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This week on From the Front Porch, it's another New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin share the October releases they're excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 549) or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Annie's books: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (10/14) Same: Poems by Hannah Rosenberg (10/21) Wreck by Catherine Newman (10/28) Erin's books: Bog Queen by Anna North (10/14) Pride and Pleasure by Amanda Vaill (10/21) The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson (10/28) Thank you to this week's sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news. From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Mujumdar.  Erin is listening to The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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Kiera is joined by Dr. Lauryn Brunclik (of She Slays the Day podcast fame) to take a good hard look at clinician burnout, different sides of the working mindset coin, generational styles of work, and so much more. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: Kiera Dent (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera. And today I am so excited about our guest that's going to be on the podcast with me today. She is incredible. We're going to be talking about all things burnout, how to avoid it, how to just like live your best life. And so I have Dr. Lauryn Brunclik. She's an entrepreneur, chiropractor, business coach, podcast host, wife, mother, and sought-after speaker known for her high energy. You guys know that this is why I like her. mean, we're birds of the same feather, straightforward attitude and ability to make people laugh while discovering their truth.   In 2010, she founded Blue Hills Chiropractic building into a thriving seven figure practice. But after years of relentless hustle, she found herself overworked, tied to her clinic and craving more freedom. Dentist, can you relate? Now you see why I brought her on here. Now you can see why I want her here. ⁓ she truly is very similar to all of you out there. She was determined to create a business that worked for her, not the other way around. Lauryn built multiple revenue streams, streamlined her operations and reclaimed her time without sacrificing income.   She took that passion and launched She Slays the Day, a podcast helping professionals and clinic owners break free from burnout by creating multiple revenue streams, recleaning time and building financial and lifestyle freedom. So welcome to the show, Lauryn. How are you today?   Dr. Lauryn B (01:07) Thank you. As you   were reading that is so funny because like in this world of virtual assistants and AI, I'm always like, what bio is she reading? And I'm like kind of holding my breath like, ⁓ and I'm like, okay, yep, that's true. That's true. this is good. I did really get sad and burnt up. It's like, I just went on a journey with you while you're reading my bio.   Kiera Dent (01:25) Usually both.   You and me both. was on a podcast the other day and I had the exact same feeling because they were reading my bio and I was like, huh, I'm super curious. Like which bio did you get? And wow, yeah, like I did just get to go down memory lane. but   Dr. Lauryn B (01:40) You're   like, that's a good bio. Good job, AI. Good job. Which is like always waiting for like the wrong thing where it's like, no, I didn't do a stint as a clown or anything. No, that's not true. That's not true. So.   Kiera Dent (01:49) Exactly.   I, Shelbi got us connected and I was super excited and you know, I was looking up on it and she's like, here, I think you and Lauryn are going to have the best time on the podcast. She's like, you two are birds of the same feather, the high energy, the tactical, the like we talk about it's like life on purpose and business on purpose and not having it to where it's the other way around. I say all the time, like your business should be working for you, not the other way around. It should be supporting your life. So I'm just super jazzed. So Lauryn.   Dr. Lauryn B (02:04) Mm.   Kiera Dent (02:17) I mean, that was a great bio. agree like kudos to AI, virtual assistant, whomever wrote it for you. Kudos to you for living that actual bio and being the human on the other side of that. So anything else you want to add? I mean, we're here today to chat shop. We're here to ⁓ share with your audience, our audience, and just really collaborate together and talk about some things that you're super passionate about and that I am too.   Dr. Lauryn B (02:22) Right.   Yeah, so I think that one of the things is that, you you kind of address of like, I think you probably typically have more dentists on   of thing and your audience is like, wait, what's happening? So I started as a coach for chiropractors, you   Kiera Dent (02:51) you   Dr. Lauryn B (02:56) this is, I see this a lot of what we do ⁓ as especially high achieving people, you know, we spend a lot of money and time getting this degree. And then we kind of, when we start to get   bored, burnt out, ADHD, whatever it is in our career where there's this kind of a couple years in and you're like, wait, is this on repeat? What we tend to do is we repurpose our current knowledge set. And so it's like, I have this degree in this, so I'm gonna start a podcast for those people, right? And so that was kind of my experience too. She Slays the Day started as a podcast for chiropractors.   But then I started to realize like as we were having these conversations and you you're just networking, you're meeting. And I started to talk to dentists and veterinarians and you know, realizing like, ⁓ you guys deal with the same shit we do? I had an ENT on a private practice, ENT ⁓ on the podcast, on my podcast because I was following him on Instagram because he was hilarious, but I was like.   Kiera Dent (03:51) Yeah.   Dr. Lauryn B (04:02) you're dealing with the same stuff we do. And ultimately, that's kind of where I expanded in 2023 to be more for healthcare providers outside the traditional hospital system, because it's like, none of us learned business. Like, we, while we were doing anatomy and infectious disease and all of this stuff, there were people outside in the college getting like MBAs and entire business degrees.   Kiera Dent (04:18) Exactly.   Dr. Lauryn B (04:31) And we didn't take a single class. we just, there's such this atmosphere of shameful entrepreneurship. What I mean by that is like, especially within chiropractic, and I've talked to vets and dentists as well, that's like, well, if you're not gonna own your own clinic, are you even like really that good? And so there's this forced entrepreneurship in a society where only 10 % of   Kiera Dent (04:54) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Lauryn B (05:01) people truly have the grit and resilience for the shit show that is ⁓ entrepreneurship. But you have like 80 to 90 % of a profession going into it. And so it's just so natural that it's like, we didn't learn this stuff. It's so natural that burnout is such a common thing. So that's where really it's like, I've realized that like, yeah, I promise you that the same stuff we're dealing with, you're dealing with too because I've had these conversations.   Kiera Dent (05:13) Right.   Amen. And it's actually funny, and I didn't mention this prior, but we actually consulted a chiropractic office and we've consulted eye clinics and ⁓ optometrists and we've gone into CPA clinic firms. And I realized business is business is business and healthcare business is very similar. I think we do ⁓ outside of mainstream medicine, which is our chiropractic, our vets, our dentists.   We're not in the hospital setting. We have more of that autonomy to have our own practices and our own businesses and I agree with you. It is a I think I think the memes out there with business ownership are so accurate the ones where you're on a roller coaster and they're like it's the highs and the lows the ones we're like holding on for dear life and you're like giggling and then crying all within a matter of seconds and I'm like that is the role that is the realm and so that's why I really wanted us to collaborate together Lauryn to talk about because   What you see in chiropractic, what I see in dentistry, what we see across the board of these incredible clinicians. like you, go to school, you learn, you, you have all this experience in this knowledge. And like you said, It does not train you to be a business owner. yet also, like you said, it's well, why not? Like, and I think that that is kind of the, it's like for team members, like you want to graduate to be the office manager. You want to be the regional manager. You want to get to that level. Like that's where you like it. There's a ladder ascension. And I think in business ownership and with   Like you wanted to be a chiropractor because you wanted to help people. You wanted to be a dentist because you want to help people. You want to be a vet because you want to help people. You want to be an ENT because you want to help people. But it's, think that there's this unsaid natural ladder that people feel there's a push to go for a business ownership when it's like, but I just want to be a clinician. I just wanted to, to do my craft, but I also wanted to do it my way. And that's where I think the business ownership vibe comes in. But you're right. It's, it's stressful, not having profits, not having   understanding cashflow, not understanding how to run teams. Like awful.   Dr. Lauryn B (07:20) The number of people,   doc, clinic owners that have been in practice for 10 plus years that I am teaching what profit margins are and what is healthy and how to calculate it is astounding. It's like, So, you know, I think that ultimately when you, you know, the different personality types, you know, when they find themselves in practice,   Kiera Dent (07:31) Yes. Yes.   Yes.   Dr. Lauryn B (07:46) I feel like they almost burn out for two completely different reasons. So let's say that you have, know, so 80 % of humans are just more meant to be more like caregivers, supporter roles. I would guess that that's even higher in someone who's called into healthcare, right? That like, they went into this, believe me, if you are about to decide what you should do with your life and you are like, I'm an entrepreneur and I wanna be.   Kiera Dent (08:05) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Lauryn B (08:15) rich. Do not go into chiropractic. Do not go into dentistry. There is so much easier ways to make money. like 99 point whatever percent of people are called to this profession in healthcare because they want to serve. So let's say you start your clinic. There's a good chance you're going to burn out from one of two reasons. One, you don't want to run a clinic. You truly   And that's what's burning you out, is that you're just like, I am here for the patients. I want to pour into the patients and I want to serve and I want to do that. But like, I have to hire another front desk person? Didn't we just do that last year? I don't know what the ad should say. I don't know what we should pay them. Or like there's office drama and you're like, I have to create a SOP on that, what? And so that will burn you out because so much of being the CEO and the clinic owner is like,   pulling you away from patient care. So you either have to divide your patient care down or in half so you have time and now you're spending half of your time not doing what you wanna do or you just pile on the admin stuff on top of it so you're working 60 hours a week. So that person, obviously they burn out. Now the other one is I think a much more, like is much more my personal story and I'm so curious as to like why you started the podcast, why you started doing what you're doing but like.   Kiera Dent (09:30) Mm-hmm. Right.   Dr. Lauryn B (09:43) So this is, I was not someone that like was a natural entrepreneur. Like I never would have, you there's certain people you hear these stories where they're like, I'm kindergarten. was like, you know, I'm like, no, that wasn't me. Like I had no idea until really after I, you know, I started my practice, but that was out of convenience. Cause there was no job. Like I had kids and like somewhere along the line, the entrepreneurship bug just got me.   Kiera Dent (09:56) Hahaha!   Dr. Lauryn B (10:13) And then all of a sudden, that's what I wanted to be doing. Like I wanted to be scaling, looking at marketing strategy, looking at like growth projections, creating higher, like I wanted to do that. But then like Barb needs me in a room too. And I'm like, like I love, okay, I like serving. Yes, yes, yes. But like I really.   Kiera Dent (10:36) Yeah.   Dr. Lauryn B (10:41) This is what was exciting to me. And so then, and this is where I'll kind of like be vulnerable and share my story, because I know from stage that this helps people, people see this, but it's embarrassing to admit, but the patient care became boring. The patient care became repetitive. Like in the beginning, you're like, ⁓ how do I fix this? And like, you're not getting results, how do I do that? And it was this problem, like new problems to solve.   But once you've been doing it, five, seven years, I mean, for everybody it's different, you're kind of like, I can do that on autopilot. And it wasn't challenging a part of my brain that wanted to solve new problems. And so there was a lot of shame and guilt that came with, because at this point, I've been in practice seven years. I'm in my early 30s. Okay, well, you're doing this for the next 30 years. And I was like, I can't.   Kiera Dent (11:38) Right.   Dr. Lauryn B (11:39) can't do this for the next 30 years. And so that's just like, whichever side a clinic owner sees themself in, like, you you're not safe on either. You have to figure out burnout on either side, but ⁓ they're completely different reasonings. And I think understanding what, why are you feeling that burnout is really important.   Kiera Dent (12:04) Yeah, I love that you talked about both sides of the coin because I think there's guilt at least from what I see working with dentists working at myself. They actually got like I've heard I don't know like where this is coined but it's like the seven year itch or stitch like there's like you just kind of get into this and some people get it at five years some people get it at 10 years but there is ⁓ I also love Tony Robbins when he says like progress equals happiness.   Dr. Lauryn B (12:20) Mm-hmm.   Kiera Dent (12:29) And so if we're not progressing and some people love it, they love the autopilot of patient care is easy for me. But like when you first get out of school, all of that is hard. It's a puzzle. You're progressing. You've got to figure out how do you navigate and get patients to say yes to treatment? How do I run my books? Like how, like there's so much how, how, how to, how do I like serve my patients better? How do I make this for dentists? It's like, do I make that perfect crown margin? Like, how do get that perfect? I imagine in chiropractor, I'm actually a chiropractor.   all the time. I love her. She's incredible. We do talk business often. She's a fee for service. And I'm like, let's talk shop on like going fee for service versus in network, like, just like dentists, right, the fee for service versus in network. And it's how can I make this body like looking at people that have weird symptoms and trying to figure out how can I fix that? Like, I know there's a way to fix this long term. ⁓ But also the like annoyance of running a business and also be like,   need for growth. I really love and I never thought about those two sides of the coin until you mentioned that of that really is what causes people to stress. And I think that there is guilt on both sides. I think there's guilt of I want to be with patient care and I don't want to run the business, but I know I have to like, this is kind of the, the card I signed up for. And then the other side of I want to leave the chair. I had a dentist the other day and one of our masterminds say to me, I only want to work two or three days, but I feel guilty because my team's working five days. And I was like,   Dr. Lauryn B (13:52) That's   a really common one.   Kiera Dent (13:54) so good. And the great news is you built the business, like you provided them the job, like you've created that. That does not mean you need to stay in the day to day, five days a week, like whatever is best for you as the business owner and creator. And that can shift and morph. But there is a lot of guilt. I think that that creates, like you said, a lot of shaming and thanks for being vulnerable on that because I think so many people can relate to that. I think when people are listening, they're like, yes, yes. Like, I feel either side of that and   I think people don't know how to get out of it. So instead it's just this like, let me keep doing the same. ⁓ let me listen to other podcasts. Let me see if other people are like me. And I'm sure it's the same in chiropractic dentistry. say that it's like this isolated Island and I'm so grateful for podcasts. I'm grateful for communities, but I still think people feel that way because you're day in day out in your own clinic, in your own practice by yourself, even though you maybe know there's a few other islands out there that are maybe similar to you. ⁓ but I think it's such a, I think that's also business too.   Dr. Lauryn B (14:36) Mm-hmm.   Kiera Dent (14:52) I don't think it's just being ⁓ a provider in your own practice. I business entrepreneurs feel this way as well, like, how can everybody else figure this out? And I don't feel like I can. ⁓   Dr. Lauryn B (15:00) And you have no idea that they haven't figured it out. I was at   a seven figure female mastermind a month ago. so it's all seven figure females all over the board, as far as like industry striving to get to eight figures. And like, there were so many moments at this retreat that every single person just felt like their business was duct taped together. And it's just like, everybody's just doing their   Kiera Dent (15:07) you   Dr. Lauryn B (15:29) absolute damn best. And so it is really, ⁓ but you know, I wonder how much of how much of this burnout conversation has to do with like generational differences. You know, like, I'm assuming that you are a millennial. Yeah. And yeah, I know, we really are the best. really are. Don't tell everybody else, but we are the best generation. ⁓   Kiera Dent (15:46) Mm-hmm. Yep. I like the emojis. I'm here for all the millennial vibes. Like, I'm here for all of them. I feel like I really fit it.   Dr. Lauryn B (15:59) And so I will point this out on stage a lot because when you're talking, giving continuing ed, you'll have a lot of, Gen X is still in the workforce. Like they are still here. from the time I was in school up until like the last couple of years, they really were a lot of the stage presence at conferences.   Kiera Dent (16:12) Mm-hmm.   Yes.   Dr. Lauryn B (16:28) And so you being a millennial would sit and really just get advice, business success, career advice through the lens of Gen X. And why that's something that we just have to be aware of is like each generation has a very different script that they have downloaded, like they've just absorbed kind of.   automatically without putting too much thought into, know, it's just like the culture of their generation. And Gen X was like, shut up, don't complain about it. There is work life balance. Like your career is the most important thing. Like raising your kids, like you have a spouse for that and you will enjoy your life once you have accumulated enough money.   And if you've done it right, that'll happen by your like 60, between 60 and 65. But the goal is to hustle, hustle, hustle, accumulate, accumulate, accumulate at all costs. You can enjoy your life if you need a second, if you need to get a divorce and you just get a new spouse in your sixties, that's what like, and so like not trying to give them shit or anything. Their work ethic is phenomenal. My favorite employees are Gen X. Yeah. Yeah.   Kiera Dent (17:41) I always love to hire them. I was like, perfect, come on in, you're gonna work forever. Like, it's great, amazing.   Dr. Lauryn B (17:47) So they're great. But then like we come in and you know, I know that in chiropractic now 50 % of graduates are females. Do you know what that is in dentistry?   Kiera Dent (17:58) Dentistry   actually tipped over. There's more females that are graduating than there are men. It just recently tipped this scale, which I was quite impressed by, which is awesome. So it's exciting.   Dr. Lauryn B (18:09) It's so cool,   but we're kind of screwed because we as millennials, we're not going to not have children. We're not going to delegate that completely to somebody else. I mean, my husband, I'm definitely the primary breadwinner in my husband's profession or career has like molded to what our family needs are, but like.   Kiera Dent (18:13) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Lauryn B (18:35) So we're not gonna do that, we're not gonna do that, like we're not gonna give up our career. And so it's not like we're complaining about work-life balance, it's just a necessity. We're like, no, no, no, it's not like I'm like, like I, it's like, no, this isn't I want to raise my child, it's I have a child, I have to raise them also and the business. And so like we're trying to figure out, like, well, I can't follow that script.   Kiera Dent (18:47) Right.   Dr. Lauryn B (19:05) that script that we saw from stage for so long is just like, that's not gonna work for me. we're trying, that's why everything feels duct taped together is because we actively reject it. We were given a script to follow, like work six days a week, just do it. And we're like, nah, I don't want that. And it's like, okay, well then we're literally creating a new path. And so to any millennial, I would say like, if it just feels   Kiera Dent (19:15) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Lauryn B (19:34) messy, this probably isn't a youth thing. This is like, are truly carving a brand new way to do things, which we're kind of wasting our time because Gen Z is coming in like, no, I'm not doing that either. And we're like, we're fixing this for you. And they're like two months into their, yeah, they're like two months into their profession and like, ooh, 30 hours a week? That's not gonna work for me.   Kiera Dent (19:44) was going to say, they're coming right behind. Exactly.   They're like, no, no, no, no. We see that. We're not doing that either.   Yeah, not happening.   No, they're like, I could be a YouTube, like I could I could do all these different things. I can be an influencer for like five hours a week and make way more than you are not here for that.   Dr. Lauryn B (20:10) And you're like, well,   I don't know how to solve this for you.   Kiera Dent (20:13) they're like AI,   why are guys like still doing stuff yourselves? Like, no, we're gonna have robots to do all this stuff for us. Like, absolutely not. It's incredible. Like, good. But I don't disagree with you. I think it's ⁓ and as you said that I thought about how agreed and I think every generation actually makes it better from the last and I do agree that ⁓ I don't know, I started thinking about it. This struck me about probably, I don't know, eight years ago. And I'm like,   Dr. Lauryn B (20:20) He probably will. Like, damn it.   Kiera Dent (20:42) my gosh, like people used to get married because they needed to be married. Like you used to have to have like a husband and a wife to be able to have kids. And I'm like, you don't need that anymore. There's IVF, there's ⁓ different things that you can do. You do not need anybody anymore to live the life you want to live. It's very much becoming this like self ability. But I'm like, our parents couldn't do that. I mean, women even coming to the forefront to be able to have businesses.   to own land in our name. Like that has not been a long change and shift for women to be here. And then I also think that there's a whole dynamic for women as well coming into this scene. Like you said, they are coming in there. We're, having stronger professions. are being stronger business owners. We're like the kid having children is being delayed much longer in life. And so I do think it's a, a walking through and not understanding like where are we even supposed to go? Because what we've seen as the model isn't the model for us anymore.   like that doesn't work. Our lives look different. I mean, my mom, didn't work a lot of my friends moms didn't work or if they did, they worked at the schools or they didn't work like high level powered careers, a lot of them and I'm so excited that women are coming into the workforce and because there's so much talent and beauty. But I do think that there's a whole dynamic and for men too. think that the whole shifting like you said, a lot of women are becoming breadwinners. They do.   Dr. Lauryn B (21:41) Mm-hmm.   yeah, they want to be dads. Like that's the   thing too is like, they're like, hey, I just cause I'm a dude doesn't mean like I'm okay with missing my kid's childhood. It truly is a generational shift.   Kiera Dent (22:11) Exactly   Exactly. And so I think I just through all of it, I think you're highlighting what makes me excited. And the reason I'm just like jazzed about this today is it's normal. It's okay. And there's solutions around it. And also, I think just aha moments of, my gosh, like maybe this is why. And I do agree. Generations behind the millennials, you're probably giggling at our conversation right here. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, you guys don't even know what you're talking about. But I think like we're in it. Exactly.   Dr. Lauryn B (22:41) Hey, we say you don't know what you're talking about.   Kiera Dent (22:44) I'm like, but we're in it and there has to be a solution here.   Dr. Lauryn B (22:44) Hey! I have the microphone.   Kiera Dent (22:48) Who's on this podcast and who's listening? All right. I think when I look at that, I'm like, but for millennials, think that they're, and most generations probably feel this. think we're a taffy stretch between one way of thinking and a new way of thinking. And we're kind of that like middle child syndrome right now where we really are trying to carve that new path that's making it easier for other generations behind us to see easier modalities.   But I do think that that kind of tug of war, I mean, I feel it, you felt it. We've had our personal experiences through it. We see people, we coach people through this, we work with people. But I also think in a way life has become easier to learn. I don't know how you feel. And like easier with air quotes, meaning there's so many things that do things for us. Like washer and dryers were so great for our parents' generations. But I'm like, for us, we now have, like you said at the beginning, we have AI that's writing bios for us. We've got virtual assistants that are doing it.   There's ways, like you said, there's easier ways to make money outside of just doing your day in, day out, eight to five job now. There's different ways that we can build retirement. There's ways like the Airbnb market and having real estate investments. Like there's so many different ways that I feel like wealth is oftentimes easier to achieve. But I think with that, because there's so many things and not to say that it's perfectly easy, but I think as we conquer in life, just like the washer and dryer, the cell phone, like those things were conquering big problems.   Google coming in and the internet taking over, those conquered a lot of challenges. I think so much of today's challenge, and I don't know how you feel, Lauryn. This is like Kiera going off on her own soapbox. I feel like you said so much of it now is our mind and that space of centeredness, of balance, ⁓ not having to work all the time. I think a lot of jobs have shifted from labor jobs to mental labor jobs. So we're not having as much physical.   Dr. Lauryn B (24:32) Hmm.   Kiera Dent (24:35) Like you said, patient care can be a lot of just like mindless. I miss the days sometimes of being a dental assistant, sitting there and having like hours of time to dream of all these ideas to where now I feel like I wish and crave for that quietness that my mind never gets anymore. And so I feel like even with some of those shifts and how we work and how our family needs are in the necessities of family dynamics in, we don't need to work clear up to 65, but people are able to retire now at 35, 40. And then it's like, now what, what am I supposed to do? So also then finding your purpose in life.   I think you combine all that into a cluster storm and voila, welcome to millennial dilemma. Like, you know, we can coin that of what do people do? How do they, how do they exist? And I think the future generations coming will have even more of this at more grand scale. So it's like, let's have conversations of how do we prevent that burnout? How do we have the conversations about not working in like having nothing left to give to our families of having that balance? Like you said, if I want to run the business and I want to progress, but I also want to be a human at the same time.   So Lauryn, think you're more the expert at this than I am. I'm just here for the like great conversations and talking it through because I think it's such a necessary conversation that now is starting to really bubble to the surface out of necessity and also out of curiosity and also out of like desire to fix this and not have it be our day in day out norm anymore.   Dr. Lauryn B (25:54) Yeah, well, so I'm gonna say another kind of controversial thing then. ⁓ So you touched on it and like with any time, we don't love, as care providers, we don't wanna come across as greedy, right? And so what we end up doing is like, we'll just be like, it would be great to be wealthy, but like not too much, like I don't need to be rich, and you didn't do this or anything like this, but like.   Kiera Dent (25:57) Ready, I love this.   Dr. Lauryn B (26:22) other people is just like, yeah, I would like to make a little more money. ⁓ so part of my story, ⁓ I'll give you the very short version, was ⁓ we had our most successful revenue year ever. And it was with like the least amount of money I had taken home in like seven years. Yeah, yeah, we call this payroll bloat. You need to fix your pricing structure so we could talk about pricing increases.   Kiera Dent (26:42) Happens all the time, all the time.   Dr. Lauryn B (26:50) And so like I'm a cash clinic. So like this was my own fault. This was, I set my prices and I just did a bad job at it. And so part of like, if when people are like, well, how did you like, were you burnt out? And I was like, yeah, I was burnt out at like 32. And you're like, are you burnt out? I'm like, no, I freaking love what I do now. I still serve patients 10 hours a week. actually.   as of last week went down to like seven. We got a chef, yay. So I still serve patients like seven hours a week. I still spend probably like three hours a week ⁓ running meetings and like running the clinic. ⁓ But now we have other investments. ⁓ Whereas that clinic portion that used to be all of our eggs were in that basket.   Kiera Dent (27:22) I'm not.   Dr. Lauryn B (27:46) Right? So like, as we had kids, my husband left corporate consulting to help our family and clinic grow. So all of our eggs were in this one basket of whether the clinic does well that quarter or not. we want to remodel the kitchen? Better go get some more new patients. Like, want to go to Disney? It's not in the budget, but like, ugh, like all of these things. And we're not even talking about time freedom. Like we're just talking about like the key to burnout is having time freedom and   financial freedom. When I'm working with docs, the ones that are like the hardest to fix are not the ones that are like, I am working 60 hours a week. I have like oodles of money that I know should be like, I should be doing something with in, but it's just like $50,000 in this bank account. And like, I wish I had time to go to Disney, but I don't, I don't want to belittle that. That is a different kind of burnout.   Kiera Dent (28:32) Mm-hmm.   Right,   it is.   Dr. Lauryn B (28:45) and   everybody right now is playing a little sad song for you, but I relate to you, we can fix this. But the harder ones are the ones that are broke. Like being broke, and this has to do with like just core psychological, like I reference Maslow's hierarchy of needs a lot in my talks because like.   Kiera Dent (28:49) Mm-hmm.   I agree.   Mm-hmm.   Dr. Lauryn B (29:07) You cannot get to the tip, the Maslow's for those of us that took Psych 101 10 years ago is the triangle where at the top is enlightenment and at the bottom is like your base survival, food, water, shelter. And if you are broke, now granted, monks, I'm sure they can figure out how to have enlightenment without having food, water, shelter. Most of us cannot, okay? We are doctors and there is a certain amount of debt.   Kiera Dent (29:12) Mm-hmm.   I agree.   Dr. Lauryn B (29:34) and a certain amount of expectation is maybe the right, I don't know if that's the right word, with like, I'm gonna serve people and this career is gonna take care of me. I'm gonna go into debt and it's a lot of debt, but this career is gonna take care of me. I'm gonna care for people, as long as I focus on serving, the career will take care of me. And we have too many people that it's just not. And they're like, I...   did not realize that I was going to struggle this much financially. These are not people that are like, can't afford a yacht. These are people like truly who are like my margins for financial investing and building wealth are a lot more narrow than I thought they were going to be. And that's a harder thing to fix, but that...   Kiera Dent (30:22) Hmm.   Dr. Lauryn B (30:27) is a deeper kind of burnout that we just need to be more comfortable. Again, following generational stuff, Gen X, like we don't talk about money, right? That was the script that we got from them of like, you just focus on the patients and the patients will take care of you. And you're like, ⁓ okay, so we don't talk about money. And then millennials are like, I think we need to start talking about money. I think we need to start talking about money because if you were being paid,   Kiera Dent (30:38) Bye.   Hahaha!   Dr. Lauryn B (30:56) whatever you feel is appropriate. If you were feeling wealthy. And again, I'm not talking about that. I'm not putting on you that like you feel like you need to be making $3 million a year. Like, although that is my goal for next year is 3 million. just, but like, you know, just so we're clear, that is my literal goal for next year. So you can want that. You have permission to want that if you want, but we're talking about like, I don't know. Maybe if you made $500,000 a year, life would be a little easier and you could breathe.   Kiera Dent (31:10) Yeah, exactly.   Dr. Lauryn B (31:26) And if you can literally financially breathe, you have more bandwidth   make calm decisions for your business. Where you don't feel like if you have a bad quarter, you're gonna have to lay someone off. And like that's one of the first steps to helping most people   burnout or recover from burnout.   is like, we gotta talk about money and we gotta fix your personal financial situation because if you're constantly in a place of fight or flight   you can give yourself an extra 10 hours a week and time to be the CEO if all you're doing is worrying about how you're gonna make payroll. Like, it's not, you're not gonna   from burnout.   Kiera Dent (32:22) think that that was such a good ⁓ way that you highlighted it. And I'm just very curious now, like, how's the how, because agree, like people, what you're saying, Lauryn, I can tell you've lived the like the life. This is something that you've done, you've been there, you can speak to it so authentically. I've been there many times. And I'm always like, I want our doctors to get paid so well. I see how much you go into school for debt.   I see the, and I think that that's a different piece too, if we're to talk generational, people who are not walking out like half a million debt.   Dr. Lauryn B (32:55) And y'all are way worse than us,   right? Like what's the average dentist, like 350?   Kiera Dent (33:01) Average dentists right now are coming out at almost half a mil of debt when they walk in. It's bonkers.   Dr. Lauryn B (33:05) That is bonkers, you guys. Like when I heard that, because I posted a reel that went   so viral and it was just about like healthcare debt and reimbursement rates. And that's when I learned they were like, 250? Talk to a dentist. And I was like, wait, why? How long? And they were like, yeah, 350 minimum. And I was like,   Kiera Dent (33:25) Yeah.   Dr. Lauryn B (33:30) That's insane. That's insane.   Kiera Dent (33:32) That's insane.   And then you go buy a practice. So the practice that I helped start with a dentist straight out of school, we were, I called her 2.5. I got to walk by and I'm like, get that spine up like you're 2.5. We were 2.5 mil in debt. So that was coming with student loans. So schooling was 500,000. Living expenses during that time were about another, you know, two to 500. So like they're walking out with this.   $500, $600, $700,000 worth of debt, not just including your schooling, but all of life expenses, because you're probably not working while you're going to school. And then we went and bought a practice that's about a $2 million practice. So we were like 2.5, not like we were 2.5 in debt. I was like, keep that spine up, like put your hands up when you walk across the street, like you've got to keep those hands in motion because otherwise how are we going to get out of debt? And I think for me, when I look at that much debt,   when I look at that much risk and I look at the benefits that healthcare providers are giving, I'm like, no. And I tell teams all the time, I'm you want your doctor to be ridiculously wealthy. Like I do, and I preach this hard and I say, no, you should and you deserve it. And we want you that way because you're a better boss, you're a better clinician, you are better at doing your services because you're not stressed about making money. So we're not like you said, like, I want to go to Disney, let me go find more patients. I get.   No, I have confident, predictable payroll or cash flow. I'm very successful in what I do and you can make the margins there. Like I was the girl who did business that did not understand numbers. And now I say like, I love numbers and numbers definitely love me. And I'm like, it's now just a fun math equation. If I want to make X amount, you just back it down. You figure out what your costs are and you figure out the three levers you can use. We either drop our overhead, increase our production and or our collections. Like it's very simple when I'm like, okay, got it.   Dr. Lauryn B (35:05) and   Kiera Dent (35:17) Like got it when it's just those three levers, people make it so much more complex. And I think it does feel complex. Like reading a PNL is ridiculous. If you don't know what that is, that's okay. We're here where there's no judgment. It's a profit and loss statement. And I love educating people on this. Like this is where the fire in the belly comes. This is where it does. We get lit up because when I have someone who's cashflow positive, like you said, they can make calm decisions. They're not sitting here stressing all the time, but Lauryn, I'm very curious. Like you've talked about it at length. Like what do people do? Like what's the how, how do we get into this?   How do we have multiple streams because agreed all eggs in one basket? gosh. It's, ⁓ to me, that's like just a ticking time bomb. Like one bad day, one bad patient, one bad procedure. Like it's just going to explode because you're sitting like you're sitting on the edge of fear all the time to where you are in like cortisol adrenaline, like you are pumping. And then what you do is you go into complete shutdown because you can't handle it anymore. So your body and your system literally like just shuts down on you. You become apathetic to life.   Dr. Lauryn B (35:54) Mm-hmm.   Kiera Dent (36:15) things aren't exciting for you anymore. You become very numb to walking through the world. And it's like, I feel like the world of color goes into very like gray. It's very subtle. It's like, it's, there's no, there's no life left. It's just, are living life, but you're not actually being and living day in, out.   The Dental A Team (36:33) that wraps part one of our part two series. Be sure to tune back in for part two of this podcast. And as always, thanks for listening and I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team Podcast.  

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In this episode of Outside the Cinema, hosts Bill and Chris delve into the 1993 film Body Snatchers, a lesser-known adaptation of the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers story. They discuss the film's cast, including Gabriel Anwar and Meg Tilly, and analyze its themes, character development, and execution of the invasion concept. The conversation also touches on personal opinions and recommendations, highlighting the film's strengths and weaknesses while providing insights into its place within the horror genre.

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Bill Clinton's relationship with the Fanjul brothers—sugar barons from Florida and one of the wealthiest and most politically connected families in America—has long been a matter of public scrutiny. The Fanjuls, Alfonso and José “Pepe” Fanjul, built a sugar empire worth billions, aided in large part by U.S. government subsidies and favorable trade policies. Clinton, during his presidency, was known to have cultivated ties with the brothers, reportedly even taking phone calls from Alfonso Fanjul while in the Oval Office. This relationship raised eyebrows because the Fanjuls were major political donors and lobbyists for the sugar industry, one of the most protected and subsidized sectors in the U.S. economy, despite persistent criticism about labor practices, environmental damage in the Everglades, and anticompetitive monopolistic power.Steve Scully, a former telecommunications contractor who worked extensively on Little Saint James, claimed in the Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich that he saw Bill Clinton sitting alone with Epstein on the porch of the island's main house. Scully, who said he had been to the island over a hundred times between 1999 and 2005, insisted there were no other guests present during that moment. His account added fuel to speculation about the former president's connections to Epstein and the time he may have spent on the island.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

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This is the Summer 2025 Rundown, where we discuss these 4 shows!1) Dandadan Season 2 (Finished)2) Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 3) Gachiakuta Season 14) One Piece: Egghead Arc To join the Discord, follow us on our socials (we're on Threads / Insta, Twitter (X), Bluesky / Hive and Tumblr): https://Linktree.com/animedegensThe Degen Videos are on YouTube & Spotify now! So, Make sure you follow and like the videos over there at https://Linktree.com/animedegensPlease Rate us on your listening platforms and don't forget to tell your anime friends about us! its the best way to support us and we really do appreciate y'all! Thanks for listening!!If you have any Feedback that you'd like to share or have Topics that you'd like for us to discuss on the Degen Episode, Please reach out to us on any of our Socials, Discord or click here! Interested in being a guest? Reach out to Tyler on Discord or Twitter / Threads!Time Stamps:Intro - 00:00Gachiakuta Ep 12 - 08:15Kaiju No 8 S2 Ep 11 (Finale) - 40:15One Piece Ep 1145- 01:00:15 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bill Clinton's relationship with the Fanjul brothers—sugar barons from Florida and one of the wealthiest and most politically connected families in America—has long been a matter of public scrutiny. The Fanjuls, Alfonso and José “Pepe” Fanjul, built a sugar empire worth billions, aided in large part by U.S. government subsidies and favorable trade policies. Clinton, during his presidency, was known to have cultivated ties with the brothers, reportedly even taking phone calls from Alfonso Fanjul while in the Oval Office. This relationship raised eyebrows because the Fanjuls were major political donors and lobbyists for the sugar industry, one of the most protected and subsidized sectors in the U.S. economy, despite persistent criticism about labor practices, environmental damage in the Everglades, and anticompetitive monopolistic power.Steve Scully, a former telecommunications contractor who worked extensively on Little Saint James, claimed in the Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich that he saw Bill Clinton sitting alone with Epstein on the porch of the island's main house. Scully, who said he had been to the island over a hundred times between 1999 and 2005, insisted there were no other guests present during that moment. His account added fuel to speculation about the former president's connections to Epstein and the time he may have spent on the island.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

In this episode, I talk with Steven Puri, co-founder of the focus app Sukha and former Hollywood executive, about focus and flow — what it feels like, why it matters, and how to increase it. We cover a range of tools and techniques, including: sound, physical space, to-do lists, community, solitude, time of day, and simple items like a pencil, paper, and a timer, along with lessons from Hollywood on creating great work and fulfilling your dreams.Connect and Learn More: Website: thesukha.coEmail: Shared in the episodeLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/steven-puriResources Mentioned:Apps: Brain.fm, Endel, Forest, TodoistBooks: Deep Work by Cal Newport, Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Indistractable by Nir Eyal, The Net and the Butterfly by Olivia Fox Cabane & Judah PollackCompanies: Alaska Airlines, Amazon, Disney, Dreamworks Animation, Fox Corporation, Hilton, LucasFilm, Marvel, Meta, M. Fredric, News Corp, Nike, Oura Health, Pixar, Spiegel, TikTok, Twitter, Universal Studios, Vine, YouTubeMovies: A Good Day to Die Hard, Alien vs. Predator, Ant-Man, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Independence Day: Resurgence, Live Free or Die Hard, Mission: Impossible III, My Best Friend's Wedding, Rain Man, Stargate, Star Trek, The Island, The Mask of Zorro, The Wolverine, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the FallenPeople: Alex Kurtzman, Bob Iger, Bob Orci, Chase Carey, Dean Devlin, Elon Musk, Evan Spiegel, Francesco Cirillo, George Lucas, Hephaestus (character), Jake Paul, James Clear, James Dean, John Diemer, Judah Pollack, Logan Paul, Mark Zuckerberg, Marie Curie, Michael Jordan, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Nir Eyal, Olivia Fox Cabane, Pablo Picasso, Prometheus (character), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ronald Bass, Ronald Emmerich, Rupert Murdoch, Spike Jonze, Steve Jobs, Tony MauroPlaces: Austin, Bali, Chiang Mai, Cyprus, Kathmandu, Puerta Vallarta, San Francisco, ViennaPodcasts: Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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En plats kan vara lika betydelsefull som relationen till en människa. Nazanin Raissi hittar ett ord som uttrycker smärtan i att älska en plats. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Om eftersommaren är nätterna klara och luften ren. Formationer av flyttande fåglar drar fram över utspridda gråa tegelhus med platta tak. I ravinerna nära källorna växer snår av träd – cypress, en och poppel. Torra dalgångar och karga klippor omsluter kransar av fruktträdgårdar. Horisonten är bruten och det högsta berget är en utslocknad vulkan. Det är 810 kilometer till havet. Jag minns ljuset, stenarna och färgerna – kalkvit, malakitgrönt, bergblått och matt turkos. Min första kärlek var en plats, som inte går att återvända till.Vi är omgivna av dem, platserna skriver filosofen Edward S Casey. Vi lever i dem, delar dem med andra, förlorar dem och dör i dem. Men vad är ens en plats? Är det ett landskap? Är det en gata? Är det latituder, longituder, grader, minuter och sekunder som möts? Är det en unik sammansättning av natur och kultur eller vad? En plats är ett bestämt läge med särskilda drag. En plats kan vara i nästan vilken skala som helst – från ett hörn i ett rum till en hel stad – beroende på hur vi väljer att rikta våra avsikter och vår uppmärksamhet. En plats kan vara ett tryggt hem, en tragedi eller leda och tristess som en bara vill komma bort ifrån. En plats rymmer en variation av betydelser och identiteter som inte är underkastade strikta klassifikationer. Framförallt är en plats, framhåller geografen Edward Relph, en specifik, djup och komplex del av människans existens, lika nödvändig och betydelsefull som relationen till en annan människa. Fotografen Sally Mann tar hjälp av det suggestiva och gäckande walesiska ordet “hiraeth” /hi-rajth/ för att beskriva den “navelsträngsliknande anknytningen till en plats”. Hiraeth är särdeles finkornigt och svåröversättligt. I ett enda ord förenas hemlängtan och vemod, melankoli, saknad och förlust över en oåterkallelig plats, verklig som imaginär. Ingen vet med säkerhet när det började användas men det uppstod ur behovet av att uttrycka smärtan i att älska en plats. Mann kallar det “platssmärta”. Ett språkligt påhitt som ger tillträde till känslor som annars inte nås så enkelt. Det är platssmärta som driver henne. Med en jättelik storformatskamera, ett transportabelt mörkrum och en samling esoteriska och explosiva kemikalier nålar hon fast den amerikanska söderns platser i sepia och svartvitt, igen och igen i decennier. Edward Relph menar att det behövs ett språk som gör det möjligt att identifiera den betydelse som människa och plats har för varandra. Han använder därför begreppen “Insideness” och “Outsideness” Två flytande zoner som representerar ett innanför åtskilt från ett utanför, ett här separerat från ett där, “kosmos istället för kaos” och som påverkar hur människan förhåller sig till sin omvärld. Skiljelinjerna mellan innanför och utanför är många – stadsmurar, nationsgränser, dörrar, portar och trösklar som inte bara markerar gränsen mellan insida och utsida utan möjliggör en passage där emellan. Zonerna utgör platsens essens och kan förstås utifrån människans upplevelse av tillhörighet, trygghet och omsorg om platsen. Förflyttningen från innanför till utanför är som att ryckas bort från cypresserna, kransarna av fruktträdgårdar, ravinerna, stenarna och färgerna in i ett fotografi av fotokonstnären Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff med titeln, Okänd Plats. Att plötsligen stå i ett övergivet grustag beväxt med björksly, tall, gran och gräs någonstans, varsomhelst, uppe i Norden.Den mest djupgående upplevelsen av plats beskriver Relph som ett tillstånd av omedveten men ändock laddad samhörighet och förankring i platsen. Ett existentiellt centrum som är en del av ens varande med vissheten om att det är här jag hör hemma. Är det kanske därför världen är beströdd av lånade ortsnamn – Lilla Mogadishu i Nairobi, Karlstad i Minnesota, Granada i Filippinerna. Spår av rörelser, erövringar, makt och längtan hem. Eller en tro på att namnen, likt magiska tecken, skulle kunna tämja allt det främmande. Edward S. Casey resonerar att plats så ofta tas för självklar att den överskuggas av tid och rum. Men den bör ses som något i sig självt, inte ett ogripbart fenomen utan konkret och levd. För människan har sitt hem i en värld med djup och horisonter, porösa gränser, märkliga utbuktningar, fåror, rännilar, plana ytor, och utkanter, fortsätter han. Det är genom platserna vi upplever och förstår tiden, rummet och oss själva. För platser har en förmåga att samla liv och inre saker – tankar, minnen, drömmar, språk och historia. Kanske är platsen inte bara scenen för dessa skeenden utan en förutsättning för att de alls ska kunna bli till. Vad annat bär på en sådan kraft?“Känslan av plats, den påtagliga känslan av plats, den med ögonen slutna känslan av plats” skriver konstnären Roni Horn om Island, dess glaciärer, strandlinjer, lavafält, vikar, floder och intensiva stillsamhet. I Horns pågående encyklopedi med titeln To Place, har Island blivit ett verb, en händelse och tidsbärare. Ja, något som likt en ömsesidig relation formas snarare än något statiskt och givet. I fotografiska verk med titlar såsom “Becoming a Landscape” “Att bli ett landskap” gestaltar Horn hur förståelsen av plats förvandlades av mötet med Island. Att platser inte är fixerade punkter på en karta utan något lika levande och föränderligt som människorna som bebor dem. Det är härifrån jag har den klaraste bilden av mig själv och min relation till världen, säger Horn. Tiden borde göra att anknytningen till en förlorad plats bleknar, men det tycks vara tvärtom. Varför är det så? Våra personliga geografier bor i våra kroppar även när det inte längre finns något att komma tillbaka till. Likt konstnären Sophie Ristelhuebers fotografiska serie med den tvetydiga titeln “Eleven Blowups”, alltså Elva förstoringar eller Elva explosioner, som visar digitalt bearbetade bilder av platser i Turkmenistan, Syrien, Irak och Västbanken. Platser som till följd av våld och konflikter kollapsat. Kvar är kratrar och bottenlösa håligheter i marken. “Kroppar och platser delar ett ödesdigert band” skriver Casey. Den ena existerar inte utan den andra. Våra kroppar är alltid placerade någonstans – bundna till platser som vi lutar oss mot, griper tag i, “går över och färdas igenom”. Vi minns dem, åkallar dem i deras frånvaro. De äger en sorts emotionell varaktighet. Långt efter sin kollaps vibrerar de fortfarande. Varför skulle annars cypresserna, kransarna av fruktträdgårdar, ravinerna, stenarna och färgerna fortsätta orsaka smärta likt en förlorad arm; platssmärta. En fantom av platsens närvaro. Nazanin Raissi, psykolog och konstnärProducent: Ann Lingebrandt Litteratur:Edward S Casey: The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Paperback ed., 2013.Roni Horn: Island Zombie: Iceland Writings. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020.Roni Horn: To Place: Becoming a Landscape. Denver, CO: Ginny Williams, 2001. Artist's book.Roni Horn: “‘Iceland Could Have Been Anywhere': Roni Horn on How to Be Present Amidst Shifting Landscapes.” Interview by Jan Howard. Artspace, July 14, 2017. https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/book_report/roni-horn-phaidon-54896. Accessed August 21, 2025.Sally Mann: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs. New York: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, 2016.Edward Relph: Place and Placelessness. London: Pion, 1976. Reprint, 2008.Sophie Ristelhueber: Eleven Blowups. Paris: Bookstorming, 2006. Artist's book.Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff: Alternative Secrecy. Stockholm: Moderna Museet; Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2021. Exhibition catalogue.

A Chinese survey ship was spotted again within Japan's exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

Role of RE in school curriculum, resilience in our gas supply, heating our older houses, 18p kWh electricity on the Island, unemployed young people with mental health issues & Orsted's Mooir Vannin drop-in events. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint - Wednesday 1st October 2025

Today on The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, we're talking about Shy Ronni featuring Rihanna. A short that almost didn't happen and certainly no one thought would be as classic. Plus a little light catch up on what's going with the guys, queen bee of course, and Jorm is out of the hospital! And gloating about his awards. Shy Ronnie (ft. Rihanna) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4vzKH4lesPeople hottest podcaster | The PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive Readers' Choice Poll | https://people.com/sexiest-man-alive-2025-readers-choice-poll-11810266Seth, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang Go Day Drinking | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Ukgpag63wWoman to Woman | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--ApeDdWQSMSecret Word | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYJnrjw-zm0Not all the clips we mention are available online; some never even aired.Send us an email: thelonelyislandpod@gmail.comSend us a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/thelonelyislandSend Jorma stuff: P.O. Box 4024New York, NY 10185Photos and everything else can be found by following us on Instagram @thelonelyislandpod VuoriGet 20% off your FIRST purchase. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at vuori.com/ISLANDShopifySign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY.COM/lonelyislandCoopUpgrade your sleep Visit coopsleepgoods.com/ISLAND to get 20% off your first order. Thatʼs C-O-O-P sleep goods dot com slash ISLAND. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Jordan Carlos joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about parenting two kids with very different personalities—his 10-year-old daughter, a perfectionist baker supplied with Costco-sized vanilla extract, and his six-year-old son, who polices Halloween candy wrappers with post-it notes. Jordan shares how his daughter's three grandmothers got her hooked on baking, and how his son's sharp eye caught him sneaking Whoppers late at night. The conversation moves into the emotional leap from age eight to ten, the Simon & Garfunkel “Hello Darkness” phase, and balancing attention between siblings. Jordan also compares Black and White Thanksgivings—Dallas versus New Hampshire—while marveling at his in-laws' quiet avoidance of conflict. He tells a wild story about losing his wallet while paddle boating on Governor's Island, diving into the muck to retrieve it as his son scolded him for swearing. From babysitters drinking beer on the job to a childhood broken arm he let heal on its own out of fear of getting in trouble, Jordan reflects on rule-following, parenting negotiations, and the strange privileges kids have today. The episode ends with Jordan imagining how much more his kids might care about U.S. history if Taylor Swift told the story of Ellis Island.

This week the gang talked about the ST05 events, Cucuruz Doan's Island, Takopi's Original Sin, Baby Steps, One Battle After Another, and more!Follow us on Instagram Leave us a voicemail at (804) 286-0626 and consider supporting us through our Patreon Check out the Discord! News Links:Metal Gear Collection Vol 2 New DS Anbernic device Doug Bowser stepping down at NOA Rog Ally gets price announcement State of Play announcements TGS announcements Kojima event announcements 

Steve Scully, a former telecommunications contractor who worked extensively on Little Saint James, claimed in the Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich that he saw Bill Clinton sitting alone with Epstein on the porch of the island's main house. Scully, who said he had been to the island over a hundred times between 1999 and 2005, insisted there were no other guests present during that moment. His account added fuel to speculation about the former president's connections to Epstein and the time he may have spent on the island.Steve Scully, a former telecommunications contractor who worked extensively on Little Saint James, claimed in the Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich that he saw Bill Clinton sitting alone with Epstein on the porch of the island's main house. Scully, who said he had been to the island over a hundred times between 1999 and 2005, insisted there were no other guests present during that moment. His account added fuel to speculation about the former president's connections to Epstein and the time he may have spent on the island.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

On the Tuesday September 30th edition of Georgia Today: The U.S. government is headed for its first shutdown in seven years; Georgia's highest court sides with Gullah-Geechee community members over a zoning dispute on Sapelo Island; And federal funding cuts could threaten the future of a process used to track bird habits called "bird banding".

AP's Lisa Dwyer repots on the latest forecast for two back to back hurricanes.

There have been a lot of ideas surrounding Great Island in Darien. Amid making the property more publicly accessible, apparently costs are becoming a bigger issue. For the latest, we checked in with Darien First Selectman Jon Zagrodzky. To learn more about the future of Great Island: https://greatisland.darienct.gov/ Image Credit: Getty Images

Listen to today's podcast... If corn oil is made from corn and vegetable oil is made from vegetables. What is baby oil made from? Why is an electrical outlet called an outlet when you plug things into it? Why does it hurt like hell to hit your funny bone? Why is it called a “drive through” if you have to stop? And finally, If the professor on Giligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat? Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency!      Today is Ask A Stupid Question Day and Here are today's Tips For Building Resiliency and having more fun! If laughter is the best medicine, reading the numerous lists of questions people have asked at the doctor's office, the supermarket, or on the internet can certainly take the stress out of the everyday. Stupid questions can be funny conversation starters or interesting brain teasers when you are hanging out with friends. As for stupid conversation starters, try these ones out: Is a hotdog a sandwich? How many chickens would it take to kill an elephant? Or what would be the worst “buy one get one free” sale of all time? And finally you can annoy your friends even further with these tricky stupid questions: What is always coming, but never arrives? Or If a plane crashes on the border between the United States and Canada, where do they bury the survivors? If you had fun with today's wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app. Looking for more ways to build your resiliency, take my free on-line resiliency test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab. #mentalhealth #hr

In 1933, Stalin's Soviet Union rounded up thousands of men, women, and children—many guilty of nothing at all—and dumped them on a tiny Siberian island with nothing but sacks of raw flour. Within weeks, starvation, violence, and cannibalism tore through the camp. This forgotten atrocity became known as Cannibal Island. Tonight, we're dragging it out of the shadows.

Authorities in Madagascar impose a curfew in the capital, Antananarivo, after protests over frequent power and water shortages turn violent. As the police continue to patrol the streets, we ask whether the government has improved conditions in the country?Also in the programme: The Island of Seychelles, one of the richest countries in Africa, holds a re-run of the presidential elections after the first secured no outright winner.And two years on from the earthquake in Morocco, what kind of support have survivors received from the government?Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Bella Hassan, Jewel Kiriungi, Joseph Keen Senior Producer: Sunita Nahar Technical Producer: Philip Bull Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

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Ryan and Kendall pull an epic prank and talk about the 5th episode of Harper's Island!Support the show

Enjoy this week's episode with LA SANTA, head honcho of Redolent Music,. La Santa's strength resides in her charisma; she creates a unique and extraordinary setting and atmosphere when she plays, where her energy can be felt, creating a unique vibe. La Santa's productions are highly acclaimed in the scene, and she worked on productions with high profile artists such as FKA Mash, Jinadu, Sparrow & Barbossa, G.Zamora, Coco, Blueheist, and D- Formation to name a few. To give an example: the track “Cumanayagua“ by La Santa & Sparrow & Barbossa reached number 11 in the top 100 best-selling Afro House tracks of 2021 on Beatport. Labels such as Stereo Productions, Nervous, Madoras In Da House or Redolent are witnesses of her wide range of music styles and unlimited love for different genres. La Santa & Chus recently launched Slave To The Rhythm, an event curated by Stereo Productions & Redolent debuting on the Island of Gods, Bali and have been already in Miami, Tulum, Ibiza, Bali, Cyprus Dean Mickoski, Dr Alban - Hello Africa Eastar, Diephuis - Hoye Mama Bruno Bona - Marcane Augusto Yepes, Talón (US) - Funk It Almared, Jateen - We'll Be Fine feat. Tazia Farrao Ivan Romero - Aura (Extended Mix) REDOLENT Adonis Alvarez, Dr. Kucho! - La Tarde Se Ha Puesto Triste feat. Marta Bolanos G.Zamora, PolyRhythm - Que Le Den Tektonauts, Armandd G - Bailen Y Gocen Anané - Walking On Thin Ice (Anané & Wnoise Remix) La Santa, Pio De Nicola - Namanga Jaalex, La Santa - Wear Black (Extended Mix) REDOLENT Dancing on Lego, La Santa - Play That Fact (Radio Edit) REDOLENT This show is syndicated & distributed exclusively by Syndicast. If you are a radio station interested in airing the show or would like to distribute your podcast / radio show please register here: https://syndicast.co.uk/distribution/registration

EPISODE 597 - Kate Woodworth - Little Great Island, A Story of a Commuity of fishing families to the lobsters and the butterflies impacted by Climate ChangeKate Woodworth is the award-winning author of the novel Racing into the Dark, which Publishers Weekly said, “hits the mark repeatedly with emotional truths and fluid prose” and which Kirkus Reviews called, “vivid and honest, dramatic and without pat resolutions: an impressive debut”.A passionate lover of the natural world, Kate is the author of essays on the impact of climate change on fishing and farming that have been published by the Climate Fiction Writers League and on her Substack, “Food in the Time of Climate Change.” Her novel about love, community, and climate change, Little Great Island, has been called “an extraordinary achievement and a pure pleasure to read” by National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Ha Jin. Kate is the founder and creative force behind “Be the Butterfly”, a grassroots climate action initiative that invites everyone to do one small thing to help mitigate climate change. Kate received her MFA from Boston University.Little Great IslandOn Little Great Island, climate change is disrupting both life and love.After offending the powerful pastor of the cult where she's lived for a decade, Mari McGavin must flee with her six-year-old son. With no money and no place else to go, she returns to the tiny Maine island where she grew up—a place she swore she'd never see again. There Mari runs into her lifelong friend Harry Richardson, one of the island's summer residents, now back himself to sell his family's summer home. Mari and Harry's lives intertwine once again, setting off a chain of events as unexpected and life altering as the shifts in climate affecting the whole ecosystem of the island…from generations of fishing families to the lobsters and the butterflies.Little Great Island  illustrates in microcosm the greatest changes of our time and the unyielding power of love.“An uplifting and grown-up novel in which two lost souls find love and purpose”—Kirkus Reviews“…utterly grounded and achingly empathetic, developed with gorgeous, flowing prose and a steady, sometimes heart-wrenching plot.”—Booklisthttps://katewoodworth.com/Support the show___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks!https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca

In this fascinating episode of the Craftsmen Online Podcast, we welcome WB James Frederique, PM, L'Haitienne Lodge No. 925, Washington, DC, for a candid and insightful discussion on two traditions often seen as disparate: Haitian Vodou and Freemasonry. WB Frederique, a respected DC Freemason with deep roots in Haitian culture, will illuminate the surprising intersections, shared philosophical underpinnings, and historical connections between these complex systems of belief and practice. We'll discuss common misconceptions, explore the symbolic parallels, and examine how individuals navigate both paths.Show notes: Order "The Vodou Quantum Leap: Alternate Realities, Power and Mysticism" by Reginald Crosley on Amazon.Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!Follow the Craftsmen Online Podcast on Spotify.Subscribe to the Craftsmen Online Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Follow Craftsmen Online on YouTube, hit subscribe and get notified the next time we go LIVE with a podcast recording!Yes, we're on Tik Tok and Instagram.Get our latest announcements and important updates in your inbox with the Craftsmen Online Newsletter.Email the host, RW Michael Arce! Yes, we will read your email and may even reach out to be a guest on a future episode.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/craftsmen-online-podcast--4822031/support.

Tod and Claire discuss "The Loved Dead" by C.M. Eddy, Jr. and H.P. Lovecraft, which was first published in the May/June 1924 issue of Weird Tales. As this is a horror podcast, and may not be for everyone.  In particular, this story is about necrophilia, or as we refer to it, "corpse snuggling." There's also brief mention of suicide as a viable out for the main character. Finally, there's a fairly long conversation about the nature of evil and how parricide (the killing of one's parents) figures in the balance of evil. We kinda go back to that over and over in this one.Claire mentioned Jonica's Island, which was published in 1945. Claire says, "check it out!"We never solved the mystery of "what was Tod thinking of" when he suggested a) Wuthering Heights has a plot element of indenturing, and b) that it takes place in Nova Scotia. Tod was thinking of Anne of Green Gables, which is, indeed, set in NS, Canada. But we're still unclear if any of the characters were indentured because we still haven't looked it up.Finally, give @GreatOldBot a follow on Mastodon. Do it! And also Kevin -- find him in my mentions!You can text us now. Why? That's between you and your Elder God. Support the showLike the show? Say so with money! Or just hang out with us on Mastodon, at @podsothoth@defcon.social. Or email us at hideous@podsothoth.club. Best thing? Rate us (positively!) in your favorite podcast app. That helps other people find the show!

Simone Kearney is a Dublin-born, Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist and writer. She is interested in tracking the daily embodied experience of emotional and intellectual life, which she traces through repetition and variation, metaphor and materiality. Her practice is an inquiry — as much visual as it is psychological — into how experience is a cobbled, fragile thing, shapeshifting, subject to time, configured and reconfigured through our bodies. In recent projects, she has been working with hand-carved stone sculpture, watercolor, and text, to reflect states of self and collective consciousness, where the work starts to gather like archaeological fragments of the psyche. Kearney currently has a solo show of sculptures and works on paper entitled DIGS at Guest Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, on view from September 20th – November 8th. She also will have sculptures in a group exhibition at Koki Arts in Tokyo, Japan, this October. Some previous solo exhibitions include Putty's Coronation, Brooklyn, NY; Undercurrent Gallery, Brooklyn New York; Artshack Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; and Annex Gallery, Lighthouse Works, Fisher's Island, NY. She is a NYFA grant recipient and is the author of Dim, Dahlia, Violet, Stone, (ITI Press, 2024), DAYS, (Belladonna Press, 2021), and My Ida (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017). She teaches at Parsons School for Design and Rutgers University. Hand (Riddle is everywhere:Because a grain ... tion), 2025, soapstone, 11” X 11.5” X 36” Waterstone (xviii), 2024, watercolor on paper, 22” x 30” “Hole:Through (One by one, to see),” 2025, rhy ... pine pedestal, 11” X 11.5” X 35

This week we review one of our favorite games, Survive: Escape from Atlantis (also known as Survive the Island in it's newest printing.) This game is SO easy to learn, teach, and play. If you have friends and family who are new to board gaming, this is the game to play! If you have well seasoned players who love games that are very confrontational, this is also the game you want to be playing. Special thanks to David Gledhill and Slo-Mo for allowing us to use their song "Boy From the City." If you would like to hear what David is up to these days, please follow the link below!https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mkSfdbk3EkKfh45pd2CWH?si=-nDfgFOCTKu5j46m3B1pQwLinks to games we discussed this week:Noble Team coming to Halo Flashpoint https://www.wargamer.com/halo-flashpoint/noble-team-reveal-ama-videoGarden Trilogy - Paradise of Dinosaurs, Birds, and Fish, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uchibacoyapiece/garden-trilogy-paradise-of-dinosaurs-birds-and-fish?ref=android_project_shareContainer, GRUNTZ, and Triangulation, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgametables/container-gruntz-and-triangulation?ref=android_project_shareThe Game Makers - An Epic Board Game About Making Games, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tedalspach/the-game-makers?ref=android_project_share Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the Butlers, the family that induced the second largest sale of enslaved in US history.  Lots of links to along with this one and citations. If I miss a link and it was something you were interested in learning more about, please email me and I'll get the link for you.Also going to ask for forgiveness in advance, you can tell I'm out of practice, there a few parts where you will hear me chuckle. This is purely from discomfort. links-  Fanny Kemble  https://youtu.be/SbZ-QGt69MM?si=g726hofa89L-8PMGcontact the show at- loreofthesouth@gmail.comCitationsButler family - New Georgia encyclopedia. (n.d.-a). https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/butler-family/ The jealous Bragging Turtle (English version). The Jealous Bragging Turtle (English Version) | Gullah Tales | Knowitall.org. (n.d.). https://www.knowitall.org/interactives/gullah/tales/turtle/english.html Pierce Butler. (n.d.-b). https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001186 Pierce Mease Butler, slave owner, born. African American Registry. (2024a, December 7). https://aaregistry.org/story/pierce-mease-butler-slave-owner-born/ Pierce Mease Butler, slave owner, born. African American Registry. (2024b, December 7). https://aaregistry.org/story/pierce-mease-butler-slave-owner-born/ Public Broadcasting Service. (n.d.). Butler Island. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2920.html Wikimedia Foundation. (2025a, July 19). Butler Island Plantation. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Island_Plantation Wikimedia Foundation. (2025b, September 3). Fanny Kemble. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Kemble Wikimedia Foundation. (2025c, September 7). Pierce Butler (American politician). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Butler_(American_politician) Support the show

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Bad Bunny has been dominating headlines this week after closing out his historic 30-show residency, “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí,” at Puerto Rico's Coliseo de Puerto Rico. According to ABC News and Hot 97, the September 20th finale was a high-energy spectacle watched not only by thousands in the arena but by millions more globally, thanks to an Amazon Music live stream that broke viewership records and became Amazon Music's most-watched live stream ever. The concert was a massive celebration of Puerto Rican pride, featuring surprise guests like Mark Anthony for a moving duet of the Puerto Rican anthem, and NBA superstar LeBron James making appearances. The residency saw throngs of fans, watch parties across the island, and became an event that transcended music, symbolizing Bad Bunny's cultural impact; as Hot 97 put it, “everybody watching became Puerto Rican” in those magic moments.In tandem with the residency finale, Bad Bunny served up a surprise for his listeners by dropping his new single, “Alambre Púa.” AOL reports that he debuted the track as the opening song for each of the final three residency shows, and then released it on Monday. The single marks his first new music since January's “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.” Even months after its release, the album remains strong on charts, holding a Top 10 spot and continuing to fuel demand for his live performances.Despite fans worldwide clamoring for more, there's one notable omission in Bad Bunny's upcoming world tour—he won't be stopping in the United States. IQ Magazine reveals Bad Bunny's candid reason: concerns about ICE raids and a desire to keep both fans and his team safe. This decision has generated widespread discussion on social media, with Puerto Rican and Latin American fans expressing both pride and disappointment.Beyond music, Bad Bunny's star continues to rise. Variety notes he's gearing up for a major film appearance in Adam Sandler's “Happy Gilmore 2,” set to premiere in July. On the entertainment front, Hot 97 confirms his return to Saturday Night Live as a host this coming season—his third time in the role—underscoring how his influence stretches into TV and film. This multi-talented approach is fueling speculation, as discussed on Hot 97, about just how far Bad Bunny's career could go, prompting playful conversation about him possibly becoming president given his unprecedented popularity and philanthropic work.Speaking of philanthropy, Bad Bunny's partnership with Amazon announced during the residency will provide ongoing investment in Puerto Rico's education, technology, agriculture, and economic development, mostly through his Good Bunny Foundation, aligning star power with community impact.Social media all week has been glowing with highlights from the residency, clips of the emotional anthem performance, and fans gushing over “Alambre Púa.” The phrase “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” itself trended for days, mirroring Bad Bunny's declaration of love for his home.Thanks for tuning in. Make sure to come back next week for more updates on Bad Bunny as his world tour plans unfold, new music drops, and more surprises. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out Quiet Please Dot A I.Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3QsFor more check out http://www.quietplease.aiThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Vor drei Jahren haben Stephan und Steffi Kalt aus Kleindöttingen (AG) mit ihren zwei kleinen Töchtern ihr neues Leben in den Westfjorden Islands begonnen – mitten in Bjarnarfjörður, wo gerade mal zehn Häuser stehen. «Unser Fjord mit Wasserfällen, Bergen und Wiesen ist ein Traum», sagt Stephan. Stephan und Steffi Kalt sind vor fünfzehn Jahren mit dem Fahrrad das erste Mal quer durch Island geradelt. Die grösste Vulkaninsel der Erde hat sie seither nicht mehr losgelassen. Die Familie ist vor drei Jahren in die raue Schönheit der isländischen Westfjorde gezogen. In der bevölkerungsarmen Region im Nordwesten des Landes ist die unberührte Natur aufgrund der Abgeschiedenheit besonders gut erhalten. Obwohl die Isländer eher als zurückhaltend gelten, hat sich die Familie längst eingelebt: «Wer dazugehören will, muss die Sprache sprechen und genau das hat uns Türen geöffnet. Die Isländer haben uns herzlich aufgenommen.» «Die Isländer haben viele Jobs» In der Sommersaison arbeitet Stephan Kalt als Bademeister im öffentlichen Schwimmbad. Im Winter putzt er an der Schule und ist nebenbei Ernährungsberater: «Das ist typisch hier und es macht Spass so vielseitige Tätigkeiten zu haben.» Steffi Kalt hat für sich die isländischen Langhaarschafe entdeckt und importiert die edle Wolle in die Schweiz, sagt Stephan: «Diese Schaffe verbringen Monate in der freien Natur, darum ist die Wolle so einzigartig.»

Returning guest Garry Messick (American Doom Podcast) brings us Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians' 1991 release, 'Perspex Island'. His third album for A&M records, it's yet another sterling example of Hitchcock's quirkily original - but always charmingly catchy - songwriting. Songs discussed in this episode: She Doesn't Exist (Robyn Hitchcock cover) - Vic Chesnutt; American Doom Podcast Teaser - American Doom; Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys; Sitting Still - REM; My Wife and My Dead Wife - Robyn Hitchcock; The Gnome - Pink Floyd; Balloon Man, Oceanside, So You Think You're In Love - Robyn Hitchcock; She Loves You - The Beatles; Birds In Perspex, Ultra Unbelievable - Robyn Hitchcock; Pretty Persuasion - REM; Vegetation and Dimes, Lysander, Child of the Universe, She Doesn't Exist - Robyn Hitchcock; I'm Not In Love - 10CC; Ride, If You Go Away, Earthly Paradise, Are Friends Electric (Tubeway Army cover) - Robyn Hitchcock

Pat LaFontaine talks with Andrew about his being inducted into the Islanders' Hall of Fame this season.

Articles and features from the Island Dispatch and the Niagara Tribune

On this episode of Special Sauce we talk to Island Grown Initiative (IGI) co-executive director Caroline Pam about her organization's efforts to combat food insecurity on Martha's Vineyard during the Trump era. As much as 20% of the island's year-round population suffers from some form of food insecurity.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week's Throwback Thursday revisits Episode 165, originally released on July 24th, 2023, featuring Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line. In this deep dive, Kenny unpacks the writing and recording of “Island,” the band's highest-charting single from their 2007 album Direction. With producer Howard Benson helping to shape its sound, the song marked a distinct evolution for the group. Kenny shares a never-before-heard demo along with fascinating insight into a track that still resonates just as strongly today as it did upon release. Chris DeMakes A Podcast is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at ⁠http://distrokid.com/vip/demakes For bonus episode of The After Party podcast, an extensive back catalog of past After Party episodes, early ad-free releases of new episodes of Chris DeMakes A Podcast, full video versions of episodes, and MUCH more, head to the Patreon at ⁠http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com Follow Chris DeMakes A Podcast on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chrisdemakesapodcast/⁠ Join the Chris DeMakes A Podcast community on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2643961642526928/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Epigenetic changes during early brain development, and the complexities of autism. Also, how bacteria learn to parry antibiotics, the subterranean burp that shook the Island of Santorini, and new guidance for sharing land between farming space and living space for the pollinators on which it depends. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth (Image: Blastocyst embryo, light micrograph. Credit: Science Photo Library via Getty Images).