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Are your specification limits holding you back from improving your products and services? Should you throw out specifications? What does Stephen Hawking have to do with it? In this episode, Bill Bellows and host Andrew Stotz discuss specifications and variation. TRANSCRIPT 0:00:02.5 Andrew Stotz: My name is Andrew Stotz, and I'll be your host as we dive deeper into the teachings of Dr. W Edwards Deming. Today, I'm continuing my discussion with Bill Bellows, who has spent 31 years helping people apply Dr. Deming's ideas to become aware of how their thinking is holding them back from their biggest opportunities. Today is episode 12, and the title is Do Specification Limits Limit Improvement. Bill, take it away.   0:00:31.4 Bill Bellows: Hey, Andrew. How's it going? All right.   0:00:33.8 Andrew Stotz: Great. Great to have you back and great to see you. For those that are just listening, you can watch the video on DemingNEXT. But for those listening, Bill looks handsome, full of energy, ready to go, and it's my 8:30 in the morning in Bangkok, Thailand. So let's rock Bill.   0:00:56.3 Bill Bellows: So. I spoke recently to one of the folks I'd met on LinkedIn that have listened to our podcast and took the offer to reach out and we now talk regularly. And I just wanna say I've gotta, before we get to some, the story behind the title, I wanted to share, a heads up. And if anyone would like a copy of this article that I wanna, take some excerpts from, then just reach out to me on LinkedIn and ask for a copy of the article. The article's entitled 'A Brief History of Quality,' and there's three parts. So it's about 10 pages overall, and it was published in 2015 in the Lean Management Journal, which I don't believe still exists. I was writing articles at the end once a month for this journal, I think based out of the UK.   0:02:04.3 Bill Bellows: I think there was a manufacturing magazine that still exists and had this as a special topic and my interest was bringing Dr. Deming's ideas, to the Lean community, which is why it was a Lean Management Journal, so the article was entitled 'Brief History Equality.' And so I wanna get to those topics, but when I was reading the article, reminding myself of it, I thought, oh, I'll just share this story online with Andrew and our audience. And so here I'm just gonna read the opening paragraph. It says, "several years ago, I had the opportunity to attend an hour-long lecture by Stephen Hawking," right? So the article was written in 2015. So the presentation by Hawking would've been maybe 2012, 2013. And back to the article, it says, "he, Hawking, returns to Pasadena every summer for a one-month retreat, a ritual he started in the 1970s, several thousand attendees sitting in both a lecture hall and outdoors on a lawn area complete with a giant screen were treated to an evening of reflection of the legendary Cambridge physicist."   0:03:14.3 Bill Bellows: And I'll just pause. I have friends who work at JPL and they got me seats, and they got me an inside seat in the balcony, front row of the balcony, but they had big screens outside. I mean, it was like a rock concert for Stephen Hawking, right?   0:03:34.3 Andrew Stotz: That's amazing.   0:03:34.9 Bill Bellows: Oh, it was so cool. Oh, it was so cool. So anyway, "his focus was my brief history offering us a glimpse of his life through a twist on his treatise, A Brief History of Time. His introspective presentation revealed his genius, his humility, his search for black holes, his passion for life, not to mention his dry sense of humor. It ended with questions from three Caltech students, the last of which came from a postdoc student, an inquiry Hawking had likely tackled many times before."   0:04:06.6 Bill Bellows: So realize he's answering the questions through a voice activated thing. And it appeared that the questions were, his answers were prerecorded, but they're still coming through a device that is a synthesized voice. But I get the impression that he knew the questions were coming, so we in the audience were hearing the questions for the first time. But he had already answered the questions. So anyway, it ended with questions. There was an undergraduate student, a graduate student, then a postdoc, and I said, "the last of which came from a postdoc student, an inquiry Hawking had likely tackled many times before. And the student relayed the story of an unnamed physicist who once compared himself to both Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein." So this unnamed physicist compared himself to Einstein and Newton each placed on a scale of 1 lowest to 10 highest. "With this context, Hawking was asked where he would rank himself."   0:05:22.0 Bill Bellows: So this physicist said, oh, you know, Andrew, I see myself as this. And so the guy relays the story, and he says to Hawking, so given this other physicist said this, where would you rank yourself? "Well, I do not recall the relative rankings posed in the query. I'll never forget Hawking's abrupt reply. He says, “anyone who compares themselves to others is a loser." And I found online that he was, that commentary, this was not the first time he said that.   0:06:04.9 Andrew Stotz: Right.   0:06:06.5 Bill Bellows: And I just thought, oh, anyone who compares himself to others is a loser. And then the end of the paragraph is "in reference to Dr. Deming," Andrew, "variation, there will always be. So can't we just get used to variation?" So the title, are you in favor? No, no, no, no. That was last time. Are you in favor of improving the quality was number 10. Number 11 was to improve quality, don't measure quality. For 12, the specification limits limit improvement.   0:06:46.9 Andrew Stotz: Now, if that was true, first of all, that would be a little scary, 'cause we spend a lot of time working on specification limits. There's a lot of people working on that.   0:06:55.4 Bill Bellows: But here's what's behind the title. In 1995, I was invited to speak, not for the first time, but for the first time I ever spoke to an audience of the American Society of Quality. It was a San Fernando Valley chapter. I forget the number. I've spoken there many, many times over the years, but this is the first time I ever spoke to quality professionals as opposed to project managers or Society of Manufacturing Engineers. I was there with my wife. There's dinner, then after dinner in the next room, and the chairs were set up, theater style, that'd be 70, 80 people. And I was talking about what I would, I mean, things I still talk about, I talk about new things, to have new things done. But the big thing I was trying to get across the audience is, the difference between meeting requirements, which in this series, we call it acceptability versus desirability, which is, I want this value, I want this professor, I want to date this person. And so I was relaying that concept to that audience. And the question I asked that night was do specification limits limit improvement?   0:08:31.0 Bill Bellows: And there was a guy about seven rows back, and I built up to that. That wasn't the opening thing, but what I was really pushing on was a focus on Phil Crosby's goal of striving for zero defects. And, then what? Once you achieve that, then what? And we've talked about the doorway and that's like the door is closed, we get up to the doorway and we've achieved zero defects. And, what we've talked about is going through the doorway and the attitude is, well, why open the door? I mean, don't open the door, Andrew. There's a wall on the other side of that door, Andrew. So it might be a door, but everybody knows there's a wall behind it, and I was poking at that with this audience, and prepared to show them the value proposition of going through that.   0:09:34.0 Bill Bellows: So anyway, I remember I got to the point of asking, do specification limits limit thinking about improvement or something like that. And a more senior gentleman, about seven or eight rows back, and fortunately, he was seven or eight rows back, fortunately, because he stood up and he says, "Are you saying we don't need specification limits?" There's a lot more anger in his voice. And I said, "No," I said, "I'm saying I think they limit our thinking about improvement." And, but he was really upset with me, and I was deliberately provoking because again, you and I have talked about, how can we inspire through this podcast and other podcasts that you do with the others, to get people to think about the possibilities that Dr. Deming shared with us. And it's not believing that there's a door that you can't walk through. You open the door and there's an opening and you can go through. There's a lot more going on there. So anyway, so I had prepared them. The whole reason for being there was to share what we were doing at Rocketdyne, and not just talk about the possibilities, but show them the possibilities. But he got very upset with me. But if he was in the front row, he might've hit me.   0:11:08.9 Andrew Stotz: May have thrown a book at you.   0:11:11.5 Bill Bellows: Oh, he...   0:11:12.2 Andrew Stotz: May have thrown a Specification Limit at you.   0:11:17.0 Bill Bellows: Twice I've had people get, well, I've gotten a number of people upset with me over the years, but that night was, I'll never forget, and I'll never forget, because my wife was sitting in the front row and she asked me never to be that provocative again. It might be dangerous to my health. But I was doing another class, also for the American Society of Quality, I was a member of the local chapter, and there was a big movement within Rocketdyne that all Quality Engineers within Rocketdyne be Certified Quality Engineers. And so two or three of us from Rocketdyne got involved in helping the local chapter train people to prepare to take this one day exam. Very, very, very rigorous. And it's a valuable credential for quality professionals.   0:12:20.1 Bill Bellows: And so the company was pushing that every single quality engineer was certified. So we did the classes on site. So instead of going to the nearby Cal State Northridge and doing it over there, we wanted to do it onsite, make it easy for our employees to attend. And so I would do one and a half sessions. So a given session was three hours long, and then there'd be a half session. And my topics were Design of Experiments and Dr. Taguchi's work. And so as I got this group this one night for the very first time, I was the second half of that three-hour session, and there's 30 some people in the room at Rocketdyne. And the question I wanted to raise is, why run experiments? What would provoke you to run an experiments either, planned experimentation, Design of Experiments or Dr. Taguchi's approach to it.   0:13:15.1 Bill Bellows: So I was throwing that out and I said, in my experience, we're either applying it to make something better - that's improvement, Andrew, - or we're applying it to find out why something doesn't work, which is rearward looking. And I was saying that in my experience, I spend like a whole lot of time running experiments to solve a problem, to fix something that was broken, to get it back to where it was before the fire alarm, not as much time focusing on good to make it better. And so I was just playing in that space of, you know, I guess I was asking the audience are we running experiments to go from bad to good and stop, or from good to better? And I was playing with that 30 people in the room, and all of a sudden, four or five feet in front of me, this guy stands up, says this is BS, but he didn't use the initials, he actually said the word and walked out of the room. And all of us are looking at him like, and there was no provocation. Now, I admit for the ASQ meeting, I was poking to make sure they were paying attention. Here, I was just plain just, why do we run experiments? So, he stands up, he lets out that word, pretty high volume, storms out of the room.   0:14:42.1 Bill Bellows: Well, at Rocketdyne, you can't... You need a... You have to walk around with someone who works there. You just can't go walk around the place, so I had to quickly get one of my coworkers who was in the room to go escort him to the lobby or else, we're all gonna get fired for having somebody unescorted. So the specification limits limit thinking about improvement, I think they do. I am constantly working with university courses or in my consulting work and acceptability in terms of the quality goal, that this is acceptable, it meets requirements is alive and well and thriving, thriving. And, I think what goes on in organizations, I think there's such a focus on getting things done, that to be done is to be good and is to stop that I could pass my work on to you.   0:15:45.2 Bill Bellows: And, the challenge becomes, even if you're aware that you can walk through the doorway and move from acceptability to desirability, how do you sell that to an organization, which you, what I see in organizations, there's a lot of kicking the can down the road. There's a lot of, and even worse than that, there's a lot of toast scraping going on because there's not a lot of understanding that the person toasting it is over toasting it because all they do is put the toast into the oven. Somebody else takes it out, somebody else scrapes it, somebody else sends it back to a different toaster. And I see a lack of understanding of this because the heads are down. That's part of what I see. What I also see in organizations is, with students is this is their first drop.   0:16:51.0 Bill Bellows: Wherever they are, engineering, manufacturing, quality, they're new, they're excited, they're excited to be on their own, to have an income. And they're taking what they learned in universities, and now, they get to apply it. And I remember what that was like. I worked the summer after getting my bachelor's degree, my last semester, I took a class at heat transfer, the prior semester, took a class in jet engines, and I just fell in love with heat transfer and I fell in love with jet engines. And that summer, I was coming back in the fall to go to graduate school for my master's degree. That summer, I worked for a jet engine company as a heat transfer engineer, I was in heaven.   0:17:37.6 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. That's gotta be the coolest thing.   0:17:40.1 Bill Bellows: Just incredible. So I can imagine people coming out of college, going to work, and you get to apply what you learned. You get to use computers, you get to work with some really cool people, and you're doing what you're doing, and it's a blast. And I think it takes a few years before you start to listen to what the veterans are talking about. And you might hear that they're challenging how decisions are made, they're challenging how the company is run. I think prior to that, your heads are down and you're just the subject matter expert. It could be, you know, engineering and manufacturing, finance, and you're doing what you're doing. Their head is down, you're receiving, you're delivering. I still remember when I went to work with my Ph.D. at the same jet engine company, they hired me back. And, I remember walking down the hallway with a colleague and somebody says, that's the VP of Engineering.   0:18:42.7 Bill Bellows: And I thought, we have a VP of Engineering? I mean, I know we have a Vice President of the United States, but I didn't know anything about titles like that. And I think... And I don't think I'm the only one. I've shared those with some younger folks recently, and they agree, you come in, it's heads down, we don't know management, all I get to work on this great stuff. I go and I, and so what we're, but I think what happens is, I think at some point of time you start to look up and you're hearing what the more senior people that are there are saying you've had some experience. And, I know when people join Rocketdyne, and they would come to my class and I would share these stories that had some things that were, if your experience would be questionable, some other things that are pretty cool.   0:19:34.6 Bill Bellows: And, I just had the feeling and I found out people would walk outta there thinking what you mean that, I mean the things, the use of incentives, like why do we need incentives? But, and what I found was it took a couple of years and I would bump into these same people and they'd say, now I'm beginning to understand what you were talking about and what Dr. Deming was talking about. So I throw that out. For those listeners that are trying to, that are at that phase where you're starting to wonder how are decisions being made? You're wondering what you wanna do in your profession. You're wondering what this Deming stuff is about. A whole lot of this entire series has been targeted at people that are new to Deming's ideas. Or maybe they have some experience, they're getting some exposure through these podcasts either with me and the ones you're doing with John and the others. And so, but the other thing I wanna get into today is this quality thing. I go back to this article. And then I was thinking about this article, things I didn't know when I started researching this article is, this term quality, where does that come from? And the term quality comes from, I got to pull it, I have to scroll through the article. Let me get it, let me get it.   0:21:06.4 Bill Bellows: All right. Here we go. "The word quality," Andrew "has Latin roots, beginning with qualitas coined by Roman philosopher and statesman, Marcus Tullius Cicero, who later became an adversary of Mark Antony." You know, what happened to Cicero? Wasn't pretty.   0:21:32.8 Andrew Stotz: Yeah.   0:21:33.9 Bill Bellows: "Feared by Antony," I wrote, "his power of speech led to his eventual beheading. But long after he introduces fellow Romans to the vocabulary of qualitas, that's quality; quantitas, that's quantity; humanitas, that's humanity; and essentia, which is essential. He's also credited with an extensive list of expressions that translate into English, including difference, infinity, science, and morale. When Plato invented the phrase poiotes for use by his peers." So Plato would've been Greek, "Cicero spoke of qualitas with his peers when focusing on the property of an object, not its quantity." And, what I had in mind there is counting how many things we have, so you come in and you want five apples, five suits, whatever it is, there's the quantity thing. And then what Cicero was trying to do is say, quality is not the number, but quality is a differentiation of not just any suit, not just any...   0:22:53.1 Bill Bellows: And I think that becomes the challenge is, is that still important? So when Dr. Deming came on board in 1980, at the age of 79, when the NBC white paper was written, and people got excited by quality because quality was something that people identified with Japanese products, not with American products.   0:23:19.9 Andrew Stotz: Well, not in 1980.   0:23:21.1 Bill Bellows: Not in 1980...   [laughter]   0:23:22.2 Bill Bellows: I mean, at that time, the auto companies were making a lot of money in repair businesses. And Toyota comes along and says, and the words on the street, our products don't require all that repair. And I thought, yeah. And what was neat about that is when I thought, when you think about differentiation and like how do you sell quality? Because, again, I find it, for the longest time, beginning in 1980, quality was hot. Quality improvement. I mean, the American Society of Quality membership skyrocketed. Their membership has dropped like a rock since then because they don't have this Deming guy around that got them going.   0:24:12.1 Bill Bellows: Now, they're still big in the Six Sigma, but I don't believe their membership is anything like it was, but what I was thinking and getting ready for tonight is the economics of quality is from a consumer, what, at least, when my wife and I buy Toyota, it's a value proposition. It's the idea that if we buy Toyota, in our experience, we're getting a car that doesn't break down as often, is far more reliable. That becomes the differentiation. Also in the first... In the second series, second podcast of this series, we talked about the eight dimensions of quality and David Garvin's work.   0:25:03.2 Bill Bellows: And one of them was features, that a car with cup holders is quality 'cause... And there was a time, and the more cup holders, the better. And that was... And Garvin was saying lots of features is quality. He said, reliability could perceived it as a dimension of quality. Conformance was one of the dimensions, and he attributed that to the traditional thinking of Crosby. Reliability is a thing. And so when it comes to, how do you sell quality today? How do you get people within your organizations to go beyond, 'cause what I see right now is it's almost as if quality has gone back to quantity, that it's gone, that it's lost its appeal. Now, quantity doesn't lose its appeal 'cause we're selling, five of them, 20 of them, 30 of them.   0:26:09.2 Bill Bellows: But I don't get the impression from students and others that I interact with, that quality has big appeal. But, if we convert quality to the ability to do more with less, I mean the, when I'm delivering a higher quality item to you within the organization, that it's easier for you to integrate, to do something with, that's money, that's savings of time. And the question is, well, I guess how can we help make people more aware that when you go through the door of good and go beyond looking good and start to think about opportunities for desirable? And again, what we've said in the past is there's nothing wrong with tools, nothing wrong with the techniques to use them, there's nothing wrong with acceptability, but desirability is a differentiator.   0:27:15.2 Bill Bellows: And then the challenge becomes, if everyone's focused on acceptability, where it makes sense, then within your organization going beyond that, as we've explained, and this is where Dr. Taguchi's work is very critical. Dr. Deming learned about desirability from Dr. Taguchi in 1960. And that's what I think is, for all this interest in Toyota, I guess my question is, why is everybody excited by Toyota? Is it because they do single-minute exchange of dies? I don't think so. Is it because they do mixed model production? They can have, in one production line have a red car followed by a blue car, followed by a green car as opposed to mass production? Or is it because of the incredible reliability of the product? That's my answer, and I'm sticking to it. So...   0:28:14.3 Andrew Stotz: Yeah.   0:28:14.7 Bill Bellows: So what do you think Andrew?   0:28:17.2 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. There's two things that I was thinking about. One of the things I was thinking about is the idea if we're doing good with quality, and maybe we're satisfied with good, I was thinking about the book 'Good to Great,' and like how do you make this breakthrough? And then I was maybe it's good to groundbreaking or good to amazing or whatever. But like, when you really go beyond specification limits and take it to the next level, it's like you're moving from good to great. And one of the things that I see a lot is that, and I talk a lot in my corporate strategy courses with my clients and with my students is this idea that Deming really hit home about, about focusing on your customer, not your competitor.   0:29:06.6 Andrew Stotz: And I just feel like humans have a need to classify everything, to name everything, to label everything. And once they've got that label, that's the specification. That's what we want, they will fixate on that. And whether, I think, you think about all the kids that come out of the out of some meeting with a doctor and say, oh, I'm ADHD. Okay, we got a label now that's good and bad. And so that's where I think it, when I thought about the specification limits limit improvement, I think that, specification to me, when I think about quality, I think about setting a standard, moving to a, a new standard, and then maintaining that standard. And I can see the purpose of limits and controls and trying to understand how do we maintain that. But if we only stay on maintaining that and never move beyond that, then are we really, are we really in pursuit of quality?   0:30:12.0 Andrew Stotz: Now, on the other hand, when I think about the customers of my coffee factory, CoffeeWORKS and they want the exact same experience every single morning. Now, if we can make tests and do PDSAs to improve how we're doing that, less resources, better inputs and all that, great, but they do not want a difference. And I was just thinking about it also in relation to my evaluation masterclass bootcamp, where I still have a lot of variation coming out at the end of the bootcamp. Now, in the beginning, this is bootcamp number 19. So I've done this a lot. In the beginning, man, I would have, someone really terrible and someone really great, and I wasn't satisfied. So I kept trying to improve the content, the process, the feedback to make sure that by the time they get to the end, but I was just frustrated yesterday thinking there's still a lot of variation that, and I'm not talking about, the variation of a personality or something.   0:31:15.2 Andrew Stotz: I'm just talking about the variation of understanding and implementing what they're learning. And then I was thinking as I was at the park running this morning, I was thinking like, what makes Toyota so great is that there is very little variation of the 10 million cars that they've produced last year. And how impressive that is when all I'm trying to do is do it in a small little course. So I don't know, those are some things that were coming into my head when I thought about what you're talking about.   0:31:44.6 Bill Bellows: But no, you're right, in terms of the coffee, and I think you brought up a couple of good points. One is when the customer wants that flavor, whatever that level is, now, but that, I don't know how, anything about measuring taste, but there could be, within the range, within that, when they say they want that flavor, I mean, that could still have, could be a pretty broad spectrum. So maybe there's the ability to make it more consistent within that, if that's possible.   0:32:27.8 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, I think that, I think, like we have a blend we call Hunter's Brew, and I drink that every single morning and I can say, yeah, there's a variation, but it's a small enough variation that it doesn't bother me at all. And I think it doesn't bother our customer. Could we get more conformity to that? Yes, I think we could reduce that. Is it worth it? That's another question. We're looking at some automated equipment, some automated roasting equipment that would bring automation that would allow us to reduce that variation a bit. Will the customer notice that or not? Maybe. But the customer will definitely notice if we're outside of specification limits or if it's burnt...   0:33:12.7 Bill Bellows: Yes.   0:33:13.5 Andrew Stotz: As an example, and we're still shipping it, you know, they'll definitely notice that. And we have our mechanisms to try to measure that so that we are within those limits. So I do see, I see that the function of that to me is like, okay, in fact, in any business, you're constantly chasing and putting out fires. I mean, there's always things going on in every business owner's situation.   0:33:38.6 Bill Bellows: Right.   0:33:39.9 Andrew Stotz: And so there's at points where it's like, okay, can you just keep that in specification limit for right now while I get over to here and fix how we're gonna make sure that this is at another level where that is, I would consider it kind of an improvement versus maintaining. But I don't know, I'm just, I'm riffing here, but those are some things in my head.   0:34:00.0 Bill Bellows: No, what I hear you talking about is if we shift from quality management to, I mean, what desirability is about is looking at things as a system. Acceptability is about looking at things in isolation and saying, this is good, this is good, this is good, this is good. Not necessarily with a lot of focus of how is that used. So if we move away from quality and really what we're talking about is a better way to run an organization with a sense of connectedness that we're, we can talk about working together. Well, it's hard to work together if the fundamental mindset is: here, Andrew, my part is good and I wash my hands of it. When you come back and say, well, Bill, I'm having trouble integrating it, that's more like working separately.   0:35:07.2 Bill Bellows: So if we shift the focus from quality, which could be really narrow, it could be an entry point, but I think if we step back, I mean the title of Dr. Deming's last book was 'The New Economics,' the idea which has to be, which to me, which is about a resource. The better we manage the organization as a system, the more we can do with less. And relative to the quality of the taste and yeah, the customers want this and maybe we can make that even more consistent simultaneously. Can we use control charts to see special causes before they get too far downstream that allows us to maintain that consistency? That'd be nice. Then can we figure out ways to expand our capacity as we gain more? So there's a whole lot to do. So the organization is not static. And simultaneously the challenge becomes how do we stay ahead of others who might be trying to do the same thing? Dr. Deming would say, be thankful for a good competitor. Are we just gonna sit there and say, oh, we're the only coffee... We're the only ones in house that know how to do this. What is our differentiator? And I think having a workforce that thinks in terms of how the activities are connected, that are constantly involved in improvement activities.   0:36:45.1 Bill Bellows: Short of that, what you're hoping is that no one comes along in... Remember the book, it was required reading within Boeing, sadly, 'Who Moved My Cheese?'   0:36:58.2 Andrew Stotz: It was required reading at Pepsi when I was there, and I hated that book. We had another one called 'The Game of Work,' which I just was so annoyed with, but that 'Who Moved My Cheese?' I never, never really enjoyed that at all.   0:37:07.0 Bill Bellows: We used to laugh about, within Rocketdyne 'cause, and for those who aren't aware of the book, the storyline is that there's a bunch of mice and they're living in their little cubby holes and every day they go through the mouse hole, try to avoid the cat, find the cheese, bring the cheese back into their cubby hole, and that life is good. And then one day, somebody steals the cheese, moves the cheese and one's kind of frantic and the other's like, oh, not to worry, Andrew, I'm sure it was taken by a nice person and I'm sure they'll return it. So I wouldn't lose sleep over that. That's okay. That's okay. And then kind of the moral was another company is stealing your cheese and you're sitting there thinking everything's okay, and next thing you know, you're outta business because you weren't paying attention. And so the, and it was, this is written for adults with cartoons of cheese. That's how you appeal... That's how...   0:38:15.9 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. So that's what got me annoyed about it because it felt like, just tell me what you're trying to tell me, okay. Instead of telling me this story. But yeah, it was a used to create the burning platform concept that was used... I know at Pepsi when I was there, they talked about the burning platform, the level of urgency, we're gonna get, and, and there's, I kind of understand where they were coming from with it, but yeah.   0:38:44.7 Bill Bellows: But what is interesting is nowhere in the book was a strategy to be the ones moving the cheese. What it was more like is don't be in an environment where somebody else moves the cheese. Don't be that company. And I thought, no, you wanna be the company that's moving the cheese. But that was, maybe that's an advanced book that hasn't come out yet.   [laughter]   0:39:08.6 Bill Bellows: But really...   0:39:10.5 Andrew Stotz: There's some work for you, Bill.   0:39:12.6 Bill Bellows: But, but that's what... I mean what Dr. Deming is talking about is having an environment where you have that capacity on an ongoing basis. First of all, you're not sitting back stopping at good, thinking that what you're doing is always acceptable. It's trying to do more with that. Anyway, that's what I wanted to explore today. Again, there's nothing wrong with specification limits. I told the gentleman that night, specification limits are provided to allow for variation, to allow for commerce, to allow for suppliers to provide things that meet requirements. Then the question becomes, is there value in doing something with a variation within the specification limits? Is there value in moving that variation around? And that's the desirability focus. That is what Ford realized Toyota was doing a lot, is that then improves the functionality of the resulting product, it improves its reliability. All of that is the possibility of going beyond meeting requirements. So it's not that we shouldn't have, we need specifications. Why? Because there's variation. And if we didn't allow for variation, we couldn't have commerce because we can't deliver exactly anything. So I just want, just for some...   0:40:34.9 Andrew Stotz: Okay, all right. That's a good one.   0:40:37.4 Bill Bellows: All right.   0:40:38.2 Andrew Stotz: And I'll wrap it up with a little humor.   0:40:40.4 Bill Bellows: Go ahead.   0:40:40.5 Andrew Stotz: There were some parody books that came out, in relation to 'Who Moved My Cheese.' In 2002, the book 'Who Cut the Cheese' by Stilton Jarlsberg, which was good. And in 2011 was, 'I Moved Your Cheese' by Deepak Malhotra. So there you go. A little humor for the day. Bill, on behalf of everybody at The Deming Institute, I want to thank you again for this discussion. And for listeners, remember to go to deming.org to continue your journey. And if you want to keep in touch with Bill, just find him on LinkedIn. He responds. This is your host, Andrew Stotz, and I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Deming. I just love this quote. I think about it all the time. "People are entitled to joy in work."  

Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs are joined in the podcast by writer, actor and improviser Michael Kunze ahead of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Beer Expert and author of 'A Brief History of Lager' tell the guys what beers to drink and the warnings on the alcohol strength in Germany before the start of the Euros. And finally Martin Kelner gives his weekly TV and pop culture round up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 years ago Marlon James published 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' his bestselling novel which would go onto be awarded the Booker Prize. Born in Jamaica in 1970 his parents shared with him their passion for poetry and Shakespeare – but Marlon preferred to be in his room reading comics like X-Men...the mutant group who went onto inspire him to write his 'Black Leopard, Red Wolf' trilogy. For those who haven't already read it, A Brief History of Seven Killings' is broken up into 5 sections, each named after a different piece of music, and music continues to play a prominent role in his writing life. In his acceptance speech for the Booker Prize back in 2015 he heralded the likes of Bob Marley for championing Carribean voices saying he was: “The first to recognise that the voice coming out our mouths was a legitimate voice for fiction and for poetry”. With all that in mind we were fascinated to know what Marlon James's Inheritance Tracks would be.Inherited: 54/46 Was My Number by Toots and the Maytals Passed on: Equinox by John ColtraneProducer: Ben Mitchell

Learning about new and improved ways to navigate archaic structures in our line of business is always very interesting. So, this week, I wanted to take you on a deep dive into blockchain entertainment financing --- refined by entrepreneurs and producers Kim Jackson and Jake Craven of Breaker.io.Kim is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, co-owner of SingularDTV, and CEO of its umbrella company, Breaker Studios, where Jake serves as Vice President of Content Partnerships.Breaker, founded in 2017, is a leading blockchain development and services company in the Media & Entertainment industry. It provides an innovative, intuitive, and user-friendly end-to-end royalty management platform for independent creators and distributors. Simply put, it uses blockchain and cloud-based technology to enable creators to maximize their revenue by automating revenue collection, backend accounting, and royalty payments while ensuring transparent reporting. I discovered Breaker when I stumbled upon Alex Winter's award-winning feature documentary, Trust Machine: The Story Of Blockchain produced by Kim. Trust Machine trailer. The film explains how Blockchain technology is already being used to change the world, fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis, and world hunger. If you are new to Blockchain or have felt overwhelmed by all the information Google threw at you in an attempt to learn the rudimentary theory of Blockchain and cryptocurrency, check out Vinay Gupta's 'A Brief History of Blockchain, Kim referenced during our chat.Breaker's concept is definitely the future of entertainment finance and, dare I say, global financial transacting.Being ahead of its time, Breaker is introducing products that allow for media revenue and royalty to be tracked via blockchain technology, which allows for an open-source network of data.Basically, Breaker provides a better model for instantaneous recording and eliminating mistrust, especially for independent companies that want to sustain a business and revenue model for themselves. I wish we had more time to continue the conversation because it was packed with filmtrepreneurial and blockchain knowledge bombs, and we could all do with the extra crash course. But I made sure to ask many important questions for you guys from today's experts.So, enjoy my conversation with Kim Jackson and Jake Craven.

Our guest today has been referred to as "the English Warren Buffett" for his style and success in investing. His book, published in 1992, Accounting for Growth, and its ensuing controversy helped propel it to the top of the bestsellers chart, displacing Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' from the No.1 spot.  He's been head of research, CEO of a public company, a former top banks analyst (who won't own a bank in his fund), and is now highly respected Founder and CIO at the global equity fund manager, Fundsmith. Terry details his progress through finance, including how he examines inconsistencies and checks cash flows. He explains why he believes you cannot be successful in investing unless you break out from the crowd. He then describes the genesis of Fundsmith, its mission “to run the best fund ever; by which we mean the one with the highest return over the long term adjusted for risk.”   He then details what he looks for in the companies he selects, red lines, distrusting management gloss and why he believes that equities beat bonds over the long term. Lots to learn! The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders, Bremont Watches, LiveTrade and IFM Investors. Sign up to our Newsletter | Follow us on LinkedIn | Watch on YouTube

231 - You voted, we listened - it's SHAUN OF THE DEAD week! You chose wisely, as it's kind of the perfect way to wrap up this miniseries, with its sprawling tentacles pulling in pieces from all over the genre. Being the final episode of our 'A Brief History of Zombies' miniseries, we also spend some time reflecting on the genre, as well as our final advice on how to survive, should the time come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

229 - It's our 4th entry into our 'A Brief History of Zombies' miniseries and it's a major milestone - FAST ZOMBIES! Not to mention, fast infections. Danny Boyle really ups the ante and hits reset for the genre after a slightly goofier decade. It's 28 Days Later!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

228 - It's week three of our 'A Brief History of Zombies' miniseries. This week is notable admission to the Zombie cannon, although pretty polarising in appeal. But it's based on a game, a great game! WHAT A GAME! Anyway, Umbrella Corp, Mila Jovovich and a bunch of white dudes that look alike, oh and that one laser that dices that dude up... it's Resident Evil!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

227 - It's week 2 of our 'A Brief History of Zombies' miniseries. After episode one's Romero double feature, we now get to explore one of the more extreme spins on the re-animated corpse-genre - it's EVIL DEAD (2). The sorta sequel, sorta remake of Evil Dead, and predecessor to Army of Darkness (don't worry we touch on all three). What does this gory little number contribute to the zombie canon? What can this film teach us about survival amongst the undead? and the big question... Does it hold up, or is it best left in the past? Tune in and find out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

226 - NEW MINISERIES TIME! It's 'A Brief History of Zombies', and we are starting at the beginning, with Night of the Living Dead - BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE! It's our first ever Double Feature! So stick around for Day of the Dead too. New miniseries of course brings new genre tropes, and a fan's choice bracket that will go live this week! Happy Halloween!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COBB LIFE for October 15th Publish Date:  October 13th INTRODUCTION From the Henssler Financial Studio, welcome to Cobb Life, proudly brought to you by the Marietta Daily Journal. I'm Keith Ippolito, representing the BG Ad Group, and we're excited to have you join us for this latest episode. Our show's lineup is brought to you by Credit Union of Georgia. In today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Brad Hawkins, the project coordinator at the Aviation History & Technology Center. My fascination with Cobb's aviation history began after reading a recent article in the MDJ featuring local historian Bill Marchione, shedding light on aviation's profound impact on Smyrna and Cobb County's growth. And guess what? Bill will be joining us next week! Brad and I delved into the legacy of Charles M. Dobbins, the local war hero behind Dobbins Air Force Base's name, as well as the pivotal role played by James Carmichael, one of Lockheed's first plant managers. We also explored how the aviation industry intersected with the history of segregation in the South. So, stay tuned for an enlightening episode of Cobb Life, where we uncover the diverse stories and experiences within our vibrant community.   BREAK: ESOG –– ELON – CU of GA Welcome back to Cobb Life. In this segment, we dive into Brad's background and explore the driving force behind his profound passion for aviation. You'll also learn about the pivotal moment when Bell Aviation and the construction of the Bell Bomber plant initially arrived in Cobb County. Later on, we'll unravel the significant events surrounding Lockheed's relocation of its plant to the area in 1951. And now, let's hear from our guest, Brad Hawkins: ***HAWKINS 1***   That concludes the first segment of Cobb Life. On the other side of this break, we will hear part two    of my conversation with Brad. We'll be right back.    BREAK: DAYCO – INGLES 2 – POWERS Welcome back to Cobb Life! In this segment, Brad and I delve into the critical role the aviation industry played in the process of desegregation. We'll also explore Cobb County's remarkable transformation from an agricultural society to a vibrant suburban community. Additionally, we'll uncover some lesser-known facts about Charles M. Dobbins, the individual after whom Dobbins Air Force Base is named. And here is part of my conversation with Brad. ***HAWKINS 2***   And we'll be right back with closing comments after this.   BREAK: JRM – DRAKE – HENSSLER Signoff: That brings us to the end of another engaging episode of Cobb Life. Thank you for joining us this week. We trust you found today's content both enlightening and enjoyable. Be sure to mark your calendars for next week, as we'll be joined by local historian Bill Marchione for a fascinating discussion about the history of Smyrna. I've just ordered Bill's book, 'A Brief History of Smyrna,' and I can't wait to delve into it over the weekend. So I'm your host, Keith Ippolito, representing the BG Ad Group. Until then, take care, and goodbye!   Please visit wwe.ahtc360.org for more info about visiting the museum. #NewsPodcast #CurrentEvents #TopHeadlines #BreakingNews #PodcastDiscussion #PodcastNews #InDepthAnalysis #NewsAnalysis #PodcastTrending #WorldNews #LocalNews #GlobalNews #PodcastInsights #NewsBrief #PodcastUpdate #NewsRoundup #WeeklyNews #DailyNews #PodcastInterviews #HotTopics #PodcastOpinions #InvestigativeJournalism #BehindTheHeadlines #PodcastMedia #NewsStories #PodcastReports #JournalismMatters #PodcastPerspectives #NewsCommentary #PodcastListeners #NewsPodcastCommunity #NewsSource #PodcastCuration #WorldAffairs #PodcastUpdates #AudioNews #PodcastJournalism #EmergingStories #NewsFlash #PodcastConversationsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Hawking was een briljant theoretisch natuurkundige, kosmoloog en auteur met ongeëvenaarde inzichten en revolutionaire ideeën over het universum. Hij werd bekend dankzij zijn boek 'A Brief History of Time', maar ook omdat hij ondanks zijn verlamming als gevolg van ALS bleef werken aan complexe theorieën. In #weetikveel praat Kobe Ilsen met natuurkundige Thomas Hertog over het leven en werk van Hawking. De twee wetenschappers werkten twintig jaar samen.

In this episode of Worldabout with Grace Farah, we take you to Hollywood and chat with Director, Producer, Writer and Actor, Nate Barlow. Nate takes us behind the scenes of his latest film projects including his acclaimed short documentary 'A Brief History of Hollywood' covering the back story of the Hollywood Sign with all of its intrigue, mystery and tragedy. Plus, with some 'friendly encouragement' from Grace he spills the beans on several of his upcoming projects. For complete show notes and links head to worldabout.com Plus, join us on Twitter at twitter.com/worldabt and don't forget to follow the show. Thanks!

With our new series 'A Brief History of the Metaverse' just around the corner here on The Next Billion Seconds, we thought we would share Mark's recent appearance on The Futurists podcast where some very relevant things are discussed! "Award-winning author and technologist Mark Pesce tells us about the deep history of today's consumer technology in military R&D including the 30 year arc of the Metaverse which Pesce himself kickstarted in the early 1990s. Pesce points out how consumer technology has outpaced the defense innovation, and now has become a front for a new kind of warfare.” You can check out other episodes of The Futurists on your pod player of choice or right here: https://provoke.fm/category/thefuturists  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alright, who let the cat go to space? In the second episode of this 2-parter, Jack and Justin talk about the later years of space animals, from Soviet 'hooliganism' to sexy frogs. (CW: discussion of spiders from 29:13 to 35:06.) Guest vocals by Ciarán Moffatt. Bookings/other work at https://www.moffattnation.com. Insta: @moffattnation ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: Mates in Space is made on Kaurna, Gadigal and Wurundjeri Country, never ceded. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We also pay respect to other First Nation peoples. ABOUT US: Mates in Space is a podcast about how we're going to get to space without taking all of Earth's bulls**t up with us! Each week, your hosts Jack and Justin will tell a different space story, in preparation for Australia's exciting new future among the stars. It's a bit nerdy, a bit sciency, and a lot of fun. Mates in Space is brought to you by Ampel Audio, Jack Eaton and Justin McArthur. For more info, check out our website at http://matesin.space SOCIAL LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matesinspace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matesinspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatesInSpace TikTok, for some reason: https://www.tiktok.com/@matesinspace SOURCES: - NASA (1998) 'A Brief History of Animals in Space': https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html - Wikipedia, 'Animals in Space': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_space - Top Tenz (2010) 'Top 10 Animal Astronauts': https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-animals-astronauts-in-space.php - European Society of Dog and Animal Welfare (2014) 'Soviet space dogs': https://www.esdaw.eu/soviet-space-dogs.html - Habr (2018) 'The era of the dog: names and stories from space exploration in the USSR' (in Russian): https://habr.com/ru/post/374197/ - Asif Siddiqi (2000) Challenge to Apollo: the Soviet Union and the space race, 1945-1974.- The Atlantic (2013) 'The Doll That Helped the Soviets Beat the U.S. to Space': https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/the-doll-that-helped-the-soviets-beat-the-us-to-space/274400/ - Valentina's Corner (2016) Russian Borscht Recipe: https://valentinascorner.com/borscht/#recipe - UK National Space Centre (2018) 'Zond 5: Tortoises at the Moon': https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/zond-5-tortoises-at-the-moon/ - Henry Nicholls (2011, archived) 'Cameroon's Gagarin: The Afterlife of Ham the Astrochimp': https://web.archive.org/web/20200801112111/http://thewayofthepanda.blogspot.com/2011/02/cameroons-gagarin-afterlife-of-ham.html- Washington Post (1983) 'Taxidermy Is The Wrong Stuff': https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/01/27/taxidermy-is-the-wrong-stuff/db9b8616-54a9-4649-80d8-9d701d64ba62/ - Newsweek (2019) 'These Are All the Animals That Have Been Launched Into Space': https://www.newsweek.com/laika-dog-all-animals-space-1469393 - Science Alert (2020) 'Spiders in Space Reveal The Weird Things That Happen to Webs in Microgravity': https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-happens-to-spiders-webs-in-space - SciShow Space (2016) 'Why We Send Animals to Space': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eisyuBseA - Animal Wire (2013) 'Zero Gravity Frogs In Space': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVTQoAs504 - Kate Miller-Heidke (2019, instrumental version) 'Zero Gravity'.- Prokofiev (1940-44) Cinderella, Ballet Suite No. 1 Op. 107 'Cinderella Goes To The Ball'. ALT TITLE: Ben 'Tiger Loaf' GrimmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I have the great pleasure of speaking with Dil who is a fart fetishist from the gay community and he's written 'A Brief History of the Fart Community' which is available to read on the FartFetish.info website. We discuss this community timeline he's worked on and some of the fundamental differences between the gay and straight sides of fart fetishism.  To join the Discord, reach out at FartFetish.info  

Could you take your pets to space? In the first episode of this 2-parter, Jack and Justin talk about the early years of space animals, from fruit flies to Laika. Might want to get your tissues ready: this one's a real tearjerker. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: Mates in Space is made on Kaurna, Gadigal and Wurundjeri Country, never ceded. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We also pay respect to other First Nation peoples. ABOUT US: Mates in Space is a podcast about how we're going to get to space without taking all of Earth's bulls**t up with us! Each week, your hosts Jack and Justin will tell a different space story, in preparation for Australia's exciting new future among the stars. It's a bit nerdy, a bit sciency, and a lot of fun. Mates in Space is brought to you by Ampel Audio, Jack Eaton and Justin McArthur. For more info, check out our website at http://matesin.space SOCIAL LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matesinspace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matesinspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatesInSpace TikTok, for some reason: https://www.tiktok.com/@matesinspace SOURCES: - NASA (1998) 'A Brief History of Animals in Space': https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html - Wikipedia, 'Animals in Space': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_space - Top Tenz (2010) 'Top 10 Animal Astronauts': https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-animals-astronauts-in-space.php - European Society of Dog and Animal Welfare (2014) 'Soviet space dogs': https://www.esdaw.eu/soviet-space-dogs.html - Habr (2018) 'The era of the dog: names and stories from space exploration in the USSR' (in Russian): https://habr.com/ru/post/374197/ - SpaceViews (1998, archived) 'Sputnik 2 - The First Animal in Orbit': https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112148/http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/SpaceViews%20November%201997%20Articles.htm - NBC (2008) 'Space dog monument opens in Russia': https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24069819 - Collectors Weekly (2015) 'Laika and Her Comrades: The Soviet Space Dogs Who Took Giant Leaps for Mankind' https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/soviet-space-dogs-who-took-giant-leaps-for-mankind/  ALT TITLE: We Bought A (Space) ZooSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jay Dyer of https://jaysanalysis.com guest hosts to break down the global elite mandate to collapse the US by 2030, and shines light on the book 'A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century' by Jacques Attali

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'A Brief History of Motion' with Tom Standage, 'The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War' with Robert Sackville West, 'The Bronze Lie' with Myke Cole, 'The Poets of Rapallo' with Lauren Arrington, 'The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada' with Don Hollway and 'The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939-40' with Dr David Murphy.  

In this episode, the guys talk to actual physicist Chad Orzel about his latest book 'A Brief History of Timekeeping'. The guys talk about all the things to do with time - What is it? Why a second is a second, and just how strange timekeeping has become. Purchase Chad's book A Brief History of Timekeeping here Become a Patreon of the Show here Buy Pranklab here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And so it has come to pass, dear spacefans, that in the dark days of late autumn in the year 2021, we arrive at the 1300th transmission of the HEARTS of SPACE series. I'm STEPHEN HILL, and befitting the occasion, it's another of our centennial specials called A BRIEF HISTORY OF DARK AMBIENT. The term "dark ambient" was coined in the early 1990s by ROGER KARMANIK, founder of the record label Cold Meat Industry, to describe the music of RAISON d'ETRE and similar artists. The style is a gene-splicing of the Industrial, Ambient, Drone, and Noise genres, including the experimental side of early 1970s German electronic music — fondly dubbed 'Krautrock' — and the Industrial Music of the late 1970s & early 80s, such as the band THROBBING GRISTLE. During the 1980s, LUSTMORD, NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS & ZOVIET FRANCE were among the first to create consistently dark ambient music, featuring low drones and distressed chorales, liberally seasoned with industrial noise and electronic special effects. In the early 1990s RAISON D'ETRE augmented the industrial imagery with medieval iconography. During the late 80s & early 90s, a slower, more ethereal side of Gothic art rock emerged, called "ethereal wave" or "dark wave," including many of the early artists on the Projekt label. And an even more austere sub-genre called "Isolationist Ambient" arrived quietly in the 1990s, including the music of THOMAS KÖNER from Germany and BIOSPHERE from Norway. It's Program 1300 : A BRIEF HISTORY OF DARK AMBIENT, on this transmission...of Hearts of Space. Music is by RAISON D'ETRE, POPOL VUH, LIGHTWAVE, VOICE OF EYE + LIFE GARDEN, THOMAS KÖNER, BIOSPHERE, BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL, ROBERT RICH + B.LUSTMORD, TROUM, PAUL SCHÜTZE, and RHYTHM & NOISE. [ view playlist ] [ view Flickr image gallery ] [ play 30 second MP3...

'A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence' by Michael Wooldridge

Learning about new and improved ways to navigate archaic structures in our line of business is always very interesting. So, this week, I wanted to take you on a deep dive into blockchain entertainment financing- refined by entrepreneurs and producers Kim Jackson and Jake Craven of Breaker.io.Kim is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, co-Owner of SingularDTV, and CEO of its umbrella company, Breaker Studios, where Jake also works as Vice President of Content Partnerships.Breaker, founded in 2017, is a leading blockchain development and services company in the Media & Entertainment industry. It provides an innovative, intuitive, and user-friendly end-to-end royalty management platform for independent creators and distributors. Simply put, it uses blockchain and cloud-based technology to enable creators to maximize their revenue by automating revenue collection, backend accounting, and royalty payments while ensuring transparent reporting. I discovered Breaker when I stumbled upon Alex Winter's award-winning feature-length documentary Trust Machine: The Story Of Blockchain produced by Kim. The film explains how Blockchain technology is already being used to change the world, fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis, and world hunger. If you are new to Blockchain or have felt overwhelmed by all the information Google threw at you in an attempt to learn the rudimentary theory of Blockchain and cryptocurrency, check out Vinay Gupta's 'A Brief History of Blockchain, Kim referenced during our chat.Breaker's concept is definitely the future of entertainment finance and, dare I say, global financial transacting. Being ahead of its time, Breaker is introducing products that allow for media revenue and royalty to be tracked via blockchain technology, which allows for an open-source network of data.Basically, Breaker provides a better model for instantaneous recording and eliminating mistrust, especially for independent companies that want to sustain a business and revenue model for themselves.I wish we had more time to continue the conversation because it was packed with filmtrepreneurial and blockchain knowledge bombs, and we could all do with the extra crash course. But I made sure to ask many important questions for you guys from today's experts.So, enjoy my conversation with Kim Jackson and Jake Craven.

Prof Peter Gallagher, Head of Astronomy and Astrophysics, at DIAS and Director of the Dunsink Observatory and I-LOFAR project is my guest on the podcast today. He talks to me about his astrophysics research, why his passion lies within studying the sun and how his research group makes measurements using radio telescopes and space satellites. Peter also explains the real need for understanding how the sun impacts the earth and how his research into solar flares has become more relevant with this current pandemic. He tells me how a present of 'A Brief History of Time' ignited his passion for astrophysics, reminisces on his days at NASA in the US and how he managed to set up the I-LOFAR telescope in Birr in the middle of the recession. This chat was one of the most enjoyable and entertaining one yet! Enjoy! Follow Peter: petertgallagher Follow me: MeganHanlon4 This season is kindly sponsored by Bio-Sciences Ltd, now part of Thermo-Fisher Scientific.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mrbillstunes This week's episode is brought to you by Cryptic Coast. Cryptic Coast is an independent record label and music magazine, hoping to bring many start-up artists together with music lovers. The community is growing and new musical content is added to the library often, such as articles like 'What Makes Music Good?' and 'A Brief History of Dubstep'. They have recently launched a clothing line for anyone who wishes to support the brand. This includes many high-quality street-wear designs just in time for the holidays. If you are interested in exploring new music, want to check out some of the designs, want to expand your breadth of knowledge involving music, or if you are an artist that would like to join the interactive community, go to crypticcoast.com. Use code mrbill10 for 10% off any product on the site. FrankJavCee is an FL Studio music producer who creates satirical music tutorials, music history and cooking videos. He also enjoys memes. FrankJavCee Links: https://linktr.ee/frankjavcee Mr. Bill’s Links: https://live.mrbillstunes.com/ https://discord.gg/ySjhgWQ https://mrbill.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBillsTunes Podcast Production Inquiries: fumodenver@gmail.com

Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/mrbillstunes This week's episode is brought to you by Cryptic Coast. Cryptic Coast is an independent record label and music magazine, hoping to bring many start-up artists together with music lovers. The community is growing and new musical content is added to the library often, such as articles like 'What Makes Music Good?' and 'A Brief History of Dubstep'. They have recently launched a clothing line for anyone who wishes to support the brand. This includes many high-quality street-wear designs just in time for the holidays. If you are interested in exploring new music, want to check out some of the designs, want to expand your breadth of knowledge involving music, or if you are an artist that would like to join the interactive community, go to crypticcoast.com. Use code mrbill10 for 10% off any product on the site. Virtual Riot is the electronic bass music project of 26 year old Valentin Brunn from Germany. He started playing the piano and producing music at an early age and continued his passion by studying music production at the Pop Academy in Mannheim, Germany. In 2015 he moved to Los Angeles and has since been touring the US and other continents, collaborating with other bass music artists like Kill The Noise and Skrillex and releasing his music on the LA based label Disciple Recordings. Now Valentin is known for his genre leading sample and preset packs as well as his video tutorials and music production livestreams which have influenced many producers in the scene. Virtual Riot Links: https://soundcloud.com/virtual-riot Virtual Riot Spotify https://youtube.com/c/OfficialVirtualRiot https://twitter.com/Virtual_Riot Mr. Bill’s Links: https://live.mrbillstunes.com/ https://discord.gg/ySjhgWQ https://mrbill.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBillsTunes Podcast Production Inquiries: fumodenver@gmail.com

Who Was Stephen Hawking? Stephen Hawking was a scientist known for his work with black holes and relativity, and the author of popular science books like 'A Brief History of Time.' --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biography/message

Inspired by Naomi Klein's 2007 book, 'The Shock Doctrine', this podcast aims to use pop culture (non-academic movies, television shows, books, music and other media - accessible stuff) as a way to understand and flesh out the perils of neoliberalism. The first section of this episode introduces the concept of the show and what kind of content we'll cover. [00:00 - 08:20] The second section explores  the central thesis of Klein's book via the short film, 'The Shock Doctrine', released in 2007 and directed by Jonas Cuarón. [8:20 - end]  We also have a look at some readings from David Harvey's 2005 book, 'A Brief History of Neoliberalism' to provide a more concrete definition of neoliberalism.  Made by: Tom Cockram Music by: Turtle Bay Television 

Welcome to the second episode of the new season and new format - this is actually episode #98.   In this episode I interview Dr. Nikki Clark about Mary Howard, Duchess of Richmond, and then for the 'Ask the Expert' segment, Dr Nicola Tallis returns to answer your listener -submitted questions about Margaret Beaufort, and then I give you 'A Brief History' on Jane the Fool.    --   *See separate post for the bonus material mentioned in the episode*   See Show Notes for all the Details   Credits:   Written by: Rebecca Larson & Steph Stohrer Voiced by: Rebecca Larson, Dr. Nikki Clark & Dr. Nicola Tallis Produced by: Rebecca Larson Imaging by: Troy Larson    Music Credits:   Music: Pavana alla veneziana by Paul O'Dette, Composed by Joan Ambrosio Dalza   Resources:   TudorsDynasty.com TudorsDynastyPodcast.com Patreon.com/TudorsDynasty

Pretty. Strong. (yikes) Find your centre and learn about the power of Kung Fu as we discuss 'Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior'Follow Koleman on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/km_angle/?hl=enPodcast Socials:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dclubpodcast?s=09Instagram: @dcomclubhouseEmail: svdisneyclubhouse@gmail.comSHOWNOTES:Wu: Homecoming Warrior Review - Girls with Guns - by Jim McLennanhttps://girlswithguns.org/wendy-wu-homecoming-warrior/'How Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior Taught Cultural Acceptance' by Nyah Hardmonhttp://affinitymagazine.us/2016/05/29/how-wendy-wu-homecoming-warrior-taught-cultural-acceptance/'Asians in Hollywood | Video Essay' by Accented Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsqIbisteOQ'Kung Fu Production for Global Consumption: The Depoliticization of Kung Fu in Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle' by Raechel Dumashttps: //www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/style.43.1.65?seq=1'Kung Fu moves in America movies: a comparative visual study of the three most representation' by Xiaxin Chen:https://theculturetrip.com/asia/hong-kong/articles/a-brief-history-of-martial-arts-in-chinese-cinema/'A Brief History of Martial Arts in Chinese Cinema' by Sally Gao: https://theculturetrip.com/authors/sally-gao/'How Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’ Shows a New Type of Asian Representation | NowThis' by NowThis Entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1RLmlPebIc'Actress Brenda Song on Expanding the Idea of Representation On Screen and Behind the Scenes' by Janice Kim: http://pulsespikes.com/brenda-song-dollface-representation-on-screen-and-behind-the-scenes/'Asian Actors Are Still Only 1% of Hollywood's Leading Roles' by Isis Briones: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/asian-representation-in-hollywood'Brenda Song Dishes on Past Roles, Future Plans and Celebration in Representation' by Jordan Nishkian:https://localemagazine.com/brenda-song-dishes-on-past-roles-future-plans-and-celebration-in-representation/'How Bruce Lee Changed Martial Arts Cinema - Part 1 | Video Essay' by Accented Cinemahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gR0m-tTk6w

Listener Ange emailed us at pods@rnz.co.nz as she's loving The Sporkful with Dan Pashman. She says the show's become a "recent podcast obsession", and strongly recommends an episode called 'A Brief History of American Barbecue'. We play a clip from this episode (and thanks to Anne Saini for her help bringing that to you).

The late Stephen Hawking's final book was published today and the astrophysicist is clear: There is no God. Or an afterlife. And certainly no heaven. Shortly before his death, Prof Hawking began compiling the answers to 10 fundamental questions which he had been asked frequently by readers since the publication of 'A Brief History of Time' in 1988. They include "Is time travel possible?", "Should we colonise space?" and "Is there a God?" Answering the final question just months before his death, he said he had come to the "profound realisation" that there was no afterlife or supreme being. Do you believe there is an afterlife? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The late Stephen Hawking's final book was published today and the astrophysicist is clear: There is no God. Or an afterlife. And certainly no heaven. Shortly before his death, Prof Hawking began compiling the answers to 10 fundamental questions which he had been asked frequently by readers since the publication of 'A Brief History of Time' in 1988. They include "Is time travel possible?", "Should we colonise space?" and "Is there a God?" Answering the final question just months before his death, he said he had come to the "profound realisation" that there was no afterlife or supreme being. Do you believe there is an afterlife? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the archives, Robert Kirkwood chats to Marlon James about his book, 'A Brief History of Seven Killings '.

Tarot, Symbolism and Supernatural Places Mark welcomes Sarah Bartlett to the show. After studying for an art degree at Middlesex University, Sarah Bartlett went on to become a consultant astrologer, acquiring the Diploma in Psychological Astrology, an in-depth three-year professional training program that cross-fertilizes the fields of astrology, mythology, and humanistic and transpersonal psychology. She is the author of twenty nonfiction books, including the best-selling 'Mythology Bible' and 'A Brief History of Angels and Demons'. Sarah's website can be found here: http://sarahbartlett.net/ You can buy Sarah's amazing books here: http://sarahbartlett.net/sarah-bartlett-books.html Music intro: Bossa Nova by Sumyeti Music outro: Valley Gold by Sumyeti https://sumyeti.bandcamp.com/album/sumyeti A special thank you to APS Mastering for their support. Visit www.apsmastering.com for all of your Audio Mastering needs.

Rowan survives a house-fire and noxious fumes to join Warren and Raj this week for the grand finale of 'A Brief History of Neoliberalism'. Last week we discussed how the political left embraced neoliberalism, through the Third Way politics of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. This week we look at the rest of the industrialised world, discuss the 2008 financial crisis, and reveal how neoliberalism has taken the opportunity to double-down since the Great Recession. Will it be this way forever? What can we do to change things? You'll have to tune in to find out... Check out Part 1 (Intro & Pre-Neoliberalsim): goo.gl/KVF32q Check out Part 2 (Neoliberal Theorists): goo.gl/ta4Bk8 Check out Part 3 (Thatcher & Reagan): goo.gl/3a67ys Check out Part 4 (Clinton & Blair): goo.gl/YV2yxi ___ We finish up the pod discussing a recently leaked government document highlighting opportunities to strip back worker's rights after Brexit - under the guise of "maximising regulatory opportunities". The Government repeatedly claim that leaving the EU will not be an opportunity to burn regulations and protections... for some reason we don't believe them. More on that here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-worker-rights-impact-assessment-eu-withdrawal-leaked-theresa-may-a8201176.html ___ Like what you hear? Support us by... Following on Soundcloud! Subscribing and Reviewing on ITunes – itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/connected-disaffected/ Following on Twitter – twitter.com/CandDPodcast Following on FB – www.facebook.com/connectedanddisaffected/ Email your comments and ideas - connectedanddisaffected@gmail.com

Rowan returns to the fold this week, still without a home but at least with an 'adequate' AirBnB. Get a degree they said. Do a masters they said. Get a white-collar job they say. It'll all work out they said... Rowan's slow-motion crushing beneath the iron wheel of capitalism sets us up quite well for Part 4 of our on-going series 'A Brief History of Neoliberalism', which is now becoming not-so brief. Last week he explored how Thatcher and Reagan spearheaded Neoliberalism in the West over the course of the 80s. This week he looks at how the political left embraced neoliberalism, through the Third Way politics of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. This leads us up to perhaps the defining calamity of our generation, the 2008 financial crisis... but that's for the fifth and final part, next week! Check out Part 1: goo.gl/KVF32q Check out Part 2: goo.gl/ta4Bk8 Check out Part 3: goo.gl/3a67ys ___ We finish this week's pod with some pop culture commentary with Meanwhile On Twitter. Our friend Helen Edworthy joins us to discuss why Millennials and Generation Z are watching the Friends, recently released on Netflix, and noticing how far society's moved on from the latent misogyny and homophobia of the era. We also note how similar series since, like HOMYM, have a more cynical outlook. ___ Like what you hear? Support us by... Following on Soundcloud! Subscribing and Reviewing on ITunes – itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/connected-disaffected/ Following on Twitter – twitter.com/CandDPodcast Following on FB – www.facebook.com/connectedanddisaffected/ Email your comments and ideas - connectedanddisaffected@gmail.com

The celebrated Jamaican novelist and 2015 Man Booker Prize winner on 'A Brief History of Seven Killings visited Toronto Public Library on February 18 to discuss his novel with Toronto International Film Festival's Cameron Bailey.