Hello, hello everyone. My name is Laura. This is my channel, Laura's Little Library, and welcome to today's video, which are all the duologies and trilogies and series that I have not finished yet. In case you missed it, I recently announced my announcement video for the Continuathon year two. So the Continuathon is a readathon that I hosted last year all about focusing on finishing duologies, trilogies, series, companion novels, etc., and so forth that we all want to finish reading. So I am creating this video to hold myself accountable to all the different series that I have available to finish and that does not include series that I have started, but the next book is not out yet. I'm not including those because it's not my fault. So these are just ones where at least the next book is out, but most likely the entire series is out because I don't like starting series unless they're completed, because I'll forget what happens between the books, and I don't have the time or the motivation to reread. So, it's very unlikely. And the second reason is because I feel like there are so many of us who have so many series on our TBRs, that it could be overwhelming, but if we know that we're all in this boat together, hopefully it will be okay. So I'm gonna fly through these very quickly. I'm not gonna do a whole synopsis, put the picture here, a whole of the book, etc. Just because I'm gonna go through these quickly because there are so many. We're gonna start off with the duologies. Six of Crow's duology. I by Lee Bardugo, I haven't even finished Six of Crow's, but that is a duology that I really want to read as I am watching season two of Shadow and Bone. So I want to read that duology, and then after that obviously King of Scars, but that's not even on this list because I just want to focus on Six of Crow's first. The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl. I read the first book, and I really liked it. The second book is out. I haven't read it. I should do that. Anatomy. The second book for Anatomy just came out. It's called Immortality, and this is by Dana Schwartz. Really cool historical fiction. I absolutely adored the first book. To be fair, I did not know there was gonna be a second book. I thought it was a standalone, so but it's still on this list, and I have the second one. It's right there, so I should read it. Alex Stern. I read Ninth House, and I actually didn't like it very much, but it is one I might be willing to reread to see if I actually do want to read the second book Hellbent. I don't know if it's a duology or if there's gonna be more. For some reason, I feel like it's a duology though, so there's that. The This Poison Heart. That has at least two books that we are aware of. I just read the first book, so it's not too bad. It hasn't been on there for too long, but it's another option. Tokyo Abrafter by Amiko Jean. Second book is Tokyo Dreaming. I really want to read that. I don't know why I haven't read it. I absolutely adored the first one, and I think I can just fly right through it, and it'd be perfect to read in spring. That is it for the duologies, and so now we get to move on to the trilogies. I have the Ark of the Scythe trilogy. I just need to read the toll. I don't want the world to end. I love the world building and the characters. I don't want it to end, but I really should just read the third book, because I'm forgetting so many details, and then Gleanings came out. It's like a companion or something, so I might even have to move it from trilogies to series, because there's a companion out now. So it's okay. I can read the third book now, because there's a companion. It's also chunky. It's also kind of big, and it's been a while since I've read a chunky book, especially without an audiobook. But I really should do that. The Crown of Shards trilogy. I read the first book. I owned the first book. I started the second book, and I kind of had to put it down. I wasn't feeling, I wasn't in the mood for it, and then I had to give it back to the library, and so I just haven't really thought about it much. And that's why Jennifer S. Step, Dreamland Billionaires, I finished that book right before filming this video. So it's technically on the list, because books two and three are out, but considering I finished it like half an hour ago, it's fine. But they also don't have audio books for it, at least not through my library. So I need to actually buy the books if I want to finish them, which I do really want to finish them, because oh my goodness. Then I have the Skull Man's Trilogy by Naomi Novik. I read the first two. I owned the first two. Absolutely adored them. Third one's been out for a little bit now, so there's no good reason that I have not finished that trilogy. Now this next one is interesting. I'm not completely sure if there are three or four books, but The Bone Witch by Rin Chepeko. I read the first book. I know I read the second book, but I did not retain a single thing even as I was reading it. Like I would put it down and pick it up the next day and have no idea what I read the previous day. I just did not retain it. And for all I know, I could have read the third book. I honestly have no idea, but I think I just want to reread the first book and actually just read the trilogy, because I don't think I read the third one. Maybe I started it and then was like, I don't know anything, so I put it down. Yeah, that feels right. So I want to reread that just whole trilogy. Then the final trilogy that I could read are kind, it's really a trilogy of companion novels, but it's The Lady Janies by Brody Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jody Meadows. I read one of them and they have two more Lady Janie books that I want to read and they've started on the Mary books. And so I've got those companions and I've got another trilogy afterwards. So there's plenty of material to read there, but I'm saying that my Lady Janies are a trilogy that I want to finish. Even though they're companions, they're not related in any way, but they're on here. The Darkest Powers trilogy. This trilogy was gifted to me. I read the first book. I thought it was all right. I do want to read the second book to see if it gets better though. And this is by Kelly Armstrong. Now finally are all of the series. My goodness. This is kind of sad, okay. So The Way We're Children series by Shona McGuire. I read the first three books. I read the first three. Absolutely adore them. Don't know why I haven't read more of them. And those would be nice and quick. Those would be perfect for this readathon, because I can read them quickly. I would enjoy them. It'd be great. It would take a lot to finish them, especially since they are still coming out. But if I got caught up with them, I would be able to go into the fourth tier. That would still be a lot. So. But I would love to make progress. I would love to read at least one, if not two. Then I've got The Hunt of the Grimulcan series by Danny Swanson. This is technically a trilogy, but then there's also a companion novel. I own all four books. I'm saying it's a series, even though it's like a trilogy and a companion. So I read the first book. They're also very short. So again, they would be really good for me to read during this readathon. I'm pretty sure I had them on the TBR last year for the readathon. Don't think I did. Now this next one only has two books out, but it just says that it's a series. And this author has released other books since then. But I don't know if they're going to return to this series at all. But that is the Samantha Knox series by Jenny Elder Moke. It's like a mythology kind of treasure hunting based series. And I read one of them, and I thought it was okay. I was a little disappointed, but that was for my own personal reasons, as well as a little bit of the book. But I really want to read the second one. So I don't know if there are going to be more series or more in the series. If there are, you know, I only have one book out. So that's fine. It's fine. Then this is one that I keep going back and forth on is These Witches Don't Burn. I read the first one. And this is by like Alex Sterling, or Isabel Sterling. It's by Isabel Sterling. And I liked the first one. It got better as it went along, which is why I'm like, maybe I do want to read the second book? I don't know. But again, I was, I didn't see if it was a series versus trilogy versus, like, I just wasn't super sure. So anything I wasn't sure about is on this list. It could just end up being a trilogy. And I don't know that. This next one is going to be very interesting. Shatter Me by Tahara Mopi. I read the first book. I want to reread it. I have since then bought the second and third book. So I can at least read the original trilogy, but I do want to read all six books if I do enjoy the trilogy, which I enjoyed the first book. So I think I will. But I should read those. I could read the next book in the Finlay Donovan series. The third book just came out. So I could pick up that one. I've quite enjoyed those. And then the final series that I have the first two are out. There's going to be a third one. I don't know if that's the final one, but it's The Beasts of Prey by Ayanna Gray. I can read the second book. I fairly recently read the first one. So it's like, okay, that I haven't rushed to read the second one. But that is definitely an option that I could do for this readathon. I don't think in this readathon I want to start any new series or trilogies or duologies just because I have so many that I'm in the middle of that. I want to read. Like, I actively want to finish these. So I don't think I'll be starting anything new if I can help it. Or at least not intentionally. So. And yeah, just think. There are so many other books. There are so many other series on this list where I'm waiting for the next book. So this list will get bigger or smaller depending on how the readathon goes. Overall in total, that is six duologies that I could finish, seven trilogies that I could finish, and six series that I could finish or catch up on. Which brings me to a grand total of 19 series to choose from for this readathon for two weeks. It's only two weeks long. It's 14 days and they're 19 series. And for some of those, it's more than one book that I could read in the series. I'm not going to math that out. I'm not going to count that. That's way too much. But I have a lot to choose from. So there we go. Let me know in the comments below if you are participating in the readathon, what your series TBR looks like. Are you focusing on trilogies, duologies? Are you going to start something new? Or are you going to take this opportunity to start and finish a new series? Maybe? Let me know if you want me to do a video about completed series that you could read quickly or read for a readathon like this. I could definitely make a video like that and I'd be very happy to. Otherwise, if you like this video, feel free to give it a thumbs up. Also feel free to subscribe as I post on Sundays and Wednesdays normally. And hit the bell to be notified when those videos do go up. 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Welcome back. Time to go through the pages of the National Daily's interesting headlines on the front pages. So, look at them. We have our public affairs analyst, Ezekiel and I took, architect Ezekiel and I took join us this morning. Good morning to you architect. Thanks for your time. Good morning. Always a pleasure to be with you. There's a title I had for you, but I'll just keep it offline for now. But we'll discuss that later. All right. Please stand by while we go through the headlines this morning. We start with a punch in the zipper with these following headlines. The big one there, APC, Exco, Governors, Divided Over Buhari's Succession Plan, Screening Report, Ready Today. And we are monitoring the Governors meeting. All we kept hearing was deadlock, deadlock, deadlock. We thought they're going to reconvene later. Looking forward to that to see what will happen. The kickers to that story or that headline, Picking a Successor Risky Will Rubbish President's Legacies, Northwest Vice-Chairman of the APC. President Won't Come, Impose Candidates, Says Wajibah or Shebaja Group, Bax Consensus, Akandei or Shoba to Meet Southwest Governors. Tiddable Group Wants Against Wrong Candidacy. Quite intriguing there. Nigeria, Spain, signed nine MOUs on criminal matters. Others. A picture of the president right there in Spain alongside the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Spanish officials. At the top of that front page, Insecurity, Local Foreign Companies, withdraw 69% of investment projects. Details on page 19. Iron Equal Men's Low Turnout, Says 20 Million PVCs Unclaimed. How about that? Primate Subduction, Army Denies Complicity, Experts' Demand Probe, Dislushed Terrorists from Northeast, Recruiting Massively in Kaduna, Theatre Commander. Right. More from the Paper Renewable Energy Investment Potential in Nigeria, $104 Billion According to the UK. Ligas Ports Collapsing, West African Cargo, Diversion Imminent. Wow. Details on page 25. Federal Government Deploys Response Teams, As Lassa Fever Kills, 153. Custom Seas, 828 Bags of Foreign Rice, Others in Benin, Ligas. Job Crisis Police, Beef Up Security, Around Quarra School. There we go again. Couple, Three Children, Die in Ondo Crash, Five Killed in Benin Market. Okada Riders, Ligas Roads, Police in Pound 140, Motorcycles, Arrest Passengers. And we have Oil Marketers, Running at Loss. Multiple Government Oversight Forex-affecting Business, MD 11 PLC, saying that one there. There's headlines coming in on the punch newspaper. To the nation this morning, the big headline, 2023 President, It's South's Turn. After Buhari says Ayadeh, that's in the nation newspaper, Ayadeh Governor of Cross River State, who himself is an aspiring to pick the 100 Millionaire form for president in the APC. 2023 President, It's South's Turn. After Buhari says Ayadeh. White Consensus, Presidential Candidate, is not enrolling party's interest by National Working Committee member. And there is a quote there saying, Doning was adopted to ensure an egalitarian and equitable power sharing. I'm sure it's that NWC member saying that. Still With The Nation, PDP Delegate shares 7 Millionaire with Community, Pays for Indigent Pupils. PDP Delegate shares 7 Millionaire with Community, Pays for Indigent Pupils. Ministry Director, Forfeits Vasti Hotel Factory, Court Rules on EFCC Suite. Nigeria, Spain Seek Global Action Against Food Crisis. Hwariopun School Shot Last Year Over Hijab Crisis. And final one from the paper, Native Doctor Health Over Anambra Lawmakers Beheading. Never Saw That Coming. Let's go over to the leadership newspaper with the following headlines. And the bold story there has the kicker, APC Front Runners. And the headline, Terbu O'Shibajo, Lawan Ameichi Bello for others may be shortlisted. APC Stakeholders Kick Against Consensus Option as Buhari tips O'Shibajo as party's flag bearer. And that is in quotation marks. So we should know that. Southeast Leaders Backed Lawan for Presidential Ticket. But sometimes you see the headlines from these papers, you wonder if they are true. Southeast Leaders Backed Lawan for Presidential Ticket. More from the paper, Inflation, FG to Convein, Food Security Council Meeting. FEC OKS, NNPC, ECOWAS's Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Deal. And FIRS Begains Recovery of Unremitted Unremitted Attacks Reductions by State Local Governments. Another 166 Nigerians stranded, a stranded Nigerians returned from Libya. Native Doctors 17 Knapped Over Beheading of Anamra Lawmaker in 2023. Obasanjo Mobilizes South Against Zatiku Once-Par-Shift. And finally, let's look at the headlines on the front page of the Daily Independent. My victory is for Nigerians suffering a PC misrule. Atiku is the big story on the front page of The Independent. My victory is for Nigerians suffering a PC misrule. Atiku, PDP will take over from colorless, clueless government IU vows. FEC OKS, 14 Billion Naira for Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Others. Approves 8.315 Billion Naira for Pleased Vehicles, Raincoats, Medical Supplies, Africa Money, Oga de Chapam Fuka Fuka. FIRS Threatened States Local Governments Over Unremitted Attacks Reductions, Fan Moves to Install Airfield Lighting at Legal Domestic Runway. We saw a headline yesterday indicating that the pilots had complained about the failing lighting on the international runway. This is talking about the domestic runway. Lagos Okadaban, Commuters Recount Experiences as Enforcement Begins. APC Presidency Primary, Lawn Ice Consensus, Candidacy and FG Ready to Address Rising Cost of Food Minister. And finally from that paper, Buhari Picking Successor May Rubbish Image, APC Party Shifting Warns. Let's start with the story that is in all the papers. The succession plan of Mr. President, the Northwest Vice Chairman of the party is saying that picking a successor will rubbish the legacies of President Muhammad Buhari. What are your thoughts on what he is saying? I'd like to take on issues from what I call first principles. And that is that every Nigerian, every group, every association, they have the fundamental rights of either expression or association. They can say what they want, they can associate with whoever they want. So my analysis of the thought of another person is to the extent where I think that such a thought has a relevant impact on me. But for me, the bigger picture is to what extent do we analyze the thought of others relative to the capital issue on the table, which is that we have a country that has been run aground, and that we owe this country the duty and responsibility of recruiting a competent CEO to lead us from where we are, having achieved that ignoble, you know, tag of being the poverty capital of the world, looking at the sufferings of the people, looking at how everything is going south. This morning I read an analysis on our debt profile and the fact that maybe sometime in 2026 we may be using 100% of our resources to service debt. These are the issues that should dominate the headlines and the analysis should be who is the most competent. Any group of people are at liberty to play politics that will favor them. But as nationalists, at this point in time when parties are choosing their standard bearers, we owe it to this nation to put pressure on the parties to look for the most competent, most qualified, most capable. We should have put up all the profiling indices so that we start to benchmark all of them. And parties will now do the internal, you know, body search, you know, soul searching to see who fits the image that has been created by the nation. If not so, we're going to wake up in the next few days and the windows are fast closing. The APC window is closed. The PDP, sorry, the PDP window is closed. The APC window is what we're all deliberating right now. And yet another party paraded 12 Nigerians. When they gave their resume, it was impeccable. If probably one of the world class, you know, recruitment agencies was asked to look at the peculiar situation of Nigeria and recruit a competent CEO out of 10 to be shortlisted. A minimum of three will be in what ADC, African Democratic Congress, two hours on national network and brought out 12 people to make a pitch to all Nigerians. That is something unprecedented. It has never happened. And yet it was, you know, like, it's something I'd expected the media to say, guys, the rest of you, let's see what you're doing. And then the media to have picked these people and magnified their profiles so as to put pressure on others. But I'm happy that certain Nigerians were bold enough to step out of the two so-called big parties and talking about Alarji Kwan-Kwaso to put up the NNPC and then my brother and friend, Peter, will be to go into labor party. We now have the likes of Chuka Moye, somebody that the nation needs to go and check the profile. You know, somebody like Chueh Dumebi Kachiku, our man, Professor Kings Limohalu, these are people on the platform of ADC.  I like that. You should come to the South for the sake of equity. Let me say this. While I think that the Southeast have been saying it from the beginning, they have stars. I find it so difficult why a man like Professor Kings Limohalu is not so highlighted, so celebrated, so pushed forward. Nigerians, you wanted a competent person. Tell me if this man is not competent. Tell me. Anyway, in the world, you can't look down on such a person. But the South Easterners are not doing that. They say, oh, it's our turn. It's our turn.  Sometimes it beats me hollow. You know, there's a definition. Should it be Southeast, should it be Igboz? Because people in the Niger Delta, like Asaba, who are predominantly Igboz-speaking and everything, we say, no, they are not Igboz. And I'm wondering, who are they? They say, no, we don't want Igboz. We now want Southeast. This confusion needs to be addressed so that the likes of how do you where Kachiku may be, and then you are not Igboz or you are not Southeast. I think we need to really sit down and redefine our governance parameter. So whatever these people are saying, I'm happy for them. But for me, who can rescue Nigeria? That's my biggest headache today. President will be helping matters by picking a successor. He's asked for a list of names. You know, on the issue of the successor for Mr. President, I really want Nigerians to sit down and be very objective and realistic. Has Mr. President done so well that he needs somebody that will continue how well he has done? The jury's out there. Has Mr. President finished his term and has a patriot as a nationalist, as one who belongs to all and belongs to none. He set a level playing ground first in his party so that whosoever is preferred by his party picks the ticket and he carries the same hand to come to Nigeria. And he wants his party. You guys, you better make sure you get the most competent because they are going to face other Nigerians and the ground is going to be level. So a PC now knows that guy, there's going to be a level playing ground. We better be sure of who we are going to pick because unlike before, when we used to have a window of effectively one month, which is January to campaign, today we have a minimum of six months. And within these six months, narratives are going to be redefined. We are going to look at the profiles of the people involved. We are going to do the thorough analysis of their backgrounds, of their policies. We are going to subject them to such rigors. That is why I'm happy that a party like AGC is there because if you look at the top three, top four by my own analysis of the candidates or the aspirants of AGC, any of them can hold out their own strong, strong and put up formidable defense and offense in pushing for why they should be made the next president of Nigeria. I also have, because this is an analysis that I'm supposed to be a general analyst and not a pantheon professor. I also have friends in, look at, in SDP, I think most likely my friend Wale Adewale is going to pick the ticket. Listen to that guy, he is cerebral. He is informed. He is experienced. You know, I had an interview with, I think it was one of these papers, I think it was the Guardian long time ago, I think sometime in 2007. And they made a major blunder that has redefined a lot of things. When they were interviewing me, they quoted me as saying that we need someone with elephant experience. And that is not what I said. What I said was relevant experience. But it sounded like elephant. It's all relevant. But you take the two. Nigerians keep talking about experience, experience, experience. He has been a commissioner. He has been a minister. He has been a this, a that. These are experience in failure. They are experience in bureaucracy. They are experience in politics and not governance. Today, Nigerians need people that have experience in how to bring water out of the rock. They want people who have experience in getting something out of nothing. They want people who have experience in baking and not in taking. These are bakers. They are not bakers. So when it comes to relevant experience, these are the sort of people you are looking at. You put a guy like a young boy, a young guy, not boy. Like Chuku Kamoye. You see what he's made from his industry. All right.  You cannot but respect. Architects. On the Nigerian stage, it's area of co-competence. Architects, I do agree with you. These are the people that Nigerians need. Architects, I do agree with you. You have to be general. I don't understand that you are speaking about those who you know easily. You know who you have associated with. But of course indeed, we have other parties like you rightly said. I would also like to inform you that the STP elected former Anambra senatorial, central senator, Beniza Ikeina, as your presidential candidate, is a third republic legislator. You know there's been some crisis rocking the party. I don't know which faction our frame belongs to, but Beniza Ikeina is the one who has been announced as the party's presidential candidate, held a primary in Abuja on Tuesday. Let's see what happens. Because remember, even in 2019, don't know Duke had challenges when he won the primary of that party. But quickly, let's go, let's stick with the punch in newspaper and look at a very warring headline. This is, on the front page of the punch in newspaper, saying that with the security situation in the country, local and foreign companies have withdrawn 69% of the investment projects. This is really warring, wouldn't you say? Extremely so and unfortunately I would say not unexpected. You see, we played so much emphasis on politics and we forget the fundamentals of running a government, fundamentals of foreign direct investment and that one of the most fundamental of the fundamentals is peace and security and we've allowed this to just keep dragging and dragging and we think in terms of foreign investment is like we are playing the ostrich and it is very sad and very, very disturbing. We need somebody that will be able to come and understand the of peace, of unity, of stability in development, in foreign direct investment. So this field that are selling off is not because Nigeria is one of the most fertile markets. Nigeria is one of the most interesting places to, we don't only have the population, we have the people when I say the people Nigerians are extremely friendly almost to a fault.  What we just need is a man who understands governance, who understands the dynamics of fairness of equity, who sits down and realizes that all fingers are not equal but every finger is a finger and they feed from the mainstream of the body. This finger is not as tall as this but it's not complaining because it's being honored. This is slimmer and it's not even bothered because it's united and it's accepted. Once we understand the principles of the finger and the body and extrapolate it with nationhood, then we'll have every section being happy and accommodated being, you know, helped to maximize their potentials. At that point, the unity that will be created brings about the inevitable commitment which is peace and that is the bedrock, the foundation for foreign direct investment. So that companies are living should really give Mr. President a course for alarm. Choosing a successor should not be his brief occupation at this time when he's exiting. He wants to exit on a setting record that people like Peter O'Beeby, when he left he went to central area to Supreme Court and saw and have been ready to the things he left behind and those things have defined him years after they are coming to start to speak for him. So I think that Mr. President should look at that headline again and really ask himself is this what I really want to be remembered for? That it was at the twilight of my exit that companies started running out of Nigeria. Mr. President is currently in Spain and Spanish capital Madrid and he's agreed to host a global tourism event which would mean that tourism organizations and professionals around the world will converge in Nigeria. Probably this is one of the ways to restore the confidence of the investing community in the country. But we stick with the politics of the day and stick with the points in the newspaper. We've been hearing get your PVC, get your PVC, go and get registered and the record show that we've had an increasing percentage of voter apathy and low voter turnout in the recent election. So the highest number of registered voters ever in the history of the country was recorded in 2019 and we had the lowest percentage of turnout of registered voters in 2019. It's been increasing over the years higher and higher and more people choose to stay at home. Today on the front page of the points in the newspaper the INEC chairman is lamenting is saying that 20 million PVC's are unclaimed. Are we really ready for the elections as a people when we hear such statistics?  You don't see any other thing except the windscreen and yet there is a second, you know, object that object is called rearview mirror. It's just a little bit a little bit, you know, on top there. Just tiny little fraction less than 5% of the size of the windscreen but we choose to run our lives with the rearview mirror looking at the back, back, back there is a document on ground called the new electoral act that is what will define 2023. I want INA Chairman not to lose sleep. Nigerians are going to rush those PVCs. They will collect all and those who have not registered are going to regret they did not register. Do you know why? Because for the first time that particular you know this new electoral act has given a window of campaign of over six months some of us are in the race and what we are going to do is take on issues. Number two we're going to tell you why one you have a choice before it used to be between six and half it does it just two parties and that's it. Now you have a choice. You have several parties secondly you have the time we in the new parties are going to comb the nooks and crannies of Nigeria and we're going to wake up the youths. We're going to activate a base that has been hitherto dominant.  They had a point but now they are going to say wow Ngaetog is on the race good did you hear what he said how about the other person. There's going to be analysis for the next six months and before elections come we are going to have the highest turnout that has ever been because there are going to be credible candidates that people like and there's going to be time for people to go around and converse for vote and enlighten the people we don't leave it to the parties again we are seizing the initiative. We're going to activate the corporate Nigeria. Tell them the prognosis of having a leader that makes sense so that their businesses don't go out and why they should put their money where their mouth is. They are going to come on board we're going to activate the young people that either you've been treated as people who are toothless bull dogs that you only sit on the social media and rant come out and show them now that you have the power and they are going to come out. We're going to go to the faith-based organizations and say that the division between them is caused by politicians bring people who are unifiers and they are going to bring a level playing ground for all of you to practice your religion while the state focuses on the development of the people. We're going to go into all these things and things are going to be good so I have learned to use the windscreen. Yes from time to time you look at because the Bible talks about keeping abreast of the facts. You know one of my best scriptures in the Bible, a business, if you read it, it's like you know something from Harvard business textbooks. It says any enterprise is built on wise planning it is sustained through common sense and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts that's proven 24, 3 and 4 I love it so we need a real mirror to keep abreast of the facts but there's going to be wise planning there's going to be common sense 2023 is going to be the most exciting year you can keep this step and play back after that election and then you call me a prophet and that my father called me Ezekiel, not for nothing. Thank you very much. You didn't tell us what version of the Bible it is whether it's new living translation or amplified version because I would like to check it up but indeed it's a new living translation the old version King James says by wisdom it's a house built there by understanding it's filled with this but when you read the living translation it says any enterprise proven 24 3 and 4, any enterprise is built on wise planning it is sustained through common sense and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the fact that is what I'm employing in my politics and guide is working. Interesting we are on the same wavelength if it's the NLT let's now we've entered religion let's stay there because the punch is informing us, given as the latest on and I know you you'll be aware of the office of the prelate of Methodist Church in Nigeria with your state, Acquired Boom State God's Own State having produced one of the most successful and legendary prelate in the history of Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence Dr. Sunday Imban the office of the prelate is revered I'm sure you're aware of that already and it was quite a shock to many to hear that the current prelate of Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence Dr. Samuel Kalu Uche had been kidnapped and was kidnapped as then for 24 hours now he was released he came out after the Abia State Governor had released a statement saying that he was released due to the grace of God the fervent prayers of the Christian community and well coordinated response of security agencies in Abia State the man came out to say nobody coordinated nothing I paid 100 million to the ransom that was raised by the church and that's how we secured our release there was no involvement of the military it was nothing but it made some very serious allegations probably of connivance or involvement of soldiers in the whole industry of kidnapping in that part of the country the Niger army has released a statement through its public relations denying complicity and also saying they will be reaching out to His Eminence to interface with him a lot of reactions mostly condemnation of the military's response and statement by some Nigerians and experts are also demanding a probe of the entire incident what are your thoughts on this the headline from the punch is prelate subduction, army denies complicity experts demand probe two things the first is that my parents, both parents are Methodists so you can see that it hit me or where Methodist it hit me personally and like you said one of the most successful most revered, you know, prelate of the Methodist church who had become the leader of the world body is from Akwaibomi he happens to be my father I would call him that prelate mbang so for me it was very personal secondly you know a lot of times I sit down and I listen to people on television and it takes my wife to tell me close your mouth you know, I honestly can't understand how these people think that Nigerians are dumb that Nigerians are stupid that Nigerians don't have an understanding of what is going on and I want to salute the courage of the prelate who has lived onto that bidding of being a man of God who couldn't care less whose ox is God but must speak the truth truth to power you want to take the credit for what you did not do a guy gets in there you do nothing, next to nothing the man is released he was released through prayers and coordinated responses and he works that and you're expecting the man to be so cowed to keep quiet do you know what the 100 million is do you know what it's called I know the Methodist church what it means for people to rally around and raise such a man because they say a prelate cannot be put in there for one more day they know what has happened to the people the train kidnapped people they know how the main man came out they know how he came out he paid 100 million the others are still there this well coordinated response we are still waiting for it my daughter Liesha Ribu is still in captivity she's going through hell and all the others where is this well coordinated prayer this is I believe in prayers, I don't believe in that because if not for prayers something could have happened before the man was even released there are so many people that you go somewhere along the line and just misunderstand or this would take those things that turn their head and before they could say God must have kept that man for the time of rescue for the time of rescue so I think that we should please treat Nigerians with a certain level of respect for their intellect and I don't blame them, sometimes we Nigerians have become neighbors that we see a man appear on television and he's wearing a dark color dress that I'm wearing and he says this is white and we're looking and keeping quiet these are the sort of things that I think that Nigerians should get off the organized private sector the faith based organizations let's stop running commentaries and start setting agenda those are two different things we've run enough commentaries 2023 is coming go behind that candidate that you know makes sense give him or give her a call I said I want to support you I want to stand with you, I want to be your voice don't wait and see I'm looking for people to say you make sense and I want to support you not only me there are very many good people coming in if I fail it will be such a major discouragement to people who say don't get involved in politics is dirty can't you see what happened to Nyaito but my success will ginger the rest of the people say no let's get involved look at how they run it behind Nyaito let's get the same would be a cup a bottle of fizzy drink that is dark and the dark part is just I'll bring this the dark part is just a little part of it it's black here and you keep pouring more water water as it goes up it gets lighter because more clean water is entered a time comes when you may not even know that there was a dark substance there the more clean people that come into politics the more they are able to change the narratives please don't if you cannot get in there get somebody to support today there's somebody that you know that you believe in whether it's in a small party is irrelevant be the structure that that person needs and 2023 would be a pleasant surprise for Nigeria where we turn the bend and start to move in the right direction this is my prayer, my hope and my expectation alright architect Nyaito what are the dangers and should we not just be worried about the increasing insecurity in the country and the cases of attacks and kidnappings, abductions, killings but also the enrichment of these organized criminals what are the dangers of hundreds of millions of narrows finding the way into the hands of organized criminals it's one question that we really really need to understand it become an enterprise that it will need a combination of the grace of God and a committed government you sit down you pick one man and you make a hundred million you pick another man, just one person you make ten million how many cows will you sell to make 100 million Naira profit this has become such a lucrative enterprise but look at the flip side of it it's something such a terrible evil wind that will cripple the nation and empower the terrorists so the essence of government chapter 2 section 14 subsection 2b says that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government shall security welfare of the people so this enterprise is such a terrible cancer but it's such a lucrative cancer that these people they can recruit you know there's this person that I can't remember I'm just saying but I can't pick out the name that throws things to people you know and it steals and distributes Robin Wood yeah they are starting to buy the goodwill of the people in their localities and it's terrible they are being proactive they are getting the people behind them and we are government no the people must not see them as their saving grace the people must see them as their enemies one of the things that Hitler did which was indoctrination was so good that a child in primary school will tell you that the Jews are a problem they were so indoctrinated that a child in primary school will tell you the Jews are a problem the Jews are a problem call it indoctrination call it anything we need to bring back MAMSA we need to bring back national orientation agency as the most important ministry in Nigeria more than finance more than works more than petroleum to start a massive engagement with the people to the extent where we have our minds re-oriented towards nationalism that's when we start to build Nigeria interesting that you've talked about the terrorists being empowered with millions possibly billions of Naira and how they can use it to people from different parts of the country to join them to their side and the punch has a headline that really highlights this on the front page of the punch it says dislodged terrorists from the north east recruiting massively in Kaduna theater commander Major General Christopher Moosa for North East operation Hardinkai I give an interview with with the Punch newspaper taking advantage of poverty to recruit massively in Kaduna according to the army theater commander Major General Christopher Moosa for North East operation Hardinkai I give an interview with with the punch newspaper taking advantage of poverty to recruit massively to recruit massively in Kaduna State. So this is what you were just talking about, you've been vindicated. Exactly, it is the truth. And that's because the government has failed to understand their primary purpose. You know, there's something that Professor Ben Ayadeh said yesterday or some about two days back. He said as a governor, you don't need to do anything when you get into government because your works don't speak for you.  And when you want to go for a reelection, distribute the money because nobody talks about performance. That statement is one statement that we the nice private sector should look at. We the nationalists should look at. We the patriots should look at. It's a sad truth. It's a sad truth. That is why I'm happy that we have a window of at least six months of campaign. And I want to believe that we will get that support from Nigerians to be able to talk, to be able to engage. You'll be able to say, so that they'll say, yeah, I don't say this. What are you saying? So I think that we need to come to a stage where we understand what is going on. If we cannot provide security, and then these people come and provide you security. They become the alternate government that is believed if we cannot give you jobs to do. And this will come from the stupendous wealth they've gotten from killing others. They're able to give you means of livelihood. The first law addresses survival. So you're gonna see that it's like young people in a crime when we talk of calls and occult and things like that. And I make it very clear. I'm not going to sit here and cast together young people that are into the cult because I know why they're getting there in the first place. That's where they find friendship. That's where they find accommodation. That's where nobody wants to be in the bush. Give them decent jobs. They would rather be normal human being. Nobody want to be a cultist. No right thinking person. But that's where they're finding love. That's where they're finding accommodation. So instead of casting, getting them, calling them all sorts of names, let them address their problems and they will willingly come out. But don't tell them they are responsible, they are lazy youth, they are, it's not true. They are human beings who just feel I need to survive, okay? It might not be, I mean, I will not endorse what they are doing, but I will have to provide an alternative for them.  Nobody wants to be a cultist. Nobody wants to be in the forest. Nobody wants to be carrying guns and chewing things that you know will endanger your life tomorrow. Give them a means of livelihood and they will tell you that they are human beings. Okay, all right. Interesting. Thank you so much for your time, Ezekiel, I took. And of course, we hope to have you. Robin Hood, Robin Hood. Yes, Robin Hood. I mentioned that, yes indeed.  I wish you all the best. Thanks so much, sir. All right, all right. And that's the size of the press for today. We'll be back in a jiffy with a first major conversation, but let's take a look at what happened today in history.


Hi everyone, Joe for JaspeysCaseBreaks.com, coming at you with 2022 Panini Playbook Football 8 box half case. Pick your team number 5. Big thanks to this group for making it happen. Jorge you ended up with Last Pot Mojo right there with the Broncos. We did pull a bunch of teams for a couple different random number block randomizers which we did in separate videos. One of which we uploaded, we did an upload yesterday. There are the results there. So it's a serial number break only applying to those teams. The other set here is right here for a different set of teams which I'll keep to my left side right over here. Nice thank you Mike. Appreciate it. Alright so now let's pop this open. Let's see which 8 boxes we're going to do. Alright so we've got 8 box on the left side, 8 on the right side. So we'll roll the die and we'll go 1, 2, 3 for the left side, 4, 5, 6 for the right side. It's 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. So this side we'll say for break number 6. So I'll mark all of those 6. So you know they're from the same case. The second half we already have into, we've already taken those teams out for two random number block fillers just like we did with this one. So if we knock those out we get another one of these going. Jalen Hurts just got paid today. And remember this is also a bounty hunter break. You can see the details on jaspyscaserates.com but the simplified version basically we just get anything numbered exactly like that. Three different set surprises. Break credit to jaspyscaserates.com. So good luck everybody. Hard, blank bad. Right there, set those here. Now also, obviously if one of the bounties are a random number block team, yeah, so number 4, James, Zero, Nestor, and Jason with 6. You've got potential bounties right there if you're in that Chargers, Ravens, etc. a number block group. For the Pittsburgh Jets number block group, 4 is Eric, 0 is Scott, and 6 is Eric again. So if a number block team hits one of these bounties it will obviously go to that number and obviously the card itself. So, a lot of potential layers here. Good luck everybody. Center of this little bit here. Alright, here we go. First card is Sunday's Best Joe Burrow. 37 out of 99. That'll go to Chris and the Bangles. We put like a different surface on this this year. I kind of like it. The card is more of a clear top and acetate kind of top to it. More of an immaculate kind of finish on top. Next up is DK Metcalf. Hot routes. This is the normal finish right there. Alright, 35 out of 49. Seahawks. Seahawks are part of that number block group. So that goes to Seattle Five. That's part of the Pittsburgh group. We go by that digit right there if you're not familiar with the number blocks. So it'll be for David and the number five. And we've got Anquan Bolden. Goal line graph. 65 out of 99. That is for Chris and the Cardinals. Picked up the Cardinals straight up. Alright, and the book is Here Comes McBride. 3 out of 99. That's for Chris and the Cardinals. Trey McBride. Nice patch. Nice autograph. Spider box is handy right here as well. Alright, good start. Next box. We have for the Steelers Mammoth Material 187 out of 199. It goes to Pittsburgh Seven. It'll be for Mark. And we got for the Bills Buffalo Mammoth Materials 24 out of 25. Bills number four. I think it's on Buffalo's on this side here. It goes to James O. And we got Dat Nguyen. 37 out of 199. That is going to go to Joe Christian and the Cowboys.  And we got Kyle Hamilton 286 out of 299 Jersey and Otto. Ravens are a number block team. So that'll go to Raven six. It'll be for Jason and the number six. Next up, nice Nexus Kenny Pickett dual relic. Nice little pop of color there. That's 19 out of 25. That'll be for Pittsburgh nine. It's for Nancy. We got yearbook. Chris McCaffrey. That's 97 out of 99. And then Peter got the Niners straight up. Gets the Run CMC. Then we got Elijah Moore. 14 out of 49. More, more, more. Oh, that's Jets are a number block team. So that'll go to Jets four. Eric. And the book is Calvin Austin the third. Jersey and autograph 35 out of 299. That'll be for Pittsburgh five. It'll be for David. Sniffley today. Allergies. We got Steve Young. Three out of 99. Steve for every young. Down in dirty Jersey going to Peter and the Niners. We've got another yearbook relic. Romeo Dobbs. 66 out of 99. Green Bay is part of the Pittsburgh group. Green Bay six for Eric. And then we got a James Connor for Chris and the Arizona football Cardinals. Is that not numbered? Not numbered. If this was a random number block team, we would randomize it to one person in the break. All right. The book is going to be Danny Gray. Jersey and autograph for the Niners. That's for Peter. 73 out of 299. Another one for Peter. Mammoth material two color patch. Tyrian Davis Price. That is 59 out of 99. All right. Next one is Javante Williams. 39 out of 49. That'll be for Jorge and the Broncos. Last spot mojo. 70% of the time last spot mojo hits 100% of the time. And we got Cooper cup one out of 49. That'll be for the Rams. Kelly picked up the Rams straight up. Cooper cup autograph going your way. That's a catch. And the book is upside down. It's a dual relic. Rookie jumbo dual relic. Kenny pick it. Nine out of 99 for the Steelers. Steelers nine will be Nancy. I will. Three boxes to go. Diamond doesn't back on the menu ladies and gentlemen. Jasper's case breaks.com. All right. We got Jamar Chase. Hot routes. That's one out of 99 for the Bengals. Chris with Cincinnati. Ooh, that's nice. Mammoth material. That's 85 out of 99. Kenneth Walker. That'll be part of the Pittsburgh number block group. So that'll go to Seahawks five. That'll be for David. And we got Travis Frederick. 29 out of 99. Hash marks. It's for Joe and the Cowboys. And the book is a Jersey and Otto Pierre Strong Jr. 68 out of 299. That'll be for New England. That's going to go to New England's part of the Pittsburgh number block group. So New England eight is James. James O. Two more to go. All right. There's 33 out of 49. Mack Jones yearbook. New England three is James O. We got Stefan Diggs. Sunday's best. 36 out of 49. Nice little patch there. That's part of the Chargers number block group. 36 out of 49. Buffalo six. Jason Parker. And we got a Chase Edmonds. Hash marks. 44 out of 99. Broncos. Jorge with the Broncos. 20 off that bounty number. We're looking for 24 out of 99. We have a nice pack. Nice Otto. Tyquan Thornton.  We got Tyquan right here. Just got some decent penmanship. You should keep doing that. Keep that Otto up Tyquan. That's for the Patriots who are a number block team. 73 out of 99. Patriots three. That would be for James O. Final box. All right. We got Christian Watson. Hot routes. 100 out of 199. That's a bounty. There it is. Who's got Green Bay? Green Bay's a number block team. So Green Bay is part of the Pittsburgh number block group. And zero is Scott. Last bot mojo in that random number block randomizer. 100 out of 199. This simple plain little relic for Christian Watson is going to get you $750. A break credit. Congrats. We'll send you that break credit after the break. Let's set that here so I don't forget. All right. We got a triple relic here. Team Trio's 13 out of 49. It's going to be for Eric and the Titans. The foil that they put on there, that really pops. The Otto is Christian Harris. Rookie Otto for the Texans. Texans are a number block team and that is not numbered. So it'll be randomized to one person in that number block group. All right. And the final book is Alec Pierce. Jersey and autograph. Colts. Kevin picked up the Colts. We have 253 out of 299. All right. And there you go, gang. A nice break of play book in the books. Let's do that randomizer for the Texans card. So let's flip back over here. Let's go to this group. You can see Houston right there where my mouse is hovering. Let's gather all the names. New dice. New list. Name on top after seven. We'll get that autograph. Six and a one. Seven times. One, two, three, four, five, six, and once more, seventh and final time. There you go. Nestor with that extra autograph going away. Thanks everybody. I'm Joe for jazzy's casebreaks.com. I'll see you next time for the next bounty break. Bye-bye.


Well, I'm going to talk about some blue zones, which I discuss in a chapter of the new book Gut Check. And it's fun to visit some of these blue zones that Dan Butler, who coined the phrase blue zones, actually didn't mention and didn't study. And one of my favorite ones is Atchioroli, small town south of Naples that I've had the pleasure of visiting. Atchioroli is a town of about a thousand inhabitants. It's a small fishing village. And 300 of those thousand people are over the age of 100. In fact, of all the communities of all the towns in the world, they have the highest percentage of centenarians anywhere studied. Now why is that important? Well, this is a living actual community. It's a fishing village. A lot of the blue zones actually are not necessarily the longest living people or have a lot of super centenarians. I'll give you an example of Okinawa. Okinawan are long-lived people, maybe, but Okinawa was taken over by the United States in 1945, and almost all of the birth records were destroyed, of course, during World War II. And it was up to the U.S. Army to actually give people new birth certificates. And the U.S. Army doesn't exactly know Japanese. And what's interesting in looking at the Atchioroli birth records is that there were a ton of people that had consistently almost the same year of birth when these new things were filled out, therefore quite old, probably only because of a wrong birth certificate. Other places like Sardinia, which is a very poor area of Italy, pensioners actually get pensions in Italy and live on pensions. So there would be a reason not to say that somebody had died because you'd lose that pension from your mother or grandmother or grandfather. And so there is a lot of non-reporting of people dying. So all of these things have to be taken into concern. Now I've spoken with Dan Butner, he's a fine individual, and he is a vegan slash vegetarian and has looked at the data from the Blue Zones with an eye towards looking at, well, what are the important vegetables that contribute to longevity? In fact, Atchioroli throws everything up in the air. Sorry, Dan. The Atchiorolians do not eat bread or pasta. Sorry. They don't. They think it's too expensive. They do, interestingly, eat a lot of legumes, particularly lentils that have been cooked for a very long time. And as you know, soaking and then long-term cooking of lentils will actually diminish the lectin content. But what's fascinating about the Atchiorolis is two habits. Number one, they eat very tiny fish anchovies. Anchovies are those kind of smelly little things you eat in the cans, but fresh anchovies are very much like sardines.  And they eat the anchovy whole, which gives them actually a lot of prebiotic fiber in the gristle and the cartilages of these small fish. That's number one. Number two, what's unique about the Atchiorolis is their use of rosemary. There's a particularly pungent rosemary that grows in Atchioroli, and the Atchiorolians chew rosemary throughout the day. And they cook with it. They put rosemary in all their foods. Oh, and by the way, the Atchiorolians consume a lot of olive oil, and they drink a lot of wine. But back to the rosemary. So rosemary has two very interesting bioactive compounds that are rosemaryic acid in your solic acid. What's fascinating about both of these compounds, maybe rosemaryic acid more than your solic acid, is that these compounds activate GLP1 receptors. They are GLP1 agonists. Now anybody heard the word GLP1 agonists recently? Are any of you shooting yourselves up once a week with a GLP1 agonist, like Osempic or Wagobi? Yes, that's right. Those weight loss drugs are actually GLP1 agonists. And isn't it interesting that the longest-living people in the world are chewing GLP1 agonists every day, all day? And maybe, just maybe, that's one of their great secrets. Now here's the other great news. Not only are these guys GLP1 agonists, but they also change the gut microbiome into a microbiome that fosters longevity, leanness, and repair of the gut wall. And if those topics sound familiar, you're going to read all about it in my book Gut Check.  And one of the really exciting things about blue zones is they're not blue at all. Finally one more thing that should be of interest to maybe all of us who are getting older. The men and women of Acheroli, these older individuals, apparently are really horny. They're really sexy. Now is it the rosemary that's doing it? Well, it turns out that as I talk about in Gut Check, that there is an entire microbiome that's dedicated to the manipulation of sex hormones. And it could just be that rosemary is the aphrodisiac that maybe all of us should be munching a little bit more of. Many of you have probably heard that the island of Sardinia off the Italian coast is a blue zone where people live really long lives. Well, not so fast. It turns out that Sardinia is a blue zone in name only. Why is that? Well, it turns out that Sardinia, most people either live down by the Mediterranean Sea or live up in the mountains. The people down by the sea eat fish, they're fishermen. But the people live up in the mountains are sheep and goat herders. Now a lot of the fable of the blue zones is that the reason blue zones live a long time is that they eat lots of grains and beans. Now it's true that the Sardinians do eat a buckwheat bread. But interestingly enough, Sardinians have some of the highest degrees of autoimmune disease that there are in Italy. So much for whole grains being good for you. But what's unique about the Sardinians is that only the people who live in the mountains have extended lifespan. The folks who live down by the water don't. All right, what's up with that? Let's take a look. What turns out is most of us know that men live shorter lives than females. In fact, average male life expectancy is about seven years shorter than female life expectancy. Sorry, guys. In Sardinia, it's reversed that men live much longer than the women, which brings their average age up, their life expectancy up. Now as you know, we, along with a few other animals, do not manufacture our own vitamin C, and we have to acquire it from our diet. What's interesting is that the Mediterranean diet is very rich in vitamin C, and one of the surprising places is studies show that people who consume olive oil have doubled the vitamin C in their blood than people who don't consume olive oil. Plus, the Mediterranean diet in general is rich in vitamin C and other antioxidant vegetables and fruits. In fact, one of the most unique polyphenols that the Sardinians drink is a red wine from the Canaanal grape, which is a black grape that has two to three times higher levels of polyphenols than other grape study, and they drink a lot of red wine. What's the other thing that differentiates these mountainous Sardinians who live a long life from the coast? Well, again, these are sheep and goat herders, and strangely enough, they eat a lot of sheep and goat products, sheep and goat yogurt and sheep and goat cheeses. In fact, there's a very famous pecorino cheese from Sardinia that is from sheep grazing on mountain fields. Studies in Switzerland show that the higher the elevation that these herding animals eat the vegetation, the higher the polyphenol content and the higher the antioxidant content of their cheeses. Sardinia, quite frankly, is not a blue zone. It's a white zone. In fact, my good friend Mark Hyman recently visited Sardinia, and he came back and he told me, you're not going to believe all the yogurt and cheese these guys eat. And I said, what do you mean? That's what makes them a long-living zone, white food like yogurt and cheeses. So that's what's so unique about Sardinia, and that's one of the ways we're going to continue to bust the blue zone mythology. Lastly, there's another interesting compound that I talk about in gut check that should be front and center with our embracement of cheeses and culture in milk products.  It turns out that this fat globule membrane protein is really a cool mitochondrial uncoupler in its own right.   And it's one of the factors that is implicated in the health benefits of aged cheeses. Now what else is interesting about goat and sheep cheese is the goat and sheep milk and water buffalo milk is 30% medium chain triglycerides, 30% MCTs. And if you've read my other books and learn the gut check, MCTs are in fact converted into ketones instantaneously and ketones are signaling molecules for telling mitochondria to uncouple.  So these clever mountainous sardinians seem to have the perfect white recipe for success. And I think the more we learn about these alternative explanations for longevity, the better off we're all going to be. Thanks so much for watching this episode, but don't go anywhere. I think you're going to love this next one. That healthy whole wheat sandwich has eight teaspoons of sugar and it's not on the label. So these sorts of foods really should not be in your diet.