Podcasts about United Nations

In our news wrap Wednesday, the secretary general of the United Nations sounded a dire warning about Afghanistan. The Federal Reserve is ready to ratchet up interest rates in a bid to beat back inflation. The city of San Jose, California, has adopted the nation's first law to make gun owners carry liability insurance. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

People across Europe, Israel and the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday to commemorate the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany. The day was created in 2005 by the United Nations to sustain public awareness, which studies show has rapidly declined in recent years. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro shows one creative attempt to educate younger generations. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Bonus Interview: Nikki Haley, Former Governor of South Carolina, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

"Ungleichheiten in und zwischen Ländern verringern" - das ist das Ziel des 10. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Weniger Ungleichheiten. Was genau soll mit SDG 10 erreicht werden? - Das Einkommens­wachs­tum der ärmsten 40 Prozent soll bis 2030 je­weils über dem nationalen Durch­schnitt liegen. - Alle Menschen sollen – unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht, sexueller Orien­tie­rung, Be­hinde­rung, Ethnizität, Religion, Her­kunft oder so­zia­lem und wirt­schaftl­ichem Status – gleiche Mög­lich­keiten haben. - Abschaffung diskriminierender Ge­setze und Po­li­tik­maß­nahmen. - Ungleichheiten noch wirksamer durch armuts­orien­tierte Sozial­politik, Lohn- und Fis­kal­po­li­tik re­du­zieren. - Mehr Mitsprache von Ent­wick­lungs­ländern in inter­nationalen Finanz- und Wirt­schafts­organisationen. - Geordnete, sichere, verantwortungsvolle und reguläre Migration und Mobilität. Purpose Projects wie Color Of Change, Koa Impact oder The Human Library setzen sich dafür ein, weltweit für weniger Ungleichheiten zu sorgen.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, joins Jonathan Capehart for a discussion about forestalling conflicts abroad, particularly as Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border. (This conversation was recorded for Washington Post Live on Jan. 18, 2022.)

The United Nations socialistic global governing online college, the location of the Third Temple, does the earth only has nine years left as… some are claiming, Interfaithism—gathering all religions for a world religion, Stakeholder Capitalism—the road to socialism. The increase of Anti-Semitism and continuing efforts towards Israeli/Palestinian peace. And China, Russia and Iran joint naval drills and more. All prophetic and all in the headlines today…Which is why we will analyze these events on this open-line edition of End of the Age!

  When Zakiyah Johnson learned there was a summer social media internship at the Community Enrichment Project, she poured her heart into her application and made the position her first choice. She says she is a different person now because of the experience, not only because CEP gives young people a seat at the table where vital issues are discussed, from civic engagement to racial justice and police violence, but because their ideas are heard and acted on. Now in college, Zakiyah uses her talents in filmmaking and social media to advocate for her community, Washington DC's Ward 7 and 8 youth. And when COVID19 made in-person convenings impossible, CEP pivoted,  hosting International Youth Dialogues, which connected young activists around the world to address United Nations sustainable development goals. All of this was made possible by Lauren Grimes, a true visionary who founded the CEP to celebrate a culturally rich, historically relevant but politically disenfranchised part of our nation's capital. CEP's podcast, Youth Voices Amplified is a stunning example of what can happen when young people lead courageous conversations at a time of both turmoil and possibility.            

#34: Step into the game with the MA girls and repeat guest, Elana Freeland, to discover the captivating topics covered in the latest book of her trilogy, “Geoengineered Transhumanism: How the Environment Has Been Weaponized by Chemicals, Electromagnetism, & Nanotechnology for Synthetic Biology.” Elana is a writer, ghostwriter, lecturer, storyteller, and teacher who researches and writes on Deep State issues, including the stories of survivors of MK-ULTRA, ritual abuse, and invasive electromagnetic weapons. She is now perhaps best known for her earlier books, “Chemtrails, HAARP, and the Full Spectrum Dominance of Planet Earth” and the sequel, “Under An Ionized Sky: From Chemtrails to Space Fence Lockdown.”Some topics discussed include: Geoengineering, chemtrails, HAARP, morgellons, genetically engineered biology, synthetic biology, gain of function, military industrial complex, nanotechnology, nanobots, mind control, MK-ULTRA, remote control, full spectrum dominance, tracking, tracing, surveillance, evoked potentials/signatures, Secret Space Program, space fence, United Nations, sustainable development goals under Agenda 2030, transhumanism, human 1.0/human 2.0, Rudolf Steiner, digital twins, metaverse, wetwear, implanted thoughts, EMFs, CERN, spiritual implications, smart cities, smart hospitals, synthetic food, reduction in attention spans, graphene oxide, neural lace, EMF and nanotech mitigation strategies, detoxing, and so much more. This episode is brought to you by Blushield– USE CODE MATRIX for 10% OFF. This episode is brought to you by Berkey Water Filters. Use our LINK for 15% off This episode is brought to you by Primal Alchemy - USE CODE "MATRIX10" FOR 10% OFF You can find Elana's Website HEREYou can connect with Elana on FaceBook HERE You can connect with Elana on gab.com HERE CHECK OUT OUR MERCH AND WEBSITE HEREThank you for stepping into the game with us!To Connect with Us on Instagram click HERETo Connect with Us on Twitter click HERETo Connect with VLOW click HERETo Connect with Nicole click HERELINKTREESPOTIFY PLAYLIST

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's packed episode. The intensified situation on the border between Ukraine and Russia has Israeli officials updating plans for the possible evacuation of potentially some 75,000 Jews. Who is working on that? Last week, the United Nations unanimously adopted an Israeli-led resolution against Holocaust denial. How did serial Holocaust-denier Iran try to play a role here? Also late last week, Israel finally signed the controversial deal to purchase three submarines from Germany. Yesterday, the cabinet voted to create a state commission of inquiry into submarine and naval vessel purchases that occurred under former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Schneider takes a deep dive into the issue. Aside from political aftershocks, Israel felt two earthquakes within 24 hours this week. Is the country prepared for the big one? And finally, Berman sheds light on how Israel's relationship with the European Union may or may not shift with France at the helm. Discussed articles include: Israel said preparing for potential need to evacuate Ukrainian Jews in case of war UN General Assembly adopts Israeli resolution aimed at combating Holocaust denial Israel signs scandal-ridden €3 billion deal with Germany to buy new submarines Cabinet votes to establish state inquiry into submarine affair 2nd minor earthquake within hours rattles northern Israel; some buildings evacuated Israel-Europe ties may not get much warmer with Macron as president of EU Council Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Illustrative: Ivan Perchek dresses in a traditional bear costume ahead of the Malanka festival in the village of Krasnoilsk, Ukraine, January 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 3 - Odysseus And The Cyclops Don't See Eye To Eye!   I'm Christy Shriver, and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.      And I'm Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode covering Homer's Odyssey, and Christy, are we finally getting to Odysseus this week?     Yes- We finally meet our title character- it was an odyssey. Pun pun-     Oh my- here we go….    I know, and we get to see wordplay this week as well- although word play through translation is not exactly the same but the Greeks did a lot of it, and not just in the Odyssey, so it's nice to get just a little taste.    How interesting.    I know, it really is.  Homer, even though writing in verse that has meter, does not rhyme, but he does use word play- which may or may not be called a pun- but it does play around with the meaning and sounds of different words.      In episode 1 we discussed a lot of the historical context both of the period in which the story is set, but also of the mysterious writer, the supposed blind bard, we have always called Homer.   I did notice we do finally get to mee the blind bard of the Odyssey, the one the ancients think might be based on our poet, but I'm not sure I would have even paid much attention to that character if we hadn't talked about Demodocus being the model for Homer, previously.      No, I agree.  I wouldn't have either.  It's kind of an interesting literary concept, at one point there is a bard telling a story about a bard telling a story and then there's the story- so a story within a story within a story- talk about complicated.      Yeah- let's just move on.  In episode 2, we discussed Telemachus and his coming of age story that we call the Telemachy- or books 1-4.  In that portion of the story, we learned that swarms of suitors have overrun the family home back in Ithaca while Odysseus is away.  Telemachus' mother, Odysseus's wife, Penelope is being pressured to pick one of these suitors to be her husband, an act which would give the selected suitor a claim to be king or chieftain of Ithaca, perhaps even a contested heir to her fortune, leaving Telemachus' life in extreme danger.  We saw that Penelope tricked the suitors by claiming she would marry one of them after she weaved a funeral shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes.  During the day she would weave, but at night she would unravel her work.  For three years this worked until one of her ladies' maids gave her up.  It is at this point that we enter the story of Telemachus.  Athena visits him, first in the shape of an old friend of Odyssseus', Mentes,  but then into another man named Mentor.  She encourages Telemachus to take charge of his own future- to go out in the world and try to find out what has happened to his father by visiting his father's old war buddies.  Telemachus listens to Athena and visits two places: Pylos and Sparta.  Here he learns very little, honestly, about what happened to his father, but what we do see is Telemachus coming into his own.  We see his confidence and sense of self develop to the point that he seems quite a different person as he journeys back home ready to confront the very dangerous challenge of taking control over his own home or really retaking a kingdom that has been taken away from him.    Yes- and today we will see where Odysseus has been this whole time.  The goal today is to get through book 9, maybe start book ten, which is kind of a chronological boomerang really.  We start book 5 twenty years after Odysseus has left home.  Calypso is forced to release him which she does.   Poseidon is outraged and reacts.  Garry let's read Poseidon's response.    “I'll give that man his swamping fill of trouble!” With that he rammed the clouds together- both hands clutching his trident- churned the waves into chaos, whipping all the gales from every quarter, shrouding over in thunderheads the earth and sea at once- and night swept down from the sky- East and South Winds clashed and the raging West and North, spring from the heavens, roiled heaving breakers up- and Odysseus' knees quaked, his spirit too; numb with fear he spoke to his own great heart: “Wretched man- what becomes of me now, at last?     And of course the answer is- you're not to die yet.  The gods will see to it.   He is shipwrecked and then found naked on the beach by Nausicaa, the daughter of King Alcinous ruler of the incredibly gracious and skilled Phaeacian's.    And of course, it is through these people, we see an incredible example of what the Greeks call Xenia and basically how Homer defines what it means in this world to be a good person. In the Homeric world, or perhaps the ancient Greek world, if we can generalize, what makes a person good or bad is not the same as we think of today. So, Garry, just to get us started, as a concept, what is Xenia.    Well, it's a concept of hospitality that is an extremely complex and developed social  institution in the ancient Greek world.  If we break the word down- the word xenos- that word means both guest-friend or guest-stranger.  If you think of the word xenophobia- it means you have fear or hatred of strangers.  So xenia is how you receive or treat strangers in your community, your oikos, your household.   Well executed xenia solidified relationships between peoples; it created alliances, and could often be the difference between life and death.  It was also religious- one of Zeus' names is Zeus Xenios because he was the god that embodied a moral obligation to be hospitable to foreigners or strangers.       And it's that moral element that is so central to so much of what we should understand about why things happen the way they do in the Homeric world.  In Homer's world, hospitality drives morality.  It is in the hosting, receiving, gift-giving and relationship building that is pushing forward the movement in the world.  It's what gets you in favor or in trouble with the gods.  If you are a good host and/or good guest, you are a good person.  If you are a bad host/ bad guest, you are a bad person.  To me it really seems to be that simple.  The moral code that determines your place is life is not based on the ten commandments or something like that- it is not based on lying, or stealing or even murdering- things that we use to define morality. If you think about it, all three of those things Odysseus does all the time and is even admired for how well he does them.  The gods are proud that he is cunning.  He brags about sacking villages.  The climax of the book involves broadscale murder (there's a slight spoiler, if you are 3000 years behind the times and don't know the ending).  There is definitely no morality around sex at all.  The definition of who you are as a person is very dependent on something else and that something else is what the ancient's called xenia- this concept of being a good host and being a good guest.  Garry, from our standpoint today, that seems weird.  We don't value hospitality in this way at all, and on the other side, we look poorly on people who are pirates, liars, thieves, or adulterers.     True- and it is a very interesting way of thinking about things- and something we should think about.  Of course, obviously and I know you weren't being exclusionary, but there are other values emphasized in Homer's epics- respect for the gods, being a wise and moderate person, not to mention, you are supposed to avenge the death of family members, that is also part of the moral code, but your point cannot be overstated more- the importance of hospitality is essential to success in life, and there are very good and obviously practical reasons for this.      Just to clarify what we're talking about- even before we get to book five, we've seen examples of this in every chapter of the epic already.  Telemachus was a good host to Mentes. Nestor and Menelaus were amazing hosts to Telemachus ,and now Alcinious is even more gracious then the other two and in fact brings Odysseus home, even though it will cost him dearly, as we'll see at the end.      True, but the concept of Xenia is not just inherent in Greek culture.  It was important in other cultures in other parts of the ancient world as well.  If you want an example that you might be familiar with from this time period and if you familiar with Biblical text we see similar things in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Abraham is very concerned about being a good host as well as a good guest and we see various interactions of him being a guest when he wanders around Canaan.  And just as the gods in the Odyssey punish and murder those who do not respect the rules of hospitality, there is a perspective to suggest that the Hebrew God of the Bible also punishes those who do not respect the rules of hospitality- just look at Sodom and Gomorrah and how the destruction of that town is set up by the abuse of guests in the community.  How you receive strangers very much defines your humanity in many cultures and has for a long time.  This idea of morality being connected to hospitality is very ancient and deeply embedded in various ancient cultures.      Well, in the Odyssey there are at least 12 hospitality scenes of all kinds. We see examples of bad hospitality as well as examples of good hospitality- In book five, we see both juxtaposed against each other almost back to back.  In Polyphemus the Cyclopes- we see almost a perfect example of a bad host.   But he isn't the first character in the book to violate the rules of Xenia- for that we don't need to look further than book one and the suitors.  Those guys are clearly terrible guests, terrible humans and we don't feel a bit sorry for them when they get what's coming in the end.  But before we get t here, let's start with the concept of xenia itself.  What is this idea of being a host which is so central to the story?  How should we understand it in terms of culture so we can then extrapolate cross-culturally?  Why is hospitality important to the degree that it is a motif in almost every book of this epic.  In fact, it's a type scene.     A type-scene.  That's a new term.  Christy, what's a type scene?    A type scene is a scene that you see over and over again.  It's kind of like a pattern.  But you become familiar with it to the point that you can recognize differences in how different people practice the same pattern or the same type, so to speak. For example, in the Iliad, how a person puts on his armour is a type scene- it happens over and over and you can see the pattern with the differences.  Holding sacrifices is another type-scene- it happens all the time.  There are many kinds of type-scenes at the disposal of the bard, he uses them to set up the story. We don't have time to feature all of them, obviously, but I want to talk about hospitality because it's so relevant to what the Odyssey is all about, in my view.   Like I said before, in the Odyssey there are at least 12 hospitality scenes.  So, that's a lot of emphasis- it sets off the plot in chapter 1, it creates complications throughout, and in some ways how we can watch Odysseus evolve as a character.  We watch him develop as we watch him reveal who his is in these various interactions with his different hosts.  So back to this idea of gift-giving and hospitality.  What are your thoughts- just in general?    Well, first of all, let's recognize that we are in an ancient world consisting of mostly isolated islands.  There are no hotels, no restaurants, and not even any money.  The Chinese are given credit in being the first to come up with money, but that wasn't until around 770 BCE.  So, just in that regard, you can see how important relationships would be just on a survival level.  Bartering, obviously did exist. But, in general, if a person is going to travel, he will have to rely on mercy from other people to survive, and of course that's how ancient societies worked.  Again, a parallel example of ancient text would be the stories of the Old Testament in the Bible, if you recall.  People went into the lands of others and threw themselves at the mercies of those rulers.  So in some sense, the idea of emphasizing hospitality on a macro-scale makes sense- I'll host you if you'll host me.  But that doesn't answer the second question, why all these gifts?  You would think that the one giving the gift would be the one being hosted.  He/or she after all is the one being fed, being clothed.  You would also think that if you were a rat of a human, and so many of us are rats, you could just go around and exploit person after person.  And notice, and you can see this through the many scenes of hospitality, you are supposed to feed and bathe a guest BEFORE you even ask their name or their business.  THAT was the ethics of the tradition.  So, the question, is why give gifts?      Well, of course, I don't know, but the obvious first pass guess, again, maybe is the idea of reciprocity.  I am going to host you today knowing that one day that balance of power may shift and I may need your hospitality.  I'll give you a good gift, so that one day you will give me a good gift- that sort of thing.  Except, as I say that out loud, it does fail the say out loud test.  After going through the Christmas season, if you are a person who practices gift-giving, you know there are always those people that shaft you.  How many of us have been in situations where we drew names, and you're supposed to buy a gift for the person that you get their name and spend a certain dollar amount.  Well, we all know that person or persons who will shaft whoever they draw.  They will justify it by saying to themselves, “Well, the original price was the money limit, I just got it on sale and they'll never know.”- which of course is bogus because we always know.   But sometimes people don't bother even doing that.  They may just shaft you because there is nothing anyone is going to do about it at a holiday party.  That sort of thing.  I can't imagine the Greeks not having those schumcks- well, we know they have those schmucks- they've moved into Penelope's house in book one.  So, I guess I'll ask you- why give gifts?  I can see how it would make a society a better and kinder place, but I can't see how and why it works.  It seems to go against human nature.    True- Of course the first reason is it makes you a good person and it pleases the gods- and we want to be good people and we all want to please the gods.  We just do.  Even those of us who unfortunately find ourselves incarcerated for terrible things we've done to other people, will likely NOT EVER want to give up the idea that we are good people.  We want others to see that in us, and we want the gods to see that in us.  And of course, we see that idea here- the gods will reward generosity and hospitality.      Which brings us to Alcinous' daughter- she truly is depicted at being a wonderful human being.  She's brave and she's generous.  Let's read where Odysseus approaches her and begs for mercy.    Page 174    But of course, as we can clearly see here.  Naussicaa, the princess, is an exceptional person.  Not very many of us are as wonderful as this girl, so I don't think reciprocity fully explains the concept of gift giving.  Of course, I don't know for sure, but one perspective  to consider here is in watching the balance of power.  Remember, primitive societies didn't have InterPol, or the United Nations, or anything like that, but that doesn't mean they didn't still have complex systems of interacting. When you show up on someone's shore, the smart thing for the person on the shore to do is to kill you at the get go- and in fact, that's what happened a lot.   Man, after all is a warring being, and societies historically war. And that is where I see the value of gifts.  The currency of today and the currency of the ancient world in one sense is the same- fame, reputation, power, glory, status- isn't that what people buy with their money- a higher place on the hierarchy?   Today, we literally BUY it with money.  We can and do buy VIP seating, VIP lounges, private planes, exclusive clubs, name brands and for what?  These things showcase that we are more important than other people- our social rank- no matter how egalitarian we claim to be.  In the ancient world just as today, greatness is defined by reputation, fame, glory- and how that happens is by giving and getting.  It's builds reputation.  If we look at what actually happens in this particular story what I notice is that for one- These tokens matter economically.  And this particular family, which is described as being a cunning family, are good at amassing wealthy by being recipients of great gifts.  We certainly see it in Odysseus.  But we also see it in Telemachus who actually negotiates his gifts, but and even Penelope is very smart in collecting gifts and building her own wealth.   But let's look at it from the other side of things.  What the giver gets in exchange is also of great value.  The giver of each gift is sending with the recipient a signal to everyone who sees the gift a message of his great reputation.  Everyone is reminded that King Menelaus is great every time he sees an artifact that came from his kingdom.  Everyone is reminded not to mess with a man as grand as can afford to give away something as great as this gifr or that gift.  But the giver is also building personal indebtedness that can extend multi-generationally.  We saw that when Telemachus visited his fathers' friends.  This networking extends reputation and gift exchange is also a tool with  which hierarchy is established.      Well, in the case of King Alcinous, he had a tremendous reputation for greatness and was, and I quote, “obeyed like a god”.   We could talk quite a bit about this banquet  King Alcinous and Queen Arete threw in honor of their guest:  the recognition scene, the games, etc.  but I want to jump ahead to the cyclopes- which is just fun to read.  And of course, it brings up one of the reasons why this book is so popular.  It's readable at every level.  We can read it for some psychological or anthropological understanding of humanity, but it's also just as fun and worthy to read the gory description of a dude poking out another dude's only eye.  So, jumping straight to book 9, the bard, in book eight, has been telling Odysseus' story but now Alcinous is making Odysseus tell his own story and finally Odysseus confesses his identity.      I am Odysseus, son of Laertes, known to the world for every kind of craft- my fame has reached the skies.  Sunny Ithaca is my home.  Atop her stands our seamark, Mount Neriton's leafy ridges shimmering in the wind.      And on he goes describing his homeland.  The first story he tells is about him sacking and plundering Cicones- sacking the city, killing the men.  By our standards, its sheer pirating, but it's not a shameful story in this context.  The shame came at the end when his stupid men got drunk and allowed the Cicones to get them back.  He says “out of each ship, six men-at-arms were killed.”  So, there's the example of how a lot of these interactions between peoples go- people warring against invaders.  But after the Cicones, he gets to the Lotus eaters.    The Lotus eaters' story is famous too, and I love how the Percy Jackson movie portrayed the Lotus eaters as being a casino in Las Vegas, and the men just kind of losing track of time as so many have in those corridors that connect the Pallazzo to the Venetian or Bally's to Paris.      I agree- Las Vegas is perfect.  The passage about the lotus eaters is a short passage especially for how well known it is, let's remember those famous Lotus Eaters.    Page 214    You know, I've heard this passage described as people high on drugs, but we may be too quick to go the route of mental incapacity.  When the men go back to their boat, they are aware that they are being forced to leave, and they even cry about it.  It's not their perceptions that are impaired; it's their will that's impaired.  The bedazzling experience of the present has totally obliterated any sense of time as well as any concern about other experiences in the future.  It's a metaphor for a lot of things beyond drugs that have this effect- although drugs definitely unfortunately do this in the extreme.      Ha!  I would say so- can we say tik tok!!  You know, our good friend, Cristiana, the other day got on tiktok, and let me say she's my age, so we're not talking about a child.  Anyway, her complaint about it was that she spent an hour drifting through video after video.  She was entertained for sure, but after an hour she looked up and realized could not tell you one thing that she had seen.  The videos were too short to even stick in her short term memory.  She was annoyed because she couldn't account for the time- she remarked that she literally had nothing to show for it- it went the way of the lotus eaters.    Ha!  So true- I guess Instagram and Facebook aren't much better,  but let me ask you this- is that an example of good xenia or bad xenia?     HA!  Well, I think of it as just a little sidebar until we get to the big xenia story-  the story of the Cyclopes-     A couple of things to notice as we compare the story of Polyphemus as host to the story about King Alcinous and Queen Arete and their reception of Odysseus.  With the Phaeacians, we see a positive example of what it means to be a good person.  We see a great and confident leader who has built a good community.  Homer is going to juxtapose that with this community that does not work well.  We are going to see what it means to be bad- a bad person, a bad leader and live in a bad society.  Remember when I said that a type-scene is a scene where you recognize a pattern.  Well, the pattern to receive a guest has been established a bunch of times already starting in book one now through book 8.  And Polyphemus does everything absolutely wrong.  He's the very opposite of a good person, and the Cyclopes society is the opposite of a good society.  Besides the hospitality type-scene- we also have an assembly which is another type-scene.  We've had a bunch of assemblies already as well- remember when Telemachus called an assembly, they met and passed around the scepter and all that, well Polyphemus is going to try to call an assembly, but it doesn't go well either because nothing these barbaric people do is worth anything.  They are awful in all ways.    So, in a traditional hospitality scene- you're supposed approach the visitor, welcome the visitor, seat and feed the visitor, offer the visitor a drink, then ask the visitor's name, exchange information, entertain the visitor, allow the visitor to bath, then sleep, try to detain the visitor give the visitor a gift, make a sacrifice  to the gods and finally escort him to the next destination.  That's exactly what we've already seen over and over again up to this point.  With that in mind, let's look at how Polyphemus treats civilized life.  First of all, Polyphemus isn't there at first, but when he gets there, before anything else, he asks them who they are.      Let's read it.     Page 219    Stop after other men then read his response    And of course they answer him, not by stating who they are but by saying who've they've been with and asking for a guest-guest.      Which  didn't go well.    No- let's read how it goes.     P 220      Instead of feeding the guests, he eats them.  It can't get worse than that, but there are more oppositions, instead of the host offering the guests wine, Odysseus offers Polyphemus wine.  And instead of Odysseus revealing his identity, he conceals it- He tells Polyphemus his name is Nobody or No man depending how your book translate it- And of course Polyphemus  likes the wine so much he decides to give Odysseus or Nobody a guest gift, but the gift is terrible.    Page 222    The scholars tell us that this scene actually has four examples of word play in the Greek, but the translation only comes across as one.  It's kind of fun that it works.  But it is this word play that has interested so many and sets the primary complication for the ten years of Odysseus' life.    Odysseus manages to get Polyphemus drunk and he and his crew stab him in the eye, very infeasibly with a piece of wood they made out of embers (don't try to explain that scientifically).  Let's read it.    Page 223    And of course, Odysseus gets away by being smart, patient, more cunning- the things that the gods reward.  Polyphemus is left to cry out to his father Poseidon- which of course in some ways is the correct idea, you are supposed to pray to the gods before your guests leave, but not like this.  And of course, finally Odyssey leaves not being escorted but by fleeing with his life as Polyphemus throws boulders at him.  Ironically, however,  Odysseus would have gotten away, and we wouldn't have had a story except for the lines that Odysseus blurts out once he's safely far enough away where he thinks he's escaped.    Page 227  .  He just can't be a nobody.  He had to tell him who he was.  He wanted him to know.  And isn't that what takes all of us on so many personal Odysseys.  We just can't be a nobody.  We would lose something in our humanity like that.  It's about identity.  That's what we're looking for in some sense.  It's what the whole of life experience is about in many ways.  Who are we?  We are NOT a nobody- at least we hope we're not- we hope to be a somebody to somebody.  How well Homer knows us.     Indeed.  It's an idea that we see Homer taking with us for the rest of the books.  Odysseus will reclaim his name.  He will define it. It's what defines your home- the place where you are somebody.  But another point to make, and I don't want to leave this discussion of uncivilized people without making mention of one other thing.  There is something very interesting to notice in Poseidon's prayer.  You know, if I had been blinded, and I had a magical father with powers, I might pray for my eyesight back.  That would be the most helpful thing moving forward, at least you'd think.  But that's not what Polyphemus does.  Let's read it.    Page 228    He'd rather have revenge than his own eyesight.      Indeed- it's fascinating to me- that when Homer wants to finish his description of what a pitiful example of a living breathing low-life is, what a totally uncivilized society looks like- he starts by saying it's a group of people who do no work, produce nothing, have no assemblies, do not live well in community, but he ends it with a prayer to seek vengeance in a final breath.      Ha!  I guess so. The worst of in us all played out- a bad person would rather hurt another person that move forward.   Well, off Odysseus goes.  He thinks he's caught a break at the beginning of book 10.  He reaches the home of the god Aeolus- a giant floating island.  And this god receives him well- another hospitality scene.  They go through all the things, and he gets a great parting gift.  He gives him a sack of wind.  Aeolus binds the winds from all the corners of the earth except the West Wind that blows Odysseus all the way to Ithaca.  For Nine days he sails non stop.  He can see men tending fires on the beaches of his hometown.  He's made it.  He can rest, but his men are greedy.  Right before they get there, while Odysseus is asleep, the shipmates open the bag wanting to sneak out treasure while Odysseus isn't watching.  When they open the bag all the winds come out at once, and they get blown all the way back to King Aeolus.  Oops.  Odysseus asks him to put the winds back in the bag.  This time, Aeolus says, sorry but no.  Instead this is what he said- let's read King Aeolus lines.    , “Away from my island- fast- most cursed man alive! It's a crime to host a man or speed him on his when the blessed deathless gods despise him so.  Crawling back like this-it proves the immortals hate you! Out- get out!'    And so off he goes- and I guess it's time for us to head out as well.  Next episode we'll pick up with Circe, and go through the rest of Odysseus' wanderings.  I also want to talk a little bit about the role of women in the books, as we'll meet a couple more.      Sounds good.  So, we'll call it a wrap for today.  Thanks for listening.  WE hope you're enjoying our discussions as we work our way through this influential classic.  As always, we hope you will honor us by sharing an episode with a friend either by text email or word of mouth.  Please leave us a five star rating on your podcast app and of course visit us at howtolovelitpodcast.com, where we have plenty of instructional materials if you are a teacher or student.  Also, follow us on any or all of our social media: Instagram, facebook, linked in, and if you'd like to receive our monthly newsletter, please email Christy at christy@howtolovelitpodcast.com.                       

John Bolton has had quite a few challenging jobs. Among them: presidential national security advisor, ambassador to the United Nations, and several senior positions in the State Department. He has an original and provocative new essay in National Review on the so-called “rules-based international order.” He discusses that and other current issues, crises, and conflicts with Reuel Marc Gerecht, a senior fellow at FDD, formerly a case officer at the CIA, and Foreign Podicy host Cliff May.

Scientists Are Working On A Universal COVID Vaccine As the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spike around the U.S., there are scientists working not on variant-specific boosters, but on a vaccine that might cover every possible strain, past and future. Called universal vaccines, they require a fundamentally different approach from a shot that would target Delta, Omicron, or any other variant. Instead, a universal vaccine would need to train the body to respond to something every variant has in common—or to fill in the blanks of any possible mutations. Vox senior science reporter Umair Irfan reports on the difficult path and ongoing work toward such a vaccine, and why the immune system's T cells and B cells, more than neutralizing antibodies, will dictate our long-term future with the virus. Plus how an undersea eruption near Tonga was one of the most documented volcanic explosions in history, new research assesses the vast toll of global antibiotic resistance, and more stories from the week.   New Research Links Epstein-Barr Virus to Multiple Sclerosis A group of scientists at Harvard University says they have made a major breakthrough in understanding multiple sclerosis. For years, they have been testing out a hypothesis that the Epstein-Barr virus causes multiple sclerosis, a chronic and incurable disease of the nervous system. (Epstein-Barr is the contagious virus responsible for mononucleosis.) Researchers analyzed a dataset of 10 million active-duty military members. They found that service members who contracted the Epstein-Barr virus were 32 times more likely to later be diagnosed with MS. The research was published in the journal Science. Ira is joined by Dr. Alberto Ascherio, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts, to discuss his team's research and its broader implications.   Saliva Sharing Might Help Kids Identify Their Closest Relationships How do little kids understand who has a close relationship with them? One of the clues they use to figure it out is by noticing who they're swapping saliva with. The closest bonds are with the people who are giving them kisses, sharing their forks, and wiping their drool. Those are the findings of a recent study published in the journal Science. Ira is joined by Ashley Thomas, the study's lead author and a post doctoral fellow in the brain and cognitive sciences department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   Big Agriculture Schools Face Increasing Donor Conflicts Of Interest A major donor to the University of Illinois wondered what the heck was up. Robb Fraley, a top Monsanto executive at the time, emailed the dean of the agriculture college in 2018 complaining about a professor saying publicly that one of his company's flagship products was causing widespread damage to crops. Monsanto was also a major donor. Fraley accused the professor of being “biased” and “prone to exaggeration.” U of I officials had spent years courting Fraley, and they had listened to him before when he'd complained about a lack of progress on an endowed chair he'd funded. But the 2018 episode highlights potentially thorny situations for public universities, which have cultivated powerful agricultural corporations as donors while public funding has stagnated. Dicamba posed a particularly critical issue to Fraley. After all, he was as responsible as anyone for leading modern agriculture into using lab-designed seeds that could withstand spraying from weedkillers. That Monsanto-branded Roundup Ready pairing of biotechnology with glyphosate herbicide revolutionized grain farming around the world. When glyphosate lost its punch — after weeds grew resistant to Roundup — Monsanto shifted to teaming different genetically modified seeds with the dicamba herbicide. But farmers who'd not adopted the new genetically engineered seeds started complaining about “dicamba drift” and of seeing their crops perish from the effects of the herbicide migrating to their fields. So when U of I weed scientist Aaron Hager spoke about a controversy as big as any in commercial agriculture in ways that didn't sit well with Fraley, the university benefactor let the school know about his displeasure. Read the rest at sciencefriday.com.   Growing Plants—And Providing Solar Energy Food is one of our most basic needs. As the population of the world grows, we're going to need to grow more of it within the same amount of space. The United Nations estimates the world's population will grow by 2 billion people between now and 2050. Access to fresh food is already a problem in many countries, and will likely get worse with more mouths to feed. This is where the concept of agrivoltaics could create a massive change. This farming setup mixes water, energy, and plant growth all in one space. Solar panels collect energy from the sun's rays; underneath those panels is where the plants grow. The setup takes less water than the traditional way of farming, all-in-all creating a more sustainable way to grow food and create energy. Joining Ira to talk about the promise of agrivoltaics is Dr. Chad Higgins, associate professor of biological and ecological engineering at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon.  

Shayla Price with Neil Patel tells you how to reinvent the customer experience to increase customer lifetime value Episode 478: How to Reinvent the Customer Experience to Increase Customer Lifetime Value by Shayla Price with NeilPatel Neil Patel is a New York Times Bestselling author. The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer on the web, Forbes says he is one of the top 10 marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies. He was recognized as a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 30 by President Obama and a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 35 by the United Nations. The original post can be found here: https://neilpatel.com/blog/reinvent-the-customer-experience/   Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalStartUpDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's interview, I had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Behson to where we discussed in-depth, how to create a WHOLE PERSON workplace. The title comes from his latest book, "A Whole Person Workplace." We discuss what it means to be connected with our employees, how to help add value, to see them beyond just employees, and truly be invested in one's employees. I know you will find value in this episode just like I did during the interview.   Who is Scott Behson? Scott Behson, PhD, is professor of management and Silberman Global Faculty Fellow at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a national expert in work and family issues and the author of The Working Dad's Survival Guide: How to Succeed at Work and at Home, the best-selling book of advice and encouragement for fathers trying to balance work and family, and We Hate Team Projects! A Friendly, Useful Guide for College Project Teams. He was a featured speaker at the United Nations' International Day of the Family and the White House's Summit for Working Families.   Dr. Behson is also an accomplished professional speaker and has published over 30 academic journal articles and book chapters, presented at more than 50 times national and international conferences, and won multiple awards for his teaching, research and service to students. He has written for Harvard Business Review, TIME, Fast Company, Success, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. He frequently appears in media, including CBS, MSNBC, NPR, Fox News and Bloomberg Radio.   How to Connect with Scott? Website: https://www.scottbehson.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkFamilySolutions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottBehson Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottBehson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbehson/   Purchase Scott's New Book: https://amzn.to/3qNQx2E -------------------------------------------- Connect with Dr. Vic... Website: www.EmpowerYourReality.com Facebook: www.Facebook.com/drvicmanzo Instagram: www.Instagram.com/drvicmanzo LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/drmanzo   Check out my books: https://amzn.to/3gzr9XT   About Dr. Vic... I'm Dr. Vic Manzo Jr., a Business Mindset Coach, Self-Mastery Expert, Influential Author, Inspirational Speaker, and the host and creator of The Mindful Experiment Podcast and The Mindful Chiropractor Podcast. I teach entrepreneurs and Chiropractors how to DOUBLE their profits while working less and leading a SOUL-FILLED Life... Check out my socials and if interesting in free 30-minute discovery call on what's possible, --->  www.CallWithDrVic.com

In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis wish listeners a HAPPY NEW YEAR with the unexpected history of RESOLUTIONS! Which is all about leafing through old notebooks, spiritual purity and self-improvement, and self-denial; sobriety, John Wesley and English Methodism; it's about power in Tudor England, paranoia, Victorian failure and medieval shoe throwing and jumping beans. It's also all about diplomacy, international agreements and the United Nations. Who knew! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“So what motivates you as a leader is important to know from the beginning.” -Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken    All physicians are leaders.   In today's episode, DocWorking Founder and CEO, Dr. Jen Barna talks about physician leadership with internationally recognized leadership expert Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken. In this conversation they discuss multiple different styles of leadership, including leader as learner, transactional, post heroic and more. Tosca points out the importance of knowing what motivates you as a physician leader. Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken has offered leadership development and coaching, change management and facilitation services to international and US-based public sector and nonprofit and philanthropic leaders for 30 years, in practice, in academia and as an independent consultant. Tosca has designed and delivered 25+ leadership development training programs. She also enjoys coaching on virtual team leadership, organizational strategy, gender and leadership and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategies. We hope you enjoy this conversation and future conversations with Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken, and maximize your potential as the best leader you can be.    Links to the Virtual Team Leadership course offerings: 5 Steps to Turbo Charge your Virtual Team Leadership (a FREE non-cohort based mini-course):https://5oaks.teachable.com/p/free-mini-course-5-days-challenge     Post-Pandemic Virtual Team Leadership Essentials (full fee-based, cohort-based course - February 28-April 8, 2022): https://5oaks.teachable.com/p/virtual-leadership-course       The Five Oaks Consulting  ‘School' in which all courses are housed:       https://5oaks.teachable.com/   Tosca is a public thought leader and co-author of the book ‘Between Power and Irrelevance: the Future of Transnational NGOs' (Oxford University Press, 20202) and host of the podcast NGO Soul+Strategy. At the start of her career, Tosca worked as international development practitioner for a European think tank, the World Bank, a US nonprofit, and the United Nations. After leaving the Netherlands, her home country, Tosca lived in Zimbabwe, Cambodia and Vietnam, before settling once again in Upstate New York, USA in 2001; she is a dual national (USA and Netherlands). Find full transcripts of DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast episodes on the DocWorking Blog  How many coaches do you think your favorite actors and athletes have worked with over the years in order to achieve such extraordinary success?   What if you had a team of trusted thinking partners, experienced coaches who have helped hundreds of physicians overcome obstacles and who know what works?    What if you were part of a community of like-minded physicians from across the nation, across specialties and career stages? Your collective brain trust, sharing ideas and experiences, so you would no longer feel like an island, surrounded by people yet alone?   What if you had small group coaching sessions, could interact with your coaches and community as often as you wish, and had virtual courses at your fingertips 24-7 that could help you with things like time and stress management, resilience, and mapping out your future to achieve what matters most to you?   What if you could have all of this for less than the cost of a single 1:1 coaching session per month?   DocWorking THRIVE is the Physician Coaching and Community Subscription Package that Guides You as a Doctor to Embrace Life in the way that is most meaningful to you, integrate that with your work so you can truly thrive, and be a valued member of our growing private community of doctors from across the nation. 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Outsourcing allows you to delegate tasks to virtual assistants so you can free up your time and finally do whatever it is you've been wanting to do.   Become a Medical Legal Consultant We at DocWorking are excited to collaborate with Dr. Armin Feldman to bring you this opportunity to develop a side income or even a full time income while using your clinical skills!   Achieve Financial Independence with a Financial Planner/Advisor Change your trajectory: build financial independence and strength by working with our trusted resources. Working with a trusted financial planner and/or financial advisor can help you to create a specific plan that works for you. The right advisor can help you stay on track to reach your financial independence goal and your next vision.   Protect Yourself and Your Family with the Right Insurance Doctors and their families need many types of insurance–and inadequate coverage can cost you dearly. 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Welcome...Welcome...Welcome to Episode 284 of THE SITH LIST! Iraj, Boo, Randy, King Tom, Les and Eric welcome our great friend and host of Rogue Rebels Sal Perales back into the Sith Lair.  The Sith List is composed of a group of people with different cultural backgrounds and experiences, you might call us the United Nations of Fandom. We all come together once a week to bring you the latest in Fandom and of course to…..“SHOOT the SITH.”   ----more---- Introductions The Shenanigans Box Office/Streaming Screaming into first place Things we watched last week. Star Wars Chit Chat Din's new ship Book of Boba Fett Chapter 4 Pop Culture Breakdown/Reboots and Remakes A deep dive into Cobra Kai season 4 Les talks Yellowjackets Boo's Bits Clich here to listen to the Rogue Rebels Click here to follow the Rogue Rebels on Twitter Click here to visit THE SITH LIST website SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE Find THE SITH LIST on Twitter: @THESITHLSIT @TheSithlistBoo @Lesismore78 @ericstrothers  @tomchansky Check out ERIC STROTHERS on his other podcast......THE BAD MOTIVATORS by clicking RIGHT HERE!!! Check out ERIC'S MUSIC ON BANDCAMP RIGHT HERE! Instagram: thesithlist Facebook: The Sith List Podcast Email: thesithlist@gmail.com Catch you next week on Episode 286 of  The Sith List!

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Ramon Ray! Ramon loves burnt pancakes and small business success. He's started four companies and sold two of them. Ramon's an in-demand keynote speaker and event host who inspires, educates and entertains audiences around the world. He's interviewed President Obama, is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and was fired by the United Nations.

Countries should be making their own rules and laws. But after WWII, the United Nations was formed, greeting global rules for the entire world.

Dr. Rizzo currently serves as director of innovation and technology in the department of rehabilitation medicine. He has published extensively. His research topics include: biomechanics; assistive and wearable technology; blindness and visual impairment; and sensory augmentation. He is a graduate of New York Medical College and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at NYU as well as a clinical research fellowship at the Rusk Rehabilitation Institute.  Dr. Rizzo began Part 2 of his grand round presentations with the question, “OK, what were our findings?” With existing GPS data sets, we need to be mindful of side view versus front view in where cameras are positioned. A data set being described had more side view images than front view, which can be extremely important for the visually impaired. He pointed to being excited  about a collaboration with the United Nations. We have shared these data with that organization and they are quite impressed with our results, which can be of potential use to blind individuals navigating the UN building. We are creating a cellphone application that uses vision in place recognition. The UN is providing some funding support for a master's student working on this project. Dr. Rizzothen responded to a question regarding falls and whether there is information to assess the relative slipperiness of surfaces. Ground surfaces are attracting more attention, such as puddles and how to reroute pedestrians around hazardous terrain. He then described a reconstruction project that is underway to change different environments by developing new approaches to navigating subway stations consisting of multiple floors and tracks. He played a video clip that shows how reconstruction is occurring. He addressed the question of how we handle all this video data for these mobility platforms and what a technician must do with all this high-resolution video data arriving. He also indicated that we currently are looking at sending the data and having new transmission policies, and also work being accomplished on dual connectivity. A question-and-answer period followed his presentation.  

Facing a date with the United Nations, Filip Filipi uses cargo ships, rental cars and railroads to make his way from western Canada to Istanbul without a plane. Along the way, he crosses North America and western Europe while brandishing a uniquely Serbian passport to attempt border crossings in a precarious position.In part one of a two-part special, Filip talks to us about humanitarian organization 28 Jun and chronicles the incredible journey that took him from keyboard warrior to impactful ambassador affecting change in more than 30 countries around the globe. Connect with the showGuest: Filip FilipiHost: Joe SillsThe Show: Get Lost Podcast

This past fall, the United Nations Human Rights Council declared a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment to be a human right. (The US does not currently have a seat on the Council, and China, India, Japan and the Russian Federation all abstained from the vote.) Moreover, through a second Council resolution, the post of Special Rapporteur was created to promote human rights in the context of climate change. While hailed as groundbreaking by numerous environmental advocates, what concrete results can we expect from these resolutions? With the world running out of time to curb the effects of extreme climate change, can the United Nations' assertion of humanity's right to a healthy environment and stable climate push the world's nations to take serious action?In this interview, TRNN contributor David Kattenburg examines these UN resolutions and what they do and don't mean for humanity's fight against climate catastrophe with Todd Howland and Saher Rashid Baig. Todd Howland, who helped draft the two UN resolutions, is chief of the Development, Economic and Social Issues Branch of the United Nations' Human Rights Office. Saher Rashid Baig is a youth, environmental, and human rights advocate based in Karachi, Pakistan, who is engaged with the Climate Change Virtual Conference of Youth and with YOUNGO, a global network of young activists seeking to empower youth voices in shaping global climate policies.Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/un-declares-healthy-environment-a-human-right-now-whatPre-Production: David KattenburgStudio/Post Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Kate O'Neill is the author of “A Future So Bright,” a book that argues that the best way to confront challenges and build a better tomorrow is to allow ourselves to envision the brightest future possible, while at the same time acknowledging the ways the future could go dark and working to prevent them from happening. Widely known as the “Tech Humanist,” Kate is helping humanity prepare for an increasingly tech-driven future with her signature strategic optimism. Kate is also the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving human experience at scale. As a professional global keynote speaker, Kate regularly speaks with leadership audiences around the world, exploring how data and emerging technologies like AI are shaping the future of human experiences, and advocating with her signature strategic optimism for humanity's future in an increasingly tech-driven and exponentially-changing world. Her clients and audiences include many Fortune 500 and World's Most Admired companies and brands, including tech giants like Google and IBM, household-name brands like Coca Cola and Colgate, future-forward cities like Amsterdam and Austin, top universities like Cambridge and Yale, and even the United Nations. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/

In this live show recorded 1/10/22 the preceptors take an in depth look into Agenda 21. Is this sustainable action plan a benefit for the human population, or a ruse for the United Nations to hold world wide power? We also join the secret society of Skull & Bones. This elite club formed at Yale in New Haven CT and has ties to powerful figures including powerful CEOs and Presidents.    If you have any questions or topics you'd like to see the society cover, please reach out at Contact@hushhushsociety.com You can find all our audio, blogs and drop sweet ratings at www.hushhushsociety.com Leave us a review on Apple, our website, Podchaser or GoodPods You can grab Hush Hush merch and help support the show on Patreon Link up with the society on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter  Join our Discord and chat with us

Fought between the 22nd-25th of April 1951, the battle of Imjin River was part of a Chinese counter-offensive after United Nations forces had recaptured Seoul in March 1951. The assault on ‘Gloster Hill' was led by General Peng Dehuai who commanded a force of 300,000 troops attacking over a 40-mile sector. The 29th Independent Infantry Brigade Group, under the command of Brigadier Tom Brodie, of the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, was responsible for defending a 15-kilometre section of the front, over which General Peng Dehuai sent three divisions of his force. What resulted was the bloodiest battle that involved British troops in modern history since the Second World War.Taken from the 2021 Gloucester History Festival, Dan is joined by two battle veterans of the 1951 Korean War battle, Tommy Clough and Brian Hamblett. Tommy served as a gunner with the Royal Artillery which was attached to the Gloster, Brian served in the British military in Infantry manning machine guns in his platoon - both were Chinese prisoners of war for more than two years. They join Dan to explore the battle of the Imjin River on what was its 70th anniversary.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fought between the 22nd-25th of April 1951, the battle of Imjin River was part of a Chinese counter-offensive after United Nations forces had recaptured Seoul in March 1951. The assault on ‘Gloster Hill' was led by General Peng Dehuai who commanded a force of 300,000 troops attacking over a 40-mile sector. The 29th Independent Infantry Brigade Group, under the command of Brigadier Tom Brodie, of the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, was responsible for defending a 15-kilometre section of the front, over which General Peng Dehuai sent three divisions of his force. What resulted was the bloodiest battle that involved British troops in modern history since the Second World War.Taken from the 2021 Gloucester History Festival, Dan is joined by two battle veterans of the 1951 Korean War battle, Tommy Clough and Brian Hamblett. Tommy served as a gunner with the Royal Artillery which was attached to the Gloster, Brian served in the British military in Infantry manning machine guns in his platoon - both were Chinese prisoners of war for more than two years. They join Dan to explore the battle of the Imjin River on what was its 70th anniversary.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bucks County Paranormal Investigations follows professional jazz pianist and composer and paranormal investigator Eric Mintel and his team as they explore the rich history and mysteries of our nations most haunted hot spots. Pianist Eric Mintel has played for 2 Presidents (Clinton and Obama) has performed over 10 times at the Kennedy Center, performed a special concert at the United Nations in NYC, is written up in many publications both news paper and magazines and is a protégés of jazz legend pianist Dave Brubeck. Each exciting episode is filled with undiscovered clues which the team reveals to the public and then unravel and put the paranormal puzzle pieces together. Each week the team of Eric Mintel, fellow jazz musician / co lead investigator Dave Antonow, medium Dominic Sattele, spirit medium Karen T. Hluchan investigate claims of some long standing mysteries like ghosts, full bodied apparitions, UFO encounters Bigfoot evidence Dog Man and many more monsters that have long baffled and peaked the public's interest.  The teams main goal is to search out and explain their finding with shocking results! BCPI captures the high strangeness that accompanies each investigation whether it's a disembodied voice to a translucent orb, a full body apparition, evidence of Bigfoot, or footage of UFO's. BCPI Investigates it all! Excitement, serious investigation and high energy. Support your favorite podcast...Arcane Radio! https://patron.podbean.com/ArcaneRadio Phantoms & Monsters Homepage - https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com Phantoms & Monsters Fortean Research Team - https://www.cryptidhunters.org Chicago & Regional Winged Humanoid / Flying Entity Sightings & Encounters - https://www.cryptidhunters.org/p/media.html Books by Lon Strickler - https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B009JURSD4 Lon Strickler - Fortean Researcher / Author - https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/p/lon-strickler.html Please Support Phantoms & Monsters / Arcane Radio - https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/p/donate.html Chicago & Regional Winged Humanoid / Flying Entity Sightings & Encounters Interactive Map - https://bit.ly/3yu43ZD 'Beyond Explanation' is a YouTube presentation of 'Phantoms & Monsters' first-person encounters. Subscribe today! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondExplanation  

