous le disais, cette loi est alimentée par de purs fantasmes, comme cette histoire du « grand remplacement ». Je ne peux pas comprendre qu'on ne puisse pas tendre la main à quelqu'un. Je ne peux pas comprendre qu'on s'arrête à la couleur de quelqu'un, juste à sa couleur de peau. Je pense que dans chaque être humain, il y a une part d'humanité, et quand quelqu'un va quelque part, il appelle toute une culture avec lui et on a besoin du métissage. Moi, je me suis enrichie de la culture française, j'ai aussi la culture burkinabè en moi, la culture africaine, et ces deux-là sont quelque chose de précieux pour moi, je me nourris de ça.Vous avez grandi dans les années 80, est-ce que vous vous considérez de la génération Sankara ? On avait une chanson avant d'entrer en classe et pendant la fête de l'indépendance des « pionniers » : « Oser lutter, savoir vaincre. Vive la révolution ! En avant pour la révolution ! La patrie ou la mort, nous vaincrons ! » Ça, c'est quelque chose qui m'a marquée. Il était avant-gardiste. Aujourd'hui, on parle de féminisme, Thomas Sankara avait compris depuis longtemps que la femme était le pilier d'une famille, la femme était le socle. Il incarnait beaucoup de valeurs que je partage aujourd'hui, bien sûr.Et justement, dans votre double-identité, si je vous demandais de choisir une chanson, vous prendriez quel côté ? Ce serait une chanson française ou une chanson du pays, du Burkina Faso ? (Rires) J'aime beaucoup la musique de chez moi, j'aime beaucoup la musique française aussi. J'aimerais bien une musique festive. J'opterais plus pour Victor Démé parce que c'est beaucoup plus de choses pour moi, ça signifie beaucoup plus pour moi. Victor Démé, « Mousso ».Parfois, au pays, les doyens terminent souvent leur causerie avec un dicton. Comment terminer notre causerie aujourd'hui ? Un dicton ? Houlala… Alors… « Il ne faut pas essayer de fuir la bave de la hyène pour se retrouver dans les griffes du lion ». C'est à la société française, en fait, que je dis ça. (Rires). En essayant de fuir, il ne faut pas tomber dans les griffes du lion (rires).

L'anthropologue Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan vient de faire paraître un ouvrage intitulé L'enchevêtrement des crises au Sahel (éditions Karthala). Qu'elles soient agro-pastorales, politiques, sécuritaires, qu'elles touchent à l'emploi, aux services publics ou aux armées, les multiples crises n'ont jamais connu de solutions satisfaisantes, ni de la part des dirigeants des pays concernés, ni de la part de l'aide au développement internationale qui n'a jamais eu les effets escomptés, selon le chercheur franco-nigérien.  Des crises qui sont d'ordre agro-pastorales, des élites politiques dépréciées ou encore des services publics qui ont conduits des pays comme le Niger, le Mali ou le Burkina Faso dans la situation actuelle. Des crises profondes qui n'ont jamais connu de solutions satisfaisantes, ni de la part des dirigeants des pays concernés, ni de la part de l'aide au développement internationale qui n'a jamais eu les effets escomptés, selon Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan.Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan : Ce qui est sûr, c'est qu'il y a une contradiction entre cette aide dont les pays sont devenus dépendants, et le fait qu'en même temps, elle a échoué dans ses grands objectifs. Au fond, cette aide a eu beaucoup de succès tactique : on va toujours dire que les indicateurs de la mortalité maternelle, de la mortalité infantile, du niveau de vie des pauvres se sont améliorés. Il y a une batterie d'indicateurs quantitatifs qu'on peut toujours mobiliser et les organisations internationales ou les agences d'aide ou les ministères du Nord ne se privent pas pour vanter leurs résultats. Mais en même temps, les objectifs stratégiques, aucun n'a été atteint. Premier objectif stratégique : diminuer de façon significative la pauvreté. La pauvreté, ça n'a absolument pas diminué, on est bien d'accord ?!?  Le deuxième objectif, c'était de mettre fin à la dépendance à l'aide. L'aide doit arriver à ce que les pays puissent s'en sortir tout seuls. Absolument pas, on est toujours exactement dans la dépendance à l'aide. Un troisième élément, c'est d'être arrivé à ce que les services publics soient de qualité. Dégradation partout du service public... !  Il y avait une amélioration dans l'accès aux services publics, il y a de plus en plus d'enfants qui sont scolarisés, de plus en plus d'hôpitaux. Mais, dans les écoles où les enfants sont scolarisés, le niveau a baissé de façon catastrophique. Cette histoire de service public, qui est pour moi centrale, ça se voit très facilement. Prenez n'importe quelle réunion de cadre nigérien, de cadre malien, de cadre burkinabè, demandez-leur s'ils ont leurs enfants dans l'école publique ? Presque aucun ! Demandez-leur s'ils vont au dispensaire du coin se soigner ? Aucun !! C'est bien ça que reprochent les populations aux gouvernements. Tout le monde sait, au Niger ou dans les pays voisins, que l'école est catastrophique. Tout le monde sait qu'elle ne produit que des chômeurs vaguement lettrés. Au fond, c'est un peu ça qu'elle produit. Du coup, quand les djihadistes viennent en disant ‘‘A bas l'école occidentale'', ‘‘vive l'école coranique'' etc., peut-être qu'ils ont plus d'audience, du fait de cette faillite de l'école à l'occidentale.RFI : Ces échecs que vous décrivez, est-ce qu'il ne faut pas justement que ceux qui ont propagé des politiques d'aide au développement, des États comme la France, fassent un peu leur auto-critique par rapport à tout ça, et leur examen de conscience par rapport à 60 ans de déception ?Oui, bien évidemment. C'est toujours difficile d'appeler les autres à faire leur auto-critique, en général ils ne sont pas très enthousiastes pour le faire. Vous voyez, le sentiment anti-français, puisque évidemment c'est d'actualité. Ce qui est très curieux, c'est que, de fait, la position de la France en Afrique occidentale a considérablement baissé. La France n'est plus un acteur majeur depuis un bon moment. La France est devenue un partenaire secondaire, on va dire. Mais, il n'y a que deux catégories de gens qui croient qu'elle est un acteur important. Les dirigeants français d'un côté, ils se gourrent, et les populations actuellement qui se disent ‘‘enfin une indépendance'', comme si c'était la France qui, aujourd'hui, réglait tout.On cherche un autre homme providentiel, ou un autre pays providentiel, c'est pour ça que Sankara revient régulièrement dans les discours. On espère un panafricaniste qui sortirait le Niger, le Burkina ou le Mali de son impasse. Oui, alors effectivement il y a ce qu'on pourrait appeler un néo-panafricanisme qui s'est développé et qui est curieux. Je voyais récemment qu'on est en train de réhabiliter Sékou Touré en Guinée, et quelque part, les bras m'en tombent. Au début de Sékou Touré, j'étais enthousiaste. Quand Sékou Touré a dit non à la France, non à la communauté, j'étais enthousiaste. Et quelque part, ça me rappelle un peu l'enthousiasme qu'ont les gens vis-à-vis des régimes militaires. Quand on dit non à ce qui est considéré comme l'oppresseur, bravo ! Sauf que Sékou Touré a donné lieu après à une dictature absolument impitoyable avec des dizaines de milliers de morts, des centaines de milliers d'emprisonnés, des millions de réfugiés à l'extérieur.Mais justement, c'est la traduction d'un certain désespoir des populations qui ne savent plus vers qui ou vers quoi se tourner.Exactement. On est dans des formes d'impasse et il y a toujours l'ouverture pour des espoirs, on ne peut pas dire délirants, mais des espoirs portés sur des gens dont on peut penser qu'ils ne pourront pas réaliser ces espoirs.

“The impossibility of economic catch-up does not imply that the citizens of the global South are condemned to suffer from poverty and inequality. It only implies that capitalism has nothing to offer as a prospect of a decent life for the vast majority of humanity...”In this webinar from our popular RP Live series, Ndongo Samba Sylla tells us of the challenges facing Africa through the story of Thomas Sankara and breaks down what Sankara meant when he told the people to "live as African.” Ndongo suggests that the way forward combines the insights provided by MMT with Sankara's plans for African liberation and development. He calls it MMT-ing Sankara or Sankara-ing MMT. Since some see MMT as apolitical, Ndongo is making a crucial point. He also goes into detail as to why cancelling international debt, though necessary, is not enough.After his presentation, Ndongo takes questions from attendees on the role of BRICS and potential benefits for Africa in a multi-polar world. He touches on the CFA franc and explains why economic exploitation is the most vicious form of imperialism.Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He has previously worked as a technical advisor at the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal and was Programme Manager at the West Africa office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He has recently been appointed the Africa Director for Research and Policy at IDEAs (International Development Economics Associates)He is the co-author of Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story and author of The Fair Trade Scandal. Both books can be ordered through the RP Bookshop on our website: realprogressives.org@nssylla on Twitter

Um homem que nasceu no seio do imperialismo e tomou como missão destruí-lo! Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre a vida e a trajetória política de Thomas Sankara. - Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahora - Compre nossas camisas, moletons e muito mais coisas com temática História na Lolja! www.lolja.com.br/creators/historia-em-meia-hora/ - PIX e contato: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.com Apresentação: Prof. Vítor Soares. Roteiro: Prof. Vítor Soares e Prof. Victor Alexandre (@profvictoralexandre) Edição: Victor Portugal. REFERÊNCIAS USADAS Appiah, Kwame A e Gates, Henry L.Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience. 2ed. Oxford University Press, 2005 Castilho, C. Sankara, o novo aliado de Gadafi. Folha de S.Paulo. São Paulo, 6 de agosto de 1983, p. 6, Exterior Castilho, C. Sankara, heroi nacional no "país dos homens honestos". Folha de S.Paulo. São Paulo, 13 de agosto de 1984, p. 11, Exterior Davis, R Remembering Thomas Sankara, the EFF's muse. Daily Maverick, 15 de outubro de 2012.

[This episode was conducted bilingually in French & English and there is also a French version of the episode here] In this episode we speak with Inemesit Richardson and Wendlassida Simporé of the Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity in Burkina Faso. They are also both members of the All African People's Revolutionary Party. The Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity is a Pan-African library and political education center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The Thomas Sankara center is a free community lending library supplying books about Pan-Africanism, socialism and Third World liberation. They host film screenings, debates and other free events. They also run an after-school young pioneers children's education program for primary school students ages 8-14 and  have a work-study circle for adults which meets regularly to critically study revolutionary books and put theory into praxis in their community. We talk to both of our guests about recent events in the region. In particular, about the most recent coup in Niger. They discuss the pulse on the ground with regards to Burkina Faso's current leadership, these anticolonial coups, the region's relationship to Russia, and the role of the CFA Franc in France's neocolonial system in the region. We recorded this conversation on August 10th and there have been multiple developments since then, we'll include some additional articles in the show notes. It should be noted that when we discuss a potential ECOWAS invasion during the episode, that this has not actually occurred yet, although ECOWAS is sanctioning Niger and threatening to use force to overthrow the current leadership. Mali and Burkina Faso have vowed to defend Niger's leadership with military force. And there is ongoing discussion about the development of a regional federation. We will include a link to where you can support the work of the Thomas Sankara Center in Burkina Faso.  In this French language version of the episode, you will hear Inemesit translate the questions into French, and you will hear both Inemesit and Wendlassida answer the questions in French as well. There is also an English language version of this episode. Links: Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso & Mali vow to defend Niger's new leadership with force The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation Africa's Last Colonial Currency - The CFA Franc Story

15 octobre 1987. C'est Jeudi, jour du sport de masse. Vêtu d'un tee-shirt blanc et d'un pantalon de jogging rouge, le président Sankara prend place dans la Peugeot 205 noire qui lui sert de véhicule présidentiel ce jour-là. Comme à son habitude, il est en retard pour sa réunion, puisqu'il est déjà 16h20 lorsqu'il arrive au Conseil de l'entente. (Rediffusion) La réunion devait démarrer à 15h00, les autres participants sont déjà sur place. À 16h35, un véhicule s'arrête dans la cour et aussitôt résonnent les tirs des Kalachnikovs.

Si le Capitaine Sankara, avec ses discours sur la promotion d'une Afrique décomplexée, une Afrique qui doit se prendre en main, conquit les jeunes Africains de tout âge, il a dans le même temps de plus en plus de mal à conduire avec sérénité la révolution burkinabè dont il est le leader. En interne, une opposition souterraine s'emploie à diviser, à opposer les principaux acteurs du changement. Ses ennemis sont parvenus à créer une brèche dans la confiance qui régnait entre lui et son numéro 2, Blaise Compaoré. Celui-là même qui a mené la charge le 4 août 1983 depuis Pô pour prendre Ouagadougou et lui remettre le pouvoir. Celui qu'il considère comme son frère et qui s'occupe de sa sécurité.

Though Thomas Sankara was removed and assassinated in a comprador counter-revolution backed by the West 36 years ago, his legacy is still a source of revolutionary inspiration for the Burkinabé people and their ongoing revolutionary struggle against imperialism. Today, after a period of great unrest, a military government led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré has signaled some shifts towards justice for Sankara and the continuation of his legacy - but work remains for the Burkinabé revolution.  That work is being greatly assisted by the efforts of the Thomas Sankara Center for Liberation and African Unity, an initiative designed to support the Sankarist project and its continuation through pedagogy for the youth and the continued distribution of revolutionary literature. We were glad to discuss this with Inem, one of the co-founders of this incredible project.  Find all the links to support the Thomas Sankara Center here: https://lnk.bio/BurkinaBooks Song credit: "Sankara" by Cheikh Lô --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unequalexchange/support

Depuis quelques mois, en cette seconde partie de l'année 1983, la Haute-Volta vit au rythme de la révolution. Un quarteron de Capitaines nourri aux théories de gauche a décidé de redonner à leur pays sa dignité. Un engagement qui passe par une lutte acharnée contre la corruption et la gabegie, mais également par le partage des richesses. Mais pour partager, il faut produire. L'austérité imposée par Sankara séduit et fait évoluer les mentalités. Le Capitaine introduit une série de mesures inédites sur le continent et souhaite nettoyer le pouvoir de tous ses abus. Les ministres ne circulent plus en Mercedes ou à bord des traditionnelles grosses Limousines noires, elles sont revendues. Ils ont désormais droit à une très démocratique Renault 5 noire frappée du sigle V.F pour voiture de fonction. Les indemnités de fonction sont également supprimées à tous les niveaux de l'administration.

Everyone's a Critic Movie Review Podcast Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Temple Podcast Crusade This week on the Everyone's a Critic Movie Review Podcast Sean and Jeff talked about the entirety of the Indiana Jones franchise. But first... Sean talked about one of the best movies of 2023, Celine Song's Past Lives Past Lives (2023) Directed by Celine Song Written by Celine Song Starring Greta Lee, John Magaro, Teo Yoo Release Date June 30th, 2023 Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life. Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Lawrence Kasden Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen Release Date June 12th 1981 Epic tale in which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic which is central to their plans for world domination. Battling against a snake phobia and a vengeful ex-girlfriend, Indiana Jones is in constant peril, making hair's-breadth escapes at every turn in this celebration of the innocent adventure movies of an earlier era. Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1984) Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz Starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan Release Date May 23rd 1984 Adventure sequel. Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indie goes in search of the magical Sankara stone, and uncovers an ancient evil which threatens all who come into contact with it. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989) Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Jeffrey Boam Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery Release Date May 24th, 1989 Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Cystal Skull (2008) Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by David Koepp Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LeBeouf, Ray Winstone Release Date May 22nd, 2008 It's the height of the Cold War, and famous archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), returning from his latest adventure, finds out his job at Marshall College is in jeopardy. He meets Mutt (Shia La Beouf), a young man who wants Indy to help him find the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator, and the pair set out for Peru. However, deadly agent Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) is searching for the powerful artifact, too, because the Soviets believe it can help them conquer the world. Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny (2023) Directed by James Mangold Written by Jez Butterworth, Henry Butterworth, David Koepp, James Mangold, Starring Harrison Ford, Madds Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller Bridge Release Date June 30th, 2023 Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.

* For access to full-length Patreon episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. * Dimitri conducts a forensic examination of the Masterminds, the Coincidences, the Puzzles, the Intrigues, and the Deceits surrounding the assassination of Liberian President Samuel Doe on 9/9/90, including: The US-Chad connection, Bill Casey bloodying Qaddafi's nose in the Auzou Strip, Chet Crocker and Jim Bishop running guns to Hissene Habré, the 1987 Toyota War, Stingers and TOWs, US-French cooperation and Jean-Christophe “Papamadit” Mitterand… Taylor allies Moses Duopu and Elmer Johnson killing Sankara, drama in the NPFL leadership, Prince Johnson's daring commando raid on Gbutuo, Taylor being a SCARY man who depended on LIARS, forming the breakaway INPFL, the mysterious murders of Duopu, Elmer Johnson, Cooper Teah, and Jackson F. Doe inside NPFL territory, Bush's White House ordering Herman Cohen to not fly Doe into exile, and the emergence of ECOMOG… Emmanuel Bowier's futile efforts to convince Doe to leave, realizing The Heat Is On, the secret Israeli code, Doe screaming at Bowier that he's “gonna die killing white people” if the US Marines land onshore, Bowier's perilous escape from Monrovia on Gus Kouwenhoven's plane… Herman Cohen's surreal meetings with Prince Johnson and Charles Taylor in August, Bob Gates' “disgusting” proposal to dump Liberian-American refugees in West African tent camps, ECOMOG's arrival after which “some conspiracies took place”, the Prince Johnson-Doe truce, US military advisors skulking around outside the wire, and Doe's fateful visit to ECOMOG headquarters on September 9th, 1990… American novelist Denis Johnson's haunting dispatch from the Prince Johnson compound after Doe's death, watching The Video, tracking down the mysterious Sellie Thompson, William Glay's treachery, Bowier's numerological premonitions about the “bad days” of 9/9/89 and 9/9/90, and the staggering dracularity of President George Bush's “new world order” address to Congress on 9/11/90 - just one day after Samuel Doe's violent death. MUSIC BY: Fela Kuti Savage Republic Glenn Frey Ricky Banda The Funkees Field Marshal Prince Johnson Dimitri (synths)

Listen, in what might be an unpopular opinion, today's topic is my least favorite of the original trilogy. The Last Crusade will forever be my favorite Indiana Jones movie! Now, don't get me wrong, Temple of Doom is not bad, it's just the worst of the three. But, I know that a lot of people really enjoy it, and so we're talking about it here today!! "Adventure sequel. Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indie goes in search of the magical Sankara stone, and uncovers an ancient evil which threatens all who come into contact with it." Technically, chronologically, this is the first movie in the Indiana Jones series! This is not a super well known fact! What do you think of this film, and it's place in Indiana Jones History? With the next, and supposedly final Jones to hit the theaters this year, it's a good time to reminisce on this franchise! SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts | Android |  Spotify | Pandora | RSS Tell us what you think! Leave us a voicemail at 970-573-6148 Send us feedback and/or MP3's to outsidethelongbox@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube! Support the podcast on Patreon! Credit - Doyle Daniels, Juan Muro

