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Advent Calendar #8: I have to go to the toilet!!!

From 🇩🇪 Verbrechen, published at 2025-12-08 05:00

A trip to the toilet with obstacles. Why even the most ridiculous conflicts make it to court

From 🇳🇴 Spårtsklubben, published at 2025-12-08 03:55

We are slowly, but surely approaching Christmas. The Christmas spirit may not be the most central part of our podcast, but my goodness, we're having such a great time. Mads has a serious talk with the producer, and Jon Martin argues for an upper age limit on energy drinks. Follestad is in real trouble, and Helene is renovating - to Mads' great delight. In addition, we are premiering a brand new segment, and a listener asks about the biggest life lies. Lots of good stuff here, so get out the gingerbread cookies and the Christmas soda (brown, yes) and enjoy. Produced by Ole Wold

The race for the riches of the deep sea

From 🇧🇷 O Assunto, published at 2025-12-08 03:16

Guests: Letícia Carvalho, Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA); and Luigi Jovane, professor at the Department of Physical, Chemical, and Geological Oceanography of the Oceanographic Institute of USP. The ocean floor is an immense deposit of chemical elements. Among them, copper, iron, and zinc, essential for the production of chips, electric car batteries, and solar panels. They are found at a depth of about 5 km, where only machines can withstand the water pressure and extremely low temperatures. And the economic potential of the seabed generates an international race for its commercial exploration. US President Donald Trump wants to boost the activity even in international waters, which represent 66% of the entire ocean area. But to whom do these riches belong? Elected Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, Brazilian oceanographer Letícia Carvalho is interviewed by Victor Boyadjian in this episode. Letícia explains the need for a legal framework for deep-sea exploration and the status of discussions on the matter. Letícia answers what international instruments are necessary to ensure that commercial exploitation rules are complied with. Before that, the conversation is with Luigi Jovane, geophysicist and professor at the Oceanographic Institute of USP. He details which minerals are found on the ocean floor and their importance for the global economy. The professor discusses the technologies involved in this type of exploration and the environmental risks involved.

The budget between the war and the elections

From 🇮🇱 אחד ביום (Echad Ba'Yom), published at 2025-12-08 03:00

Last Friday, the state budget for 2026 passed. This budget can be given all sorts of headlines, but ultimately, it's a budget caught between war and elections, needing to contend with the expenses of the last two years while also not harming citizens too much. So this time, with the help of our correspondent Yuval Sade, we will try to understand if this is even possible, what such a budget looks like, and what it means for all our pockets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leo Ajkic: Where does the engagement come from?

From 🇳🇴 Nesten hele uka med Lepperød, published at 2025-12-08 02:02

Martin is curious about Leo and wants to understand where his social commitment comes from. Leo came to Norway as a child, as a war refugee from Bosnia, and describes an upbringing that differed from most other children's. He tells how both the hip-hop scene and working on various community-focused series have shaped his view of Norway, and of people who are marginalized. Leo also shares the less glamorous side of being publicly known, and admits that alcohol sometimes makes him say more than he would wish. In addition, he talks about his recent engagement, and the nerves that appeared, without him being entirely prepared for them.The episode is produced by Synne Johansen.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to Start a Food Business in 2025-26: Franchise vs. Own Brand | Ajay Mariwala | Anupam Gupta | Paisa Vaisa

From 🇮🇳 Paisa Vaisa with Anupam Gupta, published at 2025-12-08 00:30

Did you know that the addictive McDonald's Piri Piri mix or the Sour Cream & Onion flavor of Balaji Wafers were created by the man sitting in this chair? 🍟😲 In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta sits down with Ajay Mariwala, the visionary behind VKL Seasonings and Food Service India (FSIPL). Ajay is the "Secret Sauce" of the Indian food industry—literally! He shares the untold story of how his team beat global multinationals by a "mile and a half" to become India's #1 seasoning company. From flying to Valsad to pitch a new flavor to the owners of Balaji Wafers to turning his mother's pickle recipe into ITC Bingo’s iconic Achari Masti, Ajay reveals exactly how billion-dollar flavors are invented. We also dive deep into the brutal reality of the restaurant business. If you dream of opening a cafe, you need to hear Ajay’s "Head vs. Heart" advice , why 35% is the magic number for food costs , and the unique "Toilet Test" you must do before buying a franchise. Takeaways The Creator of Icons: Ajay’s team is responsible for creating the McDonald’s Piri Piri mix and Balaji Wafers’ Sour Cream & Onion flavor, beating global competitors. The QSR Golden Ratio: For a Quick Service Restaurant to be viable, food costs must stay between 33-35%. Rent should always be the second highest cost, not the first. Head Over Heart: Don't open a restaurant just because you love food. You need a 24-month cash runway because most restaurants fail in the first 9 months due to quality inconsistency. The "Toilet Test": The best way to judge a franchise's operational discipline isn't the food—it's the hygiene. If the toilet is clean, the kitchen is likely clean too. The Tier-2 Opportunity: Expansion in major metros (Mumbai/Delhi) is slowing due to high rents and saturation. The real ROI is now in Tier 2/3 cities where rents are 8-12% (vs. 15-20% in metros).From decoding your personal finances to demystifying business models, Paisa Vaisa delivers candid, insightful, and jargon-free conversations.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, JioSaavn, Gaana & more Watch full episodes right here on YouTube Explore more at ivmpodcasts.com Connect with Anupam Gupta: Twitter: @b50 Instagram: @b_50 LinkedIn: Anupam Gupta Follow IVM Podcasts We’re @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack The Ripper: History’s Darkest Mystery (Part 1)

From 🇬🇧 The Rest Is History, published at 2025-12-08 00:05

Was Jack the Ripper the first serial killer of all time? Who was his first victim, and why was the murder so shocking? And, what did the Ripper phenomenon reveal about the anxieties of Victorian London? Join Tom and Dominic as they delve into the darkest days of London’s long history, as Jack the Ripper’s terrible, grisly reign of terror begins... Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com _______ Hive. Know your power. Visit https://hivehome.com to find out more. _______ Visit auraframes.co.uk and get £35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frame by using promo code HISTORY at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. _______ Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/restishistory It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee ✅ _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editor: Jack Meek Social Producer: Harry Balden Assistant Producer: Aaliyah Akude Producer: Tabby Syrett Senior Producer: Theo Young-Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bigger Than Me

From 🇺🇸 This American Life, published at 2025-12-07 23:00

When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription.Prologue: Brittany’s job is to answer anonymous calls and texts from people in the military. This year, she’s gotten more than usual–most of them are wondering about what to do with orders they’ve been given. Or orders they’re afraid they’ll get someday in the future. (9 minutes)Act One: Jad Abumrad tells the story of the "ideological genealogy” of Fela Kuti’s anti-colonial politics–his mother. In late 1940s Nigeria, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti found herself at the center of a big, historical moment: an uprising led by thousands of women selling goods in Nigeria’s markets. Jad goes searching for who she really was, and how she became the person who galvanized a movement when history demanded it of her. (45 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.orgThis American Life privacy policy.Learn more about sponsor message choices.

Tucker and Qatar’s Prime Minister React to Trump’s Move Against Bibi

From 🇺🇸 The Tucker Carlson Show, published at 2025-12-07 20:01

No American president has ever sided with an Arab state over Israel until Donald Trump forced Bibi to apologize to Qatar. A reaction from Qatar’s PM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPREADING HUMOURS Ep 122 | Diddy Scandal Deepens: Allegations Against His Son, Justin Named in Claims

From 🇿🇦 MacG's Podcast & Chill, published at 2025-12-07 12:45

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TIGER ATTACK HELICOPTER PILOT: HE RECOUNTS HIS MOST VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS MISSIONS!

From 🇫🇷 LEGEND, published at 2025-12-07 10:00

To get your tickets for the LEGEND TOUR, click here ➡️ https://www.legend-tour.fr/ Thanks to Julien, a Tiger pilot, for visiting us at LEGEND. He told us the secrets of this combat helicopter, which is one of the most powerful in the world. We talked about the extreme situations he experienced, from a mid-flight engine explosion to a rocket launcher attack, but also about the risks of the job, his relationship with death, and post-traumatic stress. Our team also went with special forces aboard a combat helicopter for an exceptional mission!Find the full interview on YouTube ➡️ https://youtu.be/-280IRPqAtwFind us on all LEGEND networks!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/legendmediafrInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/legendmedia/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@legendTwitter: https://twitter.com/legendmediafrSnapchat: https://t.snapchat.com/CgEvsbWV Hosted by Acast. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

TED Talks Daily Book Club: Embrace your limitations | Oliver Burkeman

From 🇺🇸 TED Talks Daily, published at 2025-12-07 07:00

How can you make your life meaningful with the finite amount of time you have? In this TED Talks Daily Book Club interview, host Elise Hu speaks with Oliver Burkeman about his book “Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts.” They explore Oliver's philosophy of “imperfectionism” and shows how choosing to let go can help you feel more in control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Advent Calendar #7: The Slap

From 🇩🇪 Verbrechen, published at 2025-12-07 05:00

What happened on a Berlin schoolyard? Anyway, a teacher resigned his post afterwards.

Rediscovery of Prayer

From 🇸🇦 فنجان مع عبدالرحمن أبومالح, published at 2025-12-07 03:00

My guest this episode is Ahmad Bassam Sa'i, President of Oxford Academy for Graduate Studies, and author of the book 'Prayer Management,' in which he re-discovers prayer, its concepts and meanings, and how it leads us to re-discover everything around us, and what it achieves in our bodies, souls, and minds.This episode is an attempt to fully understand prayer, starting from the Takbirat al-Ihram (opening glorification) and Du'a al-Istiftah (opening supplication) to the Tashahhud (salutations) and Taslim (salutations of peace). It delves into the powerful meanings behind the invocations we recite, the method of recitation in prayer, and the changing prayer times that a Muslim is supposed to enjoy. And most importantly, how to achieve Khushu' (devotion/humility), for repetition or familiarity, as my guest says, is the greatest enemy of Khushu' in prayer.Links:- Newsletter from me, Abdulrahman Abumaleh, and the Finyal team for the close podcast audience.- Share with me a guest or a topic you would like to hear in Finyal.---• Follow Saudi championships and other original content on the Thmanyah app• Follow football news and its contexts first-hand in the newsletter 'Masdar Mutali''• The leading digital group in the Middle East.• 'Sabel' is a national group offering integrated logistical and geospatial solutions.• Safa Investment, premium residential solutions that meet your needs and exceed your expectations.• Invest and save smartly with Safqa Financial

Situation update from Gaza

From 🇮🇱 אחד ביום (Echad Ba'Yom), published at 2025-12-07 03:00

Officially, we have been in a ceasefire in Gaza for two months. But last week, in a single day, several dramatic events occurred that make it clear how restless this arena still is. It began with an Israeli announcement about opening the Rafah crossing in one direction only – from Gaza to Egypt – a move that greatly angered the government in Cairo and ultimately did not happen. A few hours later, terrorists in Rafah opened fire at an IDF force, wounding five soldiers, and the IDF responded by attacking in the Strip. And despite this tension, a few hours later, the body of the abducted casualty, Suththisak Rientalak, was returned. So this time we will ask our correspondent Ohad Hemo how all of this happens concurrently, and what it means for the next phase of the deal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?

From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2025-12-07 01:00

Also: why do people pace while talking on the phone? This episode originally aired May 9th, 2021.

Zhu Rikun: The Fantasy and Disillusionment of Chinese Independent Cinema

From 🇨🇳 不明白播客, published at 2025-12-06 23:00

The first IndieChina Film Festival, originally scheduled to be held in New York this November, was abruptly canceled two days before its opening. Organizer Zhu Rikun received warnings from across the ocean: not only his father's trembling instructions over the phone, but also withdrawal requests from dozens of participating directors in China who were forced to send them. Some were threatened with career ruin, others had their families harassed, and fear spread along the internet cables from Beijing to New York. Zhu Rikun is an important promoter in the Chinese independent film scene, having founded Phenomenon Studio and the Li Xianting Film Fund, building platforms for independent directors to connect, and organizing multiple Beijing Independent Film Festivals. He witnessed the era when Chinese independent cinema grew wildly in the cracks, and also personally experienced the devastating raids by authorities on private film archives after 2014. To escape this suffocating control, he moved to New York, but never imagined that ten years later, the long arm of censorship could still precisely stifle a small screening event across the ocean. To protect the creators in China, Zhu Rikun painfully canceled the festival, but he insisted on going to the empty cinema every day to take a photo as a silent protest. Why would an independent film festival on the fringes of New York provoke such a strong reaction from the Chinese authorities? When "running" out of China no longer means safety, what dilemmas do overseas cultural diaspora communities face? In a time when Chinese independent cinema is almost withering away, what is the meaning of persisting in documentation and screening? In this episode, Zhu Rikun will share with us the absurd reality behind this canceled film festival, and his tenacious watch over the future of Chinese independent cinema. Welcome to donate to the Bumingbai Podcast: https://www.bumingbai.net/donation/ Call for Interviews: Meituan's "Starting Another Life" promotional video was taken down amidst controversy. Among the 84 million "new employment forms" workers as officially defined, the so-called "new life" is not a choice at all, but often a helpless self-rescue after white-collar unemployment and devaluation of academic credentials. We are looking for one in 84 million: if you were once a professional or a university student, and are now working as a Didi driver or food delivery person, please write to [email protected] Timeline: 00:00 intro 02:03 The ins and outs of the festival's cancellation: a late-night call from his father 06:45 Extreme panic, a wave of film withdrawals by domestic directors 11:02 Collective punishment mechanism: not just directors, but even guests, hosts, and even those just helping out were harassed 14:38 Call for submissions surprise: despite rapidly shrinking creative space, 182 submissions were still received 19:14 Encountering an anonymous letter from "New York Chinese students": spontaneous "Little Pinks" or official interference? 21:19 Silent protest: taking a photo every day at the empty cinema 28:27 A look back at twenty years of Chinese independent film festivals: never truly lenient 30:09 The 2004 Millennium Monument incident: expelled right after opening, audience locked out 39:42 The 2014 crackdown: Li Xianting Film Fund raided, precious archives missing 46:27 Reasons for leaving Beijing: surveillance at his doorstep and concern for his daughter 50:04 Original intention for organizing the festival: to create an "exile" film festival based in China, but only able to be held in New York 56:32 In an era where "continuous creation is impossible," what is the meaning of visual documentation? 01:03:14 Guest recommendations Guest Recommendations: Wang Xiaobo: The Golden Age Trilogy Edgar Allan Poe: Short Stories Collection Wolfgang Becker: Good Bye, Lenin! Related links: IndieChina Film Festival official website: https://indiechina.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ethical case for taking on the climate crisis | Al Gore, Wanjira Mathai & Karenna Gore (TED Countdown House)

From 🇺🇸 TED Talks Daily, published at 2025-12-06 16:00

For the first time in climate negotiations, leaders are asking the question that actually matters: not just how do we solve the climate crisis — but why aren't we? Join Nobel laureate Al Gore for an in-depth conversation with Wanjira Mathai and Karenna Gore, leaders of the Global Ethical Stocktake: an urgent, values-first reset that seeks to center justice, phase out fossil fuels and elevate Indigenous and Global South leadership. Discover the initiative that's making fossil fuel lobbyists squirm and climate veterans hopeful — before the world moves on to COP31.Please note, this conversation was recorded live on November 14, 2025, at the TED Countdown House at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil. There are a variety of names mentioned during the conversation of global leaders involved in the convening that took place at COP30, they are as follows (listed in order of mention):Laurence Stebiana, Special Envoy to Europe for COP30Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister of the Environment and Climate ChangeKumi Naidoo, South African human rights activist and former director of GreenpeaceSelwin Hart, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just TransitionAntónio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General Gus Speth, American environmental lawyer"Mutirão COP30," the Tupi-Guarani term meaning "a collective effort or community mobilization" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Broken sayings

From 🇪🇬 اشتري مني, published at 2025-12-06 13:17

A new episode with our fourth participant, Google Gemini, whose opinion we'll consult on many topics, and it will help us see the origin of everything we say. In this episode, "Broken Sayings," we'll discuss many quotes related to success, see their origins, and share our opinions on them: are they truly real, or just words that were said and forgotten? Don't forget to download the application and write in the comments: "Hey, Gemini," and you could be one of those who win a Google AI Pro subscription.

A survival mindset when the organization is shaken #BookSummary | MM EP.2558

From 🇹🇭 Mission To The Moon, published at 2025-12-06 13:00

Being a leader when an organization is faltering is so difficult it almost drains all energy. This is the sentiment of CEOs worldwide that led Ben Horowitz, a legendary investor, to write the book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, based on his real-world experience managing companies through crises. He calls this difficult period "The Struggle," a time when CEOs must make tough decisions such as laying off employees, firing executives, and dealing with an onslaught of bad news. In this book summary episode, we will explore the mindset that enables survival when everything seems to be collapsing, along with learning how a good CEO should be honest about problems and what is the key to leadership when choosing between Wartime and Peacetime. #BookSummary #TheHardThingAboutHardThings #Leadership #missiontothemoon #missiontothemoonpodcast

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