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Harrisons dramatiska historia
Så blev Skåne svenskt

Harrisons dramatiska historia

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 39:41


Under medeltiden och 1500-talet tillhörde Skåne, Blekinge och Halland Danmark. Den danska kungamakten kontrollerade även Bohuslän, Gotland, Jämtland och Härjedalen – landskap som i dag är självklara delar av Sverige. De avgörande territoriella förändringarna skedde under krigen på 1640- och 1650-talen, då Danmark förlorade sin roll som skandinavisk stormakt till förmån för Sverige.Den svenska maktutvidgningen skedde i flera etapper och medförde stort lidande, särskilt för den skånska civilbefolkningen, som ofta hamnade i kläm när kungarna stred mot varandra. Mitt under trettioåriga kriget omdirigerade Axel Oxenstierna och den svenska riksledningen arméerna från Centraleuropa till Danmark. Detta ledde till den för Danmark förödande freden i Brömsebro.År 1657, när den svenska armén var upptagen i ett utdraget krig i Polen, försökte den danske kungen Fredrik III ta revansch. Detta fick ännu värre konsekvenser. Karl X Gustav lämnade Polen och genomförde det berömda tåget över de isbelagda danska bälten. Utan möjlighet att försvara sig tvingades kung Fredrik acceptera de stränga villkoren i freden i Roskilde, vilket innebar att Skånelandskapen och Bohuslän övergick till Sverige.I detta avsnitt av podden Harrisons dramatiska historia samtalar Dick Harrison, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, och fackboksförfattaren Katarina Harrison Lindbergh om hur den svenska stormakten på 1600-talet införlivade Skånelandskapen i riket.Bildtext: Karl X Gustaf efter slaget vid Iversnaes. Oljemålning av Johann Philip Lemke, efter förlaga av Erik Dahlbergh. Målningen visar Karl X Gustaf till häst på en höjd efter slaget vid Iversnaes. I bakgrunden ses strider mellan svenska och danska trupper på en frusen sjö, medan Erik Dahlbergh kommer till undsättning från höger. Verket är ett dramatiskt skildrat propagandaporträtt av svensk militär triumf under 1600-talets stormaktstid.Nationalmuseum, identifikationsnummer NMDrh 149.Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel LehtonenProducent: Urban Lindstedt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norsk for Beginners
Easy Stories in Norwegian: Keiserens nye klær

Norsk for Beginners

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 7:38


Buy the book and audiobook "Learn Norwegian with Norse Mythology" : https://buy.stripe.com/bIYdT7dCM1wLeVGdQQ?locale=en&__embed_source=buy_btn_1QhRZFLUx0JXaC0N4FoHRjI1⁠⁠⁠More information about the book:⁠⁠⁠Shop – Lær norsk nå⁠⁠-------------------------------------------------------------------Email: Laernorsknaa@gmail.comTranscript: https://laernorsknaa.com/easy-stories-in-norwegian-keiserens-nye-klaer/Support me here -->Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/laernorsknaa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donasjon (Paypal): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Doner (paypal.com)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bildet: Illustration of "The Emperor's New Clothes." Vilhelm Pedersen (1820 - 1859) - Wikimedia Commons

Paranormal Prowlers Podcast
S7 Ep326: Reign of Horror. Vampire Serial Killers. Part 2

Paranormal Prowlers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 33:58


In part two of Reign of Terror: Vampire serial killers, Tessa talks about three different cases: Richard Chase (Vampire of Sacramento), Joachim Knychała (Vampire of Botom) and Wayne Boden (the vampire rapist) CREDITS & LINKS MUSIC COURTESY OF:

Militärhistoriepodden
Katastrofen vid Villmanstrand 1741

Militärhistoriepodden

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 40:04


Slaget vid Villmanstrand den 23 augusti 1741, under Finska kriget 1741–1743, är bland de största katastroferna i svensk militärhistoria. Uppfyllda av övermod och med orealistiska mål inledde hattpartiet i riksdagen, de så kallade Hattarna, ett illa förberett anfallskrig mot Ryssland.Konsekvenserna blev ödesdigra: landavträdelser och starkt ryskt inflytande över Sveriges inrikespolitik. Det mänskliga priset betalades av tusentals svenska soldater, som dog utan att resultat uppnåddes.I detta avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden berättar Martin Hårdstedt och Peter Bennesved om ett av Sveriges mest glömda krig. Hattarnas ryska krig inleddes sommaren 1741. Trots franska subventioner och ett avtal med Osmanska riket var förberedelserna bristfälliga. Redan vid Villmanstrand led svenska trupper katastrofala förluster: av Wrangels 4 000 man stupade eller sårades hälften. Flottan drabbades av sjukdomar och i augusti 1742 kapitulerade armén i Helsingfors.Som resultat av förlusten avträddes Sveriges sydöstra delar av Finland till Ryssland, vilket lämnade viktiga gränsfästningar på ryskt territorium. Ryssarna påverkade svensk tronföljd och förde in en rysk styrka på 12 000 man strax utanför Stockholm för att "skydda" landet mot Danmark. Dalkarlarna reste sig och tågade till huvudstaden i den så kallade "daldansen", där den svenska militären gick in på Norrmalmstorg. Sverige befann sig därefter i ett politiskt och militärt svaghetstillstånd, som inte skådats på flera århundraden.Bild: Karta över slaget vid Villmanstrand, 23 augusti 1741 (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons).Lyssna också på Stora ofreden – ryska ockupationen av Finland 1713-21.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RealClearPolitics Takeaway
Sanctuary State Governors Testify

RealClearPolitics Takeaway

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 45:06


Photo of Tim Walz courtesy of Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0  via Wikimedia Commons

Living Change I Ching podcast

Charlie asked 'How to navigate?' and cast Hexagram 27, Nourishment - or Jaws - changing at line 1 to 23, Stripping Away: changing to What followed was a strongly resonant conversation between his inner imagery and the imagery of the Yi - and also the ancient Chinese motif of being in the jaws of the tiger. The featured image above this post shows a detail from the handle of the Houmuwu vessel, where you can just see the human face between the tigers' open mouths. (The original photo is by Mlogic, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.) Here's another example, from the 11th century BC:

Historia.nu
Kristina Gyllenstierna i kampen kring tronen

Historia.nu

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 52:21


Kristina Gyllenstierna (1494–1559) ledde år 1520 försvaret av Stockholms slott mot Kristian II:s danska trupper. Gravid och nybliven änka efter riksföreståndare Sten Sture den yngre, tog hon kommandot med både mod och moralisk styrka.Genom högättade kvinnors perspektiv framträder en annan bild av maktstriderna i Kalmarunionens slutskede och Vasaättens uppkomst, än i traditionell historieskrivning. Dessa kvinnor kunde utöva inflytande, men riskerade också att drabbas hårt när deras män förlorade makten.I podden Historia Nu samtalar Urban Lindstedt med idéhistorikern Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen, författare till Kvinnorna runt Vasatronen, om Kristinas liv och andra adelskvinnors roll i maktspelet.Kvinnornas roller i det tidigmoderna Sverige var mer komplexa än enbart dekorativa. De var mödrar, änkor, rådgivare, godsägare – och i flera fall politiska aktörer med avgörande betydelse. I en värld där politisk makt ofta ärvdes eller bevarades genom släktband, blev kvinnor som Kristina Gyllenstierna, Märta, och Margareta Leijonhufvud nyckelfigurer i bevarandet av dynastisk kontinuitet och motståndskraft.Genom brev, förhandlingar, strategiska äktenskap och minnesarbete vidmakthöll dessa kvinnor släktens ära och makt – ofta i tystnad, men med en kraft och målmedvetenhet som i efterhand framstår som historiskt avgörande.Kristina föddes ca 1494 i en av Sveriges mäktigaste släkter. Genom sitt äktenskap med Sten Sture dy knöts hon till det parti som ville frigöra Sverige från dansk överhöghet. När maken stupade 1520 tog Kristina över ledarskapet och organiserade motståndet. Hon skrev upprop, försökte nå utländskt stöd och agerade som regent i Stures namn.Trots en förhandlad amnesti lät Kristian II avrätta hennes släktingar i Stockholms blodbad. Efteråt fängslades Kristina och flera kvinnliga släktingar i Blåtårn i Köpenhamn, där de satt isolerade i över tre år. I sin andaktsbok bad hon om skydd från sina fiender – hon var mer än en fånge, hon var en symbol för motståndet.När Gustav Eriksson Vasa, hennes systerson, tog makten blev han snabbt hennes rival. Kristina kämpade för sina barns rättigheter, men marginaliserades. Relationen till Gustav Vasa präglades av misstänksamhet. Gustav Vasa arbetade målmedvetet för att koncentrera makten kring sin egen familj. Ätten Sture förlorade sin plats i rikets ledning. Deras relation var från detta ögonblick kylig, präglad av misstänksamhet och maktspel.Hennes sonhustru, Märta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, en annan centralgestalt i 1500-talets adliga kvinnohistoria. Märta gifte sig med Svante Sture, Kristinas son, och blev mor till flera söner som gjorde karriär i statens tjänst.Bild: Kristina Gyllenstierna och maken, riksföreståndaren Sten Sture den yngre, avbildade i ett samtida porträtt från Gripsholms slott. Målningen är utförd av en okänd konstnär och ingår i Nationalmuseums samlingar. Public Domain.Musik: Walther, Johann Gottfried. Ach, Gott, erhör mein Seufzen und Wehklage [Ljudinspelning]. Tillgänglig via Wikimedia Commons: Creative Commons Erkännande-Dela Lika 4.0 Internationell (CC BY-SA 4.0).Lyssna också till Nytt ljus över antalet döda i Stockholms blodbad.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sveja
Svejetta ep. 11: I Fori

Sveja

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 16:10


Oto e Simona sono appena usciti dal Colosseo e stanno per iniziare la loro visita ai Fori, sia il Foro Romano che i Fori Imperiali, quando incontrano un nuovo amico.Se volete ci potete scrivere alla mail: svejettapodcast@gmail.comSVEJETTA _ Di e con Simona OppedisanoMUSICA _ Free Music Archive _ Twombly, Podington Bear – Death by a thousand questions, SpringtideFoto di Zoran Kurelić Rabko, Wikimedia Commons.  Speciale ringraziamento a Naoto Filippo Sementilli per la voce nella sigla.Sveja è un progetto sostenuto da Periferiacapitale, il programma per Roma della fondazione Charlemagne.

An Ounce
The Real-Life Spies That Inspired James Bond

An Ounce

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 9:04


 Was James Bond based on a real person? Meet the spies, heroes, and eccentrics who helped inspire Ian Fleming's iconic 007-then find out why none of them quite fit the tux.________________________________________Full Description:What if James Bond wasn't just fiction? In this episode of An Ounce, we dive into the real lives of the men believed to have inspired 007-from the Serbian double agent who gambled with Nazis, to the Canadian mastermind who ran a spy ring out of Manhattan.Meet Duško Popov, Patrick Dalzel-Job, William Stephenson, Sidney Reilly… and yes, even Ian Fleming himself. Each brought something to the Bond mythos-but not one of them is Bond. Discover how this famous spy was stitched together like a bespoke Frankenstein in a tux, with just the right mix of danger, elegance, and legend.________________________________________

Harrisons dramatiska historia
Nationaldagen – Sveriges yngsta helgdag från Gustav Vasa till Skansenfest

Harrisons dramatiska historia

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 59:31


Den 6 juni firar Sverige nationaldag, men hur många vet egentligen varför vi firar just denna dag? Faktum är att nationaldagen är ett modernt påfund som endast har existerat i några decennier. Varför har vi överhuvudtaget infört denna helgdag? Påminner den om historiska händelser som är värda att hyllas, eller handlar det om något annat?En ofta återkommande förklaring är att Gustav Vasa valdes till kung i Strängnäs den 6 juni 1523. En annan förklaring är att dagen uppmärksammar tillkomsten av vår nya regeringsform år 1809, då det gustavianska enväldet avskaffades och Sverige fick ett styrelseskick som grundade sig på idén om maktdelning mellan kung och riksdag. Det var förvisso ännu inte en demokrati, men det markerade början på utvecklingen mot vårt nuvarande samhällsskick.Sanningen är dock att nationaldagsfirandet har sina rötter i Artur Hazelius flaggfester på Skansen på 1890-talet, vilka så småningom ledde till firandet av Svenska flaggans dag. Hazelius hade knappast lyckats med detta om han inte kunnat luta sig mot en nyväckt svensk nationalism – samma strömning som resulterade i nationalsången, svenska flaggor på flaggstänger och den etablerade Sverigebilden med röda stugor, husmanskost, folkdräkter och föreställningar om gemensamma värderingar.I detta avsnitt av podden Harrisons dramatiska historia samtalar Dick Harrison, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, och fackboksförfattaren Katarina Harrison Lindbergh om den svenska nationaldagen och den nationalistiska rörelse som banade väg för nationaldagsfenomenet.Bild: Nationaldagsfirande på Skansen i Stockholm den 6 juni 2016.Foto: Bengt Nyman – Eget arbete. Wikipedia. Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0.Musik: La Marseillaise Rouget de Lisle Musique de la Garde Républicaine. Band of the Garde Républicaine, directed by François-Julien Brun. Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Tillgänglig via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.Du gamla, du fria. Kören Harmonica med ett CC-licensierat körarrangemang skapat av Anders Ewaldz. Tillgänglig via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.Svenska: Kören Harmonica framför Sveriges nationalsång med ett CC-licensierat körarrangemang skapat av Anders Ewaldz. Texten är skriven av Richard Dybeck 1844 och melodin är hämtad från en gammal folkmelodi.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Historia.nu
Heinrich Himmlers jakt på Tors hammare

Historia.nu

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 49:16


Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945) var en nyckelperson i Tredje riket. Hans ideologiska övertygelse, flit och administrativa skicklighet gjorde honom central i genomförandet av nazismens rasistiska terror. Genom SS byggde han upp en struktur som förenade paramilitär makt med ideologisk och kvasi-religiös symbolik.Himmler var djupt intresserad av ockultism, pseudohistoria och esoteriska idéer. Han såg SS som en andlig elit, kallad att återuppväcka en uråldrig germansk kraft som enligt honom gått förlorad genom kristendomen. I uppdraget ingick en jakt på den heliga graalen och Tors hammare.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med Ulf Zander, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, om Himmlers ockulta föreställningar. Detta avsnitt är ett betalt samarbete med History Channel, som den 5 juni klockan 20:00 har premiär för dokumentärserien Hitler's Treasure Hunters. I sex delar skildras hur SS-enheten Das Ahnenerbe sökte efter religiösa reliker och mytiska skatter, såsom den heliga Graalen och Tors hammare – föremål vars övernaturliga kraft skulle bidra till en tysk seger i kriget.Himmler drogs tidigt till nationalistiska och antisemitiska rörelser. Han anslöt sig till nazistpartiet 1923 och gick med i SS 1925. Redan 1929 blev han dess ledare, Reichsführer-SS. År 1936 blev han chef för hela det tyska polisväsendet och byggde en effektiv terrorapparat.Himmler betraktade kristendomen som en främmande och försvagande religion, påtvingad germanerna utifrån. Han var särskilt kritisk till kristendomens betoning på förlåtelse, självuppoffring och jämlikhet – idéer han ansåg skadliga för en krigförande, aristokratisk elit. I stället förespråkade han en återgång till en förkristen, germansk religiositet byggd på ära, blod och jord.Ceremonier inom SS präglades av nyhedniska inslag. Vid bröllop kunde till exempel en svärdsceremoni ersätta kristna löften, och vid begravningar hyllades den avlidnes koppling till förfäder snarare än till Gud. Denna symboliska brytning med kristendomen var inte fullständig, men markerade ett försök att ersätta kyrkans institutioner med SS:s egen kultstruktur.Slottet Wewelsburg blev ett andligt centrum för SS. Himmler ville göra det till högkvarter för en framtida SS-orden. Slottet omgestaltades i rituell stil, och i tornets runda sal lades ett golv med symbolen Svarta solen – kopplad till nazistisk mysticism. Ett kryptliknande rum ska ha använts för att bevara aska från SS-ledare, som en del av Himmlers kultliknande vision.Bild: SS-ledaren Heinrich Himmler (i mitten) anländer tillsammans med Gauleiter Rudolf Jordan (till vänster) och SS-Obergruppenführer August Heißmeyer till Quedlinburgs domkyrka för en nattlig ceremoni till minne av kung Heinrich I:s dödsdag, den 1 juli 1938. Händelsen ägde rum som en del av den nazistiska kulten kring den tidiga tyska historien och dess symboler. 2 juli 1938. Källa: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H08445. Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst – Zentralbild (Bild 183). Musik: Wagner, Richard. Siegfried's Funeral March and Finale. Framförd av United States Marine Corps Band, inspelad 8–11 december 1981 i Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Transkription av Howard Bowlin (begravningsmarsch) och John Bourgeois (final). Tillgänglig via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uncommon Sense
Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum: Catholic Social Teaching Crash Course for Beginners

