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Lovdev explains why his been a single parent and how looking after kids is a nightmare.  

Lovdev answers the question "is there life after death ?   
Lovdev reviews rights for women under the taliban regime 

and today's weird news story involves a Wizard  yes that's right an actual Wizard

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... a 1 on 1 interview like you have never heard before! #UNFILTERED

... a 1 on 1 interview like you have never heard before! #UNFILTERED 

The banana is an interesting case study. It is the world’s most popular fruit, yet it could very soon go missing from our store shelves due to a disease we’ve seen once before—leaving a large nutritional and economic hole in our society. The banana helps tell the story of how biotech is a key tool in strengthening our food systems to make our favorite foods more resilient, more sustainable, and more accessible. 

Featuring interviews with:

Anna Rath, President & CEO and Director of Vestaron

Dan Koeppel, author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World

Betsy Booren, SVP of Regulatory and Technical Affairs at the Consumer Brands Association

Tom Vilsack, Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture

Songyi Lee is an entrepreneur, collective builder and web3 weaver. Now looking out for lambs on a piece of paradise in Mangaroa, New Zealand after living and working in Asia, Europe, and the US, Songyi is passionate about creating a globally collaborative, empowered economy using web3 tools.

In this episode we traverse the topics of:

• Songyi's journey working within a big humanitarian organization in West Africa to connecting Bitcoin to refugee camps
• Decentralization and DAOs as a tool for empowerment
• Korean vs New Zealand culture
• The social foundation behind this super accelerated, tech-driven web3 landscape
• The Edmund Hillary Fellowship narrative and framework
• Staying grounded and sane through meditation

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Produced for you, with love, in the decentralized Metaverse/ Aotearoa NZ.

What is it we do here at InObscuria? On most shows, Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This go round we turn the microphone over to Craig Elvin to give us all a schooling on lost, forgotten, and should have beens selections of Aussie Pub Rock. Our hope is always that we turn you on to something new.

Songs this week include:

1. Stevie Wright - “Evie (Part 1)” from Hard Road (1974)
2. Midnight Oil - “Run By Night” from Midnight Oil (1978)
3. Cold Chisel - “My Turn To Cry” from East (1990)
4. Richard Clapton - “I Am An Island” from The Great Escape (1982)
5. The Angels - “Fashion & Fame” from Night Attack (1982)
6. Mi-Sex - “Graffiti Crimes” from Gaffiti Crimes (1979)
7. Electric Mary - “Gimme Love” from Mother (2019)
8. Divinyls – “Siren (Never Let You Go)” from Desperate (1983)

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Former NZ Warriors player Sione Faumuina as you've never heard him.

The talented, but often controversial rugby league star reveals the truth behind his sacking at the NRL club in 2006.

Faumuina offers a candid assessment of his early playing days and explains why his time at the Warriors was at times - difficult.

The former Kiwis international gives his assessment on the future of the Warriors and reveals why the correct pronunciation of Pacifica and Maori names is so important to him.

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In this episode, we are diving into one of the more controversial and least covered battles of WWII - the fight for Monte Cassino. A sideshow to the main events of Normandy and the Eastern Front, the Italian Campaign was no less violent or brutal, consuming men and material at the same rate as the worst fighting in either World War. The ancient monastery of the Benedictine Order loomed over the entire battlefield like some Tolkein-Esque evil tower. Time and again, the Allied soldiers mentioned the ever-present feeling of being watched by Monte Cassino, and its eventual destruction was likely inevitable. But the bombing of such a culturally relevant sight has become the lasting legacy of the battle - is "military necessity," as Eisenhower phrased it, always the right path? Are there any structures of historical significance that should be outside the realm of warfare? In the case of Monte Cassino, both Allied intelligence at the time of the fighting and inquiries after the war found no German occupation of the monastery. And unfortunately for the Gurkha, Indian, New Zealand, and eventually the Poles that had to try and take the rubble that was Monte Cassino, the bombing had made the Axis position ten-fold more challenging to assault. By battles end, the Axis forces along the Gustav Line had been dislodged and sent reeling north. Rome was taken soon after, and the overwhelming might and logistical superiority of the democracies were brought to bear on the Wehrmacht for the first time in Europe proper.

So this time on Cauldron, let's go back to the frigid rain and icy peaks of the Southern Apennine Mountains. The late winter in the Liri Valley, waterlogged and deadly, bristling with the guns and traps of a dug in and ready Wehrmacht. To 1944, a time when the Grand Alliance was shaky at best, Stalin demanding the Western powers spill blood so his armies could catch their breath. To a time when the Americans were still trying to figure out how best to use their incredible strength and regularly failing. To a time when the British relied on their colonial forces for much of the heavy-lifting, and those colonial fighters never failed. To a place where 100's of years of art, culture, and religious thought resided in one of the world's most elegant and beautiful monasteries. Perched over the land like humanity had placed all his finest things on a grand pedestal in the hopes it would remain unharmed forever; the monastery was doomed from the battles beginning. Let's go back to what historian Matthew Parker has called "The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II." Let's go back to January to May 1944, and the battle of Monte Cassino.

Checkout the interview I did with author/historian Matthew Parker here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-matthew-parker-author-monte-cassino-hardest/id1345505888?i=1000480879271

Also for some fantastic photos and maps go to here - https://www.matthewparker.co.uk/About_the_author.php

To buy a copy of Parker's excellent book Monte Cassino - The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II go here - https://www.matthewparker.co.uk/buyonlineoptions.php

Main source - Monte Cassino - The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II by Matthew Parker

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Music - The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

This past Sunday, Matthew Parker, author of Monte Cassino - The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II, and I talked about his excellent history of one of WWII's least talked about battles. I had told him the whole thing would run about 45 minutes, and he was patient and gracious enough to give me over an hour of his time. Our chat ranged from his early days as a ghostwriter to the most exciting moments of Monte Cassino and beyond. Matthew has a natural, conversational way of delivering facts and history that comes through in his writing just as much as it does in this interview. 

The book is fantastic. I'm not just saying it to please the author (although he's a great guy, and I'm not above such things!). I came to Monte Cassino with little knowledge of the battle other than the monastery was destroyed, and it was something of a fiasco on the part of the Allies. The stories Matthew tells - of Italian peasants having little but still giving food and sustenance to weary soldiers on both sides, of Gurkhas from half a world away fighting in the icy Italian mountains, of brave but exhausted German infantrymen writing letters to fathers on the Eastern Front, of men (with women in support roles) fighting on the very precipice of human endurance. From start to finish, this book is jammed with fascinating details, first-person accounts, and the kinds of stories of battle that can only be true. If you are looking for an introduction to the "Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II," look no further. 

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This week we get serious for once and discuss puppies, Korean lawyers and Parisse's resurgence. Then we learn about underwater rugby, players' nicknames and canine conga lines. Then we round out with some lovely kiwis and a psychopathic football manager. What else is new?

After being ignored by the rep selectors, Will Evans and Brad Larking are back with a bumper episode of TWL's podcast. There's a Kiwis-Tonga wrap, Origin musings, a Warriors-Titans recap, the NRL Rd 15 preview and chat about all the recent transfer/re-signing/signing rumours swirling around Warriors HQ at present. Brad's wildly popular Tales of Runanga series gets another instalment and Will finishes off with Warriors ironmen in Stats Corner.

Check out thiswarriorslife.com for comprehensive preview and review coverage of the Warriors' clash with Penrith at Mt Smart on Sunday.   

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Will Evans and Brad Larking take a deep dive into the Warriors' woeful loss to the Storm, looking at where their season now stands and whether there is any prospect of salvaging something from their 4-8 start. On a more positive note, there's Kiwis selection chat, mid-season transfers and recruitment rumours, the NRL Rd 14 preview, plus the third instalment of Brad's 'Tales of Runanga' series and Will rattling off the Warriors' longest-serving centre pairings in Stats Corner.

Head to thiswarriorslife.com for extensive preview and review coverage of the Warriors must-win clash with the Titans on Friday night. 

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