Podcasts about William Manchester

What happens when you lock the door, put away the textbooks, and simply ask God to reveal His secrets? For George Washington Carver—whose discoveries revolutionized American agriculture—this seemingly simple approach produced hundreds of innovations that scientists with sophisticated laboratories couldn't match.This episode explores Carver's extraordinary spiritual journey and scientific legacy alongside Jesus's teachings in Matthew 6 about seeking God in secret. Though offered enormous salaries by Thomas Edison and others, Carver refused, choosing instead to continue his divinely-inspired work at Tuskegee Institute. When asked by a Senate committee how he made his discoveries, he famously replied that while the Bible didn't mention peanuts, "it tells about the God who made the peanut. And I asked Him to show me what to do with the peanut, and He did."But this powerful testimony challenges our modern priorities. How many of us make time for Netflix, social media, and entertainment while struggling to carve out moments for prayer or Scripture? Like a nation that wants God's blessings while keeping Him at arm's length, we've become spiritual fair-weather friends—seeking divine intervention when needed but embarrassed to acknowledge Him publicly.Through Carver's remarkable example and Christ's timeless teachings, we're confronted with a profound question: What might happen in our lives, families, and nation if we truly followed Proverbs 3:5-6—"In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths"? The answer might just transform everything.Want to experience more spiritual insights that bridge faith and American identity? Subscribe to the American Soul Podcast and join our community dedicated to drawing closer to God both as individuals and as a nation.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

The spiritual foundations of America stand at a crossroads. In this deeply reflective episode, Jesse Cope tackles the challenging question of what truly lies at the heart of American liberty—and whether we can preserve it without returning to our Christian roots.Jesse begins with a soul-searching examination of personal priorities. "Have you made time for God today?" he asks, before extending this question to our relationships: "If you're married, do you act like it? Does your spouse know it?" These probing questions set the tone for an episode that consistently challenges listeners to align their professed beliefs with their daily actions.Drawing from William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill, Jesse explores how propaganda tactics have been employed throughout history to manipulate public perception. He draws unsettling parallels between Nazi Germany's misinformation campaigns and modern cultural battles over education, gender ideology, and parental rights. These historical lessons serve as a warning about what happens when societies drift from their moral anchors.The heart of the episode centers on George Washington's prayer journal—a powerful historical document that reveals America's first president as a man deeply committed to Christian faith and principles. Washington's humble prayers, seeking divine guidance in both personal conduct and national leadership, directly challenge contemporary narratives that suggest America's founders intended to create a secular nation. "There's no way they looked for this kind of guidance from God and Jesus Christ and then wanted to create a country where God had no role," Jesse observes.Through an examination of Matthew 4, Jesse confronts the many forms of modern idolatry that compete for our allegiance—from careers and entertainment to social media and materialism. His candid self-reflection creates space for listeners to honestly assess their own spiritual priorities.Ready to reconnect with America's spiritual heritage? Listen now and discover how the prayers of Washington might still guide our nation through today's challenges. Then share this episode with someone struggling to see the connection between faith and liberty in our increasingly divided culture.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

What do our priorities reveal about our faith? Jesse Cope tackles this challenging question by examining how we spend our evening downtime and what we choose to pursue each day. Drawing from a powerful quote by Jordan Peterson — "If you say yes to something, you pursue it" — Jesse challenges listeners to consider what they're saying "yes" and "no" to in their daily lives.The podcast takes a fascinating historical turn by exploring what Jesse calls the "Maginot mind" of pre-WWII France. Through excerpts from Manchester's biography of Churchill, he draws striking parallels between France's reluctance to confront Nazi Germany and America's current approach to defending Christian principles against ideological attacks. While the French had the excuse of extreme war fatigue, Americans today are simply "playing not to lose" rather than "playing to win" when it comes to preserving our foundational values.At the heart of the episode is a moving exploration of George Washington's personal prayer journal. These intimate prayers reveal a founding father deeply committed to Christian faith, who sought God's guidance not just for himself but for his family, friends, and country. Jesse powerfully challenges the modern narrative that America's founders intended to create a secular government: "Why would he want God to be the God of his country and then not want God involved in the country at all?"Through readings from Matthew Chapter 1 and practical advice for breaking screen addiction, Jesse weaves together spiritual wisdom, historical perspective, and practical application. He reminds listeners that our priorities should follow a clear order — God, spouse, family, country — and that what we leave behind matters. Washington's prayer journal serves as a powerful reminder that our legacy isn't just what we achieve, but how faithfully we pursue what truly matters.Whether you're struggling with digital distraction, wondering about America's spiritual heritage, or simply seeking to realign your priorities, this episode offers both challenging questions and encouraging guidance for the journey back to faith.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

Every choice we make moves us either toward God or away from Him—there is no neutral ground. In this thought-provoking episode, we explore the dangerous illusion of moral neutrality in our personal lives, marriages, and national institutions.When facing overwhelming challenges, a Navy SEAL instructor's wisdom offers surprising spiritual insight: don't focus on the entire journey—just make it to the next milestone. This powerful mindset can transform how we approach seemingly insurmountable obstacles in our faith journey.Diving into Titus 1, we examine God's requirements for church leadership and discover universal principles that apply to all believers: living blamelessly, loving what is good, and maintaining spiritual discipline. Just as athletes understand the necessity of consistent training even when they don't feel like it, our spiritual lives demand the same commitment and dedication.Churchill's fateful decision to ally with Stalin's Soviet Union serves as a sobering historical lesson about compromising with evil. This parallel illuminates our current cultural crossroads in America and Western civilization. Are we willing to sacrifice our principles for temporary peace?Reagan's timeless "Time for Choosing" speech delivers the powerful conclusion that appeasement only leads to greater demands from those who oppose freedom. "If nothing in life is worth dying for, when did this begin? Should Christ have refused the cross?" The choice is never between peace and war but between fighting for what's right or surrendering to what's wrong.Ready to strengthen your spiritual resilience? Subscribe now and join our community of believers committed to standing firm in faith rather than surrendering to the false promise of neutrality.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

What happens when a nation forgets its spiritual foundation? In this thought-provoking episode, we examine the undeniable Christian roots of America through the writings and declarations of our Founding Fathers themselves. Diving into 2 Thessalonians, we explore how Scripture provides discernment in an age of deception while challenging listeners to honestly assess their priorities. How much time do we devote to social media, entertainment, and trivialities compared to our spiritual growth? The answer reveals much about our values.The historical record speaks clearly: 93% of Constitutional Convention delegates identified as Christians, and their faith directly shaped our founding documents and principles. We unpack how the phrase "separation of church and state" has been dramatically misinterpreted from Jefferson's original meaning, which was never intended to remove God from public life but to prevent government establishment of a national denomination.Drawing compelling parallels between 1930s Europe and contemporary America, we examine how censorship, political correctness, and ideological intolerance threaten the foundations of liberty. John Adams' warning that "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people" takes on renewed significance as we witness the cultural consequences of abandoning our spiritual heritage.This episode serves as both historical correction and spiritual wake-up call. By reconnecting with America's true founding principles, we can better understand why faith and morality aren't optional extras but essential foundations for preserving freedom. Share this episode with someone struggling to understand America's spiritual roots or questioning why faith matters in public life.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

Send us a textCan faith be the lifeline that pulls America back from the brink of a cultural and spiritual crisis? Picture a nation struggling to reconcile its modern-day ideological conflicts with the foundational beliefs that once united it. Our latest episode of the American Soul Podcast ventures into this complex landscape, drawing inspiration from historical lessons found in William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill. As England once awoke to the Nazi threat in 1939, we explore parallels with America's current challenges, underscoring the profound need to prioritize faith and family. We confront the ideological battles that rage today, asserting that faith in God and Jesus Christ is not just a guiding light but a cornerstone of true Americanism.Join us as we critique the Supreme Court's stance on school prayer and examine the perceived anti-Christian sentiment within leftist ideologies. The episode offers reflections on the resurgence of religious curiosity among college students as a beacon of hope, encouraging a conscious return to religious roots. We argue that no political party or policy can substitute the deep spiritual grounding offered by faith. As we close this thought-provoking dialogue, we extend a heartfelt blessing to our listeners, reaffirming our commitment to a future where faith stands as the foundation of a renewed America.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

Description: It's election season! Perhaps you've weighed the factors and decided how to vote. Maybe you predict staring at your ballot and praying for a cloud to go before you. Either way, the current political climate may have left you weary and confused, feeling the hope and the awkwardness of our Christian allegiance to a kingdom not of this world — or all of the above. Clark Nunnelly and Hunter Beaumont, two of the Pastors at Fellowship, join Autumn to discuss how to think and act like a Christian as we engage in American politics.Resources mentioned in this episode:How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don't by Tim KellerThe Last Green Valley by Mark SullivanThe Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940 by William ManchesterThe Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

William Manchester served in the Marine Corps during the Second World War.  He was wounded during the Battle of Okinawa.  After the war, Manchester established himself as a journalist in Baltimore, an adjunct professor at Wesleyan University, and an author.  In 1978, he returned to the Pacific and visited various places connected either with his service or the Pacific campaign.  That trip forms the basis of this book, “Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War.”

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe Calnan interviews Justin Riemer about the goals of Emissions Reduction Alberta, its place in Canada's innovation ecosystem, and larger Canadian national goals around economic and energy security. You can find ERA's documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuZYEKYt6s You can find Energy Security Cubed episodes mentioned in the podcast here: Chris Doornbos: https://www.cgai.ca/direct_lithium_extraction_and_canadian_mineral_security_with_chris_doornbos Michael Holmes: https://www.cgai.ca/green_and_flexible_geothermal_energy // For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss an article from The Logic on Canadian LNG. // Guest Bio: - Justin Riemer is the CEO of Emissions Reduction Alberta // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading recommendations: - "American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964", by William Manchester: https://www.amazon.ca/American-Caesar-Douglas-MacArthur-1880/dp/0316024740 // Interview recording Date: August 15, 2024 // Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. // Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

When the rains came down on my homestead, turning the soil to sludge and halting construction on our duck coop, I couldn't help but feel a deeper connection to the muddy waters of today's political and social climates. Join me, Jesse Cope, as we wade through a storm of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping across American campuses, from NYU to UCLA, and confront the rise of anti-Semitism and extremism. With the historical lens of the Barbary Wars as our guide, we'll explore the echoes of anti-Christian sentiments and the challenges they present in our current era. This episode isn't just a discussion; it's a rallying cry for awareness and strength in the face of societal shifts that threaten the values at the core of our nation.As we tread the line between complacency and resolution, we'll peel back the layers of today's cultural dynamics, from the fashionable anti-Semitism on academic grounds to the worrying whispers of Sharia law in Britain. Drawing inspiration from William Manchester's portrayal of Winston Churchill and Thomas Jefferson's timeless wisdom, we'll discern the importance of standing firm in our convictions amidst the pressures to conform. This conversation extends beyond mere talk; it's a clarion call for fortitude, urging us to uphold the blessings that safeguard our families and our country. Prepare to have your thoughts provoked and your spirit emboldened as we tackle these pressing issues with the earnestness they deserve.Support the Show.The American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

Could the lessons of Churchill's Britain illuminate the path for America's future military and political strategy? Our latest episode delves into the delicate dance between military might and the principles of pacifism. With reference to William Manchester's detailed biography of Winston Churchill, we explore the critical decisions that shaped Britain's fate in the 1930s and parallel them with the contemporary discourse in American politics. From the echoes of historical isolationism to the imperative of a robust defense mechanism, we dissect the consequences of underestimating military power and the vital need to learn from the past in order to protect our future.The fabric of American society is under scrutiny as we navigate the complexities of internal strife and ideological divides. It's a conversation that exposes the vulnerabilities of our nation, much like a virus attacking the immune system, as we confront the challenge of staying true to our foundational principles. Drawing motivation from the dedication of sports icons Kobe Bryant and J.J. Watt, we underscore the invaluable impact of concerted efforts towards collective goals. We wrap up the episode with a sobering contemplation on America's potential for resurgence or collapse, extending hope, blessings, and a pledge to continue these penetrating discussions, inviting listeners to join us on this vital journey of reflection and insight.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