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indy goes in search of the magical Sankara stone, and uncovers an ancient evil which threatens all who come into contact with it. Craig, Alan and guest Elisabeth Rappe (@ElisabethRappe on twitter) talk about the power of Ke Huy Quan's Short Round, Geeks Who Drink, peak Harrison Ford and the movie “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” on this week's Matinee Heroes. Show Notes 0:55 Craig, Alan and Elisabeth talk about Geeks Who Drink and Craig moderating at Comic Con Revolution Ontario. 15:02 Craig, Alan and Elisabeth discuss "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" 48:32 Recasting 1:02:20  Double Feature 1:09:23 Final Thoughts 1:18:24 A preview of next week's episode "Highlander" Next week, we talk about a movie Craig wishes there was only one of "Highlander"

* For access to full-length premium episodes, upcoming installments of Demon Forces, and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. * FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139b-demon-4-two-79528038 Dimitri conducts a forensic examination of the Masterminds, the Coincidences, the Puzzles, the Intrigues, and the Deceits surrounding the assassination of Liberian President Samuel Doe on 9/9/90, including: The US-Chad connection, Bill Casey bloodying Qaddafi's nose in the Auzou Strip, Chet Crocker and Jim Bishop running guns to Hissene Habré, the 1987 Toyota War, Stingers and TOWs, US-French cooperation and Jean-Christophe “Papamadit” Mitterand… Taylor allies Moses Duopu and Elmer Johnson killing Sankara, drama in the NPFL leadership, Prince Johnson's daring commando raid on Gbutuo, Taylor being a SCARY man who depended on LIARS, forming the breakaway INPFL, the mysterious murders of Duopu, Elmer Johnson, Cooper Teah, and Jackson F. Doe inside NPFL territory, Bush's White House ordering Herman Cohen to not fly Doe into exile, and the emergence of ECOMOG… Emmanuel Bowier's futile efforts to convince Doe to leave, realizing The Heat Is On, the secret Israeli code, Doe screaming at Bowier that he's “gonna die killing white people” if the US Marines land onshore, Bowier's perilous escape from Monrovia on Gus Kouwenhoven's plane… Herman Cohen's surreal meetings with Prince Johnson and Charles Taylor in August, Bob Gates' “disgusting” proposal to dump Liberian-American refugees in West African tent camps, ECOMOG's arrival after which “some conspiracies took place”, the Prince Johnson-Doe truce, US military advisors skulking around outside the wire, and Doe's fateful visit to ECOMOG headquarters on September 9th, 1990… American novelist Denis Johnson's haunting dispatch from the Prince Johnson compound after Doe's death, watching The Video, tracking down the mysterious Sellie Thompson, William Glay's treachery, Bowier's numerological premonitions about the “bad days” of 9/9/89 and 9/9/90, and the staggering dracularity of President George Bush's “new world order” address to Congress on 9/11/90 - just one day after Samuel Doe's violent death. MUSIC BY: Fela Kuti Savage Republic Glenn Frey Ricky Banda The Funkees Field Marshal Prince Johnson Dimitri (synths)

* For access to full-length premium episodes, upcoming installments of Demon Forces, and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. * Dimitri continues tracking the bloody and complex political intrigues at play in and around 1980s Liberia, including: Charles Taylor's mysterious “escape” from a US federal prison in 1985, rumors and counter-rumors of US government forces arranging the jailbreak, Doe blatantly rigging the elections of 1985 with US support, the failure of Gen. Thomas Quiwonkpa's November 1985 coup, the CIA tip-off/“message from God” to Doe that resulted in Quiwonkpa's defeat and ritual cannibalization in the streets of Monrovia, Samuel Doe's late 80s anti-neocolonial turn and the collapse of his warm relationship with the Reagan/Bush administrations, Charles Taylor's murky activities between 1985-1989 in West Africa, meeting President Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso and training at Gaddafi's “World Revolutionary Center”, Sankara's socialist transformation of Upper Volta into Burkina Faso and refusal to pay Western debts, and last but not least, Charles Taylor's pivotal but well-concealed role in the CIA/French-backed assassination of Sankara in October 1987.

Nascido em Yako no ano de 1949, Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara foi um militar do Alto Volta, país que foi uma colônia francesa na África. Tendo tido uma sólida formação marxista e de inspirações pan-africanistas, Sankara participou de uma revolução que estabeleceu um novo governo, o qual presidiu, e o novo líder batizou o país de Burkina Faso. Tendo uma impressionante lista de feitos durante seu tempo no poder, Sankara foi traído e assassinado, sendo substituído por um dos conspiradores, que ficaria no poder por muitos anos. Convidamos o Prof. Otávio Luiz para conversar sobre a história e o legado deste homem que ficou conhecido como "Che Guevara africano". PARTICIPE DE NOSSA PESQUISA DE OPINIÃO CLICANDO AQUI: https://forms.gle/M8eBBV18qJY2NB36A

Indiana Artefacts, episode two of four!Bob continues our special Indiana Jones series by talking about the real world history and stories surrounding the Sankara Stones, as featured in the second Indiana Jones film; 'The Temple of Doom'. These are a little more esoteric as a Macguffin, which leads to a lot more off topic nonsense than usual... sorry, or not.--Outro music this week:Anything Goes, by John Williamsalso featured Indiana Jones Main Theme, by John Williams and Kate Capshaw--Contact us at - wtatupod@gmail.com and visit the website at - weirdtalesandtheunexplainable.comBuy bonus episodes at https://bobshoy.bandcamp.com/Support editing time at https://www.patreon.com/bobshoy-Part of The Bob Shoy Podcast Network-Visit http://www.bobshoy.com to discover other podcasts you may enjoy. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. Dimitri continues tracking the bloody and complex political intrigues at play in and around 1980s Liberia, including: Charles Taylor's mysterious “escape” from a US federal prison in 1985, rumors and counter-rumors of US government forces arranging the jailbreak, Doe blatantly rigging the elections of 1985 with US support, the failure of Gen. Thomas Quiwonkpa's November 1985 coup, the CIA tip-off/“message from God” to Doe that resulted in Quiwonkpa's defeat and ritual cannibalization in the streets of Monrovia, Samuel Doe's late 80s anti-neocolonial turn and the collapse of his warm relationship with the Reagan/Bush administrations, Charles Taylor's murky activities between 1985-1989 in West Africa, meeting President Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso and training at Gaddafi's “World Revolutionary Center”, Sankara's socialist transformation of Upper Volta into Burkina Faso and refusal to pay Western debts, and last but not least, Charles Taylor's pivotal but well-concealed role in the CIA/French-backed assassination of Sankara in October 1987.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the fantastic Africana studies scholar, Professor Takiyah Harper-Shipman, to talk about West African female development, Sankara, AFRICOM, and more!  Due to time constraints, this episode will act as an introduction to these topics for our next conversation with Professor Harper-Shipman, which will take place soon and will be a longer, more in-depth discussion.  We really enjoyed the conversation, and are already looking forward to diving into the minutiae with the Professor very soon! Takiyah Harper-Shipman is an Assistant Professor in the Africana Studies Department at Davidson College.  Her courses include Africana political economy, gender and development in sub-Saharan Africa, African feminisms, international development: theory and praxis, and research methods in Africana Studies.  Her book Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa is available from Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Ownership-of-Development-in-Africa/Harper-Shipman/p/book/9780367787813.  We also highly recommend checking out her chapter La Santé Avant Tout: Health Before Everything in the excellent A Certain Amount of Madness The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337579/a-certain-amount-of-madness/.   Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.  If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at guerrillahistorypod@gmail.com. Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.   Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory.  Your contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed! To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995.  Adnan can be followed on twitter @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/.   Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio and cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter @Red_Menace_Pod.  Follow and support these shows on patreon, and find them at https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.     Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast's artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.