Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 3 Scene 2) as the piece of Shakeseare that has inspired him most. Reader: David Warner. Published on May 21, 2012.

Melvyn Bragg

In today's episode, Andy answers your questions on how to operate your business through hard economic times, the best way to instill humility into your employees, and what the difference was from his previous attempts to get his business off the ground to the one that took off.

347. Q&AF: Navigating Major Economic Hard Times In Business, Instilling Humility Into Employees & Building A Successful Business

When the world around you turns dark, tap into the light. If you’re having a hard time finding that light, facing trauma and division, or want to send healing vibes to a friend, the inspired, easy-to-do spells of Light Magic for Dark Times can assist.

Luna Luna magazine’s Lisa Marie Basile shares inspired spells, rituals, and practices, including:

A new moon ritual for attracting a lover
A spell to banish recurring nightmares
A graveyard meditation for engaging with death
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A spell to recharge after a protest or social justice work

These 100 spells are ideal for those inexperienced with self-care rituals, as well as experienced witches. They can be cast during a crisis or to help prevent one, to protect loved ones, to welcome new beginnings, to heal from grief, or to find strength.

Whether you’re working with the earth, performing a cleanse with water or smoke, healing with tinctures or crystals, meditating through grief, brewing, enchanting, or communing with your coven, Light Magic for Dark Times will help you tap into your inner witch in times of need.

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Light Magic for Dark Times by Lisa Marie Basile Read by Susan Hanfield - Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to an excerpt from IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover, read by Colin Donnell and Olivia Song.

IT STARTS WITH US Audiobook Excerpt

Stephen Curry - postgame (10/21/22)

Great Ming has a pirate problem on its hands. Unable to effectively suppress it militarily, the officials in charge turn to wheeling and dealing to get the seabooters to give up their outlaw ways. But when the Jiajing Emperor starts sticking his nose in to such affairs from way up in Beijing, suddenly all bets are off...

Time Period Covered:
1549-1567 CE

Major Historical Figures:
Ming:
The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]
Grand Chancellor Yan Song [1480-1567]
Nanjing Minister of War Zhang Jing [d. 1555]
Censor Zhao Wenhua [d. 1557]
Censor Hu Zongxian [1512-1565]
Commander Yu Dayou [1512-1579]
Commander Qi Zhiguang [1528-1588]

Pirates:
Wang Zhi, CEO of the High Seas [d. 1559]
Captain Xu Hai [d. 1556]
Lord Shimazi of Osumi Province

Works Cited:
Andrade, Tonio and Xing Hang. “Introduction: The East Asian Maritime Realm in Global History: 1500-1700” in Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1500-1700.
Chin, James K. “Merchants, Smugglers, and Pirates: Multinational Clandestine Trade on the South China Coast, 1520-50” in Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers: violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas.
Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
Laver, Michael. “Neither Here nor There: Trade, Piracy, and the ‘Space Between’ in Early Modern East Asia” in Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1500-1700.
Petrucci, Maria Grazia. “Pirates, Gunpowder, and Christianity in Late Sixteenth-Century Japan” in Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers: violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas.
Wills, John E. “Maritime China from Wang Chih to Shih Lang: Themes In Peripheral History” in From Ming to Ch’ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China.

The History of China

#243 - Ming 29: Ahh, Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!

Listen to SO HELP ME GOD by Mike Pence, read by the author.

SO HELP ME GOD Audiobook Excerpt

A spy novel from the 80's gives Donald Trump and his Russian friends some ideas. PLUS your host inspires the youth with cowardice.

The Twentieth Day Of January (still more adventures in surveillance part viii)

In this episode, Brian’s off, but Joanne, Ed, and Nathan are holding it down and talking about the history behind items in this week’s news. They’ll discuss the art of the Presidential Handshake, John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday, and public monuments of African Americans.

VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Body Politics, JFK at 100 and African American Memorials

The D. P. Davies Interview on the Boeing 747, the Trident, VC10, One Eleven & the Boeing 727.

“The test pilots’ test pilot”, former CAA Chief Test Pilot D. P. Davies talks frankly about the civil aircraft that he put through his paces before being certified as safe in the UK.

In the third of four interviews, the author of commercial pilots bible “Handling the big jets”, talks in detail about the flight testing of the Boeing 747.

The interview was conducted by Rodney Giesler in 1992 and edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS.

The D. P. Davies Interview on the Boeing 747, the Trident, VC10, One Eleven & the Boeing 727

Listen to Allyse Introduce the Daily Mentor Calls

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An audio journey through the 5000 year history of one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations.

#243 - Ming 29: Ahh, Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!

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