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Reflecting on the past 100 episodes reveals a profound shift in understanding homeschooling and its implications on parenting. The episode delves into concerns over school safety, parental rights, outdoor learning, and the importance of nurturing authentic connections, while also overcoming fears and uncertainties that arise throughout the homeschooling journey. • Recognizing safety concerns in schools and questioning the effectiveness of active shooter drills • Discussing the implications of medical mandates and parental rights regarding children's healthcare • Highlighting the value of outdoor experiences for fostering creativity and engagement in learning • Exploring fears surrounding self-discipline and the need for critical thinking in education • Emphasizing the importance of authentic friendships fostered through shared interests • Acknowledging the perspectives of teachers who have shifted to homeschooling due to educational system shortcomings • Celebrating the evolution of knowledge and experience over the course of 100 episodes If you appreciated this episode, please share it with a friend, or consider leaving a review here!Kypper's Slippers- A Comfy Footwear Brand Driven With A Purpose: to give back to homeschooling families! These slippers are affordable, give back to the homeschooling community, and help our little ones from slipping and sliding on those slick surfaces! They've helped my two year old so much!!Step ONE in Homeschooling: Help a child you know navigate how to handle an emergency! Right from Amazon:Let's Talk, Emergencies! -and don't forget The Activity Book!The Tuttle Twins - use code Cheryl40 for 40% off ages 5-11 book seriesSupport the showInstagram: TheHomeschoolHowToPodcast Facebook: The Homeschool How To Podcast

This episode highlights the innovative approaches to homeschooling offered by Raya Bidshahari at the School of Humanity. Listeners will discover how alternative education focuses on emotional intelligence, real-world challenges, and the importance of individualized learning paths.• The rise of alternative education due to frustrations with traditional methods • Engaging with real-world topics through project-based and interdisciplinary learning • Emphasis on emotional well-being and connection to nature • Accreditation of School of Humanity and its significance • Career readiness and various pathways after high school • Flexibility of online programs and their benefits for family dynamics • The supportive community around alternative education choicesKypper's Slippers- A Comfy Footwear Brand Driven With A Purpose: to give back to homeschooling familiesFlow State Education Free Trial! - Master Basic Facts in 5 Minutes a Day!Your child follows a custom learning path built just for them, focusing on their unique strengths and areas for improvement.Step 1 in Homeschooling: Help a child you know navigate how to handle an emergency! Right from Amazon:Let's Talk, Emergencies! -and don't forget The Activity Book!The Tuttle Twins - use code Cheryl40 for 40% off ages 5-11 book seriesSupport the showSupport the showInstagram: TheHomeschoolHowToPodcast Facebook: The Homeschool How To Podcast

Mary, a former ENL teacher with profound stories and insights, joins us on a captivating exploration into the world of homeschooling and alternative lifestyles. With a background rich in experiences with refugee students, particularly from the Karen ethnic group of Burma, Mary's perspective is both unique and enlightening. Her journey into homeschooling was significantly influenced by the stark contrasts she observed between the freedom-filled lives of the Karen community in Thai refugee camps and the rigid structure of American schools. Inspired by these observations and Sebastian Junger's book "Tribe," Mary embarked on a mission to create a more fulfilling educational path for her family, sparking a wider conversation on the systemic issues in traditional education and the potential of homeschooling as a solution.Navigating the homeschool journey isn't without its hurdles, especially when custody agreements and modern family dynamics come into play. During our discussion, we address the challenges that arise when parents consider homeschooling amidst a separation. Mary shares her personal journey and the support she received, highlighting the broader dissatisfaction with societal norms and the search for alternatives to conventional schooling.In the quest for authentic living, many families are choosing to step away from societal expectations. We dive into bold lifestyle choices, such as off-grid living and unschooling, and the creation of supportive communities or "tribes" that prioritize family values over societal demands. The conversation extends to the influence of modern family dynamics, the impact of technology on familial bonds, and the liberating process of breaking free from traditional norms. Through engaging stories and personal reflections, this episode offers inspiration and insights for anyone considering a more self-directed, family-centered life.Kypper's Slippers- A Comfy Footwear Brand Driven With A Purpose: to give back to homeschooling familiesFlow State Education Free Trial! - Master Basic Facts in 5 Minutes a Day!Your child follows a custom learning path built just for them, focusing on their unique strengths and areas for improvement.Need the perfect Christmas gift in time for Christmas?!?! Help a child you know navigate how to handle an emergency! Right from Amazon:Let's Talk, Emergencies! -and don't forget The Activity Book!The Tuttle Twins - use code Cheryl40 for 40% off ages 5-11 book seriesSupport the showInstagram: TheHomeschoolHowToPodcast Facebook: The Homeschool How To Podcast

Today's Bucket Emptying podcast episode delves into the powerful practice of gratitude. Research shows that our brain cannot differentiate between reality and imagination, so by focusing on what we're grateful for, we immerse ourselves in positivity and joy. This mindset not only brings small wins and happiness but also sets the right tone before bedtime.Similar to how we must secure our oxygen masks first on a plane, prioritising our own gratitude practice is crucial before guiding our children to do the same. What are you grateful for today? Purchase your own Shine PlannerPurchase your own gratitude notebook from Amazon

Send us a Text Message.Just in time for Easter, we have Landa and Tom on today's show. They are the creative minds behind Gamma Burst Books, bringing delightful stories to children that spark imagination and joy in little hearts. In this conversation, we delve into their recent releases, "The Adventures of Granola Squatch and the Mysterious Egg" and "Franklin the Firefly: The Glow Within," exploring the inspiration behind their nature-themed tales and their collaborative process as a husband-wife team.https://gammaburstbooks.comhttps://gammaburstbooks.com/products/copy-of-squatch-and-book-setThe Adventures of Granola Squatch and the Mysterious Egg on Amazon Franklin the Firefly: The Glow Within on Amazon    Let's hear your story! Click here to submit your tale. Connect with me on social media! InstagramFacebookYouTubeLinkedInTikTokXPinterestFor more inspiration, check out www.WildDevelopmentsStudio.com.Intro & Outro: Bernie BaggsSupport the Show.

In this riveting episode, we delve into the intricate world of Alexa's AI Beta. Buckle up as we revisit key discussions from previous episodes (286 and 262) and uncover the truth: blocking this elusive Beta is akin to chasing shadows. Blueprints, tools, and even routines stumble in their attempts to shield us from the AI Beta. Why the fuss? Because Alexa's Beta isn't your run-of-the-mill digital assistant. It's a Pandora's box that can conjure anything—from innocent queries to downright eyebrow-raising content. Imagine your curious kiddo innocently asking about dinosaurs, only to be presented with fake information or worse presented with inappropriate content, for his age. But fear not! We've got a glimmer of hope: Amazon Kids, the trusty sidekick. It wields the power to thwart Alexa's Beta, but—brace yourselves—there's a catch. The Parental Dashboard, designed with all the grace of a hippo on on roller skates, leaves much to be desired. And don't get us started on Amazon Music's Explicit Filter—it's like a sieve trying to catch Niagara Falls. Our host and fellow listeners are passionate about their Alexa devices. We're not here to bash them; we're here because we care. So join us as we navigate the murky waters of AI, parental controls, and the delicate dance between convenience and caution. HOW TO PROVIDE FEATURE FEEDBACK TO AMAZON 1. Open Alexa App 2. Go to "More" Button in bottom right. 3. Tap on "Help & Feedback", then feedback. ALTERNATIVELY 1. Say to your Echo, "Alexa, feedback". AMAZON MUSIC FEATURE REQUESTS https://bit.ly/AmazonMusicFail

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For a few years now we've had a strategy we've loved sharing with our ProvenAmazonCourse.com and coaching students that interestingly seems to be more easily grasped by our students who have LESS Amazon selling experience.   Experienced sellers seem to struggle with this "above the buy box" concept because it's so simple that it goes over their heads quite often as they attempt to over complicate it!   A bit of background: Did you know that every day on Amazon millions of shoppers are NOT looking for the lowest price on any given product, but they are looking for the FASTEST DELIVERY! Once you understand that Amazon has nearly 200 warehouses around the U.S. it starts to make sense that there's no way these various warehouses can meet the speed demands of the millions of shoppers without help.   Understanding these factors means there's a simple, massive opportunity right under your nose that you're almost certainly ignoring unless you've heard our "above the buy box" strategy explained. Today's episode breaks it down for you!   At the end of this episode you'll hear from someone who has been in ecommerce 26 years who has an incredible business model that I'm eager to share with you - you can also come meet our guest "Brandon" in Orlando at the upcoming TheProvenConference.com event in May! Stay tuned until the end of the show for our short discussion.   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/6vYmQq0tCkY   Show note LINKS:   SilentJim.com/bb70 - go see 100 examples of ASINs selling above buy box in Jim's account   SilentJim.com/affiliate -  get paid to tell others about our free podcast, free facebook group and our ProvenAmazonCourse.com training!   SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim's latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Call 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) or grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!      

What should or could you do, when one of your employees is not actually the problem at work, but rather a fellow leader or even your line manager or 2-up? In this episode, I'll discuss with you my first-hand experience of dealing with a situation like this and suggest some ways that you can go about solving this problem.  Being in a leadership role can be tough. We have multiple different challenges every single day and problems that we have to solve. We're also pushed out of our comfort zone often! One of those uncomfortable situations, could be having a crucial or tough conversation with someone.  We often avoid having tough conversations because we don't know how the other person is going to react.  But their reaction is on them... it's not your responsibility. What you can control and what is your responsibility is your actions, your words and controlling your emotions. 1. Make an appointment to speak with this person 2. Prepare well, write down some key words or phrases that you can take with you (in case you freeze up) 3. Approach the person calmly, instead of going in guns blazing ready to defend and attack. 4. Address the issue as a collective issue, saying that you are concerned for the gossip culture and that other employees are worried as well. Ask them if they would be able to commit to creating a gossip-free culture and share with them the RESPECT Framework (Listen to episode 46 for more information) to get rid of gossip.  5. If they get defensive, state the facts. stick to the facts and do not take it personal. It's personal to them, not to you. 6. Follow up after the meeting 7. Get other leaders, line managers involved and committed to a gossip-free environment. Mentioned in the Episode John Maxwell - 360° Leadership (from Amazon) Let's Connect On LinkedIn Join the Private Facebook group community Receive the weekly newsletter Free Downloads RESPECT Framework - a 7 step framework for eradicating workplace gossip Workplace Gossip Risk Assessment Workplace Culture Survey - For your team The Tuckman Model - 5 stages every team will navigate, over and over again  

The cards that provide comfort and support to you and your friends while grieving. You can order Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief by clicking here at Amazon:Let's Connect:You can join the Grief and Happiness Alliance which meets weekly on Sundays by clicking hereYou can order the International Best Selling The Grief and Happiness Guide by clicking here.You can order Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief by clicking here at Amazon:You can listen to my podcast, Grief and Happiness, by clicking hereRequest your Awaken Your Happiness Journaling Guide hereSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary reveals. The company also makes it alarmingly easy to sell dangerous items to children. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

It can be argued that eating disorders, while complex, are a product of childhood trauma and other by-products of growing up. This was certainly the case for former Dietitian Nicole Kerr.What about a near-death experience?In her late teens, Nicole had a near-fatal car accident that scarred her physically and emotionally. In fact, Nicole was declared dead in the ER before being revived. This life-changing experience through Nicole's whole being into turmoil and from there she developed a 20-year battle with Bulimia.Nicole's food story is a deep and heartfelt look at the relationship between upbringing, trauma, and how we view ourselves under the microscope of the all-powerful influence of social media. Through her near-death experience and a subsequent eating disorder, Nicole learned:How being a people pleaser and not letting failure be an option ultimately worked against her;How unresolved trauma that was not addressed manifested into an eating disorder for her;What Nicole learned from her NDT (near-death experience) how to live rather than fear dying;The unrelenting pressure of thinness and unrealistic body image can strike at any age (midlife included!);That healing yourself is not linear, there is no end point (and that is good news).How To Find NicoleNicole's website is HERENicole's book, You Are Deathless: A Near-Death Experience Taught Me How to Fully Live and Not Fear Death can be found on Amazon Let's Be FriendsHang out with Heather on IG @greenpalettekitchen or on FB HERE.Let's Talk!Whether you are looking for 1-1 nutrition coaching or kitchen coaching let's have a chat. Click HERE to reach out to Heather.Did You Love This Episode? "I love Heather and the Real Food Stories Podcast!" If this is you, please do not hesitate to leave a five-star review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Joss has done some searching on Amazon for some of the weirder purchases and she's made a game! It's Amazon Prime Price is Right! Listen and play along with Rob, Producer Sparkles and KyXy listener Sarah from Oceanside. Just keep in mind, Joss is NOT very talented at making games! So, this could go one way or another!

Welcome to another question and answer episode, where i answer your questions that you submit to me over Instagram!  I talk in-depth about my morning routine, the tech and supplements I'm using, my thoughts (and likely unpopular opinion) on the collaboration between Oura ring and Natural Cycles, when to time your meals, if you should weigh your food or not, and a lot more.  Message me on Instagram @biohackingbrittany if you have more questions!     I talk about:  01:30 - The 7 for 70 challenge and my experience doing it this winter 08:20 - What's in my morning routine 11:30 - Tongue scraping 17:00 - Stretching in the morning 17:30 - Baking soda and grey sea salt in my water 19:00 - Getting as much water as possible 21:30 - Handling my phone notifications 26:00 - The podcasts I listen to 28:00 - My coffee machine 33:00 - Exercising in the morning 36:00 - Making room for positivity in the morning 38:00 - Weighing your food 40:30 - Eating fruit in the evening 47:00 - Timing for my breakfast and dinner 50:00 - Oura ring and Natural Cycles collaboration Resources: Red light therapy face mask from HigherDose My espresso maker on Amazon     Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth, and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get Magnesium Breakthrough from Bioptimizers and use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off Visit spermidineLIFE and enter code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY to get a discount on all of their products.

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Are you a homeschool mama who worries about what other people think about your homeschool including the in-laws? Is it that everyone has an opinion about how you should do your homeschool? What about socializing your children? Do you take your children to the grocery store and the clerk asks, “No school today?” What do you say? Do you need to work to help provide for your family? How do you homeschool and work? Are you doing too much? Today's special guest, Rowan Atkinson, author of ENOUGH ALREADY! Real Help for Home School Burnout, Freak Out, and Zone Out shares golden advice about all of this. There is so much goodness in this conversation. Listen to this Renewed Mama Podcast episode now. Please note that this is Part 2 of our conversation. Part 1 can be watched at: Preventing Homeschool Burnout with Special Guest Rowan Atkinson – Renewed Mama Podcast Episode 40 https://speaklifebadges.com/preventing-homeschool-burnout-with-rowan-atkinson/ Resources Rowan referenced in the episode: Rowan Atkinson Her book: ENOUGH ALREADY! Real Help for Home School Burnout, Freak Out, and Zone Out https://www.amazon.ca/Enough-Already-Homeschool-Burnout-Freak/dp/1999013735 Headphone History: An Audio History of Canada https://www.headphonehistory.com/ Her Podcast Canada Homeschools: https://www.canadahomeschools.com/ Her Children's book Inside Outside Box Available on Amazon

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This week I'm bringing you a true adventure story and a very unique one at that! ⛵️ You will hear what it's like to go way off the beaten path to the river systems of South America on a small and ultralight sailboat. My guest is Stephen Ladd, the author of a new book, the 5 year voyage - exploring Latin American coasts and rivers.Stephen and his wife started their voyage in Florida, sailed down the coastal areas of Central America, and then went through the middle of South America all the way down to Buenos Aires, before they turned around for their return journey. It was quite the trip and in this interview, Stephen tells what it was like doing such an epic adventure. Get Stephen's book ⬇️

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We're back with another Tuesday episode, where it's just the two of us, deep-diving into a few topics that we have found interesting lately, talking about what's going on in our business, and sharing stuff that we have tried out, love, and want to share with you! Today, we are chatting about a book that we both read and really enjoyed - The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. We definitely had some a-ha moments after going through the book, which entails discussions surrounding the plight of Americans' inability to set money aside for emergencies, why looking into historical data is not always the best option for determining the future, and why we think it's important to avoid the dreaded lifestyle creep in order to set yourself up for wealth. We also talk about Matt's Amazon wish list (wait until you hear what he got for Christmas!), our takes on investing (this is definitely NOT financial advice), and our thoughts about cool cars, crypto, and being on top of buying the latest gadgets. If you enjoyed this show and want to learn more about how to make your dollar go further while getting into the correct money mindset, be sure to check out our shows with James Altucher and Wealth Without Wallstreet's Russ Morgan and Joey Mure.  “Everyone has the ability to save, if you have the right psychology around how money works and the use of it as a vehicle to get what you want out of life.” - Joe Fier “Most people study history and look at it as an indicator of what to expect for the future, but we are literally in unchartered territory every day.” - Matt Wolfe Some Topics We Discussed Include: How most Americans can't even come up with $400 for unexpected emergencies What's the real reason you are driving that super cool sports car? Figuring out how to stop moving the goalpost  How to approach money as a tool to get you that happiness you really want The difference between being rich and having wealth Do you suffer from “lifestyle creep”? Our next sponsor is….Ferrari?? Why tying to predict trends based on historical evidence is not a good idea Taking the pressure off a lot of common, desired things when it comes to money Stressed about money? Good news - you are not crazy because we're all in this together! How to save a ton of money shopping on Amazon Let us know what you think about our new show format!  Our Resources: PodHacker References and Links Mentioned: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel  Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki We love answering your questions on our Tuesday episodes, so if you have one,  submit it here: HustleAndFlowchart.com/ask Are you ready to be EPIC with us?! Then grab our EGP Letter here! Did you know we have an awesome YouTube Channel?  Join the Facebook Community - be sure to hop in our Facebook group to chat with us, our other amazing guests that we've had on the show, and fellow entrepreneurs! This episode is sponsored by Easy Webinar and Ahrefs - be sure to check out these special deals for our listeners. The Formula For Financial Freedom - Russ Morgan & Joey Mure Reverse Engineering How Much Income You Actually Need - James Altucher

In the final episode of our season on Amazon, NYU professor and “Pivot” podcast co-host Scott Galloway tells Jason Del Rey that Amazon needs to be broken up - and which parts of the company should be spun off first. They discuss Amazon's ultimate impact on us as consumers, who are the companies left that can really compete with Amazon, and question the idea that we live in an era of innovation.

Drew Perkins talks with Chad Dumas about his new book Let's Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: nextlearningsolutions.com Amazon: Let's Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders @ChadDumas The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 34 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities With Dr. Richard DuFour (Part 1 Of 2) Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Sony and Microsoft battle it out in regards to pricing, exclusives, and what exactly you'll be playing on their systems while a new challenger enters the ring... Amazon? Let's go!

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Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:01] This is Method to the Madness, a bi-weekly public affairs show on K-A-L-X Berkeley celebrating Bay Area Innovators. I'm your host, Lisa Kiefer. And today, our first show of 2020 will feature Layla Salazar-Lopez, the executive director of Amazon Watch. Most people know what Amazon Watch is, but for some people who may not know, can you review the mission?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:00:31] Sure. Thanks for having me. Amazon Watch is a Bay Area based nonprofit organization. We were founded in 1996. Our mission is to protect the Amazon rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon basin. The Amazon rainforest is the biggest tropical rainforest on the planet. Most people know and think of the Amazon as the lungs of the earth. All those trees, all of that life, absorbing carbon and producing rain for not just the Amazon, but for the world. This massive rainforest, an ecosystem, actually helps to create the weather systems throughout South America and also around the world. So it is a vital organ of the earth's ecosystem. And so we're working to protect the rainforest to avert climate chaos. And our theory of change is that the best way to do that is by working with, standing with, supporting the rights and the voices in the territories of indigenous peoples.Lisa Kiefer: [00:01:44] And is that because they live there, they are on the front lines of i?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:01:48] Of course! indigenous peoples have been living in the Amazon rainforest for thousands of years, over 400 distinct nationalities, groups and even uncontacted peoples. Indigenous peoples in the Amazon and throughout the world are the best protectors of the natural places that we still have left on this planet. Eighty percent of the biodiversity around the world is on indigenous people's lands. So if we are concerned about climate change or chaos, I would say, or if we concern about the extinction crisis that we're facing, one of the best ways that we can do all we can to protect what we have left, is to support indigenous people's territories being protected. Those are the places that have the biodiversity and have the trees that create the much needed rain.Lisa Kiefer: [00:02:43] Well, you just got back from the Madrid climate summit, the 25th summit, and it was supposed to be in Brazil. And Bolonaro nixed that. And there have been many challenges, but it did come off. I wondered if you could give us sort of a a summary of what what you talked about.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:03:00] You know, as you mentioned, COP 25, which is a conference of parties on climate change, world leaders, government leaders, elected leaders, negotiators that represent governments. Nearly 200 governments around the world attend the cops, plus civil society, NGOs, affected communities and also corporations. Unfortunately, the COP for decades has been primarily dominated by governments and corporations. That's why we've had 25 years of inactivity, really, of doing the minimum. And yes, we could praise the Paris Climate Agreement. Amazon Watch was there with indigenous peoples from around the world, from the Amazon to Alaska, to ensure that the voices of of the community that are most affected are heard. Our focus at COP 25 was to amplify the voices of indigenous peoples. There are very few spaces for indigenous peoples, people who are protecting biodiversity on our planet, for them to speak, for them to share their concerns and share their solutions. And so our mission is to ensure that they have a space not only to have space, but they are promoting their solutions and their solutions are heard. And one of those solutions is the Sacred Headwaters Initiative. So we released a report, at COP, a threat assessment on the sacred headwaters. And we spoke to global media and got a lot of attention on this region. It's in Ecuador and Peru, which is the most biodiverse part of the Amazon. It's Yasuni National Park. The scientists, the conservationists who are on the ground in the Yasuni, the indigenous peoples who live there, say that this is the most biodiverse part of the Amazon. It's under threat by massive oil development. This region, the tropical Andes region of the Amazon, is mega-biodiverse. We need our governments and true leaders to really take the action that's needed, right now, which is to make commitments to really take us off fossil fuels.Lisa Kiefer: [00:05:05] So what does the COP 25 conference hold people to?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:05:08] All of the governments, 196 countries have made commitments to reduce emissions. I mean, that's really the language spoken at COP, to reduce emissions, to deal with mitigation, adaptation. Governments have made commitments to reduce emissions. The big elephant in the room is what about stopping extraction? What about a phase out, a full phase out of fossil fuel extraction and a complete commitment to a transition to renewable energies, to renewable energy economies, green jobs? Like what we're talking about in the Green New Deal. The Green New Deal is a recipe for what, not just the United States, but world governments can be doing around the world to do what's really, really needed. Because if we only focus on reducing emissions, we are not going to get below 1.5 degrees. 1.5 degrees is really what we need to aim for. We've already surpassed 350 parts per million. We're on a track to go way beyond 2 degrees and way beyond 2 degrees is is what we're seeing. We're seeing the signs of it now. We're seeing Australia. We're seeing California. I mean, right here in our own backyard for three years, for three summers and falls, we have felt the effects of climate change and climate chaos. We have had massive wildfires, massive forest fires. And not just in the forest. Right? They've all also affected communities, you know, from Santa Rosa to Paradise. We're not just seeing fires, you know, in forests in California. We're seeing fires in the Arctic. We're seeing fires in the Amazon. We're seeing fires in Australia right now. It's not 10 years away. It's not 20 years away. It's now.Lisa Kiefer: [00:06:59] I'm curious if Black Rock was at the COP 25 conference. Do they show up?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:07:05] Representatives of Black Rock. Representatives of Exxon. Representatives of agribusiness or the fossil fuel and agribusiness industries? The financiers. I mean, they're definitely there.Lisa Kiefer: [00:07:17] And do you feel that you had success this time or is it just sort of a stalemate?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:07:21] I think COP 25 was a major failure for the state of the planet right now. Major failure for global governments, considering the urgency of what we're facing.Lisa Kiefer: [00:07:32] We have so many distractions right now, the assassination of Soleimani, the impeachment proceedings, those are attention grabbers. With those challenges of distraction, what is your strategy at Amazon Watch for 2020 to keep you in the news cycle?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:07:48] At the end of August 2019, the world woke up to what was really happening in the Amazon. It's what we've been seeing for decades, which is, the Amazon is under major, major threat by governments, including, you know, the Bolsonaro government in Brazil, by corporations, primarily agri-business in Brazil, and the fossil fuel and mining industries in the western Amazon and also by the banks that invest in these destructive projects and destructive practices. You know, warning after warning, report after report, protest after protest, we were doing everything that we could to sound the alarm. And it wasn't until the news story broke that the Amazon is on fire. And the visuals people saw the rainforest on fire, that people started to say, what is happening? You know, not only the Amazon is on fire, we should stop the fires, but why? Why is Amazon on fire? The Amazon is not on fire because it was an accidental wildfire. The Amazon was set on fire. The Amazon was set on fire by intentional government policies to set the fires, to clear land, to make way for agri-business. And that's why over 3 million hectares of forest burned in Brazil and over five million burned in Bolivia. And while people will say there's always fires, yeah, there's always a dry season and a wet season in the Amazon. But the fires are not like this. And the reason they're not like this is because, one, there is a drought-- for many years. And two, there was an intentional, deliberate, malicious intent behind this.Lisa Kiefer: [00:09:31] If you're just tuning in, you're listening to Method to the Madness, a bi-weekly public affairs show on K-A-L-X Berkeley celebrating Bay Area innovators. Today, I'm speaking with Leila Salazar Lopez, the executive director of Amazon Watch, an organization that protects and defends the bio cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:10:00] There's always been fires in in Australia during the dry season and they're wildfires. They're not intentionally set. But why have millions of hectares of Australia burned and are burning at the same time? Because there has been a massive drought caused by climate change. Basically what I'm saying is making the connection between the Amazon and Australia's drought caused by climate change and there's governments behind policies that are ignoring the reality of what's happening.Lisa Kiefer: [00:10:28] Bolsonaro's argument is to the world that 'this is my country. Don't tell me how to run my country.'Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:10:35] Well, he prides himself on calling himself the Trump of the tropics. Bolsonaro is a far right president who was elected last year in Brazil. You know, we're talking about a fascist, a leader, and, you know, I hesitate to say that because I think, you know, a leader should be thinking about all of their people they're representing. People like Bolsonaro were elected on a platform of stability and security. The prior government was deemed corrupt, inefficient. And so what the government ran on was, you know, we need security. We need jobs and we need to better our economy. And under the Lula administration, under the prior socialist, the Worker's Party platform, the government of Brazil was on top. The National Development Bank had money and they were, you know, constructing and building and had plans to have zero poverty, zero hunger, zero deforestation. They had a soy moratorium. They had lots of policies in place. But they also, because there were the Workers Party, they also were promoting jobs that were mostly engineering construction jobs like huge industrial construction, including the Belo Monte Dam, which is the third largest mega dam in the world. And it was built in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. So, you know, while we had many, many concerns, environmental and human rights concerns, with the prior government. They are nothing in comparison to what's happening with this government. The Bolonaro government is in an all out attack on civil society, is an all out attack on indigenous people, on human rights, on women, on Afro-Brazilians across the country, the environment. And we've seen it since day one in office. A year ago when Bolsonaro was elected, he immediately merged ministries, the agriculture, the environment ministry. He defunded the FUNAI, which is like the Bureau of Indian Affairs, de-funded IBAMA, which is the Environmental Agency, like the Environmental Protection Agency. How is IBAMA and FUNAI going to do their work in protecting the rainforest and defending indigenous people's rights if they don't have any funding? And it was intentional, if you defund them yet there's no forest guards, there's no there's no monitoring. I mean, Brazil is the most dangerous place to be an indigenous or human rights activist. And that was even before Bolsanaro. But now it's even worse. On a weekly basis, we're getting reports of indigenous people primarily being assassinated, not only threatened, but assassinated on their lands for protecting their lands, for protecting forests from cattle ranchers, from people paid by agri-business, people paid by corporations, to take their land and land grabbers.Lisa Kiefer: [00:13:29] So what do you, as an organisation, what are you going to do about this?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:13:32] So Amazon Watch has been working since 1996, protecting the rainforest, defending human rights, indigenous rights. And our mission isn't going to change. Our strategies are really to hone in on the major threats and who's causing those threats. So, for example, we are naming and shaming the governments, companies and banks that are responsible. We actually released a report last April with ipb, which is the articulation of indigenous peoples of Brazil, because remember, Brazil has the world's largest rainforest, tropical rainforests, the world's largest tropical savanna and the world's largest wetlands, the Amazon, the Sahado and the Pantanal. It is a massive, interconnected ecosystem protected by indigenous peoples and very threatened by industry and government. And so we are organizing campaigns, organizing actions, coordinating with our NGO allies, with indigenous allies, with human rights organizations around the world to act for the Amazon. And immediately after the news of the fires broke at the end of September, we called upon allies around the world and said, let's all work together. Let's all work together. This is the time to work together.Lisa Kiefer: [00:14:48] And who are those allies?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:14:50] Extinction rebellion, Greenpeace, Avaaz, Rainforest Action Network, and here locally in the Bay Area, Brazil Solidarity Network. Every month, there's an action at the Brazilian consulate since Bolsonaro was elected, there's been actions to respond to the attacks on the rainforest, attacks on indigenous people, attacks on Afro-Brazilians. Attacks on women. And so if we continue to coordinate actions at the Brazilian consulate, the government, we continue to organize actions at BlackRock, which we have done many times over the last year. And we also engage with the governments and these corporations when possible. We're writing them letters. We're going to their headquarters. During the U.N. Climate Week in September with a delegation of, you know, over 50 people, we went into BlackRock's corporate headquarters in New York and delivered over 500000 thousand letters from around the world to say BlackRock stop investing in the destruction of the Amazon, the destruction of our climate. BlackRock is an asset manager that is the biggest investor in climate destruction around the world. They invest in oil and gas. They invest in mining. They invest in agro business. And so there's a network called "BlackRock's big problem" that we're a part of, that is organizing, you know, writing reports and writing letters to BlackRock and engaging with BlackRock, going to their shareholder meetings. Before two years ago, no one had ever been to a BlackRock Shareholder meeting. It was just 30 people sitting around a table in suits. And over the last two years, they've had to face criticism. They've had to face indigenous peoples in their boardrooms. They've had to face, you know, NGOs and questioning.Lisa Kiefer: [00:16:36] Has this resulted in any changes?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:16:38] Not yet, to be totally honest. You know, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock every January, puts out a letter to clients saying how they're committed to the environment, how they're committed to equality. You know, we're going to continue to call him out on that and hold him to those words, because if you're saying you're committed to the environment and climate change, we don't want minimum action, as Greta Thunberg so eloquently says. You know, we have to act as if our house is on fire because it is. We are responding to the needs and requests of our partners, primarily in the Amazon.Lisa Kiefer: [00:17:18] So how often do you go down there?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:17:20] I go a couple times a year to to meet with our partners and actually be in the forest and get inspiration for, you know, why we're doing this work. And we also lead delegations down to the Amazon. We have field coordinators in the Amazon, in Ecuador and Peru and Brazil. And we're a pretty small organization. And our strength really lies in the partnerships, the long term partnerships that we have with the indigenous communities, organizations, national organization, national indigenous organizations and regional organizations, and as well as our NGO allies throughout the Amazon. So those long term partnerships are what help us define like what we need to do this year. You know, respond to the fires, respond to new oil development projects, respond to China in the Amazon, and then from there develop strategies. Also work with local movements such as the Sunrise Movement that is really led by the youth. The youth right now are really showing the leadership.Lisa Kiefer: [00:18:22] Who do you think of all the candidates is the most, would be the most reliable partner in terms of climate mitigation and adaptation?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:18:31] Amazon Watch doesn't officially endorse, but personally, there's only two candidates that even come close. And that's Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.Lisa Kiefer: [00:18:40] Well, they're the only ones who even talk about the Green New Deal.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:18:43] Yeah. Think about how much energy and resources governments put into war. We invest a lot of our tax money in, you know, it's all in. But when it's time to think about the future of our children, grandchildren, seven generations and all life on this planet, what we need is a war effort to turn, not only turn emissions around, but turn extraction around and a complete commitment by government and civil society and the private sector and companies. If we have any kind of future left on this planet, we need to really turn around the way that we're living our daily lives. And, you know, that may be scary for people to hear. But when I say we need to, we need to change our economy, we need to change our daily way of life. It's not inconceivable to think that civil society can mobilize a new economy, a new way of life, new policies that could protect us and and our future. Nationalism and the rise of nationalism is the opposite of what we need to be doing. You know, we need to be looking at planet Earth like a system. We're all on this earth together. We have no other, even though there's some people who want to build, you know, space stations and think they can get away from our problems. The majority of the people can't. We are the Majority. We're way more than them. We can demand and make the changes that we need.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:20:04] I'm curious how you got involved in the Amazon. Was there a moment where you were inspired to do that?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:20:10] Well, I grew up in Southern California, near the border. My family's from Mexico. I grew up pretty traditional Mexican family. We grew up near the beach. And one summer there was a medical waste spill on our beach. We couldn't go on the beach for a while. And that was my kind of wakeup call to environmental awareness. You know, because the beach was like, oh, you know, it's where we go to to play, to rest, enjoy. And it's free and it should be open and accessible to everyone. And when it wasn't, that was my wake-up call. And then from there, you know, we we started up an environmental group on our high school campus and, you know, started doing beach cleanups. And that was kind of the beginning of activism. We started our environmental group and we started or organizing our own Earth Day festivals and Earth Day events. One of the guest speakers I will always remember because he gave a slideshow about the rainforest and it was so beautiful. And I'd never seen anything like that. And I just thought one day I want to go there. Fast forward a couple years. I'm at UC Santa Barbara and student advisor says, you know, you're going to need to do an internship in your second year. And, you know, you could volunteer at a local environmental organization or a local government representatives office. And I said, well, I wanna go to the rainforest. I said, okay, that's pretty far and pretty expensive. And I said, well, I'll take out a student loan. And I did that. And that changed my life. That changed the path and the direction of my life. Because, one, I'd never been to South America. I'd never seen the rainforest. I'd never seen the beauty and also the destruction and the threats. The summer of 1995 was when I connected with the forest and realized that it was indigenous peoples who were protecting it and that they were a library of knowledge that could not be replicated in any way. You know, just walking in the forest with someone who has lived there all their life and has a spiritual connection to the forest. I mean, you could walk 30 meters and they will know every single plant that you walk by and know what its properties are. Know what it's used for and whether it's used to build a house, or to cook with, or to use as medicine, or to build a canoe. They know how to use everything and they do it with respect. And that, just that, was like a huge lesson in what is really needed to protect the forest. On my way out of the forest, I saw an oil spill. The trans Ecuadorian pipeline had ruptured and crude oil from the north east Ecuadorian Amazon was just spilling into the river, into the main water source of the city of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. It was my, you know, my second kind of wake-up call to how could this be happening? Who did this? Why is this happening? Who allowed this? Why aren't they shutting it off? Why isn't it stopping? That really enraged me. And I found out that it was Texaco who had set up the infrastructure, who had basically found oil in the Amazon, set up the entire infrastructure, convinced the government in the 1960s to allow them to set up the infrastructure and drill and dump. And there were no environmental or human rights or indigenous rights laws in the country or even in the world. At that time, there weren't conventions on, there was a declaration on human rights, but there wasn't the declaration on indigenous rights. But still, during this time, Texaco drilled and dumped on the indigenous territories of five indigenous nationalities. And also where uncontacted peoples are and created what we called a rainforest Chernobyl. And still to this day, even though Chevron, which Texaco is now Chevron here in the bay, even though Chevron was found guilty in 2012, they still have not paid a dime, and probably have paid more in legal fees in the last 25 years to fight this than to resolve it. They've never denied that they did it, that they drilled and dumped. They don't wanna set a precedent that if you do this, you'll be held accountable. When I got back from the Amazon the first time, I said, I'm going to dedicate my life to doing everything I can to prevent this from happening again. And I will do everything I can to hold this company accountable. And so in 2002, when I first started working for Amazon Watch, we launched a campaign called the Chevron Cleanup Ecuador Campaign. And so we've been doing a lot of.Lisa Kiefer: [00:24:34] That was very successful.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:24:34] The Chevron lawsuit was a major, major victory when we heard news of of the judgment. It was one of the proudest moments of...Lisa Kiefer: [00:24:46] We can do this.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:24:47] We can do this. Like this is one of the biggest just a very typical David Goliath story. Right. We're going up against one of the biggest corporations on the planet. We beat them. Also another Oil victory was Occidental Petroleum. Occidental Petroleum did very similar to what Chevron, Texaco, now Chevron did in the Peruvian Amazon. And after seven years of attending their shareholder meetings, also filing a lawsuit against them with the Otwar people of Peru. We we actually settled a lawsuit with Occidental Petroleum and they agreed to pay a settlement to the Otwar people for the contamination that they had caused in the Peruvian Amazon and also with Oxy, one of the first and most proudest victories of Amazon Watch, is working with the Ottawa and a whole network that wide defense coalition around the world to get Occidental Petroleum out of what territory in Colombia. Many of our victories, the last one I'll mention is in Brazil. Actually, it's the Tapajos dam and we were not able to stop the Belo Monte mega dam construction. The following dam proposal was Tapajos mega dam on one last free flowing blackwater rivers in the Amazon, in Brazil. And just a few years ago, the Brazilian government announced that they were not going to build it. They were actually going to change their dam building policy and begin to invest in renewable energy. That's now all changed with Bolsanaro.Lisa Kiefer: [00:26:18] Are the dams back on the table?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:26:20] Everything's back on the table. I mean, their policy is the Amazon is open for business. And I think that's shameful. It's completely shameful.Lisa Kiefer: [00:26:28] What are some of your immediate plans as an organization?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:26:32] Funny that you mentioned it. Amazon Watch has been a pretty small organization for the last 23 years. I mean, we've been around 10 people plus field consultants plus, you know, working with our partners across the Amazon. One result of the attention on the Amazon is that there's been a lot more interest in supporting organizations like ours. And so we are growing. There is a lot more attention on organizations such as Amazon Watch and a lot more offers for financial support and a lot more offers for volunteers and people who across the world who want to volunteer, who want to help. And so right now, we're at a moment, we're actually at a moment of strategic planning to really envision what we want the next five to 10 years, the focus of our next five to 10 years, to be. Our mission is to protect the rainforest, defend indigenous rights and advance climate justice. We're going to continue to focus on those strategic areas with campaigns, but we have to do it with more urgency because the Amazon is at a tipping point. Scientists say that the Amazon will reach its tipping point when the deforestation and degradation is over 20 percent. It's about 17 to 18 percent now. And so what we need for the Amazon is a full scale commitment to protect, defend and restore it. Protect means protecting what's left. Anything that's still left standing, whether it be indigenous peoples territories, whether it be protected areas, national parks, private lands, anything that's still left standing needs to be protected and defended. And promote solutions of indigenous peoples, promote on the ground solutions for restoration, for alternative energy. We need to invest and increase the use of solar energy, the use of renewable energy.Lisa Kiefer: [00:28:19] And show some solutions.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:28:21] And show those solutions. And so we are working on promoting indigenous led solutions, promoting protection and defense of indigenous territories with our people in Peru. We're fighting Geo Park to get them off territory this year and in years to come. Our focus really is going to be on protecting and advancing the sacred headwaters and beyond. Who is complicit in the destruction of the Amazon? Let's call them out. Let's engage with them. Let's pressure them. We're also getting ready for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the establishment of the environmental movement around the world. I'm a UC Santa Barbara alumni. It's where the first environmental studies department was in the whole world. And why was that? Because there was a giant oil spill in 1969 in Santa Barbara. And what that sparked was a movement, that sparked environmental studies department at UC Santa Barbara. It sparked environmental laws across this country. It sparked Earth Day. When we reflect on 50 years ago and everything that's happened, we've made progress and we've also majorly rolled back progress with the Trump administration. Here in the United States, we need to defend all of the achievements over the last 50 years. We need to defend our laws. We need to defend our rights and our democracy. And that's very similar to what Brazilians are saying. We're at a turning point, a very important election that, you know, could really turn things around. We have to do everything we possibly can.Lisa Kiefer: [00:29:55] If you could just tell people how they might get a hold of you?Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:29:57] Amazonwatch.org. Follow us on social media for all the latest reports and news and updates and opportunities to get involved. We're located in Oakland. You can call us up, visit us. We would really encourage youth and students and anyone who wants to get involved to make the connections between California and the Amazon. The oil and the Amazon, while it comes from the Amazon, the majority that's exported comes right here to California. We are very connected to the Amazon. It's it's it's real. Learn more. Go to our Web site. We have to do this together.Lisa Kiefer: [00:30:36] Thank you, Leila, for coming on the program.Leila Salazar-Lopez: [00:30:38] You're welcome. Thank you.Lisa Kiefer: [00:30:41] You've been listening to Method to the Madness, a bi weekly public affairs show on K-A-L-X Berkeley celebrating Bay Area innovators. We'll be back again in two weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the final episode of our season on Amazon, NYU professor and “Pivot” podcast co-host Scott Galloway tells Jason Del Rey that Amazon needs to be broken up - and which parts of the company should be spun off first. They discuss Amazon’s ultimate impact on us as consumers, who are the companies left that can really compete with Amazon, and question the idea that we live in an era of innovation. Recorded live on September 9, 2019 at Code Commerce in New York City.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beauty In Us – Nelson Brown pt 1   (https://kcrpodcast.com/episode-445-beauty-within-nelson-brown-pt-1/image-2/) We live in a world that is often shaped by “first impressions.” You will hear things like, “She looks like a nice person.” Or, “He looks mean.” Or, “He looks like a gang-banger” or any such thing. I know, because of my military training of “never show your emotion,” I was often accused of being “mad at the world” or “not caring” about what my wife was saying. Why?  Because I had developed a persona of never showing my emotion. My wife’s friends would come over to visit and leave after a few minutes because they thought I was mad at them being there!  Just because I failed to visibly make smiley faces, etc. That was not me. Well, that can also be taken to an extreme. Many presumptions are made simply based on appearances. My guest today, Nelson Brown, has experienced presumptions on appearances probably on a level most people cannot relate to. I’ve had Nelson on the program before as I did a couple of interviews with him about the book he wrote on this topic, “The Beauty In Us: Our Reality.”  If you missed those episodes, I encourage you to go back and listen to episodes 445 and 446 in our archives. Nelson’s book is young man of color who is using his age, his gender, and his nationality to discuss his personal struggles with colorism, self image, and self acceptance. As a society as whole, it seems like we always discuss controversial topics regarding body image and acceptance, but often it is heard from a female’s point of view. Do you hear many males ever speaking out about their struggles with their body image and their self-esteem? Nelson E. Brown has been embarking on a journey to help boys, girls, men, and women around the world discover who they are and how beautiful they are. In this book,   He is speaking on behalf of all the men and all of the young boys in communities all around the world who are afraid to speak up. He is also willing to show women and young girls how males carry their insecurities with them each and every day and how they suppress them in the public eye. Help me welcome to the program, Nelson Brown. Nelson, thank you for taking the time to come back on the program today! Ok, for the benefit of those that have not heard our prior interviews, catch us up. In your own words, tell us, “Who is Nelson Brown?” Now, first I want to congratulate you on your book award that you are being honored with. Tell us about the “Newsome Award” you are receiving. You have been honored by some local politicians – and state politicians – for your book and your work in the community as well, correct? Before we get into the books, I want to ask you about your small groups ministry at Messiah Community Church as well as some your community outreaches… Tell us what you have been up to in those areas. You also work for the Maryland Department of the Environment. Tell us about how you got started there and what the future looks like for you. You said you are a community activist. Explain what you are doing in that area? You have had a few book signings for your first book, “The Beauty In Us: Our Reality.”  How has the book been received overall? And you are in the process of writing and editing your next book, “The Beauty In Us: Vulnerable Masculinity.”  I believe this set to be released in February 2020, correct?  Tell us about this book. And there is already another book planned after that one, if I’m not mistaken. Called, “The Beauty In Us: Our Love, Our Village.”  What is that book about and when will it be available? (May 2021) How can people get a copy of this book? Is it available on Amazon? Let’s talk a bit about “Male Body Dysmorphia.” Explain to us what that is and how it relates to you and your books. CONTACT INFORMATION: Email:  brownnelsone@gmail.com (mailto:brownnelsone@gmail.com) Book “The Beauty...

The Fires have been Burning in The Amazon for 3 weeks now 43,000 Brazilian Troops have been sent to try to fight the Blazes. LETS TALK ABOUT IT!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shawntel3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawntel3/support

This week we go back to the basics. No guests. Instead, we talk about what we learned in the three years of doing Merch by Amazon. A lot has changed since the launch of Merch by Amazon. Yong keeps plugging away and continues to work on his account. Glen has taken a hiatus from working on his account because of the constant changes implemented by Amazon. How about you? What have you learned during the last 2-3 years being on Merch by Amazon. Are you rolling with the punches and complying with all the changes made by Amazon? Let us know in the comments.

Matt Farley of Motern Media fame stepped in for Tom this week to discuss Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus with Pat. For those of you who don’t know Matt, this dude has over 20,000 songs on Spotify and has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for his song “Used to be a Pizza Hut”. Straight up, this dude is a genius. You can also buy our anti-novel Ron Carnage: The Thinker Boy now on Amazon! What a week. We love you all. How do I end this thing….?   Buy Ron Carnage: The Thinker Boy!!!      Links: Buy Ron Carnage on Amazon NOW! Party in the USA Music Video Motern Media on Twitter Local Legends on Amazon Let’s all go to the Motern Extravaganza Used to be a Pizza Hut on Jimmy Fallon The My Chemical Romance Episode     Follow us on Twitter at @_ReminscentFM and Instagram!

Your Straightforward Guide to Beachbody on Demand--Exactly How to Get the Most Out of Every Feature in the Membership I discussed several awesome exercise on demand options in a previous podcast episode and today I'm breaking down all the parts of one of the most popular options out there today—Beachbody on Demand. In today's episode, I'll break down exactly how Beachbody on Demand works, how to get the most out of your membership and several reasons to consider signing up right now (that you probably haven't thought of). There's a lot you need to know about this exercise on demand service to get your money's worth (including several reasons to try it right now that you probably haven't thought of), so stay tuned and let me explain it to you… Some of the following links are affiliate links.  If you use one of my links to purchase something it helps support my business.  Thank you! (No hard feelings if you don't.)  You can get more information about that here. Welcome to the Crunches & Cosmos Podcast where I simplify women's fitness by helping you figure out which fitness programs and products are right for you. I break down all the different pieces that make up your exercise routine—from your mindset to the programs and products that make up your fitness schedule so that exercise is a more manageable and permanent part of your life. Today I'm talking about Beachbody on Demand (BOD). I've been a member for several years and the program has gone through a LOT of changes over that time period. I'm going to tell you everything you'll get in today's BOD membership and how it could really help your exercise routine. By the end of today's episode you'll understand how to sign up for the free trial period, how to use the features to get the most out of the membership and a few reasons to sign up that you might not have thought about. So, let's get started... This episode of Crunches and Cosmos is brought to you by the One Strong Southern Girl aerobic step. The One Strong Southern Girl aerobic step is the same size step you see in your gym and is the perfect size for plyometrics, weight bench exercises and classic step aerobics. Circuit sized steps aren't big enough to support your entire spine for strength training on your back and they're small, movable targets for plyometrics.  Get a safe, sturdy workout step that you can use for every exercise. And the One Strong Southern Girl exercise steps come in blue and pink and you can get 4 or 6 risers.  You can find the One Strong Southern Girl aerobics steps on Amazon and the online store so check it out using the links in today's show notes. One Strong Southern Girl aerobic steps online store One Strong Southern Girl aerobic steps on Amazon Let's talk about Beachbody on Demand... If you've listened to a few episodes of Crunches and Cosmos then you know I love exercise on demand services (aka streaming workout services).  These companies give you the ability to play a workout wherever you're at by using an app or signing in to a website. Everyone exercises at home at some point. Because even if you have a gym membership sometimes you can't get there. You might have a sick child you need to stay at home with, you might not feel like dealing with the traffic or the gym-crowd or maybe the weather is keeping you inside. Whatever the reason, you need to have a way to access workouts at home. There are several great services on the market today for exercise on demand but they're all a little bit different. Beachbody on Demand is one of the best services for streaming workouts. When you sign up for Beachbody on Demand (BOD) you get access to the library of workouts (over 600 of them) by Beachbody plus some other cool features I'll get to in a minute. And just in case you can't think of any Beachbody programs off the top of your head there's…Piyo, all of the P90X programs, all of the insanity programs and all of the Autumn Calabrese workouts like 80-Day Obsession and 21 Day Fix, and one of my personal favorites Core De Force. How much does it cost to sign up for Beachbody on Demand? As of today, the cost of a BOD membership is $99 for 12 months, $59 for 6 months and $38.87 for a 3-month membership All of the payment plans include access to all of the workouts. You get a price break if you pay for a longer membership plan. If you have the money then you can upgrade to a Challenge Pack which includes things like equipment and Shakeology (plus a BOD membership).  I have a link in the show notes to a chart that shows you the different kinds of challenge packs on sale as of today. You can sign up for the free trial of Beachbody on Demand here. I am an affiliate for Beachbody on Demand so if you use my link it helps support my business.  Thank you for that!! How do you use a Beachbody on Demand membership? You can use the app or the website to login to your account. If you're not familiar with Beachbody workouts, you'll find every style you can think of and they're constantly adding to the library of workouts. The mobile app doesn't show the full features that you get with your membership but it has all of the workouts. If you sign in to your account through a search engine (not the app) then you'll see all the features in your membership. On the website you'll see your workout stats (how many workouts you've done) a link to the nutrition channels which are recipe videos (don't get a BOD membership just for this) as well as links to the Beachbody blog, communities (online forums) and the Beachbody e-store. To find the eating plans that go with each program you'll click into the workout program and the nutrition plan is under the program materials tab.  That's also where you'll find workout calendars and the eating guides that you can print out. Using the website you can filter the workouts by program intensity (beginner, intermediate or advanced), workout lengths, program style (cardio, dance, low impact, slim and tone, yoga, etc.) and by trainer. If you use the app to sign in on a mobile device or Ipad then you'll see a screen that tells you how many people are currently working out (not sure if that's just people signed in to their account or actually streaming a workout) and then 3 rows of Beachbody program thumbnail images. Each image is a workout program. When using the BOD app you can only filter the workouts by trainer. You'll get to the program materials for each workout using the app (which includes workout calendars and meal plans) by clicking into the program itself. Some reasons to sign up for Beachbody on Demand (that you might not have thought about) Get ahead of the curve…Beachbody is moving towards this model.  The newer Beachbody programs can't be bought individually anymore. The classic workouts will always be incredible.  If you never got around to buying Insanity then now's your chance to do it (anytime you want). The exclusives…Beachbody works hard to give its BOD members special content.  They are constantly cranking out workouts that you can only get on Beachbody on Demand.  My personal favorite so far is Shaun Week. Behind the scenes…we all love the behind the scenes footage with our favorite trainers and crew members.  You get a lot of that with BOD. The forums…if you love the support and encouragement of other people then jump on one of the BOD forums and chat or message other people who are doing the same workouts you are.  Ask them questions and support each other. Beachbody wants to keep you happy…they've changed their membership several times since I first signed up.  They've also added features (removed features) and remodeled their website. This tells me they're listening to their audience and working to bring you the best features and experience possible.  And you'll love being a part of a company like that.  So, my advice is to sign up for the free trial period which is 14 days right now, and try out all the features and workouts. Click on everything on the website and in the app.  Make sure your wifi is good enough to stream workouts and that you don't have any tech issues. Another great idea is to have someone gift you this membership!  People love to give (and receive) fitness gifts so give the gift of a healthier life to someone you love. Today's fun positive/motivational tip that will make your day a little bit better Today's positive tip that will make your day a little bit better is to find a little girl in your life and tell her how beautiful she is today. I focus a lot on supporting and encouraging other women, but we learn how to do that as children. Our lives are so busy these days it's easy to let time pass without telling our own kids how incredible they are.  So, help another mom out today and tell her little girl that she's awesome. Thank you for being here today!  You're incredible.  There are so many moving parts to your exercise routine…it can be overwhelming…I hope I can make fitness a little easier for you so you can spend your time focusing on other things.  Important Links for this episode: One Strong Southern Girl aerobic steps online store One Strong Southern Girl aerobic steps on Amazon >>How Beachbody on Demand works >>Beachbody on Demand FAQ's >>How to cancel your BOD membership >>A chart that compares the Beachbody on Demand challenge packs     My email: ccpodcast@onestrongsoutherngirl.com The One Strong Southern Girl Official Website   Until next week, remember girls, Life is Complicated. Fitness Doesn't Have to Be.  You're a Warrior.  Believe it.

Is there a secret recipe to succeed in the highly competitive beauty category on Amazon? Let’s find out! Although a number of beauty brands were initially reluctant to sell on the platform, Amazon has really made a lot of progress in attracting luxury beauty brands in the last year or so. This is a really interesting and popular topic that we recently approached in one of our Bobsled Webinars, and we wanted to share it with our podcast subscribers as well. Your hosts for this session are CEO Kiri Masters and Project Manager Jennifer Hozer - we hope you enjoy the expert advice they shared. - Kiri and Jen broke down everything about Amazon’s beauty category, from specific and unique elements, to emerging trends, unique selling challenges or opportunities and strategic roadmaps. Whether you work with a beauty brand or not, understanding how Amazon created unique sub-categories within the beauty category to attract luxury brands will definitely be a great learning experience. Tune in today and find out more!   KEY TAKEAWAYS Amazon's macro-level trends in the beauty category. The luxury beauty niche experienced the biggest gains. The brands that would be included in the luxury category. Amazon's big push into the grocery category, prior to their whole foods acquisition. Information about the gated sub-categories- and what it means to be gated. How to get into a gated category on Amazon. The three beauty sub-categories that are clearly a future path to growth for Amazon. 1) Professional  2) Luxury and 3) Indie Beauty (Independently owned brands) Important aspects to consider to increase your chances of being accepted for each of the sub-categories on Amazon. Strategies for success in launching both new and established brands on Amazon. Interesting results of a recent study about the channels that people prefer, in order to try products for the first time, as compared with people's re-purchase preferences. Why new sellers on Amazon really need to understand the importance of their listings touching as many senses as possible, through the screen, with their advertising. Why product reviews on Amazon are really so important. Why it's so important to control your brand protection on Amazon. Sorting out your inventory on Amazon- especially with the Indie category. What makes a really good advertising image for products on Amazon. Some really effective promotional tools for beauty brands on Amazon. The value of creating ongoing revenue from subscriptions. Driving conversions with coupons and promotional campaigns. The 'Iceberg Principle' model of selling on Amazon. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE   If you're interested in attending Bobsled’s webinars, sign up to our email list right here. Check out our Blog Post on the topic and don’t forget to download the White Paper. The Bobsled Iceberg Principle   The giveaway is still on! Leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast or any platform where you listen to the show and we’ll send you a paperback copy of Kiri’s book, The Amazon Expansion Plan. Send us your screenshot at info@bobsledmarketing.com and get your 2018 updated and revised edition.  

Today we discuss how to avoid unhealthy relationships with author, speaker and playwright, Melinda Stewart.  She shares her personal experience of what she did to change her patterns of attracting unhealthy relationships into having healthy relationships.  She shares insight from her recent book entitled "Let it Go Now...10 Ways to Avoid Unhealthy Relationships.  Melinda gives personal account on reasons for her initially experiencing and creating patterns of unhealthy relationships and also shares important steps for changing that negative pattern. Melinda is excited to share details of her journey with the hopes of helping others to recognize that they to can make necessary changes to improve the quality of their relationships. Melinda can be on social media on FB at: Real Life Real Talk with Me'linda Stewart Her email address is:  melindayvette69@gmail.com Melinda's book can be found on Amazon at: Amazon: Let it Go Now...10 Ways to Avoid an Unhealthy Relationship   Relationship Recipes Resources:   Kim’s Book is Available on Amazon: Relationship Recipes Book by Kim Knight   FB Group: Relationship Recipes Lounge FB Page: Relationship Recipes Let us know what topics you want to hear us discuss.  Leave suggestions in the FB Group Relationship Recipes Lounge or send us an email.  Need therapy, check out these resources??   Therapy for Black Girls Therapy for Black Men Psychology Today Directory   Remember to share the podcast with family and friends, and don't forget to leave a review in iTunes!   Contact Kim at: relationshiprecipespodcast@gmail.com        

So you need to sell more products on Amazon? Let’s talk Amazon FBA and what goes into ranking higher and seller better on everyone’s favorite ecommerce giant. On Amazon the winners win and sales speed more sales, it’s a flywheel of passive private label profit, here is what you NEED to know to start selling more Amazon items today! The 6 Keys to Consistent Amazon Sales Reviews – How many do you need? How many should you giveaway? What’s the best way to run a product launch? Sales – How to take advantage of BSR spikes? What to do when sales drop? Why sales and reviews are the Amazon awesome engine. Sponsored ads – How to max out Amazon PPC? Ways to rebound ads after launches? Why it pays to spend hard on your keywords? Seller feedback – Does Amazon feedback effect rankings? How can you get more feedback? Conversions rates – How do conversion rates affect keyword ranks? What’s the best way to boost conversions? Number of products – Why do more products mean more sales? Why do bigger brands rank faster? How fast should you roll out new private label products? Sell or Die!   Want more? Subscribe TODAY! The post The 6 Keys to Consistent Amazon Sales – ALL03 appeared first on FBA Allstars.