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In this first series, we’ll explore climate change. Climate change is likely to affect almost every area of our lives… like a toddler with sticky fingers. But how did it become this way? What are we doing about it now? And what does the future hold?

We’ll ask smart people some simple questions and see what happens!

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Mind Over Chatter, the Cambridge University Podcast!

Our wellbeing is essential to our overall quality of life. But what is wellbeing? Why is it so hard to pin down? How is it different to mental health, and what can we do to understand, measure and improve it? We talked with psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Amy Orben, psychiatrist Dr Tamsin Ford, and welfare economist Dr Mark Fabian to try and get to grips with wellbeing. In doing so, we learnt about the negative (and positive!) effects of the pandemic, how wellbeing differs for children and adults, and the influence of ever-evolving technology on our wellbeing.  

This episode was produced by Nick Saffell, James Dolan and Naomi Clements-Brod. Annie Thwaite and Charlotte Zemmel provide crucial research and production support for Series 2. 

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In this episode:

0:00 - Introductions - meet the guests

03:00 - What's the difference between well being and mental health?

05:49 -  What role does culture play in well being?

06:30 - Wellbeing and economics. How do we think about wellbeing outside of psychology? 

09:35 - How do we measure wellbeing?

13:15 - Could we measure wellbeing from moment to moment? 

15:01 - We’ve reached the recap point

19:04 - Can wellbeing be factored into factors that measure societal progress, like productivity GDP? 

21:25 - How has COVID19 affected wellbeing at a policy level? 

24:35 - Do the well being needs of children and adults differ? 

26:30 - What about adolescents, how do their needs differ?  

29:35 - How is wellbeing research going to change in the future? Could we use life satisfaction to measure social progress?

32:00 - Is there a link between technology and well being or mental health? 

35:35 - How do we react to technological change as a society? The debate around screen time. 

37:20 - Time for another recap! 

43:15 - Measuring student experiences during the pandemic

45:40 - How we might think differently about wellbeing after the pandemic

47:45 - Are we all in the same boat? How do we make sure people aren’t left behind? 

50:05 - How is this new thinking about well being going to shape our lives in the future?For individuals and for governments and policymakers? 

55:45 - What is it to live a good life?

57:30 - What do you look forward to thinking about the future?

59:05 - Recap three. Let’s close this thing out.

What is the future of wellbeing?

Poems by the 13th-century Sufi Master Jalaluddin Rumi in English and the original Persian.

Bishnau Az Ney (HuDost)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ 
به نام خدا كه رحمتش بسيار و مهربانیاش هميشگى است
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسا وَ النَّوْمَ سُبَاتا وَ جَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُورا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ بَعَثْتَنِي مِنْ مَرْقَدِي وَ لَوْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتَهُ سَرْمَدا حَمْدا دَائِما لا يَنْقَطِعُ أَبَدا وَ لا يُحْصِي لَهُ الْخَلائِقُ عَدَدا اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ خَلَقْتَ فَسَوَّيْتَ وَ قَدَّرْتَ وَ قَضَيْتَ وَ أَمَتَّ وَ أَحْيَيْتَ وَ أَمْرَضْتَ وَ شَفَيْتَ وَ عَافَيْتَ وَ أَبْلَيْتَ وَ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَيْتَ وَ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ احْتَوَيْتَ أَدْعُوكَ دُعَاءَ مَنْ ضَعُفَتْ وَسِيلَتُهُ وَ انْقَطَعَتْ حِيلَتُهُ وَ اقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُ ، 
ستايش خداى را كه شب را جامه و خواب را مايه آرامش و روز را زمينه تكاپو قرار داده،ستايش تنها تو را سزاست كه مرا از خوابگاهم برانگيختى و اگر میخواستى خوابم را جاودان میساختى،ستايش دائم كه هرگز پايان نيابد،و سپاس‏ بيكران كه آفريدگان از شمارش آن ناتوانند،خدايا!ستايش تنها شايسته توست كه آفريدى و سامان دادى و اندازه مقرر نمودى و فرمان دادی و ميراندى و زنده كردى و بيمار نمودى و درمان كردى و بهبودى عنايت فرمودى و فرسوده ساختى و بر عرش هستى استيلا يافتی و بر فرمانروايى جهان چيره گشتى،تو را می خوانم همچون كسی كه وسيله‏اش ناكارا گشته و رشته چاره‏اش گسسته‏ و اجلش نزديك شده
وَ تَدَانَى فِي الدُّنْيَا أَمَلُهُ وَ اشْتَدَّتْ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ فَاقَتُهُ وَ عَظُمَتْ لِتَفْرِيطِهِ حَسْرَتُهُ وَ كَثُرَتْ زَلَّتُهُ وَ عَثْرَتُهُ وَ خَلُصَتْ لِوَجْهِكَ تَوْبَتُهُ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ ارْزُقْنِي شَفَاعَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لا تَحْرِمْنِي صُحْبَتَهُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الْأَرْبَعَاءِ أَرْبَعا اجْعَلْ قُوَّتِي فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَ نَشَاطِي فِي عِبَادَتِكَ وَ رَغْبَتِي فِي ثَوَابِكَ وَ زُهْدِي فِيمَا يُوجِبُ لِي أَلِيمَ عِقَابِكَ إِنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِمَا تَشَاءُ 
و آرزويش در دنيا كاستى يافته و سخت بر رحمت تو نيازمند گشته و حيرتش بر اثر كوتاهى فزونى يافته و لغزش و افتادنش بسيار گشته و بازگشتش به سوى تو خالص شده است،پس بر محمّد خاتم‏ پيامبران و بر خاندان پاكيزه و پاك‏ نهاد او درود فرست،و شفاعت محمّد(درود خدا بر او و خاندانش باد)را روزیام فرما و از همنشينى با او محرومم مساز،همانا تويى مهربان‏ترين مهربانان،خدايا!در چهارشنبه‏ چهار حاجت مرا روا ساز،نيرويم را در طاعت خود و نشاطم را در بندگى خويش،و رغبتم را در پاداشت و بی رغبتیام را در آنچه كه موجب عذاب دردناك توست قرار ده،همانا آنچه را بخواهى لطف میفرمايى.

Wednesday Dua - دعای روز چهارشنبه

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ 
به نام خدا كه رحمتش بسيار و مهربانی اش هميشگى است‏
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ حَقُّهُ كَمَا يَسْتَحِقُّهُ حَمْدا كَثِيرا وَ أَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّي وَ أَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ الَّذِي يَزِيدُنِي ذَنْبا إِلَى ذَنْبِي وَ أَحْتَرِزُ بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ فَاجِرٍ وَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ وَ عَدُوٍّ قَاهِرٍ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ جُنْدِكَ فَإِنَّ جُنْدَكَ هُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ حِزْبِكَ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ، 
ستايش خداراست و سپاس برازنده او آنچنان‏كه شايسته حضرت اوست،ستايشى بسيار و به او پناه میبرم از شر نفسم چه نفس همانا به زشتى بسيار فرمان مى دهد جز آنكه پروردگارم رحم كند،و به خدا پناه میبرم از گزند شيطانى كه گناه بر گناهم‏ می افزايد،و به قدرت او از هر گردنكش نابكار و پادشاه ستمكار و دشمن قهّار،دورى میجويم،خدايا مرا از سپاهيانت قرار ده،چرا كه همانا تنها سپاه تو پيروز است،و مرا از حزب خود قرار ده كه تنها حزب تو رستگار است
وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ فَإِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي فَإِنَّهُ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَ أَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي فَإِنَّهَا دَارُ مَقَرِّي وَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ مُجَاوَرَةِ اللِّئَامِ مَفَرِّي وَ اجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ الْوَفَاةَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ ، 
و هم از دوستانت قرارم ده كه بر دوستانت ترسى نيست و اندوهگين نمیشوند،خدايا دينم را برايم سامان ده كه آن وسيله در امان بودن و دورى من از گناه است و آخرتم را آباد ساز كه آنجا خانه پايدار من و گريزگاهم‏ از همسايگى دون‏صفتان است و زندگى را برايم زمينه افزونى در هر خير و مرگم را برايم آرامش از هر گزندى قرار ده،بار خدايا بر محمّد خاتم پيامبران
وَ تَمَامِ عِدَّةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ عَلَى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ الْمُنْتَجَبِينَ وَ هَبْ لِي فِي الثُّلَثَاءِ ثَلاثا لا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْبا إِلا غَفَرْتَهُ وَ لا غَمّا إِلا أَذْهَبْتَهُ وَ لا عَدُوّا إِلا دَفَعْتَهُ بِبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَيْرِ الْأَسْمَاءِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْأَرْضِ وَ السَّمَاءِ أَسْتَدْفِعُ كُلَّ مَكْرُوهٍ أَوَّلُهُ سَخَطُهُ وَ أَسْتَجْلِبُ كُلَّ مَحْبُوبٍ أَوَّلُهُ رِضَاهُ فَاخْتِمْ لِي مِنْكَ بِالْغُفْرَانِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْإِحْسَانِ 
و كامل‏ كننده شمار رسولان و بر خاندان‏ پاك و پاكيزه او و بر ياران برگزيده‏اش درود فرست و در روز سه ‏شنبه سه حاجتم را روا كن:گناهى برايم مگذار جز آنكه بيامرزى و نه اندوهى جز آنكه را برطرف سازى و نه دشمنى جز آنكه دور گردانى،به نام خدا كه بهترين‏ نامهاست،به نام خدا پروردگار زمين و آسمان،دورى هر ناخوشايندى را كه ابتدايش خشم خداست،و نيل به هر محبوبى را كه آغازش رضاى اوست خواستارم،پس از سوى خود سرانجام را به آمرزش پايان ده اى سرچشمه نيكى.

Tuesday Dua - دعای روز سه شنبه

Jalal Ad - Din  Rumi - Song Of The Reed - Coleman Barks

هر شخصی که قصد شرکت در آزمون آیلتس را داشته باشد، به خوبی میداند که یکی از مهارت های مورد سنجش در آزمون آیلتس، مهارت لیسنینگ می باشد.
طبق تحقیقات گروه آیلتس چاووش، گوش دادن روزانه 15 دقیقه به یک فایل صوتی انگلیسی، نقش بسیار مهمی در تقویت مهارت listening داشته و می تواند یکی از کلیدهای موفقیت در این آزمون را به دست داوطلب بدهد.
BBC Learning English مجموعه ای با عنوان 6 minute english را ارائه نموده که گروه آیلتس چاوش، این مجموعه را بصورت یکپارچه و رایگان گردآوری و در اختیار علاقمندان قرار داده است.
موضوع این 6 minue english که یک پادکست صوتی 6 دقیقه ای برای تقویت مهارت لیسنینگ است، women می باشد.
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پخش آنلاین 6 minute english با موضوع women

Muhammad(Sallal La hou alai hai waalayhe wasalam) The Messenger of God by A R Rehman and Team.

2. Muhammad The Messenger Of God - And He Was Named Muhammad SAL  A R Rahman (1)

In this episode we look at using transcripts to help tune our ear and focus on message by using transcripts and audio recordings.

Build listening skills using transcripts

Ottoman Music - Sufi islamic

Ottoman_Music_-_Sufi_islamic_Song(256kbps).mp3

علی مولا مولا

انتشار در سوند کلاود توسط: 
هیئت آنلاین - آمریکای شمالی 

حاج محمود کریمی ۱۳ رجب - علی حق و علی حی و علی هو

One series at a time, we break down complex issues into simple questions. 
Subscribe to the podcast here: https://mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen

In this first series, we’ll explore climate change. Climate change is likely to affect almost every area of our lives… like a toddler with sticky fingers. But how did it become this way? What are we doing about it now? And what does the future hold?

We’ll ask smart people some simple questions and see what happens!

New episodes every Thursday.

From the University of Cambridge and Cambridge Zero

Welcome to Mind Over Chatter, the Cambridge University Podcast!

Climate change is likely to affect almost every area of our lives… but how did we get to this point? When and why did we first take notice of climate change? And why has climate change evaded our collective attention and action for so long?

We talked with professor of human geography, Mike Hulme,, science historian and journalist Dr Sarah Dry and environmental economist Dr Matthew Agarwala to try to figure all of this out. Along the way, we discovered new ways of thinking about climate change, from a tragic story where the issue is constantly caught between opposing forces, to more hopefully thinking of it as a source of generative change and innovation. 

This episode was produced by Nick Saffell, James Dolan and Naomi Clements-Brod. 

From the University of Cambridge and Cambridge Zero

Navigating the values of climate change

Last episode, we talked about how we got to where we are now with climate change, but do we even know what’s going on with climate change right now? In this episode we’ll talk about what tipping points we’re approaching, how and why we’re still struggling to gain momentum toward action on climate change, and what difference it would make if carbon dioxide was a brown smelly substance.

To figure all of this out, we talked to a mathematician, Emily Shuckburgh, an engineer Hugh Hunt and a psychologist, Sander van der Linden. 

Along the way, we discuss solutions like geoengineering, creating a fake news ‘vaccine’ and opportunities for businesses to be more transparent about how their activities contribute to climate change. If you’re curious to find out more specific ideas about how we can build a greener future, check out Cambridge Zero’s Green Recovery Report here: https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/green-recovery-report 

This episode was produced by Nick Saffell, James Dolan, and Naomi Clements-Brod.

What are we (as a global community) doing right now?

The future is becoming harder to predict thanks to climate change and a global pandemic. But a large part of what the future will look like is in our own hands. The biggest challenge to creating a better future may be political rather than scientific or technological. 

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In this episode, Diane Coyle, professor of public policy, Laura Diaz Anadon, professor of climate change policy, and architectural engineer, Ruchi Choudhary, join us to talk about how we can build a future that might not be anything like the past.

We cover topics like innovation, GDP, and how the uncertainty created by climate change can help propel policy and economic decisions. Plus, we look at some of the benefits that come with building a greener future together. 

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Creating a future that is not like the past

How and what we eat, and where our food comes from, these everyday choices that we often think very little about, have become increasingly relevant to climate change. 

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With a global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, it is not unreasonable to ask: how are we going to feed all these people... and without causing more damage? 

In this episode we’ll cover everything from how climate change will affect the way we grow and eat food, to the pros and cons of ‘non-poo’ fertiliser. Sound appetising?

Giles Oldroyd, professor of plant science at the new Cambridge Crop Science Centre, Helen Anne Curry, lecturer in the history of modern science and technology, and developmental economist, Shailaja Fennell, helped us connect the dots between food and climate change. They discuss how we ensure people around the world will still have food to eat as the climate becomes more unpredictable.

This episode was produced by Nick Saffell, James Dolan, and Naomi Clements-Brod. 

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Guest Bios: 

Dr Helen Anne Curry (@hacurry)

My current research focuses on the history of efforts to understand and use crop diversity as a resource for agricultural development. In August 2020 I launched the project 'From Collection to Cultivation: Historical Perspectives on Crop Diversity and Food Security'. This project has its origins in my investigation of history of genetic conservation, especially the preservation of seeds and other plant materials in seed and gene banks. It is also the subject of my current book project, Endangered Maize: Indigenous Corn, Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction. 

Dr Shailaja Fennell (@shailajafennell) 

Shailaja Fennell is a Co-Investigator on TIGR2ESS, a research programme to study how to improve crop productivity and water use, identify appropriate crops and farming practices for sustainable rural development. She is also a Co-Investigator on MillNeti, a sister research programme (2019-2021) that is focussed on how to improve iron nutrition status of people living in Ethiopia and The Gambia by assessing the bioavailability of iron from biofortified millet. Her work package focuses on the use of quantitative and qualitative surveys to understand how millets are currently grown, processed, cooked and consumed in focus villages in The Gambia and Ethiopia. 

Professor Giles Oldroyd (@gilesdoldroyd) 

Professor Giles Oldroyd studies the mechanisms by which plants form beneficial interactions with micro-organisms, both bacteria and fungi, that aid in the uptake of nutrients from the environment, including nitrogen. A long-term aim of this research is to reduce agricultural reliance on inorganic fertilisers and he currently heads an international programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to engineer nitrogen-fixing cereals.

What is the future of wellbeing?

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