Unexpected joy often arrives on four legs – just ask my dog who recently reminded me how much life's little surprises can mean. As we pet owners know, our furry companions not only bring us laughter but also a profound sense of gratitude for the blessings they represent. This episode takes you on a heartfelt journey through personal anecdotes, gratitude, and the wisdom of the past. We begin with a reflection on the simple pleasures life offers and move into a prayer for those in need. From there, the conversation pivots to an analysis of historical parallels, drawing on William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill, to illuminate the societal divisions we're grappling with in modern-day America.Navigating through time, we engage in a critical discussion about the role of biblical and historical education in schools and how it aligns with the visions of our founding fathers. The episode isn't shy about tackling tough issues, including the impact of feminism from suffrage to present politics, and what it means for our society. We examine Churchill's exchanges with feminist MP Edith Summerskill and consider the legacy of female leadership over the last 80 years. Wrapping up with a blessing for our listeners, we invite you to join us next time as we continue to explore these vital conversations that shape our nation's fabric.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

Lee Génesis 11:1–26 El biógrafo William Manchester describe a Winston Churchill como uno de los dos o tres hombres más importantes de su generación. Al parecer, Churchill también pensaba lo mismo. Manchester señaló que la idea de Churchill de una buena velada era cenar bien y luego discutir un buen tema, siendo él mismo el principal conversador. Disfrutaba tanto de sus discursos que se iba a la cama escuchándolos. ¿Es malo amarnos a nosotros mismos? ¿Cuánto es demasiado? En la narrativa de la Torre de Babel que se encuentra en Génesis 11 se describen dos pecados principales. El primer pecado es el orgullo. El pueblo decía: “nos haremos famosos” (v. 4). Querían construir una torre que fuera impresionante para su propia gloria y reputación. Según este y otros relatos bíblicos, el pecado de soberbia ocurre cuando te pones en el lugar de Dios o te das crédito sin reconocer que todo lo que tienes proviene de Dios. Este tipo de orgullo puede llevarnos a hacer cosas que nos parecen grandiosas e impresionantes a nosotros y a los demás, cuando a los ojos de Dios son pecaminosas. El segundo pecado en Babel fue el miedo. Una de las razones por las que el pueblo quería construir la ciudad era para evitar “ser dispersados por toda la tierra” (v. 4). Esto está en conflicto directo con el mandato de Dios (Génesis 9:1). Permanecer juntos proporcionaría seguridad y protección. Dios les había dado una orden, pero tenían miedo de obedecer, por lo que se unieron en oposición a Él. Amaban la seguridad más que a Dios. La respuesta de Dios al pueblo fue tanto un acto de juicio como de gracia. Al confundir los idiomas del pueblo, les impidió continuar en su rebelión y también les permitió obedecer su orden de extenderse y llenar la tierra. En última instancia, el juicio de Dios sobre Babel será redimido cuando Cristo regrese. En ese momento, personas “de toda tribu, lengua, pueblo y nación” se unirán para adorar a Dios (Apocalipsis 5:9). ¿Cuál es el peligro del orgullo? ¿Cómo contradicen las lecciones de Génesis 11 la visión del éxito de nuestra cultura moderna? Ora con nosotros Incluso cuando la humanidad está en abierta rebelión contra Ti, aun así cumples Tus propósitos. Señor, danos corazones humildes y alegres al someternos a Ti; Que cumplas Tus propósitos a través de nuestra obediencia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, podcast host, Matt Richter is joined by Nigel Paine, organizational learning and leadership expert. Together, they spend the whole episode exploring that nebulous and vague concept of leadership. They fail to definitively lock in a definition for leadership— thus demonstrating one of the inherent challenges organizations face when leveraging LD programs. But, more importantly, they look at what we can do, when we effectively develop leaders within organizational contexts. Leaders are all about managing… managing the context. No one style, approach, model, theory, or consultant prescription will work in all scenarios… of at all. So, what is one to do? Focus on flexibly adapting and managing that aforementioned context. Recognize that that there are so many different perspectives— the leaders, the followers, other players, etc. And then find ways to accept and leverage those different perspectives.In other words, leadership is utterly founded on adaptation and change. It is about systems thinking. To paraphrase Keith Grint, leadership is all about working to solve those wicked problems we face.Nigel answers the question about how we can predict or forecast whether someone will be a good leader. Which then leads to a discussion of how we conceive of leadership in our culture and how we describe leadership success.Below are some references and notes from the show:We referenced both Barbara Kellerman and Jeffrey Pfeffer:Kellerman, B. (2012). The End of Leadership. New York: Harper Collins. Kellerman, B. (2015). Hard Times: Leadership in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Pfeffer, J. (2015). Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time. New York, Harper Business. Matt mentioned some of the Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus management comparisons reference: Young, M., & Dulewicz, V. (2007). Similarities and Differences between Leadership and Management: High-Performance Competencies in the British Royal Navy. British Journal of Management, 19(1), 17-32. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00534.xAnd the book from them is LEADERS: Strategies for Taking Charge.Nigel mentioned John Kotter. Here are two references that sum up his work nicely.Kotter, J.P. (2001) What Leaders Really Do. Harvard Business Review. December 2001.Adapted from A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs From Management (pp. 3–8), by J. P. Kotter, 1990, New York, NY: Free Press. General Electric's Crotonville Leadership Institute was actually opened in 1956, not in 1947, as Nigel stated. We referred to Keith Grint and his article:Grint, K. (2005). Problems, problems, problems: The social construction of ‘leadership.' Human Relations. 58 (11), 1467-1494.The originators of wicked and tame problems: Rittel and Webber.Rittel, H.W.J. and Webber, M.M.. (1973) Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. Policy Sciences. 4, pp. 155-169.Peter Senge and The Fifth Discipline. You can find the book anywhere books are sold.Winston Churchill. There are a ton of biographies about Churchill. Matt's favorite's are the William Manchester volumes. Neville Chamberlain reference: Self, R. (2013, September 30). Was Neville Chamberlain Really a Weak and Terrible Leader? Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24300094.Tina Kiefer— and others—  on the drawing a Leader exercise: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/health/women-leadership-workplace.html?smid=url-share Joseph Devlin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-t-devlin_learningstyles-brainmyth-activity-7113156889688854528-RFWZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

NJCP is joined by Detective Chris Lyons for a freewheeling discussion of various conspiracies related to the assassinations of JFK an RFK. Links / Books / References - The Reporter Who Knew Too Much - Mark Shaw ⁠https://amzn.to/3PdkTq9⁠ On The Trail of The Assassins - Jim Garrison ⁠https://amzn.to/3EIvfcx⁠ The Death of a President - William Manchester ⁠https://amzn.to/3reSZCb⁠ Mary's Mosaic - Peter Janney ⁠https://amzn.to/3reSZCb⁠ CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys - Patrick Nolan ⁠https://amzn.to/3sMJzy1⁠ Reference to the CIA "Fake Defector" program in North Carolina: ⁠https://www.justice-integrity.org/602... About CIA and Mark Lane: ⁠https://amzn.to/3RgExUH⁠ Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK Paperback – November 1, 2012 by Mark Lane  Florida Investigators Network ⁠https://FinInc.org⁠ Brought to you by ⁠SelfieBackgroundCheck.com⁠

"The greatest enemy of mankind today is Hate.”—Margot AsquithThe echoes of the past reverberate fiercely in the present.  Powerful connections can be drawn between Nazi-supporting German citizens of the 20s and 30s, the British citizenry of the same era, and the modern American citizenry. This episode promises a profound exploration of these links, weaving an intricate narrative around William Manchester's second book in his Winston Churchill trilogy. You'll be transported back in time, exploring Churchill's life during the 1920s and 30s, all while drawing chilling similarities to the contemporary sociopolitical climate. This episode is no mere history lesson; it's a call to action, an urgent plea to confront the issues of appeasement, hate, and 'loving encouragement' for wrongdoing that threaten our society. From LGBTQ issues to faiths and religions, multiculturalism, societal standards in schools, and even the sanctity of marital vows, we leave no stone unturned. It's time we wake up from our apathy and walk the path of truth.  So, buckle up, and prepare for a journey through time that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

John Chizmadia is an entrepreneur, business developer, husband, father, and grandfather. A scholar athlete, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Science. He founded and was CEO of a computer hardware and software distribution company, which as part of its claim to fame, launched many tech brands that are household names today. He has a passion for history, has traveled extensively, and has used his many life experiences as the core foundation for his literary work. John and his wife (of 48 years) have lived in Colorado for 30 years. CLIMATE SCAM is a Historical Narrative of nearly 40 years of scams about climate  control. Meticulously researched, the book presents a summary and commentary of articles, interviews, debates, and opinions about a story perpetuated by politicians, business leaders, “climate scientists”, and the gullible. The presenters claimed they could save the world from burning up; in many cases their audiences believed them even though ALL the predictions were wrong. Glaciers didn't melt, coasts weren't flooded, and polar bears weren't starving. When Al Gore got into the act and his movie, "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH", became a hit, the money train took off. "Send money NOW!! There's no time to  waste!" The book is written very much in the style of Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals", William Manchester's "American Caesar", Henry Steel Commager's "The Blue and the Gray", and John Krakauer's "Into Thin Air." The reader will very quickly sense the decades of deception, robbery,  character assassinations, and get rich quick schemes that have and still are affecting everybody in the world. https://twitter.com/ClimateScam https://www.climatescamthebook.com/ ========= About Tom Nelson: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Summaries of all my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about

Host Dennis Leap, with special guest Grant Turgeon, begin discussing Winston S. Churchill's most charming memoir: My Early Life 1874–1904. They focus on William Manchester's 1996 introduction to this book, which provides key additional insights behind the events Churchill recorded. As a reminder, the list of books planned for this series is featured on Twitter @JBliterature1.

“MacDonald's four years in Downing Street, he said, "have brought us nearer to war and made us weaker, poorer, and more defenseless."—William Manchester, Churchill Biography, Alone (~1933-34)The American Soul Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/theamericansoulpodcast

“Churchhill instantly replied that the [huge] French army, far from being dangerous, was the strongest guarantee of peace on the continent… Britain must be armed –– “England's hour of weakness is Europe's hour of danger.” He urged the Prime Minister to abandon his mission: “the sudden disappearance or undue weakness of that factor of unquestionable French military superiority may open the floodgates of measureless consequence.”—William Manchester, Churchill Biography, AloneThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/theamericansoulpodcast

“Now—like Edmund Burke six generations earlier, warning parliament that unless the government changed its policy, Britain would lose her American colonies—he was largely ignored.”—William Manchester, Churchill Biography, AloneThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/theamericansoulpodcast

“It is startling to realize that all this [Churchill's home and manor] isless than twenty-five miles from Hyde Park corner. There men on soap-boxes tell crowds, who nod in agreement, that society is rushing toward catastrophe. In eight years it will be upon them, but here all is serene. The soundof heavy guns, the roar of hostile bomb-laden aircraft overhead arrowing toward London, are unimaginable. Quietude lies like a comforting veil over the house and grounds…”—William Manchester, Alone, Biography of Winston S. Churchill The American Soul Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/theamericansoulpodcast

God's word and God's world both testify to complementarity between men and women. So, what exactly is complementarity and why does it promote flourishing for everyone? Timestamps to Know · Intro: 00:31 · William Manchester's Observations – 02:18 · The Functional and Ontological Change of Roles in the Church – 04:45 · What is the Importance of Addressing Men and Women's Roles? - 09:32 · Making Clear Our Motivations for Defending Complementarianism - 11:40 · What Does Scripture Say About the Complementarity of Men & Women? – 17:55 · How Do We Know These Established Roles Were in Creation Before the Fall? - 22:17 · Where Else in the Old Testament Can We See the Relation Between Manhood and Womanhood? - 27:35 · The Commendation of Abraham and Sarah and the Role of Family - 31:29 · 1 Timothy 2, Family, and the Church - 35:58 · Spheres of Authority & Submission – 39:05 · The Word of God ‘Fitting' With the World Around Us- 42:35 · Outro - 45:47 Resources to Click · Priestesses in the Church – C.S. Lewis · The Fallacy of Interchangeability – Colin Smothers · Is the Slippery Slope Actually Slippery? Egalitarianism and the Open-and-Affirming Position – Colin Smothers · The Danvers Statement On Biblical Manhood & Womanhood · The Music & Meaning of Male and Female – Alastair Roberts Books to Read · Man and Woman in Christ – Stephen B. Clark · What is the Meaning of Sex? – Denny Burk · Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood – ed. John Piper & Wayne Grudem

  Biden delayed the release of the JFK files Over-classification and excessive secrecy in our government Walter Sheridan was tasked by RFK to do a private investigation Sheridan transferred his documents to NBC NBC declined to share the documents with ARRB The Kennedy family has secret documents regarding Cuba The FBI has 6000 files related to the mafia The William Manchester interviews with RFK and Jackie Kennedy are withheld by the Kennedy family We have a right to know why all these files are being withheld Lawsuit filed against the President and the National Archives by Larry Mary Ferrell Foundation Files Lawsuit Over JFK Records Read the actual complaint here (PDF) Part B: Ron Canazzi; beginning at 21:21 Article: So, What about this Conspiracy Business Anyway? by Ron Canazzi How Ron got interested in the JFK case FREE Borrowable Ebook: Rush to Judgement (1967) by Mark Lane FREE Download Ebook: Six Seconds in Dallas (PDF) by Josiah "Tink" Thompson Documentary: Rush to Judgement (1967) by Mark Lane FREE Borrowable Ebook: Best Evidence by David Lifton Video: CNN Lied About Joe Rogan Admits Dr. Sanjay Gupta (The Jimmy Dore Show) Video: Joe Rogan Schools Sanjay Gupta About Natural Immunity (The Jimmy Dore Show) Lisa Pease's www.realhistoryarchives.com It Did Not Start with JFK: The Decades of Events That Led to the Assassination of John F Kennedy by Walter Herbst It Did Not Start with JFK: Vol 1: Paperback, Kindle It Did Not Start with JFK: Vol 2: Paperback, Kindle Documentary: Inside The CIA - On Company Business (Philip Agee) FREE Borrowable Ebook: Inside the Company: CIA Diary by Philip Agee Documentary: Ukraine on Fire (2016) (featuring Oliver Stone) FREE Borrowable Ebook: War is a Racket by Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler The death/murder of journalist Michael Hastings Video: WikiLeaks: Collateral Murder (Iraq, 2007) Video: President Kennedy calls out the steel companies (1962) Article: The Overthrow Attempt of 1934 by Ron Canazzi Part C: Jim DiEugenio; beginning at 1:23:35 www.kennedysandking.com is looking for a new permanent webmaster Please contact Len at osanic@prouty.org if you are interested in serving as the webmaster Part D: Gary Dean; beginning at 1:27:13 Jim DiEugenio talks to Gary Dean from Ho Chi Minh City Photos from Gary Dean Saigon Heritage Gary is a teacher at a banking university in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) How Gary got to Vietnam The problem of UXOs (Unexploded Ordnance) in Vietnam and Laos The declaration of independence by Ho Chi Minh on 2 Sep, 1945 The banking university is located at the original US embassy in Saigon FREE Online Ebook: The Secret Team by Col. L. Fletcher Prouty (1973) FREE Borrowable Ebook: JFK: CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate Kennedy by Col. Prouty (1992) FREE Online Ebook: (html version) Understanding Special Operations, And Their Impact on Vietnam War Era 1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Prouty, Colonel USAF (Retired) by David Ratcliffe (1999) 'The Collected Works of Col. Prouty' CD-ROM available for direct download here for just $30 The 1951 meeting between JFK, RFK and Edmund Gullion at Majestic Hotel, Saigon FREE Download Ebook: The Quiet American by Graham Greene Nixon wanted to send American troops to Vietnam in 1954  

“A World Lit Only by Fire” by William Manchester is an amazing look into the Renaissance — what brought it on, what made it possible, and the people at the center of it. One of the most important of those people was a German monk named Martin Luther — a man lionized by many, demonized by many others. What is the legacy that Luther left behind, and should we consider him part of the solution or part of the problem?  Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encouraged to seek him and the Lakewoods Drive church through Facebook and other social media. Lakewoods Drive is an autonomous group of Christians dedicated to praising God, teaching the gospel to all who will hear, training Christians in righteousness, and serving our God and one another faithfully. We believe the Bible is God's word, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that heaven is our home, and that we have work to do here while we wait. Regular topics of discussion and conversation include: Christians, Jesus, obedience, faith, grace, baptism, New Testament, Old Testament, authority, gospel, fellowship, justice, mercy, faithfulness, forgiveness, Twenty Pages a Week, Bible reading, heaven, hell, virtues, character, denominations, submission, service, character, COVID-19, assembly, Lord's Supper, online, social media, YouTube, Facebook.  

Phil is back from vacation, so we catch up with our reading and discuss burning questions like "What do you read on vacation?" In today's episode we discuss William Manchester's book AMERICAN CAESAR: DOUGLAS MCARTHUR 1880-1964, David Sedaris' HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, Sandra Newman's THE MEN, Adam Langor's CYCLORAMA, THE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi Dean, MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS by Anthony Marra, and THE MANY DAUGHTERS OF AFONG MOY by Jamie Ford. All books are available at https://bookshop.org/shop/bookish

We are including Phil's passage from William Manchester's book about Douglas MacArthur here. Do you have a passage that moved you this week? Tell us about it! "Captain Arthur McArthur was more austere than Judge MacArthur - he was, in fact, something of a stuffed shirt - but now and then he displayed flashes of wit. As Douglas told the story late in life, his father was serving on a military court in New Orleans when a cotton broker, urgently needing the loan of army transport facilities, attempted to suborn him. The bribe was to be a large sum of cash, which was left on his desk, and a night with an exquisite Southern girl. Wiring Washington the details, Arthur concluded: "I am depositing the money with the Treasury of the United States and request immediate relief from this command. They are getting close to my price." - Manchester

Ferdinand Magellan overcame sabotage, mutiny, unseaworthy ships, arctic temperatures, and ninety-nine days on the Pacific Ocean without sighting land. His circumnavigation lead to radical changes in politics, economics, and science that helped launch the modern world. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook:

In Part 2 of their "Great Speeches of History" miniseries, Nick and Sam explore a speech that rallied Great Britain — and the world — in its darkest hour: Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches." How did Shakespeare, poetry, and music influence this masterclass in rhetoric? What unusual practices did Churchill develop to overcome his speech impediments and lack of improvisational ability? And how did this quintessential wartime speech, which we hear in the British Bulldog's own voice, inspire Great Britain to defeat Nazi Germany and predict America's rise to global supremacy? All this, and more, as we discuss the speech that, as JFK later put it, "mobilized the English language and sent it into battle." Show notes: Churchill, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" (1940) Churchill, "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric" (1897) Extracted example of Winston Churchill speech draft Churchill, Memories of the Second World War, 6 volumes (1948–53) William Manchester and Paul Reid, The Last Lion, 3 volumes (1983-2012) Andrew Roberts, Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2018) Darkest Hour, film (2017), starring Gary Oldman Credits: Vera Lynn's "White Cliffs of Dover" courtesy of SWLing.com on the Internet Archive.

On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss major events in global and Canadian energy security in 2021, and what to watch for into the future. Guest Bios: - Joe Calnan is the Energy Security Forum Coordinator at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle (host): President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/staff#Ogle) Clip Guest Bios (in order of appearance) - Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood is the CEO of the Canadian American Business Council and a Partner at Crestview Strategy U.S. - Adam Sieminski is the Senior Adviser to the Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center - Ellen Wald is the President of Transversal Consulting and a CGAI Fellow - Ajay Kochhar is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Li-Cycle - Amrita Sen is Founder and Director of Research at Energy Aspects and a CGAI Fellow - Ross Wyeno is Lead Analyst for Americas LNG for S&P Global Platts - Heather Ferguson is Senior Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Ontario Power Generation - Martha Hall Findlay is Chief Sustainability Officer at Suncor Energy What are Kelly and Joe reading? 1. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, by William Manchester and Paul Reid - https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Lion-Box-Set-Churchill/dp/0316227781 2. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, by David McCullough - https://www.amazon.ca/Great-Bridge-Story-Building-Brooklyn/dp/1451683235 3. The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, by Robert D. Kaplan - https://www.amazon.ca/Revenge-Geography-Coming-Conflicts-Against/dp/0812982223 Recording Date: December 21, 2021 Energy Security3 is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Steve Robinson, former executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Chick-fil-A. Steve Robinson shared lessons from his decades-long experience leading marketing at Chick-fil-A, including stories from his book Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A: How Faith, Cows, and Chicken built an Iconic Brand. In addition, Steve Robinson shared what made Chick-fil-A culture and marketing unique and continues to help the brand differentiate in a competitive market.  Some highlights:-The importance of hiring the people who fit the organization's culture and value-How Steve Robinson come up with the Blue Ocean Strategy and its vital role in the successful branding of Chick-fil-A-The impact of the leadership of Chick-fil-A's founder, Truett Cathy, on the organization's culture-Lessons that Steve Robinson learned on the 2-million dollar mistake-Steve Robinson shared marketing and business insights in building a brand that people cannot live withoutAlso mentioned in this episode:-John Rossman, author of The Amazon Way book series (Listen to John's episode on the Partnering Leadership Podcast here)-Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A-Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A-Jimmy Collins, former president of Chick-fil-ABook by Steve Robinson:Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A: How Faith, Cows, and Chicken Built an Iconic BrandBook Resources:The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester, Paul ReidBlue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan KimBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary CompaniesThe Bible: Book of Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, JoelConnect with Steve Robinson:S. Robinson ConsultingSteve Robinson on LinkedInConnect with Mahan Tavakoli:MahanTavakoli.comMore information and resources available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website: PartneringLeadership.com

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to The Honourable John Manley and The Honourable Peter MacKay as they outline what Canada's Foreign Minister, Mélanie Joly, should expect from her new role. Participant Biographies: The Honourable John Manley, P.C., O.C. is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. He was first elected to Parliament in 1988, and re-elected three times. From 1993 to 2003 he was a Minister in the governments of Jean Chrétien, serving in the portfolios of Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance, in addition to being Deputy Prime Minister. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Mr. Manley was named Chair of a Cabinet Committee on Public Security and Anti-terrorism, serving as counterpart to Governor Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. In recognition of the role he played following 9/11, TIME Canada named him "2001 Newsmaker of the Year".  After a 16-year career in politics, Mr. Manley returned to the private sector in 2004. Since leaving government, Mr. Manley has continued to be active in public policy, as a media commentator, speaker and adviser to governments of differing political stripes. An Officer of the Order of Canada, Mr. Manley has received honorary doctorates from Carleton University and the universities of Ottawa, Toronto, Western Ontario and Windsor. The Honourable Peter MacKay served in the Parliament of Canada for over 18 years as a cabinet minister in high-profile portfolios, including Justice and Attorney General, Department of National Defense, Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. He chaired the Government National Security Committee for almost 10 years. He started his legal career in Nova Scotia as a Crown Prosecutor (Criminal Law Division) and worked as a general practitioner before entering politics. Peter earned a B.A. from Acadia University in 1987, and his LL.B. from Dalhousie University in 1990. He is entering his 30th year as a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society and is also called to the bar in Ontario. Peter has tremendous leadership experience as a former senior cabinet minister in the country's federal government. While at the helm of critical government portfolios, he confronted issues of national importance with pragmatism and resourcefulness—working diligently and passionately to strengthen the country for all Canadians. He will continue to be a champion of our country's future as a thriving nation and we're pleased to welcome him to the firm. Peter also serves on the National Board of Special Olympics Canada, Wounded Warriors Canada , and chaired at Boost , a child and youth advocacy organization.  He has been a long time supported of Big Brothers , Big Sisters. Host biography Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson R&R The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, vol. 3: Defender of the Realm by William Manchester and Paul Reid – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-lion-william-manchester/1112614901 The Splendid and The Vile by Erik Larson – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/225405/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/ Recording Date: 1 Nov 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to The Hon. John Manley, Dr. Chris Waddell, Dr. Ian Brodie, and Peter Donolo about the place of global affairs in Canadian elections R & R: Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin, https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/books/ The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965, by Paul Reid and William Manchester – https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/paul-reid/the-last-lion/9780316222143/ Peggy and the Pilgrim by Lyn Cook, https://treeoflifeathome.com/product/pegeen-and-the-pilgrim/ East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity" by Philippe Sands – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/227917/east-west-street-by-philippe-sands/9780525433729 Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 50th Anniversary Edition by Harry V. Jaffa – https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo6950926.html Participants Bio: The Honourable John Manley, P.C., O.C., is the chair of CGAI's Advisory Council.  Mr. Manley is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. He was first elected to Parliament in 1988, and re-elected three times. From 1993 to 2003 he was a Minister in the governments of Jean Chrétien, serving in the portfolios of Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance, in addition to being Deputy Prime Minister. An Officer of the Order of Canada, Mr. Manley has received honorary doctorates from Carleton University and the universities of Ottawa, Toronto, Western Ontario and Windsor. (https://www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Manley) Christopher Waddell is an associate professor and director of Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa. He also holds the school's Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism. He joined Carleton in July 2001 after 10 years at CBC Television News. From 1993 to 2001, he was the network's Parliamentary Bureau Chief in Ottawa. From 1995 to 2001 he was also Executive Producer News Specials for CBC Television, responsible for all national news specials and federal and provincial election and election night coverage during those years. (https://www.cgai.ca/christopher_waddell) Peter Donolo  is a senior adviser to H+K's senior management and to its clients – focusing on strategic communications and public engagement. . Peter was most recently special adviser to the Ontario government on intergovernmental affairs and communications. He is the longest-serving prime ministerial director of communications in Canadian history (to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien), served as a senior executive in the private and public sectors, and also represented Canada abroad as a senior diplomat. (https://www.cgai.ca/peter_donolo) Ian Brodie is an associate professor of political science at the University of Calgary. From 2006 to 2008, Brodie worked as the Chief of Staff for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.(https://www.cgai.ca/staff#Brodie) Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Recording Date: 19 August 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

This week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and guest co-host Kerry McDonald talk with Paul Reid, co-author, with William Manchester, of the New York Times best-selling biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965. Reid shares how he was enlisted to complete William Manchester's biographical trilogy on the greatest political figure of the 20th century... Source

This week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and guest co-host Kerry McDonald talk with Paul Reid, co-author, with William Manchester, of the New York Times best-selling biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965. Reid shares how he was enlisted to complete William Manchester's biographical trilogy on the greatest political figure of the 20th century, which became a best-seller. They discuss […]

Sir William Manchester grew up on a farm in south Canterbury, serving in the army during World War Two and training under some of the great plastic surgery pioneers - including New Zealander Sir Harold Gillies. Upon his return to New Zealand, he was instrumental in the development of Burwood Hospital's burns unit, and later set up a plastic surgery unit at Middlemore hospital, going on to train generations of young surgeons and nurses. A new book that chronicles his life, called Perfection: The Life and Times of Sir William Manchester , has been written by one of his students, Earle Brown and one of Earle's students, Mike Klaassen. Mike joins Kathryn to talk about Sir Bill's extraordinary life and legacy.

Sir William Manchester grew up on a farm in south Canterbury, serving in the army during World War Two and training under some of the great plastic surgery pioneers - including New Zealander Sir Harold Gillies. Upon his return to New Zealand, he was instrumental in the development of Burwood Hospital's burns unit, and later set up a plastic surgery unit at Middlemore hospital, going on to train generations of young surgeons and nurses. A new book that chronicles his life, called Perfection: The Life and Times of Sir William Manchester , has been written by one of his students, Earle Brown and one of Earle's students, Mike Klaassen. Mike joins Kathryn to talk about Sir Bill's extraordinary life and legacy.

In this episode of the Unseen Leadership podcast, Chandler Vannoy and Josh Hunter are joined by Trevin Wax who is senior vice president of Theology and Communications at LifeWay Christian Resources. He is also the general editor of The Gospel Project, and the author of multiple books, including Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, and Gospel Centered Teaching. During their conversation, they discuss how to produce high-level content, the cultural trends for young leaders in the years to come, and how to create a habit of writing. QUOTES FROM EPISODE 54: “We should first look up to God to see who we were created to be, then look around to the people of God that we belong to, then last we should look to yourself to understand who we are.” “God doesn’t just lead us to the valley. He leads us through it.” “Indecisiveness can be very counterproductive in leadership for your young leaders.” “It takes a certain level of mental energy to consistently be creative over the long haul.” “If you want to write consistently, then you need to learn to write and not be afraid of your reader.” “You need to write to serve the reader.” “If you want to write constantly, you have to read constantly.” “One of the misconceptions I had earlier on was that once you step into greater leadership was that the weight of the execution work you have to do would get easier. But it doesn’t.” “In a remote work environment, it will be harder for young leaders to stand out and rise up in an organization.” RESOURCES MENTIONED Rethink Yourself by Trevin Wax 4 Disciplines of Execution by Sean Covey The Accidental Creative by Todd Henry Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm by William Manchester

Writing The Death of a President had been exhausting and heartbreaking. When he was finished, author William Manchester thought his troubles were over. In fact, they were only just beginning. And for Jackie, the book’s looming publication would bring new troubles... and the first dent in her once untouchable image. This podcast is a companion to Paul Brandus's new book, "Jackie: Her Transformation from First Lady to Jackie O," now available in stores and online.  For extra information on this episode and to access a transcript, head over to our website! Follow host Paul Brandus on Twitter here. Make sure to follow Evergreen Podcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leaders have to know how to think, and reading can put you around the greatest minds in history. In this episode, Richard and Sam discuss the ways reading can enhance leadership. DONATE: If you have enjoyed this podcast and want to support what we do, click here. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: “Developing the Leader within You” by John C. Maxwell. Find it here. “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer” by J. Oswald Saunders. Find it here. “Moody: A Biography” by John Charles Pollock. Find it here. “Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers” by Lewis Drummond. Find it here. “The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill” by William Manchester. Find it here. UPCOMING EVENT: Registration is open for Blackaby Ministries' October 26-28, 2020, Spiritual Coaching Workshop in Jonesboro, GA. Find more info or register here. CONNECT: Join Richard for a live Facebook/YouTube devotional every Tuesday Morning at 10am. Follow Richard on Twitter. Follow Richard on Facebook. Read Richard's latest blog posts at www.richardblackaby.com. Follow BMI on YouTube. Send questions to podcast@blackaby.org.

This is the book that made William Manchester, later the biographer of Churchill, and it is both a book well worth reading, and one that could only have been written when it was, 1968. (The written version of this review was first published April 20, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

What I learned from reading The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America’s Cup, Twice by Julian Guthrie.If you want to listen to the full episode you’ll need to upgrade to the Misfit feed. You will get access to every full episode. These episodes are available nowhere else. Upgrade now.Notes and quotes from Founders #126: Larry Ellison to Steve Jobs: I’m talking about greatness, about taking a lever to the world and moving it. I’m not talking about moral perfection. I’m talking about people who changed the world the most during their lifetime. Larry’s choice for history’s greatest person could not have been more different from Gandhi (Steve Jobs’s choice): the military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.   Steve liked to say the Beatles were his management model — four guys who kept each other in check and produced something great. Larry’s favorite history book was Will and Ariel Durant’s The Age of Napoleon, which he had read several times. Like his buddy Steve, and like Larry himself, Napoleon was an outsider who was told he would never amount to anything. Now this book is technically about the America’s Cup race. But that's not really what it's about. This books gives insights into extreme winners. Steve and Larry had found they had much in common. They both had adoptive parents. Both considered their adoptive parents their real parents. Both were “OCD,” and both were antiauthoritarian. They shared a disdain for conventional wisdom and felt people too often equated obedience with intelligence. They never graduated from college, and Steve loved to boast that he’d left Reed College after just two weeks while it took others, including Larry and their rival Bill Gates, months or even years to drop out.  Steve Jobs: “Why do people buy art when they can make their own art?” Larry thought for a moment and replied, “Well, Steve, not everyone can make his own art. You can. It’s a gift.” What he (Steve Jobs) liked was designing and redesigning things to make them more useful and more beautiful. If Michael Jordan sold enterprise software he would be Larry Ellison. Larry is addicted to winning. An idea I learned from Steve was the further you get away from one, the more complexity you are inviting in. Larry was a voracious reader who spent a great deal of time studying science and technology, but his favorite subject was history. He learned more about human nature, management, and leadership by reading history than by reading books about business. His adopted Dad said over and over again to Larry, “You are a loser. You are going to amount to nothing in life.” Larry treats life like an adventure. He envied how Graham’s parents supported him on his adventure, as this was the opposite of his own life. The story of Graham transported Larry from the regimentation of high school to the adventure and freedom of the sea. Here was a boy alone at sea for weeks at a stretch; dealing with storms, circling sharks, and broken masts; visiting exotic locales. Through it all he was his own navigator. That is definitely the way Larry approached his life. Why Larry uses competition as a way to test himself: He wanted to see just how much better a sailor he had become. It will be an interesting test. There was a clarity to be found in sports that couldn’t be had in business. At Oracle he still wanted to beat the rivals IBM and Microsoft, but business was a marathon without end; there was always another quarter. In sports, the buzzer sounds and time runs out. It is not what two groups do a like that matters. It's what they do differently that's liable to count. —Charles Kettering Why test yourself: After the laughter died down Larry turned serious. “Why do we do these things? George Mallory said the reason he wanted to climb Everest was because ‘it’s there.’ I don’t think so. I think Mallory was wrong. It’s not because it’s there. It’s because we’re there, and we wonder if we can do it.”  Larry’s personality: He didn’t like letting them have control. It was the same reason he didn’t have a driver, and it was why he liked to pilot his own planes and why he had been married and divorced three times. He didn’t like being told what he could and couldn’t do. With any new thing you do in your life, you are going to have to overcome people telling you that you are an idiot. While Ellison demanded absolute loyalty, he did not always return it. The people he liked best were the ones who were doing something for him. The people he hired were all geniuses until the day they resigned—when in Ellison's view— they became idiots or worse. What Larry is reading during the dot com bubble collapse: The books on his nightstand included Fate Is the Hunter: A Pilot’s Memoir by Ernest Gann, The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith, and William Manchester’s multivolume biography of Winston Churchill. Whenever Larry felt remotely close to being at risk of failure he couldn’t stop working.  I’m going to read you one of the funniest paragraphs I have ever read. The guy Larry is talking to is insane: In the dot—com heyday he got a call from Farzad Nazem, who used to work at Oracle and was now a top executive at Yahoo. Nazem told Larry, “Disney wants to merge with us. Why would we ever want to do something like that? What have they got?” Larry answered his old friend, “Gee, let me think. They have the most valuable film library in the world, the most valuable TV channels in world, and successful theme parks everywhere. Disney makes tons of money and they’re probably the most beloved brand on the planet. Now, what have you got? A Web page with news on it and free e-mail. Has everyone gone crazy?” Oracle has been around for 40 years. How many companies can survive 40+ years? One of the key insights I took away from Larry is this idea about game within a game. I'm glad I'm reading these books about Larry Ellison at the same time I watched this 10 part documentary on Michael Jordan (The Last Dance) because I think both Jordan and Ellison figured out something that is fundamental to our nature. I don't think they were setting out to try to figure out something fundamental about human nature. They did so in their own process of self discovery. They hack themselves by creating games within games. They understand over a long period of time that your motivations, your dedication, your discipline is going to ebb and flow and they had to find a way to hack themselves. There is one sentence that sums up Larry’s personality: “Winning. That is my idea of fun.” There are a lot of extreme winners on Larry’s team. That is one of the things I like most about the book. It gives you insights into their mindset, how they prepare for their sport—which I think is applicable to whatever you do for a living. Dixon said, “Larry, my advice is that we go out there tomorrow to try to win the race. We will probably get beaten and you should be prepared to lose gracefully.” Larry was stunned by the suggestion. After a long pause, he said that he could be gracious after losing, but wasn't capable of being gracious while he was losing, he had come here to win. The Vince Lombardi line Larry loves: Every team in the National Football League has has the talent necessary to win the championship. It's simply a matter of what you're willing to give up. Then Lombardi looked at them and said, I expect you to give up everything, and he left the room. Give me human will and the intense desire to win, and it will trump talent every day of the week. His lack of interest in marriage was not about fidelity, but had more to do with problems he had with authority. In marriage, he had to live a good part of his life the way the other person wanted him to live it. Larry wanted to live his life his way. This part reminds me of what we learned on the podcast I did on Frank Lloyd Wright. His favorite Japanese saying was, “Your garden is not complete until there is nothing else you can take out of it.”   Rafael Nadal asked how Larry had made his life such a success. Larry launched into a long philosophical musing about how innovation in technology is quite often based on finding errors in conventional wisdom, and when you find an error you have to have the courage take a different approach even when everyone else says you’re wrong. Then Larry abruptly stopped himself. “Forget everything I just said. The answer is simple. I never give up.” He was incapable of waving the white flag. Kobe Bryant: A young player should not be worried about his legacy. Wake up, identify your weakness and work on that. Go to sleep, wake up, and do that all over again. 20 years from now, you'll look back and see your legacy for yourself. That's life. Larry is constantly willing to put himself in uncomfortable situations so he can improve. One of Larry’s favorite maxims was: “The brain’s primary purpose is deception, and the primary person to be deceived is the owner.” How does his favorite Maxim relate to why he likes sports? Because in sports, you can't deceive yourself. He just said the brain's primary purpose is to deceive yourself—so he needs to hack himself. He needs to have his game within a game, so he is incapable of deceiving himself. Larry liked having opponents, even enemies. “I learn a lot about myself when I compete against somebody. I measure myself by winning and losing. Every shot in basketball is clearly judged by an orange hoop — make or miss. The hoop makes it difficult to deceive yourself.” The insight is if we do something really hard we won’t have any competition. The athletes Larry knew were obsessed with the game they played. They were like his friend Steve Jobs who worried about the color of the screws inside a computer. They reminded Larry of a line from Tombstone: Wyatt Earp asks Doc Holliday,“ What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?” Doc replies, “A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.” For better and worse, Larry had the same hole, and he tried to fill it by winning. But as soon as he closed in on one of his goals, he immediately set another difficult and distant goal. In that way, he kept moving the finish line just out of reach. Back home, standing by the lake where he and Steve had debated things great and small, Larry was certain that decades from now there would be two guys walking somewhere, talking about their icons. Steve would be mentioned. He would be one of those “misfits, rebels, troublemakers, the round pegs in square holes, the ones who see things differently,” words popularized in Apple’s “Think Different” ad campaign. Steve would be remembered as one of those with “no respect for the status quo.” Those moments are my most cherished and enduring memories of my time with Steve. The four of us sitting together at Kona, eating papayas and laughing for no reason at all. I'll miss those times. Goodbye, Steve. Larry’s nightmare: In Larry’s mind, it fed into a culture based on a homogenized egalitarian ethos where everyone was the same, where there are no winners and no losers, and where there are no more heroes. Larry says something to Russell (the guy running his team). It echoes what Charles Kettering said last week: It is not what two people do the same that matters. It is what they do differently that's liable to count. Larry says, “You already have a job, Russell. You've got to figure out why we're so damn slow, our said another way. Why is New Zealand so fast? What are they doing that we're not? Don’t give up before you absolutely have to. Stay in problem solving mode: Larry was not happy when he heard that speeches were being written and plans being made for the handover of the Cup, but he ignored it all until he was asked to settle an argument over who was going to give the concession speech during the handover. “Let me get this straight: people are fighting over who gets to give the concession speech? I don’t give a fuck who gives the concession speech. If we lose, everyone who wants to give a concession speech can give a concession speech. But we haven’t lost yet. Why don’t we focus on winning the next fucking race , rather than concession speeches.”Larry, a licensed commercial pilot with thousands of hours flying jets, likened their situation to a plane in distress. When pilots have a serious emergency, they immediately go into problem solving mode, and they stay in that mode until the problem is solved — or until just before impact. In that final moment, the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder captures the pilot’s brief concession speech. There are two versions of the speech, one secular, one not: “Oh God ” and “ Oh shit.” Larry had not yet reached his “Oh God” or “Oh shit” moment. Down 8 points to 1, he remained in problem solving mode. As Muhammad Ali once said, “It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” No one was going to live or die on the basis of these things. But contests were his best teachers. At some point, one person gets measured against another. They find out who wins and who doesn’t, and along the way they learn something about themselves. Larry had learned that he loved the striving, the facing of setbacks, and the trying again.  It’s hard for me to quit when I’m losing — and it’s hard for me to quit when I’m winning. It’s just hard for me to quit. I’m addicted to competing.Listen to the full episode now by upgrading to the Misfit feed: If you want to listen to the full episode you’ll need to upgrade to the Misfit feed. You will get access to every full episode. These episodes are available nowhere else. Upgrade now.

What I learned from reading The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice by Julian Guthrie.[0:01] Larry Ellison to Steve Jobs: I'm talking about greatness, about taking a lever to the world and moving it. I'm not talking about moral perfection. I'm talking about people who changed the world the most during their lifetime.[0:56] Larry's choice for history's greatest person could not have been more different from Gandhi (Steve Jobs's choice): the military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.  [3:15] Steve liked to say the Beatles were his management model — four guys who kept each other in check and produced something great.[3:47] Larry's favorite history book was Will and Ariel Durant's The Age of Napoleon, which he had read several times. Like his buddy Steve, and like Larry himself, Napoleon was an outsider who was told he would never amount to anything.[6:09] Now the book is technically about the America's Cup race. But that is not really what it is about. This books gives insights into extreme winners.[7:50] Steve and Larry had found they had much in common. They both had adoptive parents. Both considered their adoptive parents their real parents. Both were “OCD,” and both were antiauthoritarian. They shared a disdain for conventional wisdom and felt people too often equated obedience with intelligence. They never graduated from college, and Steve loved to boast that he'd left Reed College after just two weeks while it took others, including Larry and their rival Bill Gates, months or even years to drop out. [9:09] Steve Jobs: “Why do people buy art when they can make their own art?” Larry thought for a moment and replied, “Well , Steve , not everyone can make his own art. You can. It's a gift.”[10:46] What he (Steve Jobs) liked was designing and redesigning things to make them more useful and more beautiful.[11:02] If Michael Jordan sold enterprise software he would be Larry Ellison. Larry is addicted to winning.[12:38] An idea I learned from Steve was the further you get away from one the more complexity you are inviting in.[13:20] Larry was a voracious reader who spent a great deal of time studying science and technology, but his favorite subject was history. He learned more about human nature, management, and leadership by reading history than by reading books about business.[14:52] His adopted Dad said over and over again to Larry, “You are a loser. You are going to amount to nothing in life.”[15:19] Larry treats life like an adventure.[15:26] He envied how Graham's parents supported him on his adventure, as this was the opposite of his own life. The story of Graham transported Larry from the regimentation of high school to the adventure and freedom of the sea. Here was a boy alone at sea for weeks at a stretch; dealing with storms, circling sharks, and broken masts; visiting exotic locales. Through it all he was his own navigator.That is definitely the way Larry approached his life.[18:04] Why Larry uses competition as a way to test himself: He wanted to see just how much better a sailor he had become. It will be an interesting test. There was a clarity to be found in sports that couldn't be had in business. At Oracle he still wanted to beat the rivals IBM and Microsoft, but business was a marathon without end; there was always another quarter. In sports , the buzzer sounds and time runs out.[18:50] It is not what two groups do a like that matters. It's what they do differently that's liable to count. —Charles Kettering[22:20] Why test yourself: After the laughter died down Larry turned serious. “Why do we do these things? George Mallory said the reason he wanted to climb Everest was because ‘it's there.' I don't think so. I think Mallory was wrong. It's not because it's there. It's because we're there, and we wonder if we can do it.” [24:11] Larry's personality: He didn't like letting them have control. It was the same reason he didn't have a driver, and it was why he liked to pilot his own planes and why he had been married and divorced three times. He didn't like being told what he could and couldn't do.[26:04] With any new thing you do in your life, you are going to have to overcome people telling you that you are an idiot.[28:08] While Ellison demanded absolute loyalty, he did not always return it. The people he liked best were the ones who were doing something for him. The people he hired were all geniuses until the day they resigned—when in Ellison's view— they became idiots or worse.[29:44] What Larry is reading during the dot com bubble collapse: The books on his nightstand included Fate Is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir by Ernest Gann, The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith, and William Manchester's multivolume biography of Winston Churchill.[30:25] Whenever Larry felt remotely close to being at risk of failure he couldn't stop working. [30:58] I'm going to read you one of the funniest paragraphs I have ever read. The guy Larry is talking to is insane:In the dot—com heyday he got a call from Farzad Nazem, who used to work at Oracle and was now a top executive at Yahoo. Nazem told Larry, “Disney wants to merge with us. Why would we ever want to do something like that? What have they got?” Larry answered his old friend, “Gee , let me think. They have the most valuable film library in the world, the most valuable TV channels in world, and successful theme parks everywhere. Disney makes tons of money and they're probably the most beloved brand on the planet. Now, what have you got? A Web page with news on it and free e-mail. Has everyone gone crazy ?”[32:38] Oracle has been around for 40 years. How many companies can survive 40+ years?[33:00] One of the key insights I took away from Larry is this idea about game within a game. I'm glad I'm reading these books about Larry Ellison at the same time I watched this 10 part documentary on Michael Jordan (The Last Dance) because I think both Jordan and Ellison figured out something that is fundamental to our nature.I don't think hey were not setting out to try to figure out something fundamental about human nature. They did so in their own process of self discovery.They hack themselves by creating games within games.They understand over a long period of time that your motivations, your dedication, your discipline is going to ebb and flow and they had to find a way to hack themselves.[38:19] There is one sentence that sums up Larry's personality: “Winning. That is my idea of fun.”[38:38] There are a lot of extreme winners on Larry's team. That is one of the things I like most about the book. It gives you insights into their mindset, how they prepare for their sport—which I think is applicable to whatever you do for a living.[40:00] Dixon said, “Larry, my advice is that we go out there tomorrow to try to win the race. We will probably get beaten and you should be prepared to lose gracefully.” Larry was stunned by the suggestion. After a long pause, he said that he could be gracious after losing, but wasn't capable of being gracious while he was losing, he had come here to win.[42:00] The Vince Lombardi line Larry loves: Every team in the National Football League has has the talent necessary to win the championship. It's simply a matter of what you're willing to give up. Then Lombardi looked at them and said, I expect you to give up everything, and he left the room.[42:25] Give me human will and the intense desire to win, and it will trump talent every day of the week.[43:05] His lack of interest in marriage was not about fidelity, but had more to do with problems he had with authority. In marriage, he had to live a good part of his life the way the other person wanted him to live it. Larry wanted to live his life his way. This part reminds me of what we learned on the podcast I did on Frank Lloyd Wright.[44:17] His favorite Japanese saying was, “Your garden is not complete until there is nothing else you can take out of it.”  [44:44] Rafael Nadal asked how Larry had made his life such a success. Larry launched into a long philosophical musing about how innovation in technology is quite often based on finding errors in conventional wisdom, and when you find an error you have to have the courage take a different approach even when everyone else says you're wrong. Then Larry abruptly stopped himself. “Forget everything I just said. The answer is simple. I never give up.” [46:09] He was incapable of waving the white flag.[46:24] Kobe Bryant: A young player should not be worried about his legacy. Wake up, identify your weakness and work on that. Go to sleep, wake up, and do that all over again. 20 years from now, you'll look back and see your legacy for yourself. That's life.[46:47] Larry is constantly willing to put himself in uncomfortable situations so he can improve.[49:00] One of Larry's favorite maxims was: “The brain's primary purpose is deception, and the primary person to be deceived is the owner.”[49:07] How does his favorite Maxim relate to why he likes sports? Because in sports, you can't deceive yourself. He just said the brain's primary purpose is to deceive yourself—so he needs to hack himself. He needs to have his game within a game, so he is incapable of deceiving himself. Larry liked having opponents, even enemies. “I learn a lot about myself when I compete against somebody. I measure myself by winning and losing. Every shot in basketball is clearly judged by an orange hoop — make or miss. The hoop makes it difficult to deceive yourself.”[49:56] The insight is if we do something really hard we won't have any competition.[52:26] The athletes Larry knew were obsessed with the game they played. They were like his friend Steve Jobs who worried about the color of the screws inside a computer.[53:12] They reminded Larry of a line from Tombstone: Wyatt Earp asks Doc Holliday,“ What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?” Doc replies, “A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.” For better and worse, Larry had the same hole, and he tried to fill it by winning. But as soon as he closed in on one of his goals, he immediately set another difficult and distant goal. In that way, he kept moving the finish line just out of reach.[54:31] Back home, standing by the lake where he and Steve had debated things great and small, Larry was certain that decades from now there would be two guys walking somewhere, talking about their icons. Steve would be mentioned. He would be one of those “misfits, rebels, troublemakers, the round pegs in square holes, the ones who see things differently,” words popularized in Apple's “Think Different” ad campaign. Steve would be remembered as one of those with “no respect for the status quo.”[59:16] Those moments are my most cherished and enduring memories of my time with Steve. The four of us sitting together at Kona, eating papayas and laughing for no reason at all. I'll miss those times. Goodbye, Steve.[1:00:00] Larry's nightmare: In Larry's mind, it fed into a culture based on a homogenized egalitarian ethos where everyone was the same, where there are no winners and no losers, and where there are no more heroes.[1:02:21] Larry says something to Russell (the guy running his team). It echoes what Charles Kettering said last week: It is not what two people do the same that matters. It is what they do differently. Larry says, “You already have a job, Russell. You've got to figure out why we're so damn slow, our set another way. Why is New Zealand so fast? What are they doing that we're not?[1:03:08] Don't give up before you absolutely have to. Stay in problem solving mode: Larry was not happy when he heard that speeches were being written and plans being made for the handover of the Cup, but he ignored it all until he was asked to settle an argument over who was going to give the concession speech during the handover. “Let me get this straight: people are fighting over who gets to give the concession speech? I don't give a fuck who gives the concession speech. If we lose, everyone who wants to give a concession speech can give a concession speech. But we haven't lost yet. Why don't we focus on winning the next fucking race , rather than concession speeches.”Larry, a licensed commercial pilot with thousands of hours flying jets, likened their situation to a plane in distress. When pilots have a serious emergency, they immediately go into problem solving mode, and they stay in that mode until the problem is solved — or until just before impact. In that final moment, the aircraft's cockpit voice recorder captures the pilot's brief concession speech. There are two versions of the speech, one secular, one not: “Oh God ” and “ Oh shit.” Larry had not yet reached his “Oh God” or “Oh shit” moment. Down 8 points to 1, he remained in problem solving mode.[1:06:19] As Muhammad Ali once said, “It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” No one was going to live or die on the basis of these things. But contests were his best teachers. At some point, one person gets measured against another. They find out who wins and who doesn't, and along the way they learn something about themselves. Larry had learned that he loved the striving, the facing of setbacks, and the trying again. [1:07:56] It's hard for me to quit when I'm losing — and it's hard for me to quit when I'm winning. It's just hard for me to quit. I'm addicted to competing.—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested, so my poor wallet suffers.”— GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book. It's good for you. It's good for Founders. A list of all the books featured on Founders Podcast.

