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Meghan is joined by Jason Mow, who shares his story going from an honored veteran and civic servant to homeless, divorced, and destitute. Topics Include: - Healing after Surrender to the Lord- 15 Points of True Heroism - Last Days' Warriors-The Refining Process-Don't Give Up, Give OVER to God.After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jason joined the U.S. Army and served as a Paratrooper. He advanced through the ranks to the position of Team Sergeant for the Army's elite Special Reactions Team (SRT). He has experience and training in joint counter narcotics operations, protective services, counter terrorism, weapons and tactics training, and deployments to hostile areas.After the Army, Jason began work as a civilian Police Officer. Jason has worked as a patrol officer, gang detective, narcotics detective, street crimes detective, and spent several years on SWAT as an operator and instructor. He is a certified police instructor in firearms, defensive tactics, tactical driving, and patrol rifle operations. Jason has twice been awarded the Law Enforcement Metal of Honor for gallant bravery in the line of duty and was recognized as the Community Services Officer of the Year for his department.In addition to the military and police training, he has a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Northern Arizona University and has graduated from the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy, the U.S. State Department International Narcotics and Law Enforcement program, and the United States Army Military Police Academy. He is also POST certified police instructor.In 2006, Jason took time off from his Law Enforcement career and worked as a Civilian Contractor for the U.S. Government in Afghanistan. He worked at the National Police Academy in Herat as the lead Instructor. Jason also worked as the personal mentor for law enforcement operations to several regional Afghan government officials. He embedded with the US Army and traveled with small specialized teams of soldiers to remote locations throughout Afghanistan.It was in Afghanistan that the first ideas for what would become the War Chapters series began to form. After a rocket attack on his base in Herat, he turned to the scriptures and found comfort in reading about the experiences of Captain Moroni. He wrote these scenes as they played out in his mind all throughout his time there.Jason volunteers his time and skills doing humanitarian work, conducting personal recovery operations, medical aid, and security, in response to natural disasters around the world. He has deployed to assist during Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti.Learn more at thewarchapters.com. Register NOW for Awake and Ascend: The Mountain of the Lord, our virtual conference being held on November 3-4. The purpose of this event is to explore ancient and modern temple types and their patterns, to more deeply understand the significance of temple worship, and the application of temple living in our mortal journeys. Also, we have an EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT, which we will share during the Saturday session. You won't want to miss it!

Welcome to episode 404 of The Outdoor Biz Podcast, brought to you this week by Fresh Books. This week Cale Genenbacher, founder of LOGE, joins me to tell us how Loge is more than just a place to stay. Think of them as a home base for your next adventure. Close enough to get here but far enough to get away. And, with everything, you could want to get outside and explore. Cale's background as a leader combined with his love of the outdoors and all things active, led him to founding LOGE in 2016. A West Point grad, Cale served as an infantry officer in the Army for over five years. After earning his MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management Cale worked at Microsoft in Seattle, WA, before starting LOGE. Facebook Twitter Instagram   The Outdoor Biz Podcast   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!   Sign up for my Newsletter HERE.   I'd love to hear your feedback about the show!   You can contact me here: email: rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com   Or leave me a message on Speakpipe! Show Notes Welcome to episode 404 of the Outdoor Biz Podcast, brought to you this week by FreshBooks. This week, Cale Gennenbacher, founder of LOGE, joins me to tell us how [00:00:50] Lodge is more than just a place to stay. Think of them as a home base for your next adventure. Close enough to get here, but far enough to get away. And with everything you could want to get outside and [00:01:00] explore. Cale's background as a leader, combined with his love of the outdoors and all things active, led him to founding LOGE in 2016. A West Point grad, Cale served as an infantry [00:01:10] officer in their army for over five years. After earning his MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, Cale worked at Microsoft in Seattle before starting LOGE. Welcome to the show, Cale. Thanks for having me. Yeah. Good to catch up with you. You sound like a busy guy. I think you, just, you're all over the place seeing all [00:01:30] the properties and whatnot. That's pretty cool. Yeah, I know. We're, incredibly busy right now. A lot of travel, but the nice part is, typically a pretty beautiful location. yeah, keep them [00:01:40] busy. - Good for you. So let's begin with maybe your most adventurous outdoor role, the U. S. Army 101st Airborne. I guess you served five [00:01:50] years a year, which was in Afghanistan. Give us the Twitter version of that adventure. That sounds wild. Yeah, it was, it was an incredible time. I mean, it feels like a [00:02:00] lifetime ago. But, most of those five years, I was an infantryman, so most of those... Five years were spent outside. And I'll tell you what, like that we're in the Eastern part of Afghanistan, [00:02:10] real close to the border of Pakistan and some of the most beautiful mountains I've been in my life, but, a ton of leadership lessons, a lot of time, I'm a big runner. And I don't say [00:02:20] that because a lot of time spent, moving and suffering, but, a great experience and, a lot of time in the woods and mountains, which is where I'm happiest. it was an incredible adventure. I don't think you can [00:02:30] replicate it. I have a good buddy of mine that ran an expedition company over there that did, adventures in those mountains, and just sad to see what happened. It's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's [00:02:40] a, it is a beautiful part of the world. just a tough part of the world for the people that live there and everything else. But, yeah, I mean, it was an incredible adventure and very, shaping [00:02:50] in terms of, life, especially at that age. -So then after the army, you went and got your MBA from Vanderbilt. What inspired that move? Yeah. it [00:03:00] was, I actually love the army and, had planned to spend a lot more time there than what I did. My wife was in the army as well. She was a Black Hawk pilot and we [00:03:10] found out we were having our first kid. And we hadn't, we didn't see each other very much in the army and, didn't want to necessarily kind of do that with our first daughter in terms of not being there. [00:03:20] And yeah, I had, I, I wish I could say I had a huge strategy, but I just knew that I didn't know what I actually wanted to do after the army. And so my thought was, going to [00:03:30] business school, I wanted to go to, a great business school, which Vanderbilt certainly is. to kind of immerse myself back in the business world and figure out, truly what I wanted to do. So it was, [00:03:40] it was a family move, as much as anything else to kind of chart the next path in my life post army. -That makes sense. Yeah. So let's get back to the outdoors. Did you camp or hike or hunt [00:03:50] fish as a kid? Yeah. I mean, I grew up in central Illinois, there's not like skiing and rock climbing. All those things aren't a big part of life, but we definitely hunted [00:04:00] and fished a lot of, ball sports to baseball, soccer, football, but, deer and Turkey, my brother did a little bit more, duck too. And then, fishing, but it's,[00:04:10] pond and lake crappie large mouth bass, but, everything in the outdoors as a kid. and a lot of, yeah, a lot of hunting and fishing more than I do now. I wish I could actually do a little more fish than what I actually do. So [00:04:20] that's a great place for that back there too. I grew up in that County and Adams and Pike County. massive will tell the air, and then [00:04:30] you can fish, but I don't know that a lot of the stuff that you pull out of the Mississippi, you actually want to touch, but yeah, absolute, awesome area to kind of grow up outdoors, a [00:04:40] lot of different, I, I don't really hunt too much anymore, primarily because of time and other hobbies and kids and whatnot, but yeah, I grew up in the outdoors and more in [00:04:50] the hook and bullet world than in the adventure world that we're in now. I just got back from Kansas and it's, it's very unlike Bishop, but there's a lot of hunting and fishing. [00:05:00] Yeah. A high school buddy of mine's dad has that. They have a family ranch back there. So we went back and hung out there. Totally fun. it's good time. very different. there's beautiful outdoor places all over the [00:05:10] country. Like I'm a big believer that, Yeah. I mean, it's easy to be snobbish about, the height of the mountain or whatever, but , is the Rolling Hills in Kansas or some of the,[00:05:20] kind of wooded areas back in, in Illinois or, anywhere else in the country. There's some beautiful areas. yeah. Yeah, it was, and Midwest is great people too, so it's a good place to be from. Yeah, [00:05:30] exactly. -And how did you connect with Lodge? yeah, I Co founded LOGE back in, in 2016, part of, not being sure what I wanted to [00:05:40] do now to the army. I went to Vanderbilt and that's where I actually started working on it. after a little bit of time, I realized. I was passionate about entrepreneurship and, someday I wanted [00:05:50] to, own and run my own business. And I had spent so many weekends in the army just trying to get away from the base and get outside, whether that be [00:06:00] to run or climb or bike or ski. And I was always kind of staying either at a really crappy mom-and-pop hotel or, staying 45 minutes away at a Holiday Inn. [00:06:10] So I didn't always want to camp. And as I thought about all those experiences when I was in business school, I was [00:06:20] actually on a long run and I was planning a trip in my head for my wife and I and our daughter to go to East Tennessee. And I thought, man, if there was just a place, where,[00:06:30] I knew it was going to be a great place to stay, but there's community and gear there. Cause I was still renting a lot of gear versus owning it. I was like, man, if someone could just do that in the places that [00:06:40] I go all the time, every other weekend, like that'd be incredible. And that's when I kind of clicked. I'm like, oh, I could do that. Yeah. Yeah. founded a lodge [00:06:50] just about a year out of business school. -Oh, wow. And so you guys have 11 locations, right? Yeah. We actually have a few more that we haven't technically [00:07:00] announced yet. So right now, including some that we don't, that we haven't announced yet, we have 17. So it should all open between now and the end of next summer. -Very cool. Do you have a favorite?[00:07:10] it's like asking which, which is your favorite? yes and no, no, not a true favorite, but [00:07:20] you know, Westport, Washington was our first property. And I still think when you show up, to Westport on a summer weekend. [00:07:30] And this is an intangible, but the vibe is like nothing I've ever experienced at any other place I've stayed. It is like what I imagine life, you show up and there's [00:07:40] people, cooking and sharing food in the outdoor kitchen and kids are all running around and there's, fires and music and surf. It's just, It's the type of vibe that, we seek to replicate, within every [00:07:50] other property we do. And in many ways, I think that one, Westport, has a special place in my heart. I think your first one always does, too. I don't have kids, but your first kid always does, too. I'm a firstborn, [00:08:00] so I know what that's about. yeah. Yeah, totally. yeah, it's, yeah, a great place, and we'll definitely be the leader among equals, maybe. -Very cool. [00:08:10] I guess you've been with... Longer than five years you were thinking about it. Yeah. Way, way back. Are there a couple of accomplishments there that you're most proud of? Some deals that were hard to [00:08:20] do? you got the place and realized, holy cow, this is more work than we thought. Maybe the whole thing has been that, it's all more work than we thought. I, [00:08:30] yeah, a couple of things. one, I would say is just surviving. I don't think anyone tells you going into business, how hard it is to just [00:08:40] survive, Nonetheless, to grow, but just to survive. and I, when I think of my head back to, the onset of COVID and 2020, we were only, we're a little less than [00:08:50] two and a half years old as a company. and we knew we were raising capital then to survive. man, the amount of kind of sleepless nights and grit to navigate that. Yeah. [00:09:00] And so that leads me, I think one of the biggest accomplishments is just the team. Like the people that we've been able to have on our team and work with [00:09:10] is incredible, and that have kind of come together with a belief in the concept. It's pretty incredible. And I'm really proud of it because it's, Lodge is a young company and a growing company [00:09:20] and faces challenges all over the place. And. When you look at, the people on our team and how they work together and just continually solve problems, [00:09:30] I'm always incredibly proud of the team that we've built and what they do both at lodge, developing new properties and our general managers and our team, [00:09:40] it's, Incredible. So that would have to be, number one for me. And then, number two, I think would be like just getting our first property. open, like we were,[00:09:50] we would go pitch investors and then go, clean a room and then go, obviously after washing your hands, go make a latte and check out surfboards. I mean, just doing everything. And then [00:10:00] before it even opened, We're out there, landscaping and framing walls and all those things. So just getting that first one open, there's just so many things working against you [00:10:10] to do that. And then, I think the other reason is I used to joke with people all the time when they say, what's your background in hospitality? I said, actually, I used to have the most [00:10:20] inhospitable. job in the world, I was an infantryman. And so I think, yeah. So coming from that, background and being able to open a place where you can hear the conversations around the fire and people are [00:10:30] just having fun. I think some of those, whenever I show the property, I see guests and like the community gathering in a way that we wanted to happen. that's when it [00:10:40] just, that makes everything worth it. the team and getting properties open and just anytime I see. our kind of guests and crew, interacting. Those are the kind of the most proud things for me. [00:10:50] -That's pretty cool. how big is your team now? our headquarters team, is 17 people. And then, all the properties. full teams of incredible [00:11:00] people from general managers to our hosts and our housekeepers. so pretty good sized team across all the properties. Yeah. -That's amazing. So what would you say has been the most challenging? Obviously [00:11:10] there's, everyone's different and the whole project itself is a big challenge. Is there any one thing that says, God, every time we do this, it's a pain in the butt. [00:11:20] yeah, I think I would say communicating vision. Is it's always challenging with every new with every property that [00:11:30] we do every camp that we do, we don't want them to be the same. We wanted to have similar threads in terms of, the access to the outdoors and gear and [00:11:40] outdoor amenities and the food and beverage, but we don't want them to be the place and the people in that place. And I go to that place. And what we've certainly found is whether [00:11:50] it be, communicating with potential designers or team members or, a lot of folks jumped to what I call the. Google page one result. [00:12:00] And it's so much, it's so much deeper than that. And it takes a long time to truly communicate the vision for what we want a [00:12:10] property to become, because oftentimes what you see, when we're buying it or when we're designing it is so radically different than what it will become, [00:12:20] not only on what the spaces, are, but you know, what they will be, oftentimes we're going to take down walls and so communicating vision is, if you ask me at the start, hey, [00:12:30] communicating vision, where do you think that's going to be in terms of your shot? I would have said Number 580 on the list and it's probably, it's probably number one. yeah, -that's interesting. And do you guys must [00:12:40] have a pretty detailed onboarding program and all those things for new folks and whatnot? And each property I bet has its own manifesto, if you will. I mean, you write that vision a million times, [00:12:50] probably created a million times. A hundred percent. Yeah. I mean, you have all the checklists and those really help you kind of onboard and get open. But what we [00:13:00] really try to do and why, communicating vision is so important is I, I am not only my unable to, I shouldn't make all the decisions for the lodge, right? We have [00:13:10] so many smart people, so many great people that all themselves have so many experiences and value add the outdoor. So [00:13:20] we want to communicate vision so that they can under our vision and our purpose, which we talk a lot about as a company so that they can make a decision themselves and they're empowered [00:13:30] to do And so it's just, whether it be on design or operations, the kind of vision and purpose is just so important. Sometimes I feel like a broken record with how much I talk about purpose, but those are, [00:13:40] it's huge for our business. they're really complex. I mean, I don't care who you are. I mean, if you do a right, it's complex. It's hard. Yeah. Yeah. Which it probably should be. I know it should be.[00:13:50] it's a 24 7, 365 business, right? Yeah, Your experience is shaped at every touchpoint, so it's a lot. -I think I recently read that you added [00:14:50] Wolf Creek. Tell us about your process for selecting new locations. That's got to be probably pretty challenging as well, I would think. It is. [00:15:00] And it's definitely an art as, as much as a science,we have, we kind of start big picture and say, Hey, at least in the near term, [00:15:10] this is where we won't be, and we'll have a region and then we'll define, okay, these are the cities and places or areas that, that [00:15:20] we want to be, and then we go there,we go there, we get a feel for this town versus that town, what is the vibe we go to the trails, we go to the, [00:15:30] climbing spots and crags, we go to the ski mountain, we say, like, where does it make sense for us to be, and then oftentimes, we'll just begin talking with people, right? I don't think there's any [00:15:40] substitute in business for speaking with people, even though I think it's put pretty far. And say, where do you go? What trailheads are most popular? Do a lot of people stay at the mountain or are they actually driving down? [00:15:50] And we have a kind of, maybe more scientific process to narrow it down, to kind of pretty tight regions and then it's going to get on the ground and get enough fuel for it. And Wolf Creek [00:16:00] is one of those areas, That just has intangibles that we love. I mean, it's,it's not on, it might not be necessarily on the national radar, but it definitely should be on the [00:16:10] regional radar, right? It's, incredible skiing, the most snow in Colorado, but it, to me, it feels like, true Colorado, get off 70, get into the, one of those great climbing, incredible fishing.[00:16:20] and mountain biking, and then obviously the snow. it's one of those places that we honed in on and we absolutely love. I think,again, maybe getting away from a little page one [00:16:30] results of, outdoor places in Colorado, maybe, South Fork area isn't number one, but it should be up there. It's one of those special places that we want to help people discover. Yeah. [00:16:40] Very cool. A good buddy that I fish with a lot. We used to have a term for that, low getting information from the locals because every time you go fly fishing, the first place you go is the fly shop [00:16:50] because you want to get the local knowledge, right? You need the local knowledge. We need to know what bugs are biting, what time, where temperate blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So that there's [00:17:00] nothing that can replace that local knowledge. I don't care where you go in the world. And that's a big part of, as we open camps, we want to be able to help do that, [00:17:10] For our guests, like help, be that local. And that's part of why, I mean, Locals coming and hanging out on our properties, whether it be for cafes or music or movies or events, like it's a big part [00:17:20] of our business. And it's something that we encourage. Cause there's no, there is no substitute, no matter where in the world you go for that, that ultra local intelligence. -So is there anything new in the pipeline you can talk about? There's a lot, we'd to be in, we'd like to be in your neck of the woods, here pretty [00:17:40] soon we're working on. I wish we could say we have something, more firm than what we do. and then, we actually in Asheville, North Carolina, recently bought a place that we're [00:17:50] incredibly excited about. And I mentioned it cause we're, we're really looking to build in that area too, like generally, and, in the Southeast more, and, I spent a fair bit of time in the [00:18:00] Southeast when I was in the army and love what it has to offer outside of Asheville,there's a number of spots that we're looking at. And then, right now, what we're trying to scout for. That's a little bit [00:18:10] tougher. It's just more surf properties. we got a lot of those other properties that kind of get 17 are ski and mountain bike and everything else. And so surf [00:18:20] is a big part of where we found ourselves, maybe lighter in terms of kind of the pipeline and what we're working on. it's not a hard ask to tell your folks on the team, Hey, we need to do [00:18:30] about this market out on the coast, not to go to the beach for a month. -Oh, yeah, that's cool. Awesome. So will [00:18:40] LOGE always be US based or do you have plans to add international locations? Oh yeah, no, we're, we are, or are you already in No, in, not, we are working on [00:18:50] Canada right now. Okay. So several properties in the hopper. not as part of that, 17 I mentioned earlier, but we're really excited, to go to Canada first. I think it's a. especially, [00:19:00] we started in the Seattle area and,when I lived up there, going into BC was a really a natural connection. and we also own a number of things in the Northeast. And going up into,the [00:19:10] Montreal area and everything else, those are really natural connections to us. And I think people that are in the outdoors too, those are, North of the border. There's some incredible places to ski, hike, climb, [00:19:20] fish. And yeah, we're focused on that in the near future. Hopefully. We can get a couple of open next year. That's what we're going to do. Some great areas up around BANFF. One of the, one of the first properties we started looking at, was up there, in Kenmore, which is, outside of, right outside of BANFF.[00:19:40] yeah. Unbelievable. I really hope that we can get something up there. -Yeah, cool. So let's shift gears a little bit. In addition to running, it sounds like you do all the outdoor activities, right? Anything you don't do? [00:19:50] Yeah. No, not, I mean, there's a lot of things I don't do well. I feel same here. yeah. I feel like I'm, definitely like the jack of all trades, master of none. No, I do a lot [00:20:00] of trail running. rock climbing, skiing, back streets. I grew up fishing, in the last couple of years, I've started to fly fish a little bit more. I'd love to do, [00:20:10] I'd love to spend more time doing it. And, I think what I, don't do as much, it's just I don't know what hobby gives is mountain biking. I have daughters and we're, they're [00:20:20] kind of getting an age where they're excited to get into mountain biking. And so we need to get some new bikes and get out on the trail. But I think I, I do most of them don't really do [00:20:30] any, but I love doing them all. Yeah. That's part of the challenge for those of us that do all the things, It's really hard to be, you could probably be pretty dang good at a couple of them. It's [00:20:40] hard to be good at all of them. -Do you have any suggestions or advice for folks wanting to get into the adventure biz, outdoor biz? You know, I would [00:20:50] say it, it's a, it goes back to, one of the things I said about is you got to go talk to people. I think in the outdoor business, there's no substitute for sitting down [00:21:00] across from people and talking to them. I think, the outdoor businesses is a lot more tightly networked than I would have guessed,six or seven years ago. And go to the shows, go to the seals, [00:21:10] talk to, figure out what part of the industry you're interested in and show up and talk to people because. It can seem like a, tough, part of the business to crack into, but people are so incredibly welcoming if you can [00:21:20] just kind of sit down and chat with them. So I would just say. find the spot that those people are and, get yourself there and with a little bit of a budget to buy some coffee and beer for folks and, you'll find yourself in the right spot pretty [00:21:30] quick. -Do you have a favorite piece of outdoor gear under a hundred dollars? I would probably say a [00:21:40] Leatherman. that's a good one. Yeah. it just, you get a good left man for 65 bucks and I don't, it almost doesn't matter what sport I'm doing. I feel like one with an [00:21:50] arm's reach. Camping, climbing in a, bottom of a,pack while climbing or backcountry skiing or whatever it is. I feel like I almost always have a Leatherman by me and it saves [00:22:00] my butt more times than I'd care to admit. -As we finish up, is there anything else you'd like to say to or ask of our listeners? yeah, I mean, [00:22:10] first go explore the place near your home. I think we're, we have this, we, we fetishize, Jackson Hole and Whistler and those type of places, I [00:22:20] think regardless of whether you're in Kansas or Bishop or Utah, I think there's some pretty incredible and overlooked places right outside your back door. And, so I would [00:22:30] encourage people to do that. And I think along the way, if you find yourself, close to the lodge, then go check it out. Even if you're not staying there, we're, yeah, we want to just be a spot for the community to come [00:22:40] together, whether it be to get, that local Intel on what's biting or, just to have a beer and hang out with other people that are like minded. Those would be, I think the things that I would encourage people [00:22:50] to do.  -Where can people find you if they'd like to follow up? Probably, email or [00:23:20] LinkedIn. I'm not on, on the socials, as they say, really not on Twitter, Instagram, or, any of those things, LinkedIn [00:23:30] is probably the place where I am the most about all the socials, but still probably not all that much. Probably the easiest place to track me down.  

We met with Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, to shed light on what we are NOT told about our military involvement around the globe. One cannot fathom the human toll of 4.5 million lives lost directly and indirectly from US military action since 9/11. Solomon implicates corporate media and Hollywood in obfuscating the real human cost, especially of innocent non-combatants. To illustrate this point, he explains that for every innocent US life lost in the World Trade Center attack, the US killed 100 innocents in Afghanistan. Why do we value one human life more than another? While hopeful of a time when humanity can rise above violent conflict, Solomon principally advocates for more truthful and accurate disclosure in place of the terrifyingly efficient propaganda machine that erases this awareness from the public consciousness. The glorification of war and the absence of rigorous discourse before military action all contribute to this. Decentralized non-corporate journalism may hold a key. Newsrooms themselves have become an endangered species. Can we build movements and sensibilities that say "war first" is unacceptable? To quote Antonio Gramsci, "It is time for pessimism of the intellect, and optimism of the will." Join us.

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical Readers Discuss Prohibited Prose - join Tonya Todd and her guests as they delve into banned books! Banned books are works that have been removed from a library shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, this series will cover seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and the value in reading them. Host: Tonya Todd (@MsTonyaTodd & ⁠http://mstonyatodd.com⁠) Video producer: JP ButlerAudio producer: Ria CarroganGraphics: Mike Burton Guest panellists Sherry Rosenthal: Professor of English at the College of Southern Nevada. She's working on a novel and is the author of nonfiction books, short stories, poems, & essays. Books on amazon; contact about panels sherry.rosenthal@csn.edu Ria Carrogan: Communications professional by day, the rest of the time podcast producer of Femme On. The podcast at Femmeon.show, Instagram @femmeoncollective Amanda Skenandore: Author of 4 historical novels, soon to be 5 and is a registered nurse. Find her at Amandaskenandore.com Episode Summary: Tonya hosted a lively discussion with Sherry Rosenthal, Ria Carrogan, and Amanda Skenandore about 'The Kite Runner.' Sherry said she didn't expect this sort of censorship to take root in the United States. In the past it was an idea that never seemed to happen. Books that offended her include titles by Ayn Rand, and Machiavelli but she would never support banning them, because as awful as anything might be to some, who is to be the arbiter? Ria finds the reasons for the banned books fascinating, mainly that they are rarely what she predicted. The vocal minority is dangerous and many of their reasons seem unethical. Banning means closing the discussion and when ideas are not talked out they can become dangerous. She feels that by banning books, you are deleting history. Ria breaks her own rule for diet books. Amanda is often surprised at the books on the banned lists, particularly this one, The Kite Runner. She is offended by casual racism in some books, but although she doesn't personally enjoy reading it, it is important to preserve these books in other times for how things were. We should not be banning any books because we need to keep them in the conversation. All three panelists enjoyed the conversation and agreed that The Kite Runner is an important book to read. Amanda added that reading it now gives us an opportunity to examine the twenty years we spent in Afghanistan and how we left them. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comics-in-motion-podcast/message

#Ukraine: The strategic error was 2014 when the Obama Administration did not defeat the Little green Men on crimea. Brad Bowman, FDD https://www.fdd.org/podcasts/2023/09/29/ukraine-in-the-balance/  1927 AFGHANISTAN

#Afghanistan: Why won't the Biden Administration/ State name the August 26, 2021 Kabul bomber? Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute 1960 AFGHANISTAN

PREVIEW: The unfinished business of August 26, 2021, Kabul.  Bill Roggio, FDD. Afghanistan

Erik Dorr from the Gettysburg Museum of History asked me a few weeks ago if I wanted Andy Biggio, author of "The Rifle", on the show. I said, "Erik, would  you ask me if I wanted Martin Sheen on the show? Of course I want Andy on!" And so it was. FROM PUBLISHER: "It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero's journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine's mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America's last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers."

Thrown into a chaotic and deadly maelstrom of combat during the $785B Iraqi War, you can almost feel the bullets whizzing past as Benjamin Sledge speaks about how he came through his literal 'trial by fire.' Though raised in a family with generations of soldiers, Benjamin's experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq were still shocking, and the psychic armor he developed to survive transformed him into someone he didn't recognize. In his eleven years in combat, Ben earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.Heroes Behind HeadlinesExecutive Producer Ralph PezzulloProduced & Engineered by Mike DawsonMusic provided by ExtremeMusic.com

Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had a tenure marked by a relentless series of challenges. He served through the U.S. withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China. He also served under an American president with little regard for the norms that have historically separated politics from the U.S. military: Donald Trump.In an interview shortly before his retirement last weekend, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asked Milley about the relationship between the military and the executive branch — and how it was tested under Trump.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, October 2, 2023.TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate her daily news digest and share it with our audience—tune in every morning on the TRNN podcast feed to hear about the latest important news stories from Canada and around the world.Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

علم و ایمان - فصل اول - قسمت نهم . گستره و محدوده علم۳برنامه هفتگی پادکست خبر خوششنبه: تحقق پیشگوی های عهد عتیق که در مورد عیسی مسیح است یک شنبه: موعظه یا درسی از دیگر معلمین دوشنبه: فصلی از کتاب جان پایپر سه شنبه: سرود پرستشیچهار شنبه: پنج شنبه: فصلی از کتاب جان پایپرجمعه: 

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek conclude their discussion with Lyle Jeremy Rubin, veteran of the war in Afghanistan and author of the memoir Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming. We've reached the point of Lyle's deployment to Afghanistan, with the conversation touching on his work as a signals intelligence officer, how his personal politics evolved…

On this week's episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow turns to Afghanistan, two years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. She speaks with reporter Tanvi Misra, who recently published an article with Politico following a family trapped in immigration limbo at a U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar. Tanvi also explains how the U.S. immigration process singles out women and marginalized genders. Further reading: They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. In Slate Plus: The drama and life of luxury on Prime Video's Made in Heaven with Host Kat Chow and reporter Tanvi Misra If you liked this episode, check out: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ما مسیحیان عیسی را پسر خدا نساخته ایم یا این لقب را به او اداه باشیم بلکه این خود خدا است که او را بارها و بارها «پسر من» خوانده است چون عیسی نه با تولد از باکره توسط قدرت روح‌القدس پسر خدا خوانده شد بلکه او پسر ازلی خدا است که از او مولود یافته است. میتوانیم این را در مزامیر ۲: ۷ و سایر قسمت های کتاب مقدس بخوانیم و همچنین خدا مستقیم خطاب به عیسی در متی ۳: ۱۶ - ۱۷ او را پسر خود میخواند و ما بر این ایمان داریم که او یگانه فرزند ازلی پدر است که اراده خدا را به طور کامل بجا آورده است. https://www.bible.com/bible/181/MAT.3.TPVبرنامه هفتگی پادکست خبر خوششنبه: تحقق پیشگوی های عهد عتیق که در مورد عیسی مسیح است یک شنبه: موعظه یا درسی از دیگر معلمین دوشنبه: فصلی از کتاب جان پایپر سه شنبه: سرود پرستشیچهار شنبه: پنج شنبه: فصلی از کتاب جان پایپرجمعه: 

Det här samtalet spelades in den 5 november 2018.Mustafa Panshiri är en före detta polis, men numera föreläsare, debattör och författare med särskilt intresse för integrationsfrågor. Född i Afghanistan och invandrad till Sverige är integration något han alltså har förstahandserfarenhet av, men hans åsikter är inte för den skull okontroversiella i den svenska integrationsdebatten.Jens Ganman är författare, musiker, humorist och f.d. mångårig frilansreporter inom public service - både på SR och SVT, två företag han bl.a. gjort sig känd för att kritisera utan minsta konflikträdsla. Tillsammans med Mustafa har han skrivit boken “Det lilla landet som kunde” (2018), därutöver ett dussintal egna böcker inom olika genrer.Två konflikt-orädda karlar som är väl lämpade att samtala om konflikträdsla.Följ Jens Ganman på Facebook samt på Substack och XMustafa Panshiri finns bl.a. på Facebook, samt Instagram och XBoka Mustafa som talareHär hittar du alla samtal från Hur kan vi? Utforska Hurkanvipedia för att lära dig mer Stötta Hur kan vi? 3.0 genom att bli månadsgivare härBoka oss till ditt team, ledningsgrupp eller företag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

durée : 00:35:58 - Secrets d'info - par : Jacques Monin, Cellule investigation de Radio France - Le 18 août 2008, 10 soldats français perdaient la vie dans une embuscade tendue par les talibans dans la vallée d'Uzbin en Afghanistan. Pour la première fois, la cellule investigation de Radio France a eu accès au dossier judiciaire. - réalisé par : Christophe IMBERT

Ryan speaks with Nate Boyer in the first of a two-part interview about what serving six years and multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Green Beret taught him about life, how he was able to become an NFL starter at a position he had never played before, how he is striving to be great in his television career, and more.Nate Boyer is a United States Army Green Beret, former football player, actor, director, producer, and television host. Despite never having played a down of organized football in his life, Nate played college football as a walk-on at the University of Texas, and he was later signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2015. In 2004, Nate became a relief worker shortly before enlisting in the Army and being accepted into the Green Berets. He earned an honorable discharge after six years of service, after which he pursued a career in film and television. Since then, he has appeared in an ESPN documentary about his life, the film Den of Thieves, the show Mayans M.C., the video game Madden NFL 18, and many other notable media properties. Nate currently hosts the Discovery channel reality competition series Survive the Raft. In 2022, Nate wrote, directed, and starred in the acclaimed film MVP. You can follow Nate on Instagram @NateBoyer37, and you can check out his charity Merging Vets and Players at vetsandplayers.org.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

Ce vendredi 29 septembre, l'économie de l'Afghanistan qui résiste, avec sa monnaie qui réalise la meilleure performance mondiale en ce troisième trimestre, a été abordée par Benaouda Abdeddaïm dans sa chronique, dans l'émission Good Morning Business, présentée par Laure Closier et Christophe Jakubyszyn, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Krish Thapa, the formidable former British SAS soldier, returns to delve even deeper into his gripping experiences. Known as the Warrior Monk, Krish takes you from the peaks of the Nepal Himalayas to the intense battlegrounds of Afghanistan and Iraq. He shares heart-pounding SAS training tales, riveting war stories, insights into weapons and faith, and his ongoing mission to help soldiers battle PTSD and identity crises. Krish's journey is a stirring testament to courage, resilience, and the unyielding human spirit.

In Afghanistan, women and girls have been banned from schools and universities – but underground networks have sprung up to maintain their education. This week on Bunker Global, Chris Jones is joined by Pashtana Durrani, educator and founder of LEARN Afghan and winner of a 2023 Global Citizen Award, to discuss the schools that defy Taliban rule and educate girls across the country.  "Our future was stolen. Our present is stolen. We are the victims of a political agenda.”  "Despite everything, I'm a hopeless optimist when it comes to Afghanistan.“ www.patreon.com/bunkercast This week's sponsor is the Disorder Podcast - listen here: https://linktr.ee/disorderpod Written and presented by Chris Jones. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi. Noah Kulwin and Brendan James, co-hosts of the podcast Blowback, join Katy and Cody to talk about America's decades-long debacle in Afghanistan, the bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez, awkward Kissinger photos, monstrous National Security Advisors, and Kevin James memes. Here's the photo of Henry Kissinger with Volodymyr Zelenskyy: https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1hcipJ.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg And here's that photo of Bob Menendez's wife's jeans: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/22/15/75731693-0-image-a-18_1695393028195.jpg Check out our MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/some... SUBSCRIBE to SOME MORE NEWS: https://tinyurl.com/ybfx89rh Subscribe to the Even More News and SMN audio podcasts here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqego... Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews Slow down the news ticker in your mind. Upgrade to better Natural Solutions from NextEvo Naturals. Go to https://NextEvo.com and use promo code MORENEWS to get 25% off. Get 50% off your first DoorDash order up to a $20 value on your first order when you download the DoorDash app in the App Store and use code MORENEWS at checkout. Limited time offer, terms apply. Get your business ready for the holiday rush. Get started with https://stamps.com today. Sign up with promo code MORENEWS for a special offer that includes a 4-week trial, plus free postage, and a free digital scale. No long-term commitments or contracts. Just go to Stamps dot com, click the microphone at the top of the page, and enter code MORENEWS. Shopify is the commerce platform revolutionizing millions of businesses worldwide. Sign up for a $1/month trial period at https://shopify.com/morenews (all lowercase) to take your retail business to the next level today.

durée : 00:04:37 - Le zoom de la rédaction - C'est un traumatisme et toujours un tabou au sein de l'armée. Il y a 15 ans, le 18 août 2008, 10 soldats français perdaient la vie dans une embuscade tendue par les talibans dans la vallée d'Uzbin en Afghanistan. Une enquête de Géraldine Hallot, de la cellule investigation de Radio France.

How can we help the armed forces make the best decision when faced with impossible choices? What can we do to minimise the damage to soldiers' mental health after conflict? And how can we save the highest number of lives? In this episode, we speak to Professor David Whetham of the Defence Studies Department about military ethics education. We explore the process of educating the armed forces on making better decisions, both within the heat of conflict and in everyday life, learn about the innovative playing cards and app created by Professor Whetham and the King's Centre for Military Ethics, and dive into his work with the Australian Defence Forces on Justice Brereton's report on the war in Afghanistan. Download the Military Ethics playing cards app via Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/military-ethics/id1503360618 Download the Military Ethics playing cards app via Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corvita.cme&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1

On this week's episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow turns to Afghanistan, two years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. She speaks with reporter Tanvi Misra, who recently published an article with Politico following a family trapped in immigration limbo at a U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar. Tanvi also explains how the U.S. immigration process singles out women and marginalized genders. Further reading: They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. In Slate Plus: The drama and life of luxury on Prime Video's Made in Heaven with Host Kat Chow and reporter Tanvi Misra If you liked this episode, check out: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

کار مسیح بر روی صلیب نه تنها بخشیدن گناهان ما بود بلکه او مرد تا ما نیز همراه با او برای خود، دنیا، گناه و ناپاکی که دامن‌گیر ما شده است بمیرم و او قیام کرد تا ما نیز برای او قیام کنیم و در او زیست کنیم. برای یک مسیحی و کسی که میخواهم مسیحی شود مهم است بداند که ما با مسیح مرده ایم تا خلقت تازه شویم و این خلقت تازه برای خود دیگر زندگی نمی‌کند بلکه برای اراده خدا زندگی میکنم و میداند که همه روزه باید وابسته به خدا باشد تا بتواند خداگونه زندگی کند. پس متوجه باشیم که دیگر ما مطعلق به این دنیا نیستم بلکه به آسمان و خدا طعلق داریم و نباید در گناه غرق شویم چون مسیح ما را نجات داده است. او در ما زیست میکند و ما نیازمندی خود را به او همه روزه اعلام میکنم. برنامه هفتگی پادکست خبر خوششنبه: تحقق پیشگوی های عهد عتیق که در مورد عیسی مسیح است یک شنبه: موعظه یا درسی از دیگر معلمین دوشنبه: فصلی از کتاب جان پایپر سه شنبه: سرود پرستشیچهار شنبه: پنج شنبه: فصلی از کتاب جان پایپرجمعه: 

On this week's episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow turns to Afghanistan, two years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. She speaks with reporter Tanvi Misra, who recently published an article with Politico following a family trapped in immigration limbo at a U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar. Tanvi also explains how the U.S. immigration process singles out women and marginalized genders. Further reading: They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. In Slate Plus: The drama and life of luxury on Prime Video's Made in Heaven with Host Kat Chow and reporter Tanvi Misra If you liked this episode, check out: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Afghanistan, where women's lives are severely restricted, defying the system can be dangerous. In this episode, Nisha talks to Nidhi Dagur, Director of Global Communications and External Events at Women for Women International who recently visited Afghanistan to find out how women there are daring to stand up for their rights, despite the risks.   Find out more about our #SheDares campaign and donate to receive a #SheDares bracelet handmade by women survivors of war at womenforwomen.org/SheDares See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow turns to Afghanistan, two years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. She speaks with reporter Tanvi Misra, who recently published an article with Politico following a family trapped in immigration limbo at a U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar. Tanvi also explains how the U.S. immigration process singles out women and marginalized genders. Further reading: They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. In Slate Plus: The drama and life of luxury on Prime Video's Made in Heaven with Host Kat Chow and reporter Tanvi Misra If you liked this episode, check out: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow turns to Afghanistan, two years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. She speaks with reporter Tanvi Misra, who recently published an article with Politico following a family trapped in immigration limbo at a U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar. Tanvi also explains how the U.S. immigration process singles out women and marginalized genders. Further reading: They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. In Slate Plus: The drama and life of luxury on Prime Video's Made in Heaven with Host Kat Chow and reporter Tanvi Misra If you liked this episode, check out: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The only chance 18-year-old Afghan refugee Arezo Nazari has of bringing her parents to New Zealand is through the government – and so far, three ministers have turned her down. 

On this week's episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow turns to Afghanistan, two years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. She speaks with reporter Tanvi Misra, who recently published an article with Politico following a family trapped in immigration limbo at a U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar. Tanvi also explains how the U.S. immigration process singles out women and marginalized genders. Further reading: They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. In Slate Plus: The drama and life of luxury on Prime Video's Made in Heaven with Host Kat Chow and reporter Tanvi Misra If you liked this episode, check out: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by Brendan James and Noah Kulwin, producers and hosts of the wildly popular historical narrative podcast Blowback. Their new season covers the history of foreign intervention in Afghanistan and both the intentional and unintentional blowback from those efforts. “Blowback” refers to an old CIA term meaning, “the unforeseen and unwanted effects, or repercussions to one's actions.” In Blowback, Brendan and Noah report on the history of America's foreign policy and interventions — including its efforts related to the various wars in Iraq, the Cuban Revolution, and the Korean War. David speaks with Brendan and Noah about their new season, which goes into painstaking detail about Afghanistan, a country that has arguably suffered more modern foreign interventions than any other place on Earth. They cover Soviet interventions in the country in the 1970s and '80s, the U.S.-backed rise of the Mujahideen, the September 11 World Trade Center attacks, and the subsequent U.S. invasion and war, which lasted over two decades. A transcript of this episode is available here.Links:BlowbackBONUS: On this past Monday's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, we shared our interview with attorney Jeffrey Simon, who is part of the legal team suing 17 fossil fuel companies for their contribution to a 2021 heatwave that killed 69 people in Oregon's Multnomah County. If you'd like access to Lever Time Premium, which includes extended interviews and bonus content, head over to LeverNews.com to become a supporting subscriber.If you'd like to leave a tip for The Lever, click the following link. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. levernews.com/tipjar

AP correspondent Norman Hall reports: UN-General-Assembly-Afghanistan-Women

#India: US hastily proposes the Indiia-Middle-East Corridor (IMEC) Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.g20.org/en/g20-india-2023/new-delhi-summit/ 1923 Afghanistan

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Today's guest is Lupei Chou.   Lupei is an active-duty Naval Officer with 20 years of leadership, logistics, government contracting and project management experience in the Defense Industry. She has completed multiple deployments at sea and proudly served her country in Afghanistan.   Show summary: During this episode, Lupei discusses her background in real estate investing, her experiences as a co-sponsor in syndication projects, the importance of selecting the right partner, challenges in asset management, balancing real estate investing with a full-time military job, and her future plans in real estate.  -------------------------------------------------------------- Intro [00:00:00]   Lupe's Real Estate Background [00:00:55]   Challenges in Asset Management [00:06:12]   Lupe's transition from single-family to commercial real estate [00:11:59]   The benefits of the co-sponsor model [00:12:36]   Contact information and conclusion [00:13:01] -------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Lupei:  Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lupeichou/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lupeichou/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lupeic Web: https://crowncapitalcorp.com/   Connect with Sam: I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowtoscaleCRE/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwilsonhowtoscalecre/ Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com   SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A RATING. Listen to How To Scale Commercial Real Estate Investing with Sam Wilson Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-scale-commercial-real-estate/id1539979234 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m0NWYzSvznEIjRBFtCgEL?si=e10d8e039b99475f -------------------------------------------------------------- Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: Lupei Chou (00:00:00) - The most important thing is really about selecting your partner. Um. And we learn a lot in partnering with different people. And I also partner with. Other people, other investors outside syndication space. So I would say selecting your partner is absolutely the number one important thing to to be very selective, to be very careful with who you partner with.   Intro (00:00:28) - Welcome to the How to Scale commercial real estate show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we'll teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big.   Sam Wilson (00:00:41) - Lupe Chow is an active duty naval officer with 20 years of leadership, logistics, government contracting and project management experience in the defense industry. Lupe. Welcome to the show.   Lupei Chou (00:00:53) - Thank you for having me, Sam.   Sam Wilson (00:00:55) - Absolutely. The pleasure is mine. Lupe. There are three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show in 90s or less. Can you tell us where did you start? Where are you now and how did you get there?   Lupei Chou (00:01:05) - All right. I started as a single family investor, actually, even going way back, you know.   Lupei Chou (00:01:13) - My own rental property was, you know, my own house was became rental property due to military moves. So that was my first experience as a landlord. Um, I started in a single family space and moved to the multifamily and. Sorry, what's the second, third question?   Sam Wilson (00:01:32) - No, no, it's all good. Where did you start? Where are you now and then How did you get there?   Lupei Chou (00:01:39) - So how did I get there? Yeah. So what I learned was I don't make money in. In residential rental. It's very, very hard to make money. Um, I was, um, I had six units. Um, and, uh. I can have a repair issue. Maintenance issue. Wipe out the profit for the whole entire year very quickly. Very easily. So that's why we gotta go bigger. Have more units.   Sam Wilson (00:02:08) - What? What, what? What do you guys own? What's your portfolio look like today?   Lupei Chou (00:02:13) - So currently, my partner and I, we focused on taxes and Georgia.   Lupei Chou (00:02:19) - Those are our two primary primary markets. Atlanta. And there are a few places in Texas we are working on. But yeah, and we have, um, we have close to syndications. Um, but all of us started in the residential space before becoming syndicators.   Sam Wilson (00:02:40) - Got it. Got it. Yeah. So you got involved in syndication, said, Hey, I'm going to do multifamily real estate. What? What? I guess tell me about those projects and why you picked those in particular. Maybe even tell me when like give me some kind of some color to those projects and how you got those across the finish line.   Lupei Chou (00:02:58) - Really? You know, our first project, we are. We were co-sponsors. We really just. Joining another team to for experience and help with the race. Um, but we also have experience in small multi all of us, the three of us. Me and my partners. So we just want to move on to a bigger properties because as you know, right, like you and all your friends and people, you know, run out of money at some point, you have to be able to tap into the bigger investor pool and be able to raise.   Sam Wilson (00:03:35) - How have you done that? Let's let's talk about that for a second. Going out and finding a bigger investor pool, what's been some effective strategies you've employed to do that?   Lupei Chou (00:03:46) - I think everybody started out with their maybe their social media, and that's what I did too. I started sharing my story, um, just make a, you know, post about what I'm doing. That worked well, I think in the beginning, um, just to get the words out, let people know what you're doing. Um, and I did have a lot of friends, even friends I haven't talked to in a number of years, reaching out to me, you know, just interested or curious.   Sam Wilson (00:04:17) - That's great. That's great. So you guys had your first project you went into as a co-sponsor. What have been some things you've learned in going into a project as a co-sponsor? And maybe, maybe, are there things that you would have done differently or things that you said, Hey, we did this really well the first time through?   Lupei Chou (00:04:36) - I think that the most important thing is really about selecting your partner.   Lupei Chou (00:04:41) - Um. And we learn a lot in partnering with different people. And I also partner with. Other people, other investors outside syndication space. So I would say selecting your partner is absolutely the number one important thing to to be very selective, to be very careful with who you partner with.   Sam Wilson (00:05:06) - Yeah, absolutely. Anything else come to mind on that front as you review the tape and said, okay, we did this, you know, on our first co-sponsor deal, um, being selective of your partner. Yes, that's number one. Anything else come to mind that you'd say? These are some things that that maybe I would do differently the next time around.   Lupei Chou (00:05:24) - I think other than that, you want to have complementary skills. Um. Because people bring in different skill sets to a table, right? And sometimes, um, you just don't really have the skills, the right skill set mix. And it kind of makes, it makes property management very difficult because once you're closed and you are together for the next 3 to 5 years, so running the property and taking care of it and make sure it's profitable, um, it will be a lot easier when you have the right skill set, you know, a group of people.   Lupei Chou (00:06:00) - That's another thing we also learned.   Sam Wilson (00:06:03) - Absolutely. So you close your first project as a co-sponsor, your second project. Did did you do on your own or was that also as a co sponsorship model?   Lupei Chou (00:06:12) - We also did as a co-sponsor, but we were a lot more involved on the second time. Um, which is really, um, I think I didn't really understand a lot of the things when it comes to asset management. And I've learned a lot in that second project because we did have some issues with asset management and property management company. We fired a number of companies, um, and just trying to, you know, get that right. We're still working through some issues. But yeah.   Sam Wilson (00:06:48) - Is this is this asset harder in particular to manage? Was there something about the asset that has caused you guys to go through? So many different property managers.   Lupei Chou (00:07:01) - I think it's just a smaller asset. It's 60 units and certain companies, they don't really want to take on that property. Maybe too small for their portfolio.   Lupei Chou (00:07:12) - But, you know, it's yeah. So that's something I also realized. Okay, you know the size, right? The size matters.   Sam Wilson (00:07:21) - Yeah, No, it undoubtedly does. And that's and that's something that. Who was it I was talking to here recently? They were saying, oh we were talking to a lender. And he said, get get in front of the lenders in this particular asset class and really figure out what and how they underwrite and how they how they view deals, because that's going to give you a lot of color as to what you should be looking out for. And think the same thing maybe applies here where it's like, hey, there's, you know, 60 units. The the bigger shops don't want to deal with it.   Lupei Chou (00:07:53) - Yeah. So yeah, so that's being a challenge. I think the size is kind of like. Not too small, not too big. It's kind of in the middle. Um. Yeah. Um, but we are plugging away. We just continue, you know, Find what? Searching the right fit to, you know, help with the property management.   Sam Wilson (00:08:13) - Yeah. No, absolutely. Yeah. Because, I mean, that'll be a challenge When you get to a 60 unit property, it's like, well, you know, getting the, getting a competent property manager in there to, to run that for you could be could be potentially tough. Tell me tell me this you know you're still full time military, is that correct?   Lupei Chou (00:08:31) - I am. Yep.   Sam Wilson (00:08:32) - Wow. How do you balance your. Real estate investing with working full time.   Lupei Chou (00:08:40) - You know, so that really comes down to partnership. I do have two partners that we work very closely together and, um, you really just kind of like make sure all bases covered, you know, I, of course, you know, do things in the evenings and weekends and whatever I can do in the day. But really, I rely on my partners to, um, to take care of all the things.   Sam Wilson (00:09:08) - Mhm.   Lupei Chou (00:09:08) - Yeah.   Sam Wilson (00:09:09) - Okay. Very, very good. Any advice that you would give to people as they're looking to transition out of their job and get into real estate? Anything you'd give there as a as advice.   Lupei Chou (00:09:23) - So, you know, my background is military, you know, and of course, my approach is more on the conservative side. Right. I really think, you know, that transition is. Important to really make sure you're in a good place. I have seen people quit their jobs and ended up having to go back to their jobs or getting another job. Right. Because the real estate, especially as a new investors, it can be very unstable. A lot of ups and downs. Maybe you're making money this year, but, you know, that's not to, you know, to say you're going to make money next year. So, so so to me, I think it's important to make sure, you know, you have all the bills covered and, you know, like safety fund, all that stuff set up before quitting. It's very exciting, you know, And I have, um, mega money, you know, in deals and it make you almost make you think, Oh my God, I want to just quit.   Lupei Chou (00:10:27) - But yeah, be careful.   Sam Wilson (00:10:30) - Do it thoughtfully. Do it thoughtfully. Yeah, there's that's, there's absolutely some, some wisdom in that when looking forward, like looking to your future in real estate, what do you want that to look like and how do you plan on getting there?   Lupei Chou (00:10:45) - You know, I am I'm finishing up my military career here very soon, in the next year or two. At that point, I want to be fully devoted and focused on my business, the real estate, and just be more hands on and really learn the ins and outs. I mean, I feel like I'm learning now, but really not at the level I want to. So that's what I want to do and continue to grow the portfolio. And I'm very interested on development and maybe tap into that. That's my goal.   Sam Wilson (00:11:24) - I love it. I love it. Lupe. Thank you for taking the time Here to come on the show today. Certainly learned a lot from you. I loved hearing your entrance into commercial real estate and yeah, you've taken a similar journey to us all in that it's like.   Sam Wilson (00:11:38) - And I still have you. I do. I do still have some legacy single family stuff in my portfolio that just have not ever divested of. And I will tell you, it's always a little bit of a disappointment when the phone rings and you're like, Oh crap, now what?   Lupei Chou (00:11:52) - I get nervous when my property manager called me because there's no good news when he calls. Never.   Sam Wilson (00:11:59) - Never, No. And so I've actually taken the drastic kind of burned the boats route and have owner financed a lot of those properties off of the existing tenants. It's just like it's just the it's not worth the, the mental strain, you know, that it puts on where it's like, okay, like I don't, I don't have any desire. I don't care if I sell it for if at a minor loss, it's just got to go get out of my head. So clearly you've taken that transition from commercial or from single family and said, okay, we learned our lessons the hard way. Now we're going to go into commercial real estate.   Sam Wilson (00:12:36) - Doing the co-sponsor model in the beginning is a great way to learn, and it sounds like it's an iterative process, too, even for you. I think in that did your first project and the second one around, you've been way more involved and oh yeah, I love I love seeing that as we, you know, as you transition through that process and how you are scaling your commercial real estate holding. So certainly thank you for taking the time to come on the show today. If our listeners want to get in touch with you and learn more about you, what is the best way to do that?   Lupei Chou (00:13:01) - Yeah. So you can find me on LinkedIn. IG Facebook under my name. Lupe Chao. Um, our company page is Crown Capital. That's Crown Capital corp.com. Um, so check us out.   Sam Wilson (00:13:20) - Fantastic. That's Crown Capital Corp Corp. Crown Capital Corp, dot com. And Lupe Chalice. Lupe. I see you, Lupe. Thank you for taking the time to come on.   Lupei Chou (00:13:32) - Thank you so much, San.   Sam Wilson (00:13:33) - Thank you. Have a great rest.   Sam Wilson (00:13:34) - Of your day. Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen. If you can do that for.   Sam Wilson (00:13:48) - Us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories. So appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.  

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America is addicted to war. But its citizens rarely see the brutal realities of the U.S. military-industrial complex up close. That is because our pliant media hides the carnage from the public, refusing to report on the victims of the war machine, and uses euphemisms like “surgical strikes” and “enhanced interrogation techniques” to mask the barbarity meted out by Washington around the world. A recent study from the Costs of War Project at Brown University found that the post-9/11 wars have been responsible for some 4.5 million deaths worldwide, with at least 38 million also displaced from their homes. Our guest today has literally written the book on how the harsh realities of America's global empire are blocked from our views. Norman Solomon is a journalist, activist and media critic who co-founded activism website RootsAction.Org. He is the author of the new book, “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine,” which has been endorsed by a wide range of academics and public figures, from Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky and Medea Benjamin to Naomi Klein and Amy Goodman. Solomon contended that, while the United States has suffered serious military setbacks and embarrassments in the 21st century, the military-industrial complex driving the war machine has gone from strength to strength, telling “MintCast” host Alan MacLeod that:  “Raytheon, Boeing and other military contractors never lose a war. It is always extremely profitable [for them]. But in terms of geopolitical positioning, it is very difficult to maintain an empire in decline, which is not a bad description of the United States in the last decades.” While the U.S.' “forever wars” in West Asia might finally be dying down, tensions with Russia and China are being consciously ramped up in Washington, leading to an extremely dangerous standoff against two nuclear-armed nations. Russia and China have, between them, thousands of nuclear warheads, and a conflict with either, Solomon told MacLeod, could end the world. As he said: “The U.S. is on a collision course with sanity around the survival of humanity in the nuclear age, ginning up [passions] rather than engaging in diplomacy over the conflict in Ukraine, and the consequences, to put it mildly, are not only horrific in the present, but potentially omnicidal.” Support the showMintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey's new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog.

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