Podcasts about through the looking glass

This month Scott & Dave journey to alternate universes where the ELIMINATION CHAMBER was used BEFORE 2002, and even outside the WWF! -How about a Chamber match at IYH February 1997 instead of Final Four? -Elimination Chamber at Survivor Series 1992, young Bret Hart vs. a Chamber of legends -NWA Halloween Havoc 1989: Flair/Sting against J-Tex Corporation So sit back and enjoy the ride through universes untraveled...THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS!

Whilst conducting my meticulous research for Gail….I was taken back to 1980 - my year of transition that was painful, perplexing, exciting, scary – a tussle between my heavily Top of The Pops Top 40 oriented collection, my classical cello playing and a new, emerging, Through The Looking Glass world of punk, post-punk and hardcore. Not easy bedfellows for 12 year old me, I can tell you.One of the songs in that struggle was Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra. I think that the new punk crowd that I was gravitating towards would have sent me much further than Coventry had they known that this record was in my collection, such were the no cross-genre rules.  So what does this rather tedious story have with today's episode? Well, it's as tenuous as you'll have come to expect. After growing up adoring her music, Gail  holds the accolade of and standing on stage with Olivia Newton-John and a huge orchestra playing Xanadu in front of thousands of genuine fans. This connection, however tenuous, feels in some way serendipitous, and actually rather glorious in a way that only music can be. This is just one part of an incredible, pioneering – and I don't use that word loosely - life journey that's led to three solo albums and a whole raft of collaborations with people like Lenny Kravitz, Gwen Stefani, Tears For Fears, Gang of Four, Boy George, The The and, of course…. David Bowie. Gail Ann Dorsey - a wonderful songwriter, composer, bass player with a voice to die for and wonderful human.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.comI Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently. Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ's and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™- swirl logo and art by Giles Sibbald - doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

It's 2025! A new year of journeys unchallenged, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. This month Scott & Dave go back through the years of the Royal Rumble and see what would have happened if the RUNNER UP actually won? Such as: -British Bulldog in 1995 -The Rock in 1998 -Kane in 2001 -Dean Ambrose in 2016 (As Champion) So sit back and enjoy another mysterious, fun-filled ride...Through the Looking Glass!

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 9, 2025 is: excursion • ik-SKER-zhun • noun Excursion refers to a trip, and especially to a short one made for pleasure. Excursion is also often used figuratively to refer to a deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course, and often in particular to a digression. // Some of Maya's most cherished childhood memories are of fishing excursions with her grandpa. // Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass is an excursion into a fantastical world where nothing is what it seems to be, and everything appears to be what it is not. See the entry > Examples: “… in the late sixties, he [Miles Davis] abandoned acoustic jazz altogether, moving to the easy/uneasy blend of jazz and rock that would cause consternation among jazz purists and come to be known as fusion. Then, in 1975, plagued by profuse health problems and addictions, he left music altogether, not to return until 1981. Audiences and record buyers welcomed his comeback, though jazz's zealous gatekeepers continued to fret about his stylistic excursions and commercial aspirations.” — James Kaplan, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool, 2024 Did you know? A Tribe Called Quest's 1991 album The Low End Theory is not only widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, but one of the genre's most successful early excursions into jazz, utilizing samples and even featuring legendary bassist Ron Carter on one song. Excursion refers to a usually brief, pleasurable trip, and is often used figuratively—as in the previous sentence—for metaphorical trips outside of one's usual territory, be they artistic or otherwise. The word comes from the Latin verb excurrere (“to run out” or “to extend”), which combines the prefix ex- meaning “out of” and the verb currere meaning “to run.” Although it is sometimes used to refer to attacks or raids made against an enemy, as in “military excursions,” excursion is mostly used today for much more enjoyable jaunts, junkets, and rambles. Accordingly, on your next excursion, whether to the park, beach, or elsewhere, you could do worse than to queue up The Low End Theory on your playlist. The album's first track, after all, is titled “Excursions.”

In honor of the passing of Sid Eudy, Scott & Dave go to alternate universes and look at times in Sid's career where things could have been different: -WHAT IF he was still prominent on NWA TV in 1989 after his injury? -WHAT IF he didn't leave the WWF after Wrestlemania VIII? -WHAT IF the scissors attack hadn't happened and he beat Vader at Starrcade 1993? Enjoy the ride through alternate wrestling history, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS!

It's August, so it's time to vist alternate SUMMERSLAMS! This month Scott & Dave look through the looking glass for: -Better cards built for Summerslams 1988 & 1996 -Creating Summerslams before it was spawned, in the red-hot mid 80's WWF So sit back and enjoy this month's alternate parties of the summer...THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS!

"The AI Mirror, How To Reclaim Our Humanity In An Age Of Machine Learning", by Shannon Vallor, published just last month. It is a thorough piece of work exploring AI's relationship with humanity from a different perspective. The author did a wonderful job of exploring the human story of using AI technology and its associated risks. The AI Mirror reviewed The scale of AI and its maladaptation in today's world has screamed out for a book such as this. The author's premise in the book is to explore why humanity and AI are conceptually inseparable. It also explores our current adoption of AI, along with the how and why it's endangering our future. The book starts out with context around what it means to be human. Existential questions about our existence, and what makes up our upper level activity-sets are key to understanding AI's mis-positioning in mainstream society. It also notes how a narrow pool of people created AI, yet its application reports AI has a mirror of all humanity. This machine-learned behavior changes our perceptions, and not always in good ways. The analysis from the very beginning is thoughtful and written for any user of technology who can relate to technology's position in our world. It moves into how AI, with a change of focus and technological implementation, can become instrumental in solving major threats to our future. Instead of being distracted by our past in an AI mirror, we can use AI to solve environmental crises via circular economies, global warming, or other planetary threats we face. This wider scope proposed by the author develops as you read into the book. By surpassing the AI mirror, the reflective window aids us in identifying our weaknesses, enabling fixes, and developing solutions for a better future. It uses past intelligence in a more productive manner. Chapter 1, "AI Mirror", continues this journey by exploring what we got, and how we could use it less destructively. Awareness is key, as the author makes a whistle-stop tour of AI's development path and its impact on humanity. She makes an interesting connection with AI (data) transformers and how scammers abuse this technology. Quick adoption by criminals points to a lack of vision in design. It also supports the book's premise that humanity and AI are conceptually inseparable. Chapter 2, "Minds, Machines and Gods", starts out with more assumptions made by a generative AI chatbot. In 2023, a chatbot manipulated a man in Belgium into committing suicide. What looked like AI gone-rogue was actually a modelling error by product managers. They instructed it to be programmed to be more emotional, so it would increase user engagement. Chapter 3, "Through The Looking Glass", continues the exploration of the human condition. It explores the looking glass of AI and how a mirror can seem like a window to the future, when in fact, it's just a small subset of possibilities. It also explores the opportunity-cost of under-using human creativity and imagination. Chapter 4, "Through The Civilized Keep", takes a journey back through mathematics that created automated numerical constructs. It delves into the design intent for low-level functions in a pre AI age. It then explores how these constructs underpin the current form of AI that competes with upper level human functions like creativity and imagination. Chapter 5, "The Empathy Box", is an important exploration of why a narrow strip of our communal past is dangerous to use as a template for predicting our future. It has shone a light on the level of racism that AI can sew into any analysis that supports important decisions. It also shines a light on what we need to change to make it better. Chapter 6, "AI And The Boot Strapping Problem", is an exploration of how traditional scientific caution is out of style for mainstream society, despite the catastrophic risks we communally face. It explores how we need to stop obsessing over our past to make a successful future. As with most non-fiction books,...

David Gilmour a trouvé le documentaire "Get Back" sur les Beatles, contient des images des Fab Four pendant qu'ils écrivaient et enregistraient leur 12e et dernier album studio en janvier 1969 aux Twickenham Film Studios de Londres, "difficile à regarder" et il est "surpris que Paul McCartney l'ait autorisé". Concernant l'identité du nouveau batteur de Slipknot, les rumeurs désignant Eloy Casagrande, ex-Sepultura, que ce soit grâce à son jeu de batterie assez unique ou un tatouage visible sur son avant-bras, sont confirmée, par le groupe. Deep Purple, dont la vidéo de 16 secondes dans laquelle on pouvait voir une équation algébrique animée donnant pour résultat le chiffre " 1 " nom de l'album , vient de sortir le premier single, "Portable Door". Iggy Pop et Siouxsie Sioux ont fait équipe pour enregistrer "The Passenger", un classique d'Iggy Pop datant de l'époque ‘'Lust For Life'', pour une publicité pour une crème glacée. Mots-Clés : guitariste, Pink Floyd, horrible, agréable, Ringo Starr, avis, auditeurs, œil, concert, musicien, mathématique, nouveau, guitariste, Simon McBride, collaboration, oiseau, grande, dame, version, chanson, reprises, Through The Looking Glass, 1987, spéciale, unique. --- Classic 21 vous informe des dernières actualités du rock, en Belgique et partout ailleurs. Le Journal du Rock, chaque jour à 7h30 et 18h30. Merci pour votre écoute Pour écouter Classic 21 à tout moment : www.rtbf.be/classic21 Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Lewis Carroll gave the world perhaps the most iconic children's books of all time with ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, but his legacy has become shrouded by controversy by modern scholars. In episode 309, join Luke & James as they follow the White Rabbit into a magical world, play logic and word games, appreciate puns, and get into some of the evidence surrounding the hotly-debated nature of the author's relationship to Alice Liddell & her sisters. Join them next week when they compare the books to the Disney adaptation! References Documentary: “The Controversial Genius Behind Alice In Wonderland” https://youtu.be/H7mrIJCjTdc?si=6HPns7FyfLNhZ13K Ink to Film Full video episode on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmCOicM-LU_l-QAiH3WWkw?sub_confirmation=1 Support the show on Patreon for bonus content, merch, and the ability to vote on upcoming projects! https://www.patreon.com/inktofilm Get Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or any of the other source novels at the Ink to Film Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/inktofilm Ink to Film's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky (@inktofilm) Home Base: inktofilm.com Luke Elliott  Website: www.lukeelliottauthor.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/luminousluke IG: https://www.instagram.com/lpelliott/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@lpelliott Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/luminousluke.bsky.social James Bailey Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jame_Bail IG: https://www.instagram.com/jamebail/ Credits Music: “Alice in the Dark Wonderland” by Lexin Music https://youtu.be/cpie0Pxeq6o?si=t21FAC84K6O1fTOc

Today, I'm bringing you something a little different. As most of you already know, my new media company, Ontocalypse Productions—headed up by myself, Jay Christopher King, and Jordan Flowers, is currently in the midst of completing our first docuseries due out this summer entitled The Beyond: UFOs & A New Reality. While we're hard at work on that, posting for the podcast will be a little bit more sporadic over the next few weeks, but rest-assured that The UFO Rabbit Hole will be back to its regularly scheduled programming in June. And you'll still be getting a couple more new episodes in the meantime, including part 2 of the Through The Looking Glass series before then. But while things are a little quieter around here, I thought it would be a great opportunity to bring you guys something special. That's why I'm teaming up with Jay to bring you a series of never-before-released talks from his phenomenal Inquiry into Anomalous Experience & the Phenomenon conference series—or Inquire Anomalous for short. Regular listeners of the show have definitely heard me talk about Inquire Anomalous before. These have been my absolute favorite conferences to attend over the past few years. They're small, intimate, and the all-star line up of speakers who are truly on the bleeding edge of anomalous studies makes it a truly unmatched experience. In this first talk presented by Inquire Anomalous, we'll be hearing from Tim Gallaudet. Tim Gallaudet is a retired Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, and a career oceanographer. His former roles include serving as the Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as well as the Oceanographer of the Navy. He's also the former superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory. More recently, Admiral Gallaudet has made exciting contributions to the field of UAP studies, particularly in the realm of the too-often overlooked subject of USOs or Unidentified Submersible Objects. He recently released a new article through the Sol Foundation which is a must-read on the topic. You can find that linked int he episode brief below.—————————————This episode is brought to you by The Experiencer Group. The Experiencer Group is a private online community dedicated to support, curiosity & community for people who've had anomalous events of all kinds. They hold regular support meetings for people who are processing anomalous experiences, book clubs, special guest speaker presentations, and more. You can learn more and sign up at tegmembers.com.—————————————EPISODE BRIEFINQUIRE ANOMALOUS YOUTUBE CHANNELThe full video of this talk will be released on the Inquire Anomalous Youtube channel on Friday, April 5th. Subscribe now and click the bell so you get the alert when it goes live.BECOME A PATRONPatrons get lots of great perks like early and ad-free episodes, access to the private The UFO Rabbit Hole Discord server, and twice-monthly Patron Zoom calls with Kelly Chase.Memberships start at just $5/month.GET THE BOOKGet a SIGNED COPYGet it on AmazonFOLLOWWebsiteTwitterFacebookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ufo-rabbit-hole-podcast--5746035/support.

Welcome to Monarchy March!Today's Cocktails & Classics episode is a somewhat unserious (& slightly intoxicated) summary of "Through the Looking Glass" (the sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland") by Lewis Carroll.Music © by Capazunda.Instagram: @brutallyhonestbooksTikTok: @brutallyhonestbooks

With Rachel Mackintosh Recorded at Auckland Unitarian Church 21 January 2024 Alice laughed. “There's no use trying,” she said. “One can't believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven't had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS”, LEWIS CARROLL (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON) We know, because of science, the enlightenment, telescopes, that compared with us, the universe is big. We may have seen that meme that shows two photos of the Milky Way, one taken before, and one taken after we have made a mistake: clue, it's the same photo. My musing today has as its starting point, not Alice, actually, but the quote: “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” My sermon topic “Bending the arc of the universe” has taken liberties with the quote already, and may seem arrogant – how could we bend the arc of the universe? – but I am aiming rather for audacious. As Paul said when I sent him my title, “May as well aim big.” Meditation / Discussion Questions:- What makes you pause in wonder? And what action for justice does this inspire in you? For more information see:- https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/bending-the-arc-of-the-universe/

During a stormy night, you settle down to listen to Through The Looking Glass. The fire crackles, an old clock chimes nearby...And a surprise is soon to be revealed. 

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Episode 111 Before and After Ambient, Part 2 Playlist Midori Takada, “Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream” from Through The Looking Glass (1983 RCA Red Seal). 高田みどり (Midori Takada) is a Japanese composer and percussionist. She was a key figure in the Japanese ambient movement of the 1980s. Composed, performed, produced, Marimba, Gong, Cowbell, Recorder, Wood Bell, Ocarina, Tam-tam, Midori Takada. She performed all of the instruments on this album. The album was not immediately popular but seeded the nascent ambient movement that was growing in Japan at the time. Midori Takada, “Trompe-l'œil” from Through The Looking Glass (1983 RCA Red Seal). 高田みどり (Midori Takada) is a Japanese composer and percussionist. She was a key figure in the Japanese ambient movement of the 1980s. Composed, performed, produced, Marimba, Gong, Cowbell, Recorder, Wood and clay Bells, Ocarina, Tam-tam, Cola Bottle, Reed Organ, Midori Takada. She performed all of the instruments on this album. Brian Eno and Harold Budd, “Their Memories” from The Pearl (1984 Editions EG). Composed by Brian Eno, Harold Budd; produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. David Behrman, “Interspecies Smalltalk Scene 2” (1984) from Leapday Night (1987 Lovely Music). Composed, produced, and computers by David Behrman; violin, Takehisa Kosugi. "Interspecies Smalltalk" (1984) is an interactive piece originally commissioned by the Cunningham Dance Company. Yutaka Hirose, “Light Which Shakes Quietly” from Nova+4 (2019 WRWTFWW Records). Bonus track on this reissued album that dates from 1986. Composed , Arranged and Computer by, Yutaka Hirose; Synthesizer, Jun Tohyama. Takashi Kokubo, “A Dream Sails Out To Sea - Scene 3” (2019 Light In The Attic). Originally released in 1987, this track was part of the new wave of Japanese ambient music. By that time, Kokubo was already reknown for his synthesizer skills on a part with Isao Tomita. He turned to sound design and ambient music and has been instrumental in addition to creating such sounds as the nationally-used mobile phone earthquake alert and credit card payment jingles. Yoichiro Yoshikawa, “Nube” from Cyprus (1988 Eastworld). Original sound track of Japanese TV program. Yoshikawa was already a reliable session musician when he acquired one of the first Phophet-5 synthesizers in Japan. He quickly became a go-to composer for television and other purposes, such as soundscapes for museum exhibitions. Tetsu Inoue, “Low of Vibration” from Ambiant Otaku (1994 Fax +49-69/450464). Before I met Tetsu around the year 2000, I was fascinated by music such as this which had all of the elements of ambient music—slow and forming harmonies, spatial rhythms rather than beats, and a sustained energy throughout—without sounding at all like something out of an Eno production. Produced and performed by Tetsu Inoue. Kenji Kawai, “Ghostdive” from Ghost in the Shell (Original Soundtrack) (1995 RCA). An ambient work from the popular movie soundtrack.Composed, Performed, Produced, Arranged, Keyboards, Instruments, Kenji Kawai; synthesizer, Hironori Houki. Waveform Transmission, “V 1.3” from V 1.0-1.9 (1996 Silent). Analog Tone Engineering and Realization, Recordings Of The Dead, Shortwave, Field Recordings Made During Periods Of Highly-charged Paranormal Activity, Korg MS 10, Korg MS 20, Korg MS 50, Roland System 100 Synthesizers, Home Built Analog Synthesizers, Tape, Loops, Chris Troy; Digital Audio Graphs, Granular Synthesis, Microwave Communications, Psycho-acoustics, Tape, Loops Otari MX 5050 loops, Rod Modell. Experimental Audio Research, “Automatic Music (For Oscillator, Ring Modulator & Filter Clusters)” from Pestrepeller (1999 Ochre Records). UK release, limited to 1000 copies. Engineer, Serge Modular Music System, Sonic Boom (Pete Kember). Some interesting modular synthesizer ambience. John Foxx and Harold Budd, “Raindust” from Translucence + Drift Music (2003 Edsel Records). Composed, produced, and performed by Harold Budd, John Foxx. John Foxx and Harold Budd, “Some Way Through All the Cities” from Translucence + Drift Music (2003 Edsel Records). Composed, produced, and performed by Harold Budd, John Foxx. Pete Namlook, Tetsu Inoue, “Ethereal Being” from 2350 Broadway 4 (2007 Fax +49-69/450464). Composed, produced, and performed by Pete Namlook, Tetsu Inoue. Recorded at Bretton Hall, New York and Klanglobor Hödeshof. Tetsu was an endless collaborator. Here he and the wondrous Pete Namlook wove some ambient magic. Tetsu Inoue, “Kaze” from Inland (2007 Fax +49-69/450464). Written, performed and produced by Tetsu Inoue. This was his post-glitch faze, which brought together, strangely enough, element so his earlier ambient work and glitch music for computers. Masuko Shinji, “Woven Music for Blue Steppe” from Woven Music (2011 Jagjaguwar). All music, vocals and guitar, 増子真二 (Shinji Masuko). This is a project by Masuko, who sometimes works with the Boredoms. It has a characteristic high but sustained energy level that flirts with the outer reaches of the ambient music concept. Caroline Park, “Grain 5” from Grain (2011 Private Chronology). This is a cassette release by Park, often known her for generative composition work and electronic improvisations based on parameters that she defines. Recorded, performed, and mixed between May 2010 and January 2011 in Los Angeles and Boston. Sarah Davachi, “First Cadence” from Antiphonals (2021 Late Music). Composed, Recorded, Performed, Mellotron (bass flute, recorder, oboe), Tape Echo, Sarah Davachi. A recent ambient work by this contemporary experimenter. In the background: An example of ambient music from the program Droneo by Henry Lowengard, which produces self-generating ambient music on a smart phone. “Droneo 1.5 vanDelay and Ape,” (5:25). Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz. Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation. For additional notes, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.  

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In tribute to two great wrestlers (one a legend, the other was going to be) Scott & Dave rebook certain moments of Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt's careers where perhaps another world title or feud could have been won or extended. So in honor of two tremendous superstars, join the guys on this special journey...THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. @PTBNWrestling  

What's really going on with this podcast? I'll tell you what! Self-Leadership! You know that feeling, when someone asks you "what's that book or movie about, again?" and you're able to look at it from 10,000 feet and Just. Nail. It? That Elaine-happy-dance-don't-leave-me-hangin-Spidey-tingle feeling?I am proud to introduce you to the Visionary Leader of the Joyfully Ever After family!The word behind my Playshops.  Stories. Through The Looking Glass and Joyfully Ever After convos. Even my truckload of  Freebies. ANNOUNCING (dat-da-da-Daaa!)

Nili Brosh is part of a new generation of guitarists. Both a solo artist and a sidewoman, Nili currently plays with Danny Elfman, Cirque du Soleil, Dethklok, as well as her original band. Born in Israel, raised in Massachusetts, and educated at Berklee College of Music, Nili has performed with Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, Andy Timmons, Guthrie Govan/The Aristocrats, Stu Hamm, Jennifer Batten, Gretchen Menn, DragonForce, Jeff Loomis, Alphonso Johnson, and The Iron Maidens. Nili has also released three solo albums (Through The Looking Glass, 2010, A Matter of Perception, 2014, and Spectrum, 2019), the material from which she performs and gives clinics on. Additionally, Nili has written a lesson column for Premier Guitar magazine, released several courses with JTC Guitar, and recorded guitars on Danny Elfman's 2021 and 2022 releases “Big Mess”, “Bigger. Messier.”In this exclusive interview with The Trout, Nili talks about her career and musical style and where her path to musical success.https://www.nilibrosh.com/https://www.thetroutshow.com/Thanks for listening for more information or to listen to other podcasts or watch YouTube videos click on this link >https://thetroutshow.com/

Global Policy Watch: Bailout Pe Bailout Pe BailoutInsights on global policy issues relevant to India— RSJWhere do I start this week? Maybe with a spot of self-promotion. Pranay and I were guests on the popular Hindi podcast Puliyaabazi. I have been a long-time fan, so it was nice to be a guest there. Pranay usually co-hosts this with Saurabh and Khyati, but this time, he was on the other side. I felt a bit like Uday Chopra, who is only in the film because he is the producer's brother. Anyway, I think a good time was had by all as we covered a wide variety of topics - Enlightenment and why it didn't happen in India (short answer: there wasn't any need, really), why we write this newsletter (majboori) and the usual quota of Bastiat, Smith and Rorty (showing off). Do listen if you have time (of course, you do).Moving on. Here is a quick run-through of what's gone on since my last post. Another US regional bank, Signature Bank, stared into the abyss with depositors making a run to withdraw their money as analysts looked around for large unrealised losses sitting on banks' balance sheets. Fed officials spent their weekend hawking the other failed bank, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), to potential buyers. But who in their right mind will buy out a troubled bank in these times? More so after all the trouble that the likes of JP Morgan Chase had buying out such banks during the financial crisis of 2009. Running out of options, the Fed, the Treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced an unprecedented bailout of all depositors of SVB and any other bank that will be in a similar hole in future. Simply put, FDIC will guarantee all deposits and not just those below $250,000 for which there's insurance. To be sure, the equity shareholders and those holding unsecured corporate bonds won't be bailed out. They will lose their shirts. So, this isn't a repeat of the 2009 bailouts. The Fed then went a step further to address the root cause of the problem. Banks are sitting on huge held-to-maturity (HTM) losses on the securities they hold because the interest rates have moved too far up too quickly. And they have a liquidity issue if there are continued withdrawals from the depositors. If they sell their securities today to meet their commitments to give depositors their money when they ask for it, they will have to sell them at a loss. This substantial loss will mean they will need to raise capital from shareholders to keep themselves solvent as per Fed requirements. But who will give them money in this market? Uninsured depositors who play out this game-theory scenario in their minds will therefore withdraw more of their money. Ideally, if they play the scenario right as a collective, they shouldn't. But as individuals, they will make a run on the bank. Soon, the bank will be in a death spiral, and this is what happened at SVB and Signature Banks. The last-minute solution devised by Fed was the creation of what's termed the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP). Here's how Fed sees BTFP:“The additional funding will be made available through the creation of a new Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), offering loans of up to one year in length to banks, savings associations, credit unions, and other eligible depository institutions pledging U.S. Treasuries, agency debt and mortgage-backed securities, and other qualifying assets as collateral. These assets will be valued at par. The BTFP will be an additional source of liquidity against high-quality securities, eliminating an institution's need to quickly sell those securities in times of stress.With approval of the Treasury Secretary, the Department of the Treasury will make available up to $25 billion from the Exchange Stabilization Fund as a backstop for the BTFP. The Federal Reserve does not anticipate that it will be necessary to draw on these backstop funds.”If you didn't have any background to this situation and just read the above note from the Fed, you'd be forgiven if you thought here was a central bank of a developing world economy figuring out a short-term jugaad to solve a crisis at hand. But the Fed didn't just stop here. After all, like the Queen in Through The Looking Glass, it can believe in six impossible things before breakfast. Leaving their struggles to find a buyer for Signature Bank behind, they put together a unique Barjatya style “hum saath saath hain” deal and nudged a number of banks to do their bit to shore up confidence in the banking system: (as CNBC reports)“A group of financial institutions has agreed to deposit $30 billion in First Republic in what's meant to be a sign of confidence in the banking system, the banks announced Thursday afternoon.Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will contribute about $5 billion apiece, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will deposit around $2.5 billion, the banks said in a news release. Truist, PNC, U.S. Bancorp, State Street and Bank of New York Mellon will deposit about $1 billion each.“This action by America's largest banks reflects their confidence in First Republic and in banks of all sizes, and it demonstrates their overall commitment to helping banks serve their customers and communities,” the group said in a statement.“This show of support by a group of large banks is most welcome, and demonstrates the resilience of the banking system,” The Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a joint statement.”Remind me now, sometime in the past, I have accused Indian policymakers of what's called isomorphic mimicry. It is a concept developed by Lant Pritchett et al to explain the tendency of governments to mimic other governments' successes, replicating processes, systems, and even products of the “best practice” examples without actually developing the functionality of the institutions they are imitating. Policymaking in developing countries often falls prey to this. A good example of this is imitating the green energy policies implemented in Sweden (a $60,000 per capita economy) in India (a $2000 per capita economy) which has neither the state capacity to implement nor the public readiness to accept such policies. Why am I bringing up isomorphic mimicry here? Well, because I never imagined a day shall dawn when the US policymakers take a leaf out of what India did when faced with a crisis. What the Fed did to save Signature Bank is isomorphic mimicry flowing the other way. To refresh your memory, here's a Business Standard report (Mar 13, 2020) on what the Finance Ministry and RBI did to save Yes Bank in 2020:“Hours after the Cabinet approved reconstruction scheme for YES Bank, private lenders ICICI Bank, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Axis Bank came to the cash-strapped bank's rescue. While the SBI had earlier announced its decision to purchase 49 per cent shares, both ICICI Bank and HDFC are set to invest Rs 1000 crore each with Axis Bank pouring Rs 600 crore to pick up 60 crore shares of the troubled lender and Kotak Mahindra infusing an equity capital of Rs 500 crore under the RBI's bailout plan.The developments took place soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that other investors were also being invited.”I guess one way to look at this is if you let fiscal dominance become the central canon of how you manage your economic policy, you will eventually reach the same place as other economies (mostly developing) that have indulged in the same for years. The monetary authorities in the U.S. have been accommodating the fiscal profligacy of the treasury for years. This was accentuated during the pandemic. Trillions of dollars were pumped in to save the economy. I'm not sure how much the economy needed saving then. But that bill has come now. First in the shape of inflation, followed by rapid, unprecedented rate hikes and the inevitable accidents that are showing up now. Almost certainly, a recession will follow. Isomorphic mimicry of Latin American monetary policy indeed. Anyway, that was not the only bailout of the week. We also had Credit Suisse almost going under in a bad case of deja vu to those who have seen 2009. Here's CNBC on this:“Credit Suisse announced it will be borrowing up to 50 billion Swiss francs ($53.68 billion) from the Swiss National Bank under a covered loan facility and a short-term liquidity facility.The decision comes shortly after shares of the lender fell sharply Wednesday, hitting an all-time low for a second consecutive day after its top investor Saudi National Bank was quoted as saying it won't be able to provide further assistance. The latest steps will “support Credit Suisse's core businesses and clients as Credit Suisse takes the necessary steps to create a simpler and more focused bank built around client needs,” the company said in an announcement.In addition, the bank is making a cash tender offer in relation to ten U.S. dollar denominated senior debt securities for an aggregate consideration of up to $2.5 billion – as well as a separate offer to four Euro denominated senior debt securities for up to an aggregate 500 million euros, the company said.”What's that word that starts with C and was used a lot during the pandemic? Well, that C word is knocking at the doors of global finance right now. It is not a contagion yet. But the odds of it happening have significantly gone up in the past week.I will close this by covering the two discussion themes emerging from these events. First, what happens to the hawkish stance the Fed had taken a couple of weeks back on more rapid rate hikes in the light of inflation being sticky and inflation expectations being anchored? This, as I have written earlier, is of real interest to India and its policymaking stance. The Fed is in an absolute bind now before its meeting on Wednesday to take a call on rates. A rate hike in the current environment will make the weak banks look even more vulnerable despite the deposit backstop and the additional liquidity available from BTFP. And who knows what other accidents are lurking that will show up as the rates go higher? Does the Fed want to risk financial instability? On the other hand, inflation is real, and it is an election year. Runaway inflation will mean the eventual taming of it, and the recession that will follow will be hard and long. Who wants to preside over that? I see almost zero chance of a rate hike in this cycle. The Fed might wait till May to resume raising rates after it has weathered this risk of banking contagion and waiting for the April inflation data. But even then, the core problem remains. Further rate hikes will expose weak players, and that will mean we will have accidents. So long as they are small and contained, it is worth the risk of raising rates. But who can predict the nature of the accidents?Second, there's some kind of war that's broken out on social media on who is responsible for the collapse of SVB and Signature. There are those who believe it is the Fed whose actions over the past three years are solely responsible for the situation we are in now. The crux of the argument is that the Fed forecasts the interest rate and then it sets the rate. Banks take bets on long-term securities based on these forecasts. This is called duration risk. If the Fed then sets the rate that's so far removed from their own forecasts, what do poor treasury folks in Banks do? Plus, it is the Fed that has been making the rules since the GFC to direct a whole lot of bank liquidity into the purchase of long-term government bonds. The whole system is rigged by the Fed, and when things go wrong, it cannot pontificate on the risk management practices of banks. The counter to this is that the Fed only puts out an interest forecast based on the data (esp on inflation) that's available. When the incoming data changes, its forecast changes. This deviation is in a narrow band in usual times. In unusual times like what we've been through in the past two years, you may have a bigger variance. Banks have multiple ways to hedge duration risks. Instead of looking at the Fed to apportion blame, one should look at how conveniently the depositors of SVB - the VCs, startups and other cool people - jumped ship at the first sign of trouble when they know such a collective deposit withdrawal will make the situation worse. It is incredibly stupid of this deposit base that prides itself on its ability to see further, take long-term bets and dimension risks better than others, that it could not have the patience to stand by a bank that has served them well. The problem of SVB bank, according to this lot, is they were over-reliant on a lopsided deposit base, and that deposit base acted most stupidly. I think both these debates are going to rage on for some time. The Fed has slipped down the path where it has allowed fiscal dominance to overrule prudent policymaking. It is quite difficult to retrieve ground from there unless you have a Fed Chair with the intellectual heft and drive to restore balance. Equally, asset liability matching (ALM) is a core responsibility of banks. They are supposed to diversify their base of customers, monitor duration risks, and stress-test their balance sheet. All the strutting around as a cool disruptive bank or hanging out with your clients should not distract you from that fundamental truth. You take your eye off it, you veer off the road.    Advertisement: Admissions to Takshashila's Post-graduate Programme in Public Policy (PGP) are now open. This is a fantastic opportunity if you want to dive deep into public policy while pursuing your work responsibilities.India Policy Watch: Milking Consumers and Producers, All at OnceInsights on burning policy issues in India— Pranay KotasthaneWe harp on Hayek's paper, The Use of Knowledge in Society, in this newsletter. Price is a vital signal, a decentralised coordination mechanism between producers and consumers. And so, when governments prohibit its functioning, bizarre things happen. Let's analyse the consequences of price distortion using an ongoing situation — the milk shortage in Karnataka. A bit of background to set things up. Milk is an ‘essential' commodity. Its essentiality is not just a matter of fact or reason but also a carte blanche for Indian governments to regulate the production, supply, and distribution of any commodity that is classified as essential under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955. In practical terms, it means that the government fixes procurement prices, caps consumer prices, and often owns and runs everything that lies between these the producer and the consumer.So is the case with milk in most states, including Karnataka. The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is a dairy cooperative under the Department of Cooperation, Government of Karnataka. It procures nearly 50 per cent of all the milk that is produced in the state. It sells products under the brand name Nandini. Nearly 50 per cent of its consumption happens in the capital, Bengaluru. Government ownership complicates and comicalises the situation in a way that can only be equalled by a Priyadarshan comic flick. See, for instance, what has happened due to a milk supply chain disruption over the last few weeks. As the summer began early this year, the demand for milk rose sharply. A glass of majjige (buttermilk) or lassi is a wonderful refresher in the heat. Simultaneously, the supply drops in the summer months. Natural adaptation dictates that animals produce less milk than usual in the heat. A bout of lumpy skin disease has further exacerbated the gap between demand and supply this year. For an ordinary product, a rise in prices would iron out this demand-supply gap quickly. With an increase in prices, consumers will rationalise consumption, while the producers will work harder to increase the supply. But when governments own the supply chain, price rises are defenestrated, and a chain of bizarre events emerges.First, electoral concerns circle over pricing decisions like vultures. In this particular case, the government will not touch the price caps with a barge pole because the Karnataka elections are due in May. So the government tries to increase prices in a roundabout way: increase the maximum retail price (MRP) but offer a reduced quantity of milk for the same packet price.Second, shortages abound. Since the administered price rises have not done enough to make the demand-supply gap go away, milk shortages have emerged. The rich can well afford to buy premium milk at higher prices from other suppliers. But for the poor, the milk packets disappear. Instead of paying a slightly higher price until the supply rises again, the less-privileged consumers are left only with an empty glass.Third, the government resorts to blaming private businesses. Someone has to be blamed, and as so often happens in India, businesses get the flak. See this report in The Hindu, which casually places the blame on private players who are now willing to offer higher prices to the dairies and farmers. The report says:“Private players purchasing milk from the retail market to sustain their businesses in milk products is said to be causing a disruption…“He also said private dairies were procuring milk directly from farmers in rural areas by offering a higher price, thus reducing the union's procurement.”We should have been celebrating private players that are offering a better deal to farmers, given the scarcity. Instead, they have become villains. And fourth, a quotidian issue becomes a front for inter-state tensions. The Karnataka government blames dairies in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu for offering higher prices to farmers within Karnataka, while the Tamil Nadu government is blaming private companies from Andhra Pradesh!Funny, the kinds of things that happen when the government enters and obstructs a control system called “prices”.Even as this satire unfolds, the root cause of the milk shortages isn't even being talked about. The Bangalore Milk Union president admitted that “many small milk producers have given up on rearing cows as it has become unsustainable”. Though he doesn't mention the underlying reason for this change, the bans on cow slaughter and recent attacks on people transporting cattle surely have reduced the incentives for farmers from stepping into this minefield called milk production. HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters* [Newsletter] Economic Forces is a must-read newsletter for all public policy enthusiasts.* [Paper] This paper on the effect of a landmark policyWTF called the Freight Equalisation Scheme explains how good intentions can sometimes produce terrible policies. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicpolicy.substack.com

Israel didn't start to gather safety data until a year into the v*ccine program. They gathered 6 months worth of data and found that the v*ccines weren't safe so they lied to the world about it.We now have proof of: Serious side-effects of unknown duration, perhaps irreparable Causality: these were not just “coincidences” Government corruption to hide these harms Correlation between v*ccine doses and deaths from multiple independent studies on multiple independent datasets No interest in seeing the expert report or the video from any mainstream news media, any member of the mainstream medical community, any lawmaker, any public health official anywhere in the world. The precautionary principle of medicine now demands an immediate halt to the C*VID vaccination program. The Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) was informed by their own hand-selected outside expert group headed by Prof. Mati Berkowitz that the C*VID v*ccines are not as safe as the MoH had been claiming to the Israeli people. It was just the opposite: instead of mild, short term events, the events were serious and long-lasting. For neurological side effects, in 65% of the cases, these did not go away at all and the researchers admitted they had no clue if they would ever go away.Instead of admitting their mistake, the MoH covered it up by issuing a report that distorted the expert report. Rumble Podcast ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Israel didn't start to gather safety data until a year into the v*ccine program. They gathered 6 months worth of data and found that the v*ccines weren't safe so they lied to the world about it.We now have proof of: Serious side-effects of unknown duration, perhaps irreparable Causality: these were not just “coincidences” Government corruption to hide these harms Correlation between v*ccine doses and deaths from multiple independent studies on multiple independent datasets No interest in seeing the expert report or the video from any mainstream news media, any member of the mainstream medical community, any lawmaker, any public health official anywhere in the world. The precautionary principle of medicine now demands an immediate halt to the C*VID vaccination program. The Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) was informed by their own hand-selected outside expert group headed by Prof. Mati Berkowitz that the C*VID v*ccines are not as safe as the MoH had been claiming to the Israeli people. It was just the opposite: instead of mild, short term events, the events were serious and long-lasting. For neurological side effects, in 65% of the cases, these did not go away at all and the researchers admitted they had no clue if they would ever go away.Instead of admitting their mistake, the MoH covered it up by issuing a report that distorted the expert report. Rumble Podcast ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The credit for this episode goes to Margaret Anna Alice for her incredible Substack article that recently went viral. She covers "50 reasons to give you give your child the COVID shot" and it's amazing. We believe it's important to here all sides to an argument (or intense discussion) and then come to your own conclusion using critical-thinking skills. I know, it's a radical idea in today's world, but on this podcast we like to push the boundaries.We believe it's in everyone's best interest to make a decision based on their own personal health issues and experiences rather than take the "one-size-fits-all" approach from the CDC, NIH, and Government in general. I personally believe everyone is different. People react to certain medication differently because our bodies are different. This is super counterintuitive since all you hear from the State Media is "safe and effective", "everyone should get it", and "make sure to get your kids boosted".However, before you rush your child to the injection site, I suggest you listen to this first...just give it a try. Then, make your own decision at the end!Rumble - https://rumble.com/v1jgloj-50-reasons-to-give-your-child-the-c0vid-shot-80.html Podcast - https://share.transistor.fm/s/82d34324 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The credit for this episode goes to Margaret Anna Alice for her incredible Substack article that recently went viral. She covers "50 reasons to give you give your child the COVID shot" and it's amazing. We believe it's important to here all sides to an argument (or intense discussion) and then come to your own conclusion using critical-thinking skills. I know, it's a radical idea in today's world, but on this podcast we like to push the boundaries.We believe it's in everyone's best interest to make a decision based on their own personal health issues and experiences rather than take the "one-size-fits-all" approach from the CDC, NIH, and Government in general. I personally believe everyone is different. People react to certain medication differently because our bodies are different. This is super counterintuitive since all you hear from the State Media is "safe and effective", "everyone should get it", and "make sure to get your kids boosted".However, before you rush your child to the injection site, I suggest you listen to this first...just give it a try. Then, make your own decision at the end!Rumble - https://rumble.com/v1jgloj-50-reasons-to-give-your-child-the-c0vid-shot-80.html Podcast - https://share.transistor.fm/s/82d34324 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Charlie makes the ultimate sacrifice. Jack loses his mind. And Locke crosses the line.Sam and Matt break down the season 3 finale and try to figure out what comes next!MUSIC:"Mystery Sax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Miami Nights - Extended Theme", "Mystery Sax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Find Us At:Sam: @reeltexasweirdo Matt's Twitter:@_mattjimenez Matt's Insta: @holyhandgrenadeofantiochHit us up at #LostLegacies

Ladies and Gentlemen, the golden age of rock and roll... Brad Elvis and Chloe Orwell (The Handcuffs, Big Hello) call in from Chicago for a rollicking discussion of Mott the Hoople's banging 1974 release - and lead vocalist Ian Hunter's swan song with them - 'The Hoople' Songs featured in this episode: Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash; Roll Away The Stone (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973) - Mott the Hoople; She Ain't No Fluffer, I'm Happy Just To Dream With You - The Handcuffs; All the Young Dudes (Live at Rockpalast, 1980) - Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson; Changes - David Bowie; Now's The Time - Charlie Parker; Saturday Night (High 'n' Dry) - Def Leppard; Death May Be Your Santa Claus, All The Young Dudes, The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll - Mott the Hoople; The Jean Genie - David Bowie; Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis; All The Way From Memphis (Live, 1974), Marionette, Alice, Crash Street Kids - Mott the Hoople; Now I'm Here - Queen; Be My Lover - Alice Cooper; Shout It Out Loud - Kiss; Born Late '58 - Mott the Hoople; Christine Sixteen - Kiss; Trudi's Song - Mott the Hoople; Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed; Pearl 'n' Roy (England), Through The Looking Glass, Roll Away The Stone - Mott the Hoople; Big Fat Mouth - The Handcuffs

In this episode we discuss recent governance proposals and whether or not certain proposals to the community should be disallowed. We also discuss whether or not the true usefulness of the validators is forming a representative type democracy.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

In this episode the Crew is back in full. We discuss a few ideas around validator economics and potential ways to evolve PoS staking business models.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

In this episode we discuss the economics of validators and recent Luna Governance Proposals centered on validator fees.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.  

Justin(@bearmaked) and I tackle the fifth episode of Archive 81, titled "Through The Looking Glass". "The past blurs into the present when Melody visits a forbidden floor in search of an inspired Anabelle; music leads to lost souls and revelations." We will be discussing spoilers for this episode so please do watch the episode with us on this journey and let us know your thoughts as we go through our thoughts on the first steps down the Archive 81 journey! Follow Justin(@bearmaked) online at: Twitter : https://twitter.com/bearmaked Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bearmaked/ Beyond the Stream is an AIC Stories Production. All AIC Stories Original music by Adam of Yesterday's Sci-Fi podcast. If you'd like to become a member or just give a one time thank you, you can always Buy Me a Coffee(Or a Book) and help financially support the AIC Stories Podcast! Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aicstories/message

In this episode, we discuss the launch of Luna 2.0 and how we are thinking about it. Lots to consider.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

In this episode we discuss whether or not the Terra Community will rebuild. The easiest day was truly yesterday it seems....   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g     TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

Quantam Leap, Doctor Who, Cobra Kai. No you haven't traveled back in time, it's just that everything old is new again, and we chat about it all. We also chat video games, and mash up some Wonder Woman with Wonderland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Quantam Leap, Doctor Who, Cobra Kai. No you haven't traveled back in time, it's just that everything old is new again, and we chat about it all. We also chat video games, and mash up some Wonder Woman with Wonderland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we discuss the catastrophic events in the Terra ecosystem over the lats few days. *** Hang in there fam. If you are struggling - reach out. There is always a path. *** Links Stay Strong Peeps! If you are struggling call us, call a friend, call anyone. LFG y'all. https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help...   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

We return for the final part of 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'.  Alice has almost made it to the last row of the Looking Glass Land chessboard, where Alice will apparently become a Queen.  What does this mean for her? And will she ever get home?If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-taleAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781529057935The Annotated Alice - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780140289299 I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Ruairi, Cade Norman, and Silja Tanner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

In the latest episode, we look at the Netflix price crash and $LUNA price surge, LFG continuing its BTC buy, and other Terra news.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

This week, we return to Alice trying to navigate her way through Looking Glass Land. After successfully dealing with Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, Alice has moved on, and will shortly encounter Humpty Dumpty and the Lion and the Unicorn.  How will Alice deal with these colourful characters?If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-taleAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781529057935The Annotated Alice - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780140289299 I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Ruairi, Cade Norman, and Silja Tanner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

In the latest episode, we look at the recent price action, analyze the trends and recent events, discuss our investment strategy, and look at what we might expect in the short term.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

In this latest episode, we talk to the Ronald (@kashron) about the formation and evolution of the Kash team and platform, the current and future plans, with some amazing alpha sprinkled throughout the interview, especially the upcoming debit card launch!   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   Timestamps (00:00) Intro  (01:40) What is Kash? (04:22) You can never make buttons too large (05:23) How did you stumble on Terra (07:16) Why stablecoins are important (07:42) Why did Kash choose Terra (09:30) Types of accounts on Kash (10:43) Kash Debit Card  (12:02) Wen Kash Card (16:38) Thoughts on Jack Maller (17:17) Bitcoin is the predominant chain of the future (20:25) Regulatory Concerns with Kash (22:42) Kash Adoption  (26:25) Anchor Protocol Future (28:00) The Kash Value (30:25) Is 10% yield safe? (33:02) Anchor Yield Possible Solutions (36:12) What if Anchor Protocol Dies (39:25) How much can you deposit into Kash (40:45) Deposit Insurance in Kash (42:40) What is coming next for Kash (44:50) Non Taxable Exchange (46:21) Kash Accounting Partners (47:14) Kash Business Checking Account  (48:40) Kash is the new Chai (50:16) LUNA 200x Bagger (51:47) Kash Twitter   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.    

This week, we continue with Alice's journey through the Looking Glass Land, where everything is backwards, or opposite, or just plain odd.  The theme of opposites seems to have been important for Lewis Carroll - Alice's journey to Wonderland began outside on a warm spring day, whereas her travels in Looking Glass Land began inside on a cold autumn one. The theme of playing cards was pervasive in Wonderland, whereas Looking Glass Land features chess. Now we meet Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.  What will that hold for Alice?If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-taleAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781529057935The Annotated Alice - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780140289299 I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Ruairi, Cade Norman, and Silja Tanner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

In this latest episode, we host Danku (@danku_r) and talk about his $LUNA journey, his transition from having a regular job to being a full #Terra degen, and the future of $LUNA   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   Timestamps   (00:00) Intro (01:38) How Danku's Terra Journey Started (06:52) What is your crypto Strategy/Holdings (11:22) What is your message to new investors (16:00) Taking a long term perspective (16:40) Spending UST in the real world (17:18) Crypto is here to stay (18:45) LFG Buying Bitcoin and Avalanche  (22:40) Thoughts on Terrafrom Labs + Do Kwon (25:25) Terra Twitter FUD (30:20) Healthy to question FUD (35:18) Lucky Number Sleven Metaphor  (36:51) What is Danku's Age (37:25) Danku's Education + Professional Career (38:34) Transition from 9 - 5 to Youtube (41:15) First Web3.0 ETF (42:35) Danku's Terra Validator on Stader Labs (43:40) Where did Danku's wealth come from (44:45) The Need to Grow the Terra Community (48:05) Brothers In Arms (49:05) Terra Investment Strategy - Georgi (50:36) Terra Investment Strategy - Danku (55:30) What shapes your investment decisions  (57:35) Terra Investment Strategy - Ryan (58:00) Danku on Twitter (58:20) Danku Closing Thoughts (58:50) Danku at Terra dApp Expo Austin   LINKS https://twitter.com/danku_r https://www.youtube.com/c/dankur https://daic.capital/danku_zone/   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

I can't believe it was 2020 when we last put out an episode..... so much has happened since then, some really really challenging experiences that continue to test the soul's mettle. It's not the prettiest content (we got our groove back, thankfully, for the rest of the final season), but it gets the job done. It's a getting back on the horse episode after a thorough bucking.I'm considering taking the transcript of the entire podcast and fixing strange turns of phrase and other things that just bug me and turning it into a BOOK (I'm a writer NOT a speaker, after all).... in which case, the podcast would come down. Soooooo if you wanna hear my awkward yet real conversations with Amy, listen now! Cannot thank our listeners enough for supporting us through the looking glass. Broadcasting my personal stories (and feeling so vulnerable while doing it) of overcoming adversity and celebrating life has been a bit surreal. But hopefully entertaining. May you find your own bucket list adventures as a result! Much love, Kiki.

In this episode we discuss our perspectives on how to build serious value in crypto markets.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.  

In this episode we discuss new additions to the Terra ecosystem. Days seem like weeks, and weeks like months in terms of the pace of evolution. Exciting times.   TTLG Validator - ttlg.money https://station.terra.money/validator/terravaloper1t3zvwaz7v3epg3f33waxajv4nj95mt8ma9yc7g   TTLG on Twitter https://twitter.com/ttlg_crew   TTLG on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ttlg_crew/   TTLG on Medium https://ttlgcrew.medium.com/   TTLG on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MIvmns...   TTLG on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...   TTLG Podcast https://ttlgcrew.podbean.com/   #LUNA #BTC #DeFi   NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Through The Looking Glass is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of financial advice. Nothing we discuss or say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with accredited financial professionals.

 This week, we begin a new Tale in a familiar world - we return with Alice to Wonderland in 'Through The Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll. Although the first book, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is often most remembered, it was actually after this sequel was published that interest in Wonderland took off. Expect strange occurrences, baffling logic, fantastical characters and maybe even a Jabberwocky... If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-taleAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781529057935The Annotated Alice - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780140289299  I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Glen Thrasher, Ruairi, Cade Norman, and Silja Tanner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

Rebinging Star Trek DS9: Through the Looking Glass Hello Star Trek fans! Welcome to Season 3 Episode 19 of Deep Space Nine: Through the Looking Glass. Yassss! Back to the Mirrorverse! This time it's Sisko who gets pulled into the dark other world by Mirror Miles who has rigged a device to just beam across! Who knew it was so easy?? We've got some bumpy stuff in this episode with a woefully done-wrong-by Dax and some questionable acting by one of the guest stars...but we also get Leather Kira, cowboy Sisko and cranky Garak, so maybe it's not so bad. Through the Looking Glass (Again) We knew Miles was up to something when he turned up in Ops in a new outfit that was not his uniform, his rebel outfit or his sexy Keiko-only outfit. And we were right...this is not our beloved Chief, it's Mirror Miles and he's come to kidnap Sisko. So Sisko finally gets a taste of the Mirrorverse and at first he's not so thrilled to be there, but then he finds out that his wife Jennifer is still around in this universe. So he thinks you know what, maybe I'll hang out here a bit and he embarks on a mission to save Jennifer from herself and the Alliance. What's this rebinge thing? It's a re-watch of a thing you've already seen but love to watch and talk about. We go deep with every episode, walking you through every scene and analyzing all of the characters and story lines. Please listen to some of our favorite episodes like Duet, The Wire or Past Tense Part II and check out the previous episode, Distant Voices (and all of its tennis balls). Next time... Join us for the next episode S3E20: Improbable Cause, Part I. Be sure and join our Facebook group and Follow Rebinge It on Twitter! Email us at rebingeit@gmail.com.

     How would you like to own a unique piece of history? Perhaps a TS2M NFT is in the near future, and you could make that dream a reality!  If you actually know what that means, you might be too smart for this episode of LalapaNEWSa.  Don't be worried, there's plenty of action this week, including laser weapons, turkey rage and we may or may not have sneaked a random wiener story in again... ok we did but it's not what you think!LINKS TO LALAPANEWSA STORIESNFT FTWDeep Sea UltimaMosquito laserTurkey RageApartment Through the Looking Glass Drop Dead SexyI wish I was deadTaco bell crashSmiley SnakeLizard PenisesBeware of WolfT-Shirt CheaterOnly fans ex Snowman Violation Special DeliveryAmbergris Car salesman goes for a rideOctopus Sight Beyond Sight? Hero of the WeekSupport the show (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fpaypal.me%2FTalkStupid2Me%3Flocale.x%3Den_US&sa=D)

Mrs. Fletcher gives Kathryn Hahn a star turn as a divorced empty-nester trying to find herself (sexily!), and we're thrilled that star critic Maureen Ryan could return to discuss it with us -- whether we liked it, where it should have ended, and when we can expect this "limited series" to turn into another past-its-sell-by regular series. We went Around The Dial with BoJack Horseman, Lucifer, Netflix cancellation shenanigans, Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant, and Silicon Valley, and then Tara filed a motion to admit a second-season episode of The Good Fight to the Canon. Lizzo won (some more), the Game Of Thrones showrunners lost (for once), and there were no points for second place in a very challenging Game Time. Pack up that minivan: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS