Podcasts about Stockholm syndrome

Nick is joined this morning by the Racing Post's Lee Mottershead to look again at the decision by the stewards at Epsom to declare Benvenuto Cellini a non-runner whilst Jason Tan, based in New Zealand explains why he believes we're behind the times in the UK with this rule having not been in place sooner. Ahead of the Prix de Diane this weekend, Nick catches up with David Menuisier, who's hoping Inis Mor can go close and Lee and Nick spin through the likely key contenders. Will Aitkenhead has the latest Royal Ascot update before Richard Langley, head groundsman at Brighton joins the show to discuss his attempt to break a world record, which would be a remarkable feat. Dan Barber is back again to look back on a handicapping performance from Epsom that could put this horse right up there in the big leagues and his trainer Roger Varian shares where we might see him next. Finally Greg Carpenter of the HKJC shares his delight at Ka Ying Rising receiving a rating of 130, putting him to the top of the tree and Oli Bell is at the GOFFS Arkle Sale catching up with Willie Mullins.

Nick is joined this morning by the Racing Post's Lee Mottershead to look again at the decision by the stewards at Epsom to declare Benvenuto Cellini a non-runner whilst Jason Tan, based in New Zealand explains why he believes we're behind the times in the UK with this rule having not been in place sooner. Ahead of the Prix de Diane this weekend, Nick catches up with David Menuisier, who's hoping Inis Mor can go close and Lee and Nick spin through the likely key contenders. Will Aitkenhead has the latest Royal Ascot update before Richard Langley, head groundsman at Brighton joins the show to discuss his attempt to break a world record, which would be a remarkable feat. Dan Barber is back again to look back on a handicapping performance from Epsom that could put this horse right up there in the big leagues and his trainer Roger Varian shares where we might see him next. Finally Greg Carpenter of the HKJC shares his delight at Ka Ying Rising receiving a rating of 130, putting him to the top of the tree and Oli Bell is at the GOFFS Arkle Sale catching up with Willie Mullins.

California Primary Chaos exposes a deeper problem: blue state voters keep rewarding failure. The political class hides behind "experience," but what has that experience actually produced? In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano breaks down the chaos surrounding the California primary and uses it to expose a larger crisis of governance across America's blue states and urban centers. From Los Angeles and the Mayor Karen Bass vs. Spencer Pratt primary fallout to the decline of quality of life in New York, Chicago, Boston, New Jersey, and Virginia, failed leaders keep getting rewarded while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill. Professor Giordano exposes the political experience scam, the broken ballot-counting timelines destroying public confidence, the Senate defeat of the SAVE America Act, and the political Stockholm Syndrome that keeps voters tied to the same failed leadership. What You'll Learn In This Episode: California Primary Chaos: Why drawn-out ballot counting raises serious questions about election competence, voter trust, and institutional stability.  The Experience Scam: How career politicians use tenure as a shield to avoid accountability for failure.  Blue State Voter Failure: Why deep-blue cities keep reelecting leaders who make communities less safe and life more expensive.  Coast-to-Coast Decay: How New York, Chicago, Boston, New Jersey, and Virginia reveal the same pattern of ideological governance.  Nonvoter Malpractice: Why Republicans and independents who sit out local and school board elections share responsibility for the mess they complain about.  The political class is managing decline and calling it progress. This episode delivers a blunt wake-up call: bad government survives because voters tolerate it. Experience in a failing system is not a qualification. It is evidence of decay.

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Jason draws a correlation between Patty Hearst and Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. Jason states that Clark suffers from Stockholm syndrome, believing something is wrong with her. Whether it's her coach, Angel Reese, or DiJonai Carrington, she denies the obvious. Why isn't her father more vocal publicly? Charles Baker, Steve Kim, and Maurice Drake Jr. analyze Clark and Jason's Stockholm syndrome assessment. Steve Kim and Jason discuss the blockbuster Myles Garrett and A.J. Brown NFL trades, Shedeur banking $17 million from endorsements, Steph Curry's new Chinese shoe deal, and Russell Wilson heading to CBS as an analyst. Last but not least: Is Aaron Donald coming out of retirement? ​​Today's Sponsors: PreBorn PreBorn has helped rescue more than 400,000 babies, and every single day, they continue that work by offering mothers something powerful and life-changing: an ultrasound. Will you help us? Just dial #250 and say the keyword “BABY” or donate securely at https://Preborn.com/FEARLESS  Q Collar So when you are getting your family ready for the next season… think: Helmet, mouthguard, and Q-Collar. Head to https://Q30.com/FEARLESS  and use code FEARLESS for a FREE sleeve with your order.  ➢ Follow Our GUESTS https://www.youtube.com/@KTVwatch  https://x.com/SteveKim323 ➢ Subscribe to Jason's other channel https://www.youtube.com/JasonWhitlock?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockHarmony?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockBYOG?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockClips?sub_confirmation=1 ➢ Connect with Jason on Social Media:  https://x.com/JasonWhitlock  https://www.instagram.com/realjasonwhitlock/ https://www.facebook.com/jasonwhitlock ➢ Send Jason an Email FearlessBlazeShow@gmail.com ➢ Support The Blaze Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://www.fearlessmission.com and get $20 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neal compares your child to the Mona Lisa, throws a spanner in the works of the stopped clock twice a day cliche, reveals why a TV free family would pivot to compulsory viewing targets, wonders if homing pigeons suffer from Stockholm Syndrome, tries to understand porridge people, recalls the post-war heyday of sugary cereals, tells how to distinguish tea from coffee, proposes cutting out the middle man for manure-based plant nutrients (but it’s not what you think), changes your mind about your apartment that you think is a basement, heralds the return of TV channel nighttime closedown, remembers the era of answering machines in sitcoms and The Twilight Zone, exposes the Orwellian torture of telephony and discusses black packaging on energy drinks and corn snacks, why David Bowie’s death is even more final than hoped, Bowie’s drum and base album and flag wearing, the Breaking Bad bath melting scene and quite a lot more. MENTIONED: Twelve Angry Men (1957), Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O'Carroll.

Send me a message"Your mind is like a toddler with a chainsaw."Most of us are living in "Stockholm Syndrome" with our own thoughts. We trust our worst abuser — our own inner critic — as if it were gospel. But there is a secret to mental freedom that no one taught us in school.In this talk, Todd Perelmuter breaks down the "slave driver" nature of the ego and shares his personal journey from being a stressed, addicted New York ad executive to finding total mental silence.In this podcast, you will discover:The Smartphone Metaphor: Why your brain is sending you "notifications" (and how to silence them).The Flashlight Method: How to move your focus away from negativity instantly.Peaceful Witnessing: The 2-step process to end the cycle of impulsive behavior and addiction.The Tantrum Phase: What to do when your mind "kicks and screams" as you try to take control.Timestamp Chapters: 0:00 The Childhood Impulse Trap 1:14 Your Mind is a "Slave Driver" 3:08 The Ego's Favorite "Hero" Story 5:42 The Toddler with a Chainsaw 7:47 Mastering Your Attention 9:09 How to Witness Without Reacting 12:46 Is Your Brain a Smartphone? 16:00 My Personal Story: Overcoming 20 Shots of Espresso 18:31 Dealing with the "Mental Tantrum" 21:07 How to Create Your DestinyFor the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I'd be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you'd like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

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We are back! After a month-long break to release our special Deep Dive series, we return to our regular weekly format to analyse the ongoing madness of the world. And unfortunately, the insanity has not slowed down.The episode kicks off in the Baltic Sea, where Germany has completely lost its collective mind over a stranded humpback whale. We break down why society is so eager to project its emotional energy onto a single animal while actively ignoring the infinitely more complex, systemic human suffering around the globe.From there, our conversation shifts to the terrifying geopolitical reality of the ongoing US-Iran-Israel conflict. We unpack the illusion of power, exploring why the United States' massive military budget is proving completely ineffective at winning asymmetric wars or imposing its will in the Middle East. We also dive into the recent nuclear threats and ceasefires, offering an analysis of Trump's dystopian threat to "wipe out a civilisation," the conflicting ceasefire agreements, and Israel's massive strike on Lebanon designed to disrupt the peace.We then question whether the White House is playing 4D chess or just creating total chaos, examining how the erratic opening and closing of the Strait of Hormuz and JD Vance's failed diplomatic mission to Pakistan prove that the current administration has absolutely no coherent strategy. Finally, we tackle Europe's "Stockholm Syndrome." Despite Viktor Orbán finally losing power in Hungary, European leadership remains utterly visionless, leaving us to wonder why leaders like Friedrich Merz are condemning Iran while remaining entirely beholden to the United States.Thank you to everyone who tuned in for our Deep Dives. It is great to be back analysing the weekly news cycle with you all!This podcast is an individual project between us, Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. We are supported by our producer Stefani Obradovic from Western Bubble Insights & Strategy. If you would like to get in touch with us, write us an email at thewesternbubble@gmail.com.

In honor of Autism Month, we're revisiting one of our popular episodes from 2024 with former Playboy Playmate, Holly Madison. She reveals SHOCKING truths about her life in the Playboy Mansion....from her relationship with Hugh Hefner (who was 54 years her senior) to LOVE BOMBING, the dark side of STOCKHOLM SYNDROME, and BREAKING FREE and discovering herself. Holly (bestselling author, podcaster, THE PLAYBOY MURDERS host & EP) opens up about how being diagnosed with autism recently affected her entire outlook on life and shares important signs that you might be in a manipulative relationship. She discusses everything you've ever wondered about Playboy life, including: - What enticed her about the Playboy mansion experience, how she came to live there, and how she became Hugh Hefner's “Main girlfriend” - Why she thinks she was an easy target for Hefner - Tactics Hefner employed to keep women from leaving the mansion - How she numbed herself through substance use to get through day-to-day life - How interpersonal dynamics & intense sense of competition within the playboy mansion contributed to her body dysmorphia - HEALING & EMPOWERMENT: What was Hefner really like behind closed doors? And how did she FINALLY break free from his grip? - What led her to break her silence on the trauma she suffered during her time at the mansion We're unpacking her fascinating autism diagnosis, from the benefits of finally being diagnosed and how it negatively influenced her decision-making process, to how it informed her parenting style. Holly breaks down: - The real cost of giving up yourself in a harmful relationship - Why people stay in harmful relationships, from fear of judgment to lack of financial stability - Finding spirituality in storytelling & the places she lets her intuition guide her - Her new mission as a free speech advocate! - What she does to maintain positive mental health, including her superstitious vision board process Mayim and Holly also bond over their love of true crime as Holly explains “The Playboy Curse”! Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In honor of Autism Month, we're revisiting one of our popular episodes from 2024 with former Playboy Playmate, Holly Madison. She reveals SHOCKING truths about her life in the Playboy Mansion....from her relationship with Hugh Hefner (who was 54 years her senior) to LOVE BOMBING, the dark side of STOCKHOLM SYNDROME, and BREAKING FREE and discovering herself. Holly (bestselling author, podcaster, THE PLAYBOY MURDERS host & EP) opens up about how being diagnosed with autism recently affected her entire outlook on life and shares important signs that you might be in a manipulative relationship. She discusses everything you've ever wondered about Playboy life, including: - What enticed her about the Playboy mansion experience, how she came to live there, and how she became Hugh Hefner's “Main girlfriend” - Why she thinks she was an easy target for Hefner - Tactics Hefner employed to keep women from leaving the mansion - How she numbed herself through substance use to get through day-to-day life - How interpersonal dynamics & intense sense of competition within the playboy mansion contributed to her body dysmorphia - HEALING & EMPOWERMENT: What was Hefner really like behind closed doors? And how did she FINALLY break free from his grip? - What led her to break her silence on the trauma she suffered during her time at the mansion We're unpacking her fascinating autism diagnosis, from the benefits of finally being diagnosed and how it negatively influenced her decision-making process, to how it informed her parenting style. Holly breaks down: - The real cost of giving up yourself in a harmful relationship - Why people stay in harmful relationships, from fear of judgment to lack of financial stability - Finding spirituality in storytelling & the places she lets her intuition guide her - Her new mission as a free speech advocate! - What she does to maintain positive mental health, including her superstitious vision board process Mayim and Holly also bond over their love of true crime as Holly explains “The Playboy Curse”! Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samuel Bateman called them "atonement ceremonies." Federal prosecutors called them organized child sexual abuse. Bateman wrapped the acts in religious language, framed them as commandments from God, and told his followers — including children — that participation was the path to salvation. When abuse gets dressed in that kind of authority, can a victim even identify what's happening to them as wrong?Part 2 of this three-part panel goes inside the psychological damage. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, former FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke, and Tony Brueski tackle the questions the Netflix documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet leaves you sitting with. Why those girls couldn't speak the truth out loud but wrote it in journals. Why eight children went willingly when Bateman's wives kidnapped them from foster care — choosing captivity over rescue because their minds had been so thoroughly rewired. Why parents of abused girls showed up at sentencing to support the man who hurt them, not the daughters who survived.We go deep into Donnae Barlow's case — a woman married to her uncle as a teenager, a mother of a terminally ill child born of that union, diagnosed with extreme PTSD and Stockholm Syndrome, who helped kidnap children because she believed she was saving them. And we confront the question the justice system tried to answer with graduated sentences but couldn't fully resolve: when the system that victimized you is the same system that turned you into a perpetrator, where does accountability begin?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#SamuelBateman #FLDS #CultTrauma #ChildBrides #CoerciveControl #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ShortCreek #TrustMeNetflix #ShavaunScott

Send us Fan MailThis week we talk the reopening of Charlies', the Jurtis car crash and the growing feelings between Carly and Valentin! buymeacoffee.com/GHSundayShiftFollow us on Instagram at GH_Sunday_Shift

On episode 366 of the PC Update, Cassius just wants Britt to make nice with her captors so he can be James' dad forever. I guess Carly didn't want to mention she was thinking of Valentin the whole time.  Two accidents on the 91 and two guilty faces. This episode covers GH episodes from April 6th - 10th, 2026 *Music provided by Scott Holmes (song name - Electronic Vibes).

From Bland to Brilliant: How to Strategically Pivot Your B2B Brand In an environment defined by market instability, rapid AI adoption, and more competitors entering the ecosystem all the time, it has become increasingly challenging for B2B companies to truly differentiate themselves. Unfortunately, many companies fall into the trap of deploying “play it safe” marketing tactics, ultimately drowning in the sea of sameness. So, how can B2B marketing leaders strategically rise above the noise to transform a generic market presence into a successful, category-leading brand? That's why we're talking to return guest Pete Fairburn (Director and Co-Founder, Morphsites), who shares his expertise and proven strategies on how to strategically pivot your B2B brand. During our conversation, Pete highlighted the challenges B2B marketers face in differentiating their brands in a competitive market. He emphasized the value of understanding customer pain points, and how brands can create true value beyond just the product. Pete also discussed common pitfalls to avoid, such as mistaking activity for progress, and why deep thinking and customer research are paramount. He advised against “random acts of marketing” and recommended starting with small, achievable pilots. Pete also stressed the value of focusing on critical metrics such as customer acquisition cost (CAC), lifetime value (LTV), and conversion quality. He underscored the need to align marketing efforts with broader business goals to avoid competing solely on price. https://youtu.be/SEgt1i2UuVQ Topics discussed in episode: [03:06] Why copying competitors kills true differentiation. [04:54] How short-term metrics create a risk-averse leadership mindset. [06:06] The danger of mistaking marketing activity for actual business progress [12:06] Using customer research to uncover pain points and speak their language. [18:21] Elevate commodity products by removing friction outside your core offer. [24:41] How to pitch new ideas to the C-Suite (Hint: stop using the word “innovation”). [36:11] Why great marketing can never fix a weak or undifferentiated offer. Companies and links mentioned: Pete Fairburn on LinkedIn  Morphsites Transcript Christian Klepp, Pete Fairburn Pete Fairburn  00:00 No human being really likes to admit they don’t know something, even if you’re a naturally quite humble person, it takes, it takes something to say, I don’t know what that is, or I don’t know how to go about that, particularly if you’re a business owner or a stakeholder, that can often be seen as a sign of weakness, to say, I don’t know something. And yet, actually, when you have the courage to say that you can, you can uncover some real things, and at the end of the day, particularly if you’re employing marketing professionals or an agency to help you, the whole reason you’re doing that is because you’ve kind of already admitted you don’t really know how to do this. Pete Fairburn  00:32 Nice to be back, Christian. Thanks for having me again. Christian Klepp  00:32 Great to be with you. You know we’ve been talking about this second interview for quite a while on I’m glad that we’re finally getting to pull it off, right? Pete Fairburn  00:32 It’s definitely, it’s been a while. It’s been a whole world. Christian Klepp  00:32 Indeed, indeed. So let’s just dive in. Because, you know, this is Pete, as I said before I hit record, this is a topic that’s near and dear to me, and I think it’s something that we contend with on a daily basis. I think there’s still a lot of clients out there and potential clients that don’t quite see the value in doing this yet, and hopefully, after this conversation, perhaps we’ll, we’ll change their we’ll win them over, right, like hearts and minds, as they say, right? Pete Fairburn  00:32 That’s the hope. Christian Klepp  00:32 In a, B2B environment fraught with unstable markets, AI and more competitors entering the ecosystem all the time, it has become increasingly challenging for B2B companies to stand up. Unfortunately, companies in this segment have a reputation for deploying play it safe tactics when it comes to their marketing. So how can B2B marketers help their brands rise above the noise and go from bland to brilliant? Welcome to this episode of the B2B Marketers in a Mission podcast, and I’m your host, Christian Klepp, today I’ll be talking to Pete Fairburn, who will be answering this question. He’s the director and co founder of Morphsites, a company with a proven track record in helping businesses grow online by maximizing revenue potential and improving efficiency. Tune in to find out more about what this B2B Marketers Mission is. Okay, and here we are. I’m going to say, Mr. Pete Fairburn, welcome back to the show. Christian Klepp  01:15 All right. So we’ll start with the first question, where I’m going to say that you’re on a mission to work with high growth brands that truly want to innovate and think beyond the ordinary. And I want to, like just under underline that part think beyond the ordinary, because I hope that we can talk about this at length today, right? Because for this conversation, I’d want to focus on the following topic, which is how B2B Marketers can help their brands go from bland to brilliant, right? So B2B open to interpretation, right? But let’s kick off the Let’s kick off the interview with two questions, and I’m happy to repeat them, right? So first question Pete is, why do you think many companies in the B2B space struggle to differentiate themselves from their competitors? And the follow up question is, why do you think this causes this risk averse mindset in most B2B verticals? Pete Fairburn  03:06 Yes, it’s good couple of questions there. And I think most, most B2B companies that identify with this problem probably don’t have a marketing problem, or if they do have a marketing problem, it’s because the the issues started long before marketing even begins, and the they default. So they go, Okay, we’ve got similar products or similar services to these brands over here, and there’s nothing wrong with using coach brands to help you, but they’ll they may look at some in the same space as them and go, Well, that’s what they’re doing. So let’s do the same messaging, the same channels as them, because that must work, right? It must work because they’re doing it. But they’ve never really answered the question, Well, why would someone choose us over any of these competitors if price was removed? So if the only thing that differentiates you is your product, your positioning, your messaging, forget price, forget everything else. Why would they choose you? And there’s there’s two kind of camps here. If your product is genuinely desirable, genuinely distinct, the website’s job is just to create clarity around that. But if your product is not distinctive, it’s a commodity, you need to create advantage elsewhere. And many companies are in the second camp, but they operate like they’re in the first, and that’s why they struggle to differentiate. Christian Klepp  04:37 And where do you think a lot of this risk averseness then comes from? Is it this whole like, well, we’ve never done any of this marketing before, so, you know, we’re not entirely sure what the outcome will be. And let’s, let’s, let’s play it safe. Where do you think this comes from? Pete Fairburn  04:53 Yeah, I think you’re on to something there. One of the big problems with marketing is it’s measured on typically short term activity, right, rather than long term advantage. You know, every agency or every marketing department creates a monthly marketing report, and it’s right to do that, but it makes you focus on just that short term rather than longer term things. And that can shoot any initiative in the foot, and I think leadership, and that could be owner operators or marketing, CMOs, directors, that kind of thing. They fear getting it wrong more than they value getting it right. So safe decisions feel easier to justify than something that’s quite out of the box. So what you get, instead of genuine movement of the needle from this risk averse mindset is you get these incremental improvements. You get cosmetic changes, maybe, maybe a brand refresh from time to time, which is important, really important, but no meaningful differentiation. Christian Klepp  05:55 Absolutely, absolutely and based on that, like just moving on to the next question, what are some of these key pitfalls that you think marketing teams should avoid, and what should they be doing instead? Pete Fairburn  06:06 Yeah, I think one of the key things, and we see this a lot, is mistaking activity for progress, so doing more more campaigns, more channels, more content, more output, without changing the underlying offer. So there’s nothing wrong with doing all those things we know, particularly for organic search. I saw a post earlier today where you know cadence of content updates and releasing of information is as it always has been, something that search rewards, and I include both organic and LLM (Large Language Model) search in that, but if you’re just doing more of that without changing the underlying positioning, the underlying offer of your product or service, you’re not actually doing anything that’s meaningful. So I think that’s a pitfall over investing in the website as a surface layer. So that kind of comes into this. Again, it’s activity design tweaks, debating over platform instead of asking what actually makes us different from a competitor. So that leads into the other pitfall, I think, is skipping the thinking phase. And what I mean by that is the deep thinking, so having a very light hypothesis and jumping straight into a build or marketing without actually validating whether the idea is worth pursuing. So most wasted spend comes from building the wrong thing or taking the wrong strategy or positioning because you’ve just not thought it through properly and thought about your clients and what your customers and what they actually want. Christian Klepp  07:38 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. I wanted to follow up on that last one, skipping the the deep thinking phase, right? Like, we see this a lot, even with some of the clients that we work with, where they say, don’t need a brand strategy, don’t need, don’t need the marketing strategy, just just implement, right? Why do you think there’s a few, I won’t say many, but, like, yeah, you there’s a few B2B companies out there that have that mindset. Like, let’s just skip the planning stage. We don’t need the research. We know who our clients are. Like, tell me if you’ve never heard that one before, right? So we don’t, we don’t need that, right? Like, yeah, yeah. What do you think that is? What? Why do they just want to skip the planning and go straight to the implementation? Pete Fairburn  08:24 I guess it can be for a number of reasons. It’s a sense of progress. It feels like we want to just get on with this. So why would we hold ourselves up by doing that? So that fallacy of we know who our customers are is often a point on that, but I think it underlines that reason of, well, you know, there’s time involved in this. And another clear thing, I think, is a lot of people an ideal customer persona or profile on ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) is something that the marketing world has talked about decades. It’s not a new concept yet. I am so often surprised at how few people know how to go about even doing a basic persona or profiling their customers. So when I think a lot of business owners or stakeholders say we know our customers, what they mean is, we’ve got a relationship with this, these accounts here, but they can’t put them into a profile. So there’s a degree of this is slowing everything up. We just want to get on with it. But there’s also a suspect, a degree of fear about, well, I don’t really know what I’m doing here, so rather than ask or get someone to help me, I’m just going to move on to the next bit. Christian Klepp  09:41 Yeah, yeah, I think you’re going somewhere with that one. Do you find that sometimes it’s also perhaps the reason why there’s pushback there is because perhaps there’s a fear of, like, not admitting that. Look, I’ll just come clean. And we don’t actually, we don’t actually have this documented. We. Perhaps we know that there has been some change, or, like, some different market dynamics in things that have happened in the customer’s world that we’re not entirely privy to, but we’re too ashamed to admit that. Pete Fairburn  10:13 Yeah, absolutely. I think we’re all no human being really likes to admit they don’t know something, even if you’re naturally quite humble person. It takes, it takes something to say, I don’t know what that is, or I don’t know how to go about that. And particularly if you’re a business owner or a stakeholder, that can often be seen as a sign of weakness, to say, I don’t know something. And yet, actually, when you have the courage to say that, you can, you can uncover some real things. And at the end of the day, particularly if you’re employing marketing professionals or an agency to help you, the whole reason you’re doing that is because you’ve kind of already admitted you don’t really know how to do this. So you should let the agency lead, because if you want the results, they should be leading that and helping you derive that. And every time we do it, you see, it’s almost like the the blindfold comes off and this new realization of the missed opportunity that’s come from not doing customer research. Christian Klepp  11:13 Absolutely, absolutely. So we’re gonna slowly, like, unravel and uncover what this what the secret sauce of yours is right to go from bland to brilliant, but before we do that, I think we have to make the listeners understand that this is indeed a process, right? This isn’t something where you download an app and you click submit, and then presto, you’ve got the you’ve got the massive differentiation that you’re looking for, right? So talk to us, and you touched on it now a little bit, but talk to us about the importance of conducting that customer research. So in other words, how can this research help marketers and B2B companies identify those key points of differentiation to position themselves strategically? And I know that you guys have more sites do this as well. Like you know, you do a lot of these discovery workshops with with your clients. You know, before you even start building a website or writing a single line of code, so just, yeah, just walk us through that a little bit. Pete Fairburn  12:06 Yeah. Well, it’s about understanding, really. So ultimately, a product or service that you have typically is going to solve a pain point or pain points for a client or a customer, depending on what you’re doing, and if you understand the pain points that your product addresses. And that’s normally where business owners and marketing teams are brilliant, because they do know their products, they do know their service, and they go, these are the amazing things it does. As a company, we work out in your direction, and we work with them for a number of years. Absolutely brilliant company who brilliant company who did do this process, and they describe this product and the benefits that come from it, and you can work backwards from there and work out, well, here are the pain points that this is solving, and by doing that, first of all, it makes your customer’s life easier, because you’re able to speak their language. So we’ve all had it where we’ve landed on a website, or we’ve received a piece of marketing collateral where we’ve gone. Yeah, I really resonate with this. I want to know more, because they’ve worked out what’s important to you. So once you’ve got that, once you understand who your customers are, where they are, in terms of, you know, channels, social, that kind of thing, how they’re finding out about you. Everything becomes faster, everything becomes less risky, everything becomes more profitable, because you can then tailor your initially, your website infrastructure, your information architecture, your messaging, your positioning, to those things. And if you do that along with a brand strategy, then you’ve got this beautiful alignment of your brand messaging, but also your digital positioning as well. So you’re speaking the customer’s language, they go, yes, you’re describing me, and then they’re much more likely to take whatever the next step is that you want them to do, and that’s where the differentiation comes in. If you’ve got a great product that kind of almost sells itself, then you just need to communicate that clearly and present it in a way that the customer can see that. So for example, we got a customer who they sell stone and marble furniture, very high end, beautiful stuff. They know who their clients are, and when a client sees it, they go, Yeah, I’ll have that. They don’t even want to know how much it is, because it’s fine. But if your product is interchangeable with countless competitors, you’re a commodity. And really, you know, how many times have we had a discussion where it’s like, well, what makes you different from your competitors? Your competitors? Well, we’re great at service, or, you know, we’re the cheapest. Well, a race to the bottom on prices. No one wins there. So you have to find a way to escape your category, and you do that by looking beyond the product or service in of itself. You look at things like all. Ordering, your logistics, your usage, your integration into your clients or your customers workflow, to see, okay, what? What’s the opportunity? So when you do customer research, particularly in the commodity, the interchangeable space, you come across pain points. And when you identify those customers pain points, you can put in in place other other parts of the platform, other innovations that may not be your core offering that but make it so easy to deal with you, or make it so much easier for the customer to complete their tasks that you make yourself much more attractable. Attractable, attractive to your attractive, attractively, attractive, attractive. Always my new word of the day. Christian Klepp  15:48 Absolutely, absolutely, you did touch on something there. And I think that’s challenge that a lot of B2B companies are dealing with, right? Like it’s if they’re in a very heavily commoditized vertical, then, then it really becomes difficult for them to differentiate themselves beyond price, right? So I guess one way of doing it is perhaps differentiation in other forms. So like perhaps the way that they work with customers. Is there anything? Is there anything that they do in their workflow that’s differentiated? Do they put out, like, thought leadership pieces, right? Is there something where they, they do take a differentiated perspective? And I just want to draw a thin, a thin line in the sand there, like, a differentiator perspective doesn’t mean contrarian, right? Because you’ve got those two right? Like? Pete Fairburn  16:38 I think, yeah, you can be contrary. There’s a big or there has been a big push recent years, particularly on places like LinkedIn and that to just be the contrarian. For the sake of contrarian, a lot of people have jumped on that bandwagon, and again, it works for some industries, but only if you know your client or your customer and know that that will all float their boat. If not, you can just alienate a lot of people. Christian Klepp  17:06 Absolutely and I think one of my previous guests said it, so I can’t claim to have coined the phrase, but it’s performance marketing. Get it, Pete Fairburn  17:14 yeah, Christian Klepp  17:14 Getting up on stage and being a performer. Pete Fairburn  17:17 That’s not where. That’s not a natural place for a lot of people, a lot of a lot of business owners, funnily enough, are introverts. They don’t want to do that, and they that. And it shouldn’t be the case that you build something on that, that basis. Christian Klepp  17:30 Well, not only that, but I think it’s also a short term strategy, isn’t it? Because, like, how long, how much energy, how much battery power, right? If I’m going to use that analogy? Do you have to be a professional contrarian all the time? I think it’s draining, isn’t it to a certain degree. Pete Fairburn  17:48 Unless you’re a particular personality type, but I can’t imagine anything worse. Christian Klepp  17:52 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. You unpack that a little bit, right? But I want to unpack this, this question a little bit more, because, you know, you’ve got a lot of experience in this, in these different verticals across the B2B spectrum. So how can, how can B2B companies elevate and effectively differentiate their business? So you touched on it a little bit, but like, just walk us through it. What are some of the key steps that they need to take? Give us some examples of what they can do differently. Pete Fairburn  18:21 Okay, so steps, first of all, you’ve got to be honest about your product. So you’ve got to say, Are we truly different, or are we actually one of many? Because sometimes you can, yeah, I’ve met businesses where they think they’re doing something quite unique. And you just like you. We meet a lot of businesses in our in our life, and it’s like this has been done before. So if you if you’re different, great, be honest. But if not, recognize that and then decide that’s your first step. But then from there, decide where the advantage comes. You know, if you’ve got a great product that is truly different, great. Is it your brand? Have you got a huge amount of brand goodwill and value? Is it the experience that you give people, or is it systems and tools that elevate the product that you do or the service that you provide to another level? So those are the first two steps. I think, then you’ve got to focus on customer pain beyond the product. And what I mean by that is, Where, where are they getting friction in their life? Where do they lose time, money, control, what would make life better for them? And then if you can build something that removes that friction, not just something that sounds good on paper, but actually has practical value and then only then communicate it, market it clearly across your website, your digital marketing, in your sales conversations once you’ve done that, because if you’ve done that work up front, it will resonate with with the right people. So some examples of that are you. For for the company I mentioned earlier, the stone and marble company, the product does the selling. You know, the website just needs to present it clearly and and it builds trust. And you know, when you’re then coming to select a platform, you don’t need anything particularly special, because the product’s doing all the work. But if you’re in a commodity space where the products don’t differentiate, we need to then look at that differently. So an example of many that we’ve done for a client is a commodity based product. They were in a race to the bottom like everyone else, but what they did is they stopped and did this customer piece. They listened to the challenges that clients were having, and they they then built systems around that, workflows that made the customer and the business’s life easier, that removed friction, that kind of locked them in because of this, what you would call a value add layer of digital services. But what that did is, not only did it lock in existing customers, but it attracted customers which they, in their own words, had no right to be going after, but the workflows that they built were powerful and made such a difference that they were able to win contracts much bigger than they could have ever dreamed, dreamed of otherwise. Christian Klepp  21:18 Yeah, no, that’s that’s a really great example, and it almost, I would say, it’s focusing on what you do differently, but also being seen as the expert in the space. And I think that’s something that you keep hearing in B2B, right? If you are seen as the expert in the space, on the specific in the specific area, on the specific pain point, because a lot of it boils down to trust as well, right? There’s, it’s a lot, it’s, it’s almost like a trust building mechanism, right? Because if the if the prospect doesn’t trust what you say and what you offer, then there’s no, no amount of marketing is going to convert them. Pete Fairburn  21:56 Absolutely, just on that is that you’re, you’re demonstrating by building trust, and that comes from you touched on earlier Christian things like thought leadership, pieces, blogs, content, if you can talk in a way that shows that you’ve come across this problem before, maybe not the identical problem, but a scenario that you have a framework for solving with your product that is business that in itself, builds builds trust. So customers want to hear, yeah, these guys, they get me because they’re already talking in this space, and I need to talk, be talking to them, or getting their product, or whatever it might be.   Christian Klepp  22:35 Well, all that, and also building on the on the trust, building mechanism pieces, the social proof, right? Like the testimonials, um, the videos, right? The case studies, proof that you’ve done this before. This isn’t your first um rodeo, as they like to say here in North America, right? Pete Fairburn  22:55 Yeah, we say that in the UK as well. Yeah, yeah, we do, yeah, but it’s a, definitely, a borrowed one, but yeah, not my first radio and you’re absolutely right. Yeah, and a lot of people say we don’t have the time to invest in, like, video testimonials or things like that. But the reality is, you don’t need hundreds of them. You need three or four, because no one’s going to sit and watch 100 video testimonials if you’ve got three or four really compelling essentially, case studies or people talking about the process and the problems that you solve, or how great your product is that normally is enough to convince someone. Christian Klepp  23:29 Absolutely, absolutely, just moving on to the next question, and we kind of touched upon this a little bit in the beginning, but I mean, you’ve definitely encountered this in your career. I’ve certainly like been in these situations more times than I care to count. So what am I referring to? It’s getting internal buy in, because we know sometimes, like on the topic of being risk averse, right? And a lot of that comes from senior management. It comes from the people within the organization that have to make the decisions and not to, not to blame them for, for this kind of mindset. Because, you know, at the end of the day, they are responsible for ensuring, I mean, this is like running a business, one on one, making sure the business is profitable. And if you if something comes across their desk that they don’t quite know anything about, or don’t quite understand, the knee jerk reaction is no, right? So over to you. You’ve been in these situations before. How do you get internal buy in to, you know, get out of this risk averse mindset and to to get the senior management on board with whatever the marketing team is proposing. Pete Fairburn  24:41 Yeah, and the answer to that does depend on who in the organization you’re speaking to, obviously, if you’re speaking to decision makers, and often, as we know, can be multiple people or multiple stages now, but you’ve got that job to do. And I guess I’m coming at this really from how we would do it, but it is true in any business if, if you’re looking to innovate, don’t position it as innovation, because innovation is one of those words that’s bandied around a lot, and I see a lot of people glaze over. You know, we do, we do use that term ourselves a lot, but I’m trying to withdraw it from you some more, because it can mean so many things to different people. And a lot of people see that as spending a lot of money for no return. So you’ve got to frame it properly. You could say things like, look, we want to avoid being competing on price. So how do we do that? How do we create value that makes it expensive or challenging to switch so once someone’s locked into our system, not in some kind of Stockholm Syndrome way, but in a value based way that actually changing that, that just isn’t really an option for them. So stickiness is a really good way to think about it. We want to make it the price is not even the secondary thing. It’s right down the list of priorities because of the value we deliver. And then propose something small. So rather than going, Hey, we want to completely tear up our own our entire offering, and start again. Pilot something simple, something achievable, prove that it works, and then scale it from there. And if you do that, rather than selling an idea, and particularly business owners, hear a lot of ideas, a lot of pitches, show the impact. So if you do something small, prove it works. You can even, in some cases, do the fake it till we make it approach which is where you you you present the offering is available, see if it resonates with your target audience, and if it does, then start delivering it in some way, even if you have to do it manually for a while, while you’ve you’ve established the demand for it. But again, it all goes back to, if you’ve done your customer research, you probably don’t need to do that. Christian Klepp  27:05 Absolutely, absolutely. There’s some really good points that you brought up, which I’ve jotted down. And these are words that I myself, Pete, I’m trying to avoid saying, If I’m in, if I’m in a room with a client, like, for example, adding value. That’s such an overused term, and I think thanks to LinkedIn, but it’s, it’s something where I feel that the adding value piece is obvious. The reason why they’re coming to you is for your expertise. So the adding value bit is, is something that’s expected. So rather than saying adding value, I try to frame it or package it in the way that it’s like we demonstrate, you demonstrate the expertise towards the target market, and you you instill that confidence in them, that you do have the solution to their pain points and challenges, and that, I know that that’s a little bit wordier, but that sounds a little bit more, at least from where I’m sitting, more compelling than saying adding value. The second thing which you brought up, which I think is really important for marketers to keep in mind, and they probably don’t have to phrase it this way, because it can come across as condescending, but there is a bit of education involved, right? Because, let’s just assume I mean, at least in my experience, and I’m sure it’s the same in yours, 9.5 times out of 10 and B2B, the members of the senior management that you’re dealing with, none of them have a marketing background. They’re either going to be the finance related engineers, CIOs (Chief Information Officers), CTO (Chief Technology Officers), CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers), etc, right? With with little to no experience in the marketing field whatsoever. So there has to be some education there, but it has to come across as like, I’m not, I’m not doing marketing one on one with you. But it’s saying, like, Listen, this is the reason why we’re proposing this, that this is the reason why, this is why it’s in your interest to pay attention to this. And it’s about something that you mentioned earlier. It’s understanding your audience, right? So for the marketers themselves, it’s almost like internal customer service. Who sits in the Csuite on the board in the senior management. Do you know who they are? Do you know what their roles are, their responsibilities are, and you tweak those presentations based on what you know they are going to look for or what they care about, right? I think more often than not, a lot of marketers tend to fall into this trap where they start dropping all these like acronyms, and they don’t do themselves any favors with that, right? And throw throw in all this like marketing jargon that will just go past these people’s heads, right? So it’s a question of packaging it for the right audience, right? I always, always go back to that, like you got to package it the right way. Pete Fairburn  29:47 Yeah, there’s a really good technique. Can’t remember. I learned it probably a decade ago. It may, yeah, I can’t remember who, so many people I’ve been inspired by. My time, but sometimes to do that without the target person feeling like they are being patronized with marketing 101, to frame rhetorical questions. So if we were able to do this, and we could do this, and then increase our margin on this commodity product by this much, what would that do for our bottom line, and the chances are the brain is answering that question, even if they don’t say it out loud. So again, it’s about showing impact or potential impact, rather than an idea which you’re just showing you thought it through and that you’re thinking commercially. And I think that’s what sets really good marketing teams, apart from others, I think we’ve we’ve touched on this before, is when they’ve got that commercial awareness that actually the job of marketing is to help contribute to the bottom line, rather than just vanity metrics, then you start making statements and framing things in a way that business owners and Those who are responsible for the stock of a business go, okay, they get it, as opposed to impressions, clicks without actually any impact assessment. Christian Klepp  31:13 That’s it. That’s it. And I’m glad you brought that up, because that’s such a nice segue to the next question about metrics. And I always call this one the Love it or hate it question for marketers, because some marketers are very data driven, so they’re happy to talk about it at length, and others try to, like, walk around it, right? Pete Fairburn  31:30 Yeah, Christian Klepp  31:31 but in terms of, like, helping B2B companies differentiate themselves in the market and go from this bland to brilliant, what are some of these metrics? And I know we can go down a deep rabbit hole with this one, but like maybe some top three to five metrics that you would say they should pay attention to. Pete Fairburn  31:49 Yeah, I don’t think there’s any rocket science here. I think it’s ones that have a direct impact on commerciality. Before I list these, there is the caveat that there are times where things like brand marketing and other non attributable things are important, but that again, comes down to knowing who your audience is. I mean, for example, someone like Airbnb do a lot of brand marketing, but they can because they know who their audience is and they know where they sit. So it’s not to say other other channels aren’t important, but when it comes to metrics, it’s things like nothing surprising here, customer acquisition cost versus their lifetime value. How much does it cost you to get that client, and how much are they returning? And within that as well, is this surprises me a lot. Make sure you’re factoring into that the not just the the the raw revenue, but the margins or the markup, the cost of actually getting that truly so it’s not just the ad spend or the creation of the content. How much are you paying your agency? No, how much you paying your marketing team? Factor that in, and you can be have be honest. Because if you’re honest and you can make adjustments, conversion, quality is a good one, not just volume. So looking at, well, okay, we had this many people, I don’t know, fill in the inquiry form or download the ebook, whatever your metrics are that you know, lead to something typically, but okay, of those, how many actually were a quotable opportunity? How many of those actually completed a deal? How many of those do you retain, or do you have repeat business from? What’s the average size of your deal? What’s your sales cycle? Link those the metrics that matter, I think, as a rule of thumb, if it doesn’t connect to revenue or retention along the line, don’t, don’t necessarily just eliminate it, but question it and say, Is this a metric that is actually telling me anything that A gives me comfort or B tells me there’s a problem that I need to improve on otherwise, it’s probably meaningless, Christian Klepp  34:03 absolutely, absolutely. So we’re talking about metrics that are linked to, like revenue, to sales, to potential conversions, right? Revenue, obviously being the being the end objective. But like, as we know, in B2B, and you just mentioned it, the sales cycles can be, can be much longer. So you know, how many, how many leads are coming into the pipeline, right? Pete Fairburn  34:25 Yeah. Christian Klepp  34:26 How many conversations are we having? How many of those conversations are converting, right? Pete Fairburn  34:31 Yeah, Christian Klepp  34:31 Versus the ones that aren’t or are dropping off, right? Pete Fairburn  34:35 But also, I mean, yeah, absolutely, all of those things. Again, it’s, it’s having, it’s always good for any, anyone in this space, be it business owner, marketing, Christian Klepp  34:46 yeah, Pete Fairburn  34:46 stakeholder, to make sure they understand the business metrics that they’re working with. So revenue is one thing, but margin and profitability are absolutely key, because we’ve seen it before. Again, I’m sure you have where you have business. Is that are busy fools. They’re taking. They’re converting loads of low value deals, one offs, but they’ve never aligned on where the high revenue work is. We once had a client who were busy dealing with inquiries every day, and they were converting them, but they weren’t. They weren’t moving the needle. They were barely profitable, and yet, there were massive opportunities they were missing because a couple of key stakeholders weren’t talking about how to offer to this really high margin longer sales cycle, but really high margin stuff. But once you start understanding where your profitability lies and where your costs are, and perhaps products or services that if you just leaned on a little bit, could dramatically increase your profit line, then you start getting interesting results. Christian Klepp  35:49 Yeah, yeah. Well, thanks for pointing that out. That’s absolutely paramount, right margin of profitability. Okay, for this next question, I would have asked you to get up in Hyde Park in the Speaker’s Corner, right? But in the interest of time, just what is the status quo in your area of expertise that you passionately disagree with, and why? Pete Fairburn  36:11 The belief that better marketing can fix a weak or undifferentiated offer so you can optimize endlessly, but if you’re interchangeable, you’re just competing harder for the same result. So I really feel for a lot of marketing teams, because they’re often asked to outperform competitors without being given anything structurally within the business that’s meaningfully different to say. So they’re literally they’ve got no point of difference. So it doesn’t matter how crack your marketing team is how good they are. If you are interchangeable, and there’s nothing different about you, you’re on a hiding to nothing. Christian Klepp  36:48 Exactly, exactly. You can throw whatever analogy you want at that, right, like lipstick on a pig, build a facade, right? All of that, right? But that’s that’s absolutely true. That’s absolutely true. Pete, once again. I mean, this is a great conversation. Loved having you on for a second time. Maybe there’ll be a third. Who knows, right? But thanks again for coming on. Please. Quick introduction to yourself and how people out there can get in touch with you. Pete Fairburn  37:12 Yeah, so I’m Pete Fairburn. I’m the co founder and one of the directors at morphsites. We build websites, platforms and integrated systems, along with supporting digital marketing, a big part of what we do, though, is focus on the thinking first. So everything that we’ve talked about today is baked in. We’ve got a proprietary process and set frameworks that help us deliver really meaningful changes. So if you want a conversation, that’s how we do things. We don’t pitch, we talk. Can help you. Christian Klepp  37:44 Fantastic, fantastic. So once again, Pete, thanks so much for your time. Take care, stay safe and talk to you soon. Pete Fairburn  37:50 Thanks, Christian, thanks for having me. Christian Klepp  37:52 All right. Bye, for now.

In most child abuse cases, parents are the first line of defense. In Samuel Bateman's case, they were the first line of supply. Fathers voluntarily gave their underage daughters to a man they knew was having sexual contact with minors — and when police came asking questions, those same fathers lied to protect the operation.This episode examines the human infrastructure behind Bateman's abuse. Moroni Johnson, who gave six of his daughters to Bateman, ages nine to seventeen. Ladell Bistline Jr., who gave his nine and eleven-year-old girls and participated in the abuse. Torrance Bistline, the businessman who bought Bateman Bentleys and Range Rovers and managed the group's finances. Together, they built a self-sustaining machine — theology provided the justification, money provided the means, and parental authority provided the shield that kept law enforcement out.Bateman used techniques familiar to any cult researcher: forced confessions, public shaming, sexual punishment that made participants complicit in their own exploitation. The more his followers obeyed, the deeper they were compromised. The deeper they were compromised, the less likely they were to go to police. It was a closed loop designed to eliminate dissent from the inside.And at the center of the moral complexity are the adult wives — women who facilitated the abuse of children but were themselves raised inside the same system. Married off as teenagers. Conditioned to obey without question. A psychologist diagnosed one with extreme PTSD and Stockholm Syndrome. Their sentences ranged from time served to six years — the court's attempt to weigh complicity against a lifetime of indoctrination. Whether that calculation was right is a question this episode doesn't pretend to answer.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#SamuelBateman #FLDS #ChildBrides #CultAbuse #FalseProphet #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ShortCreek #LadellBistline #TrustMeNetflix

Max Lucado joins Kirk Cameron to examine Biblical tactics for stopping anxious thoughts and winning the battle for your mind. He shares the findings of his book, "Tame Your Thoughts," while also discussing thought management and Biblical examples of defeating anxiety. Don't miss this informative interview on Takeaways with Kirk Cameron on TBN! Missed the last episode? Listen in as John G. West examines how the Stockholm Syndrome phenomenon has infiltrated American Christianity. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WATCH Takeaways with Kirk Cameron episodes for free on TBN+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Each episode of Takeaways with Kirk Cameron features knowledgeable guests having a respectful and thoughtful conversation surrounding topics that are impacting our society every day. Kirk's hope is that you will walk away from this show with practical steps on how to better your family, your community, and your nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 139 of The Western Bubble, Dario and Balder analyse the global fallout as the US-Iran conflict enters its third week. With the Strait of Hormuz now closed and international energy markets in a state of panic, the White House finds itself trapped in a war of its own making with absolutely no viable exit strategy. We dismantle the popular conspiracy theory that the current administration is playing a geopolitical game of "4D chess", proving instead how rapid escalation and a lack of clear objectives have led to a catastrophic strategic failure.The crisis is forcing a global realignment. We break down Europe's geopolitical "Stockholm syndrome"—examining why European leaders, despite initially resisting involvement, are once again sacrificing their own strategic independence to appease Washington. From German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pivoting towards Beijing, to South Korea being left strategically exposed, to the astronomical $12.7 billion price tag of the war's first six days, we explore how this conflict is accelerating the decline of Western hegemony and pushing the Global South further away.This podcast is an individual project between Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. We are supported by our producer Stefani Obradovic from Western Bubble Insights & Strategy. If you would like to get in touch with us, write us an email at thewesternbubble@gmail.com.

Why are so many heroes of the faith faltering and is there anything that we can do to correct it? John G. West joins Kirk Cameron to discuss how the Stockholm Syndrome phenomenon has infiltrated American Christianity, leading to widespread compromise and erosion of our faith. Don't miss this revealing interview on Takeaways with Kirk Cameron on TBN! Missed the last episode? Listen in as Dr. Gary Chapman shares the top 5 traits that build a healthy family. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WATCH Takeaways with Kirk Cameron episodes for free on TBN+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Each episode of Takeaways with Kirk Cameron features knowledgeable guests having a respectful and thoughtful conversation surrounding topics that are impacting our society every day. Kirk's hope is that you will walk away from this show with practical steps on how to better your family, your community, and your nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protect Your Retirement with a PHYSICAL Gold and/or Silver IRA https://www.sgtreportgold.com/ CALL( 877) 646-5347 - You Can Trust Noble Gold   The NEW 'non-war' WAR with Iran is not going according to plan because there WAS NO PLAN. And now everything is going to get more expensive while Trump contemplates sending our American treasure to the middle east with boots on the ground. But do NOT question any of it, or the Epstein emails, or the Epstein clients, or Charlie Kirk's assassination. Because if you do, you're you're a disloyal "Panicon". So just enjoy your Stockholm Syndrome, send your sons to die and shut your mouth. Harley Schlanger joins me to discuss the latest from the land of the "free:.   What Was Jeffrey Epstein, Really? Part One https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2025/eirv52n45-20251114/eirv52n45-20251114_020-what_was_jeffrey_epstein_really.pdf   What Was Jeffrey Epstein, Really? Part Two https://larouchepub.com/other/2025/5247-what_was_jeffrey_epstein_reall.html https://old.bitchute.com/video/d9Jb6XCfYm60/

Want to discuss what you heard today with Drew, Josh Fletcher, and others that share your struggle and experience?https://disordered.fm/community----Overcoming an anxiety disorder comes with a TON of questions, so let's answer some!Questions Answered in This Episode03:45 — Why is it so hard to "just let the symptoms be"? I discuss why doing nothing in the face of fear is the biggest hurdle in recovery and why your struggle to do so is completely normal. 08:15 — Can you exercise your way out of anxiety?  I explain why movement is a great health tool but not a "fix" for an anxiety disorder. We also look at exercise as a form of interoceptive exposure. 12:50 — The trap of "Compulsive Recovery" and Perfectionism. Many people become paralyzed by the fear of doing recovery "wrong." I explain why there is no such thing as an optimal or perfect recovery process. 19:05 — Why does anxiety feel like Stockholm Syndrome? We explore the fear of "normal" life and why some people feel protective of their anxiety or OCD, even while wanting to get better. 24:30 — "Pure O" and ruminative thoughts. I clarify the difference between "shutting the door" on thoughts and simply choosing not to interact with the "noisy room" of your mind. 28:10 — Should you push yourself on "good days"? I talk about whether you should bask in the comfort of a low-anxiety day or use that window to push your boundaries further. Full Show Notes:https://theanxioustruth.com/339Resources Mentioned:Disordered Podcast - https://disordered.fmWhy Does Exercise Make My Anxiety Worse (Past Episodes)https://theanxioustruth.com/panic-anxiety-and-the-exercise-problem-part-i-tag019/https://theanxioustruth.com/panic-anxiety-exercise-problem-part-2/Interoceptive Exposurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sigXTV5QXikhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygAi4MidIhM&t=5shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2byXYrlDkZsSend in a question or comment via text.Support The Anxious Truth: If you find the podcast helpful and want to support my work, you can buy me a coffee. Other ways to support my work like buying a book or signing up for a low cost workshop can be found on my website. None of this is never required, but always appreciated! Interested in doing therapy with me? For more information on working with me directly to overcome your anxiety, follow this link.Disclaimer: The Anxious Truth is not therapy or a replacement for therapy. Listening to The Anxious Truth does not create a therapeutic relationship between you and the host or guests of the podcast. Information here is provided for psychoeducational purposes. As always, when you have questions about your own well-being, please consult your mental health and/or medical care providers. If you are having a mental health crisis, always reach out immediately for in-person help.

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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot curate a selection of songs by artists responding to the current political moment. The hosts also hear selections from the production staff.Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops Featured Songs:Bruce Springsteen, "Streets of Minneapolis," Streets of Minneapolis (Single), Columbia, 2026The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967Billy Bragg, "City of Heroes," City of Heroes (Single), Self-Released, 2026Dropkick Murphys, "Who'll Stand With Us," For The People, Dummy Luck, 2025Low Cut Connie, "Livin in the USA," Livin in the USA, Contender, 2026The Neighborhood Kids, "Breaking News," Breaking News (Single), Self-Released, 2026Amy Grant, "The Sixth of January (Yasgur's Farm)," The Sixth of January (Yasgur's Farm) (Single), Thirty Tigers, 2026Carsie Blanton, "Little Flame," Red Album II, Self-Released, 2025Jesse Welles, "No Kings (feat. Joan Baez)," No Kings (feat. Joan Baez) (Single), self-released, 2025Dessa, "Camelot," Camelot (Single), Doomtree, 2025She'll Hunt, "Banning Books," Banning Books (Single), self-released, 2025Smoking Popes, "Allegiance (feat. Scott Lucas)," Allegiance (feat. Scott Lucas) (Single), self-released, 2025Seb Lowe, "Here Come The Aliens!," Here Come The Aliens! (Single), self-released, 2025Bad Bunny, "LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii," DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Rimas, 2025Propagandhi, "No Longer Young," At Peace, Epitaph, 2025Kimmortal, "Stop Business As Usual PART 2," Stop Business As Usual PART 2 (Single), self-released, 2024Fishbone, "Last Call in America," Stockholm Syndrome, self-released, 2025The Cars, "Bye Bye Love," The Cars, Elektra, 1978Eddie Vedder, "Hard Sun," Into the Wild, J, 2007Turnstile, "Look Out for Me," Never Enough, Roadrunner, 2025Geese, "Au Pays du Cocaine," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025R.E.M., "Little America," Reckoning, I.R.S., 1984See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tonight on the Red Eye Report, we're negotiating our release while breaking down the wildest, weirdest, and most famous ransom cases in history. From stolen celebrity corpses to Yakuza run-ins, we are covering it all while waiting for the wire transfer to clear. Tonight's Hostage Situation: Oracle: Currently suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, winking at the kidnappers, and complimenting their tracksuits. Mystic: Won't stop complaining about the 1-ply toilet paper in the holding cell, yet somehow is still hogging it all. Teddy: Is legitimately offended that his ransom demand is 75% lower than the rest of ours. Ashtray: The one who got us here because "this Time Share sounded legit." On the Docket: Tonight we dive deep into the history of extortion and abduction: The Nancy Guthrie Case: The mysterious disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mother. Bobby Brown vs. The Preacher Crew: That time in 1993 when Whitney Houston proved she was the real gangster. Yakuza Debts: The terrifying story of The Animals' tour manager, Kevin Deverich. Grave Robbing for Profit: The bizarre 1978 theft of Charlie Chaplin's corpse (and the demand for $600k). Head of the Class: The curious case of philosopher Jeremy Bentham's stolen preserved head. The King's Ransom: How Conquistadors trapped Inca Emperor Atahualpa. Crime of the Century: A look back at the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping.

Does PR have Stockholm syndrome? We're held captive by every disruption that promises to kill us—internet, social media, now AI—and what do we do? Fall in love with each threat, scramble to prove relevance, then wait for the next existential crisis. In this episode, Dan Nestle sits down with Barrie Cohen, founder of Barrie Cohen Public Relations. The real evolution isn't technical—it's structural. While holding companies lay off hundreds, boutique firms are landing top-tier placements and major contracts. The question: do you need 50 people to do what one strategist with AI and the right relationships can accomplish? Barrie walked away from Philadelphia agency life and built an operation that secured placements big firms couldn't—not by throwing bodies at accounts, but by doing what large agencies forgot: caring deeply and telling clients the truth. Listen in and hear about... Why the traditional agency billing model creates misaligned incentives How podcast pitching is outperforming traditional media relations The tangible ROI clients are seeing from targeted podcast appearances What AI-driven pitching services get wrong about human judgment Building a boutique practice on transparency and flexibility Why the fight is real when you actually know your clients Notable Quotes from Barrie Cohen "PR needs to be accessible to everybody. Telling your story is critical no matter the size of your business." [00:22:51 – 00:22:57] "I could write, and I'm a great communicator, and I know how to talk to people, and I'm honest and transparent. Everything else, like you said, I'll figure it out." [00:15:00 – 00:15:08] "I am not worried it's going to take my job. No one can do what I—like, AI cannot be at the level with my clients that I am, but can they write me an outline for a three-page article and then I can do the bulk of—yes." [00:49:27 – 00:49:41] Resources and Links Dan Nestle Inquisitive Communications | Website The Trending Communicator | Website Communications Trends from Trending Communicators | Dan Nestle's Substack Dan Nestle | LinkedIn Barrie Cohen Barrie Cohen Public Relations | Website Barrie Cohen | LinkedIn Timestamps 0:00:00 Introduction: PR Industry Disruption, Agency Evolution, and Guest Intro0:06:31 Denver Airport Metaphor—Is PR Built for Purpose?0:12:35 Barrie Cohen's Journey: Breaking Away from Agency Traditions0:18:02 Scaling a Boutique PR Business: Growth, Team, and Challenges0:22:18 Rethinking the Traditional Agency Model and Flexible Client Engagements0:28:17 Deep Client Relationships and the Value of Deliverables Over Hourly Billing0:34:36 The Shift to Podcasts: Earning Attention in Modern Media Relations0:41:33 Podcast Pitching: Personalized Approaches vs. AI Automation0:48:12 AI Tools, Content Repurposing, and the Human Advantage in PR0:54:09 PR: The Long Game—Managing Expectations in a Fast-Paced Tech World1:00:57 Why Human Connections and Relationships Remain Essential in Communications1:07:19 Looking Forward: Staying Current, Embracing Podcasts, and the Future of PR (Notes co-created by Human Dan, Claude, and Castmagic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attorney Arlene Haeggquist, survivor advocate and legal powerhouse, shares how women can take legal action against workplace sexual harassment, assault, and abuse. Learn documentation strategies, your legal rights, and how to empower yourself through the court process.   This episode covers: ✨ Workplace sexual harassment and assault—50% of women experience it ✨ How to document abuse for legal cases (emails, screenshots, timestamps) ✨ Your legal rights as a survivor of workplace abuse ✨ Breaking the silence: why reporting matters ✨ Building support systems during litigation ✨ Toxic workplace culture and power dynamics ✨ Healing from financial abuse and exploitation ✨ Arlene's story: From abuse survivor to advocate for thousands   Perfect for survivors, advocates, and anyone wanting to understand workplace rights, boundaries, and legal empowerment.   Your journey from victim to survivor to thriver starts here. If you're ready to reclaim your life and learn from others' healing journeys, hit subscribe and join our community of resilient souls. Have a story to share? Email us at HealingFromEmotionalAbusePod@gmail.com —we'd love to feature your questions, healing strategies, opinions and survivor testimonies on the podcast.   Transcript of Episode:    

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Why do Christians – particularly Christian leaders – appear at times to relate to cultural norms more than biblicalstandards? How can believers make sense of what they're hearing from Christian elites when the message seems off?Dr. John West joins the Christian Emergency Podcast to answer these and other related questions. Dr. John West is the vice president for the Discovery Institute and the author of several books. What John reveals is both insightful and alarming. Stockholm Syndrome Christianity has set in for many. What exactly is that? Listen in to this episode and find out.If you find this episode helpful, please give us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Also share this episode with a friend so they too can be blessed by these insights.To learn more about resources mentioned in this episode, see the following.Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: BookFree Resources from Dr. John West: LinkChristian Emergency Alliance (Website)Christian Emergency Alliance (Twitter / X)Christian Emergency Alliance (Facebook)Christian Emergency Alliance (Instagram)The Christian Emergency Podcast is a production of the Christian Emergency Alliance.Soli Deo Gloria

Note: "Act 1" was a separate published audio podcast.Topics:*Muppity Monday: Quinshon Jackson leg break.*Epstein files reveals first victim North of Hard Livin' Line at Michigan Band Camp*Trump / young girl Epstein pics deleted from Justice Dept website for unknown reason.*Stockholm Syndrome daughter not mad at Mom for kidnapping her 40 years earlier.*Boy Scout creep into little girl pics*Shoplifting shithead tries shooting cop in stunning body cam footage.*Asshole of the day.Sponsors:Merchant Automotive, SkyDive Grand Haven, Impact Powersports, Kuiper Tree Care, Frank Fuss / My Policy Shop Insurance, Kings Room Barbershop, Shoreliners,  Ervines Auto Repair Grand Rapids Hybrid & EV, TC PaintballInterested in advertising? Email eric@ericzaneshow.com and let me design a marketing plan for you.Contact: Shoreliners Striping inbox eric@ericzaneshow.comDiscord LinkEZSP TikTokSubscribe to my YouTube channelHire me on Cameo!Tshirts available herePlease subscribe, rate & write a review on Apple Podcastspatreon.com/ericzaneInstagram: ericzaneshowTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out Secret Nature and use my code ZANE for a great deal: https://secretnature.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-eric-zane-show-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

FREEDOM - HEALTH - HAPPINESSThis podcast is highly addictive and seriously good for your health.SUPPORT DOC MALIK To make sure you don't miss any episodes, have access to bonus content, back catalogue, and monthly Live Streams, please subscribe to either:The paid Spotify subscription here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/docmalik/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The paid Substack subscription here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docmalik.substack.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you to all the new subscribers for your lovely messages and reviews! And a big thanks to my existing subscribers for sticking with me and supporting the show! ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION: In this episode, I sit down with Meredith Miller, author of Becoming Whole, for a deep and challenging conversation about captivity, trauma bonding, and the psychological and spiritual dimensions of abuse.We explore Stockholm Syndrome as a state of consciousness, how perceived threat and kindness can reinforce compliance, and why so many people feel disconnected, trapped, and unable to break free. We also talk about healing, reclaiming agency, spirituality, and the inner work required to become not just free, but whole.This is an uncomfortable but profoundly important conversation.See substack for more information.LoveDocLinksBook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.innerintegration.com/about_perspectives⁠⁠⁠⁠IMPORTANT INFORMATIONCONSULTATION SERVICEIn a world of rushed 7-minute consultations and endless referrals, I offer you something rare: time, context, and clear guidance.As your health advocate, I can help you:Understand your diagnosis and decode medical jargonDecide who to see: GP, specialist, osteopath, physio, accupuntcurist, homeopath etc?Break down treatment plans in plain, easy to understand non jargon EnglishPrepare for surgery, understand your risks, obtain true informed consent, and optimise yourself pre-op Recover from surgery, advise you how to heal faster and quicker and minimise post-op complicationsManage chronic illness with lifestyle, mindset, and dietary changesExplore holistic options that complement conventional careImplement lifestyle changes like fasting, stress reduction, or movementAsk better questions, and get real answersGet an unbiased second opinionReady to Take Control?If you're navigating a health concern, preparing for a big decision, or simply want to feel more confident in your path forward, I'd love to support you.Book here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://docmalik.com/consultations/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Because it's your body, your life, and your future. Let's make sure you're informed and heard.SeagreenIf you want to support your health naturally, I highly recommend trying Sea Greens, a rich source of bioavailable iodine and trace minerals that nourish thyroid function, balance hormones, and provide a clean daily boost from wild ocean plants. Use the code DOCMALIK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://seagreens.shop/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WaterpureI distill all my water for drinking, washing fruit and vegetables, and cooking. If you knew what was in tap water, so would you!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://waterpure.co.uk/docmalik BUY HERE TODAY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hunter & Gather FoodsSeed oils are inflammatory, toxic and nasty; eliminate them from your diet immediately. Check out the products from this great company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hunterandgatherfoods.com/?ref=DOCHG BUY HERE TODAY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use DOCHG to get 10% OFF your purchase with Hunter & Gather Foods.IMPORTANT NOTICEIf you value my podcasts, please support the show so that I can continue to speak up by choosing one or both of the following options - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to make a one-off donation.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Doc Malik Merch Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my amazing freedom merch

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Many Americans now accept federal overreach as normal, even when it violates constitutional limits. Courts assert powers they were never granted, while citizens grow dependent on unlawful federal incentives. This national complacency mirrors Stockholm syndrome, raising a troubling question: can a people remain free if they no longer defend the boundaries meant to restrain power...

Hans and Brian challenge the conventional wisdom around qualified retirement plans and expose the misaligned incentives baked into the 401(k) system.Most people defend their 401(k)s and IRAs with passion—but they're carrying water for institutions whose goals directly conflict with their own. This episode breaks down the four things financial institutions want from your money, reveals the history of how employers shifted pension risk onto employees, and asks the critical question: whose incentives are you serving?The conventional model says lock your money away for 40 years, fund your own retirement, bear all the market risk, and hope you have enough at 65. The qualified plan gives you a 13-year window of control—you can't touch it penalty-free until 59.5, and RMDs force withdrawals starting at 73. That means if you live to 76, you only controlled your money 25% of your life. Meanwhile, the average person retiring today has $537,000 saved but needs $1.5 million. The system is failing, yet people aggressively defend it.Chapters:00:00 - Opening segment 03:40 - Revisiting fundamentals 04:25 - What do financial institutions want from you? 05:25 - The four goals: get your money, hold it systematically, keep it long, give back little 06:40 - We just described a qualified plan 07:50 - The 13-year window: locked until 59.5, forced RMDs at 73 08:45 - Tax benefits: the one real advantage of a Roth 10:00 - Why we're assuming Roth for this discussion 11:30 - The gray area in Roth tax code and the $42 trillion sitting in qualified plans 12:35 - Only controlling your money 25% of your life 13:20 - Teaching kids to be good stewards vs. locking their money away 14:30 - RMD penalties: 25% minimum, up to 50% in some scenarios 16:00 - TSP RMD mechanics: you can't choose which funds to liquidate 17:00 - Taking the employer match and using whole life as a volatility buffer 18:20 - Spending down qualified plans first, not leaving them to heirs 18:50 - The pension system: employers provided capital and bore market risk 21:20 - The shift: now employees fund their own retirement and bear all risk 23:10 - Stockholm Syndrome: aggressively defending the institutions that benefit 24:00 - Median household income $84K, needs $1.5M, average savings $537K 27:40 - Why the average is skewed by millionaires (statistical reality check) 29:25 - Comparing contractual guarantees to projections and prospectuses 31:00 - Strip away the labels: whole life is just an asset, just like mutual funds 32:20 - We want you to understand WHY you believe what you believe 33:35 - The rate of return objection and Nelson's tailwind example 36:15 - Whose incentives align with yours? Insurance companies vs. 401(k) managers 38:05 - Underwriting proves alignment: they want you healthy and financially stable 39:30 - Our mission: cut banks out, create tax-free estates, control your capital 41:15 - Closing thoughtsVisit https://remnantfinance.com for more informationFOLLOW REMNANT FINANCEYoutube: @RemnantFinance (https://www.youtube.com/@RemnantFinance )Facebook: @remnantfinance (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560694316588 )Twitter: @remnantfinance (https://x.com/remnantfinance )TikTok: @RemnantFinanceDon't forget to hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBEGot Questions? Reach out to us at info@remnantfinance.com or book a call at https://remnantfinance.com/calendar !

Episode Summary: Why are so many Christian leaders thinking like the culture instead of shaping it?This week, we sit down with Dr. John West, Vice President of the Discovery Institute, to unpack his vitally important new book, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, and the subtle ways secular worldviews have infiltrated the Church. We explore why a mind-first universe matters, how cultural approval dilutes biblical truth, and what a truly holistic, biblical response to homelessness and poverty requires.West also issues a needed challenge: Christians must develop deep discernment in an age drowning in information. He ends with a hopeful reminder that the future of the Church is far brighter than it seems.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA's mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations.

In this special mini-episode of Caught on the Mike, host Mike sits down with the legendary Angelo Moore — frontman of Fishbone, creator of Dr. MadVibe, and one of the most influential voices in ska, punk, and funk culture. Recorded while Angelo was literally taking a break from vacation, this shorter-than-usual conversation still packs all the energy, insight, and soul you'd expect from a man who has spent his life bending genres, breaking boundaries, and inspiring generations of musicians. Angelo talks about his early years in Southern California, the origins of Fishbone, his evolution as Dr. MadVibe, and the creative fire behind the band's latest work — including their acclaimed album Stockholm Syndrome and their explosive KEXP live session. A quick hit with a true icon. A legend who needs no warm-up. A conversation you won't want to miss.

It is the end of an error in Cleveland, and we can now celebrate the dumbest tank job in the history of dumb tank jobs: A shrewd snakeoil salesman always knows when the jig is up. Paul DePodesta could see that the 2025 Browns were boring deep into the earth's mantle toward a new low, even for them. He had burned through a decade of benefit-of-the-doubt from Stockholm Syndrome-suffering Browns fans and the often-fawning media. He could hear the hecklers, as well as the whispers about the man behind the curtain. DePodesta knew that once the Browns burned through both Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders — the team's desperate double-reverse flea-flicker Hail Mary effort to replace the quarter-billion-dollar imaginary-friend quarterback he traded their future for — he would no longer be able to sell his swindle. And there, sitting on his LinkedIn page like a rube fresh off a turnip truck or a lonely, diamond-studded dowager, were the Colorado Rockies: a perennial doormat of a baseball franchise coming off a 119-loss season. So DePodesta, the Duke and Dauphin of Moneyball, tied some bedsheets together and slipped out the back window of Browns headquarters before anyone could nab him. “The Browns were good at planning for the future to win while DePodesta was here,” wrote Jason Lloyd in The Athletic. “They just rarely got around to the actual winning. It was like booking and planning elaborate Caribbean vacations but never taking them.” No, Jason, that's not quite correct. What DePodesta did was like investing money needed for food and roof repairs into cryptocurrency, then telling the family over a crackers-and-ketchup dinner that they were too stupid to understand his daring long-range vision. DePodesta, the Browns' former Chief Strategic Officer, was at least magnanimous enough to accept a tiny sliver of blame for the Deshaun Watson fiasco. Sort of. When cornered by the Rockies media about Watson in his introductory press conference, DePodesta said: Here's what I would say, and I truly believe this. I believe that most of the decisions, especially the big ones like that, are organizational decisions, right? I'm not a believer in the ‘King Scout' situation where there is one guy who makes every call. The jobs are too complex, the decisions are too hard. They impact too many different things. So I always think these sort of collective decisions, it can be hard to get unanimous (opinions) on those types of things. Everyone who was a part of that? We all own that. We just do, that's part of the deal. What an absolute cheesedick. DePodesta sounds exactly like the “consultant” who comes to you, the assistant manager, and says: Replace all our desks with standing work stations and the coffee machine with inspirational posters. You can sign off on those decisions. I was never here. I will never stop being amused by the earnest discussions about which sequence of years of deliberate non-competitiveness made their organization the best in North American pro sports, the Cleveland Browns or the Philadelphia 76ers. (If you don’t deliberately lose as many games as possible for years at a time, how can you acquire a truly indispensable superstar like Ben Simmons?) Still, it’s hard to top intentionally going 1-31, passing on DeShaun Watson to take an F- prospect in the second round, drafting a solid if not transcendent QB #1 overall, trade the solid QB for a 5th round pick, and then invest an enormous amount of trade and salary capital in the QB you passed on after he had proven to be a serial sexual harasser because of some numbers inflated by a lot of garbage-time stat padding on a 4-12 team. Amazing stuff. Admittedly, it’s not entirely on DePodesta — Haslam was obviously a major factor in the world historically catastrophic Watson trade — but a share of responsibility is enough to damn him in any court. Perhaps he will be better back in his native sport, and it would be hard for the Rockies to get worse. On the other hand, I would have said that about the Browns. Also, check out the Midseason Report pod. The post NFL Open Thread appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Why do Christians – particularly Christian leaders – appear at times to relate to cultural norms more than biblical standards? How can believers make sense of what they're hearing from Christian elites when the message seems off?Dr. John West joins the Christian Emergency Podcast to answer these and other related questions. Dr. John West is the vice president for the Discovery Institute and the author of several books. What John reveals is both insightful and alarming. Stockholm Syndrome Christianity has set in for many. What exactly is that? Listen in to this episode and find out.If you find this episode helpful, please give us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Also share this episode with a friend so they too can be blessed by these insights.To learn more about resources mentioned in this episode, see the following.Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: BookFree Resources from Dr. John West: LinkChristian Emergency Alliance (Website)Christian Emergency Alliance (Twitter / X)Christian Emergency Alliance (Facebook)Christian Emergency Alliance (Instagram)The Christian Emergency Podcast is a production of the Christian Emergency Alliance.Soli Deo Gloria

What if American culture isn't faltering because of aggressive secular voices—but because many influential Christian leaders have grown more aligned with secular elites than with the people in the pews? In this conversation, we explore why some leaders are embracing the cultural pressures surrounding issues such as biblical authority, science, sexuality, race, and religious liberty, and how this shift impacts the church and society. More importantly, we'll dig into the roots of this trend and share practical, hopeful ways you can help your family, church, and community stand for truth with clarity and courage. Join us for an eye-opening discussion—and discover how you can be part of the solution. Our guest today is Dr. John West. John is Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, where he also directs the Center for Science & Culture, focusing on the influence of science and scientism on public policy and culture. Formerly a political science professor and department chair at Seattle Pacific University, he has also taught at California State University, San Bernardino, and Azusa Pacific University, and previously edited syndicated public affairs essays. Dr. West has authored or edited thirteen books, including Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Darwin Day in America, and works on C.S. Lewis, American politics, and culture, and he has written and directed several documentaries, such as Human Zoos and Biology of the Second Reich, along with contributing to the Science Uprising series. Frequently interviewed by major media outlets, he holds a PhD in Government from Claremont Graduate University and has received numerous academic fellowships and honors. To register for Summit Student Conferences, visit: Summit.org/students/ For additional free resources from Summit, go to: Summit.org/resources

John West’s Stockholm Syndrome Christianity and Joe Rigney’s The Sin of Empathy both look at problems in American Christianity today. In this episode recorded at the Equipping the Saints Conference in Tacoma, Washington, Glenn interviews them about their books and how we can avoid some of the problems they address. Order John West’s Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: https://stockholmsyndromechristianity.com/ Order Joe Rigney’s The Sin of Empathy: https://canonpress.com/products/the-sin-of-empathy?srsltid=AfmBOooIuCv1xXIHvui4dPKjiWuwE2npYqnW12J1uC9bb86VBOyEQegm Support the Theology Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Learn more about WPC Battle Ground: https://www.solochristo.org/ Connect with WileyCraft Productions: https://wileycraftproductions.com/

John West's Stockholm Syndrome Christianity and Joe Rigney's The Sin of Empathy both look at problems in American Christianity today. In this episode recorded at the Equipping the Saints Conference in Tacoma, Washington, Glenn interviews them about their books and how we can avoid some of the problems they address.Order John West's Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: https://stockholmsyndromechristianity.com/Order Joe Rigney's The Sin of Empathy: https://canonpress.com/products/the-sin-of-empathy?srsltid=AfmBOooIuCv1xXIHvui4dPKjiWuwE2npYqnW12J1uC9bb86VBOyEQegmSupport the Theology Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8Learn more about WPC Battle Ground: https://www.solochristo.org/Connect with WileyCraft Productions: https://wileycraftproductions.com/

10.24.25, Kevin Sheehan talks about Commanders fans showing signs of Stockholm syndrome with their reactions to the rocky start to the season thus far.

10.24.25 Hour 1, Kevin Sheehan opens up the show discussing the Thursday Night Football game, more developments on the FBI arrests for illegal gambling involved with the NBA and the Commanders fans showing signs of Stockholm syndrome with their reactions to the rocky start to the season thus far. Kevin Sheehan gives you his signature smell test picks for this week of College Football and NFL games. Steven Spector from 96.5 The Fan joins The Kevin Sheehan Show to give a preview of the Commanders vs Chiefs game and talk about how the Chiefs have progressed through the season.

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Leighton talks about being raised by a predator father. From the moment Leighton was born, her dad used her as either a pawn or a prop for his nefarious needs. Leighton's dad was part grifter, part abuser, part predator, and because of that, Leighton lived her life in constant chaos. Leighton lived a lonely life, shuffling around from state to state, being abused, but also having front row seats to the abuse of others. A guilt prop for an endless sea of unwitting Mormon women, and vulnerable women alike. And unfortunately, the confusion of this lifestyle left Leighton with Stockholm Syndrome and the delicate unpacking of her father's dirty laundry.  It's a story of abusive relationships, isolation, control, parental alienation, faux Mormonism, coping mechanisms, the healing process, gaslighting, projection, pedophilia, financial abuse, narcissistic abuse, nitpicking, emotional abuse, escape plans, addiction, putdowns, and devaluation. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses graphic depictions of physical abuse, childhood physical abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, and child sexual abuse. *** If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS: Perfect Prey With Dr. Christine Cocchiola | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Covert Narcissism Podcast | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitch is a Bad Word | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ When Dating Hurts Podcast | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.domesticshelters.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to access this free resource.  If you need help moving due to domestic violence, Shelter Movers may be able to help you. They operate by referral. Clients may be referred by any person of authority (social worker, doctor, police, crisis counselor, teacher, etc.) or public agency (shelter, hospital, school, workplace, place of worship, sexual assault centre, etc.).  To reach them, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our new Community Social Network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Instagram Channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Youtube Channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA⁠⁠

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Leighton talks about being raised by a predator father. From the moment Leighton was born, her dad used her as either a pawn or a prop for his nefarious needs. Leighton's dad was part grifter, part abuser, part predator, and because of that, Leighton lived her life in constant chaos. Leighton lived a lonely life, shuffling around from state to state, being abused, but also having front row seats to the abuse of others. A guilt prop for an endless sea of unwitting Mormon women, and vulnerable women alike. And unfortunately, the confusion of this lifestyle left Leighton with Stockholm Syndrome and the delicate unpacking of her father's dirty laundry.  It's a story of abusive relationships, isolation, control, parental alienation, faux Mormonism, coping mechanisms, the healing process, gaslighting, projection, pedophilia, financial abuse, narcissistic abuse, nitpicking, emotional abuse, escape plans, addiction, putdowns, and devaluation. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses graphic depictions of physical abuse, childhood physical abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, and child sexual abuse. *** If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS: Perfect Prey With Dr. Christine Cocchiola | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Covert Narcissism Podcast | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitch is a Bad Word | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ When Dating Hurts Podcast | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.domesticshelters.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to access this free resource.  If you need help moving due to domestic violence, Shelter Movers may be able to help you. They operate by referral. Clients may be referred by any person of authority (social worker, doctor, police, crisis counselor, teacher, etc.) or public agency (shelter, hospital, school, workplace, place of worship, sexual assault centre, etc.).  To reach them, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our new Community Social Network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Instagram Channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Youtube Channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the chilling 1874 case that coined 'don't take candy from strangers' to Patty Hearst's transformation from heiress to bank robber, journey through true tales of kidnapping where victims outsmarted their captors, others never escaped, and some didn't want to. These are the abduction stories you've never heard—told by the survivors themselves and featuring cases of Stockholm Syndrome that challenge everything we think we know about survival.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateTake the WEIRD DARKNESS LISTENER SURVEY and help mold the future of the podcast: https://weirddarkness.com/surveyIN THIS EPISODE: “Don't take candy from strangers” - that warning stemmed from a real kidnapping in 1874, made even more history-making by being the first kidnapping in U.S. history to demand money for the child's safe return. (The First U.S. Kidnapping For Ransom) *** I'll share true kidnapping stories told by the victims – stories you've never heard, because none of them made the evening news. (True Stories of Abduction) *** In some kidnapping cases, the victim outsmarts their abductor. We'll look at a few quick-thinking abductees whose out-of-the-box thinking and determination to survive helped them to escape their captors. (They Outsmarted Their Kidnappers) *** In some cases of kidnapping, the victims have an opportunity to escape – but don't. They even try to help those who abducted them in the first place. In many cases this indicates the victim is suffering from a terrifying type of brainwashing we've come to know as Stockholm Syndrome – and we'll look at a few famous cases of it. (True Cases of Stockholm Syndrome) *** A beautiful California co-ed was kidnapped in 1974 - and two months later, she burst into a bank with a machine gun. We'll look at how Stockholm Syndrome changed 19-year-old wealthy heiress Patty Hearst into a cold-blooded bank robber. (The Brainwashing of Patty Hearst)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = “The Kidnap” short story00:03:31.725 = Show Intro00:05:45.230 = First Kidnapping For Ransom00:16:40.781 = True Stories of Abduction00:39:23.473 = They Outsmarted Their Kidnappers00:48:30.096 = True Cases of Stockholm Syndrome01:04:14.878 = Brainwashing of Patty Hearst01:19:59.744 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“The First U.S. Kidnapping For Ransom” by Amanda Sedlak-Hevener for Ranker.com: https://tinyurl.com/y2v2q93v“True Stories of Abduction” by Amanda Sedlak-Hevener for Ranker.com: https://tinyurl.com/yxgg53ez“True Cases of Stockholm Syndrome” by Jonathan Sherman for Ranker.com: https://tinyurl.com/y5m33n4c“The Brainwashing of Patty Hearst” by Genevieve Carlton for Ranker.com: https://tinyurl.com/y4d6kqhz“They Outsmarted Their Kidnappers” by Cristina Sanza for Ranker.com: https://tinyurl.com/yxodhtotThe fictional short story I began the podcast with, “The Kidnap” is by Rajesh K.: https://tinyurl.com/yxn6xnpr=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: September 22, 2020EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/kidnappingsABOUT 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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.#TrueCrime #StockholmSyndrome #PattyHearst #KidnappingSurvivors #TrueCrimePodcast

How does a country of 10 million people dominate the global pop charts? From ABBA's Eurovision breakthrough to Max Martin's methodical hit-making, Sweden has quietly engineered a kind of musical Stockholm Syndrome: we've all become captives to their sound without realizing it. Listen to the crystalline vocal production and deceptively simple chord progressions in tracks by Lisa, Childish Gambino, and Addison Rae, and you're hearing Sweden's sonic fingerprint so embedded in pop's DNA that it now defines the genre itself. We sit down with pop star Zara Larsson to explore her love letter to home, "Midnight Sun." As she puts it, "I can't really leave Sweden; it's just something that's like a part of who I am," a sentiment that captures how Swedish pop's unique blend of melancholy and euphoria, mirroring the country's extreme seasons, has made us all willing prisoners of Stockholm's musical empire. Songs Discussed Lisa ft. Rosalia: "New Woman" Childish Gambino: "Lithonia" Addison Rae: "Fame Is a Gun" Bleachers: "Tiny Moves" Zara Larsson: "Midnight Sun" Robyn: "Show Me Love" Robyn: "Dancing on My Own" Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Brad Mehldau "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome John West to the show. He is an author, filmmaker, and the current Vice President of Discovery Institute in Seattle. Also, he is the author of the new book “Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why Christian Leaders Are Failing - And What We Can Do About It”. In this interview, we discuss what “Stockholm Syndrome Christianity” is, how Andy Stanley is encouraging more Christian leaders to move away from biblical truth, how Francis Collins was paid millions of dollars to influence Christian leaders and pastors to believe in Neo-Darwinism, Collins' horrific beliefs and actions concerning abortion, why Christians and churches have accepted the culturally downstream positions on LGBTQ and race issues, what we as individuals can do about all of this, and much more. Let's get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the world of ska and punk music Fishbone are legends. We're joined by Angelo Moore and Chris Dowd, founding members of the band. Earlier this summer the band released their 8th full-length LP, Stockholm Syndrome. They talk about why the latest record is something they always dreamed of making. They also get into the bands that helped them visualize a career in music and so much more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Live from the historic Djurgårdscirkus theater in Stockholm, join us as we dive headfirst into the frosty fjords of Sweden! From government-funded moose warning signs to the national obsession with fermented fish that smells like Satan's humidifier, it's a smörgåsbord of Scandinavian magic! The dolls dissect Sweden's bizarre love affair with coffee breaks (yes, “fika” is mandatory), their legally protected right to sunbathe naked on someone else's lawn, and the insanely scary haunted house at Gröna Lund where Trixie's screams may have summoned the ghost of Ingmar Bergman. Buckle up, as this is a Volvodyssey of Viking realness you won't soon forget. Start your free online visit today and find ED treatment that's up to 95% less than brand names at ⁠https://HIMS.com/BALD Work on your financial goals through Chime today! Open an account in 2 minutes at https://Chime.com/BALD Chime. Feels like progress. Get your gut going and support a balanced gut microbiome with Ritual's Synbiotic+. Get 25% off your first month at https://Ritual.com/BALD Need a website? Head to Squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you're ready to launch, go to https://Squarespace.com/BALD to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain! Start listening and discover what's beyond the edge of your seat with Audible! New members can try Audible now free for 30 days and dive into a world of new thrills. Visit https://Audible.com/BALD or text BALD to 500-500 Give your summer closet an upgrade with Quince! Go to https://Quince.com/BALD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns! Follow Trixie: @TrixieMattel Follow Katya: @Katya_Zamo To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/TrixieKatyaYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To check out our official YouTube Clips Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/TrixieAndKatyaClipsYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't forget to follow the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/thebaldandthebeautifulpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to support the show, and get all the episodes ad-free go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thebaldandthebeautiful.supercast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/thebaldandthebeautifulpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To check out future Live Podcast Shows, go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://trixieandkatyalive.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To order your copy of our book, "Working Girls", go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://workinggirlsbook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To check out the Trixie Motel in Palm Springs, CA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.trixiemotel.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen Anywhere! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/thebaldandthebeautifulpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Follow Trixie: Official Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.trixiemattel.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@trixie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/trixiemattel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/trixiemattel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter (X): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trixiemattel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Follow Katya: Official Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.welovekatya.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@katya_zamo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/welovekatya/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/katya_zamo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Twitter (X): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/katya_zamo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠    #TrixieMattel #KatyaZamo #BaldBeautiful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices