Podcast appearances and mentions of Van Leeuwen

I am Rolf Claessen and my co-host Ken Suzan and I are welcoming you to episode 178 of our podcast IP Fridays! Today's interview guest is Caitlin Byczko, who is partner with Marnes & Thornburg in their IP team. Ken is discussing dupe culture with her. Here is the profile of Caitlin Byczko https://btlaw.com/en/people/caitlin-byczko But before we launch into this very interesting interview, I have some news for you: On August 10th, 2026, Navitas Semiconductor filed suit against Renesas Electronics in the Eastern District of Texas, accusing Renesas of infringing four US patents on gallium nitride semiconductor technology through its SuperGaN product lines. The filing follows a countersuit Renesas brought on July 22nd, 2026, accusing Navitas and two of its employees of misappropriating trade secrets. It shows how patent disputes and trade secret claims between competitors are increasingly being fought on multiple fronts at once, and often as tit for tat. It also emerged on August 12th, 2026, that an EPO Board of Appeal had dismissed an appeal by Atlas Global Technologies and ruled that its WiFi patent, EP 3 353 901, case T 1230/25, could not be maintained in any form at all, even though the original opponents, TP-Link and Vantiva, had already withdrawn their oppositions. That knocked out the basis for several parallel infringement suits at the Unified Patent Court, which were then withdrawn. For suppliers and implementers, the takeaway is that fighting a patent held by a non-practising entity can still be worth it, even once the original opponent has thrown in the towel. On August 10th, 2026, the Unified Patent Court in The Hague fully revoked Maxell’s patent EP 2 061 230, covering technology for handing off content to a second device, and at the same time dismissed Maxell’s infringement claim against several Samsung entities, in cases UPC_CFI_251/2025 and UPC_CFI_769/2025. The judges found the patent to be nothing more than an obvious combination of routine adaptations, with no additional technical effect. And now – let's hear the interview with Ken and Caitlin! A dupe used to be a quiet, slow thing. You’d stand in the cereal aisle, notice the generic box next to the name brand, buy it, tell a friend. Word spread over months. That world is gone. On this episode of IP Fridays, Ken Suzan sat down with Caitlin Byczko, partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Indianapolis, to talk about what’s replaced it: a TikTok-driven economy where a single video can sell out a dupe product within hours, sometimes before the original brand’s own team even knows it exists. Byczko litigates and prosecutes trademarks across retail, fashion, luxury goods, technology, and pharmaceuticals, and she’s watched dupe culture evolve from a marketing footnote into one of the more active battlegrounds in trademark law. Here’s what she told us, and why it matters even if your brand has never heard the word “dupe” used about it. Counterfeit and Dupe Are Not the Same Thing, Legally Byczko opened with what she called the most important distinction in this entire conversation: the difference between a counterfeit and a dupe. A counterfeit uses someone else’s actual trademark. Think of a fake Chanel bag stamped with the interlocking C’s, or a fake Louis Vuitton logo. That’s straightforward infringement, and above certain thresholds, a federal crime. A dupe is different. It mimics the look, feel, or performance of a product without using the name or the logo at all. Elf Cosmetics, Zara, Costco’s Kirkland brand, and Quince have all built parts of their business on exactly this model. No one is pretending to be Chanel. They’re offering something that looks and performs similarly, at a fraction of the price, under their own name. Media and social media use “dupe” and “counterfeit” interchangeably. Legally, that’s sloppy, and it matters, because the two categories trigger completely different legal analyses. If There’s No Logo, What Are Brands Actually Suing Over? This is where trade dress comes in. Trade dress protects the overall look and feel of a product: packaging, color combinations, shape, label design. Byczko pointed out that most of us interact with trade-dress-protected products every day without realizing it. The test is likelihood of confusion. Courts look at how similar the products actually look, how sophisticated the shoppers are, and whether there’s real evidence that people were confused. Byczko flagged one case as a genuine roadmap for this area: Van Leeuwen v. Rebel Creamery, an ice cream trade dress dispute that came out of the Eastern District of New York. In her view, the strength of that case came down to how precisely the brand defined its trade dress for the packaging. That precision, she said, did a lot of the work toward the outcome. She’s also watching Lululemon v. Costco, which she expects to be significant partly because it doesn’t rely on trademark and trade dress alone. Byczko noted that brands are increasingly stacking causes of action together: trademark, patent, false advertising, all pointing at the same product. And she’s tracking Sol de Janeiro v. Macau Beauty, a case she finds notable because it pulls in influencer content and testimonials as evidence, not just packaging and trade dress claims. Macau Beauty, she noted, has already been sued multiple times across different jurisdictions. A note for readers outside the US: trade dress as a distinct doctrine doesn’t exist as such in Germany. The closest tools here are the three-dimensional trademark and, more practically, the wettbewerbsrechtlicher Nachahmungsschutz under Section 4 No. 3 of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG). That provision protects product shape, packaging, and get-up against imitation when the original has wettbewerbliche Eigenart, competitive distinctiveness, and the copy creates avoidable confusion about origin, unfairly exploits the original’s reputation, or was built on dishonestly obtained know-how. It’s a narrower, more fact-specific tool than US trade dress, but the underlying logic Byczko describes, define your product’s distinctive features early and precisely, applies just as much on this side of the Atlantic. Why the Evidence Problem Changed Everything Ken asked what’s actually driving the current wave of disputes, and Byczko’s answer was simple: evidence. Ten or twenty years ago, if you sent a cease-and-desist letter or went to trial, you had almost nothing concrete to show about how consumers actually perceived two products. Now you have TikTok comment sections, influencer testimonials, and entire genres of “dupe content” documenting exactly what shoppers think, in their own words, in real time. In the Sol de Janeiro case, Byczko noted that part of the complaint isn’t just about packaging and trade dress. It’s about what influencers said, what claims they made, and what that content reveals about actual consumer confusion or the absence of it. That’s evidence litigators simply didn’t have access to a decade ago, and it cuts both ways: it can prove confusion, or it can just as easily prove there wasn’t any. Why Dupes Took Off: Economics, Status, and a Generational Shift Byczko was careful to frame this part as her personal read, not a sociologist’s conclusion, but it’s a read shaped by watching these disputes up close. Part of it is straightforward economics. Gen Z is shopping under real affordability pressure, and dupes let them participate in trend cycles without the price tag. Byczko cited a projected $12.6 trillion in Gen Z spending power by 2030, a generation too significant for brands to write off. The other part is cultural. A generation ago, owning a visible logo was the status symbol. Now, for a lot of younger shoppers, being the savvy one, the person who finds the dupe first and tells their followers about it, carries its own status. It’s less “I have the real thing” and more “I outsmarted the markup.” Byczko also pointed to growing public skepticism toward paying five or ten times more for a product purely because of the name on the packaging, particularly in beauty and fashion. The PR Trap: When Enforcement Backfires One of the sharpest points in the conversation was about what happens after a brand decides to enforce. Suing over a dupe can read very differently in public than it does in a courtroom. Byczko put it directly: going after a dupe can easily look, to the public, like a big corporation coming down on a small competitor, or worse, on its own customers, the same people who made the original brand aspirational in the first place. She’s seen this dynamic play out repeatedly in high-profile cases. Her advice: treat enforcement as a communication strategy, not just a legal one. Sometimes the smarter move isn’t a lawsuit at all. It’s a quieter cease-and-desist letter, a takedown request, or doubling down on marketing that explains what actually makes the original worth the price. Charlotte Tilbury has leaned hard into this approach, building campaigns around the idea that the original simply can’t be remade. Olaplex ran a similar play with its “OlaDupe” campaign. Legal and marketing, Byczko said, have to work together on this, not in sequence. What Brands Should Actually Do Byczko laid out three practical layers, all before litigation ever enters the picture. First: register your trademarks, and where a product design is genuinely distinctive, pursue trade dress or design patent protection early, before a dupe exists and before you know whether the product will even take off. That timing problem is real. Brands rarely know in advance which product will become the one worth copying. Her advice was to look at long-standing anchor products, the ones that have quietly carried a brand identity for years, and ask whether they’re actually protected. Second: monitor. A large share of dupe disputes start on social media, not in a courtroom. That means someone needs to be watching hashtags and influencer content, not just from direct competitors, but from adjacent or even unrelated brands that could end up duping a product without anyone noticing until it’s already trending. Third, and the one Byczko clearly considers most underused: consumer education and brand storytelling. “This is the original” is a weak pitch on its own in a market flooded with cheap alternatives. What works better is explaining, specifically, what makes a product different: its formulation, its sourcing, its performance, its longevity. Give people a real reason to pay more, not just a claim to authenticity. Where This Goes Next Byczko doesn’t think dupe culture is a passing trend. Her expectation is closer to “there will eventually be a dupe of everything,” and she’s watching an interesting generational pattern where teenage shoppers are teaching their mothers about dupes, who are in turn teaching their own mothers. On the legal side, she expects more clarity as cases like Van Leeuwen work their way through the system, giving brands a clearer formula for how to define and defend trade dress. On the brand side, she expects less reliance on litigation as the primary weapon and more investment in what’s genuinely hard to copy: real innovation, ingredient transparency, and storytelling that a dupe simply can’t replicate. One data point she raised stuck with us: search interest in the word “craftsmanship” is at its highest point in twenty years. After years of leaning into dupe culture, there are signs some consumers are swinging back toward wanting the original, the real ingredient, the real technique, the thing that can’t be copied to the same quality. For brands sitting on distinctive packaging, a signature shape, or a product identity they’ve never formally registered, that’s less a trend forecast than a to-do list. Here is the full transcript: Ken Suzan: Thank you, Ralf. Our guest today on the IP Friday’s podcast is Caitlin Byczko. Caitlin is a partner with Barnes and Thornburg LLP and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Caitlin crafts and defends global brand strategies, protecting intellectual property assets with creative solutions and highly tactical advocacy. She excels in trademark prosecution and litigation before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal district courts, safeguarding trademarks and digital properties for businesses of all sizes and at every stage of the business life cycle. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, Caitlin manages clients’ intellectual property needs across diverse industries. Her experience spans retail, fashion, luxury goods, sports, technology, agriculture, venture capital and pharmaceuticals. Beyond trademark law, Caitlin brings valuable insights from her law school experience with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, and her previous work serving in a technology company’s in-house legal department. Her tenacious nature and clever problem-solving skills shine through in complex matters, earning praise from clients and colleagues alike. Caitlin is co-author of “Dupe Culture Meets the Courtroom,” published in Global Cosmetic Industry on March 16, 2026. Welcome, Caitlin, to the IP Friday’s podcast. Caitlin Byczko: Hi, Ken. Thank you so much. I’m very honored to be here. Ken Suzan: Yeah, so Caitlin, today we’re talking about dupe culture, a topic that is rapidly becoming front for many brands around the world. What’s the actual difference between a dupe and a counterfeit? Caitlin Byczko: That is one of my favorite questions. This is the most important distinction to draw when we are talking legally about dupes because the difference, because media and social media often use the words interchangeably and legally they’re very different. A counterfeit is a product that uses someone else’s actual trademark. We often think of a fake Chanel bag with interlocking C’s or a fake Louis Vuitton. It’s relatively straightforward trademark infringement and generally above certain thresholds is a federal crime. A dupe, by contrast, is a product that mimics the look, feel, or performance product without actually using the name or logo. We often think of it in the beauty products, in the fashion space, some brands like Elf Cosmetics, which was in the article you just mentioned, Zara, Costco’s Kirkland brand, Quince, who are all very well known in the dupe space. Ken Suzan: What has led to the rise of dupe culture? I’m reading about it virtually every day. Caitlin Byczko: I feel very strongly about this and I’m always talking about it in my legal and non-legal worlds. It’s a very interesting societal change that I think we’ve seen over the past year. I am a lawyer, I am not a marketer, I am not a sociologist, but in my opinion, social media and influencer culture specifically has really created the kind of rise in dupes that we see today. I don’t think we can talk about modern dupe culture without talking about TikTok specifically. Dupe content is its own genre, essentially on TikTok and on Instagram. There’s a whole vocabulary that people are dupe influencers, where their whole product, everything that they’re doing and selling, all of the content they’re making is dupe related. What’s really changed is the speed, I think, around when other products or when a dupe product comes out, how it can be marketed and how people can find out about it. The speed of commerce itself has increased wildly as a result, in part because of social media. A product used to take months to build a reputation as a good alternative. When we think about things, generic cereal is one thing that I have been talking about with my parents with respect to dupe culture. It was one of the things that there used to be, you would go to the store and there would be the cereal, the name brand cereal, and then there would be the generic version of the cereal, which was usually less expensive. That in a way was a dupe. It took a long time. Your friends knew about the dupe cereal and then you knew about the dupe cereal. Then it all got around. Now a single video can send a dupe product sold out within days, within hours sometimes. Oftentimes, a brand’s own team doesn’t even know about the dupe until it’s already been wildly out. Part of it becomes this legal issue when there are claims coming around the dupe. In the Sol de Janeiro case against Macau Beauty, part of the complaint isn’t just about the trade dress and the packaging, which I think we’ll talk about. It’s about the influencer content and the testimonials and what people are saying about the dupes. There’s so much evidence now and there’s so much content and there’s so much out there regarding dupes on social media, on TikTok, and in other places. Ken Suzan: Yeah, and it’s an ever-evolving story. Every day there’s new social media content, more evidence for a potential gain, right? Caitlin Byczko: Absolutely. Ken Suzan: So if dupes aren’t using a particular brand name, how are companies suing over them at all? Caitlin Byczko: So this is really where trade dress comes in, and trade dress, as most of us know, has been around for a long time. There are a lot of very well-known things that you probably see or use every day that you don’t know are protected by trade dress, but they are. And the trade dress protects the overall kind of look and feel of a product. So if you think about things like packaging, color combinations, shape, label design, when that becomes distinctive enough, right? When consumers see that and kind of immediately understand it has the secondary meaning related to the brand owner, then it can become a protectable trademark. And so the test for trademark infringement is likelihood of confusion. And courts will look at the factors of how similar the products actually look, how sophisticated the shoppers are, whether there’s evidence that people were actually confused. I think one of the big cases in the trade dress space that came out since you and I discussed originally, Ken, is the Van Leeuwen versus Rebel Creamery ice cream case. And so for any of those interested, it’s a very interesting opinion. It just came out of the Eastern District of New York. I think that really helps people, brands specifically, kind of provide a roadmap with respect to how to define a trade dress. I think they did an excellent job there defining what the trade dress was for the packaging. And I think that that had a lot to do with the success. Ken Suzan: Yes. Ken Suzan: Why do you think younger consumers gravitate towards dupes so much more than past generations did? Caitlin Byczko: I think there are a few things that are kind of top of each other. The obvious one is economics. I think younger consumers, especially Gen Z, they’re shopping in an environment where there’s affordability pressure. And I think that dupes let them participate in certain trend cycles without the price tag. Gen Z is a significant demographic behind the growth of dupes. And they have a predicted spending power we saw recently, $12.6 trillion by 2030. Ken Suzan: Wow. That’s incredible. Caitlin Byczko: I think it is really also coupled with more of what I would say is a cultural shift. Again, I am a lawyer and this is just my opinion. But what feels aspirational is really changing, I think. And a generation ago, we saw in the fashion world, there was a really big, people really liked logos. Having a logo, owning a logo was the point. And now for a lot of younger shoppers or even more savvy shoppers, actually being a savvy shopper is the status symbol itself. So for a lot of creators, finding the dupe before anyone else or being the one who tells your followers about the dupe really has its own, and it’s less “I have this real thing” and more, “oh, I outsmarted the markup.” And I think it’s that kind of value. I think younger consumers are more publicly skeptical of the idea that something is worth five or ten times more just because of the name on the packaging. And I think that that becomes the case particularly in beauty and then clothing as well. And so I think it’s coupled with the question of craftsmanship and all of these different things. Like we can’t view anything in a vacuum, which is why I could talk for 500 years about this topic. Ken Suzan: Yeah, definitely. Now brands obviously want to protect themselves. That’s an important thing. But going after a dupe can backfire publicly, particularly on the internet. Can you comment on this possibility and what should brands do? Caitlin Byczko: Sure. I think the biggest thing is what you just said. So I think there’s the legal component. And when we’re assessing this for one of our brand clients, I think we cannot review one without the other. So I think you have to say, do we have this claim? Do we have a protectable trade dress or a look and feel claim? And what is the potential backlash in the public? I think it is also a joint PR concern, because what we see is suing over a dupe can very easily read to the public as, oh, this big brand or big corporation is coming down on a small competitor or on its own customers that made the original brand aspirational. I think that we see this in a lot of the big cases that are out right now. So brands, I think, can start to think about enforcement as a communication strategy first, because sometimes the smarter play isn’t necessarily filing a lawsuit. It’s kind of a quieter cease and desist, a takedown request, or separately, it might be really doubling down on the craftsmanship or on a marketing side of what makes the product worth the price. I think Charlotte Tilbury is a great example of this, who’s really leaned into this kind of “can’t be duped” or “you can’t remake the original” with respect to some of their really core products. And so I think people really need to, or brands really need to, assess: one, how can we define what it is that’s being duped? And again, that’s where I think that Van Leeuwen case, I think, will be really interesting over the next few years, with respect to kind of providing this roadmap to help people say, here is a way that we can try to really define what the trade dress is and then be able to protect it and be able to enforce it. Ken Suzan: Caitlin, are there cases right now, I know we just talked about the Van Leeuwen case, but are there cases right now that you think will actually set the tone for how this area of law develops? Caitlin Byczko: Absolutely. And I think some of the cases probably are even in the works, they’re not even filed yet, which is probably very exciting to us as trademark nerds. I do think the Lululemon versus Costco case will be a big one. It’s not just trademarks and trade dress, as many of them are not. I think a lot of times we see in these cases brands are very smartly using kind of all of the different types of causes of action that they bring: trademark, patent, false advertising, a lot of different things. And so I think that that one is definitely certainly one to watch kind of in the fashion space. And then the Sol de Janeiro versus Macau Beauty. Macau Beauty has been sued multiple times, I think, in various jurisdictions. And so I think part of that one is very interesting to me because I think it’s this, it loops not only trademark protection, but also it brings in false advertising, it brings in influencers, it brings in all of these different things. And so I think, like we had talked about previously, nothing is really viewed in a vacuum. And I think for all of these cases, one really important thing, maybe that we didn’t necessarily have access to 10 years ago, or certainly 20 years ago, is this like just ripe amount of evidence of potential confusion or potential non-confusion. When we go on social media and look at all of these things, and then read the comments and all of this different data that’s out there, it’s fascinating, because if you’re in trial, or if you’re going to trial, you’re sending a cease and desist letter, like there is evidence of what the consumers think right here in front of you, right? And the weight of that evidence obviously depends on what it is. But it’s fascinating the way that you can very quickly identify, you know, is there confusion? Is there not confusion, in a way that you likely could never have even thought to consider 10 to 20 years ago? Ken Suzan: Now beyond litigation, what should brands actually be doing to protect themselves in a dupe-driven market? Caitlin Byczko: I think one of the best things that we can do, right, is starting to register the trademarks. I think that’s an obvious one. And really start to consider where the product is genuinely distinctive. And so if it is genuinely distinctive, pursuing a trade dress or a design patent early, before a dupe exists, before anything happens. And I know that can be difficult, because oftentimes brands don’t know for sure what’s going to take off and what’s not. It can also be a surprise. But I think it’s really pushing brands that when you are innovating and when you are doing something that is truly unique and truly distinctive, or when you’re looking back on your brand assets and saying, this thing has been an anchor brand asset for 10 years, you know, have we sought trade dress protection? Is there a way that we can do that? The second layer really is monitoring, in my mind, because a lot of dupe disputes do start on social media. And I think it is important to have people within a company, if you have a product that you’re really keeping an eye on, or that you’re concerned about being duped or causing confusion, having someone who is keeping eyes on hashtags and influencer content and all of these various things. You know, we’re not watching just your direct competitors, we’re watching other completely different brands, or kind of made-up brands even, who could be duping the product. And then I think the third thing that I see as very important is this kind of consumer education and brand storytelling, which is when we kind of get outside of the purely legal side of it. And, you know, legal and marketing and brand and social kind of all need to work together, right? I think if the only pitch to consumers is “this is the original,” it kind of becomes a weak argument in a market where there are cheap alternatives everywhere. But I think the brands that really explain what actually makes their product different, in its formulation, its sourcing, its performance, its longevity, it really gives people a real reason to say, I want to pay more for this brand because of XYZ, you know, the technology or whatever that is. Charlotte Tilbury is one that I had mentioned. I know Olaplex kind of had a big campaign around “OlaDupe” is what they called it. So I think really unique and interesting marketing also assists with that. Ken Suzan: Caitlin, where do you see dupe culture heading? Is this a trend that plateaus or does it fundamentally change how brands operate? Caitlin Byczko: I think dupe culture itself is here to stay. I mean, I think we are only getting into a world where there is truly going to be a dupe of everything. And it’s not good or bad necessarily. I think it is just where we are in life. And I think, you know, things serve different purposes. And it all depends a lot on how the younger consumers shop. And it’s also changing how older consumers shop. You know, I’ve read a lot about teenage girls teaching their moms about dupes, who are then teaching their grandmothers about dupes, right? So on the legal side, I think we will get clarity eventually. I think right around, you know, all like all of these things, which seem so complex, and we’ll never know the answer. You know, five [years] from now, we will probably have certainly more clarity, because a lot of these cases will move forward. You know, the Van Leeuwen one, which I’ve now talked about multiple times, but I just obviously think it’s very fascinating. I think that that’s one where you have a roadmap, right? And it may be contested, or, you know, everything is very fact-specific in the trademark world. But I think it will open the door to allow people one more aggressive brand enforcement. But it will give people a roadmap proactively to kind of say, if we follow this formula for our trade dress, or, you know, defining our trade dress, then, you know, we have something we can potentially protect. And then I think on the brand side, we’ll likely see less reliance on litigation as the primary weapon and more investment in things that are actually, you know, difficult to dupe: innovation, ingredient transparency, marketing, genuinely interesting brand storytelling is something that we’ve seen. I read this past week that searches for craftsmanship, just like generally the word craftsmanship, and kind of products with craftsmanship, is at an all-time high, than it’s been in like the past 20 years. And so it’s interesting, right, that we have gone from this kind of luxury item or high craftsmanship to this dupe culture that we are in now. But there is some potential shift where people are saying, you know, now, I’ve seen all of this and I have all of these options, but now actually what I do care about is the original, right, the innovation or the ingredient transparency or all of those things that can’t necessarily be copied to the same quality. So it’s why it will just provide us with endless topic of discussion, because I think it will only just keep changing forever. Ken Suzan: That’s right. Caitlin, I want to thank you for spending time with us on the IP Friday’s podcast. This has been very insightful, and I’m sure we’ll be talking about this issue in the months and years to come. Caitlin Byczko: Thank you so much, Ken. I really appreciate it. Ken Suzan: Thank you.

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Nu de zestiende finales van het WK voetbal worden gespeeld is het tijd om een tussenbalans op te maken over de poulefase van Oranje. In de AD Voetbalpodcast schuift KNVB-directeur Marianne van Leeuwen aan in de AD Voetbalpodcast bij Etienne Verhoeff en Maarten Wijffels. Ze praten over Kansas City, de Oranje Fanwalk en ook de toekomst. Beluister de AD Voetbalpodcast via AD.nl, de AD App of jouw favoriete podcastplatform. Je kunt de podcast ook bekijken via YouTube.Student en gratis het AD lezen? https://abonnement.ad.nl/studenten/bestellen?productcode=digitaalstudent?utm_source=topics&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=topics_introductie&utm_content=studenten&utm_term=short_url Bestel het boek De vraag van Vandaag hier: https://webwinkel.ad.nl/product/de-vraag-van-vandaag Support the show: https://krant.nl/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Haarlem gaan op dit moment 31 kinderen niet naar school vanwege een vrijstelling van de leerplicht. Wethouder Bas van Leeuwen legt uit wat de uitspraak van de Hoge Raad betekent, waarom Haarlem geen nieuwe vrijstellingen meer afgeeft en hoe de gemeente gezinnen wil begeleiden richting school.

Hoe leg je verbindingen tussen de ervaringen en vragen van mensen nu en zingevende bronnen (zoals de Bijbel) en tradities? Hoe doet daarin ook je eigen spiritualiteit en biografie mee? Over deze vragen gaat het in de hermeneutiek of de hermeneutische competentie. Een belangrijke vaardigheid in het werk van geestelijk verzorgers, predikanten, kerkelijk werkers – maar in de praktijk blijkt het ook vaak een lastige, zowel qua inhoud (waar hebben we het nou precies over?) als in de uitvoering: hoe leg je dan concreet die verbindingen?In deze aflevering gaat Koos hierover in gesprek met Theo van Leeuwen en Nellie van Voornveld. Theo was docent pastoraat aan Hogeschool Windesheim, is supervisor, en promoveerde begin 2025 aan de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit op een onderzoek over hermeneutische communicatie. Nellie is buurtdominee in Slotervaart, Amsterdam en ontmoet mensen met allerlei religieuze en niet-religieuze achtergronden. Hoe leg je dan contacten en hoe komen geloof en zingeving daarin ter sprake? Luister in deze aflevering naar een vruchtbaar zoeken naar taal voor wat er gebeurt in de ontmoeting als je ruimte biedt aan de ander - en iets kunt doen of aanreiken dat een hoopvol licht werpt op de situatie. Het vraagt om alert zijn op verschillende lagen in de communicatie, om het kunnen horen van metaforen en om bewustzijn van je eigen spiritualiteit. “Soms is het samen stamelen bij de grote vragen van het leven”. Een gesprek vol inzichten en voorbeelden uit praktijk en onderzoek.ReferentiesHet proefschrift What Layer are we on? Conversational Hermeneutics in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care van Theo van Leeuwen is open access beschikbaar: What layer are we on? | Theo van LeeuwenHeilige Grond is een podcast van de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit en de Theologische Universiteit Utrecht.

Europa heeft heel veel moeite met de manier waarop Amerika onder leiding van Trump met ons continent omgaat. Maar het verbreken van de banden met elkaar is juist niet wat we moeten doen, vindt Geoffrey van Leeuwen, stafchef van Mark Rutte bij de NAVO. Volgens hem heeft Europa geen keus. 'De kwetsbaarheid van Europa op het gebied van defensie is zo enorm.' Hij is te gast in BNR De Wereld bij Bernard Hammelburg en Geert Jan Hahn. Luister ook | 'Kans op een betere nucleaire deal tussen VS en Iran is buitengewoon klein' Van Leeuwen verwijst daarbij naar de capaciteiten die Europa op militair gebied heeft. Een confrontatie met Rusland ziet hij op dit moment somber in zonder de Amerikanen. 'Ik zie niet in hoe we daar nu goed uitkomen.' De F-35 is volgens hem het beste toestel ter wereld. Op de vraag of we het ook met een iets minder Europees toestel kunnen antwoordt hij dat dat niet wenselijk is. Bovendien heeft de NAVO zonder Amerika grote gevolgen voor ons defensiebudget. 'Dan moeten we wel acht tot negen procent aan defensie besteden.' Toch is Oekraïne een toonbeeld van het feit dat je wel degelijk een goede defensie-industrie kan opbouwen. Maar ook daarvoor wijst Van Leeuwen naar de Amerikanen. 'Daar hebben ze echt wel hulp in gehad. Daarnaast levert Amerika nog verreweg de meeste intelligence aan Oekraïne.' Europa-verslaggever Geert confronteert hem met een uitspraak van Macron dat Frankrijk nu tweederde van de intel levert. 'Dat is een mooie gedachte', aldus Van Leeuwen. Lees ook | Moskou waarschuwt buitenland: ‘Neem dreiging aanval op Kyiv heel serieus’ Rusland in zwaarder weer Het gaat niet goed met Rusland. Voor het eerst in lange tijd heeft het meer gebied verloren dan gewonnen in Oekraïne. Dat concludeert het toonaangevende Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Ook in het binnenland gaat het slecht. De economie bevindt zich in een recessie en het rekruteren van soldaten gaat steeds moeizamer omdat de arbeidsmarkt stagneert als gevolg van de oorlogseconomie. Over de gevolgen daarvan is te gast Hubert Smeets, medeoprichter van Raam op Rusland, columnist voor NRC en voormalig correspondent in het land. Luister ook | Amerika Podcast President Rubio? | Postma in Amerika De vraag rijst wie Donald Trump op gaat volgen. Eén iemand die goede kaarten in handen lijkt te hebben is minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Marco Rubio, die zich best wel opvallend profileert, ziet Amerika-correspondent Jan Postma. Over de makers Bernard Hammelburg is buitenlandcommentator en columnist voor BNR Nieuwsradio en het FD, en presentator van BNR De Wereld. Als oorlogsverslaggever was hij o.a. ooggetuige van de Culturele Revolutie in China, de revolutie in Iran en de oorlogen in Vietnam, het Midden-Oosten en Afghanistan. Hij was twintig jaar correspondent in de VS. Hij verdeelt zijn tijd tussen zijn woonplaatsen Amsterdam en New York. Redactie Michaël Roele, buitenlandredacteur bij BNR Nieuwsradio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Johan Derksen, Wilfred Genee, René van der Gijp en Frank van Leeuwen bespreken in razendsnel tempo de actualiteit: Ali B en Peter Gillis veroordeeld, paniek in de studio en beelden van Curaçao-promo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luuk van Leeuwen (27) begon zijn carrière als YouTuber, maar al snel viel hij op en rolde hij de acteerwereld in. Hij heeft in verschillende series gespeeld, zoals 'Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden' en 'Verborgen Verleden'. In 2020 brak Luuk door als TikTokker AkaLuuk, waar hij in een rap tempo meer dan 345.000 volgers behaalde. In 2024 begon Luuk zijn eigen ondergoedlijn 'AKA by Luuk', waarmee hij spraakmakende campagnes maakt. Presentator: Stijn de Vries Fotograaf: Julia Huikeshoven

In deze aflevering ontvangt Eva Koreman documentairemaker, researcher en fotograaf Rein van Leeuwen (https://www.instagram.com/rein.vanleeuwen/). Rein maakte samen met Jesse Bleekemolen de documentaire Fuck Drugs (https://www.npodoc.nl/artikelen/fuck-drugs) die vorige week uit kwam. Hij deelt zijn cultuurtips met Eva en de Luisteraar. De tips van Rein: Muziek: Madonna (https://oor.nl/news/madonna-hint-op-nieuw-album-confessions-ii/) Boek: Ik wil geen seks (https://www.lebowskipublishers.nl/boek/3208/jill-mathon-ik-wil-geen-seks.html) Tentoonstelling: ben ik mannelijk? (https://www.hetnoordbrabantsmuseum.nl/bezoek/tentoonstellingen/ben-ik-mannelijk/) Dans: Raiging Against Various Elements (https://www.arkconnorschumacher.com/projects/raging-against-various-elements/) Kunst: Leigh Bowery (https://www.instagram.com/leighbowery/) Bioscoop: Pillion (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32321317/) Podcast: En niemand bleef onaangeraakt (https://www.vpro.nl/en-niemand-bleef-onaangeraakt) Gratis: Schotse Musea Heb je cultuurtips die we niet mogen missen? Mail de redactie: eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will soon touch down in the states to mark 250 years of US independence at the invitation of President Trump. 

In Merwede in Utrecht, straks de grootste autovrije buurt van Nederland, zijn grote stappen gezet om mobiliteit, afval en energie anders te organiseren. Met hulp van het MerwedeLab is het daarbij ook gelukt om gedurende het ontwikkeltraject steeds nieuwe innovaties in te brengen en deze gebiedsbreed in te zetten. Een podcast waarin we ‘onder de motorkap' van Merwede kijken.Te gast deze podcast zijn Mirjam Schmüll, programmamanager van MerwedeLab en mede-oprichter van de Brokkenmákers, en Finn van Leeuwen, projectmanager Merwede bij de gemeente Utrecht en oprichter van Nine Square. Met hen spreken we over verschillende publiekprivate samenwerkingen die voor de buurt zijn opgezet, die dus gezamenlijk door de ontwikkelende partijen en de gemeente Utrecht zijn opgezet.Mobiliteitsbedrijf – beheert de twee logistieke hubs, de parkeergarages met zo'n 1.550 parkeerplekken voor bewoners en zo'n 250 parkeerplekken voor deelauto's, plus de fietsenstallingen voor gasten. Reguliere busjes kunnen de buurt in basis niet meer in. Busjes die bijvoorbeeld pakketjes komen afleveren, kunnen die in de logistieke hubs achterlaten in pakketwanden of servicewinkels, of anders die pakketjes met karretjes de buurt in brengen. Het is daarbij ook mogelijk om in de logistieke hubs de pakketjes over te slaan op bakfietsen of kleinere elektrische voertuigen.Afvalbedrijf – systeem van compactere afvalcontainers met persen die in de verschillende gebouwen geplaatst zijn (dus niet in de openbare ruimte) en die met elektrische busjes opgehaald worden (in plaats van grote vrachtwagens).WKO-bedrijf – gezamenlijke warmte-koude-opslag in de bodem met uitwisseling met het Merwedekanaal om afkoeling van de ondergrondse opslag te voorkomen. Drie zes meter hoge warmwaterbuffers, die opgenomen worden in de gebouwen, gaan ervoor zorgen dat op piekmomenten iedereen warm water heeft. Via een tender heeft Essent de concessie verworven om dit 30 jaar lang voor de buurt te beheren.Energiecoöperatie – omdat voor Merwede minder netcapaciteit beschikbaar was dan er eigenlijk voor nodig was, is met Stedin de afspraak gemaakt dat de buurt het zelf zo organiseert dat het binnen de beschikbare capaciteit blijft. Daarvoor wordt onder andere gekeken naar bidirectioneel laden van de elektrische auto's in de parkeergarages, maar zullen ook enkele buurtbatterijen nodig zijn, die ook weer in de gebouwen een plek moeten gaan krijgen. Het opladen van auto's zal verder vooral buiten de piekmomenten kunnen.MerwedeLab – voorafgaand aan iedere volgende fase in de gebiedsontwikkeling heeft dit lab onderzocht welke innovaties mogelijk waren en specialisten daarbij betrokken. Zo heeft het lab eraan bijgedragen dat veel innovaties breed in het gebied zijn toegepast. Een goed voorbeeld daarvan is de inpassing van de fietsenstallingen, die steeds aan de entrees van de gebouwen zijn gekoppeld, hoogwaardiger zijn afgewerkt, en verbonden zijn met gezamenlijke voorzieningen; zodat je via de fietsenstalling echt prettig binnenkomt of vertrekt.Deze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door AGC. Halverwege de podcast vertelt Anton Peters van AGC hoe bij woontoren Bold in Amsterdam, ontworpen door OZ, PV-panelen onzichtbaar zijn geïntegreerd in de gevels en hoe juist die plaatsing in de gevel bijdraagt aan een gelijkmatiger opwekking van energie over de dag en de seizoenen.De beelden bij de podcast zijn gemaakt door LOLA Landscape Architects en tonen de autovrije buurt Merwede in Utrecht.

In this episode of The Green Light, Catherine sat down with Richenda Van Leeuwen, Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI)'s new Executive Director, to discuss how the next generation of clean energy leaders is being developed. Recently featured in Forbes, CELI is playing a key role in shaping talent across the industry through its fellowship and broader community.They explored leadership development, career pathways in clean energy, and how emerging tools like AI are beginning to influence the future of the workforce. Richenda also shared insights from her career across finance, international development, and renewable energy—and what it takes to lead in a rapidly evolving industry.If you're a clean energy employer and need help scaling your workforce efficiently with top tier staff, contact Catherine McLean, CEO & Founder of Dylan Green, directly on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3odzxQr. If you're looking for your next role in clean energy, take a look at our industry-leading clients' latest job openings: bit.ly/dg_jobs. 

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How did two 20-something founders turn a $7,000 investment into one of the fastest-growing brands in CPG, now selling one unit every three seconds? It started with a deceptively simple idea, relentless sampling, meticulous planning and a confident bet that protein ice cream could outshine the biggest names in the game. I met up with Protein Pints co-founders Paul Reiss and Michael Meadows at Expo West 2026 to discuss the origins and development of their high-protein ice cream brand They share why leading with "protein" was key to standing out, how years of sampling and iteration shaped the product, and how they scaled from just 14 stores to over 10,000 in just under one year.    Fueled by strong branding, great taste, and relentless execution, their rapid rise highlights the power of product-market fit and founder conviction. Show notes: 0:20: Interview: Michael Meadows & Paul Reiss, Co-Founders, Protein Pints – Paul and Michael reflect on their longtime friendship and how their college experiences ultimately led them to start a company together. They explain that including "protein" in the brand name was a deliberate choice, meant to clearly signal the product's core benefit in a crowded frozen aisle. They also detail the more than two years they spent preparing for launch, rigorously testing recipes, packaging, and branding through extensive sampling and feedback. To fund the business, they reinvested earnings from a small service venture and supplemented that capital with prize money from pitch competitions. They credit strong sales, clear positioning, and a relentless focus on taste as the primary driver of repeat purchases. They acknowledge concerns about scaling too quickly, but lean on conviction in their product and timing, bolstered by a growing team and a network of mentors. Brands in this episode: Protein Pints, Taste Radio, SkinnyPop, Muscle Milk, Ben & Jerry's, Häagen-Dazs, Van Leeuwen, Super Coffee, Sauz

Wat is de rol van de NAVO in het conflict in Iran? En wat betekent dat voor de oorlog in Oekraïne? NAVO-stafchef Geoffrey van Leeuwen vertelt erover.  Sven op 1 is een programma van Omroep WNL. Meer van WNL vind je op onze website en sociale media: ► Website: https://www.wnl.tv  ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omroepwnl  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omroepwnl ► Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wnlvandaag ► Steun WNL, word lid: https://www.steunwnl.tv ► Gratis Nieuwsbrief: https://www.wnl.tv/nieuwsbrief 

It was great catching up with Dan Frommer. Dan is the founder and editor in chief of The New Consumer, a sharp and essential publication covering the intersection of technology and consumer culture — and one of the smartest people thinking and writing about what Americans are actually buying, eating, and obsessing over. Every year, Dan publishes a major consumer trends report timed to Expo West, the natural and organic products trade show in Anaheim, and this year's edition — a 68-slide deep dive produced with Coefficient Capital — is full of big findings. Matt catches up with Dan to talk about some of their new product discoveries while attending the show, as well as Dan's recent writing about Sweetgreen and how Americans actually want to consume protein. Brands discussed on the episode: Smith Tea Maker, Coyotas, Waterloo, Flow Hydration, Van Leeuwen, Moozy Milk, Little Latke, Brause, Wasted, Oatly, Rambler, Wholesome Bakery, Lasso, Zahav Foods, Lexington Bakes, Yuzu Co., Row 7, Sourmilk.  Subscribe to This Is TASTE: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expo West 2026 made one thing clear: food and beverage brands are racing to add function, but the ones that nail flavor have the best chance of winning. The hosts break down the show's biggest trends, from protein-packed everything to standout brands in candy, beverages, frozen treats, and snacks, while sharing the products and ideas that reinforced a simple truth: in modern CPG, taste still comes first. Show notes: 0:23: Barking Dogs. Plenty Of Protein. Where's The Fiber? Blurring Lines. Sweet (Date) Treats. – The hosts are wiped but loquacious as they break down the biggest themes and trends from Expo West. They highlight the surge of protein across nearly every category – from popcorn, chips, and pretzels to beverages and ice cream – and debate whether some applications make sense today or may become more relevant in the future. Ray emphasizes that taste remains the ultimate test, spotlighting standout brands such as high-protein ice cream maker Protein Pints. The team also notes that added fiber was surprisingly less visible at the show and wonders whether it faces a bigger consumer education hurdle than protein. They examine emerging beverages like spiked prebiotic or probiotic sodas and question their long-term appeal. Beyond functional products, they highlight innovative brands discovered around the show, including crispy jerky chips, soy-based high-protein yogurt, sea moss lemonade, non-alcoholic cocktail alternatives, a modern MSG brand, and date-based candies positioned as better-for-you sweets. Brands in this episode: Khloud, Jam Packed, Lumen, Sky Pop, David, Protein Pints, Manitoba Harvest, Belly Well, Poppi, Pop Sips, Beast, YAY's, Tezza, Bitter Love, Tips, Mother Root, OSIA, Dime MSG, Black Beverly Hills, Oh My Dessert Butter, Sleet Pops, Chara, Benny Bites, Ohum, Kias, Gato, Lasso Jello, Wobbled Jello, Very Lucky, True Dates, Joolie's, Smood, Daddl, Harken Sweets, Farmwell, Quip, House of Joy, Crafty Ramen, Prickly, Fresh Fizz, Leisure, RXBAR, Häagen-Dazs, Ben & Jerry's, Van Leeuwen, Swedish Fish, Mounds, Almond Joy, High Noon

PRESENTATIE 12 MAART BELGIE : https://vogelvrij.net/evenementen/lezing-dino-sarac-dutch-matrix-podcast-kosmische-re-ntegratie-oorlog-om-tijdlijnen-12-maart-27-20260312/#inschrijvenBOEKEN EN KLEDING : https://www.matrixshop.nl/STEUN/SPONSOR DUTCH MATRIX : https://www.matrixboek.nl/doneren/VOLG MICKY VIA ZIJN KANAAL : https://complotmedia.nl/De werkelijkheid is niet wat ze lijkt…In deze aflevering van Dutch Matrix vertelt Micky van Leeuwenn de opvallende parallellen tussen hemel en aarde — van het nieuw ontdekte interstellaire object 3I/ATLAS, tot de mysterieuze drone-incidenten boven Europese luchthavens.Wat betekent de komst van dit derde interstellaire object, ontdekt door het ATLAS-telescoopnetwerk in Chili? Is het slechts een natuurlijke komeet, of – zoals Harvard-professor Avi Loeb suggereert – een buitenaards vaartuig aangedreven door kernenergie? En wat zit er achter de zogenaamde hybride aanvallen met drones boven Denemarken en andere NAVO-landen?Wij duiken samen met jou in de schaduwzones van wetenschap, geopolitiek en kosmisch bewustzijn. Met verwijzingen naar UFO-hearings, interdimensionale entiteiten en recente onthullingen van dr. Eric Davis (Yale) en Anna Paulina Luna, wordt steeds duidelijker dat er veel meer speelt dan de officiële verhalen doen vermoeden.

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Seizoen 1 - Deze keer in onze HTM Throwback-serie duiken we diep in de natuur met Merijn van Leeuwen!Merijn is bossenexpert bij het Wereld Natuur Fonds en heeft zich onder andere beziggehouden met het behoud en herstel van het Amazonegebied. Verder leidt hij een team van experts rondom onder andere oceanen, wilde dieren, natuurgebaseerde oplossingen en digitale innovatie. Samen bieden zij expertise aan een wereldwijd netwerk en over nieuwe benaderingen voor het behoud en herstel van de natuur. In deze uitzending neemt Merijn ons helemaal mee in zijn missie als ambassadeur van alles wat met de natuur te maken heeft.Blijf op de hoogte, verwen jezelf met wat positieve verhalen en lift mee op onze vibe! Schrijf je in voor de ⁠Happy Times nieuwsbrief⁠, bestel een van de eerder verschenen ⁠Happy Times Magazines⁠ en volg ons natuurlijk via ⁠Instagram⁠ en ⁠LinkedIn⁠!ShownotesConnect met Merijn via LinkedIn!Lees hier een aantal artikelen die hij voor het WNF heeft geschreven

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader to China since 2018.

Host Mark Hochgesang huddles with the inspiring and relentlessly optimistic Danny van Leeuwen—athlete, nurse, storyteller, and champion for living fully with a chronic illness. Danny doesn't just talk about resilience; he lives it daily with multiple sclerosis while still pursuing movement, connection, and joy. His perspective flips the script from “What's wrong?” to “What's possible?” as we explore how folks can redefine success, choose hope, and keep moving forward even when the road gets rocky. If you're ready for a conversation filled with energy, laughter, practical wisdom, and a contagious belief in what the human spirit can do—this episode is for you. Enjoy sports fans!Danny's Health Hats Website: https://health-hats.com/Danny's Health Hats Podcast: https://health-hats.com/new-health-hats-blog/EPISODE TIME STAMPS0:00 –  Opening and Episode Setup01:18 –  Meet Danny van Leeuwen02:07 – Athlete Roots and Early Lessons04:56 – Danny's Competitive Spirit06:10 -  The MS Diagnosis 12:00 – Movement Matters15:42 – Attitude is Everything17:40 – Teamwork Makes the Dream Work20:37 – Beautiful Music22:50 – Oh the Places You'll Go24:09 – Winning Redefined25:00 – Pathological Optimist26:10 – What Do You Do When You Can't?28:56 – Final Takeaways and ClosingListeners, please subscribe to Heavy Hitter Sports wherever you listen to podcasts so that you don't miss any future episodes. Ideally, please also rate & review the show. And share this episode with a coworker, friend or family member who it might benefit. Feel free to reach out if you have suggestions re future episode guests or topics. Mark's contact info is noted below. Many thanks. mphochgesang@gmail.com971-985-6909

Met vanavond: Is Colombia het nieuwe doelwit van president Trump ? | Vijf jaar na de eerste coronaprik | Nieuw boek over zaak Heulmeisje | Bert van Leeuwen over 25 jaar Het Familiediner | Presentatie: Pieter van der Wielen

This latest episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast is the final part in a series of three focusing on major international companies with a strong footprint in the Chinese market.In this episode we will take a dive into the world of offshore vessel design with Edwin van Leeuwen, Managing Director at Ulstein Designs and Solutions. In a conversation with Seatrade Maritime News Editor Marcus Hand we explore the complexities of creating specialised vessels for marine operations, the significance of the Chinese shipbuilding market, and the innovative technologies that shape the future of maritime engineering. Edwin shares insights on current projects, the shift towards sustainable practices in vessel design, and the importance of collaboration between designers, shipyards, and clients. The conversation includes:Meet Edwin Van LeeuwenDiscussion of unique vessel designsThe importance of the Chinese MarketAn overview of current projects The shift to sustainabilityExpectations for Marintec China 2025Listen to the full episode now

Tijdens De Nacht van Ontdekkingen in Leiden onderzoekt presentator Sander Nieuwenhuijsen met stresswetenschapper Laura Nawijn (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/laura-nawijn#tab-1) en literatuurhistoricus Evert van Leeuwen (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/evert-jan-van-leeuwen#tab-1) en het publiek de fascinerende horrorparadox: waarom zoeken we angst op, terwijl we het tegelijkertijd willen vermijden? In een speciaal gebouwd spookhuis werden bezoekers blootgesteld aan klassieke angstmomenten – van duistere geluiden tot onverwachte luchtstoten – en werden hun reacties gemeten.  “Je lichaam reageert op horror zoals op verliefdheid of bungeejumpen.” Van Leeuwen reflecteert daarbij op horror in fictie en literatuur. “Jonge lezers zoeken in dystopische horror niet alleen gruwel, maar ook schoonheid en zingeving.” Samen onderzoeken ze hoe angst werkt – fysiek, emotioneel en cultureel – en wat we kunnen leren van hoe mensen reageren op gecontroleerde spanning.

Sunscreen doesn't usually require a spoon — but a new concoction infuses ice cream with the scent of the summer staple (SPF not included). Van Leeuwen has collaborated with Carnival Cruise Line on the dessert, which includes ingredients such as coconut cream, cocoa butter, vanilla extract and sea salt. Fried chicken giveaway sparks CHAOS in Paris as riot cops fire tear gas at 3,000-strong crowd A Kutztown man is facing a stack of charges following a recent traffic stop in Schuylkill County during which he couldn't spell or remember his own fake names. Students at the University of Tennessee will soon be able to study American history through the lens of Rockstar's iconic open-world series. On January 20, 2026, the university will host the world's first Grand Theft Auto college history class. FOLLOW TNR ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7759604 FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WARNING! This flavor does NOT contain honeycomb, despite it's title. Van Leeuwen yet again has a lot of explaining to do.•Ice Cream Brand:https://vanleeuwenicecream.com/product/honeycomb•Patreon:patreon.com/pryorcreatesInstagram:instagram.com/icecreampodICM Google Sheet:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/128RofRclIp-jHduQe-yBPRX3iQ-PBN9AKGSGgAJLTeE/edit?usp=sharing•Our theme song was sourced and licensed through Epidemic Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Van Leeuwen says this flavor forms a "mouth band" once combined with your spoon. We're not really sure what that means, but this ice cream has cornbread in it, so we simply had to try.•Ice Cream Brand:https://vanleeuwenicecream.com/product/buttermilk-berry-cornbread•Patreon:patreon.com/pryorcreatesInstagram:instagram.com/icecreampodICM Google Sheet:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/128RofRclIp-jHduQe-yBPRX3iQ-PBN9AKGSGgAJLTeE/edit?usp=sharing•Our theme song was sourced and licensed through Epidemic Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jinwoo Chong is the author of the novels I Leave It Up to You and Flux, a New York Times Editor's Choice and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. We really enjoyed I Leave It Up to You. It's a family story set in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and it features a Korean family working in a Japanese-Korean restaurant, with a family dynamic that feels quite realistic. Jinwoo talks about the research that went into writing so colorfully about restaurant culture as well as his own food memories from growing up in New Jersey. And, at the top of the show, it's the return of Three Things, where Aliza and Matt talk about what is exciting them in the world of restaurants, cookbooks, and the food world as a whole. On this episode: David Lebovitz has revised Ready for Dessert, a visit to Pavé NYC, Coffee Project NY is roasting exceptional coffee. Also: One Love Community Fridge launched a CSA, Van Leeuwen is king of non-dairy, and Muteki Udon is serving one of our favorite salads.Subscribe to This Is TASTE: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chelsea Rhodes from Berkeley Alley Beer Co joins me to talk about how her and her partner Liz are changing the way you drink. News from Dogfish, Brooklyn Brewery, Lawson Finest, Toppling Goliath. Block Party details from Bolero Snort. Miller Lite is giving away free beer. Guinness and Van Leeuwen's teaming up for an ice cream. Suds and Duds too. Portions of the show brought to you by River Horse and DuClaw Brewing. @njcraftbeer @hoppedupnetwork #metalforever #drinklocal #drinkcraftnotcrap #stouts #ipas #lagers #ales #sours #hops #pilsners #porters #beer #fcancer #smallbusinessowners #beerfestivals #beertours #music #podcasts #ozzySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 67, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Chris Van Leeuwen (aka Captain "Kiwi") of the Sailfish Oasis Lodge in Guatemala. Chris has taken the path that many of us dream of, chasing fish in remote locations, and he did it when it was far more difficult to do so. Some great stories in this episode from his travels, and they dive into the Guatemala fishing and his lodge there, which we recommend taking a trip to. They handle every aspect of your trip, making it so easy to be there as it is an all-inclusive package setup.Check out Sailfish Oasis on Facebook and also on Instagram @sailfish.oasisTo fish with our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, on EUPHORIA out of Atlantic City, NJ June-November go to:EuphoriaSportfishing.comIf you would like our host, Ricky Wheeler, to help you sell your boat/yacht or help you with searching for and buying a boat/yacht, please email:RickyWheeler@UnitedYacht.comSaltwater Euphoria Podcast Sponsors:+Fishing Booker - https://fishingbooker.com/#65e87544c2843Get your $50 credit towards your trip via booking with Fishing Booker by going to https://fishingbooker.com/Ricky +Saltwater Euphoria - https://www.saltwatereuphoria.com/+Euphoria Sportfishing - https://www.euphoriasportfishing.com/For online fishing courses, go to our website Courses.SaltwaterEuphoria.comFollow the following on Instagram: CaptainRickyWheeler: @CaptainRickyWheeler Saltwater Euphoria: @SaltwaterEuphoria Euphoria Sportfishing: @EuphoriaSportfishingIf you like this podcast, please be sure to click that FOLLOW button and also spread the word by sharing this episode with your friends or whatever social channels you are on and/or leaving a great review.  We appreciate your support.

In deze nieuwe aflevering van Kick-off blikken Valentijn Driessen, Mike Verweij en Pim Sedee vooruit op de aanstaande interlands van Oranje tegen Finland en Malta. Wie gaat Koeman opstellen? En gaat 'het beste middenveld in tijden' indruk maken tegen de laagvliegers Finland en Malta? En de gemoederen rond Sem Steijn en Mexx Meerdink zijn nog niet bedaard. Verder: Indonesië houdt hoop op WK in leven en Brian Brobbey werd maandenlang afgeperst. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CEO of Gilman Hill Asset Management, on the art of dividend investing -- the subject of her new book.

King Charles III has become the first British monarch to officially open Canada's parliament in nearly 70 years. 

Is religious belief a form of make-believe — and if so, what deeper truths might we be acting out? Neil Van Leeuwen joins Igor and Charles to explore the psychological roots of religion, the nature of belief, and how sacred values shape group identity. Igor reflects on the blurring line between religious and political convictions, Neil argues that religious credence operates more like imaginative play than factual belief, and Charles considers whether conspiracy theories might be filling the same social and psychological roles. Welcome to Episode 65. Special Guest: Neil Van Leeuwen.

IntroductionPeople with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change; however, they have been traditionally excluded from conversations about national plans and responses to climate change. Including the disabled community in decision making is key to addressing potential harms and designing effective, inclusive solutions. Disabled Community Disproportionately AffectedMany studies provide empirical evidence that climate change poses a particularly great risk for the disabled community. A study in Australia documented that between 2001 and 2018,  89% of heat wave fatalities were people with some type of disability, and actually many had multiple disabilities both physical and mental. Additionally, after Hurricane Harvey in Harris County, Texas in 2017, people with disabilities were disproportionately affected and exposed to harms. Areas flooded by Hurricane Harvey were overrepresented by disabled populations. The highest proportion of people living in public housing being exposed to environmental hazards were people with disabilities. While people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, they have often been excluded from decision-making surrounding climate change, including in  drafting national plans and climate responses. Inclusivity and Accessibility In PracticeEngaging people with disabilities in developing, designing and implementing climate resilient solutions can help protect their livelihoods and autonomy. Meaningful participation can look different in many ways including conducting research to have more data on how people with disabilities are affected and specific ways to help. As well, to develop new technologies and innovations that assist people with disabilities in climate emergencies like early warning systems, communication, and adaptive infrastructure. Spaces can be more inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities. More research is needed on infrastructure design that both reduces emissions and simultaneously will not put disabled people at more risk in climate emergencies, for example, adding ramps and automatic door openers, widening doorways, and having accessible bathrooms. It is also important to host public events in accessible locations to ensure that people with disabilities feel welcomed and valued. Methods of communication should also be accessible like using captions in videos, adding text descriptions and making online materials that work with screen readers so that low vision individuals can also access them. Disability-Inclusive Climate SolutionsIn addition to educating the community about the importance of disability-inclusive climate solutions and for the disabled community to be educated and equipped for climate disaster risk mitigation, it is vital for the disabled community to be part of the large-scale decision making process and promote meaningful participation. By providing people with disabilities with a greater understanding of the impacts that climate change will have on their lives, then they can be more able to respond to effects of climate change and access the resources they need. Expert Dr. Michael Stein points out that everyone knows their own needs and livelihoods best; hence, it is vital to reach out to the disabled community and include them in the conversation and decision making for climate solutions that will support the disabled community who are disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change. About our guestMichael Stein is the co-founder of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. As a world leader on disability law, Dr. Stein participated in the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Dr. Stein became the first known person with a disability to be a member of the Harvard Law Review. He has received numerous awards in recognition of his work in disability rights. ResourcesAvci, Bratchell, Browning, Coates, Gissing, and Van Leeuwen, Heat wave fatalities, (2001-2008).Chakraborty, Collins, and Grineski, Hurricane Harvey and people with disabilities, (2019).Akyeampong, Alford, Chakraborty, Daniels-Mayes, Gallegos, Grech, Groce, Gurung, Hans, Harpur, Jodoin, Lord, Macanawai, McClain-Nhlapo, Stein, Susteren, Advancing Disability-Inclusive Climate Research, (2024).Szekeres, 8 Ways  to Include People with Disabilities in Climate Action, (2023).Nina D. L, How to Include People with Disabilities, (2021).Hélène T., Disability-Inclusive Approaches to Climate Action, (2023).For a transcript of this episode, please visit https://climatebreak.org/disability-inclusive-climate-solutions-with-michael-stein/.

Podcast 276 – Tacos, Burgers, and So Much Ice Cream Coming Soon – Mark Galvin – Discover Dunwoody   Ice cream spots are popping up all over town! Good Vibes is bringing a retro ice cream and soda shop to Funwoody, while Van Leeuwen is set to open at Park Place. Rosetta Bakery will soon debut its second Atlanta location, adding to High Street's growing lineup, which also includes Cuttlefish, a sushi and seafood market. CT Taqueria is preparing to open at Campus 244, part of an exciting new mixed-use development. From steakhouses to sushi, Dunwoody's restaurant scene is thriving, and Discover Dunwoody's trolley tour is the perfect way to explore it all!

This week Ryan sits down with Jamie Van Leeuwen, Managing Director at BuildStrong Foundation, to talk about his extensive work in community development from Urban Peak to founding the Global Livingston Institute and serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for John Hickenlooper.  Now focused on affordable housing and workforce development, Jamie shares insights on the challenges in the housing sector, the role of public policy, and the importance of engaging young people in community solutions. He offers a compelling perspective on addressing the housing crisis through innovative, community-driven solutions.   To learn more, check out https://buildstrongacademy.org/ Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor's registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker's” or “dealer's” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.  

US President Trump has shocked the globe with the announcement that it was Ukraine that started the war with Russia. He also claimed Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a dictator because he had, quite legally, cancelled elections during this war. Talks have been conducted in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine, which Zelenskyy was unsurprisingly not happy about.   

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Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 700-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ What does it mean to “believe” something? What is distinctive about religious belief? Is it different from other kinds of belief? In this episode, Dan interviews philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen to discuss his book, Religion as Make Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity, which opens up a provocative and illuminating account of religious belief. Check it out as Dan and Neil explore these and other questions. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gibson Johns gives you a peek behind the curtain and chats with "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" stars Mary M. Cosby, Angie Katsanevas and Bronwyn Newport at the launch event for the new "RHOSLC"-inspired ice cream flavor at Van Leeuwen, The SLC Scoop. Support “Gabbing with Gib”: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabbing-with-gib/support  Subscribe to "Gabbing with Gib" on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/471D8Gb Follow "Gabbing with Gib" on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3StiCtY  Follow "Gabbing with Gib" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gabbingwithgib Follow "Gabbing with Gib" on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbingwithgib  Follow Gibson Johns on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gibsonoma Follow Gibson Johns on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gibsonoma Follow Gibson Johns on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gibsonoma Subscribe to Gibson Johns' Newsletter: https://gibsonoma.substack.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabbing-with-gib/support This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or the Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gibson Johns gives you a peek behind the curtain and chats with "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" stars Mary M. Cosby, Angie Katsanevas and Bronwyn Newport at the launch event for the new "RHOSLC"-inspired ice cream flavor at Van Leeuwen, The SLC Scoop. Support “Gabbing with Gib”: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabbing-with-gib/support   Subscribe to "Gabbing with Gib" on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/471D8Gb Follow "Gabbing with Gib" on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3StiCtY  Follow "Gabbing with Gib" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gabbingwithgib Follow "Gabbing with Gib" on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbingwithgib  Follow Gibson Johns on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gibsonoma Follow Gibson Johns on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gibsonoma Follow Gibson Johns on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gibsonoma Subscribe to Gibson Johns' Newsletter: https://gibsonoma.substack.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabbing-with-gib/support

"Specialest" of guests on the podcast, Alana, 95th episode of Milo Time, Alana reluctant to appear on Milo Time, Alana unable to complete her first attempt to record an episode, Things Milo hated could be its own list, cut fruit in water, metal silverware scratching a plate, Alana and I have been to the US Open twice this year, US Open grounds as sacred grounds, Max, Alana, and I recently went to the US Open Qualifying, Alana been going for nearly 45 years, US Open always a big day for our family, Alana had Milo on her mind all day during our most recent visit, With Milo at US Open on one crutch in 2021, Sitting in accessible seating with Milo, Watching Matteo Berrettini play Ilya Ivashka from Belarus, Milo and a random guy the only two rooting for Ivashka, Same day we bumped into Emily and Scott Medintz and watched Jannik Sinner play against Gael Monfils, "You can't stand here," Last visit to the US Open with Milo was so memorable, August/September 2021, First time Milo left the house on one crutch, So concerned for Milo's safety that day, Milo was so game, probably walked a mile or two, That day extraordinarily memorable, Staff was so lovely, Accessible parking, Tremendous work to go to the US Open, Yankee games, Nets games, movies, Milo put his shoulders back and stood a little taller when he was in the world, in places he liked to be, Max inspired us to go to Yankees games and the US Open with Milo, even though Milo was fragile at the time, Produced amazing memories for us, Milo seemed and was fragile and there was some COVID concern as well, Maybe I failed to realize how out of the ordinary the world felt to Milo, Great challenge to Milo was never feeling like himself because of the medication and because of other limitations, Australian Open when Milo was in kindergarten and Max was in second grade, Such an exciting day when we went to the US Open as a family, Planning with the boys, Ben & Jery's has been replaced by Van Leeuwen, Milo loved to watch the scores on the screens in the main plaza of the US Open, Mission command, Milo loved to track all the matches at once, First year we brought Max to the US Open we watched Donald Young play a relatively unknown Novak Djokovic, Milo's first day at the US Open we watched young Gael Monfils play an unknown Grigor Dimitrov, Thinking about how lucky we were that the boys loved tennis as much as we did, Looking over at Bethany Mattek-Sands v. Paola Hercog feeling so lucky, Watching Canadian Jesse Levine play Ukrainian Alexander Dolgopolov, Got tribal, Alana, Milo and I drove to the US Open on a lark and watched nighttime qualifying matches, Watched Ernests Gulbis and Radu Albot, Some of our dearest friends bought a plaque for Milo "Crafty Brooklyn Lefthander," Right Next to Martina Navratilova, another crafty lefthander, Please take a picture of yourself at Milo's plaque, Plaque makes the US Open grounds even more important to us, Alana's love for tennis always inspired the boys, A gift from Alana to us all, A gift that will always be with us, Seems insufficient to be focused only on tennis, but still beautiful nonetheless           

The hosts welcome NOSH managing editor Monica Watrous to the show as they discuss Mars' $36 billion acquisition of Kellanova, including key takeaways from the deal, its impact on the food industry and why it may spur a flow of M&A activity among entrepreneurial companies.  Show notes: 0:35: Ripple Effect. Bread Certified. Yu Try That New Brew? Cold Kelce. Meet Tha Kids. – Ray and Mike are OOO, so no soccer banter, but Monica is here to share the deets on a couple new episodes of CPG Week and her plans for the upcoming Newtopia Now trade show. She also presents a historical perspective and analysis of the Mars/Kellanova deal before John highlights a Linkedin post penned by Once Upon A Farm co-founder and CEO John Foraker about the potential for it to “start an avalanche.” The hosts munch on chia-laden snacks, sip on Liquid Death's chocolatey collaboration with Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, tease a peanut butter taste test and praise a new premium instant coffee. Brands in this episode: Once Upon a Farm, M&Ms, Snickers, Dove Chocolate, Rice Krispies, Pop-Tarts, Pringles, Cheez-It, Starburst, Skittles, Twix, Kind Snacks, TruFru, Natural Heaven Foods, SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty, Dot's Pretzels, RXBAR, Nutrigrain, Nature's Bakery, Chia Smash, Liquid Death, Van Leeuwen, One Trick Pony, Diamond Brew, Ruby Jean's Juicery

Laura O'Neill is the co-founder of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream. O'Neill grew up in Melbourne and worked in event producing before deciding to travel the world. She met her future partner Ben Van Leeuwen on a fateful trip to London, and when she moved to New York to be with him, he proposed a wild idea: They should start a well-designed ice cream truck that sold delicious, high-quality ice cream. Thus, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream was born. In the last 15 years O'Neill, Van Leeuwen, and his brother Pete have positioned the brand as a household name—one synonymous with truly delectable ice cream. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is sold in over 12,000 grocery stores, has over 50 stores in the United States, and recently opened its first-ever franchise store in Singapore. Later this year, the first-ever Van Leeuwen Flavor Lab will be opened in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We often assume that religious beliefs are no different in kind from ordinary factual beliefs—that believing in the existence of God or of supernatural entities that hear our prayers is akin to believing that May comes before June. Neuroscientist and philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen shows that, in fact, these two forms of belief are strikingly different. Our brains do not process religious beliefs like they do beliefs concerning mundane reality; instead, empirical findings show that religious beliefs function like the imaginings that guide make-believe play. Van Leeuwen argues that religious belief―which he terms religious “credence”―is best understood as a form of imagination that people use to define the identity of their group and express the values they hold sacred. When a person pretends, they navigate the world by consulting two maps: the first represents mundane reality, and the second superimposes the features of the imagined world atop the first. Drawing on psychological, linguistic, and anthropological evidence, Van Leeuwen posits that religious communities operate in much the same way, consulting a factual-belief map that represents ordinary objects and events and a religious-credence map that accords these objects and events imagined sacred and supernatural significance. It is hardly controversial to suggest that religion has a social function, but Religion as Make-Believe breaks new ground by theorizing the underlying cognitive mechanisms. Once we recognize that our minds process factual and religious beliefs in fundamentally different ways, we can gain deeper understanding of the complex individual and group psychology of religious faith. Neil Van Leeuwen is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Georgia State University and a recipient of the European Commission's Marie Curie Fellowship. His research has been featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic and on NPR. His new book is Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination and Group Identity. Shermer and Van Leeuwen discuss: his own personal religious journey (or lack thereof) • “believe,” “make-believe,” and “pretend play” • “taking God seriously” • 4 Principles of Factual Belief • Tanya Luhrmann's How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others • willing suspension of disbelief • group identity • sacred values • The Puzzle of Religious Rationality • that voice we all hear in our heads • “hearing the voice of God” • hallucinations and psychoses • sleep paralysis • angels and demons • sensed presences • witches and witchcraft.

It doesn't sound very nice, but this week we're asking the question: is religious belief the same as factual knowledge, or is closer to imagination? Cognitive scientist and philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen is here to walk us through the theory he puts forward in his book Religion as Make-Believe A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity. And it is fascinating! Dr. Van Leeuwen dives deep into how our minds relate to the world around us. What distinguishes our understanding of what's in the room next to us from our ideas about who or what controls the universe? Is there a difference between what he calls a "religious credence" that God is present in your life and the factual belief that you're currently sitting on a soft brown sofa? What's going on in our brains when we believe something versus when we know it? Find the book here (or ask your local bookshop to order it for you): https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Neil-Van-Leeuwen/dp/067429033X For early access to an ad-free version of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and an opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma      Follow us on the various social media places: https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with the Salad Spinner! This is our rapid fire roundtable discussion of the latest food news, from significant to silly, surprising to strange. And in the Spinner this week are Amanda Mull, a staff writer at The Atlantic, and Doug Mack, who writes the newsletter Snack Stack. They discuss the genius of Bass Pro Shops, the truth behind Van Halen's brown M&Ms story, and the weirdness of brand collaborations, like Van Leeuwen's Hidden Valley Ranch Ice Cream.The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Nora Ritchie, Jared O'Connell, and Julia Russo.Transcript available at www.sporkful.com.