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Episode 9. Refuting 6 False Popularly Held Scientific Ideas. Dr. Steven Meyer. ACU Sunday Series.   https://youtu.be/PoLwZ5YynZU Refuting 6 False Popularly Held Scientific Ideas.  The New Scientific Evidence that Points to the Existence of God John Ankerberg Show 99.1K subscribers Nov 13, 2022 Return of the God Hypothesis: How do the origin of the universe, the fine-tuning in the universe, and the information in DNA point to God as the creator? Dr. Meyer at Discovery Institute- https://www.discovery.org/p/meyer/ Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times best seller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London) Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, The Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne, 2021). In his first book on intelligent design, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009) Meyer examined the mystery of the origin of the first life. With Darwin's Doubt, he has expanded the scope of the case for intelligent design to the whole sweep of life's history. Meyer's research addresses the deepest mystery surrounding the origin of life and the origin of animal life: the origin of biological information necessary to produce it. Meyer graduated from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, in 1981 with a degree in physics and earth science. He later became a geophysicist with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Dallas, Texas. From 1981 to 1985, he worked for ARCO in digital signal processing and seismic survey interpretation. In 1986 as a Rotary International Scholar, he began his training in the history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University, earning an M.Phil. in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1991. His doctoral thesis was titled “Of Clues and Causes: A Methodological Interpretation of Origin-of-Life Research.” He returned to Whitworth in the fall of 1990 to teach philosophy and the philosophy of science. He left a tenured position as a professor at Whitworth in 2002 to direct the Center for Science and Culture full time, which he had helped found with John West in 1996. Prior to the publication of Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, the writing for which Meyer was best known was an August 2004 review essay in the Smithsonian Institution-affiliated peer-reviewed biology journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The article laid out the evidential case for intelligent design, presenting it as the best explanation for the origin of the biological information necessary to produce the new forms of animal life that arose abruptly during the Cambrian explosion. Because the article was the first peer-reviewed publication arguing for intelligent design in a technical journal, it proved extremely controversial.  The journal's editor, evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, was punished by his Smithsonian supervisors for allowing Meyer's article into print. This led to the investigation of top Smithsonian personnel by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.  The controversy was widely covered in the media with articles or news stories appearing about it in The Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, NPR, The O'Reilly Factor and the Washington Post. The federal investigation eventually concluded that Sternberg had been wrongly disciplined and intimidated. Meyer's many other publications include contributions to, and the editing of, the peer-reviewed volume Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2004) and the innovative textbook Explore Evolution (Hill House Publishers, 2007). Meyer has also published editorials in national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The National Post (of Canada), The Daily Telegraph (of London) and The Los Angeles Times.  He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Fox News Live, Paula Zahn Now (CNN), Good Morning America and the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.  He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top national media. In 2008, he appeared with Ben Stein in the theatrical-released documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.  He has also been featured prominently in the science documentaries Icons of Evolution, The Case for a Creator, Darwin's Dilemma and Unlocking The Mystery of Life, the latter which was shown on PBS and which Meyer co-wrote with producer Lad Allen.

Welcome to episode 96 where we are joined by Anonymous Sean to dive into the ancient past of the Grand Canyon, the existence of giants and why the Smithsonian Institution could be hiding ancient artifacts to effectively erase history. Enjoy this interesting conversation and Thank You for your support. Follow us on Instagram Ron Lane (@ronfromnewengland) • Instagram photos and videos Ron from New England (@thewickedplanetpodcast) • Instagram photos and videos Tristan.A.Buckley (@tristan.a.buckley) • Instagram photos and videos Twitter Rondal Lane (@ronfromne) / Twitter Telegram https://t.me/wickedplanet Venmo Donations Ron-Lane-10 Email thewickedplanetpodcast@gmail.com Phoenix Gazette (paulcilwa.com) Article from 1909

Laura Zelle with the Smithsonian Institution tells us about an exhibit at the Science Museum.

Philosopher Stephen Meyer, theologian Vern Poythress, engineer Stuart Burgess, and biologist Jonathan McLatchie answer questions about science and faith posed to them at the Westminster Conference on Science and Faith. The session is moderated by Discovery Institute Vice President John West. This discussion was taped at the 2022 Westminster Conference on Science and Faith in the greater Philadelphia area, which was jointly sponsored by Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture and Westminster Theological Seminary. Participants: Dr. Stuart Burgess has held academic posts at Bristol University (UK) and Cambridge University (UK). He has published over 180 scientific publications on the science of design in engineering and biology. He has received many national and international awards for design, including from the Minister of State for Trade and Industry in the UK. In 2019 he was given the top mechanical engineer award in the UK out of 120,000 professional mechanical engineers. Rev. Dr. Vern Poythress (PhD, Harvard; DTh, Stellenbosch) is distinguished professor of New Testament, biblical interpretation, and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. His books include Redeeming Science, Redeeming Mathematics, and Redeeming Philosophy, or Chance and the Sovereignty of God. Dr. Stephen C. Meyer received his PhD in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. His books include Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe (HarperOne, 2021); the New York Times bestseller Darwin's Doubt (HarperOne, 2013); and Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement. Dr. Jonathan McLatchie holds a Bachelor's degree in Forensic Biology from the University of Strathclyde, a Masters (M.Res) degree in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Glasgow, a second Master's degree in Medical and Molecular Bioscience from Newcastle University, and a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from Newcastle University. Currently, McLatchie is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Sattler College in Boston, Massachusetts. Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/tzCp6KXKt00 Discovery Science 180K subscribers 6,413 views Nov 18, 2022 ============================ The Discovery Science News Channel is the official YouTube channel of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture. The CSC is the institutional hub for scientists, educators, and inquiring minds who think that nature supplies compelling evidence of intelligent design. The CSC supports research, sponsors educational programs, defends free speech, and produce articles, books, and multimedia content. For more information visit https://www.discovery.org/id/ http://www.evolutionnews.org/ http://www.intelligentdesign.org/ Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverycsc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverycsc/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverycsc/ Visit other Youtube channels connected to the Center for Science & Culture Discovery Institute: https://www.youtube.com/user/Discover... Dr. Stephen C. Meyer: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrStephe...   Dr. Meyer at Discovery Institute- https://www.discovery.org/p/meyer/ Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times best seller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London) Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, The Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne, 2021). In his first book on intelligent design, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009) Meyer examined the mystery of the origin of the first life. With Darwin's Doubt, he has expanded the scope of the case for intelligent design to the whole sweep of life's history. Meyer's research addresses the deepest mystery surrounding the origin of life and the origin of animal life: the origin of biological information necessary to produce it. Meyer graduated from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, in 1981 with a degree in physics and earth science. He later became a geophysicist with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Dallas, Texas. From 1981 to 1985, he worked for ARCO in digital signal processing and seismic survey interpretation. In 1986 as a Rotary International Scholar, he began his training in the history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University, earning an M.Phil. in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1991. His doctoral thesis was titled “Of Clues and Causes: A Methodological Interpretation of Origin-of-Life Research.” He returned to Whitworth in the fall of 1990 to teach philosophy and the philosophy of science. He left a tenured position as a professor at Whitworth in 2002 to direct the Center for Science and Culture full time, which he had helped found with John West in 1996. Prior to the publication of Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, the writing for which Meyer was best known was an August 2004 review essay in the Smithsonian Institution-affiliated peer-reviewed biology journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The article laid out the evidential case for intelligent design, presenting it as the best explanation for the origin of the biological information necessary to produce the new forms of animal life that arose abruptly during the Cambrian explosion. Because the article was the first peer-reviewed publication arguing for intelligent design in a technical journal, it proved extremely controversial.  The journal's editor, evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, was punished by his Smithsonian supervisors for allowing Meyer's article into print. This led to the investigation of top Smithsonian personnel by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.  The controversy was widely covered in the media with articles or news stories appearing about it in The Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, NPR, The O'Reilly Factor and the Washington Post. The federal investigation eventually concluded that Sternberg had been wrongly disciplined and intimidated. Meyer's many other publications include contributions to, and the editing of, the peer-reviewed volume Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2004) and the innovative textbook Explore Evolution (Hill House Publishers, 2007). Meyer has also published editorials in national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The National Post (of Canada), The Daily Telegraph (of London) and The Los Angeles Times.  He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Fox News Live, Paula Zahn Now (CNN), Good Morning America and the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.  He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top national media. In 2008, he appeared with Ben Stein in the theatrical-released documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.  He has also been featured prominently in the science documentaries Icons of Evolution, The Case for a Creator, Darwin's Dilemma and Unlocking The Mystery of Life, the latter which was shown on PBS and which Meyer co-wrote with producer Lad Allen.

Today's episode was recorded in late summer of 2022 at Doug Elliott's home in Appalachia. You'll hear a symphony of crickets and other wildlife in the background as Thomas and Doug discuss his childhood, learning folk methods from 'old timers', as well as the path of learning about and connecting with medicinal plants. We hope you enjoy the wonderful and entertaining stories from our dear and magical friend, Doug Elliott. Introduction song "Dandelion Tips" sung by Doug Elliott. Doug Elliott is a naturalist, herbalist, storyteller, basket maker, back-country guide, philosopher, and harmonica wizard. For many years made his living as a traveling herbalist, gathering and selling herbs, teas, and remedies. He has spent a great deal of time with traditional country folk and indigenous people, learning their stories, folklore and traditional ways of relating to the natural world. In recent years he has performed and presented programs at festivals, museums, botanical gardens, nature centers and schools from Canada to the Caribbean. He has been a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival. He has lectured and performed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and conducted workshops for the Smithsonian Institution. He has led ranger training sessions for the National Park Service and guided people on wilderness experiences from down-east Maine to the Florida Everglades. He was named harmonica champion at Fiddler's Grove Festival in Union Grove, N.C. He is the author of five books, many articles in regional and national magazines, has recorded a number of award winning albums of stories and songs, and is occasionally seen on PBS-TV, and the History and National Geographic Channels. In recent years he has received a variety of honors. The National Storytelling Network (the largest storytelling membership organization in the world) inducted him into their Circle of Excellence for “exceptional commitment and exemplary contribution to the art of storytelling.” The International Herb Association presented him with the Otto Richter Award honoring his work with herbs and useful wild plants. The National Association for Interpretation (the professional organization of park rangers, naturalists, museum curators, etc.) gave him the Master Front Line Interpreter Award for his “mastery of interpretive techniques, program development, and design of creative projects” celebrating the natural world and our human connection to nature. Elliott's passion for the natural world developed in early childhood roaming the woods and waters around his home. His dad used to say, “That boy knows what's under every rock between here and town.” He still roams the woods today. He has traveled from the Canadian North to the Central American jungles studying plant and animal life and seeking out the traditional wisdom of people with intimate connections to the natural world. And he still looks under rocks. These days he uncovers more than just a few strange critters; he brings to light the human connection to this vibrant world of which we are a part. Visit Doug Elliott's website here. Watch Doug Elliott's videos on the Mountain Rose Herbs YouTube channel: A Sweet Strawberry Tale & Tune Dandelion Tips, Tales & Tunes Life Lessons Through a Song About an Apple Rural Riddles & Blackberry Boogie   Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. Mountain Rose Herbs www.mountainroseherbs.com

Adam Mossoff is Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. He has published extensively on intellectual property rights and innovation policy. His scholarship has been relied on by the U.S. Supreme Court, by other federal courts, and by federal agencies, and he has been invited five times to testify before the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives on intellectual property legislation. He has been invited to speak at the the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Smithsonian Institution, among other public and private institutions. In addition to his academic articles, his writings on intellectual property policy have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Washington Times, Newsweek, and in other media outlets. He is an affiliated scholar and research fellow at many think tanks and policy organizations.Show is Sponsored by Ayn Rand University https://university.aynrand.org/ as well as by https://www.expressvpn.com/yaron & https://www.fountainheadcasts.comJoin this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/@YaronBrook/joinLike what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the Yaron Brook Show: https://bit.ly/3ztPxTxSupport the Show and become a sponsor: https://www.patreon.com/YaronBrookShow or https://yaronbrookshow.com/membershipOr make a one-time donation: https://bit.ly/2RZOyJJContinue the discussion by following Yaron on Twitter (https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and Facebook (https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the Ayn Rand Institute: https://bit.ly/35qoEC3#intellectualpropertyrights #constitution #individualrights #Integralism ##Morality ​Propertyrights #Economy ​#Objectivism​ #AynRand #politics #AynRandInstitute

Please visit the following to view the Benin Bronzes and to learn more about the Restitution Study Group.Show Notes:00:00 manillas used to trade for slaves as documented by Alan Ryder in Benin and the Europeans02:50 mission and work of Restitution Study Group to fight for slavery justice03:20 RSG's focus on corporations, private estates and governments that were complicit in slavery03:45 RSG's suits against insurance companies for slavery policies06:00 RSG's suits against banks like J.P. Morgan Chase0:630 RSG's suits included consumer fraud and human rights arguments07:30 DNA testing used by RSG 08:30 DNA results and TransAtlantic Slave Trade Database used to trace ancestry08:50 RSG's action filed for genocide compensation efforts09:35 the Proxmire Act, Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 198712:30 RSG's suit against the Smithsonian Institution over the Benin Bronzes14:40 1896 massacre of British soldiers 15:30 Kingdom of Benin's practice of sacrifice 16:15 RSG's demand for a share of the Benin Bronzes17:20 RSG's meeting with Kingdom of Benin's princess 19:20 main American port for slaves from Kingdom of Benin: Charleston, SC19:30 main port for slaves from Kingdom of Benin other than America: Jamaica21:00 The Benin Monarchy: An Anthology by Oba Ewuare II Foundation (2018) 21:55 Paula Girshik's research on Benin Bronzes22:25 some metal for Benin Bronzes came from Germany's Harz Mountains23:50 Director of Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art Ngaire Blankenberg suggestion about "confusion" on Kingdom of Benin's involvement in the slave trade 24:45 per Dr. Paul Lovejoy, manillas were used in  slave traded and to make Benin Bronzes for 300 years26:00 RSG's allegations that Smithsonian is violating US law that requires consideration for transfer of the Bronzes outside the Smithsonian28:00 Board of Regents vote on transfer of Benin Bronzes30:30 11 October 2022 - Smithsonian's scheduled transfer of Benin Bronzes 31:30 Lack of media attention on this issue31:50 Short film They Belong to All of Us34:00 RSG's suit against the Smithsonian is a restitution case34:45 RSG's efforts with institutions other than the Smithsonian36:50 bronzes taken according to the laws of war39:45 forensic research 41:50 16th-19th Century Bronzes42:15 Dan Hicks' book The Brutish Museum43:50 removing labels from the Bronzes44:50 Oba Head gifted by Nigerian leader 48:30 Benin City - hub of human trafficking 51:20 African scholar Dr. Ibrahima Seck 52:00 missing slave trade documentation for two main slave ports54:00 one on one approach with American institutions57:00 Petition submitted to UK's Charities Commission1:02:00 Smithsonian's current holdings of Bronzes1:04:00 RSG's emergency motion1:05:20 number of Bronzes in the U.S.1:09:00 dual citizenship1:11:00 Nigeria's request for reparations 1:11:50 definition of justice1:14:00 opportunity for Nigeria to speak upTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

Comparisons to Avatar aside, FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a film of a lot of firsts. It wasn't just one of the first animated features to combine traditional and computer animation; it was also one of the first to be produced with remote artists, Robin Williams' first animated role (no, not the Genie!), and the first movie to be screened at the UN General Assembly. It's also got itself a spot in the Guinness World Records, too!Portions of its profits were donated to Greenpeace, the Rainforest Foundation Fund, and the Sierra Club, as well as a special fund benefiting environmental projects worldwide that was administered by the Smithsonian Institution.This was a movie that fully believed in its mission to help save the environment, and it all started with a mother's bedtime stories to her children in Byron Bay, Australia... I would love to hear your thoughts on FernGully: The Last Rainforest !GET IN TOUCH.... Twitter @verbaldiorama Instagram @verbaldiorama Facebook @verbaldiorama Letterboxd @verbaldiorama Email verbaldiorama [at] gmail [dot] com Website verbaldiorama.comSUPPORT VERBAL DIORAMA....Give this podcast a five-star Rate & Review Join the Patreon Thank you to all the patrons Simon E, Sade, Claudia, Simon B, Laurel, Derek, Vern, Cat, Andy, Mike, Griff, Luke, Michael, Scott, Brendan, Ian, Lisa, Sam, Will, Jack, Dave, Chris, Stuart, Sunni, Drew, Nicholas, Zo, Kev, Pete, Heather, Danny, Aly, Tyler, Jonathan and BRAND-NEW PATRONS Stu and Brett!BRAND-NEW Merch STORE!! T-shirts inspired by The Mummy (1999) with more collections to come!EPISODE THANKS TO....Most excellent patrons:Laurel for her patron thoughts. You can find her @TheMidnightMyth on Twitter and her podcast The Midnight Myth on all your podcast apps.Andy for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps.Simon for his patron thoughts. You can find him @simon_exton on Twitter and his podcast The Exton Moss Experiment on all your podcast apps.Brett for his patron thoughts. You can find him @DissectThatFilm on Twitter and his podcast Dissect That Film on all your podcast apps.Twitter peeps@KateMcKinnonAUS@ItTakesTwo_podInstagram folk@diabolicalpod@friendlysparpodFacebook chumsMarkHaydenTheme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme SongMusic by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!)Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique StudioThis podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free. Mentioned in this episode:Paid promotions in this episodeThis episode

This week we begin at the beginning to learn about comparative religious writings, the declarations of Genesis, the plurality of Elohim, the necessity for 2 or 3 witnesses, Dr. Kirk Johnson, (Captain Kirk of recent Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of … Continue reading → The post Weekly Bible Study – Genesis 1:1-5 Creation Pt I first appeared on Conservative Talk - The Weekly Worldview.

On March 13, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, releasing billions of gallons of water. What else was making headlines on that tragic day? SOURCES “Advertisement: Piggly Wiggly.” The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Washington), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com. “Alice Corbett Case Mystery Two Years.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), January 16, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Attack On Girl Still Mystery.” News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Expect Girl's Story of Assault Soon.” The Bristol Herald Courier (Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee), March 12, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Missing Smith Girl Hunt Lead to Lonely Tea Inn Four Miles From College.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), January 16, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Baldwin, Jayne. “West over the Waves: The Final Flight of Elsie Mackay.” Amazon. 2QT Limited (Publishing), 2017. https://www.amazon.com/West-Over-Waves-Flight-MacKay/dp/1912014696. “Case Study: St. Francis Dam (California, 1928).” Association of State Dam Safety Officials. Accessed November 27, 2022. https://damfailures.org/case-study/st-francis-dam-california-1928/. “A Clew That Failed.” Greenfield Daily Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Day, Clifford L. “One-Eyed War Hero Starts Ocean Dash.” The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis, Indiana), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Donovan, John J. “Searchers for Girl Student Discount Theory of Romance.” The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), January 19, 1928. www.newspapers.com. “Elsie Mackay.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, October 4, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Mackay. “Family Believes Smith Girl Held.” The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), January 18, 1928. www.newspapers.com. “Frances Smith (Missing Person).” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 2, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Smith_(missing_person). “Hat ‘Planted' New Theory In Attack On Miss Nancy Davison.” Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), February 1, 1928. www.newspapers.com. “Hundreds of Lives Lost as Southern California Reservoir Dam Collapses; Death Toll Mounting.” Visalia Times-Delta (Visalia, California), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com. International News Service. “Police Are Convinced Miss Smith Took Life.” Lancaster Daily Intelligence (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), January 25, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Magazine, Smithsonian. “On Occasions like This, I Envy the Dead: The St. Francis Dam Disaster.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, March 12, 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/occasions-i-envy-dead-st-francis-dam-disaster-180954543/. “Nancy Davison Arrives Home in Auto; Walks Out of Hospital.” The Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com. “Post Reporter Gives Thrill to Gotham: Revives Missing Girl Student Is Alive.” The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio), July 31, 1930. www.newspapers.com. “Solution of Davis Case Balks Police.” The Richmond News Leader (Richmond, Virginia), January 25, 1928. www.newspapers.com. Team, IASH. “Elsie Mackay.” Dangerous Women Project, July 31, 2017. https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/07/06/elsie-mackay/. “Walter G. R. Hinchliffe.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 21, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_G._R._Hinchliffe. SOUND SOURCES Al Jolson. “I'll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music. Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music. Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Jim Fleming is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. He has earned degrees in astronomy (B.S. Penn State University), atmospheric science (M.S. Colorado State University) and history (Ph.D. Princeton University). Professor Jim Fleming's website. “Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Climate Engineering”

Links from the show:* Getting China Wrong* Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control* Subscribe to the newsletterAbout my guest:Aaron L. Friedberg is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1987, and co-director of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs's Center for International Security Studies. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a Senior Advisor to the National Bureau of Asian Research.Friedberg is the author of The Weary Titan: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 1895-1905 and In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America's Anti-Statism and its Cold War Grand Strategy, both published by Princeton University Press, and co-editor (with Richard Ellings) of three volumes in the National Bureau of Asian Research's annual "Strategic Asia" series. His third book, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia, was published in 2011 by W.W. Norton and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese and Korean. His most recent monograph, Beyond Air-Sea Battle: The Debate Over U.S. Military Strategy in Asia was published in May 2014 as part of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Adelphi Paper series. Friedberg's articles and essays have appeared in a number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Commentary, The National Interest, The American Interest, The Weekly Standard, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, Survival, and International Security.In 2001-2002 Friedberg was selected as the first occupant of the Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. He has been a research fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Harvard University's Center for International Affairs. Dr. Friedberg served from June 2003 to June 2005 as Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs in the office of the Vice President. After leaving government he was appointed to the Defense Policy Board and the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion. Friedberg received his AB in 1978 and his PhD in 1986, both from Harvard University. He is a member of the editorial boards of Joint Forces Quarterly and The Journal of Strategic Studies and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Council on Foreign Relations. Get full access to Dispatches from the War Room at dispatchesfromthewarroom.substack.com/subscribe

An affirmative approach to aging takes into account that new parts of us are always clamoring for airtime. The soul and spirit don't "retire" even if our careers do, and there's a difference between getting older and growing older.These parts of us could be passions and creative leaps, service projects and leadership roles in the community, a new line of work or an exploration of some non-work modes of expression, or simply rediscovering the sense of wonder and love of learning. They ask us to continually reinvent ourselves and stay close to our deepest sense of passion and purpose.In this episode, we'll explore the nature and nurture of passion as we age - what inspires it and what defeats it, how we lose it, and how we get it back.In this episode, you'll discover:Passion can be cultivated and turned on as well as turned offPassion is in the risk-the willingness to step from the sidelines onto the playing field.Passion breeds passion, and disinterest breeds disinterest. If we lack passion in our own lives, our other relationships will be denied that energy.Passion is more than exuberance; it's endurance.Passion is intimately related to health. To the degree passion is vitality, honoring our passions enhances our vitality.About Gregg Levoy: Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life (rated among the Top 20 Career Publications by the Workforce Information Group) and Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion, is the former behavioral specialist at USA Today and a regular blogger for Psychology Today.He has presented at the International Conference on Positive Aging, Smithsonian Institution, Environmental Protection Agency, Microsoft, American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association, and many others. He has been a frequent media guest, including ABC-TV, CNN, NPR, and PBS.A former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of New Mexico and former columnist and reporter for USA Today and the Cincinnati Enquirer, he has written for the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Omni, Psychology Today, Fast Company, Reader's Digest, and many others. Get in touch with Gregg Levoy:Buy Gregg's book, https://revolutionizeretirement.com/levoy Visit Gregg's website, https://gregglevoy.com/What to do next: Click to grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition Please leave a review at Apple Podcasts. Join our Revolutionize Your Retirement group on Facebook.

Seriah is joined by Christopher Ernst, Octavian, and Taylor Bell to discuss stories from the 1982 Fortean classic “Reader's Digest Mysteries of the Unexplained”. Topics include anomalies, strange footprints, White Sands NM, possible objects left by time travelers, ancient technology, catastrophe and the archeological record, bizarre skeletons, lost races of giants, horned skulls, the Smithsonian Institution, Greg Bishop, fanatical debunking and the disappearance of artifacts and evidence, Richard J. Dewhurst, Neanderthals, Denisovans, other “breeds” of humans, mutations, a very tiny mummified corpse, Buddhist monks voluntarily leaving their physical bodies, Steven Greer's “alien” fetus fiasco, the 1996 version of “The Island of Doctor Moreau” starring Marlin Brando, strange things found by miners, Lovelock Cave, red-haired giant cannibals and Native American lore, “Weird America” and Jim Brandon, myths of little people, possible abilities of ancient peoples, hidden groups of people, Ferdinand Magellan and Indigenous giants, allegations of Egyptian artifacts in the Grand Canyon, a closed and guarded area of the canyon, lost records, Roswell, secrecy vs human error, rhino skeletons found by miners in Britain, a live horned lizard found in stone, frogs and toads found inside rock, bizarrely preserved amphibians and reptiles, tiny tool artifacts, Octavian's co-host Ian Burton pops in as special guest, unusual living newts discovered amongst fossils, amphibians and witchcraft, the last Pterodactyl found in 1800's France, stolen art and materials sought and possessed by the ultra-rich, the one-issue Wu Tang album, celebrities dabbling in occult imagery, Beyonce, Drake, Bohemian Grove, theatre and magickal working, CERN, unexplained artifacts on the Isle of Pines, the Darwinian expectation of progress, ancient superior technologies, the Antikythera mechanism, Roman concrete, “Greek Fire”, ancient sound technology, Andrew Collins, Malta, Atlantis, the “Mirror Line” project in Saudi Arabia, attempts to re-create ancient monuments, the Olmec heads, academic disbelief in Native denials of having built massive objects, Randall Carlson, Graham Handcock, and much more! This is fascinating discussion at its best!

As a member of the Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970's -- made  famous by the documentary Dogtown and Z Boys --  Peggy Oki was at the top of the women's skateboarding world while pioneering the vertical skating movement alongside the DogTown crew of Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Stacey Peralta,  as the lone Z-Girl. Peggy is a surfer, skater, rock climber, and visual artist who has adventured between these creative expressions for more than fifty years.  Parallel to living an adventurous life by way of stone and water, Peggy has become a tireless activist for the wellbeing of all beings. Her Origami Whales Project, an installation of 38,000 cascading paper whales, was recently showcased at The Smithsonian Institution. Peggy began the project in 2004 to raise awareness about the potential re-emergence of sanctioned commercial whaling. That number – 38,000 --- represents the approximate number of whales killed since the International Whaling commission's moratorium on whaling in 1986. We caught up with Peggy as she made her way down the Australian coast to chat about adapting surfing for concrete,  the inspiration of Sadako Sasaki's paper cranes, the importance of mindset in injury, and the projects currently capturing her imagination. …Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave RastovichSound Engineer: Ben Alexander Soundtrack By: Shannon Sol Carroll Additional music by Ben AlexanderJoin the conversation: @Waterpeoplepodcast Waterpeoplepodcast.com

Shenomenal Woman Theresa Shellcroft founded tps Creative Expressions, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization that promotes the arts in the community, in 2004. The programs fosters creativity, appreciation, and awareness of the value arts.Her personal artworks have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the country.  She has work in private and public collections including the Afro American Museum of History and Culture, Wilberforce, Ohio and the Anacostia Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.In addition to fostering her own creative expression, she is dedicated to the fostering of creative expression in others.  Reach Theresa at tshellcrof@aol.com.We're happy you're here! Like the pod? Follow us on all socials at @amplifywithanika and @yourbrandamplified Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Visit our website Connect with us at hello@yourbrandamplified.co

On May 7, 1915, something happened off the coast of Ireland that would change the course of history in the United States. That day, a German U-boat sunk the Lusitania, a passenger ship, bringing the USA one step closer to entering World War I. It was an important moment in history, but what else was being reported on the same day? _____ SOURCES “Advertisement: Grape-Nuts (Page 3).” The Potter Review (Potter, Nebraska), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Russell Pethrick, 22, Admits Murder of Mrs. Ella Coppersmith.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri), May 18, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “Attempt Made In Court On Life Of Russell Pethick.” The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois), September 28, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “Board of Trade to Urge City Council.” The Palatka News and Advertiser (Palatka, Florida), May 14, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “Diamonds Object of Double Murder.” Altoona Tribune ( Altoona, Pennsylvania), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “Ella G Monahan Coppersmith (1887-1915) .” Find a Grave. Accessed November 17, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68725793/ella-g-coppersmith. “Emmeline and Dame Christabel Pankhurst: Suffragette Leaders.” English Heritage. Accessed November 17, 2022. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/emmeline-christabel-pankhurst/#:~:text=for%20the%20cause.-,'WAR%20BABIES',result%20of%20the%20social%20upheaval. “Fingerprints Reveal Slayer.” Lima Republican-Gazette (Lima, Ohio), May 21, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “Florida Woodenware Plant Destroyed.” The Palatka News and Advertiser (Palatka, Florida), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “Great Liner Lusitania Torpedoed and Sent to Bottom by Germans.” The Ogden Standard (Ogden, Utah), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com. Kettler, Sara. “Emmeline Pankhurst.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, November 12, 2021. https://www.biography.com/activist/emmeline-pankhurst. “Liner Lusitania Torpedoed Off Irish Coast and Is Reported Sunk.” The St. Louis Star (St. Louis, Missouri), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com. Lines, Chris. “The Nurse Who Kept Emmeline Pankhurst Alive.” City Magazine, September 18, 2018. https://citymag.city.ac.uk/emmeline-pankhurst-nurse/. Magazine, Smithsonian. “Telegraph Recovered from the Wreck of the 'Lusitania'.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, July 31, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/telegraph-recovered-wreck-lusitania-180964267/. McDermott, Annette. “How the Sinking of Lusitania Changed World War I.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, April 17, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/how-the-sinking-of-lusitania-changed-wwi. “Mrs. Pankhurst to Become Mother to Fifty War Babies.” The St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, Missouri), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com. “RMS Lusitania.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 16, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania. SOUND SOURCES Al Jolson. “I'll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music. Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music. Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Episode 8. The Cambrian Information Explosion. ACU Sunday Series. Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/N8vW9nT2Yx4 Episode 8. The Cambrian Information Explosion. The New Scientific Evidence that Points to the Existence of God John Ankerberg Show Nov 6, 2022 The Cambrian Information Explosion: What does it take to build new animal life? Dr. Meyer at Discovery Institute- https://www.discovery.org/p/meyer/ Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times best seller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London) Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, The Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne, 2021). In his first book on intelligent design, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009) Meyer examined the mystery of the origin of the first life. With Darwin's Doubt, he has expanded the scope of the case for intelligent design to the whole sweep of life's history. Meyer's research addresses the deepest mystery surrounding the origin of life and the origin of animal life: the origin of biological information necessary to produce it. Meyer graduated from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, in 1981 with a degree in physics and earth science. He later became a geophysicist with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Dallas, Texas. From 1981 to 1985, he worked for ARCO in digital signal processing and seismic survey interpretation. In 1986 as a Rotary International Scholar, he began his training in the history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University, earning an M.Phil. in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1991. His doctoral thesis was titled “Of Clues and Causes: A Methodological Interpretation of Origin-of-Life Research.” He returned to Whitworth in the fall of 1990 to teach philosophy and the philosophy of science. He left a tenured position as a professor at Whitworth in 2002 to direct the Center for Science and Culture full time, which he had helped found with John West in 1996. Prior to the publication of Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, the writing for which Meyer was best known was an August 2004 review essay in the Smithsonian Institution-affiliated peer-reviewed biology journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The article laid out the evidential case for intelligent design, presenting it as the best explanation for the origin of the biological information necessary to produce the new forms of animal life that arose abruptly during the Cambrian explosion. Because the article was the first peer-reviewed publication arguing for intelligent design in a technical journal, it proved extremely controversial.  The journal's editor, evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, was punished by his Smithsonian supervisors for allowing Meyer's article into print. This led to the investigation of top Smithsonian personnel by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.  The controversy was widely covered in the media with articles or news stories appearing about it in The Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, NPR, The O'Reilly Factor and the Washington Post. The federal investigation eventually concluded that Sternberg had been wrongly disciplined and intimidated. Meyer's many other publications include contributions to, and the editing of, the peer-reviewed volume Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2004) and the innovative textbook Explore Evolution (Hill House Publishers, 2007). Meyer has also published editorials in national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The National Post (of Canada), The Daily Telegraph (of London) and The Los Angeles Times.  He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Fox News Live, Paula Zahn Now (CNN), Good Morning America and the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.  He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top national media. In 2008, he appeared with Ben Stein in the theatrical-released documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.  He has also been featured prominently in the science documentaries Icons of Evolution, The Case for a Creator, Darwin's Dilemma and Unlocking The Mystery of Life, the latter which was shown on PBS and which Meyer co-wrote with producer Lad Allen.

A real-life series of deaths of young Hmong men inspired Wes Craven to create Nightmare On Elm Street. We tell this tragic story on this week's Unpleasant Dreams. EM Hilker is our writer and researcher with additional writing by Cassandra Harold. Jim Harold is our Executive Producer. Find the original article by EM Hilker HERE. SOURCES “Brugada Syndrome.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 5 May 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022. “Hmong.” International Institute of Minnesota, 17 January 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.  Kruse, Colton. “Dying in Your Dreams: Freddy Krueger Syndrome Is Real.” Ripley's Believe It or Not!, 21 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2022. Madrigal, Alexis C. “The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 14 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.  McCann, Erin. “Freddy Krueger Is Loosely Based on the Disturbing True Tale of 18 People Inexplicably Dying in Their Sleep.” Ranker, 14 June, 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022. Morgan, Thaddeus. “How a Terrifying Wave of Unexplained Deaths Led to ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street'.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 30 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2022.  Stromberg, Joseph. “What Is the Nocebo Effect?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2022. Sugg, Richard. The Real Vampires: Death, Terror, and the Supernatural. Amberley Publishing, 2019.  Tofield, Andros. “Pedro Brugada MD: The Spanish Cardiologist Who Together with His Brother Josep Brugada, First Described the Brugada Syndrome.” OUP Academic, Oxford University Press, 7 March 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022. Vatta, Matteo, et al. “Genetic and Biophysical Basis of Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS), a Disease Allelic to Brugada Syndrome.” OUP Academic, Oxford Academic, 1 February 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2022.     

In episode 241 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on photography now and how we got here, whilst suggesting advice on photographic practice from Jack Kerouac and Tony Ray-Jones. Plus this week, photographer Mitra Tabrizian takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Mitra Tabrizian is an Iranian‐British artist and filmmaker whose photographic work has been exhibited and published widely and represented in major international museums and public collections. Solo museum shows include at Tate Britain in 2008 and the Venice Biennale, Iranian Pavilion in 2015. She was awarded the Royal Academyʼs Rose Award for Photography in 2013 and selected as one of Hundred Heroines: Celebrating Women in Photography Today, by the Royal Photographic Society in 2018. Her short film The Insider was made in collaboration with the Booker Prize Winner, Ben Okri and commissioned to accompany Albert Camus' The Outsider, adapted for the stage by Okri. Screenings of her film-work include at the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Tabrizian's latest photographic book Off Screen was published in 2019. Her critically acclaimed debut feature Gholam had a theatrical release in 2017 and is now available on BFI player, Amazon Prime and Itunes worldwide. Mitra is currently developing her second feature The Far Mountains with the British Film Institute. www.mitratabrizian.com Dr. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). His film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay was first screened in 2018 www.donotbendfilm.com. He is the presenter of the A Photographic Life and In Search of Bill Jay podcasts. © Grant Scott 2022

Episode 7. DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design – Part 2. Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/5-aQcACtQOg The New Scientific Evidence that Points to the Existence of God Series. John Ankerberg Show Nov 4, 2022 DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design – Part 2: What “language” do we find in DNA? How does that language function?   Dr. Meyer at Discovery Institute- https://www.discovery.org/p/meyer/ Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times best seller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London) Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, The Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne, 2021). In his first book on intelligent design, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009) Meyer examined the mystery of the origin of the first life. With Darwin's Doubt, he has expanded the scope of the case for intelligent design to the whole sweep of life's history. Meyer's research addresses the deepest mystery surrounding the origin of life and the origin of animal life: the origin of biological information necessary to produce it. Meyer graduated from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, in 1981 with a degree in physics and earth science. He later became a geophysicist with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Dallas, Texas. From 1981 to 1985, he worked for ARCO in digital signal processing and seismic survey interpretation. In 1986 as a Rotary International Scholar, he began his training in the history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University, earning an M.Phil. in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1991. His doctoral thesis was titled “Of Clues and Causes: A Methodological Interpretation of Origin-of-Life Research.” He returned to Whitworth in the fall of 1990 to teach philosophy and the philosophy of science. He left a tenured position as a professor at Whitworth in 2002 to direct the Center for Science and Culture full time, which he had helped found with John West in 1996. Prior to the publication of Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, the writing for which Meyer was best known was an August 2004 review essay in the Smithsonian Institution-affiliated peer-reviewed biology journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The article laid out the evidential case for intelligent design, presenting it as the best explanation for the origin of the biological information necessary to produce the new forms of animal life that arose abruptly during the Cambrian explosion. Because the article was the first peer-reviewed publication arguing for intelligent design in a technical journal, it proved extremely controversial.  The journal's editor, evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, was punished by his Smithsonian supervisors for allowing Meyer's article into print. This led to the investigation of top Smithsonian personnel by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.  The controversy was widely covered in the media with articles or news stories appearing about it in The Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, NPR, The O'Reilly Factor and the Washington Post. The federal investigation eventually concluded that Sternberg had been wrongly disciplined and intimidated. Meyer's many other publications include contributions to, and the editing of, the peer-reviewed volume Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2004) and the innovative textbook Explore Evolution (Hill House Publishers, 2007). Meyer has also published editorials in national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The National Post (of Canada), The Daily Telegraph (of London) and The Los Angeles Times.  He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Fox News Live, Paula Zahn Now (CNN), Good Morning America and the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.  He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top national media. In 2008, he appeared with Ben Stein in the theatrical-released documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.  He has also been featured prominently in the science documentaries Icons of Evolution, The Case for a Creator, Darwin's Dilemma and Unlocking The Mystery of Life, the latter which was shown on PBS and which Meyer co-wrote with producer Lad Allen.

Guest: Nick Pyenson is a paleontologist, he is the curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.  He is the author of Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures.       The post KPFA Special – Whales: From its Ancient Past to its Uncertain Future appeared first on KPFA.

https://tallenlawson.com   T. Allen Lawson is drawn to the quieter side of life. Over time he has developed a discipline of patiently observing and studying the often unnoticed rhythms and subtleties of his surroundings. In his paintings he strives to build layers and textures with pigment to create the abstraction and nuanced depth he feels in nature and the world around him. Tim studied drawing and portraiture at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He furthered his formal studies attending the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. A lifelong student, his dedication to and love of his profession is always evolving as his interests and influences continue to challenge him. T. Allen Lawson has won numerous awards which include: Founder's Prize, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts; Golden Thunderbird Award, Maynard Dixon Country; Red Smith Memorial Award (twice), National Museum of Wildlife Art.  At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, he has won the Spirit of the West Award, the William Weiss Purchase Award, and the Juror's Choice Award.  At the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, he has won the Prix de West Purchase Award, the Robert Lougheed Memorial Artists' Choice Award (twice), the Directors' Choice for Outstanding Landscape and the Donald Teague Memorial Award. He was chosen by the President and First Lady to create the painting for the official White House Christmas card in 2008.  His work is shown in public collections including the Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Portland Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Brinton Museum, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Forbes Magazine Collection, Tia Collection, Wells Fargo.

https://tallenlawson.com   T. Allen Lawson is drawn to the quieter side of life. Over time he has developed a discipline of patiently observing and studying the often unnoticed rhythms and subtleties of his surroundings. In his paintings he strives to build layers and textures with pigment to create the abstraction and nuanced depth he feels in nature and the world around him. Tim studied drawing and portraiture at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He furthered his formal studies attending the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. A lifelong student, his dedication to and love of his profession is always evolving as his interests and influences continue to challenge him. T. Allen Lawson has won numerous awards which include: Founder's Prize, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts; Golden Thunderbird Award, Maynard Dixon Country; Red Smith Memorial Award (twice), National Museum of Wildlife Art.  At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, he has won the Spirit of the West Award, the William Weiss Purchase Award, and the Juror's Choice Award.  At the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, he has won the Prix de West Purchase Award, the Robert Lougheed Memorial Artists' Choice Award (twice), the Directors' Choice for Outstanding Landscape and the Donald Teague Memorial Award. He was chosen by the President and First Lady to create the painting for the official White House Christmas card in 2008.  His work is shown in public collections including the Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Portland Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Brinton Museum, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Forbes Magazine Collection, Tia Collection, Wells Fargo.

Episode: 2425 In which the Smithsonian Institution celebrates sketching.  Today, we make sketches.

Today, American Songcatcher is proud to present a special two-part collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways, going behind the curtain of Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, who was born 117 years ago on this date. This is the story of a ceaselessly stubborn Jewish immigrant with unstoppable ambition. A pioneer who had a great respect for creative artists, whether they were commercially viable or not. A provider whose work was selfless, though he was often quite difficult to work with. A visionary that would turn the record industry on its head without producing any major hits, which was just the way he wanted it. Folkways Records, “The little label that could,” changed the course of American roots music by preserving folk songs from all over the world and having a major hand influencing the folk and blues revival of the 50's and 60's. Moe's mission was to create an encyclopedia of sound from around the world, quite literally. Folkways released records of frog noises, poetry, train whistles, cat noises and many others in addition to covering nearly every genre of world music, spanning over 2,100 records. Learn how his collection was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution and how his legacy lives on today. Support Independent Programming | Join the Patreon OR send a one-time donation through Venmo or PayPal In Collaboration with: Smithsonian Folkways Full Moses Asch interview with Arhoolie Records' founder Chris Strachwitz Interviewees: Richard Carlin | Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways Michael Asch American Songcatcher Source Credits: Smithsonian | Redalyc | Jstor.com | NPR | Routledge | AllPurposeGuru | Haaretz | Folkworks Worlds of Sound: Ballad of Folkways | Documentary Making People's Music | Book --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americansongcatcher/support

Seriah is joined by Christopher Ernst, Octavian, and Taylor Bell to discuss stories from the 1982 Fortean classic “Reader's Digest Mysteries of the Unexplained”. Topics include anomalies, strange footprints, White Sands NM, possible objects left by time travelers, ancient technology, catastrophe and the archeological record, bizarre skeletons, lost races of giants, horned skulls, the Smithsonian Institution, Greg Bishop, fanatical debunking and the disappearance of artifacts and evidence, Richard J. Dewhurst, Neanderthals, Denisovans, other “breeds” of humans, mutations, a very tiny mummified corpse, Buddhist monks voluntarily leaving their physical bodies, Steven Greer's “alien” fetus fiasco, the 1996 version of “The Island of Doctor Moreau” starring Marlin Brando, strange things found by miners, Lovelock Cave, red-haired giant cannibals and Native American lore, “Weird America” and Jim Brandon, myths of little people, possible abilities of ancient peoples, hidden groups of people, Ferdinand Magellan and Indigenous giants, allegations of Egyptian artifacts in the Grand Canyon, a closed and guarded area of the canyon, lost records, Roswell, secrecy vs human error, rhino skeletons found by miners in Britain, a live horned lizard found in stone, frogs and toads found inside rock, bizarrely preserved amphibians and reptiles, tiny tool artifacts, Octavian's co-host Ian Burton pops in as special guest, unusual living newts discovered amongst fossils, amphibians and witchcraft, the last Pterodactyl found in 1800's France, stolen art and materials sought and possessed by the ultra-rich, the one-issue Wu Tang album, celebrities dabbling in occult imagery, Beyonce, Drake, Bohemian Grove, theatre and magickal working, CERN, unexplained artifacts on the Isle of Pines, the Darwinian expectation of progress, ancient superior technologies, the Antikythera mechanism, Roman concrete, “Greek Fire”, ancient sound technology, Andrew Collins, Malta, Atlantis, the “Mirror Line” project in Saudi Arabia, attempts to re-create ancient monuments, the Olmec heads, academic disbelief in Native denials of having built massive objects, Randall Carlson, Graham Handcock, and much more! This is fascinating discussion at its best! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is from Eliza Rickman with Black Rose Download

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mulan are joined by Dr. Harvey Karp who is a world-renowned pediatrician and child development expert. His celebrated Happiest Baby/Happiest Toddler books and videos have guided millions of parents and are translated into 30 languages. He is also the creator of the SNOO Smart Sleeper, a new class of responsive infant bed that adds 1-2 hours to a baby's sleep and has a secure swaddle which prevents rolling to an unsafe position during sleep. SNOO has won 33 international honors, including the National Sleep Foundation Innovation of the Year and is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution as an iconic example of 21st Century form and function. The benefits of SNOO to reduce postpartum depression, SIDS, and help drug exposed babies are being studied at top medical centers. Dr. Karp is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the USC School of Medicine and a fellow of the AAP. He is an advocate for children's environmental health and a board member of EWG, one of the Nation's premiere environmental protection groups.   In this episode, they discuss how parents, especially mothers should be "babied" as much as the new babies when they have a child and how society should go back to the times when there was a "village" of family, friends and neighbours offering support to new mothers. They also discuss the groundbreaking work Dr. Karp leads at Happiest Baby, how SNOO makes the lives of new parents easier and also how employers are providing SNOO as a benefit to their employees and how more employers can come onboard.    This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more. You can find Dr. Karp here.

This November, the gays get their say.     Bros Year: 2022 Written by: Billy Eichner, Nicholas Stoller Director: Nicholas Stoller Stars: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane   Fire Island Year: 2022 Written by: Joel Kim Booster Director: Andrew Ahn Stars: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully     Show notes:   “Happy ending… rom com… but also we're gay and we do things a little differently.”   In this episode Lisa and Charles Adrian dig into this year's big gay rom coms, one of which was released in cinemas and one of which was not.   We reference both the 2005 (not 2007) film adaptation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) and the 1995 BBC TV adaptation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112130/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3) of Jane Austin's novel Pride And Prejudice, which you can read about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice. Charles Adrian also mentions her novel Persuasion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_(novel)) and Lisa mentions the film When Harry Met Sally (1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098635/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).   You can find out more about the British band Bros here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bros_(British_band). Debra Messing, for those who do not know, played the eponymous Grace in the series Will And Grace (1998-2006 and 2017-2020), which you can read about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_%26_Grace.   With regard to LGBTQ+ museum spaces in the US and the UK: there are LGBTQ+ objects and archival materials at the National Museum of American History in Washington DC (https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/lgbtq-history) and an aspiration to create a separate LGBTQ+ museum within the Smithsonian Institution at some point in the future (https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/05/smithsonian-lgbtq-museum-bills-introduced-mark-pocan). In London, meanwhile, there is now a dedicated LGBTQ+ museum called Queer Britain (https://queerbritain.org.uk/).   Next month, much to Lisa's disgust, we will watch The Holiday (2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457939/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0).   We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.   Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzaltzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.   Thank you for listening!

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Bill Becker, who is the curator of  The American Museum of Photography, as well as an award-winning author, and Emmy-award winner for his writing and production work. The two discuss the importance of imagery, storytelling, and preservation through images.Related Episodes:Episode 173: Cabinet Cards of Broadway and Silver Screen StarsEpisode 167: Victorian Photo Studio SecretsLinks:American Museum of PhotographyThe Daguerreian SocietySign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Wm. B. Becker tackled the job of establishing The American Museum of Photography™. A noted historian of photography whose research has been published in American Heritage, History of Photography: An International Quarterly, and other forums, Bill Becker is also a television producer and writer whose work has been honored with four EMMY® awards. He is the author of Brady of Broadway, a one-man play about the photographer Mathew Brady that's been performed at the Smithsonian Institution and other venues.The American Museum of Photography™ is “A Museum Without Walls…for an Art Without Boundaries.” Its predecessor, Photography's Beginnings: A Visual History, made its debut on the World Wide Web on May 25, 1996.About The MuseumThe American Museum of Photography is an award-winning Virtual Museum dedicated to educating, informing, and sharing great photographs with millions of visitors world-wide. The Collection includes five thousand individual images, from the earliest daguerreotype portraits to the work of Ansel Adams. About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.   She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der SpI wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

Episode 4.  The Fine-Tuning of the Universe. Dr. Steven Meyer. ACU Sunday Series. https://youtu.be/x0Vi_DNkFMU 2,102 views Oct 9, 2022 John Ankerberg Show 98.9K subscribers The Fine-Tuning of the Universe: Scientists have discovered that the universe is very precisely calibrated to allow life to exist.   https://www.discovery.org/p/meyer/ Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times best seller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London) Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, The Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne, 2021). In his first book on intelligent design, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009) Meyer examined the mystery of the origin of the first life. With Darwin's Doubt, he has expanded the scope of the case for intelligent design to the whole sweep of life's history. Meyer's research addresses the deepest mystery surrounding the origin of life and the origin of animal life: the origin of biological information necessary to produce it. Meyer graduated from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, in 1981 with a degree in physics and earth science. He later became a geophysicist with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Dallas, Texas. From 1981 to 1985, he worked for ARCO in digital signal processing and seismic survey interpretation. In 1986 as a Rotary International Scholar, he began his training in the history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University, earning an M.Phil. in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1991. His doctoral thesis was titled “Of Clues and Causes: A Methodological Interpretation of Origin-of-Life Research.” He returned to Whitworth in the fall of 1990 to teach philosophy and the philosophy of science. He left a tenured position as a professor at Whitworth in 2002 to direct the Center for Science and Culture full time, which he had helped found with John West in 1996. Prior to the publication of Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, the writing for which Meyer was best known was an August 2004 review essay in the Smithsonian Institution-affiliated peer-reviewed biology journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The article laid out the evidential case for intelligent design, presenting it as the best explanation for the origin of the biological information necessary to produce the new forms of animal life that arose abruptly during the Cambrian explosion. Because the article was the first peer-reviewed publication arguing for intelligent design in a technical journal, it proved extremely controversial.  The journal's editor, evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, was punished by his Smithsonian supervisors for allowing Meyer's article into print. This led to the investigation of top Smithsonian personnel by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.  The controversy was widely covered in the media with articles or news stories appearing about it in The Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, NPR, The O'Reilly Factor and the Washington Post. The federal investigation eventually concluded that Sternberg had been wrongly disciplined and intimidated. Meyer's many other publications include contributions to, and the editing of, the peer-reviewed volume Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2004) and the innovative textbook Explore Evolution (Hill House Publishers, 2007). Meyer has also published editorials in national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The National Post (of Canada), The Daily Telegraph (of London) and The Los Angeles Times.  He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Fox News Live, Paula Zahn Now (CNN), Good Morning America and the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.  He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top national media. In 2008, he appeared with Ben Stein in the theatrical-released documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.  He has also been featured prominently in the science documentaries Icons of Evolution, The Case for a Creator, Darwin's Dilemma and Unlocking The Mystery of Life, the latter which was shown on PBS and which Meyer co-wrote with producer Lad Allen.