Podcasts about Aperture

Apple finally enters the foldable fray with the iPhone Duo, packing unexpected features and a lower-than-expected price. Find out what's actually inside and if it's worth leaving your classic iPhone behind. iPhone 18 Pro/Pro Max colors, pricing, and 1st impressions Variable aperture camera tech benefits, marketing, and durability concerns Battery life and ultra-fast charging impress for Pro iPhones A20 Pro processor with advanced neural engine and vapor chamber cooling Dynamic Island hardware and software upgrades iPhone Duo: Apple's first folding phone, hardware, and price iPhone Duo durability, hinge design, dust/water resistance, and case compatibility Camera features on Duo: under-display camera, selfie tricks, and photography upgrades iOS 27 on Duo: Side dock, split view, app pairs, and standby mode Battery stats, charging, eSIM, and cases on the Duo Apple Watch Series 12/Ultra 4: new health sensors, improved heart tracking, and battery Live Rewind and Siri Recap: AI-driven audio/smartwatch features and privacy Apple Health app redesign: insights, movement evaluations, and proactive alerts AirPods 5: ANC for all models, color, pricing, and battery App Caps: Athlytic and Splitwise Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsors: trustedtech.team/twit horizon3.ai/iostoday

Apple finally enters the foldable fray with the iPhone Duo, packing unexpected features and a lower-than-expected price. Find out what's actually inside and if it's worth leaving your classic iPhone behind. iPhone 18 Pro/Pro Max colors, pricing, and 1st impressions Variable aperture camera tech benefits, marketing, and durability concerns Battery life and ultra-fast charging impress for Pro iPhones A20 Pro processor with advanced neural engine and vapor chamber cooling Dynamic Island hardware and software upgrades iPhone Duo: Apple's first folding phone, hardware, and price iPhone Duo durability, hinge design, dust/water resistance, and case compatibility Camera features on Duo: under-display camera, selfie tricks, and photography upgrades iOS 27 on Duo: Side dock, split view, app pairs, and standby mode Battery stats, charging, eSIM, and cases on the Duo Apple Watch Series 12/Ultra 4: new health sensors, improved heart tracking, and battery Live Rewind and Siri Recap: AI-driven audio/smartwatch features and privacy Apple Health app redesign: insights, movement evaluations, and proactive alerts AirPods 5: ANC for all models, color, pricing, and battery App Caps: Athlytic and Splitwise Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsors: trustedtech.team/twit horizon3.ai/iostoday

Apple finally enters the foldable fray with the iPhone Duo, packing unexpected features and a lower-than-expected price. Find out what's actually inside and if it's worth leaving your classic iPhone behind. iPhone 18 Pro/Pro Max colors, pricing, and 1st impressions Variable aperture camera tech benefits, marketing, and durability concerns Battery life and ultra-fast charging impress for Pro iPhones A20 Pro processor with advanced neural engine and vapor chamber cooling Dynamic Island hardware and software upgrades iPhone Duo: Apple's first folding phone, hardware, and price iPhone Duo durability, hinge design, dust/water resistance, and case compatibility Camera features on Duo: under-display camera, selfie tricks, and photography upgrades iOS 27 on Duo: Side dock, split view, app pairs, and standby mode Battery stats, charging, eSIM, and cases on the Duo Apple Watch Series 12/Ultra 4: new health sensors, improved heart tracking, and battery Live Rewind and Siri Recap: AI-driven audio/smartwatch features and privacy Apple Health app redesign: insights, movement evaluations, and proactive alerts AirPods 5: ANC for all models, color, pricing, and battery App Caps: Athlytic and Splitwise Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsors: trustedtech.team/twit horizon3.ai/iostoday

This week's episode is dedicated to remembering our dear colleague and friend Rodney Charters, ASC, who passed away in Amsterdam during the show – we will dedicate more time to him in an upcoming episode. We work through Johnnie's first hands-on demo of our SmallRig x CineD OrBrella prototype and the 200 pre-orders that sold out in just days, all the winners of our CineD Best-of-Show Awards at IBC 2026 – from the Adobe After Effects AI Assistant and the Deity PR-4 to the Aputure STORM CS32, NANLUX Matrix 2500C, Atomos Shinobi 7 II and Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra – the Teradek Bolt 7, Sony's DWX Gen 4 and its US patent problem, the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo, SmallRig's iPhone 18 cinema kit, the latest Pixboom Spark update, the Canon EOS R8 Mark II, Tilta's Pyro 7 Ultra cage, the SNAPGRID Core, SmallRig's Nano power banks, the Saramonic WiTalk Base, Angelbird's new CFexpress Type A v4 cards and a new MZed Storytelling Session. This Episode is Sponsored by Hollyland. Check it out at (00:18:36) ►Learn more: http://cined.co/lwhjQk Topics and Chapters in this Episode: (00:00:00) Intro   (00:05:33) SmallRig x CineD OrBrella Light Introduced – 60W Umbrella-Style Light That Deploys in Five Seconds https://www.cined.com/smallrig-x-cined-orbrella-light-introduced-60w-umbrella-style-light-that-deploys-in-five-seconds/   (00:21:14) Winners Announced – CineD Best-of-Show Awards at IBC 2026 https://www.cined.com/winners-announced-cined-best-of-show-awards-at-ibc-2026/   (00:28:42) Deity PR-4 Detailed – Six Tracks, Wireless Timecode Master, and Dual-Media Recording https://www.cined.com/deity-pr-4-detailed-six-tracks-wireless-timecode-master-and-dual-media-recording/   (00:37:03) OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI Introduced – Two HDMI 2.1 Ports, 140W Laptop Charging, Full-Speed Downstream Storage https://www.cined.com/owc-thunderbolt-5-dock-with-dual-hdmi-introduced-two-hdmi-2-1-ports-140w-laptop-charging-full-speed-downstream-storage/   (00:40:28) DZOFILM Arles Zooms Announced – 25-75mm and 65-180mm T2.6 With Prime-Matched Color https://www.cined.com/dzofilm-arles-zooms-announced-25-75mm-and-65-180mm-t2-6-with-prime-matched-color/   (00:42:03) Aputure STORM CS32 Explained – 3,200W of Full Color From a Household Outlet https://www.cined.com/aputure-storm-cs32-3200w-of-full-color-from-a-household-outlet/   (00:44:12) NANLUX Matrix 2500B and Matrix 2500C – First Look https://www.cined.com/nanlux-matrix-2500b-and-matrix-2500c-first-look/   (00:45:14) Atomos Shinobi II Wins One of Two Awards in the Category “Monitors” (Interview video will follow)   (00:46:59) Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra Explained – 4K60 Transmission, 20ms Latency, Camera Control From the Receiver https://www.cined.com/hollyland-pyro-7-ultra-explained-4k60-transmission-20ms-latency-camera-control-from-the-receiver/   (00:48:52) Teradek Bolt 7 Introduced – 6GHz Zero-Delay Wireless Video, 900MHz Radio for Camera Control, and More https://www.cined.com/teradek-bolt-7-introduced-6ghz-zero-delay-wireless-video-900mhz-radio-for-camera-control-and-more/   (00:53:02) Sony DWX Gen 4 Wireless System Detailed – 32-Bit Float Recording, 1.1ms Latency, and a 30% Price Cut https://www.cined.com/sony-dwx-gen-4-wireless-system-detailed-32-bit-float-recording-1-1ms-latency-and-a-30-price-cut/   (00:56:49) Apple iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max Announced – Variable Aperture Main Camera, New Sensor, Pro Controls, Plus the Foldable iPhone Duo https://www.cined.com/apple-iphone-18-pro-and-18-pro-max-announced-variable-aperture-main-camera-new-sensor-pro-controls-plus-the-foldable-iphone-duo/   (01:07:23) SmallRig iPhone 18 Cinema Kit Introduced – HawkLock Cage, 67mm Screw-On Filters, $190 All-in-One Kit https://www.cined.com/smallrig-iphone-18-cinema-kit-introduced-hawklock-cage-67mm-screw-on-filters-190-all-in-one-kit/   (01:09:42) Pixboom Spark Updated – Pre-Record, Browser Remote Control, and 12-Bit RAW in Development https://www.cined.com/pixboom-spark-updated-pre-record-browser-remote-control-and-12-bit-raw-in-development/   (01:14:24) Canon EOS R8 Mark II Announced – 24.2MP Full-Frame, IBIS, and Oversampled 4K60p https://www.cined.com/canon-eos-r8-mark-ii-announced-24-2mp-full-frame-ibis-and-oversampled-4k60p/   (01:17:45) Tilta Monitor Cage for Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra and Integration with Nucleus-M II Demonstrated https://www.cined.com/tilta-monitor-cage-for-hollyland-pyro-7-ultra-and-integration-with-nucleus-m-ii-demonstrated/   (01:19:53) DoPchoice/Ellar Works SNAPGRID Core Modifier for ARRI Omnibar and Astera Titan Tubes Explained https://www.cined.com/dopchoice-ellar-works-snapgrid-core-modifier-for-arri-omnibar-and-astera-titan-tubes-explained/   (01:21:53) SmallRig Nano36 and Nano72 Introduced – Rig-Mountable Power Banks With Retractable USB-C https://www.cined.com/smallrig-nano36-and-nano72-introduced-rig-mountable-power-banks-with-retractable-usb-c/   (01:23:47) Saramonic WiTalk Base Detailed – 64-User Scaling, IP66 Rugged Design, and 700m Range https://www.cined.com/saramonic-witalk-base-detailed-64-user-scaling-ip66-rugged-design-and-700m-range/   (01:26:42) Angelbird AV PRO CFexpress Type A v4 Explained – VPG800 Certification, Up to 1.6TB, and Roman Rabitsch on the Storage Crisis https://www.cined.com/angelbird-av-pro-cfexpress-type-a-v4-explained-vpg800-certification-up-to-1-6tb-and-roman-rabitsch-on-the-storage-crisis/   (01:28:47) Breaking the Framing Rules – New “Storytelling Sessions” Recording Now Available on MZed https://www.cined.com/breaking-the-framing-rules-new-storytelling-sessions-recording-now-available-on-mzed/   Which IBC winner would you have picked? 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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team discusses OM System's new PEN camera and then transitions to Apple Park where they are joined by Jason Vong and The Verge's Allison Johnson to talk Pros and Duo.Thanks to our friends at DxO for sponsoring today's podcast! PhotoLab 10 adds smarter AI masks for people and subjects, new color grading tools, and automatic sensor dust removal. Its new depth masks let you select areas by their distance from the camera, so you can brighten distant mountains without changing the foreground. Its AI tools work offline, and there's no subscription required.PetaPixel's Michael Bonocore walks through the new features using his photographs from Morocco, with before-and-after examples and practical editing tips.Save 15% on any DxO software, including PhotoLab 10, with code PetaPixel at https://dxo.com. Valid for new customers only; excludes upgrades.Now saving when you shop for your favorite gear at B&H Photo is even easier with the B&H Payboo Credit Card which lets you Save the Tax — you pay the tax, and B&H pays you back instantly! (Save the Tax on eligible purchases shipped to eligible states.) OR you can pay over time with our 6 & 12 month financing (on minimum purchases of $199 for 6 months, and $599 for 12 months). Terms apply, learn more at http://bhphoto.com/payboo. Credit card offers are subject to credit approval.Payboo Credit Card Accounts are issued by Comenity Capital BankCheck out PetaPixel Merch: store.petapixel.com/ We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.In This Episode:00:00 - Intro07:55 - The Nikon ZR is getting open gate12:09 - Nikon is making nine T1.9 cinema lenses15:57 - Sigma's new lenses look very nice24:48 - Also, new Sigma filters29:28 - Dang, it's been 20 years since Sony made one of these32:17 - SmallRig's new batteries are designed to be used on set34:23 - GoPro's founder promises the company isn't done making consumer cameras36:16 - Pentax doesn't actively make any DSLRs anymore38:49 - Leica made a very limited edition 66mm f/241:29 - OM finally gave us a new Pen... but the monkey's paw curled. 54:57 - Jason Vong and The Verge's Allison Johnson from Apple Park1:37:16 - Tech Support1:48:21 - Feel good story of the week

After a six week break, the Camerosity crew are back with another episode, but unlike most, we decided not to send out invites and instead just got everyone together and hit the record button.  As it turned out, we hit record so fast, we forgot to make an intro! On this, the 113th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, what we lacked in callers we more than made up for in massive amounts of GAS!  Who would have thought that keeping five camera collecting lunatics away from each other for a month and a half and we would get ourselves into so much trouble?! We start the show with a brief summary of what each of us have been up to and Mike dominates this section complaining about being without power for over 10 days in mid August due to a massive storm called a derecho which decimated the area he lives in.  We quickly get to more interesting discussions, recapping recent pickups both through Japanese auctions and more traditional channels including Theo's beautiful new black chrome Leicaflex SL2 and Anthony's "bucket list" Rolleiflex SL66. We get into more obscure cameras too, such as a beautiful French folding rangefinder called the DeMaria-Lapierre Telka III, a late Voigtländer rangefinder called the Vitomatic III CS, and a Honeywell inspired and Zeiss branded camera built in Braunschweig, Germany called the Zeiss-Ikon Contessa S310. There is a ton of GAS in this episode, but you'll just have to listen to the show to know what it is, but in addition to specific camera models, we talk about the differences between Ai and AiS lenses, the merits of aperture priority AE vs shutter priority AE, and even a hearty discussion about our favorite midlevel DSLRs including a comparison between the equally awesome Nikon D300 and D7000. As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. We don't yet have a topic for the next episode, but whatever it is, we will record it on Monday, September 21st at 7pm Central Daylight Time, 8pm Eastern Daylight Time, and 6pm Canada Saskatchewan Time.  For more time zones, please consult the World Time Buddy calculator and plug in your time.  Make sure you set your calendars and look out for the show announcement at the usual locations and be prepared to join us! In This Episode Camerosity is back after taking several weeks off / What exactly is a derecho? Mike survived ten days without power / Generators, sump pumps and keeping the camera collection dry Buying cameras from Japan / Buyee shipping options / ECMS versus air shipping Lithium batteries can dramatically change your Japanese shipping options Documenting damaged packages when buying through Buyee Theo gets cameras from Japan to Australia surprisingly quickly Shipping cameras from the United States to Australia can take considerably longer Theo's beautiful Leicaflex SL2 / Black chrome versus black paint Leica black chrome wear / Early Leica M6 finish problems Leica R4, R4S and R4SP / Which version should you buy? The Leica R4's relationship to the Minolta XD / Why some cameras have noticeable shutter lag Minolta's "Final Check" metering system / Feature or workaround? Aperture priority versus shutter priority / Which does the Camerosity crew prefer? Canon AE-1 / AV-1 / AT-1 and the Canon A-series exposure modes Konica's preference for shutter priority Nikon Ai versus AiS lenses / Why AiS mattered for shutter priority and program exposure Olympus OM cameras and why Olympus never offered conventional shutter priority Learning f-stops with pizza mathematics Mike buys an Olympus M-1 from Japan / M-1 versus OM-1 Leica's objection to the Olympus M-1 name Olympus M-system lenses / Other subtle M-1 differences Stephen buys a broken lens just to get the lens hood and accidentally fixes it When a parts camera turns out to be better than the camera it was supposed to repair The Honeywell rangefinder that wasn't a Pentax Zeiss Ikon S312 / Zeiss Ikon Contessa S310 Anthony's Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Vitessa 1000 SR Theo's Pentacon Six TL / Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/2.8 Biometar Repairing a Pentacon Six using a donor body Shooting expired Kodak Panatomic-X in medium format Getting thirteen exposures from a 12-exposure roll Pentacon Six shutter sounds / Thankfully not as violent as a Pentax 67 Adapting medium-format lenses to Micro Four Thirds and Nikon F Biometar versus Biotar / The history of the Zeiss Biometar design How the Biometar design ultimately contributed to the Flektogon Paul is tempted by a Rolleiflex SLX on Facebook Marketplace Rolleiflex SLX batteries and modern replacement options Paul finds an extremely nice Contax IIIa with 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar Anthony finally gets his bucket-list Rolleiflex SL66 Anthony trades his Leica M4-2 for the Rolleiflex SL66 Why Anthony never got along with the Leica M4-2 film loading system Rolleiflex SL66 macro capability / Reversing lenses / Lens movements The Camerosity camera circle continues / Anthony's old cameras find new homes with listeners Finding the correct Rolleiflex SL66 strap Stephen rediscovers early Nikon DSLRs / Nikon D70 for $25 Nikon D200 versus D300 versus D300S Why the Nikon D300 might be one of the greatest digital camera bargains today APS-C isn't necessarily a disadvantage / 28mm becomes a useful 42mm equivalent Nikon D300 autofocus fine tuning / Using Ai and manual focus Nikon lenses on digital bodies Theo used the D300 as one of his main digital cameras for years / Nikon D300 versus D7000 Why the D7000 blurred the line between consumer and professional Nikon bodies Nikon's excellent inexpensive 18-55mm DX kit lens Nikon 18-200mm DX superzoom / Better than pixel peepers might suggest DxO PhotoLab profiles can transform older lenses Correcting chromatic aberration, softness and distortion with modern software Buying a camera because you already own the brochure for it Mike's final Buyee shipment... supposedly / Telka III Asahi Camera annual camera guides / Researching obscure Japanese cameras Why old camera magazines remain invaluable historical resources The decline of blogs and disappearing online camera research resources Mike's Voigtländer Vitomatic III CS / Ultron f/2 lens / A working Voigtländer rangefinder is apparently possible eBay Global Shipping sends a camera on a tour of North America Stephen's month-long shipping odyssey from the United States to Canada Mike buys a Certo Six, a beautiful camera, perfect bellows, dead rangefinder The increasing difficulty of finding technicians willing to repair obscure cameras Camera repair options have noticeably declined during the lifetime of Camerosity Sarah Davis begins learning Hasselblad repairs Why the next generation of camera repair technicians is so important Jeremy Scott rescues auction purchases for several Camerosity listeners 45 Argus cameras weigh approximately 51 pounds Jeremy apparently now has a pile of Olympus OM cameras to repair Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, Stephen, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. 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Special guest and familiar face, Charles Oswald joins the Suite Spot in his return to the TMG Hospitality Trailblazers series. As CEO & President of Aperture Hotels, Charles shares his insights on AI & technology in hospitality, capital investment challenges, and his vision for the Aperture Hotels brand.  Tune in now to the full conversation. Ryan Embree: Welcome to Suite Spot, where hoteliers check in and we check out what’s trending in hotel marketing. I’m your host, Ryan Embree. Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of The Suite Spot. This is your host, Ryan Embree, here for another edition of our TMG Hospitality Trailblazers. Technically, a look back on a few years back when we visited with this particular individual and company trailblazing and paving the way forward in hospitality. That is Charles Oswald, president and CEO of Aperture Hotels. Charles, thank you so much for being back here on The Suite Spot. Charles Oswald: Oh, it’s good to be back. Thank you. Ryan Embree: Yeah. You’ve been busy. It’s been a long time. I had to look back and see the last time we visited here on The Suite Spot. We did our original hospitality trailblazers, really in the infancy of Aperture Hotels back in December 2023. A lot’s changed on that since then, right? So catch us up a little bit. What have you been working on? There’s been some incredible growth that we’ve seen with your company. Congratulations on that. But catch us up since we last visited. Charles Oswald: First off, so at that time when we had launched Aperture Hotels, we were coming out in the, in the wake of the pandemic. So if you kind of think back where we were three and four years ago versus today, there were a lot of properties that had gone through this economic shock, and there were owners who were reeling from that experience, especially those that had corporate business travel hotels as opposed to those leisure destinations that benefited from the pandemic. And so during that time, Aperture actually went on and took on almost 30 different properties that we added to the portfolio, that were, driven by those owners who needed a new management company to come and take a look at their, their with fresh eyes and take a look at their top line strategies, their expense controls. And so we had a lot of properties, and they were 100% of those properties were not through acquisitions, but were actually just performance turnaround assignments where they were switching management companies, to somebody to take a fresh look. So, with all that said, we found ourselves, walking into properties that were on, like, the sixth or seventh year of a five-year hold strategy for private equity firms or high net worth individuals and so on. And that quickly turned into turnarounds, which the story from us lately has actually been sales, a lot of sales, 20 plus sales over the course of this last year. And so today, as we stand here, I’m actually more rebuilding the pipeline with a mix of more management change assignments, plus a few pipeline of new developments. And those new developments are mostly, like, 100 or 300 room soft brand properties across the country. So yeah a lot’s changed for sure. Really rapid growth, really rapid sales, and now more sort of measured one at a time growth. Ryan Embree: Yeah, and I wanna talk about that, because I’ve had the privilege to talk to some management company owners and leaders, and they’ve kind of echoed that same sentiment of not just growth, but strategic growth. And that seems to be where you are right now, too. So when you kind of take a look at. I know you mentioned that particular segment, but when you take a look at the hospitality landscape right now, what makes the right strategic partner for Aperture Hotels right now as you kind of enter this cycle where you’re trying to build back up a little bit? Charles Oswald: You’re right. The right partner, it’s about fit. And when you look at the experience of our leadership team, we’re really engineered towards compact, full service hotels, lifestyle, premium select service brands. They can be brand or independent. We’d like to partner with owners that have some portfolio stable scalability. Preferably they own by that, I mean, they own more than one hotel, and there might be more than one opportunity there. You know, we wanna work with those owners that know what they’re doing, right? They’ve got some, some governance, sophistication, some decision speed. Hopefully, they’ve not just made bad investments when they’re turning over these properties, but really, they’re looking for some performance turnaround in a good investment. And preferably those are longer term holds. As you can tell, we did a lot of hard work for some turnarounds and watched them sell. And they sold largely to owners who had their own management. So that’s tricky for us, right? That leads us looking for more opportunities. So in terms of us in aperture and how we see ourselves in competitive points of difference is we’ve got a group that has hundreds of hotels of experiments. Myself, I’ve managed about 300 hotels now over the years, and they’ve ranged from little 60-room properties up to a thousand plus room convention hotels and resorts. And so what we bring is, we’ve got big experience in our leadership team, but we’re in a small package, right? A boutique-sized company that can give more corporate support to property ratio. And we’re very data-driven in how we use our decision-making tools to uncover those hidden business opportunities and the potential to drive market share and outperform GOP. Big experience, I’d say that corporate support, the data-driven decision-making process and tools, I think is really what sets us aside. And by the way, I’ll just mention that our average RGI that we’ve achieved in the first 18 months when you put us in place after another management company, the average RGI growth or repar index gains is actually just over 10%. So we’ve had, like, incredible turnarounds at the top line, which leads them to great bottom line improvements as well. Ryan Embree: Which makes it so much more impressive, too, with the climate right now. And these events that we go to would talk about operating and margins right now, and trying to be just efficient as possible, because costs are, are rising right now. It is certainly difficult to navigate, and I’m sure that experience that you’ve had has certainly lended itself to some great stories that you can then share to help grow that portfolio. And the other part of the experience that you were talking about is you have the data and the insights. And one of the places you find that data and insights is obviously hospitality events that are going on. I’ve had the pleasure of running into you at quite a number of these. If I’m not running into you, Charles, I’m seeing you up on stage conducting interviews or, or sharing some of your takeaways on LinkedIn after the event. You got a busy second half of the year. I wanna talk about these events, though, and how you kind of leverage them, right? So, why do you think these events, especially now, are so important? And then, how do you measure success of an event once it’s completed, whether that be a lodging conference, an investment conference, or whether it be, just an educational data event? Charles Oswald: Look, that’s a really good question. When you consider the time, travel budget, and the opportunity costs on an executive’s busy calendar to get out to these conferences and spend three, four days between the travel and the time out there, we’ve gotta be, we’ve gotta be very intentional, right, about how we approach it. So, I see value in going to these conferences because of deal sourcing and the relationship capital that we pick up. Also, I think there’s that market intelligence and the pricing signals that we get from those from this conference. There’s the access to capital markets. That was particularly important for me here recently as I was looking to as I’m in the process of acquiring a property right now in Phoenix, and when we needed to raise LP capital and we had those relationships these are people, again, we met at conferences. I think talent reputation, right, it’s important to get out there and continue to manage that. So those, those are a number of the reasons why we wanna get out to these conferences and why we think they’re important. But the measure of success, you’re right, for a data-driven guy, I wish I could put a specific number to it. Like, here’s the ROI from each of these conferences. It’s really difficult to. It’s really difficult to do, but I can tell you that, I do look back and, and aggregate those. I look at the management contracts we picked up, and I think of, “Okay, well, where did I meet these folks? And so what’s the average return?” And I can put a number to that. And I would tell you that in terms of the immediate return, what I’m looking for is if I can have three to five specific follow-up conversations, a result of that conference, then the trip was worth the cost. Ryan Embree: That’s great advice for young hospitality professionals out there. I mean, we have a great industry, and one of the coolest parts of it is you get to rub shoulders sometimes with those executives. So even those younger hospitality professionals that might be tuning in here, it’s a great piece of advice to when you can, obviously, try to get that exposure of networking and get out there because hospitality is certainly a big world, but it’s also a very small world, and you run into a lot of the same people. And again, this, just like you said, Charles, a lot of the stories, success stories, whether it be business relationships, some of those transactions could stem from sitting next to somebody at breakfast – Absolutely. On day two of a conference. Love to hear that advice, love to hear that those stay beneficial, because we love those. We’re hospitality people, right? We’re in that industry. Now, another thing you become kinda famous for your takeaways articles on LinkedIn. My advice would be to encourage anyone, definitely give Charles if you’re not already a follow, because you have some great insights and takeaways from some of the events that he goes to. So I’m gonna kind of put you on the spot here. If you had to do a takeaways article for the first half of 2026, maybe give us a couple points, and then if you could, maybe share some predictions. We’re hospitality people. We love to kind of predict, try to predict the future a little bit, so. Charles Oswald: Yeah. Well, maybe, maybe the biggest takeaway from the first half is that we’re not great in hospitality about predicting future. Ryan Embree: That’s a good one. Charles Oswald: So, as we rolled into 2026, there were a lot of folks that were saying it was gonna be, like, Groundhog Day, that we’re looking at flat, very modest, RevPar growth and expenses that, outpace, the top line. And I think what nobody saw coming was US demand growth in the first half of the year. Now part of this, I will tell you, if we look back in some panels, a year ago, I called part of this, which is I asked why is no one talking about the impact of the $30 billion increase in tax refunds that we’ll see, plus the real wage growth that’s happening, and what impact that could have on our industry? And, and a lot of people kind of poo-pooed and they said, “Well, you know, we don’t really know that the tax refunds are gonna be there. We don’t really know how those are gonna hit.” Okay. But we do. There was some, some mirroring it kinda like during the pandemic when you put money in people’s pockets, there were a lot of people that just went out and spent it. And so I did, I think that had a real impact on the, on the first half of the year. And then the other part that none of us saw coming, and I didn’t, was certainly there’d be a war in Iran and how the general global conflict can would affect the outbound travel case for the American traveler. So, that outbound travel, international outbound decelerated, right, while domestic leisure demand, stayed strong. So, that helped prop up the first half of the year. So there are some trends from the first half that I think will carry out to the second half. So for not getting in looking forward, I’d say that second half of the year, there’ll be more bifurcation. You know, we’re gonna see a continuing challenge to new supply growth, and we’re gonna continue to see labor costs rising, but at a bit of a decelerating rate. So if I were to expand a little bit on that, on the bifurcation, we’ve heard a lot of talk about the K-shaped economy. And really in that bifurcation, there’s some people talking about this hollowing in the middle class, and, and, and I think that’s actually very, very misrepresented. What’s actually happened is we’ve seen a growth generational wealth, over the course of the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years. And this is a long-term macro trend, okay? The fact is that there are fewer poor today, about a third less than there were, you know, 40, 50 years ago. There are few, fewer lower middle class, and no longer is the core middle class the largest classification of income in America. But according to the BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is actually now the upper middle class is the largest class, right? So people are moving up on this continuum, and they’re more wealthy. So when you start thinking about that, what does that affect on our industry? That’s why we’re seeing this interest in, towards experiential travel, towards the soft brands, towards luxury, and why upper upscale and luxury tiers have been outperforming. So I think we’ll continue to see that as we go through the end of the year. And the other story I think we’ll continue to see is that new supply, right? Man, the plan, I mean, there’s, like, you know, 10% supply growth planned. But what actually happens, is just a, you know, a fraction of a percent. And so, in there, the challenge, you know, debt isn’t the problem anymore. It’s more about equity and construction cost relative to the commercial real estate valuations,in interest rate market environment that we’re in today. Ryan Embree: Yeah, so you have a little bit tampered demand, or tampered, building construction because of those construction costs. And do not underestimate, again, the willingness and ability for people and wanting to travel and have experiences. I still think they even the younger generation, they’re getting some more money in their pockets, and the first thing that they’re wanting to do is plan a nice trip, right, before they go out and, and buy those expensive things that, which was, was typically would happen. Charles Oswald: Yeah, and I wanna just comment one thing though is we’ve talked a lot about economic resilience, and that resiliency definitely exists in the US, and it’s more resilient than a lot of folks probably though it was when you look back in time. However, some of that does seem to be breaking here, right? You know, you are seeing rise of credit card debt. You are seeing some increases in folks, particularly at the mid-scale and, and, and lower income classes defaulting on car payments and things like that. And so if you start to make a decision about, you know, do I travel or do I pay my, my car, that is going to affect the industry, you know, as we go forward. And, and that’s gonna play a little bit in that bifurcation that we were talking about. Those who are on the upper end have watched unreal growth for the last few years in their stock market portfolios. You know, they, they feel a little bit more free and, and open travel. Ryan Embree: Yeah, it’s interesting. You’re right. You know, we always talk about still prioritizing travel, but travel over things. But when tho- those things become, like you said, payments or car payments, then all of a sudden the priorities start to shift a little bit. So it’d be interesting to see how that continues in the second half of this year. Now, another topic we that you’re gonna hear at every single hospitality show, it’s a bingo card, is AI and technology. And you, and you actually speak a lot. I’ve seen you on panels speak a lot to it in, in your interviews. Where do you think the hospitality industry, which we’ve said typically is one to slowly adopt technology? Where do you think we are in this cycle of AI adoption? And then maybe you could zoom in a little bit into your organization and, and where you’ve prioritized that, or maybe stayed away from it. Charles Oswald: Maybe we kind of break that down into sounds like three or four areas, right? I think, yeah, it’s what’s the biggest impact today? What’s kinda happening now? And maybe where’s it going? Sure. And, uh, and how do we play into that as a management company, right? Yeah. So I guess there’s four ways. In terms of the biggest impact today, it’s for sure it’s been, it, it, it’s been in distribution, right? Uh, GEO and AEO are the new SEO. And so, um, uh, maybe what’s accelerated hospitality is entrance into AI because the customer was using it to search for hospitality, and then all of a sudden we woke up and said what – Ryan Embree: Great point. Charles Oswald: It’s not just about keywords, but how, how do we become the answer to the question they’re asking? And so that’s, uh, that’s certainly the biggest impact today is on the distribution side. I think what’s happening in progress, we’re starting to see more in the areas of revenue optimization and design, right? Like on, you know, when it comes to new hotel renovations and they and developments. And then the future, where’s it going? I think we’re gonna see AI more in our, more closely integrated into our business analytics, like and that’s gonna extend into labor scheduling and productivity. I think we’ll see it help us in energy management and procurement. Things like F&B menu engineering both from the creative standpoint and kinda marrying that with the math, right? Like, what the cost of plate is and what the customer’s actually buying. And and that’s really important. IAnd by the way, that’s a weak spot, I think in the industry. There are an awful lot of management companies that are not very good on food and beverage side. So at Aperture, what are we doing? First off, I would say we lean really heavily on our tech partners to adapt, adopt AI for their analytics or reporting insights. And today insights has become the real opportunity, right? I mean, if you ask your BI system, you know, it’s one thing for them to be able to pull a report or show you some side-by-side comparisons, but the insights, like, why is this happening? You know, you can tell me, me what my flow-through is, it’s great, but, like, what should it be if we had run according to all the budget metrics that, like, that we put out there? They’re, they’re weak on that side, at least to date. So I think that’s gonna be the next step is that is conveying those analytics and reports to insights. And so, we’re keenly working with technology solutions that they can implement in those ways, and digital marketing efforts that help us improve the distribution that we were talking about earlier, GEO and AEO. And from a practical day-to-day standpoint, you know, we’ve incorporated, cloud enterprise solutions in our daily work and our applications, like, you know, Excel and SharePoint, et cetera, like a lot of other companies have. But we got plenty of room, plenty of runway there when it comes to AI. Ryan Embree: Absolutely. Yeah, 100%. So, uh, every day, yeah. every hour, it feels like sometimes with these announcements. Um, but yeah, you, you mentioned something really, really fascinating at the top of that, the answer of, you know, I think the adoption cycle sometimes with technology and hospitality has been slow because we’ve tried to, sometime, “Hey, download our app,” right? We’re, we’re trying to get the customer to move with the technology that we want them to move into, and the ecosystem that, that, “Hey, you know, do this.” And now, what’s happening is we’re seeing the consumer move into these LLMs and, and AI search, and now hospitality’s kind of been like, “We have to catch up because this is where our customer is,” right? So maybe that does cause a little bit of, uh, acceleration. So, because that is the biggest thing that we’ve been hearing as well, is just AI visibility. There is just this, this fear of a couple years ago, it was the fear of doing anything and being like, “I’m not doing anything with AI and technology. Now it’s like, now I have. My biggest fear is keeping me up, is I’m not being found on AI, uh, search engines and LLMs.” Charles Oswald: Yeah, let me tell you, like, just a great example, I was traveling not long ago, to Chicago, and I had a trip to Nashville, and I was just curious. I just, I went to Google – Yeah. And said, “Hey, what are the, what’s the best hotel in Chicago?” And it gave me a list of sponsored results. So it was like, I don’t know, half a dozen or so hotels there. And it gave me a list of, like, you know, here’s what says, and there’s like 20 properties there, and there is, AAA and Forbes, and there was the map and so all this stuff, and I’m like, “Wow, there, there’s, like, you know, 60 best hotels in Chicago.” And so then I moved over, just out of curiosity, I asked, uh, Claude, “What’s the best hotel in Chicago?” Gave me one answer, named one hotel, this is the best. And it gave me a little honorable mention list of three properties underneath it. I thought, oh, my gosh. And then I did the same thing with Nashville. I get one answer – Yeah. And it’s honorable mentions. And it really started making me think, oh my gosh, like, like, if, if only one hotel is gonna come up with that, how do I make that money? And, uh, and who is this, who is this, um, generative AI trusting? And so, so, so we began to dive really deeply in that conversation about, like, when, where are these trusted resort returns coming from, and how do we influence that, right? How do we make sure we appear there? Ryan Embree: 100%. Yeah, that’s the, the next race right now is to try to figure that out. And that’s difficult. Charles Oswald: Kind of back up and just elaborate, just one more comment – Yeah. Is just that, that, like, in Google, I mean, it’s, sure, it’s trusted. I don’t think anybody says that you don’t, you don’t trust Google on those returns and the 60 properties that it’s sent, but – Right. It’s returning the results that it wants you to see, the search engine. Whereas Claude, ChatGPT, Grock, others, they’re returning the results that, as the consumer, I wanted to see. Ryan Embree: And that’s, and that’s the, I think that’s the difficult because it almost changes into a little bit 40 chess, because I might ask the same question, and based on my search experience, it could look at a different best hotel in Chicago than could be your best hotel in Chicago. Once you go down that. Yeah. Charles Oswald: Are you Going there for business, or is it a wedding, or is the soccer team? Yeah, right. And it, it might know the purpose. It might know lis – a little something about you. You’re exactly right. Ryan Embree: Well, uh, uh, listen, I’m gonna take us back before we get to, into that to rabbit hole and, and lose everybody there, because one of my, uh, one of the favorite parts of the conversation, and we’ve done, you know, now this, I think we’re, we’re over 200 episodes here, but one of the, one of my favorite parts, uh, places of our conversation, Charles, back when we first spoke, was hearing the origin story of aperture hotels and, and the name for it. And so, uh, I wanted just to revisit that for those who may have missed that episode. Can you share that story again and why this whole shift your perspective, which you can find on your LinkedIn, your website, everywhere, that mindset has really resonated, uh, with, so well with, um, hotel owners, investors, and has, has been an important part of your s – your company’s success. Charles Oswald: Oh, wow. Um, you know, thank you for, uh, for asking that question, uh, and, uh, and it’s a reminder and the flashback. You know, so, uh, so what is an aperture, first off, right? It’s, it, it’s, it’s in that, you know, that, that, that camera lens that allows light, right, to, to, to pass through, right? So, so it creates a clear, well-composed image. And so I think from a hospitality brand, um, that maps into some of our values. Um, you know, we talk about transparency and accountability. We talk about clarity and vision, right? Like, an owner sees a, a hotel’s position, um, uh, potential, and we can help capture it, right? We help focus, bring focus. Precision and control, you know, I, I think that helps, uh, convey into our views on process orientation across the enterprise and, you know, and consistent execution. One of our core values is about being actively curious, right? Like, how do you scratch beneath the, the surface and shine a light on, on what that is, right? And, you know, what can we do to, to make, you know, to reveal those, those, the, the hidden business potential? We think about, you know, when we’re walking into the hotel and, and, and we’re touring our, our properties and, and, and looking for those, um, those guest experience improvements, it’s like, how do we make this, uh, picture perfect for the customer who arrives, right? What that arrival experience, what are the first moments of truth? And so I think all of those things, that, that transparency of clarity, vision, precision control, uh, you know, picture perfect, uh, all these things, um, sort of play into that aperture name. But I’ll be honest, there was another part of this, uh, which is that, you know, there’s, like, 400 hotel management companies out there, uh, and there’s hundreds more that used to be. Finding an original name is admittedly difficult. Every name you can think of has been, uh, used. Sure. Uh, we, we were fortunate, uh, to be able to find something that was original that didn’t, you know, pigeonhole us into something like, you know, calling ourselves, uh, Sunbelt Management or something like that. So, so, so that did work out well for us. Ryan Embree: Yeah. Well, I love it because, you know, you, you mentioned at the top that this was, you know, Aperture Hotels was really their origin story started during and during that COVID time, right? During and after that COVID time. And I think it was in those conversations, the companies and organizations that I spoke to that had a very clear North Star, a very clear direction of who they are and their culture during that time, because it was such a difficult time. So to have such a strong kind of name and you have all of those things, I’m sure that is, has been so beneficial for you as you continue to grow and scale, because you need that, right? You need something to kind of lean back onto and be kind of your Compass North, your North Star, however you wanna to phrase it. But I love to hear that. And like I said, it, it stuck with me all these years afterwards, so I wanted to touch on it again. And, um, I saw recently on LinkedIn that, uh, you and your team wrapped up a leadership conference in, uh, New Orleans. Tell us a little bit about that event and how, how instrumental the team has been, and also your, your success over at Aperture Hotels. Charles Oswald: Oh, that is. Well, yeah, that, that, that was a fun time. Uh, first off, getting together, getting our team together – Yeah. For that annual conference is my favorite part of the year really energizes me. Um, you know, I’m so grateful for, for, for, for the team that’s doing this work on the ground and, and the leadersh – uh, we have out there in the field. You know, I think often we talk about performance. We send around our balanced scorecard. We measure and we rank people and, and, uh, you know, we talk about process and so on. And that, and that’s, that’s an important part of the, uh, uh, of what we cover in the, uh, in, in our annual leadership co – uh, conference as well. But, um, but I think when you’re rubbing elbows, uh, you know, you’re in the same room with everybody. Uh, there’s, there’s a different level of, you know, preparation, focus, and curiosity, you know, team member bonding and relationship that happens. And, you know, and I love how in the aftermath of these conferences, we, you know, we hear about how, you know, the general manager, you know, in, you know, in the US West, it’s called the general manager in the US East, and they’re – Sure. They’re getting together and collaborating now on, on, on best practices and, and how they dealt with certain challenges maybe that are shared experiences that they’re having. So that’s where it happens, right? I mean, you get out there in a conference together like this where I think i- ideas get sharpened, uh, perspectives broadened. People learn, you know, here’s some insights, and they, uh, you know, share in their experiences. They challenge each other. And, uh, we, and, and we come out of it just, uh, winning together. And by the way, I should mention also, there’s some really great food, uh, so – Oh, I know. Yeah, yeah. Sorry. New Orleans. Uh, I’m a big eater. Ryan Embree: Yeah, that, that helps too. Uh, Charles Oswald: A few extra, but I’ve never missed one. And, uh, New Orleans is a great place for someone to like me, that’s for sure. Ryan Embree: Yeah. We, well, we talked about how quickly things are moving right now in hospitality, and it’s so important to kinda get everybody together in one place. And we’ve seen how you prioritize, obviously, the, the bigger hospitality events across hospitality. So sometimes to get that dialed in with your team, just so important. And great to hear that that continues to be. ‘Cause if you remember back in the day, we were hearing that that was gonna be the end of this, by the way. Everybody was gonna have these leadership conferences on Zoom, and everyone was gonna love it, and nobody was going anywhere. So, uh, love to see that that, that prediction didn’t come to pass. Now, you’re – Charles Oswald: Yeah, you know, the funny thing about that, Ryan, is – Sure. Is that we’re out there in hospitality on the sales front. We were telling our companies, our clients, why they all need to get together. And hospitality companies are like, “Well, but, but we’re gonna do it on Zoom.” Ryan Embree: Right. Right, exactly. Right? We gotta practice what we preach a little bit Charles Oswald: Both Sides of our mouth, right? Yeah. Yeah. And, and enjoying some of the hospitality, uh, that we provide every single day, right? So, so you’re headquartered in Atlanta, Charles, you’ve got. But the portfolio spans across the country, you mentioned it. Are there any particular markets that you’re seeing strong opportunities and maybe some that you’re cautiously maybe staying away from for a bit right now? Charles Oswald: Well, uh, first off, the Atlanta part. Um, right? I mean, we’re, we’re the transportation hub of the Southeast, but, uh, arguably the country and the world with the world’s biggest and busiest airport. So when we talk about, like, w- where we’re willing to go, we’ve got a competitive advantage from here in the, uh, in that we have more direct flights to more cities across the country and the globe than any other, an- anybody. Else, right? Uh, coming out of, uh, the world’s biggest and busiest airport. So, so that’s, uh, that’s, that’s really nice and not to mention there’s a, there’s certainly a lot of drive markets, uh, that are within four, four hours of, uh, of Atlanta. So, um, so yeah, that makes us pretty opportunistic when it comes to, uh, uh, hotel management assignments. You know, ideally, uh, you know, we’re looking, ideally we’re, we’re looking at, you know, those top 100 or so cities. Ideally, you know, we, we, we certainly have better presence in the eastern half of the US, but we do span from Florida beaches to coastal California. In terms of the type of markets that are, that are more ideal and better fit for us, you know, generally speaking, they’re, you know, a lot of the, the southern markets are, uh, you know, certainly performing well. They’re business friendly. We avoid union hostility, uh, where, whenever possible, right? Sure. And, um, you know, th- those are the type of markets where we’d wanna go. And in terms of, of the type of hotels, you know, again, I think leaning towards the bifurcation that we know exists in, uh, in the industry that kinda says, you know, you gotta be great at, uh, soft branding experiential properties, right? And some lifestyle assets. And, and so that we’re, we’re, we’re leaning that direction. And you see it in our pipeline. You know, so, so our pipeline includes, you know, includes today, uh, multiple Marriott, Hilton, soft branded assets, like, like Tribute and, you know, and Tapestry Autographs. We also have, uh, some brands like Compass by Margaritaville sitting in the pipeline, right? And, and independent. Um, so, so really cool, exciting places where we get to create our own brand, really, our own store – Yeah. Based off of the building that’s there. And all of those new development projects that we’re talking about have, um, they have a lot of credit. I mean, that’s the only way you can pull these off today is if you’re, if you’ve got historic tax credits, you know, so we’ve got that in multiple places and hundred plus year old buildings. It’s, you know, great stories to tell. Uh, we’ve got, uh, you know, tax increment financing, PIDs, we’ve got enterprise zone, we got the CIPLA, you know, many other different factors that have played into making a capital stat that actually works. Uh, and that’s the way to, you know, that’s, that’s the way we’re getting it done and, uh, on the new development side. Ryan Embree: Well, those are fun projects, let me tell you. Um, I, I, I’m sure to work on, because it’s like you said, I mean, you get to tell a story there. Um, sometimes there’s a story already ingrained with these historic buildings that then become a, a key foundational component of, uh, you know, what you’re building on, um, so to speak, and, you know, uh, literally and figuratively when, when it comes to your maybe digital story. So, yeah, very, very cool to see. We’ll, we’ll, we’ll be excited to watch, watch those come to, to life. I want to. We’re, we’re wrapping up here, Charles, but I always feel like it’s always my duty, you know, having the privilege to talk to leaders like you, try to just get as much inside advice as I can out of you during this time. Obviously, as a business owner, you know, starting a business never easy, so much vision, resilience, incredible amount of commitment, especially doing one where you started it during a historic time and around COVID, right? But looking back on your journey building Aperture, you know, what advice would you give maybe to the next generation of hospitality leaders? It doesn’t necessarily have to be about if someone’s wanting to build their own, uh, management company, but e- even just a hospitality professional just now today in 2026? Charles Oswald: That’s a good question. You know, some things that come to mind is, uh, it’s a one in whatever business you’re, you’re doing, if, if you’re trying to be entrepreneurial and you wanna be an owner, I’d say, you know, choose your partners carefully, right? If you’re coming up in the business, I’d say, um, master the numbers, you know, not just your gut. If you’re, you know, you’re, you’re, you’re in the hiring seat, uh, uh, as a, as a team leader, I would tell them to, um, make sure they treat people decisions as serious as the capital decisions, right? Very, very important. I think from a business development standpoint, uh, I say those guys that are trying to, you know, build a, a portfolio need to y – learn to, to read the deal and not just as an operation. I think young or old, we should embrace the tech shift. I couldn’t believe I, I have some college professor friends, I do some advisory work at several universities, and I listen to, uh, college professors and some students out there, uh, who are very, being very resilient, r- resistant to AI, talking bad about it, they view it as a threat. And, uh, I’m like, “Hey, guys, y’all need to know that we do employ people, employers are looking for those young folks to come out with some experience and exposure and learning, uh, you know, and, and, and to have some insights in how to, how, you know, we cannot adopt AI at our companies.” And, and, uh, you know, you’re doing an injustice if, uh, if you’re resisting tech shift. Uh, so, and lastly, I would say think about your reputation management, right? Like, like, protect your credibility with your owners, with your franchisors, like it’s capital, because it is. Ryan Embree: Great advice. Sound, sound about. We got. That was comprehensive. Thank you for, thank you for sharing that. No, really appreciate it. Like I said, you know, uh, try to glean as much as I can out of these conversations and share it. Um, all great advice. Um, you know, hopefully we don’t have to wait three years next time to have you back on the podcast. Would, would love to catch up with you then, but who knows where, where you’ll be and, and the growth, uh, of Aperture Hotels. But what’s next? Like, as we wrap up today’s final question, kinda what’s your vision for the future as you look into the, this latter part of the half of the 2020s, right, for Aperture Hotels? Charles Oswald: Yeah, I think, um, being involved in a few developments is, is, you know, the one side. I’d say there’s just ongoing organic growth of, uh, taking on, on, uh, new management contracts, and they’ll probably mostly still be through, management company transitions as opposed to actual ownership transitions. And then, look, M&A is on the table, right? We, we’ve studied, uh, a few other small management companies that we can maybe, uh, acquire or merge in with. And I think that’s, yeah, I, I’m continuing to be open to that, uh, that conversation and, and, uh, uh, I hope to probably do just one. Uh, I don’t think multiple, but, but, but probably just one that’s really the right fit and the right strategic play. Ryan Embree: Awesome. Well, we’re excited. It’s been cool to watch your journey and aperture hotels from when we first spoke with you to here we are now and wish you nothing but success. So thank you so much, um, for taking the time to, to spend some time with my, myself as well as our sweet spot listeners, Charles. Charles Oswald: Yeah. Thank you. It’s great chatting. 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Esco di casa con la macchina fotografica e non c'è niente da fotografare. Questa frase me la scrivete da anni, e per un sacco di tempo ho creduto che parlasse dei posti. Parla invece di una lista scritta nel 1667 che nessuno di noi ha mai controfirmato.LINK AFFILIATI PER SUPPORTARE IL CANALE"Un'arte media" https://amzn.to/4qrnyyF"New Topographics" https://amzn.to/45X333D"William Eggleston's Guide" https://amzn.to/4x5w6O5"Uncommon Places" https://amzn.to/4x5w6O5"Joel Meyerowitz, Cape Light" https://amzn.to/4g7LN1k"Kodachrome" https://amzn.to/4bZ1be3"Fotografia e inconscio tecnologico" https://amzn.to/3SJrzC4"Viaggio In Italia" https://amzn.to/4xJ5baW"Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche" https://amzn.to/3SjOiVe"Tentativo di esaurimento di un luogo parigino" https://amzn.to/3S1jxV3"Meglio ladro che fotografo" https://amzn.to/4gn7IR1"Arthur Danto, The Artworld" (ed Italiana) https://amzn.to/4gn7IR1"Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art" (ed Italiana) https://amzn.to/4g9ZNHR"Opera aperta" https://amzn.to/46bdq3A"Lector in fabula" https://amzn.to/4xWMqkxFONTI Libri e mostre* André Félibien, prefazione alle Conférences de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1667 (a stampa nel 1669): il testo che codifica la gerarchia dei generi * Pierre Bourdieu, Un art moyen. Essai sur les usages sociaux de la photographie, Minuit 1965* New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape, a cura di William Jenkins, George Eastman House, Rochester, 1975-1976* William Eggleston's Guide, con il saggio di John Szarkowski, MoMA 1976.* Stephen Shore, Uncommon Places, Aperture 1982* Joel Meyerowitz, Cape Light, Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1978* Luigi Ghirri, Kodachrome, Punto e Virgola 1978* Franco Vaccari, Fotografia e inconscio tecnologico, Punto e Virgola 1979* Viaggio in Italia, a cura di Luigi Ghirri, Gianni Leone ed Enzo Velati, Il Quadrante 1984, con i testi di Arturo Carlo Quintavalle e di Gianni Celati* Gabriele Basilico, Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche, SugarCo 1981* Archivio dello Spazio, Provincia di Milano, 1987-1997, a cura di Achille Sacconi e Roberta Valtorta* Georges Perec, Tentativo di esaurimento di un luogo parigino, 1975, da cui prendo la parola infra-ordinario* Ando Gilardi, Meglio ladro che fotografo Filosofia e teoria* Arthur Danto, The Artworld, 1964* Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art, 1968: l'occhio innocente è cieco* Umberto Eco, Opera aperta (1962) e Lector in fabula (1979) - Michele Vacchiano, il video "Livelli di lettura" e il suo saggio "L'ordine apparente", 1992* Tatiana Hopper, "The Biggest Myth About Great PhotographyALTRI VIDEO MIEI CHE C'ENTRANO This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit onthenatureoflight.substack.com

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This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates ''Before Psychology''- the Secret Source' that exponentially increases the peace, performance, and potential for any individual or organisation. What if the 'me' trying to access flow and presence is itself the misunderstanding?   In this episode, Piers continues his conversation with Deborah Hurwitz, host of the Productivity for Perfectionists Summit® After their first conversation opened up powerful questions around procrastination, perfectionism, flow and the deeper nature of mind, they recorded a further conversation to explore the central question underneath everything:  Who, or what, is really in charge? Deborah begins with a distinction familiar to many high achievers, creatives and perfectionists: the difference between flow and presence. Flow can seem like the state where the self disappears and life simply moves. Presence can seem like something more deliberate: the self stepping back, observing, witnessing, noticing and trying to become more grounded. But as the conversation unfolds, that distinction begins to loosen.Piers invites Deborah into a direct inquiry into the nature of self, attention, body, sensation, perception and awareness. Rather than trying to understand consciousness as a concept, they look directly at what is available in experience. Where is the “me” that owns attention? Where is the personal, localised consciousness that seems to be “in here”? Do we actually experience the body directly, or only through thought, sensation and perception? And is the body the container of consciousness, or does the body appear within consciousness? The key distinction that emerges is this: The body-mind is not an entity that has consciousness. It is an activity of consciousness. This begins to shift Deborah's understanding of presence. Presence is no longer another job for the self to perform. It is not the perfectionist self becoming a better observer. It is not “Deborah” taking responsibility for witnessing experience more skilfully. Instead, presence begins to look more like coming home. By the end of the episode, Deborah sees that even the role of “observer” can become another subtle responsibility for the self. And then something lands: What if presence is not “I am observing”? What if even the responsibility of being the observer can be released? This is not a tidy teaching. It is a live inquiry. A conversation about flow, presence, consciousness, identity, responsibility and the case of mistaken identity. And it points to the the heart of Quality of Mind: Undoing The Case of Mistaken Identity  The one trying to be in charge may be part of the very misunderstanding we are looking through. Highlights 02:05 — Deborah's hunger for a different conversation Deborah describes why the first episode went somewhere different from conventional psychology, trauma, patterning or behavioural approaches. 05:28 — Flow versus presence Deborah names the distinction she wants to explore: flow as an unselfconscious state, and presence as being aware of being here, now. 09:19 — Where do you think you are? Piers asks the question that shifts the episode: in either flow or presence, where does Deborah think she is? 09:48 — The location of consciousness Deborah names the question she had almost brought into the conversation: what is the location of consciousness? 11:34 — Entering direct inquiry Piers invites Deborah to look directly, in real time, without relying on concepts, models or inherited ideas. 15:36 — “My attention” Deborah notices that attention moves, but still feels like “my attention”. Piers explores how the “my” is created. 16:43 — Can you find the “my” entity? The inquiry turns towards whether the separate owner of attention can actually be found before thought, sensation and perception. 21:24 — How do you know you have a body? Piers brings the inquiry into the body, asking how the body is known in direct experience. 25:36 — The body appears in consciousness A key pointer: the body may not have consciousness inside it. The body may appear in consciousness. 28:13 — The missing piano and the collapse of orientation Deborah shares an experience from music production where a missing piano part briefly removed her usual sense of labelling, positioning and organisation. 31:21 — No labelling, no positioning, no identification Deborah sees how, in that moment, there was experience before the usual “me” had decided what it was. 34:34 — What comes and goes? Piers points to how thoughts, sensations, perceptions and even the idea of “me” come and go within experience. 37:29 — Which “I” are we talking about? The conversation distinguishes between the personal self and the deeper “I” of consciousness itself. 38:06 — Water and whirlpools Piers introduces the metaphor of consciousness as water and the body-mind as a whirlpool. 39:54 — Activity, not entity The central insight: localised consciousness is not a separate entity. The body-mind is an activity of consciousness. 40:09 — A significant distinction Deborah recognises that “activity, not entity” changes something important. 43:09 — Whirlpools are not separate from water The metaphor lands more clearly: the body-mind is not separate from consciousness, just as a whirlpool is not separate from water. 44:21 — The continuity of “me” Deborah asks what explains the felt continuity of herself from childhood to now. Piers suggests that the continuity we sense may not be the continuity of the body-mind, but the continuity of consciousness itself. 46:33 — A consoling realisation Deborah says this is a new for her, and that she finds it consoling. 47:10 — Freedom from fixing the self Deborah begins to see that she may not need to be saddled with fixing, improving, reaching for authenticity or achieving wholeness at the level of the self. 49:39 — Psychological freedom from being the driver Piers points to the freedom that comes from not needing to be the body-mind self pushing and managing everything. 50:06 — Real but never true They return to the Quality of Mind phrase “real and never true”: experience is vivid, felt and alive, but not ultimately true in the way it appears. 50:33 — The sky is not damaged by the storm Piers uses the sky and screen metaphors to point to what remains untouched by the changing weather of experience. 51:27 — Undoing the flow/presence distinction Deborah brings the episode back to its original question: can the distinction between flow and presence now be seen differently? 52:12 — The observer as another responsibility Deborah sees that her old understanding of presence still put the self in charge as the observer. 53:24 — Releasing even the observer Deborah asks what happens if even the responsibility of being the observer is released. The episode lands in Deborah's insight: presence may be less about doing and more about coming home. 56:18 — Aperture, expansion and contraction Piers connects the metaphor to aperture: when consciousness is contracted, separation feels real; when expanded, the separate doer is less obvious. This episode explores Why flow and presence can look like two different states How the self can subtly try to manage both flow and presence What direct inquiry is, and why it differs from conceptual understanding The assumption that there is a “me” who owns attention How thought, sensation and perception create the appearance of “my body” Why the body may appear in consciousness rather than consciousness living inside the body The difference between the body-mind as an entity and the body-mind as an activity The water and whirlpool metaphor for individuality and consciousness Why the sense of continuity from childhood to adulthood may not be what we think it is How the observer role can become another subtle form of self-identification Why coming home may be closer than trying to become present What this means for perfectionism, self-improvement, creativity and responsibility Why this matters Many thoughtful, driven people spend enormous energy trying to improve themselves. They try to manage thoughts, regulate the nervous system, access flow, practise presence, become authentic, overcome limiting beliefs and find the right inner state. Some of that may be useful. But this episode points somewhere more upstream. What if the self trying to do all of that is not what we fundamentally are? What if the one trying to manage experience is itself part of the psychological activity? What if peace, flow and presence are not produced by the self, but become more obvious when the self is seen differently? This does not mean life stops happening. Creativity continues. Responsibility continues. Action continues. The form still functions. But the body-mind no longer has to carry the impossible burden of being what we are. Resources & links  Their first conversation  The Hidden Cause of Procrastination — It's Not ''What'' You Think Deborah helps smart, thoughtful perfectionists get unstuck, move towards what matters, and relate differently to the pressure, overthinking and exhaustion that can come with high standards. https://cobaltcoaching.com/ Explore The Telepathy Tapes, mentioned briefly in this episode,  It is included here as a pointer to curiosity about consciousness, https://thetelepathytapes.com/ Explore all things Quality of Mind: https://www.qualityofmind.biz/ 3-Minute Quality of Mind Quiz Discover how much your understanding of the mind may already be shaping your performance, peace and potential.  https://piers-xruoj0sz.scoreapp.com/  Audio Intro Short Course A short introduction to the understanding behind Before Psychology. https://qualityofmind.online/courses/qomaudiointrocourse/ YouTube Explainer — What is Before Psychology? A clear short introduction to why Quality of Mind points before conventional psychology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y99iy9yiCeM Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind: https://qualityofmind.biz/real-results/ Follow Piers Thurston on LinkedIn for regular posts and reflections: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/piersthurston Subscribe to the Quality of Mind YouTube channel for short insight videos exploring Before Psychology: https://www.youtube.com/c/qualityofmind For a more in-depth look into the Direct Inquiry and non-dual understanding behind Quality of Mind, explore TASTE THE MANGO: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TASTETHEMANGO Enjoyed the episode? If this episode speaks to you, please follow, share and leave a review. It helps more people discover a conversation that could genuinely change how they understand themselves, their work and their lives.    

Today I am honored to speak with Elizabeth Hinton and  Elsa Julien Lora about their new book, Harm and Punishment: Incarcerated Writers on Violence and the US Prison. Along with two research assistants, Lora and Hinton pored over hundreds of essays by prisoners, found in the American Prison Writing Archive.  They then selected and organized the essays found in this volume, offering illuminating introductions to each section.Our discussion moves through many topics—the brutal, dehumanizing, and punitive nature of the prison system, the damage it does to lives both inside and outside prison, and the ways prisoners find to survive and offer each other support, despite being pitted against each other. At base, we consider how we, as a society, are “addicted to violence,” and why and how it is crucial to understand that violence can only produce more violence. These essays organically blend personal observations and stories with a deep understanding of the broad, systemic nature of violence.Elizabeth Hinton is one of the nation's leading experts on the roots of mass incarceration and enduring inequality in the United States. The Class of 1954 Professor of History, Black Studies, and Law at Yale University, Hinton serves as the founding director of the Justice for Everybody Movement J4EM, a university-based center focused on promoting public safety through education, research, and coalition-building. At Harvard, she is the founding co-director (with Brandon M. Terry) of the Hutchins Center's Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety.  Hinton's groundbreaking books—From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime and America on Fire—were each named New York Times Notable Books and have become essential texts in policy and social justice circles. A sought-after public intellectual, Hinton's commentary appears in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and beyond. Her research has been supported by the Carnegie Corporation and the Guggenheim, Mellon, and Ford Foundations. Hinton served on the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Reducing Racial Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System and in 2022 was elected to the American Philosophical Society as one of the youngest members in its history. At J4EM, Hinton is building the infrastructure for a more just and robust democracy—where education is not a privilege, but a cornerstone of public safety.Elsa Julien Lora is a U.S. historian and interdisciplinary scholar whose research focuses on the history of American prisons and the texture and intimacy of family life. A Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Columbia University Society of Fellows, Elsa is at work on her book, Life in Prison: An Intimate History of American Punishment. Her research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, and the American Society for Legal History. Elsa's writing about race, justice, and family has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Aperture, and Public Books, and she is currently producing a documentary about her grandmother, boundary-breaking modern dancer Mary Hinkson. She holds a PhD in African and African American Studies from Harvard University and a JD from Yale Law School. 

Curators Marina Chao & Adam Ryan (CPW) join PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss the inaugural Upstate Photography Biennial and the curatorial process behind this major contemporary photography exhibition. Chao, Ryan, and Wolf explore how CPW develops exhibitions with both the local community and broader audience in mind, building meaningful public engagement, and what artists can do to establish and sustain relationships with photography and arts organizations. https://cpw.org Marina Chao has previously held curatorial positions at the International Center of Photography and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As assistant curator at ICP she organized the exhibition Multiply, Identify, Her (2018) and contributed to the publication Public, Private, Secret: On Photography and the Configuration of Self (Aperture and ICP, 2018). She was awarded a 2019 Curatorial Research Fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for a project exploring the intersections of image, language, and technology. Adam Ryan is a photography specialist and curator based in Poughkeepsie, New York. He gained experience working at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where he focused on the museum's permanent collection of photographs, while also managing its Collection Study Center. He collaborated on multiple exhibitions such as Japanese Photography from Post War to Now, Selections from the Sack Photographic Trust, and Nothing Stable Under Heaven. Before that, he worked in the Photography Department of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his primary focus was a major retrospective on the work of renowned artist Duane Michals – Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals. As a student, he learned photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and continued into graduate school at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. https://www.adamgilesryan.com

Photographers Jarod Lew and Reagan Louie join PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss how they explore cultural identity, personal loss, and trauma through photography. Lew and Louie are Asian American photographers from different generations, and their work reflects how the exploration of cultural identity in contemporary photography has evolved over the decades. While Louie takes a documentary photography approach, Lew works through more conceptual constructs. Their conversation with Wolf highlights the visual differences between their practices while revealing striking resonances in how they discuss their approach. https://www.jarodlew.com https://www.reaganlouie.com Jarod Lew is an artist who draws on photography to explore intergenerational encounters with diasporic loss, displacement, and postmemory. Through this exploration, his work contends with the performativity of race and its instability as a locus of meaning. His project, Please Take Off Your Shoes was shortlisted for the Aperture Portfolio Prize in 2021, and was exhibited in a group exhibition at SFMOMA titled Kinship: Photography and Connection in 2023. His other project, In Between You and Your Shadow, examines his relationship with his mother, who was the fiancé of Vincent Chin--the subject of a hate-crime that brought national attention to matters of Asian American civil rights. In 2025, Lew will mount his first museum exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art titled- Strange You Never Knew.  His works are held in public and private collections including the Cantor Art Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, Kadist, San Francisco, Harvard Art Museum, University of Michigan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Lew's work has been written about in Aperture, Artforum, Elephant Magazine, and Aesthetica Magazine. Lew graduated with an MFA in photography at the Yale School of Art. Reagan Louie's photography and installations explore global transformation and cultural identity. He is currently at work on several projects that focus on the relationship between home and homeland; including a book about his family's immigration from China to America. And a Virtual Reality experience about his ancestral home, Wing Wor. His work is exhibited at institutions: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art NY, Philadelphia Art Museum, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Gwangju Biennale. Louie's photographs are in the public collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art NY, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oakland Museum, Cantor Art Museum. Louie's photographs are widely published. His books have received critical acclaim. The New York Times Book Review named his first book on China, “Toward a Truer Life”, the photography book of the year. He is the recipient of numerous awards - The Guggenheim fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Lange-Taylor Prize, and Fulbright Fellowship.

Many photographers learn aperture in two steps: wide for blur, narrow for sharpness. It's a reasonable starting point, but it skips the physics that actually determines how sharp your images are, and it leads to a habit that's quietly costing you image quality. And if you know anything about me at this point, you know I'm down for a physics discussion. We start with diffraction — the optical phenomenon that makes f/22 softer than f/8, even though everything is technically "in focus." When light is forced through a tiny aperture opening, it bends and spreads rather than travelling cleanly to the sensor. The result is a subtle mushiness that no amount of post-processing sharpening can fully recover, because the data simply wasn't captured cleanly in the first place. From there we cover the aperture sweet spot — the range, typically two to three stops from wide open, where most lenses perform at their sharpest from corner to corner. This varies by lens, which is why the episode homework is designed to help you find your specific lens's optimal aperture rather than relying on a general rule. Finally, we tackle one of the most persistent myths in photography: lens compression. Longer focal lengths don't actually compress a scene — distance does. Understanding why changes how you think about lens choice for portraits and environmental shots. Support The Nerdy Photographer Sign Up for The Power Up - https://nerdyphotographer.com/newsletter Get some artwork from the print shop - https://art.caseyfphoto.com Buy some Nerdy Photographer Merch - https://nerdyphoto.dashery.com Use our link to buy new gear from Adorama - https://nerdyphotographer.com/recommends/adorama Use our link to buy used gear from KEH - https://nerdyphotographer.com/recommends/keh Follow along with us on social media @thenerdyphoto About The Podcast The Nerdy Photographer Podcast is written and produced by Casey Fatchett. Casey is a professional photographer in the New York City / Northern New Jersey with more than 20 years of experience. He just wants to help people and make them laugh. You can view Casey's wedding work at https://fatchett.com or his non-wedding work at https://caseyfatchettphotography.com    If you have any questions or comments about this episode or any other episodes, OR if you would like to ask a photography related question or have ideas for a topic for a future episode, please reach out to us at https://nerdyphotographer.com/contact  

This week on ‘The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Children's Literature and the author of ‘Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children' (Little, Brown & Company), his first book written for adults.

This week on ‘The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Children's Literature and the author of ‘Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children' (Little, Brown & Company), his first book written for adults.

Guest: Jess Liu DDS https://www.instagram.com/perio_jessliu/   Host: Serv Wahan MD DMD https://www.drwahan.com/      primary  goal Educational   summary In this episode, Dr. Jess Liu shares his journey in dental photography, focusing on the innovative diffuser for DSLR cameras, camera settings, and techniques to improve clinical photos. Discover practical tips for dental professionals to enhance their imaging skills and equipment choices. Join us as we explore dental photography, implant overprescription, socket graft techniques, and more with expert Jess Liu. Discover practical tips, industry insights, and innovative solutions to elevate your dental practice.  keywords dental photography, DSLR diffuser, clinical photos, camera settings, soft lighting, dental equipment, photography tips, dental professionals, diffuser technology, dental procedures dental photography, implantology, socket graft, dental tips, dental technology, case acceptance, periodontal disease, macro photography, dental tools, clinical techniques, Flashkap, Jess Liu, Serv Wahan, Dr Wahan  key  topics Dental photography techniques Use of diffusers in clinical photos Camera settings for dental imaging Dental photography techniques Overprescription of implants Socket graft and ridge preservation methods  guest  name Dr. Jess Liu  Titles Mastering Dental Photography: Tips from Dr. Jess Liu How to Achieve Perfect Dental Photos with Diffusers like Flashkap  sound bites "The flashkap makes lighting less harsh" "Surface area and flash power are key" "Modern tools enhance clinical outcomes." Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Photography in Dentistry 02:52 The Evolution of the FlashKap 05:58 Understanding Diffusion in Dental Photography 08:59 Camera Settings for Dental Photography 12:00 Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Explained 15:00 Practical Tips for Capturing Clinical Photos 17:57 The Importance of Focus in Dental Photography 20:57 Documenting Procedures Effectively 24:02 The Learning Benefits of Photography 25:30 The Importance of Documentation in Learning 29:57 Camera Setup and Equipment Recommendations 35:46 Understanding Flash and Lighting Techniques 42:03 Photography Techniques for Clinical Cases 46:56 Ethics of Implant Prescribing 49:25 Patient-Centric Decision Making in Dentistry 50:32 Evolving Techniques in Dental Procedures 51:55 The Role of Technology in Periodontology 53:40 Suture Selection and Its Impact on Healing 58:46 Assessing Tooth Viability in Periodontal Disease 01:00:10 Socket Grafting Techniques and Innovations 01:07:41 Navigating Professional Relationships in Dentistry    resources FlashKap Diffuser  Canon DSLR Cameras  Sony Alpha Cameras  OptraGate Retractor  Owl Bracket for Twin Flash Jess Liu's Dental Photography Tips  Open Membrane Socket Graft Technique  Jess Liu's Instagram - https://instagram.com/jessliudental  

Sponsor Link:To check out our special money saving deal and upgrade your online security with NordVPN - Click HereSpaceX came agonisingly close to launching the most powerful rocket ever built in its newest configuration — but a technical halt at T-minus 40 seconds sent Starship V3's debut back to the drawing board, with another attempt window opening this evening (6:30–8:00 p.m. EDT). Anna and Avery dig into what went wrong, what makes V3 different, and the stunning announcement buried in the webcast: a named commander for humanity's first crewed Mars flyby mission. Plus: JWST rewrites exoplanet atmospheric science with unexpected ice clouds on a distant super-Jupiter, researchers map a mysterious magnetic 'flip' inside the Milky Way, and Rocket Lab launches from New Zealand.Links & Further Reading •       Starship Flight 12 live updates: space.com •       SpaceX launch webcast (tonight): spacex.com •       Chun Wang Mars announcement: universetoday.com •       JWST Epsilon Indi Ab paper (ApJL): doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae5823 •       Milky Way magnetic field study (ApJ): doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae28d1 •       Rocket Lab Viva La Strix mission: rocketlabusa.com •       Astronomy Daily website: astronomydaily.ioBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Photographer and educator Eli Durst joins PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss his photobooks, artistic practice, and the evolving definition of documentary photography. Durst reflects on what it means to push and rethink documentary work today, from image-making to long-term engagement with subjects and place. Drawing on his experience working with Joel Meyerowitz, Durst also shares how he learned to build a sustainable life as an artist, balancing creative work with family. He discusses the role of mentorship, ongoing learning, and how collaboration with publishers and editors can reshape a project through new perspectives on sequencing and editing. The conversation also explores the importance of community in documentary practice, and how embedding within a community is often central to the work, sometimes even more than the act of photographing itself. https://www.elidurst.com https://www.instagram.com/durzt Eli Durst is an American artist whose work explores the social forces and group dynamics that shape the suburban American experience. Durst's photographs have been exhibited internationally and have been featured in Aperture, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Vogue, and The Atlantic among others. He has published three monographs: The Community (Mörel, 2020), The Four Pillars (Loose Joints, 2022), and The Children's Melody (Gnomic 2025). Durst lives and works in Austin, Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas College of Fine Arts. Durst has received numerous prizes, including the 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize and a 2017 Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer's Fellowship Grant, and a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.

Ken and James are joined by the wonderful and talented hosts from the Dial and Aperture podcast; Nacho and Morgan. .Part 1 is here, Part 2 will be available from Saturday 9th May...Dial and Aperture Podcast.Wrist check - Nacho - Nomos Club World Timer JungleMorgan - Grand Seiko SBGX 263Ken - Hodinkee Timex 8 LapJames - Doxa Sub 200T .Mentioned - Grand Seiko White BirchGrand Seiko Night BirchGrand Seiko UFA Grand Seiko UFA DiverPaynter ClothingTGN PodcastRZEMarathon Nav D cerashell 22Studio WatchesBradley Taylor Watches.Form and Function websiteDonations Page

Matt Maher, founder of M7 Innovations and the thirty-fifth member of the MIT Media Lab Consortium, joins Phillip and Brian to interrogate what really happens when enterprises leap from "zero to one" to "one to a hundred" with AI. The conversation moves from the productivity paradox (studies showing AI can add 20% to completion time even as users swear it saves them work) to the human hand-off in commerce, the limits of agentic shopping, and the shrinking aperture of the internet. The big takeaway is that 2026 is the year of assessment, not aspiration. Paleolithic Brains; Medieval Infrastructure; Godlike Technology Key Takeaways AI has created a productivity paradox. Although it may feel like a magical solution that unlocks productivity and throughput, it often lengthens time to completion.  Cognitive atrophy is real and happening faster than we realize.  Net-new ideas still need human intuition. AI learns from and mimics existing experiences and content.  The human-AI handoff should be designed for where the agent stops and identity begins, mapped across three tiers: low-emotion, middle-emotion, and high-emotion products and content. Fix your site for LLM crawlers now. Agentic checkout can wait. Key Quotes [00:06:30] "We did not have a digital information superhighway… that was zero to one. And now we are in that one to 100 moment… we snap our fingers, and we're at parity with all these capabilities." — Matt Maher [00:17:30] "It objectively takes more time. Our dopamine receptors are feeling good when we're that productive. So we'll happily take 20% more time and claim we didn't." — Matt Maher [00:23:30] "AI could literally never have created [the elevator screen] because it did not exist in the world before. It is a reduction to the mean." — Matt Maher [00:51:30] "The aperture of the internet continues to shrink, and everything becomes more personalized for each of us. If you are not in that aperture of what people see, you don't exist anymore." — Matt Maher In-Show Mentions M7 Innovations The METR study (late 2025) on AI developer time savings E.O. Wilson's The Origins of Creativity Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings Amazon v. Perplexity lawsuit Associated Links What AI and Watchmaking Have in Common The Death of Slop and the End of Time Get STRATA by Future Commerce Check out Future Commerce on YouTube Check out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and print Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we're witnessing in the commerce world Listen to our other episodes of Future Commerce Have any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Memphis Massacre was a truly horrific wave of destruction and violence, including sexual violence, against the Black community of Memphis just a year after the end of the U.S. Civil War. Research: “Memphis Daily Appeal Interviews Frances Thompson (1876),” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed April 9, 2026, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/3717. “The Outrage Mill.” The North Missouri Register. 9/14/1876. “The Reports of the Committees of the House of Representatives Made during the First Session Thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-’66.” Washington: Government Printing Office. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-01274_00_00-002-0101-0000/context Blank, Christopher. “Do The Words 'Race Riot' Belong On A Historic Marker In Memphis?” Code Switch. NPR. 5/2/2016. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/05/02/476450908/in-memphis-a-divide-over-how-to-remember-a-massacre-150-years-later Britannica Editors. "Memphis massacre of 1866". Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/event/Memphis-Race-Riot. Accessed 8 April 2026. Carriere, Marius. “An Irresponsible Press: Memphis Newspapers and the 1866 Riot.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly , Spring 2001, Vol. 60, No. 1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42628498 Davis, Justin A. “How a disabled Black trans woman left her mark on 19th-century Memphis.” The Emancipator. 6/13/2024. https://theemancipator.org/2024/06/13/topics/histories/how-a-disabled-black-trans-woman-left-her-mark-on-19th-century-memphis/ Donald, Bernice Bouie. “When the Rule of Law Breaks Down: Implications of the 1866 Memphis Massacre for the Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Boston Law Review. Vol. 98. 2018. Equal Justice Institute. “On this day - Apr 30, 1866: White Police and Mobs Terrorize and Kill Black Residents in Memphis.” https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/30 Harper’s Weekly. “The Memphis Riots.” 5/26/1866. Johnson, Charles F. and T.W. Gilbreth. “The Freedmen’s Bureau Report on the Memphis Race Riots of 1866.” 5/22/1866. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the-freedmens-bureau-report-on-the-memphis-race-riots-of-1866/ Kimberley, Lewis. “’If you kill him, you have got to kill me first’: examining individual and collective loyalties during the Memphis Massacre (1866).” American Nineteenth Century History. Vol. 25, 2024. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14664658.2024.2316465 O’Donovan, Susan and Beverly Bond. “ ‘A History They Can Use’: The Memphis Massacre and Reconstruction’s Public History Terrain.” The Journal of the Civil War Era. 8/15/2016. https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2016/08/history-can-use-memphis-massacre-reconstructions-public-history-terrain/ Stryker, Susan. “To Appear As We Please.” Aperture, Winter 2017, No. 229, Future Gender. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44898154 Walker, Barrington. “'This is the White Man's Day': The Irish, White Racial Identity, and the 1866 Memphis Riots.” Left History. Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997. https://doi.org/10.25071/1913-9632.5336 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode of the Shift AI Podcast, Derek Slager, CTO and co-founder of Amperity, joins host Boaz Ashkenazy for a conversation that spans 10 years of company building, the evolution of AI-assisted software development, and what it really means to lead a technical organization through genuine disruption.Derek shares the founding story of Amperity, how he and co-founder Kabir Shahani stumbled into the customer data problem while building marketing automation at their previous company, Aperture, and how that experience became the thesis for building an entire platform around getting data right. The conversation moves into the heart of how AI has transformed Derek's work as a CTO and as an engineer. He describes the moment the shift felt real, the team dynamics of moving from individual AI exploration to a true team sport, and how Amperity is compounding the institutional knowledge locked in a decade of after-action reviews into something agents can now actually learn from. Derek addresses the "SaaS is dead" narrative head-on arguing that Amperity's data foundation is precisely the asset that makes agents genuinely useful for their customers.Boaz and Derek close with a forward-looking exchange on agentic workflows in marketing, the importance of redesigning process and what a learning mindset means for individuals and organizations navigating what comes next.This episode is essential listening for CTOs, data leaders, and operators who want to understand how the companies with the best data foundations are positioned to thrive in the agentic era.Chapters[00:00] Introduction: Derek's Path to Building Amperity[02:13] What Amperity Is and Why It Took 10 Years to Build[04:41] First Job: Early IT Work at Dad's Small Business in Monroe, WA[06:14] The Founders Club: How Amperity Went to Market in 2016[08:20] Why They're Running a New Founders Club 10 Years Later[10:13] Both Sides of Claude Code: What Changed and When[13:30] Living Through Disruption as a CTO and Engineer[15:36] Making AI a Team Sport Instead of an Individual Pursuit[17:04] The Moment It Really Clicked: A Simple Tool That Took 5 Minutes to Build[19:09] Cultural Adoption: Skeptics to Believers Inside Amperity[21:50] Compounding Engineering: After-Action Reviews as AI Training Data[23:45] The Agent Wave Is Real: What It Means for a Customer Data Platform[25:09] Amperity's Data Foundation as the Perfect Agent Substrate[27:00] Redesigning Process, Not Just Adopting Tools[28:57] Systems Thinking and the Future of Work[30:04] Two Words: Learning Mindset[33:01] How to Connect with Derek and AmperityConnect with Derek SlagerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekslager/Website: amperity.comConnect with Boaz AshkenazyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boazashkenazy/Email: info@shiftai.fm

Leo Laporte takes to the expo floor at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco's Moscone Center for a rapid-fire series of conversations with leading security vendors and thinkers. From Thinkst Canary's honeypot deception tactics to Bitwarden's new Agent Access SDK, Tailscale's AI gateway, and Aikido Security's fully autonomous AI pen testers, the dominant theme is clear: the AI agent era has arrived and security hasn't caught up. Plus, a surprise meeting with WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins. Thinkst Canary, ThreatLocker, and Bitwarden are sponsors of the TWiT.tv Network. 0:29 Haroon Meer | Thinkst Canary – Honeypots & Deception Tech 6:35 Bob Boyle | Torq – AI-Powered Security Automation 9:50 Juan Quesada | Yubico – FIDO2, Passkeys & Pre-Registered YubiKeys 12:33 Rob Allen | ThreatLocker – Zero Trust & Deny by Default 25:53 Arun Singh | Drata – Trust Management & Compliance 27:34 Jelmer Snoeck | Keycard Labs – Ephemeral Tokens for AI Agents 35:26 Kasey Babcock | Bitwarden – Agent Access SDK 41:52 Roeland Delrue | Aikido Security – Autonomous AI Pen Testing 48:56 Bill Keeler | Semperis – Identity Security & "Midnight in the War Room" 52:08 MalwareTech Marcus Hutchins & Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian 54:30 Chris Hughes | Zenity – Securing AI Agents at Runtime 1:01:35 Jillian Murphy | Tailscale – Networking, Aperture & Free Forever Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Haroon Meer, Rob Allen, Bob Boyle, Juan Quesada, Arun Signh, Kasey Babcock, Roeland Delrue, Bill Keeler, Marcus Hutchins, Caitlin Sarian, Chris Hughes, and Jillian Murphy Download or subscribe to TWiT Events at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Leo Laporte takes to the expo floor at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco's Moscone Center for a rapid-fire series of conversations with leading security vendors and thinkers. From Thinkst Canary's honeypot deception tactics to Bitwarden's new Agent Access SDK, Tailscale's AI gateway, and Aikido Security's fully autonomous AI pen testers, the dominant theme is clear: the AI agent era has arrived and security hasn't caught up. Plus, a surprise meeting with WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins. Thinkst Canary, ThreatLocker, and Bitwarden are sponsors of the TWiT.tv Network. 0:29 Haroon Meer | Thinkst Canary – Honeypots & Deception Tech 6:35 Bob Boyle | Torq – AI-Powered Security Automation 9:50 Juan Quesada | Yubico – FIDO2, Passkeys & Pre-Registered YubiKeys 12:33 Rob Allen | ThreatLocker – Zero Trust & Deny by Default 25:53 Arun Singh | Drata – Trust Management & Compliance 27:34 Jelmer Snoeck | Keycard Labs – Ephemeral Tokens for AI Agents 35:26 Kasey Babcock | Bitwarden – Agent Access SDK 41:52 Roeland Delrue | Aikido Security – Autonomous AI Pen Testing 48:56 Bill Keeler | Semperis – Identity Security & "Midnight in the War Room" 52:08 MalwareTech Marcus Hutchins & Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian 54:30 Chris Hughes | Zenity – Securing AI Agents at Runtime 1:01:35 Jillian Murphy | Tailscale – Networking, Aperture & Free Forever Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Haroon Meer, Rob Allen, Bob Boyle, Juan Quesada, Arun Signh, Kasey Babcock, Roeland Delrue, Bill Keeler, Marcus Hutchins, Caitlin Sarian, Chris Hughes, and Jillian Murphy Download or subscribe to TWiT Events at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Leo Laporte takes to the expo floor at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco's Moscone Center for a rapid-fire series of conversations with leading security vendors and thinkers. From Thinkst Canary's honeypot deception tactics to Bitwarden's new Agent Access SDK, Tailscale's AI gateway, and Aikido Security's fully autonomous AI pen testers, the dominant theme is clear: the AI agent era has arrived and security hasn't caught up. Plus, a surprise meeting with WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins. Thinkst Canary, ThreatLocker, and Bitwarden are sponsors of the TWiT.tv Network. 00:00:00 Intro – Leo Laporte at RSAC 2026, Moscone Center 00:00:29 Haroon Meer | Thinkst Canary – Honeypots & Deception Tech 00:06:35 Bob Boyle | Torq – AI-Powered Security Automation 00:09:50 Juan Quesada | Yubico – FIDO2, Passkeys & Pre-Registered YubiKeys 00:12:33 Rob Allen | ThreatLocker – Zero Trust & Deny by Default 00:25:53 Arun Singh | Drata – Trust Management & Compliance 00:27:34 Jelmer Snoeck | Keycard Labs – Ephemeral Tokens for AI Agents 00:35:26 Kasey Babcock | Bitwarden – Agent Access SDK 00:41:52 Roeland Delrue | Aikido Security – Autonomous AI Pen Testing 00:48:56 Bill Keeler | Semperis – Identity Security & "Midnight in the War Room" 00:52:08 MalwareTech Marcus Hutchins & Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian 00:54:30 Chris Hughes | Zenity – Securing AI Agents at Runtime 01:01:35 Jillian Murphy | Tailscale – Networking, Aperture & Free Forever Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Haroon Meer, Rob Allen, Bob Boyle, Juan Quesada, Arun Signh, Kasey Babcock, Roeland Delrue, Bill Keeler, Marcus Hutchins, Caitlin Sarian, Chris Hughes, and Jillian Murphy Download or subscribe to TWiT Events at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Episode No. 750 (!!!) is a clips episode featuring artist Jo Ann Callis. Starting in the early 1970s, Callis has constructed both black-and-white and color photographs that consider, sex, sexuality, pleasure and more pleasure. This program was taped in 2014 when Aperture published "Other Rooms," a book of Callis' investigations of the nude body and sexuality, mostly from the mid-1970s. Last year Luhz Press published "Jo Ann Callis - Dish Trick," featuring Callis pictures that explores the emotions latent in the objects of the home. Luhz lists it at $45; Amazon offers it for $80. Callis is a leading feminist artist and one of the most important photographers of her generation. In 2009 the J. Paul Getty Museum presented a retrospective of her work titled "Woman Twirling." Callises are in the permanent collection of museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Air date: March 19, 2026.

In this episode, the SaDBoys talk about the Fruit of the Loom DB, Ethan's love for his new bib shirt, and Spencer's fascination with vintage sportswear. You know: warm-up jackets and short shorts. Also, we get into a deep discussion about the Aperture of Acceptibility and how people's acceptance of our bold fits isn't static, but *dynamic*. This isn't done just through piecemeal edits of our outfits but also through intentional, social moves like mingling fashion friends into your friend groups, actively making Occasions for dressing up, and sharing your interests and how they connect with your clothing choices. There's also the fact that being bold yourself could help Widen the aperture for other people and may even encourage them to dress up themselves, if they want to! So much of our confidence comes from the bold dressers who came before! Ethan's Blog: https://alittlebitofrest.com/2026/03/18/fashion-dbs-literal-sportswear-and-the-aperture-of-acceptability/ https://alittlebitofrest.com/2026/03/18/the-ornate-and-cheeky-attitude-of-the-bib-shirt/ Support us on Patreon and join the Discord: https://www.patreon.com/styleanddirection/ Follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/styleanddirection/ Podcast is produced by MJ

This is The Digital Story Podcast 1,043, March 17, 2026. Today's theme is, "No Matter Where Your Photos Are, This App Can Display Them." I'm Derrick Story. On my MacBook, I have Aperture libraries, Capture On catalogs, Lightroom collections, thousands of images in Photos for macOS, and a bunch of file folders. I can search across all of those proprietary catalogs, find what I want, and export to my desktop. How? Using a magical application called Peakto. I'll explain how, and its latest updates, on today's TDS Photography Podcast. I hope you enjoy the show.

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠The latest Segment of Notorious Mass Effect has Analytic Dreamz analyzing Harry Styles' triumphant return with his fourth solo album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 21, 2026, earning 430,000 equivalent album units in its first week (ending March 12).Analytic Dreamz details the massive performance: 291,000 pure sales (including a record-breaking 186,000 vinyl copies—the highest weekly vinyl sales for a male artist in the modern era, surpassing his own Harry's House mark of 182,000), 138,500 streaming equivalent albums from 140.31 million on-demand streams across its 12 tracks, and minimal track equivalents. This marks the biggest album week in five months, the largest by a solo male since Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem (493,000 in May 2025), and Styles' fourth consecutive No. 1 debut—joining him with Alicia Keys as the only solo artists (male or female) to achieve four straight No. 1 bows from debut albums.The album, released March 6, 2026, via Erskine/Columbia and executive produced by Kid Harpoon, draws from post-tour life inspirations with funky basslines and dance-floor energy. Lead single “Aperture” debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100—Styles' third career leader—and topped Streaming Songs while hitting Top 10 on Pop and Adult Pop Airplay.In the UK, it debuted at No. 1 with 183,000 units (career-best opening, surpassing Harry's House's 113,000), including 66,000 vinyl sales—the largest physical release of 2026 there. Singles “American Girls” hit No. 1, with “Aperture” at No. 4 and “Ready, Steady, Go!” at No. 5.The rollout featured multiple physical variants (7 vinyls, 6 CDs, cassettes, deluxe boxed sets with merch) to drive sales, plus a 20,000-fan Manchester concert filmed for Netflix.Analytic Dreamz breaks down the Top 10 Billboard 200 that week, including holdovers from Bruno Mars, Morgan Wallen, Bad Bunny, and more, underscoring Styles' dominance in pop.Tune in for an in-depth look at how Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. cements Harry Styles' chart legacy and sets the bar for 2026 pop releases.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Adam talks with Tailscale co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer David Carney about where Tailscale is headed next: TSIDP, TSNet, multiple tailnets, and Aperture. They get into clickless auth (via TSIDP), TSNet apps, multiple tailnets for isolation and control, and Aperture, Tailscale's private AI gateway for API key management, observability, and agent security.

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠In the latest segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz breaks down Harry Styles' explosive new music video for “American Girls,” released March 6, 2026, alongside his fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.Directed by James Mackel, the video casts Styles as a casual action hero on a film set, featuring high-octane stunts like cross-country motorcycle rides, driving under a stalled semi-truck, desert runs with explosions, and a dramatic sunset flip—all achieved with green screen tech and professional stunt doubles. Behind-the-scenes glimpses show Styles relaxing between takes, snacking, and watching the real risk-takers get dirty and bruised, adding a self-aware, humorous contrast to the cinematic chaos.The track itself is a reflective mid-tempo groove where Styles observes his closest friends falling for American girls and getting married, prompting introspection on love, vulnerability, loneliness, and his own desires for fulfillment, strong relationships, and family. As he shared in his Zane Lowe Apple Music interview, it's “quite a lonely song in a lot of ways,” inspired by watching friends take emotional risks.The album—his first in four years since Harry's House—blends playful Italo disco, French house, funk, and soul across 12 tracks, executive produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson. Lead single “Aperture” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Promotion ramps up with the one-night-only Manchester concert at Co-op Live Arena (over 23,000 fans, full album performance), streaming as Harry Styles: One Night in Manchester on Netflix starting March 8, 2026. Styles hosts and performs on Saturday Night Live March 14, with the Together, Together Tour launching May 16 in Amsterdam and a major Madison Square Garden residency from August 26.Analytic Dreamz explores how the video's meta filmmaking style and emotional depth fuel massive YouTube buzz amid competition from top acts.Hosted by Analytic Dreamz on Notorious Mass Effect.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Larissa Pham's writing has appeared in The Nation, the New York Times Book Review, Aperture, Bookforum, Art in America, Granta, the Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere. Her essays and short fiction have been anthologized in Kink (Simon and Schuster, 2021); Wanting: Women Writing on Desire (Catapult, 2023); and Critical Hits, an anthology of writing on video games (Graywolf, 2023). She holds an MFA in fiction from Bennington. She is an Assistant Professor of Writing at the New School. Her debut novel, just published, is Discipline. Larissa joins Barbara DeMarco-Barrett to talk about plot, narrative tense, the freedom of writing without quotation marks, metafiction, revision, naming characters, themes, and much more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. (Recorded February 6, 2026) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Larissa Pham's writing has appeared in The Nation, the New York Times Book Review, Aperture, Bookforum, Art in America, Granta, the Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere. Her essays and short fiction have been anthologized in Kink (Simon and Schuster, 2021); Wanting: Women Writing on Desire (Catapult, 2023); and Critical Hits, an anthology of writing on video games (Graywolf, 2023). She holds an MFA in fiction from Bennington. She is an Assistant Professor of Writing at the New School. Her debut novel, just published, is Discipline. Larissa joins Barbara DeMarco-Barrett to talk about plot, narrative tense, the freedom of writing without quotation marks, metafiction, revision, naming characters, themes, and much more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. (Recorded February 6, 2026) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie StoneMusic: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

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Jessica Dimmock's work focusses on humanistic and intimate storytelling. She is the recipient of numerous international awards for her photography and video work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, three World Press Photo Awards for short films, The Inge Morath Award from Magnum, the F Award for Concerned Photography from Forma and Fabrica, The Infinity Award for Photojournalist of the Year from the International Center of Photography, and The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She is a Sundance Edit and Story Lab Fellow, and her first feature film The Pearl was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Dallas International Film Festival and was executive produced by Impact Partners. Her clients include HBO, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Microsoft, The UNFPA, Aperture, Showtime and PBS. She is the co-director of the Netflix series Flint Town as and directed on the reboot of Unsolved Mysteries and AppleTV's Home. In 2007 Jessica produced a photobook entitled The Ninth Floor (Contrasto).  Her most recent film, co-directed with her partner Zackery Canepari, is Thoughts & Prayers: How to Survive an Active Shooter in America, focussing on the USA's $3 billion active shooter preparadness industry and its effects on teachers and students, released in 2025. In episode 277, Jessica Discusses, among other things: Current projects Her attraction to dark subject matter Her TV mini series Captive Audience Forming close relationships with her subject The random coffee shop interaction that changed her direction forever The chance encounter that led to her first big photography project and subsequent book, The Ninth Floor How the musician Moby played a part in her journey Serendipity and her project The Pearl The challenge of landing lucrative commercial work The Netflix series she co-directed, Flint Town Her most recent film Thoughts & Prayers: How to Survive an Active Shooter in America Website | Instagram Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £5 per month. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides. Follow me on Instagram here. Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

Rob Sheffield and host Brian Hiatt break down Harry Styles' long-awaited new single "Aperture," trace the career arc that made him pop's most unpredictable star, and look ahead to Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SPRING TOUR TICKETS > barstoolsports.com/events/bestshowonearthtour. Weekend recaps (00:00-23:47). Harry Styles releases new single ‘Aperture' (24:40-33:20). Donna Kelce & Andrea Swift spotted together at the Sundance Film Festival (33:21-40:15). Brooks Nader denies rumors she's dating Ben Affleck (40:16-44:49). ‘The Traitors' S4 E6 recap (45:55-57:17). Weekly Watch Report: Tell Me Lies, The Beauty, The Pitt + more! (58:09-1:18:45). CITO LINKS > barstool.link/chicks-in-the-office.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/chicks-in-the-office

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠ The latest Notorious Mass Effect segment from Analytic Dreamz examines Harry Styles' electrifying return to music with his new lead single "Aperture," released January 22, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. ET—ushering in his fourth solo studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., dropping March 6, 2026.The 5-minute-plus disco-techno-dance pop track features throbbing synths, groovy percussion, a strong backbeat, and romantic lyrics like “We belong together” and “It finally appears it's only love,” building from slow-burn intro to percussion-heavy chorus. The official music video, released January 23, adds visual flair with eccentric dance sequences and surprising twists, channeling high-energy vibes.Executive produced by longtime collaborator Kid Harpoon (of Grammy-winning Harry's House fame), the 12-track album signals a dance-floor-focused era after a three-year hiatus since 2022's Harry's House and As It Was dominance.Styles also announced the 2026 Together, Together global residency tour: 50 shows across 7 cities (Amsterdam kickoff in May, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York City, Melbourne, Sydney), highlighted by a massive 30-night run at Madison Square Garden from August 26–October 31—his only U.S. dates and one of his largest single-venue commitments.The rollout included months of billboard teases in major cities, a surprise YouTube instrumental “Forever, Forever,” fan site mysteries, and record store previews. Special guests like Robyn, Shania Twain, Jorja Smith, Jamie xx, and others join select shows.Analytic Dreamz breaks down the single's sound, video impact, album details, tour logistics, presale info (artist presale ongoing, general onsale January 30/February 4), and why this disco-infused comeback positions Harry Styles as a top global pop force amid competition from Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, and more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Harry Styles has come home. Nora and Nathan briefly talk about the Taylor Swift texts that were released this week as part of the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni and what they revealed about the pop star (1:00). Then they talk about "Aperture," the lead single from Harry Styles's forthcoming album 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,' how it feels to have Styles back after a four-year break, and his plans for touring this album (17:41). Hosts: Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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SPRING TOUR TICKETS > barstoolsports.com/events/bestshowonearthtour. We're headed to LA! (00:00-13:43). Amanda Batula & Kyle Cooke announce separation (14:44-28:27). Brooklyn Beckham blasts parents in IG posts (28:28-1:00:19). Karamo Brown not doing press with ‘Queer Eye' costars (1:01:08-1:09:12). Harry Styles to release new single ‘Aperture' on Friday (1:09:13-1:16:25). PopCorner voicemails: Should people be able to use shields at round table on ‘The Traitors?', Hans Zimmer to compose music for HBO's Harry Potter series, ‘Crazy Rich Asians' sequel tabled? + more! (1:18:15-1:38:30). Interview with Anthony Ramos - talking his new show ‘The Beauty,' craziest celeb encounters while doing ‘Hamilton' + more! (1:40:01-2:19:29). CITO LINKS > barstool.link/chicks-in-the-office.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/chicks-in-the-office

In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Alejandro Cartagena returns to discuss his mid-career solo exhibition Ground Rules at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, along with the accompanying book published by Aperture. Alejandro and Sasha dig into how both the exhibition and the book came together, from concept to execution. He also reflects on the lasting impact of his seminal project Carpoolers, and how it shaped his thinking around photography, technology, and intent. The conversation expands to the broader cultural stakes of the medium, including Alejandro's recent investigations into AI-generated imagery. https://alejandrocartagena.com https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/alejandro-cartagena-ground-rules/ https://aperture.org/books/alejandro-cartagena-ground-rules/ Alejandro Cartagena, Mexican (b. 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban, and environmental issues. Cartagena's work has been exhibited internationally in more than 50 group and individual exhibitions in spaces including the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris and the CCCB in Barcelona, and his work is in the collections of several museums including the San Francisco MOMA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The MFAH in Houston, the Portland Museum of Art, The West Collection, the Coppel collection, the FEMSA Collection, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the George Eastman House and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and among others. Alejandro is a self publisher and co-editor and has created several award wining titles including Insurrection Nation, Studio Cartagena 2021, Santa Barbara Save US, Skinnerboox, 2020, A Small Guide to Homeownership, The Velvet Cell 2020, We Love Our Employees, Gato Negro 2019, Santa Barbara Shame on US, Skinnerboox, 2017, A Guide to Infrastructure and Corruption, The velvet Cell, 2017, Rivers of Power, Newwer, 2016, Santa Barbara return Jobs to US, Skinnerboox, 2016, Headshots, Self-published, 2015, Before the War, Self-published, 2015, Carpoolers, Self-published with support of FONCA Grant, 2014, Suburbia Mexicana, Daylight/ Photolucida 2010. Some of his books are in the Yale University Library, the Tate Britain, and the 10×10 Photobooks/MFH Houston book collections among others. Cartagena has received several awards including the international Photolucida Critical Mass Book Award, the Street Photography Award in London Photo Festival, the Lente Latino Award in Chile, the Premio IILA-FotoGrafia Award in Rome and the Salon de la Fotografia of Fototeca de Nuevo Leon in Mexico among others. He has been named an International Discoveries of the FotoFest festival, a FOAM magazine TALENT and an Emerging photographer of PDN magazine. He has also been a finalist for the Aperture Portfolio Award and has been nominated for the Santa Fe Photography Prize, the Prix Pictet Prize, the Photoespaña Descubrimientos Award and the FOAM Paul Huff Award. His work has been published internationally in magazines and newspapers such as Newsweek, Nowness, Domus, the Financial Times, The New York Times, Le Monde, Stern, PDN, The New Yorker, and Wallpaper, among others.

Photographs preserve what daily life cannot—moments that would otherwise fade into obscurity. In today's show, we explore this topic through a nexus of American culture, popular folklore, and photographic archives in a chat with Alan Govenar and Adam Forgash, two photographers and visual historians who are passionate about unearthing and preserving forgotten stories. Coming from different backgrounds, Alan's formal training and experience with the non-profit Documentary Arts complements Adam's hands-on skills hunting for treasures and selling vintage photographica at New York's Chelsea Flea Market. A few of the points they discuss include: the central role of the community photographer in twentieth-century life, the cultural significance of Route 66 as a favored connection point, the painstaking process of resurrecting century-old portraits from damaged glass plates, and much more. As Adam notes about these rescued portraits now titled "Faces of the Mother Road," "I've had these kinds of collections over the last 30 years and kind of let them go, but this one, I knew there was something special about it. So, as soon as I realized what I was looking at, I stopped. I put it in climate control storage. I got archival paper to put it in. I started a numbering system.  "It feels pretty good," he adds, "to get more serious about my craft, realizing that I am a photo historian, even though I don't have a degree." Guests: Alan Govenar & Adam Forgash Episode Timeline: 3:07: Alan Govenar's early connections to photography and his introduction to Stoney, the hunchbacked tattoo artist who jumpstarted his photo career. 8:33: The role various media has played in Alan's work as an interdisciplinary artist and how changes to media has influenced his storytelling. 11:37: Adam Forgash describes New York's Chelsea Flea Market and the treasure trove of 8,000 glass negatives he discovered there. 16:18: A peek into the Texas African American Photography Archive, and the era of the community photographer. 22:02: Storytelling within a historical context and a photographer's accountability in reverse engineering a story from vestiges of the past. 27:01: Adam's accidental discovery of a second half to SJ Tyler's archive and tracking down information about the photographer. 30:49: Connecting the story of SJ Tyler's portrait studio to an exhibit celebrating the centennial of Route 66. 32:28: Episode Break 33:47: Making distinctions between Alan's formal education in folklore and Adam's schooling at the hands of New York's Chelsea flea market crowd.  40:23: Adam's approach to beginning this project, and how SJ Tyler's collection differed from past archives he's worked on. 42:52: Connections between Tyler's photographs and the significance of travel on Route 66, plus Adam's relationship to Tulsa. 44:26: Placing photographic stories in a wider historical context and their connection to the communities being served. 49:54: Funding and sponsorship for large photographic projects and the benefits to working with a registered non-profit as a pass-through organization. Guest Bios: Alan Govenar is an acclaimed photographer, filmmaker, writer and folklorist. A 2010 Guggenheim Fellow and the author of more than 40 books, Alan is also founder and president of the organization Documentary Arts, which he created to spotlight marginalized voices and cultures, through projects such as the Texas African American Photography Archive. As a filmmaker, Alan has produced and directed documentaries in association with NOVA, ARTE, and PBS. And as a playwright, he has written and produced musicals that have been performed from New York City to major venues across Europe. This year marks some major milestones in Alan's career, with a photography retrospective at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, a new documentary film premiering at New York's Cinema Village, and the publication of three new books, including Kinship & Community, released by Aperture.  Adam Forgash is a photographer, filmmaker, photo history specialist, and proud former Oklahoman. In 2023, while foraging for visual treasures at New York's famed Chelsea Flea Market, Adam happened upon the archive of the undiscovered portrait photographer Sidney J Tyler. From 1913 to 1943, Tyler operated a photo studio in Afton, Oklahoma, making portraits of everyday subjects as they passed through the region, during a break in their travels along Route 66, otherwise known as the "Mother Road". This once-lost visual history of northeast Oklahoma features working-class people of all races and communities, including the famed Tuskegee airmen.  After two years of intensive research into Tyler's archive, Adam's project, now titled Faces of the Mother Road: The Lost Portraits of S.J. Tyler - A Route 66 Story, is poised to make a lasting impact on Oklahoma's visual and historical narrative, just in time for the centennial of Route 66 in 2026. Stay Connected: Alan Govenar Documentary Arts Website: https://www.docarts.com/  Adam Forgash Website: https://adamforgash.com/  Adam Forgash Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamforgash/ Credits: Host: Derek Fahsbender Senior Creative Producer: Jill Waterman Senior Technical Producer: Mike Weinstein Executive Producer: Richard Stevens