Podcasts about uhc

Ile haki käsikirjoituksia, mutta sai tuottajalta mukaansa esineen, jonka kanssa bussiin nouseminen tuntui väärältä. Mikko kertoo lukioaikaisesta rakkaudenosoituksesta, johon liittyy myös pieni rikos. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa viesti lähtee täysin väärään numeroon. Lisäksi puhutaan hetkistä, jolloin lapsuus loppuu, ensimmäisistä tv-ihastuksista ja siitä, kun Ile spottasi Instagramissa exän stoorin taustalla oman vanhan veitsensä. Mukana myös Helsingin kusitornin purkaminen sekä mysteeri nimeltä Pasilan paella.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Mitkä ovat ärsyttäviä piirteitä rakkaudessa? Ile huomaa jäätelökioskilla saavuttaneensa rajan, josta ei ole enää paluuta. Hellepäivät, UV-indeksi ja nuorten suhtautuminen aurinkorasvaan kiristävät hermoja, ja kaksikolla on aiheesta omakohtaisia kokemuksia. Käydään myös läpi tuoreimmat futisuutiset ja Ilen ajatus siitä, että työkiireet saattavat viedä hänet hotelliasumiseen. Myös moottoripyöräkausi on avattu, mutta Ileltä puuttuu olennainen asia.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Kesän ensimmäiset ukkoset ovat täällä, mutta mikä ihme on salamakyykky? Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa Linda kertoo kiusallisesta tilanteesta kaupassa. Mikkoa ja Ileä ärsyttävät suunnattomasti julkisten vessojen mahdottomat ovikoodit. Samaan aikaan kaksikolla riittää myös suuria haaveita: Ile uskoo pystyvänsä lentämään lentokonetta yhden ohjeistuksen jälkeen, ja Mikolla on vahva fiilis tulevasta Eurojackpot-voitosta. Lopuksi räntätään Linkedinistä ja erikoisesta uimiseen liittyvästä postauksesta.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Pettymys Euroviisufinaalista on käsin kosketeltavaa. Mikko kertoo viikonlopun juhlista hulppeassa asunnossa, mutta iltaan mahtui myös yllättäviä käänteitä. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa ollaan puolestaan haisevien kenkien äärellä. Satulatuolifirman työhaastattelun oudot kysymykset herättävät hämmennystä. Ile on perheen grillausmestari, mutta seitsemän vuotta vaivannut ominaisuus grillissä paljastuikin viaksi. Entä millaisissa muissa tilanteissa kaksikko on kiertänyt ongelmia?Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile ja Mikko saapuivat töihin tietämättöminä Suomen drooniuhasta, mutta Mikolla on vahva teoria siitä, mistä kaikki johtuu. Studiossa järkytytään myös siitä, ettei tuottaja-Nepperi ole nähnyt yhtä klassikkoelokuvaa. Ile yllättyy ulkona erikoisesta näystä koiran kanssa, ja Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan tarina HIMin paluuhuhusta, joka on levinnyt kansainväliseksi. Lisäksi Mikolle tulee eräästä julkisuuden henkilötä mieleen Ilen vaimo. Räntätään myös matkalle lähtemisestä ja kuullaan perinteiset Motörhead-uutiset.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Mihin vuoteen kaksikko palaisi jos olisi mahdollisuus? Lintubongaus ja appi, joka tunnistaa lintujen ääniä, puhuttaa, sillä se on välillä tunnistanut myös muita ääniä kuin lintujen. Tästä päästään Radio Cityn Illan Jeten tarinaan lehtokurpasta. Studiossa sivutaan myös syntyvyyttä ja 14 laudaturin Aleksia. Mikon lapsena tekemä kilpikonnataideteos ja Ilen näkemä mielikuvitushyppynaruilija. Lopuksi pohditaan urheilusuorituksen jälkeistä suihkua.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Velkajarru puhuttaa studiossa, ja samalla selviää, miten Mikko yrittää säästää rahaa. Ilen ystävä Kalle on aloittanut taekwondon eikä asia ole jäänyt keneltäkään huomaamatta. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käsitellään somessa julkaistuja kuvia, joissa vain itse näyttää hyvältä. Meneekö huomion vieminen omilta lapsilta jo liian pitkälle? SM-liiga finaalit venyvät seitsemänteen peliin, ja studiossa käydään läpi Tapparan maalivahdin Christian Heljangon uraa. Lisäksi Ile ottaa puheeksi frisbeet ja Mikkoa ärsyttää vaimon päiväunien keskelle heittämät kysymykset.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile on käynyt ystävänsä luona ensimmäistä kertaa puoleen vuoteen ja törmäsi esineeseen, joka on yksinään ihan ok, mutta useampana olisi jo todella outo näky. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan tuottaja-Nepperin tarina kohtuuttomasta pyynnöstä. Lisäksi hantavirusuutisointi koetaan vähän turhan pelkoa lietsovaksi. Viikonloppuna Helsingissä kisattu HYROX puhuttaa studiossa ja samalla pohditaan, missä tilanteessa Ile ja Mikko suostuisivat itse lähtemään katsomaan kisoja. Lisäksi puheeksi nousee Donald Trumpin poikien lanseeraama puhelinmerkki. Lopuksi Mikko ränttää Monster Jamista.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Tänään jälleen aiheena ihmisten oudot tavat. Suomi on päässyt maailmalle taiteen kautta, ja siitä päädytään Mikon omiin luomuksiin. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käsitellään kaverin myymistä Huuto.netissä. Entä mikä on kostokroppaa, kostohiukset ja kostomekko? Keskustelua herättää myös myynnissä oleva atomipommi. Kaksikko pohtii myös mihin kättä pidempään he kotona tarttuisivat, jos kotiin murtauduttaisiin. Perjantaiseen tapaan mukana myös Motörhead-uutiset, jotka tänään toimittaa Mikko Honkanen.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Voiko ihminen olla onnellinen, jos mitään paketteja ei ole tulossa? Studiossa huokuu keski-ikäisyys, kun Ile ja Mikko pohtivat vakavissaan maailman parhaita kyniä. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa aiheina ovat väärennetty kirje ja huono lumilauta. Lisäksi nakit ja makkarat herättävät tunteita, sillä nehän ovat miehelle pyhä asia. Puhetta riittää myös jalkapallomaailman riidoista sekä Pasilasta ja Munkkivuoresta. Mikko puolestaan joutui aamulla erikoiseen tilanteeseen esihenkilöidensä kanssa.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ilen vanhin poika ottaa puheeksi yllättävän aiheen, josta hän oli saanut kehuja tai ainakin Ile kuuli sen hieman väärin. Millainen maailma oli ennen internetiä? Kaksikko myös päätyy avaamaan Ilen vaimon postipaketteja, jotka ovat lojuneet autossa jo pitkään. Lisäksi pohditaan, millaiset miesten piirteet ovat naisten mielestä vastustamattomia, ja Mikko kertoo löytäneensä jokaisen pojan ja miehen urheilu-unelman. Mukana myös ränttäystä rullalätkän mailattomasta vuorosta.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Mikä kaksikkoa ahdistaa juuri nyt? Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käsitellään kuntosalilla nähtyä aikuisviihdettä ja Mikolla on aiheeseen myös omakohtainen kokemus. Lisäksi pohditaan, millaisia omituisia asioita ihmiset tekevät työpaikalla. Ile kertoo lyhyeksi jääneestä päiväkirjaprojektistaan, ja lasten kanssa käyty korvakorukeskustelu nostaa pintaan muistoja. Myös Radio Cityn päivän Salla saapuu studioon ja kertoo väitelleensä tekoälyn kanssa.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Clarence Ford spoke to Dr Katlego Mothudi, Managing Director of the Board of Healthcare Funders on their court application. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives. It is inspirational, passionate and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarrie covers a range of themes including relationships, heritage and philosophy. Popular segments include Barbs’ Wire at 9:30am (Mon-Thurs) and The Naked Scientist at 9:30 on Fridays. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Views & News with Clarence Ford Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to Views and News with Clarence Ford broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/erjiQj2 or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/BdpaXRn Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ilen vaimo lähti mökille ilman avaimia, mutta miten tilanteesta tuli lopulta Ilen vika? Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa ollaan tukkeutuneen wc:n äärellä. Lisäksi Kruunuvuorensilta ja pyöräilijöiden entinen puheenjohtaja herättävät hämmennystä. Vappuinen Kaivopuisto ja roskaaminen puhuttavat ja Honkanen esittää oman ratkaisunsa ongelmaan. Entä mikä on sulkahäntätupaija ja miten se liittyy alkoholiin? Lisäksi pohditaan tutkimusta, jonka mukaan lyhyet ihmiset elävät pidempään.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Kaksikkoa puhututtavat tatuoinnit. Ilellä ei ole yhtäkään, mutta millaisista hän haaveilee? Entä millaisia tatuointeja Mikko voisi ottaa? Entä voiko tatuoinnin ottaa, vaikka ei tietäisi ottamastaan kuvasta juuri mitään? Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa Ile kertoo oman tarinansa lasten vappupalloista. Mikko puolestaan jakaa tarinan kaveristaan, jolle tarjottiin bärreä, mutta väärinymmärrys oli totaalinen. Ilen vaimo on järjestänyt vappubileet, joihin Ile joutuu kuitenkin yksin. Jalkapallojumala Haalandin väite punavalolaseista herättää kysymyksiä. Mukana myös Motörhead uutiset!Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Doppelter Dreikampf um die Viertelfinals! In der Damen- und Herrenbundesliga ist viel los. Bremen streitet sich bei den Damen mit Köln und Großflottbek um Platz sieben und acht - bei den Herren versucht der UHC sich noch gegen Krefeld und Harvestehude durchzusetzen. Und während die Liga in vollem Gange ist, feiert Hockey5 still und heimlich seine Wiederauferstehung und wird bei den World Games 2029 in Deutschland dabei sein. Sören und Tim überlegen schon einmal, wer Deutschland bei diesem Mega-Event vertreten könnte..Seit dem letzten Jahr haben wir die Möglichkeit eingerichtet, unserem Team einen virtuellen Pausentee über die Buy me a Coffee Plattform auszugeben. Hier könnt ihr ganz freiwillig den Podcast supporten. Keine Sorge, natürlich wird Viertelpause weiterhin in seinem normalen Umfang für alle kostenlos und frei zur Verfügung stehen!Folgt uns auf Instagram (@viertelpause_podcast), Facebook (@viertelpause) und TikTok (@viertelpause) und lasst gerne ein Abo sowie euer Feedback zur Folge da. Schreibt uns Eure Meinung zu dieser Folge!Support the show

Ile otti puhelimen mukaan sänkyyn ja päätyi remppavideoiden maailmaan ja pian stressi iski remontista, jota ei edes ole. Ile ja Mikko kertovat, millaisia videoita he voisivat katsoa loputtomiin, mutta Tuottaja-Nepperi ei samaistu tähän. Entä mitä mieltä kaksikko on risteilyistä? Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa sukelletaan älypuhelimien maailmaan, ja Mikko tunnustaa, millainen taustakuva hänen vanhassa puhelimessaan oli ennen kuin se päätyi hänen mummollensa. Onko parempi toimia ensin ja keskustella vasta sitten? Entä millaisia ostoksia on tehty puolisolta salaa? Mikon hermoja kiristää myös vaimon pyyntö viedä lätkäkortit kellariin.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile on syönyt pillerin vessan lattialta, mutta ei suinkaan sitä mitä hän luuli syövänsä. Ileä on pyydetty myös alastonkuviin. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa syvennytään Excel-taulukoihin. Jaetaan myös palkinto vuoden paskimmasta otsikosta. Ile haaveilee kompostintarkastajasta kotiinsa , mutta ei suinkaan komposteja varten. Studiossa hämmennystä herättää myös maailman pienin sammakko.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Radio Cityn vappuetkoilta jatkoille siirryttäessä eräs laulaja sekoittaa Mikon toiseen henkilöön. Sama on käynyt ennenkin. Ile kertoo viikonlopun lätkäpelistä, johon punainen matto haettiin arvovaltaisesta paikasta, sekä tarinan naapurin mummosta, jota hän auttoi ja mitä yllättävää tapahtui pari päivää myöhemmin mummon toimesta. Puhe kääntyy jälleen strippaukseen, Magic Men -show'hun ja Will Parfittiin, ja samalla listataan syitä miesten seksittömyyteen. Mikko on puolestaan taas joutunut kinkkiseen tilanteeseen, kun vaimo lähetti hänet kauppaan.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Jälleen ollaan matemaattisten kysymysten äärellä. Nyt asiaan liittyy myös Donald Trump. Entä mitä tarkoittaa tyttömatikka? Keskustelua herättää myös erikoinen tapaus, jossa kuolinpesää tyhjennettäessä päädyttiin tyhjentämään täysin väärä asunto. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käsitellään työpaikan piikkiin ostettua työkalupakkia. Lisäksi muistellaan ruskettumista, ja Mikko palaa muistoihin nuoruuden yö uinneista. Ile ränttää orkideoista ja kertoo, miksi orkidea on saanut nimensä kivesten mukaan. Mukana myös Motörhead uutiset!Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile ja Mikko keskustelevat strippaamisesta ja siitä, millaista se on ollut ennen. Maailmankuulu strippari Will Parfitt kävi viihdyttämässä talon naisjuontajia, mutta kaksikko missasi vierailun ja ilmiö herätti hieman ihmetystä. Ile kertoo myös Pariisin reissusta ja kokemuksesta Moulin Rougessa. Lisäksi puhutaan liikuttumisesta, koska Ile on ollut herkässä tilassa. Entä milloin ja miksi Mikko on viimeksi liikuttunut? Keskustelua herättävät myös kondomien hinnat ja entisajan ehkäisykeinot. Entä pitäisikö Me Naiset-lehden otsikoinnista ottaa oppia arkeen ja millaisia muistoja kaksikolla on lapsuusajan ajeluista?Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Tuottaja-Nepperi on käynyt katsomassa Michael Jackson-elokuvan, ja yksi asia kutsuvierasnäytöksestä jäi erityisesti mieleen. Ile muistelee myös hetkeä, kun hänen lapsensa halusi pitää Michael Jackson aiheiset synttärit. Ile ja Mikko nostavat kissan pöydälle somesta ja siitä, mitä jokainen somea tekevä on joskus tehnyt. Entä voiko tykkäys olla taskuvahinko? Mikko puolestaan törmää kaupassa esihenkilöönsä ja ajautuu mielenkiintoiseen small talkiin, ja lopuksi pohditaan, miten miesten ja naisten aivot eroavat toisistaan ja mitä “laatikkoaivot” tarkoittavat.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Mikko haluaisi ostaa seurapelin, jota hänen puhelimensa suositteli ja joka liittyy oluen juontiin. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käsitellään tällä kertaa peräpukamia. Sukupolvi Z:n uusi lempinimi on “Kristoffer Kolumbus -sukupolvi." Puhe kääntyy jälleen vaimoihin ja siihen, miksi jotkut kysymykset tulevat aina väärään aikaan. Elinluovutuskortit herättävät myös keskustelua ja samoin se, mikä saa Ilen sydämen tykyttämään. Kuka on hiihtomies-Roope ja mitä yhteistä hänellä on Ilen ja Mikon kanssa? Lisäksi sakot nostattavat ärsytystä.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile ja Mikko paljastavat toisilleen IG-hakukentät. Mitä sieltä oikein paljastuu? Mikko oli keikalla, jossa vastaan tuli Ilen kaksoisolento. Tämä ei ole ensimmäinen kerta, kun Ileä luullaan joksikin toiseksi. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan tarina kuulijan vaimon unohduksesta, ja samalla käydään läpi muitakin vastaavia tilanteita. Entä miksi Ilen vaimo on maininnut Mikon viikonlopun aikana useaan otteeseen? Mikko jakaa myös ohjeen astianpesukoneessa tehtävään loheen ja mikä ihme on korv av lavuar?Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile muistelee matematiikan laskuja ja isänsä Kilun muistisääntöä. Studiossa puhututtaa kovasti Angine De Poitrine sekä Yhdysvaltain puolustusministerin puhe. Tuottaja-Nepperi viettää lauantaina synttäreitään, ja Ile ja Mikko yllättävät hänet tämän kunniaksi. Lisäksi käydään kuulijoiden kanssa läpi, millaista hyvin kaukaista sukua he ovat julkkiksille ja keitä julkkiksia he tuntevat pienen mutkan kautta. Mikko ränttää tietöistä, ja Ile on joutunut serviettikaupoille. Perjantain kunniaksi mukana ovat myös Motörhead-uutiset!Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Kahvin hinta herättää keskustelua. Ile ja Mikko käyvät läpi, missä tuotteissa ja miten voisi vielä säästää. Muistellaan myös vanhoja tappeludialogeja ja sitä, millaisia uhkailuja ennen käytettiin . Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan kuulijan tarina budjettifestarireissusta, joka päättyi teltassa istumiseen. Nupit kaakkoon -kilpailussa Jani kisailee elokuvien maailmassa. Ile on joutunut liikenteessä tilanteessa, josta hän ei ole ylpeä. Lisäksi UHC lähettää Tampereelle lätkäterkkuja! Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

UHC:ssä jaetaan tänään erikoisia ruokayhdistelmiä. Ile kertoo, miten jo alkuviikosta puhututtaneet lehtikuvaukset sujuivat ja millaisia kuvia hänestä lopulta otettiin. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa Tero kertoo pyörävarkaudesta, jossa hän onnistui varastamaan oman pyöränsä. Tämän hetken Spotify-ykkösbiisi herättää keskustelua, samoin se, mistä kyseinen artisti monissa kappaleissaan laulaa. Lisäksi käydään läpi Käärijän myynnissä olevaa Airbnb asuntoa ja sitä, miten asunto on sisustettu.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Puhutaan suomalaisista lauseista, jotka sopivat tilanteeseen kuin tilanteeseen. Entä mitä tapahtuu ihmisille, kun he palaavat avaruudesta takaisin maankamaralle? Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan tällä kertaa itse Mikko Honkasen tarina työpaikan pikkujouluista ja ”pienestä” mokasta. Ilen auto joutui puolestaan lokkien pommituksen kohteeksi. Mukana myös Nupit kaakkoon -kilpailu. Lisäksi Ile on päässyt siihen ikään, että hänet on kutsuttu erään lehden haastatteluun ja hän sai ohjeistuksen, joka on mahdoton suomalaiselle miehelle.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Käydään läpi Radiogaalan juhlinnat ja asut sekä se, miltä tuntui kokeneen gaalailijan Ilen ensimmäinen Radiogaala. Tuhannen euron bensakorkki Yhdysvalloissa herättää keskustelua, kuten myös muut autonkorjaukseen liittyvät yllätykset. Hollywood-tähti on saapunut Suomeen ja aiheuttanut hämmennystä kaupan murohyllyllä. Entä mikä ihme on The Honkanen trophy? Käydään läpi myös futiksen tuoreimmat kuulumiset ja Alisa Vainion upea saavutus Pariisin maratonilla. Ilekin on juossut maratonin kolmesti, mutta sehän ei ketään ei juuri kiinnosta.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Mikon kaveri laittoi Pasilan pojat -ryhmään viestin, joka olisi ehkä kuulunut ihan muualle. Tästä inspiroituneena jaetaan myös muita klassisia väärään paikkaan lähetettyjä viestejä. Kuuntelijat kertovat myös omia kokemuksiaan. Keskustelua herättävät myös tuoksut, jotka eivät välttämättä tee vaikutusta. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan alkoholinhuuruinen tarina ja kiusallinen avautuminen. Lisäksi ihmetystä aiheuttaa Ilomantsin lukion hakijamäärä. Ile ja Mikko keskustelevat myös nuorison musiikkimausta.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ileä ja Mikkoa puhututtavat hävittäjäbisnes, mikä vie keskustelun yllättäen kelloihin ja niiden keräilyyn. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa muistellaan röökin polttamista, vanhemmille valehtelua ja tumppien heittelyä naapurin puolelle. Entä mitä kuuntelijat tekevät edelleen salaa? Lisäksi ihmetyttää luvaton rasvakauppa sekä erojen jälkeinen eläinten yhteishuoltajuus. Joskus suhde on päättynyt jopa siihen, että koiralle tehtiin liian hyvää ruokaa. Entä mikä on eeppisin ihmisasuste?Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Palataan tiistain uutisiin ja Donald Trumpin uhkauksiin. Huonon uhkauksen kohteeksi on joutunut myös Ile jo lapsena. Lisäksi puhututtaa öljyn hinta, ja Mikko kertoo bändikaveristaan, joka työskentelee öljynporauslautalla. Entä mitä Tinder-profiilista kertoo kuva kitaran tai kalan kanssa? Studiossa pohditaan myös erilaisia “rescue”-termejä aina rescue-mansikasta rescue-mieheen. Ile palaa lapsuusmuistoihin ja Helkaman pyöräänsä, jossa oli purkkakeppi. Keskustelua herättävät myös työpaikan sähköpostiongelmat ja tiketit sekä se, mitä kaikkea seinälle oikein voi laittaa sisustuselementiksi. Mennään myös ajassa taaksepäin ja pohditaan ihmiskielen alkuperää.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käsitellään tänään remonttirikosta. Studiossa puhututtaa myös liikennevalonapit ja ikuinen taistelu siitä, kuka saa painaa nappia ja miksi Helsingin kaupunki on päättänyt luopua niistä. Ile ja Mikko ihmettelevät suklaavarkautta ja listaavat omat lempparisuklaapatukkansa sekä sen, milloin lempparia tulee petettyä. Yhdestä asiasta ollaan kuitenkin samaa mieltä: niihin, jotka tykkäävät Bountysta, ei voi luottaa. Mikon lauantainen keikka tuntuu vieläkin, ja samalla herää kiinnostus metallinpaljastukseen uutena harrastuksena. Lisäksi surullinen uutinen seksin harrastamisesta ihmetyttää studiossa.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

This is the second of a series of posts about the literary alchemy of J. K. Rowling, a discussion jumpstarted by a post by ‘Iris' at a Strike fan website, an article that championed a Jungian perspective on this subject. The first post in this series, Literary Alchemy – A Primer for Those Interested in J. K. Rowling's Artistry, both explained what the ‘Iris' post asserted and reviewed much of the critical literature that the brevity of the S&E Files article prevented her from discussing. See that post for links to this material. The conversation between Nick Jeffery and John Granger above was recorded in the same spirit as the first post was written, namely, simultaneously a welcome to Strike fans and Rowling readers who have learned about literary alchemy only recently and an introduction to the work of the last twenty five years on this subject. Upcoming posts in the series will include a counter-point discussion in the debate Rowling is fostering about whether a psychological or spiritual perspective is better for understanding art and life and a review of the alchemical signatures that crowd Rowling-Galbraith's Hallmarked Man.This post is largely links to sources for points Nick and John discuss in their naturally enthusiastic and contrarian conversation, question by question. Enjoy!1. Welcome to the Conversation! (Nick) I just sent out an article about literary alchemy, John, in response to an article written by ‘Iris' and posted on the Strike-Ellacott Files website, a piece titled ‘What is Literary Alchemy? Spotting symbols that map Strike and Robin's growth.' What advice or guidance would you give to, say, Cormoran Strike readers who are brand new to the subject? * There are three types of alchemy and it is important to understand the common ground they share and the differences between them;* The first type is alchemy proper, which is to say ‘metallurgical alchemy,' the sacred science of purifying metals and the adept's soul via the creation of a Philosopher's Stone that will transform lead to gold and exude an elixir of life, the drinking of which will bestow immortality;* The second and third types of alchemy derive from interpretations of metallurgical alchemy's aims and the symbolic texts detailing the work in the hermetic laboratory;* Literary alchemy is the use of metallurgical alchemy's language, colors, sequences, and symbols in plays, poetry, and story to foster an edifying and transformative experience in the artist's theater or reading audience;* Psychological alchemy is Carl Jung's use of metallurgical alchemy's texts during and after WWII to illustrate his ideas of the integration of the conscious and unconscious aspects of the human mind;* Metallurgical alchemy was practiced in China, the Levant, India, and Europe within the revealed religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity until its degeneration in the late Medieval period and eventual evolution into the strictly materialist chemistry we know today;* Literary alchemy has been a continuous stream in literature from Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and the Metaphysical poets through to Dickens, Yeats, the Inklings, Joyce, Nabokov, and J. K. Rowling;* The academic study of “alchemy in literature” was the province of Baconian and allegorical readings of Shakespeare (cf., Beryl Pogson, Peter Dawkins, Martin Lings) until the late 20th Century and the advent of academic specialists in ‘Hermetic Studies,' e.g., Stanton Linden, Lyndy Abraham, and Charles Nicholl (cf., Cauda Pavonis: A Journal of Hermetic Studies, 1982-2000).* Jung and his followers used their psychological interpretations of metallurgical alchemy as allegories of the soul to interpret mythology (cf., Erich Neumann, Marie-Louise Von Franz, Robert Johnson);* Jungian analysis of story using Jung's ideas of subconscious archetypes within a collective unconscious was popularized by Joseph Campbell in his guides to Joyce's Ulysses and his more well known works on mythology (e.g., The Hero With a Thousand Faces);* ‘Isis' in her S&E Files article, ‘What is Literary Alchemy?,' suggests that Rowling-Galbraith is writing an allegory of soul transformation in the Cormoran Strike series using metallurgical alchemy's symbols and sequences as understood by Carl Jung and his disciples rather than as used by English writers since the 13th Century;* It's a challenging theory, the depth of which is hard to grasp without an appreciation of the types of alchemy, what they have in common, and their differences in approach and subject matter.2. The Lake: (John) What I found most fascinating in your post, Nick, was your best guesses about where Rowling would have learned about literary alchemy. She claimed in 1998 that she'd read a lot of alchemical texts from which she set the “magical parameters” of the Hogwarts Saga; if you had only three chances to name one of those books, what would you choose? * Charles Nicholl's The Chemical Theatre;* Titus Burckhardt's Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul (or Mirror of the Intellect: Essays on Traditional Acience and Sacred Art);* Lyndy Abraham Summerhaze's Marvell and Alchemy or her Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery;* Martin Lings' The Secret of Shakespeare3. Carl Jung, Alchemy: (Nick) I see you're chafing at the bit, John, with book titles I haven't mentioned so let me name-drop the author not on my list because, as you pointed out, he wasn't really a literary alchemist so much as a psychologist who discussed alchemy as a means of illustrating his own ideas about the ‘Great Work.' You've written, though, that literary alchemy as with metallurgical alchemy is a subset of soul-allegories or Psychomachia. Don't Jung's ideas jibe with that? * Yes and no!* Jung's ideas of the soul and archetypes (or archetypal forms) are based on late 19th Century Volkischer German ideas, which is to say, modern and materialist (some say ‘vitalist') premises. His hostility to Christianity and Judaism was grounded in his acceptance of Darwinian evolution and derived philosophically from Nietzsche (see Richard Noll's The Jung Cult and The Aryan Christ).* He conflates the spiritual with the psychological, consequently, and embraces integrated individual psychological health as the telos of human existence, none of which is consistent with traditional metallurgical or literary alchemy (see Titus Burckhardt's Mirror of the Intellect, Philip Sherrard's ‘An Introduction to the Religious Thought of C. G. Jung,' and Harry Oldmeadow's ‘C.G. Jung & Mircea Eliade: ‘Priests without Surplices'? Reflections on the Place of Myth, Religion and Science in Their Work.'* Psychological alchemy, insomuch as it is ‘Jungian,' is well removed from the other two types of alchemy. Which is not to say that Rowling is not a Jungian and hence a Jungian psychological alchemist.4. Back into the Lake: (John) You covered in your article, though, Nick, the several reasons to think it possible, even probable that the evidence from Rowling's life suggests she is using Jungian ideas in her literary alchemy. Iris over at S&E Files obviously thinks that is the case. What are the for and against ideas with respect to Rowling being a Jungian? There's Plenty of Evidence That Rowling IS a Jungian Writer:John Granger's discussion in Troubled Blood: A Jungian Reading* Robin's name-dropping Jung in conversation about astrology;* The Jungian notes sounded throughout Strike 5: Archetypes, Synchronicity, Persona;* The connection between Jung's illustrated ‘New Book' and Talbot's ‘True Book;' and* Pointers to Cupid-Psyche myth as understood by Jungians (see below)The Advent of Prudence Dunleavy, Jungian Psychologist, in Ink Black Heart* Hard to imagine a more sympathetic portrait of a Jungian than half-sister Prudence!* She clearly was the genius behind the Rokeby reconciliation in Hallmarked ManThe Cupid and Psyche myth underpinning the Strike series* A Mythological Key to Cormoran Strike? The Myth of Eros, Psyche, and Venus (note the discussion here of the Jungian understanding of this specific myth)* Ink Black Heart: Strike as Zeus to Robin's Leda and as Cupid to Mads' Psyche* ‘Rowling Points to Myth of Cupid and Psyche in order to Console Strike Fans Disappointed with Hallmarked Man‘* The Hallmarked Man‘s Mythological Template (Nick Jeffery, John Granger)Anything Else? Oh, yeah —* Rowling studied mythology in her ‘Classical Studies' program at UExeter and almost certainly encountered Jungian interpretation of myths there (e.g. the work of Neumann, Johnson, Campbell).* Rowling told Val McDermid if she had not become a successful writer she would have sought training and certification as a psychologist. * Her work reflects a broad reading in psychology (cf., Louise Freeman Davis' ‘J. K. Rowling and the Phantoms in the Brain,' ‘Cormoran Strike and the Itch that Cannot Be Scratched') and it is likely that she has read her fair share of Jung and Jungian authors during her studies.* Rowling benefited from psychological therapy and exercises herself when suffering from depression, the experience of and recovery from which she depicted in story via the Azkaban Dementors and Robin Ellacott's treatment for PTSD in Lethal White.And There is Plenty of Evidence That Rowling Is NOT a Jungian Writer:* Rowling has never been asked or revealed how she learned about literary alchemy; this includes, of course, any reference to Carl Jung, whose work was not focused on literary alchemy per se but a psychological interpretation or explanation of metallurgical alchemy's symbolism.* All that Rowling has revealed about her experiences as a patient seeking help with depression are about Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), which treatment modality owes nothing to Jung or to Jung's students.* It is possible that Rowling encountered esoteric metallurgical alchemy, the precursor to literary alchemy, in her study of astrology, the complementary traditional sacred science to alchemy, a skill-set with which we know she was accomplished. That route to alchemy would have led her to Perennialist interpretations of alchemy, most notably Titus Burckhardt‘s Alchemy, Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul; the paperback cover of the Penguin Metaphysical Library edition of that book (1974) features an androgynous giant named REBIS standing on a dragon and a winged golden sphere (i.e., Rubeus, Norbert, Snitch).* As mentioned above, it is more likely that she encountered literary alchemy in her study of Shakespeare. The year she was studying for her A Levels, she traveled to see a production of King Lear which has prompted the idea that it was on her list of texts to prepare for her tests. The most challenging interpretation of Lear then in print was Charles Nicholl's The Chemical Theatre (1980), a book that explains almost every scene in perhaps Shakespeare's greatest tragedy as a parallel step in the Great Work of alchemy. If the budding astrologer was fascinated by this allegorical interpretation of the Bard, the most popular work in print at that time that championed reading Shakespeare as the author of soul allegories was Perennialist Martin Lings‘ The Secret of Shakespeare (1984).* Literary Alchemy is a tool set employed not only by Shakespeare but by a host of Rowling favorite authors to include Dickens, Nabokov, Lewis, and Tolkien. This view of alchemy, that is, as an allegorical depiction of the soul's transformation that affects that same cathartic experience in its theater or reading audiences, is the one found in Rowling's work, which is well removed from psychological alchemy, an analytic art which, though it springs from metallurgical alchemical texts, does not aim at the transformation at work in the sacred art or the science of traditional alchemy. * Rowling's use of chiastic structures and psychomachian allegory, tools that complement literary alchemy in spiritual perspective and aim, make a Jungian rather than a literary and Perennialist view of alchemy seem unlikely.* Alchemy: Jung, Burckhardt, or Maclean? John Granger, April 2007* Rowling's Soul Triptych Psychomachia: Is It From Shakespeare's ‘Macbeth'? John Granger, September 20245. The Debate at King's Cross: (Nick) So, John, you've mentioned Jung quite a few times in your posts about the Mythological framework of the Strike series and even written about the Jungian ideas of animus and anima with respect to Cormoran and Robin's relationship. You seem fairly confident, though, that Rowling is writing from the traditional esoteric ideas of alchemy a la Shakespeare rather than Jung's. Why is that? * Everything you just said!* As noted, Jung's ideas are modern and psychological while the stream of literary alchemy in English Literature is almost exclusively more Medieval and pointedly spiritual;* The Most Notable Exception: Angela Carter's The Passion of the New Eve (1977), that reads like a Jungian ‘Red Book' slide-show (think Bombyx Mori) or a transgender Odyssey written for feminists. Rowling has never mentioned her to my knowledge but it would be surprising if she hadn't read this book more than once. What Alana Bolton Cooke wrote about Carter's Passion could be said about Rowling's literary alchemy if she is a Jungian writer (or about Galbraith's fictional Elizabeth Tassel?):Angela Carter in The Passion of New Eve (1977) uses the exoteric phases of alchemy and Carl G. Jung's theory of esoteric alchemy as a means of demonstrating allegorically the idea ofrebirth and renewal. The purpose of this allegorical method is to produce an 'alchemical' change of thought in the reader about sexuality and gender associated with women's repression and liberation. In the novel Carter develops themes and ideas explored in her essay, The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History (1979), an analysis of the Marquis de Sade's pornography and its affect on the roles of men and women in society. The clash of opposites involved in combining alchemical symbolism, feminism and pornography within the fiction can be seen as representative of the state of chaos present in alchemy before the beginning of change. The circular narrative and alchemical structure of the fiction creates a literary version of the alchemical process as it brings together opposites involved in chaos, represented by events and characterisation that the protagonist, Evelyn/Eve, experiences, until, in the manner of alchemy, harmony is reached. The harmony created represents women's empowerment. Carter uses Evelyn's individuation process to encourage growth within the reader by altering patterns of thought to bring about change through self-confrontation and self-knowledge. The structure of Carter's fiction, thus, corresponds to the process of esoteric alchemy contained within the structure, imagery and symbolism of exoteric alchemy. The fiction is designed to stimulate the unconscious of the reader and make conscious hitherto unknown and repressed thoughts about gender and sexuality to bring about change in the lives of men and women.* I think what Rowling said she was trying to do with Harry Potter's meeting with Dumbledore at the dream-like King's Cross strongly suggests she is aware of the two approaches and wants readers to discuss them – but that she has made her own choice, however conflicted she may be.* In her 2008 interview with Adeel Amini, Rowling said that her hope for Harry's post-mortem conversation with Dumbledore at King's Cross was to stimulate “a debate” among readers about whether it was a psychological moment, that is, a fantasy in which Harry understands what he's been missing all along, or a spiritual event in which he is actually speaking with the late Headmaster:Enough Potter-plot, I think. Moving on to a slightly more contentious issue, Rowling has categorically said that she does believe in a higher power, a statement reinforced by her childhood church-going (“Till I was 17,” she clarifies). It must be difficult to reconcile her religious beliefs with those that denounce Harry Potter as anti-Christian, I wonder aloud. Rowling's expression does not change a fraction. “There was a Christian commentator who said, which I thought was very interesting, that Harry Potter had been the Christian church's biggest missed opportunity. And I thought, there's someone who actually has their eyes open.“I think he said it before the publication of the seventh book, and with the publication of the seventh book I think that clarified a lot of people's view on where I was standing. But I should emphasise that I am not pushing a specifically Christian agenda, and indeed till the very last moment in book seven, one can interpret what happens to Harry after he presents himself with death as him going into an unconscious state in which his subconscious reveals to him what he already knew.” I hum in faux-comprehension of what she's referring to; luckily my clued-in companion is nodding wildly. Proceed. “Any re-reading of Chapter 35 will show you that there's nothing that the Dumbledore he sees tells him that he couldn't have guessed for himself or already realised, and of course there's a key piece of information that Dumbledore doesn't articulate that Harry has realised. So you can deliberately interpret it that way, or you can say that he did go into a state of limbo beyond which there was another life, and that idea was expressed repeatedly, and most explicitly at the end of book five, Order of the Phoenix, where Harry understands that there is an ‘on', that you do go on. “I wanted there to be a debate there, so of my three main characters - when they come into the room which examines death at the Ministry of Magic - Hermione, the ultimate sceptic and a hyperrational person, hears nothing behind the veil and is scared of it. Ron is just uneasy; Ron is someone who does not grapple with anything deeper than beer, if he can avoid it. Harry's drawn to it, and therein lies Harry's slightly reckless, almost morbid streak, because Harry does have a hint of that dangerous adolescent trait which is the attraction to death.” Heavy. Obviously with this ambiguity, you do get a fair degree of misinterpretation as well; there is a certain section that does dislike Harry Potter intensely. “Oh, vehemently,” says Rowling, before muttering under her breath “…and they send death threats.”* I think that “debate” she's trying to foster is between the psychological, call it ‘Jungian' “just inside your head” subconscious perspective, and the authentically spiritual view of her work (well, of art and human existence, too, of course). And that this debate is one she has had for most of her life. Check out her comments about the “greatest missed opportunity” and explain to me how that doesn't line up with her preferring the spiritual, albeit “not explicitly Christian,” to the psychological and humanist. 7. Jungian Readings of Rowling's Work: (Nick) John, you're familiar with what has been written by Potter Pundits because of your PhD critical literature surveys; what are the better ones about Rowling and Jungian psychology and what do they emphasize? Here are seven off the top of my head (and Thesis ‘Works Cited' drafts):* Grynbaum, G.A. (2000). The Secrets of Harry Potter. The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal: Reviews From a Jungian Perspective of Books, Films and Culture, [online] 19 (4) pp. 17-48* Patrick, Christopher and Sarah (2007), ‘Exploring the Dark Side: Harry Potter and the Psychology of Evil,' in Mulholland (ed.), The Psychology of Harry Potter, BenBella Books, pp 221-232* Gerhold, C. (2011). The Hero's Journey Through Adolescence: A Jungian Archetypal Analysis of “Harry Potter.” PsyD. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. * Rectenwald, Bob (2019). ‘Carl Jung's Impact on the Work of J. K. Rowling' * Skipper, Alicia and Kate Fulton (2021) ‘Out from the Shadows into the Light: Persona and Shadow in Harry Potter‘ in Anne Mamary (ed.) The Alchemical Harry Potter: Essays on Transfiguration in J. K. Rowling's Novels, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2021, pp 79-96* The Unfolding Journey, Jung's Shadow Self in Harry Potter: Confronting the Darkness Within (YouTube video)* My own Troubled Blood: A Jungian ReadingBob Rectenwald's piece is the best of the six I didn't write but it shares the several faults all the Jungian pieces make:* the first failing of even the best Jungian readers is the assumption that Rowling is a Jungian, which is an open question;* the next is that Jung's ideas (and Joseph Campbell's) are indisputably true; and* the last is, when alchemy is mentioned, the critics do not clarify either the commonalities of or the differences between literary alchemy, psychological alchemy, and Jungian analytic psychology. * Note, though, that Rowling, while aware of such Jungian tropes as the Hero's Journey, tweeks it shamelessly, adding a symbol of Christ and resurrection scene in every Potter story (cf., How Harry Cast His Spell, ‘The Harry's Journey,' pp 21-28).* Read her brief PotterMore piece on alchemy and note that it is written in such a way that it can be read as confirmation of either a psychological or spiritual perspective on alchemy and art:One interpretation of the ‘instructions' left by the alchemists is that they are symbolic of a spiritual journey, leading the alchemist from ignorance (base metal) to enlightenment (gold). There seems to have been a mystical element to the work the alchemist was engaged upon, which set it apart from chemistry (of which it was undoubtedly both an offshoot and forerunner).This “original writing” by Rowling, especially the words “spiritual” and “mystical,” suggests that she is a Perennialist rather than a Jungian, at least with respect to her understanding of alchemy. But the debate is still possible with Jungians who read those words as cyphers for the subsconscious contact they hold we have with archetypes.8. Back to the Alchemy: (John) I think the real question of whether Rowling's literary alchemy is predominantly literary and spiritual or psychological in orientation comes down to the postmodern confusion about the immaterial aspects of the human person, which is to say, the soul (or mind, psyche) and the spirit. Rowling's recent work may seem prosaic or secular to a casual reader who compares it to the relatively otherworldly and “obviously” symbolic Potter books, but she loads each Strike book with Shakespearean romance of soul and spirit, i.e., alchemical dramas, and hermetic tropes. I'm writing a piece now about the lions, dogs, incest, and the red man and white woman in Hallmarked Man, each of which are touchstones of alchemy. I think, though, that your work with Rowling's favorite books and her epigraph sources, Nick, point to a strong spiritual rather than psychological foundation in Rowling's work —* Louisa May Alcott, Little Women* Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle* The Victorian Women Poets in Running Grave* Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh* Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book* The Jungian love of the I Ching, Running Grave's epigraph source9. Jung in Running Grave: (Nick) Rowling's favorite writers, from Shakespeare and Nabokov to C. S. Lewis and Victorian Women poets, all clearly believe in a world-transcending spiritual realm. Given the quantity of the Jungian scholarship in Rowling Studies that Iris referred to and you've mentioned, it's curious -- if Rowling is aware of it and is resistant to it -- that she doesn't push back against it explicitly in her work. Can you think of a character that seems something like Jung in the books, someone as bad as Prudence Dunleavey is good? I can think of three:* United Humanitarian Church's guru Jonathan Wace in Running Grave: his “psychologizing of religion,” the comparative religion avenue to denial of any true faith, the psychological critical analysis of a patient using mythological tropes (”Artemis”), the cult leader, and the abuser of women and children -- he's a ringer for Jung! * Paul Satchwell, one-eyed serpent with a one-track mind, in Leamington Spa, a true Jungian artist working psycho-sexual motifs graphically on canvas:Naked figures twisted and cavorted in scenes from Greek mythology. Persephone struggled in the arms of Hades as he carried her down into the underworld; Andromeda strained against chains binding her to rock as a dragonish creature rose from the waves to devour her; Leda lay supine in bulrushes as Zeus, in the form of a swan, impregnated her.Two lines of Joni Mitchell floated back to Robin as she looked at the paintings: “When I first saw your gallery, I liked the ones of ladies…”Except that Robin wasn't sure she liked the paintings. The female figures were all black-haired, olive-skinned, heavy-breasted and partially or entirely naked. The paintings were accomplished, but Robin found them slightly lascivious. Each of the women wore a similar expression of vacant abandon, and Satchwell seemed to have a definite preference for those myths that featured bondage, rape or abduction. (Troubled Blood, 542)* And then there are the Masons, kind of an old school Jungian cult in Hallmarked Man. Like the UHC and “harmless” fraternal and charitable group with Christian touches but which doesn't change a man or human nature per Hardacre (and which harbors the rich and powerful like Lord Branfoot). * Coupled with Prudence, the Front of Jungian Beliefs, we get the front and back of Jung in Rowling's work, a characteristic touch of Rowling nuance as she did with Islam in Hallmarked Man.10. Conclusion: (John) I'm obviously not a Jung fan and I don't think Rowling is writing Jungian psychomachia in alchemical symbols a la Angela Carter, but I see how people would come to a contrary conclusion; Rowling's ‘spiritual not religious' public statements and political positions with respect to Same Sex Attraction and abortion line up much more easily with New Age and Jungian types than with any kind of orthodox Christianity. The great thing about essays like Isis' at S&E Files is that it brings more people into the conversation of what literary alchemy is and the various approaches to it. You've been reading about literary alchemy for several years now, Nick; what do you think the person whose first encounter with the subject was the S&E Files article do to hone their alchemy detection skills? * “Read your books and online talks, John!”* How Metallurgical Alchemy Worked and How it Became Literary Alchemy (from Deathly Hallows Lectures, Chapter 1):Alchemy, in a nutshell, was the science for the perfection or sanctification of the alchemist's soul. This heroic venture I need to say straight off is all but impossible today because the way we look at reality, at ‘things' per se makes the Great Work itself almost an absurdity. Unlike the medieval alchemists, we moderns and postmoderns see things with a clear subject/object distinction, that is, we believe that you and I and that table are entirely different things and between them is there is no connection or relation. The knowing subject is one thing and the observed object is completely ‘other.'To the alchemist that is not the case. His efforts in changing lead to gold are based on the premise that he as the subject will go through the same types of changes and purifications as the materials he is working with. In sympathy with these metallurgical transitions and resolutions of contraries, his soul will be purified in correspondence as long as he is working in a prayerful state within the Mysteries (sacraments) of his revealed tradition.Now, historically there was an Arabic alchemy, a Chinese alchemy, a Kabbalistic, as well as a Christian alchemy; each differs superficially with respect to their spiritual traditions but in every one, the alchemist was working with a sacred natural science or physics to advance his spiritual purification. This was only possible because he looked at the metal he was working with as something with which he was not ‘other' but with which he was in relationship, artifex and artifact in sacred art imitating and accelerating the work of the Creator creating a bridge, so that, as lead changes to gold or material perfection, his soul was going through similar transformations and purifications.The common ground is the logos in every created thing, to include persons (cf. John 1:9), which are all continuous with the Logos fabric of reality. As much as the alchemist identifies with this metaphysical ground, purifying himself of the ‘old man' or ego-driven individual and identifying himself with the spiritual Heart or light within him, that light will become his dominant quality, hence his “illumination” or “enlightenment”. And lead or solid darkness turning into gold, hard light.How does this edifying magic become the scaffolding for Harry's adventures? Largely through the genius of William Shakespeare. Hermetic wisdom and alchemical efforts were such commonplaces in Elizabethan England that Shakespeare and his contemporaries recognized, I think. that the magic of staged drama is essentially alchemical. If we groundlings are all watching what's going on up on the stage and everything is working the way it's supposed to, the subject-object distinction dissolves inasmuch as we identify with the characters and their agonies through our logos-imaginations. As they go through their changes, like the metals in a crucible, we identify with them and pass through the same cathartic moment.As the great dramatists of that period realized, “if what we're doing is alchemical, why don't we use alchemical imagery and language, too?” And, voila, literary alchemy is born. This stream of English literature in which narrator or characters and the reader or audience in correspondence pass through the stages of the alchemical work, the black the white and the red (basically dissolution, purification, and then perfection) runs through the next five centuries of poetry, stage work, stories and novels. You may not have recognized it, but its a big part of things you have read.* Literary Alchemy: Sacred Science, Sacred Art, and ‘The Alembic of Story':A Perennialist Explanation of J. K. Rowling's Signature Hermetic Symbolism This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/subscribe

Ile koki aamulla suihkussa erikoisen tilanteen, kun hänen jaloissaan kylpyhuoneen lattialla pyöri ötökkä, joka kuitenkin osottautui joksikin aivan muuksi. Pääsiäisen kunniaksi puheeksi nousee myös Milanon Viimeinen ehtoollinen -taulu. Rakkaus puhuttaa tätä kaksikkoa jälleen. Ile ja Mikko pureutuvat nimittäin rakkauden kieleen. Entä miten kauniit ihmiset somettavat? Mukana myös Motörhead uutiset!Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile ja Mikko muistelevat aikaa, jolloin vakuutusyhtiöön soitettiin tapaturman sattuessa, ja verrataan sitä nykypäivän hankaluuksiin. Ile kertoo kadonneesta vihkisormuksestaan, ja Mikko omasta tapaturmastaan autonsa kanssa. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa ollaan aprillipäivän tunnelmissa ja kuullaan erään kuulijan tarina valheesta, joka ei naurattanut vanhempia. Palataan myös hetkeen, kun Ile hukkasi vaimonsa Linnan juhlissa, ja Mikko myöntää epäonnistuneensa faijana. Lisäksi ruohonleikkurit kuumentavat keskustelua, kirjaimellisesti.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Mikä olisi paras tapa kuolla? Molemmilla on tähän yllättävän selkeä vastaus. Entä miten Mikko onnistuu liittämään tähänkin Wanhojen tanssiparinsa? Muistellaan myös kouluajan ruokahaasteita ja ennätyksiä, ja kuullaan kuulijoiden hulvattomia tarinoita. Jälleen aiheeksi nousee myös Mikon suurin julkkisihastus, kuka muukaan kuin Sydney Sweeney. Entä mitä, jos autoja ja koiria hankittaisiin samalla tavalla? Kaksikkoa hämmästyttävät myös Guccin kertakäyttövaipat, joiden hinta on hieman toista luokkaa kuin tavallisilla.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Kesäaikaan on siirrytty, mutta miten Coldplay liittyy tähän? Ilen kotona kuunnellaan monipuolisesti musiikkia, mutta tyttären suosikin, Mirellan, uuden biisin sanoituksiin kaksikon on vaikea samaistua. Ileä ja Mikkoa ihmetyttää myös erään hääparin riidanaihe niin paljon, että Mikko ei voi enää kuunnella Muumit-laulua samalla tavalla. Mikon vaimo on ollut shoppailemassa ja etsii itselleen kevätlippistä, mutta lippisten tekstit saavat Ilen ja Mikon hämmästymään. Kaksikko muistelee myös autokouluaikoja.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Tänään Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan kuuntelijan tarina hohtavasta kortsusta. Käydään läpi myös iso muutos, joka on tulossa inttiin lähtijöille. Kaksikkoa puhuttaa pyöräilijöiden Facebook-ryhmä sekä huumekauppiaan rikos, josta kiinnijääminen muistutti Disneystä tuttua takaa-ajoa. Lisäksi Mikkoa ärsyttää, että hän osti vaimon pyynnöstä viikunoita, jotka päätyivät lopulta roskiin. Tästä päästäänkin keskusteluun siitä, kuinka vaikeaa on ylipäätään hakea kaupasta toisen toivomia tuotteita. Vietetään myös persvakopäivää jo etukäteen. Mukana totta kai myös Motörhead uutiset!Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Kaksikko ihmettelee suomalaista keksintöä, joka liittyy taitoluisteluun. Studiossa puhututtavat myös kuuntelijoiden tilanteet, jotka eivät ole edenneet aivan suunnitelmien mukaan. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa kuullaan tarina työpaikalta, jossa yhden lauseen merkitys muuttui ratkaisevasti. Huomiota herättää myös se, että Mikko on tykännyt Sydney Sweeneyn Instagram-kuvista ja hänellähän on tietysti tähän täysin pätevä selitys. Studiossa käydään myös läpi suurta alusvaatesotaa, johon myös liittyy Sydney Sweeney. Lisäksi puheenaiheeksi nousevat NHL-lippujen hinnat.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Ile kertoo, mikä on pahinta, mitä jalkapallolle on tapahtunut, ja Mikko avautuu kevään myötä tulevista laskuista. Onko rikos jo vanhentunut -osiossa käydään läpi Timpan synti sekä lopulta tuomitaan mies teoistaan. Viestitteleekö Yhdysvallat muiden maiden kanssa Snapchatin kautta, ja kuinka paljon rahaa ollaan valmiita laittamaan Iranin sotaan? Kaksikko keskustelee myös viestittelystä eksän kanssa sekä miesten kuulumisista.Seitsemän hyvää syytä kuunnella. Kuuntele koko UHC:n lähetys arkiaamuisin Radio Cityllä klo 6–11.

Send a textGrinding harder won't fix dysregulation.In this episode, Michael Caulo breaks down why stress impairs decision-making, how cortisol affects executive function, and why recovery is the real performance advantage.We explore:• The neuroscience of stress• Why mobility is foundational• Divorced dads and high-stress fitness• Why motivation fails• Systems vs ego trainingLive replay directly on Amazon!Check out the LOF 2026 retreat replay here. Shop the LOF band flash sale while supplies last!Sign up to start your 100-day comeback. HSA/FSA + Aetna, BCBS, UHC accepted.

Send a textIf you already know what to do for your health but aren't doing it consistently, this episode breaks down the real reason.It's not discipline.It's the nervous system regulation.In this episode, we explore:• How stress weakens executive function• Why sleep deprivation reduces impulse control• How chronic stress shifts behavior into habit mode• Why environment beats motivation• A practical 4-step re-regulation framework

Important rulings are in from the Luigi Mangione case. Will the contents of his backpack be suppressed? And why is the death penalty off the table? We explain.Check out our new True Crime Substack the True Crime Times Get Prosecutors Podcast Merch Join the Gallery on Facebook Follow us on TwitterFollow us on Instagram Check out our website for case resources: Hang out with us on TikTokSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In almost every conversation about healthcare, we hear the term, “provider.” Typically, we assume a healthcare provider is a doctor. But, if you look at insurance company definitions of health care providers, the term includes almost every branch of medical care - therapists, podiatrists, imaging centers, home-health agencies, hospice, the list goes on. Ironically, the one person not on any official list of healthcare providers is “you.” A local wellness entrepreneur is changing that. Kwame Terra is Founder and CEO of bEHR Health Systems. The company’s principal product is an app directed specifically at Black Americans. The app doesn’t replace professional healthcare providers, but it aims to put the user front and center in directing their own health outcomes. The app store summary says, “At bEHR, we aspire to create a healthcare resource free from the shackles of racism that infect our current system and seamlessly integrate health into Black culture. This isn't just a health app for tracking and enhancing well-being; it signifies the initiation of our enduring commitment to stand as Black America’s health partner for life.” With roughly 14% of Americans – 48 million people - identifying as Black, and a 2024 Pew Research finding that 51% of Black Americans say they believe the U.S. health-care system was designed to “hold Black people back a great deal or a fair amount,” there would appear to be a ready market for this product. When it comes to the traditional provision of healthcare, the consistently best-regarded group and most trusted providers of medical care, are nurses. Patients and doctors alike typically regard nurses as critical to patient safety and care. There’s also a critical shortage of nurses. According to a recent report from the Louisiana Board of Regents, the state is projected to face a shortage of roughly 6,000 registered nurses by 2030. That’s about 40% short of the workforce needed, if nothing changes. One local institution that’s working to change that outcome is The University of Holy Cross, on the Westbank. Among its other courses, UHC has a dedicated Department of Nursing. RegisteredNursing.org – a nationwide organization of registered nurses – has rated UHC as the best nursing school in Louisiana. And UHC’s nursing department is one of the principal focuses of the school’s President, Dr. Stanton McNeely. If we did a simultaneous scan of every news-talk radio station and every TV news channel right now, it’s pretty likely we’re not the only people talking about healthcare. But it’s very likely we’re the only people talking about a Catholic-college-driven solution to the nursing shortage, and an African-American-focused entrepreneurial venture aimed at sidestepping healthcare racism. Even in something as ubiquitous as the healthcare debate, New Orleans manages to be, well, New Orleans. Out to Lunch was recorded live over lunch at Columns in Uptown New Orleans. You can find photos from this show by Jill Lafleur at itsneworleans.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Running Grave, book Seven of the ten novel Cormoran Strike murder mystery series by Joanne Murray (‘J. K. Rowling') writing as ‘Robert Galbraith,' is what the author described as her “cult novel.” The cult in question is the Universal Humanitarian Church led by Jonathan Wace; the Strike-Ellacott Agency is hired by a father to rescue his youngest son who has disappeared into the UHC's Chapman Farm property. Robin Ellacott successfully infiltrates the compound and she and the young man escape.Soon after Robin's near-thing deliverance and return to London, Strike attends a UHC rally in that city with hopes that he will be spotted by Wace and invited to meet back-stage. ‘Papa J' takes the bait and he and Strike square off in the cult leader's dressing room. Strike reveals much of what Robin and he have learned about the UHC's criminal past and present in that verbal confrontation. Strike exits only after delivering a warning; stay away from his partner or “I will burn your church to the f*****g ground” (Part 8, chapter 112, 808; italics in original).In the midst of this tense back-and-forth between private detective and religious guru, Strike thrice mentions a book published in 1930, Who Moved the Stone?, a relatively short work of popular Christian apologetics:‘I see you're one of those who prides themselves on disrespecting rites, mysteries, and religious observance,' said Wace, smiling again. ‘I shall pray for you, Cormoran. I mean that sincerely.'‘I'll tell you one book I've read, that's right up your street,' said Strike. ‘Came across it in a Christian mission where I was spending a night, just outside Nairobi. This was when I was still in the army. I'd drunk too much coffee, and there were only two books in the room, and it was late, and I didn't think I'd be able to make much of a dent in the Bible, so I went for Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison. Have you read it?'‘I've heard of it,' said Wace, sitting back in his chair, still smiling. ‘We recognise Jesus Christ as an important emissary of the Blessed Divinity, though, of course, he's not the only one.'‘Oh, he had nothing on you, obviously,' said Strike. ‘Anyway, Morison was a non-believer who set out to prove the resurrection never happened. He did an in-depth investigation into the events surrounding Jesus' death, drawing on as many historical sources as he could find, and as a direct result, was converted to Christianity. You see what I'm driving at?'‘I'm afraid not,' said Wace.‘What questions d'you think Morison would've wanted answered, if he set out to disprove the legend of the Drowned Prophet?' (805)This calling into question of the UHC's historical claim to other-worldly power causes those of Wace's inner-circle minions to chafe and counter with traditional Oriental wisdom about wrestling with pigs. Strike again alludes to Morison's book:‘Is that from the I Ching?' asked Strike, looking from Zhou to Mazu. ‘Funnily enough, I've got a few questions on the subject of degradation, if you'd rather hear those? No?' he said, when nobody answered. ‘Back to what I was saying, then.'‘Let's suppose I fancy writing the new Who Moved the Stone? – working title, “Why Paddle in the North Sea at Five a.m.?” As a sceptical investigator of the miraculous ascension into heaven of Daiyu, I think I'd start with how Cherie knew Jordan Reaney would oversleep that morning. Then I'd be finding out why Daiyu was wearing a dress that made her as visible as possible in the dark, why she drowned off exactly the same stretch of beach as your first wife and – parallels with Who Moved the Stone? here – I'd want to know where the body went. But unlike Morison, I might include a chapter on Birmingham' (805-806).John Granger and Nick Jeffery, as part of their Kanreki celebration of Rowling-Galbraith's 60th birthday last July, discussed Texts-Within-the-Text as a Golden Thread that runs through all of the author's work. Most of those embedded texts, though, are of Rowling's invention, e.g., Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card, Tales of Beedle the Bard, Bombyx Mori, The Predictions of Tycho Dodonus, Wace's The Answer, etc. It's fairly rare for Rowling-Galbraith to drop a reference to a real world book even in the relatively non-magical Strike series.In addition to the I Ching, however, Running Grave has Prudence Donleavy recommend two psychology texts to Robin (Lifton's Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Brain Washing in China and Hassan's Combatting Cult Mind Control: Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults) in addition to Strike's weaponization of Morison's Who Moved the Stone?John and Nick chose to discuss Who Moved the Stone? this week rather than an embedded text that works as a template (cf., Aurora Leigh) or a Rowling favorite-book that shaped her perspective (e.g., I Capture the Castle) or a real-world book tied to the plot of Hallmarked Man (Bridge to Light, Pike's Morals and Dogma) because it seemed to connect the dots of several recent Rowling revelations:* the “God-shaped vacuum” tweet; * the unforced admission that she suffers from VWD, a blood-clotting disorder; * the search for the coming Big Twist in the final books of the Strike series;* the Psalter charm on the Strike9 Christmas gift bracelet-of-clues; * the Church of St Giles in the Fields' existence and its incredible absence from the first eight Strike books despite its overshadowing Denmark Street; and* the absence of Strike-series parallels to the Christian content and meaning of the Potter series, especially with respect to the Struggle to Believe in Deathly Hallows.For reasons the two discuss, all the above are pointers to possible Christian content of Strike books nine and ten, even that this content will be a substantial part of the mind-bending surprise finish to the series, namely, Strike's transformation from a skeptic with respect to all things religious to believer. What bigger clue has Rowling presented in the series for that possibility than Strike's confronting a religious “fraud and hypocrite” (799) with a book by an English skeptic about the evidence for belief in Christ's Resurrection from the dead?Nick and John discuss both Who Moved the Stone? itself, its use in Running Grave in the Strike-Wace confrontation, and its possible meaning as a pointer to revelations and transformations to come:1. Why is a Rowling Reader interested in Frank Morison's Who Moved the Stone? ? 2. Who was ‘Frank Morison‘? What is the story behind the writing of Who Moved the Stone? ? What place does it have, if any, in UK Christian apologetics?3. Do you think there are echoes of ‘Morison's conclusions in the Passion parts of Dorothy Sayers' Man Born to be King series for the BBC (1941)? 4. Chesterton per Wikipedia wrote in his review of Stone that he had been “under the impression it was a detective story” when he picked it up; how much does it read like a murder mystery, something akin to how Strike might sift through the evidence of a case?5. Five instances of deductive insights Ross-Morison offers by reasoning that even most Christian believers would have considered —6. A compare-and-contrast exercise of different perspectives -- John, believer, familiar with passion gospels; Nick, seeker, not so much -- how did their reading experiences differ?7. Why would Rowling-Galbraith have Strike mention this book, one that fosters conversions to Christian faith, in his face-to-face meeting with a religious charlatan? Shouldn't he be belittling faith at that point?8. If there is a single ‘keyword' in Stone, John believes it is “vacancy.” Nick and John discuss (1) the possibility that Rowling may have read this book as a young person and been struck by the God-shaped “vacancy” or “Vacuum” in her own life and (2) whether it could have been an influence on the Casual Vacancy title. They review Rowling comments about “the light of God shining from every soul” in her Vacancy interviews.9 - John expresses his bewilderment that Robin and Cormoran have never discussed their faith backgrounds or lack of one in the course of their relationship, especially in light of their UHC cult experiences and Talbot's True Book with its occult and Christian content. Nick explains the fall out of the English Civil War to John.10. Could Strike's familiarity with and seeming sympathy with the arguments of Stone a place-marker for future conversations about faith, not to mention revelations of why both Strike and Robin are so casual about the vacancy of a spiritual dimension in their lives?The remarkable take-away from this conversation was a discussion of the possibility that Rowling's tweeted ‘Psyche Ascendant' suggests the imminent death of Robin Ellacott in Strike 9 with Strike 10 being fallout of that death in the life of Cormoran Strike. ‘Fall out' meaning Strike will learn the truth about all the questions to which he mistakenly thought he knew the answers — the suicides of his mother and Charlotte Campbell-Ross, the character of Jonny Rokeby, Ryan Murphy's real motivation for pursuing Robin Ellacott, Cormoran's relationships with his half-sister Lucy and “oldest mate” Dave Polworth — as well as ‘Who Killed the Better Half of the Strike Ellacott Detective Agency?'John thinks the revelations coupled with Strike's grief may drive him to his knees in St Giles in the Fields Church, a ‘Digging Dobby's Grave on Easter morning' parallel. Make your case in the comment boxes below if you think that he has lost his mind somewhere on the drive east from Oklahoma to the Carolinas.The Granger family is now well settled in their South Carolina bungalow and Hogwarts Professor will be posting with regularity. Nick and John thank you for your patience and for your support!Links to Sources and Subjects Mentioned in Conversation:‘A Ring Reading of Running Grave, Part Eight' (John Granger)Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison (Amazon)‘Albert Henry Ross' aka ‘Frank Morison' (Wikipedia)‘Frank Morison and Who Moved the Stone? Advertiser, Novelist, Apologist, Spy' (Philip Johnson, Lecturer, Morling College, New South Wales, 2018)* Most of the information that Nick and John shared about Ross/Morison and his book Who Moved the Stone? came from this carefully researched paper.‘Philip Johnson' UC Berkeley Law Professor, author Darwin on Trial (Wikipedia)Darwin Retried: An Appeal to Reason (Norman MacBeth)Dorothy Sayers' Man Born to be King series for the BBC (1941)?G. K. Chesterton review of Who Moved the Stone? in The Illustrated London News (5 April 1930)‘Reading Troubled Blood as a Medieval Moral Play and Allegory:' Roy Phipps the “bloody bleeder” as King Philip of Spain (John Granger)‘Justin Martyr and the Fourth Gospel' (Fr John Romanides, 1958, on the relationship of the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel According to St John)An examination of the Biblical sources reveals the fact that underlying the New Testament is the catechetical principle that one is able to discern the will and acts of God only according to the measure and degree in which he has been liberated from demonic influences and by spiritual exercise learns to distinguish between divine and satanic energies. This liberation is accomplished in Christ by the power of the Spirit but its effect on man is not automatic. Where it does begin its process is generally gradual as is evident in the tardy way in which the Apostles came to a full understanding of the way the kingdom of God had come upon them. Failure to understand and partake of the mysteries of the kingdom is attributed to continuance in the ways of Satan (e.g., Mtth. 13, 1-23; Mk. 4, 1-20; Lk. 8, 4-15; II Cor. 4, 3-4).Before a person was admitted to baptism, he had to be instructed in the old Testament revelations of the divine activities as well as in the ways of satan. Otherwise, he would continue being blinded by the devil and would be in danger of confounding divine and satanic activities as happened in the case of the Jews who went so far as to say that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Belzebub (Mtth. 12, 22-37; Mk. 3, 22-30; Lk. 11, 14-23). This is the blasphemy against the Spirit which cannot be forgiven. Those who are not able to recognize the energies of God are those who by hearing hear but do not understand and seeing see but do not discern (Is. 6, 9; Mtth. 13, 14; Mk. 4,12; Lk. 8, 10; John 12, 40; Acts 28, 26 ff.). The fourth gospel is a continuous play on the divinity of Christ as witnessed to by the divine activities which He shares in common with the Father and the Spirit and which are eventually understood by those who are defeating the devil but continuously misunderstood by those blinded by the prince of darkness. The fourth gospel is understood only by those who have been previously exercised in the discernment of the saving and sanctifying acts of God in both the Old Testament and Synoptic tradition, apart from whose soteriological presuppositions it is totally meaningless.Contemporary Case for Religious Belief in General:Believe: Why Everyone Should Be ReligiousAdvice to the Serious SeekerWhy Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of DisbeliefThe Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New AtheismAtheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable EnemiesSeven Christian Apologetics ClassicsThe Case for Christ (Movie version!)Evidence that Demands a Verdict: Life Changing Truth for a Skeptical WorldMere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)Handbook of Christian ApologeticsExposing Myths about ChristianityDid the Resurrection Happen?Elements of Faith: An Introduction to Orthodox TheologyHogwarts Professor is a reader-supported publication. 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In this episode of The Broker Link Podcast, Mike Papuc and Sonia Porras take a deep dive into UnitedHealthcare's growing role in the ACA market and what it means for agents and consumers. As a top-five Fortune 500 company, UHC continues to expand its footprint across multiple product lines, leveraging robust data and analytics to design plans that better meet member needs. The conversation highlights how UHC uses data to inform healthcare delivery while addressing social determinants of health, helping improve access, outcomes, and long-term member satisfaction. Mike and Sonia also discuss the potential impact of expiring enhanced premium tax credits, noting how consumer behavior may shift from Silver plans toward Bronze or Gold options as affordability becomes a key factor. A key focus of the episode is UHC's value-based care partnership with Sanitas in the San Antonio market, which brings primary care, preventive services, and specialty care together under one roof for a more integrated member experience. The episode wraps with encouragement for agents to diversify their portfolios, stay informed during market uncertainty, and continue delivering exceptional service to clients navigating ACA decisions. Learn more about partnering with The Brokerage Inc. by visiting our website, www.thebrokerageinc.com. Remember to like, share, and subscribe to our show!  New episodes are available every Tuesday. Join our Community! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-brokerage-inc-/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thebrokerageinc/  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/thebrokerageinc/  YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrokerageIncTexas  Website:  https://thebrokerageinc.com/       

Nick is joined by John Granger and special guest star Guido in their temporary headquarters as they await the move to Granger Towers. We discuss the revelation that J. K. Rowling has an inherited blood clotting disorder, and speculate that this could be von Willebrand Disease, and discuss what this could mean for a Golden Thread that John first explored more than five years ago. Nick surveys the instances of blood in all her published work, and John identifies a theme that Nick has missed - the Eucharist. Could this be the key to understanding the final narrative arch of the Strike series?Links Discussed in this Episode:The revelation of J. K. Rowling's condition:https://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/j-k-rowling-and-the-roy-phipps-connection/John discusses the Golden Thread on the Reading Writing Rowling Podcast in 2020.https://audioboom.com/posts/7566531-episode-37-troubled-blood-and-the-faerie-queene-strike-5John Granger's book How Harry Cast his Spell exploring the Christian content and meaning in Harry Potter.https://www.amazon.com/How-Harry-Cast-His-Spell/dp/1414321880John's visit to Denmark Street and St Giles-in-the-Fields in 2016.https://web.archive.org/web/20171130161236/https://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/visiting-cormoran-strikes-pub-and-denmark-street-premises-in-london/Victor Turner - Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual (1966)https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/vision/1966-turner.pdfThe Blood Survey:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe word “Blood” appears 33 times.dragon's bloodThe Bloody BaronHarry thought Flint looked as if he had some troll blood in him.One book had a dark stain on it that looked horribly like blood.That's unicorn blood.It put its hand into its pocket and pulled out a blood-red stone.Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsThe word “Blood” appears 46 times.not a drop of magical blood in their veins‘Wizard blood is counting for less everywhere –'No Malfoy's worth listenin' ter. Bad blood, that's what it is.‘No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood,' he spat.who think they're better than everyone else because they're what people call pure-blood.Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway.‘… I smell blood … I SMELL BLOOD!'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThe word “Blood” appears 21 times.‘It all comes down to blood, as I was saying the other day. Bad blood will out. Now, I'm saying nothing against your family, Petunia'Ron and Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of blood-flavoured lollipops.‘BLOOD!' Ron yelled into the stunned silence. ‘HE'S GONE! AND YOU KNOW WHAT WAS ON THE FLOOR?'Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireThe word “Blood” appears 37 times.Now that they had removed their furs, the Durmstrang students were revealed to be wearing robes of a deep, blood red.‘B-blood of the enemy … forcibly taken … you will … resurrect your foe.'I wanted Harry Potter's blood. I wanted the blood of the one who had stripped me of power thirteen years ago, for the lingering protection his mother once gave him, would then reside in my veins, too …Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixThe word “Blood” appears 85 times.‘Yoooou!' she howled, her eyes popping at the sight of the man. ‘Blood traitor, abomination, shame of my flesh!'‘Because I hated the whole lot of them: my parents, with their pure-blood mania, convinced that to be a Black made you practically royal‘The pure-blood families are all interrelated,' said Sirius. ‘If you're only going to let your sons and daughters marry pure-bloods your choice is very limited; there are hardly any of us left.‘Terrified? I hope I, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, have never been guilty of cowardice in my life! The noble blood that runs in my veins –'Again and again Harry wrote the words on the parchment in what he soon came to realise was not ink, but his own blood.‘It seems there was some rather unusual kind of poison in that snake's fangs that keeps wounds open. They're sure they'll find an antidote, though; they say they've had much worse cases than mine, and in the meantime I just have to keep taking a Blood-Replenishing Potion every hour.‘While you can still call home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you cannot be touched or harmed by Voldemort. He shed her blood, but it lives on in you and her sister. Her blood became your refugeHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceThe word “Blood” appears 105 times.‘If I had murdered Harry Potter, the Dark Lord could not have used his blood to regenerate, making him invincible –'Harry had never hated Malfoy more than as he lay there, like an absurd turtle on its back, blood dripping sickeningly into his open mouth.‘My daughter – pure-blooded descendant of Salazar Slytherin – hankering after a filthy, dirt-veined Muggle?'It was as though something large and scaly erupted into life in Harry's stomach, clawing at his insides: hot blood seemed to flood his brainI've learned more from the Half-Blood Prince than Snape or Slughorn have taught me in –'‘Harry, I'd like you to meet Eldred Worple, an old student of mine, author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires – and, of course, his friend Sanguini.'Blood spurted from Malfoy's face and chest as though he had been slashed with an invisible sword. He staggered backwards and collapsed on to the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand.‘Payment?' said Harry. ‘You've got to give the door something?' ‘Yes,' said Dumbledore. ‘Blood, if I am not much mistaken.' ‘Blood?'Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsThe word “Blood” appears 125 times.As I reveal in chapter sixteen, Ivor Dillonsby claims he had already discovered eight uses of dragon's blood when Dumbledore “borrowed” his papers.'MUDBLOODS and the Dangers They Pose to a Peaceful Pure-Blood Society‘Splinched,' said Hermione, her fingers already busy at Ron's sleeve, where the blood was wettest and darkest.Was it his own blood pulsing through his veins that he could feel, or was it something beating inside the locket, like a tiny metal heart?‘Drop your wands,' she whispered. ‘Drop them, or we'll see exactly how filthy her blood is!'Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste.‘Precisely!' said Dumbledore. ‘He took your blood and rebuilt his living body with it! Your blood in his veins, Harry, Lily's protection inside both of you! He tethered you to life while he lives!'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemThe word “Blood” appears 11 times.The Kappa feeds on human blood but may be persuaded not to harm a person if it is thrown a cucumber with that person's name carved into it.Re'em blood gives the drinker immense strength, though the difficulty in procuring it means that supplies are negligibleSalamander blood has powerful curative and restorative properties.Quidditch Through the AgesThe word “Blood” appears 6 times.The first Bludgers (or ‘Blooders') were, as we have seen, flying rocksThe Tales of Beedle the BardThe word “Blood” appears 5 times.There is not a witch or wizard in existence whose blood has not mingled with that of MugglesCasual VacancyThe word “Blood” appears 97 times.Then pain such as he had never experienced sliced through his brain like a demolition ball. He barely noticed the smarting of his knees as they smacked onto the cold tarmac; his skull was awash with fire and blood; the agony was excruciating beyond endurance, except that endure it he must, for oblivion was still a minute away.All they could get out of her at first was, ‘The Fields, the bloody, bloody Fields …'‘Mrs Weedon's new pills are upsetting her stomach,' said Parminder calmly. ‘So we're doing your bloods today, aren't we?'Sharp, hot pain and the blood came at once; when she had cut herself right up to her elbow she pressed the wad of tissues onto the long wound, making sure nothing leaked onto her nightshirt or the carpet.Some of her self-hatred had oozed out with the blood.Pagford, bloody Pagford. Samantha had never meant to live here.That morning, at breakfast, she had tested her blood sugar with the glucometer for the first time, then taken out the prefilled needle and inserted it into her own belly. It had hurt much more than when deft Parminder did it.Did she find it easier to accept him as a separate individual than if he had been made from her flesh and blood? Her glucose-heavy, tainted blood …The Cuckoo's CallingThe word “Blood” appears 64 times.Her accidental assailant was massive; his height, his general hairiness, coupled with a gently expanding belly, suggested a grizzly bear. One of his eyes was puffy and bruised, the skin just below the eyebrow cut. Congealing blood sat in raised white-edged nail tracks on his left cheek and the right side of his thick neck, revealed by the crumpled open collar of his shirt.Perhaps a knife would plunge between his shoulder blades as he walked through the front door of her flat; perhaps he would walk into the bedroom to discover her corpse, wrists slit, lying in a puddle of congealing blood in front of the fireplace.‘Pushing someone over a balcony's a spur-of-the-moment thing,' said Strike, as though he had felt her inner wince. ‘Hot blood. Blind temper.'When Lucy's lips were pursed she bore a strong resemblance to their Aunt Joan, who was no blood relation to either of them.You're a cold-blooded b*****d, aren't you? No f*****g wonder old Jonny's not keen on you.'Strike, however, knew Charlotte as intimately as a germ that had lingered in his blood for fifteen yearsSergeant Gary Topley lying in the blood-spattered dust of that Afghanistan road, his face unscathed, but with no body below the upper ribs.The SilkwormThe word “Blood” appears 140 times.Message after message, stuck out on the bloody cliffs at Gwithian trying to get reception—Strike had never taken the time to consider, although Polworth, a man of many pithy theories, took the view that such women (‘nervy, overbred') were subconsciously looking for what he called ‘carthorse blood'.‘—and she says he won't let them sell. There was bad blood between Fancourt and Quine.'Strike would have advised any friend to leave and not look back, but he had come to see her like a virus in his blood that he doubted he would ever eradicate‘So much for love being a mirage and a chimera,' sighed Mrs Ellacott as she tossed down her pen. ‘This is no good. I wanted blood and guts, Michael. Blood and guts.'Career of EvilThe word “Blood” appears 115 times.He had not managed to scrub off all her blood. A dark line like a parenthesis lay under the middle fingernail of his left hand.He was good at reading people. He had read and charmed the girl who had died yesterday among the blood-soaked peach towels.“He doesn't like talking about personal stuff. Blood out of a stone.”On a high metal table sat a pillow in a plastic evidence bag; it was covered in dark brown bloodstains. A cardboard box next to it contained bottles of spirits. Where there was bloodshed, there was always alcohol.Strike remembered the wide patch of blood on the sheets, the excoriated skin on her wrist where Rhona had tried to free herself.Nevertheless, those long hours of driving through the darkness when he had known an encounter with the police might be fatal, when he had feared a request to turn out his pockets or a shrewd-eyed passenger noticing dried blood on him had taught him a powerful lesson.He was wearing a yellow T-shirt and on his right forearm was the rose tattoo, which had undergone a modification: a dagger now ran through it, and drops of blood fell out of the flower towards the wrist.If they'd been five minutes later she'd've been a goner. It took two blood transfusions to keep her alive.Lethal WhiteThe word “Blood” appears 143 times.He had been left with a deep dislike of being driven by anybody else and, to this day, with dreams of blood and agony that sometimes woke him, bathed in sweat.She could imagine Raphael bloody at the steering wheel, and the broken figure of the young mother on the road, and the police cars and the incident tape and the gawpers in passing cars.“Last night, when he was stoned. He said he knew a government minister who had blood on his hands.”“Would you mind waiting outside the curtain? We need to take bloods, change his drips and his catheter.”Strike could taste blood, but, from what he could see, the splintered and torn remnants of Jimmy's placard had been scattered by the mêlée.There was a piece of thick cream writing paper headed with a red Tudor rose, like a drop of blood, and the printed address of the house in which Robin stood.The old knife wound on her arm had been gaping open and it was the trail of her spurting blood that her pursuers were following, and she knew she would never make it to the place where Strike was waiting for the bag of bugs . . .‘She come into the yard, seen what had happened, ran towards Mr Chiswell, grabbed the hammer and just swung for him. Blood everywhere. It was horrible,'Troubled BloodThe word “Blood” appears 171 times.“Yeah, well, blood and soil's never been my—”She'd heard stories that Ilsa gave titles like cheap thrillers: the Night of the Bread Knife, the Incident of the Black Lace Dress and the Blood-Stained Note.She believed, I think, like Suhrawardy, that ‘bloodshed and disorder are not necessarily evil in themselves, if resorted to for a noble cause.'”And even in the seventies, before DNA testing, the police did pretty well with fingerprints, blood groups and so forth.“Anyway, one of the things she told Lawson was that she'd sponged blood off the spare-room carpet the day Margot disappeared.“According to Roy, the age difference and the blood relationship ought to have constituted a total prohibition on the relationship in the minds of all decent people. But as we know, he managed to overcome those qualms seven years later.In the second week of November, Joan's chemotherapy caused her white blood cell count to plummet dangerously, and she was admitted to hospital.She'd only once in her life had to face the possibility that she might be pregnant, and could still remember the relief that had flooded her when it became clear that she wasn't, and wouldn't have to face still more contact with strangers, and another intimate procedure, more blood, more pain.“But there was something bloodless about the man. Not wet exactly, but—” Oonagh gave a sudden laugh. “‘Bloodless'—you'll know about his bleeding problem?”The demon he “saw” was carrying a cup of blood and a sword.‘She – never seemed – to remember – that I couldn't – protect her – couldn't – do anything – if somebody tried – to hurt – because I'm a useless – bleeder … useless … bloody … bleeder … 'A few pages inside was a brown smear. Strike halted the cascade of pages to examine it more closely. It was, he suspected, dried blood, and had been wiped across a few lines of writing.This I will say more, to wit, that those who walk in their sleep, do, by no other guide than the spirit of the blood, that is, of the outward man, walk up and down, perform business, climb walls and manage things that are otherwise impossible to those that are awake.She'd taken the full force of Strike's elbow between her eyebrows, and she realised her nose was bleeding only when she accidentally sprayed blood onto the kind American's white shirt front.‘It – was – a – f*****g – joke,' said Morris, examining the blood smeared on his hands. ‘I only meant to make you jump – f**k's sake—'The Ink Black HeartThe word “Blood” appears 214 times.There was bad blood between Strike and Mitch Patterson, the boss of the agency in question, which dated back to the time Patterson had put Strike himself under surveillance.‘Thanks – I ripped off a nail opening the last one. Yeah, so she was banging on about blood diamonds, and I…'Having explained the Christian symbolism of the pelican, which was feeding her chicks with her own blood, Groomer wondered aloud whether Legs was ready for a coffee‘Second letter of the alphabet, eighth letter: BH. Stands for blood and honour. Blood and Honour are a neo-Nazi skinhead group.'Might still be a bit of Edie's blood on the grass. You could frame it. Sell it on eBay.Vilepechora: I fkn love a redhead. Proper Viking bloodStrike parked, then used the old man's handkerchief and his own saliva to remove from his face all traces of blood, of which there was a surprising amount.Red Soles lay where he'd been deposited on the platform, blood trickling from his inner ear.They fort there was a vampire in the real cemetery, in the seventies. Edie fort it was corny, 'avin' a vampire, but I drew 'im so she could see what I was finking. I wanted 'im to be inept, like, tryna kill tourists but never gettin' enough blood to live on, so 'e was, like, weak an' feeble…'‘Julius Evola. Far-right philosopher. Ludicrous racial theories. A rather determinedly eccentric classmate of mine at Radley was partial to him. Used to carry The Myth of the Blood around and read it ostentatiously at meal times.It was impossible to know whether Ross had turned pale, because the man had always looked as though antifreeze ran in his veins rather than blood, but he'd certainly become unnaturally still.Robin stamped hard on his bare foot before both slipped in another puddle of Inigo's blood.As the door shuddered, Robin saw, by the dim glow from a skylight, Katya slumped on the floor beside the bath, blood all over the hands she was pressing against her stomach.The Running GraveThe word “Blood” appears 194 times.It's important to say that my mother – I was raised to call her Louise, because the UHC forbids naming blood relationships – isn't stupid.It'll have been used for chopping wood, but Oisin was convinced it had blood on it. We couldn't get it out, though. We couldn't reach.I don't know what's normal for a birth but she seemed to lose a huge amount of blood. I was present when the baby was actually born because one of the birthing team couldn't cope any more and I volunteered to take her place.Strike's imagination insisted on showing him a vivid picture of Charlotte submerged in her own blood, her black hair floating on the clotted surface.There was a puddle of blood seeping from under one of the toilet cubicle doors. She could see Lin's bloodstained legs, which weren't moving.They committed nine murders in all, one of them of a pregnant actress, and those young women were right in the thick of the action, ignoring the victims' pleas for mercy, dipping their fingers in the victims' blood to scrawl – Jesus,' said Strike, with a startled laugh, as he remembered a detail he'd forgotten, ‘they wrote “pigs” on the wall as well. In blood.'The Hallmarked ManThe word “Blood” appears 246 times.Some might have considered her flat tone insensitive, given Charlotte's recent death in a blood-filled bathtub, but as Strike was more than happy to dispense with prurient questions or faux sympathyThe body was blood group A positive – that's the same.‘The splash patterns from the blood were un-fakeable, according to forensics. There was also a partial footprint that had clearly been made while the blood was still liquid.'The back wall broke the monotony of the sea of silver, because it displayed many antique aprons and sashes embroidered in gold, and Robin's eye lingered on an apron embroidered with a bloody severed head, held up by a single hand.‘Yeah, somefing like… an' 'e dropped 'is doob tube, remember, Daz? An' 'e told you it was a f****n' blood sample, like you was gonna nick it off 'im.'Previously a Conservative MP, he now headed various charitable and political organisations and committees, was ever-ready with a quote for the papers, sprinkled his conversation with Latin tags and capitalised to the full on the English public's weakness for a toff who seemed ready to laugh at himself, having a fondness for appearing on political quiz shows, where he played to the hilt the part of genial, bumbling blue-blood.Blood must've started pooling in the lower part of the body before they started to mutilate it. Maybe that was deliberate. Maybe they didn't want blood seeping out under the vault door.'As Strike watched, life and blood started to drain from the brindle, its legs twitching ever more feebly as blood flooded from its jugular.Robin took the turn into the road at speed, then looked sideways at Strike, one of whose hands was pressed to his inner thigh, blood seeping through his fingers.The bodies of Jim Todd and a woman Strike assumed to be his mother, Nancy, were lying on the dirty carpet in a foul miasma encouraged by the gas fire that continued to blaze. Todd, who was fully dressed, had been stabbed multiple times. His now black blood had soaked his shirt and the floor beneath himBlood now gushing from his head wound, Strike succeeded in grabbing the wrist of Griffiths' knife-holding hand, then slammed it down on the rough concrete floor,He could feel a weird coldness, as though flesh that had never been exposed to fresh air was meeting it for the first time, and this contrasted unpleasantly with the continuing flow of warm blood.Possibly combining heavy blood loss and neat whisky hadn't been the very best idea, Strike was prepared to concede that now, but he had to keep talking, because he wanted the man to know he knew.The IckabogThe word “Blood” appears 11 times.‘If Beamish was half-eaten, why wasn't there more blood?' asked the second.soldiers who'd been sent back to the marsh to find out what happened to Private Nobby Buttons had discovered nothing but his bloodstained shoes, a single horseshoe, and a few well-gnawed bones.Finally, the same man cut off the head of one of the hens and made sure plenty of blood and feathers was spread around, before breaking down the side of the coop to allow the rest of the chickens to escape.In hundreds, Ickabogs were slain, Our blood poured on the land like rain, Our ancestors like trees were felled And still men came to fight us.The Christmas PigThe word “Blood” appears 2 times.They all seemed to be bits of humans. Some were mouths: one was loudly chewing gum and others smoking stinking cigarettes, which made the glowing red dots and the nasty smell. There were noses, ears, a single finger, its nail chewed to a bloody stub, several oozing spots which were so disgusting Jack could barely look at them, and a couple of fists, which were pounding the ground in a menacing fashion as though they couldn't wait to start hitting someone.The Cursed ChildThe word “Blood” appears 22 times.ALBUS (with power and strength) No, you need to listen to me, you said it yourself – how much blood is on my father's hands. Let me help you change that. Let me help correct one of his mistakes. Trust me.POLLY CHAPMAN The Blood Ball of course – who you – the Scorpion King, are taking to the Blood Ball.POLLY CHAPMAN Mudbloods of course. In the dungeons. Your idea, wasn't it? What's going on with you? Oh Potter, I've got blood on my shoes again . . .DRACO We were capable of having children, but Astoria was frail. A blood malediction, a serious one. An ancestor was cursed . . . it showed up in her. You know how these things can resurface after generations . . .Fantastic Beasts (Screenplay)The word “Blood” appears 2 times.Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of GrindelwaldThe word “Blood” appears 20 times.A baby Chupacabra—part lizard, part homunculus, a blood-sucking creature of the Americas—is chained to GRINDELWALD'S chair.SKENDER Once trapped in the jungles of Indonesia, she is the carrier of a blood curse. Such Underbeings are destined, through the course of their lives, to turn permanently into beasts.We see TEENAGE DUMBLEDORE and TEENAGE GRINDELWALD facing each other in a barn. Both score their palms with their wands. Now bleeding, they interlace their hands . . .DUMBLEDORE turns his head away, fighting the impulse to cover the glass again. Bracing himself, he looks up.From their bloody palms rise two glowing drops of blood, which mingle and merge to create one. A metal shape begins to form around the droplet, becoming more defined and intricate. It is GRINDELWALD'S vial.NEWT It's a blood pact, isn't it? You swore not to fight each other.Fantastic Beasts and the Secrets of DumbledoreDumbledore stares at him, then slowly brings a hand into view and reveals: the BLOOD TROTH. As he cradles it, its chain slowly slithers between Dumbledore's fingers, as if alive.Theseus nods, eyeing the troth, watching as the DROPLETS OF BLOOD circle one another like weights in a clock.The blood troth flashes red and flies free, caroming off the floor and to the wall. As he draws his wand, taking aim, the troth's chain, still tethered to his arm, constricts, burrowing deep into his flesh.CREDENCE I'm a Dumbledore. You abandoned me. The same blood that runs my veins runs yours. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/subscribe

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