Podcasts about Baby Beluga

Picture it: you are sitting in a doctor's office some time in your childhood. What magazine is strewn about the waiting area? For this episode, we tackled a publication that is probably tucked away in the recesses of your memory bank: Highlights Magazine. For decades, young people have sent letters to Highlights, a magazine especially designed by psychologists for kids*.* Some of these letters have been preserved in an archive in Ohio. Dear Highlights is a curated collection of some of these letters and a kind of "time capsule" of childhood. We talk about what changes over time in these letters--and what doesn't change in the responses. We also learn a thing or two from the editors' replies, such as how to get Baby Beluga out of your head once it's stuck (a real question asked of Highlights staff). Original air date: April 20, 2022

In this episode, we're journeying back to 1980 with a children's classic that has enchanted generations: Raffi's "Baby Beluga." Known for its joyful melodies and gentle themes, this album isn't just for kids—it's a testament to the enduring power of music to bring people together, no matter their age. This episode is dedicated to Nick Opalewski

Books Our 3 and 4 Year Olds Currently Love Reading: Leo Lionni books: Fish is Fish, Swimmy, Cornelius, and A Color of His OwnCaps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne The Gardener by Sarah StewartWendle and The Robots by Chris Riddell Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary  an 8 Volume Set  Construction Site Farming All Year Long  by Sherri Duskey Rinker Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonLibrary Lion by Michelle KnudsenGeorge and Martha by James Marshall The Best Lowly Worm Book Ever by Richard Scarry The Stray Dog by Marc Simont The Usborne Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths How Do Flowers Grow by Katie Daynes The Usborne Musical Series - Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and other classical musical booksDragons Love Tacos 2 by Adam RubinThe Grumpy Monkey Series by Suzanne Lang The Three Little Javelina's by Susan Lowell The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett Also, Baby Books We Love the 3rd Time Around:The Raffi collection: Wheels on the Bus, Baby Beluga, Five Little Ducks, and Down by the BayBrown Bear Brown Bear & Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleDear Zoo by Rod CampellThe Little Owl Series by Divya SrinivasanPart 1 and Part 2 of Toddler Books We Currently Love:Toddler Books We Currently Love, Part 1 - Episode 13Toddler Books We Currently Love, Part 2 - Episode 46