Uncommon Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 52:19


[RE-UPLOAD - Audio quality improved] Joe and Lee kick off a series of episodes that will focus on Catholic Social Teaching, this time looking closely at Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum! Register for the conference today at https://www.chesterton.org/44th-annual-chesterton-conference/ Video of Pope Leo XIII is in the public domain, taken from Wikimedia Commons. FOLLOW US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chestertonsociety Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety X: https://twitter.com/chestertonsoc SUPPORT Consider making a donation: https://www.chesterton.org/give/ Visit our Shop at https://www.chesterton.org/shop/

Hudson Mohawk Magazine
Avelo Airlines Assists Deportation Flights

Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 11:00


The Capital Region protested outside Albany Airport on May 31st, engaging in a National Day of Action against Avelo Airlines which operates flights out of Albany International Airport and is contracted with the Trump Administration to deport and help disappear the people that ICE has been kidnapping and sending to foreign gulags. Protesters brought hand made signs and energy to tell Avelo Airlines that they will not tolerate their profiteering from Trump's unconstitutional acts. Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Andrea Cunliffe was there and brings you this report speaking with Indivisible's Bryan Pas Hernandes, Marianna Achlaoug, and Andreas Kriefall of Indivisible Albany, and Alexander Flood Director of Communications for New York Senator Patricia Fahy. NY Senator Patricia Fahy supports for the proposed SafeAirAct, learn more at StopAvelo.org Indivisable.org This image is from Wikimedia Commons, made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

theWord
Black Martyrdom

theWord

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 6:46


For 3 June 2025, Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, based on Acts 20:17-27 (Featured image: Philipp Jakob, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Deep Focus
2025.05.12 Eric Person on Eddie Harris - 3 of 3

Deep Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 69:14


"Eddie (Harris) was an enigma. He was also a soulful intellectual. He was an innovator who had hit records. He was a success, but he didn't appear all that popular. I think he must have had 3 audiences in one. Each person seeing something different in his music, and that's problematic to navigate in. But he was who he was. He was a creative force with many talents and interests."   Saxophonist/bandleader/composer Eric Person   We couldn't put it better ourselves, so how about if we give Eddie Harris a good, hard listen?  This Monday (5/12) from 6p to 9p NYC time, host Mitch Goldman invites Eric Person to the WKCR studios for a powerful Deep Focus.  If only they had rare, unreleased recordings of Eddie Harris from the WKCR archives.  Hmmm... We'll have to work on that!    Tune in this Monday (4/27) from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.     Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Eddie Harris 1972 Atlantic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #EricPerson #EddieHarris #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman  

Frauen von damals
Sophia Goudstikker und das Hof-Atelier Elvira

Frauen von damals

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 66:08


Das Hof-Atelier Elvira in München war mehr als ein Fotostudio: Gegründet 1887 von Sophia Goudstikker und Anita Augspurg, entwickelte es sich schon kurz nach seiner Gründung zu einem Forum für gesellschaftliche Diskussion und Innovation: Hier begegneten sich Kulturschaffende, Aktivist*innen und Visionär*innen, um über Kunst, Literatur, Frauenrechte und vieles mehr zu debattieren und natürlich, um zu feiern. In dieser Folge geht es um die Netzwerke, die in diesem außergewöhnlichen Raum entstanden, und um seine Gründerin und Hauptfigur Sophia Goudstikker – eine Frau, die (wie ich finde, zu Unrecht) in der Erzählung immer ein bisschen neben ihrer prominenteren ersten Lebensgefährtin Anita Augspurg verblasste.Die Fotos zur Folge findet ihr auf der Folgenwebsite .Literatur und Quellen:Ingvild Richardsen: Leidenschaftliche Herzen, feurige Seelen. Wie Frauen die Welt veränderten. Frankfurt 2019.Ingvild Richardsen (Hg.): Die modernen Frauen des Atelier Elvira in München und Augsburg 1887 – 1908, München 2022.Rudolf Herz/Brigitte Bruns (Hg.): Hof-Atelier Elvira 1887 – 1928. Ästheten, Emanzen, Aristokraten, München 1985.Gertrud Bäumer: Lebensweg durch eine Zeitenwende, Tübingen 1933.Ernst von Wolzogen: Das dritte Geschlecht, Berlin 1899.Fanny zu Reventlow: Viragines oder Hetären? in: Zürcher Diskußjonen 22 (1899).Atelier Elvira: Website-Projekt von Ingvild Richardsen über die Protagonistinnen des Hof-Ateliers Elvira und des Vereins für Fraueninteressen: https://atelierelvira.de/Verein für Fraueninteressen: https://fraueninteressen.de/Bildquellen:Foto Sophia Goudstikker: Landesarchiv Berlin, LAB B Rep. 235-FS Nr. 187Foto Ika Freudenberg: Hof-Atelier Elvira, aus G. Bäumer: Gestalt und Wandel. Frauenbildnisse, Berlin 1950, zu S. 432.Fotoatelier Elvira: Philipp Kester, Hofatelier Elvira ; Außenfassade des Gebäudes, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie, Archiv Kester, FM-87/61.491.7, CC BY-SA 4.0Gruppenfoto: Hof-Atelier Elvira, via Wikimedia Commons

Scicast
Guerra dos 7 Anos, a Guerra Mundial Zero - Origens (SciCast #646)

Scicast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 89:11


Achou que a Primeira Guerra Mundial foi o primeiro conflito global? Achou errado, freund! A Guerra dos Sete Anos (1756-1763) é considerada, por diversos autores, como a primeira guerra global, pois envolveu potências europeias com vastas áreas coloniais. Motivada por disputas de território e, sobretudo, interesses econômicos, a amplitude e descontinuidade geográfica do conflito determinou a existência de uma multiplicidade de espaços operacionais com características próprias. Calce suas botas, atenda ao pedido de Sua Alteza e embarque no conflito que remodelou o mundo, no final do séc XVIII. Patronato do SciCast: 1. Patreon SciCast 2. Apoia.se/Scicast 3. Nos ajude via Pix também, chave: contato@scicast.com.br ou acesse o QRcode: Sua pequena contribuição ajuda o Portal Deviante a continuar divulgando Ciência! Contatos: contato@scicast.com.br https://twitter.com/scicastpodcast https://www.facebook.com/scicastpodcast https://instagram.com/scicastpodcast Fale conosco! E não esqueça de deixar o seu comentário na postagem desse episódio! Expediente: Produção Geral: Tarik Fernandes e André Trapani Equipe de Gravação: Fernando Malta, Anderson Couto, Maria Oliveira, Matheus Silveira, Willian Spengler Citação ABNT: Scicast #646: Guerra dos 7 Anos, a Guerra Mundial Zero - Origens. Locução: Fernando Malta, Anderson Couto, Maria Oliveira, Matheus Silveira, Willian Spengler. [S.l.] Portal Deviante, 31/05/2025. Podcast. Disponível em: https://www.deviante.com.br/podcasts/scicast-646 Imagem de capa: Por Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 -- Cartographer ;Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 -- CartographerRobert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786 -- Cartographer - a file already in Wikimedia Commons (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=434522), Domínio público, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34878452 Referências e Indicações Scicast#475 - A Grande Guerra do Norte: Rússia x Suécia Sugestões de literatura: AUDOIN-ROZEAU, Stéphane. As grandes batalhas da História. São Paulo: Larrouse, 2009. CUMMINS, Joseph. As maiores guerras da História. Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 2012. CROMPTON, Samuel W. 100 guerras que mudaram a história do mundo. Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 2005. FLINT, Keith. Honours of War: Wargames Rules for the Seven Years’ War. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2015. (Osprey Wargames) FERRARI, Ana C. Guerra: impérios coloniais e lutas modernas. São Paulo: Duetto Editorial, 2011. GILBERT, Adrian. Enciclopédia das Guerras: conflitos mundiais através dos tempos. São Paulo: M.Books, 2005. MARSTON, Daniel. The Seven Years’War. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001. (Essential Histories v. 006) OVERY, Richard. A história da guerra em 100 batalhas. São Paulo: Publifolha, 2015. Sugestões de filmes: Barry Lyndon (1975) General Hadik (2023) O Grande Rei (1942) Sugestões de vídeos: Para gostar de História e Geografia - Guerra dos Sete Anos Geo-História - A Guerra dos Sete Anos: A Primeira Guerra Mundial? O mosquete britânico Brown Bess Sugestões de links: https://www.academia.edu/31339348/A_Guerra_dos_Sete_Anos_um_conflito_de_dimens%C3%B5es_globais Sugestões de games: Assassin’s Creed Rogue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deep Focus
2025.05.12 Eric Person on Eddie Harris - 2 of 3

Deep Focus

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 64:33


"Eddie (Harris) was an enigma. He was also a soulful intellectual. He was an innovator who had hit records. He was a success, but he didn't appear all that popular. I think he must have had 3 audiences in one. Each person seeing something different in his music, and that's problematic to navigate in. But he was who he was. He was a creative force with many talents and interests."   Saxophonist/bandleader/composer Eric Person   We couldn't put it better ourselves, so how about if we give Eddie Harris a good, hard listen?  This Monday (5/12) from 6p to 9p NYC time, host Mitch Goldman invites Eric Person to the WKCR studios for a powerful Deep Focus.  If only they had rare, unreleased recordings of Eddie Harris from the WKCR archives.  Hmmm... We'll have to work on that!    Tune in this Monday (4/27) from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.     Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Eddie Harris 1972 Atlantic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #EricPerson #EddieHarris #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

Nature Snippets
Cellar Spiders: Leggy Pest Control in Your Home or Mine

Nature Snippets

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 10:58


Possibly the most common non-human resident in the average home is the long-bodied cellar spider. These innocuous beasties provide non-toxic, round-the-clock pest control for just the price of a small place to live. And although there are those who'd be less than thrilled by these little guests, they keep actual pest populations in check. This episode discusses how you can document the guests in your home and share them for posterity and science.The episode art is modified from a photo uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Ryan Hodnett.

Weird Studies
Episode 191 — The Acid Queen, with Susannah Cahalan

Weird Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 87:31


Best known as the wife and partner of Timothy Leary, Rosemary Woodruff was in fact a central figure in the psychedelic movement in her own right—a political radical, underground fugitive, and neglected architect of the counterculture. In this episode, Phil and JF speak with journalist and author Susannah Cahalan about Woodruff Leary's life and legacy. Cahalan's new book, The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, brings its subject into focus as a complex and courageous individual whose story has been overshadowed for too long. The conversation follows the threads of the biography while branching into the weirdness of biographical writing, the ongoing relevance of the 1960s counterculture, the troubling figure of Timothy Leary, and the enduring promise—and peril—of psychedelics. Susannah Cahalan is the New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire, a memoir about her experience with autoimmune encephalitis. Her second book, The Great Pretender, which investigated a seminal study in the history of mental health care and diagnosis, was shortlisted for the the Royal Society's 2020 Science Book Prize. She lives in New Jersey with her family. Photo from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection at UCLA, via Wikimedia Commons. REFERENCES Susannah Cahalan, The Acid Queen Weird Studies, Episode 189 with Jacob Foster Marion Woodman, Canadian feminist author Peter Braunstein and Michael William Doyle, Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s & '70s Fred Turner, From Counterculture to Cyberculture Eric Davis, TechGnosis Lutz Dammbeck, The Net: The Unabomber, LSD, and the Internet Robert Greenfield, Timothy Leary: A Biography Anthony Storr, Feet of Clay Blanche Hoschedé Monet, French painter Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

بیوگرافی
ارنست همینگوی قسمت سوم

بیوگرافی

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 32:56


در این اپیزود، سفری به زندگی پرماجرا و پرفرازونشیب ارنست همینگوی، یکی از بزرگ‌ترین نویسندگان قرن بیستم، داریم! از روزهای پرشور جوانی و ماجراهای جنگیش گرفته تا خلق شاهکارهایی مثل «پیرمرد و دریا» و «وداع با اسلحه». با ما همراه بشید تا داستان زندگی این نویسنده‌ی اسطوره‌ای، عشق‌هاش، شکست‌هاش و سبک منحصربه‌فردش رو کشف کنیم. امیدواریم این اپیزود پر از حس و هیجان رو دوست داشته باشید و بتونید لحظه‌هایی از زندگی همینگوی رو با ما زندگی کنید! نظراتتون رو برامون بنویسید و اگه دوست داشتید، این اپیزود رو با بقیه به اشتراک بذارید.

بیوگرافی
ارنست همینگوی قسمت دوم

بیوگرافی

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 31:08


در این اپیزود، سفری به زندگی پرماجرا و پرفرازونشیب ارنست همینگوی، یکی از بزرگ‌ترین نویسندگان قرن بیستم، داریم! از روزهای پرشور جوانی و ماجراهای جنگیش گرفته تا خلق شاهکارهایی مثل «پیرمرد و دریا» و «وداع با اسلحه». با ما همراه بشید تا داستان زندگی این نویسنده‌ی اسطوره‌ای، عشق‌هاش، شکست‌هاش و سبک منحصربه‌فردش رو کشف کنیم. امیدواریم این اپیزود پر از حس و هیجان رو دوست داشته باشید و بتونید لحظه‌هایی از زندگی همینگوی رو با ما زندگی کنید! نظراتتون رو برامون بنویسید و اگه دوست داشتید، این اپیزود رو با بقیه به اشتراک بذارید.

بیوگرافی
ارنست همینگوی قسمت اول

بیوگرافی

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 38:03


در این اپیزود، سفری به زندگی پرماجرا و پرفرازونشیب ارنست همینگوی، یکی از بزرگ‌ترین نویسندگان قرن بیستم، داریم! از روزهای پرشور جوانی و ماجراهای جنگیش گرفته تا خلق شاهکارهایی مثل «پیرمرد و دریا» و «وداع با اسلحه». با ما همراه بشید تا داستان زندگی این نویسنده‌ی اسطوره‌ای، عشق‌هاش، شکست‌هاش و سبک منحصربه‌فردش رو کشف کنیم. امیدواریم این اپیزود پر از حس و هیجان رو دوست داشته باشید و بتونید لحظه‌هایی از زندگی همینگوی رو با ما زندگی کنید! نظراتتون رو برامون بنویسید و اگه دوست داشتید، این اپیزود رو با بقیه به اشتراک بذارید.

Historia.nu
Romanens segertåg – hur en utskälld genre tog över kulturen

Historia.nu

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:57


Romanen som vi känner den föds i slutet på 1700-talet och slår på några årtionden ut verseposet och poesin. Ny tryckteknik, fotogenlampan och moderna kommunikationer gjorde romanen tillgänglig för en större publik. Särskilt kvinnorna drogs till romanerna, som också varandes för konsekvenserna av allt för omfattande romanläsning.Romanen krävde inte samma klassisk bildning som eposet och svarade på borgarklassens behov av identifikation och individualitet.  Romanen passade in den nya offentligheten av tidningar, magasin och förläggare där många kända verk skrevs och publicerades som följetonger.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med Ingrid Elam professor emerita i litterärgestalning vid Göteborgs universitet och aktuell med boken Romanens segertåg.Världens första kända roman, Berättelsen om Genji, skrevs av den japanska hovdamen Murasaki Shikibu strax efter år 1000. Men den moderna romanens segertåg började i slutet på 1700-talet som ett barn av upplysningen. Romanen var inledningsvis en föraktad genre, men den tog snabbt över från episka hjältedikter och teater som lånade stil och format från antiken.Där eposet var ett färdigt format med stilmallar som förfinats under 2000 år var romankonsten öppen och sökande. När vi började läsa romaner gick läsandet från kollektiv högläsning till en ensam sysselsättning för individen. I takt med att samhället och vetenskapen utvecklas förändras romanen i fråga om perspektiv och berättande.Eftersom romanen säljs till läsarna på en växande marknad blir läsarna allt viktigare för författarna som tidigare försörjts av mecenater och sinekurer. Och en stor del av läsarna och författarna var tidigt kvinnor.Bild: Läsande kvinna av Anna Nordgren 1882, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.Musik: Schubert: Moment Musical Op. 94, No. 3, D780 av Audio Waves - Eliche Remblon, Storyblocks AudioLyssna också på När sprätthökar och rangsjuka fruntimmer hotade samhällets överlevnad Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deep Focus
2025.05.12 Eric Person on Eddie Harris - 1 of 3

