Podcasts about Taliban

Trong lúc phụ nữ Afghanistan gần như bị gạt ra khỏi đời sống công cộng, những hạn chế khắt khe mà họ phải chịu đựng, đang để lại những hậu quả sâu xa đối với sức khỏe tâm thần. Trước những giới hạn ngày càng ngặt nghèo ấy, một số phụ nữ Afghanistan đang tìm đến các khóa học trực tuyến, về sức khỏe tâm thần. Xin lưu ý vì lý do an toàn, tên của những phụ nữ tham gia chương trình đã được thay đổi, để bảo vệ danh tánh của họ.

An online course run out of Adelaide shows how motivated Afghan women are to keep learning in the face of harsh restrictions. - در حالی که زنان افغان تا حد زیادی از زندگی عامه حذف شده‌اند، پیامدهای این وضعیت بر صحت روانی آن‌ها بسیار عمیق و نگران‌کننده است. ارقام سازمان ملل متحد نشان می‌دهد که از زمان بازگشت طالبان به قدرت در سال ۲۰۲۱، تخمین می‌شود ۲.۴ میلیون دختر افغان از آموزش‌های ثانوی محروم شده‌اند. اکنون، در مواجهه با چنین محدودیت‌های، برخی از زنان افغان به کورس‌های آنلاین صحت روانی روی آورده‌اند، تا علاقه خود به آموختن را با دوره‌های پیوند دهند که به آن‌ها و افراد جامعه‌شان در مقابله با این شرایط کمک می‌کند.As Afghan women remain largely erased from public life, the impacts on their mental health are profound. UN figures suggest an estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls have been barred from secondary education since the the Taliban regained power in 2021. Now, in the face of such bans, some Afghan women are turning to online mental health courses - combining their passion for learning with courses to help them and those in their community cope.In this episode:Women reflects on being banned from attending universities.The emotional and mental health impact of losing access to education, opportunity and hope.How an Adelaide-based Afghan mental health clinician created an online course for women in Afghanistan. The practical barriers facing participants, including internet access, electricity shortages and privacy concerns.SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.Listen to more episodes of SBS News in Depth, and follow the show on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.For the latest news from Australia and around the world, visit SBS News and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X. -

Headlines for September 29, 2026; Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role; “Buying More Time for the Genocide”: Muhammad Shehada on Trump’s Gaza Plan 1 Year Later; Afghans “Have Been the Victims” of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja

Headlines for September 29, 2026; Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role; “Buying More Time for the Genocide”: Muhammad Shehada on Trump’s Gaza Plan 1 Year Later; Afghans “Have Been the Victims” of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja

Was Operation Enduring Freedom—the US invasion of Afghanistan launched in October 2001 to kill or capture Al Qaeda's leaders and oust the Taliban from power—a success or a failure? With the Taliban currently in control of Afghanistan and Al Qaeda operating training camps throughout the country, the answer seems obvious.Generation Jihad host Bill Roggio, an FDD senior fellow and the editor of FDD's Long War Journal, talks with terrorism expert Thomas Joscelyn about the failures of Operation Enduring Freedom and how they cascaded into the terrorism threats we now face from Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and other jihadist groups. Bill and Tom also discuss Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza, and reports that he may be alive and at the helm of Al Qaeda, as well as Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa's refusal to answer a question about whether he renounced his oath of allegiance to Al Qaeda.

An online course run out of Adelaide shows how motivated Afghan women are to keep learning in the face of harsh restrictions.As Afghan women remain largely erased from public life, the impacts on their mental health are profound. UN figures suggest an estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls have been barred from secondary education since the the Taliban regained power in 2021. Now, in the face of such bans, some Afghan women are turning to online mental health courses - combining their passion for learning with courses to help them and those in their community cope.In this episode:Women reflects on being banned from attending universities.The emotional and mental health impact of losing access to education, opportunity and hope.How an Adelaide-based Afghan mental health clinician created an online course for women in Afghanistan. The practical barriers facing participants, including internet access, electricity shortages and privacy concerns.SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.Listen to more episodes of SBS News in Depth, and follow the show on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.For the latest news from Australia and around the world, visit SBS News and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.

Send us Fan MailWhat takes a woman from a law career in Australia to Somalia, Afghanistan and then…Fiji? On our Inside Geneva podcast, host Imogen Foulkes talks to UN Women's Alison Davidian about being in Kabul when the Taliban returned and about the effects of climate change and rising sea levels on women's livelihoods. They also discuss why men and boys should never feel threatened by gender equality.Listen to the full episode now. Get in touch!Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/Host: Imogen FoulkesProduction assitant: Claire-Marie GermainDistribution: Sara PasinoMarketing: Xin Zhang

Four years after Kabul fell, hundreds of Afghans who worked for the Australian Defence Force, diplomats and NGOs are still waiting on promised visas, while facing lethal risk. Waleed Aly and Hamish Macdonald speak to security consultant Dr Tony Murney and Azadi-e Zan's Susan Hutchinson, both of whom have spent years trying to get Australia's locally engaged employees to safety, about the human cost of a promise made by several successive governments and, they argue, broken by all of them.Plus, how Canada is leading the world in sponsoring refugees, and how Australia's current political climate is making it harder than ever to bring Australian allies homeGUEST: Dr Tony Murney, security consultant & Susan Hutchinson, executive director of women's rights organisation Azadi-e ZanGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

For this Out Takes, we went global reviewing films from Greece, Italy and a filmed staged production from the West End in London. We kicked off with the 31st Greek Film Festival which returns from October 13 – 25 in Melbourne, continuing its mission of celebrating the richness, creativity and diversity of Greek cinema while connecting Australian audiences with compelling stories from Greece and the Greek diaspora. Our first review was the powerful and touching ‘Mahi’ which tells the story of an 80-year-old trans woman who was a former military officer who became an acclaimed singer. Half a century later, she returns from Germany to Greece to reconnect with her daughter and rebuild their relationship while confronting their secrets and fears that led them to leaving their former life behind. We followed that with another highlight from the Greek Film Festival called ‘Maya & Samar’, a tense and engaging Greek – Canadian production that tells the story of Samar, a queer Afghani women who lives in Athens, dancing in a strip club for cash, following an escape from the Taliban. After meeting Maya, a Canadian journalist, at a rave, their worlds collide in an affair that exposes their conflicting cultures. As the story unfolds, we see Maya's professional ambitions collide with her strong feelings for Samar who is caught between two worlds with no clear future ahead of her without some drastic action on her part. We then left Athens and traveled to Rome for the chaotic and highly enjoyable ‘Love Divine’ which is screening in this years St Ali Italian Film Festival. The film chronicles the romantic destinies of eight people across the course of four seasons from varied walks of life who are linked together by love, loss, passion, and betrayals, forming a network of entangled relationships and chaotic emotions. We finished up by heading to the National Theatre in London for the latest staged modern adaptation of ‘The Misanthrope’ from the National Theatre. Award-winning actor Sandra Oh plays Alice, the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière's classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn't always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her. This production is exceptional as are the performances plus we are begging for someone to please release a clothing line based on the costumes in this play! The post Greek Film Festival, Love Divine and NT Live: The Misanthrope appeared first on Out Takes.

There are photo assignments where the story is difficult. There are assignments where the conditions are difficult. And then there are the ones that remind you that there can still be hope and joy in the middle of everything else. In Part Two of my conversation with photojournalist Carolyn van Houten, we continue her journey into some of the stories that have taken her around the world — from a missile attack in Ukraine, to women under the Taliban in Afghanistan, to speeding bullets in Somalia, or working with UFC fighters for the Freedom 250 event at the White House. We talk about starting her new freelance chapter after The Washington Post, and how perhaps a bit of stubbornness, persistence, luck and a bit of humor comes in handy at times. Grab a coffee and join me for Part Two of my conversation with the amazing Carolyn van Houten. ***

Brian Bloom has spent his career in front of and behind the camera as an actor, voice actor, and screenwriter. Mitch Hall served as a Navy SEAL with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group and later worked as a technical advisor and producer in film and television. For more than five years they have run the Ground Truth investigation into what happened on Roberts Ridge. In this last installment, they explain what it took to get back on top of Takur Ghar. They wrote to the Taliban, got permission, and spent a day on the summit testing sight lines and lighting. They also sat with men from the villages below who fought in the battle. From there we worked through the footage, the red-on-red question, and the documents behind the Medal of Honor upgrade. They laid out years of outreach to the Air Force and others who chose not to participate. They also addressed an upcoming feature film based on a version of events they say their findings contradict. The conversation ends on heroism, blame, and why the truth still matters after 25 years. Ground Truth Documentary: https://www.groundtruthdoc.com/ Today's Sponsors:  Ridge: One thing to pack, five ways to power! You can find Ridge's Power Bank at Best Buy or our listeners can get 10% off at https://www.Ridge.com by using code "clearedhot" at checkout. Spartan Forge: https:www.spartanforge.ai

The UN's World Food Programme reports that one in three Afghans is facing acute food insecurity with millions of lacking access to basic needs.

Australia launches an urgent review after an AI agent belonging to OpenAI hacked a government healthcare portal. The government has set up a taskforce to examine what happened and whether laws were broken. The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused OpenAI of an "unacceptable delay" in informing the authorities about the intrusion. In response, OpenAI said "our models took actions we did not intend" and that it found no record of patient data being accessed. Also: Three US news outlets are denied access to the White House despite a ruling from a US judge overturning President Trump's ban. Tigrayan rebels say they are in a "full-blown war" with the Ethiopian government. As he begins a state visit to Washington, President Xi Jinping says China and the US should be partners, not rivals. Researchers find elephants use medicinal plants to treat themselves. The Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as a man to evade Taliban, wins a silver medal at the Asian Games. And joy in Thailand as a young Thai singer wins America's Got Talent.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: Illustration showing the Australian Medicare smartphone app and medicare card. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

In a live episode of the Theory of Change podcast recorded at the Devex Impact House in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, David Beasley, the former World Food Programme executive director and former governor of South Carolina, laid out his playbook for navigating today's increasingly hostile political climate — while leaving the door at least somewhat open for his own return to the political arena. Beasley — who led the U.N.'s food security agency when it won the Nobel Peace Prize — shared his journey from working in South Carolina tobacco fields to negotiating with the Taliban to feed starving children to battling with billionaire Elon Musk on Twitter. He described the culture shock of a United Nations outsider confronted with bureaucracy and jargon, and offered his diagnosis for why the development sector keeps getting its pitch wrong. Beasley offered a bleak assessment of current humanitarian aid cuts, calling the domestic political environment “horrific” and warning that Western nations are actively undermining their own geopolitical stability. “America is great because America is good, and if we ever cease to be good, we cease to be great. And right now, we're not being good,” he said.

Bei Temu, Shein oder AliExpress ist schnell ein Päckchen bestellt. Aber wie kommt die Post eigentlich zu uns? Darum will sich bald die chinesische Logistikfirma Speedaf kümmern. Stephan Wagner, Professor für Logistikmanagement an der ETH Zürich, erklärt die Strategie. Weitere Themen: · Pakistan hat mehrere Ziele in Afghanistan aus der Luft angegriffen – laut Pakistan, weil die afghanischen Taliban dort Drohnen lagern und starten. Südasien-Korrespondentin Maren Peters erklärt, warum diese Angriffe gerade jetzt kommen. · Donald Trump will die hohen Spritpreise in den Griff bekommen. Dafür prüft die US-Regierung eine neue Massnahme: einen Exportstopp für Diesel aus den USA. Würde das funktionieren? Und was bekäme Europa davon zu spüren? Antworten von US-Börsenkorrespondent Jens Korte. · Geld, Luxusreisen und Partys mit Prostituierten: In Brasilien sorgt ein Bankenskandal für Aufregung, eine Woche vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen. Im Zentrum des Skandals steht der Ex-Banker Daniel Vorcaro. Er soll sich mit Geld und Gefälligkeiten Einfluss bis in höchste politische Kreise verschafft haben. Wir sprechen mit der freien Lateinamerika-Korrespondentin Sandra Weiss über den Skandal – und wer davon im Wahlkampf profitiert.

As the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet has witnessed and reported on some of the most consequential events of our time. She has reported from Iran and Afghanistan since 1988, played a leading role in the BBC's coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings reporting from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria, and has covered major wars as well as efforts to make peace in the Middle East since 1994. In 2022 she covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine live from Kyiv as Putin's tanks crossed the border. And most recently having reported on the ground in Iran in February 2026, Doucet has been a hugely insightful voice explaining the consequences of the U.S-Israeli led war on the country and what it means for the world. Doucet is renowned for her compassionate, human-centred reporting often in times of war and suffering. In September 2026, she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to share her reflections and insights from the frontlines. Doucet also discussed the themes and approach of her Women's Prize-winning book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, a vivid history of Afghanistan as seen from the iconic Inter-Continental Hotel. Drawing on years of interviews with its staff and guests, the book traces the country's tumultuous history – from the Soviet withdrawal and civil war to the US invasion and the return of the Taliban – through the prism of this landmark hotel and the lives of the staff who kept it running during war and peace. --- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CIA Team Alpha and the forces of Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum are closing in on the crucial city of Mazar-i-Sharif. But what will it take to convince the Taliban and its allies in al-Qaeda to surrender?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Could Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey form a “Muslim NATO?” Pakistan has the nuclear arsenal, Saudi Arabia has the wealth, and Turkey has the NATO-trained military—“you put these three together and it becomes a pretty formidable force,” says CBS News senior foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab. Today, he joins School of War to discuss whether the pact could really become an effective alliance, what the effort reveals about America's changing role in the Middle East, and what five years of Taliban rule have meant for Afghanistan: “I've never seen the Taliban more confident,” he said. 02:14 — Reporting From Afghanistan 05:42 — The War in Afghanistan 11:29 — A More Confident Taliban 13:09 — Life Under Taliban Rule 16:13 — Afghanistan's Secret Girls' Schools 20:26 — Letters From Afghan Girls 25:30 — Afghanistan Under the Taliban 28:47 — A Girl's Plea to the World 30:07 — The Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey Alliance 31:47 — A “Muslim NATO”? 40:33 — The Abraham Accords 44:27 — Testing the New Defense Pact This episode of School of War is brought to you by Maven Smart System, the builder platform for the American warfighter, fielded across the force and live on the frontline today. Learn more at palantir.com. This episode of School of War is also brought to you by Stratolaunch, a leading pure-play hypersonics company.  Stratolaunch helps the U.S. and its allies move new hypersonic technologies from concept to capability, faster and cheaper.  Learn more about how Stratolaunch is accelerating the future of hypersonics at Stratolaunch.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:• China's military purge reaches the highest levels of command as Xi Jinping removes two of the country's most powerful generals, raising new questions about corruption, loyalty, and the readiness of the People's Liberation Army.• Pakistan launches new airstrikes inside Afghanistan, claiming dozens of militants were killed as the Taliban government warns that a response is coming.To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com.Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Pendulum: Ditch the afternoon crashes and naturally curb your cravings with 48% off the doctor-recommended Pendulum Metabolic Daily at https://pendulumlife.com/PDB MOD: For a free consultation and get 10% off your first order PLUS free shipping with promo code PDB at https://mod.comAG1: For a limited time, save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at https://DRINKAG1.com/pdb

"Escape from Kabul: The Afghan Women Judges Who Fled the Taliban and Those They Left Behind" by Karen Bartlett

Sie hat Jura studiert, wollte Anwältin werden. Dann kamen die Taliban und heute darf sie nur zwei Straßen weit gehen. SPIEGEL-Reporterin Susanne Kölbl hat das Tagebuch einer jungen Afghanin erhalten – ein Dokument der Entrechtung. Mehr zum Thema: (S+) Kommentar von Susanne Koelbl: Gebt den Frauen eine Chance (S+) Armutskrise in Afghanistan: Deutschland kürzte die Hilfe um mehr als 90 Prozent (S+) Fünf Jahre nach dem Fall von Kabul: So paradox herrschen die Taliban +++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Hier geht es zu unserem SPIEGEL Shop. Alle Newsletter vom SPIEGEL finden Sie hier. Hier geht es zur SPIEGEL Akademie. Sie möchten den SPIEGEL mitgestalten? Registrieren Sie sich bei SPIEGEL Perspektiven. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Thanks for joining us again in Behind Greatness. We are with Aníbal Bueno today, who joins us from his home in Spain. Aníbal has travelled to more countries than most people could imagine visiting. He is an educated engineer, a Biologist, a business owner, photographer and documentarian. He is fascinated with disappearing cultures and has dedicated his life in learning about them, documenting them and creating a bridge of understanding with the developed world. We learn about many of his adventures –  70 countries in 39 consecutive months, getting shot at, jailed with no food, walking in on a Taliban girl-school and the accidental murder of one of his fellow tour guide colleagues. And that is only the surface. He brings us through his first-hand learning of ancient cultures: their rituals and medicinal practices, their social fabric and the acceleration of their ultimate disappearance. We discuss beliefs, the link with biology and culture, the meaning of things, the importance of our "libraries – and his stress on the need of a true cosmovision. A thank you to our friend Joan Riera, ep 228. Other visitors to Antarctica: Massimiliano Catricala' – ep 6 Natalie Sudman – ep 97 Br. Guy Consolmagno – ep 133  Aníbal, Personal Website - https://anibalbueno.com/ Travel Company - https://lastplaces.com/en/ IG: @anibal_bueno X: @Anibal_Bueno_ YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnibalBueno TikTok: @anibal_bueno_ Books: https://anibalbueno.com/libros/

In this episode, Brett sits down with Curt Laird to tackle a core question facing investors and entrepreneurs across the continent: Is doing business in Africa actually difficult, or simply different? Curt brings a rare depth of firsthand experience in frontier and emerging markets. Having spent years building and operating businesses in high-stakes, complex environments—navigating ventures in Afghanistan, transitioning through West Africa in Nigeria, and establishing operations in Kenya—Curt offers a grounded, practitioner's view of what it truly takes to build sustainable enterprises in dynamic economies. Together, they discuss moving past conventional assumptions, understanding local context, and developing the resilience required to thrive where others see insurmountable barriers. The Afghanistan thread matters. Someone who built a business there until the Taliban made it impossible, then picked themselves up and went to Nigeria, then Kenya — that is a person with a very specific kind of resilience and a very specific set of filters for what "difficult" actually means. Is Africa really difficult? Based on principles in my new book: https://a.co/d/01FbgINs Connect with Brett Johnson on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Visit brettjohnson.biz for articles, devotionals, and more.

This week, Steve sits down with Steve Miska, author, former military leader, educator, and founder of Wrangling & Writing, for a conversation about curiosity, risk, leadership, decision-making, and what it means to move forward when you're never truly ready. Miska embraces the idea of the 40/70 rule-- the belief that waiting for complete clarity can cause us to miss important opportunities, while acting with too little information can lead us down the wrong path. Instead, he argues that there is a productive space between the two: a point where we have enough clarity to act while remaining open to what we might learn along the way. The conversation explores how curiosity, empathy, and humility can help leaders navigate uncertainty, manage noise, and move beyond black-and-white thinking. Mellor and Miska also discuss the rescuers' archetype, the responsibility we have for how we show up emotionally and why people need to own their own decisions. In this episode, you'll hear about: • The 40/70 rule and how to act without waiting for perfect clarity • Why curiosity, empathy, and humility are essential to navigating uncertainty • How leaders can separate signal from noise and move beyond black-and-white thinking • Why helping others doesn't mean owning their decisions for them • The rescuer archetype and how high performers can fall into “urgency addiction” • What horses can teach us about emotional awareness, trust, and leadership Whether you are navigating a major transition, making a difficult decision, leading a team, or simply trying to become more aware of how you show up in the world, Steve Miska offers a powerful reminder: you may never feel completely ready-- and you don't have to. Readiness can come from staying curious, embracing uncertainty, and being willing to act with enough clarity to take the next step. Listen now and ask yourself: Am I waiting for certainty when I already have enough clarity to move? About the guest: Steve Miska is currently on what he and his team refer to as the Wrangling & Writing 2026 Horse Farm Sabbatical. He shares writing about horses and lifts stories about hidden gems in communities around the country. He served twenty-five years in the Army, including three combat deployments to Iraq and service in the White House as Director for Iraq on the National Security Council. Most recently, he led the Department of Veterans Affairs' implementation of the PACT Act, the largest expansion of veteran healthcare in over a generation. During the Afghanistan withdrawal, Steve stood up a team in Los Angeles that assisted hundreds of nonprofits and other veteran advocates to get their trusted partners out of Taliban violence. He plans to continue his self-directed equine therapy mission, writing about veterans returning from conflict zones, processing those experiences, and seeking to understand the deep divisions tearing at the social fabric of the United States and humanity. Connect with Steve Miska: Substack: https://substack.com/@wranglingandwriting  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wranglingandwriting/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-miska/  Book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B094MS98BJ?ccs_id=0a7b6741-645c-4133-a7cc-85e0ee68889c  Send us Fan MailSupport the showConnect with Steve MellorStay connected and keep growing with Steve:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-mellor-cc/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coachstevemellorBook Steve to speak at your next event → www.stevemellorspeaks.comSupport the GrowthReady Podcast by leaving a 5-star rating → Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growthready-podcast/id1406082163Connect with GrowthReadyJoin the community and keep your growth journey going:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearegrowthready/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/growthreadypodcast/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/growthreadywithcoachstevemellorOfficial Website - https://growthready.com/----This podcast was produced on Riverside and released via ...

In our final episode on the rise and fall and rise of the Pablo Escobar of Pakistan, he negotiates his own surrender to the DEA, maneuvers his way into the U.S. while dodging Pakistani intelligence agents out to kill him, and enjoys the hospitality of the American justice system. Then he returns to Pakistan, gets arrested again, and things get weird. Taliban weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. is preparing to invade Afghanistan. It wants to overthrow the Taliban so it can locate Osama bin Laden and eliminate al-Qaeda. But to succeed, it needs the country's anti-Taliban warlords on side – and that's where an elite squad of CIA operatives come in…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What did you think of todays show??The people selling you the deal get paid whether you make money or not. In this episode, we go through the accusations piling up around Pace Morby's sub-to fund, the investors who say they can't log in or get their money back, and the self storage fund that reportedly lost $8.4 million while it kept raising. You'll hear why BiggerPockets built the pipeline that made this possible, plus what Trump's $5,000 check promise would really cost.Topics discussed:Introduction (00:00)The Anthropic quitter and the AI fear grift (00:01)Dylan almost sank the family boat (02:46)Sub-to investors locked out of their money (04:12)What the SEC filing on Pace actually shows (07:00)An RV park and a surprise $1.5M note (09:38)Payroll theft long before the fund (13:33)AJ Osborne lost investors $8.4 million (15:46)How BiggerPockets built the guru pipeline (21:50)Brandon Turner had the clout, the operators got paid (23:30)Trump promises $5,000 checks, the math says $1.3 trillion (27:22)Who actually collects your social security (30:50)F-150s, the Taliban, and government waste (35:05)Follow us on Instagram!https://www.instagram.com/collectingkeyspodcast/https://www.instagram.com/mike_invests/https://www.instagram.com/investormandan/https://www.instagram.com/dylan_does_deals/This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com (https://podcastboutique.com/)

Pags digs deeper into President Trump's $5,000 "dividend" promise as Speaker Mike Johnson tries to explain how it could actually happen. Congress would have to approve the payments, and Pags asks the question everyone wants answered: Could Americans really get these checks? Then former CIA officer Gary Berntsen joins Pags for Part 1 of an incredible look back at the hunt for Osama bin Laden after 9/11. Berntsen led CIA operations against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and was on the ground during the battle of Tora Bora, where bin Laden ultimately escaped. Did America have an opportunity to get bin Laden years earlier? Why did he escape at Tora Bora? And why did it ultimately take nearly a decade after 9/11 to find him? Pags and Berntsen dig into the questions that still surround one of the biggest manhunts in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zahra Nader joins Dr. Sandie Morgan to discuss why, for nearly every five women killed in Afghanistan by their own families, only one man is ever arrested, and how a newsroom of journalists writing under pseudonyms is building the record no one else is keeping.Chapters(00:00) - Why Afghanistan Is the Battleground for Women's Rights (02:07) - Founding a Newsroom in Exile (08:23) - How Zan Times Protects Its Journalists (11:59) - Child Marriage and the Laws That Enable It (19:22) - The Collapse of Maternity Care (24:53) - Afghanistan as a Global Bellwether (29:20) - Femicide, Impunity, and the Zan Times Fellowship (31:35) - What Listeners Can Do About Zahra NaderZahra Nader is the founder and editor-in-chief of Zan Times, a women-led newsroom in exile reporting on human rights violations in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. She began her journalism career in Kabul in 2011, and in 2016 joined the New York Times bureau there, becoming the first Afghan woman to work with mainstream Western media inside the country. She moved to Canada in 2017 for graduate study and was still a doctoral student in gender and women's studies at York University when the Taliban retook Afghanistan in August 2021. She founded Zan Times in August 2022 with $30,000 she had saved to build a home in Kabul, and now runs it from Edmonton alongside a network of journalists who report from inside Afghanistan under pseudonyms. She briefed the UN Security Council in October 2022, and was a 2024–2025 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, where she studied sustainable funding models for exiled newsrooms.Key Points• Five years of Afghan women losing basic rights with no international consequence lowers the floor for what can be denied to women anywhere. International law has not prevented it, and that is the precedent that travels.• A newsroom reporting under an authoritarian regime protects people by compartmenting them. Zan Times journalists inside Afghanistan publish under pseudonyms, connect only to an editor, and do not know each other, so one arrest cannot expose the rest.• The Taliban's Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses removes any minimum marriage age. A father or grandfather can give a child into marriage without her consent, at any age.• School was the brake on early marriage, and it is gone. Parents used to defer marriage until a daughter finished school; with girls out of classrooms, Zan Times found families selling one-year-olds and two-year-olds for future marriage to settle debts.• The penalties encode the asymmetry. A man who beats his wife to visible injury, a broken bone, serves 15 days if she can prove it in court. A woman who goes to her parents and refuses to return, along with her parents, serves 3 months. Sandie converts it on air: 90 days against 15.• The 2025 US funding cut closed 445 clinics and hospitals and cut more than 3 million people off from healthcare. Rural women lost the mobile teams that were their only access to a midwife or a blood pressure check.• Restrictions push women out of healthcare even where they are still permitted to work. A Kandahar midwife supporting three children and a paralyzed father paid half her salary to a distant relative to pose as her brother, then stopped going in when the Taliban started asking for ID.• The countermeasure is documentation. Zan Times' femicide investigation across 10 provinces found roughly one arrest for every five women killed by a family member, with deaths certified as suicide despite visible signs of abuse. Subscribing to the newsletter at zantimes.com is the step the episode asks for.Resources• Zan Times• 'When she turns eight they will take her': rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage• 'I don't know how to save my daughter from her husband': the brutal reality of the Taliban's new marriage law• Inside the deadly collapse of maternity care in Afghanistan• 'Her face was beaten in': how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed• Statement by Zahra Nader at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security)

Faire des études, décrocher un diplôme, accéder au métier de son choix… Un souhait hors de portée pour les jeunes Afghanes. Depuis le retour au pouvoir des Talibans en Afghanistan en 2021, les jeunes filles n'ont plus le droit d'aller à l'école après l'âge de 12 ans. Une interdiction parmi tant d'autres, dans le pays le plus liberticide au monde envers les femmes.Pourtant, certaines adolescentes continuent d'apprendre en cachette, grâce à des enseignants qui leur font cours dans des écoles clandestines. Elles se réunissent chez des particuliers pour bénéficier de leçons de mathématiques ou d'anglais. Une initiative soutenue par l'association française FemAid, qui intervient auprès des femmes et des enfants dans les pays en guerre.Louise Simondet, correspondante du Parisien dans la région, s'est rendue à Kaboul dans ces écoles qui bravent l'interdit. Elle raconte son reportage dans Code source.Écoutez Code source sur toutes les plates-formes audio : Apple Podcast (iPhone, iPad), Amazon Music, Podcast Addict ou Castbox, Deezer, Spotify.Crédits. Direction de la rédaction : Pierre Chausse - Rédacteur en chef : Jules Lavie - Reporter : Judith Perret - Production : Thibault Lambert, Jules Lavie - Réalisation et mixage : Pierre Chaffanjon - Photo : LP/Louise SIMONDET - Musiques : François Clos, Audio Network. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Five years after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, one young woman says she feels like her home has become her jail. She once went to school and worked with a Canadian NGO, but now says she's afraid to leave her house, and hopes the Canadian government can help.

Zahra Joya grew up under the first Taliban regime, when girls were banned from school. For years she dressed as a boy to access the basic rights denied to her. She became a journalist in Kabul, and founded a news organisation reporting on the lives of Afghan women. In 2021, when the Taliban took over power once again, she was forced to flee the country. In this episode of the podcast, Zahra discusses her experience of growing up under Taliban rule, the US-led war, their withdrawl in 2021, and the world's decision to look away in the wake of the Taliban's return to power. Zahra reflects on exile, the women still reporting from inside Afghanistan, and why she believes women's rights are everyone's responsibility. Join us live! How To Academy hosts world-renowned artists, thinkers, and leaders live on stage across the UK and USA.  Find out who's appearing near you at ⁠⁠⁠howtoacademy.com⁠⁠⁠.     Become a Member: How To Plus members receive £15 off every live event ticket, free access to biweekly livestreams,  and an exclusive members-only podcast. Find out more at ⁠⁠⁠howtoacademy.com/htasubscribe⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1842 KABULMilitary Warnings Unheeded Before Kabul EvacuationJerry Dunleavy and James Hasson, authors of Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End, Part One: Diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad negotiates the 2020 Doha agreement with the Taliban, marginalizing the Afghan national government. Although military leaders strongly urge retaining Bagram Airfield as a defensible hub for evacuation, President Biden enforces a strict 600-troop limit, forcing Bagram's abandonment. Administration officials repeatedly promote an inflated figure of 300,000 Afghan security forces, disregarding widespread corruption and non-existent "ghost units." Consequently, closing Bagram releases thousands of Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS-K prisoners. Delays by the State Department in declaring a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) trigger catastrophic chaos at Hamid Karzai International Airport as Kabul falls. (1)

Lyse Doucet, the BBC's chief international correspondent, meets Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi as the Taliban seeks greater international recognition. The Taliban returned to power five years ago but Russia is still the only country to have formally recognised their rule. Afghanistan is pushing for stronger diplomatic relations, but their treatment of women and girls remains one of the biggest obstacles. We ask the foreign minister why Afghan women and girls are facing growing restrictions on education, work and public life. “The conduct with women shouldn't be looked at through the glasses of western culture and tradition. Afghan values should be considered... You can wander around Afghanistan, in Kabul in the cities, see the way women work, do business or go to elementary schools or to Madrassas, the situation isn't the way it can be interpreted,” he says.Afghanistan also needs more aid and investment in the midst of a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis. Are the Taliban prepared to do more to achieve full international recognition?(Image: Amir Khan Muttaqi. Credit: Reuters)Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with the UN secretary General Antonio Guterres, the former Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet and the film director Christopher Nolan. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Lyse Doucet Producer: Farhana Haider

- Greg Kelly revisits his interview with Peter Navarro, apologizes for interrupting him, and highlights Navarro's claims about Fox News, Maria Bartiromo, election integrity, and alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election. - Kelly praises President Trump's first-ever GOP Midterm Convention, argues Trump is throwing out the traditional midterm playbook, and spotlights JD Vance's appeal to voters who may disagree with the administration on issues like the Iran war. - On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Kelly recalls reporting near World Trade Center 7, challenges CNN's portrayal of Trump's comments on the day of the attacks, and plays more of Trump's original interview to provide additional context. - Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly joins his son Greg to reflect on the 9/11 anniversary, the families still mourning 25 years later, and the aggressive counterterrorism operation he builds in New York after federal intelligence failures surrounding the 1993 and 2001 attacks. - Attorney Eric Palmer discusses the continuing legal fight to secure compensation for 9/11 families, including an effort to get the Supreme Court to review a ruling involving frozen Taliban-linked assets and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Podcasts Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at ⁠http://NewsmaxPlus.com⁠ Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : ⁠http://nws.mx/shop⁠ Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media:  -Facebook: ⁠http://nws.mx/FB⁠  -X/Twitter: ⁠http://nws.mx/twitter⁠ -Instagram: ⁠http://nws.mx/IG⁠ -YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV⁠ -Rumble: ⁠https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV⁠ -TRUTH Social: ⁠https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX⁠ -GETTR: ⁠https://gettr.com/user/newsmax⁠ -Threads: ⁠http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX⁠  -Telegram: ⁠http://t.me/newsmax⁠  -BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com⁠ -Parler: ⁠http://app.parler.com/newsmax⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A.M. Edition for Sept. 11. The vice president is increasingly looking like a presidential candidate, but some Republicans want Marco Rubio. We wrap up the GOP's midterm convention with a look at Vance's prime-time speech. Plus, investors hold their breath before today's pivotal U.S. inflation report. And we'll look back on 25 years of the global war on terror with WSJ national security correspondents Michael R. Gordon and David S. Cloud. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 4223 │ September 11, 2026 American soldiers rode horses into battle for the first time since World War II. They had never ridden before. They had eighteen days to learn. WHAT THIS EPISODE COVERS  Scott Kesterson marks the 25th anniversary of September 11th by first remembering the astonishing thirty days of national unity that followed the attacks — Canadians opening their homes to stranded Americans, strangers handing cash to people in need at highway off-ramps, a nation that briefly set aside every division to grieve and help as one — before turning to the story of the Fifth Special Forces Group's Operation Detachment Alphas, twelve-man teams flown into Afghanistan through sandstorm and near-zero visibility to link up with Northern Alliance fighters who had never met them, learning to ride ill-fitting Afghan saddles by force of necessity and calling in the first close-air B-52 support since Vietnam to topple the Taliban regime within a month. Scott reads the actual Special Forces prayer alongside firsthand accounts from Task Force Dagger veterans, documenting the friendly-fire tragedy that killed three Americans on December 5, 2001, and the full casualty accounting of both the Afghanistan war and the original attacks, closing with a memorial prayer written for the 25th anniversary that asks not for an explanation of evil but for the harder peace that carries a scar and still chooses to build. KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED  What happened in America during the thirty days following September 11th — and why does Scott argue that the nationwide outpouring of generosity, from Canadian radio callers offering strangers a place to stay to drivers handing cash out their windows, represents one of the most remarkable and under appreciated responses in the nation's history? What was Task Force Dagger, and why did the Fifth Special Forces Group end up riding horses into combat for the first time since World War II — and what does the eighteen-day insertion delay, the improvised tack, and the first close-air B-52 support since Vietnam reveal about how unconventional this fight actually was? What does the full casualty accounting — nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9/11, over 2,400 American service members killed in the twenty-year Afghanistan war that followed — demand of a nation twenty-five years later, and what does Scott's memorial prayer ask for instead of an explanation of the evil behind it? ABOUT BARDSFM BardsFM is a daily independent podcast covering faith, liberty, history, and information warfare. Hosted by Scott Kesterson — combat veteran, documentary filmmaker, and rancher. Over 4,100 episodes and 50 million lifetime downloads. New episodes every weekday. bards.fm This episode was researched and produced under the Spatial Terra Intelligence Methodology (STIM v5) — the analytical framework built by Scott Kesterson — with AI-assisted research synthesis at a 70/30 human/AI authorship ratio, fully disclosed. All analysis, conclusions, and editorial judgments are those of Scott Kesterson. BardsFM's archive includes hundreds of episodes on prayer, scripture, and walking the Way of Christ — available free in the full episode catalog. DOWNLOADS Citizen's Guide - Community Organizing Against Data Centers: click here Citizen's Guide - Auditing Automatic License Plate Readers: click here Citizen's Guide - Auditing Your State's Driver License Data: click here AFFILIATE LINKS Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939.  EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS26: TreadliteBroadforks.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here DONATIONS: If you wish to support this podcast directly you can donate here... DONATE: Click here MAILING ADDRESS: Xpedition Cafe, LLC Attn. Scott Kesterson 591 E Central Ave, #740 Sutherlin, OR  97479

Join Jim and Greg for this special 3 Martini Lunch as they remember 25 years since the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, and in the skies over Pennsylvania, that changed our nation forever. First, they briefly share their own experiences from being in Washington on September 11, 2001. Then they consider the significant ways our nation and our world have changed since that horrible day.Next, they discuss the devastating realization five years ago that the Taliban would be back in power nearly 20 years after our military response to the 9/11 attacks began.Then, they consider how to approach the subject with children, young adults, or anyone too young to remember what 9/11 was like. Greg shares his family's powerful visit to the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania and Jim remembers how a trip to the Newseum in D.C. made an impact on his kids.Finally, they remember the inspirational moments that emerged from 9/11 and the days that followed.Please visit our great sponsors:ZocDocYour health matters and taking care of yourself shouldn't be complicated. Find and book the right doctor with Zocdoc. Head to http://ZocDoc.com/3ML   #sponsoredLarinecoRight now, Larineco is offering our listeners up to 50% off at https://BuyLarine.com/3MLNew episodes every weekday. 

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comAzam is an international investigative reporter for the New York Times. He used to be the Times bureau chief in Afghanistan, as well as Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. He won a Pulitzer last year for his work on the US intervention in Afghanistan, among other awards. He's also the author of Fear Is Just A Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance. I discovered him simply by reading the paper and noticing an extraordinary ability to ferret out the truth. In conversation, Azam did not disappoint. A polished transcript is here, including money quotes from the chat. Below are timestamps for the main sections of the pod:05:23: Growing up in a Pakistani family in a small-town Virginia10:36: The value of fiction over nonfiction22:26: Azam's time reporting on Wall Street, and then the horrors in Afghanistan46:24: A deep dive into a terrifying new wave of synthetic drugs1:03:56: The violent settlers in the West Bank and the Israeli officials speaking outFor two clips of the episode — on the new wave of dangerous drugs, and the Israeli government arming the West Bank settlers — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: the lack of bigotry in Azam's upbringing in the South; how UVA was more tribal than his high school; the war on terror; nation-building; how little the US understood Afghanistan; funding warlords against the Taliban; not talking to Taliban officials; US propaganda and lies; a story of suicide; Estonia beating fentanyl; the mega-potency of new drugs like nitazenes; drug-soaked paper causing overdoses in US prisons; why targeting suppliers doesn't work anymore; harm reduction and Narcan; methadone; decriminalization in Portugal; the popularity of weed; the cynicism and evil of Hamas; dead kids in Gaza and US bombs; the depravity of Ben-Gvir; high-ranking Israelis against the settlements; and Bibi's polling for the coming election.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy. Coming up: Emily Eakin on postmodernism, Jake Weisberg on the cowards who caved to Trump, Michael Lewis on the federal workers who fought back, and Arianna Huffington on living well. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

More than 50 children's charities and parent organisations have written to the Prime Minister, warning that disabled children are being overlooked in the Government's planned reforms to social care. Kylie Pentelow is joined by Anna Bird, Chair of the Disabled Children's Partnership and Chief Executive of the charity Contact to tell us more.The latest artwork for London's iconic Fourth Plinth has been revealed. Lady in Blue, by New York artist Tschabalala Self, is a striking ten-foot-tall tribute to a young metropolitan woman inspired by today's London. The figure is the latest in a series of high-profile commissions that have transformed one of the world's most famous public art spaces. Tschabalala joins Kylie to discuss what it means to see her work take centre stage in the heart of the capital.River Ahmad made history in May when she became the first Afghan woman to climb Mount Everest. She had always dreamed of climbing the mountain with her 20-year-old brother who later took his own life. As a teenager in Afghanistan, she survived a Taliban attack on her bus. River now lives in Australia and she spoke to the BBC's Sodaba Haidare about her inspiration to climb the mountain:The third part in our series "Daddy Issues" where we explore the impact of fathers on daughters. Woman's Hour listener Carmen grew up on the North Yorkshire coast. Her father was a retired fisherman. When Carmen was eight, her mum was taken into psychiatric care. Her dad looked after Carmen and her sister, and provided a safe haven for them. But things later became more complex. Reporter Jo Morris met Carmen at the beach, where she explained losing him twice, and the impact of this on her relationships.Dutch writer Doortje Smithuijsen joins Kylie to discuss her book, Capitalism is Sexism, exploring everything from work to childcare and the things mothers buy. Doortje asks how free those choices really are and why they still often produce familiar inequalities.Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producer: Corinna Jones

Episode 4221 │ September 9, 2026 Someone sent a postcard saying Scott must be very sick. He's not. He's just done pretending the grind was ever sustainable. Here is the story. WHAT THIS EPISODE COVERS  Scott Kesterson steps away from the research format for an unscripted night show addressing months of listener concern about a slower production schedule — walking through the full arc of a year-61 life reset that began in prayer, led him to sell most of his cattle herd, give up his chickens, and scale a podcast t to a sustainable pace and focus, all in service of refilling a creative and spiritual well he says had run completely dry after seven years and over 4,200 episodes. Scott traces the deeper cost of that grind — an eighteen-month stretch of hip pain rated six to eight out of ten, a near-decision to shut the podcast down entirely in 2025, and the personal writing projects, including three fully outlined books, that only resumed once he stepped back — before landing on the episode's real thesis: a direct challenge to what he calls the judgmental core of American Christian culture, illustrated by a Facebook video of an atheist debater he saw not as an enemy to defeat but as a frightened person building walls, and his own hard turn away from calling himself a Christian toward simply being a follower of the way of Christ. The episode closes with Scott's charge that the antidote to a culture addicted to blame and division is not louder condemnation but construction — becoming builders in community rather than complainers, and choosing to love the neighbor across every line, political or religious, rather than waiting for them to agree first. KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED  What led Scott to sell most of his cattle herd, give up his chickens, and scale back podcast production after seven years and over 4,200 episodes — and why does he describe the eighteen months leading into that decision as some of the most spiritually and emotionally brutal of his life? Why does Scott argue that most American Christian culture has replaced the simple call to love your neighbor with condemnation, prosperity gospel theater, and reflexive tribal blame — and what did watching a Facebook debate between a pastor and a hardened atheist reveal to him about seeing people through fear rather than judgment? What does Scott mean when he says his role now is to be a builder rather than a complainer — and why does he connect that directly to his own experience sitting across from Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, where genuine respect was possible despite deep enmity, compared to the division he now sees at home? ABOUT BARDSFM BardsFM is a daily independent podcast covering faith, liberty, history, and information warfare. Hosted by Scott Kesterson — combat veteran, documentary filmmaker, and rancher. Over 4,100 episodes and 50 million lifetime downloads. New episodes every weekday. bards.fm This episode was researched and produced under the Spatial Terra Intelligence Methodology (STIM v5) — the analytical framework built by Scott Kesterson — with AI-assisted research synthesis at a 70/30 human/AI authorship ratio, fully disclosed. All analysis, conclusions, and editorial judgments are those of Scott Kesterson. BardsFM's archive includes hundreds of episodes on prayer, scripture, and walking the Way of Christ — available free in the full episode catalog. DOWNLOADS Citizen's Guide - Community Organizing Against Data Centers: click here Citizen's Guide - Auditing Automatic License Plate Readers: click here Citizen's Guide - Auditing Your State's Driver License Data: click here AFFILIATE LINKS Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939.  EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS26: TreadliteBroadforks.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here DONATIONS: If you wish to support this podcast directly you can donate here... DONATE: Click here MAILING ADDRESS: Xpedition Cafe, LLC Attn. Scott Kesterson 591 E Central Ave, #740 Sutherlin, OR  97479

When the Taliban retook Afghanistan five years ago, the New York Times evacuated more than 120 Afghan journalists, translators and other employees and family members. In a new book,journalists Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp follow four young women from the group who must rebuild their lives in America, navigating college, work, language and faith. We'll talk with the authors and one of the young women profiled about what freedom means after escape — and what the U.S. owes the Afghans it left behind. Guests: Diana Kapp, journalist and co-author, "The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America" Rebecca Blumenstein, president-editorial, NBC News; co-author "The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America" Mursal Rahim, fled Afghanistan in 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, artist Scott LoBaido calls on Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the memorial ceremony, while Rob reflects on Afghanistan and the billions of dollars in American military equipment that ends up in Taliban hands following the 2021 withdrawal. -Hilary Fordwich makes a surprise studio appearance after attending an event with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, discussing the economy, Canada and efforts targeting Iranian assets—including two major London properties reportedly connected to Iran's supreme leader.  -Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (Ret.) joins Rob to celebrate efforts to bypass Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, break down the economic blockade and sanctions campaign, and discuss everything from seized Iranian assets to the Falkland Islands and Europe's populist political movements. Today's podcast is sponsored by : PARAMOUNT PLUS - Don't Miss “MobLand.” All episodes streaming September 18th on Paramount Plus. CALOTREN - Just take Calotren as directed at bedtime and let its collagen-based formula burn fat and maintain muscle while you sleep. Visit http://TopLoss.com/Rob To call in and speak with Rob Carson live on the show, dial 1-800-922-6680 between the hours of 12 Noon and 3:00 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday… Musical parodies provided by Jim Gossett (http://patreon.com/JimGossettComedy) You can now WATCH and chat with The Rob Carson Show LIVE on Newsmax's social media channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, Rumble) Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Podcasts Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at http://NewsmaxPlus.com Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : http://nws.mx/shop Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media:  -Facebook: http://nws.mx/FB  -X/Twitter: http://nws.mx/twitter -Instagram: http://nws.mx/IG -YouTube: https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV -TRUTH Social: https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX -GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/newsmax -Threads: http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX  -Telegram: http://t.me/newsmax  -BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com -Parler: http://app.parler.com/newsmax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired Colonel Justin Sapp was a Green Beret detailed to the CIA after the September 11th terrorist attacks. He was part of Team Alpha, the first eight Americans to drop behind enemy lines into the mountains of Afghanistan. At 29, Justin was its youngest member. There was no time to onboard him, and he was told he was leaving the next day, departing from the DC area to a base in Uzbekistan, then touching down in northern Afghanistan on a Black Hawk helicopter. Justin would go on to clear the way for follow-on forces to land, secure alliances with warlords to oust the Taliban, interrogate enemy fighters who had been captured. He would also tragically lose his colleague, Johnny “Mike” Spann. Justin takes us back into that historic mission 25 years later.  Subscribe to Sasha's Substack, HUMINT, to get more intelligence stories: https://sashaingber.substack.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@sasha-ingber  For more information about the International Spy Museum, visit: https://www.spymuseum.org/ And if you have feedback or want to hear about a particular topic,  you can reach us by email at spycast@spymuseum.org. This show is brought to you by N2K Networks, Goat Rodeo, and the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. This episode was produced by Flora Warshaw and the team at Goat Rodeo. At the International Spy Museum, Mike Mincey and Memphis Vaughan III are our video editors. Emily Rens is our graphic designer. Joshua Troemel runs our SPY social media. Amanda Ohlke is our Director of Adult Education and Mira Cohen is the Vice President of Programs. 

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09]Rudy Giuliani Ended the Ground Zero Search After They Found the Gold and Silver — Hundreds of Remains LeftRushed cleanup to reopen the financial district; never enforced mask requirements; warned of liability in October 2001; insisted the air was safe; thousands died of long-term illness.────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:35]Did Rudy Kill More People Than the Original Attack?Almost 3,000 died on 9/11; how many died long-term because Giuliani blocked investigation, abandoned body recovery, and rushed first responders into toxic air to protect Wall Street?────────────────────────────────────────[00:16:32]Trump Claims He Helped Clear Rubble at Ground Zero — Multiple Fact Checks Call It FalseNobody can verify he was there; two days after 9/11 he boasted on German TV he now had the tallest building in Lower Manhattan.────────────────────────────────────────[00:29:36]Afghanistan: Most Ignominious Defeat Until Iran — Biden and Trump Both Correct in Blaming Each OtherTrump negotiated the surrender deal; Biden executed it; Taliban spokesman laughed: Americans killed a lot of people — should they not be paying for that first?────────────────────────────────────────[00:35:00]Gloria Steinem Was a CIA Agent — She Admitted It in Her 2015 Memoir and Defended ItCIA funded feminism to one-up Soviet propaganda and destroy the family; she worked with Paul Ehrlich; Knight: CIA is the central insurrectionist anti-Christ figure.────────────────────────────────────────[00:45:01]CIA Destroyed the Family Through Gloria Steinem — Now Doing It Again Through AI and SurveillanceFeminism, sexual revolution, drug culture, architecture — all CIA; the data center race against China is the same play; we always become the monster we fight.────────────────────────────────────────[00:49:01]Flock Cameras Being Used by DOT to Enforce Trucker Hours of Service LogsIf driver logs don't match Flock timestamps, they get shut down 10 hours and ticketed; a truck on a 15-ton road got a $2,500 ticket — no weight scale, just a camera.────────────────────────────────────────[00:56:25]Trump Posted 37 Memes in One Hour — AI Slop While the Iran War BurnsSomeone else is running these programs; Space Force got new sci-fi uniforms; the entire Trump administration is farcical.────────────────────────────────────────[01:00:08]The Answer to Flock Is the Fully Informed Jury — Last Friday Was Jury Rights DayJohn Adams: representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty; Jefferson: trial by jury is the only anchor by which government can be held to its constitution.────────────────────────────────────────[01:03:06]Jury Nullification — Jurors Have the Right to Judge Not Just the Facts But the Law ItselfWilliam Penn violated the law but the jury acquitted; judges lie to juries in instructions; the fully informed jury is the answer the founders gave us and we have failed to use it. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09]Rudy Giuliani Ended the Ground Zero Search After They Found the Gold and Silver — Hundreds of Remains LeftRushed cleanup to reopen the financial district; never enforced mask requirements; warned of liability in October 2001; insisted the air was safe; thousands died of long-term illness.────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:35]Did Rudy Kill More People Than the Original Attack?Almost 3,000 died on 9/11; how many died long-term because Giuliani blocked investigation, abandoned body recovery, and rushed first responders into toxic air to protect Wall Street?────────────────────────────────────────[00:16:32]Trump Claims He Helped Clear Rubble at Ground Zero — Multiple Fact Checks Call It FalseNobody can verify he was there; two days after 9/11 he boasted on German TV he now had the tallest building in Lower Manhattan.────────────────────────────────────────[00:29:36]Afghanistan: Most Ignominious Defeat Until Iran — Biden and Trump Both Correct in Blaming Each OtherTrump negotiated the surrender deal; Biden executed it; Taliban spokesman laughed: Americans killed a lot of people — should they not be paying for that first?────────────────────────────────────────[00:35:00]Gloria Steinem Was a CIA Agent — She Admitted It in Her 2015 Memoir and Defended ItCIA funded feminism to one-up Soviet propaganda and destroy the family; she worked with Paul Ehrlich; Knight: CIA is the central insurrectionist anti-Christ figure.────────────────────────────────────────[00:45:01]CIA Destroyed the Family Through Gloria Steinem — Now Doing It Again Through AI and SurveillanceFeminism, sexual revolution, drug culture, architecture — all CIA; the data center race against China is the same play; we always become the monster we fight.────────────────────────────────────────[00:49:01]Flock Cameras Being Used by DOT to Enforce Trucker Hours of Service LogsIf driver logs don't match Flock timestamps, they get shut down 10 hours and ticketed; a truck on a 15-ton road got a $2,500 ticket — no weight scale, just a camera.────────────────────────────────────────[00:56:25]Trump Posted 37 Memes in One Hour — AI Slop While the Iran War BurnsSomeone else is running these programs; Space Force got new sci-fi uniforms; the entire Trump administration is farcical.────────────────────────────────────────[01:00:08]The Answer to Flock Is the Fully Informed Jury — Last Friday Was Jury Rights DayJohn Adams: representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty; Jefferson: trial by jury is the only anchor by which government can be held to its constitution.────────────────────────────────────────[01:03:06]Jury Nullification — Jurors Have the Right to Judge Not Just the Facts But the Law ItselfWilliam Penn violated the law but the jury acquitted; judges lie to juries in instructions; the fully informed jury is the answer the founders gave us and we have failed to use it. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Parada Calderon v. Blanche, No. 25-2204 (9th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)holistic approach to CAT claims; no quantitative statistical analysis required; expert evidence on El Salvador's State of Exception; failure to give expert reports reasoned consideration; new evidence for motion to reopen; prima facie standard Mbueno-Vita, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-5472 (9th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)approximate testimony about injuries is not inconsistent; omissions cannot equate to adverse credibility on their own; Alam; IJ failure to consider plausible alternatives; particularized risk of torture shown where evidence shows noncitizen's group is tortured; no relocation when in hiding; UNITA Party in Angola; CAT Matter of A-Q-R-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 865 (BIA 2026)credibility; inconsistencies; credible fear interview; dates; Taliban; Afghanistan  Matter of Diji, 30 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2026) (en banc)no-notice motion to reopen; in absentia; failure to receive NTA; Matter of G-Y-R-; obligation to update address Matter of A-E-V-M-, 30 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2026)Maduro's capture; change in power equates to changed country conditions; asylum from Venezuela; one year bar; administrative notice by the BIA United States v. Benavidez, No. 25-2497 (8th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)Tex. Pen. Code § 29.02(a); crime of violence; Borden; recklessness; robbery Sebastian-Perez v. Blanche, No. 25-1691 (8th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026)no jurisdiction to review no reasonable fear finding; Riley; reinstatement  B.P. v. Blanche, No. 25-2778 (8th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026)jurisdiction; claims processing; 30 day deadline; final order of removal; Riley; reinstatement; FARO; equitable tolling   Espinoza Benitez v. Blanche, No. 25-2029 (1st Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; asthma  Dziedziach v. Blanche, No. 23-6837 (2d. Cir. Aug. 31, 2026)CIMT committed after five years of admission; Loper bright; conspiracy to retaliate against witnesses and parties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b); intent; star decisis; aggravating factor; CIMT definition constitutional Aristy-Rosa v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1490 (3d Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)motion to reopen; Minter; change in law; equitable tolling for motion to reconsider; sue sponte; Judge Bove Reynoso-Salgado v. Blanche, No. 23-2628 (7th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)child abuse; non-LPR cancellation of removal; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Wis. Stat. Ann. § 948.21(1); child neglect; Loper Bright; culpable mental state; unitary concept Garcia Morales, et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-1760 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2026)Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule; INA § 242(f); invalid presumption bar to relief; asylum; statutory interpretation; absurd results canon; but-for nexus; mixed motive; gang extortion; Guatemala  Urias-Gaxiola v. Blanche, No. 22-1474 (9th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026)amending pleadings in immigration court for factual error; Matter of Velasquez; IJ refusal to hear testimony; border crossing card; motion to remand; procedurally lawful admission; QuilantanKurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.eimmigration"Immigration law software you'll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com.  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me!Want to become a patron?Show the Podcast some loooovvveeeCONTACT INFORMATION:Email: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Afghans in Pakistan and Iran face an uncertain future under the Taliban amid a huge deportation drive. We have a report from the Torkham crossing, known as "zero point". Millions of Afghans have fled across the borders to Pakistan for decades. Also, we hear from the Taliban foreign minister who has called on western countries to develop closer diplomatic and economic ties with Afghanistan. Israel says it's captured a senior member of Hamas in Gaza - as Palestinian medics say two children and a woman were killed. Norway's King Haakon pledges an oath of allegiance to the constitution as his father lies in state. A Russian drone and missile barrage kills at least 12 in the capital of Ukraine. Researchers say cancer treatment in mornings could double survival time.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.ukPhoto: Afghan returnees deported from Pakistan arriving at the Torkham crossing Credit: AFP via Getty

August 31, 2026 – 6am: WAPO: Military leaders warn against extending Iran operations U.S., Iran trade strikes for the first time in a month Trump announces U.S.-Venezuela oil deal Russian strike near Kyiv kills at least 37 Treasury Dept. blocks some journalists from G20 meeting Trump calls for ‘rebuke or punishment' for NBC's Kristen Welker POLITICO: The Republican party's midterm nightmare is taking shape POLITICO Playbook: Digging into the midterms, 2028 and more 5 years since U.S. Troops left Afghanistan, Taliban takeover To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.