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This week, producer Cameron Drews talks to the legendary children's musician Raffi Cavoukian, who's best known for songs like “Baby Beluga” and “Bananaphone.” In the interview, Raffi discusses his pivot to kids music in the mid-'70s and the creative choices that went into one of his most beloved albums, Singable Songs for the Very Young. He also talks about his decision not to market directly to kids, his climate activism, and a philosophy he developed called “Child Honoring.”  After the interview, Cameron and co-host Karen Han discuss how artists can follow their instincts while keeping their audience in mind.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, producer Cameron Drews talks to the legendary children's musician Raffi Cavoukian, who's best known for songs like “Baby Beluga” and “Bananaphone.” In the interview, Raffi discusses his pivot to kids music in the mid-'70s and the creative choices that went into one of his most beloved albums, Singable Songs for the Very Young. He also talks about his decision not to market directly to kids, his climate activism, and a philosophy he developed called “Child Honoring.”  After the interview, Cameron and co-host Karen Han discuss how artists can follow their instincts while keeping their audience in mind.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, producer Cameron Drews talks to the legendary children's musician Raffi Cavoukian, who's best known for songs like “Baby Beluga” and “Bananaphone.” In the interview, Raffi discusses his pivot to kids music in the mid-'70s and the creative choices that went into one of his most beloved albums, Singable Songs for the Very Young. He also talks about his decision not to market directly to kids, his climate activism, and a philosophy he developed called “Child Honoring.”  After the interview, Cameron and co-host Karen Han discuss how artists can follow their instincts while keeping their audience in mind.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, producer Cameron Drews talks to the legendary children's musician Raffi Cavoukian, who's best known for songs like “Baby Beluga” and “Bananaphone.” In the interview, Raffi discusses his pivot to kids music in the mid-'70s and the creative choices that went into one of his most beloved albums, Singable Songs for the Very Young. He also talks about his decision not to market directly to kids, his climate activism, and a philosophy he developed called “Child Honoring.”  After the interview, Cameron and co-host Karen Han discuss how artists can follow their instincts while keeping their audience in mind.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear how to identify your values and live them every day Today you will meet Shayna Bergman, a terrific executive leadership coach with big ideas to help you find your way during these challenging times of change. Her goal is to empower you to unlock your personal potential. Shayna specializes in helping people achieve deeper meaning and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives through authentic leadership and clarity of purpose. She believes, as do I, that you have to have a purpose-driven life. There has to be something that really motivates and drives you, a North Star. Need help finding yours? Listen in! Watch and listen to our conversation here What is the purpose that you're living toward? With a focus on parents in executive and leadership positions, Shayna challenges her clients to look deeply at themselves by reflecting on their values, dreams, limiting beliefs and inner critics. She then helps them create an action plan that inspires breakthroughs and leads to sustainable change. Shayna's most successful clients are those who are dedicated to evolving their best selves and fostering that growth in others. You can connect with Shayna on LinkedIn or her website.  For more guidance on living a purpose-driven life, try these: Podcast: Lisa McLeod—If You Want To Succeed, You Must Find Your Noble Purpose Podcast: Rebecca Morrison—Women, Are You Ready To Find Your Happiness? Is It All Around You? Podcast: Linda Vettrus-Nichols—Challenged? Stuck? What If You Are In Control Of Yourself? Additional resources for you My two award-winning books: Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Businessand On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights Our website: Simon Associates Management Consultants   Read the transcript of our podcast here Andi Simon: Welcome to On the Brink With Andi Simon. Hi, I'm Andi Simon. And as you know, I'm your host and your guide. I'm also an author of two award winning books, and you might want to read them to learn more about how I help people change. My podcast, though, is dedicated to bringing you very interesting people, people who are going to help you do what I want you to do: see, feel and think in new ways because that's the only way you change. You decide with your eyes and your heart, so how do they make you feel? And if they make you feel really cool, you're going to listen carefully and begin to think about how this person can help me change. Change is something your brain hates, trust me. So today I have Shayna Bergman with us. And Shayna is an absolutely wonderful woman who's here to help you understand how to balance life. I'm not going to talk about work-life balance. The pandemic has told us there is no thing called work-life balance. That's just life. And we work in it and we take care of family with it and we take care of parents with it. Let me read her resume a little bit and then she'll tell you about her story. Shana is a passionate, results-oriented coach who empowers motivated individuals to unlock their potential. She has a proven track record of helping people achieve deeper meaning and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. She does it through authentic leadership and clarity of purpose. We're going to talk a lot about a purpose-driven life today. Because at the end of the day, it probably should be the first thing you think about. With a focus on executive and leadership positions, Shana challenges her clients to look deeply at themselves by reflecting on their values, their dreams, and limiting their beliefs and inner critics. You know who's talking to you. Remember, your brain runs faster. You're thinking all the time, you're thinking all night long. And then you have a conversation. It wasn't what you were thinking anyhow, and what happens next? She challenges her clients to really look deeply at themselves. And that's what we're going to do today. She helps them create an action plan that inspires breakthroughs, and leads to sustainable change. And she and I both know that's not easy. That's about all I'm going to share with you about Shayna because I want her to tell you her story and it is much richer than anything I can read. And then we're going to get into what she does to help you, parents, or even those prospective parents to understand how to balance life and have one that fulfills you, at the same time you have many of the things that you think are important, and don't ditch one for another. And make sure you have the right room and collaborators, partners to help you get there. Shayna, thank you for being with me today. Shayna Bergman: Thanks for having me on, Andi. Andi Simon: Can you tell our listeners and our viewers who Shayna is, what's your journey been like? Shayna Bergman: Yes, so my journey toward this life started at a very early age, earlier than most people probably could even guess. And it started when I was three years old. And the reason it started when I was three is because my parents used to take me and my brother on road trips in our 1985 Oldsmobile station wagon. And we'd be sitting in the car, and I would want to be listening to Raffi, the children's singer who used to sing "Baby Beluga," and instead, my parents would be listening to Tony Robbins. And they were listening to Tony Robbins because they were building a dental practice and they really found him to be quite motivational. So from a very, very early age, I was hearing all about motivation and believing in yourself and how we can get in our own way. And after hearing those tapes at the time, and then hearing the CDs through the years, and then hearing my parents' dinner table conversation, I really found great passion and understanding how people ticked and how they got in their way of really reaching their fullest potential. And so I took a journey toward the side of HR. And I figured, well, if I could, if I believe in this, I could really help people from the side of human resources. And so I went to GW to get my bachelor's degree in communications with a focus on organizational sciences and French. I then transitioned to NYU for my masters where I got my HR leadership management and development degree with a focus and executive coaching. And I was working in the world of corporations, everything from startups to multi-billion dollar companies. In that way, I was able to learn how I could help and motivate people from the side of human resources and being a strategic business partner. And yet I knew still that there was more I had in me that I hadn't yet tapped into and I knew I wanted to go the route of executive and leadership coaching. And I also knew I needed to have the experience that I had lived to have the ability to talk to my clients head-to-head to really understand what it was that they're going through and to say I've lived it myself. So, I eventually sort of woke up to "the time is now" and I went and got my certification in executive leadership coaching, as well as in core dynamics and leadership focus, and basically transitioned that into having my own practice. And so now, I work one-on-one with leaders. I do workshops, I do podcasts and I speak. And that's really sort of how I got to where I am now. And being able to partner with parents who are in executive and leadership roles. Andi Simon: I can hear a little Tony Robbins still coming through. Shayna Bergman: There's probably a lot of that. Yeah, I think so. Andi Simon: Because you know, the stories that we hear, change our minds, and even as a child, they were forming in your mind view of the world, and how to mobilize it, and inspire it and succeed within it. And it's a very interesting history that you have. And I can't tell you how many women told me their most important person in their lives was their mother, and the stories that she told. But as you're thinking about this, you became who you are. And that served as a foundation for helping others. Where are women today, as we come out of the pandemic? Are you seeing the patterns changing? Are the challenges that your clients and others listening here are facing, different? I mean, I can truly share mine, but I'd love you to share what you're seeing, and how can that help them begin to understand that the times have changed? We're not going back to what it was. You might have liked it, but you don't remember it, really. And now you're going to try and figure out what's next and what is my purpose. What do you see? Shayna Bergman: Yeah, so I think that there's been an awakening. I think during the pandemic, people, women, mothers in particular, as they were schooling their children, changing diapers, leading meetings, whatever it is that they're doing, I think that they realized that something's got to give, and that the way that we were living life before is going to lead to burnout. It's living a life that somebody else has laid out for you, and not necessarily the life that maybe they wanted. And I lived that myself during the pandemic. So I know that story very well. And yet, I think that while that awakening happened, I am now seeing with my clients this return to a little bit of what was its expectations to be back in the office, expectations to be burning the midnight oil, expectations to be connected all the time because we can. And so I think that the tension that was there pre-pandemic escalated to an awareness during the pandemic. And I think now it's reached an all-time high, where people are now really saying, something's gotta give. And so I think people now have a chance to change the trajectory of their lives. We wake up every day with a choice. And I think people are realizing that they have that with them. And I think, in some cases, that's very scary. And they're trying to figure out, what do I do with all these feelings that I'm having, that I was sort of on this hamster wheel before and now I'm realizing I have a chance to step off. What do I do with that? Andi Simon: Well that requires us to take a look in the mirror and begin to ask, who am I now, and what is my identity? It's a journey. And so we made it through the pandemic, hopefully, I hope. And now we're looking at others pulling us back to what they thought was the way to be. We have some choices and now we have the dilemma of the paradox of choice. Barry Schwartz wrote a great book on the paradox of choice. And that too many choices make us immobilized. We can't make any choices. So do you have a process to help people begin to sort out the options and how to make the right choices for the next stage? Is there a framework or is it just a hope? Shayna Bergman: Yeah, that's a great question. And I love the book, The Paradox of Choice. I love that book. It was so before its time. So it was better. So here's what I would say: Yes, I have a framework. And it also differs from person to person. Here's where I would say I go generally. So I think it's important to take a person and help them understand where am I today. What is it that I'm dealing with? What am I experiencing? What is and isn't working? What are the things that I bring to the table that I want more of? What do I want to be saying yes to and where can I be saying no? What are the obstacles and the roadblocks that are getting in my way on a regular basis? So I think that's first. I think, second is figuring out where I want to go. What am I looking for? That's different, and I think a lot of people think they want more, they want bigger, they want better. And I think a lot of people now, post-pandemic, realize that maybe that's not quite the perspective they want to have. Maybe it's just different and different is better. And so it's really figuring out, and I think of it like a map, where am I today? Where do I want to go? And then we discuss how we are going to get there. And that is the piece that's highly customizable and varies person to person. Because there are some people who are ready to jump, they don't care what risks they're going to take. They just know that they want to make a change, and they want somebody to hold their hand as they jump out of the plane. And then I have other people without a parachute. And I have a lot of people that say, No, no, please, I don't want to do it, I'm not ready. But they know something has to happen. And so for those people, we spend a lot more time peeling back the onion, and really trying to get at the root of what's getting in the way. And there are all kinds of things that get in our way, whether it's the limiting beliefs we have, whether it's the stories we're telling ourselves, whether it's the things that we interpret a certain way or maybe just our perspective, or maybe it's the inner critic that we have. But this is what creates obstacles and keeps us stuck. And now we can wish and hope that some stars are going to fall upon us and things are going to change. And maybe that happens once in a blue moon, but, the reality is, things aren't going to change unless you start to take bold action. And sometimes it's imperfect action. But without that, you're not going to change at all. Andi Simon: So I'm a corporate anthropologist and a culture change expert, as I tell my listeners, who specializes in helping organizations and the people inside them change. And whether it's an organization or an individual, the brain hates me. It creates all kinds of cortisol, the amygdala hijacks new ideas, even if the old ones aren't working. And I say that to our listeners so that you understand, it's not personal. Your human evolution has allowed you to thrive because of the stories that are in your mind that you believe to be your truth. It's an illusion of what's real. But once you have them in there, that's the way it is now, you're not happy. Shayna is working with you saying, what do you want more of or less of, and you know it, but you need a process or a framework to begin to take a look at what makes you high while shallow, so that you have a process for beginning to think about what you're going to do less, what you're never going to change, what you're going to stop, and what you're going to start, which is the most off-putting part. I'm not going to say it's scary, but it's unfamiliar. And that's where I love Oprah and her small wins, a step at a time, and that's where you begin to try things, test them. You're going to have to break old stories and create new ones. And it becomes a real good thing to have a coach to help you think out loud. How do you first make them take a look at who they are? Can you share a little bit more about what happens next? Shayna Bergman: Yes, absolutely. And I'll talk a little bit more about that first piece, because I do something that's really special. I do what's called the ELA, the Energy Leadership Index Assessment. And it's basically a test that allows somebody, if they answer questions truthfully, to understand what their energy is like on a regular day. So what happens to their engagement, what happens to their motivation, what happens to how they show up day to day when the day is good, and things are going in their favor. And then it also spits out basically what happens to them when they're stressed on a bad day, and how their motivation and their engagement and how they show up is impacted when under stress. And it's a starting point for us, especially because people are not always self-aware. Some are but not everybody. But it's a starting point for us to have a conversation around what works for you. And then, how are you hijacked. How was your brain hijacked? And everybody is different, everybody's test comes out different, but it creates a conversation. And what it also does is, it creates education and a language for me and my clients to share, where basically we discuss the seven levels of energy, that they have one being sort of the lowest level of energy that's not working for you where you're in high stress, all the way up to the seventh level of energy, which we would consider to be extremely high consciousness, high choice. And it allows us to be able to have this awareness of what's happening to me in this particular situation, and what level am I at? What level do I want to be at? And what is it going to take to get there? And so it really breaks down in a much more tangible way the steps that somebody can start to take, speaking to the small steps that you just mentioned, that Oprah talks about. And you know, a journey begins with a single step, that concept for them to understand how they can safely dip their toe into something that might feel a little bit new and a little bit scary. And as you know from studies of the brain, our brains have deep grooves that are habits. That's how we react and how we respond to certain situations. And it takes those little minute tiny steps time after time after time to start to create a new groove in the brain. It's like building muscle. You don't go lifting 500 pounds, you start with one pound and you lift one pound until that feels lighter. And then you go to two pounds. I do the same thing with my clients, it's little steps. And like I said, some make bigger leaps than others in different amounts of time. It varies across the board. But whatever it is, is normal for you. It's not good or bad. It's normal. Andi Simon: Yeah, it's interesting because in so many ways, women have achieved enormous success. You know, 60% of college graduates are women, more than half the doctors are women, half of dentists are women. 65% of the accountants are women. 40% of the attorneys are women. I could go on. We haven't quite moved up into the C-suite or into the partnership yet. And in some places, the women are the worker bees, while the men are the managers, I get that. On the other hand, a guide path to a happy life has been missing. And for both my clients and yours, there's no college degree to a happy life. There's no really early training on how to assess what's working and what is not. And consequently, we get these words like burnout, depression, anxiety, the amount of pills that are taken to quiet the mind, that's telling you, this isn't where you should be. But, there's no training on how to be. And I actually met a guy who's a vigorous and happy coach. And he has a book, So I'm Happiness. I said, oh my goodness, we have to actually teach happiness. Will we know it when we find it? In a way, as you're guiding the folks, do they go through a transformation? I couldn't agree with you more. You know, our brains are habit driven. And they're perfectly happy doing the old habits in a very efficient way, and they really don't want to learn something new. But as you're rooming with them, when do they have that epiphany I always think of that aha moment when they go, "Ah, that's what's going to work." I love it when they do it! Shayna Bergman: I do love those aha breakthrough moments. And I think those are sparks of joy. Because we are also our bodies. And you know, being human, we do love development. We love changing. We love evolution, that's something that we seek. And it is those little sparks, this little "A-ha!" that creates that growth like, "Ooh, I learned something new. I succeeded at something," big or small. And I really try to stop and celebrate those moments with my clients when they have that realization, or they did something that felt bold, to let them know, Yes, you can do it. And you can keep going. And sometimes it takes us sort of looking backwards and saying, Well, when have you done something like that in the past? Take me through that. And a lot of times, we forget that we've overcome big barriers and challenges before, maybe we didn't see it that way. We didn't think about it. But some of the work I do with my clients is realizing you've actually done this before. So you can do it again. And I think it's through that journey, that some of that joy starts to come out a little bit in those moments of growth. And the growth happens in the times of being uncomfortable. It doesn't happen when things are status quo. You know, yes, there's joy and comfort. There's joy in knowing what you can expect. But the excitement comes when there's something new that's happening. And I like to think about it almost like a roller coaster. It's like, you have that steady climb upwards, and you're nervous about what is going to be on the other side. And then there's joy, and there's laughter as you're taking the twists and turns and the ups and the downs. That is part of the experience. And you and I really believe you can't have joy without moments of sadness. I think the two have to go hand in hand in order to be able to experience them. And I think they all serve a purpose. And so if you think about touching a hot stove, it hurts. And that makes you move your hand. It's the same thing when you have sadness, or you have anger or you have frustration, that emotion is giving you a cue to know what to do next. And so I think that all of those things serve in some way, but it's just learning how to read them and how to know what to do with them. Andi Simon: It's a whole language and it's so fascinating. I was interviewing someone earlier today. We're writing my third book, and it's called Women Mean Business. And that should come out September 2023. But in that interview, she made a good point: Watch out for the balance. It's the imbalance that propels you forward. And that's what you're saying. Because when everything seems fine, the status quo is good. You are going to become complacent. And that complacency is going to keep you from seeing what's possible, and where you're going. Now, you and I could talk a great deal about this. I want to talk more about purpose and a purpose-driven life, purpose-driven companies. It's become almost a cliche, but I think it is an extremely important and missing part of having a life worth living. What do you see? Shayna Bergman: Yeah, I totally agree. And I know having come from the last company I was at, especially as we're hiring and bringing in new people, we're seeing, especially with this generation, this desire not to just work and make money, but to do something that is for a bigger purpose for the greater good. This warms my heart, because I think that has been lacking where everything has been only bottom line driven. And yes, that is a component of business, right? But if you know that there's some greater purpose to what it is that you're doing and what your company is doing, I think it does create this feeling of fulfillment and that there is more to your life. But I do believe you have to have a purpose-driven life. There has to be something that really motivates and drives you. And I think a lot of people will go back to the hamster wheel. They're on this hamster wheel, and they don't even know what it is that they care about anymore because they're going through the motions. To partner with somebody, with a coach in particular, who's going to ask you powerful questions that allow you to reflect and to really touch base with what it is that you care about deeply, what your values are, what drives you, what gets you out of bed in the morning, to me, that is what creates that life of fulfillment and that life of purpose. But so many of us have just gotten caught up and wake up, go to work, get the kids fed, give them a bath, get to bed, do it again the next day, that we've lost sight of what that is. And so I think it's got to be at the forefront of what it is that you're doing and who you are. And to me, that's the North Star. That's how you decide. Everything that you do in your life is in my mind living toward whatever my particular purpose is, and maybe it changes, but to not have anything that you're working for and just to be getting to the next day, which I hear a lot of — I just want to get to the next day — that's not going to be a life of fulfillment. Andi Simon: Well, it's also not a life worth living. You're right. But there's also one other part to that. And that's self-care. And they're connected. I do think that if you don't take care of yourself, then you can't really either fulfill your purpose or take care of others. And our job is so much of caretakers. Your thoughts on self-care? Shayna Bergman: Yeah, so I have a saying that I like to share with people. I call it SCORE. So the S is for sunshine, so you have to get outside every day. The C is for connection. So that means getting together with friends and family, connecting to other people is critical. In fact, the happiest places on Earth are places where people live in these tribal communities where there's a lot of connection. And that's a big piece of who they are. The O is for oxygen. And so I say that in terms of breathing, meditating, taking a moment to have some peace and calm in your day, recognizing when you haven't been breathing deeply, and you're feeling stressed and tense and your shoulders are shrugged up. And just relaxing and taking a deep breath and what that does for you. The R is for rehydrate. So make sure that you are drinking lots and lots of water and eating right. And I call it SCORE, and it's how I keep score on the day. Did I do these basic things? And I think as silly as it sounds, we forget sometimes that the basics are what sets you up for the rest of it. And so if you've been sitting inside in a dark room all day and you haven't gotten outside, you've got to go get some sunshine. It will make you feel better, you will sleep better, it will regulate your biological needs. I mean, there's just a lot of things that need to happen that we forget to do because we're sacrificing our care for somebody else's checklist. Andi Simon: And that makes it very difficult to be the kind of person that you really want to be and smile at the end of the day. It's interesting because with all of the smart, trained women, we're also watching them struggle with how to be smart about themselves and really have something, because what you say and how, like your parents and Tony Robbins, leave an impression on those children of yours, and even on your spouse or your parents or your friends. Remember, the stories we tell change the story in the minds of those hearing them. And they evolve and you don't realize it but you're changing something that's then passed on to the next generation. And when I was teasing Shayna that she sounds a little like Tony Robbins, it becomes part of your story and what you hear, and you've got this great movie going on in your head. Be intentional about it. Think carefully about the curiosity that you need, the self-care that you've got, it's really an important time to take care of you and it's okay to do that. It's not terrible, and you're not broken. You're just on to the next phase. And it's not that you're sick or you need pills, it's now you need a purpose and you need a guide to help you get going. This has been so fun. Some last thoughts: two or three things you want us not to forget, and how can people reach you? Shayna Bergman: So the first thing I would say is remember SCORE. I think that is the basis of making sure that every day is a great day. You really have to do the basics. And to your point about self-care, it starts right there. I think second is, figure out what is your North Star. What is the purpose that you're living toward? What are your values, and I do a lot of work with my clients to uncover really what their values are, and how they're living them on a day to day basis. And sometimes those things are mismatched. And then the third thing is, I'm going to make a book recommendation, because it's a book that changed my life. And that is the book Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani, who is the woman who founded Girls Who Code and you probably see her all over the place now. But it specifically speaks to women and how we are raised and how that has impacted how we're able to live our lives and take bold risks. And to me that was sort of the book that launched this part of my career and this part of my journey, and so I really recommend it. And then in terms of how to reach me, you can find me at Shaynabergman.com. You can also find me at Shayna Bergman Coaching, both on Facebook and on Instagram. And if you want to email me to talk more, I am at Shayna@Shaynabergman.com. Andi Simon: And I have a hunch that our viewers and our listeners are going to say, Hmm, what am I going to do more and less of? And how am I going to find my North Star so I can have a life worth living. And it's never too late to start, so don't wait too long to think about it. And now, I'm going to say goodbye to our audience because I think we've had a great conversation today. And I always love these conversations. And remember my books: On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights and Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business are all on Amazon. And they await you with great joy. There is even an audible I did myself and the other one I had someone else do, but they're fun to listen to while you're driving. And I think people are going back to that commute, which is sort of like, wow, I remember those times. Well, as you're thinking, send me your emails. I get lots and lots of emails from people who said, "I listened, I loved it, and here's someone else you should interview because I want to hear what they have to say." So send them along. It's info@Andisimon.com. It'll all be on the blog that we produce when we put this out. So thanks again, Shayna. Thank you so much for being with me. It's been such fun.

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea Swim so wild and you swim so free Heaven above and the sea below And a little white whale on the go Baby beluga, baby beluga Is the water warm Is your mama home with you, so happy Way down yonder where the dolphins play Where you dive and splash all day Waves roll in and the waves roll out See the water squirtin' out of your spout Baby beluga, oh, baby beluga Sing your little song Sing for all your friends, we like to hear you When it's dark, you're home and fed Curl up, snug in your water bed Moon is shining and the stars are out Good night, little whale, good night Baby beluga, oh, baby beluga With tomorrow's sun, another day's begun You'll soon be wakin' Baby beluga in the deep blue sea Swim so wild and you swim so free Heaven above and the sea below And a little white whale on the go You're just a little white whale on the go

Story Time for Kids: Baby Beluga by Raffi --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/story83/support

Episode Summary This week Jesse tries to get into Thrice and disappoints Nat. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Jim Brewer’s terrible 2022 stand-up special – YouTube A Goofy Movie – Wikipedia Dane Cook – Wikipedia Paxlovid rebound Rafi’s “Baby Beluga” – Wikipedia The Bear TV show Thrice – Wikipedia The Thrice playlist Nat made for Jesse – Spotify Brand New – Wikipedia Hillsong United – Wikipedia Picks Nat: “Omit” by Grivo Jesse: “Remission” by Mastodon (Recorded on Weekday, July 14, 2022)

A storybook about a whale called Baby Beluga swims free, and plays all day.Baby Beluga (Raffi Songs to Read) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0517709775/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UYvVEb9RR3ZRNStorybook Bundles has a variety of stories for children and parents to enjoy together on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and much more.https://storybookbundlespodcast.buzzsprout.comStorybook Bundles Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/storybookbundlescurlyblue productionsletsread415@gmail.com#storybookbundlesBuzzsprout:Podcast website URL: https://storybookbundlespodcast.buzzsprout.comSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6z6gbSiQaflljKhIZyRZAband so much more.Do You Need A Narrator For Children's Storybooks?If you have a Children's Short Storybook that you'd like me to do an audio narration, you can contact me regarding plans, and pricing. Use Storybook Bundles on Facebook Messenger, or email: letsread415@gmail.com.At this time I am only accepting Storybooks for ages 0-3, and NO more than 300 words long.Thank you,EGRStorybook Bundles PodcastIs on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and much more.Storybook Bundles Links:https://storybookbundlespodcast.buzzsprout.comStorybook Bundles Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/storybookbundlesStorybook Bundles Instagram Page:https://www.instagram.com/storybookbundles/curlyblue productionsletsread415@gmail.com#storybookbundlesDo You Need A Narrator For Children's Storybooks?If you have a Children's Short Storybook that you'd like me to do an audio narration, you can contact me regarding plans, and pricing. Use Storybook Bundles on Facebook Messenger, or email: letsread415@gmail.com.At this time I am only accepting Storybooks for ages 0-3, and NO more than 300 words long.Thank you,EGR If You like the Storybook Bundles Podcast, please Like, Follow, Subscribe, and even share it with family and friends.Support the show

Raising Kids, Naturally is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcastsThis episode was generously sponsored by Orange Naturals. www.orangenaturals.comAbout the EpisodeThis conversation starts with the simple question of why music is so important to the health and development of children, then evolves into Raffi's true give to the word - the philosophy of Child Honouring. Leslie and Raffi explore the universality of children's needs and rights, how they parallel the needs of all of us, and the importance of nurturing children and the planet.Guest Bio & LinksSinger, songwriter, ecology advocate, entrepreneur, author, and above all else, children's champion. Raffi, the man who brought music to millions of children and now delights their own children. His string of gold and platinum-selling recordings in North America — including his beloved “Baby Beluga” song — speak for themselves. But at the root of the Raffi story is a pioneering commitment to respect his young fans, a commitment that blossomed into an overarching belief that children who are respected and loved grow into loving, caring adults who, in turn, can help create a more caring world.Listen to the song that says it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvz91BPZvHMFor more on Raffi's Covenant for Honouring Children, its 9 principles for conscious living, and how to manifest it in your world, visit: https://raffifoundation.org/take-the-course/ Host Bio & LinksLeslie is a mother, doctor, and human who seeks to help individuals and communities reach their fullest potential. As a naturopathic doctor, Leslie will help you explore how your kids' health and wellbeing reciprocally intersect with the health of their communities and the planet, and offer practical strategies to optimize both.http://lesliesolomonian.weebly.com/about-me.htmlAbout the EcoParent Podcast NetworkThe EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family's health, the planet and to our children's future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids' nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcastsFeedback?What questions do you have for Leslie or her guests? What would you like to hear about?This program discusses ideas that sometimes run counter to what is considered typical, or perhaps even acceptable. We invite you to reflect on that before listening with impressionable people - interpret that as you will.PartnershipsAudio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.Any advertising within this podcast does not imply endorsement of the product or company by the podcast host. Listeners are encouraged to talk to their healthcare provider about if and which natural healthcare products are appropriate for them and their families.

Down by the Bay. Baby Beluga. Bananaphone. Any of these ring, ring, ring a bell? If so, it's likely that this week's podcast guest, Raffi, was the soundtrack to your childhood and might just be a go-to for your children now, too. The musician created songs for kids that were just as heartfelt and gentle as they were fun and silly—all inspired by his belief in honoring children as whole people. He recently joined Dr. Becky for a live conversation to share some of the big ideas behind his beloved music and answer questions from Good Inside members. The two discuss their shared values of compassionate curiosity, playfulness, and treating kids as unique individuals. Most importantly, they touch on a foundational truth: When we raise children with love and respect—when we see them as good inside—we help change the world. Join Good Inside Membership: http://www.goodinside.com Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https://www.goodinside.com/newsletter Today's episode is brought to you by the following sponsor: Frida is the brand that's one step ahead on all parenting hacks. Frida's products are made to grow with your child—like their oral care line. It starts with your baby's first tooth and the Finger Toothbrush. Next, the Training Toothbrush. And for toddlers, there's the Toothhugger—a triple-sided brush that's like a mini car wash for each and every tooth. Go to www.fridababy.com and get 20% off any first purchase with code "DRBECKY"

Welcoming Chris Garcia to The Pod Club! In this week’s episode, comedian and new dad Chris Garcia joins host Jo Piazza to discuss what it's been like to unravel the magical world of children’s musician Raffi in his new show, Finding Raffi. Like Beyonce and Madonna, Raffi is a one name wonder. And for those who do not recognize him by his single moniker, you will most certainly recognize him by his music: Baby Beluga or Banana Phone, anyone? Chris shares his experience diving back into Raffi’s music as a father and how it has connected him to his family, brought him comfort in uncertain times, and taught him just how complex and impactful something as simple as children’s music can really be. Jo and Chris also discuss his 2019 podcast, Scattered, and how making these shows have helped Chris reflect on pivotal moments in his life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beloved Childrens Recording Artist Raffi is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his latest project Nursery Rhymes For Kinder Times. For millions of fans, Raffi's music was the soundtrack of their childhoods, and they took his signature song “Baby Beluga” to heart. These “beluga grads” now share his music with their own children. In addition to the new project Raffi talks about his Foundation For Child Honouring and how much he loves reading with kids. Click here to visit Raffi's website - Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Today I will read Baby Beluga By: Raffi Songs to Read Illustrated by Ashley Wolff. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/story83/support

Raffi is the legendary children's musician behind classics like, "Baby Beluga," "Down by the Bay," and "Bananaphone." He joins us to discuss his life and career as the inaugural Get Little musical guest! He is also the subject of the new podcast, "Finding Raffi."

Welcome to Season 8 Episode 6 of What's Literacy Got To Do With It? by Literacy Quebec! In today's episode, we celebrate Family Literacy Day with the one and only Raffi! Family Literacy Day is this Thursday, January 27th, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family, and this year's Family Literacy Day theme is: Learning in the Great Outdoors! Raffi is a perfect person to help us come together to celebrate and approach learning and growing together with kindness, caring, and play. A renowned singer known by his first name alone, Raffi is a pioneer in quality recordings for children on his independent label, Troubadour. For millions of fans, Raffi's music is the soundtrack of their childhoods, and they have taken his signature song “Baby Beluga” to heart. In 2010, he founded the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring—to promote an integrated philosophy that views honouring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking cultures. Raffi has received the Order of Canada, the Order of BC, the U.N. Earth Achievement Award, and four honorary degrees. In summer 2020 Raffi released a 40th -anniversary version of “Baby Beluga” with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. That was followed by “For All You Do”, in collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma and Lindsay Munroe. This song is a musical expression of gratitude to essential workers during the pandemic and was a fundraiser for Direct Relief. Show Links Check out Raffi and his music Learn more about the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring Check out LQ's Youtube page for the recording of our event with Raffi Have questions or need help? Contact Literacy Quebec's Literacy Helpline or call 1-888-521-8181 Find out more about Literacy Quebec Network events on Facebook What's Literacy Got To Do With It? is a community-based podcast for English-speaking, lifelong literacy learners in Quebec. Our hosts, Chris Shee and Jaimie Cudmore from Literacy Quebec explore community building, lifelong curiosity, and multiple types of literacy. It's incredible what we can learn from each other. Subscribe, share our podcast, and write to us at admin@literacyquebec.org, call us at 514-508-6805. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for videos of interviews and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @LiteracyQuebec Special thanks: Podcast Theme Music by Gerry Legault and LQ's team, including Peter Morgan and Barbara Testa Gabaud, Margo Legault, and Lara Thompson, for their support. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/literacy-quebec/message

Today Host Noah sings one of his favourite Raffi songs and has a group birthday message for Hugh Jackman!

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Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. It helps them develop language and listening skills and prepares them to understand the written word, none of this is a surprise. Here is a list of our tried and true favorites!Julia Donaldson: The Grufflo and Room on the BroomEric Carle: Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See and The Very Hungry Caterpillar William Stieg: Shrek, Dr. De Soto, and Amos & BorisCorduroyLittle GorillaDinner at the Panda PalaceClap Your HandsJust Like My BrotherRoad buildersPlay with meCordroy's ShapesSqueakWhere is your nose?Shhh Bears SleepingThe Rabbit ListenedRed house tree house little bitty brown mouseThere's a hole in the log on the bottom of the lakeOne Leaf, Two Leaves Count with MeLet's count ArizonaScotland 123Monsters Love UnderpantsUnder the Sea Search and FindThe Gas We Pass Good Night CowboyGood Night MoonGood Night St. LouisGood Night, Buenas NochesGood morning YogaThe Good EggIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If you Give a Cat a CupcakeThe Frog and Toad SeriesOscar OtterSide by Side and Dad by My SideDr. Suess: Green Eggs & Ham, the Cat in the Hat, 10 Apples Up on Top, Hand, Hand, Fingers Thumb, and Go Dog GoRichard Scary's Best Word Book Ever and Cars and Trucks and Things That Go Big Franks Fire TruckLift the Flap Books we love include: Dear Zoo, Where's Spot, 100 First Words, and Where's the UnicornOur Sandra Boynton Collection: Doggies, Blue Hat Green Hat, A to Z, Spookie Pookie, and The Going to Bed BookBaby Duck (Finger Puppet Book)I Love Classical MusicThe entire Raffi collection, including: Baby Beluga, Five Little Ducks, Down by the Bay, Shake My Sillies Out, and Wheels on the BusThe Itsy Bitsy SpiderThomas the Engines A crack in the trackThe I Spy SeriesThe Quiet BookHappiness is a Warm PuppyMost of the Little Owl Collection, including: Little Owl's Night, Little Owl's Day,  Little Owl's Numbers, and Little Owls ColorsI Spy on the FarmBats at the BeachWho Moved My Gooey Butter Cake?The Curious George SeriesAnd lastly, this isn't a book you can buy but rather a book you can make, a family photo album. My toddler loves flipping through it! I use MixbookAlso...our new beloved Quiet Time TimerAnd of course, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, an excellent parent resource for babies and toddlers!

Deanna Gobio tells the story of getting her first tattoo when she was 79 years old. Then Max talks to Raffi about his musical roots, how he learned to embrace his career as a children's musician, and how it feels to keep playing songs like “Baby Beluga” to thousands of adoring kids and their families after all these years. -- Know someone who should be on 70 Over 70? We're looking for all types of stories and people to feature at the top of the show. To nominate yourself or someone else, email 70over70@pineapple.fm or call 302-659-7070 and tell us your name, age, where you're from and what you want to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Raffi is a music legend.  He has been touching the lives of children with his music for 5 decades.  Just over 10 years ago, he founded the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring.  We discuss its mission and how parents can learn online through the foundation's parenting course, and MORE!    Here are links to the topics we discussed and more:  Raffi's new single and video, “Song For Healing” – video, etc. More info here for you - https://raffifoundation.org/news/a-song-for-healing/ Raffi's Foundation for Child Honouring - https://raffifoundation.org Child Honouring online course - https://raffifoundation.org/take-the-course/ Raffi Foundation YouTube videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/childhonouring/videos These include his talk with the Dalai Lama, Receiving an Honorary Degree of Letters from UBC, etc Recent Globe and Mail profile - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-a-lesson-from-the-very-young-why-raffi-could-be-what-the-world-needs/ Other Recent songs - Baby Beluga 40th anniversary edition with Yo-Yo Ma - https://www.facebook.com/YoYoMa/videos/736120667200251 For All You Do - Raffi's song of gratitude for essential workers, with Lindsay Munroe, featuring Yo-Yo Ma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQjeT5bD6k Black Lives Matter To Me - Raffi's song acknowledging the importance of the current moment for education and awareness, and expressing a universal longing for justice and freedom -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wwKSq10DIk In early 2020, Raffi produced and sang on the first album by new children's artist, Lindsay Munroe, called I Am Kind: Songs for Unique Kids  Raffi on Twitter - @Raffi_RC Raffi FB page - https://www.facebook.com/Raffi.Cavoukian/ Instagram - raffi_music

Jacks recap focuses on the biggest story's of the day including some of the recent event surrounding the Derek Chauvin case. // Rachel Belle is in to discuss her newest podcast guest and Starbucks newest "Green" program. // Good News! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea Swim so wild and you swim so free Heaven above and the sea below And a little white whale on the go Baby beluga, baby beluga Is the water warm Is your mama home with you, so happy Way down yonder where the dolphins play Where you dive and splash all day Waves roll in and the waves roll out See the water squirtin' out of your spout Baby beluga, oh, baby beluga Sing your little song Sing for all your friends, we like to hear you When it's dark, you're home and fed Curl up, snug in your water bed Moon is shining and the stars are out Good night, little whale, good night Baby beluga, oh, baby beluga With tomorrow's sun, another day's begun You'll soon be wakin' Baby beluga in the deep blue sea Swim so wild and you swim so free Heaven above and the sea below And a little white whale on the go You're just a little white whale on the go

A long-awaited report was released on Tuesday outlining findings on the origins of the coronavirus outbreak. And, a top European Union official traveled to Greece this week to announce funding for several new refugee plans on Greek islands. Also, students in a bilingual program at Winnipeg's Isaac Brock School won first prize in an Indigenous language competition for their Cree rendition of the Raffi song “Baby Beluga."

Desmond Meade, who led the campaign to restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated in Florida, returns to talk about Gov. Ron DeSantis's decision to deny him a pardon and renewed threats to democratic participation in his state. But in spite of it all, Desmond's excitement about people exercising the franchise is infectious. Then, Emmy-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien is ready to Disrupt & Dismantle structural racism in her new BET series—and to call out cable news for its role in spreading disinformation. Plus: Hari admits that for him "new music" means Baby Beluga, and Kamau reveals The Goal of Life. Find our guests: Desmond Meade (@desmondmeade) https://floridarrc.com/desmond-meade/ Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) https://soledadobrienproductions.com Mentioned in the show: Florida Rights Restoration Coalition https://floridarrc.com ACLU of Florida https://www.aclufl.org Disrupt & Dismantle https://www.bet.com/shows/disrupt-and-dismantle.html Comedian and Filmmaker Hari Kondabolu on Comedy, Culture and Maintaining Your Integrity https://www.culturedmag.com/comedian-and-filmmaker-hari-kondabolu-on-comedy-culture-and-maintaining-your-integrity/ Brontez Purnell Explores Intimacy and Longing in New Book 100 Boyfriends https://www.culturedmag.com/brontez-purnell-100-boyfriends/ Find us: Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) http://www.harikondabolu.com/ W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) http://www.wkamaubell.com/ Find the show: Twitter (@PoliticReActive) Facebook (@politicallyreactive) Instagram (@politicallyreactive) Produced by Topic Studios. Part of the WarnerMedia Podcast Network. Full credits.www.PoliticallyReActive.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don't you hate it when someone posts a bad picture of you?  Vogue featured Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their cover, but her team was NOT happy with the picture they used!  Anna didn't think it was that big a deal, until she realized THIS! Gyms being closed has been tough for people who like to stay fit.  That's why, for Wellness Wednesday, Anna and Raven give you some tips to stay fit while you're at work! (3:09) Being a celebrity is pretty cool, but if you do THIS because you think nobody is gonna call you out on it, that's all I need to know about you!  (7:09) Some jobs come with power, prestige and a LOT of money.  But even with all of those perks, would you really want that job?  Anna and Raven talk about the jobs they don't want, no matter how much they're getting paid!  ((10:49) Do you have trouble getting your little ones down for a nap?  Anna's two-year-old has been having trouble napping and Anna has resorted to doing THIS to get her to sleep!  (14:47) What's the greatest kids' song of all time?  Wheels on the bus?  Baby Beluga?  Anna and Raven talk about the classics in kids ‘music, and Anna shares her pick for the biggest kid song of the modern age!  (22:11) Would you rather have a partner who's rich, hot, or funny?  Actress Olivia wild made this choice recently, and Anna thinks she chose WRONG!  What would you do?  (25:40) Have you ever had someone borrow something and not give it back?  Anna's husband has had their neighbor's circular saw in the garage for….way too long.  Should he give the saw back, or is it no big deal?  (29:34) Brad and Liz are dating and have moved in together into Liz's condo. Brad is storing all his old furniture, dishes, TVs, etc. in the attic. Money is tight and they both would like to purchase some new exercise equipment for their home. Liz's solution is to sell all his old stuff, he doesn't need it anymore. Brad would rather her hold onto it all for a “just in case” scenario, but she thinks he is just being paranoid. Whose side are you on?  (36:55)Jennifer has a chance to win $600!  All she has to do is beat Raven in pop culture trivia.  Is she up to the task, or will the jackpot rise to $700?   (43:28)

Show NotesTo wrap the first season of Fixing Faxes Jonathan and Angela continue part 2 of listener questions. Diving into favourite failures, scary stories, emotional rollercoasters, and what we are reading/watching/listening to right now. Next season starts in late January 2021!Find Us OnlineAngela Hapke - @angelahapke - https://www.clinnect.caJonathan Bowers - @thejonotron - https://www.twostoryrobot.comCreditsProduced by Jonathan Bowers and Angela HapkeMusic by Andrew Codeman (CC BY 3.0)TranscriptAngela: [00:00:00] Kyla has now texted me and wrote on my Facebook and every, Oh my God.Jonathan: [00:00:06] Yeah, just toss it to the bottom.Angela: [00:00:08] Oh my goodness. Are you reading this? Are you reading what she's Oh my God. Who.She wrote that all these questions, then she wrote all of those are stolen from great interviewers, but are some of my faves for job interviews and icebreakers.Jonathan: [00:00:27] Oh, okay. Job interview questions. My goodness.Angela: [00:00:31] She's an HR specialist. That's why.Intro [00:00:33] Jonathan: [00:00:35] You're listening to Fixing Faxes a podcast on the journey of building a digital health startup with your hosts, myself, Jonathan Bowers.Angela: [00:00:43] And I'm Angela Hapke. So we're doing take two, not take two, part two, not take two part, two of listener questions. Now we're going to get in, like, we're going to get into some deep stuffJonathan: [00:01:02] Oh, really? Okay. Yeah. Oh, wait, this one's from you.Angela: [00:01:10] We'll put that at the end. Well, this is okay. Honestly, we weren't getting a lot of questions, so I decided that I was going to throw some in task.You,Angela, on entertainment [00:01:21] well, let's start with it then. Mine are just fun. Mine are just silly fun questions. I just wanted to know Jonathan, who are you listening to right now?Jonathan: [00:01:31] Uh, I'm listening to a lot of Raffi and, uh, artists by the name of Casper Baby Pants.Angela: [00:01:38] no, this is like some Baby Beluga going on in yourJonathan: [00:01:43] Yeah, We do some baby beluga. Casper Baby Pants is nice though. He's got a, he's got an album where he covers a bunch of Beatles songs.Angela: [00:01:50] that's fun.Jonathan: [00:01:51] Yeah. Yeah. It's good. Uh,Angela: [00:01:52] weird.Jonathan: [00:01:55] Yeah.Angela: [00:01:56] Okay. Um, okay. On our way to school, is usually when they listened to most of the music and I take Alex to school and she is very obsessed with the Tones and I right now, so like dance monkey, never seen the rain, lots of those. then I drop her off and turn on my own music and Oh, my musical taste has a far range, but today it was Weezer on the way home.So, yep. but I am more like, uh, like I like to have a lot of background music going on and it's usually very like coffee hose, acoustic chill, keeps my, like me. It can be from vibrating too high. Uh, okay. What's the last book or are you reading a current book?Jonathan: [00:02:47] I am. So I'm not sure why this is, but I feel like I am, uh, just boring, boring to answer these questions. I'm terrible at reading books because I only read them before bed and I immediately fall asleep.Angela: [00:03:04] too. This is why itJonathan: [00:03:05] I've. so I have, because it was taking forever to get through books. I decided to just not go back and try and reread what I was missing, like what I had fallen asleep too.So I just continue to plow forward. And so I've gotten through entire books without knowing who, who anyone is or what the main plot was. I just have read all the words. so currently I am reading, Dune, Because I'm like, I I'm excited about the new movie, Dune. I've never read the book, so I'm reading Dune.but, but reading it before bed, so I actually don't know what's happening. yeah.Angela: [00:03:39] That's hilarious. I feel that very, yeah, I am right there on that level with you.Jonathan: [00:03:45] Yeah. I think the last book that I read that I actually completed and was able to. Uh, I don't, I, I'm not sure it's because it takes so long. Like I read one page a night and then I'm out.Angela: [00:03:57] That's me too. And yes. Okay. I'm so glad that you're one of those people too, because like, like Jackie at work, she reads a whole book a day. Like she can just plow through a book.Jonathan: [00:04:08] What does she read? Is she the type of person that if you had an office to go to and have lunch, she would read a book at lunch. I didn't notice that of her,Angela: [00:04:19] I don't think so. No, I think it's like a, it's like an at home thing that she,Jonathan: [00:04:24] Wow. I'm a little jealous of that also. Not because that just seems like you'd run out of stuff really fast, but she's maybe just always has a book on the go.Angela: [00:04:32] maybe, I think the last book that I read a lot of, Books too, Alex she's into chapter books. we are on the Taya Stilton series, but I will say, parents out there, if you have kids that are at that reading age, two of the best books that we have read recently, or the One and Only Ivan, which was just recently made into a Disney movie.And number two, I cannot recommend this book enough is Wild Robot.Jonathan: [00:05:01] Oh, cool.Angela: [00:05:02] amazing. And there's now a second books, Wild Robot Escapes go out and get these books are incredible. Um, yeah. Okay.Jonathan: [00:05:14] your independent bookstore.Angela: [00:05:15] From your independent bookstore, please. Second hand too. what's your favorite TV show currently?Jonathan: [00:05:21] Oh, I am really enjoying His Dark Materials.Angela: [00:05:26] I don't even know this one.Jonathan: [00:05:27] It's the book, the books I've read the, have I read the books I've listened to? No, I have read the books and listened to the audio books. The audio books are amazing. So the Golden Compass you'd recognize the golden compass. So that's, that's that?I think there are three books, trio trilogy of books. so HBO and BBC have a, high production TV. Show, they have one season out already. That was last year, the year before, and now it's running season two and it's, I just, I really enjoy it. The audio books are fantastic. Probably my, my friend, Derek, who he's, he that's all he does is like he's plugged in and listened to audio books all the time.He has listened to that book. Dozens of times. It's really good. I agree. It's it's one of the better, it's one of the better books. I like it better than the Harry Potter audio books. it's, it's just fantastic and lots of fun, commentary on religion and, state and stuff. SoAngela: [00:06:20] Kate. Cool. I'm inJonathan: [00:06:21] the.Yeah, I would go, yeah, go listen to the audio book and then watch the first season and then listen to them all and then continue watching the rest of it. It's great. I love it. And it's very, I don't know what it is. I like those stories when it starts to turn to winter.Yeah. That's when I would listen to the audio book is like around this time of year.Angela: [00:06:40] Oh, like it'sJonathan: [00:06:41] that.Angela: [00:06:42] thing for you. Oh, I love that.Jonathan: [00:06:43] is, but I mean, at the season two has nothing to do with winter season one that takes place a lot in like the coldAngela: [00:06:49] Okay. Okay.Jonathan: [00:06:50] season two, doesn't it doesn't do that. So at the second book.Angela: [00:06:54] Okay. Okay. I'm just going to plug a Ted Lasso on Apple+. Oh, I am now on round two of watching it again.Jonathan: [00:07:04] Just restarted. So I made it through almost, and then decided not to watch it withAngela: [00:07:09] Right. Brad. And I watched the whole first season together. We are now watching the whole first season again, because the second season is going to be released until August next year.I believe Jason Sudeikis was saying any way. I have never rewatched a TV series ever. First one to do it with it is amazing. People. GoJonathan: [00:07:32] it's so it's so great. It's so it's funny. And in a way that isn't harmful to anyone.Angela: [00:07:39] At all. It's so gentle. It's so funny. It's so kind. It's so empowering. It's like, Oh, we love it. Okay.Jonathan: [00:07:49] to Ted lasso in my life.Angela: [00:07:51] Well, it's a vibe like he's a vibe.Jonathan: [00:07:54] yeah, yeah, yeah.Angela: [00:07:56] Well, we all want, we all want to Ted Lasso in our life. there, like, I don't know if that person actually fully completely exists.Angela, on being scared [00:08:06]Jonathan, what is the scariest thing you've everJonathan: [00:08:12] this is very clear for me to answer, but it's not what I like. Um, cause it's not one I chose for myself, Zach, being born. And having, the NICU nurses, appear through the walls.Uh, yeah, it was amazing. It was amazing. Like I could, I, part of me was, was like, okay, this is the scariest thing that's happening to me ever.But also the other part of it is like, wow, this is an amazing, this is an amazing thing that's happening right now because it just in a snap of a finger when the, uh, the doctor said, yeah, let's call the NICU in. There was nine nurses in the room. Like out of nowhere plus equipment, and they're just, they all had their jobs and they were just waiting for Zach to come out and then be handed off.And it was, it was, it was amazing. It was, but it was like the scariest, the scariest thing that I've ever experienced.Angela: [00:09:02] your PTSD and me right now, but yeah, I know. It's okay. yeah, I think for me, very, very similar Alex was the same way when she was born, they checked her O2 stats and called a code pink. And there was before I knew it, there was 10 people in that room with me and it was the scariest thing. So I worked in the hospital at that time when I gave birth to Alex.And there's three years between Alex and Nora. And I went back to work obviously, and was working at the hospital. And my, my boss, Tracy had said, Oh, we need to pop up to labor and delivery because we're doing a project or something. I'm going to show you something. We walked up and it got to the doors.And I looked here and I was like, yeah, I can't go in. And she was like, what do you mean? And I was like, I can't go back in there. I will, I will. I just wasn't ready for what hit me at these doors. And I did go back later that week after I had prepped myself. but yeah, scariest thing,Jonathan: [00:10:05] What would be the scariest thing you've chosen,do?Angela: [00:10:09] basically did choose to have a child. Um, I didn't choose that delivery. It's the scariest thing I've ever chosen to, probably a couple of things. And they're probably like, there's a couple of things. It would be after my third year of university, I decided that I was going to, just go to Lake Louise for the summer, not knowing anybody and just.Kind of change, mix things up. And that was scary. I knew nobody and I was going to a place that was out in the middle of nowhere and I was going to spend the whole summer there. And that was really, really scary for me. I chose to do that. And then I have to say, I'm doing this doing, Central Referral Solutions.Jonathan: [00:10:53] Cool. That's awesome. Yeah. the one thing that comes to mind is a so I'm a diver, I'm a scuba diver. and we went, night diving one time and went for one of our deeper dives. AndI got super narcedAngela: [00:11:08] I don't know what that means.Jonathan: [00:11:09] Uh, nitrogen narcosis it's they don't know exactly what it is, but, you basically get extremely loopy.people, people die, like they just, they start swimming straight down because they don't know what they're doing. So I got, super duper narced, uh, at like 130 feet, and, managed to signal my buddy and like flash at them and like do a little loopy sign on your head, which means I'm narced. and.Could manage to like think, but couldn't control my body in a good way. Like my, my regulator kept popping out of my mouth, so I would like stop. Yeah. Training was kicking in. I was like, okay, how deep am I? 130 feet feeling pretty. Narked we'll put the, put the breathing apparatus back in my mouth.check how much air I have left. Okay. I'm like half tank. Okay. We'll put the breathing apparatus back in my mouth and then, okay. Now I've gotta control my ascent up. because my buddy was like, Nearby, but it was like, I was trying to self rescue, and, uh, managed to get up safely and, uh, even managed to do a safety stop.And when I surfaced, the moment I got up and inflated by BCD, that was it. I was out of air. Yeah, it was super scary. I thought, I thought, I thought, I thought I might die. but was it, but it's the weirdest experience because I could think clearly, but I couldn't, I couldn't behave properly. Like I wasn't, my body wasn't wasn't reacting the way it, the way it should.and then I just had a massive headache afterwards, uh, which was like, yeah. So that's the scariest scariest thing I kind of chose to do, but yeah.Angela: [00:12:47] Well, let's take some more questions now.Jackie, on being a founder [00:12:53]Jonathan: [00:12:53] Jackie Jackie asks, what's your favorite part of being a small business startup owner or founder?Angela: [00:13:00] I think for me, it's easy. It's the F it's. Uh, it's not easy. No, that's not what I meant to say. the favorite part, choosing a favorite it's easy. It is being incharge of my own schedule, being flexible for my family. and just feeling like I have ownership over what I'm doing yet. The flexibility to kind of. Make sure all the other, the other things in my life aren't totally falling. And I, I love, I love that. I have never had that when I've worked for like a bigger organization or a company before. And I, I love it. I love it.Jonathan: [00:13:44] we actually chatted about this, yesterday or the day before. Cause we were at, somebody asked us this. well kind of, anyways, my answer is, being able to work with exactly the people that I want to work with. Um, and like all of the things that you said, but also trying to provide that for the people on my team as well.So like having that freedom, having that flexibility, working with the people that you want to work with. it's yeah. Coming, coming in. Not that I go in, but like coming to work has never, everAngela: [00:14:15] No, no, I don't ever, I don't ever wake up in the morning and go, Oh, I have to go do that ever. which is so lovely.Jonathan: [00:14:25] yeah. Thank you, Jackie. That was a great question.Pam, on hindsight [00:14:27] Okay. Pam asks, is there anything you would change knowing what you know now regarding your business?Angela: [00:14:35] I like how she put in, in, in bracket regarding your business. And it was like, Oh, Pam, I have known Pam since I was a baby. She's my mom's best friend. and she, she's a, she's a lovely, lovely lady. Love her. is there anything I would change knowing what you know now. Where would you like me to start?Wow. Uh, so many things, so many things. I think there's a lot of things I wouldn't change. we've talked a little bit about that, like team. I think I have like my gosh, your team, my team, best ever wouldn't change any of that. what would I change knowing? I know now. I have to think about this a little bit.Jonathan: [00:15:19] I would change very little.Angela: [00:15:21] Well, Lottie, freaking duh.Jonathan: [00:15:25] I mean, I, I think that there's, there's even in all of the mistakes, it just feels like it's just shaped the way we are and I like where we are. And so to go back and try and monkey with that feels like, you know, wishing for more wishes, kind of, like,Angela: [00:15:42] Okay. I like that. I could say the same thing too. That's true. I think the only thing would be, I would, I would, have done more as a team in person pre COVID. Had I known what the hell I knew now, like now that COVID is headed what we're doing now. I think I would have, I would have sauvored that in-person team work a little bit more.Kendra, on rollercoasters [00:16:05] Oh, ms. Kendra Hapke. It's my sister. How do you avoid getting overwhelmed with the ups and downs of the financial risk of starting your own company?Jonathan: [00:16:20] I don't.Angela: [00:16:23] I don't either. I don't avoid getting overwhelmed. I think, I think actually as humans, we avoid a lot of these, these types of feelings, like being overwhelmed or being, extreme, extremely happy, extremely sad. we avoid disappointment. We evoke void over whelming. I've tried not to avoid those anymore and.Because there are massive lessons to be learned with the ups and the downs. It has been a roller coaster owning your own company. A startup, a tech startup is a freaking roller coaster. I can go from one minute being like, this is the best thing ever to the two minutes later going, I don't know what the hell I'm doing.And, there's something to just feeling all the feels, you know, me. I loveJonathan: [00:17:14] Yeah. Uh, yeah, I don't, I don't know that I guess trying to put, put yourself in a situation where the financial risk isn't as, as risky, right? Like if you can save up,Angela: [00:17:29] Even that sounds a little bit boring. I know that sounds crazy. I know yet. Yes. Like being able to maybe be on your second startup or something like that with a little bit of money in the bank. Oh yeah. That'd be amazing. But you only get there byJonathan: [00:17:45] Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. I don't know. just be careful and try not to have a panic attack when you're driving home from Kelowna, outside of Falklands.Angela: [00:17:57] yeah, find a good therapist. They help a lot with those. Said panic attacks. We should go into that one day. Jonathan that's we should talk about, talk about being vulnerable and talking about mental health. I think mental health as a founder is like, we need to all talk about that more and more and more. So our fellow founders don't feel alone.Kendra also asked if you could go back and give yourself one piece of advice before you started up your company, what would it be? You know what mine would beJonathan: [00:18:34] No. Yeah. Oh yeah, absolutely. Start, start sooner. And maybe. Ship a little sooner to the, one of the things that I've let the, the phrases that I really like that I've learned, over the years is, the ship is very safe in the Harbor, but that's not what it was designed to do.Angela: [00:18:56] was designed to do.Jonathan: [00:18:57] so yeah, start sooner.Absolutely. Even, even little things like just creating those, creating that, that habit. Is is really helpful. Like even if, even if it's just like, just slowly picking away at it, like all that stuff kind of adds up.Angela: [00:19:13] Yes, it does.Kyla, with many questions [00:19:16] Kyla Lawsen. She sent a PA um, multitude of questions. I love this woman. She is so wonderful, so inspiring, so amazing. And she has so many questions.Jonathan: [00:19:33] She has asked for an entire episodeAngela: [00:19:35] has asked for a full episode on culture. Kyla, you might get your wish,Jonathan: [00:19:43] not today. Let's not do an entire episode ofAngela: [00:19:45] Nope. Nope.Jonathan: [00:19:47] let's do it. I think we should.Angela: [00:19:49] Love to do that. So we're going to save a few of Kyla's questions for that episode that we're going to do on culture.I think that would be, amazing. She's asking some great questions here, so I'll go. What kind of skip down? she asked, how do you balance the day-to-day grind with thinking about what's next one year, three years, et cetera, down the road.Jonathan: [00:20:12] That's a goodAngela: [00:20:13] That's a great question.If somebody could answer that for me, that would be wonderful.Jonathan: [00:20:18] what's the, what's the cheat sheet for this? How do, how do you do this?Angela: [00:20:22] I know for me, especially recently, so we are kind of we're closing in on what I kind of call like year one of Clinnect, because it was about January, February that we started, dev efforts on Clinnect. And I'm finding this time as a very. reflective time. And so I find majority of my day is the day to day stuff.I'm worrying about operations and things like that, making sure my team is well supported, et cetera. I've actually had to start carving out time. To figure out what is Clinnect look like in the next one year, three years, et cetera. I'm not doing a very good job at carving out that time is what I found.Um, and I think I need to, more, I think the problem is I am carving out pieces of time, whereas I should just now carve out days. Of time and, normal in, in non COVID times, I actually probably would have just gone away for like a few days to, you know, like retreat, like, go away to figure this out.And so now I'm trying to figure out how do I emulate that without going away? So stay tuned, Kyla. I don't know how to balance this right now.Jonathan: [00:21:45] Yeah. Um, I, the same, my answer's the same, although I don't, I don't really like that, like three years down the road, because that feels like it's just too far in the future. And there's so many things that could change between now and then that I don't really think that they'll think about the three years down the road that much.Angela: [00:22:01] No, it was talking to somebody and they talked about their five-year goal. And I was like, Oh my gosh, should I get myself one of those, like a five-year goal?Jonathan: [00:22:09] Yeah. Just go down to the five-year goal store, buy one off the shelf and yeah.Angela: [00:22:12] that one looks good. I'll take that. she also asks, what do you think will be the biggest scaling hurdles for Clinnect? The product is built to scale. We have built it too. Be scalable. It is currently scalable. What's our biggest hurdle for expanding Clinnect, or target market is finicky and to put it nicely. and it's, it's a lot of marketing effort. And we wanted a product to be fully scalable, but also one that I wanted, I think a couple episodes I go, I said, with these few new features, I would scream Clinnect from the rooftop and I'm, and we're there.We're very close to that now. And so then the next thing is screaming it from the rooftop. but I think that's going to be, it's gonna be a tough thing to do when we can't go into doctor's offices and. Put a face to Clinnect and show them how it works. So we're going to have to be creative.Okay. Here's a good one. This is for you,Kyla interviews Angela and Jonathan for a job [00:23:21]Jonathan: [00:23:21] Oh, now I see these are, these are, these are interview questions. Got it. I'm reading themAngela: [00:23:26] right? What's something that you believe that very few people agree with you on.Jonathan: [00:23:33] Oh my goodness. Um, well Vegemite is a delicious, delicious breakfast treat. Just put it on your toast. Uh, that's the one thing, um,Angela: [00:23:49] Accurately answered.Jonathan: [00:23:51] Um, I don't, I don't know. that's hard. That's hard to answer without reallythinkingAngela: [00:23:56] aboutJonathan: [00:23:56] Yeah. Like I would need a lot more time, but definitely, definitely like Vegemite. Like I like Vegemite. I think it's great.Angela: [00:24:04] no, it's so gross.Jonathan: [00:24:08] I don't know how to answer that. Like, I'm not even sure that that's a fair question to ask someone on an interview because it sort of sets them up to fail a little bit in that because you just gonna make something up.Angela: [00:24:18] Oh, interesting. Okay. I think. Well, as you know me, I think you should feel all the feels like. I think you should like be okay with getting really excited about something that may not work out and feel that disappointment. I think there's a lot of people out there that do not agree with that. I hear so many people say I don't want to get too excited because I don't want to be disappointed. And I'm like, what? Now you're now you're denying yourself. The excitement. For fear of disappointment.Jonathan: [00:24:54] I agree. I'm with you on that. See, that's the thing is I don't feel like I don't feel like my opinions are that, that, you know, uh, out in left field to, to otherAngela: [00:25:04] maybe, maybe that's not my field. Maybe I just,Jonathan: [00:25:08] Oh my God, these questions are hard. What's your favorite failure? What's your favorite failure?Angela: [00:25:13] my favoriteJonathan: [00:25:14] Failure orI don't know. I can only think of just failures that are funny.Angela: [00:25:25] Did you learnJonathan: [00:25:27] Oh yeah. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So once I, so one of my first, one of my first tech jobs, Was for a company that produced software for other large companies. And, uh, I was in charge of making this big financial report and this like automated report and I was testing it and I put poop. I put poop in the, in the financial report.just cause I was like testing to see that something was working and I just put the word poop in there and um, we ended up shipping it off. And so, so this organization that, that like, it was, uh, it was, uh, like a $400 million organization ran their financial reports and the CFO's like, okay, my, my. My, my, my financial report says poop on every page and like all the lines.And I came back, I was like, Oh shoot. I put that in. So the lesson there that I've learned, which I like try to stick to all the time is never use swear words or like things like that in, in try to always use like real, real words, real language. not even fake language, like just stick with real stuff.Angela: [00:26:33] my dream. My favorite failure doesn't have to be mine. Oh, Jonathan. That's fantastic. I love that story.Jonathan: [00:26:44] It wasn't harmful. Like it was really, it was really only, only one person that saw it, but it was, it was the biggest customer that we hadAngela: [00:26:55] Oh, that's fantastic. Oh, I love that. Oh, that can't be answered any better than that. Oh, what's some bad advice you have received along the way. Oh, I got one. Cause it wasn't that long ago. I remember when the idea for Clinnect first was born and I was told. Don't worry. And this was from like a mentor.Don't worry. If you create a product that works really well, What the hell was this person thinking? No, no, the government will not buy it from you.Jonathan: [00:27:44] that also kind of ignores the, like creating a product that works part.Angela: [00:27:50] it was bad, just really bad. Like, and I really actually remember walking out of that meeting, go meeting, going. I don't think that was very good advice. Okay. My gut was right. That was bad advice.Jonathan: [00:28:08] Oh, I like this question. You have a gigantic billboard that everyone in the world can see. What does it say? Wear a mask.Wear aAngela: [00:28:25] Oh yeah. And wear a mask. Ask me about Clinnect check out clinic, butJonathan: [00:28:34] I think, I think mine, I think mine would, would, would probably say, I don't know, like just, you know, just, I don't know. I don't know. Yeah. Just wear a mask. I want to get all philosophical, but I don't. I just, I wanted by that billboard, I want that billboard to exist. where I'm asking, just be a little gentler with the other humans out here.Cause just calm the fuck down.Angela: [00:28:57] the biggest takeaway I have. well, my husband and I both have from Ted lasso is curiosity overjudgmentJonathan: [00:29:08] Yeah, I like that. That is that from a later episode, I must not have watched that yet.Angela: [00:29:13] Maybe.Jonathan: [00:29:14] Yeah.Angela: [00:29:15] Yeah. Or it's just something very, very small, but like jumped out at my husband and I, I don't know, but we use that with each other all the time. If I'm getting like, like my little judgy hat on Brad will always go curiosityover judgment, Angela. Oh, it's such a good one because then I'm like, right.Damn it. Of courseit does. Good. Okay. We have reached theEnd of Season 1, talk to you in 2021! [00:29:42]Jonathan: [00:29:42] We've reached the end. We've reached the end. So we are going to take a break. So this we're going to consider this the end of season one of Fixing Faxes. We're going to take a break, tell sometime in the new year, probably January late January or so.we both want to spend a little bit less time recording and editing and thinking about things. and, uh, but we will come back inAngela: [00:30:06] exactly. It has been fun and we will be in your ears, Oh my gosh.

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It's road trip day #40 of our epic audio adventure!  50 states. 50 top-notch independent record stores. 50 songs to make life with kids a little less evil...LOCATION: JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEYRECORD STORE: IRIS RECORDSARTIST: MS. LAURYN HILLTRACK: Gotta listen to the episode to find out!JOIN THE MUSICAL REVOLT. WWW.BIPBOPBOOM.LIVE/JOINNO ADS. NO ELSA. NO BRAINER.PIRATE RADIO FOR PARENTS

It's road trip day #39 of our epic audio adventure!  50 states. 50 top-notch independent record stores. 50 songs to make life with kids a little less evil...LOCATION: NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUTRECORD STORE: TELEGRAPH RECORDSARTIST: THE REDUCERSTRACK: Gotta listen to the episode to find out!JOIN THE MUSICAL REVOLT. WWW.BIPBOPBOOM.LIVE/JOINNO ADS. NO ELSA. NO BRAINER.PIRATE RADIO FOR PARENTS

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea Swim so wild and you swim so free Heaven above and the sea below And a little white whale on the go Baby beluga, baby beluga Is the water warm Is your mama home with you, so happy Way down yonder where the dolphins play Where you dive and splash all day Waves roll in and the waves roll out See the water squirtin' out of your spout Baby beluga, oh, baby beluga Sing your little song Sing for all your friends, we like to hear you When it's dark, you're home and fed Curl up, snug in your water bed Moon is shining and the stars are out Good night, little whale, good night Baby beluga, oh, baby beluga With tomorrow's sun, another day's begun You'll soon be wakin' Baby beluga in the deep blue sea Swim so wild and you swim so free Heaven above and the sea below And a little white whale on the go You're just a little white whale on the go

Highlights:    Announcements to decriminalize illicit drugs in Canada       Raffi turns 70, and Baby Beluga turns 40!        Surrey-area teacher concerned about lack of planning for next school year   Navigate the podcast:    Chapter 1 A dangerous game being played in BC hospitals A few weeks ago we heard revelations that a game was being played in BC Hospitals, that was insensitive, and racist. Today a report was released following an investigation into the matter. Guest: Clara Morin Dal Col, President of Metis Nation BC Chapter 2 A big announcement in regards to drug possession in Canada Lynda is joined by Bill Bogart to discuss an announcement to decriminalize drug possession in Canada. Guest: Bill Bogart, University of Windsor Law Professor, International expert and commentator on law and society Chapter 3 Raffi and Yo Yo Ma combine their powers! Lynda is joined by children's entertainer Raffi to discuss Baby Beluga turning 40, and working with Yo Yo Ma to re-record the song with a new verse. Guest: Raffi, Children's Entertainer Chapter 4 Political Panel The political panel discusses the announcement to decriminalize drugs in Canada, and the conflict of interest between WE Charity and the PMO. Guests: Breen Oulette, Vancouver-based lawyer; contested 2019 federal election as an NDP candidate Stephen Smart, Western Canada General Manager for Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Former Legislative Bureau Chief for CBC, Former Press Secretary to the Premier of B.C. Chapter 5 Surrey Teacher concerned with lack of plan for back to school Annie Ohana joins Lynda to discuss concerns regarding a lack of concrete planning for the school year this coming September. Guest: Annie Ohana, Teacher at LA Matheson High School in Surrey Chapter 6 Checking in on ride-hailing in BC with LYFT BC GM Peter Lukomskyj joins Lynda to discuss the return of LYFT and plans to expand across the lower mainland. Guest: Peter Lukomskyj, GM Lyft in BC ___________   Remember to wash your hands, practice physical distancing, and stay home at all costs if you are sick. We're not out of the woods yet!    The Lynda Steele Full Show podcast includes all the individual segments that can be found on the Lynda Steele Show page, digitally stitched together for your convenience.    Listen live online at globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/ 3-6 PM!

Lynda is joined by children's entertainer Raffi to discuss Baby Beluga turning 40, and working with Yo Yo Ma to re-record the song with a new verse. Guest: Raffi, Children's Entertainer

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TheSparkAndTheArt.com/44 – Jim Henson created the Muppets. But he didn't do it on his own dime and he didn't get people to work for free. If you feel like you need a little insight into how to ride the line between making money without compromising your art you're going to love today's talk with Elizabeth Hyde Stevens author of the book Make Art Make Money as she follows the career of Jim Henson through his struggles with keeping his art while still making money.  **Links for Today's Episode** Make Art Make Money - http://elizabethhydestevens.com/make-art-make-money/Audible -http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/Make-Art-Make-Money-Audiobook/B00IOTGGHKThe Art Of Money Getting - http://www.audible.com/pd/Business/The-Art-of-Money-Getting-Audiobook/B002V1JG06Jim Henson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_HensonCTW - http://www.sesameworkshop.org/Andy Goldworth - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_GoldsworthyWilson's Coffee Commercials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxLyuw5bdykCapital I - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc1RfFYxZ2ICookie Monster Fruit - http://www.mjrcg.com/blog/2014/07/oppy-and-the-cookie-monster-want-kids-to-eat-brighter/Lady Bug's Picnic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX9J7WcYtxIPointer Sisters - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters12! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZshZp-cxKgBud Luckey - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_LuckeyGeorge Lucas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_LucasStar Wars - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_WarsJorge Gutierrez - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/26Mary Robinetter Kowal - http://maryrobinettekowal.com/The War Of Art - http://www.stevenpressfield.com/the-war-of-art/Legend Of Bagger Vance - http://www.stevenpressfield.com/the-legend-of-bagger-vance/Shigiru Miyamoto - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_MiyamotoThe Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg - http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/Ira Glass 'Nobody Tells This To Beginners' - http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginners/Muppet Show Pitch Reel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KorhvVQRUMRaffi - http://www.raffinews.com/Baby Beluga - http://www.raffinews.com/store/childrens-music/baby-beluga#.VNGtmFXF_Mc