Deep Focus

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 62:45


"Eddie (Harris) was an enigma. He was also a soulful intellectual. He was an innovator who had hit records. He was a success, but he didn't appear all that popular. I think he must have had 3 audiences in one. Each person seeing something different in his music, and that's problematic to navigate in. But he was who he was. He was a creative force with many talents and interests."   Saxophonist/bandleader/composer Eric Person   We couldn't put it better ourselves, so how about if we give Eddie Harris a good, hard listen?  This Monday (5/12) from 6p to 9p NYC time, host Mitch Goldman invites Eric Person to the WKCR studios for a powerful Deep Focus.  If only they had rare, unreleased recordings of Eddie Harris from the WKCR archives.  Hmmm... We'll have to work on that!    Tune in this Monday (4/27) from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.     Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Eddie Harris 1972 Atlantic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #EricPerson #EddieHarris #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

"The port of Brindisi, end of the Appian Way at five in the afternoon, along the steps at the foot of the Roman columns. "Two stretches of still and silent sea, the engine of the boat that connects the shores of the port, the bar and its cheerful customers, birds singing in spring, a sudden plane that takes flight from the nearby airport. "A counterpoint with an insistent rhythm that melts and drops a semitone at the moment of takeoff and detachment before nostalgia. An instant in a place of transit for centuries, voices and travellers who went." Brindisi port reimagined by Giuseppe Schirone. IMAGE: Freccia53, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

The port of Brindisi, end of the Appian Way at five in the afternoon, along the steps at the foot of the Roman columns. Two stretches of still and silent sea, the engine of the boat that connects the shores of the port, the bar and its cheerful customers, birds singing in spring, a sudden plane that takes flight from the nearby airport. Recorded by Giuseppe Schirone.  IMAGE: Freccia53, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Subtitle
How composer Leoš Janáček set his daughter's last words to music

Subtitle

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 46:04


As 20-year-old Olga Janáčková lay dying from typhoid fever, her father wrote down everything she said. Later, he transformed those words—and gasps—into music. The grieving father, Czech composer Leoš Janáček, called the ultra-short musical pieces "speech melodies." In this episode, language writer Michael Erard invites cellist Petronella Torin to play Olga's speech melodies. NYU's Michael Beckerman describes the controversy surrounding them. This is among countless ways that loved ones have memorialized the final words of the dying. Michael Erard tells the stories of many of them in his new book, Bye Bye I Love You. Music in this episode by Magnus Ludvigsson, Medité, Dream Cave, Nylonia, Alexandra Woodward, Cobby Costa, August Wilhelmsson, David Celeste, Martin Landstrom, Gavin Luke, Rand Also, Airae, Alan Ellis, Jules Gaia, Trabant 33, and Leoš Janáček. More about cellist Petronella Torin here. The photo (via Wikimedia Commons) shows Olga Janáčková, daughter of the Czech composer Leoš Janáček, not long before her death from typhoid fever. Read a transcript of this episode here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

Weird Studies
Episode 190 – Here Be Shrubs: On Algernon Blackwood's 'The Willows'

Weird Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 74:34


In this episode, JF and Phil paddle into the marshlands of Algernon Blackwood's 1907 masterpiece The Willows, a tale Lovecraft once called the finest weird story of all time. They explore how a narrative in which almost nothing happens can conjure a cosmic dread more potent than a legion of monsters, and how Blackwood's genius lies in revealing the spiritual horror latent in landscape itself. Topics include zones, the limits of human reason, and the terror of brushing up against an otherworld that lies just beyond the riverbank—near at hand, yet somehow separated from us by an unbridgeable gulf. Photo by Derek Dye, via Wikimedia Commons. REFERENCES Algernon Blackwood, “The Willows”   Weird Studies, Episode 55 on “The Wendigo”   SCTV Algernon Blackwood, “The Psychology of Places” in The Lure of the Unknown Weird Studies, Episodes 14 and 15 on Stalker Carl Jung, Man and His Symbols Sue Clifford and Angela King, England in Particular Michael Dames, Pagans Progress J. G. Ballard, English fiction author Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Subtitle
How composer Leoš Janáček set his daughter's last words to music

Subtitle

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 46:04


As 20-year-old Olga Janáčková lay dying from typhoid fever, her father wrote down everything she said. Later, he transformed those words—and gasps—into music. The grieving father, Czech composer Leoš Janáček, called the ultra-short musical pieces "speech melodies." In this episode, language writer Michael Erard invites cellist Petronella Torin to play Olga's speech melodies. NYU's Michael Beckerman describes the controversy surrounding them. This is among countless ways that loved ones have memorialized the final words of the dying. Michael Erard tells the stories of many of them in his new book, Bye Bye I Love You. Music in this episode by Magnus Ludvigsson, Medité, Dream Cave, Nylonia, Alexandra Woodward, Cobby Costa, August Wilhelmsson, David Celeste, Martin Landstrom, Gavin Luke, Rand Also, Airae, Alan Ellis, Jules Gaia, Trabant 33, and Leoš Janáček. More about cellist Petronella Torin here. The photo (via Wikimedia Commons) shows Olga Janáčková, daughter of the Czech composer Leoš Janáček, not long before her death from typhoid fever. Read a transcript of this episode here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

Historia.nu
Hitlers anfall på Danmark och Norge

Historia.nu

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 56:12


Nazitysklands anfall på Norge och Danmark den 9 april 1940 var resultatet av en kedja av strategiska beslut av både de allierade och Nazityskland. Tyskarna behövde hamnar i Norge för kriget på Atlanten och för att säkra de svenska malmtransporterna via Narvik, samtidigt som de Allierade ville förhindra samma export.Där Danmark kapitulerade nästan utan strid skulle norrmännen kämpa i två månader. Men det svaga norska försvaret, flera misstag kring mobiliseringen i kombination med en förvirrad hjälp från britterna och fransmännen beseglade norrmännens öde. Den tyska ockupationen i Norge skulle bli hård, medan danskarna som behöll sin regering fick det lättare fram till 1943.Detta är tredje delen av sju om andra världskriget. Programledaren Urban Lindstedt samtalar med Martin Hårdstedt, professor i historia vid Umeå universitet.Redan när kriget bröt ut den 1 september 1939 förklarade Norge och Danmark sig neutrala. Norges försvar var huvudsakligen inriktade på övervakningsuppgifter, eftersom landets geografiska läge ansågs vara en garanti mot storskaliga invasionsförsök. Och man förlitade sig på att brittiska Royal Navy skulle sätta stopp för en invasion.De allierade ville stoppa den svenska malmexporten till Tyskland via Narvik i Norge och de planerade att besätta de svenska malmfälten med ursäkten att kunna skicka hjälp till Finland. Tyskarna var snarare ute efter hamnar i Norge för kriget på Atlanten än att säkra malmimporten från Sverige.Den 9 april 1940 inledde Hitler Operation Weserübung, som innebar en fullskalig invasion av Danmark och Norge. Norska styrkor svarade med modigt motstånd, men trots deras ansträngningar lyckades de tyska styrkorna ta kontroll över huvudstäderna i både Danmark och Norge inom loppet av en dag. Den tyska kryssaren Blücher sänktes av den norska kustförsvar vid Oscarsborg i inloppet till Oslo, vilket fördröjde fångandet av huvudstaden och tillät kungafamiljen, regeringen och Stortinget att fly norrut med extratåg.I början av 1940 fick de norska myndigheterna flera varningar om att något var på gång. Mötet mellan Hitler och Vidkun Quisling, ledaren för det norska nazistpartiet Nasjonal Samling, i december 1939 stärkte Hitlers övertygelse om att Norge saknade viljan och förmågan att motsätta sig brittiska överträdelser av neutraliteten.Vid samma tidpunkt beslutade de allierade att genomföra en plan utarbetad av Winston Churchill för att minera norska vatten inom tre-milsgränsen. Den 8 april 1940 inleddes minläggningen (i Vestfjorden nära Narvik), och den 9 april kom det tyska angreppet.Ett nattligt ultimatum till den norska regeringen om att samarbeta med de tyska styrkorna avvisades. Under loppet av 9 april lyckades tyskarna erövra de viktigaste hamnstäderna, inklusive Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim och Narvik. Dock försenade sänkningen av den tyska kryssaren Blücher av den norska kustförsvar vid Oscarsborg i inloppet till Oslo erövringen av huvudstaden och tillät kungafamiljen, regeringen och Stortinget att avgå med extratåg till norr.Bild: Tyska Wehrmacht i Norge den 9 april 1940. Tyska trupper i bitter strid mot norska trupper i en by, 40 km väster om Lillehammer. 4556-40 PK.: Borchert Federal Archives, Bild 183-H26353 / Borchert, Erich (Eric) / CC-BY-SA 3.Musik: "Ja, vi elsker dette landet av Rikard NordraakLyricist och Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonUnited States Navy Band, See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsLyssna också på Vidkun Quisling – förrädaren som blev ett begrepp. Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grace Anglican Church Gastonia, NC
Made Worthy by the Worthy One, John 1:1-14, Revelation 5

Grace Anglican Church Gastonia, NC

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025


When some of the disciples went out fishing, they didn't expect to make such a great catch after toiling all night. And in that great catch, they meet Jesus once more, finding that he calls them back to other moments in their lives with him that they might discover the restoration that he brings to them.Image: James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Image Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Christ_Appears_on_the_Shore_of_Lake_Tiberias_(Apparition_du_Christ_sur_les_bords_du_lac_de_Tib%C3%A9riade)_-_James_Tissot.jpg

Grace Anglican Church Gastonia, NC
The Surprise of Jesus, John 20:19-31

Grace Anglican Church Gastonia, NC

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025


When Jesus appears to the disciples on the evening of his resurrection they are shocked and surprised, but Jesus quickly brings them peace and calling. However, Thomas was not there and he refuses to believe until he can see and touch Jesus himself. These events are shocking to us when we consider the unexpectedness of Jesus' resurrection, but they teach us a great deal about where we can now meet Jesus.Image: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

An Ounce
The Dark Secrets Behind Van Gogh's Missing Ear

An Ounce

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 8:00


 Ever wondered why Van Gogh sliced off his ear? Prepare to uncover bizarre theories, humorous insights, and poignant reflections on mental health, and the mystery of what happened to that ear. Join us on a captivating journey that's equal parts tragic, funny, and profoundly human.

An Ounce
Laugh Out Loud at the Worst Predictions Ever Made

An Ounce

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 8:15


 History's Craziest Failed Predictions: Why the Experts Got It Hilariously WrongThink you can predict the future? Think again! In this episode of An Ounce, we dive into history's biggest and funniest prediction fails. Discover why experts confidently declared airplanes impossible, dismissed the telephone, called personal computers pointless, and even predicted rock ‘n' roll's quick demise.History has never been so amusingly wrong!

Historia.nu
Tullupproret som startade den amerikanska revolutionen

Historia.nu

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 45:37


Den amerikanska revolutionen var mer än bara en kamp om representation och frihet. I Boston var flera av de ledande revolutionärerna rika handelsmän som såg sina affärsintressen hotade av brittiska tullar. I Philadelphia och New York växte motståndsnätverk fram som försvarade rätten till fri handel.Under 1700-talet var dessa tre städer sammanlänkade genom ett livligt nätverk av både laglig handel och en omfattande smuggling. Tillsammans utgjorde de ett slags ekonomiskt kluster som agerade mer som rivaler än lydiga provinser under London. Genom smuggling och handelsförbindelser med franska, portugisiska och nederländska hamnar byggde de upp ett parallellt system som effektivt kringgick brittiska handelshinder.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med ekonomhistorikern Jeremy Land om de ekonomiska orsakerna bakom den amerikanska revolutionen. Han är aktuell med boken Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution (1700–1776).När vi tänker på den amerikanska revolutionen är det ofta dramatiska scener som dyker upp: Boston Tea Party, vapenskrammel vid Lexington och Concord, rop om frihet och självständighet. Men kampen för ekonomisk frihet från kolonialmakten Storbritannien föregick den politiska självständigheten.Storbritannien försökte tygla denna utveckling med lagar och tullar, men saknade resurser för att få full kontroll. Tulltjänstemän var få och ofta korrumperade, och lokala handelsmän hade både pengar och makt att göra motstånd. Denna relativa ekonomiska frihet ledde till en form av mental och praktisk självständighet långt innan självständighetsförklaringen skrevs. Boston, New York och Philadelphia började agera som ekonomiska aktörer med egna intressen – inte som kuggar i ett imperium.När britterna på 1760-talet skärpte tonen med skatter som Stamp Act och Townshend Acts utbröt inte bara vrede – utan också organiserat motstånd. Bojkotter, smuggling och politisk mobilisering blev vardag. Det var handelsmännen, de ekonomiska motorerna i kolonierna, som ofta stod i spetsen för revolutionen.Det är i skärningspunkten mellan ekonomi och politik som den amerikanska revolutionen verkligen tar form. De koloniala hamnarna var inte bara strategiska punkter på en karta – de var hjärtat i en ekonomisk förändring som gjorde revolutionen oundviklig.Det var köpmännen i hamnstäderna som i praktiken började skriva självständighetens förhistoria. Långt innan de första skotten avlossades i Lexington, pågick en annan kamp – tystare, men minst lika avgörande – i hamnmagasin, på handelsfartyg och i de koloniala gatornas skuggor.Bild: Förstörelsen av teet i Bostons hamn, en ikonisk litografi från 1846 av Nathaniel Currier; uttrycket "Boston Tea Party" hade ännu inte blivit vedertaget. Notera att få av männen som kastade teet som faktiskt var förklädda till ursprungsamerikaner enligt den vanliga historien.Musik: ”Chester” är en patriotisk hymn komponerad av William Billings och sjöngs under det amerikanska revolutionskriget. Chester av William Billings (kompositör), William Schuman (arrangör). framförd av United States Marine Corps Band, 2014. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.Lyssna också på Göteborgs briljanta historia.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catholic Daily Reflections
Tuesday of Holy Week - The Glory of God in All Things

Catholic Daily Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 5:11


Read Online“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.”  John 13:31–32Jesus speaks this line about Himself being glorified immediately after Judas leaves the supper to go forth to betray Him. Jesus had just finished washing the feet of His disciples, and soon He would finish the Last Supper, go to the Garden of Gethsemane, be arrested, beaten and crucified. And this was to all take place through the betrayal of one of the Twelve. Yet rather than speak of these pending events in a fearful or anxious way, Jesus points to the glory He will receive through them.Everything in life has the potential to become an instrument of the glory of God. Even our sin can end in God's glory when we repent and receive God's forgiveness. It will not be our sin that glorifies God but His mercy poured forth from the Cross upon us that gives Him glory.The same is true with the events of Holy Week. When looked at from a purely human perspective, what Jesus endured was tragic and horrific. One of His closest companions betrayed Him. The religious leaders of the time betrayed Him. The civil authorities betrayed Him. And all of the disciples except John fled in fear as Jesus was betrayed. But Jesus did not look at any of this through human eyes alone. He saw it all from the eternal perspective and clearly taught that all of these seemingly tragic events would end in His glory.When we commit ourselves to the following of Christ, we can be assured that we will also share in His Cross. We will experience the sins of others, encounter mistreatment, and have to endure various sufferings. The question for us all as we have these encounters in life is whether we will endure them in anger and despair or with the hopeful confidence of our Lord. Again, everything in life has the potential to become an instrument of the glory of God. Nothing in life has the power to steal away that glory when we keep our eyes upon the will of God and His power to use all for His glory. Reflect, today, upon your call in life to see everything from the divine perspective. If you are upset, angry, despairing or confused at times, know that God wants to bring clarity and grace to every situation. He wants to show you how you can share in His divine mission of transforming every evil into God's glory. Seek out the ways that your life must give glory to God in everything, especially those things that seem incapable of being used for good. The more an experience in life seems incapable of being used for God's glory, the more that experience is capable of giving true glory to God. My glorious Lord, You brought forth good from all things. Even the grave evil of Your betrayal was transformed into a manifestation of Your glory. I offer to You, dear Lord, all that I endure in life and pray that You will be glorified in all things, and that my life will continually become a manifestation of the glory due Your holy name. Jesus, I trust in You.  Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2025 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Image: Philippe de Champaigne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Creation Article Podcast
Darwin, Slavery, and Abolition

Creation Article Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 12:32


Was Darwin’s evolutionary theory inspired by his opposition to slavery? Explore the complex relationship between Darwin’s personal abhorrence of human slavery and his scientific observations of slave-making ants as natural selection in action. While born into a family of abolitionists, Darwin’s evolutionary works notably lack anti-slavery advocacy and even describe slavery in nature as “beneficial.” This examination challenges recent claims about Darwin’s motivations, revealing how his theories were later used to justify racial hierarchies rather than combat them. The author argues that contrary to popular portrayal, Darwin’s “sacred cause” wasn’t abolition—it was challenging the idea of divine creation.

Paranormal Prowlers Podcast
S7 Ep317: Where Fear May Come...Black Annis

Paranormal Prowlers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 25:38


This blue cannibalistic, vampiric boogey-woman roams the countryside preying upon young children in Leicestershire.  MUSIC COURTESY OF:

An Ounce
Mandela Effect Strikes Again: What's the Universe Changing This Time?

An Ounce

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 10:02


 The Mandela Effect strikes again! Find out what's changing this time and test yourself on famous examples like Star Wars, KitKat, and Tinker Bell. Explore the theories of parallel universes and false memories in this mind-bending video!NOTE: The images displayed in this video are the property of their respective copyright and trademark owners. They are used here under the doctrine of 'fair use' for purposes such as commentary, criticism, education, or research. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Techmeme Ride Home
Wed. 04/02 – The Nintendo Switch 2

Techmeme Ride Home

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 16:44


All the details from the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal this morning. Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its costs by 50%. North Korean IT workers allegedy continue to go after remote IT jobs worldwide. Meta is reading its more ambitious, more expensive smartglasses for maybe later this year. And maybe the CoreWeave IPO wasn't a bust?Sponsors:Udacity.com/ride and promocode RIDELinks:Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. (NYTimes)Everything announced at Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct (Polygon)AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50% (TechCrunch)North Korean IT worker army expands operations in Europe (BleepingComputer)How Meta's Upcoming $1,000+ Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Work (Bloomberg)Stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO as public markets open to crypto (CNBC)CoreWeave shares rip nearly 42% higher, rising above IPO price (CNBC)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Little Red Podcast
China on the Couch: Xi Jinping's Psy-boom

The Little Red Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 48:02


In our third episode on beliefs and ideologies, we explore China’s newfound enthusiasm for psychiatry. Counselling was only registered as a profession in 2001 yet has seen a massive boom under Xi Jinping. The psy-boom is such that even party branch meetings are doing mindfulness exercises, and practitioners are trying to indigenise counselling practices. There’s plenty to work on; the 2022 China Mental Health Survey found seven percent of the population were suffering from depression, half of them schoolchildren. To explore what’s drawing China to the couch, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Yiying Xiong, a counsellor and associate professor at John Hopkins University, Barclay Bram, an audio journalist at the Economist and fellow at the Asia Society, and medical anthropologist Hsuan-Ying Huang, from Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Image: c/- Wikimedia Commons, Sigmund Freud's Couch, London, 2004. Episode transcripts are available at: https://ciw.anu.edu.au/podcasts/little-red-podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Creation Article Podcast
Fantastic Folds

Creation Article Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 12:24


Twisted bands of rock, once soft as clay, now tower in rigid beauty. How did they come to be? Mainstream geology says time and pressure worked their slow magic over millions of years. But what if there’s a faster, more powerful explanation rooted in biblical history? This striking look at folded strata challenges deep-time thinking, offering strong geological evidence that these layers were laid down rapidly and bent while still wet. Discover why the global Flood described in Genesis remains the most compelling answer.

Catholic Daily Reflections
The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year C) - Seeking the Lost

Catholic Daily Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 5:58


Read OnlineTax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them Jesus addressed this parable. Luke 15:1–3This is good news! Our Lord “welcomes sinners and eats with them.” For that reason, there is room at His table for you!Sometimes it's hard to admit that we are sinners. Of course we know in our minds that we are. But our pride can easily lead us to justify our sin, downplay it and conclude that we are not that bad after all. If you find yourself thinking this way, be careful. Doing so will make you like the Pharisees and scribes in the passage above. Clearly they did not see themselves as sinners, which is why they condemned Jesus for welcoming sinners and eating with them. The passage above comes from the beginning of Chapter 15 of Luke's Gospel and serves as an introduction to three subsequent parables. First, our Lord tells the Parable of the Lost Sheep, then the Parable of the Lost Coin, and then the Parable found in the rest of today's Gospel passage, the Parable of the Lost Son. In the first parable, the shepherd who finds his lost sheep rejoices. In the second parable, the woman who finds her lost coin rejoices. And in the parable we read today, the father who finds his lost son rejoices and throws a party to celebrate.Return, again, to the passage above that introduces these three parables: “Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus.” Once they drew near, Jesus spoke to them about the joy of finding that which was lost. Perhaps as Jesus initially spoke about the finding of the lost sheep and lost coin, this would have resonated with these tax collectors and sinners to a certain degree. But then our Lord tells them the long and detailed story about this boy who disrespects his father, takes his inheritance, squanders it on illicit living, and ends up with nothing. The story expresses the confusion of this boy, his desperation, his guilt and his shame. We learn of his interior thinking, reasoning, fears and anxiety.As you ponder this parable, try to understand the effect that it would have had upon the tax collectors and sinners who all drew near to our Lord. They were spiritually hungry, just as the prodigal son was. They had a past full of regret, just as this boy. They were unsatisfied in life and were looking for a way out, just as this son of the loving father was. For these reasons, those tax collectors and sinners who drew near Jesus would have been mesmerized by all that Jesus taught them and filled with hope that they, too, could share in the joy that was so generously bestowed upon this wayward son. Reflect, today, upon the touching image of these tax collectors and sinners drawing near to Jesus. Though they may have had a certain fear and caution, they would have also had hope. Try to understand what they must have thought and felt as they heard this story of the father's abundant mercy. Think about how they would have related as they discovered that there was hope for them, too. If you struggle with being like the scribes and Pharisees, reject that temptation. Instead, see yourself as one of those sinners who drew near to our Lord and you will be the cause of joy in the Heart of the Father in Heaven. Most loving and compassionate Lord, tax collectors and sinners were drawn to You. They found in You someone Who could free them from the burdens they carried within. Please help me to see myself as one of those humble souls in need of You and Your mercy. I reject my pride that leads me to self-justification and pray for humility so that I can come to You and gladden the Heart of the Father in Heaven. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2025 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

RealClearPolitics Takeaway
AOC and Bernie, Zelensky's Time Interview, Big Law vs. Trump, FBI “Honeypot”

RealClearPolitics Takeaway

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 45:06


Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and RCP White House Correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss the duo's  “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour, the future of the Democratic Party, and whether Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run for president.  Then they discuss next steps in Ukraine and President Zelensky's cover-story interview in Time magazine. Comedian Conan O'Brien is awarded the Mark Twain Prize in a celebration that featured multiple jokes about President Trump. Also, former Utah Representative Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman in Congress, is dead at age 49. Tom Bevan talks to RCP contributor Richard Porter about the fight between The White House and some of America's top legal firms. And Andrew Walworth talks to RealClear Investigations editor J. Peder Zane about a new article by RCI writer Paul Sperry that looks into allegations that FBI Director James Comey used a female undercover agent to fish for evidence of criminal activity by the Trump campaign as early as June, 2015."Image of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez courtesy of Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons"

An Ounce
You've Been Lied To! The Truth Behind History's Biggest Myths

An Ounce

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 11:18


 Uncover the truth behind history's biggest myths  - and truths you were never told before. Facts from Napoleon's height to the dancing plague. Prepare to be surprised! You've been lied to - find out the real stories here! There are truths that aren't true - and truths that have been hidden from you. 

Catholic Daily Reflections
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Resolving Conflict

Catholic Daily Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 5:36


Read OnlineJesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees approached him and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. Mark 10:1–2Notice the contrast above. The crowds gathered around Jesus to listen to Him. Clearly, they were coming to faith. But the Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him. They did not come in faith; they came with jealousy and envy and were already seeking to trap Him. The question they proposed was a trick question, not an honest attempt at communication with our Lord. They presumed that however Jesus answered the question, some people would be offended. The Pharisees were ready to stir things up, since so many were flocking to Jesus. Also, the Pharisees wanted to find fault with Jesus' answer so as to show that He opposed the Law of Moses. But Jesus' answer was perfect.Much could be said about the content of Jesus' answer. He clearly supports the indissolubility of marriage. He states that “what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” He adds: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” For those who have suffered through a divorce, it is important to prayerfully ponder this teaching from our Lord. It is also important to work with the Church Tribunal to examine the marriage in the light of truth so that a determination can be made about the validity or invalidity of the marriage bond. With that said, the approach that both the crowds and the Pharisees took toward Jesus also teaches us an important lesson about communication, not only with God but also with one another. This is a lesson that is especially important for married couples to learn.Think about your own approach to communication. When you struggle with conflict with another, how do you resolve it? How do you bring your questions and concerns to your spouse? The crowds came to Jesus to listen and understand. The reward was the gift of faith in that they received a deeper knowledge of Who Jesus was. The Pharisees, however, came to Jesus with the intent of finding fault with Him. And though it is obviously foolish to take this approach with our Lord, it is also foolish to do so with another, especially a spouse.Use the above approaches of the crowds and the Pharisees to think about how you come to others with your questions and concerns. When there is some conflict or misunderstanding, do you come with an open mind and heart, seeking to understand and resolve the question? Or do you come with a loaded question so as to trap and find fault with the other? So many conflicts in life with others, especially among spouses, could be resolved if the goal of any conversation was simply to understand the other person, not trap them or find fault with them. This is hard for many people to do and requires much humility and openness.Reflect, today, upon any relationship with which you are currently struggling. Reflect, especially, upon whether your approach to communication with that person is more like the crowds or more like the Pharisees. Commit yourself to the approach of seeking open and honest communication and you will find that this commitment brings true resolution, peace and unity.Lord of all truth, You desire that I always come to You with sincerity, honesty and humility, seeking resolution to every internal question and conflict I face. You call me to approach others with this same depth of communication. Give me the grace to always seek the unity and truth that result in peace of mind and heart. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2025 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Jacob Jordaens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Weird Studies
Episode 185: Intuition and Reality: The Wedge, Part One

Weird Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 76:38


"The Wedge" is a key concept for Phil and JF. When exploring weird phenomena—from artworks to ghosts, and everything in between—one tends to emphasize one or the other "end" of the event. At the thin end of the Wedge, the focus is on subjective experience: how it felt, what it was like, and its personal significance. At the thick end, the emphasis shifts to what actually happened, independent of how it was experienced. Though their roles sometimes switch, Phil generally thinks from the thin end, while JF approaches things from the thick. In this episode, they begin unpacking the implications of the Wedge for making sense of reality's stranger aspects. Header image by SavidgeMichael via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ForgottenMemoriesofExploringaLiminalSpace.jpg). _ Join the Weirdosphere (http://www.weirdosphere.org), our online learning platform Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies). Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2), on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com) page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, _Cosmophonia (https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/). Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! REFERENCES Weird Studies, Episode 184 on David Lynch (https://www.weirdstudies.com/184) Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show” Scene by Scene, 1999 Interview with David Lynch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0itTpuzzcQ&ab_channel=DidymusBibliophilus) Weird Studies, Episodes 76 on Henri Bergson's Metaphysics (https://www.weirdstudies.com/76) Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781420940435) Phil Ford, Dig (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780199939916) Johan Huizinga, The Waning of the Middle Ages (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781774642238) Lewis Lockwood, Beethoven: The Music and the Life (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/97803933263830)

Catholic Daily Reflections
Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Mercy for the Weak

Catholic Daily Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 5:02


Read Online“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.” Mark 9:42St. Bede, an early Church Father, states that “he who is great, whatever he may suffer, departs not from the faith; but he who is little and weak in mind looks out for occasions of stumbling.” In other words, the “little ones” here could be understood to be those who are weak in faith and are constantly looking for reasons to depart from the faith.Consider who might struggle with this tendency in your own life. Perhaps there is a family member who continually questions the practice of the faith, perhaps someone you know considers himself or herself a “fallen away Catholic.” According to St. Bede, these are the “little ones” of whom Jesus is speaking.When dealing with someone who appears to lack faith, expresses doubts and disagreements, is caught in a life of manifest sin, or has begun to walk away from the practice of the faith, there can be a temptation to criticize, argue or condemn. If this is a temptation you struggle with, then listen closely to Jesus' words: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin…” We cause those who are weak in faith to sin when we fail to show an abundance of virtue toward them during their struggles. Deep down, most people who are struggling with a life of sin or a weakness of faith do, in fact, have some faith. They do believe in God. But their faith is often easily shaken, and they can be easily pushed further away from God if we fail to exercise the necessary virtues of patience, compassion and mercy they need.With that said, we also have to avoid offering a “compassion” that is not grounded in the truth. On this point, St. Gregory states: “If a stumbling block is laid before men in what concerns the truth, it is better to allow the offense to arise, than that the truth should be abandoned.” In other words, it is not compassionate or merciful to show support for another in their error so as to make them feel good. The truth of the Gospel must never be abandoned; instead, that truth must always be offered with the greatest of charity, especially toward those “little ones” who are weak in faith.Reflect, today, upon the important balance that is necessary in the apostolic life. “Balance” does not mean compromise. Rather, it means that we seek to continually bring forth the full truth of the Gospel while also seeking to exercise the fullness of every virtue in the process. Do not become a stumbling block to others in the faith. Seek, instead, to lavish God's grace and mercy upon those in your life who need it the most. If you do, then many of those little ones will one day become truly strong in the grace and truth of our loving God.Most merciful Lord, You desire that all of Your children come to the full revelation of Your truth and mercy. Please use me as You choose to reach out to those who struggle with their faith and need to be treated with the utmost care. May I never be a stumbling block to them but always be a bridge to You and Your abundance of grace. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2025 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Catholic Daily Reflections
Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Mutual Support

Catholic Daily Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 5:07


Read OnlineJohn said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him…” Mark 9:38–39Why would John and the other disciples try to stop someone from driving out demons? To understand this, imagine the scene. John and the other disciples had come to believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah of God. They witnessed Him perform many miracles and change many lives. As a result, they no doubt wanted everyone to discover Who Jesus was and come to faith in Him. But then they encountered someone they did not know, who was driving out demons in Jesus' name, and they tried to stop him.Just prior to this passage, we read the story of a man who had brought his possessed son to Jesus' disciples and asked them to cure the boy, but they were unable to do so. Perhaps the disciples were a bit humbled by their inability to cast out the demon, and then they witnessed another person, not of their company, who was able to cast out demons in Jesus' name. This might have added to their feelings of weakness and humiliation, and perhaps that is part of their motivation for trying to stop the man from exercising authority in Jesus' name.One common temptation that the evil one issues upon the members of the Church is that of internal division. As followers of Christ, we are all entrusted with the same mission, in different ways. We are called to become instruments of God's grace for the salvation of souls and the glory of God. But sometimes we fail to act in unison and, instead, see our co-workers as our opponents.Within our Church today, there are plenty of internal divisions that must cease. Perhaps the best way to accomplish this is to make it a priority to focus upon mutual support. Instead of allowing pride to create jealousy toward those who perform “mighty deeds” by the grace of God, we must work to rejoice in every good that we see. This seems like an obvious statement, but pride and feelings of inadequacy are real temptations that lead us to look down upon those who accomplish the will of God in powerful ways. When we see someone doing something good, we often immediately think about ourselves, wishing we were the ones doing the good work. And when God uses another in a powerful way, we can easily be tempted to see our own inadequacies and failings, rather than glorifying God for the good deeds done by another.Reflect, today, upon the simple truth that every Christian is on the same spiritual team. We are all called to work toward the goals of the glory of God and the salvation of souls. Try to humbly think about those in your life who do this well and consider your attitude toward them. If you see any form of jealousy, envy or criticism, commit to dispel those attitudes. Instead, seek to have gratitude as you rejoice in the many ways that God uses others for His purpose.Lord of power and might, You accomplish countless good through the generosity and fidelity of Your people. You constantly use all who follow You to bring forth Your will. Please use me, dear Lord, as an instrument of Your will, and help me to always rejoice in the ways that You bring Your grace forth through others. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2025 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons