Podcast appearances and mentions of Alice Walton

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, we explore the innovative work of Art Bridges, a non-profit foundation launched by Alice Walton. Art Bridges is transforming museum partnerships by facilitating and subsidizing loans of important artworks to regional museums across the U.S. Host Adam Green speaks with Anne Kraybill, CEO of Art Bridges, about the foundation's mission, challenges in the museum loan process, and how Art Bridges is helping to bring major works of art to communities nationwide. From success stories to the latest trends in museum collaborations, this episode delves into the evolving landscape of museum partnerships and access to art.

La hija del fundador de Walmart no ocupa ningún cargo ejecutivo en la cadena de grandes almacenes. Su vocación por el arte la ha convertido en una de las mecenas más influyentes. Si a su padre le movió el deseo por crear la mayor cadena de grandes almacenes de Estados Unidos, la gran pasión en la vida de Alice Walton es el arte. La mujer más rica del mundo, con una fortuna valorada en 121.000 millones de dólares, es la principal impulsora del Crystal Bridges Museum, un centro de 20.200 metros cuadrados levantado en Bentonville (Arkansas), su ciudad natal, donde se expone una colección de arte estadounidense que abarca desde el siglo colonial hasta la actualidad. Los redactores del periódico Amaia Ormaetxea y Antonio Santamaría analizan el legado de este genio de las finanzas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode, we hear all about the artistic and cultural transformation happening in Northwest Arkansas as we chat with Jill Wagar, the visionary director of the Momentary and senior director at Crystal Bridges. Explore Alice Walton's profound philanthropic endeavors, including the Art Bridges Foundation, designed to bring art to communities nationwide. We discuss the collaborative spirit that drives Alice Walton's visionary projects, from free museum admission policies supported by Walmart to groundbreaking educational initiatives like the Alice Walton School of Medicine. Jill sheds light on how these initiatives not only make art more accessible but also aim to transform healthcare delivery, emphasizing the Walton family's significant investments in the region's growth and accessibility.Jill shares about the magic behind the Momentary, where art meets entertainment in unforgettable ways. From renowned performances by Brothers Osborne to the unique Supper Club food series, the Momentary has become a beloved community hub. She shares exciting news on upcoming events and festivals like Send it South, a thrilling blend of mountain biking and music, promising to captivate art and music enthusiasts alike. Join us as Jill invites collaboration and engagement, reinforcing the community aspect of these cultural gatherings.

What does it mean to be truly rich? It's not the kind of wealth you'd associate with Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, or Alice Walton. It's a different kind of richness—one that's far greater. As we begin this Christmas season, we'll take a closer look at a single verse that captures the heart of the season. In 2 Corinthians 8:9, we see how a rich man became poor so that the poor could become rich. Eric P. Kuykendall, PhD, Senior Pastor Follow Us Online Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/trinity_bible/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TrinityBibleWillowPark TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitybiblechurch Website - https://trinitybible.com/

Tento denný podcast, vytváraný s pomocou umelej inteligencie, ponúka unikátny a efektívny spôsob, ako sa dozvedieť o najzaujímavejších udalostiach a článkoch dňa. Umelej inteligencii sa darí analyzovať obrovské množstvo informácií z rôznych zdrojov, aby vybrala tie najrelevantnejšie a najpútavejšie obsahy pre širokú škálu poslucháčov. Každá epizóda je navrhnutá tak, aby poskytla hlboký ponor do vybraných tém, od politiky cez vedecké objavy, až po kultúrne udalosti, a to všetko podané informatívne, prístupne a bez emócií. Podcast je ideálnym spoločníkom pre zaneprázdnených ľudí, ktorí hľadajú pohodlný spôsob, aby zostali informovaní o svetovom dianí bez nutnosti tráviť hodiny čítaním rôznych zdrojov, čím poskytuje efektívny a príjemný spôsob, ako prijímať správy. Témy: 1. Viac ako 180-tisíc Slovákov čaká významná zmena. S novým dokladom využijú dôležité výhody v celej EÚ https://www.startitup.sk/viac-ako-180-tisic-slovakov-caka-vyznamna-zmena-s-novym-dokladom-vyuziju-dolezite-vyhody-v-celej-eu/ 2. Truban sa s Kaliňákom nečakane zhodli v priamom prenose. Mladí Slováci dostanú možnosť „ pričuchnúť“ k vojenčine https://www.startitup.sk/truban-sa-s-kalinakom-necakane-zhodli-v-priamom-prenose-mladi-slovaci-dostanu-moznost-pricuchnut-k-vojencine/ 3. Petícia za odvolanie Martiny Šimkovičovej sa blíži k historickému rekordu. Slovensko niečo také ešte nezažilo https://www.startitup.sk/peticia-za-odvolanie-martiny-simkovicovej-sa-blizi-k-historickemu-rekordu-slovensko-nieco-take-este-nezazilo/ 4. Takmer 500-tisíc Slovákov dostane zvýšené viaceré príplatky. Zamestnávatelia sa búria https://www.startitup.sk/takmer-500-tisic-slovakov-dostane-zvysene-viacere-priplatky-zamestnavatelia-sa-buria/ 5. Štefan Hamran môže „opustiť loď“ Demokratov. Má rokovať s viacerými subjektmi https://www.startitup.sk/stefan-hamran-moze-opustit-lod-demokratov-ma-rokovat-s-viacerymi-subjektmi/ 6. Tragicky zomrel známy český herec: Polícia začala vyšetrovanie https://www.startitup.sk/tragicky-zomrel-znamy-cesky-herec-policia-zacala-vysetrovanie/ 7. Cristiano Ronaldo spustil najrýchlejšie rastúci kanál v histórii. Za pár hodín získal 39 miliónov ľudí https://www.startitup.sk/cristiano-ronaldo-spustil-najrychlejsie-rastuci-kanal-v-historii-za-par-hodin-ziskal-39-milionov-ludi/ 8. Svet má novú najbohatšiu ženu: Kto je záhadná Alice Walton s majetkom takmer 100 miliárd dolárov https://www.startitup.sk/svet-ma-novu-najbohatsiu-zenu-kto-je-zahadna-alice-walton-s-majetkom-takmer-100-miliard-dolarov/ 9. Masívny útok na Izrael, sirény v celej krajine: Spustilo ho hnutie otvorene podporované Iránom https://www.startitup.sk/masivny-utok-na-izrael-spustilo-ho-hnutie-otvorene-podporovane-iranom/ 10. Od Star Wars až po Peaky Blinders: Toto sú najznámejšie miesta slávnych filmov, ktoré môžeš navštíviť aj ty https://www.startitup.sk/od-star-wars-az-po-peaky-blinders-toto-su-najznamejsie-miesta-slavnych-filmov-ktore-mozes-navstivit-aj-ty/ 11. Elon Musk zachráni uviaznutých astronautov NASA z vesmírnej stanice. Oznámili dátum návratu https://www.startitup.sk/nasa-oznamila-navrat-uviaznutych-astronautov-zachrani-ich-kontroverzny-najbohatsi-muz-sveta/ 12. Zdravá superpotravina obsahuje 2 nevyhnutné vitamíny. Slováci s nízkym príjmom kalórií trpia ich nedostatkom https://www.startitup.sk/zdrava-superpotravina-obsahuje-2-nevyhnutne-vitaminy-slovaci-s-nizkym-prijmom-kalorii-trpia-ich-nedostatkom/

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. Founded by philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton, the museum's permanent collection spans five centuries of American artworks from early American to the present.In this episode, what is “radical access” and how does this concept and practice help to break down traditional barriers? How does Crystal Bridges create a community-centric space where art catalyzes conversations about diversity, inclusion, and belonging? And how does the museum's leadership create a workplace culture as vibrant and diverse as the art it celebrates?You can read the full transcript of this conversation on our website.Featured In This Episode KC Hurst is Chief Marketing, Communications, and Digital Officer for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a renowned cultural institution located in Bentonville, Arkansas.Marissa Reyes is Chief Learning and Engagement Officer for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. She has over 20 years of experience in the arts, education, and culture sectors and 14 years of senior leadership experience in art museums. She was recognized as the 2014 Illinois Museum Art Educator of the Year by the Illinois Art Education Association.Cameron Magee is the owner of avad3 Event Production, a full-service provider of audio, video, lighting, staging, set design, and streaming services for in-person, virtual, or hybrid events. Cameron founded the company in 2011 in his college dorm room. He now leads a team of over 50 hard-working professionals that design and deliver flawless event production for clients nationwide. Cameron believes that character is as important as competence. He's committed to building a people-centered production company that brings listening, empathy, and integrity to every client engagement, along with world-class technical expertise and seamless execution. Learn more about avad3 in Episode 5: “Building a People-Centered Production Company” Adrian McIntyre, PhD is a cultural anthropologist, media personality, and internationally recognized authority on communication and human connection. He delivers engaging keynote speeches and experiential culture-shift programs that train executives, managers, and teams to communicate more effectively and connect on a deeper level by asking better questions and telling better stories. Want Some Inspiration for Your Next Big Event?At avad3 Event Production, we're passionate about using lighting, sound, and video to transform event spaces from mundane to magical. Browse our gallery of "Success Stories" to spark your creativity and get some design inspiration for your own future events.You Need a Show Flow, Not a Script.A “show flow” is a simple yet powerful tool that savvy event planners use to effectively communicate the essential details to the right people at...

When the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in 2011 in Arkansas, the vast sum of money spent on art caught some off-guard. One painting in particular, “Kindred Spirits,” was sold to Alice Walton for the museum for $35 million dollars!   It's a beautiful painting, for sure. Two men are standing on a bluff, overlooking a scene of mountains and a river.   Some might have an issue with the price of the painting, but Walton felt the scene was priceless and wanted others to enjoy it.   Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”   We are of infinite worth to our Savior! He came to rescue us from a life of terror and bleakness. He takes us to a place of beauty and calm.   We are no blank canvas to God.   Let's pray.   Lord, your creative powers are beyond our reach, but you let us enjoy it all! Thank you for your gifts, God, that show us just how much we mean to you. In Jesus' name, amen.

Who are the world's richest people today? When you're trying to answer this question, you probably have certain names popping into your head. But rich people aren't necessarily famous all around the world. Have you ever heard about Jack Ma? He's one of the wealthiest people in Asia with his $40 billion. After graduating from college, he was rejected from many jobs, even for the position of a fast-food worker. Today, he's the founder of a leading internet marketplace. Or do you know who Alice Walton is? She's currently the richest woman in the world! She's one of the heirs of a discount shopping empire worth $54 billion. But she didn't want to focus on the family business. She instead went into charity programs and supporting art. So, guys, you wanna know how to become rich? Maybe you wanna have more money than the wealthiest person in human history? Well, this information might be useful to you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special episode recorded from his home state of Arkansas, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Alice Walton, philanthropist and fellow Arkansan, for a lively conversation about the importance of creating opportunities and access to art and health care, particularly in underserved regions.  They explore the intersections of medicine and the humanities, and discuss how Walton's newly established Whole Health Institute and Alice L. Walton School of Medicine will support human health with a holistic, integrated approach. Walton also shares leadership lessons from her father, Sam Walton, and her insights about building institutions to benefit rural communities.

The Greg and Dan Show speaks with John Morris of the Peoria Riverfront Museum and Paul Provost of the Art Bridges Foundation about Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, creating the company as well as its purpose. Also discussed, the Art Bridges Foundation collaboration with the Peoria Riverfront Museum, the huge Andy Warhol exhibit currently being displayed, and the importance of sharing art to all of America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arkansas' new covid cases top last week's four-month high; four Super Hercules aircraft coming to Little Rock Air Force Base; new Bentonville medical school renamed for founder Alice Walton; human skull found in Fort Smith

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32 Days Until Jasa's Wedding This episode is a gem, thanks to Jasa. Jasa tells us the rest of the story when the audio keeps rolling after the goodbyes. It turns out to be one of my all-time favorite surprises. This bonus conversation exemplifies the Jasa I have been very excited to share with you. She is such an excellent teacher. I hope it blesses you as much as it blesses me. The days are passing fast and furiously, and Jasa, being an Enneagram 7, loves the hustle and bustle of it all. I'm a 9, just along for the ride and offering all of my moral support and my best cheerleader moves. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts? Again, thank you so much for spending your time with us.   Here are the links we promised you.  Crystal Bridges Museum https://bit.ly/3KtDY2V The Momentary https://bit.ly/37PV4e4 Cafe Trio in Kansas City https://www.cafetriokc.com/ Eddie V's Prime Seafood in Kansas City https://bit.ly/3rYCqYu Table Mesa in Bentonville http://tablemesabistro.com/ iWalk Portable Phone Charger https://amzn.to/3KlTjmd Kodiak Protein Balls https://bit.ly/3OJyOTK T3 AireBrush Duo https://bit.ly/3Kr1MED (Make sure you price shop for this one - I linked the best price as of today.) Jessica Simpson Nude Heels https://bit.ly/3OLkbQ0 Halo Bolt Air 58830 mWh Portable Emergency Power Kit amzn.to/3KlTjmd    

May 2, 2022: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patty-hayward-a81934/?trk=people-guest_people_search-card (Patty Hayward), Vice President, Strategy Healthcare and Life Sciences at https://www.talkdesk.com/call-center-solutions/healthcare/experience-cloud/ (Talkdesk) joins Bill for the news. Walmart heir Alice Walton's foundation is helping build a new regional health system in Arkansas. Blue Cross Blue Shield, Michigan and Honest Medical Group, Nashville are launching a joint venture to make it easier for docs to transition to value-based care for Medicare patients. AMA survey explores variations in telehealth use among 2,232 physicians. Chatbots and related automation can ease staffing shortages, triage patients and help with patient education, discharge and clinician burnout. After two years of record-breaking investment in digital health, the sector took a dive in the first quarter of 2022. Key Points: The model that changes healthcare is partnerships Medical school needs to be changed to whole health thinking Telephone and Zoom are still the primary platforms used to deliver care  Not all data has a home in the EHR https://www.talkdesk.com/call-center-solutions/healthcare/experience-cloud/ (Talkdesk) Stories: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/walmart-heir-to-help-build-new-regional-health-system-in-arkansas.html (Walmart heir to help build new regional health system in Arkansas - Beckers) https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/blue-cross-blue-shield-michigan-honest-medical-group-launch-value-based-care-joint-venture (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Honest Medical Group launch value-based care joint venture - Fierce Healthcare) https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ama-survey-majority-physicians-say-telehealth-enables-more-comprehensive-quality-care (AMA survey: Majority of physicians say telehealth enables more comprehensive quality care - Healthcare IT News) https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/chatbots-and-related-automation-can-ease-staffing-shortages-triage-patients (Chatbots and related automation can ease staffing shortages, triage patients - Healthcare IT News) https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/global-digital-health-funding-falls-36-fewer-mega-rounds-ipos (Global digital health funding falls 36% to $10.4B in Q1 2022 - Fierce Healthcare)

About this Episode:  Our http://iamnorthwestarkansas.com/2 (second episode of the I am Northwest Arkansas podcast) featured one of our community's most culturally significant anchors here in the Ozarks, https://crystalbridges.org/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art). Sitting on more than 120 beautiful acres in Bentonville, Crystal Bridges has had millions of visitors over the last ten years descend on Bentonville to see a prized art collection that continues to grow and expand.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/reginacole/2019/06/19/wal-mart-money-brings-art-and-architecture-to-an-art-starved-part-of-the-country/ (The brainchild of Sam Walton's daughter Alice Walton), https://crystalbridges.org/ (Crystal Bridges) has been an oasis of art, culture, and education in the heart of America.  November 11, 2021, will be the tenth anniversary, and we are honored to welcome them back for an update on some of the new things we can expect in the coming years with the significant expansion planned.  You don't want to miss this episode. All this and more on this episode of I am Northwest Arkansas.   Important Links and Mentions on the Show*: https://crystalbridges.org/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Website) https://www.instagram.com/crystalbridgesmuseum/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Instagram) https://twitter.com/crystalbridges (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/crystalbridgesmuseum/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Facebook) https://www.linkedin.com/company/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Linkedin) https://www.youtube.com/user/CrystalBridgesMuseum (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Youtube) https://www.pinterest.com/crystalbridges/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.com/crystalbridges/ (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Pinterest)   This episode is sponsored by*: https://www.signature.bank/ (Signature Bank of Arkansas) -   https://www.signature.bank/ (Signature Bank) was founded here in Northwest Arkansas in 2005. Their focus is personal and community banking. When you bank with a community bank, you're investing in local businesses, local entrepreneurs, local charities, and the causes close to home. Signature Bank has worked hard to earn its tagline, “Community Banking at its Best.” You may ask why bank at Signature?  Because they focus on the customer instead of having a branch on every corner, this means you can have your questions answered by a real person, whether you're reaching out to the call center or your banker's cell phone. You can access any ATM in the country without fear of a fee.  They will refund all of those fees at the end of every month. Finally, they are constantly improving their digital offerings to ensure you can access the best financial tools from your laptop, phone, or tablet 24 hours a day. Signature Bank of Arkansas is a full-service bank offering traditional checking and savings accounts, investment accounts, business and personal loans, and mortgages. Give the folks at Signature Bank a call (479-684-4700) or visit their websitehttps://www.signature.bank/ ( Signature.Bank) and let them know you heard about them on the I am Northwest Arkansas Podcast.  https://www.signature.bank/ (Signature Bank of Arkansas) is a Member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.   http://www.iamnorthwestarkansas.com/canva (Canva) -   Are you looking for ways to build a Digital Marketing Strategy from scratch? Whether you need to design things for your family or personal brand or need a versatile design tool to help you with your social media presence. Canva can help.   Need new Business Cards? Canva has you covered.  Need to create and post Social Media images quickly?...

Jill Wagar is currently the Deputy Director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The museum, a nonprofit public charity founded by Alice Walton, opened its doors in November of 2011. Jill has been a staff member since Crystal Bridges' inception. Her initial role at the museum was Director of Development, followed by Chief Strategy Officer. In this episode, Jill discusses the three main principles Crystal Bridges has implemented to usher in a new era of community: inclusion, diversity, and anti-racism. These principles strongly support the museum's mission to build a community centered around acceptance and belonging. Additionally, Jill shares her strategies on fundraising and gives insight on how to engage with potential donors. The museum is currently undergoing an expansion of their building by 50 percent that includes additional art galleries and educational spaces for visitors to enjoy. This episode is now on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also listen via the podcast player embedded above. Make sure to subscribe to “How That Happened” to receive our latest episodes, learn more about our guests, and collect resources on how to better run your business. For additional show notes, visit blog.hogantaylor.com/how-that-happened/jill-wagar. Copyright 2021 HoganTaylor LLP. All Rights Reserved. To view the HoganTaylor general terms & conditions, visit www.hogantaylor.com/terms-conditions.

Inspired by her African roots, Liberian born fashion designer and stylist Korto Momolu (pronounced CUT-TOE MOE-MOE-LOO) is stamping her global brand in fashion. With a women's wear and accessory line that celebrates the essence of her rich heritage through the use of traditional, luxury fabrics. A graduate of L'academies des Couturiers Design Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [Korto relocated to Canada in 1990 following the coup in her homeland Liberia]. Advancing her field experience, she auditioned for and earned a spot on the 5th season of Bravo's Emmy Nominated show Project Runway. Throughout the season, Korto's primary signature use of color and diversity in print, style and presentation made her one to watch. Her feisty spirit resonated well with the audience earning her the coveted “Fan Favorite” vote and ultimately a placement of 1st runner up. Career highlights include headlining countless fashion shows worldwide in places like Jamaica, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Honduras, Canada and Liberia. Korto was commissioned by Alice Walton to design uniforms for The Crystal Bridges Museum staff based on her ability to design for people of all shapes and sizes. She served as the “Cheerios ambassador” for the Shoprite Partners in Caring “Knock out Hunger” campaign and continues to contribute her time and talents to countless charitable and philanthropic endeavors. Highlighted as Top 5 to watch by New York magazine, Korto has been featured in countless international and national publications including Elle, Us weekly, Marie Claire, Arise, and Essence. Television appearances include Project Runway All Stars 3, Arise TV, Bet's Rip the Runway, Bet's Lens on Talent, All on the Line and countless more Korto Currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas with her husband and 2 kids. Visit her website www.kortomomolu.com

In this week's Solidarity Fridays episode, Kyle, Joe, and Michelle start out by reflecting on the awesome conversation with Dr. Carl Hart from earlier in the week and everything it made them think about concerning the drug war, society's framing of addiction, how different drugs have been vilified in different eras, privilege, and how greed is keeping the truth from us. They then launch into the articles, which really run the gamut: Nebraska's governor saying cannabis will kill your children, the Biden administration asking staffers to resign over past cannabis use (What? A politician LIED TO US?!), a study from 2008 showing no statistical difference between SSRI and placebo effects (notable because it mirrors findings from the recent microdosing study they keep discussing), and an opinion piece on the healing power of mushrooms. They then talk about an interesting study where researchers are looking to predict who will do best with psychedelic-assisted therapy, and who might have a really challenging experience. Could you always predict that? Or is it just about getting to know a patient, supporting them, and titrating the dose, hence the title? And since there aren't enough links on this page: If you've been looking to take the Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Therapists live course you keep hearing about, new dates are up, so now is the time! And if you want a free copy of Dr. Carl Hart's amazing book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups, we're giving away 5, thanks to Penguin Random House, so make sure to enter the giveaway! Notable Quotes "Why are we only concerned about someone’s psychological well-being when it has to do with drugs?” -Michelle “Heroin was killing a lot of Black men in the 70s and no one cared. And now that it’s killing all these white people with opioids and all this middle-class stuff, all of a sudden, we care. And we want harm-reduction and we want laws and we want drug-checking. But no one gave a fuck 40 years ago.” -Michelle “So we had the war on drugs and ‘drugs are bad.’ ‘Weed, psychedelics- they’ll make you go crazy.’ And now we have that part of the drug war sort of ending and we’re legalizing them and we’re making money off of them, so all of a sudden, we’ve gone from one untruth which is 'all drugs are bad’ to this kind of other untruth which is like, ‘Weed and psychedelics: they’ll save your life, they’re great, everyone should use them!’ It’s like, fuck, dude, where was the middle? Where was the neutral? Where was the actual truth?” -Michelle “How do we catch medicine up to the state of science? Medicine seems to be 10 to 30 years behind science, often. ...Sorry doctors- I don’t mean to insult you, but it’s your field, it’s not you as an individual. If you’re listening to this show, clearly you’re ahead of the curve.” -Joe “Just thinking about how transpersonal came out of the humanistic movement because they needed something new, we’re at a new point where like, how do we incorporate and integrate a lot of this neuroscience, the somatics, the transpersonal, the depth, and what could a new field look like? ...What would that look like to create a new branch of psychology that really incorporates and integrates a lot of this stuff, and the impact that psychedelics have had on this? What type of theories and frameworks do we need, moving forward, as psychedelics become more integrated into the culture and into the medical realm? Do we need to bring psyche back a little bit with the psychedelics, to really help give a framework or some context to some of these transpersonal and numinous experiences?” -Kyle  Links Hilary Agro’s tweet Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel, by Tom Wainwright Hightimes.com: Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Says Marijuana Will ‘Kill Your Children’ Norml.org: Marijuana Regulation and Teen Use Rates Rollingstone.com: Evanston, Illinois Will Use Weed Tax to Fund Nation’s First Government Reparations Program Thedailybeast.com: Biden White House Sandbags Staffers, Sidelines Dozens for Pot Use Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth, by Irving Kirsch, PhD Chemistryworld.com: LSD: cultural revolution and medical advances Bdnews24.com: Can magic mushrooms heal us? Talkbusiness.net: Alice Walton’s Whole Health Institute will build a new medical school in Bentonville Scienceblog.com: Predicting Who May Do Best With Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Pubs.acs.org: Predicting Reactions to Psychedelic Drugs: A Systematic Review of States and Traits Related to Acute Drug Effects Psychedelics Today: Kyle Buller and Joe Moore – A Clinical Approach to Trauma Resolution Utilizing Breathwork Support the show! Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar discuss the latest from the legislature, a vaccine showdown between Governor Hutchinson and the Arkansas Supreme Court and Alice Walton's coming med school in Northwest Arkansas.

Coronavirus hospitalizations fall to lowest level since July; Alice Walton to build "whole health" medical school in Bentonville; State Senate panel clears replacement for Arkansas Works; Capitol insurrection suspect to stay in custody; Camp Robinson plans weekend of live-fire training

The De La Torre Brothers: Irreverence as a Tool for Reinvention Through their Ultra-Baroque polycultural work, Einar and Jamex De La Torre tackle topics of identity and contemporary consumerism. Influences range from religious iconography to German expressionism while also paying homage to Mexican vernacular arts and pre-Columbian art. They don’t consider themselves glass artists per se, but treat glass as one component in their three-dimensional collages, one that interacts with a multitude of chosen – not found – objects. Einar recalls their mother’s fondness for puns as a likely source for the brothers’ own interest in multiple layers of understanding.  Collaborating since the 1990s, the De La Torres were born in Guadalajara, México, in 1963 and 1960. They moved to the United States in 1972, transitioning from a traditional catholic school to a small California beach Town. Both attended California State University at Long Beach. Jamex earned a BFA in Sculpture in 1983, while Einar decided against the utility of an art degree. Currently the brothers live and work on both sides of the border, The Guadalupe Valley in Baja California, México, and San Diego, California. The complexities of the immigrant experience and contradicting bicultural identities, as well as their current life and practice on both sides of border, inform their narrative and aesthetics.  Gussie Fauntleroy wrote in the July 2009 issue of American Craft: “Similarly, in their art the brothers intentionally disregard conventional borders between dichotomous pairs such as high and low art and sacred and profane, and between deluxe objects and the detritus of everyday life. Virtually every assemblage and installation incorporates blown glass or cast-resin elements in sumptuous colors that shimmer, juxtaposed with an array of … objects, including plastic toys, snack food wrappers and old tires.” https://www.craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/de-la-torre-brothers-and-border-baroque The De La Torres have been honored with The USA Artists Fellowship award, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, and The San Diego Art Prize. They have had 18 solo museum exhibitions, completed eight major public art projects and participated in four biennales. Their work can be found in the permanent collections of Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York; Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey; The Kanazu Museum, Kanazu, Japan; Frauenau Glass Museum, Frauenau, Bavaria, Germany; GlazenHuis Museum, Lommel, Belgium; and the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, to name a few. Private collectors include Alice Walton, Cheech Marin, Elton John, Irwin Jacobs, Terry McMillan, Sandra Cisneros and Quincy Troupe. Guest instructors at Penland, UrbanGlass, the Pittsburgh Glass Center and Pilchuck, the De La Torre brothers have shared their multifaceted knowledge of glass technique including blowing, bit work and flameworking with students worldwide. In the last 15 years they have been creating photomural installations using Lenticular printing as a major part of their repertoire.  “If ever there were a case where materials and their masterful use provide a perfect match—and metaphor—for an artist’s concepts and themes, it’s in the art of Jamex and Einar de la Torre,” wrote Fontleroy. “How better to convey the rich complexity and alchemic intermingling of border cultures than through mixed media creations as multilayered, thought-provoking and engaging as the cultures themselves?”  

When the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in 2011 in Arkansas, the vast sum of money spent on art caught some off-guard. One painting in particular, “Kindred Spirits,” was sold to Alice Walton for the museum for $35 million dollars!   It’s a beautiful painting, for sure. Two men are standing on a bluff, overlooking a scene of mountains and a river.   Some might have an issue with the price of the painting, but Walton felt the scene was priceless and wanted others to enjoy it.   Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”   We are of infinite worth to our Savior! He came to rescue us from a life of terror and bleakness. He takes us to a place of beauty and calm.   We are no blank canvas to God.   Let’s pray.   Lord, your creative powers are beyond our reach, but you let us enjoy it all! Thank you for your gifts, that show us just how much we mean to you. Amen.   Do you know someone who needs to be reminded they are God’s masterpiece? Our “Hello Beautiful” zippered canvas bag makes a thoughtful gift! Shop for Christian T-shirts and gifts at Kerusso.com. That’s K-E-R-U-S-S-O dot com.

On this episode of Sparkcast, Divisional Community Manager Terrence Ward interviews Social Champ and Fresh Assistant Manager Emily Ellison about her time as a Social Champ. They talk about her opportunities to get on stage during Sharholders 2019, meeting Jim and Alice Walton, and how Social Media has changed her life.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Carolyn Gomez, a healthcare labor organizer in Southern California.Workers across the country are in ascension. A group of Walmart employees this week marched in New York to the luxury penthouse of Walmart heiress Alice Walton, where they protested the company’s treatment of its workers. Indeed, in 2005, 20 percent of the retail giant’s workers were part-time. Now that number is 50 percent. That has allowed the Walton family to drastically cut costs and add to its $191 billion fortune. Meanwhile, hospital and healthcare workers across the country are launching union drives and organizing protests for better wages and working conditions, saying that they can’t afford their own healthcare. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will face his opponents in the Democratic primary on the debate stage for the first time tonight. His extreme wealth has helped insulate him from criticism so far. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is dominating the polls. Darren Gibson, a host of the radio show and podcast Southpaws, a political analysis show focusing on social & economic issues, on Pacifica and Global Community Radio Mondays at 9:00 pm., joins the show. After a string of pardons and an increasingly public dispute with Attorney General William Barr, where is Trump heading as he battles his own Justice Department? Brian and John speak with Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books--“The Frozen Republic,” “The Velvet Coup,” and “America's Undeclared War.” An open letter signed by 117 physicians and psychologists in the medical journal The Lancet calls for an end to what it describes as “the psychological torture and medical neglect” of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. Assange is being held in London’s maximum-security Belmarsh Prison in advance of the start of a February 24 extradition hearing. He’s been charged in the United States with 18 counts of espionage for publishing information that exposed US war crimes. Dr. Bill Hogan, a medical researcher and educator at the University of Florida and one of the signatories of the letter, joins the show. There is a fascinating new documentary short out on the Iraq War called “Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War.” The film reviews the role of then-Senator Joe Biden in leading the US into the most devastating foreign policy blunder of the past generation. And it features a half-dozen of the most prominent critics of the war, including our next guest. Matthew Hoh, a veteran and peace activist who in 2009 resigned from the State Department over the American escalation of the war in Afghanistan, whose writings have appeared in a wide variety of publications, and who is a winner of the Ridenhour Prize for Truth Telling, joins Brian and John. Wednesday’s weekly series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Sputnik news analyst Walter Smolarek joins the show.Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, joins the show.

Series 2, Episode ^: In this episode we begin to look at “There Is a Solution.” Woo hoo! There totally is a solution... More than one solution and even in this solution there’s more than one way. I mean... yay! I think one of the most important take-aways from this episode is the reframe of the first five steps: 1. I am powerless over alcohol. When I take a drink I am unable to stop. Seems like these days it’s rarely if ever fun. Now it only seems to make my life worse. I don’t want to do it anymore. 2. I’m going to an AA meeting. I believe I can stop drinking, but I think it will be easier with help. So, I’ll ask for some help there. 3. AA seems okay. Most people seem nice enough. There’s laughter and warmth. No one asked for money or yelled at me. Some people gave me some tips and tricks to make life easier. I’m choosing to trust them because they seem sober and generally happy. I think I’ll take their suggestions and see how it goes. Keep listening for the rest! And lemme know what you think by email or in the comments. Article from Forbes by Alice Walton, here: https://bit.ly/2NKHydo

This week we are talking about a huge donation from Alice Walton to the Nassau Democratic Party, we take a look at what other Democrats they have donated to. Voters in Missouri and Arkansas vote to give raises to 1 million low wage workers. In California, wildfires are raging, but Trump is attacking the union firefighters who are putting their lives on the line to save people. We have a repsonse from some union leaders of the IAFF. 

Here's part 2 of our Walton family episode. We discuss Wal-Mart's supply chain abuses, their secret post apocalyptic bunker, their labor abuses with truck drivers, the crime problem in Wal-Mart parking lots, and the crime problem whenever Alice Walton gets behind the wheel. Let us know if there's anything we missed and we'll cover it whenever we come back for part 3!

Negative thought spirals can hijack our ability to power through situations we perceive as difficult. Forbes.com contributor Alice Walton offers some new ways to beat back those debilitating voices in our heads that make our fears feel real and infuse doubt.

Ray Hoffman interviews Warren Stephens about the history of Stephens Inc., and Northwest Arkansas. The difficult effects of the Great Depression on a rural community sparked the rise of tough entrepreneurs who became the industrialists of the area, and brought prosperity to replace poverty. Many of the great Arkansas companies were helped along the way by the Stephens family. Listen in to learn more.   Key Takeaways: [:25] Arkansas has produced a disproportionate number of major companies, such as Wal-Mart, and the investment banking firm, Stephens, Inc., that helps companies like Walmart to grow and prosper. Stephens, Inc. has been led by Warren Stephens since 1986. Warren’s father and siblings grew up picking cotton on the farm. [1:49] There is something in Arkansas that encourages leadership in individuals, such as Sam Walton, Charles Murphy, Bill Dillard, J.B. Hunt, and the Tyson family. Matt Waller, Dean of the Walton Business School at the University of Arkansas speculates that it’s a toughness and a belief that “We can do this. We can make our lives better.” [2:42] Albert Stephens, Warren’s grandfather, lived off of selling pieces of the farm, until there wasn’t much left to sell and they had to farm it. Warren’s uncle made it his life’s mission to piece back together all the land that had once been in the family. Today, Warren’s cousins own about 3,000 acres. [3:40] Warren’s uncle, Witt Stephens was in the belt buckle and Bible business, and was really good at it. His father advised him to go into the bond business, when Arkansas bonds were trading at $.10 on the dollar in 1933. [4:21] Uncle Witt took a bank loan of either $15,000 or $25,000 — no one remembers which — and started buying bonds at $.10. He sold them to customers, and kept some. By 1940, they were trading at par, which was a great return for him and his clients. As Sir John Templeton once said, “Buy when there’s blood running in the streets.” [5:06] Witt, and Warren’s father, Jack, started investing in natural gas, and other businesses all around the state. Witt gave credit to one of FDR’s programs, the Rural Electrification Program, that was designed to bring electricity to poor regions. [5:54] Witt bought the Sheridan telephone exchange to run a phone line to his parent’s home. Witt sold it to the Wilbourn family, who started Allied Telephone, and built enormous numbers of land lines across the state. Allied later became Alltel. [6:56] In college, Warren worked summers at Stephens, Inc. at the trading desk. With an MBA, Warren started full-time in 1981. Witt and Jack owned the company, and Warren picked their brains a lot. [7:39] Warren’s dad told him, “I wanted to be in business the next day.” He also said, “You can’t ever take a risk - if you lose it all, you endanger the ability of the firm to survive.” Everything can go wrong at once. When it does, in investments, it’s ugly. [8:54] In the 1960s, Stephens moved into private equities. In 1968, they started a bank data processing company. They also had a life insurance company, and it loaned money to Sam Walton to build his first stores. In 1970, Stephens, with White Weld, managed the Walmart IPO. It was one of the best things to happen for Stephens. [10:54] Warren discusses capitalism. After this last crisis, people wonder if the capitalist system is really the right system. Warren suggests the average consumer does not understand the many profitable layers that contribute to their ability to purchase the product they want, when they want it. Young people don’t see the connection. [12:31] The cell phone wasn’t created by government. Warren noted in a WSJ editorial that young people reject capitalism and the free market, but celebrate entrepreneurism and free enterprise! He doesn’t think they understand what capitalism is. Warren says that the youth didn’t see Eastern Europe collapse under communist socialism. [13:48] Warren suggests education on capitalism would help eliminate the disconnect between popular views and the facts. The This is Capitalism series is an effort to educate about successful capitalist entrepreneurs, past and present, and to show the impact they have had on communities and employees. [14:19] Warren talks about the development of Northwest Arkansas through capitalism, from Walmart, to J.B. Hunt, to the University of Arkansas and more. The Waltons have given generously to the University. Alice Walton has built an incredible art museum. Warren compares 1960s Northwest Arkansas with the same area today. It is thriving.   Mentioned in This Episode: Stephens Inc, Stephens Viewpoints: Podcasts.com/podcasts Warren A. Stephens The Great Depression Walmart Dillard Tyson Murphy Oil J.B. Hunt Alltel Acxiom “Why Do the Young Reject Capitalism?,” by Warren A. Stephens for the Wall Street Journal The Rural Electrification Act The Great Recession of 2008-2009 Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport This Is Capitalism   This is Capitalism CEO Stories is brought to you by Stephens Inc., Member NYSE, SIPC. For much more information, please visit www.stephens.com or www.thisiscapitalism.com. This podcast should not be copied, distributed, published, or reproduced, in whole, or in part. The information contained in this podcast is not financial research, nor a product of Stephens Research. Stephens does not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed. 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Crystal Bridges founder and board chair Alice Walton and founding board member John Wilmerding discuss artworks in the Museum collection they consider transformative, either on a personal basis or for society at large.

...in which Rex and Paul talk about the new Arkansas Food Hall of Fame and describe their expert status in helping select inductees, the Lassis Inn in Little Rock, buffalo ribs, Elihu Washington, the Southern Foodways Alliance, Sam Walton's desire to keep his kids down to earth, Alice Walton fishing at Beaver Lake, Gene's at Brinkley, fiddlers, Doc's at Garland City, how Paul wimped out - again - and got the small order of catfish, burgers at Oark, how Rex shamed Paul, the store at Oark, Catalpa, their nominees for the quintessential Arkansas food, Imboden, when going out to eat catfish was a special treat, Rex's definition of "cuisine," "light" bread, sausage sandwiches, having game-day meals at Gable's in Arkadelphia, anti-bug strategies in old restaurants, cutting meat, and the miraculous nature and odd shapes of Paul's mother's fried potatoes.

Today, New Castle is a small town of 2.4 square miles at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire bordering the neighboring state of Maine. Today, only 968 people call the town home. Originally settled in 1623, this hamlet was originally populated by a small number of people, primarily fishermen and tradesmen. The island also included farmers from its beginnings and a certain tavern to welcome visitors and shield them from the cold and rain of a coastal New England climate. Though the town is called New Castle, the island itself is known as Great Island and it is the location of one the strangest set of poltergeist-like activity known in early New England. For a period, the small island's fame grew not only in the early colonies but back in England and Europe. It seems Great Island may have been the home of not one, but many devils. New Hampshire became an independent colony, separating from Massachusetts in 1680. To give you sense of the timeline, the following year, William Penn would be granted a charter from King Charles II, which would make him the proprietor of Pennsylvania. The following year, invisible spirits began pouring a rain of stones outside and inside the Tavern Inn on Great Island, New Hampshire and the echoes of those falling stones would reach down through the years to a little town known as Salem, Massachusetts. New England was still largely wild and wooded, with the Devil in the form of "Old Scratch" lurking in the forests just outside the village common. Ministers in their pulpits exclaimed the tortures of sinners in the hands of an angry God. Magic was as accepted as science is today and to a large degree, people lived in fear of what they did not understand, which was a considerable amount. This was a land of settlers who had no rescue from the nature that railed against them with storm, cold, drought or snow. An entire ocean separated these people from the aid of their families and friends in England. George and Alice Walton owned the tavern on Great Island. One night in early June in the year 1682, the couple first witnessed what would later become a plague of stones being thrown at and somehow within their tavern. As the calmness of a spring evening was shattered by not one, but a rain of stones thrown at the house from outside, the guests and family within were held hostage. We know of the events of this night because one of the people staying there, Richard Chamberlain, later wrote of it in his account titled "Lithobolia: or, the Stone-Throwing Devil." published in 1698. He writes that on that night "about Ten a Clock, many Stones were heard by my self, and the rest of the Family, to be thrown, and (with Noise) hit against the top and all sides of the House." Calling them "lapidary salutations," he claimed that this rain of stones continued to assail the inhabitants of the building for four more hours. Looking out of the windows into the moonlit night, no one could see what group of people must be responsible for such a barrage of stones being thrown. Granted, the grasses and wild growth would be fresh and wick in early June, perhaps high enough to hide a garrison of stone-throwers, but a full moon should have helped to illuminate the scene enough to see someone close enough to be responsible for the stone rain. One can imagine that the Waltons might have angered or upset someone on the island enough to engender their anger and response in the form of rocks being thrown. Almost any able bodied person could hide in a concealed space and throw stones all night if they wanted in an attempt to frighten or at least to pester the Waltons and their guests. What is stranger still is that some of the stones actually appeared to be thrown inside the house and how this would have been possible remains a mystery. After looking outside to see if their was anyone, Chamberlain closed the door and then barely escaped grievous bodily harm when a "great Hammer brushing along the top or roof of the Room from the other end, as I was walking in it, and lighting down by me." He also mentions stones fell from the ceiling to the floor in full view of the people in the room and the pewter on the sideboards were hit with stones causing them to tumble to the floor. Stones also fell from the chimney. When he could stay awake no longer, he claims he went to bed and fell asleep, only to be awakened "with the unwelcome disturbance of another Battery of a different sort, it issuing with so prodigious a Noise against the thin Board-wall of my Chamber (which was within another) that I could not imagine it less than the fracture and downfall of great part of the Chamber." Running from his room and encountering Walton in the downstairs, Chamberlain was shown an eight and a half pound stone that had been responsible for the great commotion, smashing against his door. Strangely enough, not a single pane of glass was broken that night. Whoever had been throwing the stones must have very good aim indeed. More strangeness ensued the next morning. The chimney spit that had disappeared earlier in the day fell from the chimney wedged as though it had been dropped from a great height. Night had passed, but the stone throwing continued throughout the day. The family and guest, even workmen in the fields witnessed the event but no stone throwers could be seen. What was seen was a black cat walking through the grass, a cat that did not belong to them. The rocks did not stop flying all summer and they were not only aimed at the tavern. It seemed that George Walton was the main target, after all. When traveling to another property he owned farther up the river, he was the target of stones. His workers gathering hay in the field also were hit. Sounds of snorting and high-pitched whistling were barely audible but definitely there, in the air. George Walton was hit by rocks over forty times, but it did not stop him from attending to his business. The technical term for stones being thrown by invisible hands is 'lithobolia.' Acknowledged by the New Englanders of the time as supernatural in origin, they decided that the only was to beat the Devil tormenting them was to turn to tried and true methods, passed down by generations of wise men and women. First, they boiled a pot of bent pins in urine. This was then put in bottles and buried under the hearth, a bane to witches, personal human servants of Beelzebub. Though this might have worked, the Waltons would never know. Before they could bury the concoction, a stone from the chimney fell and smashed the bottle. Today we might try to explain away this tale as an exaggerated instance of vandals bothering neighbors and that the witnesses were taking great license with the actual events, over blowing them for the sake of a good read. After all, Chamberlain's account of the entire affair was written sixteen years after the supposed events. If accounts from the time are to believed, the Walton family was the target of a true paranormal, supernatural onslaught, the kind of attack we seldom hear of or read about in the modern world. Lithobolia is a term that is nearly out of circulation; it simply doesn't seem to happen in the modern world. Witchcraft was a real concern in the 1680s. Though people believed in the veracity of witchcraft, no major persecutions had taken place. People walked guardedly and said their prayers and made sure to procure certain remedies against the servants of Satan, but people were also loath to point the accusatory finger or hang a neighbor woman on the mere suspicion of her association with evil. No, that hadn't yet taken root in the fertile soil of early New England society. That had to start somewhere. The lithobolia event of 1682 would set into motion a series of events that would lead to the Salem Witch trials and the wave of witch hysteria that would blanket much of superstitious New England. George Walton decided that witchcraft needed a witch and that person must be none other than his neighbor of thirty years, Hannah Jones. A long standing feud over property may have been the seed that urged this evil weed to grow. How an elderly woman could have either thrown the stones herself of obtained a cadre of strong-armed stone throwers to work her evil against the Waltons is illogical. Today we would dismiss Walton's claims as spurious, but other people witnessed the lithobolia. If she didn't throw the stones, who did? Things are seldom what they seem. Ghosts or demons might indeed be the stone-throwers and their ability to appear and disappear at will would account for the stones thrown inside the house. If we recall that the good people of Great Island, New Hampshire in 1682 believed that the Devil prowled in the dark depths of the woods outside their doors, it all begins to take on a weight and gravitas that modern people would simply laugh off. It was real to them. They believed. What the reader needs to understand is that the Walton family did not usually get along. Those in the employ of the Waltons were not inclined to hold any great love of the owner of the tavern. The Anchor, their tavern, had been cited as a place of drink, fornication, and illicit affairs for years. A favorite haunt of the sailors fresh into neighboring Portsmouth, George Walton kept a household very different from the usual Puritanical homestead. In 1664 George Walton and his wife Alice were convicted' of being Quakers, at the time a radical Protestant sect and considered dangerous and untrustworthy by mainline Protestants. This had all happened because their daughter, Abishag, had been taken to court for the crime of not showing up for services for many months prior. A Quaker and a man of the world, he would accept those from the fringe more readily into his company than most. Perhaps Walton's reputation bought him more than a few enemies. Quakers were social reformers and were open-minded in a close-minded world. Many people found themselves at odds with the innkeeper and his wife. During the time of King Philips's War (also called the First Indian War June 1675-August 1676) almost all the towns of Maine and New Hampshire were attacked by the Abnaki and most people took arms against them. The Waltons did just the opposite - they joined raiding bands of Abnaki and raided in Maine for plunder. They were tired later, but the crime, it was said, took place in Maine and not New Hampshire and so was not in the court's jurisdiction. Certainly the knowledge of their escapade into Maine was well-known to the folks in the area, marking the family as one to watch and not one to trust. Enough enemies and rocks might be the least of things thrown. Great Island had only 512 acres of land. Only a portion of that was tillable, arable soil. The best crop on much of the island was rocks. In 1680, George owned about one fifth of all of the farmland on the island. Land disputes took up a great deal of the time of the courts of the day and were the main item of dispute in many records of town meetings. Boundaries were a stone here, a tree there, and perhaps a river. These were imprecise and loose boundaries, at best. Arguments over even tiny section of land were not uncommon and would lead toward some dark days when accusations were as blurry and as vague as the boundary markers on the land. Richard Chamberlain, our author in residence who had witnessed the lithobolia attack, claimed that the entire affair came about because of some such dispute between Walton and a neighbor named Hannah Jones. His prominence and already large share of the land on the island possibly helped him in winning his claim and taking the small piece of property that she so vigorously claimed was hers. We will never know. Stones began to fly and continued to fly. Walton blamed witchcraft and pointed to his angry neighbor Hannah as the witch. A long dispute over land had already lingered in Hannah Jone's life. Her husband now dead and a fifteen year long battle with the courts over another land dispute left her older and poorer than she would have liked. When Hannah finally was awarded a positive outcome by the courts in her battle for her own inheritance, she was now had money and perhaps the tenacity to battle her old neighbor, George Walton. It was probably a bad idea to bother the old Quaker, after all. In June of 1682, George Walton specifically laid out his charges against his old neighbor, Goodwife Jones. A bond was issued against her to maintain the peace, which meant, presumably, to stop the demons from throwing their stones. On the fourth of July, 1682, Goodwife Jones filed her own charges against Walton, claiming his horse kept breaking into her pasture but she could not do anything about it because of the peace bond paid upon her. Despite the acrimony and charges, Walton and witnesses claimed that the stones kept flying. Finally, George Walton took the next step in his anger toward the old woman and his grasping clutching for land: he confided to a neighbor that he 'believed in his heart and conscience that Grandma Jones was a witch.' What had been a fairly common case of neighbors fighting over a parcel of land had quickly devolved into a case of witchcraft. In years to come, events in Salem, Massachusetts would echo these events. George Walton started his smear campaign against his neighbor, claiming that she and all her women relatives were witches, She countered that the old Quaker was a wizard. The problem with this accusation of Jones was that only a witch would know the identity of a wizard. To the minds of early New Englanders, it was tantamount to a confession. It had long been known that Hannah's own mother, Jane Walford, had lived for decades with the accusation of witchcraft hanging over her head. In the early days, before the events at Salem, it was not easy to convict someone of being a witch in New England. Extreme claims required extreme evidence in the early days and her mother, Jane, was never actually convicted. That did not stop gossip and goodwives spreading rumors. Mothers passed down their witchcraft to their daughters, it was believed, and so Hannah might indeed be as everyone suspected what her mother was - a bona fide witch, part of a coven that did their malicious deeds throughout the Piscatiqua. White magic was practiced by many, including the boiling of pins in urine - but this was a protective kind of conjuring, done by wise folk and did not harm. Helpful magic was accepted. Black magic was not. In any case, it was usually one person's word against another. In the world of early New England, witchcraft accusations were not all that uncommon. By many accounts, nearly 140 people had been accused of the crime of witchcraft between 1638 and 1697 and most of these occurred in one county - Essex County in Massachusetts. What was a witch to an early New Englander? Why would she resort to stone-throwing devils? Wouldn't a simple curse be more advantageous for her? In the mind of the early settlers, she was not as we in the modern world have stereotyped her. She was not always poor, not always ugly, not always strange. She could be married, have property, be respectable in all other ways except for a singular instance when someone claimed foul play on her part. She didn't even need to be female. Twenty percent of all witchcraft accusations were made against men. Still, the settlers had come from Europe, where the witch mania was a long tradition. To George Walton, a witch was a simple explanation for the stones that kept hitting his home and his body no matter where he went. If we only had his word for the stone-throwing, we could very easily dismiss it as a fabrication used to gain advantage over a neighbor in an old land dispute, but we have the testimony of others. To what extent these others would lie to help their friend by perpetrating a false case against Goodwife Jones is unknown, but it does seem unlikely that so many would be involved. Unless Goodwife Jones had a small army to stone throwers who were also adept at disappearing, the case becomes easy to assign to some paranormal source. Perhaps too easy? It is easy to imagine that George Walton's rather puritanical neighbors might have hated him so much that they sent him a message - in the form of stones. Perhaps it was an early American form of trolling, after all? After all, the first Quakers to arrive in Boston were quickly deported and laws were passed against their entrance into the colony, and four Quakers paid with their lives when they tested the weight of those laws. Puritans and Quakers were near opposites and their interactions were rarely civil. But the Quakers were here to stay, often residing in Maine, where they were safer from persecution than they were in New Hampshire. Kittery was a stronghold for early Quakers. But Quakers would become the targets for witchcraft accusations, as well. It seemed that, at the time, anyone who was not in the mainstream was a fair target, including George Walton for his Quaker beliefs or Hannah Jones for her association with her mother's prior witchcraft accusation. In his exhaustively researched book on the topic, The Devil of Great Island, Emerson W. Baker states, "This led some devout Great Islanders to take out their frustration on the Waltons, the family whose presence seemed to mock their desire to maintain a godly community. So the stones flew all summer long. The names of the culprits will probably never be known. The active participants were no doubt joined by others who silently observed the attacks and refused to implicate the guilty." Whoever did throw those stones were cause for copycat attacks later that same year. A case of lithobolia in Connecticut and another in Maine occurred shortly after the attack on Walton's tavern, with the usual demonic source being cited in the service of some witch. The Reverend Joshua Moody of Kittery told Increase Mather, "There are sundry reports among us that seem to bee matters of witchcraft." The attacks in Portsmouth, Berwick Maine and Connecticut gained notoriety and the word of demonic stone-throwing devils spread throughout the villages and hamlets of old New England. The good people of Salem would, no doubt, have heard of the them, too. Though we will remember the Salem Witch mania mainly by a ghostly attack against a group of young girls, lithobolia attacks were mentioned and were a part of the events that caused so much vitriol and violent repercussions. The Brown family of Reading, Massachusetts, in 1692, heard footfalls on their roof and stones began to pelt the roof, as well. Ten years had passed since the first attacks in New Hampshire, but it appeared that the devil was back. In the Brown family case a woman named Sarah Cole was held responsible for the stone-throwing and the illness that affected the family.In Gloucester, noises of stones being thrown were reported by their minister, John Emerson. Though it is a far stretch of the imagination to directly link the events in Salem with those in Portsmouth, it is clear that there are parallels. The idea that stones, thrown by humans but attributed to devils, could provide an opening for accusations of witchcraft, is important when considering how the accusers got the ball rolling. All one needed to do was throw stones, or even claim to have been the victim of such lithobolia and have the tacit consent of silent witnesses and then point the finger, fueling the ire of the superstitious populace. One thing would lead to another and fairly soon, there are witches among the people, ruining their crops, making them sick and throwing a barrage of stones that only a demon could manage. In the end, the land dispute between George Walton and Goodwife Hannah Jones lasted longer than either of them. We do not know when they died - the records have been lost, but we know that George died first. As to the accusations of witchcraft against Goodwife Jones, nothing ever came of it. You can't try a dead woman. However, the spark that lit the fire of one neighbor against another in New England can be traced back to Great Island and the emnity between people of different religions, different world views and different social standing. It is fairly clear that the Devil did show his ugly head on Great Island, but not in the form of a stone-throwing horned imp. Instead, he may have looked a little like George Walton and a little like Hannah Jones and perhaps, a little like all those who so steadfastly believed in him. SOURCES PODCAST: https://mainehumanities.org/blog/podcasts/the-devil-of-great-island/ BOOK: Baker, Emerson W., THE DEVIL OF GREAT ISLAND Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England, 2007, Palgrave Macmillan, New York. Online version of Richard Chamberlain's - Click Here Lithobolia: or, the Stone-Throwing Devil. Being an Exact and True Account (by way of Journal) of the various Actions of Infernal Spirits, or (Devils Incarnate) Witches, or both; and the great Disturbance and Amazement they gave to George Waltons Family, at a place call'd Great Island in the Province of New-Hantshire in New-England, chiefly in Throwing about (by an Invisible hand) Stone, Bricks, and Brick-bats of all Sizes, with several other things, as Hammers, Mauls, Iron-Crows, Spits, and other Domestick Utensils, as came into their Hellish Minds, and this for the space of a Quarter of a Year. Burr, George Lincoln, "Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706", 1914

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