Subscribe to the podcast!  https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In the aftermath of World War II, the newly formed United Nations placed a group of Pacific Islands into a trusteeship that was to be administered by the United States.  After several decades, that trusteeship was dissolved and it resulted in three independent countries, one US territory, and a unique system of international relations.  Learn more about the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the countries of Micronesia, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. -------------------------------- Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/ Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Ramon Ray! Ramon loves burnt pancakes and small business success. He's started four companies and sold two of them. Ramon's an in-demand keynote speaker and event host who inspires, educates and entertains audiences around the world. He's interviewed President Obama, is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and was fired by the United Nations.

Welcome...Welcome...Welcome to Episode 284 of THE SITH LIST! Iraj, Boo, Randy, King Tom, Les and Eric bring you all the crazy happenings in Pop Culture.  The Sith List is composed of a group of people with different cultural backgrounds and experiences, you might call us the United Nations of Fandom. We all come together once a week to bring you the latest in Fandom and of course to…..“SHOOT the SITH.”   THE SITH LIST EPISODE 284 MINI SHOW NOTES Special GUEST HOST:   Introductions The Shenanigans Box Office/Streaming Well, who else? Spidey at #1 again. Things we watched last week   Star Wars Chit Chat Book of Boba Fett Episode 3 Temuera talks about the season finale Fallen Order 2 release date leak Pop Culture Breakdown/Reboots and Remakes Boo's Bits Moment of sound 3 greats Another bad game trailer Comicbook TV/Movie News – It's a Kevin Feige news week. The Reasons behind Dr. Strange Reshoots. Some Spider-Man news that is hopefully true Emails & Voicemails ----more----   Click here To Follow THE SITH LIST WISDOM Page Click here to visit THE SITH LIST website SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE Find THE SITH LIST on Twitter: @THESITHLSIT @TheSithlistBoo @Lesismore78 @ericstrothers  @tomchansky Check out ERIC STROTHERS on his other podcast......THE BAD MOTIVATORS by clicking RIGHT HERE!!! Check out ERIC'S MUSIC ON BANDCAMP RIGHT HERE! Instagram: thesithlist Facebook: The Sith List Podcast Email: thesithlist@gmail.com Catch you next week on Episode 285 of  The Sith List!

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Alexandra Carter! Alexandra Carter is a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. She is a world-renowned negotiation trainer for the United Nations, Fortune 500 companies, and governments around the world. In 2019, Professor Carter was awarded the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University's highest teaching honor. Professor Carter's first book, Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything, was published by Simon & Schuster on May 5, 2020, and became an instant Wall Street Journal Business bestseller – the first negotiation book solo-authored by a woman to make that list.

In our news wrap Tuesday, the United Nations is appealing for a record $5 billion in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan and neighboring countries as the U.S. announced $300 million in aid. Also, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. hit a new record, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell testified for his re-nomination, and North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Dr. Sandie Morgan is joined by Ambassador John Cotton Richmond to discuss the intersection of business and human rights. John Cotton Richmond Ambassador Richmond is an attorney and diplomat focused on ethical business, human rights, democracy, and rule of law. He served in the country's highest position dedicated to combating human trafficking as a U.S. Ambassador where he led U.S. foreign policy in the global fight for freedom. As a Partner at Dentons, Ambassador Richmond helps companies keep their supply chains and workforces free of human trafficking. He was named one of the federal “Prosecutors of the Year,” after a decade successfully trying complex police misconduct, cross-burning, neo-Nazi hate crimes, forced labor, and sex trafficking cases across the country. Ambassador Richmond is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, frequent expert for the United Nations, and frequent speaker on justice, freedom, leadership, faith, and vocation. Key Points Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) - corporations paying more attention to how their supply chain affects people Disclosure requirements and public awareness is shifting the conversation in corporate boardrooms to look more closely at their sourcing. Business can address global poverty because a well run business that pays fair wages leads to economic prosperity for families and communities. Addressing poverty as we emerge from the pandemic: investing in surrounding communities that were most damaged improving the rule of law developing programs that provide tailored services for survivors Resources California Transparency in Supply Chains Act Modern Slavery Act Ep. 266 - Rescuing Boys Labor Trafficked in the Fishing Industry with Chris Field John Cotton Richmond's website ILAB - 2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor Ep. 262 - Human-Centered Design with Shauntina Sorrells Love the show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! Become a Patron

RBN and ACR Present: STOP THE PRESSES! With Host, Mark Anderson, and Hesher of the Boiler Room podcast. On this episode Hesher and Mark are discussing the "Global Trends" documents produced by the National Intelligence Council and comparing it to actual media and policy trends we face currently.

India has approved the use of a patent-free Covid-19 vaccine, which was developed at Baylor College of Medicine in the US. We speak to Maria Elena Bottazzi, who tell us her team developed Corbevax with the aim of expanding access to essential healthcare for people in poorer countries. Plus, the United Nations says food prices increased by 28% in 2021. Abdolreza Abbassian from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization tells us those struggling financially will be hit the hardest by the rise. With the authorities in the United States still attempting to track down everybody involved in the January 6th invasion of the US Capitol, Anjana Susarla of Michigan State University tells us why facial recognition technology is an increasingly important tool in the search. And at CES 2022, we catch up with Remane CEO Ariel Lee, who tells us about her company's “data-driven haircare solutions”.

Welcome...Welcome...Welcome to Episode 283 of THE SITH LIST! Iraj, Boo, Randy, King Tom, Les and Eric bring you the first SITH LIST of the new year. The Sith List is composed of a group of people with different cultural backgrounds and experiences, you might call us the United Nations of Fandom. We all come together once a week to bring you the latest in Fandom and of course to…..“SHOOT the SITH.” Introductions The Shenanigans Box Office/Streaming Spidey 3 weeks in a row at #1 A massive year for Marvel even with the pandemic Things we watched last week Star Wars Chit Chat Book of Boba Fett Episode 2 Who is that badass Wookie? High Republic wave 3 teaser Patton Oswalt molding Star Wars Pop Culture Breakdown/Reboots and Remakes Boo Bits GOT  Trailer Trashed - Wii After Dark ----more----   Click here To Follow THE SITH LIST WISDOM Page Click here to visit THE SITH LIST website SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE Find THE SITH LIST on Twitter: @THESITHLSIT @TheSithlistBoo @Lesismore78 @ericstrothers  @tomchansky Check out ERIC STROTHERS on his other podcast......THE BAD MOTIVATORS by clicking RIGHT HERE!!! Check out ERIC'S MUSIC ON BANDCAMP RIGHT HERE! Instagram: thesithlist Facebook: The Sith List Podcast Email: thesithlist@gmail.com Catch you next week on Episode 284 of  The Sith List!

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Ramon Ray! Ramon loves burnt pancakes and small business success. He's started four companies and sold two of them. Ramon's an in-demand keynote speaker and event host who inspires, educates and entertains audiences around the world. He's interviewed President Obama, is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and was fired by the United Nations.

This week I was delighted to sit down with Katherine Meighan, Associate Vice-President and General Counsel of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a United Nations agency headquartered in Rome, Italy. We spoke with Katie in the summer of 2019, after an International Bar Association (IBA) webinar on sustainable investment in agriculture I helped organize in my role as Vice Chair of the IBA Agricultural Law Section. I was so impressed with Katie's work, we decided to do a podcast shortly thereafter. Since then, much has changed, and IFAD's role in eradicating poverty and hunger by investing in the rural poor has intensified greatly over the past two years. As the world now looks past the major climate conference that just wrapped up in Glasgow, there has been discussion about the inherent dilemma/contradiction between greening the planet/decreasing emissions and the need to feed people and support their livelihoods across a diverse range of populations. Katie discusses the delicate balance between food and climate, and the essential the role IFAD plays in addressing this challenge. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS PODCAST ARE PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL  AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. THE MATERIALS ARE NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES. ALL LEGAL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED DIRECTLY BY A LICENSED ATTORNEY PRACTICING IN THE APPLICABLE AREA OF LAW. ©2022 Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.  All Rights Reserved

My guest is Adam Apollo who shares insights on global transitions, physics, technology, human spirituality, and the future as a "Next Generation Leadership" ambassador at the White House, in multiple NEXUS and other summits at the United Nations, and at conferences and festivals around the world. Adam is a cofounder of the UNIFY movement which has reached over 100M people, and two education and technology-based companies: Access Granted and Superluminal Systems. He is an active faculty member, author, and the lead systems architect for several international online academies, including the Resonance Academy for Unified Physics and the Guardian Alliance Academy for self-mastery, with over 100,000 active students of all ages from around the world across these schools. He's been featured on GAIA TV shows, Coast to Coast AM on multiple occasions, feature films and more. Adam Apollo is dedicated to achieving a sustainable and thriving interplanetary culture. To learn more: https://www.AdamApollo.com/HIGHLIGHTS:-Adam's 1st hand UFO experiences-We dive into the sacred heart of Magic itself, and he shares practical magical applications-Exploring the intersections between consciousness, magic, the philosophies of Ancient Cultures, and the science of the Unified Physics of spacetime-Jedi Training Intensives and Galactic Initiations for your self-developmentDARE TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY. Debbi Dachinger puts the ‘inspiration‘ back into podcasts in an award-winning show that is your #1 transformation conversation.Join me on Instagram: @daretodreampodcast and @debbidachingerDebbi Dachinger is a certified coach whose expertise is Visibility in Media. She coaches people to write a page turner book, takes their book to a guaranteed international bestseller, AND pulls back the curtain, so clients have the system to be interviewed on media and podcast and get massive results. Debbi shows people how to find and use media exposure to locate their tribe, fill workshops, sell books, and gain exposure. Connect with Debbi: https://DebbiDachinger.com Get your free Template to learn what YOUR unique message is for your business: https://debbidachinger.com/gift#AdamApollo #AlienDisclosure #WhiteHouse #DareToDream #UNIFY #DJ #physics #Technology #NEXUS #guardian #SelfMastery #GaiaTV #science #consciousness #UnitedNations #Interpanetary #UFO #extraterrestrial #ET #podcast #DebbiDachinger #DareToDream #Instagood #instalove #instawork #instapeople #instatime #health #quantum #Book #spiritual #consciousness #metaphysical #et #transformation #meditate #medicine #ceremony #alien #love #beautiful #happy #tbt #followme #nofilter #life #yoga #amazing #FBF #media #podcaster #apple #paranormal #listeningThe show is sponsored by DrDainHeer.com and Access Consciousness

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Alexandra Carter! Alexandra Carter is a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. She is a world-renowned negotiation trainer for the United Nations, Fortune 500 companies, and governments around the world. In 2019, Professor Carter was awarded the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University's highest teaching honor. Professor Carter's first book, Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything, was published by Simon & Schuster on May 5, 2020, and became an instant Wall Street Journal Business bestseller – the first negotiation book solo-authored by a woman to make that list.

The new UN Sculpture Looks a Lot Like the End Times Beast in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13. In fact, the United Nations tweeted that this statue is, “A guardian for international peace and security…” The installation of this winged jaguar outside the U.N. headquarters has inspired apocalyptic rumors. Is this a fulfillment of Bible prophecy? Let's talk about it.

As the new year begins, listen to this recording of one of the most remarkable panels at the recent United Nations climate conference  known as COP26, with some of the world's top CEOs. The heads of Volvo, Rocky Mountain Institute, Club of Rome (group of heads of state, CEOs), and "the" top venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, along with the former CEO of the UN Sustainable Energy for All programme, share their thoughts on leveraging solving the climate crisis into an economic opportunity for all. Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson recorded this session (starting a bit after the session began) in person and asks an important question at the end of the panel discussion which prompted another vibrant 20-minute discussion. So, this one is a bit longer than most of our episodes, but well worth it. Read Joan's related Forbes articles here too. You'll also want to listen to: Sandrine Dixson, Co-President, The Club of Rome, from COP26, about the need for transformational public-private partnerships to get to net zero. Gillian Tett, Financial Times, from COP26, about what the new financial alliance means for a net zero economy. Twila Moon, Ph.D, climate and glacier scientist at University of Colorado at Boulder, National Institute of Snow and Ice Data, from COP26 Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson  

Photo:  Alexander Yakovlevich Chemerzin (1830-1916) - engineer-general, commandant of the Bendery and Kovno fortresses.  This picture shows a lieutenant general. 4/4 Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence, by  Anna Borshchevskaya.   Hardcover – November 4, 2021  https://www.amazon.com/Putins-War-Syria-Russian-Americas/dp/0755634632 Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a “quagmire” in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East.            This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East – historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus – and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves into the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria

Photo:  A Damascus city square 3/4 Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence, by  Anna Borshchevskaya.   Hardcover – November 4, 2021  https://www.amazon.com/Putins-War-Syria-Russian-Americas/dp/0755634632 Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a “quagmire” in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East.            This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East – historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus – and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves into the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria

Photo:  Moscow, 1815 2/4 Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence, by  Anna Borshchevskaya.   Hardcover – November 4, 2021  https://www.amazon.com/Putins-War-Syria-Russian-Americas/dp/0755634632 Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a “quagmire” in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East.            This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East – historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus – and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves into the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria

Photo:  Syrian Demonstration against French Mandate, 1940 1/4 Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence, by  Anna Borshchevskaya.   Hardcover – November 4, 2021  https://www.amazon.com/Putins-War-Syria-Russian-Americas/dp/0755634632 Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a “quagmire” in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East.            This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East – historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus – and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves into the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria, particularly US absence, and what the role of the West is, and could be, in the Middle East.

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Ramon Ray! Ramon loves burnt pancakes and small business success. He's started four companies and sold two of them. Ramon's an in-demand keynote speaker and event host who inspires, educates and entertains audiences around the world. He's interviewed President Obama, is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and was fired by the United Nations.

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Ramon Ray! Ramon loves burnt pancakes and small business success. He's started four companies and sold two of them. Ramon's an in-demand keynote speaker and event host who inspires, educates and entertains audiences around the world. He's interviewed President Obama, is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and was fired by the United Nations.

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Alexandra Carter! Alexandra Carter is a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. She is a world-renowned negotiation trainer for the United Nations, Fortune 500 companies, and governments around the world. In 2019, Professor Carter was awarded the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University's highest teaching honor. Professor Carter's first book, Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything, was published by Simon & Schuster on May 5, 2020, and became an instant Wall Street Journal Business bestseller – the first negotiation book solo-authored by a woman to make that list.

Thank you for joining us on Breakfast With Champions! Today we hear from Ramon Ray! Ramon loves burnt pancakes and small business success. He's started four companies and sold two of them. Ramon's an in-demand keynote speaker and event host who inspires, educates and entertains audiences around the world. He's interviewed President Obama, is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and was fired by the United Nations.