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Ladies, it's time to realize that you don't need to wait for the stamp of approval on your purpose and your gifts from anyone other than yourself!  As Jessica and Ronne take a look back at their journey together during the inception of Jessica's podcasting agency, Instapodcasts, you will uncover the true meaning of knowing your value in both your business and your personal lives. Tune in and learn how to not only stand in your worth but to speak it to those around you as well. So come join in on the dynamic conversation about authentic mentorship, inner healing, and, above all, validating your damn self!  Are you ready to elevate and expand your worth? Join the highly anticipated women's conference, Innovative Income Summit: innovativeincomesummit.com/    KEY POINTS: Why you are your own stamp of approval.  Where is your low self-esteem rooted in?  The importance of showing (not telling) people what they deserve. What true mentorship and coaching should look like.  Are you temporarily happy or are you truly healed?    QUOTABLES: “You do not need someone to validate you or support you, you get to decide. All you need to do is be in the right rooms, be surrounded by the right people, and have access to the right resources.” “My true question to every single woman on here - How much longer are you going to wait for someone else to put the stamp of approval on your purpose?”    PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Ronne Brown https://lnk.bio/Ronneb  IG | @ronnebrown - instagram.com/ronnebrown   Love what you're hearing? Follow Jessica Hurley on social media and share the love!   IG | @jessicahurley__ - instagram.com/jessicahurley__   FB | facebook.com/Thestrandedphase Visit The Stranded Phase website at thestrandedphase.com Gain access to more of Jessica's resources here: linktr.ee/jessicahurley__ The Stranded Phase is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Jessica Drago had been following Cate's work for a decade, but always felt the timing was off to join Yoga Health Coaching. After becoming a mother, however, she felt the moment had come. She wanted to transition from teaching 18 yoga classes a week to coaching.  As Jessica started working on the curriculum and building her own program, she realized the importance of calendar integrity. Being a huge outdoors person, Jessica knew that in order to achieve success and continue to enjoy life with her family, she needed to use her time in alignment with her vision. Listen to the episode to learn more about working smarter and not harder, and building a calendar that serves you. What you'll get out of tuning in: How to go from burnout to ease How to ask for help in order to grow How to align your time to your vision Links Mentioned in Episode: Watch the free Masterclass Have a free career conversation Find out more about Jessica Show Highlights: Burnout and dealing with autoimmune issues Working less but having a higher impact Learning to say no in order to have calendar integrity Timestamps: 1:22 Motherhood and the desire to do more 5:58 Productivity and your sense of self-worth 17:56 Showing up for yourself as a leader 25:03 Having a clear vision when organizing your calendar Guest Bio: Jessica's journey started in 2009 with an attempt to nurture a rock-climbing injury. While taking yoga classes, she experienced an endless adventure towards self-awareness aligned with nature's rhythms. Having suffered and recovered from various sports injuries, Jessica has an understanding of how to offer what the body needs to recuperate.  In the last decade, she has completed workshops certifying for Physical Therapy Aide, Massage Therapy Aide, Certified Nursing Assistant, Yoga Health Coaching, and over 200 hours of yoga teacher training. Coupling her love of habit evolution and body mechanics, she is passionate about coaching others through Ayurvedic principles towards their unique pursuit of an active and balanced lifestyle.  Outside of coaching, Jessica either spends family time in nature with her loving partner and son, creates wildcrafted art, tends to her plants, or dances.

Highlighting life-changing experiences and their impact on the creative process, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Jessica Zucker, psychologist, author, and creator of #IHadAMiscarriage.In this episode, we dive deeper into Dr. Jessica Zucker’s personal journey and the importance of sharing your story. As Jessica mentions, "Sharing our stories allows us to understand that vulnerability is being human, and being human means that we are flawed. And we can be loved and find joy in all of that."04:34 • Reflecting On Trauma10:50 • Using Writing To Find Purpose14:10 • How Therapy Boosts Creativity19:46 • External And Internal Pressure28:50 • Silence-Stigma-Shame Cycle41:04 • Why You Must Share Your StoryFollow Jessica on IG: @IHadAMiscarriageFollow "I See What You Mean": @aprilspodcastHost: @aprilkae.nyc

It's story time on this episode as we are joined by 3rd year SPT, Jessica Ruiz! She shares a riveting experience about adapting to new challenges in both the clinical and mental aspects of learning to develop skills as a PT. As Jessica went into her clinical with a confident headspace and bilingual skills to work with her new Spanish-speaking patient, new symptoms and signs led her to question what was really affecting her patient and whether it was a COVID complication. Throughout the process, she walks us through the mental push & pull that occurs and how she found the strength to believe in her gut feeling and work with the medical team to give the best possible treatment. She reminds all the SPT's out there that, despite feeling a lack of experience, you are all equipped with the right tools to build skills and advocate for your patients. Whether it be insecurity, imposter syndrome, or overall self-questioning, Jessica shares an incredible story of growing and trusting in oneself both personally and professionally. She finishes off with her best piece of advice for SPT's who may experience similar clinical struggles during trying times. Jessica's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaruiz.spt/ Jessica's Email: jessica.ruiz@samuelmerritt.edu Want to join the SPT Secret Society? https://graditude.mykajabi.com/spt-secret-society?fbclid=IwAR07aLuG8HsO35DC24mazeiHTrB3wRBkj9iWPDUos0CFyT8I-Isj5u5FXsU Go to Physiomemes.com and use this code for 20% off your next order: GRADITUDE20 Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/graditude/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/graditude/support

Hello everyone! On this special bonus episode, I’m so glad to be talking to Jessica Strong, an Army spouse, mom of three, and the Co-Director of Applied Research at Blue Star Families.  Blue Star Families was founded by military spouses in 2009 to empower military families to thrive as they serve. Their groundbreaking research and their annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey are raising the nation's awareness of the unique challenges of military family life.  Jessica shares some insights on what past surveys have revealed, how this year’s survey looks different in light of COVID-19 concerns, as well as their push to get the widest sampling possible. The survey is the largest gauge of the challenges active-duty and veteran members and their families are facing each year, and it’s crucial to have high participation in order to drive solutions. This year, they’re especially encouraging families of color to participate in order to have the most diverse representation possible. The 11th annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey (aMFLS) was launched on September 8th, 2020. For six weeks, members, families, and veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves are encouraged to participate in the most comprehensive survey that highlights and analyzes the experiences and challenges facing military families today across the country. The survey closes on October 16, so please don't wait to voice your opinion and share your story! As Jessica says,  "Take the survey. People are listening. And the people who are making changes are listening and looking for this. If you have something to say, this is where to say it. Don’t say it in a Facebook comment, because it won’t get where it needs to go. Say it in the survey." CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE BLUE STAR FAMILIES ANNUAL MILITARY FAMILY LIFESTYLE SURVEY SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE Get Jen's book, You Are Not Alone: Encouragement for the Heart of a Military Spouse Connect with Milspouse Matters on Instagram Christian Military Spouse Facebook Group

 In this week’s episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with IFBB Bikini Pro and Coach Jessica Dolias. As a certified holistic nutritionist, Jessica shares insight on how holistic nutrition has helped her own mindset and relationship with food and how she passes this insight on to her own clients. Jessica stresses the importance of eating foods that make you feel whole, both mentally and physically, instead of cutting things out of your diet. As Jessica shares how her interest in holistic nutrition began, she dives into her past with disordered eating. She talks about how the numbers she constantly chased (the scale, the macros, the calories) had negative effects on her body image and her eating style. Jessica explains about the moment she recognized that something had to change in her current lifestyle as she noticed the lifelessness in her own reflection. Jessica proudly discusses how she worked through her recovery by herself and how her mentality made a shift from focusing on eating as little as possible to instead focusing on eating healthy. Although this shift has been made, Jessica talks about how it wasn’t an instant shift. She talks about how although she has been recovered for 10 years, she still finds herself dealing with disorder thinking and shares some of her best advice to competitors who may be going through what she has in the past. As the episode progresses, Jessica talks about her career and her education. When she lost her job due to her company shutting down, Jessica decided to seize the opportunity to start her own business so she would be able to pursue her dream, training clients and becoming a coach for Bombshell Fitness. She shares how her background in dance has aided her to becoming a posing queen, with one judge giving her the feedback that when she is on stage posing, she “lights up the room”. Like many of us, Jessica has had to make adaptation in the recent months due to quarantine. She shares how her unorthodox gym has helped create a new passion and drive for the sport. While she’s squatting with tree trunks she recognized that the quarantine only reinforced her passion because although the circumstances have changed, the excitement for the sport has only grown. Finally, Jessica shares her own journey to the stage. As she fought her way to the top through 10 shows, three of which were national levels, she shares how important it was for her journey to get a “less than optimal” placing. Her 16th place at her first national show made her realize how badly she wanted to push harder to earn her pro card. She also talks about how important it was for her own journey to be involved in the industry outside of her own training and coaching. She talks about the passion she has developed for the sport in things such as working with the tanning company and expediting the stage. She shares how important it was for her to take her competing career to the next level by working behind the scenes. In this insightful and powerful episode, Jessica reinforces the importance of building a life that competing fits into and visualizing your way to success. CONNECT WITH JESSICA:https://www.instagram.com/jessicadolias/ https://bombshellfitness.com/b-competitive ​ CONNECT WITH CELESTE:https://instagram.com/celestial_fit www.celestial.fitEPISODE TIME STAMPS:[2:17] Pre Stage Rituals [3:14] The Importance of Daily Visualization [5:20] Holistic Nutrition and its Definition [6:53] Living with and without an eating disorder [8:50] Eating Disorder Recovery [9:55] Choosing to study nutrition [13:20] Recognizing the Goal Value of Food [14:14] “Coming out the other side” of an Eating Disorder [17:43] Importance for Competitors to be Mindful of their Relationship with Food [20:49] Reinforcing healthy behaviors and thought patterns [23:21] Being Mentally Prepared to commit to competing [26:31] The Journey to Becoming a Competition Coach [31:42] Starting a Business [33:03] Obtaining a degree from the Fashion Institute Technology (FIT) [35:00] A Dance Background’s Impact on Competing [36:59] Feedback received from the judges [38:40] Favorite Exercises for Glutes, Shoulders and Hamstrings [40:21] Evolving with the Bikini Division [43:44] Prep under lockdown [47:57] Maintaining an unwavering commitment to the sport for over five years [51:30] Journey to becoming an IFBB Pro [53:48] The Experience of winning the overall at NPC Universe [55:29] “Leveling Up” and creating new goals [56:23] Spousal support in the competition world [58:20] Pets and easing into the farm life [59:37] Ways to become more involved in the industry [1:01:34] Best Advice for New Competitors and Competitors looking to go pro Jessica Dolias Competing in 2015, 10 shows before winning pro card at Universe (3rd national show) in 2017, certified nutritionist and holistic nutritionist, has degree in fashion, works with ICE tanning hair and makeup and works as expidiotr  [[2:17] Prestage Rituals: gets into her zone, gets quite and visualizes herself on stage, when lining up she likes to perk herself up and talk to everyone around her, get conversation going [3:14] Importance of daily visualization, using it as fuel and motivation Holistic Nutrition [5:20] Definition [5:27]: eating foods that make you feel better and incorporating foods that are full of nutrients that help make your life better Following a diet that makes you feel whole, not cutting stuff out of your diet [6:53] differences in life with/without an eating disorder ~9-10 years ago, her main focus was not about the food but the control of the food, she is an “OCD” person Focusing on numbers, macros, getting it really low and not paying attention to the food, just looking for low numbers “How can I get food in so that people don’t realize that I am undereating?” 5’4” and under 90 pounds, [8:50] recovery: one day she actually saw herself in the mirror, noticed the lifelessness in her own eyes and she missed the life in her eyes “I am who I am and I have a lot to offer for life” [9:55] how she got started in studying nutritionTurned discipline from eating low calories to eating healthy, that’s when she started studying nutrition Started focusing on her health and that it’s okay to enjoy different foods, but it’s important to life wholefully. Choosing foods based on what she likes and what will help her build the physique she wants [13:20] Recognizing the Goal Value of the Food (i.e. enjoying a part of life that isn’t focused on how it’s going to help you change) [14:14] when she realized she had “come out the other side” of the eating disorder It wasn’t instant, it took years to get to a point to where those thoughts don’t creep in and they still do try to creep in, 10 years later. It took YEARS to get to the point where she was feeling good about her eating choices. First ~3 years it was a constant battle, recovering from that on your own is so difficult You HAVE TO give yourself grace Don’t know of anyone that has recovered and has been able to instantly change their mindset about it. You have to be able to have a rational conversation with your thoughts about what you really want This is a daily, hourly, by the minute decision to change. [17:09] full recovery is possible but you have to be prepared to handle these thoughts and give yourself grace [17:43] Importance for competitors to be mindful with their relationship with food Competing is so regimented that negative relationships can creep back in There is a fine line between having a good relationship with food and competing, you have to be able to disconnect yourself from the regimen and not let it control your life YOU ARE CHOOSING TO DO THIS AND YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER IT, IT DOESN’T HAVE CONTROL OVER YOU Once you can learn what you need and are able to communicate it with your coach you’ll be able to choose your relationship with food is [20:49] reinforcing healthy behaviors and thought patterns Learning from experience, how to eat well, fuel yourself well, looking at your fitness as an overall picture as opposed to just the eating or just the training What you fuel yourself impacts everything, your emotion, your decision making, your energy You are free to be fit and free to be healthy. [23:21] don’t forget about the passion, love, fulfillment and lessons that comes with competing [23:35] being mentally prepared to commit to competing Girls have to already have a decent relationship with food, yo-yo dieters or those fresh out of an eating disorder are likely not ready for an eating disorder. Not about pushing people to the stage if they’re not ready for it. If you’re not read for it, it can be so discouraging. Best factors: You enjoy training, you are an athlete, you like competition, not seeing competing as a diet or to reach a certain weight [26:31] the journey to becoming a coach Bombshell fitness coach Started competing in 2015 doing her own prep, was inspired by the bombshell athletes. Started as an athlete after her first show, it’s a powerful sisterhood that takes an individual sport and turns it into a team thing. Visualize herself being a bombshell coach. Lost her job when company closed in 2016 so she ended up opening her own computer programming business to help pay the bills while she was starting her own personal training business, what she was doing when she turned pro Dream to turn pro and dream to work for bombshell BECAME A PRO July 2017 Started working with bombshell as a posing coach, then asked her to be a coach [31:42] Her own computer programming business Certified programmer, is a service provider for her business, program “smart home” systems and design graphics for it [33:03] degree from FIT (fashion institute technology) Moved to manhattan to earn the degree, wanted to be a professional dancer, injured herself in high school and it helped her see things she enjoyed beyond dance [35:00] does the background of dance help with bodybuilding 1000%, reason for starting competing was because she missed being on stage, when she got into weight training she was able to combine her love for the stage with the love for weight training Dance background helped a lot with posing, it’s a forte of hers because it comes naturally with her dance history. [36:59] Feedback from judges Been told her posing is great and when she’s on stage posing she “lights up the room” with it. Been working on building up legs, has built her glutes up way too much and her glutes overpower her legs and shoulders (upper body width) [38:40] one exercise for shoulders, glutes and hamstrings Shoulders: lateral raises Hamstrings: sumo deadlifts Glutes: reverse lunges, but if she was doing heavy glute training, she would pick hip thrusts [40:21] changing her diet/training to evolve with the bikini division Focuses on going heavier “old school” training for heavy compound lifts, i.e. squats, deadlifts, presses Higher reps, heavy weight Eating a lot, more food volume Everyone should have a different approach because all of our bodies are different [43:44] Prep under lockdown No access to gym, hasn’t been in five months ☹ This has been her best/favorite prep yet Training at home has allowed her to focus more Unorthodox gym Bench, dumbbell, squat racks, husband cut down some trees and she is literally squatting with tree trunks, a pulley system made with cinder blocks Reinforced her passion for the sport because she feels able to still prep for the sow under these unknown circumstances, this was a “blessing in disguise” for her competitive journey [47:57] maintaining a commitment to the sport for 5 years without wavering Loves it that much Sees her own athletes go through ups and downs, You have to power through it and it takes years to get there, before you hit your “normal”. You have to be patient with yourself because you are completely changing your lifestyle and your mind doesn’t change overnight. [51:30] Journey to IFBB pro 10 shows, 3 national shows [51:45] most memorable part of journey to IFBB pro Got 16th place in her first national show, it made her realize how much she wanted to push and had to work harder to earn that spot Developed a new approach, mindset going into next year (2017) Got overall in two prestigious NPC shows and rode that high into NPC Universe Everything felt “right”, it felt like her time [53:48] experience of winning the overall at NPC Universe Most overwhelming feeling of chills/butterflies, thinks she cried but isn’t sure When having a bad day she visualizes that experience and brings herself back there Surpassed what she dreamed of happening [55:29] “Leveling Up”, what her new goal/accomplishment is Placing at a pro show, earn points Make it to Olympia (I don’t care how long it takes I want to make it happen) [56:23] support of her husband in competing [57:20] using shows as a reason to travel together [58:20] Pets and easing into the farm life Importance of Food Relationship Making Dreams Reality Ways to get Involved in the Industry [59:37] and the impact in the experience as a competitor and coach Work with tanning company, expedite the stage, takes it to the next level to be behind the scenes as well as on the stage [1:01:34] Best advice for one who isn’t competing but thinking about it and road to pro Never competed: look into getting a coach who is involved in the industry and understands it. They’ll help you prep better and if they understand the industry they’ll know what the industry is looking for Looking to go pro: keep going, if it means that much to you, do not give up, don’t live or die by the win of each show.

Join Jessica and Kerry as they discuss the natural outcome of abiding with Jesus and growing together in one accord. As Jessica so aptly says, this is the "so that" episode. "May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." - Jesus

Jessica McClain, CPA, CGFM, CISA, and PMP, joined us from Washington, D.C., for this episode of Where Accountants Go, the Accounting Careers Podcast. If you are considering whether public accounting or industry would be the better fit for you, you will find tremendous value in this episode. Jessica started in public accounting, moved into industry, moved back into public accounting, and then most recently back into industry.  As Jessica mentions in the interview, everyone's needs are unique and it's important to find the path that works best for you.  Although she enjoyed her time in public accounting, there came a time in her life when it just wasn't quite the right fit anymore, and therefore she made a change. In addition to Jessica's career story, we also talk about “work/life balance”, “work/life integration”, and the difference between the two.  Plus, we discover how she ended up getting four, yes count them… four (!), certifications. If you enjoy this episode, please also listen in these interviews:  Shanikwa Davis and Lindsay Stevenson. To listen in on this interview with Jessica McClain, please use the player below.  

Throw caution to the wind and see what it's like to Kiss Jessica Stein this week as we explore a movie that's both heartwarming and problematic by turns. The most important lesson we learn here is that mom always knows what's going on, whether she really wants to know or not. As Jessica explores a different side of herself, we discuss what it's like to go on that journey ourselves and how to figure out what you want (what you really, really want) - spoiler alert: it isn't always just one perfect shade of lipstick.

Be honest. Doesn't adding an extra revenue stream to your business sound nice, especially in times like these?     Jessica Lorimer can help with that.    She had a successful corporate career, being one of the industry's highest performing sales people, until she was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Her doctor told her she either had to dial back on her working hours or be in a wheelchair by the time she turned 35.    Jessica took this as an opportunity to create her own business, and today is responsible for the huge success of entrepreneurs selling their services to corporate organisations across the globe, adding corporate revenue to their businesses. As Jessica says, “If you want to generate the cash flow to help your online business take off, get a corporate revenue stream. The average UK corporate sale is worth £10K, the average B2C sale is worth £1'500. You can work less hard to generate 5 times the amount.”     If you feel more than ever that your business could use an extra revenue stream, then this episode with Jessica is a must-listen.    But adding a corporate revenue stream to your business isn't only about making extra money - it also increases your credibility. Jessica says that even though books have become a huge credibility factor, nowadays everyone can write them. It's different having a corporate revenue stream: “Only qualified people can add a corporate revenue stream because corporations are not going to buy from anybody they don't believe in.”   On this episode of the Sigrun Show, you will hear all about how to create your own corporate revenue stream, plus an incredible story about one of Jessica's clients who used to sell one-to-one services to women going through menopause and ended up selling to corporate clients instead.    I hugely resonate with Jessica's mission to make female business owners generate big impact and income, and appreciate her straightforwardness.    So whether you want to generate more revenue, gain credibility or try out something that might be outside your comfort zone, this episode will help you.   “If you want to generate the cash flow to help your online business take off, get a corporate revenue stream.” What you will get out of this episode:    Why Jessica had to leave her corporate career and created her own business (4:42)  How she pivoted her business and finally found her calling (6:50) Why online businesses should sell to corporate organisations at an early stage (9:59)  What having a corporate revenue stream can do for you (10:40) What you can sell to corporates (12:19) The three steps to create your own corporate revenue stream (13:34) How one of Jessica's clients wasn't happy with doing B2C, pivoted and had her first corporate client within six weeks and is now fully booked (21:15) Why corporates don't care about your social media presence, and what they really care about (27:05) How corporates use LinkedIn as a professional networking platform, and you can, too (31:47) Ready to create your own corporate revenue stream? I would love to hear how you plan to implement Jessica's advice in your own business. You can follow and connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.    Connect with Jessica Lorimer:   Selling to Corporates Podcast SmartLeadersSell.com Jessica Lorimer on Facebook Jessica Lorimer on Linkedin Jessica Lorimer on Twitter Online Turnaround Program   The Online Turnaround Program is an intensive group coaching program where you will get the guidance and exact strategies you need to have a thriving online business - in just 10 weeks. When you join, you get the in-depth support you need to market and sell your new recession proof offer and set your business up for long-term success. If you want to start making sales and create cash flow fast, no matter if you need to take your offline business online or you want to grow and secure your existing online business, this program is for you.    Click here to learn more   Please share, subscribe and review Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Sigrun Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the show. Click here to learn how to leave a review, then head over to Apple Podcasts for your chance to win a special thank you gift!

We’ve all played the comparison game before. We look to our mentors and others who inspire us and think, “Wow they achieve so much, and their lives are so easy!” Nothing could be further from the truth. Jessica Zweig, Jacq’s mentor and founder of both Cheeky Chicago and the SimplyBe. Agency, came on Set That B*tch Free to talk about her journey from insecurity to self-love.It’s not that people like Jessica have it easy…Jessica is just crystal clear on what she wants out of life and then she puts in the work to manifest her dreams. Listen as Jessica and Jacq talk about overcoming insecurity, how acting prepared them for entrepreneurship, and Jessica’s process for writing her book and securing an agent.As Jessica says, “Your business will only grow to the extent in which you grow as a person.” So water those seeds and grow![00:15] - This week: Jessica Zweig[01:49] - How Jacq met Jess[03:24] - Who is Jessica Zweig?[08:51] - Growth from failure[12:39] - Being an example of love[17:16] - Jessica's forthcoming book Be.[28:20] - The power to manifest your dreams [31:40] - Pura vida[35:33] - Believe in yourself first[40:30] - Who is Jessica's Inner Babe?Jessica Zweig is the founder of both Cheeky Chicago and the SimplyBe. Agency. With SimplyBe., Jessica helps entrepreneurs discover and build their brands. She is currently writing a book, Be, which will be available in 2021. Find her on Instagram @jessicazweigJacqueline Gould is a self-worth enthusiast, wellness addict and founder of Your Inner Babe™. Follow her on Instagram @jacqgould where you can always find her latest posts on increasing your self-worth, conducting mindful introspection and finding that inner confidence that everyone has inside them.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Set That B*tch Free with Jacq Gould in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show.This podcast episode was produced by Dante32.

Doesn't every little girl dream about trying out for American Gladiator on the day of her wedding? Well Ally Davidson did just that - and won the competition! But it was what she did after the win that may surprise you. As Jessica and Ally talk about the journey of opening the life-changing fitness experience, Camp Gladiator, they'll challenge all of us to consider how we spend our time, what our purpose is, and how we're leveraging our life to make an impact on the world! Show Links
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It's still a massive heatwave here but the full team are back for our Jessica Jones 308 Review. We discuss our top 5 points about "A.K.A. Camera Friendly" and it's shocking conclusion. This is a spoiler filled discussion so please make sure you've watched the episode before listening. Trish and Dorothy settle their differences Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/16r5m9v5wVeUsvFmZX7i15 Listen to our Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 8 podcast over on Spotify Jessica Jones 308 Review "AKA Camera Friendly" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written by : Scott Reynolds Directed by : Stephen Surjik After the grisly events in Wappinger Sallinger posts a video to Jessica teasing his next crime that will take place at 7pm. Jessica recruits Trish to help look for the victim while contacting Detective Costa to check Salinger's apartment. They find a decoy hired to watch over his home, so Jessica responds to Sallinger with her own media play to taunt him as she destroys his apartment and his precious trophies. Meanwhile, Jeri Hogarth demands that Malcolm identify the masked woman who broke into her law firm as she wages war against super-powered vigilantes, even Jessica Jones if she gets in the way. As time ticks away, Jessica and Trish believe that they have uncovered the identity of Sallinger’s next victim, Mona Lee of GT Agrochemical. But as 7pm comes and goes Salinger shows up at his apartment apparently clean of any wrongdoing. As Jessica heads back to Alias Investigations and Trish goes over to her mother’s apartment a dreadful realisation dawns on Jessica. As Trish arrives at her mother’s she finds her murdered, bleeding out taped to a chair. As Trish races to Salinger's apartment to kill him, Jessica rushes to stop her. Getting in Contact with us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 308 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 9 "A.K.A I Did Something Today " talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 30/06/2019Date published: 05/07/2019 MP3, 73.48 mins, 112kbps, 59.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

It's still a massive heatwave here but the full team are back for our Jessica Jones 308 Review. We discuss our top 5 points about "A.K.A. Camera Friendly" and it's shocking conclusion. This is a spoiler filled discussion so please make sure you've watched the episode before listening. Trish and Dorothy settle their differences Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/16r5m9v5wVeUsvFmZX7i15 Listen to our Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 8 podcast over on Spotify Jessica Jones 308 Review "AKA Camera Friendly" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written by : Scott Reynolds Directed by : Stephen Surjik After the grisly events in Wappinger Sallinger posts a video to Jessica teasing his next crime that will take place at 7pm. Jessica recruits Trish to help look for the victim while contacting Detective Costa to check Salinger's apartment. They find a decoy hired to watch over his home, so Jessica responds to Sallinger with her own media play to taunt him as she destroys his apartment and his precious trophies. Meanwhile, Jeri Hogarth demands that Malcolm identify the masked woman who broke into her law firm as she wages war against super-powered vigilantes, even Jessica Jones if she gets in the way. As time ticks away, Jessica and Trish believe that they have uncovered the identity of Sallinger’s next victim, Mona Lee of GT Agrochemical. But as 7pm comes and goes Salinger shows up at his apartment apparently clean of any wrongdoing. As Jessica heads back to Alias Investigations and Trish goes over to her mother’s apartment a dreadful realisation dawns on Jessica. As Trish arrives at her mother’s she finds her murdered, bleeding out taped to a chair. As Trish races to Salinger's apartment to kill him, Jessica rushes to stop her. Getting in Contact with us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 308 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 9 "A.K.A I Did Something Today " talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 30/06/2019Date published: 05/07/2019 MP3, 73.48 mins, 112kbps, 59.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The full team are back but there's still a massive heatwave here for our Jessica Jones 308 Review. We discuss our top 5 points about "A.K.A. Camera Friendly" and it's shocking conclusion. This is a spoiler filled discussion so please make sure you've watched the episode before listening. Dorothy and Trish settle their differences Jessica Jones 308 Review "AKA Camera Friendly" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written by : Scott Reynolds Directed by : Stephen Surjik After the grisly events in Wappinger Sallinger posts a video to Jessica teasing his next crime that will take place at 7pm. Jessica recruits Trish to help look for the victim while contacting Detective Costa to check Salinger's apartment. They find a decoy hired to watch over his home, so Jessica responds to Sallinger with her own media play to taunt him as she destroys his apartment and his precious trophies. Meanwhile, Jeri Hogarth demands that Malcolm identify the masked woman who broke into her law firm as she wages war against super-powered vigilantes, even Jessica Jones if she gets in the way. As time ticks away, Jessica and Trish believe that they have uncovered the identity of Sallinger’s next victim, Mona Lee of GT Agrochemical. But as 7pm comes and goes Salinger shows up at his apartment apparently clean of any wrongdoing. As Jessica heads back to Alias Investigations and Trish goes over to her mother’s apartment a dreadful realisation dawns on Jessica. As Trish arrives at her mother’s she finds her murdered, bleeding out taped to a chair. As Trish races to Salinger's apartment to kill him, Jessica rushes to stop her. Getting in Contact with us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 308 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 9 "A.K.A I Did Something Today " talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 30/06/2019Date published: 05/07/2019MP3, 73.48 mins, 112kbps, 59.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

I wish this wasn't the last season of the Defenders but here's our Jessica Jones 305 Review. We discuss our Top 5 Case Notes about AKA I Wish, the fifth episode of Season 3. Sallinger likes to play the game Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zXY5eLRWUEYduXR63Uw5v Listen to Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 5 on Spotify Jessica Jones 305 Review "AKA I Wish" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written by : J. Holtham Directed by : Mairzee Almas Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) and Jessica Jones (Kristen Ritter) come to an uneasy agreement to work together to stakeout Gregory Sallinger’s (Jeremy Bobb) apartment as Jessica needs an anonymous person to help track him. Meanwhile, with the release of damaging information, Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) miscalculates her attack on Kith’s husband Peter (John Benjamin Hickey). He blames her for Kith (Sarita Choudhury) walking out on him and then exposes Hogarth and Associates as protectors to superhuman vigilantes before taking his life. As Jeri lays low in her home and Kith distances herself from Jeri, Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) begins to realise his part in the death of Peter Lyonne. Back at Alias Investigations, with the help of Gillian’s (Aneesh Sheth) insightful mind, Trish and Jessica compare notes and grizzly photographs taken from Sallinger’s apartment and realise that he has been slowly murdering people over a 10-year period. With the help of (a less  insightful) severed hand borrowed from the morgue and thrown through Sallinger’s apartment window they discover he has been storing the severed bodies of his victims in a tanker by the railway tracks. As Jessica and Trish follow him to his body hideout, Sallinger flips their trap. It almost costs Jessica her life but Trish comes to the rescue as she chooses to save her sister instead of following her target. Having escaped capture Gregory Sallinger goes after his next victim, burger maker extraordinaire and Jessica’s new distraction, Erik Gelden (Benjamin Walker). Getting in Contact with us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 305 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 6 "A.K.A Sorry Face" talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 22/06/2019Date published: 25/06/2019MP3, 69.28 mins, 112kbps, 55.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

I wish this wasn't the last season of the Defenders but here's our Jessica Jones 305 Review. We discuss our Top 5 Case Notes about AKA I Wish, the fifth episode of Season 3. Sallinger likes to play the game Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zXY5eLRWUEYduXR63Uw5v Listen to Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 5 on Spotify Jessica Jones 305 Review "AKA I Wish" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written by : J. Holtham Directed by : Mairzee Almas Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) and Jessica Jones (Kristen Ritter) come to an uneasy agreement to work together to stakeout Gregory Sallinger’s (Jeremy Bobb) apartment as Jessica needs an anonymous person to help track him. Meanwhile, with the release of damaging information, Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) miscalculates her attack on Kith’s husband Peter (John Benjamin Hickey). He blames her for Kith (Sarita Choudhury) walking out on him and then exposes Hogarth and Associates as protectors to superhuman vigilantes before taking his life. As Jeri lays low in her home and Kith distances herself from Jeri, Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) begins to realise his part in the death of Peter Lyonne. Back at Alias Investigations, with the help of Gillian’s (Aneesh Sheth) insightful mind, Trish and Jessica compare notes and grizzly photographs taken from Sallinger’s apartment and realise that he has been slowly murdering people over a 10-year period. With the help of (a less  insightful) severed hand borrowed from the morgue and thrown through Sallinger’s apartment window they discover he has been storing the severed bodies of his victims in a tanker by the railway tracks. As Jessica and Trish follow him to his body hideout, Sallinger flips their trap. It almost costs Jessica her life but Trish comes to the rescue as she chooses to save her sister instead of following her target. Having escaped capture Gregory Sallinger goes after his next victim, burger maker extraordinaire and Jessica’s new distraction, Erik Gelden (Benjamin Walker). Getting in Contact with us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 305 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 6 "A.K.A Sorry Face" talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 22/06/2019Date published: 25/06/2019MP3, 69.28 mins, 112kbps, 55.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

I wish this wasn't the last season of the Defenders but we are here with our Jessica Jones 305 Review. We discuss our Top 5 Case Notes about AKA I Wish, the fifth episode of Season 3. Sallinger watches over his prey Jessica Jones 305 Review "AKA I Wish" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written by : J. Holtham Directed by : Mairzee Almas Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) and Jessica Jones (Kristen Ritter) come to an uneasy agreement to work together to stakeout Gregory Sallinger’s (Jeremy Bobb) apartment as Jessica needs an anonymous person to help track him. Meanwhile, with the release of damaging information, Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) miscalculates her attack on Kith’s husband Peter (John Benjamin Hickey). He blames her for Kith (Sarita Choudhury) walking out on him and then exposes Hogarth and Associates as protectors to superhuman vigilantes before taking his life. As Jeri lays low in her home and Kith distances herself from Jeri, Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) begins to realise his part in the death of Peter Lyonne. Back at Alias Investigations, with the help of Gillian’s (Aneesh Sheth) insightful mind, Trish and Jessica compare notes and grizzly photographs taken from Sallinger’s apartment. They soon realise that he has been slowly murdering people over a 10-year period. With the help of (a less  insightful) severed hand borrowed from the morgue and thrown through Sallinger’s apartment window they discover he has been storing the severed bodies of his victims in a tanker by the railway tracks. As Jessica and Trish follow him to his body hideout, Sallinger flips their trap. It almost costs Jessica her life, but Trish comes to the rescue as she chooses to save her sister instead of following her target. Having escaped capture Gregory Sallinger goes after his next victim, burger maker extraordinaire and Jessica’s new distraction, Erik Gelden (Benjamin Walker). Getting in Contact with us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 305 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 6 "A.K.A Sorry Face" talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 22/06/2019Date published: 25/06/2019MP3, 69.28 mins, 112kbps, 55.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Are there things in your life that just feel hard, and you are having trouble moving past them? Are you holding onto expectations and things in your life that aren’t serving you anymore? Artist, Jessica Swift’s world completely changed when her husband Ryan died in August 2018 – leaving Jessica pregnant and with a toddler. As Jessica was grieving, art projects began to emerge. Today Jessica is going to share her story with us, including her grieving process, and how art has been helping her through this difficult time – helping her re-frame her expectations and realize that she CAN do unimaginably hard things. Jessica Swift is a 100% self-taught, full-time artist, surface pattern designer, painter and business owner, who has never had a “real grown-up job”. She hails from sunny Boulder, Colorado and currently lives in the Pacific Northwest in Portland, Oregon. In 2008, she discovered how to create patterns, and fell in love with the process. Soon after, she began licensing her artwork and created the popular online class & community called “Pattern Camp”. She also created “Campfire” which is an online community that talks openly about the real struggles members have in their creative process. Jessica’s transparent and authentic style resonates with her many followers, and I’m honored she’s sharing her story with us today.   TODAY WE WILL LEARN HOW TO Follow our intuition Do hard things Let go of things that are not serving us anymore Be open and vulnerable in order to work through things Be gentler on ourselves Let art guide us through our pain   FIND JESSICA SWIFT HERE: Jessica Swift’s Website Jessica Swift on Instagram Jessica Swift on Facebook Pattern Camp Pattern Camp Level 1 on Skillshare Pattern Camp Level 2 on Skillshare Campfire   VISIT THE SHOW NOTES AT LETSHIGHLIGHTREAL.COM FOR The TOP 10 HIGHLIGHTS from today's episode Additional RESOURCES mentioned Visually designed QUOTES to inspire you, and for you to share on Pinterest to inspire others A PROMPT to help you go deeper and get a little more real with yourself Be sure to follow us and connect further on Instagram & Pinterest!

In this episode, Jessica and I talk real life and what that looks like for us right now. We dive into the topic of seasonal depression and the realities behind this widely diagnosed illness. As Jessica and I enter a new decade (our 40's!), we also hit on a few other "moment of the day" topics busy women encounter as we try hard to live our lives the way we want. We also hit on the subject of "Being Bad," where we take a negative term and flip it on it's head to make the notion of "Being Bad" into something positive. This is real life and real issues people all over the world face, so come laugh with us and find camaraderie in this crazy thing we call LIFE. For more information about any of the concepts and information you hear in this episode, visit my website www.lifestylelistener.com, or find me on Instagram at @lifestyle_listener and Facebook @lifestylelistener. Not on social media? Simply e-mail me at samantha@lifestylelistener.com and I will help answer any questions you have regarding your own health and wellness.

Writer Kelly Thompson takes you page by page through the first issue of her new Jessica Jones' series Purple Daughter.PURPLE DAUGHTER Parts 1 & 2! - PURPLE DAUGHTER STARTS HERE! When her daughter comes home with purple skin, Jessica Jones is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her time with the Purple Man and her marriage to Luke Cage. As Jessica digs deeper than ever before into the darkness at the center of her life, will she find relief, or just another nightmare? The critically-acclaimed team that brought you JESSICA JONES: BLINDSPOT returns with another thrilling, chilling digital-first tale that will challenge everything you think you know about Marvels top P.I.!Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter #1 available for purchase now:https://www.comixology.com/Jessica-Jones-Purple-Daughter-Marvel-Digital-Original-2019-1-of-3/digital-comic/721696Follow Kelly Thompson:https://twitter.com/79SemiFinalistCOMIC BOOK COMMENTARY IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST:http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/comic-book-commentary

In her 1957 classic, Atlas Shrugged, author Ayn Rand argued that the business of business is to make money – nothing more. In her new book, The Conscious Professional: Transform Your Life at Work, due out next month, Jennifer Hartung pointedly disagrees. There is much more to business than pursuing profits and earning a paycheck, Jessica argues. Founder and CEO of Integrated Work, a Boulder, Colorado-based consulting firm, Jessica is an evangelist for purpose-driven workplaces, where owners and employees alike strive to integrate their personal values into their workday. In fact, Jessica believes that professionals who embrace a mission that goes beyond making money are more influential, effective, and fulfilled on the job. As Jessica tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio, even those with the most mundane jobs can find meaning in their everyday tasks. Photo: Jessica Hartung, Integrated WorkPosted: December 10, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 41:43    

At the age of 19 Jessica Lynch joined the Army, and just over one year later she found herself staged for the invasion of Iraq.  During the initial surge towards Baghdad, her unit became separated from their convoy, and found themselves in the town of Nasiriyah.  Her smaller unit was ambushed, and she became the first American POW (Prisoner of War).   As Jessica and her unit were staging for the invasion in Kuwait, my unit was in Saudi Arabia, doing the same thing.  As the war began, we began working through our target deck, until actionable intelligence was received about her location.  After a quick forward staging, planning, and limited rehearsal, we assaulted the hospital, and recovered her on 1 April 2003.  It was the first successful of an American POW since WW2.  Jessica was immediately taken to a higher level of medical care, and slowly began her journey home to the US via Germany.  There has been much controversy over what happened during the events leading up to the rescue, and of the rescue itself.  It is safe to say, in my opinion, that the military used the operation to serve their needs at the time.  I had not spoken to her until this recording, and it was great to revisit the events of 15 years ago from both sides of the same coin. 

This week Jessica Flanigan joins us to discuss the rights of self-medication; rights to purchase and use unapproved treatments, prohibited drugs, and pharmaceuticals without a prescription. As Jessica describes in her most recent publication in Cato Unbound, “For most patients, rights of self-medication needn’t change how they make medical decisions. After all, rights of self-medication do not preclude patients from consulting with physicians or using only government-certified drugs. But if patients had rights of self-medication they would be free to make intimate and personal decisions about their bodies that reflected their values rather than the values of a physician or public official.”Further Readings/References:Pharmaceutical Freedom: Why Patients Have a Right to Self Medicate Book by Jessica FlaniganMore about Jessica FlaniganRespect Patients’ Choices to Self-Medicate by Jessica Flanigan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jessica Love makes her picture book debut as both author and illustrator in JULIAN IS A MERMAID, a story about a young boy who imagines himself turning into a mermaid after encountering three women dressed as mermaids on the subway. The story is spacious, and here is what I mean by that. There is room in this story for readers to make their own connections, to build their own understandings. As Jessica so beautifully puts it in our interview, it's as if the artist is throwing a ball into the unknown and the reader has the chance to catch it. All of the magic is held or contained there in the suspense. I cannot wait for you to encounter this book. You can access even more information about this book and its author illustrator by visiting www.matthewcwinner.com/podcast.

It's finale time as Jessica and Alisha take a road trip to Playland and Trish awakes from her slumber we discuss it all in our Jessica Jones 213 Review “AKA Playland” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 213 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Teleplay by: Melissa Rosenberg, Episode Written by: Jesse Harris Directed by: Uta Briesewitz Suffering from a severe headache Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) wakes up in the back of her Mother’s stolen RV. She finds herself again torn between resisting Alisa (Janet McTeer) and sending her to the raft or helping her mother to become better. After saving a family caught in a traffic accident, reminiscent of her own experience as a child,  Jessica decides to help her mother escape to Canada. Back in New York Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) continues the investigation of Linda Chao (Angel Desai) and Steven Benowitz (Maury Ginsberg) that leads to a nice windfall and a new partnership with Pryce Cheng (Terry Chen) and Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss). whilst Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) wakes up and begins to recover from her ordeal at the hands of Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie). But with renewed vigour she becomes hellbent on tracking Alisa to save Jessica. But, just as Alisa realises that she needs to give herself up to protect Jessica at a familiar amusement park Playland, the world comes crashing down tragically for Jessica as Trish attempts to become a hero. With the loss of her mother Jessica takes the blame, but does not forgive Trish for her actions. As Jessica, Malcolm and Trish drift apart, Trish discovers reflexes she never new she had; Malcolm embraces his new job and Jessica embraces a new “normal” life with her Super, Oscar Arocho (J.R. Ramirez), and his son Vido (Kevin Chacon). Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 213 Review Podcast and all of our Jessica Jones season 2 coverage. If you have any thoughts on the podcasts or any of our reviews please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We have finished our Jessica Jones Season 2 coverage but there is loads more to come from Defenders TV Podcast this year. At the end of April we finish our Doctor Strange Damnation coverage with Doctor Strange #389 and Damnation #4. We return to the movies for our Avengers Infinity War review at the beginning of may and we'll be back to Marvel and Netflix with Luke Cage season 2 Episode 1 on June 22nd "Soul Brother #1" written by Cheo Hodari Coker and directed by Lucy Liu. We hope you can join us for all of these exciting shows movies and comics from Marvel in 2018. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 11/04/2018 Date published: 17/04/2018 MP3, 111.21 mins, 96kbps, 76.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

It's finale time as Jessica and Alisha take a road trip to Playland and Trish awakes from her slumber we discuss it all in our Jessica Jones 213 Review “AKA Playland” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 213 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Teleplay by: Melissa Rosenberg, Episode Written by: Jesse Harris Directed by: Uta Briesewitz Suffering from a severe headache Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) wakes up in the back of her Mother’s stolen RV. She finds herself again torn between resisting Alisa (Janet McTeer) and sending her to the raft or helping her mother to become better. After saving a family caught in a traffic accident, reminiscent of her own experience as a child,  Jessica decides to help her mother escape to Canada. Back in New York Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) continues the investigation of Linda Chao (Angel Desai) and Steven Benowitz (Maury Ginsberg) that leads to a nice windfall and a new partnership with Pryce Cheng (Terry Chen) and Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss). whilst Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) wakes up and begins to recover from her ordeal at the hands of Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie). But with renewed vigour she becomes hellbent on tracking Alisa to save Jessica. But, just as Alisa realises that she needs to give herself up to protect Jessica at a familiar amusement park Playland, the world comes crashing down tragically for Jessica as Trish attempts to become a hero. With the loss of her mother Jessica takes the blame, but does not forgive Trish for her actions. As Jessica, Malcolm and Trish drift apart, Trish discovers reflexes she never new she had; Malcolm embraces his new job and Jessica embraces a new “normal” life with her Super, Oscar Arocho (J.R. Ramirez), and his son Vido (Kevin Chacon). Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 213 Review Podcast and all of our Jessica Jones season 2 coverage. If you have any thoughts on the podcasts or any of our reviews please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We have finished our Jessica Jones Season 2 coverage but there is loads more to come from Defenders TV Podcast this year. At the end of April we finish our Doctor Strange Damnation coverage with Doctor Strange #389 and Damnation #4. We return to the movies for our Avengers Infinity War review at the beginning of may and we'll be back to Marvel and Netflix with Luke Cage season 2 Episode 1 on June 22nd "Soul Brother #1" written by Cheo Hodari Coker and directed by Lucy Liu. We hope you can join us for all of these exciting shows movies and comics from Marvel in 2018. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 11/04/2018 Date published: 17/04/2018 MP3, 111.21 mins, 96kbps, 76.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

It's finale time as Jessica and Alisha take a road trip to Playland and Trish awakes from her slumber we discuss it all in our Jessica Jones 213 Review “AKA Playland” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 213 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Teleplay by: Melissa Rosenberg, Episode Written by: Jesse Harris Directed by: Uta Briesewitz Suffering from a severe headache Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) wakes up in the back of her Mother’s stolen RV. She finds herself again torn between resisting Alisa (Janet McTeer) and sending her to the raft or helping her mother to become better. After saving a family caught in a traffic accident, reminiscent of her own experience as a child,  Jessica decides to help her mother escape to Canada. Back in New York Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) continues the investigation of Linda Chao (Angel Desai) and Steven Benowitz (Maury Ginsberg) that leads to a nice windfall and a new partnership with Pryce Cheng (Terry Chen) and Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss). whilst Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) wakes up and begins to recover from her ordeal at the hands of Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie). But with renewed vigour she becomes hellbent on tracking Alisa to save Jessica. But, just as Alisa realises that she needs to give herself up to protect Jessica at a familiar amusement park Playland, the world comes crashing down tragically for Jessica as Trish attempts to become a hero. With the loss of her mother Jessica takes the blame, but does not forgive Trish for her actions. As Jessica, Malcolm and Trish drift apart, Trish discovers reflexes she never new she had; Malcolm embraces his new job and Jessica embraces a new “normal” life with her Super, Oscar Arocho (J.R. Ramirez), and his son Vido (Kevin Chacon). Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 213 Review Podcast and all of our Jessica Jones season 2 coverage. If you have any thoughts on the podcasts or any of our reviews please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We have finished our Jessica Jones Season 2 coverage but there is loads more to come from Defenders TV Podcast this year. At the end of April we finish our Doctor Strange Damnation coverage with Doctor Strange #389 and Damnation #4. We return to the movies for our Avengers Infinity War review at the beginning of may and we'll be back to Marvel and Netflix with Luke Cage season 2 Episode 1 on June 22nd "Soul Brother #1" written by Cheo Hodari Coker and directed by Lucy Liu. We hope you can join us for all of these exciting shows movies and comics from Marvel in 2018. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 11/04/2018 Date published: 17/04/2018 MP3, 111.21 mins, 96kbps, 76.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Trish, Jessica and Malcolm's relationship is on the rocks and a familiar presence is felt in this episode and in our Jessica Jones 211 Review “AKA Three Lives and Counting” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 211 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Jack Kenny Directed by: Jennifer Lynch Shocked by her own actions, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) makes the death of prison officer Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison) look like suicide. But Jessica begins to worry that she, like her mother, is turning into a monster. These feelings are amplified by a familiar voice as she is haunted by the memories of Kilgrave (David Tennant), who loves to remind her “Three lives and counting!”. Elsewhere, Trish Walker's (Rachael Taylor) plans for Dr Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) become clear, as she demands Malus to give her abilities like Jessica's. As Jessica discovers Karl is gone from his hotel room, she tracks them down just as Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) manages to escapes from the trunk. Trish, along with Karl, manages to get away and head to the IGH facility, where he begins to put her through the same experiments administered to Jessica and Alisa (Janet McTeer). But Jessica arrives and stops the procedure, but her Kilgrave hallucination almost convinces her to add a fourth life to her collection, Karl Malus. Jessica manages to stop herself, but he decides to end his own life and destroy the laboratory where Jessica and Alisa were created. As Trish lies unconscious in her hospital bed where Jessica has brought her, an argument seemingly threatens Alias Investigations and Alisa learning of Malus's death, via a news report, throws her new guard at the wall and escapes from prison. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 211 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of the penultimate Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 12 "AKA Pray for My Patsy" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 29/03/2018 Date published: 10/04/2018 MP3, 88.17 mins, 96kbps, 60.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Trish, Jessica and Malcolm's relationship is on the rocks and a familiar presence is felt in this episode and in our Jessica Jones 211 Review “AKA Three Lives and Counting” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 211 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Jack Kenny Directed by: Jennifer Lynch Shocked by her own actions, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) makes the death of prison officer Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison) look like suicide. But Jessica begins to worry that she, like her mother, is turning into a monster. These feelings are amplified by a familiar voice as she is haunted by the memories of Kilgrave (David Tennant), who loves to remind her “Three lives and counting!”. Elsewhere, Trish Walker's (Rachael Taylor) plans for Dr Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) become clear, as she demands Malus to give her abilities like Jessica's. As Jessica discovers Karl is gone from his hotel room, she tracks them down just as Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) manages to escapes from the trunk. Trish, along with Karl, manages to get away and head to the IGH facility, where he begins to put her through the same experiments administered to Jessica and Alisa (Janet McTeer). But Jessica arrives and stops the procedure, but her Kilgrave hallucination almost convinces her to add a fourth life to her collection, Karl Malus. Jessica manages to stop herself, but he decides to end his own life and destroy the laboratory where Jessica and Alisa were created. As Trish lies unconscious in her hospital bed where Jessica has brought her, an argument seemingly threatens Alias Investigations and Alisa learning of Malus's death, via a news report, throws her new guard at the wall and escapes from prison. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 211 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of the penultimate Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 12 "AKA Pray for My Patsy" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 29/03/2018 Date published: 10/04/2018 MP3, 88.17 mins, 96kbps, 60.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Trish, Jessica and Malcolm's relationship is on the rocks and a familiar presence is felt in this episode and in our Jessica Jones 211 Review “AKA Three Lives and Counting” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 211 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Jack Kenny Directed by: Jennifer Lynch Shocked by her own actions, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) makes the death of prison officer Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison) look like suicide. But Jessica begins to worry that she, like her mother, is turning into a monster. These feelings are amplified by a familiar voice as she is haunted by the memories of Kilgrave (David Tennant), who loves to remind her “Three lives and counting!”. Elsewhere, Trish Walker's (Rachael Taylor) plans for Dr Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) become clear, as she demands Malus to give her abilities like Jessica's. As Jessica discovers Karl is gone from his hotel room, she tracks them down just as Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) manages to escapes from the trunk. Trish, along with Karl, manages to get away and head to the IGH facility, where he begins to put her through the same experiments administered to Jessica and Alisa (Janet McTeer). But Jessica arrives and stops the procedure, but her Kilgrave hallucination almost convinces her to add a fourth life to her collection, Karl Malus. Jessica manages to stop herself, but he decides to end his own life and destroy the laboratory where Jessica and Alisa were created. As Trish lies unconscious in her hospital bed where Jessica has brought her, an argument seemingly threatens Alias Investigations and Alisa learning of Malus's death, via a news report, throws her new guard at the wall and escapes from prison. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 211 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of the penultimate Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 12 "AKA Pray for My Patsy" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 29/03/2018 Date published: 10/04/2018 MP3, 88.17 mins, 96kbps, 60.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The betrayal of Jeri Hogarth cuts deep in this episode and in our Jessica Jones 210 Review “AKA Pork Chop” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 210 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Aïda Mashaka Croal Directed by: Neasa Hardiman Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) arranges a plea deal for Alisa (Janet McTeer) to avoid the Raft, if she gives up Dr. Karl Malus’ location. Alisa agrees when Jessica promises to keep Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) safe. Elsewhere, Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) struggles with her botched television audition, but forges ahead with her own investigation when she overhears that the super-powered killer has been caught. Her investigation takes a new twist after Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) explains everything to her and Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville), but tells them to stay away. Thanks to a cryptic conversation with her mother, involving a sex hotel and fantasy rooms, Jessica finds Malus and convinces him to go to a country with no extradition so Alisa can take Hogarth’s deal without betraying him. During their conversation he tells Jessica that he never treated a person called Shane Ryback (Eden Marryshow). She passes this information to Hogarth who dismisses the notion. But arriving home Hogarth discovers Inez (Leah Gibson) and Ryback gone and her Apartment trashed and robbed. In this heartbreaking moment she realizes she was not cured of her A.L.S. condition. Meanwhile, assisted by an unwitting Malcolm, Trish goes against Jessica’s wishes for selfish reasons and tracks Malus to his hotel room; but her intervention may damage Jessica’s carefully constructed plan. As Jessica finalises Karl’s new forged passport, courtesy of Oscar Arocho (J.R. Ramirez), she discovers that Alisa is being tormented by one of her guards, Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison). Investigating him, Jessica finds evidence that he is a hunter who murders inmates to add to his collection. When Jessica goes to confront him to warn him off her mother, he attacks her, and she accidentally kills him in self-defense. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 210 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 11 "AKA Three Lives and Counting" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 25/03/2018 Date published: 06/04/2018 MP3, 48.08 mins, 96kbps, 33.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The betrayal of Jeri Hogarth cuts deep in this episode and in our Jessica Jones 210 Review “AKA Pork Chop” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 210 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Aïda Mashaka Croal Directed by: Neasa Hardiman Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) arranges a plea deal for Alisa (Janet McTeer) to avoid the Raft, if she gives up Dr. Karl Malus’ location. Alisa agrees when Jessica promises to keep Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) safe. Elsewhere, Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) struggles with her botched television audition, but forges ahead with her own investigation when she overhears that the super-powered killer has been caught. Her investigation takes a new twist after Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) explains everything to her and Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville), but tells them to stay away. Thanks to a cryptic conversation with her mother, involving a sex hotel and fantasy rooms, Jessica finds Malus and convinces him to go to a country with no extradition so Alisa can take Hogarth’s deal without betraying him. During their conversation he tells Jessica that he never treated a person called Shane Ryback (Eden Marryshow). She passes this information to Hogarth who dismisses the notion. But arriving home Hogarth discovers Inez (Leah Gibson) and Ryback gone and her Apartment trashed and robbed. In this heartbreaking moment she realizes she was not cured of her A.L.S. condition. Meanwhile, assisted by an unwitting Malcolm, Trish goes against Jessica’s wishes for selfish reasons and tracks Malus to his hotel room; but her intervention may damage Jessica’s carefully constructed plan. As Jessica finalises Karl’s new forged passport, courtesy of Oscar Arocho (J.R. Ramirez), she discovers that Alisa is being tormented by one of her guards, Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison). Investigating him, Jessica finds evidence that he is a hunter who murders inmates to add to his collection. When Jessica goes to confront him to warn him off her mother, he attacks her, and she accidentally kills him in self-defense. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 210 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 11 "AKA Three Lives and Counting" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 25/03/2018 Date published: 06/04/2018 MP3, 48.08 mins, 96kbps, 33.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The betrayal of Jeri Hogarth cuts deep in this episode and in our Jessica Jones 210 Review “AKA Pork Chop” we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 210 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Aïda Mashaka Croal Directed by: Neasa Hardiman Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) arranges a plea deal for Alisa (Janet McTeer) to avoid the Raft, if she gives up Dr. Karl Malus’ location. Alisa agrees when Jessica promises to keep Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) safe. Elsewhere, Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) struggles with her botched television audition, but forges ahead with her own investigation when she overhears that the super-powered killer has been caught. Her investigation takes a new twist after Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) explains everything to her and Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville), but tells them to stay away. Thanks to a cryptic conversation with her mother, involving a sex hotel and fantasy rooms, Jessica finds Malus and convinces him to go to a country with no extradition so Alisa can take Hogarth’s deal without betraying him. During their conversation he tells Jessica that he never treated a person called Shane Ryback (Eden Marryshow). She passes this information to Hogarth who dismisses the notion. But arriving home Hogarth discovers Inez (Leah Gibson) and Ryback gone and her Apartment trashed and robbed. In this heartbreaking moment she realizes she was not cured of her A.L.S. condition. Meanwhile, assisted by an unwitting Malcolm, Trish goes against Jessica’s wishes for selfish reasons and tracks Malus to his hotel room; but her intervention may damage Jessica’s carefully constructed plan. As Jessica finalises Karl’s new forged passport, courtesy of Oscar Arocho (J.R. Ramirez), she discovers that Alisa is being tormented by one of her guards, Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison). Investigating him, Jessica finds evidence that he is a hunter who murders inmates to add to his collection. When Jessica goes to confront him to warn him off her mother, he attacks her, and she accidentally kills him in self-defense. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 210 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 11 "AKA Three Lives and Counting" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 25/03/2018 Date published: 06/04/2018 MP3, 48.08 mins, 96kbps, 33.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

We're back with our Jessica Jones 205 Review of "AKA The Octopus" we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 205 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Jamie King Directed by: Millicent Shelton Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) is in police custody and backed into a corner, accused of the murder of Nick Spanos (Maceo Oliver), one of Cheng’s associates. With nowhere to go, she is persuaded by Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) to tell the truth to the police and share her intel on the killer. One of the detectives questioning her, Eddy Costa (John Ventimiglia), who remembers the Kilgrave incident in his precinct believes her story, and releases her. Jessica promises to keep Costa informed as she continues to investigate. Elsewhere having been bailed from custody Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) struggles with the after-effects of using the IGH inhaler. A groggy Trish tries to pull herself together with the help of her mother, Dorothy Walker (Rebecca De Mornay), for an important appointment that turns out to be a proposal from her boyfriend Griffin; but Trish turns him down and in the aftermath of her decision takes another puff of the IGH drug. Meanwhile, Malcolm who is taking care of Inez Green takes her to Jeri, who agrees to place her in a safe house. But Jeri, with thoughts on her current medical condition, has ulterior motives as she asks Inez about the types of experiments conducted by IGH. Following up on leads by Inez, Jessica meets with a former janitor at IGH, David Kawecki, who is now an inmate at a mental hospital serving time for the murder of Green's fellow nurse, who was killed by the mysterious woman. Jones learns of a shared interest in octopi that Kawecki has with an IGH doctor, called Dr Karl Malus. Jessica stakes out the aquarium until one day she  recognizes the doctor, who she remembers from IGH just after her accident. But he is not alone. As Jessica closes in, the two suspects recognise her and Dr Karl’s companion smashes the aquarium glass to make their escape from Jessica. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 205 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 6 "AKA Facetime" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 13/03/2018 Date published: 20/03/2018 MP3, 66.55 mins, 96kbps, 46.1 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

We're back with our Jessica Jones 205 Review of "AKA The Octopus" we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 205 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Jamie King Directed by: Millicent Shelton Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) is in police custody and backed into a corner, accused of the murder of Nick Spanos (Maceo Oliver), one of Cheng’s associates. With nowhere to go, she is persuaded by Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) to tell the truth to the police and share her intel on the killer. One of the detectives questioning her, Eddy Costa (John Ventimiglia), who remembers the Kilgrave incident in his precinct believes her story, and releases her. Jessica promises to keep Costa informed as she continues to investigate. Elsewhere having been bailed from custody Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) struggles with the after-effects of using the IGH inhaler. A groggy Trish tries to pull herself together with the help of her mother, Dorothy Walker (Rebecca De Mornay), for an important appointment that turns out to be a proposal from her boyfriend Griffin; but Trish turns him down and in the aftermath of her decision takes another puff of the IGH drug. Meanwhile, Malcolm who is taking care of Inez Green takes her to Jeri, who agrees to place her in a safe house. But Jeri, with thoughts on her current medical condition, has ulterior motives as she asks Inez about the types of experiments conducted by IGH. Following up on leads by Inez, Jessica meets with a former janitor at IGH, David Kawecki, who is now an inmate at a mental hospital serving time for the murder of Green's fellow nurse, who was killed by the mysterious woman. Jones learns of a shared interest in octopi that Kawecki has with an IGH doctor, called Dr Karl Malus. Jessica stakes out the aquarium until one day she  recognizes the doctor, who she remembers from IGH just after her accident. But he is not alone. As Jessica closes in, the two suspects recognise her and Dr Karl’s companion smashes the aquarium glass to make their escape from Jessica. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 205 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 6 "AKA Facetime" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 13/03/2018 Date published: 20/03/2018 MP3, 66.55 mins, 96kbps, 46.1 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

We're back with our Jessica Jones 205 Review of "AKA The Octopus" we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast.   Jessica Jones 205 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Jamie King Directed by: Millicent Shelton Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) is in police custody and backed into a corner, accused of the murder of Nick Spanos (Maceo Oliver), one of Cheng’s associates. With nowhere to go, she is persuaded by Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) to tell the truth to the police and share her intel on the killer. One of the detectives questioning her, Eddy Costa (John Ventimiglia), who remembers the Kilgrave incident in his precinct believes her story, and releases her. Jessica promises to keep Costa informed as she continues to investigate. Elsewhere having been bailed from custody Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) struggles with the after-effects of using the IGH inhaler. A groggy Trish tries to pull herself together with the help of her mother, Dorothy Walker (Rebecca De Mornay), for an important appointment that turns out to be a proposal from her boyfriend Griffin; but Trish turns him down and in the aftermath of her decision takes another puff of the IGH drug. Meanwhile, Malcolm who is taking care of Inez Green takes her to Jeri, who agrees to place her in a safe house. But Jeri, with thoughts on her current medical condition, has ulterior motives as she asks Inez about the types of experiments conducted by IGH. Following up on leads by Inez, Jessica meets with a former janitor at IGH, David Kawecki, who is now an inmate at a mental hospital serving time for the murder of Green's fellow nurse, who was killed by the mysterious woman. Jones learns of a shared interest in octopi that Kawecki has with an IGH doctor, called Dr Karl Malus. Jessica stakes out the aquarium until one day she  recognizes the doctor, who she remembers from IGH just after her accident. But he is not alone. As Jessica closes in, the two suspects recognise her and Dr Karl’s companion smashes the aquarium glass to make their escape from Jessica. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 205 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 6 "AKA Facetime" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 13/03/2018 Date published: 20/03/2018 MP3, 66.55 mins, 96kbps, 46.1 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The temperature is rising and everyone is feeling it in our Jessica Jones 204 Review of "AKA God Help The Hobo" we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 204 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Mairzee Almas Directed by: Lisa Randolph It's hot in New York city and as the temperatures rise everyone is a little more on edge. Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) continues to contemplate her future and begins to consider more extreme measures to combat her medical condition as she looks at off-grid medical treatments and euthanasia. In the apartment block Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) needs to keep busy, busy and asks for a bigger slice of action with Alias investigations and Oscar Aracho (J.R. Ramirez) extends an olive branch and a bottle of whiskey after Jessica saves his son, Vido (Kevin Chachon), from falling out of her window. Elsewhere, between court prescribed anger management classes and tabloid intrigue, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) investigate the third patient linked to IGH. As they move from Sally’s wig shop to coercing Maximillian 'Max' Tatum (James McCaffrey) for more general Metro hospital records they identify Inez Green (Leah Gibson) and track her to a derelict building in New York. Jessica and Trish soon realize that Inez is another piece of the puzzle, a nurse at IGH who was terrorised by her patient the impersonator of Dr Hansen (Janet McTeer). As they find out more about IGH and their murderous suspect from Inez little do they realise that their case is being dismantled as Jessica’s case notes are stolen by an unknown burglar. As Jessica and Trish seek to protect their new found witness they come across a bloody scene outside Jessica’s apartment that threatens them all. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 204 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 5 "AKA The Octopus" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 11/03/2018 Date published: 16/03/2018 MP3, 71.35 mins, 96kbps, 49.4 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The temperature is rising and everyone is feeling it in our Jessica Jones 204 Review of "AKA God Help The Hobo" we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jessica Jones 204 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Mairzee Almas Directed by: Lisa Randolph It's hot in New York city and as the temperatures rise everyone is a little more on edge. Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) continues to contemplate her future and begins to consider more extreme measures to combat her medical condition as she looks at off-grid medical treatments and euthanasia. In the apartment block Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) needs to keep busy, busy and asks for a bigger slice of action with Alias investigations and Oscar Aracho (J.R. Ramirez) extends an olive branch and a bottle of whiskey after Jessica saves his son, Vido (Kevin Chachon), from falling out of her window. Elsewhere, between court prescribed anger management classes and tabloid intrigue, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) investigate the third patient linked to IGH. As they move from Sally’s wig shop to coercing Maximillian 'Max' Tatum (James McCaffrey) for more general Metro hospital records they identify Inez Green (Leah Gibson) and track her to a derelict building in New York. Jessica and Trish soon realize that Inez is another piece of the puzzle, a nurse at IGH who was terrorised by her patient the impersonator of Dr Hansen (Janet McTeer). As they find out more about IGH and their murderous suspect from Inez little do they realise that their case is being dismantled as Jessica’s case notes are stolen by an unknown burglar. As Jessica and Trish seek to protect their new found witness they come across a bloody scene outside Jessica’s apartment that threatens them all. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 204 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 5 "AKA The Octopus" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 11/03/2018 Date published: 16/03/2018 MP3, 71.35 mins, 96kbps, 49.4 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

The temperature is rising and everyone is feeling it in our Jessica Jones 204 Review of "AKA God Help The Hobo" we talk about our top five case notes about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast.   Jessica Jones 204 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Mairzee Almas Directed by: Lisa Randolph It's hot in New York city and as the temperatures rise everyone is a little more on edge. Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) continues to contemplate her future and begins to consider more extreme measures to combat her medical condition as she looks at off-grid medical treatments and euthanasia. In the apartment block Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) needs to keep busy, busy and asks for a bigger slice of action with Alias investigations and Oscar Aracho (J.R. Ramirez) extends an olive branch and a bottle of whiskey after Jessica saves his son, Vido (Kevin Chachon), from falling out of her window. Elsewhere, between court prescribed anger management classes and tabloid intrigue, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) investigate the third patient linked to IGH. As they move from Sally’s wig shop to coercing Maximillian 'Max' Tatum (James McCaffrey) for more general Metro hospital records they identify Inez Green (Leah Gibson) and track her to a derelict building in New York. Jessica and Trish soon realize that Inez is another piece of the puzzle, a nurse at IGH who was terrorised by her patient the impersonator of Dr Hansen (Janet McTeer). As they find out more about IGH and their murderous suspect from Inez little do they realise that their case is being dismantled as Jessica’s case notes are stolen by an unknown burglar. As Jessica and Trish seek to protect their new found witness they come across a bloody scene outside Jessica’s apartment that threatens them all. Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 204 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 5 "AKA The Octopus" talk to you then. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 11/03/2018 Date published: 16/03/2018 MP3, 71.35 mins, 96kbps, 49.4 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

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Jane Ferguson:                  Hi Everyone. Welcome to Getting Personal: Omics of the Heart, your podcast from Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics. I'm Jane Ferguson, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and an associate editor at Circ Genetics. This is Episode 9 of the podcast from October 2017.                                                 This month we were on the road and traveled to sunny Orlando, Florida for the annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Human Genetics. While there, I had the chance to talk to some of the researchers presenting posters in the sessions on cardiovascular genetics and genomics, which you'll hear in just a moment. While at ASHG, we had the chance to organize a CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing boot camp. Those of you who attend a JR ATVB/PVD Scientific Sessions might have had the chance to participate in a boot camp in previous years, and this is the first time we were able to offer a boot camp at ASHG. These boot camps are based on a flipped classroom model in which the participants do some preparatory learning in advance of the meeting, and then have the chance to do hands on activities with immediate guidance from the onsite instructors. It's a really nice way to learn more about a topic, so if you're attending AHA meetings in the future, look out for the option to sign up for a boot camp while you're registering.                                                 If you haven't been able to attend a boot camp but are interested in CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, you can access video and slide materials on the Circ Gen website at http://bit.ly/CRISPRbootcamp and the CRISPR is capitalized, so capital C-R-I-S-P-R boot camp.                                                 Moving on to the virtual poster session from ASHG, you may notice a little more background noise than usual, which will hopefully make you feel like you were right there with us at the poster session.                                                 First up, Dr. Gemma Cadby is a research fellow at the University of Western Australia and she presented a poster with data from her ongoing research into heritability of lipid species, measured through lipidomic analyses and their relationship with cardio metabolic risk traits, including blood pressure and HDL/LDL and total cholesterol.                                                 I'm here with Gemma Cadby, whose poster is entitled "Genetic Correlation of Human Lipidomic Endophenotypes and Cardio metabolic Phenotypes in the Busselton Family Heart Study". Hi Gemma, can you tell us a little about your poster? Dr. Cadby:                           Sure. So what we've done is we've taken about four and a half thousand people from an epidemiological study called the Busselton Health Study, so that's a group of people from Busselton in western Australia who were recruited initially in 1966 and they've been followed up every couple of years, and their blood was taken in 1994 and 1995. So the great thing about the Busselton Health Study is that there are a lot of related individuals, so it wasn't recruited as a family study but because it's a small town, a lot of people are related. So we didn't want to exclude those people from our analysis. Jane Ferguson:                  Right. Dr. Cadby:                           And because we don't really trust family records, because the study wasn't recruited as a family study, what we've done is we have empirically derived their relationship using the LDAK software. Jane Ferguson:                  Okay. Dr. Cadby:                           And then what we've done is we have performed targeted lipidomic profiling to quantify 530 lipid species and those are from 33 lipid classes. Jane Ferguson:                  And that's all from plasma samples? Dr. Cadby:                           Yes. And then what we did is we estimated the heritabilities. At this stage we've just done the heritabilities of the total of the sort of, of the 33 lipid classes, so those 530 species break down ... sort of can be combined into 33 classes. So we estimated the heritability of those, and then we also looked at the genetic correlation between those lipid classes and some cardio metabolic phenotypes. So, we found that 98% of our lipid species was significantly heritable, so those of the individual 530 species, and those heritabilities ranged from .12 to .52 and all of our lipid classes were also significantly heritable, with heritabilities between .15 and .5. Jane Ferguson:                  How does the LDAK software work? Do you put in genotypes, like were these subjects all genotypes- Dr. Cadby:                           So, they were genotypes on the Illumina ... Was actually on two different chips, the 610 and the 660, but we checked them in a batch of facts, and we combined them into one sample- Jane Ferguson:                  Mm-hmm (affirmative)- Dr. Cadby:                           Yep, and then LDAK adjusts for linkage between the variants, and then we used that to estimate their relatedness. And what we also did is we removed any relationships that were ... We said any relationship less than .05 to 0 so that ... With the idea being that the snips on the chip should estimate the whole genome relationships, but anything less than .05 might just be due to sort of, chance. Jane Ferguson:                  Right, right. Okay. Dr. Cadby:                           So we ran the genetic correlation between nine cardio metabolic phenotypes and the 33 lipid classes, and we found 155 of these genetic correlations who were statistically significant. Probably not surprisingly, so dystonic blood pressure wasn't genetically correlated with any lipid class, but we did find that systolic blood pressure was genetically correlated with eight of our lipid classes. Jane Ferguson:                  Did you notice any difference between the highly-heritable lipids and the non ... like the less-heritable lipids and their association with phenotypes? Dr. Cadby:                           Surprisingly, the most heritable lipid class was [asoplanetine 00:06:09] and that wasn't genetically correlated with any of our cardio metabolic phenotypes, which was quite surprising to me. Jane Ferguson:                  Right. So your next steps would be data- Dr. Cadby:                           So, what I've actually done, but is not showing on this poster, is I've now run the genetic correlation between each of the 530 lipid species and their cardio metabolic phenotypes to see whether the genetic correlations we observed were just due to, sort of a subset of lipids within that class or whether it was across all of the lipids species in that class.                                                 And we've also, I guess the exciting part, we've also got 500 whole genome sequences that we've just performing QC on at the moment. So then what we want to do is we want to see if we can use our lipid species to try to identify any genetic variance that are coarsely associated with the lipid endophenotype and then ... which would then go on to be associated with cardiovascular disease outcomes. Jane Ferguson:                  Cool. Very interesting. Have you published this or are you working on a manuscript now? Dr. Cadby:                           No I just working on it at the moment. We only got the lipidomic data in maybe June. So it's been sort of a quick ... just trying to get it done at the moment. Jane Ferguson:                  Thank you.                                                 Next I talk to Doctor Sylwia Figarska post doctorate fellow at Stanford University. She presented her research on proteomic profiling in several Swedish cohorts using the Olink platform and looking at the association of cardiovascular risk proteins with triglycerides, HDL, LDL, and total cholesterol.                                                 So I'm here with Sylwia Figarska from Stanford who has a poster entitled, "Associations of Circulating Protein Levels with Lipid Fractions in the General Population".                                                 Hi Sylwia. Thank you for agreeing to this. I would love to hear a little bit more about your poster. Dr. Figarska:                       Yeah, so I work with a Dr. Erik Ingelsson at Stanford and we were interested in pathways of association between circulating proteins and lipid levels to better understand [inaudible 00:08:30] of cardiovascular disease. Because both protein biomarkers and lipids are associated with cardiovascular disease, which is main cause of death world-wide. And so, in this study we investigated association between protein biomarkers and triglycerides, cholesterol, LDL, and HDL levels in population based cohorts.                                                 So as we study population, I used a Swedish cohort, [Epi Health - inaudible 00:09:04] cohort. So the cohort size is a little bit more than two thousand individuals. Associations at the p value collected for [FDR - inaudible 00:09:19] lower than five percent. We tested in a validation step, which was [inaudible 00:09:29] cohort also, turning a population based Swedish based cohort, and associations at P value lower than 0.05. We considered my results. Jane Ferguson:                  Okay, so what kind of things did you find? Dr. Figarska:                       Yeah, so we tested 57 proteins and 42 of them were successfully replicated for association with at least one lipid fraction. So, we found 55 blood associated with triglycerides. 15 proteins associated with cholesterol. 9 protein associated with LDL cholesterol and 24 with HDL. And then we were interested in overlap between protein biomarkers and lipid fractions. And indeed we have found some proteins that were associated with all of the lipid fractions or with, for instance, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides, because this is ... and we also looked at the parting of these associations, so this is a hit mark showing them directions of association. It's because some older proteins will associate with increase of triglycerides and at the same time will lower HDL, which is kind of expected pattern ... Jane Ferguson:                  Right. Dr. Figarska:                       ... and also this increase triglycerides and decrease HDL level is a phenotype that also is associated with insulin resistance, another phenotype I'm interested in. Yeah, so far good finds. Some interesting associations and further studies are needed to have a closer look at these patterns. Jane Ferguson:                  Right. So do you think ... are you going to follow it up with more functional analyses with these proteins to see sort of what are the functional relationships between these proteins and the lipid traits? Dr. Figarska:                       Yeah, yeah. We also might look at genetic background of these to see, which part of genetics will determine both of these proteins and lipid levels. Jane Ferguson:                  Right, interesting. So have you published any of this yet or are you working on a manuscript? Dr. Figarska:                       No, I'm working on a manuscript right now. So it's not published yet. It's new data, the results. Jane Ferguson:                  Yeah, very interesting. And I guess ... so tell me a little more about this Olink platform? So is this ... was this selected specifically for proteins that are known to be involved in cardiovascular disease? Dr. Figarska:                       Yeah, yeah. So, Olink is a Swedish company that offers partners to test protein levels and it's highly sensitive and specific assay. So for each panel you might test 92 proteins and using one microliter of blood sample, which is [inaudible 00:12:48]. Efficient and as I said it's very specific and sensitive method. And Olink effects panels of 92 proteins and for this study we used cardiovascular panel one and cardiovascular panel two and three. So, it means proteins that were like expected to be related to cardiovascular disease. And because significant panels were used in different cohorts, for this study we used those that were overlapping between these three panels to ... because then we could check them. We could check the ... validate the result. Jane Ferguson:                  Thank you.                                                 Dr. Marketa Sjogren is an associate researcher at Lund University in Sweden and spoke to me about her project investigating genetic risk scores for coronary artery disease could predict overall hospitalization burden and mortality in over 23,000 individuals from the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study.                                                 So I'm here with Marketa Sjogren from Lund University and her poster is entitled, "Elevated Genetic Risk for Coronary Artery Disease Increases Hospitalization Burden and Mortality".                                                 So, Marketa, I'd love to hear a little bit more about your research. Dr. Sjogren:                        So what we have done here is to take about 28,000 or 23,000 individuals from a study called Malmo Diet and Cancer Study, which has been previously published  [inaudible 00:14:33]. And we constructed a way to genetic risk score consisting of 50 snips for coronary artery disease as a risk. Jane Ferguson:                  And was this from previously published studies? Dr. Sjogren:                        Yes, those are from previously ... those are GWAS identified and previously published for different stuff. So these are basically at that time up to date, I think. There are some more to be included now, but at that time this was up to date.                                                 What we have done is to look whether we can, in a population based study, that is prospective study, whether we can predict if this genetic risk score, increased genetic risk score, could predict hospitalization and/or mortality. And what we see is that, that actually higher genetic risk score. So if you are in the top quintile of a genetic score, your risk of every being hospitalized for any reason increases by about 10% ... actually about 30% when it comes to cardiovascular causes. At the same time we also can see that increased genetic risk actually increases your risk to die both of any causes and particularly of cardiovascular mortality. And the strength of our study, I think, is that we actually have electronic health records, which include 100% of the population. So that we are actually sure that these people were increased and we also have the good sort of diagnosis for those, because those are hospital diagnosis. Jane Ferguson:                  Right, right. Interesting. So, even ... so for people who were hospitalized for CAD but did not have a high genetic risk score, where you able to sort of tease that out? So people who had CAD but didn't have ... had a low genetic risk but got CAD anyway? Dr. Sjogren:                        Yeah. No, we haven't actually quite look at that, but that's an interesting question because that would of course be interesting to see what else to they have and what are the environment factors that would influence the low genetic risk. Because, of course there are people with low genetic risk that will also ... Jane Ferguson:                  Yeah, they must exist. It's probably relatively small numbers. Dr. Sjogren:                        Yeah, they are probably smaller and the risk is lower, but I'm guessing that when you combine these genetic risks you can actually see quite strong with the risk of ever getting C-A-D, or CAD, or any of those other ... or any cardiovascular complication increases. Jane Ferguson:                  Yeah, interesting. So what are you hoping to do next with these data? Dr. Sjogren:                        What are we hoping to do next? Well, publish of course. That's our first step. That's the first part. And now we are actually looking into other kinds of genetic predisposition for different cardiometobolic traits. So we are currently proceeding with BMI and also type two diabetes and related phenotype. So that's our next thing, to sort of explore what kind of ... maybe what kind of hospitalization for the different cardiometobolic traits are most common for individuals for different genetic risk. Jane Ferguson:                  Yeah, yeah. That'll be interesting. That's probably people who have increased risk for genetic CAD, they also have increased genetic risk for related things, like ... Dr. Sjogren:                        Yes. Jane Ferguson:                  ... obesity and type two diabetes. Dr. Sjogren:                        That will probably be a huge overlap. But even if you look at them separately, because we have quite a big data, so you can distinguish those [inaudible – pieces]. Of course, we haven't actually looked what happen if you would, which would also be interesting to see sort of a combined cardiometobolic genetic risk. That would be an interesting challenge. Jane Ferguson:                  Right. Plenty of work to do. Dr. Sjogren:                        Yes, always. Jane Ferguson:                  Alright, thank you.                                                 Dr. Jessica Van Setten is an assistant professor at University Center Utrecht. Studying the genetics of rejection of heart transplant. She presented novel genetic loci from donors and recipients associated with acute rejection. As Jessica mentions, she's actively building a resource of data for transplant donors and recipients. So if you have access to data or samples and are interested in furthering the efforts of the International Genetics and Translational Research and Transplantation Network Consortium, you can find more information at wwww.iGeneTRAiN.org or by contacting Jessica directly.                                                 I'm here with Jessica Van Setten from Utrecht and her poster is entitled, "The Effect of Genetic Variation in Donors and Patients on Rejection After Heart Transplantation".                                                 So, Jessica thanks for talking. I would love to hear a bit more about your research. Dr. Van Setten:                 So, yeah, we are a ... I'm part of iGeneTRAin, which is an international consortium in which we try to collect as many transplants cohorts as possible that may or may not have genetic data. And so for we have genotyped over 40,000 samples of which 12,000 full donors  and recipient pairs. So this means we have DNA of the donor and of the recipient. So we can actually do ... we can check how this matches. Jane Ferguson:                  That's a really cool resource. Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah, I think it's really exciting. It's one of the very first things I think in the world that actually does this type of research and we do need large samples size in people studies and other studies. Jane Ferguson:                  Right. Dr. Van Setten:                 So, I'm really excited to be able to show now our very first results of GWAS actually in donors and we ... so last year we have also shown the very first results of the GWAS recipients and we are working on loss of function study. So this means we are interested in genes that are absent in the recipient but are present in one or two copies of the donor. Jane Ferguson:                  Okay. Dr. Van Setten:                 So we can see if this actually ... if this specific genes pose rejection after transplantation. Jane Ferguson:                  Interesting. Okay, so what kind of things did you find? Dr. Van Setten:                 So this is actually very novel. These analyses were run only like one or two weeks ago. So, these results are the reason I didn't put the gene names here. Right now we have only a thousand donors [inaudible - in pairs for hearts]. Jane Ferguson:                  Okay. Dr. Van Setten:                 But we aim to have another at least 500 pairs by the end of next year. We will use another 600 for replication probably later this year. So what we find so far is basically a bunch of common snips that associated with rejection at year one. Jane Ferguson:                  So do you only included pairs where there was rejection at some point? Then you excluded pairs where there was a successful transplant? Dr. Van Setten:                 No, no. So this is ... actually I think we are doing pretty good at transplantation. So we have on average less than 30% rejection across all cohorts. And what we do is in this case for disposition we did genotype association to see if there was rejection at year one. Like within the first year after transplantation yes or no. And then it was basically a case control study between those.                                                 So what we aim to do in the near future is also do time to first biopsy to rejection and hopefully get more powerful analysis there. Because then you get actually time to advance as your outcome. Jane Ferguson:                  Yes, interesting. Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah. We're really excited about it. Jane Ferguson:                  Yeah. Yes, so it looks like you found, you know, like a number of signals that genome-wide significance. Dr. Van Setten:                 We do. Yeah and that's only with a thousand samples. So, of course we do need replication to see if they are actually true, which I think is really nice. And what we aim to do after is our next sequencing experiments to see if it actually, you know, these things are expressed in the heart. So for this we have ex-plant hearts of the recipients but we also have the heart biopsies of the donor. So I work at Utrecht and there we do regular biopsies. So the first few months is actually almost every week and then it's once ... I think every six months. So we can also use those for our next sequencing experiments. Jane Ferguson:                  Wow. So they can look at like the changes in expression over time. Dr. Van Setten:                 Exactly. Jane Ferguson:                  And sort of do like as a temporal EQTL to look at its genetic predictors of expression over time. Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah, so there is so many very nice things we can do with this. And we need a consortium, we're not the only ones doing this but we are also working on other markets like cell-free DNA and protein expression in the blood to see if we can have markers for rejection there. So we can hopefully in the future, even weeks before you can actually see the rejection in a biopsy, already prove that it's going to happen based on blood. So you don't need those invasive biopsies, you can just take a little bit of blood and check that and then say, okay, we actually need a bit more immunosuppressive drugs. Or you know, it's all fine. Maybe you can lower it a little bit and see where that ends. Jane Ferguson:                  Right, right. That's really cool. So was this done mostly in European ancestry populations or is this ... Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah, it's mostly European. We used mixed models and we just included all we have. Because we only have such a limited sample size we decided to just go for everything and use mix models. Jane Ferguson:                  Right. Dr. Van Setten:                 So I think about the thousand samples, it's probably about 700 European samples. And the others mostly African-American ancestry and then a few Asian and other ethnic populations. Jane Ferguson:                  Yeah, really cool. So you probably ... this is like hot off the press so it's not published yet. Are you planning to write it up soon and ... Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah. No, we are planning to write it up soon. So we may want to combine this with our loss function results and we really hope to have everything ready before, let's say, the first of January and then write it up. Jane Ferguson:                  Very cool. Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah. Jane Ferguson:                  Anything else you want to say? Dr. Van Setten:                 Well, I do ... this is also on my poster, we really want to invite other people who may have transplant data, even if you only have phenotypic data data. You know, you have large transplant cohort collected over the years, but you don't have genotype data yet. Please do contact us, because we are always in need of more samples. Especially for heart, because right now we only have a thousand. And even if ... like in the Netherlands we were one of the largest transplant centers but we only do 12 to 15 transplants a year, heart transplants a year. So we know how difficult it is to get higher numbers of samples and we know how it must be the same for all other cohorts. So we really hope with these types of collaborations we can actually start doing genetic studies in heart transplants. Jane Ferguson:                  Interesting. Okay, so can people go to iGeneTRAiN.org ... Dr. Van Setten:                 Yes. Jane Ferguson:                  ... and then find your contact details? Dr. Van Setten:                 For sure. Jane Ferguson:                  Or maybe email you directly and ... Dr. Van Setten:                 That's also fine. Yeah. So you can email me on j.vansetten@unu.transplant.nl. Jane Ferguson:                  Awesome. Alright, thank you Jessica. Dr. Van Setten:                 Yeah. Jane Ferguson:                  I'd like to give a special thanks to all the poster presenters who agreed to share their unpublished research with you via this podcast. And I'd like to thank you for listening. Talk to you next month.  

Our podcast about The Defenders Episode Three Review of Worst Behaviour is out now with our top five points about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. The Defenders Episode Three Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Douglas Petrie Directed by: Peter Hoar Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver) recounts the resurrection and training of Elektra (Elodie Yung) - The Black Sky - as she prepares her weapon for the coming conflict against the Iron Fist and the mystical power of K’un Lun. Elsewhere, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) tends to his tender jaw after his run in with the Iron Fist, but as Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) discovers who threw the punch she suggests that Luke meets with Danny Rand (Finn Jones) pointing out that he could help him. At the Chikara Dojo with Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick) the tentative meeting leads to stories of dragons, a mystical city and the Hand; but things break down and the unbreakable skin from Harlem and the privileged chi-powered hand go their separate ways to the frustration of Claire and Colleen. At the NYPD precinct, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter)is released from Misty Knight’s (Simone Missick) custody and is determined to lose her new, weird and slightly annoying Attorney, but Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is harder to shake as he follows her knowing that she is a super-powered individual. However, the wily Jessica turns the tables to discover the special parkour abilities of her blind lawyer. As Jessica, Danny, Matt and Luke follow their own leads one common denominator focuses them on the offices of Midland Circle Financial. Danny using the clout of Rand Enterprises gets to meet with the Board and is confronted by Alexandra who, unfazed by his threats, aims to take the Iron Fist alive. As he battles to save himself from capture, Jessica, Matt and Luke converge on the boardroom and join Danny to fight the Hand, just as Alexandra unleashes her ultimate weapon against the newly formed quartet! Thanks so much for listening to our Defenders Episode Three Review Podcast. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. Defenders TV Podcast will be back with our review of the The Defenders Episode Four on Friday the 25th of August and then at least one episode every week until we have finished all eight episodes of this long awaited TV series. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 14/08/2017 Date first published: 21/08/2017 MP3, 81.15 mins, 96kbps, 56.0 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Our podcast about The Defenders Episode Three Review of Worst Behaviour is out now with our top five points about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. The Defenders Episode Three Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Douglas Petrie Directed by: Peter Hoar Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver) recounts the resurrection and training of Elektra (Elodie Yung) - The Black Sky - as she prepares her weapon for the coming conflict against the Iron Fist and the mystical power of K’un Lun. Elsewhere, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) tends to his tender jaw after his run in with the Iron Fist, but as Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) discovers who threw the punch she suggests that Luke meets with Danny Rand (Finn Jones) pointing out that he could help him. At the Chikara Dojo with Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick) the tentative meeting leads to stories of dragons, a mystical city and the Hand; but things break down and the unbreakable skin from Harlem and the privileged chi-powered hand go their separate ways to the frustration of Claire and Colleen. At the NYPD precinct, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter)is released from Misty Knight’s (Simone Missick) custody and is determined to lose her new, weird and slightly annoying Attorney, but Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is harder to shake as he follows her knowing that she is a super-powered individual. However, the wily Jessica turns the tables to discover the special parkour abilities of her blind lawyer. As Jessica, Danny, Matt and Luke follow their own leads one common denominator focuses them on the offices of Midland Circle Financial. Danny using the clout of Rand Enterprises gets to meet with the Board and is confronted by Alexandra who, unfazed by his threats, aims to take the Iron Fist alive. As he battles to save himself from capture, Jessica, Matt and Luke converge on the boardroom and join Danny to fight the Hand, just as Alexandra unleashes her ultimate weapon against the newly formed quartet! Thanks so much for listening to our Defenders Episode Three Review Podcast. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. Defenders TV Podcast will be back with our review of the The Defenders Episode Four on Friday the 25th of August and then at least one episode every week until we have finished all eight episodes of this long awaited TV series. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 14/08/2017 Date first published: 21/08/2017 MP3, 81.15 mins, 96kbps, 56.0 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Our podcast about The Defenders Episode Three Review of Worst Behaviour is out now with our top five points about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. The Defenders Episode Three Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich  and Douglas Petrie Directed by: Peter Hoar Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver) recounts the resurrection and training of Elektra (Elodie Yung)  - The Black Sky - as she prepares her weapon for the coming conflict against the Iron Fist and the mystical power of K’un Lun. Elsewhere, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) tends to his tender jaw after his run in with the Iron Fist, but as Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) discovers who threw the punch she suggests that Luke meets with Danny Rand (Finn Jones) pointing out that he could help him. At the Chikara Dojo with Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick) the tentative meeting leads to stories of dragons, a mystical city and the Hand; but things break down and the unbreakable skin from Harlem and the privileged chi-powered hand go their separate ways to the frustration of Claire and Colleen. At the NYPD precinct, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter)is released from Misty Knight’s (Simone Missick) custody and is determined to lose her new, weird and slightly annoying Attorney, but Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is harder to shake as he follows her knowing that she is a super-powered individual. However, the wily Jessica turns the tables to discover the special parkour abilities of her blind lawyer. As Jessica, Danny, Matt and Luke follow their own leads one common denominator focuses them on the offices of Midland Circle Financial. Danny using the clout of Rand Enterprises gets to meet with the Board and is confronted by Alexandra who, unfazed by his threats, aims to take the Iron Fist alive. As he battles to save himself from capture, Jessica, Matt and Luke converge on the boardroom and join Danny to fight the Hand, just as Alexandra unleashes her ultimate weapon against the newly formed quartet! Thanks so much for listening to our Defenders Episode Three Review Podcast. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. Defenders TV Podcast will be back with our review of the The Defenders Episode Four on Friday the 25th of August and then at least one episode every week until we have finished all eight episodes of this long awaited TV series. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 14/08/2017 Date published: 21/08/2017 MP3, 81.15 mins, 96kbps, 56.0 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

As the Defenders start to get closer to each other our Marvel's Defenders Episode Two Review of Mean Right Hook is out now with our top five points about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. The Defenders Episode Two Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Marco Ramirez Directed by: S.J. Clarkson After the Hell’s Kitchen earthquake Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) finds it hard to control his inner Devil; but after meeting up with Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) for a few drinks at Josie’s bar he takes some of Nelson’s case work to focus his mind elsewhere. Luke Cage (Mike Colter) begins to hit the new bar in Harlem - Trouble in Paradise - to get a lead on the mystery surrounding the increasing body count of young men and uncovers a new player in Harlem known as The White Hat. He tracks one of the White Hat’s vans off to dispose of the dead bodies of allies of K’un Lun following an attack by the Hand. There he meets Danny Rand (Finn Jones) who ,believing Luke is somehow connected to the bodies inside the Katana workshop, unleashes the Iron Fist on Luke testing his unbreakable skin. Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) meanwhile calls in the explosive find to the N.Y.P.D. and Feds before snatching evidence collected at the scene. As she investigates a number of shell companies in New York she is warned off pursuing of the case by Jeryn Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) before an encounter with a fearful John Raymond in her apartment leads to Raymond killing himself as Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung) comes to silence him. As Jessica chases after Elektra, Misty Knight (Simone Missick) catches up with her for her previous indiscretion and arrests her. At the police precinct her interrogation is interrupted as her new and unexpected attorney Matt Murdock arrives to defend her! Thanks so much for listening to our Defenders Episode Two Review Podcast. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. Defenders TV Podcast will be back with our review of the The Defenders Episode Three on Monday the 21st of August and then at least one episode every week until we have finished all eight episodes of this long awaited TV series. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 12/08/2017 Date published: 18/08/2017 MP3, 64.52 mins, 96kbps, 44.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

As the Defenders start to get closer to each other our Marvel's Defenders Episode Two Review of Mean Right Hook is out now with our top five points about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. The Defenders Episode Two Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Marco Ramirez Directed by: S.J. Clarkson After the Hell’s Kitchen earthquake Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) finds it hard to control his inner Devil; but after meeting up with Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) for a few drinks at Josie’s bar he takes some of Nelson’s case work to focus his mind elsewhere. Luke Cage (Mike Colter) begins to hit the new bar in Harlem - Trouble in Paradise - to get a lead on the mystery surrounding the increasing body count of young men and uncovers a new player in Harlem known as The White Hat. He tracks one of the White Hat’s vans off to dispose of the dead bodies of allies of K’un Lun following an attack by the Hand. There he meets Danny Rand (Finn Jones) who ,believing Luke is somehow connected to the bodies inside the Katana workshop, unleashes the Iron Fist on Luke testing his unbreakable skin. Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) meanwhile calls in the explosive find to the N.Y.P.D. and Feds before snatching evidence collected at the scene. As she investigates a number of shell companies in New York she is warned off pursuing of the case by Jeryn Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) before an encounter with a fearful John Raymond in her apartment leads to Raymond killing himself as Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung) comes to silence him. As Jessica chases after Elektra, Misty Knight (Simone Missick) catches up with her for her previous indiscretion and arrests her. At the police precinct her interrogation is interrupted as her new and unexpected attorney Matt Murdock arrives to defend her! Thanks so much for listening to our Defenders Episode Two Review Podcast. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. Defenders TV Podcast will be back with our review of the The Defenders Episode Three on Monday the 21st of August and then at least one episode every week until we have finished all eight episodes of this long awaited TV series. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 12/08/2017 Date published: 18/08/2017 MP3, 64.52 mins, 96kbps, 44.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

As the Defenders start to get closer to each other our Marvel's Defenders Episode Two Review of Mean Right Hook is out now with our top five points about this episode in our Spoiler filled discussion. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. The Defenders Episode Two Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis Written by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich  and Marco Ramirez Directed by: S.J. Clarkson After the Hell’s Kitchen earthquake Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) finds it hard to control his inner Devil; but after meeting up with Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) for a few drinks at Josie’s bar he takes some of Nelson’s case work  to focus his mind elsewhere. Luke Cage (Mike Colter) begins to hit the new bar in Harlem - Trouble in Paradise - to get a lead on the mystery surrounding the increasing body count of young men and uncovers a new player in Harlem known as The White Hat. He tracks one of the White Hat’s vans off to dispose of the dead bodies of allies of K’un Lun following an attack by the Hand. There he meets Danny Rand (Finn Jones) who ,believing Luke is somehow connected to the bodies inside the Katana workshop, unleashes the Iron Fist on Luke testing his unbreakable skin. Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) meanwhile calls in the explosive find to the N.Y.P.D. and Feds before snatching evidence collected at the scene. As she investigates a number of shell companies in New York she is warned off pursuing of the case by Jeryn Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) before an encounter with a fearful John Raymond in her apartment leads to Raymond killing himself as Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung) comes to silence him. As Jessica chases after Elektra, Misty Knight (Simone Missick) catches up with her for her previous indiscretion and arrests her. At the police precinct her interrogation is interrupted as her new and unexpected attorney Matt Murdock arrives to defend her! Thanks so much for listening to our Defenders Episode Two Review Podcast. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. Defenders TV Podcast will be back with our review of the The Defenders Episode Three on Monday the 21st of August and then at least one episode every week until we have finished all eight episodes of this long awaited TV series. Thanks for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 12/08/2017 Date published: 18/08/2017 MP3, 64.52 mins, 96kbps, 44.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Jessica Eley is a mindset coach for entrepreneurs who need to bridge the gap between personal development and business. As Jessica says, you can’t have one without the other. Jessica talks about why it’s so important to be a little selfish and put your needs first. If you don’t, you’ll end up burned out and unable to serve those who need your talents the most! When you run your own business, it takes a huge mindset shift in order for you to make it out, and feel 100% comfortable with your journey.   Key Insights & Aha Moments: *The podcast is taking the break as the year winds down, but don’t worry! We’ll be back January 2nd. *Afraid you’ll go into withdrawls? Don’t worry, we will be replaying the top four of the most popular episodes of all time over the next month. *Who is Jessica? She’s a mindset coach for entrepreneurs! *What does a mindset coach do? *Jessica entrepreneurship and personal development are closely linked together. *Jessica quit her job on a whim. Why did she feel like she had to do that? *There’s no shame in quitting your job, doing your thing, and realizing that this isn't right for you. *Give yourself permission to try something new. *As an entrepreneur, you’re constantly refining. *What kind of challenges has Jessica faced? *You could give away your talents for free, but we all know people get a better result for something that they pay for. *We also know that if you keep giving away your talents for free, you will end up getting burned out. *If it’s good for somebody else, then it needs to be good for you too. *Remember, you can’t choose somebody else’s priorities for them. *Success can sometimes scare us more than failure.   Maven Moment: Before we wrap up this final episode for 2016, I want to talk about something Jessica mentioned on the interview — her transition out of corporate. I know so many of you today are struggling with trying to branch out and get out of that job you hate, hate, hate! Jessica mentioned that we’d rather stick to something that hurts us than venture out into uncertainty. Listen in to the end of the show to hear my story of what my ‘breaking point’ was, and why I had to leave my job to start fresh.   Mentioned in This Episode: Michellemcglade.com Maven Inner Circle Making The Maven Community on Facebook   Connect with Jessica Website Jessicaeley.com/morningjumpstart

How do we know the will of God for our lives? It’s a question that is often hotly debated with one side emphasising the need for God’s direct guidance for our decisions and the other emphasising human free will (Listen to: Is God’s will a Narrow Path or a 6-Lane Freeway?). In this podcast, John Peachey from the Mornings show at Rhema New Zealand and I take a different tack. We explore this commonly asked question by drawing on the story told in Jessica Kelley’s book Lord Willing. Against the backdrop of her dying 4 year old son’s battle with brain cancer, Jessica challenges the popular idea that God has some sort of master plan where he ordains and controls every decision. In this view, God's plan did not include her son Henry’s cancer, nor did he even “allow” it. As Jessica so vividly communicates, Jesus came to give abundant life, not to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10), so he could never be to blame for her son’s tragic death. God's sovereignty does not mean he is a controlling micro-manager (Read: What We Mean When we Say God is in Control?), nor he is never to blame for the evil in the world. Jessica’s conclusions about the nature of God’s sovereignty, the presence of evil and the dynamic of human autonomy help us to better understand how to navigate God’s will in our own lives. If we believe in the so-called 'blueprint view', God will always get the blame, ‘everything happens for a reason’ and there is little room for free will. In this way of thinking, we will be paralysed until we hear God's voice and we will approach decisions with a fear of getting it wrong. But if we understand our world to be a powerful interplay of God’s intervention with the fallenness of humanity, we can be better equipped to navigate the ‘will of God’ in our lives. Subscribe to God Conversations with Tania Harris and never miss an episode! More about Lord Willing? by Jessica Kelley Does God's perfect plan really include this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnDJOx4R98 When her young son was diagnosed with brain cancer, Jessica Kelley couldn't stomach Christian clichés. God's will? Divine design? The Lord's perfect plan? In Lord Willing?, Kelley boldly tackles one of the most difficult questions of the Christian life: if God is all-powerful and all-loving, why do we suffer? For Kelley, this question takes an even more painful and personal turn: did God lack the power or the desire to spare her four-year-old son? For those dissatisfied with easy answers to why evil and tragedy occur, Lord Willing? offers a refreshing, hopeful journey straight to the heart of God. Be prepared for something more beautiful, more pure, and more healing than you can dare to imagine.

As Jessica continues to try and understand this crazy new town, Jed begins to address his feelings for her, much to the ire of Chanprise. Meanwhile after the success of his websites, Crocodile needs a new sign for the shop. Jalapeno High is an original sitcom created by London based Weirdos Comedy. Written by Adam Larter. Directed by Matthew Highton Produced by Howard Cohen. Starring: Narrator - Darren Maskell Theme Tune Composed and Sung by - Laurence Owen Jessica Suitcase - Harriet Kemsley Diary - Gareth Morinan Fred Suitcase - Mark Stephenson Chanprise/Mrs Witchboson - Katia Kvinge Jed Suzuki - John Kearns Eloise - Eleanor Morton Crocodile - William Lee Stinky Winters - Michael Brunstrom Clara - Holly Burn Dillon - Pat Cahill Jenson - Joz Norris Vicar - Ali Brice

We're at our penultimate episode with Jessica Jones S01E12 AKA Take A Bloody Number Podcast. This time we talk about a tender moment between Luke and Jessica, we question if I.G.H could have a connection to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Iron Fist and naturally that big dance floor battle. Synopsis for Jessica Jones S01E12 AKA Take a Bloody Number Podcast Luke Cage (Mike Colter) reveals to Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) that he was ordered by Kilgrave (David Tennant) to destroy his bar as the hunt for Kilgrave reignites....sorry reunites Jessica with Luke as bridges are built over the death of Luke's former wife Reva as he forgives her of any blame. Meanwhile Simpson (Wil Traval) has vanished at the hands of Doctor Koslov just as Trish's mother (Rebecca De Mornay) presents unexpected information to her daughter about a mysterious company - IGH - who are responsible for Simpson and seemingly another important person in Trish's (Rachael Taylor) life. All the while Kilgrave is forcing his father Albert (Michael Siberry) to concoct a way to increase and expand his control in order that he might affect Jessica once again. As Jessica and Luke go in search of leads at a nightclub Kilgrave appears and unleashes an unforeseen power upon Jessica that culminates in a very different kind of shootout. As we were editing this episode it was announced that Jessica Jones has been given a second season with this awesome tweet from @JessicaJones on Twitter. Call the number it has a great message from Alias Investigations. Did you get the memo? Marvel's #JessicaJones is back for Season 2, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/RPXkREmCgx — Jessica Jones (@JessicaJones) January 17, 2016 We hope you enjoy our Jessica Jones S01E12 AKA Take A Bloody Number Podcast we love hearing your thoughts so if you want to share your opinions on any of the episodes of Jessica Jones or any of our other podcasts just send us an email to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com, or alternatively if you join our facebook group here we have posts set up for each of the episodes where you can send us your thoughts. The Defenders TV Podcast will return on Tuesday the 26th of January with our top fives for Jessica Jones Episode 13 "AKA Smile" John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 16/01/2016 Date published: 19/01/2016 MP3, 85.47 mins, 128kbps, 78.7 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of their respective copyright owners. No infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com . This show is part of the Flickering Myth Podcast Network. For more shows like this visit Flickeringmyth.com

Join the Defenders for the Marvel's Jessica Jones S01E09 AKA Sin Bin Podcast to hear our in depth discussion about this episode. This week we discuss a power play by Hogarth's partner Pam, a pill fueled power boost for Officer Simpson, a display of power by Jessica and an attempted removal of Kilgrave's abilities in a hermetically sealed room. Synopsis for Jessica Jones S01E09 AKA Sin Bin Podcast After the explosion outside Jessica's childhood home, Simpson (Wil Traval) is rushed to hospital requesting to be seen by a Doctor Kozlov (Thomas Kopache) in a last ditch hope to save him from his injuries. As he begins to respond to the Doctor's treatment he is told to follow a course of red, white and blue medication that may prove to be kill or cure for the former special ops soldier. Meanwhile Jessica (Krysten Ritter) has Kilgrave (David Tennant) secured in the hermetically sealed chamber located on the edge of the city, as she interrogates him to extract a confession for the murder of Hope's parents and provide evidence of mind control. As she becomes more desperate for answers her techniques are called into question by Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) who seems to have designs on Kilgrave's abilities for her own ends. However, as more details of Kilgrave's past emerge from the video tape Jessica and Trish (Rachael Taylor) follow another lead that they hope will be more persuasive - Kilgrave's parents. But just when Jessica has Kilgrave right where she wants him, Hogarth's involvement complicates the situation. As Jessica's plans are thrown in to bloody turmoil a tiny fragment of realisation and hope is discovered. We always love hearing your thoughts so if you want to share your opinions on any of the episodes of Jessica Jones or any of our other podcasts just send us an email to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com, or alternatively if you join our facebook group here we have posts set up for each of the episodes where you can send us your thoughts. The Defenders TV Podcast will return on Tuesday the 29th of December with our top fives for Jessica Jones Episode 10 "AKA 1,000 Cuts" John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 13/12/2015 Date published: 29/12/2015 MP3, 80.19 mins, 128kbps, 73.8 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of their respective copyright owners. No infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

This week John and Derek discuss their five points about the fifth episode in our Marvel's Jessica Jones S01E05 AKA The Sandwich Saved Me podcast. We discuss two different superhero costumes from this episode, who we trust and don't so far in the season, the cruelty of Kilgrave and a difficult experience for Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville). Synopsis for Jessica Jones S01E05 AKA The Sandwich Saved Me podcast Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) plays smart over the discovery of the identity of Kilgrave's (David Tennant) photographer in crime as Officer Simpson (Wil Traval) also gets involved with her plan to track down Kilgrave, despite her initial reservations about his participation. As Jessica trails the photographer in an attempt to pin down the exact photo exchange location with Kilgrave, she begins to recall past memories in her life: as a regular 9 to 5 employee, a step-sister to Trish (Rachael Taylor), a superhero known as Jewel, and dressed as the Sandwich that saved her. However, as events speed up in the hunt for Kilgrave all of Jessica's superhero strength and intelligence must be put to good use as they execute a daring plan against Kilgrave that leads to unforeseen consequences that put Jessica firmly in his sights. If you want to send us your thoughts on any of the episodes of Jessica Jones just send us an email to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com, or alternatively if you join our facebook group here we have posts set up for each of the episodes where you can send us your thoughts. We're trying to keep everyone spoiler free until they see the episodes so please mark your email with the episode number that you want to talk about and we'll read it out on the show. The Defenders TV Podcast will return on Tuesday the 1st of December with our top fives for Jessica Jones Episode 6 "AKA You're a Winner!" John, Derek and Chris Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 26/11/2015 Date published: 01/12/2015 MP3, 74.08 mins, 128kbps, 68.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of their respective copyright owners. No infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Chris, John and Derek continue the Netflix binge with our Marvel's Jessica Jones S01E02 AKA Crush Syndrome podcast We talk through our top five points of the second episode of this already groundbreaking Marvel and Netflix collaboration. If you want to send us your thoughts on any of the episodes of Jessica Jones just send us an email to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com, or alternatively if you join our facebook group here we have posts set up for each of the episodes where you can send us your thoughts. We're trying to keep everyone spoiler free until they see the episodes so please mark your email with the episode number that you want to talk about and we'll read it out on the show. Synopsis Jessica Jones S01E02 - "AKA Crush Syndrome" Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) resolves to prove Hope (Erin Moriarty) innocent of her parents' brutal murder, as she tries to enlist a skeptical Jerry Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) to be Hope's legal counsel. Jessica also begins to explore her own troubled past to find answers to help Hope. At the same time her one night stand with local barman Luke Cage (Mike Colter) starts to get complicated, as he's told he was just another case of Alias Investigations and both of them begin to suspect that each other is not what they outwardly appear to be. As Jessica delves deeper in to the suspected death of her former adversary it becomes apparent that his death is but a lie. Other unexpected leads in the case give rise to a possible weakness in Kilgrave's (David Tennant) special abilities. Now it becomes a level playing field! As always if you have any thoughts on Jessica Jones our podcast or anything else please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com and we'll discuss them on our future podcasts. The Defenders TV Podcast will return next week with our thoughts on Jessica Jones Episode 3 "AKA It's Called Whiskey" John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 20/11/2015 Date published: 20/11/2015 MP3, 62.39 mins, 128kbps, 57.4 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of their respective copyright owners. No infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Joining us today from Canada is our friend, Jessica. Determined to avoid another brutal Cesarean recovery, Jessica researched extensively and fought for her VBAC rights. When she experienced PROM for the second time, Jessica didn’t allow different opinions from different providers dictate what she knew she deserved. She refused a scheduled Cesarean, reminded providers that their hospital did in fact support VBAC induction, knew when her body needed an epidural, and got the VBAC of her dreams. Jessica’s preparation made all the difference in her outcome. We want that to be the case for you too! Topics discussed today include: * How to know if all providers at a practice have the same views * Why you should ask open-ended questions * PROM: what it is and what to do if it happens to you Additional links How to VBAC: The Ultimate Preparation Course for Parents ( https://www.thevbaclink.com/product/how-to-vbac/ ) The VBAC Link T-Shirt Shop ( http://thevbaclink.com/bombfire ) 3 Game-Changing Things to do When Your Water Breaks: The VBAC Link Blog ( https://www.thevbaclink.com/water-breaking/ ) Episode sponsor This episode is sponsored by our signature course, How to VBAC: The Ultimate Preparation Course for Parents ( https://www.thevbaclink.com/product/how-to-vbac/ ). It is the most comprehensive VBAC preparation course in the world, perfectly packaged in an online, self-paced, video course. Together, Meagan and Julie have helped over 800 parents get the birth that they wanted, and we are ready to help you too. Head over to thevbaclink.com ( http://www.thevbaclink.com/ ) to find out more and sign up today. Sponsorship inquiries Interested in sponsoring a The VBAC Link podcast? Find out more information here at advertisecast.com/TheVBACLink ( https://www.advertisecast.com/TheVBACLink ) or email us at info@thevbaclink.com. Full transcript Note: All transcripts are edited to correct grammar and to eliminate false starts and filler words. Meagan: Hello, hello, and welcome everyone. This is The VBAC Link with Julie and Meagan. We have a guest with you today from Canada. Her name is Jessica. She has an awesome story for you today. We were chitchatting a little bit before the episode began. We found out that she found us in the very beginning. It was right after her Cesarean, which is exciting to us because we want people to be able to find us during their journey of healing before they start preparing as well. So, that was really fun and exciting to hear. She has a fun story today. A cool highlight of her story is PROM. If you don’t know what PROM means, it means Premature Rupture of Membranes. That’s something that I actually had personally as well. But she was ruptured for quite a while. In fact, I think it was 40-- was it 48 hours? 40 hours? Jessica: I think 72. Yeah. (Inaudible) Meagan: 72! 72. But when-- (inaudible) before you started getting things going. Yeah. So, really cool because a lot of times people think that if their waters are broken for longer than 12 or 18 hours, even 24 hours, that it is need for an immediate Cesarean and it is not. I am excited to hear you share that part of your story. Review of the Week Meagan: As always, we have a Review of the Week, so we are going to dive into that review from Julie really quick before we get into this juicy story. Julie: Yeah, I love reviews. I think we say it every episode. I can’t speak enough about the reviews because I want to get a little vulnerable here for a minute. Running a podcast is not always sunshine and butterflies. We absolutely love doing it. We love talking to the people that share their stories with us and we love being able to share their stories with you. But these reviews really, really are the things that keep us going when it gets to be a little bit difficult for us. So, if you haven’t already, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vbac-link/id1394742573 ) or Google ( https://www.google.com/search?ei=Mq0oYOaqGuq-0PEPxq-T0AM&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECcyCgguEMcBEK8BECcyBAgjECcyBQgAEJECMgIIADIICAAQFhAKEB46CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOgQIABBDOggIABCxAxCDAToOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6CAguELEDEIMBOgUILhCRAjoECC4QQzoHCAAQhwIQFDoICC4QxwEQrwE6BAguEAo6BAgAEAo6CgguELEDEIMBEAo6BwguELEDEAo6BwgAELEDEAo6BggAEBYQHlCiCVikE2CBFWgAcAB4AIABrgOIAboQkgEHMi01LjEuMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXo&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYCi7QktASJ1eDaW-lyA8fmrzk3Amjn1L&oq=the+vbac+link&q=the+vbac+link&sclient=gws-wiz&source=hp&sxsrf=ALeKk01Q6y51WCKDOK0QwrfXGXVYxN_fHg%3A1613278514471&uact=5&ved=0ahUKEwjmi5vmyujuAhVqHzQIHcbXBDoQ4dUDCAk ) or Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/thevbaclink/ ). You just never know when you’re going to make our day with a glowing review. This review is from Apple Podcasts and it’s from futureballad. It’s called “VBAC Support at its Finest.” Just the title makes me smile. She says, “I absolutely love listening to these birth stories and I love how positive Julie and Meagan are! They give facts to go along with each story. They also include birth stories where the VBAC didn’t end up happening. It’s so important to acknowledge it doesn’t always work out. But, a woman of strength is someone who has become empowered by knowledge and uses that knowledge to advocate for herself no matter what the outcome is. I am going to VBAC like a boss in November when I birth our second son. I will be doing it knowing I have the support of The VBAC Link community.” That makes me so happy. Okay, “VBAC like a boss”-- that is a shirt. It’s in our shop at thevbaclink.com/bombfire ( https://www.bonfire.com/store/tvl/ ). That shirt came from our friend, Emily, who shared her story with us a while back. She said-- there is a “TOLAC like a boss” or a “VBAC like a boss”. I love our little bonfire shirts. We have some new designs coming out from some of our most recent previous episodes. Also, I want to tell you about an episode that is coming out in the next two or three weeks. We are actually interviewing a few CBAC moms, so parents who tried for a VBAC but ended up in a repeat Cesarean. We are going to talk to five or six of them. They’re going to share with us their stories about what it is like coming out of a birth that didn’t end up like they wanted to, what it’s like to not to get your VBAC, and what they wish people would know about parents who tried so hard for a VBAC but didn’t get the birth that they wanted. It’s such a powerful episode and we are really excited to put it out to you. That review just reminded me of that. It’s important to us to share that things don’t always go the way you want. While a lot of birth is preparation and education and confidence, some of it is just dang luck. Meagan: Yeah. Julie: I mean, some of it is just the cards you are dealt and knowing how to deal with those things is important to us to share with you, so that’s why we do it. Meagan: Yeah, and I love how she said we even-- like you were just highlighting, we even share those stories. We have gotten a lot of messages and actually, I am trying to think of the word. Julie: How to say it nicely-- Meagan: Really angry. I’m going to say really angry that we do share CBAC stories and it makes me sad when we receive these messages. Although we respect everyone’s opinions and feelings, we want to remind everybody that, just like Julie said, it doesn’t always turn out exactly how we wanted to. But guess what? Even sometimes those experiences-- like my second C-section was not what I wanted. I didn’t want to be on that table again, but it was a healing experience for me and a much more positive experience. I felt so much better walking out of that situation. These are learning experiences. They are growing experiences. They are healing experiences and even though-- yes, we do. We promote VBAC and we want you guys to know your options for VBAC. It is not fair for us to forget CBAC. It’s just not and it’s important. So, if you are angry, I want to say we are sorry, but we are not sorry at the same time. We respect your decision not to listen to those episodes, but it’s just so important to learn and hear. A lot of times when we are struggling, I know for me personally when I was struggling, I realized there was still a lot of processing that I needed to do and that’s why I was struggling. So, know that we are here for you and we are sorry if you are one of those angries, but we love you. Julie: One of those angries. Meagan: But we love you. Julie: We love you, no matter if you are angry, or happy, or sad, or excited. We love all of you. If you are looking for stories that are VBAC stories only, you simply have to look at the title. If it says, “So-and-so‘s VBAC”, it’s a VBAC story. If it says “So-and-so‘s CBAC” or “So-and-so’s Uterine Rupture”, then it is a CBAC or a uterine rupture story. And so, that’s an easy way to sift through them if you’re looking for certain advice. Meagan: We respect your decision not to listen to whatever ones. Julie: But we wish you would because it will really help you better prepare. Episode sponsor Julie: Do you want a VBAC but don’t know where to start? It’s easy to feel like we need to figure it all out on our own. That’s what we used to do, and it was the loneliest and most ineffective thing we have ever done. That’s why Meagan and I created our signature course, How to VBAC: The Ultimate Preparation Course for Parents ( https://www.thevbaclink.com/product/how-to-vbac/ ) , that you can find at thevbaclink.com ( http://thevbaclink.com/ ). It is the most comprehensive VBAC preparation course in the world, perfectly packaged in an online, self-paced, video course. Together, Meagan and I have helped over 800 parents get the birth that they wanted, and we are ready to help you too. Head on over to thevbaclink.com ( http://thevbaclink.com/ ) to find out more and sign up today. That’s thevbaclink.com ( http://thevbaclink.com/ ). See you there. Jessica’s story Julie: We should probably stop talking about this. You can tell it’s been a while since we have recorded because we are really super chatty right now. Meagan: We are going to turn the time over to Jessica. Alright, let’s dive in. Ms. Jessica, would you like to start sharing your story and stop listening to us gab? Jessica: I mean, I am enjoying the conversation, but I only have so much time, so I will get started. I got pregnant with my C-section baby when I was 19. I really thought that I was invincible. I know a lot of teenagers have that mindset. You don’t really think that bad things can happen to you. I thought that I was going to have an all-natural, medication-free birth, and was preparing for that, and would tell my friends how excited I was to be planning this med-free birth. My aunt recommended that I went with midwives, so I found local midwives that I went with. Here in Canada, they are covered by a provincial health insurance, so that’s definitely a perk when you are a young mom being able to plan a home birth. So, that’s what we talked about. I wasn’t opposed to a hospital birth, but they were pushing home birth on me, so that was the plan if everything was going well. We would have a home birth with a baby and then if not, we would go to the hospital. But I didn’t think we would end up at the hospital because I thought everything would go as planned, being young and not understanding how births can be complicated. I was 39 weeks and four days pregnant when my water broke. My first thought was, “Oh, the baby is going to be here in 12 hours now. Everybody goes into labor when their water breaks.” But it didn’t happen. The midwives confirmed the water broke and they said, “Oh, just rest. Sleep it off.” Labor usually starts anywhere between 48 to 72 hours. Most people within 24 hours, but they said we could wait until Friday. And then, the next day we woke up. I had a new midwife on-call and she said, “Oh well, we should just go in and induce.” I was eager to meet my baby. I was tired of being pregnant and I didn’t know what an induction was or that there were risks with an induction. I just thought, “Okay, I will get some medication, and get it going, and the baby will be here in a couple of hours.” But, that wasn’t the case. I was 4 centimeters dilated when I showed up to the hospital, which they said was great, and that labor would probably be quick, and the baby would be here soon. But 12 hours after starting Pitocin, I was still only 4 centimeters. They suggested that we throw the natural birth plan out the window and get an epidural, but that vaginal birth was still possible. After getting the epidural, my baby started having non-reassuring heart rates and because of the lack of progression, they suggested a cesarean. I agreed, not knowing that there was anything else we could try to get me to dilate. I had been laying on my back for hours at this point. We didn’t try turning the epidural down. We didn’t even try a peanut ball. We just went straight for the OR. The surgery was three hours after they were concerned about the non-reassuring heart rate. So, looking back I am like, “Was it really that urgent?” They made it seem urgent, but I always question if maybe we could have tried more things. I didn’t know that there were things to try. I thought birth just happened and that you couldn’t really have any power to change that. My recovery was horrible. My incision didn’t close properly and it took three months before I was healed enough to function normally. I found that recovery really traumatizing and never wanted another surgery like that again. When I got pregnant 15 months later, my goal was VBAC all the way. I really didn’t want to end up on the table again, mostly because of the recovery and my fear of missing out on a summer with my toddler. I planned a home birth again. I was more adamant this time that it was going to be a home birth. I rented a pool this time. I made a whole binder filled with resources from The VBAC Link. I printed out stuff from ACOG and SOCG, which is a Canadian version of ACOG, and had all the documents I could about VBAC. I would bring it to the midwives because they were more cautious and on the medical side. They said a hospital birth might be a better choice for VBAC, but I was adamant that I wanted to be at home. They supported me with that decision, but then I was 40 weeks and I had been doing everything. Walking every day, The Miles Circuit, bouncing on my ball, drinking all the red raspberry leaf tea, everything I could to get my labor going and then my water broke again. I was in denial the first day. I didn’t even tell my husband. I kept it to myself. I was like, “This can’t be real.” My water can’t break before labor again because I knew that that wasn’t a good sign for me. Eventually, I did call my midwife and I let her know, but I told her my water had been broken significantly less time than it had because I didn’t want her to push induction. I didn’t want her to push a repeat Cesarean. So, she came. Confirmed that my waters had been broken and we agreed that the next day we would go to the hospital for a non-stress test. When we went there, we had a consultation with the OB who looked at me and said, “We have to do a C-section. There is no other option. If we do another induction, you are going to fail. Your body couldn’t birth your first baby.” I guess I had an ultrasound at some point in my other trimester and they were estimating that the baby was going to be in the 97th percentile. Meagan: Oh man. Jessica: Yeah. They were like, “This baby is too big. She is not going to--” or, we didn’t know it was a girl. But they said, “The baby is not going to fit. You need a C-section.” I said, “Well, do I have any other options?” They were like, “Well, we can’t force you to have a C-section, so you can go home. And so, we went home.” Meagan: Good for you. Good for you though. Jessica: The OB and the midwife weren’t that happy, but I said, “I will come back for NSTs every day until I go into labor. I’m not opposed to that,” but I didn’t want to agree to a C-section. The next morning, I woke up with a green tinge on the pad that was collecting amniotic fluid and I knew that wasn’t a good sign. So, I called the midwife and let her know. I guess they had been scheduling C-sections for me every day in case I agreed to one, so she was like, “We have an OR ready.” Meagan: Are you serious? They were just doing that behind your back? Jessica: Yeah. They were just preparing. Meagan: Interesting. Jessica: So they said, “You can show up at the hospital at 11:00 a.m. and the baby will be here by 2.” It was the day-- like, when I got pregnant, I was hoping that the baby would come that day. So, I was like, “Okay, I guess at least I got the birthday I wanted.” But in the car, I was crying to my husband saying, “I really don’t want to do surgery and I know that I can’t be pregnant longer with meconium or an infection. It’s not fair to the baby to put my birthing desires ahead of their safety.” But I said, “I will take tomorrow as the baby’s birthday if that means I can birth this baby vaginally. What happened was, we showed up at the hospital and it was a different OB on-call. He was the one that had done the big baby ultrasound and predicted the size, so I was like, “Oh shoot. He is definitely going to want to do the C-section. There is no getting out of this now.” We show up and everybody is telling him how my birth was “failure to progress” last time, that the induction didn’t go well, and all of the stuff and the reasons why I should have the C-section. He asked them, “Oh, well how long have the membranes been ruptured?” They said, “About 48 hours at least at this point.” He said, “Why haven’t we done a Cesarean yet?” They said, “She doesn’t want a C-section.” He was like, “Well, why haven’t they done an induction?” They said, “All of the other OB‘s refuse induction because she can’t give birth essentially.” And so, he asked for my operative report and looked it over. They didn’t list “failure to progress” as the reason for the C-section. Julie: Awesome. Jessica: They only listed the non-reassuring fetal heart tones, so he said, “Okay. Based on that, we will do an ultrasound and see how big this baby is.” But he was like, “I think an induction is a reasonable option here.” Julie: That’s awesome. Jessica: “And even though there is a low success rate, we will go ahead with it if that’s what she wants.” And so, they did an ultrasound. They were guessing that the baby would be around 8 pounds. We went ahead with Pitocin. They did a low dose. It was going really well until I hit transition. I made it to 8 centimeters unmedicated and then I was begging for the epidural. But this was during COVID. I was wearing a mask and it was just me and my husband. My husband wasn’t the greatest support. He was freaking out the whole time. So, I got the epidural and then within two hours of the epidural, I had a really pain-free, easy pushing and birth. They did take her to the NICU for half an hour just because the membranes had been ruptured so long. They wanted the pediatrician to look her over, but she was totally healthy and only weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces. So, not 97th percentile at all. Meagan: Go figure. You know what? Sometimes they are spot on. Sometimes they really are. They are really close, right? But it seems like nine times out of 10-- this is my own number, they are not. Jessica: Yeah, they are way off. No failing in birth Meagan: Yeah. That is so awesome. I love how you’re like, “You know, I worked through this. I was working really hard and I found the spot. I needed something different and I got that.” Because I think a lot of people that want to go unmedicated but choose an epidural, in the end, they really can beat themselves up. I loved hearing that you were like, “Yeah. I had a mask on. I was hot. I was 8 centimeters. I have been doing this for a long time, and I need an epidural, and I want an epidural, and I feel good about that.” I love that you pointed that out because it’s not-- you used this word earlier when you were like, “Or if we induced you, you would ‘fail’,” which clearly you didn’t, but that “fail” word. We let that “fail” word creep into the birth world way too often in my opinion. Because if we don’t go unmedicated, we “fail”. If we don’t have a vaginal birth, we “failed”. If we don’t go into spontaneous labor or get induced we “failed”, you know? If we don’t breastfeed our baby, we “failed”. There are so many “fails” out there. I just want to wipe them all the way. Get the biggest bottle of Windex and wipe it all down because there’s no failing in birth. There is no failing in birth. If you step back and you look at what we as humans are doing, wow. It’s incredible, right? So, I love it. I love that you took charge and you’re like, “I’m going home and I will be back. I know when I need to be back and hey, these are the options,” and I’m glad that he was willing to induce and supported you in that. You deserve that completely. Jessica: Yeah, but it definitely goes to show the luck of the draw because if it had been a different OB, it would have been a different story. Finding supportive providers Meagan: A totally different story. Yeah, no I agree. That is something when we talk about finding providers. I am just going to be talking about a whole bunch of random stuff, Julie. Julie: I love it. Well, I have some stuff too. So when you are done, I will do my stuff. Meagan: Yes, perfect. So, finding providers right? With VBAC specifically, and I encourage first-time parents to go out there and find a provider in the way that a lot of VBAC parents find a provider if that makes sense. Go out there and ask some of the questions and really from the very beginning, see what this provider’s thoughts are on Cesarean. So, when it comes down to it when you find out like Julie and I did that your provider has a 46% C-section rate-- Julie: After the fact-- Meagan: Yeah, after the fact that you could know these things before the fact and save yourself a lot of potential heartache in different ways, right? So anyway, I encourage everyone to go out there and find their provider. One of the questions that I feel is super important when you are looking for a provider is, “Will you be at my birth no matter what?” If the answer is, “No,” “Who will be at my birth? Do they have the same views as you?” Honestly, don’t hesitate to say, “I need their names. I want to meet them.” Don’t hesitate to interview them and say, “What are your thoughts on C-section?” Not, “Do you support C-section, yes or no?” “What are your thoughts?” Or, I mean VBAC. Julie: You mean VBAC. Meagan: I mean VBAC. Even as I am saying, I’m like, “Wait. On VBAC. Do you support VBAC, yes or no?” Those are just easy questions to be like, “Of course I do, yeah. We do them all the time.” Julie: “We can do whatever type of birth you want.” Meagan: Yeah. But like, really. “What are your thoughts on VBAC? What is your experience with VBAC?” Asking them these open-ended questions, but do not hesitate if your provider says, “You know what? It could be me, John, Jack, or Jill.” Julie: Joe. Meagan: Really, it could be any of these people. Don’t hesitate to interview them because like she said, it was the luck of the draw, and luckily she got the good one that was willing to work with her and support her. So, that is my little snippet on-- Julie: Meagan was painting condos all day yesterday, so she is a little tired. Meagan: I know. I am so tired. I couldn’t even get my butt up this morning on time to get to the gym. I went to the gym, but not on time. Julie: Oh, right. Wait, can I add something to that really fast? Meagan: Yeah, of course. Julie: And then I will let you go back on your snippets. Meagan: My snip bit? Julie: Snip bit. I had a client yesterday text me. She is going to her 36-week appointment today and at my first prenatal appointment with my clients, I always give them a list of questions to take to their provider. I actually stole Meagan‘s idea. I stole it from Meagan. Meagan: You did? What idea? Julie: Meagan does this too. The one where you’re just like, “Oh, ask your provider about IV access, eating and drinking during labor, induction, due dates, what to do after your water breaks, all of those questions.” I use them too now. So, she texted me and she was like, “Okay. I have my 36-week appointment tomorrow.” We are having our second prenatal tonight actually which is really fun. But she said, “I am having my 36-week prenatal. Are there any specific questions I should ask my provider?” I’m like, “Okay. Well, if you already asked the questions that I gave you at our last visit and you have a different provider today, then ask them the same questions,” because she’s in a practice with three different providers that rotate, three different OBGYNs, which is actually really a small number, which is great because you have less chance of getting some random person you’ve never met. But every provider differs a little bit in how they approach birth or sometimes a lot. Sometimes they differ drastically. Like clearly with Jessica‘s providers, the one was just so anti-VBAC. We’ve got a scheduled Cesarean. The other provider came in and was like, “Well, why haven’t we started inducing her yet?” Those views and opinions are so important. As many providers’ views you can know ahead of time going into your birth, will help you be able to navigate through those views and opinions as you navigate through your labor. You’ll be able to anticipate, “Oh, so-and-so isn’t really a fan of induction,” or “So-and-so would rather me have a VBAC,” or “So-and-so wishes I would go into labor before 41 weeks,” or whatever it ends up being. But the more providers to talk to and ask questions to, ask the same questions to all of the different providers. Just because one provider answered your question in a way that is satisfactory to you doesn’t mean another provider in the practice will. Then I also told her, and this is something I started telling all of my clients. Question everything. Everything they suggest or recommend, ask, “Why? Why are we doing this?” Or you can use the BRAIN acronym. “What are the benefits? What are the risks? Are there any alternative options?” And then really I only say, “What happens if we do nothing?” Just question everything even if you don’t think it’s a bad idea. Question, “Why are we doing it?” because that creates a really positive dialogue between you and your provider and lets your provider know that you are an educated and informed decision maker and participant in your birth. It creates trust between you and your provider. Your provider is going to learn to trust you and your ability to think critically and make decisions surrounding your circumstances. You are going to create more trust in your provider or maybe you’ll find out that you don’t trust your provider and then you’ll have to make a change there. And so, that was on my mind from my conversation last night with my client. She was like, “What questions do I ask?” Well, ask the same exact questions to a different provider who may be at your birth. What’s your next snippet, Meagan? PROM Meagan: No, I love everything that you said. I wanted to also talk about PROM like I talked about at the beginning of the episode. Because, yeah. 48 hours before labor had started and before anyone was willing to do anything, right? So, PROM. This is something that when it happened to me, I was told it happens to 10% of people. It happened to me three times. I was like, “What? How is that even possible?” Julie: It happened to two out of three of my spontaneous labors as well. Meagan: Yeah, it’s so crazy. We have a study here. It says that it actually only happens in 8% of term pregnancies. It does typically start within 24 to 46 hours of water breaking. But if it doesn’t, what can we do? What are some things that we can do to maybe try and get things going while we are waiting? Rest. One is rest. As Jessica did, she went home. Where is the best place to rest? At home where are you are comfortable. You are in your space and you can have your bed and everything right there. So rest, rest, rest. It is so important to just rest because when labor does begin, as I am sure Jessica will contest, it is hard work. Julie: You are going to need that energy. Meagan: We need that energy and so, really, really rest. Now, it doesn’t mean you need to be out cold snoring, okay? Although that is great. If you can actually sleep, that is great because as you are sleeping, the oxytocin hormone is kicking in and producing. It is just so great. But, rest. Just rest your body. Don’t go out and feel like you have to run up the hills trying to get labor going. The number two suggestion would be, get that baby in a good position. Now, as we have been learning over the 2020 year and even 2019 year, we don’t have to have these babies in any specific spot. It is called balance. We need to find balance for this baby to find the right spot for them. We really always suggest to our own clients and people out there, Miles Circuit ( http://www.milescircuit.com/ ) , Spinning Babies®, The Three Sisters ( https://www.spinningbabies.com/pregnancy-birth/techniques/the-three-sisters-of-balance/ ) , going in, resting on each side, doing side-lying, and things like that to really encourage baby is getting in that good position. Number three is, avoiding routine cervical checks and watch your temperature. As Jessica mentioned in her story when she was going to the hospital, she didn’t want to-- I’m trying to remember, Jessica, the exact words, but you didn’t want to risk the health of your baby based on infection, and meconium, and things like that for the birth that you desired. Something that we can do to watch and make sure that things are going okay and we are not getting into a risky situation is avoiding cervical exams. Now, with Jessica being at home, she was avoiding those cervical exams. A lot of the time, now this is here in Utah, I am not sure what is very standard in other states and countries. But every two hours or so, providers or nurses will suggest a cervical exam because they want to see what progress is being made in those two hours. Sometimes it is a, “I will just listen to your body and see what is going on, and then we will check and see if anything dramatic changes,” but a lot of the times, especially when we are waiting to see what is going on, if labor is going to really be going, and what we are wanting to do, they will encourage it every couple of hours. Avoiding that is the best we can do because we don’t need unnecessary bacteria going into our vaginas, right? Jessica: That is the one thing they did well. They didn’t do a cervical check until we went for the scheduled C-section. So, even at the NST the day before, it was completely hands-off. Yeah, they really waited until we knew that the baby was going to be coming within a reasonable timeframe before anybody did anything to increase the risk of infection. Meagan: So great. Julie: That’s really awesome. Meagan: Yeah. That’s really, really great. It’s okay to say, “I don’t want my cervix checked right now. I’m not feeling anything different or nothing has really changed to the point where I feel that it warrants a cervical exam.” Also, watching your temperature. So, especially if you’re going to labor at home, it’s a good idea if your water breaks to just check your temperature and be mindful of how you’re feeling. We say this because if bacteria starts growing and an infection begins, it is common to get a fever. That is our body‘s natural reaction to fight against infection. Sometimes we can get fevers even in labor because we are laboring really, really hard so our body temperature can go up, but a lot of the times we can get a fever with an infection or the baby’s heart rate can get really high. Julie: A fever can also be a side effect of an epidural. It can be a side effect of an epidural and not be a sign of an infection at all if you do have an epidural. So, that is something to remember. Meagan: Yes, it is. Exactly. Yeah, something to remember. Another sign that infection could be present is the baby’s heart rate is actually high. So, anyway. Taking your temperature and being mindful of how you’re feeling. If you’re feeling great and then all of a sudden you’re feeling really awful like you’re getting the flu, and you have a fever, and you are at home, it may be a good idea to go into wherever you are going. Unless you’re at home, then you would discuss this with your provider. But, go to the hospital or your birthing location and further assess and see what next steps need to be taken. Those are three ideas that you can do when your water breaks to try and help things get going. And obviously, activity and things like that, will all help as well. Pumping, but those are some of our three tops. Julie: I mean, I think I wrote that blog ( https://www.thevbaclink.com/water-breaking/ ). Meagan: You did write that blog. Julie: I think it might be due for a rewrite because I think it needs to be updated. I was reading through it earlier and I was like, “Well, I write a little differently now.” Did you notice that, Meagan? Meagan: Yes. You guys, we have so many blogs. If you haven’t checked out our blogs, check it out. It’s at vbaclink.com/blog. ( http://thevbaclink.com/blog ) We have tons of blogs. Yes, we are rewriting blogs. We are writing new blogs. So, give it a look. I mean, seriously. We have them on almost all of the main topics and even then some. Same start, different outcomes Julie: I want to make note that Jessica’s Cesarean birth and her VBAC birth were both induced births. They both started out in a similar way and she still had very different outcomes. A lot of times we, when we are preparing for VBAC, are hung up on mental hurdles, and whenever we get past the point of where a Cesarean happened, we can finally mentally release that, right? I dilated to a 4 before my Cesarean and so, once I was in active labor, I was riding high. I’m like, “This is great. I am totally going to do this.” I see that with a lot of my clients. Sometimes they get to 10 and pushing before they have their Cesarean, but sometimes they weren’t even given a fair chance at all. When labor starts all the same-- like Meagan, I remember with your third birth, your VBAC after two C-sections baby, your water broke before labor started again, for the third time. I remember you saying how frustrated you were that you felt like it was all happening again. Meagan: Yeah. I was throwing a fit in the driveway, like throwing my arms up in the air, stomping. My neighbor was out and just looking at me. My husband was just like, “Just let her. Just let her.” But, yeah. Well, it was just hard and that’s fine. I had a couple of contractions before, but really nothing. My water broke. I was just like, “Why does it have to happen like this again? Why can’t I just go into labor before this happens?” And just throwing a fit. But, you know, it was great. Julie: It ended up great and you got your vaginal birth. And Jessica, you got your VBAC after your Cesarean. I just want to say that just because your birth starts out similarly to your Cesarean birth does not mean it is going to end the same way. Sometimes we get hung up on that and mental blocks can hang up labor. So, do your best as you prepare, going into your birth and your VBAC journey, that you are ready to accept all different ways for labor to start whether it’s induced, whether it’s natural, whether you plan on going unmedicated but end up deciding to get the epidural because that’s the best choice for you and your baby. Be prepared for your birth to take a number of different journeys because the more journeys you can imagine and prepare for, the less likely you are to be caught off guard if those things happen during your birth. Jessica: I had the same meltdown when my water broke. I was crying holding my toddler, complaining about how this could happen twice. Meagan: Yes. It was so frustrating. I think that is something that maybe we needed to get out. Maybe we needed to just get all of that emotion out for us to take the next step and the next direction. Even though that wasn’t contractions really going right away, it was a release that needed to happen so when they did start, they could start. Julie: I think you make a really good point too. I am remembering something that I read a while ago. I used to have all my clients do a fear release or something like that if I felt like they were hung up on emotions. But now, I am finding myself more telling them to just do something that makes them cry. Just anything. Watch The Notebook at the end. My husband laughs at the end of The Notebook, but I am crying every time. Watch your wedding video or birth video. Read a letter that your partner wrote you years ago or something. Anything else to cry, because once those tears start flowing, your body releases whatever emotions it is holding onto through your tears. And so, who knows? Maybe you guys throwing fits and screaming and getting angry and upset and frustrated about that let your body release what it needed to in order for your labors and your birth to turn out the way they did. Who knows? Meagan: Yeah, exactly. Q&A Julie: Okay, but Jessica. I’m going to ask you these questions now. I want to read the answer that you read for the first one, but you can say whatever you want for the second one. The first one is, what is a secret lesson or something no one really talks about that you wish you would have known ahead of time when preparing for birth? I absolutely loved how you worded this, so I’m just going to read it word for word. You said, “This is a hard one. I wish I would have known the statistics about complications that arise in birth as a first-time mom and what a doula was. Now that I am in the birth world, everything feels like common sense. But as a young mom, I didn’t even know what Pitocin induction was or that an emergency C-section could happen to anyone.” I love that because I feel like all of us first-time moms can echo that sentiment of your message. Now that you are in the birth world and you are starting to become a doula and all those things, it feels like common sense, because it really does. Even sometimes when I’m working with clients or especially first-time moms, I have to remind myself that they don’t know what they don’t know. Going into birth as a first-time mom is just a whole different ball game. But, I really loved how you worded that. So, thank you for that. Now the second question is, what is your best tip for someone preparing for a VBAC? Jessica: I think finding the information to be able to make informed decisions or finding a doula or knowledgeable person who can help you make those informed decisions because you would hope that providers act in your best interest, but I know in my birth cases they were telling me-- I had to pull up the documents and show them themselves when they said, “Oh, we don’t induce VBACs,” and I was like, “This is supported right in your policy here.” So, it would be helpful if I didn’t do all that work myself to have somebody who was knowledgeable, like a doula, to be there to provide the information and the knowledge needed to make empowered and informed decisions. Meagan: Oh, so many good messages in this. Thank you so much Jessica again for sharing your story and for being with us today. Jessica: Thank you for having me. Closing Would you like to be a guest on the podcast? Head over to thevbaclink.com/share ( http://www.thevbaclink.com/share ) and submit your story. 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