Podcasts about theus

CogumeloCAST: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/CastCogumelo⁠Toad: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad ⁠⁠Theus Jackson: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_⁠⁠Gabriel Canavarro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ggcanavarro/Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para ⁠⁠comercial@acasadocogumelo.com⁠⁠Editado por Theus: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

CogumeloCAST: ⁠https://twitter.com/CastCogumelo⁠Kaká Vieira: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/AtaqueCritico⁠Toad: ⁠https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad ⁠Theus Jackson: ⁠https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_⁠Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para ⁠comercial@acasadocogumelo.com⁠Editado por Theus: ⁠https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

CogumeloCAST: ⁠https://twitter.com/CastCogumelo⁠Toad: ⁠https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad ⁠Theus Jackson: ⁠https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_⁠Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para ⁠comercial@acasadocogumelo.com⁠Editado por Theus: ⁠https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Theus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloHadesPlays:https://www.youtube.com/@HadesPlaysGameToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Theus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Theus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloHadesPlays:https://www.youtube.com/@HadesPlaysGameToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Theus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

Corbin and Matt are joined by TYLER THEUS, a famous academic, to discuss "Still Life," a movie by a friend of the program who I have never said anything bad about, Jia Zhangke. Topics include: slow cinema, fiction/doc hybridization, the movie's relationship to neorealism, critical forms and aesthetic forms, hyper-mediated Mise-en-scène and the Three Gorges Dam. Watch Still Life here. Seriously, watch it, it's great.   Corbin reccomends an album, avaibale on album streaming services or at your local record shop. Tyler reccomends Passing Fancy, an Ozu movie. Matt reccomends Eternity's Pillar, available here. Next week, the boys take it to the limit one more time and discuss Michael Mann's Generational Male Frienship/Global Capitalism Epic MIAMI VICE. Watch it on Apple TV if you can stand to spend four bucks, it's looks GREAT there and kind of bad in other streaming locations. 

CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Patrick: https://x.com/pandreozziTheus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_AndrezzaBPlays: https://x.com/andrezzabplaysDúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Monday 3rd of February 2025, Auckland's getting a new police training facility, Associate Minister for Police Casey Costello tells Andrew Dickens how it will help with reaching the Government's goal of increasing the number of frontline police by 500. Former US Defence Department Official Jeffrey Price analyses the weekend's spectacle between US President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky where Trump told Zelensky to make a deal with Russia or theUS would be out. And UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey shares the latest on the European leaders summit in London where security talks have been under way. Newstalk ZB's Elliot Smith shares the latest on the Black Caps facing India in the ICC Champions trophy in South Africa. Get the Early Edition Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Reily and Tony for a recap of my trip to shot show, and Tony tells about being in Washington for the inauguration. We also have a topic on forgetting what you learned in the academy and much more.Please patronize and support the LEObusinesses that made this podcast possible.Sunday podcasts are brought to you by my friends over atOfficerPrivacy.com OfficerPrivacy has software that allows you to quicklyremove your personal information from the internet. Use their software FREE for14 days. Or their team of LEO's will remove your info for you. Sign up and feelsafe again.How are First Responders hittinghuge fitness / body/ health goals? Don't miss this one! Fit Responder FitResponder is the top remote coaching program for first responders around theUS. Having support that understands the demands and stressors of the job helpswhen you need an effective and realistic action plan to make your goalsreality  Follow FIT RESPONDER for tips, guides, memes, etc.https://fitresponder.com/PMPM coins - www.ghostpatch.comPMPM Merch -https://poorly-made-police-memes.creator-spring.com/?https://linktr.ee/Poorlymadepolicememes⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/4MYCYDRPX8ZU4⁠⁠https://www.thethinlinerockstation.com/

KEY PERFORMANCE AND MILESTONESExceptional Longevity: GEN3 batteries maintain82% capacity at 900 cycles, compared to 70% for Panasonic's NCR18650GA after just 300 cycles.Higher Energy Output: GEN3 batteries delivereda 31% cumulative energy gain over graphite-based benchmarks, signaling a major efficiency breakthrough.Seamless Integration: The advanced silicon-anode material blends with high-grade artificial graphite, ensuring compatibility with existing battery manufacturing lines (18650, 21700, 26650, and 4680 formats).BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY SURPASSES INDUSTRY LEADERSHPQ Silicon Inc. $HPQ / $HPQFF and its partner Novacium SAS have delivered a major leap in battery performance, with their GEN3 silicon-anode batteries outperforming some of the biggest names in energy storage. In independent testing, these next-generation cells retained over80% of their capacity after 900 cycles, far exceeding leading commercial 18650 lithium-ion batteries fromSamsung, Panasonic, and LG.With95% of today's lithium-ion anodes still reliant on graphite, HPQ's technology is poised to disrupt the industry. The company's silicon-based materials, which can replace10%–15% of traditional graphite without costly retooling, position HPQ to capture a significant share of theUS$22.5B–$33.8B addressable market by 2030.“These results confirm our ability to develop world-class silicon-based materials that enhance battery longevity and performance. With targeted refinements, we see even greater potential for next-generation lithium-ion applications, from consumer electronics to EVs,” said Bernard Tourillon, CEO of HPQ Silicon and Novacium.By leveraging proprietaryhigh-throughput manufacturing processes, HPQ and Novacium are advancing toward commercial production, positioning their technology as acost-effective, high-performance alternative for battery makers worldwide. With growing demand in the 3C markets (Computer, Consumer, and Communication),HPQ's breakthrough silicon-anode materials could redefine the future of lithium-ion batteries.STRATEGIC MARKET OPPORTUNITYCEO'S PERSPECTIVE: SCALING FOR COMMERCIALIZATION

CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Patrick: https://x.com/pandreozziTheus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

O Nintendo Switch 2 acaba de ser revelado, e junto com o anúncio vem muita expectativa, para sabermos se o novo console será um sucesso, e também para sabermos o que 2025 reserva par ao Mundo dos games.CogumeloCAST: https://twitter.com/CastCogumeloToad: https://linktr.ee/arthur.soares.toad Madpix Game Studio: https://madpix.com.brTheus Jackson: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_Dúvida, sugestão ou quer entrar em contato, envie um e-mail para comercial@acasadocogumelo.comEditado por Theus: https://twitter.com/JacksonTheus_

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center's Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues his series BEHOLD. The incarnation! God becoming flesh! Such a central and powerful part of our doctrine and beliefs!Today we conclude our series Behold….. With a profound topic I cannot wait to explore! Origin stories!Origin Stories! Everyone has an origin story! It's the story of your beginning! Where you came from. What you went through!Here's a few origin stories you might find interesting:Growing up so poor her family literally made her clothes from potato sacks. She was shuffled around to rural farms and boardinghomes and suffered abuse and teen pregnancy. You might know about her? Her name is Oprah Winfrey.Growing up in a government housing projects watching his father spiral into what he describes as a “broken man” from a hard life.This man says he carry's this weight of his impoverished childhood with him every day. His name is Howard Shultz and he's theCEO of Starbucks.Dropping out of school at age 10 to become an indentured servant to a print maker, this man was 1 of 17 children in his family. Hewould go on to be one of the greatest inventors in history for the era and be known as a founding father of our nation. His name isBenjamin Franklin.Born in a one-roomed weavers cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland. This man emigrated to America with his family when he was 13because of their extreme poverty. His first job in Pennsylvania was as a bobbin boy for $1.20 a week. But, he went on to dominate theUS steel industry, amassing a personal fortune. By his death, he had given away $4.8 billion. Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919)This man grew up in the Great Depression of the 1930s, he had to milk the family cow and do numerous odd jobs to help his familysurvive. After the war, he took out a loan to buy a small grocery store. He went on to build this into the giant Walmart supermarketchain, amassing a fortune of over $23 billion. Samuel Walton (1918 – 1992)I love hearing origin stories! But none of these compare to the origin story we are celebrating this week!Christmas is the Origin story of Jesus Christ, The Son of God.His origin story is not at all what we would expect the origin story of Gods Son to be like! But there is much we can glean from it!