Douglas MacArthur was a man of routine, most military men are. So it shouldn’t surprise us that he built a family life around routine. But unlike far too many fathers who make routine a form of control, MacArthur’s morning routine was about fun—it was about starting the day off right.As the peerless William Manchester details in his book American Caesar, the morning time was one of the best times at the MacArthur household. In fact, it was kind of scheduled crazy fun: When Arthur began to walk, and then to talk, father and son developed a morning ceremony. At about 7:30 A.M. the door of the General’s bedroom would open and the boy would trudge in clutching his favorite toy, a stuffed rabbit with a scraggly mustache which he called “Old Friend.” MacArthur would instantly bound out of bed and snap to attention. Then the General marched around the room in quickstep while his son counted cadence: “Boom! Boom! Boomity boom!” After they had passed the bed several times, the child would cover his eyes with his hands while MacArthur produced the day’s present: a piece of candy, perhaps, or a crayon, or a coloring book. The ritual would end in the bathroom, where MacArthur would shave while Arthur watched and both sang duets.And it didn’t just happen when Arthur was young. As he got older, while his father ruled post-war Japan, Arthur would wake at 7am, and according to Manchester, “rush into the General’s bedroom and pummel him.We talked before about Ulysses S. Grant’s evening wrestling matches with his kids. We talked about the epic games in the yard that Harmon Killebrew’s father knew was killing his grass but helping raise his kids. Well, we shouldn’t just be talking about this, we shouldn’t just be thinking it was cute that MacArthur and Grant let their guard down at home. We have to do the same thing.No one is too important or too busy to have some crazy time at home. No one is above getting pummeled by their kid in bed. No father should hesitate before singing at the top of their lungs while they shave. These moments are the best moments. If they’re rare, you’re doing it wrong. They should be regular. Maybe like MacArthur, they should be scheduled every morning for 7:30.

We all love biographies and memoirs. Well, Dave and I (Aaron) do a lot more than Barnabas. But we all do love to talk about biographies and memoirs! And this week we’re joined by Dave’s daughter, Madelyn, who helps keep us on track as we discuss: What makes a good biography and why we love them The greatness of the word “bloviating” What makes a good memoir vs a bad one Why Christian biographies are so hard to write The national foods of Canada How Aaron really feels about Canadian coffee How we feel about the Tolkien movie that we haven’t seen yet Madelyn’s choice for the Jack Reacher Sucker-punch of the Week Thanks to our sponsor, Gospel-Centered Discipleship, for their support. Check out the newest title from GCD Books, A Restless Age: How Saint Augustine Helps You Make Sense of Your Twenties by Austin Gohn. Also be sure to order my (Aaron’s) latest book, Epic: The Story that Changed the World, which releases today! Among the many books discussed today: The Autobiography of Jean Luc Picard by David A. Goodman World War Z by Max Brooks The Secret Diary of Heindrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old The Last Lion by William Manchester and Paul Reid Yes Please by Amy Poehler Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller Empowered by Catherine Parks A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew Luther: A Visual Book by Aaron Armstrong, Stephen McCaskell and Rommel Ruiz If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor by D. A. Carson I Never Had it Made by Jackie Robinson A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken John Adams by David McCullough The Man Called Cash by Steve Turner Here I Stand by Richard Bainton Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. This only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show. If you know someone who would benefit from listening, share the show on your favorite social media network. Give us a follow on Twitter at @malContentsPod We use affiliate links from Amazon to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the podcast. Be sure to purchase a book or ten that we talk about on every episode. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM @malContentsPod on Twitter.  

Today on The Stacks we are joined by Zeke Smith. Zeke is a writer and trans activist who you may know best from his seasons on Survivor (Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor: Game Changers). This week we talk reality TV fame, self-identification, and Zeke's favorite genre of books (hint: its not wha you think). You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes. BOOKS The Quiet American by Graham Greene Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Less by Andrew Sean Greer The Last Lion by William Manchester and Paul Reid White Teeth by Zadie Smith China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan Feminasty by Erin Gibson Bleak House by Charles Dickens Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The World According to Garp by John Irving The Histories by Herodotus Fear by Bob Woodward Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman One Bullet Away by Nathaniel C. Fick The Good Soldiers by David Finkel Dick Couch Transgender History by Susan Stryker My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum You are a Badass by Jen Sincero The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer Through my Eyes by Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker Hamlet by William Shakespeare Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Graham Greene Encountering God by Diana L. Eck EVERYTHING ELSE Survivor (CBS) GLAAD Transforming Family Jeff Probst Chris Harrison Longchamp Purse The Bachelor (ABC) The Real Housewives (Bravo) Teresa Guidice "'Survivor' Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender" (Zeke Smith, The Hollywood Reporter) Goodreads Rachel Maddow Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) Nico Santos Connect with Zeke: Zeke's Instagram|Zeke's Twitter|Zeke's Website Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you're able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod. Thank you to this week's sponsor Audible. To get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks. The Stacks participates in affiliate programs in which we receive a small commission when products are purchased through some links on this website. This does not effect my opinions on books and products. For more information click here.  

Some leaders discuss action; great leaders take action. In episode ten of “The Richard Blackaby Leadership Podcast,” Richard continues his discussion on Winston Churchill and the wisdom leaders can glean from his life.  Follow Richard on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2GDXNDM Follow Richard on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2kcjqlL Resources related to this episode:  “Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity,” by Stephen Hayward.  Find ithere. “The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill” by William Manchester. Find it here. “My Early Life” by Winston Churchill. Find it here. NOTE: BMI will be hosting a Spiritual Leadership Coaching Workshop on Oct. 24-26, 2018. Register soon to receive the early bird rate! For more info or to register, click here.

Russ Ewell sits down with Dave Banks and Todd Singleton to discuss if it is worth the time and effort to build and train leaders, allowing them the opportunity to fail and learn through their mistakes. Mark Zuckerberg, according to Kara Swisher’s opinion piece in the New York Times, has cost many people their privacy while he learns “on the job” how to lead in a digital space that has never been explored before. Is our unwillingness to be patient as leaders grow through the process placing us in a leadership crisis? Finally, learn about the mentorship to build leaders with the “competence, character and connection” to bring about a change in the world. With 32 years of experience as a CEO, Interim CEO or Chairman of a variety of startups, Dave Banks has spent the past 20 years working with early stage company CEO's as an adviser or board member to assist in the growth and development of tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Todd Singleton is currently the Head of Field Engineering for Saffron AI at Intel in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he and his team are working to develop and deliver AI-driven solutions with memory-based machine learning. With twenty years of entrepreneurial leadership experience Todd is adept in a wide range of back and front office functions and a builder of high-performance teams in technology-driven markets. Be sure to check out the books referenced in today’s episode: The Last Lion, a three volume book series on the life and leadership of Winston Churchill by William Manchester and My American Journey by Colin Powell

In episode 9 of “The Richard Blackaby Leadership Podcast,” Richard discusses one of his favorite historical figures: Winston Churchill. He was a deeply flawed person who experienced some spectacular successes along the way. Despite enduring a troubled childhood and an unpromising youth, many historians consider Churchill to be the greatest leader of the 20th century.   Follow Richard on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2GDXNDM Follow Richard on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2kcjqlL   Resources Richard mentions in this episode: “The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill” by William Manchester. Find it here. “My Early Life” by Winston Churchill. Find it here.   BMI will be hosting a Spiritual Leadership Coaching Workshop on Oct. 24-26, 2018. Register soon to receive the early bird rate! For more info or to register, click here.

 “Order and chaos are the yang and yin of the famous Taoist symbol: two serpents, head to tail. Order is the white, masculine serpent; Chaos, its black, feminine counterpart. The black dot in the white—and the white in the black—indicate the possibility of transformation: just when things seem secure, the unknown can loom, unexpectedly and large. Conversely, just when everything seems lost, new order can emerge from catastrophe and chaos. For the Taoists, meaning is to be found on the border between the ever-entwined pair. To walk that border is to stay on the path of life, the divine Way. And that’s much better than happiness.” In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I discuss​ 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. In his book, Peterson –a professor at the University of Toronto, and a practicing psychologist who has spent his life studying mythology psychology, religion and philosophy– writes about discipline, freedom, adventure, and responsibility, distilling the world’s wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. "Winning at everything might only mean that you’re not doing anything new or difficult." We cover a wide range of topics, including: Free speech and the nature of truth Why post-modernists are right… to an extent How to be a winning lobster Positive feedback loops and your own heaven and hell Why danger is important Appreciating the moment but planning for chaos And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a book whose concepts will similarly change your outlook, as well as our episode on The Power of Myth, to further learn the power of mythology can be relevant to our everyday lives.   Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more.   Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show: Peterson’s Patreon page [5:21] C-16 Amendment to the Canadian Human Rights Bill [5:40] Interview with Peterson on Joe Rogan's podcast [06:23] Pareto distribution [13:21] Virtue Signalling [17:05] Positive Reinforcement Loop [30:20] Mushroom Coffee [31:28] Perfect Keto [31:28] Ship of Theseus [34:40] Slaying the Dragon Within Us [38:35] Self Authoring [49:57] Growth Machine [54:21] Greatness All Around Us by Neil Soni [55:18] Space X’s Falcon Heavy [1:01:47] Positive reinforcement training [1:13:55] Voldemort Effect [1:19:11] Crony Beliefs Podcast by Kevin Simler [1:20:37] BlackRock [1:22:34] Columbine Killers [1:25:05] Puja [1:34:32] The Marshmallow Experiment [1:36:16] Cain and Abel [1:38:42] Entropy [1:48:47] Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber [1:58:20] The Office - TV Series [2:00:51] Dominance Hierarchy [2:05:16] Jumanji (2018) [2:07:39] Jordan Peterson on the Jocko Podcast [2:32:03] Psychological Significance of Biblical Stories [2:32:13]   Books mentioned: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson (Nat’s notes) (Neil’s notes) The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene [03:20] (Nat’s Notes) Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson [04:23] Emergency by Neil Strauss [13:59] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott [16:12] Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter [16:57] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester [1:00:20] Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson [1:02:58] The Inner Game of Tennis [1:07:21] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Annaeus Seneca [1:07:44] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio [1:08:14] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Work Clean by Dan Charnas [1:09:44] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb [1:10:55] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Finite and Infinite Games by James C. Carse [2:03:10] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Emoji Dick by Fred Benenson [2:28:53] Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb [2:29:43]   People mentioned: Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, @jordanbpeterson Charles Darwin [09:30] (Darwin’s Dangerous Idea episode) Jacques Derrida [10:22] Charles Murray [19:26] Nassim Nicholas Taleb [26:39] (Antifragile episode) Sam Harris [38:20] Dave Rubin [38:20] Winston Churchill [1:00:20] Elon Musk [1:01:47] (on this podcast) Jeff Bezos [1:01:47] Naval Ravikant [1:02:19] Steve Jobs [1:02:42] Lucius Annaeus Seneca [1:07:44] Carl Jung [1:09:13] Dan Charnas [1:09:48] Kevin Simler [1:21:25] Laurence Tosi, AirBnB’s ex-CFO [1:24:00] Karl Marx [1:40:20] Ray Dalio [1:43:39] (on this podcast) Robert Greene [1:43:47] (on this podcast) Daniel Tosh [2:01:53] Louis CK [2:01:53] Chris Rock [2:01:53] Alfred Adler [2:08:35] Sigmund Freud [2:08:35]   Show Topics 01:00 - The title of the book is misleading, and surprising if you know Peterson’s other work. But don’t judge a book by it’s cover, this is a very detailed and valuable work.   03:39 - Peterson is a practicing psychotherapist and also a lecturer. He’s has spent most of his life studying religion and mythology. 05:26 - Peterson’s notoriety because of his opposition to a bill in Canada that essentially makes calling somebody by the wrong gender pronoun a hate crime. He was opposed on the grounds of free speech and argues that you can’t compel anyone to use any specific word. 07:11 - Peterson fights against the post-modernist idea that nothing is true, everything is subjective. He believes that postmodernism has taken the idea of subjectivity and pushed it too far.   09:00 - Math is something we’ve discovered, not a human invention. Fundamental nature of numbers is unchanging. Argument linking math and logic to patriarchy and power.   11:14 - What is the goal of the postmodernists? If you continually tear down the hierarchy then at some point the oppressors become the oppressed.   12:41 - Communist China is what you get if you tear down an authority that is there due to the natural order. There will always be a Pareto distribution. If you try to perfectly level the playing field you end up with a controlling regime.   17:05 - Peterson is harsh against virtue signalling. Is the goal of most postmodernists just to 'look moral'?   18:11 - Science should not be ideology driven. It's still science. Nobody wants to talk about sex and race in terms of science. Charles Murray example where he researched IQ differences across different races. He proved there were differences and he's been treated as a bigot because of this.   22:50 - Peterson does a great job at maintaining what the science says about us as humans. What that means in what we should do in our day to day.   25:12 - The rules of the book come off as simple but there's a lot of rich material underneath them. The titles of the rules are there to remind you of the big idea, as easy to remember snippets.   27:03 - Rule 1: Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back. How lobsters are similar to humans. How to look like a winner. Positive reinforcement loop. Head off depression.   31:28 - Sponsor. Hack your physio-psychological behavior by waking up at the same time every day and have breakfast. Get some mushroom coffee and keto from the MYT support page. Support the podcast and you'll become a winning lobster.   34:40 - Lobsters brain reaction when losing. All the cells in your body recycle every seven years. The ship of Theseus: if every cell in your body is different in seven years are you still the same person?   38:00 - Breaking out of the negative loop. Slaying the dragon within us. Problems get bigger until you acknowledge them.   40:16 - The subjective truth is still truth. Rules don't become useless because there is an exception to them. As Peterson says, the truth is fluid.   43:23 - Noah; predicting floods doesn't count, building arks does. If you get your house in order now, when total chaos comes, you'll be ready.   44:03 - Rule 2: Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible for Helping. Internal tyrant - we are too harsh on ourselves. The result is that we inevitably rebel. Our two selves end up hating each other.   45:48 - Prescriptions for medicine for pets gets filled much more frequently than medicine for humans. People better at taking care of their pets than they are of themselves.   47:57 - Think about what is good for you rather than what would make you happy. What might my life look like if I were caring for myself properly?   50:35 - Rule 3: Make Friends with People Who Want the Best for You. One bad apple spoils the bunch example.   51:30 - If you have friends who are obese or who smoke there is a higher chance you will become obese or start to smoke! Normalising effect, it's not bad it's just what everyone else is doing. You become the five people you spend the most time with. Be selective!   55:02 - If your friends do good, you do good. If you live in a place where there are a lot of people you don't want to be like, read more books, like Andrew Carnegie and Jay-Z.   1:00:29- Rule 4: Compare Yourself to Who You Were Yesterday, Not Who Someone Else is Today. Comparing to others is a fallacy, you always lose. No matter how far along you are you'll still have someone to be jealous of.   1:02:19 - Naval Ravikant: Being jealous of someone is really silly because you can't pick and choose parts of someone else's life. Steve Jobs was miserable, he never enjoyed his money.   1:03:50 - Sponsor. Take a shot of Kettle and Fire Bonebroth.   1:04:21 - Feeling good when you find something bad of someone who you are jealous. If you always win or always lose, it's no fun, but a video game at just the right difficulty is perfect. Similarly, comparing yourself to who you were yesterday is the perfect opponent.   1:07:44 - Seneca: Don't compare yourself to what others have, compare yourself to who you were before. Grand Theft Life! Control the machine, don't operate it.   1:09:19 - Most people don't find God because they don't search low enough. There's an ideal to reach for in everyday life.   1:09:48 - Daily practice is a version of God in the everyday and mundane. Gratefulness journal. Figure out what things make you feel better. Your emotional response. Dopamine and serotonin.   1:13:42 - Rule 5: Do Not Let Your Children Do Anything that Makes You Dislike Them.   1:13:55 - Positive reinforcement training. Attention as a currency of reward - effective reinforcement in humans. If you ignore people, they'll quickly understand that they shouldn't repeat whatever it was that made you ignore them. Beware of conversational one-upmanship.   1:16:43 - If someone does something you don't like, just tell them.   1:19:28 - People tie ideas to their identity and get offended. Some can't hold two competing ideas in their head at once. If you get emotional about an idea, that's generally a bad sign.   1:20:37 - Crony Beliefs. If you react to information with disgust or outrage that’s a sign that there's some belief you hold which is not based on logic and reasoning. In-group acceptance, virtue signalling, desire to be accepted.   1:24:18 - Trojan Horse strategy. A lot of hyper-feminist young men do it as a way to get in with women. Weasely.   1:25:05 - Rule 6: Set Your House in Perfect Order Before You Criticize the World. Columbine killers said the world is so bad, it shouldn't exist, they want to burn it all down and take everyone with them. All of us, on some level, have these impulses when things don't go right.   1:27:04 - Make your bed, create order and not chaos. Take ten minutes and get back to inbox zero. Part of your brain is latently working on it, so work on it yourself. Set aside times for worrying and forget it the rest of the time.   1:30:13 - Extreme ownership, don't worry about what anybody else did wrong or what other people could be doing, focus on what you can do. Don't rail against society. You have to recognise the monster within you in order to really be a good person.   1:32:14 - Floods are going to come, it's your fault for being unprepared. Just because something is unlikely doesn't mean you shouldn't have a plan in place.   1:34:08 - Rule 7: Pursue What is Meaningful (Not What is Expedient). The role of sacrifice in ancient societies.   1:35:09 - Preparing for the future. Giving up greater comfort now for something further down the line. Ceremonies as reminders.   1:36:14 - Kids who were able to hold off eating a marshmallow as they would get two later did better in future life. Delayed gratification. Sacrificing impulses leads to richer life.   1:38:42 - Cain and Abel. Sometimes sacrifices are rejected and we don’t know why. There’s wisdom in fairy tales. “Religion is the opiate of the masses”. Do what’s meaningful and not expedient.   1:42:14 - Rule 8: Tell the Truth, or at least Don’t Lie. Lean towards truth instead of trying to tell a story. Acknowledge the problem. Problems are often improved by simply talking.   1:43:39 - Dalio: An honest interpretation of the world is necessary. Robert Greene: Interpret the world honestly. We run from scary truths but knowing the truth is almost always better. If there’s a problem you’re not acknowledging, your brain interprets it as the sum of all the possible problems. Dragons or squirrels.   1:45:14- You can’t just tell the truth to other people, you also have to tell it to yourself. Entropy: things tend towards chaos. Things will go wrong if you don’t do anything about them. One state of order, infinite states of chaos. Do the dishes.   1:51:33 - Rule 9: Assume that the Person You Are Listening to Might Know Something You Don't. 3 categories of conversations: exchanging information; one-upmanship; mutual meditation. Figuring out what the map looks like.   1:54:36 - Most people can be interesting if prompted the right way and if you’re actually listening. Try saying something controversial. If you don’t talk about it, that encourages people not to talk about it. The tyranny of the minority. Be willing to offend people.   1:58:37 - Differences in interests between men and women. We have to be honest before we can talk about the implications of things. How we as conscious beings can recognize negative urges under the surface and still function in society.   2:00:46 - Part of the job of comedy is to be on the edge of order and chaos. They’ve found the line and they know how to walk it. They say what everyone is thinking! Playing with boundaries as Infinite players.   2:03:09 - Rule 10: Be Precise in Your Speech. Don’t mold your opinions to try to get approval from those around you. Be honest. Deal with that as it comes. Be open to being corrected.   2:04:28 - Rule 11: Do Not Bother Children when they are Skateboarding. Initially confusing. Danger has a value in teaching kids. Adult efforts to make children safer are often misguided. Let people fail.   2:06:15 - There will always be a dominance hierarchy. This danger and experimentation is how we find our place in it. How we expand in it. The hierarchy is a natural result of us testing ourselves. You can’t have equality and freedom. There are many different hierarchies.   2:06:54 - The pursuit of goals is what makes life meaningful. There is no reason to have goals if there’s nothing to win at. You can’t create meaning if you can’t strive for anything.   2:09:04 - Controversial topics that shouldn’t be. Use of personality as an excuse from taking care of yourself. Be healthy and make yourself more desirable. Removing danger is dangerous.   2:11:14 - We use our middle school years to figure out the rules of society. Two year-olds aren’t malicious, they’re just testing the limits.   2:12:28 - It’s important for men to be men. Women will find 85% of men below average in terms of attractiveness. To be attractive, be the best version of yourself you can be.   2:14:11- Life competence matters. There should be true rewards for success, and true consequences for failure. People need to be able to fail. Pain is useful.   2:15:36 - Peterson’s comments are tailor made to get taken out of context. Example of “women can find meaning in childbirth” and “the pay gap”.   2:17:29 - The game that we’re measuring when we measure income is just one game, and is not meaning for life. There are other places to find meaning. Women express alternative places they can derive meaning. Reverse societal pressure to say that some women are “too good” to want to raise a family.   2:21:36 - Sponsor. Perfect Keto pizza!.   2:22:08 - Women can win in men’s arenas. Men can’t win in what are typically considered women’s arenas. Men get flak for being in traditionally female roles (e.g. nurse, school teacher).   2:23:48 - Rule 12: Pet a Cat When You Encounter One on the Street. There are going to be a lot of horrible times in your life so when you get the opportunity to experience something good you should take it.   2:25:09 - Cats are the most perfect metaphor for nature, for being. They interact with humans but are not as fully domesticated as dogs are. If you pet a cat you’re getting an opportunity to appreciate being and nature. The dog will always run up to you and be happy to see you but that is not how reality is. Mutually assured non-destruction.   2:27:30 - Gratefulness. Appreciate a good cup of coffee or time with your family. Times are great right now but they won’t always be. Enjoy not being in chaos. Don’t be a turkey.   2:30:16 - Returning to chaos and order. We rise to the level of our training. Get into improving habits while the world is still in order.   2:32:13 - Don’t just sit at home watching YouTube, go and do something damnit! Is Peterson a heretic? He’s figured out how to monetize haters.   2:51:30 - Sponsors. Drink Mushroom Coffee from Four Sigmatic with cordyceps and chaga for evening working out. Go to Perfect Keto for your keto needs. Check Perfect Keto’s new liquid MCT oil good for pre-workout. Kettle on Fire’s Bone Broth is excellent to get back in your diet. Buy Jordan Peterson’s book and everything else using our Amazon link. Leave a review on iTunes. Subscribe to the email list for bonus materials and more tangents. Tell people. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Afkald by Bremer/McCoy Peace by Oliver Coates. Day One Four by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Displacement by Rafael Anton Irisarri Notes Some sources for this one were The Glory and the Dream by William Manchester. Herbert Hoover: A Life by Glen Jeansonne Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of The Presidency, by Charles Rappleye The Life of Herbert Hoover, Humanitarian, by George H. Nash

Dominion is findable at virtually any friendly, neighborhood game store. Go visit yours and you'll be good to go.Some books to read to get a much better appreciation of medieval Europe:Norman Cantor. "Inventing the Middle Ages."William Manchester. "A World Lit Only By Fire."Barbara Tuchman. "A Distant Mirror."On metacognition in education: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/metacognition-gift-that-keeps-giving-donna-wilson-marcus-conyershttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/8-pathways-metacognition-in-classroom-marilyn-price-mitchellFind us on Facebook.Jon Cassie is at joncassie at gmail dot com.Tracy Wazenegger is at tlwazenegger at gmail dot com.Cover image from: [https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/392195/dominion?size=large]

How many people can draw a line in their lives that connects living in the West Bank, yacht racing around the world, doing polar expeditions, and becoming the CEO for a highly successful technology firm?  Probably one - and this week, he joins me on the All Things Risk Podcast to talk risk, digital media, leadership, and much more.  Meet Tony Haile, founding CEO of Chartbeat (www.chartbeat.com), explorer, adjunct Professor, and many other things. The things that Tony has done may, at first glance, seem disparate and unrelated.  However, as you'll soon grasp, the way that Tony looks at them, they are completely connected.  One of the threads that runs through Tony's endeavours is around risk and risk-taking.  Tony has for instance, applied many lessons from his polar expedition days to the world of tech start-ups. Chartbeat, the company Tony led as CEO for seven years is similarly an interesting story - not only because it went from start-up to market leader in its field, but also for what it does.  Chartbeat helps media companies understand how its audience engages with content (as opposed to the blunt instrument of measuring clicks and page views). Tony's work at Chartbeat revealed that in spite of the click bait economy of which we are a part, there is a massive demand for thoughtful and nuanced content.  We talk about this, including the future of digital media and investigative journalism in part of this episode. This all makes for a fun, wide-ranging and very insightful conversation that I am certain you will not only enjoy, but also take away some practical things you can use.  We cover: Tony's background, including studying International Relations and living in the West Bank Palestinian territory; Polar expeditions and working with explorer and endurance athlete Ben Saunders; Lessons in risk management Tony took from the world of yacht racing and polar expeditions and applied to the world of tech start-ups - this part of the conversation will perhaps challenge any preconceptions you might have about tech entrepreneurs being risk-seeing mavericks prone to recklessness; Chartbeat - what it does and how he helped make it a success; Lessons from his time as a CEO; The state of digital media; The future of investigative journalism; Book recommendations - Tony is a avid reader and lists the books he as read each year on his website (www.tonyhaile.com) - this led to an interesting discussion on genes and transhumanism (although we did not have enough time to cover this properly!) And much more! Show notes: Tony's website - www.tonyhaile.com  Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arctictony  Tony on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2c7fb7E  Chartbeat: https://chartbeat.com/  Tony's article in Time Magazine "What You Know About the Web is Wrong" - http://time.com/12933/what-you-think-you-know-about-the-web-is-wrong/  Feature on Tony and Chartbeat in the Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/innovations/tony_haile_chartbeat.php  Ernest Shackleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton  Ben Saunders - http://www.bensaunders.com/  The Scott Expedition: http://scottexpedition.com/  Control Risks: www.controlrisks.com  Article "What ISIS Really Wants": http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/  The Last Lion 3 by William Manchester and Paul Reid (although also check out 1 and 2): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/746673.The_Last_Lion_3?from_search=true  The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddharta Mukherjee: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27276428-the-gene?from_search=true  ________________ Did you like this episode? Subscribe to the All Things Risk podcast, leave a rating or review, and share it on social media: Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmKh Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings   Drop us a note: allthingsrisk@gmail.com Visit: www.allthingsrisk.co.uk - and find all episodes and ways to subscribe

The team at LifeBEAM went from working on aerospace technologies to fitness wearables. In this episode you’ll hear about how they created Vi, the wearable that acts as a personal trainer, how they began preparing for a Kickstarter project and what they’ve learned along the way. Vi. The First True Artificial Intelligence Personal Trainer Key Crowdfunding Takeaways Where crowdfunding projects typically start How to build a great product for crowdfunding How far out to start prepping for a crowdfunding campaign What surprises you may encounter during a Kickstarter project How to balance promoting the campaign with preparing for manufacturing Links Vi on Kickstarter http://life-beam.com/ The Last Lion - Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 by William Manchester and Paul Reid Connect with LifeBEAM Lifebeam on Facebook LifeBEAM on LinkedIn @LifeBEAM on Twitter LifeBEAM on YouTube Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code AOTK for 20% off!

Sponsored by The Churchill Centre. Greg Burns interviews author Paul Reid. William Manchester was a tremendously successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, The Last Lion: Alone, Goodbye Darkness, A World...

Sponsored by The Churchill Centre. Greg Burns interviews author Paul Reid. William Manchester was a tremendously successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, The Last Lion: Alone, Goodbye Darkness, A World...

On Wednesday 1st May 2013 Professor Dan Saxon, Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club. The last in a series of three, this talk explored the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies for the conduct of warfare. The late American historian William Manchester once wrote that '... no man is really a robot'. The great challenge for military professionals and legal scholars for the remainder of this century will be to ensure that robots used in armed conflict will display sufficient human qualities to fulfill the duties of international law, and to develop appropriate standards of responsibility when they do not. "Reponsibility" can mean more that holding a person or entity accountable for mistakes or misdeeds. "Responsibilty" includes other values and may also refer to a status and level of power and authority; similar to the status of "command". In this final lecture, Professor Saxon explores the levels of responsibility, if any, that humans may lawfully delegate to autonomous weapons systems, and describes the possibilities available under international law for holding persons, states and other entities accountable when autonomous weapons commit serious violations of international law.

On Wednesday 1st May 2013 Professor Dan Saxon, Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club. The last in a series of three, this talk explored the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies for the conduct of warfare. The late American historian William Manchester once wrote that '... no man is really a robot'. The great challenge for military professionals and legal scholars for the remainder of this century will be to ensure that robots used in armed conflict will display sufficient human qualities to fulfill the duties of international law, and to develop appropriate standards of responsibility when they do not. "Reponsibility" can mean more that holding a person or entity accountable for mistakes or misdeeds. "Responsibilty" includes other values and may also refer to a status and level of power and authority; similar to the status of "command". In this final lecture, Professor Saxon explores the levels of responsibility, if any, that humans may lawfully delegate to autonomous weapons systems, and describes the possibilities available under international law for holding persons, states and other entities accountable when autonomous weapons commit serious violations of international law.

On Wednesday 1st May 2013 Professor Dan Saxon, Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club. The last in a series of three, this talk explored the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies for the conduct of warfare. The late American historian William Manchester once wrote that '... no man is really a robot'. The great challenge for military professionals and legal scholars for the remainder of this century will be to ensure that robots used in armed conflict will display sufficient human qualities to fulfill the duties of international law, and to develop appropriate standards of responsibility when they do not. "Reponsibility" can mean more that holding a person or entity accountable for mistakes or misdeeds. "Responsibilty" includes other values and may also refer to a status and level of power and authority; similar to the status of "command". In this final lecture, Professor Saxon explores the levels of responsibility, if any, that humans may lawfully delegate to autonomous weapons systems, and describes the possibilities available under international law for holding persons, states and other entities accountable when autonomous weapons commit serious violations of international law.

On Wednesday 1st May 2013 Professor Dan Saxon, Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club. The last in a series of three, this talk explored the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies for the conduct of warfare. The late American historian William Manchester once wrote that '... no man is really a robot'. The great challenge for military professionals and legal scholars for the remainder of this century will be to ensure that robots used in armed conflict will display sufficient human qualities to fulfill the duties of international law, and to develop appropriate standards of responsibility when they do not. "Reponsibility" can mean more that holding a person or entity accountable for mistakes or misdeeds. "Responsibilty" includes other values and may also refer to a status and level of power and authority; similar to the status of "command". In this final lecture, Professor Saxon explores the levels of responsibility, if any, that humans may lawfully delegate to autonomous weapons systems, and describes the possibilities available under international law for holding persons, states and other entities accountable when autonomous weapons commit serious violations of international law.

According to MacArthur biographer William Manchester, “American participation in the 1928 Olympics…was a MacArthur production.” As President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, MacArthur traveled to Amsterdam with Team U.S.A., marched in the Parade of Nations, and had a front row seat to all of the events. He would later write of his experiences: “Athletes are among the most temperamental of all persons, but I stormed and pleaded and cajoled. I told them we represented the greatest nation in the world, that we were there to win, and win decisively.” Under MacArthur’s leadership and constant encouragement, Team U.S.A. won decisively – winning the medal count and setting more World and Olympic records in international competition than any other nation to that date.

Sponsored by The Churchill Centre. Greg Burns interviews author Paul Reid. William Manchester was a tremendously successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, The Last Lion: Alone, Goodbye Darkness, A…