Podcasts about Zimbabwe

We're in Bulawayo, just over the border from the Limpopo, and very much part of South Africa's story — the Ndebele Chief Lobengula ruled what was known generally as Matabeleland, in a territory that the British colonial office called Zambesia, which we now call, Zimbabwe. Name changing is one of the constants of world history, let alone African or South African. Empires rise and fall, kingdoms change, political leaders come and go, languages are part of empire. The area around the Ndebele settlement in 1888 was in the rough shape of a circle, the radius extending about 120 kilometers around the capital, known by Ndebele speakers as Gubulawayo. The circumference of the circle extended from what became known as Plumtree through Gwai, Gwelo, Selukwe, Shabani down to the Shashi River, then back to Plumtree. With that circle, Mzilikazi and then Lobengula had established some dominance over the nearby Sotho and Tswana majority. The magnitude and frequency of Ndebele warfare reinforced their roots in a militarised Zululand - a monocratic form of government. The Ndebele immigrants into Zimbabwe could maintain their existence only if they remained obedient to their commander-in-chief. They incorporated alien captives in their midst gathered through rapid conquest rather than through the assimilation of an immigrant population. Mzilikazi had died in 1868 and his son Lobengula took power after a short sharp civil war. Among the Ndebele, Mzilikazi represented an epic hero, similar to Moses or Hannibal - the founding father, the umdabuli wa sizwe, symbolising nationhood, loyalty and patriotism. Subjects called themselves abantu be nkosi, people of the king. Lobengula was saluted by the call, Bayete wena Nkosi, hail his majesty, and visitors knelt respectfully before him as the regent. The kings ancestral spirits were the national deities and guardians of the society itself. All property of the state including the land, natural resources, cattle, tributes of whatever sort, and the people themselves were the property of the king. Contrary to the expanding colonial powers, Ndebele rule was through a non-monetary, pre-industrial bureaucratic administration - and this tension grew by the year in the 19th Century. Lobengula was the director and financier general, personally appointing all administrators, military officers, even regiments — as Mzilikazi had done. Ndebele weapons were manufactured in a small workshops scattered around Matabeleland, but only the king's artisans could make shields and the all-important stabbing spears. When a warrior died, his shield and stabbing spear would usually be returned to the king - unlike the Vikings for example. It was into this militaristic and organised kingdom that European concession seekers into Matabeleland travelled, trying to gain the all important slip of paper allowing them to mine gold. The two main rivals, the Exploring Company of Edward Maund and the British South Africa Company - BSAC of Cecil John Rhodes, left Kimberley in August 1888 heading north. The BSAC team was comprised of Charles Rudd, Francis Robert Matabele Thompson and James Maguire sent who arrived in Bulawayo before Maund in late September. They discovered to the chagrin that Lobengula was a highly skilled negotiator who accepted their gift of one hundred gold sovereigns - worth around 100 000 dollars today then sent them back to their wagons. It had been a tiring journey no doubt, said the Ndebele king and they should rest. Three days passed before they met once more, and Lobengula spent most of the meeting firing questions, distracting from the main objective. The three repeatedly tried to steer the conversation back to the right to mine gold, Lobengula deflected their queries, pointing out it was his respected induna's who would negotiate mining rights. He was clearly stalling for time. Lobengula eventually deigned to meet Rudd who begged for a mining commission.

Presentation from Showhttps://gamma.app/docs/The-Broken-Link-Why-Fiat-Systems-Collapse-40s8g61h5qiw28hFrames labor as a law of nature (2 Thessalonians 3:10), not theology. For 10,000 years, the work-sustenance feedback loop was inescapable and visible.Governments discovered they could print money without producing goods, severing the direct link between work and consumption.Citizens become entitled, believing they can consume without producing. Generational debt grows silently. Blame shifts to demographics instead of the system.Elites believe AI/automation will break the law of nature, allowing infinite consumption for the few. The fatal flaw: automation changes how we produce, not the requirement to produce.Resources allocated by political fiat become a battleground. Polarization deepens. Moral decay follows when consumption is decoupled from contribution.Unsustainable promises require external resources. Governments debase currency and wage wars to fund the illusion. Financial imbalances spill into military conflict.Nature always wins. Historical examples (Rome, Weimar, Zimbabwe, Venezuela) show the inevitable collapse pattern.Call to action: shrink the state, restore sound money, reconnect production to consumption, and demand moral clarity.Professor Jiang Xequin Thinking on The Decline of Civilizationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0FtfGSVVI

Krieket Namibië sê die onlangse krieket-reekse wat hier in Windhoek gespeel is, was baie suksesvol. Die FNB Eagles het as gasheer opgetree vir Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe tydens die FNB T20-drielandereeks en 'n daaropvolgende bilaterale eendag-reeks in Windhoek. Die Proteas het in Namibië skoonskip gemaak toe hulle het die FNB T20-drielandereeks-trofee verower ná 'n strawwe eindstryd teen Zimbabwe. Hulle het daarna die Eagles geklop deur die reeks met 3-0 te wen. Hoewel die Namibiese Eagles in die wedstryde van 50 boulbeurte nie die paal kon haal nie, sê Rudie van Vuuren, president van Krieket Namibië, dat dit vir hulle 'n opwindende ervaring was.

Send us your feedback — we're listeningPsalm 16:11 — You Fill Me With Joy in Your Presence: A Night Prayer to Rest With Jesus Themes: Presence • Joy • Rest Nations in this prayer: Ireland • South Korea • Botswana • Netherlands • Israel • Zimbabwe The day has finally become quiet. We have remembered God's presence, received the day with gratitude, drawn strength from Christ and placed our hope in God. Now we arrive at the simplest part of the journey: resting in His presence. Scripture — Psalm 16:11 (NIV) “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.” Prayer Father, the day has come to its quiet place. We began by remembering that You are with us. We received the day with gratitude, drew strength from Christ, and ended the evening by placing our hope in You. Now I simply want to rest. Your Word says, “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.” Lord, what a beautiful place to finish this day: not in the presence of our worries, but in Your presence. I pray tonight for Ireland, South Korea, Botswana, the Netherlands, Israel and Zimbabwe. Bring peace into homes, comfort to those who are lonely, and rest to those whose minds have been busy for too long. Jesus, You are here. I do not need to solve tomorrow tonight. I do not need to replay every conversation or carry every unfinished task into bed. I can place them into Your hands. Holy Spirit, quiet my thoughts and settle my heart. Let Your presence become the gentle place where fear loses its voice and peace begins to breathe again. Father, thank You for this day. Thank You for every moment of grace I noticed and every moment of grace I may have missed. Thank You for carrying me when I felt strong and when I felt weak. Tonight, I release the day. I release what I cannot change. I release what I cannot control. And I receive the peace of knowing that You are still God while I sleep. Jesus, keep my heart close to You. Let me rest beneath Your care, knowing that tomorrow will meet me in Your presence too. So I breathe, I become still, and I rest. Amen. Blessing May you sleep peacefully tonight, resting in the presence of Jesus and trusting God with everything that tomorrow will bring. Night prayer for rest, Psalm 16:11 prayer, Christian prayer before sleep, prayer for peace at night, prayer to rest with Jesus, bedtime prayer, prayer for God's presence. night, rest, peace, sleep, Psalm16, Jesus, prayer, presence, joy, Christian A gentle Christian night prayer for people around the world who are ready to release the day and rest. DailyPrayer.uk provides a peaceful Jesus-centred space for prayer before sleep, helping listeners breathe, become still and rest in God's presence.Support the showDaily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper now reaches 185 countries and 3,012 cities worldwide through the Global Blend Radio network.This is a listener-funded global ministry. If these daily prayers strengthen your faith or help you through difficult seasons, would you consider becoming a monthly prayer partner for just £3 per month?Your support enables us to continue recording, hosting, and broadcasting daily biblical encouragement across the nations — keeping this ministry free and accessible to everyone who needs it.You can support today at GlobalBlendRadio.comTogether, we can keep prayer moving across the world.To submit a prayer request or connect with our global prayer community, visit DailyPrayer.ukBuy me a Coffee 

Imagina terminar um relacionamento de 7 anos, largar o emprego e, uma semana depois, embarcar com passagem só de ida pro Zimbabwe? Foi isso que a nossa ouvinte, Luciana, fez e ela veio contar pra gente como ela deu a volta ao mundo, fazendo um tour de cachoeiras e voluntariados enquanto conhecia culturas novas e a si mesma!

Send us Fan MailOn this week's Episplode, Brian and Brian explain Geography for our loyal and simple listeners. Yes, Zimbabwe is mentioned and covered extensively by Brian using many languages, a chicken and a bucket.The other, but more important subject both Brian's fussed over is to do with is the good old Bus Terminus and associated outbuildings, the free busrides, the graffiti and the stabbings. All good wholesome fun but never on time.Brian pinpoints a grand old time when every adult in Orstraylya and a few kiddies sat down in front of the black and white tele and watched Pick a Corpse. Those heady days with Bob and Dolly Dyer. Yes, everyone tuned in to watch Dolly swallow flaming Bats and fight Chimpanzees. All of this while Bob smoked 20 Rothmans and balanced plates on his head. Fuckin magnificent viewing and the first show to incorporate swollen unalive humans. Great stuff. Better than Neighbours or fuckin Romper Room, Idiots.On a surprising note, Bevan catches fire during the last 4 seconds of this episode, don't turn off early, this is award winning stuff and shit.

Captain Rhett Morris of morefishflorida.com has guided the greater Charlotte Harbor area for three decades — and he kept a catch log almost every day of it. That data now tells a story the numbers on Florida's coast are backing up: a steady, decades-long decline in snook, redfish, and trout that's accelerated since the mid-2000s. In this episode, Rhett walks Tom through what his records reveal, what actually caused the collapse (the record-shattering 2018 red tide, the nitrogen overload, and the algae that smothered the seagrass), and why Hurricane Milton turned out to be one of the best things to happen to the fishery in years. Then he lays out his proposal: treat Charlotte Harbor as a test zone, change the redfish and snook slot limits, and let the fishery become its own hatchery. It's not a mandate — it's the start of a conversation, and it comes with a real economic case for why even the developers should care. If it resonates, there's a petition at morefishflorida.com. As Rhett says, sharing it may matter even more than signing it.

Cricket Unfiltered turns 13! Menners and Damian Watson celebrate the podcast's milestone before diving into Australia's impressive ODI win over Zimbabwe, Matt Renshaw's century, Cooper Connolly's continued emergence and Ollie Peake's growing claims for a Test and limited-overs spot. The boys look ahead to the 2027 World Cup and debate whether Australia's current batting lineup has enough power in the lower order. They also discuss Travis Head's warning about the potential hostility awaiting Australia in South Africa, Mitchell Starc reaching No.1 in the Test bowling rankings, and Nick Maddinson's appointment as NSW Sheffield Shield captain. From Karachi, Noorish Khan joins the show to discuss the ongoing problems surrounding Pakistan cricket, Jason Gillespie's departure, fan frustration and the challenges facing the sport at the highest level. Plus: Steve Waugh and the Amsterdam Flames, the Steve Waugh–Shane Warne relationship, David Warner firing back at the Barbie Army, Usman Khawaja's BBL future, and Steve Smith's international career. Timecodes (0:55) Cricket Unfiltered turns 13 — the podcast's remarkable journey(5:40) Australia's ODI win: Renshaw, Connolly and Peake impress(13:09) Can this Australian batting lineup win the 2027 World Cup?(17:20) Travis Head prepares for a hostile South African tour(22:00) Nick Maddinson named NSW captain & Mitchell Starc reaches No.1(25:49) Steve Waugh, Amsterdam Flames & the Warne relationship(31:17) Noorish Khan on the crisis facing Pakistan cricket(36:44) Warner fires back, Khawaja's future & Steve Smith's plans #CricketUnfiltered #AustralianCricket #PakistanCricket Cricket Unfiltered Merchandise is Here! We've launched our official Cricket Unfiltered merch store thanks to a brilliant partnership with Exactamundo, a longtime supporter of the show.

The federal government urged to release its immigration policy, Political adversaries Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for more restrictions on AI development, and Australia achieves victory over Zimbabwe in the first clash of their three-match series. - सङ्घीय सरकारलाई पनि आफ्नो आप्रवासन नीति अघि सार्न आग्रह, एआईको द्रुत गतिमा भइरहेको विकासलाई लिएर चिन्ता र तीन खेलको शृङ्खलाको पहिलो खेलमा जिम्बाब्वेविरुद्ध अस्ट्रेलियाको जित लगायत आजका प्रमुख समाचार सुन्नुहोस्।Subscribe to the SBS Nepali podcast here.You can listen to SBS Nepali's live broadcast every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 pm via SBS South Asian on digital radio, on television channel 305, through the SBS Audio app, on SBS On Demand, or via our website. You can also follow SBS Nepali on social media: Facebook, Instagram and X (@SBS Nepali). - हाम्रा थप अडियो प्रस्तुतिहरू पोडकास्टका रूपमा उपलब्ध छन्। यो नि:शुल्क सेवा प्रयोग गर्न तपाईंले आफ्नो नाम दर्ता गर्नु पर्दैन। पोडकास्टमा सामाग्री उपलब्ध हुनासाथ सुन्न यहाँ थिच्नुहोस्।एसबीएस नेपालीको प्रत्यक्ष प्रसारण हरेक मङ्गलवार र बिहीवार दिउँसो २ बजे SBS South Asian मा डिजिटल रेडियोमार्फत, आफ्नो टेलिभिजनको च्यानल ३०५ मा, SBS Audio एपमार्फत, SBS On Demand मा वा हाम्रो वेबसाइटबाट सुन्न सक्नुहुन्छ। साथै हामी सोसल मिडिया प्लेटफर्महरू फेसबुक, इन्स्टाग्राम र एक्स मा पनि रहेका छौं SBS Nepali का नाममा।

Send us your feedback — we're listeningPsalm 23:4 — You Are With Me: A Night Prayer for Peace When You Walk Through a Difficult Valley Themes: Comfort • Protection • Rest Nations in this prayer: Ireland • South Korea • Botswana • Netherlands • Israel • Zimbabwe And now the day becomes quiet. We have carried uncertainty, surrendered control, faced overwhelming moments and learned to look beyond what we can see. Tonight, we do not need another answer. We need the reassurance of God's presence. Scripture — Psalm 23:4 (NIV) “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” Prayer Father, the day is now coming to rest. I began this morning unsure about what lay ahead, but You reminded me that You go before me. I brought You my need for control, and You taught me to trust. At midday, when life felt overwhelming, You reminded me that You were with me. And this evening, You helped me lift my eyes beyond what I could see. Now, Lord, I simply want to rest in Your presence. Psalm 23 reminds us that there are valleys we walk through. Faith does not mean pretending that difficult places do not exist. It means discovering that even there, God is with us. So tonight I pray for Ireland, South Korea, Botswana, the Netherlands, Israel and Zimbabwe. Bring peace to homes where there has been anxiety. Comfort those who are carrying grief, uncertainty or loneliness. Let people know that they do not have to face the night alone. Jesus, You are our Good Shepherd. You know us, You lead us and You remain near to us. So I place this day into Your hands. The conversations I cannot change, the things I did not finish, the questions that remain unanswered — I release them to You. Holy Spirit, quiet my mind. Let Your peace settle gently over me. Where fear has been speaking, let trust become louder. Where my heart is restless, lead me into rest. Father, I do not know what tomorrow will bring, but I do not need to know tonight. You are here. So I breathe, I release, and I rest. You are with me. Amen. Blessing May the Good Shepherd watch over you tonight, quiet your heart and give you peaceful rest in His presence. Night prayer for peace, Psalm 23 prayer, prayer before sleep, Christian prayer for protection and rest, prayer when walking through difficult times, Jesus night prayer. night, rest, peace, protection, comfort, Psalm23, Jesus, prayer, sleep, Christian A peaceful Christian night prayer for anyone ending the day carrying fear, uncertainty, grief or unanswered questions. DailyPrayer.uk points listeners back to Jesus, the Good Shepherd, offering a quiet place to release the day and rest in God's presence.Support the showDaily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper now reaches 185 countries and 3,012 cities worldwide through the Global Blend Radio network.This is a listener-funded global ministry. If these daily prayers strengthen your faith or help you through difficult seasons, would you consider becoming a monthly prayer partner for just £3 per month?Your support enables us to continue recording, hosting, and broadcasting daily biblical encouragement across the nations — keeping this ministry free and accessible to everyone who needs it.You can support today at GlobalBlendRadio.comTogether, we can keep prayer moving across the world.To submit a prayer request or connect with our global prayer community, visit DailyPrayer.ukBuy me a Coffee 

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has launched Africa's largest-ever share sale, offering a stake in his oil refinery to the general public. The initial public offering (IPO) covers roughly 3% of the Dangote Refinery and aims to raise $1.6 billion across Africa, targeting up to 10 million shareholders.Hours after the offer went live, several stockbroking applications reported downtime due to unusually heavy traffic from potential investors believed to be rushing to buy stakes in the company. We explore how young people across the continent are reacting and what this means for them.And African literature continues to gain global recognition as we hear from writers from Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt and Zimbabwe shortlisted for the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing. What do their stories reveal about the evolution of the continent?Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Ayuba Iliya, Bella Twine and Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Davis Mwasaru Senior Producer: Blessing Aderogba Editors: Daniel Dadzie and Maryam Abdalla

Most wealthy families protect their kids from money conversations. Amy Dornbusch decided to do the opposite. Amy Dornbusch, founder of AtlasDaughters, joins host Syama Bunten on Getting Rich Together to talk about teaching kids about philanthropy through real experience instead of theory. Before she built a model for family philanthropy trips, she ran a restaurant and catering business in Brooklyn, spent a decade running a Napa vineyard, and launched and ran an investment fund through her family office. That path is why she trusts children with more than most parents think they can handle. Amy explains how a statistic she read, that eighty percent of the time you will ever spend with your kids happens before they turn ten, changed the direction of her career. She describes the inner workings of a family giving circle, where children get a real vote in where money goes, not just a seat at the table. She also shares the story of her six-year-old daughter teaching an entire school assembly about solar power after a trip to Zimbabwe, proof that raising philanthropic children starts earlier than most parents assume. This conversation makes a case for next-generation wealth education built on participation rather than protection. If you have ever wondered how to start teaching kids about philanthropy, press play and hear the shift Amy made when she decided to bring her kids into the family's philanthropy. Amy will be speaking at the Wealth Catalyst Summit in San Francisco on October 16. If her story moved you, register at wealthcatalyst.com and hear the rest of it in person.   Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Amy Dornbusch's Path From Restaurants to Philanthropy 02:36 Growing Up in Silicon Valley During the Boom 04:37 Selling Scrunchies and Learning Independence in Singapore 08:20 Choosing Boarding School and Finding Her People 16:42 Two Internships, Two Very Different Leadership Styles 19:29 Moving to New York With No Job Lined Up 27:12 Building a Restaurant, Catering Business, and Venue 36:06 Family Office, a Napa Vineyard, and Cancer Research Auction 47:57 Teaching Kids About Philanthropy Through AtlasDaughters 53:24 A Trip to Zimbabwe and What She Learned Find more from Syama Bunten: Your money story may be shaping your financial life more than you realize. After hundreds of conversations with women at all stages of their financial lives, Syama distilled the questions that helped her understand her own patterns into The Money Story Reset, a free guide featuring five guided reflections and personal stories from her journey.   Download The Money Story Reset and begin uncovering the beliefs behind your financial decisions: https://wealthcatalyst.com/reset/ Apply For Your Seat @ The 4th Wealth Catalyst Summit | San Francisco, October 16: https://wealthcatalyst.com/sf2026/ Register to Attend a Salon Near You: https://wealthcatalyst.com/salons/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syama.co/ Join Syama's Substack: https://thewealthcatalystwithsyama.substack.com/ Website: https://wealthcatalyst.com/ Big Delta Capital: https://www.bigdeltacapital.com/ Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm  

Krieket: Engeland se witbal-hoofafrigter, Brendon McCullum, hoop die gewese kaptein, Kevin Pietersen, se groot persoonlikheid en mededingingsgees sal die spelers aansteek. Pietersen het aangesluit as ‘n spesialis-mentor tot volgende jaar se Wêreldbekertoernooi in Namibië, Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe. Hy het Sondag in Southampton by die span aangesluit voor die eerste van drie T20- en drie eendagwedstryde teen Sri Lanka, wat môre begin. McCullum sê Pietersen maak reeds ‘n reuse-verskil: Brendon McCullum Dinsdag

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Political adversaries Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for more restrictions on AI development; New research estimates Australia's Indigenous population before colonisation was much larger than previously thought; And in cricket, Australia achieves victory over Zimbabwe in the first clash of their three-match series.

Send us your feedback — we're listeningPsalm 42:11 — Put Your Hope in God: A Midday Prayer When Your Heart Feels Low Themes: Hope • Encouragement • Renewal Nations in this prayer: Ireland • South Korea • Botswana • Netherlands • Israel • Zimbabwe  Sometimes perseverance carries us through the morning, but by midday we discover that our hearts are tired. This is the moment to stop, breathe and remember where our hope is found. Scripture — Psalm 42:11 (NIV) “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” By the middle of the day, the determination you had this morning may have begun to fade. You may still be doing everything that needs to be done, but inside, your heart feels low. Sometimes we keep moving while quietly wondering when we will feel hopeful again. The psalmist speaks honestly to that kind of heart and says, “Put your hope in God.” Lord Jesus, we bring You our weariness, our questions and the emotions we cannot easily explain. Today we pray for people in Ireland, South Korea, Botswana, Netherlands, Israel, and Zimbabwe. Encourage those who feel discouraged, lonely or emotionally drained. Holy Spirit, breathe fresh hope into people who have been trying to remain strong for everyone else. Jesus, teach us that hope is not pretending everything is fine. Hope is choosing to turn towards You even when our feelings have not caught up with our faith. Where disappointment has made us cynical, soften our hearts. Where waiting has made us restless, give us patience. Where we have lost sight of what You have already done, help us remember Your faithfulness. We began this day receiving mercy. Then You gave us strength to persevere. Now, Lord, lift our eyes again. You are still our Saviour. You are still our God. You are still worthy of our trust. So we breathe deeply, place our hope in You and receive fresh strength for the rest of this day. Amen. Blessing: May Jesus lift your heart today, renew your hope and remind you that you are never walking through the difficult moments alone.  midday prayer for hope, prayer when your heart feels low, Christian prayer for encouragement, Psalm 42:11 prayer, prayer for renewal, prayer when discouraged  prayer, Jesus, hope, encouragement, renewal, strength, midday, faith, Christian, devotion A midday prayer for anyone whose heart feels low, discouraged or tired. Pause wherever you are in the world, breathe, turn towards Jesus and place your hope in God again.Support the showDaily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper now reaches 185 countries and 3,012 cities worldwide through the Global Blend Radio network.This is a listener-funded global ministry. If these daily prayers strengthen your faith or help you through difficult seasons, would you consider becoming a monthly prayer partner for just £3 per month?Your support enables us to continue recording, hosting, and broadcasting daily biblical encouragement across the nations — keeping this ministry free and accessible to everyone who needs it.You can support today at GlobalBlendRadio.comTogether, we can keep prayer moving across the world.To submit a prayer request or connect with our global prayer community, visit DailyPrayer.ukBuy me a Coffee 

Send us your feedback — we're listeningProverbs 16:3 — Commit Your Plans to the Lord: A Morning Prayer When You Need Direction Themes: Guidance • Trust • Wisdom Nations in this prayer: South Korea • Botswana • Netherlands • Israel • Zimbabwe • United States Once the day gets moving, decisions begin to appear. Sometimes we don't need more opinions; we need wisdom to know which way is right. Scripture — Proverbs 16:3 (NIV) “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” When the day gets moving, decisions begin to appear. A message needs answering, a responsibility needs carrying, or a choice needs making. Sometimes the difficulty is not knowing what is possible; it is knowing which way is right. This morning we have already begun by looking to Jesus as our light. Now we ask Him to guide our steps. Scripture says, “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” Lord Jesus, we bring You our plans, our ideas and our decisions. Teach us to place them before You rather than asking You simply to approve what we have already decided. Today we pray for people in South Korea, Botswana, Netherlands, Israel, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Give wisdom to those facing difficult choices, patience to those waiting for answers, and humility to those who need to change direction. Holy Spirit, help us recognise what is wise, good and consistent with the character of Jesus. Lord, sometimes we want certainty before we take a step. But faith often means trusting You with the next step before we can see the whole road. Keep us from rushing because we are anxious, and keep us from standing still because we are afraid. Jesus, take what we have planned and shape it according to Your purposes. Close the doors that should not be opened, strengthen us to walk through the right ones, and give us peace when we need to wait. We began this morning asking for light. Now, Lord, lead us by that light. Amen. Blessing: May Jesus the Lord guide your steps today, give you wisdom for every decision and peace when you need to wait. prayer for direction, prayer when you don't know what to do, Christian prayer for wisdom, Proverbs 16:3 prayer, prayer for difficult decisions, Jesus guidance prayer, Jesus, guidance, wisdom, direction, trust, decisions, morning, Christian, devotion A morning prayer for anyone facing decisions, uncertainty or the need for wisdom. Wherever you are listening, commit your plans to God and ask Jesus to guide the next step.Support the showDaily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper now reaches 185 countries and 3,012 cities worldwide through the Global Blend Radio network.This is a listener-funded global ministry. If these daily prayers strengthen your faith or help you through difficult seasons, would you consider becoming a monthly prayer partner for just £3 per month?Your support enables us to continue recording, hosting, and broadcasting daily biblical encouragement across the nations — keeping this ministry free and accessible to everyone who needs it.You can support today at GlobalBlendRadio.comTogether, we can keep prayer moving across the world.To submit a prayer request or connect with our global prayer community, visit DailyPrayer.ukBuy me a Coffee 

What happens when you stop allowing other people—and your own invisible barriers—to define what is possible for your life? In this episode of Business of the Beat, host Kendra Bracken-Ferguson sits down with Tracy-Ann Palmer—also known as TAP the Warrior—a modern Renaissance woman whose journey spans corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, transformational coaching, authorship, and music. Tracy-Ann shares how growing up amid war in Zimbabwe, immigrating to South Africa, surviving domestic violence, and watching her mother battle Alzheimer's shaped her determination to live fully and help others reach their potential. She also explores the connection between business and creativity, why money represents freedom, and how music became both a source of healing and a way to help others feel seen. The conversation examines authentic leadership, work-life integration, emotional intelligence, community, and the courage required to remove the mask and become who you were meant to be. Tracy-Ann also introduces the African principles of Sawubona—“I see you”—and Ubuntu—“I am because we are”—as reminders that transformation and success are never achieved alone. Find more shows like this on the Mean Ole Lion app.

Send us your feedback — we're listeningMATTHEW 11:28 — COME TO JESUS AND REST: A MORNING PRAYER WHEN LIFE FEELS TOO HEAVY Themes: Rest • Surrender • Renewal Nations in this prayer: South Korea • Botswana • Netherlands • Israel • Zimbabwe • United States You may have started the day carrying a burden that nobody else can see. SCRIPTURE — MATTHEW 11:28 (NIV) “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Perhaps you have started the day already feeling tired. Not simply physically tired, but tired from carrying responsibilities, caring for other people, thinking about problems, or trying to keep everything together. Jesus does not tell the weary to try harder. He says, “Come to me.” Lord Jesus, we come to You now. Today we pray for people in South Korea, Botswana, Netherlands, Israel, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Meet people carrying burdens that nobody else can see. Strengthen parents, carers, workers, leaders and those who have been quietly trying to cope. Holy Spirit, help us release what we were never meant to carry alone. Jesus, we bring You our tiredness. We bring You the pressure to have everything sorted, the fear of disappointing others, and the thoughts that keep turning over in our minds. Teach us that coming to You is not weakness. It is trust. Give us grace for today's responsibilities without allowing those responsibilities to become our identity. Help us pause when we need to pause, breathe when we need to breathe, and remember that our lives are held by You. Jesus, we receive Your invitation again: come. We do not have to arrive with perfect faith or perfect answers. We simply come. And as we come, renew us. Let Your presence become a place of rest in the middle of an ordinary day. Amen. Blessing: May Jesus carry what is too heavy for you, renew your strength and give your heart His deep and gentle rest.  prayer for the weary, prayer when life feels too heavy, Christian prayer for rest, Matthew 11:28 prayer, prayer for burdens, Jesus gives rest  prayer, Jesus, rest, burdens, renewal, strength, morning, faith, Christian, devotion  A prayer for people carrying visible and invisible burdens. Wherever you are listening, bring your weariness to Jesus and receive His invitation to come.Support the showDaily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper now reaches 185 countries and 3,012 cities worldwide through the Global Blend Radio network.This is a listener-funded global ministry. If these daily prayers strengthen your faith or help you through difficult seasons, would you consider becoming a monthly prayer partner for just £3 per month?Your support enables us to continue recording, hosting, and broadcasting daily biblical encouragement across the nations — keeping this ministry free and accessible to everyone who needs it.You can support today at GlobalBlendRadio.comTogether, we can keep prayer moving across the world.To submit a prayer request or connect with our global prayer community, visit DailyPrayer.ukBuy me a Coffee 

Send us your feedback — we're listeningJohn 6:35 — “I Am the Bread of Life”: A Midday Prayer for When Your Soul Feels Empty Live from London, England — where faith meets the world in daily prayer and global hope. Three Prayer Themes: Hunger • Fulfilment • Renewal Scripture — John 6:35 (NIV)  “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry.” Prayer By midday, you may discover that the things filling your schedule have not filled your heart. You can be surrounded by people and still feel empty inside. You can keep working, keep serving and keep going, while quietly wondering what your soul is actually hungry for. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” Lord Jesus, You speak to a hunger deeper than circumstances can satisfy. You meet the part of us that achievements, possessions and distractions cannot reach. When our souls are empty, You invite us to come to You. Today we pray for people in Ireland, South Korea, Botswana, Netherlands, Israel, and Zimbabwe. Meet those who feel spiritually dry, emotionally exhausted, or simply tired of trying to fill an emptiness they cannot explain. Holy Spirit, awaken our desire for Jesus and draw us back to the source of life. Jesus, we bring You our hunger without pretending it is not there. Feed our faith through Your word. Renew our love for You. Help us notice the quiet ways You are already working in us. We do not ask for a temporary feeling that disappears when the afternoon becomes difficult. Give us a deeper dependence on You. When we are tired, let us come to You. When we are disappointed, let us come to You. When we are thankful, let us still come to You. Jesus, be enough for this moment. Let Your presence nourish what has become tired within us, and let the life You give become strength for the rest of this day. Amen. Blessing: May Jesus satisfy the deepest hunger of your heart and renew you with His life and grace today. SUPPORT THE MINISTRY — BUY US A COFFEE If DailyPrayer.uk is helping you, please consider supporting the ministry or sowing a seed into this work. You can buy us a coffee and help us continue creating daily prayer for people around the world. prayer, Jesus, renewal, hunger, faith, strength, hope, midday, Christian, devotion midday prayer for emptiness, prayer when your soul feels empty, Christian prayer for spiritual renewal, John 6:35 prayer, prayer for spiritual hunger, prayer for strength, Jesus bread of lifeSupport the showDaily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper now reaches 185 countries and 3,012 cities worldwide through the Global Blend Radio network.This is a listener-funded global ministry. If these daily prayers strengthen your faith or help you through difficult seasons, would you consider becoming a monthly prayer partner for just £3 per month?Your support enables us to continue recording, hosting, and broadcasting daily biblical encouragement across the nations — keeping this ministry free and accessible to everyone who needs it.You can support today at GlobalBlendRadio.comTogether, we can keep prayer moving across the world.To submit a prayer request or connect with our global prayer community, visit DailyPrayer.ukBuy me a Coffee 

Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest this week is James Manyika, who is Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology and Society at Google and Alphabet. He joined Google in 2022 in a newly created role reporting to Sundar Pichai, and has spent the years since arguing that AI's largest contribution may turn out to be to science itself.His latest essay in the new volume of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is devoted to AI and scientific discovery which features Demis Hassabis, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, Eric Topol and others. He also co-chaired the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Body on AI, served as vice chair of the US National AI Advisory Committee, and co-wrote No Ordinary Disruption.James was born and raised in Zimbabwe and read electrical engineering at the University of Zimbabwe before going to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he took a doctorate in AI and robotics and became a fellow of Balliol College. He was a visiting scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, then spent twenty-five years at McKinsey, thirteen of them as chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute.We talk about:AlphaFold and a fifty-year grand challengeDid it understand how proteins fold, or just learn the grammar?Is hallucination a bug or a feature?Move 37 and the bitter lessonTuring on why an infallible machine is a boring oneIs this the first time we have had a cognitive competitor?The impossible problem of alignmentAI as an invention for making inventionsMissed use, and who actually benefits from a breakthroughLet's discover!Web: www.whereshallwemeet.xyzTwitter: @whrshallwemeetInstagram: @whrshallwemeet

Deercamp Detour - In today's episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with the Deercamp Detour! Today we talk with Justin Curtis. We discuss: Hunting fair-chase red stag and giant Sika deer on a family trip to Ireland. Buying 95 acres in Iowa to build food plots for unpressured late-season bucks. Launching the Chloe Faith Outdoors YouTube channel with his 12-year-old daughter. Surviving 70 mph winds and a collapsed tent on a brutal Alaskan brown bear hunt. Taking down a giant brown bear that required nine rounds to finally stop. The massive 29 1/16 Boone & Crockett skull score of his 11-foot Alaskan bear. Why hunters should focus on camp camaraderie and the experience, not just inches. Tracking an escaped, free-range male lion through thick brush in South Africa. Upcoming hunts for Canadian lynx, Mexican turkeys, and a leopard in Zimbabwe. The struggle of fitting 30 newly harvested global animals into a trophy room. And So Much More! Shop the New Native Seed Collection from Vitalize Seed here: ⁠https://vitalizeseed.com/collections/vitalize-native-product-line⁠  Use Code HABITAT26 and Get Your Plot Blaster Here: ⁠https://plotblaster.com/⁠  PATREON - Patreon - Habitat Podcast Brand new HP Patreon for those who want to support the Habitat Podcast. Good luck this Fall and if you have a question yourself, just email us @ ⁠info@habitatpodcast.com⁠  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patreon - Habitat Podcast Latitude Outdoors - Saddle Hunting: ⁠https://bit.ly/hplatitude⁠  Stealth Strips - Stealth Outdoors: Use code Habitat10 at checkout ⁠https://bit.ly/stealthstripsHP⁠  Midwest Lifestyle Properties - ⁠https://bit.ly/3OeFhrm⁠  Vitalize Seed Food Plot Seed - ⁠https://bit.ly/vitalizeseed⁠  Down Burst Seeders - ⁠https://bit.ly/downburstseeders⁠  10% code: HP10 Morse Nursery - ⁠http://bit.ly/MorseTrees⁠  10% off w/code: HABITAT10 Packer Maxx - ⁠http://bit.ly/PACKERMAXX⁠  $25 off with code: HPC25 First Lite - ⁠https://bit.ly/3EDbG6P⁠  LAND PLAN Property Consultations – HP Land Plans: LAND PLANS Leave us a review for a FREE DECAL - ⁠https://apple.co/2uhoqOO⁠  Morse Nursery Tree Dealer Pricing – ⁠info@habitatpodcast.com⁠  Habitat Podcast YOUTUBE - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAUuvU9t25FOSstoFiaNdg⁠  Email us: ⁠info@habitatpodcast.com⁠  habitat management / deer habitat / food plots / hinge cut / food plot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dumi Mabhena is originally from Zimbabwe, and has lived in 5 different countries. He now lives in Washington, DC, as he came to the states to attend Georgetown. Prior to that, he has been a podcast host and producer for several years, as well as starting businesses and taking part in the startup world in multiple different places. Outside of tech, he married to his wife, who he met while in South Africa. They love to travel, especially Europe in the summer, and are big into fitness and running. Previously, Dumi started a podcast, to tell about positive experiences in Zimbabwe. As he went through the process of recording, editing, and publishing a podcast - he realized that the tools and platforms were incredibly fragmented... so much so, that it created friction in the process of telling stories. Dumi wanted to figure out a way to remove this friction from the entire process. This is the creation story of Hilite.Linkshttps://www.hellohilite.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/dumi-mabhena Current Sponsors: Tiger Data Protected Harbor Render Fitnexa Perplexity Entelligence Checkout our Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Our Sponsors:* Check out Perplexity and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://www.perplexity.aiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Normally we don't start previewing the Seahawks opponents until Wednesday, but the game is on Wednesday so we dive right in. The Patriots have a lot of question marks, but we have a few of our own. How will Mike MacDonald piece together our defensive backfield and how will Jadarian Price perform in his debut? Will our focus be shifted by more tabloid fodder? :30- ABCs of the Mariners - Y is for - Z is for Zimbabwe: is this team cursed? :45- We close out the holiday show with one last thing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Swango was a charming, ambitious young doctor who seemed destined for a successful medical career when he began his residency in Ohio in the early 1980s. But wherever he worked, patients who should have recovered began dying without explanation, and colleagues who fell ill after eating food he brought them narrowly survived. For years, hospitals and medical boards across the United States and eventually as far as Zimbabwe passed him along rather than confront the mounting suspicions, allowing him to keep practicing and leaving a trail of poisoned patients in his wake. By the time authorities finally caught up with him, he may have been responsible for dozens of deaths. In this episode of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy examines the case of Michael Swango, the institutions that trusted him long after the warning signs appeared, and the chilling question of how a man sworn to heal was able to kill for so long while hiding in plain sight.Head over to our YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you're new here, don't forget to follow Murder: True Crime Stories to never miss a case! Want all 2 parts of every case all at once? Join Crime House+ and get both parts of each case dropped at once ad-free. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you're listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show's page. Murder: True Crime Stories is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios.

From tiny Triassic taxa to stupendous "snake-necked" sauropods. We cover eight brand new named dinosaurs—And they are all sauropods (with one sauropodomorph).For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Venenosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Venenosaurus-Episode-573/Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more.Dinosaur of the day Venenosaurus, a small sauropod whose name means "poison lizard".In dinosaur news this week:A new small sauropodomorph from Zimbabwe, Musango matusadonaensis, that weighed as much as two ostrichesA sauropod in India, Ceratocaudia antiqua, was old for a neosauropod (Early/Mid Jurassic) but also old as an individual (with arthritis)A new small titanosaur from Uruguay, Mesetasaurus protectorA new Moroccan titanosaur, Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, looked a lot like a miniature PatagotitanThere's a new Argentinian sauropod, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, the "big animal lizard"A new "snake necked" mamenchisaur from Thailand was named Uragasaurus kalasinensisThe new sauropod Yantaloong lini has an extra pair of “lock and key” joints between its vertebraeThere's a new enormous titanosauriform, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, from Thailand with a humerus measuring 1.78m (5ft 10in) tallThe first dinosaur bone found in Antarctica belongs to a titanosaur (although its not complete enough to have a name) This episode is brought to you by our patrons. Their generous contributions make our podcast (and I Know Paleo) possible! You can join our community, help us keep the shows going, and get everything ad-free (a win win win) for $8.99/month when paying annually. Go to Patreon.com/iknowdino to sign up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former Pakistan leg-spinner and current Bangladesh spin coach, Mushtaq Ahmed, tells Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Sunil Gupta that he'd love to work with Pakistan again in the future and gives his thoughts on the current instability in the nation's national team.He believes Pakistan should remain calm and not make any rash decisions after they sent home seven players including two coaches after the second Test defeat against England at Lord's. He also says Bangladesh deserve the right to play more red ball cricket after their 1-1 draw in Australia.Marnus Labugchagne has been left out of the recent Australia's ODI squad to face Zimbabwe and South Africa. The trio discuss if this marks the beginning of the end of Labuschagne's international career? Plus, Cricket is played all around the world, from the gullies of Lahore, to the back yards of Australia and the Maidan's of India. It's also played in many unusual places like in Solent, England, on the Bramble Bank that appears only once a year! Alison went to find out more.Photo: Ali Usman of Pakistan is bowled by Jofra Archer during the second day of the second Rothesay Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord's Cricket Ground on August 28, 2026 in London, England. (Credit: Getty Images)

Send us Fan MailWhat if heaven isn't somewhere far away—but a dimension of reality surrounding us right now?To close out the Summer Series, Tim Stewart welcomes back Brian Zahnd for a fascinating conversation about heaven, pilgrimage, wonder, the false self, and his new book, Unseen Existences: Of Heaven, Earth, and the Divine Mystery in All Things.Brian explains why heaven has become an embarrassment in serious theological circles, lumped in with escapist "fly away" thinking, sentimental clichés about departed loved ones on clouds, and sensationalized "I went to heaven and back" books. His pushback: heaven isn't a distant location somewhere past the clouds, but another dimension of reality, "the heavens," that surrounds us right now. Tim and Brian also talk through where Brian gently disagrees with N.T. Wright's caution around Platonic thought, recruiting C.S. Lewis to make his case.The conversation moves into life as pilgrimage. Brian, who has walked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago four times, describes what a spiritual journey teaches that a plane ticket to the same destination never could, and how doubt, wonder, and even losing old certainties along the way can be part of authentic faith rather than a threat to it. He shares one of the sharper lines from the book: "Christianity without transcendence degenerates into politics," and what a "holy ambivalence" toward political partisanship might look like instead.Tim and Brian also dig into one of the book's most striking chapters, "Depart From Me," reconciling Jesus's gentle response to Peter's confession of sin with his far more sobering words at the judgment, "I never knew you." Brian explains why he believes that verdict falls on the false self we try to become, not the person God actually made us to be. Along the way, Brian tells the story behind "The Reverend," a haunting short story cut from the final manuscript about a Puritan pastor who blessed a massacre, and what it imagines happening when that pastor stands before Christ.In This EpisodeWhy heaven has "gone missing" from serious theological conversation, and the three unhelpful ways people talk about it insteadWhy Brian says heaven isn't a distant place but "a different dimension" that is all around us right nowWhere Brian pushes back on N.T. Wright's caution toward Platonic thought, with help from C.S. LewisWhy Brian argues that "Christianity without transcendence degenerates into politics"What walking the Camino de Santiago four times taught Brian about pilgrimage, friendship, and spiritual transformationWhy losing our sense of wonder isn't inevitable, and a simple daily discipline for reclaiming itHow to hold together Jesus's compassion toward Peter and his sobering words, "I never knew you," at the judgmentThe story behind "The Reverend," the short story cut from the book, and its message about mercy at the final judgmentThis wraps thirteen weeks of Summer Series conversations exploring who God really is. If any of these episodes have challenged or encouraged you, follow or subscribe to the Impact Nations Podcast, and share your favorite conversation with someone who'd value it too.Featured ResourcesUnseen Existences by Brian Zahnd (available now from InterVarsity Press): IVP: https://www.ivpress.com/unseen-existences Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Existences-Heaven-Divine-Mystery/dp/1514005646“The Reverend” (the short story Brian mentions, plus its audio performance): https://brianzahnd.substack.com/p/audio-performance-of-the-reverendBrian Zahnd's website: https://brianzahnd.comBrian Zahnd on Substack: https://brianzahnd.substack.comWord of Life Church: https://wolc.comExplore Impact NationsWebsite: https://www.impactnations.comJourneys of Compassion (upcoming trips to Zimbabwe, the Philippines, and Nicaragua): https://impactnations.com/jocAll Impact Nations links: https://linktr.ee/impact.nationsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ImpactNationsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/impactnationsministriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/impact.nationsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-nations-international-ministries-incTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@impact_nationsGive: https://www.impactnations.com/donateHashtags#BrianZahnd #UnseenExistences #SummerSeries2026 #ChristianPodcast #ImpactNations #Heaven #Pilgrimage

Véronique raconte un voyage en Afrique australe, à travers la Namibie, le Botswana et le Zimbabwe, en petit groupe avec un guide qu'elle ne connaissait pas. Le dernier soir, près des chutes Victoria, un bruit dehors la pousse à ouvrir sa porte-fenêtre en pleine nuit, pieds nus et en pyjama. Écoutez ce récit pour découvrir le nom qu'on a donné à l'hippopotame qui broutait tranquillement sur la pelouse de l'hôtel.-----------Si l'épisode vous a plu, laissez-moi une note 5 ⭐️ou un commentaire sur Apple Podcasts ou Spotify

As 'Rita the Beater' in the final years of the iconic Australian television drama Prisoner, Glenda Linscott scared the living suitcase out of a generation of viewers. Glenda joins us to share her amazing story, which has taken her from from Zimbabwe to Wentworth to today living in regional South Australia. The acting bug bit at an early age and a life on the stage and screen was always the goal. 40 years on, the fascination surrounding Rita has grown and hardly a day goes by when Glenda doesn't have a 'Rita' moment. Glenda has had an equally interesting culinary journey and here she explains how her relationship with the kitchen has evolved over the years. The weekly Food Poll goes right to the comfort food zone as we ask you to choose between tuna mornay and nachos. Glenda will be appearing at the Prisoner event on Sunday October 18th celebrating 40 years of Episode 692. Details and tickets www.partnersincrime.com.au/prisoner Food Bytes with Sarah Patterson and Kevin Hillier Broadcast each Sunday on the ACE Radio Network - https://aceradio.com.au/ Catch us also on: Radio 2DD - Easy Listening - On Line - https://www.2dd.online/ Follow us on Facebook...https://www.facebook.com/foodbyteswithsarahpatterson/ Twitter & Instagram - @sarahfoodbytes Producer - Christopher Gates © 2026 Howdy Partners MediaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles and Jon talk to Stratton Hatfield and Koen Betjes, two conservation researchers involved in a range of fascinating work in Africa.We cover a lot of ground from Giant Pangolin research in Kenya to the importance of taxonomy for conservation and mammal listing.The pair talk about how they have just - together with Charles - solved the mystery of a mysterious mongoose, a case worthy of Sherlock Holmes.And Stratton and Koen run through a set of mammal encounters guaranteed to send any mammalwatcher weak at the knees from close encounters with Allen's Swamp Monkeys and Mountain Bongos to having a bath with a Giant Otter Shrew!Notes: Stratton Hatfield grew up in Zimbabwe and moved to Kenya when he was 12. He spent his childhood exploring the African bush and now lives in the Netherlands where he's finishing is PhD at Wageningen University (on the foraging ecology of Martial Eagles in Kenya's Maasai Mara). He continues to spend a great deal of time travelling throughout Africa working on wildlife research and guiding, with much of his current focus on conservation through his job with the BAND Foundation, supporting projects across southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. He is an avid fan of wildlife mysteries especially those related to cryptic diversity, biogeography and taxonomy.Koen Betjes studied wildlife management in the Netherlands and has since worked in some remote regions in Africa, including on Mandrills in southern Gabon, and biodiversity surveys south of Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also works with the Dutch evolutionary biologist and television presenter Freek Vonk on wildlife and conservation projects. Koen and Stratton are now working together in Kenya for the Pangolin Project, which works to protect Kenya's last remaining Giant Pangolins.Jon's trip report from Northeast Brazil is here. And here is some information on the Matto Grosso Primate Route.Here is information on the Lost Species Initiative we mentioned.Please take a minute to complete this survey about becoming a contributing member of mammalwatching.com.You can support mammalwatching and buy us a coffee here https://buymeacoffee.com/mammalwatchingFinally did you know you can sign up to receive a weekly mammalwatching newsletter here? https://www.mammalwatching.com/subscribe-to-updates/Cover art: Jackson's Mongoose (camera trap), David Gulden.Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in almost 120 countries.

Permission is the internal authority we grant ourselves to act on what we already know we're capable of. Not approval from someone else. Not a rule waiting to be broken. The quiet, personal green light that turns capability into action, and its absence is the real reason most remarkable ideas never leave the room.   "The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic." Peter Drucker   Jill Reilly has spent thirty years working alongside people rebuilding after profound change from South Africa's transition to democracy, to post-war Mozambique, post-conflict Kosovo, and Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS crisis. That work taught her a core insight: the gap between what people are capable of and what they actually achieve almost always comes down to permission, not capability. Today she applies that lesson to organizations navigating AI-driven reinvention. Through the Ten Permissions framework, along with the Permissions Lab and the Hidden Handbrakes diagnostic, she helps individuals and teams move past efficiency thinking and build what wasn't possible before.   Favorite snack is dry roasted almonds   The Ten Permissions LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA).

Ernst J. van Zyl - AfriForum, Afrikaner identity and South Africa's State Decay Ernst J. van Zyl, head of public relations at AfriForum, joins Hearts of Oak to discuss South Africa's political and social crisis. He explains AfriForum's work as a large, member-funded civil-rights and community organisation: court challenges, local problem-solving where the state has failed, and a nationwide safety network. The conversation covers layered identity — why many South Africans, including Afrikaners, put culture and language before national identity — and why a highly centralised state struggles to manage deep diversity.   Ernst describes three decades of state-capacity decay: collapsing electricity, water, roads and rail, cadre deployment, corruption, and policies that enrich a connected elite under the language of empowerment. He details the Expropriation Act, the live court battle over property rights, farm murders, the “Kill the Boer” chant, media reluctance to challenge official narratives, and the ANC-led coalition that has not reversed those policies. The interview also looks at Orania, the limited U.S. refugee option, and AfriForum's decision to stay and build a future for Afrikaners in South Africa rather than leave. Ernst J. van Zyl is Head of Public Relations at AfriForum, South Africa's largest member-funded civil-rights and community organisation. A political scientist and commentator, he holds a master's degree cum laude in Political Science from Stellenbosch University, with research on expropriation without compensation and the Zimbabwe case.   He has spent more than a decade analysing South African politics and culture, and several years leading AfriForum's public communication. That work includes court challenges to the Expropriation Act, community and safety projects where the state has failed, and international briefings on farm attacks, minority rights and property rights — including at the United Nations and in the United States and Europe.Van Zyl is also a documentary filmmaker (Selfbestuur and Is Trump right about South Africa?), co-presenter of the Afrikaans politics podcast Podlitiek, and host of In alle Ernst.   Connect with Ernst...   WEBSITES  afriforum.co.za / theworldmustknow.co.za

Send us Fan MailWelcome all to another episode of TCS, in which Sandeep and Shounak dissect Sri Lanka's herculean effort to draw the test vs India before they delve into another dominant English win over Pakistan.Also in play are the Tri-series between SA, Namibia and Zimbabwe, and then we discuss the fate of the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, after which there is the inevitable discussion about political interference in cricket. Enjoy !

From diplomatic security work in some of the world's most challenging conflict zones to writing novels overlooking the Shannon Estuary, Geraint Jones has had an extraordinary journey. Originally from South Wales, Geraint has lived and worked across Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan, and experienced the conflict in what is now Zimbabwe firsthand. Now living in West Clare, he has just published his second novel, Beyond The Fever Trees, a story inspired by that conflict and exploring the human and moral consequences of war. Alan Morrissey was joined by author Geraint Jones to talk about the book, his remarkable career, and his new life as a full-time writer. Cover Picture (c) By John Wynne Hopkins

August 25th is a day that will go down in infamy. No, not because that's the day Zimbabwe joined the UN, although that's very important as well. We lost two beloved icons nearly simultaneously yesterday. Also Meta lost 17 billion dollars, although that's functionally nothing to them.Topics:Dolly Parton and Tim Curry diedMeta received a 17 billion dollar judgement against themTargeted ads on your phoneGroceries are expensiveEmily in Paris final season premiere date

John Zmirak, Eric Metaxas. Movie About Christian Resistance to the French Revolution, J.J. Carrell- Immigration Stats,  Destructive Darwinism, The Growing Case for Intelligent Design.   John Zmirak The Eric Metaxas Show John ZmirakThe Eric Metaxas  Aug 19 2026  Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, John Zmirak joins Eric to challenge the standard Darwinian account of human origins and discuss the growing case for intelligent design. They examine whether Christians can truly reconcile evolution with Genesis, why Zmirak believes Darwinism undermines the biblical understanding of humanity, Francis Collins and theistic evolution, and the cultural consequences of teaching that human life arose through unguided processes.  John Zmirak Joins0:26 Intelligent Design Vs. Darwinism3:29 Creation Or Evolution?5:11 Were Humans Really Descended From Apes?6:29 Can Christians Reconcile Genesis And Evolution?9:16 Why Darwinism “Multiplies Faith By Zero”11:40 Eric's Encounter With Francis Collins17:14 Deism, Providence, And The American Founders23:05    ----------------------------------------------------------- jjcarrellpolitics• Follow https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dblbbn-SMTw/   --------------------------------------------------------------------- Streaming movie recommended by John Zmirak- https://victoryordeathmovie.com/   When everything you value is on the line, when all you love and believe in is at stake, there's no other choice but to fight for it. Victory or Death Fight for Faith. Fight for Family. Fight for Freedom. --------------------------------------------------------------- Article by John Zmirak- New Book by Chaberek, Greene Probes Evolution as a “Catholic Dilemma” John Zmirak August 5, 2026 Evolution, Faith & Science I recently returned from a two-week wildlife safari through Zimbabwe and South Africa. I visited Victoria Falls, which dwarfs Niagara, the extraordinary Table Mountain, and several wildlife reserves including Kruger National Park. The jeep rides through the brush yielded close encounters with female lions shepherding their cubs, male lions sleeping off meals, a leopard in a tree crunching the skull of an impala, herds of piously maternal elephants — only one of which came close to charging us — and a dozen other species of predator or prey. The high point, I'll confess, was one wildlife encounter in particular: when a troop of baboons charged the outdoor diners at The Black Marlin in Cape Town, driving them to flee, so the apes could stuff their faces with pilfered pasta. Sadly, I was sitting inside, so all I could do was cheer the hairy creatures on from through the window. Privacy Note: On play, Google may track viewers. YouTube's Privacy Policy. The Book of Nature I hope that I'm sufficiently grateful for this encounter with the baroque, sublime abundance of biology that our planet is privileged to host — alone, so far as we know, among the billions of planets. Gratitude should be aimed at a giver, and it was reading the works of Discovery Institute authors that made this easier for me. I could wonder at the tiny penguins that somehow survive in the Mediterranean climate near the Cape of Good Hope, or the birds that live symbiotically with wildebeests by feeding on bloodsucking insects, without the deflating idea lurking in the back of my mind, “This all the result of blind chance and iron necessity, with no crafting intelligence behind it.” Instead, I saw works of art, and found myself thanking the Artist. I was reading the Book of Nature, and seeing in it glimmers of divine action, intention, and generosity — as “natural philosophers” did from Kepler and Newton to Pasteur and Mendel. Back when I unreflectively adhered to the theistic (really deistic) evolution that's preached in most Christian pulpits, I accepted the notion that God was somehow behind every aspect of the cosmos. If pressed, I would have said that God had “guided” or “instigated” the emergence of extraordinary creatures like the zebras that stared at our jeep, the elegant kudus that capered past us through the veldt, the wild dogs that seemed at once so alien and so familiar that it was tempting to hop out and try petting them. (“Do not attempt this,” I was informed by our solemn African guide.) But all of life was at best a convoluted Rube Goldberg contraption, which Someone had set in motion then stepped away to observe. God even had humans in mind — deciding, for some reason, to slowly evolve His earthly image through a long chain of predecessor species, until at some point He chose to implant both rationality and immortal souls in creatures who'd mutated in and then emerged from the womb of an animal. I used to speculate about how that allegedly worked, and how I could reconcile it in some fashion with the Genesis account of God making man directly from the dust of the earth, and woman from his side. I remember thinking, lamely, “Maybe they were identical twins … and He switched Eve's sex before the ape gave birth to them?” Then I stopped bothering, encouraged by modern priests who treat not just Genesis but most of the Old Testament as mostly wholesome mythology, akin to that found in Bulfinch or Edith Hamilton. Christianizing Darwinists Obeying the dictum of 19th-century “Higher Criticism,” Christianizing Darwinists aim to explain away every claim of miraculous action — from the direct creation of man to the parting of the Red Sea, from Jesus' virgin birth to even his Resurrection. I was taught in high school that the last, most crucial Christian miracle, amounted merely to the “ongoing presence” of Jesus in his apostles' hearts and minds. Big whoop. In that sense, Adolf Hitler is still sadly with us. (If you want an account of how and why biblical critics crafted such blinders, read Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker's magisterial Politicizing the Bible, which I edited for publication.) Priests, theologians, bishops and even (recently) popes have responded to the popular triumph of Darwinism by dismissing most of the events recounted in Genesis as purely allegorical and moral. Keen to avoid being tarred as “fundamentalists,” and encouraged by some cautious leeway granted to evolutionary thinking by popes such as Pius XII and John Paul II, most Catholics have eagerly accepted that Darwin's theories fully explain the emergence of every living species, even man. Otherwise-orthodox believers have made this intellectual concession, convinced that “the science” is irrefutable, so the theology must make room for it. But what if, in fact, the science is very shaky, and the implications for a Christian worldview profoundly toxic? Those are the questions asked and convincingly answered in a new book, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma. It's written in an extremely engaging format — a series of questions posed by science journalist Steve Greene and answered by theologian Rev. Michael Chabarek, O.P. It was Chaberek's previous book, Aquinas and Evolution, that convinced me to take intelligent design seriously, and embark on the journey through the works of Stephen Meyer, Michael Behe, Douglas Axe, and many others — to my profound intellectual and spiritual enrichment. This new book is every bit the equal of Chaberek's earlier work. He lays out the serious evidential weaknesses in the Darwinist claim to have explained the appearance of human beings by incremental mutations from previous apelike species. (For much more detail than this book offers, see Science and Human Origins, from Discovery Institute Press, which Chaberek cites.) He explains how circular logic and wishful thinking pervade the claims of paleontologists to have discovered non-human ancestors for our species, with periodic claims to have found a “missing link” based on tiny bone fragments of indeterminate origin. False First Principles But Chaberek's main focus is not on empirical flaws or gaps in the Darwinist account. Instead, he focuses on the false first principles that motivate, even compel Darwinists to invent their “just so” stories in the first place. Here's a sample of the straightforward, plain-speaking way that the authors convey key philosophical issues: If man did not come from the ape, then how did he come into existence? First, let us consider whether sciences such as paleontology and genetics are actually capable of providing an answer to this question. If man came into existence naturally, then, yes, because science explains the workings of nature. But if man came into existence supernaturally, that is, by the action of divine power exceeding the power of nature, then science cannot explain the beginning of man. Therefore, whether science can provide an answer to this question does not depend on scientific research, but on the previously adopted religious or philosophical assumptions. Chabarek argues convincingly that secularist and materialist assumptions precede and determine the scientific work of Darwinists, essentially forcing them to deny evidence of design, and to make impossible claims for the creative power of mutations — despite the overwhelming odds against blind chance happening upon even a single useful new protein in the entire history of life on earth (as Douglas Axe showed in exhaustive experimental detail in his book, Undeniable). When such bias-inducing reductionist assumptions migrate from the research papers of laboratory scientists into the works of Christian leaders, the consequences are even more baleful, Chabarek warns. If such a central question as the origin of the only rational species, the “image of God,” is to be surgically excised from the domain of religious authority and turned over to materialist scientists, what is to stop that same debunking impulse from undermining every mystery of faith? Should we leave Sarah's miraculous conception of Isaac to the gynecologists, the parting of the Red Sea to the oceanographers, and the resurrection of Jesus to the biologists? That's the inexorable logic of Christians who cling to Darwinist explanations of the “descent of man” from ancestral apes. Far better, Chabarek advises, for Christians who accept a long series of miracles and mysteries as entailed in the redemption of humanity to also make room for the Bible's literal account of the miracle of his creation — from the dust of the earth, by the hand of God. John Zmirak John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First. To read articles from John Zmirak visit- https://chroniclesmagazine.org/author/johnzmirak/   Endorsed Charities -------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Born! Saving babies and Souls. https://preborn.org/ OUR MISSION To glorify Jesus Christ by leading and equipping pregnancy clinics to save more babies and souls. WHAT WE DO Pre-Born! partners with life-affirming pregnancy clinics all across the nation. 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The Military Entertainment Complex: Chimurenga Afrosonic Making of Zimbabwe (MIT Press, 2026) by Dr. Mhoze Chikowero is the story of the making of post-independence Zimbabwe from the sounds and songs born of the country's armed liberation wars, waged against British Rhodesian white settler rule since the 1890s.The war from 1896 through the twentieth century to resist the initial colonization, as well as the one waged to reclaim land from the colonial farmers in the 2000s, is known as Chimurenga, and the music it produced is thus called Chimurenga music. The sounds and music were Afrosonic—that is, deeply grounded in the ideology of the 1960s–70s war, spawning the cultural liberation of a people whose self-expression the colonial system had criminalized and oppressed for close to a century.The living labs of the liberation war, Chimurenga, powered not just military but also cultural rearmament, thereby producing cultural blueprints for a confident, regenerative public consciousness and expressiveness as independence. The open-access title captures the sounds of self-liberation, framing a state of militant audibility in public cultural expressiveness, public policy propagation, and contestation. It invites readers to imagine, see, hear, and feel self-liberation war redeployed as popular entertainment in the service of state making. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Military Entertainment Complex: Chimurenga Afrosonic Making of Zimbabwe (MIT Press, 2026) by Dr. Mhoze Chikowero is the story of the making of post-independence Zimbabwe from the sounds and songs born of the country's armed liberation wars, waged against British Rhodesian white settler rule since the 1890s.The war from 1896 through the twentieth century to resist the initial colonization, as well as the one waged to reclaim land from the colonial farmers in the 2000s, is known as Chimurenga, and the music it produced is thus called Chimurenga music. The sounds and music were Afrosonic—that is, deeply grounded in the ideology of the 1960s–70s war, spawning the cultural liberation of a people whose self-expression the colonial system had criminalized and oppressed for close to a century.The living labs of the liberation war, Chimurenga, powered not just military but also cultural rearmament, thereby producing cultural blueprints for a confident, regenerative public consciousness and expressiveness as independence. The open-access title captures the sounds of self-liberation, framing a state of militant audibility in public cultural expressiveness, public policy propagation, and contestation. It invites readers to imagine, see, hear, and feel self-liberation war redeployed as popular entertainment in the service of state making. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

The Military Entertainment Complex: Chimurenga Afrosonic Making of Zimbabwe (MIT Press, 2026) by Dr. Mhoze Chikowero is the story of the making of post-independence Zimbabwe from the sounds and songs born of the country's armed liberation wars, waged against British Rhodesian white settler rule since the 1890s.The war from 1896 through the twentieth century to resist the initial colonization, as well as the one waged to reclaim land from the colonial farmers in the 2000s, is known as Chimurenga, and the music it produced is thus called Chimurenga music. The sounds and music were Afrosonic—that is, deeply grounded in the ideology of the 1960s–70s war, spawning the cultural liberation of a people whose self-expression the colonial system had criminalized and oppressed for close to a century.The living labs of the liberation war, Chimurenga, powered not just military but also cultural rearmament, thereby producing cultural blueprints for a confident, regenerative public consciousness and expressiveness as independence. The open-access title captures the sounds of self-liberation, framing a state of militant audibility in public cultural expressiveness, public policy propagation, and contestation. It invites readers to imagine, see, hear, and feel self-liberation war redeployed as popular entertainment in the service of state making. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

Alors que l'Afrique manque de médecins, d'infirmiers et de sages-femmes, plusieurs pays africains sont désormais parmi les meilleurs au monde pour recenser leurs personnels de santé. Dix des vingt pays les mieux renseignés sont africains : la Zambie est troisième mondiale, le Burkina Faso cinquième, et le Kenya sixième. Comment expliquer cette progression dans la collecte des données ? Et surtout, à quoi servent ces chiffres pour lutter contre la pénurie de soignants ? Kouadjo San Boris Bediakon est responsable de l'information stratégique au Bureau Afrique de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé. Il répond aux questions de Clothilde Hazard. RFI : Dix des vingt pays au monde qui disposent des données les plus récentes sur leur personnel de santé sont africains. Comment expliquer ces bons résultats en Afrique ? Kouadjo San Boris Bediakon : Premièrement, cela montre que l'Afrique n'est plus seulement un continent confronté à des déficits de personnel de santé. Les déficits existent, mais ce n'est plus ce qu'il faut voir. L'Afrique devient également une source majeure de données permettant de comprendre et de piloter les déficits. Deuxièmement, cela signifie en fait que de nombreux pays africains sont en train de passer d'une logique de planification fondée sur des estimations, parfois qui sont un peu grégaires, à une logique de décisions fondées sur des données nationales. Comment ces données sont-elles utilisées pour prendre des décisions ? Est-ce que vous avez un exemple de décision ? Au-delà des dialogues politiques qui ont été organisés dans environ douze pays africains, il y a neuf pays qui ont élaboré des plans de développement des ressources humaines en santé qui sont vraiment budgétisés et qui sont vraiment fondés sur des estimations objectives des besoins et des déficits ainsi que des investissements requis. Plus important encore, ces processus ont conduit à des engagements concrets. Pour environ six pays, il y a eu des engagements de création de 200 000 emplois dans le secteur de la santé. Est-ce que ces recrutements aujourd'hui, les États peuvent les faire, les financer et surtout former ces personnels ? Je prends le cas par exemple du Zimbabwe. À la suite de leur analyse du marché du travail, ils ont fait et organisé bien évidemment un dialogue politique et un certain nombre de partenaires se sont engagés à travers ce qu'on appelle le pacte d'investissement dans les ressources humaines en santé. Et aujourd'hui, le Zimbabwe a pu augmenter son budget pour les ressources humaines en santé de 30 % et chaque année, ils mettent à disposition environ 8000 postes budgétaires pour recruter. Et ces données sur le personnel soignant, qu'est-ce qu'elles changent concrètement pour les patients et les services de santé ? On sait bien que les hôpitaux tout seul ne peuvent pas fournir les services de santé. C'est plus ou moins comme des cathédrales construites dans le désert, et les médicaments à eux seuls ne sont que des, disons que des produits chimiques, s'ils ne sont pas prescrits par des personnels compétents et motivés et aussi disponibles en quantité. Est-ce que ces données peuvent rendre les systèmes de santé plus réactifs face aux épidémies par exemple ? Est-ce que ça aurait pu rendre les autorités plus réactives face à l'épidémie d'Ebola en RDC ? Oui, plus on a de données fiables et disons exhaustives, plus on peut anticiper en fait les déficits et anticiper un certain nombre de prises en charge de certaines urgences. Et nous sommes à pied d'œuvre pour aider les pays à disposer des systèmes d'information permettant de pouvoir leur donner au jour le jour, des informations essentielles à travers des tableaux de bord pour l'anticipation d'un certain nombre de déficits, et aussi un certain nombre de pandémies ou d'épidémies qui pourraient aggraver, en fait, cette disponibilité de personnel de santé. Ces données ont permis d'identifier des pénuries ? La pénurie qui existe actuellement est à hauteur de 5.8 millions de personnels de santé. Ça, c'est seulement sur la base des besoins sanitaires des populations. Si on vient greffer les aspects liés à la migration, les recrutements massifs des pays occidentaux dans les pays africains, cette pénurie-là va au-delà de 5.8 millions de personnes de santé. Comment éviter justement cette fuite des cerveaux ? C'est d'abord un engagement que les pays ont pris à travers ce qu'on appelle le code de recrutement des personnels de santé, qui a été adopté à une Assemblée mondiale de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, qui stipule que les pays qui ont un indice de couverture sanitaire universelle très bas ou une densité de personnel de santé très bas, sont épargnés ou doivent être écartés du recrutement agressif et massif des pays qui ont déjà des indicateurs de couverture sanitaire universelle élevés et une densité relativement élevée par rapport à ces pays-là. Ce n'est pas un document qui est contraignant, mais c'est plutôt basé sur le respect de ces principes-là. Est-ce que justement il est respecté ? Il y a de bons exemples quand même où certains pays, par exemple le Royaume-Uni, a signé des accords de coopération bilatéraux, de recrutement de personnel de santé entre le Kenya, le Nigeria et le Ghana qui essaient de compenser en fait ces recrutements-là. Mais à vrai dire, le fléau est beaucoup plus profond parce que on sait que les données prouvent que dans les dix prochaines années, les pays occidentaux, surtout les pays de l'OCDE, auront un tiers de leur personnel de santé qui iront à la retraite. Et donc, face à cela, certains pays qui ne sont pas de bons exemples, continuent toujours de recruter de façon agressive et massive, mais en utilisant plutôt des institutions ou des agences privées pour ne pas que cela leur revienne au visage comme étant des pays qui enfreignent en fait cette réglementation-là.

Hello and Welcome to the DX Corner for your weekly Dose of DX. I'm Bill, AJ8B.The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comWe have been waiting for this DXpedition. R1FJ – Franz Jozef Land - R7AL, Vasily, and his team should be QRV soon until about August 30. J7 – Dominica - FM5FJ and FM5BH will be in Dominica from August 20-24, then return October 18–27 along with F5VHJ and S53R to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest using the callsign J75A.A4 – Oman - The Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will operate as A43KD on the HF bands and QO-100 during Khareef Dhofar, 26–28 August 2026, from Dhofar Governorate, Oman. Held during the Dhofar Khareef Season, theevent will include amateur radio activities, technical sessions, operating demonstrations, and opportunities for local operators to share experience. 9M – West & East Malaysia - Special callsigns will be on for National Day, which is August 31, and again for Malaysia Day, September 16. But the calls may be on the air anytime between August 22 and September 30.Here are some DXpeditions that are just around the corner!S9 - Sao Tome and Principe- S9R, an expedition, is October 17-31, from Tamarindos, grid JJ31rp. Planned is HF, various modes. The antennas are a spiderbeam, hexbeam, 40M vertical, 80-10 EFHW and 6M 5-element Yagi. Digital modes will be FT8 MSHV, multi-slot. The modes are CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8, 160-6M including 60. They will also get on the QO-100 satellite. Operation will be“split at all times.”From Mid-October to early November: JD1BQP, Ogasawara - JD1BQP by JP1IHD, Koutarou Watanabe, will be on Chichijim October 17-November 2. He will use an end-fed half-wave wire antenna that covers 160-10M, a six-band hexbeam for 20-6M, plus a seven-element Yagi for 6M. CE0Z - Juan Fernandez Islands - CE3VTZ and XQ7IR, Moises and Felipe, are going there for 10 days or so in October. They plan 160-10M FT8, CW and SSB. It will be Alexander Selkirk Island, IOTA SA-101. They will be running on generators.Z2 – Zimbabwe - ZS6ND, Dumisani Nkala, will be Z21MY on the air. He is currently in Poland but will be back in Zimbabwe December 1 to January 25, and plans to get on HF with this new Zimbabwe callsign.Contest Updates  A major contest is coming up. The CQWW RTTY contest is the weekend of September 26th and 27th. This contest typically draws over 15,000 participants with over 3,600 logs submitted. If you can operate FT8, you can operate RTTY. Why not give it a try? If you have questions or need information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comUntil next week, this is Bill, AJ8B saying 73 and thanks to my XYL Karen for her love and support. I Hope to hear you in the pileups! Have a great DX week!

“Just because I think something is dumb doesn't mean I think it should be illegal.” — Nicholas Anthony on meme coins Earlier this month, Elizabeth Warren called for an SEC investigation of Donald Trump's meme coin. Is the Pope Catholic? No surprise there. More revealing are other critics of the “presidential” token which netted our Grifter-in-Chief $636 million last year. Take, for example, Nicholas Anthony, an expert on crypto at the Cato Institute and author of Digital Currency or Digital Control? It's news when an unashamed libertarian from Washington's own temple of free markets calls the president's crypto adventure “completely unnecessary.” Maybe the Pope isn't Catholic. Or maybe Elizabeth Warren should join the Cato Institute. Anthony's verdict is withering because, under his libertarian shell, he's a crypto bro. The meme coin “has been a problem for everyone but Trump,” he argues, because it has held up legislation, invited investigations, and weaponized ethics concerns about crypto. “We have no one to blame except Trump…” Anthony concludes bleakly. “He knew better than to do it, but he saw the opportunity and ran with it.” When I accused Anthony of sounding like Elizabeth Warren, he was more amused than offended. Unlike the Warren crowd, however, he doesn't want to ban crypto. “Just because I think something is dumb,” he says, “doesn't mean I think it should be illegal.” So while Trump-style meme coins are a natural habitat for what he calls “rug pulls,” that shouldn't be an excuse for lawmakers to pull the rug from the entire industry. Crypto can still revolutionize finance, Anthony believes. It can democratize centralized banking. It can make money fairer. Just don't confuse that with a Melania meme coin. Five Takeaways •       A Hard No from Cato. The week's most surprising critic of Trump's meme coin isn't a Democrat — it's a Cato libertarian. Anthony's verdict: “completely unnecessary,” legally gray but ethically indefensible, and “a problem for everyone but Trump” — stalling the crypto legislation the industry actually wants, inviting investigations, and handing opponents a weapon. The explanation is pure self-interest: the first-term Trump attacked crypto as competition to the dollar and pushed policies hostile to the space; the second-term convert was swayed by industry lobbying and campaign money, the opportunity for personal enrichment, and crypto's libertarian-conservative DNA. “We have no one to blame except for Trump… He knew better than to do it, but he saw the opportunity and ran with it.”•       Dumb, But Not Illegal. The libertarian line in one sentence: “Just because I think something is dumb doesn't mean I think it should be illegal.” Meme coins are “a trading card of sorts” — their value is the person behind them, held up only as long as people stay amused — and a natural habitat for rug pulls, where insiders manufacture interest and vanish with the proceeds. Anthony opposes bans; he demands disclosure, and insists fraud be prosecuted whether it's snake oil from a cart or a token from a president. Hence the kicker: a Warren-style investigation of the sitting president is “perfectly reasonable,” and “if it turns out he was doing something behind the scenes, then I think he should be prosecuted for it.” From what he's seen, the fans knew what they were buying — but the line between brilliantly marketed and fraudulently sold is exactly what investigations exist to draw.•       The Dollar Launders Better. Isn't crypto the ideal vehicle for laundering money? “Not so much. The US dollar is definitely the ideal vehicle” — and remains the currency of choice for criminals worldwide. The numbers: roughly one percent of cryptocurrency activity has been identified as illegal, against about five percent of US dollar usage — because the dollar is accepted everywhere, even in criminal circles, and cash, once it leaves your hand, is gone. Most cryptocurrencies, by contrast, run on public blockchains: permanent, searchable records that forensic accounting firms mine daily, and that keep catching criminals who never understood that the ledger remembers everything. The moral panic, Anthony suggests, is aimed at the wrong instrument.•       Free Banking's Revenge. The deeper Cato case: cryptocurrency — born of cypherpunk and libertarian ideas after the 2008 crisis — is “for the first time in over a hundred years, the challenge to the idea that central banks have complete and total ownership of what is money.” Its ancestors are Scottish free banking and the note-issuing American banks that cleared payments for decades before the Federal Reserve existed. The prosecution's exhibits against central banking: Zimbabwe's hyperinflation queues, where friends of Anthony's watched food become unaffordable while they waited in line, and the slower American version — $10,000 bought two Corvettes in 1970 and needs to be $80,000 today. No utopias: Bitcoin won't erase the debt. But competition would supply the missing incentive for governments to be “better stewards of currency” — and the practice already exists, from Argentina and Lebanon to the crypto hubs of Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.•       Swept Up by Trump. The sadder confession concerns his own side: “Sadly, many conservatives have been swept up by Trump… the president can do no wrong” — Ted Cruz and Mike Lee among the obsequious, blocking the ethics language Democrats want attached to crypto legislation. The principled exception is Wyoming's Cynthia Lummis: pro-Trump, yes, but one of the rare members of Congress who has done the technical and philosophical homework. The industry itself — Coinbase included — walks a careful line around the man who will sign its rules into law, seeing the damage but saying little. Anthony acknowledges his privilege: “Here at the Cato Institute, I can call balls and strikes.” As for the wider economy: a storm in a teacup for now — while crypto's speculative fever has migrated to AI, whose models are quietly integrating the coins as their payment rails. It's not what Satoshi envisioned; the cypherpunks and the bankers will split the inheritance. About the Guest Nicholas Anthony is a research fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation, and a member of the Economic Inclusion Group's Advisory Board. His research covers central bank digital currencies, financial privacy, cryptocurrency, and the use of money in society. The author of Digital Currency or Digital Control? Decoding CBDC and the Future of Money, he has testified before Congress, maintains the Human Rights Foundation's CBDC Tracker, and has been published in the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Business Insider. Originally from Baltimore, he holds an MA in economics from George Mason University. References: •       Digital Currency or Digital Control? Decoding CBDC and the Future of Money by Nicholas Anthony (Cato Institute).•       Senator Elizabeth Warr...

In this episode, Dan and Lauren are joined by Dr. Trisha Teig, leadership educator at the Archer Center for Student Leadership Development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Dr. Joshua Taylor, director of the Hargis Leadership Institute at Oklahoma State University, co-editors of New Directions for Student Leadership Issue #189, Leadership Learning Through Study Abroad: Considerations, Best Practices, and Innovative Ideas. This marks the 21st episode in the TLE–NDSL partnership series. Both editors came to the work through practice: Teig built programs in Costa Rica, Ireland, and Northern Ireland through the Pioneer Leadership Program at the University of Denver, while Taylor has led roughly a dozen short-term programs across six continents, most recently a 47-student program in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The conversation returns repeatedly to access. Both editors are direct that study abroad cannot remain, as Teig puts it, for the rich and elite only, and the issue treats structural choices — third-party providers versus faculty-led courses, cost, program design — as the levers that determine who participates. Teig discusses applying Heifetz's adaptive leadership framework to sort anticipatable risk from the genuinely unforeseeable, while Taylor describes nightly campfire reflection as the structural backbone of a faculty- and staff-led program in rural Zimbabwe. Both land on the same point about emergent curriculum: the learning that matters often has to be facilitated in the moment. And both are emphatic that leading study abroad is immersive, always-on professional work — Taylor has now been in hospitals with students on six different continents — while still urging educators who haven't led one to find or create the opportunity. Resources mentioned in this episode: New Directions for Student Leadership, Issue #189: Leadership Learning Through Study Abroad — the issue at the center of this conversation, co-edited by Teig and Taylor Volpe White, J. M., Guthrie, K. L., & Torres, M. (2019). Thinking to Transform: Reflection in Leadership Learning. Information Age Publishing — the reflection scholarship Taylor connects to his program's nightly debriefs Hoffa, W. W. (2007). A History of U.S. Study Abroad: Beginnings to 1965. Forum on Education Abroad — a foundational source for Teig's historical research in the issue Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. — the adaptive leadership framework Teig uses to categorize program risk Archer Center for Student Leadership Development, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Teig's center Hargis Leadership Institute, Oklahoma State University — Taylor's institute Service Learning in a Pandemic with Dr. Tara Coste — Coste's prior TLE appearance; she contributes to Issue #189 and collaborates with Dan on his Cape Town program

This week, Jann revisits her conversation with Emmy Award-winning journalist Adrienne Arsenault, the chief correspondent of CBC News and host of flagship program The National. The two discuss their 2025 New Year's Eve hosting duties for CBC, the significance of ethical reporting, the rise of misinformation, and the need for media literacy in today's society. They share how they met and reflect on their personal connections and the joy of celebrating Canadian culture during the New Year. More About Adrienne Arsenault: Emmy Award-winning journalist Adrienne Arsenault is chief correspondent of CBC News and host of flagship program The National.   Previously, Arsenault had been a senior correspondent for The National since 1999, deployed to the biggest breaking news stories and investigative stories in Canada and around the world.   Arsenault's assignments have included disasters, conflicts, politics, sports and human dramas. She won a 2015 International Emmy for her work covering the Ebola crisis. She has covered eight Olympic Games for CBC including Paris 2024 and Beijing 2022, as well as the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Her investigative work on security has seen her cross Canada and pursue terror stories across the globe, more recently being dispatched to cover conflict and war in Ukraine, Syria and Mali. Arsenault began her career at CBC in 1991, as an editorial assistant for The National. Over the years since, her postings have included Vancouver, Washington, Jerusalem and London.    Arsenault was named the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's Journalist of the Year. She has won two Gracie awards for outstanding female correspondent, a Monte Carlo Festival award for her coverage of the Zimbabwe election and several Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards. Arsenault has been telling people for years that she has a crush on her job.  #ASKJANN - want some life advice from Jann? Send in a story with a DM or on our website. Leave us a voicenote! ⁠⁠www.jannardenpod.com/voicemail/⁠⁠⁠ Get access to bonus content and more on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/JannArdenPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jannardenpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/jannardenpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/jannardenpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preached at the Harvest House International Church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 19th July, 2026. 

Preached at the International Women of Faith Revival Conference in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 18th July, 2026.

Bonnie Critchley ran as an independent against Pierre Poilievre last year. Now, the retired military veteran has joined the Progressive Tory Party of Alberta — to run against the UCP in the next provincial election. An overcrowded ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe, killing at least 44 people. A member of the country's parliament tells us how she's consoling family members who lost loved ones in the stormy waters. When the 2023 earthquakes affected millions in Turkey and Syria, Canada responded with temporary visas. With many of those permits set to expire, we reach a mother walking from Toronto to Ottawa, as she pushes for an extension to keep her family in Canada. At the ripe old age of eleven, Anderson Taylor of the Cambridge Natural History Museum in Illinois is officially the youngest museum curator in the world. You've heard of Fat Bear Week. But today an organizer tells us about Fat Marmot Week — a new pre-hibernation competition underway in Colorado. As It Happens, the Thursday edition, radio that appreciates a good fat-checker.

The Victoria falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is considered one of the natural wonders of the world. But as Isa Jacobson reports, there is concern that development around the waterfall could threaten the delicate ecosystem and exacerbate conflict between humans and wildlife.

This week, Gene and Big D review The Power of One (1992), the historical drama directed by John G. Avildsen (Rocky) and starring Stephen Dorff, Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud, and a very young, very hateable Daniel Craig — in his feature film debut. Set in apartheid-era South Africa, the film follows Peter "PK" Keith, an Anglo boy navigating boarding school brutality, a German expat mentor, a prison boxing coach, and the weight of becoming a symbol for an oppressed people. It's ambitious, it's beautiful, and it completely bombed at the box office. This episode, the guys debate: Whether PK is the hero — or actually the most dangerous man in South Africa Why the film's Black characters are almost impossibly patient with the white kid saving them The most disturbing scene in any PG-13 movie (and it's not the violence) Stephen Dorff: criminally underrated, or just lucky here? What PK should have done instead of turning down Oxford? Plus: Dick fosters five-week-old kittens named Band Camp and Space Camp. Gene drunkenly watched the FIFA World Cup final before recording. Rob's commissioner letter about his late mum brings the whole episode to a halt. This commission comes courtesy of Rob H. (UK), part of his upcoming block of commissions. Rob's letter — including his childhood trip to Zimbabwe, his memories of Victoria Falls, and a Zulu phrase he made Gene Google live on mic — is one of the best we've received in 500 episodes. Subscribe Now Android: https://www.shatpod.com/android Apple/iTunes: https://www.shatpod.com/apple Help Support the Podcast Contact Us: https://www.shatpod.com/contact Commission Movie: https://www.shatpod.com/support Support with Paypal: https://www.shatpod.com/paypal Support With Venmo: https://www.shatpod.com/venmo Shop Merchandise: https://www.shatpod.com/shop Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite