So, tu neza sema neneza imba, kwa sana? Sana. Sisu niye kwa mga kwa bafu tukai wa api? Nga nga wubaki tukai wa mesmama we usikai. Kwa bafu? Eh, sana sana. Nga wimbe maji ki yushu. Ay, kama kawa. Kwa zena fai troki evo? Nga maji. Hala. Okay. We are still in a bit of all the prisons of Shad. Wait, what's wrong? Ah, you so chill. No kona sa utim na toha jamani. Like, honesty guys, Ali ingiya studio. Mape ma sana namba kwa. She's very punctual. She came and sat. Ha kumgelesha mtu. Ali twangaliya tu. Ata kubopki, dogo join and kingsu yutusumbwa. Mi ito hiyun, metwa hiyashun maimbo eni songi kanda kwa zandipanguze. Yes, I have both presentable. Bats hard now. Just keeping cool, calm and collected. Fum. Fum meaning pole. Naturally, I'm just a quiet girl. Uki ingiya kwa room mini, wulenta kwa back bench uko. Mekatu na ingaliya kilawantu. I'm a kitchen. Why kitchen? Kukiyono ageni, kuna hola utu na shindaga kitchen. In every family, kuna wule 2 gangsta salami hangi wagen. Whether umpacha kama me, amkama me lale. Nasi kutaka kua kia. Siku kutaka. Explain that to me, vijunajua salabu in african households ni amas. Si uo ni mimu na ungelele. Oh, I knew it. Nave niya wuna pe na kuchenda yasi sa mama salimi wagen. That is the word. Okay. Namin na kwa nga asha. Wow. Kariboni. Kainipale, kainipale. Chosa wagen nizi kuhile side. Watu anerobi pale. Watu uko uko. Mini wale wulala kwa room. Eh. Wambi, niya mbi wakihenda. Tazili kilawantu na fanya vituza waka room nalala. Waini wale wakuse mo niya mbi wakihenda netatoka. Nya miata wangali. Make your presents now. How does that work? I don't know. I'm just a really shy person and then seependi kwa business ya watu. You're my kind of people. Minding what pays you. So I just mind my business. Why look at me like that? I mind what pays me. Do you know any difference? Badue, salamu na pe ana. Salamu na niya mu. Lazmangpe. Lafu, pia ni kuhileze. How do you balance? Because wuna jom sani your life is quite out there.  I want to say, you are to see ambivert. You see. Nya ambivert? Ya. Kuna times utani ono, shangai uni uledem. Haa, cheesy fresh. What does it take? I don't think what does it take kukua you sending in. People amused to. And people let's say, let's say na omit for the second time. Usually for the first time, mi ni wale, nitaingia kwanza, ni oni wene kila tina wak, wene kila mse yuko, and then ni oni pene na 15 apu.  But then, ni kenda place the second time, ina kwanga different, ni mezoia, ni mezoia yo vibe, ni mezoia wasi wakuuko, ni mezoia e plays. So usually for the second time, na kwanga. Sa. Sa ita pitu wende ukuja tena. Ita pitu mene, ita tena. Okay, now I've been told we don't have that much time. But first of all, I want to know how it was working with Chiyo. It's amazing. It's amazing because you're not just working with him alone. You're working with the entire family. Namama kiyo kwanga spokesperso in panu. Yeah? Manu jamunya. Aha. So yeah. And so you're in a room of different people. And that's a lot of love from many people. So ni, it's almost like I'm part of the family. They make you feel like you're part of the family. Yeah. Who came up with the idea of having a... Is it Gospell? Yeah, Gospell. Yeah. Having the Gospell song. Who came up with the idea? The family. Oh yeah. I think the mum. Because me, they just called me and said, to call her some flannies to come to take her vocals. And then oka sema, but you already have the chorus idea. Yeah. So you just come to take her vocals in the next song and you don't know what's going on. So I said, najwa, najwa, najwa. So I said, tafanya, twi twi stuki dogo, then to record. I hope you know that's the second that's the second song. Yeah. That was the first one. My first Serreka. Yeah. So Serreka was fun. Ile hata aikuwa planned to leji patatu kuwa room and then to come oka mwokfanya song. Na song ika tokea. Oatu ku'ta niya wapu. Um na ku'ta na apiata mi ni pite pite apu. Um na jeskizimu kiyombu na pata tender ya billions. Tata mi mi ni kiyomba maybe. Hey, bana. Tata pite easy for me. These are the kind of formations you should be calling me for. Not these other ones. Sustag is vaccination. If you could describe yourself, your musical self, isa di inchmona in a sentence what would it be? Vasatil, for sure. Juna fanyam ziki. All types. Kini pia bitya bongo na uwa. O kini pia Afrosol nta uwa. O kini pia Gangeton nta uwa bado. So, I'm very versatile in what I create. And I'm checking your YouTube channel. There are a couple of live shows on my Koke file. How's that experience? Naturally, I'm a live performer. Sija Zoya, I'm a playback. But I'm trying to learn that. So, live performing is like I don't know. Nika mo unakonex nawatu in real time. And akuna kelele zingine nitu sa utiakona instrumentations and they get to experience, they get to feel you. And live live me beautifully. Ukona place regular nyananda maybe every week a month in the performance. Every week I perform dagos. But say dagos iko dagoretikona. Okay. A lot of people come. A lot of Tailent, kumingi uko evo Every day inakwanga open Every day of the week Every day of the week But mimi I perform on Thursdays and Sundays But sayi kuna bile mefunguwa Juwana move to a new place But then when it opens I'll be back Tama nisha Come through Shari What would you like to tell someone who I said this in the morning Let me just say it again To mejipatina the generation where I see what you're doing and I want it immediately Nii na tkata Nii membuwa nese imba ah Niko na talent Nii ga studio once Keshu nii photoshoot Iwa skwingi na video nimi omoka What would you like to tell this generation that Doesn't really understand what the process is Before we can even trust it Hadu jia ta process na kaajin dotu trust Nikiwa ta kikiwa patient Atami sometimes we struggle Na taka nito eso Nga mani e kekavaflani On my IG and then killak to explode Nii wende viral But then it doesn't happen like that You have to take your time Ume amu na juwaku imba What are you going to do with it Was it to inga studio one time Na fanyi yo mani no Lazmo jenge skili ako Lazmo trensa uti We have to train You have to master your skill You have to know what you are doing Nii wapu unataka kuenda Utaifanya aajin Lazmo figure out easy before you even start Usually ukianza Una fikana katikati and then unanotis Uli chukwa The wrong formula Hawelewi saundi ako Hawelewi Kuandikam ziki Hawelewi ani vitumingi venues in awak So find yourself starting to learn Apokatikati when it's much easier Ukilani zivi Tukwanza ukuna plan Lizuli alafu sa It's a bit easier Uta kwa ni meko saya hote ni Nini spokulu Utu imbe atu ki jogo acapela kima But before that please give us your social media handles Nikta kwa ni meko saya hote Social media handles So my social media handles Kila mahali Facebook YouTube Instagram Twitter TikTok And easy digital streaming platforms Zote kina Diza Apple Music Zote I go by Shari Africa So SHARI So SHARI Space Africa with a K hainasi Ikona K We do you guys amazing sound Tosa jwa uko excited What does that make me? Subscribe Remember it's hashtag post Facebook, WhiteFive4 underscore Channel on the gram WhiteFive4 channel on YouTube Tiktop Kumbe neza moj task Na tofta Shari niki yung eha Okay Shari it's that time It's that time to sing for us a little bit Tawim bia one of the sounds Ni na work on site Or subscribed Thank you so much I hope when you want to watch me subscribe Thank you So Achan ni wa mbe fanyanga But I wish ngebe bagitan Ni wa chaze Fanyanga nenda Stay tuned to Kazinext Mi mi nishanzaku record Shari apaso Ni me iba mwake Twin twin twin hashtag is partimation Fanevee, chaze yung goma Allah futru jina ugesuitu amishu Allah futru wei kitu Toa Toa toa higenda wabi


The DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware, makers of better things for better living through chemistry, presents the Cavalcade of America, tonight's star, Loretta Young, tonight's story, The Port of Missing Men. In 1943, the Maritime Commission named a Liberty ship in honor of a woman named, Janet Lord Roper. But unless you're of the sea, the chances are you've never heard of her. What did she do? Who was she? Well, it all started a long time ago. Calcutta, a year, 1885. Mills, Robert A. Ain't aboard, sir. Jumpship? I seen him in the alley by that waterfront clip joint last night. Two natives was working him over. Last I seen they was dragging him off somewhere. All right, here's tough luck. Sutton, go to the shipping office. Get a replacement right away. We're shoving it off by noon. Next port, Orson. Made of his ship? Yeah, what are you doing hanging around here?  Well, I'm looking for Bobby Mills. He's a neighbor of mine and his mother's worried to death. Mills? Yes. Oh, yeah, we left him in Calcutta. You left him? Look, honey, what's your name? Janet Lord. What Miss Lord?  But maybe something happened. Maybe he was killed. Maybe. And if he wasn't, how can he get back to Boston? That's his problem. Don't you care? Look, sister, I got my own problems. Where have you been? Mama, I stopped in to see Mrs. Mills. Oh, did you hear from Bobby yet? His ship came in, but Bobby wasn't doing it. What happened? I don't know, Mama. Well, we can't get any information. Far's air concern is just a name on a list. He could have deserted the ship or fallen over the side or died. Mama, nobody cares. Well, darling, we mustn't let ourselves get too obsessed. Mama! Well, I mean, it isn't as though he were your sweet heart or a member of the family. What is a member of somebody's family? And you should see Mrs. Mills. Oh, she doesn't know what to do, even. You're right, darling. I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry. We never heard from Bobby Mills. He was swallowed by the earth indifferent. Just another able-bodied seaman easily replaced. But I was young then, and only the young seemed to care. I lived near the docks in Boston, and I used to walk along the waterfront, watching the tall ships in the harbor and wondering about the men who went to sea. I would pass the cassayas and saloons and watch the sailors desperately trying to forget their loneliness. Down at the end of the pier, I'd stop a vial and listen to the sing that came to the seaman's friend society. I'd watch the men through the open window. And I'd wonder what thoughts went through their minds. There's some coffee and donuts in the main lounge. God bless you all. Excuse me, sir. Oh, well, you startled me. I didn't see you come in. Well, I was standing outside the window. I hope you don't mind. I finally got up the courage to see what it looks like inside. Not at all. I saw that sign on the bulletin board, the one that calls for volunteers. Oh. Well, I volunteer. Well, aren't you a little young for welfare work? Well, you're not very old yourself. Well, usually we get women much older. Well, there's nothing on the sign that says you have to be a certain age. No, no, I admit that. Then you'll let me? Well, it isn't up to me, but I don't think they did. Well, you see, you're... Well, you're a very pretty girl and some of these men haven't seen a woman for months. Well, in that case, I think they deserve to see a pretty one. All right, I'll take you to see the director if you like. Oh, thank you. You know, I was watching these men. They all look so lonely and bored. It seems to me the only reason they're here is because they have nothing else to do. Yes, you're absolutely right. That's one of our biggest problems here. Huh? The men either don't come to services at all, or when they do it, it's, well, just to kill time. I can't seem to get their interest. Well, could I try to help? Well, frankly, I don't think you could handle them there. They're a tough loss.  You sound just like everybody else, always looking at the sailors as some sort of dangerous delinquents. Well, I happen to think differently. Well, any man who wants to spend his life on the sea has to have a... Well, a lot of the little boy in him. And a lot of poetry in his bones, too. Take any man who's ever stood alone on the deck of a ship and seen a spot where the ocean meets the sky. Each of these men, I am sure, has wondered about God. How old did you say you are?  Did you tell me your name? No, I didn't. Well, mine's Ed Roper. Oh, Janet Lord. Lord? Yes. Well, no wonder. Miss Lord, you're coming up for coffee? Oh, yes, I'll be up. This sure was a wonderful class today. Thank you. Is that Bible stuff for real? Of course. Yeah, but that's part where you said... Oh, Janet. Oh, hiya, Mr. Roper. Hello, Linda. How was class today? Great. Well, you shall never tell us how it turns out till next week. Oh, come on, Miss Lord. I'm shipping out tomorrow. How does the story come out? If he wants to know, let him read it for himself. Well, how about it? If I give you the Bible, will you read it? Oh, I can't never get past the bigots and the bigads. Oh. All right. I'll try. I'll see you later. I'll try. And it looks like another practice today. Uh-huh. Standing Remundry. Well, now, you don't have to rub it in. I had long blonde hair like you have and a pretty little smile. I bet I could attract a crowd, too. Oh, sour grape. Well, maybe I deserve it. But not every Sunday for a whole year. A year? Mm-hmm. How's it been a year? Fourteen months, three weeks. That was a rhetorical question. I didn't know you were keeping score. Didn't you? Well, maybe a little. Let's go out and sit in our... sit on the pier. Did you start to say our place? I wish I could say that without feeling like a schoolboy. It does seem like our place, though. Yes. Remember the first time we sat out there? After my first class? Oh, I was scared to death. You didn't act it? Yeah, but you knew it. Mm-hmm. I knew it. And I feel so good about working, I mean. About doing something and feeling useful. And that's all? I'm about you. Let's go out, Janet. I can talk to you so much better out there. Oh, yes, Ann. Let's go. Those tubs out there. Ed Roper, you're not going to change the subject again. Oh, but Janet, it's ridiculous. I know. That's what my mother said. Well, you'll never have a real home, no roots. I know. And probably no money. I know. Well, it's impossible. Look, will you ask me or not? Well, Janet, you know I want to, but I... Well, I can't. All right. Then I'll ask you. Ed Roper.  I don't believe a woman's place is under glass. I want you, Ed. And you want me. Now, come on. Stop being so noble. But, Janet... We're not going to have time to be martyrs. We've got a whole life ahead of us. And it's exciting, isn't it, Ed? Kind of like the sailors. We're starting out on a trip. A long and wonderful voyage together. Together. But there'll be a lot of rough weather ahead, Janet. I know. God help us. Oh, God will. He helps all sorts of people. He's been kind on that. You can? Oh, sure. That's God's profession. It doesn't take much to set up a canteen. All you need are four walls and coffee pots. And a man like Ed. We moved along the eastern coast. And when the center of shipping moves west, we moved along with it to Portland, Oregon. Just Ed and I and the coffee pots. This is Seaman's canteen. I'm looking for Mother Roper. Mother? Mother Roper. You know where she is? Well, I'm Mrs. Roper. Well, you told me to ask for Mother Roper. They said she'd stake me to a meal in the bunk for the night. Oh, sure. Sit down. You Mother Roper? Young woman like you? Mother. Well, it's a new one on me. Must be getting old.  What prayers and stuff do I have to say? Prayers? You know, that church stuff. Let's do it now and we get it over with it. You don't have to say anything. Yeah, I know. I've been in these places before. In order to get a lousy cup of coffee, you got to get yourself saved or something. You're pretty tough, aren't you? I've been around. What's your name? Ben. Why? Look, Ben. We might as well get this settled right now. In the first place, you're not so tough. And even if you were, I'm not impressed. You can act as tough as you like around shipboard or in these skid row dives. But as long as you're in here, relax. You don't scare anybody. Clear? Now, wait a minute. I ain't that broke. I got to take that kind of stuff from you or from nobody. You don't have to take anything if you don't want to, but neither do I. You can stay here just as long as you want. You're as welcome as anybody. No angles, no obligations. God doesn't have to bribe you with a meal. He's going to bribe you. He'll use bigger baits. So just keep quiet and I'll see what kind of chow I can round up on. Now look, I come in here.  Then it'll be too late to pray.  If you mean that for a compliment, you're sure going all the way around by China to give it to me. That's just my way of talking. I'm sure glad to meet you, ma'am. Well, I'm glad to meet you, then. You know, the truth is I'm not going to pray or tell myself when nobody's looking. Oh, you know something there? Something why? You are depended on play, starring Loretta Young as Janet Lord Roper. Janet Lord Roper was a girl, and then she was a woman.  Because no one seemed to care about the men who went to sea, she set up a canteen in Portland, Oregon in the early part of the century. Here, she not only gave food and comfort to the sailing men, but kept in contact with them throughout the world. Ed, you see this? What? This carriage from Ben. Who? Oh, you remember one of the sailors who came in the canteen last year, that big fella, you know. Oh, yes. Oh, what did you say? Oh, just hello. Ed, what's the matter? Nothing, dear. Ed, you've been feeling terrible for months now. Will you go to a doctor? Do I have to drag you? I feel great now.  Ed, give me a favor. Go to bed early tonight.  I've got too much to do. Look, you won't be able to do anything if you don't start taking care of yourself.  I feel all right. Now, don't talk me into being sick. Oh, I wouldn't play for sure, but I think you're the most impossible man I've ever seen. You like impossible men? Well, that's what I do. So what's the argument? Please, darling, go see a doctor. Just to shut me up, will you? When I'm sick, I'll see a doctor. Right now, I'm fine. Now, if you can spare a kiss for your very healthy husband, I'm good to go. It never fails. The minute I get you hold on, come in. Excuse me, I'm looking for Mother Roper. You might as well face it, honey. That looks like your name for life. Oh, pardon me. I was talking to my wife, Mother Roper. It's just a local joke. I'm Mrs. Roper. Could I help you? Would you, too, excuse me? Yes, of course, sir. I don't need to bother your name, but... Oh, come here. Sit down. Sit down. I was trying so hard not to cry. Well, you go right ahead and cry. Go on. Get it out of your system. It's my son, Tommy. We ain't heard from him in over a year. He used to write me, he'd seen you, Mrs. Roper, and you was good to him. Well, I'm worried to death. When I find him, maybe something happened. I can't find out nothing. Now, what's his name? Tommy Johnson. He's a little fella. Oh, I know you'd remember him if you'd seen him. He's got one of them freckled grins, you know. He's got red hair and... Hey, Johnson. I guess maybe you meet so many fellas. Texas. Yes, ma'am. We're from Texas. Now, if you'd just told me that, I'd have remembered right away. Tony Tex, that's what the fellas call you. He was always getting joked about that. Oh, Mrs. Roper, you know where he is. I'm worried to death. Can you help me find him? I'll start asking around, Mrs. Johnson. You know, when I get all my boys out looking for someone, we could find the devil himself. A hungry sailor and him coming aboard. Well, then... Mother Roper, the love of my life. Then, after all these months... My goodness is good to see you. Oh, and I never mind the flattery. Just close your eyes, open your head. Huh? What is it? Never mind. It's a little something I have to pick up in Algiers. Been a mess, honey. Now, look here. How many times do I have to tell you not to bring me anything? What could I do with this Algiers fella comes up to me and he says, here, give this to Mother Roper. Now, could I review it? Oh, you're all loose-case. You know that. Yes. And oh, we went by on the way. You remember that kid you was looking for, that tiny techie? Yes. Well, I've seen a guy in Shanghai used to sail with him. Oh? So the last time you heard of him, he was aboard the freighter monitor. Monitor? Mm-hmm. Monitor. Now, who do I know aboard that? Oh, Slim Paterson. That's who I'll write. Slim Paterson. You know, he's the best thing on that. Wait, wait, wait. Now, look, are we going to stand here all day talking about another man? Or do I get me a cup of coffee? Sure, Ben. Sit down. I'll get it for you. How's them three little girls of yours?  Oh, they're just fine. And Mr. Roper, how's he feeling? Yeah. He's fine. He's just fine, Ben. How is he, Doctor? You've got to keep him quiet. He's all right. Very quiet. Doctor. Is it serious? Get through the night. Roper, I'm sorry. I just found out. I hope you don't mind my coming to your house. It's all right, Ben. You know, when they told me at the canteen about Mr. Roper, well, it's just something I can do to fellas want to, want me to ask you if there was anything at all that we could. No. No, thanks. Oh, let it out. You're all the time listening to our troubles. Come on.  Oh, Ben. Ben. Won't be this soon without Ed. How could God do this? There was a man who's spent his whole life working for him. He killed himself with work. How could God take him away? He killed himself with work. He killed himself with work. How could God take him away? Oh, Ben, why? Why did God do it? Well, I guess you know God better than me, but if he'd done it, he must have had his reason. I don't know, Ben. I don't know what those reasons could be. I've spent my whole life loving and working for him, and now, Ben, I'm not sure of anything. Yes. Miss Roper, you remember me? Mrs. Johnson. Hello. I was just wondering if you heard anything about my son. No, no, I haven't. It's been me eight months since I first asked you about him. Mrs. Johnson, what do you expect? Miracles? Do you expect me to scratch my fingers and make them appear? I don't know where your son is, and what's more, I don't care. I'm sorry. I can't pick it, Miss Roper. That come out of me. You just said you was a human being, that's all. Am I going to arrest him? Oh, Ben. Ben, go after her. Get Mrs. Johnson. Bring her back here. Oh, the forgiveness. I didn't know. I can't apologize enough, Mrs. Johnson, or... or thank you enough. Thank me? Yes, I... I had to go through it, I guess. We all have to taste a certain amount of humility. Well, what I mean is...  Just as many faults and as many good points. And no more. And I want to thank you for making me realize it, but I don't understand. Well, I was mixed up, and I was hurt, and I didn't know where to carry on. And when I questioned God, he sent me an answer. That's you, Mrs. Johnson. Oh, Miss Roper. Yes. That's you. And we're going to find your son. And lots of sons before I'm through. Oh, I've got to work twice as hard now. Because now, I've got to work for Ed. For Ed, too. It was Janet Lord Roper's life. Ask anyone down at 25 South Street in New York City, where the Siemens Church Institute is. Ask any semen in the Union halls, in the boarding houses, in the parts of the world, where ever sailors get together. They'll tell you about Mother Roper and how her life's work reunited over 10,000 sailor men with her families. But if you ask them when Mother Roper died, they'll tell you that although it has been officially noted that she left us during the last war, at the age of 74, she hasn't really passed on at all. No, like all good sailors, she had dropped her anchor in Snug Harbor. Even today, her anchor lights are so bright, they can still be seen by sailors who know how to look for them. They shine from her port of missing men. Thanks to Loretta Young and the Cavalcade players for tonight's story, The Port of Missing Men. Tonight's Defunded Cavalcade, The Port of Missing Men, was written by Arnold Schumann and adapted from an article, Mother of Missing Men, by the late Frank Laskier, published in Lookout Magazine. Well-conducted by Donald Boris. The program was directed by John Zoller. With Loretta Young as our star, you heard Vinton Hayworth as Ed Roper, Bill Zuckert as Ben, Harold Huber as First Mate, Danny Akko as Landovsky, Eda Hinderman as Mrs. Lord, and Ruth York as Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Sy Harris speaking. The Defunded Cavalcade of America comes to you from the Velasco Theater in New York and is sponsored by the Defunded Company of Wilmington, Delaware. Better things for better living through chemistry. Hollywood Theater stars William Holden on NBC.


From Hollywood, the Screen Directors Playhouse. Screen Directors Playhouse star Edmund Gwen, production Miracle on 34th Street, director George Seaton. Hollywood Screen Directors present a Christmas party. For the 500 special girls and boys gathered here in NBC's Hollywood Studios, and for children of all ages everywhere, we present the motion picture Christmas story, Miracle on 34th Street. Starring Edmund Gwen and his original Academy Award winning role of Chris Gringle. You don't believe in Santa Claus? Well, why not? Santa Claus believes in you. The jaunty, portly little man with the white whiskers swung his cane as he walked in the brisk November morning. He walked into a department store famous across the nation, Macy's 34th Street, New York. Crowded amably into the elevator and got out at the employment office. It seems a Mrs. Doris Walker was the lady to see up there, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Walker? Uh, yes. You'll be needing a Santa Claus for your toy department this Christmas. I wish to apply for the position. Well, we do need a Santa Claus if you're qualified. Oh, I'm eminently qualified. Do you like children? Who doesn't? Do you have any children? Millions of them. I must certainly say you look like Santa Claus. Well, I certainly should look like Santa Claus. You won't even need padding. Oh, no, I carry my own. Now, you understand that Macy's has a line of toys that you may recommend with complete confidence. I assume that I'm hired? Yes. Can you start tomorrow morning, Mr. Uh, Mr. Kringle. What? Kringle. I'm Chris Kringle. The newest Santa Claus was positively the most sensational Santa Claus who had ever held court on Macy's seventh floor. He was the real article, all right. He had that deep down, genuine, crisp, Chris Kringle-Kringle in his eyes. And if he told you anything, you could depend on it. Electric trains? Why, yes, Peter. Yes, madam, right over that way. Realistic models of the chief and super chief. Now, what about you, little girl? Oh, yes, madam. We have wonderful skates here, but not quite what your little boy seems to want. Now, I'd suggest you go across the street to Gimbal's. Gimbal's? Oh, yes, I keep track of the toy market pretty closely. What is that surprise you sell? Macy's sending me to another store. Well, the only important thing is to make the children happy, isn't it? And whether Macy's or somebody else sells the toy doesn't make any difference. Well, it's wonderful. I don't get it. I don't get it at all. Well, you can get it at the Acme Toy Company. Only $8.50 plus tax. And so it went. And so the customers went to other stores if Macy's didn't have it. The grown-ups began to believe in Santa Claus as much as the children.  Well, young lady, and what would you like for Christmas? Uh... Go ahead, Susan, tell Santa what you'd like. What's your name, little girl? Susan Walker, and I don't believe in Santa Claus.   He's not my daddy. My father and mother are divorced. This is Mr. Galey who lives in the apartment next to ours. I see. He's a lawyer at law. Uh, attorney at law, Susan. He pretends he brought me to see you, but he really came to visit mother. Oh. Really? Oh, brother.  Oh, thank you. Your whiskers aren't loose at the sides. Well, that's because they're real, just like I'm really a Santa Claus. Oh, how stop. Now go ahead, come on, pull them. Pull them? Go ahead. Uh, all right. Oh, ouch. Well, there, I'm pretty tight, all right. Now, now what would you like me to bring you for Christmas? Susan. There's mother now. I'm dead. Susan, Mr. Galey, I told you not to bring Susan down here. But your maid is out sick, and Susan was alone at home. Mr. Galey, I am bringing Susan up to face reality. Well, in reality, he came to see you, Mrs. Galey. Really? Uh, Mr. Galey, uh, will you step this way, please? Yes, ma'am. What's your name? Chris Kringle. That's your trade name. We can talk here, Fred. Now, Doris. I keep telling Susan that Santa Claus is a myth, and you bring her down here to see thousands of children like herself worshiping a very convincing old man with real whiskers. What's she to think? What's she to believe? Whatever makes her happy. Well, I don't want my child growing up to consider life a fairy tale instead of reality. They keep waiting for a prince charming to come along, and when he does, he turns out to be someone they... Someone they'll have to divorce? We were talking about Susan. Oh. In fact, I'm going to have to talk to that Santa Claus about Susan before he goes to lunch. Yes, Mrs. Walker? Uh, the reason I called you into my office was to have you tell Susan here that you're not Santa Claus. Yeah, but I am Santa Claus. See, Mother? A girl doesn't know what to think these days. I want you to tell her the truth. Now, what's your name? Chris Kringle. See. I mean your real name. Well, that is my real name. Now, see here. I... Excuse me a moment. Yes, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Thomas, will you get our unemployment card filled out by a Mr. Chris Kringle if there is one? I'll wait. I'll bet you're in the first grade, Susan. Second. Second? I'm very advanced. Oh-ho. Here it is, Mrs. Walker. No. Mayor? Yes, the same thing I think. I think he's nuts. That's what I think. He was. With bells on. You better get rid of him. He might be dangerous. Thank you, Mrs. Thomas. I agree. Uh, Mr. Kringle, I'm sorry, but we're going to have to make a change. Have I done something wrong? Well, no. That is not wrong. But... Oh, excuse me. Yes? Mr. Macy's on the phone. Oh, put him on. Mrs. Walker. Yes, Mr. Macy? I've just heard about your new Santa Claus. Oh, yes, Mr. Macy. I was just going into that, Mr. Macy. The idea. The very idea. He's telling people that if Macy's doesn't have it, to go to Gimbals. Well, I have him right... Gimbals. Directly across the street. Imagine. Macy's Santa Claus sending customers to Gimbals. Friendly store. The store that places public service ahead of profits. And consequently, we'll make more profit than ever. Yes, sir. Great idea, Mrs. Walker. Great work. Keep it up. Yes, Mr. Macy. And above all, keep him. Keep him? But he's... Well, he's... He's great. But Mr. Macy, I don't... Goodbye, Mrs. Walker. Mr. Macy. Mr. M... Mr. Kringle. Yes? Mr. Macy suggests that we try you out a little longer. Well, that's mighty good news, Mrs. Walker. You see, this is quite an opportunity for me. Years for the last 50 years or so, I've been getting more and more worried about Christmas. Seems we're all so busy trying to beat the other fellow in making things go faster and look shinier and cost less. But Christmas and I are sort of getting lost in the shuffle. Christmas is still Christmas. Oh, but it isn't just today. It's a frame of mind. And that's what's been changing. That's why I'm glad I'm here. Maybe I can do something about it.  Thank you. You two are a kind of test case for me. What's a test case? Well, if I can make you and your mother believe in me... Speaking of tests, Mr. Kringle, would you kindly report to Mr. Sawyer's office the first thing tomorrow morning? Mr. Sawyer? Yes, he'll give you an examination.  Oh, it's just routine. All of our employees are required to take an examination. Oh, I don't mind that. I've taken dozens of examinations. Never failed one yet. I'll see Mr. Sawyer first thing in the morning. Thank you. Goodbye, Mrs. Walker. Bye, Susan. Goodbye, Mr. Kringle. Oh, excuse me, Chris. I was just leaving. Bye. Bye-bye. Hello, Doris. How are you, Susan? I'm fine. Mother's got problems. Fred, I'm worried about Mr. Kringle. Worried? Why? Well, I think he's mentally unsound. I think he's a fantastic, delightful and unselfish human being. And if being delightful, unselfish and human is bad, what's good? Well, Mr. Macy likes him, so I have to keep him. But not if he's insane. Oh, nonsense. Well, he thinks he's Santa Claus. Well, maybe he is. Well, suppose he gets worse. Suppose he gets violent. Chris? Nevertheless, I'm having Mr. Sawyer question him tomorrow. Only, how can I be sure that Kringle will even show up tomorrow? It's easy. I'll take him home with me tonight and bring him to work in the morning. Oh, would you? All you have to do is to marry me. Fred. Oh, when I can afford it. Do it, mother. Susan. Well, then at least have me into dinner tonight. Oh, with Mr. Chris Kringle, my house guest of honor. That evening, Chris Kringle went home with Fred Galey. And after dinner in Doris Walker's apartment next door, Chris left Fred and Doris to discuss child psychology, or something, and stole quietly into Susan's bedroom. Susan, sophisticated child, was in bed. Glowing bubblegum bubbles.  There is no Santa Claus. Oh. Now, there must be something you want for Christmas. Mother will get me whatever anything I want. Oh, but there must be something she can't get you. Oh. There is something. What, you mean a doll's house? No, a real house. To live in. A real house? If you're really Santa Claus, you can get it for me. If you can't, you're only a nice man with a white beard, like Mother says. Oh, but you've got this lovely apartment to live in. I want a backyard to play in, and grass, and a white picket fence and rose bushes. But Mother can't afford it, and I guess you can't get it, huh? No, I didn't say that. You know, I, uh... Well, I've got to see Mr. Sawyer first thing in the morning. I'll get right to work on it after that season, tomorrow. Oh, tell me, Kringle, how many days in the week? Seven. Who was the first president of the United States? George Washington. How much is, uh, three times five? Well, you asked me that before. I'm conducting this examination. How much is three times five? Well, same as it was before, 15. You're... you're rather nervous, Mr. Sawyer. Aren't you? Do you get enough sleep? Never mind. How many fingers am I holding up? Three. Oh.  Kringle, how do you...  I didn't ask you. Oh, I just want to be helpful. I didn't ask for help, you fuzzy old crackpot. Mr. Sawyer, that's hardly the proper way to conduct a mental examination. Oh, you... I'm wasting my time on a hopeless case. Get out, Mr. Sawyer. I said get out, Mr. Sawyer. I have great respect for psychiatry and great contempt for imposters and quacks. I beg your pardon. I should like to see your degree in medicine. Get out. Also proof of your specialization in psychiatry. Get out.    I... I'll have you committed to an insane asylum. Well, you're the one who needs treatment. Oh, lunatic, are you saying I'm crazy? Put down that inquire. Put down that game. Put down that inquire. You go first. I'd better. You're dangerous. Now, when he recovered, Mr. Sawyer jingled Bellevue. And that is how Santa Claus, alias Chris Kringle, found himself that very morning in the violent ward at Bellevue Hospital. You are listening to the stream director's playhouse presentation of Miracle on 34th Street, starring Edmund Gwynn in his original Academy Award-winning role of Chris Kringle. Late that afternoon, Fred Galey, attorney at law, came to visit Chris Kringle in the violent ward at Bellevue Hospital. All right now, Chris, why did you do it? Why did I conk, Mr. Sawyer? Why did you fail your examination by the doctors here at Bellevue? You did it deliberately. I did. I said the first president of the United States was Calvin Coolidge. But why? Well, Fred, the last few days, I had a feeling people were warming up towards each other. Macy's sending customers to Gimbal's. Gimbal's sending customers to Macy's. Gimbal and Macy shaking hands. Vizinski saying yes. People were beginning to make some sense, even if Doris did doubt me. Doris hasn't believed in anything for years. Ever since her marriage went to pieces. Well, it wasn't just Doris. It was Sawyer. Now, he's contemptible, dishonest, selfish, vicious. But he's out there and I'm in here. He's called normal. I'm not. And we've got a world full of Mr. Sawyer's. And if that's normal, I don't want it, Fred. That's why I answered those questions incorrectly. But, Chris, what happens to a lot of people, like me, who do believe in you and what you stand for? What happens to people like little Susan, just beginning to believe? Susan? Are you going to let her down? People like that? Well, I hadn't thought of that, Fred. Are you going to quit right in the middle of your job? Gee, you're right, Fred. I'm ashamed of myself. Let's get out of here. Uh, not so fast, Chris. Getting in here was easy. Getting you out will be a lot harder. Oh, not for you.  Perhaps, but... But what? You've been ordered committed to a mental institution. Oh, I see. However, I've requested a formal hearing. And it's been granted. But the issue being, do I jingle the bells or do the bets from the belfry? I should like to call the first witness, Mr. Chris Kringle. Will you please take the stand? I'm delighted to do so, Mr. Prosecutor. Mr. Kringle? Your Honor? This is merely a hearing. You do not have to answer the questions or even testify at all. We have no objections, Your Honor. Well, I'll be glad to answer any questions I can. You may question the witness, Mr. Prosecutor. Thank you, Your Honor. Tell us, sir, what is your true name? Chris Kringle. And where do you live? Well, that's what this hearing will decide. Mr. Kringle, do you believe that you are Santa Claus? Of course. Perhaps the witness doesn't understand the question. I understood the question perfectly, Your Honor. In which case, Your Honor, the state rests. In view of the defendant's statement, does counsel for the defendant wish to put in a defense? The entire case against my client boils down to this. The prosecution contends that Mr. Kringle is not sane because he believes himself to be Santa Claus. That is true. But if Mr. Kringle were the person he believes himself to be, he would be as sane as we are. Correct. I intend to prove that Mr. Kringle is not insane because he is Santa Claus. Fred, let's be sensible.  Why can't I? And he's not a poor old man. Logic, Fred, not faith and hope wins out in court. That's just common sense. And I guess in these last few years, you've developed too much common sense. Well, one of us has to have it, Fred. And both of us have to have faith, Doris. Or we're wrong for each other. I see. Even when I can afford it, we're wrong for each other. Well, I'm going to pray for Santa Claus. Mr. Kringle, dear. Santa Claus! I mailed your letter to Santa, Susan. Thank you very much. Special delivery. He'll get it tomorrow. Mr. Macy, I will turn the questioning over to a person you know. A person in whom I have the deepest confidence and belief. My client and your employee, Mr. Chris Kringle. But I don't know what to say. Say it anyhow, Chris. Come on. Well, they say that the man who pleads his own case has a fool for a client. But I won't let down anybody who believes in me.  I don't know what to ask you, Mr. Macy. Just ask me anything. Well, how are things at the store? Pretty good, Chris. Sorry I can't be with you. So are we. Your substitute Santa doing all right?  Oh, no, no, Mr. Macy, you mustn't say that. He isn't just another Santa Claus anymore than this Christmas is just another Christmas. It's the same Christmas. Timeless and unchanging with the same deeper meaning it always has. The same summons to all men to have faith. Not in any one faith, but to have faith in themselves, in mankind, in each other. Because if all the earth be laden in ruins and all our yesterdays and all man's wonders become smoke and ashes, and man remains, well, then everything remains. For all we have on earth that matters is each other. And that's what Christmas is. A time for unselfishness, a time for each other, for good will and understanding and deep respect for all our fellow men. Your honor. Oh, very well. Christmas isn't just once a year. Christmas is always flowering, let's say, in late December.  To the purest minds and the most immaculate souls among us, I mean the little children, he is Santa Claus. Because they believe he is. And that's... that's good enough for me, Mr. Macy. That's good enough for me. It's good enough for me too, Chris. Mr. Macy, do you believe I'm Santa Claus? I certainly do. Thank you, Mr. Macy. Your witness, Mr. Prosecutor. Your honor, this is all very charming, but I must ask the court to demand that Mr. Gailey present competent authority, competent authority, I say, for the contention that his client is Santa Claus. Have you such authority, Mr. Gailey? Not at this time, your honor. Will that be all, Fred? Yes, Chris, for now. Before you go, Mr. Kringle, the bailiff handed me this letter in care of this courthouse. It would appear to be for you. It's addressed to Santa Claus. The bailiff also informs me that the dead letter office of the Post Office Department has forwarded some other mail addressed simply Santa Claus. That's very kind of them. Your honor, where are those other letters? I request that they be entered in evidence. I'm afraid that would be awkward, Mr. Gailey. What do you mean awkward, your honor? There are nine truckloads of those letters. Your honor. Your honor, counsel for the state has asked for authoritative testimony that my client is Santa Claus. The U.S. postal laws make it a criminal offense to misdirect mail or intentionally to deliver it to the wrong party. The postal department itself therefore recognizes this man, Chris Kringle, as Santa Claus. Order! Objection! Order! Order, I say! I say order! In view of such overwhelming testimony, case dismissed. It was very cold when Fred and Chris Kringle got out in the courthouse steps. It looked and felt like a white Christmas. Like a good Christmas. Same as always. What was in that letter anyhow, Chris? Letter? Cleen forgot to open it. I'd better, though. It's from Susan. I suspected it was. Dear Chris, signed P.S. You know, Chris, it was Susan's belief and faith that made her write you that letter. It was her letter that gave the post office the idea of forwarding all those dead letters to you. Little child shall lead them.  I wish, you know, Fred, there's a little Cape Cod cottage for sale out near the old people's home. We're just right for three people. I can't afford anything right now. Well, looking at that house a few days ago, I said to myself, Chris, one good case to bring him fame, and Fred Galey could buy that little cottage and make a little girl extremely happy. Chris. And then Susan would know I'm Santa Claus. Chris Kringle. Did you hit Mr. Sawyer on the head to bring all this into court? I don't know what you're talking about. Chris. Chris, answer me straight. Who are you? Me? I'm Chris Kringle. Chris Kringle will return in just a moment. Next week, another great star brings one of his most brilliant performances to the Screen Directors Playhouse. Our story is one-way passage to William Powell with Screen Director Tay Garnett. Now returning to our Screen Directors Christmas Party, here is tonight's star, Edmund Gwynne. Thank you. Thank you very much. I think the 500 children in our Christmas Party audience tonight are much more expert at this business of make-believe than we grown-ups. So many of us lose the magnificent gift of imagination. But when it does continue beyond childhood, we call it talent. Now, I would like you to meet the man to whom I owe so much, writer-director of Miracle on 34th Street and of such other films as Apartment for Peggy and the soon-to-be-released Two Corridors East. My author-director, George Seaton. Thanks, Edmund.  I realize more than ever how an idea can grow into something real. You mean your idea for the Miracle story, George? No, no, no. That wasn't mine. The original story in the novel was written by Valentine Davies. But I had the pleasure of following it through as a screenplay, a motion picture, and tonight as a radio play. And if the story managed to bring a little more Christmas into the lives of these wonderful kids, then Miracle on 34th Street has worked a small miracle of its own. Well, then tonight, George, as the creator of the picture, you are really playing the part of Chris Kringle. Oh, no, no, no. I'm still the director. It's time you went to work. There are a lot of presents here on the stage and a lot of deserving youngsters to receive them. Mr. Director, I never had a happier assignment. A very, very Christmas. And a merry Christmas to you. Thank you, George. Thank you. And a merry Christmas to you, Edmund, when of George Seaton. Our thanks to our HBAC department store for their gift of 500 Christmas stockings for our little guests. The publishing firm of Simon & Schuster for its gift of 500 children's books and at the country store of Beverly Hills Candies Remember next week, One-Way Passage with William Powell and Tay Garnett on Screen Directors Playhouse. Miracle on 34th Street was presented to the courtesy of 20th Century Fox currently releasing the Darrell-Afsanic production 12 O'Clock High, starring Gregory Peck and Prince of Fox's starring Tarone Power. Edmund Gwynne appeared by arrangement with Metro Golden Mayor, producers of the Technicolor musical on the town, starring Jean Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Betty Garret. This is Jimmy Wallington speaking and inviting you to listen again next week when we present. Our William Powell production One-Way Passage director Tay Garnett. It's Bill Stern and the Sports Newsreel on NBC.


Hey, hey from CESA! Let's learn how to use the new messages feature in CESA. When you log into CESA, you're going to notice a few changes. There is now a messages icon in the upper left-hand corner next to your name. This is where you will find all messages sent from your teacher or principal for you. You will also now see a notifications tab on the right-hand side next to your Activities tab. This is where you will receive all notifications about new activity in your journal, like when you have comments on a post from your teacher or family member, or if a teacher sends back a post for you to continue working on. Let's tap on the Messages icon. You are now in your CESA messages. It's important to know that all messages from all of your teachers will show up no matter what class you are in. So if you have a CESA class for your homeroom, your reading group, and your PE class, no worries. You can see messages from all three of your teachers no matter which class you have clicked into. How cool! There are two types of messages you should know about. Announcements and Conversations. This is an announcement. You will know the conversation is an announcement when you see the speaker icon. Your teacher might send an announcement to remind the class of an upcoming field trip or an important test coming up. You cannot reply all to an announcement. If you need to reply to an announcement because you have a very important question to ask your teacher about their announcement, then tap the three dots under the announcement they sent, and tap Privately Reply to send a private message to your teacher. The private conversation between you and your teacher will open up. Simply type out your very important question and tap Send. Only you and the teacher will see this reply. The other message type in Messages is a conversation. The teacher might send a group conversation to the entire class with the question of the day or a group conversation to you and a few other students to check in on a group project. Group conversations are a great way for you and your classmates or students in other classes to have discussions. To reply to a group conversation, simply type your message. Then tap Send. All members in this group conversation will be able to see your reply and respond to you in this ongoing conversation thread. To start a new conversation, tap on the paper and pencil icon in the top left. To get started, type your teacher's name into the Send to box and select them from the drop-down menu. Next, type your very important message to your teacher. This is a great place to ask homework questions. Don't forget you can add an attachment like a picture or video using the green Add button. When you are ready, tap Send. If your teacher sends you a one-on-one message, you can easily reply to this conversation like you would a group conversation.  This is an easy way to find messages from one teacher if you're in multiple C-Saw classes. Just select all messages and then select the class and only messages from teachers in that class will appear. So why would you need to send a message? You might begin a private message with your teacher or teachers to get homework help. You can contribute to a group conversation with teachers and classmates for group projects, questions of the day, or even to collaborate on a school-wide celebration. You can privately reply to an announcement from your teachers if you have a really important question that cannot wait, and you can even participate in a group message with your teacher and family members about your progress. It is important to remember to be thoughtful, appropriate, and kind when using C-Saw messages. When you are being thoughtful, appropriate, and kind, you are being a good digital citizen. We're excited for you to start using messages. See you again soon here at C-Saw.


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Good afternoon from Vienna and welcome to our social media corner. My name is Diana and I'm the social media manager at the IEA. 2021 marks 10 years since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Following the accident, the IEA, alongside the nuclear community, worked to promote and ensure that safety was further enhanced at nuclear facilities around the world. Now, a decade later, experts are gathering here in Vienna for a conference to look at lessons learned and actions taken and to identify ways to further strengthen nuclear safety. Here with me, I have the president of the conference, Mike Waitman. Mr. Waitman is an international nuclear safety consultant and was the leader of the first IEA International Fact-Finding Mission to Japan in May 2011. Good afternoon, Mr. Waitman, and thank you so much for being here with us. I have some questions for you and the first one is, is nuclear power safer now than before the Fukushima Daiichi accident? And if so, how? Good afternoon. It's my pleasure to be here and talk with you today. Is it safer now than it was? Yes, I would say so. I would say so in perhaps three main areas there. There's a lot of improvements been done, a lot of lessons learned, a lot of listening and not being complacent there. And that is good. The first lesson I would say is about institutional robustness there. Trying to make sure that there is an independent nuclear safety regulator, that people listen to what the public, who we serve, are saying, and what we can do to improve the way in which we explain things as well. Because it is important that all three pillars of the nuclear safety system operate together. The three pillars are industry, independent regulator, and stakeholders like the public. And they have to interact effectively. And what we've found over the years is that the more we listen to the public, the more we listen to other stakeholders, the more they challenge us, the better we are at what we do. There's no stopping and being complacent because somebody is challenging you. So that's a really important lesson to learn. The second lesson is more technical. And it is about building the resilience of the systems that you have in place on the nuclear power plant to secure the three Cs that give you nuclear safety. Containment, cooling, and control. And so they've built independent systems to ensure those safety functions are delivered, no matter what happens on the reactor, no matter if you have a station blackout or you have major natural hazards occurring there. These safety functions are still delivered. And that's built great resilience into the nuclear safety systems on the reactor sites. And the third area is enhancing emergency preparedness and response for severe accidents. Both on the site where the operators have to respond to a severe accident in unusual circumstances as they were heroically did at Fukushima Daiichi, but perhaps not with the resources that they needed, but also offsite as well so you can make the right decisions at the right time in the right circumstances there. Thank you. And what do you think is the future of nuclear safety? How can it be improved even further? Well, it is bright if we do not get complacent, if we listen and we learn from each other and from the public and other stakeholders. We cannot just sit in our ivory towers and think, well, we know everything. We've got to accept and welcome challenge. And that way we will never be complacent, which is the most important lesson there. The second lesson is that we must grasp all the opportunities of new technology, small modular reactors, advanced reactor designs so that we can improve the basic intrinsic safety of reactors as we go forward there. And I would say, thirdly, it's about elegance. It's about actually having an approach to nuclear safety that delivers things intrinsically safe. So things like passive safety, intensive operation, the way in which you have low temperature coefficients, other technical issues that ensure safety through the basic physics of the system there. So it's about elegance in safety there, not just keep on adding more and more things that may complicate the way in which safety is delivered. And lastly, what advice would you give to the next generation of nuclear safety professionals? Well, perhaps I shouldn't advise younger people, because I don't understand all that they have to go through in a modern society. But all I would say is you are the future. You are what will take these things forward. You can deliver some of this bright future for nuclear energy if you exercise your duties to the public as nuclear leaders. And so I would urge them to think about their duties as serving the public. I'd ask them to listen to the public, to respond to their concerns, to welcome their challenge and make sure they make good decisions. Decisions based on science and technology, not who shouts loudest or who pushes hardest, but making sure they're rational decisions. Doing the right thing at the right time is all I ask there. And making sure decisions are balanced. As Confucius said, taking things too far is as bad as taking things too short. So make a balanced decision. That's where wisdom comes in. Thank you so much, Mr. Whitman, for this short but very insightful conversation. It was a pleasure having you here. My pleasure. Thank you. We'll be back on Thursday for some more discussions. Until then, follow us on social media to learn more about this conference on the lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant so we can further strengthen nuclear safety around the world. We'll see you later.


The White House is calling on former VP Mike Pence to apologize for an attempt to joke at last weekend's political roast held by DC journalists. I'm sorry, did you just say a roast? I didn't even realize it was a roast.  Pence claimed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took two months of, quote, maternity leave during the nationwide airline crisis. Which he literally did! But go on! Which makes Pete the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression.  Forget about the Combat Footage subreddit. What I just watched is indescribably manning. Like, something out of an HP Lovecraft story. Hi morning you now, that after watching this, you won't be the same ever again. But first, there's never been a better time to invest in gold and silver, so check out this free coin offer from Noble Gold. Silver's appeal lies in its rarity and aesthetic worth, but its importance in today's economy and technology may surprise you. 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This is where it raises red flags to me. Tucker Carlson, as you mentioned, has been pushing this sort of meme of it's a joke that somebody would take paternity leave that two fathers would mean it. I had a big problem with the whole thing. What? I thought the joke was lazy. He certainly didn't write it because he's not a funny guy. Have I completely lost my mind? Or are these the very same people who just a few days ago excused a call to murder pro-life politicians by Jane Fonda ate joke? Besides me, it's not a fight. We're gonna fight. And protesting. What else do you suggest? Well, it doesn't happen overnight. It's not a miraculous. What did you say? Murder. She's just kidding. Wait a second. She's just kidding. Don't say that. Oh, you don't know. They'll pick up on that. Yeah, that's the worst. She's just kidding. Well, let me talk to you about it. Let's move on and talk about Jane's activism.  It is revolting. This is actual gaslighting. There was nothing homophobic about that joke. And it's 100% acceptable to make fun of politicians, especially at a political roast where that's the entire point. Make no mistake that as absurd as this is, their ultimate plan is to build a case for suppressing free speech, which will include punishing people for making fun of Democrats, or maybe more specifically these days, the Uniparty. This wasn't the only gaslighting to come from the Hollywood hags this week. Just yesterday, they were explaining away valid criticisms of Camilla Horace by suggesting that people don't think she's Winston Churchill because of a white supremacist conspiracy to edit all the footage that comes out of her. The Daily Show had this reel that played because they were saying this is the new episode of Veep. And it was like this word salad of some moments that were just, I think they called it a word salad, which is why I used that, but it was like repetitive moments that for me, when I see a leader, I want to feel like I'm going to be okay. And when folks vote, they order what they want. And in this case, they got what they asked for. It is time for us to do what we have been doing, and that time is every day. Every day it is time for us to agree. I came up with the significance of the passage of time, right, the significance of the passage of time. So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time. You could take Winston Churchill out of context and make a video and a clip and a loop. They do it with us.  No, that is not true. I'm surprised that there's concern. I think it has a lot to do with this.  Black women get everything done. We've saved this country's democracy for centuries. Excuse me. What? She's obviously amazing, but what specifically? But, well, like, no, I mean, where should I, where, where shall I start?  I mean, but she has, where do I start? And then her first two responses to the question, what has Kamala Harris done as VP are quote, being in the Senate and becoming vice president. The inflation reduction act? What the pretty sure that Kamala Harris had nothing to do with that? She was the face of Roe v. Wade. I mean, the list goes on and on. I'd like to ask you what, what, what depends to, what depends on, but she said, put his lips firmly on the butt of Donald Trump. Like a total meltdown mode now. So she has nothing and all she can do is now deflect into attacking Mike Pence, who I thought they liked. I thought that they were allies. All right, folks, that's all I can take for that one. If you enjoyed it, please hit that like button, share and leave a comment to let us all know what you think. Thanks again. I'll see you all in the next one.


They're really interesting. Hey friends. This is Dan Burke behind the scenes Divine intimacy radio was Stephanie Burke and special guest Jerovicious Jordan Burke. That's that's a new one. What was the what was your nickname when you were growing out? What was it? No, no, no, there was something that we used to call him Well, it's something that can't be repeated. His brother called him Juren. No, no, no There was we had acronyms for each one of the kids.  Yeah, there are a lot of people who complain in the comments about the ads You can skip forward. Just give it a few minutes. Yeah ads are over. You can skip. It'll be okay Yeah, but they're not ads. There are opportunities for you to be holy. So get over it. Yeah What is your problem?  We don't advertise like deodorant, right? Advertising opportunities to encounter the living God. Yeah I mean, I'd delete the ads anyway, so but I just wanted to Primitively just get over yourself. That's my or delete the comments. 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Yeah, so Tuesday, February 27th is when it starts so head out to avaladesh Institute org and let's so let's jump into the show just so people relax They can skip they can skip that's fine. All right on your mark Get set go This is Dan Stephanie and Jordan Burke welcome to divine Intimacy radio your radio haven of brass your hermitage of the heart your monastery of the mind where we lift our hearts and minds to heaven To draw upon the wisdom of the saints to help us to navigate this tumult of life Are you guys ready to navigate help people to navigate to find peace in the storm? I am ready to find peace in this.  It's a search party Well, hopefully some tastes are better than others Studying this book has had a huge effect on my own a piece and in writing the book and then you know meditating on these these principles is has been a Multiple decade long thing for me. So when you when Jordan, you know shared this book with me I thought well, this is the best one. This is the pinnacle or or at least one that deserves to be Elevated elevated. Yeah, and re-proposed back to the church, which is why I wrote it So today we're in we're reviewing chapter six, which is on spiritual desolation and Just to talk a little bit about why we suffer because some people when they're suffering just sort of turn in on themselves and and Struggle and miss because of that They sort of do the pill bug thing, right? And then they they turn all in on themselves and they miss the sovereign work of God We we just did did a retreat this weekend and one of the things we were talking about was looking up You know, which which really resonated with a lot of people when you're in midst of suffering Don't don't close in look up and ask what is God doing and Alphonsus really reveals the the beautiful Work of God in the midst of suffering that if we say yes to and join with him There's a lot of graces that come you have a thought Well, I'm just thinking for those that may be just joining us or haven't Listen to spiritual warfare and discernment of spirits or or they're not familiar with that just briefly Desolation is the opposite. It's when you're in the opposite of the theological virtues. So the theological virtues are Faith hope and love right and so the opposite of faith is doubt The opposite of hope is despair and the opposite of love is not hate. It's narcissism, right? It's this turning in on ourselves and it's my pain my wants my needs my ego My desires my opinion my my my me, you know or despair to the point of which can really end up in Even suicidal ideation at the at its worst point divorce divorce I really believe that ninety nine point nine percent of divorces are made in a moment of desolation Right, which is the worst time to make any decisions. You should never make any decisions there So anyway, so I just think that's important for a starting point because we're talking about, you know Why does God allow us to suffer and you know, what do we do about it? Yeah? So Alphonsus talks about, you know, our perspective in suffering and How we can how we see suffering at times as punishments and in the sense of like punishment like a Not not like I deserve this punishment for why is God doing what? Yeah, I'm being inflicted upon you Yeah, it's sort of it's a perspective of suffering that is Wait, I don't deserve this like fundamental disposition. I don't deserve this. I didn't earn this. Why am I getting this? Yeah, I'm a decent human being don't kick puppies. I use my turn signal, right? You know, I'm going to church. I'm paying my bills. I'm not defrauding anybody. I'm doing my prayers I'm doing my prayers, you know, at least peripherally, right? Whatever our understanding of that is Why is this happening to me and because we have that well when we have that perspective one Theologically or just more simply we misunderstand Our relationship to God. We misunderstand the gravity of sin and all that So I think one of the things that St. Alphonsus is gonna reveal to us in this chapter, but also in this book and it's also revealed in scripture and sound theology and that is that However harsh this may sound and I don't As I say this, you know, I I can sound kind of mean sometimes But as I say this I say it with a deep sensitivity to people's suffering Because I've been through a lot of suffering myself. So I'm not I'm not condemning anyone but one mortal sin This is the proper context to understand suffering it one mortal sin In terms of properly understanding justice and offense to God and the gravity of sin Wood is sufficient to send you to hell for all of eternity. It's a fundamental you know Giving of the finger to God forgive me for a really crass analogy, but I just want it to be sort of properly It's saying yeah, I know your plan don't care I'm doing my thing and Because of the need for freedom in order to experience love and healing and redemption He allows it. That's the fundamental purpose behind the allow, you know allowing What things that seem to be unjust is because it's necessary for for freedom and love and all and redemption and all that so When we come from the standpoint of one mortal sin is properly Properly punished that way or it's our choice to go to the place where God is not which is why it's so excruciating How many mortal sins have we committed, you know, how many times we said no to God? I mean Stephanie likes to quote that passage in the old time and the Psalms of the just man since seven times a day Is that the one you know so Because to me if I look at that I'm like wow if the just man sin seven times a day, how many times do I sin right? Well, if you if you meditate on the passion I mean we talked about I think last time I'm going through meditations on the passion book and This morning. I was reading about the crown of thorns and what that represented. It's not just mortal sin It's venial sin as well. Yeah, you know each suffering that Jesus went through was a result of our sins venial or mortal Regardless, it still causes harm, right? You know regardless so Seven times a day whether it's mortal or not. It's still pushing that yeah crown of thorns into the school of Christ, right? Yeah, and I think what's important is that our sins You know our life is not about us and our sins don't just affect us We're we're connected because we're all created by God for an eternal relationship with him and to work out our Salvation amongst our brethren, right and so when I sin Even if I'm quote-unquote not harming anybody else and I'm you know closed up in my closet and it's just me It's a lie that that doesn't affect any anybody else because I'm less than who I was called to be right because I don't reach The person who God created me to be so then his light his goodness His grace doesn't shine in and through me to others and I'm literally closing my hand and I'm saying I don't care What you have for me? I don't care the grace that you want to live in and through me. I'm too afraid. I'm too broken I'm too narcissistic.  Yeah, or I'm gonna go bury it, right? And I'm gonna wait till you know until I die Yeah, which might be in the next five minutes, you know God forbid because we we hope we have time But if not, you know that I'm gonna stand before you at the end of time and go I was too afraid to accept what you had for me, you know, I was too ashamed. I was too scared I was too whatever. I mean God's Glory God's joy God's Just his his overwhelming love is in us being fully alive Thriving and we just have this very small vision of what that looks like and the suffering is Often the doorway or the stepping stone that gets us to that to healing and to it's necessary And I think to tie it back to what Alphonse is about to talk about the fundamental Problematic aspect of that attitude of while I'm doing my prayers. I'm going to church Why is this being inflicted upon me is this idea for most people is I can I earn? God's love right his gifts and his mercy or I'm merit because I'm being good, right Which is like saying I've never sinned and I'm you know I it's like I'm starting at zero and I merit rather than negative 3462 million right one and puts you in the place of God It's like I'm doing these good things right, but it's really important though to be like cuz I'm I'm I'm prickly this morning To be cautious to say people legitimately suffer Yeah, and go why is God doing for sure? And and we need to weep with those who weep and mourn with those and comfort them But teach and reveal, you know, he's at work here He loves you and this is where Alphonse is gonna take us in this chapter because he says In this matter, too, we should receive whatever whatever crosses God sends us But you reply these sufferings are really punishments. That's that the attitude The answer to that remark is are not the punishment God sent us in this life also graces and benefits are our Fences against God must be atoned for somehow either in this life or the next hence We should all make St. Augustine's prayer our own Lord hear cut hear burn Spare me not but spare me in eternity. I love that prayer. I mean I love that prayer. I mean With trepidation, I love that prayer, right?  This is what we've been talking about We should be consoled that God chastises us in this life and should stir ourselves To look upon such treatment as a pledge that God wishes to spare us in the next right that we suffer in him with him is a promise of Our redemption and for me like you know for years because of my lungs and all these other things that I deal with Like when is this gonna end and why does this have to you know be this way? But recently and then I think in the last decade I should say recently but because of this kind of wisdom It's like no. Well, no. Yeah It's okay. Whatever I need whatever I need to be purified. Whatever I need to be humbled I have no interest in purgatory at all, right? And if anybody's ever studied purgatory, nobody would ever be interested in going to purgatory, you know hell's worse But you know so give it to me now so that means my health never gets better fine If that means I always have to struggle with this or that fine, but I but like St. Augustine I just want to hear well done and I don't want it that this life is hard enough I'm good with a little harder or a lot harder for the sake of let's when we're done. Let's let's rejoice I don't know what it's important to know too that those crosses are handcrafted for us It's not like God's throwing anything upon us that he does that he knows that what he's giving us is exactly what? A we need and B we can handle through his good father, you know what I mean? So it's not like okay I can't I can't do this you can because God's permitted it because he knows that if you Enter into whatever grace he's trying to get you to then yeah, you're gonna be fine Yeah, we get back from the break I want to talk because you've revealed your when you left the church and You had numbskullitis to the highest degree and all of that and then you came back But I want to talk about what it was like for me as a father And you're suffering because I I think there's a good analogy there, so we'll be right back On your mark it said go Welcome back to divine intimacy radio. This is Dan Stephanie and special guest Jordan Burke talking about Finding peace in the storm reflections on St. Alphonse's Agoury's uniformity with God's will so so at the risk of sounding prideful Which I don't I hope it doesn't sound that way, but they're like when you came back when you fell away You wrecked your marriage, you know, and then you repented and came back to the beautiful glorious thing the one thing Stephanie and I talked about was He we agreed that we wouldn't rescue you From the consequences of what you did Which was very painful to tell you and you know One of the hardest moments is as a dad, I'm president of EWTN news I'm supposed to be in Rome at the time and I and you're driving yourself to a treatment center And if there was ever a moment I wanted to be with you was driving to just at least drive with you to the treatment center You know just to say I love you It's gonna be okay, but I couldn't the Lord took that from me You decided to pay for it on your own, but you know as we talked through we knew That this moment was so seminal for you in your life That if we relieved the pain financial Emotional if we relieved the pain in any substantive way you would miss All the graces that God had you so though I would have driven with you God took that away from me But the other decisions that we made were less you know They're painful, but they're less painful and we didn't help you out financially any of that But we said we love you all is forgiven Anything any way we can help you That is not we didn't say this to you, but we're here for you as well Right. Yeah, and it and let's say you couldn't have paid for the treatment center. Yes We would have stepped in there's no doubt, but you figured out a way We didn't just jump in and say oh, we got to cover it or whatever.  Yeah to God in that? He's a good father and there are times when Which is often he knows we've got to feel the depths of our own depravity We've got to feel the depths of our own sin and brokenness our weakness our nothingness, right? Our inability to fix just really come to the end of ourselves of ourselves So that we will look up and and when you come to the end of yourself when you I mean I've given my Testimony numerous times all over the place and the way I describe it is you know, I wasn't just broken I was ground into dust But God turned that into clay and built me into something new, you know, there's a beauty in that suffering There's a gift in that suffering and it goes to your original point Which is whatever we've been given Despite it hurting despite it being painful in all forms like you said legitimate suffering and you know stuff that we bring upon ourselves like in my case It's still a gift. Yeah, it's still a gift, right, you know, because you needed it for your salvation Yeah, yeah, God's gonna use that without fail What are things we were told the spouses this weekend at divine intimacy and marriage retreat was I have the spouse I have because I need the spouse I have for my salvation. That's right Which is really a powerful liberating reality of oh, okay And and by the way the way they are and how they hurt Is necessary for my salvation now this I'm not talking about abuse and not saying we should stay in abuse and those sorts of things But we're just talking about the normal junk Yeah, uh, the 99% of people that are out there, right, right Yeah, yeah, and I think that's it's important because whatever back to Jordan's point about You know having the crosses that we need God knows exactly what What vices that we need to overcome He also knows what weaknesses need to be strengthened. He he you know, I I liken the virtue the virtues to it's like a Picket fence around the core of our being around our soul and and our spirit, you know So this picket fence is there and the enemy goes around and he's kicking at those picket fences to see which one's loose And when he finds a loose one, he comes in and then he reeks havoc, right? And and in those instances that that havoc has been wreaked and we're suffering a particular trial either of our own making or It's it's you know left over garbage from our past and woundedness or or it's something that we're doing In our woundedness to inflict pain You know on our relationships or in others or you know to crash our business or whatever it is, right? Whatever it is that we're suffering through and where we feel in like we're in a vice grip from the lord and and from circumstance That's the air that whatever that other virtue is is where the invitation is The lord allows it to happen right there because he's saying listen You got to pick it that's loose on your fence That means it's an open door for the for satan to come in And destroy you and hurt you and harm you and take you down And often we experience trials that are like thematic You know, it's like we have the same trial over and over and over and over again And we're going okay wait I should probably pay attention here because this isn't a one-off this keeps happening and i'm not getting relief It's not going away. That's the lord literally knocking on the door going hey I'm trying to get your attention trying to heal you I'm trying to heal you and you need to respond to this and think about what's the opposite virtue What are you asking me to be are you asking me to be magnanimous generous self giving self denying Loving faithful hopeful patient, you know self sacrificing. What are you asking me on the other side of this? Oh, i'm going to go practice that And and then he says yes My son. Yes, my daughter.  He's animating me now and he's brought me to a greater reality that I never imagined Possible never, you know all the suffering that dian and I went through at the beginning of our marriage We talked about it with the marriage couples this weekend We would have never dreamed the ministry that would come out of that right, but we made a decision We don't run You know, we we meet each other in those trials in those circumstances.  That's the key and going back to your analogy the picket fence We're too often people stand there and they're like there's a hole in my fence My fence is broken and jesus is standing right next to you saying here's a hammer and nails Right. I'm I can show you how to fix it. Yeah, but we're too stuck on.  Yeah, this really hurts. This really hurts. Well, okay But let's let's let's figure out what he's doing and cooperate Let's let's let's get his remedy in place And that's the beauty of the suffering in a way because it's not not only is it an opportunity to grace and virtue But it's also an opportunity to enter into the suffering of christ Because you have to choose to act as jesus did in the garden while he's being scourged later on while he's being crucified He was not the entire time. It was outward. He was he was yeah Yeah, forgive them for they don't know what they do loving others That's if we can if we're suffering no matter what that suffering may be If we unite that with the suffering of christ as he was being scourged as he was being crucified It allows us like really enter in it allows us to open up and say, okay, hold on I can't I can't be internal, you know, again, we've said this a hundred times. He wasn't crucified like this You know, he was crucified with his arms out There are two fundamental decisions that are really important to Clarify one is there are people who are not really living fully in the church That was kind of where you were. Yeah, you crashed and burned hard and you had to make a decision I'm coming back and I'm all in so that's one fundamental decision that Some kinds of suffering can lead us to that people need to consider Am I all in for the faith or do I pick and choose? Or do I sort of have this thing of like quit pro quo with god and okay I'll do a little bit of this if you give me a little bit of that Bargaining that's like, you know, you're not all in if that's what you're doing not criticizing just It's important to reveal The second level is what you guys were just talking about us. Okay, now I'm in And I am working on living for him But it's this deeper understanding of how Suffering becomes instead of a tombstone. It becomes a stepping stone Instead of a wall that becomes a doorway that we step through that we step on that we receive And walk into and then we meet him there where he can heal us and take us to freedom Yeah, and to your point, you know, we don't I mean god is sovereign He is god we are not I love what he says to st. Catherine of sienna I am god who is and you are she who is not right that we have to remember that so we can't pick and choose Like you said at the catholic faith and go, I'll I'll do that, but I won't do that You know, I used to live that way and man, it destroyed me like I I talk about how I He took everything away from me in order to give me everything But I wouldn't listen I wouldn't listen So I had to go for me for my salvation. I had to go all the way to the pigs I had to be that prodigal child you had to be that prodigal child And and so we had to lose everything in order to to find the freedom and the goodness and the glory of god So he says one thing here that I want to I want to touch base on Um, he says Leguri when god sends us punishments or chastisements or trials or whatever it is We must say with the high priest. He lie It is the lord. Let him do what is good Let let him do what is good in his sight In time of spiritual desolation is it is also a time for us to be resigned We must persevere. We must be resigned to do as he as he desires When a soul begins to cultivate the spiritual life god usually showers his consolations Upon her to wean her away from the world But when he sees her making solid progress He withdraws his hand to test her and to see if she will lose love and serve him without the reward of sensible consolations So an encouragement and then he'll he'll let us suffer something to see if we will actually follow And it's important to clarify as we close out the show today You do fight desolation We you know nasius teaches that But you're as you fight it. You're resigned to whatever god's will is so it's sort of like jesus in the garden Ham Can this pass from me? I will be done. You have simultaneous actions of the will of resisting desolation, which is Of pushes us away from god and in embracing god's will and saying whatever you will I'm going to be at peace with and that's what brings the piece that passes understanding and really understanding that every storm Runs out of rain, which I always love that. Yeah, but when you say that so okay. All right friends Well, you're this was uh, I think numbered is this number nine? Yeah number nine in the series And if you want to find the other shows you can go out to spiritualdirection.com's youtube page or or spiritualdirection.com website We have a lot of resources out there for you And we hope you take advantage of them there's there's One of the beauties of the abla foundation and all that we're doing Is there's a never ending never ending offering of Ways to go deeper in the faith and you can find those out at spiritualdirection.com abla institute dash institute.org or the apostate va community We are happy to welcome you to any of those sources of the water of life and with that Until next time may the god of peace make you perfect in holiness May he may he preserve you whole and entire spirit soul and body Irreproachable at the coming of our lord. Jesus christ. Amen