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The second message in the series "The Life of Elijah" with a Bible reference of 1 Kings 17:7-24We hope you were blessed by this message! Visit our website for more information about Grove City Vineyard.

Through Jesus, we have been set free from judgment and have the gift of eternal life.John 5:24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Join the Adult Bible Study: https://soulwinnerz.org/adultSponsored by: Bethlehem Kung Fu Center https://bethlehemkungfu.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

Our passages today are from: Galations 5:22-23 and John 15:17-24We're delving into the topic of love today - the first fruit listed in Galatians 5. It's big, it's weighty - and it's ultimately all about Jesus, who loved us and gave himself for us. We're looking at John 15 in this online Bible study for women. Is there someone you could meet up with to talk about this essential fruit of the Spirit?This episode is sponsored by Moody Publishers.A Christian publisher, they aim to resource the church's work of discipling all people, with titles spanning from Bible commentary and reference to spiritual and relational growth.You can purchase the recommended book in todays episode here. For more resources mentioned in the epside or to sign up to our newsletter, visit the season page on our website.

Starting your day with morning devotions can help you focus your heart and mind on God's truth and grace. Enjoy each day with joy and gratitude.Psalm 118:24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.orgDonate: https://soulwinnerz.org/DonateBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

Many need a way of escape.  If you are addicted there is not a low to low. God can touch you today. Pastor Derek 12/29/24We are so glad you are joining us for this podcast! If you have made a decision to follow Jesus or want to learn more about Him, we would love to know. Please email us:info@harvestvalley.orgTo support the ministry of Harvest Valley Church and invest into the lives of others through giving click here: https://www.harvestvalley.org/giveFind us on Social! Instagram        / harvest_valley_church  Catch us on iTunes & Spotify For more information about Harvest Valley Church visit https://www.harvestvalley.org#harvestvalleychurch #loveourcity #Pleasantonca #harvestvalleychurch #eastbaychurches  #Sunday #hope #harvestvalleychurchpleasanton #purposeinlifeSupport the show

Teacher: Dave BrownIsaiah 9:6-7Wonderful CounselorMighty GodEverlasting FatherPrince of PeaceJesus has cognitive and practical mastery of every phase of reality: physical, moral, and spiritual. He is master only because he is Maestro. “Jesus is Lord” can mean little in practice for anyone who has to hesitate before saying, “Jesus is smart.” He is not just nice, he is brilliant. He is the smartest man who ever lived. He is now supervising the entire course of world history (Rev. 1:5) while simultaneously preparing the rest of the universe for our future role in it (John 14:2). He always has the best information on everything and certainly also on the things that matter most in human life.—Dallas WillardColossians 2:2-3The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth… We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake.—Ralph Waldo Emerson The only way we can ever know what is right for us is that it feels better subjectively than any alternative…what tastes good is also, in the growth sense, better for us.— Abraham MaslowThe counsel is that we can arrive at our full humanness by gratifying our desires. It has been a recipe for misery for millions.—Eugene PetersonMatthew 7:24We don't become whole persons by merely wanting to become whole, by consulting the right prophets, by reading the right book. Intentions must mature into commitment if we are to become persons with definition, with character, with substance.— Eugene PetersonMatthew 23:36-40Relationship with God is not something added on after we complete our basic growth, it is the essential core of that growth. Take that core out, and there is no humanity at all but only a husk, the appearance, but not the substance of the human.—Eugene Peterson

Are you ready to uncover both darkness and light in the Book of Mormon? In this episode of Go & Do, Candis dives into some of the more chilling parts of Ether, from secret combinations to sinister conspiracies, and explores how we can bring our own “secret things” into the light. You'll gain tools for navigating life's dark moments, discover powerful “stones of light” like scriptures and the Holy Ghost, and explore the guidance of living prophets as our ultimate beacons.Go & Do ChallengeExpose your secret things – take care of them nowGather stones of lightStudy words of living prophetsEpisode LinksCome, Follow Me—Nov 18-24We love to hear from you! Send Candis a fan mail.If you like what you hear don't forget to follow and leave us a review!We want to hear from you!Share your thoughts, experiences, etc with us at @goanddopodcast on IG or send us an email at thegoanddopodcast@gmail.com

Don't get involved with people that want to pick fights.2 Timothy 2:22-24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.org➡️ Support sOUL wINNERZ, Inc. (Tax-Deductible)Donate: https://soulwinnerz.org/DonateCash App: https://soulwinnerz.org/CashAppBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

Series: Rabbi JesusScripture: Luke 14:1-24We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you'd like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council BluffsSunday Gatherings at 9:00 & 11:00 AMLivestream at 9:00 AM2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the show

Send us a textI'm Ok // Week 3 // Addiction // Reid Robinette // 10-20-24We are all addicted to something. The definition of sin is when you replace God with something or someone,and the result is an addiction.Scripture: Jeremiah 2:1-8, 23-32Helpful Links:Check out this week's sermon study.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Watch on Youtube.Crossroads 2023 worship Spotify playlist.Info on Crossroads Church.If you'd like to give you can do so here.

Podcast: Cyber Security Weekly Podcast (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Episode 414 - Winning the OT Security BattlePub date: 2024-09-24We sat down with Tim Conway and Robert Lee, two leading cybersecurity experts, to discuss pressing issues in OT cybersecurity.CrowdStrike Lessons LearnedTim and Robert began by examining the CrowdStrike incident from July 2024. They highlighted the dangers of over-relying on trusted technology without sufficient testing and verification, and the importance of integrating resilience into systems and avoiding a one-size-fits-all security approach.Cyber Threat LandscapeRobert discussed the rise of sophisticated malware like Fuxnet, Frostygoop and Pipe Dream, designed to target OT systems. Fuxnet was a highly targeted attack aimed at disrupting critical infrastructure in Russia, while Frostygop used similar techniques against Ukraine. In contrast, Pipe Dream serves as a more versatile attack framework applicable to various OT systems. He underscored an important lesson: even if specific malware isn't reused, studying its tactics can improve our prevention, detection, and response strategies. The key takeaway: threats to OT environments are growing, with increasingly targeted efforts from a range of actors.Critical Control – ICS Network VisibilityTim and Robert addressed the challenges of gaining visibility into OT devices. Tim noted that OT environments are diverse and require more than a one-size-fits-all approach. Each environment has unique characteristics that must be considered. While attackers exploit both commonalities and specific features, defenders must balance the need for visibility with the risk of disrupting operations. Legacy systems without modern security features further complicate these efforts. Despite historical challenges in visibility due to limited capabilities and resistance to change, recent technological advances have improved the situation. However, new technologies, such as encryption, introduce additional complexities. A balanced approach, using critical controls as a framework, is essential for prioritizing security efforts and adapting to evolving needs.Critical Control – Incident Response PlanTim and Robert highlighted that many organizations lack specific incident response plans for OT, relying instead on general IT plans. Backup plans for power outages often do not address cyber attack scenarios. Effective OT incident response requires a tailored plan that includes data collection, safety procedures, and appropriate tools. In addition, maturity in incident response involves having a detailed, operationally integrated plan that addresses various scenarios, including handling outages and restoring systems without SCADA support. OT and IT ConvergenceTim and Robert discussed several crucial aspects of OT security. They noted that the increasing interconnection between IT and OT systems has elevated the risk of attacks transitioning from IT to OT environments. Additionally, remote access, often used for vendor support, presents a significant security threat.They emphasized the distinct characteristics of OT systems, which necessitate specialized security approaches. Treating OT and IT as identical can lead to dangerous oversimplifications and vulnerabilities. Therefore, security measures must be tailored to the specific needs of OT environments, considering their safety, physical constraints, and unique risks.Tim and Robert also touched on cyber-informed engineering. Key takeaways include recognizing common attack vectors from IT systems, implementing distinct security strategies for OT, and avoiding the assumption that OT and IT are the same. Tailoring security measures to the specific needs and constraints of OT environments is essential for effective protection.Celebrating WinsFinally, Tim and Robert highlighted the importance of celebrating cybersecurity successes, such as defending against VOLTZITE. Recognizing and celebrating these victories can boost morale and encourage teams to continue their efforts. Tim Conway, Senior Instructor, https://www.sans.org/profiles/tim-conway/Tim serves as the Technical Director of ICS and SCADA programs at SANS, and he is responsible for developing, reviewing, and implementing technical components of the SANS ICS and SCADA product offerings. A recognized leader in CIP operations, he formerly served as the Director of CIP Compliance and Operations Technology at Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), where he was responsible for Operations Technology, NERC CIP Compliance, and the NERC training environments for the operations departments within NIPSCO Electric.Robert M. Lee, Fellow, https://www.sans.org/profiles/robert-m-lee/ SANS fellow Robert M. Lee brings to the classroom one of the most valuable and respected of credentials: real-world experience. Robert is the CEO and founder of his own company, Dragos, Inc., that provides cyber security solutions for industrial control system networks. Further viewing; https://youtu.be/BiUpuRk6pvA?si=xQcx9oiJOxQu0n7H#mysecuritytv #otcybersecurityThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from MySecurity Media, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Recorded: 9/25/24We cannot believe we made it to Season 3 without a silage episode! Today that all changes, as Ryan and Justin talk with forage systems specialist Joe Lawrence of the Cornell PRO-DAIRY team. Joe Lawrence draws upon his years of experience with Cornell and as a private certified crop adviser to chat about the science of corn silage management and hybrid selection, and reflects on lessons learned from the 2024 silage season.  Hosts: Ryan Spelman and Justin Brackenrich, Penn State ExtensionGuest: Joe Lawrence, Cornell University Links:Corn Silage ManagementSpreadsheet to Price Standing Hay-crop ForageUnderstanding Silage ManagementCornell Field Crop Variety TrialsPDMP Pennsylvania Corn Silage Hybrid TrialsCornell Maximizing Forage Quality in Bunk SilosManaging for Quality Silage: Bunk Silos and Piles. Joe Lawrence, Forage Specialist, Cornell PRODAIRYPhoto credit: Ryan Spelman, Penn State ExtensionSign up to receive our newsletter, Field Crop News! and follow us on Facebook!

It would be best to have a transformed, renewed mind and not think like unbelievers.Ephesians 4:17-24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.org➡️ Support sOUL wINNERZ, Inc. (Tax-Deductible)Donate: https://soulwinnerz.org/DonateCash App: https://soulwinnerz.org/CashAppBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

“Michelle Crechiolo” 08/07/24We're live-ish with Pittsburgh Penguins team reporter - and sometimes radio color commentator - Michelle Crechiolo!Jordan and Jeff chatted Michelle up for a solid hour, and we're bringing you that full conversation, uncut.Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on Twitter: @penspodJeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewtonLETS GO PENS.JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

There is a type of boasting that pleases God.Jeremiah 9:23-24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.orgDonate: https://soulwinnerz.org/DonateBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

Series: Rabbi JesusScripture:  Luke 10:1-24We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you'd like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council BluffsSunday Gatherings at 9:00 & 11:00 AMLivestream at 9:00 AM2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the Show.

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The desire for riches can sidetrack individuals from their beliefs.Matthew 6:24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.orgDonate: https://soulwinnerz.org/DonateBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

Making godly choices during the day will help you sleep at night.Proverbs 3:21-24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: sELAH rADIO Network https://soulwinnerz.org ::::::::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.orgDonate: https://soulwinnerz.org/DonateBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-blaze-bible-study--525630/support.

Deconstruction Week 4 - Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Léonce Crump (Senior Pastor of Renovation Church)Description:We all have questions about God and the Bible, but beneath all of them lies one crucial tension: Why did Jesus have to die? Once we have the answer, all the other doubts cease to be hurdles between us and Jesus. In the fourth and final week of Deconstruction, Léonce Crump (Senior Pastor of Renovation Church) tackles this fundamental question.—Message Notes:  The Son of God loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23Whoever sins is a slave of sin. John 8:34You, therefore, have no excuse when you pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself because you who pass judgment do the same things. Romans 2:1He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree…by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24We all, like sheep, have gone astray, we have turned – every one – to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6God was in Christ, reconciling the world [that is, you and me] to himself. 2 Corinthians 5:19If the Son sets you free you are free indeed. John 8:36The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7C. S. Lewis pointed out, if God's forgiven us and we refuse to forgive ourselves, it's like "setting ourselves up as a higher tribunal than God." The Son of God loved me and gave himself for me.—Helpful Links:For additional series resources, go to https://gethope.net/deconstruction/#moreIf you're new to Hope or looking to get connected, click here: https://gethope.net/next/If you've just made a decision to follow Christ, we'd love to connect with you here! https://touchpoint.gethope.net/OnlineReg/2048If you'd like to receive regular updates on what's happening around Hope, subscribe to our newsletter here: https://gethope.net/enews/Subscribe to Family Conversations for weekly prompts and resources: https://touchpoint.gethope.net/OnePageReg/2451To support this ministry financially to help us continue to love people where they are and encourage them to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ, click here: https://gethope.net/give/Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2XBbBxqStay Connected with Hope:Website: https://gethope.net/Hope Community Church Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gethopecommunitychurch Hope Community Church Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/get_hope/Hope Community Church Twitter: https://twitter.com/get_hopeHope Community Church YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/HopeCommunityChurchSubscribe to Our Podcast - Hope In Real Life YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HopeInRealLifeHope In Real Life Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7eifzI0r9uY8rUaBMGs7q1Hope In Real Life Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-in-real-life-with-jason-gore/id1691710678?uo=4

Podcast: (CS)²AI Podcast Show: Control System Cyber SecurityEpisode: 99: Exploring the Multifaceted World of Gary Kessler: From Cybersecurity Expert to Master Scuba Diver TrainerPub date: 2023-10-24We are delighted to have Gary Kessler joining us as our special guest for today's episode of the CS2AI podcast show! Gary is a multifaceted individual with a diverse array of interests. He has been involved in many different projects over time and has worn various hats under the umbrella of his company, Gary Kessler Associates. His impressive literary contributions include over 75 articles and three books, establishing him as a prolific authority on cybersecurity. He started his journey as a computer programmer and continues to embrace that today. He is a former EMT firefighter, a passionate outdoorsman, an avid cyclist, and an accomplished master scuba diver trainer. He also is a boat captain, a retired college professor, and a dedicated husband and father. Stay tuned for Gary's interesting backstory and fascinating insights on maritime cybersecurity!Show highlights:Gary shares his backstory and cybersecurity journey How Gary got into maritime cybersecuritySome early computer security vulnerabilities and hacking techniquesGary dives into current shipbuilding practicesSome potential maritime cybersecurity risks and threatsGary discusses his initial focal point with maritime cybersecurityCan a ship be hacked to gain potentially damaging data?Security by design and resilience in engineeringWhy bridge crews and officers have to be more technologically aware now than ever beforeLinks and resources:(CS)²AI Derek Harp on LinkedInGary Kessler on LinkedInGary KesslerAssociatesThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Derek Harp, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: (CS)²AI Podcast Show: Control System Cyber SecurityEpisode: 99: Exploring the Multifaceted World of Gary Kessler: From Cybersecurity Expert to Master Scuba Diver TrainerPub date: 2023-10-24We are delighted to have Gary Kessler joining us as our special guest for today's episode of the CS2AI podcast show! Gary is a multifaceted individual with a diverse array of interests. He has been involved in many different projects over time and has worn various hats under the umbrella of his company, Gary Kessler Associates. His impressive literary contributions include over 75 articles and three books, establishing him as a prolific authority on cybersecurity. He started his journey as a computer programmer and continues to embrace that today. He is a former EMT firefighter, a passionate outdoorsman, an avid cyclist, and an accomplished master scuba diver trainer. He also is a boat captain, a retired college professor, and a dedicated husband and father. Stay tuned for Gary's interesting backstory and fascinating insights on maritime cybersecurity!Show highlights:Gary shares his backstory and cybersecurity journey How Gary got into maritime cybersecuritySome early computer security vulnerabilities and hacking techniquesGary dives into current shipbuilding practicesSome potential maritime cybersecurity risks and threatsGary discusses his initial focal point with maritime cybersecurityCan a ship be hacked to gain potentially damaging data?Security by design and resilience in engineeringWhy bridge crews and officers have to be more technologically aware now than ever beforeLinks and resources:(CS)²AI Derek Harp on LinkedInGary Kessler on LinkedInGary KesslerAssociatesThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Derek Harp, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

What's the difference between stumbling and falling? Psalm 37:23-24We are (LIVE) on our website's [Morning Devo] podcast now!:::: https://live.soulwinnerz.org and we want to see who you are by simply clicking here https://chat.restream.io/fb :::::Visit our Sponsors: https://soulwinnerz.org

Welcome to Music Around The World. Each week we showcase a collection of artists and their music from different parts of the world. In this episode, we present to you an impressive lineup of artists including FISHER, Sébastien Léger, Benny Benassi, Stephan Jolk, KC Lights, Vinyl's From The Past and Music News. https://75dc83.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MFAW-EP-97.mp3 Music From Around The World Episode: 97 Transcription Intro: 00:00 to 0:14This is Music From Around The World Episode 97. I'm your host Mason Vera Paine and in today's episode we will be featuring music from FISHER, Sébastien Léger, Stephan Jolk. KC Lights, Vinyl's From The Past and Music News. FISHER: Start – 0:15   and   End – 4:21Based out of Australia, FISHER is a talented DJ and producer who specializes in house and techno music. His career began in 2012 when he teamed up with another DJ to form the duo Cut Snake. In 2017, FISHER went solo and released his first track "Ya Kidding" and since then has released multiple tracks that have made it to Billboard's Hot Dance Electronic Songs Chart. Take a listen to his latest track “Take It Off”. “Take It Off” is out now via Catch & Release records and it's available on all streaming platforms. Before getting into music FISHER was a pro surfer in the world surfer league. Having been active in the music industry for more than a decade, FISHER shows no signs of slowing down. For the latest on FISHER's releases and projects visit: Instagram.com/followthefishtv; that's Instagram.com/F-O-L-L-O-W-T-H-E-F-I-S-H-T-V Sébastien Léger: Start – 4:22   and   End – 15:07Achieving major success with his singles “Hypnotized”, “Aqualight” and “Hit Girl”, Sébastien Léger is a French House DJ and Producer who has gained recognition in the music world. Take a listen to his latest track “Blazing Ice”. “Blazing Ice” is out now via Lost Miracle and it's available on all streaming platforms. At the age of 14, Sebastien discovered his passion for music through turntables. Five years later, he decided to take it one step further and began producing music. As a producer he has remixed tracks for famous artists like Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Duran Duran, Groove Armada and Ali Love. Visit instagram.com/sebastien_leger for the latest on Sebastien upcoming projects. That's Instagram.com/S-E-B-A-S-T-I-E-N UNDERSCORE L-E-G-E-R Vinyl's From The Past: 15:09 to 18:24We are going to take a brief break for Vinyl's From The Past. In this limited run series, I will be exploring the pioneers that have shaped and influenced the EDM we have today. In this episode I will be featuring Benny Benassi. Benny Benassi is an Italian DJ and Producer whose career started in the 1980's. He originally was part of a duo with his cousin Alle Benassi and they formed the Benassi Bros. They both started producing music in Milan gaining popularity. In 2002 Benny gained international recognition for his single “Satisfaction”. Take a listen to it now. “Satisfaction” launched Benny Benassi on the international stage with its catchy hood, fusion of electro, house and techno and layered vocals. This combination of things made it the most influential track in EDM because it brough electro house centerstage. That's it for Vinyl's from the past, now let's get back to more music.  Stephan Jolk: Start -18:25  and    End – 24:13DJ and Producer, Stephan Jolk is a renowned Melodic Techno artist. His music is known for its unique combination of spiraling and emotionally charged melodies. Take a listen to his latest track “When the Lights Go Out” “When the Lights Go Out” is out now via Watergate Records and its available on all streaming platforms. For the latest on Stephan and his projects visit: instagram.com/stephanjolk; that's Instagram.com/S-T-E-P-H-A-N-J-O-L-K News Break: 24:15 to 24:59Let's take a brief break for some music news. Singer and songwriter Grimes has announced that people can use he...

Are you tired of going to networking events and feeling like you're just wasting your time? In this episode of "Let's Book Clients," I'm going to spill the beans on my personal experiences and give you some awesome tips on how to keep those connections alive! Trust me, it's all about staying connected and nurturing those relationships. I've got ten amazing ways to show your appreciation and strengthen those bonds, like sending a handwritten thank you note, showing up to their events, and just being grateful and thankful. So, before you head out to your next networking event, keep these tips in mind and be sure to follow up with your new contacts. Tune in now to learn more!Networking Events [00:01:24] Michelle talks about the importance of networking events and shares her personal experiences of meeting people at such events.Nurturing Relationships [00:03:20] Michelle emphasizes the importance of nurturing relationships with people met at networking events and shares how she has built strong connections with people she met at such events.Ten Ways to Show Gratitude [00:04:27] Michelle provides ten ways to show gratitude and make deeper connections with people met at networking events, including sending a handwritten thank you note, publicly acknowledging them on social media, and referring business their way.Notable mentions:Business Boutique event by Dave Ramsey: 00:01:24Jasmine Starr: 00:02:24We all have the things in our business that stress us out, especially as the creatives that most of us are.Because of that, I always look so forward to this amazing free summit that happens every year.It's 3 days, all online, and filled with speakers who are also creatives like us.Grab your free ticket at www.letsbookclients.com/creativebusiness.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 16th of June, 2023 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. “And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all,…” 2 Timothy 2:24We need to be more gentle with one another in the world today, don't you agree? It is actually one of the fruits of the Spirit. Galatians 5:23 tells us that, “gentleness and self-control, against such there is no law.” We need to be gentle with one another. Now, some of us think that you become gentle by deciding in your mind that you are going to be a gentle person, some maybe believe if we do certain Bible courses we will become gentle and others will say, “Well, we will have to work at it because that is what we desire.” No, no, that won't help at all. It's not something we read about or even something we think about. No, we have to put the flesh down if we want to be gentle. We have to go through the crushing process, we have to go to the Cross, that's right, the Cross of crucifixion. You will never smell the scent of a rose unless you crush the petal. You will never taste the pure sweet juice of an orange unless the orange is crushed. We have to go to Gethsemane. Now, the word, “Gethsemane” is a Hebrew word that literally means, “the olive press.” It's where they used to crush the olives to get the olive oil out. We really need to be prepared to let the Lord crush us if we want to become gentle. We had an old lady who stayed with us for many, many years. She was an intercessor. Her name was Aunty Peggy. Aunty Peggy exhibited a spirit of gentleness like I have seen in very few people but she had been through a lot of pain and suffering mentally and spiritually. She had one leg amputated at the knee from sugar diabetes. She had blood pressure problems and many other scars from the battle of life. But I want to tell you something now, I have very rarely met a person, who was one of the most gentle people. I used to love to go and sit with her and we would talk. She wouldn't do much talking, she did the listening, and I did all the talking, but she pervaded in such a beautiful spirit of gentleness. When you left her house you felt absolute peace. So today, ask the Lord Jesus Christ to give you a spirit of gentleness but then you must be prepared to go through the school of hard knocks.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

Luke 15:11-24We never lose our identity as a child of God even if we wander away and He always rejoices when we repent and return

Hot-take: a statement that's provocative enough that people can't help but weigh in with their thoughts.2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him… 5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.ROMANS 14:1-3HOT TAKE: TITHING. DO I HAVE TO GIVE IT?30 “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord. 31 If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. 32 And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord. 33 One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”LEVITICUS 27:30-3342 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe[d] came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.ACTS 2:42-4717 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'” 20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.MARK 10:17 -22JESUS REVEALS “BARE-MINIMUM” DISCIPLESHIPJesus was filled with loving compassion for this man because his life was so empty. He had climbed to the top of the ladder of success, only to find his ladder leaned against the wrong building.David GuzikJESUS REVEALS THE TENSION OF MONEY23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”  MARK 10:24We often excuse ourselves from what Jesus said here because we don't consider ourselves rich. Yet compared to this rich young ruler, each one of us enjoys more luxuries and comforts than he did. Riches present a difficulty because they tend to make us satisfied with this life instead of longing for the age to come. It is also true that riches must often be acquired at the expense of acquiring God.David GuzikFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.MATTHEW 6:21WHAT IS THE TITHE?IT'S 10%IT'S FIRST-FRUITSNow Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And [c]in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. GENESIS 4:2-54 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts.HEBREWS 11:4WHAT WAS THE TITHE FOR?SUPPORTING LEVITICAL PRIESTS (O.T.), SUPPORTING THE LOCAL CHURCH. (N.T.)PHYSICAL SACRIFICE FOR A SPIRITUAL REALITYFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.MATTHEW 6:21“The discipline of sacrifice is one in which we forsake the security of meeting our needs with what is in our hands. It is total abandonment to God, a stepping into the darkened abyss in the faith and hope that God will bear us up. Dallas WillardMYTH.01: TITHING WILL MAKE YOU RICHHonor the Lord with your wealth    and with the firstfruits of all your produce;then your barns will be filled with plenty,    and your vats will be bursting with wine.PROVERBS 3:9-10MYTH.02: TITHING IS FROM THE LAW, WE DON'T LIVE UNDER THE LAW ANYMORETITHING IS NOT A COMMAND, BUT IT SHOULD BE A NATURAL RESPONSE.8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”LUKE 19:8-10

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THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE… - 1 Corinthians 11:24We are going to make our virtual experience a Spiritual experience as we come together to remember our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who gave all his life and died the death of the cross for the remission of our sins. 'Come together' is the New Testament teaching of Paul, and an integral aspect of communion. Let's find out more - directly from the word of God!

Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:23–24We begin the most sacred Triduum, the greatest Feasts in the life of the Church. Tonight we celebrate the Last Supper with our Lord. The Church then keeps vigil in prayer until midnight. Tomorrow, though Holy Communion that was consecrated on Holy Thursday is distributed, the Mass is not celebrated and the tabernacle is empty. We venerate the Cross, recall the Passion, and experience the silence of the death of our Lord. On Holy Saturday, the Liturgy is not celebrated until the sun sets and we begin the Easter Vigil celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord.Tonight we especially ponder the words of Jesus: “Do this in remembrance of me.” This is not only an invitation; it is a command. A command of love. A command to share in the Memorial Sacrifice of the Savior of the World. The word “memorial” is important to understand. When Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me,” He was not simply asking us to remember Him, or to celebrate the Eucharist as a memorial in the normal sense of a memorial. Normally, a memorial is something that is used only to remind us of something that previously took place. There might be a memorial plaque placed at a location of some important event, commemorating the event with a description and date. Or there might be a memorial ceremony where we honor someone who has gone before us. But the Mass is a memorial in a much different way. As a memorial, or remembrance, our Church teaches that every time the Mass is celebrated, the saving events of the Paschal Mystery are truly made present. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in quoting the great Council of Trent, states it this way: The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one single sacrifice: “The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different.” “And since in this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner. . .” (#1367).In other words, when we participate in the Mass we are participating in the Sacrifice of Christ; we are present at the Cross. It is His offering that culminated in His victory over sin and death. Thus, when we celebrate this “remembrance,” we do more than remember the Last Supper. We are truly there, truly participating in it, truly experiencing the saving grace of Christ's gift. It is very easy to “forget” what we actually participate in. Sometimes we can become distracted at Mass. If Mass is celebrated in an irreverent way, if it is rushed or if our minds are somewhere else, then we are standing at the foot of the Cross more like a soldier or bystander than like the Mother of God or people of deep faith. As we participate in the Last Supper and the saving Sacrifice of Christ this night, reflect upon what you participate in every time you celebrate the Most Holy Eucharist. Pray for the eyes of faith and for the gift of reverence and awe. Pray that the veil be lifted and you be invited to gaze upon the greatest act of love ever known. Allow this night to be a true reminder to you that the Mass is real, is the Holy Sacrifice, is the most important Gift you will ever receive. It is the Gift of the Sacrifice of the Savior of the World. My Sacrificial Lord, this night You instituted the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in which Your saving Sacrifice became a permanent Memorial in which we are invited to share. Please open my eyes to the reality of the Mass and help me to always participate in it with deep faith, reverence and love. Jesus, I trust in You. Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2023 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.

Avoiding people and algorithm pleasing on Instagram with Elsie Owen (aka the people-pleasing therapist)Welcome to Season 4 of The Business of Psychology! This interview with Elsie Owen, @the_peoplepleasing_therapist on Instagram, is one of those episodes that really reminds me why I began this project in the first place. Elsie is really inspiring to me; I get asked a lot of questions about Instagram specifically, and about marketing strategy in general, and often I feel like people are heaping tons of pressure on themselves to bend themselves out of shape to copy someone else or do something that they think they should be doing. Elsie's story gives a really refreshing insight into the power of what can happen when you do what feels right at the moment that it feels right for you. If you haven't heard of Elsie already, I'd really encourage you, when you finish listening to this episode, to look her up and check out her work, because she's brilliant. But I'd also really love you to listen to her story and think about what you can take from this when it comes to marketing your private practice or starting your social media project. Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of PsychologyLinks for Elsie:Instagram: @the_peoplepleasing_therapistWebsite: www.elsieowen.comRosie's on Instagram:@rosiegilderthorp@thepregnancypsychologistThe highlightsI welcome Elsie and she tells us how she got started in the world of therapy 01:33Elsie tells us how her business started and how it got traction 09:15Elsie talks about how she came to her ‘people pleasing therapist' specialism 15:24We discuss how Elsie keeps her instagram account alive 22:14Elsie talks about the main uses for her instagram 28:40Elsie gives us her tips for getting people to interact on instagram 32:50Elsie talks about how to get people from Instagram to buying from us 34:54Elsie tells us how we can connect with her 42:07Free Client ChecklistAre you just starting out in private practice? Feeling overwhelmed by all the stuff there is to do by any chance? Paralysed by perfectionism or procrastination? Never fear! Psychology Business School has got your back. And the good news is, there's actually not that much you need to do to run your practice safely and effectively. Download a free checklist today to find out exactly what really matters. Tick off every box and you can see your first clients with confidence that you've done everything important. Get your free copy at psychologybusinessschool.com/client-checklist Thank you so much for listening to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to subscribe, rate and review the show. It helps more mental health professionals just like you to find us, and it also means a lot to me personally when I read the reviews. Thank you in advance and we'll see you next week for another episode of practical strategy and inspiration to...

“Restoring Faith: Facing Adversity”Text: Ezra 4:1-4, 23-24We continue our study of the book of Ezra by reading how the Jewish people ran into adversity and adversaries while trying to rebuild God’s temple. Sometimes when we are growing in our relationship with God or desiring to see how God can build us up, we recognize adversity…

Establishing a school, writing an acclaimed book, starting a successful company - these are all extremely difficult achievements in their own right... but accomplished together by one person? That may seem near impossible for many of us, but for Michael Delman, they've just been necessary steps toward one singular goal: making Executive Function skill development more accessible to all. So how did he do it? Or more importantly, what can we learn from the trials and triumphs of his journey?In this week's episode, I talk with Michael about the essential wisdom he's learned from his 30+ year experience in education - one that includes starting the world's largest Executive Function coaching company, Beyond BookSmart, establishing a charter school, and writing critically acclaimed book for parents, "Your Kid's Gonna Be Okay". Listen to learn about Michael's journey and how you can apply his insights toward reaching your own goals (even the most ambitious ones!) Hopefully from his story, you can find inspiration to build even more meaning in your life.Show NotesBrainTracks (School training division of BBS): www.braintracks.comYour Kid's Gonna Be Okay (Michael's book): https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/your-kids-gonna-be-okay-michael-delmanAn Hour a Week: https://anhouraweek.org/Beyond BookSmart: www.beyondbooksmart.comChan Zuckerberg Initiative: https://chanzuckerberg.com/Contact us!Reach out to us at podcast@beyondbooksmart.comIG/FB/TikTok @beyondbooksmartcoachingTranscriptHannah Choi 00:04Hi everyone and welcome to Focus Forward, an executive function Podcast where we explore the challenges and celebrate the wins you'll experience as you change your life through working on improving your executive function skills. I'm your host, Hannah Choi. Hannah Choi 00:19While you probably know by now that I am an executive function coach, you may not know that I work as a coach for a company called Beyond Booksmart. I got thinking about the story behind the company and how executive function skills are built into the running of a company that specializes in executive function. I invited our CEO Michael Delman to join me for a conversation about just that. We wound our way through a variety of topics, and Michael shared with me the wisdom that he's gained through his life experience as a student, teacher, founder of a charter school, published author and CEO of beyond booksmart. Listen to learn about how important executive function skills are to Michael, how he leads his company and how he believes that good executive function skills are the key to a successful future for the children of today. Hannah Choi 01:15Hi, Michael, thank you for joining me today. Can you just first start off by introducing yourself a little bit for anyone who doesn't know who you are?Michael Delman 01:24I'm Michael Delman. I'm the CEO of Beyond BookSmart and an educator for about 30 years now. So, in this because I love it. And dad of two girls, both of whom graduated this year - one high school, one college. You know, the usual I have a dog of course, Ultimate Frisbee aficionado and I founded a charter school. I wrote a book on I don't know, yeah, just...Hannah Choi 01:56There's got to be some great stories in there about executive function challenges and, and what led you to where you are.Michael Delman 02:04So, choosing the dog? Absolutely. Hannah Choi 02:09What do you have? Michael Delman 02:09We have a Cavapoo. Great little dog. But yeah, actually, yeah, no, actually, I'll tell you the story real quick. So my wife was a holdout on getting the dog as so often happens. And of course, now she's the dog's biggest fan. But my daughter younger daughter always wanted a dog. And we tried everything, you know, pros and cons list, what were the criteria that must be met in order to have the dog. And finally it came down to just pure psychological manipulation, where I, one day said to my wife, "What if? What if our daughter had a tragic accident, and she never had had a dog?" And my wife was like, "Okay, you win. That's it." So, when it came down to it, the rational left brain logical whatever it was just like that one image of like, our daughter being like, devastated and never having had a puppy that just did it so. So our daughter saved up money and paid for the dog herself. Even as kid and yeah, so there we go.Hannah Choi 03:20I'll have to make sure that my kids and husband don't listen to this episode, because I am the last holdout on getting another dog our dog passed away three years ago. I'm not there yet. I'm not there yet. And so we have to make sure that they don't listen to this episode.Michael Delman 03:35But you know what it's like to have a dog? So you know that? Yes, you know, the joy of it? And yes, no,Hannah Choi 03:40I do. Yeah. Yeah. So you are the CEO of an executive function skills company. So what is executive function and executive function skills mean to you?Michael Delman 03:50Yeah, it's way to make a living. Hannah Choi 03:56That's why you're in it, for the money??? Michael Delman 04:01Actually, honestly, it's the only way that anyone can make a living is with I think decent executive function skills. Hannah Choi 04:07Yeah, you got that, right. Michael Delman 04:09So we're in there to help a lot of people, definitely myself included in kind of the skills, tools, orientation that that it provides. So executive functioning skills are all about self management, the ability to regulate yourself to kind of, you know, understand how to get calm and focused, and, and organized and prioritized and then really know how to get things done. I think, I think, you know, a lot of us have ideas of what we want to do. And I know many people who have a lot more ambition or talent than I do, but I think my strength is probably making use of whatever executive function skills I do have, and then executing on on the skills you know, On on the on the vision. So that's EF skills let you, they really let you capitalize on, on whatever strengths you do have and kind of work around your challenges.Hannah Choi 05:13So what are your strengths?Michael Delman 05:16I've got probably two, maybe three. Um, the first is, I'm really good at prioritizing, I tend to clear away the BS. And there will be times where my inbox is just super loaded and just way too much in it. But that's a price I'm willing to pay to make sure I've dedicated time for my priorities, you know, a new idea, reviewing key data points, making sure someone on the team gets the support they need. So focusing on priorities really, really, really critical. The second is, I'm not afraid to work hard. So, you know, pretty good at getting started on things that I don't like the task initiation piece, and then the sustained attention. So call that one or two more. And then really the the final piece and the one that I think is probably most integral to my ability to make progress is the reflective metacognitive piece. So I make a lot of mistakes, I make more mistakes than the average person for sure. No, no, for real, I do. Foot and Mouth Disease is like they name that like, I literally they have a picture of me next to that. AndHannah Choi 06:34A.K.A. the Michael Delman disease?Michael Delman 06:36he's really good at getting the foot out and then going, you know, now that we've just done that, let's talk about how we can prevent that. Let's talk about what we could learn from that. So fortunately, people seem to be generally forgiving. When you acknowledge your your faux pas, faux pauses, I don't know what the plural for anyway. But the numerous faux pas in kind of my daily regimen, so I find that, that there's a certain humility that I have and need to have, that allows me to be an ongoing learner. And so that's that's like a real, honestly, it's a pleasure for me, like making mistakes doesn't really faze me that much.Hannah Choi 07:24And I think that when, when someone is so when a leader especially is so openly comfortable with talking about their challenges, or talking about mistakes that they've made, it, it gives, it gives, it probably gives a lot of people permission to think, oh, okay, if he, if he can make that mistake, own it and then learn from it, then then, then it probably helps people feel like, oh, okay, I can do that, too. I feel like that's...Michael Delman 07:54 Yeah, I appreciate you saying it like that, I think that's become a more conscious aspect of that kind of that tendency. Initially, for me, it was just simply almost a almost like a defensive mechanism for me, like, a necessity to, like, apologize all the time, or, you know, and then it shifted over time, from just apologizing to apologizing and trying to make improvements. Over time, it's been a conscious way to lead of, hey, we all make mistakes. Let me tell you a story, you know, and people like, you did them again. And that was that I did that. So it's I don't know if, you know, that's entirely good or not. But overall, I've found that, yeah, we all need a little bit of freedom to learn, and you can't really learn if you're constantly afraid of failing. So I think that that, I do think that that's a good thing coming from my position, as the leader of the company that I'm doing it certainly we have the greatest understanding of in total lack of judgment of any of our clients, and no, in addition to our staff, who were learning, make mistakes along the way. And we're good with that. We're okay with that. I do think that in my seat in the company, and I think for company leaders, there is a limit to what you can allow in, uh, in your staff, if they're not able to or willing to look at, you know, areas for improvement, because that is we're asking that of our clients, we truly have to be able to model it. And I you know, it's one of the things when we hire, you know, some of our core values include courage and openness, and, you know, integrity. So if you're going to live those things and be a Part of the staff, you know, like that that's really important. It may not be as absolutely critical in every place in the world, they know what matters for us and what we do.Hannah Choi 08:36So, and is that? Is that something that you have learned? Like, did you when you first started working out? Did you feel that way? Or is that something that has kind of developed and, and grown over the years of your experience what's feel which like, like feeling those those core values like those, the, you know, the asking that of your staff like to be to be to have courage and to be open.Michael Delman 10:38(coughs) I'm sorry, recovering from a joint bout of COVID and pneumonia, not a not recommended for anyone. So, I think I always felt intuitively, that those were important things they were when I was a school principal. And here, I knew that naming values was important. And humility was always there, growth was always there. I think it really took on an extensive amount of work that our leadership team did with feedback from literally our entire staff, to name the values more explicitly and simply, and to be able to kind of elucidate what each of those meant, in practice. And so I think once you've done that, and involved everybody, then holding people to that is part of your agreement is, this is just what we all we all understand. So I do think having those things explicit, is is more important, or adds a certain, you know, gives you a little more backbone to hold people to it. So, you know, that said, we're fortunate, I mean, we've we've really got, we've got the people, so it's not, that aren't huge, you know, huge problems that we need to immediately address. It's just, it does remind us all of when we and we bring up those words in our conversation, you know, like, Yeah, is that really integrity? Is that Is that does that really align? You know, are we you know, are we doing the right thing by everybody in that decision? That kind of thing?Hannah Choi 12:27 So, right. So, when you first started out, like, how did you, how did you get to where you are now? And how did you learn all the things that you've learned to be where you are, I've been with you for a while, and I it's a great company to work for? And I just like how did how did we get here?Michael Delman 12:50Well, um, I guess, kind of, I'll speed it up. As you know, I'll just start with the kind of the origin story, probably my my black lesson plan book from being a school teacher, everything I did as a teacher, every lesson, I just always would take notes afterward on what could have been better. And I think that that, that, that reflectiveness, that real eye for professional growth, professional development was really foundational. It was something where I knew I was going to, I was probably going to fail as teacher, if I didn't do that I needed to, I need to figure out things like classroom management, and good lesson planning and those sorts of things. And I was determined, because it was a dream, it was a passion. And I had a rough first year, and I was, I did not want to, I don't want to live like that. I want to have really great teaching experiences and great learning experiences. So the charter school is next. And that really emerged again, almost as a necessity because it was, I felt that there was more that I want to accomplish than could be done just under the auspices of my particular room, for example, like, kids didn't see connections between the subjects. I wanted that to be seen. Kids were kind of going through the motions a lot, just because whatever, they're just in school that because they have to be I want school to be a place where they could see like, Oh, this is exciting. I'm learning I'm doing something of value. So that was the charter school. That was super exciting partner within Outward Bound, kind of affiliated group and it was just really great. And then that wasHannah Choi 14:36Waid, can I stop you for one second? So you went from teaching what for one year to opening a charter school?Michael Delman 14:42Eight years. I taught for eight. Yeah, so though, but those eight you know, during those eight years, it was there were constant lessons and, and so much to learn. I mean, you could learn, you could teach and learn for forever, you know, decades and decades. I have friends who still teach and always learning. But for me, there came a point where I thought, I need to have a school where everybody is kind of sharing the same same values, the same enthusiasm, the same perspective on what a school is capable of. And, and so that school, which is still around doing great, it's a, you know, I love that place and what it's all about, it's really extraordinary opportunity I had there, but then to kids, you know, into it, and for years and his principal and working all sorts of hours and days of the week that are not days, and hours that you should be working, I needed something a little more sane. And, and then I also was a little bit distant from, you know, like, the actual work. And so I want to be back on the ground more. So I started beyond booksmart different name at the time thinking outside the classroom. And, you know, and I started that, because we'd had kind of, uh, you know, how the schools have typically like a bell curve of students, right, you know, in terms of, you know, these your average kids easier. I see, well, we had more of a barbell, you know, like, it was, like, you know, we had kids that were all sorts of kids were twice exceptional, as we call them now, you know, smart, but scattered, and it just seemed that we drew kids that were in a lot of ways like me, that were, they really wanted to learn, but they had something in their way. And I've always had those challenges those those executive function challenges myself, and so it was a real pleasure to kind of like, figure that out, and to build a school that would create, like, really, really rich opportunities for deep research and work, but also provide all that support the necessary support, to enable that, that level of ambition to be, you know, to kind of be potentiate it. So that was over a period of several years. And then so Beyond BookSmart, emerged as a chance to really do something special for students without all the restrictions of those nightmarish bureaucratic reports you have to do, and many, many stakeholders instead is really focus on what does this person actually need. And it really, I didn't ever anticipate in the early days that it would be as big or as popular, it was just something that I felt I had to do. And the demand kept coming. You know, we expanded from middle school and high school to elementary and then college and then adults and, you know, new division now on its way that we're built. You know, it's been done for a bit now on on schools, and, and corporations, but it's just there are a lot of opportunities that that keeps seeming to evolve, because it feels like these are the skills people most need right now.Hannah Choi 18:21It, you know, I've been picking my kids up on the playground after school for the last six years. And when I, when people asked me, you know, what do you do for work? And I tell them, they, in the beginning, they never knew what I was talking about. And now when it comes up people, so many more people know what executive function skills are. And it's been really interesting to see, to measure the awareness through rather people know what I do for my job or not. So yeah,Michael Delman 18:57It is starting to make waves and you know, like the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, you know, which, you know, Zuckerberg of Facebook, whatever. Take away all the things to talk about on that. Just focusing on on this, they chose three areas to focus on reading, mathematics, and executive function skills. So that was a real acknowledgement from a group that you know, a large, large business, one of the world's biggest saying, this is really, really going to be so the critical 21st century skills, if we're going to even make it to the 22nd century as an intact civilization with, you know, where we are wrestling with problems that require a level of insight and discipline and focus and maturity, that metacognition metacognition, the emotional regulation, the impulse control, that we we really are, you know, we're seeing a lot of breakdown in the world and in our own country. And it's hard because breakdown leads to breakdown, you know, you see other people losing it and badly behaved and all over the place, he just just watch the news. These are the skills that I think can save us. I mean, I think they're the skills are truly I mean, on a personal level, they lead to much better personal success, and that's excellent, it's good for us, you know, any of us individually that are doing well, that's great. But they also really, I think, fundamental skills to the fabric of our, of our society, people who can look at more than one side have a, you know, have an argument, and, and be calm with that, you know, and, and people who can say, you know, I'm not going to make up facts, I'm gonna go with reality, I'm going to be paced, I'm going to do what's realistic, I'm going to compromise. So for the greater good. I mean, these are things that, you know, we hope for, and often don't see in our official elected leaders, for example, but we can do it on local levels, we can do it with each other, we can do it on a community basis. And, you know, take the politics out of it, and just have, as humans kind of think thoughtfully together. And, and so I think these executive function skills are the root of the familial success are the roots of community success. And obviously, they're the root of individual success. So, you know, if we contribute to that, then that's really like, that's amazing. That's a that's, that inspires me, right?Hannah Choi 21:46Yep. Something that I've said before, in, in, on the podcast, and that's something that I know a lot of us, probably every coach feels is that when we after a client graduates and they go out into the world, we hope that they can teach, teach their friends, or teach their siblings or their parents or somebody, something that they've learned, and maybe they just teach it through modeling. But just I love thinking about them being out in the world, and, and I sharing all that,Michael Delman 22:15yeah, and I even love the stories of kids teaching their own parents, you know, like, the kid learns something in one of our sessions, like the five finger breathing and, you know, some sort of way to self regulate, or the hand model the brain or, you know, what, neuroplasticity? Is any of that. And then the parents say, you know, this is really useful for me, do you think could I get the coaching to and, you know, or whether or not they need it, they see oh, my gosh, you know, it's pretty transformative. So, yeah, so good stories.Hannah Choi 22:49That comes up a lot, where, and when I was talking with Peg Dawson, about how parent adults, they feel like there's this pressure that they're that they should just already have that all figured out. And, and, and of course, we don't, or a real realization, like, oh, that's why, like, that's why I can't do X, Y, or Z. And that it's okay. It doesn't mean you're a bad person, or you know, anything is wrong with you. But, and then there's strategies and tools and things that you can learn to make it easier.Michael Delman 23:30And you were kind enough to ask me what my strengths were early. So apparently, you know, at least anyone listening might at least temporarily believe I've got straights. But but you know, when it comes to the areas of challenge, and, you know, what's kind of driven me to work on this stuff, emotional regulation, that's always been profoundly difficult for me. You know, I struggle with that, both because of ADHD and mental illness struggles that I had growing up. And these were not things that I necessarily wanted to learn. They were things that I had to so the self reg piece, learning to manage strong feelings really, really just for me, absolutely critical. Organization. Luckily, the camera's view is limited. It's not my forte, I work around it, I It's better than it used to be. It's good enough. I do what I must, but, you know, I tend to lean on my strengths and then the weaknesses, I've tend to develop compensatory strategies to work around. But I think, for all of us, you know, we definitely need we need to acknowledge that those areas of challenge that's okay. I mean, we all have, you know, we're don't have to be perfect. Hannah Choi 24:48And I think I think some of that reflection piece that you were talking about, it really comes into play there. And if you are able to stop and reflect and think about like Who Am I? And where am I in? What do I want? And where am I going? And am I happy with with this? And, and it's really difficult to do that. And it's also it also ends up being difficult because you often don't know the answer. Like you don't know...25:13I will tell you, I'll tell you a funny story. I never shared this on a podcast before or any interview. But when I was, I think six or seven years old, is one of my earliest memories came home. I had been picked on at school for just being me being me or kids being mean, or whatever it was, and, and I, my mom sat me down on the stairs, I remember we were like three or four stairs from the bottom. And, and I told her, she very empathetically said, "Well, what do you think you could do differently?" And it's very interesting, because on the one hand, it's a little bit, you know, I'm six or seven, I have no idea. You know? Secondly, it's, it's also it's like, well, what about the Oh, poor thing? You know, that must have been so hard. Let's go, let's go beat those kids up, you know? Hey, Mom, you know, me and dad, you know, come over, we beat the crap out of this. But I'm, it is one of my earliest memories, which is trying to figure out, oh, what could I do to improve the situation? Now, I think one of the key things, one of the reasons it was successful, was, as I said, it was said with some degree of empathy, there was a, it was probably more of the tone than the words just like, ah, you know, like, it could have just been that much just a little, Oh, sweetie, you know, well, what do you think, you know, maybe we are you, you know, could do that would, you know, or might might do differently? Yeah, I think that that was kind of taught to me at an early age is, you know, what do you control? What's within your power? So I, although, you know, we talked to Beyond BookSmart a lot about "knock before entering", we talked about kind of R before T, right, you know, "reach before teach" and, you know, "relationship before task", but the Relationship was there. And yeah, and the Reach was there. So I think that that made it easier, you know, that she could teach me because she'd already reached me. And I do think that that's, I think that is what we want to develop in our in our kids is, what is within your sphere of control your sphere of influence, and, you know, and not just your sphere of worry, right, you know, those those well known sphere so far. Otherwise, it's just, well, that person's a jerk that I'll tell you a funny story. I was in college, and I found myself in therapy. I was like, Oh, my God, you know, there's so much on my mind. And, and I complained about someone who is just a complete "beep", you know, can't say the word. And therapist said, "Michael, I'll tell you some, there's never a shortage of beeps." And honestly, you know, like, honestly, have anything said to me, like in that entire therapeutic experience, that was the one that resonated was never a shortage of that was what do I.Hannah Choi 28:31So what are you going to do? When are you going to do differently? Yeah, please. Yeah. I know, that's, you know, I see that a lot with my kids, you know, if they're struggling with a teacher that they don't like, or, you know, whenever it's such a, it's a hard lesson to learn, but it's so important, because you're right, there's never a shortage of beeps, andMichael Delman 28:50never shortage in the world. I had a student I was coaching her years ago. And she was a senior, great kid. And, you know, I said, What's one of the things that you learned this term? And she said, Well, what I learned is that, at the end of the term, I am done with that teacher that I could not stand. But I'm never done with a grade that she gave me. And I was like, oh, you know what? Good for you. Yeah. And I figured it out. It doesn't really matter that you didn't love that teacher. It's, I mean, granted, it would have been a lot easier for her if it had been a teacher that understood her and empathize and connected and, you know, figured out the ways to make learning accessible for her all that stuff. But really best that she could do given that given the situation was, What could she do? So? Yeah,Hannah Choi 29:47So I'm just curious about more, to learn more about what it's like to be the leader of a company that that teaches people how to develop their executive function skills, does that impact you as a leader? And does it impact how you create your teams and how you structure the company even like down to meetings? Like, cuz I imagine you build executive function thought into all of that way more than other companies, might.Michael Delman 30:24We, we tend to hire people who have really good executive function skills. It just makes it easier because they'll do their jobs better than people that, you know, on average, you know, don't. Some of it is is, you know, some of it is really it's the people, and it's the structures, we definitely structure things. I guess, Hannah, you know, I'd probably look at a couple of aspects. The first is, we are definitely a learning organization, we're always, always inviting in like, an, you know, new consultants with new perspectives, to challenge us, because what you think, you know, and what was really effective, say, last year, or for the past two or three years, now, it needs some some rethinking, we tend to be pretty structured. And I'd say increasingly, so we've got really good dashboards to measure what are called KPIs or key performance indicators, to look at things like, you know, customer retention, and customer satisfaction, and really like predictive scores about customer health, and are we doing the things that they want and addressing their needs proactively? Those kinds of things on the one hand, so really like the right structures for, are we onboarding people in a way that they understand what this journey is, you know, that it's not a quick fix that it really is there, there's real work, and that's going to take time, those kinds of things. And then just the way we work with each other, the agendas, you know, every person I meet with, we have a color coded agenda, you know, with action items are highlighted with, you know, with due dates, etc. But then there has to be a place to keep track of all those dates. Otherwise, you have to scroll through too many places. So like with the school division, we have a pretty tight Gantt chart, you know, which are these long, measurable, you know, a lot a lot of rows on for every kind of key item key x, I'm in that initials of who's assigned it. In the core division, we use these quarterly goals, trackers, and we color code, how far along we are on each thing, each each major goal for the quarter for each department. I think it's also there's just the way that we communicate with each other, there's a lot of checking, preventing, assumption making. So you know, being sure that "Did that make sense?" Or, um, so there are a lot of pings directly from a document on clarifying questions. We use certain protocols where, you know, people present something, and then there are clarifying questions, probing questions. And then reflection from the person who did the presentation. So kind of these these tuning protocols are, there are shared mero boards where we brainstorm, and many people are working together. And then we're kind of quantifying what we have there for, like, that's how we did the core values as an example, to see which core values were consistently represented. And which ones were kind of anomalies that weren't really core? So there are I mean, there are so many tools, you know, out there, the ones I've mentioned, and, obviously, infinity, more of them. But it's, um, it's really a commitment to always figuring out how can we communicate effectively with each other. And honestly, with ourselves, like internally, like, you know, because you have all these great ambitions, and you can say, you're gonna do all these things, we can make a, you know, lengthy to do list and just not get to it. And again, that does come back to really get back to prioritizing what is it that is important enough that that's your focus, that's where you're dedicating time. And then these things are those are nice to do if you if you get to them, but it's not as critical. So yeah, I'd say that executive function skills are 100% infused into almost everything we do.Hannah Choi 34:46And that makes me think about how, how we were talking earlier about how if if everyone had access to this kind of knowledge, and even if you just think about leaders of companies, so leaders of companies See, they they know their business, but they might not know executive function skills, like your business is executive function skills. So you know that and so it's probably easier for you to build that into a company structure. So if people are like kids who, you know, don't like maybe they go to a school where, where executive function skills aren't explicitly taught, or if they, you know, I don't know, there's so many different areas, I just think I always wish that everyone could have access to it. And I know, I'm sure that's been a struggle for you, you know, wanting to provide access to everybody. But then being limited.Michael Delman 35:38While we have definitely gotten a lot of interest on the corporate side, and it's something that we will develop ultimately in a in a meaningful way. We really only do that on an, you know, on demand basis, we don't solicit it, but there is a sequence to things and the thing that is really my passion and focus right now, is our school division. That is my Yeah, I mean, it's just I know, our whole staff is behind this. Many of us come from a school background, we know that teachers are they've overwhelming jobs, anyone who was not taught really doesn't have a clue how hard teaching is. And it's, um, it you need support, to understand how you manage scraping papers, and managing 25 disparate personalities in a room at a time. You know, and it's just it's, it's a really challenging job. The other thing about the schools is it democratizes access, because schools can pay for really relatively low, low price, and amount of money that will then elevate the game, have all their teachers help all their students. You know, and again, democratizing access is a huge, huge principle, too. I started the charter school was I wanted to provide a private school quality education for those who couldn't afford it. And even though there's pushback among some in the public school community, the district's like, you know, well, you know, that's, we don't support charter schools, I've done it, and it made a huge difference. And I no regrets. And I taught in the regular District Public Schools before that, and I know, we made a difference that we improved all the schools around us. So you know, the, the chance to do this for us, like if we could have every school in the United States of America, and, you know, well beyond it to learn about executive function skills, understand how they're developed, how to help their kids develop them how to work around the challenges, I mean, you know, that's a legacy that's, that would be life complete.Hannah Choi 37:54I'm just gonna pause here to give you some information on where to find out more about BrainTracks, the school support division of Beyond BookSmart that Michael's talking about here. He believes it is so important to lay down tracks or neural pathways for executive function in the brain when our kids are young and to give teachers additional tools to support this brain development. And BrainTracks is designed to do just that. And to learn more, you can go to the website, braintracks.com or send an email to info at braintracks.com. Okay, back to the conversation. Hannah Choi 38:30Do you think that or how do you think the pandemic has impacted people's experience with their own executive function skills and just maybe awareness of them?Michael Delman 38:41It's well, definitely, the pandemic's been a challenge on all of our executive function skills. And I think it begins with that kind of that emotional challenge, right? You know, we talk a lot about like, if the two parts of the brain there are many parts, but you know, the, the emotional amygdala and that whole limbic system and all that, you know, here, and then the prefrontal cortex is where executive function skills reside right here. When you are worried about whether your job will be there, whether you can get toilet paper, whether you will live or die, because there's no vaccine. Those are, I mean, people were flipping the lid all the time. And so it was a time really where we had to regulate ourselves. First, we had to get that government money to make sure our company was stable. We had to shift everything we did go 100% online, we're about 50 60% online, but this 100% immediately, and then we had to build things that were really relevant for everybody now working from home learning from home, you know, so all those adjustments were necessary for us to stay relevant because people's problems were suddenly much bigger, everyone was struggling with mental health issues of anxiety, depression, you know, things like that, those have remained challenge less. So now that people are vaccinating able to go out and about much more, much more normally. I think we've had a permanent shift, though, in the landscape. In some ways for the better, I think a lot of us have found the benefits of working from home of getting support from home, we see that it's convenient, it can be actually super connected, we can really like talk to each other, it's, it's in some ways, less intrusive. So there's a lot of upside. But I do think that the, the, you know, the EF challenges when you are dealing with so much uncertainty is hard. And, you know, we're we're dealing with a recession, and a bear market and all those kinds of things to people worry, but kind of like, like they say, if you don't desperately need your money, and it's in the stock market, during a bad time, wait, because it'll go back up again. It's, it's also, if you can, during a difficult time, continue to do your habits, you know, meditate in the morning workout at some point during the day, you know, do your journaling, or, you know, get the coaching and the support. You know, all the things that just kind of like, keep you steady. do that because those habits are even more necessary during these times. And then they just, gosh, when as things get easier, you're just well equipped for totally capitalizing on all the opportunities that are there as as things do, you know, become more normalized and easier again.Hannah Choi 42:00And how do you what do you think about the the increase in mental health challenges that we're seeing, and especially in college kids and teens, and their connection with executive function skills there? And what are your feelings about all that?Michael Delman 42:18It's, um, it's devastating. You know, so having a daughter just graduated college, another one who just graduated high school. They are, my two girls are really, they're level headed, and they know how to get started. And they just, you know, they get their work done. That said, it's been anywhere even for them from boring to frustrating to outright depressing at times, just to deal with things. If you have genuine tendencies toward mental health challenges, anxiety and depression, things like that. These these are really, really challenging times, I do think that there are a lot of teachers and even whole institutions that are responsive, and you need that you need the institution itself to, to respond, make adjustments, I think there's a, there's a saying that's there for a reason, when all else fails, lower your standards. That is not a horrible admission of defeat. It means if you interpret a little bit differently than maybe just a negative one, it means be real with what's going on around, you look at the context, you know, maybe maybe you thought you were going to be able to do all these courses, maybe do one less course, during this time. Maybe you know, what it means is, instead of, you know, doing every single page of the reading, you learn how to read more for just getting the main ideas when you're feeling too stressed. You know, maybe it means getting support, either therapeutic support, you know, some sort of professional therapist, or coaching support to learn how to be more efficient and, you know, learn how to be more effective with your executive function skills. But I think the foolish thing would be to act as if everything is exactly the same. You know, "keep calm and carry on" and it only gets you so far. I mean, keep calm and carry on. It's a nice little thing to say. But the question is how, like, how do you keep calm how, you know, how do you carry on which things do you decide to let go of? My older daughter, she was just doing everything at school. I mean, so many things, and they were all pretty cool. And then she said one day, I think I'm gonna drop this executive committee. I'm on On for this thing is just like it's really kind of tangential in my life, it's not that it doesn't bring any joy, it's not something that really adds a lot of value to the world. It's not that relevant to my resume. And, and it's that kind of one more straw, you know? And she's like, you know, do you have any anything to say about it, which I was amazed she, you know, asked for my opinion. And I was like, you know, yeah, I have to say, I'm really proud of you, like, good for you for deciding what matters and what doesn't matter. And, again, good prioritizing. I think that that, you know, again, it's, you don't have to lower your standards on everything, what you have to do is make choices. And I think that's hard. It's hard when you're anxious, because then you're worried what if I'm making the wrong choice? You know, what, if it's a choice that's going to lower your anxiety? It's probably a good choice. What if you know, you know, or you feel, oh, you know, I'm, I'm so stupid I, I should be able to do better. So it's got nothing to do with it? You know, get those cents out of it. Yeah. Don't sit on yourself. Right? So it really is where? Where are you? Do the best you can right now. And when you're ready, you know, do more, but just try to keep up decent health, health, giving habits and, and focus on the things where you're gonna get the best return on investment. I mean, that's what it's all about. And I think what young people don't always understand that we get as adults a lot better. Is that that's what you have to do as an adult. Yeah. And what the problem is, when you're in high school, sometimes you get the message from teachers. Everything I say is important. Doesn't matter if it's on the exam, actually, it does. It does matter if it's on the exam. If it's not, you might not spend as much time reviewing it, studying it. You really do need to get good at really discerning what matters and what doesn't matter. It's really what it's all about.Hannah Choi 47:08That just reminds me so much of a a conversation that I had with a freshman in college client, we talked about diminishing returns, and how you know, as you're working, you got to pay attention. Like, are you enjoying what you're doing? Are you being efficient or effective anymore? And she said it had never really occurred to her to pay attention to that. And and we were thinking it's because when you're in high school, and all through school, and your parents are telling you, your parents are telling you what you have to do. Your teachers are telling you what you have to do. You know that like the teacher who says it's all important, even if it's not on the test. And that's a skill that you have to learn as you become more independent. And I guess it's part of becoming more independent is recognizing, okay, this being on this committee is actually no longer important to me. And yeah, and she probably your daughter probably felt like, yeah, like you said, like, she should do it. So my client felt like she, she should study for 45 minutes, because that's what the timer she set for this, you know, this topic, but then if she noticed, after 25 minutes that she was reading the same paragraph over and over again. And it's like, yeah, why wasted another 20 minutes switch to something else? Right. Right. So that's the hard thing to learn,Michael Delman 48:23I guess, you know, it's funny, I have this list of essential concepts for life. They are they're ones that apply off, you know, kind of first and foremost from a field of origin like economics, or say, you know, political science or psychology or math or whatever, you know, things. Things like diminishing returns, as you're just mentioning, or I mentioned, return on investment, you know, or opportunity cost, you know, yeah, I could do this. But what else? What am I giving up? What's the most valuable thing I could be doing during this time, it's sometimes the most valuable thing is actually resting, letting the brain reset. Sometimes it's exercising, sometimes it's reconnecting with an old friend, you know, they're all in or doing a creative creative outlet. There are many, many different things that are that are worth your time. It's not head down, or head down, you're gonna run into something ultimately, right. So quote me on that one. Head down, you're gonna run into something so good.Hannah Choi 49:31Look up every once in a while!Michael Delman 49:32Look up, pal! So but I think it's really important to look up and to and to figure out is this is this the best thing to be doing now? I'd say actually a sad but worthwhile example. I was told about a town government where they had 90 different projects that they're working on 90 projects. I think the town budget something like $200 million or something. It's it's not a small number. Um, And there was a new project brought forward really good idea. And they said, "Well, we have to get the other 90 done first, before we can add something." That's not the way you want to think. And you know, and I'm not trying to pick on government. I mean, certainly if I were I would not pick on town government at at the beginning. That's a local government. And they're still like, well, we've got this, you know, head down, head down, oh, my gosh, you've just been given something that's going to get way more return on investment, you know, and yet, you're going to give up, you're not even going to look at that, because you've got all these other things that you say you're committed to. So again, those executive function skills, whether it's individual level, family level, schools, businesses, government, I mean, it doesn't matter. Like these are the skills, that they're just going to increase everybody's productivity, it doesn't resolve the one thing EF skills don't do is resolve differences in values, right? Like, they can help clarify differences in values. But, you know, sometimes there truly are competing values, one person believes this and other believes that that's okay, then you can together figure out alright, well, given our differences in values, how do we come up with quick example? Guns, it's actually a really good example. There's probably nobody out there who's like, "it would be great if more people died from gun violence, right?" There's like, nobody thinks anyone really believes that. And, you know, probably most people are like, well, you know, some guns for some purposes, target practice, maybe some people are like, yeah, for hunting, you know, whatever it's like it. And then you got all the stuff in the middle. The problem is, things get really polarized. So you've got people that are pretty much pretty different ends of the of the of the perspective. But if you get away from some of the language of like gun control, and some of the language, it's coming out now a little better, like gun safety. That seems like a language that, okay, how do we make for better gun safety in a way that doesn't restrict the rights of people for the most part that want their guns, and manage them responsibly, and yet doesn't allow them in the hands of people that are going to be a true threat to themselves and others. And, you know, those kinds of things. There's virtually no topic that I can't, that I've never died, but I used to be a public policy major in college, where I found that there are places it's just people go to their little corners, and then they fight. And then they dig in emotionally. And you know, head down and, you know, buttheads not, you know, so maybe one side wins for a while, then another side wins for a while, but it doesn't really, you know, come up with sustainable solutions. So, and, you know, we need those.Hannah Choi 52:58Peg Dawson was talking about how she has divided the executive function skills into two groups, like foundational skills and advanced skills. And, you know, some of the last to learn that we learned are like, flexible thinking, and, and, and metacognition, and, you know, perspective taking, and those are all the skills that are that are required for exactly that, you know, even the change in vernacular, right? Someone was using flexible thinking, to, to get there, you know, and to change how we Yep, key, just a simple one word switch can change people's orientation to it. vMichael Delman 53:34Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And not to be naive. There are truly forces of money and evil, you know, in any space. But, but yeah, but when you're talking about people that are truly have just goodwill and trying to figure out things, then, you know, yeah, I mean, that, that, that open mindedness and, yeah. ability to think flexibly. That's where the solutions that probably will help us all to be a better species. We'll, we'll get there. So yeah, yeah.Hannah Choi 54:05So hopefully we can improve everyone in the world their executive function skills.Michael Delman 54:10Yeah. Well, he and I just, I'll say it starts with working on ourselves. It's, you know, anyone who knows me? I mean, they have stories they have, like, like, how did you lose so many things in one weekend? Michael? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, you know, that was a it was amazing. Kind of set a record there. I mean, there are Hannah Choi 54:34I want to hear that story.Michael Delman 54:36 Skiing ski weekend with my friends. Let's just say that we weren't entirely disciplined the whole time. We were just it was just it was a party weekend with the boys. Where are my gloves? Where's my water bottle? I may see my water bottle you know, you know whatever it was there was always something missing. And you know, four guys with ADHD you know, offers weekend is A lot of fun. Sounds great. But yeah, I mean, those kinds of things, and it's all but it's, it's not a matter, you know, whatever being perfect, it's just, it's just a matter of like always, I don't know, keeping some humility and working on yourself and, and, and then maybe have something to teach other people as well given given that this is what you obsess about constantly, and document and systematize and train people in and yeah, you know, you don't have to pretend that you're the person with all the perfect skills and this all came so easily. In fact, one of the reasons I feel I can be helpful is because of the some of the personal challenges. And, you know, when, when I was in college, and I, I tried to drop out of a class because I could not keep up with the reading, it was just too much. And I was a freshman. And I thought, you know, like, I don't know, probably better to drop one course than to fail everything trying to survive this one Latin American studies course. And in a way, that was good thinking, but my professor insisted on meeting with me. And he said, Michael, why can't you know, why are you dropping? And I said, the books are too long. And he said, How do you read them? I said, I read page one. And then I go to page two, isn't that what you do? He said, No, you got to learn how to use like SQ3R - Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review, or whatever the name was, at that time, and really how to read more like a detective and search for clues. And what I learned from that was I had been reading, so inefficiently my whole life, and still was it like, you know, Ivy League institution, in spite of that, with that tool, and that approach, and guilt free because it was taught by a professor, there you go, I became a really efficient reader. So, you know, I'm never going to be the person that can read one page to the next next as quickly as other people. It's not, you know, I don't have that scanning. And that, that a built those some of those physical abilities there. But I understand the technique, and it's made me just much more efficient. So, you know, I, I love probably almost more than anything, Hannah is when someone says, oh, my gosh, that would be so much better. That would be so much easier. You know, and I know, you get that as a coach, you just know, it's like, Oh, yeah. And then they try it. And they, you know, and they come up with their own solutions. After a while they don't even, you know, they just need to kind of run something by us. And then it becomes theirs. You know, theyHannah Choi 57:50I feel like this, this theme of we talked about it in the very beginning. And I know it comes up a lot in sessions and is the idea of almost like being given permission. Even though the permission was there all along. We just didn't know, to do things differently. And to do things in a way that works for you. Like, you have to hear that professor tell you that. And it changed everything for you. And you you grew up thinking, Okay, this is how this is how you read you read page one. And then because they always say just read one to 30. And you're like, Okay, I guess I just read pages one to 30. Now, you know, no one ever, like tells you it's okay to do it differently. And they just getting permission to do to make things your own. Yeah. And then once you have that, okay, like my client who realized she doesn't have to follow the timer, she can follow her diminishing returns instead. And how many opportunities opens up when to allow yourself to think that way?Michael Delman 58:47Because, once you've once you've stopped writing between the lines enough times, and you've, you've seen that the approach, the one and only approach is not the one and only approach and that there are many others that other people have shown you trusted resources have shown you and then you start to come up with your own, you know, boom, you know, sky's the limit, then you start to see Oh, wow. Uh, you know, it's it. Remember I said earlier about who you are, is something that doesn't have to be so perfectly defined, it can evolve, you know, this is kind of that that micro example of it, how you do it doesn't have to be Oh, it's this is how you do it. Well, that you know, it like they say, You gotta you gotta learn the rules before you can break the rules, you kind of need you need an identity before you can kind of like break free of the need to constantly have an identity.Hannah Choi 59:43But yeah, when you something to work from, a place to work from.Michael Delman 59:48But as you are, you know, as you already have developed certain certain basic fundamental skills, a certain fundamental sense of who you are. Then you have some free them to kind of move from there to bigger and in a freer way of approaching, you know, the way you do things and indeed even who you are. So yeah, yeah.Hannah Choi 1:00:14So what are you? I mean, other than the new division, BrainTracks love it, what are you excited about?Michael Delman 1:00:22Um I think I think just on a personal level, I'm excited to be done with being sick and get back out and play ultimate frisbee again, which is my passion. I'm excited to see the amazing things that my kids are doing as one goes off to college, one graduates from college. And we're empty nesters and, you know, more possibilities there. That'll be interesting. I think on the professional level, it's the school division is truly, truly like, should be enough to keep me fully engaged for a long time. But there's so much talent in that division that they don't need me all the time. The core division is really full swing, really, you know, kind of self running. No, you know, just great leadership on it in the you know, those places. I actually, in talking to you today, I saw something that I hadn't seen before, it never so clearly, which is more the, the not for profit, the governmental side, the helping bring people together in a more civic oriented way. It's always been a passion, it really is deeply connected to what I majored in, in college. And it's work that I do on the side with my kind of, I'm passionate about environmental issues, addressing climate change, because, you know, it's important that we have a planet that's sustainable if we're gonna do anything else. So. So I think, I think there's another another place for me another place for me to be able to build with executive function skills for not for profits, that are making the biggest difference in the world. So that that feels like something that maybe you helped me. You know, I've thought about it before. But as we've talked, I've realized, wow, I'm talking about it a lot. And I really, it really keeps resonating. So the schools were a big step on the way there. But there are so many good organizations that could use that, that kind of help in their processes. Yeah. So thank you.Hannah Choi 1:02:56And, yeah, you're welcome. And I would love for you to share a little bit about the work that you are doing for climate change. And I know you have you started an organization. Yeah. Website. Well,Michael Delman 1:03:07yeah, so it's called an hour a week. I think it's an hour a week.org. I'm gonna make sure to get that right. Because heck, wants to check it out. Yeah, it's an houraweek.org. And the, the essence, you know, could the essential idea behind it is I wanted to lower the price point of activism, lower the price point of making a difference. There are so many people that are like, Oh, my God, you know, the world is on fire, there's terrible problems. True, you know, you feel worse about it, though, if you think about it, and you talk about it, and you worry about any complaint about it, you don't do anything about it. But if you're putting in as little as one hour a week, or even possibly less, you know, it least then you can say, hey, it's true, it's a big old shit show out there in the world is really, you know, there are a lot of problems, but I'm doing a little a, you don't carry around that guilt that you just you don't need to be, you actually start to connect to other people. We have a a once a month meeting, it's literally one hour a month, not a week, one hour a month of actually meeting in a group. And so that's amazing. And, and so you're connecting to people and it gives you a sense of hope and inspiration that, okay, there's a lot of us and it's multiply. And then third, there are very specific simple actions to do between, you know, meetings. So each week, there's a couple of actions maybe it takes you five minutes or 10 minutes. If you want to put in a full hour go for it. You know, you want to put in more that's fine too. But that I just felt like my experience with the some of the environmental groups I've been involved in, are is has been, well you got to be really committed, and you got to know everything. As I know, most people don't know that much, and they're intimidating, it's intimidating, and you don't have a ton of time and you're trying to raise a couple of kids or, or whatever it is, and you got a full time job or two jobs and, and you don't want to make it elitist, or just for people that have retired. You want people that they just care. And they see, oh, there's connections between climate and social justice, and you know, and poverty and, and people who are dispossessed, and you know, and the air that we're breathing, that's, you know, all the stuff. I want it to be a place where you don't have to be an expert, or have a huge amount of time. So, so that's what I'm, that's what I'm doing. It's, yeah, it feels feels really good to put some time into that. And, you know, use some of the executive function skills there to organize and have people name their commitments, things like that. So cool. Yeah, thanks for asking on that one.Hannah Choi 1:06:03Yeah. So if there's one thing that you could choose, for people to take away from the work that you've done from your life, from your experiences, what would you share? If it's possible, to narrow it down to one,Michael Delman 1:06:21Try not to die. Like, you'll really, the longer you get to live more, more, more fun and more of a difference you can make. Other than stay alive. You know, I'd say, I'd say it see your life is a journey. It's, you know, it's old, it's old wisdom, but there's a reason it's that wisdoms there. The Station by Hastings, this story about being, you know, you're on a train, and you can't wait to get to the station where there's going to be some big party and, and you're like, cursing the trip, because it's taking so long, and you know, what, that the station at the end, that's the end, like the station is actually the end. So don't be in a rush, like, you know, enjoy the scenery, and, you know, connect to the people on the train, you know, and stop and enjoy. And I realized that that's not really so particular to executive function skills. But I think it's, it's really fundamentally the orientation that will allow us to enjoy our lives and make the most difference in the world, which are kind of my two fundamentals is, you know, pay attention to this being a process. You know, and, and, and make revisions along the way. You know, I had a student who, and I wrote about this in my book for parents, the your kids going to be okay book, where he had a very small amount of homework to do over the weekend, it was literally half an hour. And he didn't do it, and, and ended up getting a zero. His parents were disappointed, like, we went through what were all the costs, you know, and, and he listed them out, you know, all the cons to doing it the way he did it, or didn't do it. And, and I said, Well, let me ask you to at least have a lovely weekend, you know, or did you think about he said, Oh, I thought about I said, like, once? Or twice a little bit? He's like, No, probably, like, 30 times. Yeah. And I said, Oh, so you had a choice to either just do a half an hour and be done with it? Or think about it 30 times, let it ruin your weekend. Kind of like, like, you know, yeah, like in a kind of a low level way, kind of get your weekend, all weekend. And that's what you want with it. He's like, Yeah, probably not the best choice. I think, you know, sometimes you got to bite the bullet a little bit, eat the frog, whatever. But I think if you understand, like, there's this, there's this journey, and some of it's not what I want, and I can't control that. Just take that, do that little bit. And, and then enjoy the parts that you can, you know, I think that's just, it's just a better way to be, you're just gonna enjoy your life a lot more. You know, don't, don't hang on and try to make it just so and hope that you never die. You know, just enjoy the enjoy the journey. That's what you got, you know, and, you know, except Except some of the challenges that we have along the way. So that's, that's what I got for you, Hannah.Hannah Choi 1:09:49I love it. So where can our listeners find more about you and more about what you have maybe written? You want to share a little bit about what you've written?Michael Delman 1:09:58Oh, gosh, well, Let's see, I mean, the first thing would be the book, Your Kid's Gonna Be Okay. That's, you know, building executive function skills and the age of attention. And I do think that that's a really good one, particularly for parents, sometimes for teachers, even adults could get something out of that just for themselves, because there are a lot of tools in their, their various blogs and podcasts and things right on our website beyond booksmart.com where they click on those interviews, things like that. If you know they want more, if they haven't had enough yet. There are blog posts that I've written that are that are there, you know, that I think that those are the places to begin, you know, if they're interested in working more kind of through a corporate level or you know, that they can reach out through the company and we'll we'll find a way to get in touch. All right,Hannah Choi 1:10:54and I just I want to I do want to plug your book a little bit because I love how you you wrote it in such a way that's so accessible and so easy to read. And I think so many quote unquote self help books out there are can tend to feel very heavy and, and maybe there's like a lot of jargon or you know, this topics that feel beyond our scope of knowledge, and I felt like you really made it very presentable and1:11:19meant to be conversational, but yes, yeah,Hannah Choi 1:11:21yeah. Yeah. I love that. Thanks. Appreciate it. Thank you so much, Michael.Michael Delman 1:11:25What a pleasure!Hannah Choi 1:11:26Thank you for joining me. Hannah Choi 1:11:29And that's our show for today. I want to thank Michael Delman for joining me and I hope you enjoyed his stories and wisdom and were able to find a nugget of gold in there for yourself. As Michael says, He wishes for people to be able to see their life as a journey. 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I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, 21st November 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Romans:“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”Romans 6:23God has given us a choice of life or of death. Now, unlike the cattle in the field, the Lord has created us in His own image. That's right - Genesis 1:27 says:“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”God has created us with a body, a soul and a spirit. In a week's time I will have the great honour and privilege of marrying off my grand-daughter - How time is passing by! She is a beautiful young lady, she is going to marry a very handsome man... At the wedding ceremony, I will give them a free choice of living their new lives as man and wife together - To do it God's way or their own way. They will make vows to each other in the presence of the Lord and promises - They will promise to love the Lord their God with all their hearts, to honour each other and to respect their fellow-man. In the Gospel of Matthew it says:“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”Matthew 6:24We can't serve God and then also try and be in touch with the things of this world. We need to make a choice... We need to make that choice very carefully. We need to live according to godly principles and then our marriages will go the full distance. Today we need to make some serious decisions. Stop blaming God all the time because things are going wrong. Be honest with yourself and realize God has given you the privilege of choosing life or death. Choose life today!Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 26th of October 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.“Those who are planted in the house of the LordShall flourish in the courts of our God.They shall still bear fruit in old age;They shall be fresh and flourishing,To declare that the Lord is upright;He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”Psalm 92:13“But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.”Numbers 14:24We still bear fruit even in our old age. Remember, age is just a number and you are as old as you feel! It saddens me sometimes when I hear of young people, only newly married, talking about their retirement package and the cottage that they are going to live in when they retire. I still haven't got one! You are as old as you feel and I want to say to you today that you need a fresh vision. As they say, if you aim at nothing you are sure to hit it. I am sharing this story with you because I had the privilege of going to a game reserve a short while ago and I saw a sad situation. We were driving down one of the roads and there were a group of cars collected together, and straight away I said to my wife, Jill, ”There must be a lion or a leopard there.” Sure enough, there was a massive male lion, lying under a tree with a big black mane which made him look twice as big, a noble beast. I parked next to a motorcar and I asked the lady, “Where does this lion come from?”. She was a warden's wife and said, “This lion has been in a fight. His brother was killed last night. He is badly wounded because there are young lions that have come into the area and they are taking over the pride, and he probably won't make it until tomorrow." Well, I must say I was rather sad. Driving on a bit, I saw an old daka boy. Do you know what a daka boy is? Well “udaka” means mud in the Zulu language. The old buffalos that have been chased out of the herd by the young bulls stay by themselves. They go down to the river and roll in the mud, and they are called daka boys, and they just stay on their own. Then I went on a bit further and I saw an old tusker, standing underneath a tree by himself, and I thought, “Wow Lord, old age!”. But you know something? I realised they still have a role to play, each and every one of them. Without the old tusker, there is no order in the game reserve. Without those senior animals, there is no direction for the younger animals. We need to realise Moses was eighty when God called him to take His people out of Egypt. Joshua was also eighty when he took the people through the Jordan River into the Land of Milk and Honey, and Caleb was eighty-five when he said, “Give me the big mountain where the giants live.” Let's stand up today and finish the job that God has given us to do.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 14th of October 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.“A soft answer turns away wrath,But a harsh word stirs up anger.”Proverbs 15:1When Paul had to give an account of himself, he says in Acts 24:16: “I myself always strive to have a conscience without offence toward God and men.”Folks, we need to watch what we say. We need to be respectful to one another if we are going to be ambassadors for Jesus Christ.“And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,…” 2 Timothy 2:24We really need to watch how we speak. People are so stressed out in these days in which we are living and just a loose word, not even sometimes meant intentionally, can literally destroy someone. You know, I love to go into my office in the morning, and say, “Good morning ladies, you are looking so smart,” I just love that big smile that comes over their faces. “Thank you, Uncle Angus. You are looking smart as well!”, I don't know if that is always the truth but we need to encourage one another. We need to bring a nice, gentle word in season, because if we don't it can destroy people. You know the old adage, “If you have nothing good to say about someone, then don't say anything at all!”St Augustine's said of his mother, Monica, “She would never repeat what another said unless it would help. So, if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything but rather encourage one another." I want to tell you, as a boxer in my time - not very successful of course, one thing we learnt very, very early in training is that when you get into the ring and you start the fight, the boxer who loses his temper in the ring always loses because he cannot even think straight. Boxing is a sport and it is something you need to think about. Now, when you are dealing with somebody whether it be a business deal or a personal issue in the family, do not be offensive. Rather be kind and loving and keep your words short.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

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“This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”  1 Cor. 11:24We begin, today, the Triduum—the three great celebrations of our Catholic Faith.  Yes, there are numerous celebrations that take place throughout the year.  But these three celebrations are the heart of our faith and are the culmination of all of our worship.  We begin today with the celebration of the Lord's gift of the Most Holy Eucharist given through the priesthood He instituted.  Tomorrow we enter into the mystery of His Crucifixion.  Saturday after sundown we enter into the glory of His Resurrection.On Holy Thursday evening, we begin the Triduum with the commemoration of the Last Supper.  This event in history, which took place as a Passover meal shared with Jesus and His Apostles, begins the gift that brings us salvation.On Holy Thursday, we hear the Lord say for the first time, “This is my body that is for you.”  We hear Him point to the gift of the Holy Eucharist as His gift to us, given for our holiness and fulfillment.  It's a gift we will never be able to fathom or comprehend.  It's the gift of His complete self-giving and sacrificial love.If we could only understand the Eucharist!  If we could only understand this precious and sacred gift!  The Eucharist is God Himself, present in our world, and given to us to transform us into that which we consume.  The Eucharist, in a real way, transforms us into Christ Himself.  As we consume the Holy Eucharist, we are drawn into the divine life of the Most Holy Trinity.  We are made one with God and are given the food of eternity.   On that first Holy Thursday, Jesus also offered an example of the perfect humility and service that we are called to imitate as we become one with Him.  He washed the feet of His Apostles so as to teach them and us that His Body and Blood are given so as to enable us to love as He loved.  The Eucharist transforms us into true servants who are called to humility.  We are called to humble service of others.  This service will take on various forms but it is what we are called to.  Do you serve those around you?  Do you humble yourself before others to care for their most basic needs?  Do you show them you love them by your actions?  This is at the heart of Holy Thursday.  Humble service is a beautiful expression of our own intimate union with the Son of God.So often, true “greatness” is misunderstood.  Greatness is often perceived with a secular understanding of success and admiration.  Too often we want others to admire our accomplishments.  But Jesus offers another view of greatness.  On Holy Thursday, He shows that true greatness is found in this humble act of service.  Imitating Him requires that we surrender our pride.  And this is made possible when we consume the Holy Eucharist with faith.  The Eucharist enables us to love and serve others in this humble way.  And that love and service is an act that will win the hearts and souls of others for the Kingdom of God.As we celebrate Holy Thursday, we are all challenged to ponder our humility and to commit ourselves to a radical and total gift of self to others.  Reflect, this night, upon whether or not you imitate the humility of our Lord.  Are you committed to seeking ways in which you can serve others, showing them you love and care for them?  Let Holy Thursday transform you so that you can imitate the great love that Jesus offered us on this glorious night.My humble Lord, help me to understand what it means to be a servant.  Help me to live this humility in my actions.  May the gift of Your most Sacred Body and Blood transform me into the person You desire me to be.  Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2022 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.

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Ben and Lexi reminisce about the quintessential coming of age movies of our youth - kind of. Dork You Forget About Me find Ben and Lexi looking back at classic 80's teen movies. Both Lexi and Ben struggled to fit in with humans and had to turn to movies to learn how to be a teen, which means watching copious amounts of John Hughes! In this episode, Ben and Lexi dork out about classic John Hughes movies, which holding them up to the test of time. Have these movies aged well? Listen now and find out! Show Notes:Lexi and Ben talked about the following movies:Uncle BuckThe Breakfast Club16 CandlesPretty in PinkHome AloneFootlooseWeird ScienceFerris Bueller's Day OffPump Up the VolumeCan't Hardly WaitAnd more!The  full list of John Hughes movies can be found hereYou can find the episode of Art Intervention we mentioned hereWe talked about  Margaret Atwood being a TERF and you can read about the 2018 conflict here and the more recent one hereSOCIALS:Here's where you can find us!Lexi's website and twitter and instagramBen's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade ArtsDork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagramIf you're enjoying Dork Matters, we'd really appreciate a nice rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. It would very much help us get this show to the other dorks out there.“We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.” Transcript:Lexi  00:00One time I was driving to work and listening to like, you know, rap and I like aggressive hip hop, and I was listening--Ben  00:08[chuckles] Someday I'll ask you to define that, but not now.Lexi  00:12Okay, so, like, for example, I was listening to Run The Jewels one day, [Run The Jewels plays] which I wouldn't even classify as, like, super aggressive anyway, and I was trying to psych myself, like, "I gotta get in this building. I gotta be, like, in a good mood and talk to people all day," and so I was listening to it, fully cranked, and the windows were flexing, and I didn't realize there was just like a sea of children sitting there watching me, like, pound coffee, and try to, like, psych myself and, like, "Get out of the car, go inside,"  and it's just like, "Well, whoa, nope! Sorry, kids. I'm just gonna turn that off real quick". [music stops] I don't know what happened. [laughs]Ben  00:50I don't know how to get myself psyched up. When I worked in an office, I had about a 15- to 20-minute walk to work to, sort of like, just not be the person I normally am, and become work person. That didn't always work. I still a pretty grumpy shithead, usually. I don't like being bothered, and, you know, being in an office means you're just constantly bothered. It doesn't matter what you're trying to do.Lexi  01:15And you have to make small talk. Like, yuck. Ben  01:17Yeah, I had to learn how to do that. I've always been an introvert and making eye contact with people, when you have a conversation and just like... And so, I'm actually pretty good at just talking bullshit now with people. I don't like it. I don't like doing it. I don't like this other version of me is just talking to people, and I'm just like, "Eugh. Glad I'm not that guy."Lexi  01:36There are so many times where I'll finish doing, like, a presentation or having small talk with someone, and I'll go away and I'll be like, "Oh, she's terrible," and I'm referring to me. Like, I hate that part of me like, [upbeat] "Hey, how's it going?" I'm like, "Eugh! God."Ben  01:51Yeah. So that's an interesting thing with, like, being a stay-at-home parent now too, is like, I don't get to go to a different place and be a different person for a while, and divorce myself from who I think I am, versus the person I have to be in a work setting. Now, it's all just me, and it's all just gotta try to do well all the time. Lexi  02:11That sounds hard. Oh.Ben  02:13Can't phone it in like I used to when I'd go to the office. [laughs]Lexi  02:17Well, I mean, you could. You could just like plunk him in the laundry basket in front of the TV.Ben  02:21No. I mean, I'm incapable of doing that.Lexi  02:24That's good. That's good.Ben  02:25I am your Cyclops archetype. I am responsible to a fault. "No Fun Ben", I think, is what I  used to be called.Lexi  02:33Oh, I was the old wet blanket. Ben  02:35You know, you guys would be like, "Let's go to a party and get drunk." I'm like, "I don't know about that. I gotta be home by 9 PM and, you know, we're underage." [laughs]Lexi  02:43I do remember being at a party at your place when you lived with Brandon, and in the middle of the party, you did start doing dishes. [Ben laughs] I remember, I was like, "Hmm, this is interesting."Ben  02:55They were stacking up. You gotta keep 'em clean. You gotta keep them clean. That's just respectful to other people.Lexi  03:00Fun is fun, guys, but come on. Like, clean up after yourselves.Ben  03:04"No, no. Y'all keep having fun. I'll clean the dishes." That's a nice thing for me to do. [laughs]Lexi  03:08I was the wet blanket in terms of like, you know, at the sleepovers, I'd go, "Oh, it's getting late, ladies. It's probably some shut-eye time."Ben  03:16Oh, god. You're lucky you didn't get Sharpied every time.Lexi  03:20Those people, I think maybe they were like, "Is she...? Is she, like, you know...? Should we be nice to her because she's not all there?"Ben  03:29"The same as us."Lexi  03:29Yeah. And sometimes I kind of wondered, like, "Did they think that I am maybe on the spectrum or something?" which I kind of wonder if I am sometimes.Ben  03:38God, I wonder all the time if I am, and I'm not trying to say that as a joke. Like, I constantly--Lexi  03:41No, no.Ben  03:43--wonder if my inability to connect with people is something neurodivergent.Lexi  03:49Oh, do you do-- okay, sometimes I'll watch people. I'll watch-- like, especially when it comes to women, and when I was a teenager, I would watch groups of girls interact, and I felt like I was watching, like, a nature program. Like, "Ah. That is how the female species puts on makeup," and it never made sense to me to like go up to them and be like, "Hey, gals, let's all put our makeup on together." I was just, like, so awkward that I didn't understand how to talk to them.Ben  04:18Yeah. The thing for me was that I was just always felt on outside, as well. Like, I never felt like I had a group of friends in any situation. Part of that was moving schools a lot. Part of that was never feeling like I connected with other individuals. So yeah. No, I definitely should probably figure out if I'm--Lexi  04:35But I think that that's a great thing that people are learning more about themselves at all times because sometimes, like, I'll talk to adults that are like, "Well, I probably have a learning disability and that would have made school a lot easier, but what's the point in finding out now?" I'm like, "Well, why wouldn't you?"Ben  04:51How would that make... Well and, like, record scratch. [scratching record DJ-style] How would that make school more easy for you? Would you have had maybe more support? Maybe, but maybe not. It depends on where you were, what kind of, like, financial supports the school had, what your parents believed. Like, you know, there's no reason to think, like, if you have a disability, you have it easy. That's a wild take.Lexi  05:11Yeah, I think you can... You're right. Like, it depends on where you are, that you can access different types of supports, but I think we're also moving towards a more inclusive education model in the old Canada, where you should be treating everybody... It's like, it's technically universal design for learning where everybody should benefit from like, you know, flexible due dates, and, like, more understanding progressive assessment practices, because, yeah, like if you do have a disability, and you need a little bit more support, that's great, but if you don't, you can still get support, too, and that's fine, too. Ben  05:49Yeah. Lexi  05:50But, ah, that's interesting. This is maybe a good, like, introduction, though, because as teenagers when we were watching, trying to learn how to be a teenager, you turn to movies to try to understand, like, how to fit in.Ben  06:05Right. So the question is, like, "Should we have ever even looked at those other groups and people and been like, 'I'm supposed to be that way?' Or was that something we were taught by John Hughes and his movies?"Lexi  06:18Oh, John Hughes. I'm so conflicted. Ben  06:21So we're here tonight, as you've certainly guessed, to talk about '80s teen movies. You know 'em. You love 'em. We are going to revisit our memories of those movies, talk about some things that don't really hold up, some things that do just fine, and some things that are problematic and it matters to dorks. Wow, that was rough. Lexi  06:47That was-- I won't lie about it. It wasn't your best.Ben  06:51No, let's hit the theme song and let's try again after. [Lexi laughs] [theme music "Dance" by YABRA plays] Ben  07:22Welcome to Dork Matters--Voiceover  07:24[echoing] Dork Matters.Ben  07:24--the show by and for dorks, made by dorks, in a tree of dorks. We're like little dork elves, Keebler elves that make you dork cookies.Lexi  07:34Oh, I like that. Ben  07:36Yeah.Lexi  07:36That's a nice little image.Ben  07:38Yeah. Lexi  07:39We grow on trees.Ben  07:40[chuckling] Yeah, or are we are inside of trees, baking tree.Lexi  07:44Yeah, 'cause we don't like the outside so much. Ben  07:46No, I'm not an outside person. [Lexi laughs] I am your Dad Dork host, Ben Rankel, and with me, as always is...Lexi  07:53Your Movie Buff Dork, Lexi Hunt.Ben  07:56Oh, wow. No alliteration at all. You're just flying--Lexi  07:59Nah, just gettin' right in there. You know what? Fuck it.Ben  08:03You are going to have to be the movie buff dork tonight. I have tried to bone up on our subject, and I'm like, "Good God, I need a week to prepare for this by rewatching every single teen movie from the '80s," because that's what we're here to talk about tonight, or today, or whenever you're listening to this. Time is a flat circle. [chuckles] We're here to talk about teen movies of the '80s.Lexi  08:26[sing-songy] I love this episode.Ben  08:30The good, the bad, the ugly, the ones that hold up really well, the ones that do not hold up. We're gonna just shoot the shit on teen movies 'cause that's what we do. Lexi  08:39Oh, yeah.Ben  08:40We're gonna get a bunch of shit wrong, as usual, and that's half the fun here.Lexi  08:44Can I start by saying, like, how many movies did John Hughes create? My god, that man was prolific. Ben  08:51Yeah. So it depends on if we wanna look at whether he directed it, or produced it, or whatever, but if we just go by Wikipedia filmography, let's count these out. 1, 2, 3, 4... (fast-forwarded counting) 38. 38 different films.Lexi  09:16And a lot of them, like, I didn't actually know that he did some of them. Some of them, of course, I was like, "I knew that one. That's a John Hughes," but, like, Maid in Manhattan? What?Ben  09:27Yeah. Flubber.Lexi  09:28He was part of Flubber.Ben  09:30He was part of Flubber. He produced Flubber. Yeah, all the Home Alone's, right up to Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, that seminal classic. We watch it every year at Christmas. Not the earlier three Home Alone's, just Home Alone 4, the one everyone remembers.Lexi  09:47Yeah, the one that went straight to VHS release.Ben  09:50Yeah. I think, unfortunately, it was even DVD at that point. Just DVD. [Lexi groans]Lexi  09:55But then there's so many great ones too, that... Actually, I was talking to John about, you know, "What movies did you guys watch when you were growing up that we you would classify as a teen movie?" and he was more in the action side of the '80s and '90s movies, so he was like, "I can talk to you about The Rock. How do you feel about that?" But not so much... I think he said that they watched Breakfast Club in school, which I find incredible. Like, "Why did you watch that in school?!" Like, listening to it, there's so many messed-up things like Emilio Estevez talks about supergluing a guy's butt crack together. Like, "I know, and I'm going to show my grade nines today." [chuckles theatrically]Ben  10:38And that's one of the tamer things that happens in that film, like, that doesn't hold up. [Lexi laughs] I mean, we might as well get into it. Let's start with the seminal classic, The Breakfast Club with, you know, the greatest brat cast that you've ever seen. Everyone has seen this movie. We all know how it ends, that jumping fist pump in the air. [Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" plays]Lexi  11:00You can hear the music right now, can't you?Ben  11:01[sings] Don't you forget about me.Lexi  11:03And I gotta say, best soundtrack. Ben  11:07[sings] Forget about you.Lexi  11:10[sings] Don't you... [speaks] I also like that like weird slide guitar. [sings descending glissando, imitating slide guitar] That's a great '80s sound right there.Ben  11:17[chuckling] I want you to do it again. [Lexi sings imitation along with slide guitar] Nice. Let's start a band.Lexi  11:23I can play the mouth trumpet. [laughs] And that's... Okay, that sounds really dirty, but it's actually like... [sings melody, buzzing lips] [laughs]Ben  11:29I can play the mouth harp, as well, as long as we're embarrassing ourselves. [Lexi laughs] [harmonica plays] That's right. I play harmonica, as if I couldn't get any loser-ier. That's a word.Lexi  11:37Hey, man, I played the clarinet in the old high-school band for many years. [clarinet plays basic melody] Ben  11:41I think I played clarinet at one point, too, in the band. Lexi  11:46It's a great instrument. So Breakfast Club, which is weird, because Sixteen Candles... Okay, let's let's go through--Ben  11:55I feel like Sixteen Candles is probably the greatest offender of any teen movie--Lexi  11:59Oh.Ben  11:59--we're gonna talk about.Lexi  12:00It's so bad. Yeah. Ben  12:03And, you know, everyone loves Breakfast Club. I feel like maybe Sixteen Candles is a little less watched, still. I mean, we can talk about 'em both, but let's turn to Breakfast Club, first. Let's talk about some of the fucked-up shit that you remember happening and see if it's all true. You guys let us know if we make up anything.Lexi  12:19I couldn't get over the fact that, first of all, I was like, "Who the hell has detention on the weekend?" Because that's more of a punishment to the teachers than anything. Like--Ben  12:29Yeah, that's not happening. Lexi  12:31And what parent would be like, "Yeah"? Parents would be like, "No, I'm not doing that." [laughs]Ben  12:37Yeah, "You wanna keep my kid half an hour after school, that's one thing."Lexi  12:42Like, "Go nuts." Ben  12:42But yeah, they're not coming in on a weekend." And what teacher wants to do that? Like, you're not getting paid for that. Is that extra-curricular at that point? [Lexi blows through lips]Lexi  12:50I think that there's just so many issues with detention as-- like, that's a whole other issue. But to, like, spend your weekend... I know they're trying to demonstrate that, like, the character of-- god, what is his name? The assistant principal who hauls everybody in. It just shows what a miserable git he is. But, eugh, to me, like, that, already, I was like, "This movie is just setting me up for"--Ben  13:15Principal Richard Vernon, who, like, already is a problem, because this guy just treats these children--Lexi  13:21He's so horrible.Ben  13:22--and they are children, just awful. Yeah, just like a way that he would have lost his job if it was nowadays. There's no way he keeps his job past that weekend. There's no way he keeps his job past, like, his first interaction with, I think, Emilio Estevez with the stupid devil horns and, like, [in devil voice] "the rest of your natural born..." That'd be on TikTok. In, like, five minutes, there'd be a whole crowd of people knocking down his doors. The school board trustees, they'd be like, "Nah, you don't have a job anymore."Lexi  13:46And, as well they should. Like, you can't... There's one part in the movie where Judd Nelson's character--Ben  13:53Bender.Lexi  13:54--is playing basketball in the gym, and he's like, "I'm thinking about going out for a scholarship," and that's such a great point that, like, he could have just been like, "Okay, let's play," and then like, look, you're building relationship and you're not being a complete d-bag. Then, like, get to know him! Just play basketball with him. It's, literally, a Saturday, and you're sitting in your office. You may as well.Ben  14:16Yeah. Instead, he yells at him, if I remember correctly, and tells him he's never going anywhere. Lexi  14:21Yeah, that he's a, you know, piece of trash. Just, you don't talk to people that way. It's terrible. So, it's so, just, offensive to... You should never treat anyone like that, and you should never, 100%, have teachers speaking to students that way. That's just unacceptable.Ben  14:38The movie is in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, for its culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant nature, so that's something that I didn't just read off of Wikipedia.Lexi  14:51I mean, it is a huge part of culture that, kind of, changed the way that we, you know, talk about things.Ben  14:57Do you remember where the movie's set?Lexi  15:00They're all kind of set in the same...Ben  15:03Middle America. Lexi  15:04Yeah, like a Michigan kind of place.Ben  15:08Michigan is what I would guess. I have no idea. I can't remember any more. It's a very white cast, as well, which is interesting.Lexi  15:15Oh, yeah.Ben  15:16Yeah, what are some other egregious issues that we have with that one?Lexi  15:19Well, I don't like the way that Claire, so Molly Ringwald's character, she is berated, harassed by Bender the entire movie. He's got his head between her legs at one point, because he's hiding, and, at the end of the movie, she, like, goes and makes out with him and they become, like, boyfriend and girlfriend because he's wearing her earring and, like, you don't reward, like, a guy that treats you like trash, a person that treats you like trash. They're not gonna change. [laughs]Ben  15:51Yeah. I, 100%, remember it seeming, sort of, weird that that was, like, his reward for having some sort of character redemption is that Molly Ringwald will date him. And that's supposed to be character growth for her, is that she's not so stuck up anymore, she'll date somebody who's... poor and abusive?Lexi  16:07I guess? Or that, like, she's pushing back against her parents or... Like, I didn't really care for that part as much. Ben  16:18Yeah. Lexi  16:18But then, like, then you've got Claire and Allison, at one point, doing, like, makeovers and Allison's the kind of the quiet one who's the artist and the freak who's-- she's choosing to be at the detention instead of being sent there, and so Claire gives her the makeover and, all of a sudden, she's She's All That-ed. She's pretty, and now Emilio Estevez's character, Andrew, is, like, into her. If it wasn't for a lame... Before, he didn't see her, but as soon as Molly Ringwald puts some makeup on her, and pulled her hair back, well, now Allison's a person. I just thought like, "Ugh, that sends the wrong message."Ben  16:55Yeah.Lexi  16:56But, as a teenager, you're like, "Oh, that's how I get the attention of a boy."Ben  17:01Yeah, "I've gotta conform to beauty standards that are set out for me." Yeah, it's not great. It doesn't hold up. It feels wrong nowadays. I mean, it's really difficult to watch and think anything positive of it anymore.Lexi  17:14[laughs] The soundtrack was good. Ben  17:16Yeah, the soundtrack was good. Lexi  17:17But then John and I are having a conversation about that, and he's like, "Yeah, but at the time, that's what was a successful movie, and so, how fair is it for us to judge something from the past by today's standards?" Like, "Well, it's a difficult one. Like--"Ben  17:33Absolutely. Lexi  17:34I think we have to.Ben  17:36I mean, yeah, and also, like, what does that really mean, the idea of fair? Like, I mean, it feels sort of like the wrong question to apply to, sort of, reexamining past media. Like, you don't get a pass just because it was from the past.Lexi  17:54Yeah, there you go.Ben  17:55And the whole point of looking at something from the future is to reanalyze it from the scope that we have now. Like, you can do that and still acknowledge that, at the time, that general awareness of these sorts of things wasn't what it is now, but that's not really the point, I guess, is what I'm getting at.Lexi  18:12I can understand the criticism of like, yeah, you know, it's a questionable movie, but at the time, it was very progressive. And even now, like, I'm sure there are some TV shows, movies, books, whatever, that we think are pretty progressive that, in the future, people have problems with, but that's the point. Like, if we're all staying the exact same, that's the issue. Could we not be able to move forward, and then look back and be like, "Eugh. I shouldn't have done that"? Let's have a conversation about it.Ben  18:37I think the world and where it existed, and when it was made, is not where we are now. Like, that's not really the point. So Breakfast Club, like, none of these movies are really going to hold up to every standard that we have nowadays.Lexi  18:47No, it's impossible.Ben  18:48The bigger question is like, "Can I still enjoy this media the same way?" And you can't, especially... I mean, I don't think this movie, you can really... Like, I can watch it. I could enjoy parts of it, I suppose, but I don't know. I don't know if I really even would try to rewatch this movie. It used to come on TBS a lot, so we didn't have much of a choice, but...Lexi  19:10Yeah, I think now I would fast forward through a lot of it. Ben  19:14Yeah, I can't see myself going back to rewatch this, unlike a movie like "Footloose", which I still think is a fun watch. Same era, same sort of idea. There's a lot going on in that movie, too that's kind of effed up. Like, I think the main character, whose name I cannot remember, but it's Kevin Bacon, he moves to the small town where dancing and music is outlawed, and the girl that he falls for, her dad's abusive, her boyfriend's abusive, but I think, at one point, her boyfriend actually just punches her, and I'm just like, "Why would even?" Like, [sighs] in that sense, they're not trying to glorify that behavior necessarily, but it's... Yeah, so that's the interesting thing. Maybe that's what you gotta look at is the depiction of the thing in the movie something thing that they're doing as a "We're not thinking critically about this because that's the era we're from," or are they presenting it in that era, but they're saying, "This isn't a thing that should be happening," and that's a tough one. I can't remember that movie well enough. But I still like the dancin'.Lexi  20:17You like the dancin' part of it, hey?Ben  20:19Yep. Kevin Bacon, finally, in 2013, I think, admitted that he had a dance double for parts of that, but he did a lot of the dancing himself, he said.Lexi  20:28Did we not know that? I thought that that was widely accepted.Ben  20:32I don't know. It was just a thing I remember reading a while back, but yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I feel like, that movie, I could rewatch again. I feel like it's worth going back for the dancing. I don't know what would bring me back to Breakfast Club, aside from the soundtrack, which I can just listen to on my own.Lexi  20:46Yeah, I would just listen to the s... Like, if it was on the TV.Ben  20:50I guess I like Emilio Estevez. I like Molly Ringwald. Like--Lexi  20:53Then watch "Mighty Ducks", Ben. Ben  20:55Yeah, and that's what I do. We're gonna have to do an episode on "The Mighty Ducks". I love "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers" on Disney+. Lexi  21:02Oh, there you go. Yes. Ben  21:04Disney+ isn't sponsoring our show, but if they want to. [Lexi laughs] I like "Game Changers". It's a little weird. It's a little bit--Lexi  21:13I can't say that I've watched it, but, you know, I'll take a look-see.Ben  21:17Yeah. Oh, are we gonna do a "Dawson's Creek" episode or teen TV dramas of the 2000s? And those are-- a lot of those are trash but, like--Lexi  21:26Yes.Ben  21:26Yeah.Lexi  21:27I could talk about those, just "Smallville". Oh, my god. We need to talk about "Buffy". What are we doing, here?Ben  21:32That's an interesting one, like, 'cause, you know, 'cause you have to deal with the Joss Whedon. I call him Josh now. He lost his privilege at two "s"-es.Lexi  21:41You know, you strike an "s" off the name. Okay. We have to talk about Sixteen Candles, though, because it is the worst.Ben  21:50The worst. There is nothing--Lexi  21:53I think that a couple come close. Ben  21:55I could rewatch Breakfast Club, yeah. Like, I could re-watch Breakfast Club. There's a lot I don't like about it, and a lot that doesn't hold up, a lot of analysis of, sort of like, teen issues that doesn't really feel like it really got it, but I could rewatch it. I will not re-watch Sixteen Candles. I mean, give us a rundown. Give us the point-by-point. What's wrong with Sixteen Candles, aside from everything?Lexi  22:17If you've never watched Sixteen Candles before, don't. I will just run through it really quick. Basically, it's a party movie. Sam, play by Molly Ringwald, it's her birthday. It's her 16th birthday, but her entire family has basically forgotten, and she's really pissed off about the whole thing, so she's a real b-word all day at school. Meanwhile, she has this huge crush on this guy Jake Ryan who's, like, the quintessential hot dude of the school. Ben  22:42The perfect dude. Yeah.Lexi  22:44And, like, everyone of their little friend group is just like, "No, he's got such a hot girlfriend." They even show her showering naked in the girls' change room to really hammer home the fact that this lady is like a full-blown babe.Ben  22:59Wait. I do not remember this part of the movie. There's a naked scene of Molly Ringworld as a teenager?Lexi  23:06Yeah. Not Molly Ringwald. It was the girlfriend.Ben  23:08Oh, I'm sorry. I missed that. Lexi  23:10Molly Ringwald and her creepy friend... It's so creepy. They're leering and watching her shower because Molly Ringwald is comparing her chest to Jake Ryan's girlfriend to be like, "Oh, she's such a... She's a woman and I'm a girl. Why would he ever pay attention to me?" because boobs are the only thing that matter, apparently. Ben  23:10Mm.Lexi  23:30And then, meanwhile, so at the same time, Sam, Molly Ringwald, her grandparents come to her house, and they bring their foreign exchange student.Ben  23:41No. We can't even get into the foreign exchange student. It's so bad.Lexi  23:45It's so bad. I'm not even gonna. Like, you can go look it up. I'm not gonna say his name because it makes me feel uncomfortable, if I'm honest, but it's like a derogatory name that is just, like, it's just so offensive, and every time he's--Ben  23:58It's intended to mimic what white people make as sounds when they try to, you know, do Asian voices or language, and it's just a continuous shit show of racism.Lexi  24:12Oh, Ben, every time the character is on the screen, a gong sounds.Ben  24:15Yeah, I remember that part.Lexi  24:16Like, oh. [groans frustratedly] So then, Sam goes to the dance because she still has a thing for Jake, and she has to bring people with her, and now enter Michael C. Hall.Ben  24:17Oh, he's Ducky, right?Lexi  24:31And his creepy little character because... No, that's "Pretty In Pink". Come on. Jesus Christ, Lexi. Get your shit together.Ben  24:39Oh, god. I'm mixing up movies. Well, I'm sorry that all good John Hughes movies start to blend together after a while. [Lexi laughs] Sorry, I can't specify which Molly Ringwald film we're talking about. She wears the same thing in every movie, too.Lexi  24:51No. She... Ben  24:52She looks exactly the same.Lexi  24:53She... Well, yeah, that's good.Ben  24:54I'm pretty sure she's in a pink dress in every movie.Lexi  24:56Okay, I will accept that. Anthony Michael Hall's character is Ted, and they refer to him as "Farmer Ted" the entire movie, which I don't really understand why that's the thing.Ben  25:06Oh, he's the one that gets sent home with what's-her-face? Lexi  25:09Yes. Ben  25:10Right? When she's drunk, and he, basically...Lexi  25:11Yeah, right?Ben  25:13It's a date rape situation. How fun. Lexi  25:15Well, and first, like, he won't leave Sam alone at the dance. He keeps following her around, won't take no for an answer, and she basically has to barter with him to piss off by giving him her panties. So... And then he pretends that he like got them, however, and is cheered on by, like, a full bathroom full of dorks-- not our people-- but then this devolves into a party at Jake's house. Everybody kind of winds up at this Jake's house party, where Jake's girlfriend is drunk and kind of an asshole. He kicks them all out and gives Ted the keys to his car, and his passed-out girlfriend in the backseat, and long story short, he winds up making out with her when she comes to, eventually.Ben  25:59Yeah, I remember that.Lexi  26:00And, when she asks, "Did you take advantage of me?" and he said, "No,"  and she was like, "Cool." [laughs] Like, what?!Ben  26:08Wait. Don't they actually end up, like, doing it in that movie? And neither of them remember it, or am I thinking of another movie again?Lexi  26:15It could. You know what? Ben  26:16Remember that they, like--Lexi  26:17I haven't seen it in a while.Ben  26:18"I don't remember if we did it or not," and then they're both like, "Yeah, we did it," and it's like, that's supposed to be cool or something, and I'm like-- and, like, a virtuous moments where--Lexi  26:24That does sound about right. Ben  26:25Yeah, I remember throwing up. Like, I don't think that movie even sat well with me in the '90s when I was a teen, seeing it for the first time. I was like...Lexi  26:32[whispers] No.Ben  26:34"..eugh." Yeah,  Sixteen Candles is gross. What else? Is there anything else gross about  Sixteen Candles that we need to mention before we move on? Don't rewatch Sixteen Candles. It's no good.Lexi  26:42Don't. Well, it ends with Sam getting Jake and he gets her a birthday cake, and, you know, it's this beautiful moment between the two of them, but it's just like, she spent the entire movie comparing herself to other people, about how she was shit and not good enough for him, and he spends the entire movie pissed off at the world that he lives in because he's, like, this wealthy, white dude with a dumb girlfriend, and he's brutal to her. Like, he's really mean to his girlfriend, like, sends her off to be, like, you know, ravaged by some stranger.Ben  27:15Yeah. He sends her off to get raped. Lexi  27:17Yeah. And then it's like, "Okay, movie over." Ben  27:19Yeah, and I remember him also saying like, a bunch of really crass shit to her before, because she's drunk, and being like, "I could abuse you all I want if I wanted to. Yeah, it's super fucked-up and that's supposed to be a virtue for this guy--Lexi  27:31Yeah, he's the good one.Ben  27:32--that he looks down on her for being drunk.Lexi  27:34Oh.Ben  27:35Yeah. Fuckin' dumpster fire movie, and so this is why, like, people, you bring these up and they'll be like, "I fucking hate Ron Hughes." Yeah, Ron Hughes. I don't know who that is, but I hate him, too, just for sounding like John Hughes. [Lexi laughs] Fuck you, Ron.Lexi  27:50But, I think it's also like, the genre of, like, rom coms. Like, eugh. This is where it's kind of like stemmed from some of these teen movies . People think, "Like, this is maybe like the norm?" Like, "No, it isn't. This isn't good."Ben  28:04What's next on our on our shit shower?Lexi  28:07"Weird Science".Ben  28:09Are we doing "Pretty in Pink" at some point?Lexi  28:11"Pretty in Pink", technically, comes after "Weird Science". "Weird Science" was released in 1985.Ben  28:16Oh, we're doing these chronologically? Okay, my bad. Okay, "Weird Science" it is. So like, are we even gonna find teen... Like, John Hughes defined this era and defined what it meant to be a teen in this era, so I guess we may not get away from his movies. I mean, "Footloose" wasn't one of his, so that was good, but that's wild. It's basically just a John Hughes shit episode. Fuck you, John Hughes.Lexi  28:37But, no. I've got some redeeming ones.Ben  28:40And your brother, Ron. From John Hughes? I don't agree.Lexi  28:44I've got one. I got a couple that I'm gonna fight for, saying they're good.Ben  28:47What? Okay, you're gonna have to try real hard to make me like john Hughes in any capacity. "Weird Science", let's just get the premise out of the way. These two losers decide that they're going to robo-code their-- I'm just gonna use fake science words 'cause that's what they do in this movie-- they're gonna robo-code their digi-ideal woman and build her to be perfect and subservient to them. The whole premise is fucked up and weird and gross, and then, through the magic of--Lexi  29:11Yeah, the magic of science.Ben  29:12--science, I don't know, this woman comes true. She's there. Suddenly, they built her, and they can do anything they want with their new robo-girl or whatever. [Lexi sighs] Lexi  29:24And... [groans].Ben  29:25The only thing that's redeeming is a nice title song written by Oingo Boingo, the new-wave band from the '80s.Lexi  29:32Ah, Oingo Boingo. Yep. I know that it was this whole, you know, the dorks or the geeks strike back where like Revenge of the Nerds and that was also another popular problematic movie of the era, of just, like, dorks who aren't... You know, it's basically like  these, the nice guys, the incels.Ben  29:52Incels.Lexi  29:53They can't get-- no girls will pay attention to them 'cause they're not popular jocks. Wah, wah, wah. So what we're gonna do--Ben  29:59No, this is great. I like this line we're riding. I like this. This is, we are what's-his-face from It's Always Sunny.Lexi  30:07Dennis?Ben  30:08No. Not Dennis. We're not Dennis. Nobody's Dennis. Dennis is a sociopath. Lexi  30:11I was gonna say.Ben  30:12Ferris Bueller is Dennis. Lexi  30:13He's a serial killer. Ben  30:15Well, that's--Lexi  30:16Mac?Ben  30:16No, not Mac. Goddamn. Charlie.Lexi  30:18Charlie?Ben  30:19We're Charlie at the wall with the line, and we have just gone from John Hughes movies to the nice-guy phenomenon, and then straight on past that to the incel, the current incel disgusting thing that we have going on. Lexi  30:35Well, all of like...Ben  30:36It's all Ron and John Hughes' fault.Lexi  30:39Anthony Michael Hall basically played an incel [chuckling] for, like, his entire teenage youth--Ben  30:46God.Lexi  30:46--of the best friend who's just waiting around. "When's it gonna be his turn, gosh darn it?" because that's what it takes.Ben  30:52Yeah, and if I put in enough, you know, "nice coins" into the Woman Gashapon I will get the sex prize in the little ball. Lexi  31:00Exactly. Ben  31:01Yeah, I mean, fuck, as a white male, this is the kind of shit that I was taught, too. Like, I had some very strong, and I mean that as in of character, women, who... I mean, I could have been a very shitty person if I didn't have people that were better than me that helped me learn to be better. That should have been the responsibility but, like, "Thanks for being in my life to help me not end up like these fuckers." 'Cause I didn't get that from, like, my upbringing and, like, watching this kind of bullshit, or from, like, my religious upbringing. You definitely were taught that, like, the idea was that you put those wonderful little friendship points in, and eventually, you're gonna get what you want back out of it, which is not a relationship with another human being. It's vagina. Lexi  31:46Yeah, they just, the pure physical nature of it. But then, if we can move on to Pretty In Pink, which I think Ducky is the worst character for that, is the most blatant character for that. I mean, like, he's--Ben  32:01Oh, yeah. He's nice guy.Lexi  32:02[groans] He is so horrible, such a, like, you know, kickin' rocks and, "Aw, gee, when's it gonna be my time? Nobody loves you like I love you," like, gaslighting Molly Ringwald's character.Ben  32:15Unrequited love sort of thing is supposed to be, like, romantic, as opposed to creepy.Lexi  32:20Well, and speaking of creepy, then James Spader's creep-ass character is even worse because he's the king gaslighter of pretending to absolutely hate Molly Ringwald's character, Andie, but then, secretly is like trying to get with her and like, "Yeah, there it is. There's the douchebag," and I did know guys like that in high school that would pretend, "Oh, we don't talk when we're at school, but then I'll message you on MSN later tonight."Ben  32:48Yeah, I mean, this this is where I get ranty because this leads me into one of my hot topics and also not a sponsor of the show. [Lexi laughs] Wish they were. Do they still exist?Lexi  33:01Yeah, they do. There's one at Market Mall.Ben  33:04Yeah, you can get, like, records from them, and film. They're the only place that sell record players and film anymore. Lexi  33:09[laughing] Yep. Ben  33:10But this is one of, like, things that gets me kind of passionate is that, when this kind of subject comes up, men get mad at people pointing it out, white males specifically get mad at people pointing out that, like, this was sort of the culture that we were steeped in, what we were built to be like. I feel like men should be super fucking angry that this is what society tried to turn us into, did turn us into. Like, but instead, we double down on this shit. We get mad. We try to defend it. We try to defend that like "culture", but like, we should be fucking pissed all the time about what society, what our society, patriarchal and you know, colonial as it is, like, what it tried, and tries, and continues to try to turn white men into. Like, but dudes just don't get pissed at that. For some reason, they just can't. They can't find that, and it makes me mad on a daily basis. I see myself as, sort of like, this robot that was built by, you know, these fucking people to do this thing, and it makes me mad every day that I almost didn't have a fair shot at being like a normal-ish human being that could treat people with empathy and kindness because of this kind of media, of this kind of culture, this pervasiveness, and yeah, fuck it. It just gets me that other dudes, you know, aren't just constantly pissed off about this.Lexi  34:27Well, when you talk about, like, systemic racism, and lots of people are like, "There's no such thing ," which is bullshit--Ben  34:32Yes. [along with dancehall airhorn] B-b-b-bullshit. Sorry. I hadn't gotten one of those in in a few episodes.Lexi  34:36That's all good. We've gotta have one of those per episode. I feel like these, like, not necessarily these ones but movies like these, this is a part of it, of just like keeping everybody in their place, and telling everybody what role. "You sit on that chair over there. You wear that type of T-shirt." Like, this is-- and even like looking at the '90s movies, it's just as bad because now we have like--Ben  34:59Oh no. Yeah, definitely.Lexi  35:00It's just as bad, and even now, I was thinking like, "What are the current teen movies?" They're not that different, really.Ben  35:08I don't really know. Well, no, 'cause I guess it's still the same machine, and the same systemic system. [laughs] The same systemic system that's still turning this shit out. It hasn't-- like, the decision makers, the money and stuff, are all of a certain, I don't know, persuasion, ilk, build, and so that hasn't changed, so why would the content change? You know, there might be veneers put on things from people at certain parts of the process, but the assembly line is still largely the same and has the same intent. The blueprints haven't changed.Lexi  35:41You know--Ben  35:42Have I mixed my metaphor enough?Lexi  35:45You got a little... They're good. Ben  35:46Yeah. Lexi  35:47Like, just so thinking of the other podcast, "Art Intervention", there was one episode where I found out a lot of research about why the art industry, especially, like, art galleries, and museums, are so white, and one article I found was talking about, they're super white because those types of institutions, typically, they don't have a lot of government support. They don't have any, like, you know, public money coming in that's really keeping the lights on, so you really have to rely on the private sector for donations, and, unfortunately, a lot of the wealthy patrons for a lot of these big, big institutions are, largely, white patrons, and they don't wanna feel uncomfortable, and they don't wanna feel like--Ben  36:38No. It always comes with strings.Lexi  36:40It's always coming with strings, and so they don't want you to be bringing in an artist who is calling out the white patriarchy of the art society. They want someone who's gonna like, you know, ruffle a little feathers, but not be too, you know, radical, and so it's creating this industry that is perpetually keeping people in their place and keeping the dialogue moving along, and I think, like, some institutions are getting a little bit better, but it is a huge problem in the arts, and a lot of times people are like, "Oh, but the arts are... You know there's so many black actors that are very famous," and there's'--Ben  37:19What does that even mean? Lexi  37:21Exactly. Like, it's still an industry and it still has a lot of problems, and I think we're just scratching the surface on the whole like #MeToo" Harvey Weinstein thing, and even the fact that, like, #MeToo was appropriated from a black woman who had been talking about it for years, and all it took was, like, a couple white actresses to be like, "Yeah, I've had similar experiences," and pfff, it blows up. Ben  37:44Yeah. What was that shitty joke, where, like, the white dude is like, "Oh, if I was in charge of equality, you know, we wouldn't need feminism anymore," or something. Or like, "If I was in charge of feminism, we'd all have equality by now," something like that.Lexi  38:03That's a great joke.Ben  38:04The idea is that the joke is in the idea of this guy saying that he could fix a problem that he is the creator of, or part of the system. [Lexi laughs] There's the joke. You're supposed to laugh at the premise of the guy.Lexi  38:17It's so sad, though. Like, "Yeah. There it is."Ben  38:21[Lexi laughs] Speaking of sociopathic white males, let's hit Ferris Bueller. [along with dancehall airhorn] B-B-B-Bueller. Lexi  38:28[along with Yello's song, "Oh Yeah"] Oh, yeah. Bom-bom. Chik-a-chik-a!Ben  38:31I mean... [along with Yello's song, "Oh Yeah"] Oh yeah. Bom-bom. So that basically--Lexi  38:36[along with Yello's song, "Oh Yeah"] Bom. Oh.Ben  38:38That's enough right there. Really, like Ferris Bueller is a sociopath. He manipulates everyone. He can't empathize with other people's feelings. He manipulates his friends into doing things because he thinks it's for their own good. Like, he gets to decide what's best for Cameron. He gets to decide how Cameron deals with his emotionally-abusive parents or like, "Oh, steal the car." Eugh, but, like, Ferris Bueller is just a smug piece of shit, and, you know, Matthew Broderick, I like you enough, but you're much better in Godzilla 2000. [Yello song "Oh Yeah" continues]Lexi  39:06I think the real hero of that movie is Jennifer Grey's character, Jeanie Bueller. Jeanie is the true-- 'cause she's the only one that sees him other than Ed Rooney, Jeffrey Jones. She's the only one that sees him for his bullshit, but she sees it, more or less, like a sister just wanting to rub her brother's face and like, "You're not all that. How about that, kid?" Like, it's more she just wants to prove him wrong, not ruin his life, like Ed Rooney, but she's trying so hard the entire movie to get people to, like, see through his bullshit, and I always felt really bad for her because I was like, "Yeah, he shouldn't be doing all those things." [Yello song "Oh Yeah" continues]Ben  39:49Yeah, he's a terrible character. Yeah, that movie. You know, you've got Ben Stein in there as well, and he hasn't held out well. He's aged poorly, as far as he--Lexi  39:51Has he?Ben  39:52His movies are pretty, pretty shitty. He's a pretty smug asshole most of the time and very-- [Lexi sighs]Lexi  40:11Well, I mean, same with Jeffrey Jones, hey? [Yello song "Oh Yeah" continues]Ben  40:14Oh yes, I know what happened to him. We don't need to discuss that. That's just such a--Lexi  40:17 Yeah, that's--Ben  40:18A disgusting human being, so we're better off--Lexi  40:20There's a couple, like, Charlie Sheen, like that's--Ben  40:23Who, Charlie Sheen was in that?Lexi  40:25Yeah, he's the creepy dude that's hitting on Jeanie in the police station when he's like, "Why do you care so much about what your brother does?"Ben  40:32Oh man, now I remember that.Lexi  40:33He's the one that kind of like helps her, right?Ben  40:35Yeah, yeah. [Yello song "Oh Yeah" continues]Lexi  40:40Controversy comes from us all, Ben.Ben  40:41"Just be more like Charlie Sheen," is a thing that nobody should say. [laughs]Lexi  40:44No. Be more like Jennifer Grey is what I think.Ben  40:49Like, the actor or the character?Lexi  40:53Eh, the character in this one.Ben  40:53I don't know anything about the actor.Lexi  40:56Neither do I. I hope that she's not... I hope that no one is, like, actually.Ben  41:01Do we have anything that can bring us back? Like, we need some redeemable teen movies. I had a little bit of being like Footloose could be fun still. Are there ones we can watch? I've got one more that I sort of like.Lexi  41:11Oh, I've got one I love. Ben  41:12I'll do mine. You're more passionate. I'll do mine first. It's called... [laughing] Oh, god now I'm blanking on the name. Lexi  41:20Uh-oh. [laughs]Ben  41:21It's with Christian Slater, and he is a, like, pirate radio host. Pump Up the Volume. Lexi  41:28Okay.Ben  41:28So, there's some stuff that doesn't do it for me, which is sort of that, like, white suburban kid ennui that you see in, like, the '90s. It's technically a 1990 movie, but it was produced... That's when it was released, so it was produced in the '80s. So it's got a lot of that, sort of like, white teen ennui that we see in the '90s a lot with, like, the navel gazing and, like, "Let's just, you know, not worry about anything except our white privilege problems." So there's a little bit of that, but there's also a lot of like, sort of challenging the way that kids' problems are sort of downplayed by adults, or like, they're tried to be brushed aside when, like, you know, kids are actually suffering with problems. One of the things is a student kills himself and, like, that's sort of an impetus for the main characters to sort of go on and speak out about what's happening and tell the other students not to be quiet and to, like, live their, like... "Talk hard," is his line in the movie. Talk hard and, like, say the things that are a problem for you, and not hold them back, so I feel like I could rewatch that one again. I feel like it probably is watchable. He gets arrested at the end for his pirate radio, which is just such a great idea, a pirate radio, broadcasting illegally on the FM channel. Fuck, can you do that? I wanna broadcast illegally on an FM channel.Lexi  42:52I think it is something that's elite. Like, you have to be allowed to do it.Ben  42:56Yeah, I mean, I just don't even know anybody who'd be interested. Why do that when you can make a podcast? [both laugh] Yeah, I guess, you know, somebody would still have to tune to your pirate radio frequency, so... [chuckles]Lexi  43:11They'd find you.Ben  43:12Yeah. So the villain of the movie or whatever, is like the FCC comes to find Christian Slater's character and shut down his pirate radio.Lexi  43:21The FCC won't let him be.Ben  43:23Yeah, the FCC won't let him be. [laughs] Lexi  43:26Thank you. Thank you for that.Ben  43:27You're welcome. Thank you. I don't know what you're thinking me. You did it. That's great.Lexi  43:31I always like a good laugh, Ben. You know? Ben  43:33Yeah. I think yeah, give Pump Up the Volume a watch if you haven't. I haven't watched it in a while. I should re-watch it, but let us know if I'm wrong about that, and if it's a total trash fire, as well.Lexi  43:44I'm going to end this with a bang, Ben, because I'm gonna explain to you the greatest coming-of-age movie of the John Hughes-era is Uncle Buck.Ben  43:48Okay, so here's my thing with Uncle Buck. Is it a teen movie, though? Lexi  43:58Yes.Ben  43:59You think?Lexi  44:00I think so. I watched it all-- I watched it with my mom, and then I watched it with my friends when I was, like, 15, and I've watched it many times since because, I don't know. It was about, like, to me, it was about connecting with an adult in your life.Ben  44:16That's interesting. I appreciate that take. I guess I just find, like, the centering of John Candy as the main role in that, sort of, takes it away from being a teen movie for me.Lexi  44:24But that's why I think it's key because teenagers are so stuck in their own bubble, that it's hard to see your angst when you're living in it, and I think that was the reason my mom made me watch it.Ben  44:35Oh, interesting. So you were saying, like, the point-of-view character being the adult but having the show and the content geared at a teen gives you some outside of your own situation-ness, some self-awareness.Lexi  44:47Yeah.Lexi  44:48'Cause, see, like his... Oh, gosh, the... bup, bup, bup... Tia, so Tia is 15 and she's the oldest of the three kids and she's like, if you've never seen the movie, she's a cow. Like, the entire movie, she's just being an asshole for no purpose.Ben  44:48Interesting.Ben  45:06No, I've seen it a number of times.Lexi  45:09I watch it every Christmas. That is my Home Alone. Ben  45:11It's been a while, though.Lexi  45:13And it's just because she's so brutal, and then John Candy's character comes in and, you know, she's got a couple of lines that she says that are just horrible, so, so mean and callous, and then, she treats her family like garbage. She winds up shacking up with a dude who's trying to take advantage of her, and I think that this is really key, and a lot of people should watch it that if you are a 15, 16, 17 year old, and you are dating someone who is older than you, it is not an equal relationship. I'm sorry. It just isn't. And that's something that, like, when I was a teenager, I was like, "I can take care of myself," and so many times, like, yeah, to a point and then you pass a line, and then it gets real tricky, and what I like about that is, even though she treated people poorly, like, John Candy came to her rescue and supported her, and helped her to take her power back from this douchebag who tried to hurt her.Ben  46:12Right. So, in a typical John Hughes movie, we'd see her get a come-uppance of some sort of degradation or sexual assault as, sort of, the character arc. Like, "Oh, that'll teach you to be a b-word, though. You got what was coming to you. Haha." But that doesn't happen in this film. Interesting.Lexi  46:29Well, it kinda... Like, it almost does. Like, her boyfriend tries to pressure her into having sex. She's not ready so she leaves the party, and he does, like, make fun of her, and then, John Candy comes and finds her walking away from the party and, you know, she's embarrassed and whatever, and then he basically kidnaps the boyfriend in the back of the car, and then they hit golf balls at him to really, like... [laughs]Ben  46:53Sounds good to me. I'm fine with that.Lexi  46:56I don't know. Like, it's still you're right. Like, she's still like, there's that, like, "Haha, you were almost, like, you know, taken advantage of."Ben  47:02"That will show you."Lexi  47:02"That's what you get for being a little bag," but I just feel like, of those movies, this is probably the one that has, like, aged the best because even John Candy's character is so flawed. Ben  47:15Yeah, yeah.Lexi  47:16And it shows, like, all these redeeming qualities about him.Ben  47:18Yeah. I mean, that sounds like a good synopsis to me. I'd rewatch that. I'll give it a shot. And you all should give that a shot too, see what you think, see if there's some aspects of that film that we forgot that maybe cause it to bump off a little bit, although it sounds like Lexi watches it pretty regularly, so she knows what's up.Lexi  47:38I'm gonna be really sad if someone out there is like, "But, did you forget about the scene?" Because probably.Ben  47:43Maybe, but you know, that's just an opportunity. Yeah, this is an opportunity to appreciate what happened there, and, you know, that doesn't mean you have to stop watching Uncle Buck. It just means we have to somehow create a 15-minute episode addendum to this that people are forced to listen to that, "Okay, so there's this part in the movie and we have to talk about it where things go blah blah, blah." Yeah, I have to imagine that we'll end up doing a lot of retraction or correction episodes. Maybe that should be just a fun off-week thing we do. We do, you know, corrections and just 15-minute episodes every other week when we're not on our regular schedule. "So here's some shit we got wrong last week," and we just list it.Lexi  48:27Yeah. Just, "Sorry about this. Sorry about the following things."Ben  48:30"Said this. Didn't mean to."Lexi  48:32Ben, we haven't done Who's That Pokémon? yet.Ben  48:35Oh, fuck. Let's do Who's That  Pokémon? here. I think we've got another little ways to go. We should do a wrap up, but let's do a Who's That  Pokémon? Is it your turn again to come up with the Pokémon?Lexi  48:46Well, I've done many. I'm happy to keep explaining wet bags of sand to you, but do you wanna take a crack at Who's That  Pokémon?Ben  48:52I didn't come up with one, so it'll be on the fly. Yeah.Lexi  48:54Oh, do it.Ben  48:54I'll do it unless you have one prepared. Lexi  48:56No, no, no. Ben  48:57Okay. Okay, [along with "Who's That Pokémon" theme music] Who's that Pokémon? and I will describe now the Pokémon with which you need to guess. Lexi  49:06Excellent. Ben  49:07It's sort of like a pitcher.Lexi  49:09Okay.Ben  49:11Imagine an upside-down... No, right-way-up, like a pitcher as in, like, a vase. Not a--Lexi  49:18Okay, like, like a pitcher of lemonade. Ben  49:20Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then there's, like, some sort of leaves coming off, leaf-shaped protrusions, one on each side of this pitcher.Lexi  49:30Oh, my god.Ben  49:30And then there's also some sort of circular balls atop the pitcher.Lexi  49:35Are you explaining an actual Pokémon to me or is this like a...?Ben  49:38Yeah, yeah.Lexi  49:39It's an actual Pokémon! Oh, I thought we were being cheeky here and--Ben  49:43No. It's time for us to break out our--Lexi  49:45Anthony Michael Hall. [Ben laughs]Ben  49:47Oh shit. That's not bad. Lexi  49:48Oh, I gotta remember.Ben  49:49I'll change it. It's no longer Victreebel. It's Anthony Michael Hall. You got it. [Lexi laughs] [along with "Who's That Pokémon" theme music] Who's that Pokémon? [Lexi laughs]Lexi  49:59It's Anthony Michael Hall. Ben  50:00I'm gonna Google you a picture. [scratching record, DJ-style]Lexi  50:03Oh, Victreebel. Ben  50:04Yes. It was a real Pokémon.Lexi  50:05Damn it.Ben  50:06I think if I ever do them, they'll probably be real Pokémon.Lexi  50:09We still have to do a Pokémon episode.Ben  50:11It'd be interesting to talk to Mr. Hall and ask him how he feels about his part in the rise of incels.Lexi  50:18I'm sure he probably doesn't see it that way. [laughs]Ben  50:21I don't think many people do, as a child actor. I'm sure there's a lot more going on. I am being glib for the sake of humor.Lexi  50:27Hey, Ben, he had a redeeming role in Edward Scissorhands, where he dies.Ben  50:31He had a lot of good TV roles.Lexi  50:34Yeah, he has. He's had a very big career.Ben  50:37Mm-hmm. This is now the Anthony Michael Hall podcast, where we just talk about--Lexi  50:42Dissect him.Ben  50:43--the different works of Anthony Mic-- Michael Hall. I can't say his name anymore. It's lost all meaning.Lexi  50:50AMH.Ben  50:51AMH. He's been active as an actor since 1977. Is that something you knew? Lexi  50:56Wow. No, That's, that's...Ben  50:58He's 53 years old. He was born in 1968, April 14th, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Can we stop and talk about Massachusetts for a second? And how difficult a fucking place that is to say?Lexi  51:10Yes. I have such a hard time with it, I'd rather just be like, "That place," or write it down and point to it because I feel like I can't say it appropriately.Ben  51:17Yeah, and I'm not gonna make fun of the name 'cause I don't know its origins, etymology or anything, and I don't want to step on something, but, like, just saying, "Mass-a-chu-setts", like I've always said, "Massachusiss", or whatever, as a kid. I've always said it wrong, and then I was in New York, and I said, "Massachusiss", and somebody said, "What the fuck is wrong with you?"Lexi  51:35"Mass-a-chu--"Ben  51:35"Mass-a-chu-setts". Lexi  51:37"Mass-a-chu-setts". Ben  51:38Okay, yeah. It sounds wrong. Just say it-- okay, everybody at home listening, say "Mass-a-chu-setts"  about five times, maybe 10 times in a row, and see if you still like yourself.Lexi  51:49That's a tough homework assignment. [chuckles]Ben  51:52Yeah, enjoy. What else do we need to know about M-- Michael Anthony Hall? That's it. I'm good. Let's move on. [along with "Who's That Pokémon" theme music] Who's that Pokémon? We're back. We're back into the regular show, no longer the--Lexi  52:07AMH.Ben  52:08Anthony Michael Hall hour, the AMH hour. Is there anything else we should hit here on the way out? Lexi  52:15I mean--Ben  52:15Like, he produced or something Beethoven, so that's interesting.Lexi  52:18He also did Home Alone, which is a beloved movie.Ben  52:22Produced, yeah. He didn't--Lexi  52:23Oh, I thought... Okay.Ben  52:24But still.Lexi  52:25That's good to know.Ben  52:25He produced Miracle on 34th Street, which, you know, I've always enjoyed.Lexi  52:29He did Mall Rats, which again, like, is a very big movie [Ben groans] that I think a lot of people are like, "That's a cultural icon," but, like, it's also a very, like...Ben  52:39It is. Yeah, it's not a good flick. It does not hold up, and it is one of those ones that, like, yeah, as a rite of passage as a 14 year old, at least around our neck of the woods, you definitely watched, and thought was the greatest thing that ever happened. "Oh, shit pretzels." [Lexi groans] "Ha, ha, ha, ha. In the back of a Volkswagen." Lexi  52:59It's just...Ben  53:00Yeah.Lexi  53:00I feel like it's a really weird mix of, like, heartwarming children's movies and then, like, really problematic teen raunchy comedies.Ben  53:10Yeah.Lexi  53:10Like, well, it's an interesting mix you got there, pal. Ben  53:13Yeah. It's a wild time at Ridgemont High, which is movie I would have-- we should have talked about, but we didn't get to. That's fine, and I don't really remember enough about it except one of the Penn is in it. I think it's Sean Penn who was problematic, as well.Lexi  53:28Yeah. It's Sean Penn. Yeah.Ben  53:30Yeah, yeah.Lexi  53:31Oof. There's... We could... There's a lot of other very problematic teen movies. I mean, like, we've got the whole '90s to stare down. Ben  53:40Yeah.Lexi  53:41She's All That.Ben  53:42I mean, you know, those are movies that I definitely... Can't Hardly Wait. Lexi  53:46[groaning] Oh, I used to love that movie. Ben  53:50Of course you did. We all thought it was great. Lexi  53:51And I watched it recently. Oh, god.Ben  53:54No, I know. There's not a single aspect of that movie that I think holds up.Lexi  53:58Oh, you mean Seth Green's character isn't a redeeming figure throughout history?Ben  54:03It is an absolute travesty that that was allowed to become a thing. Lexi  54:08[whispers] Oh, my gosh.Ben  54:09That... yeah. The racism in that character alone in that, like, sort of characterization that we saw a lot of in the '90s and early 2000s is just wild. Lexi  54:19[softly] I know.Ben  54:19Just wild that that stuff had no critical second thought. Like, I know, we talk about, like, history and culture as these eras, and, like, we didn't have this sort of cultural awareness of these things at the time and, like, it's true, but also like, "So fucking what?" Like, that doesn't--Lexi  54:36Doesn't make it okay.Ben  54:37I just can't see that as an excuse. Yeah. Can't see it as an excuse.Lexi  54:43"Can't Hardly Use it As An Excuse?Ben  54:45[laughs] Yeah, Can't Hardly Wait to use it as an excuse. Like, I just can't use that as a way to be like, "Ah, I can still watch this film and not think of it critically," which I guess nobody's really asking anyone to do. Lexi  54:55But then it, like--Ben  54:56Problematic media is a whole other topic.Lexi  54:58It is, because it does beg the question of, "Do we look at the art versus the artist?" because then, like, we're leading into that era, and even, like, there's a little controversy this week with the old Margaret Atwood and her comments. Ben  55:11Oh, God. Lexi  55:13And I'm not gonna say that "I told you so, world," but I did say that Margaret Atwood isn't a great... I mean...Ben  55:20Well, I mean, she started to swing problematic for a while now. But like, this is also the advent of, sort of like, internet as well, is like, we did not have the information earlier on to know her thoughts on subjects that, you know, were outside of what she'd write about in her books, and maybe more intelligent people than myself picked up more of, like, her problems. I read her books, the ones that I enjoyed, which were like the MaddAddam trilogy, when I was in my early 20s. I don't consider that I was even like a proper adult human with critical thought until I was 25, so like, I still miss stuff all the time, and yeah, that's interesting. Margaret Atwood though. Way to hold my beer, JK Rowling. Jesus.Lexi  56:03Yeah, I did make a couple jokes of like, "Oh, she's really J.K.-ing herself this week." Like, just, if anyone has ever... Like, here's my piece of advice. Just stop. Just don't. Just don't. Like, and, a lot of times, don't weigh in. This is not a place for, "Oh, you know what I think about this?" Nothing. You think nothing about it. Shut up.Ben  56:23Oh, no, trust me that's a lesson I learned as a white dude on the internet that's like, more or less cishet, like, you know, maybe I don't need to offer an opinion on this. There's gonna be a lot of other takes, and I could probably do the most for myself by just reading how this goes out, and if I have questions about things, do some fucking Googling and try to understand these points that I'm having trouble with, and...Lexi  56:48Well, this has been a depressing and sad episode about our failed teenage years of just disappointing racism and sexism. [laughs]Ben  56:58Yeah. Well, you know, and again, this goes back to my really good analogy about, like, conveyor belts and machines or whatever. Like, we haven't fixed the problems with the blueprints and the machinery that's making this shit, so why would we expect it to be different? A different outcome just because, now we're aware that, you know, the shit shouldn't be happening, but apparently, we haven't taken the right action yet to correct where that's coming from, and so that stuff still comes.Lexi  57:29Well, maybe in another couple of decades we'll look at it a little closer. Ben  57:33We'll see. We'll see.Lexi  57:34The rom coms of the future are gonna be more uplifting and diverse and positive.Ben  57:38Okay, well, rom coms are a whole 'nother thing we need to get into 'cause Nora Ephron.Lexi  57:42Teenage.Ben  57:44Nora Ephron, I'm coming for you.Lexi  57:46I don't even wanna talk about rom coms because I don't think that I could say anything other than, "Bleuch."Ben  57:51We broached the subject. I mean, we kind of came into the teen movies thing with the intention of having some positivity to balance it out, [Lexi laughs] but it's hard when you have about 15 to 20 years, dominated by one figure, who has a way of looking at the world that's pretty shitty, and made all the, like, pop culture in that time.Lexi  58:10This is why you need a diverse group of people making content so that you have a wider array of things to look at to form your identity, because, when you're growing up, and the only teen flicks that are out the

Recorded Nov. 24We finally have our first video game review. All spoiler-free btw.Music produced by BlackoutBeatz414https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackOutBeatz

Acts-In-Replay: Christ Heals Broken People. Acts 16:16-24We are all broken people. The next person we encounter in the narrative is certainly broken; a mentally ill slave girl, and the contrast with Lydia couldn't be more stark. But this incident teaches us a very important truth, that Jesus saves people no matter what their social status, their monetary value or their influence in society. Let's think clearly about this incident.Read the NOTES here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back Story If you haven't already listened to Episode 30, go do that now! We learned about Abram and Sarai, God's promise to them, and the way they decided to take matters into their own hands.  This choice resulted in Ishmael, an offspring of Abram that was not the promised son and father of nations God had originally intended.  God changed Abram's name to Abraham, and Sarai's name to Sarah.  Genesis 21 Abraham and Sarah did eventually have their own son, Isaac. Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.  Isaac means “laughter.” God's faithfulness to fulfill his promises even in the face of the impossible was something Abraham got to witness at the very beginning of Isaac's life. There are plenty of examples in ancient texts of how important children were to these people. They valued them, prioritized them, celebrated them, and protected them. Genesis 22 God commanded Abraham to take his son and offer him as a burnt sacrifice. The Hebrew noun olah (עֹלָה) means "that which goes up [in smoke]." It is formed from the active participle of the verb alah (עָלָה), "to cause to ascend."  There was already a picture in the ancient world of burning things as a religious practice—the idea being that we can't ascend to God but our offerings can. So the idea of burning an offering being a worship principle is essential here.The burnt offering was also sometimes called a Kaliyl, which means “entirety” or “whole”—as in give the WHOLE offering to God. The heart behind this practice being that our whole lives, everything about us, and that which is most important to us should be offered to God. The test here was for Abraham to prove that he loved God more than his son. Isaac was about 14 years old at this time. This seemed like God interrupting his promise—that Isaac would be the father of nations—with a test. Question: Have you ever had that moment when God tried to take back the thing He gave? How weird is it that this child of promise and provision was suddenly something God could have rightfully removed. I think some of us, any of us, who are incited that God would deal with his called-out servant this way don't quite understand His place in our lives and His power over life. “On the 3rd day of the journey, [Abraham] saw the place.” Imagine you're Abraham, traveling for three days, agonizing over the thought of what God has asked you to do.  Abraham was willing to go all the way because he trusted God. Chapters before, God had already labeled Abraham's faith as righteousness. Abraham was labeled righteous long before he was called to be obedient. His acceptance came long before this test. There's a symbolic connection between Isaac & Jesus—on the 3rd day Isaac was taken as a sacrifice. Jesus was in the grave for 3 days. Abraham was confident that God himself would provide the lamb—and in the gospels, that's exactly what happened.  It's easy to be outraged reading the passage where Abraham binds his son and lays him on the altar. But don't apply our modern sensibilities to this ancient meaning, don't read what isn't there...do trust what is. As parents, if we aren't careful, kids can become the thing we don't lay down before the Lord. Where we start to “worship” our kids. Worshipping the provision, not the provider. Worshipping a seed over the Savior What are the ways parents worship their kids? There is a lot of temptation to make our kids the primary focus of our lives—orienting our lives, schedules, and finances around them. It's God-ordained to want the best for your kids and to want to invest in your kids.  It's a high calling to be provider and protector for your kids. But consider for a moment—what does “protection” really mean? Does it mean we spare our children all possible pain in life? Would you say God is a good father? He's the best father, but He didn't spare His son. And yet, we won't sacrifice ours for God's will in our lives.  In Hebrew language, the word for obedience (shama) also means “to hear.” So if you HEAR God, you obey him.  We want to shield our kids, and by choosing to do so we inadvertently are using them as an excuse to not step out in faith. How often are we shielding our kids from a blessing because we're not willing to make them pay a price. Kids need to feel the sacrifice of time & effort, and experience the cost and financial trade-off of WHOLE LIFE worship.  David said “ I will not give to God that which costs me nothing.” 1 Samuel 24:24We vacate the idea of us being able to worship God because we're afraid that it's going to cost our children something… when they can actually be a part of the worship themselves. We shouldn't insulate our kids from feeling or experiencing worship - in the same manner that we should never let them feel as if they are the object of it. Big Ideas: God does test us, and it's ok. It is His absolute right to test us, and when He does, it's an opportunity to express our faith in Him. There should be nothing we withhold from God. What does that mean for a whole family?  We can model giving everything to God for our kids. And this may require us re-orienting some priorities in our lives. We're laying a lot down at the altar of our kids.

New episode alert Ep. 63 Mamba day 8/24We'll discuss - Kobe Bryant - NBA Schedule release - Preseason wk 2 recap- AFC/NFC west preview - Weekly season prediction (Receiving stats)- calling out names

DEVOTION AND MEDITATION Col. 3: 23-24We serve the Lord not men. Be Encouraged in knowing that God sees your efforts.

                     Hebrews – A Call to Commitment:                                       “The Better Hope”                                        Hebrews  7:11-19Look at V-19 for our Main Idea! This better hope is about Jesus our High Priest: Hebrews 6:18b-20            Compare and Contrast the two Priesthoods:1.        The Ineffective Priesthood: Levitical He resumes his thoughts on Psalm 110:4; quotes in v. 17.The Law was temporary: Galatians 3:23-24We are unable to keep the Law: Mathew  5:27-28 2.         The Effective Priesthood: Messianic  There were historical witnesses: 1 Cor 15:3-8Fix your eyes of Jesus: Heb 12:2-4Support the show (https://paypal.me/pwp398?locale.x=en_US)

- Intro Song: 00:00​- Intro: 00:35- News: 10:16​- Concept of the week: Trino for the Trinewbie: 19:12- Concept of the week: Marius' Journey: 21:03- Concept of the week: Contributing to Trino: 54:55- PR of the week: PR 8135 Set default time zone for the current session: 1:03:36- Demo: Contributing to Trino: 1:11:49- Question of the week: How do I search nested objects in Elasticsearch from Trino?: 1:24:24We didn't have time to run through the demo. I created another video outside of the show if you want need help with the contribution process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAqYkR2oGgMShow Notes: https://trino.io/episodes/20.htmlShow Page: https://trino.io/broadcast/

Episode 1.23 - Rod God @ Denny'sAll 4 mics smokin' & chokin'!Rank Bank Vol. 6: WR's 13-24We take the time to give you our not-so-professional rankings on WRs heading into the 2021-2022 NFL Season.**Disclaimer....apparently Diontae Johnson sucks**Love,Beau Jangles

Episode 1.18 - Huntin' on Miles of AkersWe got 4 of them thangs for you! Rank Bank Vol. 4: RB's 13-24We take the time to give you our not-so-professional rankings on RBs heading into the 2021-2022 NFL Season.**Disclaimer....not sure how much you should trust our rankings. We're consistently inconsistent!**Love,Beau Jangles

Series:  The Light & Love of Jesus: A Study In 1 JohnScripture: 1 John 3:11-24We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you’d like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council BluffsSunday Gatherings at 8:00, 9:30 & 11:15 AMLivestream at 9:30 AM2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the show (https://www.citylightcb.org/give/)

Sacrificial love in the time of Covid-19. Hmmm... I wonder. Do you see it around you? In what way?1 John 3:16-24We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.O Lord Christ, good shepherd of the sheep, you seek the lost and guide us into your fold. Feed us, and we shall be satisfied; heal us, and we shall be whole. Make us one with you, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

文稿下载 加 公众号 “高效英语磨耳朵”词汇提示3.budgeted 预算4.Easter 复活节6.Thanksgiving 感恩节8.observe 9.drawing11.congratulated12.priest 牧师16.toast 敬酒24.journey 旅行25.mood26.pleasant27.party 党派29.accept，sincere 真诚30.nodded 点头31.attend33.may 可以40.expressed 表达46.deserve 应得47.venture 企业51.Mass 弥撒，church 教堂56.rejoice 庆祝提示一、每一个句子都播放2遍美式发音和2遍英式发音。二、同时听不同口音的好处是更加贴近真实的英文环境，高效提升你英语听力的敏锐度。三、自己觉得比较陌生的句子，要反复听。四、一定要坚持！加油！1I'll be home for Spring Festival.我会回家过春节。2I'm getting a bike for Christmas.圣诞节我会得到一辆自行车。3She budgeted for a holiday.她为了去度假而节省开支。4They are coming lo visit over Easter.他们复活节期间会来拜访。5Christmas Day was a Wednesday this year.今年的圣诞节在星期三。6What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving?感恩节是一个什么样的节日？7Christmas is quite near now.圣诞节将近。8How many holidays do we observe a year?我们一年过多少个节假日？9The Mid Autumn Festival is drawing near.中秋节快到了。10Business is quiet during the holidays.节假日期间生意很清淡。11His proud parents congratulated him.他的父母感到光彩向他表示祝贺。12The priest blessed the old woman.牧师为这位老太太祝福。13Have a good trip!祝旅途愉快！14Congratulations on your success！祝贺你获得了成功！15May I offer my congratulations?我可以表示祝贺吗？16We drank a toast to absent friands.我们为没能来的朋友举杯祝福。17With best wishes, Louise Foster.把最诚挚的祝福送给你，路易斯·福斯特。18Cheers! Your good health.干杯！祝你健康。19I wish you a very happy future.我祝你有非常幸福的未来。20Merry Christmas one and all!祝大家圣诞节快乐！21Bless you，my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！22Best wishes for a speedy recovery.祝你早日康复。23I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。24We all wished him a safe journey.我们都祝他一路平安。25I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想庆祝一番。26Wish you a pleasant trip.祝你旅途愉快。27Party officials toasted his health.政党官员为他的健康举杯祝酒。28He telephoned a happy birthday to her.他打电话祝贺她生日快乐。29Please accept my sincere wishes.请接收我的真诚祝愿。30They all nodded a final good-night.他们最后都点头互助晚安。31May good luck attend you！祝你幸福。32Merry Christmas，everyone.祝大家圣诞快乐。33May you be happy.祝你快乐。34He wished me well.他祝我一切顺利。35We wish you every success in the future.我们祝愿你将来事事成功。36A merry Christmas to all our reader.祝我所有的读者圣诞快乐。37For her birthday I bought her a bicycle.为祝贺她的生日，我为她买了一辆自行车。38Give my best wishes to your parents.请转达我对你父母最美好的祝愿。39Have a safe journey.祝一路平安！40They expressed their best wishes to her.他们向她的表达了他们的良好祝愿。41We celebrated New Year's Day.我们庆祝元旦。42I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。43I wish you both a very good journey.我祝你们两人旅途愉快。44I'm praying for mother to get better.我在祷祝母亲身体康复。45Here's to your new job!祝你的新工作一切顺利！46They deserved congratulation.他们应该得到祝贺。47I wished him well with his new venture.我祝他的新企业成功。48May good luck be yours！祝你好运！49They sent a get well card.他们寄了一张祝愿早日康复的慰问卡。50They sent her flowers for her birthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。51The priest celebrates Mass in church.神父在教堂里庆祝弥撒。52Have a good time!祝你玩得高兴！53So your interview's tomorrow？Good luck！这么说明天你要去面试？祝你好运！54Bless you，my boy!祝福你我的孩子！55May all your wishes come true.祝你所有的心愿都成真。56Let us rejoice together on your success.让我们共同庆祝你的成功。57May you have better luck next time!祝你下次走运！58Here's to Eddie!祝埃迪成功！59We all toasted his health.我们大家为他的健康举杯祝酒。60Let's celebrate！让我们好好庆祝一下吧！

文稿下载 加 公众号 “高效英语磨耳朵”词汇提示3.budgeted 预算4.Easter 复活节6.Thanksgiving 感恩节8.observe 9.drawing11.congratulated12.priest 牧师16.toast 敬酒24.journey 旅行25.mood26.pleasant27.party 党派29.accept，sincere 真诚30.nodded 点头31.attend33.may 可以40.expressed 表达46.deserve 应得47.venture 企业51.Mass 弥撒，church 教堂56.rejoice 庆祝提示一、每一个句子都播放2遍美式发音和2遍英式发音。二、同时听不同口音的好处是更加贴近真实的英文环境，高效提升你英语听力的敏锐度。三、自己觉得比较陌生的句子，要反复听。四、一定要坚持！加油！1I'll be home for Spring Festival.我会回家过春节。2I'm getting a bike for Christmas.圣诞节我会得到一辆自行车。3She budgeted for a holiday.她为了去度假而节省开支。4They are coming lo visit over Easter.他们复活节期间会来拜访。5Christmas Day was a Wednesday this year.今年的圣诞节在星期三。6What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving?感恩节是一个什么样的节日？7Christmas is quite near now.圣诞节将近。8How many holidays do we observe a year?我们一年过多少个节假日？9The Mid Autumn Festival is drawing near.中秋节快到了。10Business is quiet during the holidays.节假日期间生意很清淡。11His proud parents congratulated him.他的父母感到光彩向他表示祝贺。12The priest blessed the old woman.牧师为这位老太太祝福。13Have a good trip!祝旅途愉快！14Congratulations on your success！祝贺你获得了成功！15May I offer my congratulations?我可以表示祝贺吗？16We drank a toast to absent friands.我们为没能来的朋友举杯祝福。17With best wishes, Louise Foster.把最诚挚的祝福送给你，路易斯·福斯特。18Cheers! Your good health.干杯！祝你健康。19I wish you a very happy future.我祝你有非常幸福的未来。20Merry Christmas one and all!祝大家圣诞节快乐！21Bless you，my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！22Best wishes for a speedy recovery.祝你早日康复。23I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。24We all wished him a safe journey.我们都祝他一路平安。25I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想庆祝一番。26Wish you a pleasant trip.祝你旅途愉快。27Party officials toasted his health.政党官员为他的健康举杯祝酒。28He telephoned a happy birthday to her.他打电话祝贺她生日快乐。29Please accept my sincere wishes.请接收我的真诚祝愿。30They all nodded a final good-night.他们最后都点头互助晚安。31May good luck attend you！祝你幸福。32Merry Christmas，everyone.祝大家圣诞快乐。33May you be happy.祝你快乐。34He wished me well.他祝我一切顺利。35We wish you every success in the future.我们祝愿你将来事事成功。36A merry Christmas to all our reader.祝我所有的读者圣诞快乐。37For her birthday I bought her a bicycle.为祝贺她的生日，我为她买了一辆自行车。38Give my best wishes to your parents.请转达我对你父母最美好的祝愿。39Have a safe journey.祝一路平安！40They expressed their best wishes to her.他们向她的表达了他们的良好祝愿。41We celebrated New Year's Day.我们庆祝元旦。42I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。43I wish you both a very good journey.我祝你们两人旅途愉快。44I'm praying for mother to get better.我在祷祝母亲身体康复。45Here's to your new job!祝你的新工作一切顺利！46They deserved congratulation.他们应该得到祝贺。47I wished him well with his new venture.我祝他的新企业成功。48May good luck be yours！祝你好运！49They sent a get well card.他们寄了一张祝愿早日康复的慰问卡。50They sent her flowers for her birthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。51The priest celebrates Mass in church.神父在教堂里庆祝弥撒。52Have a good time!祝你玩得高兴！53So your interview's tomorrow？Good luck！这么说明天你要去面试？祝你好运！54Bless you，my boy!祝福你我的孩子！55May all your wishes come true.祝你所有的心愿都成真。56Let us rejoice together on your success.让我们共同庆祝你的成功。57May you have better luck next time!祝你下次走运！58Here's to Eddie!祝埃迪成功！59We all toasted his health.我们大家为他的健康举杯祝酒。60Let's celebrate！让我们好好庆祝一下吧！

文稿下载 加 公众号 “高效英语磨耳朵”词汇提示3.budgeted 预算4.Easter 复活节6.Thanksgiving 感恩节8.observe 9.drawing11.congratulated12.priest 牧师16.toast 敬酒24.journey 旅行25.mood26.pleasant27.party 党派29.accept，sincere 真诚30.nodded 点头31.attend33.may 可以40.expressed 表达46.deserve 应得47.venture 企业51.Mass 弥撒，church 教堂56.rejoice 庆祝提示一、每一个句子都播放2遍美式发音和2遍英式发音。二、同时听不同口音的好处是更加贴近真实的英文环境，高效提升你英语听力的敏锐度。三、自己觉得比较陌生的句子，要反复听。四、一定要坚持！加油！1I'll be home for Spring Festival.我会回家过春节。2I'm getting a bike for Christmas.圣诞节我会得到一辆自行车。3She budgeted for a holiday.她为了去度假而节省开支。4They are coming lo visit over Easter.他们复活节期间会来拜访。5Christmas Day was a Wednesday this year.今年的圣诞节在星期三。6What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving?感恩节是一个什么样的节日？7Christmas is quite near now.圣诞节将近。8How many holidays do we observe a year?我们一年过多少个节假日？9The Mid Autumn Festival is drawing near.中秋节快到了。10Business is quiet during the holidays.节假日期间生意很清淡。11His proud parents congratulated him.他的父母感到光彩向他表示祝贺。12The priest blessed the old woman.牧师为这位老太太祝福。13Have a good trip!祝旅途愉快！14Congratulations on your success！祝贺你获得了成功！15May I offer my congratulations?我可以表示祝贺吗？16We drank a toast to absent friands.我们为没能来的朋友举杯祝福。17With best wishes, Louise Foster.把最诚挚的祝福送给你，路易斯·福斯特。18Cheers! Your good health.干杯！祝你健康。19I wish you a very happy future.我祝你有非常幸福的未来。20Merry Christmas one and all!祝大家圣诞节快乐！21Bless you，my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！22Best wishes for a speedy recovery.祝你早日康复。23I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。24We all wished him a safe journey.我们都祝他一路平安。25I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想庆祝一番。26Wish you a pleasant trip.祝你旅途愉快。27Party officials toasted his health.政党官员为他的健康举杯祝酒。28He telephoned a happy birthday to her.他打电话祝贺她生日快乐。29Please accept my sincere wishes.请接收我的真诚祝愿。30They all nodded a final good-night.他们最后都点头互助晚安。31May good luck attend you！祝你幸福。32Merry Christmas，everyone.祝大家圣诞快乐。33May you be happy.祝你快乐。34He wished me well.他祝我一切顺利。35We wish you every success in the future.我们祝愿你将来事事成功。36A merry Christmas to all our reader.祝我所有的读者圣诞快乐。37For her birthday I bought her a bicycle.为祝贺她的生日，我为她买了一辆自行车。38Give my best wishes to your parents.请转达我对你父母最美好的祝愿。39Have a safe journey.祝一路平安！40They expressed their best wishes to her.他们向她的表达了他们的良好祝愿。41We celebrated New Year's Day.我们庆祝元旦。42I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。43I wish you both a very good journey.我祝你们两人旅途愉快。44I'm praying for mother to get better.我在祷祝母亲身体康复。45Here's to your new job!祝你的新工作一切顺利！46They deserved congratulation.他们应该得到祝贺。47I wished him well with his new venture.我祝他的新企业成功。48May good luck be yours！祝你好运！49They sent a get well card.他们寄了一张祝愿早日康复的慰问卡。50They sent her flowers for her birthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。51The priest celebrates Mass in church.神父在教堂里庆祝弥撒。52Have a good time!祝你玩得高兴！53So your interview's tomorrow？Good luck！这么说明天你要去面试？祝你好运！54Bless you，my boy!祝福你我的孩子！55May all your wishes come true.祝你所有的心愿都成真。56Let us rejoice together on your success.让我们共同庆祝你的成功。57May you have better luck next time!祝你下次走运！58Here's to Eddie!祝埃迪成功！59We all toasted his health.我们大家为他的健康举杯祝酒。60Let's celebrate！让我们好好庆祝一下吧！

Ep. 24We cannot understand all the parables Jesus taught without first understanding this parable. The Parable of the Sower. A person has 1 of 4 types of soil in their hearts. If we do not see growth in our lives, a change in our lives, the issue is the soil we have in our lives. Today we talk about the 2nd soil Jesus mentions in this parable: The "Stony" Soil Websitehttp://nadinearaphael.comYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZEf9__Cp9_EkKwmPKS0cYQ?view_as=subscriberNadine's Memoir book: But God https://www.amazon.com/But-God-Sometimes-Purpose-Darkest/dp/0692987398/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8IGhttps://www.instagram.com/nadinearaphael/FBhttps://www.facebook.com/nadinearaphael/Mail mailto:nadineraphael@me.comDonate:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D9554QVPZ3AHE&source=url

Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Biden's Victory Around the WorldPub date: 2020-11-24We have a new president-elect here in the United States, which means changes to certain U.S. domestic policies and also a different way of doing foreign policy. So, what does Biden's win mean for different countries and regions globally? Jacob Schulz brings you dispatches from around the world about the effects of Biden's win with Boris Ruge on Germany and the EU, Alina Polyakova on Russia and Ukraine, Emmanuel Igunza on East Africa and the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Antonio Garza on Mexico, Tanvi Madan on India, Sophia Yan on China, Ben Hubbard on Saudi Arabia, Rasha Al Aqeedi on Iraq, Daniel Reisner on Israel and Kemal Kirişci on Turkey.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Lawfare Institute, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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Luke 15:21-24We might have heard the Parable of the Prodigal Son growing up. What is one thing we can learn about God's love as we take a closer look at it? Pastor Edrei shares with us that no matter who we are or what we have done, in Christ, there is a love that is more than ready to accept us. #DailyDevo

The $25k HomeBuilder grant is part of the government's COVID-19 stimulus package. It will provide eligible owner-occupiers (including first home buyers) with a grant of $25,000 to build a new home or substantially renovate their existing home. Quick clarification: During the podcast I got my words muddled and said 'sustainably' renovate rather than 'substantially' renovate, the correct word in this context is definitely 'substantially'.In this episode we go through:What the HomeBuilder Grant isWho it's for and who it's not forHow and where to apply for itWhere to find details on the grant for your state or territoryWhether the grant be used with other grants, schemes and initiativesWhether the grant can be used towards your depositGo to the episode web page for details of where to apply for the HomeBuilder Grant.Follow the Dream Home MovementFacebookInstagramFollow Carl and Jo VioletaFacebookInstagramWebGuest bioJo Violeta is the host of the Dream Home Movement podcast and runs the awards winning mortgage brokerage Violeta Finance with her husband Carl. Think of Jo as your property finance translator. She explains complex finance concepts in a way that's easy to understand and accessible, so you can be feel confident and empowered.Here's a list of the relevant state and territory bodies and their preferred contact details:Australian Capital TerritoryACT Revenue Officehttps://www.revenue.act.gov.au/New South WalesNew South Wales Revenue OfficeHome.Builder@revenue.nsw.gov.au1300 130 624.Northern TerritoryNorthern Territory’s Revenue Officehttps://treasury.nt.gov.au/dtf/territory-revenue-officeQueenslandQueensland Office of State Revenue (OSR)https://www.treasury.qld.gov.au/budget-and-financial-management/revenue-and-taxation/HomeBuilderGrant@treasury.qld.gov.au1300 300 734.South AustraliaSouth Australian Revenue Officehttps://www.revenuesa.sa.gov.au/TasmaniaState Revenue Office of Tasmaniahttps://www.sro.tas.gov.au/VictoriaState Revenue Office Victoriahttps://www.sro.vic.gov.au/Western AustraliaWestern Australia Revenue Officehttps://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-financeTranscriptPlease note: This is an automated transcript, so it won't be perfect.00:00:00 - 00:00:05have you heard of the $25,000 homebuilder Grant? Well, if you have, you've00:00:05 - 00:00:09probably got questions about it. And if you've got questions about it promising00:00:09 - 00:00:16, you, you are not alone. Carl and I have received so many questions about the00:00:16 - 00:00:20homebuilder Grant recently. So I thought, Hey, let's do an episode about it.00:00:20 - 00:00:28I'm going to explain what it is, who it's for, who It's not for how to apply for it00:00:28 - 00:00:32and also answer some of the commonly asked questions about the grant. Now,00:00:32 - 00:00:39if we haven't met before Hello, I'm Joe Via letter. I own a an award winning00:00:39 - 00:00:43mortgage brokerage with my husband, Carl. We help families and small00:00:43 - 00:00:49businesses achieved their finance and property dreams by helping them secure00:00:49 - 00:00:53a fair deal on their home loans. Their property investment loans, their00:00:53 - 00:00:58commercial property finance and also save money on their mortgage00:00:58 - 00:01:03repayments through refinancing and access funds for their home renovations.00:01:03 - 00:01:09You confined us all over the Internet at Violet of finance. It's just got one t in it00:01:09 - 00:01:13, and we love to hang out on Facebook and Instagram. So please do come00:01:13 - 00:01:20along and say hi to us. They're all right Let's get stuck into the $25,00000:01:20 - 00:01:25homebuilder Grant. Welcome to the Dream Home Movement. This's your00:01:25 - 00:01:31weekly dose of home and property inspiration. Bring you clever tips and00:01:31 - 00:01:37advice from the very best experts and really like Renno storeys with your host.00:01:37 - 00:01:46Joe Violeta Thie $25,000 Homebuilder Grant is a $688 million scheme that's00:01:46 - 00:01:52part of the Australian government's covert 19 stimulus package. Now I know00:01:52 - 00:01:56that I have lots of listeners all over Australia, but I also have plenty off00:01:56 - 00:02:01international listeners for the dream home movement as well. And so I'm sorry00:02:01 - 00:02:08to my international listeners, but this is a new Australian government grant.00:02:08 - 00:02:12But you're very welcome to continue listening to the episode. And also we've00:02:12 - 00:02:20got plenty off really valuable, really fun episodes coming up that applied Tio.00:02:20 - 00:02:26You will apply to you no matter where you live, so I hope you will tune in to00:02:26 - 00:02:31those. Okay, So back to the home builder Grant. What is it? Well, it's00:02:31 - 00:02:41designed to provide a $25,000 grant to build a new home or sustainably00:02:41 - 00:02:47renovate your existing home. There are no caps on the number of grants00:02:47 - 00:02:54available. So in Australia, we've got the first home loan deposit scheme, for00:02:54 - 00:02:59example, which is the first home buyers. And there's a cap on that, which is00:02:59 - 00:03:05there's only 10,000 places available per financial year. There's no cap on the00:03:05 - 00:03:12number of grants For the homebuilder grant, however, there is a time limit,00:03:12 - 00:03:20and there's some flexibility built into the time limit as faras the timeliness00:03:20 - 00:03:26between contracts being signed that has just been built into the scheme recently00:03:26 - 00:03:31since it was first introduced. S O. If you're going to look at applying for the00:03:31 - 00:03:36scheme, you'll need Teo. Contact your relevant state authority and I'll go00:03:36 - 00:03:39through who you're relevant. State authorities are state or territory. Authorities00:03:39 - 00:03:46are later on in the episode, but basically without getting into the final finer00:03:46 - 00:03:51detail, the time limit is that the contract for the build or renovation must be00:03:51 - 00:03:59signed between the Fourth of June 2020 and the 31st of December 2020. So00:03:59 - 00:04:04this if you're listening to this episode in real time, it's being published on00:04:04 - 00:04:11Thursday morning, August 27th, 2020. So you've still got time, Tio, get00:04:11 - 00:04:18organiz DH and This is the bit where there's been a few little tweaks. So00:04:18 - 00:04:22originally they were saying that construction must commence within three00:04:22 - 00:04:27months off the contract date. I think there might be a bit of discretion in there,00:04:27 - 00:04:33a bit of flexibility. So again, you need to cheque with your relevant state or00:04:33 - 00:04:37territory authority. And I'll tell you what those are later on in the episode of00:04:37 - 00:04:45Also Got All those details in this show notes as well. So who is eligible for the00:04:45 - 00:04:52$25,000 homebuilder Grant? Well, first of all, it's for owner occupiers. So00:04:52 - 00:04:57you need Teo, the property that you're renovating or you're building you need00:04:57 - 00:05:04It needs to be for you to live in. Yeah, okay. On DH there. It's also available00:05:04 - 00:05:09to first home buyers, which is great, but also, you don't have to be a first00:05:09 - 00:05:15Homebuyer to access the grant s o. A lot of thie grants and schemes that are00:05:15 - 00:05:21available around property in Australia are really targeted to first home buyers.00:05:21 - 00:05:25But this has opened up Teo. Everyone, regardless of whether your first home00:05:25 - 00:05:31by our or you currently own a property, we have owned a property in the past.00:05:31 - 00:05:37Okay, so you also need to be now this is going to sound a little bit funny. You00:05:37 - 00:05:44need to be a natural person, so that doesn't mean you only I don't know. Eat00:05:44 - 00:05:52organic food and don't colour your hair. What it means is that you can't be a00:05:52 - 00:06:01company or a trust, so the you need to apply as a person and you need to be 1800:06:01 - 00:06:08years or years old or older and an Australian citizen. Now there's also a limit00:06:08 - 00:06:14on how much you can end. So if you're an individual, not in a couple, then00:06:14 - 00:06:24you need to have earned $125,000 or less per annum per year or $200,000 or00:06:24 - 00:06:32less for a couple combined. And the income will be based on your 2018 201900:06:32 - 00:06:40tax return or later. So if you done your 2019 2020 tax return, then it will be00:06:40 - 00:06:47based on that. So who is the grant? Not for Well, I mentioned before that it's00:06:47 - 00:06:54for owner occupiers, so it's not for owner builders, and I know that's really sad00:06:54 - 00:06:58news for a lot of our listeners. because a lot of our listeners are owner builders00:06:58 - 00:07:04or interested in becoming becoming becoming owner builders. And it's not for00:07:04 - 00:07:12investment properties only either. It's for owner occupiers. Now, if you are00:07:12 - 00:07:16wanting Teo, access the grant for a new build. So you wanting to build a00:07:16 - 00:07:24property, build a house, then the property value, including land, needs to be00:07:24 - 00:07:32under $750,000. What can exceed $750,000 which some people may feel like00:07:32 - 00:07:37you know, is not that much, especially considering it's including land. But in00:07:37 - 00:07:41you know, I live in Melbourne and in many of the out of suburbs you can get00:07:41 - 00:07:47house and land packages for $750,000 or under. Now, if you want to access it00:07:47 - 00:07:52for a renovation, the renovation contract needs to be between00:07:52 - 00:08:01$150,000.750,000 dollars, and the value of your existing property must not00:08:01 - 00:08:09exceed $1.5 million. And also, I'm going to read this okay, and then I'll00:08:09 - 00:08:13explain what it means. This is from the original documentation official00:08:13 - 00:08:19documentation from Treasury about the homebuilder grant, and that is that the00:08:19 - 00:08:25renovation works must be to improve the accessibility, safety and livability off00:08:25 - 00:08:30the dwellings. You'd need toe unpack of your builder. Exactly whether or not00:08:30 - 00:08:34that applies to the renovation works that you're thinking off. But some00:08:34 - 00:08:41examples off what it can't before are things like swimming pools, tennis courts00:08:41 - 00:08:50, outdoors bars, saunas and sheds or garages that are not connected to the00:08:50 - 00:08:55property. All right, so you think that you might perhaps be eligible for the00:08:55 - 00:09:00homebuilder grant, and you've got a new build or a renovation plan?00:09:00 - 00:09:06Awesome. So now how do you apply for it? And how do you get some Mohr00:09:06 - 00:09:14deeper detail? Well, you need Teo go through your relevant state or territory00:09:14 - 00:09:18body will probably thinking, Well, what's that? What does that even mean?00:09:18 - 00:09:24We'll go through the list off places that you need to go to get information and in00:09:24 - 00:09:31the show notes. I'll have the details so it might be email address or phone00:09:31 - 00:09:36number or website, whatever that your particular state or territory wants to00:09:36 - 00:09:42provide, like how they want youto contact them. So we've got the revenue00:09:42 - 00:09:46office. That's for the Australian Capital Territory. New South Wales Revenue00:09:46 - 00:09:50Office, Northern Territories Revenue Office, Queensland Office Off State00:09:50 - 00:09:56Revenue, South Australian Review New offer. State Revenue Office off00:09:56 - 00:10:01Tasmania State Revenue Office Victoria and finally, Western Australia00:10:01 - 00:10:07Revenue Office. Those are the places that you need to go to Teo, get more00:10:07 - 00:10:18detail and also to apply. Already, let's get stuck into some off those commonly00:10:18 - 00:10:23asked questions. So one of the most commonly asked questions comes from00:10:23 - 00:10:30first home buyers, and it is. Will this be paid in addition to the first00:10:30 - 00:10:35homeowners grant and the first home loan deposit scheme? If, of course, you00:10:35 - 00:10:42are eligible for those and yes, it will be okay, so that's good news. Now, if00:10:42 - 00:10:46you're not sure what the first homeowners grant ears and what the first00:10:46 - 00:10:52homeland deposit scheme is, you can head over Teo website, violeta finance00:10:52 - 00:10:56dot com dot ua. And we've got blogged posts with the details of those on there00:10:56 - 00:11:02, and I'll pop links to those blawg articles in the show notes as well. And then00:11:02 - 00:11:09the other question that is quite common. And, gosh, I just I was sort of00:11:09 - 00:11:13tossing up. We're not even to raise this because I don't really have an answer00:11:13 - 00:11:18for it. but I'm going to do it. Okay, So the other question that's quite common00:11:18 - 00:11:26is, can you use the $25,000 homebuilder grant towards your deposit? And the00:11:26 - 00:11:37answer is, we're still waiting for lenders to finalise their They're lending policy00:11:37 - 00:11:45around homebuilder Grant, so there's no kind of big blanket Answer yes or no00:11:45 - 00:11:54answer. It really depends on the individual lenders and bank banks lending00:11:54 - 00:12:02policy. So what you want to do, in that case is speak to your mortgage broker00:12:02 - 00:12:09and just create your deposit strategy with them based on your individual00:12:09 - 00:12:14circumstances. WHO which bank you're going toe. Apply floor based on your00:12:14 - 00:12:19needs and your goals and your you know whether or not you're meet their00:12:19 - 00:12:26servicing criteria. So I can't give you a definitive answer on the podcast. And00:12:26 - 00:12:30I'm sorry about that. I would love to be able to, but yet it's a discussion to00:12:30 - 00:12:36have with your mortgage broker. And, hey, if you don't already have a00:12:36 - 00:12:40mortgage broker, I happen to know a really good one. He's backing this Carlin00:12:40 - 00:12:46. You're very welcome to contact him. So yes, call my husband my partner in00:12:46 - 00:12:52violent of finance and eye contact details in this show notes as well. So that is00:12:52 - 00:12:58thie $25,000 homebuilder Grant. I hope that was helpful. Thank you so much00:12:58 - 00:13:04for tuning in next week. Next Thursday, we have Sam's been at back on the00:13:04 - 00:13:08show. He was on the show a few months ago, and he is going to talk to us00:13:08 - 00:13:14about what a buyer's advocate does and why you should consider working with00:13:14 - 00:13:18the buyers Advocate for your next property purchase. And we've got plenty00:13:18 - 00:13:23more exciting shows coming up for Siri's for So I'm looking forward to those,00:13:23 - 00:13:28and I'm looking forward to chatting with you again soon. Thanks for joining us00:13:28 - 00:13:32on the Dream Home movement. Be sure to come over and say hi on Facebook00:13:32 - 00:13:37and Instagram. I hope that your dream home projects are going well, and I00:13:37 - 00:13:39look forward to chatting with you again next week.

Recently, I posted on social media about my oldest daughter becoming our first homeschool graduate. I’ll admit to being a proud mama. I think for a lot of us homeschooling our kids, we hear that it works, we are told colleges want homeschoolers-- are actively seeking out homeschoolers-- but we still are a little nervous. We wonder if we’ve prepared them well, if this grand homeschooling experiment is going to work out. So when my oldest daughter was not only accepted into every single college she applied to, but received generous merit-based scholarships at each one, as well, I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief. At the end of that post about my oldest daughter graduating, I left a little note for homeschool mamas, letting them know that all the lessons, conversations, books, essays, projects, field trips, the good days and the hard days -- all of the WORK of homeschooling, is completely and totally worth it. Worth it in a way you can’t really see when you’re in the middle of it, but that’s crystal clear when you’re at the end of the road, looking back. Your homeschool does not have to be impressive. You can be ordinary. So can your homeschool plans. So many of us worry that we aren’t enough, or that our families aren’t the extraordinary type. But most of the homeschoolers I know don’t feel like they’re rocking homeschooling. They don’t feel like they’re doing an amazing job. They sort of feel… ordinary. I know many of you are considering homeschooling for the first time, and I know that you don’t think you can do it. You think you’re not enough. You think it will be too hard. Maybe you did some distance learning through your school last spring, and you’re ready to throw in the towel on the idea of homeschooling. Since many of us will be home educating in one capacity or another in the coming school year, I want to share 10 homeschooling mistakes I’ve made over the years (trust me, there are plenty more- but these are the 10 that I thought would be most useful to you as you set out on a new school year.) You can learn from mistakes. This is a podcast episode, so click the play button below to start listening. You can also grab the full transcript at the top of this post. Listen to the podcast episode: In this episode, you'll hear... why your ordinary homeschool is more than enoughthe two most powerful tools in my homeschooling tool kit10 homeschooling mistakes I've made (so you can avoid them) 1:24First homeschool graduate3:34Distance learning is different4:36Mistake #1: I thought curriculum choices made a huge difference7:07Mistake #2: I overplanned9:19Mistake #3: I underprioritized reading aloud11:58Mistake #4: I didn't combine my kids for enough subjects16:04Mistake #5: I thought our homeschool needed to be extraordinary18:45Mistake #6: I tried to make my homeschool look like a classroom20:42Mistake #7: I prioritized my role as teacher over my role as mom22:27Mistake #8: I compared my kids to other kids23:26Mistake #9: I thought I could do a better job homeschooling with more25:07Mistake #10: I was too hard on myself31:24We won't regret this32:49Let the Kids Speak Links from this episode: The RAR Quiz or text QUIZ to 33777Pam Barnhill on skill subjects versus content subjectsRAR Premium More support for your coming year: RAR Premium is the best place I know for homeschool professional development, key resources like Family Book Clubs, writing workshops taught by some of today's best children's book writers, and support for your whole year. In RAR Premium, want to help your kids fall in love with books, and help you fall in love with homeschooling. You'll also enjoy: Water your bamboo - How to focus on the process (not the outcome) in your homeschoolHow to fold poetry into your routineHow to choose books for your kids

He INVENTED Fathers Genesis 2:24We encounter Father's Day this Day.We greet the day with thankfulness.We greet the day with admirationWe greet the day with image bearingSome greet the day with griefWe greet the day from a long line of physical fathersWe greet the day from a long line of spiritual fathersFathers are those who are demonstrating GODLY characteristicsBe of good cheer. you are IMAGE BEARING when you father.And in all of this, most intimately, HE IS WITH US in all of this.Listen as we appreciate this godly and Godly day.

It's time for your morning pep talk! Grab your coffee, push play and get ready to charge this day.Scripture: 1 Thess 5:23-24We all have days, weeks, months (years?) where we feel just blah. Whether it's a personal coach, a friend, our mom, or a simple email read, perspective and motivation can come in the most ordinary of ways.We know you're busy, you know we're busy, but we're inviting you to carve time, 5 minutes at most, out of your day to talk to yourself. Wait, what?Yes. I'm serious. Yourself needs to tell you something and it's time we start listening.Here's to the next 31 days, for 5 tiny little minutes, telling ourselves the irrefutable truth about life, love and faith. Think of it as a quick swim sprint into the deep end.

It's time for your morning pep talk! Grab your coffee, push play and get ready to charge this day.Scripture: Romans 3:23-24We all have days, weeks, months (years?) where we feel just blah. Whether it's a personal coach, a friend, our mom, or a simple email read, perspective and motivation can come in the most ordinary of ways.We know you're busy, you know we're busy, but we're inviting you to carve time, 5 minutes at most, out of your day to talk to yourself. Wait, what?Yes. I'm serious. Yourself needs to tell you something and it's time we start listening.Here's to the next 31 days, for 5 tiny little minutes, telling ourselves the irrefutable truth about life, love and faith. Think of it as a quick swim sprint into the deep end.

We're Watching the Rundown Job, we're talking about Thrillers, Pork, and the Antiseptic Method.There's some discussion of squick/gore from 28:57 to 29:24We also discuss Catwishes (based on a real story), Cass' group video assignment, Pub trivia, trans required watching, the manga is unfortunate, Let's plays but TV, Pepper is the ONLY doggie in the neighbourhood, good episode*, the deepest Leverage dive, Vance is just Colonel Jessup, John Rogers advocates for war crimes, we invoke the Hydra twist then instantly go back on it, Superheroes vs just over-levelled, when an episode takes place in both season 1 and season 5, big HMMMM, completely forgot to mention that Vance shoulda been behind the bioterrorist attack to justify his little taskforces, Aldis Hodge Jordan Peele collab, there is also a Zelda, ‘well intentioned extremist' is a strawman of any resistance efforts, Cass explains vaccines, So Good almond milk, trompo is spinny pork, Bacteria: not as complex as us, the legacy of Guillermo González Camarena, tired of war crimes, consulting your FBI agent who lives in your computer to find Fabby-Ann's twitter,Recommendations:Anh's Brush with FameThe FarewellWandering SonPraxis what you preach by ThePedanticRomantic

We’re Watching the Rundown Job, we’re talking about Thrillers, Pork, and the Antiseptic Method.There’s some discussion of squick/gore from 28:57 to 29:24We also discuss Catwishes (based on a real story), Cass’ group video assignment, Pub trivia, trans required watching, the manga is unfortunate, Let’s plays but TV, Pepper is the ONLY doggie in the neighbourhood, good episode*, the deepest Leverage dive, Vance is just Colonel Jessup, John Rogers advocates for war crimes, we invoke the Hydra twist then instantly go back on it, Superheroes vs just over-levelled, when an episode takes place in both season 1 and season 5, big HMMMM, completely forgot to mention that Vance shoulda been behind the bioterrorist attack to justify his little taskforces, Aldis Hodge Jordan Peele collab, there is also a Zelda, ‘well intentioned extremist’ is a strawman of any resistance efforts, Cass explains vaccines, So Good almond milk, trompo is spinny pork, Bacteria: not as complex as us, the legacy of Guillermo González Camarena, tired of war crimes, consulting your FBI agent who lives in your computer to find Fabby-Ann’s twitter,Recommendations:Anh’s Brush with FameThe FarewellWandering SonPraxis what you preach by ThePedanticRomantic

“This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”  1 Cor. 11:24We begin, today, the Triduum – the three great celebrations of our Catholic Faith.  Yes, there are numerous celebrations that take place throughout the year.  But these three celebrations are the heart of our faith and are the culmination of all of our worship.  We begin today with the celebration of the Lord’s gift of the Most Holy Eucharist given through the priesthood He instituted.  Tomorrow we enter into the mystery of His Crucifixion.  Saturday after sundown we enter into the glory of His Resurrection.On Holy Thursday evening, we begin the Triduum with the commemoration of the Last Supper.  This event in history, which took place as a Passover meal shared with Jesus and His Apostles, begins the gift that brings us salvation.On Holy Thursday, we hear the Lord say for the first time, “This is my body that is for you.”  We hear Him point to the gift of the Holy Eucharist as His gift to us, given for our holiness and fulfillment.  It’s a gift we will never be able to fathom or comprehend.  It’s the gift of His complete self-giving and sacrificial love.If we could only understand the Eucharist!  If we could only understand this precious and sacred gift!  The Eucharist is God Himself, present in our world, and given to us to transform us into that which we consume.  The Eucharist, in a real way, transforms us into Christ Himself.  As we consume the Holy Eucharist we are drawn into the divine life of the Most Holy Trinity.  We are made one with God and are given the food of eternity.  On that first Holy Thursday, Jesus also offered an example of the perfect humility and service that we are called to imitate as we become one with Him.  He washed the feet of His Apostles so as to teach them and us that His Body and Blood are given so as to enable us to love as He loved.  The Eucharist transforms us into true servants who are called to humility.  We are called to humble service of others.  This service will take on various forms but it is what we are called to. Do you serve those around you?  Do you humble yourself before others to care for their most basic needs?  Do you show them you love them by your actions?  This is at the heart of Holy Thursday.  Humble service is a beautiful expression of our own intimate union with the Son of God.So often, true “greatness” is misunderstood.  Greatness is often perceived with a secular understanding of success and admiration.  Too often we want others to admire our accomplishments.  But Jesus offers another view of greatness.  On Holy Thursday, He shows that true greatness is found in this humble act of service.  Imitating Him requires that we surrender our pride.  And this is made possible when we consume the Holy Eucharist with faith.  The Eucharist enables us to love and serve others in this humble way.  And that love and service is an act that will win the hearts and souls of others for the Kingdom of God.As we celebrate Holy Thursday, we are all challenged to ponder our humility and to commit ourselves to a radical and total gift of self to others. Reflect, this night, upon whether or not you imitate the humility of our Lord.  Are you committed to seeking ways in which you can serve others, showing them you love and care for them?  Let Holy Thursday transform you so that you can imitate the great love that Jesus offered us on this glorious night.Lord, help me to understand what it means to be a servant.  Help me to live this humility in my actions.  May the gift of Your most Sacred Body and Blood transform me into the person You desire me to be.  Jesus, I trust in You.

Series: Matthew 5-7: Life In The KingdomScripture: Matthew 6:19-24We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you’d like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council Bluffs | Sundays at 8, 9:30 & 11:15 AM 2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the show (https://www.citylightcb.org/give/)

Liberals Trying for Utopia 02/05/19 Vol. 6-- #24We delve into the thinking behind the liberal narrative, their attempts at creating utopia through government-- or any means necessary.*AOC At it Again*On Corporate Buybacks *But ISIS Will Claim Victory*Liam's Violent History*SOTU TonightBumper Music:Upside Down- Salt and PepaI Believe I Can Fly- R. KelleyBasketball Jones- Barry White/Chris RockFly Like an Eagle- SealThat's The Way- Spin DoctorsClosing Music on podcast provided byThe Dead Cat Bounce* https://soundcloud.com/dead-cat-bounceThe money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners, we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.To help our show out, please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LibertyNeverSleepsAll bumper music and sound clips are not owned by the show, are commentary, and of educational purposes, or de minimus effect, and not for monetary gain.No copyright is claimed in any use of such materials and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, I assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact the poster.Special Thanks To:James L.Scott L.Edmund P.Craig B.Vanessa A.Additionally:Eric M.Cameron U.Patricia P.Chris H.Dixie M.Toni M.Jason S.David A.Darryl R.Vincent F.William M.Mary M.Jennie V.MirrakuScott W.Michael L.Michael C.Matthew G.

Liberals Trying for Utopia 02/05/19 Vol. 6-- #24We delve into the thinking behind the liberal narrative, their attempts at creating utopia through government-- or any means necessary.*AOC At it Again*On Corporate Buybacks *But ISIS Will Claim Victory*Liam's Violent History*SOTU TonightBumper Music:Upside Down- Salt and PepaI Believe I Can Fly- R. KelleyBasketball Jones- Barry White/Chris RockFly Like an Eagle- SealThat's The Way- Spin DoctorsClosing Music on podcast provided byThe Dead Cat Bounce* https://soundcloud.com/dead-cat-bounceThe money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners, we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.To help our show out, please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LibertyNeverSleepsAll bumper music and sound clips are not owned by the show, are commentary, and of educational purposes, or de minimus effect, and not for monetary gain.No copyright is claimed in any use of such materials and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, I assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact the poster.Special Thanks To:James L.Scott L.Edmund P.Craig B.Vanessa A.Additionally:Eric M.Cameron U.Patricia P.Chris H.Dixie M.Toni M.Jason S.David A.Darryl R.Vincent F.William M.Mary M.Jennie V.MirrakuScott W.Michael L.Michael C.Matthew G.

Lessons in a Life Without OptionsIn the conversation for Sunday, July 8, 2018, Pastor Stuart Nice shares an encouragement that God’s presence is best known through other people. We experience God’s deliverance when we are authentically in community. As we are there for others, they will be here for us.Sacred Reading 00:00-12:40, Conversation 12:40-44:24We were crushed and overwhelmed, and we thought we would never live through it.2 Corinthians 1:8b (NLT)Sacred ReadingA note about the recording of the Sacred Reading:The reader will pause between each of the four readings. The pauses have been left in the recording so that the listener can experience the rhythm of the gathering and even participate in the reading. Below are the guidelines for each of the four readings of the practice.- Read: Read the passage and receive it as God’s message to you.- Reflect: Read the passage again and look for the word or phrase that the Holy Spirit highlights to your heart.- Respond: Take the highlighted words and make them a prayer.- Rest: Rest your heart on God’s promises.I think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed, and we thought we would never live through it. In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we learned not to rely on ourselves, but on God who can raise the dead. And he did rescue us from mortal danger. And we are confident that he will continue to deliver us. He will rescue us because you are helping by praying for us. As a result, many will give thanks to God because so many people’s prayers for our safety have been answered.2 Corinthians 1:8-11 (NLT

Colossians 3:23-24We apologize for the poor audio quality. We had some technical difficulties during recording.