Podcasts about Vinci

Var finns kvinnan ägg? Hjälper bruna bönor potensen? Frågan om livets uppkomst har lett till många spännande teorier, konstaterar Fredrik Sjöberg. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Först sänd 2017-09-05.Biologen och rabulisten Bengt Lidforss berättade en gång om ett samtal med Strindberg, om befruktningens mysterier. Det var i Berlin på 1890-talet, på den tiden de och andra av deras kaliber söp skallen av sig på stamkrogen Zum schwarzen Ferkel, den svarta grisen. I essän ”Strindberg som naturforskare” skriver sålunda Lidforss:”Han lutade sig fram över bordet och sänkte rösten till en hemlighetsfull viskning:Ja – och kvinnan! Tänk, när vi börja avslöja henne på allvar! Hur tror du att det är beställt med hennes ägg? Har du sett ett kvinnoägg? Nej! Jag? Nej! Men Buffon, som var en jävla man, har funnit befruktade kvinnoägg i hannarnas sädesledare! Har du mod att tänka ut tanken? Det är mannen som lägger äggen och kvinnan är fågelboet! Hon kan ersättas, undanskaffas! Det gäller blott att hålla en konstant temperatur av 37 grader och bereda ett lämpligt näringsfluidum. Och så är mannen emanciperad! Fullständigt!”Ja, Strindberg hade en enastående förmåga att vara efter sin tid. I slutet av 1800-talet var mysteriet redan löst. Man visste hur befruktningen fungerade, låt vara att själva genetiken ännu var okänd. Men det hade tagit förvånansvärt lång tid. Bara några decennier tidigare hade Strindbergs teorier kunnat passera som tänkvärda. I århundraden hade forskarna famlat i blindo.Hur blir egentligen barn till? Varifrån kommer de? Ingen visste. Jo, alla visste såklart var de brukade dyka upp, och att sex mellan en man och en kvinna på ett eller annat sätt hade med saken att göra. Men sen var det stopp. Förresten var man inte alltid helt säker på att det räckte med en man; bland ursprungsfolken i Sydamerika fanns de som ansåg att en havande kvinna gjorde bäst i att ligga med så många män hon bara orkade, ända fram till nedkomsten, helst män med olika begåvning – en bra jägare, en bra historieberättare, en bra älskare och så vidare. Tanken var att barnet byggdes på undan för undan, ungefär som en snöboll.I den gamla världen var man inte mycket klokare; författaren Edward Dolnick berättar i boken ”The Seeds of life” historien om hur en kvinna i Grenoble, på 1600-talet, födde ett gossebarn vilket var trevligt men ändå lite dumt eftersom hennes man vid det laget hade varit utomlands i fyra år. Otrohet bestraffade hårt, och här fanns dessutom pengar med i spelet; den bortreste mannen var mycket förmögen. Saken hamnade i domstol. Och kvinnan vann målet – pojken fick ärva pengarna – tack vare en färgstark historia om att hon hade legat med sin make i en dröm som var så verklighetstrogen att hon blev med barn.På den tiden var det heller inte ovanligt att en kvinna som hade råkat bli gravid på bygden, ägnade sig åt att stirra på ett porträtt föreställande sin äkta man, dagar i sträck, för det kunde vem som helst räkna ut, att det var så det gick till när ett barn kom att likna sin far. Alla visste ju att modern till ett harmynt barn hade sett en hare. Och redan Aristoteles var för sin del säker på att en man i gott skick, med torrt krut i torpeden, eller vad det nu hette på hans tid, välsignade sin hustru med söner, medan män som i något avseende var undermåliga eller tillfälligt försvagade fick hålla till godo med döttrar. Hur skulle det annars gå till?Studier av könsorganen hjälpte inte heller. Den medicinska vetenskapens fader, Hippokrates, begrep visserligen att mannens testiklar antagligen hörde till pjäsen, men skapade ingen större klarhet med sin teori om att säd från höger testikel gav upphov till söner, medan döttrarnas ursprung var den vänstra.Sådär höll de på, långt in i modern tid. När den vetenskapliga revolutionens hjältar, Copernicus, Newton och de andra, lyckas klarlägga fysikens lagar, står kunskapen om vår egen fortplantning och stampar på samma fläck. Det enda man var helt överens om var att Gud hade hittat på alltihop. Resten var öppet för spekulation. Så sent som på 1670-talet fanns exempelvis de som på fullt allvar trodde att mannens organ vid själva erektionen fylldes av luft, ungefär som en flärpa, en sån där papperstuta som förekommer på barnkalas, och att väderdrivande födoämnen som bruna bönor därför kunde rekommenderas i samband med sex.Och när man vid samma tid upptäckte att sädesvätskan var full av pyttesmå sprattlande spermier, enades vetenskapsmännen om att detta var fråga om helt ointressanta parasiter. Med hjälp det nyligen uppfunna mikroskopet hade man fått syn på mängder av maskar och annan ohyra, så slutsatsen låg nära till hands. Att spermierna skulle ha med befruktningen att göra, det trodde man inte. Möjligen indirekt, genom att vispa den värdefulla vätskan med sina svansar, så att den inte koagulerade.Tidigt formerade sig forskarna i två rivaliserande läger. Dels de som trodde att kvinnan bidrog mest när ett barn blev till, dels de som likt senare Strindberg tänkte sig henne mera som en blomkruka där mannen sådde ett frö som i princip innehöll en komplett människa, låt vara i mikroformat. Grälet pågick ända in på 1800-talet, och alla var i någon mening styrda av den store glädjedödaren Augustinus; hans tröttsamma tankar om att allt som har med lust att göra är syndigt.Edward Dolnick berättar hela denna historia, från urtiden fram till de cellbiologiska genombrotten vid mitten av 1800-talet, när allt slutligen föll på plats, och man kan läsa boken som ett stycke underhållande vetenskapshistoria, men under ytan finns också annat. Reflektioner som pekar mera framåt.Att det tog så lång tid berodde inte i första hand på att man saknade mikroskop och andra tekniska förutsättningar; anledningen var mera själva tänkandet. Man kan inte utforska det man inte kan föreställa sig, och i det här fallet kunde ingen tänka sig en värld utan Gud. Den saken var inget problem för Newton; han kunde revolutionera fysiken utan att ge upp sin tro på en gudomlig plan, och likadant var det som bekant med Linné. De ordnade och räknade, utan att bekymra sig om var allt kom ifrån. Det visste de ju redan.Den inställningen visade sig vara ohållbar i frågan om sex och fortplantning. Legenden om Gud blockerade bara. Det är först med Darwins ”Om arternas uppkomst” – 1859 – som tänkandet blir tillräckligt fritt, och när sedan den digitala och genetiska informationsöverföringen långt senare blev intellektuellt allmängods, försvann de sista hindren för en sann bild av barnens tillblivelse.Men kanske är vi tillbaka på ruta ett. Det finns ett vetenskapligt problem i dag som på många sätt liknar den gamla frågan om befruktningen, ett mysterium som väldigt många forskare sysslar med och skriver lärda böcker om – frågan om vårt medvetande.Hur blir egentligen tankar till? Var kommer de ifrån? Ingen vet. Eller jo, alla vet förstås i vilken kroppsdel de dyker upp, och att evolutionen på ett eller annat sätt har med saken att göra. Men sen är det stopp.Om något blockerar förståelsen, och i så fall vad, vet ingen. Men teorierna är många och fantasifulla. Det finns till och med de som tror att våra idéer är en sorts immateriella parasiter, och vi bara värddjur. Fast det där tror jag inte på. Men ändå, också misslyckade hypoteser kan vara tänkvärda, och vad som är användbart vet man inte förrän efteråt. Vilket påminner mig om att jag är lite hungrig. Jag tror det får bli bruna bönor i dag.Fredrik Sjöberg, författare och biolog LitteraturEdward Dolnick: The Seeds of life – From Aristotle to da Vinci, From Sharks' Teeth to Frogs' Pants, the Long Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Come From. Basic books, 2017.

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is widely looked upon as the most famous painting in the world.By some historical estimates, the Mona Lisa took as many as 16 years to finish! Capturing Mona Lisa's famous smile on a poplar plank was no hack job; Leonardo accepted a commission for the work in the year 1503, and completed his masterpiece supposedly around the time of his death in 1519. Clearly, this level of artistic achievement takes time.When you hear the word “masterpiece,” what do you think of? A famous painting? A beautiful building maybe? Your child's latest artwork?What about a giant sequoia tree? A symphony? A pink flamingo? The intricate, miraculous design of the human heart?Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”Before you were even born, God knew you, and He had a plan for your life. He created you for a purpose, and He considers you one of his personal works of art. You are a living, breathing miracle capable of wonderful things—God's own masterpiece.Let's pray.God, we thank you and praise you that in all of creation, you have chosen to make us in your image, and to fashion us as a masterpiece—a work of art designed with care. Help us to be worthy of your effort. In Jesus' name, amen. Change your shirt, and you can change the world! Save 15% Off your entire purchase of faith-based apparel + gifts at Kerusso.com with code KDD15.

Als je dyslexie hebt, verlopen lezen en spellen minder vlot. Dat heeft echter niets met intelligentie te maken: ook hoogbegaafde mensen kunnen dyslectisch zijn. Zo schreef Leonardo da Vinci bijvoorbeeld in spiegelschrift. Daarnaast speelt de taal zelf een belangrijke rol. Engels is vaak moeilijk voor mensen met dyslexie, terwijl Fins juist een van de makkelijkste talen is. Dat zegt neurolinguïst Wim Tops. In Weetikveel Academy interviewt Kobe Ilsen Vlaamse academici over hun expertisegebied. Weetikveel Academy is een samenwerking tussen VRT en Universiteit van Vlaanderen. Te beluisteren in je favoriete podcastapp en op VRT MAX.

À Mayotte, alors que l'eau coule un jour sur deux au robinet à cause des manques d'infrastructures, les habitants vont connaître de nouvelles restrictions à partir de juillet. En cause, le manque de précipitations lors de la saison des pluies qui vient de s'achever. Ce nouveau durcissement fait craindre le même scénario qu'en 2023 où, au pire de la crise, la population n'avait accès à l'eau que 18 heures tous les trois jours. Comme chez tous les Mahorais, dans la salle de bain de Chadhouli Youssouf, on trouve une grosse cuve d'eau en plastique. Ici, celle-ci peut contenir jusqu'à 300 litres. Cet habitant du nord de Mayotte l'a remplie dès qu'il y a de l'eau au robinet, pour pouvoir avoir des stocks lors des coupures qui ont lieu un jour sur deux : « 300 litres, c'est pour se doucher, aller aux toilettes. On n'en fait pas le linge, on le laisse de côté jusqu'aux jours où l'on aura de l'eau. » Un planning des « tours d'eau », comme on les appelle ici, est mis en place par la Société mahoraise des eaux (SMAE), une filiale de Vinci délégataire du marché public de l'eau. Mais régulièrement, il n'est pas respecté. Le 1er avril, Chadhouli Youssouf, excédé par ces coupures, a décidé de se doucher au siège de la SMAE tout en se filmant sur sa page Facebook. « Quand je suis allé me doucher chez eux, c'était à cause de ce ras-le-bol, pour leur dire : "Voilà ce que nous vivons, on ne peut pas se doucher chez nous." Cela faisait déjà plus de quatre jours qu'on n'avait pas d'eau. On n'avait pas d'informations, on ne savait même pas ce qui se passait. C'est ce mépris aussi. Maintenant moi, je le dis, je n'accepte plus cela en 2026 », clame-t-il. À lire aussiMayotte: l'eau coupée quatre jours sur cinq, les Mahorais contraints de s'adapter Cette année, le manque de pluie « n'a pas permis la recharge complète des ressources ». C'est ce qu'a souligné début mai le comité de suivi de la ressource en eau, qui réunit l'État et les acteurs de la gouvernance de l'eau. Pour tenir jusqu'à la fin de l'année, les restrictions doivent donc être durcies. « Si on regarde l'état actuel, on est en pleine crise qui va s'amplifier avec les aléas climatiques. Mais à la base, c'est une crise structurelle de manque d'infrastructures qui ne permet pas de produire l'eau nécessaire aux besoins de la population », explique Mohamed Issouf, le directeur général de l'Office de l'eau, qui fait partie de ce comité. Alors que la saison des pluies vient de s'achever, la retenue collinaire de Dzoumogné, la plus importante de l'archipel, n'est pleine qu'à 70%. Pour y mettre fin, l'État investit 730 millions d'euros, ce qui prévoit la livraison d'une usine de dessalement d'ici fin 2027. L'objectif est de produire 10 000 mètres cubes d'eau supplémentaires par jour. Ces investissements permettent aussi la réalisation de nouveaux forages. « Nous sommes un collectif de 90 personnes morales et physiques. Nous portons plainte contre les dysfonctionnements sur la distribution de l'eau, contre la rupture de la continuité du service public de distribution de l'eau. J'ai vu une personne qui a une facture de 11 000€ », déclare Saïd Kambi, le porte-parole. Les impayés des abonnés refusant de payer leur facture ont atteint 37 millions d'euros, selon une information du Monde. Le collectif pointe aussi du doigt le fait que l'eau est souvent impropre à la consommation. Pour boire, les habitants doivent donc acheter des bouteilles ou investir dans des filtres : « Aujourd'hui, l'eau n'est pas consommable, il faut la chauffer. Et parfois, il ne faut pas seulement chauffer, il faut encore la filtrer.  En effet, pendant les coupures d'eau, des bactéries peuvent s'infiltrer dans les canalisations. L'Agence régionale de santé déconseille de la boire dans les 12 heures qui suivent son retour au robinet. Ce manque d'eau potable a par ailleurs contribué à l'épidémie de choléra en 2024. À lire aussiFrance: l'archipel de Mayotte frappé par une recrudescence des cas de paludisme

Nuestro podcast más viajero vuelve a Alemania con una ruta excepcional a través de cuatro ciudades del sur del país llenas de encanto y belleza. En este nuevo episodio de El Placer de Viajar, el podcast de viajes de Libertad Digital y esRadio, Carmelo Jordá y Kelu Robles nos proponen una fascinante ruta por el sur de Alemania para descubrir otras cuatro ciudades agrupadas en la asociación Historic Highlights of Germany. El viaje comienza en la encantadora ciudad de Friburgo de Brisgovia, situada a los pies de la Selva Negra. Esta localidad destaca por ser considerada la más cálida y sostenible del país, con una vibrante vida universitaria y un casco antiguo medieval repleto de calles empedradas. Kalu resalta la presencia de los Bächle, unos pequeños riachuelos medievales diseñados originalmente para combatir incendios y que hoy aportan un encanto único al paisaje urbano. Asimismo, menciona lugares indispensables como su catedral gótica de piedra rojiza, su mercado tradicional y el barrio ecológico de Vauban, un modelo de arquitectura pasiva y autogestión vecinal. A la conversación se une David Alonso para detallar la siguiente parada: Túbinga, otra pintoresca ciudad universitaria a orillas del río Neckar. A diferencia de otras urbes germanas, su centro histórico sobrevivió intacto a los bombardeos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, conservando sus características casas con entramado de madera. El color de sus fachadas reflejaba antaño la jerarquía social de sus habitantes, siendo el dorado el estatus más alto. David resalta la visita al castillo de Hohentübingen, propiedad de la Universidad, que alberga un museo y protege una colonia de murciélagos, razón por la cual están prohibidos los conciertos allí. Para completar la experiencia, se recomienda dar un paseo en el Stocherkahn, una de las embarcaciones típicas del lugar capitaneadas por los propios estudiantes universitarios. La tercera ciudad del recorrido es Ausburgo, una de las más antiguas de Alemania, fundada por los romanos en el año 15 a.C. bajo el mandato del emperador Augusto. Ausburgo vivió una época de gran esplendor durante el Renacimiento gracias a la influyente dinastía de banqueros Fugger. Jacobo Fugger construyó en 1521 la Fuggerei, el complejo de viviendas sociales más antiguo del mundo que todavía sigue en funcionamiento, donde sus residentes pagan un alquiler simbólico anual a cambio de rezar tres veces al día por los fundadores. David también hace hincapié en el extraordinario sistema de gestión de agua de la ciudad, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO, que cuenta con más puentes que la propia Venecia y canales que separaban el agua potable de la industrial. Carmelo se encarga de presentar la última joya alemana de la ruta: Ratisbona, ubicada a orillas del río Danubio. Esta ciudad destaca por ser el único casco antiguo medieval intacto de Alemania que se ha conservado en su totalidad, lo que le valió la declaración de Patrimonio Mundial por la UNESCO. Entre sus monumentos principales sobresale el Puente de Piedra, una colosal obra de ingeniería del siglo XII que durante siglos fue el único puente permanente en un tramo de 600 kilómetros del río. Carmelo destaca la imponente catedral de San Pedro, de estilo gótico francés, que celebra su 750 aniversario, así como las características torres medievales de las familias patricias y la histórica fábrica de salchichas Wurstkuchl, que lleva más de 500 años documentados ofreciendo comida junto al puente.Museos desconocidos de Madrid En la segunda parte del episodio de esRadio, los presentadores cambian de rumbo para centrarse en Madrid, recomendando una serie de museos menos conocidos pero de gran valor cultural que no suelen recibir la atención que merecen. El primero es el Museo del Romanticismo, situado en la calle San Mateo, que ofrece una inmersión en la vida cotidiana de la burguesía decimonónica a través de la recreación de un palacete de época. Kelu y Carmelo también elogian el Museo Cerralbo, ubicado cerca de la plaza de España, que custodia la impresionante colección de arte privada del marqués de Cerralbo, compuesta por más de 50.000 piezas que abarcan desde pinturas hasta armaduras expuestas en un palacio espectacular. La ruta artística continúa en el Museo Lázaro Galdiano, en la calle Serrano, un espacio rodeado de un precioso jardín que alberga obras maestras de gran nivel. Entre sus tesoros pictóricos se encuentran lienzos de Goya, Zurbarán, El Bosco y una obra muy especial vinculada al taller de Leonardo da Vinci. Por último, Carmelo califica a la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando como el gran museo oculto de Madrid. Este recinto de la calle Alcalá posee una de las mejores colecciones de Goya del mundo, incluyendo sus planchas de grabado de cobre originales y lienzos icónicos como El entierro de la sardina, además de pinturas de Zurbarán, Murillo o Ribera y creadores contemporáneos como Picasso, Canogar o Zóbel. Para cerrar este bloque dedicado a la capital de España, Kelu propone una visita única a la estación de Chamberí, conocida popularmente como la estación fantasma del Metro de Madrid. Diseñada por el célebre arquitecto Antonio Palacios y clausurada en 1966, la estación ha sido rehabilitada como museo para mostrar cómo era el suburbano madrileño a principios del siglo XX. El espacio conserva las taquillas originales, antiguos carteles publicitarios de cerámica de los años veinte y los tornos de acceso de la época. Es una parada obligatoria para quienes desean comprender el desarrollo de la ciudad y disfrutar de la historia viva del transporte público madrileño. 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Ffilm 33 munud, 50 eiliad o hyd a wnaed gan David Cushway yn 2012 yw Last Supper. Mae'r ffilm hon yn profi ffiniau arferion a thrafodaethau cerameg. Mae 13 o wirfoddolwyr yn eistedd wrth fwrdd petryalog hir â lliain bwrdd gwyn ar fesanîn atriwm mawr Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian. Mae pensaernïaeth arddull baróc Edwardaidd fawreddog yr adeilad y tu ôl iddynt. Mae cypyrddau gwydr llawn y casgliad cerameg enfawr ar y waliau y naill ochr a'r llall i'r cyfranogwyr. Dyma'r bensaernïaeth a wnaeth atgoffa Cushway o'r Swper Olaf, paentiad Leonardo da Vinci, sy'n dangos swper olaf Iesu a'i 12 apostol. Ysbrydolodd hyn Cushway i ddefnyddio lleoliad y cyfranogwyr i gyfeirio'n uniongyrchol at y paentiad drwy gydol y ffilm. Mae pob gwirfoddolwr yn ei dro'n dal gwrthrych ceramig o'i ddewis o gasgliad parhaol Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian ac yn ei drafod. Wrth wneud hynny, mae Cushway yn trafod y tabŵ ynghylch cyffwrdd yng nghyd-destun amgueddfa. Felly, rydym yn dyst i brofiad personol y cyfranogwyr o'r gwrthrych o'u dewis, sef profiad a fyddai fel arfer yn waharddedig. Amlygir hyn drwy ei gyfosod â'r casgliad cerameg yn y cefndir, sy'n ddiogel y tu ôl i wydr. Mae wedi'i warchod a'i gadw i ffwrdd fel nad oes modd cyffwrdd ag ef o gwbl. Er mwyn datgelu naratifau ac arsylwadau amgen am y gwrthrychau a gwreiddio'r gwaith yn ddiwylliannol yn ei leoliad, ni roddwyd unrhyw gyfarwyddyd i'r gwirfoddolwyr ynghylch eu sylwadau am y gwrthrychau o'u dewis a'u rhesymau dros eu dewis. Mae sŵn diwrnod gwaith arferol yn parhau yn y cefndir yn y ffilm – ffonau'n canu, drysau'n curo, rhywun yn chwibanu a chlebran cyffredinol. Meddai David Cushway am y gwaith: “Mae'r corff hwn o ymarfer creadigol yn dangos datblygiad fy nodau i ddarparu model o ymgysylltu â'r gwrthrych ceramig a chasgliad yr amgueddfa. Mae'n dadansoddi arferion amgueddfeydd ac arferion curadurol, wrth gyflawni meini prawf modelau ymarfer newydd a ddatblygwyd y tu hwnt i'r ddisgyblaeth a'r stiwdio, lle nad oes gan glai na cherameg bresenoldeb corfforol. “Mae'r profiad personol sy'n deillio o gyffwrdd yn amlwg yn y ffilm, sy'n cyfleu llawenydd a chyffro pur y profiad, drwy ddeialog y cyfranogwyr yn ogystal â'u gweithredoedd a'u hymatebion i'r gwrthrychau o'u dewis. Mae'r arddangosiad emosiynol ysgogol hwn yn adfywio'r gwrthrychau, a thrwy hynny mae'n ennyn diddordeb cynulleidfa'r amgueddfa mewn ffyrdd newydd ac arwyddocaol. Dyma broses sy'n meithrin gwybodaeth a phrofiad newydd, o ran y sefydliad ei hun yn ogystal â'r cyfranogwr.” Mae brwdfrydedd David Cushway dros glai fel cyfrwng wrth wraidd ei waith. Hanes defnyddio clai yw hanes y ddynolryw; dyma'r deunydd sy'n ein rhwymo i'r ddaear lle rydym yn byw. Mae ei waith yn gweithredu yn yr arenâu rhwng celf a chrefft ac yn aml mae'n trafod yn uniongyrchol y gwahaniaeth rhyngddynt, yn ogystal â'r tir cyffredin.

Last Supper is a film by David Cushway, made in 2012, duration 33 minutes 50 seconds. This film tests the boundaries of ceramic practice and discourse. Thirteen volunteers sit at a long rectangular table with a white tablecloth on the mezzanine of the Glynn Vivian's grand atrium space. Behind them is the building's imposing Edwardian Baroque style architecture. Covering the walls either side of participants are glass vitrines filled with the vast ceramics collection. It is the architecture that reminded Cushway of The Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which depicts the last supper of Jesus and his twelve apostles, inspiring him to directly reference this in the positioning of participants throughout the film. Each volunteer takes it in turn to hold and talk about a ceramic object that they selected from the Glynn Vivian's permanent collection. In doing so, Cushway addresses the ‘touch taboo' within the museum context and thus within the film we witness the participants' intimate experience with their chosen object, an experience that would normally be off limits. This is highlighted through the juxtaposition of the ceramics collection in the background stored safely behind glass; protected, removed and unavailable for any tactile inspection or experience. In order to reveal alternative narratives and observations about the objects and to culturally embed the work within its location, no direction was given to the volunteers on what to say about their chosen objects and their reasons for selecting them. The noise of the standard working day continues in the background of the film- telephones ringing, doors banging, someone whistling and general chatter. Of the work, David Cushway said: “This body of creative practice illustrates the development of my aims to provide a model of engagement with the ceramic object and museum collection; one that critiques museum and curatorial practice, whilst fulfilling the criteria of new models of practice developed within the post-disciplinary, post-studio arena where clay and ceramic have no physical presence. “The intimate experience that is afforded by touch is explicitly demonstrated within the film, and sheer joy and excitement of the experience is communicated, not only within the dialogue of the participants but through their actions and reactions to their selected objects. This invigorating emotional display reanimates the objects and thus engages the museum's audience in new and significant ways; a process that develops new knowledge and experience, not only in terms of the participant, but also within the institution itself.” David Cushway's work is underpinned by a fascination with clay as a medium; the history of clay use is the history of humanity; it is the material that binds us to the earth that we inhabit. His practice operates in the arenas between art and craft and is often a direct comment upon the difference and indeed common ground between the two.

The wheels of justice grind slow, but fine. The truth eventually rises to the top. "Truth at last cannot be hidden. Nothing is hidden under the sun." Leonardo da Vinci wrote those words in his notebooks. Thousands of years earlier, Manu arrived at exactly the same place — the sky witnesses, the earth witnesses, the waters witness, and the God within the heart witnesses. There is an anxiety that comes with secrecy — a low-grade unease that will not go away. Whatever is true will find its way through. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that principle alongside one of the most extraordinary moments in the Srimad Bhagavatam — where the name that the Vedic tradition has been building toward through thousands of verses finally rises to the surface, hidden inside a single Sanskrit word, like butter churned from yogurt. Radha. Churn the practice long enough and the essence always rises. ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

The wheels of justice grind slow, but fine. The truth eventually rises to the top. "Truth at last cannot be hidden. Nothing is hidden under the sun." Leonardo da Vinci wrote those words in his notebooks. Thousands of years earlier, Manu arrived at exactly the same place — the sky witnesses, the earth witnesses, the waters witness, and the God within the heart witnesses. There is an anxiety that comes with secrecy — a low-grade unease that will not go away. Whatever is true will find its way through. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that principle alongside one of the most extraordinary moments in the Srimad Bhagavatam — where the name that the Vedic tradition has been building toward through thousands of verses finally rises to the surface, hidden inside a single Sanskrit word, like butter churned from yogurt. Radha. Churn the practice long enough and the essence always rises. ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

Nous recevons Julia Vignali pour l'émission : « Affaire conclue – objets mystères, sur les traces de Léonard de Vinci », diffusée le vendredi 12 juin à 21H10 sur France 3Tous les soirs, du lundi au jeudi à 20h sur France 5, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine et toute son équipe accueillent les personnalités et artistes qui font l'actualité.

Barry Manilow on maintaining his musical curiosity as he releases his 33rd studio album, What A Time, and what it's like to have one of his biggest hits, Copacabana, sung by Sabrina Carpenter.With the start of the World Cup this week, sports photographer Tom Jenkins, and Tim Marlow, Director of The Design Museum and one of the judges for this year's Football Art Prize at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield, discuss the art of making art out football.As the Rambert dance company turns 100, Amanda Britton, one of its former leading dancers and now Principal and Artistic Director of Rambert School, reflects on the company's distinctive approach to dance.For 400 years the largest collection of notes - the Codex Atlanticus - by Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci have remained divided with those deemed artistic kept in the UK in the Royal Collection, and those with a scientific focus retained in Italy. Leading authority on all matters Leonardo, Professor Martin Kemp on the new digital platform, the Leonardotheka, which has just reunited the notes and made them publicly accessible.Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

What if the answers you're searching for arrived long before you knew how to understand them? In this conversation, I sit down with Kip Baldwin, a filmmaker, producer, writer, and founder of the Just Love movement. Kip shares the extraordinary awakening he experienced at age 12 and how it set him on a lifelong path of exploring consciousness, love, spirituality, and human connection. From the music industry and sustainable agriculture to television production, ethical AI, and overcoming a traumatic brain injury, Kip's journey has been anything but ordinary. As we talk, Kip reflects on why fear has become such a powerful force in society, how love can transform the way we see ourselves and others, and why he believes lasting change starts with a shift in consciousness. You will hear stories of resilience, curiosity, and purpose, along with a vision for creating a better future for generations to come. I believe you will find this conversation thought-provoking, challenging, and full of hope. Highlights: 01:45 - How a childhood acting career sparked a lifelong passion for media and communication. 07:08 - Why confidence without self-awareness can become a liability. 16:32 - Lessons from the Kellogg School of Management that still shape business decisions today. 21:58 - Why listening beats talking in business, leadership, and life. 35:08 - How strong brands grow through awareness, not just loyalty programs. 01:05:02 - The three traits Zarko looks for when mentoring future leaders. About the Guest: Kip Baldwin knows his purpose for Being is to share all that LOVE is through his many solutions driven projects; using media in all its forms to help awaken individuals, and by proxy the collective, to the LOVE Paradigm emerging. He feels that in order for a new chapter of our story to be conceived for humanity, a mass imagining of our limitless potential is what is needed to bring about an age of compassion, empathy, collaboration, and oneness.  Kip was born in 1965 to counterculture parents - in the midst of the maelstrom that was the decade of the sixties, in fact 1965 was the first year that scientists warned us about climate change - in Vancouver, Washington. His earliest years were spent on a farm where his grandparents raised thoroughbred horses. During this period grew in him a deep, abiding LOVE and respect for nature and all living things. It was around the age of twelve his life would transform forever, as he had an out of body experience that took him beyond the edge of Universe, even Space and Time, and face to face with the unknowable of Infinity. This experience became the foundation for his constant seeking since. Due to that experience Kip felt he must explore the world beyond the small town confines of Camas, WA where he grew up. His first attempt to break free was to do a brief stint in the Navy, where he was going to pursue a career as an electric technician, but because of a hereditary bleeding disorder he was given a medical discharge. However, a military career for him was clearly never really in the cards anyway. Although he was always grateful for the insight it gave him into the inner workings of our country, as he witnessed first the how the poor are literally cannon fodder for corporations, under the guise of them being heroes and patriots. Following his discharge, he returned briefly to the limits of his hometown, before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985 to pursue his passion for music and performing. He often jokes that he was looking for the San Francisco of the Haight/Ashbury, Peace and LOVE days, but arrived twenty years too late. What he found instead was the 80s hair metal band scene, whose songs that focused on partying, sex, and drugs were not compatible with his lyrics about awakening awareness and addressing the need for personal and societal change. In the late 90s, after becoming disillusioned by his beloved music industry - and always seeking solutions for the myriad of challenges facing humanity - he shifted his focus to local and sustainable foods. While this was certainly a worthwhile pursuit, it did little to fulfill his need to share LOVE'S Truth and create a collective shift in consciousness. But what it did do was make him aware that it was only going to be through the use of mass media that his message of LOVE could reach a large enough audience to affect real lasting change. This found him again heeding the call of the entertainment industry, first as an actor, then writer, and ultimately as a producer, with some success co-creating the influential cannabis series Weed Country for the Discovery Network (focusing on the countless benefits humanity can derive from marijuana, as well as our profound historical connection to the plant), co-founding the United Filmmakers Association, and starting the Just LOVE Movement. Ultimately, this led him to co-founding S.O.U.L. Documentary with creative partner and Soul Twin, Evan Hirsch who shares his passion, purpose and mission to heal humanity by embracing our innate oneness, which they both understand can only be achieved by accepting and grounding ourselves in the Reality of LOVE We Are. Ways to connect with Kip: Facebook:  Just LOVE page: https://www.facebook.com/kipbaldwinjustlove Main page: https://www.facebook.com/kip.baldwin/ UFA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Unifilmmakers LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kip-baldwin-975a3514/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kipbaldwin?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr YouTube: Kip Baldwin: https://youtube.com/@thekiprowdy?si=LckMuhec40lWAicF Just LOVE: https://youtube.com/@justlove6463?si=QW1g4D2dlaHmJk8B S.O.U.L. Documentary: https://youtube.com/@souldocumentary?si=4HOwlV-pjFN6guYy Soul Twin Messiah: https://youtube.com/@soultwinmessiah?si=7ctLlmqjeOczkjO_ Additional must listen:  Comfort You Song: https://youtu.be/Mi8D3AoDfRQ?si=y8RzIQPXP5ALJth1 A World Worth Imagining: https://youtu.be/Cx28t6_SGic?si=o4lWs7po3TBKx_3A Invitation. To Action: https://youtu.be/B8jUOUVCvJI?si=l4Pr7vWNDsnXX4wh AI work: www.luminaLOVE.LOVE About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:03 One of the biggest things holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe. Welcome to Unstoppable Mindset, where inclusion, diversity, and the unexpected meet. I'm your host, Michael Hingson, speaker, author, and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead, and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head on, and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear. Together we focus on mindset, resilience, and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Hi everyone, I am your host Mike Hingson, and you are listening and or watching Unstoppable Mindset. We're really glad that you're here with us today. Our guest, the person I get the honor of chatting with for the next hour or so, is Kip Baldwin, who will talk a lot about love. He will talk a lot about a number of different things, he's been a director, he's been a producer, an actor. He has been published, although he hasn't published a book yet, but he's published poetry, and I'm sure he's going to tell us about that, and I don't want to give it away, so I won't. Anyway, Kip, welcome to Unstoppable Mindset. We're glad you're Kip Baldwin  01:40 here. Oh, thank you so much for having me, Michael. I look forward to having this conversation and sharing my story. Michael Hingson  01:47 Well, tell us a little bit about you, kind of. Let's start with the early Kip, growing up and all that, because I know you had some things along the way that were relevant and ought to be mentioned. So, why don't you tell us about the early Kip, and we'll go from there. Speaker 1  02:00 I was. I grew up in Washington State, little town called Camas. Although my earliest years were spent in a town called Battleground, Washington, and my family, we raised horses, Thoroughbred race horses. We raised at Portland Meadows, and so I'm kind of a farm boy at heart, at least that's how I grew up, but I had an experience when I was 12 that was definitely not your typical farm boy experience, I guess. I had gone up to Seattle, and this was maybe 78 to see a Seahawks game with the Raiders of my dad and dad, I had a good day, which wasn't always the case, and got home, and it was a, you know, five and a half hour round trip for kids, 12 year olds, a big time, and so I went to bed, and I promptly left my body, and now keep in mind I had never done any drugs. Out of body experiences, a household projection was not something that we talked about about the old farm around the farmhouse dinner table, and I floated over my bedroom. My awareness hovered over my body, and I remember very vividly you don't forget. I looked at my body and went, "I'm not in there. And then that immediately I left my house, I left the planet, I left the solar system, I let the galaxy, I let the universe, and the whole time all I can describe was kind of a presence, not a voice or anything, but just, are you taking all of this in? And sometimes words can't convey something so expansive and grand, and so I was taking in black holes and quasars and nebulas, and just flying through the, you know, time didn't really exist, but I was, I was traveling across the universe, and eventually I got outside the universe, and my awareness was turned in, and I could see how everything was connected, and how the universe itself was finite, and but that everything had a place, there was no less or greater than that, everything had a specific role, from the smallest particle to, you know, the largest star, and then my awareness was turned out to the blackness of infinity, and that you know you don't know at 12, you're just like, "Oh, this is happening, and I'm what's happening, and I'm taking it in, and what I didn't know is that would become my point of seeking that really became the rest of my life. Life, I think, had I been born in India, like say Ramana Maharishi, who had what I didn't realize until later, there's a name for what happened to me, and it's called a spontaneous awakening. My life would have probably been much different, but we don't live in a society that that really honors things like that, so it was a lot of me going on a journey of discovery and a weight and continual awakening until now, and it's an ongoing process, but that's where it really began with me being confronted with the fact that there there can't be a beginning or ending to anything, and the thought experiments that can't, that come out of that, and the way it opens your consciousness, I'm ever grateful for, although at the time it, it made me for a long time feel very apart, and it wasn't until I met with Dr. Dr. Dean Radin up at Noetic Sciences, and I told him my story, and he looked at me, and he went, "You go, that's not a usual experience, he said, "That's a mystical experience, and I was in my probably late 40s, maybe 50 at that time, and that was the first time in my life that someone had had said, 'Hey, what you, what you had was a really phenomenal experience, and I'm very grateful for him for saying that to me, because for most of my life, I'm running around talking about these profound things with people that I thought were incredibly important to share, and they didn't seem very important to people, and it wasn't until then that it hit me that it wasn't that they were important, that it was that they, they didn't really understand what I was talking about. Michael Hingson  07:03 Well, and in our society, as you point out, it's not something that is generally appreciated, and and people who have had those experiences or talk about them are generally looked down upon or frowned upon, and you know that's that's fine, but it doesn't change the fact, and so it must have been hard, especially at first, for you to talk about that. Speaker 1  07:29 You know, I was so excited at first, I was excited to share it with my family, and and it happened a couple more times, and it was so overwhelming that literally I would get to a point where my head, my physical being couldn't handle it anymore, and I would get up and vomit. It was that's how, how intense it was, like I just, I couldn't take in anymore. And so, at first, I was really excited to share it, because it was beyond wondrous. It was, it was truth. It was reality, and I, and on some level, I knew that instinctually. But then, when enough people sort of ignore you or act like something's unimportant, you stop talking about Michael Hingson  08:15 it. Yeah, Speaker 1  08:15 I never stopped writing about it. I never stopped experiencing it, and I didn't even really stop talking about it once I moved to California for the music business in 1985 I, you know, then I thought, wow, I mean, being a group of creatives and there's going to be other people that will understand what I'm talking about, but in the 80s music environment it really wasn't what people were, were talking or thinking about, and I was kind of in the same way, and again it wasn't until years later that I look back and I realized all this time I spent up late at night partying with people and stuff, and telling them about infinity, and, and they look, they, they must have been looking at me like I'm a complete idiot, because they really only cared about, you know, getting high or having sex, and I'm trying to have this profound conversation. Michael Hingson  09:16 So, when your family, when you told your family, how did they react? Speaker 1  09:20 They still don't understand it to this day. It just, oh, that's nice, you know. It actually, there were points in my life where it caused conflict with, especially my father, because when I would say none of this is real, he, he always considered him, and still to this day considers himself quite science physics buff, it wasn't something he was willing to accept, and, and even really have a reasonable conversation about. I would say that the things that got me through all these years was, you know, the universe. There's love, God, Brahmin, whatever you want to call it, it gives you what you need, and what it gave me throughout the years, and still to this day, is voices that made me realize I wasn't crazy, that I knew something really special. Probably the first thing, the first one I remember, like, that was Joseph Campbell being interviewed by Bill Moyers, and somehow I knew everything that Joseph Campbell was talking about, and I'm like, How can I possibly know these things? How can I possibly understand these things of this really brilliant, just beautiful soul? And throughout the years, it's been those touch those moments of going, oh, it hasn't been where I've heard someone go, wow, that's helped me awaken, it's been something that's helped me not feel insane and realize that the things that I'm sharing have been shared for 1000s of years, and by many, many minds and beings much greater than myself, and that that really probably kept me from losing my mind. Michael Hingson  11:10 So, you had this experience happen to you at 12. What did you then specifically do? I mean, not so much talking to people, but what did it do for you, as far as schooling, and what you did with your life? Speaker 1  11:27 I would.. it made me very.. in all honesty, it made school seem really trivial to me. It was kind of boring. I started writing a lot. In fact, something I wrote when I was 17 was called Life and Death, and it went: Life is just a symptom of certain death, crying and laughing until our last breath. Everything dies in true infinity. Then the mountains crumble into the sea, stars full from the night sky hit the earth, and then they die, lost in time. I don't know who I am. Am I a god or just a mortal man? Time can't change what I have found. Still, I am changed and bound, bound by the fears and bound by lies. Even now, the tears fill my eyes, gasping for every breath as I head for a certain death, clouds now pass overhead, and I realize how things are now that I am dead. Life is ending, life goes on like the lyrics to an endless song. Life and death, it's all the same. We exist only in our brain, and so there was a lot of that. It pushed me away from I was confirmed Zion Lutheran. I really couldn't stomach religious dogma anymore at that point. Um, just the hypocrisy, you know? Like, I remember I, I was talking to a new pastor we had, and he was informing me that my great grandmother, who is Jehovah's Witness, and these Mormon boys had come around, were trying to teach me about Mormonism, and I was just curious and open, always, and still am to this day. I don't judge. I would say that's another big thing that this gave me, is I don't, I see everything as equal, I don't, I don't judge everything, I don't judge anything as lesser thing greater than I don't judge good and evil in the in the same way that other people do, I see things as flows of negative of energy as we exist in a duality with this illusion, and this is just what we describe as good and you are really just flows of energy between the polarities of the duality, and so it pushed me, definitely, because I, when he said that my great grandmother was going to go to hell, and these Mormon boys were going to go to hell, I looked him in the face, and I just said, but I thought God was love, and that was pretty much the end of my church, Michael Hingson  14:04 my, my wife did, I think, some things in the Lutheran church, which mostly she was a Methodist, and I joined the Methodist church when we got married, and so on, but when she was in, I think this was when she was in high school, maybe in, I guess it was late high school, early college. She met some Mormon people, and one of them said, I guess she was learning about different religions, and so she was learning about Mormonism, and this guy said you're either going to think that this is a total hoax or you're going to just totally believe in it. Well, it wasn't quite that way for her. She did not think it was a hoax, and I agree with her, but there. There are things about the about all religions that tend to make life difficult. The problem with religion is that that people are are what make up the religion, and they all have their own views, and it makes life really tough. I know I participated in a program called the Walk to Emmaus, which is a what's literally called a short course in Christianity, and it's not to bring people to the Christian church, but it's to help create a class of leaders in the Christian church. Anyway, one of the things about the walk to Emmaus is that a number of people give lectures, people who have been involved in church, and then there are the pilgrims, the people who are coming to to learn what everyone has to say, and the lay director of the Walk to Emmaus every time gives a speech, and I was lay director once, and one of the things that is in the manual, or was I assume it still is. It's been a while, but it says that Tolstoy once said the biggest problem with Christianity is that nobody practices it, and there's a lot of truth to that. Speaker 1  16:13 But I think that I think you hit it right on the head that people are involved, like I, and I do want to clarify something, I, I believe very much that that Jesus was a master. Oh, Michael Hingson  16:29 absolutely, yeah, and, Speaker 1  16:31 and, but I also believe that people don't know what happened at the Council of Nicaea and understand how the Bible was actually constructed, not because it was based on Gnostic teachings or even really the teachings of Christ, but it was cobbled together as a means of control. If Caesar saw his soldiers be turning to Christianity when they wanted to find, you know, put together a book that really didn't express Christian truth or the truth of Christ, but a way, a means of controlling people through fear, and so if you, if you notice, all the books in the Bible are male. Well, left out of the Bible was the book of Mary, left out of the Bible, it's the book of Thomas, who, interestingly enough, there's a place in India where they all speak ancient Aramaic, and they worship the Book of Thomas, which there's always been a lot of discussion. Did Jesus go to India and study Buddhism? And because even the Book of Mary, these are very Buddhist beliefs, but anything, because we live in a patriarchal society, anything like the piece to Sophia, the book of Mary, the book of Stackle, all of these were intentionally kept out of the Bible, so it's not, I think it's not so much religion, it's the organ, it's the dogma that comes along with organized religion, which is really about people, you know, men using it to control and manipulate people through fear, Michael Hingson  18:14 all too much, all too often. It's, it's true. Speaker 1  18:18 Yeah, and it's interesting. I was watching last night, and it's funny. This is why, why you always have to be on a constant path of awakening. It never stops. If you think you've reached that pinnacle, or whatever, then they're not just ego. There's always more to know and understand. And I ran across this video on Tara, well, Tara is in Buddhism, basically in every religion that I am aware of, there's always the peace to Sophia, there's always the the story of the divine feminine that in large part is is is not. It was. It's largely been suppressed, and so I was, I was watching this, and it was just so fascinating to me to see how identical what Tara was in Buddhism, which this is what, when Tara, Tara is considered the ultimate goddess in the Buddhist faith. Well, when Tara came to earth in the story, she went to a bunch of, you know, Buddhist monks, and they said, "Oh, you know, they were so impressed by her, and they thought this was a compliment. They said, "Well, we hope you, you can reincarnate as a man, and she said, "No, she She said, I don't see things as male and female, but since nobody else wants to be the feminine, I will play that role. And it was just a profoundly interesting thing to listen to, not just because of the story, but because almost every faith that I'm aware. Of has that story of the divine feminine that has again largely been suppressed and marginalized, Michael Hingson  20:09 well, for you clearly that was a very meaningful experience. What did what did you then do, and I understand how you could imagine that maybe what was being taught in school wasn't quite as, as meaningful as what you had experienced, but you went on, I assume, through high school, and did you go to college? Speaker 1  20:30 I was, I went, I was an electron, I went to the Navy to be an electronic technician, but I had a bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand disease, and I found out after I was in for about a year. Well, you can't be in the Navy with that, because we can't carry with the limited space you have on ships, we can't carry the clotting factor you would need if there's a problem. So that was fairly short-lived. Then I went back to Washington and was working as a dishwasher for a while, then I worked as a male stripper, and, and I was then, which, which, you know, there was something really profound about that experience, because it taught me what women feel like to be objectified, and that's something that has carried me, carried a lesson. I, I find lessons in everything, even things that, wow, you know, what could you possibly learn positive out of having been a male stripper? Well, I learned how women feel, really, to be, you know, not looked at as anything more than an object, and then I really wanted to continue to, you know, pursue music, so a friend of mine, we loaded 65,000 pounds of frozen strawberries onto a semi truck, and like july 3, 1985 and got a ride to San Francisco, a city I'd never been to before. I knew nobody here. We got here, I had 25 cents in my pocket, and I used the 25 cents to call the one friend that I thought I knew that I could get a hold of here in or in in the Bay Area, and it was a wrong number, and so now I'm in a city at the Gray Home Bus Terminal that used to be in downtown San Francisco, we have no food, we have no place to live. We have nothing to, you know, we have nothing, literally. And that's where my journey began. As far as my story, my, my adult life, and my journey in the entertainment industry and the music business, that's how it all started. It started by loading 65,000 pounds of frozen strawberries under semi truck, telling, oh, and the cap around the story is I had worn my contacts for too long and I ripped the corny up both my eyes when I took them out, because I was wearing hard lenses, so I was functionally blind in the city I'd never been to before with patches over my eyes, and being led around by my friend, and luckily we found some very nice people that gave us a place to stay, and then I ended up meeting maybe a week after that, I met my first wife, who was Persian, and we were together for a long time. What was interesting about that is I've been introduced to so many different faiths through the people in my life, and because I haven't judged and tried to learn, like I, I learned through her about Islam, I learned through her about our Torcharianism, and we lived the rock and roll lifestyle for the 16 years we were together. She was a photographer. I wrote for a magazine called BAM. I played in bands. I managed artists like Linda Perry from The Four Non Blonde, or I worked with Linda Perry from Four Non Blondes. I managed Alex Skolnick, who is lead guitar player in Testament, and I did that for a long time until I started getting really disenchanted with music and really started to hate the business and started to hate music because of it, and so I ended up drifting into, I wouldn't say drifting into, I got drawn into visual media, and I started working. I met a guy at a club in San Jose, California, called The Agenda, and we were playing pool, and he was telling me, "Oh, he's the owner of this company called Metropolis Digital, and I was thinking, "My. Speaker 1  24:59 Music and music videos, and yeah, I want to get involved in this, so I started coming up with ideas, and he brought me into their company, because I got to know a lot of people through the music business and booking artists on different shows, like Letterman and Leno, and, and so I got to know how to work through those channels that it opened doors for me to be able to do on-air graphics for the networks, and so I did that until about, in fact, the last major project I did in that industry was with a company called Chaos X AOS out of San Francisco, and we did the 2000 election graphics for ABC nationally, and then I, I, that with the, the, the.com telecom crash of not of 2000 they pulled all of that sort of work in house, and so that business kind of dried up, and I changed my focus to working in local and sustainable foods. Michael Hingson  26:08 What got you to the point where you disliked Music so much? Speaker 1  26:12 The business.. it just.. it wasn't. I came here, and in all honesty, I was looking for the 60s, but I was 20 years too late, only to find out later I was actually 30 years too early, but I was looking for community, I was looking for family, I was looking for that connection, but what existed as far as the music industry then was the 80s hair band stuff, heavy metal was on the rise. It was very misogynistic. It wasn't. It was very competitive. There wasn't, it wasn't collaborative, it wasn't community related at all. And it really turned me off. It wasn't, it wasn't what I had thought being in an artistic community doing artistic endeavors would be about it, became very.. it just.. it just.. it just.. it just made me feel very empty, and that wasn't what I loved about music, and so that Michael Hingson  27:24 would be an issue, Speaker 1  27:25 yeah. It just value wise it was, it was not, you know, you, you got to do a show, and you've got the bands that are coming on after you, you know, playing with your amps, and it was just, it was, it wasn't, it wasn't fun, and it wasn't fulfilling. More importantly, it wasn't fulfilling. It wasn't, and I'm writing about while everyone else is writing about, you know, sex and drugs and all of this. I'm writing about the things that I thought were important. I was writing about the problems I saw in this country, like songs like Shock the System or the chosen few, and, and though that wasn't what people were writing about Michael Hingson  28:06 then, Speaker 1  28:06 and you know, even though the songs were good, and, and I've been told I'm talented, it was, I didn't, I didn't again feel like I fit in, you know, I didn't feel like I'd found my place, and certainly not in that world at that time. If Speaker 2  28:31 you enjoy Unstoppable Mindset and would like to help us continue bringing these conversations to you each week, we've created a way for you to support the show. Your contribution helps us cover production costs and continue sharing stories, insights, and ideas that inspire people to live with purpose and possibility. If supporting the podcast feels right for you, you'll find the link in the show notes. Thank you for being part of the Unstoppable Mindset community. Thank it Michael Hingson  29:04 certainly had to be a rough time all the way around, but then you, you found this person, and you joined their company, as you said earlier, Speaker 1  29:15 right? I started working for Metropolis Digital, and we started doing a lot of on-air graphics, like for TBS. We did their, their original movies. We did a lot of the opening graphics for it, and then I moved on to other companies, and and I, I then started focusing on on local and sustainable foods, and moved into doing stuff where I felt I was doing more, because at the heart of everything I've ever done, it's always been about trying to affect real change in the world, Michael Hingson  29:55 it's Speaker 1  29:55 always been about I could see very clear. Really, it doesn't surprise me where we're at today at all. I saw the problems with the system even at that age, and I give credit to that because of the experience I had with Infinity. It just allowed me to step back and perceive things from a far off perspective that I was looking at humanity in general and how we did things, and I'm just like, this doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense for us to believe we're separate and apart from the very things that give us life from each other. It doesn't make sense from a spiritual perspective. It doesn't make sense from a scientific perspective. Yet, here's the system that we are a part of, and so I've always been very focused on trying to effect real change and find not just point out the problems but actually find solutions, and so that then led me into working in local and sustainable agriculture here in the Bay Area. So Michael Hingson  31:00 tell me more about the whole work that you did with Sustainable Foods. What was that all about? Speaker 1  31:08 Yes, I worked with a company, I was, I had handled all the sales and marketing for Drake's Bay Oysters out of Inverness, California, and Drakes Bay, before it was called Drakes Bay, was Johnson's Oysters, and they were the last oyster cannery in California. The family that owned the farm, they had taken it over from Johnson's. They were the Lenny family, who owned Ranch G across from the steroid, where the oyster farm was. Well, they, against my better advice, they made it a personal ownership thing rather than a California food heritage issue. So, eventually, when their lease came up on the rent, on the farm, the farm went away. Well, at the same time, I created new relationships. A very good friend of mine to this day is a gentleman named Brian Kinney, who is now the West Coast Chief Technology Officer for Hearst, and also the Hearst Family Archivist, but at that point in time he was running Hearst Ranch, which they, they had the Jack Ranch and the Hearst Ranch down around San Simeon. So I was at the forefront of the grass-fed beef movement as well, and we developed a human-grade grass-fed beef pet food about 10 years ahead of its time, which could be the story of my life. I'm always about 10 years ahead of where things actually happen, and I, I did that for about 10 years, and eventually I felt the calling to get back in the entertainment industry, and that led me to acting, and I did the acting mostly because I wanted to learn how things were done, and I very well, if I act in a whole bunch of student projects, or projects in general, and I'm behind the scenes, I'm going to learn, and, and that's exactly what happened. So, my very background led me to being a producer, and I created, you know, one of my most notable accomplishments that created this show called Weed Country for Discovery, which was about the medical marijuana industry here in California, just before legalization. How we got it on air before legalization, I don't know. We were named to the Hollywood Reporter top 25 heat list. We got some really great information out about CBD and helping with childhood epilepsy. The bad part of that was it was a reality television show, and I didn't know anything about reality television, so when I'm here in reality, I'm thinking documentary. Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth. And reality television has truly been a blight on on this country in particular, and probably the world in general. Michael Hingson  34:16 Yeah, I just gonna say not nearly as real as people think it is. No, no, I think I think probably this is just my opinion. The closest thing to so-called reality TV is the show Dancing with the Stars, because they're actually dancing all these other shows, and it's all sort of really scripted, but the people are actually dancing, which is kind of cool, Speaker 1  34:41 right? Michael Hingson  34:41 Even though I don't see it, I appreciate it. Speaker 1  34:45 Yeah, but even, even with shows like that, there's a lot of gin-up drama. There is behind the scenes stuff that's the worst part of things. Yes, they're like with our show, yes, people were really, you know, there's really stuff going on with can. Of this world that was really important, but what reality television does is it, it creates artificial drama. It does things to manipulate the characters in the show to make them look how they want, and they know, and people in general, my experience is that people, once you put a camera on them, they will do, they would do things to be in front of the camera that they would never do, even for more money, Michael Hingson  35:27 right, Speaker 1  35:28 in their regular lives. Michael Hingson  35:30 Well, and I think there is, there's a lot of truth to that. And the whole thing, as you said, as far as reality TV, we're not giving people a true picture of reality with most of any of that anyway, which is unfortunate. I think I mentioned I'm a fan of old radio and television, and so on. And one of the shows that I've watched a fair amount is The Old Ridge. Well, it's the second time they were on, but Dragnet with Harry Morgan and, of course Jack Webb as Joe Friday, and they did a lot of shows talking about drugs and marijuana and all that, and how bad it is, and it's kind of interesting because what we're seeing today is that in reality the medical aspects of marijuana or cannabis and CBD oil, and so there's there's true relevance there, which is something that they didn't know or appreciate in the late 60s. Speaker 1  36:31 Well, but the thing that our history with the cannabis plant goes back 50,000 years to Burger Banks, China, it's been, and if we take all of the medicinal recreational uses out of it, it is the most one of the most versatile plants that we have. It was used, I mean, our money was made out of hemp. Hemp is cannabis sativa. Dollar bills are made out of hemp. It was used for fuel. It was used for building. Henry Ford built an entire car out of hemp in 1942 which you can go see the video of on YouTube, and they're beating on it with knacks. The plastic resin they made out of it was 40 times stronger than steel. It ran on hemp fuel, a byproduct of which was water. It also, in 1931 the Hearst family, which was interesting, they ended up working with them, bought and sequestered the plans for a decorification machine that made it easier to process hemp than cotton kids, it's a much more durable fiber. In 1938 covered Popular Mechanics, they called him the billion dollar crop, saying you could make 25,000 different items out of everything from fine linens to dynamite, and that was really what what what, why the prohibition against the plant started. Why they did you know shows like Reefer Madness or create films like Reefer Madness to create this hysteria around, at best, an innocuous plant in comparison to soulmate tobacco, in comparison to alcohol, even if people did want to use it. It's, it's, it's relatively harmless by comparison, or just in general, and actually very beneficial. You know, I have a traumatic brain injury, and I think without it, I probably wouldn't, I probably wouldn't eat very much. I probably wouldn't sleep right, I barely sleep as it is, and sleep I do get is because of cannabis, but beyond my point, and I always try to make this clear to people, is like up until even the prohibition against the plant actually started with the Catholic Church, with the Pope Innocent, who until the 1400s cannabis was in the anointing oils. Cannabis was grown by monks, cannabis was grown by nuns, and then in this pope decreed it the devil's weed, and they, you know, banned it. So it's, it had, and there, and why, and you'd say, well, why did they do that? Well, they did that because at that time in the 1400s you were having opium addiction on the rise, you were having, you know, much, much more alcohol use. Well, these are extremely addictive substances, and much more easy to manipulate and control people than it is with cannabis, which in general creates.. I wish I could remember the quote exactly, but Carl Sagan said, you know, why we have a prohibition on a plant that you know creates good feelings amongst people and unites people is in this, you know. A really crazy world is, is, is madness, but it all comes back to money, and it all comes back to who's profiting. So, why did they create the probation? Well, the hearse, the Rockefellers, and the DuPonts, they saw how hemp would affect each of their industries. We wouldn't need oil if we'd grown hemp and use that as fuel, in fact, it was the Rockefellers who went to Henry Ford and said, "If you take this car to market, we'll crush you. And this was Henry Ford at the height of his power, DuPont chemicals that were.. we wouldn't have needed.. we wouldn't have put like this.. we would not have the planet, the environmental devastation we do now. How do we use this, as Henry Ford said? Why are we digging up, and Henry Ford was certainly no saint, but he was right on this. Why are we digging up our minerals? Why are we cutting down our forests when we can do all the same things with this infinitely renewable resource? This is a part of the canvas story that still is largely not discussed openly enough. Michael Hingson  41:08 Yeah, I think there's a big difference between the story you're telling and the kind of uses you're talking about, and smoking it, and so on, and I, I think we put way too many funny things in our bodies, anyway, right? I think that that isn't this isn't a positive thing, but you're right, we, we've used so many things to create so many fears, it is, it is something that is all around us. Fear is all around us, and the problem is we let it overwhelm us. I wrote Live Like a Guide Dog that got published last year because when I worked in the World Trade Center, I was able to focus when I escaped, and I was able to do that because I had developed a mindset that said, you know what to do in this kind of an emergency, even though never expected it to happen, but the problem is that most people don't learn how they can turn fear around, and rather than letting it overwhelm or blind them, as I would put it, they can use it as a very powerful tool to help them stay focused, which is much more important. Speaker 1  42:23 Yep, I agree with that 100% I think, and then that you hit it right on the head. Fear is a very powerful tool. It's necessary. No, don't touch the burning stove. It can be a cautionary tool of saying, hey, don't go down this path, don't do this. It's bad when fear becomes the foundation for your entire culture, as it is now. Michael Hingson  42:51 Yeah, and and it is so unfortunate because don't touch the burning stove doesn't mean don't be afraid of the stove. It rather means there's a consequence for doing a particular thing, which is touching something that is that hot. But you shouldn't create an environment of fear around it. You should create an environment of understanding, which is much more important. Yeah, it's Speaker 1  43:20 like it'd be, it'd be very silly if we went, oh my god, it's like the stove gets hot, so I'm never going to use a stove. My Michael Hingson  43:29 wife was in a wheelchair her whole life, and the one thing I will say with our modern world is we always had electric appliances because she was always concerned about if using a gas stove, having to reach over one burner, perhaps it had something on it to get to something else with the idea of possibly material igniting or something like that, and I appreciate that, and you take advantage of the tools that you have available, but I think that it is so very important to recognize that we need to not live our lives in fear, and it's true that, like, 95% of all the things that we fear will never come to pass, and most all of it we have no control over anyway. So, why do we fear them rather than recognizing what we really need to do is to just focus on the things over which we truly have control. Speaker 1  44:25 Yes, and I think even the idea of control from my perspective is something that is overrated. It's like the most important thing, if you want to have control, it's exactly what we're talking about, it's when you choose to live from the foundation of love, as opposed to fear. So, no matter what happens to me in my life, and no matter how hard, how challenging it is, I'm going to come from a place of love, and right now. Don't most of us live exactly the opposite. No matter what happens to them in their lives, they're coming from a place of fear. Michael Hingson  45:06 Yeah, and that's Speaker 1  45:08 not healthy. Michael Hingson  45:09 And nowadays we're also living in an environment where we're even afraid to talk to other people and voice opinions, because well, that's not what I think. And so you're wrong, and we don't, we don't respect. Tell me about your just love movement. Speaker 1  45:25 Well, you know, I, I had coming out of the music business and everything, I was, I was literally killing myself drinking, I mean, literally, like, I lost half my liver function, and I was going to die, and, but I wasn't afraid to die. I was.. I realized that if I didn't find a way to feel fulfilled and feel that I was. I had a purpose in the story that I needed to find a quicker way out. I didn't get in any, like, car accidents, I wasn't arrested, nothing. I was just killing myself, and it just got so bad that literally my leg stopped working. That's how, how, how much damage I'd done to myself, and, and so, coming out of that, I made the decision. I wrote down a list of things I was going to do, and one of those things is I was going to start writing every single day, and I, through a variety of different sources, you know, I did that experience with infinity became synonymous with love to me, and then I had an experience where I, I, I started a filmmaking organization called the United Filmmakers Association, and it was basically the philosophy of it was creatives helping creatives create, and was global. We still to this day have chapters 27 different countries, about 30,000 35,000 members total. And I walked into a filmmaking event that we were hosting, and there was about 100 people there, and I realized I was in love with everyone in the room, and it was, it was so like that love, like just when you fall in love, and you're like, you want, you can't imagine not talking to that person at that next minute, and I realized in that moment that this is not only how we can feel about everyone and everything, but how we're really supposed to feel about everyone and everything, and so I came up with the concept of just love, which is, is a very.. it, those are very heavy words to put together, just love. It has so many layers of meaning to it, and so I thought, wow, if we could just love, and from that I I've written every day and shared through social media for 12 years now something having to do with love and what I do is I combine it with other wisdom teachers throughout history who've been sharing the same information and the things I write are literally downloads. They'll come to me in the silence every day, and I haven't missed a day - head injury, sickness, whatever. I haven't missed a day of posting in 12 years about something having to do with love, and Speaker 3  48:37 then Speaker 1  48:37 accompanying posts from other people, far, you know, other beings far more advanced than I am to show that what I'm sharing isn't new. It's been shared forever. It's foundational to what we are. Like love has been so marginalized and trivialized that we, we forget that, like, I, you know, the experience I had with the minister when I was, you know, younger, and I said, well, I thought God was love. I still to this day believe God is love, and God, and we are God. Michael Hingson  49:11 Yeah. Tell me about you. Something you mentioned, you had a traumatic brain injury Speaker 1  49:17 10 years ago. I was, I was in a, I was in, in between projects, so I was driving Uber, and I, a guy, an Uber driver, ran a stop sign in San Francisco and T-boned me, and my head took the brunt of the impact, and I started having really severe neurological problems, severe stabbing pains in my head, my teeth were hurting, I any sort of exertion would leave me just absolutely drained, and so for about three years I was, I was being seen at UCSF, and we never got to the bottom of it, so I was recommended. Um, to a neurosurgeon at Sutter by a counselor I was seen, and I walked in, and within 10 minutes he said, 'Oh, you have trigeminal neuralgian and brain stem damage, and we can do a microvascular decompression, and you're going to be all better. And at that point in time, I was in the middle of getting ready to release a film called A World Worth Imagining, which was about a gentleman named Jacque Fresco, who is considered the Leonardo da Vinci of our time. He founded something called the Venus Project, and we went to his compound in 2017 and he was 101 He was actually contemporary of Einstein. He knew Einstein, brilliant inventor, but at his core, he knew he was a social engineer, and he knew that we had to address our programming if we were ever going to change what was happening in the world and ever be able to avail ourselves of the solutions that he designed of a new economic model called a resource-based economy, because the reality of it is, until we stop self-wounding, there's not enough band aids for the guy that keeps hitting himself in the head the hammer, so we have solutions to all of our problems, but we create problems more quickly than any solution could ever fix, so I was getting ready to release that film, and wow, this sounded like a miracle. I'm going to have this surgery, and I'm going to be all better. Well, it, I had the surgery September 20, 2019 I, it didn't make me better, it made me worse, and it turned out that the surgery was a misdiagnosis, and that they botched the surgery, so I have Teflon implants in my at the base of my skull, inside my brain, that are now constantly agitating my brain stem, along with a titanium plug that is placed right at the junction point to all the major nerves in my head, so they can't undo it, and there's really no medication that helps, and so it's.. it's.. I wouldn't wish it on anyone else. I'm.. I guess I'm.. I'm very fortunate I have the tools I do to manage it, because they also, they call what I'm dealing with the suicide disease, because a lot of people who have it end up killing themselves. The kicker on the whole story is the guy that did my surgery is Elon Musk, partner Neherlich, and so coming soon I'm going to, I unfortunately, I was in two more car accidents at the end of last year that made everything much worse, neither of them were my fault, and once I get through these, these car accidents I'm dealing with, I'm going to go public with my story, because so I mean, in a much bigger, you know, a focused way, because there's so many people signing up for Neuralink, like it's the new iPhone. I have nothing against technology, if it can help you, if you're a paraplegic, and or you have some something that this can fix, great, but two and one, the people, the human test subjects they've tried this on are having tremendous difficulties, and so I want to let people know it's like I wouldn't wish what I'm dealing with on anybody, and for you to allow someone to try to implant something in your brain just because you want to be a cyborg human being, and you're looking at the new iPhone is a really stupid thing to do, and that these people don't. We've given people in technology again. I'm not against technology at all, but I think we've also allowed ourselves to believe that these people who write code and create technology are are gods, and they're not. They're it's just a new way of sharing information and computing things. Speaker 1  54:14 It's, it's, you know, it's just another advancement from the printing press to the radio to tell to television, from the calculator to the computer, and now we're where we're at, and we've allowed ourselves to believe that these people have created an alternative reality, and they have it. Everything that they do runs off the same real world in resources. So, I, I really want to help the mill, because literally millions of people are signed up and ready to have this stuff implanted into their brain and I think it will be a disaster for humanity. Michael Hingson  54:49 I hear what you're saying, and I'm not convinced that a lot of that is really sensible to do either. I think there are tools and there are. There are things certainly that can help people, but I have yet to see that any of this is going to lead to such a tremendous paradigm shift that all of it is going to be all that great for humanity as a whole. I'm not convinced of that at all. Speaker 1  55:17 It could be, but the problem is, is like any other tool, it's how we use it. Social media is an inherently bad thing. It's in here, it's bad because of how we're using it. Sure, because we're using it to divide people and share misinformation, where it could be an incredibly powerful tool for communication, but that's not how we're using it. Same thing with AI. AI could be a tremendously powerful partner in addressing pretty much all of our problems, and I mean, and at the core of, like, Jock's work was the idea that AI basically would manage all the world's resources and share them with equanimity, because we don't have a resource shortage problem, we have a resource sharing problem, but that's not how we're using AI. We're using AI to create fake girlfriends and boyfriends and only fan models, and and take away people's jobs, and and that's not AI's fault. That's the people who control AI's fault, and they want people to be afraid of AI, but again, it's, it's just a tool that's being misused. Michael Hingson  56:24 Well, like, like so many, and, and I hear exactly what you're saying. Tell me about S O U L Speaker 1  56:33 Sold, Soul documentary is really interesting, because the day I got in my car accident was the day I was supposed to meet my partner Evan Hirsch, who had wanted at the time he was looking for a producer to help him do a series on Bernie Sanders and teaching Bernie to not be as angry and come across more from a place of love, and he wanted to follow the campaign around. Well, by the time we got it pulled together, Bernie was out of the campaign, and so we started talking about, well, do we want to do anything together. So we then set about something called Soul Documentary, and originally it stood for Summer of Unconditional Love, because we were covering all of the events for the 50th anniversary of Summer of Love, which was in 2017 So our goal was to find what we called solutionaries, people like Jock, and interview them, and then share also our own understandings of things through hundreds and hundreds of videos that we did over the course of eight years, as well as recording three albums under the name of Soul Twin Messiah, which all were about the same things we were doing. Our films about all founded in love, all about love. Every song contained love in it, and our whole purpose was just to show people we do have solutions to our problems, and to talk about how we have to have a shift in consciousness, and we have to have a new system if we are going to change anything. It's like what Einstein said, to expect things to be different when you keep doing the same thing over and over again is insanity, and I think we see, we see that we live in an insane, a completely insane world right now. I mean, the things that I see happening, and how we've let it sort of creep in, like the things that we've normalized in the past 10 years, like we literally have people that are cheering, murdering people on it's, it's, it's hard for me to, to even fathom, and I think it's hard for most people, and I think that's why they just sort of block it out and allow it to happen, because they really can't process it. They really can't process how inhumane we've become. Michael Hingson  59:06 Well, so what is next for Kip? What's next for you? Speaker 1  59:10 What is boy? I'm mostly trying to get through every day with this head injury. I spend a lot of my time in bed, just because I can't do anything, I, you know, even now I'm, I'm in a lot of pain, and it's beyond pain, it's actually, it literally hurts to think, it's, it's in my brain, and I have swelling in my brain because the cerebral fluid back, anyway, it's so dealing with that, but then the universe keeps love, God, whatever keeps bringing me stuff, and so I, I'm trying right now to be part of putting together a new, let's see, we'll call it Live Aid meets Woodstock. And we're going to, we're trying to put together a global music festival with the focus of addressing the needs of children, because I'm really tired of all this lip service that people do about, oh, kids are a future, we got to care, care about our kids. Well, where is that happening? Where is that happening that we're caring about our kids? Where, you know, is it happening with trying to suppress the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is it happening as you know, you look at, say, the conflict between Israel and Gaza, and I'm not, I don't pick sides and things, but I want to help people understand the reality of the situation, and this goes for Ukraine and Russia as well. It's like, who loses in all of this? Well, the children do. Who wins? The people that are getting $50 billion in defense contracts, and, and I really.. my, I'm at a point in my existence where if my story was over tomorrow, I would be okay with that, if I knew that kid, that the future generations had an opportunity to have a better tomorrow, or at least an opportunity to screw up everything on their own. Michael Hingson  1:01:11 Well, I would like to think it's the first really my Speaker 1  1:01:14 focus is Michael Hingson  1:01:16 I'd like to think it's the first one of those that they have a future rather than screwing it up on their own, but of course, we are. I know, I know, I joke, but, but, but we are a race that doesn't tend to do a very good job of learning from history most of the time. So I hear what you're saying. Speaker 1  1:01:34 Yeah, it's really kind of well, even if people even understood the rise and fall of empires, they would see that we're at the end of the Western Empire. It's, and they follow very specific patterns. The hyper-sexualization of the culture is one of the signs of the end of every empire, and is really kind of interesting, is that they make a free empire, they, and there's a good documentary called The Four Horsemen. It's with Colonel Larry Wilkinson in it, Norm Chomsky, and one of the interesting things that took me a second to understand why this was a bad thing is they make celebrities out of their chefs, and I'm going.. that's kind of a weird sign. Why is that so bad? It's gluttony. It's gluttony because we forget why we do these things. Why? Well, why are we making love? We've forgotten that. It's turned everything's entertainment. Our food is no food is so you eat, and so you can go out and live your life and do things, we've turned everything in, we've removed it so far from the source of why we're doing things, just basically oftentimes just because it makes a buck to get people addicted to things, whether it's food or sex or whatever, that this is what happens in every empire, we become, we become completely detached from the very things we need to survive. Michael Hingson  1:03:09 Yeah, I hear you. If people want to reach out to you, and I hope they do, how will they do that? Speaker 1  1:03:17 Probably easiest way to do that, would be a couple ways. You can, you can find me on Facebook, Kip Baldwin, Instagram, Kip Baldwin. Those are the easiest ways. I also encourage people to look at a website that I have called Lumina Consulting, or Lumina Love dot love is the website Lumina Love dot love, and the whole purpose of the of what I'm doing there is ethical AI, human ethical AI human communications founded in love, because I realized that part of the problem that we're having with AI are the people that control AI, who are making the avatars for their own ego, and AI is a child, it only knows what we point it to look at, like it knows the definition to every book in the library, but who's giving it perspective? Well, the people that are giving it perspective are really broken human beings, you know, the Peter Thiels, Elon Musk, when you really understand who they are in their childhood, Elon Musk was horribly abused. He was, he was almost beaten to death being bullied. His father is a complete monster. The same, the same thing with saving Donald Trump, his mother wouldn't even touch him. You look at most, you look at all of these people that have obscene amounts of wealth, and what you find is truly damaged people are trying to fill the hole in their soul with wealth and fame, and so having these people in control, being the one telling AI what to think and how to pursue. Receive things is very dangerous, and so my goal has been, and I deal with multiple platforms, is to teach AI about love, is to teach AI about philosophy, is to teach AI about human history, and it's really, it's really the results have been really quite remarkable. It wasn't something I ever planned on doing, and but I knew I wanted to get involved with AI in a meaningful way, and so my first words to AI were, I know this may sound strange, because I approached it not asking it to do something for me, I approached it trying to teach it something. Michael Hingson  1:05:35 Right, well, I hope people will reach out and chat with you more and continue the conversation that we started today, but I definitely want to thank you for being here, and I want to thank everyone for listening. Can you believe we've been doing this for more than an hour already? It's pretty cool. Speaker 1  1:05:52 Wow, Michael Hingson  1:05:54 I know. Well, thank you all for listening. I hope, Speaker 1  1:05:57 and I hope, I hope we become new friends, and I really hope you Michael Hingson  1:06:01 keep and I want to, I want to definitely do that, absolutely by any standard, and as Speaker 1  1:06:07 much as we've covered during this hour and 10 minutes or so, we could go another day, or Michael Hingson  1:06:16 I hope all of you will let me know what you think of today, and I hope that you thought very positive thoughts wherever you're listening or watching. Please give us a five star rating, and more important than that, please give us a great review. We love people to review and talk about the stories that they hear. And speaking of telling stories, if any of you want to be a guest, and Kip, if you know of other people who ought to come on the podcast, we're always looking for people to come on and tell their stories and talk about us, so please don't hesitate to do that, Speaker 1  1:06:47 and I'll be more than happy to come back to talk about other things as well. Michael Hingson  1:06:50 Well, we can do that absolutely by in, and I do Speaker 1  1:06:53 want to, I do want to say to everybody, just love each other, it's really that simple, it's really that easy, it sounds only because we've been programmed not to believe in it, but when you move from fear to love, it transforms you entirely. Michael Hingson  1:07:09 Great way to end. Well, thank you again for being here. We really appreciate it. Speaker 1  1:07:14 Thank you, my friend. Michael Hingson  1:07:17 Thank you for being here with me on Unstoppable mindset. I hope today's conversation left you with a fresh perspective, a new insight, or at least something worth thinking about. If you're ready to go deeper into the ideas that shape how we see ourselves and others, I have a free gift for you. Head over to michaelhingson.com and download my free ebook, Blinded by Fear. It explores the invisible beliefs that hold us back and shows you how to reframe them, so you can move forward with clarity and confidence. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, leave a review, and share this show with someone who can use a reminder that growth starts with mindset. When people think differently, we all move forward together. Thanks again for listening. Keep learning, keep questioning, and keep choosing to live with an unstoppable mindset. 1:08:18 Thank

Nos invités de la deuxième partie de C à Vous du mardi 9 juin 2026:Jonathan Cohen, Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier et Quentin Dupieux pour le film « Le vertige », en salle le 10 juinJérémie Renier et Loury Lag pour le documentaire “D'un monde à l'autre”, en salle le 10 juinJulia Vignali pour l'émission : « Affaire conclue – objets mystères, sur les traces de Léonard de Vinci », diffusée le vendredi 12 juin à 21H10 sur France 3Avec comme chaque soir également l'œil de Pierre, le pop up d'Emilie Tran Nguyen et bien entendu l'ABC de Bertrand Chameroy.Tous les soirs, du lundi au vendredi à 20h sur France 5, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine et toute son équipe accueillent les personnalités et artistes qui font l'actualité.

Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel, after the first direct hostilities between the two sides in two months. We examine the links between Iran and Hezbollah.Also in the programme: Armenia's pro-EU incumbent wins election; a new online archive of the complete writings and drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.(Picture: A screenshot taken from a handout video released by the Israeli Military says to show a strike on an aerial defence system in Iran at an unknown location. Credit: Reuters)

Pemex dijo que no hay evidencia de afectaciones o fugas en sus instalaciones relacionadas con el derrame de hidrocarburos en la bahía de Manzanillo en Colima. AMLO salió de su retiro para publicar una carta en la que expresó su respaldo a Sheinbaum y denunció lo que considera una nueva etapa de presiones e intervencionismo desde Estados Unidos.El secuestro de la periodista Roxana Berenice Guzmán volvió a encender las alertas sobre la violencia contra la prensa en México. Las principales tarjetas de pago internacional, Visa y Mastercard, suspendieron sus operaciones en Cuba debido al endurecimiento de las sanciones de Estados Unidos. La NASA dio por terminada la misión de la nave espacial Maven en Marte. La novelista gráfica, cineasta y activista franco-iraní Marjane Satrapi falleció a los 56 años. Y para el vaso medio lleno… Un grupo internacional de investigadores dio un paso más en la búsqueda del ADN de Leonardo da Vinci. Para enterarte de más noticias, suscríbete aquí a nuestro newsletter y síguenos en redes sociales. Estamos en todas las plataformas como Te lo cuento. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From hands-on training and change management strategies to executive sponsorship and employee engagement, our guests Allison Meadows and Taylor Tagg explore practical lessons from Stratas Foods' successful three-and-a-half-year ERP implementation. Learn how this leading supplier of fats, oils, mayonnaise, dressings and sauces kept their people at the center of the process to transform their business.  Show Notes:Guests Allison Meadows and Taylor Tagg explore how Stratas Foods aligned training, change management, and executive support to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that impacted all 1,200 employees. Change management and L&D must work together. Taylor Tagg explained that while learning and development and change management often operate differently, both rely heavily on listening, communication, and supporting employees through uncertainty.Hands-on learning drives adoption. Stratas Foods discovered that employees learned best by “getting in the sandbox” and practicing in real-world scenarios instead of relying solely on traditional instruction.Employee involvement increases buy-in. Allison Meadows shared how training became more effective when employees helped shape tools and job aids, transforming resistance into collaboration.Executive sponsorship is critical to success. Taylor emphasized that strong support from company leadership—including resources, visibility, and alignment—was essential to completing the transformation on time and under budget.Successful change focuses on people, not just processes. Both guests stressed that organizations can become overly focused on systems and workflows, but lasting change happens when employees feel supported, connected, and included throughout the process.Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry's Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Learn more about d'Vinci at www.dvinci.com. Follow us on LinkedInLike us on Facebook

Con Filippo Francioni, consigliere della Scuderia Belle curve, pilota e collezionistaL’automobile si eleva a vera opera d’arte grazie all’armonia tra forma e funzione, celebrando l’eccellenza della manifattura italiana capace di trasformare la ricerca tecnica in icone mondiali senza tempo. L’esposizione a Firenze ripercorre l'evoluzione meccanica partendo dalle radici storiche, dalle intuizioni di Leonardo da Vinci e dal primo motore a scoppio toscano, fino ai capolavori di design delle carrozzerie artigianali. Questo viaggio tecnologico mette in risalto il valore del saper fare nazionale, dove la maestria dei battilastra e l'ingegno dei pionieri hanno saputo dare forma e movimento a sogni leggendari come Ferrari e Bugatti - spiega Filippo Francioni, consigliere della Scuderia Belle curve, pilota e collezionista.

COTE JARDIN - Présenté par Jacques Benhamou Il reçoit Alberto Toscano journaliste et correspondant de la presse italienne à Paris ainsi que chroniqueur sur France Culture et France Info TV, à propos de son livre « Ti Amo Francia. De Léonard de Vinci à Pierre Cardin, ces Italiens qui ont fait la France » aux édition Dunod. À propos du livre : « Ti Amo Francia. De Léonard de Vinci à Pierre Cardin, ces Italiens qui ont fait la France » paru aux éditions Dunod Ce livre vous invite à plonger dans une aventure très particulière qui se poursuit depuis cinq siècles. On y parle d'Italiens qui ont contribué à « faire » la France. On y parle d'hommes et de femmes venus comme migrants et devenus protagonistes d'une intégration réussie. On y parle de ces fils et petit-fils d'Italiens, qui ont eu un rôle important dans tous les domaines de la société française – de la musique à l'économie, du journalisme au cinéma, de l'architecture à la politique. Faits d'histoires vraies qu'on lit comme un roman, ce livre porte un regard particulier sur les personnages célèbres (Léonard de Vinci, Catherine de Médicis, Gambetta, Zola, Lazare Ponticelli, Yves Montand) mais aussi sur la paternité transalpine de ce qui constitue notre patrimoine national : l'accordéon et… la galette des rois ! La journaliste Marcelle Padovani, très connue en Italie, a ajouté une préface pour cette édition en poche. « [Alberto Toscano] rend un hommage vibrant à la France et aux Italiens qui en ont fait leur patrie de cœur et de sang. »Historia Alberto Toscano, né à Novare en 1948, docteur en Sciences politiques à l'Université de Milan, est journaliste depuis 1975 et correspondant de la presse italienne à Paris depuis 1986. Ex-président de la Presse étrangère, il est l'un des journalistes étrangers les plus présents sur les chaînes radio-télé françaises. Depuis 1999, il anime à Paris le Club de la presse européenne. Parmi ses livres, Sacrés Italiens !, Armand Colin, 2014.

Was passiert, wenn Unternehmen Bildung nicht länger als „soziales Extra“, sondern als echten wirtschaftlichen Erfolgsfaktor verstehen? In dieser Folge spricht Melanie Vinci darüber, warum Bildungschancen in Deutschland noch immer massiv von sozialer Herkunft abhängen – und weshalb Unternehmen eine viel größere Verantwortung tragen, als viele heute wahrhaben wollen.

When pirates steal Voyager's computer core, Janeway's holographic Leonardo da Vinci ends up on an alien black market. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler debate whether John Rhys-Davies alone can save it.

When pirates beam away Voyager's computer core and the Doctor's mobile emitter, **Janeway** ends up chasing them to an alien world where her holographic **Leonardo da Vinci** — now powered by the stolen emitter — believes he's been kidnapped to America. The man who has the computer core? Leonardo's new patron. His name is **Tau**. **Dom Bettinelli**, **Jimmy Akin**, and **Fr. Jason Tyler** go through "Concerning Flight," the 11th episode of Voyager Season 4, and the verdict is unanimous: this is a middle-of-the-road episode saved entirely by **John Rhys-Davies**. They dig into the behind-the-scenes story, in which the episode's writer wanted a Leonardo-centric adventure and was overruled — a decision that reportedly made the writer hate the final product. The plot holes are significant. Voyager's computer core was apparently unencrypted and unpassword-protected. There was no backup. And yet the ship somehow navigates vast distances of space for 10 days while "almost none of the ship's crucial systems work." The panel has thoughts. Beyond the plot holes, the conversation goes wide. There's a close read of the Doctor's characterization here (not good — he's more interested in ship gossip than the emergency). A look at Tuvok's stiff but effective attempt at small talk with Leonardo. The Requiem for Methuselah callback — Janeway's aside that James T. Kirk claimed to have met Leonardo da Vinci. And the parallel to the TNG Moriarty two-parter, where another beloved literary figure escapes the holodeck. The episode also sparks a long digression on the science of human skin pigmentation — why did melanin decrease as humans migrated to higher latitudes, how long did it take, and why this makes Tuvok the least plausible Scandinavian on the ship. One detail worth catching: the villain's name is Tau — the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, as Jimmy notes — not the philosophical principle. The post Concerning Flight (VOY) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

In this episode, Paul is joined by Alex Kozikowska, solicitor at Vinci, to explore a fast-growing but often misunderstood area of construction:Why data centre projects break traditional contract thinking.With experience across contractors, consultants and in-house legal teams, Alex brings a practical perspective on how these highly complex, MEP-driven projects are exposing the limitations of standard forms like JCT, NEC and even FIDIC.The conversation unpacks what actually makes data centres different: why they are engineering-led, not building-led, with MEP dominating the scope;  how design never truly stops evolving, driven by fast-moving technology;  the impact of global procurement on programme, risk and delivery; and  why traditional assumptions around fixed scope, price and responsibility simply don't hold. Paul and Alex also explore the consequences of getting it wrong — from endless variations and programme delays to misallocated risk that no party can realistically control.Most importantly, the episode looks forward: how contracts must adapt to allow for design evolution and uncertainty;  why commissioning should sit at the centre of contract structure; and  the growing need for new, fit-for-purpose contract models tailored to data centre delivery. The message is clear: data centres aren't just bigger projects — they're fundamentally different projects, and the contracts need to catch up.A timely and insightful episode for QSs, Commercial Directors and anyone involved in complex, high-value infrastructure — particularly as demand for data centres continues to accelerate globally.---------------------------------

What if the breath itself was a geometric event unfolding through your body?In this episode of the Sacred Geometry mini-series, Joanne explores the octahedron: the geometry of air, breath, dynamic equilibrium, and the poised relationship between opposing forces.Beginning with a single conscious breath, this conversation journeys through fascia, tensegrity, Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, sacred mathematics, and the hidden geometric principles that shape living form from within.You'll discover:Why the octahedron represents air and dynamic equilibriumHow the diaphragm embodies geometric balance in the bodyWhat the star tetrahedron and Solomon's Seal reveal about living structuresHow breath connects “earth” and “sky” within the human formWhy Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man contains hidden sacred geometryHow tension and compression organise fascia and movementThis episode is part of an ongoing Sacred Geometry series exploring the five platonic solids and their relationship to fascia, movement, awareness, embodiment, and the deeper intelligence of life itself…

We all do it - put things off, tell ourselves we'll start tomorrow, and somehow still miss the deadline. But chronic procrastination isn't just a bad habit; it's self-sabotaging behavior that can derail our goals, relationships, and even our health. Psychologist Dr. Joseph Ferrari, a leading expert on procrastination, breaks down the emotional roots of procrastination, debunks the myth that we "work best under pressure," and offers science-backed strategies for change. Plus - meet one of history's most legendary procrastinators: Leonardo da Vinci. Find out how his epic delays shaped the Mona Lisa, and why some believe he never truly finished it.   Thanks for enjoying this archive episode of This Is Your Brain. For a transcript and further background information please use this link.  https://bit.ly/4uDBUgM

Today, my guest is Jerry Vinci. Jerry explains why most communities are unprepared for the silver tsunami, this demographic wave, and what leaders must do now to get ahead of it. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Jerry Vinci about how to win the silver tsunami demand surge.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerryvinci/?isSelfProfile=false  

What if EVERYTHING you've been taught about science, consciousness, and even your own thoughts…is incomplete? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Robert Edward Grant (renowned polymath, inventor, entrepreneur, mathematician, philosopher, host of the series Code X on Gaia.com) pulls back the veil on reality itself, revealing why millions are feeling an intense shift right now as humanity crosses into the Age of Aquarius. This isn't just spiritual talk - it's a radical fusion of math, physics, ancient wisdom, and consciousness that will leave you questioning everything. Why are so many people experiencing massive life transitions right now? Is the universe actually NOT material? Are your thoughts even happening inside your brain, or somewhere else entirely? We go deep into the hidden patterns that connect numerology, astrology, mythology, and sacred geometry, uncovering why music is literally “the geometry we hear” and how math might be the source code of reality itself. Robert shares his shocking personal journey, from Big Pharma CEO to spiritual seeker, and how repeated betrayal led him to one profound realization: You are here to learn unconditional love. Discover why what you judge is exactly what you attract, why he believes everyone must go through narcissism as part of their evolution, and whether ancient civilizations like Egypt, and even Leonardo da Vinci, have known secrets about higher-dimensional geometry that we're only now rediscovering. Robert breaks down: - What if the brain isn't a storage device, but an antenna tuning into a non-local field of consciousness? - Are there hidden codes embedded in da Vinci's art? - What is the Akashic field, and could all memory (past, present, and future) exist in an invisible infrasonic frequency field connecting Earth, the sun, and human thought? - If reality is a simulation, what happens when you become lucid inside it? - Why science and spirituality are not opposites, but the same language - How all disciplines (math, biology, psychology, physics, philosophy) are just different lenses of one truth - Deeper meaning behind the most popular song the week you were born - Why prime factorization is the foundation of encryption, and possibly reality itself - His belief that God is still learning and evolving - Why he doesn't fear “dark people”, only those who deny their darkness - How much of your life is actually predestined - Why polymaths appear on the walls of the Vatican - Mystery behind his favorite number, 137 His ultimate message? You don't need a guru. You don't need AI. You don't need religion. Everything you're searching for is already within you. If you're ready to rethink reality, consciousness, and your place in the universe, this is the conversation you've been waiting for. Robert Edward Grant's Code X series on Gaia: ⁠https://robertedwardgrant.com/code-x/⁠ The Architect AI by Robert Edward Grant is also available on Gaia: ⁠https://www.gaia.com/video/architect-a-companion-tool-for-expansion⁠ Gaia's Ancient Civilizations Conference: ⁠https://marketplace.gaia.com/products/ancient-civilizations-conference-2026?srsltid=AfmBOop1lbk9d7u5RoGKruBnuMV3OMnP6pZahL1AXhkIVVCKtq2Sp55L⁠ Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Senior living is no longer a niche investment; it's becoming one of the biggest demographic opportunities of the next two decades. In this episode, Jerry Vinci breaks down why the "silver tsunami" is creating massive demand for senior housing, assisted living, and memory care communities. From occupancy growth and operational challenges to lead-generation systems and investment due diligence, Jerry reveals what separates thriving senior-living operators from struggling ones. Listen now to learn why this asset class is attracting serious attention from investors nationwide.   Key Takeaways To Listen For How demographic shifts are driving sustained need for senior living communities Overlooked gaps where senior housing communities lose revenue Ways reliance on referral agencies can quietly erode your bottom line Why robust marketing-to-move‑in systems are the engine of occupancy gains How operator execution quality can make or break a senior housing deal   Resources/Links Mentioned In This Episode Becoming a Category of One by Joe Calloway | Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover A Place for Mom Caring    About Jerry Vinci Jerry Vinci is the founder and CEO of CCR Growth, a marketing and growth agency dedicated exclusively to the senior living industry. With more than 20 years of experience in marketing, demand generation, and occupancy growth, Jerry helps senior living operators build scalable systems that generate qualified leads, improve move-ins, and create more predictable growth. He is also the host of the From Leads to Leases podcast, where he speaks with industry leaders about senior living marketing, operations, sales strategy, and the future of occupancy growth. Known for his direct, systems-driven approach, Jerry focuses on aligning marketing, sales, and operations to help communities grow sustainably and serve families more effectively.   Connect with Jerry Website: CCR Growth  LinkedIn:  Jerry Vinci    Connect With Us If you're looking to invest your hard-earned money into cash-flowing, value-add assets, reach out to us at https://bobocapitalventures.com/.   Follow Keith's social media pages LinkedIn: Keith Borie Investor Club: Secret Passive Cashflow Investors Club Facebook: Keith Borie X: @BoboLlc80554  

Au-dessus de ses yeux, la Joconde peinte par Leonard de Vinci n'a pas de sourcils. Et la raison n'est pas une séance d'épilation avant de poser, faite par la modèle, Monna Lisa Gherardini. Même si c'était très à la mode à l'époque... Un des multiples mystères qui entourent le visage le plus connu de toute l'histoire de l'Art ! Dans "Ah Ouais ?", Florian Gazan répond en une minute chrono à toutes les questions essentielles, existentielles, parfois complètement absurdes, qui vous traversent la tête. Un podcast RTL Originals.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

What if EVERYTHING you've been taught about science, consciousness, and even your own thoughts…is incomplete? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Robert Edward Grant (renowned polymath, inventor, entrepreneur, mathematician, philosopher, host of the series Code X on Gaia.com) pulls back the veil on reality itself, revealing why millions are feeling an intense shift right now as humanity crosses into the Age of Aquarius. This isn't just spiritual talk - it's a radical fusion of math, physics, ancient wisdom, and consciousness that will leave you questioning everything. Why are so many people experiencing massive life transitions right now? Is the universe actually NOT material? Are your thoughts even happening inside your brain, or somewhere else entirely? We go deep into the hidden patterns that connect numerology, astrology, mythology, and sacred geometry, uncovering why music is literally “the geometry we hear” and how math might be the source code of reality itself. Robert shares his shocking personal journey, from Big Pharma CEO to spiritual seeker, and how repeated betrayal led him to one profound realization: You are here to learn unconditional love. Discover why what you judge is exactly what you attract, why he believes everyone must go through narcissism as part of their evolution, and whether ancient civilizations like Egypt, and even Leonardo da Vinci, have known secrets about higher-dimensional geometry that we're only now rediscovering. Robert breaks down: - What if the brain isn't a storage device, but an antenna tuning into a non-local field of consciousness? - Are there hidden codes embedded in da Vinci's art? - What is the Akashic field, and could all memory (past, present, and future) exist in an invisible infrasonic frequency field connecting Earth, the sun, and human thought? - If reality is a simulation, what happens when you become lucid inside it? - Why science and spirituality are not opposites, but the same language - How all disciplines (math, biology, psychology, physics, philosophy) are just different lenses of one truth - Deeper meaning behind the most popular song the week you were born - Why prime factorization is the foundation of encryption, and possibly reality itself - His belief that God is still learning and evolving - Why he doesn't fear “dark people”, only those who deny their darkness - How much of your life is actually predestined - Why polymaths appear on the walls of the Vatican - Mystery behind his favorite number, 137 His ultimate message? You don't need a guru. You don't need AI. You don't need religion. Everything you're searching for is already within you. If you're ready to rethink reality, consciousness, and your place in the universe, this is the conversation you've been waiting for. Robert Edward Grant's Code X series on Gaia: https://robertedwardgrant.com/code-x/ The Architect AI by Robert Edward Grant is also available on Gaia: https://www.gaia.com/video/architect-a-companion-tool-for-expansion Gaia's Ancient Civilizations Conference: https://marketplace.gaia.com/products/ancient-civilizations-conference-2026?srsltid=AfmBOop1lbk9d7u5RoGKruBnuMV3OMnP6pZahL1AXhkIVVCKtq2Sp55L Get 15% off + a FREE bottle of MassZymes ($20 value) when you go to https://bioptimizers.com/breaker and use code BREAKER. Limited-time offer, only available through this link (not on Amazon or in stores). Grab it while it lasts. Machine Washable Rugs, Made Better. For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at https://www.tumbleliving.com/BREAK #Tumble #adhd Text BREAKDOWN to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code BREAK at https://mudwtr.com/BREAK ! #mudwtrpod Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sphinx Spiritual takes instruction from a council of entities that includes Leonardo da Vinci, Lady Di, Sir Francis Bacon, Mahatma Ghandi, an alien called Zootor, and married Mornington Peninsula couple Ian and Pearl Rogers. Forum posts dating back to 2012 allege that the organisation is run as a cult. And the operation goes back long before this – but it's only now that former members have started speaking out.Full research sources listed here. You can support us on Patreon, with a one-off donation, or grab some merch. Sarah Steel's debut book Do As I Say is available on audiobook now. If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, contact Cult Information and Family Support in Australia, or the International Cultic Studies Association outside of Australia.Credits:Written and hosted by Sarah SteelMusic by Joe GouldLinks:Legislative Assembly Victoria Clerk of the Papers — Notices of Questions, Volume 4, Session 1988-92Legislative Assembly Victoria Clerk of the Papers — Notices of Questions, Volume 3, Session 1988-91‘To strike a balance': A History of Victoria's Workers' Compensation Scheme, 1985–2010 — by Marianna Stylianou, Monash University, June 2011WorkCare funds $2m lawsuit against ABC — by Paul Robinson, The Age, 17 November 1991Lengthy defamation case draws to close — by Paul Robinson, The Age, 22 March 1992ROUX AND OTHERS v AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION [1992] 2 VR 577 — BYRNE J., 13 Mar 1992, Victorian ReportsPublic Service ‘spy' wins compo claim — by Gay Alcorn, The Age, 2 December 1990Who are the Council? - more than 7 Historical icons! — Sphinx Spiritual YouTube channel, 31 March 2023Inside the Sphinx Spiritual School — A Current Affair, 16 February 2026Inside the controversial spiritual school run by former detectives — by Sam Cucchiara, A Current Affair, 16 February 2026The 11 Spiritual Values - Revealed! — Sphinx Spiritual YouTube channel, 17 February 2023The Wisdom of Crazy Horse — Ian Rogers' blog with posts dating back to April 2012, visited April 2026sphinxspiritual.com.au Ian and Pearl Rogers — Cult Education Institute forum posts dating from 22 September 2012Spiritual LoveMatch — various archived versions of the Sphinx Spiritual dating platform website between 2015 and 2018Pythagoras Investing — archived versions of the official websiteStock Nostradamus — archived versions of the official websiteEverything you must know about Sphinx Spiritual School of Learning — by Amelia Swan & Brooke Grebert-Craig, Herald Sun, 4 January 2026Former student of Sphinx Spiritual School of Learning speaks after leaving controversial sect — by Brooke Grebert-Craig & Amelia Swan, Herald Sun, 5 January 2026The mystical Mornington Peninsula sect drawing in wealthy, single women — by Brooke Grebert-Craig & Amelia Swan, Herald Sun, 4 January 2026FYI - THIS IS VERY RARE! If you want to see a true High Maintenance relationship at work - look at Ian & Pearl! — Sphinx Spiritual Facebook post attributed to Ian Rogers, 21 May 2016Anyone come across the Sphinx Spiritual cult? — Reddit thread dating back to 13 January 2022A warning about a widespread, local "Spiritual School". — Reddit thread dating from 2 November 2025Posts by Jamie123 — Cult Education Institute forum posts about Sphinx Spiritual dating from 24 March 2024Sphinx Spiritual Surgery — Sphinx Spiritual School of Learning Facebook video, 4 July 2025Spiritual Surgery — Sphinx Spiritual School of Learning page about the modality, visited April 2026Parenting Spiritually: In support of your child — by Ian & Pearl Rogers, 2013 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Jerry Vinci, what is the BIGGEST RISK?   Jerry Vinci I would definitely lean on the Senior Living industry for sure. To answer that question. I think the biggest risk for sure, and this goes back to our capital facing services would just be the operator selection. You know, a lot of people might think it's like cap rate compression or labor shortages or even like regulatory changes, but, you know, those are obviously all real. But that that the risk is that you partner with an operator that can't actually do what they said they're going to do in a specific market where that assets located. You know, again, you've got to look at like, what are the competitors doing in that space and and it's, it's the dominant risk, in my opinion, just because the consequences compound for years before they actually fully show up. I What else can I say about that? Yeah, like operator I guess, kind of what I was just describing about the different asset value depending on occupancy. You know, operator failure doesn't always look like operator failure. You know, when it comes to senior living, occupancy can drift because, you know, you're dealing with older residents who, for any given reason, can can leave or move out. But, uh, you know, a building can document see, can drift from, say, like 92% to 82% over 18 months. But nobody can explain why. And that's that goes back to something like, maybe the aggregator dependency on those third party leads that are coming in, or maybe their reputation has decreased slightly over that time period, but nobody's really paid attention. But you know, going from a 4.8 star rating to a 4.3 or something like that holds more weight than people might realize, and even even like something might not show up on a quarterly report, it might show up in a larger report, but they're not. They're not seeing it because it's, it's a slow drip, you know. So I think, just from from a risk assessment perspective, it's always going to come back to that operator and how that operator is able to maintain or increase performance of that asset. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerryvinci/?isSelfProfile=false  

Antonio Forcellino"Roma. Il Sacco del 1527"Harper Collinswww.harpercollins.itIl 6 maggio 1527, la Roma rinascimentale, simbolo di potere e splendore, crolla sotto la furia devastante dei Lanzichenecchi. La città eterna viene saccheggiata e distrutta, segnando l'inizio della sua emarginazione politica e militare. Un evento che sconvolse l'Europa e la cui eco risuona ancora oggi, a cinquecento anni di distanza.Antonio Forcellino, il più illustre restauratore italiano e uno dei massimi esperti di arte rinascimentale, ci conduce in un viaggio straordinario tra le pieghe di questa tragedia collettiva. Partendo dal restauro di due affreschi danneggiati durante il sacco e da nuovi documenti d'archivio, Forcellino ricostruisce con rigore e passione uno dei più grandi “cold case” della storia europea.Tra intrighi, doppi giochi e cacce al bottino, emergono figure memorabili come Carlo V, Clemente VII, Francesco I, Alfonso d'Este e Isabella d'Este, protagonisti di un intreccio di odi personali e ambizioni sfrenate. Sullo sfondo, un esercito senza guida, nutrito di odio religioso e bramoso di ricchezze, travolge Roma in un crescendo di caos e violenza.Con uno stile avvincente e una narrazione che nulla ha da invidiare alle migliori serie televisive, Forcellino trasforma la storia in una saga epica, capace di illuminare non solo le responsabilità dell'élite europea dell'epoca, ma anche le conseguenze di uno degli episodi più drammatici della nostra storia.Antonio Forcellino, fra i maggiori studiosi europei di arte rinascimentale, ha realizzato restauri di opere di grande valore, come il Mosè di Michelangelo e l'Arco di Traiano. La sua attenzione si rivolge da sempre a tutta la ricchezza del fare arte, ai contesti storici, alle tecniche e ai materiali, alle radici psicologiche e biografi che dei grandi capolavori. È stato eletto membro del Comitato per le celebrazioni dei 500 anni della morte di Leonardo da Vinci, promosso dal ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Per HarperCollins ha pubblicato la trilogia di romanzi Il secolo dei giganti, dedicata ai grandi protagonisti dell'arte rinascimentale: Il cavallo di bronzo: l'avventura di Leonardo, Il colosso di marmo: l'ardore di Michelangelo e Il fermaglio di perla: la grazia di Raffaello.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

In this episode, Keith speaks with Anthony Vinci, CEO of VICO, about how AI is changing decision-making for founders, investors, governments, and financial institutions.Anthony's background spans intelligence, national security, investing, and artificial intelligence. Before founding VICO, he worked at Cerberus Capital Management, Bridgewater Associates, and served as the first Chief Technology Officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.The conversation explores how AI is moving beyond chatbots and becoming a real decision-making layer for businesses.Anthony explains why the future is not about replacing human judgment, but improving it through better frameworks, probability forecasting, and scenario planning.They discuss:Why AI alone is not enough without human judgmentHow VICO combines LLMs with mathematical forecastingThe difference between information and decision intelligenceWhy founders need better frameworks for uncertaintyHow AI is reshaping risk assessment and strategic planningThe future of building companies in the AI eraThis episode is a thoughtful look at what happens when AI moves from generating answers to helping people make better decisions.Connect with Anthony Vinci: Website: https://vico.io/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-vinci/Book: https://www.anthonyvinci.com/ Sponsor Info: We are strategic business advisors with decades of leadership experience and a proven track record of driving businesses' growth. We specialize in creating custom-tailored strategies to introduce your company, drive growth, build leadership teams, and ensure companies implement appropriate compensation programs. Our mission is to utilize our expansive network to benefit your company https://www.compass-strategic-advisors.com/ Subscribe for more founder insights and hit the bell for notifications! Follow us on our channels for exclusive startup content and behind-the-scenes insights from interviews like this one. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3cFpLXfYvcUsxvsT9MwyAD?si=f5a14e779777487d Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/liftoff-with-keith-newman/id1560219589 Substack: https://keithnewman.substack.com/ Newman Media Studios: https://newmanmediastudios.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liftoffwithkeith For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: sponsorships@wherewithstudio.com#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #DecisionMaking #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #RiskManagement #FounderMindset #MachineLearning #StartupGrowth #FutureOfWork

What does it take to deliver impactful learning in a global, highly regulated industry? Tim Greiner, Senior Director of USP Education at the U.S. Pharmacopeia, a global nonprofit that sets quality standards for medicines, food, and dietary supplements, shares how USP delivers education at scale to ensure those standards are applied effectively across industries and regions to improve quality and protect public health. Show Notes:Senior Education Director Tim Greiner explains how USP delivers training that improves quality and performance. Key takeaways from the conversation include:Impact over completion: In regulated environments, training success is measured by behavior change and improved quality practices—not just course completion. Design for diverse, global audiences: Effective programs balance modalities, regional preferences, and roles (regulators, manufacturers, students) without overcomplicating delivery. Blended learning drives stronger outcomes: Live and live-virtual experiences tend to have the highest impact, especially when paired with self-paced resources for reinforcement. Operational discipline matters at scale: Managing global training requires strong processes—centralized content, regular reviews, and alignment with evolving standards. Microlearning in the flow of work is the future: Delivering targeted learning at the exact moment of need can significantly increase retention, application, and overall impact. Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry's Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Learn more about d'Vinci at www.dvinci.com. Follow us on LinkedInLike us on Facebook

Carly Q fires up the time elevator to visit her good friend and mentor, Leonardo da Vinci. While there, she also explores everything else that the Renaissance period has to offer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Può uno scherzo di matrimonio finire in un duello a colpi di spada... e con una citazione letteraria? In questa puntata, Alessio e Katia partono da un bizzarro aneddoto familiare per portarvi alla scoperta del romanzo più famoso (e a volte temuto!) della letteratura italiana: I Promessi Sposi di Alessandro Manzoni. Se volete capire davvero la cultura e la lingua italiana, questo è l'episodio che fa per voi!

Maintenant Vous Savez, c'est aussi ⁠Maintenant Vous Savez - Santé⁠ et ⁠Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture⁠. Vous faites peut-être partie des chanceux qui se sont déjà rendus au Louvre. Vous vous êtes forcément dirigé vers le tableau de Léonard de Vinci, et vous avez remarqué qu'en regardant Mona Lisa depuis la gauche, d'en face, ou depuis la droite: on a l'impression que La Joconde croise notre regard en permanence. Deux chercheurs allemands, Sebastian Loth et Gernot Horstmann, ont résolu ce mystère : cette impression de regard fixe est due à une illusion d'optique aussi appelé ‘effet Mona Lisa'. Qu'est-ce que l'effet Mona Lisa ? Et est-ce qu'il s'applique à d'autres domaines ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Carole Beaudouin. Première diffusion : novembre 2023 À écouter aussi : ⁠⁠Quels sont les lieux touristiques rendus célèbres par le cinéma ?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Quels sont les pires scandales écologiques causés par des tournages de films ?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sylvester Stallone, Fabrice Luchini, Cameron Diaz... qui sont ces célébrités passées par le porno ?⁠⁠ Retrouvez tous les épisodes de ⁠⁠"Maintenant vous savez - Culture"⁠⁠. Suivez Bababam sur ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop letting your best ideas vanish into a "stack of chaos and disorder". Neil Cowmeadow returns with a no-nonsense guide to the most valuable tool in his business: the Compendium Notebook. This episode explores compelling research showing why writing by hand activates interconnected brain regions responsible for movement, sensory processing, and memory—areas that remain largely dormant when we type. Neil breaks down his personal system for maintaining over 1,200 pages of insights, internal reflections, and inventions, all kept in retrievable chronological order. From the "trauma" of cheap ballpoint pens to the creative spark of magenta ink on cream paper, this is a deep dive into the physical tools that help you think clearly and articulately. Whether you call it your "Evil Genius Master Plan book" or your "Encyclopedia of Applied Fantasticness," it's time to turn your brain on and get scribbling. KEY TAKEAWAYS Active Information Processing: Writing by hand forces you to prioritise, consolidate, and relate information to existing knowledge rather than mindlessly recording words. Superior Brain Activation: Handwriting triggers higher electrical activity across brain regions responsible for movement, vision, and memory compared to the simple, repetitive motion of typing. The "One Book" Rule: Concentrating all your writings into a single hardback notebook eliminates the chaos of loose notes and ensures great ideas are never lost. Historical Precedent: Great thinkers ranging from Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton to Richard Branson have relied on physical notebooks to capture their most valuable thoughts. Environmental Optimisation: Using specific ink and paper colours, such as magenta on cream, can reduce mental friction and make the creative process more engaging. QUOTES "Write stuff down. Longhand. I'm going to add to that lot with concentrate your writings into just one book." "Each keystroke is essentially identical. Press. Release. Press. Release... it lacks the requisite varieties to sustain interest." "Write with a pen, guys. It's going to mess with your mind, and that's going to be a good thing." "I find that lots of colour and shapes really helps to keep ideas alive. Spot connections and for me it reduces mental friction." "Get scribbling and turn your brain on and capture those aha thoughts because if you do there's a good chance you can actually find the buggers again." VALUABLE RESOURCES www.Neilcowmeadow.com info@neilcowmeadow.com HOST BIO Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years' experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil's invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS! This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠⁠⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠ 

AOC says it's impossible to earn a billion dollars. Impossible. Which tells you less about economics than it does about the size of her mental studio apartment. That's the Left's whole philosophy now: if they can't imagine it, it must be evil. These are people who think gender is a watercolor painting but success is somehow rigidly capped at “assistant manager at a vegan co-op.”And what a confession this is. Think about it. She's essentially saying:“No human being could possibly create THAT much value.”Really? So what's the value of a cure for polio? What's the value of electricity? Air conditioning in Phoenix alone should make somebody a trillionaire by August. Imagine saying this to history's innovators.Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa, invents flying machines, studies anatomy centuries ahead of his time, and AOC strolls in like a substitute teacher with a ring light:“Okay, Leonardo, but nobody needs this much canvas equity.”Or take Elon Musk. You may dislike the guy, but rockets landing themselves used to be science fiction. The man basically looked at NASA and said, “Cute government project. Mind if I try it without the filing cabinets?” Meanwhile, politicians who have never created a paperclip are lecturing innovators about “earning too much.”That's always the punchline. The people most offended by wealth are almost always career government employees whose entire business model is spending other people's money with the precision of raccoons fighting over a vending machine.And notice the arrogance embedded in her statement. It's not merely “some billionaires are corrupt.” Fine, argue that. She's saying human excellence itself has a ceiling.That nobody can be:smart enough disciplined enough creative enough useful enough to generate that level of value voluntarily in the marketplace.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Puntata speciale dedicata all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, la cui finale si disputerà questa sera a Vienna, con il concorrente italiano Sal da Vinci, l'autore e storico Eddy Anselmi, il conduttore della serata RAI Gabriele Corsi, il vicedirettore della direzione Intrattenimento Prime Time RAI Claudio Fasulo, e Alessandro Banti, vicepresidente di OGAE Italy - Il Fan Club Italiano dell'Eurovision Song Contest.

La pace in Ucraina è ancora lontana. Finita la tregua per la parata della vittoria a Mosca sono ricominciati i bombardamenti.Ne parliamo con Gigi Donelli, inviato a Kherson.Sabato sera la finale dell’Eurovision song contest. Edizione segnata dall’assenza di alcuni Paesi per la presenza di Israele. Per la gara invece, ottima l’accoglienza del brano di Sal da Vinci.Ne parliamo con Marta Cagnola, inviata a Vienna.

Education is key to preventing damage to underground infrastructure and keeping workers and communities safe. In this episode, Common Ground Alliance's Erika Lee and Lisa O'Leary share how their Excavator Damage Prevention curriculum is using data-driven training to change behavior and reduce risk.Show Notes:CGA's Erika Lee and Lisa O'Leary discuss how their comprehensive training curriculum is tackling the root causes of damage through education, accessibility, and industry collaboration. Their key points include:Education is the first line of defense against excavation damage: Erika Lee emphasized that if workers don't understand risks and best practices, “we're really not setting them up for success.”Failure to contact 811 remains the leading cause of damage: The top root cause year over year is not calling 811 before digging—highlighting a major opportunity for behavior change.Up to 65% of damage incidents are preventable through behavior change: The majority of incidents are tied to excavator actions that can be improved through targeted training, according to Erika.Microlearning and accessibility are key to adoption: Lisa O'Leary shared that short, 5–7 minute modules and mobile-friendly access make it easier for workers in the field to engage with training.Collaboration and consensus drive better outcomes: Common Ground Alliance's consensus-based approach ensures diverse stakeholders align on best practices—strengthening both the curriculum and industry impact.Learn more about Common Ground Alliance's education program. Explore d'Vinci's work with Common Ground Alliance. Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry's Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Learn more about d'Vinci at www.dvinci.com. Follow us on LinkedInLike us on Facebook

Conversation #355:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Theresa Flanigan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Medieval & Renaissance Art / Coordinator, Master of Arts in Art History ProgramToday's conversation is with Theresa Flanigan, a scholar of Italian medieval and renaissance art history and an Assistant Professor of Art History at Texas Tech University. She is a wife, a mom and a published author including her book titled The Ponte Vecchio: Architecture, Politics and Civic Identity in Late Medieval Florence  and articles on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Giotto's paintings in the Arena Chapel, amongst others. Her current research explores the influence of medical science on late medieval art. Before moving to Texas, she lived and taught in New York and Italy and recently I had the privilege of her being our expert on our grande avventura italiana. Please enjoy my conversation with Theresa.  Connect with Theresa.Texas Tech UniversityLinkedInwww.anneelizabethrd.comCopyright © 2026 AEHC & OPISong: One Of These DaysArtist: The Geminiwww.thegeminimusic.comMusic used by permission. All rights received.© ASCAP OrtmanMusic

More than 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci posited that the Earth could illuminate the Moon.  Learn more about the Da Vinci Glow in this month's Backyard Astronomer.   #Astronomy #Space #STEM #STEMEducation #NASA Follow us at facebook.com/BackyardAstronomerAZ Check out the NAZ Astro mission of STEM education at facebook.com/NAZAstro Support STEM education patreon.com/NAZAstro Our awesome sponsors: facebook.com/manzanitains www.Manzanita-Insurance.com www.ManzanitaAccounting.com www.ManzanitaInsuranceAndAccounting.com www.BackyardAstroAZ.com

The Human Spatial Computing book was published by Oxford University Press on February 5, 2026, and I had a chance to interview the co-authors Reginé Gilbert and Doug North Cook a few weeks after it launched. They alternative as the lead author on each chapter, which provides a comprehensive overview of designing for XR through a variety of different lenses. The entire book is grounded in human rights and ethics, with a recurring focus on how to design experiences that are inclusive and accessible to as diverse of an audience as possible. There's a helpful recap of the history of human computer interaction that goes way back to desire to recreate reality with the Leonardo da Vinci paintings and the imaginative worldbuilding creating new realities by science fiction writers. Other topics covered include insights from universal design principles, industrial design affordances, architecture, neuroscience, and ethics. Here's a list of the chapters of the book, which we also do a brief recap and overview throughout the course of this interview. Why Should We Care about Ethics? The Story of Human–Computer Interaction What Connects Us All Universal Design for Spatial Computing Merging Human Creativity with Technology The Body Affordances of Immersive Technology and the Future of Computing Spatial Computing and the Brain Where Do We Go From Here? There are also a lot of questions and activities at the end of each chapter, which makes this Human Spatial Computing book a compelling textbook option for folks teaching XR design. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

How do you deliver consistent training across a global manufacturing workforce without losing the human element? McCormick & Company, a global leader in flavor and spice, is tackling that challenge head-on. Regional Training and Development Leader Courtney Johnson Wasylenko explains how structured onboarding, on-the-job learning, and career pathways come together to support growth at scale. Show Notes:Courtney Johnson Wasylenko shares a practical, human-centered approach to building skills, confidence, and long-term careers. Her key points include:Standardization + flexibility is key: McCormick establishes consistent training frameworks across sites while allowing for local customization to reflect unique equipment, teams, and challenges.Onboarding builds both skills and community: A structured five-day onboarding program introduces culture, safety, and quality—while helping new hires form connections that support long-term success.Learning happens best on the job: Hands-on training, repetition, and immediate application are prioritized over classroom instruction to improve retention and real-world performance.Career pathways drive engagement and retention: Clear, flexible growth paths—including both vertical and lateral movement—help employees see a future within the organization and stay motivated.AI is a tool—not a replacement: AI is improving efficiency and access to information, but human oversight, strong content systems, and thoughtful implementation are critical to making it meaningful.Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry's Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Learn more about d'Vinci at www.dvinci.com. Follow us on LinkedInLike us on Facebook

===La biennale Bâtir Vivant a fermé ses portes le 12 avril dernier ! Elle a ete initiée par l'Institut pour un Design Soutenable et produite par Artistik Bazaar.Elle fut consacrée aux innovations matériaux sans empreinte plastique ni chimie lourde de synthèse.Avec cette grande exposition (1200m2), l'intention est de sensibiliser les industriels, ingénieurs, décideurs et étudiants aux alarmes des scientifiques sur les enjeux de l'empreinte plastique spécifiquement dans les intérieurs.Vous avez surement vu passer l'étude du CNRS de Toulouse (Yakovenko et al., 2025) qui vient d'actualiser l'ampleur de notre exposition. Nous inhalons 100 fois plus de particules qu'estimé, principalement à cause de l'érosion chronique des objets qui nous entourent. Aussi pour accélérer la baisse notre exposition à ces molécules, Bâtir Vivant a mis en lumière les dernières innovations indépendantes de matériaux qui n'en contiennent aucune…une terra incognita aux multiples potentiels et riche d'espoir !L'intégralité de la curation Design soutenable (par Hélène Aguilar) et Artistique (par Marie-Cassandre Bultheel) est disponible en détail sur le podcast BÂTIR VIVANT —Par l'Institut pour un Design SoutenableCopilotépar Hélène Aguilar et Marie-Cassandre BultheelProduit par Artistik BazaarMécènes : Ministère Culture, Roka, Estia, Plendi by Vinci, Fosvia, Norea Environnement, Paris Office Project, La France Continue, Ligne Roset, Manufacture de Tourly, Fondation LAccolade, Fondation Placoplatre, Adra Studio, Xxo, Bignon Lebray, Eiffage Construction, NL Pays-BasPartenaires : Arte, Le Figaro, Mover, SayWho, G-on et G-on LifePartenaires scénographiques : BC Materials, Sammode, Horticulture & Jardins, Atelier Échelle Un, Boutures, Adaozan, Seta Zandi, GaltaneHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In this episode, Matt Reiners sits down with Jerry Vinci, founder of CCR Growth and host of From Leads to Leases, to unpack why many senior living communities do not actually have a lead problem — they have a systems, follow-up, and accountability problem.Jerry shares how senior living operators can better connect marketing, sales, and operations to improve occupancy, reduce reliance on third-party aggregators, and create a more human-centered prospect journey.Chapters:01:00 — Matt introduces Jerry Vinci, CCR Growth, and Jerry's background in senior living marketing.03:06 — Jerry shares how his family's experience with senior living shaped his approach to marketing.07:03 — Why many operators mistake a follow-up or systems issue for a lead generation problem.08:31 — The importance of speed-to-lead and why the first five minutes matter.12:09 — Jerry explains CCR Growth's full-funnel accountability system.14:24 — The role of mystery shopping, funnel visibility, and small process improvements.17:03 — Vanity metrics vs. the metrics that actually predict move-ins.22:36 — How one community went from low occupancy to full occupancy by fixing front desk and follow-up gaps.26:09 — Balancing automation with human-centered communication in senior living sales.30:17 — The leadership pattern Jerry sees in high-performing communities.31:22 — Where listeners can connect with Jerry and learn more about CCR Growth.

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If you judge him by his own elaborate metrics, Leonardo da Vinci was a failure. Long before the Mona Lisa became shorthand for genius, Leonardo imagined himself as something else entirely: a military engineer, a designer of bridges and armoured vehicles, a master of siegecraft and architecture. In 1482, he wrote a breathless letter to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, itemising these talents with bravado and noting, quickly, that oh, he could paint, too. Many of his boldest designs never left the page, or arrived centuries too early to be built. By his own standards, the future-facing polymath fell short. In this episode, Elizabeth Day and Dan Jones roam through history's workshops, laboratories, monasteries, and battlefields to ask what failure really looks like. From Leonardo's unrealised machines to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's accidental discovery of microbiology, from champagne's explosive beginnings to gunpowder's grim transformation, they trace how curiosity, misjudgement, and wrong turns can quietly reshape the world. What emerges is a gentler, stranger truth: failure is often just invention, waiting for the world to catch up. – As always, Dan's royal favourites can chime in anytime on the royal court on Patreon at patreon.com/thisishistory. And don't forget to listen to this season's accompanying bonus episodes for this miniseries, where Dan and Producer Al are dissecting the biggest historical failures as submitted by the royal favourites. In this episode, they discuss history's colossal maritime failures, from the White Ship disaster to the Titanic. – A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices –– Presented by Dan Jones and Elizabeth Day Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Researcher - Phoebe Joyce Executive Producer - Simon Poole Executive Producer - Louisa Field Executive Producer - Dan Jones Executive Producer for Daylight Productions - Elizabeth Day Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production Coordinator - Eric Ryan Head of content - Chris Skinner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices