Podcasts about Snowy

Interview with Alex Walker, Director & CEO of East Star Resources PLCOur previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/east-star-resources-lseest-endeavour-xinhai-deals-transform-2026-outlook-8740Recording date: 9th June 2026East Star Resources (LSE:EST) is a London-listed mining company with a focused strategy: identify, advance, and partner world-class copper and gold assets in Kazakhstan, one of the world's most mineral-rich but systematically underexplored countries. The company has moved well beyond its origins as a conventional junior explorer. It now holds two major joint ventures — one with Xinhai Mining on its Verkhuba copper deposit, and one with Endeavour Mining across two Kazakh gold belts alongside a portfolio of 100%-owned projects led by the Rulikha copper deposit.The core investment proposition rests on a simple structural advantage: East Star has secured the funding, operational capability, and technical resources of two large, credible mining companies to advance its assets, whilst retaining material economic interests without bearing the associated capital costs. At Verkhuba, Xinhai is funding the project through to production in exchange for 70% of the asset. East Star keeps 30%, free-carried. With a mining licence application targeted for submission this year, construction planned for end-2027, and first cash flow anticipated by end-2028, Verkhuba represents a defined, near-term pathway to copper production cash flow for East Star shareholders without a single further dilutive equity raise required on their part.The Endeavour Mining joint venture operates on a different but equally compelling logic. Endeavour is committing up to $25 million across two exploration programmes in the Stepnogorsk and Karaganda regions, targeting a minimum 2-million-ounce gold discovery. East Star is free-carried at 20% through to prefeasibility. The company's CEO, Alex Walker, has been explicit about the scale of potential value: a 20% interest in a major gold deposit developed by a FTSE 100 operator could be worth, in his assessment, a billion dollars for East Star's share alone. That outcome is speculative and dependent on exploration success but the structure means East Star reaches the point of knowledge without paying for it.Underpinning both JVs is a proprietary competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate. East Star's geological database combined with years of in-country relationship-building with local authorities, communities, and regional officials, gives the company an informational and operational edge in a jurisdiction where most international explorers are only beginning to establish a presence. Walker describes Kazakhstan in terms that evoke Western Australia a generation ago: a province of extraordinary endowment, with the majority of its mineral belts still available for systematic modern exploration.Beyond the JVs, the 100%-owned pipeline including Rulikha at 23 million tonnes and 2.4% copper equivalent, alongside Rulikha North, Telescope, Picket, and Snowy, all provide additional optionality. Each asset carries independent discovery and JV potential, creating multiple pathways to value creation that are not dependent on any single outcome.For investors seeking exposure to copper and gold in a structure that limits dilution risk, provides near-term production catalysts, and offers meaningful upside from major-company-funded exploration, East Star Resources warrants serious consideration.View East Star Resources' company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/east-star-resourcesSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

Un nouvel album de PHIDEAUX c'est un bel évènement ! Malheureusement "AutoMoto Animus", titre de ce nouvel opus du multi-instrumentiste texan (dont la musique est traversée par des influences allant de Jethro Tull à Pink Floyd, en passant par Genesis, Vand Der Graff ou encore Bowie), ne sortira qu'après cette saison. Mais le bougre nous laisse une jolie carte de visite avec un premier single à découvrir en ouverture de ce numéro !  La fin de saison approche et il ne reste plus grand chose des atours de Cunégonde qui s'est gracieusement dévoilée depuis la rentrée. Le dernier album d'ANGE vous aura été entièrement exposé tout au long de ce cycle 2024/2025, un superbe opus dans lequel la voix de Tristan Décamps est désormais prédominante mais le Père n'a pas dit son dernier mot, celui de la fin de cet effeuillage sonore sera en effet laissé à Christian Décamps dans notre ultime épisode de fin de saison ! Un groupe qui ayant quelques difficultés à se trouver un nom, "oiseau rare" (but in english in the text!), publie son premier album éponyme en 1969 après avoir été repéré par Tony Smith, le manager de Genesis et Van Der Graaf Generator. Belle opération pour le businessman car le titre "Sympathy" va pulvériser les charts, surtout hors de leur Angleterre natale (il seront par exemple numéro un en France). Mais comme ce "tube" est suffisamment diffusé dans toute bonne radio commerciale qui se respecte, je vous propose donc ici un autre extrait de ce coup d'essai réussi, premier d'une série de 5 albums jusqu'à la dissolution des RARE BIRD en 1974. Parlons maintenant d'une naissance, l'arrivée dans la scène régionale d'un groupe jazz fusion baptisé UNSQUARE. Ce quartet nantais se définit comme du jazz progressif. Deux singles ont été publiés en 2025 sur les plateformes de streaming et un premier EP est attendu pour la fin de cette année. En cas d'impatience ou de curiosité, vous pourrez aller les voir en concert dans le cadre du PROG NIGHT qui se déroulera au Floride à Nantes le 26 juin. Ils y partageront l'affiche avec les groupes Elements et Hamasaari. En attendant, l'un de leurs singles est proposé à vos cages à miel dans cette émission. Autre nouvelle formation, cette fois, plutôt le versant métal du prog : DUALISIS. Un métal qui reste mélodique et accessible avec une jolie voix féminine. Leur 1er EP  "Us" est de bonne augure pour la suite. Ils seront également visibles sur pas mal de scènes avec un agenda bien rempli jusqu'à la fin de l'année ! Pour la région de votre radio préférée, je peux vous indiquer demain 12 juin le V'n B de Saint-Herblain, sinon plus tard et plus au nord : Hennebont (Morbihan) le 10 juillet. Plein d'autres dates sur leur site !  Direction les Pays-Bas avec le nouvel album de GLORIOUS WOLF : "Elements Of Hope". J'ai découvert ce projet porté par Ruud Dielen il y a maintenant 3 ans et quel plaisir de replonger dans son univers ! Ruud est un passionné et s'inspire du rock progressif "old school". Mais attention il produit toutefois une musique ancrée dans notre époque et superbement produite. Le concept de sa dernière œuvre est le passage d'un enfant à l'âge adulte dans un monde chaotique, se retrouvant confronté à de nouveaux défis, comme l'IA. Mais comme le titre l'indique, il y a des raisons d'espérer !  Depuis que Sony s'est offert le catalogue de PINK FLOYD, les commerciaux de la firme se démènent pour nous amener à dépenser régulièrement nos soussous dans leur popoche en revisitant sous toutes les formes possibles les productions de la poule aux oeufs d'or… Cette fois encore ils font appel à Steven Wilson pour rafraichir un peu le teint de cette institution. Il s'agit cette fois d'une compilation de 7 titres considérés sans doute comme les plus "bankables" pour essayer d'attirer un nouveau public et d'un 8ème pour nous convaincre, nous les anciens, de mettre aussi et encore la main à la poche, ce titre étant proposés dans une version quasi inédite  ! 1977, l'album "Animals". Rappelez-vous l'album commence par un très court titre acoustique dédié à la nouvelle femme de Roger Waters, Carolyne Christie. Ce titre, "Pigs On The Wings", est repris en clôture de l'album pour une 2ème partie toute aussi courte. Or à l'origine, cette chanson ne devait en faire qu'une seule, avec sur le pont, un savant l'un de ces solos de guitare comme  David Gilmour sait si bien les faire. Par mégarde en tripatouillant la console pendant l'absence de l'ingé-son, nos musiciens effacent le solo de guitare (on est à l'ère de l'analogique, l'opération est irréversible). Entre alors en cabine Snowy White, guitariste de soutien de scène du groupe (qui collaborera ensuite avec le claviériste Richard Wright pour son premier album solo "Wet Dream" en 1978 puis avec Roger Waters après son départ du Floyd). On propose à Snowy de jouer un solo sur le pont de "Pigs On The Wings", la prise est gardée et le titre est prévu de sortir sous cette forme. Mais Waters choisi finalement de couper le titre en deux partie pour "encadrer" l'album, exit le pont et donc  la partie de Snowy White. La prise originale est toutefois disponible (mais rare !) sur la version cartouches 8 pistes de l'album, concurrence à l'époque de la cassette audio et qui avait pour avantage de pouvoir tourner en boucle sans avoir à être retournée. Ce format, bien plus encombrant que la cassette, sera utilisé essentiellement en radio pour les jingles et les pubs mais ne sera pas développé pour le grand public en Europe. Il connaîtra une distribution assez confidentielle en Amérique du Nord. En anglais cette cartouche est appelée tout simplement "8-tracks cartridge", ainsi la nouvelle compilation, comportant par ailleurs 8 titres a donc été baptisée du double juste titre  "8-Tracks". L'extrait proposé dans ce numéro est cette rare version "non coupée" et avec le solo de White que personnellement je n'avais jamais entendue !    Revenons en France, y compris dans le texte avec une écriture véritable pièce d'orfèvrerie :  ALCAZ.    Je ne connaissais pas  encore ce duo marseillais dont le dernier album intitulé "Le Nid des Anges" est paru l'année dernière.  7ème opus de Jean-Yves Liévaux et Viviane Cayol, mais malheureusement Viviane a été emportée par la maladie peu de temps après sa publication. Reste ce bel héritage que je ne connaissais pas, une musique et des mots que je vous invite à parcourir et une pensée pour Viviane, qui par ailleurs était également peintre. Extrait de ce "Nid des Anges" dans cet épisode d'Amarok. Repartons aux USA, pas pour la coupe du monde (qui à vrai dire m'importe peu), mais pour ce diptyque orwellien "2084" par BUILT FOR THE FUTURE. Il s'agit du 4ème album de ce groupe de San Antonio (Texas). Curieusement le communiqué de presse ne le cite pas mais "2084 La Fin Du Monde" est un livre de Boualem SANSAL. Alors je ne sais pas si le groupe s'en est inspiré ou en a juste repris le titre , n'ayans pas (encore) lu cet ouvrage. Mais côté musique, il s'agit donc après "2084 Heretic" (le précédent album) de "2084 Empire" qui paraît en double CD.  Nos texans futuristes sont de musiciens qui écumaient déjà les scènes dans les années 80 mais qui, motivés par les croisement du rock progressif et de la pop qualitative, de Tears For Fears et Rush à Pink Floyd (encore eux !) décidaient donc de construire l'avenir avec ce beau projet et leur style personnel. Bien leur en a pris, un bel univers à découvrir. Si MIKE OLDFIELD et Richard Branson étaient potes à l'époque de Tubular Bells et dans début des 70's, le second, patron entre autres des disques Virgin, est devenu le meilleur ennemi du premier qui rongeait son frein (bizarre ça comme expression d'ailleurs, qui fait ça ?!!!) en attendant d'être libéré de ses obligations contractuelles au sein du célèbre label. En guise d'ultime album, alors que le milliardaire attendait de son poulain une nouvelle version des fameuses cloches tubulaires, le Maëstro publie en 1991 l'album libérateur "Heaven's Open" qu'il signe de son prénom complet "Michael" et dont il s'approprie exceptionnellement le poste de chanteur principal (ce qui n'est pas sa qualité première). Comme s'il voulait savonner la planche de son patron avant de livrer le "Tubular Bells II" tant attendu à sa nouvelle écurie WEA dès l'année suivante. Un album atypique donc, mais où Oldfield se lâche par exemple en flirtant à sa manière avec des rythmes reggae sur le titre diffusé dans cet épisode : Rendez-moi tous mes attributs !  L'une des influences "old school" de Ruud (cité plus haut pour Glorious Wolf) a peut-être été ce groupe de compatriotes des seventies : FOCUS. On retrouve ici les néerlandais sur le 2ème album logiquement intitulé à l'origine "Focus II" et paru en 1971, album devenu par la suite plus connu et réédité sous le nom de "Moving Waves", histoire de finir en douceur cette nouvelle étape au pays des musiques progressives, l'une des dernières avant la fin du voyage dans deux semaines déjà…   Thierry Joigny AMAROK, chaque jeudi, à 20h  

L'info du matin - Et si les billets de banque ressemblaient bientôt à des cartes bancaires ? Le winner du jour - Un groupe est privé de son vol après une incroyable méprise. - Des blattes sont saisies dans un élevage clandestin près de Sydney. Le flashback du jour - Septembre 2004 : Le tube "Obsesion" du groupe de bachata dominicain Aventura reste numéro 1 en France pendant sept semaines, mais aussi dans de nombreux pays comme l'Allemagne, l'Italie et l'Autriche. Ce mois marque également un événement très important pour Grégory Ascher : la sortie de l'album "American Idiot" de Green Day. Les savoirs inutiles - Dans les traductions des fameuses aventures de Tintin à l'étranger, certains personnages changent complètement de nom. Par exemple, le fidèle chien Milou s'appelle Snowy en anglais. De leur côté, les célèbres policiers Dupont et Dupond deviennent Thomson et Thompson. La chanson du jour - John Scatman "Scatman" 3 choses à savoir sur Prince Qu'est-ce qu'on teste ? - Les mini vinyles de Miniverse proposent une véritable platine version miniature avec de vrais vinyles à faire tourner dessus (Amy Winehouse, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Elton John ou Imagine Dragons). Chaque pack coûte 12,99€ et la platine est à 24,99€. - L'artiste Callahan a créé un mug original qui intègre un véritable jeu de Puissance 4 dans ses parois en céramique. Le jeu surprise (C'est qui le plus fort) - Catherine de Tours repart avec un Shark Aqua Blue Edition de Richard Orlinski. La Banque RTL2 - Dorine de Sanary-sur-Mer vers Toulon gagne 600€. - Alexandre de Neuville-en-Ferrain vers Lille gagne une tablette Surface Pro de Microsoft. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Australia's most ambitious renewable energy project is slowly nearing completion, but experts are divided on whether Snowy 2.0 will ever justify its snowballing price tag. 

This week's news roundup features Oregon's recovering snowy plovers, Portland's queer wrestling community and a mammoth excavation in Washington.

Luke Grant speaks with Rachel Merton on the aerial culling of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park. The NSW Member of the Legislative Council shares her outrage over the upcoming slaughter, questioning the government's population data and calling for humane alternatives to protect these iconic animals. Find out why she crossed the floor to take a stand against the NSW Government's policy before the helicopters take flight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NextEra’s $67B all-stock Dominion deal targets data center alley. Plus China’s top five each outpace Vestas, and 80% of Swedish wind producers ran at a loss. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes’ YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! [00:00:00] The Uptime Wind Energy podcast, brought to you by StrikeTape, protecting thousands of wind turbines from lightning damage worldwide. Visit striketape.com. And now, your hosts Speaker 6: Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy podcast. I’m your host, Allen Hall, and I’m here with three other people, Matthew Stead, Rosemary Barnes, and, uh, Yolanda Padron down in Texas. Uh, we’re all getting ready to go to American Clean Power in Houston, Texas, where it will be practically 150 degrees and 99% humidity, and we’re all looking forward to those warm, wet days that we will spend It is very similar to New Orleans. New Orleans was also very warm and very humid. So there’s a trend going on here with American Clean Power, although we were up in Minneapolis not too long ago, uh, but I guess we were in Phoenix too, so we gotta find a middle ground, everybody. Can we go someplace like– [00:01:00] Rosemary says we should always go to the Maldives, Tahiti. I got a lot of requests from Tahiti from people. We never go there. We never go to Hawaii.  Rosemary Barnes: I’ve suggested Hawaii so many times, and I’ve been told that Americans are not gonna be given permission from their manager to go to Hawaii.  Speaker 6: It’s kinda like Las Vegas.  Rosemary Barnes: Maybe one day we’ll make it to San Diego or something and get, um, beach adjacent facility And if your presentation is too boring, then everyone will be at the beach. So that will be how we ensure quality control of the speakers, which is a big problem at these events now, right? Like you can’t, um, there’s– It’s more like the norm is fairly boring sales pitches rather than informative discussion.  Speaker 6: We used to have OMNS, when I say we, I mean the wind community used to have OMNS out in San Diego in Coronado at the Del Coronado is, I think that’s the hotel name. And the one time that I went, I think I’ve been [00:02:00] there, I would say one time, uh, everybody was outside on the, at the beach, basically on the patio. So they’re holding all these talks and discussions, and it’s… I’m looking around, it’s like me and five other people. Everybody else is out there next to the water. So they had a problem with that. So I guess what they figured, either make it really cold or make it really hot, so it forces everybody into the climate-controlled conditions of, uh, the, uh, auditorium to watch the speakers. Maybe that’s the, the plan. All right. Let’s, let’s, let’s talk about what happened with NextEra and Dominion because there’s going to be a huge merger. So if you thought utility business was boring, it’s not anymore. NextEra announced a sixty-seven billion dollar all-stock deal to acquire Dominion Energy, a move that would create the largest regulated electricity utility in the world by market cap. Uh, [00:03:00] the combined company would serve about ten million customers accounts across Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, where I’m based, and South Carolina with one hundred and ten gigawatts of generation across renewables, nuclear, and natural gas. Uh, but the real driver here is data centers, of course. Dominion sits in the heart of Virginia’s data center alley, where it has connected more than four hundred and fifty data centers, and NextEra is building thirty data center hubs through its NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary and has partnered with Google Cloud on paired generation campuses. So together, they would control about a hundred and thirty gigawatts of large load pipeline. And the question is whether the regulators will let it happen. And I think that’s, having watched some of the news articles over the last several days, uh, the news broke pretty much Sunday morning or late Saturday night that this was happening and [00:04:00] The first thing that came to mind, are the regulators going to let it happen? And the concern is going to be, and you can well imagine how this plays out, they’re going to drag Dominion and NextEra up to Washington, D.C. and berate them about how electricity rates cannot increase due to data centers. And if they don’t swear to that, then this merger won’t happen. That’s my interpretation of what’s about to happen. It may not, but how does this play out? How does everybody else on the team at Uptime see this play out?  Matthew Stead: Seems like a good idea to me. So more economies, more geographic diversity, more opportunity for renewables.  Yolanda Padron: I can’t speak to Dominion, um, but being relatively close to the NextEra engineering team, they, they really know their stuff, right? So I think it’s something that should kind of give us a, a sense of relief here that it, [00:05:00] it’s a big team, but it’s a really smart and competent team taking over a big undertaking.  Speaker 6: You would like to see renewables and data centers work together. This would be the perfect match of the two, right? The, the largest renewable owner management company, along with the biggest data center, uh, region. Connecting those two would make infinite sense, but in the, our political environment today in the United States, that may be the reason to oppose it.  Matthew Stead: Yeah, why would it be a bad idea?  Speaker 6: Windmills, Matthew. Windmills. Windmills are bad. Can’t even call them wind turbines anymore. They’re windmills.  Rosemary Barnes: I used to mock people for saying windmill instead of wind turbine, but then when I moved to Denmark, um, you know, who, you know, have a firm, firm ownership of modern wind energy, or at least did back 10, 20 years ago They say windmill when they speak English. Um, the Danish word for it is vindmølle, um, which means windmill. [00:06:00]And so I can’t… I couldn’t maintain that, that energy because like, am I gonna, am I gonna mock these, you know, like everybody at that company knew more about wind energy than I did. Am I gonna mock them for not, not knowing the difference between a windmill and a wind turbine? No. So yeah, that’s, that’s something that I, I don’t do anymore.  Matthew Stead: That is really valuable to know, um, Rosie. I must admit, I did not know that, and I would mock people saying w- windmill, so thank you for setting me straight.  Rosemary Barnes: Yeah, there are plenty of, um, plenty of people who don’t know the difference between a windmill and a wind turbine and think, “Oh, why you only got three blades with so much air between them? You know, you’re gonna… Y- if you would just put twice as many blades, you’d get twice as many energy. Everybody who works in wind energy is just an obs- obvious complete and utter idiot.” Um, so there’s that kind of person, but then there’s also the industry. Another fun fact that they call the blades wings. Uh, um, yeah, in Danish they call them blade wings, which they are. [00:07:00] Speaker 6: In Spanish, isn’t it shovels? ‘Cause when I always translate those, uh, Spanish questions over to English, it always comes out shovel. At least early on, y- the early versions of Google Translate would translate it to shovel. Like, what are they talking about shovel on a wind turbine? That doesn’t make any sense.  Yolanda Padron: Yeah, like a shovel or a stick or like a, what you row with.  Speaker 6: Oh, like an oar. Okay, that makes a lot more sense. Okay. Thank you, Yolanda.  Matthew Stead: I think it’s really interesting that, um- We don’t have much material on NextEra, Dominion. Um, yeah, we just don’t think it’s a good– We all think it’s a good idea. There’s no controversy here.  Speaker 6: Oh, there’ll be controversy. Don’t worry about that. There’s always controversy. Welcome to America.  Matthew Stead: But among the four of us-  Speaker 6: We all think it’s great.  Rosemary Barnes: Well, it’s, um, I mean, some of the interesting facts that I read was that they’ve got 130 gigawatts of load, um, that they’re bringing to the table, and 51 gigawatts of that is contracted data centers. So that’s, that’s interesting. [00:08:00] And I think large amounts of new data centers on the grid are controversial because in– if you’re not very, very careful about how you integrate them, then you can end up just making electricity more expensive for everybody in the area that doesn’t necessarily get, you know, profit sharing from the data center. So, um, I think that, uh, like, you know, the wind ind- in the wind industry, we’ve obviously been through and are still in the phase of where social license, um, community acceptance is one of the most important things, maybe the most important thing when you’re developing a new project. And I think that we’re just at the start of that realization for data centers as well. Companies that are building the, the data centers, they need to do more than what’s required of them because otherwise they have big risks of project delays. It’s millions of dollars delay, um, for the delay for, um, yeah, for every, every day that, um, a data center is held up. And so how can you afford to risk annoying anybody? [00:09:00] You know, you just wanna be like the just, just perfect, um, addition to the community so that everybody is just happy and, and lets the project proceed. So, yeah, I thought– think that that’s, that’s quite an interesting aspect that I think I’m gonna s- we’re gonna see changing as, you know, all these planned data centers become real data centers. There’s a real risk that everybody hates data centers soon as much as they, um, hated wind tur- um, wind farms for a while.  Yolanda Padron: For the consumer, aren’t there, like, I don’t know if they’re in Virginia, but aren’t there price caps too for the market? When you’re– When it comes to how expensive the megawatt hour is? Speaker 6: Not necessarily. Re- remember that AEP in Ohio, uh, was requiring data centers to buy electricity at a certain amount. Because they both basically committed not to raise prices for electricity to the local communities, and that would be really hard to do. And okay, great, if, if they can pull it off, awesome. But there’s already a lot of [00:10:00] pushback about it, and it hasn’t even gotten to the point of being real yet, so it’s only gonna get worse. I see. And all the data centers are gonna be up in space no matter what. Everybody’s talking about building data centers on the ground. There’s no shot that that’s gonna happen. I’m just telling you, ’cause they can’t do it. They don’t– They can’t build gas turbines fast enough. There’s just limitations there, and transformers and everything else. It’s gonna be in space. It’s so much easier.  Yolanda Padron: And all the approvals you have to get and everything.  Speaker 6: It will be easier to do it in space In space, you don’t have neighbors. Matthew Stead: I said it before, it’s just crazy. The key issue around data centers is it’s actually the transmission rather than generation. I mean, you know, at least in Australia, and correct me if I’m wrong, Rosie, but you know, less than half the price in Australia is generation. The other half is sort of retail and transmission and this and that. And so actually, you know, the generation cost shouldn’t really increase. It’s really the transmission and the, the poles and the wires, which are the problem. And [00:11:00] you know, to your point, Rosie, social, social license for poles and wires.  Rosemary Barnes: I’m actually really surprised at Allen, ’cause normally, Allen and I have this, um, you know, we’ve played out this scenario probably 50 or 100 times over the, over the years with emerging technologies, and it’s always me that’s like, “You know what? I think, uh, I think there’s something to this one.” Um, and Allen always poo-poos it, and in this case, Allen’s, Allen’s excited. I, I’m on Allen’s– So I also, I also think space data centers is, is a thing that’s more likely to happen than not, at least to some extent. Um, so yeah, but I think, Matt, you’ve got the more mainstream opinion. Speaker 6: The voice of the common man. I  Yolanda Padron: think for all of our listeners out there, this is the first time Rosie and Allen agree on anything, so round of applause team.  Speaker 6: It won’t last long, Yolande.  Rosemary Barnes: It’s not true because, you know, nine out of 10 new technologies I also think are stupid. Um, so Allen and I agree on the bulk of them, but then of that one in 10, you know, nine out of 10 of those I, I [00:12:00] like and Allen doesn’t, so this is the, you know, the one-tenth of the one-tenth, so. Speaker 6: I don’t like gas turbines. Can we all agree we don’t like gas turbines? It’s– That would be insane to scale.  Rosemary Barnes: You know what? I, I don’t have a particular problem with gas, gas turbines. I don’t want a lot of new gas turbines. Um, I guess that that’s– We can all agree on, on that. I don’t think the– I think we have most of the gas turbines that we need, or at least, um, will in the next couple of years. And, um, yeah, I do think that their existence supports faster electrification, um, and faster growth of wind and solar. So I’m definitely not someone that wants to see all gas turbines turned off tomorrow.  Speaker 6: No, I don’t, I don’t want to turn them off. I’m  Matthew Stead: just saying you can’t get to scale. Speaker 6: Delamination and bond line failures in blades are difficult problems to detect early. These hidden issues can cost you millions in repairs and lost energy production. CIC NDT are specialists to detect these critical flaws before they become [00:13:00] expensive burdens. Their non-destructive test technology penetrates deep into blade materials to find voids and cracks traditional inspections completely miss. CIC NDT maps every critical defect, delivers actionable reports, and provides support to get your blades back in service. So  Matthew Stead: visit cicndt.com because catching blade problems early will save you  Speaker 6: millions. Well, for the first time, five Chinese turbine manufacturers have all individually outpaced Danish wind giant Vestas in annual installations. Goldwind topped the global list with twenty-nine point seven gigawatts installed in twenty twenty-five. Behind them, Envision put up twenty-one point eight, Windy nineteen point eight, Mingyang at eighteen point six, and Sany at fifteen point one gigawatts. Vestas came in [00:14:00] sixth at twelve point nine gigawatts. The Chinese dominance was fueled by an enormous domestic market that has accounted for about ninety-four percent of those five manufacturers’ sales. Uh, but exports are obviously growing out of China too. The five captured nearly sixty percent of the hundred and seventy-eight gigawatts installed globally in twenty twenty-five, a year that saw the world market grow forty percent over twenty twenty-four. So Vestas still holds the crown for cumulative installations at two hundred and one gigawatts, but the gap in annual volume is now almost impossible to ignore. So Vestas has a lot of competition over in China. The, the amount of, uh, gigawatts coming out of the largest manufacturers in China is quite impressive, almost, well, more than double than what, uh, Vestas is doing, and Vestas is doing a pretty brisk business. What are, what are the outcomes of this, everyone? Is, can this be sustained in China [00:15:00] for very much longer? Can they continue to, to create at, at that rate?  Rosemary Barnes: Yes. Okay, move, move on to the next segment  Speaker 6: Well, that’s a, that’s a huge amount of gigawatts coming out of China. And if 94% of it’s staying in China, eventually you run out of China to put wind turbines in. Rosemary Barnes: They– I mean, we’re a long way from running out of places in China to put wind turbines in, because China is gigantic. A lot of it is not that populated. They’ve got a lot of offshore area still. But I just think it’s gonna follow the same playbook as, as solar probably, where you see, you know, early on heaps of domestic market, which is totally rock solid because it’s not relying on people to see a positive business case in doing it. You know, like it’s really… You know, targets are, are really mandated and people make sure that they are met. Um, and then the incentives are also different as well. Like my understanding is that [00:16:00] there’s a lot of incentives about installation of megawatts, um, and then, you know, the, the operation is like, we’ll figure that out as we go. The volume, the number of manufacturers that are there, they’ve got, you know, like such a great supply chain all there in the same area, so you can move fast and like I, I don’t see anything can get in the way of, you know, continuing to pump out these turbines at that speed. It’ll keep going until, you know, the government basically decides we’ve got, uh, enough wind energy now and then puts the, the brakes on it. And, you know, that’s what we’ve just been through in solar recently. China is, um… You know, they’ve just– they’ve got a big economy and they’ve just got like rock solid resolve to follow through on, on things that they commit to. Um, whether we can, you know, argue about whether it’s a smart strategy or not, but you know that they will follow it, they will execute on, on it. I don’t think anyone would, would say that they won’t. So I think, [00:17:00]can it continue forever? No. But do I think it can continue for another 10 years? Yes. And is that long enough to cause massive problems for any other manufacturer? I think also yes.  Matthew Stead: Hey, Rosie, can I ask you a question? You know, obviously there was some cable was proposed, you know, between Australia and Singapore. Do you see China going in that direction? You know, putting rather than pipes with gas in it, um, pipes with electrons? Uh,  Rosemary Barnes: I don’t see China– I’m actually working on a video at the moment about a global sub-sea grid, and I just interviewed, um, uh, Xlinks, you know, that was originally a project from Morocco to the UK, and then the other one, which is super cool, um, we might have an argument about the plausibility of it, is NATO L, which is just in like early development stages. It’s going to connect the UK to Canada. Um, and yeah, so that’s, um, a few thousand kilometers long. The ocean depth is maximum [00:18:00] three, I think, kilometers, maybe even a tiny bit more than that, um, which is like right on the edge of what is possible. N-none of those projects really actually rely on big technological improvements. Um, they’re possible with today’s technologies. Um, but I don’t see China doing so much of that. I think that one thing that might actually stop that is that, um, when you have big interconnectors like that, I think the engineering part is not the hard, the hard part. I think that the, it’s the politics. I do see them exporting their, um, you know, they’ve got really good ultra high voltage DC technology, but the transmission lines, they have exported a little bit. There’s some projects in Brazil that are Chinese made. There’s one in India. I don’t actually know if that is Chinese made, but you know, like I could really imagine them also rolling out projects in Africa, for example. Um, but beyond that sort of thing, I, I wouldn’t tip China as the country to, you know, develop a global [00:19:00] sub-sea grid. Speaker 6: Do you think the low solar prices have hurt the wind manufacturers in China a little bit? Obviously, there’s a lot of solar panels that are able to be shipped immediately, which is what’s happening right now. But turbines, not so much. It’s a little harder to do. But you, you would think that a lot of these countries and communities would be putting in wind But solar is so cheap right now that, that is what is winning at the moment, and it must be hurting the Chinese wind manufacturers, you would think. Rosemary Barnes: I don’t think they’re really in a competition with each other, um, at the moment. In Australia, I think yes. I think that, um, the, like, roaring success of solar and especially batteries is, um, making wind less appealing to develop. But globally, I think that it’s, you know, it’s a race between, um, fossil fuels and renewables. It’s a race between energy security and continued reliance on, you know, countries that [00:20:00] you don’t really want to rely on for fossil fuels. I think that those are the, the much bigger, um, competition at the moment. It’s a bit short-sighted because, yeah, wind and solar is really easy for the, the part of the, uh, energy transition that we’re doing now, and, uh, if you just don’t build any wind until you reach the limit of solar and batteries, then you’ll find yourself quite far behind. So that’s what we’re really struggling with in Australia and finding, like, what is the right level of government, um, support because people… You know, like in an electricity market like Australia, you’re not supposed to rely on governments, you know, planning out the system and deciding what thing to build, and I think that that has been a real strength of the Australian market that it has, you know, the government has got out of the way. It is hard to see, um, us getting to where we need to go in a orderly fashion without some planning for this, like, lumpy middle part of the energy transition. I don’t know. What do you think, Matt? Is that how you see it in Australia as well?  Matthew Stead: Yeah, I think there’s a place [00:21:00] for everything, and, you know, wind, solar, battery is a perfect match and the right places for the right thing. Rosemary Barnes: It’s really hard because, you know, like, when you look at the system as a whole, you know, like you plan out what, what full energy system is cheaper and better, you know. Is it the, you know, the current fossil fuel system and all of the, you know, annual maintenance and, um, improvements like, um, extensions that need to go along with that to support, you know, things like data centers and population growth, or is it the fully renewable system? And, you know, if you look at the end state, then I don’t think that many studies or maybe any studies come to the conclusion that anything other than renewables is the, the cheaper, better system. But it’s just, it doesn’t mean that every step along the way is cheaper, and so you end up with this, yeah, like this hump in the middle that you’ve gotta, you’ve gotta get over if you wanna get from one to the other, and it’s, um, it’s complicated. Speaker 6: I just listened to a podcast about this half an hour ago, uh, and it [00:22:00] was very contentious. And I won’t get into the details of it, but it was just one or the other. We wanna have all petroleum-based, coal-based generation in the UK, or we want zero emissions. They never got into anywhere in the middle, which is where it’s going to have to be. So why don’t we talk about that? I– It doesn’t… The political atmosphere of the UK is, is a little unstable, as we’ve all read in the newspapers and seen online. Uh, but it, but it’s just causing the both sides to go to extremes. And on the renewable side, some of the arguments that are being made were so outlandish that I could hardly continue to listen to it. Same thing on the gas and coal side. Like, what are we gonna do? The UK is really in a pinch. They’re gonna have to do something, and it all– as Rosemary’s pointed out, doing nothing is real ex- it’s gonna be tremendously expensive too. So there’s, there’s gonna have to be a, a reckoning somehow, but it, it’s all tied to the [00:23:00] economy at the moment. Like most things that happen in a country, decisions are made about what’s happening right now, not what’s gonna happen five years from now.  Yolanda Padron: Right. And to your point, like countries need to protect themselves, right? Like what are you gonna do, bank on world peace?  Speaker 6: That’s a bad bet historically.  Matthew Stead: But, um, how many, how many of those charts have you seen in the last one to years where you’ve got the, the fossil fuel, say the coal generation versus renewable generation? How many of those, um, charts have crossed over in the last few years where, you know, renewables generation is, is higher than coal generation? It’s just, it’s happening all over the world. It’s just happening, and you look at the graphs, it’s just happening.  Speaker 6: It’s less expensive, so that’s why they’re doing it. The decision’s made with the dollar. You know, the financing and the bankers and insurance are all gonna drive that, and it’s not gonna be the decision you, the homeowner, are gonna have a lot of influence on. It’s all gonna be done at a higher level, and it’s gonna be whatever’s cheaper and whatever’s available. Back to Rosemary’s point, [00:24:00] solar is cheap and available, people are gonna do it. Wind is cheap and available, they’re gonna choose it no matter who’s in office, right? I… Yeah, that’s the engineer talking, not the politician.  Matthew Stead: Battery, wind, and solar is only gonna get cheaper. Is, um, is, uh, gas turbines and coal gonna get cheaper? Speaker 6: They can’t. In order to get the efficiency up where they need to, it’s gonna be super expensive, which is what we’re at today. That’s why gas turbines are s- you can’t mass produce them, and that’s why they cost so much money. It’s a great business if you sell a couple a year. You can’t sell thousands of them. There’s just not a way to do that. As wind energy professionals, staying informed is crucial, and let’s face it, difficult. That’s why the Uptime podcast recommends PES Wind magazine. PES Wind offers a diverse range of in-depth articles and expert insights that dive into the most pressing issues facing our energy future. Whether you’re an industry veteran or new to wind, PES Wind has the high-quality content you need. Don’t miss [00:25:00] out. Visit peswind.com today. Over in Sweden, they built all the wind farms, and here at Weather Guard we’ve talked to a number of operators over in Sweden, so has EOLOGIX-PING, uh, and the– So but the wind farms and the customers haven’t really showed up, and researchers in Sweden have analyzed two hundred and forty-four Swedish wind power producers owning more than about thirty-seven hundred turbines covering eighty-five percent of the country’s total wind generation. So it’s a pretty large study. They found that eighty percent were effectively operating at a loss in twenty twenty-four. The total sector losses reached six point three billion Swedish kronor, uh, about six hundred and twenty million euros. The sector’s profit margins fell to a negative fifty-one percent. That’s right, negative fifty-one percent. Uh, and here’s the real paradox. Although wind production actually [00:26:00] rose from thirty-four point two to forty point six terawatt-hours, revenues fell for the first time in at least six years. Uh, the more they produced, the less they earned. And the real culprit is overcapacity. So they have so many turbines up in northern Sweden, uh, that it’s driving the energy prices down, much like Australia. Uh, and the missing link is obviously transmission because it is big demand to the south. It’s just getting the power there. Vattenfall alone lost eight hundred and seventy million euros in its wind business in twenty twenty-four, and one of its subsidiaries curtailed seventeen percent of the potential production because of, uh, shutting the turbines down was less expensive than selling into negative prices, which would make sense. So the price has gotten so low in Sweden that it’s better just to turn the turbine off and, and eat the loss than to generate power at a, at a negative price. This is a common theme [00:27:00] as wind has grown, and solar for the same matter, is that when you have so much of it, the price of electricity will drop. And until you can get that power out to other areas that has high demand It becomes a losing proposition. How does this play out? Will the– Now will countries finally take transmission seriously and start to even out the grid? Is that where we’re going?  Yolanda Padron: I mean, I hope so. The idea of curtailing potential energy isn’t something new, right? It happens here in Texas all the time. It happens in a lot of places all the time, um, just to, to not overflow the grid. And it makes sense, but it doesn’t make sense too much, at least to me, that in the same country you have parts of it where you have an electricity surplus and negative pricing, and other parts of it where you just, you don’t have enough energy for the whole, uh, region, right? So, uh, I really hope they take it a bit more seriously than they, than they currently are.  Matthew Stead: Uh, I think the interesting thing about Sweden is [00:28:00]that they’ve got a lot of hydro as well, and so those two things tie together. Um, you know, much like Australia, we’re building the, like the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, um, hydro scheme, and, um, maybe that’s part of the missing puzzle is the actual, the storage element. So if they had more pumped hydro, you know, they could, um, perhaps store that excess energy and then, then reuse it. But, you know, unless there’s no pipes from the north to the south, you know, that’s not gonna help anyone.  Speaker 6: Hydro is expensive. The more recent news articles I’ve seen about pumped hydro is it’s way less expensive to put in wind or put in solar or put in some batteries than to do pumped hydro projects. It’s complicated. It’s a lot of construction, obviously, and, uh, the pumps and the equipment are not cheap. So, uh, yeah, so although if you do have hydro and it’s currently running, you would leave that alone, but I think some of the newer pumped hydro projects probably won’t happen. Even if they’re on the– have [00:29:00] been planned and, and even started, I think they’re really reevaluating that it’s probably cheaper to do batteries. Matthew Stead: In Australia, in Snowy 2.0, I think the original budget was, was it 3 billion? And now it’s up to 12 to 15 billion.  Rosemary Barnes: Anybody that was working on that would’ve known that the price was very likely to blow out because that particular project has a really long tunnel. The two reservoirs that, like the reservoirs were existing, so you think, okay, that’s good, you save money. But the expensive part of pumped hydro is the tunneling and then, and it’s a very long tunnel. Um, and it’s just so super predictable that when you have a super long tunnel, you one, increase the cost a lot, but two, increase the risk of a massive cost blowout. So I think it’s not a good predictor of, of projects as some other ones that are, that are happening. I think the biggest problem with hydro is that, um, the project lives are so long, like 100 years e- easily, [00:30:00] but that doesn’t mean anything in today’s dollars, y- you know? So it’s like no one can, no company is gonna assign any value to the electricity they’re gonna generate in 100 years time, you know? So it’s, um, it, it’s really hard for it to stack up to, as a project today unless it’s a government doing it. Matthew Stead: But I mean, once Snowy 2.0 is done, it will still be reasonably cost-effective as a long-term storage source.  Rosemary Barnes: Yeah. If it had been made on time, then I think it would’ve, it would’ve been a real enabler for the energy transition for getting heaps of wind and solar. But it wasn’t done on time, and we barely we- storage isn’t our problem right now. We have actually got lots of, of storage. That’s not what’s stopping people from building projects. So, um, I think it is a bit of a shame.  Speaker 6: Back to your point, Rosemary, how old hydro is in terms of electricity generation. I, I went to go look up when Niagara River, Niagara Falls in, in the States first [00:31:00] started producing power, 1895. That’s how long we’ve been using water power in the States to create electricity. Hoover Dam, which also does something very similar, is in the 1930s, 1935, ’36, around that timeframe. So it’s almost been 100 years there too, 90 years. Yeah. It’s, it’s amazing. So you don’t plan for those, those pieces of, uh, infrastructure to run that long, but they do. That wraps up another episode of the Uptime Wind Energy podcast. And if today’s discussion sparked any questions or ideas, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us on LinkedIn, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. And if you found value in today’s conversation, please leave us a review. It really helps other wind energy professionals discover the show. For Rosie, Yolanda, and Matthew, I’m Allen Hall, and we’ll see you here next week on the Uptime Wind Energy [00:32:00] podcast.

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Fluent Fiction - Italian: Building Bonds on the Arctic Tundra: A Snowy Adventure Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/it/episode/2026-04-29-22-34-01-it Story Transcript:It: Sotto il sole di primavera, il cielo dell'Artica è di un blu cristallino.En: Under the spring sun, the Arctic sky is a crystal-clear blue.It: Il grande campo bianco della tundra si allunga a perdita d'occhio, punteggiato qua e là da macchie di ghiaccio brillante.En: The great white expanse of the tundra stretches as far as the eye can see, dotted here and there with patches of sparkling ice.It: Dante, Luca e Bianca si trovano in mezzo a questo paesaggio gelido, ansiosi di iniziare la loro impresa.En: Dante, Luca and Bianca find themselves in the middle of this icy landscape, eager to begin their undertaking.It: "Dobbiamo costruire un pupazzo di neve!"En: "We have to build a snowman!"It: esclamò Dante, il sorriso illuminato da tanta fiducia.En: exclaimed Dante, his smile illuminated by confidence.It: Vuole dimostrare che si può portare gioia ovunque, anche in un ambiente così ostile.En: He wants to show that joy can be brought anywhere, even in such a hostile environment.It: Luca, con le braccia incrociate, era scettico.En: Luca, with arms crossed, was skeptical.It: "La neve è troppo molle," borbottò.En: "The snow is too soft," he muttered.It: "Si scioglierà subito."En: "It will melt immediately."It: Bianca, sempre ottimista, cercava di mediare.En: Bianca, always optimistic, tried to mediate.It: "Possiamo provarci!En: "We can try!It: Chissà, potrebbe funzionare."En: Who knows, it might work."It: Iniziarono a radunare la neve, cercando di formare il corpo del pupazzo.En: They began to gather the snow, trying to form the body of the snowman.It: Ogni tentativo si dissolse in una pozzanghera ai loro piedi.En: Each attempt dissolved into a puddle at their feet.It: La neve di primavera non era abbastanza fredda per mantenere la sua forma.En: The spring snow wasn't cold enough to hold its shape.It: Dante non si lasciò scoraggiare.En: Dante didn't let himself be discouraged.It: "Facciamolo diventare un progetto di gruppo.En: "Let's make it a group project.It: Costruiamo una creatura di neve e ghiaccio!"En: Let's build a creature of snow and ice!"It: suggerì.En: he suggested.It: Luca alzò un sopracciglio, ma piano piano cominciò a interessarsi all'idea.En: Luca raised an eyebrow but slowly began to show interest in the idea.It: Insieme, raccolsero blocchi di ghiaccio più solido dai dintorni.En: Together, they collected more solid ice blocks from the surroundings.It: Bianca, con il suo riso contagioso, spinse gli amici a sperimentare: "Usiamo anche i rami!"En: Bianca, with her contagious laughter, urged her friends to experiment: "Let's also use the branches!"It: trovati sparsi nella tundra.En: found scattered in the tundra.It: Dopo ore di lavoro, la creatura prese forma.En: After hours of work, the creature took shape.It: Sembrava una strana scultura, ma aveva un suo fascino.En: It looked like a strange sculpture, but it had its own charm.It: I tre amici si misero accanto per una foto, soddisfatti del risultato finale.En: The three friends stood beside it for a photo, satisfied with the final result.It: Proprio in quel momento, un cucciolo di orso polare, curioso, si avvicinò saltellando.En: Just at that moment, a curious polar bear cub approached, hopping along.It: Con un colpo di zampa, abbatté la loro opera d'arte.En: With a swipe of its paw, it knocked down their work of art.It: Bianca scoppiò in una risata, contagiando anche Dante e Luca.En: Bianca burst into laughter, which soon spread to Dante and Luca.It: "Vedete?"En: "See?"It: disse Dante sorridendo.En: said Dante smiling.It: "Non importa se il pupazzo è caduto, ci siamo divertiti e questo è l'importante."En: "It doesn't matter if the snowman fell, we had fun, and that's what counts."It: Lasciarono la tundra con il cuore pieno, uniti più che mai.En: They left the tundra with full hearts, more united than ever.It: Avevano imparato che il vero successo è vissuto con amici che sanno trovare la felicità in qualsiasi situazione.En: They had learned that true success is experienced with friends who know how to find happiness in any situation.It: E così, Dante, Luca e Bianca tornarono a casa con un ricordo speciale, una storia da raccontare e un legame più forte.En: And so, Dante, Luca and Bianca returned home with a special memory, a story to tell, and a stronger bond.It: La vera vittoria era il loro viaggio insieme, non il pupazzo.En: The true victory was their journey together, not the snowman. Vocabulary Words:the expanse: il campothe tundra: la tundrato stretch: allungarsithe eye: l'occhioto dot: punteggiarethe undertaking: l'impresato exclaim: esclamarethe smile: il sorrisohostile: ostileskeptical: scetticoto mutter: borbottareto mediate: mediareto gather: radunarethe body: il corpothe puddle: la pozzangherato dissolve: dissolversidiscouraged: scoraggiatothe suggestion: il suggerimentoto raise an eyebrow: alzare un sopraccigliosolid: solidothe laughter: il risoto experiment: sperimentarescattered: sparsito take shape: prendere formathe sculpture: la sculturato stand beside: mettersi accantothe result: il risultatothe paw: la zampato knock down: abbattereto burst into laughter: scoppiare in una risata

Hello to you listening in Thune, Switzerland! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga. Maybe like me you've asked a friend for help in your hour of need. What did you get? “Just tie a knot in the end of your rope and hold on to that.” Sure, with enough rope to tie a knot and enough strength to hold on you might be okay; but what if nothing is all you have? Imagine this: 6 women and 2 young guides high in the frigid and snowy Canadian Rocky Mountains on an Outward Bound mountaineering expedition. Our task was to scale the face of a mountain in pairs by climbing, using strength, handholds, and the safety ropes the guides had secured far above us and out of sight beyond a cliff edge. Climbing up my partner froze dangling between the top and the rocky ground below. She stammered out: “I can't find anything to hold on to.” Time passed. And then the voice of one of our guides called out, “Grab it with both hands!” It worked! She got all the way to the top! And, rappelled back down! I can still see that smile of accomplishment on her astonished face when her boots touched the ground. But how did she do it? My partner found the help she was looking for- inside herself. She discovered a secret: when you can't find anything to hold on to, grab it with both hands! It works! You're always welcome: "Come for the stories - Stay for the magic!" Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, share a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, bring your friends and rellies, and join us! You will have wonderful company as we continue to walk our lives together. AND!  Stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website during reconstruction, check out the Communication Services, email me [info@quartermoonstoryarts.net] to arrange a no-obligation Discovery Call, and stay current with me as Quarter Moon Story Arts on Substack. Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts Music: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music ALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.  If you found this podcast episode helpful, please consider sharing and attributing it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source. 

Fluent Fiction - Hindi: Snowy Lessons on Friendship in Manali's Hidden Trails Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hi/episode/2026-04-27-22-34-01-hi Story Transcript:Hi: एक हरे-भरे पर्वतीय इलाके में बसे मनाली के सुंदर वादियों में वो खुशनुमा वसंत का दिन था।En: In the lush, mountainous region of Manali, it was a cheerful spring day amidst the beautiful valleys.Hi: आसमान नीला, घाटी में रंग-बिरंगे फूल, और पीछे बर्फ से ढके हिमालय पर्वत।En: The sky was blue, the valley was filled with colorful flowers, and the Himalaya mountains were covered in snow in the background.Hi: इसी खूबसूरत जगह पर, कुछ दोस्तों का समूह ट्रैकिंग के लिए एक साथ आया था।En: In this beautiful place, a group of friends had come together for trekking.Hi: इस समूह में थे - आरव और मीरा।En: In this group were Arav and Meera.Hi: आरव, एक जिंदादिल और साहसी लड़का था, जिसे हर वक्त कुछ नया और जोखिमभरा करने की चाह थी।En: Arav was a lively and adventurous boy, always eager to try something new and risky.Hi: वहीं मीरा, समझदार और सोच-समझ का पालन करने वाली, समूह की सुरक्षा को पहले देखती थी।En: On the other hand, Meera, wise and thoughtful, prioritized the safety of the group.Hi: उनका लक्ष्य था एक छिपी हुई पगडंडी पर जाना, जहाँ आरव ने सुना था कि तस्वीरें लेने के लिए कुछ अद्भुत दृश्य हैं।En: Their goal was to venture onto a hidden trail, where Arav had heard there were some amazing views for photography.Hi: मगर मीरा की योजना थोड़ी अलग थी।En: However, Meera's plan was a bit different.Hi: वह चाहती थी कि वे जल्दी वापस लौटें, ताकि मौसम के बदलाव में फँसे न रहें।En: She wanted them to return early to avoid getting caught in the changing weather.Hi: चलते-चलते अचानक आसमान में बादल छा गए।En: As they walked, clouds suddenly appeared in the sky.Hi: ठंड का अहसास होते ही बर्फ गिरने लगी।En: As they began to feel the cold, snow started to fall.Hi: गिरती बर्फ ने रास्ता फिसलनभरा बना दिया और दृश्यता कम होने लगी।En: The falling snow made the path slippery and reduced visibility.Hi: आरव की आंखों में चमक थी; वही आलोकीन दृश्य जिसका उसे इंतज़ार था।En: There was a sparkle in Arav's eyes; this was the thrilling view he had been waiting for.Hi: लेकिन मीरा चिंतित थी, "हमें लौटना होगा", उसने कहा।En: But Meera was concerned, "We need to head back," she said.Hi: आरव भले ही साहसी था, पर उसने मीरा की बात को नजरअंदाज करते हुए आगे बढ़ने का निश्चय किया।En: Though Arav was brave, he decided to ignore Meera's advice and move forward.Hi: "बस थोड़ा और, वहाँ दृश्य अद्भुत होगा", उसने उत्साहित होकर कहा।En: "Just a little further, the view there will be amazing," he said excitedly.Hi: लेकिन मीरा ने जोर दिया, "यहां सबकी सुरक्षा जरूरी है।"En: But Meera insisted, "Everyone's safety here is important."Hi: थोड़े बहुत तकरार के बाद, वे समूह को छोड़कर अलग हुए ताकि आरव अपनी ख्वाहिश पूरी कर सके।En: After some arguments, they decided to split from the group so Arav could fulfill his wish.Hi: बर्फबारी ने उन्हें जल्द ही अलग कर दिया।En: The snowfall soon separated them.Hi: आरव और मीरा का समूह से संपर्क टूट गया।En: Arav and Meera lost contact with the group.Hi: हालात खराब होते देख, दोनों ने एक-दूसरे पर निर्भर करना शुरू किया।En: Seeing the worsening conditions, they began to rely on each other.Hi: यह पहली बार था जब उन्हें संगठन और सहयोग की गंभीरता को महसूस हुआ।En: It was the first time they realized the seriousness of organization and cooperation.Hi: उन्होंने पास ही के एक पुराने केबिन में शरण ली।En: They took shelter in a nearby old cabin.Hi: उस छोटी सी जगह में, उन्होंने अपने मतभेदों को समझा।En: In that small space, they came to understand their differences.Hi: आखिरकार, समूह से दोबारा मिलकर, आरव ने महसूस किया कि सावधानी का भी अपना महत्व होता है।En: Finally, after reuniting with the group, Arav realized the significance of caution.Hi: मीरा ने भी जाना कि कभी-कभी परिस्थितियों को स्वयं संभालने का आत्मविश्वास रखना जरूरी होता है।En: Meera also learned that sometimes it's necessary to have the confidence to handle situations on one's own.Hi: इस तरह, ना केवल वह केबिन उनकी सुरक्षा का स्थान बना, बल्कि एक ऐसी जगह भी बन गया जहाँ से वह एक नई सौहार्द्र के साथ लौटे।En: This way, not only did the cabin become a place of safety for them, but it also became a place where they returned with a new sense of camaraderie.Hi: यह ट्रैकिंग की इस यात्रा ने आरव और मीरा की दोस्ती को एक नई दिशा दी, जिससे दोनों ने एक-दूसरे के विचारों को समझा और सराहा।En: This trekking journey gave Arav and Meera's friendship a new direction, allowing both to understand and appreciate each other's perspectives. Vocabulary Words:lush: हरे-भरेmountainous: पर्वतीयvalley: घाटीadventurous: साहसीrisky: जोखिमभराprioritized: पहले देखती थीhidden: छिपी हुईventure: लक्ष्यtrembling: फिसलनभराvisibility: दृश्यताthrilling: आलोकीनconcerned: चिंतितignore: नजरअंदाजfulfill: पूरा कर सकेcontact: संपर्कworsening: खराब होतेrely: निर्भरorganization: संगठनcooperation: सहयोगshelter: शरणcabin: केबिनreuniting: दुबारा मिलकरsignificance: महत्वcaution: सावधानीconfidence: आत्मविश्वासcamaraderie: सौहार्द्रperspectives: विचारोंappreciate: सराहाsparkle: चमकdifferent: अलग

The cost of Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to $42bn prompting calls for Royal Commission. Aidan Morrison, Director of Energy Research at the Centre For Independent Studies joins James Willis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of my favorite BJ Palmer 'stories' from my favorite Green Book, The Bigness of the Fellow Within, (1949), brings us back to chiropractic's roots. Come with Dr Rubin in a journey down the Green Book Lane episodes.

Inspired by our Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame discussion last week, we decided to test our Metal. Being trivia buffs, we came up with the idea of Aaron testing Snowy on his knowledge of said HOF. Essentially, Aaron threw out an artist and Snowy had to take an educated guess as to the year they went into the Hall. You'll be able to hear the wheels turning through your... The post Radioactive Metal 875: Name That Year appeared first on Shining Wizards Network.

Inspired by our Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame discussion last week, we decided to test our Metal. Being trivia buffs, we came up with the idea of Aaron testing Snowy on his knowledge of said HOF. Essentially, Aaron threw out an artist and Snowy had to take an educated guess as to the year they went into the Hall. You'll be able to hear the wheels turning through your device. In our "News, Views and Tunes", we pay tribute to Motorhead's Phil Campbell. Rest In Power!! Musically, we crank some Jello Biafra, Artillery, Repulsion, The Great Kat, Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper, Persian Risk, Poison Dollys, Blood Oath and we introduce TX thrashers Accuser in our "Indie Spotlight". Horns Up!!

The Snowy Days by Brandon by 826 Valencia

Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Spring's Snowy Surprise: Capturing Nature's Unexpected Beauty Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/no/episode/2026-03-29-22-34-01-no Story Transcript:No: Vigeland Park lå stille under vårens svake solskinn, og en mild bris bar med seg lukten av spirende blomster.En: Vigeland Park lay quiet under the faint spring sunshine, and a mild breeze carried with it the scent of budding flowers.No: Lars gikk ivrig ved siden av Helene.En: Lars walked eagerly beside Helene.No: Hans kamera hang trygt rundt halsen, og hvert skritt mot parkens midte føltes som et skritt nærmere dragen om perfeksjon i fotografiene.En: His camera hung securely around his neck, and each step toward the park's center felt like a step closer to the pursuit of perfection in photographs.No: Helene pustet dypt inn, hennes øyne sugde til seg hver nyanse grønt og hver gryende blomst.En: Helene took a deep breath, her eyes absorbing every shade of green and every budding flower.No: "Se," sa Lars, pekende mot en klynge med krokus som stakk hodet opp fra jorden.En: "Look," said Lars, pointing to a cluster of crocuses poking their heads up from the ground.No: "Dette er hva jeg kom for.En: "This is what I came for."No: " Helene nikket, hennes kjærlighet til naturen var åpenbar i blikket hennes.En: Helene nodded, her love for nature evident in her gaze.No: Plutselig, nesten uten varsel, begynte himmelen å endre seg.En: Suddenly, almost without warning, the sky began to change.No: Mørke skyer samlet seg over parken, og en sjelden vårsnø begynte å falle, gradvis til et blizzard.En: Dark clouds gathered over the park, and a rare spring snow began to fall, gradually turning into a blizzard.No: Lars stanset, vantro, mens snøen dekket de nylig ankomne vårtegnene.En: Lars paused, incredulous, as the snow covered the newly arrived signs of spring.No: "Vi kan ikke vente på at dette skal gå over," sa Helene, trekke jakken tett om seg.En: "We can't wait for this to pass," said Helene, pulling her jacket tightly around her.No: "Hva skal vi gjøre nå, Lars?En: "What do we do now, Lars?"No: "Lars stod en stund i dyp tanke.En: Lars stood for a while in deep thought.No: Han hadde sett fram til å fange vårens skjønnhet, men nå var alt tildekket av snø.En: He had been looking forward to capturing the beauty of spring, but now everything was covered by snow.No: Et øyeblikk vurderte han å vente, håpe at været ville klarne opp.En: For a moment, he considered waiting, hoping the weather would clear.No: Men så innså han noe annet.En: But then he realized something else.No: "Vent," sa Lars, øynene hans lyste opp med ny inspirasjon.En: "Wait," said Lars, his eyes lighting up with newfound inspiration.No: "Kanskje vi kan finne noe fantastisk i dette også.En: "Maybe we can find something amazing in this too."No: " Han hevet kameraet, begynte å fange bilder av de mektige skulpturene som stolt ruvet gjennom snødekke.En: He raised the camera, beginning to capture images of the mighty sculptures proudly towering through the snow cover.No: Helene fulgte ham gjennom parken, mens de utforsket hver krik og krok som var forvandlet av stormens uventede besøk.En: Helene followed him through the park as they explored every nook and cranny transformed by the storm's unexpected visit.No: Lars tok bilde etter bilde: statuefigurer omhyllet av snø, vindens kunst som bøyde trærne, vårens farger som tittet frem gjennom hvit dekkmantel.En: Lars took photo after photo: statue figures shrouded in snow, the wind's art bending the trees, spring colors peeking through the white blanket.No: Da stormen endelig roet seg, sto Lars og Helene og så utover parken.En: When the storm finally subsided, Lars and Helene stood looking over the park.No: Lerretet av vinter og vår var uventet, men likevel spektakulært.En: The canvas of winter and spring was unexpected, yet spectacular.No: Lars bladde gjennom bildene sine, og de var et levende bevis på naturens dualitet.En: Lars flipped through his pictures, and they were a living testament to nature's duality.No: "Det er vakkert," sa Helene stille.En: "It's beautiful," said Helene quietly.No: "Du har fanget noe spesielt, Lars.En: "You've captured something special, Lars."No: "Lars smilte til hennes anerkjennelse og forstod plutselig verdien av spontanitet og det å finne skjønnhet i det uventede.En: Lars smiled at her acknowledgment and suddenly understood the value of spontaneity and finding beauty in the unexpected.No: Han hadde lært seg å tilpasse seg, å omfavne uplanlagt skjønnhet.En: He had learned to adapt, to embrace unplanned beauty.No: Snøstormen, som først hadde vært hans motstander, ble nå hans mest dyrebare allierte i jakten på kunstnerisk uttrykk.En: The snowstorm, which had initially been his adversary, now became his most cherished ally in the pursuit of artistic expression.No: Der, i Vigeland Park, fikk Lars en ny forståelse for verden rundt seg.En: There, in Vigeland Park, Lars gained a new understanding of the world around him.No: Han så på Helene, og de delte et stille øyeblikk av erkjennelse.En: He looked at Helene, and they shared a silent moment of realization.No: Nytelsen de fant i øyeblikket var kanskje det mest naturlige av alt.En: The enjoyment they found in the moment was perhaps the most natural of all. Vocabulary Words:faint: svakebreeze: brisbudding: spirendeeagerly: ivrigpursuit: dragenabsorbing: sugde til segcluster: klyngepoking: stakkgaze: blikketincredulous: vantroadversary: motstandercherished: dyrebaretransform: forvandletshrouded: omhylletspectacular: spektakulærtrealization: erkjennelsemild: mildsecurely: trygtgradually: gradvisinspiration: inspirasjontowering: ruvetexplored: utforsketnook: krikcranny: kroksubside: roet segcanvas: lerretettestament: bevisembrace: omfavnespontaneity: spontanitetuntethered: uplanlagt

“Gravestone”: When three women on a winter hike stumble into a snow-covered graveyard and one accidentally dances on a grave, what follows will make them question everything they thought they knew about the boundary between the living and the dead. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0612CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Revenge” (July 01, 1977)00:45:40.848 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Gravestone” (July 06, 1942) ***WD01:14:57.426 = The Diary of Fate, “Rollie Andrews” (August 08, 1948) ***WD01:41:54.477 = Dimension X, “Destination Moon” (June 24, 1950) ***WD02:10:13.629 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Journey Into The Unknown” (November 21, 1944)02:21:20.118 = The Eleventh Hour, “Threatening Letter” (April 07, 1948)02:47:38.932 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949)03:16:14.189 = Murder By Experts, “Summer Heat” (June 13, 1949) ***WD03:45:43.217 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Sound Decision, aka the Martian Queen” (April 02, 1958)04:01:48.800 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD04:32:48.181 = Dark Fantasy, “Delicate Case of Murder” (February 20, 1942)04:57:06.597 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy."I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0612

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 24th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer and presenter: Michael Walsh

Tra il 1949 e il 1974, il governo australiano realizzò uno dei progetti più ambiziosi della sua storia: un enorme complesso idroelettrico conosciuto come lo Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Ma il costo in vite umane fu grande: dei 121 operai che persero la vita durante i 25 anni in cui il cantiere rimase aperto, 27 erano italiani.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 18th of March, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in that very special psalm, Psalm 23:3:“He leads me in the paths of righteousness...” Then we go to Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” We need to understand that we have a responsibility as parents, even as young people, to lead our fellowman in the ways of the Lord. Do you know the old matriarch elephant? Yes, the bull protects the herd and breeds with the females, but there is a matriarch in the herds of elephants, and she is the dominant animal in that herd. She is the one that teaches her young their way and she leads them, and she leads them because her mother before her has shown her the right way to walk.Now, in Africa, we have some terrible droughts. The rain goes away, the rivers dry up, the waterholes start drying up, and that is where the matriarch remembers. The elephant has an incredible memory that her mother showed her the way when she was a young elephant, the way to go and find those sources of water in the time of drought. She will lead the herd, all the way, sometimes forty, fifty, a hundred kilometres, and it will be something that she was taught when she was a young baby elephant. She never, ever forgets the way.Now, Jesus Christ said in John 14:6: “I am the way”. Please parents, teach your children the way of the Lord, and they will never forget it, even if they go into the far country (I have been there myself), they will remember! "Granny used to nurse me on her knee when I was a small little girl or boy and she used to read Bible stories to me." She used to sing Christian songs. We have a little book called “Snowy”. It is all about my horse, and I want to tell you, little children love that book. They sit and they look at the pictures and then granny will tell them the story about Snowy. I want to say to you today, please, take time out. Maybe you have a friend at university who has lost the way. Tell them the way because Jesus will lead them in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.Have a wonderful day,God bless you and goodbye.

Brian From reflects on a snowy Midwest morning, a memorable night taking his daughter to see Hamilton, and the fleeting moments that shape family life. He also honors the legacy of evangelical leader John Perkins, celebrates stories of faith in action, and reacts to everything from March Madness to viral internet headlines. Along the way, Fromm encourages listeners to slow down, embrace rest, and trust that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Snowy Start to Our Day (03/16/26) by 96.5 WKLH

The income tax heads to Bob Ferguson’s desk. Seattle Times cartoonist Dave Horsey reduces female officials to ‘Barbies,’ brands Jewish Stephen Miller ‘Mein Kampf Ken.’ President Trump offers life advice to young people. // Big Local: An Edmonds sushi restaurant is having some refigeration issues after copper pipes. Snowy conditions are causing problems at SeaTac airport. // Fridays with Jake Skorheim

A Wisconsin woman with no criminal record is being held in ICE detention after she was taken into custody at a routine immigration check-in. Wisconsin officials are fighting a federal lawsuit that's seeking voter information. And, here's snow on the way this weekend and forecasts say up to a foot and a half could fall in some parts of the state.

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: Siblings Unite on Snowy Slopes: A Skiing Adventure Tale Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sv/episode/2026-03-13-22-34-01-sv Story Transcript:Sv: På toppen av Åres snötäckta berg låg en liten stuga, omgiven av majestätiska granar och gnistrande snö.En: At the top of Åre's snow-covered mountains was a small cabin, surrounded by majestic fir trees and sparkling snow.Sv: Elden sprakade varmt i kaminen, och kontrasterade den kalla, friska bergsluften utanför.En: The fire crackled warmly in the stove, contrasting with the cold, fresh mountain air outside.Sv: Här bodde Sofia och Lars, syskon som var på skidsemester med familjen.En: Here lived Sofia and Lars, siblings who were on a skiing holiday with their family.Sv: Sofia älskade äventyr.En: Sofia loved adventure.Sv: Skidor var hennes favorit, och hon tävlade alltid med sig själv för att bli bättre.En: Skiing was her favorite, and she always competed with herself to get better.Sv: Lars däremot kände sig tryggare inomhus, med en bok i handen, sittandes nära brasan.En: Lars, on the other hand, felt safer indoors, with a book in his hand, sitting close to the fire.Sv: Sofia såg längtande ut genom fönstret mot de böljande skidbackarna.En: Sofia looked longingly out the window at the rolling ski slopes.Sv: Hon vände sig mot Lars, som satt djupt försjunken i sin bok.En: She turned to Lars, who was deeply engrossed in his book.Sv: "Kom igen, Lars!En: "Come on, Lars!Sv: Låt oss ta en tur i backen.En: Let's take a run on the slope.Sv: Det är jätteroligt!"En: It's so much fun!"Sv: utbrast hon entusiastiskt.En: she exclaimed enthusiastically.Sv: Lars tittade upp med tvekan.En: Lars looked up with hesitation.Sv: "Jag vet inte, Sofia.En: "I don't know, Sofia.Sv: Jag är rädd att jag ska ramla och göra mig illa," svarade han.En: I'm afraid I'll fall and hurt myself," he replied.Sv: Sofia funderade en stund.En: Sofia thought for a moment.Sv: Hon ville verkligen att Lars skulle få uppleva hur underbart det kunde vara att susa nerför en backe.En: She really wanted Lars to experience how wonderful it could be to glide down a slope.Sv: Men hon förstod också hans oro.En: But she also understood his concern.Sv: Hon bestämde sig.En: She made a decision.Sv: "Vi kan börja på en lätt backe.En: "We can start on an easy slope.Sv: Jag lovar att det kommer vara kul och tryggt.En: I promise it will be fun and safe.Sv: Om du inte gillar det, kan vi alltid gå tillbaka," föreslog Sofia med ett lugnande leende.En: If you don't like it, we can always go back," suggested Sofia with a reassuring smile.Sv: Lars tvekade fortfarande, men han litade på sin storasyster.En: Lars still hesitated, but he trusted his big sister.Sv: Tillsammans begav de sig ut, mot den mjuka lilla backen nära stugan.En: Together they ventured out towards the gentle little hill near the cabin.Sv: Snön knarrade under deras pjäxor när de sakta tog sig till starten av backen.En: The snow crunched under their boots as they slowly made their way to the start of the slope.Sv: "Se här, Lars," sa Sofia och visade honom ett enkelt sätt att stå på skidorna.En: "Look here, Lars," said Sofia, showing him a simple way to stand on the skis.Sv: Hon började lekfullt glida ned i långsamt tempo, sicksackande mellan små snöhögar.En: She began to playfully glide down at a slow pace, zigzagging between small snow piles.Sv: Lars såg på henne och tog ett djupt andetag.En: Lars watched her and took a deep breath.Sv: Hans hjärtslag lugnade sig när han såg hennes trygga rörelser.En: His heartbeat calmed as he saw her confident movements.Sv: Sakta men säkert följde han hennes exempel.En: Slowly but surely, he followed her example.Sv: I början lite ostadig, men snart med ökande självförtroende.En: At first a bit unsteady, but soon with growing confidence.Sv: Tillsammans gled de nerför backen.En: Together they slid down the slope.Sv: Sofia fylldes av glädje när hon såg Lars le.En: Sofia was filled with joy when she saw Lars smiling.Sv: "Du kan göra det, Lars!En: "You can do it, Lars!Sv: Du klarar det jättebra!"En: You're doing great!"Sv: ropade hon uppmuntrande.En: she shouted encouragingly.Sv: När de nådde botten, tittade Lars på Sofia och log bredt.En: When they reached the bottom, Lars looked at Sofia and beamed.Sv: "Det var ju riktigt kul," medgav han och kände stolthet över att han vågat prova.En: "That was really fun," he admitted, feeling proud that he had dared to try.Sv: De återvände till stugan, och medan kvällen sänkte sig över de snöklädda bergen, kände Sofia att hon förstått Lars bättre.En: They returned to the cabin, and as evening descended over the snow-covered mountains, Sofia felt that she understood Lars better.Sv: Samtidigt kände Lars sig modigare, redo att utforska mer på nästa skidtur.En: At the same time, Lars felt braver, ready to explore more on the next ski trip.Sv: De var båda glada över att ha delat denna upplevelse.En: They were both happy to have shared this experience.Sv: Syskonparet satt i den varma stugan, fortfarande fnittrande av dagens äventyr, med bergens storslagna silhuett utanför fönstret.En: The siblings sat in the warm cabin, still giggling from the day's adventure, with the grand silhouette of the mountains outside the window.Sv: Tillsammans hade de upplevt något speciellt och funnit en ny gemenskap i skidbackarna i Åre.En: Together they had experienced something special and found a new bond on the slopes in Åre. Vocabulary Words:majestic: majestätiskasparkling: gnistrandecrackled: sprakadecontrasting: kontrasteradesiblings: syskonadventure: äventyrcompeted: tävladeengrossed: försjunkenhesitation: tvekanexperience: upplevawonderful: underbartglide: susaconcern: ororeassuring: lugnandeventure: begavgentle: mjukacrunched: knarradeplayfully: lekfulltzigzagging: sicksackandeunsteady: ostadigencouragingly: uppmuntrandebeamed: log bredtproud: stolthetdared: vågatdescended: sänkte sigwarm cabin: varma stuganstill giggling: fortfarande fnittrandegrand silhouette: storslagna silhuettbond: gemenskapshared: delat

From dozens of names submitted, Joliet elementary school and junior high students selected the names of three new snowplows to be: "Plowasaurus Rex", "Snow Buster", and "Blizzard Wizard". Greg Ruddy, the Director of the Joliet Department of Public Works says the students were very creative and imaginative and there may be opportunities for naming more snowplows next winter.

Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: A Snowy Romance Springs in Oslo's Sculptured Haven Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/no/episode/2026-03-04-23-34-02-no Story Transcript:No: Det var en kald vinterdag i Oslo.En: It was a cold winter day in Oslo.No: Sverre og Astrid møttes ved inngangen til Vigelandsparken.En: Sverre and Astrid met at the entrance to Vigelandsparken.No: Sverre hadde valgt denne parken for deres første date, i håp om at de berømte skulpturene ville skape en romantisk stemning.En: Sverre had chosen this park for their first date, hoping that the famous sculptures would create a romantic atmosphere.No: Snøen dekket bakken som et hvitt teppe, og luften var skarp og kjølig.En: The snow covered the ground like a white carpet, and the air was sharp and chilly.No: Sverre var litt nervøs.En: Sverre was a bit nervous.No: Han ville gjøre et godt inntrykk på Astrid.En: He wanted to make a good impression on Astrid.No: Han hadde tatt på seg sin varmeste jakke og et skjerf han håpet så bra ut.En: He had put on his warmest jacket and a scarf he hoped looked good.No: Astrid, på sin side, utstrålte selvtillit.En: Astrid, on her part, radiated confidence.No: Hun var nysgjerrig på Sverre og ville finne ut om de hadde en ekte forbindelse.En: She was curious about Sverre and wanted to find out if they had a genuine connection.No: De begynte å spasere langs de snødekte gangveiene, omgitt av Gustav Vigelands skulpturer.En: They began to stroll along the snow-covered pathways, surrounded by Gustav Vigeland's sculptures.No: Sverre prøvde å snakke lett om kunsten, men hans indre tvil svevde stadig i bakgrunnen.En: Sverre tried to speak lightly about the art, but his inner doubts constantly hovered in the background.No: Var han interessant nok for Astrid?En: Was he interesting enough for Astrid?No: Vinterkulda begynte å bite, og de ble enige om at det var for kaldt til å stå ute i lengre tid.En: The winter chill began to bite, and they agreed that it was too cold to stand outside for much longer.No: Sverre bestemte seg for å foreslå en tur til en nærliggende kafé for varm sjokolade.En: Sverre decided to suggest a trip to a nearby café for hot chocolate.No: "Kanskje vi skal varme oss litt?En: "Maybe we should warm up a bit?"No: " foreslo Sverre.En: Sverre suggested.No: Astrid smilte varmt og nikket enig.En: Astrid smiled warmly and nodded in agreement.No: På kafeen ble stemningen mer avslappet.En: At the café, the atmosphere became more relaxed.No: Sverre og Astrid satt med ryggen til vinduet, betraktet snøfnuggene som sakte falt utenfor.En: Sverre and Astrid sat with their backs to the window, watching the snowflakes slowly fall outside.No: Den varme drikken hjalp Sverre å slappe av, og Astrid begynte å dele flere historier om seg selv.En: The warm drink helped Sverre to relax, and Astrid began to share more stories about herself.No: De lo og oppdaget flere felles interesser, noe som gjorde samtalen lettere.En: They laughed and discovered more common interests, which made the conversation easier.No: Øyeblikket de delte på kafeen brøt isen.En: The moment they shared at the café broke the ice.No: Både Sverre og Astrid følte at noe spesielt kunne vokse mellom dem.En: Both Sverre and Astrid felt that something special could grow between them.No: De bestemte seg for å møtes igjen.En: They decided to meet again.No: Da de forlot kafeen, lå en ny stemning over dem—en følelse av håp og forventning.En: As they left the café, a new atmosphere lingered over them—a feeling of hope and expectation.No: Sverres selvtillit vokste, og han hadde et lettsmil om munnen.En: Sverre's confidence grew, and he wore a light smile on his face.No: Astrid var spent på å se hva som kunne utvikle seg fra dette.En: Astrid was excited to see what could develop from this.No: I den kalde vinterdagen, blant Oslo's skulpturer og snødekte gater, begynte noe nytt og lovende.En: On the cold winter day, among Oslo's sculptures and snow-covered streets, something new and promising began. Vocabulary Words:sculptures: skulpturerromantic: romantiskimpression: inntrykkradiated: utstrålteconfidence: selvtillitgenuine: ektestroll: spaserepathways: gangveienehovered: svevdebite: bitesuggest: foreslårelaxed: avslappetback: ryggensnowflakes: snøfnuggenewindow: vinduetstories: historiercommon: fellesinterests: interesserconversation: samtalenice: isenhope: håpexpectation: forventningconfidence grew: selvtillit vokstepromising: lovendemeet: møteslinger: låsharp: skarpchilly: kjøligdiscover: oppdagetdevelop: utvikle

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: A Journey to Connection: Breaking Silence on Snowy Roads Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2026-02-28-08-38-20-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De kleine auto reed langzaam over de besneeuwde weg van de Veluwe.En: The small car drove slowly over the snowy road of the Veluwe.Nl: De wereld buiten was wit en stil, maar binnen de auto klonk het lawaai van een gesprek dat maar geen einde leek te kennen.En: The world outside was white and silent, but inside the car, the noise of a conversation that seemed endless could be heard.Nl: Klaas zat vooraan, naast zijn vader Jan, die de auto bestuurde.En: Klaas sat in the front, next to his father Jan, who was driving.Nl: Achterin zat zijn zus Sophie, die de stilte met gemak doorbrak met haar aanstekelijke lach en eindeloze verhalen.En: In the back seat was his sister Sophie, who easily broke the silence with her infectious laughter and endless stories.Nl: Klaas voelde zich opgesloten.En: Klaas felt trapped.Nl: Tussen de stapels koffers en zakken vol snacks was er nauwelijks ruimte voor rust.En: Among the piles of suitcases and bags full of snacks, there was barely any room for peace.Nl: Hij staarde uit het raam, in de hoop enige kalmte te vinden in het winterse landschap.En: He stared out the window, hoping to find some calm in the winter landscape.Nl: Het enige dat hij wilde, was stilte.En: All he wanted was silence.Nl: Maar Sophie en Jan dachten daar anders over.En: But Sophie and Jan thought otherwise.Nl: "Heb je dat gezien, Klaas?" vroeg Sophie enthousiast vanaf de achterbank.En: "Did you see that, Klaas?" asked Sophie excitedly from the backseat.Nl: "Die sneeuwpop daar was gigantisch!" Haar ogen glinsterden van opwinding.En: "That snowman was gigantic!" Her eyes sparkled with excitement.Nl: Klaas mompelde iets onverstaanbaars als antwoord en bleef naar buiten kijken.En: Klaas mumbled something unintelligible in response and kept looking outside.Nl: Hij hoopte dat Sophie het zou opgeven, maar haar stem bleef onverminderd vrolijk.En: He hoped Sophie would give up, but her voice remained cheerfully unchanged.Nl: "Klaas, kom op, praat een beetje met ons," drong Jan aan.En: "Come on, Klaas, talk a bit with us," urged Jan.Nl: Zijn ogen flitsten even opzij, terwijl hij de auto behendig over de gladde weg stuurde.En: His eyes flicked briefly to the side as he skillfully maneuvered the car over the slippery road.Nl: Klaas bromde slechts en haalde zijn schouders op.En: Klaas merely grumbled and shrugged his shoulders.Nl: De auto kwam plotseling tot stilstand.En: The car suddenly came to a stop.Nl: Een lange rij auto's voor hen betekende file.En: A long line of cars in front of them meant a traffic jam.Nl: Klaas zuchtte diep.En: Klaas sighed deeply.Nl: De drukte in zijn hoofd leek nu ook buiten de auto een realiteit te worden.En: The chaos in his head now seemed to become a reality outside the car as well.Nl: Hij kon de hoofdstroom van gesprekken en grappen om hem heen niet langer negeren.En: He could no longer ignore the stream of conversations and jokes around him.Nl: "Echt typisch," mopperde hij.En: "Really typical," he grumbled.Nl: "Natuurlijk komen we vast te zitten." Zijn woorden waren doordrenkt van sarcasme.En: "Of course, we're getting stuck." His words were soaked with sarcasm.Nl: Jan probeerde de situatie luchtig te houden.En: Jan tried to keep the mood light.Nl: "Ach, het hoort erbij," zei hij.En: "Ah, it's all part of it," he said.Nl: "We maken er het beste van!"En: "We'll make the best of it!"Nl: Sophie leefde op bij deze woorden en begon luidkeels liedjes te zingen.En: Sophie perked up at these words and began singing loudly.Nl: Klaas voelde hoe irritatie zich langzaam maar zeker opbouwde. Totdat hij het niet meer kon inhouden.En: Klaas felt his irritation slowly but surely building until he couldn't hold it in anymore.Nl: "Kunnen jullie alsjeblieft stil zijn?" riep hij gefrustreerd.En: "Can you please be quiet?" he called out in frustration.Nl: "Ik wil gewoon even rust!"En: "I just want some peace!"Nl: De spanning in de auto werd ineens voelbaar, zoals de kou buiten.En: The tension in the car suddenly became palpable, like the cold outside.Nl: Sophie keek geschrokken en Jan fronste zijn wenkbrauwen.En: Sophie looked shocked, and Jan furrowed his brow.Nl: De stilte die volgde was zwaarder dan Klaas had verwacht.En: The silence that followed was heavier than Klaas had anticipated.Nl: Na een korte stilte begon Jan rustig te spreken.En: After a short silence, Jan began to speak calmly.Nl: "Ik begrijp je wel, Klaas.En: "I understand you, Klaas.Nl: Maar soms is het goed om gewoon mee te doen.En: But sometimes it's good to just join in.Nl: Je weet nooit wat voor moois eruit kan komen."En: You never know what wonderful things might come out of it."Nl: Klaas was verrast door zijn vader's rustige toon.En: Klaas was surprised by his father's calm tone.Nl: Hij realiseerde zich dat hij misschien te snel oordeelde.En: He realized he might have judged too quickly.Nl: Sophie sloeg haar armen om zijn nek, onverwacht en oprecht.En: Sophie wrapped her arms around his neck, unexpectedly and sincerely.Nl: "Het is oké, Klaas," zei ze zacht.En: "It's okay, Klaas," she said softly.Nl: "We houden van je, zelfs als je soms een beetje chagrijnig bent."En: "We love you, even if you're a bit grumpy sometimes."Nl: De rij auto's begon weer te bewegen, langzaam maar zeker.En: The line of cars began to move again, slowly but surely.Nl: Binnen in de auto voelde het lichter, alsof er iets veranderd was.En: Inside the car, it felt lighter, as if something had changed.Nl: Klaas keek naar zijn zus en zijn vader.En: Klaas looked at his sister and father.Nl: Misschien was het tijd om niet meer alleen naar buiten te kijken, maar ook naar hen.En: Maybe it was time to stop looking only outside, but also at them.Nl: Hij glimlachte zachtjes en nam een hap van een broodje dat Sophie hem aanreikte.En: He smiled softly and took a bite of a sandwich that Sophie handed him.Nl: Ondanks de chaos, was het eigenlijk best gezellig.En: Despite the chaos, it was actually quite cozy.Nl: Klaas voelde zich iets warmer vanbinnen, en terwijl de auto verder reed, besefte hij dat het tijd was om een beetje meer contact te maken.En: Klaas felt a bit warmer inside, and as the car drove further, he realized it was time to connect a little more.Nl: Door de kou, door de sneeuw, de auto reed verder, maar het hart van Klaas was een beetje ontdooid.En: Through the cold, through the snow, the car drove on, but Klaas's heart had thawed a little bit. Vocabulary Words:infectious: aanstekelijkegigantic: gigantischunintelligible: onverstaanbaarsmaneuvered: behendigtrapped: opgeslotenfurrowed: fronstepalpable: voelbaarthawed: ontdooideskilfully: behendigsarcasm: sarcasmeperked: leefde opclam: kalmtefrustration: frustratiechaos: chaossincere: oprechtirritation: irritatiecalmly: rustigshoulders: schoudersbrother: broersilence: stilteurge: drongenconversation: gesprekfurrow: fronstgesture: gebaarenthusiasm: enthousiasmesparkled: glinsterdenchaotic: chaotischdifference: verschilsnacks: snacksjokes: grappen

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: From Snowy Doubts to Illuminated Dreams at Yiheyuan Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-02-27-08-38-20-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 在寒冷的冬天，颐和园被皑皑白雪覆盖。En: In the cold winter, the Yiheyuan was covered with a blanket of white snow.Zh: 灯笼节的喜庆气氛让园中每一个角落都散发出温暖的光辉，尤其是在昆明湖的冰面上，灯笼的倒影让夜色显得格外美丽。En: The festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival spread a warm glow to every corner of the garden, especially on the ice surface of Kunming Lake, where the reflections of the lanterns made the night scene exceptionally beautiful.Zh: 丽华是一位年轻的艺术家，她来到颐和园寻找创作的灵感。En: Lihua is a young artist who came to the Yiheyuan to seek inspiration for her creations.Zh: 她的好友珍是一个热爱历史的导游，知道这里每一个角落和故事。En: Her friend Zhen is a history-loving tour guide who knows every corner and story here.Zh: 丽华有些紧张，因为她即将要举办自己的画展，总觉得还没有准备好。En: Lihua was a bit nervous because she was about to host her own art exhibition and felt that she was not yet ready.Zh: “丽华，别担心，你的画一定会很棒。”珍温柔地安慰道，两人在雪地上缓缓前行。En: “Lihua, don't worry, your paintings will definitely be great.” Zhen gently comforted her as the two walked slowly through the snow.Zh: 他们在一座古老的石桥上停下，这时，他们遇到了明。En: They stopped at an ancient stone bridge, and it was there they encountered Ming.Zh: 他是一个同样来度假的医生，留心观察四周的他默默融入了这座历史悠久的园林。En: He was a doctor also on vacation, who quietly blended into the historical garden with keen observation of the surroundings.Zh: 然而，一个意外的医疗紧急情况突然发生。En: However, an unexpected medical emergency suddenly occurred.Zh: 明在长廊上滑倒，似乎是脚扭伤了，难以站立。En: Ming slipped in the corridor and appeared to have sprained his ankle, making it difficult for him to stand.Zh: 丽华和珍都吃了一惊，这让丽华的焦虑更加严重。En: Both Lihua and Zhen were taken aback, which intensified Lihua's anxiety.Zh: 她心跳加速，不知如何应对。En: Her heart raced, unsure of how to respond.Zh: “丽华，我们得帮他。”珍在一旁鼓励她。En: “Lihua, we need to help him,” encouraged Zhen beside her.Zh: 尽管感到不安，丽华强迫自己冷静下来。En: Despite feeling uneasy, Lihua forced herself to remain calm.Zh: 她回忆起画画时的细致观察，立刻寻找周围能提供帮助的人和物。En: She recalled her detailed observations during painting and immediately looked for people and objects around that could help.Zh: 她迅速找到了一名工作人员，并用简单的词语描述了情况，引导工作人员去找急救设备。En: She quickly found a staff member and described the situation with simple words, guiding the staff to fetch emergency equipment.Zh: 随着救护车的到来，明被稳定住，他对两人表达了无尽的感激。En: With the arrival of the ambulance, Ming was stabilized, and he expressed endless gratitude to the two of them.Zh: 那晚，三人一起参加了灯笼节，一盏盏灯笼在夜空中绽放，照亮了他们的脸庞和新建立的友情。En: That night, the three of them attended the Lantern Festival together, as one lantern after another bloomed in the night sky, illuminating their faces and their newly formed friendship.Zh: 丽华意识到，通过面对这个突发事件，她的焦虑反而成为了一种力量，为她的创作注入了新的深度和灵感。En: Lihua realized that by facing this unexpected event, her anxiety had instead become a strength, injecting new depth and inspiration into her creations.Zh: 她不仅证明了自己可以战胜内心的恐惧，还收获了新的友谊和信心。En: She not only proved that she could overcome her inner fears but also gained new friendships and confidence.Zh: 颐和园的夜晚笼罩在灯光与笑声中。En: The night at the Yiheyuan was shrouded in light and laughter.Zh: 丽华望向天空，满怀期待地迎接即将到来的展览。En: Lihua looked up at the sky, full of anticipation for the upcoming exhibition. Vocabulary Words:blanket: 皑皑lantern: 灯笼inspiration: 灵感host: 举办exhibition: 画展ancient: 古老corridor: 长廊sprained: 扭伤emergency: 紧急情况observations: 观察staff member: 工作人员expressed: 表达endless: 无尽blooms: 绽放illuminating: 照亮anticipation: 期待shrouded: 笼罩suddenly: 突然seeking: 寻找festival: 节anxiety: 焦虑overcome: 战胜depth: 深度unfolding: 展开steadily: 缓缓encountered: 遇到strength: 力量confidence: 信心reflections: 倒影vacation: 度假

Kosher Kid's content for Jewish people! Here's The Adventures of Zevy & Zaidy.Hillel earned only a half-dinar a day, spending half on his family and the other half to learn Torah, but when he had no work one Friday he was denied entry to the Bet Midrash. Determined to learn, he climbed onto the roof to listen through the skylight and remained there through a freezing night until snow covered him completely...Lchaim Kids Hotline: 605-562-5555More to come!If you'd like to help us write our next story please send an email to ⁠hi@livinglchaim.com⁠Parents you can check out all our podcasts on LivingLchaim.comCastGuard: Moishe IngberHillel: Menachem IngberZevy: Zechariah SternZaidy: Yitzie IngberZehava: Chava SternNeighbor's Daugher: Atara Stern Neighbor: Yitzie ingberMen in the shul: Yitzie ingberThe Pigeon: Moishe Gold#ZZMore here: https://www.livinglchaim.com/Lchaim!

Fluent Fiction - Hungarian: Embracing the Unexpected: A Snowy Retreat's Hidden Beauty Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hu/episode/2026-02-25-23-34-02-hu Story Transcript:Hu: Téli fagy borította be a magyar vidéket, ahol Ágota vezette a spirituális elvonulást.En: Winter frost covered the Hungarian countryside, where Ágota led the spiritual retreat.Hu: A helyszínen csend honolt, fenyőfák mormogtak a szél susogásával.En: Silence reigned at the location, pine trees murmured with the whisper of the wind.Hu: Ágota izgatott és kissé ideges volt.En: Ágota was excited and a little nervous.Hu: Első önálló hétvégi meditációs workshopját tartotta, és mindent tökéletesen akart csinálni.En: She was holding her first independent weekend meditation workshop and wanted to do everything perfectly.Hu: Az elvonulásra számos résztvevő érkezett.En: Numerous participants arrived for the retreat.Hu: László, az állandóan elfoglalt bankár, alig várta, hogy kiszakadjon a napi rohanásból.En: László, the perpetually busy banker, couldn't wait to break away from the daily hustle.Hu: Judit, az idősödő művész, művészi szenvedélyének újjáélesztését kívánta.En: Judit, the aging artist, desired to rekindle her artistic passion.Hu: A péntek este eseménydúsan telt, a résztvevők ismerkedtek egymással.En: Friday evening was eventful, as participants got to know each other.Hu: Ágota vezette a bevezető meditációt, amely segített mindenkinek megérkezni és lecsitulni.En: Ágota led the introductory meditation, which helped everyone arrive and calm down.Hu: A dolgok jól alakultak, míg be nem borult az ég, és a hó szakadni kezdett.En: Things were going well until the sky clouded over and the snow began to pour.Hu: Másnap reggel Ágota ébredés után aggodalmas arcokat talált.En: The next morning, Ágota found anxious faces upon waking.Hu: A hó teljesen elzárta az utakat, senki sem tudott semerre menni.En: The snow had completely blocked the roads, and no one could go anywhere.Hu: Az előzetes tervek szétfutottak, a résztvevőkben fokozódott a nyugtalanság.En: The previous plans unraveled, and unease grew among the participants.Hu: Ágota belépett a meditációs terembe.En: Ágota entered the meditation room.Hu: "Tartsuk fenn a nyugalmunkat," mondta mosolyogva.En: "Let's maintain our calm," she said with a smile.Hu: Bár belül ő is izgult, elhatározta, hogy nem fog veszni hagyni az elvonulást.En: Although she was nervous inside, she was determined not to let the retreat go to waste.Hu: Megtanította a csoportot a rugalmasság és alkalmazkodóképesség fontosságára.En: She taught the group the importance of flexibility and adaptability.Hu: „Engedjük el a terveinket, és fedezzünk fel valami újat,” mondta.En: "Let's release our plans and discover something new," she said.Hu: Aznap délután Ágota egy különleges meditációt vezetett a hó alatt.En: That afternoon, Ágota led a special meditation under the snow.Hu: A csoport csendben ült, a fehér hópelyhek lágyan szállingóztak körülöttük.En: The group sat in silence, with the white snowflakes softly swirling around them.Hu: Mindannyian egy újfajta energiát éreztek.En: They all felt a new kind of energy.Hu: A kis bosszúságok elolvadtak, mintha soha nem is lettek volna.En: The minor annoyances melted away, as if they had never existed.Hu: A hétvége végére a résztvevők mélyen kapcsolódtak egymáshoz és önmagukhoz.En: By the end of the weekend, the participants had deeply connected with each other and themselves.Hu: László napi rutinjától eltávolodva megtalálta a békét, amire szüksége volt.En: László, distanced from his daily routine, found the peace he needed.Hu: Judit új ötletekkel és inspirációkkal tért haza.En: Judit returned home with new ideas and inspiration.Hu: Amint elérkezett a vasárnap, az utak szabaddá váltak.En: As Sunday arrived, the roads became clear.Hu: A hó lassan eltűnt, ahogy a résztvevők távoztak.En: The snow slowly disappeared as the participants departed.Hu: Ágota boldogan nézett utánuk.En: Ágota watched them leave happily.Hu: Megtanulta, hogy néha az igazi szépség az előre nem látott pillanatokban rejlik.En: She learned that sometimes true beauty lies in unforeseen moments.Hu: Örömmel várta a következő elvonulást, újfajta magabiztossággal és bölcsességgel.En: She was eagerly looking forward to the next retreat, with newfound confidence and wisdom. Vocabulary Words:frost: fagycountryside: vidékretreat: elvonulássilence: csendwhisper: susogásnervous: idegesindependent: önállóperpetually: állandóanhustle: rohanásrekindle: újjáélesztéseventful: eseménydúsintroductory: bevezetőclouded: be nem borultanxious: aggodalmasunraveled: szétfutottakunease: nyugtalanságmaintain: fenn (tartsák)flexibility: rugalmasságadaptability: alkalmazkodóképességrelease: elengedjükswirling: szállingóztakannoyances: bosszúságokdisconnected: eltávolodvaforeseen: előre nem látottconfidence: magabiztosságwisdom: bölcsességenergy: energiainspiration: inspirációdeparted: távoztakdisappeared: eltűnt

As we're thawing out from this week's blizzard – and shoveling out our cars and sidewalks – take a break and watch a Philly movie. Today is a great day to curl up and listen back to host Trenae Nuri chat with Len Webb and Vincent Williams, film critics from ⁠The Micheaux Mission podcast⁠, about the most essential Philly movies to watch.  This episode originally aired on December 9, 2024.  ⁠Our newsletter⁠ has Philly news & events in your inbox every weekday morning. Call or text us: ⁠215-259-8170⁠ Instagram: ⁠@citycastphilly⁠ Support our show and get great perks as a City Cast Philly Neighbor: ⁠membership.citycast.fm⁠ Advertise on the podcast or in the newsletter: ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠ Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: ⁠Delaware River Waterfront Corp⁠

Welcome to "The Snowy Sanctuary Collection," an 8-hour journey designed to wrap you in a blanket of winter calm. Nine winter stories will guide you through the entire night. The winter soundscape of crackling fires, howling winds, and falling snow accompanies journeys from mountainside cabin and a bothy in the Scottish Highlands to a magical ice castle and the land of winter fairies. Experience the love of a snowbound pup, a magical snowy night in the city, and the first frost at an old depot cafe.  Whether you stay with the narratives or fall into a deep, healing sleep, these serene landscapes provide a safe space for rest and restoration until morning. Snuggle up and hibernate with this cozy mental holiday. It's time to dream away.The collection concludes with a 90-minute original healing soundscape, composed specifically to sustain your deep sleep after the final story ends.Stories Included: Blizzard at the CabinSnowy Seaside CottageSnowy Night in the HighlandsThe Winter FairiesCozy Night at Brimstone HavenMagical Snowy CityFirst Frost at the Old Depot CafeThe Ice CastleFor the Love of a Pup Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Production by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights ReservedYOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TIKTOK: ⁠http://www.tiktok.com/@michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/michsanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠If you would like to support this channel:⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! I always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions.

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Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Love Blooms Amidst the Snowy Pathways of the Rockies Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2026-02-18-08-38-20-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De sneeuw bedekte de hoge dennenbomen langs het pad in de majestueuze Rocky Mountains.En: The snow covered the tall pine trees along the path in the majestic Rocky Mountains.Nl: De lucht was koel en helder.En: The air was cool and clear.Nl: Jeroen, Ingrid en Hans ademden de frisse berglucht in terwijl hun voetstappen knarsten in de verse sneeuw.En: Jeroen, Ingrid, and Hans breathed in the fresh mountain air as their footsteps crunched in the fresh snow.Nl: Jeroen, een enthousiaste buitenmens uit Nederland, had dit avontuur georganiseerd.En: Jeroen, an enthusiastic outdoorsman from Nederland, had organized this adventure.Nl: Hij hoopte dat deze winterwandeling de perfecte gelegenheid zou bieden om zijn gevoelens voor Ingrid te uiten.En: He hoped this winter hike would be the perfect opportunity to express his feelings for Ingrid.Nl: Zijn hart klopte sneller bij de gedachte.En: His heart raced at the thought.Nl: Hans, zijn avontuurlijke neef, wist niets van Jeroens plannen en maakte vrolijk grapjes terwijl ze de berg op klommen.En: Hans, his adventurous cousin, knew nothing of Jeroen's plans and cheerfully made jokes as they climbed the mountain.Nl: "Ingrid, kijk eens naar die prachtige bomen!"En: "Ingrid, look at those beautiful trees!"Nl: riep Hans enthousiast.En: Hans exclaimed enthusiastically.Nl: Ingrid glimlachte en keek Jeroen aan.En: Ingrid smiled and glanced at Jeroen.Nl: Jeroen voelde een warme gloed, maar ook twijfel.En: Jeroen felt a warm glow, but also doubt.Nl: Hij had lang niet de moed gehad om haar zijn hart te laten zien.En: He hadn't had the courage to show her his heart for a long time.Nl: Onderweg waren de omstandigheden zwaar.En: Along the way, the conditions were tough.Nl: De wind blies sterke vlagen koude lucht in hun gezichten.En: The wind blew strong gusts of cold air into their faces.Nl: De sneeuw begon harder te vallen.En: The snow began to fall harder.Nl: Jeroen worstelde niet alleen met het weer, maar ook met zijn nerveuze gedachten.En: Jeroen struggled not only with the weather but also with his nervous thoughts.Nl: Toch besloot hij door te zetten.En: Yet he decided to press on.Nl: Hij herinnerde zich een pad dat leidde naar een prachtig uitzichtpunt.En: He remembered a path leading to a beautiful viewpoint.Nl: Misschien zou dat de kans zijn die hij zocht.En: Perhaps that would be the chance he was seeking.Nl: Met elke stap groeide de spanning.En: With every step, the tension grew.Nl: De weg was moeilijker dan verwacht en Ingrid en Hans leken een makkelijker gesprek te vinden dan hij.En: The path was more difficult than expected, and Ingrid and Hans seemed to find conversation easier than he did.Nl: Maar Jeroen bleef vastberaden.En: But Jeroen remained determined.Nl: Ze klommen verder, en eindelijk zagen ze het uitzichtpunt in de verte.En: They climbed further, and finally, they saw the viewpoint in the distance.Nl: Plotseling bedekte een sneeuwstorm de lucht met een witte deken.En: Suddenly, a snowstorm blanketed the sky with a white sheet.Nl: Ze moesten schuilen in een kleine grot langs het pad.En: They had to take shelter in a small cave along the path.Nl: Binnen was het rustig, de buitenwereld was slechts een fluistering.En: Inside, it was calm; the outside world was just a whisper.Nl: Dit was Jeroens kans.En: This was Jeroen's chance.Nl: "Ingrid," begon Jeroen aarzelend.En: "Ingrid," began Jeroen hesitantly.Nl: Met trillende handen pakte hij de hare en keek recht in haar ogen.En: With trembling hands, he took hers and looked straight into her eyes.Nl: "Ik moet je iets vertellen."En: "I have to tell you something."Nl: Ingrid luisterde aandachtig, terwijl Jeroen zijn gevoelens uitsprak.En: Ingrid listened attentively as Jeroen expressed his feelings.Nl: Tot zijn verrassing zag hij een flikker van herkenning in haar ogen.En: To his surprise, he saw a flicker of recognition in her eyes.Nl: "Jeroen, ik heb hetzelfde gevoeld," gaf Ingrid toe.En: "Jeroen, I've felt the same," Ingrid admitted.Nl: "Maar we moeten voorzichtig zijn.En: "But we have to be careful.Nl: We kennen elkaar al zo lang niet meer."En: We haven't known each other that long anymore."Nl: Jeroen knikte begrijpend.En: Jeroen nodded understandingly.Nl: Ze besloten om meer tijd samen door te brengen.En: They decided to spend more time together.Nl: Niet als een stel, maar als goede vrienden die misschien meer konden groeien.En: Not as a couple, but as good friends who might grow into something more.Nl: De storm buiten kalmeerde.En: The storm outside calmed down.Nl: Ze stapten uit hun schuilplaats en keken naar de wereld die opnieuw stralend wit was.En: They stepped out of their shelter and looked at the world that was once again radiantly white.Nl: Wandelend naast Ingrid en Hans voelde Jeroen zich lichter.En: Walking alongside Ingrid and Hans, Jeroen felt lighter.Nl: Hij had zijn hart geopend en een sprankje hoop gevonden.En: He had opened his heart and found a glimmer of hope.Nl: En terwijl ze terugkeerden naar het begin van het pad, wist Jeroen dat hij meer zelfvertrouwen had gekregen.En: And as they returned to the beginning of the path, Jeroen knew he had gained more self-confidence.Nl: Hij wist ook dat open zijn over zijn gevoelens de weg naar betekenisvolle relaties zou openen, ook al waren er uitdagingen onderweg.En: He also knew that being open about his feelings would open the way to meaningful relationships, even though there would be challenges along the way. Vocabulary Words:majestic: majestueuzeoutdoorsman: buitenmensopportunity: gelegenheidadventurous: avontuurlijkeexclaimed: riepenthusiastically: enthousiastglanced: keekglow: gloeddoubt: twijfelcourage: moedconditions: omstandighedengusts: vlagennervous: nerveuzepress on: doorzettenviewpoint: uitzichtpunttension: spanningdetermined: vastberadendistance: verteblanketed: bedekteshelter: schuilenhesitantly: aarzelendtrembling: trillendeattentively: aandachtigflicker: flikkerrecognition: herkenningcareful: voorzichtigglimmer: sprankjeself-confidence: zelfvertrouwenmeaningful: betekenisvollechallenges: uitdagingen

3 Scary TRUE Snowy Night Horror Stories

Fall asleep fast with this cozy sleep story featuring a snowy seaside cottage and the relaxing sounds of a winter ocean and crackling fire. Tonight, we journey to the frost-dusted shores of Nantucket. Narrated by a female voice, this bedtime story for grown-ups is designed to relieve insomnia and anxiety through immersive ASMR-style atmosphere. Leave the chaos of the day behind as you walk through snowy dunes where the Atlantic turns to lavender slush and a charming cottage offers the perfect respite. It's time to dream away.Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, Sound Design, and Production by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved

Art and Phred talk winter survival mode: dodgy road conditions, shoulder rehab, fitness dips, and why flexible training beats heroic stupidity this time of year. We also review a Canadian Trail Running (Fishing) Magazine article about How to Be a Lifelong Runner. And take a quick yard sale dive into Skimo, just before we thank our Patreons. We finish with a dope Suno generated 112 song. Art's snowy van saga + recovery update Winter marathon training reality checks Cut 112 is happening sign up, crew, pace, or suffer responsibly The Real King of Pain run incoming (stream crossings + party, home by kickoff) Snowy trails vs rocks: pick your poison SKIMO hits the Olympics  trail runners invading winter sports Running long-term: avoid dumb injuries, run happy, not wrecked Burrito League envy and community run shenanigans Shoutouts to the Cultra crew Patreons grinding through winter miles Bottom line: stay active, stay kind, don't take yourself too seriously, and we'll see you out there. Link to How to Be a Lifelong Runner Link to Burrito League  Get your official Cultra Clothes and other Cultra TRP PodSwag at our store! Intro music by Nick Byram Outro Music by Suno Become a Cultra Crew Patreon Supporter  basic licker.  If you lick us, we will most likely lick you right back Cultra Facebook Fan Page Go here to talk shit and complain and give us advice that we wont follow Cultra Trail Running Instagram Don't watch this with your kids Sign up for a race at Live Loud Running and feel better Buy Fred's Book Running Home More Information on the #CUT112   

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson breakdown both AFC/NFC Championship games that saw the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots advance to Super Bowl LX. Subscribe to Nightcap presented by PrizePicks so you don’t miss out on any new drops! Download the PrizePicks app today and use code SHANNON to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NI... 0:00 - Seahawks Def. Rams to be crowned NFC Champs24:48 - Patriots Def. Broncos in Snowy game to win AFC title (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Seth and Josh have Taran Killam on the pod! Taran talks about growing up in Big Bear, California and what it was like for his family to move to Los Angeles from a small ski town, childhood trips to Rosarito, Lake Mojave, and his first trip to London! He also shares funny stories about owning a camper-truck, participating in a stage reading of Star Wars, his fond memories of the Grand Canyon, and so much more! Plus, Taran chats about his NBC show “STUMBLE” and ABC show “HIGH POTENTIAL” out now! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 Support our sponsors: Mill Try Mill risk-free for 90 days and get $75 off at https://mill.com/trips and use code TRIPS at checkout. DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/ TRIPS and use promo code TRIPS at checkout. Super Power Take the guesswork out of getting healthy in 2026. Get full body testing that goes 5x deeper than an annual physical and a personalized action plan that tells you exactly what to do next. All for just $199. Go to https://Superpower.com and use code TRIPS for $20 off your membership this year. AG1 Go to https://DRINKAG1.com/TRIPS to get their best offer… get 3 FREE AG1 Travel Packs and 3 FREE AGZ Travel Packs, plus FREE Vitamin D3+K2 and AG1 Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order! Marley Spoon This new year, fast-track your way to eating well with Marley Spoon. Head to https://MarleySpoon.com/offer/trips for up to 25 FREE meals! " Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JP is not happy with the state of the roads in the DMV.

Seth and Sean discuss Lopez calling the AFC title game embarrassing for the NFL and what may fix that perception, lay out the NFL Head Coaching jobs still open along with the betting favorites for each, talk about Shedeur Sanders making the Pro Bowl, and if they even asked CJ Stroud first, and see what Reggie and Lopez's question of the day is all about.

(00:00) Fred Toucher, Jon Wallach and Paul Perillo share their opening thoughts on the New England Patriots defeating the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship and punching their ticket to SUPER BOWL LX!(19:09.94)(33:13.07) WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT: The guys take an in-depth look into the game.Please note: Timecodes may shift by a few minutes due to inserted ads. Because of copyright restrictions, portions—or entire segments—may not be included in the podcast.CONNECT WITH TOUCHER & HARDY: linktr.ee/ToucherandHardyFor the latest updates, visit the show page on 985thesportshub.com. Follow 98.5 The Sports Hub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Watch the show every morning on YouTube, and subscribe to stay up-to-date with all the best moments from Boston's home for sports!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

JP and BMitch recap their snowy weekends.