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Ashley Allen talked about the 3rd Annual Swim For Vinny Golf Scramble happening 5/16/25. It's a fundraiser to raise awareness of childhood drowning and prevention.

In this episode of the Uncapped podcast, I have the pleasure of chatting with Brian and Ashley Allen, the passionate founders of True Standard Distilling. We talked about the upcoming grand opening that takes place on May 29th. They share the story behind their distillery's name, highlighting the deep meaning of "distilling" as opposed to "distillery" and the hurdles they've faced in trademarking their brand. We dive into their craft of rum-making, where their commitment to quality is front and center: staying true to the standard of aged, additive-free rum. They introduce their diverse lineup, including a unique silver spiced rum and one of their amazing aged rums, Oxford Reserve. Plus, they give us a behind-the-scenes look at their thoughtfully designed facility—featuring a barrel room inspired by natural aging conditions and an archive room filled with historical batches. Throughout our conversation, they share inspiring insights into their journey from passionate hobbyists to proud distillery owners in Frederick, Maryland, and reflect on the incredible support they've received from their local community. We also discussed a proposal taking place at the distillery. This is a story of passion, craftsmanship, and community that you won't want to miss! Subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow Chris on Instagram Like us on Facebook! Supported by the Brewers Association of Maryland

Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSDC Comics solicitations for June 2025DC reveals covers and preview for sequel 'Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2'Mark Waid's ‘Dream Project' ‘New History of the DC Universe' announced'DC High Volume: Batman' scripted always-on podcast launching April 2025'Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman' announced with previewMarvel Comics solicitations June 2025Joe Quesada to return to Marvel with new Marvel Knights title in June 2025 (more details)Jean Grey's sister Sara returns in ‘Phoenix' #12Marvel's ‘Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man' #1 features star-studded creatives‘Marvel United: A Pride Special' #1 one-shot announced‘Fantastic Four' set to relaunch with new #1 and creative duoMarvel unpacks ‘Godzilla vs. Thor' out July 2025Three new Star Trek series coming in 2025 set in three different erasOni Press reveals sci-fi existential 'Benjamin' limited series tackles lonelinessWoah, apparently there is a real Benjamin Carp who is ALSO a writer!Our Top Books of the WeekDave:The Deviant #9 (James Tynion IV, Joshua Hixson)Out of Alcatraz #1 (Christopher Cantwell, Tyler Crook)Alex:​​Psylocke #5 (Alyssa Wong, Vincenzo Carratu)Plastic: Death & Dolls TPB (Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Alex - Magik #3 (Ashley Allen, Germán Peralta) Dave - Absolute Batman #6 (Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKAlex: Free For All (Patrick Horvath), You'll Do Bad Things (Tyler Boss, Adriano Turtulici)Dave: Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 (Deniz Camp, Javier Rodriguez)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 (Javier Rodriguez Cover)Alex: Ultimate Spider-Man #15 (David Messina)48Interview: Absolute Flash - Jeff Lemire and Nick RoblesAbsolute Flash strips Wally West of his usual support system—no mentor, no Flash family, and no Speed Force. What inspired this approach, and what does it reveal about Wally's character?Jeff, you've tackled deeply personal, introspective stories before. How does Absolute Flash balance superhero spectacle with the kind of emotional storytelling you're known for?Nick, this series presents a unique visual challenge since Wally doesn't have the Speed Force in the usual sense. How did you approach illustrating motion, speed, and kinetic energy differently?The father-son dynamic seems central to the story. What can you tell us about the relationship between Wally and his father, and how it shapes the narrative?The Absolute line lets creators tell more standalone, auteur-driven superhero stories. What freedom did that give you in shaping this take on Wally West?Wally is often portrayed as an optimist. Without his usual safety nets, how does his personality shift in this story? Can you tease anything about the “nefarious forces” chasing Wally? Are these familiar faces from Flash lore, or entirely new threats?Favorite rogues?What do you hope Absolute Flash adds to Wally West's legacy as a character?With Absolute Flash, Absolute Wonder Woman, and Absolute Batman all reimagining these heroes in bold new ways, if Wally had to team up with the Absolute versions of Diana and Bruce, what would their dynamic be like? Who's the most intimidating, and who's the most likely to crack a joke?

Chaîne de DeviantProd: https://www.youtube.com/@UCxvvsJsQAMAktWVxaMlHKDQ Chaîne de HistoiresGeek: https://www.youtube.com/@UCWubh_9NklWYiUSEIhldnEA Chaîne Manga Saucisse: https://www.youtube.com/@mangasaucisseFan film d'Adas https://youtu.be/QA2YY4tfJUo?si=Nn6xdQbtP9tlbO7P=======================================Réseaux de la chaîneDiscord: https://discord.gg/6jWpVxPrnrSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZwxEAU13PoVLua0JdIYJh?si=23eb9d545b224601Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/QynphwNFRNGQSG9d9Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/0964898a-c810-48ff-97ab-f0a6e9e66fa5/d'encre-et-de-bullesApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/dencre-et-de-bulles/id1733018809Instagram de Mindphobia: https://www.instagram.com/mindphobia.comics/=======================================D'Encre et de Bulles est votre émission hebdomadaire sur les comics. Tous les mercredis à 21h, l'équipe et ses invités reviennent sur les floppies US lus sortis sur la dernière quinzaine et sur les titres VF surfant ou non sur l'actualité et qu'ils veulent mettre en lumière.Pour cette 42e émission on vous parlera bien entendu de la série Magik par Ashley Allen et Germàn Peralta. On évoquera aussi beaucoup de série indé dont The Lucky Devils par Charles Soule et Ryan Brown publié chez Image, Those Not Afraid par Kyle Starks et Patrick Piazzalunga chez Dark Horse et enfin Warm Fusion chez DSTLRY par Scott Hoffman et Alberto Ponticelli.Côté VF on parlera de Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees écrit et dessiné par Patrick Horvarth paru chez Ankama. On parlera aussi de l'intégrale Docteur Strange 1963-1966 par Lee et Ditko. Enfin deux monuments du comics indé seront traité avec Locke & Key par Joe Hill et Gabriel Rodriguez et The Plot Holes par Sean Murphy.Et vous aurez droit bien sûr au Stop ou Encore.=======================================Time Code (liens d'achats à venir)00:00 Générique + Intro29:24 Magik (Allen, Peralta, Marvel) par Adas53:53 Warm Fusion (Hoffman, Ponticelli, DSTLRY) par HistoiresGeek1:07:28 Those Not Afraid (Starls, Piazzalunga, Dark Horse) par Deviant Prod1:20:36 Lucky Devils (Soule, Browne, Image Comics) par Mindphobia 1:38:09 Stop ou Encore (Green Hornet / Miss Fury, Iron Man, Living Hell, Two-Face, The Question: All Along the Watchtower)2:14:16 Dr Strange Intégrale 1963-1966 (Lee, Ditko, Panini Comics) par Adas2:29:19 The Plot Holes (Sean Gordon Murphy, Urban Comics) par HistoiresGeek2:52:45 Locke & Key Master Edition 1 a 3 (Hill, Rodriguez, HiComics) par Deviant Prod3:20:59 Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees (Patrick Horwarth, Ankama) par Mindphobia 3:35:47 A venir sur nos chaînes + Generique=======================================#XMen #Magik #Marvel #MarvelComics #FromTheAshes #LuckyDevils #CharlesSoule #RyanBrown #ImageComics #WarmFusion #DSTLRY #ThoseNotAfraid #DarkHorseComics #DarkHorse #BeneathTheTreesWhereNobodySees #PatrickHorvarth #Ankama #DoctorStrange #DocteurStrange #DocStrage #DrStrange #StanLee #SteveDitko #PaniniComicsFrance #ThePlotHoles #SeanMurphy #DaveStewart #UrbanComics #Locke&Key #LockeAndKey #JoeHill #GabrielRodriguez #HiComics #comics #comicbooks #lisezdescomics Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Limbo's fiercest warrior is back, and she's taking NO prisoners! This week, we're cracking open Magik #1 with the incredible Ashley Allen, the writer bringing Illyana Rasputina's latest demon-slaying adventure to life!Magik has faced Hell itself (literally), but what fresh horrors lurk beneath the Alaskan ice? How does this new series push her to her mystical and moral limits? And let's be real—who in their right mind would pick a fight with the Queen of Limbo?!Ashley gives us the inside scoop on Illyana's new mission, her brutal battle tactics, and what makes Magik the most terrifying (and coolest) mutant in the Marvel Universe. If you love badass mutant sorceresses with attitude, this episode is your spellbound invitation to the chaos!Find us on the AIPT Podcast Network. Follow our show to be alerted when new episodes appear the first and third Wednesday of the month. Check us out on social media @xreadspodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. For business inquiries, email xreadspodcast@gmail.com. Learn more at https://aiptcomics.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/x-reads-an-x-men-experience--3616281/support.

Comic Reviews: DC Aquaman 1 by Jeremy Adams, John Timms, Rex Lokus Marvel Magik 1 by Ashley Allen, German Peralta, Arthur Hesli New Champions 1 by Steve Foxe, Ivan Fiorelli, Ig Guara, Arthur Hesli What If… Mickey and Friends Became the Fantastic Four? by Steve Behling, Riccardo Secchi, Lorenzo Pastrovicchio, Lucio Ruvidotti What If… Galactus Transformed Gambit? by Josh Trujillo, Manuel Garcia, Ceci de la Cruz Marvel Unlimited Alligator Loki 43 by Alyssa Wong, Bob Quinn Boom Jim Henson Presents 1 by Shannon Watters, Max Sarin, Lisa Moore; Jill Tew, Carola Borelli, Gloria Martinelli; Seanan McGuire, Countandra, Valentina Pinto Dark Horse Those Not Afraid 1 by Kyle Starks, Patrick Piazzalunga, Marco Brakko Dynamite Altered States: Purgatori - Grindhouse 1 by Ray Fawkes, Alvaro Sarraseca, Salvatore Aiala Green Hornet/Miss Fury 1 by Alex Segura, Henry Barajas, Federico Sorressa, Lesley Atlanksy Zootopia 1 by Jeff Parker, Alessandro Ranaldi, Dearbhla Kelly Image Death of Copra 1 by Michel Fiffe Lucky Devils 1 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne, Kevin Knipstein Oni EC Cruel Kingdom 1 by Greg Pak, Leomacs, Inaki Azpiazu; Al Ewing, Kano; Chris Condon, Charlie Adlard; Ben Winters, Andrea Mutti, Michael Atiyeh OGN Countdown Teen Titans Go On TV by Amanda Deibert, Agnes Garbowska Green Eggs and Ham Take A Hike by James Kolchalka Mack Moon and the P.E.T.S. by Dan Jolley, Russ Cox, Hanna McGill Fresh Start by Gale Galligan Drive by Cynthia Copeland Imagine Nation The Blood of Kings by Matt Myklusch, Onofrio Orlando Additional Reviews: PunisherMAX by Jason Aaron RAW on Netflix Bear s3 Skeleton Crew ep7 Creature Commandos ep7 News: Omninews, David Booher and Ben Mekler gofundmes, Resurrection Man returns, Oni nabs Adventure Time license, Tokyopop gets the Barbie license, Lemire and Nguyen DC miniseries in April, Baylan Skoll recast, Mad Cave charity anthology for California wildfires, Neil Gaiman Comics Countdown (08 January 2025): Absolute Batman 4 by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Gabriel Walta, Frank Martin Lucky Devils 1 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne, Kevin Knipstein Blood Brothers Mother 3 by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso Aquaman 1 by Jeremy Adams, John Timms, Rex Lokus Namor 6 by Jason Aaron, Paul Davidson, Alex Lins, Neeraj Menon Geiger 10 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Welcome to the Maynard 2 by James Robinson, J. Bone, Ian Herring Those Not Afraid 1 by Kyle Starks, Patrick Piazzalunga, Marco Brakko Batman: Dark Patterns 2 by Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell Christmas 365 2 by Mikey Way, Jon Rivera, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson

Fight off those Monday demons and get ready for a new solo featuring everybody's favorite magical, big sword-wielding baddie, Illyana Rasputin. We got to chat with writer Ashley Allen about what she's bringing to the X line with the newest ongoing solo, Magik! We talk about the process of developing this run after the success of her Blood Hunt: Magik one-shot, the ways Illyana's history influences her perspective and how it'll be a part of the overall line of comics. Plus we get even more excited about the newest villain, The Demon Crow! From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Longbox of Horror 2024 Part 1: Battle Pope Comic Reviews: DC o        Absolute Power 4 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Alejandro Sanchez o        All-In §  Batman 153 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey §  Birds of Prey 14 by Kelly Thompson, Sami Basri, Adriano Lucas §  Shazam 16 by Josie Campbell, Dan McDaid, Roberto Poggi, Trish Mulvihill §  Poison Ivy 26 by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Arif Prianto o        DC All In Special by Joshua Williamson, Scott Snyder, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sanchez, Wes Craig, Mike Spicer o        DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos 1 by David Dastmalchian, Jesus Hervas, Alex Guimaraes o        DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis by Cavan Scott, Ario Anindito, Carrie Strachan; Nathan Cayanan, V Ken Marion, Andrew Dalhouse; Ashley Allen, Jose Luis, Jonas Trindade, Big Doors Studios; Matthew Levine, Jordi Tarragona, Luis Guerrero; Dan DiDio, M.L. Sanapo, Hi-Fi; Rachel Pinnelas, Will Robson, Andrew Dalhouse; Dave Wielgosz, Sid Kotian, Patricio Delpeche; Rex Ogle, Adam Graphite, Ivan Plascencia o        Justice Society of America 12 by Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Matt Herms Marvel o        Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes Special by Carlos Hernandez, Moises Hidalgo, Jorge Cortes; Felipe Smith, Daniel Bayliss, Luis Wences; Melissa Flores, Jan Bazaldua, Luiz Zavala o        Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising 1 by Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk, Stefano Raffaele, Rachelle Rosenberg, Alex Sinclair o        Storm 1 by Murewa Ayodele, Lucas Werneck, Alex Guimaraes, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo o        Marvel Unlimited §  Alligator Loki 41 by Alyssa Wong, Robert Quinn §  Lovable Lockheed 5 by Nathan Stockman §  Doodlepool 1 Boom o        Creeping Below 1 by Brian Azzarello, Vanessa Del Rey, Hilary Jenkins Dynamite o        Barbarella 1 by Blake Northcott, Anna Morozova, Magnus Arts, Werner Sanchez IDW o        Godzilla Rivals: Mechagodzilla vs. King Ghidorah by Tom Waltz, Casey Maloney Image o        Hyde Street 1 by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson Magma o        Night of the Slashers 1 by Cavan Scott, Paul Fry Oni o        Skin Police 1 by Jordan Thomas, Daniel Gete, Jason Wordie Valiant o        Shadowman: Soul Eaters 1 by AJ Ampadu, Sergio Monjes, Exequiel Roel, Ludwig Olimba Vault o        Goobers 1 by Cody Ziglar, Ryan Lee, K. Michael Russell o        Lilith 1 by Corin Howell, Warnia Sahadewa o        Barbaric vs. Deathstalker 1 by Tim Seeley, Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden, Fabi Marques OGN Countdown o        Satan's Swarm by Steve Niles, Piotr Kowalski, Betsy Howitt, Lovern Kindzierski o        Midnight: Shadows by Zack Kaplan, Stephen Thompson, Jahnoy Lindsay o        Please Be My Star by Victoria Grace Elliott o        Dragon Prince Vol 4: Dreamer's Nightmare by Nicole Andelfinger, Felia Hanakata o        Blacking Out by Chip Mosher, Peter Krause, Josie Weaver, Giulia Brusco o        Tegan and Sara: Crush by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden o        Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash o        No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada o        Hoops by Matt Tavares o        Drafted by Rick Parker o        Monster Locker by Jorge Aguirre, Andres Vera Martinez o        Strange Case of Harleen and Harley by Melissa Marr, Jenn St. Onge, Jeremy Lawson o        This Land is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story by Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo Additional Reviews: Joker 2, Agatha ep4, Black Hammer: The End, Little Monsters, Digital Circus ep3, Poison Ivy: Thorns, Do Revenge News: new DC graphic novels announced, odd Robin animated movie, Digital Circus planned to be a one season mini-series, rumors of Loeb/Lee returning to Batman, Princess Diaries 3, two more minutes of Over the Garden Wall, more streaming cartoon nonsense Trailers: Companion Comics Countdown (02 October 2024): 1.     Deviant 8 by James Tynion IV, Josh Hixson 2.     Nice House By The Sea 3 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire 3.     Hyde Street 1 by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson 4.     Batman 153 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey 5.     DC All In Special by Joshua Williamson, Scott Snyder, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sanchez, Wes Craig, Mike Spicer 6.     Birds of Prey 14 by Kelly Thompson, Sami Basri, Adriano Lucas 7.     Justice Society of America 12 by Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Matt Herms 8.     I Hate Fairyland 16 by Skottie Young, Brett Bean 9.     Redcoat 6 by Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson 10.  TMNT: Nightwatcher 2 by Juni Ba, Fero Peniche, Luis Antonio Delgado

I'm Cautiously Optimistic about Magik's First Solo Ongoing Comic given The Conductor of X, Tom Brevoort, past comments about the character and what he could do now that he holds the editorial keys to the X-Men Kingdom. (From Marvel's PRESS RELEASE) Magik Defends Mutantkind From Demonic Threats in New Solo Series Writer Ashley Allen and artist Germán Peralta launch Magik's first-ever ongoing solo series this January! This January, mutant icon Magik headlines her first ongoing solo series! The X-Men's resident sorcerer will unleash her Soulsword, spells, and dark side against mystical threats targeting the mutant community.   Rising star Ashley Allen, who wrote the character earlier this year in X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT—MAGIK, will write the script. The character will be drawn by acclaimed artist Germán Peralta, known for his recent work on BLACK PANTHER and last year's LOKI series. From Colossus' kid sister to New Mutant, Illyana Rasputina has climbed the ranks over the years to become the fiercest X-Man of them all, and her long overdue solo adventures will see her tap into her mystical expertise and unique mutant magic like never before. The mystic mutant goes demon hunting in her own series! The X-Man Illyanna Rasputina strikes out on her own with new allies and dark powers arrayed against her. Something ancient has awakened beneath the Alaskan ice. Unfortunately for it, that's Magik's territory now! Throughout the series, Magik will also be forced to come to terms with her tragic history and learn to control her demonic Darkchylde persona. After years of suppression, Illyana's Darkchylde form returns from the depths of her tormented soul to offer her more strength and power, but at what cost? “I'm beyond excited to be returning to write Illyana!” Allen said. “Supernatural stories featuring characters with hearts of gold are my favorite, so this series has been a dream to write! I can't wait for readers to experience the adventure we take Magik on to slay some demons … and maybe accept some of her own.”   “I am very excited about this project,” Peralta shared. “Magik is a character with an incredible background, surrounded by darkness and mystery. Additionally, she is visually spectacular in all her versions, and I personally love Chris Bachalo's design. I really enjoy drawing action scenes, as well as emotionally-driven scenes, and Ashley Allen writes a super intriguing script, where she balances both of these types of situations, making my job even more fun than it already is. I mean, what artist wouldn't love to draw Magik with her great sword facing all kinds of demons?” Sources: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/magik-headlines-first-solo-series https://www.tumblr.com/brevoorthistoryofcomics/86860874679/life-in-a-four-color-world-column-on-x-men-2003 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-x-men-and-illyana-rasputin-magik/ https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-tom-brevoort-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-magik/

Comic Reviews: DC Absolute Power: Ground Zero 1 by Nicole Maines, Mark Waid, Skylar Patridge, Patricio Delpeche; Chip Zdarsky, Mark Waid, V Ken Marion, Patricio Delpeche; Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov Zatanna: Bring Down the House 1 by Mariko Tamaki, Javier Rodriguez Marvel Giant-Size Little Marvels by Skottie Young, Dax Gordine, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Thanos Annual by Derek Landy, Salvador Larroca, Guru eFX; Derek Landy, Sara Pichelli, Mattia Iacono X-Men: Blood Hunt – Magik by Ashley Allen, Jesus Hervas, Yen Nitro Marvel Unlimited Marvel Mutts 9 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Takeshi Miyazawa Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices by Anthony Oliveira, Carola Borelli Dark Horse Anansi Boys I 1 by Neil Gaiman, Marc Bernardin, Shawn Martinbrough, Chris Sotomayor Resident Alien: The Book of Life 1 by Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse IDW Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II: Sons of Giants 1 by Frank Tieri, Inaki Miranda Sonic the Hedgehog: Spring Broken! by Josh Trujillo, Adam Bryce Thomas Valiant Ninjak vs. Roku 1 by AJ Ampadu, Emiliano Correa Mad Cave Gatchaman 1 by Cullen Bunn, Chris Batista, Carlos Lopez Gatchaman: Ken – Deathmatch 1 by Tommy Lee Edwards, Mindy Lee, Giada Marchisio OGN Countdown Cyn by Ibrahim Moustafa American Girl: Mysteries Across Time - Julie and the Blue Guitar by Casey Gilly, Felia Hanakata Usagi: 40th Anniversary Reader by Stan Sakai Total Suplex of the Heart by Joanne Starer, Ornella Greco Pale Queen by Ethan Aldridge Additional Reviews: Action Comics by Gail Simone (Superman: Strange Attractors), Spirit World, Oculus, MAWS 2.7, Watching by Cullen Bunn, A Quiet Place: Day One, Knoebels, Acolyte 1.5 News: MCU working closer to Marvel, Omninews, Green Lantern series greenlit from WB, Joe Kelly to take over Amazing, Mystique by Declan Shalvey, Sentinels by Alex Paknadel, Duke creative team relaunching G.I. Joe, Rousey GN by AWA Trailers: Red One, Batman: Caped Crusader, Kite Man: Hell Yeah, Hellboy: The Crooked Man Comics Countdown (26 June 2024): 1.     Spectregraph 2 by James Tynion IV, Christian Ward 2.     Department of Truth 23 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds 3.     w0rldtr33 11 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire 4.     Animal Pound 4 by Tom King, Peter Gross, Tamra Bonvillain 5.     Rare Flavours 6 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade 6.     Superman: Action Comics 1066/Superman 15 by Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval, Miguel Mendonca, Alejandro Sanchez 7.     Rook: Exodus 3 by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson 8.     Something is Killing the Children 38 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera 9.     William of Newbury 2 by Michael Avon Oeming 10.  Penguin 11 by Tom King, Rafael de Latorre, Marcelo Maiolo  

During Innovation Forum's recent climate action on scope 3 emissions conference in Washington DC, Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson spoke with some of the participants to reflect on the key topics and conversations over the two days. These discussions focused in particular on shifting policy and guidance landscapes, and how companies are performing and communicating on scope 3 climate targets.   Hear from Invariant's Adam Tarr, former senior advisor to the secretary of agriculture, Ashley Allen from Oatly, Terryn Lawrence from Rabobank, Altruistiq's Saif Hameed, Ashlie Burkhart from Germin8 Ventures and Geoff Brighty from Mura Technology.

Join us as we ask 20 questions with our new Marketing Manager, Ashley Allen. We talk coffee, sparkling water, Nick Jonas, coffee tools, and generally keep it pretty silly to wrap up season 4. Thanks for joining us for another great season of Totally Dissolved, and we'll catch you on the next one!

This week: Rodrigue Kreilmann, corporate sustainability governance manager at Mars, and Veronique Bovee, deputy director for responsible sourcing at Proforest, talk with Ian Welsh about how companies can help accelerate progress towards nature, people and climate goals on a landscape level. They discussed the importance of corporate leadership to drive this and peer collaboration.   Plus: At the recent future of climate action conference in Washington DC, Bea Stevenson and Ian Welsh spoke with Ashley Allen from Oatly and Saif Hameed at Altruistiq about the importance of scaling product carbon footprinting and emissions data for corporate decision making.   And, 2.9C warming looming even with national efforts, according to UNEP; the Ellen Macarthur Foundation calls companies to scale the use of refill packaging; this year's Pepsico Positive Agriculture Outcomes Accelerator rewards farm projects worldwide; and, why insetting is part of the climate impacts solution, in the news digest.   Host: Ian Welsh   To read Tropical Forest Alliance's latest report, click here.

The Swedish oat milk brand Oatly has taken on some eyebrow-raising investments over the past few years. It insists those investments haven't changed its proud identity as a climate-saving company – but is that really true? In the third and final episode of ‘The Oatly Chronicles', we investigate a piggy controversy, why oat milk is so damn expensive, and whether Oatly is acting like a big, bad oat milk monopoly. And we ask: what *should* we be eating, to save the planet? This series is funded by Journalismfund Europe and the Allianz Foundation. Thanks for listening. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠⁠⁠leaving us a review⁠⁠⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify.   Credits: This episode was produced by Katz Laszlo, and reported by Katz Laszlo and Katy Lee. Editing came from Katy Lee, as well as Justine Paradis, visiting from NPR's excellent podcast, Outside/In. Editorial support came from Margot Gibbs, Dominic Kraemer and Wojciech Oleksiak, and mastering, scoring and sound design also came from Wojciech.  Artwork came from favourite illustrator RTiiiKA. Thank you for talking to us: George Monbiot, Fredrik Gertten, Laura Young, Ashley Allen, Lisa van der Velden, Thin Lei Win, Sonalie Figueiras, Sara Berger, and Boris de Lorn.  Special thanks to lovely neighbours Joris Klingen and Thomas van Dijk, for letting us use their very nice studio. You can find their music under Bovenburen. Interesting links: Oatly's ‘Fuck Oatly' website: https://fckoatly.com  ‘The Awkward Truth about Oatly and Alpro': Lisa van der Velden's reporting in the Financiele Dagblad, December 2022 https://fd.nl/bedrijfsleven/1458366/ongemakkelijke-waarheid-oatly-en-alpro-voeden-intensieve-veehouderij ‘Big Dairy is trying to get Gen Z' - New York Times, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/dining/milk-dairy-industry-gen-z.html ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | Bluesky | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠  ⁠⁠hello@europeanspodcast.com

Comic Reviews: DC Alan Scott: Green Lantern 1 by Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, Matt Herms Amazons Attack 1 by Josie Campbell, Vasco Georgiev, Alex Guimaraes Tales of the Titans (starring Beast Boy) 4 by Andrew Constant, Brandt, Stein, Lee Loughridge Marvel Captain Marvel 1 by Alyssa Wong, Jan Bazaldua, Bryan Valenza Hallows' Eve: The Big Night 1 by Erica Schultz, Michael Dowling, Brian Reber Marvel Zombies: Black, White, and Blood 1 by Garth Ennis, Rachael Stott, Alex Segura, Javi Fernandez, Ashley Allen, Justin Mason Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 26 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Image Edenwood 1 by Tony Daniel, Jay David Ramos Paladin of Axes 1 by Gerry Duggan, David O'Sullivan Universal Monsters: Dracula 1 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds IDW Dark Spaces: Dungeon 1 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Patricio Delpeche Dark Horse Drive Like Hell 1 by Rich Douek, Alex Cormack Giant Robot Hellboy by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Dave Stewart Ablaze Prism 1 by Matteo de Longis Saint Seiya: Nights of the Zodiac: Time Odyssey 1 by Masami Kurumada, Arnaud Dollen, Jerome Alquie Ahoy Wrong Earth: We Could Be Heroes 1 by Tom Peyer, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Lee Loughridge OGNs Super Boba Café by Nidhi Chanani Secret of Camp Whatever Vol 3: The Witching Hour by Chris Grine What if We Were Vol 2 by Axelle Lenoir Whisper of the Woods by Ennun Ana Iurov Asterios the Minotaur by Serge Le Tendre, Frederic Peynet Astro City Metrobook Vol 4 Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero, Megan Kearney Additional Reviews: Loki s2e4, Joe Hill's Rain adaptation, Five Nights at Freddy's, Amazing Digital Circus, Lego Avengers: Code Red News: Rian Gonzales, Rebel Moon prequel comics, Star Wars OGNs from Dark Horse beginning with Qui Gonn, new Flanagan movie, new Spider-Verse comic mini details, Fantastic Beasts officially scrapped, Hickman Ultimate Spider-Man details, new Image series by Ram V and Dan Watters, new Daredevil showrunners, Omninews, Hill House closing down, Whoniverse and Tales from the Tardis, It Follows sequel (They Follow) Trailers: Lisa Frankenstein, Argyle Longbox of Horror Part 4: Resident Evil Comics Countdown (24 Oct 2023): 1.     Radiant Black 26 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, Raul Angulo 2.     Universal Monsters: Dracula 1 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds 3.     Dark Spaces: Dungeon 1 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Patricio Delpeche 4.     Wonder Woman 2 by Josie Campbell, Vasco Georgiev, Alex Guimaraes 5.     Penguin 3 by Tom King, Rafael de Latorre, Marcelo Maiolo 6.     Ice Cream Man 37 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran 7.     Black Hammer: The End 3 by Jeff Lemire, Malachi Ward 8.     Rare Flavours 2 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade 9.     Detective Comics 1075 by Ram V, Francesco Francavilla 10.  Action Comics 1058 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms  

Mandy Xu, CBOE Global Markets VP & Head of Derivatives Market Intelligence, advises monitoring multiple asset classes going into the year-end. Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, says the airline remains committed to Boeing despite delays in aircraft deliveries. Amanda Lynam, BlackRock Head of Macro Credit Research, says there's an increased focus on selectively from credit investors. Julie Norman, UCL Centre on US Politics Co-Director, discusses the Israel-Hamas war and Antony Blinken's visits to several leaders in the Middle East. Ashley Allen, Franklin Templeton Corporate Credit Research Analyst, discusses resilient consumer spending. Get the Bloomberg Surveillance newsletter, delivered every weekday. Sign up now: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/surveillance    Full transcript: This is the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. I'm Lisa Abramoids along with Tom Keen and Jonathan Ferrell. Join us each day for insight from the best in economics, geopolitics, finance and investment. Subscribe to Bloomberg Surveillance on demand on Apple, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts, and always on Bloomberg dot Com, the Bloomberg Terminal, and the Bloomberg Business App. I'm DeLine of joined us now at a macro credit research at black Line I and I don't worry. We're not going to be talking about that. I do want to talk about supply if we can start there. We've got forty eight billion dollars a three year notes this week, We've got forty billion dollars a ten year notes. We've got some thirty year bonds twenty four billion dollars worth. These are big, big numbers. That's treasury supply. What's happening with credit supply going into year rent, Good morning, Thank you both for having me so. As you know, credit supply had a bit of a flurry of activity in September. It calmed down in October. I do think with this tentative stability in the treasury market that corporates, CFOs and treasures may look to move ahead before the year end seasonal slow down. It will be an important test for the market how this treasury supply is digested. But as we know, the Treasury Secretary guided us towards the front end of the curve and not so much in duration in the refunding announcement last week. But I actually think, if nothing else, the past several months have shown corporates that this can be very episodic in terms of these windows opening, and so given that we know the maturity walls are coming up, I think for corporates it's better to issue early rather than late. We're expecting a big week in the IG market this week. I think expectations are a little lower in high yield, but I would not be surprised if we surprise to the upside in terms of those expectations, because I think it's just prudent for CFOs, which speaks to kind of the opportunism that one Sidi get desk told me about last week. He messaged me as soon as we saw this rally and he said, everyone's trying to come to market. I've gotten fifteen phone calls. Everyone's basically lined up. Is this going to be bad? With credit spreads widening in the sort of counterintuitive way because we've got more supply, I think the appetite is there, and I think we've had such light supply, especially in high yield year to date, and twenty two was a record a low level that I think the appetite for the market is there. I think where the real risk is is it that lowest quality cohort of the triple C market, that kind of lowest quality rung of high yield which are triple C issuers. There. I think we've seen some enhanced pressure where it's weak results coupled with refinancing needs have really pressured those capital structures. And even on this swift rally in high yield spreads that we've seen over the past few trading sessions, triple c's have rallied, but they've lagged on the way in. And I think it's the market telling you that there's an appetite for certain quality cohort in the credit market. Ig I think is there in most market conditions. Hig yield is a bit more tentative, but for that lowest quality rung, I think it's very case case specific and vary idiosyncratic. Are people kind of just pricing in perfection here? Well? With high old spreads below four hundred, it's hard to argue you that there's much risk premium added into the market at the moment. I think what we're seeing is a lot more focus on selectivity from our credit investors, so thinking about asset allocation between high yield and leverage loans, sector selection, issuer selection. I think where we're high old spreads are at the moment, the path of least resistance is probably a little bit wider in terms of choppiness, with some of the headline risk ahead of us. But again, as we've talked about before, where yields are, it's really difficult to see kind of highield spreads breaking out in this range of much wider from here, because when you every time, we tried to reach four forty last week and we kind of snapped back in, and so there is a bit of a tug of war between fundamentals and technicals, and even the most vulnerable fundamental pockets of the market have been the best performer, Like leverage loans. You mentioned the decision set between loans and say high yield help our audience understand what goes into making that kind of decision and whether that's changed in the last few weeks. So it has changed in the last few weeks because for a few reasons. One is, if you think we're at the end of the rate hiking cycle, if you think we've seen stability in long end rates, you might think that the bulk of the loan outperformance is behind us at this point. And indeed that yield pick up that leverage loans were offering over high old bonds has narrowed. So what we are seeing is a bit more interest, say even within capital structures, of investors saying Okay, well I'm in the loan, should I rotate into the high old bond or given the fundamental pressures of this higher for longer rate environment, that we're expecting our loans disproportionately impacted by that because they've been contending it with it for a longer time. Again, we don't view fixed rate bonds as immune from that in many instances, but I do think on the margin, given the strong performance of loans here to date, there is some refocusing on Okay, is the bulk of that loan performance behind us read some life into that just a little bit more. We sort of big equity move last week. If you're looking at a and I know it's unique and idiosyncratic, but ultimately just give us the thirty five thousand foot view. If you're looking down a capital structure right now, is the bias to be higher or lower in Actually, you know, I think the high end of the highield market has actually outperformed the low end of the IG market. So it's not as clear cut as saying be underweight high yield versus IG. There are a lot of nuances there. I do think for choice, I would prefer to be higher in quality within high yield in IG. I think moving down into that triple beat cohort is a relatively nice place to be. For the most part, the vast majority of those corporates are committed to maintaining investment grade ratings. You are picking up a bit of a spread pickup relative to the highest rate cohort. I think that's important in this current environment, especially if we don't get a severe downturn in growth. So I don't mean to be overly basic about this, but when you take a step back, I do wonder if we do get coalesce around this higher for longer kind of idea. Does it make sense that we're not going to get any kind of major default cycle, either in public credit or in private credit. If we're looking at benchmark rates that are five percentage points higher than when all of these companies were bar in bulk not so long ago, it's a great point, Lisa. So we are seeing a modest uptick in defaults. Were it just under five percent in the US when you combine high yield and leverage loans, that's well off the rock bottom levels of twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two. Do we break out to the levels that we saw in COVID eight and a half nine percent, I think, barring a severe downturn, I don't see it. Part of the reason is that corporates have entered this period in a really strong position. The other part is that the investor appetite, to your point, John, is there. And then third, I would say corporates are actually shifting to a more balance sheet friendly posture. So we haven't seen a lot of debt funded m and A, we haven't seen a lot of debt funded share buybacks. They're still investing in capex, still investing in debt repayment in terms of uses of cash. But I do think corporates do have some discipline. I think the real risk is that if there's a severe downturn in growth coupled with just a capital market's freezing such that these corporates don't have access at any price, I think it's I think it's difficult. As for the private credit point, historically we look at losses between the two markets, and private credit losses have held in better than public credit losses. Part of that is because the enhanced flexibility that those corporates have. We think that holds true. But I think the point remains, we're expecting an ongoing normalization higher and losses across all those asset classes not extremely given where we know where the maturity will is. Can you identify what would be the least optimal time to have any canoa down to and is that what's basically on the horizon now? So I think probably the biggest risk is that if corporates try and time this opportunistically, they let the year end play out, they think the environment will be better in the first half of twenty twenty four, and then we have some sort of shock, whether that's geopolitical unforeseen risk contraction. We're watching bank lending very closely. Although that has actually played out I think a bit more benign than we would have thought. That is the risk. I think that if corporates try to be almost too strategic about the timing and they cut it too close. We saw that in the financial crisis, where some corporates we're shut out. So that's why I think, if I'm a CFO or treasure, better to issue early rather than late. At a Lisa's point, maybe we get a lot more supply in the coming weeks and months based on what we've seen develop over the last few weeks. No matter, thank you always great. I'm out of line in there of black Rock. Michael I literally with this around the table to Ryan CEO. Michael, I wish people could see your face, as said Basting, wispeak it just to get some reaction. It's going to see you. Good morning, It's great to be here, John, Lisa, good talk to you again. Well, thank you, buddy. You've had earnings out this morning. We've been talking about this dividend of four hundred million euros. We've got to talk about this relationship with Boeing. I want to share a couple of quotes with you and then try and get some clarity. So you said in the last week, if anything, it's getting worse. I would have been reasonably confident up until about a month ago that we'd get fifty seven aircraft by the end of June. I'm not confident. We heard from your CFO this morning. So the worst case scenario is that we'll end up with growth of forty seven aircraft next summer instead of fifty seven. Help me understand where things are. What did you want and what do you think you're going to get? Yeah, I mean ourkis so we are contracted to deliver as fifty seven aircraft by the end of April twenty fourth, in other words, fifty seven additional aircraft for summer twenty four. At the moment that has slipped by the spirit production issues, in which it all Boy's own production issues in Seattle. I think now it looks like we'll get they'll leave us maybe ten short by about the end of June. We're hopefully we get forty five fifty aircraft by the end of June. We said the point we're not taking planes in July and August because frankly, we're too busy. But we're reasonably hopeful that we'll get forty five fifty aircraft front. They will leave us short. I think that's inevitable at this point in time, which means we'll have slightly slower growth next summer, but we'll still add forty five aircraft. It'll still be enough to enable us to grow traffic from one hundred and eighty three million passengers this year to just over two hundred million passengers. It's for a number you have in mind whereby you would have to cut capacity the next summer. There isn't. I mean, we haven't yet announced what the capacity will be next summer. As we said this morning, we have ninety percent of our summer twenty four capacity already on sale. Strongforward booking is good pricing, but we can't commit to the last ten percent until we get a better picture from Bowie. I speak weekly with Dave Calhoun. I think he's doing a good job in difficult circumstances. I have less faith in the management in Seattle, but I think you know, we're working closely with them. We have our own people in Seattle. We have our own people in spurting Wichita and anything we can do to expedite these deliveries will do because growth is so strong in Europe. What is it about the management in Seattle what they're getting wrong? I think there isn't enough focus there on a daily basis on how do we get in with these aircraft out? Everybody is kind of ringing their hands blaming Wichita. You know a lot of the issues are in Seattle as well. They need a more crisis I would like to see greater crisis management in Seattle and greater focus on quality control. You know, I don't understand how Wichita Spurt and Wichho We're able to have this succession amount of production problems if BOE's quality control was up to speed. Do you have options options in terms of what do you do if you don't want to work with Boeing anymore? I don't know. Let's say we want to work with Boeing. We're Boeing's biggest customer by a mine in Europe. We're a committed Boeing customer. Now I would buy Airbus aircraft if they were five percent cheaper per seat than Bowing. But Boeing continue to beat Airbus on pricing. The seventy three seven Max is a phenomenal aircraft, like we now this summer we've flown one hundred and twenty five of the Max eight aircraft. We're carrying four percent more pastures, we're burning sixteen percent less fuel. You know, they're transformative in terms of the engine and aircraft efficiency. We've ordered three hundred Max tens, which will allow us to carry two hundred and twenty eight passengers per fight and burn twenty percent less fuel. So they're making great aircraft. It's just they're not making them on time or delivering them in time. Is it fair to say, though, this is a relationship you're stuck with regardless of what it delivers next year. I mean yes, you know we're committed to Boeing. If you look around the world, the aircraft manufacturers, i mean Airbus are no better than Boeing at the moment. Airbus are way behind on their deliveries too. You have the and Whitney engine, which is going to be a real crisis next summer across the A three twenty fleet in Europe. You know, the part and Whitney engine is going to ground a significant number of airbus aircraft next summer. So all of the air craft manufacturers are challenged. We're a very proud Boeing customer. I think Boeing will get its act together. It's just taking a bit longer than we had originally hoped. In the meantime, how far can you jack up prices if capacity is constrained? I mean I think that the real issue for at least is not how much will we jack up prices? How much will Luftansa or France IAG or BA keep jacking of prices? And the answer is a lot. You know your control estimate this sumwhere Europe's operated about ninety four percent of pre COVID capacity, That includes US growing by twenty five percent. So take Ryan air away. Europe still at less than ninety percent of pre COVID capacity. That's not changing next year. The aircraft manufacturers are delivering aircraft late the part and whitneys will mean five ten percent of the airbus street will be grounded. And consolidation. Lufthanso will buy al Italians, somebody else will buy TAP and there'll be even less capacity on offer. Okay, so this is good news for you because you don't have to really have to try too hard to be the lowest cost aircraft while still raising prices. How much you're going to raise prices next year, we're price passive, load factor active. I think what's happening is how much if Lufthansa Air France Scalem will drive up fares I think by a double digit number next year. It will send even more people in the direction of Ryanair. People want to keep flying, Families want to go on holidays. They just don't want to pay off hands as outrageous prices. So I think fares that next year, I mean my operating assumptions fares will go by a low double digit percentage again through the summer twenty four to be the third year in a row, third summer in a row, we'll see double digit fare increases. In Europe. This is the first year in the first time that you're initiating a dividend YEP, it's a four hundred pounds dividend. It is the first time. Does this mean that you have nothing else to do with that money? Essentially? Yes, you know, I mean some of the first time we've done it. We've done special differdence in share buybacks, We've done about seven billion in share buybacks and special dividends. But you know, we're clearly generating a lot of cash at the moment. We've paid down about two billion in debt. We're down to our last two billion in bond that we'll pay that down over the next three years, and we're generating more cash that we know what to do with. We have specific requirements. Firstly was to do pay increases for our people who worked with us during COVID. Secondly was to pay down the bonds, and thirty is to fund aircraft deliveries. But we're running out of the existing order. We take the last aircraft in December twenty twenty four. The first of the Max tens doesn't rive toll January twenty seven, so we're looking into two or three years. So we have effectively very little uses for cash, and I think it's a commitment on our part. We'll return to shareholders. We won't squander it the way many other airlines do in m and A or buying hotels or whatever, or Delta or as Delta would do, giving monstrous pay increases to its pilots over the next four or five years. We need to keep our cost low keep our efficiency high and keep passing on on beatable air first to our customers. Do you think scheholders then can expect more of the same of an xt few years. I think so as long as trading continues. You know, who knows what's going to happen in Ukraine or in the Middle East. But as long as we get a reasonable wind on trading, then I think we will continue very cash generitive and we will return large amounts of cash to share. It's hard to know what is going to happen in Ukraine in the Middle East. I don't expect you to give us a projection. I do want to understand, though, Are you saying things slow down in any way, shype or form when you start to see these things escalate anything that's a no. I anyway, we saw the initial when Russia invade the Ukraine in February twenty twenty two, twenty two or three account Remember you know, there's a sudden downturn in all of our traffic into Poland, Romania those countries. It recovered after two or three weeks. We've had to suspend We're suspending all flights. We've about thirty flights a day into Tel Aviv. They've been suspended until Christmas, so we do want to see those scenarios resolve themselves. But the ultimate underlying trend across Europe we've locked up everybody for two years in COVID. They all want to go back. Traveling families want to go on holidays. We've just completed the October midterm break. We were still full, and I think what people want is to travel more. But there's only ninety percent of the pre COVID capacity. So in Europe you've constrained capacity enormous demand and that is resulting in very strong priceing, not just for right there, but for all of the airlines. Are you're noticing any trite down? I had to describe it as trite down from b to Ryan abbat United saying anything like that. Not at the moment, but you know, I think it's inevitable if the next year or two, if consumers are under pressure, I think you know, you'll see the little and all these are the supermarkets. Ikea will do very well and Rhine will do very well. So what about using some of the cash to make the experience nicer for people who might be frustrated with at least it'd be impossible to make the experience on Rhinier any nicer. You know, new aircraft on time flights, the fewest cancelations of any airline in Europe. But I don't understand why people pay such ridiculous air force for a horrendous experience on Lafanza. Who lose your bag, miss your connection? On Rhiner it's efficient, it's cheap, it's on time, and it is blow like a man four million people. Once upon a time, Did you live like I had to do on a road show a year ago. I had to fly from Frankfurt to Zurich, which is only about a one and a half hour flight, so they stung me for nine hundred euros one way in economy and I was sitting at the back, in the middle seat, in front of the toilet on an age Vice A three twenty. I mean seven hundred jews. I can fly all year round on Ryan here for seven hundred jurors. Michael, It's good to see it, Thanks John, Lisa, Thank fantastic. Got to see Michael Leary there the Ryan Air CEO. I'm at the line of joined us now at a macro credit research at a blackground and I don't worry. We're not going to be talking about that. I do want to talk about supply, if we can start there. We've got forty eight billion dollars of three year notes this week, We've got forty billion dollars a ten year notes. We've got some thirty year bonds twenty four billion dollars worth. These are big, big numbers. That's treasury supply. What's happening with credit supply going into year end? Good morning, Thank you both for having me so. As you know, credit supply had a bit of a flurry of activity in September, it calmed down in October. I do think with this tentative stability in the treasury market that corporate CFOs and treasures may look to move ahead before the year end seasonal slowed down. It will be an important test for the market how this treasury supply is digested. But as we know, the Treasury Secretary guided us towards the front end of the curve and not so much in duration in the refunding announcement last week. But I actually think, if nothing else, the past several months have shown corporates that this can be very episodic in terms of these windows opening, and so given that we know the maturity walls are coming up, I think for corporates it's better to issue early rather than late. We're expecting a big week in the IG market this week. I think expectations are a little lower in high yield, but I would not be surprised if we surprise to the upside in terms of those expectations, because I think it's just prudent for CFOs, which speaks to kind of the opportunism that one that he get Desk told me about last week. He messaged me as soon as we saw this rally and he said, everyone's trying to come to market. I've gotten fifteen phone calls. Everyone's basically lined up. Is this going to be bad with credit spreads widening in the sort of counterintuitive way because we've got more supply. Yeah, I think the appetite is there, and I think we've had such light supply as especially in high yield year to date, and twenty two was a record a low level that I think the appetite for the market is there. I think where the real risk is is it that lowest quality cohort of the triple C market, that kind of lowest quality rung of high yield, which are triple C issuers there. I think we've seen some enhanced pressure where it's weak results coupled with refinancing needs have really pressured those capital structures. And even on this swift rally in high yield spreads that we've seen over the past few trading sessions, triple c's have rallied, but they've lagged on the way in. And I think it's the market telling you that there's an appetite for certain quality cohort in the credit market. Ig I think is there in most market conditions. High yield is a bit more tentative, But for that lowest quality rung, I think it's very case case specific and very idiosyncratic. Are people kind of just pricing in perfection here? Well? With high old spreads below four hundred, it's hard to argue that there's much risk premium added into the market at the moment. I think what we're seeing is a lot more focus on selectivity from our credit investors, So thinking about acid allocation between high yield and leverage loans, sector selection, issuer selection. I think we're high old spreads are at the moment the path of least resistance is probably a little bit wider in terms of choppiness, with some of the headline risk ahead of us. But again, as we've talked about before, where yields are, it's really difficult to see kind of highield spreads breaking out in this range of much wider from here, because when you every time, we tried to reach four forty last week and we kind of snapped back in, and so there is a bit of a tug of war between fundamentals and technicals, and even the most vulnerable fundamental pockets of the market have been the best performer, Like leverage loans. You mentioned the decision set between loans and say high yield. Help our audience understand what goes into making that kind of decision and whether that's changed in the last few weeks. So it has changed in the last few weeks for a few reasons. One is, if you think we're at the end of the rate hiking cycle, if you i think we've seen stability in long end rates, you might think that the bulk of the loan outperformance is behind us at this point. And indeed, that yield pick up that leverage loans were offering over high old bonds has narrowed. So what we are seeing is a bit more interest, say, even within capital structures, of investors saying Okay, well I'm in the loan, should I rotate into the high old bond or given the fundamental pressures of this higher for longer rate environment, that we're expecting our loans disproportionately impacted by that because they've been contending it with it for a longer time. Again, we don't view fixed rate bonds as immune from that in many instances, but I do think on the margin, given the strong performance of loans here to date, there is some refocusing on okay, is the bulk of that loan performance behind us? We read some life into that just a little bit more. We sort of big equity move last week. If you're looking at AG and I know it's unique and it is syncratic, but ultimately just give us the thirty five thousand foot view. If you're looking down a capital structure right now, is the bias to be higher or lower in it? Actually? You know, I think the high end of the high old market has actually outperformed the low end of the IG market. So it's not as clear cut as saying be underweight high yield versus IG. There are a lot of nuances there. I do think for choice, I would prefer to be higher in quality within high yield in IG. I think moving down into that triple beat cohort is a relatively nice place to be. For the most part, the vast majority of those corporates are committed to maintaining investment grade ratings. You are picking up a bit of a spread pickup relative to the highest rate COHORT. I think that's important in this current environment, especially if we don't get a severe downturn in growth. So I don't mean to be overly basic about this, but when you take a step back, I do wonder if we do get coalesce around this higher for longer kind of idea, does it make sense that we're not going to get any kind of major default cycle, either in public credit or in private credit. If we're looking at benchmark rates that are five percentage points higher than when all of these companies were borrowing in bulk not so long ago, it's a great point, Lisa. So we are seeing a modest uptick in defaults were it just under five percent in the US. When you combine high yield and leverage loans that's well off the rock bottom levels of twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two. Do we break out to the levels that we saw in COVID eight and a half nine percent, I think, barring a severe downturn, I don't see it. Part of the reason is that corporates have entered this period in a really strong position. The other part is that the investor appetite, to your point, John is there. And then third, I would say corporates are actually shifting to a more balance sheet friendly posture. So we haven't seen a lot of debt funded M and A, we haven't seen a lot of debt funded share buybacks. They're still investing in capex, still investing in debt repayment in terms of uses of cash. But I do think corporates do have some discipline. I think the real risk is that if there's a severe downturn in growth coupled with just a capital market's freezing such that these corporates don't have access at any price, I think it's I think it's difficult. As for the private credit point, historically we look at losses between the two markets, and private credit losses have held in better than public credit losses. Part of that is because the enhanced flexibility that those corporates have. We think that holds true. But I think the point remains we're expecting an ongoing normalization higher and losses across all those asset classes, not extremely given where we know where the maturity will is. Can you identify what would be the least oportable time to have any economic down to and is that what's basically on the horizon now? So I think probably the biggest risk is that if corporates try and time this opportunistically, they let the year end play out, they think the environment will be better in the first half of twenty twenty four, and then we have some sort of shock, whether that's geopolitical, unforeseen risk contraction. We're watching bank lending very closely, although that has actually played out I think a bit more benign than we would have thought. That is the risk. I think that if corporates try to be almost too strategic about the timing and they cut it too close. We saw that in the financial crisis, where some corporates were shut out. So that's why I think if I'm a CFO or treasure better to is you early rather than late. At at least's point, maybe we get a lot more supply in the coming weeks and months based on what we've seen developed over the last few weeks. Matter, Thank you always great amount of line in there of black Rock joining us now is Judy Norman, the co director of the UCR Center on the US Politics. Judy, always wonderful to catch out with you. You've articulated this, the pressure to articulate and endgame given what's developed over the last couple of weeks. Do you see sense that that pressure is ramping up once again over the weekend? Well, I think it is John and very much from the US increasingly on Israel, mostly behind the closed doors, but starting a little bit more publicly as well. And this has really been an issue since you since the after October seventh, to trying to figure out what would be next for Gaza after an Israeli operation. There are many different options that are considered, but really none of them seem to be very good for either Israelis or for Palestinians. Israelis un Palestinians are not looking for a ReOC patient of Gaza. Some have floated the idea of the Palestinian authority, the West Bank governance having a role in Gaza, but they are very weak, very illegitimate, and also I think would not take on that role just yet. And the US is even exploring some options of saying having a multi national transition kind of group there, some kind of almost like a peacekeeping force. But again, all of these are very tentative options. And I think crucially right now is trying to identify what Gaza might look like after this in a way that is, you know, not just a continued downward spiral for both Gazans and Israelis. Judy. As we can all see at the moment, the administration domestically facing pressure from all corners, Judy, from your position, can you identify any kind of success this administration is having convincing the Israelis of having some kind of humanitarian pause, convincing it Israel of changing its approached somehow. Is there any kind of success you can identify? Yeah, John, So, I would say the US came out very strong and supportive Israel, and some in Israel have called this a sort of bear hog, a public embrace but also a private restraint and kind of some whispers in the ear. So this has started from the beginning, and I think most importantly Blincoln was pushing for a humanitarian pause over the weekend that does not look forthcoming at the moment. Some areas where they have had some success is starting to get a bit more aid into Gaza. There are currently about one hundred trucks now coming into the Gaza Strip per day. Before the invasion. That was about five hundred trucks a day, so still much less than is needed, but more than was coming in for several weeks. The other area that they had some temporary success was getting communications reinstated in Gaza, but I understand over the weekend there have been more blackout so that seems a bit inconsistent. So I think that pressure for humanitarian pauses will continue. For Israel, I think they see that as perhaps halting the offensive, and they're halting their overall aim of ousting Hamass. But for others that is just seen as absolutely necessary for both getting aid into the strip and getting people out, So I think Blncoln will keep focusing on that. And I would note now who suggested that if hostage isbury leased, that might open up some room for a humanitarian pause. So I think we'll see more focus there in the coming days, Julie, what I've found more interesting rather than Tony Blinken going to Israel was all of the other meetings he's had on this particular tour. Right now, he's in Anchora in Turkey. There's a question over Bill Burns and his relationship with Jordan, the head of CIA, and his tour in the region. What is our sense right now of some of the regional countries and their position, their involvement both in what's happening now negotiating with Hamas, but also some solution after this conflict is over sure. So I think there's a couple different facets to this. One is, again the short term, trying to get other Arab states to also back this idea of humanitarian pause. Most leaders are very forthright about calling for a full cease fire, so Lincoln was trying to get some space there as well as just keeping diplomatic channels open. The second was really in terms of trying to keep the conflict contained and trying to avoid flare ups in other Arab countries and in other areas, especially like Iraq, where US troops are stationed and where there are Runi and proxy groups operating, so trying to kind of quell any potential flare ups and just further dispersal of this conflict. And the third, as you mentioned Lisa, is again trying to look ahead to what that endgame might be and what the role of Arab states might be within that. Again, would Arab states be part of some kind of multinational you know, transitional authority or force or something like that. Again, right now, I think most Arab leaders are reading the room pretty clearly with their own populations, who are very sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and are not going to stick out their neck too far for what the US is pushing for. But at the same time, you know, work quite closely with the US and some of these states with Israel as well, and so needing to kind of find that middle ground. So a lot of diplomacy happening that I think will be just continuing wholeheartedly over these next couple of days. As President Biden lost the room with his own party at this point, given his approach on this conflict, I would say it's very clear that the Democrats have a lot of internal divisions over this conflict, and this isn't new to Biden. And I think he knew with an issue as difficult as Israel Palestine, you are probably never going to please everyone, especially in a party like the Democrats, which are pretty split on this issue. Now he's getting a lot of very vocal criticism from many on the left, from many progressives, and from many on the pro Palestine side. But I think he's also getting a lot of support from more traditional liberal Democrats who appreciate the solidarity that he's shown towards Israel. So in some ways, again, you're not going to please everyone. And again, right now, the US is trying to find a very difficult middle road and kind of thread this needle between supporting Israel but also trying to minimize casualties and think ahead to what might be next and what might be best for the region. It's going to be incredibly difficult for the president going to get too next year, Jurney. Just to finish, net poll from the New York Times over the weekend, big lead to for the former president Donald Trump in Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan, Nevada, and lead in Pennsylvania as well. Judy, your thoughts on that as it came out over the weekend, Yeah, this is going to be a big wake up call for Democrats and for the Biden campaign. We've been seeing these neck and neck numbers for Biden and Trump for quite a while, but to really drill down to the six swing states and see that five out of the six Trump is leading with less than a year until the elections is quite notable. And again, this is a little bit different than past elections because both of these both of these men are known quantities everyone and someone like Trump, everything is out there already, So I don't see a lot of this necessarily changing. Obviously, polls a year out, our year out. But I think for Democrats who thought, you know, Trump was going to be an easy target or something like that, it's clear that Biden has a lot of work to do and that's you know, it's going to be challenging for him to keep his coalition together. So I think we'll see some different strategies emerging pretty soon. Hiy, Judy, Thank you, Judy Norman of the US Sales Center on US Politics. Thank you joining us now. I'm so glad to say. Is Ashley Allen, corporate research analyst at Franklin Templeton YU counuigh in maybe I'm Birkenstack, But more importantly, thank you so much for being here, because to me, the big question really is how resilient is a consumer? After people have been saying that they're running out of their savings month after year after month, have we reached a point where you actually are seeing evidence of that? Maybe? And I think it's been maybe for a few months, to be fair, but I think we find ourselves in a really interesting situation right now, especially following three Q earnings. We just heard from a handful of staples companies from restaurants. Consumers are still spending, especially on some things that they'll want to indulge in, whether it's coffee, sweet treats in the grocery store, so that the stata is backward looking, so we have to keep that in mind. But up until this point, again, resilience has been the word that economists are said over and over. They're still showing up to spend on the things that make them feel good. How much in some of the earning calls that you've been tracking and just some of the communication that you've had with corporate officers about what they see going forward, how much do they see this continuing in a durable fashion just based on how much wages are increasing and the fact that the label market is strong. I don't think it's durable, at least at the same level that we have sustained thus far. A lot of the resilience that we've seen on the top line has been driven by price volumes, let's call them flat plus or minus on either side, both in kind of the restaurant space, but also in staples. If you think about the CpG companies in the grocery store, volumes have kind of flat lined, so where they can consumers have technically been pulling back from a volume perspective. They're consuming less. Companies have just realized that they can still benefit from taking price that likely can't continue you forever going forward. Well, a lot of people will argue that a lot of the household balance youes look pretty good. So if people want to lever up to get a latte a double mocacino, they can do that. Is that what we're actually seeing that people are just continuing with indulgences, but levering up to do so. Potentially, I don't necessarily it's always a maybe, right, I don't necessarily think that they're leveraging up to buy their latte. But I think if you have to look at the bigger picture macro, if you think about millennials broadly speaking, who maybe are waiting to buy their first home, if you can't do that right now, I would argue that, you know, spending seven bucks on a coffee isn't going to impact your ability to buy a home the same way the Fed would in regards to their rate policy. So I think from a consumer perspective, it's less so about them leveraging up, but a bit more about the bigger macro picture, what they are spending on and how they're supported by jobs to be frank as well. So as an investor, sure do you recommend then consumer discretionaries that are the small luxuries in life that people seem pretty committed to. Yeah. So there is something called the lipstick effect, which we've seen before, specifically, you know, in regards to beauty, where women will still spend on small luxuries to make themselves filtered during times of economic stress. I think that same the pattern or thesis could easily be applied to sweet treats. To think about you know, oreoles or cookies that we like as well as well as just the occasional splurge in regards to dining out and whether that's at you know, full price restaurant. Maybe you're okay spending you know, twenty bucks on your fast food meal that at one time they will indulge, especially during times at economics spress. Do you buy the holozembic argument. Not yet, it's TBD. I do think, you know, these drugs are really powerful for the individuals that they were originally designed to help, maybe those with type two diabetes or who are severely overweight and obese. But consumer habits really die hard, and I think that it might take more than ozebic, at least in its current form, to change those patterns to zooming out. We were just speaking with Veronica Clark over at City Group and she was talking about how they expect a soft patch now and then a reacceleration and inflation because a lot of consumers just keep accepting prices where they are. Do you agree with that, just based on sort of a company specific kind of analysis, I think that if consumers, if the can keep their wage gains that we've seen recently, if they can, if those can be persistent there's a good chance that they will continue to accept the price gains. I think it's as a matter of who's going to blink first. Is it the consumers or is it going to be the corporations in regards to pulling back on price to drive volumes or consumers finally going to reach a point where they say, hey, you know what, I don't want to spend six bucks on a box of cereal anymore. I don't want to buy that seven dollars CLO fee. But as long as they're supported by jobs and some wage gains, I think you know they'll continue to spend. Which raises this question when you talk to corporate executives and they can pass along these costs, are they then hiring more people? No, because at the end of the day, corporates are also responding to markets. Broadly speaking, they're trying to recover the margin that they lost over the past eighteen months or so when inflation and input cost really got out of control. Margins became compressed. At that time, profitability was hammered. They've benefited these past few quarters from those price increases in conjunction with falling input costs. Now, to be fair, those costs haven't completely reverted, but profitability has been strong from them. And for the most part, this is very idiosyncratic, but companies have been rewarded when their bottom lines, of course have expanded or reverted to pre pandemic levels. So is it's just zooming out to wrat this. I guess there's this question of whether some of the legacy retail companies and whether the legacy service companies can continue to operate and thrive based on their capital structures, you know, borrowing costs that was a lot lower from another era that they were going to have to refinance at a higher rate, whether they are still incredible companies to invest in in a current environment. Are you basically saying that yes, because they're able to pass along those costs to consumers that have continued to really go for the products that they're selling. Yes, they've been able to pass along the cost But the maturity wall, broadbly speaking, has been pushed out for several corporates, including those in retail indiscretionary names. And so you know, they have balance sheets these days in the cash fload to support you know, the interest expense that they have now in three or four years when their maturity wall comes to do, we'll see where we are and we can address it at that time. But at the moment, balance sheets are strong, the cash is coming in, they can make their payments, and they're passing along those higher prices. What are the strongest segments of retail right now? It's a great question. Broadly speaking, beauty as a segment that's continuing to do well. Historically, pet has been a segment that's been strong, but we have seen some weakening there. It's probably a bit of a post pandemic trend that's reversing. But people are sick of spending their entire paycheck on Fido. Ashley Allen, thank you so much of Franklin Templeton. We really appreciate that. Subscribe to the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Listen live every weekday starting at seven am Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app, tune In, and the Bloomberg Business App. You can watch us live on Bloomberg Television and always on the Bloomberg Terminal. Thanks for listening. I'm Lisa Abramowitz, and this is BloombergSee 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In 1994, the world's first oat milk company was born in Sweden. Three decades later, Oatly is on a high-stakes mission to defeat the dairy industry – by growing into the biggest plant-based brand the world has ever seen.  Can a start-up from Malmö save us all through capitalism? This is the first episode in a three-part series, ‘The Oatly Chronicles'. This week we're asking: just how much damage is our dairy addiction doing to the planet?  This series is funded by Journalismfund.eu and the Allianz Foundation. Thanks for listening. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠⁠leaving us a review⁠⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify. Credits  This episode was reported, written and produced by Katz Laszlo. Editing came from Katy Lee, as well as Justine Paradis, visiting from NPR's excellent podcast, Outside/In. Editorial support came from Margot Gibbs, Dominic Kraemer and Wojciech Oleksiak, and mastering, scoring and sound design also came from Wojciech.  Artwork came from favourite illustrator RTiiiKA. Thanks for talking to us: George Monbiot, Thin Lei Win, Elsa Guadarrama, Sonalie Figueiras, Ashley Allen, and Sofia Ehlde.  Special thanks to lovely neighbours Joris Klingen and Thomas van Dijk, for letting us use their very nice studio. You can find their music under Bovenburen. Interesting resources: https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-climate-impact-of-eating-meat-and-dairy/ https://drawdown.org/news/insights/the-powerful-role-of-household-actions-in-solving-climate-change https://theoutline.com/post/8384/sweden-milk-war-oatly ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠hello@europeanspodcast.com

Just last year, roughly four out of five Asheville-area Black children tested below grade level in reading proficiency.  My guests today are Ashley Allen and Jess McLean, co-executive directors at Read 2 Succeed, one of a handful of Asheville nonprofits supplementing the reading education happening at under-resourced schools. Read 2 Succeed is particularly focused on closing what it calls “the race-based opportunity gap—not an achievement gap—through community-powered literacy programming.”We talk about how a white-centered approach to education perpetuates the gap. We work through different methodologies, including the controversial “Whole language” approach. We also about Read 2 Succeed's board working through its own mission drift and get into the details of how its tutors work with schools and children.Get five news headlines from around Asheville in your morning inbox. No ads, no spam—simple as that. Subscribe for free to the First Look newsletter from The Overlook. Support The Overlook by joining our Patreon campaign!Advertise your event on The Overlook.Instagram: AVLoverlook | Facebook: AVLoverlook | Twitter: AVLoverlookListen and Subscribe: All episodes of The OverlookThe Overlook theme song, "Maker's Song," comes courtesy of the Asheville band The Resonant Rogues.Podcast Asheville © 2023

In this episode, we take a hard look at the challenges faced by the food industry in the context of climate change. Paul interviews Ashley Allen, Chief Sustainability Officer of Oatly, on how the oat-based company is striving to decarbonize their products while educating consumers on the environmental impact their food choices make. For more information on Oatly, visit:https://www.oatly.comFor more information on Ashley, please visit:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-n-p-allen-9483b0b3/And for the full interview with Ashley, please go to our sister podcast, More Than Eight Minutes:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129384/13672843Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

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Comic Reviews: DC Flash 800 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Matt Herms, Mark Waid, Todd Nauck, Joshua Williamson, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia, Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Luis Guerrero, Si Spurrier, Mike Deodato Jr., Trish Mulvihill Joker Uncovered by various New Talent Showcase: Milestone Initiative 1 by Ashley Allen, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Jarred A. Lujan, Greg Burnham, Jarod Rhys Pratt, Zipporah Smith, Julio Anta, Morgan Hampton, Jerome Rhett, Nathan Cayanan, Jordan Clark, Dorado Quick, Yasmin Flores Montanez/Walden Wong, Atagun Ilhan/Wade Von Grawbadger, Kameron White/Le Beau Underwood, Marcus Smith/Roberto Poggi, Daimon Hampton/Anthony Fowler Jr., Lucas Silveira/John Livesay, Andrea Rosales/Scott Hanna, Jose Marzan Jr., Petterson Oliveira/Wade Von Grawbadger, Gregory Maldonado/Anthony Fowler Jr, Miguel C. Hernandez/Jose Marzan Jr., Charles Stewart III/Dexter Vines, Bryan Valenza, Luis Guerrero, Hi-Fi, Alex Guimaraes, Andrew Dalhouse, Chris Sotomayor, Michael Atiyeh, Nick Filardi Steelworks 1 by Michael Dorn, Sami Basri, Andrew Dalhouse Fann Club: Batman SquadJim Benton Marvel Deadpool: Badder Blood 1 by Rob Liefeld, Chad Bowers, Shelby Robertson, Jay David Ramos Loki 1 by Dan Watters, German Perlata, Mike Spicer Spider-Man 9 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – The Empire by Jody Houser, Jethro Morales, Dee Cunniffe X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike by Steve Orlando, Valentina Pinti, Frank William Infinity Comics Li'L Rocket 3 by Stephanie Williams, Jay Fosgitt Image In Hell We Fight 1 by John Layman, Jok, Mey IDW TMNT vs. Street Fighter 1 by Paul Allor, Ariel Medel, Sarah Myer Boom Fence: Redemption 1 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad Dynamite Bettie Page 1 by Mirka Andolfo, Luca Blengino, Elisa Ferrari AWA Sins of the Salton Sea 1 by Ed Brisson, CP Smith Mad Cave You've Been Cancelled 1 by Curt Pires, Kevin Castaniero, Jason Wordie OGNs Northranger by Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo Additional Reviews: Vigil (BBC), Hailey's On It News: Birds of Prey roster (Cass Cain, Big Barda, Zealot, Harley, Black Canary), Aquaman series announced, some DC webcomics ending, Image controversy, El Muerto may be cancelled, Mario greenlit for two additional movies (and maybe also Zelda), Predator vs. Wolverine, Omninews, big Image news, new secondary Avengers series starring Janet by Al Ewing, Tenoch Huerta allegations, Gotham Knights tries Trailers: Twisted Metal Comics Countdown (06 Jun 2023): Daredevil 12 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Matt Wilson Flash 800 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Matt Herms, Mark Waid, Todd Nauck, Joshua Williamson, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia, Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Luis Guerrero, Si Spurrier, Mike Deodato Jr., Trish Mulvihill Fantastic Four 8 by Ryan North, Ivan Fiorelli, Jesus Aburtov Phantom Road 4 by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta, Jordie Bellaire Northranger OGN by Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo Batman 136 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Corona, Belen Ortega, Tomeu Morey, Ivan Plascencia Lamentation 2 by Cullen Bunn, Arjuna Susini, Hilary Jenkins Nocterra 15 by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Marcelo Maiolo Hairball 3 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins I Hate This Place 9 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge  

Ashley Allen shared details about the upcoming golf scramble in honor of Vinny Allen, her young son who passed away in 2022 in an accidental…

June 2023 Solicits Comic Reviews: DC Batman: One Bad Day – Ra's al Ghul by Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson DC's Legion of Bloom by Ashley Allen, Isaac Goodhart, Cris Peter, Zac Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Patricio Delpeche, Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, Allen Passalaqua, Cava Scott, Atagun Ilhan, Mark Morales, Hi-Fi, Kenny Porter, Brian Level, Jay Leisten, Jordan Boyd, Calvin Kasulke, Vitor Cafaggi, Travis Moore, Eren Enrica Angiolini, Dave Wielgosz, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plasencia Milestone 30th Anniversary Special by Chuck Brown, Evan Narcisse, Stephanie Williams, Nikolas Draper-Ivey, ChrisCross, Atagun Ilhan, Yasmin Flores Montanez, Denys Cowan, Norm Rapmund, Dexter Vines, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor, Noelle Giddings Marvel Doctor Strange 1 by Jed MacKay, Pasqual Ferry, Matt Hollingsworth Women of Marvel (2023) by Rebecca Roanhorse, Caroa Borelli, Ruth Redmond, Victoria Ying, Jodi Nishijima, Brittany Peer, Melissa Flores, Stacey Lee, Rachelle Rosenberg, Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs, Giulia Gualazzi, Giada Marchisio Infinity Comics Marvel Meow and Pizza Dog by Jason Loo Image Dead Romans 1 by Fred Kennedy, Nick Marinkovich Dark Horse Order and Outrage 1 by Jim Starlin, Rags Morales, Hailey Brown Boom Neighbors 1 by Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Letizia Cadonici, Alessandro Santoro Valiant X-O Manowar: Unconquered 1 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Liam Sharp Archie Chilling Adventures Presents: Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe of Horrors by Ryan Cady, Jordan Morris, Amy Chase, Chris Panda, Liana Kangas, Federico Sabbatini, Matt Herms OGN Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, Boulet Extincts: Flight of the Mammoth by Scott Magoon Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa Travis Daventhorpe for the Win! By Wes Molebach Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda by Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal, Ray Fawkes, Andrea Sorrentino, Tyler Crook, Ariela Kristantina, Dani, Yuko Shimizu, Nick Robles, Marguerite Sauvage, Shawn Kuruneru, Dave Stewart, Jordie Bellaire Kings of Nowhere Vol 2 by Soroush Barazesh War Birds by Geoffrey Wessel, Steve Parkhouse Ray's OGN Corner: Ephemera: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn Additional Reviews: Mandalorian 3.4, Picard 3.6, Luther: The Fallen Sun, God of War: Ragnarok, Death or Glory, ScreaIV, Huntress: Year One News: Omninews, Gold Key comics returns with Michael Conrad and Kelly Williams on board, more wacky WB fun, Jonathan Majors arrested, Aristocats live action remake by Quest Love, final Dug Days short will be theatrical release in front of Elemental, Ike Perlmutter shitcanned, Secret Invasion release date Trailers: Owl House final episode, Power Rangers: Once A Ranger, Big Shark, Black Demon, Elemental Comics Countdown (22 Mar 2023): Batman: One Bad Day – Ra's al Ghul by Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson Swamp Thing: Green Hell 3 by Jeff Lemire, Shawn Moll, Doug Mahnke, David Baron Punisher 10 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta, Jesus Saiz, Matt Hollingsworth Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda GN by Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal, Ray Fawkes, Andrea Sorrentino, Tyler Crook, Ariela Kristantina, Dani, Yuko Shimizu, Nick Robles, Marguerite Sauvage, Shawn Kuruneru, Dave Stewart, Jordie Bellaire Superman 2 by Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell Wasp 3 by Al Ewing, Kasia Niemczyk, Kike Diaz Immortal Sergeant 3 by Joe Kelly, J.M. Ken Niimura Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 106 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo Grim 9 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi Belle of the Ball OGN by Mari Costa

In This Episode, We Talk About: The best way to get deals at Target every season. Finding your own personal mom style. The panic of getting locked outside your house in the middle of winter.   Resources + Links: Connect with Ashley on Instagram | @ashleyallenfit Anxious People by Fredrik Backman   Find your Mom Style! | @sistersguidetostyle   Pure Encapsulations Digestive Enzymes Ultra   https://www.wearpepper.com/   ELEMIS Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm   Connect with Moms in Real Life on Instagram | @momsinreallifepodcast   Follow Stephanie on Instagram! Stephanie Nguyen | @modernmilk WANT TO HAVE YOUR MOM STORY FEATURED ON THE PODCAST? Send us an email at info@momsinreallife.com   Find out more on our websites https://www.modernmilk.com/   Show Notes: What would you do if you were accidentally locked outside your house in 30 degree weather? This week, we have Ashley Allen, a personal trainer, Modern Milk veteran, and mom of two little ones! Ashley helps moms show up just like you show up everyday, and now she's showing up here to share her wild story of getting locked out of her house in the middle of winter! We have a fun, unfiltered conversation full of our favorite things and weekly updates, as well tips for getting the best Target deals, finding your mom style, and sleeping training your 1 year old. Finally, we'll dive into the panic, chaos, and hilarity of the time Ashley got locked outside with her youngest in plain view. Join us for a shocking mom story where you won't believe what happens next! 01:05 Meet today's guest, Ashley Allen, a personal trainer, Modern Milk veteran, and mom of two little ones! 02:20 How did you create memories for your daughter's birthday? 05:10 How does your business help moms show up? 07:30 What is your family eating this week? 09:35 As a fitness professional, how do you fit pasta into your diet? 11:45 The benefits of digestive enzymes. 14:25 What is the biggest downside of cooking fish? 16:10 How is sleep training your youngest going so far? 19:45 What is causing Stephanie's family to lose sleep? 22:25 How do you get the best deals at Target? 27:20 What are you currently loving? 30:35 How can you find your own mom style? 32:00 Stephanie's favorite hydrating cleansing balm. 33:20 What are you reading, watching, or listening to this week? 35:15 What was Stephanie's experience at the emergency vet? 39:20 How can you avoid getting sucked into a new show? 40:40 How did you get locked outside in 30 degree weather? 43:10 What happened after you got locked out? 45:35 What made you shift into panic mode? 48:10 How can you never get locked out again?

Dr. Ashley Allen, Assistant Dean Of Admissions And Student Success, chats with us about understanding this PEOPLE profession and provides recommendations for improving your knowledge base. Spoiler alert: the best recommendation? Hands-on experience. Season 6 of The PreVet Pawscast is all about people skills. Each week, veterinarians or non-vet professionals share their personal expererience and recommendations for the "soft skills" required by the Letters of Recommendation on the VMCAS application. ---- The Prevet Pawscast provides tips, tricks and tales for applying to vet school and exploring the veterinary medicine profession. You can get all kinds of updates on admissions here: education.vetmed.ufl.edu/ Produced By: Alex Avelino

Ashley Allen shared details about Vinny’s Trick or Trot in honor of her 2 year old son who lost his life after a drowning accident…

Lisa talks to former Texan, Ashley Allen,  who battled alcoholism and is beating it one day at a time thanks to her faith.      Find her on social media @expartygirlla and her website www.expartygirlla.com     EPISODE SPONSOR:  https://www.ralstonfamilyfarms.com/     EPISODE SPONSOR:  https://www.davidsburgers.com/     LISA'S LINKS:     Website:  lisafischersaid.com     For more information on group intermittent fasting  coaching with Lisa, email fasting@lisafischersaid.com     For more information on one-on-one or group health coaching with Lisa, email healthcoaching@lisafischersaid.com     Podcast produced by clantoncreative.com

Tawny and Lisa talk to Ashley Allen, founder of the clothing brand Ex-Party Girl. Ashley is areformed party girl who started her company to negate shame from past mistakes when drinking.Once she got sober, she realized that she was having more fun without booze than being a hotmess, and embraced recovery. They talk about how far we can come when we put down thebottle and how essential it is to keep a sense of humor. Ashley is living proof that there is alwayshope, no matter how many times someone has relapsed in the past.Music Minute features Katy Perry's music and De Soi, her zero-proof aperitif.Check out Ex-Party Girl: https://expartygirlla.com/Giant shout out to our friend Chris Marshall of Sans Bar! Check out all the goings on here:https://www.thesansbar.com/This episode is sponsored by the amazing folks at Soberlink! soberlink.com/partners/recovery-rocks

As a child, our guest said she would attend the University of Nairobi. She forgot that goal but years later she attended the University of Nairobi and her mother reminded her of the goal she set many years before. Hear this story and more about Ashley Allen's destiny with entrepreneurship. Acacia trees thrive in adverse conditions and thrive in healthy climes. They are remarkably strong and resilient. Ashley Allen fosters that same strength and resilience in her clients. As president of Acacia Insights LLC, Ashley helps individuals, teams and organizations transform from good to great: enhancing awareness, increasing productivity, managing change and accelerating growth. With a focus on interactive workshop development and facilitation, leadership coaching, personal brand and strategic planning, her client list is diverse: entrepreneurs, multi-unit nationals and global organizations. She has extensive domestic and international experience, in recent years having facilitated programs in 13 countries. Prior to launching her own company, Ashley was an executive with Tribune Company's Orlando Sentinel for more than two decades – with vice president roles in new business development, planning and corporate communications, among other business management and marketing positions. She has been engaged in the community for many years, serving on the regional boards of directors of organizations including Junior Achievement and United Arts, and has mentored managers throughout the U.S. for WOMEN Unlimited. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ashley both advocates and exemplifies lifelong learning. She was graduated from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and attended the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Amherst College, the University of Tulsa and the Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University.

In this episode, Denise and Shari have a conversation with Ashley Allen, Chief Sustainability Officer at Oatly, producer of oat-based dairy substitute products.  They discuss the origins of the company, Oatly's rapid growth in the US, plus they take a deep dive into their farming and sustainability practices.  For more information visit: www.ifc.org/climatebiz  www.oatly.com    

Ashley is the founder and creator of Ex Party Girl. She walks us through how she went from watching her apartment burn down in a black out to homeless on Hollywood Boulevard to becoming sober and the founder of Ex Party Girl brand.  Get 20% off your Exact Nature CBD orders by using the discount code SOBERGIRL20 at checkout now www.exactnature.com

This episode is brought to you by Organifi. To save on all of your Organifi needs, use the code "chasingalignment" at checkout! www.organifi.com/chasingalignment Ex-Party Girl is founded and operated by Ashley Allen, a self-proclaimed Ex-Party Girl who has earned herself a seat in the 12-step program. This former Texas socialite moved out to Los Angeles and began her career as a film costume designer in the early 2000s when being a “hot mess” was connected to being cool. Ashley Allen created Ex-Party Girl as a way to end the stigma, and shame and truly be proud of the person we all grew into today. She believes “just because we are sober doesn't mean we can't have fun and laugh at our old unruly selves”. Ex-Party Girl isn't just for the sober women but for any woman who truly remembers the days in their 20's making interesting choices and even for the new mom who has exchanged her bottle service for a truly new kind of bottle to enjoy. This brand is meant to laugh at our past mistakes, have compassion, throw away the shame, and still be able to have some fun (and look cute).

Happy Black History Month, NBFR family! ✊

Podcast Guest:  Ashley Allen Transcription:Kris Parsons00:00Welcome to changing the rules, a weekly podcast about people who are living their best life and how you can figure out how to do it too. Join us with your lively host Ray Loewe, better known as the luckiest guy in the world.Ray Loewe00:16Keeping with our intro here, this is your lively host, Ray Loewe, the luckiest guy in the world. Let me take a minute and talk about the luckiest people in the world. We have a guest today, who was one of them. The luckiest people in the world are basically people who take control of their lives. They design them to their own specs, and then they live them under their own terms. You don't dare get in the way of one of the luckiest people in the world because they won't let you. One of the things that they do well is they deal well with changing rules. We know that all through our lives, we're given sets of rules, were getting them more and more; little kids, we're given them by our church, our schools, our jobs. For the most part, they're good because they keep us under control. They give us a set of guidelines as to how to live. But sooner or later, the set of rules gets so big that is not relevant anymore. I think it was Steve Jobs, the Apple guy who said, you know, "if you living your life under somebody else's rules, you're not living your own life". So we have with us today, Ashley Allen actually has been with us before, and actually runs Acacia insights out of the Orlando, Florida area. She works with clients all over the world. She coaches them into some incredible concepts and helps them in effect live their life better, too. Okay, so Ashely, good morning.Ashley Allen01:49Good morning, Ray. It's just such a treat to be with you and thank you for having me here.Ray Loewe01:55Well, we have a bunch of things we have to talk about. I was coughing here this morning when we started. Ashely, of course, not being helpful at all, held up - what was that stuff over there?Ashley Allen02:08It's a wonderful product called Entertainer's Secret Throat Relief. So if you talk a lot, or it's used many times by singers. If you want to project that wonderful voice that you have, Ray, I want you to get some Entertainer's Secret.Ray Loewe02:25Okay, so I feel inadequate now and I will for the entire show. Thank you very much. But one of the reasons that we have Ashley here today is we're coming out with a brand new book, our target date is about 60 days from now, to have it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble networks and things like that. It's going to be called Changing The Rules. It deals with the luckiest people in the world, who they are, what they are. We've got a set of worksheets in this book that help you become one of the luckiest people in the world. We asked Ashley here because she has a chapter on our book, a whole chapter I might add, not a mini-chapter, a whole chapter. She's there because she is obviously one of the luckiest people in the world over here, and we wanted her to be here. So let's look at a couple of things here, Ashley. We're going to talk about fiddling in a minute, but let's start with why two of the mindsets of the luckiest people in the world that I think are most reflected by you. One of them is that you always tend to follow what's fascinating and motivating. Number two, and you actually help us create this and define this, is that everybody has a personal brand, whether you like it or not. The luckiest people in the world are very, very much aware of this brand and how they show up. So why don't you take a minute and talk about this personal brand a little bit and help us define it? Then we're going to talk about how you can lose it.Ashley Allen04:22Exactly. Well right. First of all, I am thrilled about your new book, I cannot wait to see it and I have thoroughly enjoyed your previous publishing's. So I just can't wait to read this cover to cover and really gain insight on all of the different mindsets that you're discussing. I think you really have perfect timing on this. When you think about the world and especially people who either are or who aspire to be the luckiest people in the world. This is really an opportunity for them to gain just incredible insight from you. So thank you for writing the book and I'm certainly thank you for letting me be a small part of it. We've been talking about, you mentioned personal brand, I think it is very simple as personal brand is who you are, as you said, it's how you show up. It's how others have observed you. It's how you interact with people. It's how you make other people feel. What I really appreciated in the work that you and I have discussed relating to your book is that it really has two components. It has the aspect of each of us as individuals, understanding who we are, the talents and strengths and gifts that we have, but also how we are perceived by others. Because to understand your personal brand, you really have to have that external perception. You have to understand how you are seen by others, how you are perceived by others, observed by others.Ray Loewe05:54You know, you mentioned that there's a distinct difference here. Let's separate that, knowing what you want, and knowing who you are, are different than knowing how you're perceived by everybody else.Ashley Allen06:07Absolutely. I think that that one of the really wonderful ways of understanding who you are, are through, you know, full well that I absolutely adore assessments and behavioral assessments, I think it's that aspect of taking time, give yourself that, that gift of time to reflect of time to think about who you are in what's important to you, and what's important in your life. Right now. We've all had just an incredible experience these last two years. I would imagine many of the people listening to this podcast, have done some reflecting, they've done some research. I believe that that aspect is so critical; but there's also wonderful resources you can tap, such as behavioral assessments, and those give us language behind our strengths, perhaps language that we wouldn't have thought of ourselves. Those great adjectives and descriptors and active verbs that describe who we are. Taking that time giving yourself that generous gift of time to reflect is so important in understanding who you are now, and then understanding how you're perceived by others.Ray Loewe07:22But let's talk a little bit about this perception stuff because it doesn't matter who you are, it really matters how you're perceived. You can have this great image of who you are, you can think you know, you're going in a grid in one direction, and nobody else agrees with you. All of a sudden, you aren't who you are. So can you give us a couple of examples of how perceptions change from what people think they want?Ashley Allen07:56Absolutely, and I think the notion since we're talking about changing the rules overall, I think it's important to note that our personal brand changes throughout our lives, think  of who you were as an individual 20, 30 years ago was very different than who you are now. I think your values and those kind of foundational aspects are the same, but how you present to the world, how you show up to the world is different over time. There are things that are important to us now that perhaps were not important to us, even a few years ago, pre-pandemic, for example. So I believe it's important to ask others, again, it's that external perception and whether it's through kind of a formal assessment process, or as simple as asking others, how they would describe you, how do you show up? What are your strengths, a simple ask, and getting that information from people really gives you insight into how you are presenting yourself to the world, and to your family, and friends, and to others. That may be very different than how you perceive yourself. You also talk about ways that you can not reflect the positive brand that you want to reflect or do things that go against it. You think about consumer and product brands, it's about being consistent, it's about knowing what to expect, about having that personal connection, have that emotional response. Our personal brand just the same way. When we act in a way that is disconnected from that or is different from that, you can tarnish your brand, for lack of a better phrase. Ray Loewe09:43I'm thinking like right now the Winter Olympics are going on, and of course, I'm thinking about the Summer Olympics because I'm way behind. Okay, but I remember one of the swimmers, Ryan Locky, was his name and he was a superstar. He had this great image. It was a wonderful imagery, he actually gave his metals to kids as he won them, to encourage them and stuff like that. Then he went off and he ruined his brand in a matter of days. That actually just kind of knocked him for a loop. I think he lost his swimming, he lost everything, just because you do something stupid. So what are the things that people do that cause them to lose their brand? How can you be aware and how can you be on guard because it seems like you have to be on your toes 99% of the time.Ashley Allen10:39Well, and you do. And again, I think we all have those people with whom, we can show the good, the bad, and the ugly, those really dear members of our family, and those really amazing friends like you Ray that you can truly be yourself. You can have those moments perhaps when you're not at your best. But when we think of how we generally interact with others in the world, whether it's at work, or through our work in the communities we're involved with, or the activities involved with, you do need to be on your toes. If you think of it from a work setting, you're always interviewing, every meeting you have every interaction you have. You're interviewing either for the job you have or for the next job. So when you think about those behaviors, especially when you want to project and protect a positive personal brand, it is about consistency. It's about having people understand who you are and relate to them in a meaningful way. Things that can tarnish your brand. The example that you used with the Olympic swimmer is a perfect one. That's on the world stage. It happens in groups and in small ways. I remember a client that I worked with years ago, who phenomenal person, phenomenally successful woman. Great at her craft, a great manager, and leader of people. She had worked with me for about a year to really help elevate her emotional intelligence, her ability to be more empathic, more empathetic, and she did phenomenal work. She worked hard, you know, like an Olympic athlete, you train you, you consider your behavior, and you have those positive interactions with people. But one day, something happened at work. It was a tipping point for her. Instead of just collecting her thoughts, realizing she was possibly going to say something that she might later regret, or take a walk around the block, she very publicly and very loudly vented. Telling everyone her feelings in a matter of less than 10 seconds. She eliminated all of the great work that she had done before.Ray Loewe13:01Yeah, what do you do?Ashley Allen13:03I think in that moment, again, recognize when you are having those moments, when you believe that you are shifting from being who you want to be, to perhaps someone who you don't want to be. Just be mindful of that, be intentional about that, and recognize, should you stop a conversation? If emotions are high, or if you're in a conflict situation, things of that nature, just say, "I think we need to put a pause here, let's get back together and discuss this when emotions aren't so high, we all need a little bit of time". Recognize those moments. That doesn't mean you can't be have healthy debate or be passionate about something; but when we think about the values that we want to reflect, kind of clue yourself in on those times when you're going against the grain when you're going against that positive image that you'd like.Ray Loewe13:59Sure, sure. How do you train for that? I mean, you know, what, what can you do?Ashley Allen14:04I think it's heightened awareness. I think it's not just as when you are understanding who you are and who you want to be at, at this stage in your life and going forward. It's through heightened awareness. It's also you can have accountability buddies on this too. You can have brand buddies. You can have people who know you will and can give you positive feedback, or kind of give you feedback that is important for you to hear. I think personally, it's a way for you, yourself to just be in touch enough with who you are that you know when you are diverging from the personal brand that you want to reflect.Ray Loewe14:51Now, you know, I'm thinking about how easy it is to ruin all the work that you did, you know, it could be a Facebook post. Yep. Okay. It could be having too much to drink at a party and saying the wrong thing to the wrong people. Thanks for making me really concerned about this. Ashley Allen15:17I think we all want, we all want to show a wonderful range of emotions and again, be passionate about the things we're passionate about. But I think too, and again, this, oftentimes, we think of this in a business sense, but know your audience. Think about the person you're speaking with, to whom you're speaking, and understand and think about how your words are going to fall.Ray Loewe15:38Okay, so I think it's really important to put this whole thing in perspective here. I mean, we talk about if you want to feel lucky, if you want to be one of the luckiest people in the world, you're going to do a bunch of things. Number one, you're going to make the rules work for you. Number two, you're probably going to look for positive outcomes, you're going to try and make sure you're in a good mood most of the time. Then you're going to design your life so that you live in under your terms. Part of that though, it's not good enough to just say this is who I am, you got to look at how the world is going to look at you. I think the luckiest people in the world take their time to do that. Because nobody wants to have these confrontations later. Nobody wants to say, you know, I've worked so hard for this, and I blew it all by doing something stupid in a moment. We're gonna need to come back at this. At some point, I need some time to think about this. But of all the things I think I've done that are stupid, and I've done many of them, by the way. In fact, I'm probably the king of stupidity. I've just been really lucky that I haven't been caught here. I think that this whole concept of knowing who you are, and how you're perceived, and then protecting this perception is really, really critical. So let's change the subject because I want to get onto really important things. One of the things that you do is you take the edge off of thinking about aging, and you think about living. So you came up with two things on our last podcast. You were talking about the fact that one of the ways you keep from getting to be an old codger is you play a musical instrument, or learn to play one, or you learn a foreign language. So let's talk about that for a minute, then give us an update on where you are, and then let me lament what you've done to me.Ashley Allen17:58I love this. I love this. I was so hoping we were talking. When we spoke last time, I had mentioned that I believe the two of the best ways to preserve your brain health, as you go through the decades, is to learn a new language, second, or third, however many. And also, as you said, to play a musical instrument, I chose to learn to play the fiddle. I chose to learn this about six years ago. Well, no one told me how hard it is to play the fiddle. As I said last time, I have learned so much about myself. I've learned so much about learning, and about being new at something, and about being excited about something, and about failing at every level. But I also said last time, it is something that it's counterintuitive. You can be so bad at something but enjoy it thoroughly. That's still the case with me. I am a little better than when we spoke several months ago, but perhaps not a lot. But it is something that is a cumulative effort. It's something that you learn every piece by piece, note by note, minute by minute. I am absolutely thrilled to hear that this is going to mean adventure that you're going to take too, right?Ray Loewe19:20Well, I'm not so sure about that. So let me finish the story over here. So after you picked up the fiddle, I was talking to my wife, Sandy, and she thought it was a great idea. What she did is, she bought me a ukulele. That ukulele sat in a box for two years. It got moved from the old place to the new place and sat in storage for a long time. It came out here because we actually have where I live now ukulele club. We had entertainment the other day of 40 people who had no idea what they're doing. Playing ukulele and it was just an absolutely fun time because everybody was singing along. Everybody has smile on their face. So I was also telling this story to Sandy that I'm so bad at music that I failed recorder or flute when I was in elementary school. So this year, I got a recorder for Christmas. Yeah, I think that one's gonna stay in the box, but the ukulele is out. I'm pattern this after you because I think this is part of the perception I have of you. In this case, it's not necessarily of an accomplished musician, is a person who is having an incredible amount of fun with something.Ashley Allen20:47Oh, absolutely. The other aspect of it, which to me is so much a part of being one of the luckiest people in the world of lifelong learning, it's learning something new, It's taking a risk. If you were to hear me play, you know, it is a risk to listen. And it is, but it's just going in there learning for learning sake. It doesn't necessarily mean towards a goal, or qualification, or certification, or degree. It's just the joy of learning. But like you have understood with your ukulele ensemble, that it's also a community. It's the people that you meet along the way, when you start that activity when you start that goal. I've just been exposed to people who are phenomenally talented, and I have such a deep respect for what it takes to be that kind of fiddle player. Just learning step by step and it's humbling. It's very humbling. But I think every once in a while, we need to kind of have a little dose of humility. So I think that's a good lesson too.Ray Loewe21:56Well, unfortunately, we're nearing the end of our time here. I wanted to make sure that you came back on the show because you're such a critical part of our new book. You're a critical part of my life going forward. You're part of the luckiest people in the world community. I think everybody can see why when we talk about your passion about branding and being aware, and protecting your brand. Also talking about just joining a community and being a fiddler. So thank you so much for being with us. You got to come buy the book and read about Ashley. It's a wonderful experience in and of itself, it's worth whatever the books gonna cost.Ashley Allen22:43Well, Ray, as I said, at the very beginning, I cannot wait because I think that you are giving such a gift to so many people at precisely the right time. Your process for thinking about breaking the rules, of changing the rules, and understanding yourself, and giving people a distinct process. It's an incredible endeavor and an incredible gift. So thank you.Ray Loewe23:11Okay, well, Taylor, sign us off. And Ashley, thanks for being with us today.Ashley Allen23:16It's been my pleasure.Kris Parsons23:18Thank you for listening to changing the rules, a weekly podcast about people who are living their best life and how you can figure out how to do that too. Join us with your lively host, Ray Loewe, better known as the luckiest guy in the world.

In this episode, Ashley Allen Bird of @momma.bird.08 and I are discussing the main differences between Homeschooling and Virtual Learning. This episode was created with the intention of educating those new to what true Homeschooling is and how to get started if you're interested in going down that path for your family. Be sure to say hello to Ashley on Instagram at https://www.Instagram.com/Momma.bird.08. ***Be sure to check out my blog post reviewing the AirDoctor Pro https://www.itsmeladyg.com/airdoctor-air-filter-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-before-you-buy-it-2021/. Check out the Black Friday Sale from AirDoctor Pro from 11/23/2021-12/7/2021 https://www.airdoctorpro.com/?src=affiliate&aid=64729. FTC DISCLOSURE: These links are affiliate links. All opinions are my own. *** Follow me on Instagram https://www.Instagram.com/WELLWITHTIFFANY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wellnesswithtiffany/support

On this episode of #MinistryNow, Ashley Allen joins us to discuss why women's ministry shouldn't be just about women.

When a series of unsettling Facebook posts send neighbors to the home of DeeDee Blanchard and her seriously ill and wheelchair-bound daughter, police find a crime scene and a found Gypsy, who is completely capable of walking and not sick in the slightest. It's clear that this case is not all it's cracked up to be. We bring on a professional guest, social worker Ashley Allen, to discuss matters in the case and what has changed since this all came to light. Instagram: @nope_im_scaredTwitter: @nope_im_scaredEmail: nopeimscaredpodcast@gmail.comSend in your listener stories!

Friends of the show and hosts of the "Why Did We Ever Meet?" podcast, Wes and Ashley Allen, join Scrump and Stank this week to talk about the 2019 film "Midsommar" as well as talking about Halloween traditions and what it's like being a parent for Halloween. Also Scrump and Stank talk about the shenanigans on the Chris Jericho Cruise, the new Spider-Man: No Way Home poster, the upcoming Hulk movie, and more! Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro.   Patreon Merchandise   Sponsors: Freelance Wrestling   Guerrilla Publishing Use promo code PWTCAST for 20% off anything on the website.   M3Toys Use promo code PWTCAST for 10% off anything on the website.   Social Media: Twitter Instagram 

I've got my friend, Ashley, joining me for this episode. Ashley's family is debt-free, and they have some really unique & unconventional ideas for saving money and living frugally. She's got a wealth of knowledge in this area, and she shares so many ideas for how you can Win with Money in your life too! 

Rae's mission is to bring a support system to folks who are strayed from and trying to reconnect to their roots. Check out their story of where they come from, where they're going, and how they are looking to bring folks along with them. Stay tuned till the end for a special announcement from Melinda! Special recognition to Campfire Stories Alumni, Miranda Ragland, Ashley Allen, and Devohnne Moore. And a hearty thank you to returning Melinda Smith for being co-host. Connect with Rae on Twitter or on their website strayedroots. As mentioned in the episode, find out more about what Bitwise is doing for underrepresented groups in tech or reach out to Stacey or Melinda for more info on Consultant Crew. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sfcampfire/message

After a month hiatus due to work commitments, Tales of the LGBTQ+ returns to the airways!Jocelyn Lapointe and Ashley Allen are the guests and they share many bonds with each other.  it is evident there is a deep love between both of them as their glow, their hand holding and their words express their feelings about each other.But they are more than just their relationship.  Coming from faith-based backgrounds, they are striving towards an Edmonton that is safe for unhoused folk battling addiction.  Safe Reduction Sites Saves Lives.  Science and facts support this statement and both Jocelyn and Ashley share their knowledge on this topic. You have a homework assignment, Listeners!  Become educated.  It will save lives.For the shopping links mentioned,Majesty and Friends - https://www.instagram.com/majestyandfriends/Lady Cox Collection - https://www.instagram.com/ladycoxcollection/Bailey - You are loved and I wish the world got to see more of your heart, kindness and beautiful nature.  My heart is broken.  Our hearts are broken learning you are no longer with us.  May your wings soar into the next world.  That world gained a beautiful one and this world is lesser because of it.  We will never forget you.“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” – DuwamishBriteline    www.briteline.ca     1-844-702-7483Trans LifeLine   www.tranlifesline.ca    1-877-330-6366Kid's Help Phone  1-800-668-6868  or type "CONNECT" to 686868Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TalesLGBTQ+)

June / July is celebrated as the ‘Gay Pride Month' in many parts of the world. It is dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community and their struggle against discrimination and social ostracisation. Standing in solidarity and reaffirming our commitment to representing voices from all communities - we at Forcepreneur have a very special episode for you. Our guest Ashley Allen is the founder & CEO of ITequality. Launched in 2017 ITequality has a long history of employing underprivileged people and training them to become Salesforce professionals. She is one of the first to start a certified LGBT-Business Enterprise that is a federally recognized diversity supplier. Ashley shares with us how she came up with the idea of starting ITequality, the tough decisions she had to make like coming out as a LGBT-Business enterprise, downsizing the team because of COVID and rebuilding her business. She remarks on how important a role the people around her played in helping her overcome her anxieties and empowered her to be where she is today. When you face your fears, you discover that they were not as big of a threat as you thought them to be. All we need is a well rooted powerful motivator that helps us overcome our fears and reveal our true strength and capabilities. Pride Month may look different this year, but we must remember to do all that we can to support and celebrate this diverse and vibrant community. Here's wishing you a Happy Pride

This episode is an unofficial, incomplete and messy as hell introduction to the concept of Virtuish. Kelsey and Ashley Allen discuss their experience with spirituality, politics and the insecurity-driving American system over the last year. As always, these conversations are ongoing & we'd love you to be a part of them. If you like this content, we ask that you please subscribe, review & share! Show notes are available at https://kelseyfurlong.substack.com/p/its-time-to-stop-avoiding-the-mess Connect with us on Instagram @virtuish_ // @kelseyfurlong_ // @ashleygracehudson

This episode is an unofficial, incomplete and messy as hell introduction to the concept of Virtuish. Kelsey and Ashley Allen discuss their experience with spirituality, politics and the insecurity-driving American system over the last year. As always, these conversations are ongoing & we'd love you to be a part of them. If you like this content, we ask that you please subscribe, review & share! Show notes are available at https://kelseyfurlong.substack.com/p/its-time-to-stop-avoiding-the-mess Connect with us on Instagram @virtuish_ // @kelseyfurlong_ // @ashleygracehudson

Happy Canada Day Yoga Posers! Did they say "Yoga Posers"? Surely they're trying to think of the title of a Kevin Smith movie they love, right?? Nope, we meat what we said and we said what we meant. With the help of Yogi, Ashley Allen from WDWEM, we're posing in yoga poses while drafting our favorite Canadians! Go follow @whydidweevermeet (https://www.instagram.com/whydidweevermeet/) for more from The Allen Club, and @thedraftpod_official (https://www.instagram.com/thedraftpod_official/) for more from us. As always go to www.jabroniu.com (https://jabroniu.com/) for all the great content JUPN has to offer! Video of this episode will be available on Jabroni U's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2hW2oTTtnleFRiJ57aJC0Q) channel.

Today is all about hustle culture! Do you ever feel like you're falling behind no matter how hard your working? Is your mind or body saying "something not right" when you're hustling away at your job or side hustle? Then today's episode is for you, we give you the real talk and tips on how to identify your hustle and how to do it healthier with our first ever guest Ashley Allen.  Ways to connect with Ashley: The Fuel Her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fuelher-podcast-empowering-christian-woman-to-hustle/id1538372899 Ashley's IG handle: @ashleyanallen   Book talked about: "How to Argue so your spouse will listen" by Sharon May https://www.amazon.com/Argue-Your-Spouse-Will-Listen/dp/0849918685/ref=asc_df_0849918685/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312129792228&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3799283795126973869&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016103&hvtargid=pla-570385806365&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258872617&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312129792228&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3799283795126973869&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016103&hvtargid=pla-570385806365

Ashley Allen is an IFBB Fitness Professional, certified personal trainer, certified pre/postnatal fitness coach, and a certified fitness nutrition specialist. She is passionate about helping mamas overcome obstacles, define their personal fitness goals, and work hard to reach them.To keep in touch with Ashley, follow her on Instagram at @ashleyallenfit.Or visit her website at Ashleyallenfit.com.

This week: Amy Hall, vice-president social consciousness at apparel brand Eileen Fisher, on supply chain impacts and supplier collaboration, and Ashley Allen from Mars, Kati Kaskeala from Kellogg and Dave Stangis from Campbell Soup on agri sector emissions. Plus soy sector monitoring in the cerrado, zero-emissions dairy, and Primark's 100% sustainable cotton jeans, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh

Ashley Allen, climate and land senior manager, Mars, talks with Toby Webb about the company's stretching commitments on climate change. To achieve its ‘sustainable in a generation' plan, Mars has set ambitious targets for its operations and supply chains. This includes analysing the ingredients – and from where they are sourced – in its branded products for greenhouse gas impacts, to find the best ingredients at the lowest impact.

This week Mars's climate and land senior manager Ashley Allen talks with Toby Webb about commitments to climate change and how the business has developed science-based targets for its full value chain. Plus Jamie Barsimantov, chief operating officer at Supply Shift, and Ian Welsh discuss supply chain best practice trends. And, in the news roundup: new livestock sector index that demonstrates concerning lack of progress on impacts, evidence why a 1.5C global temperature limit makes real financial sense, and good news from Thailand with the quashing of human rights defender Andy Hall's conviction relating to his work on forced labour. Hosted by Ian Welsh