Podcasts about zika

Jau šodien, 8. jūnijā, Ņujorkā, Traibekas Filmu festivālā, parādīsies vārds no Latvijas. Festivāla oficiālajā izlasē iekļauts raidieraksts “For The Sake of The Children” (Bērnu labā), kuram mūziku rakstījusi latviešu komponiste Aija Alsiņa. Viņa ir izdevusi jau trīs studijas albumus – “Domum”, “Creation” un “Lightkeeper”, kā arī veidojusi 24 atsevišķi izdotus singlus, kuriem manāma plaša publikas patika straumēšanas vietnēs. Viņas mūziku klausās vismaz 178 valstīs. Lai gan ikdienas skrējienā biežāk sanāk pievērsties bērniem, Aija meklē veidus, kā brīžiem doties radošajos izbraukumos, lai aizvien vairāk savu dzīvi saistītu ar mūziku. 

A virus rarely “comes out of nowhere.” More often, we build the bridge it crosses. We're talking One Health through two vivid case studies, Machupo virus and Zika virus, and the shared thread connecting them: land use change and the human decisions that reshape ecosystems faster than they can adapt.First, we break down Machupo, a New World arenavirus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever. We walk through how spillover happens from a rodent reservoir, why the early symptoms can look like so many other infections, and why basic questions about travel history and animal exposure can change everything when a clinician is determining a diagnosis. Then we zoom out to the bigger drivers: Bolivia's mid-century land reform, land clearance, deforestation, and how agricultural practices and predator loss can boost rodent populations and increase human exposure to them.Next, we shift to Zika, a flavivirus spread by Aedes mosquitoes that became headline news once it reached the Americas. We talk global travel and trade, why Zika felt “new” even though it wasn't, and the public health stakes of congenital complications such as microcephaly. We also dive into  how humans create environments mosquitoes thrive in like tires, plant pots, buckets, and other containers that create breeding sites right alongside our homes, plus how climate variation can push mosquito ranges into new regions.If you care about outbreak prevention, environmental health, deforestation, and the real-world mechanics of zoonotic spillover and vector-borne disease, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review to help more people find the show. What local land use change have you seen that might be shaping disease risk where you live?Send us Fan MailThanks for listening to the Infectious Science Podcast, we hope you enjoyed this  episode. You can find more cool science content on infectiousscience.org. Please leave us a review and share this episode with others who may be interested, and don't hesitate to ask us questions or tell us which topics you want to hear covered in future episodes.

Neste episódio do podcast de Biotech and Health, Camila Pepe e Carolina Abelin conversam com o especialista em Genética Molecular e professor do Insper, Paulo Amaral, sobre os avanços das pesquisas com a plataforma de RNA mensageiro. Estudos promissores estão sendo realizados para vacinas contra o vírus Influenza, HIV e doenças infecciosas negligenciadas, como Zika, chikungunya e leishmaniose. Além do uso em terapias onde o sistema imunológico possa reconhecer proteínas específicas de tumores, por exemplo.#ORIGINHealth #MITTechReviewBR #Podcast #Videocast

Pledge here! Just a dollar a month can help keep us alive! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2652072&ty=h&u=2652072 EXCLUSIVE replays of hour plus long live shows are available here at $5 a month or more! GET 10% OFF ON SHILAJIT FROM DR. KAUFMAN WHEN YOU USE CODE WAM10 HERE: https://medauthentica.com/discount/WAM10?redirect=/products/authentica-shilajit%3Fsca_ref=10867124.wrNV3jkYSaMg9 GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: https://rncstore.com/r?id=bg8qc1 Use code JOSH to save money! GET HEIRLOOM SEEDS & NON GMO SURVIVAL FOOD HERE: https://heavensharvest.com/wam USE Code WAM to save 25% plus free shipping! USE Code WAM50 for 50% off on select items like the #10 cans & MRE packs! Josh Sigurdson reports on the plan by Google to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into California as well as Florida in order to "stop mosquito-borne diseases which absolutely no one is buying. Google's decade old program called the "Debug Initiative" plans to release 32 million Culex mosquitoes into California, targeting West Nile, Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, St. Louis Encephalitis and Yellow Fever. This is similar to past programs run via Bill Gates with what the government calls "flying syringes" meant to inject people with so-called "antidotes." In places like Africa where similar releases have been done, we've seen massive growths of dangerous illnesses. Absolutely no one trusts this initiative. The mosquitoes will be guided by AI and robotics. Yes, you read that right. Most people are missing that important point. This also seems to be happening at the same time as we see an explosion in Lone Star Ticks which cause people to have anaphylactic meat and dairy allergies which they call Alpha Gal Syndrome. In the 1960s, the US military interestingly weaponized Lone Star Ticks and dropped 270,000 of them into population centers. Since then, government whistleblowers have also come forward claiming they were paid to drop boxes of these ticks from helicopters into populated and wooded areas. With Martha's Vineyard alone seeing a 50% rate of Alpha Gal Syndrome, clearly this is a massive problem. Were these ticks engineered with neurotoxins? It also so happens that Bill Gates has been invested heavily in genetically modified ticks and the release of them under the guise of "stopping illnesses" while also funding the largest scale lab made meat initiatives which just happen to not negatively affect people with Alpha Gal Syndrome. So what's actually going on? From the mosquito release to Lyme Disease, from Lone Star Ticks to nanotech studied by Johns Hopkins, we delve into this extremely concerning issue which is hitting the United States and Canada hard right now. Stay tuned for more from WAM! BUY GOLD HERE: https://firstnationalbullion.com/schedule-consult/ Avoid CBDCs! HELP SUPPORT US AS WE DOCUMENT HISTORY HERE: https://gogetfunding.com/help-keep-wam-alive/# GET YOUR WAV WATCH HERE: https://buy.wavwatch.com/WAM Use Code WAM to save $100 and purchase amazing healing frequency technology! Get Your SUPER-SUPPLIMENTS HERE: https://vni.life/wam Use Code WAM15 & Save 15%! Life changing formulas you can't find anywhere else! Get local, healthy, pasture raised meat delivered to your door here: https://wildpastures.com/promos/save-20-for-life/bonus15?oid=6&affid=321 USE THE LINK & get 20% off for life and $15 off your first box! DITCH YOUR DOCTOR! https://www.livelongerformula.com/wam Get a natural health practitioner and work with Christian Yordanov! Mention WAM and get a FREE masterclass! You will ALSO get a FREE metabolic function assessment! PayPal: ancientwonderstelevision@gmail.com FIND OUR CoinTree page here: https://cointr.ee/joshsigurdson PURCHASE MERECHANDISE HERE: https://world-alternative-media.creator-spring.com/ JOIN US on SubscribeStar here: https://www.subscribestar.com/world-alternative-media For subscriber only content! BITCOIN ADDRESS: 18d1WEnYYhBRgZVbeyLr6UfiJhrQygcgNU World Alternative Media 2026

Over the last half century, diseases carried by insects — such as malaria and dengue, Zika and Lyme disease — have greatly increased. Sociologists Brent Kaup and Kelly Austin argue that the surge in vector-borne disease has been fueled by neoliberal capitalism, at times in unexpected ways, such as through loosened financial regulations governing mortgages and health insurance, as well as the gutting of health care. (Encore presentation.) Brent Z. Kaup and Kelly F. Austin, The Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease UC Press, 2025 The post Capitalism and Insect-Borne Diseases appeared first on KPFA.

IMSS avanza en 19 obras hospitalariasLa Sonora Santanera llegará al Baile por la PazSismo de 6.1 sacude la costa de PerúMás información en nuestro Podcast#grc

Podcast del Instituto Centroamericano de Extensión de la Cultura (ICECU) En este episodio: Especial sobre el Zika

Radio Marija ir klausītāju veidots radio, kas nes Dieva Vārdu pasaulē. Radio Marija balss skan 24 stundas diennaktī. Šajos raidījumos klausītājiem kā saviem draugiem neatkarīgi no viņu reliģiskās pārliecības cenšamies sniegt Kristus Labo Vēsti – Evaņģēliju, skaidru katoliskās Baznīcas mācību. Cenšamies vairot lūgšanas pieredzi un sniegt iespēju ielūkoties visas cilvēces kultūras daudzveidībā. Radio Marija visā pasaulē darbojas uz brīvprātīgo kalpošanas pamata. Labprātīga savu talantu un laika ziedošana Dieva godam un jaunās evaņģelizācijas labā ir daļa no Radio Marija harizmas. Tā ir lieliska iespēja ikvienam īstenot savus talantus Evaņģēlija pasludināšanas darbā, piedzīvojot kalpošanas prieku. Ticam, ka Dievs īpaši lietos ikvienu cilvēku, kurš atsauksies šai kalpošanai, lai ar Radio Marija starpniecību paveiktu Latvijā lielas lietas. Radio Marija ir arī ģimene, kas vieno dažādu vecumu, dažādu konfesiju, dažādu sociālo slāņu cilvēkus, ļaujot katram būt iederīgam un sniegt savu pienesumu Dieva Vārda pasludināšanā, kā arī kopīgā lūgšanas pieredzē. "Patvērums Dievā 24 stundas diennaktī", - tā ir Radio Marija Latvija devīze. RML var uztvert Rīgā 97.3, Liepājā 97.1, Krāslavā 97.0, Valkā 93.2, kā arī ar [satelītuztvērēja palīdzību un interneta aplikācijās](http://www.rml.lv/klausies/).

Sons Of Liberty Radio with Bradlee Dean Fauci's Telling You To "Mask Up" - People, You Need To Learn To Say "No!" Defying the "Theater of Fear": Liberty, Law, and the Rejection of Mandates Sons of Liberty: The Masking Theater Analysis of political hypocrisy, the "Hantavirus" narrative, and constitutional resistance. EDITORIAL MODE Core Thesis "They will always do with whatever you let them get away with. Government by intimidation is the original definition of terrorism." The "Fear Cycle" Timeline 2002 West Nile 2003 SARS 2005 Bird Flu 2009 Swine Flu 2014 Ebola 2020 COVID2026 Hantavirus? Key Argument: Hantavirus The speaker claims "Hanta" in Hebrew slang translates to "nonsense," "lie," or "scam." Argues that Fauci is pushing masks again because his statute of limitations for previous actions has expired. The Hypocrisy Index Mayor Steven Adler (Austin) Told residents to "stay home" via Facebook video while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Ordered businesses to deny service to non-compliant customers. Mayor Eric Garcetti (LA) Threatened to shut off water and electricity for non-compliance. Chris Cuomo (CNN) Caught maskless at a restaurant while criticizing others for the same. #ConstitutionalLiberty #AntiTyranny #FauciExposed Source: Sons of Liberty Radio (2026-05-13) Overview In this broadcast of Sons of Liberty, host Bradley Dean critiques what he terms "political theater"—the perceived hypocrisy of government officials regarding COVID-19 mandates and the emergence of new health warnings. The program calls for a return to Christian foundational principles, constitutional accountability for leaders, and a rejection of "government by intimidation". Detailed Summary 1. Political Hypocrisy and the "Theater" of Mandates The broadcast opens by highlighting numerous instances where public officials allegedly violated the same mask and social distancing mandates they imposed on the public. Examples cited include the D.C. Mayor exempting lawmakers from mask orders, the Governor of Michigan's strict business restrictions, and the Mayor of Los Angeles threatening to cut off utilities for non-compliance. The host argues that these actions are not about public health but are a form of "political theater" designed to test the public's level of submission. Further hypocrisy is noted in the private actions of officials, such as the Mayor of Austin vacationing in Mexico after telling residents to stay home, and media figures like Chris Cuomo being seen without masks in public settings. The Cycle of "National Emergencies" (1960s–2020s) The broadcast identifies a recurring pattern of fear-based narratives used to maintain public control: 1980s-90s: AIDS, War in Lebanon, Gulf War, Y2K. 2000s: Anthrax (2001), West Nile (2002), SARS (2003), Bird Flu (2005). 2010s: Swine Flu (2009), Ebola (2014), ISIS (2015), Zika (2016). 2020s: Coronavirus and the current "Hantavirus" warnings. Source: Segment 103-105 2. The "Hantavirus" Narrative and Historical Precedents A significant portion of the discussion focuses on Anthony Fauci's recent calls for renewed masking and social distancing in response to "Hantavirus." Dean dismisses this as "nonsense," claiming the Hebrew etymology of the word "Hanta" translates to a "lie" or "scam". The program suggests that these health scares are distractions from other issues, such as legal cases involving pedophilia or government mismanagement. To support the claim of government untrustworthiness, the show references historical "spraying" operations where the US government allegedly tested biological agents on domestic populations, such as Operation LAC and the St. Louis tests. 3. Legal Accountability and Moral Decay The host addresses what he perceives as a breakdown in the rule of law, specifically regarding the release of violent criminals from prisons in Wisconsin and California. This is framed as a betrayal of public safety and a form of "treason," which Dean notes is punishable by death under federal law. Additionally, the program critiques the influence of LGBTQ+ advocacy in schools and the "lawlessness" of judges who fail to uphold biblical standards of justice. The argument is made that "soft judges produce hardened criminals" and that the only solution is a spiritual "rebirth" and a return to the "Christian ethic" upon which the nation was founded. Historical Biological Testing on Citizens Operation Location/Method Operation LAC Zinc cadmium sulfide sprayed over the Midwest (1957). NYC Subway Bacteria-filled lightbulbs smashed on tracks (1966). Big Buzz Yellow fever mosquitoes dropped over Georgia (1955). Documented via AI-retrieved historical data 66-74] 4. The Call to "Stand Against" The broadcast concludes with a call to action for "American Christian patriots." Drawing on quotes from Founding Fathers like Roger Sherman and military leaders like Henry Knox, Dean emphasizes that freedom is born from "armed resistance to tyranny". He argues that the church must move from a defensive posture to an offensive one, refusing to comply with unconstitutional orders and holding leaders like Anthony Fauci personally accountable for their roles in recent global events. Key Data 33,000: The number of criminal illegal aliens allegedly released back onto streets in California. 74%: The cited recidivism rate, attributed to a lack of legal consequences and "soft" judicial enforcement. 59: Artillery pieces transported by Henry Knox to break the British siege of Boston, used as an example of historical resolve. $30 Billion: The amount of alleged fraud mentioned in relation to Minnesota state officials. To-Do / Next Steps Subscribe to the afternoon and morning shows via the official website to stay informed. Visit the online store to purchase "Children of the Apostate" and other pertinent literature. Refuse to comply with any new mandates regarding masks or social distancing. Contact the organization to schedule community events with Bradley Dean. Join the Sons of Liberty for Sunday morning services live on Rumble. Conclusion The document serves as a stark warning against the "perpetual state of fear" maintained by the government. It posits that true liberty requires a combination of biblical adherence, historical awareness, and an uncompromising refusal to accept "political theater" as legitimate authority.

Šonedēļ #DigitālāsBrokastis ziņu topā stāsts par "Spotify", kuri cenšas atšķirt īstu mūziku no MI ģenerētās. Tikmēr MI saturs turpina pārpludināt mūs — Kannās aizvadīts MI filmu festivāls, un internetā jau trešdaļa jauno mājaslapu top ar MI palīdzību. Harvardas pētījumā MI diagnozes izrādījušās precīzākas par tām, kuras veikuši neatliekamās palīdzības ārsti. Un Apvienotie Arābu Emirāti plāno valdības darbu uzlabot ar MI palīdzību. Plašāk par tehnoloģiju jaunumiem lasi arī LSM portālā.

C dans l'air du 7 mai 2026 - Contagion d'hantavirus : la course contre la montreLe paquebot MV Hondius continue d'inquiéter les autorités sanitaires. Après plusieurs décès liés à l'hantavirus, une vaste enquête est en cours pour retrouver le patient zéro et identifier les passagers contaminés. Des voyageurs ont déjà été localisés en Europe et en Afrique, pendant que le bateau poursuit sa route vers les Canaries sous haute surveillance. L'hantavirus se transmet normalement par les rongeurs, via des particules contaminées dans l'air. Mais la souche détectée sur le navire, le virus Andes, peut passer d'humain à humain rendant cette affaire particulièrement sensible. Aux Canaries, où les quelque 150 passagers et membres d'équipage seront mis sous surveillance à partir de samedi, certains habitants craignent un retour des angoisses liées au Covid. En France, une autre menace progresse : les maladies transmises par le moustique tigre. Le chikungunya, la dengue ou encore le virus Zika circulent désormais plus facilement sur le territoire. En 2025, la France a enregistré un nombre record de cas autochtones de chikungunya, c'est-à-dire des contaminations directement sur place, avec plus de 800 dépistages. Le moustique tigre, aujourd'hui implanté dans la quasi-totalité du pays, gagne du terrain avec des hivers plus doux et des températures plus élevées. Aux États-Unis, les médecins s'alarment du recul de la vaccination. La rougeole repart à la hausse dans plusieurs États et les débats autour des vaccins se durcissent. Robert Kennedy Jr, devenu ministre de la Santé, reste très critiqué pour ses positions jugées ambiguës sur la vaccination. Plusieurs scientifiques craignent que cette défiance entraîne le retour de maladies jusque-là sous contrôle. Le cas du MV Hondius peut-il devenir une nouvelle crise sanitaire internationale ? Peut-on s'attendre à davantage de cas de chikungunya en France ? Pourquoi la vaccination recule-t-elle aux États-Unis ?Nos experts :- Anne-Claude CRÉMIEUX - Infectiologue et présidente de la commission technique des vaccinations à la Haute autorité de Santé (HAS) - Nicolas BERROD - Chef de service adjoint et spécialiste santé au Parisien - Anne SÉNÉQUIER - Psychiatre et chercheuse à l'IRIS - Audrey GOUTARD - Grand reporter à France Télévisions, spécialiste des faits de société - Anne LAVERGNE - Responsable du laboratoire associé au Centre National de Référence des Hantavirus - Institut Pasteur de Guyane

In praise of parasites, a surprising exploration of the profound impact of biological freeloaders on human history and our daily lives. Parasites and parasitic relationships are fundamental to life on Earth and to human history. Our Bodies, Our Planet explores how vital they are. Unlike harmful pathogens, parasites may produce no ill effects and may even improve our well-being and the lives of the creatures that surround us. Marcus Hall shows how our fellow travelers have evolved to help keep us alive, or else they themselves will perish. Parasitism is a phenomenon of partnership, and the association of parasite and host has had far-ranging cultural, biological, and possibly geophysical consequences. From Ascaris to Zika, we are instinctively repulsed by these little freeloaders, but what collateral effects do they have on our lives, lifestyles, or even our imagination? As Hall demonstrates, we disregard our parasites at our peril.Marcus Hall is professor of environmental history at the University of Zurich. His books include Earth Repair, Restoration and History, and Mosquitopia.Buy the book from Wellington Square Bookshop - ​https://wellingtonsquarebooks.com/book/9781836391074

Rīgas Kongresu namā un tiešraidē LR3 "Klasika" 30. aprīlī Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris un diriģents Aivis Greters atskaņos Maijas Einfeldes, Antona Vēberna un Bendžamina Britena opusus, kā arī Riharda Štrausa simfonisko poēmu "Dons Kihots". Solistes šajā darbā būs Amsterdamas Karaliskā Concertgebouw orķestra altu grupas koncertmeistare Santa Vižine un Londonas Filharmoniskā orķestra čellu grupas līdere Kristīne Blaumane. Abām māksliniecēm mūzikā šī būs pirmā tikšanās. Kristīne Blaumane šosezon ir LNSO rezidences māksliniece, iepriekšējo reizi R. Štrausa "Donu Kihotu" Latvijā spēlējusi pirms desmit gadiem kopā ar Liepājas Simfonisko orķestri un diriģentu Andri Pogu un priecājas par iespēju to atkal atskaņot:  “Šajā skaņdarbā sastopas un savienojas vienā veselumā ģeniāla mūzika, literatūra, teātris un zināmā mērā arī vizuālā māksla, jo Rihards Štrauss ar savu izcilo orķestrācijas prasmi ir uzbūris veselu gleznu. Reti kad čellistam uz skatuves iznāk tā izdzīvot veselu dzīvi un arī “nomirt”, atainojot Dona Kihota pēdējo elpas vilcienu.” Sarunā - par Riharda Štrausa meistardarbu un Johannesa Brāmsa Dubulkoncerta atskaņojumiem Lielbritānijā, kā arī gaidāmo Pētera Vaska mūzikas koncertu Mežotnes pilī 28. jūnijā kopā ar Trio Palladio.

Senador busca acordo sobre renegociação de dívidas rurais e calendário de indenização pela síndrome congênita do Zika vírus chega ao fim em maio.

Luiz Alexandre Souza Ventura aborda o universo das pessoas com deficiência e da inclusão na coluna Vencer Limites, no Jornal Eldorado, às terças-feiras, às 7h20.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do public health experts detect emerging risks to pregnancies before they become widespread crises? In this episode of The MotherToBaby Podcast, host Chris Stallman, genetic counselor, mom of four, and teratogen information specialist, sits down with Dr. Amanda Elmore, Assistant Professor of Maternal & Child Health at the University of South Florida, to explore the powerful role of birth defect surveillance. Dr. Elmore shares how her career in public health began during the Zika virus epidemic—reviewing medical records of exposed infants to help the CDC understand the real-world impact of in-utero exposure. She explains how surveillance systems track structural and functional birth anomalies, serve as early warning systems for new and emerging exposures, and shape everything from clinical care and referral services to national public health policy. The conversation also dives into: How surveillance led to rapid public health responses during the Zika crisis What neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) reveals about opioid exposure during pregnancy The push for real-time data using electronic medical records and health information exchanges How machine learning and natural language processing may transform how cases are identified Why a life-course perspective matters for children born with birth defects How surveillance data supports funding, prevention efforts, and long-term family services Dr. Elmore also shares her vision for the future: a more standardized, timely, and integrated national system that can better support prevention, research, and lifelong care for affected children and families. This episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at how data quietly powers some of the most important protections for moms and babies.

Dr. Cordero-Baez, MD, Infectious Diseases Fellow at the Morsani USF College of Medicine, presents a lighthearted (and Bad Bunny-inspired) look at travel medicine recommendations for Puerto Rico, a popular travel destination (and his home country) in the Caribbean. Dr. Cordero starts by taking a close look at Dengue, for which cases experienced a surge on the island as recently as in 2024. He then discusses Zika virus, including the viruses epidemiology, transmission vectors, clinical manifestations, and complications. Chikungunya virus is also briefly discussed. He closes by discussing ciguatera poisoning and several other transmissible syndromes.

Lielās Piektdienas koncertā 3. aprīlī Rīgas Doma mūzikas direktors un katedrāles ērģelnieks Aigars Reinis piedāvā programmu, kuras centrā būs izvērstais Pētera Vaska Cantus ad pacem, Johana Sebastiāna Baha korāļprelūdijas, Fantāzija un fūga solminorā BWV 542, Imanta Zemzara darbs “Mežezers” un Aivara Kalēja dramatiskais Krustaceļa vēstījums “Via dolorosa”. Sarunā ar Aigaru Reini - par šī gada jubilāriem - Vaskam, Zemzarim un Kalējam - veltīto koncertciklu Rīgas Domā, par ceļu pie viņu mūzikas, Rīgas Doma ērģeļu simtgadi un reiz veiktajām pārbūvēm, par 3. aprīļa koncerta programmā iekļautajiem vēstījumiem un kompozīciju rašanās vēsturi un vēsturisko fonu.  Aigars Reinis: Aprīlis ir bagātīgs mēnesis latviešu mūzikā, jo trīs tiešām izcili komponisti ir dzimuši tieši aprīlī, un ik pēc pieciem gadiem mēs svinam viņu jubilejas. Tie ir Pēteris Vasks, kura mūzika jau skan visur pasaulē saistībā ar jubileju, Imants Zemzaris un Aivars Kalējs. Domājot par šīm jubilejām, likās, ka negribas kādu vienu atsevišķi izcelt, vajadzētu apvienot, tāpēc radās doma izveidot veselu jubileju festivālu ar septiņiem koncertim. Divi jau ir notikuši, vēl pieci priekšā. Kurā brīdī latviešu meistariem piepulcējās Johans Sebastiāns Bahs? Vai tā ir tā pārbaudītā vērtība, ka ar Baha mūziku var līdzsvarot jebkuru komponistu un viņš ir lielisks sasaistes materiāls? Es domāju, šie trīs komponisti nav necik mazākā mērā ievērojami kā Bahs. Mūzika ir tikpat dziļa, un gribētos novēlēt arī viņiem skanēt mūžīgi. Bet jāsaka, tepat drīz ir arī Baha dzimšanas diena. Tradicionāli mums tas ir Baha mēnesis, šobrīd ir arī ciešanu laiks, Baha mūzikā to droši vien var izstāstīt vislabāk. Ko paši jubilāri teica par to, ka viņu mūzika izskanēs ne tikai vienā koncertā, bet veselā koncertu ciklā? Reakcijas bija atšķirīgas vai tomēr bija kas vienojošs? Varbūt tā nespēju izvērtēt, katram atšķirīgi, sevišķi Pēterim Vaskam, kursm vienā citā jubilejas koncertā teicu, ka tā būs. Viņam šobrīd mūzikas dzīve ir ļoti pārsātināta - vienu dienu ir vienā valstī, otru dienu otrā, tad dodas uz Liepāju, tad atkal atpakaļ. Viņam šobrīd ļoti intensīvi jāklausās sava mūzika. Bet domāju, ka tā ir lielākā velte komponistiem, ka viņu mūzika skan. Varbūt jubilejas gads, bet tā ir reize atkal akcentēt šo komponistu devumu. Mēs izspēlējam visu šo komponistu ērģeļmūzikā sarakstīto, jo gan Pēterim Vaskam, gan Imantam Zemzarim šie skaņdarbi skaitās seši. Aivaram Kalējam, protams, ir stipri vairāk, pašam ērģelniekam esot. Es domāju, reta izdevība, ka viss šis klāsts izskan šī pusotra mēneša laikā. Bahs, protams, ir katra topoša ērģelnieka ēdienkartē, bet kurā brīdī parādās Zemzara, Vaska un Kalēja mūzika? Pedagoģijā, protams, Bahs ir tā maizīte, ar ko sāk, un pamats. Ne tikai tāpēc - tā mūzika tiešām ir vērtīga un ārkārtīgi dziļa, bet droši vien arī didaktiska un izglītojoša ar fūgas mākslu koordinācijai ērģelniekam. Tā ir tāda ikdienas maizīte. Ne tikai, ka publika interesējas un Bahu vienkārši zina. (..) Kādreiz mēs aizmaldāmies citos laukos, spēlējam mūsdienu mūziku vai ko, bet vienmēr ir prieks atgriezties pie Johana Sebastiāna Baha. Šie latviešu opusi noteikti tiek cilāti arī jau studiju laikā, bet varbūt ne visi sarežģītības un domas sarežģītības dēļ, kā lai šo mūziku iznes. Bet jaunie studenti mācās un caur šo mūziku iepazīst latviešu dvēseli un latviešu komponistu rakstības stilu un emocijas, kas droši vien atšķiras no citu zemju komponistiem.  

Saruna ar Latvijas Radio kora diriģentu Sigvardu Kļavu notiek uz komponista Pētera Vaska 80. jubilejas mēneša sliekšņa, kas tiks pārkāpts 1. aprīlī ar koncertu Pater Noster Rīgas Sv. Jāņa baznīcā, bet turpināsies 16. aprīlī, komponista dzimšanas dienā, Aizputes Sv. Jāņa baznīcā un 23. aprīlī Rīgas Domā. Sigvards Kļava atklāj, kā gadu gaitā caur mūziku ir sadraudzējušās abu dvēseles un kāda laime ir dzīvot vienā laikā ar Pēteri Vasku. Viņš uzskata, lai iekļūtu šajā mūzikas brīnumā, ir vajadzīgs laiks, tāpēc atšķirīgs ir Pētera Vaska kora darbu iestudēšanas process ar Latvijas un ārzemju koriem. Uzzinām arī par dialogiem koncertprogrammās, par lūgšanām, kas kopīgas Pēterim Vaskam un Džeimsam Makmilanam, par eksistences formu un kalpību mūzikai un jauno tvartu, ko izdevniecība Ondine izdos aprīlī ar dažādos gados rakstītiem Pētera Vaska kordarbiem. Sigvards Kļava: Tas ir tiesa, ka nevaru novilkt robežu, kur beidzas mana personiskā dzīve un kur sākas darbs vai vispār došanās pie mūzikas lieluma - to nemaz tik viegli nevar nosaukt par darbu. Katrā ziņā man tā ir dzīve, un, esmu pilnīgi pārliecināts, arī Pēterim mūzika un mūzikas brīnums, un mūzikas gars - tā ir visa viņa dzīve. Tas gaišums un piepildījums, ko viņš atnes gan kā cilvēks, gan ar savas jaunrades klātbūtni - viņš mūs visus padara gaišākus, mierīgākus un godīgākus. Es pašlaik nevis kā radiointervijas formātā to saku, man tiešām tā liekas - ir kaut kāds ārkārtīgi skaists mirklis. Vēl šodien pieķēru sevi pie domas: cik jauki, ka mēs kopīgi dzīvojam šajā laika nogrieznī un varam viens otram uzticēt gan savas asaras, gan priekus, gan cilvēciskas likstas, ja tādas ir. Caur mūziku un muzikālo sadraudzēšanos noteikti ir sadraudzējušās arī dvēseles. Man ir tā laime un privilēģija, ka Pēteris bieži man atklāj muzikālās ieceres un nospēlē priekšā savu jaunradīto darbu. Un viņam interesē tavas domas. Vairāk kaut kādas manas sajūtas. Zinu, cik ļoti trausls, vienreizējs un piepildīts ir tas mirklis, kad kādam rāda priekšā savu jaunāko radošo devumu. Kaut vai tās ir druskas vai fragmenti, tās vienmēr ir kaut kas tik nozīmīgs, un Pētera gadījumā tas vienmēr ir pārdzīvojumu un degsmes pārpilns brīdis. Ļoti personiski katrā ziņā. Vai kā izpildītājmākslinieks jūti īpašu gaisotni, kad klausītāju vidē ir Pēteris Vasks? Redzi, mēs kopā, es negribu teikt, ka attīstamies, bet izauklējamies, izaugamies. Bija pilnīgi citādas sajūtas pirms 30 gadiem, kad mēģināju interpretēt kādu viņa opusu, kāda tad bija šī ļoti lielā bijības un uztraukuma sajūta, kas bieži vien traucēja muzikālajai sajūtai. Šodien, kad satikāmies mēģinājumā, bija pilnīgi atgriezenisks efekts vai afekts, ka Pētera klātbūtne ar savu iekšējo un izjūtamo gaišumu ārkārtīgi palīdz gan strādāt, gan būt kopā un izpildīt mūziku. Es teiktu, ka tas ir tāds eņģelisks gaišums, ka tas palīdz un piepilda, nevis ir uztraukums “ko Pēteris tagad teiks”, kaut gan skaidri un gaiši mēs visi zinām, ka Pēteris ir ārkārtīgi godīgs savās izjūtās un savā pārliecībā - viņš kopīgi priecāsies par visām veiksmēm un būs atklāts arī par kādām neveiksmēm vai kļūdām. Tāda ir mūsu ikdiena. Pieskaršanās un dzīvošana viņa mūzikā pierāda seno patiesību, ka pie mūzikas un vispār mākslinieciskām patiesām dzīlēm tu nonāc tikai laikā, un ka mūzika, kur salīdzini, kāds bija pirmatskaņojuma brīdis, kad tev liekas “uh, ah, cik tas viss bija kolosāli, skaisti, pārliecinoši”, kā, ejot cauri atskaņojumiem un atskaņojot opusus 10. un 50. reizi, pēc tam var atšķirt tās milzīgās atšķirības, kādas bija pirmreizēji un kādas ir, paģērot pārdzīvojumu un pieredzi, kas ir bijusi, interpretējot to visu daudzkārt.

Kultūras rondo aicinām klausīties un domāt par vienu no pasaulē pazīstamākajiem latviešu komponistiem – Pēteri Vasku un viņa mūziku. Aprīļa vidū Pēterim Vaskam apritēs 80, un to koncertos atzīmēs daudzi Latvijas profesionālie mūziķi un kolektīvi. Raidījumā saruna ar diviem Vaska domubiedriem un dziļiem viņa mūzikas pazinējiem – diriģentu Sigvardu Kļavu un mūzikas žurnālistu Orestu Silabriedi. "Nav nekas daudz jādomā, aprīlī ir jādzied Pētera Vaska mūzika. It sevišķi šogad, it sevišķi Ciešanu nedēļā, kur Pēterim ir tik daudz godīgas pārdzīvojumu pilnas lūgšanas," atzīst Sigvards Kļava. Aprīļa vidū savu 80 gadu jubileju svinēs komponists Pēteris Vasks Aprīlis jau allaž ir bijis Pētera Vaska mūzikas mēnesis, bet komponista apaļās jubilejas gadā tas izskanēs vēl jo spilgtāk. Līdzās šajā nedēļas nogalē gaidāmajai Mūzikai divām klavierēm gan Rīgā, gan Liepājā un aprīļa beigās gaidāmajam Pētera Vaska mūzikas festivālam Cēsu koncertzālē būs arī trīs koncerti, kur Vaska mūziku īpašā godā cels Latvijas Radio koris, un pirmais no šiem koncertiem jau pēc nedēļas - 1. aprīlī. Pārrunājam komponistam raksturīgo skaņu valodu, kas jau kļuvusi par latviešu kultūras kanonu, un dažādajām dzīves metamorfozēm. Kas ir viņa mūzikas kodols, kas raksturo Pētera Vaska mūziku un padara to tik nesajaucamu ar kādu citu? Orests Silabriedis: Es teikšu pavisam vienkārši - tā ir tikai šim konkrētajam komponistam raksturīgā harmoniskā domāšana, harmoniju līdzās nostatījumi, akordu secības. Tas padara šo mūziku visatpazīstamāko. (..) Jau no pirmajām kora dziesmām un jau no pirmajiem darbiem stīgu instrumentu orķestrim mēs jūtam, ka šis komponists harmoniski vēlas iet tieši šādu ceļu. Tieši šādas ir viņa izvēlētās akordu attiecības. Man liekas, ka tas vispirms padara Pēteri mūzikā atpazīstamu. Sigvards Kļava: Nevaru nepieminēt to, ka Pētera mūzikā visu laiku klātesamībā ir pārdzīvojuma moments. Pēteris rāda skaņu rakstu pārdzīvojot. Pēteris lasa Knuta Skujenieka dzeju pārdzīvojot vai jebkuru citu dzeju, kuru viņš pēc tam ietver mūzikā vai lūgšanā. Kad jau pirms daudziem gadiem pirmoreiz Pēteris nāca pie kolektīva, viņš vienmēr bija emocionāli sakāpināts par to, vai tiešām mēs to visu darām ar sirdi un dvēseli, vai mēs kā profesionāļi neatdziedam kaut kādas notis. Pēteris ir pirmais, kas dod to impulsu, ka mūzika jau nav notis, mūzika ir dvēseles pārdzīvojums.  Iestudējot, brīžam visgrūtākais ir panākt skanējumu tādu, kur lielā māksla vai lielais piepildījums ir pašās skaņās, skaņas iekšienē. Vienalga, vai darbs ir garš vai īss. Tādā ziņā Pētera mūzika atplaukst pārsvarā ne pirmatskaņojumā, bet atplaukst tad, kad tu jau vari salīdzināt, kā tas ir, kad tu jau 10. reizi vai 50. reizi to atskaņo. Cik ārkārtīgi visu laiku paveras tā telpa, kā mūzika ielaiž Pētera lielajā pārdzīvojuma dziļumā. 

Cikla "LNSO kamermūzika" jaunākā koncerta dalībnieku rokās ieskanēsies lielākie orķestrī izmantotie mūzikas instrumenti — te klavieres, te marimba, vibrofons vai zvaniņi. Un visiem — sava veida taustiņi! Vienotā kameransamblī mūziķi 26. martā Rīgas Kongresu namā sniegs priekšstatu par šī neparastā sastāva skanisko potenciālu un izcels katra instrumenta individuālo tembru un tehnisko iespēju burvību caur īpaši izraudzītiem kamermūzikas opusiem. Līdzās Stīva Reiha, Pētera Vaska un Bēlas Bartoka mūzikai koncertā skanēs arī Emanuela Sežurnē un Fazila Saja skaņdarbi. Par gaidāmo notikumu iztaujājam sitaminstrumentālistu Edgaru Vaivodu un pianisti Evelīnu Jēkabsoni. Runājam par dažādajām krāsām, ko katrs no programmā esošajiem komponistiem radījis taustiņu ansamblim, par klavieru perkusivitāti un sitaminstrumentu melodismu, kā arī tuvāks skats katrā no skaņdarbiem. Koncertā piedalīsies arī Elīna Endzele (sitaminstrumenti) un Rihards Plešanovs (klavieres).

For a limited time, Latent Spacenauts can skip the waitline to join Dreamer and also compete for a $10,000 cash prize for most useful tools for Dreamer! Thanks @dps!In 2024, David Singleton left Stripe and joined forces with Hugo Barra for a buzzy stealth startup named /dev/agents. This month they emerged out as Dreamer, a consumer-first platform to discover, build, and use AI agents and agentic apps, centered on a personal “Sidekick” that helps users customize experiences via natural language. Sidekick is nothing less than an “agent that builds agents”, with all the complexity that that entails:You've seen many many website builder, app builder, and even agent builder startups by now, but our favorite detail is the sheer amount of work that has gone into the “full stack” nature of the platform, including shipping their own SDK, logging, database, prompt management, serverless functions, and so on. Most platforms restrict the tech stack you can use just to get off the ground — Dreamer does it “right” by letting you push whatever arbitrary code you want to their VMs.Paying the BuildersOf course former leaders of Stripe and Android would not stop at just building the tools, but also building the ecosystem. Dreamer is deeply aware of the 4 sided network effect it has going on and is ready to fund all of it - from hiring Builders in Residence to awarding $10,000 cash prizes to the best tool builders for the Dreamer ecosystem.It's time to Dream!Full Video Episodeon youtube.Transcript[00:00:00] Meet Dreamer Purple[00:00:00] swyx: Okay, we're here in the studio with David Singleton. Welcome.[00:00:08] David Singleton: Hey, Wix. It's great to be here.[00:00:09] swyx: It's great to have you. Uh, we have very sympa that your company color is the same as Lean Spaces color.[00:00:15] David Singleton: That's right. Dreamer Purple.[00:00:17] swyx: It used to be Devrel agents, which I thought was very cool. It's like you call back to Devrel Payments.[00:00:22] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:00:22] swyx: And you were obviously CTO Stripe. And talk to me about just the origin or thinking process behind Dreamer. Yeah. And maybe, maybe start with like, what, what is Dreamer?[00:00:31] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:00:31] What Is Dreamer[00:00:31] David Singleton: So Dreamer is a new product, uh, which everyone can come and play with today. Um, it's a place where everyone, literally, everyone can discover, build, and enjoy and use AI agents and agenda apps.[00:00:45] And we really did design it for consumers, for folks who are not necessarily. Uh, have any kind of technical background. It's really aimed at everyone. I think often of my sister, she's very smart. She's not in the slightest bit technical. She has lots of problems in her life that [00:01:00] she would like to be able to have great software and intelligent software to solve.[00:01:04] But you know, even with the rise of tools like Cloud Code and so forth, she's got no way to get started. And Dreamer is a place where she can come in, grab some intelligent apps that other people in the community have built, start using them right away, and solve real problems in her life.[00:01:19] Sidekick And Waitlist[00:01:19] David Singleton: And at the core, we have a personal agent called the Sidekick.[00:01:24] Um, you can give your sidekick a name, you can give it its own personality, and it really helps you across your entire day, your life. It helps you use all of the agents on the platform, and it also helps you build anything you want. And we've been working in this for a little while. We recently launched in beta.[00:01:41] So anyone can go to dreamer.com, join the wait list. Um, and we have many, many, many people in the community now who are building really fun, really powerful, really useful. Agents and the agentic apps for themselves.[00:01:54] swyx: I think we're gonna go right into a demo. Yeah. I just wanna make an observation that, uh, you, you, [00:02:00] you put discover first before build.[00:02:02] Mm-hmm. But actually, at least for the engineers in the audience. ‘cause we are primarily engineers and you're primarily targeting consumers, right?[00:02:08] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:02:08] swyx: For engineers. Like, there's a huge full stack of stuff, which we're gonna dive into. Let's write. It's so impressive. I'm like, holy s**t, this, this is what I've always wanted.[00:02:16] Cool. Uh, so, so I think that's really good and I've, in some ways, I think given your background given, uh, Hugo's, is it Hugo? Hugo.[00:02:24] David Singleton: Hugo. Hugo Bar. Yeah.[00:02:25] swyx: Hugo, it's not surprising that you can basically kind of build an app store Yeah. For agents.[00:02:30] David Singleton: Yeah. So Hugo was my co-founder. Yeah. Um, Hugo and I met with our other co-founder Nicholas Checkoff in the very early days of Android at Google, where we were building Google's first mobile apps.[00:02:41] Uh, we then contributed to very core pieces of Android itself. And you're right, we were really excited about building two things. One, solving a bunch of problems. That this breakthrough technology here I'm talking about mobile needed to have solved in order to make it work for real people at scale. And then secondly, building this ecosystem, um, [00:03:00] of third party developers using the Play Store, um, and able to deliver way more value on the platform than we could have delivered on our own.[00:03:08] And we think about Dreamer in exactly the same way. So I was working at Stripe, as you mentioned, and we had the opportunity to put some of the very first AI agent systems in the world into production. And from the moment we did the first of those, I was just struck with a strong sense of conviction that this is breakthrough technology that's gonna change how all of us work with computers and phones and so forth, all of the, the technology in our lives, but.[00:03:34] There's a lot of problems to be solved, for real people to be able to make this approachable. Um, and it really is kind of a direct analog for what we were solving back in the early days of mobile apps at Google and, and Android. So it's, it's been fun to bring that to life.[00:03:47] swyx: Yeah. Uh, let's look at it.[00:03:48] David Singleton: Yeah, let's take a look.[00:03:49] Dashboard And Daily Briefing[00:03:49] David Singleton: So, uh, dreamer.com, this is our homepage. This is where you can come and, uh, watch some videos about what is here and sign up for the wait list. Once[00:03:57] swyx: you, I, I just wanna say for those listening, ‘cause we have a lot, you [00:04:00] know, switch to YouTube, look at the animations. So much care.[00:04:03] David Singleton: We, we really care about, uh, this product being fun.[00:04:07] Uh, and, and interesting to use. Obviously a lot of people are using it to do real important stuff. You can do real work, uh, here, uh, but also you can build fun things too. Once you get off of our wait list, you'll come into the product. The first thing that happens is you'll have a conversation with your side cake, which is this little friendly, uh, character here.[00:04:27] And psychic will seek to get to know you and understand you. What do you care about? And will help you discover and build your first AI agents or agentic apps. After that, you're, you're gonna have a dashboard. This is my dashboard. Everyone's is different. Um, you can see I have a few things here. I have a feed.[00:04:42] So a lot of our agents do things in the background when you're not looking and the feed is how they let you know what they've been up to. I have, uh, some widgets, uh, from apps that I have built. Uh, this one is called Calendar Hero. Uh, this is something that I installed from the gallery. Uh, so built by someone in our community.[00:04:59] It's a [00:05:00] really powerful calendar app because for each of my meetings, if it's with someone I don't already know, well it'll actually go off and research it, um, and give me both a history of my interactions with those people and also a bunch of, you know, public useful information to, to get started. One of the things I love about this particular app is that every day it generates a podcast, um, a daily briefing.[00:05:24] And one of the things that we've done with the platform is we've made it possible for all the things that agents do to show up in places that you care about. So if you look over here, this is the screen in my phone, and if I go ahead and open my Apple Podcasts, you can see right here. Your Daily briefing podcast is ready.[00:05:39] This was produced by an agent running in my Dreamer account, and it was very easy by scanning a QR code to connect it to my Apple podcast. That's what I listened to in the car now every morning. Yeah. On my way to work.[00:05:50] swyx: It, it[00:05:50] David Singleton: preps me for, for my day.[00:05:52] swyx: So one additional bit of context. I asked you immediately after seeing this was like, what, what about, I wanna talk back to my agent and you said you actually started with voice and then you went to [00:06:00] podcasts.[00:06:00] ‘cause it's nice to have it pre downloaded[00:06:02] David Singleton: that, right? That's right. Um, yeah, we, you, you can talk to your sidekick. So, you know, on mobile we have, uh, a dreamer app and you can talk to the sidekick right here. Um, but we've actually found that making things, uh, show up in the other apps that you already use in your life is incredibly powerful.[00:06:19] So let's take a look at what's kind of under the hood here.[00:06:21] Gallery Tools And Payouts[00:06:21] David Singleton: So I already mentioned that we have a gallery, so this is where you'll find a lot of agents from our community. Uh, there's. Many at this point, hundreds. And they are solving all kinds of, uh, use cases. I'd say the the top use cases are on personal productivity, but also a lot of information management that can range from personal information like docs and so forth, managing your emails.[00:06:42] It also ranges out to public information that you might be interested in, but you need something to help manage the, the kind of fire hose of stuff that's coming at you. For instance, I have, um, an agent which looks at all the AI news, um, all the time. There's a lot of it and it finds the stuff that I would actually be [00:07:00] interested in, um, and I find it incredibly useful.[00:07:03] So these are agents that you can install that other people have built. Anything that you install on Dreamer, you can actually just say, I wanna start making some changes, and we'll look at that in a second. But in natural language, with the sidekicks help, you can change any of these experiences to work just the way you want them.[00:07:18] But the base layer of the system are tools. So you know, as well as anyone swyx, that any AI system is only as good as the quality of data that it can pull in and the quality of action it can take. So before we launched our beta, we worked very hard to make sure that we seeded our tools with a bunch of very high quality and powerful integrations.[00:07:39] So, you know, for instance, this is real Google search, this is actual Gmail. Um, and you can do very useful things with those. But also this is a platform for everyone. And as we got started talking to people in our alpha community, a whole bunch of sports use cases popped out and we realized if you want to build something cool for sports with ai, you need really high quality live data.[00:07:58] So look at these [00:08:00] Formula one M-L-B-N-F-L, uh, these are tools, uh, that we've built. We've done a, these are not data scraped off the web. This is a, a direct data feed integration. And because it's live and ‘cause it's high quality, you can build really powerful stuff. But tools is not something that we are just going to kind of control ourselves.[00:08:19] The platform is open for tool Builders to contribute tools that anyone on Dreamer can use. So, um, this is actually the place in the platform where I think software engineers, um, well number one, would love for you to come and play with it. Uh, but software engineers are really gonna build, um, a lot of powerful stuff into the system.[00:08:38] And we are actually sharing something for the first time on this podcast, which there is, uh, tool builders on Dreamer get paid. So if you publish a tool to the platform and a lot of agents use it, you'll actually get paid, uh, in proportion to their usage. And we'd love for folks to come and give this a try.[00:08:54] We've got good docs that help you get started and you can build things that, you know, scratch your own itch. For instance, someone built this [00:09:00] Ski Bum tool, which provides live snow conditions for a bunch of, uh, ski resorts. I'd love to show you how I've used that in a second. And also we have some tools, partners where the tools themselves are paper use.[00:09:12] So for instance, parallel web systems is a premium tool. Uh, you can do really cool stuff with it. Um, it's a a, an agentic web research tool. And that one, because it's expensive to operate, is paid on a, on a per usage basis. But if you're coming in to build agents on the platform, even the premium tools, you get a free trial.[00:09:29] So you get a chance to actually try them out, make sure that the use case is good for you before you decide to, to to sign up. So that's tools. So we have the gallery, we have tools, and then the sidekick helps us put all of this together to build agents. We do that in the agents studio. You can also do this on your phone, but if I open up Agent Studio here on Desktop psychic's, just gonna start a conversation about what you want to build together.[00:09:51] I'd love to show you one that I made recently.[00:09:53] swyx: Let's do[00:09:53] David Singleton: it.[00:09:53] Building A Conference App[00:09:53] David Singleton: Um, let's look at something that hopefully is kind of near and dear to your heart. So one of the things I love about Dreamer and this kind of moment in technology is that if you think about it. There are all these things in your life where, have you ever gone to a conference?[00:10:09] I know you have. Right? And, uh, big conferences have apps. Um, and these apps are usually built by agencies and they're, they're usually actually quite expensive to build. I've been involved in running some of these myself. And how many conferences have you been to where the app was good? Zero. Honestly.[00:10:23] swyx: Exactly. Zero,[00:10:24] David Singleton: maybe one. I, I've, I've been to one conference. That was pretty good. Wait, wait session sessions. Um, but, but the point is, they're rarely great pieces of software. Right. And they're also expensive to build, but they're, they're interesting ‘cause they're episodic, they last for this one thing. Um, and then they're, they're not relevant anymore.[00:10:43] Um,[00:10:43] swyx: and so it's the worst feeling to invest in them because, you know, it's like, it's got a limited. Date?[00:10:48] David Singleton: Absolutely. So I decided to build, uh, a conference app for your AI engineer conference. Amazing. Uh, on Dreamer. One of the things that Swix has done, uh, which I [00:11:00] thought was very forward-looking, is actually put a whole bunch of data about the conference on the webpage in an LLM readable way.[00:11:06] There's an LLMs txt file, there's a feed of all of the sessions in js, ON. So I used the data from your conference last year and built this intelligent app, uh, just by talking to our sidekick, uh, in Dreamer. So just to give you a quick tour, this is my Dream Conference app. What I always wanna do for conferences is I wanna be able to search for speakers.[00:11:28] I'm usually there because, uh, there, uh, is a speaker I care about. So, you know, SWIX, you're the speaker I care about. I can actually see here who you're on stage with. So here's, here's Greg Brockman. You've read even ai, uh, and this is his session. And look Greg and Swix for the speaker. So let's add that to my schedule.[00:11:45] Great. And then maybe there's a couple others I might see here. Like on day two, I remember there were some keynotes. So, uh, building the open agenda web, that sounds fun. So I add that to my schedule.[00:11:55] swyx: She's now CEO of Xbox.[00:11:56] David Singleton: Awesome.[00:11:57] swyx: Which is interesting. So cool. So,[00:11:59] David Singleton: so I've [00:12:00] gone through and picked out a couple of sessions that I cared about.[00:12:03] That's as far as I usually get with any conference app. But of course you've got the whole of the rest of the conference to figure out what to do. So here is where the native intelligence of, of these things you build on Dreamer can come in. So I'm gonna click guide me. So Dreamers sidekick actually parsed out the whole schedule and figured out what some of the themes are and I can choose what I'm interested in here.[00:12:23] I'm definitely interested in agents. Uh, I'm definitely interested in code generation and also reasoning in rl. So now I'm gonna say build my schedule. So what this is doing is. It's going across every time slot for the conference. And it's choosing among the things I could go to, which one it thinks is best for me based on my interests.[00:12:41] It also uses its own memory of me that's part of Dreamer, uh, to understand what I might like best. And you know, there's an LLM prompt running for each one of these time slots. So this is, it's not super fast, but it'll be done in about 30 or 40 seconds. And I'm gonna have a special custom schedule for the conference.[00:12:57] This, like I said, is my [00:13:00] dream conference app is exactly what I've always wanted and I was able to build this yesterday morning. Um, I did it between some meetings. I think I spent a total of 25 minutes of wall clock time on it. I did it over the course of a couple of hours. And, uh, here is my schedule for the conference.[00:13:15] I can see it in a calendar view. This is what I should do on Tuesday, this is what I should do on Wednesday. Oof, no conflicts, but, you know, I may not go to every single thing. And there you have it built in, you know, dreamer. So let's take a look at what the building experience actually looks like. So this is the, the actual account that I made it on.[00:13:32] Oh, of course I should say anything you build on Dreamer also works on your phone. So, uh, here is my AI engineer conference app right here on my phone. Got all the same functionality, and of course this is the best place to jump into my schedule.[00:13:46] swyx: Yeah.[00:13:46] David Singleton: Um,[00:13:46] swyx: so you could generate a podcast about it just completely multimodal, absolute thing, right?[00:13:51] To me, I mean, this is why I outsource, I mean, well, I, I posted the L-M-T-X-T, the JSON because you cannot run an engineer conference in 2025 [00:14:00] and not let engineers. Do whatever they want.[00:14:02] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:14:03] swyx: And since all conference apps suck, I'm just gonna put up a ba minimum viable app and just let people do whatever they want.[00:14:09] David Singleton: Totally. And the cool thing about this on Bremer is I published this to the gallery and you can use it so you've got one that's built to my taste of conference apps. I think it's pretty cool. But you might want something different. Yeah. In which case you just start telling the sidekick how to change it.[00:14:23] So let's just very quickly look[00:14:24] swyx: at our, what sports grid is also, you can fork it, right? That I can publish. That's right. I can publish your one and go, this is the base starter. It's, it's got good defaults, but go customize, whatever.[00:14:32] David Singleton: That's right. That's right.[00:14:33] swyx: Yeah.[00:14:33] Agent Studio Under The Hood[00:14:33] David Singleton: So let's take a look at how I actually built this.[00:14:34] This is real. So I'm gonna say make changes. This experience we're looking at now is our, uh, agent development studio. Um, like I said, you can do this on your phone as well. And in fact, this one I started out on desktop. Let's look at my actual prompts. I said, let's make an agent called AI Engineer Schedule Planner should be a custom schedule planner for the AI engineer conference.[00:14:53] I'm not gonna read this all up. You get, you get the point and it told it where to get the data from. So that was the first prompt. And actually after I gave it that [00:15:00] prompt, I actually had a simple version of this app working, um, after the sidekick took one turn. So the Sidekick is a, like a professional software engineer, and we've worked very hard to make this work and build functional apps for folks that might not have any engineering experience whatsoever.[00:15:14] So, you know, done here we have build logs that are technical, but you can hide those away. And sidekick, as it is building, will actually translate everything that is coming out of, uh, of the, the harness into English that you can actually read. And by the way, this English is in the personality of your sidekick, which is fun.[00:15:32] Um. And the way that we build agents and agent apps, it's a little different to what you might have seen in some other platforms for a couple of reasons. One, just the build process. The very first thing that Sidekick does, it understands all the agents you've got set up. It understands all the tools and it will come up with a plan for how to realize your goal, how to make sure it actually has the data and the capabilities to complete it.[00:15:54] It will occasionally refuse. If it can't do what you're asking, it will tell you I can't do that. It needs another tool. And that's a good [00:16:00] jumping off point for any of the tool builders out there to build a new tool. So it'll fi first figure out how, then it will build it, and then it will actually test it.[00:16:07] So it will actually make sure that the thing that it has generated is realizing your goal. And you probably know as well as anybody that anytime you can get any. Modern state-of-the-art coding model into a loop where it can make changes and perceive its own output and then fix bugs. Magic happens. So these builds, the first build will often take 10 to 15 minutes on Dreamer, which is a little bit longer than you might've seen on some other platforms.[00:16:31] But the first thing that it creates will work most of the time. And then of course, as you start making smaller changes, you can like ask it to tweak the UI in any way that you like. Those are much faster. And just to give you a sense, uh, for this one, here's something I asked. Put a logo, I gave it a logo file in static files.[00:16:48] Use that as the title. So for folks that actually really want to dig, uh, into a bit more detail, we've provided a powerful IDE here. So I can actually see here's the code that was generated and some pieces of the [00:17:00] code are more accessible than others, like the prompts. So this is the prompt that's used by a powerful LLM in order to do that schedule picking.[00:17:08] And I can actually read it here directly. I can edit it without having to ask the sidekick if I want to do that.[00:17:12] swyx: So this is very nice.[00:17:13] David Singleton: This is for the more, the more, uh, sophisticated users.[00:17:16] swyx: Yeah. This is other people's entire startup is prop management.[00:17:21] David Singleton: This is true. The other thing that is different about Dreamer is once you've built something here, it's ready to go.[00:17:28] We host it. So you don't have to worry about getting a database from a database provider signing up, getting API keys. You don't have to worry about your LLM provider tokens. All of that is hosted on the platform. And you can use it yourself. You can share it to the gallery for other people to, to riff on it.[00:17:46] You can also share it with your friends and coworkers to use your instance of the agent or agentic app. And we're seeing that happen a lot in our community. We've seen a whole bunch of folks who built little applications for their personal life [00:18:00] and shared them with their significant other. We've seen people who are building little productivity apps for their team at work and sharing it, uh, among them.[00:18:07] And we actually do this a lot inside of the company. So at this point we, we pretty much run the company on Dreamer agents for all kinds of important things. Uh, maybe a good example of that is, um, our wait list. People are signing up every time someone signs up for our wait list. A dreamer agent will actually research, uh, that person.[00:18:25] And we're looking for folks who are builders, not super technical to build agents and come in, uh, and give us a lot of feedback and we're prioritized bringing those people off of the wait list First,[00:18:35] swyx: just a quick question on that one is there's, it may not come up again. Do you find enrichment APIs to be useful like the ZoomInfo?[00:18:42] Uh, clear bit[00:18:43] David Singleton: enrichment is a very, uh, common use case. Um, on dreamer. Any application on Dreamer can kick off a sub-agent to do a particular task. Um, so this actually is a powerful agentic harness that runs inside of its own [00:19:00] vm. Uh, we call them sidekick tasks ‘cause they actually run in the context of the sidekick.[00:19:04] I'll talk more about Sidekick in a second and. Enrichment is a very common use case. And the cool thing about a sidekick task is that it has access to all the tools on the platform, but also public data as well. And so very frequently enrichment on our platform happens using public data that it can be found in the web.[00:19:24] There are some tools for getting people data, uh, from, uh, from various bespoke systems. And so that works pretty well. But actually, you'd be surprised. I mean, we would love if someone out there would like to build a ZoomInfo tool, we don't have one today. We'd love to see that on the platform, and I'm sure it'll be very powerful.[00:19:39] But we're also seeing that this powerful agent harness can pull a lot of data in on that note of tools that make experiences better, we're constantly adding more tools because people in the community are building them and publishing them. We review the tools carefully and then they go live for everybody.[00:19:54] Yesterday we added granola. And that was pretty cool. So I was talking to actually, uh, Sarah on my team was [00:20:00] talking to, uh, someone building on the platform this morning and they actually, they have an agentic app that they built, which is a kind of magic to-do list. So they put stuff on their to-do list and for each thing it kicks off one of these, uh, sidekick tasks to figure out how to move the ball forward thing.[00:20:14] Sometimes it'll complete it[00:20:15] swyx: entirely. Yeah.[00:20:16] David Singleton: Often by calling another agent on the platform and sometimes it just kind of researches it and helps ‘em take the first step.[00:20:21] swyx: Yeah. Do you know, this is Sam Altman's number one, ask for an AI app. It's the self-completing to-do list.[00:20:26] David Singleton: Yeah. The self-completing to-do list is something that a lot of people have built on Dreamer and are getting a lot of use out of.[00:20:32] Yeah. And, and finding it actually genuinely I shouldn't, I should, I should try that. Mm-hmm. Please do. And you'll even find some in the gallery that you can remix. So he was saying this morning that he's, he built this self completing to-do list, uh, on Dreamer already. But he connected the granola tool yesterday and now something really magical happens, which is when he says in meetings that he's gonna do a thing, it magically shows up on his to-do list and then it can magically get completed.[00:20:56] And then, as I mentioned, all the agents, all the [00:21:00] apps on Dreamer can actually work together. So our coding agent, as it builds them, does something very special where it exposes the internals of each of the experiences to the system. And then Sidekick can manipulate those to get stuff done. So he has built another agent, which he uses for recruiting.[00:21:18] It kind of keeps track of candidates and also it's got a kinda mini CRM function, so he's able to introduce candidates to each other. He told us this morning that something he'd committed to do in a meeting that was recorded on granola yesterday showed up in his magic to-do list and his magic to-do list.[00:21:34] It was like introduce a person for recruiting, used his recruiting agent to get it done.[00:21:39] swyx: Ah,[00:21:39] David Singleton: um, and this is, this is the dream. This is why we started the company. It really is the case that you can build and use these very powerful, bespoke experiences that can automate your life by working together. And I'd love to talk a little bit about how they work together.[00:21:55] Ecosystem Trust And Monetization[00:21:55] David Singleton: So obviously it's really cool to have [00:22:00] software that will work on your behalf, but it's only useful if you can trust it, right? So privacy and security is very important to us making these things accessible and. While also being trustworthy is hard. So the model that we have, which is working very well, is that the sidekick is at the core of everything here.[00:22:22] So it is both your companion, your helper, but it's also the traffic cup in the system. So when, when one agent wants to work with another agent and dreamer, it doesn't do it directly, it does it via the sidekick, well ask the sidekick to do the thing. And the sidekick understands both everything, all the expectations that have been set with me as a user about what agents can do, which tools I've given them permission to use.[00:22:45] And it will make sure that whatever is is going on is actually aligned with my own interests. And you know, that's part of the background that I bring to this problem domain. I've. Worked for years, uh, keeping very important information, safe and secure. And [00:23:00] so as we started to think about this problem, we realized that we actually had to build something that's a bit like an operating system.[00:23:06] You know, the sidekicks, like the kernel, the agents and apps are like users. Yeah. Different rings. Exactly. Because if you try to pick off just one piece of this, you can't actually make it work for people at scale. Uh, because you could build little vibe coded apps, but they're gonna grab all your data willy-nilly.[00:23:23] They won't be able to work together. You actually have to invest in the fundamental core in order to make it work well for people. And that's what we've been doing and it's, uh, it's been a lot of fun. One other thing I wanted to mention is, um, I've obviously talked about two things, tools and agentic apps.[00:23:42] We really designed Dreamer to be an ecosystem and a platform, and one of my favorite quotes about platforms, I think it's from Bill Gates, is that you can only be a platform. If you create more value for the folks participating and using the platform than, than the platform itself creates. [00:24:00] And that's our goal here.[00:24:01] So we at every step have been thinking about how do we make sure that other people are deriving even more value from Dreamer than we are? So in that vein, I already mentioned tool builders get paid and people can build agents that solve their needs and share them with others, and we are already thinking about ways that they can actually monetize those as well.[00:24:24] Against that backdrop, one of the things that we are launching today is our Builders in Residence program. So there are tons of people building really cool stuff and contributing it to the gallery already, but we've been really inspired by programs we've seen at other companies where artists might be in residence, people that are very creative.[00:24:43] And might have ideas outside of what the, the folks at the company or in the ecosystem already have. And so we are looking for creative people who have fun ideas and, you know, want to really figure out how to apply their creativity at the cutting edge [00:25:00] of technology today to come and work with us. So, uh, if you go to dreamer.com/latent space, you'll find, ooh, well, we love Latent space.[00:25:09] Uh, you'll find a link both to, uh, our tool Builder information and our builder in residence program. And for builders and residents, we'll let you in off the wait list quickly, build an agent, and then for a small number of, of the most creative folks, we're going to pay you to build agents. Uh, you can work directly with our team.[00:25:29] You know, this is like building Legos. So, you know, we've got some of the basic blocks together already, but if you need a Ron steering wheel and we don't have one already, like we'll build it for you. Yeah. Um, we really want to be inspired by, by these, uh, these builders in residence.[00:25:43] swyx: This Legos thing is pretty common as an analogy.[00:25:46] And there's a, there's a thing I call the master builder. Uh, we, the actual Lego company has master builders that they employ Yeah. To inspire people and post on socials.[00:25:56] David Singleton: That is exactly what inspired us as well. Honestly, we talked about the Lego Master [00:26:00] Builder program, so that's our builder in residence program.[00:26:02] swyx: Yeah.[00:26:03] David Singleton: Um, and then, uh, finally back on, on tools. Like I said, anyone can come in and build tools today. If you follow the latent space link dreamer.com/latent space, again, we'll get you off. Directly off the wait list. So you can build right away, you can monetize by publishing onto the platform. That's for everyone, the very best tool that gets added to the platform by mid-April.[00:26:23] Uh, we have a $10,000 prize that we want to give out really, because we just want to seed the creativity of everyone out there. So we're excited to do that.[00:26:31] swyx: Yeah. And you know, uh, this is completely a flywheel, right? Like the more tools, the more builders, the more the third thing agents, you know, it just feeds into each other.[00:26:39] David Singleton: That's right.[00:26:39] swyx: Yeah. Just on the payments thing, because we probably won't touch on that again, but I have to ask the former CTO Stripe on payments as presumably you're using Stripe Connect.[00:26:48] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:26:48] swyx: Um. Any pain points that you're, people are very interested in agent commerce and micropayment and all these things.[00:26:55] Presumably stable coins get into a conversation at some point, but maybe not now.[00:26:58] David Singleton: Yeah, we are [00:27:00] really, really excited about e agent commerce. The first step we are taking is help people in the world who have never been able to build these kind of experiences and software before to build stuff that meets their passions, share it with the world and get paid.[00:27:14] So that's all commerce that happens on our platform, and so we don't need anything new to facilitate that. Stripe Connect has existed for quite a while and is the perfect solution for this kind of stuff, so, um, we we're excited about that. First and foremost, however. A lot of the things that people are already doing on Dreamer, we just talked about a self-completing to-do list.[00:27:34] A lot of the ways that you want to complete to-dos is by actually closing the loop in the real world, and that's going to involve the exchange of value. So we have some folks that are building tools already that actually do have money move in order to, to complete that, that loop. So far, we just want to be open and agnostic to all the protocols out there.[00:27:54] I honestly think this moment in time is a little bit like the early web. So I personally started coding as a kid [00:28:00] and I think I got access to the internet in about 19 95, 19 96. And back then, uh, the web existed, you know, HTTP was a protocol, but there were also other protocols I was using all the time, like Gopher and UUCP and uh, various others.[00:28:15] So the point is like the web, HTTP and HTML. Was just one among many protocols. And of course it became the winner and it's awesome. Yeah. Um, but the others were also kind of interesting and viable at the time as well. And I think the world of agentic commerce is like this right now. Also,[00:28:30] swyx: acp.[00:28:31] David Singleton: Acp, exactly.[00:28:32] All the, all the cps, you know, on Dreamer. We hope that folks will build tools that kinda make use of all of these things, but I'm sure that at a certain point. One or two will emerge as the winners, and then we'll be able to build like really deep support in,[00:28:44] swyx: yeah. This is like maybe a complete tangent, but I do think about how a lot of these companies in AI companies in particular have to switch from c based to usage based because of course, but then, then they end up, end up having to sort of [00:29:00] obscure the margins a little bit and then they inventing end up inventing their equivalent of rob robots.[00:29:04] David Singleton: Mm-hmm.[00:29:04] swyx: Uh, where they're like, well, okay, well every company should have their own currency. And it's, it's like very short lead to a token.[00:29:11] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:29:11] swyx: Or, and I'm like, okay, well where does this end? I can't really play out the next step as to like, is this chaos? Is this,[00:29:18] David Singleton: yeah.[00:29:18] swyx: Okay.[00:29:18] David Singleton: Well, I think it is kind of like the wild west.[00:29:21] I don't mean that in a completely, it's all completely disorganized way, but there's just so many things that could happen from here. The Overton window is very wide, right? Not far how this might land. And I'm just very excited to be building a platform that can take advantage of all of those opportunities and we're just gonna be there.[00:29:36] Uh, working for our users to make sure that things that emerge work,[00:29:39] swyx: you're gonna own the consumers, you're gonna be up the OS for the app store for everything.[00:29:43] David Singleton: So one of the ways to think about this is, um, dreamer actually uses all of the state-of-the-art models as a user. You don't have to think about should I be using, you know, Opus four six, or should I be using the five four model from [00:30:00] OpenAI?[00:30:00] We are continually doing evals and so forth to make sure that the best things are there for you. You can just build on the platform and know that as the world ships around, you're gonna get the right stuff for you. Um, and I think that's something that is needed to actually have folks take advantage of this technology at scale.[00:30:19] I'd love to show you another example of something I built.[00:30:21] swyx: Let's do it.[00:30:22] David Singleton: This is another example of software that just lasts for a certain moment in time. So recently I went on a ski trip with a bunch of friends,[00:30:31] ski[00:30:31] David Singleton: Bum. Uh, so it uses ski bum. Yes. I went on a ski trip to Big Sky. I'd never been there before.[00:30:38] And I made this little intelligent app for us. And you can see it says it's loading big sky conditions. So it's actually calling the Ski Bum tool that I just showed you, which is, uh, published in our, uh, in our gallery. So what is this? This is a little app that was just for our weekend trip. It shows the current status of all the lifts of Big Sky.[00:30:54] Using that tool from the ecosystem, it shows the forecast for the upcoming weekend. It shows our [00:31:00] accommodation. This is just like where my group was staying. This is just for us and also a bunch of dining information that one of our friends, uh, put together who, who's an expert on Big Sky. So I was able to take this app, share the link with my friends.[00:31:12] They weren't on Dreamer yet, just send it to them on iMessage and they get a version they can use on their phone. And of course, here's the real kicker. So I've been on ski trips before and other weekend adventures with my friends. Yeah, people pay for different things and at the end of the weekend it's always a pain to figure out who needs to pay, who to settle up.[00:31:29] So we use this during the weekend. We added all of our expenses in here. Uh, too close are it's drill data. It's only too closely. And then at the end of the trip, we press split. And we're, we settled up and we're done. So there's another dreamer. This was all through dreamer. So the, the actual payment? No, no.[00:31:47] We, it happened because, because we paid for stuff in the real world, it was like, okay, this person needs to pay that person 20 bucks. Right? Right. This person already paid in that. Right. So it just helped us all settle up. We didn't move the money on Dreamer. You could do that. And in fact, if you're a tool builder [00:32:00] thinking about this and getting excited, like come build a tool to do that stuff.[00:32:02] We really think of our tool builders as design partners.[00:32:05] swyx: Yeah. I got, I got the tool. Uh, what, like, I hate, I use Bank of America. I hate bank, I hate the app. Mm-hmm. I hate the web. All banking websites just horrible.[00:32:13] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:32:13] swyx: So just build me, like build a thing on top of Plaid.[00:32:15] David Singleton: Yeah. Right. And then just So[00:32:17] swyx: five code by banking app,[00:32:18] David Singleton: there's already a tool for that.[00:32:20] Oh. So, um, attain Finance is a tool, a builder in our community built. Okay. Um, and it uses a secure system like Plaid. To access your, uh, financial data and you can build powerful personal finance agents on Dreamer today using this tool. And like I said, we review tools carefully. So when bringing Attain Finance onto the platform, we did actually quite a detailed security review with that company to make sure that if folks build stuff with it, it's, it's gonna work well.[00:32:49] So yeah, check that out. I think, uh, I'm, I'm pretty certain it connects to Bank of America. So you'll be able to build the, the app that you wanted already?[00:32:55] swyx: Yeah. There's a couple of points I wanted to sort of dive in on, maybe highlight to folks, [00:33:00] because I, obviously, I spent more time with Dreamers. So we're making a point where you choose on behalf of your users because they're meant to be consumers.[00:33:07] So maybe less technical,[00:33:08] David Singleton: right?[00:33:08] swyx: But obviously people can, how users can override. If you read that's, but it's not just lms, it is also the, the transcription. It, it's like all, like there's, there's a first party curated set of here's the house opinion. That's right. On what?[00:33:21] David Singleton: That's[00:33:21] swyx: right. The thing is, that's right.[00:33:22] Is what's the list? Is there like,[00:33:24] David Singleton: yeah, so actually if you look in the tool gallery, the first party kind of curated set are all the ones that have these grayscale icons. So we have a built in tool for image understanding, for image generation, for RSS, exploration, text to speech and so forth.[00:33:38] swyx: Recipes.[00:33:39] David Singleton: Uh, we actually do have a built in recipes tool.[00:33:41] It turns out that a lot of people in our alpha wanted to do stuff for cooking. Yeah. Um, and you know, you can scrape the web to get good recipes, but we were able to quite quickly find a good repository of recipes. It works great here. Yeah.[00:33:55] Stable Tool Interfaces[00:33:55] David Singleton: So the point behind these though is that we'll keep the interfaces stable, so they'll always work.[00:34:00] But you know, the best translation model and, you know, there are people using this translation tool to translate Chinese podcasts into English. It's, it's pretty powerful. It can deal with very long text, but the best translation tool today might be different from the best translation tool sometime next year.[00:34:15] And we're just gonna make sure that that translation tool is always pretty close to state of the art. So you can build something and you know it's gonna continue to work well. Of course, some of our tools are branded. You may actually have a preferred way of buying groceries, like maybe you prefer Instacart and that's great.[00:34:29] You can use the Instacart tool specifically.[00:34:31] swyx: Yeah.[00:34:32] Partnerships And Ecosystem[00:34:32] swyx: Your partnerships, uh, I mean, I don't know if you ever hit of partnerships, but this is gonna be a bonanza for anyone on to do deals.[00:34:38] David Singleton: We have an amazing person who, uh, works on all of our partnerships. Um, and it's part of what you have to do to build a platform like this that's gonna work for people.[00:34:46] Like, we've gone and done that. Schlep has a lot of work, one talks lots of different companies, um, in order to make sure that you've got good tools at the core.[00:34:54] swyx: Yeah.[00:34:54] David Singleton: And then of course, because we're open to tool builders contributing to the platform, this is only gonna get better and better and [00:35:00] better.[00:35:00] swyx: Yeah.[00:35:01] Agent Lab Routing Layer[00:35:01] swyx: One observation I have this, this is gonna master a thesis I've been pursuing, which is, uh, what I've been calling an agent lab[00:35:05] David Singleton: mm-hmm.[00:35:06] swyx: Where you sort of different than a model lab in, in, in the sense that you never train your own models, but you are the router evaluation layer, ex subject domain expert for choosing between, uh, models.[00:35:18] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:35:18] swyx: And you're explicitly doing these things. And so like in my sort of construction, every agent lab does some version of this where like, here's the image understanding endpoint and we will route for you and don't worry about it. Yeah. Sally, I think it's kind of cool.[00:35:32] David Singleton: I, I think it makes total sense. Um, and again, to make this work for folks that don't follow the AI news every day, it's an actually, it's a, it's a really important thing to do.[00:35:42] Yeah. And it, it's been, it's been a real pleasure. I mean, I'm a, I'm personally a total geek for this stuff. I love it. And being able to go and dive into all those details in order to make it work well for other people. It's a true pleasure. I cannot imagine working at anything else right now. It's just so much fun.[00:35:56] swyx: The tricky part is multimodality when some of these things do [00:36:00] merge.[00:36:00] David Singleton: Mm-hmm.[00:36:01] swyx: And you are, you're sort of, this is your imposing structure on things that fundamentally don't want to be structured. And so sometimes that might work against you, but for 99% of these cases, this is fine.[00:36:10] David Singleton: Yeah. I mean, I think it's gonna be very interesting to see how the, the, the world matures because a lot of the power of dreamer is the ability to kick off these subagents, so these powerful agent harnesses, which can actually change how they work based on the data.[00:36:25] I actually think that we will be able to. Kind of keep up with and stay at the forefront of the changing landscape of how tools and systems work together. And that's, that's new. You know, software didn't used to work like this and now it does. Um, so even, even just figuring out how to design the right pri to make that possible has itself be a lot of fun.[00:36:44] Builders Can Publish Tools[00:36:44] swyx: This is, is a sort of maybe two part question that why can't streamer make its own tools? And then why don't you let you builders maybe stand up their own routing group? I call this a routing group, right? Like where it's like collect Yeah. Things.[00:36:58] David Singleton: So two things, to [00:37:00] some extent, dreamer does make its own tools in that agents appear to the system as tools.[00:37:05] So they can be, they can be used to accomplish things. So you can build an agent that is essentially a tool. Yeah. Um, and it it,[00:37:12] swyx: which is to me very useful for reuse.[00:37:14] David Singleton: Right.[00:37:14] swyx: Right. Exactly. ‘cause I, I like, this is the way I like it. Now my next five apps, I don't want to do this whole series of back and forth again.[00:37:20] David Singleton: Right.[00:37:21] swyx: Yeah.[00:37:21] David Singleton: Um. Then at the tool layer of the system, it's open to anyone. So it's actually quite powerful and flexible. So if you wanted to add a tool, which was, uh, imagine that you were training your own foundation model, Swyx. That might be fun. And imagine you wanted people to be able to play with, I don't know, maybe you make like, you know, nano chat or whatever and you want to Yeah.[00:37:42] Let people play with your own nano chat and see how I change themselves.[00:37:44] swyx: Now.[00:37:45] David Singleton: You could, you could publish a tool that is Nano Chat and it nano image generation behind a tool, and it could be your own writer if you wanted to. I see. And honestly, if that's the kind of thing that gets you excited as a builder, please come and do it.[00:37:57] Like we, we really are [00:38:00] believers in this idea that we aren't going to figure out every single detail ourselves. We're gonna make sure it's a safe and fun place to build this stuff, but we're really open to these ideas coming from other people. Um, and so I'd like nothing more than you come in and build a tool that does some of that cool stuff that you, that you have in mind.[00:38:15] swyx: Yeah. Awesome.[00:38:16] David Singleton: And just as a reminder, if you'd like to do that, the way to find the links is dreamer.com/latent space. Um, and for a limited time on that page, um, anyone who's listening to this podcast will also get directly off of our wait list. Uh, it's quite long right now. We are working hard to bring Zika.[00:38:32] Wait, so skip the wait list.[00:38:33] swyx: You know, I think, I think that's fantastic. I, I think it's, it is really sort of probuild way to do it. I wanted to jump back to the, the bar. Yeah. You know, you know, I get excited about this.[00:38:41] David Singleton: Yes. Okay. Let's set it back in there.[00:38:43] swyx: Like, let's, you know, this is the engineer podcast that's get[00:38:46] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:38:46] swyx: As technical as you can.[00:38:47] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:38:47] swyx: On everything you've built, like have a show off.[00:38:50] David Singleton: Yeah. Okay.[00:38:51] Under The Hood Debugging[00:38:51] David Singleton: So let's go wild in the aisles in the Asian studio. So as you can see, over on the left here is a conversation with the sidekick where you ask it what to do and it will explain in English that anyone can understand what's going on.[00:39:03] But, um, if you want to pull back the covers and look under the hood, um, if you're, uh, an engineer like me, then we have this, uh, this kind of debug drawer at the bottom. So you can see the full build logs here, but you can actually also dig in and see the files and prompts that have been generated. Uh, you can upload files from your computer in static files.[00:39:24] Um,[00:39:24] swyx: very important,[00:39:25] David Singleton: uh, indeed. You can actually read the prompts that have been generated for you. We intentionally put an example in here just that you can see what the format looks like. And then, you know, we already looked at this one that was generated for this particular, um, app, but if you actually want to bring the code out of Dreamer and work on your own local machine, you can.[00:39:45] So at the core of everything here is an SDK with a powerful command line interface and we built that first. It's actually possible to build agents on Dreamer without talking to the sidekick. You can write code with your fingers on a keyboard if you want to. I know that's very [00:40:00] antiquated, not, but actually this can be a lot of fun.[00:40:02] So if you wanna pull it out onto your laptop, you can use our, our CLI and, uh, you can edit it in cursor or in cloud code. You know, you don't have to use our sidekick. And the CLI actually has full access to the rest of the platform with you as the user. So, you know, obviously it is, uh, secure and privacy sensitive, and this is a way that, um, some of our most technical builders do build stuff on the platform.[00:40:24] The really cool thing is the side cake. When it's in coding mode, it uses exactly the same CLI. So the way it. Build stuff on Dreamer is using the same tools that you might as an engineer. Um, and that's actually a very powerful abstraction because it turns out that the right way to give a lot of context to agents to use CLIs is to write great documentation.[00:40:46] Make sure that all of the things that you could do are actually possible. And guess what? That makes it a delightful developer experience for real heroes as well.[00:40:53] swyx: Yeah. So that's pretty cool. We've been telling developers to do this and they ignore this until now they have to for content.[00:40:58] David Singleton: I, I've been saying this for a [00:41:00] long time.[00:41:00] Uh, we actually Stripe docs.[00:41:02] swyx: I mean, come on. Absolutely. Come on.[00:41:03] David Singleton: Absolutely. But actually, I was chatting with folks at Stripe last week and saying, Hey, you gotta make the Stripe CLI actually tell agents what they can do on Stripe because that way they're gonna use more stuff on Stripe. I think this is a real trend for the entire industry.[00:41:16] swyx: Yeah.[00:41:16] David Singleton: So we, we've been doing that.[00:41:17] swyx: To me, this, this download and, uh, GI push mm-hmm. Everything is complete confidence in that you're not hacking it. Right. Because there's other, let's call them AI builder platforms that impose their stack on you and if you, if you, and so therefore they don't allow you to do this because they cannot.[00:41:34] Right. ‘cause they, they impose some degrees of freedom, uh, restrictions so that they can get it to work. Yours is a fully general like VM running the full code. Correct. Do whatever you want. Correct. Any language you want. Correct. Yeah.[00:41:46] David Singleton: Correct. Well, in terms of language, if you use the SDK, you could build stuff in other languages.[00:41:51] We've actually found that TypeScript is the best language for building these experiences. Yes. Because it's strongly tight. So you find out at compile time if you've made mistakes [00:42:00] and there's nothing better than getting in. A coding agent in a loop where it can see its mistakes and ask them. So TypeScript is the language that everything gets built in by default here.[00:42:08] swyx: Did And did you see that TypeScript overtook Python? I did. I did. Yeah.[00:42:12] David Singleton: And for what it's worth, when we started the company, we started writing stuff in Python, and I love Python. Um, if I do, uh, a vendor code, I always write it in Python. It's my favorite language as a developer with my fingers on the keyboard.[00:42:23] Um, but TypeScript is an amazing language for AI because there's tons of training data in the models, um, and it's strongly tight. And actually at the company we built most of the stack in TypeScript, and we have this amazing property, which is, we have type safety all the way from the database to the front end.[00:42:40] And there's nothing better for working with coding agents than being able to have them check their correctness, compile time. So the same ideas behind building the company's code base, we've put into the agent SDK here as well.[00:42:51] swyx: Yeah. Do you know if you'd use one of those tools, like Prisma or whatever, or is it Tool Lab for you?[00:42:55] David Singleton: We, we actually have crafted most of our own tools. Um. For [00:43:00] instance, we had LLM Driven Code Review, uh, before the thing that got published from philanthropic this week. You know, we, we've been doing this stuff, uh, on our own bat[00:43:07] swyx: email, we'll pay $25 per review.[00:43:09] David Singleton: We, we pay a lot less than that. However, I hear that those reviews are excellent and possibly worth $25.[00:43:14] swyx: Yeah. You know, it's an option. Right. It's good, good to have it.[00:43:17] David Singleton: Just to give you a tour of some other stuff here. So, um, I can also see all the versions. Yeah. Um, this is not gi, this is not gi, this is built into dreamer. I can see all the versions that have been pushed before. Why is it[00:43:27] swyx: not gi?[00:43:28] David Singleton: It's not gi because we can make it work more efficiently than Git.[00:43:32] And we actually, we do some work behind the scenes to kind of understand what's in each of these versions. Yeah. Um,[00:43:37] swyx: so one of the things I'm pursuing, and I have a lot of thesis, right? Mm-hmm. One of the thesis is like, does GI go away? Does GitHub go away? And like, what, what is the active reinvent[00:43:46] David Singleton: you for, for what it's worth to some extent.[00:43:48] And anything you build, there's a lot of path dependency. If we started over, we might make this gi There's, uh, you know, within the company we use, uh. For our, you know, platform source code. And we like it and it [00:44:00] works well with coding agents as well. The very first versions of this, we wanted to be able to make it possible for the sidekick to manipulate it easily.[00:44:06] Um, and this, this was an expedient way to do it.[00:44:08] swyx: Yeah.[00:44:08] Workflows Logs And Databases[00:44:08] David Singleton: Um, you can also see all the activity that has happened in the workflows that you build. A lot of agents, you'll build on Dreamer, do things in the background, so they run on triggers. These are stimuli from the outside to kick them off, and this is a nice way to see all of the things that might have kicked off your agent.[00:44:24] You know, you can have an agent that kicks off on a webhook, so you can plug it into external systems. You can have an agent that runs when you receive certain emails that match filters, including LLM filters. And so here you can see, oh, when did it run? What did it do? You know, if I open up one of these guide me prompts or guide me, uh, events.[00:44:41] Oh my can see God. Well, I told you it was calling an LLM for every one of those time slots. Here's all of the LLM calls, here's the actual prompts.[00:44:49] swyx: And you don't mind exposing all of this, right?[00:44:51] David Singleton: No. We want builders to see what's going on under the hood. It's haiku to,[00:44:53] swyx: okay. Yeah. So,[00:44:54] David Singleton: okay. Right now that one was haiku.[00:44:56] Like I said, we work with all the models and sidekick will actually pick the best one [00:45:00] for the job. And you saw that was pretty high quality and pretty fast. So Haiku four five is the one that it picked for that job. Exactly. Uh, we also have logs, as I mentioned, there's a database spun up on demand for every, uh, agent.[00:45:12] You don't have to go and figure out how to do your own hosting. This is a SQL Light. This is a SQL Light database. Yeah. Um, it's a multi-user SQL light database. And then, uh, but, but each one is you, you get a database that is unique to this agent. But then if you share the agent with multiple people, we take care of like who are the owners in each row?[00:45:31] And all of that stuff is just there outta the box. Um,[00:45:34] swyx: and again, in-house?[00:45:35] David Singleton: In-house.[00:45:36] swyx: Oh my God.[00:45:37] David Singleton: Yeah. Um, well we do work with a bunch of infrastructure providers, but the technology for how to manipulate this is in-house. Fun fact. We actually did a lot of our own infrastructure development early on at the company and realized we need to spend our energy in the stuff that we're uniquely doing in the world.[00:45:53] So we're very delighted to partner with a bunch of great designer and some of this stuff. And then finally, um, I mentioned that agentic apps agents [00:46:00] expose all of their internals to the system so the psychic can manipulate them and use them just like a user can. So you can see how it's decided to break this problem up into functions.[00:46:09] Some of the functions, the ones with the little I here are exported. That means that there's probably the visible from outside. Exactly. And others are internal. And if you want to, you can dig right in here and call individual functions and see what happens. But mostly. You don't need to think about that at all.[00:46:24] Yeah. Uh, you can keep that little drawer closed and you can talk to your sidekick and build really powerful and enchanting experiences.[00:46:30] swyx: Yeah. I mean, to me, like showing this gives the engineer a complete mental model of what you've done and what you can do with it. Yeah. For example, the first thing I, I, I look for.[00:46:39] A mental checklist of things, right? Like is off in the database, off looks like it's not right. So that's a separate layer. That's probably me means it's hard to do multi-user apps on the same app, right?[00:46:50] David Singleton: So you actually, we've solved that. So, um, see, yes, the platform builds in off, so you as a user sign into the platform, if you're using an [00:47:00] agent that was published by someone else, then your identity is, is kind of taken care of by the system.[00:47:05] And when you query the database, you're gonna get the stuff that is for you. Unless the builder specifically said, this is public data that everyone should see. So they, they actually get a chance to think about that. And again, sidekick can guide you through building, uh, agents and apps that work that way.[00:47:19] So you're right, that's another thing that people have to think about when they're trying to figure out how to build software experiences on Dreamer. You, it's built in. You talk to the sidekick as if it were a human being about what you want and that's what you get. So, you know, my, my Big Sky app that I just showed you that was designed for multiple people to use it.[00:47:38] And of course the things that we were putting in as expenses were supposed to be visible to everybody, and I just told the sidekick that's the way I wanted it. Uh, but by default, if I built an app like that, the data from each user would not been visible to the others.[00:47:49] swyx: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, this is, I presume this is a mood question, but basically you've had to build your own coding agent, right?[00:47:55] Which is sidekick slash whatever is in Inside Psychic. Obviously there's a lot of [00:48:00] people with a lot of desire for cloud code and Code X and attachment to it. Mm-hmm. I know under the hood data basically reduced to a loop, but like, would you let people use cloud coding and Code X or is the harness too specialized?[00:48:12] David Singleton: Yeah. If you, if you want to use, um, cloud code and Code X, then you go down here. Yeah. Hit get the S St K. And we even say this right here, edits your heart's content Z cursor code.[00:48:22] swyx: Like people want to use it inside of Ick, right? Yeah. They want to switch the engine.[00:48:26] David Singleton: Yeah.[00:48:26] swyx: That's the coding engine.[00:48:27] David Singleton: Yeah. We are not doing that right now.[00:48:29] Um, you know, again, the goal really is abstract the complexity. Yeah. Um, because the real target for. Building agentic apps is folks who can't do this already today. I can't tell you how many users in our community I've spoken to who are like Dreamer has changed my life because I used to have all these ideas.[00:48:50] If only I could find an engineer to help me implement them, I'd be able to get them done. They're free, and now I can talk to my sidekick and, and get it built. I think that's like really how we think [00:49:00] about the people that should get a ton of value and fun, um, out of the platform. And so they're not asking to be able to plug in their their own, you know, coding agent.[00:49:11] And for those folks, the opportunity is massive. If you've never been able to do stuff in code, now you can build stuff for you, for your friends, for your family, for your coworkers. And also there's a huge opportunity for folks who do build stuff in code to actually contribute to this ecosystem. So that's how we think about it.[00:49:28] swyx: Yeah. Amazing.[00:49:28] Personalization And Memory[00:49:28] swyx: That's most of what I wanted to cover Dreamer wise. I think personalization and memory yeah. Is probably like the single most important job of, uh, of the os. Maybe we could talk about that and then I'll, I wanted to zoom out on company building stuff.[00:49:40] David Singleton: Yeah, yeah. Sounds good.[00:49:41] swyx: Yeah. So how do you handle memory?[00:49:43] What, yeah, what have you found? What have you tried and failed?[00:49:45] David Singleton: Yeah. Okay. So, uh, first of all, at the core of dreamer is the sidekick. The sidekick gets to know you and it builds up a memory about you over time, and that turns out to be very important. So Dreamer, that's

20. martā VEF Kultūras pilī ar Raimondam Paulam veltītu programmu “Maestro un mažorminors” tiks atklāts Orķestra "Rīga" festivāls “Windstream”, kas tiek rīkots jau kopš 2010. gada un šogad piedāvās piecus dažādus notikumus. Par diviem - Lielās piektdienas programmu 3. aprīlī Rīgas Sv. Jāņa baznīcā un atklāšanas programmu - stāsta orķestra mākslinieciskais vadītājs Valdis Butāns.  Uzzinām par orķestra ciešo un seno sadarbību ar šī gada jubilāru Raimondu Paulu, par to, ka dažus maestro skaņdarbus šim koncertam aranžējis arī pats Valdis Butāns, par festivālu "Windstream" kā pirmās pavasara dienas vēstnesi, par šī gada jauninājumu - iespēju iegādāties abonementu. Sarunas otrajā pusē - arī par Lielās piektdienas koncertu, kurā gaidāms pirmatskaņojums Viļņa Šmīdberga kompozīcijai "Tēvs". Tās tapšanas iniciators - sitaminstrumentālists Guntars Freibergs. Un vēl par Valda Butāna satikšanos ar Austrālijas latviešu komponistes Ellas Mačēnas opusu "Mākoņu maģija".   Valdis Butāns: Maestro ir lielā jubileja - 90 gadi - ir nozīmīga arī Orķestrim "Rīga" un vēlamies viņam pateikties un godināt mūsu sadarbību garo gadu laikā, ko esam kopā sastrādājuši, un tas tiešām nav maz. Arī mēs, kā jebkurš sevi cienošs profesionāls kolektīvs Latvijā, šogad to darām, un tā ir mūsu pateicība un pienesums šim dialogam par maestro mūziku. Nosaukums “Maestro un mažorminors” ir iekodēts mūsu vēstījums gan par šo mūziku, gan par noskaņu, kas koncertā sagaidāma, gan par maestro daiļradi un dzīvi kopumā. Tur būs apcerīgais, skumīgais, varbūt dramatiskais, un tam iepretim, kas ļoti raksturīgi gan Maestro pašam, gan viņa mūzikai, dzīvespriecīgais, vitālais, humora pilnais, gaišais un arī romantiskais. Mūsu šīpavasara “Windstream” pirmais starta šāviens.       Kāda ir Raimonda Paula un Orķestra “Rīga” sadarbības vēsture? Tā sākusies teju no pašiem pirmsākumiem? Jā, tieši tā, tā ir sākusies krietni vēl pirms es kļuvu par šī orķestra sastāvdaļu. Ja nemaldos, kad bija mans pirmais gads kā šī orķestra galvenajam diriģentam un mākslinieciskajam vadītājam, tā bija viena no pirmajām programmām, ko izveidojām un atskaņojām Lielās ģildes zālē, un tas man ļoti spilgti palicis atmiņā. Runājot par paaudžu maiņām un ka katra nākamā paaudze iemīl un atklāj maestro mūziku, drīz jau varēs teikt - kā iemīl Raiņa dzeju, tā iemīl maestro mūziku. Tā patiešām ir. Man ģimenē aug dēls pusaudzis, vienu dienu braucam kopā mašīnā, viņš atskaņo mašīnā savu pleilisti, un kas tur ir - ļoti forša mūzika, tostarp arī vecie labie maestro Paula skaņdarbi ar Viktoru Lapčenoku un Noru Bumbieri. Arī šī paaudze pa jaunam novērtē un iepazīst, un atzīst par labu esam. Tas vien liecina par šīs mūzikas universālo vērtību mums kā Latvijas nācijai. Priecājos, ka šajā koncertprogrammā mums līdzās būs tādi labi un pārbaudīti sadarbības partneri kā Ilona Bagele, Oskars Petrauskis, kurš savulaik bija saksofonu grupas koncertmeistars, bet viņiem līdzās nāks arī jaunākās paaudzes solisti - Paula Saija, Raimonds Celms, kurš ir brīnišķīgi speciāli šai programmai iemācījies dažus smagsvarus, klasiskas dziesmas no Maestro repertuāra, bet viņš to dara ļoti vitāli, ļoti organiski un viņam ļoti labi piestāv. Viens no mūsu šībrīža spicākajiem, labākajiem, talantīgākajiem džeza pianistiem - Romāns Vendiņš - iznesīs visu klavieru partijas smagumu un būs solists maestro Rapsodijā. Es pats ļoti priecājos par šo koncertu un gaidu to. Bez labi zināmiem skaņdarbiem būs arī publikai mazāk zināmi Maestro skaņdarbi, kas nemaz tik bieži neskan, un varbūt daži no tiem skan tikai mūsu koncertos un mūsu versijās. Solistu vidū būs arī Virdžīnija Laube-Vītiņa, kurai būs ļoti spilgts ksilofona solo. Kā ar aranžējumiem - būs tādi, kas jau klasiski ir jūsu repertuārā, un arī aranžējumi, kas piedzīvos pirmatskaņojumu? Kā jau teicu, šī ir vairāk kā retrospekcija par to, kas gadu gaitā paveikts - būs labāko skaņdarbu un aranžiju izlase. Lielākā daļa aranžiju ir Viļņa Šmīdberga un Aivara Krūmiņa veikums, bet šoreiz ir arī akcenti no manas puses, es arī esmu pieķēries - tad, kad tas ir nepieciešams un jūtu, ka to vajag. Maestro būs klāt? Cerēju, ka viņš mums pievienosies, sen esam saziņā par šo koncertu, bet viņš saka, ka diemžēl šoreiz nevarēs pievienoties mums. Bet, no otras puses, viņa mūzika dzīvos, un tas ir pats galvenais. Mēs viņu godināsim, un viņš mūs neklātienē atbalsta. Toties mums ir tīšām vai netīšām tā sakritis, ka pats Raimonds Pauls pie klavierēm nebūs, bet mums būs gan Raimonds, gan Paula (smejas). Būs ļoti spilgta palete - no mažora līdz minoram un viss kopā.

Salut! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford answer your travel health questions, including:Can you catch norovirus infection anywhere except on a cruise ship?How can I stay safe when I visit the USA for the FIFA World Cup?Will the FDA ever review Moderna's application for influenza vaccines built on mRNA technology?Is it possible to eat healthfully while on the road?What should I know about Zika and Chikungunya in Seychelles... I may get pregnant during an upcoming visit?Should I avoid the news when on vacation?Is measles only a concern in lower-income nations?We hope you enjoy this podcast! If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com.Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional. Please see one before your next adventure. The opinions in this podcast are Dr. Sanford's & Dr. Pottinger's alone, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Washington or UW Medicine.

Episode 335: Navigating Public Information Campaigns and Crisis Comms with Cyndee Woolley Episode Summary In this episode of That Solo Life, hosts Karen Swim, APR, and Michelle Kane are joined by Cyndee Woolley, MBA, APR, President and Founder of C2 Communications. Together, they dive deep into the nuanced world of public information campaigns and crisis communications for local communities. While national headlines often grab the most attention, Cyndee explains why decisions made at county commission meetings and in local municipalities often have a more direct impact on our daily lives. Cyndee shares her extensive experience working with organizations like Waste Management and mosquito control districts to turn dry, often misunderstood topics into engaging community stories. From "bear-resistant carts" to turning landfill gas into energy, she illustrates how strategic messaging can cut through the clutter. The conversation also tackles the critical importance of crisis communications for small businesses and local leaders. Cyndee offers candid advice on why "owning it" and apologizing is often the best strategy when trust is broken, and why every PR pro needs to pass the "Mom Test" before releasing a statement. Whether you are a solo PR pro looking to better serve local clients or a communicator interested in the power of community engagement, this episode is packed with actionable insights on building trust and activating audiences. Episode Highlights [02:01] Public Information Campaigns: Cyndee discusses the challenges of getting communities to understand government services and how local decisions impact daily life more than national ones. [03:38] The Recycling Reality: Insight into the misinformation surrounding recycling and how tours and transparency can change public perception. [06:39] Creative Storytelling: How Cyndee used "bear-resistant carts" and landfill gas-to-energy stories to engage the public in waste management topics. [08:10] Crisis Communications for Small Business: Why even small organizations need a plan for when—not if—a crisis occurs, from employee misconduct to leadership failures. [12:12] The Power of the Apology: A look at real-world examples where refusing to apologize prolonged a crisis, versus how owning mistakes can help rebuild trust. [14:51] The "Mom Test": A simple but powerful metric for decision-making in crisis management—would your mom be proud of the action you are taking? [21:47] Case Study - Mosquito Control: How the Zika crisis transformed a quiet organization into a proactive communicator by opening doors to community leaders. [26:50] Activating Audiences: Why tangible, meaningful involvement (like planting gardens) beats passive information consumption every time. About Cyndee Woolley Cyndee Woolley, MBA, APR, is the President and Founder of C2 Communications. She has built her career on the principle that effective communication requires more than just data—it demands strategic messaging that resonates authentically. Cyndee specializes in community outreach and public information campaigns, helping organizations navigate complex challenges and build lasting trust with their stakeholders. She is a passionate advocate for the profession and a "giant nerd" when it comes to learning new story angles and tools. Connect with Cyndee: LinkedIn Profile Website: C2-com.com Host & Show Info That Solo Life is a podcast created for public relations, communication, and marketing professionals who work as independent and small practitioners. Hosted by Karen Swim, APR, founder of Words For Hire and President of Solo PR, and Michelle Kane, Principal of Voice Matters, the show delivers expert insights, encouragement, and advice for solo PR pros navigating today's dynamic professional landscape. Stay Connected: Subscribe to the Podcast: Don't miss an episode! Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to get the latest tips and tricks for your solo PR journey. Join the Community: Visit Solo PR Pro for resources, networking, and support designed specifically for independent communicators. Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review and share it with a colleague!

In today’s episode of the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, Michael and Travis discuss mosquito treatment and prevention for your Birmingham, Alabama property! Podcast Transcript: Michael Wienecke Hey. So here today on the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, we are talking about mosquitoes, I feel like spring is in the air. I woke up for the last couple of days with my nose a little snotty and sniffly, and it’s just getting hot. Travis? Travis McGowin Don’t even I’m not ready. No, I’m not I refuse to give up winter. You know, no matter how brutal it actually was at times over the last couple of weeks, I’m still holding on to hope that there’s some kind of residual that’s going to come back and, you know, actually show itself again. Because I, spring and summer are not my most favorite times of the year. Michael Wienecke I am feeling that right now. I was taking my kids to school this morning, and I just, it just feels a little humid out, a little too humid for what it what it should be. Travis McGowin For February. Yes. Michael Wienecke Yes, yes. So you said we were, I know we were talking earlier. You said you saw some mosquitoes yesterday already. Travis McGowin Right, right. I had a customer whose house I went to shortly after four o’clock yesterday afternoon. And as I was getting my products ready and my sprayers to go treat their house, yes, I had mosquitoes buzzing around my head already. And like I said, it’s only February. Michael Wienecke Well, as we’ve seen them, we’ve seen them in December. You know, I’ve been deer hunting before and seen them in a climber so, you know, right there in December, so perfect. I mean, even even in February. Let’s talk about some ways to just help customers, not get rid of them, but just stop them from from being so so bad at their property, far as you know, getting the water, you know, diverted away from their house, like all that kind of stuff. Travis McGowin Right, so, you know, for those that may or may not know, mosquitoes breed in standing, stagnant water. So they, you know, they land on top of the surface of the water surface. Tension holds them so they don’t sink, and they basically deposit their eggs onto the stagnant water. And it can be, you know, as much water as inside of a tire that’s been left there and filled up with water from rain for a while, or it can be as little water as a cap full from, you know, a soda bottle. It doesn’t take a whole lot of water for them to actually be able to reproduce and so it really takes a lot of diligence on part of the customer, a lot of effort on part of the customer to make sure that they do not have standing water sources in their yard, and you and I have both seen it before, these things can range anywhere from, like I said, tires to just trash that’s holding water. Got a lot of customers that live around the lake that cover their boats or their jet skis with tarps. Yeah, the tarps just completely hold the water, and they don’t go drain the water off after a rain, and it just collects and then leaf litter, and that leaf debris that gets in there just makes it even more attractive for them. For a stagnant source, just five gallon buckets full of rain water, rain barrels. People that have rain barrels that collect water from their gutters. Clogged gutters. That’s another big one. Leaf litter and gutters clogs it and it holds water. You know. Just think about it, if you had a gutter on the edge of your porch where you like to go and enjoy yourself and sit out in the evenings or what have you, and you’ve got standing water because it’s not draining Well, the mosquitoes are just breeding right there and then coming down and eating you alive. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Like you mentioned earlier, incomplete drainage in yards. Maybe it’s also an area that not only does it not drain, but it doesn’t get a lot of sunlight, so it never dries out. French drains in yards where you’ve got the drain in the ground, some of those don’t empty all the way, and you just, I mean, you just be creating the next breed of mosquitoes coming through your property. Michael Wienecke Well, that’s what I was going to talk about, hidden, hidden places that people wouldn’t think about. I mean, we’ve seen problem accounts, or, you know, what we’d consider a problem account, where they have a bunch of basins in their yard, all that water is going in there, and it’s hidden. You don’t see all the water that’s just caught in that basin, where it’s, you know, a slow drain and all that kind of stuff. I’ve never understood why they did that. I don’t know why it wouldn’t just be a faster drain, to keep it from getting clogged, I guess. Travis McGowin Yeah, there’s, there’s just so many places that water can be, water can stay and be held in people’s property, and a lot of them can be just overlooked. You know, we’ve got some storage buildings in my yard. I don’t go behind them very often. And and so if I were to stick a bucket back there, even a bucket flipped over that will hold water on the bottom of the bucket that’s sitting up in the air. I mean, that’s enough water to breed hundreds and hundreds of mosquitoes and to really cause a problem, and to really make control efforts a little more challenging, Michael Wienecke 100%. @ell, and I’m glad you said the control. So let’s talk about one way that we, you know, help with controlling the water that we can’t control. So we’re flipping over buckets. We’re moving over. You know, I always bird bass need to be changed out. I would say, you know, weekly, every two weeks, something like that, so it doesn’t build up a stagnant pool. But the control with that IGR is really key on the drains in the yard, such such as that matter of getting rid of that problem, because you can’t control that. Travis McGowin Right, And for those watching listening, IGR stands for “insect growth regulator”, so we use a mixture that has a couple of different active ingredient products in there. And what that IGR does is it is a long term game in terms of mosquito control. So picture, you have a technician come to your house. They treat your lawn and landscape areas with a liquid mosquito treatment that’s got that IGR in it. And so let’s say, after that treatment is dry, the technicians gone, the mosquito lands on the underside of leaves that has this IGR on it. Well, not only is that mosquito now contaminated with that IGR, which is going to take an effect on that mosquito and slowly mess with it to where it can’t breed anymore, but then it’s going to go land on a water source, and it’s going to contaminate that water source too, so that other mosquitoes that touch it could be contacting the IGR, and then those mosquito larva that are already in the water, it should mess with their development, so that they don’t even develop all the way into a biting mosquito as they go and continue to develop. So it’s a great product, and it’s a great addition to a mosquito control program. Michael Wienecke Oh yeah, I’d say its a must have, because if you’re not controlling that, that life cycle, if you’re just killing the adult mosquitoes as they buzz around and get under this shaded area, these trees and, you know, decks and all that, then you’re only taking care of one half of it, or not even less than one half. Travis McGowin Right, and we’re, you know, not only were we applying the IGR in our mixture that we’re using along with an adult aside that’s going to kill mosquitoes on contact as well, but we’re also going back to those stagnant water sources our technicians actively are looking for those stagnant water sources. And yes, you know, you know how it is that there’s some times where those sources can’t be drained or dumped, or, you know, the water be removed so that they’re no longer a breeding site, especially when you talk about areas of a yard that hold a lot of water, that don’t drain properly, or don’t dry. So we also use another product called a larvicide. So Michael, elaborate for the listeners, about a larvicide. Michael Wienecke Yeah, so a larvicide. So you’re going to go around the property, and you’re looking for any areas that you cannot control the water flow, you know, like we said, if you see a bucket, we’re going to can flip that over a bird bath, we can change that out, but something that we can’t, such as a drain in your backyard, front yard, we’re going to put that larvicide in there. It’s good for 30 days. So any breeding mosquitoes that breed in that water, those eggs will never develop into a lot of mosquitoes. Travis McGowin Right, and so all these things are things that can be done on your property. But Michael, as I’m sure you’ve seen before, I and I can give an example, I had a customer who we were trying to do mosquito control at, and it was okay, but it wasn’t as great as it could be. And what we discovered is that the neighbor directly behind that customer’s property, who we weren’t treating, we didn’t have any mosquito service at that customer’s property behind them, they had an old above ground swimming pool. Michael Wienecke It’s always a swimming pool. Travis McGowin It is with about maybe, I would say, a foot or so, maybe a little more of water in it. And the water was a beautiful shade of green, with all types of leaf litter and trash and debris in it. And so, I mean, it was just a haven for these mosquitoes to breed in. And, you know, unfortunately, we can’t control what it is the neighbors doing. Michael Wienecke That’s true. So in terms of control, you know, we like to say an 85 I like to say an 85% to 95% reduction of mosquitoes is a win, because you can still have some mosquitoes, but you’re going to get rid of the majority of the mosquitoes and be. Able to enjoy that backyard. I mean, Travis, you treat your house. I treat my house. We’ve we’ve got some pretty good standing water issues. I know I do. I know in some areas where it rains in your house, you get some little bowl issues in the yard. So I would not, not treat my yard in the summertime. Travis McGowin Right, my kids get torn up by mosquitoes, if I don’t. But you know, that is the good thing about our mosquito control program, especially when you really factor in the use of that insect growth regulator. Like you said, 85% to 95% reduction is great. That’s huge, especially when you deal with some of the amount of mosquitoes that I’ve seen before. I mean, when you walk outside, you’re there for less than a minute, and you’ve got, you know, six, eight, ten, mosquitoes buzzing around your ankles and your feet before you even, you know, can take in the outside that you just walked out to, but that IGR is really great, because obviously mosquitoes fly. They can kind of go wherever they want to, but if they contact that IGR and then, let’s just say that the neighbor across the street has one tire sitting against a storage shed in their yard that’s collecting water that’s become this breeding site that they haven’t addressed, well now There’s that potential that that mosquito could spread that IGR to that breeding site and hopefully render it less effective, or completely ineffective for mosquito breeding, and in that way, kind of extend that treatment over somewhere where obviously we can’t go physically apply something. So it really is kind of a nice additive to put, to have in there, to try to help control because, I mean, you know, no matter how much mosquito control you can do there at the end of the day, like we said, they fly, so they’re not very heavy, so the wind can blow them to, I mean, they can be pushed around and all that too. So I don’t think anybody can really ever promise a 100% reduction in mosquitoes just because of the way that they are. However, I think it’s definitely reasonable to think 85 to 95% reduction for most of the properties we deal with. Michael Wienecke I think that, yeah, I think that’s great. And something that a lot of people miss, too, is gutters. I mean, over in Birmingham, Montgomery, we’ve got a lot of trees, a lot of trees, and over the winter, you know, some people do. Some people don’t get all the gutters cleaned out, or don’t even know that they’re they’re clogged and all that stagnant water. There’s really not a product in the world that’s going to take care of that. Travis McGowin Well, you know, not to, not even going to try to be hypocritical here, because I have two areas with with gutters. Oh, me too, down spouts on my my own awnings on my house, three areas, actually, and it is one of my least favorite chores in the world to get up there and clean them. So much so that, I mean, we even, we even had a rainstorm come in one day, and the gutters were so clogged and the downspouts were so slow at draining that the water ended up actually gushing over the side of the gutter and like bowing it. And just because of the weight of the water, it was starting to bow one of the little beams that holds my top of my porch, or owning up. Excuse me, my owning up. And so, yeah, I hate it that much, and I’ve tried to become a little bit more diligent about it, but it is. It’s really something that you need to stay on top of to make sure that there’s no breeding site up there, because it’s just not immediately in your thought process, because it’s not immediately in your view Michael Wienecke Well, and you can go off and that leads to termite damage on a pest control, it can lead to carpenter ant damage. It can lead to a lot of other issues besides just mosquitoes. Travis McGowin Yeah, absolutely. So it’s like that old saying, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. You know, you can, you can get a lot done by just being diligent and eliminating those water sources from around your property, you can get a lot done, and your family will thank you. Your neighbors will thank you. Don’t, don’t be that bad neighbor that’s got 25 tires with all water in them, you know, stacked up, and you’re breeding mosquitoes like, you know, be that good neighbor that’s helping the problem, because everybody wins, everybody benefits. I mean, mosquitoes are known to carry many different viruses that cause many different health hazards for you, for your pets. I mean, Zika virus, all those things you know, your pets can get heart worms. They get them from mosquito bites. So there’s just a lot of benefits from keeping these insects away from your property. Michael Wienecke Well, and didn’t we see some some? Was it encephalitis last year? Travis McGowin Yeah, I think it was going around. I mean, you know, some of the lesser known things that people you know might not be necessarily aware of, like I said, Zika virus, yellow fever, dengue, malaria, is a big one, especially in some of your overseas countries, West Nile virus, all of these things, like you said, encephalitis, and they all come from just a mosquito bite, and it’s a strong possibility that you know they could make you your family or your animals sick. Watch this video on YouTube! Click Here! Learn more about our mosquito control! Click Here! The post Mosquitoes Are Already Back in Birmingham Alabama! appeared first on Peskies Pest Control.

Frederico Amorim convida Ayrton Silveira e Flávio Barbieri para falar sobre diagnóstico de arboviroses em 4 partes:- Quando suspeitar?- Diferenças entre as arboviroses (dengue, chikungunya e zika)- Quais exames pedir?- Abordagem geralReferências:1. Pan American Health Organization. Recommendations for Laboratory Detection and Diagnosis of Arbovirus Infections in the Region of the Americas. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275125878.2. WHO guidelines for clinical management of arboviral diseases: dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.3. Rosenberger, Kerstin D et al. “Early diagnostic indicators of dengue versus other febrile illnesses in Asia and Latin America (IDAMS study): a multicentre, prospective, observational study.” The Lancet. Global health vol. 11,3 (2023): e361-e372. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00514-94. https://www.gov.br/saude/pt-br/assuntos/saude-de-a-a-z/a/aedes-aegypti/monitoramento-das-arboviroses5. Dengue : diagnóstico e manejo clínico : adulto e criança [recurso eletrônico] / Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Departamento de Doenças Transmissíveis. 6. ed. – Brasília : Ministério da Saúde, 2024.6. Shahsavand Davoudi, Amirhossein et al. “Ultrasound evaluation of gallbladder wall thickness for predicting severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” The ultrasound journal vol. 17,1 12. 3 Feb. 2025, doi:10.1186/s13089-025-00417-57. Shabil, Muhammed et al. “Hypoalbuminemia as a predictor of severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Expert review of anti-infective therapy vol. 23,1 (2025): 105-118. doi:10.1080/14787210.2024.24487218. Tsheten, Tsheten et al. “Clinical predictors of severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Infectious diseases of poverty vol. 10,1 123. 9 Oct. 2021, doi:10.1186/s40249-021-00908-29. Boletim Epidemiológico – Monitoramento das arboviroses e balanço de encerramento do COE Dengue e outras Arboviroses 2024,Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Volume 55, nº 11, 4 jul. 202410. Daumas, Regina P et al. “Clinical and laboratory features that discriminate dengue from other febrile illnesses: a diagnostic accuracy study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.” BMC infectious diseases vol. 13 77. 8 Feb. 2013, doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-7711. Kamble N, Kumar VS, Rangaswamy DR, Kavatagi K. When it itches, dengue switches off: a retrospective case series. Bull Natl Res Cent. 2024;48:68. doi:10.1186/s42269-024-01225-y

As a society, and as an industrial complex, we've made health complicated…and expensive. But, epidemiology suggests that what we need to do to achieve and maintain personal health is really quite simple. Dr. Tom Frieden returns to the show to talk about the second half of his book, The Formula for Your Health. Through extensive research and review of hundreds of epidemiological studies, he distills the findings down to six basic things we need to be doing in order to be healthy. Dr. Frieden acknowledges that there is nuance, but he also affirms that history is clear. There are other societies in the world that were and are far healthier than the US population, and NOT because they had wearables, packaged food, home massagers, or Pelotons.  Dr. Frieden is author of the book, The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own. He is also the founder and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a global health organization that accelerates action against the world’s deadliest health threats. Resolve to Save Lives has worked with governments and other partners in more than 60 countries to save millions of lives. Dr. Frieden previously served as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and New York City Health Commissioner, where he led efforts that increased life expectancy by 3 years and helped end major health crises including the largest US outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic, and responses to H1N1, Zika, and other threats.

The Men's EHF EURO 2026 begins next week and we're here with the first of our two big preview podcasts. Björn Pazen and Zika Bogdanovic join us to discuss the big storylines from Groups A, D and F. We discuss major medal candidates Germany and Iceland, where Spain and Hungary sit on the current pecking order and whether this is a golden opportunity for Switzerland and Faroe Islands to make a big breakthrough.

Randall Bock discusses the prevalence of misinformation and hierarchical biases in the scientific community, using examples like COVID-19, Zika, and peer review's limitations. He argues that current systems encourage conformity and lack rigorous validation, proposing a new model where scientific claims are evaluated similar to sports, incorporating transparency, prediction markets, and replication bounties. Bock emphasizes the need for open inquiry and structural changes to prevent entrenched scientific gatekeeping and improve overall research quality.00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction01:03 Critique of Dr. Fauci and Peter Hotez01:44 The Dual Nature of Science02:37 Science and Sports Analogies05:07 The Role of Peer Review in Science05:37 Zika and Misinformation08:20 Scientific Guilds and Their Impact12:26 Proposed Solutions for Scientific Integrity22:43 Historical Examples and Peer Review Critique27:43 Climate Science and Publication Challenges28:57 Payola and Scientific Authority30:21 Peter Hotez and Anti-Science Critique31:14 Fauci 1.0 vs. Fauci 2.032:10 The Soviet Influence on Science33:31 The Tenure Trap in Academia35:23 The Guild System in Science36:07 The Problem with Peer Review40:59 Proposing a New Scientific Framework42:26 The Role of Reputation in Science47:41 Challenges and Solutions in Open Science49:07 Final Thoughts and Future DirectionsPeer Review Is a Guild: https://substack.com/home/post/p-180649436How to Fix Science: https://dailysceptic.org/2025/12/12/how-to-fix-science/The Hidden Cost of Mental Health Parity: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hidden-cost-of-mental-health-parity/

Debate da Super Manhã: Uma década em que o Brasil viveu um dos episódios mais marcantes da história recente na saúde pública: o surto da Zika vírus e o aumento abrupto de casos de microcefalia em recém-nascidos. A relação entre a infecção materna e as malformações congênitas mudou completamente a compreensão científica sobre o vírus. No debate desta sexta-feira (21), a comunicadora Natalia Ribeiro conversa com os nossos convidados para falar sobre a infecção da Zika e a condição congênita microcefalia e os pontos em comum das duas ocorrências, o impacto social e sanitário, e os avanços na área médica. Participam a médica neurologista, Adélia Henriques, o médico e pesquisador, Carlos Brito, e a jornalista e titular da Coluna Saúde e Bem-Estar do Jornal do Commercio, Cinthya Leite.

À l'approche de l'automne, on s'imagine souvent pouvoir ranger les produits anti-moustiques jusqu'au retour des beaux jours… Mais ce n'est plus vraiment le cas. Depuis quelques années, les moustiques semblent faire de la résistance. Le problème, c'est qu'en plus de provoquer des démangeaisons, leurs piqûres peuvent transmettre des maladies comme la dengue, le chikungunya, le Zika ou encore le virus du Nil occidental.  Comment peut-on expliquer ce phénomène ? Cela peut-il avoir des conséquences pour nous ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant, vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals écrit et réalisé par Magalie Bertet. À écouter ensuite : Quelles sont les 3 astuces pour vraiment se débarrasser des moustiques ? A quoi servent vraiment les moustiques ? Pourquoi les moustiques sont-ils plus attirés par certaines personnes que par d'autres ? Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Suivez Bababam sur Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Convidadas: Adriana Melo, pioneira na identificação da infecção do vírus da zika em grávidas; e Marcelly Setúbal, produtora da série "Zika: 10 anos depois". Em novembro de 2015, o Brasil decretou epidemia de zika vírus – uma medida excepcional, após um aumento atípico no número de bebês nascidos com microcefalia. Em sua maioria, os casos foram registrados no Nordeste. Uma das primeiras médicas a identificar a relação ente o vírus da zika e a microcefalia foi Adriana Melo, entrevistada de Natuza Nery neste episódio. Dez anos depois, Adriana relembra como um sinal de alerta soou ao observar o cérebro de um bebê no ultrassom de uma de suas pacientes. Ela conta como foi possível identificar a relação de causa entre o vírus da zika e os casos de microcefalia. Adriana explica também que outros tipos de dano o vírus provoca no desenvolvimento dos bebês. Para contar como estão as milhares de mulheres que, dez anos atrás, deram à luz bebês com microcefalia, Natuza ouve a Marcelly Setúbal. Produtoras da série “Zika: 10 anos depois”, da GloboNews, a jornalista viajou a cidades de Pernambuco e do Rio de Janeiro para mostrar como estão as mães e suas crianças com microcefalia. Marcelly relata como essas famílias ficaram desassistidas, tanto pelo poder público, quanto pelos próprios pais.

Claudia Sheinbaum entrega escrituras a familias en NayaritMosquitos “buenos” contra dengue, zika y chikungunyaTornado azota Brasil, muertos y heridos en ParanáMás información en nuestro Podcast

In episode 135 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton talks with organizational design consultant Julian Chender about how nonprofits can move beyond simple restructuring to intentional organizational design that aligns strategy, structure, and process.  They discuss: how organizational design is not the same as restructuring how design choices impact effectiveness, collaboration, and long-term sustainability.  the pitfalls of designing around personalities,  the importance of strategic clarity when facing downsizing or merger decisions.  The conversation offers nonprofit leaders practical insights into building organizations that are resilient, adaptable, and positioned for impact.   Episode highlights: The Why Behind the Work -  [00:08:08]  Defining Organizational Design - [00:13:53]  Structure, Silos, and Collaboration - [00:14:41]  Common Mistakes in Nonprofit Design -  [00:18:23]  Balancing Human-Centered Values and Strategy -  [00:20:40]  Downsizing by Design - [00:24:36]  Participation and Ownership - [00:23:32]  Benchmarking vs. Mass Customization -  [00:30:01]  Strategic Plans Require Organizational Design - [00:37:40] Mergers and Strategic Alliances -  [00:41:21]  Examples of Successful Mergers -  [00:44:16]  The Key Question for Leaders - [00:47:57]    Guest Bio: Julian Chender is the founder of 11A Collaborative, an organization design firm focused on creating healthy society through healthy organizations. In his early years, Julian was an internal consultant at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) under Tony Fauci during the agency's response to the global Ebola and Zika crises. From there, he moved to external consulting, eventually joining Accenture's Operating Model & Organization Design practice shortly after its acquisition of Kates Kesler. Through 11A Collaborative, Julian has consulted to purpose-driven organizations across sectors. He is a Certified Organization Design Practitioner and an ICF-Certified Coach who holds a master's degree in Organization Development from American University and a B.A. in History from Swarthmore College. Important Links and Resources: Julian Chender 11A Collaborative Organization Design Forum Downsizing by Design: A Guide for Nonprofits Candid Social Impact Staff Retention survey Board Source Purpose Driven Leadership   Be in Touch: ✉️ Subscribe to Carol's newsletter at Grace Social Sector Consulting and receive the Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make In Strategic Planning And How To Avoid Them

Did you know that almost every medical study ignores female biology, and that's why most women's health advice doesn't actually work? Josh Trent welcomes Kayla Osterhoff, Neuropsychophysiologist and Women's Health Expert, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 777, to reveal why women's cycles make them a different person every single day, how hormones influence mood, energy, and creativity, and why syncing your life with your biological rhythm is the key to balance, vitality, and freedom. Learn More About Female Biology in Her Biorhythm Course Her Biorhythm™ is the only science-based women's health program designed around a woman's unique biology. Her Biorhythm is a personally-focused women's health program designed to help you master your energy, cognition, mood, and overall health by leveraging your feminine biological gifts. Using your unique biorhythm as a map, you will be guided into a place of balance, ease, and better health. The key is to shift efforts with the flow of your biology instead of against it. Choose your course Get 10% off with code JOSH In This Episode, Kayla Osterhoff Uncovers: [01:10] Women's Daily and Monthly Hormonal Changes Why women are a different person every single day. How hormones create physiological changes. Why women's hormonal cycles change across their life. Resources: Kayla Osterhoff Her Biorhythm Courses - 10% off with code JOSH [03:50] How Mental Health Affects Women's Health How our childhood experiences shape our general opinion of men and women. Why Kayla's mother struggles with mental illness. How women are affected more by mental illness than men. [07:00] Discovering A New Path for Women How Kayla found out her mother was addicted to pain medication. Why it was very difficult to find help for her mother to recover from addiction. How her mother's addiction led Kayla to change her major. Resources: link study (oxycotin)?? [10:50] Why There's Not Enough Research on Women Why women represent the largest gap in research. How women's constant physiological changes make it harder to get reliable research data. Why men's biological system works on a 24-hour system that repeats every day. How women's studies are more expensive because their data needs to be collected during 90 days. [15:45] Is All Research Inaccurate? Why we need to change how new studies are run. How most studies are not done properly and can't be applied to women. Why Kayla is reforming the research system to collect women's data correctly. [19:45] Why History Revolves Around Men Why the female physiology is the most complex biological system on the planet. How male naming rights started. The role of women in the age of enlightenment and the industrial age. How women first entered male-dominated industries during the First World War. Why the age of information is skewed to male bias. [28:55] The System Works Better for Men Why we don't need to remove the old system but rather create a more flexible system. How we bypass the gifts of our biological systems. Why we need to start co-creating together and support everyone based on their biological needs. How the current system works better for the male biological rhythm. Why the gift of women's biology is creativity. [36:15] Are Sex and Gender Not The Same Thing? Why society needs understanding, compassion, acceptance, and acknowledgment. What is creating gender dysphoria. Why Kayla believes sex and gender are two separate things. How gender and sex used to have one meaning, but they have different meanings in today's society. Why Josh believes that gender dysphoria is rooted in perversion. [45:50] Men and Women Are Created to Work Together Why the war between men and women is a product of societal conditioning. How the male and female gifts complement each other. Why we need both male and female leadership. How all of us come from the same source. [49:50] What's Blocking Human Evolution? How we're trying to make everyone across society the same. Why women are not biologically inconsistent. What's preventing us from evolution. [52:25] What Men Need to Know About Women How hormones create a complex biology in women. Why women's biology is changed based on the concentration of certain hormones. The importance of getting comfortable with constant changes as a woman. How the four phases of the menstrual cycle affect women. Resources: 748 If Talk Therapy Worked, You'd Feel Better: New MDMA Therapy Breakthrough | Mike Zeller [56:40] Updating The Educational System How Kayla teaches others about women's physiology. Why children should learn the phases of female biology at school. How the educational system needs to be udpated. [59:30] The Four Phases of the Menstrual Cycle The reason why both men and women like the ovulation phase. Why women feel their best and most productive when they're ovulating. How the first week of the menstrual cycle is a process of shedding. Why craving food and sugar in the menstrual phase is a sign of dysregulation. How women's intuition is heightened during their period. [01:07:10] The Follicular Phase How estrogen impacts the follicular phase. Why women have higher mental energy and better mood when their estrogen is higher. How women can get into estrogen dominance, which causes dysregulation. Why women reach their peak estrogen at the time of ovulation. How women can leverage the follicular phase for leadership and networking. [01:12:00] Why Women Burn Out More Than Men How the ovulatory phase sets the bar for women's standard. Why women experience burnout 200% more often than men. How Kayla's burnout helped her understand the cycle better. What led to her burning out her adrenals and sex hormones. Why she competed to prove herself and be the best in her subject matter. How her body rejected the lifestyle she was living. [01:17:40] Allow Women to Be Inconsistent Why Kayla is more effective and loved now that she's embraced her femininity. What makes people become grumpy when they get old. The importance of allowing women to be inconsistent based on their hormonal phase. [01:22:30] Understanding Luteal Phase Can Change The World Why the first week of the luteal phase is different than the second week. How progesterone changes women's physiology during the luteal phase. Why the female brain grows in the luteal phase. How women get greater resilience first, but the nervous system becomes more sensitive during luteal phase. [01:29:05] Mental Health Is Gender Specific Why most rat lab tests are done on male rats. How mental health and related drugs need to be addressed differently in women. Why the capacity to withstand traumatic situations is affected by the hormonal cycle. Resources: 345 Zach Bush MD: Humanity, Consciousness & COVID19 Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations [01:35:30] How to Make Healing Fun Why nothing is really as serious as we think. How we can make healing fun. Why our childhood wounds impact our behavior. There is beauty in every phase of a woman's cycle. "Women are essentially four different people across the span of a month due to hormonal changes. But women are also different people every single day because the physiological shifts, the neurological shifts, and the hormonal shifts are happening little by little every day and constantly shifting physiological processes across the global biological systems." — Kayla Osterhoff Leave Wellness + Wisdom a Review on Apple Podcasts All Resources From This Episode Kayla Osterhoff Her Biorhythm Courses - 10% off with code JOSH 748 If Talk Therapy Worked, You'd Feel Better: New MDMA Therapy Breakthrough | Mike Zeller 345 Zach Bush MD: Humanity, Consciousness & COVID19 Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations

No dia 11 de novembro de 2015, o Ministério da Saúde decretou a epidemia de zika vírus no Brasil como situação de emergência em saúde pública de importância nacional. Naquele momento, pesquisadores de diversas áreas estavam debruçados sobre os casos de microcefalia em bebês , que pipocavam pelo país, sobretudo no Nordeste, e buscavam estabelecer a relação entre a contaminação das gestantes com a doença e as sequelas neurológicas nas crianças. O Durma com Essa desta quarta-feira (8) relembra as ações tomadas pelo governo na época, explica as descobertas científicas  sobre a doença e mostra como a a epidemia  ainda gera impactos no Brasil, dez anos depois da crise aguda.  O programa desta semana tem também João Paulo Charleaux falando sobre o telefonema entre Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva e Donald Trump na segunda-feira (6), e Emanuel Galdino explicando a série de reportagens sobre transição energética que ele está publicando no Nexo com apoio da Fapesp (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RE-RELEASE: This episode was originally released in February 2025.In this episode, Dr. Anthony Fauci joins A'ndre for an in-depth conversation about his decades-long career in public health and his experiences leading the U.S. response to some of the world's most pressing infectious disease challenges. Dr. Fauci reflects on his early work during the HIV/AIDS crisis, the evolution of treatments that saved millions of lives, and his role in launching PEPFAR, one of the most significant global health initiatives in history. He  discusses his leadership at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), navigating crises such as Ebola, Zika, H1N1, anthrax, and COVID-19, while working alongside multiple U.S. presidents to shape national and global health policies.Beyond his career in government, Dr. Fauci shares his thoughts on the intersection of public health and national security, the growing challenges of vaccine skepticism and misinformation, and the vital role of institutions like the NIH and CDC in protecting public health. He also highlights the major health threats that remain overlooked in mainstream discourse. Now a professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Fauci reflects on his transition to academia and the importance of training the next generation of medical leaders in an era of evolving global health challenges.You can purchase his recent memoir, On Call, here.

Over the last half century, diseases carried by insects — such as malaria and dengue, Zika and Lyme disease — have greatly increased. Sociologists Brent Kaup and Kelly Austin argue that the surge in vector-borne disease has been fueled by neoliberal capitalism, at times in unexpected ways, such as through loosened financial regulations governing mortgages and health insurance, as well as the gutting of health care. Brent Z. Kaup and Kelly F. Austin, The Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease UC Press, 2025 The post Capitalism and Insect-Borne Diseases appeared first on KPFA.

Hey Poison Friends! I know I promised a lot for this one episode, including West Nile, Zika, EEE, and Malaria. The truth is, malaria is just a huge topic on its own and instead of keeping you all here for hours at one time, we are discussing malaria in all of its old and new world glory, so to speak. I will be adding an extra bonus on our Patreon later this week that will be free for all for those still interested in West Nile/Zika, so come check that out there. The parasite that causes malaria is actually older than us humans and since humans entered the scene, they have been our nemesis. Mosquitoes are known to be, historically, the deadliest animal simply because of how many people have died due to malaria that they have transmitted. We are discussing the history of humankind vs mosquito/malaria and how various people groups of different eras attempted to deal with the disease. From the ancient Egyptians, to the Greeks, the Romans, ancient China, and those living throughout the middle ages in Europe. Previous notions were that malaria came from "bad air" and, in fact, the name comes from the Italian for "bad air." The Miasma and Humors theories were still prevalent in medicine, of course, until the true means of infection were discovered in the late 1800s. Also, we cannot leave out its historic prevalence in Africa and its later history among the American colonies, the Native Americans (indigenous groups in North and South America), Oceania, and among and throughout the African slave trade. History has been a doozy, lets be honest, and mosquitoes (and malaria) have witnessed it all. They even had their effects on historical events like the Fall of Rome, the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWII, etc. We are delving into the science as well, discussing who discovered its causal agent and who found how it was transmitted via mosquito. Needless to say, the war with malaria has been awful through the centuries and in Sub-Saharan Africa, it still is. The disease is also still prevalent in Southeast Asia and in South America. So what have been the historic methods of treatment and how far have we come in this fight? Thank you to all of our listeners and supporters! Please feel free to leave a comment or send us a DM for any questions, suggestions, or just to say, "hi."Support us on Patreon:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/thepoisonersalmanac⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://poisonersalmanac.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on socials:The Poisoner's Almanac on IG-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/poisoners_almanac?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@thepoisonersalmanac-m5q?si=16JV_ZKhpGaLyM73⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Also, look for the Poisoner's Almanac TikTok- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@poisonersalmanacp?_t=ZT-8wdYQyXhKbm&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adam-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@studiesshow?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Becca-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@yobec0?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

En "Luz de Sefarad" konversamos sovre kultura i múzika sefardí kon el eksperto en múzika klásika Martín Llade. Tokamos temas komola importansia de la lingua i la tradisión oral en los kantes i romanses konservados por los sefardim, un gran musafir Martín i uno de los presonajes más importantes dientro de la temátika muzikal en Rne y Radio Clásica.Martín Llade es Licenciado en Periodismo i Publicidad por la Universidad del País Vasco. Entre 2003 y 2010 fue koordinador de redaksión de la revista de músika klásica Melómano. Desde 2018 retransmite para RTVE el Concierto de Año Nuevo de Viena ke iziera siempre  José Luis Pérez de Arteaga. En 2016 es galadronado kon el Premio Ondas al "Mejor presentador de radio hablada" por el programa radiofóniko Sinfonía de la mañana ke dirije en Radio Clásica, akí en muestra kaza Radio Nacional de España. Kante kontemporáneo "Las Yaves de Sefarad", autora i interpretasión Viviana Rajel Barnatán.Escuchar audio

There are millions of family farms in America but four companies control 85% of corn seeds, 90% of grain, and 85% of beef processing in the USA. According to the USDA, an average of 63 US farms close down every day. Dr. Meryl Nass and Alison Morrow discuss the global attack on farmers and Florida's raw milk controversy where small dairy farmers face regulatory hurdles from big dairy interests. Dr. Meryl Nass is a board-certified physician with over 40 years of experience in all areas of internal medicine. She is a nationally recognized expert on epidemics who has consulted for government agencies around the world, especially focussing on anthrax, Zika, Ebola, and biological warfare investigations. She is the founder of DoorToFreedom.org and leads the upcoming Save Our Food and Farms initiative with CHD and MAHA Institute. Nass writes on health policy and global issues on Substack. Follow at https://x.com/nassmeryl Alison Morrow, an Emmy-winning reporter, hosts a podcast on Southern Resident killer whales and a YouTube channel on media and free speech. She holds a Master of Divinity from Boston University. Follow at https://x.com/alisonmorrowtv 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 Find out more about the brands that make this show possible and get special discounts on Dr. Drew's favorite products at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthen your cells against age-related breakdown with Fatty15. Get 15% off a 90-day Starter Kit Subscription at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/fatty15⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • PALEOVALLEY - "Paleovalley has a wide variety of extraordinary products that are both healthful and delicious,” says Dr. Drew. "I am a huge fan of this brand and know you'll love it too!” Get 15% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/paleovalley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • VSHREDMD – Formulated by Dr. Drew: The Science of Cellular Health + World-Class Training Programs, Premium Content, and 1-1 Training with Certified V Shred Coaches! More at https://drdrew.com/vshredmd • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twc.health/drew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 「 MEDICAL NOTE 」 Portions of this program may examine countervailing views on important medical issues. Always consult your physician before making any decisions about your health. 「 ABOUT THE SHOW 」 Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kalebnation.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Susan Pinsky (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/firstladyoflov⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠e⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – A freelancer refuses work over ideology, not money or time. From vaccines to Zika to COVID, politics overshadows truth and competence. Editors retreat, media bends, and neighbors cancel service providers for beliefs. Professionalism gives way to purity tests, while reality and science stand firm. Competence matters, yet ideology keeps trying to silence it...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – A freelancer refuses work over ideology, not money or time. From vaccines to Zika to COVID, politics overshadows truth and competence. Editors retreat, media bends, and neighbors cancel service providers for beliefs. Professionalism gives way to purity tests, while reality and science stand firm. Competence matters, yet ideology keeps trying to silence it...

This week on Health Matters, we explore how to protect yourself from diseases carried by ticks and mosquitos. Dr. Jennifer Small-Saunders, an infectious disease expert with NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, explains why mosquitos are more attracted to some people than others. She also shares symptoms of diseases like West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease, how we can go about our summer activities without getting bitten, and what to do if you've been bitten.___Dr. Jennifer Small-Saunders is an Infectious Diseases physician-scientist who studies molecular mechanisms of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum parasites. She is a practicing Infectious Diseases physician who sees patients on both the Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases teaching services. She completed Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Her postdoctoral studies investigated the landscape of mutations in the P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter PfCRT and how these mutations contribute to parasite resistance to chloroquine and piperaquine in Asia and Africa. Her group now uses mass spectrometry and gene editing techniques to study the role of tRNA modification reprogramming and translational control in resistance to the first line antimalarial, artemisinin.  The goal of her group is to uncover stress-response pathways in malaria parasites that can be targeted by new treatments.___Health Matters is your weekly dose of health and wellness information, from the leading experts. Join host Courtney Allison to get news you can use in your own life. New episodes drop each Wednesday.If you are looking for practical health tips and trustworthy information from world-class doctors and medical experts you will enjoy listening to Health Matters. Health Matters was created to share stories of science, care, and wellness that are happening every day at NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare systems. In keeping with NewYork-Presbyterian's long legacy of medical breakthroughs and innovation, Health Matters features the latest news, insights, and health tips from our trusted experts; inspiring first-hand accounts from patients and caregivers; and updates on the latest research and innovations in patient care, all in collaboration with our renowned medical schools, Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine. To learn more visit: https://healthmatters.nyp.org

BEST OF TSTSHOW 1: In 2008 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation financed Jichi Medical University in Japan to develop “a mosquito that can produce and secrete a malaria vaccine protein.” The initiative was aimed at creating a “flying syringe, to deliver protective vaccine via saliva.” In 2010 they gave money to UK-based biotech company Oxitec to develop genetically modified mosquitoes that could be lethal to carriers of dengue, zika, and yellow fever. Science Magazine published a report that year on this Japanese research and discussed what they called “flying vaccinators.” In 2015 the people of Florida, set to be the Oxitec testing ground, signed a petition against such open-air lab trials. In 2021 the trial proceeded regardless and in April 2022 Nature published a report on the results which found that although mosquitoes died in large numbers there was no reduction in disease spread or need for pesticides, which often cause the very symptoms of the diseases. A few days ago a mosquito-malaria-vaccine trial was carried out in Washington State. Of 14 participants, 7 were diagnosed with malaria leading researchers to declare their mosquito-vaccine was 50% effective. However, they made no mention of how the other half of the group could be exposed to ‘malaria' and yet not develop the disease with its vague ‘symptom complex' list. There is no question why such a malaria vaccine should be tested in the U.S. where cases rarely top 2,000 and where death rarely reaches double digits. Meanwhile, Africa is home to 95% of cases and 96% of deaths, while India is home to most of the world's polio. It is likely these ‘disease' are caused by environment, as demonstrated by official WHO data, rather than tiny invisible particles. While focus has been on the mosquito, the NIH and B&MGF have also been researching a needle-less vaccine. Such research goes back to Spain in 1999 where researchers were able to spread vaccine-induced antibodies to non-vaccinated rabbits via vaccinated rabbits. All was done in natural interaction without needle, misquotes, or any other tool. SHOW 2: Malaria is supposedly on the rise in the United States, where seven cases between Florida and Texas have been reported in the last few weeks. The CDC issued a public health alert as a result and the media collectively is spreading the terror of malaria with graphs, charts, stories, and symptoms. The strange thing is that malaria is always present, particularly in those two states, where in 2012 cases were 102 in Texas and 59 in Florida. Over the years those numbers went up and down, peaking in 2019 and then dropping significantly in 2020. This is why the media can claim cases are on the rise even if they are below the previous decade peak. From NPR to the New Scientist there are, of course, solutions to this terrible outbreak that isn't much of an outbreak: vaccines and genetically modified mosquitoes that could produce antibodies against malaria parasite. However, these same genetically modified insects have been in development since 2008 and were released in Florida after 2015. They were created with money from the B&MGF: “a mosquito that can produce and secrete a malaria vaccine protein.” But what if gm-mosquitoes are another alternative lab-leak theory? Malaria's symptoms are themselves invariably described in the same way that heat stroke symptoms are: headaches, fever, muscle aches, nausea, etc. Any mosquito issue, genetically modified or otherwise, can of course be treated with new drugs and chemicals, like the Pyriproxyfen that caused Microcephaly which was blamed on zika and mosquitos. *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKWEBSITECashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Steph talks about identification of gut bacteria that can digest protective mucosal antibodies and Vincent covers a new paper on Zika virus that implicates fetal phagocytes in brain invasion, which may provide insight into the devastating microcephaly outcome of infection during pregnancy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Gut bacteria induce mucosal immunodeficiency (Science) Contribution of fetal mononuclear phagocytes to Zika virus neuroinvasion (Cell) TWiV468 discusses Zika and brain slice infection model. Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

What can American parents learn from Brazilian birth parties, Danish babies napping outside, or Singaporean grandparents deeply involved in childcare? In this episode, journalist Marina Lopes shares insights from her new book, Please Yell at My Kids: What Cultures Around the World Can Teach You About Parenting and Community. Marina takes us on a global tour of parenting practices, highlighting the power of community, cultural traditions, and rethinking societal norms. Marina invites us to question the pressures we accept as normal and consider more connected, balanced ways to raise kids. This conversation is a refreshing, practical look at how shifting our mindset could make parenting more joyful—and less lonely.Links Discussed in This Episode |Connect with Marina:WebsiteBook: Please Yell at My Kids by Marina LopesInstagramAbout Marina|Marina Lopes is a Brazilian-American journalist who has covered feminism, caregiving, and motherhood across five continents. From 2016 to 2020, she reported on Brazil for The Washington Post, covering everything from female shamans in the Amazon to mothers affected by gang violence and the Zika epidemic. Her work on the Venezuelan diaspora was nominated for a Pulitzer. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two children.Episode Sponsors |Clear Intentions would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!Enjoy the Podcast?Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.Questions |You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.If you've been struggling with motivation to declutter or work through bad habits that keep you stuck, I'd love to help you achieve your goals! We'll work together (locally or virtually) to discover what areas in your life are high priority to get you feeling less overwhelmed right away.  For more info on my processes, fees, and availability please contact!Our Sponsors:* Check out Armoire and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://www.armoire.style* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out Blueland: https://blueland.com/clear* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://happymammoth.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast2093/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Dr. Robert Malone, highlights his scientific career, personal experiences, and controversial perspectives on COVID-19 and RNA technology. Dr. Malone has been a significant figure in the Freedom Movement, especially notable after appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience in 2021. He discusses his background, growing up in California, and how his upbringing in a tech and military-industrial complex environment influenced his career. Dr. Malone delves into his pioneering work in mRNA technology, the contentious patent disputes, and his journey through academia and biodefense sectors, which led to significant roles during pandemics like Zika and COVID-19. The conversation covers his interactions with CIA operatives, his contributions to early COVID-19 treatments, and his journey through intense public and media scrutiny after expressing dissenting views on COVID-19 vaccines. He explains the concept of fifth and sixth generation warfare and its implications. Dr. Malone also talks about his efforts in homesteading and community building as a form of resilience against modern socioeconomic pressures.   Connect with Dr. Malone here: X Website Substack Malone Media   Our Sponsors: Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to Lucy.co/KKP and use promo code (KKP) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy offers FREE SHIPPING and has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. With Happy Hippo, you're getting a product that's been sterilized of pathogens, tested for impurities and heavy metals, and sold with a guarantee. Go to happyhippo.com/kkp and use Code KKP for 15% off the entire store Organifi.com/kkp and grab a Sunrise to Sunset kit to be covered with Red, Green and Gold, with 20% off using code KKP Fast Growing Trees makes it easy to get your dream yard. Order online and get your plants delivered directly to your door in just a few days, without ever leaving home. Click here to order!   Connect with Kyle: I'm back on Instagram, come say hey @kylekingsbu Twitter: @kingsbu Fit For Service Academy App: Fit For Service App Our Farm Initiative: @gardenersofeden.earth Odysee: odysee.com/@KyleKingsburypod Youtube: Kyle Kingbury Podcast Kyle's Website: www.kingsbu.com - Gardeners of Eden site If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & leave a 5-star review with your thoughts!