Digitální písničkář, výtvarný umělec a moderátor Matěj Čech alias Mat213 vydal letos v říjnu šestou dlouhohrající desku Nesu oheň. A ani tentokrát ve své tvorbě nedal dopustit na kombinaci vysokého a nízkého umění. Otevírá téma sociální nerovnosti vrstevníků, adoruje fotbalové celebrity a s notnou dávkou kýče vzpomíná na období devadesátek. V nové Fonosession Radia Wave nabídl průřez své dosavadní tvorby, a dokonce k tomu oprášil akustickou kytaru.

Digitální písničkář, výtvarný umělec a moderátor Matěj Čech alias Mat213 vydal letos v říjnu šestou dlouhohrající desku Nesu oheň. A ani tentokrát ve své tvorbě nedal dopustit na kombinaci vysokého a nízkého umění. Otevírá téma sociální nerovnosti vrstevníků, adoruje fotbalové celebrity a s notnou dávkou kýče vzpomíná na období devadesátek. V nové Fonosession Radia Wave nabídl průřez své dosavadní tvorby, a dokonce k tomu oprášil akustickou kytaru.Všechny díly podcastu On Air můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

This week, King Acklin is joined by Guest Host, 1 Eyed Willie and Special Guest, Theus Da God. Tap in with them as they discuss Theus's Blue Pill album plus a number of other topics including: Hov Accusations DJ Akademics blaming Kendrick for lawsuits in Hip Hop --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amor351-king/support

AWadd with Robby Robinson on the show next as we get excited for the VCU basketball season to tip off and we highlight players we are most excited about this season. Jack Clark of VCU Men's Basketball joins Adam on the show next for an extended interview as he is excited to play with the Rams. Assistant Coach Darius Theus joins us next for an interview as he is extremely excited to work with the team's current roster. Commander's Corner to close out the show as we begin to look towards Sunday's Chicago matchup.

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Darius Theus is one of the most humble people I've met during my time in basketball. As a player he helped lead VCU to a Final Four the played professionally afterwards. Since getting into coaching he has worked at Texas, VCU, and Siena. Topics in this episode-Basketball journey -Former players transition into coaching -Taking uncomfortable risks -Skill development -What it means to coach where you're from -VCU way -Future goals  

Tioni Theus, a 16-year-old girl from Compton, was tragically found dead on January 8, 20221. Her body was discovered on the side of the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles, specifically on the Manchester Avenue on-ramp near South Figueroa Street The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is leading the investigation into Tioni Theus' murder. Anyone with information about her case should call the CHP at (323) 644-9557

What's poppin' Con-gregation? This week, comedian Londale Theus Jr. joins the show to discuss Belle Gibson who was set to be next biggest wellness guru but 10 years later, her international empire built on a cancer journey has crumbled. Stay schemin'!This was originally recorded on July 1,  2024. Pre- Order Laci's book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes.”https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-pressOn Sunday, Sept. 22nd, Laci will be hosting the Scam Goddess Live: 5 Year Anniversary @ the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles.For Tickets:https://regentdtla.com/tm-event/scam-goddess-live-five-year-anniversary/ Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspodLaci Mosley: @divalaciLondale Theus Jr. : @londalejr Research by Kaelyn Brandt. Sources:https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/instagram-scammer-belle-gibson-now-32670038https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/expensive-clothes-overseas-trips-belle-gibson-s-expenses-in-the-spotlight-20190514-p51nau.htmlhttps://www.elle.com.au/culture/news/what-we-know-about-belle-gibson-5919/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6762183/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/belle-gibson-b2535312.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/29/jules-gibson-munchausen-by-internet-sickness-bloggers-fake-it-whole-pantryhttps://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/cancer-fraud-belle-gibson-how-the-wellness-industry-became-the-other-casualty-20171027-gz9aoi.htmlhttps://inews.co.uk/culture/belle-gibson-now-instagrams-con-artist-3021825https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-21/home-of-cancer-fraudster-belle-gibson-raided/100155744

Send us a Text Message.MC Design Academy is designed to be a space where I get to share my expertise with you, where you'll get to learn all about visual merchandising, design, display, retail, and everything in between. Come along as I practice my craft and be sure to like, subscribe, and follow our socials to keep updated. See you in the merchandising land of MC Design Academy!Tara Thorn started her jewelry business, Cedar and Cypress Designs, after living in Haiti for five years. Seeing the beauty of the island, she wanted to share the beauty and work of the artisans she had met. Starting with a small website, she quickly grew into wholesale and is now in over 500 stores across theUS. It was with the help of mentors and places like MPLS MART that shaped her business. Tara is now also a showroom owner at the MPLS MART, the Midwest's only permanent regional gift market. Through shows and the online space, she can grow her reach to more stores and customers, increaseawareness of the beautiful items coming out of Haiti, and showcase the work of her artisans and their team. Every purchase makes a difference, Purchase with Purpose.This is Tara's second time on the show and here she shares a little about Cedar and Cypress Designs and how the political and social unrest in Haiti impacts her artisans and business. She then dives into her new role at the MPLS mart and how she got started. Tara also shares all the details of her showroom set up, which brands are represented at the mart, and how she maintains a healthy work/life balance.Upcoming dates for the MPLS Mart are:June 9-11, 2024July 26-30, 2024October 6-8, 2024What's Inside:How the unrest in Haiti is impacting Tara's artisansWhat it's like inside Tara's showroomHow Tara maintains a healthy work/life balanceMentioned In This Episode:Cedar and Cypress Designs on InstagramCedar and Cypress Designs on Facebookcedarandcypressdesigns.comcedarandcypresswholesale.comMPLS Mart on InstagramMLPS Mart on Facebookmplsmart.comBook: Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire

In this episode, we hear about DR. JAMES CIMA's journey to becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic started when he suffered a back injury at the age of 15 and spent years enduring back pain. When he graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor ofScience, someone suggested he visit a chiropractor. The combination of being amazed by the results and his desire to be in the health field, he decided to enroll at New York Chiropractic College, graduating with honors and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. When he was in his last year of school, he saw a quote from Thomas Edison about a doctor who did not even exist. Mr. Edison stated that: “The Doctor Of The Future Will Give No Medication But Will Interest His Patients In Diet, Care Of The Human Frame, And The Cause And Prevention Of Disease.”Dr. Cima has spent forty years of his life devoted to Mr. Edison's definition of health and wellness, creating a health and wellness program that lives up to Mr. Edison's vision of the doctor of the future. Over the years, he has authored many books and articles and taught, educated and trained countless doctors. He has also completed extensive postgraduate education in:Nutrition Blood Chemistry Analysis, Exercise Physiology/Kinesiology, Neuroendocrinology, Craniopathy, Organ and Glandular Therapy, Neuromuscular Re-education, Extremity Technique, etc.He is in the process of developing a website designed to help people worldwide improve their health through nutrition. When he's not busy researching, writing, lecturing or helping patients, he enjoys spending time with his wife Gloria, his family, including four children and ten grandchildren.As an avid golfer, Dr. Cima is also certified by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). With that training and the skills Dr. Cima states that he can improve the average golfer's handicap by 5-10 strokes, simply by making their body more functional then creating the perfect swingfor their body type.Dr. Cima is in practice with his son, Dr. James Paul Cima, and his daughter, Dr. Natalie DeJesse. Our 5000 square foot clinic along with ten other physicians (MD, DO, DC's,) allows our patients to receive the best health care thru a Functional And Traditional Medical approach to health care.Interview topics • Using a blood test to determine what is the best diet for you and what supplements to take to improve your blood chemistry.• How to eat more, lose weight, and never diet again.• Let your presence command attention. How to achieve a beautiful, functional painfree body.• Turn stress into success. The mental emotional approach to health.• The true cause of physical pain, and how to erase it.• Cholesterol is the big hoax. Why heart disease is still the number 1 killer in theUS today.What constitutes excellent health?• What are the top three killers in our society today and how do you avoid the trap?• How do you live to be 150 years old and enjoy the process?Guest - James CimaEmail: drcima@cimahealth.comPhone: 5618182972Website: cimafunctionalmedicine.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjamescima/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrCimaDCHost - Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBAwww.hillaryblackburn.com  https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillary-blackburn-67a92421/ @talktoyourpharmacist for Instagram and Facebook@HillBlackburn Twitter/X ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In today's episode of The Wealth Advisor Mindset podcast, Nina is joined by J'Neanne Theus as she shares her remarkable journey from serving 21 years as a naval intelligence officer to becoming a pioneering female financial advisor. With a rich background that includes being a mother of four, a swim coach, and a former triathlete, J'Neanne discusses how her unique experiences prepared her for the male-dominated financial services industry. She discusses the importance of having a thick skin, understanding the male psyche, and not taking offense where none is intended. J'Neanne highlights the shift in the industry where more women are making their mark, although investing decisions still largely remain in the hands of men. She credits her upbringing in a large, male-centric family and her naval career for her ability to navigate and succeed in such environments.J'Neanne emphasizes the power of mindset and resilience in overcoming fear and challenges, especially when venturing into the independent financial advisory space. She recounts her own fears and how she tackled them by embracing the philosophy of getting back up after failures and viewing obstacles as manageable rather than life-threatening. Through personal anecdotes, J'Neanne illustrates how asking questions and engaging in conversations has been crucial in her growth and in dealing with different personalities in the financial sector. She also touches on the significance of recognizing and adapting to the diverse needs and fears of clients, thereby fostering trust and establishing strong, genuine connections.Towards the end of the conversation, J'Neanne and Nina discuss the importance of goal setting, both for individuals and business owners, to avoid being reactive to circumstances. They highlight how clarity, planning, and facing fears head-on can lead to a more controlled, stress-free, and enjoyable life and career. Theus shares personal reflections on contentment, the value of simple joys over extravagance, and the lesson that life's outcomes are largely shaped by our decisions. Her story serves as a powerful testament to the impact of determination, responsibility, and the courage to face and overcome one's fears, making her a compelling role model for aspiring financial advisors and professionals across various industries.Enjoy!What You'll Learn in This Episode:Overcoming intimidation and using humor and confidence to thrive in environments traditionally dominated by men.Facing fears, the necessity of resilience, and adopting a perspective that sees challenges as surmountable obstacles rather than threats.Strategies for winning clients' trust by being genuine, truthful, and understanding their unique needs.The significance of clear goal setting and strategic planning in personal and professional life.The lessons learned throughout J'Neanne's diverse career and life experiences, emphasizing the importance of making decisions, taking responsibility, and not succumbing to a victim mentality.Navigating the challenges of dealing with diverse personalities in the professional world, especially within the financial sector.The overlap between life coaching and financial advising, especially in helping clients navigate significant life changes like retirement planning.And much more...Resources:J'Neanne's LinkedInTheus Wealth Advisors

Málokdo ovlivnil světové dějiny takovým způsobem jako americký fyzik J. Robert Oppenheimer, který žil v letech 1904 až 1967. Byl to totiž právě tento hloubavý a soucitný člověk, kdo se stal „otcem atomové bomby“, nejničivější zbraně, jaká kdy byla vyrobena. Ač byl Oppenheimer po nějakou dobu oslavován jako americký hrdina, jeho osud byl spíše tragický.

This episode of the Backstage Jazz Show features an interview with Linda Theus-Lee. She discusses her extensive musical career, education, and community involvement. She shares insights into her songs “Don't Stop the Music” and “You Make Me Smile,” highlighting the personal significance and inspiration behind the lyrics.  Linda also details her upcoming show at Dazzle in downtown Denver, emphasizing her diverse musical abilities and commitment to celebrating women's history in music.  Throughout the interview, Linda emphasizes her belief in education as a transformative force and her commitment to fostering a love for literacy and music through various programs in convalescent homes. This episode comprehensively overviews Linda Theus Lee's multifaceted career, passion for music, and dedication to community engagement. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backstagejazz/message

The Weather It has been quite Chilly here and all over theUS, maybe even the whole World it seems.Have you ever wondered why?Please Join Me Today for the Report.

Tax attorney Paul Spillers of Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, is a past president of the Louisiana Forestry Association and makes presentations at forestry forums all over the state. We've taken the opportunity to have Paul talk about the issues he presents at forums.  Please be sure to take this information only as general. No one should take any of the information provided in this episode as legal or tax advice, but you can use this to better ask questions of one's personal tax attorney or CPA.Minding the Forest is a podcast of the Louisiana Forestry Association and his hosted by LFA Media Specialist Jeff Zeringue. Comments can be sent to jzeringue@laforestry.com.If you want to find out more about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, go to forests.org.Check out our website at laforestry.com.Click this link to join the LFA.

AWadd launches into the final hour of the show with Darius Theus from VCU as they get excited for today's game against Radford. Then we Drive Down Richmond Highway with Gary Hess as we start to enter the playoff season in High School Football. Soon to be VCU player Brandon Jennings joins the show with Adam to keep up the VCU hype for the season and for tonight's big game. AWadd and Stub finish out the show with a quick NetClix as Stub introduces a great new app and talks about his favorite movie.

I had a great conversation with Dr. Mick Smith. Mick, has a Ph.D and is an author, consultant, and is also a voice talent. With over 4,000 books in his personal library, Mick knows a lot about history! Mick also has a podcast called The Doctor of Digital. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doctor-of-digital-gmick-smith-phd/id1545085984 In this episode, we discussed the following: How to setup your podcast. (0:00) The importance of having a podcast. (2:46) How did you get started in the industry? (5:55) The power of being a communicator. (11:17) Introverts vs. extroverts. (13:02) The importance of confidence in yourself. (20:18) The value of having a book library. (23:30) The burning america trilogy. (26:47) How do you find your passion? (33:19) Find something you're passionate about. (36:49) The story of how my dad became indispensable. (42:29) How to stay on a consistent path of writing. (45:16) You can also find his book called "The Burning of America" on Amazon. https://a.co/d/0yoXN0Q Below is a description of it. This fictional account exposes the dark underbelly of the custody industry in American villages. Children are treated like footballs and are simply kicked from place to place, parental rights are routinely violated, often with one parent who is considered no more than a paycheck, and the custody enterprise of judges, lawyers, and counselors profit from the displacement and misery of children. The novel punches hard in the gut and does not let up until the untimely and tragic climax. Paul Theus is a respectable middle-class professor until his peaceful world is shattered as we find out from the first line: "No parent prepares for a child to be taken." Beware of strangers and watch out for the big bad wolf kids are told but what if a family unit is smoldered from within by a mother? Paul found the note that his wife was leaving for awhile tucked in a book about the Jon Bonet Ramsey child murder. The Bohemian mother Anne Theus inflames the threat posed by the idea that it takes the village court to raise a child. Do the courts really act in the best interest of the children? Parents plan for their children's home, school, clothes, food, and happiness but once the Theus' five-year daughter is kidnapped we are barraged by conflict for over three years until the terminal end. Is the terminal ending tragic or the only possible resolution to the conflict? You decide. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjaminlee/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjaminlee/support

Remember, we welcome comments, questions, and suggested topics at thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com. S4E25 TRANSCRIPT: ----more----   Mark: Welcome back to The Wonder, Science Based Paganism. I'm your host, Mark, Yucca: and I'm Yucca. Mark: and today we are celebrating Atheopagan Day, which is the anniversary of when our community first started.  Yucca: Online community. Mark: yes the the founding of our Facebook group, which is where most of our engages online was on August 5th, 2012. So as we're recording this, it's the 11th anniversary of the founding of that community. And so we're going to talk a little bit about the history and how things have changed, what we're doing now and what we're looking towards in the future. Yucca: that's right, and it's been a lot, Mark: Yeah, it really has. It's it's, it's been, and it's been such a beautiful ride. I mean, obviously there have been setbacks and frustrations and all the rest of that, but. Mostly, it's just been so heartening to see and feel this community come together in all the wonderful ways that it is. Yucca: Yeah, and it's 11 years is really hard to believe. That's, that's a lot. So, Mark: I was saying before we started recording, in neopagan years, that's even more. It's like dog years or Yucca: yeah, Mark: Because the culture evolves really quickly you know, in, in the time that I've been involved in, in Neopagan Circles which started in 1987, we've had at least three distinct phases Thank you. of development within the community in terms of changes in perspective and paradigm just really transformational things that have happened from the sort of loosey goosey still, you know, not very clueful about things like consent late 60s all the way up to today. Yucca: Right  Mark: pretty, pretty cool. 11 years, a lot can change. Yucca: yeah. And I think a lot, really, in the last four years, five years, at least, that I've been witnessing it seems like there's been such a shift in a lot of, not just within kind of our smaller subset of the pagan community, but the larger pagan community, and also a little bit of the, the general cultural attitude towards something like paganism. There's definitely been a big shift since, you know, since I was a kid, you know, thinking back on, it's just, it's a normal, in a lot of ways, it's a very normal thing now. I know there's a lot, definitely areas of the country that that's not the case, but on kind of a big scale, it's, it really has the, Level of acceptance has grown. Mark: Yeah, and I think there are, I mean, there are certainly entities and figures that that are not us, that we, that contributed heavily to that. I mean, like the Lady Liberty League, for example, which pressed The U. S. military to recognize Wicca as one of the symbols you could put on a gravestone in a military cemetery. Getting them to recognize any pagan religion was really like pulling teeth, and they pushed on it for about 20 years before they finally got it. Yucca: Yeah, right, Mark: And more representation in mainstream media, all that kind of stuff has really helped. Yucca: yeah. So I think it's fascinating to see, or to really reflect on, the changes within our community and how those are influenced from outside sources and, you know, the influence that we've had as well and all of that is, I mean, somebody should do their somebody should do their dissertation on that. I think that would make a fascinating one. Mark: yeah, me too, me too. Yeah, there's just, there's so much to say about it, but why don't we go back to the beginning, Yucca: Right. Mark: And start there, and just kind of, you know, work our way forward. So, atheopaganism started out as an idea that I had for myself. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: I had had, I'd been involved with the local pagan community for a very long time, had some really off putting experiences in the late 90s, early 2000s that reinforced to me how much capital B belief had become important Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: in the pagan culture, and which had not been true when I first joined. Yucca: hmm. Mark: And as an atheist pagan, I was feeling really oppressed by this and then it got to the point where I was offended by it because there were a couple of circumstances that I saw where the will of the gods was used as an excuse for some really horrible behavior. Yucca: Right. Mark: And I left. Yucca: Mm Mark: But within six months, I mean, I was depressed. I, I missed my rituals, and I missed my altar, and I missed my friends, and, you know, I missed celebrating the seasons, all that kind of stuff. So I started thinking, well, what is a religion really, and what do they do for us, and how can I get that stuff without having to subscribe to a bunch of supernaturalism? Yucca: hmm. Mark: And I started working on an essay, and this was in 2005. And the essay was done in 2009, and that was what eventually became my book that came out in 2019, Yucca: Mm Mark: about, first of all, about kind of my journey through this and the science You know, the neuroscience and the confirmation bias, the various fallacies, apophenia, and, you know, all those phenomena that tend to make us fooled by our senses. Yucca: hmm. Mark: And then the second part of the book was laying out, okay, well, taking as a given that the value that, for me, is going to be about revering the Earth. How can I practice a pagan practice around the wheel of the year that doesn't involve anything supernatural or culturally appropriated? Yucca: hmm. Mm hmm. Mm Mark: And so I wrote all that up, and it was a 40 page essay, and and I was ready to happily go trotting forward, you know, using my little model for myself. Yucca: hmm. Mark: But I had conversations with friends, Yucca: So the essay had been just more of a way of you to, to clarify your thoughts, right? And work through those ideas and you just, just the writing of it was how you worked through these ideas. Mark: That's right. I mean, I'm a writer and that is the way that it's like having an internal narrative, you know, as I explored these ideas on paper or in bits Yucca: as you explored in Mark: in, in, in writing new ideas would occur to me, new connections would occur to me. And so that's just the modality that I use in, in kind of framing my, my thinking about things. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: And so, as I said, I was ready to go trotting forward with my, my little practice that was for me, but when I had conversations, and so I re engaged the local pagan community. Understanding that I was going to be myself, and not to be rude about it, you know, if I go to somebody else's ritual and they're invoking gods, I'm not going to say anything about it. Yucca: Sure. Yeah. Mark: But the rituals that I conduct, that I invite people to, were going to be, you know, godless, non supernaturalist kinds of rituals. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: And in the course of these conversations, I started having people say, well, don't tell anybody, but actually, that's really kind of what I believe, too. Yucca: Yeah, Mark: and you really ought to put this essay up on the internet and, you know, have, get some comments on it, have, get some discussion started around it. And in 2009, I did that. I put it up on Scribd.  Yucca: Remember that. Mark: remember that? It still exists. But there was a time when Scribd was a place that you went for papers and documents and Yucca: Yep. It was the place for a while. Yeah. Okay. Mark: And started getting some feedback and stuff. You know, having more of these conversations where people were confiding in me that, you know, a non theist or non literal theist way of orienting to paganism was, was theirs. And this particularly skewed towards people who were scientists, who were educators, who were engineers. You know, a lot of folks that had that grounding in the scientific method and critical thinking, they were the ones that were not subscribing to supernaturalist myths so much, interestingly enough. So, what happened was there, there ended up being enough of these people that I started realizing, you know, there's, this thing has legs. It's not just for me. It's resonating for other people, and they should have access to it too. And I need to stop here and say, I had a major research failing during the time when I was researching all the stuff for this essay, because I am not the first Nons, supernaturalist, pagan. There are other people that were doing that and that were on the internet, and I just didn't find them. Yucca: mm Mark: So I kind of reinvented the wheel. And that's an interesting thing about non Theus paganism is that it seems like that happens quite a bit. People sort of come to this conclusion on their own.  Yucca: That was the family, that was what I was raised with, right? But it had never, there was no like, there was no word or identity to distinguish, that was just what we were, Mark: Yeah. Yucca: And it had never occurred to me to, to search that up, something like that, until a little bit later on, which we haven't quite gotten to that the story yet, but, but encountering. That the belief part where, you know, later on I'd be publishing things you know, making YouTube videos or things and having people just, just furious with me that like, how dare you call yourself a pagan if you don't believe in Mark: yeah. Yucca: the gods, literally, and just being completely perplexed because that was not the paganism that I had grown up with. Right, I was just like, what are you talking about? I have no, like, what? Mark: right? Yeah. Yucca: Wait, you're, you're taking this literal? Are you sure? Okay. Right, that was where I was coming from with that because I hadn't, you know, I, I mean, I'm interrupting you a little bit with this, but you talked about like the three different phases or like the epochs that you've seen. And I think that one of them was this influx of a lot of new people into paganism, bringing with them. These expectations from some of the more mainstream religions in which faith is a major component. I think that Christian faith idea was brought in. Mark: Absolutely. Absolutely. And that came in the late 90s, up until around 2000, and that really, really changed how paganism was practiced and conceptualized within the community, at least as I experienced it. Mm hmm. Yucca: And I, and the atheopaganism was... I mean, it was still happening on the internet a lot, and when the group was founded, that was still culture of paganism as a whole, like on the big scale, there's lots of people being really into the literal belief, but I think we're moving out of that to a certain extent. But that's, there's still areas that believe that, there's still... Like, traditions in that way, but that the larger community overall is less worried about that. Mark: Yeah, I think so, and I certainly hope so. I mean, one of the things about paganism is that it tends to be very inclusive and tolerant and pluralistic. And so there are lots of different kinds of practices and perspectives that fall under the pagan umbrella, Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: And I think that increasingly, especially over the last four or five years, The idea of non theist paganism has become yet another one of those identities that's just accepted as being part of the bigger Yucca: know. Mark: Yeah, Yucca: I mean, there's still people who get very, very upset about it and want to do their gatekeeping, but it, it I definitely saw a shift in the last few years that I was that the Pagan Perspective channel was running. Like, in the first few years, it would, I would get a lot of... of real, like, really upset commenters about it, and then in the later years, more people being like, Oh yeah, that's, I do that too. Yeah, yeah, me too, me too. Mark: huh. Yeah. Yeah, I really think that's so, and, I mean, of the core questions, I mean, maybe we can do an episode at some point about validity and the nature of realness, because this is often the argument that's made, well, it's not real paganism, or it's not a real religion. And to me, those are meaningless questions. Yucca: It just comes down to how you're defining it, like, you're just gonna choose to make it real the way that you, like, Your way of pagan is the real way, right? I remember having disagreements with people going, well, if we go back to, you