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On this Summer Friday, we've put together some of our favorite recent interviews, including: The U.S. fertility rate dropped to another record low in 2025, according to provisional CDC data, marking a 23% drop since 2007. Jill Filipovic, attorney and author of several books, including OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2020),  and Karen Guzzo, director of the Carolina Population Center and a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explain what's behind the decline, the current Republican and far-right conservative policy plans to try and reverse those trends and what actually works to incentivize a growing population. Alex Mayyasi, a longtime contributor to Planet Money and the author of Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life (W. W. Norton & Company, 2026), and Mary Childs, a co-host of NPR's Planet Money, offers insight into making decisions on getting and spending money and why markets work the way they do. Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio Hour and author of Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being (Flatiron, 2026), talks about the impact on our bodies of our interactions with our phones and other tech -- and how to stay healthy and stay connected. Stephanie Coontz, director of research and public education at the Council on Contemporary Families and the author of The Way We Never Were; Marriage, a History; and now, For Better and Worse: The Complicated Past and Challenging Future of Marriage (Viking, May 26, 2026), offers historical context for the institution of marriage and examines the attitudes and policies that can strengthen it. Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago and the author of The Republic of Love: Opera & Political Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2026), offers her analysis of opera as an arm of the Enlightenment, from Mozart to today.   These interviews were lightly polished up and edited for time, the original versions are available here: Why U.S. Birth Rates Are Dropping Planet Money: The Book Our Bodies & Our Tech Marriage in Context Opera and Democracy   Photo: Labor Day weekend crowds at Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, September 2020. (Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do giraffes have long necks or kangaroos have pouches? Evolutionists answer that natural selection has favored the development of certain characteristics while discouraging and eliminating other features. But if this is what happened, we, who believe in creation have a few questions.Giraffes have long necks, say evolutionists, because conditions favored the development of long-necked creatures that could feed on higher parts of the tree. But then many other grazing animals live side by side with giraffes and manage to get by. The horse, according to evolutionary explanations, has crowned teeth in order to survive in its environment. And yet the cow, with its uncrowned teeth, survives quite well in the same environment.Some evolutionists say that plants developed berries so that their seeds, inside the berries, would be carried far and wide by hungry birds, thus ensuring the plants' survival. Why then did some plants develop poisonous berries? And if the maternal instinct evolved to preserve the next generation, why do creatures like the stickleback fish, sea horse, and midwife toad to name a few, leave total care of the young to the male?The truth is that natural selection does not offer a clear and consistent explanation for the living world. The diversity of the created world does not bear witness to evolutionary principles, but to the artistry of our Creator God.Job 5:13"He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”Prayer: Dear Father, You confound those who are wise in their own hearts and give wisdom and clear vision to those whom You have made pure through the blood of Christ. Let the wisdom and vision I seek be that which You provide. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: R.L. Wysong, D.V.M., The Creation - Evolution Controversy, (Inquiry Press, Midland Michigan). Image: Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), Holger Krisp, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Completely unrelated creatures that depend entirely upon one another to live and have no way of living without one another, pose a very serious challenge to those who claim that all living things evolved. The relationship is called reciprocal altruism.One startling example is the relationship between the fig wasp and the fig tree. Male figs are not for eating but they produce the pollen to pollinate the sweet, juicy female fig. But the flower parts of both the male and female figs are inside the figs. There is no chance that the wind could spread pollen from the male to the female figs. And there is no other creature except the fig wasp that can transfer the pollen.Herein lies an incredible story. The fig wasp hatches from eggs inside the male fig and its purpose in its short 24-hour life is to lay its eggs inside another male fig. The female wasp emerges from the male fig covered in pollen and is programmed to search among the female figs, thus fertilizing them, before laying its eggs inside a male fig and thus start the cycle again.The fig wasp will only lay its eggs in the male fig while the female fig cannot be pollinated by any other method. Clearly, both the fig wasp and the fig tree were created for this special relationship.Habakkuk 3:17-18"Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls—yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation."Prayer: Dear Lord, just as You created the fig wasp and the fig tree for this close relationship, You have created me for a relationship with You. There is no peace for me outside of a relationship with You. Help me to grow closer to You through the instruction of Your Word. Amen.Ref: Bob Devine, Uncle Bob's Animal Stories, (Moody Press, Chicago, IL). Image: Seres barbatus (fig wasp) entering syconium of fig, Alandmanson, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

If man is the result of billions of years of evolution from the simplest of creatures, evolution predicts that man should have retained most, if not all, of the best abilities of those other creatures in his heritage.According to evolution, our ape-like ancestors had opposing toes, just as we have opposing thumbs. If we had retained those opposing toes, we could pick things up without bending over. The female chimp can pull 1,260 pounds with one arm. That would be a pretty handy facility. And then, there is the hero shrew of Uganda, just six inches long, but it can support the weight of a one hundred and sixty-pound man on its back!Even the lowly snail can pull up to 200 times its own weight, and lift ten times its weight. Then what about the trilobite, right at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder and supposedly extinct for 300 million years? This little fellow had the most sophisticated eye lenses, actually double lenses, ever found in nature!Since all of these abilities would be greatly beneficial for us, why didn't evolution let us keep or develop these abilities as we evolved? The answer is simple. We have not evolved. Rather, we have been made by a Creator Who made us for the purpose of a relationship with Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ.Deuteronomy 18:22"When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not be afraid of him."Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, I thank You that while I cannot leap tall buildings or lift them, You have made me for the higher purpose of a relationship with You. Increase my trust in the atoning work of Your Son for me so that I may grow closer to You. In His Name. Amen.Ref: R.L. Wysong, D.V.M., The Creation - Evolution Controversy, (Inquiry Press, Midland Michigan). Image: Scutisorex somereni (hero shrew), Peter Spelt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

The Ship Report, July 15, 2026The historic fireboat David Campbell found a permanent place in history yesterday, after being placed on land at Astoria's Columbia River Maritime Museum. A big crowd turned out to watch the proceedings, which involved lifting the 244,00 lb. boat off a barge and carefully placing her on land as an outdoor exhibit, soon to be open to the public.  The boat has a long. honored history of service in the Portland area.Today we'll talk about her new role educating the public, and about fireboats and what they do.Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The David Campbell in past years welcoming the Rose Festival Fleet to Portland, Oregon.

When a flower lives in harmony with and is dependent upon, say, an insect for fertilization, this is known as symbiosis. Creation Moments programs have given many examples of this and each one defies the notion that these relationships could have developed by chance over very long times. We have another example today:Chicory spaces out the opening of its flowers through the summer on a precisely timed schedule that is in perfect harmony with its pollinators. Early in the season, chicory flowers nearest the bottom of the flower stalk open first and, as they are pollinated, they close and the next flower up the stem opens and so on. There is a remarkable efficiency to this but there is more: The flowers usually open only in the cool morning hours not only to protect the delicate flower from the heat of the sun but also because this is the time the pollinating insects are about. Other flowering plants open their flowers only at night and tend to have white flowers so that they are easily seen in the dark. These are the flowers that are pollinated by night flying moths.Such coordinated inter-relationships between the plant and the animal kingdoms could not have developed through accidental situations. They provide more evidence that the wise Creator designed these and all creatures within their relationships from the very beginning!Matthew 6:28"And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin…"Prayer: Dear Lord, in Your design of the creation, You have seen to the needs of all living things. Take from me a mind that thinks that I must do for myself what You will do for me, and replace it with faith in Your promises. Amen.Ref: Steven D. Garber, The Urban Naturalist, (John Wiley Sons, Inc.). Cichorium intybus, Nichole Ouellette/ouellette001.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

II Corintios 4:6“...porque Dios, que mandó que de las tinieblas resplandeciera la luz, es el que resplandeció en nuestros corazones, para iluminación del conocimiento de la gloria de Dios en la faz de Jesucristo”.El hecho de que deben respirar aire parecería limitar a las criaturas de mar como las ballenas, delfines y tortugas de mar. Pero estas criaturas son tan bien diseñadas que sus habilidades sorprenden inclusive a los científicos más informados.¿Cuán profundo cree usted que un marino que respira aire puede bucear mientras sostiene su respiración? Mantenga en mente que mientras la criatura desciende a través de las profundidades, el abastecimiento de aire en sus pulmones se comprime y no durará tanto como una respiración que se sostiene cerca de la superficie. Hasta recientemente, las ballenas han mantenido el record. Se ha documentado que los cachalotes a profundidades de 3.000 pies (1.066 metros) bajo las olas.¡Recientemente una tortuga laúd marcada bajo a por lo menos 3.900 pies (1.188 metros), casi tres cuartos de una milla! De acuerdo a los científicos involucrados en este estudio, la tortuga puede haber ida más profundo, pero a 3.900 pies sus equipos de medición ya no funcionaban. ¡En otras palabras, ellos nunca esperaban que una tortuga laúd pudiera bucear tan profundo!Mientras que todos nosotros quedamos asombrados por la habilidad de la tortuga laúd, aquellos que creen en la evolución tienen una razón especial para estar sorprendidos de lo que están aprendiendo. De acuerdo a la evolución, las ballenas y tortugas de mar evolucionaron de criaturas que vivían en la tierra. Los evolucionistas tienen dificultad en rendir cuenta de los cambios especializados extensivos requeridos para cambiar a una tortuga de tierra en una tortuga de mar capaz de operar debajo de tres cuartos de una milla de agua. Aquellos de nosotros que sabemos que todas las cosas fueron creadas por un sabio Creador entendemos que no hay nada que Él no pueda hacer.Oración: Señor, Te agradezco que toda la creación muestra Tu gloria y obra. Oro que más personas, especialmente científicos, puedan ver y entender este testimonio y ser llamados a Tu mensaje de perdón en la Biblia. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: Yertle:1, Orca: 0. Discover. Imagen: Leatherback Turtle near Galibi, JuliasTravels, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Job 15:8“¿Oíste tú acaso el secreto de Dios? ¿Está limitada a ti la sabiduría?”Tiene la apariencia de una pequeña hiena, tiene hábitos similares tanto a los lobos como a los gatos domésticos, y no come nada más que hormigas. Esta extraña criatura se llama lobo de tierra.El lobo de tierra vive en el continente africano. Come un tipo particular de termita que tiene un tamaño de un cuarto de pulgada de largo. Aunque hay otras criaturas que comen hormigas en el mismo hábitat, como el cerdo hormiguero, ellos no prefieren comer aquellas termitas de las cuales el lobo de tierra depende. Estas termitas construyen montículos en forma de domo vigiladas por termitas soldados que rocían largos hilos de químicos de mal olor y mal sabor a los intrusos. El lobo de tierra parece tolerar sus ataques mejor que cualquier otra criatura que come hormigas, aunque, como dijo un naturalista, al lobo de tierra claramente no le gusta el sabor de las termitas soldado. Tanto las hormigas como el lobo de tierra son activos por la noche. En una noche el lobo de tierra puede comer hasta 300.000 termitas.El lobo de tierra es fuertemente territorial, no tolera competidores en su territorio. Como criaturas solitarias, las parejas compartirán el mismo territorio, sin embargo, se ignoraran completamente el uno al otro. Pero cuando es tiempo de apareamiento y cuidar de los críos, trabajan y viven juntos perfectamente, el macho ayudando a la hembra en todo aspecto de criar a los hijos. Y, como el gato doméstico, el lobo de tierra entierra sus desechos.Los evolucionistas admiten perplejidad acerca de cómo el lobo de tierra está relacionado con otras criaturas. Esto hace que el lobo de tierra sea otra de aquellas criaturas que dan testimonio de la inventiva y creatividad de Dios.Oración: Amado Señor, al mirar con asombro todo lo que Tú has hecho, Te agradezco que no hay límite a Tu creatividad. Ayúdame a recordar esta maravilla cuando me encuentre a mi mismo en una situación donde no llego a ver como estás trabajando para mi bien. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: Richardson, Philip R.K. “The lick of the aardwolf.” Natural History. Imagen: Aardwolf, Proteles cristata, at Lion and Rhino Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa, Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

One of the greatest questions in biology asks how a single fertilized cell divides into many different cells - some become liver cells, skin cells, brain cells and bone cells. This is the ultimate way of asking the question, “Where do babies come from?”Human growth factor, a chemical produced by our body, is being studied to see if it is responsible for the development of all those different cells from a single cell. However, this is only one of thirty known chemicals that influence the development of new cells. Another powerful chemical, called GM-CSF for short, has now been synthesized as a drug and stimulates the development of white blood cells in the bone marrow. This drug has saved otherwise doomed patients who have lost virtually all of their bone marrow by exposure to radiation. Nerve growth factor is another being studied as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease and for use in re-attaching limbs.Do you notice where all of these incredible chemicals come from? They don't come from laboratories staffed with the best brains in science. They are produced by our bodies. Science should stand in awe at the evident wisdom behind those chemical structures and the way they work. And that's one of the best arguments that we were created by a wise and powerful Creator, not by mindless chemical accidents!Psalm 139:14"I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well."Prayer: Dear Lord, I am truly fearfully and wonderfully made. I ask that you would guide medical researchers so that they may learn how to use the substances You have created for the earthly betterment of our condition and that You would be glorified through this. Amen.Ref: Carol Kahn, “Tapping The Healers Within,” OMNI. Image: 1TGK Human Transforming Growth Factor Beta3 Crystallized From, Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, we return to our occasional series on YesKit, this time featuring the instrument Tony Kaye used, briefly, in 1968 before he upgraded to a Hammond M100. It was the 1960s iconic keyboard, the British-made Vox Continental. The story of this revolutionary instrument is fascinating and we are indebted to the undisputed expert in the field, Chris Dale, for a great overview I read out at the end of the episode. It was huge fun to both research and then chat about the Vox Continental and I'm sure you will enjoy Mark's demonstrations as much as I did. How did it become the most iconic keyboard of the 1960s? What was the keyboard Tony Kaye had when he joined Yes? Why did he disguise it? Please do add your own comments below. https://youtu.be/dEXb3m2Guiw?si=llKrnAX2F1yg7gm9 https://youtu.be/SoXwfapV3CA?si=c-pkPwJdmADGphqa https://youtu.be/YZBDGATnJKM?si=t8hmcZrISmguc4Gw https://youtu.be/mbj1RFaoyLk?si=zEMYo5Vc24s8AY3G https://youtu.be/UIVe-rZBcm4?si=QanT_u2BnGrX_zUj https://youtu.be/DpPIFP6rcww?si=Kzi_F72QSYaeCM-z https://youtu.be/wG4kxLZTHL4?si=y6OK-d-7AJ7U9b6O https://youtu.be/OZ9-F7FE83o?si=kBdWHLSuD0ovpu9p https://youtu.be/UJLSrxkNR78?si=fU1kevOwOg6v6lwh https://youtu.be/ecDmNNQAB4k?si=IMlKCrESiqfFMVP2 Yes - The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes Album Listening Guide Available now! YesMusicBooks.com YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Wayne Hall Jeffrey Crecelius Doug Curran Patrons: Aaron SteelmanSteve LuziettiLindAl Dell'AngeloTerence SadlerLobate ScarpBarry GorskyJohn ThomsonMark BaggsBill WhittakerSteve PerryMark James LangBob MartilottaThomas DeVriesMark SlaterBrian HarrisJohn ViolaMartin KjellbergBrian SullivanSteve RodeMichael HanderhanChris BandiniTim StannardMichael O'ConnorCraig EstenesSteve ScottMiguel FalcãoDave OwenChip PalmerPaul HailesDavidGuy DeRomePaul TomeiDavid HeydenSteve MossRachel HadawayDavid PannellGeoffrey MasonRobert NasirDavid WatkinsonHenrik AntonssonRobert VandiverDeclan LogueHogne Bø PettersenRonnie NeeleyDemSteven RoehrScott ColomboBrianTodd DudleySimon BarrowFergus CubbageJohn HoldenStephen LambeFred BarringerDouglas CaldwellSteve DillGary BettsJohn CowanJamie McQuinnGeoff BailieRay RiethmeierKen Fuller Become a Patron! Vox Continental photo - Docrobbie, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mateo 23:37“¡Jerusalén, Jerusalén, que matas a los profetas y apedreas a los que te son enviados! ¡Cuántas veces quise juntar a tus hijos como la gallina junta sus polluelos debajo de las alas, pero no quisiste!”Aunque muchas personas piensan que el pulpo es una criatura fea, el pulpo es inteligente. La madre pulpo pone mucho amor y esfuerzo en el cuidado de sus críos.Los huevos fertilizados de pulpo son del tamaño de un grano de arroz. Están conectados en racimos sobre tallos delgados. Una vez que sus huevos han salido y han sido fertilizados, la madre pulpo cuelga los hilos conteniendo sus huevos del techo de su hogar. Podría ser una cueva de piedra o incluso una estructura cerrada y oscura hecha por el hombre. Para cuando termina colgando sus huevos, ella tendrá casi 20.000 capsulas de marfil encordonados a su alrededor.Pero ahora empieza su verdadero trabajo. Hasta que los huevos se abran, la madre pulpo renuncia a su comida, concentrándose en nada más que limpiar sus huevos de cualquier material que pueda resultar en una infección de hongo o parásito. Ella acurruca los huevos gentilmente en sus brazos, cepillando cada uno de sus 20.000 huevos, y a veces lavándolos con chorros de agua. No hay nada más que pueda hacer por sus críos, pero este cuidado recibe su única atención.Se dice ciertamente que uno no puede crear algo que no tiene. Si uno no tiene amor, no puede crear amor en otros. Por lo tanto el Creador del pulpo debe saber mucho acerca de dar un amor individual y cuidado a una multitud de individuos. La Biblia es la propia descripción de nuestro Creador y de Su amor por usted y por mí. Sea que usted conozca o no el cuidado y amor de su Creador, usted puede aprender de la profundidad de Su cuidado por nosotros a través de Cristo Jesús en las páginas de la Biblia.Oración: Amado Padre, no solo es evidente Tu habilidad y sabiduría en la creación, pero también podemos ver indicios de Tu amor también. Ayúdame a darme cuenta más completamente lo que realmente significa para mí Tu amor personal e íntimo en mi vida diaria. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: Ruggieri, George D., with Norman David Rosenberg. “The healing sea.” Science Digest.. Imagen: Greater blue-ringed octopus with eggs, Rickard Zerpe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Job 12:7“Pregunta ahora a las bestias y ellas te enseñarán; a las aves de los cielos, y ellas te lo mostrarán…”Los abejarucos son pájaros cuya forma de vida y comportamiento son tanto inteligentes como inusuales. Existen 24 especies de abejarucos.Los abejarucos se mantienen atrapando y comiendo abejas y avispas con aguijones. El veneno en muchos de estos insectos que pican es lo suficientemente poderoso para matar al abejaruco, pero los pájaros no sólo son hábiles para evitar ser picados; ellos saben como remover el veneno de la abeja cuando la comen. Cuando han atrapado una abeja o avispa, el abejaruco lo llevará a una rama donde golpeará su cabeza y restriega el lado que pica hasta que todo el veneno ha sido removido del saco de veneno del insecto. Una vez que el veneno se ha removido, el abejaruco disfruta el almuerzo.Los abejarucos son descritos como vivaces y sociables. Pocas veces ve uno descansando solo. Y cuando el clima está fresco, los abejarucos se juntan para mantenerse calientes. Inclusive hay reportes de que los abejarucos descansarán el uno sobre el otro, formando una pirámide de plumas hecha de pájaros.Ahora, es posible que los abejarucos se hayan dado cuenta de que se mantenían más calientes cuando se juntaban, aunque esa inteligencia tuvo que venir de su Creador. ¿Pero cómo podrían los abejarucos simplemente “descubrir” como desintoxicar las abejas? Si esta habilidad evolucionó por prueba y error, probablemente no habría descendientes de los primeros abejarucos hoy. Obviamente este comportamiento no favorecería la supervivencia. ¡Esto hace que el abejaruco sea uno de los propios argumentos de Dios contra la evolución!Oración: Amado Padre Celestial, no solo que Tu sabiduría nos rodea, sino que Tú has dado tan generosamente inteligencia y sabiduría a tantas de Tus criaturas. Te agradezco porque la maravilla de Tus obras nos inspira. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: Clanbake. Natural History. Imagen: Bee-eaters Group nap for warmth, Shiv's fotografia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Under andra hälften av 1700-talet förändrade människan grundbetingelserna för sin existens och sitt samhälle. Förändringen skedde på ett sätt, och med konsekvenser, som endast kan jämföras med introduktionen av jordbruk under yngre stenålder. Med början i England och Skottland tog våra förfäder ett stort och avgörande kliv in i industrialismens era. Vi vände den gamla världen ryggen och inträdde i nutiden.Industriella revolutionen i Storbritannien är en av de mest genomanalyserade och omdiskuterade händelserna i världshistorien, och det med rätta. Det var på en och samma gång en halsbrytande hastig förändring av produktionsmetoder och brutalast möjliga omvandling av mänskliga levnadsvillkor. Men varför skedde allt detta just på 1760-talet och 1770-talet, och varför just i Storbritannien? Varför inte i Kina på 1200-talet eller i Italien på 1600-talet? (Tekniskt sett hade det varit fullt möjligt.) Varför inleddes utvecklingen just inom textilbranschen, med arbetsbesparande maskiner för bomullsspinnare? Vilka entreprenörer och uppfinnare gick i spetsen? Frågorna är många, och för att få svar måste vi lära känna män som James Hargreaves, Richard Arkwright, Samuel Crompton och James Watt – uppfinnare som förvisso inte är på allas läppar idag, men som tog initiativ som bröt upp dörren till nutiden.I detta avsnitt av podden Harrisons dramatiska historia samtalar Dick Harrison, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, och fackboksförfattaren Katarina Harrison Lindbergh om industriella revolutionens begynnelseskede.Bildtext: Mekaniska vävstolar i arbete i Storbritannien 1835 – en central teknik i bomullsindustrins genombrott under industrialiseringen, som förändrade produktionstakt, arbetsvillkor och stadsliv. Illustration av T. Allom, gravyr av J. Tingle. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While most would agree that our circulatory system is vital to life, many of us don't fully appreciate the almost miraculous workings of that system.Your heart pumps about one hundred thousand times every day. That means that your heart pumps the equivalent of 10 tons of blood every day or 80 million gallons in a lifetime. Your circulatory system brings that blood to every cell in your body through a capillary network that is so large that the combined capillaries of only four people, stretched end to end, would reach from the Earth to the moon!But your circulatory system involves quality as well as quantity. The chemistry of your blood is monitored and adjusted to within incredibly fine limits to keep it in precise balance second by second, day by day, year in, year out. For example, the acidity of your blood is adjusted constantly to within one part in a hundred million.Our circulation system cannot be simply “good enough” it has to work perfectly. So if mindless evolution created us, it had to make the whole system perfect the first time. There is no room for millions of years or for a poorer circulation system to be improved by mutations. Here the facts clearly support Scripture strongly indicating that we were created in finished form, not developed slowly by trial and error.Genesis 9:4"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, You Who created blood and everything else took our human form and nature and shed Your blood on the cross for my salvation. Take my life and let it be one of continuous thanks to You. AmenImage: Human Heart and Circulatory System, Bryan Brandenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Nous avons, avec Marc, évoqué bien des semences et leur semeur jusqu'à de la vigne et ses vignerons précédemment. Mais qu'en est-il de leurs fruits ? Comment ont-elles été accueillies par les auditoires de Jésus, d'hier à aujourd'hui ?  NOTES  ·        BIBLIOGRAPHIE | SCHEMAS ET ILLUSTRATIONS | TABLE DES PARABOLES·        Épisode enregistré en Vendée (85, France), juillet 2026.·        Image de couverture : Nature morte aux oranges, citrons et gants bleus, Vincent van Gogh, 1889 – huile sur toile 48 x 62 cm, National Gallery, Londres, (UK), source : Wikimedia Commons.  CHAPITRES 00:00 Générique et présentation 01:30 (1) L'auditoire de Jésus 07:25 (2) L'héritage des paraboles 11:50 (3) Paraboles apostoliques ?14:55 (4) Le chemin parcouru 19:15 (5) Conclusion22:03 Générique de finPlateformes, réseaux & contact : https://linktr.ee/aulargebibliqueRéalisation :  François Bessonnet, prêtre & bibliste. Génériques : Erwan Marchand (D.R.). Sous Licence Creative Commons (cc BY-NC-ND 4.0 FR). No IA Used.Cette émission s'appuie sur les sciences exégétiques et bibliques (voir bibliographie)Soutenez le podcast avec Tipeee  ou Ko-fi

Hydraulics are part of our everyday lives. Fluids, such as the brake fluid used in your car, cannot be compressed so when you step on the brake pedal that fluid can be forced from a cylinder into the braking mechanisms attached to your wheels. All hydraulic machines work in a similar way because the fluid used will flow easily to areas where there is less pressure.Our Creator made great use of hydraulic principles in many of His creations. We have rigid bones and use fluid to expand and contract our muscles to bend and the stretch our legs. But the spider, for example, does not have a rigid skeleton so it uses muscles to bend its legs then pumps fluid into his leg to straighten it out.The North American Dwarf mistletoe builds up hydraulic pressure equal to that found in a truck tire in order to catapult its seeds out to a distance of almost 50 feet at a speed close to 60 miles per hour. The squirting cucumber found in the Mediterranean area uses the same principle to propel its seeds up to forty feet.Unless you think that the brake system in your car came together by chance and natural forces, it doesn't make any sense to believe that spiders and other plants and animals came about without a Designer and Creator.Job 15:8"Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou withhold wisdom for thyself?"Prayer: Dear Lord, I am constantly amazed at the technical excellence of Your creation. I ask that more scientists would also be amazed, and draw the natural conclusion that You are God. From this realization, help them to be open to hearing what You have done for them and all of us through Your Son, Jesus Christ. In His Name. Amen.Image: Squirting Cucumber, Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

I Ukraina sommaren 1943 plundrar ett SS-kommando på uppdrag av Heinrich Himmler 18 odlingsanläggningar på jakt efter fröer i världens första genbank. Fröerna skulle bli grunden till det tusenåriga rikets superfröer för att föda det onda imperiet.Fröerna hade samlats in av den berömde växtförädlaren Nikolaj Vavilov på expeditioner runt om i världen. Men Vavilov hade dött i Stalins fängelser i början av året, eftersom han inte ville underordna vetenskapen den sovjetiska ideologin.I avsnitt 124 av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med journalisten och författaren Jens Nordqvist som är aktuell med boken Den stora fröstölden - Svält, plundring och mord i växtförädlingens århundrade.Den moderna växtförädlingen tog fart i början av 1900-talet med återupptäckten av den österrikiske munken Gregor Mendels teorier kring korsning av växter från 1860-talet. Världens växande befolkning behövde efter mer tåliga och högavkastande spannmål och grönsaker.Tyskland, Sovjetunionen, USA och Sverige var de länder som i början av 1930-talet kommit längs i arbetet med växtförädling. En gemensam nämnare var det statliga stödet, och inblandningen, i växtförädlingen.Nikolaj Vavilov såg den ständigt föränderliga biologiska mångfalden som resultatet av ett samspel mellan människan och naturen. Trots att blomkål, grönkål, brysselkål, vitkål, rödkål och broccoli ser helt olika ut stammar de alla från samma art, vildkål (Brassica oleracea). I människans tjänst har den vilda arten utvecklats till vitt skilda grönsaker. Växtförädlingens historia var full av storartade bedrifter.Nikolaj Vavilov stötte på många hinder i sin kamp mot svälten. Han och de andra växtförädlarna kämpade mot torka och väta, skadedjur och virussjukdomar. I hans väg stod även Lysenkos pseudovetenskap, brutala partibossar och politiska tjallare. Ändå var han en obotlig optimist. Han trodde verkligen att förnuftet till slut skulle segra och han trodde på växtförädlingens förmåga. Naturen var rik nog att föda människan, och den vetenskap han älskade mer än livet gav honom de redskap som behövdes för att resurserna skulle kunna nyttjas.Nazityskland har slängt avundsjuka blickar på Sovjetunionens växtförädlingsprogram. Utan en livsmedelssektor som kunde försörja det tyska riket och dess militärapparat skulle expansionen österut aldrig gå att genomföra.Ledare för SS:s frökommando är den unge växtförädlaren och SS-officeren Heinz Brücher, som med hjälp av de ryska fröerna ska ta fram nya supergrödor. Nazisterna bedriver redan en omfattande växtförädling i flera koncentrationsläger, bland annat Auschwitz.I krigets slutskede gömmer Brücher de värdefulla fröerna för att senare kunna användas. Med hjälp av just frösamlingen vill han köpa sig fri lejd till tryggheten i Sverige.Musik: Po dolinam i po vzgoriam av S. Alimov och T. AturovBild: NKDV:s fotografi av genetikern Nikolaj Vavilov ur NKVD:s utredningsakt. Vavilov greps 1940 under Stalins utrensningar och avled i fängelse i Saratov 1943. Foto: NKVD, Centrala arkivet vid Ryska federationens FSB, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Modern criticism of the Bible began in the late 1700's and has continued to this day. The usual claim, often from Bible scholars, has been that the Bible is nothing more than error-filled human writings. Before serious excavation work had begun in the mid-1800's, scholars felt free to consider lack of evidence as proof that people, cities, and even whole nations mentioned in the Bible never existed. It didn't seem to matter to them that they had never even bothered to look for the evidence.Soon, biblical archaeology started finding the evidences. And, with each discovery, the critics' pronouncements about errors in the Bible began to crumble. One example is the biblical record of Joshua's leadership of Israel in occupying the Promised Land. Joshua 11:10-11 reports how Joshua defeated Hazor, burning the city to the ground. All this had been dismissed by the doubters but then archaeologists found the ruins of Hazor. The ruins clearly showed destruction by an intense fire. The fire had been so hot that adobe had been baked lobster red, stones had been changed by the heat of the fire, and the ashes of the city were five feet deep!Every claim that there is error in the Bible has been based upon lack of knowledge. Let's face it, no matter what the subject, including history, God has more knowledge than we do!Joshua 11:10-11"And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. And they smote all the souls who were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was not any left to breathe; and he burned Hazor with fire."Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, I thank You for Your Word, which has been preserved for our instruction today. Guide me by Your Holy Spirit to make good use of Your Word in my daily life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Image: Tel Hazor 1983, Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

For thousands of years, man has applied a huge variety of things to his skin to help injuries heal. By trial and error he has come up with ointments that keep injured skin moist to assist the natural healing process. Antibiotics were eventually added to these ointments. But until recently no one has been able to actually increase the rate at which skin naturally heals.That has now changed. Epidermal growth factor is one of the chemicals that God created to help keep the body in working order. Research has learned how to copy the chemical responsible and tests have shown that application of the man-made Epidermal growth factor can speed the rate at which wounds heal. Studies show that wounds on which epidermal growth factor is used heal about a day-and-a-half faster than normal. That might not seem like much, but when burn victims need many skin grafts, epidermal growth factor could mean the difference between life and death.With all his knowledge of the chemistry of biology, one would naturally assume that man should be able to develop better healing agents than mindless evolutionary processes. But of course, man is not emulating mindless evolutionary processes but the work of the Creator God Himself. The Creator of natural Epidermal growth factor had the original wisdom to design it and include it in our physiology.Job 10:10-12"Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast protected me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favor, and Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit."Prayer: Dear Lord, as I look around Your creation, I see so many ways in which Your knowledge and wisdom is so obviously practical. Help me to understand that all of Your wisdom, including what You tell me in Scripture, is really practical and useful for life. AmenRef: R. Cowen, “Speeding up wound healing the EGF way,” Science News. Image: Mouse epidermal growth factor, Boghog2, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

I Corintios 12:18“Pero ahora Dios ha colocado cada uno de los miembros en el cuerpo como él quiso…”Dentro de su cuerpo hay una gran y sorprendente familia de trabajadores químicos que, aunque duran por lo general menos de un minuto, hacen que la vida sea posible. Hay tantos tipos de estos químicos, llamados prostaglandinas de quienes la ciencia recién está empezando a conocer cuan importantes son para la vida.Las prostaglandinas están hechas de casi cada tejido en su cuerpo. Son hechos de células de tejido de los ácidos grasos almacenados. Cuando son accionados, los ácidos grasos salen en enjambre de las paredes de la célula y rápidamente son cambiados a la prostaglandina necesaria. Las prostaglandinas están involucradas en regular la reproducción, la respiración y la circulación, entre otras cosas.Las prostaglandinas hechas por las células que revisten nuestros vasos sanguíneos relajan los músculos a su alrededor para que más sangre pueda fluir entre ellos. Las plaquetas también producen otra prostaglandina; cuando es activada, permite que la sangre coagule y selle las heridas. En los pulmones, las prostaglandinas regulan las aperturas de los pasajes de aire. Ayudan a proteger el interior de su estómago. Es debido a que la aspirina inhibe la producción de prostaglandinas que ayuda con los dolores de cabeza y puede causar problemas estomacales en algunas personas. Las prostaglandinas han sido implicadas en la inflamación y dolor de las articulaciones causadas por la artritis.El cuerpo humano es literalmente una sinfonía de miles de sistemas cuidadosamente diseñados, cada uno funcionando en armonía con el otro y todos funcionando juntos. Este solo hecho no deja ninguna justificación para la afirmación de que fuimos diseñados por accidentes genéticos.Oración: Señor, Te agradezco que yo fui hecho maravillosamente. Entiendo que es debido al pecado que a veces nuestros sistemas no funcionan como Tú los diseñaste. De acuerdo a Tu voluntad, dame sanidad en esos casos, pero siempre permite que esté consciente de Tu amor y presencia en mi vida. Amén.Ref: Shodell, Michael. “The prostaglandin connection.” Science 83. Imagen: Prostaglandin F2alpha 3D, Иван, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Mateo 6:30“Y si a la hierba del campo, que hoy es y mañana se quema en el horno, Dios la viste así, ¿no hará mucho más por vosotros, hombres de poca fe?”Muy recientemente los botánicos han empezado a apreciar la planta Arisaema triphyllum (popularmente conocida como jack en el púlpito). Esta común planta floreciente vive entre 15 y 20 años, se encuentra al este de Norte América.Las jack en el púlpito de tamaño mediano generalmente tienen sólo una hoja y son machos. La labor principal del jack en el púlpito es producir polen para fertilizar las plantas hembras. La hembra jack en el púlpito es más grande y por lo general tiene dos hojas junto a sus flores, que, cuando es fertilizada, produce semillas. Las plantas más pequeñas no tienen del todo flores y son neutras hasta que crecen un poco más.Los botánicos han conocido por mucho tiempo que el jack en el púlpito cambia de sexo. Una planta macho que produce polen este año puede ser una planta hembra que produce semillas el próximo año. Ahora los botánicos están descubriendo que los jack en el púlpito pueden cambiar de sexo bastante a menudo, y están aprendiendo el por qué. Requiere mucha más energía para que la hembra jack en el púlpito produzca semillas de lo que necesita el macho para producir polen, especialmente ya que las semillas del jack en el púlpito son inusualmente grandes. Si el clima está malo o una hembra jack en el púlpito utiliza demasiada de su energía para producir semillas, ella simplemente se retira de ser hembra y pasa el próximo año o dos viviendo la comparativamente vida fácil de un macho.El jack en el púlpito debe dar dolores de cabeza a los evolucionistas que no pueden explicar como un macho y una hembra pudieron evolucionar para empezar. Al mismo tiempo, esta interesante flor anualmente muestra como el Creador cuida de todo en Su creación. Aprenda más acerca de Su amor muy especial por usted en las páginas de la Biblia.Oración: Amado Señor Cristo Jesús, no hay ningún fin al amor de Dios. Te agradezco por Tu obra salvadora en la cruz y Tu resurrección para mi salvación. No permitas que el temor cause que me aleje de mi fe en Tu amor diario y personal. Amén.Ref: Batten, Mary. “Sex in the pulpit.” Science 83. Imagen: Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit), Jasper Shide, CC0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Den 26 april 1937 inleddes bombningen av den baskiska staden Guernica. Under några timmar föll en sammanlagd bomblast på omkring 22 ton över staden. Anfallet var beordrat från nationalistsidans högsta ledning och genomfördes med stöd av tyska Condorlegionen och italienskt flyg.För nationalisterna var bombningen en del av offensiven i Baskien, men den framstår också som ett slags brutal testbädd: här användes bland annat Junkers Ju 52 (tillsammans med andra flygplanstyper) i en planerad rädföljd som gav erfarenheter av bombkrigföring som senare skulle få eko i andra världskriget.I detta avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden försöker Martin Hårdstedt och Peter Bennesved förstå varför Guernica bombades – och vad anfallet skulle uppnå. Resultatet blev katastrofalt. Dödssiffran är fortfarande omstridd: uppskattningarna varierar kraftigt, från omkring 150 till över 1 600 döda, och siffrorna har använts i både propaganda och senare omvärderingar.Att osäkerheten kunnat leva kvar hänger också ihop med vad som följde. Bombningen fick omedelbar internationell uppmärksamhet, men i Francos Spanien kom händelsen att förnekas, förvanskas och tystas ned. Nationalisterna tog kontroll över staden bara några dagar senare, den 29 april 1937.Bombningen av Guernica kan ses ur flera perspektiv. Först och främst handlar det om det spanska inbördeskriget och slutstriden om Baskien våren 1937. Anfallet hade knappast varit möjligt utan det flygunderstöd som nationalisterna fick av Tyskland och Italien. Samtidigt stod västmakterna passiva, medan Sovjetunionen stödde republiksidan.En annan dimension är den baskiska nationella identiteten. Guernica var en historisk samlingsplats och ett kulturellt hjärta – en symbol för baskiska friheter. Att slå mot staden var därför också att försöka slå mot själva idén om en baskisk nation. Det visste Franco mycket väl.Bild: Ruinerna i Gernika (Guernica) efter bombningen den 26 april 1937 under spanska inbördeskriget, dokumenterade av tyska Bundesarchiv. Bilden ger kontext till den internationella debatten om luftkrigets civila offer och till Picassos senare antikrigsverk. Foto: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H25224 / okänd upphovsperson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The familiar little insect known as the water boatman is a marvel of engineering design. About an inch long, it swims on its back on the surface of the pond using two of its legs that are extra long and have little paddles on the end, just like the oars of a boat. Anyone who has tried swimming on his back knows how difficult it is to see where he is going, but not the water boatman. His eyes are especially placed for perfect sight while swimming on his back.As I mentioned, the boatman is an insect so of course does not have gills like a fish, yet he spends a lot of time underwater. How does he do this? Well, his Creator gave him the ability to breathe through his tail that he sticks out of the water, just like a snorkel tube. There are tiny hairs that keep the water out of this tube while he draws fresh air in to refill his air tanks for another dive. Those tiny hairs also tell the boatman whether a nearby movement in the water is something that would threaten him or something that might be good for lunch.Surely, the specialized features of this little insect could not have gradually developed by trial and error but are evidences of superb design and a master Designer.Romans 1:20"For from the creation of the world the invisible things of Him are clearly seen, being understood through the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse."Prayer: Dear Lord, even though the creation has been scarred and damaged by sin, its beauty and wonder is still marvelous to behold. For this, I thank You as I look forward to seeing the New Creation. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: Bob Devine, Uncle Bob's Animal Stories, (Moody Press, Chicago, IL). Image: Notonecta glauca (water-boatman) Germany, Regani, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Éxodo 17:14“Entonces Jehová dijo a Moisés:--Escribe esto para que sea recordado en un libro, y di a Josué que borraré del todo la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo”.Los científicos evolucionistas han quedado sorprendidos por el descubrimiento que los más antiguos artefactos dejados por los humanos indican habilidades de lenguaje escrito y matemático. Los creacionistas, por otro lado, están tan complacidos como pueden estarlo por estos hallazgos, ya que predijeron que sería posible hallar que los humanos han tenido lenguaje a través de su historia en la Tierra. Después de todo, fueron creados por la palabra de Dios – que luego tomó sobre Sí carne humana – y antes de la Caída alejándonos de Dios hacia el pecado, los humanos podían hablar directamente con Dios.Aunque no aceptamos los años evolucionistas inflados, los evolucionistas ahora dicen que el lenguaje humano escrito va hacia atrás por lo menos 30.000 años. ¡No hace mucho dijeron que la escritura ni siquiera se había inventado en el tiempo de Moisés!Cuando el arqueólogo Alexander Marshak determinó que un tallado antiguo era un calendario, los científicos demostraron sumo interés. Este descubrimiento significaba no sólo que los antiguos humanos tenían un sentido del tiempo, sino que también tenían un lenguaje escrito y el deseo y la habilidad de hacer matemáticas. Sin importar cuan atrás uno pueda encontrar evidencia de la humanidad, el lenguaje ya estaba establecido.Los humanos siempre han sido humanos. Si nuestras acciones son menos que humanas, es porque el pecado se ha tomado control. Pero hay un rescate del pecado en Cristo Jesús. Si usted no lo conoce, o si su vida parece ser menos que humana, eche un vistazo a la Biblia y vea lo que Él tiene para ofrecerle.Oración: Amado Padre celestial, debido al pecado el hombre busca escaparse de Ti. Está tan dispuesto a escaparse de Ti que preferiría verse como un hijo de monos que como un hijo de Dios. Ayúdame a dar testimonio de Tu amor por nosotros en Cristo para que aquellos a mí alrededor deseen Tu amor más que su alejamiento. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: “Ice age artists open doors on early man.” Science Digest. Imagen: Osso di Ishango, Matematicamente.it, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Genes carry the biological information to make specific living things. Evolution says that simpler living things evolved first and more complex life evolved later. This would lead us to believe that more complex living things would have developed more genes. The creation approach suggests that each creature was designed with the genetic material necessary for its survival in its intended environment. As a result, the genetic complexity of living things would be related to the way it lives, not to its place in a supposed evolutionary hierarchy.Evolutionary scientists today are puzzled with the publication of the completed genome of the common fruit fly. The fruit fly has a nervous system, complex body plan and even an immune system and is the first animal to have its genome mapped. The puzzle arises with the discovery that the fruit fly has between 13,000 and 14,000 genes. The lowly roundworm, said by evolution to be among the first land creatures, should be genetically simple, yet it has over 18,000 genes. The genetic differences between the worm and the fly speak of design. The sightless worm relies on smell to make its living, so it has about 1,000 genes involved in its olfactory system. The sighted fly relies much less on smell and has less than 100 genes for detecting scents.This simply illustrates that truly scientific findings will never contradict the Bible by supporting evolution.Psalm 119:73"Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments."Prayer: Dear Father, help me to keep my nervous system healthy through wholesome stimulation and thoughts so that it can always be a source of my thanksgiving to You in all things. In Jesus Name. Amen.Ref: Science News, pp. 382 383, "Fly Genome Creates a Buzz." Image: APHIS-Moore Air Base, Protection and Quarantine Science and Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, USDAgov, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Episode 519 debuts on Wednesday, June 24, at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time). Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Radio Network programming schedule. Our topic is Truth Itself Is an Oasis of Sanity. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. Josef Pieper's Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power: A Modern Illustration — by Br. Lawrence Mary M.I.C.M., Tert., at catholicism.org Terror Glossary of Soviet Hate Speech — at communistcrimes.org Siwa Oasis, Aftans Lake (Egypt). Photo credit: Maaly Saeed, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Reconquest is a militant, engaging, and informative Catholic radio program featuring interviews with interesting guests as well as commentary by your host. It is a radio-journalistic extension of the Crusade of Saint Benedict Center.

In our year-long look back at the Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympics, we head to the cross-country skiing stadium (built with filming in mind) where we're in the early years of the Hakulinen-Jernberg Era. Finland's Veikko Hakulinen and Sweden's Sixten Jergberg were the dominant forces in cross-country skiing, and their performances at Cortina 1956 were no exception! However, the Soviet Union wanted to make a statement during its first appearance at a Winter Olympics, and its athletes found the podium time and time again, ending a Scandinavian hold on the sport in both the men's and women's competitions. Find out who won, who lost, what the press said about the female competitors (it's not pretty, unlike their lipstick), and who was blinded by the light. Plus, we have a report from the snack table!   For a transcript and complete list of sources used in this episode, visit: https://flamealivepod.com.   Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!     Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons via Picryl   Keep the Flame Alive: Games History Moment with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown is released monthly. In 2026, these episodes explore the 7th Winter Olympic Games at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy in 1956.  Look for our regular episodes every week, with daily editions during the Olympics and Paralympics. Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod Merch: https://flamealivepod.dashery.com   Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod X: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at https://mailchi.mp/ee507102fbf7/flamealivepod VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348              

Under de senaste åren har antalet totalitära stater ökat kontinuerligt. I stora delar av världen är folk skeptiska mot demokrati och föredrar att lyda under starka ledare, även om det sker till priset av personlig frihet och internationell fred. Kort sagt, det våras för diktatorerna.Diktaturer är inget nytt, men basen för, och logiken bakom, envåldshärskarnas maktinnehav har förändrats betydligt under seklernas gång. I det republikanska Rom var ”diktator” en titel som bara fick innehas i som mest ett halvår, när staden befann sig i djupast möjliga kriser – och ju snabbare diktatorn lämnade ifrån sig ämbetet, desto större ära fick han. Några sekler senare utvecklade emellertid de romerska kejsarna allt större ambitioner – de länkade sitt ämbete till himlen, framställde sig som gudomliga viceregenter och krävde all makt på livstid. På medeltiden, 1500-talet och 1600-talet övertog många europeiska kungar dessa pretentioner, men därtill kom nya idéer: tänkare som Thomas Hobbes och 1700-talets ”upplysta despoter” menade att diktatorn härskade i kraft av sitt överlägsna förnuft, att envälde var bästa möjliga statsskick. I nästa fas, på 1800-talet och 1900-talet, tillkom ännu en aspekt: idén att makt är rätt, att makten i sig legitimerar diktatorn. Resultatet av denna utveckling har varit fruktansvärd, något alla med ett minimum av kunskap om det senaste århundradets tragiska historia kan intyga.I detta avsnitt av podden Harrisons dramatiska historia samtalar Dick Harrison, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, och fackboksförfattaren Katarina Harrison Lindbergh om diktatorer och diktaturer från antiken till nutiden. Bildtext: Italiens respektive Tysklands diktatorer, Benito Mussolini och Adolf Hitler, vid Mussolinis ankomst till München den 28 september 1938, på tröskeln till Münchenöverenskommelsen som styckade Tjeckoslovakien och blev en vändpunkt i Europas väg mot krig. Foto: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1969-065-24, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1836, well-known English astronomer Sir John Herschel wrote a series of articles for the New York Sun reporting his discovery of life on the moon. He reported seeing buffalo, goats, cranes, and other animals. The Sun finally admitted that the whole thing had been a prank, and most of the public was amused.There is as much evidence for life on the moon or other planets today as there was in 1836. Moreover, as we explore the other planets of the solar system, the evidence grows that there is little hope that other life will be found in space. At a conference on extra-terrestrial life well-known astronomer, Dr. Robert Jastrow, remarked that the question was “essentially a religious controversy.”That the question of life in space is religious is an important insight in two ways: Recent advances in biochemistry have abundantly demonstrated that life could not have begun spontaneously from non-life on planet Earth. Evolutionists are putting their faith in the discovery of evidence that life began on some other planet. There is the further hope that with such a discovery this will be the final nail in the coffin of Christianity and proof of their own religion of evolution. What space exploration has taught so far confirms what the Bible implies, that planet Earth is a very special place specifically designed for life.Romans 8:22-23"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."Prayer: Dear Father, I thank You for making all the Earth so beautiful that even after the destruction by sin, the beauty around us naturally makes us think of You. Help me to add my words to that witness. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: “Old Crow Bones and Radiocarbon Dating,” Creation Ex Nihilo. Image: The Inhabitants of the Moon, 1836, PD, Wikimedia Commons, changes made. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Many creation supporters are Christians that are also interested in ancient history and like to read about the latest archaeological discoveries. However, they are concerned when, say, some very ancient remains are carbon-14 dated at forty or even fifty thousand years old. According to the Bible, the Creation itself is no more than 10,000 years old, so how does the Bible-believing Christian handle this kind of information? To assure ourselves, we need to lift the cloak of secrecy about carbon-14 dating.Willard Libby developed the carbon-14 dating method in 1947. This was considered such a major breakthrough that he received the Nobel Prize a few years later. However, like every other method of measurement, the method itself had to be calibrated against things of historically dated and known age. Libby used wooden coffin lids and for the earliest dates was obliged to use historically dated material from Egypt. Libby reported in a footnote that the Egyptologist had confessed that Egyptian dating is “perhaps five centuries too old at five thousand years.” This one little foot-note reveals that if Egyptian dates were honestly brought forward by five hundred years, they would confirm the biblical Exodus. Secondly, any ages greater than about 5,000 years are beyond the range of historical calibration. The bottom line is that the carbon-14 method does have several serious and recognized problems beyond about 2,000 years.1 Corinthians 3:18“Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You that You are patient with us, especially when we read of discoveries and begin to doubt Your Word. Continue to teach me and give me understanding. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Image: Willard Frank Libby in Lab, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

När Danmark 1675–1676 försökte ta tillbaka landskapen Skåne, Halland och Blekinge blev det snabbt ett krig som utkämpades både på stigar, gårdsplaner och i skogsbryn mellan skånska friskyttar och svenska trupper som i stora fältslag mellan reguljära danska och svenska trupper.Snapphanarna, eller friskyttarna, bedrev en effektiv gerillakrigföring under skånska kriget med bakhåll, sabotage och stöld av den svenska krigskassan. Men utan kvinnorna hade det varit svårt att hålla igång det skånska motståndet. Gårdarna måste skötas och hemliga budskap transporteras. Och kvinnor kom att författa många protestskrivelser.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu Premium samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med historikern Jojan Vadenbring, som skrivit ett stort antal vetenskapliga artiklar om Snapphanarna. Detta är början på ett Historia Nu Premium-avsnitt. Vill du lyssna på hela avsnittet blir du medlem på www.historia.nu/premium. Det kostar 75 kr/mån och då får du två extra avsnitt samt alla vanliga avsnitt reklamfria.Genom freden i Roskilde 1658 blev Skåne, Halland och Blekinge svenska. Danmark tvingades avträda en tredjedel av sitt territorium till den svenska stormakten.För många skånska bönder handlade konflikten mindre om stormaktspolitik och mer om vardagens villkor: skatter, inkvarteringar och övergrepp från soldater som såg bygden som fientlig. När danskarna landsteg 1676 öppnades en möjlighet att återvända till ”den gamla ordningen” – och det gav näring åt ett motstånd som kunde slå till och försvinna.”Snapphane” var i grunden ett svenskt skällsord, använt för att göra motståndet kriminellt och opolitiskt: rövare snarare än kombattanter. Samtidigt fanns mer organiserade förband – friskyttar – som stod på dansk sida och kunde vara formellt knutna till Danmarks krigföring, medan andra grupper bestod av lokala bondeuppbåd eller rena stråtrövare som levde på plundring.Den distinktionen spelar roll när vi ska förstå kvinnornas insats. Kvinnor var sällan formellt inskrivna som soldater – men de var ofta helt avgörande för att gerillakriget skulle fungera i praktiken.Gerillakrig i skog kräver mat, kläder, krut och gömställen. Friskyttarna kunde inte bära allt själva. Kvinnor drev gårdar vidare under extrem press, gömde proviant och såg till att män som levde ”på skogen” kunde komma tillbaka, få mat och utrustning och sedan försvinna igen.Ett konkret exempel finns i material kring ”Sven i Boarp”, där hans hustru enligt domboksuppgifter under en månads tid mältade, gjorde ost och smör och höll gårdens produktion igång – samtidigt som hon bidrog till att förse männen med livsmedel. Det är vardagsarbete som samtidigt blir krigföring: den som kontrollerar maten kontrollerar möjligheten att slå till.I andra fall tycks kvinnor ha agerat som spårare, budbärare och lokala ”nätverk”. Och i den svenska föreställningsvärlden kunde kvinnors rörlighet och kontaktytor vändas mot dem: de kunde misstänkliggöras som spioner – eller till och med som ”spionhäxor”, ett begrepp som lyfts i modern historieskildring om perioden.Kriget skapade en pappersflod. Kvinnor skrev – eller lät skriva – suppliker och brev till myndigheter: om skattelättnader när män dött eller dragit i fält, om nåd för fängslade anhöriga eller om tillstånd att driva verksamhet vidare. Här framträder kvinnor som administrativa aktörer i krigets skuggsamhälle, där familjens överlevnad kunde avgöras av rätt formulering och rätt mottagare.Bild: Snapphanen Svend Poulsen Gønge (t.h.), känd som Göingehövdingen, lockar den svenske översten Sparre i ett bakhåll genom att uppträda förklädd till svensk. Illustration ur Carit Etlars roman Gjøngehøvdingen, 1903. Illustration: Poul Steffensen (1866–1923). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. FärglagdMusik: Hybrid March av Boris Skalsky, Storyblock AudioKlippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just how good are those Radiocarbon dates? When reporting an exciting archaeological discovery, popular science magazines tell the reader, for example, that some man-made artifact is 40,000 years old. A few years ago it was common to find tolerance figures such as plus or minus 1500 years attached to these ages. These tolerance figures effectively leave an impression of objective precision in the mind of the reader. Those tolerance figures are seldom used today.The Radiocarbon method was developed in 1948 and at that time was believed to be the ultimate answer to the archaeologists dating problems. The method has not lived up to its promise and today it is distrusted by the scientific community unless backed up by a second dating method. To give one example, when scientists Carbon-dated a mammoth bone hide-scraper discovered in the Yukon it was evident that man and mammoth lived at the same time but it Carbon-dated at 25 to 32 thousand years old. However, this put man on the North American Continent about twenty thousand years before humans were supposed to have arrived here! Eventually, a second test method using a nuclear accelerator was used and this dated the same piece of bone at only two thousand years!This example is common and Bible-believing Christians should not be concerned that Carbon dated ages will in any way disprove the Bible.Exodus 20:11"For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, You are the Word through Whom we were created made flesh for our salvation. You are the beating heart of Scriptural truth. Help us to see that, for Your sake, all of Scripture is trustworthy.Ref: “Old Crow Bones and Radiocarbon Dating,” Creation Ex Nihilo. Image: Jacques Cinq-Mars at Blue Caves dig, Yukon, Ruth M. Gotthardt, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Josué 24:15“Si mal os parece servir a Jehová, escogeos hoy a quién sirváis; si a los dioses a quienes sirvieron vuestros padres cuando estuvieron al otro lado del río, o a los dioses de los amorreos en cuya tierra habitáis; pero yo y mi casa serviremos a Jehová”.En nuestro mundo que rápidamente se va modernizando, los ingenieros se mantienen ocupados resolviendo problemas. Tome por ejemplo, todos los varios tipos de transporte. Hay millones de problemas en sólo ésta área que mantienen a los ingenieros ocupados buscando mejores soluciones.Los trenes de mercancía llevan enormes cargas en inmensos vagones de mercancías, cada uno es capaz de llevar el peso del hogar en general y todo lo que está dentro, más un automóvil. Sin embargo los ejes deben poder girar fácilmente debajo del vagón mientras el tren se mueve por rieles que giran bruscamente a la izquierda y a la derecha. Considere el problema de poner 100 toneladas o más sobre un giro sin dificultar el libre movimiento del giro. Ingenieros en Petróleos Shell finalmente diseñaron un disco que se pone debajo del cuerpo del carro para lubricar los ejes para los giros. Cada vez que el disco es apretado por el peso de la carga o por demasiada fricción en el giro, automáticamente sale lubricación del disco.Es este mismo sistema ingenioso que lubrica ciertas articulaciones en su cuerpo. Cuando se necesita lubricación adicional en una articulación, pequeños discos liberan lubricante a la articulación. Estos discos se llaman bursas. Y si alguna vez ha tenido bursitis, usted sabe lo que sucede cuando los discos no están funcionando apropiadamente.No es ciencia sino fe en la evolución que lleva a las personas a creen que este sistema bien diseñado pudo ser el resultado de mutaciones accidentales.Oración: Te agradezco, amado Señor, que Tu has diseñado mi cuerpo de una manera tan maravillosa. Ayúdame a tener buen cuidado de él y dame una buena salud y fortaleza para utilizarlas para Ti. Amén.Imagen: Prepatellar bursa, Mikael Häggström, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 69. Just the science, none of the chit-chat.  Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.   Episode Summary This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we are honored to host a 3 expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa, all about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish (Ceratioidei) or deep-sea anglerfish.  Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode… Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!    This month Alan has been working on getting a Nova Canton Trough organism menu prepared while Thom has been appearing on and hosting numerous podcast episodes while planning a workshop, fostering kittens and taking a good look at the newest snailfish.    For our interview we are honored to host a three expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa get together  about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish or deep-sea anglerfish.    Listen-in to back-stage fish curator chat all about the wide variety of Anglerfish shapes and sizes, lures and lights, feeding preferences, reproduction habits, feminist archetypes, game show personalities, and a memorable experience of "pass the football fish". Including Vantablack, pharyngeal teeth, Dreamers, Wonderfish, sideways anuses, love bites, and an epic battle resulting in both combatants being “locked together in death”, this episode will scratch your Anglerfish itch in the most satisfying way.    We also hear from friend of the show Kat Bolstad with her professional opinion on the recently released giant cretaceous octopus paper, and Kat gives a lovely reading from Prema Arasu's new book of poetry titled Vampire Squid.    In the news, get ready for updates on: The largest sponge ever found A thousand year coral crisis Mystery of the golden orb revealed Which fish is diving into the exit end of a manta-ray   Who is eating the English coast octopus bloom  And real life Goblins Discord update Silk glands Behind the scenes fish curator photos Fossil hunts and Trawling adventures Alvin Submersible internship Wellington Board Game Festival in-person interview Merch from our friends, terrible Ai photos, new tattoos and more!    Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. 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We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Lain Null, Семен Приймаченко, Prof.Bob-o-lo-po-lis, Jamie Morgan, Brent S, Ayla   Check out our podcast merch here!   Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We'd love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we'll deep-see you next time!   Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley    Instagram:  Thom - @thom.linley  Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions   BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com  Alan @hadalbloke   Credits Image credit:   References Appearances and Collaborations Reef Chats: Ocean Art & Science Conversations | Moku Art Studio Atacama Trench Snailfishes VS Abyssal Plains Assfishes! On Fish of the Week Podcast with Dr. Thom Linley Guest Speaker Links Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans | Science Vampire Squid - Fremantle Press Deep-Sea News Lost millennium of Galápagos deep-sea corals linked to major Pacific climate shift A millennium of cold-water coral habitat loss in the East Pacific during low ENSO variability in the mid- to late Holocene | PNAS Record-Breaking Deep-Sea ‘Ocean Monster' the Size of a Car Stuns Scientists off Hawaii (Video) Drapery and the secret history of painting Scientists reveal identity of mysterious ‘golden orb' collected during NOAA expedition | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Mitogenomics suggests a sister relationship of Relicanthus daphneae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: incerti ordinis) with Actiniaria | Scientific Reports Mystery Marine Organism Classified as Sea Anemone | AMNH Hiding in Plain Sight: Evidence of Echeneidae Cloacal and Gill Diving Behavior in Manta Ray Hosts - Yeager - 2026 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays' ‘butthole,' new study reveals | Scientific American Octopus influx keeping deep sea dolphins inshore for longer Future rare octopus blooms 'likely' in UK seas First in situ observations of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni - Judah - Journal of Fish Biology - Wiley Online Library   Discord Updates https://mateblog.unols.org/author/kencsukas/ Inside the Sub That Reached Earth's Deepest Point | Bathyscaphe Trieste Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop! 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Proverbios 28:1“Huye el malvado sin que nadie lo persiga, pero el justo está confiado como un león”.¿Realmente creen los evolucionistas que la vida siempre se hace más compleja y sofisticada? ¿Alguna vez la evolución va hacia atrás?En 1893, un hombre llamado Dollo propuso una ley que se ha convertido en una piedra angular para la creencia de la evolución. La ley de Dollo dice que la evolución siempre va para arriba hacia más especialización. Nunca va hacia atrás. Esto significa que mientras más arriba vamos en la escalera evolucionista del desarrollo, más desarrollo deberíamos ver en por lo menos uno, si no más, partes de una criatura. Por otro lado, el creacionismo dice que el Creador hizo cada tipo de animal distinto por diferentes razones. Debido a esto, los llamados animales inferiores podrían tener células más desarrolladas u órganos que los llamados animales superiores.Ahora probemos estas dos afirmaciones contradictorias y veamos cual de ellas encaja lo que encontramos en el mundo real. ¿Cuál punto de vista tiene apoyo de estudios comparando tejidos musculares del cangrejo de herradura, una criatura muy antigua de acuerdo a la evolución, con un conejo, una criatura relativamente más reciente? Los estudios muestran que la estructura de proteína de los músculos del cangrejo de herradura es más complejo que las del conejo, o en muchos casos, inclusive de los humanos.Estos hechos deben ayudar a los cristianos a sentirse un poco menos intimidados por los evolucionistas que afirman que la evolución es un hecho de la ciencia. Una de las leyes más básicas de la evolución no llega a sostenerse en las pruebas.Oración: Amado Padre, Te confieso que muy fácilmente me intimido por los valores humanos como grados educativos. Perdóname en nombre de Cristo Jesús y lo que Él ha hecho por mí, y fortaléceme con la valentía de la fe para dar un claro testimonio de Tu verdad. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Imagen: Dollo's law of irreversibility, Ian Alexander, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Altruism - helping one another – is a real puzzle to those who explain the world of living things in terms of materialistic evolution. Evolution is supposed to work on the selfish survival-of-the-fittest principle so there should be no reason for any creature, including man, to develop a helping attitude. In fact, there is no way to explain how the genetic code could possibly develop and pass on a trait such as altruism.Researchers have studied a bird called the white-fronted African bee-eater. Members of this species help each other, sometimes even at the sacrifice of their own life. For example, one bird will face a spitting cobra to defend another and scientists have been puzzled to know how this altruistic trait can possibly be passed on when it often results in death. Another common altruistic habit of the ‘African bee-eater is that one female will put off starting her own family to help another bee-eater raise her young. Some argue that such behaviour is limited to birds that are related. But they admit that even adopted orphaned bee-eaters will help their adopted parents in this way.While it is often denied, the theory of evolution has yet to adequately explain altruism. Altruism is a demonstration of that commandment given by our Creator to “love our neighbour.”Luke 10:33-34"But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was. And when he saw him he had compassion on him, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him."Prayer: Dear God, I ask that You would help me so that I would not adopt the selfish and cold behavior of so many in today's world. Let my life be an example that draws others to You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: Kathy A. Fackelmann, “Avian Altruism,” Science News, Vol.135. Image: White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides), Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Vi anar aningslösa AI-bilder, talar om tempus, kollar tillbaks på kalabalik, bläddrar bilder och hänvisar vidare. Shownotes Aktuellt från svenska Wikipedia AI-illustration till Flogdrake Tidlöshet/Nutidsfras Wikimediarörelsen internationellt Uppföljning av community tech team kalabaliken Bildkarusell i beta på mobilwebb Veckans mall Magnus: Hänvisning Wikifikor, meetups och träffar i närtid Fredag-Söndag: Wikidata WikiProject Days Tisdag: Global GLAM call Onsdag: Wikimedia Europe and Friends Håll koll på Special:AllEvents Nästa program Kommer inför Wikimania Erkännanden Bild: Afifa Afrin, CC BY-SA 3.0 Musiken och ljudklippen är från Surf Shimmy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0, samt Wikimedia Sound Logo Finalist VQ97, Thaddeus Osborne, CC BY-SA 4.0, och ljudet från Wikidata’s 10th birthday video intro animation, Lea Lacroix (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0. Avsnittet hittas också på Wikimedia Commons. Diskutera avsnittet på projektsidans diskussion.

Salmos 14:1“Dice el necio en su corazón: ‘No hay Dios'. Se han corrompido, hacen obras despreciables, no hay quien haga lo bueno”.¿Alguna vez ha notado que muchos que creen en la evolución describen a los antiguos humanos tan primitivos que tenían que vivir en cuevas mientras que muchos tipos de animales construían refugios mucho más sofisticados? Este tipo de pensamiento inconsistente está fundamentado en la asunción evolucionista de que la inteligencia, como todo lo demás, ha evolucionado. Las criaturas que evolucionaron hace más años atrás deben ser menos inteligentes.Fue debido a este punto evolucionista no científico que el científico que primero descubrió los murciélagos de Sur América que construyen y viven en carpas se rehusaba a creer que los murciélagos eran normales. El murciélago que “construye carpas”, como se lo llama, cuidadosamente corta venas de las hojas de palma y dobla las hojas para crear una carpa protectora. Cada corte es hecho como si el murciélago estuviera siguiendo un diseño, y la carpa que resulta completamente esconde al murciélago dentro de lo que parece ser nada más que una hoja doblada.Ahora sabemos que catorce especies de murciélagos del Nuevo Mundo, así como dos especies del Viejo Mundo, construyen carpas. Los científicos también han aprendido que las varias especies de murciélagos que construyen carpas tienen costumbres sociales complejas que determinan el diseño de la carpa y como se permite que muchos individuos vivan en una carpa.Los murciélagos que construyen carpas ofrecen un ejemplo más de cómo el mundo viviente se levanta mucho más arriba de las expectativas de aquellos que creen en la evolución. Las limitaciones de las explicaciones humanas nos deben recordar que nuestro enfoque debe estar en las cosas de Dios si verdaderamente queremos aprender lo que necesitamos saber en el mundo.Oración: Amado Señor, Tú has permitido que el hombre consiga muchos logros. Pero no permitas que Tu pueblo sea engañado a pensar que el hombre puede descubrir respuestas significativas acerca de su propia existencia. Incrementa la voz que Tu has enviado a recordarnos a mirar y estudiar Tu Palabra. Amén.Ref: Timm, Robert M., and Barbara L. Clauson. “A roof over their feet.” Natural History. Imagen: Common tent-making bats, Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Donald Trump continues to boast that he will bring about the fall of Cuba, and Marco Rubio continues to assert that Cuba poses a national security threat. On today's show, host Esty Dinur is in conversation with Marc Becker about the latest signs of US aggression toward Cuba.  Becker says that Trump is “turning the screws” on Cuba via more blockades on petroleum and more sanctions on select members of the Cuban government. This leads pundits to say that a US military attack on Cuba is inevitable, but Becker says the conclusion is not inevitable. On the ground, the US blockades are causing diesel fuel shortages leading to lack of sanitation services. There's also mass hunger and energy shortages and the infant mortality rate is rising. This is all adding up to a crisis point.  They also discuss tourism apartheid, humanitarian flotillas, and China's increasing influence in Cuba. Becker says that the crisis raises a fundamental question: how much of the revolutionary aspirations do Cubans give up for the revolution to survive? And if you've given up everything that the revolution promised, do you give up on it? Marc Becker is professor of history at Truman State University. He studies the Latin American left with a particular interest in race, class, and gender within popular movements in the South American Andes. Among other works, he is the author of Contemporary Latin American Revolutions (Rowman and Littlefield, 2022); The CIA in Ecuador (Duke University Press, 2020); The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Duke University Press, 2017); and Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements (Duke University Press, 2008. He has served on the executive committees and has been web editor of the Peace History Society (PHS) and Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-Pad). Becker is currently working on a project on Philip Agee and the CIA in Ecuador in the early 1960s. Featured image of a map of the 1962 US blockade of Cuba via Wikimedia Commons. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Crisis in Cuba Jeopardizes Revolutionary Aspirations appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

"I've always been captivated by the organic quality of atmospheres... so the meaning of FX soon became completely intertwined with it... and that's exactly what happened this time too..." Sermon in Dundas Square, Toronto reimagined by Lajkó András Bence/ACiDBENCI.IMAGE: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Dundas Square is a major intersection in downtown Toronto. It has a high population of buskers and other entertainment. This particular evening turned into a sermon. Recorded in Toronto by Scott Bennett.IMAGE: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

In Romans, Paul describes Abraham as "the father of us all." However, his purpose in telling this isn't to say, “Take a look at Abraham's amazing faith.”  He's telling us, “Take a look at God's amazing promise.”  He wants us to realize that you and I have a God who keeps every remarkable promise He has made – including our redemption from sin and eternal salvation in Christ. Episode Art courtesy of State Farm, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Göta älv var ett politiskt laddat område under medeltiden. Älvdalen var en smal korridor där kungar kunde vinna tullinkomster, städer kunde bli rika och borgar kunde stänga ett helt rike ute från havet. Mellan Hisingen, Lödöse och Kungahälla, möttes tre kungamakter som konkurrerade om kontroll över människor, varor och våldskapital.Den som kunde beskatta och befästa älven kunde också vrida om nyckeln till Vänerns inland – och i förlängningen till Nordens politiska framtid.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med arkeologen och historikern Tomas Andersson om Bohuslän som gränsland – och om hur västsvenska knutpunkter som Kungahälla och älvmynningen blev strategiska i kampen mellan riken.I sagovärlden kan Göta älv helt enkelt kallas Älven. Det säger något om självklarheten. Där vattenleden möter havet blir varje strand en politisk möjlighet – och ett hot. I perioder drogs området in i dansk intressesfär, i andra perioder stärkte norska kungar sin närvaro, samtidigt som svenska makthavare sökte en väg mot väster.Kristnandet under 900- och 1000-talen förstärkte spelet. Kungar behövde inte bara svärdsmakt utan också legitimitet – och kyrkans infrastruktur följde ofta samma huvudleder som handeln. Älven blev därför både transportled för varor och en motorväg för inflytande: biskopssäten, kungsgårdar och handelsplatser växte fram där flödet kunde kontrolleras.Kungahälla markerade norsk kungamakt. En kungligt grundad – eller kungligt gynnad – stad fungerade som en flagga i sten och trä: här finns ordning, här finns rätt, här finns en hamn som kan skyddas. Stadens prestige växte också av religiösa skäl. Berättelsen om reliken – en träbit ur Kristi kors – knyter samman politik, tro och status på ett sätt som i medeltiden var lika praktiskt som symboliskt.Lödöse blev i sin tur Sveriges västliga port. Det var ingen storstad, men en nyckel: tullar, hantverk och internationella kontakter samlades där älven var som mest användbar för inlandet. Och staden var inte bara en marknadsplats. Dominikanerna etablerade sig i Lödöse 1243, och deras tegelbyggande och nätverk visar hur en handelsplats också kunde bli ett centrum för idéer, utbildning och kyrklig organisering.Att Sverige behövde en väg till Västerhavet är lätt att förstå militärt. Men det blev också ett kyrkopolitiskt och ekonomiskt projekt. Lödöse kunde fungera som en ventil: om Danmark eller Norge ensamt dominerade mynningen riskerade handeln att strypas och kyrkliga kommunikationer att försvåras.Mot slutet av 1200-talet och in i 1300-talet skiftar dramat. Hotet kommer inte bara från grannriken, utan från dynastiernas egna sprickor. I Sverige exploderar konflikten mellan kung Birger och hans bröder, hertigarna Erik och Valdemar. Nyköpings gästabud 1317 – där bröderna fängslas och senare dör – blir en chock som raserar kungens legitimitet och öppnar för en ny maktordning.Ur krisen stiger Magnus Eriksson fram som kung i både Sverige och Norge (1319). Men i kulisserna finns en av periodens mest intressanta aktörer: hertiginnan Ingeborg, som under sonens minderårighet försöker driva storpolitik där slott, län och personliga nätverk blir maktens verkliga valuta.När konflikterna hårdnar blir det tydligt hur man faktiskt kontrollerar ett gränsland: genom borgar. Bohus fästning, grundlagd 1308 av den norske kungen Håkon V Magnusson, placerades vid en knutpunkt där militär kontroll, administration och symbolik smälte samman.Bild: En detaljbild av Carta Marina som visar Göta älv. Olaus Magnus Carta Marina (1539), ett träsnitt i storformat över Skandinavien och “Nordens underverk”, utgiven i Venedig med stöd av Hieronymo Quirino. Kartan färglades senare och speglar 1500-talets syn på Norden och tidigmodern kartografi. Olaus Magnus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Musik: Medieval World Video Game av Aparat Blue, Storyblock AudioKlippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How long does it take to make a fossil? Most people think that it takes a long time and that's partly because we have been repeatedly told that fossils are millions of years old.But experience - which is, after all, what science is all about -- shows that it is not unusual for things to become stone very quickly under the proper conditions. The process of fossilization, where minerals replace the original material, is illustrated very nicely by a miner's hat. A miner lost his hat in a mine in Australia, it was found 50 years later, completely turned to limestone. The hat is now in a mining museum in Tasmania. Even more dramatic is the bowler hat that was buried in a volcanic eruption in 1886 in New Zealand. When it was excavated - only 20 years later - it had been completely turned to stone. Just think for a moment, if these were not modern artifacts but say a fish, they might have been declared to be millions of years old!Many, if not most, fossils were produced during the great flood of Noah's time when plants and animals were quickly covered by sediment and water. They bear witness to God's judgment of sin. And those fossil hats put into question the idea that we are the product of millions of years of evolution!Luke 19:40"And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, it is true that even the rocks bear witness to You as the Creating Word. I pray that this may not be true because Your people do not bear witness to You today. Help me to be a better witness for You. Amen.REF.: John Mackay B.Sc., “Fossil Bolts and Fossil Hats,” Creation Ex Nihilo. Image: Knaresborough, Mother Shipton Trail- John Wayne's petrified hat in the museum by Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons, changes made. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Fela Kuti has been the subject of at least half a dozen documentaries, a Broadway play, a shelf of books, and at least one richly lauded podcast series.  It's hard to imagine a time when Fela would have been considered an obscure musician from a largely unknown continent.  But that was very much the case in the seventies when bassist Melvin Gibbs heard his music blasting out of a record store on Nostrand Avenue in his native Brooklyn.  The number of  Americans who had even heard of Fela, already a superstar in his homeland, Nigeria, was vanishingly small.   But a penny dropped.  This experience launched Melvin Gibbs on a musical and cultural journey.  He has spent half a century exploring the topic of his new book, “How Black Music Took Over the World." This Monday (4/27), Melvin Gibbs returns to the WKCR studios for a Deep Focus on Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, with host Mitch Goldman.  Will Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Fela in the WKCR archives?   Come on!  We all know the answer to that question.   Tune in this Monday 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/.  It will join over 400 promo-free episodes.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, sponsor-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: Fela Kuti on stage -  promotional photo 19 July 1986 - Source- Billboard Jul 19, 1986 p. N-3 - Distributed by Celluloid Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.     #WKCR #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #HarrietTubman #FelaKuti #FelaAnikulapoKuti #AfroBeat #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman #HowBlackMusicTookOverTheWorld

Rockland County legislator Beth Davidson, Tarrytown Village trustee Effie Phillips-Staley, lawyer, former television reporter and democracy advocate Mike Sacks and Cait Conley, army veteran, former director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council and senior executive at cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, discuss key issues as they campaign in the June primary election to be the Democratic nominee for Congress for New York's 17th congressional district. Photo: Views of West Haverstraw and Haverstraw in Rockland County, New York (Photo by Alexisrael via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Did you know that the phrase “according to its kind” appears ten times in the first chapter of Genesis? Not only is the fact that plants and animals reproduce according to their kind an important principle in the Bible, it is central to modern agriculture and husbandry. What's more, there is no evidence in the fossil record that any creature ever existed that was in the process of changing from one kind into another. While many different kinds of plants and animals have become extinct, modern forms are found in the most ancient rocks.This fact was highlighted for us again when scientists announced the discovery of a fossil bug that they said was 15 million years older than any insect ever found before. Of course, we know that those are highly inflated evolutionary years. But the discovery of the insect will lead evolutionists to revise their story of how insects evolved. And they are not just going to have to allow that bugs have been around for more of the Earth's history than they thought. The scientists also noted that the insect they found was remarkably like modern-day silverfish. In other words, insects were well established long before evolutionists ever thought they had evolved!This is just one more example of a scientific discovery clearly showing that every living thing reproduces after its own kind. Furthermore, those kinds have been the same since the beginning.Genesis 1:24"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You that You have given us Your sure Word, especially that I might know the truth of Jesus Christ which leads to salvation. In His Name. Amen.REF.: Star Tribune. Image: Lepidotrix drawing, Silvestri F, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Skeptics are forever trying to find errors in the Bible so that they can discredit it as God's Word. When a faithful Bible scholar discovers some puzzle in Scripture, he never assumes that he has found an error. He assumes that he doesn't have all the information necessary to resolve the question.As believers would expect, every so-called puzzle that has been resolved has been resolved in favor of the accuracy of the Bible. In each of these cases, those who said that they had discovered an error in the Bible were proven wrong.One of the more interesting puzzles that was finally solved concerned Luke's account of Christ's birth. Was Quirinius really governor of Syria when Christ was born in 4 B.C.? Scholars knew that he was governor in 6 A.D. But there was no evidence that he had governed Syria in 4 B.C. Some 19th-century scholars wrote that Luke must have made a mistake with the date of the census, since Quirinius wasn't governor when Christ was born. Then, in 1912, an inscription was discovered that was dated to around 10 B.C. It said that Quirinius was governor in Syria and Cilicia around that time. In other words, Quirinius ruled the area as governor at least twice, including when Christ was born.As God's Word, Scripture's accuracy can be trusted. Nothing has ever disproved the truth of anything in the Bible. The Bible can be trusted even when it talks about historical events. That's true even when the Bible talks about the history of the creation of the world.Luke 2:1-2"And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)”Prayer: I thank You, Lord, that Your Word has been preserved for us in the Bible. I thank You that Your Word is completely trustworthy. I thank You that Your certain Word assures me that You fully carried the burden of my sin on the cross so that I could be forgiven. Amen.REF.: Jackson, Wayne. "Calm confidence in the Scriptures." Reasoning from Revelation. Image: Meister der Kahriye-Cami-Kirche (Mary and Joseph register as part of the Census of Quirinius) Istanbul, Chora Church, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the Rent Guidelines Board's preliminary vote on rent regulations for about one million regulated apartments, and other housing news.Photo:  The Queensbridge public housing development in the neighborhood of Long Island City in Queens, New York, (NewYork 1956 at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Janai Nelson, president-director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks about the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Callais V. Louisiana, which they say gutted the Voting Rights Act. Plus, her reaction to the news that the Virginia Supreme Court overturned the voter-approved redistricting ballot measure that would have been a boon to Democrats.Photo: United States Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C., (Marielam1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)