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Now posting this as video.  Please text if you get it. - Editing Error - Had To Repost The Long Island debate continues! After receiving more than 1,000 Facebook comments, Tom Kelly and producer Steve Burger return to Lucharitos on Walt Whitman Road in Melville for Part 2 of the funniest, strangest, and most relatable Long Island Unwritten Rules. This episode dives into Long Island driving habits, bagel etiquette, diners, disco fries, beach behavior, deli traditions, parking wars, the Long Island Railroad, Dairy Barn memories, pizza debates, and dozens of local customs that every Long Islander seems to know. Plus, Tom goes on a hilarious rant about Long Island copycats, debates whether you should ever toast a fresh bagel, explains why nobody should park in a fire lane, and wraps up with a spirited discussion about whether tacos belong on a first date. Recorded live at Lucharitos, a Long Island original with great tacos, margaritas, family-friendly events, and bingo nights. If you stop by, tell them The Tom Kelly Show sent you! Follow Lucharitos on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lucharitos Timestamps 00:00 Welcome back to Lucharitos 00:20 Follow Lucharitos & subscribe to The Tom Kelly Show 00:53 Long Island Unwritten Rules – Part 2 begins 01:21 Why this is the "B List" of rules 01:47 Tom jokes about Long Island podcast copycats 02:25 Avoid the Long Island Expressway whenever possible 03:17 Long Island traffic survival strategies 04:17 When did ATVs start driving on parkways? 04:33 Sunday bagels and bakery traditions 04:57 Eat All American hamburgers in the parking lot 05:07 Green light etiquette & immediate honking 05:31 Long Island diners after movies and date nights 06:05 Late-night Long Island food: disco fries & White Castle 06:38 Should you ever toast a fresh bagel? 07:22 Right turns on red and camera anxiety 08:13 Beach etiquette: don't set up on top of strangers 08:31 Boar's Head should be sliced paper thin 08:47 Snow parking spot etiquette 09:13 Keep your lawn looking good 09:31 Never show up empty-handed to someone's house 10:18 Talking to strangers on the Long Island Railroad 11:07 Return your shopping cart (and Tom's church parking rant) 13:00 Long Island pronunciations & local sayings 14:10 Dairy Barn memories and handing over cash 14:42 Breakfast sandwiches belong on hard rolls 14:55 Ranch dressing on pizza? 15:27 Sicilian vs. Grandma slices 15:47 Egg creams, mustard, and deli traditions 16:23 Sweet'N Low is the official Long Island sweetener 17:00 Pizza parlors vs. pizza places 17:37 Jones Beach tunnel tradition & teaser for Part 3 17:49 Why Lucharitos is worth a visit 18:19 Would you take a first date to Lucharitos? 19:24 Final thoughts and thanks to Lucharitos Topics Covered Long Island unwritten rules Long Island Expressway Bagels & bacon, egg and cheese All American Burger Long Island diners Disco fries Long Island Railroad Dairy Barn Pizza debates Jones Beach Lucharitos Melville Long Island culture #TomKellyShow #LongIsland #LongIslandPodcast #Lucharitos #Melville #LongIslandComedy #Bagels #Pizza #LongIslandLife #JonesBeach #BaconEggAndCheese #Podcast---------------- Socials: @TomKellyShow Website And Podcast: https://tomkellyshow.com

The Long Island debate continues! After receiving more than 1,000 Facebook comments, Tom Kelly and producer Steve Burger return to Lucharitos on Walt Whitman Road in Melville for Part 2 of the funniest, strangest, and most relatable Long Island Unwritten Rules. This episode dives into Long Island driving habits, bagel etiquette, diners, disco fries, beach behavior, deli traditions, parking wars, the Long Island Railroad, Dairy Barn memories, pizza debates, and dozens of local customs that every Long Islander seems to know. Plus, Tom goes on a hilarious rant about Long Island copycats, debates whether you should ever toast a fresh bagel, explains why nobody should park in a fire lane, and wraps up with a spirited discussion about whether tacos belong on a first date. Recorded live at Lucharitos, a Long Island original with great tacos, margaritas, family-friendly events, and bingo nights. If you stop by, tell them The Tom Kelly Show sent you! Follow Lucharitos on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lucharitos Timestamps 00:00 Welcome back to Lucharitos 00:20 Follow Lucharitos & subscribe to The Tom Kelly Show 00:53 Long Island Unwritten Rules – Part 2 begins 01:21 Why this is the "B List" of rules 01:47 Tom jokes about Long Island podcast copycats 02:25 Avoid the Long Island Expressway whenever possible 03:17 Long Island traffic survival strategies 04:17 When did ATVs start driving on parkways? 04:33 Sunday bagels and bakery traditions 04:57 Eat All American hamburgers in the parking lot 05:07 Green light etiquette & immediate honking 05:31 Long Island diners after movies and date nights 06:05 Late-night Long Island food: disco fries & White Castle 06:38 Should you ever toast a fresh bagel? 07:22 Right turns on red and camera anxiety 08:13 Beach etiquette: don't set up on top of strangers 08:31 Boar's Head should be sliced paper thin 08:47 Snow parking spot etiquette 09:13 Keep your lawn looking good 09:31 Never show up empty-handed to someone's house 10:18 Talking to strangers on the Long Island Railroad 11:07 Return your shopping cart (and Tom's church parking rant) 13:00 Long Island pronunciations & local sayings 14:10 Dairy Barn memories and handing over cash 14:42 Breakfast sandwiches belong on hard rolls 14:55 Ranch dressing on pizza? 15:27 Sicilian vs. Grandma slices 15:47 Egg creams, mustard, and deli traditions 16:23 Sweet'N Low is the official Long Island sweetener 17:00 Pizza parlors vs. pizza places 17:37 Jones Beach tunnel tradition & teaser for Part 3 17:49 Why Lucharitos is worth a visit 18:19 Would you take a first date to Lucharitos? 19:24 Final thoughts and thanks to Lucharitos Topics Covered Long Island unwritten rules Long Island Expressway Bagels & bacon, egg and cheese All American Burger Long Island diners Disco fries Long Island Railroad Dairy Barn Pizza debates Jones Beach Lucharitos Melville Long Island culture #TomKellyShow #LongIsland #LongIslandPodcast #Lucharitos #Melville #LongIslandComedy #Bagels #Pizza #LongIslandLife #JonesBeach #BaconEggAndCheese #Podcast---------------- Socials: @TomKellyShow Website And Podcast: https://tomkellyshow.com

Tonight we have UFOs emerging from storm clouds, menacing shadow figures, near-death experiences, bigfoot tracks in the snow and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy!Season 21 Episode 22 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.SHOW NOTES:Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more) on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcastTonight's Sponsor - ButcherBox - Sustainably sourced meat delivered to your door - Get free protein in every box for a year + $20-off your first box at ButcherBox.com/mauMAU Merch Shop - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shopMAU Discord - https://discord.gg/ybjc9KUagYWatch FREE - Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle  - https://www.borregotriangle.com/Monsters Among Us Junior on Apple Podcasts  - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-among-us-junior/id1764989478Monsters Among Us Junior on Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/show/1bh5mWa4lDSqeMMX1mYxDZ?si=9ec6f4f74d61498bRendlesham Forest UFO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz17RZAuiKkLt Col Halt Memorandum - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b18bdf2b8dde9255717836/t/6a6159e3cbcc300a39760f79/1784764899966/Halt_Memorandum.jpgLee's UFO Photo - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b18bdf2b8dde9255717836/t/6a615a84b62f165ec24f67e4/1784765060372/Lee+UFO+Photo.jpegArizona baby cry EVP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrwOa5eLIKAQueen Mary baby cry EVP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgk1rdg2zToPennsylvania museum baby cry EVP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy-dkDQSmNgResidential EVP of baby crying - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GhostHub/posts/1922107424885178/Man Proposes, God Disposes (Edwin Lanseer, 1864) - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b18bdf2b8dde9255717836/t/6a615ad7eb1eaa32557f9833/1784765143166/Manproposesgoddisposes.jpgLove Letters (Richard King, 1990) - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b18bdf2b8dde9255717836/t/6a615b2a508cd630bbb305e5/1784765226299/love-letters.jpegThe Paintings of Arshile Gorky - https://www.wikiart.org/en/arshile-gorkyMarch 1, 1962, American Airlines Flight 1 Crash -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMH1JipBKnwAudiobook - I Saw It Out There: Terrifying True Stories of Unexplained Encounters, Cryptid Sightings, and Paranormal Horrors in the Wilderness - https://www.amazon.com/Saw-Out-There-Terrifying-Unexplained/dp/B0H73QJHWS/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.u11OhLBmHryIK9jZ8Yb3EKTxZShUAmG0SFWLm0AFIkBgaSrF9DWLrWbzwqWdWb0JyC4GDVgmKp0OfTmA-kH5eFUJuBb6hBSnUNj5jFAyI3c.uqkWWTQ99MKPHUx264DZOj7q6Lpklf2i4AOSq4Oo_d4&dib_tag=se&keywords=Derek+Hayes&qid=1783125122&s=audible&sr=1-2Music from tonight's episode:Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypseCO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvAMusic By Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudioWhite Bat Audio Songs:Lost EraAbandoned ShipIrisAlmost DawnChrome CobraBone Collector

Episode 309, Snow Tha Product has comedian Felipe Esparza on the pod, and they end up matching haircuts and green shirts before the whole thing goes everywhere. They get into Felipe's canceled flight out of Providence, Messi's growth hormones, the time Felipe tried to make crack in a Dallas hotel room off room service baking soda, Snow briefly selling coke and getting fired from Ralph's for being a scab during the strike, Taco Bell secrets from working at Dodger Stadium, messing with loss prevention when they follow you around the store, Homeboy Industries and Father Greg Boyle, coming up watching Joey Diaz and Rogan, writing jokes out of trauma, gay bars and top-bottom culture, reality TV binges, merch chargebacks and bootleggers outside the shows, the Ticketmaster and Live Nation monopoly, promoters botching it in Yakima and a Coolio show that never happened, showering in the sink on tour, AI music and whether it comes for comedians next, Mexican wives' tales about eclipses and cleft lips, the rich foreign exchange kid who got sent to live in the projects, fighting people in the comments over the Mexican national team, Felipe's rabbit Slippers dying, the squirrels and raccoons and coyote wrecking Snow's ranch and the toxic rooster they finally got rid of, kids' TV like Big Comfy Couch and Mexican Sesame Street, and Felipe talking about being a teenage father, going to rehab, and how it went with his kids. Watch on YouTube and catch the livestreamed podcast every Tuesday at 6pm Pacific to join the chat. Find all episodes at everynightnights.com.Join the BCC everynightnights chat→ http://www.everynightnights.chathttps://www.youtube.com/@SnowThaProducthttps://www.tiktok.com/@snowthaproducthttps://www.instagram.com/snowthaproduct/

DescriptionBreakaway Ray returns to the Typical Skeptic Podcast for another fascinating discussion exploring the mysterious Roster of the Invisible College, consciousness, hidden history, reincarnation, and live intuitive readings.Follow Breakaway Ray: www.youtube.com/@StarcardPodcastRay also teases a fun new segment..."The Past Adventures of Reincarnated Rob!"Will Robert Kalil discover who he may have been in previous incarnations? Tune in as Ray shares his intuitive insights and the audience joins in for another unforgettable live stream.Topics include:

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors. Cree Summer (Good Times, Abbott Elementary) headlines a Blackfoot legend about fast friends, warm winds, and why bears hibernate during the winter. This Circle Round episode originally was released on May 7, 2024. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here.

Water scarcity is a very real (and growing) problem, and Augustus Doricko started his company, Rainmaker, to address it. Today we discuss the technology of cloud seeding; the history and evolution of that technology; the big questions and concerns about human efforts to modify the weather; and we talk about the potential here, which includes things like literally saving the Great Salt Lake.Note: We Want to Hear From You!We'd love for you to share with us the stories or topics you'd like us to cover next month on Reviewing the News; ask your most pressing mountain town advice questions, or offer your hot takes for us to rate. Email us at: info@blisterreview.com RELATED LINKS: Momentous: livemomentous.com use code: BlisterOneSkin: oneskin.co/BLISTERGet Yourself Covered: BLISTER+Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer's GuideEnter Our Free Weekly Gear GiveawaysTOPICS & TIMES:New BLISTER+ Members (1:46)Introducing Augustus Doricko & Rainmaker (3:03)What is “Terraforming”? (4:42)History & Evolution of Cloud Seeding Technology (6:07)Addressing Concerns & Questions (11:30)How Much Could this Increase Snowfall? (19:41)Silver Iodide: Why Find Alternatives? (22:53)Augustus' Background & Path to Rainmaker (27:22)Desalination (34:52)Clouds & Cloud Seeding (41:27)Predicting the Impacts of Cloud Seeding (49:17)The Rainmaker Journey (56:29)Current & Future Clients (1:03:03)Hail Suppression? (1:05:53)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

the guys sit down with Jordan Smith to hear all about this year's Storm Equipment Field Day event. Listen in as Jordan takes us through the entire schedule of the two day event

Tom Snow joins the show to discuss many concepts that will help jazz teachers and jazz students improve their musicianship.Support the Show HereTo gain access to all show notes and audio files please Subscribe to the podcast and consider supporting the show on Patreon - using the button at the top of thegrowingbanddirector.comOur mission is to share practical  advice and explore topics that will help every band director, no matter your experience level, as well as music education students who are working to join us in the coming years.Connect with us with comments or ideasFollow the show:Podcast website : Thegrowingbanddirector.comOn Youtube The Growing Band Director Facebook-The Growing Band Director Podcast GroupInstagram @thegrowingbanddirectorTik Tok @thegrowingbanddirectorIf you like what you hear please:Leave a Five Star Review and Share us with another band director!

In which the investigators investigate a crime scene, speak to witnesses, and discover clues. Really. The Company of the Light uses the Vaesen roleplaying system, by Free League Publishing and based an original concept by Johan Egerkrans. The mystery at the heart of the scenario is taken from Mythic Britain and Ireland by Graeme Davis. The name of that scenario (which may contain a mild spoiler) can be found below the music section of these notes. You can hear a short prologue to The Company of the Light on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/blomqvist-01-ho-153999494 Cast: Lieutenant William Fellwood — Joseph Chance Bab Chase — Dominic Allen Siobhan Strong — Danann McAleer Bridge Ebden — Lucy Farrett Narrator — Dan Wheeler CW: This podcast contains mature themes, strong language and cosmic horror. (MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW): The mystery at the heart of this story is premised upon the disappearance and death of a young woman. However, with the exception of one moment (which I will flag when it arrives), this is not dwelt on in any great detail, and please note for avoidance of doubt this is NOT sexual violence or self-harm. Human discretion is advised. The Apocalypse Players is an actual play (or live play) TTRPG podcast focused on horror tabletop roleplaying games. Think Dimension 20 or Critical Role, but fewer dragons, more eldritch horrors, and more British actors taking their roleplaying very seriously (most of the time). We primarily play the Chaosium RPG Call of Cthulhu, but have also been known to dabble with other systems, most of which can be found on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/apocalypseplayers We now have a free Discord server where you can come and worship at the altar of the Apocalypse, play Call of Cthulhu online, and meet like-minded cultists who will be only too eager to welcome you into the fold. New sacrifices - oops - we mean players are always welcome. Join here: discord.com/invite/kRQ62t6SjH For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com Music and SFX From Epidemic Sound: Daniella Ljungsberg - Against the Tide; Long Term and Ashes; Still in Blues; Flute; Soar Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Missing Memories; Partners in Crime; Desert Hideout David Edward – Angelica; Space Elf; Threads Horna Spelman – Vasterut; Svantes Polska; Koslapp British Grenadiers - John Abbot Bytt-Lasses Brudmarsch - Traditional End of a Dream - Hanna Lindgren Farewell to Ennerdale Water - Moorland Songs Frozen Fields - Medité Great Bend Reel - Roy Edwin Williams In the Storm - Amber Glow Lily of the Woods - Sandra Marteleur Meme - Nevin Pillow Magic - Valante Polska Fran Knaggalve - Traditional Red as a Rose - Rune Dale Reflection No. 2 for Solo Violin - Hanna Ekstrom Sayings and Blessings - David Celeste   From Artlist: Amulets - I Blackbard – Cyancerto; Skogsdrommar Brianna Tam - Circularity G-Yerro - Dark Hollows James Forest - El Faro; Morning Walks; One Evening in May pt 1; Queen of Art Michael Vignola - From the Sea; Under Water Rotem Moav - Blood on the Snow; Homebound Journey Manos Mars - Swiss Michael John Wookey - Wanderlust Motifs - Rural Folklore Accordion Musical Mandalas - Memories of a Fairground Skies Speak - I Think He Saw Us Yehezkel Raz - Enceladus   Public Domain / Creative Commons / Wikicommons: "Teller of the Tales" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Wind that Shakes the Barley – YouTube user ‘peakfiddler' Collegium Vocale: O przedobry Boże nasz Tom Dillon - On Raglan Road - The Dawning of The Day - Sonny Don't Go Away (The Volunteer Pub, Sidmouth) The Tudor Consort: Thomas Tallis - Videte Miraculum The Tudor Consort: Thomas Tallis - Loquebantur variis linguis The Tudor Consort: Thomas Tallis - Lamentations I Tallis - If ye love me Tallis - Spem in alium John Dowland - Shall I sue U.S. Army Band: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite Makemi: Scarborough Fair Endersslay: Star of the county down Danny Boy tin whistle by JGrandgagnage The Girl I Left Behind Me   From Pond 5 ‘Krummi Svaf I Klettagja' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Undir Blaum Solarsali' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Modir Min I Kvi Kvi' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Bjort Mey Og Hrein' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Travelling for a Living' – Henry Parker ‘Sylvie' – Henry Parker ‘British Grenadiers' ‘Fenian Song' – Sonic Art Other tracks include ‘As I Roved Out'; ‘Proud Celt'; ‘Scarborough Fair'; ‘John Barleycorn'; ‘Matty Groves'; ‘Morris Dance'; ‘Maypole Dance'; ‘Celtic Fiddle'   Music by Dan Wheeler includes The Old Sow (trad) Sweat Boxer — (trad, with thanks to Davy Goodchild and The Harrow Inn) Haste to the Wedding (trad)   From xeno-canto XC975203 - European Herring Gull - Larus argentatus argenteus by David M XC384264 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula XC590432 - Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis XC554798 - Soundscape XC138375 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula XC397660 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone XC495630 - Great Tit - Parus major newtoni XC947630 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone corone.wav XC1054294 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone corone.wav XC817610 - Great Green Bush-cricket - Tettigonia viridissima.wav   [SCENARIO TITLE BELOW]   I have chosen not to include the name of the mystery at the heart of this scenario in the spoken introduction, as I consider it to be a potential spoiler for the story. But for completists and searchability I include it here: It is called Old Meg.  

New York Voices, en un disco que se grabó en el Barclay Theater de la ciudad californiana de Irvine el 9 de julio de 2022, con un repertorio brasileño: 'Snow samba', 'Sonho meu', 'Surfboard', 'Madalena', 'Retrato em branco e preto' y 'Meu amigo Radamés'. La cantante Elsa Johanna Mohr y el guitarrista Flávio Nunes en un nuevo disco, 'Em julho', con 'Água de coco', 'Que bandeira' y 'Colo de Rio'. Brasileño residente en la ciudad inglesa de Brighton, el artista no binario Lau Ro publica su segundo disco, 'Lau', con canciones como 'Mito do fim', 'Feel' o 'Simplesmente'. Cierra Ayub Ogada con la canción 'Ayub' del disco 'Breathe. Early adventures'.Escuchar audio

Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places, dispatching troops to the Aleutian Islands, North Africa, the South Pacific, and beyond. To preserve the country's status as a superpower after the war, to pave runways and build bridges, engineers had to understand and then conquer dunes, permafrost, and even the surface of the moon. Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press, 2025) by Dr. Gretchen Heefner explores how the US military generated a new understanding of these environments and attempted to master them, intending to cement America's planetary power. Operating in these regions depended as much on scientific and cultural knowledge as on military expertise and technology. From General George S. Patton learning the hard way that the desert is not always hot, to the challenges of constructing a scientific research base under the Arctic ice, to the sheer implausibility of modeling Martian environments on Earth, Dr. Heefner takes us on a wry expedition into the extremes and introduces us to the people who have shaped our insight into these extraordinary environments. Even decades after the first manned space flight, plans for human space exploration and extraplanetary colonization are still based on what we know about stark habitats on Earth. An entertaining survey of the relationship between environmental history and military might, Sand, Snow, and Stardust also serves as a warning about the further transformation of the planet—whether through desertification, melting ice caps, or attempts to escape it entirely. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places, dispatching troops to the Aleutian Islands, North Africa, the South Pacific, and beyond. To preserve the country's status as a superpower after the war, to pave runways and build bridges, engineers had to understand and then conquer dunes, permafrost, and even the surface of the moon. Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press, 2025) by Dr. Gretchen Heefner explores how the US military generated a new understanding of these environments and attempted to master them, intending to cement America's planetary power. Operating in these regions depended as much on scientific and cultural knowledge as on military expertise and technology. From General George S. Patton learning the hard way that the desert is not always hot, to the challenges of constructing a scientific research base under the Arctic ice, to the sheer implausibility of modeling Martian environments on Earth, Dr. Heefner takes us on a wry expedition into the extremes and introduces us to the people who have shaped our insight into these extraordinary environments. Even decades after the first manned space flight, plans for human space exploration and extraplanetary colonization are still based on what we know about stark habitats on Earth. An entertaining survey of the relationship between environmental history and military might, Sand, Snow, and Stardust also serves as a warning about the further transformation of the planet—whether through desertification, melting ice caps, or attempts to escape it entirely. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places, dispatching troops to the Aleutian Islands, North Africa, the South Pacific, and beyond. To preserve the country's status as a superpower after the war, to pave runways and build bridges, engineers had to understand and then conquer dunes, permafrost, and even the surface of the moon. Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press, 2025) by Dr. Gretchen Heefner explores how the US military generated a new understanding of these environments and attempted to master them, intending to cement America's planetary power. Operating in these regions depended as much on scientific and cultural knowledge as on military expertise and technology. From General George S. Patton learning the hard way that the desert is not always hot, to the challenges of constructing a scientific research base under the Arctic ice, to the sheer implausibility of modeling Martian environments on Earth, Dr. Heefner takes us on a wry expedition into the extremes and introduces us to the people who have shaped our insight into these extraordinary environments. Even decades after the first manned space flight, plans for human space exploration and extraplanetary colonization are still based on what we know about stark habitats on Earth. An entertaining survey of the relationship between environmental history and military might, Sand, Snow, and Stardust also serves as a warning about the further transformation of the planet—whether through desertification, melting ice caps, or attempts to escape it entirely. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places, dispatching troops to the Aleutian Islands, North Africa, the South Pacific, and beyond. To preserve the country's status as a superpower after the war, to pave runways and build bridges, engineers had to understand and then conquer dunes, permafrost, and even the surface of the moon. Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press, 2025) by Dr. Gretchen Heefner explores how the US military generated a new understanding of these environments and attempted to master them, intending to cement America's planetary power. Operating in these regions depended as much on scientific and cultural knowledge as on military expertise and technology. From General George S. Patton learning the hard way that the desert is not always hot, to the challenges of constructing a scientific research base under the Arctic ice, to the sheer implausibility of modeling Martian environments on Earth, Dr. Heefner takes us on a wry expedition into the extremes and introduces us to the people who have shaped our insight into these extraordinary environments. Even decades after the first manned space flight, plans for human space exploration and extraplanetary colonization are still based on what we know about stark habitats on Earth. An entertaining survey of the relationship between environmental history and military might, Sand, Snow, and Stardust also serves as a warning about the further transformation of the planet—whether through desertification, melting ice caps, or attempts to escape it entirely. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places, dispatching troops to the Aleutian Islands, North Africa, the South Pacific, and beyond. To preserve the country's status as a superpower after the war, to pave runways and build bridges, engineers had to understand and then conquer dunes, permafrost, and even the surface of the moon. Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press, 2025) by Dr. Gretchen Heefner explores how the US military generated a new understanding of these environments and attempted to master them, intending to cement America's planetary power. Operating in these regions depended as much on scientific and cultural knowledge as on military expertise and technology. From General George S. Patton learning the hard way that the desert is not always hot, to the challenges of constructing a scientific research base under the Arctic ice, to the sheer implausibility of modeling Martian environments on Earth, Dr. Heefner takes us on a wry expedition into the extremes and introduces us to the people who have shaped our insight into these extraordinary environments. Even decades after the first manned space flight, plans for human space exploration and extraplanetary colonization are still based on what we know about stark habitats on Earth. An entertaining survey of the relationship between environmental history and military might, Sand, Snow, and Stardust also serves as a warning about the further transformation of the planet—whether through desertification, melting ice caps, or attempts to escape it entirely. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

There's nothing better than to not go outside and get smoke inhalation, than to watch this great episode!Welcome to the 279th episode of The One Podcast To (Eventually) Rule Them All! The boys are back for another great episode of Hot takes, Bad Opinions, and Great banter! ABOUT US: We're a group of longtime friends getting together and just hanging out and talking about things that interest us. We like to talk about video games, pop culture, wrestling, and anything else that might catch our attention. Let us know what you liked/disliked, topics you'd like us to discuss, or any questions you might want answered. New episodes come out every Friday wherever you get your podcasts from and on YouTube at 4pm EST! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro/Pokemon Fact of the Week!2:41 Do You Knowuh, TOPTERTA? is our opening segment in which we ask a question for a little discussion and you guys can get to know us a little better. This week we ask the question: What's an injury that you could change the outcome of?8:03 News of The Week: Devin brings us the latest and best news from the last week from the worlds of gaming, entertainment, wrestling, pop culture, and more. 18:25 Jake's Power Hour is a segment in which Jake plays a game for at least an hour and gives his review on it along with the rest of the boyz talking about their recent games they've been playing. This week Jake and the boys discuss Palworld 1.0, Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, College Football 27 and more.38:40 The Shadow Knows... is a segment in which Cody covers the latest show he is watching or board game that he's playing at the moment. This week Cody is out of the office so the boys discuss X-Men 97 Season 2, Yellowjackets, and Snow updates us on his journey through One Piece as he closes the chapter on Whole Cake Island.46:14 Let's Talk Some Wrestling. This week the boys start their journey on watching every NXT Takeover main event. This week we review Takeover 3 R Evolution: NXT Championship Match (Title vs Career) Adrian Neville (c) vs Sami Zayn59:39 Summerslam Preview, Kenny Omega once again AEW Champion, and more.1:04:05 Buffalo Wild Wings announces something wild1:05:20 Outro/Plugs/Lord Of The Rings Fact/Hail Satan/Bang-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPTERTA Social Media: Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with the latest from us! https://www.twitter.com/@toptertaSubscribe to us on YouTube where we put out these audio episodes in video form with extra content sprinkled in! https://www.youtube.com/@topterta Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TOPTERTA You can follow/subscribe/rate us on Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/topterta Jake X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@JakeTheGMTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakeplaysgamestvxYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TableTopTalksCody X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/ShadowsSquallBluesky: @gingerbeardman22.bsky.social Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/shadowssquallSnow X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@TheBsnowTikTok: @TheBsnow Devin Bliss X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@SexyDevieBTikTok: @DevieB5Check out my amazing art! https://www.deviantart.com/devinblissI don't do anything else Caleb He's on Instagram.Jordi X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@WISE_talk_Bluesky: @wise-bun.bsky.socialTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Wise_Bun_

Just like this episode, we'll give it our all or we will perish on the field.Welcome to the 278th episode of The One Podcast To (Eventually) Rule Them All! The boys are back for another great episode of Hot takes, Bad Opinions, and Great banter! ABOUT US: We're a group of longtime friends getting together and just hanging out and talking about things that interest us. We like to talk about video games, pop culture, wrestling, and anything else that might catch our attention. Let us know what you liked/disliked, topics you'd like us to discuss, or any questions you might want answered. New episodes come out every Friday wherever you get your podcasts from and on YouTube at 4pm EST! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro/Pokemon Fact of the Week!3:03 Do You Knowuh, TOPTERTA? is our opening segment in which we ask a question for a little discussion and you guys can get to know us a little better. This week we ask the question: What anime line is better subbed than dubbed?8:31 News of The Week: Devin brings us the latest and best news from the last week from the worlds of gaming, entertainment, wrestling, pop culture, and more. 19:19 Jake's Power Hour is a segment in which Jake plays a game for at least an hour and gives his review on it along with the rest of the boyz talking about their recent games they've been playing. This week Jake and the boys discuss Risk of Reign 2, Resident Evil 7, Scritchy Scratch, and College Football 27.44:39 The Shadow Knows... is a segment in which Cody covers the latest show he is watching or board game that he's playing at the moment. This week Cody talks Summer Games Done Quick, X-Men 97 Season 2, Jackass Best & Last, Obsessions, and Snow updates us on his One Piece journey.1:05:39 Let's Talk Some Wrestling. This week the boys start their journey on watching every NXT Takeover main event. This week we review Takeover 2 Fatal 4-Way: NXT Championship Match Adrian Neville (c) vs Tyson Kidd vs Tyler Breeze vs Sami Zayn1:22:51 CM Punk new champion. Sami Zayn worst WWE Champion in recent memory?1:31:30 Sheamus is leaving WWE. What do we think he's doing next?1:33:00 Outro/Plugs/Lord Of The Rings Fact/Hail Satan/Bang-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPTERTA Social Media: Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with the latest from us! https://www.twitter.com/@toptertaSubscribe to us on YouTube where we put out these audio episodes in video form with extra content sprinkled in! https://www.youtube.com/@topterta Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TOPTERTA You can follow/subscribe/rate us on Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/topterta Jake X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@JakeTheGMTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakeplaysgamestvxYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TableTopTalksCody X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/ShadowsSquallBluesky: @gingerbeardman22.bsky.social Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/shadowssquallSnow X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@TheBsnowTikTok: @TheBsnow Devin Bliss X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@SexyDevieBTikTok: @DevieB5Check out my amazing art! https://www.deviantart.com/devinblissI don't do anything else Caleb He's on Instagram.Jordi X (FKA Twitter): https://x.com/@WISE_talk_Bluesky: @wise-bun.bsky.socialTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Wise_Bun_

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This episode we are taking a quick break from our overall story of Uno no Sarara (aka Jito Tenno) and we are focusing on Ise Shrine and Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. There is a lot, for a bit more, check out our podcast blogpost at:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-153   Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is Episode 153:  Ise and the Sun Goddess.   In the newly built hall of the Fujiwara Palace, the nobles of the court were gathered for a grand banquet.  Snow-white walls were off-set by bright crimson pillars and trim, highlighted by bright green windows.   The nobles themselves were a rainbow of colors, arranged as they were by rank.   At the head of it all, on a dais, sat the Queen herself, Uno no Sarara.  However, the attention was no longer on her.  Instead, it was on another figure, standing in front of the assembled audience.  A quiet spread throughout the hall, the court listening as Hieda no Are began to tell the story of the Sun Goddess in the Plain of High Heaven.  They listened to the story of her and Susano'o, and of the backward flayed horse.  They heard the tale of the Heavenly Rock Cave, and of all that came after, including the sending of the August Grandchild, Ninigi.  They listened to the story—the story of Yamato.   Last episode, we talked in more detail about Uno No Sarara—starting from her early years as the daughter of Naka no Ohoe, granddaughter of Soga no Kurayamada, and child-bride to her uncle, Ohoama.  I'll admit we didn't look too hard at that last bit, and I don't have enough information to confirm what exactly "marriage" entailed in that context, but it is still something that I find tremendously creepy and, unfortunately, anything but unique.  So I'm not going to dive too much further into it right now but… ew. We talked about how she gave birth to her son, Kusakabe, in Kyushu, during the war on the continent, and how she eventually left for Yoshino with her husband when he retired from court, presumably to outsmart his court rivals, who were positioning him to be taken out.  She also is said to have played a part in the planning and execution of the resulting Jinshin no Ran, later helping her husband govern the realm.  And now, she was on the throne, overseeing the completion of many of the projects started in the reign of her husband.  This included the completion of the Kiyomihara code, the Fujiwara palace, and the support given to the institution of Ise Grand Shrine. This episode, I want to dive into that last topic: the emphasis in Uno no Sarara's reign on  Ise Shrine and its focus, the Great God, Amaterasu no Ohokami.  Although the Chronicles talk about Amaterasu as one of the founding deities of the Yamato royal line, there is plenty of evidence that this story was grafted into the tales at a later date, and that worship of Amaterasu, at least as anything more than a minor deity, likely also started relatively late.  Some have even suggested that Ise Shrine itself wasn't even built until the late 7th century.  So, all of this focus on Ise and Amaterasu appears to be part of the larger effort to structure the physical, cultural, and spiritual landscape of the new Yamato state. Last episode we mentioned how, according to the Nihon Shoki,   Ohoama turned to worship towards Ise.  Well, specifically, he worshipped Amaterasu Ohokami.  So let's take a moment and talk about what we know of the history of this Great God of Heavenly Brightness. Unfortunately, most of that history is based on what we know of the kami from works like the Nihon Shoki, the Kojiki, and the Sendai Kuji Hongi, all of which came out in the 8th century or so.  As such, it can be hard to know what things were actually like, earlier on, as opposed to what was added or removed later. Much of what I'm going to be talking about, today, I'm going to be pulling from a book written in 2017 by Mark Teeuvwen [Tayvin?] and John Breen titled "A Social History of the Ise Shrines", as well as Michael Como's work "Weaving and Binding: Immigrant Gods and Female Immortals in Ancient Japan", published in 2009, along with other sources.  In their book, Breen and Teeuwen point out that for those who do not take the events of the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki at face value, there are two primary theories for the origin of the worship of Amaterasu: an early theory and  a late theory.  The early theory places the development of the worship of Amaterasu in the 5th and 6th centuries, during the reigns of such figures as Wakatakeru no Ohokimi, aka Yuuryaku Tennou.  The Late Theory places the development in the 7th century, largely at the feet of such figures as Ohoama and Uno no Sarara herself.  We'll take a look at the evidence and see what it says. I would note that compared to the official history, both of these would be very late theories.  According to Ise Grand Shrine even today, Amaterasu arrived in Ise in the 26th year of Ikume Iribiko, aka Suinin Tennou, as stated in the Nihon Shoki, which corresponds to 4 BCE if you take the dating of the Nihon Shoki to be accurate. Of course, we've already spent plenty of time talking about the problems with the Nihon Shoki prior to the 6th century CE, as well as how the political nature of the text affected what it contained. So to kick things off, let's address the biggest question of all: why don't we believe that Amaterasu no Ohokami was always the primary deity of the pantheon of Yamato, at the very least, if not all of the Wa people of the archipelago?  After all, isn't she a sun goddess, and isn't sun worship fairly well documented among the ancient Japanese?  Just take a look at words like "Hiko" and "Hime", referring to rulers as sun man and sun woman.  Also note that early on, worship seems to have centered around places such as mountaintops, which focused worship towards the sky and the highest point.  In fact, as wet rice paddy agriculture became the dominant economic factor driving the engine of the archipelago in the Yayoi and early kofun period, early shrines were very likely about bringing the spirit of the mountain from the mountaintop and giving them a home amongst the rice fields.. And then we have the stories.  Don't the ancient stories all tell about Amaterasu as the ruler of Takama no Hara, the Heavenly Plain?  And isn't it her grandchild that then descends to the earth to pacify the Land of the Reed Plains—aka the Japanese archipelago? Well let's take a look at those same stories, which we've covered in earlier episodes of the podcast.  The first deities mentioned in the Chronicles are deities like Ama no Minaka Nushi, Lord of the August Middle of Heaven; Takami Musubi, High August Growth; and Kami Musubi, Divine August Growth.  There are other deities, like Kuni Toko Tachi, but they are barely mentioned again. Later we get Izanagi and Izanami, the masculine and feminine, who create the world and give birth to numerous deities from that point on.  Among the children of Izanagi are said to be Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, and Susano'o.  Amaterasu, Heaven's Brightness, represents the sun while Tsukiyomi represents the dark of the moon.  Susano'o is then the god of the storms and seas, and was sent to the Nether Land, the Ne no Kuni. Right away we see that there are numerous different stories listed in the Nihon Shoki for just about everything.  Only the Kojiki gives everything as a single, coherent narrative, but surely the readers in the 8th century would have known some of these other stories, and thus the Nihon Shoki gives the alternates as well. Now the main narrative of the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki tells us that Ama-terasu no Oho-kami was born to rule over everything.  In the Nihon Shoki, Izanagi and Izanami specifically mention that divine destiny in Amaterasu's creation—although actually, in that part of the text, the deity they are creating is named Oho-hiru-me no Muchi; the Great Sun Female Holder.  And in the next entry they call Amaterasu: Ama-terasu Oho-hiru-me.  Tsukiyomi, the deity of the moon, is made to be her consort, and they are supposedly sent to rule the plain of Heaven, Takama no Hara. The problem is that there are other entries that suggest that Takama no Hara already had a ruler:  Taka-mi-Musubi.  Reading the sections on Taka-mi-Musubi, we see a deity who is said to have produced 1500 children, himself—no mention of Izanagi and Izanami.  Some of his children are mentioned as Omohi-kane:  the Thought-Combining deity, and Sukuna-bikona: the Little-Prince-Named deity. Amatsu Hiko Hiko Ho Ninigi no Mikoto, the August Heavenly Prince, Prince Ho-ninigi, is not just a grandson of Amaterasu no Ohokami, but also a grandchild of Taka-mi Musubi.  In at least one story, Takami Musubi is the one who wants Ninigi no Mikoto to become the ruler of the Central Land of the Reed Plains.  Towards that end, he gathers the various kami and chooses someone to go down and prepare the way—Ama-ho-hi no Mikoto—who was to quote-unquote "expel and subdue" the evil gods of that land.  We covered this story in episode 21 and 22.  When that doesn't work, he gathers them again, sending others to try and do the same.  Eventually he sends Takemikazuchi and Futsunushi down.  All of this sounds like Taka-mi Musubi, whose name appears to refer to being the "high" deity, was the one in charge. In addition, we have the court ritual from sources like the Engi Shiki, which illustrates the deities that were invoked for the protection of the palace and the royal family.  These were:  Kami-musubi, Takami-musubi, Iku-musubi, Taru-musubi, Tamatsume-musubi, Oomiya-no-me, Oomiketsu-no-kami and Kotoshironushi.  One might notice a lot of the "musubi" names among the deities, and a distinct lack of appeal to Amaterasu.  If Amaterasu were the central deity and ancestral deity of the royal family, why is she not invoked in the rituals of the court itself? The thought, here, is that these rituals are likely much older than the worship of Amaterasu, and while Amaterasu would come to prominence in the stories that the court would tell, it was much more difficult for them to rearrange the traditional rituals to put her front and center.  Those rituals were maintained by ritualist families like the Nakatomi, and they weren't likely to change the rituals willy-nilly, even for a sovereign.  That was playing with supernatural fire, after all—if you changed the rituals, would they still even be effective?  Granted, rituals do change, so it isn't a perfect argument; perhaps it was just not considered to be important enough to make the change since it was not something that anyone except the court ritualists needed to worry themselves over.  Either way, it appears that we do have a list of deities that may have been the deities of the ruling elite prior to the rise of Amaterasu and Ise shrine more generally. We have a few other clues of what was going on in the narrative.  For instance, we see the story from the reign of Mimaki Iribiko, aka Sujin Tennou, also called the First Sovereign of Yamato, despite the legendary figures inserted prior to his reign.  It is in this chapter that we see a note that Ama-terasu no Oho-kami and Yamato no Oho-kuni-dama, which is to say the Spirit of the Country of Yamato, were both worshipped together in the hall—that is in the royal palace itself.  And yet apparently Mimaki Iribiko feared these deities residing with him in the palace, and he had their worship moved to locations outside of the palace.  Amaterasu's worship was given to Toyosuki-iri-bime, one of Mimaki Iribiko's daughters, and established in the district of Shiki, in Yamato.  Yamato no Ohokunidama, on the other hand, was given over to Nunaki-iri-bime no Mikoto, another daughter through a different wife. but we are told that she was lean, and her hair was falling out, and so she couldn't perform the rites.  Turning our attention back to Ama-terasu—in the reign of Ikume-Iribiko, aka Suinin Tennou, son and heir of Mimaki Iribiko, the worship of Ama-terasu would pass from Mimaki Iribiko's daughter, Nunaki Iri Bime to Ikume Iribiko's daughter, Yamato Hime.  She would move the worship site from Shiki to Uda, in the shadow of Mt. Miwa, and then proceed over to the upper banks, or Kawakami, of Isuzu, in the district of Watarai.  Here, in one of the alternate stories about this episode, we get the Great God of Yamato—Ohoyamato no Ohokami—speaking through a medium to warn the sovereign that he had better be careful.  Mimaki Iribiko had not been quite thorough enough in his worship, so he had not had a long life, and if Ikume Iribiko didn't do the same, he would suffer a similar fate. And so, in a record eerily similar to what we see in the previous reign, the worship of the "Great God of Yamato", the Oho-Yamato no Oho-kami, is given to Nunaki-waka-hime—as opposed to Nunaki-Iri-bime—who also fails in the task because of her emaciated body.  This also introduces Fukayu nushi, an ancestor of the Nakatomi, who was the one who divined what should be done. There is so much to unpack in these stories.  For one, the kami bring power, but also danger.  One can try to placate the kami, but it isn't like a ritual will always work, and the story is of the sovereign being actively afraid of what they might do, so they were removed from the palace.  Then there is the fact that we see two seemingly similar names—Ohoyamato no Ohokami and Yamato no Kunidama both seem like we are talking about the same spirit of Yamato, though some would point out that one is the spirit of the country and one is the great kami of the country, so, clearly different. Both are also being given to someone named "Nunaki—something-something—Hime", and in both cases Nunaki seems to fail in her task because she is apparently not hot enough for the kami.  She's described as too thin and emaciated or balding.  We aren't given the lineage of Nunaki Waka Hime, but Nunaki Iri Bime is connected with the land of Owari.  Nunaki Iri-bime is said to be the daughter of Mimaki Iribiko and Ohoama Hime, ancestor of the Owari no Muraji.  Owari was the land that supported Ohoama during the Jinshin no Ran. Finally, in both cases, we see the worship of the spirit of Yamato being given over to someone name "Nagochi", later identified as Nagochi no Sukune, ancestor of the Yamato no Atahe. One more note—closely on the heels of moving these two kami out of the palace, we see that the court brings in the worship of Oho-mono-nushi, the god of Mt. Miwa, under Ohotataneko, the ancestor of the Miwa clan. So the stories here account for Ama-terasu being moved to Watarai and why she isn't worshipped in the palace.  It also places Oho-mono-nushi at the center of worship in Yamato.  Oho-mono-nushi and Miwa continue to dominate the narrative from here on out, with a few notable exceptions, such as with Okinaga Tarashi Hime, aka Jingu Tennou and her mythical conquest of the Korean peninsula.  I'm sure that had no political implications at all given everything that had happened with Baekje, Silla, and the Tang dynasty in the latter half of the 7th century.  Other than scenes like that, however, the Miwa clan and worship of the Miwa deity appear frequently in the narrative.  It is clear that Mt. Miwa, and its deity, were important, and when Breen and Teeuwen hypothesize that when Naka no Ohoe, which is to say Tenji Tennou, took the drastic step of moving the capital up to Ohotsu, in the land of Afumi, he also brought the Miwa deity with him.  Those Afumi court rituals were conducted under the auspices of the Nakatomi, and particularly the auspices of Nakatomi no Kane, who would become one of the chief opponents of Ohoama during the Jinshin no Ran in 672.  After that conflict, Ohoama and his wife, Uno no Sarara, were building new traditions using Ise and constructing new legends.  Legends that would be under their control and influence and which would further bolster their rule from the city that they had designed to fit inside of this newly constructed cosmological framework. And yet this also brings up what seems like an obvious question.  If Ise Shrine and the worship of Amaterasu were so central to Ohoama and Uno's plans, then why would they put it so far away?  Proponents of the "early" theory of the development of Amaterasu and Ise Shrine suggest that the answer lies in the text of the Chronicles.  That there is some truth to the idea that there was worship in Yamato and that, for various reasons, it moved out to Watarai district early on and developed into Ise Shrine.  Those who hold to the "late" theory of development see all of those stories as later inserts meant to explain away why Ise Shrine was so far away—and perhaps why Amaterasu was not included in the cool-kami club of court ritual.   Teeuwen and Breen mention a few of the theories, from Naoki Koujiro stressing Ise as a strategic gateway between Yamato and Eastern Japan to Tanaka Takashi proposing that the movement of Amaterasu to Ise is actually a stand-in for one or more military campaigns to that area to bring it under Yamato control. And before we move too much further in the narrative, let's talk about how Ise is physically and geographically situated.  Ise is part of modern Mie prefecture, on the eastern edge of the Ki peninsula.  It is at the southern end of a series of adjoining alluvial plains that follow the coastline north to the modern prefectures of Aichi and Gifu—the ancient provinces of Owari and Mino.  The capital of Ise Province used to be in Suzuka, near the the two Tsubaki shrines which both lay claim to the title of Ise no Ichinomiya, the First shrine of the land of Ise, and the pass that served as one of three major routes from eastern Japan into the Home Provinces and beyond.  This puts Ise about as far away as you can get from the capital of the province without going over the mountains, themselves.  It also puts it a good deal south of most major travel routes.  If you are going to Ise shrine then it is pretty clear you were going to Ise shrine, as there isn't a lot of evidence for anything else in the area. The Shrine itself is actually made up of two primary shrine complexes.  There is the Naiku, the inner shrine, and the Geku, or outer shrine.  The Naiku, or inner shrine, is probably the area most people think about.  It is at the foot of the mountains where the Shimamichi River joins the Isuzu River and both flow out of the mountains.  The Naiku contains the shrine to Amaterasu no Ohokami, and is famous for its layout, where there are actually two shrine enclosures, one next to the other.  The main shrine is then rebuilt in the empty enclosure every 20 years, at which point the worship is moved to the new shrine, the old shrine is torn down, and the cycle is started once again. The Outer Shrine, or Geku, is further north, and probably not as well known to foreigners.  The Geku is said to enshrine the spirit of Toyouke-bime, a kami dedicated to food.  According to the traditions of the Geku itself, Toyouke-bime was enshrined in the Geku at the command of Wakatakiru no Ohokimi, aka Yuuryaku Tennou, based on a dream. Regarding the history of why the Shrines—both Inner and Outer—are located here, archaeological evidence doesn't give us a lot to suggest that these might be the case.  Despite the presence of the Miya River near Ise Shrine, we haven't found evidence of a large harbor or port, like we might expect if it was the jumping off point for crossing Ise Bay—or even the center of another large polity.  Instead, the areas to the north—around Fujikata and Matokata inlets, for instance—show much more evidence of occupation and, presumably, use.  Heck, the modern district of Fujikata is in the town of "Tsu", which literally means "port".  And the capital area of Suzuaka and the Ichinomiya of Tsubaki Grand Shrine is even farther north, still.  So who, if anybody, was living down in the area of Ise Shrine?  If we look at the progression of tomb mounds in the area in previous centuries, we see that they start in the Matokata region in the 5th century and work their way down towards the south, with late 5th century tombs found in the district of Taki, the district bordering on Watarai and modern Ise City to the northwest.  It is also where you can find the Saikuu, the site of the old purification palace for the Shrine Princesses.  Grave goods seem to show close ties with Yamato, in the Nara basin.  While the tombs expanded to the south through the 5th century, they appear to have stopped altogether in the 6th century—or at least we haven't found any.  This may indicate that the political situation had changed and there was no group in the area that could organize the labor for such an undertaking.  Whether that was because Yamato was taking it as corvee labor or just that population had dwindled due to war, famine, or something else, I don't know that we could say. Around the year 600, at the opening of the 7th century, we do see a large grave mound erected in the core area of what would later become Ise Shrine, on the east side of the Miya River, overlooking what would become the Geku, the Outer Shrine of the Ise complex.  For those who aren't aware, Ise Grand Shrine is a large complex of shrines, and it is divided into two main areas.  The "inner shrine", or Naiku, is where most people go, and it is the site of the famous shrine building that is supposed to be rebuilt every 20 years.  The Geku is the "outer shrine" complex, technically dedicated to Toyouke hime, a kami of agriculture.  The kofun overlooking the outer shrine is known as the Takakurayama kofun.  This is a round kofun, about 35 to 40 meters in diameter, with a horizontal stone chamber.  It is the largest in the Ise region.  It has been mentioned in records going back to at least the Kamakura era, and even though most of the grave goods are gone, there is evidence that it was richly appointed.  Given its shape and location, there were even those in later centuries who connected it with the Heavenly Rock Cave in which Amaterasu hid according to the ancient stories. The fact that there was nothing around this area and suddenly we see a giant tomb mound is pretty puzzling.  Why was it built here?  Is it connected to the founding of the Outer Shrine in some way, or is that just coincidental?  Teeuwen and Breen point out that it is pretty rare for a large tomb mound to be build in the precincts of an active shrine, which suggests that whatever was happening there, that area was not part of the shrine grounds.  That said, I have to wonder if the ritual worship at the kofun might not have later been transformed or coopted into something else.  There also is no other indication that the Outer Shrine area was used for ritual purposes any earlier than the kofun would have been built.  In contrast, around the Inner Shrine area, several kilometers away, there are caches of beads dated to the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries in a small valley where a brook runs down from Mt. Asama, not too far from the current shrine complex.  Teeuwen and Breen suggest that this may relate to the "upper reaches of the Isuzu River", mentioned in the Chronicles, and that it may have had to do with rituals related to water supply—hence being found at the point where the water was coming down from the mountains.  And yet, despite these finds, there really aren't any large scale archaeological remains that have been discovered east of the Miya river, though there are modest signs of dwelling and habitation, and some minor burials mounds. Compare this to Tsubaki shrine, the home of Saruta Hiko no Kami, and the main shrine of Ise, situated in the ancient capital of Ise no Kuni.  Downstream from there are numerous tomb mounds and indications of habitation.  So this was probably the center for early sun worship in the region. Teeuwen and Breen conclude that all of this indicates that the region of Taki and areas east of the Miya river were probably more of an outpost—no major powerful chieftains or large polity had set up in the region.  In the late 6th century, some power had to move in to build Takakurayama kofun, but that was an outlier.  Maybe this area just largely fell under Yamato hegemony.  And perhaps that was the key.  Perhaps initially this wasn't a place to center power and authority, but rather it was more like a prison.  It was a place far away from the court, where a deity that was more of a threat could be kept away from the palace and the sovereign.  Perhaps Amaterasu, or whoever the kami was at the time, was placed out here because of the threat they posed, much as the Chronicle seems to suggest—just not necessarily at the time that is suggested. One of the aspects of the mythmaking that we see in the Chronicles appears to be the stress on the Amatsu kami and Kunitsu Kami—the Heavenly deities and the Earthly deities.  The Heavenly deities are those in Takama no Hara, and they are the progenitors of the royal line.  On the other hand are the earthly kami, the Kunitsu Kami, those dwelling on the earthly plane.  In the stories that were recorded in the Nihon Shoki, before the August Grandchild of Takami Musubi and Ama Terasu descended to take control of the Central Land of the Reed Plain, they sent down heavenly kami as warriors to subdue the earthly kami.  On the one hand, this may have been driven by some kind of deep memory of early conquests of the archipelago by various forces.  However, these legends also served another purpose, in that they set up the royal family's right to rule, and appear to establish a de facto hierarchy between those families descended from the Heavenly Kami and those descended from the earthly Kami. Another thing that Teeuwen and Breen point out and that is that Amaterasu is not necessarily a female deity, to start with.  In fact, Amaterasu was probably easily overlain atop the worship of Oho-mono-nushi of Mt. Miwa, at least early on.  To that point, they note stories where Oho-mono-nushi and other deities were commonly depicted as arrows, snakes, or similarly phallic imagery finding or even penetrating women who were thought to have a connection with them.   This suggests a context of these priestesses being married to the kami, and even fits in with early descriptions of individuals like the famous Queen Himiko being a spiritual leader as well as a political one.  If the original Amaterasu was conceived of as a male deity, then this could also explain the tradition of the Saigu, the consecrated shrine princess.  We only see a few royal princesses designated to the position up to this point in the narrative, and, beyond Tokosuki Iri bime and Yamato hime, we don't necessarily learn much more.  One wonders if there weren't other royal princesses likewise sent elsewhere to serve other deities.  We know about Nunaki Iri Hime, and presumably Nunaki Waka Hime.  There was also Yamato Totohi Momoso Hime, who was married to Oho-mono-nushi.  Presumably there were others who just never ended up in the stories that were passed down. The idea of a kami taking a "wife" and connecting that to the idea of women holding these priestly positions seems to fall in line with much of what we see, though, as I said, we only hear occasionally about the appointment of royal princesses to the position until the reign of Ohoama.  That's when we see specifics about appointments, the purification palace in Hase, and other arrangements.  It makes you wonder more than a little bit if Royal Princess Ohoku was, perhaps, the first royal princess to actually be appointed.  It would have been easy enough to add in previous "shrine princesses" into the lineage, especially far enough back that nobody could really fact check it.  We also see Royal Princess Taki journey to Ise with her companions, Princess Yamashiro no Hime and Lady Ishikawa. It is intriguing that this practice was temporarily interrupted during the reign of Uno no Sarara, as I mentioned last episode.  Could this have something to do with a female ruler on the throne and a corresponding lack of urgency about having a female representative at Ise? And in stories about Amaterasu, she is frequently shown with certain masculine qualities.  When she confronts her younger brother, Susano'wo, she is concerned that he might try to take her authority from her, so she meets him decked out in armor, her hair tied up in a typical male fashion, with a bow, ready for a fight.  It would be just as easy to imagine that Amaterasu and Susano'wo were brothers, contending over rulership.  Add to all of that the idea that kami were often personifications of various natural phenomena or ideas, and Japanese is not a naturally gendered language, and there are those that believe that the stories of Amaterasu were not necessarily about a female deity in the beginning, but a male deity, similar to Ohomono Nushi and others, who then took on a feminine persona.  On the other hand there are passages in the old stories recounted in the Chronicles that clearly make Amaterasu out to be a woman. To start with the activities she is associated with, such as weaving, are often associated with women as something they do in the home.  This is a tradition carried over from the continent, along with silk and the techniques to weave it.  In the lands where silk production started, there are silkworm goddesses and the gendered nature of silk production and weaving appears to have come over to Japan as well.  There is also the fact that Amaterasu is said to have another name:  Oho-hiru-me no muchi.  In this case, it would seem to mean something like Great Noontime Female Possessor.  And in the weaving hall it is sometimes Amaterasu that is weaving and sometimes Waka Hirume.  "Hirume" certainly feels like a feminine name. There is the distinct possibility that the stories of Amaterasu as recorded were actually about two or more different kami, so Amaterasu and Ohohirume could have been separate deities having to do with the sun that were rolled into a single kami.  As mentioned before, it is also possible that Amaterasu ended up with some stolen valor taken from the other Ise deity worshiped at Tsubaki, Saruta-hiko no Kami.   Teeuwen and Breen also note that the name "Amaterasu" is hardly unique, noting at least ten other shrines with a kami called "Amateru" or "Amaterasu", mostly in Yamato, but some as far away as Kyushu and Tsushima.  Nine of those shrines were dedicated to Ame no Hoakari, an ancestor deity of the Owari lineage who was also closely tied to metalworking.  It is worth remembering that it was Owari who helped support Ohoama during the Jinshin no Ran, and who may have even fostered Ohoama for a while when he was just a young prince.  All that to say there may have been several different traditions that were all contributing different elements to the story. And then there is the connection between Amaterasu and Uno no Sarara. Herman Ooms, in his book: "Imperial Politics and Sybmolics in Ancient Japan", notes the similarities between Amaterasu and Uno no Sarara, talking about the differences between the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, both of which had events that mirrored Uno no Sarara's own life.  According to Ooms, "The Kojiki's Amaterasu is a transparent double of the female tennou Jitou".  He points out that Uno no Sarara, besides her posthumous title of Jitou Tennou, also had a title making reference to Takamanohara:  Takama no Hara Hirono no Hime—the Princess High-Heaven-Plain.  But beyond that, we also see other linkages between the stories.  For instance, it isn't Amaterasu's son, Ame no Oshihomimi who is given the realm, but rather her grandchild, Ninigi.  This parallels the way that Uno no Sarara's son, Kusakabe, didn't ascend to the throne, but instead Uno no Sarara was holding the seat for his son, her grandson.  So one sees how Uno no Sarara could be seen as Amaterasu, and her grandson, Prince Karu, could be seen as Ninigi, the August grandchild.  Teeuwen and Breen also note that during this same time, we see the rise of a new institution: the Jingikan.  Again, we touched on this last episode, so just a quick recap:  The Jingikan was a government organization set up specifically to oversee the shrines, rituals, ceremonies, and other such things pertaining to the kami matters.  It does not appear in the initial stand-up of the new, bureaucratic government, wherein is created the bureaus, ministries, or departments, depending on your chosen vernacular, which make up the Dajokan, the Great Council of State.  Instead, the Jingikan is a separate organization, specifically organized around kami matters. The term "Jingi" is also a shorthand for "Ama-tsu-kami, Kuni-tsu-kami", or the kami of Heaven and the Kami of the earth.  "Ama-tsu-kami", meaning Kami of Heaven, was written with two characters meaning "Heaven" and "Kami", pronounced "Tenjin".  "Kuni-tsu-kami", or the Kami of the Earth, was written as "Earth" and "Earth Spirit", which was then pronounced "Chigi".  By taking the last character of each compound Tenjin-Chigi becomes just Jingi, for short.  Throughout the Chronicles, this term, "Jingi" is thrown around when they want to quickly note all the kami, together, though sometimes it is fully written out as "Tenjin Chigi", as well.  Interestingly, "Tenjin" or "Ama tsu Kami", sometimes appears alone, especially in the chapters on the Age of the Gods.  However, "Chigi" seems to only be used in the whole phrase.  There are a few instances, however, of "Chijin" being used, but they are few. That said, the term "Jingikan", also read as "Kami Tsukasa" or even "Kan Zukasa",  doesn't appear until 690, in the reign of Uno no Sarara.  This probably means that it was part of the reforms encompassed by the Kiyomihara codes.  The head of the Jingikan is known as the Jingihaku or "Kan-zukasa no Kami".  This term actually shows up well in advance of the Jingikan itself, initially referring to an unnamed official or officials in charge of kami worship at the court.  Nakatomi no Kamatari is said to have been offered the position in the first reign of Takara, aka Kougyoku Tennou, though the first confirmed individual appears to be Nakatomi no Ohoshima, during the reign of Uno no Sarara. This appears to be a distinctly Yamato invention in the bureaucratic system.  It leverages the language and structure of the Tang dynasty, but in its own way.  There was a Tang department of shrines, but it was described differently, as befits a different spiritual environment focused on ancestor worship and Confucian and Taoist ideas.  The Jingikan system  seems to have been a deliberate re-organization of the indigenous kami worship, incorporating what was probably traditional roles into the new bureaucratic system.  In so doing, however, it also gave the court greater control, and given that this was happening at the same time as the establishment of various stories and myths around Ise and the foundation more generally, it appears to be part of a concerted and deliberate effort to construct a new narrative. All of this points to them architecting much of what was going on, from the stories to the landscape.  Ohoama likely built the inner shrine as we know it.  If it really was an obscure, out-of-the-way shrine, perhaps that also meant that there weren't any other powerful court factions that were enhanced by it.  And then, over time, the Ise shrine and the deity there could be better incorporated into the overall myths and stories that surrounded the formation of Yamato.  A new Yamato, one that would soon enough be referring to itself as the origin of the Sun:  Nippon, a name often attributed to Ohoama and Uno no Sarara, though not found in the record of their reigns in the Chronicles. Another aspect to all of this, however, is what happened immediately after Uno no Sarara's reign, and into the 8th and early 9th centuries.  In the 8th century—the Nara period—Buddhism started to merge with a lot of the local practices.  This was not uncommon.  Buddhism had been born in a land with myriad deities and styles of worship, and it had the means to incorporate local deities into its cosmological worldview.  Kami were just other beings, stuck in the cycle of rebirth, who, as sentient beings, could equally benefit from the Buddha's teachings.  They became guardians of Buddhist institutions, and the lines between shrines and temples were often blurred.  At the same time, kami worship was also taking on various concepts from continental worship, such that even today we find a lot of what we might consider Taoist practices influencing Shinto worship. Had this continued, worship of the kami may have been completely subsumed into the Buddhist ritual practices, but there were areas where kami worship remained distinct.  One of these was at Ise. Early on, there was an attempt to build a temple at Ise, but it didn't last long.  The temple was eventually moved out of the shrine complex, and then eventually it was removed altogether.  Later writings from the Shrine would include certain Buddhist terms among the things that were taboo within the shrine grounds, considering Buddhism as something of a corrupting or polluting influence.  Shrine Princeses, during their tenure, had to devote themselves to the kami, and though they might retire as nuns, later in life, during their appointment they were to be free of any Buddhist influences.  In many ways this would make Ise a prime example of what would eventually be termed "Shinto", which gave it, and the worship of Amaterasu, a certain pride of place.  Of course, it didn't hurt that it was also intertwined with the State and the founding myths of the nation.  As such, Ise Shrine and its worship would become a template for many others to follow, helping to shape what we know as "Shinto" today. There are still a lot of questions.  We don't exactly know what Uno no Sarara did on her trip to Ise Shrine, and we don't know how things surrounding the worship at Ise and of Amaterasu herself changed in the intervening years between when these events happened and when, about two to three decades later, the Chronicles were finalized and published.  Certainly some of this seems tied to the Fujiwara capital, which was no longer populated at that point, the move to Heijo-kyo, in Nara, occurring between 708 and 710, two years before the Kojiki and a decade before the Nihon Shoki would come out.  And yet, the three sacred mountains that were incorporated into the plan of the Fujiwara Capital, Mt. Kagu, Mt. Miminashi, and Mt. Unebi, seem to continue to be important.  This is especially true of  Mt. Kagu, whose heavenly counterpart, Ame no Kaguyama—literally Heavenly Mt. Kagu— continues to play a major role in the stories surrounding Amaterasu and the Heavenly Rock Cave.  In addition,Mt. Unebi is closely tied to the story of Iware-biko, aka Jimmu, conquering and settling the land—perhaps to draw attention away from the stories about Mimaki and Ikume iribiko, aka Sujin and Suinin, who were both associated more with Mt. Mimoro, aka Mt. Miwa.  So even though the physical presence was moved, by that point we know that foundation of many of these stories were likely laid down around the time that the Fujiwara capital was in operation.  What does seem clear is that, just as there were clear efforts to set up the new State government, including the new capital, the court were also taking control of other levers of power and influence.  We previously talked about how they had created National Temples and included government positions to oversee Buddhist affairs more generally.  With Ise and the creation of the Jingikan, it appears as though that trend continued with the traditional kami worship. Many of the elite families still had connections to their own shrines, with their own kami.  Through the stories collected and written down—with a few editorial additions to help place them in an approved context—they were able to construct a narrative from separate or divergent traditions.  These traditions had already accreted to themselves various stories and culture-ways, some of them with clear links to the continent and others with overlapping portfolios.  The kami, and the ability to intercede with them for their blessings or to avert their wrath, were a form of power that was being structured for the purpose of supporting the new State.  A state now under the control of one Uno no Sarara. And we don't exactly have to wonder about this… the preface of the Kojiki all but says it.  They put the words in the mouth of Ohoama, or, as they call him, the Sovereign of the Kiyomihara Palace.  But the words are pretty clear: "I hear that the Imperial Records and Ancient Writing handed down by the various houses have come to differ from the truth and that many false hoods have been added to them. If these errors are not remedied at this time, their meaning will be lost before many years have passed. This is the framework of the state, the great foundation of the imperial influence. Therefore, recording the Imperial Records and examining the Old Writings, discarding the mistaken and establishing the true, I desire to hand them on to later generations." With that, 28 year old Hieda no Are was given the command to learn all the stories and presumably to recite them for the court.  And several decades later, Oho no Yasumaro was given the task to take Are's stories and write them down.  I imagine that Hieda no Are, or perhaps someone else who had learned the stories well enough, would be called into court or banquets to present some of the stories, or would be asked questions if there was any need for precedence.  Thus creating a single source for truth, according to the administration.  At the same time, the court had a problem.  They couldn't control all of the sources of written material, with all of the various contradictions, so we also would eventually get the more comprehensive—but also less narratively direct—Nihon Shoki as well.  After all, the game of propaganda was being played at many levels, and while the royal household had their motivations—primarily to support the legitimacy of their claim to power and the system within which that claim was validated— other families wanted to ensure that they were properly recorded as having connections to traditional nexuses of power—be that the ancient kami of Heaven or Earth, or their relationship to the royal family.  This is because precedence was important, even as new traditions were being created.  Like the way that the Mononobe and the Nakatomi played important roles in Uno no Sarara's ascension ceremony despite the actual individuals using new or different names, like Isonokami or Fujiwara.  See Episode 151 for the explanation, there.  And new traditions were much easier to justify if you could connect them with older traditions—whether those older traditions were truly ancient or newly made inventions. And all of this suggests that this was not an accident and it wasn't simply being imposed from the top down.  One could be charitable and suggest that those involved felt that this got them closest to what the truth actually was, given that they had now been inculcated in a new worldview and they were trying to view the ancient stories through the interpretive lens of that worldview.  On the other hand, they were ultimately doing it to structure power and authority that favored them and the government they had created.  A government that they hoped would outlast them, and be passed on to their descendants. Next episode, we will continue our discussion of Uno no Sarara's life and reign and the incredible steps she took to ensure that her line would continue to rule Yamato for decades. 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This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about hydrology.  Tonight's episode examines the devastating 1997 Red River Flood.   Joining us tonight as Guest WeatherBrain is from Devils Lake, North Dakota. She is the Service Hydrologist at NWS Grand Forks, and is a twenty-year veteran in Federal service.  Amanda Lee, welcome to WeatherBrains! Second Guest WeatherBrain is the Senior Hydrologist at NWS North Central RFC (River Forecast Center) in Chanhassen, Minnesota.  A Syracuse native, he joined the US Air Force as a weather officer, then earned his Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah.  He's spent over 15 years at the RFC (River Forecast Center).  Justin Palmer, welcome to WeatherBrains! Our Third Guest WeatherBrain tonight is a retired National Weather Service senior meteorologist technician, the former Data Acquisition Program Manager of the Grand Forks National Weather Service office. Mark attended North Dakota State University in Fargo during the late 80s into the early 90s, working with former state climatologist Dr John Enz. Mark Retired in November of 2014 after 40 1/2 years of combined federal and military service. Mark is currently 3:00 to 6:00 PM afternoon host on KNOX Radio in Grand Forks ND, and has been associated with latent broadcasting since 2016. Mark also operates Home On The Prairie Weather LLC, providing agricultural climate forecasts and other related information to agricultural and civic groups.  Mark Ewens, welcome to WeatherBrains! Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com. Amanda's background in meteorology (10:00) Working as a Service Hydrologist:  What do they do?  (12:00) What is a River Forecast Center (RFC)?  (17:30) What is CHPS?  (Community Hydrologic Prediction System)  (28:00) Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Data Set Hydrology Section (31:30) Advantages of being a Service Hydrologist concerning shift work (39:30) How accurate is Hydro modeling, and what factors are involved? (42:00) Snow cores:  The Basics (45:00) Snow pack in the Dakotas: How long does it last, and how thick does it get? (55:30) Meteorological background of 1997 Red River Flood event (58:30) 1997 Red River Flood's public and Emergency Management response (01:01:30) Disinformation found online regarding river flooding (01:12:00) The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:19:00) This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week) E-Mail Segment (No segment this week) Sneak peak at future WeatherBrains episodes! (01:21:00) and more! Web Sites from Episode 1069:   KNOX News Radio Alabama Weather Network Picks of the Week: Amanda Lee - "A River Runs North (Managing an International River)" by Gene Krenz and Jay Leitch Amanda Lee - "Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City" by Ashley Shelby Justin Palmer - USGS Endangered, Discontinued and Rescued Streamgages Mapper Mark Ewens - NDAWN - North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network James Aydelott - Footage near Tulliby Lake in central Alberta, Canada Jen Narramore - Out Rick Smith - Out Troy Kimmel - Out Kim Klockow-McClain - An ethical analysis of hydrometeorological prediction and decision making: The case of the 1997 Red River flood John Gordon - LIT/LZK back online with upper air launches Bill Murray - Out James Spann - Gulf Coast Weather The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

On this episode of Bulture podcast:Jay-Z's concert outfits were way better than Chris Brown and Usher's concert outside over the weekend!!Cardi B was all smiles with soccer player Maduka Okoye. They were spotted chatting and laughing in Paris today.Big Tigger's wife, Alicia Brown, arrested in Georgia on kidnapping-related warrants linked to her daughter's 2019 disappearance.Raising Kanan season 5 episode 5 - The way Marvin whooped Kanan , brung me joy!Usher unexpectedly spots Dave Chappelle in the crowd during his performance of “Nice & Slow” while on “The R&B Tour” with Chris Brown.Have any of you thought about taking a GLP1 shot for weight loss?MIKEY says white toes are so boring girls, French tips be having me threads for 30 minutes just looking at feet pics with ankle bracelets on them!Two co-defendants are going viral after both took full blame, claiming they each acted as the sole shooter despite two different guns being fired at the scene.Adrien Broner has committed to the gym and is losing his stomach as part of his 45-day stream marathon goal, which began last night.Billionaire Byron Allen has donated $100,000 to the official GoFundMe for Nolan Xavier Wells' family.Tyler Perry is paying for Nolan Wells' funeral, the 18-year-old who was found dead after going on a boat ride with his friends on the 4th of July, and nobody knows what happened to him.Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick helped fund the independent autopsy of Nolan Wells in a different state after authorities said there was "no foul play" in the teen's deathJ. Cole was spotted turning up with his fans as he performed from inside the crowd on opening night of “The Fall-Off Tour” at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.Instagram now allows users to create AI-generated images using other people's public photos without their permission.Father speaks out after his son was handcuffed following a police encounter over claims he looked suspicious while wearing a hoodie.Stefon Diggs' male sexual assault accuser reportedly settled his $10 million lawsuit with Diggs' brother, Darez Diggs.Kawhi Leonard's trade to the Raptors will not be finalized until the NBA completes its investigation.Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro got into a physical altercation after Adebayo confronted Herro over comments about their seven-year run in Miami, allegedly striking him.New photos of Tyler Herro trend as fans believe they spotted the reported injury he suffered after being punched by Bam Adebayo. NBA YoungBoy seemingly drops a diss track on Future and all of Atlanta titled “The Future.”Jaylen Brown explains how he ended up saving his wealth instead of hiring an agent for the NBA Draft he used the NBA Players Association after learnig they're paid to help playersFuture keeps the spotlight entirely on himself across his new album “The Real Me”. The 22-track project has zero guest features. Standout tracks are- “Tank Top Pluto”, “Konnichiwa” “Trench Coat” and “Snow in Skyami” those songs felt like Mixtape Pluto!!Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett discusses Karmelo Anthony's new legal team, says she believes they absolutely have a leg to stand on, and she also speaks on 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells's death, saying he “didn't just die” as she questions why his friends allegedly had his phone after his death.

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Tomorrow's weather is likely to "heading downhill"??? [✐4. Allegretto] Get familiar with weather and pollen forecasts language!“It looks like the weather is likely to decline.”[00:09]Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today's theme is weather.   First, check the basic words and expressions.Repeat after me[00:20]1. sunny2. fine weather3. cloudy4. It rains.5. light rain6. downpour7. The wind is blowing.8. It's snowing.9. Snow piles up.10. A typhoon is coming11. A large typhoon is approaching.12. A typhoon makes landfall.So far so good?Repeat after me[01:57]1. It's a nice sunny day.2. It's sunny today./ It's a fine weather today.3. It's a nice weather without a cloud.4. It's dull/bleak/gloomy.5. There are many clouds.6. It's raining lightly.7. It's drizzling. (= very light rainfall)8. It's raining heavily.9. It's been foggy since last night.10. It was pouring down until just now.11. It's windy./There is a strong wind blowing.12. It has been snowing since yesterday.13. It snowed a lot,/The snow piled up.14. A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.15. The typhoon made landfall in Japan last weekend.16. Tokyo is right in the middle of the typhoon.=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=「天気(てんき)は下(くだ)り坂(ざか)に向(む)かいそうです。」[00:09]みなさん、こんにちは。お元気(げんき)ですか。今日(きょう)のテーマは天気(てんき)です。まず基本(きほん)の言葉(ことば)を確認(かくにん)します。Repeat after me[00:20]1. 晴(は)れる2. 快晴(かいせい)3. 曇(くも)る4. 雨(あめ)が降(ふ)る5. 小雨(こさめ)6. 土砂(どしゃ)降(ぶ)り7. 風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)く8. 雪(ゆき)が降(ふ)る9. 雪(ゆき)が積(つ)もる10. 台風(たいふう)がくる11. 大型(おおがた)台風(たいふう)が近(ちか)づく12. 台風(たいふう)が上陸(じょうりく)するここまでOKですね。Repeat after me[01:57]1. よく晴(は)れています。2. 今日(きょう)は快晴(かいせい)です。3. 雲(くも)一(ひと)つない、いい天気(てんき)です。4. どんよりしています。5. 雲(くも)が多(おお)いです。6. 小雨(こさめ)が降(ふ)っています。7. 雨(あめ)がパラパラ降(ふ)っています。8. 雨(あめ)がザーザー降(ふ)っています。9. 昨晩(さくばん)から霧(きり)です。10. さっきまで土砂(どしゃ)降(ぶ)りでした。11. 強(つよ)い風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)いています。12. 昨日(きのう)から雪(ゆき)が降(ふ)っています。13. かなり雪(ゆき)が積(つ)もりました14. 関東地方(かんとうちほう)に台風(たいふう)が来(き)ています。15. 先週末(せんしゅうまつ)に大型(おおがた)台風(たいふう)が上陸(じょうりく)しました。16. 東京(とうきょう)は台風(たいふう)の真(ま)っ只中(ただなか)です。Support the show=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=Need more translation & transcript? Become a patron: More episodes with full translation and Japanese transcripts. Members-only podcast feed for your smartphone app. Japanese Swotter on PatreonNote: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. 

Climb high enough above the village of Les Contamines and Mont Blanc is suddenly right there, close enough to look in the eye, with only a handful of walkers for company and vultures turning slow circles overhead. That is the Haute-Savoie most people never see: the French Alps once the snow has melted and the ski crowds have gone home.In this episode, Imogen Strickland is joined by travel writer Olly Beckett, founding editor of Mountains Magazine, who has been returning to this corner of eastern France for three decades. Together they make the case for the quieter months, when the cable cars are still running but the prices have dropped, the meadows are thick with wildflowers, and the restaurants are genuinely glad of your custom.Olly shares the villages he keeps coming back to, from tiny Thollon-les-Mémises, the self-styled Balcony of Europe looking out over Switzerland, to lively Le Grand-Bornand with its Wednesday market, and the lakeside city of Annecy that he would happily call home. There is fondue and tartiflette, mountain huts and hot summer days cooled by a breeze, plus a proper look at how easy the region is to reach by train, and why that slower journey is part of the holiday rather than a chore.If you have only ever thought of the Haute-Savoie as somewhere to ski, this is your reason to go back when everyone else has left.Listen now, and explore more low-season stories at lowseasontraveller.com.Follow Low Season Traveller on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.Learn more about train travel to the mountains via Protect Our Winters.

Charles Goodyear's work is important to so many things we have in the 21st century. But his life and his work to create a stable rubber was full of problems -- many of them caused by Goodyear himself. Research: Britannica Editors. "Charles Goodyear". Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Dec. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Goodyear “Charles Goodyear.” Who Made America? PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/goodyear_hi.html “Charles Goodyear - Vulcanization of Rubber.” National Inventors Hall of Fame. https://www.invent.org/inductees/charles-goodyear “Charles Goodyear - Vulcanized Rubber.” Lemelson-MIT. https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/charles-goodyear “Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber.” ConnecticutHistory.org. https://connecticuthistory.org/charles-goodyear-and-the-vulcanization-of-rubber/ “Charles Goodyear’s Machine for Making Rubber Fabrics.” ConnecticutHistory.org. https://connecticuthistory.org/charles-goodyears-machine-for-making-rubber-fabrics/ “Death of Charles Goodyear.” Carbondale Advantage. July 21, 1860. https://www.newspapers.com/image/638799032/?match=2&terms=%22charles%20goodyear%22 Goodyear, Charles. “Gum-elastic and its varieties : with a detailed account of its applications and uses, and of the discovery of vulcanization.” New Haven. Published for the Author. 1853. https://archive.org/details/gumelasticitsva121853good/ Goodyear, Charles. “IMPROVEMENT IN INDIA-RUBBER FABRICS.” United States Patent Office. June 15, 1844. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714081931/http://www.dpma.de/docs/service/klassifikationen/ipc/auto_ipc/us3633a.pdf “Goodyear’s Gum Elastic Drapery and Parchment.” The Washington Union. May 4, 1837. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1038143941/?match=3&terms=%22charles%20goodyear%22%20mail Iles, George. “Leading American Inventors.” H. Holt 1912. Accessed online: https://books.google.com/books?id=Hn0_AAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s “India Rubber Fabric.” Daily Cleveland herald. October 10, 1835. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1073496245/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Goodyear%22 Slack, Charles. “Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century.” Hyperion. 2003. Snow, Richard F. “Charles Goodyear.” American Heritage. April/May 1978. Vol. 29, Issue 3. https://www.americanheritage.com/charles-goodyear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Something tall and black is standing on the mountain above the Arctic outpost, it hasn't moved in days, and every man who sees it is a man who has something to answer for.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/shapeinthesnowFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A machinist ships out to an Arctic research outpost for a one-month government contract, keeping a journal at his wife's insistence to pass the time. The work is dull and the crew gets along. Then he sees something standing on the mountainside — tall, black, motionless, miles off — and finds he isn't the only man in camp who can see it. His roommate has heard of it before, from a grandfather who spent his life being watched by it, and who left behind a single line copied from an asylum patient's journal: “All of our mistakes are never forgotten.” Day by day, the thing on the mountain is closer.LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:https://www.creepypasta.com/forgotten_mistakes/(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: February 01, 2024

The end of June and Cowboy Christmas saw momentum build for numerous teams, especially ones who were in need.Lightning Aguilera and Kaden Profili kicked off a three-week span of huge ProRodeo team roping storylines, winning $30,740 over a two-week period at the end of June. Aguilera and Profili took home $20,868 a man the week of June 16-21, highlighted by wins at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, and the Silver State Stampede in Elko, Nevada. They rolled into another strong week June 24-28, pocketing $9,872 apiece with checks at the Reno Rodeo, West Of The Pecos Rodeo and Greeley Stampede.James Arviso and Levi Lord also got on a heater, winning the prestigious Reno Rodeo for $15,705 apiece. Their momentum rolled right into the Greeley Stampede where they won the average for $10,192 a man. That kicked off their Cowboy Christmas, and they ended up third in The Team Roping Journal's high-money earners calculations with $22,395 a man. Perhaps no bigger storyline came from Cody Snow and Lane Mitchell, however. Snow and Mitchell were the top earners over Cowboy Christmas, winning $30,192 a man. Their biggest hits came from the St. Paul Rodeo where they won $9,116 apiece and Greeley, winning $7,410 a man. The huge Fourth run moved them from outside the top 30 in the 2026 PRCA team roping world standings to right around the Top 15.On this episode of The Short Score, some of the biggest winners talk about their big weeks.____This episode is brought to you by SmartEquine and ColiCare—an innovative approach to hindgut health and colic prevention. Designed with research-backed ingredients and a unique support program, when your horse is counting on you, you can count on ColiCare.ColiCare combines targeted digestive support with a program designed to help you stay ahead of potential issues—not just react to them. It's built on research, formulated to support a healthy gut environment, and backed by a unique benefit: eligible horses enrolled in the program may receive up to $15,000 in colic surgery reimbursement.Whether you're hauling, training hard, or just managing day-to-day stressors, your horse's digestive system is constantly under pressure. ColiCare is designed to help you manage those risks with confidence.Visit SmartEquine.com to learn more about how ColiCare can support your horse's long-term

The end of June and Cowboy Christmas saw momentum build for numerous teams, especially ones who were in need.Lightning Aguilera and Kaden Profili kicked off a three-week span of huge ProRodeo team roping storylines, winning $30,740 over a two-week period at the end of June. Aguilera and Profili took home $20,868 a man the week of June 16-21, highlighted by wins at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, and the Silver State Stampede in Elko, Nevada. They rolled into another strong week June 24-28, pocketing $9,872 apiece with checks at the Reno Rodeo, West Of The Pecos Rodeo and Greeley Stampede.James Arviso and Levi Lord also got on a heater, winning the prestigious Reno Rodeo for $15,705 apiece. Their momentum rolled right into the Greeley Stampede where they won the average for $10,192 a man. That kicked off their Cowboy Christmas, and they ended up third in The Team Roping Journal's high-money earners calculations with $22,395 a man. Perhaps no bigger storyline came from Cody Snow and Lane Mitchell, however. Snow and Mitchell were the top earners over Cowboy Christmas, winning $30,192 a man. Their biggest hits came from the St. Paul Rodeo where they won $9,116 apiece and Greeley, winning $7,410 a man. The huge Fourth run moved them from outside the top 30 in the 2026 PRCA team roping world standings to right around the Top 15.On this episode of The Short Score, some of the biggest winners talk about their big weeks.____This episode is brought to you by SmartEquine and ColiCare—an innovative approach to hindgut health and colic prevention. Designed with research-backed ingredients and a unique support program, when your horse is counting on you, you can count on ColiCare.ColiCare combines targeted digestive support with a program designed to help you stay ahead of potential issues—not just react to them. It's built on research, formulated to support a healthy gut environment, and backed by a unique benefit: eligible horses enrolled in the program may receive up to $15,000 in colic surgery reimbursement.Whether you're hauling, training hard, or just managing day-to-day stressors, your horse's digestive system is constantly under pressure. ColiCare is designed to help you manage those risks with confidence.Visit SmartEquine.com to learn more about how ColiCare can support your horse's long-term

In which the Apocalypse Players demonstrate why none of them work in advertising, and Siobhan Strong has An Experience. The Company of the Light uses the Vaesen roleplaying system, by Free League Publishing and based an original concept by Johan Egerkrans. The mystery at the heart of the scenario is taken from Mythic Britain and Ireland by Graeme Davis. The name of that scenario (which may contain a mild spoiler) can be found below the music section of these notes. You can hear a short prologue to The Company of the Light on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/blomqvist-01-ho-153999494 Cast: Lieutenant William Fellwood — Joseph Chance Bab Chase — Dominic Allen Siobhan Strong — Danann McAleer Bridge Ebden — Lucy Farrett Narrator — Dan Wheeler CW: This podcast contains mature themes, strong language and cosmic horror. (MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW): The mystery at the heart of this story is premised upon the disappearance and death of a young woman. However, with the exception of one moment (which I will flag when it arrives), this is not dwelt on in any great detail, and please note for avoidance of doubt this is NOT sexual violence or self-harm. Human discretion is advised. The Apocalypse Players is an actual play (or live play) TTRPG podcast focused on horror tabletop roleplaying games. Think Dimension 20 or Critical Role, but fewer dragons, more eldritch horrors, and more British actors taking their roleplaying very seriously (most of the time). We primarily play the Chaosium RPG Call of Cthulhu, but have also been known to dabble with other systems, most of which can be found on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/apocalypseplayers We now have a free Discord server where you can come and worship at the altar of the Apocalypse, play Call of Cthulhu online, and meet like-minded cultists who will be only too eager to welcome you into the fold. New sacrifices - oops - we mean players are always welcome. Join here: discord.com/invite/kRQ62t6SjH For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com Music and SFX From Epidemic Sound: Daniella Ljungsberg - Against the Tide; Long Term and Ashes; Still in Blues; Flute; Soar Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Missing Memories; Partners in Crime; Desert Hideout David Edward – Angelica; Space Elf; Threads Horna Spelman – Vasterut; Svantes Polska; Koslapp British Grenadiers - John Abbot Bytt-Lasses Brudmarsch - Traditional End of a Dream - Hanna Lindgren Farewell to Ennerdale Water - Moorland Songs Frozen Fields - Medité Great Bend Reel - Roy Edwin Williams In the Storm - Amber Glow Lily of the Woods - Sandra Marteleur Meme - Nevin Pillow Magic - Valante Polska Fran Knaggalve - Traditional Red as a Rose - Rune Dale Reflection No. 2 for Solo Violin - Hanna Ekstrom Sayings and Blessings - David Celeste   From Artlist: Amulets - I Blackbard – Cyancerto; Skogsdrommar Brianna Tam - Circularity G-Yerro - Dark Hollows James Forest - El Faro; Morning Walks; One Evening in May pt 1; Queen of Art Michael Vignola - From the Sea; Under Water Rotem Moav - Blood on the Snow; Homebound Journey Manos Mars - Swiss Michael John Wookey - Wanderlust Motifs - Rural Folklore Accordion Musical Mandalas - Memories of a Fairground Skies Speak - I Think He Saw Us Yehezkel Raz - Enceladus   Public Domain / Creative Commons / Wikicommons: "Teller of the Tales" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Wind that Shakes the Barley – YouTube user ‘peakfiddler' Collegium Vocale: O przedobry Boże nasz Tom Dillon - On Raglan Road - The Dawning of The Day - Sonny Don't Go Away (The Volunteer Pub, Sidmouth) The Tudor Consort: Thomas Tallis - Videte Miraculum The Tudor Consort: Thomas Tallis - Loquebantur variis linguis The Tudor Consort: Thomas Tallis - Lamentations I Tallis - If ye love me Tallis - Spem in alium John Dowland - Shall I sue U.S. Army Band: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite Makemi: Scarborough Fair Endersslay: Star of the county down Danny Boy tin whistle by JGrandgagnage The Girl I Left Behind Me   From Pond 5 ‘Krummi Svaf I Klettagja' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Undir Blaum Solarsali' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Modir Min I Kvi Kvi' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Bjort Mey Og Hrein' – M Ragnarsdottir ‘Travelling for a Living' – Henry Parker ‘Sylvie' – Henry Parker ‘British Grenadiers' ‘Fenian Song' – Sonic Art Other tracks include ‘As I Roved Out'; ‘Proud Celt'; ‘Scarborough Fair'; ‘John Barleycorn'; ‘Matty Groves'; ‘Morris Dance'; ‘Maypole Dance'; ‘Celtic Fiddle'   Music by Dan Wheeler includes The Old Sow (trad) Sweat Boxer — (trad, with thanks to Davy Goodchild and The Harrow Inn) Haste to the Wedding (trad)   From xeno-canto XC975203 - European Herring Gull - Larus argentatus argenteus by David M XC384264 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula XC590432 - Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis XC554798 - Soundscape XC138375 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula XC397660 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone XC495630 - Great Tit - Parus major newtoni XC947630 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone corone.wav XC1054294 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone corone.wav XC817610 - Great Green Bush-cricket - Tettigonia viridissima.wav   [SCENARIO TITLE BELOW]   I have chosen not to include the name of the mystery at the heart of this scenario in the spoken introduction, as I consider it to be a potential spoiler for the story. But for completists and searchability I include it here: It is called Old Meg.  

Snowmaking is proving its worth at ski fields, with the busiest weekend at Canterbury's Mount Hutt in a decade. More than 10,000 people hit the slopes over the long weekend, helped by up to a metre of fresh snow and three bluebird days. Snowmaking boosted the base as much as 1.5 metres in parts. NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson says the tech's become essential - and is here to stay. "It allows us to get open as early as we possibly can, cover the slopes, and then the natural snow will come along and then supplement that good base that we have built the snowmakers." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The manager of Mount Hutt is thanking the public holiday of Matariki, and the wintry blast that preceded it, for the busiest day the ski field has had in a decade. James McKenzie spoke to John Campbell.

Nate er innom i sommer for å snakke om festival, sommer, og vi er innom det som har gjort Nate til den han er. Anines Olsens venneliste får kjørt seg når hun sammen med sine internett-mutuals, og kommenterer aktuell populærkultur, internettkultur, datingkultur og ukultur. Send inn dine spørsmål, historier, innspill eller hot takes på melding til 48 43 53 96. (Alle meldinger og talemeldinger anonymiseres.)Frekvens er en ukentlig podkast produsert av BAFF, produsent er Helle Aakesen.

Vacant commercial space can drag down a street, but Evan Snow sees something else: a chance to make room for local artists, small businesses, and community life. As co-founder of Zero Empty Spaces, Snow helps transform empty properties into affordable artist studios and cultural hubs. He explains why closed doors do not help property owners, downtowns, or neighborhoods, and why a temporary use can still give artists a lasting foothold outside the home studio. The model works because it keeps the first step small, giving artists affordable space while helping property owners show what a vacant storefront could become. Evan will also be speaking at the Civic Leader Summit in Pensacola, Florida later this year in October. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Evan Snow (LinkedIn) Zero Empty Spaces (Site) Local Recommendations:‍ Yellow Green Farmer's Market Bike Trail Krakatao Indonesian food Tiffany Owens Reed (Instagram) Do you know someone who would make for a great Bottom-Up Revolution guest? Let us know here!   This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.

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Guest: Dr. Jennifer Collins & Dr. Nadia BloemendaalWhen it comes to hurricanes, we often rely on a familiar scale to understand their strength — categories based largely on wind speed. But anyone who's experienced a storm knows that impacts go far beyond just how fast the winds are blowing. Today, we're joined by Jennifer Collins and Nadia Bloemendaal, whose work is helping to rethink how we model and measure tropical cyclones. They're the minds behind the STORM model, a powerful tool for simulating thousands of storms across the globe, and the developers of the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale — a new way of looking at storm risk that goes beyond traditional categories. In this episode, we'll explore how large-scale modeling is changing our understanding of hurricane risk, why current classification systems may fall short, and how new approaches could improve the way we communicate danger and prepare for future storms.Chapters00:00 Introduction to the New Storm Model00:20 The Storm Model's Impact on Various Sectors01:02 Challenges in Developing a Global Storm Model02:21 Modeling Hazards Beyond Wind: Rain and Surge04:31 Motivation for a New Hurricane Severity Scale06:42 Limitations of the Wind-Only Scale08:35 The New Scale: Incorporating Multiple Hazards10:27 Break 111:28 The Concept of a Category 6 Storm13:05 Public Perception and Education Strategies15:22 Localized and Personalized Risk Communication17:27 Real-World Applications and Case Studies19:20 Future Directions and Climate Change Impacts21:54 Inertia and Adoption Challenges in Meteorology23:49 Break 225:00 Public Perception of Storm Categories27:33 The Path Toward Standardization and Adoption30:12 Future Collaborations and Final ThoughtsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

FOLLOW UP: MOTOR FINANCE COMPENSATION SCHEME PAUSEDIn what should be a surprise to no one following the story, thanks to the legal challenges of the Financial Conduct Authority's proposed compensation scheme for customers who were impacted by illegal practices by those who arranged their finance, that this has now been partially paused. Companies are to proceed with claims as far as they can before hitting the areas under review, as well as tell those where their claim has failed. If you wish to learn more, click this Motor Trader article link here.JUNE 2026 NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURESJune 2026 recorded the most registrations since the pandemic hit. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rose to a market share of 30% for the month, but still only 25% year to date. There was also a jump in private registrations. The Top 10 most registered models has some surprising cars, especially with the claimed number of Tesla's. The SMMT took the opportunity to highlight the difference between the mandate level and what the market is currently sitting at, for zero emission vehicles. For more on this, click the SMMT article link here.SKYWELL IMPORTER SHUTS DOORSThe UK importer for the Chinese brand Skywell, has suddenly closed their doors Innovation Automotive told all staff they were redundant on 30 June. This leaves a lot of unanswered questions regarding warranties, the future of the brand in the UK and repairs. Click this Autocar article link here, for more.Additionally, this also hits vans from DFSK as Innovation Automotive have failed to find a company to take over the warranty cover, parts ordering and repairs. To learn more about that, click this article link from Professional Van.BMW UK & IRELAND FIND A NEW BOSSBMW UK and Ireland has announced their new CEO, Neil Fiorentinos. He will take over the position 1 September 2026, following David George's departure in January. To read more on this, click this Motor Trader article link here.TESLA BATTERY TRAILERS KEEP GETTING STOLENThere has been 11 recorded incidents where trailers filled with Tesla batteries have been stolen from their Nevada battery factory. Some of the stolen Powerwalls have been recovered and all disabled by the company, remotely. More can be found out about this, by clicking this InsideEVs article link here.INSTAVOLT BUYS GENIEPOINTIn buying GeniePoint, Instavolt is the first public EV charging network to have over 1,000 UK sites. The company intends to upgrade the acquired locations and hardware. You can read more, by clicking this article link from Instavolt here.VW AND BOSCH AUTOMATED DRIVING DEVELOPMENT ENDSVolkswagen, CARIAD and Bosch have reached the end of their project that was to develop SAE Level 2 and Level 3 automated driving systems. VW had to issue a press release to make it clear the project finished as expected and it wasn't anything else. For more on this, click this electrive article link here.To read about the project from Volkswagen, click this link here.If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCASTNEW NEW CAR NEWS -BMW X5The fifth generation BMW X5 has been revealed, leaning into the Neue Klasse design language. There will eventually be a petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid, electric and hydrogen version of this model. Initially the ICE versions will be built, starting this year, with a price around the £80,000 mark, whilst the electrified versions will cost more. Click this Autocar article link for more.Geely EX2Geely is bringing their third model to the UK, later this summer, with the EX2. This car is aimed squarely at the likes of the Renault 5. Depending on battery pack selected you will get, according to Chinese testing which is different from WLTP, 193 or 255 miles - expect these to be less under WLTP testing. No further details are available regarding the specifications or prices, at this time. Click this Autocar article link for more.SGT Automobili 5S-SGTSGT Automobili has created a tribute to the DTM styled Alfa Romeo 155, using the underpinnings of an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. The Alfa engine has been tuned to provide, in normal Stradale trim, 612bhp, but if you want the track focused Trofeo model there is 740bhp. Weight has been stripped out too, with the Stradale coming in at 1590kg and the Trofeo ending up at 1490kg. The company is at pains to say this is not a restomod or replica, but how such a car could look today. Click this Autocar article link for more.LUNCHTIME READS: VAMOS A LA PLAYA PARTS 5 & 6Once again you need to grab your towels and wind breakers as we look at the cars best suited to rushing to the beach in, from Brazil and North America, thanks to Driven to Write. And once again there is an eclectic mix of solutions to the problem of how to get to the beach. Click this link here for Part Five. To see Part Six, click this link here.LIST OF THE WEEK: 20 WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FIAT CONCEPTSFiat have a long history of fabulous concepts, Classic & Sports Car has compiled a list of their favourite 20 of them. Click this link here to see your options and thus if you agree with the choices made by the chaps.AND FINALLY: TINY BUT ENDURINGDiecast Endurance ran a MkII Ford GT40 for as long as it could go before breaking, continuously. They livestreamed the five days, one hour, 10 minutes, and 42 seconds endurance effort, utilising a belt sander to enable propulsion. Click this article from The Drive to see more, including a link to the video showing what happened.

If you ever wondered what happens when billionaires decide regular air conditioning just isn't dramatic enough anymore... welcome to today's episode.The gang starts by diving into the latest luxury trend making its way out of Paris: inflatable, air-conditioned tracksuits. Because apparently owning a mansion, a yacht, and an indoor snow room isn't enough anymore. Why sweat like the rest of us when you can look like the Michelin Man while staying frosty? The crew debates whether these ridiculous designer suits are actually genius or just another way for rich people to spend money on problems the rest of us solve with a box fan.Then things take a sharp turn into one of the most hilariously frustrating games we've played in a while: Real or Fake Fireworks. Contestants try to figure out whether names like "Laser Kitties," "Pizza Pocalypse," "Neighbor Hater," "Sparkle Fart," and "Psycho Peacock" are actual fireworks you can buy... or something Rafe made up after five cups of coffee.Spoiler alert: everyone quickly learns that the real fireworks manufacturers are somehow weirder than we are.Between terrible guesses, lifelines that occasionally help (and occasionally don't), Boston accents that completely fall apart, nonstop roasting of contestants, and the crew laughing at names that absolutely should not exist, today's daily comedy podcast proves once again that reality is almost always funnier than fiction.If you've ever wandered through a fireworks tent thinking, "There's no way that's a real product," this episode is for you. You'll also discover why putting air conditioning inside your clothes may be the future... even if it makes you look like Violet Beauregarde after the blueberry incident.Whether you're here for weird news, pop culture commentary, bizarre luxury trends, hilarious games, or just need a reason to laugh through another hot summer day, we've got you covered.Thanks for hanging out with The Rizzuto Show—where every conversation somehow spirals into complete nonsense, and honestly, we wouldn't have it any other way.If you laughed, share the episode with someone who still has leftover fireworks hidden in their garage.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy podcast.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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(July 07, 2026) KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.’ Today, Rich talks about the Supreme Court to let Texas app age verification law take effect, Anthropic saying it’s getting a better look inside AI, and iPhone having a built-in earthquake alert. To beat the heat, the wealthy are building snow rooms. Moving back home used to be a sign of failure… now it show financial savvy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 that ballots arriving after Election Day can still be counted — handing Democrats another way to turn Election Night into Election Week heading into the midterms. Pat breaks down exactly why this is a massive blow to common sense and election integrity. Chief Justice Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joined the liberals to uphold Mississippi's law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to roll in up to five days later. Nearly 30 states have similar rules, and we have seen how this drags things out — especially in places like California. The majority held that federal law doesn't require ballots to arrive by Election Day, just get postmarked. Dissenting conservatives, including Alito, warned it undermines the whole point of a single Election Day. Pat also covered: Clarence Thomas at the Capitol: 'Meeting nobody' — brushes off reporter cold. Hakeem Jeffries losing control as socialists take over Democrats? Last day of Pride Month — Pat Gray: Are YOU celebrating? "Extreme weather demands sacrifice" — from everyone except EU executives. The Left heading toward MORE violence toward rich Americans. Do you trust that late ballots are always legit, or is this just asking for more problems? Should Election Day actually mean something again? Drop your thoughts below — Pat reads the comments. If you want straight talk and real pushback against media hypocrisy and elite games, hit subscribe, turn on notifications, and join the fight for honesty in America. Let's keep calling it like it is. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:22 Major SCOTUS Rulings Today! 01:14 SCOTUS Rejects Trump's Bid to Appeal $5 Million Verdict 03:03 Trump on SCOTUS Mail-In Ballot Ruling 04:52 Samuel Alito on Election Day 08:03 Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Capitol 10:40 Clarence Thomas Talking about America 12:30 Trump on Senators Against the SAVE America Act 14:35 Mitch McConnell Hospitalized for Two Weeks 18:45 Pramila Jayapal on Trump Talking about Democratic Communists 20:09 DSA's David Jenkins Says the Quiet Part Out Loud 22:10 Hakeem Jeffries Gets Annoyed with Reporter 23:27 James Talarico VS. Ken Paxton 27:04 James Talarico Insults Texans 27:45 Benjamin Flores on James Talarico 31:38 Fat Five 45:36 Texas Democrat Convention Montage 48:14 Talking about Supergirl (Go Watch He-Man BTW) 51:28 Idaho Covered in Snow?! 52:33 Deputy Mayor of Paris, France Blames Heat Wave on the U.S.A. 54:18 German Public Broadcasters Run Anti-AC Ad Campaigns 55:10 Berlaymont Building Shuts Down it's Air-Conditioning 56:26 FLASHBACK: Trump on Cost of Electricity in Europe 58:32 FLASHBACK: Obama on U.S. High-Speed Rail Back in 2009 1:04:02 Chuck Schumer Booed at Pride Parade 1:06:41 Man with BB Gun Arrested for Shooting at Naked Cyclists 1:10:16 Scott Wiener Chased Out of Pride Parade 1:14:01 Bill Maher & JD Vance on 2020 Election 1:17:00 FLASHBACK: Bill Maher on 2016 Election 1:19:03 Man Trips & Falls in San Diego 1:22:05 60 Minutes on Oil / Insider Trading 1:26:25 Prince of Wales' Net Worth 1:28:23 Iran Continues to be Difficult 1:31:00 Sophie Cunningham on Caitlin Clark's Assault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices