Podcast appearances and mentions of alec lee

Among the tunes we've got on tap to share at Sal's Speakeasy this weekend is one with a curious history. A monster AM radio hit in the early 1960s, it actually was originally a jug band tune recorded many decades earlier.Back in the 1920s, a remarkable roots musician named Gus Cannon co-wrote “Walk Right In” for his hot new band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, to record for Victor Records.Already an established entertainer in the first years of commercial recording, Gus Cannon had a life story that reads like a novel. Born in the early 1880s on a plantation in Red Banks, Mississippi, he was 12 years old when his family moved a hundred miles southwest to what was to become the world capitol of all things blues, Clarksdale, Mississippi.Cannon's musical skills developed with little training, but with much innovation. For instance, he is said to have made his own first banjo, crafting it from a frying pan and a raccoon skin. At 15, he ran away from home to begin his career entertaining at sawmills, at levees and at railroad camps throughout the turn-of-the-century Mississippi Delta. Along the way, he taught himself fiddle. And a local musician named Alec Lee showed him how to use a knife blade as a guitar slide, a technique that Cannon adapted to his banjo playing.About 1907 Gus left Clarksdale for the big city of Memphis, where he played in a jug band led by Jim Guffin as well as with established blue and hokum artist Jim Jackson.It also was in Memphis that he met two other up-and-coming musicians — harmonica player Noah Lewis and guitarist Ashley Thompson — with whom he formed Cannon's Jug Stompers. Together they played parties, dances and medicine shows.Soon after that, inspired by the success of the Memphis Jug Band's first records, Cannon took his group to Victor Records to start putting out some discs.Enter The Song By then, the Jug Stompers were joined by Hosea Woods, who could chime in with guitar, banjo and kazoo and provide some vocals. It was with Woods that Cannon wrote and recorded “Walk Right In”.The tune offered great promise for the Stompers. Unfortunately, time wasn't on their side. The recording date was ominous — Oct. 1, 1929 — that is, less than a month before the collapse of the stock market and the beginning of the Great Depression.The Stompers' last recordings were made in 1930 and by the end of that decade, Cannon had effective retired, although he occasionally performed as a solo musician.Folk RevivalNow fast forward to 1962. The folk music revival was in full swing. Erik Darling was an important influence in the early days of the movement. (He had already formed The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin, hit the Billboard charts with their version of “Banana Boat Song,” and had replaced Pete Seeger in the last days of The Weavers.)In June 1962, Darling formed The Rooftop Singers with two friends with the specific goal of recording an updated version of “Walk Right In.” Darling had a bright new idea for the song. Unlike its juggy 1929 original, his arrangement got its distinctive sound by pairing twin 12-string guitars played in a pounding, percussive style. Their version — released six months later — became a No. 1 hit (and created a fad among folkies for the then-little known 12-string).Initially, writing credits on the record label were allocated solely to Darling and his band mate Bill Svanoe. However, eventually everyone did the right thing: the copyrights were corrected to add Gus Cannon and Hosea Woods' names.The success of The Rooftop Singers' recording — it became an international hit — was a big lift for Cannon, who by then was in his late 70s and fallen on hard times. In fact, the previous winter he'd had to pawn his banjo just to pay his heating bill. For the rest of his life, Cannon now received regular royalties checks as a songwriter.He also saw renewed interest in his music among newly minted folk fans. In 1963 Cannon recorded an album fo Stax Records with fellow Memphis musicians Will Shade (the former leader of the legendary Memphis Jug Band) on jug and Milton Roby on washboard. On the disc, Cannon performed traditional songs and his jug band era compositions and told stories between the tunes.Our Take on the TuneIn Flood years, we came to this song a little late in the game. We started playing it about a dozen years ago — our first recording of it was in the winter of 2010, at the beginning of the second year of our weekly podcasts — and it quickly became such a favorite for Michelle and Charlie that we brought it as the opening track of the band's next studio album, Cleanup & Recovery.Since Michelle will be back with us tomorrow night as the guest artist when we do our monthly show at Sal's Italian Eatery & Speakeasy in Ashland, Ky., we thought it would be fun to bring “Walk Right In” to the mix too. Here, from last week's rehearsal, is the 2023 take on the tune.If you're tooling around this weekend, be sure to walk right in and sit right down at Sal's this Saturday night. We play from 6 to 9 at 1624 Carter Avenue in beautiful downtown Ashland. The video below gives a taste of what's in store: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

Distilling alcohol in a lab!? In this third episode of our Food and Beverage Sprint, we sit down with Alec Lee of Endless West to explore the fascinating world of note-by-note alcohol and the science behind creating spirits at the molecular level. We also dive into the founder experience and the role that luck plays in being successful as an entrepreneur. Alec shares his insights on how he started and grew his business, and the challenges he faced along the way. Whether you're a science enthusiast, a spirits connoisseur, or a startup founder looking for inspiration and advice, this episode has something for everyone. Tune in for an insightful and engaging conversation with Alec Lee that you won't want to miss! Learn more about Alec: LinkedIn Twitter Where to find more of us: Website ⁠Instagram⁠ Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nyu-svs/support

In the Lessons in Adolescence podcast we feature conversations with researchers, practitioners, program developers and advocates. Drawing content from our past two seasons of episodes, we are offering a series of Mini Lessons on important topics relating to positive early adolescent development and effective middle level education. This Mini Lesson is about Summer Learning.Engaging youth in summer learning programs is essential to closing educational gaps and supporting students as they navigate new identities. Research shows that there is demonstrable proof that these programs produce substantial results for middle grade students. In this mini lesson, we explore how summer learning will continue to be an influential tool in guiding youth development and inspiring positive change in student's communities. Featuring excerpts with Jennifer Macombs, a senior policy researcher and director of the Behavioral and Policy Sciences Department for the RAND corporation from episode 13, Aaron Dworkin, CEO of the National Summer Learning Association from episode 11, Alec Lee, co-founder of Aim High from episode 12, Terrance Riley, Vice President of Programs of Aim High from episode 12, and Nancy Deutsch, a professor of Education at the University of Virginia and a director of UVA's Youth-Nex Center from episode 13.

In this episode of "Let's Talk Farm to Fork", we're joined by Alec Lee from Endless West, who we will be talking to about how their Molecular Whiskey is helping trailblaze a faster and more sustainable form of distilling for the spirits industry.https://endlesswest.com/

Alec Lee, CEO, and Co-Founder of Endless West talks with our host Pam Leinmiller about how they are achieving sustainability in the wine and spirits industry through creative approaches. Alec also discussed how he came up with the idea for Endless West and the advantages of creating a product, including environmental activities. He also discussed the molecular composition of wines and spirits, including identifying important taste and fragrance molecules and extracting them for usage from more efficient natural sources such as plants, fruits, and yeasts. We also talked about the current beverage industry innovation, trends, and challenges, as well as how they create exceptional quality spirits without using the same traditional inputs or procedures that legacy manufacturers do. Additionally, he discussed how, from the perspective of the customer, they offer all the complex flavors of great barrel-aged whiskies in a short timeframe

Endless West creates award-winning whiskeys and spirits using a process that breaks down the alcoholic beverages to the molecular level. A fine whiskey typically requires 10 years to age, but this tech startup recreates spirits in less than a day. This week Kristen Meinzer talks to Alec Lee, CEO of San Francisco-based Endless West, to learn how it's using a fraction of the resources to make environmentally friendly liquor in a lab. Invesco Distributors, Inc.

We're excited to announce that production on the second season of the "Lessons in Adolescence" podcast is officially underway! Our first episode will be available for listening on your preferred podcast platform Wednesday October 27th. Season two will be packed with new guests, more lessons, and fresh showcases of research, practice and advocacy all focused on young adolescent learning and development. Before we dive into season two, host Jason Cascarino shares some highlights from season one, including episodes that deal with issues of developing positive relationships, delivering effective youth programming during the pandemic, and helping young people navigate systemic racism and engage in racial justice. Highlighted conversations feature:Dr. Lisa Harrison, Associate Professor of teacher education at Ohio UniversityDr. Kent Pekel, former CEO of Search InstituteDr. Elizabeth Santiago, former Chief Program Officer of MENTORDr. Joanna Lee Williams, Associate Professor of school psychology, Rutgers UniversityBreakthrough Collaborative CEO, Elissa Vanaver, Birmingham Executive Director, Mariohn Michele, and San Juan Capistrano Executive Director, Alex SernaAim High CEO, Alec Lee and Vice President of Programs, Terrence Riley

Back on Episode 111, we spoke with Endless West about creating the worlds first molecular wine and spirits. We had so many questions come in after our first episode with Alec, that we scheduled a follow up to address these.In today's episode, we are joined for a second time by Alec Lee, co-founder and CEO of Endless West.Endless West is a technology startup using scientific methods to create the world's first molecular wine and spirits - alcoholic beverages that are crafted 'note-by-note' using pure flavor and aroma molecules extracted from efficient sources in nature. A small, independent team of scientists, sommeliers, writers, chefs, and grad school dropouts, their mission is to use science to create food and drink of unparalleled quality, value, and heart. The company was founded in 2015 by Alec Lee and Mardonn Chua, and sommelier, Josh Decolongon. It is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised $30 million in total funding to date.Find out more: https://endlesswest.com/Want to try it out for yourself?  Order Gemello, "Moscato" wine or Glyph, the "Bourbon"  we discussed during the podcast.Listen to part one: https://bottledinchina.simplecast.com/episodes/the-first-molecular-wine-spirits Bottled in China brings you into the food and drink scene through conversations with the some of the most happening personalities. Hosted by Emilie Steckenborn, the show is your one spot for all things food, beer, wine and spirits from across the world. Follow us on Instagram @bottled.in.china Episodes available on iTunes,Spotify,online or wherever you listen to your podcasts! 

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Alec Lee, founder of Endless West, to talk about re-engineering whiskey (2:45), starting out in stem cells (6:15), how a Napa wine trip inspired their startup (7:45), the regulatory hurdles (10:50), pitching investors (13:45), the key tech advances (16:45), how he makes whiskey (20:50), reducing to hours what takes years (26:00), how he’ll spend the $21 million he just raised (32:30), on celebrity tine-ins (34:00), why they chose whiskey (36:20), why sustainability in marketing is hard (38:00), and the hangovers (40:00). Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dannyinthevalley. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features a conversation with Alec Lee and Terrence Riley. Alec is co-founder and CEO of the 35-year-old Aim High summer learning program for middle school youth. Terrence is an alumnus of the program, and now Vice President of Programs for the organization. Aim High offers a mix of academic classes and interest-driven enrichment activities for middle school students during the summers leading into, during and transitioning out of the middle grades. Like other summer learning programs in the summer of 2020, Aim High needed to pivot from its traditional in-person model to a virtual one, called Aim High at Home, which had some advantages that the program intends to keep going forward even as they steadily transition back to in-person programming.Alec, Terrence and Jason talk about the genesis of the Aim High program, the specific components of the experience, the types of students who participate, how the organization recruits and trains its staff, which includes local teachers-in-training and also alumni of the program, and the outcomes they are seeing across academic, social and emotional domains as well as the students’ transition into high school and even longer term. They then go into the pivot that Aim High had to make to deliver programming during the pandemic, creating Aim High at Home, how they shifted the levels of emphasis on different aspects of the programming to build belonging and community, and how they ramped up training for summer educators. They also address what they anticipate this upcoming summer will look like and its outsized importance given COVID recovery efforts, and what the future of summer learning looks like longer term.Additional Readings and Resources:Aim HighAim High At HomeAim High teacher programs“The Dynamic Effects of a Summer Learning Program on Behavioral Engagement in School,” Jaymes Pyne, Erica Messner and Thomas S. Dee., Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, CEPA Working Paper No. 20-10, September 2020.“Aiming High for the Summer,” by Andrew Bauld, Harvard Graduate School of Education Centennial, 2020.Horizons-Upward Bound

Wine without using grapes? Bourbon without grains?Molecular wine and spirits have made it shelves near you and you're probably wondering if this is the beginning or end of the world? Today we are joined by Alec Lee, co-founder and CEO of Endless West to discuss the world of molecular wine and spirits. Endless West is a technology startup using scientific methods to create the world's first molecular wine and spirits - alcoholic beverages that are crafted 'note-by-note' using pure flavor and aroma molecules extracted from efficient sources in nature. A small, independent team of scientists, sommeliers, writers, chefs, and grad school dropouts, their mission is to use science to create food and drink of unparalleled quality, value, and heart. The company was founded in 2015 by Alec Lee and Mardonn Chua, and sommelier, Josh Decolongon. It is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised $30 million in total funding to date.Find out more: https://endlesswest.com/Want to try it out for yourself?  Order Gemello, "Moscato" wine or Glyph, the "Bourbon"  we discussed during the podcast.Follow them on Instagram: @endlesswest Bottled in China brings you into the food and drink scene through conversations with the some of the most happening personalities. Hosted by Emilie Steckenborn, the show is your one spot for all things food, beer, wine and spirits from across the world. Follow us on Instagram @bottled.in.china Episodes available on iTunes,Spotify,online or wherever you listen to your podcasts!   

Are you familiar with the long-lasting affects of summer learning loss, otherwise known as "summer slide"? On this episode of Get Schooled, Nivi Achanta interviews Alec Lee, co-founder of Aim High and recipient of the prestigious Champion of Change award, to discuss what it looks like when you keep underserved kids on a path to success - especially in the summer. They chat about what Aim High does, how they measure success, and what you can do if you care about creating greater educational equity. Check out http://www.soapboxproject.org for more information. Get Schooled is produced by Soapbox Project.

This week's episode is certain to arouse the ire of whisky purists. We're looking at Glyph, a "molecular whiskey" that's engineered in a lab instead of a distillery. Alec Lee and his colleagues at Endless West in San Francisco analyzed hundreds of whiskies down to the molecule to isolate specific chemical compounds - then sourced those compounds to blend with grain neutral spirits and a small amount of new make whisky to create Glyph. Technically, it falls under the legal category of a "spirit whisky," but it's already being sold in California and New York alongside traditionally distilled whiskies. Is it a glimpse into the future of whisky or a pale imitation of the real thing? We'll discuss it with Alec Lee on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, American whiskey exports to Canada and Mexico are tariff-free once again, and we'll talk with The Balvenie's David Stewart about the distillery's new Stories range of single malts.

A conversation with Alec Lee of Endless West about their "Molecular Whiskey", Glyph. We talk about the origin, the science, the future of this emerging category of "Molecular Spirits" and why it's called Glyph!

It’s been a while – for a number of reasons, which I touch on at the end of the episode in another edition of “Other Side of the Fence” – but, either way, I’m back. In this episode I recap BottleRock, the Napa Valley’s annual three-day music festival, with festival CEO Dave Graham and local musician Alec Lee.

Understanding the validity of Cuban statistics and anticipating the future trajectory of the economy are particularly challenging. FSG CEO Richard Leggett and analyst Alec Lee discuss how multinationals should go about sizing the Cuban opportunity.

In this episode, I talk with Alec Lee, a former premed and co-founder of M Prep. We discuss the most common MCAT questions they receive, including how many months and hours to study for the MCAT. Links and Other Resources Full Episode Blog Post Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT. Related episode: Common MCAT Prep Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. Related episode: Which MCAT Prep Materials Are Best for Me? For more MCAT tips, listen to The MCAT Podcast.