Guest: David Dayen [1] is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He currently is authoring the Prospect Magazine special series First 100: An In-Depth Look at President Biden and the New Administration [2].  David Dayen is the author of Monopolized: Life in an Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title [3], winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for a first book in the public interest (both from The New Press).photo: Sahand Hoseini [4] via Unsplash[1] https://prospect.org/topics/david-dayen/[2] https://prospect.org/first100[3] https://thenewpress.com/authors/david-dayen[4] https://unsplash.com/@sahand_hoseini

Guest: David Dayen [1] is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He currently is authoring the Prospect Magazine special series First 100: An In-Depth Look at President Biden and the New Administration [2].  David Dayen is the author of Monopolized: Life in an Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title [3], winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for a first book in the public interest (both from The New Press). photo: Sahand Hoseini [4] via Unsplash [1] <a href="https://prospect.org/topics/david-dayen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://prospect.org/topics/david-dayen/</a> [2] <a href="https://prospect.org/first100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://prospect.org/first100</a> [3] <a href="https://thenewpress.com/authors/david-dayen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thenewpress.com/authors/david-dayen</a> [4] <a href="https://unsplash.com/@sahand_hoseini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/@sahand_hoseini</a>

The Senate & The Politics of the Economic Recovery Act

Guest: Ioan Grillo [1] is a journalist and author specializing in crime and drugs.  He is the author of the books Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America, El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, and his latest, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. [2][1] https://www.ioangrillo.com/[2] https://geni.us/bloodgunmoney

Guest: Ioan Grillo [1] is a journalist and author specializing in crime and drugs.  He is the author of the books Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America, El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, and his latest, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. [2] [1] <a href="https://www.ioangrillo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ioangrillo.com/</a> [2] <a href="https://geni.us/bloodgunmoney" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://geni.us/bloodgunmoney</a>

How America Arms Gangs and Cartels

Guest: Reese Erlich [1] is a best-selling book author and freelance journalist [2] covering the Middle East for more than 35 years.  He is an adjunct professor in International Studies at the University of San Francisco.Image: Matthew Bruch Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central CommandCopyright: Public Domain[1] https://reeseerlich.com/[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelance_journalist

Guest: Reese Erlich [1] is a best-selling book author and freelance journalist [2] covering the Middle East for more than 35 years.  He is an adjunct professor in International Studies at the University of San Francisco. Image: Matthew Bruch Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central Command Copyright: Public Domain [1] <a href="https://reeseerlich.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://reeseerlich.com/</a> [2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelance_journalist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelance_journalist</a>

Biden’s Air Strike in Syria and the Imperial Presidency

Guest: Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author who has covered business, technology, and public policy for the Los Angeles Times for three decades. He currently serves as the Times’s business columnist and hosts its business blog, The Economy Hub. His books include Big Science, The New Deal, Colossus, Dealers of Lightning, and The Plot Against Social Security.  Michael Hiltzik received the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for articles exposing corruption in the entertainment industry.  On Twitter @HiltzikM.

The New Deal: A Modern History

Guests:Dr. Richelle Brooks is a Black Momma, Educator, the founder of ReTHINK It, an organization dedicated to addressing antiblackness through education and mutual aid, and a Grassroots Organizer and Biden Jubilee 100 Striker [1].  She is the co-founder of Los Angeles chapter of the Debt Collective [2] and wrote the piece Why I Joined the Jubilee 100 Student Debt Strike. [3]Astra Taylor is a documentary filmmaker, author, and political organizer. She is the director, most recently, of What Is Democracy? [4] and the author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone and the American Book Award winning The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. She is co-founder of the Debt Collective [5], a union for debtors, and contributed the foreword to the group’s new book, Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition.[1] https://biden100.debtcollective.org/[2] https://debtcollective.org/[3] https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/student-debt-strike-biden/[4] http://www.whatisdemocracy.info/[5] http://www.debtcollective.org/

Guests: Dr. Richelle Brooks is a Black Momma, Educator, the founder of ReTHINK It, an organization dedicated to addressing antiblackness through education and mutual aid, and a Grassroots Organizer and Biden Jubilee 100 Striker [1].  She is the co-founder of Los Angeles chapter of the Debt Collective [2] and wrote the piece Why I Joined the Jubilee 100 Student Debt Strike. [3] Astra Taylor is a documentary filmmaker, author, and political organizer. She is the director, most recently, of What Is Democracy? [4] and the author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone and the American Book Award winning The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. She is co-founder of the Debt Collective [5], a union for debtors, and contributed the foreword to the group’s new book, Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition. [1] <a href="https://biden100.debtcollective.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://biden100.debtcollective.org/</a> [2] <a href="https://debtcollective.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://debtcollective.org/</a> [3] <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/student-debt-strike-biden/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/student-debt-strike-biden/</a> [4] <a href="http://www.whatisdemocracy.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.whatisdemocracy.info/</a> [5] <a href="http://www.debtcollective.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.debtcollective.org/</a>

The Burden of Student Loans in America & the Debt Cancellation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tjohz1_Lf8Guest: Congressman Eric Swalwell represents California's 15th congressional district since 2012.  The district currently covers most of eastern and southwestern Alameda County as well as part of Contra Costa County.  He is now in his fourth term and serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Judiciary Committee.  Congressman Swalwell was one of the nine Impeachment Manager for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.  He is the author of the book Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump [1].[1] https://abramsbooks.com/product/endgame_9781419745409/

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tjohz1_Lf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tjohz1_Lf8</a> Guest: Congressman Eric Swalwell represents California's 15th congressional district since 2012.  The district currently covers most of eastern and southwestern Alameda County as well as part of Contra Costa County.  He is now in his fourth term and serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Judiciary Committee.  Congressman Swalwell was one of the nine Impeachment Manager for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.  He is the author of the book Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump [1]. [1] <a href="https://abramsbooks.com/product/endgame_9781419745409/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://abramsbooks.com/product/endgame_9781419745409/</a>

Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuGbCDqiikYGuest: Elizabeth Kolbert is an environmental reporter and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change and The Sixth Extinction, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. For her work at The New Yorker, where she’s a staff writer, she has received two National Magazine Awards and the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  Her latest book is Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future. photo: Oakland by Diana Martinez

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuGbCDqiikY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuGbCDqiikY</a> Guest: Elizabeth Kolbert is an environmental reporter and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change and The Sixth Extinction, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. For her work at The New Yorker, where she’s a staff writer, she has received two National Magazine Awards and the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  Her latest book is Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future.  photo: Oakland by Diana Martinez

The Future of Nature

Ben Fletcher

Guest: Peter Cole is a professor of history at Western Illinois University in Macomb and a research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.  He is the author of the award-winning Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area and Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia.  He coedited Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW. He is the founder and codirector of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project.  His latest book is Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcGuu3IVPs&amp;t=106s[1] https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=1144

Guest: Peter Cole is a professor of history at Western Illinois University in Macomb and a research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.  He is the author of the award-winning Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area and Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia.  He coedited Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW. He is the founder and codirector of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project.  His latest book is Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. [1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcGuu3IVPs&amp;t=106s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcGuu3IVPs&amp;t=106s</a> [1] <a href="https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=1144" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=1144</a>

The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher -Fund Drive Special

Lucy Parsons

Guest: Jacqueline Jones is the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas and the Mastin Gentry White Professor of Southern History at the University of Texas, Austin.  She is the author of Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons [1], American Radical and the winner of the Bancroft Prize for her previous book Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow.Photo source: Wikimedia commons[1] https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacqueline-jones/goddess-of-anarchy/9781541697263/

Guest: Jacqueline Jones is the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas and the Mastin Gentry White Professor of Southern History at the University of Texas, Austin.  She is the author of Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons [1], American Radical and the winner of the Bancroft Prize for her previous book Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow. Photo source: Wikimedia commons [1] <a href="https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacqueline-jones/goddess-of-anarchy/9781541697263/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacqueline-jones/goddess-of-anarchy/9781541697263/</a>

The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical – Fund Drive Special

https://youtu.be/0Zwck8Sh3ckGuest:  Todd Miller [1] is a journalist and author who has researched and written about border issues for more than 15 years, the last eight as an independent journalist and writer.  He is the author of the books Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security, Storming the Wall: Climate Change; Migration, and Homeland Security;  Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World, and his forthcoming, Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders.  Todd Miller is based in Tucson, Arizona.[1] http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/

<a href="https://youtu.be/0Zwck8Sh3ck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/0Zwck8Sh3ck</a> Guest:  Todd Miller [1] is a journalist and author who has researched and written about border issues for more than 15 years, the last eight as an independent journalist and writer.  He is the author of the books Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security, Storming the Wall: Climate Change; Migration, and Homeland Security;  Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World, and his forthcoming, Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders.  Todd Miller is based in Tucson, Arizona. [1] <a href="http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/</a>

Global Migration and the Militarization of the Borders -Fund Drive Special

Letters &amp; Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

Guest: Brenda Wineapple  [1]is the author of the book The impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation.This is the story of the period shortly after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, when Vice-President Andrew Johnson, now “the Accidental President,”  ignored Congress, pardoned rebel leaders, promoted white supremacy, opposed civil rights, and called Reconstruction unnecessary. Congress had to stop the American president who acted like a king.Feature image: The Senate [2] as a Court of Impeachment [3] for the Trial of President Andrew Johnson on Wikipedia [4][1] https://brendawineapple.com/[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson

Guest: Brenda Wineapple  [1]is the author of the book The impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation. This is the story of the period shortly after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, when Vice-President Andrew Johnson, now “the Accidental President,”  ignored Congress, pardoned rebel leaders, promoted white supremacy, opposed civil rights, and called Reconstruction unnecessary. Congress had to stop the American president who acted like a king. Feature image: The Senate [2] as a Court of Impeachment [3] for the Trial of President Andrew Johnson on Wikipedia [4] [1] <a href="https://brendawineapple.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://brendawineapple.com/</a> [2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate</a> [3] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment</a> [4] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson</a>

The First Impeachment of a President

Part I - Impeachment as tool to deal with impunity Guest: Frank O. Bowman is a professor of law at the University of Missouri. He also teaches a seminar on impeachment at Georgetown law school. And is the author of the book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump.Part II - The Importance of Holding Leaders AccountableGuest: Almudena Bernabeu is a renowned international human rights lawyer. She is the co-founder and director of Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers. She has been involved in the investigation and prosecution of several cases and human rights violations in Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe, including the massacre of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter by members of the Salvadoran Military High Command in El Salvador.Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm [1] on Unsplash [2][1] https://unsplash.com/@tingeyinjurylawfirm?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText[2] https://unsplash.com/s/photos/justice?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText

Part I - Impeachment as tool to deal with impunity  Guest: Frank O. Bowman is a professor of law at the University of Missouri. He also teaches a seminar on impeachment at Georgetown law school. And is the author of the book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump. Part II - The Importance of Holding Leaders Accountable Guest: Almudena Bernabeu is a renowned international human rights lawyer. She is the co-founder and director of Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers. She has been involved in the investigation and prosecution of several cases and human rights violations in Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe, including the massacre of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter by members of the Salvadoran Military High Command in El Salvador. Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm [1] on Unsplash [2] [1] <a href="https://unsplash.com/@tingeyinjurylawfirm?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/@tingeyinjurylawfirm?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText</a> [2] <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/justice?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/s/photos/justice?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText</a>

Impeachment and Holding Leaders Accountable

Gerald Horne

Guest: Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History &amp; African American Studies at the University of Houston.  He is the author of more than three dozen books including White Supremacy Confronted: US Imperialism &amp; Anticommunism vs the Liberation of Southern Africa from Rhodes to Mandela, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, and White Supremacy and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean.  His latest is The Bittersweet Science: racism, racketeering, and the political economy of boxing.

Gerald Horne on the Political Economy of Boxing and Slavery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPp51_MpXHI&amp;feature=youtu.beGuest: Ethan Zuckerman [1] is the founder of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and associate professor of public policy, information, and communication.  He is cofounder of the international blogging community Global Voices [2].  His latest book is Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them.Front page image by Markus Spiske [3] on Unsplash [4][1] https://ethanzuckerman.com/[2] https://globalvoices.org/[3] https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText[4] https://unsplash.com/s/photos/internet?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPp51_MpXHI&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPp51_MpXHI&amp;feature=youtu.be</a> Guest: Ethan Zuckerman [1] is the founder of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and associate professor of public policy, information, and communication.  He is cofounder of the international blogging community Global Voices [2].  His latest book is Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them. Front page image by Markus Spiske [3] on Unsplash [4] [1] <a href="https://ethanzuckerman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ethanzuckerman.com/</a> [2] <a href="https://globalvoices.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://globalvoices.org/</a> [3] <a href="https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText</a> [4] <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/internet?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/s/photos/internet?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText</a>

The Mistrust of Institutions: Internet, Corporations, and the Government

Part I - The Military Coup in MyanmarGuest: Nyunt Than is Chair of the Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) [1].Part II - The Rights and Safety of the Rohingya Guest: Robert McCaw is Government Affairs Department Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) [2].Photo by Bao Menglong [3] on Unsplash [4][1] http://www.badasf.org/[2] https://www.cair.com/[3] https://unsplash.com/@__menglong?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText[4] https://unsplash.com/s/photos/military-myanmar-coup-in-myanmar?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText

Part I - The Military Coup in Myanmar Guest: Nyunt Than is Chair of the Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) [1]. Part II - The Rights and Safety of the Rohingya Guest: Robert McCaw is Government Affairs Department Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) [2]. Photo by Bao Menglong [3] on Unsplash [4] [1] <a href="http://www.badasf.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.badasf.org/</a> [2] <a href="https://www.cair.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cair.com/</a> [3] <a href="https://unsplash.com/@__menglong?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/@__menglong?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText</a> [4] <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/military-myanmar-coup-in-myanmar?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unsplash.com/s/photos/military-myanmar-coup-in-myanmar?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText</a>

The Military Coup in Myanmar & The Rights and Safety of the Rohingya

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KPFA - Letters and Politics

The best podcast episodes on romantic relationships. Episodes talk about the 5 love languages, intimacy, and the taboo topics of sexual desires and infidelity. This topic is a deep dive into the science and complexities that face us in our relationships with others. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

OwlTail

[Contains mature themes] He reached out because a year after the discovery of his affair, they aren’t fighting anymore, but they certainly haven’t moved on. Esther guides them towards a more honest conversation, and a revelation about their communication.

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

[Contains mature themes] He reached out because a year after the discovery of his affair, they aren’t fighting anymore, but they certainly haven’t moved on. Esther guides them towards a more honest conversation, and a revelation about their communication.

I've Had Better

 Welcome!  My guest today is Dr. John Gottman, one of the world's leading experts on how to have an amazing relationship.  He and his wife Julie currently operate The Gottman Institute in Seattle, offering numerous resources and training.  Join us for a deep dive into their work!  Dr. Gottman’s findings are largely based on the conclusions he has made over many years of research and observations of couples. He and his team have how to be a master (and avoid being a disaster) at relationship.  Dr. Gottman discusses the following topics:   “The Sound Relationship House” - what is the foundation for a relationship that lasts?  Learn the importance of having high expectations in relationship, and also uncover ways in which what you'd *think* would be good for your relationship is actually counterproductive.  Dr. Gottman identifies Styles of Confronting Conflict:  Volatile, Validating, and Conflict-Avoiding. All of these conflict styles can lead to successful relationships. Learn what to do if you and your partner are mismatched in your conflict style.  Dr. Gottman discusses “bids” we make with our partner as an attempt to connect. Are you a "yes" to your partner's bids? Are they a yes to yours?  “Bids” that fail are often the beginnings of conflict. How do things change if you start paying attention and responding to your partner's bids in a positive way?  Mindfulness is the key to noticing these bids and avoiding conflict.  “Small Things Often” - a reminder to turn toward these bids in the small moments of life.  Dr. Gottman's concept of startup is a way of thinking about what you bring to your interactions with your partner. Do you start in a place that's already positive, and thinking highly of your partner? Or do you start in a place where you are suspecting the worst of your partner?  Build up your emotional bank account with small compliments (deposits).  According to John, there are three phases of any relationship:  Falling in Love (initial), Building Trust (middle), and Cherishing Your Partner (long-term intimacy). What phase are you in? The key to success is using strategies that are appropriate for where you are in your relationship.  The key to more sex is having the freedom to say "no" without being punished for it. If refusing sex can actually have a positive payoff, then it will actually lead to a couple having a more satisfying (and frequent) sex life.  Do you ever wonder how to make a good relationship GREAT? Focus on cherishing your partner.  What if YOU are the only partner who wants to make changes?  Can you make a difference?  Absolutely. Learn how shifts in your approach can have a profound affect on your relationship.  The key to success in a relationship isn't that nothing bad ever happens. It's how well you as a couple learn how to repair after those things occur. John discusses how you can learn to repair, and the positive effects that has on long-term relationships.  Do you know how to decide if you’re in a bad relationship?  When you're with your partner, are you at your best? Or are you veering off towards your worst? Gottman offers this simple guideline for how to know whether to stay or go. Also what to think about BEFORE you decide that you're on the wrong path.   Join us for these topics and more.  Dr. Gottman has practical information that can improve your relationship TODAY!   Links and Resources:  What Makes Love Last: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal by Dr. John Gottman  The Gottman Institute, Seattle   www.gottman.com    www.neilsattin.com/gottman    (visit to download a .pdf of this episode guide along with John Gottman's "Dreams in Conflict" exercise to help couples who seem to have irreconcilable differences. You can also text “PASSION” to 33444 for instructions on how to download the guide. If you download the guide within the first week of this show's airing, you will also qualify for a chance to win a free signed copy of Dr. Gottman’s book "What Makes Love Last".) The Relationship Alive Community on Facebook Amazing intro/outro music provided courtesy of: The Railsplitters - Check them Out! 

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Welcome!  My guest today is Dr. John Gottman, one of the world's leading experts on how to have an amazing relationship.  He and his wife Julie currently operate The Gottman Institute in Seattle, offering numerous resources and training.  Join us for a deep dive into their work! Dr. Gottman’s findings are largely based on the conclusions he has made over many years of research and observations of couples. He and his team have how to be a master (and avoid being a disaster) at relationship. Dr. Gottman discusses the following topics: <ul> <li> “The Sound Relationship House” - what is the foundation for a relationship that lasts?</li> <li> Learn the importance of having high expectations in relationship, and also uncover ways in which what you'd *think* would be good for your relationship is actually counterproductive.</li> <li> Dr. Gottman identifies Styles of Confronting Conflict:  Volatile, Validating, and Conflict-Avoiding. All of these conflict styles can lead to successful relationships. Learn what to do if you and your partner are mismatched in your conflict style.</li> <li> Dr. Gottman discusses “bids” we make with our partner as an attempt to connect. Are you a "yes" to your partner's bids? Are they a yes to yours?</li> <li> “Bids” that fail are often the beginnings of conflict. How do things change if you start paying attention and responding to your partner's bids in a positive way?</li> <li> Mindfulness is the key to noticing these bids and avoiding conflict.</li> <li> “Small Things Often” - a reminder to turn toward these bids in the small moments of life.</li> <li> Dr. Gottman's concept of startup is a way of thinking about what you bring to your interactions with your partner. Do you start in a place that's already positive, and thinking highly of your partner? Or do you start in a place where you are suspecting the worst of your partner?</li> <li> Build up your emotional bank account with small compliments (deposits).</li> <li> According to John, there are three phases of any relationship:  Falling in Love (initial), Building Trust (middle), and Cherishing Your Partner (long-term intimacy). What phase are you in? The key to success is using strategies that are appropriate for where you are in your relationship.</li> <li> The key to more sex is having the freedom to say "no" without being punished for it. If refusing sex can actually have a positive payoff, then it will actually lead to a couple having a more satisfying (and frequent) sex life.</li> <li> Do you ever wonder how to make a good relationship GREAT? Focus on cherishing your partner.</li> <li> What if YOU are the only partner who wants to make changes?  Can you make a difference?  Absolutely. Learn how shifts in your approach can have a profound affect on your relationship.</li> <li> The key to success in a relationship isn't that nothing bad ever happens. It's how well you as a couple learn how to repair after those things occur. John discusses how you can learn to repair, and the positive effects that has on long-term relationships.</li> <li> Do you know how to decide if you’re in a bad relationship?  When you're with your partner, are you at your best? Or are you veering off towards your worst? Gottman offers this simple guideline for how to know whether to stay or go. Also what to think about BEFORE you decide that you're on the wrong path.</li> </ul> Join us for these topics and more.  Dr. Gottman has practical information that can improve your relationship TODAY!  Links and Resources: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Love-Last-Betrayal/dp/1451608489/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">What Makes Love Last: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal</a> by Dr. John Gottman The Gottman Institute, Seattle <a href="http://www.gottman.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.gottman.com</a> <a href="http://www.neilsattin.com/gottman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.neilsattin.com/gottman</a>    (visit to download a .pdf of this episode guide along with John Gottman's "Dreams in Conflict" exercise to help couples who seem to have irreconcilable differences. You can also text “PASSION” to 33444 for instructions on how to download the guide. If you download the guide within the first week of this show's airing, you will also qualify for a chance to win a free signed copy of Dr. Gottman’s book "What Makes Love Last".) The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/RelationshipAliveCommunity/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Relationship Alive Community</a> on Facebook Amazing intro/outro music provided courtesy of: <a href="http://www.therailsplitters.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Railsplitters - Check them Out! </a>

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Aziz’s life has been a story of chance – and choice. As Michael pieces together Aziz’s journey from Sudan to Manus, he realises Aziz has been searching for a safe place for about eight years. So what gives him the ability, and the energy, to speak out? How has Aziz fought for so long, and what makes him want to be ‘the messenger’? ‘I’m pretending like I’m really happy, and laugh, and you know, smiling on the phones and doing stuff like that – so they feel like, “Oh, my son is really living in a good environment”. So they think like that, but the opposite is the truth.’ Aziz  Aziz tells Michael, ‘I have got some people ...waiting for me. They love me, they want me to be with them.’ Haltingly, and sometimes with great difficulty, Aziz starts to share stories about his home, the family that he longs to see, and why he fled. Looking to find out more, Michael speaks to Sudan expert Anne Bartlett about the current situation there. As Aziz shares snapshots from his past, Anne talks Michael through the conflict in Sudan, which, despite leaving the headlines long ago, continues to unfold. Michael worries that he’s adding to Aziz’s trauma by digging up painful memories – ever aware of how hard it is to have these kinds of conversations in short, overlapping messages, without the benefit of reading someone’s signals face to face. Meanwhile, Aziz weighs up how much to tell his family about Manus, and explains to Michael why he’s sometimes tortured by regret. Warning: This episode of The Messenger includes graphic content and mentions self-harm. If you or someone you know needs help, you can contact one of Australia’s national 24/7 crisis services such as Lifeline on 13 11 14 or at lifeline.org.au, or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467. Transcript Download a PDF transcript of this episode here. In this episode  Abdul Aziz Muhamat Michael Green Associate Professor Anne Bartlett, University of New South Wales, President of the Sudan Studies Association  Our theme music was composed by Raya Slavin. Music used in this episode includes: 'Blue Milk' by Stereolab, 'Up the Box' by Andy Stott, 'Feld' by To Rococo Rot, 'Firefly' and 'Four-Day Interval' by Tortoise, 'Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter' by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, 'Ending' by Kazumasa Hashimoto, 'Remedios the Beauty' by Oren Ambarchi, 'Lazyboat' and 'Vostok' by Triosk, 'Passages' by Bowery Electric, 'Self Seal Mishap' by Tennis and 'Ba Ba' by Sigur Rós. More information The Messenger is a co-production of Behind the Wire and the Wheeler Centre. It’s produced by Michael Green, André Dao, Hannah Reich and Bec Fary, with Jon Tjhia and Sophie Black at the Wheeler Centre.Narration by Michael Green. With reporting by Abdul Aziz Muhamat. Additional fact checking by the Guardian's Ben Doherty; transcription by Claire McGregor, Victoria Grey, Camilla Chapman, Lena Lettau and many more​. This episode was edited and mixed by Bec Fary and Jon Tjhia. Thank you Dana Affleck, Angelica Neville and Sienna Merope. Also to Cameron Ford and Heidi Pett, and to Behind the Wire’s many participants and volunteers. Behind the Wire is supported by the Bertha Foundation.

The Messenger

Aziz’s life has been a story of chance – and choice. As Michael pieces together Aziz’s journey from Sudan to Manus, he realises Aziz has been searching for a safe place for about eight years. So what gives him the ability, and the energy, to speak out? How has Aziz fought for so long, and what makes him want to be ‘the messenger’? <blockquote>‘I’m pretending like I’m really happy, and laugh, and you know, smiling on the phones and doing stuff like that – so they feel like, “Oh, my son is really living in a good environment”. So they think like that, but the opposite is the truth.’</blockquote> Aziz Aziz tells Michael, ‘I have got some people ...waiting for me. They love me, they want me to be with them.’ Haltingly, and sometimes with great difficulty, Aziz starts to share stories about his home, the family that he longs to see, and why he fled. Looking to find out more, Michael speaks to Sudan expert Anne Bartlett about the current situation there. As Aziz shares snapshots from his past, Anne talks Michael through the conflict in Sudan, which, despite leaving the headlines long ago, continues to unfold. Michael worries that he’s adding to Aziz’s trauma by digging up painful memories – ever aware of how hard it is to have these kinds of conversations in short, overlapping messages, without the benefit of reading someone’s signals face to face. Meanwhile, Aziz weighs up how much to tell his family about Manus, and explains to Michael why he’s sometimes tortured by regret. Warning: This episode of The Messenger includes graphic content and mentions self-harm. If you or someone you know needs help, you can contact one of Australia’s national 24/7 crisis services such as Lifeline on 13 11 14 or at <a href="http://lifeline.org.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lifeline.org.au</a>, or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467. <h1>Transcript</h1> Download a PDF transcript of this episode <a href="https://track.wheelercentre.com/event?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwheeler-centre-heracles.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fwheeler-centre%2Fassets%2F32%2Fc60ef0f06611e68deecd8a9eb8f0a6%2F2017-02-10-The-Messenger-Episode-3-Transcript.pdf&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwheeler-centre-heracles.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fwheeler-centre%2Fassets%2F32%2Fc60ef0f06611e68deecd8a9eb8f0a6%2F2017-02-10-The-Messenger-Episode-3-Transcript.pdf&amp;title=2017+02+10+The+Messenger+Episode+3+Transcript.pdf&amp;path=%2Fwheeler-centre%2Fassets%2F32%2Fc60ef0f06611e68deecd8a9eb8f0a6%2F2017-02-10-The-Messenger-Episode-3-Transcript.pdf&amp;category=asset&amp;action=download&amp;label=http%3A%2F%2Fwheeler-centre-heracles.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fwheeler-centre%2Fassets%2F32%2Fc60ef0f06611e68deecd8a9eb8f0a6%2F2017-02-10-The-Messenger-Episode-3-Transcript.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <h1>In this episode</h1> <ul> <li>Abdul Aziz Muhamat</li> <li>Michael Green</li> <li>Associate Professor Anne Bartlett, University of New South Wales, President of the Sudan Studies Association</li> </ul> Our theme music was composed by Raya Slavin. Music used in this episode includes: 'Blue Milk' by Stereolab, 'Up the Box' by Andy Stott, 'Feld' by To Rococo Rot, 'Firefly' and 'Four-Day Interval' by Tortoise, 'Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter' by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, 'Ending' by Kazumasa Hashimoto, 'Remedios the Beauty' by Oren Ambarchi, 'Lazyboat' and 'Vostok' by Triosk, 'Passages' by Bowery Electric, 'Self Seal Mishap' by Tennis and 'Ba Ba' by Sigur Rós. <h1>More information</h1> The Messenger is a co-production of Behind the Wire and the Wheeler Centre. It’s produced by Michael Green, André Dao, Hannah Reich and Bec Fary, with Jon Tjhia and Sophie Black at the Wheeler Centre. Narration by Michael Green. With reporting by Abdul Aziz Muhamat. Additional fact checking by the Guardian's Ben Doherty; transcription by Claire McGregor, Victoria Grey, Camilla Chapman, Lena Lettau and many more​. This episode was edited and mixed by Bec Fary and Jon Tjhia. <h1>Thank you</h1> Dana Affleck, Angelica Neville and Sienna Merope. Also to Cameron Ford and Heidi Pett, and to Behind the Wire’s many participants and volunteers. Behind the Wire is supported by the Bertha Foundation.

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Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. He is a lean 230 pounds. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert who used to tap out 20 Navy SEALs per workout. He is a legend in the Special Operations world. His eyes look through you more than at you. He rarely does interviews, if ever. But a few weeks ago, Jocko ended up staying at my house and we had a caffeinated mind meld. Here's some background... Jocko enlisted in the Navy after high school and spent 20 years in the SEAL Teams, first as an enlisted SEAL operator and then as a SEAL officer. During his second tour in Iraq, he led SEAL Task Unit Bruiser in the Battle of Ramadi--some of the toughest and sustained combat in the SEAL Teams since Vietnam. Under his leadership, Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the entire war in Iraq and helped bring stability to Ramadi. Jocko was awarded the Bronze Star and a Silver Star. Upon returning to the United States, Jocko served as the Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams, designing and implementing some of the most challenging and realistic combat training in the world. So why is Jocko opening up? Well, in part, we have mutual friends. Second, he is the co-author of an incredible new book — Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win -- which I've been loving. Trust me. Buy it. This is his first mainstream interview and one you won't want to miss. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Wealthfront. Wealthfront is a massively disruptive (in a good way) set-it-and-forget-it investing service, led by technologists from places like Apple and world-famous investors. It has exploded in popularity in the last 2 years, and now has more than $2.5B under management. In fact, some of my good investor friends in Silicon Valley have millions of their own money in Wealthfront. Why? Because you can get services previously limited to the ultra-wealthy and only pay pennies on the dollar for them, and it’s all through smarter software instead of retail locations and bloated sales teams Check out wealthfront.com/tim, take their risk assessment quiz, which only takes 2-5 minutes, and they’ll show you—for free–exactly the portfolio they’d put you in. If you want to just take their advice and do it yourself, you can. Or, as I would, you can set it and forget it. Well worth a few minutes: wealthfront.com/tim. Mandatory disclaimer: Wealthfront Inc. is an SEC registered Investment Advisor. Investing in securities involves risks, and there is the possibility of losing money. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit Wealthfront dot com to read their full disclosure. This podcast is also brought to you by 99Designs, the world’s largest marketplace of graphic designers. Did you know I used 99Designs to rapid prototype the cover for The 4-Hour Body? Here are some of the impressive results. Click this link and get a free $99 upgrade. Give it a test run... ***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss

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Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. He is a lean 230 pounds. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert who used to tap out 20 Navy SEALs per workout. He is a legend in the Special Operations world. His eyes look through you more than at you. He rarely does interviews, if ever. But a few weeks ago, Jocko ended up staying at my house and we had a caffeinated mind meld. Here's some background... Jocko enlisted in the Navy after high school and spent 20 years in the SEAL Teams, first as an enlisted SEAL operator and then as a SEAL officer. During his second tour in Iraq, he led SEAL Task Unit Bruiser in the Battle of Ramadi--some of the toughest and sustained combat in the SEAL Teams since Vietnam. Under his leadership, Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the entire war in Iraq and helped bring stability to Ramadi. Jocko was awarded the Bronze Star and a Silver Star. Upon returning to the United States, Jocko served as the Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams, designing and implementing some of the most challenging and realistic combat training in the world. So why is Jocko opening up? Well, in part, we have mutual friends. Second, he is the co-author of an incredible new book — Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win -- which I've been loving. Trust me. Buy it. This is his first mainstream interview and one you won't want to miss. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast</a>. This podcast is brought to you by Wealthfront. Wealthfront is a massively disruptive (in a good way) set-it-and-forget-it investing service, led by technologists from places like Apple and world-famous investors. It has exploded in popularity in the last 2 years, and now has more than $2.5B under management. In fact, some of my good investor friends in Silicon Valley have millions of their own money in Wealthfront. Why? Because you can get services previously limited to the ultra-wealthy and only pay pennies on the dollar for them, and it’s all through smarter software instead of retail locations and bloated sales teams Check out <a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wealthfront.com/tim</a>, take their risk assessment quiz, which only takes 2-5 minutes, and they’ll show you—for free–exactly the portfolio they’d put you in. If you want to just take their advice and do it yourself, you can. Or, as I would, you can set it and forget it. Well worth a few minutes: <a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wealthfront.com/tim</a>. Mandatory disclaimer: Wealthfront Inc. is an SEC registered Investment Advisor. Investing in securities involves risks, and there is the possibility of losing money. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit Wealthfront dot com to read their full disclosure. This podcast is also brought to you by 99Designs, the world’s largest marketplace of graphic designers. Did you know I used 99Designs to rapid prototype the cover for The 4-Hour Body? Here are some of the impressive results. Click this link and get a free $99 upgrade. Give it a test run... ***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show/id863897795?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts</a>/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit <a href="https://tim.blog/podcast/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-description" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tim.blog/podcast</a>.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at <a href="https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tim.blog/friday</a>.For transcripts of episodes, go to <a href="http://tim.blog/transcripts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tim.blog/transcripts</a>.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit <a href="http://tim.blog/sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tim.blog/sponsor</a> and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: <a href="http://tim.blog/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tim.blog/books</a>.Follow Tim:Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tferriss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/tferriss</a> Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/timferriss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/timferriss</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/timferriss</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/timferriss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/timferriss</a>

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