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This week’s episode looks at a variety of social and ethical visions that aim for the perfect society or state of being through, especially in the West. These visions, some of which have religious and even Christian roots, end up bracketing out a full Christian view of transcendence and replace it with one or another type of reality immanent in nature or the human or in human invention alone. The result has been anything but utopia! Support the Theology Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Learn more about First Pres. Battle Ground: https://www.solochristo.org/ Follow Glenn Sunshine on Substack: https://substack.com/@glennsunshine Connect with WileyCraft Productions: https://wileycraftproductions.com/
This week's episode looks at a variety of social and ethical visions that aim for the perfect society or state of being through, especially in the West. These visions, some of which have religious and even Christian roots, end up bracketing out a full Christian view of transcendence and replace it with one or another type of reality immanent in nature or the human or in human invention alone. The result has been anything but utopia!Support the Theology Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8Learn more about First Pres. Battle Ground: https://www.solochristo.org/Follow Glenn Sunshine on Substack: https://substack.com/@glennsunshineConnect with WileyCraft Productions: https://wileycraftproductions.com/
This week’s episode looks at a variety of social and ethical visions that aim for the perfect society or state of being through, especially in the West. These visions, some of which have religious and even Christian roots, end up bracketing out a full Christian view of transcendence and replace it with one or another type of reality immanent in nature or the human or in human invention alone. The result has been anything but utopia! Support the Theology Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Learn more about First Pres. Battle Ground: https://www.solochristo.org/ Follow Glenn Sunshine on Substack: https://substack.com/@glennsunshine Connect with WileyCraft Productions: https://wileycraftproductions.com/
This week’s episode looks at a variety of social and ethical visions that aim for the perfect society or state of being through, especially in the West. These visions, some of which have religious and even Christian roots, end up bracketing out a full Christian view of transcendence and replace it with one or another type of reality immanent in nature or the human or in human invention alone. The result has been anything but utopia! Support the Theology Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Learn more about First Pres. Battle Ground: https://www.solochristo.org/ Follow Glenn Sunshine on Substack: https://substack.com/@glennsunshine Connect with WileyCraft Productions: https://wileycraftproductions.com/
Itinerary: 00:00:00 - 00:46:34 Intro+Anti-AI+Questionaire 00:46:34 - 01:29:00 Anti-Utopianism 01:29:00 - END The Left Page Book Club™ Join us next Lets Prattle where we will continue the book club with the Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe, where we will discuss chapter 1 to 13! Frank's sources: BLAIM, Artur. Anti-utopia. In: MARKS, Peter; WAGNER-LAWLOR, Jennifer A.; VIEIRA, Fátima (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 39-51. CURTIS, Claire P. Ambiguous Choices: Skepticism as a Grounding for Utopia. In: DAVIS, Laurence; STILLMAN, Peter (Ed.) The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed. New York: Lexington Books, 2005. p. 265-282. DAVIS, Laurence. Isaiah Berlin, William Morris, and the Politics of Utopia. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, v. 3, n. 2-3, p. 56-86, 2000. JAMESON, Fredric. The Antinomies of Postmodernity. The Seeds of Time. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. p. 1-73.
FENIK celebrates "Utopia," a collaboration with Walker & Royce, on Experts Only, inspired by the idea that a utopia, by definition, can't exist without its opposite. One of the label's youngest signings and its first Nashville artist, he arrives already backed by Dom Dolla, John Summit, SIDEPIECE and Valentino Khan. His Spotlight Mix is packed with IDs, remixes and unreleased collabs, 68 minutes of driving tech-inspired grooves.
On this installment of "HR's Most Dangerous Podcast," Chad Sowash and Joel Cheeseman grill Raj Ronanki, CEO of Signal Labs, on one of the weirdest M&A moves the HR tech space has seen in years. Guided by a childhood obsession with Star Trek, Raj has raised millions to build "systems of attention"—and then immediately used it to buy Brass Ring, an applicant tracking system older than half the engineers currently building LLMs. In a chaotic blend of 1980s comedy references, sci-fi philosophy, and corporate jargon, the boys attempt to figure out if Raj is an AI visionary or if he just bought a ghost ship because 65% of the Fortune 500 forgot to cancel their subscription. Key Highlights & Hot Takes: Spock, Utopia, and Green Aliens The "Nunya Business" Acquisition HR's Forgotten Invoices Interviewing Bots for Jobs Making Compliance Cool Again Tune in for the full episode as Chad and Joel try to decipher whether Signal Labs is building the future of work or just running a very expensive 1999 nostalgia trip!
Per molti migranti in Australia, ottenere la residenza permanente rappresenta il traguardo di un percorso lungo e spesso complesso. Ma cosa succede una volta ricevuta la tanto attesa conferma? Ne abbiamo parlato con i nostri ascoltatori.Seguici su Facebook e Instagram o abbonati ai nostri podcast cliccando qui.
As conflicts rage on in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, it seems we are living through a time of war. This reality does not distinguish us all that much from the rest of human history. Our species has always been interested in conquest and defense.But what may make our time a bit more unique in its embattlement is the average person's ability to fight not just with weapons and warfare, but with words and ideas. While many of us will never be soldiers or law enforcement officers, we experience on a daily basis the fiery condemnations hurled across the lines of political parties, religious identities, ethnicities or socioeconomic statuses.In a time of war, the presiding question of the age is no longer: “how do we create the best society possible,” but instead “how do we survive together?” How do we solve the problem right in front of us and then how do we solve the next one?Instead of dreaming big, our impulse is to seek solutions in painfully precise increments—not wanting to upset the delicate balance required to get us to agree with one another. But what if we've been going about it wrong? What if the solution to our constant back and forth—what if lasting change were possible only if we do shoot for the stars?What would it look like to try to build a utopia?On today's episode, my guests are David Albertson and Jason Blakely. Albertson and Blakely are co-authors of “Utopia for Our Century.” A book which investigates the 500-year-old work of Catholic Martyr Thomas More who called on Christians to take action toward building a better world. Albertson and Blakely explain what Utopia actually means, how people of all religious backgrounds can help pursue it and why many modern Christians became anti-utopia and anti-humanist despite both of these ideas having Christian roots.
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The United States of America is a constitutional republic. We've had 250 years of independence and 239 years since our Constitution was signed by the delegates in 1787. The result? Our nation and people have prospered like none other. And with this background, there's a push toward socialism which is taking over cities, states, and attempting to also take over our nation. It's difficult to fathom when you consider the many nations that have collapsed after thinking that socialism would solve their problems. Then there's the promises of the World Economic Forum which have said people will own nothing and they'll be happy. After all, there's the promise of free food, free healthcare, free daycare, free education, free college, forgiveness of student debt, rent control, guaranteed income, and so much more. It's an attempt to make socialism sound like Utopia. On top of that, there's no law enforcement, open borders for all to come and go as they please, and no more jails and prisons. We're all just supposed to get along and everything will be well. But its bitter end leads to complete government control, government dependence, destruction and misery, just like it has with so many nations that were drawn into the scam. Joining Jim to discuss this issue was Gary Kah. Gary is founder and director of Hope for the World. He's editor of Hope for the World Update. He's also an author and former Europe & Middle East Trade Specialist for the Indiana State Government.
The United States of America is a constitutional republic. We've had 250 years of independence and 239 years since our Constitution was signed by the delegates in 1787. The result? Our nation and people have prospered like none other. And with this background, there's a push toward socialism which is taking over cities, states, and attempting to also take over our nation. It's difficult to fathom when you consider the many nations that have collapsed after thinking that socialism would solve their problems. Then there's the promises of the World Economic Forum which have said people will own nothing and they'll be happy. After all, there's the promise of free food, free healthcare, free daycare, free education, free college, forgiveness of student debt, rent control, guaranteed income, and so much more. It's an attempt to make socialism sound like Utopia. On top of that, there's no law enforcement, open borders for all to come and go as they please, and no more jails and prisons. We're all just supposed to get along and everything will be well. But its bitter end leads to complete government control, government dependence, destruction and misery, just like it has with so many nations that were drawn into the scam. Joining Jim to discuss this issue was Gary Kah. Gary is founder and director of Hope for the World. He's editor of Hope for the World Update. He's also an author and former Europe & Middle East Trade Specialist for the Indiana State Government.
Activism, slavery, the Bodhisattva vow and utopia. Welcoming rage, passion and kindness into our Sangha is the path to liberation. Successful responses to capitalism and other forms of suffering and injustice. from the Sigalaka sutta to real questions about how we treat our fellow human beings. Here, Saraha shares two poems that inspire him to engage fully with life. Excerpted from Your Liberation Is Bound Up with Mine given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2020. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube
Welcome to the third series of our journey through space and time as a grief-stricken Tenth Doctor finds himself with new companion Martha Jones, and a mysterious looming presence in the background!The Weeping Angels make their terrifying first appearance in one of the finest Doctor Who stories of all time before Captain Jack Harkness returns with The Doctor & Martha travelling to the end of the universe to meet a mysterious professor, played with Shakespearean gravitas, in the first of the finale three-parter as Morgan and Jeannine talk the outstanding back to back of S3 Episode 10: BLINK & Episode 11: UTOPIA!We hope you enjoy and join us for more!Our YouTube Channel for all our video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vowThe It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music.Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9designSub to the feed and download now on all major podcast platforms and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!!Keep up with us on (X) Twitter:Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDonJeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean_Keep being wonderful!!
Stuart Wachowicz - TVCA1502 - Throughout mankind's history, illness, depression, crime, and war have been thought of as unfortunate but normal. Considerations of global societies where none of these problems exist are often dismissed as fanciful tales of ‘utopia.' ‘Utopia' usually refers to an imaginary state, not something that could happen in the real world. The Bible contains many prophecies of a time when conditions on the earth will lack the unpleasant realities we now consider normal. Explore the better world that will soon replace our present world order.
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This episode is presented by Create A Video – If we're going to buy heaven on earth, we're going to need to figure out how to pay for it. The Democratic Socialists of America have proposed a platform to achieve utopia that would bankrupt the entire nation. Which seems like a problem.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support.Subscribe to the podcast My preferred podcast platform: SpreakerAll the links to Pete's Prep are free!Get exclusive content here!Media Bias Check: GroundNews promo code!Advertising and Booking inquiries: Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com
Royal Caribbean is testing digital scratch-off lottery tickets through its onboard app aboard Utopia of the Seas, with tickets priced from $2 to $20 and a top jackpot of $100,000; prizes under $2,000 post automatically to guest accounts, while larger wins require a Casino Royale visit and tax paperwork. The test follows Carnival Millions, launched in February 2026 with daily drawings offering up to $1 million, and an earlier BetMGM trial with Carnival that ended over satellite-internet lag and limited passenger interest. At Port Canaveral, construction has begun on a $95 million expansion of Cruise Terminal 10, a 145,000-square-foot facility roughly 30 percent larger than the existing building and able to handle ships carrying up to 6,700 passengers, with completion set for November 2027. The port recorded 8.6 million passenger movements and 1,038 ship calls in fiscal 2025. And Heritage Expeditions has completed drydock on Heritage Discoverer in Bremerhaven, Germany, ahead of the ship's first Antarctic passenger cruise, a preview voyage from Ushuaia running November 19 to December 9, 2026.
Are you all sitting comfybold two square on your body? Then I'll begin. We return to the topic of the concept album...with a spin. Some concept albums simply don't work without context. Others function as a cohesive collection of songs, even divorced from a weighty backstory or overarching theme. Those are the records that Brett Vargo discusses with this week's Third Lad, Bill Kopp. You may remember renowned music scribe Bill Kopp from his O3L appearance a few years back discussing his book on classic San Francisco indie label 415 Records, Disturbing The Peace. Now Bill's back, celebrating the release of his latest book, What's The Big Idea - 30 Great Concept Albums, out now on Hozac Books. In What's The Big Idea, Bill explores 30 remarkable concept albums, drawing from new, firsthand interviews with the artists behind their creation, including Pete Townshend, Steve Kilbey, Captain Sensible, Utopia, and William Shatner. While there are some well-known classic concept albums covered such as The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow and Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick, much of the book is dedicated to lesser known gems that dispel the myth that the concept album died in the mid-1970s. Order the book at: https://hozacrecords.com/product/pre-order-whats-the-big-idea-30-great-concept-albums-book-by-bill-kopp/ We also feature music by the great veteran Australian singer-songwriter Greg Williams ('Everyday Is Your Birthday') and Pillars of Creation, a band comprised mostly of early Creation Records musicians - led by Jasmine Minks' Jim Shepherd and featuring members of Primal Scream, The Loft, and June Brides ('Be Careful What You Wish For'). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
COVID didn't just lock us down—it gave the Democratic Socialists of America a pure, uncut hit of the lefty paradise they'd been fantasizing about for years. Control. Dependence. Centralized power. And they never came down from the high. Sandy Cortez basically said as much over the weekend. The founding fathers saws these freaks coming a mile away. Me? I'm Ready for Rain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD-x3GIUFA
CNE abre registro de instalaciones de despacho de autoconsumo¡No te lo pierdas! Seis planetas iluminarán el cielo este miércolesLiberan a exmarine de EE.UU. tras cuatro años detenido en RusiaMás información en nuestro podcast#grc
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
Drama on a MondayFirst, a look at this day in History.Then, Lights Out, originally broadcast August 10, 1943, 83 years ago, Sakhalin. Political intrigue and man's inhumanity to his fellow man on a frozen Siberian island. Followed by Frontier Gentleman starring John Dehner, originally broadcast August 10, 1958, 68 years ago, The Cat Man. The story of an itinerant Irishman, his sixty-two cats, and his big plans. Then, Crime and Peter Chambers starring Dane Clark, originally broadcast August 10, 1954, 72 years ago, Utopia Ballroom. A murder suspect retains Chambers to try to clear him. Followed by Crime Classics, originally broadcast August 10, 1953, 73 years ago, The Axe and The Droot Family - How They Fared. In Pennsylvania in 1795, the shortest distance to an inheritance is two crushed skulls. Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast August 10, 1948, 78 years ago, Fritz Helps Ruby, the Pig. Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.Thanks to Brian for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.stream
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Nach dem Ende einer langen Beziehung ist Malia auf der Suche nach sich selbst. Gezeichnet von alten Wunden und einem tiefsitzenden Geheimnis, sucht sie in der Kölner Kinky-Szene nach einem Ort, an dem sie endlich frei und sie selbst sein kann. Als sie auf einer FLINTA* Party der charismatischen Emelie begegnet, scheint die Suche am Ziel. Emelie umgarnt sie mit unwiderstehlichem Charme und lädt sie in ihre private Villa ein. Ein "queeres Utopia". Bunter und ekstatischer, als Malia es sich je hätte träumen lassen. Doch hinter der glitzernden Fassade verbirgt sich ein perfides Spiel der Unterdrückung und psychologischen Manipulation. Von Shari Asha Crosson und Tia Morgen Mit Iman Tekle, Sira-Anna Faal, Rabea Lüthi, Pia Amofa-Antwi u.v.a. Regie: Shari Asha Crosson und Tia Morgen WDR 2026 Podcast-Tipp: Queer Crimes - Verbrechen aus der LGBTQIA+-Community https://1.ard.de/queercrimes_s3 Von Tia Morgen Shari Asha Crosson.
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west
Becoming Utopia: History, Heritage, and Sustainability in the American Midwest (U Nebraska Press, 2026) centers on the tiny community of Bishop Hill, Illinois, whose marketing materials call it “Utopia on the Prairie,” home to a radical communal religious sect that emigrated from Sweden in the 1840s. Through rich textual and ethnographic analyses, Dr. Margaret E. Farrar and Dr. Adam Kaul tell the story of what happens when a small, historically significant Midwestern community negotiates the contradictory impulses of twenty-first-century place-making. At first glance, Bishop Hill is simply a small heritage tourism destination in Midwestern flyover country, but further inspection reveals it to be a complex place that mixes a deep nostalgia for the past undercut by complex origin stories of displacement and colonialism, an active historic preservation movement amid futuristic green energy technologies built by multinational corporations, and a commitment to localism in the context of omnipresent globalization. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork, Becoming Utopia is an interdisciplinary contribution to conversations about the importance and meaning of place-making, heritage-making, and sustainability (social, economic, and environmental) in the twenty-first century. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day
Practicing political "aspirationalism." Also, Americans who mistakenly self-identify as conservative or moderate favor most so-called "left" policies. Finally, the Democrats have failed to thwart 10 years of Maga run amok. Unless you want another 10 (or 20), support the insurgents! www.charlesbursell.com
In this conversation from 2021, Alex Aragona speaks with Aeon Skoble as he outlines his ideas on what anarchism is, how we should think on it, and how it overlaps with classical liberal ideas. References from The Curious Task Episode 99 with Aeon Skoble Aeon Skoble is author of Deleting the State and editor of a collection of essays called The Simpsons and Philosophy. He has a chapter titled “What Is the Point of Anarchism” in The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought. Read more from Aeon Skoble on the blog Radical Classical Liberal here. Aeon Skoble mentions Robert Nozick, who argues for a minimal state in Anarchy, State, and Utopia available for purchase here. Aeon Skoble further discusses Robert Nozick in this video produced by the Fraser Institute here. Learn more about the prisoner's dilemma here. The relationship between anarchism and law is explored by Bruce Benson in his book The Enterprise of Law, available for purchase here.
Die "Utopias" in Mexiko-Stadt sind öffentliche kostenfreie Zentren für Kultur, Sport, Bildung, Gesundheit. Die Idee dahinter: Investitionen in Bildung, Begegnung und Teilhabe sollen Kriminalität wirksamer begegnen als immer neue Sicherheitskonzepte. Markus Plate, Anne Huffschmid, Katja Bigalke www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Weltzeit
This special episode of The DVC Show is recorded LIVE from Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas during our Keyholder Vacations Group Cruise! Join us for our FIRST live audience edition of The DVC Show as we share exciting announcements, chat with our amazing community, and bring you along for the fun from onboard.Thanks for joining us live—we're excited to share what's next!BOOK YOUR KEYHOLDER GETAWAY: https://keyholdervacations.com/getaways/Producer's Note: Recording our very first live edition of The DVC Show aboard Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas was an incredible experience, but it also came with exactly the technical challenges we expected. Coordinating a live audience, video production, and quality audio in the middle of a busy cruise ship proved to be no small task. While we're thrilled to share this special episode with you, we do want to apologize for the audio issues during the first half of the show, as well as some of the audio balancing throughout the episode that falls short of the standard we strive to deliver. Most of all, thank you to everyone who joined us onboard and to all of you watching from home. Your support makes opportunities like this possible, and we can't wait to do it again.More Episodes of The DVC Show!----SUBSCRIBE and turn on NOTIFICATIONS for DVC Fan! Thanks for Watching!Support DVC Fan HERE:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DVCFanDVC Fan Forums: https://forums.dvcfan.com/Merch Store: https://dvcfan.dashery.com/Find and follow us on the web HERE: Website: https://dvcfan.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedvcshow/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DVCFanFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dvcfan1/Our official sponsor, Keyholder Vacations:DVC Resale Market: https://bit.ly/4w8Og0xDVC Rental Store: https://bit.ly/3R4h6AjMonera Financial: https://bit.ly/4vxxTLdBe Our Guest Vacations: https://bit.ly/4ewNynX#waltdisneyworld #disneyvacationclub #dvcmember
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Há palavras que o poder aprendeu a tolerar: sustentabilidade, transição, economia verde. Ele as repete em cúpulas climáticas, as imprime em relatórios corporativos e as financia com mercados de carbono. Enquanto isso, a Amazônia arde. No oitavo episódio da série Utopias Amazônicas: Conversas com os Autores, o LatitudeCast recebe o economista e ativista equatoriano Alberto Acosta. Ex-ministro de Energia e Minas e ex-presidente da Assembleia Constitinte do Equador — onde contribuiu para inscrever, pela primeira vez na história, os Direitos da Natureza em uma Constituição —, Acosta é autor de uma das obras mais influentes do pensamento latino-americano contemporâneo: O Bem Viver: uma oportunidade para imaginar outros mundos. No livro Utopias Amazônicas, Acosta assina o ensaio “A Amazônia na armadilha do progresso: violência, resistência, transformações, utopias”, abrindo seu texto com o anjo da história de Walter Benjamin para mostrar que o progresso não é uma promessa, mas uma catástrofe que acumula ruínas. Conversamos sobre a ilusão do desenvolvimento sustentável, o extrativismo que sobrevivera a governos neoliberais e progressistas, a violência como condição estrutural do capital, a proposta Waorani e Kichwa do Kawsak Sacha (Selva Viva) e a urgência de "yasunizar" o mundo para desmercantilizar a vida. Utopia não é um sonho distante. É a coragem de incomodar o poder, abandonar a religião do crescimento econômico e construir alternativas reais de existência em harmonia com a Terra.
Vivos (also known as The Vivos Group) is a California-based company that built underground shelters designed to withstand future disasters and life-extinction catastrophes.[1] Robert Vicino founded the company. Shelters 10,000-square-foot (0.093 ha) have been completed in Indiana, 575 bunkers each 2,150 square feet across a former military base in[2] South Dakota, and others are in the process of construction.[3] As of September 2022, Vicino stated that the company has approximately 100,000 members, of whom more than 1,000 have bought space in one or more of the Vivos shelters.[4]
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Today's guest, Matthew Ritger, is the author of Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026). This book delves into the archival records of Bridewell, Europe's first house of correction, which was overseen by the humanist reformer Richard Grafton. It makes the case that the Bridewell prison and workhouse were central to the history of humanism in ways that both challenge idealized notions of European humanism and illustrate its commitments to civic and Christian reform. The book explores Bridewell's mission to discipline the poor and the “idle” through hard labor, vocational training, and basic education, while also exposing its coercive and exploitative practices, which included whippings, forced labor, and the infliction of fear. Houses of Correction also explores how Bridewell contributed to a broader humanist culture of correction, which united textual methods with practical forms of knowledge, and which extended to rhetorical and textual forms, as well as literary productions. The book's five chapters connect the history and influence of Bridewell to a range of literary texts, including Thomas More's Utopia, Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Measure for Measure, and The Tempest, and Milton's Of Educationand Samson Agonistes. Through its interrogation of the logic of carceral humanism, Houses of Correction demonstrates the crucial role that Bridewell played in cultivating a culture of correction that pervaded humanist education, textual practices, and literary representations. Jane Hwang Degenhardt is Professor English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of Globalizing Fortune on the Early Modern Stage (Oxford UP, 2022) and Islamic Conversion and Christian Resistance on the Early Modern Stage (Edinburgh UP, 2012). She is also a co-editor of the academic journal English Literary Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Today's guest, Matthew Ritger, is the author of Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026). This book delves into the archival records of Bridewell, Europe's first house of correction, which was overseen by the humanist reformer Richard Grafton. It makes the case that the Bridewell prison and workhouse were central to the history of humanism in ways that both challenge idealized notions of European humanism and illustrate its commitments to civic and Christian reform. The book explores Bridewell's mission to discipline the poor and the “idle” through hard labor, vocational training, and basic education, while also exposing its coercive and exploitative practices, which included whippings, forced labor, and the infliction of fear. Houses of Correction also explores how Bridewell contributed to a broader humanist culture of correction, which united textual methods with practical forms of knowledge, and which extended to rhetorical and textual forms, as well as literary productions. The book's five chapters connect the history and influence of Bridewell to a range of literary texts, including Thomas More's Utopia, Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Measure for Measure, and The Tempest, and Milton's Of Educationand Samson Agonistes. Through its interrogation of the logic of carceral humanism, Houses of Correction demonstrates the crucial role that Bridewell played in cultivating a culture of correction that pervaded humanist education, textual practices, and literary representations. Jane Hwang Degenhardt is Professor English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of Globalizing Fortune on the Early Modern Stage (Oxford UP, 2022) and Islamic Conversion and Christian Resistance on the Early Modern Stage (Edinburgh UP, 2012). She is also a co-editor of the academic journal English Literary Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the life and death of The Queery, a Brighton-based radical art gallery, bookshop, café, and community space. You can guess how this ends. Plus, the Washington Post spreads Erin Reed's zombie stats, and the New York Times repeats Stonewall myths. Trans people are… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Episode: 1606 The Skycity: a concept struggling against its own Gothic weight. Today, the skycity.
CA Stats CALIFORNIA… * Highest Unemployment Rate * Highest Homelessness * Highest Poverty Rate adjusting for Cost of Living * Highest adult Illiteracy Rate * 2nd lowest % of Home Ownership * Highest individual Income Tax Rates * Highest Sales Tax * Highest Capital Gains Tax * 2nd highest Electricity Rates * 2nd highest Water Rates * 2nd highest cost of owning a home - 59% higher than the national average * Highest COL - 45% higher than the national average (INCLUDING CA) * Highest Gas Taxes & Prices raising annually every July. Yet only 3 States' highways are ranked worse than CA * 8th highest median homeowner Property Tax bill - 21.6% higher than TX * By FAR the highest fees for building a home or apartment * 2nd highest per prisoner incarceration cost * Highest traffic ticket costs (over triple the national average) * K-12 CA teachers last year received the highest average salary of $95,000+ Yet CA students score 39th out of the 48 states that test their pupils * CA fees for building a tract home are $40K to $150K - the national average is under $10K * And finally, CA has Highest % of residents fleeing to other states! Perhaps there's a connection? UPDATED March 2025 by Richard Rider Democrats are frauds. Period. And they are frauds at almost everything. They are not good friends, business partners, significant others, or just human beings. Find me a place where Democrats dominate where there is anything close to Utopia. Their cities are cesspools. Almost every problem one can face as a human being is exacerbated by Leftism. Kevin Jackson has been called, the "white-collar" Joe Rogan. Given their similar backgrounds in TV, comedy, and martial arts, it's easy to see why people enjoy Kevin's show so much. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, we dive headfirst into the heated debates and pressing questions shaping our future as artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed. Drawing inspiration from a recent Joe Rogan conversation, we explore a provocative question: what happens to society, meaning, and individual purpose when AI makes work and basic survival obsolete?You'll hear why the popular vision of a utopian, abundance-filled future—where robots do all the heavy lifting and humans are free from mundane labor—might not play out as optimistically as some hope. We unpack the evolutionary wiring that compels us toward meaningful work, the existential risks of losing our sense of purpose, and the sobering lessons of the infamous “Mouse Utopia” experiments. Alongside compelling analogies, cultural observations, and big questions about regulation, generational adaptation, and mental health, this episode offers guidance for finding purpose in an era of abundance—and warns of what might happen if we fail.Get ready to rethink assumptions about work, happiness, AI, and the future of human fulfillment.What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here:If you want my help...STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.:https://tombilyeu.com/**********************************************************************If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu's Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you.**********************************************************************FOLLOW TOM:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeuQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodWhatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactPaleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyITNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheorySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Project Out Loud – Look at the rhetoric now coming from the far left. It is no longer content to tax and regulate. It wants to replace institutions, weaken checks and balances, and concentrate authority in the hands of people who believe they know better than the rest of us. That includes hostility toward entrepreneurship, private wealth, religious conviction, and common sense itself...
Welcome to the weirdly specific booniverse! Where all boons are perfectly tailored to you in a way that feels pretty creepy, like someone is writing the life you're living. This time it's Ursa's turn to feel both seen and attacked as we explore this very on point story about the nature of social progress as portrayed by space train hopping pirate queens. Enjoy! Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias by Elly Bangs: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/space-pirate-queen-of-the-ten-billion-utopias/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Next time: Shards of Earth pt. 1 (we promise!) and Advanced Eugenics
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we replay the audio from Democratic Socialist McKayla Brangan describing an utopian society, where there are no bills to pay and no responsibilities. The DSA's agenda consists of a world of no sanctions, no government, no police and a "free world" society that the Democratic Party is embracing. Also audio from Fox News' Brett Bair on federal fraud and comments from Wednesday's Senate hearings that only one Democrat attended. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eleanor Drage is one of the UK's leading AI ethicists and gender studies researchers, working at the University of Cambridge. Her first book, What If We Got AI Right? How to stop catastrophising and build an ethical future, is released this week, so Hannah grabbed the chance to find out more. * You can pre-order Eleanor's book here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-if-we-got-ai-right/eleanor-drage/9781805225447 * Find out more about the Standard Issue supporters' club here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A 19th-century island experiment founded by two nature-loving Germans goes from Gilligan's Island to Lord of the Flies when an entitled and eccentric heiress moves in. Sources for this episode include: Satan Came to Eden: A Survivor's Account of the "Galapagos Affair by Dore StrauchFloreana by Margaret WittmerThe Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (Documentary)“An Unsolvable Mystery: Captain Hancock and the Case of the Quarrelsome Castaways” (PBS) Keep up with Killer Stories! Instagram: @killerstoriespodTikTok: @killerstoriespodX: @killerstorieshq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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