know, Rome, and this is where, you know, the history of the word pagan, well, the people who were the, the pagans, they believed in, in multiple gods, and, but my argument would be, okay, but why are you making that? Your criteria. Why aren't you making the criteria that they lived in the countryside and spoke, like, Latin? Like, how about, why is that the criteria? I mean, because we've had so many different criteria for what makes somebody a pagan over the years, like, you're just selecting that one specific thing to say that that's what makes somebody pagan. Why isn't something else also valid? Mark: right. Yucca: Well, I mean, the answer is because then they don't get to gatekeep it and feel special, Mark: right, Yucca: you know. Mark: right. And particularly this goes to the The sense on people's part that old traditions are somehow more valuable or more valid or more real, right? Yucca: hmm, Mark: And that's just a principle that I reject. I think humans have been evolving culture and ideas and technology and skills for our entire existence. And there are things that we can gain from modernity that we don't find in ancient cultures that are of value. Thank you. Yucca: right. Yeah, that Mark: So, Yucca: Value isn't inherent in whether it is old or new or whichever, right? Is it relevant to, to us now? Right? Mark: which is one of the reasons why I reject the Bronze Age, you know, Christianity models is that I don't think they fit very well in a modern society, Yucca: yeah. Mark: And the more people try to shoehorn modern society into it, the more oppressed we get, so, you know. So, anyway. This was starting to be a thing. It had legs. And it seemed like the next natural thing would be to find a convening place where people could come and be together and discuss this stuff. Facebook was the natural choice at that time. Yucca: Right. That was the main, there weren't as many of the other platforms as there are now. Right, that was basically the social media platform for being able to have conversation. Other than perhaps Reddit, maybe, but Reddit has its own kind of interesting culture. Mark: it does. It does. And the thing about Facebook was that you could create a closed group, a private group, so that you could have some control over what kinds of folks came in, so you knew that they were actually people who shared your values and were there for a legitimate exploration of, you know, what this practice is, what this philosophy is, all that stuff. Yucca: So you weren't getting trolls as much, or Mark: No, Yucca: coming in from different religions that wanted to prove a point, or something like that. Mark: in the 11 years since the Facebook group was founded, we have had precisely two people who have slipped in and started proselytizing Christianity, and they have been quietly removed, and that's been it. Yucca: Okay, I've never noticed them. Mark: Yeah, they didn't last long because we have moderators and the moderators, you know, our philosophy is to use a light hand and to be encouraging and guiding rather than oppressive. But nonetheless, when somebody comes in and starts proselytizing, that is a hard no in our rules. And off you go. Yucca: Also, just to chuckle it, I've always thought the strategy of let me quote from a book that you don't believe in at you to try to convince you. Mark: As evidence. Yeah. Yucca: Like, okay, cool. Mark: It's so circular and they don't see it. They just don't see it. Well, no, no, this is God's word. No, it's not. Yucca: But if I don't accept your premise of there being a god to begin with, and that this is his word, like, why would that hold any weight for me? Mark: That's right. That's right. So, so, August 5th, 2012, the the Facebook group is created, and I invited a handful of people that I thought would be philosophically aligned out of my friends within the pagan community, and then we started to get knocks on the door of people who wanted to join. And we had application questions that we could review, you know, we asked them why they wanted to be a part of the community, we stipulated what our value set was and said, do you affirm these values, you know, we're pro feminist, pro environment, anti racism, anti fascist, pro environment, you know, those kinds of things that we've listed. And, you know, we make them sign, yes, I, I will affirm these values. I think that's probably kept a lot of right wing trolls out of our group because they aren't willing to sign on to that. Yucca: hmm. Mark: We, it's not infrequent that we get applicants who will answer the first and third question, but not, not the one about values, and they don't get admitted. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mark: That's just how it goes. Yucca: I have to admit, I don't remember filling any of that out when I joined, but I clearly had to have. I think I joined in, like, maybe 16, 20 16 or sometime around there, and I just don't remember. I'm sure I did. I just have no memory of it, like being a, like, I must have just been like, oh, of course, of course. Yes, yes. Because I don't remember it being a thing. Mark: Facebook questions, I think they only allowed one Facebook question for a long time, one admission question, and it's expanded to three now, so there may only have been one. But I'll, Yucca: through it and went like, of course. Great. I'm so excited. This is, this group exists, so Mark: And I knew who you were, so I admitted you right away. Yucca: yeah. Mark: So that, you know, that helped. So, the group began to grow, and it became 100 people, and it became 200 people, and it became 500 people, and it became 1, 000 people, and now it's close to 5, 000 people who are interested in this path, and we have very high participation. In a given month, usually 2, 500 to 3, 000 of those members will do something in the way of reacting or commenting or posting. And of course you've got your lurkers, but it's very common for somebody to jump in and say, Hey, I've been a lurker for three years, but, you know, now I have a thing to say. And it's just a lovely environment. It's safe. People support one another. There's kindness. There's very thoughtful discussion. People post really interesting stuff. It's just, it's worked out really well, and now, of course, we've spun off into having a Discord server as well while growing the movement in a bunch of ways, like this podcast. Yucca: Right which we started talking about together at the end of 2019. We didn't, we didn't get it going Mark: we waited, we waited for the pandemic and then got started. Yucca: We had like a few, we had a few episodes and then it was Two or three or something, but it was, it was Mark: It wasn't many, yeah, it happened really fast. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: And, ironically, the pandemic actually forced us to do some good things in the community. We started doing Zoom mixers, first once a week, and now twice a week, and there are other gatherings as well. Yucca: That's when a lot of growth of people coming into the community happened, too, because people were searching online for that connection, because they didn't have the in person things. And then, wow, here was this community, and that's, so much happened during the pandemic. Mark: Yeah, yeah, the population really mushroomed. And, of course at the same time, at that point, I had been working on atheopagan stuff from the beginnings of the... of the essay. And then in 2019, late 2019, my book was published, which was an expanded version of the essay with more Yucca: is when our... Friendship had kind of started, because we'd met before, but do you remember I helped you with the formatting on that? Mark: I do, Yucca: Because I took it out of, they weren't accepting whatever format it was that you had, so you had it in Word and I put it in InDesign and reformatted Mark: yeah, Yucca: it and exported it. Mark: right, yeah, which I Yucca: why we got the connection to then when we started talking about doing a podcast, it was like, oh yeah, yeah, this is a good connection, let's try this. Mark: Yeah, yeah. So the book happened, Then the podcast happened, and by that time it had been almost 15 years of working on this in one way or another for me. Yucca: Mm hmm, Mark: And I was looking at this community that was now thousands of people, and thinking, well, okay, clearly this is something that has some real resonance, and it needs to not be about me. It needs to be... You know, a self governing, self evolving thing, Yucca: hmm. Mark: and so we created the Atheopagan Society, the non profit organization of which both Yucca and I are council members and Yucca: of 2020 was our first meeting, Mark: yes, early July of 2020, and You know, that was approving bylaws and articles of incorporation and blah blah blah. There's a lot of technical stuff that has to be done to create a group like that. But we got recognized by the federal government as a religious organization. Donations are tax deductible. Yucca: Mm hmm. We did all that stuff of so much paperwork and figuring out bank accounts and Mark: Yeah, getting a bank account open turned out to be really kind of a nightmare. Yucca: ridiculous amount of like weird information that they needed. Mark: I think it's Patriot Act stuff. I think they're concerned about non profits fostering terrorism. Yucca: And therefore they needed your social and income and Mark: Yeah. Yucca: All kinds of, you know, Mark: Yeah. Yucca: yeah, it was intense. Mark: just weird. But we did it. We got it done. And the council started doing stuff. There, you know, there were various initiatives. The the library initiative online that Robin did, for example, to create a library of resources for Ethiopia Pagans that they can download and, and look at, and or, you know, lists. Yucca: package as well, Mark: all the, all the clerical and guidance as Yucca: great. Mark: And the system for ordaining. clerics online because we believe that everybody should have the right to conduct marriages and so forth. And so we had an automated system on the website for people to be ordained, which is currently broken because MailChimp changed its system. But if you want to be ordained, you can use the contact form on the Atheopagan Society website, which is VAPSociety. org. Send a, send a message through the contact system, and I will get back to you and get you ordained. Yucca: Yeah, and eventually we're going to have that back up and running as an automated system, but there's just a lot of things that are getting juggled at the moment. Mark: there are. There Yucca: There's a, yeah and just also want to clarify the, this is all volunteer, right? You know, people are, are doing this out of a sense of a desire to, So, we're really trying to, really help in whatever ways we can, and and we'll talk about this in a little bit. I mean, the, the getting everything set up for being able to have more volunteers is one of our major focuses. Mark: Mm hmm. Yucca: But just trying to figure out what, what each person's strengths are and how we can best. How we can help the community and how we can best serve the community has been a big focus of what we've been trying to do over the past few years, so. Mark: Yeah. Yeah because it's all about, you know, supporting the people that are within the umbrella of this, this community in being as fulfilled as they can be, as happy as they can be, as self actualized as they can be, as effective as they can be, which is what atheopaganism is really about. It's about being happy, being effective in your life. You know, we don't believe in an afterlife or any of that. Nobody's keeping score. It's, it's all about just joy and joy and service, right? And so, you know, with that spirit, there's a real joyfulness in the work as well. I mean, when we work together, there's a sort of, oh, we're doing a great thing here Yucca: Yeah, I mean every single, so the council meetings are quarterly, and every single time it's just like, wow, it, y'all are amazing, this is awesome. Thank you so much. Oh, I'm so lucky to know such cool people. I can't believe we're doing this like every, you know. Time after time after time and it's just, it never gets old, it's just amazing each time. Mark: Yeah. And when we held the Suntree retreat, the in person retreat in 2022, and there were 50 of us there, that was the same experience. It was like, wow, every one of these people is super cool. I would like to be friends with every one of them. Yucca: yeah, my oldest who came with me to that was like, why isn't it a week long? Why isn't it two weeks long? Can we just live here? I'm like, aw. Mark: So, things have evolved over that 11 years. I've written another book that's coming out next year. I've written in my will that the rights to my atheopaganism book are going to go to the Atheopagan Society, so that it will always have access to that material for future people that want to practice atheopaganism so there'll never be any argument about, you know, who has the rights to any of this stuff You know, we've just, we've done a lot of, we, we launched the the YouTube, Yucca: So we've got the media team working on this, yeah. Mark: right? Yucca: And I want to say the, the story, so you've told your, your thread of the story, Mark: Yes. Yucca: But this is a, this is a community of thousands of people now, and we each have our own thread of this story that's weaving together, right? And together we're making this larger thing. And I really value that, the, the wisdom in going, okay, let's make sure that this isn't just about one particular personality. This is All of ours, right? And again, that's one of the things that the council's trying to figure out how to do is how do we make this something that is sustained, that keeps going, that lives past just any of individuals of us? Mark: hmm. Yes, yes. And, and it's very egalitarian, Yucca: yeah, Mark: where we, we're not going to have, you know, different degrees or levels or priesthood or any of that kind of stuff. When people choose to be ordained and become what's called an atheopagan cleric, that's a service role. That means I've committed to provide particular kinds of service in my community. It doesn't mean I'm a muckety muck now and I get to tell other people what to do. We don't have that, Yucca: right. And same thing with the council, right? Again, the council is just, it really is a service position, just because somebody's on the council and someone else isn't on the council, the person on the council, they're... They're not more important than anyone else, they're just in a position of that volunteer. Mark: right? We don't. Right. So, you know, we've built so much over this time. Oh, and I want to mention, because we have two wonderful volunteers that are doing it, Instagram as well. We've you know, that are part of the media team. We've got a couple of folks that are doing wonderful Instagram stuff as well. And someone created an atheopaganism Reddit, subreddit, Yucca: Oh, nice. Mark: the blue a person who I didn't know. And that was kind of miraculous to stumble across. Yucca: That's great. Mark: Yeah, sort of propagating itself out into the world.  Yucca: And we don't have an official TikTok, but there are some folks from the community who are on on TikTok, and you can find, you know, you can search through the hashtag of Atheopagan, you'll come up with, you know, Robin's channel, and a couple of other folks who have that conversation. Mark: We do have an account, Yucca: we, yes, Mark: but we never post anything. Yucca: and if that's somebody's passion, hey, talk to us on the media team, we'd love, you know, each of the different platforms kind of have their own system and culture and all of that. So yes, thank you for pointing out, we really, we have one, we just don't, aren't doing it on a regular basis at this point Mark: So, Yucca: we have to do is figure out that we are, in fact, human, and have a limited amount of time and space and spoons as they say, and where do we use them. Mark: right. Yeah. And that's actually a perfect opportunity for me to thank you, Yucca, for your three years of service as the chair of the Atheopagan Society Council. You did a tremendous amount of work and modeled a tone and a can do kind of, attitude and a level headedness that I think just really served us so well. And I totally understand that it was time for you to step down and John has stepped up and that's all great. A, a, Yucca: honor, so thank you. Yeah, it's really, and I, and I look forward to continue to serve in different ways in the coming years, so. Mark: Yeah, yeah. So, all these things have happened, all these incredible things over the last 11 years, and now we look to the future. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: The Atheopagan Society is creating its first strategic plan, Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: And a strategic plan is basically just narrowing our focus down to a few goals. That we're going to pursue over, that we're going to seek to accomplish over the next couple of years. And that's where we're going to invest our time and our energy and our money in order to accomplish those things. Our money, vast. Yucca: yes, our vast resources. Mark: yes, I think we have 5, 000 right now. I think that's something like Yucca: don't think we quite have, that's what we did last time, but I think we've, we've had quite a few expenses Mark: that's true. You're right. Yeah, we have had expenses. So yeah, it's probably more like 4, 500. But it's enough because we, you know, we operate. We operate with volunteers. Yucca: yeah, and donations. And so Mark: Yes, Yucca: who donate on a regular basis and that, that makes doing those things possible, right? So we really, really value that. Mark: Because we do have regular expenses. We have to pay for things like Zoom and MailChimp and, you know, all that Yucca: Hosting for, you know, all of that. Yeah. Mark: for the blog. Yeah. So, the strategic plan is going to be finalized at our Autumnal Equinox meeting coming up. After September 21st, I think it's October 5th, I think is the next meeting. Yucca: We'd have to look at, yeah, it's somewhere around Mark: yeah, somewhere around there. Yucca: Do you want to mention the three? We're finalizing it, but we've got the idea of what our goals are. Mark: we've, we've narrowed the goals down to three things. And they are, first of all, Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make our spaces feel safe and inclusive and welcoming to everyone. As long as they share our values. If they're Nazis, we don't want them to feel welcome. We want them to go somewhere else. But... You know, certainly for people in marginalized communities, we want to make sure that we're really uplifting those voices and making sure that people feel safe and welcome in those spaces. Yucca: And just being really really conscious about that. And really clear about that, yeah. Mark: So that's the first. And the second is what is the second? Yucca: Well, the steady engagement and growth, yeah. Mark: right. The fostering of engagement between Ethiopia Pagans. So more more in the way of online opportunities like the conference, the vi virtual conference that we held this past spring in person opportunities like the the sun retreat that we're gonna do another one of in 2024. Yucca: which is a little less than a year away. 'cause it's in September this year. Right. Mark: Yes. So it's a little more than a year. It's a little more Yucca: Just a, you know. Mark: Yeah. But Yucca: On another full moon, I believe. Didn't we end up getting another full Mark: We did. So we're going to start working on that, you know, right after Labor Day. The, the issue there is really, and also I didn't mention this, but we have a program of affinity groups now. Yucca: Mm-hmm. Mark: some of which are geographically based, so they can get together in person. Because they, they all come from a particular region. Some of them are interest based, like there's an LGBTQ group, there's a BIPOC group, there's a gardening group, there's a crafting group, things like that, right? So creating opportunities and providing resources to help like Affinity Groups to get together in person, build interpersonal relationships, because, you know, community is a big thing that religion is about. And as wonderful as online community is, in person is better. And we, we'd like for people to have opportunities for that if they want them. Yucca: Right. Yeah, so for both, right? And there being a steady component and we'll talk about this in the next goal as well, but we don't want to kind of explode and spread too quickly and then collapse. Right? So we're really working on how to do this in a way that is sustainable. Mark: Yes. And that's the third big area, which is creating infrastructure and support for volunteers, so that we don't have burnout. We're always, you know, drawing in new leadership and new voices and new participation, so that nobody has to sit in the same position for 10 years and get real tired of it. And, I mean, that's just good for us in all kinds of ways, because You know, having a variety of different perspectives, it just helps our approach to be that much more nuanced, that much more considerate. It's just good for us, all the way around. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So those are the three big areas, and you'll notice that none of them involves some big, huge growth initiative. We have never been a proselytizing spiritual community, and we're not. My philosophy around this is I would like people to be aware of this as an opportunity that they can take if they want to. I would never tell them you should be an atheopagan. Yucca: Right. Mark: I would never say that to any. Yucca: Yeah. Because it's, I think it's a wonderful option, but it's not the only thing out there. Lots of things work for lots of different people and I'm just grateful that we've got a community of incredible people who really love and care for each other and work together and can, you know, share these values and use a similar framework. And yet, as we've talked about in so many other podcasts are also so very different in so many delightful ways. Mark: Right, and we encourage that diversity, right? Like, you know, there isn't this mandated wheel of the year where, you know, the symbols are all the same and the rituals are all the same. No, you create for yourself what's meaningful for you and relates to what nature is doing at a given time of year where you are. So there's, there's a tremendous amount of freedom. Within atheopaganism, it's meant to be facilitative and supportive and kind of informing rather than directive. Yucca: hmm. Yeah. Mark: So that's where we're going. That's, that's the idea there.  Yucca: And it's a fun process. Mark: it is. It is. And fun people to do it with. So that's, that's all to the good as well. I mean, having not had any comprehension of Arriving here 11 years ago, I have no idea where we might be 10, 11 years from now. It's just, it's hard to, hard to imagine what that could be like. Yucca: Oh, we'll be an ancient group in neo pagan years at that Mark: that's, oh, that's true. Yeah, we'll be almost Bronze Age. Yucca: Yes. I guess then we'll be, then we'll be legitimate, right? Because Mark: Right, well, yeah, we'll, we'll be Silicon Age, and by that time it'll all be, you know, molecular computing or or quantum computing, and then we can look back nostalgically at our silicon chips and and yes, we'll, we'll be the old established Version. Yucca: That's quite funny to think of. Mark: It is. It is. Yucca: but yeah. . Alright. Mark: So, yeah I'd like to thank everyone that has played a part in or participated in or joined, you know, for however long, because some people have decided that it wasn't for them and gone off to do something else. All those people who have played a role in where we've arrived and what we've been able to achieve in serving people, in, in really working to help people be happier and help the world be a better place. Yucca: Yeah. Thank you. Mark: Yeah, so thank you to all you listeners, that counts. Yucca: Absolutely. We are so grateful that you are all here and Yeah. Mark: Yeah, it's Yucca: Spending this time with us. Mark: yeah, it's a real honor and we know that Of all the things that people can donate to a movement or a cause, time is the most precious. You know, the number of people that will contribute to an organization, for example, is always much higher than the number that will volunteer for the organization. Yucca: Mm-hmm. Mark: So, you know, when you give us 30, 40 minutes a week out of your day that's a very meaningful thing and we, we recognize it and we appreciate it. Yucca: right. Mark: So, with that, here's to the next 11 years! Yucca: And we'll see you next week.    

This week we talk about The Apartment, movie-wise. 

Des centaines de Guatémaltèques sont descendus dans les rues de la capitale Guatemala City dimanche (23 juillet 2023). Manifestation contre ce qu'ils dénoncent comme un acharnement judiciaire contre Bernardo Arévalo, l'un des deux candidats de gauche qualifié pour le second tour de la présidentielle le 20 août 2023.   Les manifestants demandent la destitution de la procureure générale, la fin de cet acharnement et des procédures à tiroir intentées contre le candidat. Tous dénoncent les «actions illégales et corrompues du gouvernement». Ce sont les mots d'un manifestant cité par Prensa Libre. Dans le cortège, on pouvait apercevoir selon La Hora «des agriculteurs, des syndicalistes, mais aussi des étudiants et même des membres du monde religieux». Et les manifestations pourraient bien se poursuivre ce lundi (24 juillet) avec un appel à la grève. Un appel à la grève nationale lancé sur «les réseaux sociaux», note La Hora. «On ne connaît pas encore les différents points de blocages possibles sur les routes du pays, pointe le journal, mais plusieurs internautes ont d'ores et déjà annoncé qu'ils se joindraient au mouvement». Amérique latine : la France pourrait être « plus présente » dans la région  On l'a vu, la semaine dernière, à Bruxelles multipliant les entretiens bilatéraux avec les dirigeants d'Amérique latine, participant à une proposition commune sur le dialogue politique au Venezuela : Emmanuel Macron n'a pas ménagé ses efforts pour renouer le dialogue avec l'Amérique latine, à l'occasion de ce sommet UE/CELAC. Pour autant, la France pourrait en faire davantage pour resserrer les liens avec la zone aux yeux de Gaspard Estrada, le directeur exécutif de l'Observatoire politique de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes à Sciences-Po. « Les liens avec l'Amérique latine se sont distendus depuis la présidence de François Hollande », note le chercheur : « durant le premier quinquennat du président Emmanuel Macron, il n'y a pas eu de visite présidentielle bilatérale dans la région, malgré une présence française qui, elle, est très active, notamment sur le plan de la culture, de l'enseignement supérieur et de l'économie. » Pour Gaspard Estrada, la France devrait profiter du 60ème anniversaire du voyage du Général De Gaulle dans la région, en 2024, pour relancer ce dialogue et renforcer sa présence dans la zone. Barbie et Oppenheimer, les deux sorties cinéma qui vont « sauver » Hollywood ?  L'une est blonde vêtue de rose, l'autre n'est autre que le concepteur de la bombe atomique. Deux films qui n'ont rien à voir, mais qui ont un point commun : « Barbie » et « Oppenheimer », sortis la même semaine, ont rempli les salles de cinéma américaines... Et l'industrie du cinéma ne cache pas sa joie après la pandémie de Covid-19, qui avait porté un coup dur au secteur. « Avec Barbie » et « Oppenheimer » au box-office mondial, la pandémie est officiellement terminée. « L'industrie du cinéma vit ! », s'exclame le New York Times.   Football : les Haïtiennes valeureuses face aux Anglaises Les « Grenadières » n'ont pas à rougir de leur performance face aux Anglaises pour leur tout premier match de Coupe du monde. L'Angleterre s'est imposée 1-0 sur penalty à la 29ème minute… Des joueuses sans complexe et une gardienne survoltée, Theus qui a arrêté 8 tentatives anglaises. Prochain match pour Haïti ce vendredi 28 juillet 2023, face à la Chine.  Le journal de la 1ère Le collectif « Soho lang Piking » et l'association « Trop Violans » vent debout contre ce qu'ils appellent un délit de faciès.

Sky Sports News reporter Anton Toloui and Sky Sports' senior football reporter Charlotte Marsh react to England's 1-0 win over Haiti in the Women's World Cup. They discuss Kerly Theus' heroics in goal for Haiti against an England attack that struggled in front of goal, who should start for the Lionesses against Denmark and if a win could provide the spark to win the tournament.

In this episode, we pass the mic to Class of 2020 Scholar Kishnee Theus, a graduate of WMU Cooley Law School who will give her Scholar Presentation and share the program's impact on her "journey to esquire." www.journeytoesquire.com inf @journeytoesquire.com @JourneytoEsquire --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-to-esquire/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-to-esquire/support

Tioni was a victim in more way than one. On this episode of Afterthoughts, Amara and Jason discuss the murder of Tioni Theus. Find out more about HelpYouFind.me and how you can create your "If I Go Missing File" https://helpyoufind.me/go/1109/ SUPPORT OUR SHOW! And Join Us On Patreon To Unlock Exclusive Content! www.patreon.com/blackckgirlgonepodcast Follow Us! IG: @BlackGirlGonePodcast TikTok: @BlackGirlGonePodcast FB: Black Girl Gone Podcast Twitter: @BlkGirlGonePod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Rebecca chats with actor, comedian, and writer Londale Theus Jr. they talk about Londale growing up in a family of NBA players and how they affected him playing basketball, how a torn ACL changed his path to being an actor instead of an NBA player, a devastating vision that changed how he moved through life, doing things for the love of it, his spirituality and beliefs, and so much more.  Follow the podcast and guests: Rebecca's IG Londale's IG HTFDYBB?'s IG

16 year old Tioni Theus was found shot to death on the side of a highway on January 8, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. A year and half later her murder remains unsolved. Who killed Tioni? Afterthoughts Available June 22nd This Show is Sponsored By BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/GirlGone for 10% off your first month Follow Us! IG: @BlackGirlGonePodcast TikTok: @BlackGirlGonePodcast FB: Black Girl Gone Podcast Twitter: @BlkGirlGonePod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Georgia football All-American & NFL pro OT John Theus joins J.C. to give his take on why Mike Bobo will succeed as UGA offensive coordinator. Also on the show: Did the SEC get it right with the 2024 SEC scheduling? The Pulse Sports Network, brought to you by JCS Multimedia ProductionsUGA Football Live, in partnership with UGA Wire, a part of the USA TODAY Sports College Wire Network. The Pulse SN on Twitter & IGUGA Football Live on Twitter & IGJCShelton_ on Twitter

For this episode of the ‘Inside Bend' podcast we wanted to honor the great work that the public works department does for the community! From designing and maintaining roadways to maintaining our water systems, the public works team is at the core of the services that are provided by the City and are the people that keep everything running. On this episode you'll hear from three staff members who each play a vital role in our community. Dan Denning from the Utility Department talks water conservation and even gives some great tips on how you might be able to save some money. Carrie Theus from the Engineering and Infrastructure Planning Department will explain more about the Olney Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements Project which aims to give more people more options to get around town. And finally, Paul Neiswonger in the Transportation and Mobility Department dives into the Street Preservation Program and why it's so important for keeping our good roads good

John is a former 5 star Georgia offensive lineman out of Jacksonville FL. He got right with Jesus left Florida and came to UGA! After college he played the NFL. One year in San Francisco and then one year with Carolina.  After football he has a new team… Scooters Coffee. He and his business partners are opening up a Scooters Coffee in Winder.      Find John on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jtheus71?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Scooter's Instagram: https://instagram.com/scooterscoffee?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=  

John is a former 5 star Georgia offensive lineman out of Jacksonville FL. He got right with Jesus left Florida and came to UGA! After college he played the NFL. One year in San Francisco and then one year with Carolina.  After football he has a new team… Scooters Coffee. He and his business partners are opening up a Scooters Coffee in Winder.      Find John on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jtheus71?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Scooter's Instagram: https://instagram.com/scooterscoffee?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=  

Today's episode of the Weight Neutral Nutrition podcast features guest Brianna Theus, a a black registered dietitian based in Southwestern CT who works with folks who struggle with eating disorders and disordered eating. Brianna's goal is to help you develop a better relationship with food, your body, and physical activity. Brianna specializes in BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) clients whom she helps navigate those same goals with an emphasis on how white supremacy shows up in their lives, specifically in nutrition and healthcare. She helps them embrace their culture and lean into enjoying their cultural foods. In this conversation we talk about how intersecting identities can affect body image, what other factors affect body image other than weight, how white supremacy shows up in conversations about body image, and more! ----------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Brianna on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecelestialliferd/ Find her website and more resources: http://thecelestialliferd.ctcin.bio/ Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devyn.derksen/ Find me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@devynderksen 

Championship Week: J.C. is joined by former Georgia tackle & NFL pro John Theus to talk all things SEC Championship including stats, players to watch, analysis and predictions. Also on the show: Peach Bowl president Gary Stokan stops by to breakdown the playoff seminal in Atlanta and CFP expansion. Listen here! 

Whilst debates around Climate Change still rage on US TV, the US Military has been quietly preparing for the now inevitable. Planners are now acutely aware of just how quick Climate Change is coming down upon us, and how dramatically it will change the geopolitics of the planet. What wargames are the military running in preparation for this? Which theatres do they project to be the most impacted? and is the US ready for a worst-case scenario? We ask our panel of experts.  On the panel this week: - Sharon Burke (Ecospherics/Fmr White House) - John Conger (Center for Climate and Security/Fmr White House) - Larry Wilkerson (Fmr Chief of Staff to Colin Powell) This is Part 1 of our special 5-Part Series focusing on The Geopolitics of Climate Change This Production was Brought to you by The Red Line and Mission Climate Project Follow the show on @TheRedLinePod Follow Michael on @MikeHilliardAus Follow TMP on @Mission2020s For more info visit - www.theredlinepodcast.com

Do we really care about preseason basketball? The Suns took an L to an NBL team… but do we put any stock in it. PSA - The top 250 players in the league are elite, the last 200 may be a situation or because of relationships. Theus is sick of the Laker conversation about Russ, Pat Bev, Buddy Hield and all these different pieces. Anthony Davis should be the main discussion… point blank period, the expectations are here and aren't going anywhere. How good will the pelicans be with Zion returning to form and on the court. With load management… will any NBA superstar ever play 82 games again? Ahmad Smith on Instagram Theus McBee on Instagram

Week-5 episode: J.C. is joined by former Georgia All-SEC tackle John Theus to talk about his career in Athens, his biggest moments as a Dawg and his take on the 2022 season. Also on the show: Kent State review and Missouri preview. Listen here! 

Shout out to James Harden who just turned 33! Where does he rank all-time offensively? Does he deserve to be in the conversation with the likes of Jordan, Kobe and even Curry? Also, Ahmad and Theus cover what truly makes Giannis so special and what players can turn it on come playoff time. Come check out the NPF pod to hear the best basketball banter.   Ahmad Smith on Instagram Theus McBee on Instagram