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C+D's new podcast series, Pharmacy in Person, shines a spotlight on the real stories behind the counter. Each episode features candid conversations with people working across the pharmacy sector—from community pharmacists and technicians to support staff, industry leaders and pharmacy organisations and students. Listeners will hear first-hand experiences, personal journeys, and honest reflections on the challenges and rewards of working in pharmacy. The series aims to celebrate the diverse voices that keep the industry running while shedding light on the human side of healthcare. Whether you're in the profession or simply curious, Pharmacy in Person offers a compelling and authentic look at life in pharmacy. In this episode of the C+D Podcast, Shilpa Shah, Chief Executive Officer of North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC), shares her insights into the evolving role of community pharmacy. She discusses the impact of new pharmacy services, the challenges facing the sector, and the importance of strong local leadership. Drawing on her frontline experience, Shah highlights how LPCs can support contractors through innovation, collaboration, and advocacy. Her passion for pharmacy and commitment to patient care come through in this engaging conversation, making it a must-listen for anyone interested in the future direction of primary care and community pharmacy.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comScott is a war correspondent and author. His non-fiction books include Lawrence in Arabia, Fractured Lands, and The Quiet Americans, and his novels include Triage and Moonlight Hotel. He's also a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. His new book is King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation.For two clips of our convo — on Jimmy Carter's debacle with the Shah, and the hero of the Iran hostage crisis — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: growing up in East Asia and traveling the world; his father the foreign service officer; their time in Iran not long before the revolution; Iran a “chew toy” between the British and Russian empires; the Shah's father's affinity for Nazi Germany; Mosaddegh's move to nationalize the oil; the 1953 coup; the police state under the Shah; having the world's 5th biggest military; the OPEC embargo; the rise of Khomeini and his exile; the missionary George Braswell and the mullahs; Carter's ambitious foreign policy; the US grossly overestimating the Shah; selling him arms; Kissinger; the cluelessness of the CIA; the prescience of Michael Metrinko; the Tabriz riots; students storming the US embassy; state murder under Khomeini dwarfing the Shah's; the bombing of Iran's nuke facilities; and Netanyahu playing into Hamas' hands.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy. Coming up: a fun chat with Johann Hari, Jill Lepore on the history of the Constitution, Karen Hao on artificial intelligence, and Katie Herzog on drinking your way sober. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

In this episode of The Property Profits Podcast, Dave Dubeau sits down with Sohin Shah, co-founder of InstaLend, to unpack the current real estate lending landscape and how investors can position themselves for financing success. Whether you're flipping homes, holding rentals, or just starting out, Sohin offers practical insights into securing funding—even as lending gets tighter. He shares what sets InstaLend apart from other lenders, including their fast closings, consultative approach, and direct access to decision makers. Sohin also reveals common mistakes newer investors make when seeking loans, how to think strategically about exit plans, and why proximity to a property still matters. Key takeaways from this episode: What investors need to know about DSCR loans and why they matter The importance of being flexible with your exit strategy How beginners can avoid common pitfalls with rehab projects Why foreign nationals don't need to go all cash when investing in U.S. real estate How to build trust with lenders and improve your loan terms - Get Interviewed on the Show! - ================================== Are you a real estate investor with some 'tales from the trenches' you'd like to share with our audience? Want to get great exposure and be seen as a bonafide real estate pro by your friends? Would you like to inspire other people to take action with real estate investing? Then we'd love to interview you! Find out more and pick the date here: http://daveinterviewsyou.com/

 Chas & Dr Dave discuss Dave The Godfather, Being Economically Fisted, and Dodgy Dave's Firm ‘n' Fast Skin Substitutes WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:16 - Grateful (Test Cricket, Popular.Info) 9:36 - Tariff Updates (Brazil, Mexico, Europe, India, Canada, Will Tariffs Be Addictive?) 33:29 - Economic Bad News Week 45:34 - Stats Nugget (AI Spending) 47:45 - Employment Report 1:03:56 - BLS Chief Sacking 1:33:23 - Gaza 2:18:45 - Stats Nugget (Project 2025) 2:20:24 - Gerrymandering 2:33:35 - Trivia 2:34:37 - Gerrymandering Part 2 [Recorded: Thursday 7 August 2:00PM AEST / 12:00AM NEW YORK TIME] SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW Homework: * Popular.Info Skin Substitute Crackdown piece: https://bitly.cx/jH8oc * Dispatch EU trade deal article: https://bitly.cx/qqcVS * NY Times Hamas Aid Theft article: https://bitly.cx/YpU4 * US Veteran Interview About GHF Aid: https://bitly.cx/5mosU * Project 2025 Tracker: https://bitly.cx/uBg9 THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! 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In this episode of the IC-DISC show, I sit down with Ronak Shah to discuss his transition from a corporate career at Intel to entering the scrap metal business, to founding a successful scrap metal business in New Caney, Texas. We talk about the motivation behind his career shift and the mentors who guided him along the way. Ronak opens up about the challenges he faced while transitioning from a large corporate environment to a smaller, more hands-on business. We also explore Ronak's decision to sell his business and the unexpected opportunities that arose from that choice. He reflects on the experiences gained throughout his career, emphasizing the importance of taking calculated risks and adapting to change. His story offers insights into the value of connecting past experiences to current ventures, even when the path isn't always straightforward. Finally, we discuss navigating today's fast-paced digital world and the importance of maintaining a low profile on social media. Ronak's journey highlights the balance between professional growth and personal fulfillment, making this episode a thoughtful exploration of entrepreneurship and resilience.     SHOW HIGHLIGHTS I explore Ronak's remarkable transition from a corporate role at Intel to establishing a successful scrap industry business in New Caney, Texas, emphasizing his desire for more tangible work and the influence of key mentors. The episode delves into Ronak's career progression at Schnitzer Steel and Alter Trading, where he gained critical insights in non-ferrous recovery and learned the importance of agile, smaller teams in driving technological advancements. Through journaling and introspection, Ronak clarifies his professional desires, leading to the creation of Levitated Metal and reflecting on personal challenges, including his late wife's battle with cancer. We discuss the financial strategies Ronak utilized in his entrepreneurial ventures, such as leveraging IC-DISC tax advantages and aligning financial decisions with personal values. The conversation highlights Ronak's leadership insights, his decision to pursue a smaller business for personal fulfillment, and the impact of selling his business on both his professional and personal life. Ronak shares reflections on his entrepreneurial journey, touching on the lessons learned from his career, the importance of taking risks, and the role of hindsight in connecting the dots of his experiences. The episode concludes with a discussion on navigating the complexities of the modern digital landscape and the importance of maintaining a low profile in a rapidly changing social media environment.   Contact Details LinkedIn - Ronak Shah (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronakshahpdx/) LINKSShow Notes Be a Guest About IC-DISC Alliance About Levitated Metals Ronak ShahAbout Ronak TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dave: Hi Ronak, how are you today? Roank: Good David, Nice to see you again. Dave: Likewise, and where are you calling into from? Where are you in the world at the moment? Roank: I'm at my factory in New Caney, Texas, just a little bit northeast of Houston Great. Dave: Now are you a native Houstonian. Roank: I'm not, so I moved out here in 2019 to build this factory and start this business. I think I've been to Houston once in the prior year to visit for the first time and never before, other than perhaps through the airport. So, I didn't know a lot about Houston. I'm not saying that I know a lot about Houston now, but it's been a great place to build a business. It's been a fine place for my kids to grow up. Dave: It's been good it's been a fine place for my kids to grow up. It's still good. Yeah, it's. Uh, it's kind of a, it's kind of a hidden gem in a lot of ways. Uh, you know houston is, it's got a lot going for it that if your only experience is just driving through town or going through the airport, you know, I mean you hear traffic, humidity, heat, urbanl and you're just kind of like, you know, yeah, it doesn't sound like my kind of place. Roank: Yeah, well, it would be a lot more believable if you did not have a Breckenridge background behind you. Dave: True, yeah, that is the Breckenridge background for sure. So where did you grow up then, if you didn't grow up in Houston? Roank: I grew up in upstate New York so my dad was one of the many immigrants that came over in the late 60s, early 70s. They were looking for people with medical training and background. So he came over from India, lived in New York. I was born in New York City but very soon after grew up in the middle of the Finger Lakes. We moved to Syracuse when I was in middle school and then I went to Boston for undergraduate and I bounced kind of between Boston and London and back to Boston, then to Portland, oregon, which is where I came into the scrap industry and lived for some time in St Louis. I lived there for about nine years and from St Louis to here. Dave: Okay. So what made you get into the scrap business if you didn't have a family history in it? Roank: Yeah, it was just very random, my interest in the scrap industry. I think, the truth of the answer is probably the more interesting one. So after mba I was working, I was an operations guy and I was working at intel corporation in portland, near portland oregon, and loved being in portland. It's a fine place to live. But intel was, I mean, a huge company, right, 80 000 people, and just like the process of making something that was about this big, the the size of the core diet, multiprocessor, microprocessor this wasn't sufficiently interesting to me and I was too far from it, as well as my chain organization. Yeah. It didn't feel tangible enough, and so that was one part of it. But then the other part of it as well was you know I was there as a worker bee, you know, in a reasonably senior job for someone of my age, but then, you know, in a reasonably senior job for someone of my age, but then you know intel was having difficulty. So they bring in bane and company to kind of work on strategy or whatever and so two of the guys that I went to school with that, I knew well, were like literally working literally seven layers in the organization above me, and I'm like what? and so I just hit that, I tapped out, I extracted, I was like this is just some horse crap. I, this isn't the place for me. I need to go somewhere where I'm, you know, in a, in a smaller pod, where I can really touch and feel a thing. And so I just started throwing resumes out and wound up at Schnitzer Steel. Now really, yeah, and oh really. Yeah, and it was great. It was a time of transition for Schnitzer. I don't know if it was a great transition time for Schnitzer. They were transitioning from an older style scrap company to a more professional slash corporate company of the style that it is today. So they had parts of the parts of their business were both things and for sure I liked the old thing a lot and just tons of fun being in places like Boston and Portland scrapyard when they were building big mega shredders and new factories and driving the continuous improvement process there and trying to get metrics around things. It was really a good time. I enjoyed a lot of it. I came to Alter Trading in 2010 and that was wonderful right, I owe so much of my career everything I learned everything to the team at Alter, to Jay Rabinovitz and Rob and Michael Goldstein. I learned a lot there. I did a lot of really fun stuff for them that helped transform the company into the highly successful privately owned scrap company it is today. Dave: Like on the technology side, correct yeah. Roank: So I built a few factories, non-ferrous recovery plants to process not steel non-ferrous portions of the shredder and extract more metals out of stuff that would otherwise have gone to the landfill. And it was you know, exciting to do that, and it wasn't just building the factories but really growing out the entirety of the division that became, you know, a kind of center of excellence around that function, and it's an area that you know Alter remains very strong in today. Dave: Okay, well, I am excited to get into the next part of your story. So you're living in St Louis, working at Alter, being involved in some cool stuff and forward thinking technology. So how did from there? How do you end up starting a company in New Caney, texas? Roank: Yeah, so it's no reason not to be as open and honest about it as possible. So Alter was amazing. For the first six or seven years I was there, the job was like a nine and a half out of 10. I remember I was in New York going to make this time up sometime in 2013 or something like that. I've been there for three years and the Powerball was like some huge number, like a billion dollars, and so me and some buddies that were in finance, we all bought Powerball tickets and we talked about what we would do if we won the money, and I remember I determined to say I don't know if I would necessarily quit my job, right, like I really love what I do. I still think about that today. Dave: Did any of them have the same thought? Roank: No, they thought I was just completely crazy and they weren't necessarily wrong. I think I think perhaps again I loved it, but the point of it is I really enjoyed it. It was fulfilling, I had impact, things were changing. All of that when I struggled is as that phase of what Alter needed ended and I needed to move and assist alter with other things, primarily helping them grow a tier of management that had come from the art management level into being the next business leaders of the company. Just, you know, it's kind of standard transition planning type stuff and succession planning. I struggled with doing that successfully, a role that perhaps would have been viable or successful or satisfactory for me to do had it occurred during a standard line management. You know, hierarchical management structure was hard for me to find value in fulfillment, in and I would say success in doing. Yeah, as a matrix manager, you know, as a, as a guide, as a internal consultant. I just didn't love it. I hate to put it that way. I just sure, sure and at the same time, alter was going through a certain amount of a a ton of growth, right, a lot of growth that I participated in through acquisition and internal growth as well disbanded organic growth. But it was going through a lot of growth and so the company that felt small and familial at 40 yards suddenly felt just large and 70 for me. Dave: Too much like it felt too much like Intel. Roank: Nowhere near that level. There's nothing like that. It remains a really effective, well-directed company today. But, it felt different for me and I also realized that I wasn't good at that bigger company stuff. You know, my way of thinking about things didn't scale successfully to that level. I would not be the right guy at that level and this is an unfortunate thing to say. But I chose to. I did not want to change. You know, I thought about so. My boss for many years there was Jay Rabinowitz, who was, until he retired recently, the CEO of Alter Trade. He was fascinating. His ability to grow into the mindset required, the management rank that he was in at the time, or growing into, was phenomenal. And so a guy that if you only knew him 30 years ago was a rough and tumble scrap guy was and you've seen him on podcasts and things like that. It became and presents fully as and fills the shoes of a methodical, thoughtful, mature and a CEO who does a great job of leading A 1,200, 1,500 person organization. You would have never thought that if you only knew him 25 years ago perhaps, but his ability to grow was really phenomenal. For, by choice or by capability or whatever it was, I did not have or want that and so I wanted something dramatically smaller. Dave: Okay. Roank: And so I spent a bunch of time not just thinking about it but literally journaling about it. Because when you just think about these type of problems in your mind like hey, what do I want to do professionally? Yeah, you can just ping pong in your brain. And what I found helped me through the process was writing it down. And if you remember, back in high school, your English teacher would tell you to you know write a draft of the story, or an outline, and then a draft and then the final essay. I mean, I don't know about you, but I would never do any of that crap. But I did this time and I found that, like the first draft was, you know, just vomit on a page of orally thought out concepts and beliefs. And so I wrote it again and it was clear. And I wrote it again, it was clear. It helped me really understand what I liked and didn't like and what I wanted and didn't want from the next phase. And it was a time when, you know, my kids were just about to graduate middle school. If I was ever going to leave St Louis, this was the time to do it. It was not going to be easy. It was not easy for them to leave St Louis, but that's when. That's how I made that choice. I was uncertain as to what I would do. Right, I was out there both looking at shredder yards to buy as well as businesses. To start, I looked at a wire chopping plant. I ultimately built a heavy media plant. I did look at and made successful offers on a couple of different shredders, but none of that actually panned out and in the end I raised a bunch of money, moved out to Houston, built this thing. Dave: That is a great story and your kids ended up adjusting okay to, because I believe you live in one of the really nice master plan communities around Houston. Roank: Yeah, and they've adjusted well. I think my son is glad that we moved down here. My daughter is a little bit on the fence, but she was younger when we moved. Both my wife my late wife and I in many ways would have probably preferred where we lived in. Dave: St Louis, it was a small town in Kirkwood. Roank: You're familiar with it, but here it's been great. The Woodlands is a, you know, magical little bubble of a place to live. It's got everything you need. It's 25 minutes to the factory. All of it has been, from that perspective, just fine. When my wife got cancer, we were right here at MD Anderson. You know a lot of that stuff worked out. Dave: That is great. So tell me what your business premise was for Levitated Metal. So maybe give just a little background. What does the company do? Roank: Sure, so we're a heavy media flotation platform. What we do is we buy a thing called Sorba and we make aluminum Twitch. But stepping back from that to people that don't know what any of those words mean, our suppliers are the largest scrap metal processors in the region. Right, the states who will buy something like an old 2008 ford 500 sedan that's at the end of its life, yeah, shred it into fist size and smaller pieces, extract all the steel out with a magnet and then extract all the other metals like aluminum from the engine, copper, brass zinc, die, cast through other technologies. That aluminum, copper, brass zinc all is mixed up together in little pieces in a giant pile and that product is called a made up word Zorba by the industry. They make lots of it inside of houston. probably 15 million pounds to 18 million pounds of it is made every month right I buy that it's useless the way it is because you can't melt it, because it's got too many different types of metals in it and it doesn't make a useful alloy. But if you can get the aluminum out, that aluminum is super valuable because that aluminum you know used to be the engine block of a old car. It's a pretty tight chemistry match to the alloy required for the engine block of a ford f-150 a 2005. So through a density flotation process using water and ferrosilicon, we can change the density of that water so we can actually float the aluminum out. Dave: Hence the name levitated. Roank: Yeah, it's not a novel technology. I buy the equipment from some dude in Italy. There are well over 100 of these kind of plants in the world, maybe a little less than a dozen when levitators started up in the united states and a very what it sounds like a simple process is a royal pain in the rear. That actually managed because it's a very analog system with all sorts of weird chemistry and other things involved and a challenging plant to rot. But you know, we do a pretty decent job of it. Dave: Now, why did you pick New Caney, texas? I've been to St Louis, in fact, I was just there last month. They appear to have plenty of land around that place, you know, especially across the river in uh, is that illinois? That's just east so why? Didn't you just buy some land and do it up there? Roank: so where these plants, where the competitive plants exist, are relatively close to where their consumers, the aluminum smelters that would buy the recycled aluminum, are, and that's generally already in that area. So there are plenty of plants in that area. Dave: Okay. Roank: Down here in Houston. What was the case when I chose to move down here it became very quickly not the case, because two other people also built plants was that there was a large market in Mexico that did not have access to this type of material because there were no media plants in Texas or along the Mexican border. And aluminum manufacture in Mexico was growing incredibly well, much like the rest of their economy, and so what I saw was a consumer need right mexican heavy media plants, a set of suppliers in the texas area that did not have a domestic buyer for their zorba and so good supplier footprint and, at the time, a relative lack of competition. But I didn't realize. So, like two months after the financial raise was done and everything like that was, there were in fact, two more plants that were in the process of being built. They both started, you know, six to 12 months after mine did not so far away. There's one up near dallas, there's one up in arkansas so it became a little bit more competitive, though in truth that has not really changed the calculus on anything in a great way. It hasn't really improved the deal too much. Dave: Okay, and it was you started with, just a green field, right? Roank: Yeah, it was some trees and dirt and 10 acres. It was some trees and dirt and 10 acres and I started with dirt work and stormwater and concrete and buildings and equipment and built the whole thing. Dave: What year did you? Roank: start COVID 2020. Oh, it was the heck of a time. Dave: That was the construction was during COVID yeah. And when did you open? Roank: Then we started processing. At the end of December we shipped our first 2020 and we started shipping material in full January 2021. Dave: Oh wow, that really was in the midst of COVID. It was Most of it wasn't? Roank: that big a deal. There was some delay in equipment delivery because it came from Italy, and so if anybody had a rougher time COVID wise, it was Italy. So it came from Italy, and so if anybody had a rougher time COVID-wise, it was Italy. So it came from Italy but that might have only cost us a couple months. What was really frustrating and challenging and ultimately we were able to get through it was simply the difficulty of bringing process experts from Europe to the US during the COVID timeline. You know, like I can't tell you how many voicemails I left at the US embassy in Milan to sorry the US consulate in Milan to try to, you know, accelerate the review of the visa for the texts to come in from Italy, but I can tell you how many times somebody probably listened to it with zero, so just a royal pain in the rear. You know, just because the pain in the rear to get that all done, it got done. But those were challenging times. Dave: So started January of 2021 and, uh, at the time, had you given any thought to how long you might want to, that you and your investor group might want to run the business or own the business? Did you have any thought when you started it about what I honestly thought? I? Roank: would run it and own it for like nearly 10, 15 years years and grow it over time and continue to be in the space, et cetera, et cetera. It was meant to be a longer term cashflow, not one necessarily built on an exit strategy of selling at some point in the future. That was the original intent. Dave: How did that-year plan end up working out for you? Roank: Well, it turned out to be much shorter than that. So, as it turned out, in 2023, we had an unsolicited offer from Murfrees Industries to purchase the business assets. Dave: Wow, just two years later. Roank: Yeah, two years of operation later. Yeah, and for a number of reasons, it was the right choice for me and my investors to do the sale and it's been absolutely phenomenally good, I think, for both sides. The transaction itself, you know, from my perspective, great because you know it was an accelerated exit, but an exit nevertheless, and it still gives me the opportunity to continue to do the same job in the same office every day that I really enjoy doing that. I find great fulfillment and mental stimulation and sense of purpose in without the undeniable and underestimated stress of being a business owner. Dave: Yeah. Roank: So that's been absolutely great. It occurred at a time when my wife was battling cancer and took a lot of stress off. Taking that business stress off the table Sure Just made it easier to get through that entire process. Yeah, and it's just been a good. I think it's been fun for everybody. You know Adam and Michael Mervis were the you know fourth generation. Perhaps Adam and Michael Mervis we're the fourth generation perhaps owners of Mervis Industries enjoy having the levitated team in their company. We enjoy being part of it. Both of us have to do better together. It's been really just great. Dave: That is awesome, because not all transactions work out that well. Roank: Yeah, I'm sure there's some number out there that I would have sold the company at, knowing full well that I would not have wanted to work there afterwards. I'm sure there is, but I'm glad I didn't have to. Dave: Because you were I'm guessing you were the. Were you a minority shareholder? Did your? I was a minority shareholder. Roank: Oh, you were the majority, okay. Dave: So it was ultimately your call Correct and your but the the deal clicked, checked all the boxes and and were your investors disappointed that they were going to lose their cash flowing business. Roank: No, they were very pleased with the cash they got all up front. They were fine. That is great. Coincidentally, I did this math when we were doing the sale. I think that the net result of it was the same. Dave: IRR or plus or minus one within 1% of the IRR. Roank: That was in the financial presentation for the business itself. Really, yeah, very unexpected. Yeah, again, nothing more than a coincidence yeah what do you, what do you enjoy most? enjoy the most about the business is building and growing things. What I have realized is that is not sufficient to be a great leader. Right, there's building and growing things. A great leader right, there's building and growing things. But there's also all the other things that a leader should gain and find value in a business that I'm just not personally built to enjoy nearly as much. Right, I enjoy growing the skillset for the people that work for me. I enjoy seeing them be successful, but I don't think I enjoy it as much as I really should, or that a leader really should. In many ways, I think what I've discovered is I almost enjoy being an individual contributor more than. I enjoy being a leader and in in many ways, that's why I enjoy being at such a small company. Right, yeah, here the leadership I have to do is very direct. It's in the office, with people that are no more than 15 feet away from me right now. It's a very old style of working. You, you know, I have one remote employee and thank God she is very self-directed and capable and intelligent and proactive about reaching out to me, because otherwise she would be really disappointed and I would suck at that job. And so when we talk about you know what do we like about the job? I enjoy the improving of things. I enjoy the new thing to be done. That is not as much of it's not that much of running a business as you would want it to be. Sure, it's not like about a small business, though are just the variety of stuff I get to do I wear slightly fewer hats now than I did before the acquisition, but I was the CFO. I was, unfortunately, the lead IT guy, even though portions of these functions were outsourced as well. I sold all the metals. Having never sold a pound of metal in my life prior to levitated metals, I sold all the amount and then I was the president. I was the lead on any plant improvement projects of great size that we had again support throughout the organization on all these little pieces. But that's a lot of little hats to wear okay, okay. That a bigger company would have a head underneath every one of those hats. Sure, so I enjoy being able to do the breadth of those activities. I think it's rare that people can do the breadth of those activities. You and I talk about ICDIS stuff all the time and I would wager at a level that maybe less than five company owners that you interact with are able to discuss the situation. Is that probably correct, or am I? I think it's probably less than three yeah. Dave: And I can't think of who the other two are, so you might be in a class of your own. Roank: Yeah, I enjoy that thing right when I think about things that I would have been in a different life. Perhaps tax accountant could be one of those. But man, this is a very different life than tax accountant. Dave: Yeah for sure I think you made the right call. Well, as we're kind of rounding the home stretch, I've just got a few more questions. One is when you were leaving Intel, if you had a time machine, or maybe right after you left Intel and you had a time machine that you could go back and have a conversation with the younger Ronak 20 years ago, what might you have told yourself? What advice might you have had? Roank: or wisdom that you might've wanted to share. I don't think I would've shared anything. Dave: No, wouldn't want to, but I would've wanted that. Roank: With the exception my wife's death, there is not a single thing that I would have changed that is a you're. Dave: I asked that question on my guest and you're probably the only one who's ever answered it that way. Roank: So I would say, yeah, what type of things do people say? Oh, you know the number one, because I'm not just saying that because I don't want to watch other podcasts, I just yeah, well, no, I can give give you the rundown. Dave: The most common answer is they wish they would have taken a risk sooner. They wish they would have started their company sooner. They wish they'd been more willing to take a chance. Now, granted, many of my guests are self-made first-generation entrepreneurs like you know, are, you know, self-made first generation entrepreneurs like you are meaning? You know they formed the company, but some of them may have worked at other companies. In hindsight they realize, oh, I should have done this five years sooner, you know it. Just, it would have only been better if I'd done it five years. That's kind of. The most common answer is just, they wish they'd played it less safe. You know, they wish they'd taken, you know, more risks in college. They wish they. That's kind of the most. But that one is consistent with what most people say near the end of their life they don't regret the things they did, they regret the things they didn't do. So that tends to be the answer. But that, to me, is a really good. That's a really good answer for somebody who's pretty content with where their life is. Roank: Yeah, other than you know your wife, obviously, and I see what everybody else describes, but I feel that everything I did, I was learning something that became foundationally valuable. Dave: Yeah. Roank: You know there was a period of time I got laid off from Schnitzer in early 2009. And I didn't start up at Alter Trading until, you know, about a year later. But I did some consulting in the middle for a wonderful company, Steel Pacific Recycling in Vancouver Island, Victoria, British Columbia, and I was there for three months and it was a magical time because we were there in the wintertime. The whole family moved up. My kids were very young. We had an apartment right in Victoria. I rode a bicycle to work to the scrapyard. But I did a bunch of really interesting financial cost accounting structure set up that helped them understand their business better and those were super useful skills when I had to do a chart of accounts setup for levitated metals. We were able to slice and dice our financials. You know extremely well and I don't know if I would have used an erp system nearly as well as I do here had I not had all those little formative experience things in the end I think for me at least. I don't feel like I had a lot of wasted years throughout any of that time I learned steve jobs, as you say. Dave: Steve jobs has the saying that you can only connect the dots when you look backwards, that at the time you can't. It's not like you had some grand plan, I'm guessing you know when you left intel. It just you know. Because steve talks about. He took this calligraphy class that he audited in college and, uh, you know, and that influenced everything at apple design and fonts and and other stuff that it only makes sense looking back so that's. Roank: That's interesting. Yeah, I can. I can see that, and it is hard to connect the dots until yeah until you look back so. Dave: So here's kind of a fun one. I think you've been a like me, you're a. Well, I consider myself a naturalized texan. My wife's a native texan, so, uh, you know, if you you know. So you're also a non-native texan, but I think you've been here long enough for this question. Tex-mex or barbecue. Roank: Barbecue makes me fall asleep. I'm not saying Tex-Mex, I've always loved Tex-Mex. So yeah, we've got some great barbecue. Actually, right near the plant Rusty Buckle is some great barbecue. Near my house is Corkscrew, which just got a Michelin star, which. Dave: Oh nice. Roank: Yeah, which I still struggle to understand how that all plays out. But Texas I guess you get a star. But I love me some Lupe Torquillo yeah yeah, I am with you. Dave: Well, is there anything I didn't ask you or we didn't talk about that you wish we had or we should have? Roank: No, but I'll do you a favor and I'll plug a little bit the IC disc. I know that's not the goal of this podcast, but it is why we know each other. Yeah, so I'll tell this story if I may. Yeah, absolutely, the IC disc and levitated metals. Yeah absolutely, yeah, absolutely, disc and levitated metals. So I called you on my birthday, three months before I, a little bit before I sold the company, and I had talked to you many times previous to that about setting up an icy disc. We, like many scrap companies, are well suited to the icyDIS because the profile of our sales are high margin exports and lower margin domestic sales, and the value of, as a pass-through entity, being able to translate ordinary income into dividend income, has great benefits to the investors of a company. I think there's probably some advantages, even if you're a C-corp, but you can detail that kind of At most. I think there's probably some advantages, even if you're a C-corp, but you can detail that kind of stuff out. I don't really know. Dave: Sure. What was? Roank: interesting when we talked about it is I was in the process of selling the company and when you sell a company that's done a bunch of bonus depreciation because it built a big factory, there's always depreciation recapture that shows up as ordinary income at the time of the sale and so whatever normal ordinary income there would have been that year it was going to be much, much higher because we would have clawed back a ton of depreciation. I put a recapture on depreciation. It's ordinary income. We, like many scrap companies again, have an IC discable kind of amount of headroom of income translation from ordinary income to dividend income Well in excess of the ordinary income we normally make in any particular year, and so, like most scrap companies, there should be no reason to pay ordinary income tax. Dave: Right. Roank: Again, most scrap companies that are Nazi corpse or whatever. But in the year of the sale, all that extra headroom suddenly became valuable because I was going to have this abnormal ordinary income from the depreciation recapture, and so what would have been X million dollars of ordinary income that would have turned to dividend income wound up being something like 2.5, x, yeah, all of which I was able to use because I had so much ordinary income, yeah. And your shareholders as well. Yes, absolutely yes, I and my shareholders. And that was phenomenal. And then on top of it, I think I got to. The ICDIS lets you defer some of that dividend income into the following year. So just sat there in our bank accounts making 5% or whatever we chose to do with that money for another year more than a year, excuse me. Just truly phenomenal. The impact of the ICDIS in my space. Not an easy thing to kind of think through. You and I were just spitballing stuff. We popped it up as an option. You had to go back and think about it, but it looks like it works. And I don't know if you have done it before. Dave: No, yeah, it was just such a unique fact and it was mostly because of how new the business was. Right, if the business had been open for 10 years, we would have started the IC desk probably in year four or five it was coming, and then you would have been using it and then you would have had that transaction, the depreciation recapture, and it would have given you a bigger benefit. It would have happened anyway. It was just your circumstances were so unique is how it all fell out, and I doubt we'll ever see that. That circumstances, because it's so rare to start a business and sell it so quickly, you know I think the takeaway of it is the one. Roank: So one of the takeaways I have from this is I should have started the ICS earlier, because of the bonus depreciation as a startup of the company and the complete depreciation of the entire factory. In the first year, I and investors had a ton of NOL and net operating losses that were just going to take a while to turn into a cumulative net gain and before that happened we sold the company. I was planning on doing an IC disc in 2024, I think was my expected timeline, which is when we would have clicked over to a game and then suddenly there would have been income that I wanted to translate over into dividend income. But I really should have just done it before into dividend income but I really should have just done it before. Dave: So the question I should have asked you was if you could go back in time two years and do anything different. Give any advice to yourself. What would it have been? I mean, it's a joke, right? You would have said start the ICDISC sooner. Roank: The real advice I would have given would have been understand how your NOLs work so that you can do a donor advice fund for the ordinary income you thought you were going to. But outside of that, in truth it's a minor esoteric thing that doesn't really matter. Dave: And so, since you brought it up I rarely talk about this. Since you brought it up, just a couple quick questions. One, because the cpa firm you use actually has some icdisk expertise and you know you could have used them. So do you recall what aspect of our I remind you. Roank: Yeah, because you're, I see this guy. Okay, and the thing that I was talking about felt esoteric enough that I didn't want to click just on a cheap bastard. I didn't want to click over, you know. CPA for billable hours while they tried to figure it out and roll me in a show or something like that. That's not how I want to play now, but the truth is I just needed something done quick and fast because every day that I waited to do the icy disc was another day of revenues that I couldn't utilize. And the second reason is, you know there's a time there's time it takes to create an icy disc and set it up and all that kind of stuff. You have that down to a science and had a method to kind of quickly get me rolling on it. While you and I both know you made a bunch of money on that transaction for a couple of years of work on it, it was completely worth it to me and a very satisfying business and personal relationship that tested both of our intellectual capabilities to kind of put together and work on. I enjoyed doing it right, like when we talk about what we enjoy and work. Dave: Yeah, that was a fun thing it was, yeah, no, it was for me too, because so yeah, so few of my clients, you know, know, have that much interest, you know, getting into the weeds there, and it caused me to think of some things I hadn't thought about in this. And again, since you brought it up, in the experience, you know, the team was the responsiveness Good, I mean, was the? Is the experience been positive? Oh yeah, it's been great, yeah what about coordinating with your CPA firm, because sometimes a CPA firm who has an ICDIS practice will sometimes say things like yeah, but it'll be more seamless if it's all under one umbrella right. Umbrella right, I mean, it's the. Did you get the sense that? That it created a lot of of extra work by the cpa firm, or that balls got dropped because you didn't have one entity doing it all? Roank: I don't think I got that sense, because the cpa firm is made up of multiple people too. That, oh, it's a good point, right? I mean, it's not like the ICDISC person is the CPA that you're working with, right? Dave: You know, I hadn't thought about that, and you're right, and there's some level of communication that is required regardless. Roank: Yeah, and that. Dave: IC-DISC practice, if I recall, for that particular firm. I think it's out of a different office. Roank: Anyway, I don't think, even if they were next to each other right which are of course not next to each other because they all work remote Even if they were next to each other, still two people having to talk, and so there's still coordination that has to happen, and you know what you're talking about. In the end. There is enough esoterica on optimizing the ICDISC usage, that especially trying to maximize the ICDISC capability that I don't think others really understand and not all of them need to understand it. But what I mean by that is for many companies they can just use the stupid simple approach for doing ICDISC and it'll still let them translate all the income they have right. In my particular case, it was important to look at the transaction by transaction optimization capability of the ICDISC in order to fully utilize and maximize the amount of income I could translate to dividend income. I use shared logic as my ERP system. There is literally an ICDISC button that creates the report that you care about. Dave: Right, and so that's one of the benefits of not to interrupt you, but people ask me because, like my, our IC disc business is almost impossible to sell. In fact your CPA firm even talked to me a few years ago about buying the ICDIS practice. The problem is we're not very sellable. We have a huge, we have a concentration risk because it's all tied to one part of the tax code. So they wanted to discount that, or they would have wanted if the conversation on that far. And the second problem is I'm a craftsman, I have the primary relationship with all of the clients. So they would have made me stay around for three or five years and I'm like you know and it would have been tied to some kind of an earn out because they're going to say well, what if the IC just goes away next year? You know we want you to basically keep some of that risk. So I don't know what got me off on this tangent of that risk. Roank: So I don't know what got me off on this tangent. I hear you, and I've thought about that question on your behalf as well, because from my perspective I think your job is kind of interesting and fun. Right, you get to visit a lot of different scrap yards, talk to a bunch of different scrap dudes about a thing you're very knowledgeable about that you know really could trans dramatically improve their financial position, and yet it's still a tough sell. Right, it should be like selling. You know it's not like selling ice cream to eskimos, and yet sometimes it probably feels that way. It is that way, yeah, yeah, and also the question of how to. Because you have a couple of people, I think that work for you, right, at least? Dave: one, yeah, yeah, there's a whole team, yeah. Roank: And so, yes, if IC-DISC went away, it would be I don't know what else you guys do, but pretty close to the end of the company and that's a rough gig. And you know, the low-grade communist in me certainly is shocked, shocked by all the awesome and incredible tax code optimization tools that exist for business owners tools that exist for business owners. Dave: I mean between the IC-DISC, new market tax credits opportunity zones right Bonus appreciation just it's Cost segregation, research-. Roank: Absolutely phenomenal, right, I am now a W2 employee like a putz, you know it's just phenomenal. But if that went away then, yeah, this does die. It's a really difficult thing to try to sell, right. It's the type of thing that, I don't know, if you can't keep some level of skin in the game or risk on it. It feels like the type of thing that if you have the right person in the organization that could be the face, should be kind of employee acquired in some capacity. Dave: Well, and that opportunity exists Some of my partners, I mean I have a standing offer to basically sell my part of the business and in many ways are you familiar with the inside. Roank: I am the. Dave: There's a deep dive of tax yeah, yeah, the structure for us I've already looked at it just doesn't. It doesn't really, it's not not the right fit, but yeah, I thought this thing. You know the funny thing about the disc it's been around since 1972, but it's been quote going, going away since 1973. So I've been doing this 20 years, and I thought I might have five years before this went away or there was a change. But the key, though, is that and that's true the concentration risk is there, but on the flip side, there's also a premium. You get a specialization premium that comes along with it. It's the reason if you look at a lawyer, the more specialized they are, the higher their billing rate, and so there's a premium that comes with that specialization. I know what I was going to say, and then I doubled down further where we have a concentration of risk within the scrap metal industry. But the benefit of that, though, is that when I show up to a scrap metal conference, I'm the only one there talking about IC disc, and I'm the one that well, a scrap guy introduced us. I mean, in fact, I won't mention him by name, but I call him my best unpaid salesman. He's referred as multiple clients. For a variety of reasons, they don't use us, but he's still a big fan of uh, of the work we do. So, yeah, and then the. Finally, there's this concept that has not caught on with a lot of americans. But there's this concept of saving Like you don't have to spend all your income in any given year, so there is this concept of you can make money, put it away and then, if the business goes away, you have this thing called like a nest egg, or you know. So People should think about it, yeah, but yeah my clients, my clients who I have a relationship with, that's. Oftentimes they'll ask me hey, dave, I'm a little worried about you, like as a friend, what happens if the IC disc goes away and I'm like I'll just spend more time there? That's what will happen. Roank: If it makes you feel better, I don't worry about you. I just think it's a very interesting company sale situation. I just think it's a very interesting company sale situation. Yeah, and you know, when you look at the environment today, you could be a tweet away from getting doged. Yeah, yeah, exactly yeah. So one of the you know, keep your head down and stay quiet, kind of things which appears to be the standard business approach to today's situation. Dave: It does seem to be. Roank: Well, hey Ronak. Dave: I can't believe how fast the time has floated. This has been a blast. I really appreciate it and I hope you have a great afternoon. Thank you, it's good to talk to you. Special Guest: Ronak Shah.

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Thông điệp mang nội dung hòa bình và lời mời chung sống với các ki-tô hữu. Iran đã luôn đầu tư mạnh mẽ vào mối quan hệ với Toà Thánh. Sự đầu tư này không chỉ mang màu sắc chính trị mà Iran còn tìm thấy nơi Toà Thánh sự tương đồng về chiều kích tâm linh tôn giáo. Mới đây, bộ trưởng Văn Hóa Iran đã hiện diện tại lễ an táng của Đức Phanxicô và lễ nhậm chức của Đức Lêô XIV. Ông đã chuyển tới đức tân giáo hoàng thông điệp của tổng thống Iran nhấn mạnh đến niềm tin lâu đời của Iran vào các nguyên tắc thống nhất của các tôn giáo lớn trên thế giới : Các tôn giáo đều bắt nguồn từ một chân lý duy nhất – chân lý kêu gọi nhân loại hướng đến phẩm giá, lòng trắc ẩn và hòa bình. Đức Lêô XIV đã ca ngợi chiều sâu lịch sử và văn hóa của người dân Iran, lưu ý rằng khi đức tin được thể hiện thông qua sự tôn trọng và đối thoại, « nó có sức mạnh biến đổi thế giới ». Sự chung sống của các tôn giáo Người dân Iran đã quen với sự chung sống giữa các tôn giáo. Người ki-tô hữu là một trong ba nhóm thiểu số được Hiến pháp Iran công nhận, cùng với người Do Thái giáo và người theo đạo Zoroaster (Bái hỏa giáo). Những đại diện của ba tôn giáo này tại Quốc hội Iran có quyền tham gia vào các phiên họp và có ý kiến ngay cả với những vấn đề nhạy cảm về an ninh quốc gia. Những thánh đường Công giáo cổ là những di sản văn hóa quốc gia. Kinh thánh Ki-tô giáo được dịch sang tiếng Ba Tư và các bản văn ki-tô giáo được giảng dạy và nghiên cứu. Tuy nhiên, việc truyền giáo giữa các tín đồ của các tôn giáo lại là vấn đề khác, hay vấn đề ép buộc cải sang Hồi giáo hay Công giáo cũng là một vấn đề hoàn toàn không liên quan với nhau. Người Hồi giáo Iran đa số thuộc hệ phái Shia và một thiểu số Sunni. Thế nên, ngay trong nội bộ, lãnh tụ tối cao đã thành lập các trường đại học để khuyến khích đối thoại. Hiến pháp Iran ghi nhận mọi quyền con người liên quan đến luật Kinh Coran, tức là luật pháp có nguồn gốc tôn giáo. Tuân thủ luật pháp như một hình thức thi hành tôn giáo. Điều này có thể giải thích cho việc : - Bài Hồi giáo là kết quả của những quan điểm sai lầm. Hồi giáo bị thu hẹp lại thành những nhóm bạo lực nhỏ. Họ giải thích kinh Coran theo cảm tính. Hồi giáo là một tôn giáo có chiều kích từ bi mạnh mẽ. Chính những nhóm này đang bị những người Hồi giáo chân chính xua đuổi. Và niềm tin đích thực phải được truyền đạt cho thế hệ trẻ. - Những người trẻ đang dần xa rời đức tin tôn giáo. Đó là vấn nạn chung, không chỉ nơi Hồi giáo mà cả nơi các tôn giáo khác. Mà vấn nạn này lãnh tụ Hồi giáo Iran mong muốn chia sẻ với người đứng đầu giáo hội Công giáo. Đối thoại Iran và Vatican được hình thành từ bao giờ ? Việc thiết lập sự đối thoại này đã được thực hiện từ lâu. Năm 1985, trong khi cuộc chiến Iran-Irak tàn khốc đang diễn ra, Iran đã mời nhà thần học phương Tây đầu tiên, linh mục Công giáo người Thụy Sỹ, Hans Küng, đến để trao đổi quan điểm với những người đồng cấp Hồi giáo. Küng đã rất ấn tượng khi thấy các giáo sĩ, quan chức Nhà nước và thậm chí cả các thành viên của gia đình giáo chủ tối cao lúc bấy giờ là Ayatolla Ruhollah Khomeini tham dự. Ông đã viết vào thời điểm đó: « Thay vì tranh chấp, hãy đối thoại. Đây là cụm từ đáng kinh ngạc mà tôi nghe thấy ở Teheran. Tôi tin rằng đối thoại chủ yếu có động cơ tôn giáo và sẽ đơm hoa kết trái. » Cuộc đối thoại này vẫn tiếp tục. Từ năm 1995, Tổ chức Văn hóa và Quan hệ Hồi giáo của Iran và Hội đồng Giáo hoàng về Đối thoại liên tôn của Vatican vẫn đều đặn gặp gỡ hội thảo mỗi 2 năm. Không chỉ với Giáo hội Công giáo, với khoảng 300.000 tín đồ tập trung ở Ispahan, nguyên là thủ đô của Iran, Hồi giáo Iran còn đối thoại với cả thiểu số Chính thống giáo Hy Lạp. Từ 1992, các giáo sĩ dòng Shia đã tổ chức cuộc họp liên tôn đầu tiên tại Athens với Giáo hội Chính thống giáo Hy Lạp. Các nhà tư tưởng Iran ngưỡng mộ giáo hội Chính thống giáo đã duy trì các giá trị và bản sắc truyền thống trước sự toàn cầu hóa của phương Tây. Hợp tác tôn giáo này còn được thể hiện qua sự can thiệp vào năm 2011 của giám mục Anh giáo John Bryson Chane và Hồng y Theodore McCarrick trong cuộc đàm phán thả hai người đi bộ đường dài người Mỹ bị Iran bắt giữ từ 2009 với cáo buộc làm gián điệp. Trung gian chính trị Có 3 lý do cơ bản để mối quan hệ giữa Teheran và Vatican trở nên gần gũi và có thể trở thành cầu nối cho những mối tương quan khác. Trước tiên, tầng lớp lãnh đạo của Iran không chỉ được thúc đẩy bởi Realpolitik, tức là thực thi những đường lối chính trị thực dụng trước mắt, như thắng cử mà không có đường lối hay ý thức hệ chính trị của một đảng. Những nhà lãnh đạo Iran hoạt động trong sự pha trộn tâm lý và văn hóa mà trong đó niềm tin tôn giáo đóng vai trò quan trọng. Đó là điều mà các nhà lãnh đạo phương Tây không thể hiểu được vì khái niệm tách biệt giữa Nhà nước và Giáo hội. Tuy nhiên, giáo hoàng và những người cộng tác của ngài có thể gặp gỡ với những nhà lãnh đạo Iran ngay trên chính lãnh địa này, nơi mà họ tìm thấy một vũ trụ chung về các niềm tin thiêng liêng và thần học. Thứ hai, đó là sự chia rẽ giữa các phái Hồi giáo, mà lớn nhất là hệ phái Shia và Sunni, có thể được xem tương đương với sự chia sẽ giữa Công giáo và các hệ phái Tin Lành hay Chính thống giáo. Và việc đi tìm sự hợp nhất cho sự chia rẽ của các tin đồ cùng tin thờ một Thượng đế là vấn đề mà những người trong cuộc mới hiểu rõ và chia sẻ với nhau. Thứ ba, xét về mặt chính sách, Iran và Vatican dưới thời Đức Phanxicô có nhiều khía cạnh tương đồng. Đó là cả hai đều mong muốn một trật tự thế giới đa phương hơn, không còn bị các cường quốc phương Tây, đặc biệt là Hoa Kỳ, thống trị. Đức Phanxicô là người ủng hộ chính cho liên minh BRICS, trong đó Iran là một trong sáu thành viên mới thành lập, và giáo hoàng có thể được tin tưởng sẽ tiếp tục khuyến khích BRICS trở thành một đối trọng kinh tế và chiến lược thực sự trong các vấn đề toàn cầu. Vấn đề hạt nhân và Syria Đối với Vatican, Syria là nơi có cộng đoàn Công giáo lớn nhất ở vùng Cận Đông. Đó là lý do tại sao từ năm 2013, Đức Phanxicô đã can thiệp vào Syria khi tổng thống Assad có thể đã sử dụng vũ khí hóa học chống lại chính người dân của mình. Vào tháng Chín năm đó, Đức Phanxicô đã kêu gọi một ngày cầu nguyện toàn cầu cho Syria khi tình hình nước này ngày càng hỗn loạn. Bên cạnh việc cầu nguyện, Vatican đã trình bày tóm tắt lập trường cho khoảng 70 vị đại sứ bên cạnh Tòa Thánh rằng một sự can thiệp sẽ chỉ làm trầm trọng thêm xung đột và cần phải tìm kiếm một giải pháp hòa bình. Đức Phanxicô cũng đã viết thư cho các thành viên của G20, khi đó đang nhóm họp ở Nga, lập luận rằng một sự can thiệp quân sự là vô ích. Khi đó Hoa Kỳ đã chọn không can thiệp và thay vào đó, chuyển kho vũ khí hóa học của Assad cho một tổ chức quốc tế. Hành động này cũng kéo Vladimir Putin vào cuộc nhằm bảo vệ những người ki-tô giáo và trong các nỗ lực cung cấp viện trợ nhân đạo. Iran đã bày tỏ sự ngưỡng mộ trước các nỗ lực của Tòa Thánh trong việc ngăn chặn các cuộc không kích vào Syria. Còn đối với Vatican, Iran là một bên không thể thiếu trong việc chấm dứt xung đột ở Syria. Vatican là thành viên sáng lập của Cơ quan Năng lượng Nguyên tử Quốc tế và từ lâu cũng đã ủng hộ thỏa thuận hạt nhân của Iran, coi đây là con đường hướng tới việc sử dụng công nghệ hạt nhân vì mục đích hòa bình. Khi Hoa Kỳ từ bỏ thỏa thuận dưới thời chính quyền Trump vào năm 2018, nhóm ngoại giao của Tòa Thánh đã thể hiện rõ sự phản đối. Những mối quan hệ lịch sử dựa trên tôn giáo và quan điểm chung về Syria đã dẫn đến một liên minh chính trị hoàn toàn về thỏa thuận hạt nhân. Trong quá khứ, vào tháng 4/2014, đã từng có một phái đoàn từ Hội đồng giám mục Hoa Kỳ gặp Hội đồng tối cao của các giáo chủ Chủng viện Qom của Iran. Hai bên đã đạt được lập trường chung chống vũ khí hạt nhân và vũ khí giết người hàng loạt. Trong quá trình gặp gỡ này, các giám mục Hoa Kỳ luôn tham khảo ý kiến từ Vatican. Thế nên, trong các vấn đề của vùng Trung Cận Đông, Vatican muốn giúp tạo động lực cho một tiến trình hòa bình tôn trọng vai trò của Iran và họ coi Téhéran là một bên tham gia không thể thiếu, sẵn sàng bảo vệ các nhóm tín ngưỡng mà cho đến nay các chính phủ phương Tây phần lớn không bảo vệ được. Tương đồng trước những vấn đề tôn giáo chung Trong khi, các lãnh tụ của Iran sẵn sàng nhận điện thoại từ Vatican trong các sự kiện quan trọng, chẳng hạn như tân tổng thống Masoud Pezeshkian đã điện đàm với hồng y Pietro Parolin, quốc vụ khanh Tòa Thánh ngay sau khi thắng cử. Thường các nguyên thủ quốc gia thích tránh né các cuộc gọi chứa đầy nội dung giáo huấn đạo đức từ Vatican. Đó không chỉ vì phép lịch sự ngoại giao của hai nước có mối quan hệ lâu dài, mà họ còn có sự tương đồng. Cả hai quốc gia đều được điều hành bởi một hàng giáo sĩ tôn giáo. Và họ đều nhìn thấy mối nguy của sự xuống cấp về mặt đạo đức nơi các thế hệ trẻ. Sự thiếu đi một bệ đỡ về mặt tinh thần trong một thế giới biến chuyển nhanh chóng và cần phải khẩn cấp cần đến những giải pháp cho vấn đề này. Còn đối với người Việt nói chung, và người ki-tô giáo nói riêng, ngôi mộ của người sáng lập ra chữ quốc ngữ được tìm thấy ở Ispanhan. Linh mục Alexandre de Rhodes hay cha Đắc Lộ (1591-1660) sau sứ mạng truyền giáo ở Việt Nam, ngài được phái đến Ispahan lúc đó là thủ đô của nước Ba Tư. Và qua đời tại đây.

What if your doctor was the one who needed saving?In this eye-opening episode of The Big Silence, Karena Dawn sits down with Dr. Darshan Shah, a surgeon, longevity expert, and founder of Next Health. After decades in medicine and a career spent helping others, Dr. Shah found himself battling chronic disease, obesity, depression, and burnout. But it wasn't pills or procedures that saved him. It was a radical shift toward root-cause healing and functional medicine. This episode dives deep into the science behind metabolic health, food and mood, hormones, inflammation, and even Alzheimer's prevention. If you've ever felt like your health was spiraling or your mind was foggy beyond repair, this conversation is your invitation to start again from a smarter, stronger, and more self-aware place.What's the Real Cause of Chronic Illness, and Can We Reverse It Without Medication?Dr. Shah explains why most health advice treats symptoms, not causes, and how root-cause medicine, nutrition, and tracking your biomarkers can change everything.(00:03:15) When the Doctor Becomes the Patient: Dr. Shah's Wake-Up CallAt 42, Dr. Shah was 50 pounds overweight, had high blood pressure, prediabetes, and depression — despite being a leading surgeon.He realized that traditional medicine taught him how to treat disease, but not how to prevent or reverse it.His journey into functional medicine began with uncovering the root causes of mental and physical illness.The experience made him rethink everything he thought he knew about health — and launched his mission to transform care from reactive to proactive.(00:11:05) Food, Mood & Metabolic Disease: What Your Grocery Cart Isn't Telling YouUltra-processed foods cause nutrient deficiencies, inflammation, and metabolic chaos — and often trigger depression and anxiety.Reducing sugar and refined carbs (like bread, pasta, and pastries) is critical to brain and body health.Dr. Shah recommends key books:Good Energy by Dr. Casey MeansBrain Energy by Dr. Christopher PalmerGlucose Revolution by Jessie InchauspéMetabolic health is deeply connected to mental health — you can't treat one without addressing the other.(00:14:19) Hormones, Bloodwork & Becoming the Boss of Your Own BiologyMost doctors don't check thyroid, testosterone, or estrogen levels — even though these regulate nearly every cell in your body.Annual (or even quarterly) bloodwork is essential to catch changes before they become diagnoses.At home, you can track body composition with a bioimpedance scale and sleep/stress with wearables.Knowing your health data empowers you to take action before symptoms spiral.(00:18:44) Fitness for Longevity: Why “Exercise Snacks” Work Better Than the GymDr. Shah encourages 3–5 minute movement breaks throughout the day — called “exercise snacks” — to counteract sedentary behavior.Research shows that every 45 minutes of sitting increases your risk of disease. Breaking it up adds up fast.Karena shares how she intuitively built strength this way with small workout breaks.Your genome is malleable, based 95% on your day-to-day habits and 5 % genetics.(00:24:22) Alzheimer's, Genes & How to Take Control of Your Brain's FutureHaving the APOE gene doesn't guarantee Alzheimer's, but lifestyle factors like poor sleep, sugar consuption, and inflammation increase risk.Dr. Shah outlines 15 modifiable root causes of cognitive decline, from toxins to sedentary behavior.Healing your gut, balancing blood sugar, and protecting your mitochondria can dramatically reduce your...

Questions Seema answered in this episodeWhat is Sensor Tower, and how does it analyze the digital retail economy?What tactics actually drive engagement and conversion for e-commerce apps?How are loyalty programs, membership fees, and incentives engineered to retain users?Why is ‘engagement' more critical than mere app downloads?What happens when acquisition ad spend dries up (Temu, Shein) and retention isn't there?How do free shipping, fast returns, and frictionless checkout rewire user habits?What does the data say about the new ‘in-app event' wars among major retailers?What are the most common blind spots for mid-sized brands trying to compete with giants?How can smaller brands leverage data, urgency, and unique value to build sustainable engagement?What emerging trends should e-commerce marketers prepare for?Timestamps(0:00) – Intro: Sensor Tower, Seema's role, scope of data and products(3:00) – Why engagement beats downloads: session length, frequency, retention(4:00) – The mechanics of loyalty programs: Amazon Prime, Target Circle, Ulta, and more(8:30) – Tariff threats and the new ad spend math: what happens to MAU when you cut UA?(11:00) – Small brand playbook: driving downloads, boosting engagement, and using incentives(23:32) – In-app events: the new engagement arms race (Amazon, Walmart, Target)(26:00) – The difference between frequency and discretionary shopping(34:00) – Platform evolution, removing friction, and why smaller features win(37:00) –Emerging trends in e-commerce apps(52:15) – Wrap-up: How to connect with Seema, Sensor Tower, and what's nextQuotes(8:50) “Since the removal of the de minimis tax exemption and also the tariffs, we've seen a decline in advertising spend and a shift to other countries.”(13:43)  “If you're a smaller brand and you want to compete, you have to really know who your customer is and what attracted them to you in the first place.”(24:45)  “Frequency seems huge for retention and how much time they're spending on the app, but how do these top brands keep users coming back without fatiguing them with advertising?”Mentioned in This EpisodeSensor TowerSeema Shah Linkedin

In today's OncClub episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Shailee S. Shah, MD, about a retrospective study she and colleagues conducted to understand the effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors on patients with cancer and pre-existing neurologic autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and Parkinson's disease. Dr Shah is a clinical assistant professor of neurology (MS/neuroimmunology) at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.  In our exclusive interview, Dr Shah discussed the design of this study, key findings, and how these results emphasize the need for multidisciplinary care and risk stratification for more effective and comprehensive patient care.  Check out the full OncClub subseries to see additional findings and insights from this research!

As Israel's war in Gaza nears its second full year since October 7th, 2023, multiple aid agencies and humanitarian groups have said that the prevalence of famine within the strip has gone beyond critical levels, with elderly Palestinians now succumbing to malnutrition-related deaths alongside the deaths amongst children that were reported earlier this year. Israel, who have maintained a blockade on the Gaza strip since 2007, began significantly restricting the amount of aid entering the enclave following the beginning of the war. While spokespeople from the government have told the international community they were allowing adequate levels of aid to enter the strip during humanitarian pauses, humanitarian groups have said the volume of aid entering the strip was far below the level needed, and that reported attacks on both aid workers and Palestinians waiting for aid by IDF personnel weakened Israel's claims of distributing aid effectively.  Oto spoke to Dr Ritesh Shah, a Senior Lecturer Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland to discuss why Israel has been facing international condemnation for its handling of aid distribution in Gaza. If you'd like to attend the seminar that Ritesh will be speaking at tomorrow, you can find the details for it here on eventbrite:

As Israel's war in Gaza nears its second full year since October 7th, 2023, multiple aid agencies and humanitarian groups have said that the prevalence of famine within the strip has gone beyond critical levels, with elderly Palestinians now succumbing to malnutrition-related deaths alongside the deaths amongst children that were reported earlier this year. Israel, who have maintained a blockade on the Gaza strip since 2007, began significantly restricting the amount of aid entering the enclave following the beginning of the war. While spokespeople from the government have told the international community they were allowing adequate levels of aid to enter the strip during humanitarian pauses, humanitarian groups have said the volume of aid entering the strip was far below the level needed, and that reported attacks on both aid workers and Palestinians waiting for aid by IDF personnel weakened Israel's claims of distributing aid effectively.  Oto spoke to Dr Ritesh Shah, a Senior Lecturer Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland to discuss why Israel has been facing international condemnation for its handling of aid distribution in Gaza. If you'd like to attend the seminar that Ritesh will be speaking at tomorrow, you can find the details for it here on eventbrite:

Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today!Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com)Have you ever wondered why getting obesity medications like Wegovy or Zepbound feels sooo complicated and honestly, kinda impossible sometimes?Between high costs, confusing insurance rules, and endless paperwork, even patients who qualify often struggle to actually start treatment.To help us break it all down, I'm joined by Dr. Nikita Shah, a board-certified obesity medicine physician and founder of WeightSense in Orlando, Florida. She focuses on practical, health-first weight care and also serves on the Medical Society of Central Florida board and the Obesity Pillars Journal editorial board. She's all about helping patients find real-world solutions that actually work.In this episode, we cover everything you need to know about accessing obesity medications, including:Why obesity is a real medical condition, not a personal failure.How cost and insurance create the biggest hurdles.The different coverage rules for medications like Wegovy, Zepbound, and Ozempic.What prior authorization really involves—and how to get through it.Affordable medication options like Qsymia and Contrave.Why most compounded anti-obesity medications aren't the safest choice.If you're ready to finally understand the process, cut through the confusion, and learn the smartest steps to get started, listen to the full episode now!Connect with Dr. Shah:Instagram: nikitashahdoWebsite: Weight SenseBlog Mentioned: Understanding Insurance CoverageConnect with me:Instagram: doctorfrancavillaFacebook: Help Your Patients Lose Weight with Dr. FrancavillaWebsite: Dr. Francavilla ShowYoutube: The Doctor Francavilla ShowGLP Strong: glpstrong.com

Radiology read to you! Vikas Shah is joined by Emmeline to discuss the important topic of ovarian torsion covering epidemiology, pathology, ultrasound, CT, MRI and more. Plus, Andrew and Frank chat about Singapore, cocktails, a recent accidental MRI death and eponyms!  Radiopaedia's ovarian torsion article ► https://radiopaedia.org/articles/adnexal-torsion-2 MRI metal necklace death ► https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/man-wearing-metal-necklace-dies-sucked-into-mri-machine/105554690 Dr. Worm song ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxXVhdmdZc Become a supporter ► https://radiopaedia.org/supporters Get an All-Access Pass ► https://radiopaedia.org/courses/all-access-course-pass Radiopaedia Community chat ► http://radiopaedia.org/chat Ideas and Feedback ► podcast@radiopaedia.org   The Reading Room is a radiology podcast intended primarily for radiologists, radiology registrars and residents. 

This week on The Girl Dad Show, Young Han sits down with Umang Shah — marketing executive, fractional CMO, and founder of Inovari — for a thoughtful conversation about what happens when your entire worldview shifts after becoming a parent. Umang Shah is a seasoned marketing executive with 20+ years of experience leading global marketing innovation across industries like tech, retail, CPG, life sciences, and financial services. He's held leadership roles at companies like Microsoft, Walmart, Campbell's, Medidata, and Northwestern Mutual. Named one of Adweek's 50 Vital Leaders in Tech, Media, and Marketing, Umang now runs his own consultancy, Inovari, where he helps startups and growth-stage companies stay perpetually relevant. Together, they unpack how fatherhood has impacted Umang's career decisions, health, and lifestyle, and why the pandemic was a major turning point for realigning priorities. They talk about the emotional and mental adjustments required to show up fully — both at home and at work — and why being present is sometimes the hardest but most valuable thing you can do. Whether you're a new parent, a seasoned one, or someone thinking about how to better balance your ambition with the rest of your life, this episode offers candid reflections and real-world insight. ✨ All episodes of The Girl Dad Show are proudly sponsored by Thesis, helping founders go further, together. Takeaways Parenthood forces a reset on what really matters Success doesn't mean much without well-being Kids model what we do, not what we say Flexibility in consulting can be freeing, but not without its pressures Enjoying the ride is often more important than controlling it

We're back! And this time, we're turning our attention to another ambiguous concept that has long shaped public (mis)understandings of autism: empathy.As always, you can find a (not Substack-generated) transcript of the episode, as well as a music-free remix, here.“I choose to live life deliberately”Maybe you've heard the claim that autistic people “lack empathy.” Or maybe you've heard the opposite: that, in fact, autistic people are hyper-empathetic.Maybe you've even heard that autistic people are so hyper-empathetic that they have paranormal telepathic abilities. Yikes!But what if, instead of making sweeping generalizations, we learned about the nuances of one person's experiences with empathy? When Joanna and I first started working on NeuroDiving, we did what any super-serious podcasters would do: we made a website. Not even a week after it went live, I received a friendly email from a minister in Santa Cruz, CA named Ryan Althaus. Diagnosed with autism as an adult, Ryan was eager to dive into the philosophical dimensions of his diagnosis. I Googled him, and in that Googling, I found a sermon in which he mentioned scoring a “0” on an empathy test while still in seminary. I had to know more.Turns out, Ryan had a whole host of insights into the nature of empathy. In our conversation with Ryan—NeuroDiving's first-ever interview!—he talked us through his experiences taking psychometric tests, reflected on how empathy shows up in his own life, and offered thoughtful critiques of over-reliance on empathy.So, in this episode, meet Ryan. I doubt you'll think about empathy in quite the same way again.Topics Discussed* Meet Ryan! (00:20)* Surprisingly, a psych test labeled Ryan as having “no empathy” (01:48).* Ryan's background (05:21).* How Ryan was diagnosed with autism after experience eating disorder relapse (06:07).* Ryan's autism diagnosis helped make sense of those earlier psych test results (the ones claiming he had “no empathy”). We explore the psych tests used in seminaries. (09:30).* Those psych tests also said that Ryan “likes to break rules for fun” (11:53).* The church polity exam illustrates Ryan's relationship with rules (12:56).* Autistic people tend to get low scores on tests that claim to measure empathy—but those tests have limitations (15:23).* How Ryan experiences cognitive empathy (AKA theory of mind) (20:58). * Ryan's experiences with emotional contagion (22:08).* Ryan's experience with “abstract empathy” (23:45).* Connection to alexithymia (24:34).* Ryan's experiments in living—how Ryan has worked to understand other people's experiences and emotions (25:46).* Ryan's three critiques of empathy (28:06).Sources Mentioned* Ryan Althaus, From Emaciated to Emancipated: The Story of a Skinny Mango (2023).* Even more books by Ryan!* Ryan's radio show. * Floyd and Gupta, “Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,” StatPearls (2023).* The “unofficial” list of questions used to place people on the psychopathic deviate scale.* Some examples of the “standard view” on autism and empathy:* Langwerden, et al., “An Exploratory Study of MMPI-2-RF Personality and Psychopathology Profiles of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder without Intellectual Disability,” Clinical Neuropsychiatry, Vol. 19 Issue 5 (2022).* Shah, et al., “Trait Autism is a Better Predictor of Empathy than Alexithymia,” Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2019).* Sindermann, et al., “Empathy, Autistic Tendencies, and Systematizing Tendencies: Relationships Between Standard Self-Report Measures,” Frontiers in Psychiatry (2019).* An autistic researcher's take on autism and empathy:* Silvertant, “Autistics have lower empathy?” (2021).CreditsHosting, Research, Fact-Checking, Script-Editing: Amelia Hicks and Joanna LawsonGuest: Ryan AlthausMusic and Audio Production: Amelia HicksThank-YousThank you to Ryan for sharing his experiences and insights with us! Be sure to check out Ryan's writing (listed above). And if you're in Santa Cruz, you can join him on a sailing adventure! And thanks to the Marc Sanders Foundation and the Templeton Foundation for their support of the show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit neurodiving.substack.com

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Pandaplomacy, Awake Apnoea, and Elton John's "Art of the Comeback" Tribute WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:32 - Grateful (Panda Research, Russia Deadline Change) 16:21 - Updates (North Carolina, Skydance Merger) 28:01 - Epstein Updates (Maxwell Questioning, New Distractions) 58:56 - Columbia Uni Settlement 1:18:14 - Russiagate Update 1:41:06 - Tariff Deals (Japan, Europe, India, Brazil, Canada) 2:20:47 - Immigration (Police State, Denaturalisation, Detention, No More El Salvador, Sympathy For ICE, Polling) 2:58:15 - Tangent Treehouse (William Faulkner) [Recorded: Thursday 31 July 1:45PM AEST / 11:45PM NEW YORK TIME] SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW Homework: * Dave's Panda Diplomacy TLDR: The Conversation: https://bitly.cx/LB1Di * Panda Diplomacy full paper: https://bitly.cx/tMlQj * Miserable ICE Staff Atlantic: https://bitly.cx/gGBIx THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement
Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula   THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! 

It's Emmajority Report Thursday! On today's show: After facing significant backlash, Scott Bessent makes a half-hearted attempt to walk back his comments about using Trump "accounts" as a backdoor to privatize Social Security. Silky Shah, author of Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition, joins us to discuss how immigration policy fuels mass incarceration. Then, Tim Sahay, co-editor of the Polycrisis newsletter, stops by to talk about the crumbling foundations of neoliberalism and what comes next. In the Fun Half: Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join us as we kick things off with Cory Booker's passionate floor speech—no, not about Gaza, Epstein, or austerity—but about a procedural technicality in a bill he supported twice. We break down the Senate vote on Bernie Sanders' failed proposal to block additional arms shipments to Israel—and Bernie's ongoing refusal to say the word “genocide.” Plus: a deep-pocketed centrist enters the race for Jerry Nadler's seat, borrowing stylistic cues from Zohran Mamdani, minus the actual policy platform. All that and more, plus your calls and IMs! The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase Check out today's sponsors EXPRESS VPN: Get up to 4 extra months free. Expressvpn.com/Majority ZOCDOC: Go to Zocdoc.com/MAJORITY and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. SUNSET LAKE: Right now at sunsetlakecbd.com, you can try our new Lifted Teas for 25% off when you use the coupon code DrinkUp. That's “drink up,” all one word with no spaces.  Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on YouTube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder – https://majorityreportradio.com  

A conversation with Neal ShahThe healthcare insurance system is on the cusp of collapsing.Enter former Wall Street hedge fund manager Neal Shah, who channelled personal experiences of managing care for family members into a mission for transforming our entire system.As CEO of social enterprise and health tech platform CareYaya and Chairman of Counterforce Health, Neal is dedicated to spearheading a revolution: bringing direct relationships to the forefront and bypassing huge corporations.With costs rising, health statistics worsening, a workforce tiring, a population ageing - the time is now to act for change.—We spoke about concepts from his new book Insured to Death,  the systemic failures of health insurance in America, how patients can use AI and advocacy to challenge claim denials, and what it will take to build a more humane, transparent system that serves us all.Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @ericfethkemd and checkout my website at www.EricFethkeMD.com. My brand new book, The Privilege of Caring, is out now on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP6H6QN4

Fall Camp: Sharrieff Shah talking defensive backs, depth in CB room + more

Last week, Mark Aesch and Alvin McBorrough unpacked a striking statistic: only 4 % of Americans ride transit, yet 84 % of people say they value it. This week we keep that conversation going with Rikesh Shah, former Chief Innovation Officer at Transport for London. Together with host Paul Comfort, Rikesh explores how customer‑focused metrics, open data, and smarter procurement can turn that 84 % of “transit supporters” into satisfied users—and why leadership has to set the stage for risk‑taking and co‑creation. From Volume to Value —Why ridership shouldn't be the sole north‑star KPI, and how London's open‑data program shifted travel behavior for the better.Customer‑First Metrics —Using design‑thinking and qualitative research to uncover the real pain points of diverse riders (and non‑riders).Making Cities a Test Bed —How transparent “problem statements” and outcome‑based procurement invite startups, scale‑ups, and tier‑ones to co‑create solutions.Smart Procurement 101 —Engage procurement early, signal future tenders, and use one streamlined process that covers pilot, scale‑up, and rollout.Leadership & Risk —What CEOs can do today to foster entrepreneurial cultures, align internal teams, and de‑risk innovation without overprescribing specs.Lessons from London —Congestion charging, Ultra‑Low Emission Zones, and open innovation under successive mayors—and what U.S. cities can adopt.

Fall Camp: Sharrieff Shah talking defensive backs, depth in CB room + more

Fall Camp: Sharrieff Shah talking defensive backs, depth in CB room + more

University of Utah cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah addressed the media as the Utah Utes kick off Fall Camp 2025.

For health care purchasers, women's health is no longer a niche offering—it's a strategic imperative. In this episode of Radio Advisory, host Rachel (Rae) Woods welcomes Dr. Neel Shah, Chief Medical Officer at Maven Clinic—the world's largest virtual clinic for women's and family health—to unpack the clinical, financial, and operational benefits of investing in holistic women's health. As costs rise, employee expectations evolve, and working parents face mounting pressures, purchasers are navigating a complex balancing act: managing their own financial health while offering benefits that attract and retain top talent. Dr. Shah explains how partners like Maven are helping employers and purchasers offer holistic, cost-effective care across the full lifecycle—from fertility and pregnancy to postpartum and menopause. What you'll learn in this episode: Why women's health is a critical component of any cost-containment strategy for purchasers How holistic support for women and parents creates a competitive advantage in today's labor market The role of digital health in connecting patients and employees to the clinical and non-clinical support they need—quickly and cost-effectively We're here to help: The Preprint Ep. 216: Ep. 216: Why providers and employers need to focus on women's health "beyond the bikini" Ep. 188: The business case for investing in women's health Ep. 232: The rise of ICHRAs: Why some employers are turning to the individual market Health System Growth Series A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on RadioAdvisory.advisory.com.

Today, I'm joined by Dr. Darshan Shah, founder and CEO of Next Health.   Founded in 2016, Next Health is scaling clinics to help patients preserve vitality, with services spanning executive physicals, regenerative therapies, aesthetic treatments, and more.    In this episode, we discuss the evolution and future of longevity-focused clinics.   We also cover:   The four pillars of longevity care  Complexities of medical franchising Building a model for N-of-1 medicine   Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider   Next Health: https://www.next-health.com  Next Health Social: https://www.instagram.com/nexthealth/ Franchise Opportunities: https://www.next-health.com/franchise  Dr. Shah's Website: https://drshah.com/  Dr. Shah's Social: @darshanshahmd   -   The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart workout solutions for fitness and health facilities.   Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/  Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/  Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/    Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (00:20) Dr. Shah's Background (01:25) Four Verticals of Longevity Medicine (04:25) Building a Unified Healthcare Model (07:00) Membership Model and Personalized N-of-One Medicine (11:15) Evolution of Longevity Terminology (14:45) Bridging Wellness and Legitimate Healthcare (19:55) Medical Innovation (21:15) Franchise Expansion Strategy  (24:40) Complexity of Medical Franchising (27:35) Attracting Medical Talent from Traditional Healthcare (30:05) Partnership Opportunities  (31:35) Marketing Strategy and Community Building (34:15) Financing and Franchise Economics (36:20) The Future of Next Health (38:00) Conclusion  

My guest is Dr. Nirao Shah, MD, PhD, a professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences and neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. We discuss how the brains of males and females differ and how those differences arise from different genes and hormones during fetal development, in childhood and adulthood. We discuss what drives male- versus female-specific behaviors and how hormonal fluctuations across the lifespan, including puberty, the menstrual cycle, menopause and aging – affect behavior, cognition and health. Additionally, we discuss how biology relates to gender identity and the impact of hormone therapies on brain circuits that regulate mating, parenting and social bonding. Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Maui Nui: https://mauinuivenison.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Nirao Shah 00:02:11 Mice, Humans & Brain, Biological Conservation 00:05:25 Hormones, Nature vs Nurture 00:07:13 Biological Sex Differences, Chromosomes & SRY Gene, Hormones 00:16:01 Sponsors: Maui Nui & Eight Sleep 00:19:09 Androgen Mutations, Feminization & Masculinization 00:22:04 SRY Gene; Animals & Sexual Trans-Differentiation 00:27:49 Hormones & Biological Brain Differentiation 00:31:22 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androstenedione; Stress & Pregnancy 00:35:56 Genes, Brain Differentiation & Sexual Identity; Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia 00:43:37 Testosterone, Estrogen & Brain Circuits 00:47:27 Sponsors: AG1 & LMNT 00:50:36 Intersex Individuals, Castration 00:52:23 Female Sexual Behavior, Brain, Testosterone & Pheromones 00:57:58 Identify as Heterosexual or Homosexual, Difference in Hormone Levels? 01:00:42 Gender, Sexual Orientation & Hormones; Hormone Replacement Therapy 01:10:21 Aromatization; Steroid Hormones & Gene Expression 01:15:00 Kids & Changing Gender Identity 01:19:05 Sexual Behavior, Refractory Period & Male Brain, Tacr1 Cells 01:21:31 Sponsor: Function 01:23:19 Hypothalamus, Dopamine, Prolactin, Cabergoline, Libido, Dopamine 01:27:05 Brain Circuits, Aggression & Sexual Behavior 01:32:40 Refractory Period; Age, Testosterone & Libido 01:36:07 Tacr1 Cells in Females, Periaqueductal Gray & Innate Behaviors 01:40:00 Parenting Behaviors & Brain Circuits; Pet Dogs 01:43:12 Oxytocin, Pair Bonding, Vasopressin; Biological Redundancy 01:47:22 Libido, Melanocortin, Tacr1 Neurons; GLP-1 Agonists, Clinical Trials; Kisspeptin 01:56:43 Female Brain Changes, Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy, Menopause; Estrogen; Men & Hormone Fluctuation? 02:04:10 Life Experience Male vs Female, Sex Recognition, Behaviors & Context 02:16:05 Pain Management; Endocrine Disrupters, Gender Identity 02:21:03 Future Projects 02:24:29 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darshan Shah, MD is a board-certified surgeon, published author, and Founder and CEO of Next Health – the first, largest and fastest-growing health optimization and longevity clinic. He earned his medical degree at the age of 21 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, becoming one of the youngest doctors in the United States at the time. He continued his training at the Mayo Clinic and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. As a longevity medicine specialist, he has advised thousands of patients on how to optimize their well-being and extend their healthspan and lifespan. Today on the show we discuss: steps you can take to add decades to your life, the #1 contributor to disease and how to eat for energy and fat loss, Dr. Shah's personal rock bottom and how he transformed his health, how to eat to manage your insulin effectively, the connection between mental and metabolic health, habits that increase and decrease your lifespan and much more.  Today's sponsor: Vitali Skincare Get 20% off ⁠Vitali Skincare⁠ by using code "Doug" at checkout by going to https://www.vitaliskincare.com/ ⚠ WELLNESS DISCLAIMER ⚠ Please be advised; the topics related to health and mental health in my content are for informational, discussion, and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your health or mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your current condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard from your favorite creator, on social media, or shared within content you've consumed. If you are in crisis or you think you may have an emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. If you do not have a health professional who is able to assist you, use these resources to find help: Emergency Medical Services—911 If the situation is potentially life-threatening, get immediate emergency assistance by calling 911, available 24 hours a day. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org.  SAMHSA addiction and mental health treatment Referral Helpline, 1-877-SAMHSA7 (1-877-726-4727) and https://www.samhsa.gov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

01:02:09Candace Owens Lawsuit BackgroundThe segment formally introduces the lawsuit. Owens is being sued for repeatedly claiming Brigitte Macron was born male. 01:04:58Legal Strategy and Trans IdeologyThe show critiques Tim Pool's logic that misgendering Macron could expose trans ideology. The host believes this backfires and actually helps the left maintain consistency in their views on speech and gender. 01:07:03Trial Commentary: Is This Worth It?The host questions Owens' motivations, suggesting she's wasting time and energy for attention. He argues that even if true, the claim has no meaningful impact and distracts from more serious issues like Epstein. 01:24:04 Israel, War, and the Hypocrisy of Christian SupportA critique of Christians who support endless war in the Middle East, especially those cheering military campaigns against civilians while claiming to follow Christ. The host warns that cheering starvation and bombardment of children contradicts biblical teachings and undermines the gospel. 01:29:19 AIPAC's Infiltration of American ChurchesA disturbing exposé reveals that AIPAC is allegedly using financial influence to reshape Christian theology in U.S. churches. Evangelical institutions and seminaries are said to be paid to push pro-Israel messaging, leading to the erosion of biblical teaching in favor of political loyalty. 02:05:12 The Collapse of Christian Ethics in Modern WarfareA deep theological dive into the abandonment of just war principles. From Dresden to Nagasaki to Gaza, the segment traces how Christian restraint in warfare has eroded into total war endorsed by evangelicals, leaving Western nations morally bankrupt. 02:25:19 Trump, Gaza Real Estate, and the War-for-Profit MentalityThe host condemns Trump for viewing Gaza's destruction as a commercial opportunity. He contrasts Trump's real estate ambitions with the mass civilian casualties, accusing the president and his allies of callous opportunism and theological betrayal. 02:41:01l Cost-Benefit Tyranny of AutomationThe segment exposes how corporations will accept inefficiency and customer frustration if robotic labor increases profit margins. Human labor is being replaced not because machines are better—but because they're compliant and cheap. 02:53:26 Trump's Executive Orders Fuel AI TechnocracyTrump signs three AI-related executive orders. The host slams MAGA hypocrisy, noting how Trump gets a pass for the same authoritarian tools conservatives once condemned. He sees the orders as government-backed consolidation of technocratic power. 03:08:27China's Rise Through Education and AI While America FallsCelente outlines how China is winning the AI war through serious investment in education and engineering, unlike the U.S., where college graduates are distracted by useless degrees. He warns of a second "dot-com bust" in overhyped American AI ventures and highlights China's ability to achieve massive AI advances with lower costs and smaller chips. 03:26:58Occupy Peace: Rallying Against the War Machine and Reclaiming America's SoulCelente shares his personal commitment to peace, the historical value of Kingston, NY, and his effort to revive the founding spirit of America through the Occupy Peace movement. He calls out billionaires for never supporting peace efforts and urges citizens to take action by attending the upcoming rally to build a coalition of freedom-minded people. 03:51:59How U.S. Empire Created Extremism: The Hidden History of IranCelente recounts how the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected government in 1953 to protect oil interests, installing the brutal Shah and sparking the rise of radical Islam. This historical manipulation is presented as a blueprint for America's endless foreign entanglements and evidence that the U.S. public is kept ignorant of global crimes committed in their name. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

01:02:09Candace Owens Lawsuit BackgroundThe segment formally introduces the lawsuit. Owens is being sued for repeatedly claiming Brigitte Macron was born male. 01:04:58Legal Strategy and Trans IdeologyThe show critiques Tim Pool's logic that misgendering Macron could expose trans ideology. The host believes this backfires and actually helps the left maintain consistency in their views on speech and gender. 01:07:03Trial Commentary: Is This Worth It?The host questions Owens' motivations, suggesting she's wasting time and energy for attention. He argues that even if true, the claim has no meaningful impact and distracts from more serious issues like Epstein. 01:24:04 Israel, War, and the Hypocrisy of Christian SupportA critique of Christians who support endless war in the Middle East, especially those cheering military campaigns against civilians while claiming to follow Christ. The host warns that cheering starvation and bombardment of children contradicts biblical teachings and undermines the gospel. 01:29:19 AIPAC's Infiltration of American ChurchesA disturbing exposé reveals that AIPAC is allegedly using financial influence to reshape Christian theology in U.S. churches. Evangelical institutions and seminaries are said to be paid to push pro-Israel messaging, leading to the erosion of biblical teaching in favor of political loyalty. 02:05:12 The Collapse of Christian Ethics in Modern WarfareA deep theological dive into the abandonment of just war principles. From Dresden to Nagasaki to Gaza, the segment traces how Christian restraint in warfare has eroded into total war endorsed by evangelicals, leaving Western nations morally bankrupt. 02:25:19 Trump, Gaza Real Estate, and the War-for-Profit MentalityThe host condemns Trump for viewing Gaza's destruction as a commercial opportunity. He contrasts Trump's real estate ambitions with the mass civilian casualties, accusing the president and his allies of callous opportunism and theological betrayal. 02:41:01l Cost-Benefit Tyranny of AutomationThe segment exposes how corporations will accept inefficiency and customer frustration if robotic labor increases profit margins. Human labor is being replaced not because machines are better—but because they're compliant and cheap. 02:53:26 Trump's Executive Orders Fuel AI TechnocracyTrump signs three AI-related executive orders. The host slams MAGA hypocrisy, noting how Trump gets a pass for the same authoritarian tools conservatives once condemned. He sees the orders as government-backed consolidation of technocratic power. 03:08:27China's Rise Through Education and AI While America FallsCelente outlines how China is winning the AI war through serious investment in education and engineering, unlike the U.S., where college graduates are distracted by useless degrees. He warns of a second "dot-com bust" in overhyped American AI ventures and highlights China's ability to achieve massive AI advances with lower costs and smaller chips. 03:26:58Occupy Peace: Rallying Against the War Machine and Reclaiming America's SoulCelente shares his personal commitment to peace, the historical value of Kingston, NY, and his effort to revive the founding spirit of America through the Occupy Peace movement. He calls out billionaires for never supporting peace efforts and urges citizens to take action by attending the upcoming rally to build a coalition of freedom-minded people. 03:51:59How U.S. Empire Created Extremism: The Hidden History of IranCelente recounts how the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected government in 1953 to protect oil interests, installing the brutal Shah and sparking the rise of radical Islam. This historical manipulation is presented as a blueprint for America's endless foreign entanglements and evidence that the U.S. public is kept ignorant of global crimes committed in their name. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Maxwell Cinematic Universe, Not Enough Red Cordials, and Why Are They Called The Swans?? WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:39 - Grateful (Evelyn Waugh, Winter) 6:31 - Correspondence (Democrats Underperforming) 23:59 - Updates (Colbert, America Party, Green Subsidies, Comstock) 38:44 - Epstein Distractions 1:18:42 - Distractions (Obama, MLK, Team Name Changes) 2:01:43 - Ukraine 2:36:19 - Trivia 2:37:46 - Jim Holding Crypto Interview [Recorded: Thursday 24 July 1:50PM AEST / 11:50PM NEW YORK TIME ] SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Episode 76 of ‘All About Art': Mindfulness & Spirituality in Art Curation & Advising with Sneha Shah, Founder of CuratyWelcome to another episode of All About Art! In this episode, I sat down with Sneha Shah, Mumbai and London based entrepreneur and Founder of Curaty - an art advisory firm that offers bespoke curatorial services, art experiences, and rental and advisory for art across the U.K. and India.I ask Sneha about how she started her business, and what it means to run a company that builds on the philosophy of mindfulness and spirituality in art curation and collecting. We cover many bases, speaking about how her company has grown in the last 6 years - and what it was like in the beginning as an entrepreneur versus now. We discuss her work in South Asia and how it differs from her work in London, and so much more more. Thank you Sneha for coming on the podcast! You can follow Sneha on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/snehashah.artAnd check out Curaty here: https://curaty.co/Plus, if you want to hear more from Sneha, tune in to her podcast Power Of Art here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3vKYCqt274lqUF48z05din?si=b112fb17dcac4249You can read the interview in Metal Magazine here: https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/curaty-by-sneha-shah-luxury-meets-spirituality-art-and-wellbeingYOU CAN SUPPORT ALL ABOUT ART ON PATREON HERE: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/allaboutart⁠FOLLOW ALL ABOUT ART ON INSTAGRAM HERE: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/allaboutartpodcast/⁠ ABOUT THE HOST:I am an Austrian-American art historian, curator, and writer. I obtained my BA in History of Art at University College London and my MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths, University of London. My specializations are in contemporary art and the contemporary art market along with accessibility, engagement, and the demystification of the professional art sector.Here are links to my social media, feel free to reach out:Instagram⁠ @alexandrasteinacker   ⁠Twitter ⁠@alex_steinacker⁠and LinkedIn at ⁠Alexandra Steinacker-Clark⁠This episode is produced at Synergy https://synergy.tech/the-clubhouse/the-podcast-studio/ COVER ART: Lisa Schrofner a.k.a Liser⁠ ⁠⁠www.liser-art.com⁠ and Luca Laurence www.lucalaurence.com Episode Production: Paul Zschornack

Mansi Shah is a former PharmD turned serial entrepreneur, retreat producer, and visionary behind The ARC — a sanctuary for transformational leadership and tribe-building. She runs multiple 7-figure businesses and co-stewards an 80-acre eco-resort in Julian, CA. Through the Alternative Investors Legacy Fund, she helps mission-driven investors create wealth while restoring the planet. Her life's work: empower founders to heal, lead, and leave a legacy through transformational experiences. You will enjoy her wisdom and our conversation for sure as we discuss her journey from India, her journey with health issues, the pharmaceutical industry truths, wealth and scarcity AND how to expand your consciousness with the help of the Divine Feminine goddesses. Learn about our women's retreat at www.MagdalenaGrace.com LEARN MORE ABOUT MANSI HERE: https://lu.ma/TheARC 7 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MAGDALENA GRACE HERE or TO SIGN UP FOR HER UPCOMING ABUNDANCE ALCHEMIST IN PERSON WORKSHOPS OR HEALTHY N WEALTHY N WISE RETREATS Our Women's Retreat is 9/9 - Build your business and life like a Queen Our Coed retreat is Oct 17-19th BOOK A RUNES READING AND SIGN UP FOR HER WORKSHOPS & MORE! www.MagdalenaGrace.com   JOIN OUR HEALTHY N WEALTHY N WISE ONLINE ACADEMY  www.microdosingforhealth.com    BUY ME A COFFEE OR DONATE FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR HEALING CLIENTS IN NEED https://venmo.com/u/lotusthrone   MORE ALCHEMY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR BEST HEALTH, WEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS www.SanDiegoKambo.com  www.KundaliniFallbrook.com  www.LotusThroneSanctuary.com   WANNA SIGN UP AND BE A PLEDGING PATRON FOR HEALTHY N WEALTHY N WISE - SAVING LIVES AND CREATING MORE ABUNDANCE FOR OTHERS?  https://patron.podbean.com/magdalena    

In this episode of the I Do Wedding Marketing Podcast, I sit down with the brilliant Andrea Shah — wedding industry copywriter and the genius behind Andrea Shah Copywriting. If you've ever struggled with making your website copy sound like you, while still converting those dreamy inquiries into booked clients, this episode is for you.We dive into how Andrea went from working in tech to becoming the go-to copywriter for creative wedding pros, and she shares her behind-the-scenes strategies for making your website feel alive with personality and strategy. We also talk about how your website copy affects your entire brand — including your social media, your inquiries, and even your SEO!You'll hear us talk about:How to write website copy that reflects your voice and valuesEasy ways to infuse personality without alienating dream clientsWhy your About page is way more important than you thinkThe order of operations: branding vs copywriting — what should come first?Balancing SEO with real human connection in your website messagingHow AI-generated copy can hurt your brand voice (and how to fix it)Tangible tips you can implement this week to sound more like yourself online

Technology should serve the mission rather than take the lead. When guided by compassion, strategy, and inclusion, AI becomes a teammate instead of a threat. In this episode, Sharlee Dixon welcomes Sheetal Shah, founder and CEO of MettaHealth Partners, a consulting firm dedicated to helping public health and social service organizations navigate digital transformation with both compassion and efficiency. Sheetal's career spans from the frontlines of a dengue epidemic in Brazil to leading digital health initiatives in Ethiopia, and even shaping national policy during the Obama Administration. With over two decades of experience supporting value-based care, Medicaid transformation, and health equity initiatives, she brings a global perspective grounded in deep expertise. Sheetal holds a Master's in Public Health from George Washington University, is pursuing an Executive MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and centers loving-kindness, or metta, in all aspects of her work. We are excited to have Sheetal on the show to explore how MettaHealth Partners is using AI and digital innovation to drive value-based, equitable transformation in public health by blending global insight, ethical technology, and compassionate strategy to help mission-driven organizations create meaningful and lasting impact.   For more information about MettaHealth Partners, please visit: https://mettahealthpartners.com For more information about their AI Digital Learning Series, please visit: https://mettahealthpartners.com/training-ai-25 For more information about MetttaHealth Partners and their services, please visit: https://mettahealthpartners.com/services If you are interested in contacting MettaHealth Parterns, please visit: https://mettahealthpartners.com/contact Connect with Sheetal Shah on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheetalshahmph

On this episode we're joined by Angilee Shah. Angilee is the CEO and editor-in-chief of Charlottesville Tomorrow, a non-profit newsroom in Charlottesville, Virginia.A couple of years ago we interviewed someone from that newsroom, Erin O'Hare, in an interview that I've cited in every presentation I've done to students since. So I thought it would be good to talk to someone else from this organization.Angilee is a thought leader in the industry (definitely worth a follow on LinkedIn) who has 20 years of journalism experience. She's a grad of Cal-Berkeley, class of 2004.In our discussion, she talked about her introduction to journalism,, what it was like to work for The World, covering international news, and why she transitioned to local news. She explained how her organization covers the area and connects with the local community. And she offered advice for aspiring journalists ("embrace the struggle").Work examplesCharlottesville's Housing Resource Guidehttps://www.cvilletomorrow.org/charlottesville-and-albemarle-county-housing-resources-guide/Yogaville's Toxic Work Environmenthttps://www.cvilletomorrow.org/she-left-yogaville-because-of-its-toxic-environment-but-wants-to-keep-telling-the-stories-of-survivors/What Reporters Get Wrong About Immigrationhttps://www.angileeshah.com/2018/10/14/covering-immigration-what-reporters-get-wrong-and-how-to-get-it-right/Angilee's Salute: Documented (immigration news website)Please support your local public radio station: adoptastation.orgThank you for listening. You can e-mail me at journalismsalute@gmail.comVisit our website: thejournalismsalute.org Mark's website (MarkSimonmedia.com)Tweet us at @journalismpod and Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.socialSubscribe to our newsletter– journalismsalute.substack.com

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Today's episode is with Aayush Shah. Aayush is one of the co-founders of Blacksmith, which is a CI compute platform. Basically, Blacksmith will run your GitHub Actions jobs faster and with more visibility with the standard GitHub Actions CI runners. The founding team has a fun background doing systems work at Cockroach and Faire, and they're taking on a big problem in running this massive CI fleet. The explosion in AI agents has really changed the CI world. CI is more useful than ever, as you want to be sure the changes from your agents aren't breaking your existing functionality. At the same time, there's a huge increase in demand and spikiness of CI workloads as developers can fire off multiple agents to work in parallel, each needing to run the CI suite before merging. Aayush talked about how they're handling this load and facilitating visibility into test failures. We also covered cloud economics. Aayush said the traditional cloud-based storage options don't work for them -- EBS and locally attached SSDs are too expensive for their workloads where they don't need the standard durability guarantees. He walks us through building their own fleet outside the hyperscalers and the plans going forward, along with some of the economics of multi-tenancy that Blacksmith has previously written about.

WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language.   Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Bill Wyman and Melina Wicks! 5:06 - Gratefuls (RSV Vaccine, Seth Meyers, Sugar-y Coke) 17:38 - Epstein Updates 55:03 - NPR/PBS De-Funding 1:23:40 - Colbert Cancelled 1:57:00 - Mamdani 2:00:10 - Immigration: ICE Police State 2:24:15 - Immigration: Alligator Alcatraz 2:36:07 - Immigration: ICE Wearing Masks [Recorded: Monday 21 July 11:00AM AEST / 09:00PM NEW YORK TIME ]   SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW   THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement
Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula   THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!  

For Prime Time Episode 346, Mel Shah of MBombay Cigars joins Will and Aaron as the special guest for the evening. MBombay cigars have been around for a decade, and this past year has seen the brand get a restart. We will talk about Mel's story, the relaunch of the brand, and some of the very unique things he has done with his brands. Plus we will have our FSG Tobacco Farm Beef Segment, Altadis U.S.A. The Ties that Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Industry Deliberation Segments

For Prime Time Episode 346, Mel Shah of MBombay Cigars joins Will and Aaron as the special guest for the evening. MBombay cigars have been around for a decade, and this past year has seen the brand get a restart. We will talk about Mel's story, the relaunch of the brand, and some of the very unique things he has done with his brands. Plus we will have our FSG Tobacco Farm Beef Segment, Altadis U.S.A. The Ties that Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Industry Deliberation Segments

Chas & Dr Dave discuss McRib Prediction Markets, The New Jersey Gaming Commission Deputy Under-Assistant, and The All-Nail Coffin WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave! 3:03 - Gratefuls (David Kaff, Federer) 9:25 - Texas Flood Update 24:59 - Epstein 2:00:17 - Trade War 2:35:07 - Trump v Powell 2:45:11 - Trivia 2:47:44 - Unleashed (Autopen) SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Regime change started long ago. The new version is just a change of clothes. Dwight Eisenhower was president when the U.S. overthrew the popular democratic government of Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran in 1953. What was Mossadegh's transgression? He wanted Iran's oil to benefit the Iranian people. The coup brought the Shah back from exile and installed him in power. What ensued was 25 years of tyranny and repression culminating in Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution. The Iran coup was a pivotal event of the 20th century. Virtually all Iranians know about it. Yet most Americans haven't even heard of it. The U.S. professes that it supports democracy in the Middle East, yet when there was a democratic government in Iran, Washington destroyed it. Recorded at the Pacific Asia Museum.

Did you know that your daily habits directly affect the speed at which your brain is ageing and your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease in the future?   This week, I'm delighted to welcome Dr Darshan Shah to the podcast. Darshan is a medical doctor, a board-certified surgeon, an expert in preventive health and the founder of Next Health, the first health optimisation and longevity centre to offer life-extending and enhancing technology and treatments.   Whilst working as a surgeon, Darshan became seriously ill with type diabetes, hypertension, an autoimmune condition, and he was told he had a 50% chance of dying in the next 25 years. This wake-up call came just as his first son was born. Rather than accepting a life dependent on medications, he immersed himself in functional medicine and completely reversed his conditions in just eight months.    During our conversation, you'll discover:  The 5 things you could start doing today that would actually increase your chances of getting Alzheimer's The 80/20 principle for health and how focusing on just 20% of interventions can deliver 80% of the results Why sitting for more than four hours increases your risk of death by 15% Why becoming the "boss of your own biology" through tracking key biomarkers could be life-saving How inflammation from your gut and mouth can directly impact your brain health decades later Darshan's top supplement recommendations for longevity This conversation challenges the notion that we can simply live intuitively in today's environment and expect to stay healthy. Darshan argues that in our current toxic world, taking an active role in monitoring and optimising our health isn't just beneficial, it's essential.  Whether you're interested in detailed health tracking or just want to learn the basics of staying well, this conversation is packed with practical advice that could transform how you think about your health. I hope you enjoy listening. Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com.   Thanks to our sponsors: https://join.whoop.com/livemore https://boncharge.com/livemore https://timeline.com/livemore https://thriva.co   Show notes https://drchatterjee.com/573   DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

The podcast crew takes on the topic of prehospital analgesia. What pain medication do we choose when facing a complex patient with all analgesics available? Are there better options for hypotensive patients? What about pregnancy and the elderly? On this episode, we'll walk through our MCHD pain medication options, take a moment for a BLS reminder, and discuss some specific situations where certain medications are the best fit. REFERENCES 1. McArthur, R., Cash, R. E., Rafique, Z., Dickson, R., Crocker, K., Crowe, R. P., Wells, M., Chu, K., Nguyen, J., & Patrick, C. (2024). Intravenous Acetaminophen Versus Ketorolac for Prehospital Analgesia: A Retrospective Data Review. The Journal of emergency medicine, 67(3), e259–e267. 2. McArthur, R., Cash, R. E., Anderson, J., De La Rosa, X., Peckne, P., Hogue, D., Badawood, L., Secrist, E., Andrabi, S., & Patrick, C. (2025). Fentanyl versus nebulized ketamine for prehospital analgesia: A retrospective data review. The American journal of emergency medicine, 89, 124–128. 3. Powell, J. R., Browne, L. R., Guild, K., Shah, M. I., Crowe, R. P., Lindbeck, G., Braithwaite, S., Lang, E. S., Panchal, A. R., & Technical Expert Panel (2023). Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Pain Management: Literature and Methods. Prehospital emergency care, 27(2), 154–161. 4. Aceves, A., Crowe, R. P., Zaidi, H. Q., Gill, J., Johnson, R., Vithalani, V., Fairbrother, H., & Huebinger, R. (2023). Disparities in Prehospital Non-Traumatic Pain Management. Prehospital emergency care, 27(6), 794–799.

In this episode of Big Butts No Lies, Mavi sits down with triple board-certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Anil Shah to talk all things facial balancing, rhinoplasty, and real recovery. Based in New York and Chicago, Dr. Shah specializes in faces only — and it shows.From emotional transformation to technical innovation, Dr. Shah shares why the face is so personal, and how each patient's story shapes the way he approaches surgery. They dive deep into what's wrong with current beauty trends, how filters have changed patient expectations, and why vibe-matching your surgeon is just as important as surgical technique.He also shares his expert take on hot topics like deep plane vs. SMAS facelifts, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Pico laser technology, and why filler gets such a bad rap.Whether you're considering rhinoplasty, a facelift, or just want to start your skin journey the right way, this episode is packed with honest, intelligent insight.

Dr. Tina Shah—pulmonologist, public servant, and technology leader—joins host Dr. Vin Gupta to discuss the launch of her campaign to unseat one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the country in 2026. NJ-7 is already gaining national attention, and with the repeal of Medicaid and RFK's remake of HHS, Dr. Shah highlights her platform, her vision, and what it's going to take to win—and help Democrats take back the House. This is a must-listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In our modern healthcare system, most people don't realize they've developed a chronic illness until their quality of life is reduced by painful symptoms. But if you regularly measure and monitor your body's biomarkers, you're much more likely to prevent disease and extend your healthspan. On today's show, I'm excited to share this conversation with the longevity doctor of the year. Dr. Darshan Shah is a board-certified surgeon and the founder of Next Health, the world's first Health Optimization and Longevity Clinic. Today, he's back on The Model Health Show for an illuminating conversation on the world of longevity medicine and what it actually takes to live a longer, healthier life. In this interview, Dr. Shah is sharing the four main components of longevity medicine and how to take advantage of them for better health. You're going to learn about the main biomarkers that can affect your health and predict your risk for chronic disease, how to reduce stress and avoid heart disease, and the critical inputs your body needs more than any biohacking tool. Dr. Darshan Shah has a wealth of knowledge in the realm of optimizing health and extending your lifespan, and I know you're going to love these powerful insights. Enjoy!   In this episode you'll discover:  The true definition of longevity. (9:53) How we can reverse the trend of chronic diseases. (12:22) The four verticals of longevity medicine. (15:09) How to measure your metabolic health. (15:47) What functional medicine is, and its evolving technology. (15:58) Why preventative medicine hasn't been used correctly in our healthcare system. (16:53) The different tools that longevity medicine can provide. (17:20) Why lifestyle inputs are more important than biohacking tools. (17:45) What NAD is and how to use it. (20:16) The pros and cons of using nicotine. (23:29) Why the diagnostics of heart disease are evolving. (25:29) How to avoid heart disease. (26:19) Why regularly getting bloodwork assessed is important. (31:01) What it means to be the CEO of your health. (34:06) The three biomarkers that are negatively impacting our longevity. (37:38) How stress and longevity are connected. (42:13) A strategy for mitigating your overall stress load. (43:03) The link between gut health and longevity. (53:30) How to improve your gut health. (55:01)  Items mentioned in this episode include:  Foursigmatic.com/model - Get an exclusive discount on your daily health elixirs! Levels.link/model - Join today and get 2 free months with a one-year membership!  Next Health - Visit Dr. Shah's health optimization and longevity clinic! DrShah.com/biomarkers - Get your free biomarker guide!  The Stress Inventory Score - Find your risk of stress-induced health conditions.  Athletic Nicotine - Learn more about clean, slow-release nicotine. Connect with Dr. Darshan Shah Website / Podcast / Instagram   Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:   Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube    This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Four Sigmatic and Levels. Visit foursigmatic.com/model to get an exclusive discount on mushroom and adaptogen-packed blends to improve your life. Learn how food affects your health with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) from Levels. Join today at levels.link/model and get 2 free months with a one-year membership!